Fundraiser – Mahurangi College Underwater Hockey team

10AM SUNDAY 7TH JULY 2019 @ OMAHA SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB

  • MIDRIF | up to your waist
  • FULL DUNKER | getting under
  • EPIC | 100m swim

Buffer the chill with Speedos/Fancy Dress/Wetsuit

Warm up afterwards with HOT SOUP + BREAD ROLLS and a good chance at going home with a spot prize!

ONLY $10 to participate!

Cash on the day or payments to Mahurangi College 12-3095-0259130-00
Ref-UWH SWIM e. [email protected]

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Ahuroa Community Hall Pot Luck and Fireworks Night

Hi All,

Come along to a fun filled night at the Ahuroa Community Hall on Saturday 3rd November!

This event was hugely successful the last time we ran it, so make sure you don’t miss out on the excitement this year.

Everyone from the area is invited to bring a dinner and/or dessert for a Potluck Dinner and when it’s dark we will provide some fireworks for everyone to enjoy.  Feel free to bring your own fireworks to add to the fun.  The Hall committee will also provide glow sticks and sparkler fun for the kids too.

A huge thanks to the Mitchell family who kindly allow us to let off the fireworks on their property next to the Ahuroa Hall.

When: Saturday November 3rd – doors open from 5pm

Where: Ahuroa Community Hall – 1351 Ahuroa Rd (next to the school)

What to Bring: Dinner and/or Dessert (enough for who you are bringing), plates and cutlery

Why: To see old friends and make new ones and to share in the excitement of fireworks!

See you all there!

The Ahuroa Community Hall Advisory Committee

Puhoi Village Market Fundraising evening

Puhoi Village Market Fundraising evening.
Saturday, 4 August @ Puhoi Sports Club

  • Music by In2Strings, 7pm – 9pm (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuCu4sZ_yOI )
  • Spot Prize and light supper.
  • Support the Puhoi Market, come and enjoy a relaxing evening of beautiful music and socialising.
  • Fundraising for a gazebo for kids activities over the winter months.

Tickets $15, children under 12 by donation.

Available at Puhoi Library or order through [email protected], phone 021 977 181 or 027 427 0440

Ahuroa Community School and Hall Fundraiser

Happy New Year to everybody in the Ahuroa Community

The Ahuroa Community Hall and School Fundraiser is coming up on the weekend of the 24th and 25th February – an organised horse trek through several local privately owned farms.  Horsey types ( 😊 ) from all over the north are apparently pretty excited!

This is a great opportunity to raise some funds for special upcoming projects for the hall and school.  The bonus is that we don’t need a huge amount of people power to make it happen (yay), but we DO need food donations (and a little help in the kitchen) to make it work, as we will be feeding approximately 40-50 people x 4 meals.

The more food we are able to get donated, the less it will cost to run, so I’m hoping that a whole lot of our Ahuroa community will get behind this and donate generously.

We are looking at a range of food to help put on a continental breakfast, filled rolls and baking for lunch, and a spit roast and buffet style dinner – a comprehensive list is below.

A donation could be as simple as a New World Gift Card, putting a couple of cans of food in your letterbox, donating some excess cucumbers from your garden, or as complicated as making a yummy chocolate brownie –  so not too much effort required at all, and every bit will be appreciated.

Here’s the list of items we would love to have donated:

PRE-TREK

(You can send these items to school or put in your mailbox for collection asap)

FRESH / COLD FOOD

(These items could be dropped off to me or collected on Thursday 22nd or Friday 23rd February)

PRE-MADE FOOD FOR DINNER

(This would be awesome if you could cook any of these!)

Mayonnaise x 3 Bread Rolls x 160 Chocolate Brownie
Mint sauce / jelly x 2 Loaves of white bread x 3 Carrot Cake / Banana Cake
Tomato Sauce x 3-4 bottles/cans Margarine Pavlovas
Salt grinder x 2
Pepper grinder x 2
Rice (better still, could you do a rice salad for the night?!) Rice Salads
Pineapple cans x 4 Pasta (better still, would you be able to do a pasta salad?!) Pasta Salads
Beetroot cans x 10 Potatos (any chance of a potato salad for the night?!) Potato Salad
Canned fruit x 10 Onions (Precooked would be great!) Pre-cooked Onions
Serviettes x 4 packets Shaved Ham x 2 kg Green Salads
Plastic Knives, Forks and Spoons (50 – 100 of each) Roast Chickens x 4
Paper or plastic plates x 200 Butter x 1 block
Paper or plastic bowls x 100 Yogurt x 5 tubs Fresh n Fruity
Hand sanitiser Milk x 6 2litre bottles
Weetbix x 1 big packet Watermelon x 8
Muesli x 8 packets Apples x 50
Sugar Cream x 2 2 Litre bottles
Tea x 2 boxes Cucumbers, Lettuces, Tomatoes etc
Mocconna Coffee x 3 jars Cheese x 2 kg
Milo x 1 big tin $$$ – Some $20 or $40 New World or Pak n Save vouchers would be awesome!
Softdrinks x 40 cans
Water bottles x 50 bottles

Thanks so much for supporting your local community!

Nicky Berger
[email protected]
0274 530 600

2018 long distance motorcycle riding and fundraiser for Aran Animal Rescue.

Our 2017 fundraising efforts were successful, the bike prep, fundraising, and 1600+km ride all went very well. It was a lot of fun. I seriously enjoyed what Jon and I achieved, so much so that we decided we’d do something similar in 2018.

Donate via Givealittle

In August 2017, there was the NI1600 (North Island 1600), which I had wanted to do, but it clashed with a trip to Rarotonga; the weather ended up being horrid too, so I wasn’t honestly bothered that I had to miss it. The next major event on the NZ Long Distance calendar is the TT2000, a 2000km in 48 hours event. It’s across both islands with start and finish options in both Ashhurst (North Island, near Palmerston North), and Christchurch (South Island). This is somewhat different from many other events in that it’s a rally, with points to collect from pre-specified checkpoints. All other  aspects of route planning are placed upon us, we have two whole days to complete the 2000kms required to be considered a finisher.

There are no prizes etc; it’s all for bragging rights. It’s held over the weekend, starting on Friday 23rd February.

As with all best made plans, work can get in the way. Unfortunately Jon has an existing work commitment on that day, so if I were to do this and not be alone, I needed to find another willing person to ride with.

Thankfully, Nigel Reardon expressed a degree of interest in last year’s ride, so I’ve asked him and he’s willing (if not entirely keen).


In planning this, we’ve considered several ride options and routes – we’re keen to attempt to combine the TT2000, with a couple of potential Iron Butt Association based riding certificates; another Saddle Sore (1600km), and perhaps a Bun Burner (the next level up from a SS – 1500 miles in 36 hrs ~2,414km).

So while the TT allows 48 hours to complete 2000km, we would be aiming to insert a longer ride, in a shorter time within the TT2000.

Our primary aim would be to finish the TT2000, with a secondary aim to complete a SS1600K within it, and possibly the BB1500. As with all LD ride planning the sensible thing to do is to plan it well, with properly established exit options and evaluation points etc; So, that’s what we’re currently doing.

Along side of this, one of the best motivational elements of last years ride was the $2000+ which we were able to help to fundraise for Aran Animal Rescue, which we hope to be able to repeat this next year. We set of goal of $1 per km across our 1600km last year, and we’re continuing with $1 per km this year, but across the planned 2,414km. Our goal is therefore set at $2,414 for Aran this year.

We were lucky enough last year to have a good number of followers watching our progress along the route using rider tracking and the Raah.co website – which we’ll be doing again this year. Our sponsorship page (paid directly through to Aran) is here: https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/bun-burner-for-aran-animal-rescue – At the time of writing this I’ve yet to get my first sponsor, so if you’re feeling supportive, please feel free to jump in there and become my #1 donor for 2018! 🙂

I’ll use my website: http://www.wiltshire.net for updates on our riding efforts this year, you can subscribe to my wordpress blog (if you have a wordpress.com account), or keep an eye out on facebook, they will be cross-posted through my FB profile too.

Thanks for reading and taking an interest, send me a comment or questions. 🙂

Chris. – [email protected]