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Volume 2 No 26 

The Kaipara Konnection 

Dargaville 

An Alternative View of Things 

15 September 2012 

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Weather Forecast 

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For Updates and Other Regions Go To 

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Mangawhai Heads

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. 

Mark Twain 

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the opinions of the Editor of this newsletter and do 

not necessarily reflect the views of others or organisations the he belongs to or supports. 

Editors Note to Self 

“Turn off the TV when writing editorials”. 

Last week David Shearer the Leader of the Opposition was referred to in this newsletter as Minister of Local 

Government. He is probably glad of the promotion to the Front Benches however the person who is sitting in the hot 

seat at the moment is of course the Honourable David Carter. 

The Rates Strike 

This article in last week’s edition did not apparently raise awareness of, support of, or the ire of readers that was hoped. 

Only three e-mails arrived in the mail box. All three supported continuation of the rates strike. 

It is to be hoped that if the Commissioners do take action to recover outstanding rates, as required in their terms of 

reference that this action will be applied equally and fairly against all “recalcitrant” rate payers in the District. In our 

politically correct world however this seems like a very vague hope. 

In an e-mail dated 1 Aug 2012 Corporate Services Manager Barbara Ware states that there are approx 900 ratepayers 

who have not paid up and collectively owe $1,385, 623.00. This is a significantly lower number than being claimed by 

other groups around the District. Wonder who is telling the porkies? 

What Others Are Saying 

Make sure that you click on the following links and read the latest postings. Very informative. 

From The Workboot (Now Former) Councillor 

http://www.theworkbootcouncillor.net.nz/workboot-blogs/ 

From the KCRA 

http://kcra.org.nz/ 

From KaiparaConcerns 

http://www.kaiparaconcerns.co.nz/ 

From Mangawhai Residents and Ratepayers Association 

http://mangawhairatepayers.ning.com/ 

From Council Watch 

http://www.councilwatch.org.nz/index.htm 

The Ink Spot 

Phone: (09) 439 5158 E-Mail: darginkspot@slingshot.co.nz 

http://inkspot.nscoc.com

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint. 

Albert Schweitzer 

From Mike Sabin. Member of Parliament for Northland. 

Sabin’s Top Energy day 

Mike Sabin, MP for Northland has gone from suit and tie to flame proof safety overalls and hard 

hat as he spent the day with award-winning power company Top Energy as part of his MP on 

the Job programme. 

“There are times when a hard hat and safety gear might come in handy in the debating 

chamber, but today it was all that stood between me and very hot water and steam that you 

could literally cook an egg in,” says Mr Sabin. 

The third MP on the Job saw Mr Sabin start the day working in the Top Energy, PHONEplus 

call centre before heading to the Ngawha Geothermal Plant where he carried out routine 

maintenance before participating in a meeting with the Northland Energy Forum. 

“I was given a quick induction at the call centre and then launched straight into taking calls, which went surprisingly 

smoothly, luckily for me though, I had the assistance of the very skilled staff at the call centre alongside me,” Mr Sabin 

says. 

PHONEplus, part of the Top Energy family of retail businesses, employs about 45 staff across the Kaikohe and 

Auckland-based sites, servicing some 20 different customers, including companies such as Nature Bee, Chriscos, 

insurance providers and Telco’s. The centre at Kaikohe works 24 hours, employing Kaikohe locals, and are the people 

who will take calls during power cuts and for council, including during civil defence emergencies. 

“They are a very friendly, professional and efficient team and what impressed me even more was the fact that they felt 

that one of the best things about working there was their co-workers and the company.” 

While at the geothermal plant Mr Sabin worked with staff to clean a brine strainer in the re-injection line. This line carries 

water, which following the passage through the conversion plant reduces to about 95 degrees on its way to being reinjected 

back into the ground to re-enter the geothermal field. 

“Obviously aspects of the work with geothermal can be dangerous given the heat and the staff taught me the importance 

of remaining vigilant and diligent in their work practices,” Mr Sabin says 

“The staff of 11 at this site have a broad range of skills, anything from backgrounds in nuclear power generation, to a 

promising young addition to the team from Kaikohe who has been internationally recognised for his apprenticeship and 

trade skills in the automotive field.” 

Later in the afternoon Hon Phil Heatley, Minister for Energy and Resources joined Mr Sabin at a meeting of the 

Northland Energy Forum at the site. The two Northland MPs were briefed on the potential of the geothermal plant, which 

already produces about 70 per cent of the power for the Far North. 

“It is clear Ngawha has tremendous potential to be an exporter of power to help meet Auckland’s needs and also attract 

large scale industry to the Mid North, which will be a real circuit-breaker for our economy”

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie. 

Aldous Huxley 

“It is interesting to note that power supply and cost was one of the core themes identified during the whole-of-Northland 

economic summits and one of the answers to this is right here in the heart of the North,” Mr Sabin says. 

Both Mr Heatley and Mr Sabin left the forum with clear take-home messages about the potential of Northland with 

regard to wind and geothermal generation and ways that the local MPs could support this development. 

“It was another excellent MP on the Job experience, and I am really pleased with how this new initiative is progressing 

and what I have learned in the process. Next I’ll be pumping gas at a service station in Kaeo, which will be something 

different again.” 

Those who would like to have the ‘MP on the Job’ are asked to contact Mr Sabin’s parliamentary office on 04 8178384 

or email joanna.overall@parliament.govt.nz 

ENDS 

Letters to the Editor. 

If you have a complaint about something we publish, a brickbat or bouquet, or some general 

comments that you want to share - this is the place to do it. Please ensure that we receive your 

letters no later than the Thursday morning before publication. As with other news media, we don’t 

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keep them to no more than 250 words if possible. Thanks! 

Dear Editor, I believe we should hold out rates payments until we receive a statement from the New Administration 

re the ilegality of the LTP and other illegal problems that have been created by the KDC. I know of one family who paid 

in advance a one off payment to the KDC for the sewer connection at Mangawhai and nothing has happened. The 

payment was $7000. We need lots of answers yet. 

Walt Beanland 

Letter, 

Now is not not NOT the time to start paying rates. Gent told the “council” meeting (actually the first of a series of public 

monthly get-togethers of the Department of Internal Affairs Hatchet Society), speaking out of one side of his mouth, that 

the banks were good for as much money as it would take. Remember- Council is a going concern!!! Then, speaking 

out of the other side of his mouth in order to scare the bejeezus out of the council sheeple he said that if the long term 

plan wasn’t (illegally) adopted the banks would ride into town with their bailiffs, ARMAGEDDON!!! (his word, at an 

official council meeting!).. One wonders if he moonlights as Mitt Romney’s flip-flop coach.

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did 

my best to rewrite them. --Bill Cosby 

We absolutely do want the ANZ Bank or any other nasty bastard you can name to come in gunslinging. That is the only 

thing that will get the government off its fat comfortable behind to do something about this situation, a situation that is 

about to be repeated all over the land, and no amount of daydreaming, procrastination, crack papering, or self-delusion 

will stop it. The game is UP. English is absolutely wetting himself because he thought that Local Government would go 

on a huge spending spree to kick start the dead economy in time to save his neck, and he now finds, surprise surprise! 

that Local government is absolutely stony broke, the ratepayers are just emerging from a hundred years of hibernation 

and the political backlash from plunging them further into debt and poverty is scaring even the most cavalier of the 

spendthrift loonies of local government into second thoughts. The game is UP! 

Take a look people- The Government has just authorised the establishment of a quasi bank- in which all the ratepayers 

in New Zealand stand as guarantors for all the others. Who didn’t get asked? The ratepayers. Kaipara, for God’s sake, 

has applied to join this rort as a Guarantor!! Can you believe that?? Kaipara, the officially poorest district in the country, 

is going to stand behind the debts of all the others and bail them out if they fall over. Kaipara, which has already fallen 

over, is going to help Auckland back on its feet when it turns out that Len Brown has flown Auckland into the side of Mt 

Erebus. That is how it will be folks. Get it? I think it was Ruru who said that it was “most unlikely” that Kaipara would 

ever be called upon to provide bail out money. Why? Kaipara desperately needs it right now, despite Greg Gent’s and 

Ruru’s mendacious assertions about going concern, and there are at least another ten councils about to fall over from 

excessive debt (Read Larry Mitchell’s League Tables, and bear in mind while you do so, that he has access only to 

the published data from these circuses, not the true facts, which will in most cases be much much worse, as he himself 

discovered in the case of Kaipara where he and Jack McKerchar were good pals until near the end) Why do I say 

the facts will be much worse? Because the books of all these basket cases are being audited by the worst Auditing 

firm in the history of the world (Ernst Young included). An auditing firm that has been awarded an uncontestable multigeneration 

monopoly contract by the government to audit these organisations. I do wish people would look past the 

end of their own noses and see what is being done to them. Do you know why there are riots in the streets of Greece? 

Because the Greek people have finally woken up to the enormity of the rort that has been pulled on them. Well, the rort 

here is just as bad, and it is your government (and not just the present one- note 

the TOTAL silence of the Labour Party over this fiasco) that is pulling it. 

The government has opted for creating a feudal serfdom where the serfs will 

be tithed so that the Barons can continue to feast on partridge, wild boar, 

and sturgeon’s eggs. If the serfs lie down for this and co-operate, expect 

dispossession, starvation, and, Yes, death on a scale that has not been seen in 

this country since the 1930s. 

Am I the only person in the district who reads history??? 

Bruce Rogan. 

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rediscover their humanity. -- Desmond Tutu 

Computer Tips For the Week. 

What firewall vendors don’t want you to know 

Some of you have noticed that Norton 360 now includes “LifeLock”. So 

Norton now not only touts that its firewall can keep you safe from identity 

theft – but “LifeLock” can keep you even safer. The truth is, neither one 

can. Norton knows it. We know it. Anyone who understands how identity 

theft works knows it. If all you needed was a firewall to keep you safe, 

snug, and secure, why would Norton shell out millions of dollars to include 

the questionable LifeLock membership program in their security. Security 

vendors will do anything to convince you – if only you bought their product 

you’d be safe. But it’s not true, and they know it. Norton’s shenanigans prove 

it. Not only doesn’t a firewall prevent identity theft, Norton basically admits 

it by putting in a program designed to prevent identity theft. But LifeLock 

doesn’t prevent identity theft – and that’s why they’ve been sued by users 

and by the FTC. LifeLock recently paid a hefty fine to the U.S. Government 

for making false claims. It’s too bad the U.S. Government doesn’t take a 

closer look at the claims being made by security and firewall vendors. 

Software vendors have never been above hyperbolizing to the point of prevarication. We subscribe to many security 

newsletters – some of them published by security software vendors like Sunbelt and McAfee. Sometimes reading the 

baloney these newsletters serve to their readers almost makes us want to regurgitate. And it’s a shame that vendors will 

go to any lengths to sell a product knowing it can’t do what they promise. Unfortunately, gullible readers gobble up the 

baloney – because scare tactics sell products. 

A firewall – no matter which one – cannot prevent identity theft; there isn’t a program made that can prevent you from 

giving your information away willingly. The best crooks can trick the innocent into giving up passwords, email addresses, 

credit card numbers, and even social security numbers. 

A firewall is necessary, but every version of Windows from XP on has had a built-in firewall. If you listen to the so-called 

tech experts, they’ll tell you Windows firewall isn’t as good as brand x, y, or z. If you’re paying attention when you’re 

reading though, you’ll find that most of these so-called experts are selling brands x, y, or z – or all three. The motivation 

is money – your money. So in a sense those who twist the truth are our for the same thing as the crooks who trick you 

into giving up your personal information — your money. 

Firewalls can’t protect you from identity theft. In most cases, they don’t even help. LifeLock, now included with Norton, 

has been the target of many lawsuits and has already paid a stiff fine to the government for making false claims. 

When it comes down to it, you need a good anti-spyware program – or two, a good anti-virus program and you need to 

keep them updated. You need to keep Windows firewall turned on – not because it will protect you from identity theft, 

but because it can protect you from the unlikely event of unauthorized access to your computer via a network. 

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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. 

Douglas MacArthur 

What you really need to protect you from identity theft is something you already have – common sense. The same old 

common sense you’ve been using for years – the common sense that tells you not to leave valuables lying on the front 

seat of your car, to lock your car doors, to lock you house at night when you go to bed, etc. Most identity theft occurs 

when people get careless and click links in emails that look as if they came from a bank or credit card company. These 

links lead to counterfeit sites. Unwary users give up their personal information unwittingly – and that’s how identity theft 

most often occurs. 

A firewall isn’t going to stop identity theft. A 3rd-party firewall will certainly lighten your wallet -legally. Common sense will 

prevent identity theft better than any combination of security programs. Think before you click! And always make sure 

you know where you’re going and to whom you’re giving your information. When in doubt – leave it out. Don’t give away 

any personal information to any site unless you’re absolutely sure of the site you’re on. 

Reference: http://www.thundercloud.net 

New Books In the Dargaville Library 

FICTION 

Lady of the Shades – Darren Shan 

The Dark Legacy of Shannara – Terry Brooks 

NW – Zadie Smith 

When in Rome – Nicky Pellegrino 

The Guilty One – Lisa Ballantyne 

Umbrella – Will Self 

NON FICTION 

The Richest Man in Babylon – George S. Clason 

This is Not a Drill – Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield – Paul Carter 

Piri – Straight Up – cups, downs & keeping calm – with Heather Kidd 

Double Happiness – How Bullshit Works – Joe Bennett 

MAGAZINES 

National Geographic 

New Zealand Surfing 

Rolling Stone 

New Idea 

Keep Up To Date With Events at the Library Phone 09) 439 3150 or visit their web page 

http://www.kaipara.govt.nz/library.php 

Today FM. - 87.7 & 106.7 Mhz 

Bringing Back The Memories in Dargaville

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival. 

Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Northland Events Calendars 

To see what is happening around Northland, you can visit: 

Hokianga http://www.hokiangatourism.org.nz/news.html 

Kauri Coast http://kauricoast.co.nz/Events.cfm 

Mangawhai http://www.mangawhai.co.nz/Events.cfm 

Northland http://www.northlandnz.com/events.php 

Community Notices 

Dargaville Club Notice 

1st Dargaville Girls’ Brigade 

ARE YOU a girl aged between 5-18yrs? 

Then Come along to our Youth program, build friendships, be empowered with skills, 

Christian qualities and values, great girl chats and loads more. 

We meet on Thursdays, 3pm, come straight from school, for cookie and 

drink, 

Contact Pauline for more info. 4397507 

Astronomy Skydome Observers Inc 

Meets every second Thursday of the month, 

official start time 3.30-5pm held at 

Dargaville Baptist Community Church. 

88 Chases Terrace or at 

Skydome 28 Seaview Road. 

Baylys Beach 

Phone 439-8519 for details. 

Come along and explore the wonders of the night sky and help make a contribution to the study of astronomy. 

Telescopes and binoculars available, bring your own if you wish. 

Skydome Observers Inc is a non-profit organisation and a registered charity 

Kauri Coast 

Only

September 2012 Call 0800 15 24 72 

WHATS ON 

Let 

Jock take you 

on a hair-raising 

ride over sand dunes 

to the Kaipara 

Lighthouse 

POUTO SAND SAFARIS 

Jock will take you on a Sand Safari, a hair-raising ride over sand dunes to the Kaipara Lighthouse 

Call 09 439 6678 

Dargaville Museum 

Harding Park 

Open daily 

09 439 7555 

Pouto Sand Safaris 

Jock will take you on a Sand Safari, a hairraising 

ride over sand dunes to the Kaipara 

Lighthouse 

09 439 6678 

www.pouto.co.nz 

Walk the Historic River Walk 

A 5km return walk from Dargaville township 

to the Dargaville Museum via Mangawhare. 

Ride Ripiro Beach on a Quad Bike 

Hire from Baylys Beach Holiday Park 

Ph 439 6349 

Take an Historic River Cruise on 

the ÒDaisyÓ 

Walk through Trounson Kauri Park 

A Mainland Island 

Trounson Park Rd Kaihu 

Kai Iwi Lakes Walk 

Circumnavigate three dune lakes. Easy 

walking. 

Vintage Machinery Club 

Harding Park Dargaville 

Open: Wed, Fri, & weekends 10-30am - 

3.30pm 

The Kumara Box 

Warren Suckling: 

09 439 7018 

Buy fresh produce at Riverside 

Produce Market 

Every Thursday 2.30pm until 5.30pm 

Dormavilla Kauri Clock Factory 

134 Colville Rd SH 12 

Watch a craftsman working with Kauri timber. 

Free Tours 

094397373 094390007 

Funky Fish 

Trounson 

Kauri Park 

Walk through 

Trounson Kauri 

Park A Mainland 

Island Trounson 

Park Rd Kaihu 

Friday Nights in the Garage 

5.30 till 8.30 

Friday 7 September 

Dan Collett 


Jo Little & Jarrod Smith 


Little John Brothers

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses. 

Elizabeth Taylor 

New Zealand History This Week. 15 - 22 September 

19 September 1893 Women’s suffrage day 

The Governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law. As a result of this landmark legislation, New Zealand 

became the first self-governing country in the world to grant all women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. 

The passing of the Electoral Act was the culmination of years of agitation by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union 

(WCTU) and other organisations. As part of this campaign, a series of massive petitions − including one earlier in 1893 

signed by almost one in four adult women in New Zealand − were presented to Parliament. 

In most other democracies – notably Britain and the United States – women did not win the right to vote until after 

the First World War. New Zealand’s world leadership in women’s suffrage became a central part of our image as a 

trailblazing ‘social laboratory’. 

Even so, New Zealand women still had a long way to go to achieve political equality. 

They would not gain the right to stand for Parliament until 1919, and the first female 

MP (Elizabeth McCombs) was not elected until 1933 – 40 years after the introduction of 

women’s suffrage. The number of female MPs did not reach double figures until the mid- 

1980s, and at about 30% of MPs women remain under-represented in Parliament. 

Image: ‘The summit at last’, suffrage cartoon 

22 September 1906 Domestic workers call for 68-hour week 

At a meeting held in Wellington, Marianne Tasker attempted to establish a domestic workers’ union. Central to its 

demands was the call for a 68-hour working week. From the late 1880s to the 1930s domestic service was the single 

largest category of paid employment for women. ‘Domestics’ could be found in more than 15,000 dwellings around the 

country. 

A common complaint was that ‘good help was hard to find’. The idea of domestic service had never sat well with the 

‘free-born colonial young woman’. This was hardly surprising, given the working conditions most domestics endured: a 

16-hour day, 6½ days a week, and all for low wages. 

An 1896 attempt to legislate for domestics to have a half-day off each week was defeated. Edward Tregear, the head of 

the fledgling Department of Labour, recognised that the ideals of domestic service were ‘feudal and medieval’. However, 

he was also quick to point out that having too many girls working in factories would be ‘fatal to our future domestic 

comfort’. 

The labour reforms of the Liberal government had by the late 1890s earned New Zealand a reputation as a ‘working 

man’s paradise’. A 68-hour working week hardly seemed an unreasonable demand. New Zealanders had after all been 

celebrating Labour Day and the struggle for an eight-hour working day since 1890. Tasker and her supporters wanted 

to use the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act to force employers to comply with their 

demands. 

Tasker believed a union would improve working conditions and help attract more young 

women into domestic service. This would address a common complaint of employers. 

Seeing no benefit from a unionised workforce, employers formed their own organisation to 

confront the prospective union. 

Public figures also waded into the issue. The wife of Wellington’s mayor complained that a

I hope I didn’t bore you too much with my life story. 

Elvis Presley 

union would result in the loss of ‘loving service’. The domestic workers who complained about their lot, she concluded, 

were ‘mainly those who were incompetent’. Women’s groups that might have been expected to support better conditions 

for their ‘sisters’ also struggled to accept the need for a union. Domestic service was seen as ideal preparation for 

marriage; ‘no girl can do better or higher work than that of making a home happy and comfortable’ (even if it wasn’t her 

own home). 

Ironically, it was having a domestic servant on call that gave many middle-class women the freedom to escape the 

confines of their home environment. This freedom was often used to pursue interests that were seen as improving New 

Zealand society and the position of women in it. 

An administrative blunder gave opponents of the union an opportunity to nip it in the bud. In mid-1907 Marianne Tasker 

left New Zealand to visit Britain. The acting secretary failed to re-register the union and the Registrar of Industrial Unions 

cancelled its registration. To add insult to injury, the Registrar justified his decision on the grounds that a domestic was 

not a ‘worker’, because ‘domestic servants were kept for comfort and convenience’. 

Image: Domestic Servants wanted poster 

23 September 1887 Tongariro mountains gifted to Crown 

In February 1887, newspapers reported Ngāti Tūwharetoa’s proposal to gift the mountain tops of Tongariro, Ngāuruhoe 

and Ruapehu to the Crown for the purpose of establishing a national park. The Te Aroha News suggested that the gift 

was ‘one of the best proofs yet afforded of the gradual extinction of native superstition, for Tongariro has been strictly 

tapu’. In reality, the gift reflected Ngāti Tūwharetoa’s ongoing concern for its sacred mountains. 

In early 1886 a Native Land Court hearing was held in Taupō to determine ownership of various blocks of land within 

Taupō-nui-a-Tia. Approximately 600 people attended, including the paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Horonuku 

(Te Heuheu Tūkino IV). Horonuku was reportedly concerned about the inclusion of the iwi’s sacred mountains in the 

proceedings. In his book, The Tongariro National Park, historian James Cowan recounted Horonuku’s concerns, as 

voiced to his son-in-law Lawrence Grace: If our mountains of Tongariro are included in the blocks passed through the 

Court in the ordinary way, what will become of them? They will be cut up and perhaps sold, a piece going to one pakeha 

and a piece to another. They will become of no account, for the tapu will be gone. Tongariro is my ancestor, my tupuna; 

it is my head; my mana centres round Tongariro. My father’s bones lie there today. You know how my name and history 

are associated with Tongariro. I cannot consent to the Court passing these mountains through in the ordinary way. After 

I am dead, what will be their fate? What am I to do about them? Grace, the member of the House of Representatives for 

Tauranga, reportedly advised Horonuku that the only way to preserve the mountains ‘as places out of which no person 

shall make money’ was to ‘make them a tapu place of the Crown, a sacred place under the mana of the Queen’. 

The suggestion was placed before the Judge, Major David Scannell, and ‘by common consent the mountain tops were 

left in the hands of Horonuku and his family’. A preliminary deed of gift offering the peaks to the Crown was drawn up, 

signed by Horonuku, and sent to the government. The peaks were formally offered to the government in a deed signed 

the following year. The 1887 gift of 6518 acres (2638 ha) became the ‘nucleus of the proposed Tongariro National Park’ 

– the first national park in New Zealand and the fourth in the world. Over the next 20 years 

the government sought to obtain further land with which to establish the park. It was formally 

constituted by Act of Parliament in 1894 but not gazetted until 1907, when sufficient land 

was in Crown title. 

Horonuku’s ‘gift’ of the mountain peaks is currently being considered by the Waitangi 

Tribunal as part of its National Park inquiry. 

Painting: Lake Taupō with Tongariro National Park in the distance 


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FOOD! This week it’s “Potatoes” 

Easy Baked Potato Toppings 

Ingredients 

4 large baking potatoes 

Never confuse movement with action. 

Ernest Hemingway 

Spicy Bean Topping 

1 small onion, finely chopped 

1 small spicy sausage, sliced 

420g can Wattie’s Bean There Boston Baked Beans 

Corny Corn Filling 

1 small red pepper, deseeded and chopped 

2 spring onions, chopped 

410g can Wattie’s Cream Style Corn 

1/2 cup grated tasty cheese 

Method 

1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Prick each potato with a fork and brush with a little oil. Place on the oven rack. Bake for 60 

minutes or until potato is tender when pierced with a small sharp knife. 

Spicy Bean Topping 

1. Heat a dash of oil in a small saucepan and cook the onion until soft. Add the spicy sausage and continue cooking 

a further minute. Add the Wattie’s Bean There Boston Baked Beans . Continue cooking until beans are hot. To serve. 

Make a criss cross in the top of 2 potatoes and gently squeeze the cuts together to open up the top of the potato. Spoon 

over the bean mixture. Serve with a sprinkling of chopped parsley. 

Corny Corn Filling 

1. Cut 2 potatoes in half and scoop out the potato flesh leaving the skins in tact. Place in a bowl and mash. Mix in the 

red pepper, spring onions, Wattie’s Cream Style Corn and grated cheese. Pile the filling back into the potato skins. Place 

in a baking dish. Return to the oven for a further 10 minutes until filling is hot and the topping is golden. 

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Lea & Perrins Baked Spuddies 

Ingredients 

4 medium sized potates 

2 Tbsp Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce 

3/4 cup Gruyere or Edam grated cheese 

1 Tbsp chopped chives 

2-3 rashers bacon sliced or 100g shredded ham 

salt and pepper to season 

Method 

1. Wash the potatoes and prick with a fork. Bake at 200o C for 40 minutes or until tender. 

2. Cut off the top and scoop the flesh into a bowl. Add the Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce , 1/2 the cheese and 

chives or spring onions, bacon or ham and a good seasoning of salt and pepper. 

3. Place on a baking tray and top with the remaining cheese. 

4. Bake at 200o C for 12-15 mintues until hot and golden. 

Tasty Stuffed Potatoes 

Ingredients 

4 medium - large potatoes, scrubbed 

Corn & Bacon Filling 

410g can Wattie’s Cream Style Corn 

1 rasher smoky bacon, cooked and diced or 1 slice of ham 

1/2 cup grated Edam cheese 

1-2 Tbsp chopped chives or parsley 

Boston Bean Filling 

420g can Wattie’s Bean There Boston Baked Beans 

2 spring onions, finely sliced 


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I dress to kill, but tastefully. 

Freddie Mercury 

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Method 

Electricity is really just organized lightning. 

George Carlin 

1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Prick each potato with a fork and place on the oven rack. Bake for 60 minutes, or until potato 

is tender when pierced with a small sharp knife. 

2. Once the potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut each potato in half. Carefully scoop out the centre of each half, 

creating a space for the fi lling to go in. In a bowl mash this potato in with the other filling ingredients. (Note each filling 

makes enough for 4 whole potatoes) 

3. Pile the filling back into the potato, mounding the extra filling on top of each potato. Return to the hot oven for a 

further 5-10 minutes, or until the potato is heated through. Serve on its own as a great snack, or as part of your main 

meal. 

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Musical Notes For This Week 15 - 22 September 

Events in Music 

1964 - Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) 

1964 - Paramount Theater (NYC) presented the Beatles with Steve & Eydie 

1976 - Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion 

1978 - Grateful Dead perform in Cairo Egypt 

1979 - Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect 

1979 - The Who opens NYC concerts at Madison Square Garden 

1989 - Musical “Miss Saigon,” premieres in London 

Birthdays in Music 

1923 - Hank Williams, country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin’) 

1925 - Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1986) 

1931 - Brook Benton, soul vocalist (Rainy Night in Georgia) 

1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, WA, singer/guitarist (Jimmie Rodgers Show, Honey Comb) 

1934 - Ronnie Drew, Ex-Singer of The Dubliners and Solo Artist (d.2008) 

1934 - Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles) 

1935 - Nick Massi, Newark NJ, rocker (4 Seasons-Sherry) 

1936 - Dickey Lee, American singer and songwriter 

1939 - Lamonte McLemore, St Louis Mo, rock vocalist (5th Dimension) 

1940 - Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) 

1940 - Bill Medley, Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong) 

1941 - Joe Butler, Glen Cove NY, rock vocalist/drummer (Lovin’ Spoonful) 

1941 - “Mama” Cass Elliot, Balt Maryland, rock vocalist (Mamas & The Papas) 

1942 - Bernie Calvert, rock bassist (Hollies) 

Today FM. - 87.7 & 106.7 Mhz 


Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellows - marriage does. 

Groucho Marx 

1944 - Betty Kelly, Detroit, rocker (Martha Reeves & Vandellas) 

1945 - Freda Payne, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Band of Gold) 

1945 - Lee Dorman, St Louis Mo, rock bassist (Iron Butterfly) 

1946 - John Coghlan, London, rock drummer (Status Quo) 

1947 - Lol Creme, [Lawrence Creme], England, rock vocalist/guitarist (10cc) 

1947 - Don Felder, Gainesville Florida, American rocker (Eagles) 

1948 - Kenny Jones, London, rock drummer/vocalist (Small Faces) 

1949 - David Coverdale, England, rock vocalist (Whitesnake, Deep Purple) 

1950 - David Bellamy, Darby Fla, singer (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow)) 

1950 - Mike Hossack, Patterson NJ, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers), (d. 2012) 

1951 - Dee Dee Ramone, Virg, [Douglas Colvin], rock bassist (Ramones) 

1952 - Steve Sanders, Richland Ga, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) 

1953 - Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (d. 1995) 

1956 - Debby Boone, Hackensack NJ, singer (You Light Up My Life) 

1963 - Richard Marx, Chicago Ill, rocker (Hold on to the Night) 

1963 - Steven Dye, English musician (Scarlet Party), (The Alan Parsons Project) 

1972 - Liam Gallagher, English singer (Oasis) 

Deaths in Music 

1970 - Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27 

1973 - Gram Parsons, rocker (Byrds), dies of OD at 26 

1973 - Jim Croce, vocalist (Time in a Bottle), dies in a plane crash at 30 

1977 - Marc Bolan, rock vocalist/guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29 

1989 - Irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101 

1999 - Frankie Vaughan, British singer (b. 1928) 

2003 - Sheb Wooley, singer and actor (b. 1921) 

2003 - Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927) 

2004 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931) 

2009 - Mary Travers, American singer (Peter, Paul, and Mary) (b. 1936) 

2010 - Eddie Fisher, American singer (b. 1928) 

Today FM. Timeless Music Always on 87.7 and 106.7 in Dargaville 

Nostalgia TV Clips from U Tube 

U Tube has to be one of the greatest sources of short clips of current and historical films and television. It is a great time 

waster on a wet day when there seems little else to do. Some of the clips are only a few seconds while others are full 

length shows or films. 

The New Zealand Train Wreck 1953 

Train Pictures New Zealand Locomotives 

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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results. 

James Dean 

Great Happenings at the Trap (- aka Aratapu Tavern.) 

Meals and Snacks available. 

Your Hosts: Donice and Richard 

Courtesy Van Available 

Always a great night Out at the Trap! 

Phone: (09) 439 5923 

R D 1, Pouto Road, Dargaville, Kaipara, Northland

I have flabby thighs, but fortunately 

my stomach covers them. -- Joan Rivers 

“Double Thunder” Steam Excursion 

Big Wheels Turning - Ja1250 paced from Mercer to Ohinewai 

Glenbrook Vintage Railway 

If you find a Kiwiana nostalgia or other interesting link share it by sending it in. Paste the URL into 

the text of your e-mail and we will publish it. 

Wot A Strange Language is English – This week it’s Some Aussie Slang/Terms & their 

Meanings 

Ankle-biter Small child 

Arvo Afternoon. 

Aussie An Australian 

Avos Avocados. 

Back o’Bourke In the middle of nowhere 

Backroom waltz Interrogation at the police station 

Banana bender A resident of Queensland State, once derided as being backward. 

Allegedly the only native skill was to put a bend in a banana. 

Bash Party. Also “fancy turns”. 

Beaut, beauty Great, fantastic, as in “Beauty amber fluid, mate!” 

Bend the Elbow To have a drink - pretty well self explanatory! 

Big note yourself Self-aggrandizing, putting on airs 

Bloke Man, guy 

Bloody Universal epithet the great Australian adjective. Used to emphasise any point or story. Hence 

“bloody beauty”(bewdy!) or “bloody horrible” or even “absa-bloody-lutely”! 

Blow in the bag A breathalyser test 

Bludger Lazy person, layabout. 

Bog in Start eating ravenously 

Bonnet Hood of a car. 

Bonzer Pronounced “bonsa” - grouse, great, excellent. 

Boomer A large male kangaroo, 

Boot Trunk of a car. 

Bottle shop Liquor shop. 

Buckley’s Chance No chance at all. 

Bunyip A mythical bush spirit, Australia’s bigfoot. 

Bush The vast Australian countryside 

Bush telly 

Cactus 

Gazing at the stars 

Dead, not working 

Carpetbagger Steak 

Carpetbagger steak Beef stuffed with oysters. 

Chemist shop Drug store. 

Chew the Fat To talk, engage in pleasant conversation, to have a chinwag. 

Chook Chicken. 

Chuck a sickie Call in sick when you’re actually feeling well 

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He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. 

Leonardo da Vinci 

For people 50+ to learn about technology and computers. 

Open Day: 3rd Monday of each month 

1.00-3.00pm. 

For More Information Ring: 

Heather (09) 4394452 or Francie (09) 439548

Ability is of little account without opportunity. 

Lucille Ball 

Chunder Technicolor yawn Vomit Puking or throwing-up 

Cobber Friend 

Cockie Farmer. 

Cooee A bush yell for when you are lost 

Crook Sick, or badly made. 

Crow eater A South Australian. 

Dag A funny person, nerd, goof, loser. 

Daks Trousers in Australia, but underpants in New Zealand. Confusion between the two may lead to an 

embarrassing situation! 

Darwin stubbie A 1.25 litre bottle of beer. Careful! “Stubbies” are also a popular brand of men’s shorts. 

Digger A soldier, originally meaning an ANZAC soldier 

Dill An idiot. 

Ding bat Fool. 

Dinkum, dinky di Genuine, truthful, the real thing 

Donk Car or boat engine. 

Donkey’s years a long time......ages 

Drink with the flies To drink alone. 

Drongo An unintelligent and worthless person 

Dunny The toilet, W.C.or bathroom. If someone busting to know where the dunny is, tell ‘em to “follow 

their nose to the thunderbox”. 

Earbash Talk nonstop 

Esky Portable icebox or cooler - it’s always a good idea to have one in the boot stocked with some cold 

ones just in case the party’s bar runs dry. 

Fair Dinkum Kosher, the real thing - as in “Fair Dinkum Aussie” (true blue Aussie original). Often used by itself 

as a rhetorical question to express astonishment verging on disbelief ... “Fair Dinkum, mate?” 

(you’ve got to be kidding, haven’t you?) 

Fair go Give someone a break 

Five finger discount Shoplift 

Flyer female kangaroo 

Footpath Sidewalk 

Footy Aussie Rules 

Galah A noisy parrot, used to describe someone who is noisy and nonsensical 

Game Brave 

G’arn Go on, you’re kidding! 

G’day Universal greeting, used anytime day or night, but never as a farewell. Pronounced “gud-eye”, 

usually followed by “mate” (mite) or a typically strung-together “howyagoinallright”(= how are you 

today, feeling pretty good?) 

Good as gold Great! 

Good Onya Omnipresent term of approval, sometimes ironic 

Grizzle To complain 

Grog Liquor, beer. BYOG is “bring your own grog” 

Grouse Rhymes with “house” - means outstanding, tremendous. Can be applied universally to all 

things social ... “grouse birds(women), grouse band 

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You and I come by road or rail, but 

economists travel on infrastructure. -- Margaret Thatcher 

Have a yarn To talk to someone. 

Hoon Idiot, hooligan 

Hooroo Pronounced “who-ru”... means “see ya later 

Hotel Often just a pub. 

Icy pole Popsicle. 

Jackaroo A male station hand 

Jack-in-the-box Someone who can’t sit still 

Jillaroo A female station hand 

Joey Baby kangaroo. 

Journo Journalist. 

Jumbuck Sheep 

Jumper Sweater 

King hit A punch delivered without warning 

Knock To criticise 

Knocker One who criticises 

Lair A show-off 

Larrikin A ruffian 

Lob-in Drop in to see someone 

Lollies Sweets, candies 

Make a crust Work for a living 

Narkie Someone who is negative or short-tempered 

Never-Never The remotest parts of the bush 

No-hoper A fool, loser 

O.S. Overseas, as in “she’s gone O.S.” 

Ocker Pronounced “ocka” - Typical uncultivated Aussie, similar to Yank “redneck” 

Offsider An assistant 

Oldies Parents 

Oz Term for Australia 

Paralytic Extremely drunk 

Pash An extremely passionate kiss 

Plonk Wine. Never used to describe the other main alcoholic beverage at an Australian social 

occasion - beer 

Pommie or pom An English person 

Proper Toff Upper class Snot! 

Pull Your head In Use sparingingly, since this equates a rather annoyed “shut up & mind your own business”. 

Rafferty’s rules Chaos, disorder 

Reckon Think, as in “Your shout or mine? What’ ya reckon?” 

Ridgy-didge Original, genuine 

Right Okay, as in “she’ll be right, mate.” 

Ring, tingle Phone someone up, as in “I’ll give him a ring.” 

Ripper Pronounced “rippa” means beaut, tippy-tops, grouse 

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Pad Thai 

As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: 

take it or leave it. --Buddy Hackett 

Authentic Thai Food 

Open 6 Days 

Mon - Sat 11.00am - 2.30pm 4.00pm - 9.00pm 

52 Normanby Street. Dargaville 

Phone: (09) 439 1315 

All Mains Can Be 

Cooked Mild, 

Medium, Hot 

or Thai Hot 

Please Let Us Know 

Your Preference 

When You Order

I believe in benevolent dictatorship 

provided I am the dictator. -- Richard Branson 

BRUNCH BUNCH MENU 

Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am – 3:00 pm 

BIG BREAKIE 

Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Tomato, Hashbrown, Toast & Spreads $11.00 

HEALTHY MUESLI 

With Fruit & Yogurt 

Prices Subject To Change Without Notice 

Pouto Road. Dargaville Courtesy Van Available 

Phone: (09) 439 5923 

$ 9.00 

OMELETTE - THE CLASSIC 

Traditional 2 Egg, Ham & Cheese $10.00 

PANCAKES – Berries, Whipped Cream & Maple Syrup 

Short Stack of 3 $10.00 

Tall Stack of 6 $12.00 

TEXAS STYLE BISCUITS & REDEYE GRAVY 

Savoury Biscuits with Gravy $ 9.00 

Includes Complimentary Glass of Bubbly or Bottomless Coffee/Tea 

Additional Glass of Bubbly $3.00

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I controlled myself. --Rodney Dangerfield 

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