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Youth Award winner Billy Turner is congratulated by Coromandel MP Scott Simpson at Parliament. Young firefighter wins award
CLAIRE FITZJAMES be a fire fighter since he can ‘‘I give a lot of my time to the with the work Billy has been people out there doing great work, remember. community because I simply doing and have seen his efforts as well as others prepared to give He’s already racked up seven He’s been a fire fighter for the enjoy it. I like being able to go out first hand when visiting the young people the support they years’ volunteering for the New Tairua and Whangamata fire on the fire truck and Coastguard Tairua brigade on several need to help them reach their Zealand Fire Service at the tender brigades for almost two years and boat and know I am making a dif- occasions,’’ he said. goals.’’ age of 17. he has also been a member of ference,’’ he said. ‘‘These awards are a great The Youth Award is Billy’s And Billy Turner’s extraord- Coastguard and Land Search and ‘‘One minute you could be sit- initiative that recognises young latest in a string of inary dedication to emergency Rescue for three years. ting there and then next you’re on people doing great things, and acknowledgements for his com- services was recognised this week Shaking hands with Prime a job and it’s all go.’’ also those who support or cham- munity spirit. Last year he was when he received a Youth Award Minister John Key, Winston Coromandel MP Scott Simpson pion young people. awarded the Thames Rotary Help- at Parliament from the Ministry Peters and Peter Dunne and chat- said he was delighted Billy had ‘‘A large number of ing Hand Award and the People’s of Youth Development. ting with the chief executive of been recognised for his outstand- nominations was received for this Choice Award for Excellence at Billy, one of 45 Youth Award Coastguard New Zealand were ing contribution. year’s awards, which shows the inaugural Thames Coroman- recipients for 2016, has aspired to highlights. ‘‘I’ve been really impressed there’s no shortage of young del Youth Awards.
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The game of netball is derived from early versions 1. RIDE ALONG of basketball, and began in FROM England in the 1890s. The next Hauraki Farmers Coffee THE Ride in on June 7, starting at EDITOR Rotokohu Rd, Paeroa at 10am ongratulations to Billy 2. MUSIC MANIA CTurner for his Youth Award The Mercury Bay Music Festival is on presented for his dedication in Whitianga from June 3-5. CONTENTS to emergency services. Elephant in the Paddock...... 4 It is incredibly important to 1 3. INDOOR SPORT Backyard Banter ...... 12 acknowledge the contribution to The Thames Badminton Club Nadia Lim...... 14 society from younger members of welcomes played to the Thames What’s On ...... 16-17 our community. High School gym on Monday Property...... 21-29 Billy received awards last year evenings from 7.30pm. Motoring...... 33-40 for his community work, along with many others in the area in 4. GUEST ARTIST the inaugural Thames Paeroa Country Music Club Coromandel Youth Awards . welcomes guest artist Donna The earlier that the spirit of to do list Saunders to the Bible Chapel Hall on This newspaper is volunteerism is embraced by 2 3 June 3. subject to NZ Press members of the community the Council procedures. better. 5. ON THE LAWN A complaint must first Time pressures are increasing Beginners are welcome to join be directed in writing, within one month of all the time and volunteers tend to Thames Croquet Club at its Monday publication, to the editor’s email address. come from the older age groups. and Thursday golf croquet sessions If not satisfied with the response, the It is essential that there are from 12.45pm. complaint may be referred to the people to step into others’ shoes to Press Council. PO Box 10-879, take on roles that are vacated as The Terrace, Wellington 6143. time goes on. Or use the online complaint form at www.presscouncil.org.nz Please Being appreciated as a 4 5 include copies of the article and all volunteer is all the more valuable correspondence with the publication. when there are no monetary incentives available. It takes a special kind of person Contact us OFFICE: 07 868 8850. ADDRESS: 104 Sealey St, PO Box 363, Thames. EDITOR: John Brown 07 868 3601, [email protected] AREA MANAGER: Jason to become a volunteer and Billy Douthett 027 705 1512, [email protected], SALES: Nikki Sanders 07 868 3604, [email protected] EDITORIAL: reporters: Jill Cleave, 07 868 3614, [email protected], Cameron Massey, 07 868 3613, [email protected], Claire Fitzjames, 021 749 522, [email protected] follows many others in the area CLASSIFIEDS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE: Jacqui Kennerley, 07 868 8850, [email protected] AFTER HOURS CLASSIFIEDS: 0800 339 000 who make a significant CLASSIFIED DEADLINES: Wednesdays 9.30am, Thursdays 9am for family notices. DIGITAL EDITION: haurakiherald.co.nz contribution to this community. – John Brown
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Some of the classrooms don’t have windows, and the chalkboard’s the main resource. But the school’s pupils could soon be learning in a different way, thanks to a project driven by a Kiwi woman, and focusing on the eastern and northern districts of Sri Lanka. Sally Angelson grew up in Whitianga and studied inter- national relations at Waikato Uni- versity before setting off overseas to teach English as a second language. ‘‘I was teaching in Japan and I Sally Angelson heard about a ship called the used to teach Peace Boat. It travels around the Englishasa world doing peace-building,’’ she foreign language, now said. she’s an aid ‘‘I worked on this ship that worker for went around the world con- ChildFund. She’s stantly, for nearly four years.’’ pictured with That’s how she became an aid children in worker – going from a volunteer Mumbwa, on the ship to running a teaching Zambia. programme, as the trip travelled PHOTO: CHILDFUND through 65-odd countries. NZ Angelson shifted her focus to education, and has been working for ChildFund New Zealand since in Zambia and the Batticaloa ‘‘Teachers are teachers any- Up to 80 kids could be in one what it wants, and train local 2007, now as the lead developer region of Sri Lanka. where, but it’s a big difference class, and the kids may travel teachers. and programme manager for the The trials showed the when you don’t have any 10km to get to school. ChildFund New Zealand aims organisation’s Active Teaching techniques improved class attend- resources,’’ Angelson said. Part of the Atlas programme is to raise at least $96,000 to train 115 and Learning Approaches in ance, and there were fewer drop- ‘‘Most of the classrooms don’t making changes to classrooms, teachers across 23 schools in Schools (Atlas) programme. outs. have electricity, very few of them such as putting desks into pods Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. It shares Kiwi-influenced Now, ChildFund New Zealand have windows. They’re concrete, and resources on the walls. teaching techniques with is looking to roll it out further in it’s really hot, and kind of basic In each case, ChildFund and To donate, visit teachers, and trials have been run Sri Lanka. desks and chairs. partners ask the local community childfund.org.nz
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John and Nikki Garrett and sons, Cooper, 3, Cullen. 5. and Rylan, 7, love life on the farm. Loving life, even in tough times manager. JO BELWORTHY worries. It could be a lot worse for time with family and have a John enjoys the challenges them – it lasts longer and it puts it couple of milkings off,’’ John says. that running a business brings. When Nikki Garrett told her three ELEPHANT IN into perspective and brings us While he considers the current He also considers his staff to be sons she was off to Queenstown THE PADDOCK back down to ground again.’’ payouts a pain and barrier to a huge asset and believes some for a holiday, their reaction Nikki considers herself lucky being able to expand their busi- farmers can put added pressure wasn’t quite what she expected. ‘‘There’s no point in sulking to be a stay-at-home mum while ness, he says he’s not going to on themselves by trying to tell Rather than champing at the about stuff that’s going wrong her children are small and enjoys dwell on it. them their way of doing some- bit to go off an adventure with because then they get the wrong the quality time she gets to spend ‘‘The payout is what it is and thing. her, Rylan, 7, Cullen, 5 and Coo- vibes, so we try and be positive with them. we can’t change that, but we can And while this can work in cer- per, 3, asked to stay back on the around the kids and spend quality They are equally passionate make changes on the farm to tain situations, he says other farm with their dad, John. time with them.’’ about ensuring they get quality make it more profitable,’’ he times it’s not worth ‘‘stressing’’ The Ngatea couple’s love of the And anyway, if he came home time off the farm as a family and says. the small stuff. land and farm life has rubbed off with his tail between his legs all as a couple. John places a lot of emphasis ‘‘If they do things differently on their boys, who love nothing the time, Nikki would just roll her In the summer, they reduce on good budgeting, forward plan- but get the same result then that’s better than being on the eyes and tell him to stop moaning. their milkings to once a day and ning and goal setting, which he good. Don’t worry about how it’s 130-hectare farm. ‘‘I need that sometimes,’’ he never work weekends – unless for says has held him in good stead done, as long as the end result is And it’s their combined love of says. seasonal work such as calving. financially through this the one you want.’’ the land and lifestyle they have While he still feels the day-to- John and Nikki know that they downturn. chosen that keeps this family day pressures of farm life, it’s need to enjoy the good times when The couple have been 50-50 The Elephant In The Paddock grounded. always a short-term thing. they can, and then make sure they sharemilkers on John’s parents’ project has been set up to So much so, that John refuses ‘‘You’ve got to look at the big- are prepared for the lows so they farm for seven years. support the mental wellbeing to let low payouts or other ger picture,’’ he says. can ride them out. Two years ago, they further of the Hauraki Plains farming stresses infiltrate his family life, ‘‘We’ve had friends and family ‘‘When the times are good, you expanded their business, buying a community and to connect particularly when it comes to his with sick kids, so really the can spend a bit more money on 70-hectare property in west them to resources within their sons. payouts are the least of our the family or you can spend more Ngatea, which has its own farm own community if needed.
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The odds are against the endangered New Zealand Dot- terel, but thanks to a combined effort from Department of Con- servation, volunteers and sponsors the 2015-2016 breeding season on the Coromandel Pen- insula has been a success. It’s not easy protecting the endangered dotterel on Coro- mandel beaches with threats ranging from cats, dogs, humans, ferrets, black-backed gulls, cars, storms and high king tides. New Zealand Dotterel ranger Frouk Miller said 148 chicks The New Zealand Dotterel 2015/16 breeding season has been successful on fledged from 210 monitored the Coromandel Peninsula. pairs across 51 breeding sites throughout the Peninsula, from ing sites were on Pauanui without them. Whiritoa to the Thames Coast Beach, Opoutere, Matarangi Miller said the control of up to Stony Bay. and Whangamata. dogs on main breeding sites was This season, which runs ‘‘This was mainly due to a lot better this year although from September to March, pro- spring and king tides not there were still significant duced a favourable productivity coinciding with easterly storm losses of adult birds and chicks rate of 0.7. surges, thus contributing to due to dog attacks. The productivity number is nests and chicks not being ‘‘Holiday visitors who bring calculated by fledgling numbers washed away,’’ said Miller. their pets to the beach need to be divided by pair numbers. About 30 minders have con- educated and made aware of Since 2003, productivity rates tributed long hours into moni- domestic cats predating New have fluctuated from 1.09 down toring the birds, nests and Zealand Dotterel breeding sites, to as low as 0.40. chicks, pest control and public especially at night, when The 2014/2015 season had a advocacy. dotterels are at their most vul- productivity rate of 0.56. Miller said the programme nerable sitting and incubating The most productive breed- would not have been successful eggs."
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CAMERON MASSEY And it’s not the first time Wyllie has impressed on the golf A Paeroa golfer has set a new club course. house record by scoring under his A couple of years ago, he age for a round of 18 holes. matched his age with a round of Earlier this month, at the ripe 81. old age of 83, Tony Wyllie shot a ‘‘I was so excited I shouted the round of 81, the first time either a whole bloody club,’’ he said. visitor or a member of the Paeroa ‘‘It cost me a bloody fortune.’’ Golf Club had achieved such a He made sure he didn’t make feat. the same mistake this time and Midway through his round, shouted his three partners for the Wyllie knew he was on target for day a quiet drink. something special. Being a patron and a life mem- ‘‘I got 39 on the first nine and ber of the club, he said it gives that gave me a reasonable chance him a bit of skiting rights around and then it was a matter of hold- the clubrooms. ing it together until I got in,’’ he Wyllie started playing golf 46 said. years ago. ‘‘I would think this is the best Now he is happy to be able to thing I’ve achieved in my golfing get out on the fairways two or career, it’s my highlight.’’ three times a week. Wyllie said it was unusual and ‘‘I enjoy the ability to be able to a bit surreal to achieve such a go out there and do it, I’m just score. bloody lucky that I can do it.’’ ‘‘It’s one of those things that for the average guy it’s bloody hard to achieve,’’ he said. ‘‘Because when you’re young the score is low to shoot your age Tony Wyllie has shot an 18-hole round but as you get older, of course, the of golf lower than his age, a feat no body gets older and the target other member or guest of the Paeroa easier but the body gets older.’’ Golf Club has done before.
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