guardian the 4 WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2015 Street talk What does Waitangi Day mean to you? CASIO Watches Plenty of Choice From $49.00 Scilali Motueka On a superficial level, to me it means going to the beach, but it also means what it is to be a New Zealander. Sam Upper Moutere If the weather’s right we might go to the beach, but to us it means spending the day together. Gilly (and Rydah) Motueka We might go to the Marae’s Festival for the first time and check it out. Bronwyn Motueka It’s about celebration of us as a country that’s living together and of different cultures. 132 High StreeT Motueka Lay-buy available on any item entertainment Police Report Crimestoppers: totally anonymous information line: 0800 555 111 27/1: Suspicious activity reported in Trewavas Street in early hours of the morning, nobody located. 10 Speed Mountain bike stolen from High Street - Active brand, aqua green colour. Two Family Violence Incidents reported in Motueka. 28/1: Disorder reported in the early hours outside Motueka house, people fighting. Bag of cannabis located nearby and destroyed. Family Violence Incident reported in Tasman - 14 year old male warned for assault. Family Violence Incident reported in Motueka - 62 year old female arrested for Assault to appear NN District Court 23/02. 43 year old male breaches bail conditions, arrested. 29/1: 34 year old male arrested for Possession of a Knife in Public - to appear NN District Court. 03/02: Police seize an air rifle off a male in Tasman after complaints he had been firing near campers. 30/1: Family Violence Incident reported in Motueka. Burglary to house in Whakarewa Street where a bag was stolen. 31/1: 28 year old male arrested for Burglary - to appear NN District Court 09/02. 01/2: Theft reported from dwelling on High Street. Burglary reported to address on Thorp Street. Family Violence Incident report in Lower Moutere. 02/2: Family Violence Incident reported in Motueka. Found Property Scottish kilt pin found in High Street Ring found in the Abel Tasman Park Necklace found in Main Road Riwaka Lawn mower found in High Street Bangle with coloured stone found in Wilkie Street Long lost Brunning - found! Following on from the article The Guardian ran two weeks ago regarding John Brunning’s WWI certificate, Bernee Fransen of the Motueka RSA has received more than 20 phone calls and even a letter from a couple in Tauranga, Norm and Maureen Brunning. Maureen has written a Brun(n) ing Family History Book aiming to connect the dots between Brunings relations and ancestors around the country, which also mentions John Bruning and his family. “John William Bruning is the eldest son of Richard and Betsy Bruning, of Canvastown,” Maureen says. “Richard’s brother, Charles Christian Bruning and his wife Fanny Sarah nee Clarkson lived in College Street, Motueka, rear- ing a family of 14 children; five girls and nine sons and most of the Motueka Brunning’s are their descendants.” “My husband Norm Bruning and I have recently published the Bruning Family History Book – ‘To seek my forture” which solves the puzzle of how the new Zealand Bruning’s are related. “The 444 pages cover the first ancestors arriving in Nelson 1844, from Germany, and captures what life was like for them, then with a chapter on each of their 10 children and their descendants including those who served in both World Wars”. Anyone with more information on Bruning family history or for a copy of the family history book, contact Norm and Maureen on 07 5480617. John Hurley, once upon a time Mayor of Tasman, makes these colourful chairs now. “It keeps me off the streets,” he said. Every year Sarau Festival raffles a purple one John donates.
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