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CARPET & VINYL

LAYING LIST WITH THE
PROFESSIONALS
Jean Johnson Realty Ltd MREINZ
131 Hurndall Street
Trevor Dempsey Maungaturoto
Office Ph 09 431 8410
Fax 09 431 8821
Sheree Hastings
Ph/Fax (09) 431-8888 Mob 027 309 5788
Mob (027) 283-8039 A/h 09 431 8849

P.O.Box 107
Maungaturoto

BUILDER AVAILABLE

• Design
• Plans
• Decks
• Additions
• Alterations
• New homes

30 years experience
Quality workmanship

Phone Tony
(09) 431 6964 or
027 477 5340
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CONCRETE
If it’s concrete we do it

Full preparation and pour by

experienced local team

Subfloors Sheds Driveways Patios

Cowpads
Also retainer walls and fences

1.6 Ton Digger Available & Light

Truck

Phil Keen Contractors

027 659 2376

Paparoa
Line Dancing
At the Paparoa Hall
Thursday at 9.00am
CAR SEAT
This is a fun way to exercise both
RENTAL SCHEMES body & mind
A great way to socialise
Infant, Child & Booster Seats Available
Long or short term hire ALSO
We also have for purchase Child Harnesses,
Locking Clips and Ext. Straps
EXERCISE TO MUSIC
For rental details Ph Karlene Storey
(09) 431 8890
PAPAROA HALL
Brand New Infant Seats Now Available for hire Tuesday at 10.30 am
PLAYGROUP AND COFFEE MORNING
Good all-round exercise
1st Thursday of the Month Another great way to socialise
and meet new people
At the Plunket Rooms on Hurndall St in
Maungaturoto From 10am to Midday.
Please come along for a coffee and meet
other parents and caregivers. Contact
Toys and books are available for the children. Rose Plunkett (09) 431 7418

For further details Ph Jennifer (09) 431 6343

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Maungaturoto double crewed 24/7. Stephen is also very involved

with other volunteer work. He organizes funding and
Ambulance teams to travel to remote outer islands of Vanuatu to
Station install water tanks and spouting to enable villages to
Phone 09 4318 403 have clean water supplies. Pretty amazing stuff!!
Contacts: Stephen Rosser, Stephen also come from a family very involved with
Maungaturoto Station Team Maungaturoto Ambulance Station. His Dad Vic has
Manager, been a volunteer Ambulance Officer since 1963, and
Leigh Knightbridge, is still going strong! Vic was Divisional Manager from
Assistant Team Manager 1993 until 2001, and is an Officer Brother of the Or-
der of St John. His Mum Elaine was a volunteer Am-
Training Tuesday 7.30pm (during school term) bulance Officer for 15 years. Thank you also to Ruth
and Stephens family – I know it is not always easy
Callouts: being family of a volunteer.
We have been extremely busy, breaking all our re-
cords in January with 79 callouts! This was up 18 What an amazing contribution to our community
call outs on last January. A huge thank you to all our these two families have made.
amazing volunteers for the enormous amount of Our warmest congratulations to you both - we are all
hours they have put in. We have also been very very proud you of Pat and Stephen.
busy with events, and I would like to say a special
thank you to Trevor Brljevich and Paddy and Len Staff News
Dunn for always being so willing to attend these. Our congratulations also to Kevin Haigh who has re-
cently gained his National Diploma, and is now a fully
Order of St John Awards qualified Ambulance Officer. Kevin is a St John first
Two of our members have been honoured when the aid tutor in Whangarei, and we are fortunate enough
annual Order of St John awards were announced. to have him and his wife Denise living in our area,
This is quite a coup for our station, as only six people where Kevin is one of our wonderful volunteers.
in Northland were recognised.

Patricia Hosford has been made an Officer of the Or-

der of St John. Pat has been a volunteer at Maunga-
turoto for 17 years, and has made an enormous con-
tribution to our station. She was the station manager
from 2002 until 2007, and dedicates many, many vol-
unteer hours in her roll as an ambulance officer. She
was made a Serving Sister in 2004, and this latest
award promotes her to Officer. Pat comes from a
dedicated St John family. Her late father George
was a founding member of our station, and went on
to become Superintendant from 1968 to 1980. Her
mother Maude has also been very involved with
Maungaturoto Station. She joined the subcommittee
in 1979 and became treasurer of the Otamatea Area
Committee in 1982. Until her retirement last year,
she had been the area committee Chairperson for 25
years. Maude is also an Officer Sister, and is now
the Patron of Maungaturoto Station. Pats husband
Colin was a member of the Otamatea Area Commit-
tee. Thank you Colin – it would be very difficult for
Pat to be such a wonderful volunteer without the sup-
port of her husband and family.

Our Station Manager Stephen Rosser has been

made an Order Member. Stephen joined Maunga-
turoto station in 1976. He was appointed station
manager in 2007, and is now a full time paramedic.
As well as his paid position, Stephen also puts in
many volunteer hours to enable our ambulance to be
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