SOUTH Dr Libby CENTRAL P25 Taranaki COAST Community Cookbook STAR P26 Thursday, November 3, 2016 Walkers head off down Denby Rd on the newly opened pathway towards the beach. Beach pathway now open CATHERINE GROENESTEIN A ribbon cutting by South town from South Road to Waihi from Fairfield Rd. with the new pathway. Taranaki District mayor Ross beach, was an exciting day. The project also involved ‘‘It’s awesome, it will be used a awera’s new link to its Dunlop, assisted by junior ‘‘I’d like to see this being one of replacing the single lane bridge lot. It’s going to be a real asset to favourite beach is now Hawera St Johns members, fol- a network of walkways and on Denby Rd with a culvert and our town,’’ he said. H open. lowed. Then the cyclists were off, cycleways across our district and some road widening and realign- The event also served as a On Sunday morning a followed by groups of people on our whole province,’’ he said. ment work to make the road safer fundraiser for the Samuel Gibson hardy crowd of about 80 people foot, youngsters in pushchairs At 1.8m wide, there would be for traffic. Trust, set up to help people with braved a brisk wind to help and several dogs. room for people to pass provided It is one of five trails in the disabilities live full and meaning- officially open the new Denby At Waihi Beach, a sausage they were courteous. council’s District Walkways and ful lives. Samuel Gibson, was Road pathway that meanders sizzle cooked by a team from Nor- This path is the first stage in a Cycleways Project which are born in Hawera with brittle bone along a 3.2 kilometre stretch of manby District Lions Club and three-year project, which when expected to cost about $1.24 disease and died earlier this year Denby Rd, to the Waihi Beach police Blue Light awaited the complete will create million and a part of its long term while training for a fundraising Reserve. travellers when they arrived. interconnecting pathways from plan. event to help a three-year-old boy Festivities began with a bless- Dunlop said the opening of the the Denby Rd path across to Walkers Tobi and Susi Hipp in Christchurch with the same ing by Kaumatua Sandy Parata. 3.2km pathway, which links the Nowells Lake and another section said they were very impressed condition. When it comes to efficiency, the new Infinity VT series hits it out of the park KITCHENS... 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For the past 16 years the Nor- manby and Districts Lions Club members and senior students at Normanby School have been get- ting together to pick up rubbish along a stretch of Ohangai Rd between the township and the Seth Reilly, Shan Tawhiti Museum. However, the Rowe, Naiema extra cost of complying with new Ross, Brock health and safety laws was now Mack, Varsity too much for the volunteers to Poutama, Regan Ogle, Ivy pay, event organiser Chris Broughton with Purdon said. Lions member In order to meet the rules that Chris Purdon a road cone was placed every 15 during their last metres along the road, the club cleanup walk on would have to lease about 300 Ohangai Rd, cones from a roading contractor Normanby. and pay for staff to deploy them on the day. ‘‘We used to borrow a few witches’ hats and make our own signs, but that’s not legal now,’’ Purdon said. On Friday the team met to tackle the rubbish on Ohangai Rd four enthusiastic children, wear- walkways in future, where there had helped with the clean-up, and with endorphins. People are together for the last time. The tar- ing hi-vis vests and gloves, pick- was no traffic. Taking part in the then took the lessons home with emerging with square eyes from get area is used by many tourists ing up rubbish on both sides. At clean-up was a great way to teach them - telling off family members too many screens and not enough heading for the Tawhiti Museum, the end, all the rubbish was trans- the children about the effects of who tossed rubbish out a car win- sunshine,’’ he said. which was why it was chosen for ferred to large bags and taken to littering and social responsibility, dow. It also helped the youngsters This year’s haul included some the annual tidying. The 4.5 kilo- the council transfer station. he said. ’’For the past 10 or 15 learn about volunteering. ’’Health broken reflector poles, along with metre stretch of road was divided Purdon hopes the club and years, about 28 kids have taken statistics show that voluntary ser- the usual cigarette butts, plastic into segments, each with two school could continue their tra- part each year.’’ vice is good for your health, it bottles, straws and takeaway Lions club members and three or dition at one of the district’s He had heard of children who benefits your immune system wrappers.