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ABOUT TOWN

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We were saddened to hear of the passing of Mark Hodgetts. Our sympathies to

family and friends.



Let ’s hope we are not in Covid LEVEL 3 for too

much longer!

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A special HAPPY 99th BIRTHDAY to MARY

CORKER!

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Have you registered your dog this year?

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We have had the pleasure of watching a young

seal swimming off Onoke Point; sadly we have

seen a dead one up on the beach too.

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Check out the Yates’ Gardening prize on page 5

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Kaipara Basketball Association BASKETBALL WILL BE

BACK AT LEVEL 2... Stay tuned for more announcements.



The Jono & Ben Show at 8pm on TV2, 23 will feature dog

trials at the Rural Games in Palmerston North earlier this year



Q: What do you get if you don't clean your mirror?

A: A dirty look.



Q: Where do you go to replace a missing chess piece? A: The Pawn Shop.

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New Zealand has just experienced its warmest winter on record - NIWA

official climate data shows winter 2021 (June to August) was 1.32°C degrees

above average.

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Front page photos were all taken in Oneriri

gardens; the kereru (wood pigeon landed on the tree

branch then ‘walked’ his way down to get closer to

the ground!

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Bugle 17 can be seen in colour at kaiwaka.co.nz

~ Lindsey, Ed

“Life is not about being rich, being popular, being highly

educated or being perfect. It’s about being real,

humble and kind.”.

KAIWAKA BUGLE NO.17

7 SEPTEMBER2021

CONTENTS:

Page 3: Public Notices, Classified

Page 5: Yates Garden Competition

Page 7: Selling by Auction

Page 9: Kaiwaka Gardening; OCS

Page 11: Kaiwaka Sports Assn

Page 13: Wm Leslie Memorial Church;

Possums

Page 15: Bless ‘Em All

Page 17: Kaiwaka Library; KDC

Page 19: Northland Regional Council

Bugle 18 will appear 21 September

Contact for advertising, reports, articles

or information can be made by

Email: kaiwakabugle@kaiwaka.co.nz

Ph: 09 4312 045 Lindsey

Txt: 027 2724137

Copy may be left at Kaiwaka Four

Square.

Kaiwaka Bugle

Founded May 1978

We appreciate articles and photos about local

events, etc, as well as ads and suggestions.

Copies available in Kaiwaka at Kaiwaka Four

Square, Kaiwaka Postal Centre, Shamrock

Service Station, Animal Health Centre,

Kaiwaka St John shop.

Also outlets in Maungaturoto,

Mangawhai and Paparoa.

Can be viewed online at

www.kaiwaka.co.nz/Bugle

Or a copy can be posted to you if you supply

stamped, self-addressed DLE envelopes.

Kaiwaka Bugle Advertisements 2021:

All

copy

and

queries

to:

kaiwakabugle@kaiwaka.co.nz

The Bugle is printed on an A4 page, B&W

Ad sizes: 1/16 page (3 x 9.5cm) $5; 1/8

(6.5 x 9.5cm landscape or portrait) $8;

3/16 ( 10 x 9.5cm or 7.5 x 12,5) $12.

Classified ads: First one FREE, $4 per

entry (max. 30 words, max. 4 repeats).

Payments can be made online at

ANZ

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, posted or left at

Kaiwaka Four Square Store.

We use Microsoft Publisher, and can

work with most common image

formats, Word, Excel, and PDF files.

Accounts:

Email: bugleaccounts@kaiwaka.co.nz

The Kaiwaka Bugle is a community

newspaper run by volunteers, as part of

the Kaiwaka Media Group Inc.

Articles, etc. printed are not necessarily

the opinion of the Bugle Team.

Proverbs 28: 21

Playing

favourites is

always a bad

thing;

you can do

great harm

in seemingly harmless ways

KAIWAKA BUGLE

DEADLINE DATES

2021:

Every second Friday

September 17

October 1, 15, 29

November 12, 26

December 10

HAPPY 99th BIRTHDAY, MARY CORKER!

Mary Corker, who began the Kaiwaka Bugle more than 43 years ago celebrated

her 99th birthday on Friday 3 September.

Mary and her husband, Roy, and the 3 oldest of their 6

children moved to their Kaiwaka farm on SH1 opposite

Pukekaroro in 1950. Mary was busy in the district with

Women’s Division and Institute and was a Brownie

Leader for many years. She stayed on with family after

Roy died in 1986 moving to Saorsa Village in Waipu in

2000, and then to Selwyn Park, Whangarei, 7 years ago.

Due to Covid Level 3 we were unable to visit Mary, but

were able to wish her happy birthday by phone. ~Lindsey.

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HAKARU HALL ACTIVITIES



Monday: Line Dancing 10-12pm Ph 4315160

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Tuesday & Thursday: Pilates 10am Ph. 0220643965

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Wednesday: Music Jam Session 7pm Ph. 0210628631

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Sunday: Canine Coaching Ph 0272365004



Dance Energy Week Days

Monday to Friday, Afternoon/Evening Ph. 0275610469



Friday Morning: Available for HIRE

Hall Bookings Karen

4312090 or 0210467490

PUBLIC NOTICES

CLASSIFIED

ST. JOHN KAIWAKA SHOP



We will not be open until Covid Level 2



We are going to hold a Spring Garage Sale in

September. Check our pages for updates

Regards, Dianne and Friendly Staff

Please bring your donations in during opening hours.

HOURS: Tuesday – Friday 10am to 3pm; Saturday 10am – 2pm

PHONE: Shop 4312650

1919SH1, Kaiwaka

NOTE: The Kaiwaka Whangarei Hospital Knitting

Group’s September meeting will be cancelled.

For more information contact Gale Matheson

0274149576 or 094314827

KAIWAKA SCHOOL

KAIWAKA SCHOOL 150 REUNION

CANCELLED

It is with huge disappointment that due to Covid 19

restrictions and further levels at which we will be

restricted on numbers able to attend an event, we have

made the heart-breaking decision to cancel the Kaiwaka

Primary School Reunion which was planned for October

23rd this year.

A wooden seat will be erected at the school to

commemorate the 150 years of education in the Kaiwaka

district.

A tree will also be planted near the seat.

A small booklet will be printed to tell of the history of

education in Kaiwaka.

A big thankyou to all those who have already registered.

You will be contacted in due course.

Thank you so much to the committee and the Kaiwaka

School Principal for all the work you have put into trying

to get this event happening.

Karen, Committee Chair

HAKARU RE:SORT STATION

636 KAIWAKA-MANGAWHAI ROAD

Northland Waste - North Auckland

Due to Northland moving to Level 3 the Hakaru Transfer

Station open and operating under Level 3 restrictions:

• Vehicle and customer numbers restricted.

• No assistance can be provided by our attendants.

• Social distancing & face masks required.

• Contract tracing will be in place.

•

Eftpos transactions preferred.

Unfortunately recycling services will NOT be available

during this time.

Open 8am - 4pm

Telephone: 09 431 2629

NOTE: No GREEN Bag Pick Up on Oneriri Rd

HAKARU PONY CLUB

For more information

Contact Amy Westlake

021-180-5000

“SECOND CHANCE STUDY

AWARD”

The Zonta Club of Mangawhai is once

again offering a Second Chance for

Women Study Award.

The successful applicant will receive

up to $3,500 towards tuition costs for

an NZQA approved course of study towards a

sustainable career path.

Any woman furthering educational studies who is

resident in the Mangawhai, Kaiwaka, Maungaturoto

or Bream Bay area is eligible to apply.

Awardees mostly use their award to assist with the

final year in their studies.

Application forms can be requested by texting Sheryl

on 027 478 2540 with your name, email address and

2nd Chance Study Award.

Applications close Friday 17 September 2021

This award is made possible because of the generosity

of the local community at Zonta fundraising events

such as our Mid-Winter Ball and quiz nights.

For further information go to www.zonta.org

KAIWAKA WAR MEMORIAL HALL

KAIWAKA KIBRARY

ANNUAL GENRAL MEETING

Tuesday 21 September, 5pm

Covid Level permitting

Kaiwaka War Memorial Hall

OBSTACLES

Will come our way, whatever may happen

This life is for learning, not a comfort zone

It stretches our minds, increases our knowledge

Makes us wiser, we hope, with each lesson,

hard it may be. but it is our Destiny

to grow, to become strong

but sensitive and caring in our Heart and Souls

~ Susan

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OTAMATEA

ST JOHN TRASH

AND TREASURE

4th – 8th October 2021

We are now receiving good items that

we can sell. Please, no TV screens,

computers or printers.

Call Eileen if you have items to

donate.

Spare bags, paper or plastic, would be

appreciated too!

If you are able to help in setting up on

the afternoon of the 3rd October (or at

any time during the week) please call

Eileen on 021 142 0357

Now Open!!

MOMMAS

TAKEAWAYS

09 601 6124

7 days

12 - 8pm

1923b State Highway 1

Kaiwaka

LOCAL GAS FITTING

Shane and his partner Diana own Wellsford Gas, a local

gas fitting business with 35 years in the industry. Shane

started his trade as a plumber/gasfitter and chose to

specialise in gasfitting.

Wellsford Gasfitting Ltd supply, service and install all

domestic gas cooking, heating and hot water systems. Gasfitting on house

alterations and new housing is also our speciality.

Shane is a Certifying Gasfitter and member of The Master Plumbers, Gasfitters &

Drainlayers NZ Incorporated. We are the service agent for Bosch Hot Water,

Rheem Hot Water, Real Fires Gas Fires and Eurotech Gas Appliances. We also

service other brands, including Rinnai and Challenger.

Shane and Diana live in rural Te Hana and their area of service includes

Wellsford, Tapora, Kaiwaka, Maungaturoto, Paparoa, Matakohe and Waipu.

“It is an awesome area to work and live in. The people are friendly, the surrounds

are diverse and so is our work. We can’t see ourselves anywhere else!”

Contact Shane 0272 761 761 or email info@wellsfordgas.co.nz

NATIONAL GARDENING WEEK:

“GROW TO GIVE”

18-25 October 2021

This National Gardening Week everyone is being encouraged

to grow-an-extra-row to share with neighbours, community

pantries, food banks and other local food donation agencies.

Popping a few extra seeds in the dirt does not require much effort but could mean

so much for another family in need. To help get your extra row underway Yates

is lending a helping hand.

Just register online at https://www.yates.co.nz/national-gardening-week/this-

year/2021/ between 1st and 25th October to receive a free packet of vegie seeds.

Once you’ve grown your

vegies to share, please

visit Yates’ website to

find a list of the

organisations in your area

that would welcome your

donation

fresh

homegrown vegies.

WIN

THIS

YATES

VEGIE HAMPER

To help get your extra

row underway Yates is

giving away a Vegie

hamper to the Kaiwaka

Bugle readers, valued at

$300, full of vegie seeds –

including some wonderful new vegie varieties as well as old favourites -

fertiliser, pest control and Yates new book “Top 50 Edible Plants for Pots”

containing the latest in inspiration and practical advice on successfully growing

vegies and herbs in pots.

To enter just email your answer to kaiwakabugle@kaiwaka.co.nz by 24

September. The first correct answer will win a wonderful prize!

Questions:1. ‘What is the theme of this year’s National Gardening Week?’ (hint:

visit the Yates website – link above)

2. ‘Name two new Yates’ vegie seed varieties:

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HAKARU & DISTRICTS
MEMORIAL RSA (INC)

Members & guests are invited to

come along and enjoy our hospitality.

New members welcome.

Meals are served on Thursday and

Friday nights from 6.30pm.

Order from Blackboard Menu

For more information please phone

Barry Wallace 0274 922 975

Email: president@hakarursa.co.nz

Kaye McElwain from Ray White

has lived in the area for 16 years

and has worked in real estate for more

than two decades as an agent and

business owner. Once a month she

writes a column with commentary and

analysis on our local real estate

market. Today, she talks us through the

benefits of selling your home at

auction.

Last month we saw the highest

percentage of NZ homes sold by

auction for a July month since records

began, with more than a quarter of all

properties

sold

through

this

method. However, the first comment

we often receive from buyers is “Oh

no! It’s an auction, I just want to know

what the vendor wants?” The auction

method of sale provides one of the most

transparent processes of buying a

property - you can see and hear what

another buyer is prepared to pay, giving

you confidence with your bid. If you

are a property owner thinking of

selling, (a vendor), the benefits are

many ....

CONTROL FOR THE VENDOR

Sometimes people think that the chaotic

nature of an auction means that the

vendor has a lot less control over what

their property is sold for. This is not the

case at all! Reserve prices, declared

vendor bids, choice of settlement date,

nominated

deposit

terms,

and

unconditional sales contracts all grant

the seller a great deal of control over

the sale of their property.

COMPETITION

One of the unique features of selling by

auction compared to private treaty,

selling your home through auction can

often

result

what

known as

‘auction

fever’;

people

might end

up buying your property well above its

perceived market value.

This has obvious benefits for you as a

seller, and also plays upon any unique

features that your home may have. You

could find that a particular feature of

your house is extremely attractive to

two or more buyers, and the

competitive arena of the auction brings

out a bidding war.

Our internal data from Ray White’s 187

nationwide offices show that our sellers

who proceeded to take their property to

sell under the hammer last week were

rewarded with a sale price of 11.75 per

cent higher than the best offer prior.

SPEED

The fact that to bid at an auction,

buyers must have NO conditions,

including the 10-working day title

requisition clause when selling by

‘private treaty’ means there is no delay

in concluding the sale.

The method is also a lot faster pre-sale,

as you do not have to organise a series

of individual viewings for potential

buyers who may not be willing to

buy. Buyers viewing know that they

need to do their due diligence prior to

auction day. People who turn up to

auction mostly come with a mind to

purchase.

For more information on how to put

your home up for auction, don’t hesitate

to give me a call today 027 215 2016.

Have a good week and stay safe, Kaye

Hot Diggity Dog

DOG GROOMING

KAIWAKA

Spring is in the hair.

Professional Dog Groomer

at affordable prices.

www.doggroomingkaiwaka.co.nz

call Pam 094312143 or text

0273335380 for bookings

REIMAGINING

OUR LIBRARIES

Kaipara District Council are

forming a plan that will

guide

development

Kaipara's libraries for the next ten years

and want to hear what you think would

really make a difference.

Please come to one of three drop-in

sessions and talk to the team:

•

Monday September 6 - from 3pm to

6pm, Centennial Hall, Maungaturoto

•

Tuesday September 7 - from

2.15pm to 5.15pm, Domain Hall,

Mangawhai

•

Wednesday September 8 - from 3pm

to 6pm, Town Hall, Dargaville

These sessions are open to everyone in

the district, not just current library

users. What are your thoughts about our

libraries and about the experiences you

might have had of libraries elsewhere.

If lockdown is extended these sessions may be

deferred so for further details please check

www.kaipara.govt.nz/library.

WHAT ARE THE

BENEFITS OF SELLING BY

AUCTION?

www.kaiwaka.co.nz

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ST PAUL’S

ANGLICAN

SUNDAY SERVICES

First Sunday 9am Holy Communion

Third Sunday 9am Family Service

St Pauls Church: Kaiwaka-Mangawhai Rd.

Church Office Ph 431 4122

www.mangawhaianglican.org.nz

September!

That means frolicking

new-born lambs, daffodils, a bit bluer

sky and slightly less chilly mornings;

great clouds of dust arising from all the

properties having their annual spring

clean and the sounds and smells of lawn

mowers. It’s one of our favourite

months of the year.

This year, however, we have the ever-

present virus looming over us to put a

very real threat of danger in place to

spoil things. We must adhere to strict

precautions as advised and take care of

ourselves and each other if we are to

continue our very good record of

keeping it out of the community.

We’d love to see you at one or more of

our usual monthly happenings.

JOINT INITIATIVE

Announcing Joint initiative between

Otamatea Community Services and

Grow Whakatipu Paparoa.

The wonderful fresh food that goes into

our food parcels is grown or collected

by the gardeners at the Paparoa

Community Garden – Grow Whakatipu

Paparoa.

Now we want to join with the Garden in

helping locals to grow their own food.

We’ll be launching our Garden Partners

scheme this month and invite anyone

interested (both new and experienced)

to come along for a few hours each

week to help in the

established garden and to

learn how to grow your own

fruit and vegetables. Grow

Whakatipu Paparoa will establish a

separate garden for participants, and

you will take home fresh produce each

week.

If you want healthy food and you want

to learn how to grow it for yourself

contact

the

Community

House.

Transport from Maungaturoto to

Paparoa and return will be available

from next Friday 20th August. Ring

OCS Reception on 09 431 9080.

Our SEPTEMBER is as follows



Every Monday: Fun & Games,

Footprints Room Anglican Church

Hurndall St Mgto 10am-12



Wednesday 1st Senior/Community

lunch at St John Hall, Maungaturoto from

10am



Thursday 9th Senior/Community lunch

at Mangawhai Community Hall, Fagan

Place, Mangawhai



Tuesday 14th Free Shopping trip to

Whangarei. 9.30am from Retirement

Village Maungaturoto.



Wednesday 15th Chocolate Bingo at

the Footprints Room, Anglican Church,

Maungaturoto 10 – 12



Thursday 22nd Free Shopping trip to

Whangarei. 9.30 from Retirement Village

Maungaturoto

Oneriri

Plants

Visit our Nursery

Contact Heather 021

766399

oneririplants@gmail.com

365AOneriri Rd, Kaiwaka

A short trip off SH1

OTAMATEA COMMUNITY SERVICES

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

FOR the BIRDS and the BEES!

ARCTOTIS, ECHIUM, EUPHORBIA: One of my favourite colour

combinations. The red and grey is arctotis, african daisy. A great

ground cover. Flowers come in a variety of colours. The blue is an

annual echium. I collect the seeds and scatter them

where I want a splash of blue. The chartreuse is a

euphorbia, sometimes an annual but can last a few years.

Some people regard it as a weed. Not me. I've fallen in

love with this wild child. The colour enchants me, and

later on the stems turn red. Extremely prolific. Hence

the weed insult

SALVIA AFRICANA. Not to everyone's taste but I

love this plant. The flowers are fabulous.

Colour combination, russet and grey really

pleases me. The seed heads are a striking

extra bonus. And boy do the waxeyes love

these flowers. There were maybe 20 birds

hanging out of these flowers till I got too

close. Grows in a natural round shape

about a metre. And thrives in our

environment. Right- New Ass. Gardener

~ Heather, Oneriri Plants 021 766399

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OWEN STEVENS

Osteo Therapist

For careful

adjustments to

bones and joints

Treatment for

humans and their

pets

Clinics:

Kate’s Place, Kaiwaka:

Last Friday of month

For bookings:

9.00am-5.00pm

Phone

09 4312661

Or phone Owen

09 4317123 anytime

WATER TANKS:

Aqua & Baileys

Brands

DRAINAGE &

SEPTICS:

Land Drainage

Urban Rural

Drainage

Water Pipelines

Culverts

Septic Systems

(RX Plastics &

Biorock)

SITEWORKS:

Retaining Walls

Piling

Driveways

Carparks

Landscaping Supplies:

Waikato Screen Topsoil

Bark

Woodchip

Mill Bark

Post Peelings

Compost

Crushed Shell

Topsoil

Limestone Chip

Daltons Garden Mix

Aggregate

Gap: 20,40.65

Riverstone

Sand

Belt Dust

40/20 Drainage Metal

Builders Mix

Cement

Timber/Fencing Supplies:

Rails, Posts

Stays, Strainers

Fence Battens

Palings

Stakes

Fencing Wire

Farm Gates & hardware

Drainage:

PVC Fittings

Alkathene

Draincoil

Stories Tall,

Stories Short

Kaiwaka

1959-2009

by Roger TW Smith. $40

Kaiwaka, A Photographic

History $25

Available at All Sortz Collectables

or phone 4312 045

www.kaiwaka.co.nz

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KAIWAKA SPORTS ASSN NEWS

KAIWAKA SPORTS ASSN

KSA Bookings contact:

Jennie Reynolds, 02102764171

ksa.bookings@mail.com

Contact email:

kaiwakasportsassn@gmail.com

Website: www.kaiwakasport.co.nz

NOTE TO ALL KSA SPORTS

CLUBS:

Notices, articles and photos

welcome (no charge to the individual

club). Here to promote your sport!

Below a note from LIBBY

JONES –

Member Northland

District Health Board:

PT.CURTIS CRUISING

CLUB

Due to the Covid19 lockdowns

we will NOT be hosting the

PCCC Super Club Fishing Competition

on 18 & 19 September 2021. This event

will be hosted next September 2022.

Fish of the Month since August is

Snapper and will not have a close date

until we have our next Club meeting

under the level 2 Covid19 alert

conditions.

Next Club meeting: To be advised @

7pm, Kaiwaka Sports Association –

dependent on Covid19 level.

Keep safe everyone, Wayne Leslie (Commodore)

POINT CURTIS CRUISING CLUB

is hosting the

SUPER CLUB

CHAMPIONSHIP 2021

Start Fishing: 6am Saturday 18 September

Weigh In: 2.30 - 4.4.30pm Sunday 19 September

Prizegiving: 5pm Sunday 19 September

Three Furlongs Bar & Grill, 1942 SH 1 Kaiwaka (around the back)

The trophy & $1000 will be awarded to the club with the heaviest combined weight

of two snapper and club prizes for 2nd & 3rd combined weights of the next two

heaviest snapper.

We have individual 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes for the heaviest kahawai and trevally.
Refreshments will be at the Three Furlongs Bar & Grill
Weigh In Station is around the back of the Three Furlongs Bar & Grill
Sponsored by Wellsford Sorts & Leisure, Hunting & Fishing Whangarei, Saltwater
Connection Whangarei, Tackle & Outdoors Warkworth.

Checkout the walking path

at the

KAIWAKA SPORTS

ASSN. GROUNDS

The buildings are off limits during the

current Lockdown

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3 Cove Road, Waipu

(opposite the Pizza Barn

)

094321325

www.waipunaturalhealth.co.nz

Clinical Nutritionist:

Nutritional Checkups, Diets for

Chronic Diseases,

Food Sensitivities

Naturopathic Physician:

Ozone Therapy, Prolotherapy

Reflexology, Craniosacral

Therapy, Trauma Release

Massage Therapy

Counselling and Hypnotherapy

Change Catalyst/ThetaHealer

Affordable Children’s Consults

All therapists are fully qualified

WILLIAM LESLIE MEMORIAL CHURCH

POSSUMS ABOUT

Young possums who are not trap wise will be leaving their

mothers about now.

Kaira Oneriri Biosecurity Area recommends putting out Timms

traps baited with an apple slice and cinnamon on access routes

like streams and drives.

A regional council says breeding is from late March to early

May, with gestation of 17-19 days. Most females raise only a

single offspring (joey) per year and can live a dozen years when

fertile.

More information from DoC. (Department of Conservation)

https://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/everybodyspossum.pdf

The possum is one of the greatest threats to our natural environment.

Reyahn Leng

Registered Electrician

Local, honest and

reliable.

For your residential and

light-commercial

projects.

022 314 1068

Giday, down there.

When my grandfather William

Leslie Jnr died in May 1937

some of the locals decided that

his

name

should

commemorated for all the work

he did for Kaiwaka and as the

Presbyterian Church was falling

into disrepair a small Church on a

new site was agreed upon with

the name ‘’The William Leslie

Memorial Church’’. Mrs A.B.

McClean donated the land, Mr

F.Jaques lent 80 pounds free of interest, and the community made up the rest. It

cost 240 pounds to build and was consecrated 21st April 1939. A missionary

named Mr Melville held services there, but it was used mainly for Bible Class

during the war. These were run by Jim Hay, Harvey Gubb and Harry Wright.

It was also used by the

Methodists. The first Methodist

marriage was when Paul

Donaldson and Bev Clarke

married.

My earliest recollections of the

Church

were

when

granddaughter of William, Irene

Leslie married Colin Hay in the

late 1940s. The Hay’s had a

small farm at Pukekaroro.

During the 1960/70s there was

a stable congregation, and all

my children were baptised

there. Amongst some of the

names attending were Leslie,

Larsen,

Gubb,

McAuley,

Parker, Cowdrey, Wright. The

Rev Neil Whimp was a very popular Minister at this time.

With the downturn in numbers and the combining with the Methodists in the mid-

1980s it ceased to be used. While working in other parts of N.Z. I was surprised

to see it had been sold before my return to Kaiwaka in 2004. ~ Bill Leslie

Photos from ‘Kaiwaka, A Photographic History’ - Top, the Wm. Leslie memorial

Church (opposite the Three Furlongs Hotel); Mid, inside the church at the

wedding of Faith Parker and Barry Smith in 1959; Below the first Presbyterian

Church

the

grounds

the

Kaiwaka Cemetery.

The

first

Presbyterian

Church was opened

on 7 January 1880 -

more on this can be

read at the Papers

Past website in the

New

Zealand

Herald of 7

January

1880,

Page 3.

www.kaiwaka.co.nz

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KAIWAKA POST

CENTRE and

FOOD MART

POST CENTRE TRADING HOURS

MONDAY to FRIDAY 8am to 5pm

SATURDAY 8am to 12pm

CLOSED ON SUNDAY and on

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

FOOD MART (GROCERIES)

MONDAY TO FRIDAY

7:30am to 7.30pm

SATURDAY 8am to 7.30pm

SUNDAY 8:30am to 7pm

IF ANY QUERIES PLEASE CALL

STORE MANAGER AMRIT

on 09 4312431 or

EMAIL: kaiwakafood19a@gmail.com

1919a State Highway1, Kaiwaka 0542

Ken Urquhart

BSurv Licensed

Cadastral Surveyor

KMU Surveys Ltd

467 Bickerstaffe Road

RD 2

Maungaturoto 0587

Ph 09 431 8705

Mob 021 161 2344

kenurquhart@xtra.co.nz

I really enjoy getting

The Bugle

Like the news in the community where I

grew up, it tethers me to people, the

local activity and the ads of the locals

(mainly men, backed up by women).

With the reminders, I see faces. With

news and memories sit the people we

live beside.

The whole Covid viral situation has

produced a long period of reflection

which I believe many share. Some react

strongly and lame outside themselves

but most, like in a war, settled for the

long haul.

LIFESTYLE BENEFITS

Living on a big block with plants and

animals, we are not too pressured for

food. We have shops 11km away for

extras and luxuries. We can give eggs,

veges and fruit. We have a beach a

couple of km away to exercise dogs.

We have telephones and computers with

which to contact neighbours, some of

whom travel to "essential work" in

continuing services and some who log

the same from home.

A daughter is employed as a gig worker

(means long hours, tight contracts but

pays the high city rent) by a personnel

department posing as an employer. All I

guess, like my daughter, are in

lockdown with nowhere to spend their

profits, and one day more may see that

the sharing and sacrifice we all must

now do has great benefit.

Under Level 4, as we were in Kaiwaka

until today (Thursday 2 September),

control on movement is recommended

but left to individual responsibility. It’s

enforced by the community. Down our

road people have banded together.

Solitary neighbours are included.

Personal

circumstances

understood. Our bubbles stretch across

tracts of the whenua. Some folk doing

work of connection and support are

appreciated as the heroes they selflessly

aim to be.

LESS FEAR

People are less fearful than in the March

2020

lockdown

where

strangers

represented lethal disease and I mused

on Daniel Defoe’s Journal of the

Plague Year of 360 years ago.

Gradually, over our time of isolation

and change, common sense has

expanded. I have learned and reflected

on: the value of science, the value of

kind friends, our decent neighbours, and

the plight of those living in mis-

managed and impoverished countries.

The dumb news has never felt dumber.

The outside world is less significant,

and is important by relationship and by

shared concern for others pressured by a

chronic condition that affects humanity

the world round.

And thanks to Zoom and to the Internet

(which Tim Berners-Lee gave everyone

on the planet rather than locking

himself in as a billionaire) we can

connect with folk overseas: for us,

family in Australia and Europe,

wwoofers, couchsurfers and Warm

Showers cyclists.

Our wide circle live on five of six

continents.

ZOOMED TOGETHER

Last night we zoomed with 'locked

down' family in Auckland and New

South Wales for a 40th birthday party,

kids and adults, everyone observing

lockdown rules and four in that party

performing "essential work".

These gains in kindness and community

are worldwide though the black on the

map as measured this week by The

Guardian

shows

where

poor

management requires kind attention

[source: Johns Hopkins University].

Yes, there is disinformation. Even

Prince Harry is saying that.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/

jun/11/covid-world-map-which-countries-

have-the-most-coronavirus-vaccinations-

cases-and-deaths

BLESS ’EM ALL ~ Hugh P

www.kaiwaka.co.nz

Kaiwaka Bugle - 7 September 2021

Page 17

KAIWAKA FOOTBRIDGE

CONTRACT AWARDED

The Council has awarded the contract to design

and build the two Kaiwaka footbridges to Bridge

It NZ.

The footbridges are funded through Kānoa – Regional

Economic Development and Investment Unit to improve

pedestrian safety around State Highway 1.

Bridge It has started the detailed design for the works. They

will pre-fabricate the bridges off site and will start the onsite

works early in the new year. The two bridges will be 2.5

metres wide and share the same design, which improves the

efficiency of the design and build phases.

After the bridges are in place, access ramps will be built,

and paths constructed under the State Highway 1 road

bridges to make it easier to move around the Kaiwaka

village.

The northern-most bridge will cross over to McClean’s

Park. The McClean Family is gifting the land at 5-7 Gibbons

Road to allow the path to go through it. The Council has

allocated $100,000 in the Long-Term Plan for development

of the Park. KDC staff, Kaiwaka Can and the community

will work together to implement a plan to develop the park

as a local recreational area.

At this stage the bridges are expected to be completed

and opened by March 2022.

KAIWAKA LIBRARY

STILL CLOSED IN LEVEL 3

As I type this report (Thursday last week) we've just been

told that Northland will be moving to Alert Level 3 tonight.

Yay! Sadly, the library is still closed - we can't open until

we're in Level 2.

JP SERVICE CENTRE IS CLOSED TOO

Until we are in Alert Level 2, I'm not available as a Justice

of the Peace, sorry. Some JP services are available online -

go to https://justiceofthepeace.org.nz/ and type ONLINE in

the 'city' search box at the top of the page, and you'll find the

JPs around the country who are operating digitally. Choose

one and make contact - it doesn't matter where in the

country they are, as the work is being done online, though if

you scroll through the list you might recognise one or two

local-ish names or recognise Northland phone numbers.

LOTS OF ONLINE/DIGITAL CONTENT TO ENJOY

Do keep an eye on our Facebook page - https://

www.facebook.com/KaiwakaLibrary - where I've been

posting things I think people will enjoy, from interviews

with authors, news about upcoming books to look forward

to, idea for keeping the kids amused, and so on. You don't

need to have a Facebook account to view our page, it's

publicly visible - just ignore Facebook's attempts to get you

to sign up, if you don't want to do that. You can also view it

on the Kaiwaka page at Enterprise*.

Science fiction fans in particular may be interested in the

hour-long interview with Alastair Reynolds that I posted on

31 August. We have a few of his books on our shelves, and

there is a selection of titles available in our digital services,

too. He's one of my favourites in that genre.

You can still sign up as a DIGITAL-ONLY library member

and access our digital services straight away. Go to

Enterprise* and click on the big friendly green button to

join. And click on the eRESOURCES button below the join

one, to find out more about our digital services; they're all

free to use.

GETTING READY FOR THE LIBRARY TO OPEN

Meanwhile, you can be thinking ahead to what books you

want to borrow when we're open again and get yourself in

the queue for when we can do that. Log in and search the

catalogue at Enterprise* or on the phone app, and you can

place holds on any borrowable title, from any of the libraries

in the district. When we are open, we will pull off the

shelves the available titles that have holds waiting, and let

you know they're ready for you to collect.

Please keep your library books, etc, at home for now.

We have extended the due dates on all items on issue and

will continue to extend them as needed while we're closed.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP

If you have any questions or problems about library services

during lockdown, please don't hesitate to get in touch. You

can call Dargaville Library and speak to a librarian - 0800

543 532 during normal business hours. Or contact me - send

me a private message on Facebook, send an email to

kaiwaka.library@gmail.com, phone the library's number (09

431 2539 - it is automatically diverted to my mobile phone),

or call/text my mobile (0274806275), and you'll reach me.

Calls and texts to me at reasonable hours only, please.

See you in the library one day soon, Wendy

https://www.facebook.com/KaiwakaLibrary

*Enterprise: http://kaipara.kotui.org.nz/

KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL

There has been an increase in blocked

pipes and broken sewerage pumps since

lockdown started.

While many brands of wipes are marketed

and labelled as ‘ﬂushable’ they contain

plastic and other non-woven fibres.

Please, only ﬂush the three Ps (pee, poo,

and paper). Place wipes, sanitary items,

rags,

toys,

goldfish,

and

other

miscellaneous objects in the bin.

BUILDERS…FARMERS…LANDOWNERS

..LEND US YOUR EARS..

..AND WE’LL LEND YOU OUR GEARS..

We Dry-Hire: Diggers, Rollers, Compactors &

Attachments.

-or-

Can price your Earthworks Jobs, with our top

Operators.

Contact Us:

1938a State Highway 1 Kaiwaka

(Beside 3 Furlongs Hotel)

Tim Magill 027 431 0006

tim.magill@tuliphire.nz

www.kaiwaka.co.nz

Kaiwaka Bugle - 7 September 2021

Page 19

NORTHLAND

REGIONAL COUNCIL

Emergency Services Funding Allocated

for 2021-2024

A rescue helicopter service and the region’s surf lifesavers

are among the six recipients of the Northland Regional

Council’s Emergency Services Fund (ESF), which has

recently been allocated for 2021-2024.

Council chair, Penny Smart, says the ratepayer-funded

fund is allocated every three years to enable recipients to

better plan several years ahead.

“Ratepayers contribute about $12 each year to the ESF

to support organisations whose primary purpose is to

save lives that are in immediate or critical danger in the

Northland region, and about $972,000 is available to

allocate annually.”

After presentations from emergency service providers and

discussions as to how the ESF should be allocated for the

next three financial years, councillors have recently

(Tuesday 17 August) confirmed the latest round of funding.

Recipients are:



Northland Emergency Services Trust - $535,000

annually to support the provision of helicopter rescue,

ambulance services and necessary helicopter upgrades.



Surf Life Saving Northern Region - $224,000 annually

to provide professional lifeguard services in six key

Northland locations during the peak holiday period.



St John Northern Region - $90,000 annually to support

and train volunteers to participate in their life-saving

services.



Coastguard Northern Region - $84,000 annually to

support their ongoing life-saving maritime rescue services in

Northland.



Far North & Northland Land Search and Rescue -

$30,000 jointly annually towards purchasing life-saving

equipment and training for volunteers.



Far North Radio and Sea Rescue - $9000 annually to

support the radio service, in particular its continued search

and rescue and emergency response.

Chair Smart says the council is pleased to be able to assist

funding recipients, all of whom play a valuable role in

helping to keep Northlanders, and visitors to the region,

safe.

Ref. www.nrc.govt.nz

The Tale of The Oyster

‘There once was an oyster whose story I’ll tell

Who found that some sand had got into his shell.

Just one little grain, but it gave him such pain.

Now did he berate the working of fate

That brought him to such a deplorable state?

Did he curse the government, call that the sea

Should give him protection?

“No,” he said to himself as he lay on the shelf

“Since I cannot remove it, I’ll try to improve it.”

The years rolled by as the years always do

And he came to his ultimate destiny – stew.

And the grain of sand that bothered him so

Was a beautiful pearl, all richly aglow.

Now this tale has a moral, for isn’t it grand

What an oyster can do with a morsel of sand?

What couldn’t we do if we’d only begin

Improving the things that get under our skin?’

www.kaiwaka.co.nz

Kaiwaka Bugle - 7 September 2021

Page 20

WHAT’S ON

PLEASE ~ do let us know what is on -

email kaiwakabugle@kaiwaka.co.nz

*7Sep~KDC Libraries discussion 2.15pm Domain

Hall, Mangawhai - check KDC website

*17Sep~ZONTA Second Chance applications close

*21Sep~Kaiwaka War Memorial Hall and Library

AGM, KWMH 5pm

*4-8Oct~St John Trash & Treasure, Maungaturoto

KWMH = Kaiwaka War Memorial Hall; KSA = Kaiwaka Sports Association

See www.kaiwaka.co.nz for more information

HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH COLLECTION

Kaiwaka Pick up:

Mondays = Green bags (Northland Waste - 09 430 3273)

Wednesdays = Blue bags and yellow recycling (at Four Square

Kaiwaka $3.30 and $1.70) (Kaurilands 09 4392146); ONLY Blue

and Yellow bags picked up on Oneriri Road.

 DIABETES Support Group-for Kaiwaka, Mangawhai, Wellsford

10am, 3rd Friday of month Ph: Colleen James 09 4314238

 GENEALOGY - Wellsford: 1st Thursday in month Ph: 423

7033; Waipu: 4th Monday in month Ph: 4312 725

 HAKARU PONY CLUB - Secretary Denise Rogers 021423376

secretary@hakaruponyclub.co.nz

 KAIPARA HUNT - Secretary Albert Doonenbal Ph 4312059
 KAIPARA HUNTING & FISHING - 021 1294378
 KAIWAKA BADMINTON -Tuesdays 7.30pm Ph: 4312345
 KAIWAKA CAN - 3rd Wednesday in month, 5.30pm, Archie

Bull Hall Ph: 0273572751

 KAIWAKA GARDEN & FLORAL GROUP - 2nd Thursday in

month. Ph: 431 4744

 KNITTING FOR WHANGAREI HOSPITAL - 2nd Tuesday in

month, Archie Bull Hall 10am Ph 4314827

 MANGAWHAI COMBINED REBUS CLUB - 2pm, 3rd

Thursday month, Senior Citizens Hall Mangawhai. Ph: 4315777

 MANGAWHAI GENEALOGY - meet 3rd Thursday month,

Mangawhai Museum, 10.30am

 PILATES - HAKARU HALL - Tuesday 10am, Thursday 9am

Qualified Instructor Ph. 0220643965

*PT CURTIS CRUISING CLUB - Jean Ph: 4312227 (wk), 4312520 (hm)

 RSA, HAKARU & DISTRICTS WOMEN’S SECTION – meets

1.30pm 4th Thursday of the month. Ph: 431 5818

 KAIWAKA SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING CLUB-

Wednesdays 10am - 12 noon Ph: Elaine 027 432 0032

 TRAMPING

Mondays

9am-2:30pm,

contact

valkenburgmaria@gmail.com

HALLS FOR HIRE:

 Kaiwaka St. John Hall: Phone Marj 0272941227

 St.Pauls Archie Bull Hall HIRE $20 half day, $40 full day per

hire, S McAulay, Ph 4312311

 Kaiwaka War Memorial Hall HlRE - Phone 4312725 or

kaiwaka.hall.bookings@gmail.com

 Hakaru Community Hall HIRE -Ph. Karen 4312090

 Te Pounga Marae queries - Pearl Nathan 0223933533

 Kaiwaka Sports Association hire/queries - Jennie Reynolds

ksa.bookings@mail.com

, 02102764171

Justice of Peace: L.Donaldson 4312 228; A.F.Hargreaves 4312

045, W.Howard 4312 725 - please phone to make sure they are

available www.justiceofthepeace.org.nz B.FJaques Retd

Marriage Celebrants:

L.Donaldson; A.F.Hargreaves; Y Osborne

Next Bugle Deadline Friday 17 September 2021

LOCAL SERVICES

*Emergencies - Ambulance, Fire, Police - dial 111

*Non-urgent Police phone 105

A A: Meets Wed., 7pm. Kate's Place Ph 021 024 25969 or 0800 229 6757

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS : Mon., 6pm, Archie Bull Hall, Kwk-Mwi

Road; drug and alcohol related issues. Ph. 02102412348

ASUREQUALITY LTD (was AgriQuality) Call Free 0508 0011 22

BUDGETING SERVICE, WELLSFORD: Free confidential advice &

support for all areas of personal finance. Ph (09) 423 7123

CAB-Citizens Advice Bureau.Wellsford Ph: 4237333

0800 367 222 email:cab.wells@xtra.co.nz

CIVIL DEFENCE - Kaiwaka Community Response Group:

kaiwaka.civildefencecrg@gmail.com, 4312725 Wendy

DOG/STOCK /NOISE CONTROL 0800 105 890

FUNERAL SERVICES: Morris & Morris Ltd,

Whangarei - Bev Jaques Ph:4312367 or 0800667747

GRANDPARENTS Raising Grandchildren: Dianah Roberts 0223819539

HAKARU & DISTRICTS MEMORIAL RSA (Inc) 733 Settlement Rd,

Hakaru. Ph 4312 176 or Bill Warren (President) 431 2092

HAKARU LANDFILL/Transfer Station:Open everyday 10am-

4pm.Ph4312629 Cost-$55 trailer load up to 1 cubic metre. Ph:4258567 -

office

KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL www.kaipara.govt.nz:

Help Desk FREEPHONE 0800 727 059

KAIWAKA CEMETERY: Ph: 4312045 or 4314017

KAIWAKA LIBRARY: kaiwaka.library@gmail.com

Mon. 4-6pm; Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10am-2pm Ph:4312539

KAIWAKA PLAYCENTRE: Ph Juanita 0274134904; open Mon, Wed,

Fri 9am-12pm. Hastie Lane; Monday to Friday 9.00am - 12 noon.

KAIWAKA POST OFFICE:Ph:4312 431

Post Code: 0573 for RD2 and 0542 for all Kaiwaka Post Office mail

KAIWAKA PRIMARY SCHOOL: Ph: 4312309

KAIWAKA SPORTS ASSN: Ph 4312005; 4312129 gym

KAIWAKA ST JOHN HALL: Phone Marj 0272941227

KATE’S PLACE Community Centre - Employment services, Free Health

Nurse, Plunket, Advocacy, Osteotherapist, A.A., Legal Advice. 4312 661

LINKING HANDS Health Shuttle Ph 4315906 or 09 4318969

MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES - General inquiries Call

Free 0800 008 333

NORTHPOWER: Faults Kaiwaka area 0800 104040

OTAMATEA COMMUNITY SERVICES: Counselling, parent coach,

Family Support worker, budget advice, food bank. Mon-Fri 9am-3pm. Ph

09 431 9080 http://www.otamateacs.org/

PARENTPORT: Free, practical family support service Puhoi to Paparoa

Ph or txt: Dianne 027 280 5093 or 09 425 9357

PLUNKET: Kaiwaka- St John Hall, Monday 19 Oct, 23 Nov, 21 Dec. then 4th

Monday of the month. Plunket Nurse Louise 027 282 3987 or 09 438 2508

Mangawhai- Rose Madsen Cottage, Mondays and Wednesdays. Plunket Nurse

Rebecca 021 501 941 or 09 438 2508

Maungaturoto - Good News Church, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Plunket Nurse Seleisa 021 912 248 or 09 438 2508

PLUNKET HELPLINE -0800 933 922 (24 hours)

FACEBOOK - Kaipara Plunket

TAITOKERAU COMMUNITY LAW: Free confidential legal advice and

assistance, 2nd

Thursday

of each month. Ph: 0800 155 529 for appts.

TE URI O HAU Settlement Trust Tangata Developments: Whanau Ora

021 793262

VETERINARY SERVICE MANGAWHAI:

Ph: 4314535 Mon-Fri 8.00-5.00, Sat 9-12, a/h appt.

WELLSFORD DOCTORS: Ph: 4238 086

CHURCHES:



Kaiwaka Revival Church - Your Community Church: Sundays 10am.

Ph: Pastor Tawhiri 09 431 8988 or Pastor Paul 09 4312 068 Visit us at

www.facebook.com/kaiwakachurch



St Paul's Anglican Church 1st Sun. 9.00am (Eucharist), 3rd Sun.

9.00am (Family Service). Contact: Church Office Ph 431 4122

www.mangawhaianglican.org.nz



Church of Christ the King, Mangawhai:9.00am every Sunday



St.Mary’s Catholic Church: Maungaturoto – Griffins Road, Saturday

evening Vigil Mass 6pm; Mangawhai – Senior Citizens Hall, Sunday

Mass 8:30am; Wellsford – Matheson Road, Sunday Mass 10:30am;

Mid-week Mass times and all enquires to Fr. Bill Fletcher – phone 423 8170



Baptist Church: Sun. 10.30am Mangawhai Snr Cit.Hall.Ph:4312339



Cause Way Church Mangawhai: Sundays 10.15am, Mangawhai

Community Recreation Centre, Insley St. Ph: 09 4314782