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Clevedon Wins POHUTUKAWA COAST TIMES (May 11th 2018) 1 FRIDAY May 11 2018 Issue 1252 ‘THE PAPER WITH THE MOST FOR THE COAST’ Clevedon wins "most successful region" Kate & Steph at NZ food awards Love What Clevedon was the most successful food pro- ducing region in the country at last week’s Out- We Do standing New Zealand Food Producer Awards. Real Estate The announcement comes following last week’s Licensed Agent REAA 2008. PC Times article about the three Clevedon food Kate Wynn 021 855 735 producers who had won gold and silver medals Stephanie McLean 021 164 5111 Hoverd & Co. at the Outstanding NZ Food Producer awards. At the official awards ceremony held last week, SPeCIAL the major category winners were announced - with Clevedon winning four major titles at the AGENTs event. Winning top honours at the awards was the Clevedon Buffalo Co, who were announced Supreme Champion. The company also won the title of Dairy Champion for their buffalo IAN 027 285 9314 mozarella product range. MARK 027 523 2245 Another major winner on the night was Cle- NICOLETTE 027 702 9157 vedon Herbs and Produce, who won the Coast FM People’s Choice Award for Outstanding SEAVIEW Producer. The Clevedon Farmers’ Market walked away WATER with the People’s Choice Award for New Zea- land’s Outstanding Farmers’ Market. Clevedon fermented foods business ‘Forage and Ferment’ was a finalist in the Outstanding Sustainability Award category. Helen Dorrestyn, from both Clevedon Buffalo Ph: 0508 732 843 Online bookings at www.seaviewwater.co.nz Co and the Clevedon Farmers Market, says $265 per 17,000 litres - $235 per 12,500 litres she was “totally, utterly taken aback,” by the Above: Richard and Helen Dorrestyn from the Clevedon Farmers announcement of the Farmers Market win at Market and Clevedon Buffalo Co. Below: Liz and Amy Tregidga the awards evening. “The Clevedon Farmers’ from Clevedon Herbs & Produce. MORTON TIMBER CO. LTD Market has never won anything. I just didn’t For All Your Timber & Hardware Supplies expect it to happen - I assumed other town based We specialise in supply to rural properties markets with bigger businesses behind them would have more support. When they announced Plywood Non-structural, CD Seconds us as winners I just burst into tears!” says Helen. 2400 x 1200 x 12mm H3.2 $45.00ea “It was just so cool.” 2400 x 1200 x 15mm H3.2 $55.00ea Helen says the awards bode well for Clevedon’s 2400 x 1200 x 19mm H3.2 food producing future, and that the Clevedon $68.00ea Valley has the potential to become a hot tourism destination for niche food and wine products, Timber 70 x 45 H1.2 SG8 4.2 lengths $2.25/m similar to Australia’s Hunter Valley. Timber 90 x 45 H3.2 SG8 4.2m lengths $3.10/m “I’d like to see people getting together to make Timber 140 x 45 H3.2 SG8 4.2 lengths $5.00/m it happen. The long term viability for the area is Prices exclude GST, valid while stocks last. so exciting - that’s if we don’t mess it up with too much poorly planned residental development.” Contact us or call in to our yard for a free quote. Open Saturdays 7.30am to 12pm Prompt delivery service available 226 North Rd, Clevedon Ph: 2928-656 or 021 943 220 INSIDE: Coast & Country Property Guide Email: [email protected] Web: www.mortontimber.co.nz Our timber is sourced from renewable plantations www.johnsfarmletservices.co.nz Beachlands BEACHLANDS WATER SERVICE 2 HOrderO online or phone Maraetai Water tank cleaning available 536 6508 BEACHLANDS "Bringing water WATER to your community for 30 years" water your local water carrier 2 Tony Rawson ~ The Water Man DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE ON-LINE! H O BY POPULAR REQUEST WE NOW DO 1,000 GALLON DELIVERIES! Ph: 273 9763 Online Ordering and Payment Now Available www.beachlandswater.co.nz JOHN’S FARMLET SERVICES DEADLINES: Display Advertising - 5pm Friday, Classifieds and News - 5pm Monday Ph: 536-5715 Email: [email protected] Web: www.pctimes.nz 2 POHUTUKAWA COAST TIMES (FRIDAY May 11th 2018) Guest Editorial This weeks guest editorial is supplied by Darin Watts, chair of the Whitford Residents and Ratepayers Association Hello from Whitford. For those who are new to the As an association we are not against growth, we are GET IN TOUCH area or are not familiar with us, the Whitford Resident however committed to ensuring development is in accor- P: 09 536 5715 and Ratepayers Association (WRRA) was formed in dance with both plan change 8 and plan change 27 (both E: [email protected] 1968 and since then has been promoting the wellbeing of which are now incorporated into the Unitary Plan). W: www.pctimes.co.nz of the Whitford Community. We are a volunteer organi- Careful planning and consideration was taken to put these F: facebook.com/pctimes sation that provides a forum from which members of the parameters in place (to preserve the vision of Whitford for its residents) so naturally any growth/development A: PO Box 5, Beachlands 2147 Whitford community can identify, discuss and deal with local issues and concerns and provide a unified voice to outside of this may be met with resistance, whether that approach Auckland Council with solutions. be from non-adherence to scenic amenity, density, lack WRRA seeks to improve the lifestyle of all those who of mitigation planting etc. EDITOR live in Whitford by progressing community road safety, As a committee we are pushing to expand on the rec- Leanne Chamberlin subdivision development, social, sporting and environ- reational trail network. Whilst this project is a desire of 021 426 207 [email protected] mental concerns/opportunities. Whitford residents, it is also in keeping with Auckland The Association, along with valuable contribution from Council’s healthy communities goals/mandate. We be- ADVERTISING the Whitford Community Charitable Trust has a number of lieve we have an excellent platform to work on with great Gail Henry initiatives that have been going for some time, a couple of work in years gone by in establishing the Porterfield Road (Account Manager) those being the road camera projects and the pest control trail, Wades trail etc. We also have recent additions being 0210 829 8342 programme (not to ignore a considerable number of other the recreation trail on Solway Road and the opportunity [email protected] important projects that the association and residents have to use a number esplanade reserves to create recreation committed their time to). trails that have opened up resulting from subdivision FEATURES We have had enormous success with the implementation development. We see this as an exciting period where Melody Cuteld of ANPR cameras which since mid-December 2017 have we can link a number of trails throughout the Whitford 021 0261 4467 resulted in 40 stolen vehicles being apprehended by the area to create an extensive network of trails for walking, [email protected] police – hopefully 40 crimes prevented along the way. biking and horse riding. Upcoming features: Thanks to the Police for their fantastic efforts with their Keep up to date with Whitford events via the Whitford 18 May: Health & Style and Retire- follow up and general interest in policing the Whitford Turanga Newsreel or via our facebook page - Whitford ment Features area. Resident & Ratepayers. We meet at the Whitford tennis 25 May: Clevedon-Papakura and As others have written in the PC Times recently we have pavilion on the third Monday of each month and you are Beachlands-Maraetai Features concerns about traffic volumes, road conditions and driver most welcome to attend to discuss any Whitford issues 1 June: Botany Feature behaviour. We have a group working with key stakehold- or bring any concerns to our attention. Please ring me If your business would like to be included in any of these features, ers on safety initiatives. beforehand on 021 0850 8609. please contact Melody. COMMUNITY SOAPBOX the night sky brilliantly illuminated as if growing numbers of trucks. The roads there was a fierce fire raging. I soon dis- are getting chewed up as fast as they are Letters to the Editor ACCOUNTS & CIRCULATION covered before my eyes the overwhelming repaired. More alarming is the danger Pam Rutherford Light and traffic issues need to be lights from the Zealandia nursery. This one faces travelling along Twilight Road, 536 7164 addressed in Clevedon was ruining our night sky. Brookby Road and now even West Road. [email protected] We have been living in Clevedon for over Previously visitors had been stunned Double laden trucks often travel far too 20 years, having moved here to escape city by the clarity of the galaxies and Milky fast and straddle the centre line, even on The Pohutukawa Coast Times is life, traffic and in-fill housing etc. Way, rarely viewed so outstandingly by sharp bends. distributed weekly to 6200 homes It has been a wonderful quiet, semi-ru- city dwellers. Now it seems that this asset No longer are these routes safe for and businesses in: Whitford, ral environment. It seems that all is now along with others is sadly being lost. motorists let alone cyclists, joggers and Brookby, Beachlands, Maraetai, Clevedon, Alfriston, Kawakawa Bay, changing very rapidly. I had understood that Zealandia are sup- walkers. It seems very sad to me that Orere Pt, Hunua, Paparimu People visit from far and wide at week- posed to turn off their lights at 9 pm - (still our Mayor Phil Goff (a long term local ends (many from overseas) to enjoy our too late for us to show our little grandchil- resident) is in no way supporting local markets, the cycling, canoeing and walk- Member of the New Zealand dren the night-sky) but I noticed the lights villagers’ attempts to preserve one of the Community Newspapers ing opportunities and many other rural were still shining forth at 2.00am recently.
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