Hamraki
The region’s favourite community rag
Christmas Cheers from Heather and Alex
Hampden and Moeraki have made a top
contribution to the district in 2009. The
leadership and energy of many people in
many fields has been notable. Decent people
doing decent things!
Ken Bridge and his team spent countless
hours organising a raft of activities for the
130th Hampden Borough Proclamation.
Ken’s focus and enthusiasm was contagious.
The community rose to the challenge and
participated strongly. Visitors remarked
on the friendly positive atmosphere of the
event.
The presentations from the school on our
heritage, reflected the positive enthusiasm of
John Laing and his team. Well done Caitlin
Middlemiss, Kate Trimble and Jessica Ley and
all participants. Country schools are great.
Dugald and Alison MacTavish and their
teams organised some significant events
including the
“Great Debate”.
The themes,
direction and
support for these
evenings exceeded
expectations based
on the size of our
community. The
questions asked
by these forums
will need answers
i f w e w a nt t o
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survive in a sustainable manner. Again the
school participated with a theme “What has
happened to our skills?”. Good question - we
all want a response!
The churches presented a combined
service on 25th October. Heather and I
thought that the historical presentations
were outstanding and that the sermon from
Bernard Wilkinson, who is always sincere,
was thought provoking. His question was
what form will our churches take in the
future?
There will always be good people asking
questions and we hope there will be always be
good people looking for the answers.
Waianakarua Lions have been active in
the district, under Dene Thelning and Ken
Bridge. A raft of supportive projects!
We are grateful as a community that so
many volunteers, those mentioned above and
many others, give
so much support.
Thank God for
volunteers - they are
the heart and soul
of community.
A warm, happy,
family, Christian
Christmas to all,
from Heather and
Alex and family.
Hampden Waste Recycling Update
by Elizabeth Norton, secretary, Hampden Community Energy Committee
still welcome to add their name to the
list.
Meanwhile, the recycling trailer
will remain at the Hampden Garage.
Please only put recycling items in it (not
rubbish) using the bags that are available
for purchase from Peter and Jill at the
garage. If you have cardboard boxes,
At a public meeting on November 11,
please flatten and tie into bundles. For
Gerry O'Neill from the council outlined
any item that is too big or impractical to
rubbish collection proposals and Dave
go in the proper recycling bags, please
Hanan from Delta Utilities explained
talk to Peter or Jill about a fair koha. This
how the new recycling system would
trailer is operated by the community, for
operate at the old transfer station under
the community and is totally self-funding
their management. Both Gerry and Dave
and therefore relies on good will and a
are open to developing a local reuse and
little bit of payment to work. Many thanks
recycling shop with the community. A
and happy Christmas.
preliminary list of what it was felt would
be required to set up a good local service
has been developed. We have agreed
with Delta to meet in the first week of
February to thrash this out. Thanks to
those who have put their names forward
as being willing to be involved. You will
be contacted in due course. Others are
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Bike Ride to the Sky
by Ian Sutherland
What are you doing on St. Valentine’s day
next year? What about sharing a bike ride
with your loved ones through some of the
most beautiful countryside in our area, at
the same time raising money for the local
school? Sound like a good idea?
The Hampden Skyline recreational
mountain bike ride on Sunday
February 14, 2010 offers
something for riders of
all abilities. There are
suitable rides for first
timers or those more
hardened bikers who
want a workout (or
to race their mates)
in a great mountain
biking area whilst
enjoying wonderful
vistas out over the
ocean.
This idea came
about when keen
local mountain
bikers discussed the
possibility of such an
event with the Hampden
school as a fundraiser. Since
then the Waianakarua Lions
have offered support and we now
have a joint committee organising this
ride. This will be a good opportunity to
showcase our area, raise funds for our
community, and we hope local business
will benefit from this event as well.
Now would be a good time to pump
up the tyres on that bike gathering dust at
the back of the garage and start training
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for the ride, or, if you are not riding you
might like to volunteer to help on the day
of the event.
The easiest ride is the Pugh Pedal
Push. This is a 7km family fun ride
which works its way gradually up a
shingle road (100m total climb from
Hampden) to a nice vantage spot
which looks out over rolling
farmland. From here you
can see wonderful views
of the coastline from
Moeraki to Oamaru.
There is a gradual
descent across farm
paddocks to Pugh
Rd (shingle), that
will take you back
to Hampden. Those
less fit, new to
biking or primary
school age children
will really feel they
have accomplished
s o m e t h i n g
worthwhile by
completing this circuit.
The Hampden Skyline
Ride (15kms, or 25km with
the optional side trip to a
cellphone tower) takes you along
the same shingle road as the Pugh
Pedal Push at the start, but you carry on
climbing further west to the “airstrip”
(350m climb from Hampden) enjoying
spectacular views over the rolling hills
out to the Pacific Ocean. At the airstrip
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there is the option (really recommended) Pugh Pedal Push $10
to travel another 5km south west on a Airstrip and/or cellphone tower
good 4wd track (further 150m climb) Skyline Ride $25
to the cellphone tower. Here you enjoy Walkers for any event $10
views of tussock ridges, lovely native Family discounts available
bush gullies, with the hills of Central
Otago in the distance, and you will look
Registration from 8.30am
down on the Palmerston and East Otago
area, to Shag Point and right through to at the Hampden school
the Otago heads. Then it is time to have Compulsory briefing 9.45am
a snack, turn around and head back on a Ride begins at 10am
10km down hill run (with the odd little
uphill rise). First you ride back to the
airstrip, then it is adrenalin pumping
stuff, down a rough 4wd track for a few
kilometres, (take time to enjoy the view
towards Oamaru though) until you get
onto a shingle road again to cruise back
in to Hampden.
When you hand your number in,
you might find you have won one of JACQUI DEAN
the spot prizes kindly donated by local
MP for Waitaki
businesses.
Now you can enjoy BBQ food from
the Lions caravan, a dip in the school
pool (so bring your togs), or walk 100m
over to the Tavern for a beer, an ice cream
from the shop, or finger licking food from
Lockie’s Takeaways. On your way home
pick up some fresh fish from Toby’s,
before filling up with petrol from the
Hampden Garage. We hope you enjoyed
your ride and look forward to seeing you
again next year.
Please phone or e-mail my office for an
Contact Ian on 034394844 or ijsuth@
appointment with me or talk to my staff.
farmside.co.nz More information 42 Thames St, Oamaru.
on http://www.sportsground.co.nz/ Phone 03 434 7325 or 0800 6792 48254.
hampdenskylineride E-mail: waitaki.mp@parliament.govt.nz,
www.jacquidean.co.nz
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 community info
Hampden Library Lockies Takeaways
Hours: 2 to 4pm (Fridays) Hours: 11am to 7.30pm
10am to 12 noon (Saturdays) (Monday to Thursday,
may be closed between
2pm and 4pm if quiet)
Hampden Transfer 11am to 8pm (Friday
Station to Sunday)
Hours: 8.30am to Phone: 4394 744
12.30pm (Wednesdays,
Fridays and Sundays)
Hampden Mechanical
Hours: 8.30am to 5.30pm
Hampden Motors (except on Wednesdays
Hours: 7.30am to and Sundays)
5.30pm weekdays Closed for lunch between
8am to 12 noon weekends noon and 1pm
Phone: 4394 086 Phone 4394 646

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Hours: 11am-6pm,
Wednesday through Monday
(closed on Tuesdays)

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Hampden Senior Citizens Celebrate Christmas Dinner
by Colin Jack
Hampden Bowling Club, an overcast
day, but not a dull moment inside. What
a wonderful table display the committee
ladies turned on. There were Christmas
hampers raffled and gifts of food were
given by our members for the Palmerston
food bank this year.
After grace and a prayer for absent
friends had been said by Glen Small
twenty-eight folk helped to put away
the most appetising meal consisting
of cauliflower cheese, carrots, new
potatoes, peas, kumara, roast lamb,
chicken (resurrected by Lynn in one of
her skits), gravy and mint sauce, followed
by fresh fruit salad, trifle and pavlova.
There was a period of serious and
vigorous Christmas cracker pulling
and hat fitting whilst reading the wee
messages contained therein.
The grape juice and chocolates were
enjoyed by all.
I am still not too sure what was in
Lynn C, our resident entertainer’s grape
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juice though, as she was
really firing with her skit
performed with Shirley
Lyford on buying a new
hat to go out with Jacqui
Dean and His Worship
the Mayor.
It was good that our
postie never heard the
letter to God read out.
There was serious
concern about leaving
t h e c l u b h o u s e t i d y.
O ne p ar t i c u l ar st af f
photographer and a couple
of his mates (no names) tried really hard
to out do each other in removing surplus
food.
A big thank you to the Hampden
Bowling Club, the committee members,
and the suppliers of doggie bags for a
most enjoyable afternoon.
David and Reywa Brown operate
The Jarrah Room
bed and breakfast in Moeraki.
We have a lovely large double bedroom
with its own ensuite bathroom, private deck
and entrance, and small breakfast room with
fridge, toaster, jug and microwave.
The Jarrah Room
We provide a continental breakfast for
two for $100 per night
.
Please phone us on 4394259 if your
visitors or friends need a place for an
overnight stay in Moeraki.
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Quirky and Inspirational
by G. Nome
Diane and Peter's garden is a delight
to visit. Especially if you are a post
modern kitsch garden enthusiast.
You find everyday items taken
out of their usual context and
placed neatly and artfully
in the garden. Most of the
decorating materials come
f rom op-shops and t he
Resource Recovery Park in
Oamaru, which Diane and Peter
visit twice a week. Diane, the chief
gardener, reckons they find them in
the shops crying out to be taken home.
As you stroll in, you are greeted by
the gentle sound of wind chimes made of Diane spends about six to seven hours
pots and pans. The garden is dotted with a week decorating the garden, while Peter
mushrooms of various sizes, some made helps her with the ride on mower. She
of wood, others from concrete. Your eyes chuckled when asked what other people
are intrigued by the colourful tea pots think about the garden. Peter, according
stacked in metal pot plant stands, planted to her, thinks she's an eccentric, but he is
among the flowers. sympathetic. Her family members who
live in Auckland, enjoy her garden. She
keeps them updated with photos on
the internet of her latest garden
decorations.
If a garden is meant to inspire
your senses, this quirky gem
certainly does not fail.

If you have a garden or

know of a garden that is quirky
or unusually interesting, please
let us know.

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Tough enough to wear pink
After having run an annual rodeo
for the past 45 years the Waikouaiti
Rodeo Association is planning for
its 2010 CRT Waikouaiti Rodeo to
have a touch of difference. They
are asking the country’s cowboys to
come wearing pink at its Waitangi
weekend rodeo. The day is entitled
“Tough Enough to Wear Pink” and
organisers hope to raise awareness
and funds for the New Zealand Breast
Cancer Foundation (NZBCF).
The idea of running a rodeo with
the added dimension of raising funds
for breast cancer originates in the
USA and has huge popularity. In New
Zealand one rodeo club in the North
Island is planning its third Tough
Enough to Wear Pink event and the
Waikouaiti Rodeo Club is holding the
first such day in the South Island.
The club has purchased a
consignment of pink shirts for the
contestants to buy and wear on the
day and 20% will be added to the cost
of the shirts with proceeds going to
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the NZBCF. All competitors will be
encouraged to wear something pink
on the day. The cowgirls are planning
on decorating their horses and the
cowboys are plucking up courage
to wear pink shirts! Spectators are
encouraged to come wearing pink
and there will be great spot prizes for
best group in pink and the craziest
outfits etc. The aim is to hold a fun
day for all the family with the added
thrills and spills that rodeo provides.
With 300 hundred competitors from
all over the country and an expected
crowd of 3,000, it will be a memorable
day. Events in the rodeo arena which
is situated by the sports ground right
by the beach in Waikouaiti include:
Bull Ride, Saddle Bronc, Bareback,
Steer Wrestling, Team Roping, Rope
and Tie and Barrel Racing.
Second division events start at
9.30am and the main performance
starts at approximately 1pm.
 A Christmas Message from
the Rev. Bernard Wilkinson from the Anglican Church
Does your family offer grace before something special. Something to thank
meals - an act of thanksgiving for food? God for.
Maybe. Maybe not. But Christmas Perhaps you don’t know any graces.
dinner is surely one occasion when we Here’s a tip. Go on the internet and
all have cause for thanksgiving. search for “Graces”. There you will
A few days ago I was sharing smoko find graces to suit all occasions including
with a group of friends round a wood Christmas.
splitter. The conversation turned to Gather the family at the table, call for
grace at meals, and one of the group silence, and let the head of the house read
told us how she had a grace for Christmas.
been at a meal once Maybe you could
when grace was sung even continue the
to the tune of “ Tie custom daily.
Me Kangaroo Down, And by the way,
Sport.” I offer the readers of
There was much Hamraki Rag a prize
merriment at the of a $10 voucher for
very idea. But why composing the best
not? And especially, grace to go with “ Tie
this Christmas, why Me Kangaroo Down,
not? For whatever Sport.”
you may think Wishing you all
about Christmas, a Happy and Holy
Christmas Day Christmas.
d i n n e r i s re a l ly

Toby’s Fresh Fish

We will be closed 25th and 26th December and also
1st and 2nd January. We will be open at our normal
hours through the rest of the holiday period.
11am- 6pm 6 days a week (closed Tuesdays)
Come and check out our range of fresh products
including blue cod caught daily from our boat.
A range of Havoc Pork products
Cheese from Evansdale cheese factory. Fine coffee
from the Strictly Coffee company. Fresh fruit ice-
creams, smoked salmon, mussels and much more.
Merry Christmas to all from Dave, Sharlene and family.
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Cheese Making Workshop A Success
by Jill Shackleton
A one day cheese making workshop
proved to be a wonderful success. Eleven
people came from as far afield as Moeraki,
Trotters Gorge and Waimate in the
north, to attend. This one day workshop
was held at "Belvoir Homestead", a 100
year old villa owned by Jill and Adrian
Shackleton at Kauru Hill.
The tutor, Linda Charlton from
Waitati, took the attentive class step
by step through the process of cheese
making using kitchen utensils and
equipment. The method taught could
be the basis for several cheeses, feta,
blue and farmhouse (a hard rind
cheese). These can be made from
either cows or goats milk, and for
this workshop the cheeses were
made from goats milk produced by
the herd of saanen and sable dairy
goats owned by Jill Shackleton.
Linda has been making cheese
for well over ten years including a
period when she worked at a cheese
factory. She has been teaching cheese
making for three years. Classes are
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held mostly around the Dunedin area
and attract people who have little or
no cheese making experience, yet even
experienced amateurs find they too
learn helpful tips and new techniques.
Linda is a passionate cheese maker
and is willing to teach and share her
experiences and knowledge with
those who are willing to learn.
Jill and Linda are planning more
workshops on cheese making. These
will be held early next year. There
will be a beginners/intermediate
class and an advanced class for those
wanting to expand their knowledge
of cheese making processes.
Belvoir Homestead offers a lovely,
peaceful venue, surrounded by
woodland gardens in a quiet rural
setting. Anyone interested in future
workshops can contact Jill on 439
5534, email: ajshack@ihug.co.nz.
Note: If you are interested in having
a cheese making workshop in Hampden,
contact Jack or Shirley on 4394 042.
Festive Season News from Rural Women
by Anne Nicolson
Hampden Rural Women held a
successful afternoon tea on
We d n e sd a y 9 th D e ce mb e r to
celebrate the Christmas season.
Senior citizens and friends from our
local communities were invited.
They enjoyed a festive afternoon
tea and it was great to see everyone
socialising and enjoying the company.
We were pleased to see some new
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residents to our community as well
as our longer term residents.
Hampden Rural Women are
looking forward to 2010 as this is our
80th anniversary. We look forward
to sharing this celebration with our
community.
We would like to take this
opportunity to wish everyone a happy
Christmas and a safe holiday.
 Is promoting continuous economic
growth a sound national strategy
to secure our children’s future?
by Susan Krumdieck
(This is a paper prepared by Susan
Krumdieck, one of the participants in the
debate in October, but it was not delivered
on the night. We are printing it here for
further discussion in the community
on the subject of the limits of growth.)
I have three points to make.
1. Continuous growth is a lie
2. Promoting continuous economic
growth is a swindle
3. Promoting sustained value, husbandry,
and local responsibility would be the
sound strategy to secure our children’s
future.
Continuous growth is a lie.
Continuous growth isn’t physically or
mathematically possible and you know it.
You may not know what the alternative is,
but you know the truth. It’s hard for even
rational scientific people to experience the
lie of continuous growth because it has
not been our experience. Everything has
grown like crazy my entire life! However,
being intelligent, rational humans, we
can plan for the future using sound
information rather than assumptions.
Growth in extraction, production and
consumption is a paradigm that is not
new and has come into play every time a
new resource is found. But, continuous
growth is in fact a lie. Growth is only
continuous until the bust. The growth in
the rate of use of a given finite resource is
the first half of a boom and bust cycle. The
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people at the peak of the boom side of the
cycle would be making investments like
crazy to accommodate the record level of
production and consumption. And then
the first year of the bust, their government
would put forward a stimulus package
to try to get the growth back on track.
But the bust would happen anyway, and
investors would move on to the next
resource.
To make this point very clear let’s look
at a few examples from history. There
was a great boom and bust in Moa meat,
Kauri, Totara, Rimu, fur seals, whales…
Well sure, all of those finite resources
were used up faster and faster until they
were gone and people were fighting
over the remnants. But look at us now,
we’re still growing – right? Well, this is
the oil, gas, coal and mineral boom isn’t
it? But won’t it keep growing because
of technology change? Answer: no. The
first things to bust for New Zealand will
be gas and oil, and the amount of energy
we use will steadily decline for the rest of
this century. There are not any alternative
energy sources or technologies that will
substitute for oil and gas to keep the
boom going. The bust is coming, and
the choices we have now are about what
we invest in that provides the best cost/
benefit ratio for us and our children.
Which brings me to my second
point.
Promoting economic growth is a swindle.
If somebody is selling something as being
good for you and your children, and it
is not, that is called a swindle. The real
question of the day is what the national
strategy should be for dealing with the
oil and gas bust. If there are people in the
government telling you that we need to
invest in dealing with our growth in traffic
and trucks and air travel and housing and
mineral exploration … then they might
be selling you a bridge in Arizona (that
means something real expensive that
won’t be of much use to you.)
Now, what if you don’t believe me, and
a lot of other scientists and engineers,
that there isn’t any substitute for oil and
gas in the future? What if you believe
in the past? What if you believe that
development will continue as it has
in the past, and somehow, somebody,
somewhere will provide us with more
stuff and more energy continuously,
forever? What if you don’t believe me that
continuous growth is a lie?
The question I have for you is this:
Which of our positions poses the bigger
investment risk for our children’s future?
If we invest now in the illusion of
continued growth, say by building more
roads and bigger airports, and more
lifestyle block properties, and I’m right,
then our children will have no problem at
all with congestion and a lot of worthless
real estate and a collapsed economy. If we
invest now in the transition to a lean, high
value and efficient economy, say by re-
building our rail networks, re-urbanising
our cities, and supporting husbandry of
our environment, and I am wrong, then
we can always decide to build more roads
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and dig up the conservation estate later.
But if I am right, then our children will
have something to work with.
The swindle behind promoting
continuous economic growth is that it is
really an extraction of wealth from our
land to make other people rich and an
impoverishment of our society as we get
more and more dependent on imported,
mass manufactured Chinese stuff.
Which brings me to my final point.
Promoting sustained value, husbandry, and
local responsibility would be the strategy to
secure our children’s future.
Like a lot of people you might actually
have the left side of your mind that knows
logically that continuous growth, and the
impact it is having is not sustainable, and
should not be the basis for our national or
local decision making. However, unless
you have already joined a transition town
or something, you might not have a clear
idea of what the alternative is. It is much
easier to change your mind if there is a
more attractive alternative. I propose to
you that as New Zealanders you already
know the alternative. It involves earning
Mana for what you do well, doing right by
your neighbours and customers, taking
care of the place and not making a mess.
You already know how to do what you are
good at and take care of each other and
the land. The first and most major step
in the transition to a sustainable value
economy is to reject impoverishment. Is
this country really better off since going to
a global export and consumer economy?
Is this place really better because we have
continuously grown our extraction, our
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Garden Notes for October
from
Exquisite Blooms
John and Tina wish readers a very happy
festive season and the opportunity to
either catch up with work in the garden,
or to sit in the garden enjoying past
labours.
After Christmas is over though, you
need to be turning your thoughts to sowing
winter greens and early spring annuals
such as Iceland poppies, snapdragons,
wallflowers, stocks and pansies.
These annuals need to be sown in
early January, then pricked out, to be
ready for planting in late summer/
early autumn. They need to be wintered
over, then as soon as the days begin to
get warmer they grow into nice large
plants and begin flowering. If you do
not sow your own seed, then look for
these annuals in garden centres in early
autumn, when there should be lots in
stock. When these types of annuals are
planted in spring, they never grow as big
or do as well as when autumn planted as
they love a wintering over period.
To get the best from an annual garden
you may like to try the following planting
schedule. Plant your stocks, wallflowers,
snapdragons, Iceland poppies and pansies
in early Autumn as mentioned above, and
they will start flowering late August/
early September and continue flowering
through to late November. When these
are finished, then plant your Petunias,
Nemesia, Marigolds, Allysum, Lobelias
etc. By this time of the year there are often
large pottles of these plants in the shops
at very good prices.
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These plants will flower well right
through to early autumn when it is again
time to put in the other set of annuals. If
you sow your own seed, then you need
to be sowing your Petunias, Marigolds
etc in late August/early September.
For winter vegetables such as all types
of cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and
Brussells sprouts, continuous sowings
should be carried out from early January.
Market gardeners traditionally sow their
first broccoli as near as possible to New
Year’s Day. Plants can be planted from
March onwards. Leeks should be in and
celery plants can be planted from now on
for autumn/winter use.
A Hampden Debate Paper
continued from page 15
impact and our consumption?
It is time to expose the swindle and
demand better. Someone is going to
try to get you to sell out your children
and grandchildren for short term gain
over the next few years because “we
need to grow the economy”. I hope
you think about what is really going
on, consider what is of real value,
and make up your mind to reject the
vacuous arguments for growth in
favour of sustained value and quality.
(Footnote: Hampden Community Energy,
told us that they have donated $500 from
the debate night to Hampden school.
Well done, HCE and thanks to the school
and the kids for their contribution, to
the participants, and most of all, to those
volunteers who made it possible, working
tirelessly behind the scenes cooking,
serving, washing dishes and so on. You guys
sure have made us proud.)
 MOERAKI SERVICES LTD
wishes you Merry Christmas
and a happy New Year.
I am available over the holiday period for call outs should
you have a problem with your Freeview Satellite TV. This
includes weekends and statuary holidays until 8pm.
Also remember, I travel with a range of interconnect
cables should you find you need one to connect your
Christmas present up to the LCD or Plasma TV.

Visitors: I am available to help with caravan Satellite TV

tuning or maybe some training for yourself in setting
up the dish for best results. I also stock magnetic spirit
levels and poles to mount dishes on caravan trailers.
If you need Prime TV tuned in then call me.

New: I am now stocking Strong Satellite Receivers capable

of recording straight to a plug in USB hard drive or USB
memory stick. Price is determined by the size of the drive,
but a 320GB drive gives about 170 hours of recording for
about $420 including the receiver. It’s time to ditch the VHS
machine and have recordings with excellent quality.

Freeview Satellite TV:

Channels available when I tune them in are
TV1, TV2, TV3, C4, Maori TV, TVNZ 6, TVNZ 7, Prime TV,
Cue TV, Stratos, SBS One, SBS Two, (both from Australia)
Te Reo, Parliament and TVNZ Sports Extra.

Contact Dave at
Moeraki Services Limited
Phone: 4394259
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 community christmas greetings
Hampden Tavern
The management and staff of the
Hampden Tavern would like to
wish everyone a merry Christmas
and a happy new year. New year’s
eve entertainment is Lifespan,
who will play from 8pm till late.
The Hampden Bowling Club
wishes everyone a Merry Xmas
and a Happy New Year. New
members are most welcome.
Contact:
Allan and Joy 439 4001
Bill 439 4616
Ian and Kath 439 4388
Heritage Radio in Oamaru
is broadcasting a programme of
musical variety aimed mostly at
people over 40 into the greater
Hampden area from its transmitter
at Moeraki.You can tune in to
Heritage Radio on 88.3MHz or
107MHz. It operates 24 hours
a day, with Tuesday evening’s
programme between 4 and
10pm beamed specifically at
Hampden/Moeraki residents. All
the programme presenters at
Heritage Radio send best wishes
for Christmas and for 2010 to all
the residents of the area.
Trevor, Elizabeth and Chris
wish the producers of the Hamraki
Rag and Hampden friends, the
compliments of the season and
a successful year ahead.
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Hampden Taichi Group
Thank you to all those people who
have taken part in the raffles to
raise money for Taichi classes in
Hampden. Thanks also to Geoff
Herbert for donating a load of
firewood as a raffle prize, and to
Hampden Tavern for hosting the
raffles. There will be another raffle
during the holiday season with
great prizes to be won. Do take
part for a good cause. To raise
more funds, the Hampden Taichi
group will also have a stall selling
cakes, preserves and garden
produce at the Hampden weekly
market during the holiday season.
Come along to the weekly Saturday
morning market at the Hall.
The Hall will be our new venue for
the weekly Monday morning Taichi
class when it resumes on February
8th at 11.30am. The fees for the
first term are $30, or $5 for a class.
In the meantime, Hampden Taichi
enthusiasts will get together for
‘fun’ Taichi throughout the holiday
period. If interested contact Val on
4394 240 or Lyn on 021 702 916.
Hamraki Rag
thanks all the readers,
contributors, advertisers, friends
and helpers for their support.
We are still looking for more
helpers, if you think you can,
please contact us. A very merry
Christmas and a happy new year.
Hamraki Trading
RELIABLE BABYSITTER Fifteen
year old female available for all your
baby sitting needs. Reasonable rates
also available to clear mail, feed your
cat, water your garden and so on.
Please phone 4394-164 or text
027-4394-164.
FREE KITTENS Three adorable
kittens to give away. Two are jet black
and will be fluffy, while the other one
is black and ginger, also fluffy. Born
November 12 and will be ready for
Christmas. Please phone 4394 164
or 027 4394 164.
YOUR AD HERE FOR FREE
Contact us for free ‘Classifieds’ in
this page and
Hamrakitrading.blogspot.com.
MASSAGE Sore muscles? Aching
back? Why not treat yourself to a
massage? Call Val on 4394 240
TRACTOR Massey Ferguson
35 petrol tractor. Excellent order,
good boat tractor. Can be viewed in
Moeraki. $3,800 ono. 03 6126759 or
021 1177538 (Robert)
FOR SALE Old fashioned cut
Christmas Lilies. $3 each. Available
on Thursday afternoon. 4394 692
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p o st
WA N T E D O l d n e w s p a p e r,
cardboard, hay, cow horns, carpet
(wool only) and bricks. 4394 599
Fishing Charters Seven
days a week, Call Gone Fishing
Charters Moeraki on 4394 117
REDUCED Toyota diesel auto
campervan. Freshwater at sink, 2
burner stove, awning, 12v and 240v
electrics. Heaps of cupboard and
storage space. Very comfortable 2
berth, low km, tidy vehicle. Give us
$16 000 (reduced), and you will never
look back. 4394 887 (Trevor)
HOUSEBUS HANDCRAFT AND
GARDENS Locally crafted gifts for
all occasions including wooden toys,
native timber pens, stained glass
suncatchers, saffron and lavender
herbal creams, herb and lavender
plants. See us at the Hampden
market or call 021 702916 to visit us
at home.
L E A R N T O P L AY P I A N O
Experienced teacher. Reasonable
rates, all levels, any age, but must
be keen learners. 439 4599
YOUR AD HERE FOR FREE
Contact us for free ‘Classifieds’ in
this page and
Hamrakitrading.blogspot.com.
 Holiday community calender
Markets Every Saturday Morning
The stall holders of the Hampden
Community Market thank you for your
support over the last year and send
merry season's greetings. They look
forward to seeing you all again at
the markets on the fourth Saturday
of each month in 2010. As well as
January 23 and February 27 there will
be mini markets on all other Saturdays
throughout January and February
between 9am and noon, with lots of
fruit and vegetables in season to buy.
Holiday Service Hours
Landfill Transfer Station
Closed on Friday December 25.
Open every day from Boxing Day
to January 15 between 8.30am and
12.30pm. Usual opening hours will
resume on Sunday January 17.
Hampden Library
Your community library will be closed
from Thursday December 24 to
Saturday January 2. The usual
service will resume on Thursday
January 7.
Recycling Trailer
The recycling trailer outside the
Hampden garage will be available
over the holidays for bottles,
plastic (recyclable 1 to 7 only),
bundles of paper, and flattened, tied
cardboard.
Hamrakirag.blogspot.com
If you have any events in February,
Let us know so the whole community knows.
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Family Fun Boxing Day
and New Year’s Day.
A programme involving competition
between locals and campers/cribbies.
For example, cricket (there is a shield
from when these matches used to be
an annual event) tennis, bowls, tug of
war, gumboot throw, bike ride. With
some activities on the beach for the
kids e.g. treasure hunt, sandcastle
competition. The cribbies hold the
shield. It’s time the locals took it back.
2 to 5pm. Phone Ken Bridge 4394 228.
Boxing Day Paddle
As a part of the Hampden Family
Fun Day, the North Otago Prehistoric
Boat Society is having a paddle at
Kurinui Creek near the campground.
If you have not seen a homemade
coracle in action, this is your chance.
Bring your own coracle or other
human powered boat and shed
some of the extra weight you might
have put on over Christmas. You can
bring a picnic, thermette, sausages,
leftover turkey, Christmas pudding,
anything. Paddle begins at 2pm.
Keep in touch
during the holiday season at