Friends and Parents of Ahuroa School is a social fundraising group. Our aim is to organise quality functions and fundraisers to raise money as well as the profile of Ahuroa School. It is also a great way to get to know other local and school community members.
What are the benefits of belonging?
·Meetings are held at school at 2.30pm, so there are no night meetings to chew up your personal time.
·Your children will be taken care of in after school care and provided with afternoon tea for just the cost of the food ($1)
·Get to know other parents, caregivers and community members
·The opportunity to give back to your community
About the Group There are two ways of belonging, either as a:
Committee member Committee members come along to meetings, dream up ideas and organise and help out at events, functions and fundraisers.
Friends of the committee
Friends of the committee are people who can’t make meetings, but want to still be involved, and are happy to be called upon to help out when needed.
Our first meeting
Our very first meeting was held at school last week. Thank you to everyone who attended, or phoned me to join ‘Parents and Friends of Ahuroa School’. We had a great turnout and have a committee formed, along with a large group who are friends of the committee.
Our next meeting will be held in March next year. We plan to meet monthly, dates are yet to be set.
The more the merrier, so if you want to join in give me a call on 422 4922 or email me at
Everyone welcome!!
Pursuant to Section 22 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977.The principal Rural Fire Officer for the Rodney District Council gives notice to the public that a Restricted Fire Season shall apply across the Rodney District from 1 December 2007 until the 31 March 2008.
All fires (including incinerators) require a fire permit during the restricted season.
The use of barbecues which use or contain solid fuels are prohibited on public land and reserves.Gas fuelled barbecues and gas cookers are exempt from this notice.
Fires on Beaches
Fires cannot be lit on beaches at any time.This includes bonfires.
Scott Marchant, Principal Rural Fire Officer, Rodney District Council.
Bingo night at the Hall was great fun - well it was for me anyway - I won twice! There were 18 people present including 'staff'. There was a slight hitch when the software malfunctioned (twice) but there was a manual system on standby which also malfunctioned occasionally and only went up to 75 while our cards went up to 90!
Despite these problems, which were quickly and expertly overcome, the night went on to be very enjoyable and a definite success
Can't wait for the next Bingo Night? - Watch this space!
Because of the new anti-spam laws, we've decided not to put anything on the Ahuroa Grapevine that is advertising paid services. So, we've created a web page for this - click here to have a look at it.
If any of you would like to advertise your services on this page, please send an email with the details to
. We would like to keep the advertisements approximately business card size.
These advertisements can range from babysitting & gardening through to local builders & plumbers. There is already one advertisement there so have a look!
Thank you to everyone who made it to the meeting and others who have expressed an interest but couldn’t make it.Sgt Bede Haughey kept it relaxed and informal and basically just answered our questions.It is good to know that Ahuroa is a relatively low crime area.The message from Sgt Haughey is that, depending on the time of day/night,it could take 40 minutes for the Police to attend any incident in Ahuroa so we need to be able to depend on each other and support each other.To do this, we need to know each other.He suggested get togethers, possibly a bbq, once or twice per year.He and another officer would like to attend these events.Sgt Haughey supplied everyone with NHS (Neighbourhood Support) information packs and said any other resident wanting one could call into the Warkworth Police Station or the Community Constable Office at Orewa.
At our August Meeting with representatives of Ahuroa Rural Volunteer Fire Force and Warkworth Police we were asked to seriously consider installing our RAPID number at our property entrances. RAPID is an acronym for Rural Address Property Identification. If you don't know what yours is, it can be found under 'Location of Property' on your RDC Rates Bill. This number will help Emergency Services locate your property when called out. It is strongly suggested they are displayed where they can be seen when approaching your property from both directions. The numbers should be the reflector ones so they can easily be seen at night time. Both sides of your letter box is a good place if it is easily seen from the road. It was also suggested that it is a good idea to station someone on the road to await Emergency Services.
What an amazing school production Ahuroa School put on last month. The hall was full to capacity, with a great turnout of family, friends and community members.
Carlene Tolopf did an amazing job of the costumes as did the senior girls on their costumes.
The staff and pupils outdid themselves and we all eagerly await next year's show. If you missed the show you can purchase a DVD from school.
3rd October 2007 The council called for submissions on the proposed 80k zone. We put one in (and hope others did too) saying it should be reduced to 50k. Here's the outcome of that submission:
Comment "This road was reviewed in 2007. Current LTNZ criteria qualifies Ahuroa Road (from Clifford Road for a distance of 1.0 kilometre) for a reduction to 80kph. A further reduction at this time is unlikely to influence driver's speed or increase road safety. There are school signs drawing attention to the Ahuroa School. This road will be monitored with attention given to the school."
Resolution: "That the submission be rejected and the proposed amendment reducing the speed limit from 100kph to 80kph proceed. No further change to the Bylaw is recommended."
Any approved changes to the current speed limits are valid from 1st October 2007. The new signs have been ordered and are programmed to be installed during the next few months ...
Personally, we don't know why they even bother calling for submissions as it seems they all just vote in favour of whatever the highly paid 'consultants' advise. Bugger the locals... Andrew Shackleton & Kerry Macdonald
For those who signed Graeme's petition to have speeds reduced from Ahuroa School through to the bus turning area outside his house:
"Gareth Hughes, Rodney District Council Transport Manager, has made contact stating that submissions will be made to Council on November 2006 for approval. If passed, signage will be erected in July 2007."
For those who aren't aware of the petition, Graeme started it after witnessing a near-miss when a speeding car almost collided with the turning school bus.
22nd December 2006 Graeme has received the following update from Gareth Hughes:
"I am pleased to inform you that Ahuroa Road was surveyed from the intersection of Clifford Road for a distance of 1 km. The survey supports a change in speed limit from 100km/hr to 80km/hr. A report will go to council next year, followed by implementation of the speed limit change in July 2007."
We all know that 80kmh is still far too fast for Ahuroa Road, particularly past the Ahuroa School but it's still a good result. I'm wondering why we don't have "School bus turning" signs?
What an amazing school production Ahuroa School put on last month. The hall was full to capacity, with a great turnout of family, friends and community members.