Issue 87 December 2008.Part 1

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Maungaturoto Matters Maungaturoto,Maungaturoto,Maungaturoto,Maungaturoto, A Real New Zealand Town Gettin on with itGettin on with itGettin on with itGettin on with it ! ! ! !

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Ph/Fax (09) 431-8059Bus Trip to Whangarei TUESDAY 16th December 08

Shopping Appointments etc. Leave 9.00am and return approx. 3.30 4.00pm

as required.

For information on 2008 & 2009 trips Please phone 431 8059

For the last 5 months or so Mike Forbes andsome willing helpers have been cleaning up andbuilding some new additions for theMaungaturoto Skate Park.

Thanks to funding from the Country Club he'sbeen able to build some new ramps but unfortu-nately it wasn't long before the first one was

used by a motorcyle, it's also been tagged, peo-ple have attempted to light it on fire and the in-side support beams have been smashed.

Please can we as a community stress the impor-tance of looking after our local facilities. Mikeand his boys have worked long and hard in theirlimited spare time to give something back thatthe children can play on with their bicycles andskateboards.

If you can help Mike and the boys please [email protected]

Thanks

- Story Amy Forbes

Hard working local kids find their Skatepark Vandalised

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Another proud winner at the recentMaungaturoto Primary School Pet Day- Image Liz Clark


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Christmas is coming .Christmas, perhaps the most popular of all the annualfestivals will soon be upon us. Families will gather toshare over the Christmas holidays, gifts will be ex-changed, lots of specially prepared food will be con-sumed, homes will be decorated with paper stream-ers, and coloured lights will once again adorn theChristmas tree. Its all great fun and although it re-quires a lot of planning, preparation and expense,most of us wouldnt miss it for the world.It would be easy however, to get so caught up withthe outward celebrations of this wonderful time ofyear that we could easily forget what it is we are reallycelebrating. Christmas is, of course, the recalling ofJesus birth at Bethlehem. In that little child, thegreatest miracle on earth took place. God, the su-preme Creator of the universe, came to earth, andbecame a person like us in order to demonstrate thatHe loves each and every one of us. This amazingGod who is all powerful, all Holy and all loving, camein the form of His Son Jesus and offered Himself tobe our Saviour. In our self-centred, independent arro-gance, most of us dont think we need a Saviour, butwe dont need to be rocket scientists to see we aredestroying our planet and seem powerless to preventthe increasing moral decay of our nation, the disinte-gration of family life, marriage break downs, and theincrease of crime and violence both at home and

abroad. We may blame the politicians, world leadersor someone for the mess we are in, but the seeds ofgreed, selfishness, pride and anger are in all of us,and we are all playing our part in bringing about theutter disaster.But God foresaw this before time began, and plannedto send His Son to save us, restoring us back to fel-lowship and intimacy with Himself. It is as we openour hearts and minds and acknowledge what God hasdone for us, in Jesus, and begin to entrust our lives toHim in faith that the Christmas story begins to makesense. The angels on the hillsides at Bethlehem an-

nounced to the shepherds, Dont be afraid, I bringyou good news of great joy...for to you is born...aSaviour, He is Christ the Lord!May our Christmas be deeply enriched as we recallwhat God has done for us in this His infant child, andembrace His love more and more. It is the touch anddaily experience of His love that is the greatest gift wecan ever receive. May God be born in us again thisChristmas time, so that His love will grow.

- Rodney O Dunlop

Advent Season to be observed .Anglicans throughout the Northland region will de-scend on Maungaturoto on the evening of Sunday,November 30 th to celebrate Advent. Advent Sundaybegins the traditional season of Advent, five weeksbefore Christmas, and marks a period of preparationas the Festival of Christs birth draws near. Christians

look forward in Advent to the coming of Jesus as ababy in Bethlehem, as the Saviour at Calvary, as theRisen Lord at Easter and as the Reigning King in thefuture.Each year Advent Sunday has been observed by aspecial gathering somewhere in Northland, but thisyear it is the turn of the church at Maungaturoto tohost the event. The service begins at 5pm and willhighlight some of the ancient tradition associated withAdvent, together with Advent Carols. Afterwards aspecial supper will be served for everyone attending .

For a number of years families have enjoyed a fewdays camping at Batley, possibly unaware that a por-tion of the area between the foreshore and road ispart public reserve, and part privately owned. Thepublic and road reserves at Batley are not designatedcamp sites and Council has existing bylaws to dealwith offenders.Last Christmas the number of campers in the bay in-creased to the extent that some families had estab-lished camp sites within a few inches of the road.Batley is limited in terms of parking or camping spaceand the increased demand for camp sites on the re-serve area severely restricted parking and access onpublic reserves for anyone hoping to enjoy a day atthe beach.Council met to discuss the concerns with access,health, safety and security at Batley and decided inthe interests of public safety and welfare to suspend

camping indefinitely.No Camping Signs will be erected at Batley prior toChristmas 2008 and monitored over the holiday pe-riod to ensure everyone complies with them.Persons found camping on reserves will be orderedoff; repeat offenders may be fined or prosecuted un-der section 215(5)(b) of the Kaipara General Bylaw2008.If you require further information please contactCouncils customer services centre on 09 439 7059.Kaipara District Council

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Christian Comment

Kaipara District CouncilNo Camping on Public Reservesat Batley


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Paparoa A & P ShowSaturday, 7 February 2009

The 133rd

Annual North Kaipara Agriculture AssociationShow, locally known as the Paparoa A & P Show will beheld on Saturday, 7 th February 2009.We encourage you to support this great community eventby entering the many categories available in this yearsshow schedule. This is now available either at SkeltonsDrapery Paparoa, Noel Radd Motors Maungaturoto or in anew environmentally sensitive move, online atwww.paparoanz.com Please consider the environment and print only the pagesyou need.

Two new events on this years calendar are the Talent

Quest and Taste Kaipara. Anyone interested in either ofthese events, please call Bob on 09 431 6919 or 0274 952357 or email [email protected] for further in-formation.

Admission is still only $7/adult and $3/child or you canshow your support by becoming a member for $35/familyor $15 per adult.

Gates open at 9am to the public for simultaneous eventsaround the showground featuring the Biggest and Best Display of Indoor Exhibits inNorthland Horse and Pony events, Miniature Horses, RodeoThrills Sheep Shearing Competition, Dog Agility Display, Vintage Vehicles, Trade Sites, Bullock Team Rides,Wood Chopping and everyones favourite, the Side Shows.

Theres even a show wind down with a Hoe Down in thesports clubrooms until 8pm.

So get your friends and family together, make a day of it,bring a picnic or get one there. Everyone loves a greatcommunity event, but a successful day takes participation

from the community. Get involved and keep our traditionsalive. See you there Bob ClydePresident

Hello there, here we are in December and its all bells andChristmas cheer already. We are looking forward to theMaungaturoto Christmas parade and will have some funwith our volunteer driversdont know what we will do yetbut we will be there.Thank you one and all for being there with us. Its beenquite a challenge and a few said we wouldnt last .but welasted and we are going into the New Year with bigger andbrighter challenges. So watch our programs for 2009.

Just to update our latest programsWater AerobicsThis group meets on Wednesdays outside the LinkingHands office. We leave at 9am to arrive at the pool for9.30am to 10.30am aerobics. The class can take 14 peopleand, as we have around 11, there are spaces. Its free andis sponsored by a funder, however we ask for a donation ifpossible. The only criteria is that you must have health-related needs such as joint pain, arthritis, be overweight, orneed physical activity you cannot otherwise achieve.Please give us a call and join in the group.

FAB Outing (Family Activity Boost)This is where a family gets nominated by you in the com-munity - a neighbour, friend or someone else you believedeserves something special. We contact the family andoffer them a day out. We have a variety of outings to suitfamilies with children of various ages. Although we cater fora range of groups we are still looking for new activities. Weinclude a wonderful picnic hamper with everything including

the kitchen sink.or nearly - and the shuttle and driver areat your disposal for the day.So come on, nominate someone special for this wonderfuloutingph 09 4318 969.

Internet Caf (This does not serve coffee)We now have a computer for community use with broad-band and a printer. Its available during our office hours,which could be extended by request. Weve heard thatsome people think Maungaturoto has another caf, but thisis not the case. We accept a gold coin donation and hopeit will help those of you without access to a computer.

We will not close down over Christmas.Linking Hands office will be closed, but we will man thephones and take bookings for hospital and health-relatedappointments during the Christmas break.Please phone us with your appointment details. Our volun-teer drivers will be on standby so we need details as earlyas possible to help us make the system work smoothly.

We wish you all a very merry Christmas and all the bestfor the New Year. Please drive safely and keep well. Welook forward to being here for you in 2009.The office will close on 22 nd December and reopen 5 th Jan.Please phone your booking to our answer service which we

will check daily,09 4318 969.

My regards,Maureen Davis.

Linking Hands Inc.133rd Annual Paparoa A & P Show on againin February 2009


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The team at Homebuilders wishes you all a very Happy

and Safe Christmas with tons of family fun over the sum-mer holidays.

Over the past year I have not said much about our FamilySupport Team. I would like to introduce you to: RosePlunket and Rosemary Jones who work primarily inPaparoa, Elizabeth Ludlam in Maungaturoto, and SiouxPlowman who works from Managawhai.

These ladies have considerable experience in their fieldand can help families find answers to their dilemmas asthey bring their wisdom and training into difficult situations.

The Family Support Team and our PACE worker GailBlythen thank those of you who have allowed them to be apart of their journey over the past year. It is our privilege tobe invited into your homes when you are challenged withsome of lifes difficult circumstances.

I have been approached by Barbara of the GrandparentsRaising Grandchildren Trust. She suggested we mightlike to start a support group here and has asked me to findout if there are Grandparents in this area who would enjoygetting together on a regular basis. If you are interested inbeing part of a group like this next year please give me aring on 431 9080 .

Our Golden Oldies Christmas Lunch is on 10 th Decem-ber at the Community Hall Supper Room at 10.30am.This is usually a very special time and we would like toinvite any in the area who would like to join us to ringElaine on 431 8317 so we get an idea of numbers forcatering. We are happy to provide transport - just letElaine know if you need a lift. Look forward to seeingyou there.

Blessings from us all at Homebuilders and best wishes fora great Christmas and a fabulous New Year.

The administration of the trust is in the hands of a dedi-cated band of trustees who meet monthly to ensure theneeds of the ageing community are adequately catered for.Every year a public meeting is held (see advert) giving anopportunity for the community to meet trustees, hear pro-

gress reports and peruse annual accounts. The trusteeswelcome feedback and suggestions for improvements.

This year we have as guest speakers Paea Pake and AnnWilson, support workers from the Alzheimers Society, whowill enlighten us on the care needs of those affected andthe community support available.

The Rest Home continues to provide a very high level ofloving care to our senior residents who have outlived theirability to look after themselves. As the Rest Home is attimes full to over flowing, over the last two years we havebeen planning expansion. Planning is near completion; the

concept plan will be on view .The own-your-own units change hands from time to time.

Recently three came on the market, two of which are spo-ken for. If anyone is contemplating living in the village theyshould inform Debbie, Manager at the Rest Home. A nameon the list ensures you are notified of vacancies. This alsoapplies to rental units.

The Maungaturoto Community Charitable Trust owns andoperates the following:

Medical Centre (currently leased to Coast to CoastHealthcare, etc)

16-bed Rest Home13 Retirement Units (rentals)Eight Own-Your-Own Retirement UnitsCommunity Money Exchange

.Please mark 4 th Dec on your calendar. We would liketo you to attend our public meeting at St John Hall at7.30pm

D McKay (Chairman, Trustees)

HOMEBUILDERSMAUNGATUROTO/PAPAROA

The Team Wishes you allMerry Christmas

Community Trust News


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Never Mind Mother GooseThis years pantomime has been a great success for allconcerned. The cast of mainly children rose to their taskwith courage and finesse that would have seemed to havebeen beyond them. But as real troupers of the boards

opening night was a remarkable event with colour and ac-tion that can only happen in a pantomime. And the adultmembers of the cast performed very well too!Congratulations to Helen Morton-Jones for her directionand those most important people who man the sets andprops who are known as stage crew.If you think or possibly know someone who would like towrite next years pantomime, contact a committee memberfor more information.

Unfortunately the occasion was marred by some little cre-tin who thought he could win the raffle by stealing the prizebefore it was drawn on the final night. In your neighbour-hood there is someone who has no scruples about takingfrom children, the theatre and the community in general. Ifyou, the person responsible for this act, are reading thisnewsletter, we have nothing but abhorrence for you. Thelocal police have been most responsive to our concerns.Thanks Trevor.

Fawlty TowersYes, we believe Basil and crew are coming to your theatre.

This was the man to whom even the simplest problem was

a major crisis, and saw guests as being in the way of thesmooth running of the hotel.

Auditions are being held at the theatre on Sunday, De-cember 7 th. Contact Dennise Brownlie or a committeemember for further details. Cast must be available for allrehearsals and the show is planned for March 2009 withup to nine shows over three weeks.

This could be your opportunity to move out of your com-fort zone for an enjoyable romp on stage. See you at theauditions!

Theatre Development Work has just about been completed on the workshopextension to the theatre. This has been a marvellousachievement by all concerned. It is an asset that will en-able the theatre to produce shows with even more exper-tise and proficiency than before.Landscaping is our next project, with designs for a grandentrance and the comfort of the most important of people,

our guests and audience.The working bees will continue on Saturday morningsfrom 9.00 am for about three hours. See you all then.

Merry Christmas to everyone fMerry Christmas to everyone fMerry Christmas to everyone fMerry Christmas to everyone f your Theatre your Theatre your Theatre your Theatre

Otamatea Repertory Theatre


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BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER

HEART & SOUL by MAEVE BINCHYOnce again Maeve Binchy entertains us with a novel full ofher wonderful characters (some you will remember from aprevious novel e.g. Quentins) and her own blend of Irishhumour. This story is centered around a new outpatientheart clinic in Dublin run by dedicated people determined tomake the clinic succeed. A delightful and happy story.

NEW YOUNG PERSONS BOOKS Five novels and short story books by John McLean with asurfing theme and set in many different parts of the world.

CHECK OUT books sourced from Dargaville Library inthe latest Dargaville changeover of non-fiction and fic-tion books. This changeover occurs approximatelyevery 3 months and hopefully you will find somethingto please.

GOOD NEWS : OUR GRANT application to the PaparoaDepot Trust was successful and we have been granted$500 to purchase large print books.

FRUIT BREAD

(Makes delicious toast for breakfast or supper, greatfor school lunchboxes and costs about 1/3 the price ofpurchased bread)

1 cup plus 2tbsp half water/milk (lukewarm)1 large egg3 tbsp margarine1/4 cup sugar1 tsp salt3 cups high grade flour

1 tsp mixed spice and vanilla essence2 tsp cinnamon2tsp Surebake yeast1 cup dried fruit (sultanas, raisin, currants)1/4 cup chopped apricots and/or walnuts - opt

Put wet ingredients in breadmaker followed by driedingredients (except fruit/nuts). Set to sweet option.Add fruit/nuts when machine beeps.This bread will keep fresh for several days.

CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE

250g butter/margarine1 cup sugar1/2 tsp vanilla, almond and lemon essence1 tsp cinnamon, ground ginger, mixed spice1/4 tsp nutmeg6 eggs1.75 kg mixed fruit of your choice1 cup drained crushed tinned pineapple350 g high grade flour (or rice flour for gluten free)1/4 cup brandy

Cream butter and sugar, add essences, spices, addeggs (one at a time), beat well.Mix fruit and pineapple together, mix in a little flourto coat the fruit, then add fruit and flour to other in-gred.Bake 150 C for 2 hours, then 120 C 1 1/2-2 hours,pour brandy over cake as soon as removed from theoven. Cool.(Make sure the cake tin is well lined with many layersof baking paper. Also, sit cake on plenty of layers ofplain brown paper - this will stop the outside of thecake drying out during the long cooking time.)

Susan McRae

PAPAROA FARMER'S MARKET- the friendly market !

Paparoa Village Green,Saturdays 9am-12midday, fortnightly:

DECEMBER 6 AND 20, JANUARY 3, 17 AND 31.

Fresh from the garden/nursery, kitchen and sea is a won-derful range of foods and plants.Rowens Icecream is back for the summer, selling their all-natural ice-creams.Plus, the Paparoa Shops and restaurants are open....

Make a trip to visit: ALWAYS FRESH, ALWAYS FUN !!

P.S. Have you visited the website for our market on kai-paralive.googlepages.com?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY BAKINGFOR THE MARKET ?

The Paparoa Hall kitchen is licensed for use in food prepa-ration.Contact Robyn Skelton, 431 7306 or Loraine at the market.

- Loraine Rowlands

MAUNGATUROTO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Christmas Recipes


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On 19 November, Garden Club members traveled tothree contrasting gardens all interesting in theirown way.

The first was beautifully laid out with immaculatelawns and colour co-ordinated gardens. The gar-dens led to the top of the hill and the house whichhad a magnificent view of the sea.

The second garden had many paths under a tallcanopy of mature trees, natives and exotics. Alongthe edge of the drive there were areas of differentcoloured day lilies and many varieties of floweringshrubs. The paths to the house led to a large areaplanted with mature trees a tree lovers delight.

The third garden was a cottage garden which in-

cluded an orchard and vegetable garden with a beehive. Featured were paw-paws, bananas, plums,pears, mulberries and pineapples. To finish we weretreated with tea and home baking. A great end to theday.

On 10 December at 11.30 a.m. members are tomeet at Pam and Ron McCallums home for a Christ-mas pot luck lunch and, no doubt, also a meanderaround their beautiful garden.

.Summer is in full swing so pay attention to wa-tering, weeding, feeding and spraying.

Sow successive summer vegetables for a plen-tiful supply to last over summer. Potatoes willrequire mounding up to protect those newplants.

Further applications of fertilizer will help in-crease the size of the fruit on trees.

Maintain spraying of roses and fertilize and wa-ter. Cultivate and weed around flower plants.

Strawberries will need netting to protect frombirds.

(Garden hints from Maungaturoto Garden Club )

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Kia ora, Hi everybody,

Our term has continued on its happy and busy way. Wecontinue to have batmen flying about outside - they even

put on a show on the stage by the sandpit to a very appre-ciative audience. Our pet day was remarkable mainly forits absence of pets, but we made beautiful sand saucerswith flowers from home and our playcentre garden. Duringthe next session, our sandpit received a digging overthanks to our CSW, Jacqui and Kerrie, as it had become abit compacted from its winter water-logging. Thanks guys,it looks a lot healthier. Plans are also underway to replaceits walls and upgrade it, hopefully over the summer.

We enjoyed visiting the school pet day looking at all thebeautiful animals. Equally appreciated were the schoolsandpit and playground!

One session saw our strawberry patch being weeded.Compost was added, and carrots, beans and corn wereplanted. Since then we have watched them come up. Wehave some dedicated garden waterers who are doing abrilliant job of keeping the garden watered every session.Our strawberry plant inspectors, who are learning to tell ayucky green strawberry from a yummy red one. are alsovery dedicated. They are managing to leave some straw-berries to ripen.

Our art calendar pictures are beautiful butterflies, fish, cat-erpillars created with dye dabbed on water. Really good

effort from all those involved. Other activities we've enjoyed were a very slippery watery zoom slide on a warmmorning, threading fruit onto a (blunt) skewer to make fruitkebabs at morning tea (these activities went down well)and an athletics day on the school field.

Centre maintenance has seen our shade tree removed. Itsroots were starting to lift concrete, and its leaves and twigswere good at blocking drains and being a nuisance. Someof us are sad, and some glad to see it go. Thanks to Steveand Frances who did a tidy job of removing it, even sweep-ing the entire concrete area clean. We appreciate the time,effort and skill that went into its removal. Hopefully we can

come up with another way of shading the area over sum-mer.

Also replaced has been our carpentry trolley - thank youRussell. The new cupboard should be an inspiration to ourbudding woodworkers. And the broken bed has been re-paired - thanks B.J.

Our sessions run 9.30am - noon, Wednesday and Fridayfor 0 - 6 year olds. We offer three free visits - come alongand see if Playcentre is for you, we'd love to see you.

Phone Maungaturoto Playcentre on 4318 517 or contact

Helen at 4318 221.

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