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St Thomas church hosted a visit from the Association of Anglican Women members from Holy Trinity Church In Tauranga earlier in June. It was lovely to be able to show them our historic church and Dorothy Pihema explained the history of the building ST Thomas Church which was very interesting. They were intrigued with the footprints on the ceiling too and with the story behind the organ. The committee was very happy to host them and would be more than happy to see more visits from interested people. The wheels are starting to turn slowly for the restoration of the church and it is very good to have a serious helper offer his services. Thank you to the people who have offered to help with painting etc – your time will definitely come! Ruth Hughes Secretary Kaituna River Re-diversion and Ongatoro / Maketū Estuary Enhancement Project A hearing was held on 4-8 May to consider the 46 submissions that were received on Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s application for resource consent and Notice of Requirement (NOR), to partially redivert the Kaituna River and create new wetlands. A decision on the application is expected in the next few days. This will be posted on the website when it’s available at www.boprc.govt.nz/ kaitunamaketurediversion. Further updates will be available in the next project newsletter, due out in mid- July. Subject to successful consenting and land acquisition processes, and there being no appeals to the Environment Court, construction is planned for the summer of 2016/17. Contact Pim de Monchy on 0800 884 881 ext 8518 or email Pim.deMonchy@boprc.govt.nz if you’d like to discuss the project or Regional Council’s wider work in the catchment. $15m in Long Term Plan for Kaituna Bay of Plenty Regional Council has now adopted its 2015-2025 Long Term Plan which includes investment of more than $15m over the coming 10 years in work to help care for land, water and wildlife in the Kaituna/Maketū and Pongakawa/Waitahanui catchments. Planned work includes more advice and funding assistance for landowner initiatives to fence and plant waterways, better manage drains, protect wildlife habitat and manage nutrients. It also includes the creation of up to 100 hectares of wetland and installation of more fish-friendly flap gates to reduce barriers to native fish (whitebait) migration and spawning. F i n d o u t m o r e atwww.boprc.govt.nz/kaitunamaketu Your water, your say Locals that have an interest in how freshwater is used, allocated and valued in the catchment, are being invited to put their name forward to be part of new Community Groups that are being formed for the Kaituna/Maketū and Pongakawa/Waitahanui catchments. The Community Groups will help identify local values for freshwater and inform development of local limits and rules to manage water quality and quantity in their catchment. This work supports Regional Council’s efforts to implement the Government’s National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. Find o u t m o r e a t www.boprc.govt.nz/freshwaterfuture s. Expressions of interest close on 3 August 2015. WOMENS BIKING GROUP— July 6th Kiwi 360 Ready to ride 9am opposite Kiwi 360 9th MTB 13th 20th Paengaroa Papamoa 8.15am Paengaroa Hall car pooling, Ready to ride at Waipa State Mill Rd parking site at 9.30am. Husbands/partners welcome Ready to ride at 9am outside the Paengaroa Hall, coffee afterwards at comvita Term 3 starts Ready to ride at 9am, parking at Gordon Spratt Reserve. Coffee afterwards at Pacifica 27th Pukehina Ready to ride 9am,parking and coffee at ‘The Store’ Brick-brack Corner Brick from an annoyed local!! To those that ride their horses through the village. It is maddening to have to walk along the footpath and have to dodge horse dung. It is one thing to have it on the road but entirely another on the footpath. Maybe the rider could come back and pick the dung up. OR maybe not ride the horse on the footpath in the first place. 29th Wed Last Wednesday of the month away ride
Last week we celebrated Matariki 2015 here with our tamariki. Our tamariki rotated around a number of modules learning and participating in Matariki based activities. They were able to recreate the Matariki constellation using a few different mediums, baked yummy whetu biscuits, mosaic manutukutuku, made dough boys and played string games. They were also treated to an awesome boil-up lunch which included their own personally made dough boys and delicious fried bread thanks to aunty Ngaroimata Campbell. Here are a few shots of their day. SUPER 5’S Te mutunga mai o te pai to our Super 5 teams who played in Paengaroa on Tuesday 30th July. Our boys won the rugby for the 2nd consecutive year and our girls placed 4th overall. Fantastic effort tamariki ma! The trophy will remain in our cabinet for another year. A special mention to Rangiatea Royal- Hikatangata who was awarded player of the day. Te Kura O Maketu MAKETU GIRLS GROUP Maketu Girls Group A.K.A Kiris Girls Group (KGG) celebrated their final term two group lesson last Wednesday. The girls have learnt cooking and measurement skills, made stress balls (play dough) and have recently made path planning cylinders ready for term 3 to keep their future path plans inside. TERM DATES This is our last week for term two whanau ma. We are then on holidays for two weeks and return to kura all refreshed on Monday July 20th. K.G.G—Kiri’s Girl Group Some of the activities enjoyed at Matariki celebrations Maketu Kura Rugby Champions
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