SScenecene...in your community PRICELESS WTo oure newlc Maotammata-e Piako Mayor Ash Tanner and his wife Tracey Pr operty Br ok ers Mat amat a, Cnr Ar aw a and T ui Str eets P 07 888 6468 pb.co.nz Pr oud to be her e Property Br ok ers L td Licensed REAA 2008 ISSUE 373 • 15 October 2019 • Phone 888 4489 • Email: [email protected] • www.sceneonline.co.nz • PRICELESS DOCTOR 24 Scene around... www.sceneonline.co.nz ON CALL /7 Matamata-Piako preliminary election results After Hours Phone As one of the highest voter turnouts in the Waikato, the preliminary results are in for the Matamata-Piako elections. Mayoral candidates Votes received Not all the special voting papers have been received and counted, results could change. MPDC have stated that final 07 881 9102 results will be declared late afternoon 17 October, 2019. Te Aroha ward: Three vacancies To speak to the Nurse Triage Service who will MAorGrIiLnLs, vTiellrer y ward: Four vacanc2ie5s3 1 MORTON, Heather 929 Matamata ward: Four vacancies AOAKE, Joanne 2331 contact our on-call Doctor TANNER, Ash 6403 HATTIE, Judith 702 BARNES, Jan 5305 Weekend Urgent Walk-in Clinic TANNER, Ash 2351 SMITH, Russell 1370 10am – 12noon ARNOLD, Donna 3089 CORNES, Teena 1320 WILCOCK, Adrienne 2803 THOMAS, James 2740 CASEY, Caitlin 894 This month’s Medical Alert TAPPIN, Kevin 2791 DEWHURST, Bruce John 2620 MAHON, Ken 841 SAINSBURY, James 2578 GOODGER, Neil 2606 VOOGT, Garry 760 WHITING, Sue 2548 STEELE, Brian Stuart 2005 MORGAN, Bruce Alexander 662 Letters to the editor... www.sceneonline.co.nz PARENTS Remember to vaccinate your 15month old As Ash Tanner is currently the leading Mayoral candidate, the fourth leading Councillor in Te Aroha will be elected. children to help stop the spread of measles For more information got to https://www.mpdc.govt.nz/elections SAVE TIME – BOOK ONLINE www.matamatamedical.co.nz Recently the Matamata College Sports community. small step in this direction. On behalf of Club assisted with Lions Club Fertiliser Secondly to the many parents, students the College we acknowledge and appreci - Drive held in Matamata & are the grateful and supporters (some of whom have no ate that. recipients of the funds raised. family connection to the College, but were We consider that the success of this pro - The Sports Club exists to provide sport - merely willing to assist) who turned up for ject provides an avenue for greater com - ing opportunities for all students at Mata - filling of the bags & the drive itself; thank munity involvement with the college. This mata College. This includes provision of you! will help our students continue to prosper uniforms, equipment, balls, training aids, Finally, to the generous citizens of Mata - on the sports fields and represent this transport etc etc for all 28 different sports mata who bought the fertiliser products – community proudly. We welcome the One stop medical shop caring for your at the college. The club relies on fundrais - thank you so much & may your gardens greater community to support our stu - family around the clock ing ventures such as this for its’ funding. flourish! dents in their sporting endeavors and we On behalf of the club we would like to Many of your readers will be aware that would love to see you on the sideline! Rawhiti Ave | Matamata say a huge thank you to all involved: as a school we want and need to have a 07 881 9102 or 07 881 9104 Firstly, to John Bonencamp and his greater connection with our community. Yours in appreciation merry band of workers in the Lions club – This is a 2-way street: the school needs to Charlene Conner, Matamata College your tireless, cheerful efforts and organi - reach out to the community and welcome Sports Club Chairperson and zation is a credit to the Lions movement. it in, and the community needs to step for - Dave Keenan, Matamata College Sports You are an asset to this town and we are ward to be involved. We feel that the suc - Club\ Matamata College Board of Trustees fortunate to have people of your ilk in this cess Fof athisr fmertilieserr d rm ive eethas madien a gC o mmunity Liaison. 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Ideas Working alongside NZ Police, Neighbourhood Support encour - ages members to get to know their neighbours. “We used to lean 4 Xmas Restore a photo - from $20 over the fence and chat to our neighbours but now it seems life is too busy and we don’t make an effort to get to know the people who live close to us. It’s about being aware of what is happening in our street, looking out for things that are unusual. It really is getting back to basics” says Angela. Three public meetings have now been held in Matamata and some progress has been made in establishing Neighbourhood Support. The group has also been supported by District Neigh - bourhood Support Representative Chris Smith who has attended the meetings and assisted Angela through the process. She is now Collage your photos – from $30 at the point where she needs more people to come forward to vol - unteer to be street contacts in their area. “We need some action now in all areas of the town. We are asking people to talk to their immediate neighbours about Neighbourhood Support and form a small street group, I’ll come along for a quick get together to share Angela McAllister is stepping up to help her community, pictured here further information and contacts and offer resources. Then as a with Youth Aid Officer Sanjay Singh Rathore, both are working to - group you can share important details and help support each gether to build safer neighbourhoods. other if needed. This all helps to build a better picture of what’s going on in your neighbourhood” said Angela. “People can also display stickers on their letterboxes and put up street signs to Your photos raise awareness”. on canvas Matamata-Piako Police Prevention Sergeant Ben Norman says – from $59 “Neighbourhood Support is a great way to not only better con - [email protected]. At this stage there is no funding for the nect with your community you live in but help keep it safe. Know - group so it is reliant on volunteers getting involved. Angela will ing your neighbours and watching over each other’s properties also be running a Facebook page as another way to share infor - and wellbeing is one of the biggest crime prevention tools for the mation and advice to make our neighbourhoods safer and con - community. Neighbourhood Support also offers a better collec - nected. 58-60 Arawa St, Matamata tive group of eyes and ears for the Police who are prepared to Angela reminds people that the police need to know if some - Ph 07 888 8560 watch out for unwanted or suspicious behaviour in your neigh - thing is happening right now or if anyone’s safety is at risk, if this bourhoods and call Police if things do not look right”.