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Jo Nicholson (left) and Team Time coordinator Melanie Medland can’t stop smiling after the centre’s unexpected win.

Anonymous nomination delivers Warkworth windfall What initially looked like a scam has turned out to be a $20,000 windfall for the Women’s Centre Rodney. The charity collected the prize as one of only two NZ finalists in the WeightWatchers Wellness Impact Awards, which were judged by public vote. The other finalist was the national organisation Period Place. Centre manager Jo Nicholson says the centre is over the moon and can’t thank the community enough, both for the nomination and the support.

“We didn’t know we had been nominated – in fact, we still don’t know who nominated us – so when I saw an email telling us we’d won, my first reaction was to delete it,” Nicholson says. “It looked like a scam. “I contacted WeightWatchers, in the United States where the email originated, to let them know that their account might have been compromised. They got on the phone immediately and said, ‘No, don’t delete it. It’s true.’” Nicholson says the grant will be used to

develop new programmes that have been on the ‘wish list’ for a while. “We will ask the community to identify the priorities, but it could be used to support some of our counselling courses, which are currently not funded. A lot of women are struggling financially and there is a lot of anxiety in the community, so initiatives that help in these areas might also benefit.” The Rodney Womens Centre has been providing support and services for women for more than 30 years. Nicholson, who

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Anonymous nomination delivers Warkworth windfall “We just want to say a huge thank you to all our supporters who voted for us and to WeightWatchers Wellness Impact Awards for this amazing opportunity,” Nicholson said. Meanwhile, the Womens Centre is hosting a fashion pop-up event at the Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday, July 2. Nicholson says it is a chance for women to look good and feel confident in new and

pre-loved NZ-designed clothing. The event is being run with @Fashion Sister, an initiative of the Gattung Foundation, an NZ registered charity. “It’s a chance for women who don’t have the time, money, good health, transport or other resources to find these clothes themselves,” Nicholson says.

“@Fashion Sister’s mission is to democratise women’s fashion and we’re right behind that. Come along and browse, try on clothes, and find something that makes you feel confident – we’ve even got nibbles and bubbles!” The pop-up event will run from 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

Council rejects pay as you throw waste option By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air.

Efforts to retain the ‘pay as you throw’ option in Auckland Council’s new waste management plan have been thrown out. The majority of councillors on Council’s Governing Body rejected an amendment by Councillors Greg Sayers and Wayne Walker to retain a ‘pay as you throw’ option, particularly for areas north of the Harbour Bridge. At an Extraordinary Governing Body meeting on June 7, councillors voted to move to a region-wide rates-funded refuse collection service as part of the 2022/23 budget. The service will do away with tags and bags, replacing them with three different bin sizes. Public law manager Meredith Webb said that the amendment was an issue because Council had not consulted on a hybrid model of both rates funded and pay as you throw. “We consulted on two options and made a conscious effort not to go for a hybrid option,” Webb said. “If you wanted to have a hybrid model you would have had to consult on that.” Cr Walker said pay as you throw had been successful and Council should enhance the existing scheme. “I am disappointed we are going backwards in terms of reducing emissions,” Walker said. He said that the majority of local boards and communities north of the harbour bridge rejected the rates model. “People processing their waste on-site will be disincentivised. We need to have options and incentives to reduce their waste,” Walker said.

Cr Richard Hills said that pay as you throw was not shown to reduce waste and a ratesfunded model would cost $123 less for the average family. “Having both rates-funded and pay as you throw would make it considerably more expensive,” Hills said. Cr Linda Cooper said a rates funded option would be a cheaper option for families struggling financially. “Pay as you throw is not working,” Cooper said. “We need to get some amalgamation

across the city.” Cr Shane Henderson said he had been on the fence about the issue, but decided a rate-based model was the way to go. “Low waste producers justifiably have concerns about this, they worry they are subsidising others,” Henderson said. “Rates-funded is the cheaper option for an overwhelming number of residents.” Councillors Sayers, Walker and John Watson voted against the move to a ratebased service.

In brief Tennis lights funded

The Mahurangi East Tennis Club recently received $10,000 from the NZ Community Trust to help meet the costs of buying and installing floodlights and glare shields. The grant was one of 18 made across Auckland, totalling just over $346,000. Other recipients included the Graeme Dingle Foundation, which received $33,000 for 10 Kiwi Can leaders, North Harbour Rugby Union received $180,000 for salaries and North Harbour Softball Association received $20,000 for an electronic scoreboard. The funds are part of the proceeds raised from gaming machines.

Local brew bags a bronze

Puhoi Beer has tasted success with its first entry into the world’s largest annual draught and packaged beer competition. Puhoi’s Czech Pilsner was awarded a bronze medal at the 2022 Australian International Beer Awards last month, which runs over five days and is organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria in Melbourne. Puhoi Beer owners Scott Rice and Heath Moy said they were thrilled to get a medal, as they were up against more than 2600 other brews.

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Puhoi sports ground wrecked by senseless vandalism Burnouts on Council reserves are becoming more common. The damage to the field in Puhoi will have financial repercussions for the sports club.

The Puhoi Sports and Community Club will be thousands of dollars out of pocket through lost revenue, following the antics of four youths who went for a joyride over the domain on Sunday evening, June 12. Driving a 4WD, they ripped up the sports field doing burnouts, to the extent that it is now unusable. Police say two 19-year-olds are being summonsed to court for wilful damage. If convicted, they could face three months in prison or a maximum fine of $2000. Police enquiries are continuing and they are not ruling out further enforcement action. It is understood that a member of the public saw the lights on the field, realised what was happening, raised the alarm and went to the pub for reinforcements. Quick thinking by the locals saw them block the bridge, the only vehicle exit from the domain. The four youths abandoned their car and took off on foot. However, police from Orewa were quick to respond and the youths were apprehended on the southern side of town.

Club president Troy Connolly says the damage is more or less across the whole field. “All future games have been cancelled for at least the next two or three weeks, maybe longer,” he says. “This is a huge loss to the club in terms of the revenue we would normally have made from the kitchen and bar on weekends. “It felt like we were just getting back on our feet after being closed during Covid, and now this. The damage is extensive and can’t be repaired until the fields dry out.” Puhoi has five football teams in the senior and junior competitions. While the seniors train at Metro Park where there are lights, the fields are used for junior training during the week. “Auckland Council spent a lot of time and money on the fields this year; they were looking the best they’ve ever been. It’s very disappointing.” The work included verti-draining, soil levelling, grassing, weed control and worm control in the Domain, and cost around $50,000.

Council senior sports park maintenance coordinator Russel Arderne says Council estimates the damage will cost around $6000 to repair. “Once the ground is dry, we can start undertaking repair work, including vertidraining, using a Cambridge roller for sowing and top turf sand seeding,” Arderne says.

“We are noticing an increase of this kind of activity on sport facilities across Auckland. “We have bollards and locked chains installed to deter this behaviour, but these are also being damaged.” Damaged facilities can be reported on 09 301 0101. If anyone spots suspicious behaviour they should call the police.

Stolen rural gear uncovered to be located. Waitemata North area prevention manager Senior Sergeant Roger Small says a lot of reported burglaries are committed by opportunistic criminals looking for an insecure shed or a farm vehicle with keys left in the ignition. “It’s important to ensure your property, including fuel tanks, are secure and locked to restrict theft and tampering,” he says.

A 41-year-old man has been charged with multiple counts of burglary after a police raid on a property at Te Hana. While conducting a search on the property, police located a tractor worth $10,000, as well as an excavator, a large diesel tank and a quad bike. All items had been reported stolen. Police say they cannot rule out further charges as the investigation is ongoing. In another incident, police have confirmed that a stolen tractor worth $200,000 has been recovered at Wharehine, but a trailer which went missing at the same time is yet

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Rodney Local Board gets town centre plan ball rolling Consultants have been appointed to work with Rodney Local Board and Ngati Manuhiri to create a Warkworth Town Centre Plan to guide development as the town grows. Community development consultancy Community Think, led by Cissy Rock, and urban design specialists Motu Design, founded by Tracy Ogden-Cork, are developing an engagement process to encourage a wide cross-section of the community to contribute to the plan. Rodney Local Board says this is because it wants to make sure any future changes are driven by community needs and priorities, as well as excellent urban design practice. “The Warkworth Town Centre Plan will set the direction for the development of the area and will guide future decisions on place-making projects, public spaces, accessibility and connectivity projects, land use and community projects in and around the town centre and riverfront,” the project management team said in a statement. “The goal is a Warkworth town centre that meets the needs of the whole community, nurtures and protects the river, and provides a well-designed, vibrant and attractive place for everybody. “We recognise that local residents have invaluable expertise and knowledge about

The plan is aimed at enhancing and improving the town centre and river.

what will improve the town centre and enhance the stunning riverside location. “We are hoping that lots of people will get involved and talk to us and each other about creating a great future for the town

and the river.” Key stakeholder groups will be contacted initially, followed by opportunities for the wider public to contribute their views and ideas. It is anticipated that the plan will be

finished within a year. The need for a town centre plan was outlined in Rodney Local Board’s 2020 three-year plan and it is also a priority for One Mahurangi Business Association this year (MM, Apr 25).

The Warkworth Town Centre Plan aims to: • Reflect a commitment to actions that improve the health and wellbeing of the river • Reflect Ngāti Manuhiri aspirations, culture and identity • Identify opportunities and projects for council and private landowners to improve the appearance and functioning of the town centre

• Identify opportunities to improve relationships between community facilities, the town centre and residential areas, including shared outcomes for further development • Provide for high quality public spaces that will become social and community hubs with attractive and safe pedestrian connections

• Improve accessibility of the town centre for all modes of transport – walking, cycling, public transport and parking • Create a sense of place that reflects the diversity of the culture, history, people and their connections to the place • Illustrate best practice community engagement and urban design

Have your say on draft parks plan Public feedback is being sought on a new management plan for the 330 parks and 1400 hectares of reserve land in the Rodney Local Board area. The draft Rodney Local Board Parks Management Plan includes two substantial volumes – Volume 1 sets out its scope and purpose and Volume 2 looks at what it will mean for individual parks and reserves in each subdivision. Each park is described in two pages, with a detailed map showing notable cultural, heritage and natural features, followed by more detailed information and management issues and intentions for the land. A management issue might be freedom camping and a management intention could be to protect the park from kauri dieback, for example. The plan was developed as a result of community consultation in 2019, when the Board asked for feedback on current and future use of parks, as well as consultation with community groups, hapu and iwi. Plan project coordinator Sophie Kaur says the plan describes how people use parks, which areas need protection and what should be considered before improving a park. “We want to hear from the Rodney community so we can make sure we’ve got the plan right. Tell us if there is anything we should change, what you like and what you don’t like,” she says.

The draft Rodney Local Parks Management Plan can be viewed at Warkworth, Wellsford and Mahurangi East libraries, the Auckland Council Warkworth service centre at 1 Baxter Street, and accessed online at https://akhaveyoursay.aucklandcouncil.govt. nz/draft-rodney-local-parks-managementplan, where there is an online submission form. Alternatively, suggestions about the draft plan can be emailed to rodneylpmp@

aucklandcouncil.govt.nz or posted to Rodney Local Parks Management Plan, Auckland Council, Private Bag 92300, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142. There will also be a drop-in information session at the Warkworth service centre on Wednesday, July 27. The draft plan is open for consultation until Monday, August 15.

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Warkworth and Districts Grey Power will wind-up after an unsuccessful attempt to elect a new committee on June 11. President Jeff Fasher says despite a reasonable turnout on the day, few were willing to put their names forward for election. A final meeting will be held to close the association, which has been representing seniors in the district for nearly 30 years. Four charities will share in the disbursement of funds, receiving around $2000 each. They will be Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Presbyterian Foodbank, St John Ambulance and Aged Concern. The organisation’s national president Jan Pentecost attended the Warkworth meeting, as well as Zone 2 director Matie Marinovich and Zone 2 representative Sandy Feringa. Fasher says he is disappointed a committee could not be constituted, but this did not rule out Warkworth revisiting the formation of a group at some time in the future.

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Wardens clamp down on anti-social behaviour in Rodney Freedom camping patrols and signage obstruction issues have kept the two compliance wardens in Rodney busy since they started in February. The wardens are part of a Rodney Local Board pilot programme focused on community safety and protecting the environment. The compliance wardens are Michael Murray and Sam Phoenixia. Murray is a former police officer of 17 years, while Phoenixia has a background in hospitality customer service. In a snapshot of last month’s activities, the wardens recorded two erosion and sediment control incidents (one site with insufficient controls and one site with sediment runoff ), 224 freedom camping patrols, which identified 21 instances of freedom camping involving seven caravans, 11 self-contained vehicles (two suspected homeless), five non self-contained (one suspected homeless), three tents (two suspected homeless), and 73 cases of signage obstruction. There were also three instances of parking on a reserve, three illegal dumping incidents, one littering incident, one illegal parking incident, one trading without a food licence and one incident of animal abuse. There were no recorded instances of dogs on a beach against the rules, no driving or parking on a beach, no hull-cleaning, no illegal fishing, no obstructing a boat ramp and no set-netting. The appointments were for an initial 12-month period, which finishes at the end of next month. However, Board chair Phelan Pirrie says it took some time to organise how the whole project would work and to do the recruitment, which was held up by last year’s lockdown. “Consequently, we only ended up with the wardens being employed for six months of this financial year,” he says. “The original budget was $140,000, but the Board reallocated $50,000 of that budget elsewhere so the cost for this current financial year was $90,000. “We are proposing to spend $140,000 in the next financial year, if that’s approved at our next business meeting.” A Board spokesperson says the wardens are a key part of Auckland Council’s graduated approach to enforcement. This starts with providing education and advice to reduce offending and anti-social behaviour. Any sustained breaches are referred to Council’s compliance and investigations team to investigate and take the appropriate action. To report anti-social behaviour or bylaw breaches, call Council on 09 301 0101. This helps the wardens because if these calls show that trends of non-compliance are emerging in an area, then they can focus on it.

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Speed cut battle continues Leigh residents are vowing to carry on their fight against plans to introduce a blanket 30km/h speed limit in the town, following an online meeting with Auckland Transport (AT) on June 7. Campaign organiser Tony Enderby said although the meeting was well run and mostly cordial, it was a struggle to get answers to key questions that applied specifically to Leigh and a few people were losing patience by the end. “As soon as we questioned any of the generic facts they put forward, they had no answers,” he said. “They did concede that they probably could put slower speeds around the school and preschool in school hours. But they’ve got this fixation with doing the whole town. “They didn’t answer why it was just Leigh, just said it was one of a number of schools chosen.” As well AT’s five-strong speed programme team, led by Safe Speeds director Nathan Cammock, the meeting was attended by Rodney Local Board member Beth Houlbrooke, representatives from Leigh School and Preschool, Keep It 100 speed campaigner Geoff Upson and several Leigh residents. Issues raised included the fact that there had been no crashes in Leigh for years, problems for Lee Fish and other trucks on steep hills in and out of town, and the need for road improvements before any new speed restrictions. Enderby said after the meeting that a

464-signature petition had been presented to AT and residents would continue to lobby AT staff and others. AT said last week that Leigh was not alone and that other schools would follow in Rodney. “We are bound by legal constraints to make sure speed limits are safe and appropriate, and to implement 30km/h around all of Auckland’s schools, which means that some changes are still likely and we will work towards a final proposal over the next two months,” a spokesperson said. “Leigh School is not the first school in Rodney to have these types of changes proposed around it. Phase 2 included Matua Ngaru School at Kumeu for permanent 30km/h speed limits, as this was another area where our investigations found average driver speeds to be relatively low. “The next phase of our programme will also include a significant amount of schools, including many further schools in the Rodney area.” AT said it would take all the feedback from the meeting into account, as well as submissions made during the consultation period, when making its final recommendation to the AT Board. The spokesperson added that although “some interim information” could be provided to the Leigh community in around eight weeks’ time, no formal update could be provided until after team’s final report had gone to the AT board and been approved.

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Ō MātouKōrero More than a holiday The idea of starting a new year in the middle of the year will be a novel one for most of us. While Matariki has obviously been observed for millennia by Māori, non-Maori are only just catching on to its meaning and significance. The holiday has created a focus for this journey with many events on offer over the next three weeks, from live music to tree planting, shows, korero and kapa haka. It looks like being a lot of fun. In the era that many of us grew up in, the only Maori interaction we had was at school in the good oldfashioned Maori Culture Club. Girls learned poi dances and stick games, and the boys learned a haka or two. We painted moko on our faces and sang songs without ever knowing what they meant. It was a culture club without the culture. How times have changed. The recognition of te reo as a language of our land is long overdue. Like any indigenous language, it deserves to be revitalised, celebrated and promoted. In the 1980s fewer than 20 per cent of Māori knew enough te reo to be regarded as native speakers and, in 2020, a group of

academics declared that at the current learning rate, te reo was on a downward trajectory. That’s why it is so important to integrate te reo Māori into our everyday lives so we become more comfortable with the words and phrases. For instance, Waka Kotahi sounded foreign at first, but with use it has become more natural to say than the bland ‘New Zealand Transport Agency’. Last week, a former Cabinet Minister was accused of describing some government communications that used te reo as tokenism. If this is true, it is not helpful. Learning a new language isn’t easy and can be intimidating. Noone enjoys feeling silly so it’s encouragement that’s needed, not angry or smug condescension. It will be a great day when we are a fully bilingual nation, when Kiwis can traverse te reo and English with ease. But in the meantime, enjoy your Matariki holiday, practise your te reo and don’t worry if it is not perfect. Confidence will come with practise and good things take time.

Wellsford confirms principal’s appointment Former Wellsford School deputy principal Jen Roberts (right) has stepped into the role of principal, following the departure of Dave Bradley after 15 years. Roberts has a career spanning more than 30 years, with her first role at Manurewa Central Primary School. A move to Wellington in 1999 saw her teaching in Porirua and Lower Hutt, before a return to Auckland 10 years later to support her daughter Jessica, who was at law school. Roberts has a strong interest in science, technology, digital technology and mathematics. She says Wellsford School was also a good match for her, taking on the role of deputy principal in 2020 and then acting principal last year, when Bradley was on sick leave. Coming from an urban background, she is enjoying the combined urban and rural lifestyle around Wellsford. “Wellsford School is an amazing place with fantastically diverse students,” she says. “It is awesome listening to the students telling stories about the farms and calves being born, and watching animals in the paddock next to the school. The students make the school a special place and the staff all value them and work hard to make school an engaging place.” Some changes are coming as Roberts settles into her new role. “As we move forward, the school is building its capability to introduce the new Aotearoa Histories Curriculum and the New Zealand Curriculum refresh.” Roberts says preparations for an increase in the school roll is already well in hand. “We are working with the Ministry of Education and three architects,” she says. A keen walker and swimmer, Roberts lives in Orewa.

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New manager joins local tourism body Matakana Coast Tourism has appointed Gregg Anderson to the position of manager. Chair Richard Didsbury says the board is delighted to have someone of Anderson’s calibre joining the organisation. He has extensive tourism experience, having spent 27 years with Tourism New Zealand. Didsbury says that despite the encouraging signs of a recovery in the tourism sector, local tourism and hospitality businesses are going to have to continue to work in a very coordinated fashion to succeed. “Especially alongside other key stakeholders such as Auckland Unlimited and Tourism New Zealand,” he says. “Together, we will continue to rebuild a sustainable and resilient visitor base by ensuring potential visitors are aware of the wide offering available”. Didsbury says the new manager has an extensive marketing and tourism background, with time spent in London, Sydney and Los Angeles for Tourism New Zealand. “For the past five years, Gregg has been managing sustainability and quality assurance subsidiary Qualmark. He brings broad experience, strong contacts throughout the industry and a passion for sustainable tourism that aligns closely with the offerings of the region.”

Free public transport mooted By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air.

The Aotearoa Collective for Public Transport Equity is calling on Auckland Council to provide free public transport for community service card holders, tertiary students, under-25s and total mobility cardholders. The collective gave a presentation to Council’s planning committee earlier this month. Spokesperson Yasmin Kidd said free fares could create public transport users for life. “Positive experiences at a young age can make lasting patterns of transport behaviour,” Kidd said.

“All over New Zealand we are seeing an increase in public transport use with the temporary half-price fares.” However, Committee Chair Chris Darby said he would refer the matter to Auckland Transport as the committee did not have the information to make a robust decision. Independent Maori Statutory Board Member Tau Henare said the committee could do more than give platitudes. Henare said rather than “shunting it off to Auckland Transport,” the committee could say it supported free fares. Darby said that none of the committee had the information to make that call.

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Board member obligations A recent article in this paper about the cost of a couple of new public toilets the Rodney Local Board is building, provided a response from Rodney Local Board members, who in two cases expressed surprise at the cost and suggesting they hadn’t seen the detail. This got me thinking about what our role is as elected members, how important our duties are and what the public expectations should be of our performance. A significant amount of time, effort and money goes into providing elected members with detailed reports on every decision we make, and even if we aren’t voting on something but providing feedback or advocacy, all our meetings represent hundreds of hours of preparation. In addition, each of the 21 local boards across Auckland have dedicated support staff and advisors. If we are unsure about something we can contact one of our two Local Board advisors for assistance. Furthermore, if what’s being presented is unclear, we can ask questions, which is precisely what our weekly meetings are for. Understanding our agendas and the reports in them is one of the most essential things elected members should be doing on behalf of their community. There is often a significant amount of material provided each week for us to consider and it is virtually impossible to engage meaningfully in a meeting unless all the material provided prior to meetings is carefully read and members come prepared with questions if they have concerns. All elected members should ensure they

are fully informed of the decision they are voting on. Careful agenda scrutiny has led us to increase our advocacy on an issue or raise concerns that have a local impact, which has a tangible benefit for those we have been elected to represent. Likewise, understanding how Council finances are managed and budgets allocated is fundamental to getting the best for our community. In my experience, almost without exception, our reports are clear, concise, detailed and professionally written. But questioning is essential and if we are not happy, we can defer any decision or request a further report or information to address concerns. No decision from the Rodney Local Board involving ratepayers’ money is made without consideration of the options, costs and implications. All our reports are publicly available online, so there is complete transparency about the information provided to us. Which brings us back to the confusion over the costs of the Wellsford public toilets. It may be that Local Board members had forgotten about decisions they voted on a year or so ago or that the agendas weren’t read properly, questions weren’t asked when there was the opportunity to do so, or there was a lack of understanding of our budgets, and some Local Board members voted without understanding what they were voting for. The first thing is possibly excusable as we do make a lot of decisions every year, the others could fall short of what the public would expect of elected local board members.

Comedy debate returns The Great Debate, raising funds for Hospice, will be held at the Warkworth Town Hall on Friday, July 1. And, as usual, there will be two moots. The first will see a Rotary/Lions team arguing that ‘Warkworth should be renamed Matakana South’ and the second will see a celebrity team arguing that ‘married men live longer’. Taking the negative points of view on both moots will be teams from Warkworth

Toastmasters. Special guests on the night will include Art and Matilda Green, Darryl Soljan and Beth Houlbrooke. Doors will open at 6pm for a 7pm start. Finger food will be served and there will be a cash bar. Tickets are $35, and are available from Harts Pharmacy, Mahurangi Matters, Warkworth Information Centre and Tui House Hospice.

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The fruit and vegetable garden • Lift strawberry runners and trim away from the parent plant – these can be planted in fresh Garden Mix to produce delicious strawberries in the summer season. Spread sheep pellets around the new plants. • Rocket and parsley easy food staples to grow now – they don’t mind cooler temperatures, and both add flavour and nutrition to winter cooking. • Stake or build supports around broad bean crops as they grow, because single plants can reach 1.5 – 1.7m high. • Frost coming to the garden? Make shelters for young citrus, tamarillo plants and passionfruit vines. Frost cloth from the local garden centre is also a cheap and easy option, as is newspaper if you’re caught short one evening. • Lift and trim the roots of mint plants, replanting with compost. Mint roots tend to take over garden beds and limit the growth of other plants and herbs. Mint can be planted in an open-ended pot buried in the soil, away from other desirables.

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remember when my mother was the in the end, but I wasn’t having it. I was first woman to be voted on to the lucky to have the mentorship of wellAuckland Regional Authority and she known architect John Goldwater. During was given a tie and a pair of cufflinks. school breaks I also got to work with, When she asked what she was supposed Harry Turbott, a well-known architect to do with them, it was suggested she give and landscape architect. He had a design them to her husband. That’s always stuck philosophy of integrating building with with me. A lot of women take things for the landscape. granted where we are now. We’ve come a I graduated with honours after the fivelong way but we’ve still got a way to go. year degree, specialising in tourism and My mother didn’t need to be loved and hotels. Women made up half the student that made her strong. She wasn’t afraid to numbers at the start, about 50, but there speak up or speak out when she needed were only five women left at the end. to, when she felt strongly about an issue. I accepted to do my masters at the Dad had been a prisoner of war for four School of Fine Arts and Architecture, years during World War II and his health at the University of Pennsylvania in had suffered because of it. When he and Philadelphia, when I was 30. While my mother came over from England, they waiting to attend I walked into my lived in Hamilton. They had no money. favourite local architectural practice and Dad got a book on how to build a house asked if they had any work for me. They out of the library. He worked a night shift looked at my folder and offered me a job so he could build our house during the on the spot. They didn’t do hotels but a day. By the time I was five or six, while hotel design competition turned up in my the other kids first week and was were drawing given to me to do. horses, I was When it came time to We entered and house mad and Then I had consider careers, I was told won. always drawing a tough decision houses. When to make. Did I go there was no way I was I was seven I’d to the US for my drawn up a little going to be an architect masters or should subdivision and I stay and do the and I needed to focus on every visitor had type of work I to buy a section, adored. I stayed something more realistic. so I could draw a and was soon an house for them. associate and then a partner. At this time, I don’t even know I hated school because I was bullied. I if there was another woman who was a wasn’t like the other kids – I was an only partner. child, came from a slightly alternative family and was perhaps too sensitive. I It was a big practice with international was almost physically sick every day at projects. I was the concept designer the thought of going to school. It was a and worked on proposals for projects lonely time for me and I used to retreat in Sydney and around the South Pacific into imagination, almost a spirit world. including Parliament Buildings for the When it came time to consider careers, Cook Islands. There were a lot of hotels. I was told there was no way I was going Coming up with those concepts was a to be an architect and I needed to focus gift. I don’t know where it came from. on something more realistic. I was told I then went out into my own practice – occupational therapy was a good option Linda Clapham and Associates – doing because I was creative and practical. I high end residential and landscape work, didn’t listen and enrolled at Auckland and tourism lodges that needed landscape University’s School of Architecture context within a landscape. It was unusual where maths or science subjects were for a woman to have her own practice, compulsory, but I failed my maths. I tried though the sites I was dealing with were again the next year and while my maths still very male dominated. was better, it still wasn’t good enough. It was a very rewarding time professionally I decided I would design and build a in a creative context and in a collaborative house anyway, which I did. Later I heard way. When my son Cameron arrived I the enrolment criteria had changed and was living in this northern area with my you could show a folder of work. Well, I partner Chris, who was connected to had hundreds of house designs to show the Oruawharo Marae. I continued to them. I got in. But now I had a house commute into the Auckland CBD each and a mortgage to pay, no bursary and day. I became well acquainted with the no money. I rented out the house and local whanau and the marae, including lived in the garage. I commandeered an Chris’s mother Betty Farr, who was a local unused kitchen in the basement of the legend. She had six children of her own School of Architecture and set up a lunch plus another six foster children. She was takeaway for the students. That got me instrumental in setting up the marae at through the first year in which I got an Rodney College and the te reo language A+ for my design work. I continued the nest there. In her early days she had been lunch bar as it was quite lucrative. But the like a women’s refuge facilitator before most important thing for me was I found there was the domestic purposes benefit. a whole lot of other people who thought Out on the marae a man called Thomas and were interested in the same kind of de Thierry would sometimes come and things as I was – kindred spirits. talk about his dream of a pa with busArchitecture is very male dominated. All loads of children going into it. At the through the degree there was no reference time, Te Hana was in absolute chaos. to women in the profession. The architect Socially, and in the aftermath of the dairy was referred to in lectures as “he”. When factory and railway closing. At the marae, the architect goes onto the site it was “he”. everything worked like clockwork, there The engineer was “he”. The quantity was structure, people felt complete with surveyor was “he”. The structural engineer their identity – who they were. I spoke was “he”. I stood up in lectures and said with Thomas one day that the basis of I’m sick of hearing about “he”, we need to his dream, with more of a cultural centre, would provide culturally responsive be included. I’m sure they got sick of me

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employment opportunities and use the skill base that the whanau all naturally had, but didn’t have an outlet for. From then my full-time practice job in the city became less as my volunteer work on the Te Hana project became more. We set up a charitable trust with local whanau and community members including accountants to find a better way forward for our community. We had no land, no money – just a dream. I approached Rodney Councillor Grahame Powell and he suggested the reserve land currently being grazed might be suitable. We went through a resource consent

process where the whole of north Rodney had to be consulted, putting forward a proposal for what we have here. All of my colleagues from over the years came together, supporting me to get all the documentation together. All that is there now was either donated or given by the community, or philanthropic organisations. The marae and village was finished in 2010. I left in 2014 and spent the next few years farming on the historic farm Minniesdale with my son. After a much-needed hiatus, I returned to Te Hana Te Ao Marama three years ago as chief executive. I’m so proud to be back here.

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ueen’s Birthday Platinum Jubilee Honours

Pasifika health expert knighted in Platinum Honours One of New Zealand’s three newest knights in the Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, Sir Collin Tukuitonga, is renowned internationally for his passionate advocacy for Pacific and public health and, more recently, as a prominent voice on the pandemic. What is perhaps less well known is that he and his family recently moved to the region from the city, to a block of rural land north east of Wellsford. Sir Collin said they were all only just settling in, but there was a great local community on the road where they lived. “We relocated my wife’s family home from Auckland to Tomarata, partly for space for our daughter and her horse,” he said. Sir Collin is currently the inaugural Associate Dean of Pacific Health at the University of Auckland. Since 2020, he has played a significant role in the national response to Covid-19, particularly in advocating for and communicating information to Pasifika communities. He was born in Niue and trained as a doctor in Fiji before moving to New Zealand in 1987, where he was key in setting up the Department of Māori and Pacific Health at the University of Auckland. From 2001 to 2003, he had his first brush with a major disease outbreak, leading the national response to the threat of SARS when he was NZ director of public health. Sir Collin has also worked at the World Health Organisation in Geneva, been chief executive of the Ministry of Pacific Island

Affairs and founded the country’s first Pasifika communityowned health clinic, The Fono. From 2014 to 2020, he was director general of the Pacific Community, the largest intergovernmental organisation in the Pacific region. Meanwhile, former Whangarei deputy mayor and Langs Beach resident Sharon Morgan has been made a Member of the Order of New Zealand for services to the community, arts and rugby. As well as serving on Whangarei District Council from 2007 to 2019, including two terms as deputy mayor, she was the first female president of Northland Rugby Union and, as trustee of the Whangarei Art Museum Trust, was a key figure behind the development and governance of the recently opened Hundertwasser and Te Wairau Māori Art Centre. Morgan has also been a trustee for numerous community groups, including Te Kowhai Print, Creative Northland, Anawhata Museum, Northland Community and Whangarei Sculpture Symposium. She is an enthusiastic supporter of Kiwi North, the district museum, kiwi house and heritage park west of Whangarei.

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Front centre, from left, 88-year-old Sibyl Patrick, Alan Sandrey and Shona Pickup, with other volunteers at the hospice shop in Argyll Angle, Warkworth.

Harbour Hospice desperate for volunteers all round Hospice volunteers in Warkworth will be tempting potential volunteers with sizzling sausages and sweet treats on Friday, July 1. The recruitment drive is part of efforts to boost volunteer numbers hit hard by Covid-19. The charity had 295 volunteers pre-Covid, but this has fallen to around 260 at present. As a result, trading hours at hospice shops in Warkworth, Wellsford and Te Hana were reduced for a period and some volunteers have taken on extra shifts to bridge the gaps. Revenue from the shops is vital for the work that hospice does, bringing in onethird of its annual fundraising needs. Hospice garage sale shop manager Grant Vincent says volunteers are needed in the shops and to help with delivering goods and collecting donations. “We are really eager to turn this around and lighten the load for our current volunteers,” he says. “The roles are fun and interesting, and

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can bring real joy to your life. All we ask is three to four hours weekly or fortnightly.” Harbour Hospice volunteer services team leader Vicki Parker says it is understandable that some of the more vulnerable or elderly volunteers stepped down when Omicron entered the community and are not yet comfortable returning to their roles. “But we have strong safety protocols in place and our volunteers continue to have

a wonderful time volunteering in our shops with a great sense of purpose,” she says. “We do desperately need more of them though, to lighten the load and help keep our shops open.” “We have lots of roles to tempt people to join us. The main need is in the retail shops, but we also have roles in fundraising which tends to be for events, gardening at Tui House, reception, patient-facing roles including community visiting to support

patients and families, drivers to take people to appointments at Tui House or to medical appointments, Life Review writers and people to support patients when they come to Tui House.” No particular skills are need to volunteer for hospice, as full training is provided for all roles. To find out more, drop in to a Hospice shop and ask to speak to the shop manager.

Volunteers encourage others to join them … Dedicated hospice supporter Shona Pickup volunteers on many fronts, from events and fundraising to in-patient care and in the retail shops. She is also on the Harbour Hospice Advisory Board. She says as well as the camaraderie, laughs and pleasure of doing something for the community, helping with the in-patient care has made her realise that no matter how rich you are, you can’t buy good health. “So the moral of story is share and enjoy what you have now,” she says.

Alan Sandrey, 68, has been a hospice volunteer for two years, helping at the garage sales at Tui House every Thursday morning. The retired real estate manager says he enjoys the interaction with the community and it has opened his eyes to the challenging circumstances that some families are facing. “It makes you realise that while we are volunteering to help hospice, the goods that we’re delivering are also helping a lot of people in our area who are struggling,” he says. “You don’t volunteer for any personal reward, but there is a feel-good factor in doing something for the community and we have a lot of laughs.” Alan says he’d like to see some younger men volunteer as shifting furniture and other goods can be heavy work at times.

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Platinum jubilee celebrated in style

Lawrence and Moira MacLeod, of Matakana, wearing the MacLeod of Harris tartan.

The amazing reign of Queen Elizabeth was celebrated at the Bridgehouse Hotel in Warkworth on Queen’s Birthday with a Royal Garden Party. The afternoon included music by Val Couling on keyboard, Lyn and Mark Dashper on violin and cello, piper Noah Hardy, a royal toast proposed by John Gowing, high tea and Champagne. Nearly 80 guests attended, most dressed in regalia fit for a royal event. On display were two large photographs of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. They were donated to Warkworth when the Queen visited in 1953 and were on loan from the Warkworth Museum. About $1600 was raised from the event, which will go towards Heritage Warkworth projects, including the preservation of the town weir over the Mahurangi River and a Heritage Festival in October.

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Hundreds of people packed into the Mangawhai Recreation Centre on June 6 for the funeral of Mangawhai Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer (CFO) Rob Leslie, who died suddenly at his home on May 29 at the age of 60. Following the arrival of his casket on a fire truck and a parade of honour by emergency service personnel, the service was led by Rob’s close friend Dale Felton, who said he was the man you would want by your side in any situation. “He was as strong as an ox and could fix just about anything – he was a strong, rugged, tough, dependable guy, but also loving, gentle and patient, who cared deeply for his wife, family, friends and community,” he said. “He was always up for a challenge, and unbelievably good when the chips were down. He was larger than life and loved a good time.” Rob was born to Ken and Jan Leslie at Warkworth Hospital and grew up on the family farm at Browns Road, Hakaru. In the eulogy, his brother Steve recalled that Rob’s passion for “anything with wheels” started early, spending all the time he could with his Dad on a bulldozer or in a truck. At nine, he contracted osteomyelitis, a bone infection, that prevented him playing any sport at school. However, as soon as he was able, he took up rugby and played for the Eastern team in Kaiwaka, where he was known for fearless tackling.

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That was the start of a lifetime love of sport and adventure that included racing offroad vehicles, skydiving, bungee jumping, road cycling, sailing and driving anything fast. After attending Otamatea High School, Rob did an automotive apprenticeship at Hoyles in Kaiwaka, then worked on pipeline installation before getting into silviculture and forestry with his other brother, Ian. This was the beginning of a long career in forestry and eventually logging, building a successful business and he was respected throughout the industry. Fire and Emergency’s Northland district manager Wipari Henwood led fire brigade tributes to his 34 years of service, which started at Kaiwaka in 1988, where he rose to become deputy chief fire officer, and at Mangawhai as CFO since 2015. He said he was instrumental in rebuilding the brigade and its new fire station. Speaking in te reo Maori and English, Henwood praised Rob’s dedication and his mana. “Mana is prestige, integrity, influence, status, charisma – it give a person the power to lead and to organise,” he said. “A great totara has fallen in the forest of Tane.” Kaiwaka chief fire officer John Bowmar said Leslie was a good trainer, very practical and could drive anything, especially at speed. He raised a laugh when he recalled him invoking the wrath of some ‘keyboard warriors’ in Mangawhai, who accused him

of driving along Insley Street at 160km/h. “He told me they’d got that wrong – it was over 200,” he said. Leslie’s deputy CFO at Mangawhai, Graham Kerrigan, said he was the best of leaders – reliable, honest – “sometimes quite honest” – fun to be with, and there was nothing more reassuring than jumping in the fire truck and knowing that he’d got everyone’s back as well as the wheel. “He was just an awesome dude,” he said. The most heartfelt tribute came from Rob’s wife, Michele, who spoke movingly about their “deeply loving” relationship that was based on mutual respect and positivity, after they met at a rugby game in 2013. “I’m grateful to have had nine years of love that most people will never experience in a lifetime. And I’m grateful that he lived every day so fully,” she said. Rob Leslie is survived by his wife Michele, “bonus daughter” Kathryn, his mother Jan, siblings Steve, Ian and Sharon, and nephews and nieces Joshua, Jacob, Caitlin, Rebecca and Jemma.

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with chocolatebrown Congratulations to Murray Semenoff who is the recipient of a gift basket from Chocolate Brown. Murray was nominated by Margaret Parker, and other neighbours, who wrote a lengthy tribute, abridged here: When I moved into my new home next door to the wonderful Murray and Jude, I did not own a lawnmower. Murray mowed my lawns for a number of weeks until I organised a mower of my own. He has helped me dig holes for new shrubs, fixed items that broke in the move, hung mirrors, repaired taps and helped with an assortment of other jobs. Other neighbours have also been on the receiving end of his generous and helpful nature. We all agree he is ‘The Best’ neighbour ever.

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Know someone who deserves a big “thank you” for their community spirit? Tell us and they will receive acknowledgement in Mahurangi Matters and an amazing hamper from Chocolate Brown, 6 Mill Lane, Warkworth. Send your nominations to editor@ localmatters.co.nz (subject line: Sweet Appreciation) or post to: Sweet Appreciation, Mahurangi Matters, PO Box 701, Warkworth. Kindly refrain from nominating members of your own family.

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Building Update: The team is hoping to have the building watertight within the next couple of weeks.

The windows delivered last month have now been installed into the gymnasium, ablution block and auditorium areas. A couple of builders have joined the project and have begun constructing the partitioning walls in the ablution block area. Safety nets have been fitted under all the roof structure where the roofers will be working and scaffolding has been moved and set up around the second half of the building therefore providing further edge protection for workers. The scaffold has enabled work on the fascia to be completed before the roof panels were craned into position on Monday when there was a generous four hour period of good weather and no wind which enabled the crane to load all the roofing panels onto the roof structure. Mahurangi Presbyterian Church has been a part of the Warkworth community for over 160 years. The first full-time Minister, Rev. Robert McKinney, began his tenure in 1856 and it continued for another 49 years. Rev McKinney was a strong presence in the Mahurangi region – as well as championing the gospel throughout the area, he was also a driving force for positive change within the community. He founded the library, started the first school in the area, as well as being involved in a number of other community activities. The church has always had a strong family ethos and continues to have a presence in the local community with over 500 members and regular Sunday attendances of 200250 people. Today we are a church drawn from different cultural backgrounds, different generations, and different walks of life. In more recent years the Church has contributed to the community through the Mahu Vision Trust. This Church and Community Centre will enhance both the experience of churchgoers and our capabilities of community outreach. Check out our website for further information and videos of the building’s progress: https://mahu.org.nz/building-update/

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Raising small humans is physically, mentally and emotionally demanding at the best of times. Add two years of navigating a global pandemic and, understandably, emotions may be running high and patience running thin. Wondrous and rewarding as parenting is, it can also be incredibly challenging and trigger some of our own big emotions. The challenge is not to avoid feeling these things altogether, but to be able to navigate them in a way that you can feel proud of. Sometimes these emotions can throw our body and mind out of balance. In this state, it is helpful to have some tools to recalibrate. Our nervous system is responsible for many important functions such as our heart rate, digestion and breathing. Intense emotions can trigger ‘sympathetic activation of the nervous system’ or as it is more commonly known, the ‘fight, flight, freeze’ mode. When we find ourselves in this state, we are more likely to react to a situation with aggression and panic. Aggression and panic can often make a stressful situation worse or have us act in ways we later regret. Giving ourselves space to first regulate our emotions and bodies is an invaluable step to responding rather than reacting. Some simple tools to help return to calm are: Pause: Give yourself a moment. Have a go-to phrase to buy yourself a few minutes for example, “I am feeling quite *emotion* right now, I’m going to take five minutes to breathe and calm down.” Breathe: Our breathing is connected to our nervous system. When we calm our

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The co-founder of TIME Unlimited, Ceillhe Sperath, who is also the recipient of a Tourism Industry Champion Award, will be one of the guests at Sculptureum for Matariki.

Packed programme celebrates first Matariki public holiday A plethora of events and entertainment is planned for a Matariki celebration at Sculptureum in Matakana on June 24. The line-up will include interactive exhibitions, live art demonstrations, Māori entertainment, wearable arts and a themed dinner. Sculptureum is partnering with TIME Unlimited for the event, with the opportunity for visitors to gain access to talented Māori creators and educators, and to immerse themselves in Matariki

traditions, both old and new. TIME Unlimited Tours are dedicated to creating meaningful experiences and connections with New Zealand’s heritage, history and culture. The organisation has a direct focus on incorporating Māori experiences into their tourism offerings, with the TIME component of their name standing for “To Integrate Māori Experiences”. Sculptureum spokesperson Charlotte Bygrave says the daytime events will be packed with family-friendly activities along with access to

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Sculptureum’s galleries and gardens, which features more than 650 artworks from local and international artists spread across 1.4km of accessible pathways and galleries. “Joining us on the day will be Māori kaitoi (artists) Hinauri Mead and Shelley Bell, HIWA’s Nettie Norman, Mahara Creatives’ Cathy Livermore, fashion designer Jeanine Clarkin and TIME Unlimited’s own Māori hosts including their Wayfinders’ Rangatahi Creative Group,” she says. The evening programme will include

performances by Māori singers and entertainers to accompany a special fivecourse themed dinner. Bygrave says a stellar line-up of talent will be presented, hosted by Kaikōrero (MC) Duane Wichman-Evans, from Oystar Creatives. Kaiwaiata (vocalists) Thomas Stowers and Krissy Knap will provide entertainment throughout the night, alongside TIME Unlimited’s Ceillhe Sperath and weaver Hinauri Mead ,who will share their knowledge of Matariki traditions.

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Film competition open Residents in Kaipara are being invited to enter the Northland Matariki Short Film competition. The competition is a joint initiative of the ANZAC Theatre in Dargaville, Te Puni Kōriri and Creative Northland, and has been launched to celebrate NZ’s first national celebration of Matariki. A Creative Northland spokesperson says the judges will be looking for creative films, fresh new concepts and intriguing scripts. “This is a chance for ordinary people to be inspired by Matariki and capture what it means to them,” they say. “Schools are very

welcome to enter as well.” Films are to be between five and seven minutes long, with an underlying Matariki theme and must be suitable for all age groups. There are three categories – tamariki (up to 12 years), rangatahi (13 to 18 years) and open (19-plus years). There will also be a special prize for the use of te reo Māori. Prizes range from $500 to $1000 for the open event It is free to enter and entries close on July 31. To enter, visit: www.creativenorthland. com/matariki-film-competition-2022

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Matariki heralds in the time of the New Year. A time of harvest, of family and the celebration of new beginnings. Never before has this had more meaning to the staff and families of Lollipops Warkworth as it does in 2022. This week recognises the new journey for Anna and the team as they bring this well known childcare brand to the families and whānau of Warkworth. “At Lollipops Warkworth we aspire to build trusting, reciprocal relationships with our whānau and community. We believe that every child is unique, and we want to work alongside our families to enable our tamariki to become compassionate, curious and creative citizens who respect themselves, others and the environment” says new Centre Manager Anna Barnard. Anna has long lived in our community and is delighted to now be able to offer her values and experience to bring quality care to the children in our area. Lollipops Warkworth has a wonderful sense of home. The experienced and knowledgeable teachers and staff will welcome you with a friendly smile, inviting you to become part of our family and to share your culture and Whakapapa as we start our learning journey together. Connecting with our community is an integral part of our Centre Philosophy. This happens by way of our Community Pantry, parent/whānau contributions, Ballet School, walks and visiting local businesses, as well as asking members of the hapori (community) to share their expertise and knowledge with us at the centre. This week will be a time of exploration and discovery with our tamariki and we see the relationship with the season of Matariki and how this relates to our centre life. We look forward to welcoming our families and to sharing opportunities with them to celebrate this new partnership. Our gardens are being prepared for new plantings and we have a few surprises for the children coming including ways to interact with our centre chickens and exploring other parts of the centre grounds with a sustainable future ahead. We would welcome the opportunity to show you through our centre and hear from you around the aspirations for your children and our local community.

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Matariki on the Waterfront returns to Silo Park on July 2 and 3, promising two days of experiences to invigorate the soul and warm the senses during the cold of winter. A range of Matariki activities are on the programme including, live music, kapa haka, workshops, installations, kai and a place of connection, remembrance and renewal for all. Iwi manaaki Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei will be joining the celebrations as Ahi Kā, keepers of the fires of Tāmaki Makaurau, with kapa haka, raranga, kai stalls, poi making and more. There will be entertainment by Kapa Haka - Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Kaumātua Kapa Haka - Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Herbs, MAJIC, Māori Hifi DJ’s (Grantis & Gene Rivers) and more. The Kai stall line-up includes Kai Sisterz, Dots Puku Stall, Mussel Man, Māori Mex and Egg and Spoon Coffee.

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This year’s Matariki Festival in Tamaki Makaurau will be held over three weeks, from June 21 to July 16. The programme features hundreds of events, but will be held up by five pou (signature) events. They are Umu Kohukohu Whetū, Manu Aute Kite Day, Matariki on the Move, Te Taumata Kapa and Te Korakora.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Umu Kohukohu Whetū

The Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Umu Kohukohu Whetū will take place in the early morning of Tuesday, June 21 at Takaparawhau/ Bastion Point. It involves a ceremonial offering of food to the stars of Matariki from an umu or hāngī that has been prepared the night before. Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei chairperson Marama Royal says the traditional ceremony was once celebrated throughout Aotearoa amongst whānau, hapū and iwi, but the practice died out in the early 1900s. “We felt it was important to see a resurgence of this important practice,” she says.

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Some of Auckland’s finest piano-based musicians will perform at their favourite locations, with a series of innovative twilight concerts free to the public from June 24 to July 3. Each ‘Illuminate Matariki’ event harnesses digital technology which enables the notes of the piano to trigger a captivating light show unique to each song. The evening begins with a performance by Tereora – bringing waiata (songs) and kōrero about Te Whānau Marama (Family of Light), and the magic of Matariki/ The Māori New Year. Tereora’s work focuses on themes of Maumahara (rememberance) and celebration in Aotearoa, that the rising of the Matariki leads us into. Organisers encourage attendees to bring chairs, rugs, snacks and hot drinks. The events will be held as follows: • Matthias Jordan, Holy Trinity Church, Parnell, June 24, 5.30pm • Nic Manders, Tahaki Reserve, Mt Eden, June 25, 7pm • Greg Johnson, Tahaki Reserve, Mt Eden, June 30, 7pm • Jan Hellriegel, Wallance Arts Centre, Pah Homestead, Hillsborough, July 2, 7pm • Nick Dow, Titirangi Beach Hall, July 3, 7pm

Manu Aute Kite Day

Manu Aute Kite Day (June 25) is a favourite with whānau. Manu aute and manu tukutuku (kites) were used to send messages to the heavens and between iwi (tribe) and hapū (subtribe) and Manu Aute Kite Day honours that tradition. There will be kites of all shapes and sizes filling the skies, as well as kite making workshops. This year’s event is being held at Takaparawhau, Ōrākei.

Matariki on the Move

Matariki on the Move (July 1, 8 and 15) is an exciting collaboration with Stardome. It will take audiences on a virtual journey to the Matariki constellation and will weave the visual experience with live music performed by contemporary Māori musicians.

Te Taumata Kapa Haka

Te Taumata Kapa Haka will deliver live and dynamic kapa haka performances at lunchtimes on weekend days during the festival. Kapa haka groups from around Tāmaki Makaurau will share waiata (song) and haka in malls around the region.

Te Korakora

Te Korakora is the final pou event (July 16), the major music component of the Matariki Festival. Local legends Kings, AJA, La Coco, DJ Grantis will get you warmed up and dancing in anticipation for an exciting headline act that will be announced shortly – it will be a jam-packed evening of festivities and hosted by Tik Tok sensation Maaka Pohatu. This event at Wynyard Quarter is one to mark in your diaries now. For the full programme for Tamaki Makaurau visit: www.matarikifestival.org.nz.

Maori Lion King for Matariki

Matakana Cinemas has special screenings of Disney classic The Lion King re-voiced in te reo Maori over Matariki Weekend. Lion King Reo Maori has been translated by experts in each rohe (region) with key characters adopting five different mita (dialects). Fourteen actors from all over New Zealand were chosen to voice the movie, which will screen on Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25 at 4.45pm. Info and tickets: Matakana Cinemas on 423 0218 or visit www.matakanacinemas.co.nz

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Matariki Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea The eyes of the God Tāwhirimātea Mānawa maiea te putanga o Matarirki Mānawa maiea te ariki o te rangi Mānawa maiea te ariki o te tau Hail the rise of Matariki Hail the lord of the sky Hail the New Year Matariki is an abbreviation of Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea (The eyes of the God Tāwhirimātea) and refers to the cluster of stars also known by Europeans as the Pleiades. It rises in Hōtoke (winter) and for many iwi around Aotearoa, it indicates the start of a new year. The children of Papatuanuku, the earth mother, and Ranginui, the sky father, were in conflict over whether to separate them and bring light and life to the earth. Tane Mahuta, the God of the forest, laid on his back and used his legs to force his parents apart. Tāwhirimātea, the God of the winds and weather, was so angry and heartbroken by his brother’s actions, he tore out his own eyes and threw them into the heavens where they have looked down on man ever since. The eyes of Tāwhirimātea have become many constellations, and among them live Matariki, the mother and her six daughters. Matariki is the star that signifies reflection, hope, our connection to the environment and the gathering of people. Matariki is also connected to the health and wellbeing of people. Tupuānuku is the star connected with everything that grows within the soil to be harvested or gathered for food.

Tupuārangi is connected with everything that grows up in the trees: fruits, berries and birds. Waipun-ā-rangi is connected with the rain. Waitī is connected with all freshwater bodies and the food sources that are sustained by those waters. Waiti is associated with the ocean, and food sources within it. Ururangi is the star connected with the winds. Matariki ki runga/Celebrating Matariki Matariki is a time to reflect on the past year, celebrate the present and plan for the year ahead. During the first sightings of Matariki, many of our whānau would remember those who have passed since its last appearance. This would then be followed by celebrating the present and end by planning for the year ahead, using the stars to guide us. If the stars were clear and bright, it signalled a favourable and productive season ahead, and planting would begin in September. If the stars appeared hazy and closely bunched together, a cold winter was in store and planting was put off until October. For the first time ever, Matariki is being recognised in Aotearoa with a public holiday on Friday June 24 and here are some ways that you and your whānau could celebrate Matariki. • Remember your loved ones who are no longer with us • Spend time with family and friends • Attend a Matariki event • Give thanks for the year that has passed • Write down your wishes for the year ahead

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It was a nostalgic evening for some 60 former members of the 1st Warkworth Company of the Boys Brigade at a reunion in Warkworth on June 10. Now in recess due to a shortage of leaders, the group operated in Warkworth for 65 years. A special service in the Methodist Church saw the laying-up of the Company Colours, followed by a reunion supper. Former members came from as far away as Queenstown and Whangarei. The guest speaker was Boys Brigade NZ director Mike Brewer. A new Mahurangi ICONZ Adventure group for boys aged six to 17 years has been formed in Snells Beach.

The reunion also marked youth leader Dave Parker’s retirement. Parker has served both in Warkworth and the Cook Islands where he was a volunteer training officer. “During those 48 years part-time on either Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Atiu or Mangaia, I was able to promote habits of obedience, reverence, discipline and self-respect,” Parker says. “In turn, they taught me a lot about life on isolated islands and the difficulties they experienced in isolation.” Parker was responsible for shipping thousands of dollars worth of donated brass band instruments to the Cook Islands, as well as uniforms and teaching aids.

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Magical midwinter Festival of Lights returns to Warkworth The magical Mahurangi Winter Festival of Lights returns next month with its mix of stunning light shows, dancing and delicious food stalls, bringing fun and excitement to a chilly winter. The Parade of Lights kicks the show off on Saturday, July 9, with floats festooned in lights. Organiser Murray Chapman says anyone can join the parade and he encourages everyone to get creative – light up the pushchair or the car and have some fun. Meeting at the Paper Plus carpark at 5pm, the parade will start at 6pm, travelling down Queen Street and around the roundabout at the bottom of Neville Street. The Warkworth Wharf area will be open for business from 3pm and humming with food trucks, rides and live bands running through until 10pm. On July 23, for phase two of the festival, winter will be welcomed with open arms as snow machines bring a bit of alpine winter magic to the town. Baxter Street will be closed for much of the morning for preparations, then the street fun starts at 3pm and will go through until 9pm. There will be plenty to keep the kids

happy with carnival amusements including real snow, as well as food trucks. New attractions this year include a Star Wars lights float, Star Wars laser light battle, glow in the dark mini golf and a virtual reality gaming arena. A disco light floor will also turn the Old Masonic Hall into a free rave. The thrilling laser light show will start at 6pm. There will be plenty of opportunity to experience this with the show running for 15 minutes every half hour until 9pm. The festival is run by volunteers and while Covid caused a break in 2020, it has been running since 2018, getting more ambitious each year. Businesses in the town are encouraged to put up light displays in their windows during the month. The festival ran during the school holidays last year, when around 6000 children, and the young-at-heart, enjoyed the spectacle. The festival receives an annual grant of $5000 from the Rodney Local Board, with sponsorship from local businesses funding the remainder of the $50,000 tab.

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Brace yourselves for an epic musical panorama when the NZTrio performs in Warkworth.

Trio challenges classical music ‘stuffiness’

An ensemble that has been described as one of New Zealand’s national treasures will perform at the Warkworth Town Hall on Sunday, July 3. The NZTrio brings together three accomplished artists – Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano). Renowned for its eclectic repertoire, outstanding talent and warm kiwi stage presence, the group is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with the Legacy series – an opportunity to look back on the past and forward to the future. The Warkworth programme will start

with the trio’s arrangement of Schumann’s melodious miniatures dedicated to his music teacher Friedrich Wieck, before returning home to the sounds of Aotearoa in Tabea Squire’s newest work, Der Tanz. William Bolcom’s trio celebrates contemporary music in a whirlwind journey, turbulent with autumnal and Hispanic-jazzy tones contrasted with other-worldly serenity. The programme will end with Schubert at the height of his artistry in his E-flat trio, acclaimed by Schumann as ‘an angry meteor blazing forth and outshining everything in the musical atmosphere of the time’.

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The concert is presented by Warkworth Music, as part of its Winter Series. A spokesperson says NZTrio’s edgy repertoire, along with its post-concert manaakitanga, will challenge any preconceptions of classical music being stuffy or intimidating. “NZTrio performances powerfully reaffirm the importance and cathartic nature of a live musical experience in today’s digital world. Expect to be affected.”

The concert starts at 4pm. Tickets $30 at the door, school students free. See www.warkworthmusic.org.nz for more information.

There is still time to get creative with costumes and enter this year’s Catwalk Arts competition, the annual wearable art event in aid of Warkworth Wellsford Hospice. Entries are being accepted until Thursday, June 30 for this year’s gala prizegiving, which takes place in the Mahurangi College auditorium on Saturday, August 27. There are six categories, all with the emphasis on reusing and upcycling materials – Open, for adults; Youth, for under 18s; Fantastical Families, for families with children aged 14 or under; Wearable Advertising, for promoting a business or community group; Amazing Aotearoa, New Zealand-inspired for all ages; and Bizarre Bras. There is a cash prize of $500 for the winning entry in each class, except the family category, which has a $300 first prize and $200 second prize, and $300 for the bra section winner. Entries in all categories may also be eligible for Supreme, Recycle and People’s Choice Awards. Tickets for the 2pm matinee show in August cost $30, or $20 for children and seniors; and $45 for the 7pm evening show and prizegiving. For entry forms, call 09 425 9535 or email lesley.ingham@harbourhospice.org.nz Info and show tickets: Visit www. harbourhospice.org.nz/event/catwalk-arts

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Cecily by Annie Garthwaite Cecily Neville was the wife of Richard, Duke of York in the in the 15th Century and she was the mother of two English Kings – Edward IV and Richard III – and what a powerhouse of a woman she was in such dangerous times. Richard, her husband, had a valid claim to the throne but had chosen to support the incumbent young King Henry. We meet Cecily in 1431 as she and her husband are in Rouen to witness the burning of Joan of Arc and support young Henry’s claim to the French Crown. Cecily had been brought up to be very aware of how to behave within the court and how to play the political games that court life revolved around. She was a valuable ally to her husband and despite having 12 children, she was heavily involved in political machinations and, ultimately, the downfall of King Henry VI. This is a fabulous story about an inspiring woman set during the period known as the War of the Roses. I loved the way Garthwaite fleshed out some of the lesser known characters from the history books.

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You can be a brain surgeon or a billionaire, but when you break down on the side of the road in the pouring rain, the most important person in your world quickly becomes a mechanic. Embarrassingly, I have suffered at the hands of my own mechanical ineptitude for a long time. As an 18-yearold flatting with a friend, my career in this field was over before it began. Apparently, starting a “cold engine” by covering the vehicle with blankets and pouring hot water over the bonnet is a questionable response! Then there’s those big red flashing buttons on the dash, of which (admittedly) a couple may have accidentally eluded my immediate attention over the years. Vehicle breakdowns are a source of panic for me. I am not delusional enough to get out and “pop the bonnet” and proceed to stare into that great abyss like I remotely know what’s going on in there. Nope, I’m more of ‘where is the distress flare’ type of gal. So, when my teenage daughter recently cracked the head in her car, I became traumatised that I may have inadvertently passed on my dodgy mechanical gene and, subsequently, thought I had better investigate exactly what makes a mechanic tick. I introduce to you Mr Mark Dodd. Mark comes from a family of talented mechanics – his father Steven was my husband’s primary farm mechanic for many years and his brother Willie is also a highly skilled diesel mechanic. These two little boys spent their childhood in their father’s rural shed enthusiastically placing their little hands on every tool and every nut they could. It was there in that shed that their bones grew as tall as the machinery and their mechanical knowledge flourished under the nurturing guidance of their humble but talented father. Mark was offered a pre-apprenticeship at

an early age and upon his practical release component it was glaringly obvious that this young would-be mechanic had already obtained skills far beyond the basics. He went on to finish an apprenticeship in small engines and worked in this field for many years. However, like his father and brother, he was never going to be defined by any particular engine size or type.

With the precision of a surgeon, Mark operated – surrounded by nuts bolts and filters – as I recall memories of little children happily constructing and deconstructing Lego. I caught up with Mark under the hood of a little bulldozer that needed a health checkup before it was put back to work. With the precision of a surgeon, Mark operated – surrounded by nuts bolts and filters – as I recall memories of little children happily constructing and deconstructing Lego. Spanners and crescents seem to jostle for the wisdom extended in Mark’s hands as he methodically pulled the engine apart and serviced its body parts. Then, like magic, that little digger sprang back into productive life. Elation from the owner and a deep thought of marvel and perhaps undervalued sentiment from me for a trade that keeps the engines of our world going. Modest conversations ensued around rebuilding truck motors with thousands of moving parts involving tens of thousands of dollars, a family car that refuses to start and a lawnmower that simply won’t cut

the grass. The more I thought about this the more I realised just how incredibly important the mechanic’s role is in our mechanised and productive world, and that my respect had only ever extended to a polite thank you and an expectation that motors will start. With confidence and a huge repertoire of skills behind him, Mark has returned home and started his own mobile mechanic business. For our rural and farming communities, this is a desperately needed and welcome service, as the expense of dragging machinery into centralised workshops grows. The presence of a field mechanic in a time-pressure situation in the productive sector is like a gift from God.

Mark is polite enough to recognise that his mechanical world is changing rapidly with electrification, and he has every intention of keeping his skills abreast of technology. For now though, that beautiful old fashioned combustion engine with its sounds, spark and moving parts will keep our world going for some time yet. They didn’t know it back then, but those two little boys with inquisitive minds and fingers in their daddy’s shed, would grow up to become a pair of vital cogs that we heavily rely on to keep our mechanised world going, put food on our table and save us from adversity. Hashtag, go the mechanics – we need you all day, every day!

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In June, Marina and her daughter, Heidi planted trees for the first time at Tāwharanui.

Two decades are just the beginning Cooler and wetter weather can only mean one thing – it’s planting time at Tāwharanui. Throughout the years thousands of volunteers have embraced the pastime, sloshed about in mud, gazed at the stunning Hauraki Gulf or kept score of the plants they nestled into the earth. An enduring philosophy for the people who attend every year, or just once, is a commitment to improving the environment. Two decades ago, volunteer conservationists knew they could achieve great things with Auckland Regional Council and Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary Society Inc (Tossi) was established. Soon Tossi had an on-site nursery to supply eco-sourced seedlings for an ambitious reforestation programme. To celebrate Tossi’s 20th anniversary the community is invited to witness the progress of the founders’ vision. Experienced Tossi members will guide people along an often-overlooked trail that includes a restored wetland and hilltop vistas over the first plantings in gullies. In my naivety, the regenerating native bush doesn’t appear as spectacular as Ecology Bush near the popular beach at Anchor Bay. The remnant forest that was never cleared is full of birdsong and reintroduced birds, lizards and fish are established at the old end of the sanctuary. By comparison the 20-year-old bush seems quiet to me. However, with guidance from clever people who understand the science, I learned the relatively young bush is a thriving ecosystem at a different stage of its life cycle. For example, the microorganisms I can’t see in the soil are busy contributing to the next link in a simple food chain that

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will become a complex food web. It takes an extremely long time for new plantings to become the mature ecosystems that was once home to the threatened fauna and flora of Aotearoa. It feels like we’re just beginning and there’s no time to lose. It is a true celebration that the determination of the early Tossi volunteers continues after 20 years. During the most recent community planting day, I met first-time tree planters Heidi and her mum, Marina. The pair embody the spirit of those who started the dream of a sanctuary in 2002. They’d travelled from Sandringham, not knowing what to expect but prepared for some hard work and fun. Like many young volunteers at Tāwharanui, Heidi is completing the William Pike Challenge at Kōwhai Intermediate School and planting trees contributed to her community service element. Heidi wants to help the birds and hopes that when she comes back in 20 years there will be many more and bigger trees. I hope so too. Marina was keen for her daughter to experience the hard work needed to improve the environment and also, the feel-good factor that comes from collective mahi. Tossi’s free community open day is an opportunity to people to learn more about the outcomes of 20 years of restoring biodiversity. From 9.30am to 12.30pm on Sunday, June 26 there are guided walks to foundation and the latest planting sites, nursery tours and fun family activities, with a complimentary celebration lunch.

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Long-serving Abertland Museum volunteers thanked A special lunch was held at the Albertland Museum in Wellsford this month to farewell five long-serving volunteers. Museum volunteer Rob Lennon said he hoped that although the volunteers were “retiring” their skills and support would not be lost to the museum entirely. “You will always be welcome here,” he said. Being farewelled were Peter Marsh, Ivan Tomas, Marjorie Prictor, Reneld Urquhart and Gordon Hendriksen. In total, they represented more than 100 years of volunteer service. Tomas reflected on the decision to build the museum in Port Albert Road to house a collection which was, at that time, stored under the grandstand at the Port Albert Domain. He acknowledged the support that the community had invested in the project. Marsh said his involvement with the museum honoured a promise he had made to his Aunty Bess, who was a driving force behind opening the museum. Many personal artefacts from the Marsh family are stored at the museum, including a bible brought to NZ on the Albertlander ship Matilda Wattenbach, which arrived in 1862. “It has been a wonderful experience being involved with the museum – it’s been great working with all the volunteers and I’ve learned so much,” Marsh said. The museum is always keen to recruit new volunteers to help staff the museum, be involved with special exhibitions and care for its collection.

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Jenny Driskel, who has been a volunteer at the museum for about a year, with retiring volunteer Marjorie Prictor Peter Marsh was thrilled with the restoration of the portable harmonium, built in 1875, which was donated to the museum by Phillip Johnston, the grandson of Harold Marsh. The restoration was done by Alan Peake.

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Excitement in the skies Following the success of aviation pioneers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Walsh brothers – Vivian and Leo – from New Zealand built a biplane using good old kiwi ingenuity. They gave their first public demonstration in the skies over Manurewa on 5 February, 1911. A few years later in 1915, they had established a flying school for military pilots in an old mission station at Kohimarama, where trainees would pay £100 to learn to fly in small flying boats. The two brothers trained 83 men, up until the signing of the Armistice, with 75 going overseas to serve. At the end of the war, these pilots returned to New Zealand to become commercial pilots or flying instructors. One of these pilots was Lieutenant Ian Keith, who flew a Blackburn Bluebird III aircraft over the district of Port Albert on 24 April, 1929, much to the delight of its residents. The local enterprising cinema proprietor, Fred Thomas, organised the stunt with Southern Cross Airways, which was owned by Hilda Hewlett and H T Merritt. Hilda was born in Vauxhall, England in 1864, and not long after World War I ended, she emigrated to New Zealand. Hilda was the first British woman to earn a pilot’s licence after studying aeronautics in France. After her training, she returned to England with Gustav Blondeau, and together they ran a flying school before forming their company,

Hewlett and Blondeau, manufacturing 800 military aircraft during World War I. Her son Francis, who she taught to fly, also had a distinguished military career both in England and New Zealand. Her partnership with H. T. Merritt did not last long before Hilda returned to Tauranga to work again as a flying instructor. When Lieutenant Keith left Auckland that day at noon, flying the Blackburn Bluebird aircraft, he dropped a parachute over Otahuhu with a message to phone Port Albert and tell them the plane was on its way. On his one-and-a-quarter hour journey north, travelling at 65 miles per hour, he maintained a height of 3000 feet, managing to pass under a rainstorm as he flew over the township of Kaukapakapa. With Port Albert in his sights, the pilot dropped leaflets over the district to advertise the upcoming movie screening of ‘Old Ironsides’ before managing a splendid landing on Mrs Vickery’s field in Wellsford Valley Road. It was planned to take passengers for flights around the district, but the winds were not favourable on the day. The crowd settled for photographs before watching with fear and trepidation when the plane took off on the uneven field, before making its way back to Auckland, leaving this historic day in their memories for years to come.

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One Mahurangi hopes to see work on the Hill Street intersection start about this time next year.

Transport links supported, but timeframes missing A 30-year transport plan for Warkworth misses one vital ingredient – timeframes, according One Mahurangi co-chair Dave Stott. Consultation on the plan, drafted by Auckland Transport and the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency under the Supporting Growth Alliance umbrella, closed on June 7. Stott says in principle, the plan addresses most of the issues that are regularly discussed at the quarterly Transport and Infrastructure Forum, which represents numerous organisations from throughout Mahurangi. “But the biggest omission in the plan is timing,” he says. He fears that the two agencies have underestimated the pace of growth that will occur in Warkworth over coming years and “once again, infrastructure will lag behind development”, and residents will face years of serious congestion and disruption.

The plan includes improved cycling and walking tracks, two new bus interchanges including one park and ride, a southern interchange on the new Puhoi to Warkworth motorway, a Sandspit link road, the long-awaited western collector road and a second ‘wider’ western collector road. None of the projects are currently funded. As a result of local representation, the alliance has agreed to consider two routes for the Sandspit link road. Its preference is a route that goes to the west of the quarry, but they have agreed to also consider a route east of the quarry, which local representatives say involves fewer landowners, stream crossings and intersections, as well as being better geotechnically with better road geometry. Stott says the park and ride at the northern motorway interchange also needs to be twice as big. “There seems to be a move away from park and rides in favour of public transport,

shuttle buses, cycling and walking,” he says. “But this is just not practical in a rural area. “The plan proposes a park and ride for 200-250 vehicles. This needs to be doubled to accommodate at least 500 vehicles. “The one thing we all agree on is that we don’t want vast carparking areas like at Silverdale and Albany, so they may have to consider a multi-level park.” Stott says another intersection that needs to be considered sooner rather than later is at Matakana Road/Sharp Road. “Once the motorway and Matakana link road open, traffic volumes on Sharp Road are likely to increase substantially. “We will need greater storage capacity for right turning traffic out of Matakana Road and there is also likely to be a need for a pedestrian/cycle crossing near the intersection once the cycleway to Warkworth is constructed. The road itself will need to be upgraded as it couldn’t

handle increased volumes of traffic in its current state.” Stott says that while the southern interchange is on the plan, the nature of Public Private Partnerships means there will be protracted and complex contractual negotiations between Waka Kotahi and NX2. He doesn’t see the intersection happening for at least 10 to 15 years “at least”. On the glacial speed of improvements to Hill Street, Stott says funding has been committed for detailed design, consents and land purchase. Although there is no budget for construction, he hopes that the relatively small cost of construction – estimated to be around $16 million – will mean funding won’t delay the work starting when the new motorway opens, around this time next year. It is likely the intersection will be “under construction” for 12 to 15 months continued next page

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What’s next? A summary of the feedback received will be available in the coming weeks. Supporting Growth Alliance spokesperson Philippa White says Warkworth was the first engagement to be undertaken on the new interactive public engagement platform The Hive. A total of 30 comments were received on the interactive map and 39 people provided feedback via the online survey. Additionally, 450 landowners were contacted directly. White says the next step will be to complete more detailed investigations for all the proposed projects. “This will include environmental and technical assessments, and engagement with mana whenua, other partners, local property owners, developers and key community stakeholders will continue this year,” she says. “This will help us make decisions to

confirm the preferred options.” The Warkworth Business Case process is expected to be finished towards the end of the year and will be scheduled for consideration by the Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi boards early next year. Our planning work will integrate with Auckland Council’s land use plans including the Warkworth Structure Plan to support future growth for these areas. It will also need to consider how these projects will integrate with other priority projects such as the Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway and Matakana link road, Hill Street improvements and other transport upgrades delivered by the Rodney Local Board. The majority of these projects are yet to be funded for delivery. It is anticipated they will be considered for funding in line with the long-term timeframes for the rezoning and release of land by Auckland Council over the next 10 to 30 years.

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as the work will need to be phased. One Mahurangi has asked that the future western link road exits onto a signalised intersection on the current State Highway 1, opposite McKinney Road, rather than south of McKinney as shown in the plan. On traffic issues a bit further afield, Stott says there has also been some discussion with the Matakana Community Group over congestion issues at the Matakana Road and Matakana Valley Road intersection. “One solution would be to eliminate parking on the western side of Matakana Road and on the Matakana Valley Road, between Torea Road and the roundabout.” Some preliminary discussions have also

been held on a plan to investigate the feasibility of running a ferry service from the end of Dawson Road, Snells Beach to central Auckland and water taxis from Snells Beach to Warkworth However, new National Environmental Standards for Freshwater, which apply to any natural wetlands in the coastal marine area, may limit what infrastructure can be provided. “We are trying to get a meeting with Environment Minister David Parker for clarification,” Stott says. Further Supporting Growth Transport Plan information can be viewed here: https://haveyoursay-supportinggrowth.nz/ planning-warkworths-transport-future

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Non-complying mixed housing proposal open for feedback Submissions are open for anyone wanting to comment on proposals for nearly 50 new homes on land that includes historic lime kilns, between Sandspit Road and the Mahurangi River in Warkworth. Developer Denis Horner wants to build 49 houses at 34 & 36 Sandspit Road, which is part of a significant ecological area and features natural and historic heritage overlays. The application is noncomplying under its current Unitary Plan zoning – Future Urban – and a private plan change application has also been submitted to rezone the land as Residential Mixed Housing Urban, and to alter heritage and outstanding natural landscape overlays. However, Horner has stressed that the lime kilns and extensive native bush surrounding

the site would not only be retained, but opened up to the public with the provision of new paths and reserves (MM, Feb 28). The Kilns development would comprise 13 three-storey terraced houses, 10 twostorey duplexes, four two-storey houses, 15 two-storey terraces, six one-storey duplexes and one single-storey house. There would also be a new road off Sandspit Road, which would involve recontouring the road berm to improve sightlines and create a right-turn bay. New public walkways to allow pedestrian access to Warkworth town centre, via Millstream Place, and to the Combes and Daldy lime kilns would also be provided. Construction would require earthworks to remove more than 43,000 cubic metres

of soil and 970 cubic metres of trees and vegetation from a significant ecological area. Horner’s consultant planners, The Planning Collective, said the proposed subdivision would have a positive effect on the environment by using land and infrastructure efficiently for much-needed housing, as well as providing reserves and public access to the riverbank and town centre. They added that the intention was for the resource consent application to be processed concurrently with the plan change application. An Auckland Council spokesperson said Council had received the private plan change request, but was still waiting for

a full response to a request for further information. “Any lodged resource consent will be assessed against the operative provisions of the Auckland Unitary Plan, not the private plan change request,” the spokesperson said.

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Architects in the running for Auckland awards A pink house at Point Wells and a tent in a sand dune are among the local buildings shortlisted for the annual Auckland Architecture Awards. Out of 63 outstanding structures across Tamaki Makaurau, six projects at Point Wells, Te Arai, Mangawhai Heads and Tahekeroa, near Ahuroa, have been selected by a jury led by local architect Belinda George, who lives at Mahurangi West. Fellow architects Rachel Dodd and Neil Martin, plus Dr Andrew Douglas, a senior lecturer in theory and design at the University of Auckland, made up the shortlist panel. Heading the local line-up with an impressive four nominations is Studio John Irving, which has three homes and a small fitness centre on the list, including three structures at Te Arai. There is also a home named after a chip and a compact passive house designed to save energy. The winners will be announced on July 19.

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Crinkle Cut House by Pac Studio and Steven Lloyd Architecture Close to the water in Point Wells, the crinkle cut house gets its name from the floor-toceiling louvred shutters that match the wall panels and appear to completely surround the single-storey home. When closed, the shutters enclose verandahs and a courtyard; when open, they let in light, air and make it difficult to judge where the outside ends and the inside begins. Above the wall and shutter line, a bank of sloping windows connects to a metal roof, filling the interior with light. The architect’s brief was for a bright and sunny home, connected to the water and community, while still allowing privacy. And it also had to be painted pink – though it is an extremely pale pink.

Lower Saddle Passive House by Respond Architects High in the hills above Tahekeroa, east of Makarau, Lower Saddle House sits between two slopes and was Respond’s first foray into designing a passive house – a home that is healthy, comfortable and energy-efficient. It was also in-house, as Respond architect Joe Lyth was both the project lead and client. The focus was on producing a compact design with a wellinsulated, airtight envelope, to provide a healthy interior environment with minimal heating costs. Outside, a traditional appearance was chosen to blend into the rural surroundings, with board and batten walls and a metal roof. The house has also been designed so that it can be upgraded and expanded as Lyth’s family grows.

The Dart by Studio John Irving This distinctive, arrow-shaped holiday home is high on the cliffs at Breamtail Farm, just north of Mangawhai. The striking design looks like a compass point set at due north, but the shape was chosen not for its appearance, but to maximise privacy if and when a home is built on neighbouring land in future. The long, open eastern flank allows stunning views across the ocean to Hen and Chicken Islands and Hauturu, while the west looks out over rolling farmland. Cedar cladding and decking is used inside and out, even down to the kitchen cabinetry, to maximise flow and simplicity. Cedar cladding continues inside.

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Sandiland by Studio John Irving Nestled in the sand dunes near Te Arai Regional Park, Sandilands was not only named after its client, it was designed specifically to reflect her outgoing and welcoming personality. As well as the home itself, there are several timber box suites, which house a painting studio and guest accommodation. Inside the house, living areas are broken up into smaller spaces using floating art walls and changes in level and the indoor-outdoor kitchen blurs the line between in and out. Outside, there is a circular seating area sunk into the deck and a hot tub with views over the sea and sand.

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Building stress as supply crisis continues With the Gib plasterboard supply shortage reaching crisis levels, the construction industry has been making national headlines recently. Top level meetings between government ministers, industry bodies and Fletcher Building, which has an almost 95 per cent market share in New Zealand, have focused everyone’s attention on plasterboard, but the building industry has been coping with shortages of one thing or another – and subsequent price rises – since the start of the pandemic in 2020. The succession of lockdowns and stopped production, shipping and freight delays, a boom in building and renovating, order backlogs, further lockdowns, and the effects of Covid and isolation on staffing levels have combined to create a perfect storm of industry pressure. Mahurangi Matters talked to local builders about how they’re coping currently, not only with no plasterboard, but with limited supplies of many other materials, delivery delays and price hikes all round – a stressful situation for contractors and clients alike, but one that has become the new normal. Firms have had to become more flexible, adapt their work schedules, substitute preferred products and rethink their pricing, as any reliability in availability has evaporated over the past year or so. Erik Graamans, who runs Point Wells building company GBL Construction, said the plasterboard situation was especially frustrating and the trade was annoyed with the monopoly, not to mention the eight or nine month delay on delivery. “Some think they’re starving the market to inflate prices and I do wonder if they’ll ever go back down,” he said. “Our supplier has managed to stay pretty much on top of it, but only because they’re not selling much to retail, so they can protect the trade. “We’re just to avoid work that uses Gib, so doing a lot of outside work like sheds, pool surrounds, any outdoor construction.” Tiny Living builder Paul Smith said the Gib shortages today were the building equivalent of grocery supply during

Paul Smith of Tiny Living at Leigh.

Those were the days – Gib sheets piled high in Warkworth Placemakers’ store when it opened in September 2020. Placemakers is owned by dominant Gib supplier Fletcher Building. Staff said last week that they had been told not to talk to the press when asked how they were managing supply issues, not just of plasterboard, but all building materials.

lockdowns, with board being hoarded, or sold at absurdly high prices on TradeMe. “It’s a total toilet roll situation – some people are stockpiling,” he said. Other products in short supply, or selling at sharply inflated prices, include weatherboard cladding, structural timber and laminated beams and posts. “They can be a bit of a headache,” Graamans said. “You can still get them, but instead or two or three days, it’s talking three to four weeks.” And he said the price of cedar, which

comes from the Northern Hemisphere, had skyrocketed. Because of this, there’s pretty much no such thing as a fixed price contract any more, according to Smith. “We’re giving customers today’s price as an estimate and saying expect to see a certain percentage of movement in that, then we work to try to avoid that,” he said. “It’s hard for people on a strict budget and needing finance, because that’s what banks want to know – exactly what everything’s going to cost. Lending institutions need to be more sympathetic, as there’s not a single

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builder doing fixed price contracts at the moment.” Smith said the Leigh-based builder had been helped enormously by its main supplier, ITM Matakana. “They have been very good at managing this situation. We’ve received regular correspondence telling us what to expect in the next month or two, which really helps to plan ahead and purchase in advance. “Everyone’s doing their best,” he said. “Everyone wants to make it better. It really changes the way you have to do business, but I’m optimistic.”

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Digging deep to boost supply Drivers using Matakana Road lately have had to adjust to adding extra minutes to their journeys, as Vector digs a series of sizable holes in the surface of the eastbound lane near its Warkworth substation. The work is being done to install ducting for a new high voltage power cable, which will help the local grid cope with the anticipated extra growth slated for Warkworth and surrounds over the coming years. A Vector spokesperson couldn’t say exactly when the cable itself would be installed and working, but said the Matakana Road ducting – and subsequent traffic control – was a vital section of the project. “The continued growth of the Warkworth area means the two high voltage power lines that supply power to the area from Wellsford have been forecast to reach capacity limits in the coming years,” he said. “We need to make sure we’re ready and able to cope with this growth, so we can meet the changing demands of business and residential customers in the area.” He conceded that the traffic controls needed to allow the ducting work were frustrating, and thanked drivers for their patience, but said the length of the roadworks would reduce as work progressed.

Vector is also planning to remove the roadworks – stop/go boards during the day and traffic lights at night – for the upcoming public holiday if required. “We’re planning to reinstate the area and remove traffic management for the long Matariki weekend, as we did over Queen’s Birthday weekend,” the spokesperson said. “However, this may not be necessary if the remaining work isn’t causing much disruption.” As well as the cable duct installation, Vector has also installed two large-scale battery energy storage systems to help manage demand and make the local network more resilient. The electricity distributor has also been seeking ‘non-wire solutions’ to cope with the expected surge in demand. “We’ve begun work on a feasibility study into one of the proposals, which we think may have a role in managing periods of high demand, such as cold winter evenings, before the new cable is in place.” The traffic controls are due to remain in place until July 22. “We know this can be frustrating for motorists and we thank people for their patience while we complete this important work to reinforce and future-proof the power supply,” Vector said.

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A fast internet connection is often one of the first things prospective home buyers ask about when looking at a property. With the government-funded ultra-fast broadband initiative over a decade old, and around 87 per cent of the country now having access to fibre, it is almost expected. That initiative will end at the end of this year. Chorus external communications head Steve Pettigrew says developers in the north with large new developments in the pipeline are expected to provide the infrastructure to support fibre in the same way they provide connections to water. The onus is on the developer to arrange with Chorus to put in the ducts the fibre runs through, ready for when the new owners want to get connected through their service provider, should they choose. This is important for developers to sort out right at the start, as most local councils require a letter from Chorus to confirm phone and internet services are available at the property as part of their resource consent conditions, with the letter advising the date from which the Chorus network will be in place. Fibre is the only cable option for new builds now as copper, the original telephone network which became the first broadband network, is no longer being installed. Not all future developments planned for Warkworth are in areas where broadband is currently available. Pettigrew says this won’t cause problems for big developments as Chorus will subsidise the installation costs for the developer, with no expectation of that cost being recuperated in the future. It gets trickier for smaller developments that could be outside the area where broadband is currently available. This is likely to occur more with new medium density residential standards coming into play from August 20, with smaller building sites cropping up

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to set it up themselves, and it needs clear spaces around the house without a lot of trees. The initial equipment setup costs around $1000 with monthly payments

of more than $100. The rural broadband option can see speeds slow down in peak user times and users say it can be affected by bad weather.

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Structural support of the smelter house will remain for some time.

Kawau Island smelter house stabilised The historic smelting house in Bon Accord Harbour on Kawau Island has undergone stabilising work to help protect the structure from further decay. Only accessible now by boat, the building was originally part of the copper mine on the island, established in 1844. It is one of the oldest commercial copper sites in the country. Built of Waitemata sandstone in 1849, the building was only used for about five years before the mine closed. Governor George Grey bought the island in 1862. The following year, during the New Zealand Wars, 183 Māori warriors, captured by British troops in the Battle of Rangiriri, one of the biggest battles in the Waikato, were sent to the island and housed in the smelter house. They eventually escaped by boat to the mainland to a site overlooking Matakana and Omaha where they were supported by local iwi, before eventually being allowed to return to the Waikato. The smelter house is administered by the Department of Conservation and local iwi. The stabilising work cost

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Whangateau residents have run up against a brick wall in their efforts to get ultrafast broadband installed in their community. The village of around 35 homes that mostly sit along Leigh Road was considered too small to be included in the government’s ultrafast rollout launched 10 years ago. This is despite the fact that the internet cable that runs past the front of their homes is the same cable that Chorus, the entity that operates the national fibre network, hooked into when connecting Leigh village. Whangateau Residents and Ratepayers secretary Audrey Sharp says in March, a resident who asked Chorus about getting connected to the cable was told funding from the government only extended to the urban areas of Leigh, Matakana and Omaha. Sharp then contacted Labour MP Marja Lubeck who, in turn, queried Digital Economy and Communications Minister Dr David Clark on getting connected, but without a positive outcome. There would be an additional $60 million spent on rural connectivity in the future, he advised, but how this would be allocated hadn’t been decided yet. Chorus external communications head Steve Pettigrew understands the residents’ frustrations but says Chorus can’t just plug into the existing cable as it is transport cable. The fibre network works in a similar way to a motorway where the suburban roading network needs on and off ramps. An entry/exit point needs to be installed with a different type of cable than had been used to run along in front of houses, usually under the berm, that they could then connect to with fibre leading to individual houses. “But there is earthmoving work needed and ducts need to be installed to run the fibre through. Telephone cables are also likely already run under the berm as well. Chorus can charge small communities to get connected, but it’s an expensive exercise.” Pettigrew says the smallest community to get a privately funded connection to the fibre network was Haast, in the South Island, with around 80 houses. The most successful was at Coatesville with over 600 houses, where the government did provide some funding. But with a price tag of between $5000 and $10,000 per property, it is too expensive for most small communities, he says. After a meeting on June 14, residents are now unsure what their next step should be. A letter to government seeking funding is being considered and some residents are looking into the satellite broadband option through Starlink.

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Puhoi orchard blooming While growing your own vegetables is quite common, limited space on sections means having a home orchard is not always possible. With this in mind, an industrious group of Puhoi residents has quietly planted an area in the Puhoi Pioneers Memorial Park to make a community orchard. The group has the blessing of Auckland Council and the Puhoi Community Forum for the project, which originally saw 10 heritage fruit trees planted just before the first Covid lockdown. Ongoing restrictions made it hard to continue with developing the area into a community food space, but on June 12 a group of keen spade-wielding volunteers finally planted a shelter belt of edible trees – mostly feijoa and guava – which will give some definition to the area beside the Puhoi

River, as well as some shelter in future. With Te Araroa Trail coming through the river reserve, organiser Pip Beagley says along with making the reserve more beautiful it would be good to have a place where people could come together to play petanque and hold educational gardening or orcharding workshops. Picnic tables are also being considered. They plan to turn a pruning session for the fruit trees into a workshop next month and possibly get a regular group together to learn about and maintain the orchard. Beagley says Puhoi has a great community and had regular food-swaps before Covid restrictions. This still exists, having moved online with people leaving fruit, vegetables and seedlings outside other people’s gates. With restrictions lifting people are starting to reconnect again, she says.

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Crewe said that the model had worked well for Te Whau Pathway, which had allowed Council pre-order steel last December before a spike in the cost. Council’s capital spend in the nine months to March 31 was $200 million, which was 59 per cent of the budget. This was mainly due to global and local supply chain delays, increased construction costs, labour shortages, higher inflation, increased interest rates and a softening in the property sector.

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Mayor Phil Goff has rejected an accusation that he is selling out on the controversial Three Waters reforms by accepting funding for the reforms. At an Extraordinary Meeting of the Governing Body earlier this month, the decision to accept funding as part of the reform process was challenged by Cr Tracy Mulholland. The ‘better-off ’ funding from Central Government is designed to help councils transfer water assets under the Three Waters reform. Cr Mulholland said if Council accepts the funds, it indicates it accept the principles of where the money came from. “It still appears to me that it is a done deal and we have no choice,” Mulholland said. Mayor Goff said Council did not have to change its view on Three Waters in order

to accept the money. “You take whatever funding you can get from government for the sake of this city but do not sell your soul for it. We have not sold out,” Goff said. “With or without our support, it will happen. We can use it on behalf of our people.” Cr Linda Cooper said that there appeared to be questions around the morality of accepting the money. “I am not sure how many people know this, but Watercare and Healthy Waters have been required to do a considerable amount of unpaid work for the Department of Internal Affairs,” Cooper said. She said that the better-off funding could compensate for the costs of unpaid labour. Goff responded that $5 million would make for “a really good hourly rate”. The support package from government sets aside $500 million to lessen the financial impacts of the reforms for councils.

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pruning technique and the age of the vines can produce grapes of intense flavour, but is inefficient to manage on a larger scale and can be a nightmare for people like me with lower back issues! Most Matakana winegrowers prune using a double cane technique, where two new canes, or branches, from the previous year are laid down along a wire either side of the main trunk to form a T-shape. The new shoots will then grow up from these canes and be held inside a tunnel of 3 or 4 wires to form wall, or hedge. We’ve had enough experience to know this works well for most vineyards up here. If you are interested in learning more from the winemakers themselves and trying our local wines, we will be be holding our annual wine tasting and movie night on Sunday, July 31 at Matakana Cinemas. The film is called ‘From the Vine’, a comedy drama based on the novel Finding Marco by Kenneth Canio Cancellara. It is about a burned out executive returns to his childhood home in Italy and tries to reinvigorate an old vineyard to make wine. Hope to see you there! Tickets cost $40, which includes the tasting itself and a glass of wine for the 6pm screening. Details can be found online at www.facebook.com/MatakanaWineTrail.

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Sessions for would-be Northland councillors

Information sessions are being held over the coming days and weeks for anyone wishing to stand for Northland Regional Council in October’s local elections. The first will be in Whangarei this Wednesday, June 22, at the Hihiaua Cultural Centre, 56-58 Herekino Street, at 5pm, where there will also be information on standing for Whangarei District Council. There will also be a virtual online hui on Thursday, July 14 at 7pm and a session at Sportsville, Memorial Park in Dargaville on Thursday, July 28 at 5pm. Nominations open on Friday, July 15 and close on Friday, August 12. Info: www.nrc.govt.nz/elections2022

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New speed limits in the Mangawhai and Kaiwaka, including Hakaru, Kaiwaka West, Oneriri Road and Oruawharo Road areas, came into effect on June 13. The speed changes are the outcome of Kaipara District Council and Northland Transportation Alliance’s (NTA) speed review, triggered by the Government’s Road to Zero national strategy. The amendments include new speed limits for Estuary Drive and Moir Point Road in Mangawhai. It was originally proposed that they change to 50km, but after community feedback and detailed design, these have changed to 40km, which means drivers can maintain a consistent speed while in this area.

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Alby Petersen with his winning 7.2kg trevally; and with the coveted trophy.

The average length snapper was just under 60cm. Pictured is Grant Hamilton.

Trevally snags 10kg trophy Just under 100 competitors took to the waters in the Hauraki Gulf for the Hunting & Fishing 10kg tournament held on June 4 and 5. The annual tournament is organised by the Warkworth Gamefish Club and is the longest running line weight restricted tournament in the gulf. Club member David Adams says the average length snapper of 59.5cm (about 4kg) was again excellent and only slightly down on last year. “In the course of our comp there would have been around 1000 snapper of threeplus kilograms successfully captured and released,” he says. “That’s around three tonnes of prime snapper still out there doing their thing! A 1.5 to 2kg snapper is a great pan fish, so there’s no pressure to keep anything bigger than that.” Adams says that like last year, air temperatures were mild and the sea temperature was a notch above or below 18 degrees, depending on where the boats were. “There was a report of a 73cm kahawai from Fitzroy Harbour during the weekend, which would make it around five kilograms in average condition – that would pretty awesome to see. A look through the NZSFC line class records shows kahawai of this calibre do exist. “There were huge trevally again in this year. NZ trevally are slow growing after about 30cm, and can reach the age of 40 and almost a metre in length.

“Another great bit of feedback during this year’s comp was the numbers and size of squid in each anchorage and some fishing spots.” The 10kg trophy is awarded on a formula and any of the catch species (snapper, kahawai, trevally, kingfish) can win it. This year, Alby Petersen’s trevally held off the good top snappers and chunky kingfish to take the 10kg trophy. “Petersen was a pretty enthusiastic winner because, like many of us 10kg regulars, he’s been chasing this trophy for years.” The next events on the club calendar are the annual general meeting and the Ladies Comp on November 12. Next year’s 10kg will be held on June 4 and 5. Results: EarlyBird ticket offer, Ken Hamilton. Junior kahawai – Luke Beesley 56cm (approx. 2.4kg) 1, Henri Buchs 53.5cm 2; junior trevally –Beesley 49.5cm 1; junior snapper – Beesley 60cm (approx. 4.1kg) 1, Buchs 49cm 2. Senior kahawai – Vance Barratt 57cm 1, Paul Copestake 56.5cm 2, Cam Rathe 56cm 3. Senior kingfish – Barratt 107cm (around 15kg) 1, Mitch Fraser 102cm 2. Senior trevally – Alner (Alby) Petersen 77cm (almost 7.3kg) 1, Chris Ridley 69cm 2, Trevor Ridley 68cm 3. Senior snapper – Giz Clough 83.5cm (approx. 10.4kg or 23lb) 1, Kevin Barratt 80.5cm 2, Bradley Bowmar 79cm 3, Richard Grigg 78.5cm 4, Ollie Hogg 78.5cm 5, Mitch Fraser 77.5cm 6, Noah Beesley 77cm 7, Trent Stillwell 76.5cm 8, Paul Copestake 75cm 9, Cam Rathe 73cm 10, Katie Klingler 70cm 11.

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Flotilla of mi n i - boat s berths in Matakana take part,” Harkin said. “We ended up with about 15 different makers.” Their combined creations resulted in an extensive display of vessels of every shape, size and vintage, from tiny wooden rowboats up to giant naval frigates, and from three-masted galleons to contemporary racing craft. Each boat had its own information label and there were large panels detailing such things as the history of (full-sized) Matakana boatbuilding, naval ships and New Zealand yacht racing displayed in the school hall. Outside at the pool, Grant McLachlan and ex-America’s Cup boatbuilder Murray McDonnell kept the crowds entertained racing their classic cup scale models around the course. Harkin said all the efforts paid off, with an enthusiastic response from a steady stream of visitors over the weekend. “I’m very pleased with how it all went, I’ve been getting some good feedback,” he said. “Hopefully there will be another show sometime in the future.” Harkin added that he was grateful to ITM Matakana, New World Warkworth, Constellation Hobbies, Matakana Market Kitchen, Matakana Kitchens & Joinery and Rhodes for Roads for generous sponsorship and support.

Scores of miniature marine masterpieces sailed into Matakana School on Queen’s Birthday weekend for a spectacular twoday model boat show. At least 140 perfectly rendered scale replicas were displayed in the hall, while the school pool was transformed into a mini-America’s Cup sailing course, complete with tiny lighthouse, buoys and cute copies of local wharves, boat ramps, jetties and pontoons. The two-day show was the brainchild of Matakana enthusiast Allan Harkin, who has built 15 scaled-down wooden classics over the past 12 years and sails model boats on a local lake with mates every Sunday. However, he says he couldn’t have made it all happen without four other people – Geoff Hoyle, Grant McLachlan, Louise Riddell and Kim Scott. “I might have had a good idea, but then I was fortunate enough to get a group of people who knew what they were doing and made it happen,” he said. “I didn’t run it, I got people together who could. I’m very appreciative of the good team around me.” The show ended up being bigger than envisaged, not only due to the team’s enthusiasm, but also because more local model makers were keen to join in. “Once people started to hear about it, I had people ringing me and saying they’d like to

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Men’s Rebus General Meeting, Shoesmith Hall, 10am. Guest speaker. Tea break and chat. Info: Ron on 422 3111

Matariki holiday

Matariki Market & Sausage Sizzle, Whangateau Hall, 9am. Plants, produce, crafts, herbal healing balms, teas, books, clothes and more.

Smoke on the Coast, Whangateau Holiday Park, 10am-4pm. Aotearoa NZ’s top barbecue pitmasters and mistresses competing to be the grand champion. Free entry. BBQ vendors, coffee, free tastings, classes and demos. Entry via Whangateau Reserve.

Matariki Celebrations, Sculptureum, 40 Omaha Flats Road, Matakana. Interactive exhibitions, live art demonstrations and Maori entertainment. Info: Sculptureum on Facebook (see story p22)

24&25 Matariki screening of Lion King Reo Maori, Matakana Cinemas, 4.45pm. Disney classic revoiced in Te Reo Maori. Info: www.matakanacinemas.co.nz (see brief p24) 25

TOSSI 20th Anniversary Movie Premiere fundraiser, Matakana Hall, 7-9pm. Movie tells the story of TOSSI, produced and directed by Peter Young. Tickets $25 including light refreshments. Bookings: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2022/ tossi-20th-anniversary-event/auckland/matakana

Ahuroa Hall Quiz Night, Ahuroa Hall, 8pm. Teams of 5-8 can enter for a chance to take home the Ahuroa Hall Quiz Night trophy. Register by emailing Jo at joannabullock79@gmail.com

TOSSI Community Open Day, Tawharanui Regional Park, 9am-12.30pm. Guided walks and family fun, followed by lunch to celebrate TOSSI’s 20th anniversary. All welcome. Info: www.tossi.org.nz

Warkworth Country Market, Warkworth Showgrounds, 9.30am-2pm. Wide variety of stalls and entertainment.

Awa Matakanakana Public Meeting, Matakana Community Hall, 7pm. Guest speakers Dr Jon Tunicliffe, lecturer/researcher at Auckland University School of Environment, and Bridget Jonkers, national catchments manager, Landcare Trust. All welcome.

Northern Action Group annual meeting, Totara Park Hall, Melwood Drive, 7.30pm.

Parade of Lights July 9 Laser Light Show July 23 (see story p27)

July 1

Warkworth Toastmasters Great Debate, Warkworth Town Hall, 6pm. Hospice fundraiser posing the questions ‘Should Warkworth by renamed Matakana South?’ and ‘Do Married Men Live Longer?’. Tickets $35, including finger food, from Harts Pharmacy, Tui House, Mahurangi Matters and Warkworth Information Centre. No door sales.

Carving Whaikairo, Te Hana Te Ao Marama Maori Cultural Centre, 10am-2pm. Have a go carving, including lunch. Free entry, but bookings essential. Email tehana@xtra.co.nz or call 021 128 3244

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T-Bone and friends, Whangateau Hall, 7pm. Good ’n Greasy album release tour. Tickets $30 from https://www.undertheradar.co.nz

Warkworth Music presents NZ Trio, Warkworth Town Hall, 4pm. Tickets $30. Info and bookings: https://www.warkworthmusic.org.nz/nztrio (see story p28)

Matakana Community Group, Matakana Community Small Hall, 7pm. First meeting and social since Covid. All welcome.

Whetu Marama (Bright Star), Matakana Cinemas (see ad p25)

Warkworth Liaison Group meeting, Warkworth RSA downstairs meeting room, 7pm start. All welcome.

Men’s Rebus Coffee and Chat Meet Up, Chocolate Brown, 11am. Info: Ron on 422 3111.

Family Movie Day, Wellsford District Community Centre, 4.30pm. A family movie day to raise funds for Northern Helping Hands. Showing the film Clifford The Big Red Dog. Child $5, adult $8, family of four $25. Treats available for purchase. Cash only.

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Wellsford eventing rider climbs national rankings

A young Mahurangi rider is rising through the ranks of national eventing with the Olympics firmly in her sights. Briar Woolley finished the Dunstan Amateur Rider Series this year, placing in the top six in all six of the two-star events she competed in. This means that next year, she will move to the three-star series, just one level below Olympian standard. Woolley, 25, has been riding with the Albertland Pony Club since she was about five, following in the footsteps of her mother Leanne. Her early riding successes were in show jumping, where she collected some national awards on Brenwood Pure Blonde. But two years ago, she spent three months working at Olympian Nick Holmes-Smith’s eventing stable in Canada, prompting a change in direction. “I really enjoyed the work and decided to start eventing myself,” she says. She returned to NZ, sold Brenwood and bought herself an eventing horse, DSE Sacred Trust. “I love the challenge of working towards mastering the three disciplines that make up eventing – dressage, show jumping and cross country. “To be competitive, you need a wellrounded horse that’s brave enough to take on cross country, careful in the dressage ring and can move well. “The horse also needs to be fit because a cross country section often means finishing a five-kilometre course at a fast pace. We do a lot of hill work to keep us both fit.” Woolley is also receiving specialist coaching in dressage and show jumping. She says that although the Olympics is “definitely” on her radar, for now she is just seeing how far she can go on DSE

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Sacred Trust. Woolley is a full-time rider who coaches in Wellsford, Mangawhai and Matakana. She also trains horses to sell. “The fact that I’m riding all the time helps me with my own training.” She had planned to return to Canada last year, but the pandemic put paid to that idea. She is now looking to compete in Melbourne instead, but will need to fundraise to make this happen as just the cost of flying her horse to Australia is around $8000 to $10,000.

Tomarata beef farmer Scott McRae has been selected for the New Zealand test team to compete in a TransTasman dog trialling competition in Tasmania, Australia in October. The 2022 CopRice Supreme Australian Championships & Trans-Tasman Test is an annual event, and will be held at the Campbell Town War Memorial Grounds between October 15 and 23. Scott is president of the Molesworth Sheep Dog Trial Club at Kaiwaka and runs a small flock of sheep on his property, so he can indulge his interest in the sport and train his dogs. Scott McRae and Cory will be among a team of trialers representing New Zealand in Australia.

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