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Aspiring model follows in mother’s footsteps

Nineteen-year-old India Wray-Murane has recently signed to one of New Zealand’s leading modelling agencies, Red Eleven, following in the footsteps of her fashion model and designer mother, Mistral Wray.

Drawn to the lifestyle and creative environment, India and her family moved to Raglan around three years ago so she could attend the Surf Academy. Originally from Muriwai Beach, India’s mother Mistral was also looking to open her retail business Flaxen, where she currently sells her designer clothing.

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“India’s grown up surrounded by fashion magazines and we’ve spent a lot of time together honing our tastes,” says Mistral of their mutual love for fashion.

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Having first hand experience of the industry, Mistral admits, “I had my reservations actually,” about her daughter’s decision to start modelling.

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But with a Glassons television commercial (which aired last month), Remix and Print magazine editorials and numerous other photo shoots already under India’s belt, Mistral remarks, “India is proving that she is very capable” of handling the challenges associated with the industry.

“The work side is fun and different, it’s kind of a weird thing to have people look at you in that way though, you’re just a face I guess,” says India about her initial experiences.

Although the nature of the industry emphasises physical beauty, Amanda Betts, co-owner and Head of Scouting and Development at Red Eleven insists, “Without the personality to back up your looks, you’re not going to come through on the photo.”

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Get involved with youth, school principal tells Raglan business people

“I’m challenging you with that,” he told 20-odd Chamber of Commerce members as guest speaker at their monthly breakfast meeting. “You are the leaders in this community.”

Malcolm acknowledged that kids on the street often then become “his problem”, even though out of school, and was concerned that “way too many” of the youngsters didn’t even go home for a meal before Surfside’s Roger Peart picked them up at 7 – one night of the week at least – for organised youth activities.

“I wish every kid could eat their evening meal at home at a reasonable hour with their families every night, television off,” he said. “However a significant number of whanau are not taking or cannot take that responsibility.”

“It’s about making connections with them (the kids),” he said of his challenge.

Businesspeople could offer job opportunities and be role models in helping youngsters develop good work ethics, he suggested.

He regretted that despite conferences held

at school around such diverse topics as health and art education – and searching for people to share their skills at these events – “I cannot get many of our community to come into our school”.

Malcolm – who’s been at Raglan Area School for 26 years , the last four as principal – told the chamber the current roll of 435 year 1-13 students was a real “melting pot” with the majority Maori, about 30 percent Pakeha and 8-10 percent other ethnicities.

And despite what he termed “appalling statistics” for Maori education nationwide he insisted “we are doing okay, and better than national norms – however, not yet astonishingly well”.

He paid tribute to the example set by staff, pointing out that half the school’s teachers were Maori – with many fluent in te reo – and that they provided good, successful role models. Students also looked up to several teachers among his “talented” staff who were national sporting champions.

Malcolm said our area school had a “positive academic profile” up to year 8 but that at year 9 our average student achievement shifts down against national norms. He attributed this to some bright, competent and able students heading over the hill to other schools and this consequently “changes our statistics quite radically”.

Despite that Raglan Area School students

then caught up and achieved very good year 11 pass rates, said Malcolm who is particularly proud of last year’s 85 percent pass rate achieved at NCEA levels two and three. “It put us high in the stakes in Hamilton, higher than equivalent decile four schools.”

That result was by design not accident, he pointed out. The school kept its students on site from November 14, when other schools let their students home on exam leave.

Three more weeks of concentrated effort, meeting goals and learning plans under teacher supervision, gave local students the confidence to turn up to their exams.

Going to such lengths – and even feeding them fish n’ chips for lunch sometimes – resulted in 100 percent exam attendance, compared with just 70 percent the year before.

Malcolm urged businesspeople to develop “closer co-operation” with the area school.

He said relationship-building was the key, and there was not one kid in the Raglan community who was “not worth your effort … each of us has got to step up”.

Wider issues such as domestic violence, substance abuse, health and poverty – monetary, social or spiritual – were also community issues and “ours as a community to solve”.

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Aspiring model follows in mother’s footsteps

Continued from page 2 Renowned for developing some of New Zealand’s top models, Amanda describes India as a ’natural’ and that her laidback personality and ‘cool strong sense of individual style’ caught her attention.

“India has an approach to fashion that isn’t pretentious and her style is effortless, we all fell in love with her,” says Amanda.

Amanda also credits India’s background in competitive surfing as one of her major assets.

“I think that surfing has helped India stay dedicated and focused, she’s used to getting up early and being in the cold water so when we send her out on jobs we can rely on her not to complain, and that kind of attitude is really important in the industry,” says Amanda.

One of Red Eleven’s clients, Print Magazine, needed a model

to launch their first print edition and India was hand picked for her personality, style and natural beauty.

“Print magazine make a point of not retouching their photos so it was really important to find a girl that was natural and edgy and represented what their magazine was about,” says Amanda.

India says that the best photo shoots have been the ones that have come naturally and easily, citing her favourite as a shoot with Cindy Kavanagh (wife of celebrity hairstylist Richard Kavanagh) where she wore a wok on her head.

Looking ahead, India has Fashion Week in her sights and is looking forward to travelling - one of the perks of the job.

Meanwhile Mistral is busy with her own stylish creations, but she hopes her daughter “enjoys herself and meets some amazing people,” during the course of her career.

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Beauty comes from within, the way you feel about yourself affects the way you dress, care for yourself, your posture, speech and the way you interact with the world. Most women derive some sense of the beauty from the health and condition of their skin. This is because the outer appearance of our skin can reflect our inner health. Here at The Herbal Dispensary we often guide women and men on their inner health.

This week we would like to invite you to a special natural cosmetic event. We are very lucky to be able to offer you an opportunity experiment with one of the few make up brands that is certified vegan or certified organic or both.

In store Make-up event Natural skincare makeup artists, Rose and Dionne from Inika cosmetics will be in store on Thursday the 7th of July.

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Well here are a few handy tips Pre paid rubbish bags can actually save you money. Rather than paying to dump rubbish that you don’t have or paying for your neighbours rubbish to travel all the way to Hampton Downs, with the pre paid bag system you only have to pay for what you dispose of. So the less you throw in the bag the less it costs to you.

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BMX track, fitness trail idea a winner with community board A BMX track and fitness trail could be on the cards for the Kopua Domain if the enthusiastic reception from Raglan Community Board is anything to go by.

While local sports promoter Lisa Thomson admitted the idea was still at the “dream stage”, she told the board at its monthly meeting last week that a bike track built close by the recently redeveloped skatepark would save families from travelling over the hill to Hamilton and Te Awamutu for BMXing which – along with mountainbiking – had become a “huge sport” in New Zealand.

It would also benefit the general health and fitness of Raglan area children, she said. And a parcourse or fitness trail of exercise stations built at intervals around the soccer fields nearby would add to the family-friendly area.

The board heard that while Lisa and her Karioi Classic co-organiser, Bike 2 Bay business operater Dirk De Ruysscher, were keen to develop the BMX track themselves with the support of other local parents, it was Raglan Kopua Holiday Park board of management chairman Colin Chung who was planning and researching the allied parcourse as a fitness facility for the whole community to use whatever their sport.

Board member Linda Cole suggested the three of them work together to design a concept for both facilities so only one land use consent need be issued.

Ward councillor Clint Baddeley also supported the plan and was keen to create additional family activities around the popular domain and designer skatepark area. “The time may’ve come to work together for a very positive outcome (all round),” he told Lisa during her presentation to the meeting.

He warned however against causing erosion at the edges of the planned 400-metre BMX track, which would wend its way among the newly planted trees that have replaced the controversially-felled stand of poplars west of the skatepark.

Lisa assured the board no sand would be taken from the area, which in any case would need an overlay of some sort – possibly burnt lime. “It’s hard riding in sand; you don’t get very far,” she joked.

The BMX track and parcourse ideas also had what Lisa termed a “very positive” reception at the previous night’s meeting of Raglan coastal reserves advisory committee which provides advice to the community board on the strategic management and capital development of four local reserves.

However she told the Chronicle after the board meeting that even if the proposals did firm up into concrete plans, nothing might be built until around the “summer of 2013” at the earliest. *Mountainbikers keen to see the proposed new MTB track established from Ocean Beach up through the pine forest to the trig station need to email their submissions on the draft Wainui Reserve management plan to wainuireserve@waidc.govt.nz by August 12.

A copy of the draft plan is available on the WDC website, along with a copy of the submission form.

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Waikato set to receive world-class broadband Within just months of the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) programme beginning, the rural areas of the Waikato will begin to realise the benefits of access to the kind of internet speeds and services currently available in urban areas.

The Government has made it clear that connecting New Zealanders living outside the main centres is hugely important to the future growth and success of our economy. So the RBI was developed to fast-track the connection of rural schools, hospitals and communities to high-speed broadband services, to better connect and digitally enable rural New Zealanders.

The RBI objectives will provide ultra-fast 100Mbps broadband services to 95 percent of rural schools, and 5Mbps broadband service to over 80 percent of rural households, within six years.

This means broadband services for households capable of browsing content-rich websites such as online banking and shopping, watching video and sending and receiving large files. For schools and hospitals, with the 100Mbps data speeds they will have access to, it means the ability to conduct video conferences, use e-learning tools and share and access extensive knowledge-bases.

Telecom and Vodafone are investing in and delivering the RBI in partnership with the Government by extending their existing fixed and mobile networks, with the combined investment into rural broadband totalling around half a billion dollars.

Through the extension of existing fibre infrastructure,

Telecom will connect approximately 750 rural schools as well as six hospitals to ultra-fast 100Mbps broadband connections.

Vodafone is building an additional 154 cell towers which, when linked to the fixed fibre network, will deliver high speed broadband services wirelessly.

These towers will not only deliver wireless broadband access, but also significantly expand mobile voice, SMS and mobile data coverage.

As well as connecting schools and hospitals, thousands of homes all over the region will also have access to improved broadband services, and some will be able to access broadband for the first time.

In the first year of the roll out, Telecom’s network business Chorus will lay 143km of new fibre in the Waikato and connect 73 schools to ultra-fast broadband.

Vodafone will build 28 new cell sites and upgrade 62 existing sites in the region over the duration of the RBI roll out.

All of the RBI-funded fibre and wireless components will be available to any other service provider to offer services over, on an equivalent basis, which means customers will have not only faster data services but also a much wider choice of technologies and suppliers for these services.

Both companies are currently engaging with stakeholder groups, councils, trusts, local lines companies, local iwi and other Maori entities and other interest groups, before build work begins in July.

In brief Papanui Point to get legal accessway Ruapuke’s popular but notorious fishing spot Papanui Point will soon have legal public access thanks to landowner Caroline Swann, who is selling a piece of her remote 300-acre sheep and beef property to Waikato District Council for an official right-of-way.

It means no-one can cut off access to the fishing ground should Caroline – now in her mid-60s – sell the land she’s farmed with her family for generations.

Papanui Point was the only fishing spot of any note between Raglan and Kawhia, she told the Chronicle this week, and fishermen had always had free access to it via her farmland. However the public also needed to appreciate that it was a treacherous point and had claimed no fewer than 17 lives since 1940, she cautioned.

Caroline said she understood that the council would not only ensure public access to the point but also build a carpark once the land was surveyed.

Community board acts on privet, wandering dogs A tougher line on privet has been urged by the Raglan Community Board following its recent public workshop looking at issues with bylaws.

The board resolved at its monthly meeting last week to write to the Waikato Regional Council – formerly Environment Waikato – calling for the noxious weed to be added to the “controlled plants” list for Raglan.

“People do not like the two varieties of privet,” said chairman Rodger Gallagher, referring to the spring and autumn-flowering varieties that residents told the workshop were “everywhere”.

Feedback from the workshop also emphasised that privet should be described as noxious weeds rather than simply plant pests, which implied they would not be eradicated.

Meanwhile the board has also recommended that Waikato District Council’s dog restriction signs include a phone number for the public to call if there’s a problem with control of stray animals. It also wants a one-page “visitor brochure” prepared so tourists and holidaymakers know where they can walk their dogs, with or without leads.

Thinktank hints Raglan foreshore ‘up for grabs’ A right-wing political thinktank has questioned whether Raglan might be among the next “targets” of Maori tribal corporations who, it claims, are lining up to claim customary title of New Zealand’s coastline thanks to National’s replacement coastal rights legislation.

The provocative claims come in a New Zealand Centre for Political Research press statement headlined “Popular beaches targeted for foreshore claims” and authored by the thinktank’s founder, former ACT deputy leader and parliamentarian Muriel Newman.

Dr Newman says that thanks to the Government’s Marine and Coastal Area Act the country’s foreshore and seabed, which she describes as having always been the birthright and common heritage of all New Zealanders equally under common law, have now been put up for grabs by iwi.

Her comments, picked up by several internet-based news websites, focus on claims for customary title at areas ranging from Shipwreck Bay and Ninety Mile Beach in the Far North to Kennedy Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula and beaches north of Napier.

But she also claims that the three-month-old law has, as far as iwi are concerned, “opened the floodgates” to claims on any stretch of coast. “Where next?” she asks. “Will it be Takapuna Beach, Raglan, Mt Maunganui, Oriental Bay, St Kilda or maybe the whole of Golden Bay?” Dr Newman, who was a list MP in Parliament for three three-year terms, has vowed to fight what she terms a “dreadful law” through a citizens-initiated referendum that she says would restore Crown ownership of the foreshore and seabed.

She quotes TV3 political reporter Duncan Garner as having reported that customary title would empower those who “met the test” to charge commercial operators, veto developments and ban beach access under customary practices like rahui.

Dr Newman’s broadside does not appear to have either attracted much coverage in the mainstream media or – so far at least – to have provoked the iwi groups or tribal corporations she attacked into responding.

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Fitness guru sets up base Tsunamis and surfbreaks: in Raglan

What a travelling waverider needs to know

Jo Hale goes by many titles, personal trainer, surf coach, researcher, spin instructor, surf lifesaver, but her passion for health, fitness and surfing have brought her to Raglan where she is now offering a range of personal fitness programs for all ages and levels.

An evening at Vinnie’s Restaurant June 28th of interesting science featuring a presentation for all ages describing the causes and effects of tsunami disasters that have rocked our world in recent years.

Hailing from Cornwall, Jo spent time researching her thesis in Morocco as well as being involved with various surf camps before moving to Raglan. Attracted by the famed leftJo Hale enjoying one of her many skills hand break and the fact that she liked Kiwis better than Australians, Raglan has so far “Women lose a lot of their core strength after pregnancy, exceeded Jo’s expectations.

“Raglan is a really cool spot, everything I want is at losing their abdominal muscles, it takes some time to rebuild my doorstep, surfing, the gym and the natural beauty of the that strength,” says Jo. landscape,” says Jo on her decisions to stay in Raglan.

Recently taking over the role of spin instructor at the Jo’s love for surfing has been an underlying current running Raglan Gym, Jo notes that spinning and surfing are great throughout her whole life, after finishing her studies; she went complimentary exercises. on to obtain her BSA level-two surf coach qualification so she “Spinning is one of the best cardio workouts you can do, it could help develop the sport she was passionate about. works the lower body, so combined with surfing, which is the A level two qualification means that Jo can provide surf upper, you work out your whole body and they’re both really coaching that goes beyond beginner levels and focuses on great for the core too,” says Jo. developing intermediate-level skills.

Jo notes that this time of the year is perfect for starting a “I like training people to achieve goals, I think it’s really new fitness program, especially since there are fewer surfers easy for surf instructors to stagnate and keep giving beginner out at the points. Jo provides personal training services as lessons over and over again, it makes my job more fulfilling well as surf coaching so if you are interested in shaping up taking them further,” says Jo. Having travelled the world, coaching surfers at events during the cold winter months contact Jo through the Raglan such as the Roxy and Quiksilver surf camps, Jo recognises Gym or Raglan Surf School. that there is a gap in the Raglan market for surf and fitness Maki Nishiyama training specifically aimed at women.

“Teaching surfing to women is what I’m passionate about, a lot of the times I think women get intimidated out in the water having to put on a wetsuit and compete with the guys,” explains Jo. Jo also noticed the number of mothers in Raglan and wanted to provide a supportive environment for women to get back into shape after pregnancy.

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The evening is free and open to the public Special Guest Speaker – Professor Shun-ichi Koshimura of the Disaster Control Research Center (DCRC), Tohoku Japan.

Professor Koshimura will describe his first hand accounts of the recent, March 11, Great Tohoku Japan earthquake and tsunami and the devastation it brought to his home town. He will share stories of hope and survival as the Tohoku region rebuilds after this terrible disaster.

Tsunami scientist and Raglan resident, Dr. Jose Borrero, will open and close the evening’s presentation with an introduction explaining the science of tsunamis, a brief description of recent tsunami history and a discussion on reducing tsunami risk on both a personal and societal level.

Jose is a scientist working with Raglan based consultancy ASR Ltd. and an Adjunct Professor with the University of Southern California Tsunami Research Centre. He has been actively involved in all areas if tsunami research for more than 15 years and has surveyed the effects of 14 tsunami events since 1995. He wishes to share his knowledge about tsunamis with the community in an effort to raise awareness and minimize future disasters.

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Te Uku Pony Club The Te Uku Branch of Hamilton Pony Club was originally founded in the early nineteen fifties and was re-established thirty one years ago on the the present site on Okete Road.

Riders have excelled in all disciplines this season, including Hamilton Pony Club end of season competition.

• Ayla Benseman, The Hamilton Pony Club’s 2011 • Mahoney Memorial Trophy • Aisha Lichtwark, the Marjory Russell trophy.

• Portia Mathews and Katherine Hill 2nd and 3rd in the Booth Memorial Trophy We have held seventeen rallies. Riders gained 3 D passes, 3 D+, 1 C+ and 4 C certificates. These are National tests. We have had two riders attain A certificate in recent years, the highest level.

Prize winners for the end of the 2011 season at Te Uku Pony Club are,

• Points Cup: Portia Matthews • Senior Dressage: Ayla Benseman • Senior Show Jumping: Ayla Benseman • Intermediate Dressage: Jessie Bruce pony club 2 • Intermediate Show Jumping: Helena Silich • Junior Dressage: Ashley Bruce • Junior Obstacle Course: Ronan Thompson.

The Pony Club members have been well presented, polite and a pleasure to teach.

We make our grounds available to older riders in the community to assist them in training by having the use of the wonderful facilities.

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L to R: Toni Burgess, Portia Matthews, Katherine Hill, Ayla Benseman, Aisha Lichtwark

Farm plastics solution is here Farm plastic is a persistent and growing problem for farmers and growers in New Zealand.

The practice of burning and burying waste plastics on farm is not good for the environment and is not best farming practice. Many farmers continue to do this because there has been no alternative. However global supply chains are demanding increased emphasis on cleaner production methods and these include environmental issues such as waste disposal. Some regional and local councils already have clean air legislations which prohibit the burning of plastic and more are likely to introduce bans in the near

future. The more farmers who support the Balewrap & Silage Sheet recycling scheme the better and more widespread it will become.

Xtreme Waste is proud to offer this solution to the Whaingaroa Community.

Balewrap & Silage Sheet are a valued resource and we need to recover these plastics rather than burn or burry them.

To encourage our local farmers to participate in this programme we are giving away some great prizes. Recycle and win, that’s the message. For the months of July, August & September, all you need to do is bring your clean Balewrap & Silage Sheet to the Raglan Recycle & Transfer Station and you will automatically go in the draw for a

meal at Orca Restaurant. Also, Journeys End Bed & Breakfast have donated 2 nights accommodation with continental breakfasts included, for the launch of this recycling campaign. This prize will be drawn on 21st September.

Please note that it is very important not to contaminate your Balewrap & Silage Sheet with mud, string or foreign debris as this stops it from getting recycled. If it is contaminated it has to be land-filled and this will cost $43/m3 as opposed to the $10/m3 processing fee and you will not be eligible for the prize draws.

You have to be in to win so let go Whaingaroa Farmers, forward to zero waste.

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Friends of Wainui AGM Wainui Bush Park has been developed since 1993 by a group of volunteers, The Friends of the Wainui Reserve, in 10ha on the Wainui Rd side of the 140ha Wainui Reserve.

The Reserve was created as a ‘pilot reserve’, but Raglan port never developed enough to need the planned lighthouse or pilots. Instead a flax mill was built, powered by the Wainui Stream.

Later cattle ate the flax and steamships needed fewer ropes than sailing ships, so the site of the flax mill is now used by Whaingaroa Harbour Care nursery.

The rest of the Reserve was neglected and overgrazed leasehold farmland, until Friends of Wainui planted about 15,000 trees on it. Over 70 have plaques with the names of the trees and dates of planting. As well as native trees, the area behind the pond is planted with over 40 camellia and sasanqua. They started flowering

in June and usually continue to November. This time of year is also good for fungi. The distinctive basket fungus can be seen in the park at present.

A wheelchair accessible picnic area has a pond and a stream. The pond is gravity fed through 300 metres of 50mm pipe. Work continues to maintain this and the tracks and protect the trees from possums and other pests.

Why not join the Friends in their work on alternate Monday mornings? To check when, ring Seth Silcock on 825-8591.

All are welcome to attend the Friends 18th Annual Meeting on Monday 4 July. The AGM at noon will be preceded by a tour of the park starting at 11am from the Bush Park car park and a shared pot luck lunch at 368 Wainui Rd (the next house up the hill from the Park) John Lawson

Basket fungus can currently be found at Wainui Bush Park

Bowls AGM

Raglan Golf Club news

From this we thanked our Patron, Mr Rex Coombes, who has decided not to take on the position this year. Rex has always taken a keen interest in our club over the years, as a player and committee person and then our Patron. We wish Rex all the best.

Firstly, ask yourself whether there can possibly be a more pleasant way of keeping fit than walking over a beautiful rolling golf course and hitting finely controlled shots to superbly presented greens that sit and wait for putters of your ability to tame! The pleasure can be immense, so come up and enjoy yourself and shed some un-necessary pounds on the way round.

Your Club would really like to see more of you taking advantage of the offering. We still have good numbers attending and enjoying the Tuesday vets 9 hole events, but the small numbers turning up on the Sunday Club and Wednesday Ladies’ day is a worry. Our Club is only as strong as its’ active members.

If you have ideas on a restructuring of the Sunday Club Day, maybe changing to Saturdays, or a new format, please talk to Myrle or leave a note for consideration, in the green fee box if Club closed.

OBITUARIES: Very sadly Bill Lee passed away recently. Bill was a tower of strength with the work he did for our Club over many years. He loved his golf and he worked tirelessly on many improvement and maintenance projects around the course, from tree trimming, burning rubbish, the firewood fund-raising project, carpentry, and vets’ convening and book-keeping. Bill was a PastPresident of the Club, and his contributions will be sorely missed. To Glena and to all Bill’s family the Club members extend their condolences and sympathy.

On a brighter note Past President, and long time Club supporter Katerina Mataira, has been conferred the title of a Dame of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the recently announced Queen’s Birthday Honours. Katerina

As a follow-on from my last Chronicle report, our AGM was held on the same day as our prize-giving, 22nd May.

John Taylor was thanked for his contributions as our Vice President and work done on the Match Committee. John has remained involved in our Club as organiser of roll-ups. Murray Eddy has kindly offered to remain to help in that same capacity.

Thank you both.

Sue Russell has stepped down from being our Treasurer, a job she has done well in her term of office. She is remaining on the sub-committee of our 90th Jubilee Re-Union to be held on 27th August 2011. Our thanks have been extended to Sue. Les Soanes was also thanked for his services during his term in office, but due to several circumstances he has agreed to be coopted back onto our Committee. Thank you for that Les. Our new committee were elected as follows:President: Ruth Rawlinson

Vice President: Jim Boggiss

Secretary: Eileen Stephens

Treasurer: Ruth Rawlinson

Committee: Terry Green, Beti Broome and Bill Bond.

Tournament Sec: Eileen Stephens Match Convenor: Jim Boggiss Publicity: Eileen Stephens

Caterer: Ruth Rawlinson.

Our next Open Tournament is on Saturday June 25th with 16 teams taking part.

Kia ora members and friends. Here is some advice on how to really enjoy mid winter golf.

has been involved with the Club since the move to Te Hutewai Rd. in the early 1980’s, and has helped the Club in many ways over a very long period, even though she was deeply involved in her life- long work of promoting Te Reo Maori. We congratulate Katerina on this welldeserved honour.

We can now advise all that the A.G.M. will be held in the Club-house on Sunday July the 10th at 10.00 a.m.

Notices will be sent to all voting members, with a copy of the Balance Sheet and the President’s Report.

Following the A.G.M. a 9 hole scramble will be held commencing around 11.30 a.m. Please make an effort to attend and support your Club.

On Saturday the 2nd of July there will be a Club dinner and fun night at the Club-house, commencing at 6.30 pm for drinks, dinner at 7.30 pm, and a team quiz competition comingled with large screen horse races for the serious fun lover. Details will be sent separately as a ‘Flier’ and your support would be most appreciated. This is an opportunity to get together and socialise during the dark winter months.

Our Club urgently needs more involvement form members to support the Club Administration. The Management Board must have new blood to carry the Club forward. Nominations will be called for prior to the A.G.M. and at the A.G.M., so if you have the interests of this wonderful facility at heart, then please seriously consider helping out. Current Board members have each served more than the 3 year rotation as set out in the Constitution.

The Club acknowledges and thanks all sponsors and is well able to accommodate new ones.

Roll-ups are still on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12.45pm.

Happy bowling, Eileen Stephens

letter

Dear Editor In the Raglan Chronicle, Issue 247, 9 June 2011 Mr. Alan Vink (Chair of the board) in his Chamber of Commerce column wrote, ‘all leases are negotiable especially in the present economic climate’. His closing comment was ‘again the Chamber can help you’ (negotiate your lease). With the council having announced last week that Harbour board leases at the bottom of Bow St are about to double I trust we will see Mr. Vink in his role of Chair of the Raglan Chamber of Commerce and as an elected member of the Raglan Community Board negotiate with his council to bring the Harbour board leases down to a level that business in this unique village can sustain.

Maybe Mr. Vink will find it takes two willing parties to negotiate a lease downwards. Words in politics are cheap.

Peter Hucklesby Burger Shack Organic

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RAGLAN JUNIOR SOCCER: SAT 18th June 2011 RAGLAN JUNIOR RUGBY: SAT 18th June 2011 GRADE

RESULT PLAYER/S OF DAY

GRADE

RESULT

PLAYER/S OF DAY

5th Penguins

Win 5-1 The Team

6th

Cancelled

N/A

7th Sharks

Draw 1-1 Jarvis Camezind

7th Green Cancelled

N/A

7th Orcas

Win 4-0

Connor Marquand

7th Black Cancelled

N/A

8th Manta Rays

Win 2-0

Luke

8th

Cancelled

N/A

8th Kingies

Lost 2-8 Josh Haworth & Josh Salmon

9th Great Whites

Lost 0-1 JJ Balinska Smith

9th

Cancelled

N/A

10th Stingrays

Lost 3-7 Shay Cornes

10th

Cancelled

N/A

10th Bull Sharks

Win 3-0

11th

Won 34-10 Zane Kalma, DJ Kiel

11th Piranhas

Washout N/A

12th

Won 48 - 0 Rhys Hayes, Reiki Ruawai

Rudy Regnier

OPINION: Must Raglan grow to prosper? by Phil McCabe The silent acceptance of the Chronicle article a few weeks ago headed ‘Raglan Must grow To Prosper’ alarms me a little.

Mayor Alan Sanson had spoken to the Chamber of Commerce where he apparently told the crowd that Raglan needs to grow and attract a bigger population and more business if it is to become a more vibrant and sustainable community.

This is definitely not a shot at mayor Sanson. I have never met the man nor heard him speak but I and many others believe the notion of continual growth is founded in a paradigm of thinking that does not fit the physical world nor our society any longer.

Paradigm shifts can happen as easily as shifting a couple of words in a sentence as I have done for the title of this wee muse. I think the question “Must Raglan grow to prosper?” is one worth asking, just as it’s worth having a look at that old paradigm to see if it still serves us.

If growth means getting bigger and faster and more, then I am not so sure if I like it. However, if growing means operating smarter and with greater cohesion (the action or fact of forming a united whole.

Physics- the sticking together of particles of the same substance) as a community then maybe growth is a good thing to strive for.

I reckon our community is already pretty vibrant and there are many people and organisations working on environmental and social sustainability issues so I can only summise that the mayor is talking about ‘Economic Vibrancy and Sustainability’.

Currently the Raglan economy as with just about every small and large economy around the world operates in, what is effectively, a bottomless bucket, a sieve. We funnel money into the bucket and due to the massive economic drains it just falls out the bottom and no matter how hard we work as individuals and as a collective community, no matter how much we ‘GROW’, the darn bucket just won’t fill up! Sound familiar?

Interest is the biggest hole in the bucket that I’ve spotted. Within the business that I work, roughly one quarter of the money that is carried over the divvy, through Raglan township, up our driveway and handed over the counter, is exported to Australia, in the form of interest, before anyone in town even knew it arrived.

ARBORIST

There are many ways to calculate the interest component of what we pay for our everyday existence but it has been estimated that in housing interest alone, Raglan forks out in excess of $5 million per year. Add farm and business loans and that figure comes up to around $12 million and if you add in disguised interest- the interest component of rates and taxes, and the interest-ratcheted component of the price of all goods and services- the figure climbs to something like $25 million dollars per year from the Raglan area! It’s a real big problem that will only compound by increasing population and more ‘business as usual’.

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Take a moment and consider what could be done with this phenomenal sum of money if it stayed within our local economy... $25,000,000 per year... that is 6 zeros! $100 million every 4 years! Even just 1% of it?

Eighteen months ago a brave group of 7 households in and around Raglan decided to run a pilot programme in an effort to begin plugging the ‘Interest Hole’. Based on the JAK Bank in Sweden, with 40,000 members, WAE (Whaingaroa Appropriate Economy) was formed where collective savings are pooled to assist members in making purchases that would otherwise require a loan and interest payments. WAE operates under the principles of reciprocity, trust and integrity. Every transaction is 100% reciprocal and balanced.

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FLASH-A-LIGHT St John Appeal week 2011.

Meet the crew, buy a raffle ticket and a sausage at the Raglan Club Grounds 25th Jun, 10am.

SUN 26 JUN @ Te Uku Church, service 7pm.

MAINLY MUSIC. Monday & Wednesday 9:30am @ Te Uku Church.

RAGLAN LIGHT EXERCISE GROUP. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs 10-11am @ the Old Gospel Hall, Raglan West.

MON 27 JUN @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. 500 cards, 1pm.

TUESDAYS @ Raglan Club -- Texas Hold’em 6.30pm.

TUES 28 JUNE @ VINNIE’S R E S TA U R A N T. Understanding Tsunamis and Tsunami Hazards in Aotearoa and Around the World.

6.00 – 6.30 pm opening reception. 6.30 –7.30 pm presentations. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

WED 29 JUN, RAGLAN RAMBLERS. Plateau Rd along to the partly formed road started in 1908 to the 300m long cutting - bring lunch.

WED 29 JUN @ BLACKSAND CAFÉ.

Knitting Circle from 9.30am. All welcome!

ZUMBA! Waitetuna School Wednesdays 6pm Te Uku Hall, starts Tuesday May 3rd 7.30pm, Sarah T 8255844.

WED 29 JUN @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. 60’s Music ‘n’ Mingles. 11am.

Enquiries Geoff Meek 825 0488.

THURSDAYS @ Raglan Community House 10 - 1pm CV Writing Assistance.

FREE. All welcome.. Appts required. Ph 825 8142.

THURS 30 JUN @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. Euchre.

All welcome. 6pm.

MON 4 JULY, FRIENDS OF WAINUI RESERVE, walk from the Bush Park carpark 11am, then AGM and shared lunch at 368 Wainui Rd. All welcome.

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FRI 24 JUN @ YOT CLUB, TWISTED TWISTER. TractorFM’s Winter Solstice Party.

9pm, $5.

SAT 25 JUN @ YOT CLUB, CORNERSTONE ROOTS with TUI SOUND SYSTEM. $20.

SUN 26 JUN @ ORCA, Comedy night with Ewen Gilmour & Vaughan King $15 presales from Orca, $20 door.

FRI 8 JUL @ RAGLAN CLUB, JERRY LEE, 7.30pm.

THRIVING ON A SHOESTRING. Free Workshops at Raglan Community House.

9.30am to 12noon Ph: 8258142. - Wed 29 June - Parents Supporting Play CAPOEIRA ANGOLA CLASSES – 7.00pm, Scout Hall. $5. 021 2010 542.

Monday’s

QIGONG CLASSES for all. Monday 9am/ Tuesday 6pm. $8. Call Kirsten: 8256890 / 0210761429.

MEDIC FIRST AID CLASSES. Workplace first aid.

Ph 027 231 8805.

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FLOOR SA N D IN G EQUIPMENT for hire. Ph Raglan Flooring 825 8777.

BOUNCY CASTLE FOR HIRE, entertainment for the kids. Vicki 825 7575.

For Sale FIREWOOD dry Manuka, cut to size, heaped trailor load, $125, delivered. Dave 825 7270.

FIREWOOD Dry. Macrocarpa / native mix. $120 a load delivered. Ph 825 5200.

FIREWOOD Dry 6 x 6 trailer load. Pine for $90, delivered. 0210771524.

FIREWOOD T-TREE / Manuka. $140 delivered per m 3. $100. Ex yard. Ph 825 0522.

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RETAIL SHOP SHELVES, large. Double sided with glass shelves. Call in at Xtreme Waste to view. $50.

7 WIRE FENCE. 27m long, 2 strainers 4 posts & battens. Highway boundary for section. Contact Roy Haar 021417586 2A Puka Place Raglan.

3 HUNTAWAY / BEARDY cross pups for sale.

Phone evenings 825 6860.

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Public Notices

KIWIS AGAINST SEABED MINING. Issue Update and AGM. Sunday 3rd July. 2pm. Community House.

THE RAGLAN SAILING CLUB AGM will be held on Sunday 3rd July at the Old School, Stewart St at 2.00pm, followed by afternoon tea. All welcome.

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