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A new Auckland Council by-law expected to come into ef-fect from the start of July has thrown community groups into a spin, with council now proposing to charge for hold-ing community events in local parks. If enacted, community events such as the Sand to Mud Fun Run, Steel and Wheels, Christmas Parades, or even community childrens gather-ings in a park could face charg-es ranging from $90 to over $300 per event, with charges ranging to over $1000 for pri-vate or commercial events.

Council says the fees cover regulatory costs as well as fa-cilitation support for events,

and says that while it is now proposed to include com-munity events in the charges, their fees will be at a lower rate to recognise the public good these events generate.

The new bylaw will also mean anyone intending to hold an event in a public place will be required to obtain an event permit, raising the pros-pect that the permit cost will only be a small part of the eventual bill once other fees and requirements to obtain the permit have been found.

Franklin Councillor Bill Cashmore is laying the blame for the charging regime with OSH regulations which he says

puts responsibility on council for many events run by volun-teers.

We need to have a good hard look at this new legisla-tion. We also must ensure that compliance is simplified, min-imised in costs, if any at all, and that multiyear consents can be issued, he says, add-ing that he believes the vast majority of Councillors would support a zero fee structure for local volunteer events.

He also says Councillors have been speaking with staff to discuss a community per-ception that council is making the life of volunteer groups a misery with excessive compli-

ance requirements and costs.These issues are always

more complex than they ap-pear but that is not an ac-ceptable excuse for excessive compliance regulation, Bill Cashmore says.

Increasingly the two rural wards of Rodney and Franklin are hosting a diverse range of events that help make Auck-land a great place. That needs to be grown and enhanced.

Council says the permit pro-cess helps mitigate potential adverse effects of the event on the surrounding area includ-ing noise, traffic and waste and ensure public access and safe-ty is managed.

A man was arrested in Buckland on Friday after police were called to a firearms inci-dent in Waiukus Campbell Street. Police say the incident stemmed from an ongoing feud between two parties known to each other. Three suspects were named and one per-son was on Friday in custody after multiple Police units and Eagle helicopter conducted area enquiries. No shots were fired in the in-cident.

Police say there was no threat to the gen-eral public following the events, and no police pursuit, with a vehicle involved be-ing located in area enquiries and a man located in George Street, Buckland. He was remanded in custody, charged with injuring with intent to injure, unlawful possession of a firearm and threatening behaviour.

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Community groups aghast at new council charges

Cullen and Eden Chaytor of Botany were among large crowds who flowed into the Waiuku War Memorial Town Hall over Anniversary Weekend to see a display of model trains and layouts. Cullen and Eden made the trip with grandfather Stephen Chater and friend Ann Pitkethley, who visited the area specifically to see the model railway display.

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A feasibility study, commissioned by Roam Holdings, is

currently in progress for a possible ferry service to start on

the Manukau Harbour. The service will utilise the harbour

to provide transport between various points and to offer an

alternative service to the Airport Oaks, Auckland Airport,

Onehunga, Mangere, Te Toro, Awhitu, Waiuku, Pukekohe,

Karaka, and Clarks Beach.

The study is a first step towards ensuring that an effec-

tive and sustainable service can be implemented. Depend-

ing on the response from the community and more research

into the possibilities will determine the next steps. The goal

would be to implement an operating service within the next

12 to 18 months. Mark Nicholls, Director of Roam Hol

dings, and also a resi-

dent of Pukekohe says: One of the answers to Aucklands

traffic issues is to utilise the water that surrounds us. The

piece of water between these areas could serve as a fantastic

alternative to sitting in the traffic on the southern motorway.

I know there has been a lot of talk about a possible ser-

vice, but lets see if people would actually use it. If we can

get feedback from the communities around the Manukau

Harbour, it will go a long way to helping the service take to

the water. Providing a service that connects these areas will

mean many people that work in these areas will be able to

have a more relaxed trip to and from work in the mornings

and evenings. Providing services once you arrive at these

destinations to connect to train and bus services will further

strengthen an offering to us as residents.

Large investment will be required and at this early stage

the study will benefit from feedback provided by local resi-

dents and potential operators. An online survey has been

set up for community feedback. People can go to www.sur-

veymonkey.com/s/ferryservice to complete the two to three-

minute survey.

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Raewyn McQuinn were part of a work-

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hurangatira Road, Waiuku, in readi-

ness for the 70th annual poukai on the

weekend of December 12-14.

The poukai will see the arrival of

Maori King Tuheitia to meet members

of the Marae on the Sunday, and at 6pm

on the Friday will feature a screening of

a historic film which has strong links to

the local area.

Mana Waka is a feature-length docu-

mentary, directed by Merata Mita in

1990. It was made from footage shot by

RGH Manley between 1937 and 1940.

Princess Te Puea Herangi commis-

sioned the building of three large Waka

taua for the 1940 centenary of the sign-

ing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Black and

white footage follows the long, slow,

and unfolding of the construction of

the Waka. The Saturday evening fea-

tures Music on the Marae from 6pm,

when the community is invited to bring

a rug and relax at this open air concert

on the Marae lawns listening to two of

Waikatos famous voices of soul and

country music; Leon Wharekura and

Dennis Marsh. Sunday is the 70th Poukai celebra-

tion, opening with a Karakia at 7am

before the official programme com-

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and pulled the batteries from an alarm system. They also

broke their way in through locked window catches. She

says the homes were targeted on Monday, November 17,

between 8.30am and noon, and believes the burglars were

disturbed, as they left some jewellery scattered behind.

She says there have been reports that people were in the

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water ta

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on

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supply on

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an 12 ho

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during bo

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or stand

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years, W

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has inves

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han $120

million

in improv

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and wast

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klin area

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of this pr

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the bore i

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as treat-

ment pla

nts at P

atumahoe

, Clarks

Beach, G

lenbrook

Beach a

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grading r

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Aa grade

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treatmen

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pipes are

causing

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are untru

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are curren

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tigating t

he amou

nt of un

accounte

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water bei

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from the

Waiuku n

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nlikely (t

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these loss

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caused by

leaks.

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The ongoing saga of the Wai-uku pavers, as well as the con-cerns raised by the community over the state of the road verges, public parks and general main-tenance of the Franklin district appears to essentially be a cost issue. Things that we would have expected to be done under the Franklin District Council are now weighed against Auckland budgets, and against our share of those budgets.

And those budgets are be-ing constrained because of the massive investment in rail be-ing driven by Mayor Len Brown.

Councillor Cameron Brewer says the City Rail Link is set to put the councils transport budget under enormous pres-sure, with many important re-gional and local projects now being unacceptably delayed.

Weve been told to expect a dramatic reduction in the future quality and maintenance of our roads and footpaths, he says.

North Shores George Wood told me that no-one wants to talk about this disaster in the making. People in your area will see that roads are not get-

ting the required maintenance and rehabilitation. It seems that more and more funding is being channelled into the Auckland City Centre, he added.

Our story this week about community groups likely to face charges for using parks is just one tiny aspect of a council which has become increasingly all about revenue gathering and ratepayers are being fed the line that council is becoming more efficient and these economies in maintenance are for the good of the ratepayer purse.

Waiukus ratepayers, particu-larly its business ratepayers, de-serve to have the streets cleaned properly. Street cleaning was one of the reasons behind the pro-posed new charges for outdoor dining around Franklin.

Suggestions that the pavers can not be cleaned are a red her-ring, as they HAVE been cleaned, and the result was excellent. If the pavers are, in fact, defective, then the manufacturer should replace them. If the sealing was not applied properly then the contractor should pay for it.

But blaming the pavers is an easy way for council to get out of admitting it wants the money it would take to clean them for other things.

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How about instead of complaining to a newspaper about your neighbours dogs you go and address it with them face to face firstly. Now you just sound like a grumpy old whinger. I own two dogs and Id like to think if my neighbours had a problem they would let me know. Ad-dress the situation early so the dogs can be trained. And I do believe a dog has the right to bark at people walking past, protecting his owners property.

L.H, Waiuku

The Ministry for Primary Industries says shellfish gath-ering has been an area of concern for compliance over the holidays. In the Auckland region compliance has been in line with past years, with cockles being the notable exception. Many of the 38 offences relate to people taking more than their daily limit of 50 cockles per person (for the Auckland/Coromandel area). Several of these will lead to prosecutions. In the Waikato/Bay of Plenty area there were six warnings, 10 infringement notices, and eight prosecutions likely. The majority of offences related to people taking too many, or undersized shellfish, with paua being the most common species. All of the likely prosecutions relate to shellfish.

I read with interest your article re the efforts to try and get the markets up and running again.

With all the red tape rubbish from Council it makes me wonder why would one try.

The rules are so unfair,why dont the market holders each get a Hawkers license for $50 or whatever and just go for it. It seems ok that individuals can do this, pull up on the roadside, sell their product and that is acceptable.

Where is the justice?Ex Trader, Waiuku

Talk to neighbours, dont moan

Red tape rubbish unfair

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Paver debacle continues in WaiukuThe ongoing saga of the pavers installed in Wai-

ukus main street took another turn last week with an Auckland Transport spokesperson stating that the pavers are not fit for purpose and Franklin Local Board chair Andy Baker raising the prospect that a longer-term solution could see the pavers re-placed with a type of paver which fits the standard cleaning regime budgeted for Waiuku.

Andy Baker met with AT engineering staff and maintenance contractors last week, after inspect-ing the state of the pavers with Waiuku Town Centre manager Sharlene Druyven, and says while there are multiple theories as to why the pavers discol-our so quickly and are so difficult to clean, the main thing at this stage is to get the street looking clean and then ensure these problems dont continue into the future.

The issue is one which started almost as soon as the pavers were installed after a multi-million dollar facelift for the business area of Waiuku.

There have been suggestions the pavers were nev-er sealed properly in the first place, but Auckland Transport says the pavers were sealed after a steam clean last year, a process which made a massive dif-ference and brought the pavers back to a very high standard.

Sharlene Druyven says she has been continually frustrated by trying to seek answers from council as to exactly when the pavers are actually being cleaned, and what methods are being used to clean them.

Last week the Post asked these same questions of council and received no reply.

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The Waiuku Theatre Group has a dou-ble celebration on March 14, as they have discovered that the wedding date of their actress, choreographer and singing in-structor Jaime Hopkinson is the same date of the Auckland Community Theatre Awards, for which they have received a raft of nominations.

President Glenda Hagenson says many of the group are going to the wedding, so they are trying to work out who will attend each event, with the group thrilled with their success in the awards nominations. The group has played to virtual capacity crowds in recent years, and local plaudits have been echoed by the Awards, with nominations in a variety of categories.

For their prduction of Educating Rita the group had Lynn Dawbin nominated for Best Director, while Glenda Hagenson was nominated in three areas: Best Actor, Best Props Design and Best Set Design.

The groups production of Wife After Death saw Jo Scobie nominated for Best Director, the cast was nominated for Best Ensemble, and Andrew King is up for awards for Best Male Actor, and Best Lighting. Glenda received further nominations, for Best Props Design and Best Set Design.

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A Waiuku senior citizen says she wants other people to be aware of thieves obtain-ing PIN numbers after she had $2000 taken from her account after a shopping trip. The woman says she had been shopping at Wai-ukus New World supermarket, and had paid for her groceries with her credit card before driving home. Her eftpos transactions show she paid for her groceries at 13 minutes to 1, and when she got home she left her handbag in her car while she unloaded her groceries. Later that evening she realised her Visa card was missing, and subsequently found out

that someone had used her card to withdraw $2000 from the BNZ ATM in Waiukus main street, that transaction happening at 7 min-utes after 1pm. Further transactions with the stolen card were attempted but were unsuc-cessful.

I can only think these people followed me home, she says, adding she thinks some-one may have watched her enter her PIN number and then stolen the card. Police are making enquiries regarding the incident and security camera footage at the supermarket has been viewed.

International, are used throughout New Zealand, but have a recommended cleaning process which is supposed to be followed. Instead, it has been sug-gested that Auckland Transport contractors are sim-ply sweeping the footpaths, instead of washing them with the appropriate cleaning products, which is leav-ing stains and discolouration behind. The Post spoke with Horizon International last week and emailed im-ages of the stained footpaths. We were told we would receive a statement but had not received a comment from them by deadline.

Andy Baker says if a specialised cleaning regime is required that will mean an additional cost to ratepay-ers, which means in the longer term it is up to council to decide whether to continue this extra cost or re-place them.

Left: Franklin Local Boards Andy Baker and Wai-uku Town Centre Manager Sharlene Druyven inspect the filthy state of the main street pavers.

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Double celebration for theatre groupting ten nominations, we work really hard on our shows, trying to get the balance between re-alism and budget! We were particularly proud of our Educating Rita set, where we extended the set height to give it a more authentic Eng-lish University feel, and the coffin on the set of Wife After Death certainly got the audiences at-tention! Glenda added, Jo definitely deserves the nomination, she is a very experienced and talented director and we are lucky to have her on the team.

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All ok after crashThe pilots of two gliders which made forced

landings in paddocks near Mangatawhiri were uninjured, after emergency services were mo-bilised. Initially, police say they received reports of a light aircraft crash in the area, but then later said they located two gliders which made a forced landing in farmland just before 4pm on Thursday. Late last week it was still unclear what the reason was for the landing. Police said the gliders were operating from the Drury Gliding Club.


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A passion for helping the community, the support of the Franklin Baptist Church in Pukekohe, and great sponsorship from lo-cal businesses has seen the Pukekohe Toy Library revitalised and relaunched.

The Toy Library will officially open its doors to members next Wednesday and Thursday for registration, and has come into fruition after a labour of love by Pukekohes Lynley Clark.

Lynley has a long association with the Toy Library concept, having started one in Whangarei many years ago, which still runs to this day. After she moved to Pukekohe she saw the efforts of the group running the Toy Library in Pukekohe at the Baptist Church on Victoria Street West, and says it was a monumental effort for those involved as they didnt have sufficient storage space to operate it easily.

When renovations were planned a cou-ple of years ago at the church, the Toy Li-brary closed during the work, and never re-opened. That was two years ago, and over the past few months Lynley and her family,

along with volunteers, have been hard at work preparing a room offered for use by the church, and working through the huge task of labelling literally thousands of items of childrens toys.

The building, behind the church, has been repainted and refitted, with areas rebuilt through support from local building materi-al companies and other businesses, and now it just needs members. There is an annual charge for membership, with payment op-tions available, and then local families have the opportunity to borrow toys for a couple of weeks, keeping their children entertained with different toys each time.

Registration session times next week are on Wednesday February 4 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and Thursday February 5 from 10am to 12 noon.

For further information see the groups website: www.franklintoylibrary.org.nz.

Above: Lynley Clark has put hundreds of hours into preparing the Franklin Toy Li-brary ready for its first registration days next week.

When Dulcie Frances Smith QSM (nee Barriball) passed away at Pukekohe Hospital late last year, the district lost someone who gave an enormous amount to her local community.

Dulcie was born in the Nursing Home in Waiuku on February 12, 1924, the fifth child of Raymond and Florence Barriball, and grew up on the family dairy farm in Hull Road. Educated at Waiuku Primary School, she enjoyed sports, playing ten-nis and basketball, and left school at 14 to help on the family farm.

She also helped out at many local businesses and travelled three days a week to pack vegetables in Puke-kohe, travelling by truck.

During World War Two she made camouflage nets for army trucks as well as uni-form hats, and was part of the Cycle Corps of Womens War Service Auxillary. She met Allan Smith and courted for four years before mar-rying after Dulcie turned 21, the wedding held two months after her birthday in 1945.

Allan and Dulcies mar-ried life started on the farm at Otaua, and it was there that Dulcies love for gar-dening developed. Although she went only to two night classes for floral art, she be-came known throughout the region for her floral ar-rangements and many are the Franklin people who had wedding bouquets, button-

For the next seven weeks, Aucklanders can give their feedback on the big issues in the councils 10-year budg-et - transport, investing in Auckland, rates, housing and what is proposed for local communities.

Mayor Len Brown says: Were on the verge of getting the Auckland we want. Today we are kicking off the big-gest conversation with Auck-landers on how they want to shape the future of their city.

This year we start digging below the city centre to build the City Rail Link were go-ing to be ready for when the Government starts to fund its share.

Youll see more board-walks, cycleways, electric trains to the west and south, community facilities across the region, the iconic St James brought back to life.

The mayor says he wants to see major improvements, particularly in transport and housing, but at the same time he knows there is no appetite for large increases in rates or debt levels.

Aucklanders can go to the shapeauckland.co.nz web-site, attend Have Your Say events taking place across Auckland, check their mail-boxes for feedback forms, or get on Facebook and Twitter.

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holes and shoulder sprays made by Dulcie.

Her baking was also well known, with local businesses often receiving baking for morning tea. While living in Otaua she was on the Otaua Plunket Committee, as well as the Womens Institute, and in 1973 the family moved to the township of Waiuku.

In the Victoria Street prop-erty, Dulcie again indulged her love for the garden, and continued her community work, particularly with the Womens Division of the Fed-erated Farmers. For 32 years she helped at the Franklin

Memorial Hospital and was a member and past president of the Auxillary Committee for the hospital, as well as being a member of the Wai-uku Garden Group. Her love for roses was well known and she was a past president and life member of the Franklin Rose Society.

Her community efforts ex-tended to helping with Meals on Wheels and also with the St Andrews Centre, where she helped out in the Op Shop for many years. A life member of the Waiuku Golf Club, she would also help her townsfolk in less formal ways, often by just taking people out for a drive or to appointments.

In 1995 Allan passed away, and her family say although this was a huge shock to the family and Dulcie, in many ways it was her commu-nity work which helped her through this sad time.

In 1998 she was awarded a Queens Service Medal for her contribution to her re-gion, something which she was initially a little uncom-fortable with, but which was a recognition of the many ways in which she touched the Waiuku region.

In January 2013, failing health meant she moved into the Waiuku Hospital and Rest Home, and the fam-ily say they are very appre-ciative of the wonderful care she received there and from Doctor Brown.

Dulcie passed away in her 91st year.

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Former Pukekohe phar-macist Ross Pulman has released his autobiography which not only details his life in the region, but also highlights the great outdoors of New Zealand, something which has always been a passion of his.

The book, Go Forth and Use Those Legs, is dedicated to his mother, who encour-aged him to write down his experiences with youth in the region and with local community groups, includ-ing many young exchange students who travelled to New Zealand to experience the Pulman familys hospi-tality and see the beauty of New Zealands rural land-scapes.

The wide-ranging, 180-plus pages of the book, cov-ers his first 24 years of life di-vided into two sections of 12 years, and then a summary of his time in Pukekohe in the 1960s and 70s.

There are chapters on the development of a Youth Centre in Pukekohe, and his time with the Pukekohe Ro-tary Club, where he spent 30 years supporting community events and the club itself, as well as the Pukekohe Youth Council, which he formed in 1979.

There are also sections on a trip to the United Kingdom in 2002, and Ross experi-ences taking groups of young people on eeling expeditions in the Waikaretu Valley.

The remainder of the book, which is lavishly illus-

trated with photographs of many local people, cov-ers travel throughout the country and overseas, and serves not only as an au-tobiography, but also as a massive advertisement for the outdoor opportunities afforded by New Zealand.

As Ross says in the book; I want to encourage you all to feel, touch, smell, taste the goodness of our land before travelling overseas so that you have a comparison. I am sure that you will acknowledge that we, living in New Zealand, have the best of all the world, in scenery and to me, our living con-ditions, although some might debate with me the latter.

Go forth and use those legs.

If you would like a copy, contact Ross on 09 238 9692.

Pulman autobiographyThere is an interesting verse to open this sub-ject with, and it is found in 3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. When one looks at this subject/concept even more verses come to the fore, like 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods. Also 1 Corinthians 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are. Here is an even broader view found in 1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Let me quote an author here. The fourth round in the ladder of Christian experience is the gospel of health. The key text for this section is 2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these prom-ises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfect-ing holiness in the fear of God. There is an inti-mate relation between the physical and spiritual life. This scripture sets forth that thought. It is the same thought is already quoted above in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Here is another verse to consider, Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are. (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).In 2 Peter 1:5-6, temperance precedes patience.

God has given all things that pertain to godli-ness and the divine nature, 2 Peter 1:3-4 Ac-cording as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

According to these scriptures the Gospel must contain principles to cleanse the physical body of its defilement and facilitate the development of patience and other Christian virtues, and God will punish him who rejects and ignores these principles. Because the fall of man occurred through the indulgence of appetite, his restora-tion cannot be accomplished without the con-quest of appetite. Further on he writes; It is only by the exercise of the will that man can decide to submit himself to God, and a man cannot give his will to Christ while doing something which Christ forbids, which is against Christs will, and

which dominates mans will contrary to the will of Christ. The man who does not give his will to Christ is not Christs (Philippians 2:13). Both to will and to do of his good pleasure describes the Christian. Quoted from Julius Gilbert White.

Back to 1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether there-fore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. What are you and I eating drinking or doing unhealthfully? In our eating and drinking, is it too much, is it actually a product that a true Christian should not even be even eating or drinking, is it damaging the hu-man body or building it up to greater health and strength to the Glory of God? Apart from food, are you getting plenty of sunshine, fresh air, exercise for mind and body, water on the outside to wash it clean, drinking plenty of water to keep the inside functioning and clean?Divine truth can make little impression upon the intellect while the customs and habits are opposed to its principles. Those who are willing to inform themselves concerning the effect of sinful indulgence upon the health, and who commence the work of reform, even if it be from selfish motives, in so doing place themselves where the truth of God may find access to their hearts. {4T 553} If we could realize that the habits we form in this life will affect our eternal interests, that our eternal destiny depends upon strictly temperate habits, we would work to the point of strict temperance in eating and drink-ing. By our example and personal effort we may be the means of saving many souls from the degradation of intemperance, crime, and death. {CH 126} I was reading a book and this phrase kept appearing, dig their graves with their teeth, so we can actually be killing ourselves by what and how much we are eating. Remember Thou shalt not kill.

Lets go back to the start and sum up; 3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Both Paul and John felt it critical to advise all the believers that Health and God are inseparable, build one and you build the other, destroy one and you destroy the other. How many unbelievers do you know that are in very bad health? The Disciple John asks you if you are in health and prospering.Seeing such a strong link between our Health and our true spirituality, are we correctly repre-senting God, witnessing for him or represent-ing the other chap downstairs. Therefore, is it not past time for us to change a few habits, change what goes on our plates, to drink more water and leave the other stuff well alone; all to the glory of God, let us fully commit to being healthy Christians?

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An Autobiography of Ross Pulman.

A description of the life and activities, and his accom-plishments, and special interest to the young people and others of the tramps and trips throughout New Zealand. Live over your trips again.

If you would like a copy, contact Ross: 09 238 9692


This weeks Wow Award goes to a local business who helped out in a tough situation recently. Our reader writes: Pure Dew are a local business that have been delivering fresh cold water to businesses in Franklin over the summer. When New Zealand Home Builders water went off in

Pukekohe last week, Pure Dew were to the rescue within just half an hour!! Saving the office staff from melting. Thank you very much Pure Dew!

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Andrew BaylyI am available to meet with constituents at regular clinics in the electorate office located at Suite 7, Level 2, Professional House,12-18 Seddon Street Pukekohe. Please phone Jane or Barbara on:09-238 5977 to arrange an appointment.

I trust you had a good holiday. It is with relish that I am looking forward to 2015. During the summer I have been planning an office move in Pukekohe and will start con-ducting clinics in the offices of Barfoot & Thompson in Beachlands and Whitford. I have also taken the opportu-nity to do some more door knocking in Waiuku and Puke-kohe, which is always a great opportunity to meet new people.

Within the electorate there are currently a number of ini-tiatives I am pursuing, in addition to normal constituent work. These include:

1. Finalising a plan for the Beachlands/Maraetai area. This project has involved about 20 people from the community over the past five months. The purpose of the plan has been to properly quantify the extent of growth that will occur in this area and, follow-ing this, to then identify the highest infrastructure priorities that the community requires as a result of this development. The process has some involved council input, and the next step is to ensure the community agrees with the nominated priorities before formally taking the final plan to Council.

2. Working with various parties to see if we can re-establish a ferry service on the Manukau Harbour. Discussions are advancing well.

3. Investigation of establishing a training facility to assist our cropping industry to upskill staff and, in time, bring additional skilled people into the indus-try.

Within Parliament, I contribute to the following select committees:

1. Finance & Expenditure Committee. This committee supports the ongoing work in continuing to grow our economy to benefit all New Zealanders.

2. Transport and Industrial Relations Committee. Our current focus is to introduce the revised Health & Safety Bill during the first part of this year. This act will have a significant impact on the way we man-age health and safety matters in New Zealand. We want to ensure requirements are appropriate to the circumstances in which a person/business operates to ensure everyone is safe.

3. Regulatory Review Committee. I am deputy chair of this committee. We are commencing a review of the legislation put in place in Christchurch following the devastating earthquakes to determine whether these are a good precedent for disaster situations. In addition, the committee is keen to review existing legislation to see what should be removed from the statutes books.

In the meantime I am continuing to talk with people, businesses, and organisations that I havent had the op-portunity to meet yet. I see this as an essential part of my job, so I can identify where I can help out to make the Hunua electorate a great place to live, work, and play. Its all about having a strong community.

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The Waiuku Volunteer Fire Brigade attended 16 callouts in Decem-ber including rescuing a person stuck in a tree in Huia Street and an incident in which a car collided with a house.Calls listed by Chief Fire Officer Colin Riddle for December were: 3rd; 07.21am, Waiuku Rd, MVA, Car rolled Assist with Traffic Control4th; 15.37pm, Awhitu Rd, Vegetation Fire8th; 22.37pm, Huia St, Assist person stuck up a tree down11th; 21.35pm, Constable Rd, PFA No action 12th; 13.46pm, Howden St, Car verses house no action18th; 16.44pm, King St, Small fire in shed at rugby grounds19th; 08.05am, Ponsford Rd, Medical Ambulance from Pukekohe19th; 12.20pm, Waimanawa Lane, Smoke alarm beeping, Change battery for elderly lady19th; 13.19pm, Gearon Rd, Vegetation Fire out on arrival26th; 06.47am, Ponsford Rd, Medical Stood down26th; 11.48am, Morley Rd, Controlled vegetation fire no action26th; 12.58pm, Karioitahi Beach, Medical no action27th; 20.06pm, Domain St, Deep fryer on fire30th; 20.15pm, Big Bay Rd, Assist Awhitu with Vegetation fire31st; 02.47am, King St, Rubbish Fire 31st; 08.35am, Victoria Ave, PFA No action

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When Waiukus Arthur Buckland saw a derelict launch for sale on Waiheke Is-land he had an inkling the craft may be something special. A bit more research, and his suspicions were confirmed, and last year he purchased what is the original Admirals Barge from what is probably the most famous ship in the New Zealand Navy.

That barge was aboard the HMS Achilles, (with a large complement of Kiwi crewmen).

As the guns of Achilles opened fire on 13 December 1939, little did her ships company know, they were the first Kiwi unit to engage the enemy in World War Two.

It became a literal baptism of fire, and become known as the Battle of the River Plate.

Their target was a pocket battle ship named after the First World War Admi-ral, Maximilian Graf von Spee.

At midday Sunday 3 September 1939 when war was declared, Graf Spee un-der the command of Captain Hans Langsdorff, was in the mid Atlantic Ocean cruising in calm seas.

Meanwhile Achilles, one of New Zea-lands two cruisers, had sailed from Auckland on 29 August to join the Royal Navys America and West Indies Squad-

ron in the Caribbean. On 2 September Achilles was ordered

instead, to patrol the west coast of South America. The ship arrived at Val-paraiso on 12 September and having fuelled and embarked fresh provisions, sailed the next day for what would be a six week patrol off the coasts of Chile, Peru and Ecuador.

Meanwhile, with news of the Graf Spees several commercial raids, Achil-les had been ordered to join forces with the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, and Achilles sister ship HMS Ajax.

The New Zealanders saw the Ger-man raiders smoke at 6.14am and moved into Action Stations immedi-ately. There were 321 New Zealanders on board and they heard a loud Make way for the Digger Ensign and the NZ Blue Ensign, or battle flag, was raised.

While Graf Spee concentrated on Exeter, Achilles and Ajax closed in. At 6.21am Achilles began firing, and two minutes later, Ajax also opened fire. Eye witnesses on board say in the 80 min-utes of action from 6.20 to 7.40 Achil-les fired 220 broadsides. Following the battle, Langsdorff decided to head to the neutral port of Montevideo to re-pair his ship. He was pessimistic about breaking through the enemy ring he

perceived he was faced with, and the Graff Spee was scuttled by its own crew just days later.

New Zealanders were especially proud of their ship, and they welcomed the ships company home with cheer-ing, parades and civic receptions in early 1940.

It is not known exactly how the barge from that famous ship ended up in Waiheke, although Arthur knows it was in Tauranga for a while prior to arriving on the island. Identified by the builders plate which is on the barge, the craft is set to be completely restored in Wai-uku. Arthur says it is in remarkably good condition considering its age, and it will be restored to original condition, although the original engine will be re-placed with new ones sourced from the Navy. As well as featuring in the Battle, the craft also has another claim to fame - it transported Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip when they toured New Zealand in 1953 (below).

It is already attracting plenty of in-terest in its storage area at the Waiuku Community Recycling Centre, and plans are afoot to crane it between two shipping containers, where a frame-work will be created to cover it and pro-vide a work area.

Restoration project for part of NZ Naval history

Above: The Queen and Prince Phillip aboard the Achilles barge in 1953.


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The continuing fall in fuel prices should be re-flected in lower farm input costs Federated Farmers believes.

Petrol and diesel pump prices have declined by more than 40 cents per li-tre since October.

Federated Famers trans-port spokesperson, Ian Mackenzie says he expects the persistent decline in the cost of fuel to be re-flected in farm expenses.

The direct expenses of running machinery are ac-counted for with a lower fuel bill for the farmer. But there are other high fuel use industries, in particu-lar transport, where we would expect to see some reduction in the costs from now on, he says.

We have spent years seeing the rates we have to pay for transport of stock and equipment go up, be-cause of escalating fuel bills. Now petrol and die-sel are going down, then the cost of these services should also go down.

Ian Mackenzie says fuel prices are so influential that prices and charges of farm costs generally should be expected to fall.

For farmers this means expenses in their down-stream processing should reduce, and so should the prices we pay for physical inputs, such as fertilisers, but also for agriculture chemicals, and contract-ing.

Ian Mackenzie says the lower fuel prices are one of the few short term reasons, about at the moment, for farm optimism.

Most of the country is getting seriously dry and production has or will fall. Dairy farmers have been hit with low payout prices, and sheep farmers are struggling with the dry and low store stock prices. But eventually it will rain and so too will the prices paid for our products rise again.

In the meantime, low interest rates, a lower dol-lar and now lower fuel costs and their flow on ef-fects, should in combina-tion help farmers weather what could be a difficult year.

Waikato Regional Council has approved its draft 10-year budget for consultation, which pro-poses increased services with a 0.2 per cent rates increase in the first year.

Council chairperson Paula Southgate said: Councillors and staff have worked together to draft a progressive yet prudent plan that responds to the publics desire to improve water quality and see re-gional economic growth.

There have been lively discus-sions with a wide range of views canvassed during the four day meeting, but we worked construc-tively together to reach agreement, with the draft budget being unani-mously approved today, Cr South-gate said.

Were proposing significant new investment in work to improve water quality and protect our coastal and marine areas, while keeping the rates increase at a very low 0.2 per cent.

Our consultation kicks off for a month from

March 14 and this is the time for people to tell us what they think of our proposals, she said.

The councils works programme for 2015/16 will be delivered on a rates revenue of $80.126 million. There will be no increase in rates in 2016/17, and rates for 2017/18 are projected to rise by 0.6 per cent.

The low rates increase is due in part to the successful completion of the Protecting Lake Taupo project, which means the rate will be halved in the 2015/16 year and stop com-pletely in 2016/17.

The council has also made $1.6 million in efficiency savings.

A regional development fund is being proposed for feedback from the community to support devel-

opment at a regional scale. It is proposed that money for the fund comes from returns on the councils investment fund, after subsidising rates and allowing for inflation-proofing.

After some debate, councillors voted in favour

of providing $300,000 per annum over three years for the world-renowned Maungatautari Ecologi-cal Island, funded from the natural heritage rate. Councillors also agreed to advocate for greater Government support for the project.

Cr Southgate said there was considerable de-bate around the uniform annual general charge (UAGC) and what services it should fund. Council decisions resulted in a proposed increase in this charge. It means rates assessed on a per rating unit basis will increase from $70 to approximately $87. These rates include the UAGC, natural her-itage rate and civil defence emergency manage-ment group funding. The UAGC is a flat charge applied to all properties in the Waikato region.

The council also decided against a request from OSPRI to collect a rate on its behalf for vector pos-sum control. Councillors said they did not believe that rates are the appropriate mechanism for funding the activity.

The 2015-2025 Long Term Plan consultation document will be adopted at a council meeting on 12 March, with consultation to run from 14 March to 14 April.

NetSafe is warning New Zealand chari-ties and small businesses taking online payments or donations to be on the alert after receiving two reports recently of cyber criminals launching automated attacks that attempt to validate large numbers of stolen credit cards. In the first incident, almost 50,000 attempts were made to rapidly sub-mit fake donations through a website form with the aim being to test which credit cards could be used for subsequent online fraud or sold on to other internet scammers.

More than 2000 successful donations were made resulting in the charity having to enlist the help of their bank and merchant account provider to refund the fraudulent payments. They also spent time dealing with enquiries from cardholders around the world ques-tioning the transactions.

A second incident last week saw another charity website hit with 11,000 payment re-quests resulting in more than 250 donations to their bank account.

In both cases, the automated attacks had been launched from a Brazilian IP address and NetSafe is encouraging charities and other small businesses that take payments online to take steps to secure their websites and contact their bank or payment provider about ways to prevent online fraud.

Credit card fraud is an ongoing issue for any organisation that takes payments over the internet, said NetSafes Digital Project Manager Chris Hails.

The American security company Phish-Labs warned that charity websites were be-ing targeted by cyber criminals to validate stolen cards in November last year and they believe that these smaller organisations have fewer internet defences in place than larger retailers and are thus an easy target.

Being the target of such an attack can mean hours of staff time cleaning up after-wards and could potentially cost your or-ganisation money or find you blocked from taking future donations online, said Hails.

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NZCU Steelsands, the financial institution which has its roots in a plan for NZ Steel staff

to assist each other, is taking the next step in its 37 year history as it encourages new members

from the wider Franklin community.

Credit Union allabout people

helping people

Two of the board members from NZCU Steelsands were honoured with Individual Recognition Awards at a credit union industry awards dinner held at MovieWorld on the Gold Coast last year.

Paul Eves (Chair) and Slavica Marsic (Director), below, were amongst six recipients from around the country who received the accolade at the Co-op Money NZ Annual Gala Awards event.

The dinner was attended by over 100 credit union board members and managers from all over New Zealand, and was held in conjunction with the World Council of Credit Unions Conference, which hosted more than 1,800 inter-national delegates.

NZCU Steelsands recently became the first Non-Bank Deposit Taker to be licensed by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Every NBDT is now required to be licensed by the Reserve Bank by May 1, and the cooperatively owned credit union is delighted to be the first licensee.

Industry association Co-op Money NZ is also very pleased for NZCU Steelsands.

Although they dont have to be licensed until May 2015, we are thrilled NZCU Steelsands has received a licence said Henry Lynch, Chief Executive of Co-op. Money.

It provides surety for NZCU Steelsands 3,000 members that they can continue to receive the exceptionally high level of service and support that credit unions throughout New Zealand provide for their members day in day out.

Although its been a lot of work, the new licensing regime will give customers of reputable organisations such as NZCU Steelsands added comfort knowing that they have under-gone a very stringent review process by the RBNZ in terms of their ability to comply with the Non-Bank Deposit Takers Act and the suitability of directors and senior management.

NZCU Steelsands general manager, Philip Stark, says there has long been a local perception that only New Zealand Steel staff were able to join the credit union and enjoy the many benefits of membership, but the organ-isation has always had the capacity to take members from the wider community.

In fact, the current NZCU Steelsands membership in-cludes many former mem-bers of two other credit unions, Wilson Horton, and Marsden Point, which merged with NZCU Steel-sands.

Now though, the organi-sation is looking to raise its profile and offer its many services to locals throughout the region.

It all began in 1978 when a group of New Zealand Steel staff and management approved a concept for an institution which would en-able members to gain good interest on deposits and also offer cheap loans to help fel-low members.

That first concept has now seen NZCU Steelsands with around 3000 members and almost $20 million in mem-ber funds.

Its still all about people helping people, Paul says.

We offer significantly lower interest rates for per-sonal loans than the general market, and with our bonus scheme for members, our on-call deposit rates are also very competitive.

NZCU Steelsands doesnt do home or business loans, but apart from that offers pretty much all the services one would expect from a

modern bank, but with some significant social benefits.

We arent focussed on profit, so the vast major-ity of any surpluses are re-turned to members through lower loan interest rates and through our bonus pro-gramme, Philip points out.

We are also very much a local organisation, with our staff from the Franklin region, we sponsor local groups and events, and our board of directors are not only local, they are also vol-unteers who do it unpaid to help their community.

Joining the credit union is as simple as calling their toll-free number, and Philip says the majority of members use the credit union as a second-ary banking institution, or as he grins - their significant other bank.

Besides our excellent in-terest rates and customer service, NZCU Steelsands members also enjoy be-ing part of a true commu-nity organisation, and in a very real sense, every one of our members owns a share in the credit union, Paul points out proudly.

Our members also sup-port local jobs and local sponsorship, as well as being able to get financial advice, insurances and Kiwisaver programmes, and virtually anyone is able to join.

Like almost any modern commercial banking opera-tion, NZCU Steelsands offers a range of internet-based banking options, with debit cards able to be used as ATMs nationwide - with far lower fees than almost any other banking institutions.

Its like a bank, only its local,its better, and our

members actually own it.NZCU Steelsands general manager

Philip Stark with the original memo from 1978 that started the organisation, and some of the new marketing material

as the credit union launches a push to raise its profile and offer its services to

the wider community.

Directors honoured

NZCU Steelsands firstto get new licence

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Figures released last week by the Real Estate Institute of NZ show the national median price for lifestyle blocks rose by $5,000 from $520,000 for the three months to December 2013 to $525,000 for the three months to December 2014. The median price for lifestyle blocks in Auckland rose by $140,500 (+17.2%) from $817,500 for the three months to December 2013 to $958,000 for the three months to December 2014, a new record median price for the region.

Over the same time period, the median price fell by 3.82% in Waikato to $490,500.

There were 68 fewer farm sales (-12.3%) for the three months ended December 2014 than for the three months ended December 2013, but overall there were still almost 6% more farms sold in 2014 than in the year be-fore.

The median price per hectare for all farms sold in the last three months of last year was $28,781 compared to $24,163 recorded for three months ended December 2013.

Sales activity during the three month

period ending December 2014 reflects the resilience of the rural market with volumes and prices indicating a strong degree of confidence amongst the ranks of vendors, purchasers and financiers in the medium to longer term future of the pastoral industry, says REINZ Rural Spokesman Brian Pea-cocke.

Taking into account the reduction in the dairy payout for the current season, of par-ticular note has been the strength of the dairy market in the Waikato region.

Among the highlights in the data was a very strong run of dairy farm sales in the Waikato where confidence in the industry has resulted in record prices paid for specific quality properties in very good locations.

For the three months ended December 2014 the median sales price per hectare for dairy farms was $41,227 (95 properties), compared to $36,825 for the three months ended November 2014 (55 properties), and $38,267 (121 properties) for the three months ended December 2013.

Franklin farmer Robert Garshaw was last week named as one of two winners of the Pasture Renewal Persistence Competition run by the DairyNZ-led Pasture Renewal Leadership Group. Robert Garshaw won best first year pasture, and will host a field day at his Otaua farm this Thursday. The other win-ner was Morrinsville farmer James Booker.

This year entrants included a mix of dairy platforms, dairy support and grazier blocks from across the region and were of a high standard.

Dr David Hume, senior scientist at AgResearch said the success of the winning pastures was established by good grazing management, careful pre-sowing prepara-tion and a correct choice of endophyte.

David says the judging panel were im-

pressed with the high levels of white clover and low weed content in both of the winning paddocks, despite the impact of dry condi-tions in 2014.

Robert Garshaw regrassed with Bealey NEA2, Kotare and Tuscan Clover. The pad-dock was humped and hollowed the previ-ous spring. The pasture had very high and even clover with a well-established proven tetraploid.

Both farmers also faced challenges in wet winters but there was no evidence of pasture damage, highlighting their careful manage-ment, says David.

Each winner received $1500 of pasture renewal products, including Farmlands vouchers and seed from Agriseeds and Ag-ricom.

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HAPPY MEMORIES START HEREStep out of your door and on to the beach at this top waterfront location at Big Bay situated at the top of the Awhitu Peninsula. Only 90 minutes from Auckland CBD and 60mins from the Airport. An immaculately presented 2 bedroom batch with all the comforts of home complimented by a separate sleep out with ensuite attached to excellent garaging completes this superb family holiday or retirement home. This is an excellent purchase for families wanting to share a batch or an extended family situation.

Big Bay Road 300Open home: Sun 1st Feb, 11.00-11.30am

BIG BAY 3 2

MODERN AND SPACIOUSImmaculate and spacious 4 bdrm home, close to town on tidy easy care section. Cul-de-sac location amongst other quality homes. Excellent flow with two separate living spaces and large kitchen. Bedrooms are all doubles with an en-suite and walk in robe in the master. Access the securely fenced back yard and outdoor entertaining from several points around the home, designed with space and privacy in mind. This modern low maintenance property will appeal to busy families and retirees alike as there is not a lot to do other than to move in and enjoy. Come and have a look for yourself. Contact Daryl.

15 Puketi Lane , WaiukuOpen Home: Sun 1st Feb, 11.00-11.30am

WAIUKU 3 3 2 $665,000

BRIgHT, BREEzY AND LOOkINg FINE Stunning gardens complement this contemporary 2 level home in a private cul-de-sac. Open plan living has indoor outdoor flow to an attractive patio area. The kitchen is superb & open fire & heat pump complete area. 3 dbl bedrooms with parents retreat upstairs. The master bed has an Ensuite and balcony overlooking the property. Sep. laundry & dbl internal garaging with office + sep single garage and workshop. Call Julie 0275516075 / 092356075.

16 James Bright Lane, WaiukuOpen Home: Sun 1st Feb, 1.00-1.30pm

FAMILY LIvINgGreat four bedroomed family home in a quiet cul-de-sac, brick and tile with two living areas and covered barbeque area. The master bedroom has an Ensuite, walk-in wardrobe and access by ranch slider to private fenced back yard, double internally accessed garaging plus extra single garage and carport make this a great buying. To inspect now please call Julie 0275516075.

35 kathleen place, Waiuku

WAIUKU 4 3 2 $ 479,000

WAIUKU 4 2 2 $549,000

ExCEPTIONAL WORLD CLASS COASTAL LOCATION Words are brilliant but photography says so much more. Take a walk over this exceptional 28.9 ha of land in a fabulous ocean side location with spectacular views of the Tasman Sea and easy access on to Karioitahi Beach. This block makes access to an exciting lifestyle easy, the west coast is an awesome playground for fishermen, equestrians, surfers, para-gliders, and is world renown by kite surfers. There is also has access to a fresh water lake stocked with trout that is also a refreshing place for a dip in summer. All this in under an hour to the airport, approx. one hour to Auckland C.B.D, underground power and phone to gate and bore water. Call now to view this sensational lifestyle choice.

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Lot 2, Whiriwhiri Rd27 Matai Street, Waiuku

WAIUKU 3 $ 299,000

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A gREAT STARTA fresh coat of paint in this solidly built three bedroom home with a large lounge, wood burner, separate kitchen with new stove and a new bathroom. A safe place for children and pets with a fenced yard. Great for first time home buyers or investment buyers.Call Julie now to view on 0275516075 or 092356075

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The property has been tastefully renovated throughout. Modern kitchen which flows to the large open plan living area, 3 dbl bdrms, separate office that incorporates the laundry which is neatly hidden away. Great views over surrounding countryside and a peek of the sea. An inground pool and covered entertainment area to top it all off. Beach, park and play ground all within easy walking distance. Call Daryl 027 235 7016

14 Beach Road, glenbrook99 victoria Ave, Waiuku

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FEEL THE LOVE Feel the love in this great architectural 1960s designed home with fabulous open plan living with indoor outdoor flow to the delightfully mature gardens with excellent patio and BBQ areas that have an elevated view over Waiuku. Cook for family and friends in the designer kitchen. Four bedrooms and one bathroom and a single car garage/workshop with a storage room that could be used as a rumpus/play room complete the charming picture. Call Julie on 0275516075

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