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Horse Sports Ruakaturi Horse Sports are today at Ruakaturi Golf Course from 9.00am onwards. All Welcome to this Family Day and BBQ.

Golf Tournament The Wairoa Golf Club will host the Ambrose Golf tournament today with a shot gun tee off at 11.00am.

Dog Trials The Putere Dog Trials are today with both the Heading and Hunterway dogs being put to the test.

• The Wairoa Water Ski Club National Bridge to Bridge Racing is today and tomorrow down at the Wairoa Ski Club west end of Marine Parade.
• The Waikare Surfcasting Competition is tomorrow out along Waikare Beach. Head out and see how our surfcasters are getting on.
• The Mahia Fishing and Boating Club are hosting their Women's Fishing Tournament today and tomorrow out at Mahia Beach. Any enquiries can be made on 837 5560.
• The Wairoa Racing Club will be cleaning up the Race Course again today as part of their Annual Working Bee before the Wairoa Races in February. Anyone is welcome to join in and help. So head out with your spades and wheel barrows any time after 8.00am.
  The Racing Club is also looking for Caravans they may borrow mid February for the Wairoa Races. Anyone who can help is asked to phone John Charles on 838 7200
• Junior Tennis will play this morning from 9.00am onwards - weather permitting - at the Wairoa Tennis Club, Marine Parade West. Cost is $10.00 for the term and there are Racquets available. New players always welcome.
• Senior Tennis will serve off from 1.00pm onwards at the Tennis Club. Anyone is welcome to join with games arranged on the day. Light refreshments are available late afternoon.
• You will find the Saturday Market open at 8am as usual at the Drop-In-Centre, Queen Street Catholic Presbytery. Proceeds support local needs.
• The Footpath Stalls along Marine Parade East will be lined up early this morning for anyone wishing to check out their wares.
• The Wairoa Home-grown Market will be open today at the Greenhouse Garden Centre, Mahia Avenue, from 7.00am to 11.00am.
• The Footpath Market along from New World Supermarket will be open today from 10.00am to 4.00pm.
• The Senior Citizens have their Saturday Indoor Bowls this afternoon at 1.30pm for all members. Venue: The Association Rooms, Queen Street.
• Morere Hot Springs will be open today from 10am onwards. Enjoy a swim in the Hot Springs, take a Bush Walk & lunch at the Tearooms.
• The Bank Gallery will be open today from 10am to 12 Noon & 1 to 4pm. 50% of the Art display is our own local talent. All works are for sale.
• The Wairoa Museum is open today from 10.00am to 1.00pm. If you have not been through our Museum then do so, it is well worth it.
• The Centennial Public Library is open today from 10am to 12pm. Take this opportunity to exchange your books for the weekend.

The Wairoa Community Centre is open on the weekends for all Members, Locals and Visitors. Today's hours are as follows:
Public Hours: 10.00am to 5.00pm
Member Hours: 6.00am to 5.00pm

Landfill Collections and Recycling Hours for Saturday.
The Wairoa Landfall will be open to the Public from 11.00am until 5.00pm today if you wish to dispose your household rubbish or green vegetation.

Write Price Food Barn advise they will be open from 8.30am to 5.00pm today, Saturday, for those wishing to stock up on stores.
If you are a visitor to Wairoa you can find our local supermarket in Clyde Court, corner of Queen Street and Paul Street.

Saturday Duty Doctor: Wairoa Medical Centre (Wairoa Hospital).
11.00am - 11.30pm and 5.00pm - 5.30pm Phone 83889728

Saturday Duty Chemist:

• Ray Lyall Pharmacy: Evening 8.30am - 2.00pm, 838 7243.
• Ray Lyall Pharmacy: Evening 5.00pm - 6.00pm, 838 7243.

Wairoa Hospital: Kitchener Street. Visiting Hours 2.00pm - 7.00pm Phone 838 7099

Wairoa Ambulance Service: Kitchener Street. 24 Hour Service. Phone 111.

Wairoa Police: Wairoa Police Station, Queen Street. Station Phone: 838 8345.

Tuai Police: Tuai Police Station, 63 Hill Street, Waikaremoana. Station Phone: 837 3824.

Nuhaka Police: Nuhaka Police Station, 3215 SH 2, Nuhaka. Station Phone: 837 8800.

Kotemaori Police: Kotemaori Police Station, SH 2, Kotemaori. Station Phone: 837 6885.

Duty Dentist: Dental Health Wairoa will be closed until the 9th of January 2012. If emergency treatment is needed please contact an 'On Call' Dentist in Gisborne or Napier.

All Emergencies & Civil Defence: 24 Hour Contact, Phone: 838 7309.

Wairoa Fire Service: Queen Street, Wairoa. Phone: 838 7755

Nuhaka Fire Service: Ringawhero Street, Nuhaka. Phone: 837 8799

Emergency Vet: Coast Vet, Napier Road, 24 Hour Contact: Phone: 838 4053.

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NB: Before installing any new software it is always tidier and safer to uninstall your old programs using Add/Remove found in Control Panel.
AVG Anti Virus Free Edition 2012 for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7:
The free edition of AVG 2012 has now been released. Click on the link and download from Download.com.  When asked, select "Save to", and save it to your Desktop or remember where you have saved it for later installation. Full installation instructions may be printed out from the AVG 2012 Installation Page to help you. Also print out AVG 2012 Maintenance for instructions on Updating and Scanning.
Avast 4.8 Anti Virus for Windows 98, Windows 98SE and Windows ME:
For those of you still running Windows 98 or ME, AVG no longer supports these Operating Systems. Avast does and may be downloaded from Download.com. Save it to your Desktop. Once downloaded click on the icon on your desktop to install it. When asked if you wish to do a scan on each computer start, select no. Full Instructions and registration details can be printed from the main menu.
Spybot 1.6.2:
For those of you running Spybot check your version. Version 1.6.2 is the latest and can be downloaded from Spybot.com.  Save to Desktop and run installation. I suggest you untick all boxes when asked as they are unnecessary. Once installed run Spybot as usual and dont forget to update it by selecting "Search For Updates". Full instructions are on our Menu on the left.
Ad-Aware 9.6:
For those of you running Ad-Aware you can download Version 8 from Download.com also. If you do have an older version of Ad-aware our advice here is to replace it with Spybot 1.6.2. Our "in Workshop" testing suggests Spybot executes a better thorough scan and detection of spyware, malware, adware etc. This latest free version has too many features now disabled trying to force Users into purchasing the Pro version. Uninstall Ad-aware first in Control Panel - Add/Remove, before installing Spybot.
Microsoft Windows Updates:
To manually update Microsoft products you must use Microsoft Internet Explorer. It is important to download and install all Security Upgrades and Patches on a regular bases. Most of you will have 'Automatic Updates' turned on and hence Windows will do this for you. But it does no harm checking from time to time. I advise against updating any of the Drivers offered and also any Microsoft Office Updates. We have seen too many computers come through our workshop from these updates totally paralysed :) You may check for updates at the Microsoft Update Centre.  Instructions to assist here are on the bottom of the menu Windows Updates.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.6:
Malwarebytes is an excellent piece of software which removes malware and spyware. Use in conjunction with AVG and Spybot. Malwarebytes may be downloaded from Download.com. Save it to your Desktop. Once downloaded click on the icon on your desktop to install it. Full Instructions can be printed from the main menu.
Windows Defender 1.1:
Microsoft's Windows Defender is included with all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. If you are running Windows XP with Service Pack 2, download is free from Microsoft or from  Download Com.   Windows Defender is software that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software by detecting and removing known spyware from your computer.
Although Defender is already installed on Vista and Windows 7, we feel Malwarebytes is the better of the two and hence advise installing this as well.

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