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Maungaturoto Matters
Maungaturoto, A Real New Zealand Town ‘Gettin’ on with it!’ Issue 107 October 2010

MAUNGATUROTO CHARITY BALL

Maungaturoto 2010 Charity Ball The Price of Books
– 16th Oct - Tickets now $40 pp
Been working too hard? Kids driving you nuts? Gumboots
getting you down? Nothing decent on the telly? Or just
looking for an excuse to party?
Maungaturoto Plunket is hosting a Charity Ball and the
whole district is invited. This fundraising event will be
held at the Centennial Hall in Maungaturoto on the 16th
October 2010 and needs a lot of support from the commu-
nity. The doors will open and appetisers will be served
from 7pm, with a delectable dinner being served at 8pm.
Following dinner, entertainment will be on hand to entice each)
those feet to dance the night away. Food, good music,
drinks, friends and neighbours, fun, laughter and frivolity –
all in one exciting night out!
So show your community spirit and prove yourself a proud
supporter of Maungaturoto, A Real New Zealand
Town! You will also be assisting a great charity, with pro-
ceeds going to the local branch of Plunket.
Tickets now cost $40 per person and can be bought at
Tony’s Maungaturoto or by contacting Nicky on 09
4318 644. No door sales please.
Question:- What do you get for $35?
Answer:-
1 “new-release”fiction book (average price)
or ½ non-fiction book (average price)
or 2 children's books (average price)
or ½ large print book (average price)
or ¼ talking book (average price)
or
one years Maungaturoto. Library subscription-
($15) and borrow 20 “new-release” rental books- ($1
plus borrow any number of other fiction books
plus borrow any number of non-fiction books
plus borrow any number of children's books
plus borrow any number of large print books
plus borrow any number of talking books
So, how would you spend your $35?
Why buy a book when you can use the whole library?
Library hours
Mon, Tues and Thurs- 10.30am to 1pm
Wed- 10.30am to 12 noon
Fri- 10.30am to 4pm
Sat- 10.00am to 1pm
Ph-09 431 8811
Manager- Kathy Cullen

153 Hurndall St Maungaturoto

Ph/Fax (09) 431-8059

2010 Bus Trips to Whangarei

Shopping Appointments
Leave 9.00am and return approx. 3.30 – 4.00pm as required.

October 19th,,November 16th,December 21st

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Retirement Units For Sale and Rent

Maungaturoto Matters
Maungaturoto Matters is a free monthly publication,
produced and published by the Maungaturoto
Business & Community Association for the
Maungaturoto Community.
Letters to the Editor cannot be accepted due to
space limitations. Contributions and feed back from
members of the Community are actively encouraged.
Read the full copy on line at
http://arealnewzealandtown.blogspot.com/
Deadlines:
Advertising 15th of each month no exceptions
Editorial (articles) 20th of each month Cut Off 23rd.
The Community Trust wishes to advise, that
vacancies occur from time to time in both the
2BR OYO units and 1BR rentals, situated
within the village in Riverview place,
Maungaturoto.
If you, or you have family interested in this
retirement option, please contact Rest Home
Manager Debbie Ph. 431 8696, a name on our
waiting list will ensure you are advised of
vacancies.

Editor: Elizabeth (Liz) Clark

Advertising:Elizabeth Clark 09 431 9129
Email: maungie.mtrs@slingshot.co.nz
FLOORSANDING
Or maungaturotoeditor@gmail.com &
Payments to: COATING
Maungaturoto Business & Community Association
P.O. Box 113 Serving the Kaipara area
Maungaturoto Since 1971
Contributions & Advertising
Email to maungie.mtrs@slingshot.co.nz Ph: 0800 4 Floors
or maungaturotoeditor@gmail.com
Or Drop in the RED BOX at Tony’s Lotto Shop 147
Hurndall Street Maungaturoto
Please note the Editor is not available during normal
business hours.
Questions or comments:
Please phone the Editor A/h 09 431 9129
or email: maungaturotoeditor@gmail.com

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Kaiwaka Athletics Registration Night

Monday the 1st November 5pm

On sports field at Otamatea High School next to

swimming pool.

Any queries contact Tina Holst on 09431 8180.

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MAUNGATUROTO GARDEN NOTES FOR OCTOBER 2010

CHRISTMAS PARADE 2010
The days are getting longer and the nights are getting
warmer which means summer is on the way which also
means our annual Christmas parade is coming up!
The date for the parade has been set for the 4th of
December.
We are well into Spring weather with all its variations –
wind, rain and wind and gorgeous full flowering of
bulbs, fruit trees and shrubs.
It is a good idea this month to prepare the vegetable gar-
den with fertilizer ready to plant out your new plants.

There will be some exciting new changes to the format this year. Most vegetables e.g. tomatoes, parsnips, carrots, beans,
We will be holding as in previous years an evening parade, start- cucumbers etc can be sown as the soils warm up.
ing at the works depot and driving through town, but instead of
the finish being held at the country club, Otamatea High school
will be holding a fundraising community concert. Watch for snails and lay snail pellets and watch for
fungus on young seedlings.
Holding both of these events on the same evening should make a
great double header event of which I hope the whole wider com- Spray apple and pear trees at petal fall or set pheromone
munity will support. Finer details of both events will be in the traps. Plant passionfruit and mulch around strawberry
next matters.
plants as fruit appears.
Now is the time to register interest in entering a float, stall, New seasons growth will be well advanced on grapes and
or general expressions of help (of which we need heaps!!!!) flowering will be commencing.

Give me a call; I look forward to hearing from you soon Early roses will appear and a constant watch for pests
Terri Donaldson 4318 599
needs to be kept, spraying if necessary. Also mulch and
water your roses if weather is dry.
Maungaturoto Garden Club
(Garden hints from Maungaturoto Garden Club)
On Wednesday 15 September 2010, members met at 9.30 a.m.
and travelled to three gardens around Paparoa. The first, situ-
ated in the village revealed a lovely old house built in 1897
which has been fully renovated by the owners and the delightful
gardens which have been landscaped from bare paddocks fea-
Coffee. Garden. Coffee.
tured many different fruit and native trees. Does a good morning need
We travelled down Pahi Road to Blechynden Estate and down a anything else?
long drive to a house on a hill and two B & B cottages
surrounded by natural gardens all overlooking a gorgeous view
of Pahi harbour. ~Betsy Cañas Garmon
The scones with jam and cream can also be highly recom-
mended.

On the way to our next garden we bought many plants at Belle-

vue Nursery and then to a garden situated off State Highway 12
where a garden down the side of the drive featured a wonderful
variety of many different bromeliads. Around the back of the
house we found a garden full of annuals of many colours, and
two huge Yucca trees towering over two large sheds housing
beautiful birds.

The next meeting will be at 1 p.m. on 20 October at the Commu-

nity Hall. Trading table and competitions will be held with the
decorative theme to be an “Unusual Container”. Patti Ilsley will
be giving a demonstration of weaving.
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INVITES YOU
TO ATTEND
EVERY TUESDAY
10AM
AT THE
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
MAUNGATUROTO

0-5 YRS MUSIC & MOVEMENT

FOLLOWED BY MORNING TEA

CONTACT ELAINE 431-8317

Or RUTH 431-8491

supported by
Maungaturoto Congregational Church
($2 donation per family please)
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MAUNGATUROTO PRIMARY PTA NEWS MAUNGATUROTO

PUBLIC LIBRARY INCORPORATED
It is time to get into training – our next fundraiser
is the ever popular Fun Run. Put November 7th in BOOKS OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER
your diary and get jogging. 2010

Parents and children have been working hard on the
school’s vegetable patch. There are still vege plants
for sale. Also cabbage trees - $1 each approx 30cm
tall. Phone Tina on 431 8180 to buy some.
PLAYCENTRE NEWS
VAL McDERMID – “TRICK OF THE DARK” – A great mys-
tery.
ALSO a new selection of favourite authors to choose from :
NORA ROBERTS – “The Search” – One of her best.
BERNARD CORNWELL – “The Burning Land” (A continua-
tion of the Arthur series) for Bernard Cornwell fans.
MINETTE WALTERS - “The Sculptress” – One of her first
novels, now in the library – a chance to read if missed in the
past.

NON-FICTION – “Bee Keeping - Self Sufficiency” by Joanna

Kia ora, and greetings to all. We are in the middle of Ryde
September already and this term is drawing to a close. “Hen Keeping – Self Sufficiency” by Mike Hatcher
“Soap Making – Self Sufficiency” by Sarah Ade
So what have we been up to at Playcentre? Well…basically a lot
of playing! NEWS: Check out the Dargaville changeover of fiction, non-
fiction, and large print books, all on the shelf this month.
Let’s think about that. Play is vitally important to the developing Also check out the Large Print changeover after 5th October
child. According to Mildred Masheder,* “play is the cornerstone from the Northland libraries.
of every child’s early development. Exploring through play and
discovering the world is what early childhood is all about.”

But what is play? It is activity – doing something that we want to Library hours
do, when we want to do it.**
Mon, Tues and Thurs- 10.30am to 1pm
The parents at Playcentre set the stage for learning, by providing
materials and equipment for play. As parents we don’t need to
Wed- 10.30am to 12 noon
teach the child how to explore and enjoy the world as he/she
already has the gift of awareness and this is the basis of play.*
Fri- 10.30am to 4pm
Playcentre is a family centred pre-school movement. Parents
belong in a playcentre and remain fully responsible for the edu- Sat- 10.00am to 1pm
cation of their pre-school children. At Playcentre we believe it is
important to encourage our children to have initiative, to be
adaptable, to be independent thinkers – to be creative.**

This month at Playcentre the children have been enjoying all the
usual range of fun activities we have on offer. There has been a WHAT’S
strong focus on painting and collage, with some colourful crea-
tions as a result. For Father’s Day, the children made special HOT?
hand-painted mugs for their Daddys. They had a great time put-
ting the paint on, the mugs were then baked in the oven to last
Dad a lifetime! ∗ Cabbage Trees $1 through the
Primary School PTA
Thankfully the weather hasn’t been too restrictive for outdoor ∗ St John Ambulance
activities, besides it takes a lot to put a youngster off going out-
∗ Joining the Maungaturoto
doors!
∗ Christmas Parade as a volunteer
If Playcentre sounds the place for you and your child, please ∗ Maungaturoto Volunteer Fire
come and check us out. We hold session on Mondays, ∗ Brigade
Wednesdays and Fridays, from 9.15-12.15, for preschool ∗ Great Specials at the Electrical
children. Store
∗ Garnett’s Tyres Great Service
∗ Books at Tony’s Lotto Shop
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Linking Hands Inc economical to run. Our Mangawhai branch has a 5 seater
Toyota corona, diesel engine and is again more economical to
run.
My gift to you all for being there for us is that we are defi-
nitely there for you. The Toyota Hiace Shuttle is presently off the road and needs a
new gearbox, this is something we are still considering whether
We are now able to continue with the same service. to fix or not. This shuttle, lovely as the old girl is, has done a
lot of miles and is starting to wear down.
We will not be closing the office or stopping any service we
now provide. At this present time we are unable to spend the money on re-
pairs and are waiting to see if money becomes available to fix
The support from the community over these last few weeks has the fine lady…we hope so, but if not, then we may have to say
been incredible and the best feedback that we would ever expect Goodbye with great thanks for the push start we got with the
to see. Health Shuttle.

When funding groups ask us to survey the community to find More on that next month… in the meantime. Keep those books
out how much the community needs our service, we can send and things coming in folks and keep those ph calls and
this on to show them just how much our community cares. We bookings coming in we are still in business with a bang.
have never had any response like that. No more negative stuff only positives from now on.

It is just fantastic to see that the community thinks so highly of I look forward to October and plenty more sunshine to come.
our service and it is obvious that we are very much needed here,
As I have repeatedly said we are blown away by the generosity My regards Maureen Davis.
and support from the people in the areas we work in. this is
really wonderful and has given us all at Linking Hands a real You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the
high.
positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of
your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, un-
At our committee meeting last week I reported in that we had
raised $7700.00 now we have received another $1000.00 so that stoppable determination
figure is still growing. Now $8700.00
Ralph Marston
Otamatea Repertory has come to our rescue and is putting on an
afternoon of movies to fundraise on our behalf, we have also
been told of another group that is sending us $500.00...so it goes
on and on.

.There will be no change to our service, we will not be shutting

down, and we will be there until the cows come home… and
after for many years to come…

Of course in saying all this we are still reliant on funding to

come in from other groups and trusts that we apply to annually
and hope and pray that they will not change in this and in future
years funding rounds.

This has given us a scare and is probably a good lesson, I think

we have learned from it… not to assume that we will always get
what we want, we must have a plan B in place, if it ever happens
again, plus with donations coming in from the public that use the
service, we know we will get thru.

. The new 2nd hand book sales, jig saws, DVDs and videos are
going well and they will stay as a permanent part of our service. Paparoa Tai Chi
The internet service will continue as it is and our drivers will
continue to give you the wonderful caring service that they al- Classes are underway for 2010.
ways have. Now is a good time for you to begin!
TUESDAYS
We are here to help you and will do our best to meet your needs 12.30-2.00 p.m. Paparoa War Memorial Hall
whatever they may be.

The vehicles we run have been downsized a little, we recently For more information contact Shirley, 4316408
did an exchange with our 8 seater Toyota estema and now have
a 5 seater Nissan bluebird which is a lovely car and much more
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