ISSN 1170-1099 120TC049/04 Published Tuesday and Thursday THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2007 Circulated FREE to all households throughout Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. Extra copies 40c. BRIEFLY Bonus DriveBy 100 years of education for rod nats At about the time you are reading today’s bonus 20 page DriveBy magazine, you should celebrated at Pokuru start hearing the odd rumble By Dean Taylor about town. The bonus sized magazine Celebrations over the week- celebrates Te Awamutu Rod end for the centenary of Pokuru and Custom Club hosting School featured a presentation the 2007 PPG Classic Cover from the family of the men re- Street Rod Nationals here over sponsible for the start of educa- Easter, and the fi rst of over 200 tion in the district. V8 street machines should be Descendants of John Fitzell starting to arrive in town. Jnr and Snr presented the school Check the magazine for the with a painting, by Con Emery, of best times and places to get the original Kakepuku School. a good view of the action and In the early 20th Century, Mr help make the hundreds of rod- Fitzell and his son farmed on Pokuru Factory Road. ding enthusiasts welcome in Settlers of the district peti- our town. tioned the Auckland Education Board for a school, fi rstly unsuc- Plan for pa cessfully, then successfully pro- A conservation plan is being vided they built the school. prepared for historic Matakitaki The Fitzells took on the chal- Pa in Pirongia. lenge, building the school on Waipa District Council suc- their farm and leasing it back cessfully applied for a Lotteries to the Board for seven shillings grant to help fund this work per week, thus creating the fi rst and received $9,800. (Above) FITZELL descendants with the painting of the original Kakepuku School which the Work has already started with family presented to Pokuru School at the centenary reunion. 095071AD the employment of a registered (Left) TWO cakes, depicting the original Kakepuku School opened in 1907 and its permanent surveyor to map the visible replacement, Pokuru School, were cut by the eldest former pupil Rangi Emery and youngest features of the Pa, pits and pupil Kalina Morgan (who started school just three days earlier). 095071BD trenches. The archaeologist employed opportunity for formal educa- family have since attended About 340 former students to prepare the plan will add any tion in that district. Pokuru School, including and staff celebrated the cen- new features located when the The school was built dur- the eldest former pupil, the tenary. on-ground work commences ing 1906 and opened for the younger Mr Fitzell’s daughter Formalities on Saturday on June. school year of 1907 with 17 Rangi Emery. included the Fitzell family pupils. Mrs Emery (95) started presentation, speeches, pho- In 1910 the Auckland Edu- school in 1918. tographs and a series of remi- Postage rise cation board approved a per- She was joined by many niscences from pupils, staff More letter boxes is basi- manent school, and in 1911 family members at the cen- and board members. cally the reason given by New Kakepuku School closed and tenary to celebrate the mile- The festivities shifted to Zealand Post for an increase in Pokuru School opened on its stone started by her grandfa- Stewart Alexander Golf Club the price of the standard letter present site. ther and father. on Saturday night, and on by fi ve cents to 50 cents from During its short tenure, the That theme was continued Sunday the family theme con- June 1. 24’ by 12’ (8m x 4m) build- in the school production ‘Past, tinued when Father Graeme The changes include Fast- ing was also used as a local Present and Future’ written Alexander and Reverend Post, up from 90 cents to $1. church, Post Offi ce and hall. and performed especially for John Emery conducted a Parcels, bulk mail and inter- Three generations of the the event. church service. national mail prices are not affected. New Zealand Post says it is delivering to 120,000 more Gracelands gets $100,000 grant places now than this time in 2004, when the cost rose from Gracelands fundraising project $2 million to rebuild the re- munity activities that give their ployment for some of its clients. 40 cents to 45 cents. has received a signifi cant boost gional service centre based at Te lives value. They directly employ about 35 with a grant of $100,000 from the Awamutu that will upscale its ad- They operate two therapy cen- disabled people Courier dates Perry Foundation. ministration, training and support tres, a work based programme for To date grants have been received There will be two issues of Te “This grant from the Perry Foun- for a network of 14 operational people with mental health issues, from a number of philanthropic Awamutu Courier next week, dation is much appreciated and sites throughout the Waikato and supported employment service trusts including the D. V. Bryant but published a day later due to affi rming of our project and Gra- King Country. that covers the whole of the region, Trust, Trust Waikato, Fountain Easter. celands at large,” says Gracelands’ The fundraising project was of- a transition from school service, a City and the Lion Foundation. The fi rst Courier for the week CEO Robyn Klos. fi cially launched on February 15. NZQA-approved training facility, Two weeks ago a successful will be published Wednesday “Hamilton is a signifi cant service Gracelands is a disability sup- and skill development programmes charity auction and dinner raised morning and the second issue delivery area for us as we are cur- port organisation focusing on gain- that include marae and farm-based approximately $100,000. Friday morning. rently supporting about 450 people ing and retaining employment for programmes. Along with a number of dona- Advertising deadlines have there. We are very pleased about people’s whose lives are seriously Gracelands also operates some tions from the public this brings been adjusted by one day. this grant.” impacted on by disability or sup- commercial entities that not only the total raised to approximately Gracelands is wanting to raise porting people into mainly com- generate income but provide em- $700,000. 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