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Haughey cleared as police coverup fails Attempts to suppress vital information connected to an alleged “negative culture” at Warkworth police station have failed. A document secured by Mahurangi Matters vindicates former Sergeant Bede Haughey and instead highlights failings in more senior police management based in Orewa. Sgt Haughey was first threatened with transfer to Orewa after allegations of an alleged “negative culture” at Warkworth police and that the local force had “lost the confidence” of the Warkworth community. The allegations emerged in September 2017. Rather than be transferred, Sergeant Haughey took leave until the allegations could be cleared up. He subsequently retired from the police after 19 years service in December 2017, following a mediation hearing. Parties agreed that matters aired at the hearing would remain confidential. At the time, an investigation into the culture at Warkworth police – referred to as a Culture Pulse Check – was conducted by Stacey Scott, a human resources advisor from the Waikato police district. Ms Scott spent several days at the continued page 2

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Haughey cleared as police cover up fails Warkworth police station probing officers on their experiences there and the “general vibe of the station”. Attempting to discover if there was any substance to the “negative culture” charge, Mahurangi Matters requested a copy of Ms Scott’s Culture Pulse Check report under the Official Information Act (OIA) in January 2018. In response, the police Area Commander for Rodney, Inspector Bruce O’Brien, said there was no such report and declined the request. However, Mahurangi Matters believed it was inconceivable that an investigation of this nature could not have resulted in a written report, a suspicion confirmed by several police sources. Mahurangi Matters appealed to the Ombudsman to seek assistance in securing the report. In August last year, Inspector O’Brien reiterated that the report did not exist, but conceded that the findings had been summarised in an email. He declined to release the email on the grounds that participants in the survey had been assured it would remain confidential and that matters discussed necessarily remained private to “maintain the effective management of police staff and resources”. Mahurangi Matters disagreed and again appealed to the Ombudsman requesting release of the email. The Ombudsman responded saying it appeared police were entitled to withhold some information in the email under sections of the OIA, but there was uncertainty on whether they

could withhold all of it. The email, written by Ms Scott, was eventually released by Area Commander for Waitemata North Mark Fergus, with some redactions, at the end of May – almost 18 months after Mahurangi Matters made its initial OIA request. Far from finding a “negative culture” at Warkworth police, Ms Scott wrote that her overall impression was of a group of friendly, hardworking staff. “It was very clear that the staff genuinely care about the community and each other, and the station operated much like a little family,” she wrote. At the same time, she noted a “feeling of disconnect” between Warkworth staff and management at area level and a “lack of visibility of the Rodney Area Leadership Team”. Staff also complained their safety was compromised by having to patrol alone, and they lacked the support staff to prepare prosecutions, unlike their urban counterparts. Mr Haughey says the shortage of staff was also a concern of his over years of working at the station. “We were constantly arguing for more staff,” he says. Mr Haughey says he is delighted the email has surfaced and feels completely vindicated. “The most disappointing aspect from my perspective is that the police were so reluctant to release the truth to the community, so that any concerns that some had could have been allayed and confidence restored,” he says. He says the Police Association, acting

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for Mr Haughey, made similar requests for information on the culture pulse check and suffered the same stone walling that Mahurangi Matters did. Mr Haughey says it’s possible that if the details of the culture pulse check had emerged earlier, then things might have turned out differently, but this is not certain. “The moment you cast aspersions on someone’s good name, the damage is already done to a certain extent,” he says. Mr Haughey remains disappointed that some sections of the email remain blacked out. “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” he says. In a letter to Mahurangi Matters accompanying the released email, Inspector Mark Fergus says a significant amount of work has been done to resolve Warkworth staff concerns, including the concern of patrolling solo. He adds that that the feeling of disconnect or distrust of management raised by staff has also been addressed. “My leadership team and the District Commander have all increased our visibility and engagement with staff at the station,” he wrote. Meanwhile, Mr Haughey says he is enjoying retirement in Point Wells – a community he loves. He continues to work alongside Springboard Community Works assisting at-risk youth. His next project will be to produce a video for use in schools to discourage methamphetamine addiction.

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Landfill consent applications filed as rahui imposed Eight months after the shock news that a new regional landfill dump is being planned for the Dome Valley, Waste Management has lodged its formal resource consent applications with Auckland Council. The applications went in just days before local iwi and residents voted unanimously that a rahui should be placed over the Mahurangi forestry and Springhill land bought by Waste Management last year (see story page 9). The Beijing Capital-owned waste giant’s proposal consists of more than 800 megabytes of material, including 10 separate technical reports on a range of environmental, geotechnical, engineering, economic, social and traffic aspects, plus a set of detailed plans. Waste Management had originally planned to make its submission by the end of last year, but managing director Tom Nickels said preparing the documentation had taken longer than expected. Council’s principal project lead for premium resource consents, Warwick Pascoe, said the applications would be reviewed by Council specialists, and he anticipated that more information would need to be sought from Waste Management before the applications could be publicly notified and interested parties make submissions. Waste Management is also making a bid to have the landfill site and surrounds rezoned in the Unitary Plan from rural production to special purpose, in the hope that it can have the land designated as an Auckland Regional Landfill Precinct. Mr Nickels said that plan change request was due to be lodged by the end of next month. “Our aim is have both the plan change request and the resource consent publicly notified together,” he said. “This will mean that the community can submit feedback on both applications through the one public notification process.” It would also mean that the resource consent applications and plan change request could be dealt with at the same hearing.

Lots to take in – the resource consent applications, assessments and plans fill four large A4 ring binders and one A3 file.

Mr Pascoe stressed that no one could comment or make submissions on the proposal until it was publicly notified, which would probably happen in the last quarter of this year. “When it is notified, people will be able to access the application via our website, as well as make submissions online,” he said. However, Waste Management’s plans can be studied in the meantime. Hard copies of the resource consent applications, assessments and plans can be viewed at four Council premises – Wellsford War Memorial Library, 13 Port Albert Road; Warkworth Service Centre, 1 Baxter Street; Orewa Service Centre, 50 Centreway Road; and in the city at 35 Graham Street, Auckland. People can also copy the material electronically to a laptop, or any portable device with a USB port, via a USB flash drive available at the same addresses. “Normally, copies of the application are not made available until such time as notification has occurred,” Mr Pascoe said. “However, we have done this now in recognition of the high level of public interest.” The applications reveal that a roundabout off State Highway 1

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Blowin’ in the wind They say a picture is worth a thousand words, as Amanda Johnson’s photo of the goal posts at the Mahurangi rugby grounds demonstrates. Yes, it was a pretty windy day.

Creative thinking At a recent Leigh Bar quiz night, an elderly gentleman disputed the date when the solar system was created. A wit in the room suggested we should believe him: “After all, he was there when it happened!”

Kennel for Sale A Paparoa man made a spirited sales pitch to his neighbours on Facebook this month. It read “this kennel was a waste of my money. It’s not water proof and its full of p*ss and sh*t. I’ve tried cleaning it, but it’s crap. Might be good for parts or a goat.” He was willing to part with the kennel for the mere cost of a Whitakers peanut butter chocolate bar. There were no takers, but somebody did offer him the chokkie bar to cheer him up.

Thank you for your front-page acknowledgment in Mahurangi Matters of two young New Zealanders and their outstanding achievements the fields of politics and technology (MM June 5). Both are recognised – at least by the international community – for their powerful and imaginative leadership in responding to the scourge of global terrorism. Odd though it seems, I don’t recall any local newspaper in our mid-north region ever publishing a front-page photograph of our internationallyacclaimed Prime Minister. Well done, Mahurangi Matters. Brent Morrissey, Te Arai

Good work, Colin Unbelievable really, that Colin Smith and others felt compelled to put in money and time to fix Worker Road (MM June 5). I’ve often used this road in summer, as it cuts out the chaos that is Wellsford’s main street. No truck by-pass here. What a shame that this wonderful group of people can’t do all our local roads. I live off Wayby Station Road and, after months and months of pleading by local residents, a team finally arrived

Competition winners The winner of the doublepass to Fieldays at Mystery Creek was Corinna Thorburn. The winner of the doublepass to the Wilde Taylor concert at the Whangateau Hall was Marie Anticich. Congratulations Corinna and Marie.

to do ‘maintenance’. This consisted of flooding an already wet road with a water truck and then grading the roadside mud into potholes. It didn’t last a week. Coincidentally, I met the ‘maintenance supervisor’ on the road and asked him why it couldn’t be done properly. Why gravel couldn’t be put into the potholes before rolling? His answer: “In my view it’s acceptable.” In other words, “go away!” This is a council scam. No question. Thanks at least for Colin as our representative. As he said, “It’s just ridiculous.” Barry Read, Wayby

Chemist concern I, too, am aghast at the introduction of a second commercial pharmacy in the new doctors’ complex at Snells Beach (MM June 5). My family and I have enjoyed exemplary, expeditious and cheerful service at all times from the existing pharmacy opposite the doctor’s rooms for several decades; first from Bruce, and now Anna and her team. This was particularly welcome in recent years when my wife was progressively and constantly in need of expert care and medication. The new entrepreneurial medical complex is an asset to Snells Beach, but ‘live and let live’. Just because we have four retail liquor outlets here, that can’t justify this uninvited duplication. I am sending this letter, together with that of Geoffrey Bowes, to the Waitemata DHB, as he suggests.

Queen honours locals Six members of the Mahurangi community were recognised for their services to Maori, midwifery, the fire service and the community in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The recipients were Reverend John Marsden, Susan Wynyard, Sally Wilson, Gary Aitken, Christine Bygrave and Alistair Mason. Rev. Marsden QSO JP received the Companion of the NZ Order of Merit for his services to Māori and the community, while Warkworth Birthing Centre founders, Mrs Wynyard and Mrs Wilson, were made Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Queens Service Medals were awarded to Mr Aitken JP for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community, Mrs Bygrave, of Mangawhai, for services to the community, and Mr Mason for philanthropy and services to the community. For a fuller account of each recipient’s award, read this story at localmatters.co.nz.

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Viewpoint Phil Goff, Mayor of Auckland phil.goff@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Planning for growth Since my last update to Mahurangi Matters readers, we’ve made good progress on planning for Auckland’s growth, improving public transport and protecting our environment. The Warkworth Structure Plan, approved by Auckland Council’s Planning Committee on June 4, covers 1000ha of greenfield land on the outskirts of Warkworth. It identifies the area as an important satellite town, where, over time, staged development will lift the population from 5000 to around 25,000, creating 7500 new homes and about 5000 new jobs in employment areas. I recently announced a total of $5 million in funding to sports organisations across Auckland through the Sport and Recreation Facilities Fund, which I introduced last year as part of the 10-year Budget. This latest funding allocation includes $1 million for North Harbour Hockey to build a new turf and $785,000 for the Mahu Vision Community Trust to develop an indoor multisport facility in Warkworth. Council funding will help ensure access to high-quality sports facilities for our communities as our city grows. Also in June, we reached a milestone of 100 million public transport trips in the past year, making this the biggest year for buses, trains and ferries in the city since 1951. To mark the occasion, Auckland Transport has made public transport on buses, trains and most ferry services free on Sunday, June 23 (see below). Every person on public transport is one less car clogging up the roads and adding carbon emissions to our atmosphere, so initiatives like this, as well as my plan to make public transport free on weekends and public holidays for those under 15 from September 1, are important to encourage people to get on to public transport and leave their cars at home. Our transport network has improved immeasurably, with more busways, doubledecker buses, electric trains and upgraded bus and train stations and services. Service hours have been extended and the AT HOP card and integrated fares have reduced costs and made travelling by public transport easier and more efficient. As our region continues to grow, however, there’s much more we need to do, and these changes are coming. We are extending the Northern Busway, construction of the Eastern Busway has started, and the Puhinui Bus-Rail Interchange and rapid transit to the Airport and precinct gets underway in October. We’re making progress on environmental initiatives, too. On Friday, June 14, we planted the millionth tree in my Million Trees planting project that is helping to green our city, offset carbon emissions and improve and protect water quality across the region. We have another planting day planned at Metro Park East in Silverdale on Saturday, June 29, so come along from 9am to noon or 12.30pm to 4pm to plant a tree and enjoy the free sausage sizzle.

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Rhodes escape as Matakana dream home goes up in flames A long-time benefactor of local fire brigades got to see first-hand the fruits of his largesse when firefighters rushed to quell a blaze at his own home last month. The founder of local civil construction company Rhodes for Roads, Warwick Rhodes, and his wife Katie, had a lucky escape when fire engulfed their Matakana home in the early hours of May 20. It is believed an electrical fault in a coffee machine in the kitchen triggered the blaze, which quickly spread throughout the northern wing of the 600 square metre house on Anderson Road. The couple, asleep in the southern wing, were oblivious to the fire until exterior lights unexpectedly turned on and woke them at about 1.45am.

Realising something was amiss, Warwick opened the big heavy wooden double doors to the bedroom and was immediately confronted by a wall of smoke. It was only when the doors were open that he heard a smoke alarm. Warwick headed towards the northern wing to discover the source of the blaze and witnessed “big angry flames” coming from the kitchen. He headed back to the bedroom and dialled 111 before making a hasty exit through the smoke with Katie. “We had a very good response from the volunteer brigades. Warkworth was here first and then Mahurangi East turned up to assist and then Matakana,” Warwick says.

“It was very relieving to see the flicker of red lights come up the road. They got there very fast, you could have timed them with a stopwatch.” Despite the prompt response, the northern wing suffered extensive damage to the kitchen, two lounges, a dining room and an eight-seater movie theatre. The rest of the home suffered smoke damage. An investigator told Warwick if the double doors to the bedroom had been open, then he and Katie might well have died due to smoke inhalation. The couple only moved into the house last September, after spending 40 years at Point Wells. Fortunately, many precious family photographs were still safely in boxes in an office. Goldfish in a pool in the front foyer

have also survived. There was no one else in the home at the time. Repair costs for the multi-million dollar home are estimated to be in the region of $1.7 million. The Rhodes are well known for their community service, particularly their support for local fire brigades, which they have supported financially and with water carts. Rhodes for Roads has made a point of employing volunteer firefighters and allowing them time off to attend to firefighting duties. Warwick recalls a dinner last October when the Warkworth brigade celebrated its 75th anniversary. Many of those he ate with came to put out the fire at his home. “They are amazing. We are very grateful,” he says.

Matakana Coast Tourism pulls out of i-SITE Matakana Coast Tourism (MCT) has decided to pull out of the Warkworth i-SITE, saying it has found the visitor’s centre too much of a financial drain. The decision comes almost exactly a year after MCT teamed up with the One Warkworth Business Association to run the i-SITE as a joint venture. Up until the joint venture agreement, MCT had benefitted from a three-year grant from Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development (ATEED) to run the i-SITE, but struggled once the money ran out. The i-SITE continued to run at a loss and was downgraded to an information centre some months ago, though currently it still bears i-SITE signage. The downgrade meant the centre did not have to open on weekends and could make greater

use of volunteer staff. Despite the reduced running costs, MCT chair Penny Webster says the MCT executive considered the costs were still too high and was distracting the MCT from other important tasks. It’s anticipated that One Warkworth will take over sole responsibility for running the venue as an independent community and business information centre, assuming Auckland Council agrees. One Warkworth chair Chris Murphy says the i-SITE has been a strong contributor to businesses in the area for years and not just those related to tourism. Many use the centre to make enquiries about finding a local plumber or electrician. “We would not want to see that benefit to local business lost,” he says.

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Science professor’s antibacterial work recognised Mahurangi Matters’ science columnist, Professor Ralph Cooney, has received an award for outstanding contribution in the field of materials science and engineering. Prof. Cooney received the Jean-Marie Lehn award in front of a crowd of about 300 international scientific experts in Kathmandu, Nepal, at the annual Polymer Characterisation conference. “The award was a complete, but very pleasant, surprise to me. I had no advance notice that this may happen.” Polymer characterisation is the study of identifying the physical and chemical properties of polymers such as plastics. Prof. Cooney has published more than 320 papers in research journals in his career. He was the founding director of a $15 million research contract with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to develop eco-friendlier anti-bacterial agents. “As one example, chicken in New Zealand can be particularly prone to salmonella and campylobacter, which limit its export possibilities. Developing a work surface for cutting or handling chicken that has

persistent anti-bacterial properties is obviously valuable.” He and his team of researchers demonstrated a mechanism for applying an anti-bacterial layer on a surface that is only one molecule thick but can effectively kill dangerous bacteria. In another piece of research, Prof. Cooney took an ‘expanded perlite with a honey comb structure’ and filled the structural cells with a biocide material used to kill harmful bacteria. When the material was put in a moist environment, the biocide was slowly released. “Conventional sanitisers might work for 10 minutes, but if you want to remain hygienic, then a material like this could extend the sanitising agent potency over 48 hours.” Prof. Cooney and his co-workers have recently published these novel technologies in two of the top journals in international chemistry published by The American Chemical Society. “It is satisfying to see that the PhD student who carried out most of the research has now been offered a good research job in a top university,” he says.

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Hui votes unanimously to impose rahui on landfill site Opposition to a mega-landfill just south of Springhill Station, between Warkworth and Wellsford, has intensified with the placing a rahui on the landfill site. The motion to invoke the rahui was passed unanimously at a meeting in Wellsford on June 9. It was put by Ngati Whatua, with the support of iwi from around the Kaipara Harbour, and seconded by Fight The Tip – Save the Dome, the organisation spearheading opposition to the landfill. Waste Management, the company proposing to build the landfill, had no comment to make on the rahui. However, managing director Tom Nickels did say that the company had engaged with iwi, including Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Rango, Ngā Maunga Whakahii, Te Uri o Hau and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua, and had hosted several iwi and local stakeholders on tours of Redvale landfill. While a rahui has no legal standing, it is not invoked lightly and has a powerful cultural significance. A conservation rahui was placed in the Tinopai area in 1997 to protect the fisheries and, in 2012, a political (aukati) rahui was placed over the harbour entrance to stop Crest Energy developing a massive water turbine plant. Kaumatua Richard Nahi said iwi were supporting the landfill aukati to ensure that “the protection and preservation of the environment (Te Taiao) is upheld at all times”. About 280 people attended the

The Wellsford Community Centre meeting voted unanimously to support a rahui.

Wellsford meeting, which was organised by the Fight the Tip committee. Mikaera Miru presented the case for the rahui, giving some cultural context and understanding of what the rahui means. “We cannot stand by and let our moana be desecrated by the poisons that will flow out of the Hoteo landfill,” he said. “As kaitiaki (guardians), we have a responsibility to place a political rahui over the whenua to prevent the landfill beside the Hoteo River.” Speakers from the floor raised a number issues, ranging from the need to move away from landfill to waste recovery and incineration to the poor performance of other landfill sites. But the overriding theme was the unacceptable risk

that the landfill posed to the immediate environment, the Hoteo River and the Kaipara Harbour. One resident spoke about the role the river and harbour played in sustaining local families, and many recounted with passion their association with the river and the harbour over many generations. “It holds the stories of our ancestors and the health of the river means everything to us,” the speaker said. Kaipara Mayor Jason Smith said that while the landfill was outside his jurisdiction, he opposed it on a personal level and would be encouraging Kaipara District Council to do what it could. Members of Ngati Whatua were set to declare the rahui at a dawn service

near the landfill site last Saturday, June 15. Asked for comment on the landfill protest, Land Information Minister and Green Party MP Eugenie Sage said she and Associate Finance Minister David Clark did grant consent under the Overseas Investment Act for Waste Management to buy land near Wellsford for a landfill. But she pointed out that the resource management process, through Auckland Council, would decide on the land’s suitability for a landfill and assess issues about its potential impacts. If Waste Management failed to obtain the resource consents it needed, the Overseas Investment Office would require it to sell the land. Ms Sage said Waste Management also needed to obtain consent to access SH1 from the NZ Transport Agency and vehicle crossing approval from Auckland Transport. On the broader issue of landfills, and speaking as the Associate Environment Minister, Ms Sage said the government was focused on recharging the recycling and material recovery systems so more resources could be recovered and reprocessed in New Zealand with less waste going to landfill. “It’s a priority for me to get this right. It involves substantial improvements in the way we design and manufacture products to design out waste from the start,” she said. “This systems-wide change won’t happen overnight. That means wellmanaged landfills will continue to be needed for some time.”

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Pakiri sand mining consent up for renewal Sand supplier McCallum Brothers has started an investigation and consultation programme prior to seeking to renew its consent to mine sand offshore, between Pakiri and Mangawhai. Its current consent to extract sand from the Pakiri-Mangawhai embayment will expire in May next year. The company was granted permits from the Environment Court in 2006 to extract up to 76,000 cubic metres of sand every year for 14 years. The consent process ended up in court after the initial application was denied by Auckland Regional Council (ARC), due in part to strong opposition from local groups such as Friends of Pakiri. The debate in the Environment Court rested on whether the Pakiri embayment was being replenished with sand and if the mining was contributing to erosion of the foreshore. Ultimately, the court ruled in favour of McCallum Bros. Friends of Pakiri spokesman Nick Williams said it was a blow considering it had eight expert opinions against a single expert opinion in favour of the McCallum Bros. “This time we are going to be more savvy about the way we oppose the renewal. We are going to be an incorporated society with a website and donation portal, and put the information out on social media. “My parents lived in Pakiri and my family has had a place here for 35 years, and we know the mining is damaging to the beach. There are thousands of

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The renewal consent area in the Pakiri Mangawhai embayment.

non-erosionary sand sources, either on shore or out in the Kaipara, so it’s not needed here.” The consent granted by the Environment Court only allows McCallum to extract sand at depths of between five metres and 10 metres, located between the AucklandNorthland regional boundary and the Poutawa stream. “The ARC initially opposed the consent, and the present-day Council is meant to monitor that McCallum is not breaching its conditions, but I’m not sure they are doing much about it,” Mr Williams says. “We are not a ‘nimby’ group worried about property prices or views. We feel

500 metres of the shore to make way for golf courses and subdivisions, and this may have had an impact on the sand system. “With all of our monitoring since 1995 we haven’t seen major erosion events other than from storms, which do cause erosion, but the beach recovers,” he says. “We are just about to start our consultation process with interested parties. We are doing extensive work and we feel that if we can do that to the best of our ability, perhaps we will remove some of the opposition.” The public will have a chance to give feedback once the renewal for consent is lodged in November.

obligated given we have got so much out of the place, which is a pristine beach environment, that we should be doing something to protect it. It is motivated out of our love of the beach.” McCallum Bros chief operating officer Shayne Elstob says the company is seeking advice on environmental effects from expert consultants to support its application. “Until we have the data it is hard to have a conversation that is not just emotive. It would be fair to say we wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up in the Environment Court again.” Mr Elstob says that pine trees, which formerly lined the top of the dunes on the coastline, have been felled within

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Local elections: Who, what, where, when and why?

The mayor, councillors and local board members make decisions that can affect many aspects of daily life from the quality of water emerging from your tap to the play spaces your children enjoy, the safety of pedestrians and cyclists, sporting and cultural opportunities, rubbish collections and what you end up paying for the various services. In October, Rodney residents will get the chance to decide who will represent them. Mahurangi Matters takes a look at what’s involved and who can stand. What’s involved?

Who’s in the running so far?

Four Rodney Local Board members – Beth Houlbrooke, Colin Smith, Tessa Berger and Allison Roe – spoke about their experience in the job.

Rodney Local Board Colin Smith (Wellsford)

Yes

Beth Houlbrooke (Warkworth) Yes Brent Bailey (Kumeu)

Yes

Phelan Pirrie (Kumeu)

Yes

Louise Johnston (Dairy Flat) Yes Cameron Brewer

Allison Roe

Tessa Berger

Brenda Steele did not provide comment before deadline. Auckland Council Greg Sayers

Yes

Kaipara District Council, Otamatea Ward Jonathan Larsen

Yes

Libby Jones

Unsure

Peter Wethey

Unsure

Kaipara District Mayor Dr Jason Smith

Yes

How much time? The role is expected to take up to 25 hours a week, however the workload can be significantly more, they all said. “Up to 40 hours a week was my starting point in the first term as an elected member, however in my role as chair it can be up to 70 hours per week,” Beth Houlbrooke says. Tessa Berger adds that given a lot of that time will be spent outside of normal working hours, it is possible to juggle the position and remain in fulltime employment. Follow the money All Board members point to the significant responsibilities in managing the finances of various functions of the Board. “Research and understand the money flows, and ask the hard questions as funding can lack transparency. Sometimes it magically appears or disappears,” Allison Roe says. Consider what you want to achieve “Do your research and don’t campaign on a platform that you can’t achieve because it’s outside the role’s scope or unlikely to get support from your fellow members,” Beth says. “Rodney is a large area with a lot of

rural and urban, and it can be difficult to represent rural when their rates are being used in urban contexts. On the urban side of it, it gets into the luxuries like statues or swing bridges, but I see Rodney as a ‘needs first’ district,” Colin Smith says. You can make a difference As a first-time member, Tessa says that despite the challenges,there is significant support from local board staff. “Don’t doubt the difference you could make. If you’re considering standing, take a look at the diversity of the nominees. People shy away because they can’t see themselves being represented, but that is exactly why you should stand,” she says Pay is nothing to get excited about The remuneration of the job is generally agreed to not be much of a source of motivation. “The pay is hardly an attraction, but the satisfaction of breaking through and making headway only makes you want to challenge and achieve more,” Allison says. One thing they all agree on was that a democracy could only function well if people who care about their community are prepared to stand and represent its interests.

Could you run for office? Nominations for local government candidates open on July 19. Nominees need only be a NZ citizen and enrolled on the electoral roll. Two people must nominate you on the official form, which must be provided to your council’s electoral officer by noon on August 16. You will also need to pay $200. See localcouncils.govt.nz and lgnz.co.nz.

Roe to stand down after six years Allison Roe is standing down as a Local Board member at the next election to focus her energy on seeing the trail network from Puhoi to Mangawhai completed. “This will constitute a world class tracks and trails recreational network that ensures our communities are closely connected with each other, to nature, to the coast and to healthy lifestyles,” she says. Allison says she is paying the price of a successful athletic career and will likely have surgery this year and will need to focus on her recovery. “I will miss it, but will give my time to support new board members stepping up.”

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Planning Committee approves controversial structure plan Members of Auckland Council’s Planning Committee voted unanimously on June 4 to adopt a modified version of the controversial draft Warkworth Structure Plan, which will shape what Warkworth will look like over the next 30 years. A Council background report presented to committee members said there was an even level of support and opposition to the draft plan following public consultation, with 42 per cent in support and 38 per cent opposing the plan. Those supporting commended the plan for its walking and cycling plans, retention of Morrison’s Orchard and its Green Network concept, where land is set aside around streams and bush for rehabilitation rather than development. But critics said designated industrial land should be more clustered and include more general business zones. Responses to high density residential zones were mixed, with some supporting their inclusion in the plan and others saying the zones were unsuitable for Warkworth. There were 49 requests for rezoning of land. These were accepted if it was deemed they were consistent with the overall zoning strategy of the plan. Planning Committee chair Chris Darby commended the plan, saying it would help meet Auckland’s pressing need for housing and local employment, creating about 7500 new homes of various types and about 5000 new jobs.

Final Structure Plan – the key changes The main plan changes to the draft Warkworth Structure Plan based on the public feedback 1. Increased residential density around the Warkworth Showgrounds. 2. New small neighbourhood centre (cluster of shops). 3. Increased residential density. 4. Increased lot size in single house zone. 5. Relocation of neighbourhood centre in light of additional centre further north.

He said it was critical to make Warkworth an “anchor for employment” so that people could both live and work in the area without needing to travel to the city. The Rodney Local Board also threw its weight behind the plan. Chair Beth Houlbrooke said the Board was impressed with how Council had developed the plan through community meetings and engagement

with a variety of stakeholders. “We recognise the plan won’t please everybody, but it will provide an important degree of direction and certainty to how Warkworth is set to grow for decades to come,” she said. “We’re particularly pleased to see the important future transport links and interchanges noted. This will help reassure locals they are being thought of.”

6. Switch from orchard to large lot zone as the steep land is not required for the orchard. A large lot zone aims to retain the spacious character of an area. 7. Change from light industry zone to mixed housing suburban. 8. Change from single house to mixed housing suburban. 9. Change from single house to large lot.

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Support group planned to save Wilson cement works Moves to do more to preserve and promote the old Wilson cement works site in Warkworth have taken a step forward, with plans for a public meeting to form an official support society. Warkworth residents John Tate and Tina Earl, who both live near the historic site at the bottom of Wilson Road, are organising a meeting at the cement works on Sunday, June 30 at 2pm for anyone interested in becoming a ‘friend’ of the landmark ruins. “We need to form an incorporated society, so there’s a formal body for Council to work with, rather than individuals,” Mr Tate said. “We’re really keen to get some kind of information booth there, maybe like the one near the Jane Gifford. The only thing down there now is one sign on a fence about the wartime economy, there’s no real history of the cement works. People coming in must think ‘what is this place?’” He and Ms Earl told a Rodney Local Board meeting last month that the ruins were badly neglected, overgrown and dangerous, and an alcohol ban wasn’t being enforced. “There’s a tangle of gorse and rampant vegetation. Damage is being caused to buildings by wilding tree roots

growing under,” Mr Tate said. “One of the chimneys is actively targeted by vandals and it is in danger of collapse.” However, he said with a bit of work and effort, the cement works could be an attractive and interesting place to visit. “It could be a real jewel in the crown of tourist attractions in this area, with a bit of maintenance. We propose that, as a result of a recent article in Mahurangi Matters (MM April 3), enough interest has been shown by locals to encourage us to form an incorporated society or trust to work with Auckland Council on a management plan, with the aims of maintaining and improving the site.” Ms Earl assured Board members they were not planning to renovate the whole site, rather just tidy it up and make it less of an eyesore. “It can’t be repaired, it’s really about promoting what’s there as it is,” she said. The Board has since been in touch with suggestions for the best way forward and details of relevant Council contacts, and a contractor has been onsite to get rid of some of the gorse. Anyone interested in knowing more or joining the cause can contact John Tate on 021 175 6686 or jonbouy70@ gmail.com.

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It is with much sadness that we announce Barkworth will not be proceeding. The planning and resource consent process has proved too onerous and it is for these reasons a doggy day-care is no longer being proposed at Oakwood. The costs simply beca me prohibitive and without certainty of the desired outcome we have had to stop the process.

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Planting underway

Thank you to everyone who has supported us. The response from the community has been quite overwhelming

It’s planting season. Each year we give the plants grown in the Tāwharanui nursery new homes in the ground around the park. By far the largest number are planted during public planting days. This year, public planting days will see the planting of approximately 15,000 plants. Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary Society (TOSSI) and Auckland Council co-host the three public days on the first Sunday of June, July and August at the Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary. We have had a great start to these with the recent June planting achieving 5217 plants in the ground. We were very fortunate to have 168 keen volunteers turn up on the day. Thanks. Among them were 54 children of varying ages. Admittedly, some of the very young may have not achieved their share of the planting effort, but they did have a lot of fun. Some children turned up because they were doing school-initiated community service. It’s great to see schools encouraging their students to get out there and support their communities. It’s heartening to see so many kids in the fresh air and sunshine when so many would accuse the youth of today of doing nothing but sitting around staring at small It’s heartening to screens. We were also fortunate to have such great weather. During the night, we had heavy rain, but see so many kids out from 8am, when we turned up at Tāwharanui, there in the fresh air there was nothing but sunshine and a light breeze. and sunshine when so I’m sure that helped many to decide to get out and many would accuse help. the youth of today The planting activity started on Friday for a small team of us who needed to get the plants out to of doing nothing but the site. We were grateful to a team of 20 from sitting around staring the Fulton Hogan contracting team. They turned at small screens. up with a great attitude and plenty of enthusiasm. With their help, the job was completed before lunchtime. Thanks. Fulton Hogan are the national partner of the Takahē Recovery Programme. It’s great to see them supporting not only financially, but also physically. Not all planting is done on public planting days. During the planting season, volunteers from the TOSSI nursery team, schools and corporates will plant another 3500 plants into other areas of the park. It is marvellous to visit previous planting sites and see the successful growth. Having first planted at Tāwharanui only four years ago, I am amazed that the takahē are using that planting site as their habitat. Trees at another site from three years ago are two metres tall and looking great. Even last year’s Slip Gully site, while still a little scrubby, has some great specimens that are growing well in their new home. You can be part of this success story by turning up to the July or August planting days. Details are in the advertisement on page 35 or on our website tossi.org.nz.

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AT granted two-lane link road A two-lane Matakana link road has been given the green light with conditions. A panel of independent commissioners, chaired by Alan Watson, has recommended that Auckland Transport be granted a Notice of Requirement and associated regional resource consents to construct, operate and maintain the road. Although the commissioners believed the road should be four-laned from the outset, in line with public submissions, their final report stated that they ‘did not have the ability to impose what may be a better alternative on the requiring authority’. “We accordingly find that we have no basis to recommend that four lanes be required on the link road in Stage 1 of the project,” the decision stated. Work on the new 1.35km road, between State Highway 1 and Matakana Road, is expected to start in October. It will be built in two stages – Stage 1 will be two lanes, plus a shared path on the southern side, and Stage 2 will involve widening the road to four lanes and an upgraded berm to incorporate separated walking and

cycling paths on both sides of the road. AT plans to open Stage 1 in 2021 to coincide with the opening of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway extension. Stage 2 is programmed to happen between 2036 and 2046. The commissioner’s report summarised that the principal issues in contention were stormwater management, groundwater monitoring, traffic and access, ecology and landscape treatment, and the concerns of the submitters and the impact on their properties and development aspirations. The conditions imposed in the designation covered a range issues from the construction environmental plan to noise mitigation. Prior to the start of earthworks, AT is required to submit an erosion and sediment control plan and a chemical treatment management plan. It will also be required to submit a fish relocation plan, streamworks offsetting plan, restoration mitigation plan, native lizard plan and kauri dieback plan. Read the full report online at localmatters.co.nz

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Macular degeneration awareness push Warkworth resident John Patrick, 86, has a message for those whose eyesight appears to be deteriorating. He says it’s critical to get the condition checked out and not simply dismiss the problem as part of the ageing process. His comments come ahead of a free seminar on macular degeneration (MD), at Orewa Baptist Church on Saturday, June 29, at 10am. The seminar is hosted by Macular Degeneration New Zealand and the organisation hopes many from around Mahurangi will make the trip down to attend. About eight years ago, John noticed his eyesight was getting worse and he switched to using talking books. He says he continued to drive, but feels he probably shouldn’t have. Fortunately, John took the trouble to consult an ophthalmologist who diagnosed MD and said he needed an injection in his eye immediately. John is convinced that quick intervention saved his sight. If remedial action had been delayed much longer, he would have gone blind. Since his diagnosis, John has had regular Avastin injections, first every month and now every eight weeks. He

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continues to read and drive. “We have a magnificent public health system with empathetic, professional and competent people working in it. If miracle is an appropriate word, then Avastin is a miracle. Please check your vision and be unafraid,” he says. Macular Degeneration NZ says MD is the leading cause of blindness in New Zealand. One in seven people over 50 will exhibit some evidence of MD. Loss of vision leads to falls,

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fractured hips, depression and early admission to nursing homes. At the Orewa seminar, Dr David Squirrell will share the latest information on treatments and management of the disease. Macular Degeneration New Zealand is a charitable trust dedicated to reducing the incidence and impact of MD in New Zealand. To register to attend the seminar phone 0800 MACULA or email info@mdnz.org.nz

New potluck lunch There’s a new opportunity for Matakana residents to get to know each other this month, with the inaugural Community Midwinter Potluck Lunch on Sunday, June 30. The free event will be held at the Matakana Hall from 12 noon and everyone is welcome, according to organiser Janis Grummit. “The idea is to have some fun and meet others in our community,” she says. “Just bring some food and drink to share, plus plates, glasses and cutlery, as we want this to be a zero waste event.” Tables, chairs, water, music and drawing and colouring for the kids will be supplied, and there are limited facilities for reheating food available. “This is our first event of this kind, so we are learning for the future,” Janis says. “If people like it, we’ll do it bigger and with other events on the same weekend next year.” She says the aim is to get local people together at an event that everyone can afford, and is part of a wider drive to make Matakana a more caring and inclusive community. Info: Matakana Community Group on Facebook or email on janis@ workplacewisdom.co.nz

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Extremists are becoming increasingly sophisticated at exploiting social media algorithms to indoctrinate unsuspecting internet users, warns a local IT expert. Ti Point’s Nat Torkington, who advised Jacinda Ardern at the Christchurch Call summit in May, says the more critically people consume what they see online, the better. “There are intelligent adversaries using social media platform systems against the public. They will use all the features they can to make a platform’s algorithms recommend their extremist content. “One of the things white supremacists or violent extremists do is coin new terms that they embed in material, so that when people search for its meaning they will see extremist content. For example, the Christchurch gunman had a phrase written on both his gun and van, which was reported on by media and subsequently led to people searching for it on Google. Some platforms may continue to recommend similar content, therefore exposing individuals to further radical ideology. “This is dangerous because research shows that if someone is presented with a false idea online that is convincing, it is hard to overthrow

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that bad idea, even when the truth is presented. It is not just a matter of the truth winning out in the marketplace of ideas,” Nat says. Extremists are also exploiting the comment sections of social media platforms such as YouTube to further their content. “For example, if you search for vaccination information you might get a video from the centre for disease control, which will provide facts, but then in the comments someone will link to a video that raises disturbing questions about vaccination. “That video might only be one step away from scientific content, just

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Kiwi tank app keeps tabs on water use Robots ready to take Running out of water during a big dry might be a “It also has an alarm that will sound if you are using too much water, for example, if you have a leak or a on lawn mowing thing of the past, thanks to a Kiwi invention. A new version of the Smart Water wireless tank level gauge, set to be released this year, will have an accompanying smartphone app that will allow users to check their tank level from anywhere in the world. Director Ken Child says pre-production units are currently being successfully trialled at the ranger’s station at Sullivans Bay in Mahurangi West. The system includes a depth sensor cable, a solar powered transmission unit, and both wall-mounted and desktop wireless receivers with LCD displays. Aqua Filter Rodney’s Steve Reynolds has been trialling the precursor model without the app for four years and says it is the most reliable he has tried. “The best feature is an alarm that tells you how many days of water you have left based on your last 30 days of usage. During the summer, there is often a two to three week wait to get water from a truck and this device helps reduce the risk of running out.

hose fitting blows.” To set up the system, the weighted cable sensor is lowered to the bottom of the tank, and then the height of the tank is inputted. Up to eight tanks can be linked to one LCD receiver, which is useful for a farmer who might have tanks in the hills, which are difficult to access. “It also reduces the risk of injury. It can be difficult to get on top of a tank and lift a heavy concrete lid. I’ve seen a lot of people slip and get grazed, and worst-case scenario, you could fall in.” Steve says the solar panel is reliable for powering the unit as long as it is in an open area and sees at least four hours of light a day. However, a unit in the bush would need to be connected to mains power. “In the summer, I would install about three a month and this is increasing now that the price has been dropped from $680 to $450.”

Why pay the kids to do a bad job of mowing the lawn when you can have a robot do it well for you? The Stihl iMOW is fully automated once it has been set up using GPS to map out and plot a route across a lawn. The top model is suitable for a one-acre section, handling slopes of up to 24 degrees and mowing for up to 150 minutes on a single charge. When it runs out of battery power, the iMOW automatically heads back to its outdoor docking station to recharge. Warkworth Stihl shop manager Mike Bremner says the store is looking at introducing the iMOW next year, pending research on its viability in the New Zealand market. “In general, automation of outdoor equipment is the trend, especially in Europe where the uptake is high,” he says.

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to my 16-year-old grandson muse about his life dreams and plans during a long, cross country walk in the Kaipara was very special for me. He was constructing his own career pathway and was keen to get my advice on the best universities and qualifications to enable him to pursue it. Some of his questions were simple and some were complex. My main piece of advice was that pursuing careers is like a game of rugby – you have the ball in your hands and Pursuing careers the best option is usually to run hard for the gaps and is like a game of to avoid the thickets of competitors. That requires good judgement and keeping up with trends in the rugby – you have economy. the ball in your Begin the journey by choosing a degree or hands and the best degrees that point in the general direction of a option is usually special personal interest to the student. Science to run hard for the is a broad faculty and usually includes many different disciplines – biology, chemistry, physics, gaps and avoid mathematics, psychology, geology, geography and the thickets of so forth. Specific discipline degrees are sometimes competitors. offered in different faculties: computer science in science, software engineering and robotics in engineering, information systems in commerce/business. One can also take a conjoint degree such as BSc/BCom, which can bridge two disciplines and so increase one’s career options. What are the hottest fields in terms of future careers in science and technology? There is a lot of current interest in areas such as robotics, biotechnology, environmental science, genetics, bioinformatics, nanotechnology and biomedical technology. These are usually approached through traditional disciplines at undergraduate levels. The important point here is for the student to remain adaptable to changing labour market and economic trends. A graduating high school student will apply for her or his first job as a university graduate in four to five years’ time, and the labour market and the economy can change over those years of study. Also, university graduates often seek overseas professional experience and so growth in opportunities elsewhere in the world may well prove to be important to your future career. Meanwhile, a special message for women seeking science or engineering careers. There is a discouraging perception that quantitative or mathematical disciplines are not for females. Commonsense and a wealth of evidence indicates otherwise. The global field of software engineering was notable for having many exceptional women as its founding leaders. In the interdisciplinary research field of nanotechnology – bridging physics, chemistry and engineering – there are now probably as many females as males. In New Zealand and overseas universities, the proportion of top females in key technology fields is increasing at present. Last year saw the first female Nobel prize winner in physics. The current environment for employment in some key technology fields probably favours female applicants as many organisations seek to redress decades of under-representation of women in high technology fields like computing, mathematics, engineering and physics. So to women I say, run for the career gaps in the physical sciences, engineering, computing and mathematics. The time is right.

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Otamatea school goes solar Otamatea High School is set to be energised with a 10kw solar array that will generate power for the school and provide new learning opportunities for kids. The school applied for the solar kit from Genesis Energy’s School-Gen Trust after identifying the opportunity to use it for a cross curricular course, deputy principal Dirk Smyth says. “We are very lucky to have three teachers with a background in physics at a time when they are in demand in Northland. One of them even did his university thesis on solar panels, so we knew we could create a programme around it. “Aside from the solar energy it will generate, it will also give us access to data which kids will be able to record and we hope to create a learning platform that will include science, maths, and technology.” The school surveyed parents and community members on what they thought the school needed and the response showed a lot of support for solar panels, Mr Smyth says. He said the solar panel project is part of a new emphasis at the school on cross-curricular programmes that would include practical learning across a number of different subjects. “For example, we have one called Planes, Trains, and Automobiles that will see kids doing maths and science as well as looking at the history of inventors all in the one programme.”

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Otamatea will also be able to compare their generation data with a network of 92 schools around New Zealand that have received a solar panel kit from Genesis Energy’s School-Gen Trust in the past. This year, more than 400 schools applied for STEM packages from the Trust, but only Otamatea was selected to receive the solar panels. Genesis School-Gen Trust chair Lee Mauger says Otamatea High School’s interest in wanting to involve and educate the community on the importance of renewable energy made its application stand out. “We saw in Otamatea’s application a real desire to engage in learning that would be relevant to the students’ lives and their communities. We also liked their focus on engaging more girls and Māori in STEM subjects.” A technician will visit the school to determine exactly what equipment it will receive.

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rocket science. He says mothers are especially eager to keep toxins away from children, and he found that by trawling through websites aimed at Mums, he could discover a host of readily-available, relatively cheap, natural and nontoxic products that could also clean effectively, such as baking soda and naturally produced ethanol. “The sort of things your nana would know all about,” he says. Once he had identified key raw materials, he set about combining them and trying them out during a day’s cleaning to find the most effective recipes. “It was really just trial and error, until

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Colour’s hot, Scandi’s not It had to happen eventually – after years of cool, neutral colours and minimalist décor dominating interior home design, the tide is finally turning in favour of a far richer and warmer palette. The unremitting sea of white, beige and grey, enlivened only by the occasional pop of pale, retro-pastel colour, is on its way out, to be replaced by deep jewel or autumnal colours and opulent fabrics and furnishings at the opposite end of the style spectrum. Owner of Warkworth’s Guthrie Bowron store Allie Jones says this new looks is spreading throughout all areas of home decor, from paints and wallpapers through to curtains, cushions and homeware. “The cool minimalist Scandi style is very much over and maximalism is in vogue again. More is very much more,” she says. “In paint, pink and blush are giving way to earthier shades of ochre and cinnamon. As we move from autumn into winter, we’ll see bolder accents of teal, ultramarine, mauves and every shade of orange, from warm russet to cool peach.” In wallpaper and fabric, bold prints with an emphasis on nature are coming in, with tropical palms and vivid exotic flowers in patterns aligned with rich, deep-dyed plain accent items. “It’s time to think of wallpaper as the artwork in the room and we’re seeing the emergence of rich textures and lush colours that emphasise this,” Allie says. “And in fabric, velvet is still on trend. Its timeless opulence works

well in drapery and scatter cushions. Colours are autumnal shades of moss, copper, bronze and gold.” US colour specialist Pantone’s Colour of the Year – Living Coral, a vivid orangepink – will also increasingly feature in the decorator’s palette, she adds. In home furnishings it’s a similar story, with people tiring of the fashion for trendy ‘fast furniture’ bought online or from a chain, preferring instead to seek out character pieces that will last for longer than a matter of months. Jan Schimanski has run her Dreams gift and home décor store in Maungaturoto for nine years and says her customers are increasingly looking for original items that they won’t find anywhere else. “I’ve recently started changing what we’re selling, bringing in different types of products,” she says. “Now, it has to be more authentic, people want something in their home that has a real point of difference.” Jan imports furnishings and homewares from a number of different countries, including France, India and Nepal, many of which have been adapted or upcycled, such as a console table made from an antique iron balustrade, old shutters turned into a mirror or Indian mudbricks that can be used as condiment holders. “I’m always looking for different markets, to bring in more imported goods, but with a slight twist,” she says. “Something people can’t find around here. That’s what people are looking for.”

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Great scone bake-off coming to Warkworth cafés Cafés and bakeries in Warkworth are going head-to-head to earn bragging rights for the town’s most popular scone. On the first Saturday of each month, Café Savan, Chocolate Brown Café, Let it Brew (the old Corner Café), Ginger Café, The Oaks Café, Picnix Bakery & Café, Riverview Café and Warkworth Bakehouse will bake scones for the public to taste and vote on. Warkworth artist and potter Rick Urban, from Of Hand & Heart Gallery, came up with the idea after devouring and trying to recreate what he considers is possibly the world’s best savoury scone. “The baker at a charming café in Paeroa told me some of her ingredients

and, having never baked a scone in my life, I came home and Googled how to do it,” he says. Only sparrows would eat his first attempts, but by his fifth try he was sharing them with friends and customers. Rick canvassed local bakeries and cafes and found eight wanting to participate in the bake-off and secured One Warkworth Business Association support. The inaugural bake-off will be from 9am to noon on Saturday, July 6. Posters and voting slips will be dotted around Warkworth, with a map of participating cafés and bakeries and instructions on how to cast a vote for your favourite scone.

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One of the myriad hangovers from the bad old days of the six o’clock swill when beer choices in New Zealand were limited to two kinds of near-identical amber lager – one with a lion on it and one with a horse – is our collective naivety when it comes to what beer can be. We were all tricked into thinking that beer is beer; when in reality, the brewing process is so multifactorial that the possibilities for experimentation and creativity are simply endless. Combine this freedom with the fact that brewing most beer styles takes a matter of weeks (beat that, winemakers) and the result is that our brewers can nimbly create diverse seasonal products that are made to be enjoyed for a limited time. Just as winters are made for Syrah or Merlot, there are some beer styles that are built to be sipped in front of a roaring fire on a chilly night. Most obviously there are the traditional porters, and their bolder cousins, Just as winters the stouts; but there are also the lesser-known styles, like the deliciously rich and malty Scotch Ale, and a are made for Syrah personal favourite, Weizenbock – a style that takes or Merlot, there are the best bits of a wheat beer (the subtle banana and some beer styles clove) and combines them with the sticky malt that are built to be character of a Bock (a strong, dark lager). sipped in front of a Fortunately, here in Mahurangi, none of us need to travel far to find some absolute winter bangers: roaring fire on a Waipu’s McLeod’s Brewery gives us the luscious chilly night. Pioneer Porter, while Matakana’s Sawmill Brewery has a fresh batch of its robust Baltic Porter ready for the cooler months – and always have plenty of their strong black lager, The Doctor, available year-round. By the way, Sawmill also has a fresh batch of its sensational Weizenbock available any day now, and I plan on stalking the brewery until it is released. When it comes to stouts, there are few in the business – nationally or internationally – who do it better than Warkworth’s own 8 Wired Brewing. First, we have the sessionable Flat White, a milk stout with a touch of sweetness, rich coffee aroma and oodles of milk chocolate. Then there’s the godfather of New Zealand Imperial Stouts: iStout, a beer which pours like motor oil but drinks like silk, and is perfect for sharing with a friend or two around a bonfire. Finally, in true 8 Wired fashion, the team has taken the best bits of both these beers and created a gorgeous lovechild: iStout Affogato, an Imperial Stout which marries the rich booziness of iStout with the milk chocolate and coffee from Flat White, with a dash of vanilla to complete the decadence – a perfect winter dessert beer, if ever there was one. My top tip for making the most of these beers: serve them cold, but then take your time over them – they’ll open up exquisitely as they warm, both in aroma and flavour. Pour into a large red wine glass, throw another log on the fire and put your feet up. Jason Gurney is a locally-based University of Otago researcher, and an avid beer enthusiast.

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Variety show to share stories and offer support Well known actress Lisa Chappell is writing, directing and starring in a new variety show for the Healing Through Arts Trust at Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday, July 6. She says The Next Step will raise funds for youth at risk and focus on sharing stories to reconnect the community and remind people that we are all on life’s journey together. “It’s not going to be a heavy night out, it’s pure entertainment,” Lisa says. “But it is certainly touching and will cover our shared vulnerabilities. Through song, dance, poetry and comedy, this concert celebrates overcoming adversity and will hopefully inspire us all into taking the next step towards living our best life.” Lisa, who is best known for starring in McLeod’s Daughters, will be joined on stage by fellow actress Kat Browne, who will act as host for the hour-long show. “We’ll be the comedy ‘odd couple’,” Lisa says. The concert is being produced and choreographed by Catherine Chappell, founder of Touch Compass, a renowned arts and dance company for disabled and non-disabled performers. Before the performance at 8pm, various local wellbeing and health practitioners will have stalls and there will be drinks and refreshments available. The idea for the event came from Healing Through Arts Trust founder, drama therapist and Coconut Gallery shop owner Maxine Donnellan as a result of encountering increasing numbers of young people struggling with mental health challenges.

“I have kids coming into my shop all the time suffering from anxiety and stress, buying into all this Instagram and Facebook, thinking ‘what’s wrong with me, no one else is going through this, I should have a better life’,” she says. “I thought what if we put together a variety show where people share their stories and break that isolation, break through that fake news. “There are so many amazing people in this community and we want to bring them together to share stories and show that we’re all in this together, and we can support each other as a community.” The Healing Through Arts Trust was established 25 years ago with the aim of equipping young people of all ages and abilities with the skills to become resilient, compassionate and empowered via professional theatre and workshops. Tickets for The Next Step cost $20, which will include a glass of wine, and they can be bought from The Coconut Gallery shop in Neville Street, Warkworth or from eventfinda.co.nz/2019/the-nextstep/auckland/warkworth Right: Taking The Next Step together – drama therapist Maxine Donnellan, left, and actress Lisa Chappell have known each other for 30 years.

Festival for Matariki in Wellsford The third annual Matariki Kapa Haka Festival will be held at Rodney College in Wellsford on Saturday, June 29, starting with a powhiri at 9.30am. There will be performances by kapa haka groups from primary schools and colleges throughout the region, plus a Matariki art exhibition open to budding artists of all ages. There will also be demonstrations and displays of raranga (flax weaving) and whakairo (carving), plus a variety of stalls selling kai (food). There will also be hubs where te reo Maori can be spoken and listened to at the festival, which is being organised by Te Uri O Hau Settlement Trust.

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floor. When the music stops, a card is drawn and anyone in the corner of the corresponding suit is out of the game. It continues until only the last dancer is standing – unless the joker is drawn, in which case everybody is back in the game. Tickets are $20 including a supper plate, and are available from Harts Pharmacy on Queen Street, Warkworth. Kids are free. The proceeds go towards fundraising for the Kaipara Flats St John’s Cadets programme. Doors open at 7pm and the cash bar will be open from 7.30pm to 11pm.

Flags herald month-long festival Flags will adorn Warkworth’s main streets from July 1 to celebrate the launch of Elemental AKL – the first month-long festival of its kind aiming to transform Auckland into a “stunning creative canvas”. More than 40 events in public places, theatres and hotels will participate in Elemental AKL including the Mahurangi Winter Festival of Lights. About 40 Elemental AKL flags will adorn lamp posts in Elizabeth, Queen, Baxter, Percy and Neville Streets. Meanwhile, the Festival of Lights promises to be an even bigger spectacle this year than the inaugural event in 2018. This year’s event features a new parade on July 19 featuring an illuminated police car, floats, trucks, bikes, scooters and even beds on wheels. The parade will assemble on Warkworth’s Baxter Street and

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continue down Queen Street. It will end in the illuminated Wharf area where colour washes of light will play over the water and nearby trees. The fun will continue on July 20 in Baxter Street with a laser light show, ice-skating, snow and a cannon spewing foam for kids to play in. Info: facebook.com/ mahurangiwinterfestivaloflights

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A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash. I have never read any of Haynes’ books before (this is her third), but was excited to see that this was a story about the Trojan War from a female perspective. In most stories about ancient Greece, the women are always in the shadows, so this was a nice change. The characters have courage and strength as they try to survive such harrowing times. It is a bit of a slow start, but it really doesn’t take long to be immersed. This book will stay with you long after you have closed it.

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Italian maestro in Mahurangi Celebrated Italian cinematic musician and ukulele player Lorenzo Vignando, aka Ukulollo, will be giving a workshop and performance at Warkworth Town Hall on July 14. Ukulollo says since his music has an important visual component he decided to use cinematic techniques. “We play live and use double projections – both on the movie screen behind us and the round screen among us.” he says. Concert-goers can also attend Ukulollo’s workshop, Tricks, Licks & Beats. “I will confess everything I use in my technique, including how to arrange a song with ukes and some fancy rhythmic patterns,” he says.

Ukulollo will teach versions of Imagine by John Lennon and other songs to understand every aspect of the process. “When I was young, we didn’t have internet, so if you wanted to cover a song you had try to find a way to impress it in your memory from just a single listening. After years of struggling with this technique, I’m now able to cover almost any song after listening to it just once,”he says. Ukulollo will endeavour to pass on this skill at the workshop. The workshop will take place at 1.30pm and the concert at 3.30pm. Lorenzo’s visit is hosted by Dianne Morgan and the Jade River Ukes. Bookings: musicmakerdiannem@gmail.com

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Award-winning farmer calls for change of tune on trees The winner of a prestigious national award for forestry says farmers need to change their attitude towards trees. Gordon Levet, who manages the Kikitangeo Romney Stud near Wellsford, was named Husquvarna North Island Farm Forester of the Year at the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association annual conference in Rotorua last month. Mr Levet says he has been planting trees on his 600ha property for more than 50 years for aesthetics, for environmental sustainability, to prevent soil erosion and to harvest commercially. Despite the success of these efforts, he says farmers generally have been largely hostile to trees. “Basically, farmers don’t like trees. They think they are untidy and are a nuisance when they shed branches and so forth,” he says. But Mr Levet believes such attitudes are shortsighted. He says most farms have otherwise unproductive land that could be successfully planted with trees, and if they were, the benefits would be enormous. Among his successes over the years has been the planting and harvesting of 10ha blocks of pines, and the planting of poplars to protect watercourses, lower water tables, eliminate sinkholes and shade stock. He has also planted

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Japanese cedar, macrocarpa and liquid amber. Mr Levet believes poplar, which is grown extensively commercially in Europe, is a highly underrated tree in New Zealand. “You can plant them widely spaced on damp country, and you don’t lose any grass,” he says. It’s also good for timber, being both light and hard. It is useful for things such as cupboard doors and coffins.

Although Mr Levet remains primarily a sheep breeder, he says forestry has contributed to the financial success of his farm. “Trees make sense from a business perspective just as much as from an environmental perspective,” he says. For example, trees planted for aesthetic reasons mean a farm becomes more attractive and commands a better price when it is sold. Meanwhile, plantations of trees to be

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Following on in the series of my non-farming career is my disastrous folly into “drafting out”. To be fair, I was a very willing participant and eager to add to my skill set. So, I marched off, keen as mustard, to the sheep yards full of hundreds of sheep. I can’t handle dogs, so I was appointed chief drafter with the very brief rundown that I had to stand at the end of the race and draft off the fat lambs with the first gate and then, with the other hand on the next gate, split them up into dirty bums and clean bums for crutching. To be honest, the position of one hand on each gate opening in different directions seemed ridiculously awkward, but I thought I’ve had five kids so should be able to spot a chubby baby with a dirty bum a mile off and breeze through the task. Then, oh my lord, they started running through the race. I think I had a complete handle on the first gate, but the split decision on the second gate to pick out the dirty bums quickly was too mind-blowing for an expert overthinker. Suddenly, the look on my husband’s face changed from pride to anger and then he just started yelling at Is that right me. Not being one to respond well to being yelled at, I was stuffing up more and more because I was Captain Underpants? getting so flustered. In an instant, I seemed to have Well, who made you lambs going every which way but loose. Now keep the gatekeeper, in mind that this mob could easily have been 1000 lambs and having to run them back through the judge and jury of race would be a monumental cock-up, which I was dirty bums? slowly achieving. My husband was screaming at me, “What the hell are you doing? Those don’t all need crutching”. Pfft … is that right Captain Underpants? Well, who made you the gatekeeper, judge and jury of dirty bums? Clearly my idea of a dirty ass is different to yours? Man, that was a doozy of a row, God knows what the lambs were thinking. When all the lambs were mixed up, the event culminated in the whole “get back to the house you’re bloody useless”. All of a sudden, I went from willing farm apprentice to most hated woman on the planet. “Oh dear, I’m in the sh*t here,” I thought. “Better crawl back to the house and bake a cake, LOL”. Nope, these sorts of technical jobs are best left up to the experts. Our loyal stock agents could do this job blindfold. I just know they always went over and above on these sorts of jobs for us. In fact, without these two men we would not have had a farming business. They bought and sold all our stock over the years and, with the upmost respect and trust, they had our farm’s financial wellbeing pulsating in the palm of their hands. I cannot begin to tell you all how much responsibility these men had and how much they put up with the Cottons’ shenanigans. Their job is difficult, stressful and perhaps at times thankless. So, I will get you all to raise your tall glass to the local lads: the officer and a gentleman Mr Brett Innes and Captain Kelly Graham – thank you, men. In my next column I will be talking about shearing and rousing and how it is that a fine woollen coat is so much more to me than a warm body and a shallow fashion statement. Drafting out scorecard: one out of five for trying, which is technically a fail. However, that still doesn’t seem fair.

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The event is part of Auckland Council’s bid for the region to become pest free by 2050.

Community pest control in spotlight and what still needs to be done. Council communications advisor Liz Kirschberg says the Warkworth event is the result of public demand. “During last year’s big Pestival in the Aotea Centre, a fair number of people said travelling to the city wasn’t viable for many who would be interested in attending, and would Council put on smaller events north and south?” she said. “We’ve responded to that, hence the smaller version of the event in Rodney.” She added that the event was part of Council’s commitment to supporting community-led environmental initiatives across the region in a bid to become pest free by 2050. Rodney Pestival opens for registrations at 9.30am, and the day’s activities will run from 10am to 4pm.

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Everything you need to know about pest control will be the focus of Rodney Pestival, a networking and information sharing day at Warkworth Town Hall this Saturday, June 22. The Auckland Council environmental event is aimed at landowners and community groups keen on conservation and controlling pest animals and plants. There will be a mix of presentations and discussions from groups and individuals, including Council’s senior regional advisor for fauna, Tim Lovegrove, who will give an overview of the current ecological picture, and Rural Pest Control’s Cam Rathe with a session on troubleshooting traplines. Pestival will also act as a showcase for communityled conservation groups and activities and allow local residents to find out what is being done already

Information on how to make the most of environmental schemes and grants will be the focus of a Farms, Trees and Carbon workshop being run by Beef + Lamb NZ in Wellsford next month. Organisers say they want to help farmers and landowners identify funding opportunities from the Government’s One Billion Trees fund, the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and others. “This workshop will introduce key climate science and policy issues, leading on to focus on the opportunities for business that the various grants and schemes present,” they say. The day will cover an introduction to climate change; planting the right trees in the right space; carbon and the ETS; and overall farm emission profiles, in a bid to inform farmers about applying for grants and developing their Environmental Plans profitably. “Climate change affects everybody and farmers are some of the first to be affected. Everybody has their part to play. 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.” The workshop will be held at the Wellsford Community Centre on Friday, July 5 from 10am to 1pm. Farmers are being asked to bring along a farm map and/or an aerial photo if they have one, to try different ideas on their own property. More information, including Beef + Lamb NZ climate science videos and fact sheets, can be found at beeflambnz.com/events/blnz-farms-trees-andcarbon-workshop-wellsford Numbers are limited and pre-registration is essential – email Rachel.Jukes@beeflambnz.com to book a place.

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June 2019

The curse of copper

In gardening circles, some practices have been in long use without a lot of scrutiny as to their effectiveness or side effects. The use of copper sprays is one of these; quite effective as protection against the fungi that cause downy mildew, late blight, early blight, black spot, brown rot, and various bacterial diseases, but with side-effects that most people are unaware of. Copper has been used for more than 100 years as a fungicide, most famously in the Bordeaux mixture developed in 1882 in France to combat grape diseases. Copper is usually applied as either copper oxychloride or copper hydroxide, but is sold under many different brand names. It is a short-lived protective spray, so repeated Copper sprays are applications are sometimes needed to prevent toxic to beneficial soil diseases becoming established. bacteria, fungi and Copper is both a heavy metal and an essential earthworms. trace element for plants and animals. It is found throughout nature and most soils have natural copper levels of 10-30 parts per million (ppm) with some soils having natural levels up to 100ppm. It is commonly accepted that copper sprays are organic sprays, which leads people to believe that they are safe to use. In fact, copper sprays are some of the most toxic and persistent pesticides used in gardens and orchards. In recognition of this, international organic standards list copper as a restricted or sometimes even a banned product. However, for home gardens there are no such restrictions and gardeners might spray roses, potatoes or tomatoes every two weeks during the growing season and undertake winter sprays for pipfruit and stonefruit. Subtropicals, such as avocados, citrus and passionfruit, also routinely get copper sprays. Copper fungicides are synthetic pesticides that disrupt and kill the cells of a wide range of organisms. In humans, copper can cause problems such as liver disease and anaemia, but fairly high exposure to copper is needed to produce these effects in humans, so only horticultural workers or gardeners that spray copper without good protection need to be worried. Copper sprays are also very toxic to beneficial soil bacteria, fungi and earthworms. Soil copper levels as little 60ppm can reduce earthworm populations, while soils with levels of more than about 250ppm may have no earthworms at all. Vital nitrogen-fixing bacteria are also inhibited once the copper level gets above this level. A typical copper spray can raise the topsoil concentration by up to 2ppm, which on low copper soils might not be a problem. However, many suburbs and lifestyle blocks throughout New Zealand are established on old horticultural land. You might be adding copper to a soil that already has high levels. Where copper sulfate has been regularly used over many decades, such as the vineyards of Europe, soil copper concentrations can be found up to 1500ppm! In soils with a shorter history of regular copper use, levels in the top layer of soil can reach up to 400ppm – still high enough to drastically affect soil microbes and worms. Copper does not degrade and leaches slowly from soil, as it is bound on to organic materials, clay particles and mineral surfaces. Like the gift that keeps on giving, once the copper is in the soil, you are pretty much stuck with it. As it kills one microbe, which then rots away, the copper molecule is then available for the next microbe and so on. Think carefully before using copper sprays!

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Rodney Local Board votes for urgent rural drain repairs There is some relief in sight for rural landowners frustrated by years of delays in carrying out much-needed repairs and maintenance to blocked and damaged drains in three council drainage districts at Te Arai, Tapora and Glorit. Rodney Local Board voted last month to endorse a programme of urgent repairs and remediation works to dozens of drains, bridges and culverts to be funded and carried out by Healthy Waters, Auckland Council’s stormwater management division. The meeting heard that frustrated landowners had reached the point where they were threatening legal action against Council for breaching its statutory obligations. Healthy Waters’ Auckland portfolio manager, Andrew Chin, said the historic drainage districts had been created by the old Rodney County Council and, more recently, Auckland Council had delegated responsibility for managing them to Rodney Local Board, with support from Healthy Waters. However, the annual maintenance budget of $26,500 was inadequate and had not been changed since the 1990s, resulting in drains falling into disrepair. “There is a high degree of community frustration at a perceived lack of appropriate repairs and remediation,” he said. “Landowners report that, as a result, their properties are subject to flooding more regularly than would be the case if the drainage district assets were appropriately maintained.” In 2017, Healthy Waters

commissioned ACH Consulting Engineers to investigate and assess all drains in the three drainage districts and found urgent repairs and remediation work were needed, at an estimated cost of $260,000. Board members voted to endorse Healthy Waters to carry out the repairs and start regular weed spraying and mechanical clearing of drains, and also to work with landowners and mana whenua to come up with a workable maintenance plan for the future. Board chair Beth Houlbrooke said credit was due to Wellsford member Colin Smith for his work on the issue, and she was happy they had a way forward at last, having been given an asset with an inadequate budget to maintain it. Andrew Chin said this was a first step to “bringing the assets back to functionality”, and a long-term solution was now being worked on with

landowners, who were often the best people to manage local drainage issues. “When Council sends contractors out it’s awfully expensive compared to what

local guys can do it for,” he said. “If landowners were able to employ people directly would be more effective – that’s what we’re looking at.”

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Killer worms Autumn has provided us with some amazing weather, with very little rainfall and higher than normal temperatures. For most sheep and lambs, this has resulted in really good growth rates and condition scores. However, in the last month since the rains have started, our clinic has seen a few cases of lambs and goats dying from parasite burdens. Worm eggs are continually excreted by livestock in their faeces on to pasture, but while the weather is dry and hot, these eggs lie dormant on the grass and won’t re-infect any other livestock. When we get warm, damp conditions, such as what we have experienced in the last month, these hibernating eggs hatch out into larvae and make their way to the top of the grass leaf to be ingested by grazing animals. This can lead to a large number of worms being ingested in a very short period of time. The longer the drought lasts, the larger the number of larvae which will hatch out at once, and the larger the burden ingested by grazing animals. Lambs and goats are particularly susceptible to this mass emergence. If left undrenched during Autumn and early Winter, it is not uncommon for them to die from these high burdens. This time of year is also the highest risk period for Haemochus, a type of worm that can affect adult sheep as well as lambs and goats. Haemochus or “Barber’s Pole” is a blood sucking worm, and even very low levels of this worm can cause death in sheep, lambs and goats. For this reason, it is wise to drench all of your stock at the end of autumn as you enter winter. Due to years of overuse worms are developing resistance to some drenches, so it is worthwhile discussing the best drench to use with your vet. There are four main types of drench actives, also known as drench families. Products which use a single active (such as Ivomec, Cydectin and Dectomax) have high levels of resistance developing, and should only ever be used in adult sheep. When drenching lambs and hoggets a combination drench should be used, ideally one with three of the drench families. It is also important to remember that when drenching goats they require double the dose that sheep need. Alternatively, you can give the normal sheep dose but on two consecutive days. Drenching is a large topic which is difficult to cover off in one article. It is vital for not only the animals’ welfare, but also maximising their growth rates. For this reason, even if you only have a handful of sheep, it is worthwhile taking some time to get a plan in place with your vet.

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Roof raised on new hockey centre The roof has been raised on a new National Hockey Centre, marking the halfway point in the construction of Harbour Hockey’s brand new facility at Rosedale. Harbour Hockey Charitable Trust chair Peter Felstead says seeing the roof on the new pavilion building is a major milestone. “As one of New Zealand’s largest hockey communities, we have been bursting out of our existing pavilion for several years. Thanks to support from our funders, we have been able to upgrade the facility to properly accommodate our members, supporters and visiting teams. “This will also become the new training base for our national Vantage Black Sticks teams.” The centre is the last of three sports

facilities that are being relocated as part of NZ Transport Agency’s (NZTA) Northern Corridor Improvements project. A new North Harbour BMX facility was completed last year as well as an equestrian centre, which opened at Wainoni Park in April. NZTA senior project delivery manager Karen Boyt says the next stage of development is to fit out the hockey centre’s new buildings. “Work will progress throughout winter to create large clubrooms, changing rooms and facilities which are being purpose built for the local community.” “Four new hockey turfs are being built, two of ‘global elite’ standard and two of national standard. Other features include floodlighting, covered seating for 450 spectators and 370 new carparks.”

Harbour Hockey’s new facility is expected to be complete by next year.

North Harbour Hockey are scheduled to move to the new facility in early 2020 to make way for the construction of a new motorway. Construction of the new National

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Hip hop Brigade out-dance competition to take global title Two local dancers were part of a worldbeating hip hop group that took on teams from eight other countries at the Global Cheer and Dance Games in Hawaii recently. Mahurangi College students Brandon Lewis, from Sandspit, and Jessie Chapman, of Algies Bay, trained and raised funds to get to the games for almost a year, and their efforts paid off when their Brigade crew took out first place in the senior hip hop category. Fundraising coordinator Sonya Lewis said Brigade, which is based at Dance Dimensions in Silverdale, had spent the entire

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It was seventh time the charm for 2019 10kg champ Tom Hatfull.

Fishermen undeterred by fierce conditions on Queens Birthday In an upset win, the boaties competing in Warkworth Game Fishing Club’s Queen’s Birthday competition were beaten by a fisherman standing on a rock. Club vice-president Tom Hatfull was named the 2019 Matakana Marine 10kg winner after catching a 75cm snapper in blustery conditions on a secret spot of rocks on Kawau Island. “Rock fishermen are in the minority in the competition, but all boaties know they catch big fish. I’ve never owned a large boat, and I’ve always preferred using a small boat to get out on to the rocks,” Hatfull says. The victory was particularly momentous for Hatfull because it was his first in seven years of fishing in the competition. This was the first year the club moved to a system where the length of the fish was measured and photographed immediately after being caught, rather than being weighed at the end of the competition. This allows fishers the choice to throw their catch back into the ocean if they don’t wish to keep and eat it, secretary Louise O’Sullivan says. “Everyone appreciated that it was a fully measured competition this year. A lot of clubs are going down the conservation path now by measuring on board,” she says.

However, Hatfull’s snapper was deemed to have ‘swallowed the hook’ and could not be released, so it went on to provide 35 servings later in the evening. Despite a foul forecast and a tempestuous tide, 49 competitors turned out for this year’s tournament. “I think it remains popular because people like the fact that in the middle of winter there is still fishing activity, and the competition categories are for fish that can still be found around our shores,” he says. The prize for longest snapper was an eight-horsepower Mercury engine provided by Matakana Marine, which was awarded to Hatfull for his fish. The 10kg championship trophy goes to the single highest scoring fish, rather than the longest. Although the longest fish of the day was a 106.5cm kingfish, Hatfull’s snapper was considered larger for its species, so he was also awarded the trophy. The breaking strain of a 10kg line requires smarter, more careful fishing, O’Sullivan says. “You can’t just drag it in. This means going with the fish’s movement, not having your drag set tight so the fish can run when it wants to really put pressure on the line, and having a forgiving rod.”

Information wanted on Puhoi break-in The Puhoi Sports Club is looking for information about a break-in on Friday, May 31. It is clear that the offender was familiar with the premises and knew what items they wanted to steal, the club says. If anyone knows or hears anything at all, please contact Troy in confidence on 027 497 3244. Six games in a single day Kaiwaka Sports Complex is providing advance notice of a bumper day of rugby on Saturday, June 22. The day will start with U7s and U9s rallies at 9am, then U14s Hawks vs City at 10am, U11s Hawks vs Kamo Panthers at 10.30am, Hawks Reserves vs Mid Northern at 12.30pm, and Hawks Premiers vs Mid Northern at 2.15pm. Hot food and drink available on site. Wellsford Cub Scouts are back The Wellsford Cub group reopened at the start of 2019 and the new cubs have been fire-lighting, orienteering, setting up tents, bivouac making and orienteering at their Scout Den and around Wellsford. Depending on interest, the group may look at establishing scouts for years 7 to 10 in the fourth term. Cubs is open to boys and girls in years four to six at school and there is still room for a few more. warkworth@group.scouts.nz Saturday night at Point Wells Bowls Bowling has finished for the season, however, the club reminds locals that it is still open for club nights every Wednesday and Saturday, 5pm to 7pm, and all visitors are welcome. The clubroom facilities, petanque and an outdoor play area are also available for private hire.

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Study to guide future of weir A study that could determine the fate of Warkworth’s historic weir is scheduled to start in early July. The weir on the Mahurangi River, close to the Bridgehouse Bar and Restaurant, sparked a fiery debate in Warkworth’s Town Hall in February after it emerged that Auckland Council planned to remove it in an effort to save fish species. Council claimed that inanga – a species of whitebait – were unable to scramble over the weir to journey upstream to spawn. But the prospect of the weir’s removal angered some locals who value the weir for historical and aesthetic reasons and

maintain it poses little threat to whitebait. Following the debate, Auckland Council vowed to complete a technical study of the weir to provide “a factual basis for further discussion”. Council advisor for fresh water biodiversity Matt Bloxham says the study will be undertaken by NIWA scientists in Hamilton. Mr Bloxham says the study will look at what the likely impact will be of losing or retaining the weir from an ecological perspective. “In the meantime, the weir stays. We are not going to jump in there and knock the weir over,” he says.

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Clubs in the NFF, such as Warkworth, have a home and away game rotation.

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Warkworth U14 sets sights on winning league Warkworth FC is fielding 13 junior football teams this season with around 100 players. Coordinator Arthur Waddell says the U14 team is playing in division one and is aiming to win that league, with a view to go on to conference next season. Meanwhile, the 10th grade Warkworth Lighting team hasn’t lost a game this season, beating out Hibiscus Coast, Glenfield, East Coast Bays, Birkenhead and North Shore. Waddell says the intention is to take a team of players from both the 10th grade Lightning and Thunder teams – dubbed Warkworth Storm – to Northern Football Federation (NFF) tournament in Albany in late July. The format of the game remains the same, but Waddell says kids and

Junior football alive and kicking in north Rodney

coaches are still getting used to NFF’s ‘retreating line’ rule that requires the ball to be passed out from a goalie to defenders rather being kicked to the centre. He says there is plenty of burgeoning talent in the club including serial goal scorer Tai Johnson and part time goalie, part time attacker Dillon Genet. “With the right coaching and environment, as long as we can keep these kids’ feet on the ground, they could go on to play to a very high standard.” “I once had a mother ask me ‘why would I want my kid to play football’. I said John Terry earns $200,000 a week playing for Chelsea, and it all starts with kids knocking around a ball on a field on a Saturday morning at Shoesmith.”

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The Rodney Otamatea Soccer Association (ROSA) is going from strength to strength despite its independent status, with approximately 250 players and 30 teams in its junior football competition. Secretary Rachel Rewi says this season the association held a vote and decided to switch the format for the 14th grade to seven players a side, instead of the usual 10. “It’s been a challenge for them, having to move around the field more and be more accurate with their passes, but it has been really cool to watch them step up.” The popularity of peewee soccer on Saturday mornings, run by the Wellsford club for two to three-year-

olds, is now well established and into its fourth year. Rewi says that the continued feedback from parents is that ROSA’s independent status is the source of its appeal, with games always played locally in Port Albert. “It means that parents with multiple children playing on a single day don’t have to miss one of their kids’ games.” She says subscription costs are also kept low at a maximum of $70 for the first child. “In the last two years, we have only had perhaps 30 new kids and that’s because families don’t leave. Three quarters of the kids start in sixth grade, move up right the way through, and we keep the same teams together.”

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Kaipara’s Sebastian Smith is ranked fifth in Australia on the double mini trampoline.

Kaipara Flats’ Sebastian Smith, 14, has returned from Melbourne having competed in the 2019 Australian Gymnastics Nationals in the standard, double mini, and synchronised trampoline events. At his first attempt at an international event, Smith managed to claim ninth spot in the synchronised jump, despite having only trained with his partner twice, and fifth in the under 15 double mini category. A double mini has an angled trampoline which a gymnast runs towards and uses to do a somersault onto another flat trampoline. The trampolinist then performs a trick in the air, known as a pass. “I can do a double back, double front half pin on the high vault, and have now gotten into a double flip with a 530-degree spin rudi-out,” Smith says. His father Allan says it was clear the boy had talent even when he was jumping on the beatenup trampoline in their backyard. “We took him to a trial at North Harbour and they wanted him to start straight away. “It’s still a bit scary when I watch him. The top guys are doing quadruple flips at a height of five metres and there is no room for error in landing.” Smith qualified for Australia after becoming the national champion for double mini trampolining in the under 15 mens at the NZ Nationals in Tauranga last year. His coach, Rosa Esteban, says Smith shocked everyone at the event by claiming the title. “His performance was far below what he’d been displaying in training and Seb only just managed to sneak his way into the finals in eighth place.

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What nobody had considered was that Seb had completed his easiest passes first and saved his most difficult and impressive ones for the final. All of the experienced athletes had performed their best first, recognising the difficulty of making the finals.” Judges score trampolinists based on how long they are in the air, the difficulty of the trick, where they jump on the trampoline and how they land. Smith had also been practicing something special for the Australian Nationals. “My coach wanted me to stick to what I’ve been doing and just have fun with it. But I’ve been trying out seven double flips, which is quite hard bouncing and flipping over again.” Coach Esteban says she decided to allow Smith to perform a ‘pike half out – tuck double back’ despite the fact he had never performed it on a double mini. “On the first attempt, he fell over and on the second attempt, he didn’t make it the whole way around the move. It was looking like he wasn’t going to land the pass,” she says. “The competition proper started and Seb went for glory one last time. He landed his last attempt and closed out the competition in the top five in the double mini after less than two years of training.” Smith will represent North Shore Trampoline and North Harbour at the 2019 NZ Gymnastics Championships from October 2 to 6. “The best part for me is progressing and doing more stuff than I thought I would ever be able to do. Two years ago, I thought this would just be a one-time thing,” Smith says.

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