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Exhibition captures cement works story The story of an industry that put Warkworth on the map in the late 1880s is the subject of an extensive exhibition at the Warkworth Museum, which opened last week. The exhibition chronicles the history of the Wilson Cement Works, founded by Nathaniel Wilson, and the people who worked there, through archival material, photographs, original items and artworks. At the exhibition opening, museum president Brenda Yoxall thanked the volunteers for the months of work that had gone into the project, describing it as “an act of love”. She said the cement works played a critical role in laying the economic foundations of Warkworth and Nathaniel, and his brothers John and James, were true pioneers in the cement industry. “There was a lot of experimentation before they were able to commercially manufacture cement, which went on to become the Portland Cement Company,” she said. She thanked the Fletcher Trust, Auckland’s Maritime Museum and Golden Bay Cement for their support. The exhibition will be on show for about a year. The Fletcher Trust donated the print (above left) of Peggy Spicer’s painting of the cement works to the museum. The original is held by the trust. At the exhibition opening was trust chair Angus Fletcher and archivist Rachel Bell.

Further closures proposed for Pakiri beach Walkers on the national Te Araroa Trail will be looking for an alternative route between Te Arai and Pakiri following a decision by the landowners along the route to stop further access. About 1.5km of the beach is privately owned by the Pakiri G Ahu Whenua Trust, representing 173 Māori owners. Trust chair Wayne Greenwood says they were not consulted before the route along the beach from Te Arai to Pakiri was put in and, over the years, walkers have shown disrespect for the environment. He says this includes using the sand dunes as a toilet, littering, flying drones next to signs that say it is a no-fly zone for drones, and camping

inside fenced off bird nesting areas. “Birds see drones as predators – it can affect their breeding so that’s why people are asked not to fly them in the area,” Greenwood says. “We feel we have to make a stand because the problems are becoming more pronounced as the population increases. “We can’t see any middle ground – the beach must be closed to foot traffic.” As well as critically endangered tara iti, or fairy tern, the relatively undisturbed coastline provides shelter for a range of birds including godwits and oystercatchers. There are also urupa (burial grounds) and

middens along the beach, and some areas are tapu (sacred). “If we don’t protect this area, there will be nothing left. It’s already affected by sandmining. Sometimes the only way to care for nature is just to leave it alone,” Greenwood says. His views are echoed by a member of the trust, Annie Baines. She says that ever since Auckland Council opened the Pakiri Regional Park, at the southern end of the beach, there has been confusion around the where the park starts and finishes. Maps with incorrect information have not helped the situation. However, she says closing off the northern beach will not be a rāhui.

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alternative routes might be available for the trail. The decision to stop walkers on the beach comes just weeks after a rāhui was declared on a section of the southern beach including the rocks where over-harvesting has annihilated the mussel beds. Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust declined to comment on the rāhui, but did say that while it was supportive of efforts to protect the environment, it had not placed a rāhui at Pākiri. People can still access a section of the beach, administered by DOC on behalf of the settlement trust, immediately south of the river, where lifeguards from Red Beach will be patrolling this summer. Waitematā North area prevention officer Detective Senior Sergeant Roger Small says police have had no direct complaints from the public about the rāhui. “Police are not required to be informed if a rāhui is declared,” he says. “We are aware that there are some longterm issues that exist in the Pakiri beach area around land usage, access and closure. “Police are not involved in any way with the rāhui and cannot be asked to enforce it.” Auckland Council says a small area of the Pakiri Regional Park extends onto an upper part of the beach below the dunes, immediately south of Taumata B, while the rest of the parkland is above mean high water springs. A spokesperson says council is working with mana whenua, the Māori landowners of Taumata B, police, the Department of Conservation and the local community to try to resolve the issue of access from the park onto the beach. Council says that while the park is open and people are permitted to walk through it, there is no visitor infrastructure in place such as walking tracks/routes, maps, drinking water and toilet facilities. “Visitors should take this into account prior to visiting this area.” A map with the boundaries of the regional park can be found with this story online at www.localmatters.co.nz

Beach closures create uncertainty After the announcement of the rāhui on the southern beach last month, the Pakiri Beach Holiday Park spent a week reassuring visitors that public access was still available. Board chair John Sandford said people were ringing the park to cancel bookings on the basis that they might not be able to get onto the beach. “It’s created a lot of uncertainty,” he says. “Even the Red Beach surf lifesavers who patrol here during summer were wondering how it will affect them.” The beach in front of the campground is owned by the Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust and administered by the Department of Conservation, and remains open. Sandford says the holiday park respects concerns about the birds that nest on the beach, particularly the tara iti, the kaimoana and any degradation of the sand dunes. “We can understand what they are trying to do; visitors have stripped the rocks of shellfish to the point that there is nothing left. But I think there are far less grounds for a rāhui or closure to the north, and we

would view that far more seriously. “People come to the holiday park to fish and just enjoy the beach. If there is just one small section open, then it would have consequences for the holiday park. “A few years ago, the existing access was closed which funnelled everyone onto the beach by the park. It had a devastating impact on the dunes.” Sandford said the park made campers aware of the rahui to the south and encouraged them to respect the boundaries that were in place. He said a year ago, when a park visitor ignored the restrictions that were in place then, they faced a barrage of bad language and a dog was running around off leash. “I believe there are better ways than direct confrontation and am hoping to speak to all the various parties this week.” Sandford said the camp was also working with Ngati Manuhiri and Auckland Council on a boardwalk project to protect the dunes, which would provide access to the beach, along from the camp.

Morris family sells landholding Eight hectares of prime Matakana real estate is on the market following the Morris family’s decision to sell its property at 48 Tongue Farm Road. The 7.8 hectare property runs along the Matakana River and is the home of Morris & James Pottery, founded 46 years ago by Ant Morris and Sue James. The sale includes the pottery factory, showroom and café together with three residential dwellings. All four of the Morris children now live permanently or semi-permanently overseas. Patrick Morris says his father and the family aren’t able to go into any detail about the current land sale or future plans at this stage. “What I can say is that as a family we all feel deeply rooted in Matakana and will continue to be so, even for those of us living abroad most of the year,” he said. Ant Morris stepped down from the business in 2009, when he sold the pottery to a group of the staff. The pottery, described as a Matakana institution, employs 15 artisan pot makers and clay for the pottery

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is sourced on site. As to the future of the business, Morris & James Pottery general manager Kieran Rice says the business is carrying on as usual. “We have an existing lease for the buildings and access to clay,” he says. “We look forward to working with the new owners and, at that point, would be looking at any possible major changes.” The property is being marketed by Barfoot & Thompson.

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Sandspit carpark hearing Council staff met with Cr Greg Sayers and local board member Michael Carmichael on site to discuss some of the community’s concerns about the seawall failure.

Council promises permanent seawall solution The sorry saga of the Snells Beach seawall, near the boat ramp, has prompted Auckland Council to upgrade its repair to emergency work. This means work can start as soon as the design is finalised, and resource consent can be sought retrospectively. This could also mean it could be built before Christmas. The 115-metre timber wall was extensively damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle earlier this year and council undertook interim remedial work, which allowed the reserve to re-open, while investigating an alternative longer-term solution. However, last week’s wild storm, coupled with king tides, destroyed the temporary fix, essentially sending $60,000 of ratepayers money down the drain.

Council staff met Cr Greg Sayers and Rodney Local Board member Michelle Carmichael on site on October 31 to provide an update on what they plan to do. Carmichael said council was getting a lot of flak for building the temporary path before a permanent seawall was in place. Resilient land and coasts general manager Paul Klinac said the temporary solution was always a risk. He said the priority now was to tidy up the beach and get a permanent and durable structure in place. Hutchinson Engineering had been brought in to work on the design and council hoped to have contractors on site before Christmas. The project was expected to cost somewhere around $500,000 to $600,000.

Representatives of the Waimanawa development south of Warkworth gave the Warkworth Area Liaison Group an update on the project last week. A private plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan, requested by KA Waimanawa Limited Partnership and Stepping Towards Far Limited, and supported by nine adjoining landowners, is currently out for public submissions. The plan change relates to nearly 160 hectares located generally to the south of the existing Warkworth urban area, around Valerie Close. The proposal is to rezone land in the Future Urban zone (FUZ) open space – conservation and rural – rural production to a mix of residential, business, open space and rural zones, and introduces two new precincts – Waimanawa and Morrison Heritage Orchard. Classic Developments development manager Phillip Nicholson and planner David Hay told the meeting that they expected the plan change request to be heard by independent commissioners in March or April next year.

In the meantime, the developers were looking at providing a temporary cycleway from their site, along the old state highway to McKinney Road. Nicholson said the development would encompass about 1600 houses, on both sides of the old highway, parks, extensive cycle and pedestrian paths, a local retail centre and possibly a school. He said the goal was to provide a mix of housing options, but with an emphasis on affordable housing. “I’m reluctant to talk about prices before we’ve broken ground, but I’d imagine we’re talking around the $800,000 The land which is subject to the plan change. to $900,000 mark,” he said. When finished, the development will have an Submissions close on November 23. estimated population of around 4500 people. Details of the plan change can be found Depending on council processes, a starting on the Auckland Council website at: https://tinyurl.com/d87buxz7 date was likely sometime in 2025.

Carmichael questioned whether a rock wall might be a better alternative to a timber wall, but council coastal specialist Natasha Carpenter said rock walls required more space and would take a larger footprint on the beach. It also inhibited access to the beach and would require an increased consenting process. “The design we’re working on works with the natural coastal processes. It will be set back three metres from the previous failed wall, providing a buffer between the wall and the wave energy, while still protecting the line of pohutukawa trees. The pathway will remain on the seaward side of the trees.” A design was expected to be presented to a Snells Beach Residents and Ratepayers meeting tonight (Monday November 6).

Southern development submissions open

Parking arrangements at the Sandspit Wharf will be the subject of a hearing in Warkworth on Wednesday November 15. The hearing commissioners will be Bill Smith (chair), and Rodney Local Board members Louise Johnston and Ivan Wagstaff. The purpose of the hearing is to hear submitters on a proposal to grant a Reserves Act 1977 Licence to a specialist third-party parking service provider. A total of 105 submission were received on the matter. The as-yet unnamed provider will be responsible for managing the wharf parking area for the public, Kawau Island residents and Kawau Coastguard. The hearing will be held at the Rodney Local Board offices in Elizabeth Street, starting at 9.30am.

Crime fund distributed

Crime prevention measures have received a funding boost with the local area receiving just over $67,000 from the Local Crime Fund. A few months ago, Auckland Council’s Regulatory and Safety Committee approved the allocation of the $2 million fund, which it received from central government. The money is being shared across Auckland’s local boards and business improvement districts (BIDs). Locally, the Rodney Local Board received $67,591 and One Mahurangi got $2000. The local board will hold a workshop on how this funding should be allocated later this month. Although it will be up to the local board and One Mahurangi to determine how the money will be spent, the fund prioritises crime prevention initiatives focused on environmental design, and youth crime prevention.

Annual report adopted

Kaipara District Council at its October 25 meeting adopted its 2023-23 annual report, an independently audited document tracking progress in the previous financial year and performance against annual and long term targets. Mayor Craig Jepson said that despite staffing shortages and extreme weather events which hit the roading network, council still managed to complete $36 million of capital works, a similar level to the previous year. He cited progress on the shared path network in Mangawhai and plans for one in Dargaville, the opening of stage one of the Kaihu Valley Trail in June, wastewater and drinking water network upgrading and new public toilets across the district. Meanwhile, council’s external debt stood at $44 million, unchanged from last year and consistent with the previous two years. The plan is available to view on the Kaipara Council website.

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Proposed Matakana Road upgrade impacts dozens of properties The projected expansion of Warkworth will require future additions and upgrading to transport corridors around the town. Auckland Council is considering Notices of Requirement (NoRs) lodged by Supporting Growth, a collaboration of Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi, aimed at protecting the land needed for eight transport projects. The proposals affect an estimated 19 full properties and parts of a further 217. Submissions were invited earlier this year, and hearings are scheduled to begin in Warkworth next Monday (Nov 13). In this edition, Mahurangi Matters takes a closer look at NoR4 – the upgrading of Matakana Road, from the Hill Street intersection to the rural-urban boundary, a short way past the new roundabout near Clayden Road.

The envisaged project retains a two-lane road – one lane in each direction – but adds separated walkways and cycleways on both sides of the road. It entails a significant widening of the road corridor to accommodate, in turn, a footpath, cyclepath, verge, road surface, verge, cyclepath and footpath. Supporting Growth says the walk and cycleways will improve access between the new residential zoning to the town centre helping to reduce the need for private vehicle trips for short distances. NoR4 impacts 36 properties, mostly along Matakana Road but also several addresses on Northwood Close, Clayden Road and Melwood Drive. It has a lapse period of 15 years, meaning that if approved it will expire only if it is not effected within 15 years of the date on which it’s included in the Auckland Unitary Plan. Once a designation is approved, owners of affected properties may sell them, but must disclose the designation to prospective buyers. They may also continue to use them as before, for example for grazing. But any change of land use or plan to build on it must be discussed with Auckland

Transport, to ensure the plans will not hinder the future construction of the envisaged project. Among the 23 submissions relating to NoR4 there were several from property owners unhappy about its impact on their residences or businesses, including the “blight” on their land, potentially for 15 years. The designation boundary slices through a strip about 10 metres wide along the front of Richard and Robyn Fisher’s property, on Matakana Road. Richard Fisher says that it initially covered an ever bigger portion of the property, including a large outbuilding for his earthworks contracting business and adjacent water tanks. After discussions about alternatives, Supporting Growth proposed reducing the area, and adding a retaining wall to avoid works impacting the tanks. However, the boundary will still impact dozens of native trees he planted along the roadside boundary of the property bought more than two decades ago. Fisher describes as “completely excessive” plans for footpaths and bike lanes on both sides of the road. For casual cyclists, he says, a cycleway along one side of the road will be more than adequate – and serious cyclists will almost certainly use the road, not the cycleways. “There’s this idea that everybody’s going to be cycling, but are they really?” he asks. “And why not have a shared cycle-walking path, as they do elsewhere?” Fisher also worries that, given there will be “tens of thousands of cubic metres of dirt to be moved” during the works, full road closure will be inevitable, causing access difficulties. And the fact the affected properties will have the designations on their land for up to 15 years “is going to scare so many buyers away”.

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Northwood Developments Ltd was granted subdivision and earthworks consents in 2018 for 25 residential lots between Matakana Road and Melwood Drive. Even though works have been underway since then, seven of the 25 lots now fall within the footprint of NoR4. In its submission, the company says restrictions on designated land mean that the project would need to be redesigned, with much less land available for the development. Northwood argues that with the opening of the Te Honohono ki Tai Road, dramatically decreasing traffic along the stretch of Matakana Road in question, a widened road corridor will not be needed, and that

the extension of the existing footpath and addition of one new cycleway can be done within the existing corridor. The owners of Laroc farm, which stretches from north of the ECM Signs and Motorcycles to where Matakana and Sandspit Roads meet, oppose the extent of works affecting the site as well as the 15year lapse date. “The project, as proposed, will blight the land and render the existing buildings unusable, and will prevent the existing businesses from operating,” they write, echoing similar wording in separate submission from ECM Signs and ECM Laser. continued next page

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Retirement living provider Arvida owns Paddison Farm, and is preparing a private plan change application for the site (and a large expanse of adjoining land) ahead of the planned building of a retirement community. Its submission says that while it supports the urbanisation of Matakana Road it opposes NoR4 as currently proposed because it will adversely affect the development of its property, and the 15-year lapse date “will unnecessarily blight the subject site for a substantial amount of time”. A joint submission from the Warkworth Area Liaison Group and One Mahurangi Business Association says there are “multiple access problems” on the east side

of the road. It would be more appropriate to have a combined walkway-cycleway on the west side only. It also says the walkway-cycleway should be built on piles, to avoid long fill slopes or retaining walls, and that a timber decking option should not be ruled out. The Equal Justice Project supports NoR4, saying in its submission it will “reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport”. “The NoRs respond to the effects of climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by providing improved reliability for public transport and high quality walking and cycling facilities,” it says.

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Gift vouchers purchased from local businesses are a great option for those wishing to support this year’s Christmas appeal. Warkworth Butchery’s Eli Ropata has a bunch ready to go.

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Christmas YouSay collection Poor effluent performance launched Just like Auckland

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As a difficult year for many draws to a close, Mahurangi Matters is launching its annual Christmas appeal. We will be collecting gifts at our office for Homebuilders Family Services, Women’s Centre Rodney, and Warkworth Christian Foodlink to distribute. All three have dealt with a significant increase in requests for help as the cost of living crisis takes a toll on families. Your generous donation of food or a gift, left under our Christmas tree at 17 Neville Street, could make all the difference to a struggling family as they mark a day that should be – but is not always – a time of joyful celebration. We’re once again encouraging the giving of gift vouchers from local businesses, an option that both benefits the businesses and provides the recipients with a wider choice of gifts. Homebuilders coordinator Quentin Jukes calls the appeal “a practical way for people to offer support and assistance to families who are doing it tough this Christmas”. “For many children, Christmas morning won’t involve unwrapping a gift,” he says. “They will have seen the adverts, have a good idea of what their friends are likely to receive, but know for them, there won’t be anything from Father Christmas.” Encouraging everyone who is able to contribute to do so, he suggests as good ideas indoor or outdoor games, balls and other sports equipment, beach gear, books, art supplies and anything else that encourages children to play and to use their imagination. Food, vouchers and gifts can be left at our offices on weekdays between 8.30am and 5pm from now until Monday, December 11, which will give the agencies the time they need to deliver them.

It seems like the city people aren’t that competent at handling their effluent. Thirty or 40 years ago, Dunedin had a problem with effluent on its beaches, and Napier, too. To fix the problem, they extended their pipelines further out to sea so the fish got to live on it. When Havelock got contaminated, the townies immediately accused farmers. Turned out it wasn’t farming at all. Queenstown originally tried to blame their effluent problem on stock contamination, but have now decided its human effluent that is causing the problem. Taupo had a big spill into the lake six or seven years ago, and Taupo’s water goes all the way to Waikato, feeding lots of towns along the way, as well as Auckland’s water supply. Now Warkworth is having effluent spills and it is ending up in the Mahurangi River. The people in control of the city’s sewage should be prosecuted, the same as farmers are. And why aren’t Forest & Bird protesting about this? They were very quick to condemn farmers with their dirty dairying campaign.

There should be a dirty city campaign as well. G.F. Taylor, Mangawhai

I just wanted to reach out and thank Auckland Transport (AT) for bringing some big city thinking to our rustic backwater. Now I’m not always one to appreciate AT given that nine months later they still have not mustered the wherewithal to get Ahuroa road open. Two humans can build another human in less time. In this instance though, I think they need to be congratulated for their idea of introducing paid parking to Warkworth. Not for the revenue purposes that some cynical readers might assume, but to encourage turnover of shoppers. For example, instead of relaxing over a coffee patrons will chug their scolding brews and rush off so the next wave of customers can get parked. Could this genius idea be the catalyst for bringing us simple country folk out of the dark ages? What other aspect of Auckland

enlightenment could we also adopt? I’ve noticed a dearth of rough sleepers in the town centre, could AT bus some in from central Auckland? When I purchase my recreational drug of choice, a tasty craft beer, my local dealer does not even wear a gang patch! The absence of dirt bikers zooming around Lucy Moore Memorial Park just makes our town look sleepy. And what would St Greta say if she knew Warkworth Queen St had not been converted to cycle and bus lanes? If we all pull together and support AT, then and with a bit of mahi we can make Warkworth like any other thriving Auckland suburb. Thank you AT. S Gonzales, Ahuroa

Patching, and counting

In response to the recent article about the Matakana Rd surface (MM Oct 23), I counted 62 patches, courtesy of Vector between the Warkworth substation and Clayden Road. Anyone, feel free to check the number and correct me. I really hope the high voltage power cable they were installing isn’t as ‘patchy’. Goldsworthy, Omaha

Puhoi readers face book drought The re-opening of the Puhoi Library, which was extensively damaged by flood waters after Cyclone Gabrielle, could still be a year away. Auckland Council recently cleared silt from around the building and off the internal floorboards, and library shelving and floorboards have been removed and stored in a nearby container. The subfloor and footing detail has been exposed and this has confirmed multiple flood silt levels over the lifespan of the building, and there is significant decay and failure of the bearers that once supported the floor.

Council says seismic engineers and a heritage architect will meet on site this week to start a combined design process to achieve acceptable seismic protection, which is currently very low, and remediation that considers heritage values. Improving the building’s resilience to future flooding events is also in their brief. Moving the building away from the river has been ruled out as it would adversely affect its heritage value. The library’s entire collection, amounting to more than 6000 books, documents and photographs, was destroyed by the flooding.

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First anniversary reflection Aucklanders voted overwhelmingly for me because of my five key policies. Accountability is important, and coming up to my first anniversary as Mayor, I think it’s a good time to do a stocktake of my progress. Commentators have said my first year has seen me lead a council through what’s been perhaps the most difficult period since the supercity amalgamated in 2010. Yes, there were the catastrophic anniversary weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. On top of that, I inherited a heap of debt and an ever widening $325 million budget hole. I swore I would face issues head-on, make tough decisions, and fix Auckland. A majority of Aucklanders voted to stop wasting money. They said they wanted better, cheaper and faster services. Following lengthy discussions articulating the reality of our debt situation, my councillors and I agreed on a budget that cut costs. It involved compromise, but I don’t see that as a weakness. It means we listened to Aucklanders and made decisions. We reduced our operating spend by $83 million in the annual budget and just by being grumpy and asking for better returns, the Port of Auckland increased its dividend by $10 million this year. I also asked council to accelerate the office consolidation programme, which was good but going too slow. To date, this acceleration has shrunk the number of offices council and Council Controlled Organisations (CCO) have in the CBD, a move that will save $13 million a year. Councillors also agreed to the partial sale of Auckland Airport shares, which is saving around $25million a year in interest. What I am also trying to get across to our organisation is the need to sell investments that don’t return our cost of capital. If it is costing Aucklanders more money to keep owning assets than they return in cash, then it’s time to sell up and invest in something that can help reduce rates in the long term. Right now, in this high interest rate environment, the best investment we can make is to pay down debt. This is good decision-making. I also campaigned on finishing the big projects and making the most of what we have before starting any new projects. This couldn’t be more true than in transport and infrastructure. I am leading the development of an integrated transport plan that we will agree with central government, which already has many priorities adopted. I want to prioritise rail infrastructure and the use of rail to get big trucks off the road. Early in my term, I secured government funding

to complete the Eastern Busway. The next priority is the Northwest Busway, and it is my vision that it will run as smoothly and efficiently as the Northern Busway. I’m pushing to make better use of transponders on buses to wake up traffic lights when a bus approaches and I’m pushing for more dynamic lanes to move traffic better in peak times. I’m also looking at where time-ofuse charging might be helpful. Funding is underway for level crossings to get the most out of the City Rail Link and I look forward to seeing this mega project finished. It is unfortunate that light rail has turned into an expensive political football. I know we could do it better, faster and cheaper, and it makes more sense than building more motorways and tunnels. When we look at overseas models, surface light rail could be 20 times cheaper than the proposed model – it does not need to be tunnelled, and making use of existing infrastructure couldn’t ring truer here when we consider cost-saving measures. On infrastructure, we have a significant capital programme being delivered for more efficient growth, and our Making Space for Water programme, as well as things like the Central Interceptor to deal with wastewater overflows, under construction. I also promised to take back control of CCOs. I have been reminding staff that while they are experts in their field, it is their job to advise elected officials, and it is the role of elected officials alone to make the decisions on behalf of Aucklanders. On that note, I’ve been able to get councillors to provide stronger and clearer direction to CCOs, and even Auckland Transport is beginning to change its approach. Legislative change is also on the way here. The Long-Term Plan is our next big challenge to get consensus on what we invest in for the next 10 years. We’re doing it differently from the start, bringing councillors in from the beginning with a joint direction document for the council group on what our priorities are and what we want to see in the LTP (direction document). We are getting more information than we have had before to make the best decisions for Aucklanders on the things that matter to them. I am looking forward to a new relationship with Wellington and to making an Auckland Deal with the government that is in lock-step with Aucklanders and why they voted for me: to stop waste, get Auckland moving, take back control of CCOs, fix broken infrastructure, and make the most of our environment and harbour.

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Mangawhai wastewater scheme expanded Kaipara District Council has agreed to kickstart a multi-year project to increase the capacity of the long-troubled Mangawhai Wastewater Scheme (MWWS), with the future aim of pumping effluent to the nearby golf course rather than the current destination, a farm 13 kilometres away. Costing up to $1.705 million, the two stages of what council calls its “revised master plan strategy” will provide for 550 additional connections to the Mangawhai wastewater treatment plant, which otherwise would reach its 3000-connection capacity during the course of next year. It currently sits at 2700 connections, council was told at its October 25 meeting. Mayor Craig Jepson says Mangawhai’s population is growing rapidly, and it’s essential that the wastewater scheme is able to accommodate that growth. “We need to stay ahead of the game and have the wastewater system ready to come onstream when it is needed,” he said. Stage one involves upgrading the plant’s performance through designing and implementing an inDENSE system – patented technology for separating sludge – thereby increasing the plant’s capacity by 550 to 3550 connections. KDC says that increase will cater for Mangawhai’s projected expansion until at least 2030, depending on the rate of the growth. Currently, treated wastewater from the plant flows to an effluent pond on a Brown Road farm, where it is then dispersed over paddocks. The farm’s capacity as it stands today will only service new connections to the MWWS up until 2026. Stage two of the plan will see council begin concept design and a resource consent process for a new irrigation system for the farm that will include discharging the treated effluent onto the Mangawhai Golf Course, via the sub-surface. KDC general manager of infrastructure

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services general manager Anin Nama says that in the future, the plan will be for the golf course – just “a short distance over the hill” – to be the primary discharge option, with a reduced flow going to the more distant farm site. “The current spraying operation at the Brown Road farm will be replaced with either a wetland system or subsurface irrigation,” he says. “This plan was informed by an investigation into farm operations earlier this year.” Council’s 2021-2031 Long Term Plan provided $1.8 million for the scheme, and its 2022-2023 Annual Plan increased that sum to $2.3 million. It says the unspent balance of $1.96 million has been carried

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Historic kiwi births on Mount Tamahunga The first kiwi chicks in 50 years hatched on Mount Tamahunga, near Matakana, recently. After 10 adult kiwi were released into the forest in March, the transmitter signal of a male kiwi recently changed from a pattern indicating incubation to one of normal nocturnal activity, before giving some unusual signal combinations. All the birds were fitted with specialised transmitters that monitor their location and movement to indicate nesting, foraging and how active they are at any given time. A team of Tamahunga Trappers, along with a kiwi accredited handler, tracked the kiwi

to capture and swap his faulty transmitter. When they found the nest, the male bird ran and hid, not wanting to be caught. On checking the nest to confirm that there was a hatched chick, the team was delighted to see two healthy young chicks snuggled in the nest. Ngāti Manuhiri has gifted the names Uenuku (Rainbow) and Tohu (gift/ sign of something happening). As twins, their names together mean: Gifts of the Rainbow. The father kiwi is one of three males released on the maunga whose transmitter signals have indicated that they are

incubating. Incubation in North Island brown kiwi is undertaken by the males. Females can lay two eggs in a clutch and may lay up to three clutches a year. Kiwi chicks may return to their nest for a period of time after hatching, but are largely independent and soon leave their parents’ territory. They can then move considerable distances away from their nest site. The nest sites are not directly monitored to avoid disturbing the sitting males. Therefore, the chicks are not fitted with transmitters, so it cannot be determined how many chicks will hatch and what their subsequent movements will be.

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Christmas around the corner With Christmas just a few weeks away, it’s a time of both excitement and opportunity for our local businesses. With the new road now open, we hope to see an influx of visitors in our town, and the big question is, is your business prepared for this festive season? Predicting the exact turnout can be tricky, especially after a couple of subdued summers due to lockdowns and then weather extremes last year. However, let’s stay optimistic and believe that this year will bring a change with sunny weather and eager visitors. Every year around this season, I recommend that all businesses with a street-front presence take a step outside and look at their exteriors from a potential customer’s perspective. Does your business need a little sprucing up on the outside? Are there weeds to be cleared, a fresh coat of paint required, or perhaps your signage needs a touchup? In essence, what can you do to make people pause and think, “This looks like a wonderful place to explore and shop in.” Some may argue that it is the landlord’s responsibility, not theirs. But the issue is, if the landlord doesn’t take action, it’s your business that ultimately suffers due to the loss of street appeal. One of the highlights of our town is the Mahurangi Winter Festival of Lights, where

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The Rodney Local Board last week adopted its three-year plan, which sets out where its investment and advocacy priorities will be over the term of the current board. The plan says the board will advocate for increased funding for rural roads, better safety and congestion management on key transport corridors, and changes to the unitary plan for the development of a Rural Roads Design Guide. The plan covers operating expenditure of just over $16 million and capital expenditure of just over $10 million. The bulk of operating spending ($14.2 million) is on community services.

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feature warkworth heritage festival A year’s worth of celebrations marking the settlement of Warkworth will culminate with two major events this month, on Saturday November 11 and Saturday November 18 (see programme page 16). The celebrations, which have umbrellaed several local milestones such as the bowling club’s centenary and the brass band’s 140th year, have been coordinated by Heritage Mahurangi, a group that formed just two years ago. Heritage chair Dave Parker hopes the celebrations will spark some curiosity among young people to learn more about the town’s history. He said last month’s Mahurangi school reunion had attracted around 200 former pupils, but all from the 1900s. “There were no representatives from 2000 onwards, which makes me worry that young people today aren’t valuing their history and their place in it,” Parker says. “They just don’t seem interested and yet, acknowledging the work of our forefathers and understanding your heritage is so important.” Major sponsors of the celebrations are G.J. Gardner Homes and Mason Containers. Alastair Mason says that as fourth and fifth descendants of the Warkworth and the surrounding area, the principals of Mason Containers believe it is important that the town remembers and respects the heritage that has created “the unique community we are today”. “This heritage, coupled with the vision and values of our forebears, will continue to influence the growth, integrity and uniqueness of our area so it is not lost in the continued city sprawl,” Mason says. A special focus of the celebrations this month will be on the presence of thousands of US servicemen who camped in the area during World War II.

One of the earliest photographs of Mahurangi’s tidehead town, said to be pre-1880s. It is suggested that the riverside building in the foreground is a timber-drying shed. It is likely that the operation was subsequent to that of John Anderson Brown, whose sawmill, established in the early 1840s, was farther upstream, between the Mahurangi River and Mill Stream.

What are we celebrating? The 170th anniversary marks the birth of the town of Warkworth rather than its settlement by Europeans, which started many years prior. According to a Historical Report by Barry Rigby, commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal in 1998, Mahurangi became important to the Crown in 1840 when Captain William Hobson decided to move his colonial capital southward from the Bay of Islands. Subsequently, the Crown came to treat Mahurangi as the gateway to Auckland. Hobson sent surveyor general Felton Mathew to reconnoitre the northern approaches to it. In his June 1840 report, Mathew praised the sheltered nature of Mahurangi Harbour, and the ‘profusion’ of kauri on both sides of it. He thought it was ‘admirably adapted for the site of a town’. He added: Several Europeans lay claim ... to this portion of the country, but their titles, I am informed, are of no value. And even among the [unidentified] native chiefs a dispute exists as to the rights of

ownership. The Government should therefore have no difficulty in taking possession of it. I did not see the slightest trace of native inhabitants during the time I was in the place.

The Mahurangi area was defined in the original 1841 Crown purchase as extending from the North Shore to Te Arai Point. Around this time, the Northumberlandborn John Anderson Brown arrived in the Bay of Islands from Tasmania and then moved to Auckland. In 1843, he travelled to the Mahurangi in a whale boat with a Maori crew and was one of the first to take up a land licence to cut timber. The licences sold for £5 pound per annum. As a timber merchant and builder, Brown was able to recognise a “good site” in the words of Felton Mathew, and he found it at the very limit of the navigable waterway. Taking advantage of all its qualities, harnessing the stream, building a dam, race and mill, he established Warkworth’s first industry. The timber mill was situated on the left bank, just below the present bridge. By 1845, according to the Auckland Police Census,

the population of Warkworth consisted of 30 males – all employed at the mill. The New Zealand Gazette of 1853, gives a description of the mill by a traveller from Sydney, who admired the fine machinery – much of it made from wood. Charles Heaphy completed the long awaited and eagerly anticipated survey of the Mahurangi in 1852, and in 1853, Brown purchased 153 acres from the Crown at auction, including Lot 67, for £68/17, where the town now stands. Brown, who named Warkworth, became a father figure for the new settlement. He established the first flour mill and built his home where the Bridgehouse Lodge now stands. He was the town’s first postmaster, first constable and chairman of the Mahurangi Highway Board, and he gave land for the establishment of an Anglican Church. John Brown died in 1867 aged 66. (Sources, Historical Report by Barry Rigby, John Anderson Brown by Christine McClean and Heritage Mahurangi chair Dave Parker)

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It was a gloomy autumn day in 1867, dear reader. I, John Anderson Brown, was taking my daily constitutional along the bank of the Mahurangi when I was startled to be confronted by a peculiar looking apparatus. It comprised what appeared to be an easy chair, bolted to an iron base, surrounded by a protective cage of sorts, and sported a large, chronometric dial. Intrigued, I gingerly seated myself, spun the dial, and watched as the needle whirled, slowed, then quivered to a halt, next to the number 2023. The gadget started to shake … As I emerge from the contraption that transported me through time to today’s Warkworth, I find myself in a state of trepidation, but also eager, to behold what the town whose foundations I laid 170 years ago has become. Fittingly, I’ve been delivered onto what resembles a quay, and I immediately recognise the river’s familiar curves and verdant banks. Those same features reminded me so vividly of the Coquet, looping its way through Warkworth village in my native Northumberland, when first I ventured up this waterway in a whale boat in the year of our Lord 1843. I stroll along the wharf, staring up at unusually colourful edifices peeping through the trees then round the bend to see before me a bridge – nay, two bridges – straddling the river. My mill, which just moments ago – to me, at least – sat proudly on the bank, has vanished. And where my house was, in its stead there stands a handsome building, being used as some sort of public eating establishment. I’m heartened to see that despite the passage of time the river still holds a central place, though its docks of rather sombre disposition have given way to banks now lined with promenades and greenery. Not only has it retained its historical significance, but it has evolved into a picturesque focal point. I note to the east a flat bottomed scow, a fine looking reminder of the many vessels that once plied the Mahurangi, receiving and discharging cargo and passengers at our humble wharves. I hasten on. What have my successors made of the rest of the place, I wonder, as I make my way from the bank through a passage of sorts and onto Queen Street.

– despite legislative efforts in my day to discourage its use by Māori school children. That law obviously failed, and I observe too that Dr Featherston and other notables were gravely amiss in their predictions of the Māori race “dying out”. Where once most countenances in these parts were of European origin, today there is a diverse multitude of many ethnicities, mingling in harmony. I’m all astonishment – and somewhat envious. How much more intriguing society must be in 2023. I cast my eyes towards the hill where I first allotted land for the Anglican Church and its burial ground. I never saw the completion of the sanctuary, but there is a grave up there I must remember to visit ere I leave. The economy is manifestly prospering, with so many eateries, banks and haberdasheries catering for residents and visitors alike. And what on earth is a ‘Rocket Lab’, I wonder, as the words on a sign meet my gaze. Our economic endeavours focused almost entirely on timber and some early agricultural ventures. And countless goats. Horseless carriages traversing well-paved surfaces are a spectacle to behold. It is also a scene of chaos, however. At one intersection the noisy machines are coming and going in myriad directions, and I am amazed none of them collide. This intersection, I notice, is where Brown Road (named for me?) becomes Great North Road, and converges with streets bearing the

I see a mix of architectural styles. Some are faintly familiar, and it’s good to see that the town evidently values its history: some of the older edifices are in pristine condition. Others are curiously reliant on great sheets of glass, and there are many inscriptions on the buildings. Bowen’s Store has disappeared, but a butcher’s shop occupying the site has some interesting artifacts displayed in the window. I must return for a closer inspection. Lowering my gaze to street level, I am struck by the jostling throngs of people – an abundance of souls indeed! The denizens are bedecked in strange finery, yet I’m the one drawing attention. Many clutch small, shiny objects on which they fix their gaze. It dawns on me that the devices are being used for communication and navigation, a far cry from the way we related to each other, through face to face discourse, letters and telegraph. I contemplate whether in the rush of progress, some of the simpler ways have been lost, especially the close connections between neighbouring settlers. Time will tell. In a wistful moment, I remember Margaret, who died in Van Diemen’s Land before our relocation to this colony, and our beloved children Sarah, John and Amelia. I do hope their progeny thrived in this land. Walking further, I recollect the days when quarter acre parcels of land were being promoted for between six and fifteen pounds. It gladdens my heart to see place names celebrating my Northumberland roots remain unchanged; streets still bear names of the great aristocratic families of Percy and Neville, or the market towns of Alnwick and Hexham. I do also see inscriptions in the Māori tongue, which apparently is flourishing

names Matakana and Hill. I notice that some of the carriages emit steam, and wonder about the possible effect that may be having on the natural environment. Yet there does appear to be a real effort to preserve and protect nature. I see signs featuring puzzling terms like “eco-friendly” and “sustainability”, and one young lady I pass has words on her attire proclaiming “There is no planet B” – a sentiment that is novel to me, but one that I believe I grasp. With a small pang, I ponder the giant kauri trees, felled for ship masts. Certainly, my mill and the timber put Warkworth on the colony’s map, but at what cost to the “king of the forest”? As I make my way back towards the wharf, I reflect that this town has far exceeded any vision I might have entertained. It reveres its history, including my role in it, yet embraces opportunities of the future. As it moves onward, I can only hope that it maintains the balance between advancement and preserving its heritage and, above all, its natural beauty.

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A view of the homestead in 1899.

The Rodmersham homestead.

Unbroken tenure on harbour-side farm Although Lindsay Kirby’s family “only” arrived on their property on the Mahurangi Harbour in 1886, her family’s connection with that landing spot has remained unbroken for the intervening 137 years. Lindsay’s forebears, Sarah Jane and Charles Lushington, settled on what was then a 121.5 hectare (300 acre) farm at the eastern end of the Mahurangi Peninsula. Today, the farm covers just 24-hectares and has been farmed by Lindsay and husband Mark for the last 50-odd years. A feature of the property is the homestead Rodmersham, named after Charles’ home in Kent. The two-storey, five-bedroom lime cement house, with walls a foot thick, was one of NZ’s grandest colonial homesteads in its day. Its construction included beach sand, shell and shingle from Motuora Island, and lime from the Warkworth kilns up-river. The exterior plaster had lines drawn on it to simulate masonry and the roof was made of slate, a common ballast cargo of those times, which was replaced by corrugated iron during World War I. Even though some concessions have been made to modern living, the structure has been carefully maintained, so retains an authentic Victorian character. Charles had the ill fortune to be a passenger on the Kapanui when she was hit by the Claymore and sank in the dark off North Head, Auckland, on 23 December 1905.

Being a strong swimmer, he spent a long time in the water rescuing others, but succumbed to pneumonia and died at the relatively young age of 43. Sarah Jane continued to live at Rodmersham until the late 1920s when, aged 82, she decided to move to Remuera. When she left, she took with her what was then arguably NZ’s finest art collection held in private hands. Charles had inherited the paintings from his father’s estate and they included Judith and Holofernes, by Guido Reni; Samuel Anointing David, by Tiepolo; Rabbi’s Head, by Rembrandt; Siege of Belle Isle by Admiral Keppel, by Serres Dominique; a landscape and a river scene, both by Ruysdael; Conversation Piece, by Watteau; Landscape, by Decker; and Holy Family, by Domenichino. Most of the collection was eventually sold. Sarah Jane’s widowed sister Theresa Eaton and Theresa’s daughter Ella, who had moved to Mahurangi with the Lushingtons, continued to live at Rodmersham after Sarah Jane’s departure. Ella later married Harry Wynyard and when Sarah Jane died, childless, she bequeathed Rodmersham to Ella and Harry’s eldest child Gladwyn Lushington Wynyard, Lindsay’s father. “Dad was only 15 at the time and had just started working at Wrightsons,” Lindsay says. “Rodmersham has always meant ‘home’

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Lindsay is currently recuperating on a farm at Kaipara Flats, but is anxious to return to Rodmersham as soon as she is able.

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Screenshots from a video of a Tiger Moth doing aerobatics during RNZAF’s 75th birthday celebrations at Ohakea in 2012.

Jim Schmidt’s Tiger Moth is based at the Rodney Aero Club near Warkworth.

Jim Schmidt behind the controls of his Tiger Moth.

Wings over Warkworth in anniversary display A highlight of this year’s special Armistice Day events in Warkworth, weather permitting, will be a flypast of vintage planes, recalling an era when flight was simpler, slower and riskier. As part of the programme organised by Heritage Mahurangi, Jim Schmidt of the Rodney Aero Club is arranging the flypast, which will feature at least three 1940s Tiger Moths, one of the most iconic light planes ever designed. The planes will fly in formation over the town at the end of the U.S. commemorative march down Queen Street, remembering the presence of U.S. Marines in Warkworth in 19421-44. The Armistice Day celebrations are part of the broader Heritage Festival, marking 170 years of European settlement in the Warkworth area. “Subject to weather conditions, the flyby will

add a special aspect to the day’s parade that will be received extremely well I’m sure,” said Heritage Mahurangi chair Dave Parker. Schmidt, who flew for America’s Delta before moving to New Zealand in the 1970s, said that in addition to the locallybased Tiger Moths, he is in discussion with friends at Ardmore airport about the possibility of several other vintage planes flying up to join in. They could include a Stearman, an American biplane built by Boeing and used for Air Force and Navy training during World War II. The British De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth is a single-engine, two-seater biplane designed in the 1930s by Geoffrey de Havilland at the aviation company he founded near London. Although mostly used as a training aircraft, during the Second World War the RAF

occasionally used them for maritime surveillance. The Tiger Moth was introduced to New Zealand as a RNZAF trainer ahead of the war, when production got underway at De Havilland’s New Zealand plant at Rongotai in Wellington. A total of 345 Tiger Moths were assembled there, and thousands of Kiwi and Commonwealth pilots trained in New Zealand, in what were known as Elementary Flying Training Schools. The planes were used during and after the war by RNZAF No. 1 Squadron in Whenuapai, No. 2 Squadron in Ohakea, No. 3 Squadron in Christchurch, No. 4 Squadron in Whenuapai, and No. 42 Squadron in Rongotai, later moving to Ohakea. After the war, the RAF replaced the Tiger Moth in Britain with the single-wing De Havilland Chipmunk, after which

the little biplanes were used for mostly civilian purposes, including recreation and training. In New Zealand, Tiger Moths became workhorses in a range of commercial fields, including topdressing and aerial bait laying, and were also used for leisure and training. Records show there were scores of accidents during the 1940s and over the following decades, with crashes reported into trees, fences, hedges, phone lines, the sea – even the main street of Gore. One fatal crash in Hawkes Bay in 1951 was attributed to a short pilot using an apple box as a seat to give him better visibility. When the plane was inverted during an impromptu aerobatic display, he slipped off the box – or so the speculation went. continued next page

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Jim said that back in the day, it was cheaper to buy another plane than to repair it following an accident. The very first Tiger Moth made in Rongotai, with the serial number DHNZ1, is currently the focus of a volunteer restoration effort by the NZ Warbirds Association. The Tiger Moth that Jim will be flying over Warkworth on November 11 was built in Rongotai in 1942, with the serial number DHNZ132. It was later declared to be surplus and sold to a transport company in 1956, for ₤400. Its later life included stints as a trainer as flying schools in Hamilton and Tauranga in the 1960s. Jim bought it in 1987, completing restoration work that had been started by a previous owner. With the callsign ZK-CCQ, its home is

a hangar at Rodney Aero Club at Kaipara Flats, but it spreads its wings frequently. Jim has flown it numerous times to the bottom of the South Island, airfield hopping down the country for events including regular Tiger Moth Club of NZ get-togethers. Another of the Tiger Moths that will take part in the flypast, ZK-ASM, was used as a topdresser in Hastings in the 1950s. Now owned by musician Bruce Lynch of Matakana, it’s in the hangar next door to Jim’s. Jim said they were looking forward to the flypast, but stressed it would be weatherdependent. “If it’s not good flying weather there’s no point in doing it. If it’s really windy, or a rainy, overcast, low-ceiling kind of day, we wouldn’t do it,” he said. “When you fly what’s called ‘visual flight rules’, you’ve got to have a 1000 foot minimum ceiling.”

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The Warkworth Big Band will be the grand finale of celebrations on Saturday November 11 when it presents a Swingin’ Jazz & Funk Party in the Warkworth Town Hall. Dave Parker, a former side drummer who first joined in 1956 and played until the 1980s, shares his memories of the band, which itself is celebrating a milestone this year. This year celebrates not only Warkworth’s 170th anniversary but among the events of significance, the Warkworth Brass Band celebrates its 140 years of music playing. Written records of the establishment of the Warkworth Band are not only scarce – they are virtually non-existent. There were brief newspaper references to the formation of a band back in 1881, but the late John Morrison and the late William McElroy, both enthusiastic members back in 1890s, agreed that it was probably formed in 1883. The first bandmaster was a Mr Hunter, a leading cornet player and conductor from Auckland who would travel to Warkworth once every month for two years. The band continued to grow with the support of the managers of the original Wilson Cement works until the 1920s when the fortunes of the band declined with the closure of the cement works. For many years, instruments in various stages of disrepair lay forgotten in the ceiling of the Warkworth Town Hall, in private homes or in an old blacksmith’s shop in Puhoi. History tells us that there were many a conductor over the years, among them Wally Johnston who recruited members along with Bill Dennis. The band in those early days was also known as the Warkworth Junior Boys Brass Band. Numerous locals who were also involved in those early times included family names such as Morrison, Taylor, Trevethick, Thomson, Connolly, Warin, Clements and Bear. When the American marines were stationed in Warkworth, between 1942 and 1945, their bandsmen took the local boys’ under

Honorary life member Jenny Ferguson.

their collective wing and appeared in public performances with them. On the occasion of the Warkworth Brass Band’s Centennial in 1983, former members returned to celebrate including Bill and Bob Chessum, Derek Bailey, Wally Johnston, Alan Lloyd and Anne Elliot, who was the band’s first woman conductor, and Graeme and Jessie Snedden. They were all band conductors. Both Wally and Betty Bindon were remembered also as former conductors. The band grew to some 40 playing members and as a former playing member myself, I recall the Warkworth Brass travelling all over the province marching in Christmas parades, A&P Shows, Anzac Day services, festivals and so on. Of the original honorary life members, only Ian and Jenny Ferguson and myself remain. All former members and enthusiasts are cordially invited to attend celebrations on November 11.

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The Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving will conclude with a visit to the graveside of John Anderson Brown in the Warkworth Anglican Cemetery.

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A 170th Anniversary Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving will be held at the Christ Church (Anglican) in Warkworth on Sunday November 12, starting at 3pm. The service will include representatives of Ablaze Church, Mahurangi Hope Presbyterian, Holy Name Catholic Parish, Mahurangi Methodist parish, Mahurangi Vineyard Church and Snells Beach Baptist Church, as well as the Warkworth Anglican parish. Vicar Peter Jenkins says there will be prayers and thanks for the town, its founders and the people living here now. The service will conclude with a walk across the road to the Anglican Cemetery, where there will be prayers at John Anderson Brown’s graveside. “We are pleased to be involved in these celebrations,” Reverend Jenkins says. “Warkworth has been a parish town since it was founded, so it is an important celebration for the church as well.” When John Anderson Brown founded the town of Warkworth, he set aside land for an Episcopal Church (the Scottish name for the Anglican Church) and cemetery. While worship started right away, not much was done about actually putting up a building until a building committee was formed in 1865. But finally, on 30 April 1876, the first service was held in the new building, named Christ Church. The striking stained glass window in the church was given by Mrs Henry, aunt and housekeeper of the first Vicar of Warkworth, the Rev’d Ranald MacDonald. In 1979-1981 the building was greatly extended with the addition of side aisles,

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The collection started with the purchase of this Willys jeep about 12 years ago. Subsequent jeeps have been added to the collection in various states of repair – some were found with engines full of chook manure.

Display salutes NZ’s military history Local military enthusiasts have been putting the finishing touches to some of their prized possessions ahead of a special display, which will be staged to mark’s Warkworth 170th anniversary this month. Their vehicles and equipment will form part of the US Commemorative Street March through the town on Saturday November 11 and then, after the parade, will be on display outside The Oaks Retirement Village. One of the collectors, Steve Murphy, says the plan is to have at least nine World War II vehicles in the parade, as well as an antiaircraft gun. His first military vehicle was a WWII L134 Willys jeep, nicknamed Go Devil, that he bought from a collector in Bulls.

He now has eight jeeps in various stages of repair and restoration, plus a 40mm semi-automatic Bofor anti-aircraft gun that was still in service in the 1990s, a couple of anti-tank guns and a Bren gun carrier, which was used mainly to transport personnel and equipment, or as a machine gun platform. Steve says he has had a lifelong interest in military weaponry and vehicles. “NZ’s armed forces have always punched above their weight,” he says. “It’s great to bring things that are part of our history back to life and it’s interesting to learn about the different types of technology that went into manufacturing these machines.” His interest is shared by many collectors around the area who regularly get together

at his workshop in Kaipara Flats to work on various projects. Regulars at the working bees are Matt White, Grahame McKenzie, Kim Subritzky and Allan Ford. Matt, a long-time volunteer at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland before moving north, says military equipment that was quite common a few decades ago is now becoming increasingly rare. Restoration requires a certain amount of detective work, as well as engineering skill to sometimes re-manufacture missing or damaged parts. Steve says anyone with an interest in military equipment is welcome to join the Wednesday workshops. He can be contacted on 021 237 0480.

Steve with the shell from a 40mm Bofor which was used as a rapid-fire defence against enemy aircraft, fired from fixed batteries and mobile mountings. The sixpounder was used in a British 57mm gun, serving during WWII as a primary antitank gun by both the British and United States Army. It was also used as the main armament for a number of armoured fighting vehicles.

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This 1942 6 Pounder anti-tank gun was a towed weapon and served by a crew of six. It had an effective range of 1500m against earlier German tanks such as the Stug III and Pzkpfw IV. It was added to Steve’s collection when the Melbourne Tank Museum closed.

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Death defying trapeze act On the morning of April 25, 1930, the sun rose over Port Albert casting its gentle glow upon the sombre crowd of 200 who had gathered at the War Memorial gates to honour the valiant soldiers who had sacrificed their lives in World War I. The Reverend Tafford and George Reid, a beloved figure of the district and former headmaster, led the ceremony to remember the bravery and sacrifices of these young men. As the sun set on this memorable day, the crowd reconvened at the local hall, their hearts aflutter with excitement for the much anticipated and mesmerising performance by Mademoiselle Michell, a dainty and demure young woman who had once graced the renowned Barnum & Bailey circus in the USA. At the forefront of this event was the district’s local entrepreneur and movie theatre proprietor, Fred Thomas. Just months before, he had introduced the community to the marvels of sound synchronisation through the screening of the Metro Goldwyn movie Brotherly Love. Now, he was set to captivate the district’s attention once again, this time with the gripping performances of Peg Michell and her assistant, Greta Andreassen. Peg, hailed as the ‘world’s most daring and clever lady trapeze artist’, displayed her grace and poise on the stage of the Civic Theatre in Auckland during the production Circus Days, where she shared the limelight with the resounding melodies of Ted Henkel and his stage band. This symphony orchestra, dazzling the entire audience, proved unrivalled by any other band in New Zealand. They were joined by Fred Scholl, a talented musician from

Sydney, who played intricate melodies on the Civic’s grand organ. Completing this ensemble were a troupe of specially trained young women known as the Civic Ballet, enchanting the audience with their specialty dancing and vaudeville performances. The audience at Port Albert were filled with excitement as Miss Michell took centre stage in her rhinestone-spangled costume, delivering an exhilarating performance that left them gasping in disbelief. With each daring swing towards them, she pushed the limits of danger, catching her toe or heel at the very last moment, all without the safety of nets or mats in sight. In her breathtaking finale, Peg executed her legendary ‘death spin’ with the assistance of Greta, who held the ropes to keep her aloft. The audience collectively held their breath as Peg, suspended above the stage, whirled at an exhilarating speed, her silhouette a spellbinding blend of athleticism and grace, captivating the entire audience. The thunderous applause reverberating through the hall testified to the sheer brilliance of the performance, ensuring it would undoubtedly be the talk of the district for days and years to come.

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A Chorus cabinet in Snells Beach will be the latest to get a facelift, funded by the Chorus Cabinet Art programme. Samantha Lane, of Orewa, will be out painting her mural on a cabinet at 290 Mahurangi East Road over coming months. Her design features a fun illustration of native godwits, dotterels and oystercatchers skateboarding at a local park. Chorus’ programme works with local artists to transform graffitied cabinets into beautiful murals to reduce the amount of vandalism on the cabinets. “Every year, we are amazed by the quality of submissions and the level of creativity artists bring to their designs and this year has been no different,” Chorus community relations manager Jo Seddon says.

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Hospital fundraises for Healing Garden A public fundraising campaign to create the country’s first-ever large-scale, indoor Healing Garden, at North Shore Hospital, has special significance for Scotts Landing resident Robyn Redford. Robyn lost her husband Lindsay Crocker to pancreatic cancer in May this year. “He spent his last 23 days in the confines of Ward 2, which was in stark contrast to the home he left with the large garden he loved and views across the Mahurangi Harbour,” Robyn says. “The windows on Ward 2 are mostly too high for a patient to look out of and the views indifferent if they could. “The wonderful renal specialists who cared

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Scotts Landing seawall upgrade Over the next few months KiwiRail staff and contractors will be working on slip remediation on the North Auckland Line(NAL) between Swanson and Whangārei. While this work is being done there will be a high presence of rail vehicles travelling on the tracks and through level crossings in the local area. Kiwi Rail is asking the community to be vigilante when they cross level crossings. The key safety messages are: • Always expect rail vehicles from either direction and at any time • If you are in a car, always slow down as you are approaching a level crossing and be prepared to stop • Look out for rail vehicles at all times, and obey signs and signals • Always stay off the railway tracks and only ever cross the railway at approved level crossings. “Rail vehicles are specialised dual-mode vehicles that can operate on both the rail tracks and on the road, and people should expect them to come at any time and from either direction,” a spokesperson said.

Work has started on the construction of a masonry seawall at Scotts Landing to replace a legacy unconsented and poorly designed rock barrier near the carpark. The previous structure was subject to erosion and no longer provided adequate protection to the foreshore. The finished seawall will cost $1.26 million and is being funded through Auckland Council’s regional coastal asset renewals programme. Council says the new seawall will mitigate the risk of further coastal erosion to adjacent pohutakawa trees and infrastructure along the shoreline. The work will also address the issue of rock being dislodged by coastal processes from the previous structure and left along the foreshore, in what is classified as a significant ecological area. The project is expected to be finished by the end of this month, in preparation for summer.

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Amid kūmara crop woes, Aussies lend a helping hand As kūmara growers in Kaipara continue to count the cost of this year’s weather-related crop devastation, a NZ snack manufacturer has had to reach across the Tasman for Australian sweet potatoes as a temporary substitute for its kūmara-flavoured crisps. Last week, red kūmara were selling for an eye-watering $14 a kilo at the three big supermarkets, and orange kūmara for $1112 a kilo, the consequence of a crop ruined by Cyclone Gabrielle. Over on the snack aisle, packs of Proper Crisps’ kūmara crisps, bearing a stamp certifying “100 per cent NZ genuine Kaipara-grown kūmara”, have given way to packs of a sweet potato product, “crafted in the Yarra Valley”. Up to 80 per cent of the country’s kūmara crop was destroyed as a result of the cyclone and its aftermath. Almost all is grown in Kaipara. “In our 50 years of harvesting kūmara, this year’s weather is by far the biggest challenge we’ve faced,” said Kaipara Kūmara managing director Anthony Blundell, who has been supplying the mineral rich orange, gold and red tubers to Proper Crisps for the past nine years. “Since the floods, we’ve been left with 1500 tonnes of kūmara compared to our usual 8000 tonnes.” Nelson-based Proper Crisps says it will return to sourcing kūmara from Kaipara when the crop returns next season. Kūmara growers usually use a small percentage of their annual crop for seed for the following season, but the significant crop losses caused by Cyclone Gabrielle – which came after an already wetter-thanusual planting season – made it difficult for them to get enough seed stock from

their own farms. Earlier this year, the Ministry for Primary Industries announced it was making available a contingency fund of almost $270,000 to enable growers in Kaipara to buy seed stock, to support the industry’s recovery. The money came from a $4 million fund set aside by the government to help rural communities with immediate post-cyclone recovery needs. It was distributed through the Northern Wairoa Vegetable Growers Association and Vegetables New Zealand. The association’s Warwick Simpson told the paper last week the seed contingency scheme was drawing to a close. Six growers in the area had received seed kūmara through the project, with some 80 field bins of kūmara distributed, he said. A seventh grower, who had been eligible for assistance, decided not to grow kūmara this season because of financial constraints. Simpson said growers were in the early stages of the planting season, with slips that were produced from the seed kūmara in seedbeds being transplanted out in the paddocks. “The saturated soil and recent wet weather are creating challenges,” he said. Planting usually continues until the end of December, with harvest expected at the end of the summer.

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WIN BIG Mary Brothers’ famous shortbread will be for sale at the market. Mary and husband Gary, who moved into the Oaks about three years ago, are no strangers to markets. They were stallholders at the Matakana Country Park market years ago, selling bric a brac, CDs and books, as well as Mary’s freshly baked shortbread. Mary says the recipe is simple, straight out of the Chelsea cookbook, but confides that her secret to success might be her Kenwood mixer. “It gets the mixture light and fluffy. I’ve been through three mixers so far!”

Cupboard secrets go on sale Residents of the Oaks Retirement Village in Warkworth have been having a spring clean and many treasured household items and mementos will go on sale when they hold a market at the complex on Saturday November 25. The Grand Oaks Market will be held in the atrium, next to the Warkworth Hotel in Queen Street, with stalls both inside the Southgate Room and outside, weather permitting. Resident Roger Smith says along household items, the market stalls will include some antiques, and art and craft produced by residents including paintings and hand knitted items. The market has been timed to coincide with the Christmas gift buying season.

One of the organisers Mary Brothers says many residents have downsized from family homes to the Oaks and consequently, some of what they brought with them is still in cardboard boxes under beds and in cupboards. She says many residents were realising that their once-treasured items would likely never be unpacked and would be better off with new owners. “There’s a feeling that it’s time to let go of these things and move on. “All the stalls will be run by residents so it will be a rather interesting affair.” Eftpos facilities are unlikely to be available so buyers are advised that they will need cash. The market will open at 9am.

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Cuisine Lauraine Jacobs

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Strawberry season There’s no other locally grown fruit that excites everyone like strawberries. On the Omaha Flats Road, the Matakana Berry Company’s little caravan is currently appearing on weekends, offering punnets of large red ripe perfect berries that are almost jewel-like in appearance. These gorgeous glowing orbs of deliciousness attract crowds of passers-by, especially when their ice cream machine churns out icy cones of fresh strawberry sweetness, perfect after hot days at the beach. The strawberry is not the easiest of fruits to grow in the unsheltered outdoors, succumbing to inclement wet or humid weather, and sadly the season is fleetingly short. By Christmas they’re almost over so take advantage of this local crop while you can. When you’re looking for strawberries in the supermarket, check for freshness. They should look firm and glossy, and you should be able to detect that fragrance that makes them one of the most popular flavours in so many recipes. Bring them home and eat them as soon as possible. The fridge doesn’t add to their flavour so if you want to keep them for an extra day, remember to take them out for at least an hour to bring them to room temperature before you consume them. Strawberries that are not perfect or are just past their best can be lightly stewed with a little sugar to make a wonderful topping for vanilla ice-cream or added to breakfast cereal. One of my favourite tasks at the end of the strawberry season is to make jam. It’s become quite a

tradition to give each grandchild a pot of my homemade strawberry jam with individual labels that my husband prints out to attach to each jar. Cream is the most perfect accompaniment to strawberries (thinking of Wimbledon anyone?) If the strawberries are sweet enough there’s nothing better than a pile of strawberries, hulls and leaves carefully removed, served with a generous dollop of softly whipped cream. Add a sprinkling of caster sugar for real indulgence. Those stewed strawberries I mentioned can also be folded gently through whipped cream to make a very simple strawberry fool. Other flavours that pair beautifully with strawberries are balsamic vinegar, which seems to make the fruit taste richer and a little sweeter, and black pepper to give the strawberry an unusual zippy touch. I really like to add strawberries to a leafy summer salad and make a dressing that contains both balsamic and pepper. But best of all I love chocolate with my strawberries. A chocolate dipped strawberry was almost a fixture at Christmas parties a few years ago. One of my all-time best desserts is the chocolate log my mother made. A light-as-air sponge made in a Swiss roll tin, rolled up in a clean tea cloth makes a stunning celebratory dessert when filled with strawberry jam, fresh whipped cream and some strawberries. The recipe here is a family favourite and has been served every year on our Christmas table since I was a little kid. Raspberries are also brilliant with this so use a combination of both if you can.

3 eggs 1 tbsp cornflour 4 tbsp sugar Pinch vanilla essence 1 tbsp cocoa

Chocolate sponge roll with fresh strawberries Photo, Liz Clarkson

For the filling: 3 tbsps strawberry jam 150mls whipped cream 6 tbsp Greek yogurt 2 punnets strawberries/ raspberries Icing sugar to finish

Pre-heat the oven to 175°C. Prepare a Swiss roll tin by lining with baking paper. Separate the egg yolks and sugar into two large bowls. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar and vanilla until light and creamy. Sift the cornflour, cocoa and a pinch of salt together and gently fold into the egg yolk mixture. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold carefully into the mixture, ensuring you do not lose any of the volume. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Bake 15 minutes or until the chocolate soufflé is light and yet firm to the touch. Turn out while still hot onto a clean tea towel, remove the baking paper and roll up in the tea towel to cool. You can do this a day ahead but leave the next step until just before you’re ready to serve the meal. When ready to decorate, prepare the berries by removing the tops from the strawberries and picking over the raspberries. Cut any large strawberries into two or three pieces. Unroll the chocolate soufflé sponge, and spread the jam over the inside surface. Mix the cream and yogurt and spread evenly over the jam, with half the strawberries and raspberries and roll up, placing on a flat cake platter. Dust the top with icing sugar and strew extra berries around the edges to decorate. Serves 6.

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New table, talk of the town A colourful new public art installation is gracing Mangawhai Heads, in the form of a designer picnic table overlooking the surf beach. The Brick Table, which was installed on the reserve near the beach car park late last week, is a creation by Auckland artists Sara Hughes and Gregor Kregar. It’s the third of a trio of Connection Tables, commissioned by Heinz Wattie’s as part of a campaign to encourage Kiwis to connect over a meal. The other two, each distinct and unique, were unveiled earlier in Napier and Nelson. The multi-hued glazed brick table is positioned to take in the view across the dunes to the ocean. L-shaped seats for couples or groups wrap around the table, single seats allow for individuals, and the spaces between are designed to enable wheelchair access. “This table echoes our family ethos of coming together around our dining table,” Sara and Gregor say. “Since our boys were young we have always sat together to eat dinner, it’s a routine that gives us time to talk and share the day’s highs and lows. It’s part of the rhythm of our life, coming together around our table gives us daily pause and

allows us to connect as a whānau.” “We have chosen to build our table from brick, the building block of our home and the bright glaze represents the vitality we feel around our table,” they say. “We want to offer people the same experience to enjoy food, conversation and time with their family and friends.” “We wanted to create the tables as an everlasting and memorable way for Kiwi families to come together and share time,” Wattie’s managing director Neil Heffer says. Research conducted in June found that eight out of 10 NZ households cite barriers to eating together, including scheduling differences in the household. Twenty-five per cent of New Zealanders only eat together at the table once a week, or not at all. “Yet connection is a vital part of overall wellbeing and is often put aside due to busy schedules and distractions such as electronic devices,” Heffer says. “Hopefully, our table can help overcome that by becoming a focal point for people where they can come together. “The tables have already been a great success in Hawke’s Bay and Nelson, and we can’t wait for more Kiwis to enjoy them over the summer at all three locations.”

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Organisers of an annual art competition for Mahurangi school students are encouraged by the growing number of schools participating. Students from seven schools submitted work to CHArt (Coastal Heritage Art Competition) this year, with Tauhoa School student Bella Wood taking out the supreme award for her piece Olivia the Mighty Mollusc. An organiser Kelly Grove-Hills says the primary aim of the competition is to provide an opportunity for young artists to display their work and have it appreciated with a focus on their local heritage. “Ultimately, we would love to see a permanent hub or similar where young artists’ work is displayed, art classes are available and there is a venue for art clubs,” Grove Hills said. “But for now, we are focused on this competition – ensuring its growth and its relevance for the participating schools.” Work this year addressed the twin themes of Era of the Steamship and Mighty Mollusc. An exhibition of the finalists selected by the schools, and displayed in the Warkworth Town Hall last month, included paintings, collage, ceramic tiles and 3D pieces.

Judges were artists Karena de Pont, Abbey Lyman and Olivia Courtney. De Pont said deciding the winners had been tough and she congratulated all the participants for the high standard of their work. “Through the pieces, we learned new things, how to approach art making in different ways and how we can creatively bring focus to some of the tougher areas of conservation,” she said. Organisers thanked sponsors Forest and Bird, Brick Bay, Toi Toi Media and Warkworth Digital Design and Print for their support.

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Results: Group One (Years 0 – 3) – Maddy Greer (Matakana School) 1, Marlowe Hamilton (Warkworth Primary School) 2, Delaney Hinton (Matakana School) 3. Group Two (Years 4, 5 and 6) – Hunter Murray (Matakana School) 1, Benson Whitehouse (Tauhoa School) 2,Ellie George (Warkworth Primary) 3; Special Mention, Leo Flood (Tauhoa School). Group Three (Years 7 and 8) – Bella Wood (Tauhoa School) 1, Ploy Surampai (Mahurangi College) 2, Christie Price (Tauhoa School) 3. Group Four (Years 9 and 10) – winner, Sarah Barber (Horizon School). Supreme Winner – Bella Wood, of Tauhoa School.

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Growing garden plastics I’ve been in my little cottage for a long time, so I have made lots of improvements towards its sustainability. I’ve installed a new roof, solar panels, double glazing, underfloor and wall insulation, and a wood burner that heats my house and water, and cooks my meals. We’ve done kitchen and bathroom renovations using environmentally friendly, durable materials. We’ve turned the whole section into vege and flower gardens, there’s a glasshouse and a shade house, extra rainwater and irrigation collection and distribution systems, and fruit trees. My place is a bit like a lived-in ‘Grandad’s axe’. Everything has been replaced over time so it’s hard to know if it’s even the same axe – or house. But with all those improvements, the exterior and interior house colours of our choice, the internal and external remodelling to suit our ethics, the garden filled with perennial flowers and now mature trees I grew from seed, it feels like I’ve really put down roots. There’s another legacy I’ve left though, if I dig a little deeper. It’s the microplastics in my garden. I try to live gently in the world and act as a kaitiaki, a caretaker, but as I plant my beans or weed my marigolds, I can see the multitude of microplastics accumulated from the breakdown of a macroplastic economy. There’s the baling twine I used to tie my sunflowers to stakes, frayed and disintegrated. The plastic planter pots that

have been stood on or splintered with the weed eater. Those millions of plant labels. Pegs (is that where they all go?), bread bag tags (just as well they’re finally banned), and nurdles from a toy gun my nephew had (who allowed those toys to be made!). There are shards of ice cream container, bits of brittle buckets, the orange bristles from a Mitre 10 broom. There are filmy bits of plastic that have come via the food scraps and compost bin, old twisty ties. There are bits I can’t see, microfibres from my polar fleece. My ‘organic garden’ is actually part polyethylene. Microplastics are not just something happening in drainage systems, the harbour, on beaches, in Antarctica, clouds, the most remote lakes, and breast milk. They’re happening in my own backyard. It’s a plastic world, and getting worse. No wonder we are ingesting plastics as we eat, from even homegrown goods. All those fragments and nurdles are what we can see but the real tiny bits that are so ubiquitous, are even more of a worry. I clean up plastic from beaches as gratitude for the privilege of visiting. And I clean up plastic from my garden to reduce that longlived legacy. As non-plastic alternatives become available, I use them too. But we need Government regulation and industry adaptation to turn off the tap on plastic production, for a cleaner world, for our sake and for the sake of future inhabitants of our beautiful planet.

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Board tackles slithery road naming issue The emotive issue of whose choice for new road names should take precedence, developers or Māori, came up again at the monthly Rodney Local Board meeting on October 18. Members were asked to approve names for five new roads in the large Warkworth Ridge development, north of Te Honohono ki Tai Road. Auckland Council guidelines allow developers to submit their preferences, though actively encourage Māori names, and Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust frequently ‘gifts’ suggested names. In either event, all road names should reflect one of three local themes: • a historical, cultural or ancestral link to the area

• a particular landscape, environmental or biodiversity theme or feature • an existing (or introduced) thematic identity of the area The applicant, Templeton Warkworth Ridge, gave three preferences for Māori names – Mahinga Avenue, Kawakawa Lane and Hoteo Lane – the first two were gifted to them by the Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust (NMST). Their other two preferred choices were Umar Court, an Irish word meaning water trough, as a nod to the Irish heritage of the developer, and Beaumont Rise from the French meaning beautiful mountain. Templeton representative Dan Ogle told the meeting this was because the road went up a hill towards the highest point of the new subdivision.

However, Auckland Council staff recommended that instead of Beaumont Rise, members should opt for the NMST gifted name, Pa Tuna Rise, which means weir for catching eels. Ogle said because of the road’s siting and elevation, the developer would prefer to accept the Māori name for another new road lower down and closer to a stream that runs through the land. Tim Holdgate also questioned why Blythen Avenue, a name gifted by the Warkworth A&P Show in honour of local farmers Dean and Marjorie Blythen, had still not been accepted. Council staff said guidelines did not recommend roads being named after people who were still living “as community attitudes and opinions about people can change over time”.

Geoff Upson moved an amendment to the recommendation to accept all the suggested road names except Pa Tuna Rise, which should be changed to Beaumont Rise. This was approved by five votes to four. Louise Johnston, who voted against, said the change would offend NMST and she feared they would withdraw the road names. “They were so angry last time we did this,” she said. “It’s a French name in a Kiwi country. I think we have to remember we’re in New Zealand. It makes me so angry.” Michelle Carmichael asked for it to be made clear to NMST that the name Pa Tuna Rise had not been rejected and it would be used elsewhere in the Warkworth Ridge development.

Kaipara rejects te reo in documents Kaipara District Council has voted down a notice of motion calling for te reo Māori to be used in key official documents, the latest in a series of controversies that have dogged and divided the council. At its monthly meeting on October 25, Cr Ihapera Paniora introduced a notice of motion calling for te reo to be included in all official documents “to the extent that the documents are bilingual, including but not limited to the Annual Plan, the Long Term Plan, the Annual Report and any other documents that council staff deem appropriate”. Paniora, who represents Te Moananui o Kaipara, the Māori ward established in 2020, said Mayor Craig Jepson had unilaterally decided to discontinue the practice, and argued he lacked the authority to do so. “The purpose of this motion is not to unwind the decision – and that is not expected to occur – but it is an opportunity to understand some of the reasons why this decision was made and perhaps come to some middle ground,” she told the meeting.

Paniora said the governing body was required to ensure that Māori were adequately consulted yet Jepson had not consulted with Māori, iwi or herself as Māori ward councillor before making the decision. “Revitalising te reo is a slow intergenerational commitment that will take many years,” she said. “It starts with ensuring that there are opportunities for te reo Māori to be embraced and encouraged in mainstream and at all levels. Māori need everyone’s help to do so.” Seconding the motion, Cr Eryn Wilson Collins said it was an important conversation to be having. She had heard concerns from iwi in Dargaville, and there was unease in the community at what is seen as “a eurocentric viewpoint”. Cr Ash Nayyar voiced frustration that council business had been “hampered” by matters which he described as unproductive. Council then voted, with only Paniora, Wilson-Collins and Cr Mark Vincent voting in favour. The motion failed by

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Parasite control We often get asked how to control fleas, ticks and worms in cats and dogs. The simplest answer is to use effective products frequently. Yes, I can hear all the toddlers out there reply “but why?”. We have all taken that deep breath and considered providing the full story, but then think, ‘Will they have the patience or actually be willing to accept the shortened story?’. When I remember the days, weeks, months and years studying parasitology where the mantra was “the first step to understanding is knowing how to spell the parasites name property”, my eyes have already glazed over. The short story is always the best story. Young animals are the most affected by parasites and frequent parasite control is important for maintaining health. Most older animals can cope with parasites. Regular flea control for cats and dogs will break the flea’s lifecycle, preventing the adults laying the eggs of a future generation of fleas. This same idea applies to ticks, stomach and tape worms. However, decontaminating the environment is much harder for these later beasties. Ticks can feed on anything with blood including mammals, reptiles, birds and amphibians. However, they need to have three blood feeds before they can produce eggs and while they may still get engorged on your pet, they will die afterwards. Hence, special spot-on or tablet products will both kill your pet’s fleas and aid in the control of ticks. Stomach worms are normally host specific – cat worms will not infect dogs and vice versa. There are a few exceptions and

generally only the very young or very old get infected with other animals’ stomach worms. We typically, we advise worming adults every three months. Tape worms typically have a two-host life cycle with carnivores (meat eaters) being the definitive host in which the tape worms can reproduce. Herbivores are normally the intermediate host, becoming infected from eggs passed in carnivores’ faeces and they themselves infecting carnivores when they themselves are eaten. There is a tapeworm in cats which has fleas as the intermediate host, therefore, many cat flea products have an active ingredient call praziquantel which effectively kills adult tape worms. Sheep are the intermediate host for a tapeworm called Cysticercus ovis, or sheep measles. Farmers of sheep often feed sheep meat or offal to their dogs. They have a special control programme whereby all farm dogs are treated for stomach worms every three months and tape worms every month. The latter with products containing praziquantel. They additionally freeze the sheep products for 10 days at -10˚ C to kill the intermediate stages of this tape worm. That is normally a chest deep freeze, which typically runs at a colder temperature. Should your pet dog come into contact with sheep pasture, then it is a good idea to treat them with a product containing praziquantel either monthly or a week before going onto sheep pasture. This will help the sheep farmers control sheep measles on their properties and, hence, also help protect our overseas markets.

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A round-up of sports activities and events in the district Show jumping The Matakana Branch Pony Club Show Jumping Day will take place at Matakana’s Diamond Jubilee Park on Sunday, November 12, from 10am onwards. $15 per round plus a $10 levy fee per rider. Info & conditions of entry: Matakana Branch Pony Club on Facebook. Register by emailing mbpcevents@gmail.com Chess The Mangawhai Chess Club runs every Tuesday afternoon from 3.30-6pm at Mangawhai Tavern, 75 Moir Street, Mangawhai. Adults, teenagers, boys and girls, of all ages and levels are welcome. We teach chess from scratch, so don’t be shy. Under 18-year-olds must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Training session from 3.30-4.15pm, chess games from 4.15pm-5.30pm, order food from 5.30-6pm. Contact Tina on 021 689 988 for more information or visit Mangawhai Chess Club on Facebook. Indoor bowls Snells Beach Indoor Bowls meet in the Mahurangi East Community Centre, Hamanata Rd on Mondays at 12.30pm. Visitors and new members are welcome. Info: Pam 425 6405. Golf tournament Mangawhai Golf Club will host the Mangawhai Invitational over the weekend of November 25 and 26, 2023. This is a 54-hole strokeplay with 27 holes played each day. $10,000 total prize table. There is a $100 entry fee which includes a BBQ. Players can stay in a campsite on the golf course, or alternatively, limited billet accommodation is available. For more info and an entry form visit Mangawhai Golf on Facebook. Social tennis Social tennis is played at Matakana Tennis Club every Wednesday evening from 6pm. Fundraising raffle Warkworth Branch Pony Club is currently running a fundraising raffle to raise money for the running of the club and/or new gear. Lots of prizes are up for grabs, including vouchers to Pak’n’save, Bridgehouse, Charlies, and Savans. There is also wine, a facial, an entire home kill lamb, a Morris and James platter, and much more to be won. Tickets are $5 each or buy 3 for $10. Winners will be drawn on December 5. Info & tickets: Warkworth Branch Pony Club on Facebook.

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Popham collects trophies Two further events have been completed in the Leigh Bowling Club’s season calendar. On the weekend of October 21 and 22, the championship pairs was played and then on October 28, the handicapped drawn pairs. Both these events resulted in Staun Popham getting his name on the trophies, winning with Stu McDonald in the championship pairs and Danny Fairley in the handicapped drawn pairs. It is great to see the number of younger players joining the club and being so successful. The Business House had its first competition games on Wednesday October 25 with 14 teams entered, playing seven games each round. With so many players,

and also other club members attending, the clubrooms were really rocking. This competition is played until December 6, then resumes on February 7. Coming up this month we have the Leads & Twos Club event on November 11 followed by our season’s first tournament, the Lion Red Triples, on November 25. The bar continues to be open every Wednesday to Saturday nights from 4pm. Everyone is welcome to call in for a drink and a chat, or perhaps to try their hand at bowls. We now have 88 paid up club members and this includes both playing and social members. Enquiries: 021 243 144.

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Skates on at Leigh Keen skaters and BMXers are invited to bring their best tricks to Pumporama, a skate comp at the Leigh School pump track, on Saturday November 18. The event will celebrate the long-awaited official opening of the Pumporama, which was rained off last year. It will also be a fundraiser for Leigh School. Billed as a fun family day for anyone who skates, or just appreciates the sport, the day will include live bands, local food and activities for kids. As well as skating prizes, there will be a best-dressed prize as well. The pump track at Leigh School was funded through the Covid Stimulus Package, an initiative for schools to invest in community projects and aid local economies.

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Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club’s Brett Meyer achieved a rare “three-peat” in the South Island last month, winning the NZ Masters individuals in his age group, helping his provincial team to victory, and – the highlight – helping NZ take out the Trans-Tasman Masters title for only the fifth time ever. In the process Brett, who competed in the 60-64 age group, won every one of his games. The Trans-Tasman series comprised three tests, in Wanaka and Invercargill on October 9-11. Each country put up 14 players, one in each five-year age group, ranging from 35-39 to 65-plus. On day one, Brett beat Australia’s Peter Gilbee, and NZ won the test on a games countback after a 7-all draw. In the second test, Brett defeated Peter again, and NZ won 8-6, clinching the title and the Vic Beldham Shield. NZ has only won the competition on four previous occasions since it was first held in 1984. Australia won the third test, but the contest was already decided. The Trans-Tasman competition was followed by the NZ Masters individual and district teams champs, both in Invercargill. In the individual event, Brett reached the final, where once again he defeated Peter Gilbee. In the interprovincial teams champs, Brett played for the Auckland team, which won the grand final tie, 7-2, against Canterbury. Brett says the second test in the transTasman event was probably the toughest of all the games. “Everything was riding on that. It was quite a brutal game. My Australian opponent knew how important it was and went in hard. But it was fun – you want it to be tough.” He was thrilled with the “three-peat” – winning all three of his test matches and the series; winning all his individual games and taking the national title; and winning all his games in the interprovincial champs, and being part of the winning side.

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A team mate had looked up the records and discovered that it was the first time that had been achieved by a New Zealand Masters player. “It was particularly special to come away with that sort of success.” Brett has been a member of the Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club for about five years, joining after moving to Matakana from Howick. He’s just turned 60 so he has several years to play in his age group, although younger players moving up into the group will always present new challenges. “You’ve just got to keep moving, hope that physically everything holds together and you don’t pick up any injuries,” he says. Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club president Steve Wilson called Brett’s achievements “extremely special, and unique in this case because it’s a first”. “On behalf of the club I would like to congratulate Brett and the team around him for his outstanding individual achievement. Achievements like this come from dedication to the sport he loves and will be an inspiration to others who want to represent their country.”

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November 7

Gold Connect, Snells Beach Baptist Church, 2.30-4pm, every second Tuesday. Creating opportunities to meet more locals. Afternoon tea, music, games, chat.

8&9

Candidate for Murder, Warkworth Town Hall, 7pm. Warkworth Theatre whodunnit and fun comedy murder mystery show. Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/10683 (see ad p37)

Mahurangi Land Restoration Programme workshop, farm tour and lunch, Wech Farm Woolshed, 14 Cowan Bay Rd, 9.30am-1.30pm. Info: ngatimanuhiri.iwi. nz/melr; RSVP: mahurangilandrestoration@aucklandcouncil.gov.nz

Kaipara Moana Remediation webinar, an introduction to the KMR programme with an update on progress to date, and how landholders can reduce sediment flow into the Kaipara, 10.30-11.30am. To register: https://tinyurl.com/3jbmtuhz

10-12

An Art-Full Weekend, Matakana Hall, organised by Kowhai Art & Craft. Opening Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 10am-3pm

10-12

Warkworth Walks Weekend. Info: http://www.warkworthwalks.co.nz/home

Springboard annual fundraiser, Sheepworld on State Highway 1, 5.30pm9.30pm. Free, but registration essential. Email: dan@springboard.co.nz

Warkworth Garden Club Anniversary Display, Old Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, 10am-4pm. Free entry

Armistice Day wreath laying ceremony, Church Hill cenotaph, organised by Warkworth RSA, 11am. Armistice Day wreath laying ceremony, Church Hill cenotaph, Warkworth, as part of 170th anniversary celebrations, 12.30pm.

US Commemorative Street March, Queen Street, Warkworth, 1.30pm. NZ & US Defence personnel, veterans, military vehicle parade and display, Navy band, can-can dancers, & vintage aircraft flyover (see feature, pgs15-26)

Swingin’ Jazz & Funk Party, Warkworth Town Hall, 7.30pm. 1940s jazz club celebration for Warkworth 170th with three jazz, funk and big bands, cocktail bar and food. Tickets $30 from www.warkworthbigband.co.nz/ swingin-jazz-funk-party

Ruawai Stopbank Charity fun run, walk or cycle, Stopbank Trail, from 8.30am. Adults $10, children $5, family $25. Organised by Ruawai Lions Club. Info: 027 464 4896 or efspora@xtra.co.nz

Tomarata Fireworks, 112 Pakiri Block Rd, 4-9pm. Live music, rides, bouncy castle, face painting, braids, spray-on tattoos, under 5s area, food trucks and pyrotechnic display. Cash only. Buses available – bookings essential. Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/tomarata-fireworks/tickets

170th Anniversary Ecumenical Service, Anglican Church, Warkworth, 3pm (see story p23)

Car Boot & Craft Market fundraiser, Whangaparāoa Coast Plaza lower carpark, 10am-2pm. Fundraiser for HBC Grandparents Parenting Grandchildren Inc. Crafts, food, live music, bouncy castle, and more. To book: Lynda 021 160 3206.

Wellsford Variety Music Club Day, Wellsford District Community Centre, 1-4pm. Open mic for solo performers or supported by the club band, everyone welcome. Entry $5. Info: Andrew 09 422 3424

Candidate for Murder, Warkworth Town Hall, 7pm. Warkworth Theatre whodunnit and fun comedy murder mystery show. BYO drinks and food platter. Tickets $15. Door sales available unless sold out prior. Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/10683

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Pumporama, Leigh School pump track, 10am. Skate/BMX comp for U10s, 1015s, 16-39s and 40+. Registration 10am, entry $5 (see story p42)

Kowhai Singers presents 1853, Warkworth Town Hall, 7.30pm. Victorian musical soiree to celebrate Warkworth’s 170th anniversary. Tickets $20 from Briar Rose Flowers, choir members or on the door (cash only). Students free

Warkworth Founder’s Day Celebration, Mahurangi River, 11.30am-2.30pm. (see feature pgs15-26)

Forest Bridge Trust Spring Reboot BBQ, Matakana Hall, 11am-2pm. End of year celebration. BBQ and chat with local trappers and conservationists. Music, lawn games and art table for kids, face painting, native plants for sale, and more. Info & RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/736871932787?aff=oddtdtcreator

Low Vision Support Group, Summerset Falls Village, Warkworth, 1.30pm. All welcome. Info: enquiries@mcdonaldadams.co.nz

Wellsford Santa Parade, 9am onwards. Parade starts at 10.30am at Wellsford Community Centre. Facepainting, baking, sausage sizzle, Mr Whippy, coffee, and more. Info: Wellsford Plus Inc on Facebook.

Driving Home for Christmas, Matakanatata Choir, Matakana Hall, 4pm

Silk dyeing with flowers, Nuku Studio, 132 Gibbons Road, Kaiwaka, 10am-3pm. Using fresh, dried, or frozen flowers to dye on a silk scarf. BYO flowers and lunch. $98pp. Tickets & info: https://www.nuku.net.nz/

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Century celebration has Warkworth on a roll

Organisers of a celebration marking Bowls Warkworth’s 100th anniversary say it was a resounding success. Twenty-eight teams competed in a fours tournament held at both Warkworth and Omaha greens on Saturday October 21, representing 10 clubs from as far afield at Waipu and Orewa, and nearly 130 people attended the anniversary dinner on the following evening. A guest speaker at the dinner was Ken Warin, who is the great grandson of Alex and Elizabeth Warin. The Warin’s leased land to the club during their lifetime and then bequeathed it to the Warkworth club after they died. Ken spoke a little about his family and their association with the club. Former club president Cathy Parsons spoke of the dedicated steering group that had worked hard to ensure the celebrations did justice to the occasion. A special plaque commemorating the club`s centenary was presented by Martin Mackenzie, club support manager from Bowls New Zealand, to the Warkworth president Francois Loubser. Three decorated cakes forming 100 were cut by John Cannon, Julie George and Michelle Macdonald, representing the theme for the centenary – yesterday, today, tomorrow. Tournament results: Omaha – Wendy Jensen + team 1, Paul V + team 2, Penny + team 3, Tom Cumber + team consolation. Warkworth – Francois Loubser, Ross, MJB, Jules 1; Alf Smith, Keith Lineham, John Dawson, Alan McIntyre 2; Michael and Joan Broderick, Gary Robertson and Maree Brett 3; Mike Beretta, Steve Saric, Michelle Mac, David Hickey 4; Tom Gowie, Sue Bliss, Neil Cruden and Jim Letcher, consolation.

Life member and patron Joy Harper Keely, sponsor Chris Murphy and club president Francois Loubser did the honours of cutting one of the two centenary cakes.

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