SEPTEMBER 2016 Green Light for Golden Years Possum Purge Start revving the mobility scooters or packing the motor home! Another fantastic PTA Plans for the Paparoa Lifestyle village for seniors is gaining momentum and funding to Possum Purge was held from create a Charitable Trust has now been approved by Paparoa Progressive Inc. Thursday 25 to Sunday28 "This gives us the green light to August, culminating with mobilise plans, the upshot of which the mini gala and prize giving held is a much needed development for at school. Although the weather our seniors that will also result in the wasn’t too kind to the hunters, and most significant urban development team numbers were down on last seen in Paparoa for more than 40 year, a total of 631 possums were years” said Graham Taylor, chairman despatched from our environment. of the planned Trust. Summer-like weather brought the Regular readers of the Paparoa families out for the festivities on Press will be aware of the proposal Sunday. The children enjoyed the to develop 14 retirement unit lots bouncy castles and car rides, and had and 15 individual residential sections great fun with two new games Pin-the- on the outskirts of the village. The tail-on-the-possum and Pot-a-pest. proposal has been warmly received by for the early stages to be complete by the community and there is already keen December. interest in the planned sale of the 15 “While we still have the consenting residential sections. process ahead of us and the important “This development is really about a ongoing consultation with neighbours to vision for the future and is good news for progress, we anticipate this development Paparoa” says Taylor. “It means that our will stimulate local business and have a seniors can remain in the community they positive impact on our community. know and love". We aim to engage with many local "Crack shot", Respecting elders has always been a tenet resources - from earthworks to roads, Tawhiti Tilby of a healthy society and the planned building and construction. Local suppliers Paparoa Lifestyle Village is proactively will be busy and the potential opportunity We’d like to thank all our planning a place where our seniors can that will result from 29 new residences sponsors, and the local safely enjoy their golden years with cannot be overlooked” concluded Taylor. community for supporting us the benefit of staying local. Statistically, New Zealand’s median age is growing Anyone interested in more information Winning teams: exponentially and the number of people about the development is invited to First: Gary Frazer’s Turkey Ticklers aged over 65 nationwide has doubled contact Graham Taylor 431 7209; or (93 possums) since 1980 - and is expected to double Wayne Birt 09 280 9591 Second: Shane Wintle’s Out on a limb again by 2036. Next month Paparoa Press will start (90 possums) Taylor says the project will have profiling the team who have volunteered Third: Sam Hartles’ Exploding Head considerable impact on the district's their support for this exciting community initiative. PP Syndrome (80 possums). PP future and anticipates resource consent Our place - can we keep it beautiful? Our Place - our home, our backyard, our roadside, our neighbourhood, our beach, our park, our school. However you want to describe it, Our Place is special to Us. We call our place 'OSOH. It's our 'slice of heaven'. Ours is an aged bach on an elevated quarter acre section that is full of fruit trees, ponga and cabbage trees, wild flowers and our own kauri tree with tui in residence. Every window in OSOH overlooks some of the mighty Kaipara Harbour - a treasure trove of delicious kai moana with weather activity that visibly moves and alters the view of the harbour; rainbows bowing over the water, rolling mist creeping up the harbour, sparkling reflections on the water. So how do we keep Our Place beautiful? .... continued page 2 2 PP www.paparoa.org.nz Paparoa Press PP Our place ... 4 ‘R's to keep it beautiful We're talking about our rubbish! Rubbish: Re-use: Discarded Use the bins Put toilet rolls, plastic bags provided at the advertorials, are a danger beach, along the newspapers, used to our birds and fish. Grocery streets, at the park tissues and other containers can be used for and elsewhere. It’s paper products in a kids’ crafts. Schools can often not good enough to box by the fireplace use ice-cream containers for chuck rubbish out for lighting the fire. storage of resources. Food the window as you You can remodel waste is great for worm farms are driving. Keep a plastic bag milk bottles into bird feeders or and compost. pest deterrents. A neighbour in the car for rubbish and deal Remember: with it when you get home. mixes up a brew of treacle, We need more rubbish bins cider vinegar and water and - Remember to reduce and get around our community too so hangs the mix in a remodelled rid of rubbish appropriately. if you agree, please contact milk bottle on her fruit trees - Remember to recycle Kaipara District Council to ask to kill off unwanted moths. household containers. Birt & Currie for more to be provided. Use fabric bags for groceries. - Remember to reuse. PP Surveyors Ltd Recycle: Cans, bottles, cardboard, Waste that is recycled Local Phone paper and plastic products 09 280-9591 can be recycled and made into Cardboard new products like playground 'Kraft fibre' from cardboard is in strong demand for Timely, matting and so much more. remanufacture into various forms of packaging such as cardboard boxes, egg and fruit trays and weed matting. & Drop them into recycle friendly centres. Take your cardboard personal Paper and paper there if you don’t Becomes magazines and books, cardboard or newspapers. service have a fireplace. Ask the supermarket if they have a Aluminium Cans [email protected] plastic bag collection box and Aluminium is the most cost-effective material to recycle. www.landsurveyors.co.nz put your excess plastic bags in Imagine the next aluminium can you drink may have been PO Box 120 Paparoa 0543 there. Collect and recycle! a can before. Glass Bottles Glass is uniquely sustainable as it can be recycled again and again without loss in quality, purity, or clarity. Most collected glass is reprocessed into new glass containers. Steel Cans Steel cans are 100% recyclable, over and over again into new cans and various other steel products. E-Waste Local council rubbish collection stations often provide disposal points. However, it isn't so easy to get rid of your old TV or computer for useful recycling as you will usually be expected to pay for its disposal. Otherwise it will just end up in landfill. Specialist recyclers can break down the components into plastic, glass and metal for reycling into a wide range of products, typically overseas. Tim and Sharlene Lord Sourced from www.recycle.co.nz Carpets & Upholstery Interior and Exterior Home Cleaning e-mail - [email protected] Facebook - www.facebook.com/kaiparacleaningco Phone 021 114 6729 www.kaiparacleaningco.co.nz Paparoa Press www.paparoa.org.nz PP 3 'Proudly Paparoa' Festival Jocelyn In a previous Paparoa Press, residents were alerted to this event Hospice being organised to celebrate the area in which we live. 14 Sept McKenzie To be held on Saturday 5 and community stalls on the POKER CAR RUN November, the inaugural Village Green and an evening Counsellor Luncheon Paparoa and event has been titled 'Proudly event for the family. Keep an The fundraising Saturday, luncheon 17 May 2014 Waking Paparoa'. This is to reference eye out for billboards, going up Maungaturoto for Paparoa andStarting Matakohe 3 pm Wellness the pride we feel in our district shortly, and remember to put supporters of Hospice and the presence of our the date on your calendar and Kaipara willNorthern be Wednesday Wairoa Hotel Narrative Therapy facebook name already in use come and join us for a great th 14 September $10.00at the and Creative Therapy on the internet. community day out. Matakohe Hall. There will early bird registration by 8/5/14 Planning is ongoing with If you have ideas or wish to be a great lunch (cost is Member of NZAC help in any way, please phone $12.00 on the day art, garden, heritage and just $20), numerous multi [email protected] walking trails confirmed. Janice or Stu 9469 990 draw rafflesPhone and 09 439 the 3330 chance or 027 8608 351 022 172 3640 Still to be finalised are food or Mary 431 7123. to listen to andEmail: [email protected] the Dargaville based staff, plus a local speaker. Doors open at Local election boundaries 11am for mix 'n' mingle. It's a great social time, and the Boundaries for Kaipara District Council election wards LIFESTYLE AUTOS changed in 2011 to balance the number of electors versus chance to support a very councillor numbers in each area. worthwhile cause. Roger Price The boundary between the wards of Otamatea and This year's goal is to West Coast Central has been moved so it now intersects help provide funding for specialised pressure air Full Arcadia Road, Paparoa Oakleigh Road near Floranz, Golden Mechanical Stairs Road near the golf club, and others in the vicinity. mattresses to give better patient care and comfort. Services If you live in the Taipuha area, as I do, or Ararua or north of Matakohe you may like to check your address online at Tickets are available from: Warrants datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/8406-ward-2016-generalised- - Skelton's Drapery, Paparoa of Fitness version/ or contact KDC or Electoral Services 0800 922 822 to - Maungaturoto Pharmacy see which ward you are in for Kaipara District Council voting.