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1st September 2016 - Issue #509

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Marae Makeover: Te Kopua Marae in Whaingaroa received some inspired artwork as part of a makeover during TV3's television programme Marae DIY. Full story on page 5.

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Dear Editor Around 200 people attended two open days last week in Te Uku and Whatawhata, held by the Safe Roads team at the NZ Transport Agency to learn more about plans to improve safety on SH23 from Hamilton to Raglan.

Project manager Maclean Hastie said a range of useful and informative views were shared, and the team would be reviewing them. He said a focus for many was the need for more safe

passing opportunities.

Feedback is still sought by 9th September on proposed road and roadside safety improvements and how speed is managed on the route. This and open day feedback will be used as part of the design process, ahead of construction which will get underway this summer.

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Caring for the ones you love

Dear Editor T h e Kindness of Strangers is a book I found in Browsers Bookshop in Hamilton.

The shop and its wonderful array of books has now relocated to a rather tucked away location, diagonally away from the old spot. I’ve spent many moments chatting to the staff in my disguise as a harmless old man. Anyway, the book I bought was by an intrepid woman journalist called Kate Adie who has been to many places and seen many events over time and experienced kindness as well as anger.

My recent experience of the kindness of a stranger was when I ended up with my elderly car parked at the roadside between the deviation

and Raglan. My nearest and dearest set off to find help. When she had been away for some time I started to get concerned. Maybe she had been kidnapped by a stranger. Then a stranger stopped. He was driving an old flat vehicle. The stranger then had a loom at my ailing old blue car and its overheated engine. Next he drove me off to look for Jill. She had set off in a different direction to the one I had supposed and had found a friendly farmer. So all's well that ends well, though it’s a good ending if I get my car (that Jill calls a pile of old rubbish) back and fit for my needs.

P.S. It turns out that Jill was right.

Colin reckons I can get into Raglan’s shops and back again provided I give the old rubbish a drink of half a litre of water leaving home and before returning from town. Bye-bye Hamilton.

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Raglan Arts Weekend will once again return to Raglan over the Auckland Anniversary Weekend (Saturday 28 January to Monday 30 January 2017) and local artists are now invited to register for the event.

Running every year since 2009, this well-organised weekend is a much-anticipated fixture on the Raglan summer calendar and a wonderful

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Raglan Naturally meeting: Community Board member Lisa Thomson facilitates the meeting.

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aglan residents are being encouraged to take back ownership of their town by reviving the community document, Raglan Naturally.

On Sunday, close to 100 people attended a public meeting at the supper room of the town hall, organised by the Raglan Community Board, to celebrate the successes of the 2001 document and to start the process of updating it.

The Raglan Naturally plan was created to give residents a collective voice regarding the development of their town, and was taken into account by the Waikato District Council in their decision-making.

There are 115 projects in the document: some are aspirational, some are ongoing, and some have been completed.

But over the years the momentum of Raglan Naturally has been lost, with the council seeking less and less input into decisions about the town from its community board or residents.

Community board member Lisa Thomson, who organised the meeting, said Raglan had to take ownership of Raglan Naturally again and bring it into 2016 and beyond.

“We are asking everyone to see where and how they can contribute to the future of Raglan,” she told those who attended the meeting.

“We want people to be involved. We are looking to form a steering group and want people to be Raglan Naturally champions.”

Wayne Morris, who was the chairman of the community board when the document was first created, told the meeting that a united front was needed if the plan was to be revived.

He said the views expressed in Raglan Naturally had to be taken into account by the council in its decision-making.

“If we want something and if we are going to review this plan and take it back to council then we need to take it as a united force or we will struggle. Council loves it if we disagree with each other.

“In my days the Raglan Community Board had a lot more clout and more control over what happened in town. Council listened to our input. Council doesn’t listen to us as much as they should, now.”

Mr Morris said the plan was created because the community wanted more of an input into how the town was to be developed.

“The old sleepy times of the past were over. Raglan needed change to survive, and it was important to be involved in that change and have it happen how we wanted it to.”

Waikato District councillor Clint Baddeley told the meeting that there were some big issues facing the town.

Mr Baddeley said Raglan had changed significantly over the years, and the people coming into town were more financially savvy.

“They have changed the dynamics of this town and what we see as Raglan.”

He said in his 12 years as a councillor, he always used the Raglan Naturally document as a guide.

“There has been an awful lot achieved,” he said, but it took a lot of hard work and everyone in the community had to take some responsibility for the document or it wouldn’t work.

“The community wanted a new museum … You wont believe how hard it was to get that museum.”

Steve Soanes, who was the council area manager at the time, said the development of the Raglan Naturally document was one of the highlights of his career.

“What it did was it pulled the whole community together and got everyone thinking about the issues. I haven’t seen that since.”

The aspirations of the community were sought through public meetings and questionaires in the Raglan Chronicle, and there was a lengthy consultation period to form the united front that was the 46-page Raglan Naturally.

Mr Soanes said thanks to the document, there were no high-rise buildings in Raglan,

no McDonald’s and no KFC. “That’s what the community said: We don’t want these things.

“I’d venture to say our aspirations haven’t changed that much … a place that hums but where we enjoy living.”

He said he would like to see the Raglan Naturally document be written into the district plan.

Tim Duff, who was on the original project team for Raglan Naturally, said the ball had been dropped but “we can pick it up again. It needs to come alive”.

“The gap between the community and the council is the widest it has ever been and the plan can narrow that gap by giving the council a better vision of what we want.”

He said there was nothing stopping Raglan from becoming self-sufficient in power, banning the use of glyphosate (Roundup) in the community, having bike paths everywhere and promoting ecotourism.

“These are my ideas for Raglan. We need to get all the ideas down. Everyone has to have a say but we need to have a common vision.

“The community plan is about empowerment. How the community can get involved and drive the future of this town.”

Raglan Chamber of Commerce chairman Dave Currie said having a clear community plan would be helpful for businesses.

“The chamber’s role is to support and encourage businesses to thrive and be successful, and this can bring a lot of tension.”

Raglan resident Naomi Tuao said Raglan’s youth should be involved in reviving the community plan.

“They are our future – if we could somehow encourage our youth to be involved, because they are going to be the ones here in 20 years’ time. They need a voice.”

The successes of Raglan communitydriven projects Xtreme Waste and Whaingaroa Harbour Care were also talked about at the meeting.

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Vocal harbour watchdog seeks election to put Coastal ‘environment’ back into the regional council communities “We go where the landowners want it. vow to fight We are not telling them what to do, which is where you get real resistance. If you support seabed mining the ones that want it then eventually the mindset changes and the others want to be a part of it. Eventually you will join all the – again dots and get it done.”

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oastal communities are preparing to fight a new application to mine the seabed that has been lodged with the Environmental Protection Agency, says Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM).

Trans Tasman Resources (TTR), whose 2013 bid to mine ironsands from the seabed in the South Taranaki Bight was turned down by the EPA in 2014, is making another attempt to get a marine licence. It was lodged with the EPA last week , and it is understood TTR is applying to mine the same 66sqkm of seabed as in its last application.

“Last time this company tried to get permission to dig up 50 million tonnes of sand a year from the seabed, communities up and down the west coast of the North Island objected in their thousands, with record numbers of submissions against the project,” said Phil McCabe, KASM chairperson.

“From surfers to recreational fishers and local iwi, ocean lovers made a stand against this destructive and experimental practice, and we were proved right. The EPA said there were too many unknowns, and nothing has changed.

“It's disappointing that TTR is back with the same application, trying to wear down public opposition, but this foreign-owned company should know that they will continue to meet strong resistance from Kiwis who will stand up for their beaches, ocean and marine environment.

“From the public reaction this week on social media, we know the strength of feeling against seabed mining hasn’t gone away. If anything, it’s stronger,” he said.

Given the unknown impacts of seabed mining, KASM has started a petition calling for a moratorium on seabed mining in New Zealand waters. It has gathered more than 4700 signatures so far.

The EPA has turned down two applications on seabed mining: Trans Tasman Resources' application to mine the South Taranaki Bight,and Chatham Rock Phosphate’s bid to mine phosphorus off the deep seabed of the Chatham Rise.

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Regional council candidate: Fred Lichtwark is standing for council

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Regional Council its relationship with Whaingaroa Harbour Care manager Fred Lichtwark, and now he’s standing for council.

Raglan’s colourful and vocal harbour watchdog, who over the years has relentlessly taken the regional and district councils to task over anything that he reckons is jeopardising our harbour, is standing for council with a sole focus on water quality.

It was Mr Lichtwark’s berating of the regional council’s own West Coast Zone catchment plan and his heated opinions of council procedures to eradicate willows in a rehabilitation of wetlands in Ohautira Rd that led to chief executive Vaughan Payne writing to him to “terminate our relationship with you”.

Mr Lichtwark says WRC has since excluded recommending Harbour Care’s services to farmers, who get a council subsidy for doing riparian work, and he has had to lay off staff because jobs are no longer coming in.

In the May letter to Mr Lichtwark, Mr Payne wrote that the two separate instances, which included a “nasty and particularly vitriolic tirade” and “angry and abusive commentary” in relation to council work, concerned him.

“I am committed to providing and maintaining a safe and healthy working environment for employees, visitors and all persons providing services to the Waikato Regional Council,” he wrote.

“To avoid this happening again I have instructed staff that no further interaction should be sought from you and no further invitations be provided to you to provide planting support for projects under their supervision.”

Mr Payne has since told the Raglan Chronicle that the council remained “open to working with Harbour Care as an organisation”.

Mr Lichtwark, who has just returned from 16 days in the West Coast in the South Island where he is helping communities to replicate the work of Whaingaroa Harbour Care, is one of five candidates standing for two vacancies in the Waikato General Constituency.

A man who is passionate about his job and who doesn’t suffer fools gladly (and who probably swears too much to get his point across), he admits to telling council staff how to do their jobs properly, and says he is not putting his name forward to make friends.

And, yes, he was once trespassed from the Waikato District Council Raglan office for repeatedly telling a staff member that he was “effing useless” at his job – but justifies that he was complaining about a sewage spill that both councils were in denial of, and which later resulted in a $56,000 fine “that ratepayers had to pay!”

As a councillor, he will seek to duplicate the Raglan model for clean water in the entire Waikato region – it is a model that once upon a time WRC helped fund, giving $45,000 a year.

Mr Lichtwark says his path to improving water quality is a scattergun approach, which “the council hates”, but it has worked in Raglan and is being adopted by communities nationwide.

The community group has planted more than 1.5 million native plants, mostly in the Whaingaroa and Waipa catchments, to improve water quality by reducing the runoff of sediment, nutrients and pollutants from farms.

“We were one of the worst harbours in New Zealand and now we are the best,” says Mr Lichtwark.

In the 21 years since Whaingaroa Harbour Care started, 60 per cent of the farmers in the Raglan catchment have done riparian planting on their properties, Mr Lichtwark says.

“Look at the water quality – the fishing has improved.”

The catch rate is now three fish an hour, compared with one fish every 18 hours when Harbour Care started.

“That’s what I want to do with the whole of the Waikato region.

“If we had done nothing or left it to council, you would probably still see dead cows in the harbour. You can see the difference between the water quality in Kawhia and in Raglan, where the community has done the work.”

He says his method is about empowering the community.

“The councillors and staff aren’t going to go out there in shirt and tie and do the work.”

He says the council model for its West Coast Zone catchments concentrates work efforts into areas.

“Then they need to prove where the work needs to be done which requires a lot of science. There is money spent on plans and master plans, rules about what land the owners must do. If you tell someone what to do they will resist.”

The council's role should be one of support, “instead of being all policemen and planners and dictators”.

“Stop wasting the money, support the ones that want it.

“It makes our rates much cheaper doesn’t it?”

Mr Lichtwark says he wants to put the environment back into the regional council.

“They took the environment out of the logo (previously Environment Waikato) and now they are the worst – and I am working with a lot of regional councils.

“Everything stems from clean water.

Look at what’s happening in Hastings as an example of how important clean water is.

You can kill a town without clean water.

“Clean water is the main focus. That’s before buses. No buses are going to go to a town that is dead.”

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Local marae receives artistic makeover

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Regan's connection to this whenua is what inspired her to create and lead the mural project at this Marae DIY. The four-day transformation was part of the popular Marae DIY television programme, which now has Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is its major sponsor.

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Māori TV and TV3 this year and the first episode, which screened on Saturday, featured Te Kopua Marae, which is known as the Kokiri Centre and also Te Whenua Motuhake o Whaingaroa.

Te Kopua is not a marae in the traditional sense but occupies the land that was returned to Tainui Awhiro through protest action led by the late Tuaiwa (Eva) Rickard.

Regan says the opportunity to help out with the makeover was a chance not to be missed.

“I had fond memories of Te Kopua Marae, and the place is significant because of what Eva was able to accomplish with her people. So when the call went out, I was keen to help. It was awesome.

It was a crazy four days, but I like

a challenge and big projects like that,” she says.

Regan - Te Arawa, Ngāti Ranginui, Maniapoto – is a kaiako for Te Maunga Kura Toi – The Bachelor of Maori Art – Rauangi (Contemporary Visual Arts) in Rotorua.

“I designed the painting and worked with a team to create the mural on the fence and the entranceway to the property. The artwork is based on the land, and the movement of a people who stood strong as one against injustice and won.” she says.

“We used really bright colours because there’s a kohanga next door (and Eva liked bright colours).”

She says it was good to have so many others helping out where they

could on the project, with people coming and going as time allowed.

Each person came with different painting abilities, she worked it so that everyone could help somehow.

The whānau from the Kōhanga Reo worked extra hard too on the mural and beautifying their space.

The mural, showing the history of the whenua in a visual form, has since become a talking point with the kohanga children. The kohanga reo at Te Kopua Marae works hard to try to keep Te Reo Maori alive for the Raglan community. Having seen the benefits for herself and her own children, of learning how to speak in Te Reo Maori, Regan hopes that the re-vamped entranceway of the kohanga reo encourages more local whanau to

inquire further about the option for their children to be immersed in Te Reo Maori at the kohanga.

Regan sums it up by saying; “There are so many different ways art can be used, it doesn’t need to just hang in galleries, the power of art can help us remember and reflect on, the past the present and the future.”

Regan teaches the degree in Art at the Te Wananga o Aotearoa campus in Rotorua. A certificate, diploma and degree programme in Visual Arts is also offered locally at the Huntly TWoA campus.

For more information, contact Te Wānanga o Aoteroa 0800 355 553. Website: www.twoa.ac.nz Kim Marsh

Back to School: Pat Halliday, School Dental Nurse from 1951-2, 1959-1990.

Pat Halliday looked after children’s teeth in Raglan and surrounding districts for more than 30 years.

Arriving in 1951 as a new graduate from New Zealand’s only dental school in Wellington, Pat worked as school dental nurse until she had her first child. By 1960 Pat was back at the school clinic, a position she held until retiring in 1990.

What do you remember about the children? How brave

they were. Children were fearful of coming, and they had reason to be. Many mouths were in a poor state. Injections in those days were only for extractions. I used a treadle drill at first.

How did you overcome the children’s fear? I had to do a lot of talking and learned how to distract them. Sometimes children would have several visits before they would open their mouths. I would let them look inside their own mouths with my little mirror.

I would also tell the children stories using a felt board. One story, an imaginary dream, was about 24 teeth that jumped out of a schoolboy’s mouth one night and sat on the end of his bed. “How would you like to go to bed with spaghetti on your head asked one tooth?” The teeth would only come back if he promised to look after them. Other nurses taught us how to make butterflies and dolls from cotton swabs and children would get these as a reward for

permitting me to work with their teeth.

How did you help children to look after their teeth?

With the young children I encouraged parents to bring their preschoolers to the clinic and I taught them how to brush. I talked to young mothers about the dangers of using undiluted fruit juices and milky milo in babybottles. Sucking in these sugary drinks caused some terrible tooth problems. We could also talk about what to put in school sandwiches.

The primary school children would have class competitions.

Road or spaces races were popular.

I would go into a classroom with my mug, Detol, water and mirror.

Each group got to move several spaces towards the race finish line if I could see someone had cleaned their teeth.

I would take a group around the supermarket shelves. We would look at items to see how much sugar they contained. I

would encourage those in Form Two (year 8), the last year under the school dental system, to make sure they enrolled with a dentist and knew they had free care to age 18.

Did you get any extra training or help?

Yes, dentists would come and look at your work. That was very valuable as you were working by yourself. Nurse inspectors would come and write reports and make sure your clinic was dust-free.

Children with serious dental problems were treated by Waikato Hospital.

How did you get to see other children?

I would go to the schools and check children’s teeth. Later those who needed treatment would come together in a truck or car with a parent. They came from schools such as Waitetuna, Kaharoa, Mokomoko, Te Hutewai, and Ohautira. Later Te Mata had its own clinic.

What did you wear?

At first our uniforms were provided by and laundered

by Waikato Hospital: a white starched dress, with white veil and white stockings and shoes.

Later, in winter we wore a white tunic with brown trousers and in summer a softer white dress, and sandals without stockings.

What changes have you seen?

There’s been a huge improvement in dental health. In the 1950's and early 60's it was unusual for people to get married and still have their own teeth.

What else can you tell me about the dental service?

It began as a result of the World War 1 discovery, that most New Zealand soldiers had very poor teeth. The first dental nurse training school opened in Wellington. For many years the wooden chairs and treadle drills used were from field hospitals in first World War. Barbara Day

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Chop them down? Historic Norfolk pines ‘ugly’ and a ‘health and safety hazard The Raglan Community Board wants the council to start the resource consent process to cut down two historic Norfolk pines in town.

One of the pines is in the settlers historic area at the harbour end of Bow St and is recorded as a “notable tree” in the Waikato District Plan, affording it the “greatest possible tree protection”, and the other tree is in Joyce Petchell Park near the museum and iSite.

Raglan Community Board deputy chairman Bob MacLeod said the trees were a health and safety hazard but the council was reluctant to cut them down because that would require a resource consent.

Branches falling from trees in Bow St have written off one car and destroyed a fence.

In April, the council put up a tall fence around the reserve as a “precautionary measure” during the mast season, when cones drop to the ground.

Mr MacLeod said the community board

had asked council to make a report on the trees because “they wouldn’t give us any answers as to why they put the fence up and we all had to walk around on the grass”.

“The story going around was it was possums fornicating in the trees causing the nuts to fall.

“Therefore they are going to fall down the next season.”

He said council had also hacked away at the offending tree and “it looks nothing like a Norfolk pine now”.

“It’s ugly, absolutely ugly.

“My suggestion is take it down, it’s a health and safety risk.

“One of the branches smashed down on a car!”

Mr MacLeod said the tree near the iSite had been hit by lightning.

“If it has been hit by lightning it’s dead, put it out of its misery.”

Council reports to the community board recommend that the health and structural integrity of the trees in the historic area and at Joyce Petchell Park continue to be monitored.

A number of the Norfolk pines had had their “apical stem” removed, perhaps as a consequence of “tip-dieback” caused possibly by lightning strike”, and arborists had removed any dead wood, hung-up stormdamaged branches and cones.

The council’s arborist had considered that the trees were not “deemed imminently hazardous or in a state of decline, and subsequently the felling and removal of the trees could not be justified”.

The community board resolved in August that the council should begin the resource consent process to remove the two trees.

“It will be a good debate. Let the community decide,” said Mr MacLeod.

“Half will be the tree huggers, who will say no, no, leave them there. All the people with any view of the harbour will say take it down.”

Mr MacLeod said it did not bother him at all that the trees were historic and planted in early 1900.

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Meet your mayoral candidates

Nominations for candidates wanting to stand in this year’s Waikato district elections have now closed.

The Raglan Chronicle is running a weekly Q&A with the candidates standing for mayor.

This week the Chronicle caught up with John Deacon.

Name: John Deacon Age: 73 Family: My wife, four children, 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Background: My wife and I have owned a dry-cleaning business in Ngaruawahia for more than 23 years and an ironing business for 11 years. I have spent about 20 years in local government, for the Ngaruawahia Borough Council, the Waikato District Council and the Ngaruawahia Community Board. I have been a councillor for four terms: for the borough council from 1986 to 1989 and the district council from 1989 to 1998. I was one of the first to stand for mayor in the Waikato District. This is the fifth time I have been a mayoral candidate.

Why are you running for mayor?

This council, in my view, is in absolute shambles. This council is the worst we have had, and it needs shaking up. I care about people, and there are pensioners who have to sell their houses because they cannot afford rates. It is ludicrous. There has to be a complete review of the rating system from A

to Z because there are too many discrepancies in what people pay. It doesn’t add up.

Why would you be a good mayor?

I believe all councillors have responsibility towards their ward, not their mayor. The mayor is just there to facilitate and to make sure everyone gets a fair go. I am a people’s person who will communicate and the door is always open. People matter. My background in business and sport – a rugby league player for 27 years and a referee for 22 years – has taught me a lot of skills. They have given me a good understanding of people, what makes them tick, so I am never unprepared. The art of politics is the same. We all have egos and we all like to get our own way but in reality it doesn’t work that way.

What style of leadership would you bring to council?

I am very positive and in some cases very direct. But more importantly everybody will be heard, meaning the councillors and those they represent. That is fundamentally important. I would look to get sound professional advice from council staff – less use of consultants and more use of our own resources.

What is your vision for the Waikato District, and where does Raglan fit in this?

Raglan is the resort area of the Waikato.

It has the harbour, ocean beaches; it is a beautiful part of the Waikato. With proper planning there is no reason why we cannot invest in its tourism potentials – the road between Raglan and Port Waikato with its limestone cliffs is beautiful and there is no reason why it couldn’t become a tourist route. There’s no reason why you couldn’t put a gondola along there, over the West Coast. We should be encouraging private enterprise, creating employment opportunities, but one of the big problems is getting consent. Resource consent costs have to be looked at because they are way too high.

We need to attract new businesses and should

not be focused on Hamilton. We should have services for our residents. I am a believer in small businesses, and ownership should be encouraged.

What do you think the role of community boards should be in local government?

When community boards were set up their role was to look after community assets, such as water, sewerage, footpaths, lighting and public facilities. But gradually as time went on it became all about councils. Control should go back to community boards to look after their people, their towns and their communities. They should be encouraged to do so. Every community has a councillor who should take the views and needs of the people to the chamber. If the council is unable to assist then the people need to be told why.

What will you do about Raglan’s ailing sewage system?

I would fix it. Get the engineers in to say here is the problem and put a financial plan in place to fix it! For any town to flourish you need a good water system and a good toilet system. The problem in Raglan is the topography – the hills and gullies. The system has to be sorted and not by computers. They got computers in and suddenly there is a blowout but nobody actually knows what’s wrong. The council put people out of work but they are better off having people monitor the system on a regular basis, actually be there every day, on the ground. In Havelock North the same thing is happening – they relied on a computer system and the system has failed. As far as I am concerned it is all about people and doing it practically.

How will you help Raglan to grow, and at the same time ensure that growth does not put extra pressure on the town’s infrastructure and residents?

With the right planning, growth can be catered for. What most concerns me is that Raglan is a quaint place. When you come

down Bow St the view is quite stunning and that should never be lost.

With proper planning, growth can be budgeted for. We should not be selling off the assets, like water and sewerage. We should make the assets work for the people who own them – the residents. For example, the money earned from the supply of water in a community should be used to buy new infrastructure for that community.

Raglan rates. Any comments?

Residential rates in the Waikato District are way too high. There are too many discrepancies and the numbers don’t add up.

It needs a major review. Yes, I can speculate and make accusations but let’s open the books and let’s sort this out. I don’t have written proof of it but I have heard that when Franklin joined Waikato District Council it came with a lot of debt. Why should we have to pay for our neighbours’ bills? We are paying other people’s debts.

What do you think the council is spending too much money on, and where would this money be better spent?

Too much money is being spent on consultants. The council is not doing its job.

We need more use of our own professional staff. Gavin Ion has had two major clean outs in the last three to four years and we have lost staff with 250 years of experience. The council hires commissioners for hearing committees and councillors should be doing that job. They should put more resources into teaching councillors and community boards how to do their jobs.

Anything else you would like to add?

I believe that people matter, and that’s what it is all about. And it must be practical and affordable so that people can live their lives without hardship.

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Nutritional balance also has a big influence on sleep, for instance magnesium levels have been found to be low in those who suffer from insomnia. However there are many more nutrients and nutrient precursors that may be low.

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If you do not wish to appear in the Residential Directory please contact us so we can remove you from our database. info@raglandirectory.co.nz / 825 7076 Public Notice of application for variation or cancellation of conditions of licence Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. Sarah Elizabeth Kay, 41 Wrights Rd, Raglan, Director has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Ngaruawahia for the variation of conditions of an on licence in respect of the premises situated at 248 Wainui Rd, Raglan and known as Rock-it Kitchen. The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is: Restaurant and function centre incorporating additional room next to cafe. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is intended to be sold under the licence are: 10am-1am, 7days/week (unchanged). The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waikato District Council, District Licensing Committee, 15 Galileo Street, Ngaruawahia. Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at Waikato District Council, Private Bag 544, Ngaruawahia 3742. No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 105(I) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. This is the first publication of this notice.

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7TH GRADE SNAPPERS DNP U8 GRADE SEASTARS Jade Camenzind U8 GRADE TUATUAS U8 GRADE ORCAS 8TH GRADE MORAYS

Daniel Eaton

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Laki Kanellis

8TH GRADE STINGRAYS Manoa Beaudry & Nikau Edwards 9TH GRADE MAUIS

The Team

Public Notices

U10 GRADE SEAHORSES Nellie May Shea

RUAPUKE MOTOR CAMP

10TH GRADE PIRANHAS Leeto Hughes

- Peace and tranquility -Surfing, fishing, bush walks - Cabins, powered sites, tent sites

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Public Notices

10TH GRADE BULLSHARKS

10TH GRADE DOLPHINS The Team 11TH GRADE ANEMONES Jordan Mooar 12TH GRADE SHARKS

Jack Brownlee, Cooper Woolston, Billy Mosen & Viggo Rhode

PH 07 825 6800

Wanted to Let LONG TERM RENTAL For lifetime local, for Raglan bill. 825 8286.

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RAGLAN REAL ESTATE

Raglan Real Estate Ltd Licenced (REAA 2008)

View Open Home Saturday 12pm Or By Appointment

25 GOVERNMENT RD IT ALL ADDS UP HERE!!!

FINAL NOTICE AUCTION 2.9.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE 6PM

2 TAHUNA AVE

2

View Open Home Sunday 1pm Or By Appointment

1

IDEAL RUSTIC RETREAT

• Walking distance to the boat ramp, beach and town • Open plan living • 2 double bedrooms • Kent style fire • 400sqm section • Prior auction offers considered

AUCTION 9.9.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE 6PM

ID#RAG22661

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

4 BANKART ST

4

View Open Home Saturday 2pm or by Appt

2

A RARE OPPORTUNITY • 8187 sqm site • 3 houses • 1 Kauri Studio • Income currently $44,200 pa • Main house has character and charm ideal for family living plus room for a pony • 2 x two bedroom cottages and the Kauri cottage is one of a kind ideal for further development

• Town centre location • 4 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Plus 1 bedroom apartment downstairs • Situated on 807m2 • Commercial activity potential in the proposed plan change to town area • Prior Auction offers considered.

KAURI COTTAGE

ID#RAG22645

ID#RAG22660

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

MAIN HOUSE

122 WAINUI ROAD 3

1

DELIGHTFUL MAKE IT YOURS

AUCTION 9.9.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE • Delightful home located on 6PM

View Open Home Saturday 12pm Or By Appointment

popular Wainui Road • Expansive open-plan living and three bedrooms all on one level • Stylish interior, quality chattels and modern kitchen • New tiled bathroom and separate laundry • Freshly redecorated sleep-out/office adjacent to the house • Generous size deck, flat section, north facing and fully fenced • Prior auction offers considered

60 GOVERNMENT RD 3

3

1

FABULOUS FAMILY LIVING

NOT MANY IF ANY LIKE THIS!

• It’s your lucky day, 31a Wainui Road is on the Market!!!

AUCTION 14.10.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE 6PM

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

40A CROSS ST 3

2

2

CHECK ME OUT! $565,000

• When location counts this property is a must view • Only a few minutes walk to town and opposite the sport grounds • A perfect family home or stylish beach bach • 3 double bedrooms, master has an en-suite and doors that open out onto a large deck • Open plan living and dining and double garage with internal access • Low maintenance easy care section

• Prime location!! Situated on 987m2 with amazing water views • Only 100 metres from the cafes, 600 metres from the airfield and 800 metres from the boat ramp, what more could you ask for?

• Swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding and fishing at your door.

• Explore the endless possibilities, bring your plans, architect and builder to inspect today!

ID#RAG22662

ID#RAG22663

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

MOTIVATED VENDOR

2

FAMILY LIVING LIFESTYLE SUPREME Price Reduced $795,000

• This 4 bedroom home is perfectly positioned, built for sun and views • The lounge provides cosy living, the modern kitchen looks out onto the north facing wooden decking, entertainment area and swimming pool • The land reaches out encompassing 6.1320 hectares ideal for family rural living • Established orchard with a variety of mature fruiting trees • A sleepout provides extra accommodation • Situated just 3.98 kilometres to Te Mata school, 15 minutes to Raglan’s town centre. The school bus passes by the gate. Motivated vendor - will consider all offers. Bring your family home!!

ID#RAG22658

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

OPEN HOMES

3rd & 4th September

NEW LISTING: 3 5B WAIKOWHAI PLACE WON’T LAST LONG $499,000

2 • Situated on 1034m2, this modern house would make a great rental investment or family home • Featuring 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, separate laundry, open plan living and dining • Plenty of off street parking and a good sized section • Located in the very popular Waikowhai subdivision

ID#RAG22669

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

Saturday 11am – 60 Government Rd | Saturday 12pm – 122 Wainui Rd Saturday 2pm – 4 Bankart St | Sunday 1pm – 2 Tahuna Ave

21 Bow St, Raglan Phone: 07 825 8669 Fax: 07 825 7410 Website: www.rwraglan.co.nz Email: raglan.nz@raywhite.com 12 RAGLAN Chronicle

AUCTION 23.9.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE 6PM

ID#RAG22664

Teresa Wilkinson 021 173 9945

CNR WAINUI RD & MARINE PARADE

View Open Home Saturday 11am Or By Appointment

• Fabulous family living here! Open plan living/dining area that opens out onto a large private deck overlooking native bush with harbour views • This 2 storey house has a huge master bedroom with ensuite upstairs and features native timber ceilings with views to the bar and harbour • Downstairs: double bedroom with ensuite and a single bedroom • Heat pump and DVS system • Single garage with laundry and internal access • Situated on 1214m2 section, thoughtfully landscaped to include a quaint path through native bush, fruit and macadamia trees, short walk to Cox Bay, close to town, cafes and the wharf.

ID#RAG22659 Graham Rope 021 222 7427

RURAL LIFESTYLE: 4 398 RUAPUKE RD

AUCTION 9.9.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE 6PM