Ngā Take Hapori Issue 31 / Winter 2009 These boots are made for marchin’ Mō te rangatū ēnei kamupūtu Gumboot Grans stepping out Kua puta ēnei Gumboot City Grans These retired women of Taihape are not the types to sit around at home twiddling their thumbs. They are more likely to be out marching – stepping out in unison, keeping eyes right and arms held tight by their sides until … the whistle blows, and they all turn a sharp 180 degrees and move off smartly in the opposite direction. They call themselves the Gumboot City Grans and they say marching is a great sport which keeps them fit and mentally alert. The Gumboot City Grans were formed in 1995 after a team of ‘mature’ marching ladies from Marton came to town and put on a demonstration. The locals were impressed, and marching joined gumboot-throwing as a Taihape pastime. inside The group has an 80-year-old and a 84-year-old within its ranks, and some members who suffer from arthritis. These women find the gentle exercise of weekly practices just what the doctor ordered – brisk walking, arm swinging, good posture, breathing and the memory benefits of learning drill combinations. The Gumboot City Grans on parade at last year’s nationals, held at Bluff It’s also great for social wellbeing, says coach Barbara Anderson. “It keeps the women active in their community. They make friendships and have a lot of fun.” Financial support from the Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) has enabled the Gumboot Grans to venture out of Taihape to marching events further afield. More than 1000 ‘mature’ ladies throughout New Zealand making up 100 teams are involved in leisure marching. Though it is a non-competitive movement, there is plenty of regional pride involved. The big events of the year for the Taihape marchers are the national competition and the North Island competitions. And, of course, the Grans are a fixture on Gumboot Day. In March, they travelled to Wellington for the nationals, at which there were 900 participants, and in September they are off to the North Island event, to be held on Auckland’s North Shore. The various events in the leisure marching calendar, hosted by local teams throughout the country, comprise a march-past parade and individual team routines, winding up with a serpentine or maze march featuring all teams. 2 3 4 8 COGS medallist Keeping track Brave and bold Pacific development Strong leadership for tough times Ārahitanga kaha mō ngā wā uaua Five people, all recognised in their respective areas for their voluntary services, have been elected to the National Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) Committee. Referring to the global recession, Minister Turia said that the National Committee’s leadership and commitment would be more important than ever. The Committee (NCC) is responsible for the governance of COGS funding, which is available for not-for-profit organisations that provide community services. "Our communities are in a time of high need given the current economic recession and it's pleasing to know there's strong leadership among the new committee members,” she said. The new Committee members, who were elected in April by the 37 COGS voluntary local distribution committees (LDCs) throughout New Zealand, are: ”COGS is a well recognised and important source of money for many of our community groups, and as funding shortfalls continue to unfold, it will become valued even more." Last year, $14 million of COGS funding was distributed to 3603 community organisations. Most grants were $3,000 or less to help with running costs such as rent, travel, volunteer and administration expenses. Groups can apply via the Grants Online website (www.cdgo.govt.nz). s Sandra Terewi QSM JP Whanganui/ Waimarino/Rangitikei LDC s Sue King – Hauraki LDC s Sumaria Beaton – Southland LDC s Carl Pederson – Kahungunu ki Heretaunga LDC s Brent Maru – Nelson Bays LDC Carl Pederson and Brent Maru are new to the Committee. The others were re-elected. Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia attended a dinner in May to acknowledge the outgoing members of NCC, and welcome the incoming members. Photo: MANAWATU STANDARD The new COGS National Committee, from left, Brent Maru, Sumaria Beaton, Sandra Terewi, Sue King and Carl Pederson, stands behind their minister, Tariana Turia Queen’s honour for COGS worker He hōnore Kuini mō te wahine COGS Congratulations to Te Uira Graham Kerehoma on being appointed a Companion of the Queen’s Service. Te Uira, a member of the COGS (Community Organisation Grants Scheme) Manawatu / Horowhenua Local Distribution Committee, received the honour for her more than 50 years of service to Māori and her community. “I’m just an ordinary person,” said the 73-year-old Levin great-grandmother. “I feel really honoured to get the award.” 2 Te Uira Graham Kerehoma, a tireless worker for her community Te Uira believes education is the way to empower people. When she was little, her grandmother made sure she never missed a day of school. Consequently, getting Māori parents involved in their children’s education has been one of her lifelong interests. When Te Uira is not helping and mentoring others, she relaxes by weaving her korowai (cloak with feathers) and sculpting in Oamaru stone. On song for the seniors Kua umere ngā mātāpūputu The Johnsonville RSA Entertainers are a group of about 35 mainly retired men and women who put on concerts for senior citizens. Accompanied by a pianist, they perform songs from popular shows in a programme interspersed with jokes from Master of Ceremonies Hugh Philbert, who is also the troupe’s musical director. The Johnsonville Entertainers perform throughout the Wellington region, but once a year they try to take their show to other areas. Last year, with help from the Lottery Wellington / Wairarapa Community Committee by way of a $4,900 grant, the troupe toured the Manawatu, entertaining groups of seniors at community halls, rest homes, retirement villages and RSA venues. Julie Watson, one of the troupers, who also doubles as the group’s secretary, says it is always rewarding to see the enjoyment on the faces of their elderly audiences. She says they always draw a big audience at their rest home shows. The Johnsonville RSA Entertainers “One of the home’s activities officers told us that one of the residents, a bit of a loner who was difficult to reach and never usually wanted to join in any activities, always sidled in to listen to the Johnsonville Entertainers. She said he had even been caught smiling during a performance.” One of the troupe entertains at a rest home Pendants ease the worry of Alzheimer's Nā ēnei kohei e tau ai ngā āwangawanga New technology makes this a worry of the past. A simple device, which looks like a pendant but is actually a tracking device, can be worn around the neck of the person with Alzheimer’s. Thanks to a $2,500 grant from the Lottery Outdoor Safety Committee, Turangi Search and Rescue was able to buy four of these pendants for use by people in the town. Turangi man Ted Quinton, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, has had a pendant since late last year and he and his wife Eileen say it gives them peace of mind. If a person with a pendant goes missing, police are notified and can track them through the pendant number and its particular frequency. Search and Rescue staff say these pendants can save a lot of time and effort, as well as worry. Alzheimer’s sufferer Ted Quinton and wife Eileen feel more secure knowing rescuers could track him via his pendant if he forgets his way home Photo: TURANGI CHRONICLE One of the biggest worries for the families of Alzheimer’s sufferers is that their loved one may wander off and go missing. 3 Rotorua Coastguard launches new patrol boat Kua whakarewatia te waka o Rotorua Coastguard Coastguard New Zealand is a voluntary organisation and our main maritime search and rescue service. For anyone in trouble in the water, the sight of a Coastguard vessel is very welcome indeed. Rotorua Lakes division of the Coastguard was recently able to replace its old rescue vessel with a state-of-the-art boat, thanks to funding from the Lottery Outdoor Safety Committee. The Ruahine Cadets skills team with their tutors (at either end) and the Fitness Trophy they won at the annual New Zealand Cadet Forces competition Finding success through Cadets Te rapu arutau i ngā Āpiha Tauira Cadets is a youth leadership training organisation with a military flavour, created from a partnership between the New Zealand Defence Force and the community. The Ruahine Cadet Unit (RCU), based in Waipukurau, in Central Hawke’s Bay, has about 40 teenagers, boys and girls, in its corps. It aims to provide a safe environment in which young people can develop as individuals and gain a sense of self-worth and integrity. Activities at the RCU are run by local volunteers, led by Captain Ray Chapman, who says the unit has helped distract a number of its youthful members from gang involvement, crime, drugs and alcohol. There are many gang problems in the area. In the past 12 years, about 37 Ruahine Cadet graduates have gone on to join the armed forces, turning away from the gang path. 4 A Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) award of $6,000 enabled the RCU to extend its training and activities, thus creating more opportunities for the rangatahi (young people) of the district. The RCU has had quite a bit of success lately. Thanks to the COGS grant, the unit has been able to send nine of its cadets to courses at Linton Army Camp, Ohakea Air Base and Waiouru Army Base. All nine qualified, some with honours or distinction. One cadet, who went to Waiouru for an outdoor leaders’ course, passed with distinction. The course also enables NCEA points to be gained. The cadets help out in their community by repainting over tagging, assisting with Poppy Day and transporting old soldiers to Anzac parades. At the launch, MV Rotorua II, Coastguard Rotorua Lakes project manager Elton Ngawhika acknowledged the support of the Lottery Grants Board and said the Rotorua II would greatly enhance his organisation’s rescue ability. The flash new Coast Design Orca vessel is bigger than the 12-year-old boat it replaces and is faster and more fuel-efficient. It is equipped with updated electronics and is more manoeuvrable and comfortable for crew. “It’s a strong, robust vessel and a lot of time and planning has gone into ensuring it suits the requirements of Coastguard Rotorua Lakes. It will make a significant difference to our response times and ultimately the safety of those who use the lakes,” Mr Ngawhika said. The Orca joins a smaller 4.5-metre boat, which is used by the Rotorua Lakes Coastguard for river and shallow water rescues. The Coastguard services 22 lakes in the Rotorua district including Lakes Rotorua, Tarawera, Rotoiti and Okataina. The RCU is proud of its high-achieving cadets, and tutor Ray Chapman says their success would not have been possible without COGS funding. The flash new patrol vessel with the Lottery Grants Board at the top of its sponsor logos Knitters and natters Ngā kaiwhati me ngā ngutu kuia The golden years of life can be less so for some women who may be widows or whose family may be living elsewhere or who just have fewer comings and goings in their lives than before. For the orphans, who have nothing of their own, these are precious. With a grant of $1,500 from the Lottery Waikato Community Committee, Operation Cover-Up has been able to replenish its empty wool cupboard and carry on the good work of keeping seniors involved in their community and keeping orphans warm. In the town of Cambridge, in the Waikato, Operation Cover-Up organises a fortnightly get-together of about 80, mainly elderly, knitters in a church lounge to knit blankets for orphans of Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. The women love the companionship and being able to do something useful for others. It gets them out and socialising. “It gives me a reason to get up in the morning,” one of the knitters said. The group is comprised mainly of elderly women, but there are some younger women who, because of disability, need the care of living in a rest home. The knitting get-togethers give them something to do. Twice a year there is a special morning tea and a colourful display of all the blankets, which are 1.8 x 1.3 metres and comprise peggy squares and strips. The knitting group has viewed, and been deeply moved by, DVDs of the children each receiving their own special blanket. Some of the ladies with their beautiful blankets Kapiti all-weather sports ground opens Kua tuwhera te papa tākaro waihanga o Kāpiti Thanks to funding of $570,000 from the Lottery Community Facilities Fund, the Kapiti Coast now has a synthetic multi-sports surface on Mazengarb Reserve. The new $1.8 million sports facility was launched on 20 March with support from Kapiti Coast District Council and the region’s communities. MP for Otaki Nathan Guy – who has since become Minister of Internal Affairs – attended the opening of the facility. “This sports field is now an even greater asset to the people of the Kapiti Coast and the greater Wellington region. This fantastic facility is being used for hockey, soccer, kids’ cricket and the odd game of touch rugby at any time day or night,” Mr Guy said. The Lottery Community Facilities Fund makes grants to organisations for projects to build or improve community facilities. Funding is provided for community facilities that support participation in community activities and social interaction, to foster cohesion and strengthen communities. The Fund’s main emphasis is on supporting facilities that are open for use by the wider community or that can be used for a range of activities. Hockey action on the opening day of the Kapiti turf field 5 Broadwood building up its community stores Te waihanga haere i ōna pokapū hapori i Broadwood Broadwood, 40 kilometres southwest of Kaitaia, has a school, an A and P hall, two churches and a fire station. Town is an hour away and there is not a lot for young people to do. Hoping to fix that, some energetic local volunteers have been renovating an old Dalgety’s store to serve as a gym so younger Broadwoodians can have a place to go and let off some youthful steam. With support from the Lottery Northland Community Committee by way of a $29,645 grant, the old building, which will also serve as a community centre, has been re-roofed and re-wired, and is now waterproof. However, Tony Clutterbuck, chairman of the Broadwood Resource Centre, says it is a work in progress – it still has to be lined and have keep-fit machinery installed. The Centre’s secretary, Catherine Murray, has been a secondary school PE teacher, and the plan is that she will design some suitably challenging gym programmes for young people. In the meantime, she is running keepfit classes at the Centre for ladies of all ages – one of the participants is 75 years old. The restored building is going to be much more than a gym. It will also serve as a venue for locals and residents of surrounding communities to gather and to hold meetings. Treasurer Susie Douglas says the Broadwood community is good at pulling together. One of its successes Broadwood women keep fit in their new community centre was raising enough money for a fire shed to house a fire engine. With help from the Community Organisation Grants Scheme, the Resource Centre puts out a monthly newsletter to 160 homes to let them know what’s going on in their community. “We want our community to function and to flourish,” says Susie. Opening of dementia centre ‘a milestone’ He ‘tohu nui’ te tuwheratanga o te pokapū mō te hunga mate taipāpā In years gone by, people who suffered from dementia were shut away in rest homes and seldom saw the light of day. Marlborough now boasts one of New Zealand’s first purpose-built dementia community day care centres. These days, Alzheimer’s, probably the most common form of dementia, is recognised as a disease. Situated in Blenheim, the Alzheimer’s Marlborough Centre, which opened this year, is the product of years of planning, hard work and fund-raising by Alzheimer’s Society Marlborough and the people of the area. Dementia sufferers are no longer shamed and shut away by their families; no longer thought of as ‘having gone mad’. 6 Efforts are made to provide sufferers of this perplexing condition with something interesting to do in pleasant and safe surroundings. The people with dementia can enjoy recreational activities and each other’s company, and their family and friends get some time out and educational support. One woman, whose mother attends the Centre frequently, says: “She absolutely loves it, and her going there gives me a little bit of my life back.” The Society has also had funding support from the Lottery National Community Committee. The Centre is proving a hit with the region’s dementia sufferers and their families. The brand new Alzheimer's Marlborough Centre Supergrans giving back home skills Arrowtown Autumn Festival E tuku ana ngā kuia hautipua i ō rātau pūkenga kāinga New Zealand society has changed greatly since the 1970s and housekeeping skills seem to have been lost along the way. Quaint Arrowtown, founded in 1862 during the gold rush, celebrates its rich heritage every autumn with a 10-day festival. It draws town and country together and also attracts visitors from outside the region. Learning how to cook, sew and do minor repairs used to be compulsory at school. These skills were passed down from generation to generation in an era when there were fewer single-parent families and mothers tended not to work outside the home. This is the ideal time of the year for the town to show itself off – the vivid orange and russet-coloured leaves of the oak and sycamore trees on the main street and the pale-yellow 19th-century stone cottages reflect the town’s origins of gold. These days, many adults have no idea how to budget, cook for a family or put down a garden. And in today’s world of only-children and smaller families, kids no longer learn how to look after babies and toddlers as a matter of course. This year, 2009, was the 25th anniversary of the Arrowtown Autumn Festival. It was a great success, drawing a crowd of 8000. Supergrans Manawatu, with funding support from Lottery Manawatu / Whanganui Community Committee and the Community Organisation Grants Scheme, has been helping people brush up on the basic skills needed to provide for themselves and their families. The aim is to pass on the good tips these volunteer women of a certain age have learned from their life experiences. Through one-on-one mentoring, Supergrans help people to help themselves in menu planning and basic cooking, household hygiene, clothes repairs, housekeeping and gardening. Te Taiopenga Mahuru o Arrowtown There was a huge range of events, including parades, a ball, variety shows, an art exhibition, cooking shows with TV chef Richard Till, musicals, a fashion show, an artists and authors day, Fun on Bikes for kids, gold panning, a free afternoon tea for senior citizens, and a parade of bridal clothes from the 1800s to the present day. Something for the whole family, or, as organiser Julie Hughes, put it: “We cater for all, from Plunket to Probus.” A $5,000 grant from the Lottery Otago / Southland Committee helped the A soapbox performer at the festival entertains the crowds town put on this popular event. Julie says Lottery funding is vital for the community-based festival. “The Arrowtown Autumn Festival allows individuals and groups a chance to showcase their talents and provides a chance for the whole community to come together to celebrate our wonderful autumn colours." Local non-profit groups capitalise on the festival crowds. Schools and other community organisations hold stalls and white elephant sales. For many it is their major fundraiser for the year. “Without funding, we would have to start charging the public for events that we have run free in the past – things like the senior citizens’ free afternoon tea, the guided walks and kids’ workshops,” says Julie. Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade with Firewise mascots Flint and Amber Manager Kim Penny says volunteers do not need to train; they come as they are. “We want the life skills they already have.” People seeking help from Supergrans are often referred by social workers, are generally under 30 and are mostly mothers or young families under stress. But some students ask for help, too. 7 Supergrans pass on baking skills to a new generation Digging up the past Te keri ake i te ao ō mua If you think you’ve dug up an artefact from another era of our country’s fascinating history, you can now check instantly to see if you are on an archaeological site. The Community Partnership Fund aims to build skills and capabilities in New Zealand communities where access to information and communications technology is limited. These sites are now online thanks to $460,000 from the Community Partnership Fund, a Crown fund administered by the Local Government and Community Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs. The New Zealand Archaeological Association launched ArchSite (www.archsite.org.nz) at its annual conference, in June. In partnership with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Department of Conservation, the new website allows greater access to the Association’s Site Recording System, which maintains information about archaeological sites. The Site Recording System is the largest non-government archaeological site recording scheme in the world and contains more than 55,000 records. “The public will be able to access archaeological data and use it for a range of things, for example, site management, education on our early history, and appreciating Māori, Pākehā and Chinese heritage,” says Association president Dr Matthew Schmidt. ArchSite will also be useful for surveyors, local authorities and developers planning earthworks, tracks, forestry or building. Archaeologists with privileged access will be able to add new sites and amend existing records. At the ArchSite launch, Dr Matthew Schmidt, president of the NZ Archaeological Association, reminisces about earlier technologies used to record archaeological sites – in this case an IBM computer, which relied on punch cards to store data The website is free to view by the public. Researchers and consultants who pay a yearly subscription can gain access to record forms, photographs, maps and site plans. Celebrating 20 years of Pacific development Te Whakanui i ngā tau 20 mō ngā whanaketanga o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa On May 18 this year, a special event was held in the West Foyer of Parliament to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pacific Development and Conservation Trust. Established in 1989, with funds received from France in recognition of the events surrounding the destruction of the Rainbow Warrior, the Trust distributes an average of $300,000 annually to groups in New Zealand and the South Pacific who are working towards its vision of a peaceful, sustainable Pacific region where all cultures flourish and the natural environment is respected. 8 Grants made by the Trust have assisted with the conservation of the promoted the cultural heritage of the peoples of the South Pacific. Hosted by the Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Hon Georgina te Heuheu, the event at Parliament was attended by diplomats, trustees, grant recipients and members of the community. Chairman of the Pacific Development and Conservation Trust, Dermot (Derry) Gordon, with the Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Hon Georgina te Heuheu South Pacific’s natural environment; promoted the peaceful economic, physical and social development and self-sustainability of the South Pacific and its peoples; and encouraged and At the event, Mrs te Heuheu spoke about the international respect New Zealand has earned for our history of steadfast commitment to peace. Of the Trust she said: “Its contribution to promoting peace and conservation in New Zealand and the South Pacific, as well as the commitment and dedication of the Trustees, greatly add to our nation’s reputation.” Welcome Bay Community Centre opens its doors A car for Carmel Kua tuwhera te Pokapū Hapori o Ngāpeke He mōtuka mō Carmel Welcome Bay Community Centre was officially opened on June 4 by Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby and local kaumātua, and celebrated with a day of fun, food and festivities. Though heralding a new era for Welcome Bay, the cutting of the ribbon and blessing of the building also marked the culmination of years of hard work by local residents, central and local government agencies and non-government organisations to build an all-round community facility. The group behind the Community Centre formed in 2006 in response to gaps in the social well-being of this Tauranga suburb. There was growing concern over family violence, abuse, truanting and juvenile offending, particularly by young teenage girls. and centre co-ordinator (two positions); $2,000 for training and supervision; and $5,000 for set-up costs. One of the Lottery Committee members, Trish Hanlen, joined local residents, volunteers, the mayor and other dignitaries at the Centre’s opening. For the kids there was an array of activities – face-painting, skateboard competitions and hip-hop and music workshops. One of the day’s activities was the painting of the Centre’s fence with a huge graffiti mural, which included the name of the suburb as a tag. Finger food was prepared and served by Bay of Plenty Polytechnic catering students, whose tutor is a local community representative. The group identified two objectives: a permanent base from which to run youth and family programmes with a part-time manager, and a part-time worker to help the community generate its own solutions. The food was delicious, says Zoe Brown, community development advisor with the Local Government and Community Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs, who has worked with the group to get the Centre set up. To these ends, the Lottery Bay of Plenty / Gisborne Community Committee made grants of $30,000 for salaries for a community development worker “It was a thoroughly enjoyable day, all the more so because it showed how far the community had come towards tackling some of its problems.” Carmel McKeown and her father Bernie give her new car the thumbs-up. Actually it’s second-hand, but to Carmel, who is now able to take a much more active part in her community, that doesn’t matter one iota. A grant from the Lottery Individuals with Disabilities Committee enabled the purchase of the car, which has given Carmel a new lease on life. Among other things, Carmel and Bernie can do their supermarket and other shopping together, go on social outings and attend Carmel’s singing group, which meets twice a week. Because it’s a hatchback, Bernie, who is in his 70s, is easily able to load and unload Carmel’s wheelchair without risk of hurting himself. The graffiti fence 9 Significant Projects Fund open for business Kua tuwhera Te Pūtea Kaupapa Nui mō ngā tono The Lottery funding round for significant projects opened for applications on 15 July and will close on 17 September. Successful applicants will be advised in March 2010. The Lottery Significant Projects Fund allocates grants to enable completion of large-scale community-based, capital expenditure projects with a cost of at least $1 million. There is a total of $9.8 million to distribute this year. The fund will help complete big projects that are of significance to the wider community, the region or the nation as a whole. It will be the funder of last resort. Applications must demonstrate that all other potential sources of funding have been exhausted. Applications will be considered from organisations that can show that their projects contribute to the Lottery Grants Board’s aim of building strong sustainable communities by providing benefits in one or more of the following areas: s ARTSCULTUREANDHERITAGE s SPORTANDRECREATION s CONSERVATIONANDTHEENVIRONMENT s ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT E ss VISITORSERVICESANDTOURISM Porirua’s recently-opened Te Rauparaha Arena was completed thanks to the Lottery Significant Projects Fund Last year (2008), 24 applications were received and six grants awarded. The grants ranged from $433,000 to $6 million to allow capital projects to be completed. The grant recipients were: Waitaki District Council, Hamilton City Council, Otago Natural History Trust, Porirua City Council, Saxton Fields Sports Stadium Society and Q Theatre Trust. For more information, email grantsonline@dia.govt.nz or freephone 0800 824 824 and ask to speak to a funding advisor. Community Internship Programme Te Kaupapa Whakangungu Mahi Hapori The 2009 funding round of the Community Internship Programme (CIP), which is administered by the Local Government and Community Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs, is now open until 14 September. 10 The CIP is a three-way partnership designed to strengthen community organisations, increase understanding, and encourage co-operation between the government, local authority, private business and community sectors. It funds community groups with development needs to employ professionals from the public, private or community sectors as interns. It focuses on skill sharing and the exchange of knowledge between sectors and community organisations, while building relationships. One organisation that will benefit from this programme is Connect Supporting Recovery, in Auckland, which offers a range of services to people with mental health problems. A business service manager for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise will serve a six-month internship with Connect, sharing her expertise and networks. Her task is to help Connect develop products and services that will generate income to help the people it serves. Without CIP, Connect would not be able to employ someone of this intern’s calibre. For more information about CIP, contact Sara Taylor on 04 494 0544 or sara.taylor@dia.govt.nz Harbourmaster’s team helps out after Taupo crash Ka āwhina mai te rōpū o te Harbourmaster i tētahi tukinga i Taupō When a truck crashed off State Highway 1 in April, plunging 65 metres down a cliff into Lake Taupo, it made for dramatic pictures on TV and in the newspapers. In this tragedy, the truckie died and his lorry was smashed apart on the rocks below, spilling its goods into the lake. Lake Taupo Harbourmaster Philip King and his team, who are part of the Department of Internal Affairs’ Local Government and Community Branch, played an important part in the cleanup and salvage operation. The truck went off the road about 11am on 27 April and the emergency Photo: NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION pager went off in the Harbourmaster’s office soon after. “At the request of police, who asked us if we could survey the scene from the water, we got the police photographers as close as possible to the accident,’’ Philip says. “With an eye to pollution control, we monitored the flotsam and jetsam on behalf of Environment Waikato. “We also took the insurer’s salvage team out on the boat to survey the damage and determine the most effective way to tidy up the wreckage.” The next day was the clean-up. It was decided that the best way to get the truck out of the water was to bring it up by crane, so SH1 was closed from 8pm through the night to allow the cranedrivers and salvage crew to do their job. “On the night of the salvage, we participated by supplying lighting on to the scene and providing safety back-up,” says Philip. The truck had been carrying 18 tonnes of frozen meat, and the aim was to recover as much of it as possible. The Harbourmaster and his team continued to monitor the clean-up and salvage until the operation was finished, a week later. Salvage experts survey the wreckage of the truck from the deck of Blue Mist, the Taupo Harbourmaster’s patrol vessel The other Lotto winners Ētahi atu o ngā toa Lotto The million-dollar Lotto jackpotters get all the media glory, but there are thousands of other Lottery winners who mostly go unsung. These other Lotto winners are the many community organisations that receive a share of Lottery profits through the Lottery Grants Board, which is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs’ Local Government and Community Branch (LG&C). The Board funds a range of social, community, arts, heritage, sports, recreation, and health research services and projects. On behalf of the Board, LG&C publishes the annual Lottery Grants Record, which lists all that year’s recipients. The Branch has just put out the latest Grants Record, for the 2007/08 financial year. As well as being a record of recipients, the Grants Record features stories about how Lottery funds are helping those recipients strengthen New Zealand communities. Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy says the range of organisations is extensive. Last year, 4,643 individuals and groups received Lottery funding. “It is simply amazing to see how many activities are funded through the Lottery Grants Board. To read a page of the Lottery Grants Record is to see a snapshot of New Zealand society. The Cancer Society, St John and surf lifesaving clubs all over the country are just some of the groups to receive grants. And there are also marae, churches, Coastguard, the YMCA and Women’s Refuge – just to mention a few Kiwi stalwarts. “Thanks to Lottery funding, ordinary New Zealanders are doing extraordinary things throughout the country.” In 2007 / 08, NZ Lotteries transferred a record $147.5 million in profits to the Lottery Grants Board for distribution within the community and to the three statutory bodies it supports: Creative New Zealand, the New Zealand Film Commission, and Sport and Recreation New Zealand. 11 How to reach the Local Government & Community Branch of The Department of Internal Affairs Whakapā mai! 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