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Waiatarua Community News Restoring Hope Neighbourhood Support Advertising and Community Notices The names of our current co-ordinators are listed below. If Waiatarua Community News Commercial advertisements are welcome and can you haven’t been approached yet and would like to belong be arranged by contacting Korstiaan Prins via Email to one of these groups, give the co-ordinator a call. 900 copies April - May 2005 [email protected] or phone 814 1850. Denis Graham Community Notices are free to fi nancial members Be Prepared Atarua Gardens 814-9706 2005, January to December. Any queries about Do you need to talk? he scenario: Late summer… a large tropical cyclone comes in from the northeast and membership can be answered by phoning the Therapeutic Conversations Ross & Kath Mullins TAuckland takes a direct hit, with extensive wind damage and fl ooding. The eastern fl anks treasurer - Rod Maunder on 814 1831 330 Forest Hill Road 814-9402+Fax of the Waitakere Ranges suffer torrential rainfall. Waiatarua is isolated with numerous slips Dissolving Emotional Diffi culties, Untying Relationship Knots CLOCK REPAIRS: Experienced clock repairer will restore across the Scenic Drive, Forest Hill Rd and West Coast Rd. All power, phones and water Help with Recovering from Grief 814-9954 most mechanical clocks back to life. Clocks made be- Increasing Emotional Intelligence Jenny McGee services are out. Local cellphone transmitters are also damaged. Your house has lost half fore 1900 a speciality. All work guaranteed. Phone Brings Confi dence, Joy and Clarity 886 West Coast Road jenny.mcgee@xtra. of its roof, and next door is uninhabitable after being hit by a landslide. The Volunteer Mike on 814 1817 or co.nz e-mail: [email protected]” Marguerite Laing, B.Soc.P. Fire Brigade is fl at out but has only eighteen members. There’s extensive fl ooding in West Margaret/Paddy Auckland and no backup can reach us for at least two days. How would you cope? LAWN MOWING: Local, Reliable. Phone Eric 837 2333. 09 814 9889, 021 208 7000 Marshall TV One’s recent documentary “Are You Ready” examined our preparedness for a situation LA LECHE LEAGUE : Meetings held every 2nd Tuesday of 814-9859 the month at Kelston Community Centre. For more info WEST COAST 19 Raroa Terrace like this. Virtually every year, communities somewhere in New Zealand are faced with call Adith: phone 818 7728. Sandy McConnell something like it. The bottom line is - the cavalry will not be here in half an hour to sort it Veterinary Clinic - 546 West Coast Road, Oratia all out for you. Chances are you’ll have to look after yourself, your family and possibly your neighbours for up to four MATHS TUITION : To year thirteen, experienced high 550 Scenic Drive 814 9962 • consultation & medical treatment days. As a fi rst step, read the guide inside the back cover of the Yellow Pages. Do it today. school teacher Phone 814 9269. • surgery PLANTS: taros, bulbs, cannas and various perennials for • radiology (X-rays) For more information about - Ian Ford (Waiatarua Fire Chief) sale. $1 – $3. Also some shrubs. All sales for charity. • ECG Neighbourhood Support Phone Margaret 814-9859. • measuring & monitoring blood pressure take a look at the website at www.ns.org.nz TOASTMASTER: meetings held on every other Tuesday • dental services (ultrasonic scaler & What a Drama micromotor) morning from 7.00 till 8.20 AM - more information call aiatarua’s newly formed Drama Group had the community buzzing, with Adith Stoneman 818 7728 • microchipping • housecalls Advantages of being a WRRA member? Wthe recent roaring success of their dramatic debut ‘Murder at the Music WAITEMATA TECORIAN SPEAKERS: Gain confidence, communicate more effectively, extend knowledge, • selected Pet Foods & requirements Hall’. Crowds came from far and wide to the local hall, as word spread of a • easy parking Show your membership card at the following great night’s entertainment. A free matinee was organised for some lucky stimulate imagination and have fun at the same time. businesses for a 10% discount We meet at the Titirangi community centre every second Hours: Mon-Fri 8.30 - 6.30pm (does not apply to already discounted or sale items). retirement village residents, in addition to six sell-out evening performances. and fourth Tuesday evening at 7.30pm. Men and women Saturday 9am - 12noon Many disappointed people missed getting tickets in time, but the talented are welcome. Contact Margaret on 817 0520 or Gill on Phone 818 4104 for an appointment Glen Eden Landscape Supplies theatre group are keen to strut their stuff again in the not too distant future. 838 1983 for further information. 293 West Coast Rd. Ph: 818 6129 When the question initially came up at a WRRA meeting last year re ‘what to The Nikau Club Café ELKE’S WINE AND FOOD MARKET New Hours do with the money left behind by the original drama group’, some felt very FAYE’S YOGA CLASS Scenic Drive Ph: 814 1919 Open every Saturday for German Rye Breads, (applies to max 2 adults per visit) strongly about keeping it in the community if possible. A call-out went via the organic cheeses, German meats, Q-garden pickles Enjoy Fitness Colourplus Paint & Wallpaper Community News and before long budding actors, actresses and like-minded folk began to emerge from the bush… and chutneys, chocolates and more. Also a great then the project gained momentum from there. selection of Seibel wines, Port and Mead at cellar door Commit yourself to your Health Glenmall, Glen Eden Ph: 818 8263 prices. Tastings available. Elkes Wine and Food Market Those in the spotlight included fi re chief Ian Ford and local resident Royston Steer, who will both long be remembered Open Saturday 10.00am–6.00pm LEARN TO RELAX & BREATHE 113 Sturges Rd. (Sat 10am-6pm) for their leg exposure. Sexy songbird Christine Healy tantalised the audience as Big Lil, and Bernadette Fastnedge at 113 Sturges Road, Henderson. Phone 837 7794 convinced patrons to avoid doctors such as her. Music Hall MC Dave Pocock, who grew suitable whiskers for the occasion, introduced a variety of amusing acts including an unforgettable pantomime of Cinderella. Throughout the show, spectators were taken by surprise, as performers sprung from the congregation and became Handyman Services Thinking of Selling? DAVENPORT’S part of the plot… like fi ctitious lovers John King and Charlotte Holzke, who were constantly confronted by Celeste - Many years experience General enquiries and after hours FURNITURE HOSPITAL Strewe - the jilted ex. Adrian Hooke and Lynn Radford from the police department managed to keep everyone on the - Any work considered Telephones: Mobile 0274 820827 edges of their seats during the ‘Who Dunnit’ scenes. Pianist, Linda Hogsden, titivated the entire play with her musical appointments are my pleasure. Residence 818 3349 - No Job too small E mail: [email protected] prowess on the ivories. Pickup and delivery if required In the background lurked a crew of hard-working supporters who assisted with lights/sound, front-of-house, makeup/ Contact Les on 814 1130 Michelle Stanborough Wooden Furniture Repaired - Cane Replaced & Stained costumes, props/sets, parking etc. The generosity, comradeship and strength shared by all was obvious. These are Sales & Marketing Consultant the sort of situations where true community spirit soars. A hundred pats on the back and a thousand hats off, to all those involved… take a bow! JEMMA‛S HOME BASED CHILDCARE (09) 836 6204 Res: 814 9707 CHILDCARE Mob: 021 605 996 Waiatarua Playcentre news Our centre reached the grand old age of thirty last year! As well as celebrating the fact that a second generation Flexible hours * Babies to 5 years old Looking for direction? Find out more at www.pathwaycoaching.co.nz member, who attended this playcentre over twenty years ago, is now bringing her daughter; we decided to also look CAREGIVERS ALWAYS REQUIRED at our ageing outside play equipment and come up with a new solution. We have had a ‘specialist designer’ draw up some plans and we’re now preparing to earnestly raise funds for an upgrade of the outdoor area. Our major fundraiser Waiatarua Rainfall (March 2005) Lucy Reade for the new playground is a proposed garden ramble to possibly be held in December. We are asking Waiataruians NZAOT - Dip Couns Rain Days Wettest Day March Total Year to Date to consider helping us by opening their gardens for a tour, and we are inviting local artists to display their art in new Cert Vocational and Personal Development locations. We propose to supply any refreshments needed on the day. Mountain Road 11 25th (34 mm) 83 mm 210 mm If you feel you can assist in any way, we would really appreciate it. Please call Kay on 8149403. Brabant Road 16 26th (41 mm) 87 mm 218 mm Email: [email protected] Ph: 09 818 2727 Fax: 09 818 2729 - Julia Moore for Waiatarua Playcentre Quinns Road 15 26th (39 mm) 89 mm 200 mm Mobile 021 120 2819 Forest Hill Road 8 27th (24 mm) 58 mm 169 mm 665 West Coast Rd, Oratia, Auckland 1007 Membership Call Auckland City 39 mm 133 mm Please accept my Membership to the This is a message to you… if Waiatarua Ratepayers and Residents Association The WRRA Committee would like to thank you’d like to endorse who the Waiatarua Ratepayers 2005 WAIATARUA COMMUNITY LIBRARY Longley Printing Co. Ltd. EDITOR: & Residents Association are I enclose: $10.00 household, $5.00 Single Occupant 911 West Coast Road, under the Community Centre. Phone 814-9353 29 Bruce McLaren Rd Henderson - Ph. 837 0729 and what they stand for on Robin Essex - Ph 814 1850 Name for their support in printing this publication.
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