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Wild food and fun at Whangaripo festival What’s inside Motorway feature

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Easter holiday feature

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Oaks on Neville Street feature

Kids of all shapes and sizes were taking the strain in Whangaripo on March 18, when the community’s annual Wild Food Festival and children’s races took place at the Whangaripo Hall. Wild turkey terrine, tempura crickets and chocolatecovered cicadas were some of the more unusual delicacies on display, with more conventional local food and drink stalls outside and music from Mangawhai band The Aloha Corner. The annual community get-together finished with the traditional adults tug-of-war between Whangaripo Valley and the rest of the world, with the hosts maintaining their fouryear winning streak.

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Carpark sale thwarted – for now at least Sally Marden

An Auckland Council bid to sell Warkworth’s Baxter Street carpark was defeated at the last minute after Cr Greg Sayers and Rodney Local Board Chair Beth Houlbrooke joined forces to fight the proposal. Both representatives gave vigorous

presentations to Council’s Finance & Performance Committee on March 21, and Cr Sayers rallied local support on social media by encouraging residents and businesses to email councillors before and during the meeting. As a result, the committee agreed to delay selling the site until alternative parking options had been explored, repair and maintenance funding issues

had been resolved and a further report submitted, all within three months. Cr Sayers said the result was a victory, although there was no guarantee that Council wouldn’t vote to sell the carpark at a future date. “The main goal was to get the number of votes required to stop the approval of the sale,” he said. “Thanks to the

community groundswell of taking action, we won that vital battle.” The committee wants Council to explore whether there are better sites with at least the same number of carparks or more in Warkworth, and also whether the carpark could be sold with some kind of proviso that any purchaser would have to include

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Champions find lost cash The Champion Bakery in Wellsford has returned $10,000 cash to a South Korean visitor after a bag containing the money was left outside the shop. Bakery workers Tracey Gamble and Parmjit Singh were cleaning tables last month when they spotted the black ‘man bag’ and took it to their manager, Lee Seak. “I opened up the bag to see if there was any ID inside it,” Lee says. “I found a passport and realised it belonged to a man from South Korea.” He also found $10,000 in cash. Earlier that day, the man and his wife had visited the bakery with their daughter, who lives in Whangarei and whom the couple had flown from South Korea to visit. Two hours after the bag was found, the daughter called the Champion Bakery to check if they had left the bag there and whether it had been found. Lee asked her to describe the bag exactly and, after a matching description was given, the mother and daughter drove south to Wellsford to retrieve it.

Before handing it over, Lee asked the mother to write down the father’s name, just to make sure it matched the name on the passport. “They were almost brought to tears of joy when I handed the bag over,” Lee says. He says that in almost five years of working at the bakery, he sees about one item left behind each week, though this is by far the most valuable. Lee says the bakery usually holds on to lost items for a day, before handing them over to the Wellsford Police Station across the road if they aren’t claimed or collected. Most recently, a woman from the Bay of Plenty left behind a guitar, which she later retrieved from the police station. Wellsford Police support officer Lindy Lawn, who heard about the incident, praised the bakery and said it was indicative of the honesty in the community. “It’s so nice to know that people can be so caring,” she said.

carparking as part of development plans. Council officers confirmed the main reason for wanting to sell the carpark to avoid the potential $500,000 cost of essential repairs and maintenance. Ms Houlbrooke said it was extraordinary that Council had acquired such a major asset at amalgamation without allocating a maintenance budget for it. “It’s mismanagement of a Council asset to let something deteriorate without any plan to do remedial work,” she said. “We’re getting increased pressure from Panuku (Council’s property management division) to divest that property, which is why we put its development in our Board Local Plan. We want to retain it and develop it.” Both she and Cr Sayers stressed that Warkworth needed to increase parking, not reduce it, especially now the town was earmarked for even more significant growth. Ms Houlbrooke also pointed out that Auckland Transport was planning a trial bus service between the town and Silverdale next year, but had made no provision for extra parking around the service. However, she was relieved that the carpark had been saved, for now at least. “It was the best we could have hoped for under the circumstances,” she said. “At least they have got to come back with some options now. Had we not gone down there, it could just have sailed through. That’s what we need to do more of to make ourselves heard.”

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Dean Munro and his family have owned the sawmill in Matakana Valley Road for 12 years.

Picking up the pieces after sawmill fire The owners of the Matakana Sawmill, Dean and Kim Munro, are picking up the pieces after a large fire destroyed part of the business on March 13. At least eight fire appliances from five volunteer brigades fought the blaze in the 360sqm finishing shed. It took about three hours to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading to the rest of the sawmill and timber stocks. Dean was driving towards the mill along Matakana Valley Road when he saw smoke in the distance, but there was no mobile reception and he didn’t realise it was his business that was ablaze.

“As soon as I came over the hill, the phone started ringing,” Dean says. The fire destroyed the finishing shed, which contained the mill’s premium wood and valuable cutting and planing equipment. Dean says the fire spread quickly despite staff attempting to put it out and firefighters turning up quickly. “We really want to thank them once we’ve had a chance to get everything back on track,” he says. Dean says they have received overwhelming support from local residents and businesses, and work is already busy again. Everything else at

the mill is now operating as normal, including rough cuts, custom-milling and firewood sales. Assistant area fire commander John Booth said it was easy for the fire to spread in the dry timber, and there was not much they could do other than stop it from spreading to the rest of the mill. “A fire like this is devastating to any business and will be devastating to the owner of this business,” he said. The fire service was still investigating the cause of the fire, but it was not considered to be suspicious.

The developer of a luxury subdivision and golf course at Te Arai claims that it is improving access to Te Arai Beach. In response to NZ First concerns over the width of the public access easement, Te Arai North spokesperson David Lewis says the access has been widened, carparking has been increased and the new configuration allows for pedestrian and equestrian use. NZ First List MP Tracey Martin said that although the community had won the battle to retain the beach carpark on the sea front, it was her understanding that amendments to the width of the easement had occurred without public consultation. “With respect to the issue of consultation on the easement, the public – including the Save Te Arai group – were consulted on and agreed with minor changes to the configuration of Pacific Road into the carpark in the public reserve area during a consultation meeting last May,” Mr Lewis says. “Locals have been demanding that we widen the access easement into the Pacific Road carpark from the existing six to eight metres – the normal width of the road – to a full 50 metres, which is twice the width of a four lane motorway. The easement is already widened to the required average 50 metres.”

$9m wetland upgrade system planned for Wellsford water Plans to improve and upgrade Wellsford and Te Hana’s wastewater treatment plant took a significant step forward last month, with Watercare deciding on its preferred option and lodging a resource consent application. After considering 14 different options and carrying out extensive consultation, Watercare has opted for a $9 million upgrade to the existing treatment plant, which lies just east of Wellsford Golf Club off State Highway 1, employing

a new Advanced Wetland Treatment (AWT) system. AWT technology is new to New Zealand but, Watercare says, has achieved excellent treatment quality results internationally and has the potential to produce environmental benefits for the region, as well as benefitting comparable communities nationally in future. However, because it is a new system, a five-year pilot programme and

transition period is being proposed, during which time the existing wetland will be bypassed via a new 70m pipeline, to improve the quality of the final treated water. Treated wastewater will continue to be discharged into a tributary of the Hoteo River that runs alongside the treatment plant, and Watercare is planning a riparian planting scheme and stock fencing to enhance and protect this waterway.

Details of the proposal can be viewed at Warkworth Library in Baxter Street, or online at aucklandcouncil.govt.nz – search for publicly notified applications. Submissions can be made online at the Auckland Council website – search for Resource Consent submission form – or emailed to miptsubmissions@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Submissions must be received by Council by 5pm on Monday April 10. Info: Auckland Council 09 301 0101

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finally extended motorway justified on its own merits) should have been, and continues to be the first priority. Curiously, I’m not aware of any local or national (all parties) politicians expressing this view. Is it a case of being party to a ‘nod and a wink’ from NZTA that the connection will eventually come? Greg Hight, Mangawhai

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Several other trees in the immediate vicinity are now being assessed for removal due to further stability concerns.

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Near miss On Saturday March 11, about 10am, our friend 73-year-old John Sharp was walking down Ashton Road in Whangateau when suddenly a huge tree slid down the bank and landed on top of him. Luckily, he was only slightly hurt, but if he had been a little bit further along he could have been killed! This tree had been reported to Council several times as it was leaning more and more and was very top heavy. It fell over the bridge and took out the power lines, which left the road without power for the whole day and night, and part of the next day. It blocked off access in and out of the road, which meant I missed my friend’s wedding. But it just shows how Council won’t listen to local people and prefers to spend money on the disaster rather than prevention, which would have been a lot cheaper and would have

prevented all this inconvenience. We were extremely lucky that someone was not killed as a lot of people walk past that tree daily. John is a vegan and a bit of an old tree hugger, but he was not trying to make the tree hug him! Tamarah Sharp, Whangateau

Auckland Council Senior Arboriculture and Eco Specialist Richard Goldstone responds Auckland Council’s tree contractor sent a qualified arborist to assess the tree when the initial call came through to Auckland Council. The arborist could not find any obvious defects that would suggest an urgent safety issue, and the tree appeared to be in good health and safe. Auckland Council’s arborists assessed the site following the tree failure, and deemed the likely cause to come from the instability of the soil bank following the large deluge of rain that fell immediately prior to the tree falling.

Roger and Patte Williams’ letter (MM March 15) suggests Warkworth will be short-changed by not having a southern connection. But is this really going to be the case, or is the current absence of a southern connection part of a political game on the part of NZTA? From a public perspective, the major blocking point on SH1 between Puhoi and the planned northern connection is Warkworth itself (and its flow-on effect to roads leading to the Hill St intersection). By not addressing this issue with a bypass (which should have happened years ago), it has enabled NZTA to retain historic, present (and continuing) road user frustration as a major component of its justification for the extended motorway. But now the motorway has been approved, and construction is underway, at what point will we see NZTA ‘suddenly realise’ a southern connection is needed? Watch this space. In the likely event of this happening, NZTA should be held to account for withholding an obvious solution to ongoing frustrations from road users, i.e. the tax payers/road users who pay for its existence. The construction of a bypass (designed to fit in with the

I would like to add another reason for building a connection between the motorway south of Warkworth and the township. If the section of motorway between the connections were built first, together with the north and south connections and the Matakana Link road, Warkworth would have a bypass, which should mitigate Warkworth’s traffic congestion woes, especially at the Hill Street intersection. John Northcott, Warkworth

Mahurangi a tonic In late 2015 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 68. We bought a campervan to travel NZ, straight after the operation to remove my tumour. Since September, we have travelled just on 10,000kms and have encountered some unbelievable scenery and stunning places, but the best part is Mahurangi, and especially Sullivans Bay, with its scenery, beach and incredible walking tracks. The local people we met from Warkworth were so kind in giving local info and, of course, your local paper – we were totally amazed at all the contents. To top it all, last month I had a ruptured aneurysm and am a long way yet to recovery, but my wife and I decided what better place to help recovery than Sullivans Bay again. Two words: just paradise. And how can we forget Matt, the ranger, a super guy. With all the treatment over now, my cancer is now nearly undetectable and my wife and I look forward to many more years travelling, especially to Sullivans Bay. Bruce Mackinnon, Auckland

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Primary school progress It was great to see the announcement made last week by Nikki Kaye, Associate Minister of Education, regarding the $13.4 million investment in Warkworth Primary School. I have been involved in the upgrade and rebuild of the school since I was first approached for support by school principal Cynthia Holden and then board chair Chris Murphy. It has been the focus, drive and energy of the board, principal and wider school community that has seen the funds committed at the level required to deliver the options that the school wanted and asked for. It has been my role to step in and help move the process forward when needed. I’d like to acknowledge the Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye, who has been engaged and receptive throughout the process. The school’s revamped junior campus, with its new 16-classroom block, administration area and hall for Years 1 to 3, opened last year; a $7.6 million redevelopment. Now it is the senior campus’s turn to see the 10 existing classrooms for Years 4 to 6 demolished, and replaced with 14 new classrooms, along with renewed administration, library and resource spaces. This final stage in the rebuild will allow the children and staff access to a modern purpose-built environment, which will facilitate the teaching and learning of the next generation.

Harbour oyster farms reopen Sewage or vomit from a vessel was the most likely cause of an oyster contamination earlier this year that forced the temporary closure of five oyster farms on Mahurangi Harbour. The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) warned people to not eat chilled oysters in February, and oysters harvested from the harbour from midJanuary were recalled. The Ministry was alerted by local health authorities after 11 people became ill. MPI spokesperson Piers Harrison said the oyster farms reopened last week, after testing found them to be clear of norovirus and the MPI investigation was completed. “This discharge would have been from the waste of a person affected by or carrying the norovirus,” Mr Harrison said. “The norovirus-contaminated sewage or vomit would have drifted with the tide over oyster farms, contaminating the oysters, and anyone

who ate those affected oysters.” MPI conducted an extensive field investigation with assistance from the Auckland Harbourmaster. A number of home onsite sewerage systems were examined to ensure they weren’t leaking sewage into waterways or the harbour. MPI also inspected a number of yachts’ on-board sewerage systems. As a result of the investigation, MPI has recommended Auckland Council follows up on some properties to ensure their onsite sewerage systems are functioning properly. Signage will also be set up around the harbour, warning boaties that sewage is not to be discharged into the harbour. The Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998 prohibit the discharge of untreated sewage within 500 metres of land or a marine farm, and in waters shallower than five metres.

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Water is life They say ‘you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone’ and, with unpolluted water, that seems to be the case. One generation ago, we could swim in streams and rivers that were flowing with clean, fresh water. Once, we could swim in all our beaches and bays. But it seems apparent that, due to sewer and stormwater discharges, many of those beaches and bays are now so polluted they’re no longer safe for swimming. Thousands of litres of untreated, contaminated wastewater have been billowing out into our harbours in every storm. Despite some efforts at sewer/wastewater separation, new toilet connections and the spread of impervious surfaces mean the problem is growing faster than efforts to solve it. With increasingly severe storm events, pipes are not big enough, treatment is inadequate and pollution continues. Arbitrary rates caps of 2.5% will never allow enough capital to fix up historic and current issues. Elsewhere, water resources are run dry to support dairying needs – all that irrigation, all the water for cows, even the use of water for washing down dairy sheds show that we don’t value, or price, water the way we should. We still collectively take it for granted, and assume that it’s an infinite and free resource for the using. So, not only are mountain-fed streams and rivers drying out from over-extraction, but the water that is left is often contaminated, nutrientoverloaded, stagnant and only good for algae. In many other places, deep underground water reserves have extraction rights sold, often to overseas investors, to support the trade in bottled water. With few returns for New Zealanders, our artesian water is sold off and exported, only to contaminate the world with more plastic bottles, and reducing our own supply. While a lot of attention is directed at the social and economic costs, we should also spare a thought for the creatures that depend on clean water for survival. Our threatened eels and fish struggle in dying and dead rivers and streams. Wetlands, nature’s own water treatment devices, are our most threatened ecosystems. Wading and feeding habitats are diminished. During urbanisation, streams are channelled, piped and marginalised, reducing ecological functions, habitat and amenity. Artificial stormwater ponds are a poor substitute – they are fenced off, often impounded and the last refuge of many aquatic birds but, especially in summer, can also be sources of death as hotbeds of botulism and other toxins. Water is life; we should prize it above all else. Instead, we continue to squander this precious treasure.

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to bring this realm alive and inspire kids about how awesome the ocean is,” he says. Hauraki Gulf Forum executive officer Tim Higham thought Steve’s app idea was a perfect fit for their annual marine park posters. The end result was three different depictions of the gulf, called Among the Islands, Along the Coast and Across the Ocean. They were released in Seaweek in a New Zealand Herald insert in February, and will now be distributed to schools nationally through the Education Gazette. “I’ve always wanted to make content that kids really love and teachers love using. And for this generation of digital natives, they love engaging stories. You have to use whatever means you can to inspire them,” Steve says. Info: Go to yoe.co.nz to find and print your own PDF posters, or contact gulfposters@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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In the early 1950s, when Ian Morrison started school in Warkworth, there was little, if any, knowledge of learning disabilities such as dyslexia. Students who couldn’t learn “the normal way” were called “stupid”, a term that has haunted Ian for most of his life. But rather than succumb to the bullying of fellow students and the cruelty of teachers, Ian has shown that dyslexia can be a gift that leads to creativity, resourcefulness and out-of-the-box thinking, as editor Jannette Thompson discovered ...

’m the fourth generation Morrison to farm in Hepburn Creek Road. My great, great grandparents, John and Janet Morrison, arrived from Scotland in the 1840s and bought 27 acres in Auckland, part of which became Myers Park. John was a plasterer and the purchase of a property in Warkworth gave him a source of kauri and papa-rock for his plastering work. His son Edward grew fruit and it’s on his land that we built our farm. He was, in many ways, a man before his time. He planted 180 acres with pip fruit, mainly apples and pears, and built a three-mile long railway along the Mahurangi River to shift the fruit from the farm to the packing sheds and the Warkworth Wharf. Most of his produce was exported and he became somewhat of an authority on orchards. But, unfortunately, he was blamed for introducing fire blight to Australia – an accusation he vowed and declared was without proof. I have a letter where he is pleading with the Agricultural Department to get another opinion. He was forced to burn thousands of trees, including all his nursery stock. It must have broken his heart. It took 90 years and a challenge by New Zealand in the World Court, in Geneva, before Australia’s ban on NZ apples was finally lifted in 2011. What’s interesting is that a several pear and quince trees from that era survived and are still bearing fruit, showing absolutely no sign of fire blight. y grandfather Selwyn turned the property into a dairy farm during the Depression. He died while putting out a scrub fire where the Warkworth Golf Club is now. There’s a plaque in his memory in the clubhouse. My father Peter married Una Harvey, of Auckland, and I have more or less lived my whole life on the property where I was born. My earliest memory of the farm is of the house being re-piled when I was about four. When the workmen knocked off for a cup of tea, I had a crack at the jacks they were using to lift the house. I guess I was too young to get into too much trouble, but I remember my father wasn’t pleased. When I started school, we’d catch

a lift into Warkworth on Harold Edwards’ cream truck. The factory was on the river in Kapanui Street. The river was terrible then compared to now – farmers used to wash their cowsheds straight into it; it was where everyone dumped their rubbish. chool was not a good experience for me. I was dyslexic although we didn’t know this at the time and struggled to read and write, and several teachers made it clear that I was stupid and useless, and no one would ever want to hire me. They were only allowed to strap a child six times in one day and I’d get six cuts every day, because I couldn’t spell, even though I was good with my numbers. I was bullied relentlessly and by one older boy in particular. It came to a head in the playground one day and I let loose and nearly killed the guy. I hate to remember it, even now. There was a flash before my eyes and once I started, I couldn’t stop. I was shocked to realise what I was capable of and I decided I never wanted to hate anyone like that again.

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y first foray into business started with my Dad. The Hepburn Creek farm adjoined another farm we owned over the hill where the satellite stations are now. It was hard to move the stock between the two properties because of scrub growing over the track. I measured out how long it would take me to clear it and told Dad I’d do it for £80. This was at a time when a man’s average wage was £7 a week. Dad was a hard man but fair. He agreed, but told me I wouldn’t get paid until the whole job was done. I was 14 and still at school, but by working weekends and holidays, I got it done in a year. I bought a rotary hoe with the proceeds, rented two acres off my father and started gardening instead

of sitting my School Certificate. I had 3000 ti tree poles from the scrub cutting and used them to make wigwams for the beans, and I also grew cucumbers and beetroot. My first year was fantastic and I bought a little Bedford van to make deliveries. By 17, I was also shearing full time for Bill Tomlinson. I ended up taking over the run with 75,000 sheep, working with Graham McDonald and Les Greenwood. About this time I met the love of my life, Jyl. I turned up at the Martins Bay caravan park with some mates who’d made the acquaintance of some Auckland girls at the dance in Matakana the previous night. Jyl hadn’t gone to the dance so wasn’t expecting this visit. She popped her head out of the caravan with her hair in porcupine curlers and a plastic bag over them! All I could think to say was, “Do you want a Topsy?” and, as they say, the rest is history. We were married when she was 19 and I was 20, we have two beautiful daughters and we’ll celebrate our golden wedding anniversary in October. fter we married I worked on the farm, but Dad, who’d chain smoked all his adult life, wasn’t well and was losing interest. He didn’t want to spend any money on the property and it was getting run down. I wanted to travel, but those words “you’re useless and no one will ever employ you” were etched into my brain, so we ended up leasing and then buying the farm in 1971. I borrowed money, bought a chainsaw and then a bulldozer, put in drainage and a reticulation system. We worked our guts out and then, in 1973, the beef prices crashed and we were in the poo big time. We were so broke I considered buying a motorbike so I could take a job at the Westfield freezing works. I thought we were going to lose the farm and we would have, but for Jyl’s interest in art. he had started painting on kauri bark scales so I got her some

swamp kauri that had been stacked up on the farm for years, sliced it with the chainsaw and polished it. It came up beautifully. Friends saw the work and said, “You could sell that.” It was like a light bulb moment. We looked at each other and you could see we were both thinking, “Wow”. We set to work that day and worked solidly until we had a suitcase full of coasters, mug holders and other small pieces made of swamp kauri and puriri. We set off for some gift shops in Auckland to see if anyone was interested, calling in to an Orewa shop on the way. When the guy saw our stuff, he bought the whole lot on the spot for $350, which was double what we’d been hoping for. I guess you could say we were in the craft business from that day onwards. We were amazed at the response everywhere we went. We went to exhibitions throughout the North Island where we would always sell out, and we started getting orders from all over NZ. We made tables, bowls and sculptures, and buttons were also very popular. We had our own swamp kauri, but farmers were burning it to get rid of it, so I collected it by the truckload. We got a lot from the Whistler brothers at Point Wells. Eventually we opened the Red Bluff Gallery in our woolshed, which we ran for 16 years. It was an exciting time, but we both developed carpel tunnel in our hands and by 1996 we realised it was time for a change. few things had also changed in our personal lives by this time. Our marriage had been through a rough patch, with too much partying

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Ian, flanked by his sisters Pam (left) and Kayleen.

and drinking. We came close to going our separate ways, but independently we became Christians and life took us in a different direction. In the early eighties we started smuggling bibles into Romania. We’ve been there 10 times, working in the orphanages under World Vision. In 1996, we invested in a motel in Rotorua, which would help finance the work we were doing. Unfortunately, the leasee ran it down and it became insolvent so, in 2009, Jyl and I took it over. In three years, we completely redecorated and despite knowing nothing specifically about the hospitality business, we eventually got the place to number one on Trip Advisor and last year we received national recognition when we were named Accommodation Host of the Year. n 1984, we set-up the Berakah Retreat on the old family farm,

providing mainly short-term accommodation for not only people who need it but also visiting missionary, pastors on study leave and so on. The retreat is built on 115 acres, which we gifted to the trust. We recently built ourselves a new house on a piece of the farm that runs along the river and the old homestead is now a guest lodge. I’m turning 70 this year – even though I still feel 21 at heart – and thanks to my efforts to read the Bible, I can read reasonably well now. But I don’t regret the fact that I was born dyslexic. In fact, it’s a gift that gives a person a wonderful advantage. People talk about ‘thinking out of the box’, but for a dyslexic, there is no box. They have boundless horizons and I would encourage anyone with dyslexia to embrace it.

regularly be seen Warkworth in his brown hat, volunteering his time. One day, when I tripped over the curb and fell onto the path, dropping my bag and sunglasses, as I tried to lessen the impact of the fall, Nick immediately came over to help me up and rescued my bag and glasses. He was most concerned as I had fallen on my hands and my face hit the ground. He gave me a big hug, asking if I was all right. After thanking him and assuring him I was fine, he wished me a happy day and with a lovely smile, continued on his way. Know someone who deserves a big “thank you” for their community spirit? Tell us and they will receive acknowledgement in Mahurangi Matters and an amazing hamper from Chocolate Brown, 6 Mill Lane, Warkworth. Send your nominations to editor@localmatters.co.nz (subject line: Sweet Appreciation) or post to: Sweet Appreciation, Mahurangi Matters, PO Box 701, Warkworth. Kindly refrain from nominating members of your own family.

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MP Peters says local policing falls well short of the mark NZ First Leader and Northland MP Winston Peters highlighted Warkworth’s poor crime resolution rate when he spoke as a guest of Warkworth Rotary on March 10. Mr Peters said that since 2008, there had been 822 burglaries, but only 15 arrests, which is a success rate of about a 2%. Similarly, over the same time period, there had been 98 serious assaults and only 19 arrests, and five reports of child abuse but only one arrest. “When it comes to safer communities, National’s 880 new police will not even come close to matching the ratios of police to population that we had in 2008,” Mr Peters said. “The Government will have you believe that 880 sworn officers over the next four years will solve everything. It won’t because it is about 1000 officers short.” He added that most officers would go to the cities, leaving places such as Warkworth and Wellsford seriously under-serviced. Mr Peters left his audience in no doubt that this was an election year. The veteran politician began by discrediting political polling, before hitting his stride on broken election promises, immigration, policing, political correctness and transport. “The people of Warkworth, and indeed the North, were promised nine years ago a road of national significance or a RONS – from Puhoi

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to Warkworth. Not one metre of that road has been built. “In Warkworth, there is the Hill Street intersection disaster posing as a bottleneck, which begs the question, who and what was responsible for planning this?” On the current work on the Brynderwyn Hills, Mr Peters said there had been a massive blowout in the projected costs. “The excuse is, ‘we’ve discovered geotech issues’, which begs the question who did the geotech due diligence in the first place when setting the $16 million contract?” However, the speech wasn’t well received by everyone in the audience. Several Rotary members were upset to find themselves at a political meeting when they thought they were there to listen to Mr Peters reminisce about his years in politics. “I’m disgusted by what’s been allowed to happen,” one member said. President Mick Fay was asked to explain, but Mr Peters responded on his behalf. “I’m not a comedian; I’m not an entertainer,” he said. “If you don’t like my message, that’s fine, but you can’t expect someone with my experience in politics to come along here in an election year and deliver a nonpolitical talk.” The General Election will be held on Saturday, September 23.

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After the meeting, Police Minister Paula Bennett refuted Mr Peters’ local crime figures, and provided the chart above showing crime statistics for Warkworth since 2014. “Mr Peters is not using official crime statistics,” she said. “The numbers he refers to record Police’s initial attendance at an incident and show whether the crime is resolved immediately following a call out. Often crimes are not solved on the spot, but further investigation is required before they can be resolved. “From the official Police statistics available online, and released publicly every month, we can see that police in Warkworth have charged 63 people in the past two-and-a-half years, well above the figure Mr Peters is referring to for the previous nine years. The relevant figures for serious assaults and child abuse are also shown in this chart, which clearly shows that Police are resolving crime significantly higher than the incorrect figures Mr Peters is quoted as using.”

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Motorway proves to be a mixed bag for town businesses The new northern motorway extension will bypass Wellsford and Te Hana, reducing the heavy traffic through the towns by as much as 90%. Many of the residents Mahurangi Matters spoke

to at the Wellsford public information day in February supported the motorway and complained about the traffic, heavy trucks and safety on State Highway 1.

But what will happen to businesses in Wellsford that depend on the trucks stopping and all the current through traffic? Business owners gave us a mixed response.

The figures • About 90% of through traffic, approximately 1400 heavy vehicles and 14,000 total vehicles a day, will be removed from the main street of Wellsford by 2026. • The new 24km motorway will save seven minutes for general traffic and 10 minutes for freight. • It is predicted to save 19 deaths and serious injuries every five years.

Motorway interchanges The indicative route travels west of Warkworth and east of both Wellsford and Te Hana, connecting back to State Highway 1 north of Mangawhai Road. There will be a Wellsford interchange at Wayby Valley Road, providing access to Wellsford and from the town heading south. The Te Hana interchange at Mangawhai Road will provide access to Te Hana and Wellsford, and to Mangawhai heading east.

Next steps You can send feedback on the indicative route by Friday March 31 at nzta.govt.nz/warkworthwellsford. An indicative alignment will be identified later this year and then taken forward for consenting under the Resource Management Act. NZTA says there will be further targeted consultation, and public engagement will occur before lodging a Notice of Requirement to designate the land and associated consent applications.

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Boost for Dome Valley landmark Sheepworld business owner John Collyer says the tourist attraction will “benefit hugely” from the new motorways. The Puhoi to Warkworth leg already underway, with an interchange before Dome Valley, will bring more customers and tourist buses from Auckland to his doorstep on State Highway 1. When the motorway continues north, to the west of Dome Forest, it will also be in his favour. John says there will be less traffic and it will be easier to stop. Those on a mission to get further north will take the motorway, and would probably not have stopped anyway. “We are very positive. It will only increase the value of the property and business,” John says.

Frog Pool Farm Interiors owner Susan Speedy’s three retail stores – her long-standing business in Dome Valley, a recent store in Wellsford and new shop in Warkworth – will all be impacted. Susan says the Dome Valley business “might be finished”, but property prices will probably increase, and the Warkworth store has a more local base. The majority of Wellsford business was from passing traffic, which will end. “What can you do? March down the main street and say ‘save my shop’?” she says. Susan says Wellsford needs to be beautified with native trees, gardens and ponds to encourage visitors to stop in the town. The town could also make the most of the property boom and make sure it attracts services like big supermarkets to keep new residents coming back, she says.

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Keeping it local Shop assistant Debra Walters has worked at The Meat Company for six years and says their main customers are local and loyal. They won’t see benefits of lack of reduced traffic either, as they have parking at the back of the shop for their customers already. “It won’t affect us too much as we don’t get a lot of trade from passing traffic. Most of our customers come to us directly,” she says.

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You can’t stop progress Te Hana Café manager Rose Kiddie says the business is a popular stop for passing traffic, especially trucks. But she thinks the cafe could still remain a popular and easy place for truckies to stop and turn around, as it is not far from the proposed interchange. “You can’t stop progress, the city is coming to the country,” she says.

Focus on the positives Woodys Winners has loyal and local visitors, owner Karen Lennon says, but they also have a lot of regular truckies and passersby. She says everyone in Wellsford needs to start working together to make it a destination town. Karen was part of Wellsford Promotions when it looked at the probability of the motorway and its impact a few years ago. She says members were working on highlighting the town’s heritage and services, like the Wellsford Library and the electric car charger. “If you focus on the negatives,

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With the introduction of paid leave for domestic violence victims looking likely, a local family violence prevention organisation is aiming to connect with businesses to help increase their awareness of the issue. Te Rito Rodney Family Violence Prevention Network is based in Orewa, but covers the whole of Rodney. Coordinator Jane Fleming says they already hold monthly seminars, publish bulletins and run a schools programme aimed at encouraging healthy relationships and preventing family violence, but now they want to engage with local businesses as well. “We’re looking at going into businesses and talking about it,” she says. “It can seem quite an overwhelming issue, and people often don’t know what do do when they get a disclosure or what to do with it. “We can provide ‘basic training’ on the services that are available, how to recognise it and who they can refer to. It’s about knowing who to approach and where to go.” Jane says Te Rito’s focus is on educating the community about what makes healthy or unhealthy relationships, so that family violence prevention can start at grass roots level. “New Zealand has the highest rate of intimate partner violence in the OECD,” she says. “Intervention hasn’t worked, so we have got to go back and change attitudes, behaviours and beliefs and raise awareness. “It’s like a health model – it’s better to prevent things, rather than fix them once they’ve happened. We’re trying to get the message out there to communities and have a conversation, to get community-led primary prevention.” Te Rito holds monthly talks and seminars on the last Wednesday of every month at various venues in Warkworth, Wellsford, Orewa and Helensville. The next event will be held on May 31 at Te Herenga Waka Orewa Marae from 1-3pm, when Abuse Prevention Services will be speaking about children’s and women’s programmes.

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Trellis - Panels - Fencing Installations - all shapes and sizes Specialities: Framed Archways – Superior Trellis Pedestrian Gate Frames (mortised) Trellis spray painting / oiling Gazebo's ~ dove cotes ~ pergolas

Fences - Gates - Screens - Pergola Phone Bob Moir 422 9550 or 0274 820 336 Email: hurstmere@ihug.co.nz

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New/Used Tractors & Machinery In-house Engineer Mobile Servicing Repairs Comprehensive Parts Range

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Timber Furniture Specialists with quality workmanship guaranteed Specialising in antique, new furniture & all other timber surfaces. Furniture Restoration • Re-spraying • Special Finishing • Colour Matching Insurance quotes • Furniture repairs • Custom made – Recycled or new timber • Modifications • Upholstery

Phone Grant or Lesley 23b Foundry Rd, Silverdale | 09 426 2979 www.silverdalefurniturerestorations.co.nz 09 426 8412 | www.countrycharm.co.nz

GLAZIER Rodney Garage Doors

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Domestic and Commercial Glazing Glass Showers Splash Backs Mirrors • Cat Doors Windscreen Replacement and Chip Repair

arkworth lass & lazing

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COMPOSITE JOINERY Ltd Composite Joinery Ltd 7 Glenmore Drive Warkworth 0941

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Kitchen Colours

and Wood Finishes

Spraypainters of quality kitchens Lacquers, enamels, urethanes, 2 pacs, clearcoats Resprays and Recolours

Phone / Fax Gary 425 7669 Unit 21/30 Hudson Road, Warkworth

CONTRACTING GROUND CARE LTD

• Mowing - Residential & Lifestyle Blocks • Garden Maintenance • Hedge Trimming

Don 425 8501 - 021 527 017

• 4 x 4 Truck & Digger Hire • Excavation • Earthmoving • Tractor & Ride-on Mowing • Lifestyle Property Services • Garden Design

09 422 9514 • 021 831 938 www.junglefix.co.nz

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• Designer • Plans designed and drawn • Construction & planting • Garden maintenance • Stonemason • Fireplaces • 24 years experience 021 457 449 | soljanslandscapes@xtra.co.nz

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• Lawns - contouring & seeding • Top soil • Retaining Walls • Driveways • Paths • Digger • Truck • Tractor Phone Bruce 425 7766 a/h 021 055 4226 I take the hard work out of Landscaping

• Retaining Walls/Decks • Fences • Paving/Concreting • Planting • Irrigation & Instant Lawn Ph Jeff - 021 368 552 | warkworthlandscaping@gmail.com www.warkworthlandscaping.co.nz

WE CAN •Sand•Metal•Shell•Pebble•Scoria •Mulch•Garden Mix•Topsoil•Compost

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WARKWORTH FURNITURE REMOVALS

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• Screened Topsoil • Living Earth Compost & Garden Mix • Lawn Mix • Mulch • Bark • Pebbles • Stones • Sand • Drainage • Metal • Sleepers • Pongas • Grass Seed • Fertiliser • Weedmat bagged & bulk plus much more

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0800 TOPSOIL

• Specialist Furniture Trucks • Packing & Storage • Caring Owner/Operator • Carriers Liability Insurance • Local & Long Distance

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PHONE 09 425 5597

Phone 0274 889 216 | Ah 09 422 7495

STORAGE

Your Painter/Decorator with over 30 years experience serving all surrounding areas.

Leigh Decorators Exterior/Interior/Roofs/Staining Husband & Wife team • harley.mcvay@xtra.co.nz

Harley 021 0220 8727 or 09 423 9012

PERFORMANCE PAINTERS Fully guaranteed professional painters New work and repaints | Interior and exterior

Phone: Brian 027 499 2257

EAVES PLUMBING QUALITY WORK, START TO FINISH

Curtis Eaves Craftsman / Certifying plumber Mobile Workshop

021 135 6596 eaves.plumbing@hotmail.com

PaintingPainting Paperhanging Paperhanging Roofs Roofs Airless Spraying Airless Spraying StoppingStopping (small jobs) RepaintsRepaints New Homes New Homes

WARKWORTH PICTURE FRAMERS A BRUSH WITH ART

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COMPLETE CUSTOM FRAMING SERVICE David and Pat Little P. 09 425 8143 E. the_littles@xtra.co.nz 15 Coquette Street,Warkworth 0910 DAVID LITTLE GCF

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For your Free Quote and/or Consultation, Phone Gary Home: 09-422-6695 Mobile: 021-024-44941 Email: leighdecorators@clear.net.nz

0800 171161 info@igniteproperty.co.nz

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Realty Group

4A Baxter Street, Warkworth

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Chris Drabble Contracts Manager • New Roofs • Roof Repairs • Re-Roofs • Roof Inspections

Specialists in long-run roofing M:021 737 587 P:09 422 2131 Free Phone:0800 649 324

E: chris@rightnowroofing.co.nz

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LOCAL SECURITY COMPANY • Alarm & CCTV Installation and Servicing • Alarm Monitoring • Patrols/alarm Response SECURITY & INVESTIGATION • Free Design and Quotation FOR ALL OF YOUR SECURITY NEEDS

0800 66 24 24

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• New Alarms - Design, Install & Service

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TV AERIAL & SATELLITE SERVICES Freeview Sales & Installation TV & FM Aerials GAVIN BROUGH Ph 09 425 5495 Mob 0274 766 115

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ROOFING NZ New • ReRoofs • Cladding Specialists Covering Rodney in Long-Run Iron Local Quality Guaranteed

Matt Tickle Licensed LBP Mobile: 021356965 Home: 09 425 6311 Email: iron.man@xtra.co.nz

Metroscaff Limited

Septic Tank/Grease Trap Cleaning Septic & Sewerage Treatment Systems

- Residential & Light Commercial - Quick Stage - OSH Standards - Tube & Clip - Qualified Scaffolders - Reliable Service P 09 425 0300 M 021 774 653 F 09 423 0017

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• Rural & Urban Subdivision • Boundary Locations • Site Contour Plans • Construction Set-out

Rupert Mather 021 425 837 Graeme Smith 021 422 983

Digital Freeview Satellite Installation & Repairs

09 425 7393 admin@wwsurveyors.co.nz

TV • FM Aerials • Tuning Additional TV Outlets Phone David Redding 09 422 7227 or 0274 585 457

ABSOLUTE CONCRETE

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WATER TANKS 09 4312211

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Chemical Free Artesian Water Optimum PH for Health P: 09 425 0086 M: 027 544 4006 E: info@artesianwater.net.nz www.artesianwater.net.nz

Pump & Filtration Services (2007) Ltd

Water Treatment • Pumping Systems • Filtration • UV Sterilizers HOURS • Softeners & Neutralizers • Iron Removal Owen Ward

WATER TANK CLEANING & REPAIR SERVICES

021 771 878 • 09 425 6002

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septic- tank cleaning in your district. OMAHA SNELLS BEACHspecialists - WARKWORTH - MANGAWHAI Residential to Scaffolding commercial,and fast,Rigging reliable,New professional Member of Zealand service at competitive rates.

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clean. care. repair. Warkworth: Phone Karl or Kylie Oldham p: 09 945 2555 | m: 027 240 7791 email: mobikair.rodney@gmail.com email: mobikair.mangawhai@gmail.com

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Household Water Deliveries 0800 747 928 mobile: 027 556 6111

• Water treatment & Filtration • Pumps • Pool & Spas • Waterblasters 7days / 24hours Paul Harris M: 021 425 887 T: 09 425 0075 E: pumps4u@live.com Pumps & Filters Water Treatment Spa & Pool Shop Water Testing Valet Service Water Blasters Tanks & Sprayers 24 Hour Mobile & Workshop Service 31 Woodcocks Rd, Warkworth 09 425 9100 splashwater@xtra.co.nz

Shop hours Mon - Fri 8am-5pm Sat 9am-12pm

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09 423 8061 Tanks: New & Cleaned Pipes: PVC & PE Filter systems Pumps: New & Rebuilt Pipes & Parts Irrigation Supplies 6 Worker Rd, Wellsford • sales@watertechplus.co.nz • www.watertechplus.co.nz • Open Mon-Fri 7am - 5pm

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HOME MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT

MAINTENANCE Grading, rolling & metalling for rural Driveways. No job too BIG or small. Ph Bruce 425 7766

COLLINS ELECTRONICS HAS MOVED Phone 09 422 0500 or 027 29 22204

FIBROUS PLASTERER

GREAT BARRIER / OKIWI FLIGHTS. Special stopover up to 4 hours. Return $130. Min. 3 passengers. One way flights $130 each. Min 2 passengers. NORTH CAPE FLIGHTS $450 each. Min 3 passengers.

Rodney Aero Club 425 8735 or Rod Miller 425 5612 FOR SALE DRY FIREWOOD - GET IT NOW! 2m3 Pine - $175 ● 2m3 Hot mix - $200 Ph Chris 021 0256 4273 or 09 425 8575 YURT. From Mongolia. Cool in summer. Warm in winter. Affordable housing option. Ph 021 298 9907.

FOR RENT SNELLS BEACH 3brm unfurnished house. Short term. $400pw. Matt - 027 600 5069 SPACIOUS A-GRADE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN - MATAKANA VILLAGE Casual/ Regular rates. Phone Mark 021 160 6701

GARDENING

GARDENER Reliable & Experienced . Available for all aspects of garden work. Phone Martin 021 254 6660

GARDENS

BINGO, BINGO, BINGO!

Come and join the fun, 1st Monday of month, Old Masonic Lodge, Baxter Street, Warkworth, 7pm. Proceeds to Warkworth Museum.

Hudson, Robert Kendall

HAVE YOU LOST PRIME?

NORTH RODNEY COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL AGM

They say there is a reason They say that time will heal But neither time nor reason will change the way we feel No one knows the heartache that lies behind our smile No one knows how many times we have broken down and cried We want to tell you something so there won't be any doubt You are wonderful to think of and so hard to live without

Or need your Freeview box tuned for the new channels? TV repairs, microwave oven repairs, Freeview installations. Ph Paul 09 422 0500 or 027 29 22 04 HEAT PUMP INSTALLATION Phone Mark 0210424764 - Registered Electrician PLASTERING Solid. All exterior work, blocks, hardy, resurfacing, floors. Phone 09 422 2034

STUMP GRINDING WARKWORTH Stump Removal, Tree Removal, Chipping. Ph 021 623 330 bruce.fleming@xtra.co.nz

WATER PUMPS Low water pressure? Get it sorted. Sales, service and installation. Work guaranteed. Ph Steve 09 422 3245 steve.reynolds@aquafilter.co.nz www.aquafilter.co.nz. WATER FILTERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria. FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 422 3245 steve.reynolds@aquafilter.co.nz www.aquafilter.co.nz.

In loving memory of Robert who left us 12 years ago on 13th March, 2005.

To be held at the Bridge Rooms (beside Town Hall) Alnwick St, Warkworth 6 April, 2017 at 7pm • Bring a favourite piece of art, any medium • Art books and magazines for sale

SNELLS BEACH RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS ASSOC. AGM Mon 1 May 2017 7.30pm Betty Paxton Room, Mahurangi East Community Centre, Hamatana Road, Snells Beach.

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HORSE RIDING WARKWORTH

Family Fun Scenic farm & forest rides Quiet horses & ponies • Birthday rides Lessons • Suit beginners & experienced riders & people with Disabilities Social, Language & School Groups

42 Kaipara Flats Road, Warkworth Google: Horse Riding Warkworth

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• Makeovers, renovations • Professional maintenance service • Fruit tree pruning & care by qualified experienced horticulturist Ph Geoff Hart (MRNZIH) 027 397 1070

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QUALITY TRADESMAN All aspects of plastering. No job too big or too small. 28 years experience. Phone Heath 022 639 9547

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SCENIC FLIGHTS 30 mins $69; 20 mins $59; Min. 3 passengers. Trial flights $90. Gift vouchers available.

IN MEMORIAM

MUSEUM SUMMER MARKETS 1st Saturday of the month, 8am, Old Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, Warkworth. Enquiries Warkworth 425 8391

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SITUATIONS VACANT BUILDER or hammerhand wanted for local projects from Warkworth to Mangawhai. Immediate start available. Call Steve 425 9645 or 027 496 3711 EXPERIENCED CLASS 5 TIP TRUCK AND TRAILER DRIVER REQUIRED Warkworth Area. Full or part time. Good remuneration for the right applicant. Immediate start. Phone 027 223 2586

SHEETMETAL / STAINLESS FABRICATORS Warkworth Sheetmetals Ltd. Experienced Tradesperson required for quality Architectural, Commercial, Marine Stainless & General Sheetmetal fabrication. Varied, interesting work and opportunity to advance career. Phone: 09 425 7366 Malcolm Email: wsm@helix.net.nz Call in: 27 Woodcock Rd, Warkworth

Community Support Worker Wellsford | Part Time Do you enjoy helping people? We are urgently looking for a support worker to provide support to our client who has a spinal injury. You will be supporting him in his home, which is located in the Wellsford area, towards gaining his independence over the long term. The role is a part time position working approximately 12 hours per week, with shifts spread across Monday, Friday and Saturday. This position would suit an energetic and dedicated person who is committed to assisting our client towards his rehabilitation goals.

Christ Church, Church Hill, Warkworth

Every Sunday 8am and 9.30am St. Leonard's, Matakana

Every Sunday at 9.30am

Snells Beach Community Church

2nd Sunday at 9am

St.Alban's, Kaipara Flats

1st Sunday at 11.15am

Snell’s Beach Community Church 325 Mahurangi East Rd Sunday Service 9am HALL BOOKINGS PH 425 5612

Church ofﬁce - 425 8660 localmatters.co.nz

www.mangawhai-museum.org.nz/

Settler women led the way

Healthcare Rehabilitation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Healthcare of New Zealand Holdings Limited

Robert and Jessie Wood’s house in Moir Street.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Phone 425 8545

www.holyname.org.nz

Holy Mass Timetable: WARKWORTH

Holy Name Church, 6 Alnwick Street Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm Sunday: 10.30am

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3rd Sunday at 11.00am

Warkworth Methodist

Emma Gray, Mangawhai Museum

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Phone 425 8054 or www.anglican-warkworth.org

1 Hexham Street, Warkworth Parish Ofﬁce: Ph 425 8660 Sunday Service 10.30am HALL BOOKINGS PH 425 8053

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Warkworth Anglican Parish Church Services

5 Pulham Road, Warkworth Phone 425 8861 www.mahu.org.nz Sunday Services 9am & 10.30am SNELL’S BEACH BAPTIST CHURCH Easter Good Friday Service - 9.30am Easter Sunday Service - 9.30am Organist John Wells

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Warkworth fire volunteers desperately needed Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade membership is in desperate need of volunteers, as its membership has reached a critically low level. The firefighters are actively seeking new recruits and are asking anyone interested to come along to a training night or get in touch via their Facebook page. Training is held every Tuesday from 7pm. Info: Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade on Facebook

With early settler communities, there are often those with special talents who head projects and generally stand out as ‘leaders’ and in Mangawhai, it was two women who were pivotal in the town’s development – Jessie and Thelma Wood. Robert and Jessie Wood arrived in Mangawhai in 1887, and built a two-roomed home on the site next to the present Mangawhai Village Service Station. This family-owned property still stands, though is no longer used. In the early 1920s, they built a new house close to the first and from here, Jessie sold sweet drinks, lollies and smallgoods, and developed a business selling men’s clothing. Jessie was a woman of many talents. She was well known for her ability to cook for large numbers, catering near and far, and for all occasions in the village hall. While the railway was being laid to Kaiwaka in 1913, she camped near the line and catered for the railwaymen. Cooking was done in her large ‘camp oven’. In 1932, Captain James Duff Hewett flew his two-seater De Havilland 60 Gypsy Moth – registered number ZK-AAR, and named “Falcon” – up from Auckland and landed outside the Wood family bach at the ‘Heads’ (on what is now Alamar Crescent). Jessie was 70 at the time, but hopped aboard for a scenic flight with Captain Hewett. Jessie’s daughter-in-law, Thelma, was born to Jane Cecil and Albert William Gladson Harrison on 27 March 1899, and she was a like-minded entrepreneurial woman. She married Albert Wood and raised her family living with her in-laws, Jessie and Robert, where she began taking over activities that Jessie had been involved in, before initiating many more community projects herself. Thelma was the prime mover in setting up a Historical Society in 1872, and spent more than 50 years as a Mangawhai Village Hall trustee. She then retired from hall business, only to be called back four years later. With her husband, Albert, and Cyril Carter, she arranged to buy the grounds of Mangawhai Domain from Mrs Obrist. The cost was ₤2,000, and they organised a trusteeship of 10 people to buy the land. Thelma was also an instigator in creating local tennis courts behind where the Police Station now stands, and she was still with the club when it moved to Insley Street. She was also on the Mangawhai Beach School Committee, and involved in the creation of the local dental clinic. She helped organise the Country Women’s Institute at Mangawhai, and was a representative in Wellington for local Federated Farmers in 1940. In addition, many meetings of various organizations were held at Thelma and Albert’s home on Moir Street. Street names near the Molesworth shopping district now bear the names of many members of the pioneering and influential Wood family – Jessie, Ellen, Margaret, Albert, Robert and Wood Streets, and Mangawhai Museum sits on the corner of Thelma Road. We acknowledge these women for their considerable efforts and many and varied contributions to our community.

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SEABIRDS OF THE HAURAKI GULF

Early appeal for late day out

Grey-faced Petrel

This medium-sized, all-dark petrel with a pale face is one of the few burrowing seabirds to have survived on New Zealand’s main islands, albeit in small numbers. It is about the size of a red-billed gull, but with longer wings and large deeply hooked bill. There was a vast population of such seabirds breeding here before humans arrived on our shores; now only tiny remnants remain. The grey-faced petrel is a New Zealand endemic species, meaning it breeds nowhere else in the world, and only in northern New Zealand. However, despite it breeding on most islands in the Hauraki Gulf, and at places on or close to the mainland like Tawharanui, Goat Island and Bream Head, it is not commonly seen during the day from a boat, unless you are a long way offshore. These birds feed out past the continental shelf edge. In fact, on a voyage to the Kermadecs in October two years ago, they were the most common seabird I saw all the way up and back. Their prey is mostly squid, caught mainly at night; also, crustaceans and fish. They are a winter-spring breeder (April to December) and, like all petrels, come to land only during breeding, either to share incubation

duties with their mate, or to feed their single chick. They are also nocturnal over land, so it’s only at dusk that you first see them flying over a headland or an island. They have two pronounced calls: one is like a high-pitched whistle, almost like a squeaky wheel, the other a drawn out ‘oi’ call, with the latter being the origin of its Maori name, ‘Oi’. At sea, they are dynamic as they fly, with a high, arcing flight, which is very pronounced in strong winds. I can remember during one trip up to the Far North, we took shelter during a big storm close in under North Cape. During the day, we watched in awe as these petrels streamed past us in numbers, many of them lifting

effortlessly high over the rugged cape and its lighthouse, using it a short cut as they made their way from one feeding ground to another. They can cover large distances in their quest for food, with some birds recorded flying to the east coast of Australia while their partner was sitting on their egg on Auckland’s west coast. The grey-faced petrel is a target species for restoration projects, and they are increasing in numbers at Tawharanui Open Sanctuary since a pair was found nesting back in 2009; living proof of the importance of eradicating predators, and making sure there are enough reserve areas for us to share our world with these very special wild creatures.

Chris Gaskin, chris@nzseabirds.com Chris Gaskin is a founding trustee of the Northern NZ Seabird Trust and author of a number of natural history books on seabirds.

Calling all local bands, dancers and musicians – Kowhai Festival is making an early call for entertainers who’d like to take the stage at the Huge Day Out, which takes place this year on Saturday October 28. Festival music director Phil Tyler says performers will even have extra time to practice their acts this year, since the Huge Day Out is being held later in the month than usual. “I want to find as much local talent as possible to play on our main stage in Wharf Street and our small stage, which will be in the PaperPlus carpark,” he says. “We always get people wanting to take part at the last minute, or who say they didn’t know about it, so we want to get the word out early to give people as much opportunity as we can.” Phil is urging anyone interested in performing at the festival to give him a call by the end of April. The theme this year is Halloween, and it will be the first time since the event started in 1970 that it has been held after Labour Weekend. Committee chairman Murray Chapman says the timing is always influenced and restricted by tide times for the various water events, and this year that means moving the main event to October 28. Info: Phil Tyler 021 769323

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Carnival fun to raise funds for new classroom furniture The Leigh School Carnival on Easter Sunday marks the beginning of the primary school’s new innovative learning environment. A new open plan classroom is due to arrive during the Easter break and open in Term Two. The school hopes to raise at least $15,000 at the carnival for new furniture to suit the open plan area. Principal Julie Turner says the Ministry of Education has paid for key furniture, including adjustable tables, seating and shelves, but additional items will be needed. However, they won’t know exactly what until they start working in the new space. “It’s a unique situation and we’ll be adjusting the furniture as we all adjust to the room,” she says. The new class is designed to be a flexible open space to encourage a range of learning styles for collaborative group activities, with breakout spaces for independent learning. It will replace two 25-year-old prefabs that were removed from the school at the end of last year to make way for the new building, which will be sited near the school pool. The new building will combine two classes, and house 40 children,

Leigh School teacher Dominique Vikstrand, principal Julie Turner, teacher Debbie Fox and carnival organiser Rachel Bigwood in front of the new building site.

plus Year 2 to 4 teacher Dominique Vikstrand and Year 5 to 6 teacher Debbie Fox. New entrants will remain in their current class. Both teachers say they are looking forward to applying new teaching techniques in a purpose-built room. “We know how the children relate together socially, but now they will need to interact in a formal setting,”

Debbie says. Dominique says they will also have to figure out how to work and support each other. “The environment will enable us to teach and work in different ways. We’ve done a lot of planning, but it will become more clear once we are in the room,” she says. The Carnival is a major fundraiser

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for the school, and last year raised $15,000 towards a playground renovation and library upgrade. This year’s highlights include an Easter egg hunt, the ever-popular giant ice slide and fairground amusements, including vertical bungees, mini hot rods, bouncy castles and inflatable slides, plus seafood, quick-fire raffles, a silent auction and plenty of local food and fish.

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Constructive fun at libraries

Auckland Libraries school holiday theme for this Easter is Construction Wizards. Local branches will be offering a variety of activities for families, including Lego and Minecraft fun, paper plane flying, fort building, Nerf wars, engineering challenges, Kiribati arts and culture, and a magic show. Kids can also enter a Lego colouring competition to win tickets to the Lego Batman movie at Matakana Cinemas.

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This Easter will be the first time the travelling antique fair has come to Matakana.

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An Antiques Fair at Matakana School on Easter weekend will raise money for the school’s new arts hub. Based in the old school hall, the hub is the new home for the arts curriculum including art, music, drama and dance. School relations manager Helena Ujdur says the large open space has great acoustics and is an ideal space for classes to listen to and make music, plan and present dances or develop elements of drama. “Teachers are already using this space for great moments of creativity,” Helena says. Funds raised from the antiques fair will be used for a new air conditioning unit for the hub. Antique Fair spokesperson Marie

Turtle says they hope to raise $2000, with all proceeds from the gold coin entry donations going to the school, along with any money left over from stall fees. The fair will comprise up to 10 stalls, selling everything from china, small furnishings, jewellery, glassware and crystal to military badges, lead animals and other antiques. Marie says they have been touring the fair throughout the country for the past 20 years and they always partner with local charities or schools. This will be their first time in Matakana and they are inviting local antique collectors to join the stallholders. Info: Saturday April 15, 10am-5pm, Sunday April 16, 10am-4pm. Enquiries to 027 443 0018

• Amazing paper planes April 19 11am Fold, fly and race amazing paper planes. • Fort games April 20 11am • Legotown April 21 11.00am Build a Lego community together. • “We can build It” storytime April 24 10.30am Construction-themed pre-school storytime. • Freaky Frankentoys April 27 11am Create a freaky new toy from old ones. • Magic show April 28 11am A magical show from Andy Wonder and his bunny! • Kiribati crafts April 29 10.30 Beautiful Kiribati arts and crafts.

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Soprano Marlena Devoe will perform at The Vivian before returning to her current base in London.

Opera talent to resonate Rising opera star Marlena Devoe will launch the Auckland Opera Studio’s new winter series in style at The Vivian Gallery on Saturday April 8. The concert is the first of four, with one each month until July, and follows a successful inaugural series at the Matakana art gallery last year. The Vivian owner Helen Crosby says the venue’s acoustics are perfect for opera, even though the gallery was not intentionally designed that way. “Listening to opera in a smaller space, which is how opera was always intended to be heard, is quite something. The voices of the performers resonate within the bodies of the audience, a very special goosebump feeling,” Helen says. Auckland Opera Studio director and Omaha resident Frances Wilson says the acoustics and surroundings create a unique setting. “We love to sing surrounded by works

of art. It creates a perfect mixture of three art forms in one night–the song itself, the literature and the artworks in the gallery,” Frances says. The concerts will raise funds for the studio, a trust providing work and tuition free of charge to talented young singers with national or international potential for training and performance. The series will showcase recent awardwinning singers who will perform opera arias, and French, Italian and English songs. It starts with New Zealand-born Samoan soprano Marlena, who now lives in London. She was one of the studio’s first students and winner of the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award.

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Get your rods at the ready – Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade is holding its annual Beach, Boat & Kontiki Fishing Tournament on Good Friday and Saturday, April 14 and 15. Entrants can fish from anywhere from 6am on Friday and have to get their catches back to the Wellsford Fire Station between 2pm and 4pm on Saturday afternoon for the weigh-in.

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Eddie Low, left, and Kevin Greaves promise original and classic songs with a touch of comedy for their Warkworth show.

Legends to play Warkworth Country music legends Eddie Low and and Kevin Greaves have travelled the world entertaining and now they are coming to Warkworth RSA, on Saturday April 8. The singers have been working together since touring in the Highway of Legends show, after they returned to New Zealand in 2008 following international tours. “We got to know each other well and gained a mutual respect for each other’s stage shows and how they would make a great blend,” Kevin says. The Warkworth show is part of a North Island tour and will include a mix of old and new country songs, Eddie’s hit songs, and covers of Elvis Presley, Marty Robbins and Roy Orbison. The current tour follows on from two weeks of sold out shows in Australia, including the Tamworth Country Music Festival, where Eddie is a Tamworth Hands of Fame artist. Eddie Low has spent 40 years touring the world. He was born blind and spent many years in the Auckland Blind Institute, where he learned to play instruments. He left New Zealand to seek fame in Australia in

1964, aged 21, and has performed and toured with Johnny Cash, Charlie Pride, Buck Owens, Tom T. Hall, Freddie Fender, Kenny Rogers and many more. Eddie was recognised for his services to music with a NZ Order of Merit in 2006. He now lives in Christchurch and is recording a new duets album, ‘Eddie Low With’. Kevin will feature on one song called ‘Small, Small World’. Eddie was friends with Kevin’s late father, top country recording artist Rusty Greaves. Kevin performed onstage as a five-year-old and started his professional career when he was 14. He moved to Nashville in 1993, where two of his songs hit the charts and he has performed all over the US. Kevin’s accolades include NZ Variety Artist Awards for Top Male Artist and the Agnew Award for Best Entertainer, Comedy Award of 2008, and a Living Legend Award. Info: The Eddie Low Show featuring Kevin Greaves, April 8, 8.30pm10.30pm, Warkworth RSA, $20 booked, $25 on the door.

Easter egg hunt in sculpture gardens The Easter Bunny is visiting Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens on Easter Sunday. The annual Easter egg hunt on April 16 will last all day, from 9am to 3pm, so people arriving later in the day do not miss out. Easter eggs will be hidden along the 1km trail among the sculptures and plants. Children are encouraged to dress up as an Easter Bunny, fairy or favourite fantasy character. Against the backdrop of the Kaipara Harbour, the trail winds through a secluded valley and features sculpture in wood, metal, stone, glass, fibre and ceramic, plus installation works.

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ANTIQUE FAIR MATAKANA SCHOOL French for Rabbits band members John Fitzgerald and Brooke Singer decided to write about ‘breaking free’ after their personal relationship ended.

Band plays on after break up When two members of Wellingtonbased band French for Rabbits ended their personal relationship they decided to write about it, and they will perform songs from the resulting album, Weight of Melted Snow, at Leigh Sawmill Cafe on April 9. The album is intimate and confessional, imbued with respect, understanding, and loss. French for Rabbits formed in 2011, when songwriter and pianist Brooke Singer and guitarist John Fitzgerald began writing and recording lo-fi demos of ambient dream-folk in the small coastal township of Waikuku Beach. When Brooke and John chose to end their personal relationship,

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they decided to keep writing music together. They say that ultimately, it is an album about breaking free and letting go. To introduce the album, they released ‘One and Only’ as a “soliloquy to a changing relationship, written in a moment of realisation at the transitory nature of life”. Brooke and John will be joined by drummer Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (Glass Vaults), multi-instrumentalists Ben Lemi (Trinity Roots) and Penelope Esplin. The Weight of Melted Snow is the band’s second album and was released on March 10, followed by a national tour. The band’s previous recordings include Spirits (2014) and a six-song EP, Claimed by the Sea (2012).

Mahurangi Matters has a double pass and a CD to give away. Write your name and number on the back of an envelope, post to French for Rabbits Competition, Mahurangi Matters PO Box 701 Warkworth or email editor@localmatters.co.nz with the subject line: French for Rabbits. Competition closes April 6.

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Mahurangi residents fuel demand for apartments The first residents of the Oaks on Neville, in central Warkworth, could be moving in by May next year. Despite some complications in the early stages of construction, mainly due to the amount of water found under the site, the first two apartment blocks are now well underway. Together, they will contain at least 63 apartments ranging in size from 55sqm to 142sqm. While the costs of the apartments won’t be confirmed for another couple of months, indicative prices range from $425,000 for the smaller units up to $1.2 million. Developer Chris Murphy says he is surprised that the largest and most expensive apartments have been snapped up first. “Around 33 apartments have already been reserved, and we expect demand to be strong once the structures rise above ground,” Mr Murphy says. Most of the interest has come from Mahurangi residents, although enquiries have been fielded from Auckland as well. Anyone applying for an apartment must be aged 60 years-plus, while the average age for entry into retirement homes generally in New Zealand is 78 years. The industry has an annual turnover of seven years. Mr Murphy says like other retirement complexes, the Oaks will offer residents social activities and every apartment will have an emergency call system.

“Eventually, when the whole development is complete, there is likely to be a full time activities coordinator, as well as staff on site 24/7, but we may have to roll this out gradually. The area above the current tavern will be retained by the village as a communal space for social events.” The first stage will also include a gym and pool for residents, cafe and eight retail shops, and parking for 100 vehicles. Mr Murphy says the five-storey blocks will be about half the height the current crane on site. He says a lot of effort has gone in to the exterior finish to make it as attractive as possible. Residents who buy during construction will have the opportunity to individualise their apartments with their own colour scheme, choice of carpets, bathroom tiles and kitchen bench tops. The developers hope to apply for a resource consent for the second stage of the development – a third block of possibly 46 apartments, plus a ground floor care facility and retail shops on Neville Street – before July. It is anticipated it will open in 2020. Meanwhile, some preliminary plans have been drawn up for a fourth apartment block on the corner of Mill Lane and Whitaker Road. The half-hectare site is likely to includes stream frontage, retail and up to 60 apartments. A project sales office is due to open in the former Warkworth Hotel in April.

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The only way is up for Oaks After a difficult start during the groundwork phase, construction of the Oaks retirement development is back on track, according to project manager Dave Stott. “It’s good to be above the ground,” he says. Work started on the two apartment blocks in the first stage of the development two years ago and they are expected to be finished in April next year. The lead contractor is the NZ owned company Kalmar, which has been involved with projects such as Shed 10 on Queens Wharf, Hobsonville Point Barracks and the student amenities centre at Massey University in Albany. Dave said that the major challenge in the build so far had been dealing with a stream that ran underneath the site. However, in January water levels dropped more than expected. “We think the water may be hitting a pile wall at the south end of the building and going around the site,

but we aren’t sure. “While this is good for construction, it means all surrounding buildings must be closely monitored to ensure the water isn’t affecting them, which is one of the conditions of the resource consents.” The concrete slab for the building is almost complete and the walls up to level one have been erected. Steel framing is going up and excavation work will start this month to create the underground carpark. In around three months, the building’s superstructure will be finished including roofing and precast wall panels. “From there, things will progress very quickly,” Dave says. The route for the stormwater line is still being discussed with Auckland Council, but it is likely to run down Neville Street. Dave says the alternative route along Queen Street would be more difficult because it would involve navigating around other utilities.

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This is the story of New Zealand’s response to our second most powerful earthquake on record, one of the most violent earthquakes ever felt. Arriving by stealth after midnight on November 14, the Kaikoura magnitude 7.8 and its aftershocks shook New Zealand’s heartland to its core and created a damage zone of epic proportions. Kaikoura was cut off from the rest of the country, State Highway 1 on both sides was covered in massive landslides, and railway lines tossed aside like children’s toys. Capturing the drama as it unfolded, Surviving 7.8 is a tough but fascinating study in resilience. Throughout the narrative are stories from the people affected – locals and tourists alike – covering the immediate reaction, the uncertainty and the turmoil, as well as the do-it-yourself attitude and steely resolve that defines who we are as Kiwis. Author Phil Pennington is a senior reporter for Radio New Zealand in Wellington and was out on the streets of the city within an hour of the event, gathering interviews and social media commentary. He had earlier covered the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Sales of this fascinating book support the New Zealand Red Cross November 2016 Earthquake Appeal.

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Catherine Chidgey It has been a long 14 years between novels for fans of Catherine Chidgey, but the wait has been worth it. The Wish Child was described by Nine to Noon reviewer Sue Lamb as “a brilliant, brilliant novel ... a masterpiece” and is a strong contender to win the fiction section of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in May. At the heart of this novel is an enigmatic voice telling the story of two German families caught up in the events of 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Sieglinde lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who cuts prohibited words such as love and mercy out of books. Erich is an only child living a rural life near Leipzig, tending beehives, aware that he is shadowed by strange, unanswered questions. Drawn together as Germany’s hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, the children find temporary refuge in an abandoned theatre amidst the rubble of Berlin. The days Sieglinde and Erich spend together will shape the rest of their lives. A profound meditation on the wreckage caused by a corrupt ideology, on the resilience of the human spirit, and on crimes that cannot be undone.

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Love Spud defy ageist odds Mahurangi band Love Spud’s first album, Shoddy Rotten Dream, shot to No 6 in the NZ Album Charts in March, despite the odds being stacked against them. The 44 to 65 year olds were turned away by a record label, and were told they weren’t young enough to be marketed. However, singer-songwriter and guitarist Isaac Thackray says that rejection was just the boost they needed to get it done themselves. “We’re not really going to get by on cheekbones, we just want to make great music and put it out there,” Isaac says. “Luckily, we’re not unique and that’s how bands get things done now.” They recorded demos on a Tascam 58 8-track reel-to-reel recorder and finished the album at Earwig analogue studios in Auckland. They recorded videos and took photos for the cover work at Isaac’s home in Matakana, in front of an old tractor. Love Spud then released the album in February to a full house at Tahi Bar in Warkworth, and a week later it was high on the NZ Album Charts. It’s a long way for the band that only

formed just over a year ago. Isaac and guitarist and vocalist Brian Jones first started jamming after talking about music at Tahi Bar. They realised they worked well together and were joined by drummer Steve Cox and Gareth Hedges on bass. They describe their music as a mix of 50s rock ’n’ roll, blues and country. Isaac says he’s enjoyed publishing his original music after playing in a cover band for 30 years, and reckons he wrote at least 100 songs before he wrote a good one. The album title song, Shoddy Rotten Dream, is one of them, but he says the album’s most popular song so far, Three Minutes Late, was written in a rush just before they recorded the album. After such a strong start, Love Spud is already booking more gigs and working on a new album, and Isaac says they have no time to lose. “Our only plans are to keep going while we’re still alive. We’re going to give it a good go but even if nothing more comes of it, we’re having good fun,” Isaac says.

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Mahurangi Matters has two Shoddy Rotten Dream CDs to give away. Write your name and number on the back of an envelope, post to Love Spud Competition, Mahurangi Matters PO Box 701 Warkworth or email editor@localmatters.co.nz with the subject line: Love Spud. Competition closes April 6.

Recipe round up for cookbook A group of local mums is appealing for favourite family recipes for a new community cookbook showcasing the Matakana region. The book will be a quality hardcover volume designed to give locals and visitors alike a taste of the area, and money raised from sales and

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Tractors trek through town A convoy of nine vintage tractors dating from 1949 made its way along Warkworth’s Queen Street on March 15 as part of a trek from Kaihere to Cape Reinga and back. Members of the David Brown Club and Far and Wide Tractor Trekking were raising money for the Ronald McDonald

House Charities, and by the time they reached Sandspit Holiday Park for an overnight stay, they had raised $1500. Group member Robin Hill said the great thing about trekking on a tractor was that “you get to take in your surroundings while moving at 25km per hour”.

Meeters and greeters needed Warkworth Museum is running short of people to run its reception area, and is desperately seeking volunteers. Museum manager Victoria Joules says they are always looking for people willing to lend a hand, but the entrance area and shop are under particular pressure at present. “We are struggling for reception volunteers at the moment,” she says. “We really do need to stay open seven days a week and need to fill more slots.” Volunteers are required to welcome museum visitors, and operate the till and Eftpos machine. “It’s meet and greet and taking money; they are the face of Warkworth

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Blue Light for youth emergency initiative North Rodney Blue Light is focusing on engaging young people in their community this year, with community youth coordinator Shane Gould launching a joint initiative with members of volunteer emergency services and Civil Defence. Ten youths will attend a special training camp, where they will train for a First Aid certificate and build relationships with the emergency services. More than 400 students have already participated in other North Rodney Blue Light programmes this year to develop character and skills. Mahurangi College, Otamatea High School, Livingway, Kaiwaka and Matakana pupils have all participated, either through snorkelling at Goat Island or attending the Moirs Point Christian Camp in Mangawhai. Info: Shane Gould 027 458 7485

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Ex-Wimbledon player Beverley Billington (nee Vercoe) and husband Murray, president of Tennis New Zealand Seniors, will play together in mixed doubles tennis at the World Masters Games in Auckland. The Warkworth couple will compete in the 70-plus category, and they have previously won two golds in mixed doubles at senior nationals in 2004 and earlier this year. Beverley was born in Maungaturoto, but grew up in Auckland. She started playing tennis at the Mount Eden Tennis Club when she was eight. “At 15, I won my first big junior competition in Brisbane, which is what really sparked my tennis career,” she says. From there she won an U17 national singles title and a doubles title, making her the number one female player for her age group in New Zealand. She then took two U19 national singles titles in consecutive years and a doubles title to continue her run of dominance in junior tennis. At 19, she moved into open tennis and played in the Benson & Hedges tournament at Stanley Street, now known as the ASB Classic. She won

Beverley first saw Murray at a junior tournament aged 11, but the couple didn’t actually meet until she was 52.

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Margaret Court in doubles. Beverley was also training to be a teacher at the time, as tennis was only on the verge of turning professional in

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for doubles the early 1970s. “I always said I would choose teaching over tennis because you can’t make a living playing tennis,” she says. When she was 20, tennis superstar Billie Jean King, who was promoting women’s tennis at the time, offered Beverley $400 to assist her career. However, she decided to turn the offer down for fear of how long it would take to pay the money back. In 1972, she travelled alone to South Africa, to play in Johannesburg and Durban, after her planned Federation Cup team trip was cancelled due to the political situation around apartheid. “I was amazed at how everyone had guns under their pillows at night,” she recalls. A highlight of her career was a first round appearance at Wimbledon in 1969 when she played in the doubles with Welsh player Elizabeth James. She was forced to stop playing tennis after the 1974 season when allergies made breathing difficult on court. She didn’t start playing seriously again until she was 50. Meanwhile, Murray started playing tennis at the Ellerslie Tennis Club when he was 14 and played for Penrose High School. He became a teacher and got his first

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Riders Chris (right) and Jon managed to incorporate a one hour stop in Wanganui to refresh themselves.

SaddleSore cracked in just 22 hours Ahuroa motorcyclist Chris Wiltshire and his friend Jon Mitchell have successfully completed a 1621km bike ride in 22 hours and are awaiting their award from the Iron Butt Association. The pair took on the challenge of riding more than 1600km in 24 hours to complete what is called a SaddleSore 1600k, and they raised $2018 for the ARAN Animal Rescue charity in the process. To complete the the ride on time, they worked out an average speed of 66km/h was needed, however they exceeded that with an average of 73km/h. The trek began and finished at the BP station in Warkworth, starting on March 6 at 3.30am. “We really enjoyed it and it never became gruelling,” Chris says. Prior to the race he wasn’t sure how difficult the ride would be mentally, but says they felt fresh and focused the whole way. The main challenges faced were stops for a number of roadworks and bugs covering the helmet visors at night. Chris says the key to their success was preparation.

Warkworth’s grass bowling green has been out of action for a whole season, but a remedy has been found.

Grass grief on local bowling greens player numbers have been lost in some competitions and income is down due the green being out of action. Meanwhile, Mahurangi East Bowling Club was subject to large amounts of rain at the beginning of the off-season, delaying the start of a major 10-year renovation of its grass green. New grass seed could not be sown which meant the surface was unplayable until part way through the summer season. However, club greenkeeper Peter Walker says no permanent damage has been done and there was little inconvenience caused, since they have the option of their all-weather carpet green. Peter says the grass green is more costly to maintain, but players prefer it as it is cooler and softer to play on.

Both Warkworth Bowls Club and Mahurangi East Bowling Club had problems with their grass bowling greens this season. Warkworth’s green continues to suffer after its Star Weed lawn was damaged by cross-contamination of chemicals. It is suspected a spray container was not cleaned properly before the use of liquid fertiliser, resulting in large patches dying off and rendering the surface unplayable. The green has since undergone a soil test and the club committee has been advised to apply a mixture of gypsum and potash, together with the usual coring and reseeding of the surface, to fix the problem. The club hopes the surface will be back in action for its opening day on September 9. Tournament committee chair John Hurdley says

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Making one-on-one tackles will be a focus for Wellsford in the coming weeks.

Waipu off to winning start in Wellsford

The Waipu Premiers got their rugby season off to a winning start, beating the Wellsford Premiers 27-10 in the Bayleys Premiership at Wellsford on March 18. Three early tries put the visitors on the front foot, before Wellsford managed to dig in and get more possession in a scoreless second half. Waipu head coach Graham Dewes says getting the win in Wellsford for the first time in a number of years was a big highlight. “We had a good start to the game and came out of the blocks firing,” he says. “We lacked concentration in the second half and Wellsford got back into the game, but our defence was still impressive.” This is Graham’s first year as head coach and he is trying to focus the

squad around hard work. “We don’t have a team full of stars, so I’m trying to instil a hard working attitude in every player.” Last year, Waipu finished third in the competition and they have their sights set on winning the title this year. “We are taking the tournament week by week, because we can’t reach the end goal if we don’t tick the boxes along the way,” he says. The Waipu team is a young one, with a 19-year-old captain, a fact which Graham says brings plenty of enthusiasm to trainings. Wellsford head coach Brad Te Haara says a short pre-season due to fixture issues meant his side was a bit rusty coming into the game. “We picked it up in the second half, though, so I’m hoping next week we

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Waipu’s early tries meant Wellsford were always on the back foot.