Mahuru / September 2015 , Aotearoa/ New Zealand Maketu Y.E.S (YOUTH in EMERGENCY SERVICES) Program

With the help of the District Council & the Maketu Community Development we have been fortunate to get the YES Program in Maketu this year. The YES (Youth in Emergency Services) program is run collaboratively with the Ministry of Youth Development (MYD), Ministry of Civil Defence and Emer- gency Management. Y The programme is designed to strengthen and encourage young people’s connec- tion to their community by encouraging them to engage with a range of emer- E gency services. It is also designed for the youth to learn new skills, be more aware of those around them, develop social skills and of course meet new people and S have fun. The services that have participated in our program have been the Maketu Fire Brigade, Maketu Coastguard, St John’s & Civil Defence, with the I have had the privilege of help of the Maketu Health & Social Services and the Maketu Community Devel- having a part in this pro- opment. It is great to have a group of 16 enthusiastic youth participating that are gramme and I wish to say a from Maketu & surrounding areas. big thank you to all the vol- The program consists of two phases. Phase 1 is where the youth have orientation unteers of firebrigade, coast- sessions with different emergency services. They get taught and shown many of guard, St. John's ambulance the skills that are needed for each service. That phase is finished with a scenario assoc, and the other partici- exercise. The scenario was on Sunday 30th August and was based on an over- pants who took part in the turned boat at the cut, with injured and stranded victims in the water or on the scenario giving up their spit. It was an opportunity for the youth to put into practice what they have learnt Sunday for our youth well over the last 5 weeks. Phase 2 is where the youth chooses an emergency service done everyone. that they will volunteer with for 2 months. At the end of the program they gain a To the youth I have the certificate and life skills that many do not get. greatest respect for you all. It was a great weekend which showed diversity, support, care, tenacity, persever- You not only did really well ance, patience, humility, confidence, understanding, awe, appreciation, and grate- you made us very proud fulness from all involved. how you coped with the sce- A huge thank-you to all of our services nario. I wish you all the best for the future and hope some volunteer in the future. I am buzzing and am sure you are too! Also thank you to all those behind the scene who put on that yummy lunch d e l i c i o u s ! Finally to Clester Eru who put in many hours and fi- nally kicked our butts into working at it a big thank y o u . Pam Reid Civil Defence

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For Relocation and Rebuild of Tender Kari.Com Portable building, 6m Maketu Hauora x 4m x 2.2m for tender on an as-is, where-is basis. Bids to close on Monday, 14 Septem- ber 2015 at 12.00pm. Highest bid not necessarily accepted.

Currently located at 3 Little Waihi Road, Maketu (behind the Hauora building).

September is a crazy and busy month for the Maketu Bids to placed via email to Hauora with exciting changes on the way. As some of [email protected]. you may be aware, our premises at 3 Little Waihi Road, Maketu is soon to be demolished to make way for our If you have any queries, new building. It has been a long time coming and we are please contact Shontell on 07 very excited about the changes and additional opportuni- 533 2551. ties we will soon have to offer our community.

From 21 September 2015, we will be situated at the Maketu Fishermans Club at 461 Wilsons Road, Maketu for a six month period. Due to our relocation, from 7-11 September 2015 some of our services will be temporarily unavailable. The Getting Sorted programme and Mixed Martial Arts will continue as normal.

A community hui will be held at 2.00pm Thursday, 3 September 2015 at the Community Centre. The pur- pose of this hui will be to inform the community of our plans and to answer any queries you may have regarding the rebuild. All are welcome! Volunteers

As such a memorable building for many, we will be hold- Needed ing a community open day on Wednesday, 16 Septem- Maketu Hauora is setting up ber 2015. We invite everyone to come along and re- a Maara Kai Garden for the member the many memories they made here. Following community. We are grateful the open day, the Maketu Rotary Club will be holding a to have the use of the empty movie night. If you have any photos or stories etc and section owned by the Corbett Whanau next to the Informa- you would like to share these on this day, then please tion centre. If you have contact us, we would love to hear from you. green fingers or are inter- ested in being a part of this initiative than we would love If you have any queries please contact us on to hear from you. If you are interested, please contact 07 533 2551 or [email protected] Corrine on 07 533 2551.

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Maketu Health & Social Services

Events

2 September 2015 The Parenting Show with Pio

3 September 2015 Community Hui

6 September 2015 Whanau Day

8 September 2015 Book Launch: Tree of Life by Heeni Morehu

16 September 2015 Community Open Day

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ASHLYN KOCE RUNS FOR KOTUKUTUKU THE GULLY On September 24th 2015, Ashlyn Koce will be The gully has come through a very harsh win- representing the Bay of Plenty in the year 6 girls ter that may or may not be over yet. A number Inter Regional Cross Country (IRXC2015). She of trees that had no problems last winter have placed first at her local school at , been frost burnt this time and some, sadly, qualifying her for the Cluster held at may not survive but that is nature. Spring is where she then placed 2nd. Off to the certainly starting to show now though with Western Bay of Plenty Cross Country at many trees, especially the fruit ones, in bud Waipuna Park in Welcome Bay she went, placing 3rd. She then and blossoms showing on others like the Kaka went on to Opotiki to compete in the Bay of Plenty Cross Country Beak and Manukas. We have planted 30 as- and made everyone super proud by placing 1st!! With this placing, sorted wetland plants and more flax in the she received an invitation to compete in the South Island Cross area across the creek and there are other trees Country Competition, which will be held at Wither Hills Park in almost ready to plant out. We really are Blenheim. Her family have been fundraising & have had some mas- planted up but there is usually room for more sive support from her school, where they held a PTA treat day and if the opportunity arises. We have been given gold coin donations from. On top of this, Barrs Bees donated a box some quite special plants but will tell all when of honey for her family to sell, labelled with “Ashlyns Race Honey” they get established. which sold like hot cakes. Ashlyn has always run barefoot but it is Sadly, for the second time, some of our pos- compulsory for competitors to wear shoes in this race due to the sum bait stations have been stolen. We have terrain. So Dobsons Refrigeration sponsored Ashlyn with her cross virtually no funds and give our time and country running shoes which she purchased from our local Te Puke equipment for free so we don’t need this. We Sports World. Her whanau would like to thank each and every one will have a display stand at the exhibition at of you for supporting her by either purchasing raffles or honey. the end of September so come and have a look The Barrs for your awesome donation of honey. Paengaroa School and a yarn. See you there! for going above and beyond and backing her all the way. For this, she will run in her Paengaroa School Sports Uniform. Well done Trevor Hughes Ashlyn and good luck with your South Island run. Kaitiaki

M A K E T U ary. We really need to look in to Awesome effort by Maketu Ongatoro cleaning these drains up before they Wetland Society and Te Puke Correc- ONGATORO empty in to the river and the estuary. tions this week to resurrect the sand W E T L A N D Great for the kids to see the differ- bag wall at Newdicks Beach. The ence between the filtered water in the wall is helping to lessen the erosion SOCIETY wetland borrow pits and the farm of the iconic lone Pohutukawa tree at Maketu Ongatoro Wetland Society drains where there is no vegetation to the beach. Huge effort guys! had a fun lesson at Kaituna Borrow protect from erosion on the banks. Maketu Ongatoro Wetland Society Pits with Te Kura O Maketu on If you have not been down to will be holding one final working Thursday. We tested the water quality Newdicks Beach recently you should, bee for the season on Sunday in the Kaituna River and the farm working with BOPRC and TALT we 27th September, meeting 9am at drain beside Uncle Boys, we found have cleared a large area of the Big Kaituna Cut Car Park. extremely high water turbidity Slope, on your left as you go down, We will be planting natives close to (suspended sediments) in the farm and planted over 200 native trees the car park, and if enough people drain which feeds in to the river and there. There is a lot more to do, but it turn up, along Ford Road as well. An directly in to Maketu Estuary. High has made a huge difference and it is easy way to do your bit to help im- water turbidity is an indicator of high easy to see how in a few years the prove our local environment - coffee, sedimentation which smothers shell- whole slope will be covered in native juice muffins and sausage sizzle for fish beds. The farmland bordering the trees, flax and Toetoe. These will en- lunch. lower Kaituna River used to be rich courage native birds, which will have wetland habitat which filtered out C h e c k o u t facebook.com/ an easier time as we will also be con- maketuongatorowetlandsociety sediment before it reached the estu- trolling rats and possums.

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Maketu Kokiri Kohanga Reo

WOW what a busy time we have had at the Maketu Kohanga Kokiri Reo. Earlier this term our tama- riki had been focussing on Ngahuru(Autumn) and Tanemahuta. The chil-

dren have learnt alot in regards to this kaupapa(topic). Like the changing stages of the leaves and trees/plants as the months have been colder. They are also aware of the role of Tanemahuta that he is a caretaker of the ngahere(bush) plants, birds and insects. They have created a beautiful collection of artwork within the kohanga around ngahuru and Tanemahuta. As a reward and to collaborate all their hard work all tamariki from kohanga and their whanau visited Rotorua for a nights stay. We visited the Red woods, Playtopia and Rainbow springs. The tamariki were amazed when walking through the big trees at the Redwoods and enjoyed checking out the animals and wildlife at Rainbow Springs. And most of all excited to have a boat ride on the ‘Big Splash’ at rainbow springs. This trip was thoroughly enjoyed by all that attended. As the seasons have changed and the months have been colder many of our whanau would have had fires or heaters running/burning in their homes. So with that in mind it was a good time to teach our tamariki to be firewise. The children are aware that if there is a fire they need to get down, get low, get out FAST & stay out. They have also learnt some other good practices in regards to being firewise. We had the Maketu Fire Service visit the Kohanga so the tamariki could see the equipment worn and used by our firefighters and of course have a ride on the Big Red Truck which was a highlight for our tamariki! Thanks Shane Gourlay for helping make this happen!

Kōmiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue Update Bay of Plenty Elections 2015 Representatives In accordance with its Trust Deed (Schedule 1;Rule 2, 2.4 ) , Kōmiti Nui will be holding elections.. The current Trustees have made themselves available for re-election. The achievements are run- ELECTION DATES ning high in Maketu. Con- gratulations to two Date Venue # Trustees Maketu locals for making Bay squads. A big fat 10 Oct Hurungaterangi Marae, Ngapuna Two (Ngapuna) Congratulations to Sap- 11 Oct Whakaue Marae, Maketu One (Maketu) phire Tapsell for having been named in the wider Papaiouru Marae, Ohinemutu 18 Oct Six (Koromatua) training squad for the Bay 18 Oct Papaiouru Marae, Ohinemutu One (Mamaku) of plenty secondary School Girls Under 19 We look forward to seeing you all at the elections and results will be announced following rugby team. Sapphire was the elections on the 18 October 2015. one of our recipients for Annual General Meeting on 18 October 2015 the Maketu Youth Star The current Board will be holding its Annual General Meeting at Papaiouru Marae, Ohine- Awards earlier this year mutu on 18 October 2015, before the elections . and it is so great to see her General In July 2015, we said farewell to Executive Manager, Tamara Mutu, who left to take up a continue on her winning role with Te Tumu Paeroa. Much to the good fortune of Kōmiti Nui, Kerri Anne Hancock ways. All that hard work, was able to take on the role of Executive Manager with nil interruption to Kōmiti Nui busi- time and sacrifice is pay- ness. Nga mihi ki a korua ing off. Another big fat Please keep a look out for panui in your local newspaper for more information about the Congratulations goes to AGM and elections in October 2015. Salesi Leota for having Enquiries been named in the wider For enquiries, please contact Kerri Anne Hancock (Executive Manager) on (07) 349-8333. squad for the Bay of Larissa Wharepōuri, Trustee Plenty under 19 team. Te Kōmiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue Congratulations!!!!!

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ST THOMAS CHURCH Maketu Community (The church on the hill) MAKETU Gym A Communion service in Te MARKETS Reo Maori and English is held on the Maketu Muscles first Sunday of the month at 10am. Every 3rd Sunday 8am to Noon Everyone is very welcome so please (and every 5th Sunday) Well it is officially spring. feel free to drive up to the church and Upcoming Dates So if you wish to shake off those win- join in the congregation. ter wrappings and the warm fire, tv Ruth Hughes, Secretary. cosiness, and put a spring back in Sunday 20th your step, and have a fun time, well St Peter’s September 2015 just give us a call and we’ll be there at the Maketu Muscles. C a t h o l i c Maybe you and some friends would Church Proceeds go to community like to share the joy of getting fitter or New Start Time for Maori Miha projects. you might like to make some new Maori Miha is now at the new time of friends just give us a call and we’ll be 9am until further notice, and will con- there at the Maketu Muscles. tinue to be held on the 2nd Sunday of Mai Maketu Are you interested in gentle move- each month. Editor—Clester ment, injury recovery, or maybe a Reconciliation [email protected] fitness program suited for your needs, Reconciliation is available before the just give us a call and we’ll be there start of Miha. PH: 0273202560 at the Maketu Muscles Liturgy Service rd Maybe you would like an after school Liturgy is held on the 3 Sunday of Mai Maketu is a community fitness program just give us a call and each month at 11am. Any queries we’ll be there at the Maketu Muscles please contact Hariata Rewi on phone newsletter published Do you think your club/group are in- 5332-238. monthly. terested in getting fitter, or training Upkeep of St Peter’s Church Submissions or notices for a goal, maybe a block booking For those interested in helping with should be submitted no just give us a call and we’ll be there the upkeep of St Peter’s Church and at Maketu Muscles. gardens, feel free to come to the later than the last day of the So come just give us a call we’ll be Maketu Community Centre after month. Please email all sub- there - Phone Sammie and Ben Coo- Miha, to have a chat about how you missions to the editor at: per on 021-02489572. might be able to participate. [email protected] Children’s Christian Doctrine (CCD) and Baptisms Mai Maketu is distributed via Due to changes in the start time for Maori Miha, please contact Hariata email with printed copies Rewi on 5332-238 if you have any available at Maketu Landing, queries regarding CCD or Baptisms the Maketu Hauora, the God bless Beachside Café, Bledisloe Margaret Clarke HolidayCamp and the Hilltop Holiday Park WOMENS BIKING GROUP— September If you want to receive this 7th Kiwi 360 Ready to ride at 9am opposite Kiwi 360 newsletter automatically 8.15am Paengaroa Hall car pooling. Ready to ride at every month by email, sim- 10th MTB Redwoods Waipa State Mill Rd parking site at 9.30am. Hus- ply send your email address bands/partners welcome to: Ready to ride at 9.00am outside the Paengaroa Hall, 14th Paengaroa [email protected] coffee afterwards at Comvita.

25th Term 3 ends. Ready to ride at 9.00am Parking MAKETU ROTARY 21st Papamoa at Gordon Spratt Reserve. Coffee afterwards at Pacifica. Ready to ride at 9am, parking and coffee at ‘The 28th Store’ 30th Wed To be advised

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