Sizzling start Stop burglars to taste trail from ruining P11 summer P24 Horowhenua Mail Thursday, November 17, 2016 Shaken but not stirred The Horowhenua District Council building has been deemed safe after the quakes. JOEL MAXWELL AND ADAM main under the Foxton tower ‘‘The only dislodged ceiling tiles’’. make sure the problem was not POULOPOULOS burst following the earthquake ‘‘There was no change to something more serious. but was repaired by Monday disturbance found existing concrete cracks. The Kapiti Coast Mayor K It could have been so much worse. afternoon. was a few ceiling building was deemed safe for Gurunathan said the district The South Island and Welling- Horowhenua District Council occupancy and further structural appeared to have got off lightly ton City faced massive clean-up staff inspected buildings that it tiles had popped out assessment not required.’’ from the earthquakes that rocked operations on Monday but owned and found no visible signs of position in one of Kapiti Coast District Council Wellington to the south. Horowhenua and the Kapiti Coast of damage following Monday found no significant damage in He said the only reported and appeared to have moderate morning’s earthquake. the buildings. ’’ the district after making checks problems were murky drinking damage compared to its southern ‘‘The only disturbance found Horowhenua District Council on infrastructure and roads water in Waikanae, and overnight neighbours. was a few ceiling tiles had popped across the day. confusion about the tsunami risk. Murky water, temporary busi- out of position in one of the build- council headquarters, the centre The council was investigating People were warned to simply ness closures, exam disruption ings. The team accessed the inside of simmering disagreement over reports of murky water in stay off beaches, he said. and a middle of the night tsunami of all buildings, except the Foxton whether it was an earthquake Waikanae and several other ‘‘There was a bit of a panic fright were the main effects of the Courthouse Museum which is risk even before the earthquake. locations in the district. with some people wanting to run 7.5 magnitude quake that currently closed due to However council staff said they It was thought the problem up into the hills.’’ hammered the Lower North earthquake-prone risk.’’ inspected the building first thing came after the earthquakes Island. Mayor Michael Feyen said on Monday morning and the only stirred up sediment on the bottom Flooding and quake damage In Horowhenua the trunk there were new cracks in the disturbance ‘‘was two slightly- of the pipes. 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If not satisfied with the response, the feeling as the earthquake struck complaint may be referred to the and the aftershocks kept rolling 2. TOASTMASTERS Press Council. PO Box 10-879, and rolling.Then as if that wasn’t If you want to develop your public The Terrace, Wellington 6143. bad enough, the rains came. We Or use the online complaint form at speaking skills, tonight’s www.presscouncil.org.nz Please had landslips, rivers bursting their Toastmasters gathering in include copies of the article and all banks and traffic chaos. Waikanae is for you. 1 correspondence with the publication. But this wouldn’t be Horowhenua if we did things by 3. STRAWBERRIES CONTENTS halves. And for all the chaos there The Kapiti Coast Festival, which P3: Crackdown on fare dodgers was so much good to hold onto. It is incorporates the Hospice P4: Beating the morning commuter times like this that I appreciate Strawberry Festival, will be held at rush how strong the sense of community Kapiti Primary School on Saturday. P5: Motorists copping roading bills can be. P7: Conversations to do list Straight after Monday 4. HARPIST P8-9: Whats on morning’s earthquake struck, we Wellington-based artist Ingrid P10: Round the Bays started getting reports of Bauer is playing a concert of 2 3 P23: Around the region, in pictures neighbours helping each other. French music in Otaki on Saturday P27: Food People knocked on doors to see that afternoon. P28: Puzzles their friends and neighbours were safe. They swapped stories and 5. FOOTPRINTS cups of tea. Most importantly, they Foxton’s Footprints in the Sand run shared the awfulness of enduring and walk will be held on Sunday. aftershock and aftershock together. And in the floods and traffic chaos we saw people offering lifts home, opening their doors to 4 5 people to shelter and even just getting through with that wonderful stoic sense of community and a sense of humour. Contact us Editor: Amy Jackman, [email protected] 04 474 0201. Reporter: Joel Maxwell, [email protected], and Adam Once again, we were reminded Poulopoulos, [email protected]. Advertising: Cheryl Amos, [email protected]; Bruce Court, of nature’s power. But once again [email protected]. General Inquiries: Nadia Viljoen, 04 298 5019 or [email protected]. Classifieds: 0800 we saw the goodness of people.. 252 774 or [email protected]. Address: Ground floor, Media House, Rimu Rd, Paraparaumu, PO Box 110, Paraparaumu. Audited - Jeremy Rees, National circulation: 25,026. Delivered each Thursday to homes between Paekakariki and Otaki. 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