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Photo: A sunny lazy first day of Spring CLEVEDON ROUNDUP YOUR COMMUNITY INFORMATION NEWSPAPER No. 393 September 2019 SAVE THESE DATES! ROUNDUP PAGE th th Clevedon A & P Show – Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November INDEX Advert. rates & dates 3 Franklin Local Board 4 Clevedon School 5 Friends of Te Wairoa 6 Other Important Dates 6 Local Snippets 7 Music Foundation Trust 7 Clevedon CBA report 9 Anglican Church 10 Clevedon Wastewater 12-13 Wairoa Business Directory 14 Clevedon Lions 15 Clevedon Christmas Parade – Saturday 30th November 11am Ask Auntie 15 Clevedon Plunket 16 See page 9 for more details Presbyterian Church 17 Club News 21 Community Notices 22 Local trades & businesses 2, 8, 11, 18, 19,20 Ed386 – Clevedon Roundup – October 2018 1 Ed 393 – Clevedon Roundup – September 2019 LOCAL TRADE & BUSINESS (paid advertisements) Accounting Services in Clevedon Financial Accounts, Tax & GST Returns Business & Personal Tax Advice 37 Papakura Clevedon Road Ph 2929470 www.myersca.co.nz Ed386 – Clevedon Roundup – October 2018 2 Ed 393 – Clevedon Roundup – September 2019 NB: The views expressed in the Roundup are not necessarily the views of the Editor or the Team. We reserve the right to edit, accept or decline publication of articles or ads considered of a controversial nature, in possible conflict with the interests of local business & community or in conflict with the aims, principles & Constitution of the Clevedon Community & Business association ================================================================================================ PLEASE SEND ALL ARTICLES AND ADVERTISEMENTS BY EMAIL TO [email protected], USING YOUR ORGANISATION’S NAME AS THE SUBJECT, ALSO INCLUDING PHONE CONTACT DETAILS AND PROOF OF DIRECT PAYMENT INTO ACCOUNT: ANZ 06-0401-0194985-02 ADVERTISING AND COSTS All enquiries or communication relating to the Roundup, please email to [email protected] or contact Mariette Sprenger 021 445 548 or Sue Harries 021 270 6878. Mail can go to PO Box 90 - Acorns is our drop-off point to receive ads & cheques. We do not issue invoices and the bank deposit reports are your receipts . We are not GST registered. Ads will only be published when payment received to account: 06-0401-0194985-02 Repetitive non-payment = no new advertisement ISSSUE FOR CLOSING DATE Folding/Delivery Date Issue No OCTOBER Thursday 17 October – 5pm Friday 25 October 394 ADVERTISING RATES: - No change expected N.B. Advertising rates will only be revised when the financial well-being of the Clevedon Roundup requires it Print Dimensions Cost N.B. Black 9cm x 9cm or 5cm x 18cm $25.00 Double business card size Colour As above $60.00 Black 9cm x 5.5cm $13.00 Business card size Colour As above $30.00 Business card size Market Place Classifieds 25 words & photo $5.00 Editing ads $20-$25 Additional fees may apply EDITORIALS Please submit your editorial in Font 10 in word or publisher format, to extend to ½ page (max)-margins 1cm. LIMITED ADDITIONAL COPIES Although you should receive your private copy in your letterbox, limited additional copies are available from Acorns, Clevedon Co-op, Remax, With Relish, Orere Point Store, Kawakawa Bay store, Hunua Store and now the Clevedon Hub. A copy is also uploaded to the website: www.clevedon.co.nz WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE ! Thank you to all who contacted us after our request for a deliverer for Ness Valley Road, the response was overwhelming! If you are able to help our community in another way, we are still needing Volunteers for the Clevedon Hub at the Clevedon District Centre, a two hour commitment fortnightly. Information has been gathered and is constantly being updated for you, so the only pre-requisite is a passion for our Community. Please phone Sue on 2929049 The following is provided by one of our wonderful Clevedon Hub Volunteers……………….. Greener grass for livestock can prove costly By Lisa Douglas, specialist litigation and dispute resolution lawyer practising in and around Clevedon It is a fact of rural life that livestock enjoy escaping from paddocks. However, the opportunity some farm animals take to seek out greener pastures can cause significant damage to the animals themselves, as well as to people and property. Recently, the national media reported that 57 cattle had been killed following a collision involving a train traveling between Napier and Palmerston North . This distressing incident provided a reminder to farmers to keep farm land well- fenced. There have been numerous other instances where the New Zealand courts have faced claims involving farmers paying, sometimes hefty, sums for financial losses caused by failure to keep their farm animals well-fenced. The recent incident is a timely reminder for stock owners here in Clevedon to take reasonable precautions to keep their livestock secured. Broken or hot wire fences adjacent to main roads are most likely to fall short of the reasonable steps that should be taken. And for those moving stock on roads, Beef & Lamb New Zealand provide guidelines for safe work procedures. Clevedon locals can help to prevent harm to animals and to traffic by alerting others when escapee stock are on or near roads via Clevedon/Kawakawa Bay Grapevine on Facebook. Ed386 – Clevedon Roundup – October 2018 3 Ed 393 – Clevedon Roundup – September 2019 Editorial written & supplied by: Franklin Local Board Wairoa Team Congratulations to Deputy mayor and Franklin ward councillor Bill Cashmore on being returned unopposed. He works hard and is always generous with his time, so it’s good to know we have a strong voice on the governing body. And speaking of strong voices, Auckland Transport will be sick of hearing from Amanda Hopkins about potholes, road surfaces and the other issues we hear about. But credit where it is due, senior managers have talked us through reporting changes designed to make it easy to understand where things sit on the work programme, and why. That’s important because we all wonder why a problem or something we regard as a priority isn’t fixed, but there are often good reasons. Our road network is 951km rural and 287km urban. The urban network has grown 5 per cent in six years, and Paerata, Karaka, Clevedon, Beachlands and Drury show that won’t stop. The 2019-20 Road Renewals Programme is almost $20 million but in the last two years 20 per cent of our budget has been used on storm repairs, $4.5 million on retaining walls alone. In that budget, repairs at Siberia Hill and at Orere–Matingarahi Rd will cost $1 million, Ardmore Quarry Rd, McGregor Rd and Laing Road culvert at least another $500,000. Next year about 72 kilometres of our sealed network will be resurfaced and our 420kms of kerb and channel, some of it added in Beachlands this year, will be extended. Add in more than 300km of concrete urban footpaths and you begin to see the size of the task. A lot of effort goes into advocating projects to AT, and we have made some positive steps. Amanda makes frequent calls to update our contact on road conditions and was pleased to hear permanent solutions to Siberia Hill, Brookby Road and Whtiford Park Road are planned. We know Watercare’s work has been frustrating. Contractors hope the three-way system will only be required for another two weeks. Once they’re clear of the West Road area we’ll be back to a two-way system, cutting wait times. There were a couple of incidents of the lights losing communication, resetting the timer. A taller antenna seems to have sorted that, and the green phase has been lengthened to clear more cars in peak hours We have endorsed our achievements report measuring how we track against our 2017 board plan goals. It includes projects and advocacy areas we undertake on your behalf, and highlights gains in Pest Free Franklin and the Waiuku Trails and Wairoa River Action plans. The yet-to-open Hunua Trail getting Heartland Trail status last year is singled out as another highlight, alongside the Wairoa River winning the ‘most improved Auckland river’ category at the New Zealand river awards. A new local board plan will be developed next year, offering the opportunity to review outcomes and priorities with the incoming board. And lastly, isn’t it good to see the fresher, brighter look to the Clevedon District Centre nearing completion? Angela, Malcolm and Amanda – Franklin Local Board CLEVEDON VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE CLEVEDON VOLUNTEER FIRE STATION: 292 8612 Brigade is on station Tuesday evenings from 7:00PM Always keen to talk to people wanting to volunteer CFO Mike Kelly 021 747 123 and DCFO Bruce Jones 027 488 2803 IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DIAL 111 Ed386 – Clevedon Roundup – October 2018 4 Ed 393 – Clevedon Roundup – September 2019 Editorial written & provided by: News from Clevedon School Board of Trustees The three year term of the new Board of Trustees has begun and all the trustees are excited about the opportunity to get involved with the governance of Clevedon School and making a difference for our children. Thank you to all those that stood in the BoT election. It is a credit to our school community that so many parents want to be involved in the governance of our school. The board would also like to take this opportunity to thank our former trustees: Mel Cleave, Trent Archer, Peter Manderson, Kellie Philpott and Danielle Wright for their term as trustees, and for all the effort and commitment they have dedicated to Clevedon School. Our new Board of Trustees are: Hamish Bell (Chair), Megan Harper, Kirsten Davis, Summer Deverell, Paul Gibbard, Nick McCaw and Sarah Watkin Social Auction Results We are sure that all who attended the Social Auction last term would agree that it was a fantastic evening and so inspiring to see so many generous people in our community who are so enthusiastic about supporting our school.