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 Maungaturoto Matters 
 
Maungaturoto,Maungaturoto,Maungaturoto,Maungaturoto, A Real New Zealand Town ‘Gettin’ on with it‘Gettin’ on with it‘Gettin’ on with it‘Gettin’ on with it
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2009 Bus Trips to Whangarei
Shopping Appointments etc.
 
Leave 9.00am and return approx. 3.30 – 4.00pmas required.
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LOCAL FIRE FIGHTERS WINMAJOR COMPETITIONS
Issue 89 March 2009Issue 89 March 2009Issue 89 March 2009Issue 89 March 2009
Maungaturoto Volunteer Fire Brigade Two ManCompetition Team of William Garnett and Mi-chael Tovine won the Auckland Provincial UnitedFire Brigade Association Waterways competi-tions held at Te Aroha on January 30. They hadthree wins, one second placing and two fourths,giving them the overall win for the Region Onearea covering from Kaitaia to as far south asTurangi.This is their first season of competition and theyhave already made a name for themselves andthe Maungaturoto Volunteer Fire Brigade. Theywon the first round of the Northland Sub Asso-ciation Waterways Competitions, held atRuakaka in December; they went on to win thesecond round held at Mangonui on February 21,giving them the overall Northland win with firstplace in all six events and picking up a very im-pressive ten trophies and overall winners’ med-als.March sees William and Michael heading southto Queenstown to compete in the New ZealandNational Competitions held over two days.Congratulations to them both for an outstandingfirst year achievement.—CoachThrills and Spills at the Paparoa A &P Showheld last month—Images Liz Clark
 
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Retirement Units For Sale and Rent
The Community Trust wishes to advise, thatvacancies occur from time to time in both the2BR OYO units and 1BR rentals, situatedwithin the village in Riverview place,Maungaturoto.If you, or you have family interested in thisretirement option, please contact Rest HomeManager Debbie Ph. 431 8696, a name on ourwaiting list will ensure you are advised of vacancies.
Maungaturoto Matters is a free monthly publication,produced and published by the MaungaturotoBusiness & Community Association for theMaungaturoto Community.Letters to the Editor cannot be accepted due tospace limitations. Contributions and feed back frommembers of the Community are actively encouraged.Read the full copy on line athttp://arealnewzealandtown.blogspot.com/
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Rising rally star will compete onKaipara roads
 
The best of sixteen aspiring young rally driversfrom all over New Zealand who entered the RallyNew Zealand Rising Stars Scholarship pro-gramme will compete in the Kaipara stage of theRally of NZ in June.The winner gets a $50,000 support package, in-cluding professional mentoring and the use of aprofessionally-prepared rally car to contest theN3 category – or two-wheel-drive production carclass – of the 2009 New Zealand Rally Champi-onship being held locally on 6 and 7 June.The Scholarship is for drivers who have not com-peted in the Group N class of the New ZealandRally Championship before. The 12 most capa-ble candidates will attend the Rising Stars Schol-arship shootout weekend being held in theMaramarua Forest on 7 and 8 March.The weekend provides candidates, who musthave been 26 by the end of January, with com-petitive driving experience and tuition, challengesfrom fitness and mental aptitude testing and theopportunity to demonstrate they have profes-sional capabilities required of a full-time rallydriver when dealing with media, sponsors andofficials.In addition to the Scholarship, the second tier ofthe programme is the Rally New Zealand RisingStars Development Award. Entrants compete intheir own Group N front-wheel-drive (N3) rallycars to earn points during the 2009 New ZealandRally Championship (NZRC) and Rally New Zea-land.
Fire danger still to high to removerestrictions in Kaipara
A total fire ban remains in place in Kaipara de-spite last weekend’s rain providing some relieffrom the dry conditions.The Prohibited Fire Season bans all fires in theopen except commercially manufacture barbe-ques and incinerators which are allowed subjectto a number of conditions.Principal Rural Fire Officer, Fiona Vessey, saidon Monday that the fire risk is rising again afterthe rain and although things may be starting tolook greener there is still a large amount of com-bustible material around, some of which may behidden.While some other councils may introduce re-stricted seasons Kaipara does not use this half-way option between open and prohibited sea-sons. As a result the total ban will remain inplace until weather conditions and fire indicatorsmake it’s removal safe..
Maungaturoto Wastewater Up-grade Heads into the HomeStraight
 
Earthworks for Maungaturoto’s wastewater treat-ment upgrade have now been largely completedwith the construction of a 600 cubic metre stor-age pond to enable the treated wastewater to bedischarged during the top half of the outgoingtide. This ensures that the treated wastewaterhas the least impact on the river as possible.Raising of the bund around the oxidation pondhas been completed although this has yet to begrassed and metal may be placed on top to pro-vide better all weather access. Harrisons Con-tractors Limited are installing pipe work, pumpstations and other hardware.Also, Canadian Pacific Limited has begun sitework to install the membrane filtration unit whichforms the heart of the upgrade and will filterpathogens and other contaminants from thewastewater.The project is now slightly behind schedule dueto additional ground stability work being under-taken and a decision to shift some existing pipelines. Duffill Watts Northland Manager, GavinGribben, says that despite some delays the pro- ject is progressing well and will be a long termasset to Maungaturoto.
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