Bay Harbour: March 30, 2022

Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 30 2022
THIS
WEEK’S
10
NEWS
Mullet a money maker
SPECIALS
MULLET:
Before and
after the hair
cut for firies.
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• By Kristie Boland
BUSINESS IN the front, party in the back.
The promise of a mullet is all it took for
Diamond Harbour locals to put hands in
pockets.
It’s business as usual for Diamond
Harbour Four Square owner James Grant
– but with a new hair cut that has so far
raised $2700 for the Diamond Harbour
Volunteer Fire Brigade, and put a smile on
locals’ faces.
The owners of the small store, Grant and
his partner Laura Palmer wanted to cheer
their customers up with something a little
lighthearted while raising money for the
fire brigade.
Grant was well overdue a haircut and
agreed that firefighter Jeremy Palmer
could cut his hair into a mullet if they hit
the goal of raising $2000 in two weeks.
Donations flooded in as updates
and photos on the Diamond Harbour
Community Facebook page kept locals
entertained.
Diamond Harbour fire chief Bob Palmer
felt humbled by the community support.
“It just really shows what a great
community we’ve got. We’re lucky to have
people like James and Laura with their fun
fundraisers,” Palmer said.
The Four Square also donated fresh
oysters to new fish and chip shop Salt,
which battered and sold the oysters then
donated the funds back to the mullet
fundraiser.
“It’s the little things like that that make
us so proud of our community,” said
Palmer.
With the latest total coming to $2700
and a video showing off Grant’s new do,
locals on the community page said
they felt they had got their money’s
worth.
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ARRIVED:
Diamond
Harbour fire
chief Bob
Palmer and
his wife Nicky
drove the
new 4WD
down from
Auckland last
weekend.
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New truck after big
community effort
• By Kristie Boland
FOUR YEARS of community fundraising
has paid off for the Diamond Harbour
Volunteer Fire Brigade as it welcomes a
new edition to its fleet.
A Toyota Land Cruiser four-wheel-drive
double cab, with a specially designed tray
for all the fire brigade needs, arrived in
Diamond Harbour over the weekend.
Over the past four years, the community
has been working to raise the $120,000
needed for the purpose-built vehicle.
Fire brigade volunteers will now be able
to drive over rugged terrain and reach
areas they have previously had to get to by
foot.
Diamond Harbour Four Square owners
James Grant and Laura Palmer were key to
the fundraising efforts, including organising
a ‘Big Quiz’ that kick-started things,
with over $15,000 raised.
This, along with both large and small
donations, funding raising such as cake
stalls, barbecues and mullet hair cuts,
helped to reach the total.
One woman even donated $10,000
anonymously.
“So many people have got on board
over the last few years to support us,” said
Diamond Harbour fire chief Bob Palmer.
“We’re blown away really,”
More equipment will be added over
time with the leftover money, including a
thermal imaging camera.