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Warkworth Lions president Carol Henderson tees off with a long-distance driver disc.
Disc golf course proposed for Lucy Moore Park The Warkworth Lions has tossed a new idea to the public for the use of Warkworth’s Lucy Moore Park and it involves building a nine-hole course. The club is suggesting that more people would be encouraged to use the park if it was home to a disc golf course. The sport, which sees competitors try to throw a frisbee across a green and
into a metal basket in as few tosses as possible, has a significant following. There are seven courses in Auckland and one in Dargaville. Lions treasurer Peter Henderson says disc golf has a low impact on a space because it comprises just baskets and signs, but it would likely be a significant draw for the park.
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“It would bring in visitors to the town who want to try out the course. We are thinking that perhaps people would stop off on their way down from Whangarei once they hear that this space is here to be enjoyed. “It is amazing how many locals still don’t know the extent of the park.” Peter says that the benefits of a disc
golf course would be instant and much less expensive than the Lucy Moore playground, which has so far cost about $100,000 even before the proposed slide and fort. “The cost of each metal basket or ‘hole’ is around $500, and we may have someone who will be able to just continued page 2
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make them for us.” Warkworth Lions approached the Rodney Local Board and were advised that they should consult the community before officially submitting the idea. A Lions Club Facebook page post invited the public to comment on what they thought about the idea. Since going live, on April 28, there have been 66 comments. “The post has reached 6000 people and had 4000 engagements with only thumbs up and no negative reactions. Ninety-nine per cent of the comments have been in favour of the idea,” Peter says. “The only concern expressed has been how golfers might share the space with dog walkers who frequently enjoy the park, given that dogs are prone to chasing frisbees. However, experienced players have commented that the dogs and discs go well together.” Board chair Beth Houlbrooke says she is looking forward to seeing details of the proposed course. “Disc golf sounds like an interesting idea that could align well with Board priorities,” she says. “Lucy Moore is the main open space in the centre of Warkworth, and we need to make sure that disc golf would still allow the park to cater for users of all ages and mobility. “We encourage the Lions to engage with Council and the wider community to make sure all views are heard.”
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Hardworking Mums appreciated If the entries in our Mother’s Day Hamper competition are anything to go by, Mahurangi mothers are a much-loved group in our community. Nominations came from mothers, daughters, friends and other family members, with many stressing the selflessness that mothers demonstrate in caring for their families, often while holding down a full-time job as well. It was difficult to choose a winner, but in the end, we thought Naomi Piclisan-Perrin’s simple message of love and appreciation for her Mum
Nadine summed up the feeling of a lot of entries. Naomi’s entry read as follows: “My Mum Nadine is the nicest person I’ve known. If there were no mums in the world, then the house would be a mess and I would not be able to go to some places. Mum works so hard just to keep the place in shape and to look after us.” Mahurangi Matters sincerely thanks the businesses who supported the Mother’s Day promotion with generous gifts and vouchers.
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Digital stories bring history to life An app with audio recordings of untold local stories has gone live this week, thanks to a group of dedicated residents. Warkworth Stories is a ‘digital storytelling trail’ which will allow people to walk through Warkworth and hear anecdotal stories from historical figures about the space they are in. The concept is similar to audio guides used by museums throughout the world, but this will be a history of the town as told by its people, project leader Claire McDonald says. The intention is to place a series of wooden posts throughout Warkworth with informational signs, which include QR codes, she says. These codes can be scanned by any smartphone and will automatically bring up the audio story related to that location. The first three stories to be released will be on Lucy Moore Park and Lucy herself, swimming sport events formerly held under the Elizabeth Street bridge, and a history of the Jane Gifford. “The idea came to me because, like many others, I listen to a lot of podcasts during the day, and after 20 years of living in Warkworth, I have heard a lot of interesting stories worth recording,” Claire says. The Warkworth Stories team will present to the Rodney Local Board soon to get permission to install the sign poles in key locations. Each sign costs $400 to $800 and, so far, five community groups including
Marketing expert Hana Mori-Robertson records project leader, Claire McDonald.
Rotary and Lions have agreed to sponsor one. The locations have been chosen after consultation with community groups including the Warkworth Library, Warkworth Museum, Ngati Manuhiri and the Jane Gifford Society. Claire says that in future, they will also be looking for story ideas from residents. “Personal anecdotes enrich the telling of the history, and this information is not something you can just Google – it comes from sources such as a person’s diary.
“It makes the history feel more real to hear it from a person while you are in the physical space and I think the technology draws people in, in a way that an ordinary sign might not.” For example, one of the stories features a first-hand account of a student travelling to school on the Mahurangi River in 1920, as well as a recording of Ngati Manuhiri’s Ringi Brown talking about pre-colonial use of the river. Work on the project has been voluntary and has involved seven local experts including an audio engineer, two
historians and a signage panel designer. The recordings have been done in a homemade recording studio in a Snells Beach garage. Warkworth Stories is hosted on the My Tours app, a platform developed by an Aucklander and used by Walk Auckland, the Auckland Museum, and many walking trails in major cities throughout the world. Each story is about four minutes long and features two to three voices. For more see website: 57.myt.li/tour_1443807127.html
Council grant boosts church development in Warkworth Mahurangi Presbyterian Church has received $785,000 from Auckland Council for a multi-sport indoor court, which will be part of an $11 million community centre in Warkworth. Work is expected to start on the project in October and is likely to take about 18 months to complete. As well as the indoor court, the centre will include a church, childcare centre and
a large function area. Project capital campaign chairman Brian Dangerfield says the trust has nearly 80 per cent of the funding it needs. “The fact that we are not quite all the way there won’t stop us proceeding and we are aiming to start groundworks in October,” Mr Dangerfield says. “We are still looking for assistance
from the community.” The centre will be built on a onehectare site, between Warkworth Mitre 10 and Mahurangi College, and will be available to the public during set times. The Council funding was announced by Mayor Phil Goff last week. Altogether, eight sports organisations across Auckland shared $5 million.
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Peter, Paul and … A photo shoot at the Mahu Trading Post required Men’s Shed enthusiast Glyn Williams to introduce Trading Post chair Peter Marwick, Men’s Shed secretary Paul Maguiness and himself to a Mahurangi Matters photographer. “Here’s Peter, here’s Paul and … I’m not Mary”. Thanks for clarifying, Glyn.
Mahu Trading Post chair Peter Marwick, left, presented a cheque for $10,000 to Men’s Shed Warkworth secretary Paul Maguiness last week. Peter said the Trading Post was happy to support the Men’s Shed for the work it was already doing in the community, even though it had not officially opened. He added that the relationship with Men’s Shed was a two-way street. Already, shed participants were repairing and rehabilitating items sold at the Trading Post, raising more cash for community causes. The Men’s Shed houses a range of woodworking, engineering and other tools and is open to men and women. The shed is located at the A&P Showgrounds behind Kowhai Crafts. It officially opens this Saturday, May 25, from 9am to 2pm. All welcome.
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Power failure On Wednesday, May 1, a power outage hit our area. It had dire consequences over a wide area from Puhoi to Mangawhai and beyond. Not just for individuals, but for businesses like banks, supermarkets, medical centres, dentists, cafes and other retail outlets. Total cost? Hundreds of thousands; perhaps even millions. What caused the outage? According to a spokesperson for Transpower, as reported in Mahurangi Matters (MM May 8), it was all unforeseen, not planned; just an accidental wire failure at a Maungaturoto substation. But this story can’t be true. Another company involved in the distribution of power throughout the area, Vector, said the outage had been planned for weeks. Accordingly, they emailed their customers on April 17, forewarning them of the outage planned for Wednesday, May 1. And they followed that email up with a reminder on April 28. My neighbours received both warnings and have subsequently forwarded them to me. Unfortunately, Vector had neglected to send them to me. I complained and have been offered $50 as compensation. But who will pay compensation to all those other individuals and businesses who were victims of the outage? Will it be Vector? Or will it be Transpower? Transpower took no steps whatever to advise their customers. Will they suffer the fate that Justice Duffy levelled against Vector when he fined Vector $3.5 million a few weeks ago? He used
the occasion to remind us that the Commerce Act allows anyone who’s suffered losses or damages due to a power outage to bring a claim within 12 months. How about it, guys? Prof Raymond Bradley, Omaha
Sack AT? How much more procrastination can we take? What has Auckland Transport (AT) done for Warkworth? • We submitted our Fix Hill Street Now petition to Parliament in February 2017. • Because the petition was to be tabled, NZTA/AT suddenly funded a $2 million study to look at the options and come up with a business case. • It took AT nearly one year to appoint a consultant to carry out the study. • AT gave the consultant one year to produce a business case. Four months would have been more than enough. • AT reported back in November 2018 with two options. One was clearly unacceptable. The other did not show if the roundabout was to be two lanes and totally ignored the Sandspit/Matakana part of the intersection. • In May this year, AT came back to say that further refinement work was being undertaken on the assessment of the two shortlisted options so that a preferred option could be confirmed.
• They now think they might have a preferred option in June. • They then have to work on the business case itself. Why is the business case important? Because no funding for design and then construction can be put in place before the case has been approved by both the AT and the NZTA boards. Why are they procrastinating? They simply do not want to take any action until the motorway and the Matakana link road (MLR) will be in place. Which brings me to the next problem. The MLR Notice of Requirement was submitted in April last year and promptly withdrawn. It was resubmitted in December 2018, nine months later. Hearings have now been held and the recommendation is due to be issued. Appeals are expected because AT failed to discuss and make an obvious change to the MLR/SH1 intersection adjacent to the Pak’nSave site. To complete the MLR at the same time as the motorway is impossible as AT would have to let a contract by July to capture the next construction season. They still do not even own the land for the MLR. What happens if the MLR does not open in October 2021? Traffic going to Auckland from Sandspit and Matakana via the motorway will turn right instead of left at the Hill Street Intersection. This turn is more than twice as difficult as the left turn. Anyone from Matakana continued next page
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Viewpoint Greg Sayers, Rodney Councillor greg.sayers@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Delivering on promises Last month, I voted against Auckland Council bailing out the City Rail Link (CRL) to the tune of $1 billion. My reasoning was simple. Central government, not Auckland ratepayers, should be paying for this project – as the Government does for every other rail project throughout New Zealand. The additional financial drain of rates into the CRL also means desperately required local projects and core Council services suffer as money gets sucked away to prop-up this project’s financial blowouts. People want their rates spent on local infrastructure needs, not on Auckland CBD projects that do little to benefit Rodney. As well as fighting rate increases, I continue the offensive for greater financial accountability to stop Council’s wastage and overspending. I am pleased to have achieved an election promise whereby Rodney is now getting more money spent back into it than what we are paying. This is primarily due to massive investment into the freshwater plant at Sanderson Road and the new sewage plant at Snells Beach, both of which are necessary to cope with urban population growth. Securing a quadrupling of the road sealing money is another promise delivered, however, the implementation spending was pushed out by Council. I am working hard to have this anomaly rectified. There is also an inadequate road maintenance budget for the heavy trucks and traffic volumes using our roads. I am serious about fixing this and am making an election promise to get the road maintenance budget doubled, funded from the general rates, along with having stronger workmanship quality control processes in place. I have proudly and consistently used my vote to protect ratepayers against rate increases, the regional fuel tax, more targeted rates and the increasing cost of Council fees. Several my fellow councillors have loyally supported me, but the Mayor and the majority of the 20 Auckland councillors continue to vote these increases through. Working collaboratively, and forming good relationships with Council staff at all levels, has been essential to achieving other wins. This includes more local contractors getting more work from Council, the Araparera forest money being secured, the bus service to Warkworth implemented from general rates, dredging of the river started, the carpark building being saved from being sold, getting the new Hill Street roundabout plans funded, the Matakana link road given the green light, as well as numerous other local community wins you may have observed or heard about. With that said, I believe Rodney still needs a lot more spent on it due to years of under-investment. Service levels need lifting and more equitable funding for our community facilities accomplished. Throughout the year my face-to-face community clinics have proven very popular. It has been a pleasure to help people solve the diverse range of issues they have had with Council bureaucracy. It remains critical that Council lives within its financial means and ratepayers’ interests continue to be safeguarded moving forward.
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Rodney Targeted Rate - Year 1
Slow spend on targeted rate With just over a month remaining in Auckland Council’s financial year, less than one-quarter of the Rodney Local Board targeted transport rate has been spent or committed. At the end of March, the Board had spent just $377,000 of the $4.17m that the transport targeted rate fund will raise this year – $258,000 on bus services and the remaining $119,000 on new footpaths, bus stops, and park and ride preliminary work. In addition, the Board has committed a further $551,000 for bus services this financial year. Board targeted rate spokesperson Phelan Pirrie says there are some major projects in the pipeline and the Board is taking a long-term view. “The two park and rides – at Kumeu and Warkworth – will involve capital expenditure of several millions, so the Board is weighing up its options for funding these projects,” Mr Pirrie says. “We could borrow the money and use the targeted rate to repay it, save and pay for the projects in a lump sum, or perhaps do a hybrid of these. “We’re keeping our options open until we know exactly what the costs will be.” Going forward, the amount committed for all bus services will be $2.03m each financial year. The Board has introduced three new
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bus services and is in the throes of planning two park and ride facilities: • Bus 998, between Wellsford and Warkworth • Bus 128, between Helensville and Hibiscus Coast Station, via Kaukapakapa and Waitoki • Bus 126, between Westgate and Albany Station, via Riverhead and Coatesville • Kumeu Park & Ride (under investigation) • Warkworth Park & Ride (under investigation). Mr Pirrie says to the week ending May 4, the Wellsford service was averaging 418 passengers a week. Patronage was down slightly over the school holidays, which included Easter and Anzac Day, but the first week back at school saw 500 passenger boardings for the first time. “The Helensville to Hibiscus Coast Station is relatively steady and is averaging 250 passenger boardings a week. We’re very encouraged by early patronage statistics and have asked Auckland Transport to investigate the thresholds to apply for future funding assistance from NZTA. “This would provide us with the ability to potentially increase the frequency of the 128 bus service, and allow us to focus more fully on the remaining
first nine months to March 2019 $4.17m collected
$551,000 committed $377,000 spent
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On July 1 last year, every household in Rodney started paying an extra $150 a year in a targeted rate, set by the Rodney Local Board. The rate is expected to raise $46 million over the next 10 years; including $4.17 million in the first year, which ends on June 30.
targeted rate priority projects.” Mr Pirrie says by the targeted rate’s first anniversary on July 1, he hopes to have greater clarity on how the funds will be allocated over the next few years. On the question of whether or not the interest on the accumulating funds will be added to the Rodney targeted rate funds, he says it is not something he has been focused on at this time.
The Omaha Cove Walkway at Leigh has reopened after being closed for kauri dieback mitigation work. The 1.24km walkway runs from the Leigh Wharf, around the harbour to just past the Leigh Scenic Reserve. The Department of Conservation says that the work also included creating a dry track along the route. This was done by track formation, shaping, drainage, laying aggregate and Geoweb with a bark/aggregate mix. DoC expects the work to be finished this week. Kauri dieback mitigation work is also being done at the Moirs Hill Walkway and Beverley Price Loop Track. Both walks are currently closed – the Moir Hill Walkway is closed due to the motorway project, but the Beverley Price Loop Track is expected to reopen by mid-July. DoC Tāmaki Makaurau mainland operations manager Kirsty Prior says that to keep kauri safe from dieback everyone entering and leaving a track must stay on the track and use the cleaning stations to clean footwear. Meanwhile, Auckland Council has undertaken investigations to renew the boardwalk along a section of the Cotterell Street Esplanade walkway at Leigh. The path was closed in mid2017 because of localised erosion. Further erosion and damage has occurred since. The path will remain closed until all works are finished and certified by an engineer. It is anticipated that the works will be finished mid-August.
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Rural ratepayers robbed by rail, says Rodney councillor Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers says that rural rates are being siphoned off to subsidise Auckland’s rail, ferry and bus services. Earlier this month, it emerged that Auckland City Rail Link (CRL) needed a further $500 million of ratepayers’ money after the project’s costs had blown out by an additional $1 billion. Councillors agreed to the bailout following a six-hour meeting, but Cr Sayers was one of only three councillors to vote against it. “Auckland ratepayers should not be paying another cent towards this project, and central government needs to step up to the plate and fund 100 per cent of the CRL project, as they do for every other city rail project throughout the country,” he says. Cr Sayers is especially upset that hundreds of millions of dollars is being spent on rail, when Rodney’s rural ratepayers continue to put up with poorly maintained roads. “Rural ratepayers continue to be robbed blind by Auckland Council,” he says, Cr Sayers made the claim after securing figures from Council that show Rodney rural landowners pay $33 million in general rates, but only $6 million per annum is invested back into maintaining unsealed roads. “This is disgraceful and clearly shows
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why so many people are frustrated at the state of their unsealed roads when rural households receive minimal other services from Council,” he says. According to Cr Sayers, the $6 million currently allocated to unsealed road maintenance had remained unchanged for the past five years, even though the volume of traffic damaging the roads was increasing. Cr Sayers is calling for a doubling of the unsealed roading maintenance budget from $6 million to $12 million a year, every year, for the next 10 years. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff was approached for comment, but had not responded as Mahurangi Matters went to press.
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Residents furious over illegal dumping at Sandspit Wharf The appearance of a massive pile of foul, stinking rubbish on Sandspit Wharf last month has been blamed on a truck crane failure. Sandspit residents were livid about the pile of illegally dumped refuse that grew to more than 25 metres wide and more than two metres high in places during and after the Easter holiday period. The waste surrounded three overflowing Molok waste bins, which are provided for the disposal of bagged household rubbish and recycling for the benefit of Kawau Island residents and boaties only. Much of the waste was inorganic material such as the interior of dishwashers and broken dining tables and chairs. Local environmental group SSOSI caught seven rats over the period when normally it might trap only one or two. Chairperson Jean-Ann Holt says the illegal dumping is a regular occurrence at Sandspit Wharf, especially during holiday periods. In a letter to Auckland Mayor Phil Goff, Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers and Rodney Local Board chair Beth Houlbrooke, Ms Holt asked why there appeared to be no monitoring of illegal dumping, particularly as she understood there was a security camera in place. She said the rubbish was a health risk to residents and urged Council to come up with a long-term solution.
The pile of refuse proved a magnet for rats. Photo, John Griffin.
Her views were echoed by Sandspit resident John Griffin, who said locals from around Warkworth and closer were finding the site a convenient dump location for household rubbish, and illegal dumping occurred most evenings. “Apart from the obvious rodent and aesthetic impact, there is a foul stink from the area that detracts from the spit. In windy weather the mess is strewn across the roadway and into the harbour,” he said. Mr Griffin said a simple solution would be for Auckland Council to build a secure enclosure with PIN code access for Kawau Island users. “If Council can spend millions of our ratepayer money on tarting up Britomart, then a few grand to
prevent rubbish problems locally is long overdue.” Council waste solutions programme director Parul Sood said the Molok bins were lined with an internal bag that needed to be lifted out by crane. Problems occurred immediately after Easter when the hydraulics failed on the crane of a truck sent to empty the bins. Unfortunately, the truck driver failed to report the incident to management to allow an alternative plan to be put in place. Council is working with the contractor to ensure any similar incidents are reported promptly. Plans are in place to ensure a replacement truck is sent on the same day if the crane fails again. Ms Sood said the Council was looking
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to place the bins inside a gated waste enclosure. The resource consent for the new design was in progress and was expected to be lodged next month. Ms Sood would not disclose whether a security camera operated in the area. “CCTV is used to catch people in the act of illegal dumping and if cameras are known to be present, it simply means the illegal dumper moves to a location that is not under CCTV,” she said. Ms Sood said Council took illegal dumping seriously. At the start of last year, Mayor Phil Goff injected $200,000 to a new fund to tackle illegal dumping. Aucklanders who see illegal dumping can report it by calling 0800 NODUMP.
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Walkway champions press on despite dieback Instigators of a project to connect Snells Beach with Warkworth via an eight-kilometre walkway and cycleway will press ahead with plans, despite the proposed route crossing land infected with kauri dieback. The route crosses Duck Creek Reserve, which this month Council identified as the worst-affected for dieback on Council-owned land in the Rodney area. So far, Auckland Council has tested 143 trees at Duck Creek, and 13 are showing advanced symptoms of the disease and four have tested positive for dieback. The discovery has prompted residents along Duck Creek Road to express concern about the cycleway route. Resident Derek Holland describes himself as a cycling enthusiast and is eager to see the cycleway proceed, but nevertheless has reservations about the section that goes through Duck Creek. “I just wonder if it is a very sensible thing to put a walkway or a cycleway through the bush where there is kauri dieback,” he says. But walkway project chairman Gary Heaven says the project committee fully expected there would likely be issues with kauri since the project was conceived more than a decade ago, and it has strategies to deal with the issue. He says the walkway will maximise the distance between itself and kauri and, as far as possible, be on ground lower than kauri to discourage transfer of the deadly pathogen back to the trees themselves. “That’s 90 per cent of the reason we are heading along the Mahurangi River’s edge at Duck Creek rather than taking an overland section through the bush,” he says. Mr Heaven says a project feasibility study in 2016 identified alternative routes through the bush, but these were now considered unfeasible “in any shape or form” because of the dieback issue.
The recent identification of kauri dieback disease at Duck Creek has angered Snells Beach environmental advocate Michele MacKenzie, who says she alerted Council to trees showing obvious symptoms of the disease back in January last year. She feared the disease could spread further via an extensive green belt, containing many large kauri, that follows the Mahurangi River towards Warkworth. Despite numerous efforts to have a Council officer visit the site with her, these were regularly deferred. Last September, Council informed Ms MacKenzie that limited testing at Duck Creek had come back negative. But her relief was short-lived when a report in Mahurangi Matters (MM April 3) confirmed dieback was, in fact, present at Duck Creek – something she had strongly suspected for more than a year. Council biosecurity manager Lisa Tolich confirms Council testing only confirmed dieback at Duck Creek after September 2018. Confirmation came following an aerial surveillance programme and ground testing, which began in Rodney during summer last year. The large number of soil samples generated led to laboratory processing delays, which, in turn, delayed identification of dieback at Duck Creek. Ms Tolich says the greatest risk of the disease transferring beyond Duck Creek is people inadvertently moving soil along a trail network. She says Council’s biosecurity team will need to assess kauri dieback risk mitigation measures prior to allowing any work on a walkway and cycleway through Duck Creek. Right: Environmental advocate Michele MacKenzie in front of a kauri showing classic signs of dieback at Duck Creek.
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New seawall for Algies Bay A new seawall to help tackle erosion at Algies Bay was completed late last month. The project was initiated by the Rodney Local Board and cost $1.6 million. Finishing work on the southern side of the Algies Bay boat ramp completes the entire seawall. The northern side was finished several years ago. Board chair Beth Houlbrooke says public consultation helped shape the project. “People love the foreshore and now it is protected for years to come,” she says. “This iconic seawall offers protection, a place to walk or just sit and relax while enjoying magnificent views out over the bay.” Construction took seven months and features: • A seawall consisting of 47 metres of rock masonry with a height range of 1.5m to 2.1m. • A series of timber retaining walls stepping down the reserve’s slope starting behind the seawall. • A landscaped keystone wall located at the southern end of the reserve.
• A path network across two levels; with the lower path connecting the esplanade reserves and the higher path and steps connecting to the car park, playground and lower path. • Five picnic tables, additional seating built into the retaining walls and a drinking fountain. Rehabilitation work on Gordon Craig Place, above the seawall, is also complete. Auckland Council community facilities head of project delivery John Schermbrucker was asked to comment on why a South Auckland rather than a local contractor was engaged for the car park works. Mr Schermbrucker said all Council procurement rules were followed to ensure Council got value for money. “This car park was tendered as a bundle – the other car park being Matheson Bay. The tender was in line with the engineer’s estimate, the contractor was available to start when required and they have performed great work elsewhere,” he said.
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Budding archaeologist joins team to restore lost kilns Jowan Nute, 16, believes that Warkworth’s town history is too precious to be forgotten and left to rot in the undergrowth. He has joined a team of residents investigating options for the protection of the long forgotten Daldy Coombes kilns, in the bush on the northern banks of the Mahurangi River in Warkworth. Today, the kilns appear only as holes dug out of the bank, but Jowan’s keen archaeological eye quickly uncovered a network of structures that forged the beginnings of a town. “On top of three main kilns with conical shafts, there is a track built for a horse and cart that leads up the bank to a tramline, where limestone would have been transported from a quarry. I have identified the quarry, which is 100 metres from the kilns,” Jowan says. “The kilns have been left so untouched that chalky white lime powder is still stuck to the walls after it was refined 150 years ago.” Jowan is a volunteer at the Warkworth Museum and was able to check original town plans in the archives, but found that the structures were only recorded as two dots without a label. He is calling on the public to get behind preservation of the Daldy Coombes limeworks and wants them to be incorporated into the proposed cycleway project between Warkworth and Snells Beach. “With the path, you could follow the
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whole process in stages. from mining to carting and refinement, bringing another element to the history. I believe if history is enjoyed by everyone then it will be better protected, whereas a boring plaque might go unnoticed.” Snells Beach to Warkworth cycleway project chairman Gary Heaven said he was aware of the kilns and an application for funding from the Historic Places Trust had been made in conjunction with the Warkworth Lions.
“The grant will allow us to assess what options are available to protect the kilns, which are on private land. We have talked to owners and they are supportive of us looking at the project,” Gary says. “I would reiterate that the privacy of landowners needs to be respected and that the kiln shafts are a hazard and potentially quite dangerous if someone falls down them. “Protecting these kilns comes down to
using the proper mechanisms and that starts with applying for a grant from the Historical Places Trust. The baton has been passed to the Lions to do the archaeological work.” And now they have added Jowan to their team. “Having a young person with enthusiasm and vigour is worth 500 other people, and it would be great if this could help him with his future studies.” Gary says.
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The involvement of the wider Mahurangi community, from local food producers and artists to businesses and community groups, will be crucial to the success of this year’s 50th Kowhai Festival, according to festival chair Murray Chapman. “Our festival is the second longestrunning festival in NZ, which is something Warkworth can be very proud of,” Murray says. “Local involvement is the key ingredient to the event’s longevity and success. “We’re going all out for the 50th this year and it’s good to see other groups getting involved.” Stallholders who want to book a spot at the Huge Day Out on Sunday, October 13 are being encouraged to book early. The festival reached its limit of 210 stallholders last year. Murray says that with more than
18,000 visitors in the town on the day, it creates an unprecedented marketing opportunity. “It’s not just the business you can do on the day, but the contacts you can make for repeat business.” He is encouraging retailers to “let their imaginations run wild”, from decorating their shop windows in the gold theme to coming up with festival specials and voucher ideas.” Murray says that for 50 years Warkworth has celebrated the arrival of spring and the flowering kowhai, as well as the amazing people who shape our community. “The festival is a showcase for all the amazing talents, services and activities that this area has to offer.” To book a stall, visit Kowhai Festival on Facebook or the website kowhaifestival.nz
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College presents favourite Austrian musical Mahurangi College will present one of the world’s favourite musicals next month, The Sound of Music. The show has been in rehearsal since April and will take to the school stage from June 27 to 29. A total of 65 students are in the cast, as well as some teachers. Several former students are also helping the tech team, backstage and in the band. Director Wendy Sutherland, who is a veteran of 13 school productions, is the school’s head of music. “The shows are an opportunity to build relationships with the students, do plenty of creative problem solving, particularly in the directing, set and costuming, and connect with the community,” Wendy says. “My first choice for the biennial school production was Mary Poppins, but I couldn’t get the rights, so I had to look for a show that fitted the clientele of more female roles than males! Lyn Dashper, the music director, was also keen and I am thrilled to see the excitement from the students about the choice.” Wendy says the biggest challenge has been creating a show for 65 students instead of the small cast it was written for. The lead roles of Maria and Captain von Trapp will be played by Emily Martin and Tolstoy Hardie, while hospitality teacher Yvonne
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at the start, but changes to being more relatable by the end of the play,” Tolstoy says. “School productions are fun and I enjoy performing. I like the camaraderie of the cast and I’m looking forward to seeing the whole play come together. The most challenging thing so far has been learning how to do the Laendler dance with Emily.” Tickets go on sale on May 27 and can be bought from eventfinda.co.nz or from the school. Director Wendy Sutherland at rehearsals with leads Tolstoy Hardie and Emily Martin.
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Holdgate will play Mother Superior. Emily has been singing and playing guitar for nine years and was in choirs and productions at Warkworth Primary School. She is in the Performing Arts Academy, studies music at Level 3 NCEA, runs the school choir and is in the dance company. “I had a lead role in the Year 9 production, and had roles in the 2015 and 2017 senior productions,” Emily says. “The shows are a fun opportunity to hang out with the
The Love for Christchurch concert with Whitechapel Jak at the Warkworth Town Hall last month raised $4582 for the Christchurch Foundation. Organiser Alex Hayward thanked everyone from the area who attended and showed their support. The Christchurch Foundation also thanked the Town Hall and said it was delighted the cause had brought the community together.
cast, wear amazing costumes and grow as a performer. The excitement of showtime and the adrenaline that you get from performing is addictive! “Also, because it is based on a true story, it is an inspirational story of music, love and the importance of family, which is a really great message to spread.” Tolstoy is also a seasoned school performer and was Chip in Beauty and the Beast and Freddy in Loverly in 2017. He has studied piano and music since he was 13. “I like how the Captain is really harsh
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high baritone. Moreover, Peter says there is only one Leonard Cohen and despite the multitude of covers of Leonard’s music, nobody can sing it like him. Instead, he says he tries to deliver a faithful interpretation of the songs. “I try to get inside the songs and discover their meaning. Leonard spoke so profoundly of the human condition. I try to get inside of that.” Peter became a student of the Canadian singer after he attended one of his concerts in New Zealand in 2009. “I was just blown away by the beauty of the music. It was profound – filled with wisdom and spirituality,” he says. “I felt like I was in a cathedral, though actually it was Vector Arena.” Imperfect Offering was formed in 2014 and the band tours regularly around New Zealand. Last year’s Ascension concert was their biggest so far, with more than 340 tickets sold. Peter anticipates a similar turnout this year. Imperfect Offering presents the music of Leonard Cohen on Saturday, June 1, at 7pm. Bookings eventfinda.co.nz.
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Imperfect Offering returns to the Ascension Wine Estate next month with a brand new show honouring the music of Leonard Cohen. Lead vocalist and Warkworth resident Peter McMillan says last year’s tribute concert closely followed the set list and structure of Leonard’s last concerts in New Zealand. But this time, the nine-piece band will undertake a chronological journey through Leonard’s life and music, starting with his debut single Suzanne, recorded in 1967, to music from his final album You Want it Darker, recorded in 2016. The set will include six new songs not heard in the earlier concert. Peter says during the show he talks about the different phases of Leonard’s life and the music that is reflected in those phases. “People say it’s a better show. Tying up the music, the lyrics and the different phases of his life seems to speak to people more profoundly,” he says. One thing Peter does not attempt to do is sound exactly like Leonard. For one thing, Leonard was a deep, gravelly bass, whereas Peter is a
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Young violinist to guest at Kowhai autumn concert Violinist Marika Balzat will be the guest accompanist at Autumn Leaves, a concert by Kowhai Singers at Warkworth Town Hall on Sunday, May 26 at 4pm. She will accompany the choir for a number of songs, as well as join conductor and pianist Amy Cottingham for two interludes during the show, which will include Argentinian tango compositions by Astor Piazzolla. Marika has been playing violin since she was four years old and recently completed her Bachelor of Music Degree from Auckland University. She has been teaching the violin for five years and plays all music genres, from folk, Celtic and gypsy jazz to baroque and classical, she has also toured the US, Europe, Australia and Fiji. Kowhai Singers webmaster Jo Evans says Autumn Leaves promises to be a rich and varied presentation of beautiful music, including classical songs and some lighter fare. “After three months of productive
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rehearsal under Amy’s expert tuition, the choir is in very good voice,” he says. Tickets cost $25, and are available on the door or in advance from Briar Rose Flowers on 425 9016 and from any choir member. There is no charge for students.
Queen’s Birthday art exhibition Kawau Bay Painters is holding its annual exhibition on Queen’s Birthday weekend, Friday May 31 to Sunday June 2, at the Old Masonic Hall in Warkworth. The group is comprised of local award winners, Jenny Arnerich, Colleen Kangwai, and Suzanne Williams, and this year the exhibit will feature contemporary art, as well as Chinese brush painting. The group has also invited Maggie Matheson to exhibit in the foyer with her brightly glazed pottery. This year’s special guests are Bob and Caroline Simpson with their acrylic painting and pencil drawings.
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Warkworth Food Rescue Many of us don’t know what it is like to have an empty pantry - except by choice. Sadly, too many in our communities face this dilemma on a regular basis and the Warkworth Rotary /Lions Food Rescue has helped relieve this with over 50 tonnes of food being distributed since the scheme’s inception. We all hear about wastage of foods and in our own homes we continually check “Best Before” or “Use by” dates on packages. Is this to be believed or is it a marketing ploy to sell more products. We won’t elaborate on that but leave it as food for thought. As reported in the of Mahurangi Matters, we now are based at the Warkworth Museum OP Shop secondary premises at 28 Baxter Street which is another example of a community organisations working together. The Warkworth Museum has a fantastic “old shop” display so why not get along there and see how it was. Not a “Best Before” or “Use by” date in sight. The Warkworth Rotary Lions/ Food Rescue acknowledges the suppliers, supporters and volunteers who make this a reality. If you are interested in donating food: Call 0274 776 519 or email warkworthfoodrescue@gmail.com
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A fusion of folk, blues and country is on the programme for the Wilde Taylor concert in Whangateau.
Country roots revisited One of Auckland’s hottest new ‘Americana’ acts, Wilde Taylor, will play at the Whangateau Hall on Wednesday, June 12 to promote their second album, Broadway Cowboy. Singer/guitarist and front man Jesse Wilde and guitarist/percussionist Ed Taylor formed the group in 2017. Both Ed and Jesse have been professional musicians for more than 20 years in Auckland and overseas, in a variety of groups and genres. Ed started life as a sophisticated classical guitarist and award-winning composer, studying performance classical guitar at Auckland University before “turning to the dark arts of hillbilly folk and blues”. Jesse, on the other hand, has always played folk/rock, heavily influenced by the music of the southern states of the US. In 2017, the duo recorded an album
of original songs in an acoustic folk/ country style. Don’t Blame It On Me was released in in February last year to rave reviews and great sales. The title track placed in the semifinals of the International Song Competition in the US, and Wilde Taylor has performed on Radio NZ, Sofa Sounds and Sky TV. The new album, Broadway Cowboy, was released in March. Tickets cost $15 and the show starts at 7.30pm.
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Pink paddleboarder speaks at breakfast A woman who has faced breast cancer twice – once at 26 and then again at 40 – will be the guest speaker at a Pink Breakfast at the Warkworth Town Hall on Friday, May 31, from 10am-noon. Karin Horen, a mother of three daughters, has become a passionate advocate for breast cancer education, as well as a motivational speaker. She is also the founder of the cancer charity Paddle for Hope, which has raised more than $350,000 since it started in 2011. “My talks are very practical and are
about life ‘after’ cancer,” she says. “I do talk about my journey, but I also share the tools that have helped me cope, and how the physical and mental challenges have changed me. “And I always leave plenty of time for the Q&A session. That’s my favourite part when women raise the issues they want to talk about.” Karin is also the founder a swimwear range for women who have had mastectomies and the online business oneofus.nz. Organisers of the Pink
Breakfast describe her as “a little pocket rocket”. The morning will include a silent auction, raffles and prizes for the best pink outfit or creation. Tickets cost $25 and proceeds from the event will be donated to Breast Cancer NZ. Info: Warkworth Facebook
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Move to make Matakana more caring A new community help directory is being planned as part of a wider move to make Matakana and the surrounding areas a more caring, inclusive and socially-connected place to live. Matakana Community Group member Janis Grummit says the group has successfully made a number of infrastructure projects happen in recent years, such as the new car park and footbridges, and now is a good time to broaden its scope. “The wider Matakana area is growing rapidly,” she says. “There is a real opportunity to support people and work together, to seed processes and events to encourage strong social connection.”
She points out that, despite the area’s upmarket image, there are plenty of people who have little or no support and who may be isolated and struggling, whether financially, physically or emotionally. “We want to catch people who might be falling between the cracks. We’ve found there are services out there, but people aren’t always aware of them, either because it’s not being communicated or they’re new to the area and don’t know where to look. So we’re making that a priority and putting together a directory to help.” The new resource will be available on paper, as well as online, and will focus
on showing people where to turn to for a wide range of specific issues, such as depression, disability, drug or alcohol problems, or budgeting advice. “It’s about prevention. We want to build a strong community where people feel connected and we can help each other, rather than source help only from Government agencies,” she says. “The first thing is to provide a directory of help, and to get people involved.” It is hoped that the first directory will be ready sometime in July. A second directory featuring local clubs, groups and information is also being planned. Info: Email Janis on janis@workplacewisdom.co.nz
Free car maintenance advice for women There’s a chance for women to get up to speed with basic car maintenance at a free lunchtime lecture in Warkworth on Wednesday, May 29. STR Automotive mechanic Kelly Andrews will be sharing her knowledge and tips of the trade at the Women’s Centre Rodney in Morpeth Street between 12.30pm and 2pm. Registrations and further information from 0800 237674 or info@womenscentrerodney.org.nz Visit us on Facebook for daily notices MahurangiMatters
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Colleen Julian and Bridget Farmiloe were blown away by last year’s donations which supplied 50 Rodney families with warmth.
Blankets appeal for Rodney families Here’s a cause that will give people the warm fuzzies. Rodney Women’s Centre is calling on the public to sort through their linen cupboard and donate clean blankets and warm bedding, as well as new pyjamas and hot water bottles, for local families in need. It is the second time the centre has participated in the annual Give a Kid a Blanket appeal, which has been run in Auckland since 2015. Last year was a great success, with around 300 blankets collected and distributed to families throughout northern Rodney, centre manager Colleen Julian says. “There is a need in our community as there are families who cannot afford to buy blankets or pay for heating. Though tenancy laws have changed to require insulation, the deadline for this is not for some years and many are still living in cold, damp homes.
“Families are referred to us through social agencies, schools, and medical centres or anyone who might know someone in need. We go through all the donations and make parcels to suit the need.” Colleen hopes that this year’s appeal will be as successful as last year. She was blown away by support from the community last year. “Kindergartens held drives for pyjamas, and parents that were out buying for their kids got an extra pair and donated them. Some even sewed pyjamas to donate, while one woman even made 100 water-bottle covers.” The centre is collecting bedding and pyjamas until the end of July and donations can be dropped off between 9.30am and 2.30pm, Monday to Friday, at their premises at 10 Morpeth Street, Warkworth. Info: Rodney Women’s Centre on 425 7261.
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Matakana’s Wendy Parkins has published a memoir about living with depression and phobia while embarking on a professional career in the United Kingdom. “I led a kind of double life, necessarily concealing my phobia from others, hoping that the screaming terror in my head was audible only to me,” Wendy says. Entitled Every Morning So Far I’m Alive, the book records what it was like to live in a world where shaking a stranger’s hand, catching a taxi or touching a door handle was fraught with fear and dread. “Obviously it is a personal story, but I hope there are moments in there that everyone will identify with. I wanted to add to New Zealand’s story about how mental illness is experienced. “There is hope and – spoiler alert – at the end of the book, I recover.” Wendy has advice for anyone who might find themselves in the same position. “It is important that sufferers of mental illness don’t feel a sense of shame because that can be just as debilitating. Don’t think to yourself that, as a professional, you shouldn’t be experiencing it, and understand it as a health problem.” The book is published by Otago University Press and is available at Matakana Village Books or online at Unity Books for $35.
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Thrills and spills at brigade open day A steady stream of visitors were entertained and informed at the Matakana Volunteer Fire Brigade Open Day held on May 4. Attendees could try their hand at escaping a smokefilled room, learn what to do to counter a saucepan going up in flames, aim a fire hose to put out a potential blaze, try on firefighting equipment and check out what it’s like to be stretchered away in an ambulance. Senior station officer Peter Guild says more than 80 per cent of brigade callouts relate to medical emergencies and the ambulance was on site to
highlight the close working relationship between the ambulance and fire service. Peter says in addition to educating visitors about dealing with fires, another aim of the day was to attract new volunteers. He was delighted to sign up three volunteers on the day and discover three more potential recruits. The Matakana brigade currently has 15 volunteers, but ideally should have between 22 and 24. Anyone interested in volunteering for the brigade should call Peter on 0274 726 080
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Outlook positive for industrial and commercial investment Demand for industrial land in Warkworth is strong, but is being hampered by a lack of supply, according to Bayleys north director Mark Macky. “Businesses are looking at Warkworth as a possible destination, and existing successful industrial and commercial businesses are looking to grow,” Mr Macky says. “But, although there is some live-zoned land in the north, it’s not currently available for purchase or development, and probably won’t be until the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway is built and utilities and services become available.” Bayleys’ commercial sales and leasing agent Henry Napier says that in the meantime there is a massive shortage of flat industrial land. “There’s very little land here that is suitable for large big box retailers or distribution centres, which is what I think will be the focus of future growth,” he says. He believes there will be more interest from large retailers when the new motorway opens. “We are almost guaranteed to see interest from some bulk retail businesses that operate out of large scale premises, similar to Mitre 10 on Woodcocks Road. We know that Pak’nSave is going in on the corner of Hudson Road and
Bayleys’ Henry Napier, left, and Mark Macky say the new motorway is key to unlocking investment in industrial and commercial property.
State Highway 1, and when they start developing that site, we think it will trigger other bulk retailers to consider a position in Warkworth. “There is also an argument that Warkworth will be attractive to investors, in the same way that the Highgate Business Park in Silverdale is, with large industrial land close to the motorway. We may see similar demand from distributors who use large warehouses as logistics hubs.” Mr Napier says prices for industrial land in Warkworth is rising and can vary from $100 a square metre to $300 a square
metre, depending on the property. Meanwhile, demand for commercial or retail property in Warkworth has been strong, with some yields dipping below five per cent. A yield or capitalisation rate of a property is the rental income it generates as a percentage of the purchase price. A low yield indicates that a high price was paid for the property. “When the rate is low, it means there is a lot of demand from buyers pushing up the price. That’s good for the area because it means it is on people’s radars and investors are willing to put
their money here.” Mr Napier says the outlook in Wellsford is also positive. “Two years ago, we were seeing yields at seven per cent or upwards in Wellsford, but now we are consistently seeing yields at six per cent or lower. That improvement is a result of buyers looking for properties in growth locations outside of central Auckland at a price that is reasonable. “I recently sold the Subway premises in Wellsford at a low yield of 5.2 per cent, which is competitive for the area. I am definitely seeing a pick-up in enquiries on commercial properties in Wellsford, where there is a sense that the tenant is strong and reliable.” Mark Macky says that, in comparison to South Auckland, the north is offering substantially better value opportunities. “The capitalisation rates are similar, but the overall cost of the asset is much lower. In terms of land value and rents, you could estimate that property on average is at least 20 per cent cheaper in the Warkworth area. “South Auckland has higher prices because it has a higher population with a readily available labour force for industrial business. However, the north has an unbeatable lifestyle and you don’t have to deal with the southern motorway.”
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Retirement complex pushes ahead with development Further work on the Oaks on Neville retirement village will start in earnest in the coming weeks and will involve the refurbishment of the historic Warkworth Hotel. Real Living Group director Chris Murphy says the refurbishment will require the hotel to be lifted so that its foundations can be replaced. Once new foundations are in place, the building will be resited, but will be about 400mm higher to meet Council requirements. The ground floor will be fitted out as a restaurant and bar, and the upper level will be predominantly open space for Oaks village communal use and possibly community functions. The ground floor will be expanded to the rear and eastern side to provide more space for the kitchen and for diners. The street frontage and western façade will be kept more or less intact. It’s hoped the building will be open for public use early next year. Meanwhile, Real Living is pressing ahead with plans for additional facilities. The group has been granted a resource consent and is working on securing a building consent for a further 48 apartments and 28 rest home/hospital level care suites on the former Four Square site on Neville Street. This phase of the project will include an underground car park for about 50 vehicles, three retail spaces along the Neville Street frontage and a small 50-
A bird’s eye view of the Oaks development with the Warkworth Hotel on the left.
seat cinema and wine bar for use by residents and guests. Mr Murphy said the group hopes to lodge the building consent application in June or July, but the construction start date will depend on progress on selling existing apartments, and is not expected to start before 2020. Mr Murphy said after eight months, more than a third of the apartments in the Hoteo and Mahurangi buildings in the village were sold. A government decision to ditch a proposed capital gains tax had led to
an upsurge in interest. “Sales at the Oaks are progressing well but are often dependent upon the ability of incoming residents to achieve an acceptable sale price for their homes, and, at this time, the general real estate market is difficult,” he said. “We do not take a hard sell approach. Moving to a retirement village is a big step and people need to take time when making this decision. It is not uncommon for future residents to come and view apartments three or four times before making a decision.”
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Protestors plan sacred site declaration to block landfill Campaigners at a Fight the Tip meeting at the Wellsford Community Centre on May 13 voted overwhelmingly to support a rāhui as part of its continuing efforts to prevent a landfill being situated on the side of the Dome Valley. In Maori culture, a rāhui is a form of tapu (spiritual restriction) imposed on an area or resource by local guardians. The decision came following a passionate speech by kaumatua Mikaera Miru, of Waiotea marae, who said a rāhui was a customary Maori practice effectively acknowledged by the Resource Management Act. “It is in our control to place a rāhui. We must facilitate it and fight to maintain it,” he said. Mr Miru said to initiate the rāhui it would be necessary to contact all the marae and tribal entities around the Kaipara Harbour to come to a hui to discuss the issue along with Pakeha. Afterwards, Mr Miru said he anticipated the rāhui declaration should take place as close as possible to the landfill site with hundreds in attendance to make a resounding political statement. He said he had every confidence a rāhui would succeed. Earlier rāhuis placed over the Kaipara Harbour in 1997 and 2012 had successfully halted the rape of the harbour by commercial fishermen and had stopped a $600 million Crest Energy tidal turbine project. Mr Miru’s speech followed a talk by Northland MP Matt King, who said the Fight the Tip campaign’s concerns
regarding the potential of leachate from the landfill to pollute waterways and the Kaipara Harbour, and wreak enormous environmental damage was entirely valid. Moreover, he shared the additional concern regarding 300 waste trucks a day travelling in and out of the Dome Valley – a notoriously dangerous section of State Highway 1. Mr King said a 1200-signature petition presented to Parliament by Fight the Tip urging that no landfills be built near waterways had been sent to Parliament’s Environment Select Committee. The committee could either “kick the petition into touch” or launch an enquiry into the concerns raised. However, Mr King said Fight the Tip’s best hope was when Waste Management’s resource consent application to build the landfill was publically notified by Auckland Council. “That’s when you need to stand up, make some noise and target the council process, because that is the way you are going to stop it,” he said. Mr King understood Waste Management planned to lodge its resource consent application at the end of May. The hui to discuss the imposition of a rāhui to prevent the landfill will be held at the Wellsford Community Centre on Sunday, June 9, at 1pm. Maori and Pakeha are invited.
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Industrial and business areas planned for Stubbs Farm A comprehensive plan to develop about 99ha of land – known as Stubbs Farm – was publicly notified by Auckland Council last week. Turnstone Capital is applying for a plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan to rezone the future urban-zoned land in Warkworth North to a mix of residential, business and ... industrial open areas. land alongside The bulk of the land lies waterways has between Viv Davie-Martin Drive and Hudson Road been specifically and an area to the south avoided to the bounded by Falls Road and greatest extent the Mahurangi River. possible. The Warkworth North Private Plan Change request would provide capacity for about 1200 dwellings and 13.4ha of business land. The plan’s economic assessment concludes this could add between 2200 and 3000 people to the resident population, up to 1300 to the workforce and bolster retail spending by between $8 million and $9 million.
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Turnstone’s Plan Change Request incorporates a structure plan which identifies zones for housing, light industry, business, retail, parks and recreation, plus a network of proposed roads and pedestrian and cycle connections through the development. Turnstone Capital CEO Jamie Peters says that industrial land along side waterways has been specifically avoided to the largest extent possible. The Warkworth North plan also proposes a Neighbourhood Centre with smaller shops to cater to residents’ convenience needs and will feature smaller offices, providing professional, advisory and employment services to meet the demand arising from the development of the new industrial zones. The Neighbourhood Centre would be located beside a proposed western link road, which forms the main arterial route through the development and will likely accommodate public transport links in the future. The most dense residential areas are closest to the Neighbourhood Centre, lower density housing is located in steeper, less accessible areas while business activities are focused in areas with flatter land. The northern end of the development is designated a general business zone and provides for larger retail stores and warehouses, which will be close to the planned Matakana link road and the intersection of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway extension and State Highway 1, which is currently
under construction. The plan change request says its structure plan enhances the existing natural features of the site, including water courses and bush areas by incorporating them into its open space network. It adds that the proposed land use will contribute to improving the balance of residential and business growth “to support Warkworth as a self-sustaining community now and into the future”. Auckland Council’s Future Urban Land Supply Strategy identifies Warkworth North as being ‘development ready’ by 2022. Turnstone says progressing the plan change now enables the zoning to coordinate with developing key infrastructure such as the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway extension, the Matakana link road and the Snells Beach wastewater treatment plant upgrade. More than 1000ha of land has been identified for future urban growth in Warkworth, with the town’s population expected to grow five-fold over the next three decades. Members of the public wishing to see the entire plan change request and make a submission can see it on the Auckland Council website: aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plansprojects-policies-reports-bylaws/ our-plans-strategies/unitary-plan/ auckland-unitary-plan-modifications/ proposed-plan-changes/Pages/default. aspx
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Council adopts zero-waste demolition strategy The demolition of a Puhoi barn last week was undertaken in accordance with a new Auckland Council strategy to drastically reduce construction waste. The Rodney Local Board was faced with removing the dilapidated barn in Puhoi Pioneer Memorial Park for safety reasons, but aimed to accomplish the demolition without generating any waste for landfill. Contractor Trow Group was engaged to undertake the demolition. Rather than adopt a ‘wrecking ball’ approach, they carefully deconstructed the barn to recover all the reusable corrugated iron and timber. Council is currently working towards a similar approach to all its building demolition projects, whereby building materials will be recovered and recycled rather than being dumped. Reusable materials can include building fixtures such as seating, light fittings, kitchen and bathroom sinks, as well as important building components and materials, such as trusses, timber, corrugated iron and steel.
Council communications specialist Kate Williams says the Auckland region is in the middle of a major building boom, which generates a lot of waste that usually ends up being sent to landfill. “Construction and demolition waste currently accounts for 50 per cent of Auckland’s total waste stream,” she says. Council estimates that for the year ending 30 June 2019, Auckland will have produced 568,935 tonnes of construction and demolition waste – the equivalent of 196 Auckland Town Halls filled to the brim with waste and stacked on top of each other. Moreover, construction and demolition waste is expected to grow at about 3 per cent per annum. Ms Williams says materials recovered from the Puhoi barn will be redistributed to charities and community groups in Auckland, or they could possibly be sent to the Pacific Islands to assist with reconstruction efforts in the wake of recent cyclones.
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Trade waste rules reviewed Auckland Council is asking industries and businesses for feedback on its Trade Waste Bylaw 2013. The consultation is part of a fiveyearly bylaw review process to see how well current rules are working and what improvements could be made. Public consultation closes on June 10. Trade premises across Auckland discharge trade waste into the public wastewater system every day. This includes wastewater from food, chemical, pharmaceutical, metal, bitumen, concrete, paint and detergent manufacturing. Regulatory Committee chair Councillor Linda Cooper says if Council does not put effective controls in place, these discharges can have a harmful effect on wastewater pipes, the environment and public health. “We’ve all seen or heard of the massive fatbergs that block our sewers,” she says. “This bylaw is about taking practical steps to reduce these sorts of harmful effects. “Through this bylaw, Council makes rules that require occupiers of trade premises who discharge trade waste to meet minimum discharge standards. “After a recent review, we’re now suggesting some changes to make the bylaw more effective and improve understanding of how we regulate trade waste.” As part of the management of trade
waste, monitoring is undertaken at discharge sites, at strategic points in the wastewater network and at the wastewater treatment plant. This monitoring shows that while improvements have been made in some areas, problems still exist and a baseline background of noncompliance is present. A wide range of pollutants such as lead, mercury and solvents are still being discharged. Cr Cooper says stakeholders consider that trade waste discharges continue to pose a risk with concerns ranging from the discharge of fats, oils and grease to the discharge of persistent pollutants. She says the bylaw works in conjunction with other regulation to support waste minimisation, cleaner production, efficient recycling and reuse of waste streams. Among the proposed changes is the introduction of the Trade Waste Control 2019 (Control) section of the bylaw, which sets out current limits to flow rates and volumes for lowrisk discharges, and current limits to characteristics and substances in trade waste discharges. A drop-in session to discuss the bylaw will be held at the Auckland Central Library, 44 Lorne Street, on Friday May 31, from 9.30-10.30am, or for further information, email tradewastebylaw@water.co.nz.
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Council under pressure over industrial zoned land Some of the strongest flak directed at the draft Warkworth Structure Plan relates to industrial zoned land. At a public meeting in April, the One Warkworth Business Association slammed the plan for fragmenting industrial land into separate areas that it said were “poorly located”, and argued should be designated for general business rather than industrial land. Auckland Council is currently finalising an Engagement Report following public consultation on the structure plan, which will summarise public submissions and Council’s response. Despite the fact the report is still to be completed, Council planner Ryan Bradley was willing to share the gist of the submissions on the industrial land proposals. He says overall there was support for increasing the amount of industrial land to enable more local employment and prevent Warkworth becoming a commuter town. There was also support for adding new industrial land around existing industrial zones to limit the phenomenon of “reverse sensitivity”. This is where new land uses can have the effect of detrimentally affecting established land uses. Nevertheless, critics continued to blast the plan on several fronts.
Key concerns were that: • There is too much industrial land and it will turn Warkworth into a blue-collar town. • The plan should provide more land for high-skilled jobs in technology and research. • There is better industrial land available further north with good road connections. • Industry is placed next to residential areas with little to protect the residential areas from noise and dust. • More land should be made available for large format retail stores. • Industrial land should not be placed near waterways. Mr Bradley says Council will respond to these criticisms as part of its engagement report. Some will likely generate changes to the draft plan. He feels other concerns already have straightforward answers. For example, he says the industrial zones are not limited to low skilled, factorytype employment, but can also accommodate facilities for advanced technology and research. Once revisions have been made, the structure plan will be considered by Council’s Planning Committee on June 4.
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What the draft structure plan proposes … The draft Warkworth Structure Plan proposes three additional chunks of industrial land in and around Warkworth. Northern industrial land: This comprises flat land that fronts State Highway 1, opposite existing light industry zoned land. The southern boundary of this land adjoins a stream. It’s anticipated an “esplanade reserve” (20 metres on either side of the stream bank) will provide a buffer between the industrial land and residential areas. Arterial roads will provide further buffers to residential areas. The plan recommends landscape screening along the land fronting SH1 to create a pleasant northern entrance to Warkworth rather than an unpleasant industrial one. Southern industrial land: This comprises an extension of the established Morrison Drive/ Glenmore Drive light industrial area. The land is sloping and the slopes are mostly south facing, which is not ideal for residential development but can suit industrial development. As in the north, arterial roads will be used to buffer the industrial area from other land uses and landscape screening is planned to contain any unpleasant visual impact.
Industrial land designations in draft Warkworth Structure Plan.
South-western industrial land: This new industrial area is near a potential southern interchange of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway (currently under construction). This means the land would have good access to the national freight network. The land is bordered by the motorway, Woodcocks Road and the right branch of the Mahurangi River. It’s anticipated the area will have an esplanade reserve on both sides of the river creating a 40-metre separation between the industrial land and neighbouring uses.
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Mahurangi students build own construction academy Mahurangi College officially opened a new construction academy last Thursday with an evening that provided the opportunity for tradespeople to meet potential future apprentices. The new facility is a 150sqm undercover concrete workshop with the latest industry-standard tools, including three drop saws, portable table saws, and battery and pneumatic nail guns. Academy director Hugo Vaughan says since students began the course three months ago they have learned how to safely use tools and feel confident that they could complete a task given by an employer. “I believe students need to add value for employers from day one. Some students didn’t know how to read a tape measure when they started, but they have grown tremendously. “I’ve been in education a long time, and I have seen the benefit of students getting real life work experience in school. There are kids here who might have struggled academically but are very clever and have shown enormous talent in the workshop.” So far, students have made several garden benches, picnic tables, a garden shed and a playground box. For the rest of the year they will work on 10sqm portable cabins. Currently, there are 14 students in Year 13 at the academy as well as 17 students in Year 12. “The Year 12s will start next year with a strong base of skills, so we are planning to build a ‘tiny house’ with them and want to find a client who will liaise with the students about what they want throughout the process. “We will look to secure that client by the end of the year and start building in January, with a view to complete a second house by the end of 2020. The
client will be getting a great quality product at a good price, and will be able to inspect the progress at any time.” All of the academy students are enrolled with apprenticeship provider BCITO, which will assess students’ work and register credits toward their apprenticeship as well as to their NCEA portfolio. As part of the academy’s programme, the students do a weekly work experience day with a tradesperson in trades such as plumbing, bricklaying, carpentry or electrical to get an idea about what they might like to pursue. Last week, the first student was offered a full apprenticeship after a builder came to the academy, saw him working and was impressed by the quality of his work and his attitude. “That kind of meaningful interaction with employers is exactly what we want for the kids,” Mr Vaughan says. “We want to acknowledge three sponsors who have made building the academy possible, providing $50,000 in labour and materials – Wharehine Concrete, Advanced Concrete Pumping, and Dean Grice, from Footings and Floors Concrete. They took the time to involve the students in the building of their own workshop.” Assistant principal Jon Blyth says the academy is part of a shift towards teaching skills that are directly transferrable to the workforce. “We decided that rather than going down the traditional route of a woodwork or metalwork room, we would teach these kids skills like how to be site safe or how to change a drop saw blade, so that they are work-ready when they enter apprenticeships,” he says. “After talking to local industry, we found that those are the types of skills tradespeople are looking for.”
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Extra maintenance spent on Matakana Hall in its diamond year One of the district’s last remaining community-owned halls is celebrating its 60th anniversary in style, with a $90,000 facelift to replace its roof, ceiling and lighting. Although built of solid concrete and structurally sound, the Matakana Hall roof was showing signs of its age, with damp, mildew and water damage causing problems. New roofing iron, insulation and ceiling tiles were needed, as well as modern LED lighting to replace old fluorescent strips. The hall committee realised this was a job that was well beyond standard self-funded maintenance and improvements, so external help was sought and community grants were received from Foundation North ($30,000) and the Lottery Grants
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Board (almost $59,000). The work was completed last month. The original Matakana Hall was built in 1880 as a result of the local farming community raising funds for the land and a deposit, but it burned down five years later. The replacement hall lasted until 1959, when it was also destroyed
by fire, but thanks to the dedication of the community, was rebuilt by the end of the same year. It remains one of the few non-council owned community halls in the region. Matakana Hall Society secretary Penny Shelbourne said a strong community spirit endured and the hall and two
smaller rooms were in regular use for a wide range of activities, including sales and markets, community group meetings, table tennis, infant development, dance, yoga, fitness, music, choir and floral art. “The hall is a thriving space used by people, young and old, from as far afield as Puhoi, Leigh and Wellsford,” she said. She said the society wished to thank Foundation North and the Lottery Grants Board, as well as BBMK Commercial, Matakana ITM and Dynamics Financial Services, for making such important improvements possible. For hall bookings, please call Beverly on 422 7590, or Penny on 027 323 8747 for general enquiries.
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Major earthworks for a light industrial and residential development in Mangawhai kicked off last month, but the developer remains tight-lipped about what the final development might look like. It’s anticipated the $200 million development known as Mangawhai Central, located between Mangawhai Village and the heads, will comprise a town square, supermarket, hardware store, petrol station, retail shops and light industrial buildings. Other possibilities include recreational facilities, a school, retirement accommodation, a hotel and a medical centre. However, developer Viranda declined to offer more details when approached by Mahurangi Matters. Group projects manager Brandon Morley said Viranda did not feel it necessary to comment further at this stage. “For a development of this size and complexity, this will be a long process and we will be in a position to offer more information and announcements later in 2019,” he said. Meanwhile, Kaipara Mayor Dr Jason Smith, who attended the breaking-ground ceremony, said the development would be transformative for Mangawhai as a town and as a destination. “It’s big, bold and I expect it to be beautiful, too,” he said. “The layout of Mangawhai Central
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Dogs performed some good pulls with clean lines, despite some nervous lambs at the Molesworth Club sheep dog trials in Kaiwaka in April. It was one of the last trials in the Northland region before the National Championships in Kaikohe at the end of this month, providing a last chance for competitors to qualify their dogs. Around 160 dogs were run across the four categories during the two-day event. An accomplished handler Murray Child, from Maungakaramea, unsurprisingly had a good showing with his dogs, taking first in the short head and straight hunt categories, as well as second and third in the zig zag hunt. His brother, Neville Child, also took fourth in the long head category. Molesworth’s own top contender, president Scott McRae, is running four dogs this season, three of which qualified for the nationals with 11 wins between them. His top dog, Toby, was in fine condition on the day taking first in the zig zag huntaway category and second in the straight huntaway. “Last year, Toby fought with another dog and twisted his bowel, but the vet operated on him and within 13 days he was still able to place third in the nationals,” McRae said.
Molesworth Club president Scott McRae will represent Kaiwaka at the National Championships with four dogs.
“We are hoping to pick it up even further since the nationals are just over in Ohaewai, near Kaikohe, this year.” Last year, McRae and the Child brothers performed so well that they claimed the Cyril Perry Shield for Northland for the first time in the sport’s long history. The prize is awarded to the region
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“There are much fewer competitors in Northland compared to Gisborne and Taranaki, where the standard is excellent, but the province does still have 13 clubs, which is impressive,” he says. Declining numbers haven’t stopped shepherd Alayna Exlee, 26, from running sheep dogs for a year-and-ahalf with the Molesworth club. She has an intermediate level dog, as well as a dog that performed its maiden run on the day. “It’s a great way to socialise because you can go up to anyone and say ‘gidday’ and find out about how their dogs have been bred. The experienced farmers come and give you a hand and help you figure out how to do better,” she says. Alayna’s goal is to keep trialling her dogs to gain enough experience to one day compete at the nationals. A sheep dog run is scored out of 100, with points awarded for smooth continuity of movement, how closely the sheep move together as a group and how well they stick to the course. Winning first place gains a dog five points in the overall competition, while four points are awarded for second, three points for third and so on. A dog has to win six points in regional trials before it can qualify for the national championship.
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Volunteers at the park nursery work all year to build up the stock for the annual planting days.
Spades ready for Tossi planting Slip Gully near Anchor Bay, at Tawharanui Regional Park, will again be the focus of the annual winter planting days, which start on Sunday, June 2. Tawharanui Open Sanctuary Society (Tossi) deputy chair Roger Grove says the group hopes to plant 15,000 trees over three weekends, between June and August. “It is always interesting to see who turns up,” he says. “Sometimes it can be a very international mix of visitors and locals, and last year we had two corporate teams from Ecoware and Design Worth. “On the third planting day last year we had 220 volunteers, which was a record.” The days are designed with families in mind and there are always plenty of jobs to go around, from digging the holes to stomping the dirt in place and
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Climate change on workshop agenda regeneration, planting for water quality and erosion control, sustainable employment, and a more resilient landscape. The B+LNZ workshop will be held at the Wellsford Community Centre on Wednesday, July 3, from 10am to 1pm. Participants are asked to take along a farm map/aerial photo if they have one. Region coordinator Rachel Jukes says climate change affects everybody and farmers are some of the first to be affected. “The earlier farmers understand the drivers of climate change and what is contributing to it, the sooner they can adapt and make changes to their farm systems,” she says. Numbers are strictly limited so registration is essential. To register, email Rachel at Rachel.Jukes@ beeflambnz.com
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Farmers’ role in meeting New Zealand’s one billion trees target by 2028 will be explained at a workshop in Wellsford next month. B+LNZ is running a one-day event to introduce participants to key climate science and policy issues, and explain how to apply for grant funding. Initial estimates by Forestry NZ suggest that at least 500 million trees will be delivered through current planting rates. The additional trees are expected to come from both permanent trees and plantation forests, with a mix of natives and exotics. In order to achieve this, the Government recognises that it needs to make it easier for landowners to plant trees and there needs to be incentives to support the right trees, in the right place and for the right purpose. Forestry NZ says the benefits will be indigenous
Four community planting days will be held at Atiu Creek Regional Park, on the Kaipara Harbour, starting on June 9. The events are being organised jointly by Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) and Auckland Council regional parks, who formed a partnership in 2015 to increase the biodiversity values at the park. About 70,000 trees have been planted since then. The two organisations have issued an invitation to families and individuals across Mahurangi to join one of the planting days. “A lot of people have never visited the park so the planting days offer the perfect opportunity to visit and get involved,” CVNZ Auckland regional manager Clair Hobi says. “All you need is sturdy footwear, a hat, water and a spade.” Atiu Creek is Auckland’s third largest regional park, covering 843-hectares of farmland, exotic forest, native bush, wetlands and mangroves. It was gifted to the people of New Zealand and entrusted to Council by Pierre and Jackie Chatelanat in 2005, and officially opened to the public in 2008. CVNZ runs a nursery at the park where it grows trees from seeds sourced at the park and this year, 30,000 seedlings have been raised ready for planting. Other activities undertaken by CVNZ at the park include environmental pest plant control, predator control, track maintenance and regular water monitoring. The planting days will be held on June 9, July 28, August 17 and September 1, starting at 10.15am and finishing around 2.30pm. Booking essential: Phone 0800 567 686 or info@cvnz.org.nz
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Grow your own As winter approaches, fruit and veggie prices start climbing; which makes it more difficult for people on a tight budget to get their vital intake of healthy food. There is really no excuse for not growing at least some of your own, though. Everyone can grow fruit and veggies. It’s not rocket science, although you never stop learning. The amount and diversity of what you grow is entirely up to you, your available time and resources. Leafy greens and herbs are the easiest to start with. Pots of herbs on a sunny kitchen windowsill or deck will supply more than enough of these nutrientpacked plants all year round. An ongoing supply of leafy greens such as lettuce, spinach and silverbeet, plus easy root crops, like An avocado carrots and radish, can be obtained from a couple of square metres of good topsoil or garden compost or, tree is a long-term again, some pots on the deck. Add a small bamboo or project on a big wire frame for half a dozen snowpea plants, and you’ll scale but looking be eating these all winter and spring. at the price of Potatoes are also able to be grown throughout winter avos now, every in large containers. The old blue recycling bins we used to use are fantastic. Place them in a frost-free position home should and add extra soil as the crop grows to encourage have one. the plants to continue developing new tubers up the stems. These are very productive. Come summer, these same bins can be used to grow kumara in the same way. Fruit is also easy to produce, although the trees are more expensive and slower to start than veggie seed or seedlings. However, fruit trees will produce for many years with minimal attention. For those renting their home, planting in pots works just fine for quite a few fruit crops. A potted or planted lime tree will produce more limes than you will ever need. Meanwhile, dwarf apples and nectarines provide seasonal treats. Fruit trees also provide shade in summer, food and shelter for birds and insects, and beautiful displays of spring flowers and autumn foliage. Once the gardening bug bites, moving to the trickier crops – those that are less economically viable or those that require a bit more planning or space – is the next stage. A bed of asparagus will produce succulent spears every spring for decades; likewise, a clump of rhubarb comes in handy when you’re looking for a quick dessert treat. Garlic is one of the slower but very satisfying and incredibly nutritious crops to grow. An avocado tree is a long-term project on a big scale but looking at the price of avos now, every home should have one! With some planning, dedicated gardeners can have year-round production of a variety of crops; enough to buy only the out-of-season essentials such as tomatoes and beans from the supermarket. With the addition of a small greenhouse, even these can be produced nearly year round. A family with a fruit and veggie bill of $100-$200 per week can reduce this by up to $10-$20 per week with their own lovely, fresh, spray-free produce and get some good exercise in the process. A no-brainer, really.
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My husband and I made the emotional decision to lease out our farm in order to concentrate on our other business interests, employees and to free-up some life quality time, which is often absent with a heavy workload. The highly respected Northern Rodney farming family of Daniel and Nicola Berger have taken on the lease, and we wish them well. Our family home is still here, so thankfully I still get to enjoy this amazing view. I must admit the first truckload of breeding ewes that left the farm almost made me burst into tears, but that quickly turned to joy thinking about some of the maintenance I am now going to demand gets done. I was more of a So, I have decided to write a short series of columns ‘sling ya legs over describing the highlights and low lights of the calamity that was my non-existent farming career. I will also the back and hold leave my email address under my pic and invite my on tight’ type of community to contact me if they would like me to write chick. about anything interesting they are doing. I can write about almost anything, even finding perfect beauty and inspiration in ordinary people leading ordinary lives – feel free to contact me. So, please allow me to flex my fingers over my keyboard and come with me on a journey of farming self-discovery. I remember when we bought this farm it felt like I was walking through the doors of a newly opened employment agency, and although I was a willing job applicant, I knew in my heart that my resume was woefully inadequate. It all started with the quad bikes. “Would you like to learn?” Now I realise that most people would be tripping over themselves to roam as free as a bird on a quad over this beautiful place, but for me this proposal needed some major thought processing. Gazing around at the paddocks, hills and those thousands of animals roaming around, a sudden cold sweat and horrifying thought came over me. Hmm, hang on a minute. If I learn to drive one of them, then that may lead to driving over those hills and chasing after them! Ummm. No thanks, get real! Apparently, I am rather fond of my sanity. I informed my husband that I was more of a “sling ya legs over the back and hold on tight” type of chick, and that sort of quad bike vocation was best left up to the experts with a far greater level of tolerance and skill than me. Of course, my refusal to learn to ride a quad proved problematic over the years. Like the time some clown left one parked behind my car and my stubbornness saw me miss an appointment that I had waited two months for. Or the time I had a flat tyre in a howling storm and my kids were left to walk the 1.3km driveway in the smashing rain – popular mother I was not. To this day, and after all these years, I have never driven a quad: quad bike riding scorecard: 0/10 (epic fail). Sure, I missed out on a lot of fun, but with my sanity intact I was able to open myself up to trying other farming aspects. Next issue I will be discussing “drafting out”. Trust me, Stephen King horror novels have got nothing on that experience. To be continued …
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It is less than two months until history is made at the 2019 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final in Hawke’s Bay on July 6. For the first time in the contest’s 51-year history, two women will be among the seven grand finalists. They are Emma Dangen, 24, a Te Awamutu-based vet representing Waikato/Bay of Plenty, and Georgie Lindsay, 24, a North Canterbury shepherd who will represent Tasman. The other grand finalists are James Robertson (Northern), Alex Field (Taranaki/Manawatū), Joseph Watts (East Coast), Alan Harvey (Aorangi) and Matt McRae (Otago/Southland).
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Developing immunity Are vaccinations for our pets really necessary? The loud and clear answer to the question is, “Yes, definitely.” Vaccination has the purpose of limiting infection risk to the individual and to the total population. In a population that has a high vaccination rate, like 95 per cent for example, infection has a poor chance to take hold and spread, because the majority of individuals develop immunity after vaccination. The ones who do not develop immunity because they, for example, suffer from an For cats immune-deficiency disorder, will have much less exposure and dogs, the to the infective agent, because very few individuals in the population will sustain the merry-go-round of infection so-called core vaccines take from one to another. care of the For immunity to develop after vaccination takes time. The length of time is dependent on the type of vaccine used, as general threats well as the relevant vaccination protocols for the particular vaccine. As a rule of thumb, one can say that this period to the health of your pet. will be from two weeks to one month after vaccination. The duration of the immunity varies for the different types of infections that we try to prevent because the immune response to a vaccine is strongly dependent on the antigenic properties of the vaccine. You all know, from going to your doctor, that when you had a full course of tetanus vaccination that immunity lasts for several years, yet the flu shot has to be renewed every flu season. This is because the antigenic properties of the flu shot are lower than for a tetanus vaccine and also because the virus strains change from season to season. This is considered by the manufacturer when a seasonal vaccine is designed to meet a particular challenge. For cats and dogs, the so-called core vaccines take care of the general threats to the health of your pet. After an initial course of several vaccinations from birth to one year of age, they get revaccinated at three-year intervals. But there are particular threats that require the use of non-core vaccines, a lot of these noncare vaccines have to be renewed on a yearly basis. If you, for example, have a dog that is used to retrieve during the duck shooting season, this dog will spend a lot of the time in fresh water or in close proximity to the water’s edge. This exposes the dog to a considerable risk of a leptospirosis infection, and I would strongly recommend to vaccinate yearly against this particular threat. There are other indications for vaccination against leptospirosis, and your vet will advise you why you should consider this type of non-core vaccination for your pet. If you ever have to leave your dog at a boarding kennel, the owners will require a full core vaccination record and a non-core vaccination against kennel cough. Risk of catching kennel cough does increase with high-density, mixed populations of dogs, which would also apply to a highly frequented doggy-friendly park in the city. Again, this vaccination needs yearly renewal. The take home message to all of you is if you have a pet, get it vaccinated. Your vet will advise you and will remind you when re-vaccination is required and will give you a booklet to record the vaccinations for each individual pet.
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Warkworth’s Murray Billington was an achiever both on and off the court.
Tennis service gong Left to right, Robin Denton, Kat Kayll, Keiko Pogoni and Penny Smith are Warkworth’s top combo.
Fast four bring home Shore shield The Warkworth Tennis and Squash club ladies have won the North Shore Day Tennis interclub shield for the fourth time, in a competition that ran from October to March. It was Belmont Park that last took the top spot off Warkworth in 2015/16, when a player was injured and had to be replaced from the reserve team. Women were up against their long-time rivals from Belmont in the second to last game, but took a healthy win at 10 to 4. Then their final game against Northcote was a wash with Warkworth taking it 13 to 1. There were 10 teams in the premier division and they had to play 18 matches in order to win. Keiko Pogoni said the team’s edge was a result of the four of them always playing together, whereas some of the larger clubs had a pool of up to 10 to select players for a game. “We play each other a lot, so we instinctively know
what the other person is going to do on the court and what their strengths are,” Keiko said. Robin Denton said the competition had an incredible standard of play and North Shore was home to highly talented players. She said a lot of games came down to super tiebreakers, which happen when both teams have each won a set, and then tie in the third set. The winner of the super tie-breaker is the first team to score 10. Warkworth had a really tight home game with Mairangi Bay in round 15, with three super tiebreakers across four games. In the competition, teams of four play four doubles games that sees players 1&2 and 3&4 from either side play each other concurrently, then 1&3 and 2&4. Fresh from the win, Penny Smith has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Worlds Masters Games in the Super 60 division in 2021, Denton says.
Warkworth’s Murray Billington has received a national service to tennis award by Tennis NZ Seniors (TNZS) at an event in Christchurch. Billington has been a part of senior tennis for 35 years, 15 of those spent at the Warkworth-based Lower Northland Senior Tennis Club, either as president, club captain, committee member or running the Annual Open tournament. On top of that, he was the president of TNZS for an extended term of four years and is credited with improving the fairness of representation on the national committee and selection panel. His playing record is equally impressive, with 12 individual senior titles and nine titles with the Lower North Island team at the national event. Internationally, he represented New Zealand at the ITF Worlds both in Perth in 2009 and Croatia in 2013. Though Billington is now unable to play tennis due to a health condition, he still assists the club and is on the committee that organised the 2019 Seniors Tournament that took place last weekend. He was selected for the award by a panel of eight club officers on the national committee, out of 2500 members in the organisation.
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Paddler leaves rivals in wake Pakiri’s Skin Atkins will be representing New Zealand at the Waka Ama 2019 World Distance Champs, held in Mooloolaba from August 9 to 17. Atkins qualified after a convincing victory at the Long Distance Nationals at Okahu Bay. He out-paddled his nearest competitor, Filipo Brewster, by nearly a minute over the 16km race. “I wasn’t confident about winning the singles because there was a new younger guy, Filipo, who has earned himself a reputation for winning everything. But I just thought I would give it everything, especially as I have won it three times before,” Atkins said. Both Atkins and Brewster compete in the Gold Masters category for men between 60 and 70. “All the guys were ahead of me at the start, but I thought if I keep it up, I will get it in the end. My strength is my endurance. “After the first quarter of the race I got ahead. The whole time I was looking for the younger guys behind my shoulder, but I didn’t see them again.” Atkins is chairman of the Tapara Waka Ama club in Omaha, but the club doesn’t have enough paddlers in a single age category to put together a full team, so Atkins competed in the nationals under Takapuna’s Taniwha Outrigger Canoe Club. He got a second gold medal at the nationals for a team race with the Taniwha in the 20km gold master men’s race – along with teammate Brewster. The Worlds event in Mooloolaba presents a different challenge, as
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competitors are required to use uniform boats provided to them instead of their own vessels. “You just have to hope it runs well for you on the day. The Aussies know the boats so they can train ahead of time, but we get a couple of training runs at best.” Glen Stirling from the Tapara club also won in his team masters (50-60) and will go to the world champs. “It’s good to get someone to train with and push me. The hard part of the world champs will be competing with guys nearly 10 years younger than me,” Atkins says. Atkins last won a world title 12 years ago in Hawaii and says he hopes 2019 is his year to do it again.
All ages badminton at Snells Beach Mahurangi badminton club welcomes all players at the Mahurangi East Community Centre. The club plays social games on Monday evenings for all grades. Junior sessions for age 8 and above are at 6.30pm while seniors play at 7.30pm. Contact Sue 09 422 3125 or Jeremy 09 425 6340. Call for junior rugby coaches Wellsford School is looking for a head coach and assistant coaches ahead of the Rodney Otamatea 2019 Taniwha Shield Team. This year’s tournament is at Waipu, July 15-20. Anyone interested should contact Michelle on 027 244 1753 or rojuniorrugby@gmail.com Leigh school needs netball assistance Leigh School is looking for help in transporting students to the Interschool Netball day on May 29 at Centennial Park in Wellsford. It is also looking for anyone who has knowledge of netball who would be prepared to come to the school and teach the children some skills. Contact Fay Bradnam 09 422 6031. Kaiwaka carwash Otamatea Netball Club is holding a carwash in the Three Furlongs carpark in Kaiwaka to raise money for the AIMS games. For a donation, hard working kids will clean your car while you have lunch at the bar. The club needs to raise $10,000 before September to compete in the week-long netball tournament in Mt Maunganui. Come along with a dirty car 10am-2pm.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FOR NORTHERN ACTION GROUP (NAG) To be held at Totara Park Retirement Village Hall, 5 Melwood Drive, Warkworth, on Tuesday 18th June 2019 at 7.30pm. Topic: High Court Appeal Progress. All welcome. MAHURANGI/WARKWORTH SENIOR CITIZENS AGM Friday 14th June 2019 at 1.30pm, Warkworth Community Rooms, 4 Alnwick Street, Warkworth. WARKWORTH & DISTRICTS MUSEUM SOCIETY INC. AGM at the museum, 1.30pm, Sunday 26th May. Election of Officers, guest speaker and afternoon tea. The deadline for classified advertising for our June 5 paper is May 29. Send classified advertising enquiries to design@localmatters.co.nz
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Two boats capsize in 48 hours on Mangawhai sandbar Mangawhai Heads lifeguards and local surfers responded to two separate boat capsizing incidents on the infamous Mangawhai sandbar over a 48hour period at the start of the month. Around midday on Friday, May 3, a vessel flipped on its bow as it was returning from fishing, throwing both passengers into a two-metre swell. “We lost power on the way over the bar and as the wave behind caught up, the inevitable happened. It’s a terrifying experience surfing down a wave in an 18-foot boat and watching the bow sink before flipping and throwing you under the boat,” boatie Nigel Burrows said. Off-duty lifeguards Tony Baker and Hamish Judson responded along with Auckland surfer Shane Murrell, pulling the two men onto their boards and alerting a passing fishing vessel, which came to the rescue. Less than 48 hours later, boat with three passengers flipped while heading out in similar conditions. A surfer who witnessed the incident from the beach
called 111, activating the after-hours surf lifesaving squad, which quickly responded. An inflatable rescue boat was deployed, and the passengers were returned safely to shore. Volunteer lifeguard Tony Baker says both rescues highlight the ongoing danger that bar crossings present to boaties, and the importance of being prepared and wearing a lifejacket. “Crossing the bar is about timing and observing the frequency between breaks,” Tony says. “You have to hug the rocks because that’s the deepest part of the channel even if it seems counter-intuitive.” He says that the surf lifesaving service usually attends around six major boat rescues a season. He adds that although there has been talk of dredging the Mangawhai bar over the years, the responsibility is on boat owners. “There’s no need to rush out there for the fishing – check it out on the beach first, always wear a lifejacket and if you’re unsure about conditions, don’t go out.” Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society secretary
Passengers from two capsizing incidents were rescued by Mangawhai volunteer lifeguards.
Jerry Pilmer says that routine dredging does take place to deepen channels and ensure continued boat access inside the harbour. “But the bar is too dangerous for the dredge used by the Department of Conservation. The current is too swift and would break the anchors and we would be swept away.” He said the dredge isn’t likely to be replaced for at least another two years.
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Confirmed 2018 NCEA results again show our students having achieved above the National decile 7 average at all three levels of NCEA; including for Māori and Pasifika students, for both boys and girls. In University Entrance, our boys were 14.4% above the
pass rate for other schools of our decile and our girls 16.6% above. I am incredibly proud of our place and our people, but it is reassuring to have this confirmation that all the hard work and care from our staff, students and community is paying off.
Term 2 has taken off with a flying start! Our Prefects represented our school extremely well at the local ANZAC commemorations in Warkworth, laying wreaths at both services. Our Head Prefects spoke at the civic service, and our Deputies at the RSA afterwards. The Prefects spoke of their own family involvements in WW1 and WW2, of why it is important we do remember the sacrifices they made, and of the impact this should have on our lives today. Our Kapa haka group also represented our place with pride with their performances during ANZAC commemorations, and at the recently held Tai Tokerau Festival.
and climbing challenging hills before weaving back to the finish line. We were impressed to see our young people showing determination, sportsmanship and feeling a sense of achievement. Congratulations to our place winners and to those who have gone on to compete at the North Harbour Championships.
Despite the power cut during rehearsals last weekend, our production cast and crew are hard at work preparing for this years stage hit, The Sound of Music, which will be performed 27-29 June. Tickets go on sale from next Monday.
Our winter sports teams have now all started their season. I look forward to following their progress over the weeks ahead. Congratulations to our senior Mixed Touch team who finished their season winning the Auckland Regional Championship final against Orewa College at the end of last term. This qualifies them to compete at Nationals at the end of the year. Congratulations also to Tenaija Fletcher and Chrysanthe Hawken who have been selected for the North Harbour U18 Women’s Rugby team. On Tuesday May 7 we held our annual cross country at the Warkworth Showgrounds. This year the number of students participating increased, due to it now being compulsory for all of our Year 7-10 students. The weather was stunning, and the course included the usual old fashioned cross country features with students crossing a muddy creek, traversing uneven paddocks
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At the end of Term 1 students from Year 9-13 competed at the interschool Science and Technology competition E-Pro 8, held at Rosmini College. One of our Year 9-10 teams went on to compete in the semi final, placing in the top five but not making it through to finals. After placing second equal in the heats, one of our Year 11-13 teams went straight to the finals at Western Springs College, held during the first week this term. It was an exciting competition with the leader board constantly changing throughout the two-and-a-half hour competition.
The team, known as the Big Boys’ Lego Club, placed third equal (below). Congratulations to all involved. The Year 7-8 competition takes place in Term 4. This year Mahurangi College established a Construction Academy to provide opportunity and a pathway for students who wish to enter the trades as their preferred career choice. We aim to partner with employers in the trade sector to provide students the opportunity to gain work experience, and to build connections with employers for future work prospects. Last Thursday we invited employers from within our community to an open evening to meet our students and see the quality of training and skills they are receiving. If you are interested in getting involved in this exciting project, or would like to know more, please let us know. David Macleod PRINCIPAL
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PRIDE VALUES PUT INTO ACTION AT THE HUNUA RANGES
During the first week Term 2, our Year 8 students attended their annual camp. This year we headed for a brand new location; Camp Adair in the Hunua Ranges. All 240 Year 8 students, as well as staff and parents, left on Wednesday morning for three days of adventure and fun. The focus of the camp was to provide new experiences and opportunities for us all to put into action our PRIDE values - and boy did we need to use them! There was sunshine, adventure, mud and freezing,
freezing cold water. Highlights included swinging from the high ropes, building rafts, stumbling around the Burma trail, visiting the glow worms and singing our hearts out at the roaring camp fire each night. Every day and night was full of challenging activities, both mentally and physically, which left both students
and staff feeling exhausted - but also exhilarated and very proud. It was a phenomenal camp with endless fun, laughter and learning opportunities. Many thanks to our staff and parent helpers, who went above and beyond to role model our values in action. See our Facebook page for more photos.
A PRACTICAL LESSON ON EFFECTS OF KAURI DIEBACK Our Year 9 Sustainability class student’s recently conducted a practical assessment, modeling the difficulty trees with Kauri dieback have in getting nutrients. Students used straws to simulate feeder roots Kauri use to get water and nutrients from the soil. They began with healthy “roots”, timing how long it took them to suck up 60ml of water. Then they conducted the same experiment with infected roots (adding punched holes in the straw above the water line). The students timed how long it took to suck up the same amount of water with increased amounts of disease (adding more holes). Students realised that it became increasingly difficult to get water as a tree with Kauri dieback. Our students are working alongside Auckland Council to help reduce Kauri dieback in our area.
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Changed line-up in netball comp The annual Rodney Netball Centre competition starts this Friday, May 24. Mangawhai’s first team is in the top grade for the first time in years, after players from Wellsford’s Ruggals, which was third last year, moved to the Mangawhai club. After an absence, Whangateau’s Rodney Rams are back with five teams, including one in the premier grade. Warkworth Netball Club is down from five to two teams. “Otamatea Ex 1, which is also in the Premier grade, is missing some key players from last year, which may have an impact on its performance this year,” centre vice president Lynette Gubb says. Otamatea College has left the competition to play in Whangarei, leaving Rodney College’s first team as the only college age team in the top division. Meanwhile, the C division is primarily made up of college age teams, but it will also include Tomarata B, which has players returning to the game after an absence. Gubb says Tomarata and Warkworth have both entered college age teams that have benefitted from an influx of players from Mahurangi, who no longer want to play in the North Harbour competition. This year there will be six teams in the Premier grade, six in A grade, and five in both the B and C grades. Overall, the competition is down three teams this year. Games are played each Friday from 6pm to 9pm in Wellsford.
More photos online at localmatters.co.nz Warkworth’s Dave Carruthers performs a draw shot at the Oaks 4 tournament.
Bowls Warkworth on roll after top tourney Bowls Warkworth held its premiere event for the year on May 4, drawing in 92 players from the town and surrounds, well up on last year’s 64. It is the second year the Oaks 4 tournament has been run by the club thanks to a $4000 prize pool provided by the neighbouring Oaks on Neville retirement village. The top prize for both the carpet and lawn green categories was $400, second $320, third $260 and so forth. Tournament convenor John Hurdley said there were 10 teams from outside the club’s catchment, including teams from Whangarei and Orewa. “We are on the right track to getting
“Some locals have missed out because of all the outside interest, but that’s why we say get in quick.” Results: Carpet Green – Gordon Ball, Dave Carruthers, Roy Newdick, Cynthia Roper (Warkworth) 1; May Evans, Bill Lequesne, Scott Mitchel, Betty Browne (Warkworth) 2; Brian Hagger, Colin Wintle, Gerard, Kevin Robinson (Leigh) 3. Lawn Green – Stu Macdonald, Charlie Shepherd, Sue Whiteman, Sam Nelson (Warkworth) 1; Steve Cameron, Dick Wilson, Ken McGregor, Mike Beretta (Warkworth) 2; Les Hatfull, Barry Dorward, Neil Hatfull, Ernie Gidman (Warkworth).
a bigger profile among clubs outside the area,” Hurdley says. “Already two teams from Whangarei have signed up for the winter series games. “The profit on the day was the biggest the club has made in 35 years, which is vital to the club’s operation.” It was fitting way to end the season with the grass green at the Bowls Warkworth club officially closing on May 18 for the winter. The club will host six games on its turf green for its annual winter series. “The first two games are already fully subscribed off the back of the Oaks event, and the other two already have five or six entries.
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Warkworth Grey Power annual general meeting, Totara Park Hall, 10am. Agenda will cover civil defence, Neighbourhood Watch and community policing issues. 23 Warkworth RSA Fishing Club annual general meeting, 6pm 24 Warkworth Library Sustainability Showcase Day, Old Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, 10am-4pm. Clothes swap, gardening advice, heating tips and more. Info: katherine. mitchell@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz 24 Aysha Robertson, ukulele and vocal, Warkworth Library, 2pm 25 Men’s Shed open day, A&P Showgrounds, 9am-2pm. 25 Brass With Bruce, Mahurangi East Library, Snells Beach, 10am. Local musician Bruce Borthwick will demonstrate a range of instruments with brass band sounds. Morning tea provided, gold coin donation appreciated. 25 Genealogy Lock In, Wellsford Library, 1pm-4pm. Free afternoon learning about & doing genealogy research, all welcome. Info: 09 377 0209 25 Duo Col Legno (marimba & cello), presented by Warkworth Music, Warkworth Town Hall, 4pm. Info: warkworthmusic.org.nz 26 Puhoi Village Market, celebrate Puhoi’s ethnic and national diversity, 10am-1pm. Ph Jaqui 021 977181 for space. 26 Rocketman film, Rotary fundraiser. Matakana Cinemas, 5pm. An epic musical about Elton John in his breakthrough years. Tickets $25 from Mahurangi Matters or Terry 09 422 3237. 26 Autumn Leaves concert by Kowhai Singers, with violinist Marika Balzat and Amy Cottingham conducting, Warkworth Town Hall, 4pm. Tickets $25, students free (see story p17) 27 Pianist Amy Cottingham solo concert, Warkworth Town Hall, 6-7.30pm 27 Warkworth SeniorNet with guest speaker, SeniorNet Centre, off Warkworth RSA carpark, 2.30pm. Info: 425 9643 30 Motherpluckers, ukulele and vocals, free performance, Warkworth Library, 10am 31 Pink Ribbon Breakfast for Breast Cancer NZ, Warkworth Town Hall, 10am-noon (see story p19) 31-Jun 2 Kawau Bay Painters Queen’s Birthday Exhibition, Warkworth Old Masonic Hall, 10am-3pm. Free entry (see story p17) 23
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The Music of Leonard Cohen, Ascension Wine Estate, 7pm. A journey through Cohen’s music from 1967 to 2016. Info: imperfectoffering.co.nz (see story p16) Tawharanui Regional Park planting day, follow the signs, 9am start (see story p41) Bingo, Old Masonic Hall Warkworth, 7pm. Fundraising for Warkworth Museum. Warkworth Area Liaison Group for all interested in Warkworth community issues, RSA basement meeting room, 7pm. Info: Steve Haycock 0274 963 711 Kowhai Arts & Craft Open Day, clubrooms at Warkworth Showgrounds, 10am-2pm. Demonstrations and discussion, refreshments. All welcome. Planting Cement Works Walkway, a Forest and Bird project, 9am-noon. Info: 425 9127 Planting Heritage Lane via Mellwood/Ashmore, a Forest and Bird project, 9am-noon. Info 425 9127 Atiu Creek Regional park planting day (see advert this page) Wilde Taylor, Whangateau Folk Club concert, Whangateau Hall, 7.30pm (see story p18)
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Mahurangi under 11s in girls’ festival of rugby Young female players took over Silverdale Rugby Club’s grounds on Saturday, May 11 for a Girls’ NonContact Rugby Festival Day, held to mark the start of the season. A total of 51 teams from the North Harbour region took part, made up of around 500 girls, all aged 15 or younger. All were playing non-contact forms of the game – the U15 and U13 teams played Quick Rip and the younger ones played Rippa. Rugby Manager for Women at North Harbour Rugby, Sarah McIlroy, says the region is one of the fastest growing for women’s rugby in New Zealand and that non-contact forms of the game are increasing participation rates. She says North Harbour Rugby has almost doubled their non-contact rugby grades in a year from around 30 girls teams last year to more than 60, covering both boys and girls (2019 is the first year for boys). “The festival day was a great way to kick off the season, congratulate the clubs on their efforts in growing the game and give the girls a fun day out playing rugby with their friends,” Sarah says. For many of the girls, the festival at Silverdale was the first time they had played the game. Parents said that their girls were encouraged to take part because it was an all-female event, and that increased their confidence. The Silverdale event began with a mass warm up, followed by three rounds of games.
Mahurangi girls U11 team vs Northcote Gold.
Warkworth men’s football side takes first step up The Warkworth AFC men’s team claimed its first win for the season earlier in the month in in a tight game against the Glen Eden Rangers in the 2019 AFF/NFF Conference. Club president Cameron Gray says it was partly down to one of the best saves he’s ever seen from goal keeper, Simon Borich. “It was five minutes to go and we were one-nil, and Simon pulled a ball right off the top corner – in fact, he pulled three. Some said it was the first time they had ever seen him get off the ground,” Gray says. The only goal of the game was scored against the run of play, 20 minutes in
by Warkworth’s Kyal Wells. “We strung three passes together when the opposition was stringing more like 30. It gave the team a belief in what we could do, but we were under the pump from then on.” Gray says he is working on the team’s strength in playing offensively. “Our mentality has previously been to focus on defending and preventing goals, and then try to punch out a victory at the end, but I would rather lose by 10 than not score.” Warkworth’s goal for the AFF/NFF Conference is simply to stay in the competition by not dropping off the bottom of the standings tables.
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“We will look to keep above Glen Eden, while the South Auckland Rangers and Lynn-Avon will be the teams to do our best to beat.” Last year, both Warkworth AFC and South Auckland rangers were relegated and were set to play off for a single spot in the conference. However, when Waiuku AFC pulled out at the last moment both teams automatically qualified. Gray says over the next five years Warkworth’s aim is to build the social activity of the club in order to draw in more experienced players from the surrounding areas. The other strategy has been to encourage college players to the club.
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