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Ben Poulter, winner of the Under 16 Division at the Ripcurl Grom Search last Sunday. Image: Courtesy of Silas / Kiwi Surf Magazine.

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Dear Editor, Summer is upon us again and thousands will be making their way to Raglan over the next couple of months.

For a town so dependent on tourism, I am amazed at the little interest to date taken by surfers and those who depend on them for their livelihood, in the proposed legislation relating to the foreshore and seabed. If in a few years, a group or individual has the right to charge me for going to a beach, I will take my holiday elsewhere. In his book, “ The Gathering Storm “, Dr Hugh Barr looks in detail at the preposed changes and we should all be concerned. I was pleased to see that Waikato District Libraries have a copy at HUntly, but oddly not in Raglan.

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John Boscawen M.P. has toured the country pointing out the implications of the change for the average holidaymaker and businessman and he deserves the thanks of us all. Chronicle readers who may wish to see his flier on the topic can e-mail him for a copy: john.boscawen@parliament.govt.nz

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Barely summer and households run dry There may be water, water everywhere about Raglan but with official summer scarcely into its second week some residents are finding there’s not a drop to drink.

Local water contractor Peter Storey reckons he’s answering phones and delivering tanker-loads to households outside the town supply area way more than usual for this time of year in response to Raglan’s unseasonally early hot, dry spell – one that’s fulfilling Niwa’s predictions of warmer conditions than average and below normal rainfall for the Waikato.

“It’s definitely unusual,” Peter reckons.

“The last two years have been very quiet, even through January and February. And three years ago when we had a huge drought, this time of year wasn’t busy at all.”

But he says this time around the number of daily callouts has been “cranking up” since early November. He estimates he’s three times busier than this time last year when one or two deliveries a week were the norm.

Now its three or four callouts a day, says Peter, and every job’s “urgent” because suddenly there’s no water in the taps.

People who are not on town supply tend

not to check the level of their tanks before actually running out of water, he adds.

With forecasters predicting plenty more hot and dry stuff he expects he could well be delivering eight to 10 tankerloads over a 12 to 14 hour day, seven days a week, come the New Year – as was the case three years ago.

Meantime Waikato District Council has responded to the early summer by upgrading to water alert level 2 less than three weeks after level 1 restrictions were introduced in Raglan.

Translated into practical terms, that means residents who live at properties with odd-numbered street addresses can use sprinklers from 6am to 8am and 6pm to 8pm on dates with odd numbers – for example on 11th, 13th and 15th of the month.

In contrast those living at properties with even-numbered street addresses may use sprinklers at the same times on dates with even numbers – for example on 12th, 14th and 16th of the month.

The level 2 alert applies from December 1 and council water facilities general manager Richard Bax is urging all residents to “abide by the new restrictions that have

come into effect and take other steps to conserve water wherever possible”.

He suggests that “simple things like taking shorter showers, fixing leaking taps and washing cars with a bucket of water instead of a hose can all add up and help ease the demand “.

The council is warning that if the current demand continues, Raglan could face a total ban on domestic sprinklers, as well as restrictions on outdoor water use for commercial properties.

Raglan’s water alert levels were developed in the summer of 2008/9 as part of a Smart Water Use initiative – a regional collaborative effort between Hamilton City Council, Waikato District Council, Environment Waikato and other territorial authorities throughout the greater Waikato.

The initiative aims to encourage residents to regard water as a “limited and precious resource” and promotes pro-active water conservation.

Raglan’s town supply comes from a huge underground river, he says, and the river is never going to dry up.

The town has three reservoirs from which to draw water, he adds – in Te Hutewai Road, Norrie Avenue and Cornwall Road – and all that’s needed now is a water system upgrade to maintain the infrastructure. A second pump, Peter adds, is already “on the radar”. Edith Symes

Even so Peter Storey, who until recently was chairperson of the Raglan Community Board, says it’s “nonsense” to suggest the town will run out of water. “We’re simply not [going to].”

Brighter Christmas in store downtown

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Raglan’s town centre is set to shine brighter this Christmas with festive lights now strung on 20 lamp-posts along Bow Street courtesy of Meridian Energy and Wel Networks, which wanted to do “something special” for the district.

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“So many people from throughout the Waikato spend a part of their holidays in Raglan,” says Meridian Energy Te Uku project manager Robert Batters. “With that in mind, we thought lighting up the main street would be a special way to share the Christmas spirit with the wider regional community.”

Last year the only Christmas lights in Raglan’s main street were those erected by the local Four Square and other retailers, after the old community board reportedly pulled the plug on them.

But a joint initiative by the same two companies which are behind the new Te Uku wind farm saw contractors erect the lights last Saturday under the watchful eye of new board member Bob McLeod while Laurie

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This is the fifth year of what trustee Peter Storey describes as an “awesome” display, but one which residents need to be aware of so they can lock up animals that may be frightened by the fireworks.

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London big-time looms for Raglan-created show The groundbreaking collaboration Green Fire Islands, born almost two years ago in Raglan and premiered at the New Zealand International Arts Festival in Wellington, could soon be wowing audiences at two prestigious London festivals.

With the show also off to Dublin it’s an impending international breakthrough for the theatre-cum-music production which has its Raglan-based creative producer tipping Green Fire Islands could eventually become a greater hit than Riverdance.

The production which had its original dress rehearsal in front of a sell-out audience at Raglan Town Hall back in March 2008 is now odds-on for the City of London Festival next July and also looks likely to be part of the Cultural Olympiad in London’s lead-up to the Olympic Games there the following year.

Both events represent huge potential international exposure, says Bronwen Christianos of Norrie Avenue, who’s lived and breathed the show since inspiration struck five years ago. “It’s a big deal … it could be bigger than Riverdance.”

She says the talk is the show will play at The Barbican – a “very prestigious” centre – as part of the City of London Festival, which next year has Australia and New Zealand as its theme.

But even more exciting, she says, is the show’s likely inclusion in the 2012 Olympics’ River of Music programme, which is being billed as a spectacular “must-see” event in the run-up to the opening ceremony.

Bronwen’s been in touch with renowned British director David Jones, who is developing the programme and who hopes to have Green Fire Islands perform on the Oceania stage – one of several that will be set up along the River Thames.

“At iconic sites along the Thames, all 205 (participating) nations will be represented,” he told Bronwen in a recent email. “Each site will be loosely themed by continent, with an emphasis on collaboration between cultures and exceptional live performance.”

Bronwen says she’s always wanted to take Green Fire Islands – a show blending Maori and Irish culture and history – to the northern hemisphere after seeing standing ovations at cities it’s played to around the country.

But she says it was a $5000 Gallagher Trust grant in May to the local Whiti Te Ra Hou Trust, which is behind the production, that suddenly made it possible to explore the options for taking the show to the other side of the world.

After putting together a four-minute trailer from more than 70 hours of footage – a “mission-and-a-half” in itself, says Bronwen – she was able to travel to Ireland and secure financial assistance from the Irish Government to take the show to Dublin next June.

Through the trailer and those negotiations have in turn come the invitations to the London festivals in 2011 and 2012, says Bronwen. “It’s very exciting.”

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Bronwen says her musical director Donal Lunny, a renowned Irish musician and producer, also believes now that the show could be really big overseas.

The emotional response to its New Zealand debut “showed us that it has enormous power and cries out to be taken to the next stage,” says Donal. “The production could assume enormous proportions, and become an inspiring message to the world at large.”

That message, says Bronwen, is about “classic human issues” – developing an identity as a nation and collaborating with other cultures to find our common humanity.

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There was lemonade to enjoy and gardening stories to share, while exploring and wandering around some of Raglans most beautiful gardens. Fragrant and colourful flowers were buzzy with life while friends and family enjoyed viewing all the hard work put in by some truly amazing gardeners. An inspiring day was had by all, now time to put into action all those wonderful ideas!....

Thank you to our wonderful gardeners for sharing their beautiful gardens with everyone. Rob & Zee Kear, Teresa & Gavin Hayes, Ngaire Brewerton, Donna Rickard & Murray Hartley, Margaret Hayes, Jenny Thomson, Brenda Lichtwark and Nigel Stiles, Dave Brown and Bronwyn Lowe

Raglan walkers stride it out for worthy cause

Raglan octogenarian Betty White took 12 kilometres – no walk in the park for people of any age – in her stride recently when a dozen or so Raglan district residents tackled Hamilton’s 66th annual Round the Bridges event to raise awareness of, and cash for, the Motor Neurone Disease Association of NZ.

She and hubby Tom Jowsey thoroughly enjoyed the experience and could choose to do either the 6 or 12 kilometre course Betty, who “hope to do it again next year”. walks “quite often,” went the whole way though admits it was “a Alice’s electric wheelchair let her down on the day and she bit of a stretch”. was disappointed not to be able to do the course with her friends as But she too vows she’ll be back to do it all again next year, planned, but husband Denny was there among the Raglan contingent health permitting. who boasted an average age of 65.

Edith Symes The good keen walkers wore motor neurone It was a show of support by the group of walkers for fellow t-shirts printed specially by Helen’s son who coresident Alice Robertson who for several years has suffered from the owns Hamilton’s CBD corner pub. And Helen debilitating disease but still manages, say her longtime friends, to do was delighted to raise not only funds for the a “huge amount” of work for the association as its Waikato branch cause but also the profile of the not-for-profit organisation. “It was a nice way to do it.” secretary.

Meanwhile Betty – who was celebrating her While 12km is scarcely your average Sunday stroll it was certainly “a bit of fun”, says Te Mata’s Helen Palmer who is national 82nd birthday – reckons it was an excellent day president of the association and convener of the Waikato branch. and a great social occasion. While participants Everyone has values They may not always be stated out loud and often they’re unconscious. But nevertheless they motivate you to do the things you do and buy the things you buy. Values provide the purpose and motivation behind your actions.

The tempo is building and anticipation palpable as enormous tree, brought to If you can match your product or service to your customers’ values, performers gather to rehearse for the 7th annual surreal life with lighting by you’ll motivate them to purchase. dance theatre production by the Whaingaroa Youth Al Williamson. Rehearsal So how do you do this?

Movement. Wonderful Underland, loosely based director Marie HermoYou find out what their values are by asking a very specific question. on Alice in Wonderland, is reminiscent of the magic Jensen, a professional The question is, “What’s important to you about (insert what the dancer from Norway, is on conjured up in the enchanted tale by Lewis Carroll. person seems to be looking for)?” hand to fine tune technical “Beneath the branches of a magical tree, live creatures that aspects of the performance For example, “What’s important to you about buying a gift/buying witness the journey of a stranger, she appears alone, but along and the combined experience of both Marie and Patti allows clothes/your hair/art for your house/jewellery etc?” Then, you shut up the path, is met by curious characters. Although mystifying, for a fluid process in which each child is encouraged to and LISTEN. You can repeat the same question to find out what else each visit leads Alice closer to understanding her place shine. is important. If they’ve come to buy a large item, like a kitchen, a car amongst them” or a house you might even take notes.

Which is an organic approach, really, to the moral of this Under the careful guidance of director and producer, Patti A woman might answer, “I need a dress for a wedding.” story – it is a coming of age tale about finding your own way.

Mitchley, the wee, the little and the not so wee, dancers weave Take particular note of anything that is prefaced with the word, You’ll get there – of course - but the journey is the people that and whoop their way through complicated routines with smiles ‘need’. These have the highest priority in your customers mind. guide you along the way. so Cheshire wide they belie the level of concentration required.

Sentences that include ‘like’ or ‘want’ have a lesser priority. “I’d like Wonderful Underland playing this weekend at the Town Buoyed along by a fine selection of tunes, the enjoyment by all something that’s a bright colour” isn’t as important as, “I really need Hall, Saturday 11th 2pm and 7 pm – Sunday 12th 2 pm. is so infectious it’s stonking.. Be prepared to get your groove a dress for a wedding.” In other words, if the dress is suitable for a Adults $8, Tamariki $5. Brought to you by Whaingaroa on. wedding, even though it’s not a bright colour she might still buy it. If A sneak preview of some of the costumes revealed ethereal Youth Movement and whanau, Waikato District Council and it’s bright and suitable for a wedding you’ll have made a sale!

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See you there. layers of luminous fabrics designed by Kartika Leng and The more you can show how your products or service fulfils the values Rebecca Dowling. Set designer Donald Tweedie has created an Brenda Rae Kidd of your customer the easier the sale will be because they will be highly motivated to buy.

Basically, the higher the dollar value of the item, the more questions you’ll want to ask because a customer will have more values for a house or car than for a piece of clothing or a gift.

The keys to this whole process are: Westpac Te Awa, The Base and Sir Peter Blake get to experience New Zealand’s wonderful coastline, Ask, ‘what’s important to you about…?’ Repeat the question as especially spots like Raglan.”

Trust clean up at Raglan Estuary appropriate.

Sam Stephens from Environment Waikato said that A team made up of staff from both Westpac Te Awa, Listen! Particularly notice sentences with the word NEED in them. plastic and other inorganic waste is disastrous for seabirds, The Base and Westpac Business joined over 167 students, These things are critical to your customer. parents and teachers from Te Rapa Primary school on seals and dolphins. They can become snared in the rubbish Ask again, keep gathering information. Reflect back to the customer a clean up of the Raglan estuary last week. They were and end up either unable to disentangle themselves or what you’ve heard to check you’re on the right track, “So you need overseen by Environment Waikato’s Education Manager, choking to death. The discarded materials also pose a something for a wedding and you’d like something that’s bright?” threat to people’s health and can affect some commercial Sam Stephens.

Match a product to their values - or suggest somewhere else they Westpac is the major sponsor of the Sir Peter Blake industries’ activities. can get what they want.

Westpac aims to pick up 800 pieces of rubbish per Trust and the estuary clean up was a ‘Care for our Coast’ Referring someone on can still be good for business if you don’t clean up to reach its target of one million pieces in four initiative which was picked by Te Rapa Primary School. have what a customer wants. Don’t keep trying to sell them things Te Awa, The Base Bank Manager, Bruce Carey, said years. While everyone was pleasantly surprised just how that don’t match your customers’ values. The customer just gets that Raglan’s beach and estuary provided an awesome clean the estuary was, the clean up still managed to exceed frustrated because they think they’re not being heard. But if you coastal asset to the area with the bonus of being so close the 800 target and resulted in 53 kgs of rubbish being genuinely haven’t got what they want but know someone who has, it’s much better to tell the customer. That way they leave with a good to Hamilton. “It really is important that we ensure that it collected. impression of your business and will be more likely to return for other In the last two years, it has held 665 clean ups, equating remains pristine,” he explained. “It’s also important that purchases. this generation of children (and eventually, their children) to 537,880 pieces of rubbish.

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Poulter wins trip to Australia

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Ben Poulter won the Under 16 Division at the Rip Curl GromSearch on Sunday 5th December and in doing so, won the chance to represent New Zealand at the international final in 2011.

The final day of the event was played out in 1.0m waves with sea breeze winds at Piha Beach, Auckland.

National Champion Poulter added a third win to his belt for 2010 as well as his overall SNZ Grom Series win he secured on day one of the event.

“I have ended the year the best way I could by winning today, so I am stoked” said a modest Poulter. “It is real good to win the whole SNZ Grom Series, it is another positive for the year and it is the first time I have won the whole series so I am real happy about that.”

Poulter will attend the international final in April when the best surfers in the world head to Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia for the Rip Curl Pro, one of the most legendary sporting events on the Australian calendar.

“It is the first time I have represented New Zealand at that event, I think my sister has been twice. I just want to do my best over there and make the final. That would be my main goal” added Poulter.

Poulter started the final strong with two huge turns on a set wave that scored a 9.0 point ride. His competitors took note and answered back, Moretti scoring an 8.33 and Wallis a 7.0.

However the power of Poulter was too much for his lightweight opponents.

By the end of the final, Poulter finally heard that he was in the lead, at which point his approach turned more tactical to defend his lead.

Ben Poulter. Image courtesy of Silas / Kiwi Surf Mag

Search and Rescue Raglan Volunteer Coastguard, Surf Lifesaving Raglan, Westpac Rescue Helicopter, and the Waikato Police SAR group were involved in a combined marine Search and Rescue Exercise on Saturday 4 Dec. Scenarios in the exercise covered two of the most likely emergency situations experienced in our local SAR area.

Babes and Bikinis Bound for School One of New Zealand’s great female surfers, Raglan’s Kelly Clarkson, fashions the waves in style with the launch of her new swimwear label KALi and aims to show other ladies how to surf too this summer at her all female KALi Surf School based in Raglan Saying you are going to do something and doing it is Kelly Clarkson’s idea of success, a belief that took the local surfing phenom from the waves in Oaxaca, Mexico to the cutting room floor of bikini manufacturing in Bali.

Clarkson, not shy to the competitive edge of professional surfing, grew tired of working up to five jobs at a time, trying to earn enough money to travel the international professional surfing circuit.

“I like pushing myself and I like the competitiveness of surfing, but there isn’t much depth to the sport as a profession and I just didn’t want to do it as my job,” says Clarkson, who competed at a world-class level but pulled out of surfing competitions while at the top of her game.

Looking to incorporate more of her skill set into her love for the water, Kelly founded Anything Or Never Ltd, a business name to suggest the will and initiative to 24-yearold Clarkson’s ambitions.

Graphic designer by trade and director of her new swimwear label KALi, Clarkson continues pursuing the local waves and squeezing in the odd competition because, she says with a smile, surfing makes everything better.

Dipping in the water is not only a needed respite from the growing pains of starting a new business venture, but also valuable time for product testing. After years of surfing in uncomfortable, impractical and unflattering gear, Kelly is determined to produce a bikini that serves both form and function.

“Not the death of sexy, these bikinis are designed to stay where they are put,” says

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Clarkson, who sees an open niche in the swimwear market for high performing yet ‘easy on the eyes’ bikinis.

Creating a business from scratch is filled with obstacles and new learning experiences for Ms. Clarkson. From sourcing material and environmentally responsible packaging to meeting the financial bottom line, Kelly found herself swimming, at times, in the enormity of the task ahead.

“If anything could have gone wrong, it did,” laughed Kelly without a sign of defeat, but with a hearty determination to use the experiences, both difficult and exciting, for gain in the future.

More schooling lies ahead for Clarkson but this time she is shifting from the learner to the teacher. KALi surf school for females is destined to kick off this summer in Raglan. Paired with three other female surf instructors, including Jess Santorik, Kelly envisages a safe and welcoming school for girls to feel comfortable while learning to surf. Package deals are up for grabs—buy a bikini and get a surf lesson and all day board rental for half price. Ms. Clarkson endeavours to keep costs minimal and the instruction low-key and friendly to increase accessibility for more ladies to get in the water this summer—and look good while doing it.

Kate Waterman

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Raglan Volunteer Coastguard: The charity saving lives at sea From Crayfish Point in the north and Tirua Point in the south, the Raglan Coastguard caters to a wide range of clients including surfers, paddlers, kiteboarders, commercial and recreational mariners.

Whopper snapper tees up green jacket for Pete Pete Hogg may never earn a green jacket at golf but the Wainui Road man hooked one for his fishing skills – or some might less kindly say luck – after landing a huge snapper off the Raglan coast recently.

Over 1000 volunteers strong and consisting of 25 units, the New Zealand Coastguard responds to over 2000 incidents per year.

According to Wally Hawken, President of the Raglan Volunteer Coastguard division, the national organisation is a registered charity that relies heavily on the steadfast Volunteer Raglan Coastguard members promoting their dedication and commitment organisation in Bow Street of local volunteers.

The charity saving lives at sea is a phrase the Coastguard willingly by local children “Miss Raglan Rescue”, the accepts. Primarily funded by donations, boat found a home in an old boat shed moved sponsorship and fund raising efforts, the to the end of Nero Street.

Today, the Coastguard operates two Coastguard receives only a portion of their resources from regional councils and greatly rescue vessels out of Raglan. The Harbour depends on the goodwill of others to continue View Rescue is an 11 metre Scott Robson designed aluminium catamaran with twin saving lives.

The Raglan Coastguard unit, formally 350hp Yanmar diesel engines and twin known as the Raglan Sea Rescue Volunteer Hamilton jet units. The second vessel is the Group, was founded by initiative and Raglan Ski Rescue, a Yamaha FX160 Cruiser volunteerism in 1972. According to a brief that is an ideal first response vessel used for history composed by John R. Gower, honorary scene assessment and primary treatment.

Currently, the local Coastguard is heavily secretary of the Raglan Sea Rescue Group, a set of rules was established and aimed, involved in promoting safety and education “to select a small and competent band of activities. Boating education with emphasis dedicated men with a good knowledge of on local bar safety drew 80 participants this local harbour and sea conditions to give year with a waiting list of 45. Hawken says advice and assistance to Raglan’s ever one or two more courses will be on offer in increasing population.” Similar objectives the first part of 2011. In addition to the remain steady for current members today who bar safety course, the Coastguard offers the donate significant time to the inner workings following educational courses: VHF Radio of the Coastguard service, in an effort to keep Operator; Day Skipper; Boat Master; GPS; the ever-growing number of seafaring people Radar; Advanced Sea Survival plus many more. safe.

Interested in furthering your sea-based The year 1978 was a turning point in the history of the Raglan Sea Rescue Group. knowledge? Enroll in a course and affiliate Through great fundraising efforts, including yourself with the Raglan unit. For further a 12-hour radio appeal from Dave Richards information or to make a donation, call 05and Di Oliver on the then Radio IZH, generous 08-737-283 or visit online: www.coastguard. donations and sponsorship from Brian Perry org.nz Ltd, enough money was raised to purchase Kate Waterman the first purpose built rescue craft. Named

Fishing from Aaron Laboyrie’s charter boat along with other members of the Snapperonnie Club, an exclusive if loose group of keen local fishos, Pete hooked the 25.6 lb monster within the first hour in about 40 metres of water.

He says he suspected he might have something of reasonable size on the end of his line because it was “nodding”, but only realised how big when the swim bladder came up and the fish was finally brought aboard.

It’s the second largest snapper ever caught from the charter boat, and secured Pete the club’s sixth green jacket, which is awarded annually for the biggest snapper landed by the end of November. There’ve been five green jackets handed out since 2003, when the club was formed by Brett Curle, but Pete’s catch has outdone the lot.

The snapper itself was despatched off to Auckland in a shuttle van which conveniently called at Pete’s address at just the right time to pick up a passenger for an international flight.

The prize specimen was collected at Auckland airport by a taxidermist who’ll turn the snapper into permanent proof of the one that didn’t get away.

Hogging the limelight: Pete Hogg with his 25.6 lb snapper.

He also later hooked a snapper a shade under 19 lb.

Hot on the hook Raglan Fishing Club is awed by the shear number of snapper in the local waters and forecasts a summer of fun with two tournaments to go on the fishing calendar

Raglan Fishing Club President Sheryl Hart is impressed by the amount of snapper finding their way to the hook over the last month. The club’s season began with the Ice Breaker Tournament over Labour Day weekend, an exciting day on the water as everyone caught a fish. The snapper in the water continues to be plentiful and the fishing, reports Hart, is fantastic.

Hart is not the only one pleased with the catch.

Raglan Fishing Club’s 539 members, the vast majority from the Waikato with members spanning from Gisborne to Great Barrier Island, also look forward to more successful days on the water with two more tournaments ahead this summer.

The Manu Bay Classic is a seven-day fishing

tournament beginning the Sunday of Auckland Anniversary weekend. Game fishing, including tuna and marlin, is a prize section; however, sharks are neither weighed nor prized. The snapper section, again at this tournament, continues to be the most popular.

The last tournament of the summer, The Rolla Mixed Classic, takes place on the 27th of February, the last Saturday of the month. Game Fishing is the focus of the day as well as encouraging more women to participate in the sport of fishing. Hart says women are the minority out on the water but this is a day to get people out there, try something new and have some fun.

Tournaments are the highlight of the club’s activities but these three events are simply a portion of club operations. The Raglan Fishing Club is responsible for providing fishing facilities in the local area including the original installation of the Kopua

boat ramp, the pontoon at the wharf, and up-keep for Manu Bay Boat ramp. In addition to the facilities, the club raised a significant amount of money to purchase a marine radio.

Because of the marine radio repeater resting atop Mt. Karioi, “every ‘boatie’,” says Hart, “has direct contact with the Auckland Coastguard.”

Now that summer seems to be here to stay, an opportune time to try something new with the support of a club awaits. New members are always welcome to join the Raglan Fishing Club. An individual annual fee costs $40 and family memberships are available at $10 per family member.

Kate Waterman

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Animal Health Column Kiaido Ryu Martial Arts Raglan – Thames Gradings For Raglan People + their Pets Protect your pet from the summer heat Slip Slop Slap is for pets too Every year we see nasty sun cancers on cats and dogs. In cats they usually occur on the tips of the ears and the nose, and begin as a sore that won’t heal. If caught very early they can be frozen with liquid nitrogen. If not we may be able to do radical surgery to remove these cancers, but they are often left too long so are difficult or impossible to remove by the time we see them. Dogs commonly get sun cancers on their tummy if they like to lie on their backs in the sun. Cancers are most common in white haired animals.

We sell Aniwell Filta-Clear sunscreen. This is especially designed for cats and dogs. It tastes bitter to stop cats licking it off their nose. We recommend that you use this rather than a human product, as FiltaClear is non-toxic and safe, even if your pet does lick at it.

So if you have a cat or dog who likes to spend lots of time in the sun in summer, remember that pets get sun cancer too. SLIP SLOP SLAP with Filta-Clear sunscreen available at your local Anexa clinic.

Chocolate Free Christmas for Dogs Did you know that chocolate – while yummy for humans – can be toxic, sometimes even fatal for animals? Dogs are the most commonly affected, as their keen sense of smell means they are able to track down hidden chocolate stashes! The cause of the problem is Theobromine, a toxic compound similar to caffeine which is found in chocolate.

Signs of toxicity are commonly seen within 12 hours of chocolate ingestion. Animals become excited and nervous with increased heart rate. Vomiting and diarrhoea are other common signs and animals may drink and urinate more than normal. Seizures, muscle spasms and death due to heart rhythm abnormalities may be the end result.

What treats can my dog have?

There are a range of safe pet treats available to purchase. Call into the Anexa clinic to see what is available – Schmackos, Pigs Ears, Raw Hide Bones, Greenies and more...

If you suspect Chocolate Toxicity, contact your vet immediately. Anexa vets are available 24 hours. So despite the longing eyes, think about your pets health – chocolate wasn’t meant to be shared anyway!

Wishing all pet owners a merry Christmas and happy new year.

From the staff at Anexa Raglan.

Before we get started I just want to say a huge thank you to all of my students who have continued to support our wonderful club this past year. Also to the parents who continue to support their children in a Martial Art that will benefit them greatly for the rest of their lives, I thank you also.

We started our club just over a year ago on October 11th 2009 with a great turn out of eleven students in the first month, to date we now have over fifty students and climbing every month still.

I was told left right and centre that we would never get over twenty students because that was the status quo of a small town of three thousand. I can only say that “I’m glad they were wrong”.

This is all due to the hard work and dedication of my awesome students who continue to put in the hard yards with training and their love for Kiaido Ryu. Good old fashioned word of mouth will always be welcome here. So once again thank you.

On to the gradings we had our biggest yet in Thames, with twenty one people grading from the Raglan dojo alone!

There is no greater feeling or sense of pride then when I watch you grade in front of hundreds of strangers.... and those strangers know that your from Raglan.

Well done.

Dai Sempai Dean

Raglan school hall

Juniors 5.30 – 6.30pm, Seniors 6.30 – 8.30pm Sundays & Wednesdays Contact Dean Message on 8250529 or 0226551703 txt if you like.

And EVERYONE is welcome no matter what time of the year it is!

Stay safe Rags.

YELLOW – ORANGE BELT Jake O’Brien Jermaine Joseph Liam Rumble Ngapene Ormsby Rachael Haycock Tangaroa Rawiri ORANGE – BLUE BELT Jon Lowe Jordan Haworth Teaoterangi Moanaroa Wiremu Tonga

BLUE – PURPLE BELT Samuel Lowe Tim Moanaroa Willy Tonga PURPLE – GREEN BELT Casey Cockram Hannah Mays Hemi Ormsby John Hartman Michael Anderson Nathan Ellis Richard Mays Shahn Ellis

Panorama of Raglan Calendar selling well

Over 300 of the Raglan Ramblers/Friends of Wainui Reserve calendars have been sold since they went on sale a couple of weeks ago.

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As vets we cannot emphasise enough the importance of good nutrition for your pet, to ensure good health. Diets need to be tailored to the specific needs of your pet to ensure they lead a healthy life.

There are many reasons why you should consider feeding your pet with pet food purchased from your vet.

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Again the Bookshop is the main outlet, though Trade Aid, 4-Square (with the magazines near the checkout), Herbal Dispensary and the Information Office are also selling many.

Many of the calendars are posted abroad and several people commented that posting cost as much as the $15 for the calendar. To reduce that problem the size to post has been halved, though the calendar still opens out to a full A3 display for each month.

The change to an A4 format allowed an extra two pages to be included. One page has been used to illustrate the diversity of views around the harbour. The other shows the variety of wildlife. Best known wildlife is probably the pohutukawa, illustrated in full bloom in December.

As well as the dozen A4 size photos, one for each month, there are 62 smaller photos, each with a caption. An error has been pointed out in the caption for the August picture.

The leaves are clearly not the narrow pine-like leaves of a matai, but the characteristic red stems and broader leaves of the mapou tree.

Last year’s error of the missing Saturdays in July led to weekends and public holidays being shaded green on the 2011 calendar. School holidays are depicted in pale green and moon phases are also included.

If you’d like to see more of the places portrayed in the calendar, Raglan Ramblers meet at 9am each Wednesday (except mid summer) in the Wainui Rd car park next to the Fire Station.

OPINION: Not Again! by Ian McKissack There has been some skullduggery somewhere, some fiddling around with clocks or calendars or other malfunctioning measuring device.

I refuse to believe that Christmas is almost upon us again. I have hardly got over the disappointments of the last one, the empty Christmas stocking syndrome.

No Porsche from a grateful son to recognise my efforts and sacrifice bringing up four of the absent minded miscreants, (with some help from their mother, particularly during gestation). As for the grandsons, where were their thoughts of granddad at the festive season? Lost in adoration and impure thoughts directed to some girl is my bet.

At least enough time has passed for me to get past the determination to ignore all family this Christmas, and it’s just as well I didn’t get a Porsche because my Green principles would have made me sell it and so

offend the unlikely generous son. But I have a cunning plan that you may find useful. Instead of splashing out on an expensive present that they don’t want, I’ll buy a token gift and one of those items you can choose from various charities. You make a donation that is said to send two ducks or a mosquito net, something like that, to some poor family overseas and the cards confirming your donation becomes part of your present to a friend or family member. That way you don’t spend money on an unwanted present but are not saving money for yourself. That is very bad manners at Christmas and you don’t want to be known as Scrooge do you? My master plan is for all of us to eventually spend up large on donations to charities at Christmas and forget the other presents. Just concentrate on being nice to each other as I suggested last year. Happy Nicemass.

(No relatives were terminally alienated in the writing of this piece.)

Last Thursday evening, a Raglan group show titled 10 Raglan Artists was launched at ArtsPost.

Many people commented that it is one of the best exhibitions they have seen at this gallery. The work is as diverse as you could imagine, from Carol Fletcher’s amazing grid-like collections of found objects to Shelley Meek’s stunning free-standing metal constructions. And from masterful carving on surfboards by Aaron Kereopa to beautiful slow night-shots of the seashore by photographer Mark Purdom. Uniting this apparent diversity is a palpable thread holding the works together as one, somehow perhaps influenced by living in this unique place called Raglan.

The exhibition runs until January 10. Certainly worth the trip in to Hamilton!

Church prepares for Christmas Raglan’s Catholic community are preparing for a busy few weeks in the lead up to Christmas. The youngest parishioners have already had a special get together to make Advent wreaths for their homes, small replicas of the wreath in the church with its 4 candles, one for each of the four weeks of preparation for Christmas. They will gather again on the evening of 23 December to set up the crib in the church in readiness for the birth of the Christ child, and to listen quietly and reflectively (we hope!) to the Christmas story ahead of the big day itself, when sometimes the real meaning of Christmas gets a bit lost amid all the other excitement and bustle.

On Tuesday 14th there will be a special service for all those in our parish who are frail or unwell, this to include the beautiful ritual of anointing and praying for the sick.

But its not all about us. This year it is our turn to host the wider community for the annual Carol Service sponsored by the Combined Churches of Raglan. This will be on the evening of Sunday 19 December at 7pm, and everyone is very welcome to come along and join in the singing of the well loved carols Our Christmas Day Mass will be at 9am.

Judith Collins

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what’s on TONIGHT-THURSDAY 9 DECEMBER, HĀNGI at Raglan Kindergarten – $10 per meal – pick up from 5.30 pm FRI 10 DECEMBER, RAGLAN COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL INVITES all members, supporters and friends of the Old Schol Arts Centre to the opening of the new St Lazarus Art Studio, on Friday 10 Dec. 2010 at 5.00 pm SUN 12 DECEMBER @ RAGLAN AREA SCHOOL. SurfsideKids zone.

10am.

Enquiries 825 5199.

MON 13 DECEMBER @ THE UNION CHURCH HALL. Care & Craft.

9.30am.

MON 13 DECEMBER @ TE UKU CHURCH HALL. Surfside Mainly Music.

9.30am.

MON 13 DECEMBER @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. 500 cards, 1pm.

WED 15 DECEMBER @

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TE UKU CHURCH HALL. Surfside Mainly Music.

9.30am.

WED 15 DECEMBER RAGLAN RAMBLERS. Along the beach from the Wharf to Greenslade Rd. WED 15 DECEMBER @ BLACKSAND CAFÉ.

Knitting Circle from 9.30am.

All welcome.

Beginners welcome.

FOOD FOREST GARDENING, RAGLAN WEST. 8 – 10am Thursday mornings.

THURS 16 DECEMBER @ COMMUNITY HOUSE. SurfsideYouth group van pickup 7.15pm.

Enquiries 825 5199.

THURS 16 DECEMBER @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. Euchre.

All welcome.

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SUNDAY 19 DECEMBER: COMBINED CHURCHES CAROL SERVICE at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, cnr James & a W llis Sts at 7.00 pm. All very welcome.

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