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It was a sudden wake-up call for schools and students when classroom lessons resumed last month.

Schools scramble as exams loom Mahurangi schools were forced to scramble late last month to resume on-site learning with student exams set to take place in just weeks.

Schools were given half a week’s notice by the Ministry of Education that students in Years 11, 12 and 13 would be allowed to return to their classrooms.

Rodney College faced a major logistical challenge with half of its teaching staff, and a significant portion of students, still stuck

across the regional boundary in Northland.

Principal Irene Symes says she was relieved when Health Minister Chris Hipkins signed an order allowing students and staff to cross the border. But the order was signed on a Saturday, leaving staff with just days to get a negative Covid-19 test.

Thanks to a priority booking code, provided by the Government, and teachers prompt efforts to get tested, all of Rodney College’s staff were at school by the

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Last month, the Ministry of Education announced an “unexpected event grading system”, which will grant students a grade based on either their internal assessment or NCEA exam, with the better of the two being awarded.

Students can also have their grade evaluated from course work during the year if they are unable to attend their exam due to Covid-19 disruption.

Ms Symes says the majority of Rodney College students are aiming to sit their internal exams. In the first week of school, around half of eligible students had returned with the remainder choosing to continue with online learning.

“Some students have gone off to work during lockdown but have done what they needed to with online distance learning,” she says.

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Schools scramble as exams loom attendance of around 85 per cent when students returned to classrooms with the remainder continuing online school work.

Mahurangi principal Tony Giles is encouraging all students to sit their external exams “wherever possible”.

He understands that some university courses will still require that students have an external endorsement.

He says the alternative grading system is a good opportunity and students should make use of it. He says that it has been “great” to have students back and he has noticed they are generally more subdued and focused in class.

“I suspect that wearing masks and social distancing in classrooms has reduced distractions among students. Many are also not used to waking up at 7am any more,” he says.

Mahurangi College, Rodney College and Otamatea High School have had to turn their attention to ensuring their staff are vaccinated in line with the Government’s health order.

Last month, the Ministry of Education briefed schools that all staff must have had their first dose of the vaccine by Monday, November 15, and second does by January 1 next year.

After the November deadline, teachers that are not vaccinated may either be asked to work remotely or be put on leave without pay.

Ms Symes says she is aware it is a “divisive issue” and is simply working to provide teachers with the facts.

“People have different views, and we can

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only share the public health information with them, and they have their own choice to make,” she says.

Mr Giles says a small percentage of his staff is hesitant about being vaccinated, but the school will have to work through it, “like any workplace”.

Mahurangi vaccination rates

Ministry of Health data showing percentage of eligible population double vaccinated for Covid-19 in the Mahurangi area last week.

Omaha 84.6%

Mangawhai 73.9%

Warkworth 79.8%

Waipu 73%

Sandspit 77%

Mangawhai Heads 73%

Snells Beach 76%

Cape Rodney 69.2%

Algies Bay-Scotts Landing 76%

Okahukura Peninsula 66.5%

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Wellsford 65.7%

Puhoi 74.4%

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The hardest part has been negotiating the bureaucratic processes such as following up on phone calls that were not returned

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The mother contracted the virus after picking up her daughter who had visiting her father in Auckland.

Covid-positive Mum says taking precautions saved the day A south Kaipara mother who tested positive for Covid-19 with no links to other cases in Northland, has shared her story in the hope that it might help others.

She says dealing with bureaucratic inquiries into her family’s personal affairs were actually more of a headache than the disease itself.

She adds that the fact she was double vaccinated and had been careful about mask wearing and QR scanning helped give her peace of mind when she discovered that she had the disease.

The mother, 34, who prefers not to be named to protect her children, appears to have contracted the virus after picking up her 11-year-old daughter, who had been visiting her father in Auckland.

The girl’s grandfather dropped the girl off at the northern checkpoint on State Highway 1 on October 18, where she was met by her mother. The grandfather and mother stayed in their respective cars and had no contact.

The following day, the daughter complained of a headache, which the mother successfully treated with Panadol.

A day or so later, the woman experienced a runny nose, which she thought was hay fever. By Sunday of Labour Weekend, she still thought it was hay fever but decided to get a Covid test to be sure.

Meanwhile, her partner took her children on an outing to Whangarei to visit an indoor trampoline park.

The woman was advised the closest available testing site was in Warkworth and awaited a text message that would allow her to cross the border to get the test, but the text message never came. When she phoned to find out why, she was told it was too late to get a test that day.

The woman and her partner, who was now complaining of a mild cold, were finally able to get a test in Wellsford on Tuesday, October 26.

On Thursday, the couple were advised by their GP that they had tested positive. The woman immediately began phoning her close contacts to warn them and stayed at home awaiting a call from health officials.

But the call never came. The woman says she called Healthline and discovered they had been incorrectly classified as an

Auckland case.

She was told she would be reclassified as a Northland case and to expect a call from the Northland District Health Board (DHB).

Again, she heard nothing, so contacted the Northland DHB herself.

The woman says once the Northland DHB became involved, they were “fantastic”.

They began contact tracing and sent a mobile testing unit around to check on the couple’s children. Both turned out to be positive for Covid-19.

The DHB allowed the family to selfisolate at home and organised to do their shopping and deliver their groceries.

“They have gone above and beyond to make sure we have everything we need,” the woman says.

She says neighbours and community organisations, who heard about their plight through friends, have also been supportive.

One neighbour regularly checks if they need anything extra from the supermarket, and they have not felt the need for any additional community support.

The woman says the hardest part has been

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negotiating the bureaucratic processes – such as following up on phone calls that were not returned – also the DHB “picking apart every single part of your life”.

Another tough challenge was seeing people on local community Facebook pages sounding the alarm that local people had tested positive.

She says compared to this, the disease itself has been easy to cope with, with each member of the family only registering the mildest of symptoms.

“There’s a lot of fear that if you catch it you are going to be really, really sick, but that is not necessarily the case,” she says.

She says so far none of the people who have been tested after visiting locations of interest generated by the family have returned a positive test result. She says this is a relief and puts it down to the extensive precautions practiced by her family “It’s looking like the fact that I’ve been double vaccinated has stopped me spreading it and the fact that even my daughter wears a mask, even though she is not obliged to, has stopped her spreading it too.”

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WeSay Ban dredging

Reports from local divers that scallop beds off the Mahurangi Coast area already suffering the ill-effects of commercial dredging operations so early in the season are cause for justifiable anger (see page 9).

That it should have happened is entirely predictable given dredging operations have been banned off the coast of the Coromandel but there has been no corresponding reduction in the 50-tonne quota that commercial operators can take from the Hauraki Gulf as a whole.

That means the devastation that has been wrought by dredging near the Coromandel is now inevitably going to be more concentrated off the coast of Mahurangi .

Of course, commercial fishers need to earn a crust like everybody else, but they should not be allowed to do so at the expense of local businesses in Mahurangi and our fragile marine environment.

The Hauraki Gulf is already in dire straits.

In this week’s Hauturu column (see page 27) Lyn Wade points out the dramatic, visible decline in sea life that has occurred within just the last 10 years, and she highlights the knock-on effect to other parts of the environment. For example, when fish are depleted around Little Barrier Island, seabirds must fly further to find food to feed their chicks. Therefore, they rear fewer chicks.

Restoring the Gulf represents a mammoth task ahead that will no doubt take years.

But the least we can do in the meantime is not make the situation worse. Dredging, both commercial and recreational, should be banned.

Marvellous Mahurangi!

Any doubt about whether Mahurangi is the best place to live in NZ was dispelled late last month, when a Mahurangi Matters reporter decided to treat himself to a coffee at the Fresh Café in Warkworth. Fumbling to find his debit card with which to pay, a smiling staff member assured him that would not be necessary. Early that morning, another customer had paid for the next 50 coffees for those who came in afterwards. Such unwarranted kindness brought a lump to our reporter’s throat. In these times of Covid, what an act to lift the spirits? Thank you, thank you, whoever you are.

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Surging vaccination

Loved seeing the picture of the Wellsford Coast to Coast Vaccination Van grace the last cover (MM Oct 25). It’s true we were lagging behind here in the north, but since the great turnout for Super Saturday, and several pop-up centres in the area, our vaccination rates have climbed up steadily. The Hibiscus Coast Mobile Vaccination Outreach team based in Orewa has been supporting our area, too. They have been busy vaccinating in several areas of the electorate and administered about 50 doses in the Glorit Community Hall last month. They will be back soon, returning to Glorit on November 12,13 and 14 and vaccinating at the Port Albert boat ramp on November 13 and 14. Looking at the latest numbers, with two out of three Auckland DHBs achieving well over 90 per cent first vaccinations, and Counties Manukau having hit 90 per cent by the time this gets published, we are well on our way to start making summer plans. It will remain important for all of us who are vaccinated, to keep encouraging friends, family and workmates to get their vaccine, too. Getting vaccinated isn’t just about keeping our community safe – although that’s a big part of it. Getting vaccinated means you’re less likely to pass Covid on to your loved ones and people who can’t get vaccinated, like young children. However, being fully vaccinated will soon open up more opportunities for us and our local businesses with the new Covid-19 Protection Framework.

Under the framework, people who are fully vaccinated will be able to do more, like visit their favourite café or go to the gym.

Businesses that require people to show they’re fully vaccinated before entry will be able to operate with fewer restrictions. This means that just like you need to show your ID to enter a bar, you’ll need to show you’ve been fully vaccinated before you can enter places like restaurants and cafes – and if you’re not fully vaccinated, there will be everyday things you miss out on.

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Legendary loop

I was reading the latest Mahurangi Matters a couple of days ago and saw the piece regarding the quarry track record (MM Oct 11).

That Quarry Loop is a bit legendary with all sorts of speedsters talking a big game. Stoked to see that a young girl Freya Beaumont has done 13 laps around the quarry loop. That’s hard going and a massive effort. There’s been a few stories of lap numbers and times round that loop. I did hear of a young guy completing 22 laps and one woman said she did 20 laps regularly, but who really knows. Bit like the guy who sailed in circles in the southern Atlantic then said he’d been round the globe. I do know for sure that 15 laps under 40 minutes is a regular number for a few of the local old boys, and it’s a good workout – especially if you can throw in a sub twominute lap during it. Depending which direction you run it, there 100-odd stairs up and about 75 down. It’s worth noting that Stu from Auckland, at 62 years old, did 18 laps of the track in 48:52 mins in 2020 when he and I ran it a lot. Fastest 15 laps I know of is 38:52. Pretty sure there’s some younger runners who have smashed out more laps and at a faster pace. I think Will Cashmore has done a single lap in 1:42. Used to be a bit of competition down at the quarry in the evenings. They should make it an event Dave Stewart, Ruby Cove

No rubbish on rates

Thank you Greg Sayers for taking an early stance for the continuation of a pay-as-you-use-it rubbish collection service, rather than Council changing it to a fixed annual charge added on to my rates (MM Oct 25). As a pensioner on a fixed income, I want to keep my costs down. I produce very little rubbish and want to continue the practice of paying for my rubbish only when I put it out for collection. Also thank you for returning my call clarifying that you want to see the option of bins included for this service.

Bags may suit some households, however the added option to use a bin instead would suit my desire to be more environmentally friendly. And yes, I will be giving my feedback to Council about their options during the public consultation process early next year.

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Push to privatise

There appears to be one aspect of the Three Waters “reforms” which has not been addressed (MM Oct 25). The supply and disposal of water, a monopoly, is being parcelled up and gift wrapped ready for privatisation or so it seems. The speed at which it is rammed through against all opposition is alarming. There is a precedent for this: the creation of the Auckland Supercity included council-controlled organisations that were ripe for sale. Only the failure of John Banks to be elected mayor saved us. We are now left with council departments which are continued next page

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Three Waters appears to be an opportunity for the Government to grab an asset that can be given to Maori as a continuation of what is proving to be the endless Treaty of Waitangi settlement process. That we should have a reliable supply of potable water is a given, but responsibility and governance of that supply should be locally driven. New Zealand is geographically incredibly diverse.

To have one organisation responsible and overseeing this will undoubtedly be expensive and less efficient. And then there is the extremely questionable proposed management structure. While I remain open to the discussion, there is much to be concerned about.

Rubbish. The report Council had prepared indicates that Pay as you Throw (PAYT) is not as attractive an option, as some of the other options, is clearly flawed by council bureaucratic BS. I am certain that an argument can be made that promotes a council-controlled and funded system, but to believe that a system that does not have a mechanism (charge) to encourage people to produce less waste is wrong. I strongly believe that a PAYT system, similar to what we have now, is working in Rodney.

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Global implications for Matakana sensor trial Shifting sands Environment group Friends of Awa Matakanakana (FOAM) have begun trials of light beam sensors to monitor the health of the Matakana River, which if successful will be considered for use throughout the Auckland region and the rest of the world.

The instruments measure turbidity – or the amount of suspended sediment in the water. High turbidity is associated with reduced use of the river for recreation and the decline of fish, bird and plant species.

The Matakana River is one of the largest tributaries of the Matakana Estuary and FOAM says it appears to carry large quantities of detrimental sediment, though currently there is a dearth of environmental data on the river – something FOAM hopes the sensors will help correct.

Data is recorded by the sensors every 12 minutes and transmitted online so that data can be monitored by FOAM via a website.

FOAM spokesperson Martin Evans says the group hopes to use the data to deduce key pieces of information such as what is a normal level of sediment for the Matakana River, what events trigger an increased level of sediment, identify long-term trends and track the progress of catchment-wide restoration works.

Martin says that the trial is still in its early stages, but analysis of the level of turbidity during storm events suggests that when the ground is relatively dry, sediment production is related to river flow rate, rather than being generated by runoff flowing into the river.

FOAM is conducting the trials in conjunction with Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters department and Pukekohe-based sensor maker Quadbeam Technologies. It is also working in partnership with art business Metalbird, who are providing the internet connection for the sensors free of charge.

Quadbeam spokesperson Emma Ford says the sensors were originally developed for the dairy industry to monitor milk fluids.

However, following the death of thousands

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of cockles in the Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve, Quadbeam engineers began looking at ways to adapt the sensors to monitor sediment harming marine life.

She says the Phathom sensors in the Matakana River are among the first to be deployed in a natural environment. This creates challenges since engineers have to contend with natural growths, such as algae, which impede the effectiveness of the sensors. Such problems don’t occur in the dairy industry where the environment

for milk processing is more controlled.

Emma says Quadbeam is experimenting with the use of air jet cleaners and wipers to remove the growth material from the sensors.

If trials such as the one in the Matakana River prove successful, then the New Zealand technology will likely be deployed around the world to help in the effort to clean up other rivers and streams.

Kaipara Ltd has given up its consent to extract sand offshore from Mangawhai and Pakiri despite being six months into an application to have the consent renewed.

It alerted Auckland Council last month that it was transferring its consent and the application for renewal to McCallum Bros – another extraction company – which has applied for a separate consent to extract closer to shore.

Meanwhile, Greenpeace Aotearoa has announced that it will put its weight behind a community campaign opposing both consent applications.

Last month, Greenpeace successfully went to the Supreme Court and overturned a consent to mine the seabed in Taranaki.

It will be supporting the newly-formed campaign Save our Sands (SOS). The campaign is comprised of Friends of Pakiri Beach, Te Whanau O Pakiri and the Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society.

Spokesperson Ken Rayward says each group, including Greenpeace, will be putting their resources behind a public petition to stop the sand mining, which will be released in coming days.

Before transferring its consent to McCallum Bros, Kaipara Ltd was awaiting the results of a bathymetric survey, ordered by hearing commissioners, to investigate claims that extraction had damaged the seafloor.

The physical survey work is complete and expert witnesses will meet this month to create a joint statement based on its results to present to commissioners. Auckland Council says a date for further hearings will then be set.

Asked if Kaipara Ltd had transferred its consent in response to preliminary findings of the bathymetric survey, managing director Steve Riddell forwarded the enquiry on to McCallum Bros.

McCallum Bros chief operating officer said the transfer was done before the results of the survey were known.

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In its Long Term Plan 2021-2031, KDC budgeted $1.5 million for the construction of a tank and pipeline to transfer water from the Mangawhai wastewater plant to the Mangawhai Golf Club.

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Making progress on environmental projects COVID-19’s effects continue to be felt across the region, but critical work on environment projects is still pushing ahead. Rodney Local Board’s 2021-22 Infrastructure and Environmental Services work programme has been hit but behind the scenes efforts means progress has still been made. Board chair Phelan Pirrie says that’s a tribute to Auckland Council staff continuing to find ways to progress projects.

“As a board we have nine environmental projects on the go, including two carried into this financial year, largely because of the pandemic.

“We want to keep striving to secure the benefits we are aiming to achieve because we know few areas are as critical to the region as the environment.”

The board received updates at an online workshop earlier this year, with the next steps outlined to the end of September, but since then COVID-19 has thrown up further hurdles.

The first of the projects revolves around the board’s pest-free management plans.

Pirrie says an ecological “roadmap” is being developed to map conservation work, and to identify priorities and gaps.

“A Community Restoration Strategy is being produced by a steering group with outstanding input from Restore Rodney East. It should tell us how best the community can work together.”

With feedback being sought from the wider community, a final draft should be with the board in November, with a hui for the steering group to present it to the community to take place when alert levels allow.

Connected to that work is the appointment of a Restore Rodney East facilitator, with that search underway.

Pests are also an issue around Coatesville, where animal control tools are being provided to support landowners establishing trapping networks to create a defence line along two kilometres of the Riverhead Forest boundary.

“Pest Free Coatesville has already established the line around the forest, and is continuing to support landowners,” Pirrie says. “The value of the work being done by volunteers can’t be over-stated, and you can see that in the fact that more than 500 pest animals have already been caught.”

In Kaipara, community-led predator-free initiatives are supporting landowners to undertake pest control in native bush in collaboration with council and iwi.

Those efforts have seen staff working with conservation groups to identify opportunities in the west of Rodney, with two part-time contractors appointed to fill the coordinator role, both starting at the end of September.

The size of the board area means Rodney faces issues across a wide front and that includes control efforts from Te Arai to Pākiri North, where a Shorebirds Trust co-ordinator has been appointed.

“Funding was only allocated in August and landowner permissions to monitor lines have already been obtained, and more owners will be supported across the rest of the financial year,” Pirrie says.

The trust’s co-ordinator has also launched a new website at www. conservationcoast.org Meanwhile the forestry ambassador programme, designed to improve water quality, has been finalised, the ambassador to work with landowners and forestry representatives to ensure best practice erosion and sediment controls are in place.

That work has been delayed by the pandemic making face-to-face meetings impractical, but work will gear up when conditions allow.

And the Rodney Healthy Harbours Riparian Restoration Fund, providing landowners with financial help to protect and restore riparian margins along Rodney waterways through planting and stock exclusion, is open for applications throughout November.

Successful applicants will be announced in January.

At Helensville the construction and demolition waste minimisation programme supports the community recycling centre providing waste separation bins to building sites, and a collection service.

“That work will allow builders and developers to achieve waste diversion from construction and demolition projects,” Pirrie says.

Another COVID-19 hit project, a contract is nearing finalisation and the centre is working on a pilot, a site visit planned for August rescheduled with the board to a time when alert levels allow.

The last of the projects is Mahurangi College’s outdoor classroom, an initiative planned to support the school establishing a living classroom on two council reserves on the banks of the Mahurangi River.

“It will see council staff and the community working with Pest Free Warkworth to trap pest animals, remove pest plants, monitor water quality and bird life, and undertake planting,” Pirrie says.

A contract has been finalised and the programme will initially engage four new schools, to participate in conservation education and local action projects.

“It’s a bold and far-reaching workload that would be impossible without the astonishing goodwill and efforts of the volunteers involved.”

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Dredging operations trash local scallop beds

Fishing enthusiasts fear commercial dredging operations will see an end to recreational diving for scallops. Photo, courtesy New Zealand Diving.

Fears that a ban on commercial scallop dredging off the Coromandel Coast will cause operators to switch to waters closer to Mahurangi are already being realised, according to a local dive shop owner.

Warkworth-based New Zealand Diving owner Neil Bennett says divers report favoured fishing spots around Kawau Bay and Little Barrier Island have been trashed by dredgers since the scallop season started on September 1.

“Omaha Bay is not too bad, but a lot of people are saying if you go slightly outside of Omaha Bay, where the big beds are, you can see the dredging marks going through where they are gathering everything up. It’s not good,” he says.

Mr Bennett says it does not take long for dredgers to have a big impact with typically three or four large boats working the same area, eight hours at a stretch.

Dredging for scallops involves dragging a net across the sea floor. Conservationists oppose it because in addition to the scallops, it scoops up seaweed, crabs, crustaceans and invertebrates – much of it food for larger fish. The net result is a barren seabed and a dearth of fish.

Mr Bennett says recreational fishers can play their part by refusing to use dredges themselves and NZ Diving does not sell them as a matter of principle.

He says a woman was in his shop recently complaining about commercial operators using large dredges, but she was using a dredge herself – albeit a small one. But Mr Bennett says small dredges are still a problem for marine life, and he tried to point this out.

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Warkworth Gamefishing Club spokesperson Terry Creagh says more than a dozen local and national fishing clubs and environmental organisations plan to send a letter to Fisheries Minister David Parker complaining about the dredging,

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He says his business is already suffering under Covid restrictions, which mean it is unable to run diving courses or organise diving fishing charters.

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Carpark chaos as boaties overwhelm Omaha streets Increasing numbers of boat-owners from all over Auckland are travelling to Omaha Beach boat ramp to launch, clogging up community streets when they park.

The issue came to a head last month, when more than 500 trailers, towing vehicles and cars descended on Omaha on October 16, causing lengthy queues along Omaha Drive, with parking on berms from Caroline Heights along to Ida Way, plus all the side streets in between – a distance of 1.2 kilometres.

Omaha Beach Community member Richard Carbines has been monitoring the situation and lobbying Auckland Council for the last couple of years. He said it had been clear for a while that the ramp area and nearby overflow carpark would no longer be able to cope, but that particular sunny Saturday was unprecedented.

“I’ve never seen it like that before,” he said. “The queue was back past the golf club. People not waiting for the boat ramp were driving down the right-hand lane and some people had difficulty getting to their homes. It got seriously out of control to a certain extent, though people were reasonably well behaved.”

Council is set to improve the parking layout at the boat ramp and overflow reserve as part of Rodney Local Board’s customer and community services work programme agreed in June. Community facilities head of area operations Oliver Kunzendorff said work to reconfigure the overflow carpark would start this month, weather permitting, but work on the main carpark would not start until after Easter, as it would take three weeks and require its partial closure.

However, reconfiguration won’t solve the wider issue of the sheer number of boats now coming to Omaha, which Rodney Local Board deputy chair Beth Houlbrooke said was symptomatic of a wider problem in Auckland.

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Well over 300 boats, plus their cars and trailers, piled into Omaha on October 16.

boat ramps is expensive and there are very few places where additional ramps and carparking can be added.”

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“I don’t believe your average boatie expects everything to be free. Ideally, I would like to see boat launching facilities like those I have seen elsewhere, such as in Tauranga and the Coromandel, with washdown stations to help curb the spread of marine pests as well,” she said.

“These don’t come cheap, so who should pay – all ratepayers, or mainly those who use the facilities? As a boat owner myself, I don’t expect others to fund my interest.”

Ms Houlbrooke said the problem was only going to get worse and there seemed to be a lack of Council strategy in tackling it.

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Warning bell sounded over higher density housing A Warkworth planner is concerned by proposed legislation she says will have “far reaching” implications for residential areas within the Auckland region.

Last month, the Government, with bi-partisan support, introduced draft legislation into Parliament that will introduce new “medium density standards”. These standards will allow up to three houses, of up to three storeys, to be built on a site without the need for resource consent.

If the Bill is passed, it will apply to existing residential zones, and to “green field” land once it is subject to a plan change for zoning. Metropolitan councils will be required to implement the standards in

their district plans and the rules will come into immediate effect as soon as the plans are notified.

Warkworth planner Burnette O’Connor says urban areas such as Warkworth and Snells Beach, where there is established infrastructure, will likely be fair game for developers.

“It makes it far more economically viable to knock down older housing stock in Warkworth and replace a single house with three,” she says.

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of the proposed legislation. Any plan changes submitted by developers to Council that have not yet been completed must be withdrawn.

“It is likely that this is to give Council a clean slate. But, someone who might have already spent millions on progressing a plan change will now be at the mercy of how and when Council will apply the new standards.”

She says councils have “creative ways” of subverting Government legislation that they don’t agree with and the net result of the legislation remains to be seen.

As Ms O’Connor understands it, the proposed Bill will also no longer require councils to consult the public on their draft plans. Once plans are notified, the public

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Burnette believes the new standards could significantly speed up future developments, but says it will be “fairly frightening”.

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Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there will be no regional public events and all consultation is happening online.

However, Council’s community and social policy general manager, Kataraina Maki, says if internet access is a problem for anyone, they can call Council to make other arrangements, and special Zoom sessions will be held with Council staff instead of the usual Have Your Say events.

“We are providing bookable sessions where the public can choose to chat faceto-face online with members of our bylaw panel,” she says. “This gives a meaningful opportunity for people to still provide feedback in person, and ensure they are seen and heard.”

The live face-to-face session for Rodney will be held on the afternoon of Monday, November 15, although if anyone can’t make that, they are welcome to attend one of the other sessions being held on various dates between November 8 and 22.

Council’s Freedom Camping – Have Your Say website includes four separate links for providing feedback or finding information – there is an online survey form; registration for the live Zoom sessions; a questions section; or a tab to share experiences, good or bad, of freedom camping, or campers, in Auckland.

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The proposed new bylaw designates four areas in Rodney where freedom camping will be prohibited – Warkworth Town Hall • Leigh Library • Pakiri Hall • Ti Point walkway.

There are also five areas where it will be restricted – 8 Church Hill, Warkworth • Parry Kauri Park, Warkworth • 70 Kokihi Lane, Snells Beach • Port Albert Wharf Reserve • Wellsford Community Centre.

Otherwise, there are two key differences between this proposal and the previous freedom camping bylaw proposal from 2018, which was dropped by Council after a legal challenge by Omaha Beach residents.

The first is that this version does not include reserves, as camping on reserves is covered by the Reserves Act 1977, where it is generally not permitted.

The second is the introduction of four general rules that would apply to all other Council-controlled land, including roadsides. These would require all freedom campers to use a certified self-contained vehicle; stay a maximum of two nights in the same spot; vacate parking spots by 9am on the day of departure; and not return to the same spot for two-weeks.

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Sayers slams Govt for pushing ahead with Three Waters The Government’s decision to forge ahead with its Three Waters proposals despite widespread opposition from local councils has prompted Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers to seek a judicial review.

Cr Sayers says Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has made a “deceitful” and “unforgivable U-turn” by removing a promised option for councils to opt in or opt out of the Three Waters reform process.

“This was because the vast majority of New Zealand councils, including Auckland, have kicked the whole idea into touch,” he says.

Cr Sayers says a judicial review can look at whether the Government acted fairly, followed correct procedures and acted within their powers.

He says such a review would require the majority of Auckland councillors to support it. Once this was done, other councils from around New Zealand could be invited to also lend their support.

“Ratepayers across Auckland should now rally and put pressure on the Mayor and other councillors to have a judicial review initiated. This is the only independent and legal option left available to ratepayers to appeal the reform,” he says.

Cr Sayers says he believes Auckland Council should continue to retain control of Watercare, which currently manages Auckland’s wastewater and drinking water supply. Watercare is governed by a board of directors, who are answerable to elected councillors, who are in turn answerable to ratepayers.

Cr Sayers further suggests Auckland Council could invite struggling northern councils to consolidate their water assets under Watercare’s management. Elected members of those northern councils could then have a seat on Watercare’s board.

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the overarching water controlling entity for the north, but still be accountable to ratepayers.

Meanwhile, Cr Sayers draws no comfort from the fact that the Government says that it will gather public feedback on Three Waters via the select committee process.

“Ordinary ratepayers will be intimidated by such a high level process. Ratepayers are being purposely manipulated from having a voice over assets they paid for and own,” he says.

“It is disgraceful behaviour from Minister Mahuta and it flies in the face of any Treaty-based principles.”

But in a statement released late last month, Ms Mahuta said the case for change is too compelling to ignore.

Accordingly, the Government would create four publicly owned entities to manage drinking water, stormwater and wastewater infrastructure throughout New Zealand.

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Ecologist slams Council for neglect of trees A former consultant arborist and current ecologist has blasted Auckland Council for its neglect of trees in Kowhai Park.

Jack Warden, a senior ecologist and restoration manager at a Mahurangi ecological consultancy, says the demise of three totara trees at the park in Warkworth is related to a major carpark and toilet block upgrade to the park, which was completed in October 2017.

The dead trees, each about 17 metres tall, can be found clustered together near the carpark entrance.

Mr Warden says the design of the upgrade should have been modified to take account of the trees and careful monitoring taken place during excavations to ensure the trees’ roots were not damaged.

“That could definitely have prevented these trees being lost,” he says.

Mr Warden estimates the demise of the trees represents a monetary loss of $225,000. This would be the amount of money required to plant and maintain replacement trees comparable to the ones that have died. He says the loss of the trees is an act of vandalism comparable to somebody blowing up the new toilet block.

Mr Warden says the dead trees are now dangerous and people using Kowhai Park and motorists on the nearby Hill Street intersection could be struck by falling branches. He says the trees should be removed. However, Auckland Council arborist and ecological manager David Stejskal says the trees are inspected monthly and Council believes they are stable at the moment.

He adds that at the next inspection, a management plan will be drawn up for the continued care and monitoring of the dead trees.

Mr Stejskal says that Council engaged consultant arborists for the carpark project and considerable care was taken in the design of the carpark and during

Paparoa school investigates early childhood centre

Jack Warden says the trees are a threat to the public who could be struck by falling branches.

construction to protect the trees.

He says the trees were already showing signs of decline at the time of construction, and this was likely caused by people parking in the root zone of the trees for many years prior to the development of the carpark.

He says while the health of the trees could have been affected by the carpark development, multiple other factors could have caused their decline. These include a severe drought in 2019, which took a toll on many mature native trees.

Growing demand from working parents has prompted Paparoa School to investigate opening an early childhood education (ECE) centre in the area.

The population in Paparoa grew from 1400 to 1700 between the 2006 and 2018 censuses.

Paparoa School secretary Hanna Stevens believes a new population bump is coming with the development of new subdivisions and a wave of Aucklanders escaping the city as the reality of living with Covid-19 sets in.

While there are a number of play centres in the area, where parents take care of children, the proposed centre would be the first of its kind in Paparoa.

Hanna says she is aware that other childcare facilities in neighbouring towns already have waiting lists.

The proposed centre would be sited on school grounds, but the school is looking for a partner to run it independently of the school.

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Point Wells children’s writer revisits wartime Greece Award-winning Point Wells writer Maria Gill has penned another children’s book – this time a wartime adventure.

The King’s Medal tells the true story of how an Anzac platoon rescued the Greek king, prime minister and other officials on Crete during World War II. The platoon was obliged to trek from one side of the island to the other while avoiding thousands of German paratroopers and renegade Crete mountaineers, who shot at the Anzacs after mistaking them for the enemy.

In the book, the story is related by one of the former members of the platoon when he is asked about one of his war medals by his grandson, Manu.

Manu hears a tale of bravery, teamwork and sacrifice and sees his grandfather in a new light.

Maria came across the story when researching an earlier children’s book, Anzac Heroes, and says she has a soft spot for Greece.

“I visited there a few times when I was a backpacking 20-something. I worked there as a nanny for a few months, and visited many of the islands, including Crete,” she says.

“I had to wait more than 20 years to visit it again, but this story propelled me to travel to Crete and see the 16 kilometrelong Samaria Gorge the soldiers trekked through for myself.”

Maria says the story is one of the few positive tales to come from World War II. “People associate war stories with death and misery, but this one isn’t. The Anzacs lost

the island, but they saved the Greek king.”

Maria Gill has written more than 60 books, many of them award-winners, including Anzac Heroes, which won the 2016 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award.

Last year, Maria won the Margaret Mahy Medal – the top New Zealand literary prize for children’s writers.

The book is available in book stores from November 11.

Book giveaway Mahurangi Matters has one copy of The King’s Medal to give away. To go in the draw, email the editor@ localmatters.co.nz and put “medal” in the subject line. Competition closes on November 22.

Men’s Shed secures grant

Warkworth Men’s Shed successfully secured a $10,000 grant from Foundation North for equipment upgrades last month. The money will be used purchase a dust extractor system, a drop saw and table saws. Committee member Mike Izzard says the grant will help the Men’s Shed to free up other funds for a planned extension. Mike says Men’s Shed is grateful to local MP Marja Lubeck and Wastebusters for providing letters of support in favour of the shed’s grant application.

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It was all smiles at McLeod’s Brewery in Waipu following a stellar showing at the 2021 New Zealand Beer Awards.

Judges declared McLeod’s Champion Medium Brewery after its beers won a string of medals at a virtual awards ceremony held on October 21.

Chief among the honours was a trophy for the best amber/dark ale, which was awarded for McLeod’s Harvest Moon Dark IPA. McLeod’s also won gold medals for its Smugglers Bay Belgian Strong Ale and Black Sour 2020.

In addition, they were awarded a swag of silver and bronze medals for other beers.

The Champion Medium Brewery is awarded to a brewery producing between 201,000 litres and two million litres of beer

per annum, which covers most breweries in New Zealand.

McLeod’s co-founder Clayton Gwynne says it is a highly sought-after award.

“We have regularly won awards since our inception seven years ago. We have got close to Champion Brewery on a couple of occasions, but to win it is something special,” he says.

Other local breweries that won medals included 8 Wired, Puhoi Beer and Sawmill Brewery.

Sawmill Brewery also won the Sustainability Award for the second year in a row.

Judges said Sawmill continued to stand out for a raft of sustainable actions that covered every aspect of environmental stewardship.

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You have just purchased a new TV, laptop or even a new car for personal use, and you are asked by the salesperson whether you wish to buy an “extended warranty”. Do you know what this means? Well, the cynic might say it’s a bit like, “Do you want fries with that?”. In other words, you are being up-sold or the salesperson is doing some smart “cross-selling”. This is because you are being sold something you already have from the time of purchase, namely a warranty.

That new TV, laptop or car come with a manufacturer’s warranty. This is a type of assurance given to you the customer as to the condition of the product you purchased and the circumstances under which repairs, exchanges or refunds will be made. This is known as an “express warranty”. However, this warranty is inevitably limited in time – sometimes for a ridiculously short duration relative to the price of the product and its expected lifetime.

Take the TV as an example. The manufacturer’s warranty might be for five years. This seems unfair when most customers would expect it to reliably perform for longer than that. To compensate, the salesperson offers at additional cost an extension to the manufacturer’s warranty – usually in terms of duration and other alleged benefits such as immediate replacement or a loan product while the faulty product is being repaired. This “additional protection” has an attraction for some, but usually only for people who do not know their rights.

This is because implied in every sale of specific goods are a series of guarantees automatically given to you by the manufacturer and the seller (known as the supplier). These guarantees are not written down at the

time of purchase but exist as a matter of law thanks to the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993. They are comprehensive and long-lasting on products and services bought for personal or household use in New Zealand. Nevertheless, there are two important points to keep in mind: the protection the Act gives does not apply to goods and services for business use and it does not cover accidental damage.

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Addiction epidemic as teen vaping rates sky-rocket Increased calls are being made for government action to halt a spiraling epidemic in vaping among secondary school students.

A new survey of more than 19,000 teenagers has found that more than a quarter of them are vaping at least once a week, many are addicted to nicotine and most are using high-strength products.

The online research was carried out in July and August by the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation (ARFNZ) in partnership with the Secondary Principals’ Association, in response to growing concerns from parents, teachers and schools over an epidemic of teen vaping.

Mahurangi College principal Tony Giles said vaping was now such a scourge in schools that the Ministry of Health needed to phase it out entirely to prevent significant negative health consequences.

“Fundamentally, vaping is not safe. To claim, as some have, that vaping is ‘safer than smoking’ is disingenuous and ignores the growing wealth of scientific evidence that vaping is very harmful, particularly to developing teenagers,” he said.

“While students vaping at school is an irritant, of much greater concern to principals is the fact that students as young as 10, who were not smoking and were never going to smoke, are becoming addicted to vaping. Many want to stop, but struggle to overcome the nicotine addiction that they have developed.”

This was confirmed by AFRNZ survey authors, who said many young people were using high nicotine vapes without ever having smoked a cigarette, and quickly becoming addicted. In addition, they said vaping not only exposed young people’s heart and lungs to harmful toxins, but vaping had been consistently associated with depression, ADHD and conduct disorders in adolescents. Nicotine exposure has also been shown to impact learning and memory.

Key findings from the ARFNZ survey 27 per cent of students said they had vaped and 15 per cent said they had smoked cigarettes in the previous week 75 per of those vaping, or 20 per cent of all students who responded, were vaping daily or several times a day, mostly with high nicotine doses More than half of those vaping were vaping more frequently and at higher nicotine levels than last year 86 per cent of students vaping more than once a day said they were addicted to vaping and 57 per cent felt that it was having an adverse effect on their health The most common source of vaping supplies was from dairies

The survey of more than 19,000 students found a marked increase in vaping compared with two years ago.

Tony Giles said heath officials had been hoodwinked by Big Tobacco, which controlled much of the vaping industry and employed slick marketing “built on lies and dissemination”.

“The Director General of Health needs to show real leadership in this area and look to phase out this scourge from our schools and Aotearoa,” he said.

ARFNZ recommendations to curb the

rise in teen vaping include limiting the nicotine content in vaping products to 20mg, or 2 per cent; raising the legal age to buy vapes to 21; banning front-of-store window advertising and product display by retailers and preventing the sale of vaping products within a 1km radius of schools.

ARFNZ also runs a vaping education website Don’t Get Sucked In (DGSI) to inform and educate young people about the risks of vaping and encourage them not

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Road safety project funding restored

More than $1million of traffic calming and pedestrian safety projects in the Warkworth and Wellsford areas are back on Auckland Transport’s work agenda and should be carried out in the near future.

Rodney Local Board members voted unanimously to approve the funding package at its meeting last month, following the reinstatement of its transport capital fund that had been slashed to zero last year after the Emergency Covid-19 budget.

Members heard that time was of the essence in getting the project funding approved and out to contract, since there was a risk that budgets might yet be impacted by any cuts that might result from the current lockdown.

AT staff said, once board funding was approved, they would work to contract out the projects as soon as possible.

All the projects, in Warkworth, Wellsford, Puhoi, Point Wells, Omaha and Leigh, have been advocated for by community groups, schools and local residents.

Where the money is going: Warkworth Primary School $260,000 raised pedestrian crossing/traffic calming Mansel Drive, Warkworth $260,000 raised pedestrian crossing Rodney Street, Wellsford $200,000 raised pedestrian crossing Leigh School $150,000 kea crossing*/school zone signage Point Wells $100,000 traffic calming measures Omaha Causeway $22,500 electronic speed monitor Puhoi $22,500

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Warkworth Primary School has been pushing for a safer crossing for years.

Council considers vaccine mandates

Auckland Council has begun consulting on a proposal that would require all its employees, and some others working for Council, to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

This could potentially alter the current policy, which is to “strongly encourage” vaccination. A Council survey found that 91 per cent of the staff who responded had either had their first dose or were fully vaccinated. Another 2.1 per cent said they intended to get vaccinated.

Council’s governance director Phil Wilson says although this policy is about employees, guidance for elected councillors and board members is being developed in parallel so that both can take effect at the same time – from early December.

“In the event that vaccination is required for entry to offices and meeting venues, options for remote attendance will need to be put in place for unvaccinated elected members, because their right to exercise their democratic decisionmaking role must be respected,” Mr Wilson says.

In the meantime, local board members are being given information regarding vaccination as well as the opportunity to share their own stories or vaccination status on Council communication channels, such as local board Facebook pages.

“This has all been optional but underscored by the Council’s support for everyone who is able to, to be vaccinated,” Mr Wilson says.

Last month, Council suggested that local boards should discuss whether or not to make members’ vaccination status public – for example, Orakei Local Board has posted a photo of members with its local Councillor on its Facebook page with the statement: “We are fully vaccinated for our community.”

Rodney Local Board chair Phelan Pirrie said there had been a general discussion of the policy at a recent workshop. He said he was vaccinated and believed most board members were as well, but it was up to individuals whether they wanted to go public with personal information.

“We’re definitely encouraging members to get vaccinated,” he said. “And when we get back to public meetings, anyone not vaccinated is unlikely to be let in.”

Council will spend two weeks consulting with its staff and expects to have the policy regarding employees and guidance for elected members in effect from December 1.

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Grant Greenbury, and his then business partner Ross McGuiness, started Zego Sports Boats 20 years ago while also working for a rotational moulding business making calf feeders.

They decided to use the same technology to create a plastic boat, which they could use to more easily cross the Waipu and Mangawhai bars.

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The pair launched their first boat to coincide with the 2000 Americas Cup in Auckland and managed to sell them to spectators looking to get close to the action.

Grant says it was hard going at the start of the business, driving all over New Zealand doing demonstrations to introduce the new concept to the market.

Today, Zego exports its craft all over the world. It has sold “thousands” across the Americas, Europe and Pacific.

The Zego hull is filled with buoyant expanding foam to keep it from sinking, even if you crash into rocks.

Meanwhile, its asymmetric catamaran hull design, with one side longer than the other, coupled with a vertical inner base means it “spins around on a dime.”

Grant says he has proven beyond a doubt that his Zego boats are “unsinkable”.

He applied to the United States Coastguard for certification. As part of the testing process, holes were drilled in the top and bottom of a Zego hull and left for 24 hours in the water.

“A day later we got on board, started the motor and off she went,” he says.

The flagship craft, a Zego 300, has been described as a “quad bike at sea”. It comes standard with a 30 horsepower engine and tops 50kph with a single person aboard. It is more stable than a jet-ski in rough waves and is able to store fishing gear.

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A measure mat is used to correctly identify the size of a 68cm-snapper caught by Cam Rathe of the Warkworth Gamefish Club.

Anglers adapt to virtually managed competitions With recreational boating now permitted under Covid-19 regulations, Mahurangi fishing clubs have been quick to adapt with virtually managed “measure and release” competitions.

The Kawau Bay Fishing Club held its annual Ken Erceg trophy competition for snapper catches over the month of October.

Members used a measuring mat to photograph fish before emailing the pictures to event organisers.

This month, the club will offer a prize to members for heaviest snapper. It has also been waiting to draw a winner for its raffle of a brand new Phoenix fishing kayak and hopes to do so at its next club day, when lockdown ends.

Similarly, the Warkworth Gamefish Club has been trying to host its annual prizegiving and AGM since August.

In the meantime, it has been holding its monthly snapper competition virtually.

“Fishing has been pretty popular in lockdown. It has been madness on the water,” vice president Cam Rathe says.

He says the club is still discussing whether to hold its ladies’ competition this month

and children’s competition in December.

The Mangawhai Fishing Club is currently investigating using an Australian-developed mobile app, which will automatically collate entries for its next competition.

Club member Matt Jackson says the club is in the process of communicating its requirements to developers. The club hopes to have one competition before Christmas, but may realistically have to wait until next year.

The Mangakura Boat Club is considering having its major annual competition in either February or March next year. It will time the date with a convenient morning and afternoon tide.

It usually attracts 60 entries with prizes for the heaviest fish of different species and across various divisions.

It will also hold a competition next June for heaviest gurnard with a top prize of $500.

President Peter Anich says the Mangakura Boat Club is getting too popular for its own good, with members joining from outside of Auckland to make use of its conveniently located access to the Kaipara Harbour.

More wild weather this summer Weather experts at insurer AMI are predicting higher than usual flood risk in the North Island and increased wildfire risk in the South this summer.

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The Waipu Cove Surf Club has an adult and child’s chair, which can be booked and borrowed by the public through Camp Waipu Cove.

The camp has also built a concrete ramp from the club to the beach for ease of access.

Surf club captain Kath Manning says the chairs have been bought using funding from Sport Northland. The club surveyed its members and found that accessibility for all was a priority.

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He personally suffered from a tendon injury that prevented him from going to the beach for an extended period of time and got an appreciation for how precious beach access is.

He says the specialised chairs make use of balloon wheels which provide a cushion of air.

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Human activity has led to the depletion of fish around Hauturu. Photo Liz Whitwell

Sea change The natural ecosystems that make up this wonderful world we live in – wetlands, islands, mountains and so forth – do not exist separately. They are all interconnected, be it by the seas that surround them, the creatures that move between them or the rivers flowing through them. The ocean around Te Hauturu o Toi may gently bathe the coastline or may at other times pound the cliffs and beaches, eroding them and moving the boulders, constantly creating change.

More than 15 species of seabird feed from the ocean, returning to the island to roost or nest. They bring with them the remains of the fish they have fed on and the rich guano of their droppings. Many species burrow into the high ridge tops to nest, loosening soil for plants to grow and providing elements to help insects and other creatures mature.

As fish and food sources near the island are depleted by human activity, be it overfishing or maybe reduced water quality from siltation caused by land development around the Gulf, the birds must travel further away from the island to find food for their chicks and must spend longer away from them, consequently they rear fewer chicks. In the past, the seaweed beds around the island were abundant and healthy, but with the disappearance of crayfish and large snapper, the seaweeds are disappearing under the siege of kina – something the ranger’s children have noticed over the last 10 years.

Changes to the health of the Hauraki Gulf/Tikapa Moana are accelerating as

the population around it increases and more people access the Gulf for recreation.

Moreover, commercial fishing continues with types of fishing like bottom-trawling and scallop dredging that permanently damage the fragile ecosystem. I remember trips out to Hauturu as a child back in the 1950s and 60s when it would be rare to see more than one or two other vessels.

You were more likely to see a whale or a big school of trevally. Now on trips to the island you may see 15 to 20 vessels of all sizes – from container ships to kayaks and jet-skis. It has always seemed strange to me that Hauturu, being one of our most pristine ecosystems, has no marine protection. Our other nature reserves, such as the sub-Antarctic islands, the Kermadecs and even Kapiti have some degree of marine protection.

The Hauturu Supporters Trust is keen to work with the island’s iwi, Ngati Manuhiri, towards some form of marine protection for the island. We have recently appointed a new trustee, Dr Andrew Jeffs, a marine scientist, who may help us all towards that end.

This is my last column about Hauturu as I am retiring from the Trust in December after 14 years as a trustee. I am sure to remain involved with the island in some way, as it has been part of my life since I was four years old. Massey University Press is in the process of publishing a reprint of our book Hauturu, which, if all goes well, will be available by Christmas and also through the Hauturu Supporters Trust’s new website.

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Summer pest control Apparently, the summer weather will be characterised by the La Niña weather pattern. For our region, this will mean more north-easterly wind flows with warmer, more humid conditions and more frequent rainfall. This is excellent news for gardeners that get tired of continually watering the garden, and plants in general will relish the more tropical growing conditions.

As always, there will be a fly in the ointment, or in this case a plague of pests in the garden. Warm humid weather will inevitably lead to an explosion of various insects and diseases. It’s already started in our garden, with an onslaught of bronze beetle on the boysenberry and raspberry plants, which are their preferred food source. The feijoa shrubs and gardenia are also looking very tatty around the edges as these are also high on the bronze beetle menu. In addition, each time I happen to brush past the grapefruit tree I’m greeted with a puff of citrus whitefly. And this will just be the start!

My go-to solution for most pest problems these days is a mix of liquid seaweed and neem oil, for a general plant tonic spray and pest control, or a more grunty mix of neem oil and insecticidal soap for problematic pest outbreaks. The first combination is relatively soft on the plants and beneficial insects. The seaweed helps to feed the plants, reduce disease and act as a deterrent to some insects, while the neem does general pest control. An overall garden spray every two to three weeks or so with this combo is quite effective.

The second combination is tougher on plants. For some sensitive leaved plants, such as tomatoes and beans, I wait until the

Tapora fun day to take off in 2022 The Tapora community is organising a fun day at Birds Beach with sausage sizzles, slip n’ slides and lolly scrambles to raise money for Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust on January 2.

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rest of the garden is sprayed, then dilute the remaining spray by half before spraying these plants to avoid the worst leaf damage.

The soap plus neem combo is good at controlling most insects, even the hard to kill ones like bronze beetle and green shield beetle. I use this combo as a more targeted spray. For example, right now I’m using it on the berry fruit for bronze beetle and on the citrus for whitefly. Later, I’ll use it on cannas and other soft-tipped plants when the passionvine hoppers emerge, then on the tomato family when the tomatopotato psyllid emerges in late November, and so on through the rest of summer and autumn.

Leaf burning is more likely during hot, humid conditions. If you can, wait for a cooler day and spray in the evening.

Spraying in the evening is also less likely to affect beneficial insects, particularly honeybees, as even though these sprays are relatively non-toxic, a blast of this while the bees are foraging is not going to go down well. An evening spray will also mean the liquid stays on the plants and the insects for longer before drying, giving extra time for the active ingredients to do their job.

Good coverage is important for relatively low toxicity sprays such as these. If I’m doing a full garden spray I use a backpack sprayer to get more pressure to penetrate into the shrubbery. I have the nozzle turned upside down so the spray is going mostly on to the underside of the leaves, with the overspray then settling on the upper surfaces. Once the plant is literally dripping, a quick spray over the top will get any missed upper surfaces. This finishes the job, and I can go back to enjoying a tropical summer.

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Free trade to beef-up meat industry but prices will rise A free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom will provide greater security for the livelihoods of Rodney farmers and drive sustainability, but meat prices in supermarkets are likely to rise, local farmers say.

The Government announced last month that it had reached an agreement in principle for an FTA with Britain.

While dairy is the big winner, with free access to the British market within three years, the FTA could have a more meaningful impact for the struggling beef and sheep meat industries, which will have an expanding quota and free access in 15 years.

The New Zealand sheep industry has been declining since the UK joined the European Union in the 1970s, while also facing diminishing wool prices.

Beef has also been challenged by changing land use in New Zealand, with forestry

consuming arable land, driven by carbon pricing.

Helensville farmer, and Beef + Lamb Northland chair David Kidd says the UK market is an opportunity because its consumers are willing to pay a higher price for food. Agricultural sector-wide tariff reduction and elimination will also mean sheep exports will benefit from shipping efficiencies.

David believes that the key to unlocking premium prices is New Zealand’s story around producing grass-fed sustainable meat.

Traditionally, New Zealand meat has been marketed in Britain as a cheaper alternative.

“The New Zealand agricultural industry has been working hard to farm in a regenerative manner. The UK market will recognise the value in that,” he says.

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However, David admits that a consequence will likely be higher meat prices in New Zealand supermarkets – a reality of an “export-driven economy”.

Ahuroa sheep farmer Nicky Berger is unsure how the New Zealand market will respond to increasing lamb prices with premium meat already commanding around $40 a kilogram.

But she sees the FTA as an opportunity for Welsh and Kiwi lamb farmers to collaborate, supplying both markets with meat during their seasons, which alternate every six months.

“It will give consistency of supply, which will be attractive for markets, similar to what Zespri has been able to achieve with Kiwifruit growers in Italy.”

Nicky acknowledges that some UK farmers are not happy about the FTA, including

the “Red Tractor” union, but says that forward-thinking British farmers are not taking a protectionist stance.

Retired Wellsford sheep breeder Gordon Levet says the FTA will help, but wool prices will need to increase if the sheep industry is to return to historic highs.

“In the 1950s wool was booming, and fathers wanted their daughters to marry sheep farmers. I don’t think we will return to that, but the FTA could keep sheep numbers up at around 20 million, which would be equivalent to the 1930s,” he says.

Gordon says the returns farmers get from wool currently don’t cover the cost of shearing. The price of wool is around $2 per kilogram, whereas 30 years ago it was $5.

“But, I think the market will right itself as new uses for wool are found. For example, it could be used in houses for its fire resistance,” he says.

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Top academic recalls influence of Rodney College The new vice-chancellor of Lincoln University credits his former teachers at Rodney College with helping him become the man he is today.

Professor Grant Edwards especially recalled mentor John Cavander, whanau teacher Paul Hudson, maths and biology teacher Ross Cornes and Ian Bradnam.

“My teachers were really influential in defining me as a person. They gave me a really positive outlook on education and further study,” he says.

Prof Edwards went on to become Dux and head boy at Rodney College in 1986.

He grew up on a beef farm, just outside Wellsford, which is still owned by his family.

He says that background sparked his interest in agriculture, but his decision to study the subject at Lincoln was partly motivated by his passion for playing and coaching hockey, which had an especially strong following in the Canterbury region.

Prof Edwards was further inspired by his university lecturers who showed how the application of research could make a real difference to agricultural practice.

After completing a Bachelor of Agricultural

Science degree with honours in 1990, Prof Edwards was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and studied behavioural ecology at Oxford University.

He returned to Lincoln in 2004 to take up a senior lectureship in plant science and in 2009 was promoted to professor. Three years later he became head of Department of Agricultural Sciences.

Prof Edwards has a special interest in dairy production systems – looking at ways of reducing nitrate leaching and greenhouse gas emissions, while at the same time ensuring dairy farms remain profitable.

For the last two years he has been deputy vice-chancellor and will take over the vicechancellor position on January 1.

Prof Edwards will effectively be the “chief executive” of the university, responsible for leading and directing its academic and other staff.

Although he will no longer lecture, he will continue with several dairy research projects.

Lincoln University chancellor Bruce Gemmell says Prof Edwards’ outstanding leadership qualities were key in getting him the appointment.

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Piddling pooches In these days of lockdown, urinary incontinence in dogs can become quite burdensome, especially when the animal has been an indoor dog all its life. While the reasons for urinary incontinence can be manifold, the vast majority of cases are seen in older spayed bitches or young puppies.

In older, spayed female dogs, the problem is mainly due to the incompetence of the urethral sphincter mechanism. This is the mechanism that keeps the bladder locked until the animal decides to urinate and voluntarily releases that lock. That is why most of these little accidents happen when the animal is resting or asleep, and they wake up in a little puddle. This type of incontinence is, in the majority of cases, very successfully treated with oral medications of oestrogenic compounds which increase the sensitivity of the internal urethral sphincter to the naturally occurring catecholamines in the body. If oral treatment does not achieve control of urinary incompetence, surgical options may be considered. These surgical options are usually the domain of specialists and involve equipment and techniques outside the scope of general practice.

These solutions are costly, but can be very successful as well.

Another form of urinary incontinence is one that we see in young puppies. It is caused by a congenital defect known as an ectopic ureter. The ureter is the tube that leads from the kidney to the bladder.

Since mammals have two kidneys and two ureters, there are two dedicated entry points into the bladder. Meanwhile, the

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Most of these little accidents happen when the animal is resting or asleep, and they wake up in a little puddle. pre-existing condition. Your veterinarian will, as a matter of routine, investigate all possible causes for urinary incontinence to distinguish between behavioural, anatomical, and neurological aspects that influence normal urination. This may include an investigation of underlying diseases that led to an increase in fluid uptake, urinary tract infections or inability to concentrate urine.

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All things bright and beautiful Please place your arm on the table, for I am about to give you a short, sharp injection of happiness. A banger of colour, love and hope that has been testing the tensile strength of the capillaries in my imagination since summer this year. I had no appetite to write about sunflowers while we were experiencing the months of our carefree warmth. I had, in fact, envisaged a greater value in their presence – one of an exploding life raft that could catapult us from any dark depths into the safety of light.

I adore sunflowers, perhaps more than most? For good or bad, I have a lifelong, gentle, and constant reminder of my affection for them. In my early 20s while in a hippy-induced, sangria-fuelled moment, I had a small one tattooed on my ass. And although the long and winding passages of my life now find my inky branding slightly more squidgy and splodgy, her faded outlines have not proved to be a reflection of affection diminished.

Traveling home from the far north in February, a great golden glow permeated from a sea of sunflowers in a paddock in Waipu. The sadness of that family holiday ending was suddenly replaced by an overwhelming gush of visual orgasm.

A tingle that started in my toes, bounced around my heart and burst out like a firecracker through my eyeballs. A fire blanket of euphoria smothering any sense of perturbation I may have felt over my holidays’ end and my preceding regimental life that was about to restart.

So, I bottled this sweet perfume of joy and now I wish to share. A post on social media easily allowed me to track down this farmer who was sharing his cheerful palette with all. That man was Mr Zac Grant, who farms his family dairy farm on State

Highway 1 in Waipu, and, oh boy, was I just busting to meet him. On my drive up to greet him, my imagination was running wild. My thoughts were of the world’s most romantic dairy farmer, with the grandest of all bouquets. Entire fields of flowers that he had planted for the love of his life. Rich paddock soils emulated big glass vessels for which to hold these stems of happiness.

Wow! I had to wind down my window.

Fresh air was needed to ease this classic case of toxic romance that I was suffering.

At the farm gate, I was greeted by a genuine young family man – tall in stature with that heartfelt and warm country demeanour.

The little drive along his paddocks was surreal. Thoughts of Vincent Van Gogh and his famous painting “Sunflowers” entered my mind with Zac as the virtuoso.

His tractor and drill the paintbrush, bare earth his canvas and the finished product a masterpiece hung in his community.

Standing in his field of gold, Zac explained that his intention was to trial sunflowers for his girls’ (that is, his cows) dietary supplement – the ruminant’s version of a gourmet side salad packed out with protein.

The intent behind this blooming crop was to allow the flowers to reach their full potential then a mulcher would process it much in the same way silage is prepared. Once mature, the sunflowers would be chopped down, baled, and stored for additional food later on in the year.

Of course, all this makes complete sense to a rational and logical thinking farmer whose primary concern is the wellbeing of their animals – but unfortunately not so me because my imagination had other ideas. Standing among thousands of sunflowers reaching above my head with streams of sunlight raining down through the gaps like shards of glass, I felt drugged

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Visions, beautiful visions of cows picnicking together and chewing the cud. Zac going home to his beautiful wife after a hard day’s work with armfuls of them and the smile on her face. Engulfing their capsule of instant euphoria as one draws back the curtains to greet another day, and the young lovers holding hands running through them; endless summer, warm and tender. Those tingles of happiness I experienced that day lingered on inside me through the cold darkness of winter, and then through the months of ravaged sadness that the pandemic brought to all around us. I pondered both history and heartache and resolved that throughout suffering and pain, even the smallest beacons of hope are required for us to move forward.

I recently spoke to Zac, eager to ascertain if he was going to plant his paddocks out with his cheerfulness again – God knows we need it! As it turns out, rats apparently have a higher appreciation for this gourmet delight than most and, unbelievably, even

enjoy!

cows can be hesitant to eat healthy food, no matter how pretty the colours. At the time of writing, Zac was unsure if sunflowers would once again be part of his business plan this summer? But that need not matter.

Zac has already bestowed upon us a dream to lift our spirits, and the gift that even a tiny little seed can help nurture hope inside us all. This summer, let’s run towards the light, banish forever the dark days behind us and plant sunflowers. Allow our rich sense of community to be the propagator for a better future. For we can glow in the face of adversity. To help spread the cheer Mahurangi Matters and I are providing free sunflower seeds for all. Let’s plant our little hearts out, and I encourage the rural and farming communities to do the same.

Always remember, “when the sun shines, we shine together.”

Free sunflower seeds are available from local supermarkets and dairies, as well as in front of Mahurangi Matters office, 17 Neville Street, Warkworth.

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Lockdown fails to stop ag day Tomarata School hosted its annual ag day competition online for the first time, with students asked to submit their lamb, calf, sculpture or garden digitally.

Organiser Barbara Bartlett says a show has never been cancelled on her watch, and she wasn’t about to let lockdown rain on the school’s parade.

“We had at least 21 lambs that had been hand-reared by students for months, and we didn’t want that to go to waste,” she says.

Students were asked to send photos and videos with a short introduction to their

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“All of the entries were beautiful, but during the leading and calling you could see how well the lambs had been raised,” she says.

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A roundup of sports activities and events in the district Tennis clubs awaiting advice Tennis New Zealand is eagerly awaiting advice from the Government about what changes to Covid-19 restrictions will mean for clubs. The Auckland region is set to move to Alert Level 3, step two at midnight on Tuesday, November 9. It will allow for outdoor groups of up to 25. “Tennis NZ is monitoring all available news sources regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. As the situation changes we are making decisions regarding appropriate measures for tennis and will provide updates.”

Omaha golf shop goes contactless The Omaha Golf Club is able to provide contactless sale of gear including clubs, balls and tees, as well as snacks, thanks to a new mobile eftpos machine.

“To purchase something, please knock on the sliding door and we will be able to serve you from there.”

Visit www.golfhq.co.nz to see the shop’s range of gear.

New system for Kawau Boat Club The Kawau Boat Club has a new booking system for its Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron moorings in Smelting House Bay. The club and bar will no longer be handling bookings. Yacht owners should instead visit the RNZYS website and find the Kawau Island section under ‘the squadron’. Queries to RNZYS on 09 360 6800.

Keep registering for tag Registrations are open for the 2021/2022 tag season at the Tomarata Rugby Club. The club is assuring the community that it is making preparations for when Covid-19 restrictions ease. “Our season may look different but we are still hopeful we will at least get some games in this season.” Register at www.sporty.co.nz/tomaratatag.

Touch looks to 2022 Mahurangi Rugby Club is looking to hold its touch rugby module next year. Players and teams can register their interest at mahutouch@gmail.com.

Junior cricket Registrations are open for junior hard ball cricket at Kaipara Flats Cricket Club. Register at www.hibiscuscricket.co.nz. A six week “have a go” programme will also be held at Mangawhai and Kaipara Flats, on Monday and Friday nights respectively. See www.ndcricket.co.nz/ play. Enquiries to liamj@northcricket.co.nz.

Mahurangi College volleyball Mahurangi College is calling for teams of six to eight players to register for its in-house volleyball competition which will be held over six weeks.

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Surf season starts with a warning

Surf Life Saving New Zealand began its season on Auckland and Northland beaches last month. SLSNZ volunteer manager Chris Emmett says Covid-19 restrictions mean that this season “will be a little different”.

“The public may not see the familiar red and yellow flags as clubs may be operating at reduced capacity, instead using observational patrols and lifeguards in towers.”

Chris warns that the public should take extra caution in the water. If conditions are too dangerous, beaches may be “red flagged” and swimmers should not enter the water.

Puhoi carnival axed

The Puhoi Axeman Club says it has reluctantly decided to cancel its 2022 Wood Chopping Carnival.

“The club is saddened, as we really do love to put on these shows, but in the current Covid situation it is not possible. We are unable to train, collect blocks or run our club.”

The club thanked its sponsors, supporters and the Puhoi Hotel team for building the event into the largest woodchopping competition in New Zealand.

It says it is looking forward to making 2023 the “biggest and best” event it can possibly be. Next year will be the club’s 60th anniversary.

Highland games tossed

The Waipu Caledonian Committee is “saddened” to have to cancel the Waipu Highland games scheduled to be held on New Year’s Day. “Uncertainties and wide ranging restrictions have made holding a large scale event incredibly difficult to organise,” the committee says.

The committee says it discussed different options for holding the games, but it was facing “too many hurdles” for the event to be viable. It thanked clans and vendors for their support and said refunds would soon be made.

It is looking forward to the 2023 Waipu Highland Games, which will celebrate 150 years of the event.

Puhoi football shuffle

Veteran coach Luke McIntyre has been appointed as head coach of the Puhoi Soccer Club’s first team, replacing John Ellis. McIntyre served as coach until the end of 2020, and is “looking to pick up where he left off.”

“The priority will be to stabilise and rebuild around the current core group of players who served in 2021,” he says.

Players interested for the 2022 season should contact Luke on 021 109 5494.

Ken Erceg comp

Claire Anstett was the winner of the prestigious Ken Erceg trophy last month. The trophy was awarded by Kawau Bay Fishing Club for her 1.49kg snapper, which was closest to the average weight of 1.54 kg. Heaviest snapper went to Kevin Johnston with his 6.45kg catch. This month, the club will again be making an award to a member who catches the heaviest snapper. To join the club, visit www.kawaubayfishingclub.nz/ membership

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Organised by Wellsford Plus in support of men living with prostate cancer.

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New date: Saturday, February 26, 6pm.

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Nina and Eva Robinson carefully capturing sea creatures. Photo, Robert Robinson.

Petrolisthes elongatus, also known as the New Zealand half crab. Photo, Robert Robinson.

Favonigobius lentiginosus, also known as the estuarine goby or enigma goby. Photo, Robert Robinson.

Photographer reveals magic of Snells Beach Snells Beach photographer Robert Robinson normally travels around the South Pacific capturing images of exotic and endangered sea creatures, but recently has been grounded by lockdown.

Unable to go on any far-flung adventures, he has turned his lens to the “amazing little ecosystem” of Snells Beach and found a wondrous world in its tidal rock pools.

He says that on closer inspection, the ordinary became extraordinary.

“If you look into a tidal pool on any local beach you will notice small fish that dart and hide – they are sand gobies,” he says.

“They are among the most common fish, and may not look like much because they are just 15 millimetres long and purposefully blend in, but as soon as you put them under a studio flash they absolutely light up with colours and patterns.”

Likewise, the common coastal crab may look mundane in the sand, but they have radiant iridescent blue markings.

After a life of taking photos, Robert’s eyesight is not what it used to be, but fortunately his daughters Eva, 7 and Nina, 5, have keen eyes. They would accompany him to the beach each day to collect creatures in buckets to photograph and then return them.

On a previous assignment, Robert had searched for mantis shrimp at Snells Beach but didn’t find any. It turned out he just needed to slow down, and lockdown created the perfect opportunity.

“The girls and I wouldn’t get far in a single sitting. Over a couple of hours we might only search five metres.”

For the project, Robert had to pull together a makeshift studio in his garage and place the sea creatures in a tank.

He used a white piece of paper against the tank for a plain background and three strobe flashes for light. But Robert says the real challenge was to get the seawater clear enough.

“Seawater is filled with lots of little particles and they all show up when under light.”

Robert used a jug and some filters made from objects in his kitchen to strain the water over and over until the water quality was clear enough to work with.

The resulting photographs were recently published in New Zealand Geographic magazine under the title “the animals next door”. Ordinarily, Robert spends his time as a photo journalist. He recently travelled to the sub-Antarctic to photograph whales and was due to be in the Kermadec Islands before lockdown hit.

Info: www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-animals-nextdoor/

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