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The best winter since Ruakaka Village
1994.
Community clean up.
A jersey calf on the Hargreaves farm in
Helmsdale Rd., Waipu
“Its been the best winter we have
had since 1994”, said retired
farmer David McKenzie who has
recorded rainfall at his Waipu farm
in Shoemaker Rd., Waipu for over
20 years.
“It’s been nice and mild and the
pasture has made a good recovery
from the drought. Most farmers
seem to be pretty well off for
grass.”
“There have been no weather bombs
and no floods to speak of. Rainfall
is below average. There have only
been two months this calendar year
when we had more rain then usual.”
On May 20 when the drought broke David recorded 64 millilitres and a few days
later 84mls. Last month there were frequent showers. Rain fell on 24 out of 31 days
but sunny windy conditions on the days in between helped the ground to dry out.
There are big variations throughout the district. Where David recorded 350mls
throughout August and July, Richard Hastie of Kaiwaka – recorded 450mls for the
same months.
Waipu dairy farmer Carl Gordan said, “The winter is starting to balance out the
summer.” He said the summer drought left the ground so dry that it has taken a while
to soak up all the rain and is only now starting to get wet.
“Hopefully if we get a bit of wind and sun it will soon dry out.”
Diane Foster, a veterinary surgeon in Wellsford who runs a Hereford herd in Waipu’s
North River area said it’s been a good winter. Not having to deal with a lot of mud
has made spring calving a lot easier.
Bruce Paton, who owns dairy farms in Ruakaka and Wellsford – said grass growth
throughout the winter has actually been faster than in was last spring. The grass is so
lush that he is feeding out a bit of hay to give cows a bit fibre in their diet.
“You should be able to put your finger down into a cow poo up to the second knuckle.
We had the other extreme during the drought.”
He said it is “just as well” the winter has been so mild as after the summer drought
many farmers were very low on supplements. A wet cold winter “would have been
very hard to handle.”
Ali McKay who runs dairy and beef farms in Waipu has shut up paddocks already
Continued on page 3.
From left, Cheyenne Carlin aged 8 years, Tania McGrath - 8, Tallis Morunga - 11,
Cameron Carlin - 6 (perched on Tallis’s back), Kaycee McGrath - 8 and Spiritual
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as part of a Ruakaka Village community clean up morning held on Saturday 4
September.
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Bream Bay News Page 2
This Issue:
Page 4......Letters - Why have private land owners fenced
off esplanande reserve at OTP?
Page 5.....Acacia Longifolia in danger of taking over our
dunes.
Page 6 & 7....... Representatives of the New Zealand
Transport Agency answer questions in
Waipu
Page 8... Bream Bay College page
Page 9.... A guide to junior summer sport .
Page 10.... The Princess Ball.
Page 11.....Police Report
Page 12.....Women's health Wahine Toa day
Page 14....Sport
Page 15,16 & 17 .... Ray Wilson of Ruakaka - His career as
a seaman.
Page 18....What's On in Bream Bay.
Page 18...Fashion Fiesta at the races this Saturday.
Page 19.....Pictures from the Ruakaka Village clean up.
Page 20 & 21....Trades and Services.
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Librarians ask that all books, especially overdue
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The library collection is in the process of being computerised and there will be a few changes for readers
to get used to, especially in regards to overdue and
lost books said head librarian Maureen Irving.
“We hope you will enjoy our new building and please
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“Thankyou to all readers of the Ruakaka library for
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EDITORIAL
An inspirational life.
The Ruakaka Village community turned out in force on
Saturday 4 September for the Community Pride clean
up morning. I went down to take some photographs and
there were people of all ages wearing blue plastic gloves
filling green council supplied bags with rubbish picked
up from streets and reserves. This could be the start of
something big, a real positive new start for the village,
which has been troubled by graffiti and arson attacks
in recent times. Congratulations to the organisers for
involving such a wide cross-section of the community.
I hope people get out to listen to the local government
candidates when they come to Waipu on Monday the
13th, and Ruakaka, on Tuesday 21st of this month. I
have put details about both meetings (with bright yellow
and orange backgrounds so they will get noticed) on
the inside back cover (page 23) of this issue. The voter
interest in these three yearly elections is usually better
in Bream Bay than other parts of the district but, even
so, it is appallingly low. If we want good governance in
our regional and district councils and health board then
we need to make informed choices about the people we
elect to these bodies.
I have thoroughly enjoyed interviewing and writing
about the career of former Northland Harbour Board
tug master Ray Wilson. Ray went to work as a deck boy
on a scow at the age of 15 and has had many adventures
in his long career at sea. This article (on pages 15,16
and 17 of this issue) is a real lesson in New Zealand
history. Ray has either played an active role or been
affected by a number of the important events in this
country over the past 78 years.
I think many people will find his story inspiring. For
young people setting out on a career he shows how, from
humble beginnings, you can rise to important positions
with real responsibility. For working people he is an
example of someone who enjoyed and excelled in his
job and took pride in the skills he attained. For working
parents he describes how he struggled and found a way
to balance family responsibilities with his career.
Ray’s involvement with the Mercy Ships, captaining
boats taking medical teams and supplies to remote parts
of the Pacific, shows how retirement can sometimes
be a beginning, not and end and emphasises just how
valuable and useful the accumulated skills of all those
years of family life and work can be. Marilyn
On Wednesday
15 September
In the Bream Bay College
auditorium
At 6pm
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Bream Bay News Page 3
The best winter
since 1994
Continued from
page 1.
for silage – a month earlier then usual.
Ali said the combination of good grass growth through
the winter and having reduced the size of his beef herd
during the drought has resulted in plentiful grass. He
is hopeful of getting an early crop of silage and later a
crop of hay to fill his empty hay sheds.
Spring calving has almost finished and “It’s been
great.”
Less water in the ground has meant ground temperatures
are warmer.
“We don’t have to off graze animals on sand pads (to
reduce pugging in paddocks). Its very labour intensive
if you have to do this. Calving has been very relaxed.”
He has been feeding palm kernel and maize to his
milking herd to help with the low fibre issue.
Sexy Senoritas at the One Tree
Point Primary School Quiz
night.
Photo by Anja Huskens
Another wild pig
attack.
The wild pig, which attacked a man in Camellia Ave
Ruakaka on 13 August, has possibly found its way
back into bush in Prescott Rd.
Mark Zelstra said on the same afternoon as the pig had
appeared in the Ruakaka Beach area he was called by
his neighbour to shoot a wild pig, which he had spotted
amongst his sheep.
Mark was relaxing after a busy day at work so didn’t
feel like shooting a pig but went out to take a look.
“I must have got too close because it went for me.”
The pig, which chased Mark was a sow which he
estimated weighed around 150lbs.
“It was brown with greenie white patches. We have a
lot of black pigs around here. I hadn’t seen one like
that before.”
Mark said he didn’t stay around long enough to notice
if the pig had tusks but points out that sows as well as
boars have these, although a sow’s tusks are usually
smaller.
The pig which had swum across the Ruakaka River,
ran through the Ruakaka camping ground and attacked
a man earlier that day, was described as a large tusked
boar.
Children travelling home on the Ruakaka school bus
that afternoon had seen a pig running along State
Highway One in the direction of Prescott Rd.
For two weekends in a row the Department of
Conservation sent a pig hunter down to the Ruakaka
area to hunt for the pig in conservation duneland
without success.
In search of a
photograph of
Dr. Mc Birney.
Bream Bay College is looking for a photograph of Dr
McBirney to hang in the school foyer.
The McBirney Award is the highest honour at Bream
Bay College. The award commemorates the work Dr.
McBirney did as the first doctor in the district from
1954 until his death in 1962.
The members of the McBirney Trust (which administers
this award) want to know if there is anyone in the district
who is in contact with either of Dr. McBirney’s two
children, Margaret or Robert, who live in Auckland, in
the hope they may be able to supply a photograph taken
during their father’s years in Bream Bay. Please contact
the College – 432 8226 if you can assist.
This team, which was named The Sexy Senoritas kept the atmosphere lively at the One Tree Point School
Parent Teachers Association Matador Madness quiz night held at the Ruakaka Recreation Centre on Friday
27 August.
The event raised approximately $1200 towards an upgrade of the senior playground and a new sandpit at
One Tree Point Primary.
Kathleen Forsyth, president of the school PTA, said as well as supporting the school, the annual quiz is
intended to give the community some midwinter fun.
This year twelve teams took part, including for the first time, one made up of Bream Bay College
students.
The Sexy Senoritas are from left: Jo McAulay, Fiona Greig, Lynda Bradley, Stephanie Gordon, Michelle
Alison and Wendy Urlich.
The winning team on the night was and second - The Bulls. The winning team on the night was The Fat
Barracudas Graeme and Rosemary Finlayson, Tammy D’Ath and friends from Whangarei. The second
team was The Bulls of One Tree Point team
As part of Conservation Week 2010 the Department of Conservation would like to
invite anyone who is interested in volunteering their time to help look after NZ fairy
tern and other shorebirds at Waipu, Mangawhai or Ruakaka over this coming summer to come along to our volunteer training day.
This will be held on Saturday the 18th of September in Mangawhai.
Monitoring of shorebirds, trapping, advocacy and other areas ways you can help
will all be covered.
For further information please contact Abby Meagher, DOC Whangarei Area Office
on 09 470 3304 or [email protected]
Bream Bay News Page 4
9 September 2010
LETTERS
Where have all our reserves
gone?
Where have all our reserves gone to? In One Tree Point
strips of public land around the cliff tops have been
fenced off by private land owners illegally preventing
public access. This is disgraceful! It is high time action
was taken to open up public land for public enjoyment.
We could have wonderful cycle and walk-ways around
our cliffs, and would certainly attract tourists and associated economic growth to the area if we did so.
I invite readers to visit the Whangarei District Council
GIS Maps. The following instructions could be helpful.
http://www.wdc.govt.nz/gis/
Search (One Tree Point)
District Plan (Tab above map frame)
Layers (Click Properties - Box 27 down, Click Open
Space-Box 42 down)
Refresh Map (Top of Layers List)
Rosalene Bradbury
One Tree Point
One Tree Point, showing public reserve land as bright green.
Editor’s note: At Rosalene’s suggestion I put her question about private appropriation of public land along the One Tree Point Cliffs to each of the three candidates
standing for election to the Bream Bay Ward of the Whangarei District Council in Thank-you for the opportunity to reply. We are fully aware that there are public
the upcoming local government elections.
strips along these cliff tops.We continually get requests to open these up, however
the rules regarding public safety need to be seriously considered. In places mentioned we have vertical drops of five metres and more, and some very dangerous unPublic land is just that “Public” and no one can be denied access to it, so this needs dermining of the cliff faces. This situation becomes an OSH issue, and could result
to remedied. Walkways, cycle ways and footpaths are basic infrastructure which in WDC having to fence the cliff edge. The public can walk along a beautiful beach
need Council’s full attention.
and can view the harbour from many vantage spots along the coast.
If we can find money to build a bridge and walkways around the Town Basin, why
can’t we find money for footpath upgrading and extensions in Bream Bay?
Phil Halse
To me this is priority Council business as it caters for the young, old and tourists.
It’s an OSH issue.
This needs to be remedied.
Chris Carter
Public safety is paramount.
It is unfortunate that the cliff edge particularly along the western end of One Tree
Point has receded dramatically and is dangerous in many areas where erosion has
undermined what at first glance appears to be solid ground.
Because of the safety aspect of access to the full cliff edge particularly along the
western end, specially designed access points have been installed to allow easier
and safe access to the beach from various points along the cliffs. These have replaced a variety of privately installed stairways which were not easily accessible to
the public and which had significant safety issues.
Walkways along riparian strips are highly desirable and have been achieved in
many local areas – the Waipu Cove to Lang’s Beach track has been a huge community/WDC collaborative success thanks, in main, to Alan McKenzie’s diligence
– but in some areas it is more difficult to achieve attractive access bearing in mind
that public safety is paramount”.
Phil and I continue to work with the community on a variety of projects to develop
better access to the coastline, particularly for the less able and to ensure that coastal
erosion control together with public entitlement and safety continue to be addressed
as high priority issues”.
Shelley Deeming
Letters to the Editor are very welcome.
Send them to The Bream Bay News, RD2, Waipu 0528,
email them to: [email protected]
or you can leave them at Bream Bay Office Services in the
Ruakaka Shopping Centre or at The Thistle in Waipu .
THE NEXT PUBLICATION DATE
of the Bream Bay News will be Thursday, 23 September
The deadline for all copy is 4pm on
Wednesday 15 September.
Bream Bay News Page 5
9 September 2010
Acacia Longifolia - get rid of it now
before it takes over our dunes.
Acacia Longifolia, also known as the
Waihopo Wattle, is in danger of taking over
the native dune vegetation in some parts of
Bream Bay.
The Australian import was planted in
coastal locations to stabalise sand and as an
ornamental plant that would thrive in dry
conditions but it has spread rapidly around
the Ruakaka beach area and is making
steady progress along the Department of
Conservation’s coastal land towards Waipu.
Several years ago Bream Bay Drive residents
won a Northland Regional Council Weed
Busters award for their efforts to eliminate it
from the dunes in front of their homes where
it’s thick leafy growth was threatening to
obscure their sea views.
Members of the Bream Bay Coastal Care Acacia Longifolia
Trust have spent many Sunday morning
working bees uprooting small plants and chainsawing Now is a good time to attack this weed species, as its
down larger ones and painting the stumps with herbicide light yellow flowers are evident in many coastal gardens
on conservation land south of the Paradise Shores and empty sections.
subdivision.
It is an ongoing task, as the seed can remain viable in
BREAM BAY COASTAL CARE
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WORKING BEE
“It must have been here for some time”, said Lisa
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At the Ruakaka Dune Lake
“Just north of Kaitaia it is really horrendous in some
Bring a spade and wear solid footwear
places forming a thick forest on duneland. In Ruakaka
We will be shovelling mulch around trees.
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Representative of the New Zealand Transport
Agency answer questions in Waipu
Announcement there are no plans to close any
intersection wins applause.
People using the twin coast discovery road also use them. The flow on from this will
be an increase in the price of land in Waipu.
And Councillor Phil Halse said, “We pay taxes for the state highway and now NZTA
When Tim Condor of New Zealand Transport Agency announced there is no proposal is trying to claim money from our developers. Developers are not all bad people.
to close any of the intersections into Waipu he got a round of applause from the 64 They stimulate the economy and create jobs. We want them in our district.”
strong audience at the Waipu Residents and Ratepayers Annual General Meeting on
Wednesday 25 August.
Rosemary Neave the WRRA facilitator had opened the meeting saying that there
were three good ways to fill a hall in Waipu – one to announce a marine reserve in
Bream Bay , the second to propose a multi purpose concrete skatepark anywhere
in Waipu and the third to suggest that one of the town’s intersections onto SH1 be
closed.
Residents of Shoemaker Rd. asked about the safety of the Shoemaker Rd./ State
Mr. Condor said that he imagined the idea had come about as a result of the NZTA
Highway One intersection. They said a development in Ferry Rd. had been required
objections to the draft Waipu Structure Plan which had proposed large new intensive
to fund an upgrade of the Shoemaker Rd./SH1 intersection as part of its subdivision
residential living areas in the town.
consent and asked why the upgrade had not been done.
NZTA had concerns because of the impact of this amount of development on the
Brian Rainford, senior traffic safety engineer for NZTA in Northland said he
roading infrastructure.
understood the development hadn’t yet been undertaken.
Mr. Condor said he understood the issue had been resolved as the expanded
A southbound deceleration taper for the intersection had been suggested as an
residential areas in the structure plan have now been substantially reduced.
appropriate road safety mitigation should an increase in traffic volume due to the
“There is no need for NZTA to oppose anything that is now being proposed.”
new development justify this work.
Justin Nops said he believed the Shoemaker Rd. intersection should have a shoulder
to pull over and turn from. He said this should be “a fundamental principle” for
intersections all along the state highway.
Mr. Rainford said the government had recognised that intersections need upgrading
and as part of its Safe Journeys strategy he expected that this would be given
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increased priority.
He explained the NZTA had a policy that if there was a new development, such as Another suggestion was that a yellow no passing line should be drawn down the
a big new shopping mall in Waipu and a major unplanned upgrade of the highway middle of the highway at the Shoemaker intersection.
and intersections would be necessary, than they expected that the developers would
contribute to the cost of the upgrade.
However, Rosemary pointed out, “It isn’t just Waipu people using those intersections.
Ferry Road developer to fund Shoemaker Rd.
intersection upgrade if increased traffic generated makes it necessary
Councillor Halse - We pay taxes. NZTA
shouldn’t be claiming contributions from our
developers
Safety improvements planned for Nova Scotia intersection
Mr. Rainford said the NZTA monitors the crash history and safety performance of
all State Highway intersections annually including the Waipu intersections and the
only one of the three causing concern was the Nova Scotia Rd. intersection.
He said some work is planned to improve visibility and provide a deceleration taper
for southbound traffic which would address some of the problems.
Police recorded crash rate for Shoemaker Rd.
and The Braigh intersections below nationao
average .
He said, “the police recorded crash history for Shoemaker Rd and the Braigh and
subsequent calculated intersection crash rate is below the national average for this
type of intersection.
“While it is appreciated that unrecorded crashes occur, we also factor this in when
considering priority for remedial improvement work.”
Cove Rd. a “death trap” for pedestrians and
cyclists.
Lyn Jordan raised the issue of Cove Road saying it was sometimes used as a state
highway when traffic needed to be diverted from SH1 if there was an accident
blocking the road. She said she lived close to where the 80k speed restriction ends
and despite a school bus stop just 25 metres inside the 80k zone vehicles tended to
speed up when they see the 100k sign ahead.
Lyn said many people in Waipu like to cycle or walk and as there is no footpath or
shoulder on this road, it was “a death trap.”
Why are South Island roads so much better
than Northland roads?
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where much better than Northland’s roads.
“I think I must have passed 12 cars between Oamaru and Dunedin. He asked why
with much higher traffic volumes Northland’s roads are not better funded.
Mr. Rainford said the chip used on South Island roads is better quality than that in
the North Island and the low density of traffic also contributed to the good state of
the roads.
However, he said that six of the governments seven priorities for big roading projects
for the next decade were in the North Island and one of them – an upgrade of the
road between Puhoi and Wellsford was for Northland.
Bream Bay News Page 7
9 September 2010
Re - the new 80k speed restriction over the
Brynderwyns
Councillor Halse asked about the recently imposed 80k speed restriction over the
Brynderwyn ranges. He said NZTA should be improving the road and making the
travel time between Auckland and Whangarei faster.
After the meeting Mr. Rainford commented to the Bream Bay News that the travel
time difference made by the new speed restriction is “about 30 seconds.”
He said this calculation was made in the difference in travel time on the North side
of the Brynderwyn Hills as there is no effect on the south side because you could not
previously safely drive any faster than 80km/hr there anyway.
How can Waipu let travellers know about its
facilities when the NZTA restricts signage on
the highway?
Rosemary asked about the restrictions the NZTA places on signage on the
highway.
“We have been fighting to keep our piper sign up on the highway. One of the things
for a place like Waipu just off the state highway is how do we let people know this
is a good place to stop.
Mr. Rainford admitted to being the person responsible for the orders to remove
signs. He said Waipu has more signage than most places.
“You have eight symbols on your sign when the rules say there should only be four.
Our policy is that signs should be based on need not on wants.”
Suggested long weekend Driver Reviver
campaign in Waipu.
He suggested that Waipu businesses talk to the road safety co-ordinator about
organising a driver reviver campaign in Waipu over a long weekend.
He said 18% of the crashes on the stretch of road between the Brynderwyns and
Whangarei are due to driver fatigue, which is much higher than the national average
of 12%, and he would like to see this level reduced.
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Which summer sport?
Now that the final winter sport finals have been played, its time for Bream Bay’s young people to think about
which sport they would like to take part in this summer. There is a huge array to choose from and here we have
listed as many as we could find out about. . If we have missed any out, apologies to those codes and we will run
something about them in the next issue.
Marsden Yacht and Golf
sessions for junior golfers each Sunday at
Boat Club Summer Training
2.30pm at the Waipu Golf Club. Children can begin
from the age of five.
programme
Junior tournaments are held each school holidays.
Contact Grant Weston - 432 8682 or Neville Cockayne
The new sailing season will begin at the One Tree - 432 1268.
Point boat club Clubhouse (One Tree Point Rd.) on
Sunday, 17 October at 1.30pm. All interested persons
are invited to attend.
“Learn to Sail” Lessons will begin at McKay’s Lake, One Tree Point Pony Club
Shoemaker Road on Saturday, 30 October at 9.30am. holds fortnightly Sunday club competitions at the RuMostly the club will be sailing at both venues on a akaka Race Course as well as hosting inter club rallies.
weekly basis. Those interested should contact Dave Next event is a Dressage Practice on 19 September at
Burnell, Ph. 4321120 (General Sailing), Andrew For- 11am.
sythe, Ph. 4330388 (Learn to Sail) or Warren Daniel There is a programme for children who don’t have
horses.
Ph 4327268 (for both).
Contacts: L Clement- 432 7860
Help protect endangered
shore birds
Volunteers needed
For a trapping roster
at the Waipu Sandspit.
Phone Marilyn - 432 0209
Or Rick - 432 0741
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Cricket
Registration for college students on Friday 10 September at 3.30pm the Bream Bay College grounds. More
players are wanted. If enough girls are interested the
club will form a girls’ team.
Milo Cricket series for Primary School students will
start in November and will be notified through school
newsletters.
Contact Bruse Paton - 432 8446.
Waipu Pony Club.
19th Sept – Opening rally, 10am start, Pony Club
grounds (Millenium Way).
17th October - Waipu Pony Club Open Ribbon Day
(Ruakaka Race Course).
26th October – Twilight Showjumping commences,
5pm, Pony Club grounds.
Non-riding members can also play a supportive role
within the club. Shortly, the new Pony Club season
Contact Marina : 4321247.
Bream Bay Swimming Club
Children need to be able to swim 25 metres, the length of the Bream Bay College
pool freestyle without stopping before they join this club.
An orientation and working bee will be held on Thursday 18 November at 4.45 at
the college pool.
Swimmers can register as competitive and participate in Northland wide carnivals
or as non-competitive swimmers competing in club events. Coaching by father and
daughter team Richard Dunkerton and Tiana Birchall. Children can come along
for up to two sessions to see if it suits them before joining.
Contacts: R Dunkeron - 432 7827. D Rodirigue - 432 8600 and A. Corswell - 432
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Registration will be held at 10am on Sunday 24 October (Labour weekend) at the
Ruakaka Surf Club in Bream Bay Drive, Ruakaka.
Training takes place on Sundays from 10am - 12 noon. Children can joing Junior
Surf training from the age of 5 years. From the age of 14 they can become trainee
lifeguards. The club desperately needs more lifeguard trainees as many former
guards have left the district for education and work.
Enquiries Ph- 433 0303.
Waipu Surf Lifesaving Club
Starting mid November. Saturday morning training sessions., Tadpols for under
seven year olds. Nippers 7 - 13 years. Contacts Trudy Ryan - 432 1386 or Rick &
Angela Stolwerk - 432 0741.
Tennis
Waipu junior tennis at the Waipu tennis club - (off St Mary’s Rd, Waipu)
will be starting early October. Children receive coaching from a professional tennis coach. Tennis practice and coaching sessions are held every Saturday morning.
Parents are asked to assist on a rostered basis. Further information on Waipu Junior
Tennis will be made available in the next issue. Contact Steph Gordon - 432 0037,
Springfield junior coaching nights. At the courts on Springfield Rd. Friday
nights from 4pm. Caters for 5 year olds up. Starting in November. Contact Lisa
Litchfield. - 432 2243
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My commitment to you - “To re-unite Northland and get
Northlanders working together again.”
Craig Brown
9 September 2010
Bream Bay News Page 10
Pictures from the Princess Ball
Three generations of princesses: Carla Gordon (left) with her grand-daughter 15 month old
Sariah and daughter in law - Ashika Gordon.
There was an Hawaiian theme at this year’s Princess Ball held at the Lifepoint Church hall on
Friday 3 September. The walls were decorated with Pacific Island styled designs, ball goers wore
lei and the floors were strewn with flowers.
One hundred and eighty women and girls attended the ball which is an intergenerational affair. In
the words of organiser Sandra Currie the purpose of the event is “to celebrate who we are and our
community.”
Sandra said the ball was well supported by Orrs Pharmacy and the retailers at the Marsden Cove
shops who provided goods given out as prizes.
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Bream Bay News Page 11
9 September 2010
Bream Bay Beat
With Sergeant Ken Andrews
Meths lab found in Maungaturoto.
A methamphetamine lab was located in a rental property in rural Maungaturoto.
This is the second P-lab located in the Bream Bay policing area in 1 month, after
the first was located and dismantled in Waipu by Auckland Police. In both situations
offenders have been apprehended and charged. Its great to be detecting and cleaning these cooks and dealers away, and further Bream Bay meth and cannabis dealers
are currently being looked into by Police. We will not stop putting the pressure on
these people.
Three young people found drink driving.
It was disappointing to see that three young Bream Bay locals were caught allegedly
drink driving over the weekend 27th -28th August on Ruakaka roads. A 19 - year
- old man, a 21 - year - old man, and a 24 - year - old woman will all be appearing
in the Whangarei Court on drink/drive related charges. Local Police as well as the
dedicated TAG booze bus will continue to target drink/drivers in this community.
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BB Takeaways suffers break ins.
Over three nights on 17th, 18th and 19th August the Bream Bay Takeaways was
broken into. The offender smashed a window each time, and on the first night
entered and took a large quantity of confectionery. The damage and lost stock has
cost the store owner $420. A 14 year old Ruakaka youth has admitted the offending
to Police This youth had also recently smashed his way into the Supervalue Supermarket using a sledge-hammer. All matters have been referred to Whangarei Police
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Yacht club.
Constable Dan Hales will be holding a meeting at the One Tree Point Yacht Club,
Thursday 4 November at 6pm, for people interested in being part of a community
patrol group. This patrol group will work on a roster and conduct patrols at random
dates and times, working together with Police to improve and maintain the safety of
the OTP community. A member of Community Patrols New Zealand (CPNZ) will
be speaking and assisting in the initiation of the patrol group.
I look forward to seeing you there. Constable Dan Hales, Ruakaka Police.
Koru statues stolen.
BLACK HEART RUM
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On the evening of 3 Sept between 10pm and 7am 2 concrete Koru statue’s were stolen from 352 One Tree Point Road, One Tree Point. They are approximately 1metre
in height, stone in colour and very heavy.
Any information relating to this theft please phone Constable Dan Hales at Ruakaka
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. Phone the Bream Bay News 432 0209
or email: [email protected]
if you know about something interesting happening in Bream Bay
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SPORTS RESULTS
Waipu Croquet Club
9 September 2010
Bream Bay College RugbyBy Tony Baker
Waipu started it’s summer games on Saturday 28 August - a perfect spring day.
There were 2 categories: Association and Golf Croquet.
Assn. winners were: 1st Pat McGowan (Whangarei), 2nd Jo Zanders (Kensignton),
3rd Cheng Tsung-Te (Whangarei).
Golf Croquet winners: 1st John Christmas (Kensington), 2nd Jeanette Carter
(Waipu), 3rd Carol Christmas (Kensignton).
Waipu Croquet Club Business House Golf Croquet Tournament during October
and November. 10 teams of 2 playes plus reserve to play Monday evenings. Range
of prizes. Gear provided free. Lots of fun.For full details contact: P. Lynch 433 0148
or Ray Finlayson - 432 1214.
Bream Bay United Soccer
Results for Games on 28/8/10.
Whangarei Juniors. 12 the Grade Div 1. Bream Bay United 1 v Onerahi Gold 1.
11th Grade Div 1. BBU 0 v Kamo Kauri 3. 10th Grade BBU 0 v Maunu Gold 1. 9th
Grade BB Gold 2 v Onerahi Blue 5. 9th Grade BB Green 3 v Onerahi Gold 1.
Kensington Midgets. 8th Grade BB Tigers 3 v Maunu Blue 1. 8th Grade BB Lions
7 v Marist Phoneix 1. 7th Grade BB Gold 5 v BB Blue 0. 6th Grade BB Green 0 v
FC Whangarei.
Ruakaka Indoor Bowling Club
17/08/10 Maungakaramea/ Ruakaka shield Challenge. Winners Ruakaka.
24/08/10 Drawn pairs . Winners R. Roberts and Geoff Valli. Runners up Marilyn.
Bennett and Doris McLeod.
31/08/10 Drake Triples. Winners: Marilyn Bennett, Geoff Valli and Richard Ivory.
Rs/Up Pamela Ivory, Ray Stewart and Alice Judd.
Enquireis Ph Pamela - 432 8587 or Marilyn - 432 8372.
Waipu Indoor Bowling Club.
Championship Fours Tournament August 25th 2010 Winners: Barrie Worrell,
Mary Farrell, Bill Gupwell, Dorothy Whyte. Runners/Up: George Mutch, Dawn
Leader, Debbie Somner, Mark Tierney
Junior Singles Tournament September 1st 2010. Winner: Alan Rowe. Runner/
Up:
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Bream Bay Bridge Club.
Presidents Trophy Results: 1st:Roma Jarvis and Janet Nops, 2nd: Edie McKay
and Rod Christensen. 3rd: June Aston and Mary Lynch
New Members are very welcome. We have Club nights Tuesdays 7.15pm seated.
Beginners and revision Thursdays 1pm at the Coronation Hall. The Centre Waipu.
Contact: Roma 432 0274, Rod 432 0093 or Roz 432 1153
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Bream Bay College Under 16’s vs Rodney College @ BBC ( 18/8/10)
Perfect conditions greeted players for the re-match vs Rodney College after our
earlier encounter with their strong Under 16s side. Once again they proved to be
the better opponents, linking solid forwards play with structured set-piece moves
in the backs. The first half was very much a one-sided affair with Bream Bay defending most of the half. Having Tim Murray at hooker secured some good lineout
and scrum ball, but the backs were starved. New player Kahi Tipene had a couple
of strong runs and was unlucky on two occasions not to get across the line. After
the break, we shifted Josh Harding into the forwards and shuffled around a few
others, which saw a dramatic increase in ball retention and the backs were able to
open up the game. Jake Moffat scored a solid try in the corner after a sequence of
forward pick and goes. Not long after, Josh Dunn did much the same. Dalton Barribal showed good skills with the boot slotting a nice conversion. Rodney College
continued to batter us and there were prolonged periods of defending in our own
half, with Rodney scoring a number of good tries. The rematch was a much fairer
outing this time, in terms of player size and skill, but it was Rodney College who
dominated the game from start to finish. Many thanks to Maria Northin for Rodney
College and the players for a great couple of games.
Final Score RC 30 - 12 BBC ( HT RC 15-BBC 0) Loss. Tries- Jake Moffat , Joshua
Dunn Conversion : Dalton Barribal Players of the day - Forwards - Tim Murray
Backs -Kahi Tipene
NRU Under 15’s Tournament @ Hikurangi ( 25/8/10)
Game One : BBC vs Kerikeri High School
Up against a well-drilled Kerikeri team, the BBC team took the first few touches
of the ball to settle into the game, but once things started to gather momentum the
forwards secured some great lineout and scrum ball and allowed the backs some
freedom to move. Leon Cooper showed solid strength off the back of the scrum at
Number 8 and after a couple of good strong runs, Leon dashed through the middle of
the pack to score a try. Soon afterward Sam Moffat scored an outstanding try on the
wing, running around his opposition to score under the posts. Kahi Tipene converted
and it was 12 - 0 at half time to BBC. In the second half, Kerikeri came out firing and
BBC spent most of the half defending onslaughts of forward drives and back line attacking moves. Kerikeri scored a good try in the last spell but Bream Bay managed
to hold them out to take their first victory of the Tournament.
Final Score BBC 12 - KKHS 5 ( HT BBC12 - KKHS 0) WIN. Tries : Leon
Cooper , Sam Moffat Conversion : Kahi Tipene
Game Two : BBC vs Bay of Islands College
Game two of the Tournament was held in wet conditions. From the start it was evident that the conditions were going to play a huge factor in the game, with handling
errors on both sides. Once again, after the first few touches of the ball the BBC
team settled in. Seyerus Miller had a strong first half at Half Back making some big
tackles and ensuring Dalton Barriball at First Five got plenty of quick ball. Kahi
Tipene intercepted a lazy BOI pass to run in and score under the posts, and kicked
his own conversion. It was to be the only try for BBC in the game and BOI scored a
good try before half time. The second half was a battle and the game was run from
one end to other with both teams making some good attacking moves only to have
handling errors ruin their chances. An illegal tackle from BOI saw a Yellow Card
and the team reduced to 14 players. Dalton Barriball, Ben Lucas and Noah Smith
all had strong second halves, showing good defending and making plenty of breaks.
A penalty for BBC in the final minutes saw Kahi Tipene score the much needed 3
points and secure the win for the team.
Final Score BBC 10 - BOIC 5 (HT BBC 7 - BOIC 5) WIN. Tries : Kahi Tipene
Conversion : Kahi Tipene ( 2). Players of the Day : Forwards - Leon Cooper/ Thomas Eynon Backs - Kahi Tipene / Dalton Barribal
Bream Bay News Page 15
9 September 2010
Ray Wilson - His career as a seaman.
When I sit down to talk to Ray Wilson of Ruakaka about his career as a seaman, the memories
come pouring out. There are an awful lot of them. The interview lasted for three hours and all of
it was interesting.
Ray was born in Invercargill but grew up in Motueka.
His father was a First World War veteran and had served
in the muddy trenches of the battle of Passchendaele.
He came back to work on the family farm in Southland
but the great depression (1929 – 1935) forced him to
look for work elsewhere.
“My father walked away from the farm and went
north in search of work. He left us with my maternal
grandparents. Six months later he came back and moved
the family to Motueka, where he had found work in an
orchard.”
The family moved into a small bach on the foreshore
at Motueka.
“It was a wonderful place to grow up. We had the sea in
front of us. I used to watch the coastal ships coming in
and out of the port and would say that had a big bearing
on my going to sea.”
Ray remembers the scows, which regularly called at
Motueka.
“In those days they still used a lot of sail. Sonny Tredigo
was the skipper on one. He was a little short man – a bit
of an icon in the district. He would sail right up to the
bar and then drop the sails and come in on the tide. It
was quite a sight to watch.”
Ray’s first job was at the age of 15 as a deckboy on the
scow Talisman.
The young Ray when he worked for the Anchor
“There was a very small crew on those scows and we
Shipping Company.
had to work really hard. There was just a captain, a
chief engineer, an assistant engineer, two able seaman and two boys.
Us boys had to take turns doing the cooking. We had an old Scotch Engineer and
he was very sarcastic. He would say, ‘What is it tonight a burnt offering or a blood
offering?”
We would leave Nelson on Monday and go up to Motueka where we would dispatch
and load cargo. Then up to Waitapu, which was the port for Takaka. We carried
general cargo and loaded cases of butter.
“Sometimes we would take a load of live pigs for the Huttons’ butchery in
Wellington. The pigs were unloaded by crane onto trucks, which would be waiting
on the wharf.
“They would be lifted three at a time and they would make an awful noise. People
used to come down to the wharf to watch. That old Scots engineer would be leaning
out of the engine room hatch and would say – ‘Look at them, the rubberneckers.”
The onlookers would get splattered in urine and faeces from the airborne pigs.
Afterwards it was the job of Ray and the other ship’s boy to scrub down the deck.
“There would be an awful stench but the deck would come up white as the driven
snow as a result of all that ammonia.”
He also recalls several pigs jumping overboard in mid- passage across the Strait, last
seen heading for an island.
In 1951 Ray found himself without work or pay for five months as a result of the
watersiders strike. He found a job in a packing shed in Motueka until a farmer from
up country heard there was a striking seaman working in the shed and put pressure
on his boss to ask him to leave.
Ray said if he had continued to work as a seaman through the strike, he would never
have been able to go to sea again.
He served his apprenticeship up through the ranks of ordinary seaman and able
seaman.
By the age of 25 he had his first command as master of a little ship called Paroto
with the Collingwood Shipping Company.
This company re-opened the port of Kaiapoi, which had been closed for 30 odd
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trade. I can remember the principal owner Colin Ross
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came along it would ruin it, and this is what happened.
It started to peter out around 1966.”
In the early 1960s Ray was master of the mail ship,
which sailed between Nelson and Wellington across the
notorious Cook Strait for the Pearl Jasper and Anchor
shipping companies.
“I spent many wild nights in the Straits. We sailed in
some pretty atrocious weather. Once in a real old man
southerly gale, we took shelter in Queen Charlotte
Sounds. Back in the straits again, all at once a big wave
crashed right through the wheelhouse. It took every
window and door in it out. There was a lot of seawater
down in the engine room. The man at the wheel was
swept all the way out onto the wing of the bridge.
“We managed to turn the ship around before the swell
and get things under control. We had no radio and
no navigational aids. We tacked canvas around the
wheelhouse and went back through the north entrance
into Queen Charlotte Sounds and down into Picton.
From there we notified our agent in Wellington who
was wondering where we were and went back down to
Nelson to get repairs.”
Ray travelled to most ports around New Zealand and
had exemptions to enter many of these without a pilot.
“We had to sit examinations by filling in a blank chart.
You had to fill in the soundings, the beacons and light
sectors in the harbour.”
Ray held exemptions for the ports of: Bluff, Wellington,
Lyttelton, Nelson, Napier, Gisborne, New Plymouth
and Westport.
In 1967 he got a job with the Wellington Harbour Board
as a master on its pilot vessels.
“It was pretty hard on my wife with me being away at
sea. Sometimes I could be away for two months at a
time. Our son was 13 - years - old, so needed his dad to
be at home.
“It was a big change for me after being master of my
own ship to coming to work for a bureaucracy like the
Wellington Harbour Board where the chain of command
was very entrenched.”
He was in Wellington on 10 April 1968 when the inter
- island ferry The Wahine foundered on Barretts reef at
the entrance to Wellington Harbour with the loss of 53
lives.
Ray was off duty when the disaster occurred and had
his hands full dealing with his own problems when two
thirds of the roof of his house in the Wellington suburb
of Brooklyn blew off.
“Three great big sections lifted off the rafters. One
section landed two properties away and two others
ended up on a property below.“
Ray got his wife and three children to safety at a
neighbour’s home, which was in a less exposed position
Ray as captain of the mercy ship Pacific Ruby.
further down the hill, and then phoned in to the senior
pilot to say he was available to help. He went out later
in the day on “a mop up operation”.
“We were picking up the life rafts and stuff.”
The next day he took divers out to The Wahine. They
went down her funnel to close off the fuel valve and
stop oil escaping into the sea.
In 1970 he was on standby duty in a tug as a pilot ship
led the Royal Yacht Britannia and her escort the Naval
frigate Waikato out of Wellington Harbour.
He remembers, “It was a wretched southerly gale and
I was surprised the Royal Yacht was allowed to sail
under such conditions.”
As he kept watch, he saw a marker buoy left in
the harbour by some yachties get caught up in the
Britannia’s propeller. He had this information radioed
to the Britannia’s captain.
On the same occasion, three men were washed
overboard from the Waikato. On the way to assist, Ray
and his crew noticed a jacket floating in the water.
“We thought it was just a jacket but we put a scrabbling
hook out just in case.”
It turned out to be one of the men.
“He was gone.”
Ray attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and
then got a crewman to take over so he could get back
to controlling the vessel. The other two men were in
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sight and were picked out of the water by
helicopter. The man recovered by the pilot
boat was winched up onto the Waikato where
paramedics attempted to revive him with
oxygen. The ship went back into port and
he was delivered to an ambulance and taken
to Wellington hospital but he could not be
revived. Ray received a letter of thanks from
the Captain of the Waikato for his efforts.
Finding his job at the Wellington Harbour
Board a bit restricting, Ray kept his ear to
the ground and, when he heard there was a
position open for a tug master in Northland,
he applied.
Working for the Northland Harbour Board,
Ray said, was “like a breath of fresh air.”
The NHB had four big tugs: Parahaki,
Raumanga, Herekino and Waitangi.
Ray remembers, “We used to do a sweep
right across to Urquharts Bay up to One
Tree Point and back to the berth to check
for oil spills first thing every morning and
evening.
“We looked after all the small ports such
as Opua, so I could keep up my seagoing
skills.”
On 3 September 1975, he was mate on the
tug Waitangi as she towed the Captaine
Bougainville into Marsden Point where
firefighters put out the fire in her engine
room.
Sixteen lives were lost, including the wife
of the captain and her three young children,
after the crew abandoned ship and the ships’ The Northland Harbour Board tug Parahaki.
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days to get to the ship. When the surgeon took the
bandages away from his eyes he could see.
“There was a little lady all bent over from leprosy. She
had white hair framing a beautiful face. The surgeon
gave her sight in one eye. She just beamed. These are
memories.”
Maisie accompanied Ray on a three month long trip
to the Philippines. After meeting a little Filipino boy
with a double cleft pallet who had been abandoned
by his family, they withdrew some of their invested
retirement savings to help fund corrective surgery for
the child. With David Cowie, the New Zealand director
of the Mercy Ships organisation, they helped found the
Ruel Foundation (named for this boy), which has since
provided corrective surgery for 100s of children.
As recently as last year, Ray flew to Suva to take up
the position of First Officer on the current mercy ship
for this region – The Pacific Link, taking medical and
dental teams to two outlying Fiji
islands.
From the window of the lounge room
in his home on the Ruakaka ridge,
Ray keeps a knowledgeable eye on
the ships coming and going into the
port and the Marsden refinery.
His son Kenneth has also chosen a
career in shipping. He is currently
third officer on the Kakariki, an
oil tanker which travels around
the coast of New Zealand and
calls in regularly at Marsden Point
Refinery.
Ray concludes, “I have had a really
good life and an interesting life.
There were times when it was pretty
hard, particularly when I was a
young father and couldn’t get home,
but we managed. I am happy with
the way my life has evolved.”
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Ray remembers coming upon the stricken vessel.
“It was a pretty dramatic scene. There was a huge sea
running. She was snatching at her anchor and the cable
was close to parting. The focsle head would submerge
and the propeller would lift right up out of the water.
“Initially we doused the fire down with the tug’s fire
fighting equipment.”
While the ship was undertow the fire flared up again.
Captain McKellar Northland’s Harbour Superintendent,
who was also on board The Waitangi, called out a
second tug, the Raumanga, to spray the flames with
water while the tow continued.
Ray said, he is grateful to the Northland Harbour
Board.
“The job was a happy compromise between seafaring
and family life.”
“I really felt this place had a pulse. Mr. Ralph Trimmer,
the Northland Harbour Board’s chairman wanted his
marine staff to be the elite in the country. If we got word
Mr. Trimmer was bringing VIPs through, we would get
to work with the spit and polish. Captain McKellar had
high expectations of all his marine staff. We kept those
tugs like yachts.”
Ray retired from the Northland Port Company in 1991
but that wasn’t the end of his career.
Maisie (his late wife) and Ray were both what Ray
describes as “practising Christians” and the international
Christian Organisation – Mercy Ships, approached the
newly retired ships master.
Ray agreed to captain the ship The Pacific Ruby, thinking
this volunteer position would perhaps take him away
from home for a few weeksnow and then. He stayed
involved with this organization for the next 12 years,
sometimes working up to six months in a year. He
took dental and medical teams and medical supplies to
Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, some of the more remote
Fiji islands and the Philippines. He went on public
relations fund raising tours around New Zealand and
up the Eastern Seaboard of Australia. He took a charter
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9 September 2010
Fashion Fiesta at the Inspired by his
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By Karen Houlihan
Celebrating its 4th anniversary the LJ Hooker Fashion
music teacher
Fiesta at the Ruakaka Races on Saturday September 11
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The Fashion Fiesta heats will take place between the
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A new innovation this year is a local design award, selected from those race day outfits entered in the fashion
fiesta competition that have been designed by Northlanders.
The Supreme Award winner (chosen from the winners
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into the Prix de Fashion regional finals at the Ellerslie
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Community Pride Clean up in the Ruakaka Village
Councillor Phil Halse - seated on the ute, with from left: Jeff D’Ath and Darrell Trigg
of the Ruakaka Fire Brigade and Paul Boyd spent two hours hauling old mattresses
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8.02
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Fri 10 Sept
8.33
2.8
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Sat 11 Sept
9.23
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9.42
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Sun 12 Sept
10.13
2.8
10.31
2.8
Mon 13 Sept
11.03
2.8
11.21
2.6
Tue 14 Sept
11.55
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Wed 15 Sept
12.12
2.5
12.48
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Thu 16 Sept
1.05
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1.45
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Fri 17 Sept
2.02
2.3
2.46
2.4
Sat 18 Sept
3.03
2.2
3.46
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Sun 19 Sept
4.05
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4.43
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Mon 20 Sept
5.03
2.2
5.34
2.3
Tue 21 Sept
5.56
2.2
6.20
2.4
Wed 22 Sept
6.42
2.3
7.01
2.4
Thu 23 Sept
7.23
2.4
7.38
2.5
Fri 24 Sept
8.01
2.5
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FOR SALE
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
SIX INCH TANNER
BUZZER Long table,
dust shute and mounted
on wheels for easy out of
way storage. $320. Ph. 432
0583 or 0274 928 535.
WOOD THICKNESSER
Maama 300ml wide cut.
Great little machine on
stand. Set of spare blades.
$320. Ph. 432 0583 or
0274 928 535.
COMPOST PREMIUM
potting mix, mulch, bark,
Daltons Bagged Products.
Bream Bay Merchants Ltd
Cnr Sime & Kepa Rd
Ruakaka. PH: 09 433 0077
3,000 GALLON CONCRETE TANK. offers.
Ph. 432 7228. Ph: 0274
477708.
MACROCARPA &
REDWOOD
Sleepers & posts
Slab & dimentional timber
Long Lengths available
Can Deliver
Firewood - Mac gum &
EGGS, genuine free
Ti tree
range, 34 St Mary’s Rd,
Ph Russell 432-0344
432-0057.
or 027-4755555
PIANO FOR SALE.
FENCE WIRE Hurricane
Yamaha “Spinet” Low
2.5mm HT 25kg Coil
profile In very good condi$88.95 + GST Bream
tion. $2000.00
Bay
Merchants
Ltd
Ph. Wayne 4320662 txt
Cnr Sime & Kepa Rd
0211337879
Ruakaka PH: 09 433 0077
FIREWOOD.
Puriri hot mix $90m3, Ti WARATAH STEELtree $100m3,Totara, gum POSTS 1650mm 7 Hole
$7.50 + gst. Bream Bay
& mac all $75m3.
Merchants Ltd Cnr Sime &
Ph: 432 2811
Kepa Rd Ruakaka PH: 09
BATTERY TIRED?
433 0077
Geoff Spencer Auto Electrical. Century battery Agent. BATTERIES, for cars,
Free test, best prices, can trucks,tractors & boats, 2yr
deliver. Ph. 432 0373 or Warranty from $99 incl.
Bream Bay Merchants Ltd
Mob. 0274 942 635.
Cnr Sime & Kepa Rd
PLANTS – huge range Ruakaka. PH: 09 433 0077
of species and grades OIL
FILTERS,
for
for landscaping, effluent most makes & models
fields, reforestation, wet- from $8.00 incl. Bream
lands
Bay
Merchants
Ltd
Alter-Natives Wholesale Cnr Sime & Kepa Rd
Nursery, www.alter-na- Ruakaka PH: 09 433 0077
tives.co.nz, 094321333
DIESEL OIL 20 Litre
$118.20
incl.
CULVERT PIPE, 110mm from
x 6m $51.20, 150mm Hydraulic 46 x 20L from
x 6m $77.50, 200mm $93.80 incl. Bream Bay
Merchants Ltd Cnr Sime
x 6m $99.50 315mm x
& Kepa Rd Ruakaka PH:
6m $200 + GST Bream 09 433 0077
Bay
Merchants
Ltd.
T R I B O A R D ,
Cnr Sime & Kepa Rd
2800x350x15mm $8.00
Ruakaka PH: 09 433 007
Incl GST. Bream Bay
Merchants Ltd. Cnr Sime
COMPOST
& Kepa Rd Ruakaka PH:
Good quality compost,
small & large volumes.
09 433 0077
MPL
Landscape Supplies
Mangawhai Heads Rd
Ph 09 431 5445
PIPE STORMWATER,
90mm x 6m $49 incl,
100mm x 6m $54 incl
Bream Bay Merchants Ltd
Cnr Sime & Kepa Rd
Ruakaka PH: 09 433 0077
PLYWOOD, Pine Builders Grade1200 x 2400,
7mm H3 $36.90, 9mm H3
$46.40,12mm H3 $58.20
18mm Pallet Ply U/T
$56.50. Certified,18mm
DD Tan $66.20 Prices Incl
GstBream Bay Merchants
Ltd. Cnr Sime & Kepa
Rd. Ruakaka. PH: 09 433
0077
9 September 2010
CLASSIFIED
SERVICES OFFERED
FISHING CHARTERS
Bream Bay Northern Charter Ventures Ltd. Full/half
days and evenings. Ph.
Robbie 0274 836 486 or
FISHER & PAYKEL 09 432 7782 www.northslom line Fridge - freezer. erncharterventures.co.nz
Excellent condition. $150.
CLEANER AVAILABLE
Ph: 021 449929.
for Bream Bay, Waipu,
Mangawhai areas. Reasonrates. Most hours conBOATS FOR able
sideted Ph. Kathryn 09 432
SALE
1186 or 021 02927185
CONCRETE
SERVMARCO 4.9m. Reg & ICES Paths,patios,drive
War. Trailor.
Mercury ways,ramps,floors,expo
50 50 hours Approx. sed aggregate also con$8500 ono. 432 0848 or crete grinding & sealing.
0211285039.
Reliable,friendly service.
FOR SALE
References available. Ph
REAL
Colin 021 022 52587 or a/
h 09 431 8428
ESTATE
For the best lifestyle
blocks in Northland
visit 400 Durham Road,
Waipu.
www.breambayvistas.com
ACCOMMODATION
WANTED
FOR HIRE
Excellent care and
accommodation
Ph Sue 432 0394
HEALTH & FITNESS
Gift Vouchers
Living Nature, Weleda &
Absolute Essential Products Available
Ginny Hall-Cowley
Dip. Class. Aroma.. Adv. Thrpt Massage
Ph 432 1721
Mob: 021 126 4437
email:[email protected]
Brooks Rd, Waipu
WATER TANK CLEANING
No need to empty
your tank
Phone Mark Draper
09 432 0655 or 0274 707 607
OFFERED
PIPE DRAIN WASTE &
VENT (SEWER) 32mm
RECYCLING
x 6m $30.40, 40mm x CAGES & Skip Bins
6m $30.90, 50mm x 6m
for Hire. 3m3, 5m3,
$42.50, 65mm x 6m $56.20 6m3. MPL Recycling.
100mm x 6m $53.20 Incl Mangawhai Heads Rd.
GST. Bream Bay MerPh 431 5445.
chants Ltd.Cnr Sime &
Kepa Rd Ruakaka. PH: 09
SERVICES
433 0077
ROBOCAN,
Natural
OFFERED
Refills 350G $20, 180G
$14 Incl. Bream Bay
Merchants Ltd. Cnr Sime & D.J’s Car Valet Service
· Full Groom
Kepa Rd Ruakaka PH: 09
· Wash & Vacuum
433 0077
· Water blasting
FISHING TACKLE, &
Bait. Bream Bay Mer- All Makes and Models
Enquiries welcome
chants Ltd. Cnr Sime &
Phone 09 432 0038
Kepa Rd Ruakaka
or 027 384 6986
PH: 09 433 0077
Wa i p u
Boarding
Cattery
RAWLEIGH’S PRODUCTS Independent dealer,
phone Susan McRae 4321029.
HOUSE SITTER AVAILWANTED Houses to let. ABLE . Exp. n/s, mature.
We have tenants. Contact Short term OK. Ph. 09 431
PPM 022-645 3895 or 022 5662.
677 9152 or a/h 4321009
HOUSE CLEANING. ExACCOMMODATION perienced cleaner. Phone
Wendy 432 7208
TWO
BEDROOM
HOUSE for rent available
now. Easy care property
with estuary views 3mins
from Waipu centre. Internal access garage very
tidy condition. $300.00
Per week plus power and
water. Phone
Wayne
4320662 after 7.00 Txt
0211337879.
HORSE COVER AND
gear repairs and industrial
sewing requirments; canvas, leather, pvc, straps,
small tarps, tents and zips
etc. Ph 432 0732
RETIRED BUILDER
AND
MANUFACTURER
with over 40 years experience in the building
industry is offering a
design drafting service
for domestic housing,
sleepouts and sheds.
Plans formulated in cosultation with clients,
with working drawings
completed & submitted
to council for processing. Extensive practical experience, able to
identify and resolve
problems. Please ring
Mike Lean on 09 431
2260 or 021 431 196.
GARAGE AND SHED
BUILDER experienced,
also decks, retaining walls
fences etc,concrete work.
Reliable, friendly service.
References available
Ph Colin 021 022 52587 or
a/h 09 431 8428
NORTHERN CLEANING
& VALET Regular, spring
or rental cleaning. Ruakaka
area. Phone Lorraine on 0275
770 226 or 09 432 7782.
.
SITUATIONS VACANT
We are currently seeking a SENIOR REGISTERED
NURSE to join the team at Ranburn Lifecare Waipu.
Ph Lidija on 432 0675 or email [email protected]
WORK WANTED
EXPERIENCED COUPLE
Do you need time out of cowshed or giving staff
time off? We are honest, reliable and quite with
stock.
If you’ve got a situation and staff member down or
need extra support Call US.
We can assist your business in the following ways:
Milkings, competent in Machinery, Welder by trade,
Assist with calving.
All those jobs that go with Farming.
Ring or email us:
Keep this Ad & Contact Details;
O&S - Ph:0211700162
Email - [email protected]
WORK WANTED:
A Proactive Mum seeking work:
Administration - seeking part time position in office.
I am also available to work from home.
Housework - honest, reliable & references
Laundry & Ironing - A lot of people today are busy
and require that extra help.
Keep this Ad & Contact Me if I can be of services
O&S - Ph: 0211700162
Email: [email protected]
Classified Advertising
Costs $2.20 for up to 15 words and 20c for each
additional word.
Boxed, approx 4cm adverts cost $10.
Phone or fax your advert through on 432-0209
email to: [email protected]
Post to: Bream Bay News, RD 2 Waipu
or leave it with payment at The Thistle in Waipu or at
Bream Bay Office Services
in the Ruakaka Town Centre
9 September 2010
Bream Bay News Page 23
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
REQUEST TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE MARSDEN BANK, WHANGAREI HEADS TO THE TAKE OF PIPI
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to section 186A of the Fisheries Act 1996, a request
has been received from Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust Board to temporarily close Marsden
Bank, Whangarei Heads, to the taking of pipi for a period of two years.
The proposed temporary closure covers all New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a
line commencing at a point at the seaward end of the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty (point
A on map below) (at 35o50.21’S and 174o29.95’E); then proceeding in an easterly direction to the Port of Whangarei marker buoy 2 (point B) (at 35o50.31’S and 174o30.43’E);
then proceeding in a south-westerly direction to point C (at 35o50.65’S and 174o30.09’E);
then proceeding in a north-westerly direction to a point on the mean high water mark
(MHWM) (point D) (at 35 o50.58’S and 174o30.00’E); then proceeding along the MHWM
to the oil refinery jetty (point E) (at 35o50.24’S and 174o29.91’E); and then proceeding
in a north-easterly direction along the oil refinery jetty to the point of commencement (at
35o50.21’S and 174o29.95’E).
The Ministry of Fisheries invites written submissions in response to this request from persons who have an interest in the fisheries resources or the effects of fishing in the area.
Submissions must be made by Thursday 7 October 2010 to:
Spatial Allocations Manager
Ministry of Fisheries
PO Box 1020
Wellington
randall.bess@fish.govt.nz.
Further information about this request and a detailed map is available on the
Ministry of Fisheries website (www.fish.govt.nz), or by contacting the Ministry
of Fisheries at the above address.
WAIPU RESIDENTS AND RATEPAYERS
ASSOCIATION
Meet the Candidates Evening
Waipu Coronation Hall
Monday 13th September 2010
7.00 - 8.00 p.m.
Regional Council Candidates
8.00 - 8.20 p.m.
Bream Bay Ward Candidates
Tea and biscuits
8.30 - 9.30 p.m.
Mayoral candidates
9.30. p.m.
Informal discussion
GARAGE SALE
GLENCAIRN GARDEN
CENTRE
Good selection of loose
seed potatoes
only $4.90 kg
Great range of plants
to plant
now spring has sprung.
Corner SH1 and The Braigh.
Open Tues to Sun
9am to 5pm
WAIPU PUBLIC
CORONATION HALL
Books and goods
required for
BricaBrac shop
Open Mon - Sat
Mornings from 10.30am
PUBLIC NOTICES
Saturday Morning
Medical Clinics
9.00am - 12.00 midday
Saturday Morning Clinics to 2 October.
Date
Medical Centre
Ph.
Number
Sat 11 Sept
Waipu Medical Centre
(Waipu Town Centre)
432 1190
Sat 18 Sept
Waipu Medical Centre
(Waipu Town Centre)
432 1190
Sat 25 Sept
Bream Bay Medical Centre
(Ruakaka Town Centre)
432 8060
Sat 2 October
Bream Bay Medical Centre
(Ruakaka Town Centre)
432 8060
Bream Bay ASSEMBLY
OF GOD
223 Marsden Point Road, Ruakaka
Jesus....Dying to know you
WAIPU
HIGHLAND PIPE
BAND
AGM
will be held
on Sept 12th
in the Waipu
Coronation Hall
at 5.30pm
All welcome.
Members a plate
please.
Contact Janet,
4320459
RIDE REQUIRED.
Weekly on Tuesdays
from Oakleigh/Mata to
Whangarei. Mornings
and return afternoons.
Ph. 432 2663.
Ruakaka Parish Residents and
Ratepayers Assoc.
Public “Meet The Local Body
Election Candidates Evening”
Encounter GOD in worship and experience
His Healing Presence.
SUNDAY SERVICE 10am & KIDZ CHURCH
POWER HOUSE once a month.
YOUTH IGNITE each Friday
Life groups: Waipu, Waipu Cove & Ruakaka
Women of Destiny meets weekly
YOU ARE WELCOME!
Pastors: Ken & Christine Hubbard Tel: 432 7855
BREAM BAY SUNDAY
CHURCH SERVICES
Presbyterian Waipu
Camellia Ave, Ruakaka: 8.45am
The Centre, Waipu: 10am Prayer Service:
7pm
Assembly of God 223 Marsden Pt. Rd,
Ruakaka, 10am.
Anglican 1st and 3rd Sundays - St Paul’s
Ruakaka 2nd and 4th Sundays - St Peter’s
Waipu, 5th Sunday - St Nicholas Mission
to Seafarers’. Marsden Bay All services
start at 9.30am.
Catholic Holy Family Church,
Ruakaka,10.30am. Mass
Lifepoint. 300 One Tree Point Rd,
10.30am.
Bream Bay CRF. Ruakaka Memorial Hall,
Sandford Rd. 10am.
Tuesday, 21 September, 7.00 pm at the
Ruakaka Recreation Centre.
Candidates for:
Bream Bay Ward,
Whangarei District Mayor
Whangarei Constituency,
Northland Regional Council
A light supper will be served afterwards
W.J. Daniel, Secretary
NEW ZEALAND FAIRY TERN
CHARITABLE TRUST
Notice of Annual General Meeting
HOUSEHOLD CLEARANCE. 55 Peter Snell Rd., Notice is given that an Annual General Meeting of
the New Zealand Fairy Tern Charitable Trust is to be
Ruakaka. Sunday 12 September. Start time 8am,
held at the Senior Citizens’ Hall, Fagan Place, Mangawhai Heads, commencing at 2.00 p.m., Saturday,
11 September 2010.
THE NEXT PUBLICATION DATE
The New Zealand Fairy Tern Charitable Trust inof the Bream Bay News will be Thursday 23 September
vites all interested persons to the Annual General
The deadline for all copy is 4pm on
Meeting – this will be followed by an address given
Wednesday 15 September.
by Keith Woodley - The Godwit Expert and Author
G.D Smith, Secretary
Ruakaka
Community
Library
y
OPEN 10AM -2PM
MONDAY TO SATURDAY
Recreation Centre, Ruakaka
New books arriving monthly
Large print section
Children’s library
Extensive fiction and non fiction sections
Reference collection
WAIPU COMMUNITY
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday & Saturday 10am to 1pm.
Tuesday: 10am to 4pm.
Contacts: Joan Marker - 432 0614
or Marj Corner - 432 0639
Bream Bay News Page 24
9 September 2010
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