For Art 2 Wearists

On behalf of Business & Professional Women (BPW) Kaitaia, we sincerely thank those who supported our fundraiser movie on Monday, December 4.

We are now concentrating on gathering contact details of those who supported Art 2 Wear in Kaitaia over the years 1998 — 2008 and to this end, we have registers of interest to purchase placed at the library (Te Ahu), Essentially Flowers and Kotare Krafts in Commerce Street.

A coffee table-style, hardcover book of approximately 70 pages, documenting the 10 years of Art 2 Wear in Kaitaia, is in the planning stages, and we are seeking an indication of how many copies to print.

We ask that your readers share this letter with their contacts who were involved with the Art 2 Wear decade. This will be a collector’s book, and everyone who supported it will be acknowledged, whether they were designers, models, judges, entertainers, sponsors or funders — if we have your name on file, then you will be included.

Names and contact details can also be sent to bpwkaitaia1987@gmail.com for inclusion on the register — those registered will be contacted in the New Year, when orders can be placed.

We look forward to archiving and bringing to print this popular community event so you can enjoy your own copy.

With much appreciation for the support received for this project thus far.

RAEWYN PENNELL

BPW Kaitaia

be held as security. For local government debt the security is a tax or rate upon land within the district; for national government debt the security is the future ability of the people to earn enough to repay the debt. In other words, our children are sold into slavery.

Our knowledge of, and consent for this, comes because we elected the governments who do it in our name.

The future will be interesting, as nations that do not conform to our standards of morality or governance start to buy our debt. PETER KERR

Okaihau

power outage. If he has something that is so sensitive that it cannot go without electricity for an hour or two, then he should have an alternative source of power available, either at all times or just for those few days the item needs it. You can acquire small generators for a modest sum these days.

One cannot blame the power companies for all power outages. We used to just call them power cuts, but as with many modern terms a bigger, fancier word has been found. The power company has no control over the weather or the idiot drivers who take out power poles and so many other happenings.

We must realise that we put too much faith in the power supply, but it is something that can be stopped in a blink of an eye. Live with that fact!

In my youth I complained to a

fellow thespian that we should have been given such and such, but he just told me if you have a hobby then you must pay your own costs. Maybe John Tilson must learn that lesson as I did. But I do hope in time he can get more eggs. SYLVIA BRYAN

Motutangi