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Ben Poulter - along with his sister Alexis, have been chosen to compete in the Quicksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Champs. Image credited to PhotoCPL Should you wish to aquire any images from this weeks Chronicle - please contact us on 825 7076 or email your request to info@raglanchronicle.co.nz

Raglan surfing siblings off to Worlds again

Raglan’s ace brother-and-sister combination Ben and Alexis Poulter have been named once again to compete in the Quicksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships – but this time they’re not the only surfing siblings in the New Zealand team.

Also among the 12 off to Peru in May for this year’s championships are two brothers from remote Mimiwhangata in Northland, Joe and Paul Moretti.

Ben was far and away the best of the Kiwi contingent at last year’s ISA worlds, held on home territory at Piha where he finished a stunning sixth overall in the under 16 boys category. He’s also competed in the same annual event in Ecuador, which makes it three times he’s now been selected for the ISA worlds.

But it’s his older sister who’s the most capped of the team just announced by Surfing New Zealand, having attended the prestigious event no fewer than four times previously – in France, Portugal, Ecuador and Piha.

Alexis is set to compete in the under 18 girls together with Whangamata’s Ella Williams and Grace Spiers and Gisborne’s Sarah Mason. Ben has now stepped up to the under 18 boys grade where he’ll represent New Zealand along with Joe Moretti, Piha’s Tane Wallis and the Mount’s Todd Doyle.

Ben’s a student at Raglan Area School’s surf academy while Alexis is now studying law at Waikato University.

The dozen surfers selected will now be busy with training camps, and fundraising to help pay their way to South America, before flying out in May. The ISA worlds in Peru run from May 21 to 29.

Raglan-based Surfing New Zealand executive officer Greg Townsend says the competition for spots in all divisions was very close and “we look forward to seeing some excellent results from the selected surfers when they compete in Peru in just over two months’ time”.

The Kiwi contingent placed a very respectable seventh overall at Piha last year, the first time the ISA worlds – previously known as the World Grommet Titles – have been held in New Zealand.

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Ski lane no-one knew about safety risk at ‘gentle’ bay “I think it’s a really bad OSH risk,” says Raglan-based mortgage broker Dermot Murtagh who lives at the bay and was incredulous last week over the safety of having a ski lane which, he says, goes straight onto rocks.

“Not a lot of thought went into it,” he says.”There’s no ambulance access or anything … it’s crazy.”

Margot Gillard is another resident who was under the illusion until last month, when she was surprised to see ski lane poles erected, that Moonlight Bay was strictly for swimming, kayaking and paddling.

“It is a terrible mistake,” she said in a letter to Environment Waikato this month.

“It is an affront to many of the locals who use this quiet, gentle area for non-motorised water activities.”

She pointed out the area was bad for boats anyway as it was full of obstacles like rocks and a mud reef that propellers get stuck in.

“I am really hoping that this is just a momentary ‘stuff-up’ and the poles will be relocated to the opposite side of the bay where everybody waterskis and wakeboards already,” she wrote.

Others with holiday houses in the peaceful, secluded area have also written to EW with their concerns, asking for the ski lane designation to be removed.

The ski lane location was not only dangerous to boats and skiers because of the rocky foreshore, said John Parr of Auckland, but “nonsensical” considering the number of swimmers who used the small beach.

Meanwhile Grant Cushman, Lincoln University’s professor of parks, recreation and tourism, has called for an “interim decision” on the grounds of health and safety.

He too says rocks below the surface make the area unsafe and dangerous for waterskiers.

But it may be some time before officials get rid of the offending ski lane short of an interim direction from Raglan’s harbourmaster, as suggested by EW’s compliance and education manager Rob Dragten.

While the designated area has existed since 2009’s navigation safety review, he explains, the erection of ski lane markers was overlooked until earlier this year when a complaint of a near-miss – between a local swimmer and a boat towing a “donut” – was being investigated.

As a result the ski lane markers have only recently been put in, alerting residents to the fact that a ski lane exists at all.

EW’s three-yearly review of the bylaw – due to start within the next few months – offers a path to change the zoning and reverse the process, says Mr Dragten, but it will not be complete until mid-2012.

a public meeting in 2008 and because there were no submissions against it – apparently despite EW notification on Raglan radio, in the Chronicle and around town – the draft bylaw went through.

One longtime Greenslade Road local however, who did not want to be named but who describes the placing of a ski lane in Moonlight Bay as “absolutely ridiculous”, remains doubtful that the public were notified.

“No-one was told, no-one knew, no-one saw an advertisement,” she insists.

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Residents should be aware too, he cautions, that some councillors have suggested reviewing the bylaw every five rather than three years which could delay the process even further, until 2013 or 2014.

Meantime residents remain incredulous how the bylaw okaying a ski lane “snuck through” the system in the first place. But Mr Dragten says he understands the request was made at

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Greenslade Road residents – aghast to discover recently that secluded Moonlight Bay is a designated ski lane area – are calling for a change in policy to protect beachgoers from what they believe is an accident waiting to happen.

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Council downplays tennis courts stink Waikato District council was quickly on the ball last week – and quick to downplay any suggestions of a major spill – after a sewage stink was traced to beneath the tennis courts of the Perry family’s holiday home in Raglan West.

Council staff and contractors turned out in force to the property on the corner of Marine Parade and Nihinihi Avenue on theThursday to rip up a part of the courts, fix a broken sewer line and repair the playing surface “as best we can”.

Neighbours had alerted council earlier to a sewer smell near the recently refurbished pump station in Nihinihi Avenue, where a small wastewater discharge was discovered coming out of a stormwater pipe.

Sand bags were laid to prevent the spillage spreading and the underground blockage found soon after by putting a cctv camera down the sewer line, says water & facilities general manager Richard Bax. No solids were seen, only liquid, he adds. And to allay people’s fears, the quantity of discharge seeping out into the harbour – though unknown – is believed to be only a “small amount”.

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But signs advising people not to eat shellfish were placed in the area as a precaution.

Council workers removed the blockage, replaced part of the pipe and repaired the Perry’s tennis court.

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One schools help for another Raglan Area School found positive ways to help students in one Christchurch School.

In the aftermath of the Christchurch quake staff at Raglan Area School discussed ways the school might help Christchurch as well as support students at their school to come to terms with the tragic events.

Students were asked to bring a gold coin donation which was placed on to the tohu (design) symbolising Manaakitanga – one of four core values living in the school.

Manaakitanga is about looking after others, developing respect and empathy - to feel what it is like to be someone else and it seemed the right symbol for the children to embellish with their coins. Over $560 was raised.

“We became aware of Banks Avenue School in Christchurch. It had been damaged

in the earthquake and its pupils have not been able to return to school since” said Deputy Principal Marlene Smith.

“The money raised will be sent to this school as a direct gift from our students”.

Meanwhile technology teacher Beth Ivy-Buxton used art therapy to help students come to terms with the events in Christchurch.

Beth is training part-time to become an art therapist. She provided students with an opportunity to express Manaakitanga in postcards they made which will also be sent to the Christchurch school.

Making the cards gave them a way to express their concern for others and become braver” said Beth.

“The Mangopare, hammer-head shark symbol was used by some students as the basis of their card design. Our focus was on gathering strength, courage and resilience.

“Some Christchurch schools have used open Art Therapy sessions to help their students to settle and adjust following the quake. From these sessions it’s possible to

The gold coin donations which were placed on to the tohu (design)

identify those who may benefit from further art psychotherapy”.

There are plans to start a buddy system between the two schools. This is seen as another way Manaakitanga can be given expression at Raglan Area School.

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Jenny Bond, who launches a new series of the Little Raggas music and movement programme for preschoolers on Tuesday, says she hopes to create a magical time for the children.

Little Raggas was started last year by Bridget Allen at the Old School Arts Centre in Stewart Street, and Jenny is taking over after a break of several months.

In Raglan for a six month visit with family, Jenny is looking forward to using her experience as a Rudolf Steiner teacher and her own love of music and dance to help the children explore sound, rhythm and movement without the many distractions of what passes for ‘children’s entertainment’ today.

Although she plays guitar and piano herself, Jenny says she prefers to use

only voice with very young children, so the music can be adapted to their pace and rhythm, and story telling can move seamlessly into poems and song.

Rudolf Steiner philosophy encourages the children to explore their own imagination and creativity, and this will be an important part of the Little Raggas experience.

Jenny is a Londoner by birth, and has spent much of her working life teaching there. She is loving life in Raglan, and is finding plenty to do her. She is already helping Susanne Giessen Prinz with an after school pottery class, assisting her son with his organic food business, and thoroughly enjoying a singing group on Monday evenings.

Little Raggas is open to all children between 2 and 5 years, and all that is asked

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is a koha to cover costs, so come along to the Old School on Tuesday 29th from 10 am – 11 am and let your children enjoy the magic.

For more information, contact Jenny on 021 0820 0034 or email littleraggas@gmail.com Judith Collins

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Novel way to deal with ‘car-size’ wasp nest A local resident devised an ingenious way to destroy a giant wasp nest located 15 m up a large tree in the Upper Wainui Reserve.

Last month DOC staff, alerted to the existence of the nest, the size of a small car, destroyed it by felling the tree and dousing the nest with petrol.

Hugh Oliver a local entomologist was also aware of the German wasp nest and set about designing another way to destroy it – a way that would preserve the tree.

“I shared my idea about using arrows to project insecticide through the nest wall with my friend Paddy James, an experienced bowman. We set about attaching bamboo sleeves filled with insecticide to the tip of several of Paddy’s arrows” said Hugh.

The day DOC staff arrived to sort the nest out Hugh and Paddy demonstrated their novel method.

“We fired several arrows into one side of the nest and I could see we were making headway. It would have taken some time but we were getting there. We won’t know now for sure as the decision was made to go ahead and bring the tree down.”

The wasp nest was the size of a small car

Meanwhile Hugh is rightly proud of his invention and, who knows, may have the opportunity to use it again in the future. It is unusual for a nest to grow to the size this one did. Generally wasps don’t ‘winter over’ but they can if it is warm enough and there is a reliable food source nearby.

Of concern to Hugh is a lack of understanding people generally have about how wasps behave and what to do, for instance: • It’s thought the best thing to do is run away from a nest or mass of wasps. In fact this can have the opposite effect. Running away can cause a slipstream with the wasps getting sucked towards the runner. Much better to stay quietly step away.

• When wasps are foraging – hovering up and down over an area – they are usually not a problem. “They are busy finding food and not too concerned with us humans” said Hugh. If, however they are travelling directionally in a clear line then the nest may be close and it is important to not disturb their flight.

• If stung by a wasp care needs to be taken when removing the sting as it carries a small sack that continues to pulsate poison out – if this bursts more poison is spread at the site.

Hugh Oliver with his invention

• If a significant nest is found Hugh suggest contacting the Raglan Council office who will provide advice regarding what to do.

Greetings Whaingaroa and Visitors.

Tena Koutou Katoa ki nga whanau o te Rohe o Whaingaroa me nga manuhiri i tae mai.

It’s been a while since we’ve had a Police File and it’s something that we would like to re-establish. It’s a convenient way to let you know what’s happening in your town and also a way for you to assist us to keep crime down.

INCIDENTS: Raglan West is being hammered at the moment by burglaries and thefts. There were two burglaries from houses in Uenuku Avenue, overnight Sunday 13th / Monday 14th. Small items were taken which suggests that the offenders are on foot. Both burglaries occurred after midnight and before dawn. An aggravating feature of these burglaries is that occupiers were home, asleep in the rooms where the offending took place.

Uenuku Avenue again early morning Tuesday 15th where a number plate was stolen off a vehicle parked in a driveway.

Simple security measures could have prevented the above offending.

Closing a gate and security lights help to deter burglars and thieves.

They’ll look for easier options.

Even though it has been hot at nights, sleeping with external doors open is unwise - it is just the easy opportunity dishonest people are looking for.

TRAFFIC: A big thank you to all those who contacted Police regarding the motorcycle crash on SH23 on Sunday the 13th. Enquiries are still continuing so if you have any info on it, please contact the station.

Stationary Vehicle Infringement Notices are being issued to illegally parked vehicles at Ngarunui Beach, specifically for Parking on Broken Yellow Lines ($60), and Parking within the Bus Stop ($40).

When people park on the broken yellow lines, it prevents larger vehicles (ambulance, fire, buses) from exiting the car-park. Park in the designated parking areas and avoid getting ticketed.

Did you know that your drivers licence has an expiry date? Check yours out and ensure you renew it prior to its expiry. If it’s expired, get it sorted or you may have to re-sit it, or you may be forbidden to drive if stopped with an expired licence.

FOUND PROPERTY: 7 Bikes • 1x Surfboard • Cellphones • Several items of jewellery including rings • Watches • 2x plastic float mattresses • Chefs Knife • Wallets • Sunglasses • Prescription glasses • Items of clothing • Several Backpacks with personal items included MESSAGE OF THE WEEK: It’s disappointing to see the new lights at the airstrip being damaged again over the past weekend. Information has been received about this incident and is being followed up.

That’s about all for this week folks. Look after each other and enjoy the last remaining summery days and evenings.

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If anyone has any information on any of the above incidents, or have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 825 8200.

Any information received can be treated as anonymous.

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Community Gala Day Sunday 10 April 2011 Kopua Domain 9am-4pm

On Sunday, 10 April 2011, Meridian Energy and local schools will hold a Community Gala Day at Kopua Domain, Raglan from 9am to 4pm.

Take a wind farm tour

Book a vendor stall

As part of the Community Gala Day, Meridian Energy invites you to tour the Te Uku wind farm. Tours depart from Kopua Domain at regular intervals from 8am to 3pm. This is your chance to get up close to the turbines!

Tour tickets cost just $5 with 100% of proceeds from ticket sales being donated by Meridian Energy to our four local schools.

Purchase a ticket from the Raglan Information Centre on Wainui ui Road or from: RAGLAN AREA SCHOOL 57 Norrie Avenue, ue, Raglan 825 8140 TE UKU SCHOOL OL State Highway 23, Te Uku 825 5815

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100% OF PROCEEDS FROM TICKET SALES WILL BE DONATED BY MERIDIAN ENERGY TO LOCAL SCHOOLS.

Join a wind farm tour, buy food and crafts crafts, or fly a kite. There will be heaps of family activities to enjoy!

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Got a kite? Come fly it with us!. If you don’t have one, join us to make your own on the spot. We’ll be flying kites with the same wind energy Meridian uses to power the Te Uku wind farm. There will be lots of spot prizes for participants. TV presenter, Jeremy Wells, will also join us for the Meridian Kite Day celebrations!

Thank you to Waikato District Council for providing the Kopua Domain for this community event.

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RAGLAN Chronicle 7

Raglan Fire Fighters take Kids ride for free on Auckland Sky Tower Volcom Stone’s VQS Crustaceous Tour 10/11 Raglan, New Zealand

2 local fire fighters are in full preparation for climbing the 1100 steps or 51 flights of the Auckland Sky Tower on the 21st of May.

and pointless but they are doing it for worthy cause. Every year the Sky Tower Challenge is held as a fundraiser for the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation.

Mick Hodgson and Dirk De Ruysscher are not just going to walk up the Auckland icon.

They will run up the stairs in full fire fighters gear and carrying their breathing apparatus set, which will add around 20kg extra to their body weight.

This may sound crazy

The foundation supports patients and their families living with blood cancers like leukaemia.

To raise the money, they are organising a raffle to win a Fire Safety package (extinguisher, fire blanket, smoke alarm).

Raffle tickets can always be purchased at Bike2bay and Raglan Day Care Centre, or at Raglan Pharmacy on Saturday 2nd April.

You can also sponsor per climbed step or you can directly donate online on http://www.firefightersclimb.org.nz/ view_event_profile/388

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Get on down to Volcom Stone’s FREE stalefish surf contest, it is one day of action packed surfing, good times and loads of free stuff so don’t miss it: Saturday 26th March 2011, Raglan, New Zealand Free entry & loads & loads of giveaways Registration is at 7.00am kicking off with the 14 & Under Groms division at 7:30am.

Spots in all divisions are limited and filled on a first come first serve basis. There are four divisions; 14 & Under Groms, 15-17 Juniors, Girls and Pro-Am. Sign up on the day only, surfers under 18 need parent’s signature to download entry form go to: Volcom Crusty Series.

Heats will be 10 minutes best one wave until the semi finals with the most radical manoeuvre automatically rewarded.

The Junior & Pro-Am winners will be flown to Newport Beach, California to represent New Zealand and battle it out for over U.S $50,000.00 cash purse at Volcom

Stone’s Totally Crustaceous VQS World Champs!

Jay Quinn has been in fine form, winning the last three out of four events on the SOL Series and is fast becoming the most dominant surfer in New Zealand. He got his first win at home in Gisborne back in November, then won the Nationals at Dunedin in January 2011 and just recently won the Power Balance Pro at Mount Maunganui which has given him a commanding lead on the SOL Series. He will be one to watch on the international stage this year.

We caught up with Jay and asked him what he thought about the Volcom VQS events being held at Raglan and this is what he had to say. “I love making the trip over to the West Coast to surf, the VQS at Raglan is so much fun with the long lefts piling down the point. It’s also a great opportunity for the New Zealand surfers to have the chance to compete and represent New Zealand in the USA at the world VQS championships in May 2011.

Raglan Junior Rugby update Kia ora koutou

Well the 2011 Raglan Junior Rugby practices are already underway and there are still places in each of the grades for any players who wish to play this season.

Practices are every Thursday (excluding school holidays) from 4 pm to 5 pm down at the rugby grounds. If you have never played, come along and join – we will just require your parent/guardian to fill out a

form, we will need to sight some sort of certificate showing your date of birth, weigh you and then put you in a grade that you feel comfortable with.

Nest (Xtreme Waste) for any rugby boots too – they normally have a few basket fills of various sizes, just prior to rugby season!

Our subs are $20 per child, or $30 for two children from the same family. So come on down Thursday afternoons – we will love to see you there.

If you have any queries, please give either myself (825 7257) or Lisa (825 0093) a ring.

And don’t forget to check out Kaahu’s

Niki Maniapoto Secretary, Raglan Junior Rugby Club

Corner to corner bowls Now, this is a different angle to bowling, indeed! Being a nationwide challenge sponsored by Grant’s Whiskey it did create great enthusiasm for something different.

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In Raglan we ran two five-weekly rounds, one in November/ December and the other in January/February, with the finals night held on March 3rd.

Each week contestants had two bowls each for the first end.

From this, the top twelve closest bowls to the corner of the green, qualified to be played back in the next end. Only the top six bowls from this end qualified to play in round three, the final end.

The closest bowl to the corner of the green became the ‘weekly winner’.

After the two 5 weekly sessions had been completed the ten weekly winners, Heather Dalbeth, Terry Green, Les Soanes, Baz Walsh, Blue Stephens, Wayne Gadsby, Eileen Stephens, Neil Rendle, Sue Russell and Bill Bond, competed against each other in the quest to be our club winner. Each player stepped up to play what they had hoped would be the winning shot, or within the qualifying shots for each end. On the final end, Baz Walsh, Les Soanes, Neil Rendle, and Eileen Stephens had one qualifying bowl each, while Blue Stephens had two qualifying. Both Baz and Neil played their shots which were very close to the corner, but had the indecency to just roll off the edge and into the ditch! Then Blue played his first shot which had to be beaten by Les Soanes and myself before he played his second shot, and with dedicated precision he rolled in for second place too!

Congratulations W.D.

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Weekly winners: Bill, Les, Blue, Heather, Eileen, Baz, Terry and Wayne

Each weekly winner won a bottle of Grants Whiskey, and for being our Club winner Blue also won a ‘bowls bag’. He now goes on to play in the Regional Finals being held this weekend, 26th March, at Rewa Bowling Club in the quest to win a ‘set of bowls’.

Should he be successful at this level then he will play in the National Finals in April. Winning this will benefit our Club by $3000.00!

Our whole club wishes you all the very best of luck, Blue.

Watch out for next year’s event and come and have a try... it sure is heaps of fun.

Tuesday 29th March is the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Appeal bowls night so come and support this worthy cause.

Happy bowling, Eileen Stephens

Dear Editor, In the debates about Raglan’s future, could we possibly avoid emotive language that sidelines rational discussion.

A 10 metre height limit as proposed in the shelved Variation 15 might have been higher than Raglan is used to, or wants. It is not really high rise development.

A wind farm north of Te Akau does not constitute industrialisation nor significantly spoil the Raglan landscape.

Looking north from Manu Bay it is rarely possible to see the coast clearly because of the screen of spray from the prevailing wind and waves.

Ian McKissack, Raglan

Dear Editor, In response to G Hunter, who apparently only arrived in Raglan 10 years ago and is disputing Maori legends and demanding like many colonialists who have arrived here in the last 200 years, that written research be made available to prove a legend.

Maori has an oral tradition and who are we ‘johnny come latelys’ to Whaingaroa to demand written proof and research?

L Silvester, Raglan

Raglan DJ enjoying life on The Edge His ultimate dream’s to play in one of the big clubs of Ibiza, but for young Raglan DJ James O’Neill the 10 till midnight slot on The Edge is doing very nicely for now. “It’s one of the most high-profile things you can get [as a DJ],� says James proudly of his recently won air time on Auckland’s The Edge, one of the four big music stations in the country.

And for DJ BlaZeN as he’s called, that means big-city recognition in the likes of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch – his ticket, hopefully, to bigger and better things.

James, 28, got his lucky break around Christmas when he was having a jam at Tractor FM’s Park Drive studio. There happened to be a party on down the road at the Yot Club that night

so, once the Tractor crew had taken off, James took over and “jammed out� from nine till one the next morning.

As chance would have it The Edge night show presenter Brad Watson – in town at the time and just passing by on his way home from the Yottie – liked what he heard, walked up the steps into the studio behind Raglan Engineering and asked James to send him a mix tape sometime.

James did ‌ and one thing led to another.

Now he feels he’s a “massive step in the door�.

DJ BlaZeN spends much of his waking time in a garage, tucked away in a quiet cul de sac off Violet Street, doing re-mixes of top 40 hits for The Edge using a midi controller and a DJ-ing programme called Traktor Pro. He works to a deadline and couriers six CDs

every week up to the Big Smoke. “A lot of top 40 is now coming out as pop, dance music, dub-step, electro music and drum and base,� says James whose particular favourite is actually break-beat – something different again, he explains, with a dance music “groove� similar to that of hip-hop.

Although James admits he never really wanted to play top 40, having isolated himself earlier down Wellington way by playing breakbeat at a lot of clubs and private parties, he acknowledges that The Edge’s more mainstream playlist is quickly giving him the “big profile position� he craves.

Now he’s experimenting and working out exactly what’s acceptable to the average Edge listener – trying to fine-tune the balance, he says,

between being “overly tricky� with rephrasing of songs and still keeping the dance flow.

It’s taken “years and years� to get to where he’s at now but he’s never given up on DJ-ing, which he describes as almost an addiction. “I can’t stop (playing music).�

James rates a year at DJ school in Porirua near Wellington recently as a valuable experience.

There he was taught by DJ Raw – fifth in the world at the DJ comps – and DJ Alphabethead , who James reckons is one of the few master DJs in New Zealand.

And the move last year from Paraparaumu to Raglan, where his father Mike lives, has been a good one. James has surfed here on and off for years and says he’s always loved the town.

Edith Symes

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whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on RAGLAN LIGHT EXERCISE GROUP. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs 10-11am @ the Old Gospel Hall, Raglan West.

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

SUN 27 MAR @ Te Uku Church, service 7pm.

FOOD FOREST GARDENING, RAGLAN WEST. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10am Thursday mornings.

SAT 26 MAR, GALA DAY @ Te Uku School, 10am-2pm.

SAT 26 MAR @ MANU BAY, VOLCOM STONEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S VQS FREE stalefish surf contest.

Registration is at 7am kicking off with the 14 & Under Groms division at 7:30am.

MON 28 MAR @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. 500 cards, 1pm.

WEDS @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mingles. 11am. Enquiries Geoff Meek 825 0488.

WED 30 MAR RAGLAN RAMBLERS. Kakepuku â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4km and 400 metres through bush to climb to the top of the old volcano near Te Awamutu.

WED 30 MAR @ BLACKSAND CAFĂ&#x2030;.

Knitting Circle from 9.30am. All wecome.

Beginners welcome.

THURS 31 MAR @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. Euchre. All welcome.

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Te Mata Hall. $20 single / BYO. Supper & music provided. Tickets available @ Century 21 by phoning 825 6826 / 825 6807. All proceeds to Christchurch Earthquake relief fund.

PUNKS & PRINCESSES THURS 31 MAR @ Te Mata hall. From 4 pm / 7 pm. Gold coin donation. Sausage sizzle operating. Open to all preschool and primary children. All proceeds to Christchurch relief fund.

gig guide FRI 25 MAR @ ORCA, Lauren Thomson & Tami Neilson, blues, country, folk $15 c/c.

SAT 26 MAR @ HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL, Ash n Aidan.

Various music covers Kora, House of Shem, Crowded House, Tracy Chapman, Bob Marley and so much more. $5 Door.

THURS 31 MAR @ ORCA, Raglan music club open mic night FREE entry.

FRI 1ST APRIL @ ORCA, Twisted Timber, local mellow covers band 8.30 pm FREE entry.

FRI 25 MAR @ YOT CLUB, ROOFDOG, DEAD FOOLS FIESTA, OX, ROY JAMIESON. Live reggae and ska, 9pm, $10.

SAT 26 MAR @ YOT CLUB, CHIMPS TEA PARTY, house, funk, techno with DJ Chimpster & friends. 9pm, $5.

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Wildlife and nature photographer Trevor Penfold is running photography courses, starting with an introductory day course. This will cover many of the basic rules and tips for photography, including: Camera settings, exposure, depth of field, composition, editing, file types and much more.

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             

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