Ngā Take Hapori
The possum
p
… man’s new best friend?
Te paihama … te tino hoa hou o te tangata?
Pests may hold solution to prostate puzzle
inside
Kei ngā kirearea
i
te oranga pea mō te mate repe tātea
When some well meaning pioneers introduced the
Australian brush-tailed possum to New Zealand in
1837, little did they know that they had opened
an environmental Pandora’s Box which has cost
this country millions of dollars.
Leukaemia research
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Flying Kiwis
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There are no hungry dingoes here and few
bushfires. Instead we provide these furry critters
with almost perfect conditions; so good in fact
that they can breed up to twice a year.
However, possums might just be of some use
after all. With funding from the Lottery Health
Research Committee, scientists are hoping to find
out whether the pests hold the key to solving
prostate problems which affect millions of men
all over the world. At the moment, surgery is the
only effective treatment for men who suffer from
urinary trouble caused by an enlarged prostate.
Professor Helen Nicholson, from Otago University’s
Anatomy Department, and an AgResearch team
led by Dr Bernie McLeod have found that possums
have prostates very similar to humans’. They have
also found that possum prostates enlarge during
the breeding season and then regress.
Floral NZ
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Sea science
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It’s this regression that has the scientists
excited. They say that if they can understand
the hormones that cause the regression, there
may be an understanding of how to prevent the
enlargement problem in men. The solution to
the prostate puzzle might just be sitting on a
rimu branch.
When it comes to possums, eradication or control
takes first priority, but this research, being carried
out at the Centre for Reproduction and Genomics,
may lead to a scientific breakthrough that gives
the pests a new respect!
Helen Nicholson and Bernie McLeod with a pest
which might be of some use after all
The Alli Way of Life
Te Tikanga Noho ki a Alli
Allison Franklin, as a member of the Lottery
Grants Board’s Individuals with Disabilities
Committee, is part of a very important
decision-making process. Along with other
members of the Committee, she has a role in
deciding where funding should go.
But putting that role to one side for a
moment, Allison has just published an
inspirational autobiography titled The Alli
Way of Life: Living Well with Cerebral Palsy.
In her book, Alli provides a real and positive
account of living with a disability. She
makes it very clear that she didn’t want it to
be a “Pollyanna, isn’t she wonderful” story.
This is a compelling read and an account of
a real life which looks at all the good things
and many of the challenging aspects of
coping with cerebral palsy.
Alli had trouble finding a job after leaving
Papanui High School in 1977 but eventually
she was offered a role as a secretary at
the Disabled Living Centre in Lower Hutt.
She went on to become a director on the
Southern Regional Health Authority Board.
Now she works from home and serves on
two government committees, for Health and
Disability Ethics and, of course, the Lottery
one for Individuals with Disabilities.
She says she feels privileged to have been
part of the disability sector as it has evolved
during the past 30 years.
Alli is hopeful that her book will be used as
a teaching tool for students in medical and
nursing schools so that they might start to
see "the real person" sitting in front
of them.
When asked about the best advice she has
had, Allison Franklin says: “Do what you
can as well as you can and don’t waste time
thinking about what you can’t manage.”
Lisa, left, and Trudy spar at the gym while Michael,
the personal trainer, keeps a watchful eye
Disability no brake
on volunteer
E kore te hauātanga e ārai i tēnei
kaitūao
Trudy Kells is an active member of her
community. She helps others through
Gisborne Volunteer Centre and is also
training for a marathon. And she uses
a wheelchair.
Yes, this volunteer has a disability, but it
does not hold her back.
The Volunteer Centre, which has had
help with its programmes from the
Internal Affairs Department’s Support for
Volunteering Fund, put forward Trudy as a
potential helper to IHC.
Trudy goes to the YMCA several days a week
and thought it would be good to have a
gym buddy from IHC to accompany her.
IHC, which has received COGS funding in
support of its activities in Tairawhiti, was
happy to have Trudy as a volunteer on
its programme.
It paired up Trudy with Lisa Priday, who was
eager for activity and looking for a buddy.
She also uses a wheelchair.
After assessments by Sport Gisborne,
Lisa and Trudy had their first session at
the YMCA. Lisa followed Trudy’s verbal
and visual instructions, and with Trudy’s
encouragement, Lisa learned a series of
hand-weight lifting exercises.
Lisa enjoyed the stimulating environment of
the gym and the opportunity to meet new
people. She loved her new gym clothes. As
her gym sessions have continued, Lisa has
taken an interest in the machines and has
begun training in their use.
Photo: Christchurch Star
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Trudy’s effort and concentration is a huge
inspiration for Lisa, who participates eagerly
at the gym in spite of the physical challenge.
Allison hopes her book will be used as a teaching tool
Boost for leukaemia research
Kua hikitia te tahua rangahau mō te mate totomā
Local research
needed for
local problems
Research into a largely incurable form of
adult leukaemia is just one area that
has benefited from a $1.6 million Lottery
grant to University of Otago health
science projects.
Lottery Health Research Committee funds to
support her research into aspects of chronic
lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), which is the
most common form of adult leukaemia in
the Western world.
The grant covers research on several
topics, ranging from heart disease and
early detection of kidney failure to the
effectiveness of aqua aerobics in reducing
falls in people with osteoarthritis.
This particular form of leukaemia, of which
there are about 200 new cases a year in
New Zealand, remains largely incurable
because of a lack of effective treatments.
The British Medical Journall has featured a
ground-breaking New Zealand study of the
benefits of “exercise on prescription” for
women over 40 years of age.
The language describing her research is
difficult for a layman to understand, but
essentially what Sarah is trying to do is
The New Zealand Women’s Lifestyle Study,
led by Dr Beverly Lawton and a team from
the University of Otago’s Wellington School
of Medicine and Health Sciences, followed
the progress of 1089 less active women
aged 40-74 for two years.
Otago University graduate Sarah
Saunderson said she was surprised and
Ka hiahiatia he rangahau
ā-rohe mō ngā raruraru ā-rohe
Dr Lawton found that the women who were
prescribed exercise to help them become
more active had generally improved mental
health and physical functioning, particularly
in cardiovascular conditions, compared
with the control group, who did not have
exercise prescribed.
The study received funding from the
Heart Foundation and the Lottery Health
Research Committee.
The Heart Foundation’s medical director,
Professor Norman Sharpe, says: “It’s vitally
important that New Zealand-specific
research is funded, as this country has its
own particular health issues and needs.”
The Lottery Health Research committee
funds research projects that aim to improve
the health of New Zealanders.
Dr Lawton said an "exercise on prescription"
programme for less active adults could have
considerable health benefits for individuals
and cost savings for governments.
Sarah Saunderson at
Otago University in Dunedin
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Environment and Heritage Committee
The Lottery Environment and Heritage Committee funds projects that promote,
protect and conserve New Zealand’s natural, physical and cultural heritage.
Some of these projects are highlighted on this and the following four pages.
Brave bombers remembered
Ka maumaharatia ngā to
With the creative force of
Weta Workshops (makers o
and Lord of the Ringss infra
a $10,000 contribution fro
Grants Board’s Environmen
Committee, a memorial to
airmen has been installed a
War Memorial Museum.
The 1.8-metre-high memor
bronze and marble statue o
aircrew, honours the sacrifi
volunteers killed while serv
Bomber Command.
These bravehearts faced a f
of being killed in combat t
other group of New Zealan
servicemen. One in four ne
came home. In awarding th
grant, the Committee was
historians’ views that these
been an under-recognised
Zealand veterans.
The memorial, designed an
partially funded by Weta,
was unveiled at a dedicatio
ceremony in March attende
by Bomber Command vete
Richard Taylor of Wet
the memorial to NZ B
Com
Flying Kiwis
Toa Rererangi nō Aotearoa
In March, the Environment and Heritage Committee awarded a further grant ($4131) to the New Zealand Bomber Command Association to
assist with the research and writing of a pictorial record of World War II Kiwi aircrew volunteers and their deeds.
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The book, to be called Kiwis Do Fly,
y will record the first-hand accounts of their wartime experiences.
Paradise regained
Good Charlotte
Kei Tua i Tūrangahakoa
Ka pai Charlotte
The Charlotte Museum is part of a network
of archives preserving lesbian culture for
the understanding of future generations.
The Environment and Heritage Committee
has awarded the Charlotte Museum Trust
$10,000 towards researching New Zealand
lesbian musicians and their work, primarily
from the 1970s. Interviews are to be filmed
and shown alongside a music exhibition.
Yep, we may not have K D, but we’ve got
Shona — Laing, that is! And a wealth of
other talented lesbian musicians (Charlotte
Yates, the Topp Twins and the late great
Mahinarangi Tocker, to name but a few)
whose lives the Charlotte Museum Trust is
attempting to record for posterity.
Paradise in the wilderness
Singer songwriter Dave Dobbyn might well
call this place a “Slice of Heaven”, but to
those not familiar with his iconic lyrics, it
is quite simply “Paradise”. Its tired timbers
are getting a makeover under the watchful
eye of the Historic Places Trust and a cash
injection of $250,000 from the Lottery
Environment and Heritage Committee.
Paradise is just north of Glenorchy, at
the head of Lake Wakatipu. The original
homestead and some accompanying
buildings were designed in 1883 by William
Pa
Gl
hy
Arr
Mason, an architect who was involved
in the establishment of Auckland. After
making an unsuccessful bid to return to
political life, Mason and his young wife
made Paradise their home, and with the
help of another married couple, they
farmed 130 hectares.
Paradise and the homestead, along with
cottages scattered around the area,
became famous among people wanting to
experience the area’s wilderness. Today it is
administered by the Paradise Trust, which is
not allowed to sell the site to developers or
anyone else.
The late great Mahinarangi Tocker
During World War II, part of the property
was mined for scheelite. Tungsten extracted
from the ore was used to make armaments.
Another accommodation wing was added at
this time, and an annex was built close to
the main house.
own
As far as possible, original materials are
going to be used for the refurbishment, but
some modern materials will be needed.
atipu
The aim is to make it look exactly as it was
more than 100 years ago.
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Environment and Heritage Committee
Boost to pine fighters
Our natural history
He tahua āno patu paina tūwā
Tō tātou hitori
i
māori
A cash injection of $250,000 from the
Lottery Grants Board's Environment and
Heritage Committee is a welcome boost to
efforts to stop the spread of self-seeded
pines from thousands of hectares of
Southland high country.
The wilding pines are already well
established with infestations of up to 2000
seedlings per hectare.
If left as it is, an estimated 61,000 hectares
of high country and pastoral land would
revert to self-seeded, dense pine forest
within 50 years.
The Mid Dome Wilding Trees Trust and
Environment Southland have developed a
12-year programme to tackle the problem.
The funding they have been awarded from
the Environment and Heritage Committee,
among other agencies, has been a muchneeded boost to a vast project.
Trust member Alan Mark, Professor of
Botany at Otago University, says he is
ecstatic about the Lottery grant. The
$250,000 will enable an extra 140 hectares
of spraying to be carried out and a further
750 hectares of ground control to go ahead.
Professor Mark says the various bodies
undertaking the work are fighting to
preserve important biodiversity and
indigenous ecosystems, and this grant will
help them fight the battle.
Kiwis might think of orchids as exotic, but
did you know New Zealand has its own
native orchid, of which there are more than
140 species?
These shy blooms are found from the
coastline to the alpine heights.
They have small, delicate flowers which
come in many colours and forms.
The early missionary William Colenso, a keen
botanist, provided us with an early record of
much of our native flora. The native orchids
he recorded were already familiar to Maori,
who ate their tubers as snacks.
The Environment and Heritage Committee
has awarded $5000 to the New Zealand
Native Orchid Group towards the
publication of the letters and plant lists
Reverend Colenso sent to the Royal Botanic
Gardens at Kew in England from 1841
to 1898.
The end result of this project will add
greatly to our knowledge of our country’s
botanical history.
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Volunteers help in the battle to eradicate Southland’s wilding pines
Secrets of the deep
Ngā mea ngaro o te hōhonu
For many years, this rust-coloured building
on the rocks at Island Bay was known as
‘the Ice House’. Local fishermen, Italian
immigrants to the Wellington seaside
suburb, stored their catch and bait amidst
heaps of ice in readiness for market.
But now it’s the Marine Education Centre,
which is home to a fascinating collection
of sea life. Right on the Centre’s doorstep
is the recently established Taputeranga
Marine Reserve, rounding out the learning
experience in a truly environmental way.
One term into the school year and about
3000 school children have already come
by the busload to experience what’s inside
as well as outside, where every high tide
washes up some sort of wonder on to the
rock pools of the rugged coastline.
The project has been a labour of love that
began three years ago when Dr Victor
Anderlini and his partner Judy Hutt, of
the Wellington Marine Conservation Trust,
ripped and stripped the inside of the old
bait house and began to bring in exhibits
for all to see.
Lottery’s Environment and Heritage
Committee came up with $110,000 of
funding to help establish the site and
implement the Trust’s programme to protect
and enhance the region’s coastal and marine
environment through public education.
One interesting piece of research that
Victor has been involved with is the possible
breeding of surf clams in a maritime
harvesting environment as well as the
possibility of breeding the clams in a landbased aquatic setting.
Meanwhile, Judy has done what very few
people have managed, and that is the
breeding of seahorses. Right now though,
her passion is to give adults and children a
taste of what lurks under water.
School children get a hands-on marine experience at the Marine Education Centre
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Bath House to regain former glory
Ka hoki anō te Whare Kaukau ki te korōria o mua
The Rotorua Bath House is on its way back to its original self
Saving St Peter’s
Te whakaora i a Hato Pētera
At Paekakariki on the Kapiti Coast, St Peter’s
Hall, a place of refuge and a resource for
the community, has been awarded a Lottery
Environment and Heritage grant of $27,500.
This money will go towards the completion
of the 1918 building’s restoration.
Originally, the hall was used for Sunday
School and community gatherings. Since
then, it has had a multitude of functions.
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It has been a picture theatre, a polling
station, and a venue for performance and
entertainment. It houses the Paekakariki
Community Library, and has been used for
community classes and fundraising.
In recent times, St Peter’s Hall played a big
role as a Civil Defence welfare post during
the 2003 floods, when it served as the
village’s main gathering point. It can hold
up to 250 people and was the only centrally
located hall that stayed dry.
A survey carried out by Paekakariki
Community Trust showed a strong
community desire to retain St Peter’s as a
venue for community functions and events.
St Peter’s hall, hub of the community
Stepping up to the goal
He pokapū hou mō te poi tarawhiti
Southland netballers and their fans
are fierce enough without any extra
advantages, as anyone north of the
Clutha knows. And now they are about to
get $1.7 million indoor courts to aid their
winning ways.
With a $460,000 grant from the Lottery
Grants Board’s Community Facilities
Committee, Central Southland netballers are
a step closer towards their goal of an indoor
complex in Winton.
Though netball is the Central Southland
Netball Centre Committee’s main focus, its
vision is a “sporting hub” for the benefit
of the whole district. The Centre will cater
to a big area including many small rural
townships, from Te Anau to Hedgehope.
The Netball Centre will house two courts,
which can be used for netball and tennis
will be adaptable to host other sports such
as basketball and hockey. The Centre will
enable wet-weather training for rugby,
cricket and soccer.
Fundraising began back in 2000 and
gathered momentum in 2003, when the
committee was formed to really get the
ball rolling.
Camberley's
Community
Centre
opens at last
Kātahi anō ka whiwhi Pōkapu
Hapori a Camberley
Local netballers have been working hard
in the district and raised $155,000 with
support from groups such as Lions and
Rotary. They’ve done everything from
picking up stones at harness racing club
meetings to selling raffles.
Last month, broadcaster Kerre Woodham
and netballer Natalie Avaline added star
power to a fundraising evening that
organisers say was “extremely successful …
a fun night with lots of laughs”
The fine new Camberley Centre
The Hastings suburb of Camberley now has
its own community centre after 20 years of
relying on makeshift venues for community
events and meetings.
Last November, Hastings Mayor Lawrence
Yule cut the ribbon and local kaumātua
Jerry Hapuku and Joe Northover spoke at
the opening ceremony to the joy and pride
of Camberley residents, who had worked
hard to get their communal hub.
A working committee made up of
representatives from residents, the Police,
District Council, District Health Board,
Camberley School and social service
providers had researched the need for a
venue, undertaken a feasibility study and
raised funds to build a community hall.
Three happy fundraisers, from left: Sandra Robb, Lisa Hay and Julie Gullick of the Central
Southland Netball Centre Committee
Napier on the move
Kua nuku te tari i Ahuriri ki wāhi kē
The Napier office of the Local Government and Community Branch of DIA has moved to new
premises. The office is now on Level 1 of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building, corner of
Raffles Street and Munro Street. All other contact details remain the same.
Lottery Community Facilities Fund
contributed $227,000 towards a $340,000
project to purchase and relocate a suitable
building to a parcel of land in Camberley
owned by the Council. As well as the gift
of the land, the Council’s contribution
included making a car park.
Advisors from the Department of Internal
Affairs’ Local Government and Community
Branch worked with the Council on
funding and the purchase, relocation and
refurbishing of the building.
The Centre has a part-time manager
who is responsible for bookings. It is
well used by residents, community groups
and youth clubs, and is the venue for
inter-agency meetings.
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The Beautiful Game of many colours
Te kēmu ātaahua kanorau maha
The Beautiful Game in all its colours came
to Palmerston North this year.
Ethkick09, a soccer tournament for teams
representing different ethnicities, was held
in Palmy on 28-29 March.
Heather Tanguay, an advisor with the
Department of Internal Affairs’ Local
Government and Community Branch,
chaired the Ethkick 09 organising
committee, which comprised representatives
from the Police, the City Council, refugee
groups and sports organisations, and aimed
to promote friendship through football.
Seven-aside matches were played by teams
based on country of origin or ethnic group
and were run along World Cup lines with
Oman, winners of the serious grade
The event had a festival air with food stalls
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i
b
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from Saudi Arabia the winners of the
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Spectators enjoy the games at Ethkick 09
Win win win situation
He āhuatanga tino wikitōria
Congratulations to the first recipients of
the Department of Internal Affairs’ Chief
Executive’s Internship: Wayne Drogemuller
and Charles Olsen.
The Chief Executive’s Internships enable
staff from the Department to work in a
community organisation for three months.
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The Department, the interns and the
organisation all benefit from this scheme.
The interns learn new skills and extend
their networks while making a contribution
to their community. The organisation
gets specialist skills and knowledge that
might otherwise be inaccessible. And the
Department gets back a more experienced
worker with a greater insight into
community needs.
Wayne will be working with Volunteer
Wellington, an organisation that
co-ordinates volunteer organisation
networks. Charles will be working with
Tūhono Trust, a national Māori organisation
that links Māori to their traditional iwi.
From left: Charles Olsen, DIA CEO Brendan
Boyle and Wayne Drogemuller
Rec Centre makeover a big step closer
Kua tata te Pokapū Hākinakina te whakahou
Major improvements to Motueka’s
Recreation Centre are a step closer with
the recent approval of a $750,000 grant
from the Lottery Grants Board’s Community
Facilities Committee.
The multi-purpose indoor sport centre,
which caters for a wide range of community
recreation, is to have a total upgrade of
$1.55 million. With money from other
sources, work should be finished by April
next year.
The Centre was built 21 years ago and
manager Brent Maru says the upgrade
is badly needed. He is thrilled that the
refurbishment was granted the full
amount requested.
One of the main areas to be improved is
the roller-skating rink, roller-skating being
a popular pastime in the region. At the
moment, the rink has a fibre-glass floor but
it is to be extended by 12 metres and have a
new wooden-sprung floor.
The improvements to the rink will make it a
multi-use area suitable for hosting district
or regional sporting competitions.
A heating and cooling system is to be
installed and two new offices added to the
reception area.
W
When
the centre is finished, it will double
the
th
he region’s sports venue capacity.
Photos: Motueka Golden Bay News
The gymnasium is to double in size and will
have two consulting rooms and $100,000
worth of new equipment. The existing toilet
block, described as “a horrible area”, will be
refurbished and have two changing rooms
added. These will be accessible from inside
and outside.
Brent Maru, manager of Motueka Recreation
Centre, top, is looking forward to the upgrade,
which will make the popular skating rink
bigger and increase its use as an all-round
family event venue
Time to talk about the pokies
Kua tae ki te wā kia matapakitia ngā mihini
Ku
i
petipeti
The Department of Internal Affairs wants to
engage with the community over gaming
machine (pokies) funding.
People have become increasingly aware of
the social effects of gambling, particularly
of the pokies.
Gaming machine societies, too, are aware
of a ‘crisis of perception’ among the public
over the way the funds they hold in trust
for the community are distributed.
The desire to see gaming machine funds
meet real community needs and provide
long-term benefits has been expressed
recently, and the Department is seeking
feedback on this issue from gaming
machine societies and sector groups, the
wider philanthropic/not-for-profit sector,
local government organisations and
Departmental staff.
As a result of the economic downturn,
Internal Affairs shelved plans for a
conference on the topic this year
but has kept open a web site http://
gamblingconference2009.dia.govt.nz/
inviting people to share information about
the costs and benefits of gambling, and how
harm and crime from gambling might be
dealt with.
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How to reach the Local Government & Community
Branch of The Department of Internal Affairs
Whakapā mai!
Head Office
46 Waring Taylor Street WELLINGTON 6011
PO Box 805 WELLINGTON 6140
Freephone: 0800 824 824
Kaitaia
Hamilton
New Plymouth
Greymouth
26 Puckey Avenue
410 Victoria Street
Level 1, Westpac Building
146 Mackay Street
KAITAIA 0410
HAMILTON 3204
2 Devon Street East
GREYMOUTH 7805
Ph: (09) 408 6677
PO Box 19 230
NEW PLYMOUTH 4310
PO Box 33
Fax: (09) 408 0923
HAMILTON 3244
PO Box 331
GREYMOUTH 7840
Ph: (07) 839 9960
NEW PLYMOUTH 4340
Ph: (03) 768 1001
Fax: (07) 839 9955
Ph: (06) 759 8246
Fax: (03) 768 4200
Whangarei
Manaia House
Fax: (06) 759 8094
41 Rathbone Street
Rotorua
WHANGAREI 0110
Cnr Biak and Giltrap Streets
Palmerston North
Level 8, NZI House
PO Box 1755
ROTORUA 3015
Guardian Trust House
96 Hereford Street
WHANGAREI 0140
Private Bag 3041
Cnr Main Street and The Square
CHRISTCHURCH 8011
Ph: (09) 430 2205
ROTORUA 3046
PALMERSTON NORTH 4410
PO Box 4033
Fax: (09) 430 2209
Ph: (07) 343 1680
PO Box 247
CHRISTCHURCH 8140
Fax: (07) 343 1689
PALMERSTON NORTH 4440
Ph: (03) 353 8294
Ph: (06) 355 8088
Fax: (03) 353 8299
Auckland / Waitakere
Christchurch
Level 1, All Seasons Centre
Gisborne
288 Te Atatu Road
Level 2, Wilson James Centre
Te Atatu South
77 Peel Street
Wellington
1st Floor, Burns House
Edmonton
GISBORNE 4010
4th Floor, Riverside Towers
10 George Street
WAITAKERE CITY 0610
PO Box 254
15 Daly Street
DUNEDIN 9016
PO Box 83 209
GISBORNE 4040
LOWER HUTT 5010
PO Box 5341
Edmonton
Ph: (06) 868 1915
PO Box 30 454
DUNEDIN 9058
WAITAKERE CITY 0652
Fax: (06) 868 1964
LOWER HUTT 5040
Ph: (03) 479 6515
Ph: (04) 570 5386
Fax: (03) 479 6519
Ph: (09) 834 9701
Fax: (09) 834 9705
Napier
Fax: (06) 355 8084
Dunedin
Fax: (04) 570 5381
Invercargill
Level 1
Manukau
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Building
Nelson
Level 2, Menzies Building
Level 1
Cnr Raffles & Munroe Streets
31 New Street
Lower Esk Street
20-24 Lambie Drive
NAPIER 4110
NELSON 7010
INVERCARGILL 9810
MANUKAU CITY 2104
PO Box 1042
PO Box 1149
PO Box 501
PO Box 76 451
NAPIER 4140
NELSON 7040
INVERCARGILL 9840
MANUKAU CITY 2241
Ph: (06) 834 1350
Freephone: 0800 660 900
Ph: (03) 218 0701
Ph: (09) 263 7372
Fax: (06) 834 1274
Ph: (03) 546 0904
Fax: (03) 218 6411
Fax: (09) 262 0606
Fax: (03) 548 2488
To email known individual staff anywhere in the country: fi[email protected]
Otherwise, email [email protected]
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