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Hauraki Herald : May 17th 2013
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COVERING THAMES, PAEROA, COROMANDEL PENINSULA, HAURAKI PLAINS, WAIHI AND SEABIRD COAST PHONE 07 868 8850 www.haurakiherald.co.nz Standing up for children Champions from all walks of life are fronting a campaign in the Coromandel and Hauraki districts to prevent child sexual abuse. Seventeen residents have put their names and faces to the campaign run by Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS) Hauraki. They include a mayor, parents, police, health workers, community leaders, teachers, farmers and principals. The three-month Right2Bsafe campaign, starting this month, will raise awareness about child sexual abuse and offer concrete strategies for prevention. The campaign is targeting adults who have contact with children as it is these people who can do the most to prevent child sexual abuse. Billboards will be put up in Paeroa, Thames, Coromandel, Waihi and Whitianga, and posters of the 17 champions will be displayed around towns in the Hauraki and Coromandel regions. Weekly columns will also be published in the Hauraki Herald and Coromandel FM will be playing champions’ messages. ‘‘Just as road safety program- mes help keep children safer around roads, child sexual abuse prevention can help keep children safer from sexual abuse,’’ spokeswoman Rachel Harrison said. ‘‘This campaign is about helping adults understand the easy steps they can take to help prevent sexual abuse,’’ she said. At the core of the campaign is information to prevent sexual abuse in the ‘‘Get Info’’ section of BESAFE: Lance and Ava Strong, who have been teaching martial arts for more than 30 years, are two of the locals fronting the Right2BSafe campaign. COMMUNITYPOWER:Mike and Andrea Hill of Waihi Beach believe that if you want a safe community, you have to be a part of that community. CHAMPIONSFORTHE RIGHT2BSAFECAMPAIGN ❚ John Wright (principal of Mercury Bay Area School) ❚ Rob and Lisa Cooper (business owners, Paeroa) ❚ Maryann Kerr (Police Community Education Officer, Thames Police) ❚ Wyonetta Ryan (youth worker the capshauraki.co.nz website. Strategies cover a range of situations including: babysitting; new/ partners – blended families; staying away from home; setting up a and attendance officer CAPS Hauraki) ❚ Rebecca and Rowan ManleyCampbell (organic gardeners, Kaueranga Valley) ❚ Mike and Andrea Hill (photographer and secondary school teacher, Waihi Beach) family safety plan and family touching rules. About one in three girls and one in six boys is sexually abused before they turn 16, according to ❚ Andrea Saunders-Fox and Tom Fox (resource teacher: learning and behaviour and TCDC worker, Thames) ❚ Lance and Ava Strong (martial arts teachers, Thames) ❚ John Tregidga (Mayor Hauraki District Council) CAPS Hauraki. ‘‘If we are really going to stop violence happening all of us need to get involved and do something to prevent it,’’ said Ms Harrison. ❚ Janie Poutu (kuia, Thames) ❚ Chrissy Baird (Well Child nurse and public health nurse Whitianga, Tairua) ❚ Michele Fill (district nurse and CAPS chairwoman, Thames) ‘‘Having local people front the campaign sends a message that every person in a community can be part of reducing and preventing child sexual abuse.’’ Williams’ star continues to rise in Panama Whangamata teenager Ella Williams produced the best result of her international career, finishing fourth at the 2013 Reef International Surfing Association World Surfing Games in Panama last weekend. The 18-year-old was competing at the event for the first time and her star continues to rise after she won the New Zealand Women’s Open in April and finished 13th in the ASP World Championship Tour event in New Plymouth, competing against the best pro surfers in the world. Back home in Whangamata, Braedon Williams, Ella’s brother, said it was a pretty good achievement and good publicity for her. WAIHI FULL RANGE OF FIRES INSTORE NOW Purchase any Metro wood fi re and flue combo during May and choose a free heating accessory valued up to $539! S MITRE 10 WAIHI Seddon Street, Ph: (07) 863 8087 OPENING HOURS: Mon - Fri 7:30am - 5pm • Sat 8:30am - 4pm, Sun 9am - 4pm n WAIHI K e n o 0800 VERSATILE (080083 7728) www.versatile.co.nz Main Road, Kopu, Thames. Phone: 07 868 8510 *Fully constructed buildings only. Terms and conditions apply. Visit versatile.co.nz for full details. FREE iPad* ‘‘Ella had actually beaten the three top girls in previous heats but that’s surfing, it’s a lot to do with your luck on the day,’’ he said. Williams finished with a 10.83 point heat total behind gold medallist Dimity Stoyle (Australia) on 13.30 points, Codie Klein (Australia) on 12.63 and Suelen Naraisa (Brazil) on 12.47. ‘‘I knew I could have done it (won) and knowing that I only needed a six-point something to win was so achievable,’’ said Williams from Costa Rica. ‘‘But on the day even when you give it 100 per cent sometimes it just doesn't go your way. ‘‘But I’m happy with the result and over the moon that I can bring back a copper medal to New Zealand.’’ Williams will contest the World Junior Championships in Nicaragua, starting on Saturday, June 8. Tairua’s Sean Peggs finished the event as the highest placed Kiwi male in 31st place overall. 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