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Heated exchange over climate targeted rate A climate change targeted rate and changed waste collection services are two of the initiatives in Auckland Council’s annual budget, which will be released for public feedback on February 28. The budget also proposes an average general rates increase at 3.5 per cent for 2022/23. Mayor Phil Goff says the budget puts a strong focus on tackling climate change, while responding to the immediate financial pressures faced by Council and continuing critical investment in strengthening Auckland’s infrastructure. “We are already experiencing the impacts of climate change – 2021 was the hottest year in New Zealand since records began 110 years ago and we are seeing increasingly frequent extreme weather such as droughts and flooding,” he says. “Funding raised by the proposed Climate Action Targeted Rate will lay the foundation for the urgent action we need to take to avoid our children and grandchildren becoming the victims of a climate disaster. At a cost of around $1.10 a week for the median-value residential property, it will attract cofunding from government and is a critical investment in our kids’ futures.” The rate will help fund low emission public transport and increase safe walking and cycling options to address transport emissions. Tree planting will also be funded to reduce the city’s vulnerability to extreme heat. Council estimates the rate will raise $1.045 billion over 10 years. However, at an extraordinary Finance and Performance Committee meeting last week, Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers said he was uncomfortable with the trajectory Council was taking. Sayers believed that the proposed action from the climate change rate was the domain of central government, not local government. Mayor Goff disagreed. “Nobody is going to do it for us, we have to do it ourselves,” Goff said. “Every one of us voted for the climate emergency. It’s not good enough just to recognise it, we have to do something about it.” Sayers was not alone in his criticism of the new rate. Cr Wayne Walker called the proposal “fluffy stuff ” as there

The way rubbish is collected in Auckland is set to change under a Council proposal in the 2022/23 budget. In future, householders will pay a rates charge regardless of whether or not they use the service or how often they put their rubbish out. In rural areas such as Mahurangi, people who prefer bags instead of a bin will get a supply of bags for the year included in their waste charge. Council could not say what the charge would be, but this figure will be in the budget consultation documents. Pictured doing a Northland Waste collection on Sandspit Road is Brett Perrin.

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Heated exchange over climate targeted rate were no tangible markers for how much reduction could be expected from the proposal. Walker was told a memo had been made available to him with this information, but it was unclear whether that information would be made available to the public. Walker said that without this information, it was “almost impossible for anyone to gauge whether they’re getting a good bang for their buck”. Cr Linda Cooper rebuffed the idea that the public needed such precise measures. “While it’s not quantifiable down to the cubic metre, if you get people out of cars and into buses you will have an emissions reduction,” Cooper said. “This is about public transport, really.

We all know that reduces emissions. Any reasonable person understands that.”

Waste reform Council’s three main priorities in the budget are climate action, managing budget pressures and waste minimisation reform. Council is proposing that Auckland move to a region-wide rates-funded refuse collection service by 2024. The system would offer three rubbish bin sizes – 80, 120 and 240 litres – to suit the needs of every household. Council estimates that this model will be cheaper than the current pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) model as the charge would remain the same no matter where you live. However, properties would be able to opt

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out of the service and bags would still be available in rural areas. The proposal is a part of the Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018, which is aiming for a zero waste future in Tamaki Makaurau. The proposal is based on the idea that users will opt for smaller bins and reduce their waste. Food scrap bins would be expanded next year and will also be funded through rates. Feedback on the budget will run from February 28 to March 28. It can be provided online, via email, by phone, post and at Have Your Say events. Info: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil. govt.nz/news/2022/02/annual-budget2022-23-consultation-confirmed/

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While most people were sweltering in the humidity on Waitangi weekend, 88-year-old Jim Sonerson was putting everyone to shame by cycling non-stop for a four-hour fundraiser. He climbed aboard his static racer at 3pm in the relative cool of the Warkworth RSA bar and didn’t stop again until 7pm, when he was presented with a much-needed cold pint. Jim was riding to raise funds for the RSA’s lift appeal, which is needed to take visitors up from the downstairs carpark into the bar, restaurant and clubrooms. He managed a total of 165.7km at an average speed of 41.3kph, and his efforts raised an extra $1380 for the cause. RSA secretary manager Chrissy Keith said it was a terrific effort. “Work has started today on the installation of the lift, and hopefully it will be finished by-mid April,” she said. Donations can still be made here: https://givealittle.co.nz/.../ warkworth-rsa-big-ride...

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Joint bid to stop scallop dredging off Omaha and beyond

We will continue to do everything we can to support mana whenua and coastal communities to protect what is left, before it’s too late ... The rāhui was placed during a dawn ceremony at Tawharanui Regional Park on Waitangi Day.

National bodies, community groups and marine organisations have joined forces with the Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust in calling on Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker to ban scallop dredging in local waters. The call coincides with Ngati Manuhiri kaumatua, or elders, placing a rāhui on the northern Hauraki Gulf to stop the ongoing degradation and depletion of scallop beds, at a dawn ceremony on Waitangi Day. The settlement trust has made a formal application to the minister to close the scallop fishery for two years in a bid to reinstate shellfish beds and help rebuild numbers, under Section 186A of the Fisheries Act. The move comes after the minister’s endorsement of other rāhui banning scallop harvesting around New Zealand, most recently and significantly off the Coromandel last year. Acting chief executive Nicola McDonald said that while it was good that Minister Parker had acted on the earlier rāhui, it had increased pressure on local scallop stocks. “We have been aware of the depletion of tipa (scallops) for a long time,” she said. “Those concerns have intensified since the commercial fishing effort has shifted north due to the minister closing the eastern Coromandel to scallop fishing in September last year.” The area covered by the rāhui, which was placed at Tawharanui Regional Park, extends from the Mokohino Islands and Mangawhai in the north, out to beyond Aotea Great Barrier Island and down to Takapuna in the south. The rāhui and application to Minister Parker are being supported by a diverse

range of groups, businesses and individuals, including LegaSea, the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council, Yachting New Zealand, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, the New Zealand Underwater Association, Kawau Boating Club, NZ Diving, Wettie NZ, Warkworth Gamefish Club, Mangawhai Boating & Fishing Club, and Omaha Beach Community. LegaSea spokesperson Sam Woolford said dredging destroyed essential habitats for other marine life. “Until dredging is banned, we will continue to do everything we can to support mana whenua and coastal communities to protect what is left, before it’s too late,” he said. New Zealand Sport Fishing Council president Bob Gutsell said the council had dedicated a lot of resources to supporting the establishment of rāhui around the country. “As recreational fishers we have seen the damage caused by dredges and we wholeheartedly support the need to stop harvesting of scallops for a while,” he said. “Simply, we need to give these beds a rest.” The rāhui will remain in place indefinitely, until scallop stocks recover. Meanwhile, Fisheries New Zealand is currently considering proposals to close the entire Hauraki Gulf to Bay of Plenty scallop fishery for a minimum of three years. The New Zealand Sport Fishing Council, New Zealand Angling & Casting Association and the New Zealand Underwater Association all submitted in favour of a ban during the review consultation period, which closed last week.

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Board bolsters compliance patrols The Rodney Local Board has launched a pilot project involving two compliance wardens. The wardens have been appointed to focus on public education in relation to community safety and protecting the environment in the Board area. They will focus on raising awareness on a range of issues including freedom camping, dogs on beaches and parks, protecting shore birds and other flora and fauna, sediment run-off and environmental management. Board deputy chair Beth Houlbrooke says that by helping to educate the public about these issues and others, the Local Board hopes to ensure everyone can enjoy Rodney’s fantastic natural environment and public spaces. One of the community wardens has a background in compliance, having been a

police officer for 17 years, and the other has a background in hospitality in customer-facing roles. The appointments are for an initial 12 months and will be reviewed before the end of that time. Beth says the public will not be able to call the wardens directly. (see cartoon p8) The first port of call should always be the Council call centre on 09 301 0101 to report any issues. “It may eventuate that as a result of these calls the wardens focus on an area if it’s shown that trends of non-compliance are emerging,” Beth says.

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Kiwi aversion training for dogs

One of the perks of the radiotelemetry tracking training at Mataia, on the Kaipara, was the opportunity to handle a kiwi. Pictured is Tamahunga Trappers volunteer Megan Norling, of Matakana, with trainer Colin Beddow, of Kaipara Kiwi.

Auckland Council animal management officers Shaun Murray and Chantal Dippenaar were at the open day to find out more about the kiwi translocation. They say they will be supporting the project by educating dog owners and enforcement, if necessary. “We’ve already been talking to dog owners in the immediate vicinity and had good feedback with people being more than willing to comply,” Shaun said.

Translocation leader Sue Cameron says it feels like a privilege to be involved in the kiwi project.

While rates and mice compete with the kiwi for food, and stoats and weasels will eat kiwi eggs, dogs and ferrets are by far the worst predators because they will kill the birds. In the wild, kiwi can live for more than 50 years but because of dogs, the average adult life expectancy is just 13 years. Traps are set to combat stoats, but community education will be the key to controlling the dogs. To this end, Tamahunga Trappers is running kiwi aversion training for dogs on February 26 and March 20. The February 26 course is already fully booked, but there are still spaces on the March course. Dog owners in Matakana, on Govan Wilson, Matakana Valley, Omaha Valley and Rodney roads are being encouraged to book their dogs in. Trainer James McLaughlin says training takes about five minutes using kiwi props, and kiwi poo and scent. He says it is very effective in teaching the dog to avoid kiwi, although an annual refresher session is recommended. Info: tamahungatrappers@hotmail.co.nz or phone Trish on 027 585 035.

Excitement mounts as kiwi return nears The countdown has started for the 10 North Island brown kiwi who will be relocated from Motoura Island to Mt Tamahunga next month. Their return will mark 50 years since kiwi were last seen on the mountain. An open day was held at Matakana Hall on February 6 to give residents a chance to understand the history of the project and what it will take to make it a success. Translocation leader Sue Cameron, who is a founding member of Tamahunga Trappers, the group behind the project, says the event will be the culmination of 11 years of predator control in the Omaha Ecological Area. She says returning kiwi to Tamahunga is just part of reestablishing the maunga’s natural ecosystem. The group started in 2010 with 54 traps and caught 90 animals. Last year, they set 225 traps along 10 trap lines and caught 226 predators. Traps are checked monthly and baited with donated eggs. The 570 hectares covered by the Tamahunga Trappers is being augmented by the Forest Bridge Trust, which is creating an expanding buffer zone around the mountain. Sue says the level of support and cooperation across a range of landowners, organisations, iwi, Auckland Council and the Department of Conservation has been a hallmark of the project. “It has been a real team effort that started three long years ago. We have had many delays, so I’m very proud that we

now ready to accept the birds. “This is a forever project. There will always need to be people who are prepared to undertake predator control until NZ is predator-free. Only then will the kiwi be safe. “It won’t happen in my lifetime, but I want my grandchildren to be able to walk through the forest and see a probe hole and know that kiwi are sleeping close by.” Each kiwi will be fitted with a microchip before being released and volunteers have been receiving training with radio-telemetry tracking equipment, which will monitor the birds’ survival and breeding. The kiwi will be released in four locations, including two in the iwi reserve on the summit. In the Mahurangi/Kaipara district, kiwi can already be found at Mataia on the Kaipara Harbour, Marunui in the Brynderwyns, Kawau Island and Tawharanui. The Forest Bridge Trust would like to hear from any landholders in the wider Tamahunga area who would be willing to trap on their properties. The trust can supply tools, training and advice. For more information,

contact Michelle Worth on 022 493 1051 or michelle@ theforestbridgetrust.org.nz

Sue Cameron would welcome enquiries from anyone interested in joining the Tamahunga Trappers. She says the arrival of the kiwi will mean additional work and more volunteers would make the job easier for everyone. A reasonable level of fitness is required. Those interested

should contact Nicole at tamahungatrappers@hotmail. co.nz

Richard Green was under the pump before recent rain.

Dry spell ends over a wet Waitangi Any drought was well and truly broken over a wet and humid Waitangi weekend, with some Mahurangi gauges recording well over 120mm over the Sunday night. The break in the weather came just at the right time for many, as more tanks emptied and suppliers were getting stretched. Artesian and Solway Water owner operator Christine Walker said the wait times were up to around two weeks before the rains came, and had been on the verge of getting much longer over a short space of time. And although most tanks are now full again, she warned that summer wasn’t over. “People can and do cancel, that’s the way the business works, but a lot of people are rescheduling for March and April, because it could stay dry for a long time yet,” she said.

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Regional parks merger with marine park under spotlight Plans to include coastal regional parks as part of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park while changes to the governance structure of the body that oversees it are being debated are ringing warning bells with some local politicians. Auckland Councillors John Watson (Albany) and Rodney’s Greg Sayers say any such changes need to be better publicised so ratepayers can provide feedback, and they fear that control of the parks could end up being controlled by an unelected authority. Watson says the proposal to formally investigate the inclusion of 21 of Auckland’s 28 regional parks in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park is “hidden away” in the 460page Regional Parks Management Plan, currently out for public consultation (Mahurangi Matters, Jan 31). “And it is hidden – one obscure sentence in Book 1, Section 7, point 45, page 59,” he says. “On the face of it, this might seem innocuous enough but what they don’t tell anyone is that at the same time, the Hauraki Gulf Forum is pushing for radical changes to its composition and powers.” Watson is one of seven Auckland councillors who sit on the gulf forum, which “promotes and facilitates integrated management and the protection and enhancement of the Hauraki Gulf ”. He says the fact that the forum is currently considering adopting a new co-governance leadership set-up, with equal membership between mana whenua and others, as well as an independent funding and administrative model and, potentially, the removal of the whole Marine Park concept, needs more public explanation. “That’s an enormous change and it’s all being done under the radar,” he says. “It’s hidden away and hasn’t been explained in any detail.” He says if the coastal regional parks, including seven in Mahurangi did then become part of the Hauraki Gulf, there’s a danger that control of them could be lost. “While Council would retain ownership and funding responsibility, effective control would pass to the (new) unelected ‘authority’,” he says. “You have to ask how then can Council consult with the Auckland public on such a significant

matter, when these sweeping changes are in the offing, but the public knows absolutely nothing about? Councillor Greg Sayers says any control of publicly owned assets needs to stay with Council, not a 50 per cent mana whenua unelected authority. “The regional parks belong to the people of Auckland and must remain under the direct control of ratepayers – especially since under the proposal, Auckland ratepayers are expected to keep paying for all the ongoing costs for running the parks.” However, Hauraki Gulf Forum executive officer Alex Rogers maintains that Watson and Sayers have nothing to fear. He says parks have always been able to be included as part of the Marine Park, something that was written into the original Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act in 2000, with some in Waitakere already included, as well as DoC land such as Rangitoto. However, Rogers says it also says in the Act that the management of such land does not change and, even if the structure and governance of the forum changed, control of regional parks would not be removed from Council. “Forum members decided last May that it was time to take a look at our Act and whether it should be updated, as it was 22 years ago it came in,” he says. “We’re working through that, and one of the models we’re looking at is the Waikato River Authority. That’s a co-governance body, with equal weighting of mana whenua and others, but has meant no change whatsoever to regional parks. “You don’t end up with any changes of ownership, management, responsibilities or rights. I acknowledge their concerns, but we’ll work through them. We wouldn’t end up with anything they’ve been suggesting. Council is not going to lose control of parks whatsoever.” The issues will be discussed at a confidential forum workshop today, Monday, February 14, and at the next open Hauraki Gulf Forum meeting on February 28.

Happy New Year! Happy New Year to you all. What a wonderful summer we are having, lots of sunshine to boost us after a challenging year. Our project team are back on board after a well-deserved break, and raring to go. I want to take this opportunity to thank residents and motorists who use the Kaipara Flats Road in the North and those who use Pūhoi Road in the South. The project team appreciate your support and understanding with the road closures in these areas. These activities are part of the essential upgrade works required at the junctions with SH1 ready for the traffic switches which will follow later in the year. The effects of Covid still impede our activities and we are now operating under the new Red traffic light level, with very strict protocols in place to keep our staff, and our community safe. However, the good news is that we will be focusing on the paving and asphalting in these next couple of months across the project. This includes areas behind the scenes at the Arawhiti Pua Ngahere/Kauri Eco Viaduct, Central North and the approaches to the Mahurangi and Woodcocks Road bridges. There are also pavement works for the Pūhoi on and off-ramps – ahead of the Southern Connection traffic switch. There will also be significant paving rehabilitation works on SH1 – north and south of the Kaipara Flats Road/Goatley Road intersection from the end of January, for three monthws to the end of April. These works will happen at night with stop/ go traffic management in place, during the day there will be road layout changes. Please drive to the sign posted speed limit and take extra care when driving through this section of road. If you want to contact us about any of the upcoming works or the project in general, please email or phone us and we can arrange a suitable and safe way to liaise with you. The team can be contacted on freephone 0508 P2WK INFO (0508 7295 4636) or email info@nx2group.com. Ngā mihi, Robert Jones Project Director

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A decision on the exact site for the multisport facility will be made this week, with the preferred site likely to be between Mahurangi Rugby Club and Kowhai Arts.

Fundraising challenge ahead for multisport complex A major fundraising campaign for a multisport facility at the Warkworth Showgrounds will be launched “in a couple of months”. After years of planning, that’s the optimistic prediction of Mahurangi Sport and Recreation Collective chair Gerard van Tilborg. The collective has secured Land Owners Approval and an Agreement to Lease from Auckland Council, and is working on a detailed design so it can apply for resource and building consent. The organisation’s board is expected to decide the final location for the building, which will accommodate a gym-sport facility and indoor courts in phase one, at a meeting on Wednesday night (February 16). The favoured site is between Kowhai Arts and the Mahurangi Rugby Club. “It has been a very challenging seven years getting to this stage,” van Tilborg says. “Now we need new people with new energy to get involved, particularly if they have a fundraising bent.

“That’s what it will take to get this facility built.” Although there have been ongoing delays moving the project forward, van Tilborg says it was important to ensure the right decisions were made. He says the gym-sport group is keen to see the development completed as soon as possible. The indoor courts have been designed conceptually to cater for netball, basketball and futsal. The facility will also have the capacity to host other indoor sports and events, and discussions are ongoing with the regional sports bodies for the key participant sports and with Warkworth Showground users. Council has approved a cornerstone grant of $2,250,000 for phase one. The ballpark cost for this stage is in the vicinity of $6.5 million, leaving the collective to raise the remaining $4.25 million from grants, donations and fundraising.

“If we tried to do the second stage with a new clubhouse facility, we would be looking north of $12 million.” Van Tilborg says the impact of Covid on funding sources has been significant so community fundraising will be crucial. He says the project has been mooted for several years and the work to get to this stage has taken its toll with a fair amount of ‘volunteer fatigue’. “We need individuals who have the talent

and energy to keep pushing forward. This is a project designed to support the future growth of the community and we remain very committed to getting it across the line. It is a huge opportunity to invest in the community.” Other board members on the collective are Mark Macky, Nicola Jones, Joanna Morrison, David Cash, Graham Buchs, Mark Illingworth (president), Paul MacKinnon, Paul Manton and Cameron Gray.

Disappointment over show cancellation For the second time in three years, the Warkworth A&P Lifestyle Show has been cancelled. Organisers say it is too risky to plan an event that normally attracts thousands to the Warkworth Showgrounds. It was to have been held next month. President Carl King says it is difficult to plan anything with confidence at the moment, but the organisers had put safety ahead of anything else.

“We are very disappointed that the show won’t be happening,” he says. “We did look at postponing it to a date later in the year, but this was problematic given the A&P Show circuit and the need for dry fields. In the end, we have decided to put our energies into next year’s show.” The show was held last year, but was cancelled in 2020 due to the first Covid-19 lockdown.

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Teamwork pays off countries. In the Netherlands, where my Who could have predicted that the elderly parents live, they are now seeing worldwide pandemic would see us having a second summer under Covid conditions? over 100,000 new daily Covid-19 cases. But after what has been another tough year, With around 1500 people in hospital, at least in New Zealand people had the many seriously ill, health services are getting kind of festive season many other countries overwhelmed to the point that healthcare could only dream of. workers, who are close contacts, need to continue to work. Only once they receive Over the past two years, our communities confirmation of a positive test are they have pulled together to respond to required to isolate. Just imagine what that Covid-19. Our approach has worked – means for those workers and the people New Zealand has some of the lowest rates needing healthcare. Imagine the constant of cases, hospitalisations and deaths in the stress on the vulnerable and elderly. OECD, as well as a stronger-than-expected economy. New Zealand is well-placed to take on Omicron, but just like with earlier Figures just published show our variants, limiting the threat will take a unemployment has fallen to its lowest team effort. By getting a booster, wearing level (3.2%) on record, as the hard work a mask, scanning in, and looking out for of business and workers, along with the each other, we can all do our bit to slow the Government’s actions to support the spread and keep our communities safe. At economy during the Delta outbreak, Red, these behaviours become even more resulted in more people in work. The important to slow the spread and reduce OECD carries out country surveys every pressure on our health system. two years to review its members’ economic policies. The OECD’s 2022 Economic It’s been a huge team effort and, together, we Survey notes that New Zealand has one can all help to reduce the risk of Omicron. of the lowest mortality rates in the world, The best way we can each play our part while the economy has proved strong now is by getting boosted. I am one of and resilient, and operating above prethe more than one million Kiwis who are Covid levels. The Government’s financial already boosted and most New Zealanders accounts are expected to return to surplus will be eligible this month. Thanks to sooner than expected, with inflation set everyone who has already stepped up to to fall across the rest of 2022 towards the get that extra layer of protection. At the Reserve Bank’s target midpoint of two per start of 2022, I want to thank everyone for cent. working hard to keep us safe and keeping Covid at bay. I hope you enjoy the rest of All this took a team effort, but it is definitely summer and remember to shop local to worth it. Because here’s an example of what support our communities.| FRIENDLY ‘living with Covid’ looks like in otherNO PRESSURE

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Chewing over the charge

What can you buy for $1.60 these days? Not much is the short answer. Certainly not a loaf of bread, bottle of milk or cup of coffee. Maybe a packet of chewing gum, if you’re lucky. So it was with some dismay that Mahurangi Matters started receiving complaints when our January 31 issue went online with a new cover charge of $1.60 (or $1.14 for a year’s subscription). This charge is for one week only and subscribers get an email notification each time a new paper is uploaded. After seven days, the paper is free for everyone to read as it always has been. People wrote to express their anger and frustration about the charge. Some even came into the office to pick up a free copy rather than pay the $1.60. One correspondent predicted that this might be the beginning of the end. That readership would tumble and advertisers would abandon the paper in droves! So perhaps we need to be clear here – this 56-page paper is written, designed, printed and delivered to your letterbox or local dairy for free because local businesses and organisations support it by advertising on these pages. If they stopped advertising, this paper would cease to exist. You would have to rely entirely on word-of-mouth or social media to promote your events and fundraisers, keep in touch with local sports news, provide a platform to express your views, and to know what was happening in Council and your own communities. There would be no reporters asking “please explain” of politicians or bureaucrats, no-one taking notes at Local Board and community meetings, or turning up to open days to take photos and report on the event. Relying solely on advertising to fund newspapers worked when we had the monopoly on classifieds and other reliable advertising streams, but the Zuckerbergs of this world have well and truly smashed this model to pieces. Papers everywhere are closing down or bastardising their products by running advertorial to make ends meet. This paper employs trained journalists who are professional writers and interviewers, who often work at night and on weekends to cover the news for you. They work for a fraction of what a similarly experienced PR person is on, but they do it because they believe well-produced local papers still have an important role to play in our democracy. Introducing this nominal charge for the online paper is one way to continue to print the paper without hitting local businesses with rate increases. This is something we are particularly conscious of after two years of Covid. Some businesses are struggling to pay their rent; the last thing they need is an advertising increase. So, we sincerely hope your local paper is worth at least the same as a packet of chewing gum.

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YouSay Hoteo criticism rebuked

I was very taken aback, but hardly surprised, to read in the latest Mahurangi Matters (Jan 31) that Richard Griffiths was sorely disappointed to see “no improvement in riparian protection whatsoever”. And, of course, the obligatory cow in the wetland photo. There will be many landowners and agencies who will be saying here we go again – the pointing finger, blame game; call it what you will. Richard, I would urge you to find out the facts before making such statements. Most landowners who have a boundary with the main river itself are actively engaged in fencing this off. I say most because, as with vaccination against Covid, there are still some who are not. As well as this, many farmers in the Hoteo catchment, which includes Tomarata and the Whangaripo Valley, are fencing off the tributaries of the Hoteo. Research work, funded by the Auckland Council, enabled the prioritisation of the Kourawhero project as a most significant contributor of sediment to the Hoteo. Over the last eight years, agencies such as Whitebait Connection, numerous Auckland Council grant schemes, Ministry for the Environment, the Kaipara Moana Remediation and the Kauri Dieback Protection Fund, as well as landowners themselves, have contributed a great deal of time, energy and money to protect the Hoteo. These agencies will, no doubt, be as disappointed as I am to read that this is not being acknowledged. There are numerous barriers to action – the main ones being time, energy and money. The main one is, of course, money and not only to build the fence but to put in an alternative water supply. Instead of using your energy to point the finger, I would urge you to consider instead, “How can I help?” Perhaps set up a fundraiser such as buy a metre of fence ($25) to help protect the Hoteo? There are thousands of kilometres of waterways that feed into the Hoteo that need protection.

Contributions to Your opinion and Off the record are welcome, to submit email: editor@localmatters.co.nz Each journey begins with a first steps. I just ask that you please acknowledge the steps that have been taken. Gill Adshead, Glorit

New Year fireworks

It is sad but not unexpected that Anthony Grant has little respect for rural concerns about the Sculptureum’s New Year fireworks (MM Jan 31). This is all too common among city dwellers who see the rural areas as their rightful playground. Nor does he have any apparent concern for the impact on the many bird species, which are supposed to have a measure of protection in the Unitary Plan. His property is NOT in Matakana. It is in Omaha, the catchment of the Whangateau Harbour and Omaha Bay which, thanks to efforts by the Omaha Beach Community and the Whangateau HarbourCare Group, has some protection in the Unitary Plan from the rampant development favoured by Mr Grant. This catchment is designated Rural Coastal as it has the role of protecting the waters, bird and fish species and is of visual significance. Long may it remain so. Elizabeth Foster, Whangateau

Now’s the time

Warkworth’s greatest asset is the river frontage but most shops turn their back on it. The two large retailers intending to move to the future Woodcocks Retail Centre (MM Jan 31) are creating a unique opportunity to turn the whole emphasis around. We suggest we could start with a raised promenade incorporating open air dining, a sunny aspect and a great view. Now is the time to come up with an exciting Town Centre Plan and make Warkworth the envy of the rest of Auckland. Roger and Patte Williams, Warkworth

Cycle appreciation

A big thanks to the Warkworth Riders Group for the huge improvement of the cycle trail from Jones Road to Takatu Road. I was

unaware that this was all done with volunteer help and funded by the Warkworth Riders Group. An amazing effort and I am sure I am not the only one who has appreciated the changes … a much easier and safer ride for all. I was told that they didn’t want names mentioned but I think this effort should be acknowledged not just taken for granted. This community is so lucky that we have so many people willing to put their time and money into projects that benefit the whole community. Thanks! Michele Wade, Omaha

Back to essentials

Phelan Pirrie correctly says (MM Jan 31) that issues of rates levels and Council funding are more complex than can be encapsulated in one-line slogans. “Freeze rates” is no more useful than “climate emergency” in getting fair and reasonable Council decision-making. But that is the nature of political slogans and groups. We respectfully suggest even Rodney First is not free from the temptation to oversimplify issues, or prefer ideology to analysis. The Rodney Local Board has a thankless and impossible task – to satisfy endless demands with precious little authority, no staff, and a derisory share of Council resources. Yet Phelan’s comments offer no solutions. We hear the tired refrain of “challenges” and the hoary old chestnut that more spending needs more funding. Councils need to stop investing in assets and services that don’t have assured future cash flows to fund them and that it can’t service without rate increases. It also has to stop spending rates money on non-essential services – like social, environmental and cultural wellbeing stuff – that the Government should pay for (e.g. why not start by giving Auckland’s GST back?), not to mention social infrastructures like housing, health and education. The Productivity Commission’s reports identified that problem. continued next page

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That way we can hold real property rates levels to match property based services to population growth, with productivity and efficiency gains to provide the bonus. Public transport is essential and desirable, but should pay its way. Ghost buses just evaporate money. Light rail to the airport is never going to pay its own way – Rodney won’t benefit, but guess whose pockets Council’s hand will be in to make up the shortfall? William Foster, Northern Action Group chair

Speed criticised

on SH1, between Warkworth and Puhoi, in 2021 in an effort to make the road safer and yet there seems to me more serious accidents that have closed the road since. I feel that the reduction in speed has caused at least as many accidents if not more, as impatient drivers are tempted to take more risks. It would be interesting to know the yearly accidents that closed the road in the preceding five years and the number since the speed was reduced.

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Environmental art sought for card contest

Inspector Matt Laurenson says his new role as Waitemata North Area Commander could not be more different from his time investigating homicides in the CIB.

Conservation group The Forest Bridge Trust is running a greetings card art competition from now until March 21. Winning artworks will be made into a new range of cards designed to reflect the mahi (work) and rohe (territory) covered by the trust, which aims to get rid of pests and restore native bird life from the Kaipara Harbour east to Tawharanui. The theme to inspire budding artists is “Protect, Enhance, Connect” and any 2-D, non-digital medium can be used. There are three categories – adult, aged 18 and over; intermediate, aged 12 to 18; and junior, for under-12s. Judging will take place at Warkworth Town Hall on Monday, March 21, where entries can be left between 10am and 3pm. Alternatively, artwork can be posted to Emma Dore, PO Box 404161, Puhoi Village Store, Auckland 0951. Winners will be announced on Monday April 4.

New police commander at the helm

After 23 years in the police, including seven with the Criminal Investigations Bureau, Inspector Matt Laurenson, 45, says it was the right time to try something new. He became the Waitemata North Area Commander, based in Orewa, a month ago after working as acting Area Commander in Waitakere. Although he grew up mainly in Taranaki and Hawkes Bay, Matt says with both parents teaching, he has lived in many places from the north to the deep south. When he moved to Auckland in 1999 as a young constable, he had only visited the city once before and that was to attend a Warriors game. Matt and his family – wife, Anne, and young daughter, Mila – are living on the North Shore, but were previously on the Hibiscus Coast for seven years. His Waitemata North patch includes the Hibiscus Coast and Rodney, north to Mangawhai. He says he is finding it refreshing after his time in the city, with different issues to the fore in rural areas. With his feet newly under the desk vacated by Inspector Mark Fergus, Matt is making contacts with local organisations and iwi as a priority. So far, he has noted that the business community, iwi and local politicians are approachable and provide

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good feedback. Matt says the 105 police across the region are sufficient for the job at hand. This will be bolstered by five new recruits, most of them locals, who started at the start of the month. Matt does not expect Waitemata North will lose many Police due to the Covid-19 mandate, which requires them to be fully vaccinated. “Initially, the number of officers reluctant to be vaccinated was a bit scary, but as time has gone on more have got the jabs,” he says.

One of Matt’s early tasks was heading up an incident management team to deal with Omicron planning, staffing and logistics. He says it is a process Police are familiar with after lockdowns and this time, under the Red setting, they have had an opportunity to “get in front of Omicron before it hits the community”. The plans include ensuring there is cover should Omicron put members of the team into isolation. This means creating bubbles, and ramping up the wearing of PPE within the station and on operations.

Creatives in the Mahurangi and Kaipara areas are being encouraged to apply for a Creative Community grant. In the Auckland Council area, applications for grants of $500 upwards close on March 13, for projects starting after May 1. Council runs two funding rounds a year – one closing in March and the other in August. The Creative Communities Scheme enables communities to bring art (music, dancing, film-making, weaving, singing, poetry and theatre) into the everyday lives of Aucklanders across the region on beaches, in parks, community halls, theatres, streets and galleries. In Kaipara, applications to the scheme close on March 1. Info: search ‘Creative Communities Scheme’ on either the Auckland Council or Kaipara District Council websites.

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MV Sussex and shipped back to England. in our bow. In a strange way, this is how I eventually ended up in New Zealand. We By this time I was old enough for national service, a sort were stranded in Quebec for three weeks and one night of peacetime conscription, so I opted for the Air Force. I I went for a beer at the historic Chateau Frontenac, trained for about a year in air electronics at Cardington which overlooks Quebec. I started chatting to the young and became a radio telephonic direction finding officer. waitresses and then walked her home. I leaned over to About the most memorable incident from this time was kiss her goodnight when suddenly her father opened the morning I decided to mimic our sergeant. Every the door and roared at me. The girl was my first real morning about 5am he’d yell at us, “Hands off your cocks, infatuation – I was completely bowled over by her and on your socks and report outside”. On this particular day, when I got back to Southampton, I decided I had to get I got up at 3am and yelled the command. It must have on the first ship back to Quebec. I went to Leadenhall been convincing because everyone turned out, including Street, in London, which is lined with the offices of a not-so-happy sergeant. He made me dig the garden shipping houses. In one of the windows was a model of with a bayonet and paint the garden stones with blanco, the NZ Shipping Company’s but I got the impression he’d Rangitoto. I needed work and enjoyed the joke even though Music is something I needed money, so I walked in he warned me never to get an idea like that again. At the end and showed them my discharge that feeds and nourishes of training, I was posted to papers and the man behind the Malaya where I spent two years the soul, but you don’t get desk said, “Can you start in the fighting communist guerrillas morning?” That’s how I found that by downloading it in the jungle, being scared by myself on my way to NZ, of gibbons and snakes, and bitten which I knew absolutely nothing onto your phone. by centipedes. It was where I about, instead of Canada. had my first encounter with Sailing into Wellington Harbour Islam. I walked into a mosque in Kuala Lumpur and on a sunny morning was unforgettable. I just fell in was struck by the contrast between it and the Anglican love with the place. And then I met some people from church in England where I’d been a choirboy – there was Ngauranga, who made me feel very much at home. Long a single chandelier but no ornate decorations, just one story short, when the ship left port, I wasn’t on it. I got man kneeling, reading the Koran. It started what has since a job at the Ngauranga freezing works, which was quite been a lifelong interest in meditation and thinking about an education. On my first day I watched a guy with a what life is all about and why we are here. stun gun put it to the head of the first cow and in a very Through all this I’d stayed in touch with my old boss at short space of time, the cow was hanging in two pieces. HMV, Morrie Hoy, so when my service was up and he My job was to push the carcasses along the chain and offered me a job, I headed back to NZ. Later, when I was label them. I did this for about a year, but the smell of working with an Indonesia diplomat who had been given death is not pleasant so I quit and got a job making asylum in NZ, we decided to form Apollo Records and stampers to press LPs in the matrix department at His our first recording was a hypnosis LP! The partnership Masters Voice (HMV), in Wakefield Street. The fact didn’t last, but from there I went on to found Ode that I wasn’t legally in NZ started to play on my mind Records, which I ran for 40 years. I started with a record so one day I walked into the police station, across the of simple songs and nursery rhymes for children, but went road from HMV, and tried to turn myself in. The officer on to make about 600 recordings supporting Polynesian on duty told me to come back the next day because and Maori performers, popular music and jazz. he didn’t know what to do with someone who had I’ve heard people call Russell Crowe selfish, but when jumped ship. In the end I was charged and sentenced to he was still a teenager, I recorded a single for him and a month in prison pending deportation. They sent me then went on to do an album called All Dressed Up and to Mt Crawford and put me in a cell with a guy who Nowhere to Play. What he did was round up lots of young had woken up one morning and chopped his wife into pieces. At the end of the month, I was transported to the continued page 15

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bands to each do a song on the album. It wasn’t a great success financially, but I think it showed a side of Russell that he was really interested in helping people. Years later, when he had made a name for himself in the movies, I got a phone call from Los Angeles telling me that Russell wanted me to have the NZ rights to a new album he was putting out with his group, Ten Feet of Grunt. It didn’t work out in the end because they wanted $20,000 up front for promotion, which I didn’t have, but it was nice to be remembered. The first night I saw Tui Teka perform in a bar in Hastings, there was standing room only. He was amazing – he played five instruments, sang and was really funny. I talked to him afterwards and said, “I’ve got a song for you – For The Life of Me”. He listened to Roy Clark’s version, liked it and agreed to record it. The Yandall Sisters did the harmony and it became a Gold record. We did four albums together and he was a delight to work with. The only problem was he ate too much. I once saw him at a leagues club in Australia sit down and eat a steak, chips and six eggs, and then ask the waitress for the same again. About two months ago, I recorded a jazz album by the New Bop Quintet, a tribute band to jazz in the 50s and 60s, which will probably be my last recording. David Innes had the idea of getting the musicians together, organising some gigs and then making the record. We only did 300 CDs, but it hasn’t sold well. I think we are losing something very important with the loss of live music venues and ‘Mum and Dad’ music shops. Music is something that feeds and nourishes the soul, but you don’t get that by downloading it onto your phone. It is efficient and its giving the customer want they want, but the experience of listening to that music can never replace a live performance.

A warning against collecting shellfish in the Mahurangi and Orewa areas could be in place for up to six months. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) issued the public health warning on January 28, advising against taking of shellfish from an area that extends from Takatu Point, on the Tāwharanui Peninsula, south to Huaroa Point, on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. The warning includes Mahurangi Harbour, Kawau Island and the smaller islands west of Kawau Island. Routine tests on shellfish samples taken from Mahurangi Harbour showed levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxins above the safe limit of 0.8 mg/kg set by MPI. Anyone eating shellfish from this area is potentially at risk of illness. Paralytic shellfish toxins are a common cause of toxic algal blooms along New Zealand’s coastline. MPI says these are naturally occurring blooms so it is impossible predict how long they will last. Previous warnings in this area have lasted for around two to three months, although it is not unusual for these to last upwards of six months. Mussels, oysters, tuatua, pipi, toheroa, cockles, scallops, catseyes, kina (sea urchin) and all other bivalve shellfish should not be eaten. MPI says it should be noted that cooking shellfish does not remove the toxin and people can also become ill if they consume contaminated fish. Pāua, crab and crayfish may still be eaten if the gut has been completely removed prior to cooking, as toxins accumulate in the gut. If the gut is not removed its contents could contaminate the meat during the cooking process. Symptoms typically appear between 10 minutes and three hours after ingestion and may include numbness and a

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Ocean advocates sought for Seaweek challenge Calling all sea heroes and marine problem solvers – Seaweek’s Ocean Champion challenge is open for entries and nominations. The annual awards celebrate the work of passionate ocean advocates in three categories – junior (16 and under), senior (17 and up) and groups (three people or more). Entrants have to submit a short video describing their efforts to protect or restore the marine environment, explain what they have been doing to achieve that and say what inspired them to take action in the first place. Individuals and groups can also be nominated by anyone who feels they should be recognised for the work that they do to protect the marine environment. Application forms, entry criteria and a showcase of previous Ocean Champion entries can be found on the Seaweek

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Four marathons in one day to help hospital families An inspirational Warkworth father is due to run 105km in just 18 hours along the Te Araroa trail from Waipu to Puhoi this Saturday, February 19, to raise money for Ronald McDonald House NZ. Aidan Smith and his partner Emily have spent many months in and out of Auckland’s Starship Hospital with their son Luke over the past two years, when he suffered serious heart and digestive problems. At two days old, he was diagnosed with a heart irregularity where the treatment included holding his head in ice cold water for up to three times a day. At nine months, he was constantly vomiting, to the point where it stunted his growth, needed a feeding tube for months and had to be taught how to chew and swallow. At one point, his parents were told he could have a fatal mitochondrial disease and there is still no conclusive diagnosis. Aidan said the care experienced at Starship had been humbling throughout and he wanted to give something back not only to the hospital and other parents with sick or injured children, but also to his son. “Luke’s start to his life has been quite a challenge,” he said. “As a parent it’s important to show your children that no matter what, challenges can be overcome even if they seem impossible. This is why I want to drag myself 105km, to show him Joe Bloggs can do it.” Aidan had originally been planning to run 102km in the Tarawera Ultra Marathon, but the event was cancelled due to Covid-19, so he decided to redirect his commitment closer to home. “I run that area quite a lot – I quite often run the Tamahunga section,” he says. “Then, when Tarawera was cancelled, I realised I could do the whole 105km from Waipu south.” But don’t be fooled by the rigorous regime

– Aidan is not an experienced longdistance runner. “I was never a runner. I always looked at running as a means of training for something else,” he said. “I got into running mainly when we were in Starship. It was always a good outlet. I found myself running when I got home from the hospital, to clear my thoughts and sort my head out.” Aidan said when he committed to his long-distance run, he decided to try to raise a bit of money in the process, and thought if he could get $1000, that would be awesome. However, since spreading the word on social media, he has been overwhelmed by the response. As Mahurangi Matters went to press, more than $11,500 had been pledged, including $5000 from Aidan’s employer, Hiway Stabilizers. “It’s just amazing,” he said. Meanwhile, young Luke is now doing well, though the cause of his health issues remains a mystery. “Luke has been a real trooper,” Aidan said. “He had all his genetics and our genetics sent to the US to see if they could find out what’s going on, but there’s no real conclusive diagnosis, and his medical case is sitting with a research group in Australia who look into rare diseases. “But in front of us is this really cool kid who seems completely normal. He’s a little bit small, but other than that, he’s doing really, really well.” Aidan will start his run at Waipu Beach at 7am and hopes to reach Puhoi at 3am on Sunday.

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hree experienced Mahurangi real estate agents struck out on their own this month. They are Donna Wyllie, Debbie Aldred and Katie Boyle, who together have nearly 50 years real estate experience. While the three are sharing office space in Warkworth’s River View Plaza, they are part of a more entrepreneurial approach to real estate being developed under the national Independent Agents brand, setup by Matt Jones of Puhoi. The brand provides back-up administrative support, leaving the agents free to work with vendors and prospective purchasers. “We have our own clients, work our own hours and set our own fees and advertising costs,” Donna says. “This allows us so much more flexibility when putting together individual packages for people.” Debbie adds that working as an individual frees up a lot of time that would otherwise be spent in meetings or dealing with inhouse matters. “It also means we have the freedom to market a property in the way we think will work best for the vendor.” The agents say the idea was born out of the pandemic.

“We just found that working from home allowed us to be more creative without a lot of the stress that sometimes comes with being in an office. It provides a much better work-life balance,” Katie says. They say the benefit for clients will be agents who are more focused, with less distractions, who have the freedom to tailor sales packages to suit people’s individual needs. “We also won’t be crippled by heavy franchise fees and these savings will be passed on to clients.” The agents say it is still a seller’s market, but the market may be reaching the peak. “There is still plenty of stock available and although lending is getting tougher for first home buyers, there is a lot of activity in this sector. “The opening of the new motorway is going to make a big difference. Since Covid started, more and more people are choosing to work from home for at least some part of the week, so living outside of Auckland is now an option. This means there is demand for homes in Wellsford north to Mangawhai that are still under $1 million. The only proviso on that, however, is that the street has to have a fast internet service. That is a massive consideration these days.”

Kiwi surveys show that the kiwi population on the island is not large and, therefore, it is vulnerable to disturbances in the environment. It is evident that the survival of the species is dependent on the control of predators and competitors. Responsible restraint of dogs and cats by owners and effective management of wallaby and possum populations are essential to prevent the extinction of kiwi on Kawau Island. – Department of Conservation

Kawau kiwi death investigated Reports of a dog killing a young kiwi in Schoolhouse Bay on Kawau Island are being investigated by the Department of Conservation. The report surfaced on the Kawau Island Facebook page, but DoC operations manager Kat Lane says the case is still under investigation and it is still too early to say how the bird died. “We aren’t sure of the exact age of the bird but it was an adult bird that seemed of a healthy weight,” she says. “The bird has been sent for a necropsy, which should give us more accurate data on the birds age, sex and cause of death.” The kiwi wasn’t banded and DoC currently has no accurate data on kiwi numbers on the island. Lane says DoC receives periodic reports of deaths of protected wildlife.

She says when a member of the public finds a sick, injured or dead kiwi, or witnesses the deliberate killing of protected wildlife, they should call DOCHOT or email wildlifecrime@doc.govt.nz “Also take a photo of the bird where you found it and, if possible, carefully put it in a bag and keep it in the fridge and advise DoC as soon as possible so it can be collected. “Dead kiwi can still give us a lot of important information such as what killed it, to help save other kiwi.” Lane says there is signage all over Kawau Island reminding people about the presence of kiwi on the island and the risk untrained dogs pose to wildlife. DoC also organises kiwi aversion training sessions for island residents with dogs and rangers on the island regularly monitor for dogs on the reserves.

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Stone fruit season We’re now enjoying the absolute best of the stone fruit season. Cherries and other small early fruits are all but over, but plums, late nectarines and peaches will be bountiful for a few weeks yet. These are enjoyed best when they’re just picked from the tree, ready to fall, so you can bite through the almost-crisp skin to find the softness within, releasing a stunning amount of fragrant sweet juice. They soften after they are picked, making them perfect for cooking into breakfast and dessert treats. Plums are my preferred stone fruit for cooking as there’s something about the juice that’s released that makes them rich and satisfying. Even gently stewing those plums and peaches does not sound alluring, so I prefer to roast these fruit and observe their sugar content really develop to intensify the flavour. To roast stone fruit, simply pop them into a roasting pan with a few flavouring ingredients like a bay leaf or fresh thyme, thin strips of lemon or orange rind and maybe just a small spoonful of sugar or vanilla or maple syrup to bake them gently at 170C until the juices run. It’s important to crowd them in quite tightly into the dish so they remain moist and do not burn at the edges. Store the roasted fruit in a jar and tip all the pan juices over them. This fruit will be perfect to have for breakfast with cereal or yogurt and you will have an easy dessert to serve with some softly whipped cream, Greek yogurt or a combination of both. I have many recipes for stone fruit tarts and this one is not a true tart, as I have done away with the usual pastry base to make for a fabulous light and easy dessert.

Choose a nice dish to cook the dessert in which will be taken directly to the table. An added advantage of doing away with a pastry case is that it makes it gluten free as the delicious filling is made with ground almonds. This is a lovely way to cook autumn fruit too, when you can change the plums out for figs, persimmons, apples and pears. It is also very easily scaled up to use a larger deeper dish with 200g butter, 200g sugar, 3 eggs and 200g ground almonds if you need to serve more people.

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Road safety A fatal crash that also left four people seriously injured highlights the need for better roads in the area, Rodney Local Board chair Phelan Pirrie says. “As a board we have long advocated for improved roading infrastructure in our area with Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi – the New Zealand Transport Agency. “We have enjoyed some success, but the improved link north has taken what must seem an eternity to residents, who have long-endured traffic chaos, particularly at holiday periods.” The crash near Warkworth closed a section of SH1 between Puhoi and Warkworth that caused a kilometres-long tailback, leading to long delays that one resident told the New Zealand Herald were the worst he had seen in his almost a decade of living in the area, calling it “absolute madness”. Pirrie says drivers had to be diverted off SH1 to Makarau and through to SH16, a situation that was already significantly lengthening trips, and which was made worse by two further accidents in the heavy traffic. The first, on SH16 just south of Wellsford, left one person injured; and the second, on Woodcock Rd, saw a campervan hit a fence, causing delays but no injuries. The Automobile Association says the incident underlines the importance of improving the stretch of road between Puhoi and Warkworth and while shutting the road to allow police to investigate a fatal accident was critical, road networks should not grind to a halt in the event of a crash. Pirrie says drivers clearly shared the board’s frustration, taking to social media to complain about the state of the road, how dangerous it was, and impatient drivers adding to the problem. “You can understand people having a vent but someone has been killed and that means a family has lost a loved one and their lives will be forever altered. The delays might be inconvenient, but next to that, that’s all they are. “But it doesn’t need to happen. People ask us all the time if someone needs to die to get something done, but this isn’t the first death on our roads, and it won’t be the last. What we can say is that as a board, we won’t give up on advocating for improvements, especially ones that make our people safer.” He says the Rodney Local Board has long supported Auckland Transport’s Vision Zero goal of having no road deaths or serious accidents by 2050. A major aspect of that campaign has been a focus on lowering speed limits in rural areas, a move that has impacted Rodney and Franklin in the south of the city because of the large number of rural roads in both areas. “That hasn’t always been popular and we, like Franklin, have argued that changes to speed limits should only be part of the solution, and not something used to delay proper road improvements or maintenance,” he says. “But we all have to choose to be part of the solution and slowing down and driving to the conditions isn’t something other people have to do. “It’s something we all have to be aware of so that families don’t have to endure a loved one never coming home.”

New pilot launches in Rodney The Rodney Local Board has launched a new pilot with a focus on community safety and protecting the environment in the local board area. Two new compliance wardens will focus on raising awareness about a range of issues from freedom camping, dogs on beaches and parks, protecting shore birds and other flora and fauna to sediment run-off and environmental management. Deputy chair Beth Houlbrooke says, “We think that’s important at a time when we are seeing unprecedented visitor numbers because our travel opportunities are limited.” The appointments are for an initial 12-month period and will be reviewed before the end of that. “These are primarily education roles, and our wardens will work to support communities and groups, as well as work responsively to follow-up on issues as they arise,” she says. The board has allocated $140,000 to the pilot. This funding covers the full cost of two fixed term contingency workers for a period of 12 months.

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Teachers and students welcome return to classrooms 2022 Smyth sees managing the school roll and ensuring there are enough teaching spaces to accommodate everyone will be the biggest challenge for the school this year. At Matakana School, the daily attendance rate is between 94 and 98 per cent. Principal Darrel Goosen says wearing masks in the heat is uncomfortable for teachers and students. “But I’m incredibly impressed with their persistence, understanding and positive attitude,” he says. “We do have concerns around the availability of relievers, should a large number of our teachers get ill at the same time, but we have a good schooling continuity plan in place to manage that issue. The way we have grouped our classes across the school under Red, allows for the possibility of combining classes if needed.” Goosen says the school is continuing to plan its Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 school camps and they are keeping their fingerscrossed that they will go ahead. Warkworth School started the year with

470 pupils, about the same as the previous two years. Principal Cynthia Holden says the school hadn’t had a home-schooling request for several years until last year, when five students were accepted for home-schooling. Holden says students have been very cooperative about wearing masks. The teachers make sure they have regular physical activity breaks outside to give them a chance to refresh without a mask. This refreshment time is critical for teachers also. “Our greatest challenge this year is twofold. Firstly, it is around managing staff absences if relievers are not available. Secondly, it is around the potential scenario of having multiple teachers at home self-isolating for extended periods of time despite being well. They will need to deliver learning from home to students at school, but there may not be sufficient supervision for the students of those teachers who are at school. “We are working term by term regarding events. Camps and the school fundraising fiesta are not going ahead. School-wide and

inter-school sports events are also cancelled.” Rodney College started the year with a similar roll as last year. Principal Irene Symes says the college lost a few staff last year as a result of the vaccine mandate. “They either moved on to alternative work or retired,” she says. “We have enough relievers at the moment but, like everyone, are concerned how long this will last as we move into the cooler months when staff sickness becomes more prevalent. “We are following the Covid Protection Framework requirements closely and have a plan should Omicron make its way into our school community. This will pull on our human resources. “Both staff and students are doing really well in terms of adhering to the mask mandate, even in this stifling weather. Most students have their own masks and we are happy to provide for those who haven’t got one or forgot it.” Mahurangi College and Mangawhai Beach schools did not respond.

Covid plays havoc with State Highway 1 crash statistics of road crashes. Road movements under the Orange and Red levels of the Traffic Light system would also be reduced due to the restrictions in place, so data from these periods will not align with previous trends.

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Love and marriage Few people know that Warkworth & Districts Museum houses an extensive collection of textiles in an approved textile conservation storage area to ensure the preservation of its wide-ranging items. Part of the collection includes more than 70 wedding gowns or dresses. The oldest dates from 1769, and was later made into an exquisite fine lawn christening gown. Head of the textiles department Jenni McGlashan says wedding dresses, like all fashion, reflect society at the time. She says the wedding dresses in the collection range from the elegant to the quite simple. For instance, there is a1944 gown with a long train. Because it was nearing the end of World War II when material was scarce, the length of material required to form the long train is surprising. One can only surmise that perhaps that is why the dress is very slinky to compensate for it. Currently on display in the museum’s “Made In Our Back Yard” exhibition is a crocheted wedding dress made by Ona Price (nee Phillips) of Warkworth for the wedding of her daughter, Noelene Price, in 1977 at the Warkworth Anglican Church. It took Ona about four months to crochet the dress and headwear in the evenings, often after a day working on the farm. She used four-ply wool bought from Vanity Fair, a haberdashery shop in Warkworth which, according to Noelene, had a wonderful collection of knitting wool, patterns and needles. Ona kept her knitting patterns from the Home Journal, Family Circle, or Woman’s Weekly magazines in an old suitcase. There were patterns for three or four knitted/crocheted wedding dresses and since Noelene’s sister had a very nice lacy dress which her mother crocheted for her 1973 wedding, Noelene also got one for her wedding, which was chosen from the remaining patterns. Noelene recalls that her mother sewed all their dresses. Bought dresses were expensive, way beyond the family’s farming cash flow. When clothing/sewing started at school in Form 1, the girls started learning to sew their own clothes and to do their own knitting. Ona and her husband Mansel Price were well-known local identities. Mansel was a stock agent and farmed on Matakana Road and on two properties in Woodcocks Road (where Southern Paprika and Mitre 10/Summerset Falls are today).

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Noelene remembers feeling good on her wedding day and that her crocheted dress was special because it was made by her mother, and she appreciated the hours of work that had gone into creating something unique. A crocheted wedding dress was quite something at the time and quite a rarity. Noelene’s dress was full length and lined with satin. On the day, she wore matching white shoes and carried a bouquet of home-grown white orchids The matching crocheted headpiece was secured with wire and clips. When not on loan to the museum, the dress, which is now almost 45 years old, has kept very well and is stored in the bottom of a wardrobe, in an old white pillowcase.

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Immaculately presented by vendors who are on the move, this well constructed home represents an increasingly rare opportunity to establish yourself in Warkworth, where properties are tightly held and seldom offered to the market. Inside the home, through the formal entry there is a thoughtfully configured open plan kitchen, dining and lounge which extends to a louvre covered patio to create a wonderful indoor/outdoor flow. The four bedrooms (or three bedrooms plus office) are complemented by a modern full bathroom and en-suite to master, the master

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An Auckland Transport/Auckland Council transport emission reduction plan is taking aim at urban Auckland, leaving little reform for the rural sector. The plan aims to reduce Auckland’s transport emissions by 64 per cent by 2030. It focuses on reducing the demand for private vehicles, increasing accessibility and travel choices with a strong focus on electric vehicle uptake. Cars and light vehicles, which cause 38 per cent of emissions, were emphasised as needing to go through the greatest changes. Lead transport advisor Michael Roth called the reform “ambitious” while presenting to the Rural Advisory Panel. “With electricity being a quarter the price of diesel, it will be the cheaper way to drive and do business,” Roth said. While infrastructure such as the provision of charging stations was a concern for many panel members, Roth said as long as infrastructure was spread out across 10 years the demand would not be overwhelming. One of the pitfalls Roth noted was that with a cheaper way to drive we could see congestion worsen. Half of all car trips in Auckland are less than six kilometres long, with commuting making up less than a quarter of emissions. Rodney Local Board member Brent Bailey said some people had a greater opportunity to reduce their carbon footprint than others. “There is no safe way to make a sixkilometre trip in some areas. We need to

improve walking and cycling,” Bailey said. Equine industry spokesperson Geoff Smith said charging electric vehicles in multi-car homes would present a challenge. “The lack of public transport in Franklin means that many houses can have up to six cars parked on the lawn,” Smith said. Smith also questioned whether Auckland was set up to handle the energy demand created through electric vehicles. Panel chair Cr Bill Cashmore took the opportunity to highlight New Zealand’s impending energy shortage. Last year New Zealand saw a 25-year low in lake levels for hydroelectricity and low levels of natural gas production. Independent Māori Statutory Board member Glenn Wilcox was concerned for those who did their own vehicle repairs. “A lot of farmers do ‘on the job’ repairs, so will there be training coming along with more electric vehicles? Are they going to electrocute themselves on 500 volts? That is a health and safety issue,” Wilcox said. Wilcox also wondered whether a separate plan to reduce emissions needed to be developed for rural New Zealand. Franklin Local Board member Alan Cole said with the agriculture industry making only eight per cent of transport emissions, he was glad that the plan was aimed at urbanites. Cole was quickly rebuffed by transport advisor Roth. “The rural sector needs to be included in the change but just to a different degree,” Roth said. The plan will be presented to the Environment and Climate Change Committee for approval in June.

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Morrison family orchard project takes root Regular users of State Highway 1 will notice earthworks have started on the Morrison farm, just south of Warkworth. The work is part of the development of a visitor attraction, centred on the Kenilworth Orchard owned by the Morrison family, which has been part of the Warkworth landscape for more than 80 years. Project manager Bevan Morrison says a new entrance is being formed for the future ‘fruit shed’. By fruit shed, Morrison means an architecturally-designed, purpose-built family destination, which includes fresh fruit and produce sales, an undercover playground, café and monthly farmers market. Morrison had hoped to have the complex open next year to coincide with a celebration marking the family’s connection with orcharding in the Mahurangi district spanning 150 years. Kenilworth was planted in 1935 as a continuation of the Morrison legacy, which started with the Red Bluff and Glen Kōwhai orchards nearer Warkworth. “But with Covid and everything else, that’s

not going to happen,” Morrison says. “The likely opening date is probably going to be sometime in 2024. We are currently in the process of preparing the resource consent.” The buildings will retain a rustic feel, in keeping with the heritage site. It will showcase the orchard’s heritage trees and history, and provide hands-on learning opportunities for schools and others. Many of the fruit trees on the eight-hectare site have a long and impressive pedigree. The Gladney’s Red, for instance, was the first apple exported from NZ, arriving in London packed in cases of sawdust. As well as apples, there are peach, plum, pear and citrus trees. The plan also includes opportunities for pick-your-own fruit, animal petting and camping, and will be linked to the town through walkway and cycleway networks. Other local growers will be encouraged to use the farmers market to showcase their produce. “It’s all about keeping things local, promoting fresh food and low food miles.” The future of the orchard was under a cloud until it was formally included in the Warkworth Structure Plan in 2019.

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Auckland Council planning Is there a problem? Tried building a house lately, adding a garage or doing a renovation? If you are unfamiliar with Auckland Council’s consenting processes, then sometimes “ignorance is bliss”. Professionals working in this space use the phrase “it’s broken” to describe the journey from application to consent – the costs and delays, as well as the frustrations of dealing with inexperienced planners who have little knowledge of the rural environment are common themes. But few want to go on the record for fear of a backlash professionally. Over upcoming issues, Mahurangi Matters will run a series of stories on people’s building experiences. We started by approaching Auckland Council for some background data on how many consents it issues annually, average time frames for issuing consents and the range of fees a person might expect to be charged. These were simple questions, but too hard for Council. Instead, we were advised to put in an Official Information Act request. So much for transparency and accountability. We begin this series with thoughts from Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers who is convinced central government intervention is needed to get Council’s planning department back on track. We also talked to John and Jane Beveridge, who are challenging Council over what they feel are excess consent charges. If you have a building or consenting experience you would like to share, we would love to hear from you either by email gm@localmatters.co.nz or phone 021 263 4423.

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Council challenged over fees charged Buckleton Beach homeowners John and Jane Beveridge racked up $30,000 in planning and building consent fees trying to get what they believed was a fairly straightforward build through Council. Their section in Bishop Lane was part of a 16-lot subdivision, which John says should have meant there was some institutional knowledge about the site before his application was even submitted. “We weren’t trying to cut corners, silt up the harbour or build something that was ugly. We are in an Outstanding Natural Landscape area and believed that what we planned

to build was empathetic to the natural environment around us. We thought it would be fairly straightforward,” he says. “We were also not the first to apply for resource consent. so this should have allowed for a more streamlined response as it was not a one off, bespoke application.” But the difficulties started when the Beveridges decided to shift the house a short distance from the roadside to a more sheltered and private site on the property. Council issued a Section 92, which allowed it to stop the clock and ask for more information. This added to costs continued next page

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The level of dissatisfaction being expressed by ratepayers about Auckland Council’s planning processes has prompted Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers to suggest that they need a flame-thrower taken to them. Cr Sayers says he regularly receives criticism about Council’s planning department, particularly regarding resource consenting. Primary concerns are about the time it takes to get a resource consent and the cost in Council fees. They come from across the board, whether people are adding a veranda, building a simple shed or planning multi-million dollar developments. Cr Sayers says an independent commissioner could be appointed to fix the internal processes. But adds that such an extreme intervention would have to be initiated by the Government. “Our processes could be benchmarked against other councils, otherwise, staff will continue to leave and customer dissatisfaction will continue to prevail.” He says this isn’t just a Rodney problem, but is happening across the whole of Auckland. “Many people say that Auckland’s processes are too pedantic compared to other councils. “I would like to see the planners empowered to work in a more streamlined system, along with more direct accountability to

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the customer. “Compounding the problem is experienced staff are leaving for lucrative government salaries with Kainga Ora (Housing New Zealand), but the internal council processes have not adapted to cope. Inexperienced staff are left under enormous pressure. “At the same time, resource applications are skyrocketing due to housing demand. Also Government legislative changes, which require a response from Council staff, are draining the diminished staff resources.”

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and delayed the consent. “The change to the building site was far less obtrusive and visible than that originally proposed in the development plan. A site visit would have quickly established this and presented far fewer questions and time than it did. “As a result, the process took far longer than it should have.” John believes the other root cause of the over-charging was the planner’s lack of experience. “The planner was in training and I don’t think the client should be expected to pay for on-the-job experience. Council conceded this, to some extent, in a letter.” In June. 2020, John submitted an objection to the fees charged, but heard nothing until recently. The outstanding amount owed is $6500 and the Beveridges had asked for a reduction of close to $4000, although they still thought the full amount was excessive. In response, Council has offered to reduce the amount by $1100. Considering the passage of time and further recent efforts by his planner and

himself to resolve the matter, he is now seeking a reduction of $5500. “The house is built and we have moved in, and now we get this underwhelming offer 18 months later to settle the outstanding account, which in my mind was well and truly in the past.” In Council’s response to the Beveridges, it states, “It is a matter of council policy and general fairness to ratepayers that the reasonable costs of carrying out this work in an efficient manner are met by applicants themselves, rather than ratepayers in general.” Beveridge says he doesn’t believe Council’s response reflects an “efficient manner” and, as a result, is not a “reasonable cost”. “The planning department is inefficient and lacks commercial nous. They need to find a way to work smarter and faster. Ratepayers would be better served if Council planners developed a less adversarial and more collegiate relationship with private planners, who they know and trust to do the right thing.” The matter will go before an independent commissioner on March 7.

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“ Covid delays link road finish Auckland Transport (AT) and contractor Wharehine have confirmed that the Matakana link road may be finished ahead of the intersection, where it meets SH1. The road can’t be opened until the intersection, which is being built by the NX2 consortium, is finished. NZTA was asked for a progress report on the intersection, but declined to comment. However, AT says it is expecting the intersection to be finished before the motorway opens. The $27 million, 1.3km link road is on track to be finished later this year, a few months behind schedule. An AT spokesperson says last year’s Alert Level 4 lockdown and associated disruptions have led to project delays. “Unfortunately, this has been the case for

dozens of other projects across Auckland and New Zealand. AT has been clear that the link road project, and any extra works, need to be completed before the motorway opens.” This includes the two intersections along the road, which were not in the original design – one for the Goatley Holdings/ Stellan Trust industrial development and the other for Templeton. The Goatley project involves a 90-lot commercial and light industrial development on 65 hectares, while the second intersection will service a 700-lot residential development. Work on these two intersections is still underway, with one currently in progress and the other awaiting design approval. “These intersections have led to some additional work for the project team, but

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is expected to remain about the same through to completion. Worked started on the road in July 2020. McGee says it has been a great job for Wharehine and its staff. “We’re locals and are putting our all into this – we have to, we’re held to account by our friends and families, and every time we go to school pick up or stop in town for a coffee! “I, personally, will be pointing to this road and bridge for years to come, saying ‘we built this’. I’m proud of my staff and this project.” McGee says the company has various projects underway and others in the pipeline – the next off the rank is on the other side of SH1 where work is due to start for Macrennie Construction.

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Motorway opening discussed A new date for the opening of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway is under discussion. Waka Kotahi – NZ transport Agency National Manager Commercial Andrew Thackwray says that under the terms of the Public Private Partnership (PPP), the road opening is determined by contractual agreements and obligations. “The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic response on these contractual matters and, in turn, the programme of works is currently being worked through with our partners,” he says. “Waka Kotahi will provide an update on the expected opening date as soon this work is finished.” Thackwray says last year’s lengthy lockdown periods in Auckland, for example, required works on site to stop altogether, which naturally caused delays to the programme of works. In the meantime, the project continues to progress with recent milestones and highlights below:

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Town centre conversation needs to start now We’ve all heard the numbers for Warkworth – 1000 hectares of land zoned future urban, 7500 new dwellings and a population of maybe 25,000 in the next 30 years. Wellsford is also expected to expand, with 109 hectares identified as future urban, which could see an additional 830 dwellings built over the next five years. But how will this impact on the people who already call this area home? Mahurangi Matters asked Auckland University senior lecturer in architecture, Bill McKay, for his thoughts on how Warkworth could avoid losing its character, but at the same time build a vibrant town centre with a resilient local economy. One of the first things to do is sort out the traffic issues. Bypasses can improve the amenity of an area in terms of quality of life; just look at Waipu, for instance. When the new motorway opens, Warkworth will still be a destination/hub for commercial and health services, shopping, food and so on, but the town needs to get rid of the through traffic, while retaining easy access for destination visitors. The village character and rural aspect of Warkworth is something the town wants to retain, but don’t be afraid of density – townhouses or apartments that are three or four storeys. They generate activity close to the village centre, whereas sprawl generates cars. The more people who live in apartments means more walking/cycling and more business. More people in suburbs equals more traffic. If a person is in their car, then they think, “Well, I’m in my car, I may as well go to a mall.” For an example of some good medium density apartment buildings have a look at what Ockham are building in the city. Unfortunately, your average subdivider/ developer/builder only really knows how to

do separate one-storey houses in suburbs. I would also encourage Warkworth to be wary of big box developments – they suck the life out of town centres, hurt sole traders and small business, and generate traffic. You also can’t rely on Auckland Council to look after you. The town needs to form a large cohesive coalition of business, residents, iwi, schools and so on to focus on the big picture.

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Agree to disagree, but be constructive in your approach and criticism. Encourage developers and Council to go slower and aim for quality design. Talk about sustainable development. Use local talent and be proactive in establishing a vision, but don’t be what many groups are – just a platform to bitch and moan about any change, rates increases and so on. There are good examples of towns that have found themselves in a similar situation. Warkworth could learn from

them – Waipu, Cambridge, Martinborough and Greytown, to name a few. Also look at new developments such as Hobsonville Point. Don’t do what Albany and Riverhead have done, where their village character has been lost to suburban sprawl. Warkworth should also make more of what it has. Victoria Street, in Hamilton, is a good example of how to make the most of a river frontage. There are plenty of characteristics within the town to exploit – its bush backdrop, specialty shops, arts and culture, and maritime history. The former Wilson cement works offers plenty of opportunity. The other advice I would give to Warkworth is to actively promote the town. In an era of housing unaffordability and increasing acceptance of remote working, Warkworth could be a charming, affordable, friendly village with no commutes and a good lifestyle. Its smaller schools, proximity to beaches and regional parks, and easy drive from Auckland makes it an attractive option for young couples, young families, yuppies wanting to get out of the rat race and older people downsizing.

A large parcel of land fronting the Mahurangi River, just east of Warkworth, will be offered at auction on March 16. The 8.3ha site, which includes Robertsons Boatyard, is at the end of Alnwick Street. The court sale follows the unresolved and longrunning dispute between brothers, Conrad and Martin Robertson. Last year, Conrad applied to the High Court to have the land partitioned, allowing him to buy the portion of land occupied by the boatyard at a market price fixed by the court. Instead, the court ordered all the land be sold by auction, finding that the brothers were unlikely to agree on a partition proposal. The property is being marketed by Bayleys.

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A 72-lot subdivision over 6.3 hectares at 35 Mason Heights has been submitted to Auckland Council for resource consent. The subdivision is within the Future Urban Zone and includes about 96,500sqm of earthworks over an area of 5.6ha, the construction and use of retaining walls, alteration of the entry and exit points of overland flow-paths, and associated stormwater diversion and discharges. It will be done in five stages and will include building new public roads. Submissions on the application close on March 7. The full application can be viewed on the Auckland Council website under Have Your Say, notified consents.

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Call for Centre Plan for Warkworth The development of a Town Centre Plan for Warkworth is one of One Mahurangi Business Association’s priorities this year, but it has already been told by Auckland Council that there is no money available to fund it. Association co-chair Bevan Morrison describes the plan as the skeleton for the future of the town, which will underpin how the town centre grows and prospers. “With all the change that’s coming, this

New road still going nowhere The proposed Western link road in Warkworth, which would connect the present State Highway 1 around McKinney Road to SH1 near Warkworth Showgrounds, has been on various drawing boards for at least 20 years. It is currently part of the future transport network for Warkworth, under investigation by Te Tupu Ngātahi Supporting Growth. The current indicative route goes just west of the Woodcock Road industrial area, through Evelyn Street and Mansel Drive to Falls Road and then across to the highway just north of Hudson Road. An Auckland Transport spokesperson says that through a business case approach, a range of future transport projects are being investigated that will identify upgrades to existing roads, new greenfield roads and public transport infrastructure required to support the anticipated growth in Warkworth. The final route is still a work in progress and the project still has to secure funding. “The business case is programmed to be completed at the end this year and is expected to be scheduled for consideration by the Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi boards early next year.” Public consultation is currently expected later this year.

plan is critical and we want to see it started this year,” Morrison says. “But it needs to be done professionally and in a format that Council can use.” The association is in talks with the Rodney Local Board to see if it might assist. Morrison says the plan won’t come cheap and estimates it could cost “hundreds of thousands”. But he is convinced that the town needs a plan so it can move forward with a positive framework. He identifies parking and traffic management as two fundamental issues that need to be addressed if Warkworth wants to attract visitors once the new motorway opens. “We know whatever we come up with won’t please everyone, but we need to start the discussion. How do we turn the town towards the river, is one-way traffic through the town centre an option and so on.” In Orewa, which also found itself bypassed

Warkworth needs to have a unified approach to deciding what its town centre will look like in five or 10 year’s time.

by State Highway 1, a Centre Plan was prepared and adopted by the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board in 2015. It set out some high level visions and aims,

listed future priorities, focused on town centre development and included a project list. It also outlined development trends and opportunities.

Templeton comes to town Developers Templeton are establishing a sales office on the corner of Clayden and Matakana Roads, in Warkworth, ahead of launching a $75 million development covering about 60 hectares. According to the company website, Templeton is seeking residential zoning for the site, followed by resource consent for more than 700 sections.

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The area is identified as future urban under Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan. Zoning within the precinct offers a range of residential options, as well as providing for a business-neighbourhood centre. There is also provision for greenway connections to the wider network, through tracks and walkways along streams, and access via a new intersection

on the Matakana link road. The company is expected to release more details soon. Templeton has been involved in projects such as the Beaumont Quarter in Freemans Bay and Bremner Ridge in Flat Bush. Founder and chief executive Nigel McKenna is described on the website as “one of the most experienced developers in NZ”.

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Plans to replace paddocks with houses at Snells Beach A “green belt” of rural paddocks on the approach into Snells Beach could be replaced by 25 houses if a plan to subdivide the Mahurangi East Road property is approved. Remuera-based Silver Hill Limited has applied to Auckland Council to subdivide the 1.6 hectare one-house property at 124 Mahurangi East Road, which is on the right-hand side of the road going down the hill into Snells, immediately north of Muncaster Road, and bordered to the south by Lett Road. Resource consent is needed as the proposal is non-complying with the land’s current zoning in the Auckland Unitary Plan, which is Residential – Large Lot. This means that any subdivision should be limited to four 4000 square metre building plots, rather than the 25 single house plots of 400 to 720 square metres being applied for. The land has housing developments to the north-east, across Mahurangi East Road, and south-east of Muncaster Road, but is surrounded by land zoned Rural Countryside Living to the west and conservation land to the north. The plans are being opposed by a group of neighbours and Snells Beach residents, who don’t want to see the tree-lined paddocks and a rustic red tin shed replaced by another new housing development. A public Facebook group has been set up – Say NO to High Density (Non-complying) Subdivision: 124 Mahurangi East Rd – and a letter of objection signed by 25 neighbours has been submitted. Posters by the group have expressed concerns over the

loss of an attractive green “buffer” on the edge of Snells Beach, the potential increase in already high traffic volumes and the fact that another attempt to overturn Unitary Plan zoning is being made. The applicants have submitted a 334page Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) as part of their resource consent application, in which they maintain that the development will be within the urban area of Snells Beach, rather than on the periphery, and can easily be connected to reticulated water. “The subject site and proposed development are effectively the northern bookend to Snells Beach and will reflect a similar character to the development on the opposite side of Mahurangi East Road,” the AEE says. “The proposed subdivision is of a character similar to the character of the immediately surrounding environment.” They also maintain that the site’s designation as Residential – Large Lot instead of Residential – Single House when the Unitary Plan was published in 2016 may only have been because Lett Road was unsealed. The application proposes upgrading Lett Road to a sixmetre wide sealed road with a footpath, and a traffic consultant’s report maintains that the anticipated number of additional vehicle trips is low and would be “barely noticeable” in the surrounding area. Auckland Council said last week that the application was being assessed by a planner and would be publicly notified “as soon as we are satisfied the details supplied are sufficient for members of the public to fully understand and comment on the proposal”.

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Luxury spa resort planned between Matakana and Omaha An upmarket Balinese-style spa and wellness resort with a pool complex, a health club and 30 luxury villas is being planned for Omaha Flats on land just north of Matakana Country Park. NoMA Luxury Villas and Spa Estate is being built by Auckland-based property development firm Matakana Tourism Group, with construction due to start by the end of the year and completion slated for early 2024. Options to buy the $1.5million 104 square metre two-bed villas have already been snapped up, and a professional resort operator is being sought to run the accommodation and spa complex. Owners of the two-storey furnished villas will get the right to stay at the resort for up to 180 days a year, with the units available

as accommodation for paying guests at all other times. There will also be a yoga studio, health club and gym with its own swimming pool, private massage suites, a communal swimming and spa pool complex, as well as outdoor communal entertaining and barbecue facilities. The resort’s landscaping and layout has been planned to “deliver a Balinese-styled sense of peace and serenity”, with lush tropical plants and boardwalks throughout the property. Matakana Tourism Group director Greg Robbins said NoMA would be an exciting project for the area, and stressed that the facilities would not just be for those staying in the villas. “The spa complex will be open, it will be a

public facility,” he said. “We’re currently in the process of looking for an international operator to run everything.” He added that NoMA’s name came from its position – North of Matakana – and its ethos would be very much environmentally focused. As an example, the land has its own water bore and will have its own on-site water purification and wastewater treatment plants. Bayleys Real Estate broker John Greenwood, who was responsible for selling the 30 furnished villas, said NoMA would be one of the biggest commercial accommodation providers in the region and would provide a fantastic addition to the tourism, spa and retreat industry. “There is a huge gap for this style of operation in the greater Auckland area –

an opportunity which Matakana Tourism Group clearly identified, and is now pursuing,” he said. Greenwood added that NoMA would be well placed to benefit from the attractions, amenities and major music events at the neighbouring Matakana Country Park. The resort site, which is situated between Omaha Flats and Leigh Roads, was formerly part of the country park complex and has long been consented for visitor accommodation. It was bought by Matakana Tourism Group around the time that the entire 10-lot country park site was sold by John Baker in 2017. Greg Robbins said detailed consent applications were currently being processed by Auckland Council. “This will bring a lot of work and muchneeded accommodation to the area,” he said.

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Wood Street upgrade scheme reaches final concept plan The lengthy and often controversial project to improve and upgrade Mangawhai’s main shopping street has reached its final design stage. Kaipara District Council released the concept design for Wood Street last month showing the key elements that it says will form the permanent layout for the revitalisation of the street’s public areas, parking spaces and streetscape. The design has been open for feedback and comments over the past few weeks, though anyone who still wishes to make a submission will need to hurry, as the final deadline is tomorrow, Tuesday, February 15. A Council spokesperson said feedback could still be emailed after this point, but February 15 was the cutoff date for feedback to be in time for consideration by the project team handling the final design. “The concept design for the permanent upgrade is a result of multiple community workshops, two trials, community and business feedback, vehicle data, surveys and data monitoring over the last two years,” she said. It was back in September 2019 that the redesign was first mooted, after Mangawhai Business Association approached Council to look at the issues of high levels of traffic, congestion and pedestrian safety in and around Wood Street, all of which are magnified during the peak summer season and public holidays. The first summer trial took place in 2019/20 and was followed by a number

of co-design community workshops and consultations the following winter. An interim design was installed in December 2020, which included one-way traffic, reconfigured parking and new public spaces with planters and street artwork. Some of the changes prompted strong feelings on social media, with a number of locals complaining, for example, that that the painted street art became dangerously slippery when wet, while others feared that feedback would not be listened to or acted upon. However, Council said the overall design has been tweaked and changed throughout the testing period. “This meant we continually improved key elements as we moved through the trial.” However, when the concept design was made public last month, some residents were still unhappy, complaining about the one-way and parking layout leading to congestion and voicing concern that the raised pedestrian crossings were not visible enough to drivers. The interim design has been 90 per cent funded by the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport, which awarded Council $455,000 from its Innovating Streets for People programme in 2020. It will remain in place through to 2023, as Council works on the permanent layout. The latest concept design can be seen at https://www.mangawhaicommunityplan. co.nz/uploads/Wood%20Street_%20 2021%20Holiday%20Billboard_%20 Rev%202%20(002).pdf

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Few may be aware that homeopathy was used extensively by doctors during pandemics in the past. I would imagine that most people would not realise that homeopathic hospitals were a reality either. Auckland even had its own homeopathic hospital in 1858. Of course, this was rather modest in comparison to the hospitals in the United States, which were seeing tens of thousands of patients a year. With respect to pandemics, however, the Spanish flu was perhaps the best example of homeopathy’s results. Many reports show evidence of a death rate around one per cent of patients with the Spanish flu who were admitted to homeopathic hospitals. This is in stark contrast to the death rate in mainstream hospitals, which was up to 60 per cent. Unfortunately, homeopathy has always come under severe pressure from the pharmaceutical system. But this hasn’t always deterred homeopathic progress. Constantine Herring was a medical doctor from Germany who was asked to expose homeopathy for its failings. Herring rose to the challenge and began investigating. But he ended up experiencing the benefits of homeopathy when he contracted gangrene in his right forefinger. He refused amputation and instead tried homeopathy and subsequently made a full recovery. He was the pioneer of homeopathy in the US. As pharmaceutical companies have grown, homeopathy has continued to succumb to pressure and attempts to stop it from being commercially available. One argument to the validity of homeopathy relates to claims that there is no good scientific research to support it. This is inaccurate as

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Road corridor use concerns raised A proposed Road Corridor Bylaw 2022 was presented to Auckland Council’s Rural Advisory Panel on February 4, raising more questions than answers. Five current bylaws have or will expire this year and Council is looking to replace them with one streamlined bylaw. It will regulate activity that is outside of typical transport issues such as filming, events, construction, stock crossings and even electric scooter licensing. Auckland Transport (AT) representative Andrew McGill, who presented the bylaw, said it was not intended to make any major changes. However, Franklin Local Board Member Alan Cole, who also runs a farm, raised

his eyebrow at some of the proposed regulations around moving livestock. The proposed bylaw would require two drovers, one over the age of 16, with one at the front and rear of the herd. Cole is a sole operator and saw the proposal causing a headache for himself and other sole operators. “A lot of people are sole operators and use dogs, that’s a potential issue we need to pick up,” Cole said. Moving livestock would also require road cones and 30-kilometre speed signs to be placed on the road beforehand. “In the time it would take me to put up signs, I would have moved the stock already,” Cole said.

Stock movements in the road corridor would also require compliance with the code of practice for temporary traffic management. This would mean to move stock in the road corridor, farmers would have to take up temporary traffic management training and be tested. Cole asked whether farmers would have to re-sit the test every two years? The question was left unanswered. Panel chair Cr Bill Cashmore said the bylaw had been written in an urban context rather than a rural context. Stock crossings were not the only concern the panel members had, however. Independent Māori Statutory Board

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Member Glenn Wilcox questioned how AT had incorporated tikanga for tangi, or funerals, in this bylaw. McGill stumbled on the question, eventually responding that the bylaw was put before the Independent Maori Statutory Board, but they had declined input. Wilcox asked for the minutes to be sent to him as he was on the board and wasn’t aware they had declined. Existing bylaws that have expired are being temporarily extended while Auckland Transport develops the new bylaw. AT is seeking public feedback on the bylaw until February 20. Info: https://at.govt.nz/ about-us/have-your-say/proposed-roadactivities-bylaw/

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Preserving the bounty At this time of year, the garden is a veritable cornucopia of fruits and vegetables. With only two of us at home now the kids have departed, there is more than we can ever hope to consume fresh. So, our home turns into a food processing factory. There are three main techniques we use to preserve the season’s bounty – freezing, drying and bottling. The choice of which technique to use depends on the type of crop, the time we have spare and the intended end-use. The bulk of the tomato crop is chopped into quarters and frozen, and this year Angela has hit on the idea of adding basil leaves to the top of each bag. We have a plentiful supply of basil, but being cold tender, is not readily available in winter when we are using the frozen tomatoes for delicious tomato soup, so having the frozen basil already in each bag to add was a brainwave! Some of the tomatoes will be sliced and dried in the dehydrator, then stored in olive oil, the perfect solution for homemade pizzas. If I get the time, I may make some of my extra-salty tomato paste which adds a real tangy, salty, umami bite to pizza sauce. It’s a laborious process using pulped roma tomatoes that are slowly boiled down, then sieved, spread out onto baking trays and slowly dried in the oven, while regularly re-spreading until the right consistency is achieved. Pasta sauce (and ratatouille) is best made during the summer, when there is also a plentiful supply of other vegetables such as zucchini, eggplant, mushrooms, capsicums, garlic and herbs such as thyme, basil, rosemary, parsley, oregano and

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The toilet block at Pahi is being replaced. It will be close to the buildings and beach, have good visibility and lighting for safety, and be accessible. It will also have a clean water supply. The caravan dump station will be retained. The site preferred is at the end of the hall, near to the current block, and in a style that blends in with the hall. Kaipara District Council is investigating engineering options before the proposed site and concept plans can be confirmed. It is likely to be several months before construction can start.

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Work is progressing well on the raw water main renewals in Maungaturoto. Kaipara District Council staff and contractors are replacing about 3000-metres of ageing raw water main pipes, starting at the Fonterra factory and moving towards the east on SH12. More than 2000 metres of replacement piping has been laid so far, with the last section of work now being undertaken alongside SH1. The project is working towards completion next month.

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Kaipara District Council’s Mangawhai office has installed a dedicated food scraps bin for the staff kitchen, thanks to Sustainable Kaipara and its Community Compost Collection Service. The team collects the bin weekly, and drops the food scraps at the community gardens. Over time, the scraps turn into nutrient rich healthy compost and a valuable resource that can be used to grow food. Sustainable Kaipara is currently investigating how it can roll its service out throughout the rest of the Kaipara. https://sustainablekaipara.org/the-compost-project/

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Grass seed struggles We’re halfway through summer and I’m sure your dogs are happily gallivanting through the bush and enjoying their summer. However, the smallest little grass seed can cause a surprisingly huge amount of grief for your pup! With summer and early spring, we tend to see long grasses thriving, especially in the north. Besides grass and pollen allergies, the little grass seed heads they produce have a sharp arrow-head point that can do quite a bit of damage. The seeds of these long grasses such as barley grass or needle grass can easily penetrate through skin, and many of them have tiny barbs that prevent them from falling back out. They can cause painful open wounds and when in the body, they can cause an infection with bacteria, either as an open infected wound or an abscess that forms around the foreign material. Most commonly, we see them around the toes, arm pits, mouth and ears, but once lodged into the skin, they can migrate anywhere in the body. They can present starting with an itchy, painful area on the skin with tiny red puncture holes, or an inflamed lump between the toes or affected area. If it has punctured the foot, it can also cause sudden lameness in your pet. We have been seeing an increase in the number of these cases through summer, with them mostly occurring between the toes. I had one severe case in one poor dog of multiple seed wounds under both armpits. I have had a colleague’s dog even have a grass seed migrate into its chest cavity from a seed that punctured the skin on its side. The best treatment is prevention, where

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possible, to avoid letting your dog run through long grass with seeding heads. However, if they go bashing through the paddock, make sure to give their hair coat and feet a thorough check after their walk and pluck out any seeds attached to their fur. However, if you suspect a grass seed infection and bring your pup to the vet, the treatment will depend on severity. If caught early, we can usually remove grass seeds either while they are still conscious or under light sedation, and provide medications for relief. If a little abscess has already formed, it would usually warrant a full sedation to

... make sure to give their hair coat and feet a thorough check after their walk and pluck out any seeds attached to their fur.

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lance and drain the abscess. We would often also explore the wound to see if we can find the seed. However, because of how small they are and the possibility of migration, these are often not successfully found. We then would have to treat the infection in the meantime, and wait for an abscess to form elsewhere, or hope that the grass seed had managed to be removed on its own. If the grass seed has migrated much deeper into the body, causing illness and a deeper infection, further diagnostics would be needed to locate the foreign seed and exploratory surgery under general anaesthetic would probably need to be undertaken.

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WARKWORTH & DISTRICTS RSA (INC) Notice of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Please take note that the Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at the Clubrooms, 28 Neville Street, Warkworth, at 10am Sunday 27th March 2022. BUSINESS: 1. Receive apologies 2. Confirm Minutes of AGM 21st March 2021 3. Presentation of Annual Reports and Accounts 4. Election of Officers 5. Election of Executive Committee 6. Notices of Motion Nominations for Officers and Committee as well as written Notices of Motion, are to be lodged with the Secretary no later than 9am Friday 11th March 2022.

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Puhoi road closure

Traffic will be disrupted on Puhoi Road over coming weeks while NX2 works on the Pūhoi off-ramp intersection, which will involve paving works, installing drainage and finishing works on the SH1 intersection. A spokesperson says that for safety reasons, and to minimise disruption to the travelling public, the work will be carried out at night. There will be traffic management in place on Pūhoi Road at night from Sunday to Thursday until March 10. However, the road will be closed completely for four nights from Sunday, February 20 to Wednesday, February 23, from 9.30pm to 4am. A spokesperson says the traffic management team may set up road cones and signage from 7pm, but Pūhoi Road will not be closed until 9.30pm. “You will be able to travel through the area until this time. During the Pūhoi Road closure, signposted detours will be in place. As the detours will add a considerable amount of time to your journey, we encourage you to plan your travel for outside the closure hours, where possible.”

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A roundup of sports activities and events in the district Puhoi women’s football The Puhoi Women’s Football team is looking for new players to join the squad this season. Interested players can contact Aaron on 0211 544 168. Netball Rodney AGM The Netball Rodney AGM, due to be held on February 17, has been cancelled. A Special General Meeting will be held at the Rodney Netball Centre in Wellsford on Thursday, March 3, at 7pm. The meeting will include the election of officers. All welcome. Mahurangi junior hockey The Mahurangi Junior Hockey Club will hold its annual general meeting outside the Mahurangi Rugby Club on Tuesday, February 22, at 7pm. The club would like to hear from people interested in joining the committee. Contact info@mahujuniorhockey.co.nz for more information. All welcome. Hockey trials Warkworth Hockey Club is holding trials for both the mens and women teams on Sunday, February 20 and Wednesday, March 2 at 6pm. Register your interest by emailing warkworthhockeyclub@gmail.com Matakana social tennis Matakana Tennis Club will be holding social round robin tennis every second Thursday from 6.30pm, with the next on February 24. $5 per session or free for members. Bring a friend, a drink and have a fun evening of tennis. All welcome. Info: Call 021 747 102 or email matakanatennis@gmail.com List sports news FREE by emailing news@localmatters.co.nz

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High hopes for upcoming season Although there remains some uncertainty around the exact practicalities of running tournaments in the red Covid setting, local football teams are optimistic and gearing up for a new season, three of which outline their hopes below. Warkworth Senior mens team have started preseason training on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6.30pm at Shoesmith Domain. Coach Jacob Paul says they are always looking for players and anyone is welcome to the sessions. “The more players we get, the more teams we can field, and we need to field more than one team,” he says. Warkworth has lined up a series of preseason games, the first one of which will be this Saturday, February 19 against Albany at Westlake Boys High School in Forrest Hill. There will then be a match every week until the Easter break and the start of the season proper in May. Paul says after two years of disruption due to lockdowns, they are determined to get plenty of games in early. “We didn’t finish the season last year, we had four or five games left when we were third in the sixth division,” he says. “That was better than the previous season, where we only played five games in total. This year, we’re hoping for a full season, but we’re also not completely sure how things will go, so have booked six to eight preseason games.” Paul has also just become coach of the Mahurangi College First XI, which he hopes will provide a spawning ground for future senior players. “The whole idea is to show them that it’s not that scary going from grade or college soccer to seniors,” he says.

Meanwhile, coaches are needed to train young players in ROSA 6th grade and up, which attracts school-age teams from Wellsford, Matakana, Mangawhai and Kaipara for weekly matches at the Port Albert sports ground. Wellsford Soccer Club’s Aaron Tipping says it’s more important than ever to make sure players are registered for the season. “We can only make a team if we have got the numbers through registration. If we don’t have the registration numbers, we can’t create a team and we can’t have a competition,” he says. “Kids need it after the last two years, for their mental health and physical activity. It’s a big thing to get them out and running around, seeing friends and enjoying life again.”

Recreational fishers are being encouraged to stick to the rules when they are out on the boat or at their favourite fishing or diving spot. Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) national manager for fish compliance, Niamh Murphy, says one tool that can ensure fishing and diving enthusiasts are following the catch limit rules is the NZ Fishing Rules app, which is available to download for free on both IOS and Android. Ms Murphy says the app provides detailed rules and regulations, including catch limits and minimum sizes, for kaimoana on a region-by-region basis. “It’s possible the rules you relied on last year may have changed, so our advice is to download the app and check the rules, or catch a fine,” she says. “Over the peak holiday season, between December 23 last year and January 9 this year, more than 6000 people downloaded the app, which was highly encouraging.” Despite the holiday season being a busy time for recreational fishing, inspections carried out by our fishery officers and honorary fishery officers throughout the country showed good levels of compliance from the public.

Matakana FC are hoping more teams will join their Rodney Otamatea Soccer Association (ROSA) Open Grade, which currently just has teams from Matakana, Warkworth and Wellsford competing. “We call ourselves a serious social league – we aim to win,” he says. “We’re open grade, so age 15 to 65, and we’re always looking for additional players, as some of the older people do pick up injuries every now and again. In any single year, it’s so hard to get 11 people on the field in any given week.” The team draws players from the wider Matakana area, including Whangaripo, Whangateau, Leigh, Pakiri, Omaha and Point Wells and trains on Wednesday nights at 6.30pm at Whangateau Domain. When the season was halted last year, Wellsford were winning, Matakana were second and Warkworth third.

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Art lovers, rejoice – the Mangawhai Art Trail is back this year and will be held as usual throughout the last weekend in February. More than 30 artists working in a diverse range of media will be setting up shop and opening their doors at 19 different home studio, gallery and other venues to show off their works, methods and inspiration. The 2022 weekend includes two new venues in Waipu and Waipu Cove, as well as three different sculpture sites. It will also incorporate ‘Finding Joy’, an exhibition at the Mangawhai Artists Gallery in Moir Street by Wendy Leach, Ian McGowan and Cliff McPherson. The three painters employ quite different artistic approaches, but were united in a common goal. “Our original idea of finding joy assumed that much of 2021 might be Covid-free, which of course wasn’t the case,” they say. “So how to try to find joy in a Covid world? Each artist, nudged along by our chosen theme, has been able to find some joy in the studio in 2021.” Other artists include first-time exhibitor Lisa Wintle, who will be displaying her detailed oil landscapes in a spot overlooking the estuary at the Pearson Street reserve.

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February 16-19

Four Flat Whites in Italy by Roger Hall, Warkworth Theatre Group, Warkworth Town Hall. Two mismatched couples struggle to get on during an OE. Info and tickets: www.wwtheatre.co.nz

Agriculture Emissions Roadshow, Wellsford Memorial RSA, 7-9pm. Discussing the options developed by the He Waka Eke Noa partnership as alternatives to the Emissions Trading Scheme. Info & register: https://beeflambnz.com/ emissions-pricing-roadshow

19-20

Aidan Smith running from Waipu to Puhoi to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House. 7am start, Waipu Beach carpark to 3am finish, Puhoi Sports & Community Club (see story p17)

Marine Megafauna webinar, 7pm. Online talk and question session with marine mammal and shark experts organised by Seaweek. Info and registration: https://seaweek.org.nz (see brief p53)

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Mangawhai Art Trail. More than 30 artists displaying their works at 19 different venues. Info, brochure and map: (see story p54)

Puhoi Market, Puhoi Pub grounds, 9am-1pm. Live music and great selection goods, food and crafts. Dog friendly, cash only, vaccine pass needed. Info: Jenny 0204 020 6154 to book a $20 space.

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New Easter date for food and beer fest

The first Matakana Food & Beer Festival that was due to take place on February 26 has been postponed to the Saturday of Easter weekend, April 16 due to Covid settings. The on-hold event promises more than a dozen breweries, including local favourites Sawmill, 8 Wired and McLeod’s, food from the Food Truck Collective and music from Nice n’ Urlich, Bavhu, Nyntee and Nigel Love. The food and beer fest is being staged at Matakana Country Park by Hidden Valley music festival organisers Reuben Rivers-Smith and Billy Vasdev. It is scheduled to run from 2pm to 9pm and buses will be provided from surrounding towns. The event’s Facebook page says full refunds will be offered to ticketholders who can’t make the new date. Info and tickets: www. matakanafoodbeerfest.com or www.facebook.com/matakanafoodbeerfest

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The Mangawhai Walking Weekend organisers have “very reluctantly” cancelled this year’s event, which was to have been held next month. “While we believe we could organise the event to comply with the rules under the Red traffic light rules, Omicron just makes things too uncertain,” they say.

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The effects of the Volcano Eruption and Tsunami on January 15th will be far-reaching, impacting the Tonga community for months, possibly years to come. We will be supporting The Rotary Club of Nuku’alofa and trusted partners in Tonga. It would appear from limited reports that the greatest impact is access to potable water, followed by land rehabilitation and the urgent need to restore livelihoods. There are currently 538 prepositioned Rotary Emergency Response Kits (ERKs) in Tonga available for distribution. There is need for more.

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Community asked to pitch in for puppy fundraiser front room of their home, where Pipsqueak is hanging out. They have plans to build another pod, but the current priority is to connect power and water to the existing facilities. Currently, water is ferried to the shelters by bucket. “The power and water will make cleaning, washing and caring for the puppies just so much easier,” Helen says. “We’ve had quotes and think we will need around $40,000.” The funds raised by Dan and Tania will go towards this project. “We just couldn’t do what we do without this sort of community support,” Helen says. “We really appreciate that they have chosen the sanctuary for this fundraiser.”

Warkworth volunteer firefighters, Dan Auber and Tania Wood, are taking up the David Goggins Challenge next month to raise money for the Country Retreat Animal Sanctuary. The 4x4x48 challenge involves running four miles (6.4km) every four hours for 48 hours. The run will take place on March 5 and 6 and is free to join, but runners are encouraged to use the event to raise funds for a charity of their choice. “We would love to have others join us and raise money for the animal sanctuary or just support us with a donation,” Dan says. Dan will be running legs of the event at Omaha Beach, Warkworth Showgrounds, at Conical Peak and around the Hepburn Creek area. Tania will be running the night legs at Fit Factory gym and at the showgrounds during the day.

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Rescuing pregnant dogs and puppies is not a job for the fainthearted. Sometimes it involves confrontations with gang members, the partners of women who are in violent relationships and people involved in dog fighting who would rather see the puppies used for bait. But as Helen Cook nuzzles a three-week-old rescue puppy called Pipsqueak, who needed to be feed two hourly around the clock when she arrived because she was so malnourished, the rewards of this work are obvious. Helen and husband Gavin are the owners of the Country Retreat Animal Sanctuary, just south of Warkworth. For the past 10 years, assisted by a devoted team of staff and volunteers, they have dedicated themselves to nursing abandoned and surrendered mother dogs and puppies back to health, and giving them a second chance. In the past two years alone, they have rescued and re-homed more than 300 puppies that came to the shelter from all over the North Island. Nobody pays them to do this – they didn’t win Lotto, and there are no government subsidies or rich benefactors. They do it out of the goodness of their hearts and finance it through their own pockets, along with donations and fundraisers. Caring for the puppies and re-homing them is not cheap. As well as food, there are vet bills and the sanctuary covers the vaccination and desexing costs for all the animals they re-home. One dog alone that needed a hysterectomy cost $2000. “Putting a dog down is a very, very last option,” Helen says. “The dog that had the hysterectomy recovered well and is now a much-loved pet.” Meanwhile, the need for the sanctuary continues to grow so the couple has embarked on an expansion plan. They have outfitted three separate areas, including two purpose-built pods or shelters, specifically for the puppies. These rooms are supplemented by Helen’s office, which is currently home to a mother dog and nine puppies, the couple’s garage, and the

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Donations to Dan and Tania’s fundraiser can be made here: https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/ david-goggins-challenge-forcountry-retreat-ani-1

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