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Issue 183November 2015
Eight people from the Helensville Newsreadership area have discovered they havebowel cancer a completings a direct result oftest kits in the Waitemata District HealthBoard's BowelScreening pilot programme.
So far just over half of the eligible peoplein our area, covering Helensville, Parakai,Kaukapakapa, Waitoki, Woodhill, SouthHead and Shelly Beach, have returnedcompleted test kits.
Of those, 223 people tested positive andwere referred for a colonoscopy, with eightfound bowel cancer.to have
BowelScreening Programme ManagerGaye Tozer says the 53 percent participationfigure is pleasing, but she is urging others totake the test as well. The participation rate isfractionally below that for the Waitematadistrict as a whole.
“Bowel cancer is the second mostcommon cancer in New Zealand and thesecond highest cause of cancer death,” shesays.
The Government has extended the bowelscreening pilot until the end of 2017 and theresults will help determine whether a nationalprogramme will be rolled out.
People aged between 50 and 74 living inthe Waitemata DHB area will receive a thirdtest kit through the mail when it's their turn toparticipate.
“We are encouraging people living in theKaipara District to do the third test, as regularbowel screening can help find early signs ofcancer. No screening test is 100% accurate,which is why it is important to do the testevery two years while the pilot is running,even if previous results have been normal,”she says.
So far, the BowelScreening pilot teamhas sent out a total of 201,649 invitationsthroughout the Waitemata DHB area and110,220 people have returned a correctly
completed kit. The participation rate forround one is now 56.8 and for roundpercenttwo (up to the end of March 2015) it is51.4 .percent More than 6000 people havereceived a colonoscopy through theBowelScreening pilot so far and 255 peoplehave been found to have bowel cancer as aresult of taking part.
“The exciting thing is nearly percent70 ofthese cancers have been found at an early
stage when treatment can be moresuccessful. Also 4057 people have hadpolyps removed which may have developedinto cancer over time, so the bowel screeningtest is preventing cancer as well as finding it,”says Gaye.
Locals who have not received aninvitation, or who have moved house, shouldlet the team know by phoning 0800 924 432 orvisit www.bowelscreeningwaitemata.co.nz.
�Mayor Len Brown opens the new Helensville Art Centre
8 locals discover bowel cancerthrough pilot screening programme
Art Centre’s new home opened by Mayor
Auckland Mayor Len Brown officially opened Helensville Art Centre’s spacious newpremises beneath the Helensville War Memorial Hall at a function on Friday, October 23.
The opening was the culmination of months of work on a $750,000 transformation of thehall’s old basement into the new art centre, with adjoining rooms for the Helensville Foodbankand the Helensville-Waimauku Family Budgeting Service.
The new art centre opened to the public over Labour Weekend, the opening timed tocoincide with a three-day ‘Arts in the Ville’ festival at which locals could follow a trail from theHelensville railway station through to the southern end of Commercial Road and on to Parakai,visiting the studios or homes of more than 20 local artists and craftspeople to see their workbeing created, as well as several ‘pop-up’galleries in empty buildings.
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Think Jana MillsIt was exciting to see the new Helensville Art Centre finally opened a few days ago (see
page 1), and it is encouraging to see that Auckland Council is keen to support the arts incommunities such as ours.
However it’s the community itself that ultimately makes the arts a success - peoplehelping run the Art Centre; artists doing their thing; and, perhaps most importantly, localscoming out to support their offerings - and hopefully buying pieces too, to keep our artists fed!
In conjunction with the Art Centre opening, a first Arts in the Ville festival was held overLabour Weekend. It was a great opportunity for locals to see what the arty people in ourcommunity are up to, and a credit to all the artists who opened their studios or homes for theevent. Unfortunately the first day of the festival suffered dreadful weather (not untypical forLabour Weekend), but at least the following two days were kinder.
Hopefully many of our readers managed to have a wander around the arts trail andenjoyed themselves.
Speaking of wandering - and a little off topic I’m sorry - I’ve just returned from five weeksoverseas, much of it spent in Spain and Portugal. I was astonished at just how pedestrianisedthe cities are over there. Huge areas of the cities, big and small, are either fully pedestrian, orshared with maybe just one or two lanes for vehicles.
Consequently the people come out in their droves, shopping, eating, strolling around withtheir families, really giving life to the inner cities. Why can’t that happen here?
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Helensville Tennis Club has taken overthe lease of the Rautawhiri Park pavilion andastroturf courts fromAuckland Council.
Facilities at the council-owned park weremanaged from 1994 by the RautawhiriRegional Park Trust, but when thatdisbanded in 2013 responsibility for themaintenance and management of the parkreverted to the council.
Now the tennis club is responsible formanaging the astroturf tennis courts and themain pavilion building, which is usedregularly by the Lions Club, and local tennis,netball, cricket and junior touch rugby clubs.It is also used for private functions.
The club officially took over on October 1.Interim tennis club administrator
Gaylene Ashton says taking on the lease willenable the club to raise finance for urgentlyneeded repair work on the tennis courts,which need to be completely resurfaced.Money for the work will be sought from anumber of community funding sources.
Gaylene says next year the tennis club,which was formed in 1914, will look toengage a contract administrator to run boththe pavilion and the club.
Helensville Tennis Club, which is part of
Tennis Northern and affiliated to Tennis NewZealand, holds its club night on Tuesdayevenings, and a business house mixeddoubles competition on Thursday evenings,currently with 25 teams participating.
Professional coaching is available onTuesdays.
The S inHelensville St John Op hopCommercial Road will other ‘hold an UpCycling evening on sday November’ Wedne ,4 , following a successful first eventat 7pmlast year which saw around 27 people attend.
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Entry will be by gold coin d , andonationsupper will be provided. People wanting toattend should let shop manager ElaineMurray know so she has an idea of numbers,as she says interest is already strong. Phone420 9272.
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It’ll be a case of “on yer bike” for studentsat Parakai School after the school received adonation of 24 brand new bicycles.
Pictured above at a ceremony to markthe donation are (from left): Kyle Rika ofHarbour Sport, and Parakai School studentsTyrone Brown, Krystal Tuigamala (both Year8) and Zeiquana Sharke (Year 1).
“After months of funding applicationsand incredible support from Bikes InSchools and Harbour Sport, we received 24Avant i b ikes as par t o f our cyc leprogramme,” says principal Nick Neubert.“Huge thanks go to Kyle [and] a specialthanks also goes to Toni Dale from Bikes in
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Nick says staff had a day’s training in therecent holidays in preparation for using thebikes as part of lunchtime activities andphysical education classes.
The school opened a $20,000 cycle trackearly this year, and Nick says “as soon as theteachers start their bike programmes thetrack will get a huge amount of use. Thebikes will also be available for leisure play atlunch times as well.
“We will be completing the pump track aswell this term, so for the thrill seekers whowant the jumps, it will be great.”
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The commemoration will include the playing of the Last Post, followed by the Odeand finishing with Reveille. The service is expected to last about 10 minutes and will befollowed by a cup of tea. The flag at the Memorial Hall will be lowered to half mast.
Armistice Day commemorates the cessation of hostilities of ‘The War to End AllWars’. The Germans never actually surrendered, so an armistice was reached withhostilities stopping at 11am on November 11, 1918.
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Jools Topp, half of New Zealand’sfamous Topp Twins, will be headlining theHelensv i l le Chr is tmas parade andcelebrations on Saturday, December 5.
She will act as master of ceremonies andjudge some events, as well as performingsome of her trademark singing, includingduets with her friend, former United States-based singer Teresa Trull.
The parade was extensively redesignedlast year to take in more of Helensville and tieit in to Parakai as well, and organiser HollySouthernwood says it will largely follow thesame programme this year.
It will start half an hour earlier though, atmidday, from the Oikoumene yard in WestSt, before heading up Commercial Road andthen following last year’s route to theHelensville Museum in Mill Road.
Entertainment in Creek Lane during themorning leading up to the parade will includea bouncy castle and face painting; photoswith Santa, courtesy of Unichem Pharmacy,will be in Santa’s Grotto at the RSA inCommercial Road from 9.30am.
Santa’s parade sleigh will again betowed by Mitre 10, and prizes for floats havebeen donated by Swale Earthmovers, UHYHaines Norton, Helensville Paper Plus andHelensville District Health Trust.
Holly is stil l looking for buskers,entertainers and volunteers to help on theday. Interested people should email her [email protected] or phone 021 488427. People wanting to enter a float in theparade should also contact Holly, or pick upan entry form at Helensville Copy & Print.
A popular new feature last year, theChristmas tree decorating competition, willbe held again at the museum, with judging bypubl ic vote and pr izes donated byOikoumene Forest. All decorations used inthe competition must be home-made. Thetrees are being donated by Noel Higham ofNoel’s Christmas Trees, and will be given todeserving families afterwards.
Following the parade, an afternoon ofmarkets, plus entertainment including bellydancers, another bouncy castle, facepainting and balloon twisting, will be held on
the museum grounds.There will be another chance for
youngsters to have their photos taken withSanta, this time in a classic car, and theCountdown lolly scramble at 2pm.
Public parking will be available in MillRoad from midday at the fol lowingc o m m e r c i a l l o c a t i o n s : P r e m i e rPanelbeaters; Placemakers; HelensvilleGlass; Helensville Community Church(behind the Hospice Shop); HelensvillePlumbers; and Helensville Mechanical.
Parakai Springs in Parkhurst Road willagain be running a discounted entry rate ofjust $5 per person after 3pm. However theywon’t be having any special entertainmentlike last year, as it was decided the paradeand following Mill Road entertainment areenough for one day.
It also looks unlikely at this stage therewill be a Christmas Carols evening this year,although there is still a chance they may beheld on a different day.
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Spring Fling, the local event which hasbecome a South Head institution over thepast 13 years, looks unlikely to be heldagain.
“[It’s] too much work for not enoughresults,” says Barb Ross, who has hostedthe event at her South Head HaumoanaGarden since 2012.
“I think there are too many marketsaround now, the novelty has worn off.
“I think its done its day unless anyoneelse wants to take it on,” she says, addingshe would be willing to help anyoneinterested in taking the event on.
The inaugural Spring Fling was held inOctober, 2001 at Twin Palms, the ShellyBeach garden of Dianne and DavidFerguson. It featured flowers and plants,pottery, fashion, painting, and preservesfrom predominantly local people.
Over the ensuing years the event grew
to incorporate live music, children’sentertainment, and a bigger range of stallsand products sourced from a wider area.
The venue changed a number of times.Until 2008 it was shared between TwinPalms and Chrissy Jones’ Frech OrchardsEstate Shelly Beach garden, with a switch toJeanette and Hilton Jones’ Northviewgarden for a single year in 2003.
Then in 2009 the event moved toRosemary Steele and John Prince’sNestlebrae Exotics property on South HeadRoad. It returned to Shelly Beach for a finaltime - to original venue Twin Palms - in 2010,before relocating to Marie Narbey’s SouthHead garden in 2011.
Since then it has been held in Barb’sgarden, with the date moved back toNovember.
Only one Spring Fling was cancelledbecause of bad weather.
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On Sunday, November 15 from 8.30amto 3pm, it will feature live music from AvonHansen and Ukulele Union from 10am tonoon, followed by country music from theKaukap Cowboy until 2pm.
There will be extra stalls, food, baristacoffee and more, plus the annual fire station‘poker run’ motorbikes will leave at 10am
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Navy band at Parakai School
The Royal New Zealand Navy Band played a 45-minute performance at Parakai Schoolon Wednesday, October 21. The school’s pupils, along with music students from other localschools, parents, and some of the residents from Craigweil House retirement home inParakai, were entertained with a variety of music (including the national anthem), somevocals, a high-speed drumming display, and a humorous ‘history’of music.
Parakai principal Nick Neubert says the school was able to get the band to perform asmusic teacher Kathy Clark’s son is a member of the band.
“We both really want to promote music so this was a fantastic opportunity.”
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the new farm with his father.When his father retired to Auckland,
Peter continued to run the farm withsharemilker Bob Jarret (one of his Hawerashipmates) and his wife, and for four yearslived in a small room behind the garage atthe farm while the s had theJarretfarmhouse.
At the time, only a small part of the farmaround the house was usable and only a few
cows were able tobe milked, so whilethe sharemi lkerlooked after them i l k i n g d u t i e s ,Peter broke in therest of the farm - am a s s i v e , b a c k -breaking job. Muchof the back of thefarm was coveredwith boulders andscrub and the onlyway around was onhorseback.
Eventually, thefarm was turnedo v e r t o s h e e pproduction and ato n e s t a g e w a srunn ing a round1500 sheep.
In 1956, Petermarried GabrielleGarland and thecouple raised three
sons, Guy, Johnny .and BrianHe became very involved with Woodhill
School, and along with Thomas Grace andGordon Taylor had a big influence on thedirection the Woodhill neighbourhood tookwhen the children were young.
Guy says as a parent Peter tended to bein the background, but he definitely ruled theroost.“'Do as your mother says!' was thecatchphrase, and the tone it was delivered injust oozed 'do it!',” says Guy.
“He was always interested in what wewere doing as our careers developed andwe know he was proud of what all three of ushave achieved.”
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Peter Hildreth was born in the town ofKiwitahi, just outside Morrinsville, in 1924where his father had a farm – and in aJamesstrange coincidence, he ended up living inKiwitahi Road at Woodhill for much of his life.
While his given name was Roland, toremember his father's younger brother whowas killed in WorldWar I, his parentsdecided to call himPeter because theloss of his unclewas too great to bereminded of on adaily basis.When Peter wasfou r, h i s fam i l ymoved to a dairyf a r m i nK a u k a p a k a p awhere he spent hischildhood and earlyschool years.
H e w e n t t oboarding school inAuckland, but likedneither the schoolnor the city, anda l w a y s l o o k e dforward to gettinghome whenever hecould. At the end ofhis school years hereturned to Kaukapakapa and worked on thefarm.
When the Second World War came,Peter was spared conscription as farmingwas listed as an essential service. Hevolunteered for the army anyway, thentransferred to the navy because he liked thesea - and hated marching.
During his war service, he was part of thecrew on the 'Hawera', a small minesweeperpatrolling the Pacific islands. He enjoyed histime in the navy and the comradeship withhis shipmates.
While he was on active service, hisparents moved from Kaukapakapa toWoodhill, and after the war Peter worked on
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While his sons were growing up, Peterwas involved with the Helensville Playerstheatre group (building props, sets and evensets of armour in his garage); the 4WD rallyscene; and car rally recovery work.
He also collected military vehicles andwas a founding member of the NZ MilitaryVehicle Collectors Club.’
Peter wasn't keen on travelling for thesake of travelling, but loved trips with EliFriedlander around the world tracking downJeep parts, and a highlight was his 70thbirthday present of a trip to the 50thanniversary D-Day commemorations,travelling with Thomas Grace and RobinAllen.
In 1986, Johnny completed his studiesand took over the farm, so Peter and Gaymoved to a house in Garfield Road, wherehe had the opportunity to get more involvedin the things he really liked doing.
He worked with Mike Ross in Mike's
electrical shop, repairing appliances andgenerally helping out. His beloved JeepWagoneer, which he drove from 1979 untilonly a year or so ago, was a common sightaround Helensville.
He also had time to restore a FarmallCub tractor in his workshop under the house,and a Lister diesel engine, which is still usedto power the farm's shearing equipment.
One of Peter's passions was helpingJohnny on the farm. He loved driving the bigtractors, and was still baling hay when hewas 89. He even had his own tractor on thefarm.
Another of his loves was puns, and helived for the cryptic crossword in the Listenerevery week, even when his eyesight startedto deteriorate.
The last couple of years were tough onPeter as his eye-sight failed, his hearing gotworse and emphysema took a toll. Peterpassed away at North Shore hospital onAugust 29 aged 91.
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Kaipara Classic Car Club’s ‘Shine inD’Ville’ car show is on at the HelensvilleMuseum on Sunday, November 8.
Last year’s event attracted around 130cars from clubs all over Auckland, andorganisers are hoping to match or better thatnumber again this year.
All proceeds after expenses from theannual event go to the museum - last year’sshow raised around $750 for the museum.
The show will run from 9am to 3.30 pm,with entry by gold coin donation. The visitingpublic will be able to vote for vehicles in arange of classes, including people’s choice,best 2-door, best 4-door, best pickup andbest original.
As well as the cars there will be marketstalls including gourmet food, wood carversin action, activities put on by the museum,and a quiz and games for children. A cashbar will operate at the club’s room across theroad from the museum from midday.
The Shine in D’Ville follows closely onthe heels of the car club’s astoundingsuccess at the Aroha Cruise In at Te Aroha inearly October.
That event, one of the country’s premierclassic car, motorcycle and hot rod shows,attracted around 500 entries and thousandsof spectators.
Kaipara Classic Car Club won five of theeight major competition categories: bestclub, best engine, best classic, best pickupand best work in progress. The previousyear the club also won the best club, bestpickup and best engine awards.
Australian television host Fletch, whoseClassic Restos programme is broadcast inAustralia, New Zealand, the USA and the
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11-year-old Campbell Hilton (above) wasone of the lucky ones in the lamb section atHelensville School’s Ag Day - his pet lambactually came to him when he called, whilemany others preferred to just eat the grass orstand still.
Lamb judge Chris Clark says he was verypleased with the large turnout of lambs for theevent on Friday, October 16; schoolagriculture day entries have been droppingoff in recent years, but Chris says that trendseems to be reversing now.
As well as lambs there was a goodnumber of entries in the calf and pet dogsections - and lots of family members to lookat everything. The evening event alsofeatured pony rides and several sideshow-style rides, arts and crafts, and stalls.
Big turnout atHelensville Ag Day
Charity golf dayThe 2015 Matua Charity Golf Day will be
played at Helensville Golf Course on Friday,November 6 - and all proceeds will go to theWaimauku and Muriwai First ResponseTeam. It will be the 30th anniversary of theevent, which has raised more than $400,000for local charities over that time.
Helensville News is among the localbusinesses sponsoring prizes for the event -we’re giving away a free advertisement tothe value of almost $100 in an upcomingedition of the paper.
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Billed as ‘The Best Little Book Fair in theWest’, t willhe Lions Club of Helensville holdits popular Christmas Book Fair in theHelensville War Memorial Hall ver theoweekend of 21 and 22November .
T e fair will feature mostly new stock ashthe club’s autumn book fair in May, whichraised a record $8000 for use in the localcommunity, cleared out much of the existingrange.
The fair will be held at the HelensvilleWar Memorial Hall from 9am to 4pm onSaturday, November 21 and 10am to 3pmon the Sunday 22.
“The excellent clearance that wasachieved at the utumn air plus the largea f ,number of newly donated books arrivingdaily will ensure an exciting fresh look to the,Christmas airf ,” says ‘chief book sorter’Chris Clark.
Chris says word of the fair is gettingaround: “We’ve been doing collections as farafield as Remuera.”
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wide a range of subjects as possible, andthey will be organised to emak browsing assimple togetheras possible by groupingareas of popular interests and authors.
N - will be 20on fiction split into separatecategories, including one dedicated to NewZealand subjects - though that still leaves alarge general non fiction section to- for localshunt through.
F will as usual beiction arranged inalphabetical order, with six special interestsection , the largest of which will be forsfantasy books with more than 1000 titles onoffer. P will be justaperbacks $1, hardbacks$2 and all children's books 50c. There willalso be also a good selection of jigsaws,board games, puzzles, videos, DVDs, CDsand quality magazines.
A at the fair will go toll funds raised theLions Club of Helensville Charitable Trust, tobe used for the benefit of the localcommunity.
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Author, poet, musician and inspirationalspeaker Robert Edwards will hold a freemotivational talk in Helensville in earlyDecember.
Rob, who lives at Shelly Beach, presentstalks which examine “the extremely largethings in the universe to the infinitesimallysmall, like atoms.
“Looking back at the earlystages of history through atime-line up to 2015, we canbegin to see a reality that istruly amazing,” he says.
His talk, titled ‘Realiseyour Reality and Harnessyour Energy’ will start at6.45pm in the HelensvilleWa r M e m o r i a l H a l l o nWednesday, December 2.Entry is free.
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What exactly is a community constable?The definition on the New Zealand Police
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“Community constables focus on problemsolving and crime prevention at a local level.Regular work may include walking the beat, talkingto business owners and pedestrians, meeting withcommunity groups and organisations, identifying communityconcerns, and building partnerships with the community, governmentand non-government agencies”.
This community policing role, to me, is about buildingrelationships within this community and about identifying and dealingwith criminal issues.
My goal is to actively engage the community in the policingprocess in an effort to keep themselves, their property and thiscommunity safe. I am quite hands-on and will always address thecommunity’s safety concerns where I can. I always have someproject I am working on, and can regularly be found researchingcrime prevention initiatives that have succeeded elsewhere.
It’s about working together to resolve issues, addressing validconcerns before they snowball, and concentrating on the things wecan change and not the things we can’t.
In my view, police cannot have the sole responsibility to make ourneighbourhoods safe, especially here in Helensville where it’s not a24-hour station. We need the community to be our eyes and ears andthen to notify us of anything that concerns them.
In so many instances, we hear after the fact that people hadconcerns but did nothing about it, so please - trust your instincts andnever hesitate to phone 111.
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Money raised by this month’s 5 StationPoker Run will go to the KaukapakapaVolunteer Rural Fire Force.
The annual charity bike ride, this year onSunday, November 15, normally attractsmore than 200 motorcyclists from around theupper North Island and raises between $5000and $6000 for the host brigade.
Last year’s run raised close to $6000 forthe Helensville Volunteer Fire Brigade, whichwent towards covering the cost of thebrigade’s centenary celebrations.
The run, held annually since 2006, iss h a r e d b e t w e e n t h e H e l e n s v i l l e ,
Kaukapakapa, Kumeu, Muriwai and ShellyBeach fire stations.
The five volunteer fire brigades that takepart in the Poker Run all work together on firecalls around the district, and the event is away for members to get together in a socialway, while raising funds at the same time,says organiser Stephen Sparnon.
This year the 200km motorcycle ride willleave from the Kaukapakapa fire station at10am, heading first to Kumeu station andthen Muriwai Station. Bikes will leave thereat midday, riding to first Shelly Beach stationand then Helensville, where they will leavearound 1.25pm to return to Kaukapakapastation via Peak Road. They should arriveback at Kaukapakapa around 2pm for prize
giving and a meal.At each station the riders will go in the
draw for a playing card.At the end of the ride,the entrant with the best poker hand from thefive drawn cards wins the major prize - stillbeing organised as we went to print.
Locals will be able to view themotorcycles at the Kaukapakapa stationbefore and after the run.
Stephen says as an organised charitybike ride to support the local volunteerbrigades, the riders “appreciate the supportand patience given to us en-route fromstation to station”.
Motorcyclists wanting to take part canpurchase tickets online up until November12 at www.5stationpokerrun.co.nz.
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Free community trade spaces at A P Show&Local community groups are ed to apply for a limited, schools and not-for-profits invit
number of free trade spaces at Helensville A&P Showthe 114th annual , to be held onSaturday, February 27 next year.
It’s a repeat of a successful initiative run for the past three shows; this year six localorganisations will gain public exposure by being provided with the free trade stands.
Because the number of sites is limited, the Association will choose theA&P committeesuccessful recipients once applications have been received. he sites areT on offer standard,unpowered x sites3m 3m square . Recipients will also receive two free adult gate passes.V on’ehicles w t be allowed on the sites on show day, and there will be some restrictions suchas not being allowed to serve food compet with paying trade stalls.in ition As the show willagain be a zero-waste event, successful applicants will have to abide by those rules as well.
Applicants should email show manager David van Dam by Friday, December 4 [email protected]. Application forms can also be downloaded from theA&P Show’s website, www.helensvilleshowgrounds.co.nz.
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TE PUNA WHANAU K I TE AWAROATop priorities for the Kaipara Medical Centre in the coming yearare to improve customer service and financial viability.
In her annual report on the centre, board chair Dianne Kidd says itis “an absolute priority” to improve patient access to medical staff.
She says medical centre staff are “very aware” of local concernsregarding the time it can take to get an appointment with a doctor, anda number of initiatives are being investigated or have already beenput in place.
A high-tech medical health system that will allow patients todirectly access their medical results and book appointments withtheir doctor is being investigated, as is a new phone system toincrease line capacity and cater for peak loading. The computersystem has already been upgraded to provide more efficientprocessing of bookings.
Other measures recently put in place to ease access to medicalstaff include a duty doctor each morning and a triage systemproviding direct access to nursing staff.
Financial viability is another key focus for the coming year, with anew debtors policy in force. Kaipara Medical Centre is currently owed$30,000 from patients who have not paid their bills, a situationDianne describes as “neither acceptable nor sustainable”.
The Helensville District Health Trust's goal is to be “financiallyviable and sustainable” across all its business interests. The Trustalso operates under the philosophy that those who can pay, should,while resources are applied wherever possible to provideappropriate support to those who genuinely require help andfinancial relief.
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First month a great successAfter nine years working from home,
Helensville's Melissa Carr says the first monthin her new Commercial Road beauty salon“couldn't have gone better”.
Citing “overwhelming support from thecommunity”, Melissa says: “[I've been]enjoying people popping in to meet us andbook in. People are giving great feedbackabout the salon.”
Melissa needed to find a way to meet thegrowing demand for her Beauty Elixirservices, and decided a main street locationwas the way to go. She has also taken on abeauty therapist, local Maria Schofield, tohelp with the workload.
“A huge drawcard for opening in town wasto be more available for casual clients whomay just want to walk in and have, or enquireabout, our treatments,” says Melissa.
Located across the road from the SunnyDays Early Learning Centre at 81Commercial Road, the salon is officially calledBeauty Elixir with Melissa Carr CosmeticTattooing.
The opening near the end of Septemberwas the culmination of six weeks of painting,
p l u m b i n g ,building, andelectrical andflooring work,all completedon time byl o c a ltradesmen.
B o t hwomen arevery proud ofh o w t h es a l o n ' streatment ands p r a y t a nrooms look,a n d a r el o o k i n gf o r w a r d t omaintainingt h e h i g hstandard ofpresentation and work into the future.
“It's a beautiful salon, and I'm thrilled I amworking with Melissa to continually beraising the standard of beauty therapy in our
district,” says Maria.Melissa and Maria were pleased the
work finished in time for the summer seasonand Beauty Elixir's 'Summer Ready'promotion, which runs until the end ofNovember.
Melissa says the period leading up tosummer is a busy time for beauty therapists,and the Summer Ready promotion willenable locals to prepare with treatmentssuch as waxing, safe sunless tanning,eyelash extensions, and facial and bodytreatments for skin conditioning andprotection from the summer sun.
Looking after the environment is a toppriority for Melissa, who vows to worktowards that wherever she can.
“I always look for and stock certifiedorganic products such as PHYT'S, aprofessional French skincare range, and ourBlack Magic ECO certified five-minutedrying sunless tanning product. We alsocarry Bella Vi mineral makeup.”
Along with their 'Summer Ready'treatment menu Beauty Elixir has a range ofChristmas gift ideas, including giftcertificates - “a great way to treat a loved onein a very special way,” says Melissa.
Beauty Elixir can be found at 81Commercial Road, Helensville, phone 021187 2661.
�Melissa (left) and Maria outside the new Commercial Road salon
Rapid roll growth has seen the Ministry of Education decide to fund a new two-storeyclassroom block at Helensville Primary.
Principal Eileen Brunton says details of the new building are still being formulated by theministry, but it is likely to be either a six or eight room block, and is expected to be completedwithin one or two years.
Three relocatable classrooms have already been moved onto the school grounds inpreparation, and junior classes are expected to move into those in early November oncepainting, relining and decking is completed.
Eileen says the school was lucky to get the relocatable rooms - she had to “play the JohnKey as local MP card” to get them - as it means the school’s hall, library and resource room willbe kept free for normal use during the building project.
Asite for the new class block has yet to be decided, but Eileen says it will be unlikely to haveany detrimental effect on the school’s playing fields or courts. The school will have input into thedesign of the classrooms, and the Board of Trustees will consult with the community.
The new block will “likely be the end of building at Helensville” she says.Helensville School’s roll has grown by almost 100 in just the last two years, to 527, and
currently has 20 classrooms.Eileen doesn’t see the rapid growth continuing, especially seeing the Ministry of Education
has just implemented an enrolment zone for the school in an effort to prevent futureovercrowding.
The enrolment zone won’t preclude out-of-zone children attending the school (and won’taffect current pupils) but there will be a strict criteria as to who from outside the zone can beaccepted.
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Afree programme on how parents can help their children througha marriage separation will be held at Parakai later this month.
'Parenting Through Separation' will be run by social workerMichele Cogle of Lifewise, an Auckland-based Methodist Churchcommunity organisation which aims to help solve challenging socialissues and provide services to families in need.
The course will be held at Te Whare Oranga Parakai onö
Saturday, November 21 from 10am to 2.30pm.“Separating from your partner or spouse is usually stressful, but
the effects of this can be minimised for your children,” says Michele.She says the four hour course will provide a wealth of information
and well-proven ideas to benefit parents and their children. Thoseattending, who will need to show a driver's licence to gain entry, willreceive two DVDs to keep, one for parents and one for children,along with leaflets. Refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Topics covered will include: separation is hard on everyone; howto talk to the kids about it; making the best arrangements for yourkids; what kids and parents like; don't put your kids in the middle; andgoing to the Family Court.
The course is funded by the Ministry of Justice through theFamily Courts.
For more information phone Michele Cogle on 09 818 0203 oremail her at: [email protected]
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Members of the Helensville Floral Art Club will hold a series offree Christmas decor demonstrations later this month.
The four, 15-minute sessions will be held on Thursday,November 19 in the Allotment Cafe at the Kaipara Coast PlantCentre north of Kaukapakapa village, starting at 10am and finishingaround midday.
Those attending will be able to purchase raffle tickets to win oneof the arrangements or decorations made on the day by clubmembers.
“On this occasion there won't be a chance [for those attending] totry floral art,” says the club’s Eve Issott, “but we are hoping to excitepeople's interest so they will come along to our meetings in the newyear and maybe join.”
This is the first event of its kind for the club, although it held a mid-winter Christmas evening at the Masonic Hall in Helensville anumber of years ago.
“The club is grateful to David and Geraldine Bayly, owners of theKaipara Coast Plant Centre, for allowing us to use their premises,”says Eve, “and to Pip the cafe manager for working with us to arrangethe venue.”
Kaipara Coast Plant Centre is at 148 Kaipara Coast Highway,Kaukapakapa. Those planning to attend should phone 420 5655 soorganisers have an idea of numbers.
Floral art club to puton Christmas demo
�One of the club’s Christmas decorations
Auckland rock band Ekko Park performed at Kaipara College onSaturday, October 31.
The free concert was the band’s first performance to mark therelease, the previous day, of their second album, Know Hope.
The band was inspired to launch their album at the school aftermentoring student bands at the college over the past few months.
That came about when a student approached the band viaFacebook, asking if Ekko Park members would help college studentsprepare their songs for the coming SmokeFree RockQuestcompetition.
Ekko Park lead singer Joe Walsh says: “We had so much fun. Wegave advice where we could, but ultimately we just helped then findwhat was already inside them.
“In a time when you have to worry about where music is going, it’sso refreshing to see these young bands keeping the music dreamalive.”
Four of the school’s bands played as support acts for the EkkoPark concert, and students also managed the lighting and sound.
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Local Sharon Gladwell, pictured above with children Olivia (4)and Emma (7), won a ‘Barrow Full of Goodies’ at the Helensville Mitre10 Garden Party on Saturday, October 17. Sharon went into the drawfor the barrow by spending more than $40 on the day. Her prizeincluded gloves, seeds, samplers of products and more.
Ukulele Union provided musical entertainment on the day, andthe Helensville Lions Club cooked a sausage sizzle with sausagesprovide by Mitre 10 Helensville, and raised $250 in gold coindonations.
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College drama gets awards nods
Kaipara College's 2015 drama production, The Seagull, has beennominated in eight categories of the 'Showdown' AucklandSecondary School Production Competition - the Oscars of livetheatre for secondary schools.
Last year the college's production of Romeo and Juliet won threemajor awards in the competition, including the supreme iTicketAwardfor Outstanding Play, as well as the top prizes for sound design in aplay and best props in a play. The drama department is hoping for arepeat this year, but once again the competition will be tough with 15other entries vying for the top prize.
The categories for which The Seagull has been nominated thisyear are: Best LeadActor, Logan Wishart; Best LeadActress, CasseyCarter-Bock; Best Set; Best Props (also in 2014); Best Sound, JoshSomervell and team (also 2014); Best Director, Patrice Wilson;Outstanding Play for 2015 (also 2014).
The winners will be announced at the Showdown event at SkyCity on Friday, November 6. Locals wanting to support the KaiparaCollege team can purchase tickets online at iTicket.
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The Friends of St Cuthbert’s Church atKaukapakapa will hold one of their semi-regular ‘F i f th Sunday’ concer ts onSunday, November 29.
It will start at 2.30pm at Saint Cuthbert'sPresbyterian Church, 17 North Crescent,Kaukapakapa, with tickets costing $10 foradults with children under 15 free. Membersof Friends of St Cuthbert's pay just $5.
St Cuthbert’s ‘Fifth Sunday’ concertFriends of St Cuthbert's hold a concert
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Rosemarie Askew will provide 'WhenuapaiReminiscences over a High Tea Tipple' at theNovember meeting of South Kaipara U3A onFriday, November 6 at 1pm, in the St JohnAmbulance Rooms in Rata Street.
Schoolmates, Jack and Rosemarie spenttheir early years growing up during WorldWar II in Whenuapai. As well as tales of theirescapades in Whenuapai, Kumeu andWaimauku, Rose and Jack have prepareddisplays of photos from those times.Jack and Rose were founding members ofthe Waitemata Hunt, and Jack is the huntpatron. Rose was the first female huntsmanfor Waitemata Hunt, and the first woman tohold the role of Clerk of the Course atAvondale Racecourse.
Sheila Durkin from the National Councilof Women, will be the meeting’s ‘mini’speaker. Everyone is welcome, and gold coinentry includes afternoon tea. Phone Judy on09 411 8322 for more information.
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KKK PONY CLUB DRESSAGEKaukapakapa Pony Club will hold a
dressage day on Sunday, November 8.Entries Close Thursday, November 5 at 5pmand cost $10 per class plus a $5 ground fee(late entries $5 extra per class), and shouldbe made on the entry form on club’s website.The draw will be posted on the website onFriday, November 6. The full programme andfurther details are available online at:www.kaukapakapaponyclub.org.nz.
A&P TRIVIAL PURSUITSThe Helensville A&P Association’s
annual Trivial Pursuits evening is on Friday,November 13 in the Helensville WarMemorial Hall. Doors will open at 7pm for a7.30pm start. Teams can have six to eightmembers and cost $10 per person. There willbe prizes, raffles and home baking provided.Proceeds from the event will go towardsshowground maintenance and running theannualA&P Show.
To book tickets phone 09 420 7572 oremail: [email protected].
HELENSVILLE AGLOWAuthor and florist Heather McCall will
make a floral arrangement and speak on ‘Forthe Love of Christmas’ at the next meeting ofHelensville Aglow, at 7.30pm on Friday,November 27 in the Helensville CommunityChurch, 40 Mill Rd, Helensville (behind theHospice Shop). The evening will end withcoffee and dessert. For more informationemail Yvonne at: [email protected].
ALPACA OPEN DAYSWaitakere Alpacas at 107 Monk Road,
South Head, will hold open days onNovember 8 and 22, noon to 4pm. Visitorscan feed alpacas and see felting andspinning demonstrations. Phone 420 2185.
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS LUNCHBookings are open for people wishing to
attend the Helensville Community ChristmasDay lunch in the Helensville War MemorialHall.
Registrations can be made at the CABand Te Ha Oranga in Commercial Road, theWomen & Family Centre in Porter Crescent,and at Te Whare Oranga Parakai in Parakai.ö
For more information phone lunch co-ordinator Raewyn Mercer, 021 182 0470.
community titbits from town and around
town talk
classifieds trade&
