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PostTUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2013 PAGE 1Phone: 09 235 7835 Email: [email protected] Web: www.thepostnewspaper.co.nz

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PostTuesday, August 6, 2013Vol 25, No. 29

Warning over formula

Students from seven local schools battled it out for $1000 prize and ambassadorial honours

Waiuku Rugby hosted its annual awards night on Saturday evening prior to the Chiefs Super 15 fi nal

$425,000 has been allocated to improve the drinking water in Tuakau and north Wai-kato.

Plunket is eager to ensure parents have all the information they need regard-ing the current situation of potential contamination of whey protein used in infant formula.Brenda Hynes, Plunket General Manager of Service Development says par-ents should follow the advice from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). “This is an evolving situation and information is being regularly updated, she says.

Who took the limelight at the Waiuku Rotary young speechmaker competitons? Pictures and story inside.

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Praise after boys save NanaTwo Waiuku Primary School students,

eight-year-old Regan and ten-year-old Ca-leb Wanhill, have been praised by local emergency services personnel after they didn’t panic when they found their Nana collapsed at her Waiuku home.

The two boys had gone for a bike ride to see their ‘Nana Rose’ on the first Monday when school returned, but found when they arrived at her house that she wasn’t answer-ing the door. The pair then looked through her window and saw her collapsed on her knees, and struggling to get to the door.

Regan stayed with his Nana, while Caleb went door-to-door to find a telephone and dialled 111.

Despite being upset over what was hap-pening, he stayed calm as the operator re-layed questions to him, and soon he heard the Waiuku Volunteer Fire Brigade alarm sound, and he says he knew then that help was close.

Meanwhile, another fire brigade member had turned up at the house to help, and the remainder of the brigade arrived shortly af-ter, while the two boys had a chance to catch up with their Mum and reflect on what had just happened.

‘Nana Rose’ called the Post yesterday and said the boys had saved her, and she is re-covering well from her ordeal.

To see the Post’s interview with Regan and Caleb, go to www.facebook.com/district-post. Late yesterday, the video had received 3,700 views.

The Mudlarks, the volunteer group that has built a barge, a bridge, and is engaged in attempting to clear the Waiuku Estuary of mangroves, has last week completed the formation of an Incorporated Society.

The ‘Waiuku Estuary Restoration Society Incorporated’ will allow the group to seek funding for further projects, and to continue with an overall goal to clear the estuary of mangroves from the Needles to the township.

While they are presently awaiting Auckland Council to complete some work before they can obtain another resource consent to complete the fi rst stage of the project, the group say they are hoping local people who have been supportive of their work will get behind the new society. Anyone interested in joining the society can contact Dave Gribble on 235 8867, or complete a membership form at the Post Newspaper’s Waiuku offi ces.

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Thank you for the belly laughs your column engendered yesterday. I felt energised, invig-orated even youthful for hours afterward. The myriad of potions and medicines promis-ing us health and wealth are a waste of money; just bottle and market your column, Nigel Ward, you’ll make a mint. What an antidote to the daily doses of gloom and doom served up by television and much of the print and online media. More power to your pen.

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The Top Dog article in the post, (one of the most read papers around) mentioned that I, Alan Dawson, have won the top dog golf tournament “3 times” which is correct. Every top dog competition for me as a runner up and three wins has been with Johnny Morris as my partner, but the article doesn’t say that.Johnny is close to purchasing the book “HOPE” by John Kirwan, I said don’t bother, you can borrow mine. The people that we recognise as mates are giving Johnny a hard time and thus could af-fect the long term camaraderie amongst this very special team.What can be done about this situation so hopefully we can save face and friendships.So Nigel, we need your advice and input to correct the above so we can get life and the Top Dog bragging rights back on track.On behalf of a three times top dog winner and two times runner up,

Alan Dawson and Johnny Morris

The editor replies: We understand the anguish Mr Morris must have been suffering after our newspaper came out last week, particularly as he is not only the holder of Top Dog titles, but has also featured on our front page in the past as the course record-holder at the Waiuku club. Accordingly, we checked our notes from the interview, and note that Mr Dawson, in reference to the team’s achievement, made very little mention of Mr Morris at all, and seemed somewhat surprised that we wanted Mr Morris in the team photo-graph. Further investigation around the local club has revealed the news that Mr Morris has been undergoing physio sessions on a regular basis, purely as a result of carrying Mr Dawson in many years of team competition. We trust this has clarified this issue.

There are few issues that seem to get the local community more riled up than what they perceive as the ‘Big City’ council riding rough-shod over the wants and needs of rural areas.Rightly, or wrongly, there is a perception that our rates pay for a plethora of pen-pushers who spend most of their day looking for ways to invoke legislation to slow, halt, or simply annoy locals trying to benefit their community.Some years ago, I recall attending a series of meetings when Waiuku was having a bus service trialled by the Auckland Regional Council. The buses were up and running and a very nice lady from Auckland Transport arrived at a local community board meeting, where the issue of a bus shelter was raised. The meeting couldn’t decide where the bus stop should be sited, so a transport consultant was arranged, and the matter deferred to the next month.The next meeting saw the issue of siting raised again, with several options put forward, and then there was the issue of funding it. At this stage Transit New Zealand was consulted, and the matter was again deferred.Three months later, the agenda item of where to site the bus stop was again raised for the fifth time, at which point I sug-gested it might want to be placed where the bus actually stopped, and where the bus had been stopping, in rain, sun and hail, for the past four months.This was a novel suggestion, and one which clearly required further consultation, because when the service trial conclud-ed a year later, there was still no bus stop. Mind you, there were then no buses either, so it wouldn’t have surprised me to see a bus stop (or three) erected.The Mudlarks’ mangrove clearing efforts seem to have fallen into this same endless round of consultation. This week, they have formed an incorporated society, and the community has a chance to support them. Maybe, just maybe, a big-enough turnout may help cut through some of their red tape.

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The Lions Clubs of Franklin district are asking for your help in collecting citrus fruit for the people of Christchurch by donating your unwanted citrus.

In past years the Lions have sent a huge container with up to 600 banana boxes of oranges and lemons, which are distributed in Christchurch by the Lions Club of Wigram, to wherever it is needed ie, Hospitals, Schools, Resthomes, Sen-ior Citizens, Orphanages, Kindys and needy families. As one Lion said, “The lemon you run over with your mower sells for around $5 in Rangiora”.

The collection point for small quantities in Waiuku is The Goodness Grocer, conveniently located at 9 Queen Street. You can bring your citrus into the store during opening hours, 9am-4.30pm 6th-9th Aug and 10am-2pm 10th Aug.

For large quantities, the fruit can be delivered to the shed gate 6 at the A&P Showgrounds Station Rd Pukekohe, from August the 5th to 9th between 1pm and 3pm, or on the 10th of August from 9.30am to 3pm.

If you have large quantities of fruit to be collected, please contact the Lions from the following Clubs: Waiuku: Scott Barnes Mob 021 669 255, Pukekohe: Herb O’Donnell Hm 09 238 7016 Mob 0274 725 816, Tuakau: Warwick Martin Hm 09 237 8120 Mob 0272 022 350, Franklin Pakeke: Ron Wellwood 09 239 2155, Te Kauwhata: Ross Laing 07 826 7665, Bombay: Ron Dawbin 09 236 0855 Mob 0274 545 712.

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Eight students from Pri-mary Schools in West Frank-lin entertained a gather-ing of around 80 people on Wednesday evening at the Waiuku Civic Centre.

The occasion was the Ro-tary Club of Waiuku annual primary school speech con-test.

The contest, which is cel-ebrating its 26th year of competition, is a showcase of young budding speech competitors.

The pupils are selected from their respective school and each contestant has two minutes to present a speech on the subject of their choice. They are judged on content, research, informa-tion and presentation.

The winner from the Wai-uku Rotary Primary School

Mighty River Power’s me-tering business, Metrix, and Counties Power have signed an agreement to roll out smart electricity meters to all 37,000 homes and busi-nesses on the Counties Pow-er network, which covers the area between Papakura and Mercer.

The agreement means Counties Power will be the first lines company in New Zealand where retailers and the local lines company have a single smart meter solution for all customers.

The new Counties Power owned smart meters will re-place the existing manually read electro-mechanical me-ters.

This will enable remote reading of electricity con-sumption and analytical in-formation for network man-agement.

The meters will also en-able future capabilities such as outage alerts, and remote load control.

“Homes and businesses in the Counties network area will benefit from the latest smart metering technology through the increasing num-ber of information services provided by energy retailers.

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Judging is underway for the ANZ & EEO Trust Diversity Awards NZ 2013, and New Zealand Steel has entered in two of the cate-gories, Tomorrow’s Workforce, and Diversity.

The country’s largest employer of staff at one location, New Zealand Steel is pulling out all stops to embrace diversity with initia-tives that focus on recruiting and retaining women, older employees as well as Pacific and Maori employees.

Part of the BlueScope group of companies, NZ Steel has more than 1,000 employees and several hundred contractors.

Brenden Mannix is NZ Steel’s People & External Affairs manager who says females were low in numbers and it discovered part of the reason was unconscious bias.

“Also the majority of the small number of women who applied for jobs failed to pass the test for operational roles.”

He says that’s because of a lack of expe-rience in a heavy industrial environment along with exposure to common safety sys-tems and terminology.

“We want to shape our workforce to reflect

that of the population.” Brenden Mannix As a result of these issues, Mr Mannix says

NZ Steel developed an e-learning package to help educate females about the industry and OSH related policies before they work at the mill.

“This has enabled us to reach a wider pool of talented and capable female applicants.” Another effort to get female graduates more interested is providing regular tours of the steel mill. “The focus of this is to provide them with an understanding about how it operates and give insight into the operation-al roles that they could fill. We want to break down the mentality that only men were suit-able for these jobs.”

Caroline Lomas, Operator, Cold Mill is the first woman being employed from the initia-tive:

“I am really enjoying the role and the team I work with and I’m keeping the boys in line! Initially I was a bit worried about the shift work, but I’ve actually found it to not be as challenging as I originally thought, and it gives me some more freedom and flexibility.”

NZ Steel says it also ensures everyone is paid at the same level based on skills and competence.

“To check this we review gender remuner-ation every six months to check women are not being paid less.”

This has led to improved retention of women employees, with an increase in the last 12 months of 3.3% and just five leaving in the same period. The total number of women working for NZ Steel is currently 98.

NZ Steel expanded the campaign to in-clude those of Maori or Pasifica decent who may never have been exposed to a manufac-turing environment.

“We want to shape our workforce to reflect that of the population. Leveraging that di-versity is critical to building healthy business relationships and can give us a competitive advantage.”

Mr Mannix says the Senior Leadership Team is actively involved in this and sup-ports it 100%.

To cope with the ageing population and skills shortage NZ Steel started a programme

to utilise its ageing workforce. Mr Mannix says valued aged employees are given the option to have flexible hours, work part-time and have phased contractual options.

Jimmy Mulholland is a 70-year-old worker who has a flexed employment arrangement with NZ Steel:

“I have the ability to work flexed hours and change them to suit my needs. At the mo-ment I am working two days a week but I can choose they days I work and am involved in a number of high level projects. I am also able to teach the production workers and think this is a great way to break into retirement, which suits me beautifully!”

Mr Mannix says this shows the initiative is beneficial to the business as it draws on the knowledge and skills of the older employee.

To date, NZ Steel has 89 employees over 60 and 27 over 65. The oldest staff member is 73.

“The more we capitalise on different ex-periences, opinions, knowledge, ethnicities, genders and ages the more enriched we are as an organisation.”

New Zealand Steel enters awards for equal opportunity employment

Above: entrants in the annual Rotary Speech competitions. Below: the three winners, Matthew Wal-ters, Peta Butler, and Luke Frost.

Young speechmakers in action

New smart meters set tobe in 37,000 local homes

Speech Contest goes forward to represent West Franklin at the Auckland regional com-petition.

The judges for the evening Natalie Hewitt and Wendy Turner-Wright commented on the very high standard of presentation from all of the contestants.

First prize went to Peta

Butler from Sandspit School and her subject was I Am Old Enough to Be Home Alone

Second prize went to Luke Frost from Glenbrook School and his subject was Techno Teachers.

Third prize went to Mat-thew Walters from Puke-oware School and his sub-ject was The Hobbit.

breakdown of energy use right down to the half-hour. Services like these, and oth-ers to come, enable con-sumers to better understand their usage and in turn, con-trol their bills.” said Met-rix General Manager Tim O’Halloran.

The smart meter rollout will commence by the end of 2013 in the residential ar-eas of Pukekohe with the full meter rollout completed by July 2015.

Mr O’Halloran said Metrix would provide the software interface to feed usage infor-mation back to the electric-ity retailers.

“Counties Power will be able to use the new meter-ing system to improve the

reliability and consistency of electricity for consumers in its region.

“The smartgrid applica-tions it will enable will help Counties Power maintain its focus on minimising future capital costs and therefore prices over the next decade” said Counties Power’s Chief Executive Officer Neil Sim-monds.

Customers will be con-tacted by either their elec-tricity retailer or Counties Power prior to the replace-ment of their existing meter.

For a standard residen-tial house the meter re-placement will require the home owner’s power to be switched off for approxi-mately fifteen minutes.


� e Trustees ofCOUNTIES POWER CONSUMER TRUST

invite all Consumers connected to the COUNTIES POWER Network

and other interested parties

to its AGM to be held on 21 August 2013 at 5:15 PM

at the Rata Room of the Counties Inn, Paerata Road, Pukekohe.(Light Refreshments will be available a� er the meeting.)

� e Business of the Meeting is to:- 1. Receive the Minutes of the Annual Meeting held 31 August 2012. 2. Receive the 2013 Trustees’ Annual Report, the Financial Statements and the Auditor’s Report. 3. Appoint the Auditor for the ensuing year [1]. 4. Fix the remuneration of the Auditor [2].

Any statement made by a Counties Power Consumer Trust bene� ciary[3] in the meeting shall be recorded for consideration by Trustees.

� e audited Financial Statements of the Trust will be available from 31 July 2013Copies can be collected from the Trust’s O� ce or downloaded from its website www.countiespowertrust.org.nz

Please contact Gail Riddell, O� ce 6, 23 Hall St, Pukekohe. Phone 09 238 3780.(above Core Pilates Studio in the building on the corner of Stadium Drive and Hall St)

[1] Recommended Resolution: � at in accordance with Section 158C (1) of the Electricity Act 1992, the � rm of RSM Prince be appointed Auditor of the Counties Power Consumer Trust for the ensuing year. [2] Recommended Resolution: � at in accordance with Section 158C (3) of the Electricity Act 1992, the Trustees be authorised to � x the fees and expenses of the Auditors for the ensuing year. [3] An eligible bene� ciary is a user of the Counties Power Lines Network. Bene� ciaries are entitled to attend and speak at the Annual Meeting but shall not be entitled to vote except on items of Business 3 and 4. [Schedule 1, Rule 8.5 of the Counties Power Consumer Trust Deed of Trust and Section 158C of the Electricity Act 1992.]

Authorised on behalf of the Trustees Gail Riddell (Secretary to the Trustees) 31 July 2013

A bush in the hand is one for the birdsMy sister told me the other morning that

I have been neglecting my responsibilities to the planet and it was about time I joined everyone else in developing a more holistic and mutually-beneficial relationship with my environment.

Frankly, I thought that was a bit unfair. Like many people, I think deeply about global warming, particularly when I am scraping frost off my windscreen and hop-ing I have enough fossil fuels to keep the fire going for another evening.

I’ve awaited the much-predicted rising of sea levels with interest because I live on a hill, and if the scientists can be believed, it will become a beachfront property in a few years, which will triple its value.

And yet despite my obvious concern for the world, here I was being told that, cosmi-cally, we should all play our part.

To this end, I found myself in her SUV as we drove to Hamilton to collect a blackcur-rant bush. To explain slightly; some years ago, my sister decided she would get back to nature and ‘the old ways’ of doing things. She then coerced her family into planting every spare scrap of their section with veg-etables, installed some fruit trees, a chicken coop and a rabbit hutch, and learned how to make her own soap, washing powder and bread. All three taste exactly the same.

She has concerns over genetic modifica-tion, so only uses heritage seeds, which are like normal seeds only twice the price and they don’t grow anything. And because she abhors pesticides her family get their red meat consumption from the four kilos of bugs in every handful of salad.

But I digress... she enthuses about how we are a global village and we should all help each other. Accordingly, she found a website which allows you to offer things you don’t want to other people, and in return, you get free stuff from others. Last week, someone offered a blackcurrant bush.

It just required digging up, and being brought back to Waiuku. As she explained

this to me, the day before, this bush would be something the size of a vase of flowers, and no doubt could be gently lifted from the soil with a kids beach bucket and spade, ready for a new life of environmentally-aware fruit production on her mini-farm.

When she turned up with a 3.5-tonne wagon, a toolkit full of lumberjack equip-ment and a spare bloke, I suspected she may have understated the scale of the job.

“Ummm, just how big is a blackcurrant bush?” I asked.

“I’ve no idea,” she admitted, glancing away, “I mean, it’s a bush, it can’t be that big.”

I looked at her thoughtfully, then consid-ered the chainsaw, 70 feet of rope and the set of grappling hooks she had been shiftily stashing in the car that morning.

I’ve learned not to question her, particu-larly when she is in one of her ‘back to na-ture’ moments, so I sat quietly as she chas-tised me about my reliance on technology and how I’d forgotten about the ‘old ways’. Every now and then she would pause in her tirade to answer her Smartphone, shuffle the music on her Ipod or check the settings on her Navman.

Eventually, we arrived at a Hamilton home where three women were engaged in clearing a section.

Grasping an armload of tools, I staggered along behind Little Miss Nature-lover and into the garden.

Not knowing what a blackcurrant bush looks like, I poked hopefully at a small shrub, but the three ladies pointed me to the far corner of the garden.

“Where? Just behind that big tree?” I asked.

Turns out the ‘big tree’ was, in fact, the

bush in question.“My mother planted that,” one of the la-

dies said proudly.I’m assuming her mother was one of the

crew of the Endeavour, because this bush had clearly been growing, unattended, for at least three hundred years.

“Would you like a hand?” the ladies asked.

“Oh, no, I’m fine, thanks,” my sister laughed merrily, “I brought a spade.”

Muttering under my breath, I calculated the distance between the top of the bush and the neighbouring houses, and then cut some of the outermost twigs off, leap-ing away as another length came crashing down.

With a large woodpile eventually creat-ed, I commenced digging around the Bush From Hell, a task made more awkward be-cause someone had built a raised garden either side of it, and behind the bush was a fence with some form of needle-sharp cac-tus growing along it.

An hour later, I paused, watching dazedly as my sweat created a moat around the stu-pid bush. My sister said she was happy to help me if I wanted, but I’d already guessed from the silk pants, stilleto boots and Trelise Cooper coat that she wasn’t actually expectng to dirty her hands.

Eventually, after digging a hole the size of an open-cast coal mine, we crammed Tane Mahuta into the back of the wagon, and headed back to her Garden of Eden.

I idled away the time on the drive back by timing my chest pains and calculating the carbon footprint of driving a V6 wagon with three tonnes of tree from Hamilton.

Interestingly, the round trip to enable us to care more for our planet created 72kg of C02 emissions, used 45 litres of fossil fuels and required three physio sessions and a box of panadol.

Next time she wants me to experience life as it was before, I’m going to go back to the ‘old ways’ and burn her as a witch.

By Post Editor Nigel WardWords’n stuff

In the build up to a very special tribute which honours New Zealand Rally great, Possum Bourne, competitors have leapt at the opportunity to register their involvement in the Vantage Aluminium Joinery Possum Bourne Memorial Rally.

The rally will feature several tarmac and gravel stages held over the course of one ac-tion-packed day allowing spectators in rural South Auckland, Franklin and Waikato to be part of the action which takes place in just over a month’s time, on September 7.

The event, which starts and finishes in Possum’s home town of Pukekohe, has al-ready attracted plenty of high-profile entries including New Zealand’s own 2011 Produc-tion World Rally Champion Hayden Pad-don, as well as four-time New Zealand Rally Champion Richard Mason.

Current New Zealand Rally Championship drivers will fight for overall honours beside past champions – including past three-time New Zealand Rally victor Neil Allport return-ing to the national championship in his his-toric Ford Escort RS1600.

Run by Pukekohe Car Club as the fifth event in the 2013 Brian Green New Zealand Rally Championship, after leaving Pukekohe the event will take to the infamous gravel roads of Maramarua Forest before turning to the sealed surfaces of Hampton Downs Mo-torsport Park for two stages. The gravel com-petitors will then head to Ardmore Quarry Road and for final afternoon stages meet up with tarmac drivers for the ‘Power Stage’ be-ing held at Pukekohe Park Raceway.

Possum Bourne Memorial Rally Clerk of Course, Stuart Barnett said “the mixed sur-face format adds a unique spice to the spe-cial event, plus with the addition of tarmac stages we’re really looking forward to allow-ing the public a special look at some amaz-ing cars.”

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Waiuku Theatre Group members are working over-time this month with four projects in the pipeline – pantomime, a charity variety show, the next play, and an-other term of theatre classes.

President of the Group, Glenda Hagenson, doesn’t know if the club has ever been quite so busy, but adds that the members are very excited and enthusiastic about all the activity.

Rumpelstilstkin, this year’s annual Pantomime, is due to open on Wednesday August 14, usually a pre-Christmas performance, it has been

scheduled earlier in the year to avoid clashes with hall bookings and school exams. The pantomime is performed to well over 1000 local school and pre-school children at the Waiuku War Memorial Hall, with six shows over three days, and then there are two public shows on Saturday 17th. A full rehearsal recently “with all the bells and whistles” provided laughs and a scary surprise or two, and chore-ographer Jaime Hopkinson says it was wonderful to see it all come together and watch all the fun.

Mila, the ex-circus African elephant from Franklin Zoo, which was involved in the tragic death of her keeper, Dr Helen Schofield, is being readied to leave for a new home in the United States.

Mila will be the last ani-mal to leave Franklin Zoo, and the Zoo said yester-day they were awaiting an import permit from the US Wildlife Service before confirming a departure date.

The Zoo confirmed the elephant is likely to be moved between October and December this year.

The Franklin Zoo Char-itable Trust is the only

organisation to ever fund the care of Mila. There are no other African elephants in New Zealand and to provide for her wel-fare requirements, she needs to live with other elephants. The Franklin Zoo Chari-

table Trust will develop a new trust later in the year to provide for the future care and support of Mila’s future. This will be called: M.I.L.A. (Mila’s International Legacy for Animals), which will raise funds for Mila and her future and to honour Dr Helen Schofield’s mis-sion to support animals in need whether native or exotic.

Below: cast members in rehearsal for the Waiuku Theatre Group’s pantomime.

Cast member Sian Wil-liams says theatre is like a family that welcomes you with open arms, and that the pantomime is a great script written by an amazing woman.

Auditions and rehearsals have also started for the next show for Backstage Thea-tre, Nobody’s Perfect – a ro-mantic comedy by Simon Williams which will play in November; planning is un-derway for the next term of theatre classes due to start in early September; and the organising of the charity va-riety show. A casual sugges-tion from one of the theatre members of a pink ribbon breakfast has morphed into a full night variety show with a 1940s wartime theme, two course dinner, a live band, songs and dances from the era, comedy skits, and a classic English murder mys-tery radio serial. The ‘radio show’ will feature live, old fashioned radio sound ef-fects performed before the audience. All proceeds from the night will be donated to Breast and Prostate charities.

To enquire about any of Waiuku Theatre produc-tions, or if you would like to get involved, contact them: email: [email protected], or go to the web-site www.waiukutheatre.org.

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There was an air of excite-ment which could be felt throughout Pukekohe High school with the anticipation of the arrival of Prime Minis-ter John Key.

The First Fifteen rugby team eagerly awaited and formed a guard of honour as Mr Key arrived. Before en-tering the assembly hall to a standing ovation Mr. Key paused for a moment at a photo of a fallen Pukekohe soldier who recently died in

Afghanistan.Later, Mr Key was upbeat

and seem to enjoy the enthu-siasm, openness and frank-ness, fielding questions from the students including one that had the entire hall in an eruption of laughter when he was asked why he is selling our assets.

In true style and as up-beat as ever Mr Key replied the shared ownership model similar to Air New Zealand was what he was doing as

he felt that we didn’t need to own whole company and that in this way it would ben-efit everyone.

Mr Key stopped to speak to head boys and girls and to find out what they would be doing next year.

From Pukekohe High school he then moved on to the Pukekohe Indian Hall for a National party meeting and then off to Campbell Tyson to meet the staff and clients of the Pukekohe company.

I appreciate Julianne Weller’s response to my comments on housing affordability (Pukekohe land plan will force young fami-lies out), but I believe her anger is misdi-rected.

Having lived in Pukekohe East almost all my life, I agree that prices there are out of control but not for the reasons put forward by Ms Weller. It is poor council planning, not the market, that is to blame for what is going on in Pukekohe East.

The situation was caused by a previous council’s decision to mandate minimum section sizes of 10 acres (4ha) in the area, de-spite the fact people only wanted two-thirds of an acre (0.3ha) on average.

This led to Pukekohe East’s farms being cut up into sections that were too small to be economic for agricultural use but too big to be convenient for families.

Landowners have desperately been try-ing to subdivide their unproductive lifestyle blocks for years, but the council has fought them at every turn and there has even been a protracted courtroom battle over the issue.

The Auckland Council seems intent on continuing to force people to have more land than they want, by proposing a minimum section size of 2 ha (five acres) in the unitary plan’s ‘country living’ zone.

It is this refusal of the council to allow smaller sections in Pukekohe East that is driving up prices, by limiting housing supply in this beautiful and sought-after part of the world.

Prices are also increasing due to the na-tionwide surge in demand for lifestyle blocks caused by the urban containment policies I spoke out against in the article.

Between 1996 and 2011 another 36,000 ha (360sq km) of lifestyle blocks were added in the Auckland region, two-thirds of Auck-land’s entire urban area of 544sq km.

It is no coincidence this happened while the price differential between land directly inside Auckland’s urban limit and land di-rectly outside it increased from six times in 1998 to almost nine times today.

Nationwide, lifestyle blocks take up nearly five times as much land as all our towns and cities put together. Even deer farming uses more land than New Zealand’s urban areas, which only occupy 0.7% of our total land mass.

People are flocking to lifestyle blocksbe-cause they can buy a multi-acre property in Franklin for the cost of a postage stamp-sized section inside Auckland’s boundaries.

Getting rid of the urban limit would re-move this distortion and allow people to live where they actually want to live, at a much more affordable price.

I’m not sure what Ms Weller’s definition of affordability is but with house prices at six times incomes (they shouldn’t be more than three times), Franklin is getting expensive pretty quickly.

And if she’s concerned about people mak-ing a profit at the expense of the community, she should direct her attention to the land bankers who are creaming it under the rort that passes for town planning in Auckland.

A section in Flat Bush bought in 1996 for $800,000 recently went on the market for $112 million, almost 150 times the initial purchase price, prompting an Australian economist to label Auckland a “land bank-ers’ paradise”.

If Pukekohe’s growth continues to be ring-fenced we will see similarly obscene out-comes here, with first homebuyers losing out as a result of the land supply cartel Ms Weller, through good intentions,unwittingly supports.

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From left: Hunua MP Dr Paul Hutchison, head students Stephanie Tema, Tiare Matara, and Richard Jarvis, Prime Minister John Key, head student Zach Butters, and Pukekohe High School principal Ian McKinnon

Above; the seven fi nalists were: Allanah Hartley (Te Kauwhata College), Tin-Kai Yeh (Waiuku College), Ethan Wells (Waiuku College), Candis Ormsby (Rosehill College), Aimee Moss (ACG Strathallan College), Jonathan Keen (Pukekohe High School), Mathew Patrick (Rosehill College).

The Waiuku Town Hall saw a fierce competition on Saturday night as youth from all around Franklin competed at the Young Ambassador Awards. This annual event was this year hosted by the Waiuku Lions Club who invited applications from schools from Waiuku to Clevedon, Te Kau-whata to Manurewa.

The awards aim to recognise young people who show leadership, have under-taken service in their community, have been involved in teams and have a good academic record.

A very accomplished group of indi-viduals were put forward by their schools and prior to the event, went through an application assessment. On the awards night they participated in a private inter-view with the judges and then gave a five minute speech to the dinner guests.

Amongst the many guests were VIP’s consisting of Lions from top NZ official

positions, MP Dr Paul Hutchison, Frank-lin Local Board Chairman, Andy Baker, Franklin Local Board Members, judges and media.

Lion Allan Bruce (Past District Gover-nor) spoke while the judges deliberated of what a wonderful event it is where you can sit and listen to the thoughts and aspira-tions of our future leaders.

Before announcing the winner, judge Bob Bettison spoke of the reality that every single one of the seven finalists was fully committed and involved in their com-munities, more so than we would even believe. He left us with a final comment, “They are the future and thank heavens for that!”

Third place went to Ethan Wells from Waiuku College, second place to Candis Ormsby from Rosehill College, and the winner, who won herself $1000, was Ai-mee Moss from ACG Strathallan College.

Glittering night as students viefor Young Ambassador award

Prime Minister drops in at Pukekohe

Above left: Lions Zone 8 Chairman Andrew Fawcett with winner, Aimee Moss. Above right: Allanah Hartley and Te Kauwhata College Deputy Principal Mrs Lisanne Williams.Left: Candis Ormsby receives her certifi cate from Waiuku Lion Presi-dent Marian Thomas.Below: Ethan Wells and his grand-parents Allen and Dorothy.

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Susanne says she looked at a number of locations to site her store, a� er council planning regulations meant she could no longer develop her former site on the Glen-brook Road, but said, in the end, Waiuku was the perfect location.

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SECURE YOUR SUPERANNUATION - $PBN + GSTAttractive 56.91 Ha approx on the tip of the Awhitu Peninsula just 30 mins from Waiuku. Proposed subdivision scheme commissioned for 25 lots under Rural Plan change 14. Vendor would potentially consider swap for dairy unit in upper Waikato.

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BIG BAY

SPECTACULAR LIFESTYLE OPPORTUNITYMUST BE SOLD BY AUGUST 31$799,0004 bedroom Jennian home with 7 acres, covenanted bush and 180 deg panoramic views of Manukau Harbour with semi self contained sleepout and extra garaging, only 10 minutes from Waiuku.

View online: www.professionals.co.nz ID: osbf687Contact: Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722 Julie Quilty a/h 09 235 9324, 0272 292 243 KOHEKOHE

Open Home: 53 Ben Westhead Road, Sun 1:00 – 1:45pm Open Home: Sun 2.00 - 2.30pm 941 Awhitu Rd

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BRING THE HORSE $519,000Live the dream on approx 10 acres with access to the magnificent Karioitahi Beach. This bare block will have an equine & pedestrian easement for beach access, so if your lifestyle includes, horses, fishing, surfing, paragliding, white baiting, kite surfing you'd better call me now to secure this ultimate lifestyle opportunity. Pending title.

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HOLIDAY AND WORK AT HOME - WHY LEAVE? $679,0004 bedroom, 2 storey home with spectacular harbor views to Auckland. Rumpus, office and 2 bathrooms plus 2 single garages on quarter of an acre. Two minute walk to 2 harbour beaches.Call Julie Q to view.

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MATAKAWAU

ON THE BEACH - Expressions of InterestAwhitu Peninsula beach front property with 180 degree Manukau Harbour views. Two storey, 3 bedroom modern bach with North facing decks for entertaining. Quiet and relaxing location.

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Julie Quilty a/h 09 235 9324, 0272 292 243

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WORLD CLASS COASTAL LOCATIONS - $900,000 eachFabulous ocean side acreages. Spectacular views over the Tasman sea& easy access to Kariotahi Beach, make these a sought after location! Both blocks have access to a fresh water lake stocked with trout and is also a great place for a cool dip on a hot summers day. The West Coast beach is a great playground for fishermen, horse riders and is world renowned kite surfers.

View online: www.professionals.co.nz ID: osbf654 & osbf655Contact: Julie Rodgers a/h 09 235 6075, 0275 516 075

WAIUKU

THE WESTCOAST IS THE BEST COAST$PBNThis outstanding building site on 8.37ha is available to 1 lucky purchaser. Power & phone to gate & an easement to bore water. Driving access to Karioitahi Beach & freshwater lake stocked with trout. Only 5mins from Waiuku, 40 mins to Auckland Airport & hour to Auckland CBD. Call now to view this exciting lifestyle opportunity in a superior gated subdivision (2 other larger blocks also available for sale).

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PropertyPagesYour Guide to find the perfect home

AGENCY LIST ADDRESS CONTACT TIME COST

Barfoot & Thompson

502858 8 Gleaming Place, WaiukuBronwyn

0274 452 38211am-11.30am $585,000

Barfoot & Thompson

497300 10 Awhitu Gully Rd, WaiukuJeanette

0274 334 19011am-11.45am $369,000

Barfoot & Thompson

486874 14B George St, WaiukuBruce

0273 323 92912pm-12.30pm $409,000

Barfoot & Thompson

450939 6 Seaview Tce, Awhitu Jeanette

0274 334 19012pm-12.45pm $415,000

Barfoot & Thompson

500323 34 Cemetery Rd, WaiukuBronwyn

0274 452 3821pm-1.30pm $489,000

Professionals OSBH680 23 Norfolk Rise, WaiukuLeonie

027 498 57221pm-1.30pm $375,000

Professionals OSBF68753 Ben Westhead Rd,

KohekoheJulie

027 229 22431pm-1.45pm $799,000

Barfoot & Thompson

497827 2637 Awhitu Rd, , WaiukuJeanette

0274 334 1901pm-1.45pm $274,000

Barfoot & Thompson

497836 98 Collingwood Rd , WaiukuKaryn

021 072 76811pm-1.45pm $365,000

Barfoot & Thompson

503257 10 Howden St, WaiukuBruce

0273 323 9292pm-2.30pm $365,000

Professionals OSBF691 941 Awhitu Rd, WaiukuMarleen

027 448 35282pm-2.30pm

Professionals OSBH663 14 Sandspit Rd, WaiukuLeonie

027 498 57222pm-2.30pm $469,000

Barfoot & Thompson

49598937B Edgewater Parade,

WaiukuKaryn

021 072 76812pm-2.45pm $265,000

Barfoot & Thompson

498577 5D Brights Rd, WaiukuBronwyn 0274

452 3823pm-3.30pm $620,000

Professionals OSBH700 34 Cemetery Rd, WaiukuLeonie

0274 985 722 3pm-3.30pm $474,000

Barfoot & Thompson

501949 24 Pacific St, WaiukuKaryn

021 072 76813pm-3.45pm Auction

Open Homes for Sunday 11th August

The Auckland property market saw an in-crease in new listings in July, while the aver-age house price held steady at $654,379, an increase of a little over $4,000 on June’s aver-age price.

“July was a good month for new listings,” said Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot & Thompson.

“During July we saw a 37 percent increase in the number of new listings onto the mar-ket. This represents the second best month for new listings in 2013.

“While new listings have increased, house prices have remained constant in Auckland since March which suggests a steady and consistent market.

“Competition for properties in Auckland remains strong, but the sales figures indicate that buyers have a keen sense of a property’s value and are keeping a level head when it comes to prices.

“In fact, the median selling price for July

has shown a slight decrease at $585,000, which is $5,000 lower that in June.

“Demand for property was strong throughout July and our sales for the month were 1133, an increase of nearly 7 percent on June and a 13.5 percent increase on the same month last year. The last time we sold a similar number of properties during July was in 2005.

“By the end of July we had 2837 properties on our books, which represents 29 percent fewer listings than July last year and, in fact, an all-time low for available listings.”

During July Barfoot & Thompson sold 439 homes for less than $500,000, and a further 356 for between $500,000 and $750,000. 152 homes sold for in excess of $1 million, eight more than were sold in June.

For the fifth consecutive month sales were in excess of 1000 for the month, and sales have not been this consistently high since the first of half 2004.

Feedback reports summarising what Aucklanders said about the proposed resi-dential and business zones in the draft Uni-tary Plan are now online.

The reports cover what zones received the majority of comments and identify the com-mon concerns and issues raised by those who provided feedback over the 11-week in-formal engagement period. Further detailed reports summarising feedback on parts of the plan such as design, coastal, parks and open spaces, rural and natural environment

will be published in the coming weeks.Councillors and local board members are

attending workshops to discuss the feed-back and the changes that will be made for the proposed plan, which will be notified later this year ahead of the formal consulta-tion phase.

All the feedback received on the draft Uni-tary Plan will be posted on the Auckland Council website in a searchable format in early August. Read the reports at www.sha-peauckland.co.nz

Average house price rises $4000 in 30 days

Council zone proposals now on line

1Put This On Your List 5D Brights Rd

Come and inspect this 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom centrally located home on a big 2332m² section. Open plan living, indoor outdoor flow, extra big games/rumpus room. A good size kitchen with quality appliances and underfloor heating on most tiled areas. Your inspection is welcomed.

For Sale: $620,000View: Open Home Sunday 3.00 - 3.30pm www.barfoot.co.nz/498577

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Bronwyn WestM 027 445 2382A/H 09 235 2300E [email protected] 09 235 0880

Bruce RobinsonM 027 332 3929A/H 09 235 2300E [email protected] 09 235 0880

16 - 18 QUEEN ST • WAIUKU • 09 235 0880

Branch Manager Deborah Andrew was at Head Offi ce recently to present the cheque of the proceeds of the very successful Women’s Health Seminar presented by Dianna Burgess and held on 18th July. The total funds raised from this event were $1,196.00 in addition to an earlier barbeque held by the Barfoot & Thompson staff in the main street which raised $280 bringing the total amount passed on to $1476. The Waiuku offi ce was very pleased with the community support for Starship Hospital, with all the funds being passed on. The fundraising effort of the branch will be added to the company efforts where $90,500 has been raised so far.L-R: Deborah Andrew and Lisa Rose


Cramp – crippling and common – a homeopathic approach

Cramp is acute discomfort caused by muscles going into spasm (vio-lent, uncontrollable contraction). It is because of a shortage of oxygen and a build up of lactic acid; com-monly brought on by prolonged sitting or standing, lying in an awk-ward position, strenuous or unac-customed exercise and pregnancy; less often, cramp may be a symp-tom of Atherosclerosis or Buerger’s disease.

Occasionally cramp can be a symptom of sodium deficiency caused by excessive sweating while exercising, working in extreme heat, or taking a sauna. It can also be indicative of a sodium/potassium imbalance; lack of magnesium or calcium. As you can see there are many causes or reasons and while many suffer the same type of cramp the causation can be differ-ent for each person. You may be taking supplements and your levels of calcium/magnesium/potassium

are perfectly level but you may be out of balance and the assimilation of these supplements is compro-mised. If cramp occurs frequently and for no obvious reason it may be of benefit to seek a consultation to find out what the imbalance in your body is that causes the symptoms of cramp. The remedies recommend-ed are for emergency use.

Severe cramps mainly in feet or legs, cramp begins with twitching of muscles Cuprum 30c; Cramps ac-companied by headache, loss of appetite, nausea, and constipation, often worse at night Nux 30c; Cramp which comes on as a result of fatigue Arnica 30c; Cramp in someone who is overweight, flabby, pale, chilly, and prone to head sweats Calcar-ea 30c; Cramp in calves, feet feel icy cold Camphora 30c; Cramp in calves, alleviated by massage but made worse by walking about, re-cent diarrhoea and vomiting Vera-trum 30c; Cramp in thighs or legs Chamomilla 30c; As a preventive against cramp at night, take Cuprum ars. 6c at bedtime for 14 nights run-ning; Mag Phos Cell Salts are very beneficial and also come in a spray bottle which is handy to carry around with you. Self-help Magnesium sup-plements are hugely beneficial in helping muscle co-ordination and cramp relief. Try some Cell Salts Mag Phos or a good supplement to help prevent them. When cramp comes on, try to stretch muscles involved, and massage them to increase blood supply. If cramp comes on at night, raise the foot of your bed by about 10 cm (4 in). Increase fluid and reduce weight, if appropriate.

By Diane Breen DipHom NZCH (Intern)

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Osteopathy -The dysfunctional jaw

By Helen Wright BSc(Hons) Ost(UK); CMI-OSH (UK); PGDip (Hlth.Erg) (UK) NZ/ACC/UK Registered Osteopath Human Factors and Ergonomics consultant

The jaw frequently goes untreat-ed or unaddressed but let’s not forget it is a joint like any other and as such often requires atten-tion. The jaw joint, the temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ), like any other joint, can get dislocated, strained and degenerate. If left untreated or undiagnosed it can often lead to other problems. It can put excess strain on the joints in the neck, particularly the upper joints commonly associated with headaches, and on the soft tis-sues at the front of the neck under the jaw and around the sternum/breast bone creating postural and breathing/rib issues. I would suggest if you experience or have experienced any of the following you might have a TMJ problem which might need to be assessed/treated:• Clicky or painful jaw when

you chew, talk, yawn etc. • Lopsided jaw or a jaw

that appears asymmetri-cal when you compare left side with right (check when your mouth is open and closed)

• Headaches• Symptoms experienced

following extensive dental work

• Trauma to the jaw or the side of the face

Likewise if you grind your teeth, clench your teeth or feel tight-ness around the jaw or the side of the face.

A problem in one area of the body often leads to compensa-tions/problems in other areas. At ‘Osteopathy Pukekohe’ we take a ‘whole body’ approach to our assessment and treatment to ensure that the key causes of problems are identifi ed and treated as opposed to simply the symptoms. This includes the TMJ and it’s infl uence on and by adjacent structures. If you would like further informa-tion or think you might have a problem associated with your jaw that requires treatment then call us at the Way of Life Health Shop. There is an osteopath practising from the shop 6 days a week (Monday - Saturday). All our osteopaths are ACC reg-istered and registered with the Osteopathic Council of New Zealand (OCNZ).

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Insomnia: Breaking the pattern

Chronic insomnia is classified as failure to get a full night’s sleep on most nights over a one month peri-od. A sleepless night every now and then is not too much of a problem. But for some, habitual sleepless-ness is a chronic and distressing situation. It can affect relationships, work performance, health and well-being.Stress, pain, depression, anxiety, grief, aging and many medical conditions increase insomnia e.g. endocrine, cardiovascular, res-piratory, genito/urinary tract and digestive conditions. Nutritional de-ficiencies, some medications and lifestyle factors including - caffeine and alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, shift work and irregular habits also affect sleep patterns. Treatment depends on the indi-vidual. Some long-term sleep prob-lems and medical conditions may require professional help but these suggestions may also assist with sleep. Avoid stimulants such as coffee,

alcohol, nicotine, soft drinks and en-ergy drinks. Support the hormones that assist sleep. Melatonin influences sleep pat-terns - regular daily routines, including eating, sleeping and rising, increase levels. Seratonin regulates normal sleep – some sources are complex carbohydrates, brown rice, cottage cheese, tuna, turkey, bananas and soy protein. The amino acid trypto-phan is required to produce these sleep hormones so supplementation with this or 5HTP may be helpful. Con-sult your health professional for ad-vice on using these supplements. Vitamins and minerals – a supplement may help to maintain levels if the diet or absorption are inadequate. Cal-cium may help if you have trouble getting to sleep. Try magnesium for waking during the night, cramps and restless legs. B complex vitamins support the stress response, digestion and the nervous system. Stress management – Try muscle re-laxation, breathing exercises, medita-tion and develop coping strategies to help handle stress and sleeplessness. Lifestyle changes - increase exercise, decrease stimulants, have regular habits and quiet time before bed. Bach Flowers help to balance nega-tive emotional patterns. Herbal teas and extracts can be used to help break the pattern. Sedative herbs – such as Californian poppy, wild lettuce, hops and valerian may induce sleep. Relaxing herbs e.g. skullcap, lime blossom, passionflower, chamomile and adrenal herbs such as withania may help the causes of insomnia. If you are on medication check with your health professional or health shop before taking herbal sup-plements. For further help call in on Wednes-day’s to Way of Life for a chat or phone 09 238-7806 to make an ap-pointment for a consultation.

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A triple strength green walnut formula, it contains an element called ‘nucin’ or ‘juglon’, a powerful vermicidal principle. Specifi cally designed to boost the properties of 825 Verm-ez to promote greater health, 826 Green Walnut Syrup is made strictly from the immature green nut of locally grown ‘Black Walnut’ (Juglans nigra) trees.

Key benefi ts:• Deworming Booster• Parasite cleanse

Parasites are much more common in New Zealand than you may realise. An intestinal parasite can weaken your body’s natural immune system, making you more susceptible to other illnesses. The frequency of world travel and increased immigration to New Zealand has resulted in the signifi -cant spread of parasitic infection. Contraction by snuggling pets or eating raw fi sh and meat is not

uncommon.Symptoms can be very general and may point to an array of other conditions. A couple of the most common symptoms of a parasitic infection are: Gas and bloating, foul smelling stools, blood or mucous in the stools, fatigue, constipation or diarrhoea.

Malcolm Harker’s 825 Verm-ez acts like a clean for the body and is designed to cull parasite populations, i.e., is a gentle ‘decimator’ of in-ternal vermin (removes a large proportion of them) improving energy and strength. A worm-free body heals 90% faster from illness, and as rustic herbs and other foods that naturally keep the body’s parasite colonies low are now a lesser part of the modern diet Verm-ez is an effective alternative.

The main ingredients working on parasites are:

August deal Verm-ez

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Walnut (Juglans nigra), the green unripe walnut husk.Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

Key benefi ts:• Constitutional De-worming• Energy giving health tonic• Food & Alcohol Poisoning

Parasites may affect your health without you even knowing they live with you

By Carol Eggleton, N.D., M.H.D., BHSc, Registered Naturopath and Medical Herbalist


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40 Queen Street, WaiukuPhone 09 235 9307 Fax 09 237 0054

OPEN : Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm

Saturday 9.00am - 2.00pmSunday 10.00am - 2.00pm

Health tip of the week:Don’t Skip Breakfast - Fibre in the morning means less hunger late in the afternoon, when you’re most likely to feel tired and gorge yourself on sugar. An early start on eating also keeps your metabolism more active throughout the day; breakfast eaters are thinner than people who just rush out the door.

The Breast Screening Mobile Unit will be at Waiuku Health Centre from the 5th – 23rd of August. Breast Screen Aotearoa provides a free screening mammogram to all women aged between 45-69 years. Any follow-up assessment that is required as a result of the Breast Screening mammogram is also free, and covered under the programme.

To be eligible to enrol with the Breast Screening programme you must be:1. A women aged between 45 and 69 years2. Have no symptoms of breast cancer 3. Have no evidence of breast cancer. If you have been previously diagnosed with breast cancer, you can enrol in the programme if it has been at least fi ve years since your diagnosis.4. Have not had a mammogram within the last 12 months.5. Are not pregnant or you are not breast feeding.6. Are a New Zealand Resident. This includes women who usually live in the Cook Islands, Nuie and Tokelau.7. If you have any questions regarding your eligibility to enrol on the programme, please feel free to call us on 0800 270 200 (Option 2) within Auckland or alternatively (09) 522 4765 if calling from outside Auckland.

NZ Breast Cancer Foundation reports that breast cancer affects more women in New Zea-land than any other type of cancer with around 2800 cases diagnosed every year. While the fi ve year survival rate has risen to around 85%, New Zealand families still lose more than 650 women to the disease annually.

Knowledge of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer and having regular mammo-grams saves lives. Finding breast cancer early increases the chance of long term survival.

The Foundation strongly urges anyone worried about changes to their breasts, to see their doctor straight away. While nine out of ten lumps are not cancerous, early detec-tion of breast cancer is your best protection.

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Mobile Unit will be at Waiuku Health Centre

5 – 23 August 2013

Kids Health & Vitality - It’s a Battle� eldFrequent colds, � u, asthma, chest throat & ear infections, re� ux, constipation, eczema, allergies, “viruses” anxiety, kidney & bladder issues, arthritis, strokes, ADHD, autism?

DEPENDING ON: Drugs – pamol, panadol, antibiotics, inhalers, ritalin, lactulose, losec, antidepressants, anti in� ammatories, anxiolytics etc AND special foods? Were kids this sick when you were growing up? Were allergies and eczema as prevalent as they are now?

Were they as dependant on all these drugs? Where have the kids natural body defences gone?WHAT HAS GONE WRONG???? We have shi� ed too far from simple, natural processes, intended by nature, for our body to be strong.

� is inturn has created a weaker, half healthy, less vital race of people, now on track to higher usage of pharmaceutical agents and surgery.Not only that, the natural, gentler approach is o� en discredited despite decades of success and evidence based clinical studies that support it.

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Dr Dean Carter and his team believe that you deserve to healthy and enjoy your life! Living chiropractic is committed to offering the community affordable chiropractic care for everyone: newborns to elderly, pregnant moms and families, athletes, those seeking postural correction or who are post injury, and more.

Jo Sharp has recently joined LivingMassage (located inside of Living Chiropractic) and has 18 years experience in the fi eld of massage. Jo specializes in various massages: relaxation, thera-peutic, pregnancy, sports, lymph drainage, hot stone, and more!

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LOOK & FEEL FABULOUSWe all love to look our best for a special occasion.Women search for the perfect dress, men hope to find some elegant yet comfortable shoes, andappointments have to be made for hairstyles, manicures, and beauty treatments. But don’t forget one essential element in all that turmoil: your smile. A visit to your dentist will help you freshen up your smile so you can be comfortable getting close to others. The hectic lifestyle of today’s world always ends up having an impact on our health. The daily race to accomplish all the tasks jotted down in our agendas brings its own load of stress, which as we all know is harmful in many different ways. That is why it is so important, even essential, to reward ourselves with a few moments of relaxation. A morning at a local health spa is one of the small pleasures of life that can result in many benefits for both body and mind.

After all that pampering you’ll feel like you’re floating on air, but what would a beauty treatment be without a facial to make your skin smooth, supple, and radiant? You’ll leave your appointment glowing and exhilarated, and fam-ily and friends will be amazed by how rested and relaxed you look!

Nowadays,when it comes to chang-ing the colour of your hair, the sky is the limit.Those who decide to completely change the colour of their hair can choose from the most futuristic tones to the subtlest shades. And those who are really daring might even opt for electric shades or a rainbow of colours such as lime, fuchsia and canary yellow. Streaks of colour are also extremely popular.You can add blond high-lights to contrast with your natu-rally dark hair, or try a different colour such as cherry red, purple or blue. Those who are more conven-tional might be more comfortable with a light hint of ash blond.

This colour is perfect for those with lighter skin tones. If you have a more golden skin tone, warm, copper shades would really suit you. Since changing the colour of your hair is a big step that requires the use of dyes, the colour technician at your hair sa-lon can recommend shades that will best complement your skin tone and enhance your natural beauty.


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Some of the images from the Waiuku Rugby Club’s senior prizegiving on Saturday night. The Post will have a full wrap of prizewinners in next week’s issue.

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Waiuku AFC’s Premiers failed to make it six in a row in the weekend, going down 2-1 to a hard working Lynn Avon team.

Lynn Avon had beaten Waiuku at home 3-1 in the first round and the West Auckland team again frustrated Waiuku again for most of the match by getting players behind the ball and minimising the visitor’s attacking space.

Lynn Avon started with a hiss and a roar as the Waiuku team struggled to get into the game.

They went ahead as early as the tenth minute when Hugh Sorby powered home a header from a corner which Dom Winter nearly cleared off the line.

A poor goal kick led to Sorby getting past the Waiuku de-fence and as he rounded Phil van den Broek in goal, he was tripped and the referee pointed to the spot.

Van den Broek made up for his error with a great penalty save low to his left.

However Lynn Avon were not to be undone and a defen-sive mix up between Darren Woolnough and Elliot Crean gave Thomas Hahn the opportunity to beat the Waiuku goal-keeper to put them into a 2-0 lead. Lynn Avon nearly went further ahead but a drive cannoned off the cross bar and was

Waiuku Golf Results: Wednesday Ladies Haggle: Div One Joy James 30 c/b, Louisa Lowe 30. Div Two Karen Macdonald 35, Janet Scobie 32

Nine Hole Ladies: Div One Carol Craig 13, Fae Douglas 12, Div Two Jeanette Har-graves 14, Noeline Ramsey 13

Thursday Haggle: Div One Phil Hunt 40, John Munro 40, Roger Booth 38

Div Two Ken James 43, Sid Thornton 42, Lex Wilcox 41. Twos Wayne Nepia, John

Boylan, Gary Coxon Saturday Haggle: Div One

Frank McGrath 44, Colin Saunders 42, David Bates 41, Lindsay Russell, John Boy-lan 39, Jerry Kuggeleijn 38

Div Two Brian Miskell 40, Graham Hira 39, Lex Wilcox 39 Ross Tindle 38, Carl Mar-riner 36, John Munro 36. Best Gross Div One Frank McGrath 74

Div Two Graham Hira 89Twos Stephen Maynard,

Merv Price, Colin Saunders (2), Terry Spencer and Dave Yandall.

Baby Prince George was welcomed in style by many mem-bers, partners and friends of the Buckland Bowling Club when a ‘Pot Luck’ luncheon was held on Sunday 28th July 2013. Friends gathered in a friendly manner, shared a glass or two to celebrate the occasion, then all enjoyed a banquet luncheon, which hosted numerous dishes, from soup, mains and desserts. The afternoon concluded with a game of bowls, using the card system, with winners all taking home a bag of mixed produce.

Thanks went to the ladies of the ‘House Committee’ for arranging the afternoon, and thanks were also extended to Maurice, and his group of outside maintenance men who are kept busy sanding and repainting, also replacing seating in the outdoor areas, in readiness for the Club opening day in early September.

Kohekohe Hockey results were:U13 Kohe Fantastix lost 5-1 against PU Pumas POD Leah Arthur-Worsop. U13 Kohe GT drew 1-1 against Papakura POD Nathan

Lowe. U11 Kohe Ninjas lost 13-1 PISC Green POD Olivia Hopping. U9 Kohe lost 10-1 against WP White POD Katie Joy Aiken. U6 Kohe won against Puke United POD Adam Lowe

Results from the Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club Tuesday Winter Tournaments are:July 2nd: 1st Brian Paulsen Kevin Orsbourn Doug Al-exander, 2nd Helen Aarts Shirley Furniss Bernice Maloney, 3rd Mike Mar-tinovich Mary Bush Ann McLeanJuly 9th: 1st Brian Paulsen Kevin Orsbourn Ewen South2nd Don Ramsey Bill Mar-land John Geary, 3rd Mara-ma Onehi Andrea Williams Ann ThomsonJuly 16th: 1st Hetti Bolscher Josh De Jongh Gordon Ren-nie2nd Barry Williams Raewyn Renall Glen Thompsonm 3rd Mike Martinovich Glyn Judson Ann McLean.July 23rd: 1st Mike Marti-

novich Glyn Judson Ann McLean, 2nd Peter Ballard Pat McArthur Kay Whitton, 3rd Barry Williams Ron Ad-ams Glen ThompsonJuly 30th: 1st Peter Sinclair Joy Sinclair Sam Compston, 2nd Yvonne Urwin Tom Bracken Val Paulsen, 3rd Bri-an Paulsen Kevin Orsbourn Doug Alexander.Bayleys Classic Fours, Friday July 26th: 1st Alison Ren-nie Gayle Melrose Jill Fraser Margaret Davies, 2nd Shaun Pennell Meg Pennell Spen-cer Smith Mike Wass, 3rd Mike Martinovich Glyn Jud-son Mary Bush Ann McLean, 4th Don Ramsey Adrienne Tilyard Ken Mackenzie Beni De Boni, 5th Trevor Bowden Val Bowden Jan Lynskey Doug Alexander.

Draw for Waiuku Netball Centre, Saturday 10th August. Office Bearers: Sharni Hunter, Kathy Maxwell. Duty Club/s 8.00-3.20pm Brian James Contracting. Lolly Shop: 8.00-11.40am Brian James Contracting, 11.40-12.45 College Ivory, 12.45-1.45 Col-lege Black, 1.45-2.45 College Purple. Canteen: 8.00-8.45 College Embers, 8.45-9.45 Col-lege Navy, 9.45-10.45 College Platinum, 10.45-11.40 College Blue. 11.40-3.20pm Brian James Contracting. Time-keeper: Janice Price, Noeline Ramsey.8.30am Mooi Hair v Salients 1, College Platinum v Coast, Waiuku Primary No Name v Glenbrook Blueberries, Wai-uku Primary Chicks v Puke-oware Rebels, Waiau Pa Celebs v Glenbrook Starfire.9.25am Waipipi Waves v Sand-spit Stars, College Embers v College Yellow, College Pink v

College Blue, Awhitu Sap-phires v Waiau Pa Tigers.10.20am Waiuku Maori Sports Club Snr A v Brian James Elite, College Gold v Waiau Pa Remix, Glenbrook Makaira v Cossie, Waiuku Maori Sports Club Snr 2 v College Navy, Awhitu Diamond Dodgers v Swampy View Future Ferns Gold.11.15am Awhitu Angels v Swampy View Red, College Black v Waiau Pa Pulse, Wai-uku Primary Stars v Sandspit Blasters, Swampy View Future Ferns Red v Waiuku Primary Scorers.12.10pm Loyal v Fusion, Brian James GB’s v Easy Trim, College Purple v College Red, Waiau Pa Fudgies v Sandspi Devils, Pukeoware Shinning Stars v Sandspit Shakers.1.05pm College Ivory v Rag Renos Ltd, College Lime College Jade, Waiuku Maori Sports Club Jnr A v Pukeoware

Sapphires, Glenbrook Sap-phires v Waipipi Winners.2.00pm Skin For Life v College Bronze, Waiuku Maori Sports Club Snr 1 v College Brass, Glenbrook Mingles v Sandspit Creepers, Glenbrook Pulse v Sandspit Infernoz, Waiuku Primary Courts v Waipipi Stormers.BYE: College Silver, Waiau Pa Rockit, Young Wives, Waiau Pa Wildcats, Swampy View Black, Swampy View Silver, Pukeoware Satellites, Sandspit Shockwaves.

UMPIRES:Waiuku Netball Centre 3rd August 2013.8.30am Hope Miratana, Michelle Wilson, Amber Turn-er, Waiuku Maori Sports Club x 1, Waiau Pa x 1, Waipipi x 1, Brian James Elite x 1, Awhitu x 1, Sandspit x 2.9.25am Glenbrook x 1, Otaua x 1, Nicola Clark, Michaela

Dolan, Coast x 1, Jo O’Neale, Pukeoware Rebels x 1, Waiuku Primary x 1.10.20am Maree Wallace, Tracey Phillips, Erin Bindon, Monique Raaymakers, Mar-shall Woodward, Kim Mariner, Mooi Hair x 21, Brian James GB’s x 1.11.15am Nadine Ngakuru, Grace Bedford, Cossie x 1, Rags Renos Ltd x 1, Katie McGregor, Waiau Pa x 1.12.10pm Jan O’Neill, Teresa Geayley, Jordyn Griffiths Mur-dock, Bronwyn Sloane, Treena Sixsmith, Carol Andrew, Shannon Thornton, Waiuku Primary x 1.1.05pm Kathy Maxwell, Stacey Lord, Waiuku Maori Sports Club x 1, Easy Trim x 1, Sandspit x 1, Glenbrook x 1.2.00pm Alex Jones, Chelsyee Collins, Loyal x 1, Fusion x 1, Lyzanne Tara, Pukeoware Sap-phires x1, Loyal x 1, Waiuku Primary x 1, Sandspit x 2.

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cleared by the defence. Finally Waiuku sprang to life. Cody Ralph found some

space but dragged his shot right of the goal. Then Ralph had a penalty shout when he was tripped by

the keeper, but the answer was no from the referee.Waiuku looked to build on that and dominated the second

half. They clawed one back when Paul Duffy played Chris Abbott in behind the defence and he calmly finished at the left post.

Abbott nearly scored again when Winship put him through but his measured lob bounced just left of the upright and wide of the goal. Waiuku had a stonewall penalty turned down for handball and then again when Abbott was tripped in the box. On both occasions, the referee waved play on. Winship went close with a 20 yard effort but for all the at-tacking drive, the Lynn Avon goalkeeper remained resolute.

As Waiuku pushed all their numbers forward, Lynn Avon nearly scored at the death when they found themselves in a 3 on 1 situation with van den Broek. Hahn went around the goalkeeper but Jerry Hubbard slid in to clear the goal bound effort. Moments later the referee blew for full time

Coach Jim Evans reflected on the one that got away: “The boys will be disappointed to lose that one but there is no easy game in this league – we gave it everything in the sec-ond half but couldn’t find a way past their defence.

“Sometimes that is the way it goes. To win five in a row is massive for a small club like this and we will get our heads up and get ready to do battle next week against fourth place Fencibles. Man of the match is Jerry Hubbard.”

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