Mahurangi Matters_Issue 368_17 July 2019 by Localmatters

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pages 30-47 Warkworth Rotary/Lions Food Rescue chair Terry Nuthall and volunteer Gay Smith sort food for distribution to those in need at the rescue headquarters in Baxter Street, Warkworth.

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Dramatic surge in demand for food aid Warkworth Christian Foodlink has reported a dramatic surge in the demand for emergency food aid in the Mahurangi area. In the first six months of this year, the number of food parcels distributed was 25 per cent higher than last year. Foodlink manager Roger Mackay says in first four months of the year, Foodlink

distributed 40 per cent more parcels than last year. Things stabilised in May and June, but the figures for those months are still higher than last year. Meanwhile, Loaves & Fishes, a foodbank based in Wellsford, reports requests for parcels to be only slightly higher than at the same time last year, but demand in recent years is already

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running at historically high levels. Coordinator Irene Rockell says demand for parcels jumped 55 per cent in 2017 and continues to increase. Chair of Warkworth Rotary/Lions Food Rescue, Terry Nuthall, which secures surplus food from supermarkets and other sources to supply Foodlink and other emergency food services, says the

services are all telling the same story. “Everything that comes in goes out now. We really don’t store much stuff because there is a need out there,” he says. The numbers come as no surprise to Homebuilders Family Support Services coordinator Quentin Jukes who says the continued page 2

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Dramatic surge in demand for food aid

However, immediately after the release of the WEAG report, Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni said the Government had no plans to boost benefits in the short term. “We have decided not to implement the report’s recommendations to increase benefit levels by up to 47 per cent immediately. As we have said, we will be looking at a staged implementation of the report,” she said.

Mr Jukes says to reverse the trend there needs to be a dramatic increase in social housing and for those on low incomes to be paid a living wage. He adds that the Government needs to implement changes recommended by its own Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) back in May. He says WEAG basically said benefits were insufficient to live on and substantial increases were needed across the board.

increase in the need for food aid mirrors the increased number of people seeking assistance from Homebuilders, which identifies many of the beneficiaries for Foodlink parcels. Mr Jukes says the continued high cost of housing is the main driver for those seeking food assistance. He adds that food often gets pushed down the list of priorities when times get tough for struggling families. The first bills that are paid tend to be rent or the mortgage, after that it’s the power bill and then paying the cost of getting to work. “Food is usually well down on the list. Then people cut back on the quality of what they are eating and then the amount they are eating,” he says. Mr Jukes says it does not help that accommodation costs in Warkworth can be as high as central Auckland and even more affordable areas, such as Wellsford, still have among the most expensive housing in the country. Mr Jukes says the most vulnerable include anyone on a benefit and anyone in part-time or low-paid work. He says if the lower wage earners are paying around $500 a week in rent, it’s easy to see why they might be struggling to buy food. Ms Rockell agrees that housing costs are a big factor, especially when tenants have to move home and need to find bond money. She adds that many seeking parcels have been living too close to the breadline for too long, making them less and less resilient to any financial setback.

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Foodstuffs supermarket chain snaps up Leigh Fisheries Grocery giant Foodstuffs has bought Leigh Fisheries and is promising that from August 1, the Lee Fish brand will be available in New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square stores, as well as Gilmours wholesalers. While Leigh Fisheries chief executive officer Greg Bishop was not prepared to comment in any detail on the sale until it becomes official on July 31, he did say that it would mean the longstanding business would stay in Leigh. He added that the private company had been on the market for 10 years. “We weren’t looking at necessarily the highest bidder, as we were more concerned with the continuation of the business and what was in the best interests of staff and fishermen,” he said. Foodstuffs’ national seafood business manager David Jose said there would be no change at the landmark Leigh fish plant. “It will be business as usual for the Leigh Fisheries processing factory under the leadership of Greg Bishop,” he said. “The Leigh Fisheries team will also continue to supply New Zealand restaurants and international customers.” He added that Foodstuffs had been attracted to the Leigh business for a number of reasons, including its commitment to quality and sustainability, and its fishing quota. Leigh Fisheries has one of the largest independent holdings of quota in New Zealand, along with lobster and tuna allocations. Prior to the deal with Leigh Fisheries, Foodstuffs had worked with other fishing companies to fulfil its own quota, but will now gain a significant new source of longline fish, including snapper, tarakihi, hāpuku and linecaught tuna. Mr Jose said quota ownership was a prerequisite for offering a consistent supply of quality seafood. “This acquisition further extends our ability to meet growing customer demand for fresh, premium, sustainably caught species,” he said. Foodstuffs chief executive Chris Quinn added that Leigh Fisheries was a fantastic New Zealand business with strong environmental values, a world-

Fish from Leigh will soon be on supermarket shelves throughout the country.

class brand and a promise to guarantee customers the best quality fish on the market. “Their ‘Lee Fish’ brand is an exciting point of difference for our seafood story,” he said. Leigh Fisheries was founded in 1958 and is still run from its historic home on Pakiri Road, where it currently sells into more than 300 NZ restaurants, as

well as several international markets. According to the Fish Information & Services website, Leigh Fisheries, unlike most other fishing companies, does not own any boats. Instead, it has independent boats fishing for it – 30 boats are registered in the port of Leigh and some 70 longline vessels are registered in other North Island ports. Some 60 employees fish on the

30 boats and around 30 people work at the factory, filleting, sorting and packing the fish. Foodstuffs said Leigh Fisheries was unique in its ability to catch, process and distribute fresh seafood to customers in New Zealand and across the world in 48 hours or less. Lee Fish will start to become available in Foodstuffs stores from August 1.

Illegal property purchases lead to record penalty The owners of two rural properties in Warkworth have been ordered to pay $2.95 million to the Crown after an Overseas Investment Office (OIO) investigation found they were bought without consent. The penalty is more than three times the previous highest amount awarded by the High Court for the same type of overseas investment breach. The properties – Kourawhero Lodge at 471 Wyllie Road and 185 Sandspit Road (the chestnut farm) – were bought without OIO consent in 2012 and 2014 by Chinese businessmen Zhongliang Hong and Xueli Ke, and IRL Investment and Grand Energetic Company. The purchases required OIO consent because they were rural land of more than five hectares. Mr Hong and Mr Ke bought the lodge for $2.55 million through an associate. In April 2014 they transferred the land to Grand Energetic Company (ultimately owned by Mr Hong and

Mr Ke). The lodge was due to settle in September this year for $3.25 million. The High Court was told that no gain would be made on the sale after deducting expenses. The Sandspit Road property was bought in January 2014 and ultimately owned by Mr Hong and Mr Ke. The purchase price was $4.48 million. The property sold in June this year for just over $10 million following the OIO investigation. The High Court was told that a gain of $2,335,256 was made on the sale after deducting expenses such as legal costs and interest. The court ordered the owners to sell the properties and pay penalties, costs and the gain made on the investment. Land Information New Zealand group manager, Overseas Investment Office, Vanessa Horne said the penalties recognised the significant breach of the Overseas Investment Act. “Our rural land has special protections

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under the Act to ensure that overseas investors meet certain requirements,” Ms Horne said. The OIO started its investigation of the transactions in October 2016. Mr Hong and Mr Ke changed lawyers three times during settlement negotiation with the OIO, which caused delay as each new set of solicitors had to be reinstructed and negotiations re-started. At the time of the breaches, the Act allowed a maximum penalty of $300,000 or the quantifiable gain made on the sale of the property, whichever was higher. Since the Act was amended last year, the available penalty was now $300,000 or three times the quantifiable gain. During the investigation Mr Hong and Mr Ke applied for retrospective consent to buy the properties. However, the OIO declined to grant consent because the investment did not provide enough benefits to New Zealand under the test to buy rural land. WWW.RDCONSTRUCTION.CO.NZ

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Nonsense about 5G I just started reading your article about the petition against 5G in Mangawhai (MM July 3) and could hardly finish it before my eye began to twitch. Architectural drafter Lis Martinac says 5G “will use new frequencies that are not evaluated by independent experts”. In fact, the NZ 5G rollout will initially concentrate on the 3.5GHz band, which has been in active use in New Zealand since at least 2006. Current licence holders are not due to be required to relinquish their rights until 2022, after the auction is completed in 2020, so she has a while to go yet before we swap over. Lis goes on to assert that “5G will theoretically pump out the same amount of radiation as a microwave ...” Surprisingly, for such a noted radio systems expert as Lis Martinac, this is not remotely true. A microwave pumps out around 1500W of power. A cellular base station typically runs at around 20-30W and, according to our own Ministry for the Environment, measurements of live towers indicate a typical exposure of less than one per cent of the recommended maximum. Lis has support from Dr Robin Kelly, a GP, who states that it is clear to her that living tissue can be adversely affected by these frequencies. It is unclear which literature she refers to. Perhaps she means the IARC Group 2B carcinogens list. This list does indeed have radio frequency electromagnetic radiation on it. It also

includes ginko extract, kava, aloe vera, talcum powder and being a carpenter, so it is perhaps safe to say that presence on that list does not guarantee fatality. The article says that Lis came across the issue on Facebook. Now we all know that Facebook is the globally leading source of both objective truth and scientific knowledge, but perhaps we could consider the Ministry for the Environment as a better one just this once. To your credit, you do mention this towards the end of the article, but at no stage do you point out that architectural drafter Lis Martinac has no idea what she’s talking about, leaving your credulous readers with the impression that she does. Simon Green, Pohuehue

Algies acknowledged Your last edition (MM July 3) had an article showing and talking about the new surveillance camera on Mahurangi East Road, Snells Beach. This installation has been strongly supported by the business community at Snells Beach as noted in the article. However, the story failed to mention the great financial help from Algies Bay Residents and Ratepayers Assn. Great things can be achieved when communities work together. Thank you to all who have generously donated towards this project. Mark Dinniss, Chairman Snells Beach Ratepayers and Residents Assoc.

Gormless government Our Government is a coalition of losers. NZ First and the Greens have 17 list members. They, therefore, do not represent the people at all. Labour has 29 elected and 18 list MPs. So, the Government is 29 elected MPs and 35 following their own agendas. In contrast, the Opposition have 39 elected MPs and 13 list MPs. This clearly demonstrates the failure of MMP. This Government has created over 200 advisory committees, costing the taxpayer over $1 million each. Over $200m wasted through incompetence. There are so many failed projects that have only achieved money wasted for no return. Such as Kiwibuild, Shane Jones giving away money without ensuring a return, and the plant a billion trees scheme, which has turned into a fiasco. The cancellation of the 90-day probation period for employer/employee relationship. Our economic annual growth has dropped from four per cent to two per cent in only 18 months. So small businesses, the engine of our internal economy, are loathe to risk taking on new employees. Less jobs for all regions. James Shaw and co. changed the criteria in the OIO Act so foreigners can buy excellent farms to turn into forestry, but not for foreigners who want to improve current farms. The effect will be the demise of many rural towns and huge loss of export income. Achieving

$458 per grape A local entrepreneur wondered whether there was an opportunity here after posting that a bunch of 24 red grapes sold at auction in Japan for $11,000 this month. The Ruby Roman grapes are prized for their high sugar content, low acidity and juiciness, and only about 26,000 are expected to be sold this year to maintain their exclusivity.

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nothing. A vibrant economy is best for the Government and the people. Government receives more tax and more is spent on essential services. I can hear the ‘tree huggers’ saying “it’s not just about money”. If so, why are two thirds of the population saying the Government isn’t giving them enough and the other third saying that the Government is taking too much? Just before the last global financial crisis (GFC), the Labour Government put New Zealand into a recession. Another GFC is possibly looming and the situation is being repeated. A change of Government is now essential. Peter Georgetti, Warkworth

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Mangawhai’s Mady Jessup shared an insight into his married life on the Mangawhai Locals Page last month. “I’m so bored,” he writes. “It’s my silver wedding anniversary, so I bought a map of the world and put it on the wall, gave my beloved wife a dart and said ‘wherever the dart lands we will holiday for two weeks!’ Well, now we are camped out near the skirting board in the laundry for a fortnight…”

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Rewarding work This will be my final column before the election, and so I take a moment to reflect on the last, nearly, six years. In my second term, I have had the privilege of chairing the Rodney Local Board, a massive responsibility but one that has come with some very useful opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of the workings of Council at a policy and regional decision-making level. The last three years particularly have been hugely rewarding. We’ve chosen to focus on a few really important things, rather than trying to be all things to all people. The biggest of these has been cleaning up our waterways in the form of the Healthy Harbours and Waterways Fund – a riparian fencing and planting project that is worthy of a conservation award. We’ve contributed to the dredging the Mahurangi River, and boosted volunteer support in parks, enabling completion of tracks and planting of hundreds of trees. We’ve supported development We’ve stuck to at the Warkworth Showgrounds and Atlas site, and core business before community-led projects such as the Lions Club spending on the playground at Lucy Moore Park. ‘nice-to-haves’, These have all been discretionary activities, but we have also prioritised renewal of the Algies Bay and looked for seawall, Snells Beach toilets and Wellsford skatepark savings in our own from more prescriptive budgets that can only be spent on existing assets. We successfully advocated management … for a Structure Plan for Warkworth and an increased road sealing budget. Of all these things, I am immensely proud. But there is still more to be done. Getting new toilets at Wellsford and Omaha, and a park-n-ride and multisport facility for Warkworth, will require sustained energy and support. I’m pleased how our team has pulled together. Working collaboratively has meant that all but two or three voting decisions have been unanimous over the last three years. We have been highly functional. We’ve focused on delivering the outcomes of the Local Board Plan. The document is consulted upon every three years and keeps us on track and working to local priorities. We’ve stuck to core business before spending on the ‘nice-to-haves’, and looked for savings in our own management through going paperless, using teleconferencing to reduce travel costs and avoiding the need for catering. What next? I’d like to see completion of walking and cycling connections from the Warkworth Showgrounds to the Cement Works, and from Snells Beach to Warkworth. Perhaps some planning work for the centre of Warkworth, further improvements to public transport and somewhere to park so they can use it. We also need to be vigilant for opportunities to attract growth funds (development contributions) by identifying qualifying projects early. We need to pursue solutions to help the road sealing budget go further so that more roads are sealed faster, perhaps by getting Auckland Transport to agree to a lower specification on appropriate roads and for a better standard of maintenance, particularly on our unsealed roads. Yes, I will give it another run.

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The Browns are confined to their bedroom while major repairs continue.

As remedial work has continued more problems have emerged.

Reforms too late for couple in leaky home nightmare A call by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff last month for radical reform of the Building Act and Building Code has come too little and too late for Algies Bay retirees Gerrard and Evelyn Brown. For more than a year, the couple, both in their eighties, have been confined to the study and one bedroom of their house while repairs to the rest of what was to be their dream retirement home take place. Beyond their two-room enclave, everything is covered in plastic and surrounded in scaffolding. The couple has spent all their

retirement savings trying to fix their house, with repair costs exceeding the original building costs and continuing to mount. “Heaven knows what the finish cost will be. As for a completion forecast, not even the builders doing the repairs will hazard a guess,” Mr Brown says. The couple’s only income is superannuation and they cannot sell their home, as it would not realise enough to rent a property. The impact on the couple’s health and wellbeing has been enormous. “Travel to our family and grandchildren

is no longer possible, and shopping is restricted to grocery shopping only. “This has all but destroyed us.” The couple’s nightmare began when they engaged Cranston Homes to build a house for them in 2003. Following completion of the build, Cranston addressed minor water ingress issues during the build guarantee, but made no offer to undertake repairs when major problems emerged 13 years later, around 2016. Former Cranston director Blair Cranston says due to several other

leaky building claims, the company became insolvent and had to be placed into voluntary liquidation. “Therefore, it was simply unable to respond to Mr and Mrs Brown,” he says. Mr Cranston says the failure of the Browns’ home was the result of “widely accepted deficiencies” that prevailed in the building industry at the time. “The failings in this home were caused by a variety of issues, including inadequate design solutions, unsuitable architectural design, poor continued next page

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building standards, poor workmanship and the use of unacceptable building materials,” he says. “I regret not suggesting a more rigorous invasive investigation much earlier. For this, I apologise to the Browns.” Auckland lawyer Mike Thornton, a specialist in leaky building cases, says many people in the Brown’s predicament have sued Auckland Council for issuing a Code Compliance Certificate (CCC) for a defective building. The Browns have a CCC, but they did not detect they had a problem with a leaky home within the 10-year timeframe for making a claim against Council. “The 10-year period was initially intended by Parliament to be longer – 15 years – but pressure from the building industry stopped this,” Mr Thornton says. “Had the period been 15 years, it would have allowed the Browns to make an eligible claim once they discovered they had a problem. Parliament cannot change the law retrospectively, so the Browns have no ability to

make a legal claim. “Sadly, this is not unusual. While there are no reliable figures, there must be many people in a similar situation.” Despite the Council getting off the hook in the Browns’ case, it has had to pay out hundreds of millions to settle other cases. Mr Goff said the weathertightness issue had cost ratepayers $600 million. “Those who did the poor work are nowhere to be found and Council as the consenter is the last man still standing,” Mr Goff said. He made the remarks after Council made submissions on government proposals to improve the building regulatory system. Council is calling for an insurance and warranty scheme that “directly incentivises companies to do the job properly and for general ratepayers, through Council, to meet only a fair proportion of liability for substandard work”. The government is expected to make its decisions on building regulation reform by the end of the year.

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New look refuse and recycling centres reopening this week The former waste transfer stations at Lawrie Road, Snells Beach and Rustybrook Road, Wellsford are set to reopen this week as new community refuse and recycling centres. Both Council-owned sites have been closed since July 1 to allow former leaseholder Northern Waste to vacate the premises and new contract holder Mahurangi Wastebusters to move in. Lawrie Road will open from Thursday, July 18 at 8.30am and Rustybrook Road on Saturday from 10.30am, then in subsequent weeks, every Thursday to Sunday at Snells Beach and Thursday and Saturday at Wellsford (see panel for details). Both venues will still accept household and garden rubbish as before, but from mid-August will also have separate areas for paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, metal, tyres and so on, and will be opening a shop selling reusable materials such as timber. Onsite workshops and demonstrations on how to reduce waste will be run from October, all with the aim to recover, reuse and divert as much waste as possible from going to landfill. The other main change is that commercial waste and cleanfill will no longer be accepted at either site, and no vehicles over four tonnes allowed. Mahurangi Wastebusters director Matthew Luxon said pricing was essentially the same as it was with Northern Waste and would be based on volume rather than weight. Customers will drive in and empty their refuse and green waste into

Opening hours Lawrie Road, Snells Beach

Reopening Thursday, July 18 Thursday: 8.30am-4pm Friday: 8.30am-4pm Saturday: 8.30am-4pm Sunday: 9.30am-4pm Rustybrook Road, Wellsford

Reopening Saturday, July 20 Thursday: 10.30am-3pm Saturday: 10.30am-3pm In the pink – Mahurangi Wastebusters director Matthew Luxon (left) and newly appointed operations manager Paul Fromont in front of new transfer bins at Lawrie Road.

new low-sided bins that will then be emptied into the large hooker bins by forklift. “It should make it more streamlined,” Matthew said. “We won’t have people backing trailers up to the big bins.” A new operations manager for both venues, Paul Fromont, has been appointed and site employees will include Lucy Banwell at Lawrie Road, who joins Mahurangi Wastebusters from Northland Waste. As the operation becomes established, a waste tracking system will be used to record exactly what is leaving the site and how much has been diverted from landfill. The target is 50 per cent of all waste coming in during 2020, rising to 65 per cent in 2021 and 70 per cent by 2022. “This might be new for this area, but it’s not new for New Zealand,” Matthew

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says. “There’s been 20 or 30 years of community resource recovery in NZ and we’re proud to bring it here.” Mahurangi Wastebusters was established in 2017 as a charitable trust led by volunteers, focusing on waste minimisation activities, events and workshops. In December, the trust entered a joint venture with Localised, a social enterprise owned by the Zero Waste Network, to establish Mahurangi Wastebusters Ltd, allowing it to tender for a two-year contract with Auckland Council to run interim waste and resource recovery services, while remediation works are carried out at the former landfill sites. Prior to that, the waste transfer stations were run by Northland Waste, which is currently seeking resource consent to open a major new indoor waste sorting and recovery centre on land off 183 Sandspit Road near Warkworth.

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Book reveals background on Warkworth’s colourful past When former history teacher Bryan Jackson was looking for a place to retire about 13 years ago, he stood outside the Warkworth i-SITE and started an informal survey of passersby, asking them what they thought of the place. Opinions were overwhelmingly positive. Moreover, his wife discovered there was an excellent golf course, so the couple decided to move to the area. During retirement, Bryan became fascinated with genealogy and after writing four books on his own family history, decided he ought to have a crack at writing about the history of Warkworth. The result is the newly released book, Warkworth: Incidents, accidents and tragedies. Bryan says when he looked into it, there were already some good general histories of Warkworth, notably Harold Keys book, Mahurangi: The Story of Warkworth. “I thought it would be a bit boring simply for me to re-do it,” he says. So, he set about looking for his own angle on Warkworth. He got an idea after searching through the National Library’s online archive of New Zealand newspapers from the 19th and 20th centuries - paperspast. natlib.govt.nz. One headline from the New Zealand Herald in 1911 grabbed his attention. “Horsewhipped by a Lady – a Warkworth Sensation.” The story continued: “A sensation was caused in Warkworth today, when a lady resident entered a shop and

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horsewhipped the proprietor in the presence of a large crowd of persons …” Bryan realised he could fill a book with such colourful characters and incidents. Moreover, his interest in genealogy meant he knew where to look to get more background on the life and history of those who made the headlines, to explain why they behaved

as they did. The book covers the period from 1870 to 1953. Those featured include Margaret Brodie, the former Matron of Warkworth Cottage Hospital, who also happened to be a con artist and drug addict. She defrauded numerous Warkworth shopkeepers. At a court appearance in 1925, a reporter

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described her as “a larcenist, thief, pretender, forger, and imposter, a gaolbird of the first feather …” Another court story concerns three Syrian brothers – a barber, a tailor and a bootmaker who all lived in Warkworth. They were falsely rumoured to molest children. The brothers successfully sued for defamation and were awarded £250 each – an enormous sum, given the average weekly wage was a little over £2. The first photograph in the book shows an elderly man living in a tumbledown shack. “This was in 1905. I wanted to find out why people living in Warkworth lived in such dreadful conditions,” he says. But other pictures in the book show how Warkworth developed over the decades. Bryan says despite the challenges, Warkworth appeared to have a strong community spirit that drove the building of roads and community facilities such as a library and Town Hall. The book ends on a celebratory note with a visit by the Queen in 1953. Warkworth Incidents, Accidents and Tragedies is available from Paper Plus and Warkworth Museum.

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Vale Dr Roger Grace New Zealand lost one of its environmental heroes when Dr Roger Grace QSM died at Warkworth Hospital on June 28. For more than 50 years, Dr Grace combed the seas around NZ from Stewart Island to the Kermadec Islands, measuring, counting, monitoring and recording changes in everything from crayfish and scallops to kina barrens and freshwater eels. He was a passionate advocate for marine protection areas and was instrumental in setting up marine parks at Tawharanui and Mimiwhangata, north of Whangarei. Dr Grace discovered his love of the sea at the family’s bach in Red Beach on the Hibiscus Coast. He studied marine biology at University of Auckland, completing a PhD on the animals and marine sediments at the entrance to the Whangateau Harbour in 1972. It became one of his favourite dive locations, despite being chased out of it on several occasions by bronze whalers. He worked as a consultant biologist for numerous Government agencies, harbour boards and private companies, and voluntarily contributed his time to countless environmental organisations. He was patron of the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, and recipient of the prestigious Green Ribbon Award, a Queen’s Service Medal, the NZ Marine Sciences Society John Morton Award, Forest & Bird’s Old Blue, the Wyland Award and a Mobil Environmental Award. During the 1970s and 80s, he was one of NZ’s top underwater photographers and was a founding member of the Underwater Photographic Society of NZ. As a regular contributor to boating, fishing

and diving magazines, he worked hard to raise awareness of NZ’s marine ecology and associated environmental issues. His photos were featured in the first issue of NZ National Geographic and he was one of the early advocates for cockle monitoring in the Whangateau Harbour. Dr Grace was a contemporary of other marine enthusiasts such as Wade Doak and Kelly Tarlton, and had the privilege of diving with international figures such as underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau and National Geographic photographer

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1945 - 2019 David Doubilet. But he told Mahurangi Matters several years ago that one of the most interesting aspects of his career was his 20-year association with environmental campaigner Greenpeace. He sailed on the Rainbow Warrior on several occasions to many parts of the world, including two voyages to Antarctica. He recalled staring down the barrel of a flare gun while chasing a drift-netter in the Timor Sea and ducking for cover when fire hoses were turned on the crew and frozen fish were thrown at them. Friends and colleagues described Dr Grace as an unassuming and even-tempered man who always had a smile on his face, especially when ice cream, rum or his homemade feijoa wine were on the table. He was equally at home taking a group of school children on a snorkelling expedition as he was talking to a room full of scientists, and he never lost his enthusiasm or curiosity for the creatures that live in the sea. Many felt that his natural modesty meant he never truly got the recognition he deserved for a lifetime of dedication and achievement. One friend remembered how he would work on a project and when the funding ran out, he would just carry on without it, “because he believed the work was too important not to be done”. He believed in making decisions based on sound science, not emotion and friends hope his legacy will be a greater awareness of the urgent need for New Zealanders to take better care of their marine environment. Dr Grace died of cardiorenal failure and is survived by his two daughters, Shelley and Vanessa.

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Grace memorial fund set up A Dr Roger Grace Memorial Fund has been established, which will be administered by the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust. A special committee made up of environmental group representatives and a member of the Grace family will decide on where the funds will be spent. Priorities identified so far include: • Long-term crayfish monitoring at Tawharanui • Marine conservation

establishment projects • Annual Memorial Whangateau Snorkel Day • Triennial award for early career recipients for contributions to New Zealand marine conservation and communication, to support and give credence to their future work. To donate or find out more, visit emr. org.nz

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Memorial service A public farewell for Dr Grace will be held at the Mahurangi East Community Hall on Saturday, July 20, at 2pm. Friends, colleagues and members of the public are invited to attend.

Rick Urban presents the baker’s hat award to Gui Araujo of the Oaks Café.

Oaks Café scones are tops The winner of the Great Warkworth Scone Bake Off in July was the Oaks Café. Nine Warkworth cafés provided free samples of their special scones on Saturday, July 6 and the public was asked to vote on their favourite. Seventy-two votes were cast and the Oaks topped the poll. Bake off spokesperson Rick Urban says the public enjoyed the opportunity to go from café to café, visiting some cafes for the very first time and in some cases discovering a new favourite. The Great Scone Bake Off is

supported by the One Warkworth Business Association and will be held on the first Saturday of every month, from 9am to noon. The public is invited to stroll around Neville Street, Queen Street and Mill Lane to sample scones at each participating café. A map and ballot form is available from cafés. “If you missed out tasting so many different scones last Saturday, you might circle the first Saturday morning of each month on your calendar and help pick a mouth-watering winner,” Rick says.

Scouts celebrate August 1 is World Scout Scarf Day. Current and former Scouts from Wellsford, Warkworth and Puhoi are invited to join 50 million worldwide members in wearing their scarf in celebration. Two Warkworth Scouts, Olivia Hay and Talia Bentley, will also be at the 24th World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, celebrating scarf day with 40,000 others.

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Pooches prohibited at Pakiri Beach and park Dog owners who want to take their dogs to Pakiri Beach will need a boat or helicopter to legally do so. Last month, dog owners were confronted by a new sign at Pakiri River Road saying dogs were prohibited at all times at what has been a well-loved dog walking spot at Pakiri Beach. In a statement provided to Rodney Local Board chair Beth Houlbrooke, Auckland Council says the signs were erected at the request of private landowners to protect dotterels and fairy terns. “There are dogs racing around uncontrolled, defecating and disturbing rare native birds which nest in the dunes,” it said. Despite this, the beach adjacent to Pakiri Regional Park remains a designated ‘off-leash area’ for dogs. However, there is no land access through the park itself, as dogs are prohibited there. Therefore, it is only permissible to access the beach with a dog via the sea or air. Dog owners had enjoyed access along the stream at Pakiri River Road, but even this was never strictly permitted as it required crossing private land, owned by members of Ngati Wai, as well as Department of Conservation land. “A Council review of the rules earlier in the year revealed that the beach north of the stream is not Council land. As there were signs on site that

Dog owners will need to get a barking barge running if they want to continue using the beach.

contradicted this, Council parks staff agreed to install news signs to reflect the actual status,” Council said in a statement. Nicki Morisson, owner of Doggy Bush Break dog walking service, says it is yet another restriction on the dwindling the number of places people can exercise their dog. “Especially coming into summer when dog walking on beaches will be restricted to certain hours, it is really sad for the dogs and my concern is for their welfare,” she says. However, Nicki acknowledges that the rare birds that nest at Pakiri need to be protected and she says it’s on dog owners to be more responsible. “I understand why it’s happened. People

are not respecting their dog spaces and are leaving dog droppings behind. “But it’s a huge beach so I can’t believe there isn’t room for the dogs to have access somewhere.” Claire Tierney, from advocacy group Dog Friends Rodney, is calling for a review on access to the beach that dogs are permitted to be on. “Apparently there was meant to be communication with the wider community, but it doesn’t sound like this has happened. Surely there is an argument here to work on this ahead of developing Pakiri Regional Park,” she wrote on Facebook. Council says it is considering dog access through the park as part of future development.

“A review of the Regional Parks Management Plan is also commencing this year and will provide an opportunity for the community to have specific input on activities in the regional parkland at Pakiri,” a spokesperson said. Until then, Council says requests to review the access rule via Pakiri River Road should be directed to the Department of Conservation. Nicki Morrison says that in the meantime, the idea of delivering dogs to the beach via air or sea isn’t particularly practical. “Helicopters might be okay for Omaha owners, but a barking barge? Who will operate that and who would pay just to be able to walk their dog?”

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The promise of a rapidly growing and vibrant town with great access once the new Puhoi to Warkworth motorway is complete, persuaded barber John Ibrahim to set up in Warkworth. John opened The Fade Room in Queen Street about three months ago and was soon joined by his brother, Mustafa. Both are anticipating a bright future for the barber shop. John says that the brothers’ expertise in modern styles and their proficiency with a cut-throat razor means they have much to offer men and boys seeking a cut above the ordinary. John says the cut-throat razor gives a much cleaner, fresher look than a trimmer and the effect lasts much longer. The brothers are especially skilled at fade cuts, which consists of a gentle

fade from the hair or beard to cleanshaven skin, hence the decision to name their shop The Fade Room. John says the fade is one of the hardest cuts for a barber to get right. For the adventurous, the brothers can cut lightning bolts or sculpt dramatic lines into a customers’ hair. But they are equally happy cutting according to more traditional styles – making The Fade Room the perfect place for both young and old. John says he started cutting hair about five years ago, and has never looked back. He says a barber shop is a nice environment where you can get to know new people and he loves to chat. “Men come to their barber and say things not even their girlfriends know, and ask for advice,” he says.

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Having just returned from several weeks campervanning as far south as Hanmer Springs, I thought it timely to share some of our experiences and observations. I’ll start by declaring that I am going to sing the praises of Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary. It has become clear what a great asset we have. Our trip was a mix of activities but included a reasonable amount of time walking tracks in the Lewis Pass and Victoria Forest Park areas. The range of available tracks was vast and the scenery outstanding. Imagine breaking out through the tree line to the snow-covered peaks with views to the surrounding mountain ranges. It was absolutely stunning! But what was missing? Birdsong. The walk to Lake Daniells was a round trip of 17kms. I can recommend it to anyone of reasonable fitness with six hours to spare. A stunning trek through beech forest with plenty of natural regeneration. Maybe it was the cold, maybe it was a bit damp, but it was definitely quiet. Walking in the Hanmer Forest with several of my granddaughters was great. However, apart from the chatter of the girls, it was quiet. On some tracks and in some campsites, we were accompanied by fine specimens of toutouwai (New Zealand robin). They were extremely friendly and very healthy looking. However, they were not accompanied by very many other noisy species. Yes, there was the occasional tui, kererū and even a few korimako (bellbird). But not many. Without over-analysing why the tracks we walked lacked the birdsong, it did emphasise what a great place Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary is. Have you ever walked through the Ecology Bush without being accompanied by the sounds of more birds than you have time to identify? There will always be calls from tīeke (saddleback) or korimako to cheer you up. If you’ve never walked through the Ecology Bush, it is time you did. Maybe it is the benefit of the predator-proof fence and the extensive pest control work done at the sanctuary. Maybe it is the climate. The quality of vegetation seemed on a par. Whatever it is, we have a great sanctuary that is accessible to the public. It provides a great opportunity for anyone to experience what all of New Zealand bush should be like. I’m not alone in my observations. We get feedback from many Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary visitors who comment positively about our birds and their songs. In the words of a recent park visitor on a comment card submitted by them, “We saw and heard more birds here in 24 hours than we have in three months in New Zealand.”

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Urban bid to open up more Wellsford land for housing More than 35 hectares of land southwest of Wellsford could be opened up for housing development if a bid to change the council zoning from countryside living to urban is successful. The proposal is to rezone an area of land to the south-west of Wellsford, bordered by Port Albert Road to the north, Davies Road to the north-east and with Prictor Road running south through the middle. If successful, planning consultants Terra Nova Planning estimates that up to 189 homes could eventually be sited on the land, as opposed to only 17 under current the current rural countryside living zone constraints, where sites have to be at least 2ha in size. The idea has come from Peter Raikes, a farmer from Hastings, but whose daughter and son-in-law live on a 6.8 hectare block on the west side of Prictor Road. In a deputation to Rodney Local Board last month, he insisted he wasn’t an out-of-town developer doing this for personal gain, but trying to benefit the wider community. “I’ve visited the township many times to see our family and made observations. My son-in-law has often told me how difficult it is to buy a reasonable-sized section in Wellsford,” he said. “Some of his brothers have had to buy land outside the town and pay large sums for building plots that are way bigger than what they need. Why should it be so hard for the average Kiwi to buy a section at

The potential rezoning area, with the Raikes’ family block in red.

a reasonable price? For many, it’s an impossible dream. Surely it shouldn’t be like this in New Zealand.” Mr Raikes added that having a country living zone so close to town was not an efficient use of land, and he pointed out that allowing medium density housing would actually benefit Auckland Council, as it would bring in more ratepayers. Terra Nova director and principal planner Shane Hartley agreed that it made sense to incorporate a large area so close to town as a residential suburb, rather than rural blocks. “It’s expensive land as it is and

Wellsford is growing pretty rapidly. The motorway will open up the north,” he said. “We’re saying can we get our ducks in a row for some lower cost options.” He said the proposal was looking to rezone the area as single house zone with a minimum block size of 1500 square metres. On Peter Raikes’ family site off Prictor Road, this would allow 27 houses, two reserves and an access road. “It’s early days,” Mr Hartley added. “We’ve been talking to landowners and Council planners, we’re briefing the Board, then there will be preliminary geotech investigation.

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Wellsford has geotechnical challenges, getting stable platforms is not always straightforward. It’s one of those towns that’s going to develop along ridges and shallow valleys.” Mr Hartley said Council might be persuaded to make its own plan change, or Mr Raikes may need to pursue a private plan change. “That would be via a consortium of interested landowners, because it’s got to be done sensibly and needs to be developed in an integrated way.” Either way, any zone change proposal would be publicly notified and open to submissions and appeal, he added.

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Heart in right place: new group forms for cardiac support Trent Lash says even though he realised that he was having a heart attack, he did not panic. “I knew my family history, and so, in many ways I was prepared for it,” he says. This month he is starting a group to help others who have experienced cardiac problems. Called Heartbeats, the group offers support to anyone from Wellsford to the Hibiscus Coast who has had a heart attack, cardiac surgery or a pacemaker implant. The Tindalls Bay resident had his first heart incident four months ago as he walked back up his steep driveway after taking the rubbish out. He felt breathless and tight across the chest – “like a truck had hit me”. But by the time he was checked by ambulance officers a short time later, his readings were pretty much back to normal. The second incident happened while Trent was still in hospital being monitored, and resulted in an angioplasty and insertion of a stent. This time, he was a bit more concerned. “It’s rather shocking when the surgeon who is about to operate tells you that you have a 99 per cent blockage in a major artery – the one that is nicknamed ‘the widowmaker’,” he says. He puts his recovery – he is back at the gym and at work – down to a lifetime of paying attention to eating well, being a non-smoker and keeping himself fit, something he did largely because his family’s history of cardiac health is not on his side. Trent’s grandfather died of a heart attack aged 59, his grandmother and mother had major strokes, and two uncles also had heart problems.

“Hearing other people’s stories was mind-blowing,” Trent says. “We realised it was a shared experience even though we all had different symptoms. I thought there is a need for more of these groups where you have time to talk things through, share information, allay a few fears or offer insights from your own experience.” He says depression is common after such a lifechanging diagnosis. “Heartbeats is not a counselling service, but talking helps and we can point people in the direction of further support and other groups who work in this area.” Heartbeats’ first meeting is on July 23 at the Hibiscus Coast Community House in Western Reserve, Orewa, at 10am. Anyone is welcome, including partners. Info: email trentlash@yahoo.com

Goodbye Health Link Health Link North (HLN), an independent organisation committed to improving health outcomes for people living in Rodney, ceased operations last month. The move to wind up HLN follows a decision by its main funder, the Waitemata District Health Board (WDHB), to instead launch a Consumer Council, which began operating this month. The council will provide an opportunity for the WDHB to engage with the disabled, Maori, Pacific, Asian, disability and youth communities of Rodney. In a statement, HLN said such councils had been a good tool for community engagement for many other DHBs throughout New Zealand.

Trent Lash says his new cardiac support group, Heartbeats, is about sharing knowledge.

“Keeping myself healthy and fit was a way to postpone the inevitable,” Trent says. “And I’m well aware, now that it’s happened, that a stent is not a long-term guarantee. I have cardiovascular disease, so the same issue could develop in other parts of my arteries. That is where diet and exercise help with healing.” Talking with others at a post-operative rehabilitation clinic run at North Shore hospital by cardiac nurses inspired Trent to start his own group.

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Safety concerns prompt Snells skatepark upgrade A $250,000 programme to renew and upgrade old ramps and equipment at the Snells Beach skatepark has been brought forward as a result of a young skater fracturing his collarbone in a fall recently. The boy’s skateboard is thought to have caught on a raised edge on one of the ramps’ wooden composite panels, which had lifted due to broken screws and warping. Local pro skater and skateboard tutor Umberto Skinner, known to all as Skinner, says the condition of the ramps has been deteriorating for a long time, and he has been pushing for the park in Goodall Reserve to be brought up to modern standards. “The accident was the final straw,” he says. “Contractors come to do maintenance, but they don’t take into account what’s needed. They call it safety maintenance, but it’s a death trap.” He says that even though Council made repairs to the ramp, many safety issues remain, with broken and missing screws, warped panels and raised edges on parts of all the ramps. Rodney Local Board chair Beth Houlbrooke says she asked Council to bring forward plans to renew the ramps with solid concrete structures as soon as she heard about the accident in April. “The structure was subsequently made safe, but it was recognised it needed an upgrade sooner rather than later,” she says. Council’s head of project delivery for community facilities, John

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Pro skater Skinner says with skateboarding now an Olympic sport, skateparks need to be fit for purpose to encourage young talent. Pro skater Skinner says skateparks need to be fit for purpose to encourage young talent.

Schermbrucker, says the skatepark was partly upgraded last year, with shade sails and new skate features on its northern edge, but all the original elements made of steel framing and composite wooden ramp armour would be renewed and replaced with concrete. New seating is also due to be installed. Skinner says this is welcome news, but adds that the skatepark’s old, pitted concrete floor is also a safety issue and he is keen to work with Council to ensure that work is done to the right standard, something with Mr Schermberger says will definitely happen. “As part of this work, we will be meeting with the locals that use the skatepark and asking them if they would like any changes or additions made while we are in the process of renewing the old skate elements,” he says.

fosters exploration and learning in our grandchildren, children, and ourselves, but she makes the library a welcoming place for everyone. As members of her two monthly book clubs, we have experienced firsthand her warmth and enthusiasm. No matter what else is going on, she comes up with book suggestions that stimulate and excite us. She is a real community treasure and we would like to say thank you.

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Yes, winter is here which means that we now have to survive through the colder months. This cold, damp weather also brings extra costs for heating. There is a huge amount of scientific research that shows the negative impact on people living in cold, damp homes. If you happen to be on a main Work and Income benefit, including superannuation, from May 1 until October 1, you will receive a ‘winter payment’. You do not have to apply for this payment; it should automatically be included in your benefit. This is to help with extra heating costs, such as electric heating or refilling a gas bottle. If you have a fireplace and are receiving temporary additional support from Work and Income, you can also apply for help There is a huge to purchase firewood. If you are not receiving temporary additional support, then you could amount of scientific apply for an advance payment – this is basically a research that no interest loan, which you need to repay. To apply for this grant, you will need to first provide a quote shows the negative from a firewood supplier. Work and Income have a impact on people list of local firewood suppliers. living in cold, damp As of July 1, the law changed so that rental homes. properties must be properly insulated both in the ceiling and under the floor. They must also have an adequate source of heating. If you are renting, it is worth checking under your floors and in the ceiling to see if insulation is present. If you can’t see insulation in place, contact your landlord or property manager to discuss the matter. If this does not work, contact the Tenancy Tribunal (0800 836 262) and they will be able to guide you on the next steps. The new law means it is compulsory for landlords to ensure there is proper insulation in all rental properties. Landlords can be fined up to $4000 if they fail to do this. If you would like to know more, Homebuilders Family Services is offering a free course, Tenants’ Rights and Responsibilities, at the Wellsford Library on Wednesday, August 28, from 12.30pm to 2.30pm. This is a free course. If you are interested, please contact Homebuilders Family Services on 425 7048 to register. Another source of extra warmth is piling blankets on and under yourself and your children. The Warkworth Women’s Centre is currently giving away free blankets and duvets, along with pyjamas. Contact the Women’s Centre on 425 7261. Op shops often also have cheap duvets and blankets for sale, as well as slippers. At Homebuilders Family Services, we have a lovely selection of beautiful handknitted blankets that have been kindly donated by the Summerset Village Knitting group and the Snells Beach Knitters Club. Please pop in and grab one if you or your child is feeling the cold. These handmade blankets are great on a bed or as a snugly warming comforter.

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Personal Development

Monday 22 July for 10 weeks. 10am-12.30pm Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE An empowering support group for women offering resources to face life’s challenges and encouraging mindfulness & inner growth in a caring & confidential environment. Facilitated by Heidi Downey.

Young Mum’s Education Programme

Thursday 25 July for 10 weeks, 10am-12.30pm Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE For mothers up to 25 yrs. Make friends and explore strategies for raising healthy, happy children. Childcare & morning tea provided. Tutor: Colleen Julian.

Pasifika Women’s Group

Tuesday 23 July for 10 weeks, 10am—12.30pm Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE For women from the Pacific to meet, share & learn. Tutor: Heidi Downey

Computer Training Job Seeker Computer Skills

Fridays starting 26 July for 4 weeks. 9.15am-11.15am Held at RSA Basement, Warkworth. FREE Includes preparing a CV, creating a cover letter with letterhead, applying for a RealMe secure online ID, using online forms, scanning, etc. For people who have some experience in using a computer and have a thorough knowledge of Word. Tutor: Senior Net

Getting Started, Essential Skills, Windows 10 and Excel

Fridays starting 23 August for 4 weeks, 9.15am - 11.15am Held at RSA Basement, Warkworth. FREE Learn the basics, develop your skills with Word and Windows or learn to use Excel. Choose from the courses based on your skill level or interest area Tutor: Senior Net

Making Your Way in the Workforce

Friday 20 September 10.30—2.30pm Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE Are you looking to get back into the workforce and need some confidence and ideas on how to navigate through today’s job market? Perhaps you are in a job that you no longer enjoy and you would like the motivation to find a better job? Our Facilitator and Life Coach Bev Giles will take you though some group exercises, share knowledge and offer practical advice and ensure you come away with a new direction and greater confidence. Tutor: Bev Giles, Time to Shine Coaching

Creative Expression through Painting

Saturday 14 September, 9.30am—3pm Held at Kourawhero Hall, Warkworth. $45 Awaken your creative potential, have fun and express yourself through painting with water colour. No previous drawing or painting skill required to achieve exciting results. Focus is on creation rather than technical painting skills. Tutor: Tiina Power

Harakeke/Flax Weaving Workshop

Saturday 31 August, 9.30am—4.30pm Warkworth venue: to be advised. $65 A whole day flax weaving workshop to develop flax weaving skills from two experienced local weavers. Create a basket and flowers to take home. Students are also introduced to the customs (tikanga) around working with flax and learn how to harvest flax and prepare strips from the leaves. Tutors: Britta Conrad and Rosanne Davies

Clay Workshop

Saturday 3 August, 10am—2.30pm Held at Dome Valley $45 A one-day workshop at artist’s studio. The class will start with an introduction to clay, making pinch pots, joining them. Followed by creating, decorating and texturing another sculpture using your new skills. Tutor: Emma Zhang

Young Women’s Support Group (17-23 yrs)

Friday 23 August, 4—5.30pm, for 6 weeks Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE Come along and join a supportive group for young women designed to help you feel empowered, enable mindfulness and inner growth, make new friendships and share your experiences. Our goal is to learn together and gain resources to help with life’s challenges.

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Facilitated by Thelma van der Werff from Colournostics. Wednesday 7 August 12.30pm - 2.00pm Thelma will demonstrate how your colour choices are a reflection of who you are and how to use colour to get insight, transformation and wellbeing. If you can understand and speak the Language of Colour you will open the door to a deeper understanding of yourself and others.

Support for Parents of Children with Anxiety and Depression Wednesday 14 August 12.30pm - 2.00pm Come and hear about the experience of a parent of a teenager who was experiencing anxiety, depression and feeling suicidal. Parent and Life Coach Melanie Medland will share what she learnt, what she discovered was helpful for her family and what she wished she had known earlier.

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Wednesday 28 August 12.30pm - 2.00pm Compost - Bokashi - Worm Farm. Which one is right for you? Come along and meet Judy from the Compost Collective who can answer all your home composting questions and show you which option will suit you best. A $40 discount coupon for composting products is available for all participants. Please register your attendance NOW!!

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Jenny Schollum, Puhoi Historical Society www.puhoihistoricalsociety.org.nz

Puhoi church It took the settlers of Puhoi just a year to build the original Puhoi Catholic church. In 1877, Puhoi was named as the centre of a parish that extended from Auckland’s North Shore to Whangarei. Father Adelaar travelled to all corners of the parish and he used the presbytery built for him by the settlers when he was in Puhoi. He suggested that a church be built and John Wenzlick took up leadership of the task. Subscriptions were sought from Puhoi, Warkworth and Auckland, amounting to £250 18s 6d. Architect James Wrigley designed the building, and the people gave their labour and timber and the use of their bullocks, horses and drays. Women and children also contributed – evidence is in the child’s footprints in the varnish of the roof sarking. It was truly a labour of love – their Lord transforming their untrained efforts into a magnificent building, which stands as a monument to their faith. The original church was a simple, rectangular, gabled building, 44 feet by 25 feet, unpainted kauri weatherboard with a front porch and lean-to sacristy at the rear. The roof was of shingles, its steep pitch and height of the walls taking it to 28 feet. Large scissor trusses supported It was truly the roof internally. How did they get them up there? Apparently, they built the walls of the church first and a labour of put a false floor across the top. Then, by throwing a love – their Lord rope over a beam, and attaching one end to the scissor transforming their truss timber and the other to their bullock team, they lifted the timber up to the floor. Once the trusses untrained efforts were shaped they were manoeuvred into place in the into a magnificent same way. building. The church was blessed and opened on August 10, 1881 and named the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, after the church in Littitz, Bohemia, which John Wenzlick had attended. Also June 29, the day the settlers arrived in Puhoi, was those saints’ feast day. A request was sent to Bohemia that a painting like the one they remembered from the Littitz church be sent as an altarpiece for the new church. By 1885, Pilsen artist Johan van Herzog had painted an exact copy and despatched it to Mr Kretchmar, Auckland, for framing, before being sent to Puhoi. Statues were donated by the Paul Straka family in 1890. A bell tower was added to the porch and the church was lined. The total bill of £302 14s 6d for the church was finally paid off in 1899. By then, the church was too small. Subscriptions were again called from the parish. Within a year, the church had been extended by 17 feet to include the new sanctuary, sacristy and confessional. The roof shingles were replaced with corrugated iron; a bell tower erected on the main roof; the choir loft added and more arch-headed, plain glass windows added. A triple wedding opened the extensions. To celebrate the community’s 60th anniversary in 1923, Father Silk arranged to have 22 stained glass windows installed and settlers’ names are commemorated underneath. The interior and exterior of the church was painted, bringing it to the present-day style. Recent renovations ensure that our church will stand as our place of worship into the future.

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Devenie to direct Art’nTartan Embroidery exhibition to show Grand plans are underway for region’s finest needlework the ninth annual Waipu Museum Art’nTartan Wearable Art Awards in the Celtic Barn this weekend. This year, acclaimed theatre director and actor Stuart Devenie is the executive director for the show. Stuart’s career spans almost four decades working on stage and screen. He has also taken on a variety of tutoring roles in theatres and colleges. He says he is excited to be asked to direct the show. “It’s a fantastic opportunity to work with such a dedicated group of local volunteers and artists who have built, over the past decade, such a high quality regional and national event,” he says. “Art’nTartan has become Waipu’s taonga and, as such, must be treated with huge respect.” Preliminary judging for the contest has already taken place, with more than 40 designers of wearable art vying for a share of $40,000 in prize money. Organisers say complete freedom for artists this year has resulted in a dazzling array of wearable art that will thrill audiences. The only stipulation artists must adhere to is that there must be some visible tartan in their design. Local identity Dame Coira McWillie will MC the event and make sure

Perception by Leanne Kemp was among the stunning art at last year’s Art’nTartan event.

things run smoothly on stage. For many years, Dame Coira has been part of the large backstage crew involved in the production. Stuart Devenie urged Coira to come out of retirement and share her talents on stage. Performances are on July 19 at 8pm and Saturday 20 at 2pm and 8pm. Tickets: eventfinda.co.nz

Bus loads of embroiderers will arrive in Warkworth on July 26 and 27, for the highly anticipated exhibition by the Warkworth Embroiderers Guild, entitled Eye of the Needle. Organiser Jennifer Kirker says the last time the exhibition was held two years ago, about 700 visitors from Taipa to Coromandel came to see the fine fibre work. The exhibition features the work of 32 members covering a range of styles from traditional Elizabethan to more modern textile artistry. This year’s guest exhibitor is Shirley Pygott, of Stanmore Bay, who will be showing her best work from the last 20 years. Shirley says some of her work would be considered by the international embroidery community as experimental. “It won’t be what your first impression of embroidery might be – it’s not tea cloths,” Shirley says. “For one piece, I have pulled a clock apart and needle-laced the parts together using wire. It can be viewed from either side and hangs from a stand, moving in the breeze as people walk by.”

Shirley’s embroidered golden thread bird is loosely based on Jacobean designs.

For other works, she has embroidered with gold metal thread similar to what might be found on coronation or church robes, or even a bull fighter. Shirley is a renowned embroidery artist and travels the world on Royal Caribbean cruise ships, holding workshops in destinations such as Singapore, Sydney and Seattle. The exhibition takes place at the new Masonic Lodge on Baxter Street, Warkworth. It is open from 10am to 4pm, entry by gold coin donation.

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Three highly acclaimed emerging Kiwi musicians will play at the Warkworth Town Hall on Sunday, August 11. The trio is made up of French horn player Alexander Morton, his wife and violinist Arna Morton and their good friend of many years, pianist Liam Wooding. Warkworth Music spokesperson Lisa Outwin says the trio’s special bond gives their performances sensitivity and sizzle, and they are all extremely passionate about engaging communities through their performances. She says their programme is full of lush works that explore the rich sonorities possible when a horn replaces the cello in a conventional trio. The programme will include works by Richard Bissell, Benjamin Britten and Johannes Brahms. Alex and Arna hail from Christchurch, while Liam comes from Whanganui. The trio is currently living in Melbourne and studying at the Australian National Academy of Music and the University of Melbourne. They won the 2018 Pettman/ROSL Arts Chamber Ensemble Music Scholarship and will be touring the UK later this year. Alex is in demand across Australia and New Zealand as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. He plays with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and has also performed with the Sydney, Tasmanian, Christchurch and New Zealand symphony orchestras.

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by Lucy Foley This is a story about a group of friends who get together every year to celebrate New Year’s Eve. This year they meet at a hunting lodge in a remote location in the Scottish Highlands. Someone has been murdered. Each chapter is told from a different person’s point of view. As the story proceeds, secrets of the group are unveiled. It was a little slow at the start, and perhaps the characters had too much to say. However, the second part of the book had me reading faster, so I could find out who was dead and who was the murderer. Overall, I enjoyed this book – it reminded me of an Agatha Christie novel, but set in the present. I would recommend this as nice fireside read.

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Founder passes baton to enthusiastic new owners The new owners of the Matakana Country Park, Brendan and Kim Coghlan, are taking their time to “get the feel of the place”, but are excited about the opportunities that the park presents. They paid tribute to founder John Baker’s original vision for the iconic property and are keen to enhance the park rather than make any major changes. In the longer term, their vision includes an art precinct with artists-in-residence and a cheese factory. Brendan has lived in Orewa since 1973, and has an architectural design, building and property development background. He will be overseeing the development of new accommodation options. Kim, who is originally from Taupo, will be involved in the day-to-day running of the park. She has been a rider for most of her life and her two horses compete in national dressage competitions. She has two children – Danielle and Ashton Peck. Eleven-year-old Danielle is also a keen equestrian and took out the NZ Pony of the Year title on Tui’s Keepsake last year. “We’ll expand the equestrian opportunities at the park gradually,

Under new management: Brendan and Kim Coghlan with retiring owner John Baker.

and would like to again hold Grand Prix show jumping events here,” Kim says. “We’ve got world class show jumping facilities and want to take advantage of that, catering for

beginners through to professionals.” The park offers a full livery service and grazing, and Brendan and Kim have already built four new stables with more on the drawing board. They

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have resource consent for a purposebuilt vet clinic for equine and small animals, and are currently looking for a vet to get this project underway. continued next page

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John Baker bows out Guests at a function to mark the retirement of Matakana Country Park founder John Baker paid tribute to his vision, hard work and generosity. The event was held at The Stables Restaurant on Sunday, June 30. The park, on Leigh Road, is now under the management of Brendan and Kim Coghlan. Mr Baker bought the property in 2002 and has, over the past 17 years, developed it into a family-friendly destination, as well as being one of the district’s busiest wedding and events venues. The 18ha site encompasses an eclectic mix of activities including retail shops, a café and restaurant, equestrian facilities, a confidence course and a church. Former Matakana Community Group chair Neville Johnson said Mr Baker had always been supportive of the community and made particular

mention of the Fruitloop event, which was based at the park and helped fund the walkway/cycleway bridge in Matakana. As chair of the Mahurangi Presbyterian Church Board of Managers, which oversees St Andrews Church in the grounds of the park, Mr Johnson said that again, Mr Baker had been generous in donating the land for the church, plus, selling a further quarteracre for $100,000. “When you think of what land is worth in Matakana, you can appreciate the magnitude of the donation,” Mr Johnson said. Mr Baker, who has bought a home nearby, said he was inspired to build the country park after visiting the Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island. He says his retirement will give him time to pursue his interest in sculpture and ceramic art.

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They say that keeping the animalfriendly feel of the park is important. “We already have Patrick and Christine Monaghan doing a fantastic job with the pony and carriage rides, and we plan to expand the range of animals in the petting zoo so that it can be more interactive.” The current playground, on the Leigh Road side of the park, will be relocated to a site near the miniature train and a BMX track aimed at younger riders will built near the Omaha Flats Road entrance. The masterplan includes a daycare centre on the playground site, which will back on to the petting zoo. “We’d like to see it built this summer, but we’re still in the process of looking for an operator,” Brendan says. “We envisage it will cater for up to 40 children.” A motorhome/caravan park with powered sites for up to 20 vehicles is expected to be up and running by

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Cycling interest fuels demand The rising tide of interest in bicycles is keeping Matakana Bicycle Hire owner Paull Robson busy. Paull relocated from Matakana village to the country park about three years ago, placing him in a handy position for visitors wanting to rent a bike to do the 7km Matakana, Omaha, Point Wells cycle circuit. He says he is looking forward to the development of the Puhoi to Pakiri pathways, which have been discussed for some time now. “Visitors enjoy the Matakana to Omaha ride, but after they’ve done it once, then they don’t usually come back,” he says. “The longer route will be more of an incentive for people to revisit the area more often.” Paull says the demand for good biking tracks in NZ is huge and growing. Cambridge, Nelson and Queenstown

are leading the way in this regard, and he believes there are plans to develop Warkworth and Matakana into biking towns as well. He says the introduction of electric bikes has made riding much more accessible to the community at large. Fitness and age are no longer such an issue. As a keen mountain biker, he is also enthusiastic about the opening of a mountain bike park in the Waiwhiu Valley, in the Dome, later this year. “We’re just waiting for sign-off from the Department of Conservation and then we can start developing carparks and more trail networks. The terrain will cater for beginners and intermediate riders. “It will be another option for visitors who want a more adventure-based ride and will be great for families.”

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Crafty co-op still going strong In one form or another, the craft coop that runs the Craft Shop at the Matakana Country Park has been operating since the 1980s. About 24 local artists currently contribute their work to the shop and many are also involved in running the shop on a day-to-day basis. The shelves are packed with individually created, hand-made gifts and souvenirs ranging from pottery and woodwork to greeting cards, soaps and lotions, jewellery and paintings.

Committee chair Gloria Cunningham says the shop provides an important outlet for creative people. “Over the years we have built up a loyal customer base,” Gloria says. “The jams and pickles are particularly popular, as well as the knitting. But I think what people really like about the shop is that there is a lot of variety and you never know what you might find. “We also get a lot of overseas visitors and they appreciate that the stock is individual and locally-made.”

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Building decline expected to reverse in Warkworth Building activity on the Hibiscus Coast and in Mahurangi has been in steady decline over the past four years, according to figures released by Auckland Council. Resource consents have fallen from 1424 in 2015/16 to 991 in 2018/19. However, the decline has mainly been on the Hibiscus Coast. In Warkworth, consent numbers have remained relatively stable over the same period, up from 113 to 134. Building consents have followed a similar trend, dropping from 2048 in 2015/16 to 1809 in the 2018/19 financial year. Over the same period, the value of the building consents fell from $864.4 million to $625.7 million. Resource consents north west manager Ian Dobson says the figures reflect a general slowing in development, particularly over the past 18 months. “Another factor is the Unitary Plan which is more enabling,” he says. “If an application is within parameters, a consent may no longer be necessary. For instance, a minor house unit previously needed a consent, but this is not the case now.” Mr Dobson said earlier figures would have included large developments such as Millwater. “We’re expecting to see a bigger uptake in resource consents in the Warkworth area in future as the large areas of development forecasted in the Unitary Plan gets underway.” Land use consents, which cover work such as new houses and extensions to dwellings, make up the bulk of resource consents. Although subdivision activity has slowed, 127 consents were issued in 2018/19 compared to 149 the previous year, 220 in 2016/17 and 187 in 2015/16. Change of condition consents have risen from 65 four years ago to 133 in 2018/19. Likewise, water consent applications have risen from 12 four years ago to 55 in 2018/19.

Building consents (abridged) Locality

2015-16 number value

2016-17 number value

2017-18 number value

2018-19 number value

Ahuroa 10 2,354,604 13 2,103,998 18 3,503,668 9 2,891,000 Algies Bay 18 7,434,297 19 12,275,545 20 3,463,604 11 1,250,500 Big Omaha 8 1,275,898 8 3,652,953 9 660,700 9 2,896,250 Bucklands Beach 71 10,642,296 69 15,033,175 70 21,966,007 72 25,828,701 Dome Valley 14 3,910,294 6 516,000 8 1,969,999 17 4,164,752 Hatfields Beach 14 7,075,324 10 4,247,785 16 4,312,498 15 1,332,000 Kaukapakapa 81 41,540,458 68 16,203,797 33 4,147,150 48 10,611,742 Komokoriki 8 2,249,711 8 1,039,500 6 193,938 7 1,476,000 Leigh 13 3,835,200 20 5,772,014 17 2,019,741 13 5,876,000 Makarau 12 528,827 19 3,756,700 13 2,958,700 11 1,208,000 Martins Bay 5 827,000 8 3,283,465 4 410,000 7 1,204,500 Matakana 82 35,106,346 70 28,690,338 70 17,402,640 55 14,600,606 Omaha 97 53,803,153 79 57,956,692 69 18,657,624 53 12,679,005 Orewa 254 114,100,704 272 143,656,591 165 73,519,481 188 67,108,155 Pakiri 10 4,654,400 15 1,625,480 17 4,295,871 28 7,371,650 Pohuehue 12 4,794,845 11 4,362,200 7 996,000 4 1,378,000 Puhoi 23 7,482,600 22 5,528,368 24 7,288,436 16 3,892,276 Sandspit 16 5,574,100 15 3,875,028 23 3,954,560 11 1,738,547 Scotts Landing 10 7,238,532 11 2,202,945 8 1,050,280 8 1,882,550 Silverdale 505 283,742,983 633 297,643,368 400 200630598 285 155667655 Snells Beach 78 32,795,234 78 24,135,011 80 24,537,106 89 28,308,142 Stanmore Bay 140 43,846,014 195 56,060,651 179 45,642,502 158 42,327,942 Tahekeroa 16 5,448,389 6 400,000 10 1,515,988 9 748,888 Tawharanui 7 4,188,000 7 2,320,500 5 1,782,000 5 845,398 Te Arai 17 5,586,248 25 12,432,420 29 21,167,666 27 22,741,800 Ti Point 5 1,979,956 11 3,778,084 6 423,501 3 437,500 Tomarata 6 2,739,700 6 526,500 13 420,985 6 1,887,500 Waiteitei 2 4,800 5 1,510,360 7 269,100 4 1,570,500 Waiwera 21 6,462,677 14 3,890,901 20 5,138,365 26 4,749,655 Warkworth 138 48,766,133 181 118,962,381 140 60,171,737 154 48,291,157 Wayby 5 234,960 4 261,000 7 2,325,804 8 1,723,800 Wellsford 38 6,384,702 26 3,729,812 29 6,262,342 36 8,179,357 Whangaparaoa 34 14,790,435 16 5,924,977 5 3,410,861 Whangaripo 5 1,866,897 11 1,429,500 17 2,371,000 12 2,128,092

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2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Ahuroa 7 9 6 Algies Bay 11 13 6 Big Omaha 7 4 4 Buckleton Beach 9 19 8 Dome Valley 3 5 4 Hatfields Beach 9 14 8 Kaukapakapa 54 39 26 Komokoriki 3 5 4 Leigh 9 14 8 Mahurangi West 8 11 9 Makarau 6 18 10 Martins Bay 4 13 9 Matakana 40 66 31 Omaha 36 34 17 Omaha Flats 17 18 9 Orewa 189 154 121 Pakiri 8 13 22 Pohuehue 11 14 16 Puhoi 24 36 32 Pukapuka 5 6 1 Sandspit 13 12 12 Scotts Landing 7 6 8 Silverdale 362 319 261 Snells Beach 64 46 37 Stanmore Bay 93 129 55 Tahekeroa 9 5 4 Takatu 3 2 Tawharanui 11 13 7 Te Arai 13 42 32 Ti Point 6 2 7 Tomarata 8 15 8 Waiteitei 3 2 Waiwera 20 29 23 Warkworth 113 145 127 Wayby 1 5 9 Wellsford 18 18 12 Whangaparaoa 5 1

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Ground improvement works at the Northern Connection where the motorway will tie-in to the existing SH1.

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Ground improvements have been ongoing at the intersection of Woodcocks and Carran Road.

The CN7 Cut located in the Central Zone was one of the major excavations to be completed during the 2018/19 earthwork season. The 250m-long rock cut has a maximum depth of about 45 metres.

Motorway hits halfway mark The Puhoi to Warkworth motorway project has reached the half-way point of its five-year construction programme, with the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) quietly confident works are on target to be completed by October 2021. Road builders Northern Express Group (NX2) fell just short of its ambitious target of excavating 4 million cubic metres of earth to advance the project during the earthworks season, which ran from October 2018 to May this year, but was happy with the actual total of 3.7 million cubic metres. Other work during the year saw 2.4 million cubic metres of earthwork fill undertaken and progress on motorway structures including seven bridges (see map) and three underpasses. The underpasses are located at Perry Road, Carran Road and Hikauae Creek.

About 40 per cent of the steelwork for the structures is complete and 25 per cent of the concrete work. With the 2019 earthworks season now over, NX2 will plough on through winter with rock blasting, drainage works, erosion and sediment control. The consortium will also progress a Wyllie Road realignment and landscaping works. The landscaping will see 120ha planted over the next three seasons – one of New Zealand’s largest replanting programmes for a roading project. Planting is undertaken in winter when water is plentiful for plants to absorb and establish. “Those using the new motorway can expect a truly unique journey,” says NX2. NZTA spokesperson Darryl Walker

Several culvert systems will be completed in the Central North Zone.

Central North Zone

The Central North Zone had the most earth to move this season (up to 2 million cubic metres). This is due to the topography of the existing land with steep hills and deep gullies

Central South Zone

The Moir Hill Bridge is well underway.

Southern end of Central South Zone

The area between Puhoi and Watson’s Road has drastically changed shape this season – cutting through more than 1 million cubic metres of earth to reveal the path the motorway will take.

South Zone

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Greg is always on the lookout for new team players to add to the varying dynamics of the team. The shortage of skilled and qualified plumbers New Zealand wide does not make this an easy process so, keen to pass on his knowledge, Greg actively supports an apprenticeship training programme promoting a career in the plumbing and drainage industry.

Seven bridges (marked in green) will link Puhoi to Warkworth. About 40 per cent of the steel work for the structures is complete and 25 per cent of the concrete work.

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Mathesons Bay captain begins work on offshore wind farm Not everybody could live six months of the year at sea, but Mathesons Bay’s Grey Hutchinson says it keeps his marriage fresh. Grey is the captain of the Pacific Liberty, a 97 metre, 5200 tonne offshore supply vessel, working for Swire Pacific. Grey’s next job in August is in Taiwan, installing 21 offshore wind turbines, which require a pile base to be drilled 40 metres into the seabed. “That kind of activity generates a lot of vibration, so we blow a curtain of bubbles around the pile in a ring, so that fish don’t get harmed in the process,” he says. “The fish can’t swim through the curtain and the air absorbs and dissipates the shockwaves.” Before drilling starts, a remotely operated vehicle that is tethered to the ship is sent down to observe what marine life might be in the surrounding water, and if a Chinese White Dolphin is spotted, then work has to be halted. Sometimes, the Pacific Liberty is responsible for facilitating a team of divers that work on maintaining deep sea structures. The divers are able to work at an incredible depth of up to 300 metres, but to do this they have to live in a pressurised container on board the ship for 28 days. It takes seven days for the divers to decompress from the pressure that is required at such depth, so they live in the pressurised chamber and have a smaller pod which delivers them to

Captain Grey Hutchinson alternates between two months at sea, aboard the Pacific Liberty, and two months on leave.

the deep sea. “They have a television and books in there, but it does stink. Typically, three divers do a rotation of eight hour shifts working underwater.” If the divers get sick, then a medic has to go through the ordeal of compression as it is much quicker to enter, at only five hours, than to come out. Grey himself is medically trained and even able to perform basic surgery in an emergency. Though legally he can only perform medical procedures at sea and has to have a doctor in Singapore talk him through the procedure over a radio from land.

Grey’s core responsibilities require him to be available at a moment’s notice, 24/7, to pilot the ship as its operations require that it be extremely steady. The ship uses computerised ‘dynamic positioning’ which keeps the ship in place using an enhanced form of GPS that is accurate down to one metre. Nevertheless, due to atmospheric interference, the GPS is not particularly accurate and so the ship sends its GPS coordinates to an onshore station, which then calculates and compensates for error and sends the information back in real time. However, if for any reason the

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The bulk of the work at Algies Bay was completed in May this year.

Council spends $2.7m on new seawalls for bays and beaches Local sea defences will be getting a significant upgrade over the next two years as part of a Council works programme worth more than $2.7 million. The work includes new seawalls at Algies Bay, Buckletons Bay, Point Wells, Scotts Landing and Whangateau, and the wooden jetty at Rainbow’s End will be renewed. Council’s community facilities strategic projects leader, John Dragicevich, says the work is being carried out as the local coastline is one of the priority areas in Auckland’s Coastal Compartment Management Plans. He says that while the bulk of the

work at the largest project, in Algies Bay, has already been carried out, remedial work to the toe of the boat ramp is still in progress and Council is hoping to add some additional repairs while the contractors are still on site. These include repairs to erosion behind the rock seawall near Mariners Grove accessway, restacking rock armour around an eroded stormwater outlet north of the yacht clubhouse, and clearance of vegetation and boardwalks between Algies Reserve and Will James Ave Reserves. The remaining projects will need to be designed, planned and consented before the physical works can be carried out sometime over the next two years.

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A fantasy-style playground is among the new amenities being considered by Turnstone Capital for Stubbs Farm.

Stubbs farm promises fantasy playground and more Turnstone Capital held a meeting on July 27 to update the public on the Stubbs Farm development, north of Warkworth, and revealed a host of new public amenities it is considering, including an outdoor cinema, a large playground and a food truck market. These features, along with higher intensity apartment buildings in a revised ‘local centre’, are part of plan changes being submitted to the Auckland Council by Turnstone Capital in light of the Warkworth Structure plan, which was finalised last month.

Turnstone Capital CEO Jamie Peters said the higher density housing would be a change for Warkworth, but would provide an affordable option for young, first home buyers to get on the property ladder. Members of the crowd expressed concerns that there would not be enough parking for all of the new households. However, architect Grant Neill said residential parking bays would solve this problem. The other major change in the submission was a request for Council

to change the zoning of an area of land between Falls Road and the Mahurangi River from light industrial to single house residential. Planning consultant Burnette O’Connor called on the public to submit to the Council in favour of this suggestion and facilitators were at the meeting with template submissions to facilitate this. “Cycleways and paths along the river won’t be achieved if we have light industrial zones on both sides of the river,” she said.

Landscape architect Mike Farrow presented his vision of how a green corridor, that followed the Mahurangi River from the development through to Warkworth, could look in 15 years. He said it could feature a boardwalk bush track, as well as a cycle path all the way from the Warkworth Showgrounds through to town. CEO Jamie Peters said the thought of this area becoming a light industrial zone was “horrifying”, but if things were

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done right, it could be an amenity that would draw visitors from Auckland. Roger Williams, from the Warkworth Area Liaison Group, voiced concern that the development would cause increased traffic congestion until the Western link road was eventually built. “Somehow, we have to put the pressure on developers and Auckland Transport (AT) to bring the Western link on early,” he said. Burnette O’Connor said she was all in favour of the public putting pressure on AT.

“We’ve looked at funding agreements with AT and all our plans incorporate the Western link. We have even designed it,” she said. Turnstone’s plans show a four-lane Western link road, starting at the intersection of Falls Road and Mansel Drive and cutting north through the development. “The only missing piece is that AT refuses to engage, despite the fact that Council documents show that this will be the Western link road,” Ms O’Connor said.

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Community moving forward with plan to relocate hall More than 100 years after it was built, Ahuroa’s historic hall could be on the move. It won’t be going far, however – just back a few metres from its present site on the edge of Ahuroa Road, next to the village school. At least that’s the hope of the Ahuroa Community Hall Advisory Committee, which has come up with the radical method of improving hall facilities without having to pull the old building down and start again. Committee member Jo Bullock says they realised some time ago that it wasn’t the hall itself that was causing problems, it was its east-facing, roadside position. So, now they are hoping to move the entire wooden hall further back on to a lawned area behind the hall, and swing it around so that the building catches more light and heat from the sun. “It really needs to be shifted, so we can create a better and safer connection with the outside,” Jo says. “Rotating the hall 90 degrees will allow more sunlight in to make the hall brighter and warmer for users, and a deck and doors installed on the north side of the hall would allow children and users to move more freely in and out. “And moving the hall towards the back of the section means it will be further away from Ahuroa Road and safer for children, family events and functions, and more easily supervised.” In a recent deputation to Rodney Local Board, the committee said the new position would also make life easier for anyone wanting to use the hall’s kitchen facilities. “Access to the back and kitchen door is currently only by foot,” they pointed out. “In the proposed new position, there will be easy vehicle access to the rear door, making catering for bigger functions far easier. “There is potential to also improve wheelchair access.” The committee estimates that the cost of relocating the hall and its services, plus associated earthworks, will come to around $105,000. The committee has

Right hall, wrong place. Ahuroa wants to move its heritage hall back from the road to a safer, sunnier site.

raised $12,000 already and has more fundraising plans, including a crowdfunding page, but is currently focusing on getting the idea drawn up and distributed for community consultation. “If there is someone out there who would be willing to donate us a bit of time and expertise to complete some drawings that would be very much appreciated,” Jo says. “Once we have some concept drawings, we will create a short online survey and ask members of our community to provide feedback. We really need concept drawings to share with people, so they can better understand the idea.” The committee is also hoping for help from a draughtsman or architect to draw up detailed plans

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of the hall’s structure and foundations. “We have had a geotechnical report generously done for us by Hutchinson Consulting Engineers, which is a positive, but we need to get a greater level of detail on the building itself,” Jo says. Meanwhile, Rodney Local Board has earmarked $170,000 to renovate the 108-year-old hall in its latest three-year Community Facilities Work Programme, with works set to start in 2021. However, Board chair Beth Houlbrooke says Council staff will meet with and liaise with the hall committee and take recommendations from them in conjunction with the hall relocation plans before any such work is carried out.

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New healthy homes standards may heat up rental prices Landlords patting themselves on the back for having insulated their houses before the July 1 deadline need to be aware that the new Healthy Homes standards may require significant further investment over the next two years. Bayleys in the North property manager Shona Mackinnon says that among her portfolio of more than 200 properties, approximately a quarter had to be brought up to the 2019 standard, but half will require further investment, due to new standards due to be implemented by July 1, 2021. The new standard will require rental properties to have fixed heating that can heat a room to 18C, as well as extraction fans in the kitchen and bathroom, draft stopping where air may get through window cracks, a ground moisture barrier and drainage where there is water under the house. “We are encouraging our landlords to get this work done now, as there may be problems down the track if many property owners leave it to the last minute. Heating prices could go up or there could be shortage of labour to install it. “For the July 2019 standards, we had great notice from Tenancy Services and we have been working with our property owners since 2016 and have managed the whole process for them. “However, July 2021 is not a long timeframe for all the work that has to go into the Healthy Homes standards, including producing an insulation statement for the floor, walls and roof from a surveyor.”

This view is echoed by Premier Insulation Rodney owner Mike Murray, who says rental property owners in the district were generally prompt at meeting the 2019 standards, but could be caught out by the Healthy Homes requirements. “Most of the work we have done will already meet the new standards, but the underfloor barrier could catch a few and we have been making people aware of that as we do retrofitting work,” Mike says. Property manager Shona says Bayleys monitors the rent prices of properties in the district on a daily basis, and she has not seen a market price increase in the last two years, but that is set to change. “A last-minute rush of remedial work will most likely bring in a wave of rental price reviews. The motorway will also likely affect prices, as Warkworth will increasingly be seen as a viable commuter town.” Shona points out that although a $4000 fine for not meeting the standards is a hefty deterrent for landlords, in order to be caught out they would actually have to be taken to the tenancy tribunal by a tenant. “Then when that tenant applies for a new house in six months it will show on their record that they have taken a landlord to the tribunal, and they may not get the house,”she says. “It’s a concern and it’s unfair because tenants have the right to live in a home that is dry and warm. I make no bones about the fact that we won’t tenant a house if it’s not up to standard.”

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About 20 staff and their partners from GJ Gardner’s Rodney East franchise flew to Fiji last month to rebuild a kindergarten destroyed by a cyclone and renovate a hall for an impoverished community. The staff, comprising project managers, sales people and office workers, headed for Lautoka, where the Housing Assistance Relief Trust (HART) houses 400 residents from disadvantaged backgrounds – many of them single mothers and children living on $5 or less a day. In 2016, Cyclone Winston flattened the community’s kindergarten and the community’s hall was in desperate need of repairs. The GJ Gardner team raised more than $4500 for materials via an online funding page and, once in Fiji, got to work to put things right.

Over the course of two days, they laid a new floor and installed the ceiling structure and cyclone strapping for the kindergarten. In addition, they tiled and grouted the community hall floor, painted the community hall inside and out and cleaned and repainted the insides of three homes in readiness for new tenants to move in. Rodney East franchise owner and trip organiser Elaine Morley says she was amazed by the stamina of her team. “It was hot, it was dirty and everyone just got stuck in and worked so incredibly hard, and we achieved so much more than we thought we were going to be able to achieve,” she says. She was also impressed with the hospitality of the women they were assisting. They took every opportunity to ply the visitors with food. continued next page

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“We had the most incredible food. I never knew you could make such amazing cakes on an open fire.” Although the women’s culinary skills were excellent, they struggled to maintain their homes and community buildings with virtually no men around to offer any support. Elaine says one of the women was responsible for organising a huge meeting at the community hall in the coming weeks and was “over the moon” about the improvements that she would

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Climate changes threatens low-lying coastal properties Owners of low-lying properties around Mahurangi and Mangawhai could find it harder to develop their land if the Government accepts the recommendations of a draft NZ Productivity Commission report released this month. The 306-page report looks at local government funding and financing, and some of the factors contributing to rising local government debt. These include providing infrastructure for fast-growing areas, maintaining services in areas with declining populations, higher environmental and public health expectations, growing demand pressures from tourism and the need to replace existing infrastructure coming to the end of its useful life. The cost of adapting communities and infrastructure to mitigate the risks and hazards associated with sea level rise, and more frequent and extreme weather events, was also identified as a significant challenge for local councils. The most direct threat was seen as the damage that climate change will cause to local government infrastructure such as roads and bridges, and stormwater, wastewater and floodprotection assets. Relocating some of these services could cost billions of dollars. The report states that councils are responsible for planning and regulating development on at-risk land and, therefore, have an important role in moderating future climate risk exposure.

“Councils are also the bodies closest to exposed communities and will be expected to engage with them on an adaptation strategy. They must manage both pressures from property owners to invest in defences against sea-level rise and flooding, and retreats from at-risk locations.” Dr Judy Lawrence, of Victoria University’s Climate Change Research Institute, told Radio NZ that the issues are highly complex and will need a partnership response from central and local government. “In some areas, protection such as seawalls will be appropriate but in other cases, it will mean retreating from the coast,” she said. “What I find distressing is that councils are still consenting subdivisions in low-lying areas when they already have power under the Coastal Policy Statement to rectify that and to start refusing developments in those areas. In the long term, all they are doing is creating a legacy that our children and grandchildren will have to deal with.” Dr Lawrence said planning needed to start now. “We’re already seeing infrastructure failures in wastewater, flood control and freshwater systems. We need to get real or we will have some chaotic responses down the track if we risk a disorganised response to climate change.” The Productivity Commission report states that the two broad principles

which should be used to guide the funding of climate adaptation are minimising costs and risks over the long term, and fairness and justice. “The first implies discouraging behaviour that leads to increased risk exposure for private gain at others’ expense,” the report says. “The second

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Cellphone site causes concern The proposed installation of a cellphone tower outside the historic Riverina Homestead, on the corner of Wilson and Hepburn Creek Road in Warkworth, is being called insensitive and inappropriate by a neighbouring resident. The neighbour has received a letter from Spark advising that the 14-metre high cellphone tower will be positioned on the road verge outside 46 Wilson Road. Riverina is a two-storey villa listed with Heritage NZ as a Historic Place Category 2. The fired-clay homestead was built by the founder of the Wilson Cement Works, Nathaniel Wilson, more than 100 years ago. Until recently, it was the home of the late Beverley Simmons. Natasha Pezic, who grew-up on Wilson Road and whose parents still live there, says the cellphone will be an eyesore that will detract from the historic value of the homestead.

“I have no idea what I can do to prevent this from happening, but it really upsets me,” she said. A Spark spokesperson says the positioning of the cell tower is still just a proposal at this time. “To provide some context, the proposed site is on the roadside, not on the property at 46 Wilson Rd, and there are also ninemetre high overhead power lines and tall trees close to the proposed site,” she says. “The Warkworth area has seen unprecedented growth for digital services in the last three years. Mobile and digital service is currently being delivered to this part of Warkworth by an existing site that is reaching capacity. “Spark needs to invest in new infill sites (usually located between existing cell sites) to boost coverage and capacity.” She says the new tower will deliver 4G services. To find learn more about the history of Riverina, visit: localmatters.co.nz/ news/22843-local-landmark-riverina

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New calls to remove controversial weir after assessment

A weir on Te Arai stream is once again at the centre of controversy, following a recommendation to reduce its height as part of a comprehensive drainage assessment across three districts. ACH Consulting Engineers carried out the survey in March last year on behalf of Auckland Council’s stormwater management department, Healthy Waters, to investigate the state of public drains in Tapora, Gloria and Te Arai. The company found that the former ford, which was built up to create a weir by developer Te Arai North Ltd (TANL) in 2013, was restricting the flow of the main culvert and causing flooding across farmland upstream, and it viewed the issue as being of “high importance”. “We understand that Council is in an enforcement process with the landowner to have this ford lowered to original levels,” the assessment report said. Similar concerns were raised at a public meeting organised by Healthy Waters in Wellsford in May, and its Auckland Waters portfolio manager, Andrew Chin, told a Rodney Local Board meeting later that month that “these issues are currently being addressed through Council’s compliance team”. However, a Council spokeswoman said last month that although an abatement notice had been issued

Save Te Arai chair Aaron McConchie is among those who insist the weir must go.

in March 2017, requirements had since been complied with, there were no current compliance issues with the existing weir and “therefore, the regulatory team are not involved in the issue at present”. Local Board member Colin Smith, who has been advocating for the weir’s removal for several years, was unimpressed. He said it was up to Healthy Waters’ to pull out the weir as part of its responsibility to bring all the drainage assets up to the right standard. “They’ve had weeks to get out there and

get that out and they’ve done nothing,” he said. “The commitment was made by their team. It’s all there, in the ACH engineers’ report, it has to be removed.

“To bring the catchment right, that weir has to come out. And if you’re going to start looking after the catchment, surely the first thing you do is take the plug out of the bath. “Healthy Waters has made a commitment to the community, so let’s see some action.” TANL spokesman David Lewis said TANL was looking to remove the weir, but couldn’t say when. “The weir is compliant with Council plans and rules, but TANL is looking to remove it and is working with Council to achieve this.” “If a bridge can go in, then the weir can be removed,” he said. As well as raising drainage concerns, the weir has also been criticised by environmental and bird protection groups, who say its restrictions on fish passage could wipe out the critically endangered fairy tern.

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Monstrous mites It is that time of year when our beehives are wintering over and the rainy and cold conditions are not really conducive for peeking inside hives, thus leaving us beekeepers forlorn and with extra time on our hands. Now I realise this might conjure up visions of beekeepers languishing on chaise longues in front of roaring fires. However, the truth is that winter is often a time for bee education and preparation for the next season. So, I decided to head off to Rotorua to participate in the Apiculture NZ 2019 Conference. Here is the first thing that made the conference room go, wow! A young AfroAmerican, Dr Samuel Ramsey, captivated the entire room with his knowledge and passion for bees. He started by explaining Dr Ramsey started how scientific literature and teaching throughout by explaining how the world regarding the Varroa destructor mite was incorrect. In fact, until his PhD research was scientific literature recently published, we had all believed that the and teaching Varroa mite (an external parasite of honey bees) throughout the had fed on the blood of both adults and larva. Guess what, it does not. How did scientists get it world regarding the wrong? Well, when Varroa appeared in Indonesia Varroa destructor 50 years ago, very little was known about it, and mite is incorrect. most of the scientific literature available was only in Russian and Chinese. Scientists had to rely on research they could neither read nor reproduce and many opted to cite the first English language papers. But if Varroa mites are not feeding on blood, what are they feeding on? Ramsey’s research has shown that Varroa mites have a voracious appetite for the honey bee organ called the ‘fat body’. I had never heard about bees’ fat body, so I was speechless to hear that it serves many of the same vital functions carried out by the human liver. Honey bee fat bodies store nutrients, produce antioxidants and help to manage the bees’ immune system. Loss of this tissue impairs a bee’s ability to detoxify pesticides and robs them of vital food stores. Furthermore, the fat body plays a key role in the process of metamorphosis, regulating the timing and activity of key hormones, plus it produces the wax that covers part of bees’ exoskeletons, thus keeping water in and diseases out. Dr Ramsey’s research will hopefully transform our understanding of the primary threats to honey bees, while pointing the way toward more effective and targeted approaches to future mite treatments. Finally, Bruce Clow, of Ceracell Beekeeping Supplies NZ, believes NZ honey can command a 100 per cent premium over the global average price for honey. Mr Clow is in the final throes of setting up a NZ Honey Producers’ Co-op with the participation and funding of beekeepers from throughout NZ. He believes that excellent branding, combined with our quality honey and beekeepers working together, can create a bright future. Bruce will be presenting on the NZ Honey Producers Co-op at Warkworth Primary School on Wednesday, August 14 at 7.15pm. All welcome.

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Getting wise to worms at free workshop

Grass growth is back on track thanks to a warmer winter, farmers say.

Low rainfall challenges local farmers the moisture in the soil on their sheep and beef farm, and has been the perfect welcome to winter. “For us, a warmer, dryer May and June has meant the grass has continued to grow,” she says. “Sheep scanning rates throughout the country are down 15-20% due to seasonal challenges at tupping time in March, when there was less grass. “However, we are feeling really positive about the sector and are receiving good prices and demand for grass-fed beef and sheep internationally.” Wellsford’s Colin Beazley says his grass has been growing fine, but the dry had made access to fresh water for his dairy herd difficult. “We were very close to needing to bring in water and at one point, only had four days of supply left. Until a week ago, we were still chasing water from pond to pond to siphon into our troughs,” he says.

“Normally at the end of March or April, we get grass coming back and a bit of rain and even a bit of moisture. But this year the dry pushed right out until end of June.” Colin splits his season; with half his herd calving in March while the other half will calve over the next few weeks during July. “The dry was a problem, but now it’s awesome because we are not making any mud and the cows are a lot healthier because they can utilise the grass a lot better.” “Normally by this time the soils are saturated and we will be standing off cows to protect them and the environment. But there is still plenty of room in the soil to suck up any moisture that we get.” A weather station in Sandspit, run by Jetta and Alan Laurenson, recorded on July 5 that 68.4mm of rain had fallen since the start of the month, compared to 73.8mm for the whole month of June.

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The dry year so far has been a doubleedged blade for grass growth in the district, local farmers say. The total rainfall for the year at 407mm is less than half the total for June 2018, which was 1171mm, thanks to a dry summer and an unusually dry start to winter. Tomarata’s Brian Mason is right in the thick of an early calving season on his dairy farm, thanks to the extra grass provided by the dry winter. “It has been incredible grass growth and utilisation. We need to have the cows in good order for calving and a dry June was a help because we couldn’t grow grass in summer,” he says. “Earlier in the season we had selective drying off of cows that were low producers and had to bring in supplemental feed, so we are fortunate with a favourable winter.” Ahuroa’s Nicky Berger says the rain came at just the right time to replenish

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Gardening

Central’s Tips

Andrew Steens

July 2019

Planting for birds We are fortunate in northern Rodney to be able to enjoy a wide array of native and introduced birds. Frequent visitors or residents of our gardens include kereru, tui, waxeyes, various finches, blackbirds, thrush, mynah, turtle doves, morepork, ducks, starling, sparrows, pukeko, kingfisher, grey warbler, fantail, skylark and welcome swallow. They are augmented by occasional visitors such as quail, pheasant, kaka, bellbird, kookaburra, magpie and shining cuckoo. All told, a pretty good selection. Properties near native forest or near some of our superb reserves are particularly blessed with an abundance of birdlife. Less well bird-populated are the newer suburbs. With the removal of many shelter belts and trees during the development process, bird numbers drop until flowering and fruiting trees can re-establish. The easiest way to get an increase in birdlife is to increase the number and range of plants in our gardens. Shrubs and trees that birds like to feed on include hibiscus, abutilon, kowhai, plum, pseudopanax, peach, guava, flax, coprosma, cordyline, titoki, mahoe, pittosporum, citrus, figs, palms, persimmon, banksia, protea, leucospermum, callistemon, grevillea and coral tree. There are many more – just observe what the birds in the neighbourhood are feeding on, particularly in winter when food supplies are more scarce. Smaller flowering plants are useful for seed-eating birds. Good ones to plant include amaranthus, marigold, calendula, sunflower, cosmos and all the grasses. Leave patches of lawn grass to go to seed if possible, as this provides a lot of seed. Any vegetables that are left to go to seed will also provide a bonus food source for seed eaters. The overall garden environment is also important. Birds need patches of denser shrubbery to shelter and nest; hedges and vines are very good for this. Nesting boxes are useful for some species, but make sure they are designed to reduce the ability of nest robbers such as mynahs, cats and rats. If you can, leave a few partially decomposed logs or stumps in a back corner of the garden. These provide a bountiful source of insects and can provide a nesting site for some species. A multi-layered garden is ideal, with canopy trees, vines, shrubs, ground covers and a thick layer of leaf litter or mulch on the gardens to provide a range of environments for feeding and shelter. Leaf litter and mulch are also essential for insect eaters to increase the amount of food and allow for easier foraging. Providing several water sources around the garden is helpful. Birds will choose which ones they prefer to wash or drink from, depending on how safe they feel. Speaking of safety, a dramatic increase in bird numbers will be seen wherever a comprehensive pest trapping programme is undertaken. Setting up permanent traps around the property for rats and mice, with regular re-baiting, will produce results within a year by increasing the number of chicks that successfully fledge in spring. Trapping larger predators, such as possums, stoats and ferrets, is more work, so consider combining forces with a few neighbours to establish and monitor traps. Every little bit you can do to improve the environment for birds will enhance the feel of our lovely region, make it a more pleasant place to live and reduce the pests in your garden. A definite win-win.

It’s a time for doing prep - garden chores that get things ready for spring gardening success. Apply copper and oil to fruit trees, control moss in your lawn, move deciduous trees and prune roses. It’s also a great time to get muddy areas under control with drainage and Jakmat.

In the Veggie Patch • Chitting potatoes: place seed potatoes in a dry, light area to sprout, so that you can begin to plant in late August

• Get the berries in: Try Raspberry ‘Heritage, Red Currant ‘Gloire de Versailles’, Black Currant ‘Magnus’ and check on the blueberry varieties that are best in warmer climates.

• A spray of copper and oil is an age-old, natural way of applying a guard against the early season fungal infections and insect attack on fruit trees, grape vines etc

• Start seedlings of tomatoes, rocket, lettuce and dill indoors.

The rest of the Garden • Deciduous trees and shrubs become dormant in winter, so this is the best time to lift and re-position

• Rose pruning can begin from late July – watch online videos or check your local garden centre for pruning demos

• Daphne, wintersweet and boronias are just some of the wonderful scented winter shrubs that can be planted

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Kaipara Flats kapa haka group entertained at the ceremony for their first time.

Marshal Jack, 9, and Porter Jack, 7, cut the ceremonial ribbon while their grandfather Al Mason looked on.

School celebrates new garden Driving rain failed to deter Kaipara could sample an array of tasty treats Flats School from officially opening prepared by children using produce it’s Alastair Mason School Gardens from the garden. Call: 09 411 411 9604 9604 this month. The school house was recently To escape the downpour, students and renovated to provide a kitchen and A DDIIVVI ISSI IOONN OOF FWW Y AYTATT TL ALNADNSDCSACP A E PSEU SP U P LPIPELSI E S dozens of parents crowded into a large hospitality area where children can classroom to celebrate with speeches, learn to prepare and enjoy the food a karakia and the first ever public they grow. 948 State State Highway Highway 1616•• Waimauku Waimauku performance by the school’s kapa haka Gardening has been a key part of the after the theMuriwai Muriwaiturn turnoffoff ( just just after ) ) group. school curriculum since 2017z with t z.n plot e te.n s .n e.n theirlisown small Afterwards, everyone went outside each class having essuupplipe e p p a a c c s s d attend for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the wtow w.l.laannd to. Children learn practical ww Holly Paddison, 10, served treats made d skills such as planting, composting e t gardens, followed by refreshments at a r e p with produce from the school garden. o & where visitors continued next page a nearby school n e dhouse,

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Was it blissful naivety or complete desperation that propelled that shearer to ask me to rousey that one memorable time? Whatever it was, I had absolutely no intention of allowing my numerous fitness level flaws get in the way of my pride. Looking back, perhaps I should have spent my pre-start time consuming copious amounts of energy drinks and doing stretching exercises as opposed to procrastinating over my attire. Nevertheless, I bounced up to the shed all eager to go, and my girlfriend Manawarangi kindly informed me that she would be taking the two very fast shearers, and I would have the two slower ones – great! Twenty minutes in and with the 70s playlist blaring, I was thinking I had a complete sassy handle on the whole gig. That was until I glanced around and realised that my girlfriend was going triple my speed and picking up half my wool. Oh dear, how embarrassing! I had better engage turbo mode. So I tried to keep up, but after an hour in and with sweaty armpits and crotch, I was pretty much already dying a slow and painful death and yet my girlfriend looked like a spring daisy. I remember thinking, “Hell, a gal should be picking up rubies or diamonds exerting this much energy.” Surprisingly, I managed to make it through to smoko when, by a stroke of luck, the real and competent rousey turned up. Did I stink? Yes, but not of body odour; more like the smell of beautiful organic accomplishment or, if you like, ‘parfum de ewe’. My hands felt as soft as marshmallows from all that lanolin in the wool. Could this explain why all the men and women who work in these sheds look so ageless, even spring lamb-like, while I more fitted into the category of barren old ewe? I wondered if the people in the shearing game had discovered the fountain of youth and were secretly holding out on us all. Maybe it was time to ditch those expensive anti-aging night creams and go for a good old-fashioned romp amongst the wool? Anyway, whatever it is that drives these men and women that underpin the wool industry in this country, it needs bottling urgently. I have always felt privileged to be around those in this punishingly physical profession, who have anchored our country’s wool industry with humility. The price of wool to the farmer in this country, to me, remains a great travesty. Why is it nobody can afford to walk on it or wear it, yet we get nothing for it? This needs to change, as synthetics are creepy and don’t keep you warm. I was never asked to rousey again. A polite and respectful silence on the subject remained in place for years. Sometimes words don’t need to be said, they are just known. I adored them for that. Rousey score card: 2/5, because I made it through to smoko. Coming up next month, catering and the ‘cut-out Queen’. Ha ha ha.

Rat bait poisoning is, unfortunately, a recurring event every winter, and if the symptoms are only detected in the later stages of poisoning, it is a seriously life-threatening issue for your pet. Rat baits are designed to produce delayed onset of symptoms, so that the rodents do not associate the consumption of bait with feeling unwell. The toxin in the bait inhibits blood clotting. This leads to internal bleeding and results in a non-painful Place your death. To what extent the blood clotting is affected is dependent on the amount of bait consumed in bait only in places relation to the body mass of the poisoned animal. inaccessible to A rat, for example, will need to eat only small your dog and amounts of bait to die, whereas for a 35kg dog the always secure the consumption of a single bait will be less dramatic. The common symptoms are lethargy, anaemia and bait to the spot increased heart rate. Treatment of rat bait poisoning where it is laid. is primarily aimed at the re-establishment of normal blood clotting. For this purpose an antidote, vitamin K, is administered for a sufficient period of time. This period is usually quite long. We are talking weeks here, not just a few days. To determine the effect of the poison, as well as the antidote, we take blood samples before treatment and three to four days after treatment with vitamin K. We do this to gauge the initial impairment of blood clotting and to decide when stopping vitamin K treatment will be safe. Sometimes symptoms on initial presentation are so severe that we cannot wait for vitamin K to take effect. Your pet will need a blood transfusion to restore clotting factors and it will still need vitamin K after that. To minimise the chance of this type of stressful experience for you and your four-legged family member, I advise you to keep your bait in a locked cupboard, place your bait only in places inaccessible to your dog and always secure the bait to the spot where it is laid. Most baits can be nailed or wired to framing. If you fail to do this, rats will take the bait away and create large storage depots in places your dog can and will find. As a final word, if you see your dog consuming bait, your vet has got a two-hour window to give your dog a medication that will make it vomit its total stomach content and lengthy treatment could possibly be avoided.

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Proposals to grant; a community lease and non-exclusive licence to occupy to Manuhiri Kaitiaki Charitable Trust, a community lease to Tauhoa Primary School Board of Trustees and a community lease to The Mahurangi Community Trust. Proposal to reclassify land at Goodall Reserve, Snells Beach Auckland Council invites submissions or objections from persons with an interest in respect to the above proposals. Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act 2002, the Rodney Local Board proposes to grant a new community lease and non-exclusive licence to occupy to Manuhiri Kaitiaki Charitable Trust on a portion of land at 307 Leigh Road, Ti Point, legally described as Section 5 SO 431362. The land is held in fee simple by Auckland Council. The term of the proposed community lease and non-exclusive licence to occupy are an initial term of two years with two rights of renewal for two years. Pursuant to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977, the Rodney Local Board proposes to grant a new community lease to Tauhoa Primary School Board of Trustees on a portion of land at Naumai Domain Recreation Reserve, legally described as Part Allotment 47 Parish of Tauhoa. The land is owned by the Crown, held through the Department of Conservation and vested in Auckland Council, in trust, for recreational purposes.

Talk on secret life of whitebait Four of New Zealand’s five whitebait species are in decline, putting some urgency behind the work being done by the Whitebait Connection in Auckland. Regional manager Sophie Tweddle will be the guest speaker at next week’s Warkworth Town Hall Talk on Thursday July 25 where she will provide an update on freshwater fish generally, but with a focus on whitebait, their lifestyle, locality and status. “Inanga make up 90 per cent of the catch and they are declining quite quickly,” Sophie says. “There are a multitude of issues around their decline and I will cover some of these at the talk.” The Mahurangi River is one of eight sites involved in the Auckland Inanga Spawning Project. Monitoring has been underway for a couple of years at two sites and the talk will cover the results of the monitoring.

The term of the proposed community lease is an initial term of five years with one right of renewal for five years.

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act 2002, the Rodney Local Board proposes to grant a new community lease to The Mahurangi Community Trust (with provision for a sub-lease to Fire and Emergency New Zealand) on a portion of land at Goodall Reserve, Snells Beach, legally described as Part Lot 3 DP 114828. The land is held in fee simple by Auckland Council.

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“In future, we will be looking at increasing spawning habitat. In rural areas, this will mean fencing along waterways to keep stock away from the river edges, and in urban areas it will mean education around not mowing or tramping along the riverbank.” Sophie’s talk will also cover fish passages and their impact on the species. Doors open at 5pm for a 5.30pm start. All welcome.

WARKWORTH TOWN HALL TALKS

The term of the proposed community lease is an initial term of 10 years with one right of renewal for 10 years. In addition, pursuant to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977, Auckland Council proposes to reclassify a 0.1712Ha portion of land at Goodall Reserve, Snells Beach, legally described as Section 1 Survey Office Plan 530069 from recreation reserve to local purpose (helipad and parking) reserve. The Mahurangi Community Trust occupy this portion of the land on which it has constructed a helipad and parking. The helipad and parking are integral to search and rescue and general operation as a fire station. The current recreation classification does not legally support the activities and the reclassification is required to enable a new community lease to be granted. Any person wishing to make a submission in respect of the above proposal is required to lodge this in writing to Karen Walby, Community Lease Advisor, Auckland Council, Private Bag 92300, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142 no later than 5.00pm Wednesday, 21 August 2019. Alternatively, submissions may be emailed to karen.walby@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Please state in your submission if you wish to be heard in person. Any information provided to the council will become subject to the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and may be released by the Council under that Act, unless a withholding ground under that Act applies. Submitters details may be provided to elected members for decision making purposes and may be included in meeting agendas that will be published on the council’s website. Any submitter should state in their submission if the whole or any part of the submission is to be kept confidential and must indicate the grounds for the information to be withheld. Find out more: phone 09 301 0101 or visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Sophie Tweddle Mahurangi Inagna Spawning Action

The Mahurangi River is one of eight sites involved in the Auckland Inanga Spawning Project. The project is identifying potential inanga (whitebait) spawning habitat, identifying if these sites are currently being used for spawning, and recommending and implementing actions to protect, restore and enhance the sites. Warkworth Town Hall, Thursday, 25 July Doors open for refreshments at 5pm, talk starts at 5.30pm.

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Mother-daughter combo first Wahine Mahurangi College adds water polo to o te Moana winners Mangawhai’s mother-daughter combo, Anna Parke and Charlie Barclay, hauled in both the top prizes at the inaugural Wahine o te Moana women’s fishing competition last month. Charlie, 12, took second place in two categories with a 45.5cm Snapper and a 51cm Kahawhai, while Anna was the overall competition winner with 180 points. But the real surprise catch of the day was when the announcer called Charlie’s name to reveal she had won the grand spot prize – a weekend for two at Great Barrier Island, thanks to Barrier Air. Charlie has been boat fishing for two years and says that her favourite part is not knowing how big the fish will be until it’s pulled into the boat. Her strategy is to beat mum to the rod. “I liked the competition because you could measure the fish and then throw them back, so you don’t take more than you need,” Charlie says. Competition organiser Cara Shields said the Mangawhai Boating and Fishing Club moved to a measure and release system for the new competition because of feedback from members. “During the Queen’s Birthday competition, the largest snapper in the club’s history was caught. It was 10kg and we got a lot of comments that it was a shame to bring it in, but it is hard to throw a $500 prize-winning fish back, which is why we have switched.” The competition uses a points system. Smaller species have a higher multiplier that adds to the measured length to calculate its points. “It makes things more interesting because in most competitions if you get a kingy then you are in, but this way we got more variety.” The weather proved an extra challenge on the day with a 1.5m swell and a wind from the north east. This forced the closure of the Mangawhai Bar and pushed contenders out to Leigh and the

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Charlie Barclay and her mum, Anna Parke, won the Wahine o te Moana after a 4.30am start in rough conditions.

Kaipara Harbour. Despite poor conditions, 27 women took part. Following the successful inaugural event, the club intends to hold it again when the weather is better in March 2020. Cara says the club decided to put together a new women’s competition as part of a focus on growing its membership among women and juniors. “We’ve also moved away from traditional lady’s competitions where the prizes are pink bags with smellies and have gone for gear, because we all like fishing. “Unfortunately, we had some potential sponsors say they didn’t want to get behind the event because it was gender exclusive.” The sponsors that stepped up were Okuma Fishing with packs of gear, CDX sunglasses and Ostro seafood restaurant.

Mahurangi College is looking to enter two new water polo teams into the Stanmore Leisure Centre League next term, after making waves at a North Harbour tournament. The all girls Year 8 team competed in the North Harbour Zone water polo day after only having been a team for three weeks. Coach Adam Dockary says it was a bit of a struggle for them coming from the Mahurangi College pool, where they can touch the bottom, to the full-size, two-metre deep pool in the Sir Owen Glen Complex in Albany. “In the last game of our round robin against Northcote Intermediate, the team had two shots on goal and were really scrapping for the ball on defence, with countless turn overs for Mahu,” he says. Off the back of that successful first try, the college will field a Year 7 mixed team and Year 8 girls team next term, largely thanks to the efforts of coach Dockary and parent Claire Phillips. “I have wanted to start a team for six years. However, as Mahurangi is already a strong underwater hockey school I didn’t know if we would get the numbers. “Claire Phillips, who I used to play with at college level, approached me and said let’s get this going. Thirty students turned up to trials and we now have enough for two teams.” Coach Dockary played water polo for the New Zealand Boys Squad at college level and played professionally for two seasons in Spain for the Valencia Senior Mens team. He is looking to get the teams in shape to take on a league that includes Whangaparoa College, Orewa College and Kingsway School. He says if all goes well he would also like to form a Year 9 and Year 10 team in 2020.

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Mangawhai pockets win in social pool competition If you’re a cracker with a cue and you like to sink a few, then the Salty Dog pool team has the tournament for you. Its interclub social pool competition is well underway, with the Salty Dog Inn Social Club having already taken two victories against Whangateau. It was a close tournament at the Inn on Saturday, June 29, with 29 matches played between the Mangawhai Club and the Salties, ultimately ending in a 15-14 win for Mangawhai. Each member of either team plays a one-on-one match and then they each play doubles matches. The club with the most wins claims the day. The competition consists of clubs from Whangateau, Snells Beach, Mangawhai, Warkworth, and even Te Atatu. To join the competition, you need to be a club member, which costs $25 or $20 for pensioners, and it buys you

a club t-shirt as well as discounted drinks during club events. The pool competition is held on weekends and is organised depending on the availability of club members. During the weekend competitions, the club holds a gold coin raffle for meat packs from Warkworth Butchery. This season the profits are going to the Adults in Motion programme for adults with developmental disabilities. “It’s a community club that is all about socialising and having fun and being part of the community we like to give back,” says treasurer Brian Beales. He says the club is a great way to meet new people and teams are made up of men and women of all ages. On Thursday nights during summer, the club also has an in-house pool competition with a cash prize to help sharpen up shooting.

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Otamatea Hawks U14 battling strengthened contender Halfway through their season, the Otamatea Hawks U14s lived up to their reputation as a formidable side with an 86-19 victory against Tikipunga in Kaiwaka on Saturday, June 29. The Hawks ran their larger opponents around from side to side across the field to make good use of their superior speed. Despite the success on the day, coach Harris said this season had been a lot more ‘interesting’ for the U14 Hawks, thanks to a strong challenger in the form of a revitalised Hora Hora, which has been garrisoned with players from Mid Western Rugby Club. The players that now comprise the U14 Hawks went unbeaten for two years, but have suffered two very narrow losses to Hora Hora this season. “A lot of Hora Hora’s U14s have also returned from last season, whereas our boys are last year’s U13s,” Harris says.

Reef Riri narrowly clears a tackle after several attempts at a takedown by Tikipunga.

The Hawks team is also down from 26 players to 17 due to injury, including talented centre K.J. Joseph who has a broken ankle.

But Harris says the goal is to finish in the top two and face Hora Hora again in the playoffs, which seems like a probable outcome given the current

Warkworth hangs on to cup

The Orewa Croquet Club held its annual Maggie Power golf croquet team event last week – a contest between the Orewa and Warkworth clubs’ junior players. Warkworth retained the cup by winning the doubles matches 9-7. The competition is formulated to give

results and standings tables. Otamatea Hawks junior rugby is in very good health, with numbers having grown across the divisions from 18 players to 75 in the three years since it was established. The club draws junior players from Rodney, Mangawhai and Tomarata and is well on track towards its goal of regenerating its senior teams. “We couldn’t do it without the parents, who are covering 80 kilometres and travelling 40 minutes one way to get to training, but are always getting their boys there.” Harris says the team is taking the season one match at a time and, along with coach Karl Goodfellow and trainer Reece Riri, they are doing their homework and adapting play style. “Rugby training is not just about running paddocks anymore,” he says.

beginner players the opportunity to play croquet against players of their own ability from another club.

It has been held between the two clubs for the past six years in memory of the late Maggie Power, who was a junior member of the Warkworth club.

Right: Warkworth Croquet Club juniors’ captain Bob Haswell holds the Maggie Power Cup with his team.

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Weak winds favour monohulls in third winter series race An impishly inconsistent wind tested sailors in the third race of the Sandspit Yacht Club winter series on Sunday, July 7. Ten vessels showed up at the starting line on time at 11am, gathering from Sandspit, Algies Bay and Kawau Island. The course prescribed that the fleet sail from Sandspit out to and around Mayne Islands, and back to Christian Bay, before sailing the same route in reverse. Conditions were treacherously calm until a 4-knot wind arrived just in time to give the fleet a good blow as the race began. In an early gambit, Saturday Night Special pulled up alongside table leader Arethusa and tried to literally take the wind out her sails. It must have spooked Arethusa helmsman Garth Naulls because he tacked a mile north off course, chasing a wind in the channel. Hijinks, helmed by Dave Wade, made quick time reaching Christian Bay from Mayne Islands and passed Sublime in the opposite direction on its way back, buoyed by an 8.7 knot wind. But it proved to be a fickle flurry, as the whole fleet became totally

becalmed on the eastern side of Kawau Bay near Mansion House. The starter boat was forced to pick up a buoy and shorten the race to end at Martello Rock. Hi Jinx just managed to catch a final flutter and helmsman Dave Wade got line honours as first over the finish line, followed a few minutes later by Arethusa, Pulse, and Floyd. The rest of the fleet foundered with a flap in their sails. The last yacht did not cross the finish line until 45 minutes after the first four. After taking handicaps into account, first place was given to Jeremy Noakes of Floyd, with a time of two hours and 18 minutes. Noakes described the race as ‘light and flukey’ but fortunate for single hulls, which managed better in the wind than their typically faster catamaran cousins. The winter series races are held fortnightly until the end of August and first prize is a voucher from Evolution Sails. Two races have had to be cancelled this season due to poor weather. Special thanks to Graham Noakes and the crew aboard the Shemah for hosting Mahurangi Matters.

After handicaps, the race was won by Floyd (pictured). The boat was followed by Arethusa, and Parera.

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