Hibiscus Matters, 14 June 2017_Issue 218 by Lorry McCarthy

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Paralysed man takes big steps forward Inside this issue

Steve Caines of Orewa, who is paralysed from the chest down, has trained for 18 months to use an innovative machine that enables him to walk. Photo, Cheril Clarke

Since a motorcycle accident left Steve Caines of Orewa paralysed from the chest down, 12 years ago, he has been fighting to get back on his feet. An innovative battery-powered system called ReWalk is helping him achieve that and Steve is the first person in NZ to come close to being able to use it independently. The 47-year-old engineer has become a familiar sight, and made many friends among other park users, as he takes long walks through Western Reserve in the ReWalk, accompanied by a physiotherapist. Eighteen months ago, Mobility Solutions Centre manager Shanon Arnold saw a demonstration of the ReWalk – designed in Israel, it is a relatively light exoskeleton which attaches to the outside of the legs and is driven by four electric motors. Shanon purchased two of the machines, which cost around $115,000 each, and arranged training for several physiotherapists, including some at Neuro Rehab Results, so that they can assist people to use the ReWalk. Steve was one of the first people to volunteer to take part in the trial run by Neuro Rehab Results and he has been learning to use the ReWalk ever since. Neuro Rehab Results director Suzie Mudge was one of Steve’s first physios and is impressed at how hard he has worked. She says he is the first to get to the stage of walking in the unit outside and is almost ready to go solo. She says the unit would benefit many New Zealanders who have been left continued page 2

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Physiotherapist Samantha Henry assists Steve with his regular ReWalk training in Orewa, but he is almost at the stage of being able to use the unit independently. Photo, Cheril Clarke

unable to walk through injury or health issues such as diabetes; not least because it may enable them to return to work. “It has a stair climbing function and enables people who are wheelchair bound to stand up if they need to in order to work,” she says. Mastering callipers and crutches, and now ReWalk, has required the fitness, determination and commitment of an athlete and Steve has given it 100 percent, setting himself a series of goals, then moving on to the next one. The ReWalk is controlled through body position, which is very different from walking with callipers. “To walk 300 metres on callipers takes 40 minutes and is exhausing,” Steve says. “The same distance on the ReWalk takes 14 minutes and is not as tiring.” He says the maximum distance he can walk in callipers is 700 metres, but in the ReWalk he can currently do 3km. Shanon says a big benefit of ReWalk is that while callipers put a lot of strain on the body and can wear out joints and muscles, ReWalk provides more support. “It decreases medical costs

such as pain medication, long term, because you are stretching muscles and increasing bone density,” Shanon says. However, he says the psychological benefits are what people who use the system overseas have commented on most. “They talk about the joy of being able to stand up and give someone a hug,” he says. Steve agrees, saying he wants the advantages that able bodied people have. “There are huge health benefits from being upright and psychological benefits from being able to talk face to face with people,” he says. Steve has free use of the ReWalk while the trial continues, but what happens next will depend on funding which could come from a range of sources, including, ACC or the Ministry of Health. Steve says the machine has been life changing. “It has taken me places I never thought possible after the accident and I’d like to thank Shanon for making it possible,” he says. Hibiscus Matters thanks Cheril Clarke for her assistance with this story.

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Motel targeted rate hitting home

Auckland Council’s adoption of a targeted rate on accommodation providers continues to concern the local moteliers who Hibiscus Matters spoke with about the issue back in March (HM March 15). Although the rate was watered down, Motel in Orewa says he has yet to rates to cover the sum she’ll have to and motel owners will pay considerably work out what he will be charged. pay of around $11,000. “I’m paying less than originally proposed (around “I’m waiting, because it’s based on the 40 percent less than I’d thought, but 40 percent to 20 percent of the sum CV of the property and the CVs are now they’ve got a foot in the door, originally proposed, depending on likely to go up soon,” he says. Geoff what will happen next year and the the type of business), aspects such as says he’s not likely to increase his room year after that?” she says. the exclusion of the nearby Rodney rates, because his is a seasonal and Auckland councillors John Watson area, campgrounds, backpackers and price-sensitive business. and Wayne Walker voted against the bed and breakfast accommodation is Whangaparaoa Lodge owner Troy targeted rate, which was passed 11–8 viewed as unfair. Clarry says he now expects to pay at the meeting on June 1. Cr Watson The money will cover 50 percent somewhere between $3500–$5000 – says they did so largely because of the of Auckland Tourism Events & a lot less than the $26,000 he would effects it will have on local businesses. Economic Development’s (ATEED) have been up for under the original “The local moteliers don’t receive any visitor attraction and events proposal. However, he says he will actual benefit from ATEED’s tourist budget, formerly paid for in general have to “suck up the increase” rather promotions which concentrate largely rates, freeing up those funds for than raise his charges, especially on event promotions in the city,” he infrastructure. Moteliers say this is considering competition from B & Bs, says. “Why should they pay for a also unfair, as they derive little, if any, and Rodney moteliers, who don’t have service they don’t receive any benefit benefit from ATEED promotions to pay the targeted rate. from? No one could answer this at the such as the current Lions tour. Jan Guthrie of Orewa Motor Lodge meeting.” Geoff Schunselaar of Beachcomber says she has already increased room The rate will apply from July 1.

Orewa SHA falls over

A Special Housing Area located in central Orewa, which was to include around 100 apartments, has lost its SHA status. Special Housing Area (SHA) rules allow developments to be fast tracked with minimal consultation and appeal rights for the community. They must also contain a component of affordable housing. An SHA was granted last year for the properties at 6–8 and 7–9 George Lowe Place through to 6–8 Hillary Square in Orewa town centre. A large apartment complex was proposed for the site, which currently has a range of light industrial and retail businesses on it. To keep its SHA status, a resource consent application for this development had to be in to Auckland Council by May 19. Council has advised that as no application has been received, this site is no longer an SHA and any development plans will have to follow the standard resource consent process.

Restaurant faces uncertain future as Masala fallout continues The fallout from the Masala Restaurant chain’s offending continues to resonate on the Hibiscus Coast, with a familyowned business the latest to feel the effects. Last March, the owners of the Masala chain came to a settlement with the Crown, which involves selling 34 properties, including 124 Stanmore Bay Road and Stanmore Bay Cottage at 195 Brightside Road (HM March 15, 2017). Under the agreement, a total of $8 million from the sales will be forfeited to the Crown to cover most of the unlawful benefit that Masala derived from tax evasion. The sale of Stanmore Bay Cottage has therefore been in the wind for some time, but when the For Auction sign went up recently, the owners of Paprika Kitchen, who lease the premises, say they got a nasty surprise. Paprika co-owner Bob Konar says that he found out early this month that his 15-year lease may not be worth the paper it is written on – something he

says was “like a bomb going off ”. Last year Mr Konar signed a lease with JKK Holdings. This company and its director, Supinder Singh, were both respondents in the High Court case. Mr Konar says he signed the lease believing that the company owned Stanmore Bay Cottage. However, he says he received notice from the Official Assignee that because the property was restrained by court order in 2015, JKK Holdings should not have granted a lease. “I have been paying JKK Holdings $1000 a week and they had no right to take any of that money,” Mr Konar says. “They have made a fool out of me.” He says when he was granted a temporary liquor licence, nothing was red flagged by Auckland Council but that Council raised the issue of the lease more recently when he applied to make the licence permanent. Paprika Kitchen opened last year and the family moved to Gulf Harbour from Henderson recently. They want

The auction of Stanmore Bay Cottage this month has created uncertainty for Paprika Kitchen owners Bob and Anu Konar (inset), pictured a year ago when they opened their restaurant.

to stay. Mr Konar says the family wants customers to know Paprika is open for business until the issue is sorted out. “We are desperate to keep the restaurant where it is, having built up a customer base,” he says. He says he also spent around $20,000 on refurbishing the interior and landscaping. Bayleys Real Estate agent Jeremy

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Milton says the issue will have to be resolved between the tenant and the new owner once the property sells. Mr Konar says he has spoken with his lawyer. The auction is scheduled to take place on June 21. Hibiscus Matters was unable to contact Mr Singh.

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Council out of touch

I note (HM June 1) that the Orewa call centre is moving to the Council’s ‘Centre of Excellence’ at Manukau and the ‘Transformation Director’ says the changes from legacy council days were ‘seamless’. No they weren’t! The classic was when I requested a footpath on Moana Avenue be repaired and got a snooty email saying an engineer had inspected it and there was nothing wrong with it. The glitch was that he/ she had inspected a Moana Avenue in Auckland central. In ‘legacy days’, Rodney District Council people knew precisely where locations were and in many cases what the problem was. Issues were resolved quickly. It now takes ages to get things done because so many staff people are involved – up to five different ‘teams’. Far from ‘excellent’ and ‘transformed’, the Council’s performance has plummeted. As Mr Goff said prior to the elections: “Satisfaction with the Council is at rock bottom...it is seen as bloated and unwieldy”. I reckon it’s like Alice in Wonderland – out of touch with reality. John Clements, Orewa

Traffic frustrations I write out of sheer frustration at the incompetence of Auckland Transport and the impatience, aggression and lack of courtesy displayed by drivers using Whangaparaoa Rd. From my apartment at North Haven in Red Beach I witness every day cars and trucks speeding and overtaking dangerously as they try to beat other road users or traffic lights and can only sit and wait for the carnage which will surely follow. I have no doubt the Auckland Transport board believes that speeding up the traffic flow is the answer but it not only turns a blind eye to the problem, but actively encourages it. The 60kph speed limit on this portion of Whangaparaoa Rd ignores the fact that the road passes a hospital, a retirement village and a block of health clinics all of which have a great deal of traffic including ambulances

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and on occasion fire engines, but no advance warning of these facilities nor reduction in speeds is called for! Vehicles leaving these facilities are forced to make hazardous attempts to integrate with masses of traffic. On rare occasions, oncoming traffic will slow down to let them in but such action is not the norm. The problem is exacerbated by the inconsiderate all day parking of a Bayes bus just outside our village entrance which completely obliterates the view of traffic leaving the traffic lights up the hill making it very dangerous to cross the road when proceeding west. I suggest Bayes should be fined for inconsiderate parking. Prior to the last road works on this stretch of road there was a concrete marker in the middle of the road that could be used as a refuge when crossing the road by passengers alighting from the bus at the stop just west of the traffic lights. In their wisdom AT has not replaced it, creating another hazard for people walking to the village or other facilities. The fix is simple and can be done for little or no expense: Ban Bayes bus from all day parking, reduce the speed limit from the lights at the Silverdale/ Whangaparaoa Rd turn off to Red Beach lights to 50kph but preferably to the school limit of 40kph (surely us old people deserve as much consideration as the young folk), replace the refuge block and erect a sign warning motorists of the presence of a hospital, health clinics and retirement homes. Cliff Tait, Red Beach (abridged)

Great Plaza potential The timing of this potential purchase of The Plaza in Whangaparaoa (HM June 1) could not be better. When the change of logo and the landscaping outside happened, what was really needed was a total revamp inside to give it a new lease of life. I lived in Christchurch for many years and Barrington was my local mall. If The Plaza could be made like that, it would be a great improvement – for retailers and for the public. It’s also

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important with the new mall starting in Silverdale later this year. Fingers crossed that The Plaza can be helped to reach its full potential as a shopping centre to be proud of. Annabel Stubbs, Arkles Bay

Investment plan praised My family visit the Plaza shops regularly and agree that it is long overdue for some investment. It has some great shops, but a strange layout and the Farmers in particular is a very odd space. It is sad to see the number of empty shops. I hope that this plan to improve it goes ahead because it’s in a prime location for a community that’s growing like Topsy. Anna Gibbs, Manly

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Succulents the size of trees are not common in Orewa, and when Peter McKinney first took home a little plant, 25–30 years ago, he had no idea how large it would eventually grow. Peter rescued the succulent, when it was around 20cm tall, from an Orewa property that was about to be developed. Initially he planted it at the front of his home, but when it was around 2m tall, and very heavy, he shifted it out the back. The plant, believed to be Euphorbia candelabrum, is now taller than his house and he has given several pieces away to friends and neighbours. This species, commonly known as the candelabra tree, can grow up to 12m tall and is thriving in the sandy, well-drained soil and full sun in Peter’s garden.

Big softie: Community Constable Mike Brown found this soft toy on Hibiscus Coast Highway close to Red Beach Road on June 7. Thinking it could be someone’s favourite, he’s looking for the owner. He can be contacted on phone 426 4555.

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Pier pressure: gate goes up at ‘fish feeding’ pier The closing of Z Pier at Gulf Harbour Marina to the general public this month has prevented ferry passengers from using it as an access point to the terminal and families from feeding fish from the pier. At the start of this month, Gulf Harbour Marina padlocked the gate to the ferry terminal and installed a security gate on the bridge that connects the ferry ticket office to Z Pier. Marina general manager Keith Hogan says that berth holders on the private pier have complained about the numbers of people using it. He says families feeding fish, which has become very popular especially in weekends, is one aspect of this and that children have fallen into the water, which is a concern. Another problem is that as the number of ferries has increased, so has the volume of people using Z Pier as a walkway. “People walking past from the ferry is Hand-feeding fish like this crowdan issue, and we have had people steal pleasing stingray Brutus from Z Pier at Gulf Harbour Marina has become things and leave litter,” Mr Hogan popular with locals, but is no longer says. “Gulf Harbour Marina has let possible now public access to the pier people use the pier as an access point has been closed off. from the ferry, but it’s been overtaken footpaths on the Hammerhead, apart by the public and that has affected the from a short stretch from the ferry private users.” jetty to the carpark. He says there is a push to also gate Hibiscus & Bays Local Board chair Julia other private piers at the marina. Parfitt agrees that the gating of Z Pier “People can feed the fish from the rocks highlights the broader issue of foot access if they’d like to keep doing it,” he says. to the ferry terminal, and additional Ferry passengers say that the pier is walkways may be needed. This is being popular because there are no other discussed with Auckland Transport.

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Do you have a‘go to’recipe? A family favourite – or maybe your grandmother’s signature dish? Whangaparaoa School’s Parents & Friends Association is producing a recipe book as a fundraiser, and is looking for recipes from the community which have a special story behind them, or are connected to the Hibiscus Coast in some way. Recipes can cover all categories from mid-week family meals, to party food or lunchbox ideas. PFA member Sian Stimson says while many people search online for recipes, it can be frustrating when you can’t find the same recipe a second time, your device’s battery runs flat, or the end result is nothing like you expected! All the recipes for the book are being tested and Sian’s family tested kumara brownies. She says a recipe book can also be a great way to teach children and young people how to cook, involve them in planning meals, and expose them to a wide variety of foods. Recipes, and photos if possible, can be emailed to wgpschoolcookbook@gmail.com by Friday, July 7. Pictured is Sian Stimson with son Samuel, aged five, baking kumara brownies.

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Lubeck for Labour in Rodney Marja Lubeck of Tomarata has been selected as the Labour Party candidate for Rodney for the 2017 General Election. She is currently an organiserfor E tū, the country’s biggest aviation union. She represents cabin crew, ground staff and aviation security workers. Ms Lubeck worked as a flight attendant for more than 20 years and later studied part time to qualify as a lawyer. She says she decided to stand for parliament after seeing Union efforts in relation to industrial issues frustrated by national legislation. “I can do a whole lot of stuff at the Union grassroots level, and then I see the National Party come and legislate Marja Lubeck over the top of it. It makes my job really hard if you have legislation that small businesses. is not really helpful,” she says. “I look forward to campaigning in Local issues that concern her include Rodney on the issues that matter under-resourced schools, traffic locally – transport, decent housing, congestion and the struggles of health and education,” she says.

Orewa’s tsunami risk exposed Orewa has again been named the community with by far the highest potential exposure to tsunami in Auckland. According to Cr John Watson, this puts it in a prime position to access Auckland Council funding that has been allocated for public alerting systems, such as tsunami sirens, in the Long Term Plan. A report commissioned from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) by Auckland Civil Defence & Emergency Management was presented to the Civil Defence & Emergency Management Group Committee last month. It listed the top 20 most exposed communities to tsunami in Auckland’s orange and red tsunami evacuation zones. Number one was Orewa, with a potential 6521 people exposed under the study’s modeling. This is followed by Browns Bay, with 3597 people exposed. Also included in the top 20 is Silverdale Central at number seven, with 1543

people exposed and Stanmore Bay East, with 1236. The findings were not surprising, given a report by GNS and the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research in 2010 that demonstrated that Orewa and surrounding areas had one of the highest risks of inundation on Auckland’s east coast. However, Cr Watson, who is deputy chair of the committee, says the latest report will influence how funding is allocated. “Council has $2.72 million of capital funding in its budget for public alerting systems. If any of that is to be divvied up, then Orewa is going to be at the top of the list,” he says. Local boards will now be consulted and their feedback and Civil Defence’s recommendations will come back to the committee. Cr Watson says that local boards should make a strong plea that the funding be used in areas of most acute vulnerability. He supports the installation of tsunami sirens in Orewa as one of the most effective means of mass notification. “While new warning technologies continue to evolve, sirens have many advantages. They can be controlled from a central trigger point and have the potential for rapid notification while voice capable sirens can provide both a ‘heads-up’ that something is occurring and instruction,” he says. The GNS report is linked to this story at localmatters.co.nz

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Alternative connections Front page on the last Hibiscus Matters was the story Auckland Transport gives Silverdale lights thumbs up. The article noted the opposition by the two councillors – myself and John Watson, and the majority of the local Hibiscus Coast Local Board members with the exception of Janet Fitzgerald. In my view, the last thing we need is more lights on the Hibiscus Highway through Silverdale. Traffic hold-ups at peak times are bad enough now without further delays caused by the stop-start action of lights. The situation city-bound in the morning would be especially dangerous as cars and trucks would back up the hill. Add some wet weather and poor visibility and you have a recipe for accidents; the worse place to put lights is at the bottom of a steep hill used by huge numbers of vehicles including heavy trucks. Then the slow-down homebound as cars and trucks start from stopped to climb up the hill. Vehicles will move slowly from one set of lights to another. The impact on local businesses in Silverdale from morning and evening gridlock extending through the day would be disastrous. Sure, Silverdale can be better connected. But the best place for that extra connection is the planned extension of East Coast Road across the Hibiscus Highway, between Bunnings and Pak ‘n’ Save (Brian Smith Drive) and over the Weiti Stream to connect with Curley Ave and Wainui Road. This new link connects Silverdale North to South and East to West – and decongests the Hibiscus Highway. It uses an existing set of lights. And there is a funding package in place with the prospect of accelerated funding shortly. It also makes for better bus access through to Millwater and the big new commercial area on Wainui Road. Then we desperately need to improve walking and cycling mobility around Silverdale – safe paths wide enough for walking and cycling, linking all parts of Silverdale – especially the industrial area where many local people work. A bus service into the industrial area needs to happen soon; John Watson and I have suggested a survey to the local business association to help build the case. Building a back entry into the busway station from East Coast Road will happen as the land is developed and the developers put the road in as part of their subdivision – freeing up the Hibiscus Highway; this may be sooner rather than later as the southern part of Silverdale expands. The Tavern Road intersection with East Coast Road should be improved so that it better accommodates trucks and heavy vehicles. If we can get the government to take on Penlink as a state highway it can become a reality. Put bluntly, they have the money and the Council does not. Another story in the last Hibiscus Matters dealt with the current road works in Wainui Road just up from the roundabout, which are proving incredibly tough for the local businesses like the French bakery, electrical and car maintenance operations. These local businesses need our ongoing support to get through a tough time as these road works are scheduled to last for months. As much as possible we should buy local and shop local; helping local businesses builds local employment and circulates much needed money in the local economy. A residential site that is currently for sale next to Whangaparaoa College comes complete with concept plans for an apartment and retail block. Currently there are two houses on the 2208sqm site, at 694 and 696 Whangaparaoa Road, but Real Estate agents Barfoot & Thompson are marketing it as a rare development opportunity. The land is zoned for Terraced Housing & Apartments and the concept plans provided show the possibility of building a block of 49 apartments and three retail stores.

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Changes to Auckland’s water and wastewater charges We’d like to let you know that the amount you pay for water and wastewater services will change from 1 July 2017. The adjustment is necessary to cover increased service delivery costs and the need to invest in new and existing infrastructure to cater for Auckland’s growing population. All of the money we receive from you goes into operating, maintaining and expanding our infrastructure. We do not receive any additional funding from Auckland Council or the government, nor do we pay a dividend to Auckland Council.

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Water Volumetric charge: Increases from $1.444 to $1.480 per 1,000 litres.

Water Volumetric charge: Increases from $1.444 to $1.480 ($1.256 to $1.287 excluding GST) per 1,000 litres.

Wastewater If you have a water meter: • The fixed charge per meter will increase from $205 to $211 per year. •

The volumetric charge will increase from $2.454 to $2.535 per 1,000 litres of wastewater discharged.

If you do not have a metered water supply but are connected to the wastewater network: •

The fixed charge will increase from $627 to $648 per year.

Wastewater Fixed and volumetric wastewater charges will increase by an average of 3.3 per cent. The actual price changes will depend on your selected pricing plan. You have the opportunity to change your wastewater pricing plan before your July bill is processed. You can view the pricing plans at www.watercare.co.nz > business tab > water, wastewater and other charges.

The infrastructure growth charge is a one-off fee paid by any customer requiring a new connection or by non-domestic customers increasing a property’s demand for water or wastewater services. This will increase from $11,020 to $11,340 excluding GST for metropolitan customers and by an average of 3 per cent for non-metropolitan customers, depending on location. All prices are inclusive of GST, unless otherwise stated, and are effective from 1 July 2017. The water and wastewater charges are part of our customer contract, which will change from 1 July 2017. To find out more about why we’ve made these changes and what they mean for you, visit our website www.watercare.co.nz (business or residential tabs > water and wastewater charges) or call (09) 442 2222 Monday to Friday 7.30am to 6pm.

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MARK MITCHELL Working For roDnEY FaMilies:

Budget 2017 includes a $2 billion a year Family incomes Package to ensure kiwi families directly share in the benefits of our strong and growing economy. 1.3 million working-age families will benefit by, on average, $26 a week. $11 more a week for anyone earning more than $22,000 a year. $20 more a week for anyone earning more than $52,000 a year. 310,000 lower-income families will benefit from increases to Working for Families. 136,000 low-income households will benefit from a rise in the Accommodation Supplement. $41 more a week for a couple with both partners on the average wage.

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$710 million for SH1 Puhoi to Warkworth to extend the four-lane SH1 Northern Motorway 18.5km to just north of Warkworth.

health:

99,800 children in the Waitemata DHB area are benefitting from our policy of free GP visits and prescriptions for all children aged under 13. 8,145 more patients a year in the Waitemata DHB area are receiving elective operations than when we were elected. 78,660 60 to 74-year-olds in the Waitemata DHB area will be eligible for our bowel screening programme, which is being rolled out across the country to help prevent some of the around 1,200 deaths caused each year.

Police:

73 more Police for Waitemata Police District. Warkworth/Wellsford and Helensville will also now have a 24/7 Police presence.

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169,498 children in 319 schools in Auckland benefitting from our $359 million initiative to keep the best teachers in the classroom and share expertise and leadership across schools. 96.1% of young children in Auckland participating in early childhood education, helping them get the best start in life. 86% of 18-year-olds achieving NCEA Level 2 in Auckland, an increase of 7.7 percentage points since 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1,218 more 18-year-olds.

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Eric Spurr of Manly is the man behind the annual NZ Garden Bird Survey, which he started as a hobby project. A retired scientist from Landcare Research, Eric, aged 71, has been involved in a number of bird monitoring projects that have taken him from Ross Island in Antarctica to the Orkney Islands in northern Scotland. He spoke with Terry Moore can remember as a kid being and higher numbers of most species. intrigued with birds. We had a Not surprisingly, there are more birds hedge that the Dunnocks hopped in gardens where people put out around in on the dairy farm where I supplementary food such as bread, grew up – at Le Bons Bay on Banks seeds, fruit, and sugar-water. Most Peninsula. We had lots of tui in our species have not changed in abundance orchard, eating the plums, and rooks over the first 10 years of the survey but people have been commenting for nesting in our walnut trees. several years that Song Thrush numbers started the NZ Garden Bird Survey appear to be declining. People have also as a hobby project 11 years ago, noted anecdotally that Tui numbers are just before I retired – it’s a ‘citizen increasing, and attribute that to official science’ project, which gives people and community pest control initiatives in the community the opportunity such as Shakespear Open Sanctuary to participate and take ownership of and the local Forest and Bird’s Pest Free research that is done locally. At the Peninsula campaign. time, NZ didn’t have a long-term monitoring programme for common ver the years I’ve been involved in bird monitoring projects that bird species. We know that rare species such as Kiwi and Kakapo have been have taken me from Ross Island in declining through loss of habitat and Antarctica to the Orkney Islands in introduced predators but we don’t Scotland. While doing my doctorate know about trends in species that at Canterbury University, I spent are currently more common, such as four summers in Antarctica studying Tui and Fantail. They are species that behavioural interactions and breeding we see around us every day and are biology of Adelie Penguins. I was there generally not concerned about, but for two to three months each summer they could become more scarce in the with my tutor and two other students, future. We definitely don’t want to see based in a forestry-type hut at a field them get into the same situation as station at Cape Bird on the northern tip Kiwi or Kakapo. On average, about of Ross Island. Cape Bird is known as 3500 people throughout the country the ‘Banana Belt’ because of its slightly have taken part in the Garden Bird warmer temperatures, which causes the Survey each year: Auckland has one snow to melt and sea ice to break out of the lowest rates of participation, early in the summer. This allows the whereas Dunedin has the highest. penguins to come ashore and build More people in southern parts of the nests on the exposed ground. Although country feed birds over the winter and I temperatures were above freezing think that makes them more interested during the day, they were below freezing in doing the survey. We would like a at night. I remember waking up some lot more people to participate because mornings with my sleeping bag frozen the more that take part, the more to the wall. We melted ice on a tworeliable and significant the data will burner primus to obtain water, and so be. The survey has shown that the had a bath only about every fortnight. most numerous garden bird nationally The bath was a plastic tub, and because is the House Sparrow, followed by there was no room within the hut we Silvereye, Blackbird, Starling, Myna, bathed outside. We then used the bath and Tui. However, there are regional water to wash our clothes. The clothes differences – for example, Myna is froze solid after we pegged them out, the third most numerous species in and then freeze-dried. About 40,000 Auckland, behind House Sparrow and pairs of penguins nest at Cape Bird, Silvereye, and Silvereye is the most in large colonies. As part of a longnumerous species in Dunedin, ahead term monitoring programme, I helped of House Sparrow. Bellbird is the fifth count the number nesting there each most numerous species in Dunedin, year. It took four of us two to three days but Auckland has very few Bellbirds. to count them all. After completing There are also differences between my doctorate, I spent a year doing urban and rural gardens, with rural post-doctoral research on Eider Ducks gardens having a greater variety of birds in the Sands of Forvie nature reserve,

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north of Aberdeen in Scotland. While in Scotland, I helped with a longterm monitoring project counting cormorants, fulmars, guillemots, gulls and other seabirds on Eynhallow, one of the Orkney Islands.

hen I returned to NZ I worked for the Forest Research Institute’s Protection Forestry division, later renamed Landcare Research, based in Christchurch – a job I had for about 35 years. A lot of my work was organising bird surveys, mostly in relation to 1080 poisoning operations for possum control. I reckon I’ve done around 70,000 surveys either as research leader or working in the field. We used a technique called the Five Minute Bird Count before and after bait drops, to measure the non-target effect on bird numbers. There was a small ‘by kill’ of birds but populations recovered very quickly and improved in the absence of mammalian pests – possums, ferrets, stoats, weasels and rats. The birds that were poisoned – mainly Blackbirds, Chaffinches and some natives such as Tomtits – mostly ate the baits directly but some may have eaten insects that had eaten bait. Long term, the bait drops were positive for birdlife. I also did quite a bit of research on poison baits for wasp control. I started using protein baits – based on sardine catfood – because anything sweet also attracts bees. It was important to use a poison that can’t be detected by wasps. I had it commercially made for a couple of years and it was very effective. Others have

since taken this further. I got involved with wasp baits initially because there were some logging gangs who cut into a tree which had a wasps nest in it and the guy with the chainsaw got badly stung – definitely not a safe situation when wielding a chainsaw!

ince moving to Whangaparaoa Peninsula four years ago, I’ve been helping Forest & Bird with monitoring the success of their Pest Free Peninsula campaign, using the Five Minute Bird Count technique. We’re also using Garden Bird Survey results from the Peninsula to help back that up. I am impressed with the numbers of birds on the Hibiscus Coast. There’s a big range – in my garden we have tui and can watch kereru do a lovely diving display from our windows. There’s a kingfisher that keeps an eye on our goldfish pond and they were breeding in our bank a couple of summers ago. I would be interested to know if anyone has seen nests of tui and kereru locally. We also keep an eye out for bellbirds. They put sugar water feeders at Shakespear Open Sanctuary a while ago to try and attract bellbirds and keep them here. Since then, there have been one or two reports of bellbirds on the peninsula. The NZ Garden Bird Survey takes place June 24–July 2. Anyone can take part. All you need to do is choose a day within the above period, stay in one place for an hour, and record the largest number of each bird species you see. Info: http://gardenbirdsurvey. landcareresearch.co.nz

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Tracey Martin List MP based in Rodney Transport Infrastructure. New Zealand First will ensure development of a comprehensive New Zealand Transport Strategy to guide transport planning and investment, with the goal of building an integrated transport system which will be cost effective, efficient, safe, secure, future proofed, and which will be economically, socially and environmentally sustainable, with costs fairly charged to users and others who benefit. We will use positive incentives as well as supporting regulation to ensure that New Zealand’s long term transport needs are met.

PENLINK: New Zealand First supports the immediate development of the 7 kilometre tolled Penlink Highway and would work with Auckland Council to give this project priority on the Regional Land Transport Plan. Penlink will relieve traffic congestion on Whangaparaoa Road and the Hibiscus Coast Highway and improve travel times and journey reliability in the area. Improved connections will facilitate planned growth in Whangaparaoa and Silverdale and support economic activity, eg. in Dairy Flat and Silverdale. With a cost benefit ratio of 2.9 this project rates higher than several other NZTA projects.

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Work constructively with Auckland Council to remove legislative barriers to allow private funders to invest in the development of this vital road way.

HILL STrEET INTErSEcTIoN: New Zealand First does not agree that the Hill Street intersection must wait until after the completion of the Puhoi to Warkworth RONs, the Matakana Link Road and Western Collector. It is worthy to note that while the Western Collector road is necessary to facilitate future urban growth; by NZTA’s estimates the road will quadruple traffic along Hill Street. It will not act as a bypass of Warkworth but will allow some connection between future industrial areas and the end of the tollway.

As previously identified in a Tourism Report commissioned by the Rodney Local Board in 2013 the Hill Street intersection was a major barrier to the growth of domestic tourism from Auckland City to Warkworth, Matakana and surrounding areas. As development has increased in and around Warkworth this barrier to economic development has continued to grow. It is recognised that the RONs is not due to open for traffic until 2021 at the earliest and as yet there is no timeframe for the building of the Matakana Link Road. Even with these improvements, recognition of increased traffic movements through Hill Street are currently not being given the weight they deserve with projected increases in dwellings as predicted by both Auckland Council and the National Government. While we are pleased to see that up to $2million has recently been set aside to investigate and design long overdue changes to the intersection, it still rests on the premise that this intersection must wait.

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Require NZTA to reprioritise finance to address the Hill Street Intersection as a priority. Not only for the development of this area but for the free flow of traffic via a free route in to and out of Northland.

ruraL roadS: Rodney rural roads are being left to fall apart. The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) used to provide a subsidy to assist with such work. In the last six years rural roading support money has gone to Roads of National Significance (RONS) with some $420 million being reallocated from roads which aren’t state highways. New Zealand First will: • •

Ensure that the rural roading subsidy is reinstated and that any new New Zealand Transport Strategy will include rural and regional New Zealand. See that the whole road network is properly maintained so that rural New Zealanders will be able to get their produce to the ports or processing plants on well-maintained roads, and regional New Zealand does not lose out in favour of insatiable demands from the main centres.

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Health benefits power-up e-bike popularity A growing interest in electric bikes as a form of mainstream transport will bring multiple benefits, both for riders and the wider community, according to the owner of one of NZ’s largest electric bike retailers, Electric Bike Hub. Jace Hobbs has been promoting e-bikes in NZ for around 14 years. Last year, business was up 50 per cent on the previous year and it is a trend he sees accelerating. “E-bikes are definitely not a fashion or a fad,” he says. “As well as being good for the envionrment, they offer real health and economic benefits for riders. It can mean some families can avoid the necessity of a second car.” Jace says the uptake of e-bikes has been slower in New Zealand compared to overseas and he puts this down to Kiwis’ equating bikes with children or exercise. “Their use for commuting is less well appreciated, but I think that is changing. There is a misconception that our roads are dangerous to ride on, but statistically, the health benefits of cycling far outweigh any risks.” Jace says there is a lot of choice in bikes, catering for commercial deliveries and commuters to off-road and recreational use. His company supplies bikes to six local authorities,

Wet weather cycling

The onset of winter is no reason to put away your bike, but weather conditions and reduced daylight hours make visibility while cycling even more important. By law, you must have front and rear lights on your bike if you ride at night or in low light conditions. You’ll also need a red rear reflector. Auckland Transport offers a number of tips for safe winter cycling – these include wearing brightly coloured clothing and adding reflective strips, maintaining a good road position and not riding in the gutter, checking your tyres to make sure there is good tread for traction in the wet, checking that your brakes work well and putting winter lubricant on your chain. Info: https://at.govt.nz

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including Auckland Council, and the NZ Transport Agency. Paull Robson, of Matakana Bicycle Hire, describes the growing interest in electric bikes as “phenomenal”. Last summer his commute between Warkworth and Matakana on an e-bike took an average of 15 minutes. “At peak times, when there were queues, it was taking most cars around 25 minutes,” he says.

“I think it’s really the narrowness of our roads that is the main impediment to e-bikes being used more widely in this area. “Most of the bikes we’re selling are for recreational use, off the main roads. Omaha is full of e-bikes now.” The Volterra e-bike retails for $2500 and can do a top speed of 25kph. A full charge takes six hours and this gives the bike a range of between 65 and 70 kilometres.

New research from the not-for-profit organisation Drive Electric shows the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure has reached a pivotal point in New Zealand. The research, lobby and educational organisation has electricity and transport industry professionals on its board. Its research reveals that different groups are getting involved in building charging infrastructure, including councils and private companies. The study notes that that it’s not just about getting more chargers and more sites, but also more chargers per site so that users don’t have to wait 15 minutes for someone else to charge their car. Making sure different types of electric vehicles can use the same charger is another important issue that needs to be addressed, the report says. Info: driveelectric.org.nz

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A small Honda that was left in the car park at the bottom of Stanmore Bay Road, by the beach, was systematically wrecked over a period of weeks. The windows were shattered soon after it arrived in the car park, leaving a sea of broken glass. The wheels were removed another day and on Saturday, May 27 it was set alight, which brought the Police to the scene. Local residents reported it to Auckland Council in mid-May, asking that the vehicle be removed but after several weeks contacted Hibiscus Matters in frustration at the lack of action. However, the delay could have been caused by a lack of communication between Council and Auckland

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NZTA considering Penlink again Local politicians are hoping that the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) will add Penlink to its list of national roading projects. Hibiscus & Bays Local Board chair Julia Parfitt says approaches to the transport agency began in recent months as NZTA enlarged its focus, working closely with Auckland Transport (AT) on “a one network approach”. This means Penlink would not need to be designated a state highway in order to be taken on by NZTA, she says. The local board requested a report that it hopes will detail what would be required for Penlink to be taken on as a national project. Mrs Parfitt says one of the keys could be looking at the business case again and factoring in a lane each side for T2 (cars with two

or more people in them) and trucks, leaving two lanes for other traffic. NZTA spokesperson Peter Clark says the transport agency understands the pressures that population growth has contributed to in the areas around the planned Penlink project and is aware there is some desire for Penlink to be constructed as a state highway. “If the transport agency is formally approached it would consider whether Penlink should be constructed as a state highway and whether or not Auckland Transport’s Regional Land Transport Plan would need to be varied to bring it forward,” he says. Currently the building of the four-lane road, which links Whangaparaoa with Redvale via a bridge across the Weiti River, has been deferred by AT, with

no public investment before 2025. Auckland Councillors John Watson and Wayne Walker have written to the chief executives of Council and AT requesting that a formal approach be made to the transport agency asking that Penlink be designated as a state highway. If this happens, the road could still be built as a Public Private Partnership, and tolled, but central government would carry the debt – something Auckland Council is not in a position to do. The last time the road was to be taken on by NZTA was in 2008, when the Labour government agreed to fund 80 percent of the cost via a regional fuel tax. The tax was scotched by the incoming National government in early 2009.

Whangaparaoa’s winning workshop A four-day Auto Super Shoppe conference in Auckland finished on a high note for Stanmore Bay franchisee owner/operator Mark Manihera. The Whangaparaoa Auto Super Shoppe Carzone outlet beat 86 other super shoppes to claim the title of Best Presented Member 2017. The award recognises the overall presentation of the showroom/office, workshop and yard, particularly its cleanliness. Mark, who started in the automotive industry as an apprentice mechanic when he was 16, says he had some specific ideas in mind when he

designed his purpose-built premises. “We were one of the first businesses to join Auto Super Shoppe 11 years ago,” he says. “The new name umbrellaed our two previous businesses –Auto Tech and Carzone. “When we started looking at a new building, transparency was high on my list of requirements. I wanted customers to be able to see the workshop and the environment where their vehicles were being serviced. “Clean restrooms and a comfortable waiting room were also important features of the design and, in common with other members, the price list

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Road widening land not needed

This piece of vacant land owned by Auckland Council on Whangaparaoa Road is likely to be put up for sale by Panuku Development. Panuku Development is the Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) that manages the portfolio of “non-service” Council and Auckland Transport properties. A report from the CCO presented at last month’s Hibiscus & Bays Local Board meeting stated that the land at 8 Hiwi Crescent, Stanmore Bay, is up for review – the first stage in any potential sale. The land is the remainder of property acquired by the former Rodney District Council in 1998 for the purpose of its Whangaparaoa Road Widening Project. Local board deputy chair Janet Fitzgerald says that the land is no longer required as the new Penlink route does not go as far as Hiwi Crescent, and there is no funding in Auckland Transport’s budget for widening Whangaparaoa Road within the next 30 years. “The former Council was going to widen Whangaparaoa Road in sections once Penlink was built, but seemingly AT has different ideas,” she says. There will be further consultation with the local board in the coming months, before a final decision regarding the potential sale of 8 Hiwi Crescent is made.

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On an average week I use five different modes of transport to get from A to B – ferry, car, bus, walking and recently skateboarding (although after falling off a skateboard and fracturing my ankle I might have to give that a miss from now on). From my experience to date and hearing back from my peers, I have reason to express a few concerns for the future state of Auckland’s transport. Unfortunately, the recent central Government budget contributed little to Auckland’s transport infrastructure deficit – despite the government allowing for the massive growth that brings 45,000 new Aucklanders every year, and the consequent congestion on our roads. Infrastructure-wise, we are behind and will continue to stay behind with the current state of Auckland Council’s fiscal constraints. If there is not funding urgently diverted to Auckland, the youth of today will be the ones in gridlock tomorrow, along with everyone else! I would like to acknowledge however some of the great aspects of public transport on the Hibiscus Coast, an example being the ferry service. My breath continues to be taken away every time I ride into the city, by the stunning beauty of our coastline. But not as many people get to enjoy the view as could be. Young people in particular have expressed their desire to travel to the city on weekends, to enjoy a night out or attend ATEED facilitated events. The Local Board will be having discussions with Auckland Transport on the next steps in obtaining a service. We have a sea, so we might as well make the most of it! The Hibiscus Coast Park and Ride is currently being extended and upgraded, with a new busway station and more carparks. What is of concern to myself and my peers is the need to future proof this Park and Ride and others still being planned. Obviously with the growth that the Unitary Plan enables in the surrounding area, the station is going to be put under heavy strain as people continue to flock to it. Furthermore, if we want to encourage our young people to drop the keys and pick up the Hop card more, feeder services need to be improved. Young people travelling from areas such as Millwater and suburbs on the Peninsula do not have frequent feeder services to enable them to leave the keys at home. Bluntly put, busing around the Hibiscus Coast is not as regular and efficient as it needs to be. A solution to this would be taking up the ‘Kowhai Connection’ model, a small shuttle bus that connects locals in the Rodney area. A shuttle service diverting to the arms of the Hibiscus Coast with increased frequency would be a way to attract more people to use Public Transport. Public transport can be a real positive and can help bring efficient change but only if it is done well. Public transport also has the potential to be a community hub. But in its current state, many commuters sit with their headphones on in silence. A young person at the Local Board’s intergenerational forum suggested that we should be encouraging a bus culture where commuters can connect with people in their community. Public transport has the potential to be a great social affair if we choose not to just ‘privatise’ it and defer to the unspoken social rule, of ‘thy shall not talk to thou neighbour.’ Let’s get Coasties talking to each other and strengthening our sense of community!

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Gerrard Merrick is not averse to a new challenge or change of career. He has worked as a mechanical engineer, in IT and business services, and is now a composite manufacturer in Warkworth. All of which has come in handy for his electric powered three-wheeled all terrain e3 ATV. Designed as a smart alternative to the quad bike, it was launched at Fieldays in 2014 as a prototype. Gerrard says farmers were sceptical at first, but also open to innovation. “There’s nothing like dealing with the farming community because they tell you like it is,” he says. Revisions were made based on feedback, as well as the engineering input of agricultural machine manufacturer Roger Grant. Gerrard has noticed a change in attitude to electric vehicles in the past few years, which has increased sales. In the first year he sold three e3s, and last year he sold 11. The first sales were to organic farmers who were already off the grid, but in recent years the interest has been more widespread. His customers range from large dry stock farms to horticulture including kiwifruit, olive and nut orchards. The annual average running cost of about $200 for charging, compared to

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A piece of land in Wainui that came to the public’s attention in 2008 when it had a special zone created so that it could be used for filming purposes, is again before Auckland Council as the owners seek consent for a subdivision. The proposal for 1502 Weranui Road a key difference being the inclusion is for a 28 lot residential subdivision, of the Auckland Unitary Plan’s Bush with two larger rural lots, along with Covenanting and Revegetation rules. protection of 64ha of bush (more Mr Dillon says because significant areas than half of which is deemed to be a of revegetation and bush protection have Significant Ecological Area) and the also been undertaken on an adjoining revegetation of a further 66ha. property by an associated company A large film studio and 4ha of (Monowai Properties), together the two surrounding land will be retained for sites will provide a significant area of fully protected native bush in Wainui. use in movie production. The Palliser Downs proposal is a Under the Auckland Unitary Plan, joint venture between Cabra Rural the Kelly Park Film Village zoning has Developments and Rahopara Farms, gone, to be replaced with Rural/Rural who own the 310ha property. Rahopara Production. Because this Unitary Farms director Jeremy Dillon says that Plan zoning is not yet operative, the when the two companies acquired the proposal will be assessed under the property, about five years ago, the film provisions of both zonings, according industry was in recession. However, he to Council’s Northern resource says that recent use of the film studio consenting manager Ian Dobson. has been steady, with both the NZ Film The application was publicly Commission and Auckland Tourism notified and can be found at www. Events and Economic Development aucklandcouncil.govt.nz, which is where (ATEED) promoting and supporting it. submissions can also be made. The The application is an amended version information is also available at local of one originally lodged last year, with libraries. Submissions close June 21.

Link Crescent development makes progress

Work on the subdivision at 20 Link Crescent, Whangaparaoa by McConnell Property is on schedule, with construction of a road within the site expected to be complete this month. Titles should be available next month, with construction of the 60 homes to commence in October. Mitigation for piping of the stream through the site has been provided by restoration of D’Oyly Reserve in Stanmore Bay to wetland. Detailed design of this is underway.

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Andrew Steens, Brand & Territory Owner, Mike Pero Real Estate andrew.steens@mikepero.com

Recently we were fortunate enough to be on the Gold Coast; unfortunately, not for relaxation, but for education. Two days of sitting in a conference venue with 4,500 mostly Australian real estate agents and another day of sitting in a room with several hundred Mike Pero agents is not most people´s idea of fun; at least it was warm though! Conferences like this, where we learn from and associate with the best in the business from around the world, are an important part of "sharpening the axe" and making sure we provide the very best to our clients in terms of skills, ethics, technologies and systems. Aside from top real estate agents, we heard from a diverse range of speakers including the chief hostage negotiator from the FBI, an expert on Robots, a trend expert, a best-selling author, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and even a nutritional expert to keep us on our game! To wrap it up, our annual awards night saw our team take out 10 major awards plus recognition for being one of the first Mike Pero franchises to open. That makes it 6 years in a row that we´ve taken the lion´s share of awards, reflecting the quality of the work that we do for our clients.

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Waterfront Bach On The Matakana Coast!! A classic & extensively renovated weatherboard waterfront Bach in a Kiwi holiday hotspot; with a lovely playground, gorgeous harbour & boat ramp just steps away from the front gate. Just 5 mins drive to Matakana or Omaha & less than an hour from central Auckland. Call Angela now to join this friendly little community of only 200 or so homes. Price by Negotiation Angela Wain 027 493 6800 angela.wain@mikepero.com Web - www.mikepero.com/1163320

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Here they are, selling coastal from Mahurangi East to Pakiri & inland from Warkworth to Kaiwaka.

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Angela Wain

Andrew Steens

Jason Bown

027 493 6800 Matakana Coast

021 968 405 Matakana Coast

027 494 2600 Warkworth

Rick Law

Ruth Perkin

021 865 321 Warkworth & Omaha

021 425 109 Sandspit & Snells Beach

Gorgeous Renovation in Tranquil Haven! This cute 1950's bungalow in a peaceful country valley has had a full refit, converting it into a gorgeous modern home, where every inch of the compact design has been cleverly utilised to provide a surprising amount of spacious rooms. More than 1.8ha; enough flat pasture to graze 2 or 3 heifers or horses, plus a pond & recently planted wetland. Less than 15 min drive to either Matakana Village, Pakiri Beach or SH1 near Wellsford. For Sale - $855,000 Angela Wain 027 493 6800 angela.wain@mikepero.com

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We´re not the type to rest on our laurels though. Watch this space!

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Whangaripo - 1281 Whangaripo Valley Rd Angela Wain

Andrew Steens

Jason Bown

027 493 6800 Matakana Coast

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Ruth Perkin

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Wellsford

A Place To Call Home!

Wellsford

• Three bedroom, double & single sized room upstairs & aAwaits large sized bedroom Lifestyle Gem You! downstairs with it’s own entrance Three plan bedroom, double & single sized •• Open modern kitchen & dining room with upstairs a largecombining sized bedroom room the &lounge with downstairs with it’s own entrance the dining area •• Open plan modern kitchen & dining Semi covered deck has a rural outlook room thefenced lounge combining with whichwith is fully • the Heatdining pump,area insulation & double glazed • Semi covered a rural joinery to keepdeck you has all nice andoutlook cosy which is fully fenced • One paddock fenced with 7 wire •www.pggwre.co.nz Heat pump, insulation & double glazed ID: WEL25331 joinery to keep you all nice and cosy • One paddock fenced with 7 wire

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Snells Beach $899,000 Sitting at the Top of The Bay Bathed in all day sun, this 4 bedroom home is elevated and warm with stunning views across the bay at popular Snells Beach. A full deck across the front means summer barbecues over looking the bay as the sun sets after a day on the sand. A fully fenced back yard means a safe place for the kids. Weekends you can leave the car at home as the beach is just a short stroll away and if you are a boatie the good news is that there is room to park a boat and the nearest boat ramp is just 5 mins away! Underneath there is a single lock up garage with plenty of dry storage. This could be the perfect weekender or for many it would suit living here all year round. Imagine waking up to those sunrises! What are you waiting for come and watch the tide roll in! Call today...

View As advertised or by appointment www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23941 rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23941 Katie Boyle 021 733 858 09 425 1614 katie.boyle@raywhite.com Kimberley Gordon 0211 267 499 09 425 1605 kimberley.gordon@raywhite.com Warkworth Office 09 425 7959 Bogue Real Estate 2014 Ltd

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Algies Bay $695,000

Kaiwaka $660,000

View As advertised or by appointment rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23913 www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23913 Barrie Bogue 021 835 914 09 425 1631 barrie.bogue@raywhite.com

View As advertised or by appointment rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23923 www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23923 Debra Fokkema 0211 681 821 09 425 1609 debra.fokkema@raywhite.com

This is it - The Kiwi stepping stone! Fantastic opportunity to add value here. Turn this approx. 150sqm 3 bedroom home on 648sqm section into a real ’beach pad’. Large kitchen, combined dining/lounge opening onto decks with fantastic sea views over Kawau Bay.

This solid Rimu house with native timber floorboards throughout has been renovated with care. The sunny aspect of the north facing house has insulation in the roof & walls of the kitchen & dining room area. Dbl garage with an extension permitted as a sleepout. 1.2ha of land.

Snells Beach Office 09 425 5457

Warkworth Office 09 425 7959

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Snells Beach $660,000

Wainui $829,000

View As advertised or by appointment rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23903 www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23903 Mick Fay 021 544 769 09 425 1634 mick.fay@raywhite.com

View by appointment www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23925 rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23925 Peter Morton 0274 758 221 09 425 1604 peter.morton@raywhite.com

Here is your opportunity to purchase a brick & tile home in a great location. Down a private driveway the home sits on a sunny back section which is fully fenced. 120sqm home has 3 bedrooms & 1 bathroom. Great indoor/outdoor flow to a lovely private deck & grounds.

5 acres close to Silverdale This lovely country Country setting is just 10 minutes from the motorway and the expanding facilities of Silverdale. A large grassed paddock welcomes you onto the 5 acre block where you can put your imagination to work.

Snells Beach Office 09 425 5457

Warkworth Office 09 425 7959

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Snells Beach $1,085,000

Warkworth $595,000

View by appointment www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23892 rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23892 Shelly Freestone 027 935 7242 09 425 1613 shelly.freestone@raywhite.com

View As advertised or by appointment rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23894 www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23894 Janice Bogue 0274 980 804 09 425 1606 janice.bogue@raywhite.com Trevor Bogue 0274 980 836 09 425 1607 trevor.bogue@raywhite.com

Brand New / Coastal Opportunity The opportunity to secure this property is now available. Plans for a quality brand new, modern 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home situated on a flat freehold section is located only steps away from the water’s edge and is now under construction.

Blessing in Disguise. Looking for the perfect 2 bedroom home? Then look no further!. This immaculate property could be a great start on the property market or an ideal investment for the future.

Warkworth Office 09 425 7959

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Warkworth $799,000

All the hard work is done here. This near new, immaculate four bedroom home has been built to a very high standard with a perfect finish. Spacious open plan living, great indoor/outdoor flow, designed with uncompromised consideration for modern family needs. View As advertised or by appointment rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23909 www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23909 Shelly Freestone 027 935 7242 09 425 1613 shelly.freestone@raywhite.com Warkworth Office 09 425 7959 Bogue Real Estate 2014 Ltd LICENSED (REAA 2008)

LARGE SELECTION OF BARE BLOCKS From $495,000 LOCATED IN KAUKAPAKAPA, MAKARAU AND WAINUI Ranging in size from 2.5 to 28 acres Call Peter for further details. View by appointment rwwarkworth.co.nz Peter Morton 0274 758 221 09 425 1604 peter.morton@raywhite.com Warkworth Office 09 425 7959 Bogue Real Estate 2014 Ltd LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Warkworth $679,000

Solid ’n’ Sound This low maintenance 3 bedroom home is tucked away and sitting smugly to enjoy all the warmth one needs. The small easy care section offers plenty of room for a vege garden. View by appointment www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23898 rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23898 Janice Bogue 0274 980 804 09 425 1606 janice.bogue@raywhite.com Trevor Bogue 0274 980 836 09 425 1607 trevor.bogue@raywhite.com

Warkworth By Negotiation Warkworth Home and Income Spacious 4-Bedroom, dual living space, dual bathroom family home. Established neighbourhood that is handily located via a flat walk to both the shops and nearby schools. In addition to the freshly refurbished main dwelling comes the added benefit of a fully self-contained 1-Bedroom unit, which could serve as your own accommodation, extended family or provide an income stream for you. Plenty of off street parking for the family plus extras, with garage and carport too. The property is fully fenced for the kids or the pets and awaits your inspection today. Be sure to ask for Terrence to make a time to view.

Warkworth Office 09 425 7959 Bogue Real Estate 2014 Ltd

Warkworth Office 09 425 7959

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Warkworth $735,000

Wellsford $595,000

Great Family Home with Plenty of Potential!

Calling Investors

A solid 1960’s beauty which is located in a prime location in the township of Warkworth. The owners have completed some painting, replaced carpets and polished some floor boards over the years but there is a load of opportunity to make this your great family home. Three good sized bedrooms with good living spaces, a large deck for outdoor living which achieves great views of Warkworth, also a lovely low maintenance backyard garden to enjoy. The original basement/workshop provides extra storage and more.. Come and imagine all the possibilities, this property is well worth a look.

This sunny, north facing, two storey cedar house is currently tenanted. The rural views extend from the living area out to the wide deck. Leading off the deck is a fenced back yard safe for children to play in. The house has potential for a 5th bedroom or man cave and storage space behind the single garage. Only a 4 minute walk to the medical centre and Wellsford shops and a ten minute walk to Rodney College. A two minute walk will take you to the RSA for a cheap meal if you don´t feel like cooking. At the end of the quiet cul-de-sac is a reserve where you can go for peaceful walks and enjoy the birds singing. Great opportunity to secure a handy position but off the beaten trail.

View by appointment www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23908 rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23908 Shelly Freestone 027 935 7242 09 425 1613 shelly.freestone@raywhite.com Warkworth Office 09 425 7959 Bogue Real Estate 2014 Ltd

View by appointment www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23882 rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23882 Terrence Banks 021 412 183 09 425 1612 terrence.banks@raywhite.com

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View by appointment only www.rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23933 rwwarkworth.co.nz/WAR23933 Debra Fokkema 0211 681 821 09 425 1609 debra.fokkema@raywhite.com Warkworth Office 09 425 7959 Bogue Real Estate 2014 Ltd

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15 Merehai Place

Snells Beach

For Sale $569,000 View Sat/Sun 12 - 12.30pm

Wanting a low maintenance, 2 bedroom 1 bathroom home? Aside from great views & layout, this property offers a double lock up garage & off street parking.This

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Steffan Meyer

M 021 055 4346 B 0800 UR SOLD investment or first home & a quick lick of paint will really A/h 0800 877 653

home would be an amazing lock up & leave bach, rental freshen things up. Affordable opportunities like this are few & far between so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss your chance!

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7 Rangimaarie Crescent North facing panoramic views over Snells Beach.This 3 bed, 2 bath plus 2 living areas & rumpus is a must see!

For Sale $859,000 View Sunday 11 - 11.30am www.bayleys.co.nz/1200531

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$675,000 AMAZING...ACT NOW!

85 Percy Street

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Four bedroom family home with study and two bathrooms. Separate living, double garaging and covered outdoor entertaining.

For Sale $675,000 View Sunday 1 - 1.30pm www.bayleys.co.nz/1200367

Dianna Coman M 021 790 307 MACKYS REAL ESTATE LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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1.16 HA LIFESTYLE IN MATAKANA

16 Tamahunga Drive

QUALITY BY THE WATER - OMAHA

Stunning executive home

With commanding views,

with multiple living areas,

quality, size and solid

4 bedrooms, massive

block construction...this

sunny decking & walking

property deserves your

distance to village.

attention.

Asking Price $2,080,000

Asking Price $2,200,000

View by appointment

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Richard Turner

Shailenne Parkes

M 021 332 233

Jenni Marsh

M 021 117 9142

M 021 717 719

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MODERN AND TIDY ON LARGE 895 SQM

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AHI KAA LANE AND HAMPTON MEWS

Snells Beach

Fantastic entry level or

Only four sections left!

investment opportunity.

Northern end of the bay,

Spacious 3 bedroom

sandy beach just minutes

home with modern kitchen

from your front door.

and bathroom, double

For Sale from $390,000

internal garage.

View Sun 12-12.30pm

For Sale $645,000

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Dallas Honey

Helen Bartrom

M 027 477 9957

M 021 130 6381

Steffan Meyer

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4 Oystercatcher Lane

LIFESTYLE OPTIONS! VIEW SUNDAY!

Whangaripo Valley Rd

1,024m2 flat build site

The main subdivision

Short walk to the water

currently comprises 9

Fibre optic and

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1.01Ha - 2.995Ha.

Concept plans

Located between 688 &

Quality Point Wells

735 Whangaripo Valley.

development

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Price by Negotiation View Sunday 11-11.30am

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Dahnie Burton

Dianna Coman M 021 790 307

M 021 628 327

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LIFESTYLE WITH FRINGE BENEFITS

163 Omaha Drive

63 Wilson Rd Warkworth

LIFESTYLE ON THE CITY FRINGE

Pukapuka Road

A 2 hectare lifestyle block

Approximately 1.66Ha

on the fringe of town with

Beautiful north facing

Geo tech completed

Approx. 40 mins north

water and rural views

an awesome north facing aspect over Warkworth.

For Sale $695,000 View strictly by appointment

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Anthony Shaw

Peter Marsh

M 021 234 9797 B 09 945 2183 anthony.shaw@bayleys.co.nz

Dahnie Burton

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I chose Mick because he was approachable and not pushy. I trusted that he really wanted a good price for the3 Kauri houseCrescent, and he was great to deal with. I would recomend Snells Beach him to anyone. We got a fantastic price and are so happy we went with Mick. Thanks Mick!! :) Lisa - Snells Beach

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Novel approach to history Chris Curtis has been writing since 2009 and has self-published several memoirs and “pocket romances” but Exits and Entrances is her first historical novel and, she says, likely to be her last. It is based on the history of St Stephen’s chapel in Whangaparaoa and Chris says that required a good search through church archives, interviews with parishioners and use of online resources. She says it was a lot of hard work, but she thinks the addition of fictional characters has made the book “an entertaining and interesting way to learn about the church and Whangaparaoa’s history”. Chris, who lives in Arkles Bay, is a parishioner of St Stephen’s herself and was asked over a year ago by another parishioner, Herb Pryde, to write the book as part of St Stephen’s centenary celebrations. Among the interesting facts revealed is that the first services were held at George Arkles’ guesthouse in Arkles Bay, before the church was built. It also tells how the Erebus commemorative

stained glass window came to be commissioned, after Reverend Peter Tanton and a group of Whangaparaoa locals were among those killed in the disaster. Included in the story is a vicar whose name will resonate with today’s fast food fans – Ranald MacDonald (known as Ronald). Reverend MacDonald journeyed to the Coast from Warkworth in 1914 to run services. Inevitably Chris has slotted in a little romance, but nothing too steamy – the book was proofread by current St Stephen’s vicar Ian Hardcastle and his wife Helen. The book is illustrated with photographs and Chris’ own drawings. Exits and Entrances will be officially launched this week, on June 18 at St Stephen’s church in Stanmore Bay, at 12 noon after the morning service. Chris will be there to sign copies. Chris will also sign books at Whangaparaoa Library on July 1, at 3pm. The book will be available on Amazon after June 18.

Hibiscus Matters has two copies of Exits and Entrances by Chris Davies Curtis to give away. To go in the draw, message us on Facebook, or write your name, address and daytime phone number on the back of an envelope and post to Exits and Entrances, Hibiscus Matters, Unit G, Tamariki Plaza, Tamariki Ave, Orewa 0931. Entries close June 23.

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The final meeting of the Hibiscus Coast branch of the Red Cross was a relatively cheerful affair, despite the fact that it signals the end of more than 20 years of work by some stalwart Red Cross members on behalf of the community (HM May 17). The four committee members took care of the official business of closing the branch and clearing their items from the rooms they have used for many years at Silverdale Pioneer Village. Also present was Susan Doak, president of the Silverdale Spiritual Centre. She has been cleaning the building and says her group also uses it for fortnightly meetings, which she hopes can continue. Auckland Council is yet to make a decision on what will happen to the facility. Council’s head of stakeholder and land advisory, Kim O’Neill, says there are a number of steps that need to be completed before the building is used again, including a building assessment. “The building’s vacancy has been discussed with the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board, which has requested a report to recommend advertising for expressions of interest from community groups interested in using it,” Kim says. “Once these are received, the board can identify a suitable group to occupy the building.” Pictured at the final meeting are, clockwise from back left, John Hyde, Susan Doak, Joan Pratt, Maureen Holliday and Jill Yates.

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One thing that hasn’t been taken into consideration as it becomes more common for men to play an equal role in caring for young children, is what they should do when their little daughters need to use a public toilet. While mums can take preschool boys (as well as girls) into Women’s toilet cubicles, it is difficult for men to take their little daughters into the Men’s where there are urinals in plain view. Most fathers don’t want to go into the Ladies toilets, and their girls may be too young to go in on their own. The issue came up recently at Stanmore Bay Pool & Leisure Centre when men using the Men’s changing room objected to an Auckland Council sign at the door that says: ‘Girls aged 6 years and under are permitted to accompany a male parent or caregiver in these changing rooms’. Graham Mullin says this made several of his friends feel uncomfortable using the urinal in the changing rooms. This sign proved unpopular with “I have daughters and I can see why some of the men using the Stanmore Dads may need to bring girls into the Bay Leisure Centre’s changing rooms. Men’s, but the other side is that some six years and under to use the opposite men don’t feel it’s appropriate to go to sex changing rooms with their parent the toilet while little girls are present,” or caregiver. he says. “Parents are encouraged to use the Council’s head of active recreation, poolside cubicles in the first instance, Rob McGee, says the signs were put but those cubicles are small and, up as there was no place for fathers until recently, there haven’t been to take their daughters to get changed toilet facilities poolside,” Mr McGee or go to the toilet and no industry says. “During recent renovations, a standards or Council policy around poolside toilet was installed which has the issue. “Many were using the Men’s reduced the need for parents to use the changing rooms as a default position,” changing rooms, however there is only he says. He says the team at Stanmore one rinse shower poolside which is not Bay consulted other facilities that had suitable for children to get undressed rules in place before allowing children in, so there is still a need to allow parents to use the changing room.” Mr McGee says Council has taken on board the feedback from male users of the changing rooms and is reviewing its signs and guidelines. “Our focus is to advise parents that there are now family Fiona Stark Dip.Pod.,S.R.Pod changing and toilet facilities available poolside which should be used in the New Premises inside the first instance,” he says. Stanmore Bay Medical Centre Mr Mullin says that following Online booking available: enquiries by Hibiscus Matters, the sign www.completefeetpodiatry.nz New World Complex was removed and an apology given to 570 Whangaparaoa Road the members concerned, which has Phone 428 3888 • 021 0550 464 resolved the situation.

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Lodge continues with Lexia Positive feedback from local schools has encouraged Orewa Freemasons Lodge to continue its support for dyslexic students into a third year. Lodge Orewa has been helping students’ behaviour. schools introduce the Lexia software “Another benefit of Lexia is that programme to its students, paying half teachers and teacher aides need little the licence costs. extra training,” Peter says. “They do Currently around 450 pupils at 14 not have to stand over a child, but can schools – including Wainui and Dairy have several students in a session.” Flat Schools and Whangaparaoa The success of the programme College – have taken up Lodge depends on teachers’ ability to identify Orewa’s offer of assistance and project coordinator Peter Packard says results children with dyslexic tendencies at an flowing through from students suggest early stage. Peter says there is a very effective team of resource teachers of it is of great benefit. learning and behaviour, based at Red Ninety-eight percent of the children Beach School under the watchful eye taking up the programme were two or of Cluster Manager David Crickmer. more years behind their chronological reading age and around 40 percent of These teachers regularly visit the schools them also had behavioural issues, often in the area to identify children who caused by frustration at falling behind may benefit from reading assistance. their peers. Peter says most students can “Lodge Orewa is carefully monitoring gain on their classmates’ reading levels the classroom results,” Peter says. within a six to nine month period. “So far they are impressive and most He says feedback indicates a encouraging as students emerge with corresponding improvement in the much improved social skills.” The Rotary Satellite Club of Orewa-Millwater is moving with the times, as well as making some generous community donations – last week, the club presented $1275 to Red Beach Surf Lifesaving Club and $1750 to Foster Hope. At the presentation at the surf lifesaving club on June 7, rather than hand over the traditional giant cheque, Rotary member Ola Asquith presented Red Beach Surf Lifesaving Club chair Dylan Turner with an outsized mobile phone app.

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I have a hunch Some people are concerned that the amount of time slouched over portable electronic devices is leading to back and neck pains, and associated treatment needed. The problem has been dubbed ‘the iHunch’. Before you go throwing your iDevice in the bin, let’s consider whether there is any proof of this claim, or is it a case of putting two things together and claiming an association between them? Firstly – is the prevalence of persistent back and neck pain increasing? Yes it is, despite our improvements in investigations, availability of treatment and so on. Secondly, is our use of mobile devices increasing? Yes, most studies conclude that use is increasing dramatically for most of us. However, like a lot of things in health, that connection is not clear-cut. As well as increasing time on mobile devices, we are also much more sedentary than we used to be and our average amount of physical activity is much less than it has been in the past. A lot of jobs require sitting in static positions and time spent commuting (especially here in greater Auckland!) has gone through the roof. People are also spending more time in front of TV or video games. All of these sedentary positions could lead to structural changes in the body, which may contribute to neck or back pain. There is also a school of thought that diet may influence how our brains process pain. Even psychological issues such as depression, stress and anxiety can contribute towards our posture. And here’s the next problem – we don’t actually know if so-called poor posture causes neck or back pain! In fact, there is even a suggestion that pain in people with poor posture may be more to do with altered sensitivity in their nerves, rather than any structural problems. If you have back pain, improving your posture is probably unlikely to address the root cause of your problem (although it may help alleviate muscle tension). Therefore, to blame mobile devices alone for changing people’s hunching posture and our epidemic of increasing longstanding neck and back pain is to draw a fairly long bow, and much more research is needed into the effects of using these technologies before such claims can be made. What is important though, is that for most of us our lifestyles need to become less sedentary. Most of us would benefit from simple changes such as taking a regular break from standing or sitting in one place, and increasing physical activity. So, in my view it’s more about how we use our bodies, rather than ditching the technology – at least until we know a lot more about its effects.

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Shakespear Park, 1978, and Jack Dahl is taking off for what would have been a splendid flight over the park. From this image we can see how much work has gone into planting the park, creating the wonderful sanctuary we now know. Initially the land was purchased by the Crown in 1853 from Ngati Kahu, a local subtribal group who had previously lived there. Shakespear Park is of course named after the family who were connected to this land from the late 1800s. However, Robert Henry Anson Shakespear’s grandfather, Sir Robert Hamilton, Baronet of Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, initially purchased the land from the Crown although he remained living in England. At the start of World War II the NZ Army realised the strategic importance of Whangaparaoa Peninsula in the protection of the port of Auckland and purchased 321 acres from the Shakespear family. After the war, the Army retained the property as a training base and firing range, while the Shakespears continued to develop their farm as a mixed sheep and cattle grazing run. Shakespear Regional Park was acquired by Auckland Regional Council in 1967. However, the homesteads on the land remained in ownership of the family, until the death of Mr RHR Shakespear in 1975 – at this time, ownership passed to Auckland Council. The large homestead on the hill overlooking Te Haruhi Bay, built around 1910, is now Shakespear YMCA Lodge. Photo courtesy Natalie Dunn

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Building up to Cross and Switchblade production Local builder Ken Brown will exchange his tool belt for a cassock when he takes on the role of country preacher David Wilkerson in the upcoming Crossbridge Theatre musical The Cross and the Switchblade. It’s the second time that Ken has been The script for The Cross and the in a Crossbridge Theatre production Switchblade is based on the book – he played the lead role of John the written in 1962 by pastor David Wilkerson. It tells the story of a Baptist in The Prisoner in 2015. Ken, aged 52, has lived on the Hibiscus young country Minister, courageously Coast all his life. His career in musical bringing his message of hope to gang theatre began with an audition for a members who were murderers and United Players production of The King drug addicts. and I back in 1979. “I missed out, but Ken says he is excited about this new they sacked the director and I was production. “The story of lives being given the part of the Crown Prince,” challenged and changed resonates,” he Ken says. “Vocally, it was a bit of a says. mess because my voice was breaking!” Crossbridge Theatre’s The Cross and Since then Ken has been in many the Switchblade is on at Centrestage musicals – including several with a Theatre in Orewa from July 1–8. biblical theme: he played Joseph in Tickets from www.centrestagethreatre. Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat co.nz or phone the box office on 426 and Jesus in Godspell. 7282.

Hibiscus Coast Singers present Princes Poets and Peasants Three acclaimed and internationally recognised musicians will perform with the Hibiscus Coast Singers at their concert in Red Beach this month. Soprano Gina Sanders and baritone David Griffiths have both sung solos and recitals with New Zealand’s leading orchestras, opera companies and choral societies as well as overseas. They have recorded CDs and are also involved in music education. David has a growing reputation as a composer. Janet Gibbs, who lives in Orewa, will be the accompanist for the choir and soloists. She is widely respected as an organ and piano accompanist and recitalist in Australia and New Zealand and has played with major orchestras. The title of the concert is Princes, Poets

and Peasants. Hibiscus Coast Singers president Bob Overend says that ‘Princes’ refers to “Handel’s Anthem for a Coronation and also to the Prince of Peace in the modern, melodious Mass by NZ composer, David Hamilton”. ‘Poets’ refers to the poems of George Herbert in Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and the ‘Peasants’ are the country folk in JS Bach’s Peasant Cantata, which Bob says is “full of tuneful folk-songs of celebration and love”. The concert is on Friday June 23, at Red Beach Methodist Church, 76 Red Beach Road, 7.30 pm and on Sunday, June 25 at 2.30pm (same venue). Tickets $25 from choir members, Orewa Menswear or Eddie Law 100% in Coast Plaza.

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Finally there are Kiwi back at Shakespear Open Sanctuary – their welcome included a very moving powhiri to transfer their kaitiakitanga to our local community. For the first three weeks their location was monitored daily, but currently this is being done every second day. It is not that volunteers have to actually find each one, just that their approximate location has to be confirmed. This is done using a hand-held direction finder to detect the signal being emitted by a tiny radio transmitter attached to one leg of each Kiwi. Each one broadcasts a signal that also varies with the activity of the bird; as well as the normal signal there is one for mortality as well. The latter one has already been detected, which naturally caused some alarm at first but this turned out to be due to a dud transmitter and not a dud Kiwi! The birds were all released at the very eastern end of the peninsula, far away from the pest-proof fence, and mostly they have stayed close to where they were released, although a few have roamed all over the park. One bird remained under the radar and, in spite of an extensive search which included searching the coastline by boat in case it had gone down a cliff, it staying missing for eleven days before re-appearing just as suddenly. The next stage of Kiwi care involves catching all of them again to check their condition and this is now underway. Even with the transmitters, this is not easy as they are very well hidden and can move very quickly. Once actually sighted they have to be caught by both legs so as not to hurt them. Because they no longer have flight muscles they have no need of a robust ribcage with a keel-bone, as other birds have. This leaves their upper bodies quite vulnerable (a primary reason why dogs are so dangerous to them) so any tackling has to be round the legs. Once caught, they will be checked over, measured and their condition assessed. After all that they will be left alone, hopefully to settle down with a mate and start preparing for spring. They generally mate for life, each female having one egg per season which is then incubated only by the male. In the meantime, all the other work involved in running and developing the sanctuary goes on as usual. More nesting boxes have been made for seabirds and these have been installed along the eastern clifftops. They have been placed underground with drain-pipe tunnels as entrances, in the hope that birds will move in rather than have to scratch out their own burrows. One site has been relocated, as at the old one the boxes tended to fill with water in heavy rain. Besides our home-built wooden boxes, we’ve also installed some plastic ones to see which type the birds prefer. Our on-site nursery has again done a great job in growing seedlings ready for the annual planting-out dates, Orewa Community which this year are June 11 and 18 and July 16, from 10am. There will be at Church least 15,000 plants to go in, so please do come along with your friends and family to help out. Just wear strong shoes, dress for the weather and follow the signs. It is a very worthwhile and enjoyable activity, as is the free barbecue that follows. Meanwhile the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has just released a report on our native birds. It says that of our 168 native bird species, only 20 percent are doing okay, while 32 percent are in serious trouble! One conclusion is that we need to control predators over much larger areas so that bird populations Amorino Drive, Red Beach also grow larger. Please help where Ph 426 7023 | occ.net.nz can you can.

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Weiti benefits from planting project Free-range egg producer Stephanie Ellett of Stillwater is determined to regenerate the native bush alongside the stream that runs through her property. This winter will see her put in 1000 native plants, funded by a grant from the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board’s Environmental Fund. Stephanie has lived on the 2.8ha farm with her family for seven years and says that previous owners had allowed stock to graze along the banks of the stream. The cattle cleared much of the understorey, leaving just a canopy of tall manuka trees. Grazing also made the bank unstable in parts. The Elletts goat, horse and 55 chickens are less of a threat to the native plants, but Stephanie has gone one step further, fencing off one side of the stream and replanting native trees and shrubs. So far she’s put in around 100 plants a year, creating little pockets of native bush, but this winter’s project is by far the biggest she has tackled. The stream is a tributary of the Weiti River and flows into the river just south of Silverdale Village. The site is also part of the Northwest Wildlink – a wildlife corridor that provides birds with stop off points as they journey between Tiritiri Matangi and Ark in the Park in the Waitakere Ranges. Stephanie used a $2000 Environmental Grant from the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board, plus some of

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Stephanie Ellett has a busy few months ahead, planting 1000 natives along a tributary of the Weiti River.

her own funds, to purchase 1000 native plants and planting has begun. This means also clearing weeds, gorse and thick mats of honeysuckle. Stephanie says her vision is that the stream, which rises to become more of a river after heavy rain, will flow through native bush. “I think farmers are more and more aware of their responsibilities to care for the natural environment,” Stephanie says. “I have no doubt the hard work will be well worth it.”

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has begun making good on his election promise to plant a million mainly native trees and shrubs around Auckland. He launched the programme on June 6, saying 170,000 plants would go in the first year. A total of 30,000 of those will be planted locally, in the first tranche, to enhance the Northwest Wildlink. The sites are likely to include Okura/Stillwater. The plan includes a partnership with the Department of Corrections, which will provide nursery space and grow the plants. Prisoners and offenders serving sentences of community work in the Auckland region will also assist with site preparation, planting and maintenance. Trees That Count will assist with planting trees and undertake a robust and independent running count of the trees delivered within the programme.

Dash Hire has provided free hire of a rotary hoe so that the community garden at Whangaparaoa Hall, cared for by Love Soup Hibiscus Coast volunteers, can grow. Long-time volunteer Richard Ransfield is pictured leveling the area where foundations will be built for a much-needed storage container. The container will be decorated by students from the Art Lab. More than 100 young golfers took part in the second annual North Harbour Lydia Ko Age Group Championship, held at Gulf Harbour Country Club on June 4 and 5. Two local golfers – James Hydes of Wainui and Ela Grimwood of Gulf Harbour, took out the U19 categories. In addition, James, pictured, was also one of the players selected by The Hills Academy to receive a one-month scholarship. This will enable him to practice, train and compete at the academy in Queensland.

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The sight of dozens of orchids in bloom is guaranteed to brighten up a winter’s day, which is why the local orchid society decided to hold a mid-winter show. Committee member Judy Murray says she believes it is the first time in the club’s 33- year history that a winter display has been held. “A number of other orchid clubs hold shows at this time of year and we thought we would try it to see how it went,” Judy says. She says there are so many orchid species that flower in winter, that members are spoilt for choice when preparing plants for the show. As well as Cattleya orchids from Costa Rica there will be Masdevallia – a large genus that flowers all year round. “We don’t really know what plants are going to turn up and there could even be some early Cymbidiums and probably Zygopetalums,” Judy says. The Hibiscus Coast Orchid Society’s

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Hibiscus Coast Quilters (formerly Coast Quilters) was formed 25 years ago, and past and present members marked the occasion on May 28 with a celebratory lunch at Rotary House in Silverdale. Club founder Louise Lee spoke about the beginning of the club in 1992, when she advertised for women interested in quilting to join her at Red Beach Methodist Church. Although Louise no longer lives on the Hibiscus Coast, she is thrilled that the women of the Coast have kept alive her fundamental reasons for starting the club – women supporting each other and sharing and appreciating creativity through patchwork and quilting. Hundreds of women have been associated with the club over the years and many hundreds of quilts have been sewn and admired. As well as

regular meetings, the group offers classes and workshops for beginning and experienced quilters. The club has regular quilting bees to create charity quilts and donates these to a variety of community organisations. Members also make small pillows for Auckland Hospital to support patients comfortably after heart surgery. They have exhibited their work in many local venues – from Silverdale’s Pioneer Village to Estuary Arts Centre and even in tents by Orewa Beach. More recently, biennial quilt shows have been held at Orewa Community Centre – where the club will hold their Silver Anniversary Exhibition on August 19–20. Info: email hibiscuscoastquilters@ gmail.com or phone 428 5609.

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Age Concern turns 20 Age Concern Rodney chief executive Catherine Smith began work with the organisation as a field officer, 20 years ago. Those were the early days of the Rodney branch, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. “I worked out of a suitcase because we didn’t have an office for several months and I had never heard of Elder Abuse,” Catherine says. She says time has flown and the upcoming annual meeting and birthday lunch will be a chance to get together with current and past members and supporters and celebrate the organisation’s many achievements. Among the highlights were getting Catherine Smith the Waitemata DHB contract for who step in to help with things such the hospital shuttle 10 years ago – as the collection this week on Elder something Catherine says has been Abuse Awareness Day, June 15. “the making of Age Concern Rodney”. Catherine says 20 years ago most of To date, more than 18,700 people have the people they assisted were aged in used this service, which was initially their 70s – now it’s more likely to be just for elderly people. Currently three those in their 80s and 90s as people Age Concern drivers use three shuttle stay healthier for longer. buses to transport people of all ages to “A highlight of our year is every and from hospital appointments. January when people renew their As the area grew, so did the need for Age subscriptions,” Catherine says. “It Concern’s support services, including costs $20 a year, but many people advocacy, workshops for senior drivers send in more. This year we received and visiting service. Sometimes it’s $3790 in donations on top of the sitting down and helping someone membership fee. That’s how we know work out their Work & Income we are doing it right in Rodney.” entitlements or sharing a cup of tea. Age Concern Rodney is marking its Volunteers have always been a vital 20th birthday with a festive lunch to part of the service. There are currently follow its annual meeting, on Friday, eight employed staff (including June 23 at St John’s Church Hall, 180 Catherine’s “right hand man” Trevor Centreway Road, Orewa, 10am–2pm. Clarke) and more than 50 volunteers It is open to everyone. CL

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Badminton The Orewa Badminton Club, Victor Eaves Park, Orewa. Play 7pm–10pm Tuesdays. Info: www.ezybook.co.nz or Noeline Kingston 426 3370. Gymnastics North Harbour Gymnastics, Hibiscus Coast Gym Centre, Stanmore Bay. Registration open for 2017 new members, Pre-school 2-4 years, Fun Gym 5+, Tumbling and Acro classes. Info: www.nhgym.co.nz Run/Walk Auckland Xterra run/walk, Shakespear Regional Park, June 18, 9am– 4pm. Open to all ages. 5.8km to 20km options. Info: www.trailrun. co.nz Run Auckland Half Marathon and Race 6, Te Ara Tahuna Estuary Walkway, Millwater, July 23, 7.15am–11.15am. Half Marathon, Kids 2.5km, 5km and 10km options. Info: runauckland.co.nz Cycle Thumbs Up Adventure Club fun ride around Orewa Estuary (Te Ara Tahuna walk and cycleway). Meet on Western Reserve, June 24, setting off on ride around 5.30pm. Open to all ages. Decorate your bike with as many lights, bells, whistles as possible, but keep safety in mind. Yoga World Yoga Day fundraiser at Jam Jar Studios, 661A Whangaparaoa Rd, June 18, 11am–11.45am. Yoga with Shelley Charlton. $10 donation appreciated towards Peaches & Pickles renovations for their studio. All welcome.

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School building on bike skills Gulf Harbour School’s cycle and pump track has been a resounding success with students, if the amount of hands up at its recent ‘naming ceremony’ are anything to judge by. The track was opened for use by students and the general public at the start of this year and is named for former Principal John Petrie, who was the guest of honour at the official naming ceremony on May 30. When John asked for a show of hands from the students who have been riding on the track, there was a sea of hands in the air. John, now Principal at Huapai District School, said it is nice to be remembered “by a piece of muddy track”. “It represents people getting more skills and taking a few risks on the pump track,” he said. “My challenge to you is to use it as a starting point – look for ‘what’s next’. Build your skills to take the next step.” Another show of hands indicated that a large number of the students are taking this advice and also cycling elsewhere in the community. The sign naming the Petrie Track was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony, accompanied by songs from the school’s Kapa Haka group. The 350m long, 2m wide track cost $50,000 to build and includes skill sections such as weaving between poles and over obstacles.

Clockwise from above left, Former Principal John Petrie is given an enthusiastic “welcome Mr P” from Gulf Harbour School students. Current Principal Mel Crosbie with former Principal John Petrie – the school’s bike track was named in his honour. The sign was sponsored by the Smith family of Coastbuild and laser cut lettering was by Styrotech CNC of Silverdale. A ribbon cutting ceremony marked the official naming of the Petrie Track. John Petrie cuts the ribbon, while representatives of the track’s sponsors look on. Recently Riding for the Disabled national ambassador Melanie Kerr of Little Manly had to “pop out of her gumboots and into a posh frock” when she was a guest at Parliament. Minister for Disability Issues, Nicky Wagner, hosted members of NZ Riding for the Disabled at the Grand Hall, Parliament on May 26. The reception was held to celebrate the work and commitment of Riding for the Disabled’s volunteers throughout the country. Pictured from left are North Shore Riding for the Disabled volunteers Tim Lofts, Debbie Sutton, Melanie Kerr and Shannon Mitchell with the Minister, centre. Each year over 3000 people enjoy Riding for the Disabled horse-riding and horse-related activities. “They face physical, intellectual, emotional and social challenges and their participation is life-changing,” Melanie says. There are 56 RDA Groups in local communities throughout New Zealand – the North Shore one operates from Stillwater.

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Classifiedadvertising COMMUNITY NOTICES DO YOU HAVE ANY OLD CAR OR BOAT BATTERIES sitting in your garage, that you no longer want? – Any batteries (although not the small AAA batteries) then just give me a call and I can pick these up from you and dispose of them. The Orewa Lions collect all old batteries and ALL the money received for them goes into the Child Mobility Foundation fund. Info: www.lionsclubs. org.nz/Clubs/Activities/Child-Mobility Ph Laurie 426 3122 or Mandy 426 0586. ESCAPE MONDAY MORNING BLUES Join us for coffee and company or Manly Methodist Church, 9.30am. Ph Jackie 427 0428. FRIDAY ART GROUP, Friday 10am - 1pm @ Orewa Community Church. Exercise your artistic abilities and meet with like minded people in a relaxed and friendly environment. Ph Alan Smith 09 962 4929. HIBISCUS COAST GARDEN CLUB morning tea, welcome at Bridge Club Hall, Edith Hopper Park, Manly, June 19. Entry $3. Speakers, Graham & Norma Miller will enrich us in the art of growing/pruning roses. For display bring specimen flower/stem(any type) with own vase (20cm). Small trading table for garden produce, preserves etc (no plants) priced to sell. Raffle tickets avail. Ph Zelma 424 4112. HIBISCUS COAST BRANCH OF THE NZ SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS evening meeting, Mon June 27, 7.30 pm. In the Pohutakawa Room, Whangaparaoa Library. Bring your laptop/device as we will be assisting you with researching your Scottish ancestors. Using the “Scotland’s People” website. Theresa sewtess@gmail.com Ph 027 324 6646 HIBISCUS COAST HIGHLAND PIPES and Drums - join our Band. All ages and stages and supporters welcome. Wednesday 7pm. Join our band to qualify for free tuition. St Johns Ambulance Hall 36 Silverdale Rd. Ph Gayle Robinson 424 1166 / 021 104 3497 or Bob Logan 424 1838. HIBISCUS COAST TOASTMASTERS CLUB Meet fortnightly Tuesdays, Bridge Club, Edith Hopper Park, Ladies Mile, Manly, 7.30pm. A fun and safe environment to learn speaking, listening and leadership skills. Ph Deborah 021 0222 5919. www.hbc. toastmastersclubs.org or facebook.com/ HibiscusCoastToastmastersClub. HIBISCUS SPIRIT AWAKENING AND HEALING CENTRE We are a friendly bunch of people who meet fortnightly and would welcome like minded people

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to attend. “Medium” on platform for spirit communication, healing and supper afterwards. Ph Lynda 09 424 1998. HARTBEEPS HIBISCUS COAST NZ Babies – 5 year olds. Exciting, interactive & fun musical sound journeys. Community based and in EC Centres. diane.nz@hartbeeps.com phone 021 292 4105 facebook.com/ hartbeepshibiscuscoastnz/ NEED BADMINTON PLAYERS, Old and new. 9am–11am, $5, Tuesday and Thursdays, Victor Eaves Park, Orewa. OREWA LADIES GARDEN CLUB MONTHLY MEETINGS 2nd Thursday of the month, with guest speaker or garden visits. Trading table, competitions, afternoon tea. 12.30pm, Orewa Catholic Church Hall, 180 Centreway Rd, Orewa. Ph Ann 427 8377. OREWA KEEP FIT CLUB Gentle exercises for ladies every Thursday at 9.30am. Presbyterian Church hall, 107 Centreway Road, Orewa Ph Anne 424 5365 email anne@kiwipride.co.nz SENIOR MOMENTS is a social activity group for seniors. We are looking for volunteer drivers to help us transporting our clients on Monday mornings. We are also looking for volunteers to help at our centre in Red Beach Mon and Thurs mornings. Ph Monique 027 253 5557. SUNDAY SOCIAL DANCE - ballroom, Latin American, new vogue, Modern sequence. All welcome. 4th Sun of month, 5pm-8pm. A great way to meet people. Silverdale Hall, Ph 427 5542. Next event June 25. WHANGAPARAOA INDOOR BOWLING CLUB New members welcome. Come and learn this easy to play game. Club nights Monday 7pm, Whangaparaoa Primary School hall. Ph Geoff 428 5915 or Owen 426 8476. WHANGAPARAOA LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting, second Tuesday, the Bridge Club, Edith Hopper Park, 10am. Guest Speakers, Trips, Morning Tea. New Members very welcome. Contact President, Robyn 424 1264 or Secretary, June 428 2962.

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HIBISCUS HEALING ROOMS Open in Whangaparaoa TUESDAYS 7.00pm - 8.30pm St Stephens Church, 3 Stanmore Bay Rd Open in Silverdale SATURDAYS 10.00.am - 11.30am Illuminate Church Offices Unit F2A, Level 1, 2 Milner Ave

SECURITY ALARM SERVICING $99 (+parts & GST). Local technician, 20 years experience. Ph 027 553 3032 or 09 428 5887

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A PUMP DOCTOR will keep you pumping. Ph 0274 430 654. BUILDER SEMI RETIRED – General property maintenance & small jobs. Good rates. Phone/txt Rob 021 167 2155 or 09 426 2960. ECO HOUSE WASHING AND WATER BLASTING. Your local exterior cleaning specialists. Winter rates, get your household washed while your tank is full! Phone 021 247 5366. ELECTRICIAN AVAILABLE Ph 426 2320 ELECTRICIAN – SEMI RETIRED Affordable rates. Ph Bruce 021 241 0000. HANDYMAN AVAILABLE for all those odd jobs. Ph Nev 021 399 226 @ Nev’s Odd Jobs. Great rates. Local & reliable. LANDSCAPE DESIGNER Specialising in tropical designs & maintenance free style. 25 yrs exp. For a plan to renovate your garden or design your living area ph Sharyn Carew 021 245 4773. OREWA MAINTENANCE SERVICE 30 years experience. You name it, it can be done. Phone Greg 0210 856 8656. PLASTERING, GIB STOPPING All aspects of stopping. Skim coat specialist. 25 yrs exp. Karl 0210 42 42 96 or 428 7127. PLASTERING, SOLID, GIB STOPPING, Painting/repair work. Small jobs. Trade Cert. Keith 424 8841 or 022 682 4760. PEST CONTROL, Flies, spiders, cockroaches, ants, rodents, wasps. Competitive prices. Ph 426 2253. WATERBLASTING & CHEMICAL HOUSE WASHING. Careful service, reasonable rates. Ph 426 2253. WATER FILTERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria. FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 945 2282, 027 478 7427, email: steve.reynolds@aquafilter.co.nz or www. aquafilter.co.nz

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Ph 09 421 0863 or 022 308 8669

MASSAGE THERAPIST

Qualified – Deep tissue – Rehab Therapeutic – Relaxation Orewa. Book now 09 427 4477. www.movewelltherapy.co.nz

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Painless Quit Smoking. Now is always the best time to quit Phone Bill Parker NZAPH 424 7610 WINTER SPECIAL! HANDS & FEET Nails cut & filed, includes hand & foot massage. $30 each – $50 for two. I will come to you. Phone 424 0676.

RECORDING STUDIO WHANGAPARAOA RECORDING STUDIO – Phone Dennis 021 115 5233.

HAIRDRESSING MOBILE HAIRCUTS European trained hairstylist to visit you at your time, your place. Sabine Ph 426 9652 021 149 8598

WANTED TO BUY TO BUY, RECORDS/LP’S Ph 428 1587.

FOR SALE DRY FIREWOOD - GET IT NOW!

2m3 Pine - $175 ● 2m3 Hot mix - $200 Ph Chris 021 0256 4273 or 09 425 8575

ELECTRIC BIKE SALE

Smartmotion, $275 off ea bike T & C’s apply. Phone 424 0334

A SMART REPAIR Service for F&P smartdrive washers, F&P/Simpson dryers. Prompt service 09 423 9660 or 021 168 7349. BAY APPLIANCE REPAIRS – All major laundry/kitchen brands, small appliances, & power tools. Work guaranteed EWRB reg. Ph 09 947 0333 or 022 600 9919.

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AIRPORT Comfort shuttle Ph 022 136 8490, comfortairportshuffle@gmail.com

AGM – STILLWATER RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS ASSOC. Sunday June 18, 1.30pm, Stillwater Community hall. AGM OF HIBISCUS COAST VETERANS’ TENNIS CLUB INC Friday June 30, 11am, at the Clubrooms, 56 Laurence St, Manly, Whangaparaoa.

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June 2017

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Blood Brothers, a musical drama, Centrestage Theatre, Centreway Road, Orewa. Tickets from www. centrestagetheatre.co.nz or ph 426 7282. Brushed Words poetry and art exhibition, Estuary Arts Centre, Western Reserve, Orewa.

Community planting at Shakespear Open Sanctuary, 10am– 1pm. Barbecue provided afterwards. Follow the signs from the park’s entrance. Dress for the weather with suitable closed footwear. All welcome. Info: www.sossi.org.nz

World Yoga Day fundraiser at Jam Jar Studios, 661A Whangaparaoa Rd, 11am–11.45am. Yoga with Shelley Charlton. $10 donation appreciated towards Peaches & Pickles renovations for their studio. All welcome

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Hibiscus Coast Singers present Poets, Princes and Peasants, Red Beach Methodist Church, 76 Red Beach Road, Red Beach, Fri 7.30pm and Sunday 2.30pm. Music by Handel, Bach, Vaughan Williams and David Hamilton. Tickets from Eddie Law 100%, Orewa Menswear, or ph 021 563 304. Collection for Hibiscus Hospice. Info: hbcsingers.com (see story p21 & ad p22)

Thumbs Up Adventure Club fun ride around Orewa Estuary (Te Ara Tahuna walk and cycleway), meet on Western Reserve, setting off on ride around 5.30pm. Open to all ages. Decorate your bike with as many lights, bells, whistles as possible, but keep safety in mind. (see story back page)

Adapted for stage by Chris Wyatt

Directed & choreographed by Andreé Mangnall

BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK BY DAVID WILKERSON

Centrestage Theatre • July 1–8 Group discounts available. Bookings: 426 7282 or

www.centrestagetheatre.co.nz

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Hibiscus Coast Orchid Society Orchid Display, Orewa Community Centre, Orewa Square,10am–4pm. Free entry. Trading table and raffles. Info: ph Judy Murray, 424 1968. (see story p24) Weiti Wildlink Planting Day, Weiti River reserve, 36 Hibiscus Coast Highway, 10am–1pm. Look for the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board flag between Pac ‘n’ Save and the Hibiscus Coast Highway bridge. No parking on site so park nearby and follow the footpath. Goes ahead rain or shine.

Hedgehog rescue, Orewa Library, Moana Ave, 3.30pm. Could you be a foster parent to a hedgehog? Talk by Lesley from Hedgehog Rescue. Bring a kitchen roll to show your support.

July 2017

Orewa Freemasons’ Lodge Open Day, Lodge rooms, 103 Centreway Road, Orewa, from 10.30am. An opportunity to learn more about freemasonry, view the regalia, ask questions and hear about the organisation’s charitable work in the community. Info: phone Bob Dyson, 424 0803 or Peter Packard 427 5718. (see story p19 & ad this page)

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The Cross and the Switchblade, Centrestage Theatre, Centreway Rd, Orewa. Bookings can be made via the theatre’s website or by phoning the theatre Box Office. Block booking discounts for groups are available. (see story p21 & ad this page)

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Young Ocean Explorers, Orewa Library, Moana Ave, Orewa, 2.30pm–3.30pm. Meet the people behind the Young Ocean Explorers TV series. A must-see for budding conservationists. Entry free. Community planting at Shakespear Open Sanctuary, from 10am. Barbecue provided afterwards. All welcome.

Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird Community Planting Day, Karaka Cove Reserve, Whangaparaoa, 10am. Look for the Forest & Bird flag – off road parking at Reserve, 263 Whangaparaoa Rd. Barbecue and refreshments provided. Spades/gloves supplied or bring your own. If rainy, planting will be postponed until Sunday, July 23.

Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird Community Planting Day, Jelas Moffat Reserve, Orewa Estuary, 10am. Look for the Forest & Bird flag at Longmore Lane bridge, between Silverdale Primary and Kingsway School, Millwater. Barbecue and refreshments provided. Spades/gloves supplied or bring your own. Wear suitable clothing and boots. Bring the family! Rain day is August 6.

FREEMASONS

Lodge Orewa No370

OPEN DAY Saturday July 1, 2017 from 10.30am–2pm

Lodge Rooms, 103 Centreway Rd, Orewa Members of the public are invited to attend this open day to learn more about Freemasonry: What is Freemasonry? Its history • The Freemasons code Famous Freemasons • Rituals & regalia Freemasonry ‘active’ in our communities annually spends $5million on medical research (established the Chair of Gerontology at the Auckland University and the Neurological Foundation also at AU) $2million on local community projects like our LEXIA project helping 450 children with dyslexia in local schools. Grants for postgraduate studies are often provided by Freemasonry. Become a more valued member of society through Freemasonry.

For more details phone Bob Dyson 424 0803 • Peter Packard 427 5718

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Adventure club hosts Light Up Your Bike A club that members describe as “the best kept secret in Auckland” is bringing a cycling event to Orewa that is open to everyone. The Thumbs Up Adventure Club was started in 1993 by Aucklander Vonnie Hill after her children left home. Past president David Verrall of Orewa says that Vonnie saw all the adventures that the young people were having and decided she would like to try those things too. That has remained the basis for the club – members are aged 45 and up and every year a range of activities, both social and active, are offered. Since joining six years ago, David, aged 68, has tramped, abseiled and mountain biked as well as trying caving, river rafting and archery. David joined the club after his wife died. He says he was active in a number of sports but had not done a lot of other outdoor activities. He is limited by a heart condition, but says that there are options to suit everyone and it’s a very supportive group. “I’ve made some wonderful friends and although it’s definitely not a dating club, some people have met a ‘significant other’,” David says. “Members have also travelled to places like the Galapagos Islands, Machu Picchu and Vietnam together.” Around 10 of the club’s 120 members live on the Hibiscus Coast and several of its activities have been held in the area. The latest is a Light Up Your Bike ride around Te Ara Tahuna

Sand sledging on the Hokianga.

David Verrall did the half marathon in Rotorua and Carol McBride finished the full.

(Orewa Estuary walk and cycleway), which will be held this month. The idea came about after members saw some mass cycle rides in the United States and along Auckland’s waterfront at night, with all the bikes lit up. Rob Arnett of Stanmore Bay decided it would be a good idea to organise a similar event on the Coast and open it to the public, especially children. The Light up Your Bike ride is free, open to all ages, and starts at Western Reserve (behind Estuary Arts Centre) at 5.30pm on June 24. It will finish around 8pm. There is no need to pre-register to attend, and it goes ahead rain or shine. Participants are encouraged to think big when it comes to lighting up their bikes, and add bells and whistles to make the ride fun to watch, as well as be in. Info: www.tuac.co.nz

Shelia Jenkins and Alan Grigg of Orewa canyoning at Piha.

Rob Arnett from Stanmore Bay completed the 26km mountain bike race from Mangakino to Whakamaru Camp.

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