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Leigh student pilots drone to save dolphins A fascination with drones has landed a Leigh Marine Laboratory student a place on a team using a high-tech unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a bid save the world’s most endangered dolphin. PhD student Hayley Nessia spent time in China to learn how to fly the JOUAV CW-25, which uses computer vision technology that is programmed to search for and track the distinctive Māui dolphin fin. The vision technology was developed in New Zealand by non-profit MĀUI63 and tracking operations are due to start in earnest on the west coast of New Zealand next month. Hayley got the plum role after regularly pestering Leigh senior laboratory technician Brady Doak to fly his hobby drone – a DJI Phantom Pro. When Brady was approached to fly the larger and much more sophisticated UAV to track Māui dolphin, he found he had too much on and recommended Hayley for the job. Although Hayley’s primary research interest involves lobsters, she leapt at the chance. “I’m really interested to see the uses drones might have for science,” she says. Hayley joined the Māui Drone Project – a collaboration between the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-New Zealand, the Government, fishing companies and technology experts – and was sent to China for two weeks to learn how to fly a JOUAV CW-25. The CW-25 looks like a small plane with a 4.5 metre wingspan, but can take off and land vertically using four electrically-powered propellers. Once in the air, it uses a two-stroke engine
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to power a single larger propeller, which drives the UAV forward. Each CW-25 costs around $300,000. Hayley says she has already successfully flown the CW-25 to track Hector’s dolphin in the South Island in January without serious mishap. Though the first time Drone Project team attempted to take off from a beach, they accidentally sucked sand into the propeller mechanisms and had to clean them out before re-attempting to fly. Now, a tarp is laid on the ground before attempting a beach take-off. The UAV has a range of 50km but currently CAA rules insist that pilots must be able to see their drone at all
times, limiting it to a range of about 2km. Hayley says the project team hopes to get permission from the CAA to extend the range in the future. A flight path is programmed into the UAV so that an onboard camera can systematically scan the ocean for Maui. Currently, scientists have little understanding of where Māui dolphin travel, how they use their various habitats and how often they swim into dangerous areas. The Maui Drone Project aims to fill these knowledge gaps. WWF-New Zealand chief executive Livia Esterhazy says with only around 60 Māui dolphin left, the current lack
of data is “unacceptable”. “If we don’t remove all the threats they face, protect the right places and Māui dolphins become entangled in fishing gear, or are harmed by seismic surveying, we could lose them forever. Their population is that critical,” she says. Hayley Nessia agrees, pointing out that the world’s smallest dolphin is only found on the west coast of New Zealand and has been there for about the last 15,000 years. “It would be a blow for New Zealand’s clean, green image if we lose something so rare and unique because we did not do anything about it,” she says.
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Kaipara District councillors will attend the Mangawhai Tavern Market this Saturday, March 20, seeking the public’s view on a proposed new library. Kaipara District Council says it has outgrown its current library facilities in Mangawhai and wants to gauge public support for a new library and gather feedback on where it should go. The results of the library consultation will inform Council’s Long Term Plan (2021-2031) – Towards a Better Kaipara. The proposed library would be funded through a mix of development contributions, financial contributions and loans. Full details are on page 48 of the Long Term Plan (LTP) consultation document available at www.kaipara. govt.nz, plus information on how to make a submission. The public has until April 1 to make submissions on the LTP. Councillors attending the market will also be available to talk about other aspects of the LTP.
The new wire rope barrier will mimic the one installed by Sheepworld.
Barriers part of Dome safety NZ Transport Agency has started installing another 2.2kms of flexible wire rope barrier along the Dome Valley to prevent head-on crashes. The flexible wire will run through the road centre line south of Wayby Valley Road, from 70m south of the Hoteo River Bridge to 100m north of Waitaraire Bridge. Installation began on Thursday, March 4, and was expected to continue for two weeks. The Dome Valley improvements are part of a government safety strategy, which aims to reduce deaths and serious injuries on New Zealand roads by 40 per cent over the next 10 years. When a vehicle hits a wire rope barrier the high-tension wire cables flex, slowing down the vehicle and redirecting it back into the middle of the road to prevent collisions with roadside hazards or oncoming vehicles. It is claimed that the flexibility in the wire rope means the barrier absorbs energy, reducing the force on drivers and passengers, resulting in less severe injuries than other barrier systems.
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Spotlight on Warkworth Highest rainfall day February 14 (83.5mm)
Year to date: 178mm
Fact: Warkworth’s February rainfall was just 0.5mm off the 20-year average of 94mm. At the end of February last year, the year’s total was just 14.5mm, compared to 178mm this year. * All figures collected by Mahurangi Matters. Do not reproduce without the permission of Local Matters Inc.
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Kowhai Festival shrinks after Covid The Kowhai Festival will be a radically scaled back event this year, which organisers say returns the celebration to a scale that more closely fits with its roots. The festival will comprise a slimmed down Huge Day Out on Saturday, October 16, The Great Debate on Saturday, October 23, and a Kowhai Festival Children’s Event on Sunday, October 24. The Huge Day Out will be confined to the Warkworth wharf area and will comprise around 20 to 30 stalls featuring arts, crafts, food and wine along with live entertainment. Stalls will be run by people from the Mahurangi area, selling NZ-made products. Festivals in recent years have featured around 200 stalls the length of Queen Street and Baxter Street, and attracted around 20,000 people. Festival spokesperson Murray Chapman says the The Huge Day Out will be promoted more to local people, rather than more widely as before, since it will be impossible to fit that
Calling all birdmen A Birdman competition is planned for the revamped Kowhai Festival. It will be held on the day of the children’s event. A scaffold will be built and competitors, equipped with wings and other flying contraptions, will walk a plank and jump off into the Mahurangi River. The winner will be the one who can “fly” the furthest. Would-be competitors are encouraged to start on their designs.
The famed raft race will return for the 51st Kowhai Festival.
many people in the wharf area. He adds the switch back to holding the event on Saturday, while at the same time keeping Queen Street clear, should provide a boon to local retailers and restaurants. Retailers on Queen Street will be welcome to run stalls of their own outside their shops. The children’s event on October 24 is
something new and will take place in Baxter Street. It will see the return of the Kowhai Festival Raft Race – a hugely popular part of the festival back in the 70s and 80s – sponsored by Barfoot and Thompson. In addition, there will be a range of children’s amusements and rides, currently being finalised. The Great Debate will run along the same lines as previous years.
Brigades contain night blaze in Mangawhai Six fire crews spent six hours battling a blaze at PlaceMakers in Mangawhai last Thursday night, March 11. Mangawhai fire chief Robert Leslie said the fire was “well involved” when crews arrived at 9.15pm. Flames were leaping out the windows. Robert said he could see the blaze lighting up the night sky on his way into the station. Crews from Kaiwaka, Maungaturoto, Waipu and Paparoa assisted the Mangawhai brigade and had the fire contained by around 3am. The building suffered heat damage and some structural damage at the source of the fire, but remains intact. “It’s always good when you can get on top of a major fire like that,” Robert said. “PlaceMakers was a big supporter of the brigade when we were fundraising for the new station.” Fortunately, the PlaceMakers was just
PlaceMakers in Mangawhai is damaged, but still intact.
100 metres across the road from the fire station. Robert said neighbours were not evacuated, but crews were carefully monitoring a gas bottle exchange nearby. Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the fire.
PlaceMakers northern manager John Gair said an engineering assessment was also underway. He said the site was closed and customer orders were being fulfilled by the Whangarei branch. He thanked fire crews for their quick response.
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Toastmasters will take on a combined Lions-Rotary team to debate the proposition that Warkworth should be renamed Matakana South. Toastmasters will then go up against a team of celebrities – yet to be confirmed – to debate the proposition that married men live longer. The Warkworth Town Hall’s doors will open at 6pm for The Great Debate and the first debate starts at 7pm. Mr Chapman says the more modest Huge Day Out partly reflects the fear that if a huge event is organised like before, it may have to be cancelled due to Covid-19, which is what occurred last year. He says that in common with other organisations around the country, the festival committee is finding it tough to get people to come on board and help with organising and running the events. “To run a festival on the scale of the 50th anniversary event in 2019 requires a lot of long-term volunteers on hand. We are missing that year-on-year experience and have done for the last two years,” Mr Chapman says. He says people often worry about the time commitment involved but, in fact, it is not a huge burden and brings big rewards. “There’s no feeling like it when you are down by the wharf or overlooking Lucy Moore Park and see the crowds of people all having a good time, and thinking to yourself, ‘I had a small part to play in doing that’,” he says. This year will be the 51st Kowhai Festival – the second longest community festival in the country. To learn more about volunteering at the Kowhai Festival or to enter a raft in the raft race, email murray@ onemahurangi.co.nz WWW.RDCONSTRUCTION.CO.NZ
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Craig Rickit, Snells Beach
On foreign waste Isn’t Waste Management owned by a Chinese company now? I think I read that somewhere. Why is rubbish from New Caledonia allowed to be dumped here in New Zealand? Why isn’t it sent back to France? They are the protectorate for New Caledonia. Would you trust the Chinese owner of Waste Management to not bring other materials into the country from, say China. Who would know? The way China is running roughshod over the rest of the Pacific countries, would you really trust Waste Management to not bring in more harmful waste? I have sat on the sidelines these past months, watching and reading what Waste Management is wanting to do, and this eye-opener regarding rubbish from the Pacific, and namely New Caledonia, made me think, what else are they not telling us? What has Redvale received that is more than harmful to the environment? The mind now boggles. This “dump” should not be in our backyard, and does Auckland Council really know what has been brought into the country by Waste Management, I wonder. Brian Henman, Snells Beach Waste Management is indeed Chinese owned – Ed
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Forget tolls, it’s speed I read the article regarding the proposed road toll for the new piece of motorway between Puhoi and Warkworth (MM Mar 3). To my knowledge the proposal has, and always was, for a user-pay tolls on this section of road. My hope would be that the road is not tolled, but I think the fact is we will be facing tolling charges for its use. My concern is that the state highway we currently use has a speed limit of 100km per hour. The powers-to-be intend to drop that road speed to 80km/h once the new motorway opens. They would say this is done for safety. This is a crock – I drive it all the time, day and night. It is, and has always has been, safe at 100km/h. If safety was so critical, surely the speed limit should have been dropped decades ago. The timing suggests it is being done because they see the old road being competitive to the new, which if left at 100km/h will take revenue away from the newly-constructed motorway. They did exactly the same on the old road between Orewa and Puhoi once the new motorway opened. My thoughts: the bigger issue is to fight the speed drop on the old road, therefore giving us locals a fairer alternative. I would love to see the Mahurangi Matters do a campaign to see what the local feeling is towards this anti-competitive move towards lowering this speed limit. Over the years, our governments have pushed laws against anti-competitive regimes, yet here they are proposing exactly that. I look forward to
Hill Street back on agenda Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers says the Hill Street intersection looks likely to figure in Auckland Council’s 10-year budget, following a meeting with the Auckland Transport board of directors. Late last week, Cr Sayers says he has secured indications from the board that $7 million will, in all probability, be set aside to purchase land and secure a resource consent to upgrade the troubled intersection. This will mean the project will not end up a “dead duck in the water”. Confirmation that the funding has indeed been allocated will come following the release of the proposed Regional Land Transport Plan, due later this month. Last month, the absence of any mention of Hill Street in Auckland
Pressure group Fix Hill Street Now posted billboards decrying the fact Hill Street was absent from Council’s 10-year budget.
Council’s proposed 10-year budget prompted fears the project would be deferred for another decade.
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Cat-a-tonic Warkworth Vets partner Danny Cash admitted falling into a classic trap for young players when speaking at the opening of their new animal hospital last month. He told guests that shortly after he graduated, he was required to pass on some tragic news to someone about their beloved pet hopefully seeing and reading some investigative work from the paper into this issue, which has been shadowed by the bigger picture of us trying to
cat. The owner was understandably very upset and said to him that all she wanted was a hug. “I was quite surprised, but thought okay, that must be what we do as vets, so I gave her a hug,” Danny recalled. “But after about 30 seconds, she said ‘I meant with the cat’.” fight against the proposed toll. John Greacen, Matakana We will look into it - Ed
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Most kiwis would be amazed to learn that New Zealand takes in waste from France (Dome likely dumping ground for New Caledonia waste, MM March 3). The point is that New Caledonia is not some poor Pacific island, it is a territory, aka colony, of France. It is owned, run and financed by France. Why should we be taking their waste? From 1965 to 1996 we took some of their nuclear waste through the airwaves, and I think I recall they blew up a ship in Auckland port and killed a person. Was that not enough? Wake up, New Zealand!
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We asked our Facebook followers if the Puhoi to Warkworth (Ara Tūhono) motorway should be tolled. Here are some of the responses: Si Hawken No, as we in the north are constantly having to put our hands in our pockets for more infrastructure. Should have put a toll on Waterview Tunnels. Probably should have left the tolls on the Harbour Bridge. That would have paid for a lot of infrastructure projects. Jess Burrows Yes, but just add 50 cents or $1 to the existing one. Leo Fels Of course not, but will saying that make any difference? North of Auckland is being unfairly targeted. Where else on any recently built motorways in and out of Auckland has there been a toll charge set? Only the Orewa to Johnstones Hill tunnels section – yes, the north of Auckland! Olive-Ann Den Hertog (Abridged) Not for residents of Rodney, yes for everyone else. Sure, there are free alternate routes but no one wants all the local daily traffic taking that or they
won’t be safe for anyone, including all the residents of those areas. The whole idea of the new highway is to make roads safer for the people who travel them every day, so don’t toll the new road and make us pay for safety! Yes 2%
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Mahurangi residents flee to higher ground following Kermadec Islands quakes Residents of low-lying coastal areas, including Omaha, Whangateau and Point Wells, headed for the hills, following news that an 8.1 magnitude earthquake had struck offshore from the Kermadec Islands on Friday, March 5. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) issued an alert to east coast residents of the Auckland region warning of unpredictable tidal surges and asked them to stay off the water. An evacuation alert was issued for communities in the Far North and Whangarei. Tsunami sirens and mobile phone alerts also prompted residents of Mangawhai to head for higher ground, including the evacuation of Mangawhai Beach School. Coastal residents in Pakiri were encouraged to take refuge inland by police conducting checks at beaches. Although NEMA issued no evacuation alert in Rodney, Matakana Valley Road was lined with parked cars on the Matakana/Whangaripo hill where there was a good view of the coast. Although a tsunami never arrived, residents witnessed a number of tidal surges and unusual currents in Leigh and Pakiri. The alert was stood down after five hours. Auckland Emergency Management (AEM) is the Civil Defence entity for the Auckland region. AEM spokesperson Charlotte Rosier
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says in the event of an evacuation alert in Mahurangi, tsunami sirens would sound in Omaha, Point Wells and Whangateau. This would be followed by an emergency mobile alert, similar to Covid-19 alerts. Residents can check the Hazard Viewer tool at www. aucklandemergencymanagment.org.nz to see if they live in a tsunami risk zone. Ms Rosier says households in Whangateau or Point Wells may wish to evacuate to elevated areas in Ti Point or Leigh in the event of a tsunami warning. She says Omaha has signs at the boat ramp and surf club indicating where to evacuate to in an emergency, including a walkway into the hills at the southern end of Mangatawhiri Road. “We ask that people walk, bike or
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Ms Rosier say it is important to follow official advice in case of an incident, but some common sense is also required. “If you feel an earthquake that makes it hard to stand up, or a weak rolling earthquake that lasts a minute, or even see a sudden rise or fall in sea level, don’t wait for official advice. “Instead go immediately to the nearest high ground or as far inland as you can, taking the route that is quickest for you.” AEM is doing its biannual test of the tsunami sirens in Rodney on Easter Sunday April 4.
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Ten years into the Supercity and how has it panned out? Unfortunately, Wellsford was slow to get off the mark as people in Wellsford did not understand the submission process. They did not understand that after every Auckland Council election they have to submit on proposed works to footpaths, roads, drainage, park upgrades and so forth. This is to ensure they are included in a works programme. It seems stupid to logical thinking people that you must keep submitting on the same items each time. Ratepayers believe Council has a duty of care to provide the service that they pay for and they should not have to badger Council to get basic items repaired or renewed. But to neglect to submit means the item has no more money spent on it, and it inevitably fails. Because Council has gone digital and used more social media methods to advertise the submission process, they have neglected the technologically disadvantaged members of our community who are not on social media. These people therefore don’t make submissions, leading Council to erroneously believe that the community is satisfied with the status quo. That’s why it is so important to submit on Auckland Council’s 10-year budget, which closes on March 22. We need to submit or we lose. What goes into this 10-year plan is what will determine what Wellsford receives. Auckland Council has many branches including Auckland Transport, Heathy Waters, Community Services and more. The people that work in these departments do the best with what they are given. What is hard to understand, though, is the inequity in the amount spent because of population. To maintain an unsealed road costs 18 cents per square metre. To tarseal 1.8 kilometres of rural road costs $1.80 per square metre. However, to tarseal and upgrade Puhunui Road, in south Auckland, cost $1600 per square metre. This equates to $16 million for 1.6 kilometres. Unbelievable! I believe that each Council department should complete an infrastructure project in each subdivision. Imagine then what could be achieved in 10 years. Instead, Wellsford is looking at 160 metres of footpath on School Road and a new footpath on Rodney Street in Wellsford, and we may receive a footbridge sometime in the next two years. On a happier note, here are some positive developments that are worth pointing out … • The toilets in Wellsford are still coming. • Currys Bush track is near completion, thanks to Caroline Milner. • Watercare has upgraded the Hood Street waterline, upgraded the sewerage plant and installed the new water bore to support our town water supply. Awesome effort, thank you. • Alan Wallace and his team at Auckland Transport have progressed the unsealed road upgrade programme. They also completed tarsealing of Wellsford Valley Road. An excellent contribution, thank you. Finally, I will not be supporting targeted rates for our drainage areas. I support the farmers who argue general rates should cover this work. To submit on Auckland Council’s 10-year budget, visit akhaveyoursay.nz/recoverybudget
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Clayden Road plan change allows for 1000 new homes A plan change application allowing for more than 1000 new homes to be built on land either side of the new Matakana link road has been approved by commissioners, three months after a hearing in November. The zoning change means more than 100 hectares of land north of Warkworth Showgrounds and west of Clayden Road will switch from its designation as future urban land with some light industry to mainly residential, with neighbourhood shops, open space and rural zones. Entry to the development would be via three access points on the link road, which would likely be controlled by traffic lights. The applicants were five landowners who own the bulk of the land – Warkworth Land Co, White Light Family Trust, Kaurilands Trust, Rob Mills and Patrick and Laura Richards. The hearing panel of Les Simmons, Bridget Gilbert and Michael Parsonson pointed out in their decision that the land had already been identified for urbanisation by Auckland Council’s Future Urban Land Supply Strategy, which sought it to be developmentready by next year. “The primary issues with respect to the plan change is how rezoning and development is to proceed, rather than whether or not urban zones and development are to take place,” hearing chair Les Simmons said in his decision report.
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They identified a number of contentious issues, including alignment with the Warkworth Structure Plan, lot size in the northern section, stream protection, stormwater, walkways, roads, the location of a new park, the status of three noteworthy trees at 245 Matakana Road, and the likelihood of reverse sensitivity – new residents complaining about established activities – at Warkworth
Showgrounds, Skywork Helicopters and industrial land off Goatley Road. However, in most instances the panel concluded that provisions in the plan change were either sufficient to deal with the issues, they were consistent with existing plans or they would best be resolved at the detailed design and planning stage, when resource consent applications were made. A Council proposal to list two pin
oaks and a liquid amber tree at 245 Matakana Road – the property immediately south of the link road entrance – that stood out due to their age, size and visibility as “notable trees” in the Unitary Plan was unsuccessful. Council planner Petra Burns said incorporating the three trees into a future development was “very unlikely” to make it economically unviable. “Stand alone trees can be fairly easily designed into any subdivision layout and mature vegetation often adds appeal to new residential subdivisions, giving them a sense of established character and amenity,” she said. However, the commissioners said that despite two arborists finding the 60 to 80-year-old trees scored more than enough points on a scale that determined if a tree was worthy of being designated as notable, they were siding with the applicants’ arborist, Craig Webb, who concluded they were not special enough to merit protection and retention. “We find the evidence of Mr Webb more compelling,” the report said. “Despite scoring sufficient points to enable these trees to be considered, a broader conclusion can be reached that these trees do not have significant values to support their scheduling as notable trees.” The full hearing decision document can be read online at www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ UnitaryPlanDocuments/pc-40decision.pdf
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which the Council will decide on a single option for formal consultation in August or September. Based on feedback, a final proposal will be notified in November which can be appealed. The resulting decision will define the next year’s local government elections in Kaipara.
Drop in drainage session this week Rural landowners, angry at being asked to pay a special targeted rate to maintain stormwater drains in Tapora and Te Arai, are expected to descend on an Auckland Council drop-in session in Wellsford this week. Council is proposing a localised levy in its 10-year budget to raise the estimated $60,000 annual maintenance cost, which could see some residents asked to pay thousands of extra dollars in rates. Funding has been allocated from general rates in the past, although not enough to fix and adequately maintain the system.“In all other rural areas of Auckland, private landowners are responsible for maintaining and renewing the drainage assets located on their land,” Council says in its Budget supporting information document. The drop-in session will be held at Wellsford Library on Tuesday, March 16, from 10am to noon.
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A representation review in the Kaipara district could dramatically shake up the democratic landscape. The review could redefine Kaipara District Council (KDC) ward boundaries and shift the focus of power toward Mangawhai and Kaiwaka. The review seeks to address the current under representation of the Kaiwaka -Mangawhai ward in favour of the Dargaville ward. The review has also been triggered by the need to implement a new Maori ward. Election Services general manager Dale Ofsoske made a presentation to KDC this month outlining different possible options for the new democratic format. He explained that councillors must be allocated to each ward based on its population as a percentage of the total district population. It is a binding rule that “representation variance” cannot be out by more than plus or minus 10 per cent. However, population estimates from last year show that the Kaiwaka-Mangawhai ward is currently under represented by 38 per cent, while Dargaville is over represented by 21 per cent. The Otamatea and West Coast-Central wards are sufficiently balanced. Mr Ofsoske presented several potential options that would balance representation in the four communities, as well as the new Maori ward. The first options dispensed with the existing four wards – Dargaville, Kaiwaka-Mangawhai, Otamatea, West
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Vale Diana Moore
Artist Diana Moore died peacefully, aged 59, at her home in Maungaturoto last month. Her husband Richard, and daughters, Jess and Anna, were by her side and she woke briefly, before passing, to tell each of them she loved them. Diana was born a twin in a family of nine children in Auckland. She fell in love with an artist, Richard Moore, with whom she would have two children and share 35 years of marriage. She learned to draw and paint from Richard, and became a renowned artist in her own right. The couple taught private art lessons and workshops to more than 18,000 students over 26 years. They held classes in Kerikeri, Auckland, Whangarei and Maungaturoto, and even led art holiday tours to Australia, Fiji, Tahiti and Rarotonga. Diana lived in Maungaturoto for 15 years, after moving from Kerikeri to be closer to family in Auckland. She made a significant impact in the town. In 2013, Diana and Richard took charge of beautifying gardens in Maungaturoto for the town’s 150-year anniversary. They applied for funding from the Kaipara District Council and were able to do the work on a humble budget, thanks to clever designs and a community that rallied behind them. In 2016, Diana and Richard also planted 60 fruit trees at the Maungaturoto Country Club to provide for future generations. Diana was always willing to lend a hand. When a neighbour’s house burnt down in 2018, and they
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Busy knitters Helen Parkes and Richard Calder It’s a start – only 2km to at the Click Clack Club. go …
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Knitters wrap Leigh in giant scarf A giant 2.5km woollen scarf will be the centrepiece of a new midwinter community event being planned for Leigh by the Foundation Art Gallery & Arts Hub – but founder Hillary Austin Calder needs a lot of knitters to make it happen. The idea of Snugleigh, as the event has been dubbed, is to make and wrap an extra-long scarf around the triangle of land bordered by Seatoun Avenue, Cumberland Street and Hauraki Road, past the fire station, preschool, community hall, playing fields and primary school. However, it’s going to take a heck of a lot of wool, so Hillary is appealing for knitters to join in the challenge of making the thousands of separate sections that will be required. She has started the Click Clack Club at Foundation every Wednesday evening from 7pm to 9pm for social knitters, and contributions from home knitters are also welcome. She says there are no rules, except for the width of each section. “We’re all using different sized needles and stitches, they just have to be 15cm wide and preferably wool,”
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Folk music returns to hall The Whangateau Folk Club at the Whangateau Hall is cranking up again after multiple lockdowns. On Friday, March 19, Gillian Boucher and Bob McNeill will be on stage to promote their 2019 album, Race for the Sun. Club coordinator Jenine Abarbanel says these two award-winning musicians combine to create a magical experience deeply seeded in their passion for Scottish traditional music. “Gillian is an exceptional fiddler and dancer from eastern Canada’s Scottish-infused Cape Breton Island, while Bob is an acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter from Scotland,” Jenine says. The show starts at 7.30pm with a $15 entry fee. Then, on the monthly club night on Monday March 29, the guest artists will be the folk-pop duo Looking for Alaska. Aaron Gott and Amy Maynard have opened for the likes of Fly MY Pretties, Herbs and Tiny Ruins, and were a featured act at the Canterbury Folk Festival. Doors open at 7pm, entry at the door $10.
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The community is invited for fiesta fun.
Fun-filled fiesta returns to Warkworth School
All is not well at the gardening club. From left, Reverend (Richard Boyle), Elizabeth Coyle QSM (Rosie Hutchinson), Maureen (Robyn Webb), Pam (Dianne Morgan), Det. Toogood (Michael Bugbee), Esme (Pauline Hirst), Nigel (Dave Morgan) and Alec (Frank Webb).
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Warkworth Theatre Group will present Gone to Seed at the Warkworth Town Hall next month, a comedy written by New Zealand playwright Tim Hambleton. A gardening club meets monthly in a church hall and is losing members due to old age, illness or accident. It is also in financial difficulties, not helped by the unpleasant local church “Reverend” – an ex-member of the club, played by Richard Boyle. Things start to go even further awry when the minister suspects the club of drug dealing and engages a hopelessly inept detective to investigate. Gone to Seed is directed by Lee-Anne Scarth –
the third time she has directed for the Warkworth Theatre Group. She says following a year of cancelled productions, she is looking forward to presenting Gone to Seed. “This light-hearted comedy, with its interesting characters, offers a chance for locals to escape for a night of fun and laughter while supporting their local community,” she says. Gone to Seed runs from Thursday, April 15, to Saturday April 24. There will be a cash bar and door sales. For tickets and info, visit www.wwtheatre.co.nz. Tickets are also available from Mahurangi Matters.
After last year’s cancellation due to Covid-19, the Warkworth School Fiesta is returning with a bigger format, thanks to newly-completed school grounds. The fiesta will be held on Friday, March 26, from 3pm to 6pm. Activities include a bouncy castle, sponge throw competition, face painting, jewellery making, a toilet roll toss, fire truck rides, raffles and auctions. “It is a highlight for the school community, and we would love more of the public to come and experience this fun evening with us,” PTA member Fleur Auber says. The fiesta is Warkworth School’s main fundraising event for the year. Proceeds from this years event will help buy a shade canopy for the junior playground, build vegetable gardens and extend the school orchard. “We want to create a sensory garden with fragrant herbs and flowers that attract bees and butterflies. It will be a quiet, restful place where kids can revive,” Fleur says. Any business that would like to help by sponsoring a stall, or donating goods or services for the silent auction, is invited to get in touch with Fleur at pta@warkworthschool.nz.
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Coastguard invitation to cruise Kawau Volunteer Coastguard has started urgent fundraising for a $250,000 upgrade to its rescue boat and is inviting the community to “cruise for a cause”. The boat is 11 years old and is scheduled for a refit later this year to allow volunteer crew to continue their work. To raise money, the Kawau unit is hosting a twilight cruise along the Matakana coast, around Kawau Island, Moturekareka Island and Motuketekete Island, as well as up the Mahurangi River. The cruise will take place on Thursday, March 25, from 6pm to 10pm. Tickets are $150 and include a welcome drink, surf n’ turf style buffet and prize entry. It will be strictly limited to 100 passengers. The cruise is sponsored by Kawau Cruises, Sculptureum, Warkworth Butchery, Schnapper Rock seafood, New World Warkworth and Mediaworks radio. “Without the community supporting us, we cannot do our job of saving lives at sea,” crewman Paul Steinkamp says.
Kawau Coastguard has been kept busy this summer. It performed 13 rescues between Anniversary Weekend and Waitangi Weekend alone. In one midweek rescue, crew responded to a father and two small children in distress. The man could not get his engine started and his boat was drifting onto rocks at the entrance to the Mahurangi River. Coastguard volunteers got a line to the vessel and transferred the young children to the rescue boat while the mechanical fault was resolved. The next day, they were called to a large steel boat was taking on water and would have soon been lost. While two crewmen pumped out water, volunteers were able to locate the breach and patch it with copper, wood and wedges. Paul says the rescue service is often all that stands between boaties being stranded, and some cases are a matter of life and death. Buy tickets: https://kawau-coastguardtwilight-cruise.lilregie.com
Art supports hospice The annual art exhibition for Warkworth Wellsford Hospice, mARTakana, held in January raised $28,000. More than 340 pieces of art were displayed, representing the work of more than 80 artists from throughout New Zealand. Harbour Hospice marketing specialist Emma Oliver says there were many positive comments, particularly about the high standard of art. Across the four days, 120 pieces were sold.
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From left, Julian Ostling, Ngati Manuhiri’s Te Ao Rosieur and Delma Okane, Kylie Ryan from Mahu City Express, Transport Minister Michael Wood, and JW Group’s Jo Crickett and Wei Zhou at the new e-coach launch.
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Transport Minister Michael Wood was among the guests at Sculptureum last month when Mahu City Express revealed its brand-new luxury electric coach. The $600,000 40-seat vehicle was supposed to be on the road last winter, but Covid-19 lockdowns caused extensive delays. Mahu City Express founder and director Julian Ostling said it had been a tough year, but funding support from government agency the Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority and partnership with bus importer J W Group meant they were almost ready to go. “Now we are just waiting for the charger to make it off the port, and we can look forward to providing our passengers with the ultimate experience – zero stress, zero emissions, luxury commuting,” he said.
Senior vet Roger Dunn said the new surgery was a long way from when some post mortems used to have to be carried out in a car port right next door to a restaurant.
As well as cutting emissions, the vehicle’s running costs will come in at around one fifth of an equivalent diesel bus. Minister Wood said transport made up to 47 per cent of New Zealand’s carbon dioxide emissions and it was critical that buses were cleaned up and de-carbonised. “Mahu City Express is ahead of the pack and doing things first. That’s what it’s going to take, so I seriously take my hat off to you,” he said. “You’re not just a little business, you have a great, supportive community encouraging and supporting you to make this venture possible. I hope we see you grow and thrive, and that they come to your service in even greater numbers, because they recognise what you have done.” The new e-coach was blessed by Te Ao Rosieur and Delma Okane, of Ngati Manuhiri.
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New animal hospital opens it doors The walls of the spacious new Warkworth Vets’ hospital in Hudson Road rang with laughter last month, as senior vet partners regaled more than 100 visitors with stories of various veterinary adventures and mishaps over the years. The occasion was the official opening of the new facility just a day before the practice moved over from its old Neville Street surgery. Support the advertisers who support Mahurangi Matters.
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Fascinated by the fleet In August 1925, the American Battle Fleet visited Australia and New Zealand, marking the alliance between America and the British Empire. Albertland photographer Harold Marsh was enthusiastic about all things military, having been a lieutenant in the Rodney Mounted Rifles. The fleet visit was not to be Ferrying sightseers out to the USS Colorado, W H missed, so he packed up his Marsh Collection bulky glass plate camera and caught the train to Auckland. On August 11, Harold went to Emily Place hoping to find a suitable vantage point for taking photos of the fleet’s arrival. He spotted the Seaman’s Mission, which had people on its flat roof, and thought he would try a bit of cheek – asking a lady on the door if he could go up. Although it wasn’t supposed to be open to the public, she kindly let him through. Preceded by seaplanes, eight battleships, including the mighty California (flagship) and the even larger Colorado and Maryland sailed past North Head to their anchorages in the Waitemata. Harold took seven snapshots, six of the fleet and one of the crowd in Emily Place. The following day, 80,000 spectators watched the sailors parade up Queen Street. “For once, Aucklanders came out of their shells and cheered,” the New Zealand Herald reported. Harold’s niece Daisy Farmer was working in Auckland at the time and later wrote home to Wharehine: “The fleet has been here and the time was short and precious. A fortnight doesn’t give you much time to get acquainted does it, but most of us girls managed the trick.” Daisy and some workmates made friends among the crew of the Colorado, who escorted them on a tour of the battleship, with Daisy noting that the engine room was so warm she nearly roasted. Monday night and Tuesday morning were times for goodbyes. Daisy wrote, “It was all too funny for words, the sailors and their girls saying the final goodbyes. Every one of the sailors busted out howling and most of the girls followed suit. They sailed yesterday at 9.30 and in lovely fine weather. They arrived in the sunshine and departed in it, leaving a lot of broken-hearted girls behind. You can’t imagine how quiet and lonely it is in town now.” The warships had been open daily to the public, ferries providing transport to the larger vessels. Only the California was berthed at Princes Wharf; the other battleships rode at anchor in the channel. Harold Marsh was among the many visitors – his camera recording images of ferries, seaplanes, battleships, naval cutters and the Auckland wharves. These are a precious and enduring record of an historic occasion.
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Photographers showcase region’s hidden gems A tranquil shot taken at the Warkworth cement works has been chosen as the winning entry in the Hidden Gems section of the Bayleys “This Is Us” photo and video competition. The photo is the work of amateur photographer Heidi Yap, who moved to the area with her family five years ago. Chief judge Peter Young described the winning image as a well composed
photo that captured the best of one of the area’s favourite hidden gems. Second place went to Kara McNeil’s photo of the pohutukawa shaded jetty at Point Wells and third was Sarah Clark’s shot taken at the Pohuehue viaduct. Judges were impressed with the range of photos entered in the hidden gems section, which captured fresh
perspectives on many familiar special places in the region. The competition is being run by Matakana Coast Tourism in four sections and there is still time to enter the last two categories: • Outdoors – nature, landscape and wildlife (entries close March 31) • Food and beverage (entries close April 30).
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Mahurangi family pins hopes on life-changing surgery A 12-year-old Warkworth girl will travel to New York next month for life-changing pioneering surgery that will give her a chance at a normal teenage life. Sienna Houston has been diagnosed with “idiopathic adolescent scoliosis”, a severe curvature of the spine. If left untreated, her spine will continue to degenerate and result in a life of debilitating agony. Mum Kim Byrne says already Sienna’s ribs are already uneven and one of her shoulders sits nearly two inches higher than the other. Her ribs are putting pressure on her lungs and stomach, impairing her ability to breathe and eat. Sitting or standing for long periods of time causes her physical discomfort, and it is difficult for her to sleep. “She isn’t able to participate in sport, and she doesn’t feel comfortable going swimming. It is a lot to deal with at age 12,” Kim says. Sienna’s parents met with doctors and learned that her only option in New Zealand would be a spinal fusion of 12 vertebrae. It would leave her spine immobile, impairing everyday movements such as bending, lifting or twisting. The procedure would require cutting through back muscle, blood transfusions and would leave a large scar down the length of Sienna’s back. Spinal fusions are rare among children as fused vertebrae put strain on unfused vertebrae, often requiring further surgery. Kim signed up to an international forum for parents with children diagnosed with scoliosis and spent weeks reading interviews with doctors. She learned of a pioneering procedure called “vertebral body tethering” that has been practiced in the United States for 15 years and is gaining popularity around the world. Surgeons insert screws on both sides of the
vertebrae and attach cords along the spine. It uses the body’s growth to improve the curve of the spine and allows a functional and flexible spinal column. It is a major procedure where surgeons enter the body underneath the armpit, and deflate a lung to provide access. However, it will give Sienna a chance at a “normal” life. Kim and her husband have mortgaged their house to be ready to start making payments for the surgery, which will take place in New York on April 26. Between the cost of surgery, travel, managed isolation and childcare for Sienna’s four siblings, who will remain in New Zealand, Kim estimates it will cost $350,000. “We had to sit down and talk about the financial impact the surgery would have versus taking the fusion for free. It was an awful conversation to have. “In the end, we had to do what we knew was right in our hearts. It was a no-brainer to give a life to our girl.” Kim’s friend Nicole Callender started a Givealittle page for Sienna, which raised more than $12,000 in its first day. “Kim is a very community-minded person who always gives up her already limited spare time to help out locally as needed,” Nicole says. “Now it’s time for us to give back to her and help through this stressful time.” Kim says she has been “blown away” by the support they have since received. “We wanted to do it privately. We are not the type to put our hands out, but our friends have found out and stepped up. It’s very humbling.” To donate, search “Sienna Houston” on Givealittle (https://givealittle.co.nz).
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Voices raised in support of music therapy A trust that was set up in 2018 has waited a long time for its official launch, which was held last month, on February 26. The Kahikatea Music Therapy and Community Arts Trust’s main project is Sing Up Rodney therapeutic singing groups, held in Orewa and Warkworth. The singing sessions assist people with neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s or stroke by improving breathing and vocal strength and, for people with dementia, connecting favourite tunes with memories. The sessions are also a social outlet. Founding trustee and music specialist Alison Talmage says the launch of the Kahikatea Music Therapy and Community Trust has been planned and postponed three times for various reasons, including last year’s lockdowns. She says it was important to eventually hold a function to bring together and thank supporters, including Whangaparaoa MP Mark Mitchell, Gary Silipa of Arts Access Aotearoa and Music Therapy NZ president Linda Webb. Around 50 people attended the launch, held at St Chad’s church hall in Orewa. It included speeches from founding chair Lady Rhyl Jansen, chair David Talmage and Mark Mitchell, as well as displays about the trust and afternoon tea. Everyone joined in the singing of two waiata. Alison says the trust hopes to link up with other local community groups and schools.
Trustees cut the cake at last. Photos, Neil Shepherd.
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She says lockdowns have had an impact on the numbers attending the singing sessions. Sing Up Rodney meets on Thursday mornings, 10.30am-12.30pm in
Warkworth Methodist Church Hall. She says anyone who would like to join a supportive daytime singing group is welcome to come along.
Debtfix challenges gender stereotypes Mahurangi-based debt-resolution service Debtfix used International Women’s Day earlier this month to challenge negative gender stereotypes related to managing finances. “The numbers show women are more likely to experience financial hardship and have problems paying off debt, but this is less about our aptitude and more about life events,” Debtfix cofounder Christine Liggins said. “Debtfix’s research shows broken relationships, caring for family or friends, and under-employment all have significant impact on New Zealand women’s financial stability.” Mrs Liggins said other factors that hurt women were the gender pay gap, which continued to see women earn less than men, and the “motherhood penalty” – the systemic disadvantages women encounter in their careers after having children. Mrs Liggins said women’s financial acumen was demonstrated by the big role they played in the financial services sector. “FinCap’s newly-appointed chief executive is Ruth Smithers, ANZ bank’s chief economist is Sharon Zollner and ASB’s chief executive is Vittoria Shortt – all women,” she said.
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Understanding your child’s brain Here at Homebuilders, we are passionate about supporting families to positively impact the lives of children, young people and families. We offer emotional and practical support, but we also aim to provide education to deepen understanding and help families work through any challenges they may face. As part of this aspiration, we are teaming up with a charity called Brainwaves Trust to deliver two free and exciting talks on how children and adolescents’ brains develop and are influenced by their experiences – shaping the way they think, feel, and behave. These talks will equip parents with the knowledge to help their children reach their full potential. New technologies and more in-depth research have allowed us to understand the brain better. While brain development remains a process affected by both genes (nature) and environment (nurture), we are interested in understanding how brain development across childhood influences children’s behaviour and how we as parents and caregivers can positively influence that. We tend to forget that our little people and adolescents are growing, learning and changing rapidly, which can at times lead to overwhelm and behaviours even they don’t understand. This is where knowledge gained can help parents understand and create compassion to support children in navigating their world as they grow. According to Hilary Nobilo, a researcher and educator at Brainwaves Trust, both in the early years and in the adolescent years, the brain has heightened brain plasticity, which means that the brain has more ability to change through growth and reorganisation at these stages in development. This highlights that these periods in our children’s development are windows of opportunity where we can help them reach their potential. As we now know, a lot of brain development occurs in the first three years of a person’s life. Brainwaves Trust outlines that early experiences interact with genes to influence development, and further that early experiences help set up a strong or weak foundation for later learning, behaviour and health. During adolescence, connections are becoming faster and more efficient, but work is still being done in the limbic area (the area responsible for processing emotions) and the prefrontal cortex (the area responsible for planning, reasoning, understanding consequences and impulse control). The big message to parents of adolescents is that changes to the limbic area and prefrontal cortex are a work in progress. It will affect their behaviour, so help them ride it out. Brain development is a big topic, but you can begin by listening to one or both of the following talks to help you understand more and shed some light on what’s going on for your children. See you there. The Brainwaves Trust and Homebuilders presentations take place at Warkworth Anglican Parish Hall, 43 Percy Street, Warkworth, on Thursday, March 25. There are two presentations: What does your child really need? 10am-noon; Unravelling the adolescent brain, 12.30-2.30pm.
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Inspire and Engage Buyers Digitally with Barfoot & Thompson, Warkworth “87% of potential buyers feel that our on-line tools create a better buying experience”
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TIME FLIES... IT'S OUR SECOND ANNIVERSARY! We would like to take the opportunity to reaffirm the presence of Telos Group Commercial, owned and operated locally. It has been two years since we started our commercial division and what a great journey it has been so far considering the number of listings and results we have achieved. We owe our gratitude to all the clients who have put their trust and confidence in the Telos Brand to get the job done. This is evident from the testimonials we have received from our vendors, purchasers, landlord and tenants. With 16 years of real estate experience behind us we have the skill set to close deals in this challenging new environment around us. If you are thinking of selling, leasing or buying we welcome the prospect of meeting you over coffee in our well-located office in Silverdale and showing you the Telos point of difference. UNIT W/8 Moana Ave, Orewa
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Blooming businesses ...
A little over five years ago Mahurangi Matters caught up with a bunch of young Mahurangi entrepreneurs just starting out in business. We were curious to know how they were getting along today …
Neil Taylor
Monique Hatfull
Tom Roberts
Dan Wood
Thoughts in 2015: Back in 2015 Neil hoped to still be in business, have updated to more modern machinery and be providing opportunities for apprentices. How have things turned out? Warkworth’s growth has ensured that business is booming. Moreover, rising house prices have encouraged people to renovate rather than move, ensuring even more work. Neil has updated his computer design software and acquired a CNC cutting machine. He took on his first apprentice at the start of this year. Biggest buzz? “I really like dealing with the clients and turning their dreams and visions into reality.” Top tip: “Research who your advertising is reaching. No point in putting an ad in a paper that is way outside where you are going to want to travel.”
Thoughts in 2015: Back in 2015, Monique worried about having left a secure job in Auckland, while still having a mortgage to pay off, to become self-employed at Matakana Physio. How have things turned out? Monique recently took over Matakana Physio from Robyn Weston. Monique says the business has grown over the last five years. The practice has extended its hours and is now open six days a week. Soon it will move to new premises at Matakana Country Park. . Biggest buzz? “I love helping people and seeing them achieve their goals and get back to what they love doing, when previously they couldn’t due to an injury.” Top tip: “I would say patience is key to starting a business, but also this quote resonates with me: ‘If you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right’. Mindset is everything.”
Thoughts in 2015: Back in 2015, Tom said his biggest challenge was biting the bullet and getting into business on his own. He figured the way to grow was to be honest and straightforward with customers, which would keep old ones coming back and bring new ones through the door. How have things turned out? Strong growth has prompted Tom to take on two extra staff, expand into the building next door, procure additional equipment and offer new tyre and wheel alignment services. Any regrets? “None at all. It’s sent me grey like any business will. I guess you’ve got to take the good with the bad and, hey, grey hair isn’t all bad.” Top tip? “A wise man once told me, ‘if ya don’t hit the wall ... you’re not trying hard enough’ and that can be applied in many ways. If it’s in your heart to give it a go, then dive in the deep end and give it all you’ve got.”
Thoughts in 2015: Back in 2015, Dan was working 65 hours a week partly motivated by the fact that he and partner Bailee were expecting their first child. He said the physical work was the easiest part, the more challenging aspect was catching up on the paperwork and the accounts. How have things turned out? Dan now has three children and is down to working about 45 hours a week, which he says is better for his family and allows him to pursue outdoor interests and hobbies. He’s taken on other employees in the past, but says he feels more relaxed when he has just himself to think about. Big lesson: “There was a period when we were working towards ‘bigger and better’ goals but have come to realise the extra stress is not worth the extra money.” Top tip: “Focus on the goals you want, not what you think you should be doing. And enlist the services of an HR consultant before hiring staff.”
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How will Mahurangi’s next crop of young entrepreneurs fair? Turn to pages 34 and 35 to meet the next generation.
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We are Chartered Accountants operating from our new premises at 21 Neville Street Warkworth. We have two Partners and a further eight in our client support team. Our clients are varied and we are very familiar with complex Companies, Trusts, Farming and Developers, Overseas Income and Investment Portfolios, and Rental Properties. Withers & Co Ltd has been operating in Warkworth since 1998 and with 3 Qualified CA’s we have the experience and knowledge to support you and your operations. If you are looking for Chartered Accountants to take you and your business to the next level then contact Grant Dixon or Todd Wilkin for your free initial consultation.
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These provide a list of the information that we require to complete your end of year accounts. For those clients with 31st March balance dates, the team are ready to assist with this. There have been a few changes to tax rules and other items that you should be aware of: • There has been an increase in the provisional tax threshold to $5,000 • Temporary increase in the low value asset write off for assets that cost up to $5,000 – shortly to be reduced to $1,000 • Introduction of the tax-loss carry back scheme • Treatment of the wage and leave subsidies provided in response to Covid-19 • Depreciation allowances on buildings reintroduced • Introduction of the small business
The end of March is nearly here, and this is year end for many of our business clients. A reminder that our end of year forms are available on our website (www. withersco.co.nz).
cashflow support scheme. • Also a reminder that the Adult minimum wage increases to $20.00 per hour on 1 April 2021 If you need more information then please come and speak to us. Before taking advantage of any of these points you should get professional advice and the team here at Withers & Co are ready to help. Give Withers & Co a call for help with all of your accounts, business advisory, and tax matters.
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Mahurangi Young Entrepreneurs Starting your own business can be a daunting prospect but for those who are willing to take advantage of an opportunity, there’s success to be had. Each of the following entrepreneurs has staked their claim and made their mark in local industry. They share the lessons they have learned after getting into business at a young age …
Jordan Curin, 23 | Hi-tech Home Solutions I’ve always had an interest in technology. At age 11, I would pull apart the stereo in our old truck and find ways to add more speakers and subwoofers. After leaving Mahurangi College at 18, I worked for several businesses in security, automation and electrical. Then, after returning from an OE to Europe, I decided to start my own business. My favourite part of the job is learning about new technologies and gadgets, especially as they become available at more affordable prices. I enjoy helping people and providing a HOME SOLUTIONS
service they tell others about. The biggest challenge is keeping on top of the latest technology across different brands and industries. We will help almost anyone that needs a tech solution to be solved in their home. It can be hard remembering all of the different systems across all of the different categories, but that’s where the fun is. They say two minds are better than one. Last year I took on an experienced technician, Jarrod, the same age as me. We work together to spread the workload evenly and that way there’s
not too much pressure on either of us. In 10 years, I see us as a recognised brand in New Zealand. We’re currently rebranding the business to Tech2me and positioning as a solution for internet, audio, visual, television and computer help. Our base will always be Warkworth and Matakana, but expansion into the greater Auckland area may be on the cards this year. My advice to other young entrepreneurs is to work for as many places as you can to build skillsets. Pick up the phone and talk to people. It’s too easy to hide behind screens these days.
021 247 8324 | jordan@hitech.nz | www.hitech.nz
Vicki and Josh Rothwell, 30 | Groconut and Silas Arbocare Josh was an arborist for five years before we started our own arborist business four years ago. We started researching natural plant growth boosters after learning about the detrimental effects that artificial plant growth boosters can have – that’s how Groconut was born. Josh loves working outside, but the most rewarding part for him is seeing happy customers. My favourite part is knowing that we’re doing our bit to make a change by showing people that natural growth stimulants can work. One of our biggest challenges has been getting all the right systems in
place. Groconut is a niche product so we’re a little more limited when it comes to using other businesses for guidance and inspiration. Learning how to identify the right people and ask them the right questions has been a priceless skill that we are learning to get better at. We would love to grow our business enough to create mainstream awareness. Naturally sourced gardening products can work just as well as artificial ones, and our goal is to reduce the quantity of environmental pollutants being used in our gardens for our future generations. Josh and I have young kids, and we feel
we owe it to them. Our advice to other entrepreneurs is that “you’re never too small”. Do the research, take the risks and be influenced by the right people. We are a generation that is so driven by social media and we’ve found that “staying in your own lane” can be a struggle. There’s a quote by Theodore Roosevelt that we’ve held tight to – “comparison is the thief of joy”. Remembering this helps us focus on things that directly impact on our business, so we can put our energy into the things that really matter.
hello@groconut.com | www.groconut.com
Justin Fokkema, 29 | Keep Fit Matakana I have always been involved in sports and I studied at a sports college in Holland. After moving back to New Zealand, I found hospitality wasn’t challenging me any more, so I decided to take my love of sports and turn it into a way to help others achieve their goals. I did this alongside hospo for a few years before I got the opportunity to buy into the Fitness Hub. I learned the ins and outs of the fitness business, which gave me more confidence to start up Keep Fit Matakana. I love helping others achieve their goals and showing them how
important it is to put their health first. Not just physically, but how it helps them mentally too. I can probably be quite hard on myself. There’s always room for improvement, more to get done and more to achieve. I have to try to be more patient at times, but I find the best way to cope is to take a day off now and then to spend time with the wife and kids. I’m lucky to have my wife and her family who have experience running businesses. They are always willing to help and offer advice. There are also
a few people I’ve met through the gym who have offered great business advice along the way. I have a lot planned that I’d like to achieve in the next five to 10 years, but mainly I would like to see Keep Fit as the leading gym in the area and hope to open another location. I hope to see it grow steadily with a strong reputation and a warm community feel. My advice to others is to gain as much experience in your chosen industry as possible. Be patient and don’t give up or let financials scare you. If you really want it, you’ll find a way to make it work.
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Vanessa Wards, 33 | Kiwiness Tours I was on my OE in Ireland for a year when I ran out of work. I found out about a tour guide position available in Queenstown, and after a Skype interview I got the job and flew directly there, ready to start training. I worked for a few years as a hiking guide all around the South Island before going out on my own with a 12-seater minivan and a vision to create my own custom tour business. I then moved back to my hometown area of Matakana two years ago, and rebranded to Kiwiness Tours. I also run Matakana Wine and Beer Tours
as well as the popular Evening Kiwi Bird Tour at Tawharanui Park. My favourite part is meeting awesome people every day, while working in an industry that offers fun experiences and gives people the chance to see a kiwi up close. My biggest challenge is marketing my business. It’s hard to market yourself. It’s lucky that the great tour reviews help spread the word. In five to 10 years I hope to step back from doing so many tours myself. Hopefully, I will have some great guides working with me, while I focus on operations and maybe even
juggling family life. You really do need to be passionate about the business you want to pursue. It is the essence to success, especially in terms of sticking at it when things get tough. People can also tell if you genuinely enjoy what you do. It rubs off on the business and their experience with you. I also turn to others for advice, especially in areas that are not my expertise. I have a great local accountant who I have an honest rapport with and feel comfortable asking even silly questions.
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helped me through the hard times. I have now been in business for 10 years. My favourite part of the job is meeting customers and building a relationship with them. Warkworth is a town on the way up. It’s a good time to be in business here with the local economy booming. My advice to other young people in
business is to be prepared to work long hours and put in the hard yards. Be friendly and considerate. Otherwise, I haven’t found many challenges to being young in this industry. Being your own boss is good, but nine times out of 10 you are stuck with the tricky jobs. The buck does stop with you. Hours can be flexible, but you have to be present to run a business.
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The latest machinery has been employed to lay asphalt for the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway project. These two machines work together on the paving.
Puhoi to Warkworth motorway paver first in New Zealand Innovative machinery, and a new asphalt plant being set up in Silverdale, are being brought in to speed up the process of paving the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway and improve the quality of the asphalt used. Motorway construction company Fletcher Acconia recently imported a machine that can pave the whole width of the motorway in a single sweep – a process that normally takes two or more passes. The two-part machine, which is the first of its kind in New Zealand, consists of an asphalt paver, and a shuttle buggy. They travel together
during the paving process – trucks tip material into the shuttle buggy, which dispenses it into the asphalt paver. The Pūhoi to Warkworth project is a Private Public Partnership between Government and the Northern Express Group (NX2). NX2 chief executive Vicente Valencia says the use of this innovative method of paving will enhance the quality and longevity of the asphalt. Sourcing enough asphalt for the project was another hurdle to be overcome. With 18.5km of motorway under construction, the motorway requires around 140,000 tonnes of asphalt.
Mr Valencia says the most efficient way of obtaining this volume of asphalt was to establish a dedicated local plant, which is currently being commissioned in Peters Way, in the Silverdale industrial area. Asphalt production is set to begin there this month. The plant will produce 2000 tonnes of asphalt per day at its peak. Upon completion of the motorway project, the plant will remain in production and supply other Auckland roading projects. The base course layer (the first part of the road surface) has already gone
down at several locations on the northern and southern ends of the motorway and these will be the first to receive the asphalt. The project uses open grade porous asphalt, which Mr Valencia says helps reduce road noise. It also assists with water runoff, increases resistance and makes the road safer for motorists. The motorway construction is making good progress and is likely to meet its completion date of May 2022. NZ Transport Agency expects to submit a proposal to toll the road to the Minister of Transport next month.
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Drones transform industry The increasing use of drones across all kinds of industries means that taking the opportunity to learn to fly one could prove a valuable skill for a future career, according to survey manager Gabriel Hare of Buckton Consulting Surveyors, based in Warkworth. For Buckton, a key benefit of using a drone is the ability to survey a potentially dangerous area without needing to physically access it – for example an operational quarry. A drone-mounted camera can take hundreds of aerial photos of a site. Specialised image software is then used to create a single image, which can provide accurate measurements to within 5cm. “We can also generate 3D models of the photo area to create a contour plan with 10 to 20cm height accuracy,” Gabriel says. So impressed with the benefits of using drones that Gabriel took the trouble to secure “Part 102 Unmanned Aircraft Operator Certification”, which allows him to fly a drone at night, near an aerodrome or above 400 feet. That meant proving he could successfully avoid hazards such as overhead powerlines, tall trees, radio frequency interference, high winds and people. “The ability to fly within 4km of an aerodrome is important for us, as the airfields at Kaipara Flats, Omaha Flats
and Wellsford would normally trigger restrictions over properties we may want to survey,” he says. Being allowed to fly at a higher altitude means Buckton can survey a larger area faster. What used to take more than a day to survey can now be flown in a couple of hours. Currently, the firm does not fly at night. However, Gabriel anticipates laser imaging technology, which can be used at night, will soon be more affordable. This would make night flying a useful option. It would mean sites could be surveyed when they were empty of people or when weather conditions were favourable. Gabriel says learning to fly was challenging at first because he had never even flown a model aeroplane before, but plenty of practice seemed to do the trick. He completed a oneday course learning all the rules and regulations of the Civil Aviation Authority and sat a practical flight test. He undergoes an annual re-test to ensure his skills are up to scratch. Gabriel says even those flying drones as a hobby need to make themselves aware of the rules. That includes keeping the drone within sight at all times, obtaining permission before flying over people or private land and not flying in adverse weather beyond the capabilities of the drone.
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A notary public is a lawyer authorised by the Archbishop of Canterbury in England most commonly to officially witness signatures on legal documents, collect sworn statements, administer oaths and certify the authenticity of legal documents for use overseas. Other functions include the preparation and witnessing of international contracts, deeds, wills, powers of attorney and ships’ protests. The office of a notary public is one of great antiquity. As a notary, I hold an office which can trace its origins back to ancient Rome, when they were called scribae, notarius or tabellius. Notaries are easily the oldest continuing branch of the legal profession, existing throughout the world. My appointment is for life. A notary public uses an embossing tool, an individual official seal, nowadays a lever press rather than hot wax and a ring or stamp! Usually a red or gold seal is affixed to all documents and permanently impressed with the notary’s seal together with details of the notary and handwritten, stamped or typed narrative either to verify their presence at the time the document was signed or to certify the document as a true copy and the original having been sighted. When engaging a notary public, it is important to have formal identification – ideally a passport or photo driver’s licence. If the document being notarised refers to a specific identity document, the notary will need to sight that document as well, all in the interests of preventing identity theft, fraud, and forgery. A fee is payable for the services of a notary, which depends chiefly on the time involved and the importance of the task. A second step is sometimes required. In countries subscribing to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, a further act of certification is necessary, namely an Apostille. For other countries not party to the convention, an ‘authentication’ or ‘legalisation’ of the document to be sent to that country must be issued by the Embassy, Consulate-General or High Commission of that country here in New Zealand. . Why not a local Justice of the Peace or a lawyer? Simply because both are local and have no international recognition and acceptance outside New Zealand. Only an appointed notary is recognised under the Hague Convention and internationally. Sounds quite formal and complicated? It is, and the significance and convenience of a notary’s service is often under-appreciated given the alternative is to travel to the country concerned and sign or have certified the documents there, and that is not going to happen any time soon. There are three local notaries: Chris Hart (09 422 6699), Tony Coupe (021 729 680) and myself (0274 909 188).
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Hospitality struggles as Auckland switches alert levels
“We stay open to provide a service but also to meet some of the costs, because we are not getting any relief from the bank or the landlord,” she says. Ms Vize also highlights the psychological strain – with staff who worry about their ability to pay their bills, many of whom are on minimum wage, and the stress of dealing with a few troubling customers who struggle to adapt to changing rules when alert levels change and vent their frustration on staff. The sudden jump into alert levels also creates headaches, since it takes time to figure out what government assistance is available. “Because it has happened so quickly, it gets very confusing,” she says.
Other café owners were more reluctant to talk about their situation, with many failing to respond to Mahurangi Matters enquiries. One café manager in Wellsford, who asked not to be named, says her business also kept going with contactless sales during level 3, but trade had been extremely light and the café could likely be out of business with continued jumps in alert levels. Meanwhile, Leigh Eats owner Rachael Jackson says given her business is primarily a takeaway, it has not been as hard hit as cafes. However, trade dropped off by about 40 per cent under level 3 and the business may need to lay off staff if there is continued yo-
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Louise chalks up 35 years of CAB service Wellsford Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB) recently celebrated a double anniversary, with local volunteer Louise Densham marking 35 years with the service as CAB itself celebrated 50 years in New Zealand. Louise was one of the original volunteers when the Wellsford branch opened in 1986, when there were no computers and researching information was a far more laborious task. “When we started back then it was a challenge, but for the community as a whole, it has been such an asset, with people having come to trust the bureau,” she says. “The CAB provided a safe place for people to ask their questions.” Louise started volunteering with CAB after many years working as a nurse. She saw it as an opportunity to keep busy while serving her local community. At the time, many volunteers were full-time mothers with no other work experience, and she says CAB could be quite liberating for them. “Once they started working at the CAB, we empowered them and often many would go on to find other jobs,” she says. One of the more recent Wellsford volunteers in Callum Liefting, who now manages the Wellsford branch. He says he and Louise have seen an increase and change in enquiries in the year since the Covid-19 pandemic began, with people wanting to know more about things like the wage subsidy, border controls and various employment issues. Although lockdowns have sometimes meant that the bureau hasn’t been able to open physically, volunteers have kept taking phone calls at home. “We live in an increasingly complex world and some people are left behind,” he says. “CAB is playing an important role informing those people of their rights in society.” Louise agrees. “Everybody has a right to be treated properly and
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fairly,” she says. Wellsford CAB is free, independent and opens from 10am to 2pm, Monday to Friday, at the Wellsford Community Centre. Residents from Puhoi to Bryderwyn are welcome to use the bureau, which also offers a free legal monthly legal clinic, a Justice of the Peace and a budget service by appointment. Info: Call 09 423 7333
New Zealand’s leading provider of daytime concerts for seniors comes to Warkworth Town Hall on Thursday, March 25. Operatunity will present its 20th Anniversary Royal Variety Show, which promises a “mad menagerie” of musical themes, including musical theatre, proms, Irish music and opera. Audiences will enjoy the voices of Operatunity founders Susan Boland and John Cameron, alongside resident artists Bonaventure AllanMoetaua, Karl Perigo, Alex Milligan and Kelly Lim Harris. They will be accompanied by Paul CarnegieJones on piano. The anniversary show will showcase the best from Operatunity’s 154 touring seasons, which included 3000 performances. Operatunity presents over 200 concerts each year to more than 65,000 seniors throughout New Zealand. The Warkworth show starts at 11am. For bookings, visit www.operatunity.co.nz or call toll free 0508 266 237.
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Summer of love I devoured my Kiwi summer in the same fashion that I devoured my watermelon – until my belly burst. Closed borders have seen us renew our vows of patriotism and fall back in love with our great lands. Tiki tours are now the hip Kiwi equivalent of first class travel to Paris. So it did not surprise me when the husband came belting down our driveway with a big ole’ 80s classic car to partake in such affairs. Oh, this thing was a crackup – lipstick red shagpile carpet, Champagne fridge in the boot, cognac set under armrest, and a backseat large enough to bed your lover! It looked like we were picnicking in style – corny cool 80s sort of style. So slide in, buckle up and let me take you for a spin. In my endeavour to see as much as I could over summer, I slung the picnic basket permanently in the car and off we went. My memories of summer are like a flickering old movie reel, outstanding moments that come and go in my mind. Driving from Waipu to Langs Beach saw reckless me hang my head out the window; the sweet smell of gum trees pierced the warm air, and my hair flew all around like it was reaching to hold onto the precious moments. The sun darted in and out of the trees as we whizzed past. The Mangawhai cliff
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walk was worthy of my sweat. The view across our eastern seaboard dotted with colourful beach dwellers was so astoundingly beautiful my eyes ached from visual stimulation. It looked like vanilla cupcakes topped with colourful sprinkles. Surf lifesaving nippers were just too cute – tiny caps full of intent to be our next surf lifesaving heroes. I am sure they will be. Estuary picnicking was most fun. Shallow waters and sun bring the best out in families – a kaleidoscope of beach umbrellas and family cocoons full of happiness. Mothers and fathers
gingerly playing waterwise with happy little toddlers. A boardshort-clad father on holiday, slowly turning sausages. His little boy in blue, arms stretched out and bread in hand waiting to fill his grumbly-tumbly after all that water play. Hundreds of brightly coloured sand toys sparkled like gems in the sand. The scene was but a giant goody goody gumdrop ice-cream that had melted in the sun all around me. Over in Omaha, I got a bee in my bonnet over drinking rosé on a pink beach. Half tide is less than ideal to lug heavy vintage picnic accessories over
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rocks but why wait? Life’s pleasures can slip away faster than the water that moves. Impatience is my sin, and for this I received a right royal growling from hubby for my “consistent, irrational, and ridiculously impractical behaviour”. Lol. My children made rafts from old farm drums and bits of wood, all bound together with baling twine. Watching them balance on top of a murky dam giggling, falling, and splashing made special motherhood moments. But it was down the end of a dusty road, with tinder dry grass, a muddy estuary and a long drop loo in Wharehine that formed the dot below my exclamation mark and my summer clarity. A raw and honest Kiwi camping spot, void of glamorous notoriety, filled my summer heart. Two young families invited mine to share their picnic rug. Families that had never met, shared kai. All our children played happily together and two snapper from the husbands of their families were gifted to mine. Sausages, camp stoves and little muddy toes – the warmth of their company matched only by the warmth of the afternoon sun. So, cloaked in rays of sunshine and happiness, I bid farewell to my beautiful summer for now and long for her return.
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Fishing comp reels in the punters A new week-long fishing competition to raise money for Auckland Regional Helicopter Trust (ARHT) begins on Saturday, April 3. The inaugural Humminbird Fishing Tournament will have a $100,000 prize pool. It is a “measure only” competition with pictures submitted online to encourage anglers to catch and release. Ticket holders are permitted to submit fish caught anywhere during the competition time frame. The prizegiving will be held on Saturday, April 10, at the Omaha Beach Golf Club and will include a day of entertainment. A helicopter will be on display for the event, giving the public the chance to see the inner workings of a
rescue helicopter. Crew will be demonstrating resuscitation and CPR, and giving a talk on the differences between rescues on land and at sea. There will be a series of auctions for donated prizes, including a round at the Omaha Beach Golf Club, and a rescue crewman cooking one of the winners a smoked fish dinner in their home. There will also be live music performed by country music band Keith Pereira and The Trail Benders. The public is invited to attend the event free of charge, even if they have not purchased a ticket for the fishing competition.
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Every ticket purchased will be eligible for a $45,000 prize draw, consisting of a 4.8m Marco Boat, a Yamaha 60hp motor and a Humminbird sounder. The package was put together by Murray Rowe, of Rodney Marine, with support from Marco, Yamaha and Humminbird. He says it is an ideal kit for fishing in Kawau Bay or the wider Hauraki Gulf, with plenty of space and good stability. It also comes with a trailer imported by Rodney Marine and assembled to spec in Warkworth. “It is a turnkey package for going out fishing,” Murray says. The Humminbird VHF sounder finds fish, shows depth and has a positioning map. Humminbird is the major sponsor of the competition, providing $25,000 worth of prizes and cash. Murray will also donate $50 to ARHT for every ticketholder that books in a service with Rodney Marine. He says he hopes the competition will be an annual event and intends to support it for years to come.
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Last year, Leigh’s Trevor Hackett benefitted from ARHT’s rescue service when he was severely injured by a tractor. Trevor had stopped his tractor to move a feeding trough. Although he applied the handbrake, the tractor began to roll prompting him to chase it down. As he leaned over to apply the foot brake, his overalls got caught in the tread of one of the rear wheels and pulled him under. The tractor trampled over his leg, back and head, leaving him severely injured. Trevor says the seclusion of his lifestyle block is one of its best charms, but he could have been dead if an earthworks contractor hadn’t happened to be on site. The contractor was alerted that something was wrong when the tractor fell 30 metres from a cliff onto the site where he was working to clear a slip. It was immediately apparent to Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade first responders that Trevor’s stomach had been distorted resulting in major internal bleeding. Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew arrived within half an hour, with both an intensive care paramedic and a pre-hospital doctor, allowing procedures usually reserved for the emergency room to be performed
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immediately. “It was the helicopter that ultimately saved my life,” Trevor says. His injuries included 11 broken ribs and a ruptured spleen and liver. Trevor’s recovery continues. He still walks slowly, despite an operation in December to rebuild his foot, and he awaits further surgery. “I’m still not 100 per cent, but I am 100 per cent sold on just how important the chopper is for our community,” he says. “But, as good as the service is, hopefully I will never need to use it again.” Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopters undertook 142 missions to Rodney in 2020. It was the busiest year on record with 1187 missions across the region.
Wellsford first-timers scoop dairy prize duo at Northland awards There was cause for celebration on two Wellsford farms last week, when family members scooped prizes at the 2021 Northland Dairy Industry Awards in Whangarei on March 9. Farm manager Daniel Richards won $2000 in prizes and two merit awards as runner-up in the regional dairy manager category, while Te Hana farm assistant Michaela McCracken picked up $1,250 in prizes and a merit award for being named runner-up in the dairy trainee section. Daniel is 23 and works on Alan and Jody Richards’ 295-cow, 125ha property. The Kaipara Young Farmers member said he would like to improve the public perception of the dairy industry. As well as his cash prize, Daniel won the Webb Ross McNab Kilpatrick leadership award and the
Northern Wairoa Vet Club Association feed management award. Michaela McCracken, 21, grew up on a 450ha dairy farm milking 370 cows. She began working part-time as a farm-hand in January last year, progressing to a full-time position in March. “I work on our family farm with cows my family has bred for 50 years, and I love being able to carry that breeding on,” she says. “I’m excited to see how we can improve and produce better dairy cows in the future through genetics.” Michaela was awarded the Pacific Motor Group community and industry involvement award. This was the first time that both young farmers had entered the annual dairy industry awards.
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Quest to help Kiwis become self-sufficient in growing own food After years of living “off-the-grid” and growing their own food, a Brynderwyn couple are looking to set up an outdoor education centre to teach other Kiwis how to become selfsufficient themselves. Craig Donaldson and Marion Fumarola founded the Paheko Education Trust three years ago with the aim of promoting regenerative agricultural practices and the establishment of organic gardens, orchards and “food forests”. Their ultimate goal is to facilitate the establishment of Papakāinga (villages), where communities grow their own food in an environmentally sustainable way. They see their outdoor education centre as a means of achieving that end and are looking for a suitable location. Craig says we live in a time where people have become divorced from participating in growing their own food and have become over-reliant on supermarkets. But he says the advent of Covid-19 has underlined just how fragile the commercial production of food can be. “For example, nobody is picking fruit in New Zealand because we have not got the fruit pickers from overseas,” he says. He adds that commercialisation has hurt food production in other ways. Modern hybridised crop varieties do
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not produce seeds and oblige the food producer to purchase fresh seed from the creators of the varieties each year. He says this has had devastating consequences in countries such as India, where farmers have found themselves unable to afford hybridised and genetically modified seeds, nor the chemical fertilisers that are needed to sustain their growth. Craig worries New Zealand similarly risks throwing away its self-sufficiency and allowing its agriculture to end up being controlled by international corporations.
Craig and Marion demonstrated an alternative approach after securing a grant of a few thousand dollars from the Kia Ora Fund last year, which supports efforts to grow affordable, healthy food. The money was used to help revitalise heritage gardens at the Kohatu Toa Ecovillage – a small community just north of Kaiwaka. Craig says the couple concentrated on growing varieties of crops that have been around for a long time such as those traditionally grown by Maori or that arrived with early settlers. They
included watermelon, Dalmatian beans, kumera, taewa (Maori potato) taro, kamokamo (squash), kaanga maa (corn) and uwhi (yam). Crops were grown according to organic principles, using mulch and compost and avoiding chemical fertilisers. Traditional techniques were also applied such as the native American “three sisters” method, whereby squash, corn and beans are grown. The bean fixes nitrogen into the soil, which seeds the corn, which provides the scaffolding for the bean to climb on, while the squash helps to suppress the weeds. Craig says the garden promises a bountiful harvest this year, and will yield a plentiful supply of seeds for the next planting. He says the old crops might be a little slower growing, but they are more nutrient dense and a lot more tolerant of insects and other crop hazards. He says modern varieties are developed to enhance their weight – which means a lot of water content but little nutrition. The Kia Ora Fund is a collaboration between Kaipara District Council, several other councils in Northland and primary health provider Mahitahi Hauora. The closing date for the next funding round is March 24. Info: www.mahitahihauora.co.nz/KaiOra-Fund
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HOLY WEEK 2021 TIMETABLE Blessing of Palms at all masses SATURDAY EVE (VIGIL) March 27th Warkworth 6pm PALM SUNDAY March 28th Puhoi 8.30am and Warkworth 10.30am
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MAHURANGI METHODIST PARISH Holy Week and Easter Sunday Services 2021
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Wellsford celebrates Easter Expect to see big easter bunnies with giant eggs popping up around the entrances to Wellsford this Easter. The Wellsford Plus initiative aims to bring Easter alive for families. Children can have their photos taken with an Easter Bunny at Wellsford Health & Wellness Store from Monday, March 29, to Thursday, April 1, from 3pm to 5pm. Families should bring a phone or camera and volunteers will be on hand to snap the picture. Visitors will receive a gift from the Easter Bunny. There will also be face painting by Makaila outside the Health and Wellness store at $5 per child/adult. Wellsford Plus has also organised an easter colouring competition and a Find the Egg competition. Entry forms will be available from Health & Wellness from Monday, March 29 onwards.
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A roundup of sports activities and events in the district Take a kid fishing The Warkworth Lions Take a Kid Fishing day has been postponed to Sunday, April 18. Registrations are still open at Hunting and Fishing Warkworth. It is a day of fishing open to children under the age of 12. Junior rugby Wellsford Rugby Club is calling for junior players for its U7s, U9s, U11s and U13s teams. Registrations opened last week. The club is asking for registrations to be submitted ASAP so that it can begin organising players into teams. See sporty.co.nz/wellsfordrugby
Nine Omaha junior lifeguards competed.
Omaha juniors reach their peak at Oceans’ 21nationals Omaha Beach Surf Lifesaving Club lifeguards concluded their final season as juniors on a high note at a national competition in Mount Maunganui last month. A total of 849 junior lifeguards from 47 clubs around the country competed at the Oceans ’21 surf lifesaving nationals. Omaha’s Jackson Whitaker kept up the momentum of a stellar season, claiming the title of NZ U14 male beach flags champion. He also finished third in the U14 beach sprint. Clubmates Fraser Walker and Oliver Gipps also qualified for the U13 surf race final. They were set to compete on the “super Sunday” finals day when lockdown came into effect and the event was cut short.
Coach Rohan Whitaker says it was the last Oceans nationals for the five of Omaha’s juniors. Jackson and Miriama Iversen qualified as lifeguards when they sat and passed their theory and practical exams three weeks ago. Isabella Gipps, Max Matthews and Tom Butler will also be eligible to sit the exam when they turn 14 this year. “They will all be helping patrol the beach and competing as seniors next season,” coach Whitaker says. Meanwhile, the Omaha Club was to send a team of seven seniors and one master to Ohope Beach for the senior TSB NZ Surf Life Saving Championships on March 11 before it was cancelled.
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Let’s play squash Coach Kaye Jackson is hosting a reintroduction to squash group on Monday evenings at the Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club. It is $5 per evening, open to anyone. Coach Jackson is also putting together a four-week in-house tournament for college students to be held on Friday evenings. It is $10 for the full programme. Contact 021 135 7574. Wellsford junior golf Coach Gareth Winslow is offering a junior golf programme at the Wellsford Golf Club every Thursday, 4-5pm. It is $20 per class for children aged five and above. Coach Gareth was the former China women’s national team head coach and is NZ’s only PGA Master Professional coach. Contact nexusgolfonline@gmail.com or 021 202 3154. Matakana Table Tennis Table Tennis has recommenced on Tuesdays at 7.30pm at the Matakana Hall. Everyone welcome. Info: George Anderson 423 0424. List sports news FREE by emailing news@localmatters.co.nz
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Wellsford volunteer firefighters need to raise $100,000 to replace their current operational van, which was purchased 10 years ago.
Junior hockey is played Saturday mornings.
Brigade fishes for funds for vehicle Junior hockey registrations open A fishing competition will be held over Easter to help raise money to buy a replacement operational support van for the Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade. The van is used to transport extra crew to bigger incidents, as well as operational support crews to take care of traffic control while firefighters attend to an incident. It is also used to run supplies out during longer duration calls and as a courtesy van for brigade functions. The brigade covers from the Dome to Kaiwaka, coast to coast, and many of its callouts are to properties where there is limited access for a fully loaded fire appliance. Operating without a 4WD has at times impaired its ability to respond. “We have struggled on occasion to reach some incidents,” station officer Matthew Railey says. “A recent call to a woman with multiple wasp stings had crews carrying medical equipment searching on foot in steep terrain. This caused a delay in help reaching her, but thankfully we had the rescue helicopter on hand to winch a paramedic in providing essential medical assistance. “A 4x4 support vehicle would mean we could cover ground quicker and transport crews and heavy equipment like portable pumps to where they are needed, allowing firefighters to get on with the job with minimum of fuss.”
Wellsford currently has 27 operational members and responds to an average of 200 callouts a year. The cost to buy and equip a suitable vehicle is around $100,000 and so far the volunteers have raised $10,000. Matthew says the brigade is always keen to recruit hardworking, dedicated, fit and able volunteers. Applicants need to live close to or work in town, be available day or night, and be prepared to commit to being part of a hardworking professional team. If you think you have what it takes, get in touch through the brigade’s Facebook page or drop in on one of the regular Tuesday training nights.
Fired up for fishing comp The Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade fishing competition will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 2 and 3. The weigh-in will be at the Wellsford Fire Station from 1.30pm to 3.30pm on Saturday, with cash prizes for first and second. “If you’re not a fisho, but love fresh fish, then the auction after the weigh-in will be the place to catch a bargain,” a spokesperson says. Tickets are available from
Wellsford Sports & Leisure, Hunting & Fishing Warkworth, Woodys Winners or contact Alastair on 027 7057 120. Ticket sales close March 26.
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Junior hockey players have a season to look forward to thanks to a new committee that put its hand up at the eleventh hour. Mahurangi Junior Hockey Club held an emergency meeting last month to find a new committee. According to a notice put out to the community, Mahurangi juniors would have had to play at North Harbour instead of the Warkworth Hockey Turf, if a committee could not be found. The junior club has welcomed Katie Moroney as treasurer and Bridget Berking and Emma Michelsen as co-secretaries. Lisa Berger continues as president. Ms Berger says the club is still looking for anyone interested in the vice-president role for 2021, with a view to take over as president in 2022. Registrations for the season starting May 8 have opened at www.mahujuniorhockey.com. The programme includes a fun sticks grade for years zero to two and competitive junior hockey for years two to six. Games are played Saturday mornings at the Warkworth Hockey Turf. Last season, 200 juniors played in the competition. Competing clubs include Warkworth, Horizon, Kaipara Flats, Leigh, Matakana, Snells Beach and Wellsford.
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The inaugural event was held in 2019.
Open returns
Coach Wesley Whitehouse produces winners.
Champion coach starts training in Warkworth Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club has signed up professional tennis coach Wesley Whitehouse, famed for mentoring international champions including New Zealand’s most successful tennis player, Marina Erakovic. At her peak, Erakovic reached number 39 in the world rankings. She also ranked 25 in doubles and won eight Women’s Tennis Association world titles in doubles. Whitehouse also coached North Shore player Alex Klintcharov, who won the 2009 Queensland Junior Championships. Whitehouse says he wants to apply
the same rigour to producing tennis champions in Warkworth. The goal is to train local players to enter tournaments and host exhibitions at the club. “I try to take what I’ve learned in my career and borrow from templates that have produced the best players in the world,” he says. Whitehouse had an accomplished playing career of his own before he was ultimately hampered by injury. In 1997, he was the Wimbledon Junior Tennis Champion and was a finalist in the Australian Open and US Open in the same year.
At his peak, he was ranked number one junior in the world and made three grand slam junior finals. His career slowed following a wrist surgery, and when he “sprained his whole leg” due to faulty tennis shoes. His hip also began to degenerate. “The goal is now to impart what I have learned and help other players achieve the best they can,” he says. Whitehouse began coaching at Warkworth this term and is currently at the club on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. He is available at other times by arrangement. Info: www.startennis.co.nz
After being scuppered last year due to Covid-19, the Matakana Tennis Open is returning on Saturday and Sunday March 27 and 28 at Matakana Tennis Club. The format has been increased to two days with round robins on Saturday and finals on Sunday. Categories include men’s and women’s doubles as well as two skill level categories in both the men’s and women’s singles. “The top category ranges from a good club player to a Djokovic or Federer. The second category is open to all, including novice players,” club captain Dan Paine says. In 2019 there were 50 entries in the competition, including eight players in the top-level category. Dan says the open is a chance to have a go at “fun but competitive” tennis, as well as watch some top-level play. There will be BBQ food, and beer from Sawmill Brewery. Entry is $25 per person for doubles and $35 for singles. Proceeds go towards the club’s fundraising for lights. Entries by March 19 at https://bit.ly/2OgDENA.
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