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Michele has nicknamed a breeding pair of dotterels at Snells Beach, Donald and Miss Dott.
Dotterels defy developers at Snells Beach A pair of nesting dotterels has survived hell and high water, thanks to a new perch built by a group of Snells Beach residents, led by seabird photographer Michele MacKenzie. Michele says the dotterels were stuck between a rock and a hard place when developers built a retaining wall ahead of a king tide, blocking the birds’
access to higher ground. “We measured where the tide was going to reach and the nest would have been completely underwater,” she says. She hatched a plan to build a box to raise the nest by half-a-metre and called on the Warkworth Men’s Shed, which helped her build it in a day.
Michele says dotterels decorate their nests with shells and sticks, and the nest had to be meticulously recreated to prevent the birds from abandoning it. “People think dotterel nests are just a scrape in the ground, but this first-time mum is very houseproud,” she says. Assisted by biodiversity advisor Chris Bindon, and residents Matthew and
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Dotterels defy developers at Snells Beach With the birds raised above the high tide level, Michele thought they were protected, until she found paw prints and evidence of a scuffle. She set a trap overnight and, in the morning, found she had caught a snarling, hissing cat. “It is amazing the birds are still there. The cat was vicious, so it was probably feral,” she says. Michele’s story caused a sensation online with people from all over New Zealand sharing her pictures of the nest. “People were asking if Miss Dott was still okay, saying they had been checking the posts every day. “I wanted to show people that dotterels have lives and personalities. Unfortunately, most people just see signs that say, ‘keep away’.” Michele produced a report on shorebirds and waterfowl in Snells Beach, which has been placed in a time capsule at Highfield Reserve, to be opened in 2069. “I’m concerned about what the dotterel numbers will be like by then. It’s time we learned to develop spaces that are good
for the birds, as well as us.” The dotterel chicks at Snells Beach
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Community investment pays dividends The Mahurangi area is an important breeding area for northern New Zealand dotterel. Department of Conservation biodiversity ranger Alex Wilson says the status of the birds is currently ‘at risk, recovering’ where they had once been ‘at risk, declining’. “This is largely thanks to the work put in by community groups throughout the Auckland region,” she says. Alex says spring and summer are an important time for a lot of shorebirds, not just dotterels. “There are chicks all over the place at the moment, so it’s important for people on our beaches to keep out of fenced areas and keep their dogs under control.” The breeding success of dotterels is usually low at unmanaged sites. The main threats are loss of eggs
and chicks to predators, disturbance from human activity, loss of nests to big tides, and loss of habitat to coastal development. Dotterels normally lay three eggs in a clutch, from August or September. Incubation takes around 28 to 30 days, and the fledging period is variable, but averages about six weeks. Dotterels typically start breeding around two years of age and they can live for around 32 years. According to nzbirdsonline, protection programmes started in the 1980s and typically include predator control, fencing off nesting areas, appointment of wardens to reduce disturbance and advocacy. A total of 2075 northern New Zealand dotterels were counted in the 2011 breeding-season census, and about 20 to 25 per cent of the population is managed.
Burst sewer causes stink in Warkworth
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A geyser of human faeces burst through the bitumen in Warkworth last week forcing a temporary closure of Whitaker Road while contractors sought to make repairs. The pipe was swiftly shut off by Downer contractors, who were able to repair the sewer and reseal the road by the end of the day. Watercare spokesperson Maxine Clayton said the cause of the burst pipe was not known. She said ‘sucker trucks’ were brought in to remove as much wastewater as possible from the stormwater network, which leads into the Mahurangi River. It was estimated that about 50,000 litres of wastewater spilled from the broken pipe before it could be shut off. Water quality tests carried out by Watercare using samples from the Mahurangi River showed minimal levels of pollution.
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Raised E.coli levels at Point Wells prompt swimming fears Residents and visitors who swim in the Omaha River at Point Wells are being warned to avoid the water at low tide or after heavy rain this summer in case of raised levels of E. coli bacteria. Samples taken at the southern end of Riverside Drive and further upstream in October, revealed concentrations almost five times the recommended levels for swimming in. Point Wells Community Group president Laurence Eyres said an old or poorly maintained septic system was probably to blame for the abnormally high readings, which highlighted an urgent need for residents to hook up to the Jones Road mains sewerage system. He said the community group had been urging Auckland Council to clamp down on old septic systems for some time, as well as working with landowners further upstream to stop cows defecating in the river. However, he believed the river remained swimmable, with some precautions.
“Those results were not pleasant, but to put it in context, I was taking a sample at a fairly low tide and it had rained 24 hours previously,” he said. “I would say you can swim there now, but not until three days after it’s rained, as that just washes everything down, and you should swim an hour either side of high tide, so there’s plenty of sea water coming in.” He added that he would swim there and it was “perfectly safe” around the boat ramp. Council’s Healthy Waters head of strategy, Andrew Chin, said Council had recently stepped up its monitoring of on-site wastewater systems in Point Wells, requesting maintenance records and providing information to home owners about keeping their systems working properly. “Point Wells has had a sewerage system for a decade, but there are still some properties that have on-site wastewater systems like traditional septic tanks,”
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he said. “If these properties redevelop, they will be required to connect to Watercare’s sewerage system. If they are not redeveloping, they must regularly maintain their system and keep records for Council inspection.” Council is also taking water samples from the boat ramp every two weeks, although it is not testing for E. coli, but enterococci, as the water there is saline. Safeswim manager Nick Vigar said it would take at least three years of data before they could build an accurate model to predict water quality on the Safeswim website. “In the meantime there is no means to provide any certainty around water quality. However, the results
we have to date from this monitoring site show no evidence of wastewater contamination,” he said. Mr Eyres said he had suggested Council also took water samples further upstream, and will continue testing the water himself in the meantime. He added that it was encouraging that Council seemed to be taking the matter seriously. “We’re pleased they’re doing something and starting to enforce looking after your septic tank and training people to look after them,” he said. “The long-term objective to get everyone on the Jones Road system is good. They’re trying in their slow, bureaucratic way to improve the situation.”
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One Point Wells resident who knows first-hand how debilitating E. coli can be is Gareth Eyres, who suffered years of serious illness and almost died after swimming in a river polluted by human pathogens five years ago. The freelance writer and broadcaster fell ill after swimming in the Whanganui River. The local council later found that there had been a discharge from a wastewater pipe the day that he’d been there. “The infection nearly killed me twice through septicaemia and turned me from a fit, active person into an invalid,” he says. “Five years of my life were just gone.” He says Council needs to act now to make sure everyone in Point Wells is on mains sewerage to prevent anything
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The response to the annual Mahurangi Matters appeal for presents and food for families who might be doing it tough this Christmas has again been heartwarming. Warkworth Lions, always so reliable, came in with boxes of toys, and the Warkworth Golf Club Nine Hole ladies were also very generous. But otherwise, it was just kind-hearted individuals putting their hand in their own pocket to put a smile on a stranger’s face on Christmas morning. As traditions go, Christmas is about the only one that most Kiwis follow religiously, even if they aren’t religious. We put up trees, decorate houses and letterboxes, organise Secret Santas, put reindeer antlers on our cars, and experience angst over what to buy the favourite people in our lives. Some of us will go to church, others will visit relatives they haven’t seen since last Christmas, share wine, chocolates and homemade goodies with neighbours, and tidy up the house and garden in preparation for the big day. We say it’s all about the children, which is true in part, but the time, effort and thought invested in trying to make other people happy at this time of year strikes a universal chord of goodwill. There is something comforting to the rhythm of this familiar routine and even more so when our generosity expands to embrace the wider community. On that note, thank you Homebuilders and Warkworth Christian Foodlink for distributing all the donations, and we reserve a special thanks for all those souls who will be working or volunteering on Christmas Day – hospital and rest home staff, police, St John and possibly our firefighters if a BBQ gets out of control – to name just a few. You put the community first not just at es gets ready Christmas, but the whole year Homebuilders’ Quentin Jukas cheer. istm Chr e to distribute som through, and we salute you.
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And the winner is … Congratulations to Kathleen Barbour, of Mangawhai, who won the Matakana Village Butchery ‘Win a Christmas Ham’ competition. Mahurangi Matters readers were invited to submit their favourite glaze recipe or their favourite Santa joke to go in the draw for the ham. Thanks for the recipes and jokes. Super quick orange ham glaze Juice from 1 orange (about 1/2 cup) 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp Dijon mustard Mix all together. Apply to ham for the last 45 mins of cooking. Never fails. (Kathleen Barbour)
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We have lost an icon, and much more, with the closing of the Top of the Dome Café (MM Nov 20). I worked there parttime for just over three years, and was there when it closed. From the outset 12 years ago, Jocelyn, Ema and Bill were committed to providing quality service, food and beverages in a welcoming environment. Their passion for good hospitality and their personal warmth meant many customers became friends over the years. Some Sunday breakfasts felt more like a family gathering. To others, it was a regular welcome break on a long drive. To the trampers doing the Te Araroa trail, it was a beacon and oasis at the end of a testing sixhour slog over the hill. Many is the evening they would arrive as we were closing at 5pm (after a 10-hour day), and many is the evening Jocelyn would still provide them with a warm meal. Apart from the occasional statutory holiday, Bill opened at 7am, seven days a week for 12 years. He loved a good chin wag with customers, and his many kindnesses included providing bottles of water for overheated radiators, petrol for empty tanks, tools for repairs, traffic information and advice, and treats for children. The extended cafe family also included several abandoned animals – Tulie the tabby and Hector the rooster had their own fan base and were regularly inquired after and missed if they weren’t present. Staff also became friends, including our wonderful students who would start as nervous juniors and leave as confident, mature young adults, always keeping in touch. The decision to close was difficult. Typically, Jocelyn, Ema and Bill were as much concerned for their staff as for themselves. Our last Sunday was a day of tears and disbelief from our loyal customer friends. Jocelyn, Bill and Ema, I’m sure I can say on behalf of myself, your staff, and your customers, thank you so much for your wonderful contribution to hospitality over all those years, and for your kindness, humour, generosity and big hearts. You will be missed very, very much.
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Brave Snells Beach students report on Hong Kong riots Police officers battling frenzied protesters in Hong Kong joined those very same protests on their days off, a Horizon School team of budding journalists discovered. Students Ashton Henderson, 12, Libby Keenan, 12, and Leah Waterhouse, 13, were among a delegation of students from the Mahurangi East school attending an education conference in Beijing last month. They stopped en route in Hong Kong and found themselves in the centre of a region torn apart by violent confrontations over perceived Chinese government threats to civil liberties. Eager to spot an educational opportunity, Horizon principal Helen Pearson gave students a brief history lesson and overview of the events happening around them, pointing out they were likely at a significant turning point in Hong Kong’s history. After struggling to engage the students’ interest, she asked them to venture outside and video record interviews with people on the streets to get their reactions to the upheavals. “The students were suddenly extremely engaged,” she says. But the assignment had its challenges. First, the students had to find people who could speak English and most of those who did so refused to speak on camera, lest they be identified and subject to a government backlash. They also urged the students themselves to be careful, in case they fell foul of the authorities.
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Leah says that did cause some nervousness, but the students pressed on, believing that being able to share what they learned back home with fellow students and parents, and creating more awareness of the situation, was worth it. Among those who did talk to the students were three teenage girls, who had set up their own website and were regularly posting their videos documenting examples of police brutality towards protestors.
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“They were crying when they spoke. They were telling us people as young as 14 were participating in the protests. It was really sad,” Libby says. An animated man in his thirties said the protesters were fighting for freedom of speech, freedom of expression and democracy, and he said 80 per cent of people in Hong Kong agreed with the aim of the protests, even if they did not all have the courage to protest themselves. He said even off-duty police officers
were protesting. “The days they have to work, they will be stopping the protesters, but when they don’t have to work, they go and protest and do the exact same things the protesters are doing,” he said. As part of their video, the students also took footage of posters, graffiti and rubbish-strewn streets related to the troubles. One piece of graffiti read: “If you pass the law, we will start a war and you can’t kill us all.” Confrontations intensified following the death of two protesters and the students could witness how events were being reported in mainland China. Although news channels such as the BBC were available, what was shown to the viewer was selective. Footage of protesters throwing rocks and vandalising cars was acceptable, but television screens would suddenly fill with static when there was a switch to more in-depth analysis. Screens would return to normal when coverage moved on to other stories. Ashton says the assignment has made students realise that there is a much wider world out there and things are very different to how they are in New Zealand. Libby and Leah say the exercise made them appreciate NZ’s democratic freedoms and that these should not be taken for granted. “Everyone here wants more and more and more, but we need to be grateful for what we have,” Leah says.
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Rural school students get to play with national orchestra Students from Tapora School got to play with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) last month, as part of an international musical education programme that pairs up professional musicians with schools. Tapora was one of just 11 schools throughout Auckland that took part in the first Link Up programme to be run in New Zealand by New York City’s Carnegie Hall, which has been running the scheme for 30 years. Link Up seeks to address what it says is an urgent need for music instruction by providing a free curriculum and resources, so teachers and students can learn to read and play music and learn about the orchestra, which they did in NZ throughout Term 4. The APO team provided assistance throughout, including going out to each school to provide support and advice and to see how the students were progressing. Students learnt five pieces to sing or play on the recorder before travelling to Auckland on November 26 for a concert, where they sat in the audience
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Wastebusters ban fibre cement board after asbestos scare Increasing health risks from exposure to asbestos has forced the operators of the Lawrie Road and Rustybrook Road refuse and recycling centres, to stop accepting all types of fibre cement board. Mahurangi Wastebusters general manager Matthew Luxon says dumping asbestos-containing material (ACM) at any Auckland transfer station is not permitted, but it is still turning up at their refuse centres. Fibre cement board, commonly used in building cladding, is the biggest culprit. “Even though fibre cement board is no longer produced using asbestos, there is still a lot of older product out there that does contain it, and without lab testing it is virtually impossible to positively identify which is contaminated and which is safe,” Matthew says. “The health and safety of our staff, volunteers and customers is our number one priority, so we’ve made the decision to ban all types of fibre cement board – it simply isn’t worth the risk.” Asbestos-containing products are safe if left alone, but when cut or disturbed in any way the tiny fibres, which are up to 1200 times smaller in diameter than a human hair, can be released and breathed in for up to 30 days. Breathing in asbestos can lead to lifethreatening lung disease or cancer later in life.
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Where asbestos-containing material (ACM) is commonly found in the home. Image, Worksafe NZ.
There are more than 200 asbestosrelated deaths annually in New Zealand. With any building built before January 2000 likely to contain some form of asbestos, Matthew says he is concerned DIY enthusiasts are unwittingly putting themselves, their families and potentially his team at Wastebusters at risk. “People undertaking home renovations should get the materials they’re working on checked before they start. Anything containing asbestos cannot
be brought to our refuse and recycling centres,” he says. If asbestos does turn up, Mahurangi Wastebusters must follow strict health and safety procedures to keep people safe. This could mean closing down operations until decontamination can be undertaken at huge costs, which would be on-charged to whoever dumped the offending materials. People disposing of asbestos illegally could also risk being fined under health and safety legislation. By law, asbestos-containing-materials
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Kids give enthusiastic thumbs up to Puhoi Valley ice cream Puhoi Valley Café was one of the prestigious category winners in the annual New Zealand Ice Cream awards. The café took out the Kids Choice category with their Puhoi Choc Bomb – a rich treat of Belgium chocolate ice cream liberally interspersed with chunks of chocolate fish. A panel of 12 Auckland school children selected the Puhoi Choc Bomb after sampling dozens of ice creams at the FoodBowl, a food testing facility in Mangere, and rating the ice creams from “really yummy” to “yucky”. Café manager Tash Crombie describes the ice cream as a “chocolate explosion in the mouth” and says it’s wonderful that it won in the kids category, making the café an even more attractive place for children to visit. It wasn’t the only win for Puhoi Valley Café. It won gold awards for their single origin huehuetenango affogato and its Puhoi sour lemon sorbet, and it won silvers for their Puhoi orange and sweet chai latte, Puhoi strawberry and lime sorbet and salted caramel with a pinch of Marlborough sea salt and Greek yoghurt. Charlies Gelato in Matakana was also a winner at the awards. Charlies won a gold for its kombucha sorbetto and silvers for the strawberry gelato and mango sorbetto. Charlies director Andrew Cole says the company was particularly pleased with kombucha sorbetto win, which was created in collaboration with local kombucha producer Daily Organics.
“It’s great, because it’s a new flavour we’ve been developing and it’s only been on the market for four months,” he says. The ice cream awards are run by the NZ Ice Cream Manufacturers Association (NZICMA) and this year there were more than 300 entries in 13 categories. NZICMA spokesperson Hannah Wood says New Zealand-made ice cream and gelato are arguably the best in the world. “They are made from top-quality dairy and other locally sourced ingredients, and the awards are a great opportunity to showcase this,” she says. Right, Tash Crombie says the Bomb is a “chocolate explosion in the mouth”.
Motorway prompts bold new look Warkworth Museum is boldly going forward with a brand-new logo in a bid to attract more visitors to its out-of-town location. Manager Victoria Joule says with the new motorway bypassing the museum’s main access from SH1, it is important to improve signage around town and on surrounding routes so people know how to get there. “As part of looking into this, it became very clear that we need to have a simple, but eye-catching logo, which clearly reflects at a glance who we are,” she says. “We have been really fortunate to have been granted some funding from the Warkworth RSA allowing us to engage a graphic designer to create our new logo. It says who we are, we’ve retained our existing green imagery and incorporated the magnificent McKinney kauri tree.” The logo will gradually be introduced on the museum’s letterhead, website and social media, as well as signage.
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Cheetah spotted in Snells Beach Sculptor Jill Guillemin raised a few eyebrows when she placed a lifelike, full-size cheetah in the rockery in her garden in Snells Beach recently. “All the neighbours were going, ‘whoa’,” she says. The cheetah, made from fabric surrounding a wire frame, is currently being exhibited at the Emma Jean Gallery, in Silverdale Village, as part of an exhibition titled Creatures. Jill says she was inspired to create the animal following a visit to an African game park. There she spotted a cheetah lying in the shade of a solitary tree in a vast savannah. “As we inched forward in the big truck to get a better view of this magnificent animal, the cheetah sprang to its feet, looked back for a moment and walked away – capturing my heart,” Jill says. Later, Jill learned the animals were threatened with extinction in the wild. Although illegal, it is estimated about three-quarters of all cheetah cubs are being smuggled out of Africa to the United Arab Emirates. There they are considered status symbols for wealthy owners, who drive around with them in flashy cars. Jill has named her cheetah Msaada, which means ‘help’ in Swahili, and she hopes exhibiting her sculpture will draw attention to the plight of the animals. It took nine weeks to create Msaada, which required extensive online research into the animals’ physical dimensions and a visit to Wellington Zoo to get a good view of the animals close up. Jill has been sculpting for 25 years, mostly using ceramics. She switched to working with wire and fabric when she found she could not accommodate a kiln at her new home in Snells Beach. Other artists featured in the Creatures exhibition are Sam RB, Kristin Ivill, Susannah Law and Marilyn Wheeler. The exhibition runs until January 25.
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Kids collect cans Children from Warkworth School collected 628 cans for the Warkworth Christian Foodlink on Thursday, December 5. The students were asked to bring a can of food for mufti day in place of a gold coin donation. The Year 6 student council was in charge of organising the day including producing posters, reaching out to classrooms and collecting up the cans. It is the 10th year that the school has held a can collection for the local foodbank. Back, from left, student council members Jayfu Li, Maata Sikulu, Kelsey Kuli, Millie John, Thea Buick, Scarlett Long, Adam Evaans and Taelon Wrightson-Brown. Front, Alana Awatea and Edge Heke.
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Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Kirihimete koa! Feliz Navidad! Kilisimasi Fiefia!
We’re Closing Down for the Year
Manuia le Kirisimasi! Kirī timiti! Geseënde Kersfees! Maligayang Pasko! 圣诞节快乐! Shèngdàn jié kuàilè! Natal Mubarak!
Ara Tūhono - Pūhoi to Warkworth Project wishes the readers of Mahurangi Matters a safe and happy holiday break. We look forward to working with many of you in the new year. While we are on track to meeting our goal of delivering a world-class motorway by late 2021, we will be slowing down over the Christmas holiday break. While we are taking a short break over the festive period from 3pm December 20 to 8am January 6, 2020, there may be some construction work up to December 23 and after January 3 – weather permitting. Please be aware there will be no access to the project area during this period for anyone not authorised to do so. The area will be under surveillance. If you see any suspicious activity, we would appreciate this being reported to police. For any other queries or issues please call 0508 7295 4636 or email info@nx2group.com.
THE YEAR IN REVIEW • Pukerito – we finished ground improvement works at the Northern Connection. This is the area where the roundabout will be constructed and where the project will tie-in to the existing State Highway 1 (SH1).
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• We started on the massive 11 Barrell Culvert late November. This is the biggest culvert pipe system to date in New Zealand with an impressive 180 x units weighing 10 tonnes each. We expect to complete this part of the project around March 2020. • We also completed the culvert pipe system in our Central North 8a Zone. Culverts are the project’s hidden milestones – incredibly important in progressing the project, but not obvious to the public eye. • Construction of Mahurangi Bridge and Woodcocks Road Bridge in the Northern Zone has started – another milestone passed. • Tapuwae o Kahumatamomoe – a local road overpass which will realign Moir Hill Road was completed earlier this year and will be opening soon. • We made good progress on Arawhiti ki Pūhoi and Arawhiti ki Ōkahu with the first girders being installed in early November 2019. Please visit our website nx2group.com or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/aratuhonopuhoitowarkworth for up to date project photos and videos. Ngā mihi, Robert Jones
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OCTOBER 2020 All structures complete NOVEMBER 2020 Earthworks complete SEPTEMBER 2021 Road surface works complete OCTOBER 2021 Motorway open to traffic
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New community arts hub opens in Leigh What started as a search for a solo artist’s studio has grown into a major new community gallery and artspace project for Leigh and the surrounding area. Foundation Gallery & Arts Hub, which opened its doors in Totara Road last Thursday, December 12, is the brainchild of Australian painter Hillary Austin and her partner Richard Calder, working in conjunction with local artist Awa Gillgren. The former shop has been transformed into a light and airy gallery and studio space currently filled with an opening exhibition by Hillary, Richard and Awa together with other local artists, including John Wright, Silvia Birch, Ra Gossage, Pat Betts, Jamie Simpson and Rachel Waterhouse. Hillary says it was a race against time to fix up and paint the rooms in time, but the support from local businesses and residents was overwhelming. “We’ve been really encouraged by the support from local people, who have been incredibly generous – we just keep getting stuff donated,” she says. “We all work as well, all have jobs, so getting this going is huge.” Hillary is planning to run children’s art workshops in January, and then start looking at classes for adults and other projects, including men’s shed days (and women’s shed days), life drawing, dyeing and screen printing. There will be monthly exhibitions, some of which will eventuate from workshops and classes, finishing with an end-of-year show by Leigh School students. “To keep this going as a community arts hub is the intention, to maximise the space, give local artists a chance to show without charging ridiculous commissions, and bring specialist tutors in,” she says. “We’re very keen to work with the school and run kids’ workshops, particularly through the holidays. It’s offering cool things to do for people who want to be invested. This is a pretty artistically robust community.”
Finishing term in style. Teachers, back from left, Paul Lenihan, Caz Waugh and Ben Howson. Front, Peter Ennis, Carl Brewer and Grant Waugh.
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Byron Bay artist Hillary Austin has been painting the ceiling instead of canvases in the run-up to Foundation’s launch.
Hillary says Foundation is “a private enterprise with a degree of altruism”, as it is geared to encouraging creativity among a multitude of community groups and sectors. “What I’ve observed since arriving in Leigh is a level of interest; people are willing to participate,” she says. “There’s the possibility of great sharing of skills, information and culture here.” Info: Foundation Gallery & Arts Hub on Facebook or email foundationleighnz@gmail.com
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It was an unforgettable bad hair day for six Mahurangi College teachers on November 29 when they let students loose with scissors, shavers and dye to transform conservative hair styles into something funkier. Students bought tickets to go in a draw to win the chance to style or shave teachers’ hair, according the winning student’s preference. There was also an option to “save” their teacher’s hair – though this proved an unpopular choice on the day. The initiative raised $515 to support Movember – a campaign to improve men’s health, particularly in relation to mental health, prostate cancer, testicular cancer and suicide prevention. Science teacher Ben Howson says many of the participants have had recent personal experience with all manner of men’s health concerns. “Movember is a way we can help staff and students be proactive with their own health, as well as that of those around them,” he says. Ben says a couple of teachers are still sporting their new styles, although most were patched up in a “fairly speedy manner”.
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Children from Horizon School read the Christmas story from the gospel of Luke.
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The Pacifika group added plenty of colour.
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A quick downpour in the opening minutes of the annual Warkworth Carols in the Park failed to dampen the spirits of around 600 people who turned up to enjoy a programme of traditional and contemporary Christmas music. The concert, organised by Warkworth Rotary, was held in Lucy Moore Park on December 6 and included performances by the Warkworth Swing Band, the Warkworth School choir and Pacifika group, Matakana School’s kapa haka group
and North Soul Choir. Fortunately, the rain quickly cleared and the music began, ranging from carols such as O Come All Ye Faithful and Away in a Manger to the more modern Rocking Around the Christmas Tree. Children in the audience were invited up on stage to join in singing the final renditions of Te Harinui and Silent Night, while performers held candles aloft in the fading light.
Rotary member Barry Cole took over as MC at the last minute, when it turned out Rodney MP Mark Mitchell was unable to attend. “Being a celebrant and a talker by nature, it was pretty straightforward for me,” he says. Barry says he was “blown away” by the costumes and performances of the children, especially as they had been forced to wait in the rain before they had their chance to take to the stage.
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When Sandy Gupta took one look at the Salty Dog Inn in Snells Beach, she could immediately see herself running the place. “I just had an instinct. I could see the potential it had. I just loved the place,” she says. Her previous experience has included managing airline operations in Fiji and, more recently, a motel business in Auckland. She says her motel background will breathe life back into the beautiful accommodation chalets at the Inn. “The chalets offer guests comfortable accommodation and I will be able to create a little haven for holidaying and business guests alike,” she says. After a swift recruitment drive for the restaurant side of the business, new staff and experienced personnel are eager to try new ideas to make the Inn an even better place to eat, drink and stay. Head chef Justin Kingston has freshened the menu with new salmon, duck and lamb dishes, which have already proved popular. “I knew the staff had the potential to make things really good. We complement each other really well – we share the same vision of where we want to go,” Sandy says. After making further improvements to
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The store also stocks the Salomon brand, which is known for its ski gear, but also produces a line of trail running shoes. “They are great for road and trail. The Contagrip outsole won’t wear out on the road, but still provides a good grip.” Caitlin says the hottest seller has been Birkenstock sandals, which have a cork base that moulds to the shape of a foot, providing optimum comfort. She says since the store opened seven weeks ago, the community response has been better than she could have asked for. “People have been stopping in to browse or just wish me the best. I love living in Warkworth and am looking forward to fitting people in the right shoe for them”
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Brewers Soren and Monique Eriksen in their new taproom.
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8 Wired Brewing opened its new Barrelworks and Tap Room in Matakana this month and locals have been quick to try out their favourite tipple. Soren and Monique Eriksen moved their 8 Wired brewing operation from Blenheim to Warkworth six years ago and have been searching for somewhere to set up their barrels ever since. Soren says now that he has the space for his 260 barrels and ten 2000-litre foeder barrels, he will be able to do more of the bold and bizarre one-off beer production runs that he loves. “We want people to feel that they are
part of the brewing process,” he says. “The tasting tap room is set among our barrels and people will see some of the blending and bottling.” He says his favourite part of the job is when local growers approach them with produce from their garden, which he turns into a barrel-aged beer such as wild feijoa sour ale or gypsy fruits with grapefruit. 8 Wired’s current licence allows for 100 people at the Barrelworks, and Soren and Monique envision the space being used for larger events and even weddings.
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To keep the food as interesting as the beer, Barrelworks will host at least one food truck at any time, rotating them every few weeks, starting with Woodfired Pizza. The popular moveable feast food truck fiesta will also be held on the premises each Sunday s over summer, starting on December 28. “The idea is it will be a place where people can try lots of different beers and all kinds of food as well,” Monique says. The tap room is home to 21 different tipples to taste including two guest taps, which will start with Bohemian Cider.
Despite being an award-winning brewer, Soren Eriksen has no formal qualification in the art of making beer – it was simply a passion that bubbled to the surface. Soren was a biochemist working for a university in Perth when Monique bought him his first home brewing kit 14 years ago. “It sat there bubbling away in the shower of our one-bedroom apartment,” Monique says. The couple came to New Zealand where Soren did his Masters at the University of Auckland, while Monique worked as a physiotherapist. After six months, however, the bug had taken hold and it was clear that their passion was in brewing beer. “A background in science has helped, but it was more that I just always enjoyed travelling and trying different beers,” Soren says. “As a Dane, I have drunk my fair share.” Soren and Monique moved to Matakana and collaborated with Zeffer Cider for a time, before setting up their own production in Warkworth. Today, 8 Wired beers are stocked across NZ and are exported to 15 countries in six continents, including Antarctica. “All of this is just a hobby that got out of control,” Soren says.
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cut and repurposed for different items including a shelf set to commemorate vintage 8 Wired beers and a seating cubby. Emma has also up-cycled some midcentury lounge suites by Danish producer, Don, as a nod to Soren’s heritage. She says a local fencer taught her how to bend a figure 8 tie-off knot with wire, which she has used to accessorise items such as vases on tables. On the exterior of the building, the 8 Wired signage has been made out of Corten steel, which will weather and transform with age, just like the beer inside. The intention is also to plant and grow hop vines on the front façade to provide some temperature control by shading the sun in summer.
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The Lamponi was released this month.
Fruity touch to new sour beer 8 Wired recently released its latest creation, the Lamponi sour kettle beer with raspberry. During the brewing process, lactobacillus is added, which is the same bacteria that is used to ferment yoghurt and gives it a sour taste. Unlike a standard beer, which is made in three to four weeks in a stainless steel vat, the Lamponi has been maturing for more than a year in a wooden barrel. “The wood breathes and allows oxygen to feed the microbes, and it adds to the character of the fermentation,” brewer Soren Ericksen says. Once the beer was fermented, Soren added raspberry puree to the mix and allowed it to ferment again, bumping
the brew up to a five per cent alcohol content. Finally, freeze-dried oregano, basil and thyme was added to give the flavour more complexity and depth. “We called it Lamponi, which is Italian for raspberry, because of the Italian herbs. Once I added the herbs it made the whole brewery temporarily smell like a pizzeria.” In April, Soren’s Feijoa Sour Ale was among the 30 top tier winners at the New World Beer and Cider awards, hand selected from 630 entries. 8 Wired was also a finalist in the New Zealand Food Awards for its iStout Affogato with roast coffee and chocolate malt that uses lactose in the brew.
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Jessica Algie, 7, Kristin Algie, 10, and Jordan Cammell lower the time capsule into the ground.
Alex Morgan, 3, was among the lucky riders.
Children have a blast at Donkey Day Around 300 people turned up to enjoy traditional children’s games and sports at the Highfield Christmas Donkey Day on November 30. Among the activities were donkey rides, running races, sack races, egg-and-spoon races, a sausage sizzle, a visit from Santa Claus and pin the tail on the donkey. A highlight was the burying of a time capsule to commemorate 50 years since Ted and Alison Roberts brought donkeys to Highfield Garden Reserve and their subsequent donation of the land in Algies Bay to the people of New Zealand. The time capsule contained newspaper clippings, stories and photographs of the donkeys collected
over the last 50 years. It’s anticipated that the capsule will not be opened until 2069. Helping bury the time capsule were Ted and Alison’s great grandchildren – Jessica Algie, 7, and Kristin Algie, 10. Highfield Donkeys Society secretary Sheila Ford said it was wonderful to see so many people enjoying the activities and the reserve. “It’s just what Alison and Ted hoped for,” she said. To join the society and help take care of the donkeys, phone committee member Shona Duncan on 425 6129. Alternatively, turn up to Highfield Reserve on Tuesdays at 9.30am when the donkeys are groomed and have their hooves checked.
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Duncan Norris, 7, attempts to pin the tail on the donkey.
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Silly, not stupid, season At this time of year, every decent beer writer is dishing out their top five tips for what to drink over the silly season. I can see the appeal: telling people to drink hoppy pilsners (like Sawmill’s flagship) and thirst-quenching kettle sours (like 8 Wired’s Hippy Berliner) is a bit like shooting fish in a barrel. So here goes: it’s going to be hot, so you should probably drink pale, refreshing things. There – job done. Unfortunately, my top five list is much less aesthetically appealing – but ultimately, it’s also much more important. It’s based on the fact that we all have a tendency to let our hair down at the end of the year, with the upshot that we consume more food and booze than at any other time. And that’s understandable. Life is hard and the holidays are our chance to celebrate the successes of the year or to shut the door on a crappy one. But we need to understand that all this hair letting down can have real-world ramifications; not only on us, but on those we love the most. So this month I’d like to share my top tips for how to make it through the Christmas holidays with your health and dignity intact. Tip 1: Keep the ABV low. The problem with all those delicious hop-bomb IPAs is that they tend to sit around 6-7 per cent alcohol-by-volume (ABV) and beyond. Because our bodies can only cope with metabolising so much alcohol at a time, anything that is left circulating in our blood will cross into our brains and make us feel squiffy. So try to keep the ABV around 4 per cent, especially when it’s hot. Tip 2: Slow down. As mentioned above, the way that your body metabolises alcohol is a rate-limiting step when it comes to how quickly you should be drinking. Our bodies can cope with metabolising about one standard drink an hour, which is the equivalent of about one 330ml bottle of the above recommended beers. Try not to go beyond this pace. Tip 3: Stay hydrated. This tip works perfectly with Tip 2. Drinking heaps of water will help your body process the alcohol and chew up some time if you’re worried that you might be drinking too fast. Tip 4: Don’t drink and drive a boat. Forget about our appalling rate of car drink-driving for one second, because we also have a pretty cavalier attitude toward drinking and boating. Taking a chilly bin that is brim full of booze on an all-day fishing trip might have somehow become a normal thing to do in our country, but it’s actually idiotic. Tip 5: Be Batman. I don’t mean that you should dig a large cave under your house and patrol the streets in a skin-tight uniform. Being Batman means that you’re ready to go at a moment’s notice. It means if anything bad goes down, you can swing into action – plus or minus the grappling hook. Batman is there when others need his help; he’s reliable, dependable. And that dependability is doubly-important over the holiday break, since by its nature, the silly season can stimulate some stupid situations. Whether we’re swimming in the ocean, cooking outside or seeing relatives that we don’t particularly like, we tend to engage in more hazardous activities than usual over the holiday period. By paying attention to the first four tips, you’ll be ready to don your Batman suit and come to the rescue when and if the need arises.
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Briefs Paparoa School break in Paparoa School thanked the local community this month for donating $1000 on Givealittle to pay for insurance excess after the school was burgled again. It is the second time this year the school has been broken into and had its lawn mower, weed eater and chainsaw taken. The school says any excess funds will be used to increase security, including a lighting and camera system.
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Santa stole the show in Warkworth.
Boost Chiropractic’s flexible spine took the top two awards.
Warkworth Primary students rode on a Rhodes for Roads truck.
One Warkworth won the best business float.
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The Warkworth and Wellsford District Pipe Band led the parade.
A 30-metre spine complete with 24 vertebrae won the People’s Choice and Most Innovative Award at the Jennian Warkworth Santa Parade on December 1. The float was entered by Boost Chiropractic. Altogether, 25 clubs, businesses and community organisations entered floats, attracting a crowd of around 3500. The parade is organised One Warkworth. Manager Murray Chapman said it was a great day, although there was room for growth in the parade, with only one crèche and one school involved.
He said the change from Saturday to Sunday worked well, and would be repeated next year. The best community float went to the Warkworth Lions, while the best business float was awarded to One Warkworth. Murray thanked Jennian Homes Rodney for sponsoring the parade and giving the committee the financial freedom to put on a great event for the community. Jennian held a prize draw for a playhouse that received more than 2000 entries, which was awarded to Vanessa Langman of Wharehine.
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Amitai Pati and friends star in Matakana opera picnic Tenor Amitai Pati – a member of the hugely popular Sol3 Mio musical trio – will be the star performer at Auckland Opera Studio’s Matakana Summer Picnic Concert in February. Each member of the trio has been active in pursuing solo independent careers of late and Amitai has a chock-full calendar with upcoming engagements in Paris, Compiegne, Toronto and Shenzhen. In March, he is the tenor soloist in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s performance of Beethoven’s ninth symphony and in September he will appear as Jupiter in New Zealand Opera’s production of Handel’s Semele. As a former Adler scholar with San Francisco Opera, Amitai is no stranger to the main stage having appeared as a soloist in many of their productions over the last three years. Auckland Opera Studio spokesperson Stephen Fitzgerald says for 2020 Amitai promises to bring something “a little different”. “With his own special brand of South Sea Island charm and friends fresh from near and far next year’s picnic promises to be full of surprises,” he says. Amitai will be joined by another tenor, Ipu Laga’aia, a member of the Pacific Island opera quartet The Shades. Ipu was the surprise guest performer last month at a gala concert to mark the renaming of the Aotea Centre’s main theatre to the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre. Dame Kiri was so moved by Ipu’s singing of the classic Granada that she took to the stage for some impromptu Spanish dancing. The Matakana concert will also feature bassbaritone Joel Amosa, who this year was announced as the Dame Malvina Major Young Artist with the New Zealand Opera, entitling him to performance
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coaching for a mainstage role. Soprano Amelia Berry will complete the line-up. Amelia frequently performs with New Zealand Opera and last year played Yum-Yum in The Mikado and Frasquita in Carmen. The concert will be held in a large private garden on the corner of Ward Road and Matakana Valley Road on Saturday, February 22 at 5.30pm. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring their own picnic. If the weather is inclement, the concert will be
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Last minute festive fun for Maungaturoto Santa is making one last stop before his big night on Christmas Eve, with a guest appearance at the annual Maungaturoto Christmas Parade and Festival on Saturday, December 21, which starts at 4pm. The parade will start at the Good News Church in Hurndall Street and make its way to the Maungaturoto Primary School grounds, where there will be a range of food trucks, stalls, activities, entertainment and music. As well as floats from local businesses and community groups, organisers are encouraging individuals to dress up and enter the parade, with spot prizes for the best Christmas costumes. Info: Maungaturoto Xmas Parade & Festival on Facebook.
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JOIN OUR WEEK OF CREATIVE WORKSHOPS – MAY 2-8, 2020 Set among the vineyards, beaches and boutiques of Matakana, just an hour north of Auckland, our five day workshops include: • The Absurd Act of Painting with Toby Raine • Fiction Writing with Anne Kennedy • Screenprint for Sculpture with Jeff Thomson • Travel Sketching with Erin Hill • Painting & Drawing with Helene Carpenter • Textile Art with Alysn Midegelow-Marsden • Make Your Own Ukulele with Lindsay Marks Short courses include • Still Life Photography with Di Halstead • Botanical Art with Tabatha Forbes • Floral Stitched Painting with Fleur Woods • iPhone photography/video production with Mandi Lynn • Fabric Screenprinting with Ingrid Anderson
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Jazz tribute concert raises money for historic home Renowned New Zealand jazz artist Allana Goldsmith will perform a tribute concert to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan at the historic Couldrey House in Wenderholm in March. The event is being billed as Summer Serenade: Jazz in the Garden at Couldrey House. Allana has featured at most of the major jazz festivals around New Zealand and has released a string of original singles through digital music stores. Her latest release is a collection of songs titled The Waka Kura Sessions. Organiser Michelle Gimblett says those attending Summer Serenade are encouraged to bring a picnic, torches, rugs or fold-up outdoor chairs. Attendees are also welcome to bring their own wine. There will be a coffee caravan on site providing hot drinks and sweet treats. Summer Serenade takes place on Sunday, March 8, and will be deferred to March 15 in case of rainy weather. Gates open at 5pm and the concert commences at 6.30pm. Tickets are $35 for adults and include free entry to Couldrey House prior to the concert. Tickets are available from eventfinda.co.nz.
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Classic New Year car run returns to Mangawhai
From left, Lily Barr, Harper Holdem and Ruby Barr sold scrunchies and knick knacks at the market.
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The annual Kaipara Flats Christmas market had its most successful year yet with a record 59 stallholders. Among them was young entrepreneur Harper Holdem, 6, who sewed 60 hair scrunchies to sell at the market, along with small plants and trinkets picked up at opportunity shops. Her Mum Fiona McDonald said it had been a good life lesson about working to make money. Harper said she was intending to spend her earnings on horse riding lessons. Market organiser Odette Wech said the market raised more than $4000 towards extending the
Kaipara Flats Sport Club building. She said members of the club donated enough food items to put together “an incredible” 24 prize packs in the raffle. “It was a huge effort from the committee, and I would like to thank everyone,” Odette said. The sports club extension project will see it fitted out with a larger commercial kitchen and provide more space for tabled seating. The intention is to be able to hire out the club building for events for an additional revenue stream. The Kaipara Flats Sports Club has 400 members and continues to grow.
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The roads around Mangawhai and Waipu will be packed with the coolest of classic cars when the annual Black Swamp Rod Run and family fun day is held on Saturday, January 4. Scores of hot rods, muscle cars, vintage vehicles and motorbikes will muster for a public viewing at the Mangawhai Domain in Moir Street from 9am. There will be a driver briefing and spot prizes at 10am, before the Rod Run heads off at 10.45am. The convoy of classics will head north to Waipu, before heading back, via Mangawhai Heads Road, to Black Swamp Orchard around midday for a family fun day, featuring hot food, cold drinks and music from Slickback RockaBilly. The Black Swamp Rod Run is open to all classic car, hot rod and bike enthusiasts, and all makes and models are welcome. Entry costs $20 per car and only registered entrants can attend the family fun day. All are welcome to view the cars at Mangawahai Domain before the run and entry is free, though a gold coin donation for Otamatea High School is encouraged. Info: Sandra on 0275 310 788
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Against all odds By Craig Challen and Richard Harris with Ellis Henican Although we know what happens in the end, this book grips you from the start. This story is a personal account told by Australians Dr Richard Harris and Dr Craig Challen, who due to their experience in cave-diving and rescue, were recruited to head this rescue mission. The world watched and waited while 13 local boys and their coach were trapped miles underground in a cave system in Thailand. We follow the doctors as they manage the teams to urgently rescue these boys as time is running out. This unprecedented and almost unbelievable true story describes events not told in the general media. We learn of the challenges and fears from the rescuers and also stories from the boys themselves. At times I held my breath while reading this; I could see this as a blockbuster movie. I would recommend this as a brilliant Christmas present for anyone.
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The Body – A Guide for Occupants By Bill Bryson Having dealt brilliantly with everything you need to know about the universe and science in A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson has now turned his insatiable curiosity and laconic humour to human biology, with a thorough and very intimate examination of The Body. Packed to the gills with astonishing – and quite often alarming – facts and tales about how human systems function, thrive and ultimately fail, this is another approachable, readable and frequently amusing layman’s guide to a very complex subject. There is analysis, too, of the history of disease, medicine and healthcare systems, including a grim snapshot of his native America (highest medical spend, poorest health outcomes). Fascinating, informative and often very funny, this ultimate guide to navelgazing would make a great gift. Be careful how you pay for it though – a flu virus can survive on a banknote for two and a half weeks …
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The Rodders Beach Festival is the biggest event on the local calendar and still growing.
Harleys join Hot Rods in Festival For the 11th year, the Rodders Beach Festival is expected to have Orewa buzzing on Auckland Anniversary weekend, January 24-26. Last year’s event raised a record $60,000 for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and drew an estimated crowd of 50,000 to Orewa over three days. Volunteer members of the Hibiscus Rodders Club organise the event. Coorganiser Sharon Morris says it is the three-pronged approach that has been the key to its success. “We have stuck to the core reasons we started the event – to promote hot rodding and the Hibiscus Coast, and raise as much as possible for a great cause,” Sharon says. Crowd favourites, including the Miss Vintage and Retro Tiny Tots competitions, the chance to bid at auction for a car, or win a trip to the United States – as well as several opportunities to take a close-up look at an impressive display of hot rods – all remain. A new Vintage Bake Off competition has been introduced, along with The Bike Show sponsored by Harley Davidson, which will be at the Puhoi Pub on Saturday 25, 6.30-8.30pm. Sharon says there will definitely be more motorbikes to see along with the hot rods this year. One of the parades of vehicles, on Saturday night, will
be led by bikes. This year’s drive-in movie will be held at North Harbour Country Club in Dairy Flat, rather than Orewa Reserve. Sharon says the task of organising what has grown to be the biggest event on the Hibiscus Coast takes a full year and brings massive challenges. “A small handful of people work very hard, because it’s our major event, but it is becoming a mammoth task. We are not professional event organisers, we are all volunteers who do this because we love hot rods and support the rescue helicopter charitable trust,” Sharon says. This time around there have been a number of hurdles to overcome, including funding and how rubbish is handled. Auckland Council aims for zero waste. Nevertheless, Sharon says the number of car owners pre-registering to take part is up already and everyone is gearing up for a fantastic event. “Last year, we raised enough to pay for all the rescues that take place in a year in Rodney,” Sharon says. “Isn’t that amazing? That’s what makes all the hard work worthwhile, as well as seeing the community turn out in force to have fun and support us.” Info: roddersbeachfestival.co.nz
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and making your own ukulele with Lindsay Marks. There are also short courses (2-4 days). Artist Di Halstead will teach stilllife photography, Ingrid Anderson will tutor fabric screen-printing and Mandi Lynn will give workshops on smartphone photography and video. Tabatha Forbes teaches delicate botanical painting and Fleur Woods teaches advanced embroidery. In addition, there are five ‘architecture and design days’, with input from leading industry professionals and the chance to see some exceptional local homes. Info: creativematakana.nz
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Commission urges retirees to check options Free community The financial fishhooks of moving into a retirement village were scrutinised at a public meeting in Warkworth last month. Commission for Financial Capability (CFFC) national manager Troy Churton told attendees that it is important for retirees to take the time to consider their options. Switching between retirement villages is difficult because the equity in a unit is typically only paid back once new occupants have been found, which can take anything from months to a year. During that time, the operator can continue to charge weekly maintenance fees, although they must be halved after six months. “In financial terms, the ideal situation is to leave a retirement village in a coffin,” Mr Churton said. “Take a look around the common areas at a village and see the dynamic of the community. You will age with these people.” He said if a village had a residents’ association, it was usually a good sign that it had a vibrant community. “Don’t just talk to a mate about the village – ask the residents’ association, because they are at the coalface with management. If you don’t have an assertive personality, they can be an ally.”
Mr Churton said another important aspect to consider was the pathway to a medical care facility, in case of being struck by long term or permanent illness. “The perception that a retirement village is a care facility is wrong. Around half of villages do have care beds, but there can be major waitlists, so it is important to ask about that up front.” Standard care rooms may be covered by a subsidy but some retirement villages only provide premium rooms, which can come with a further daily charge of $20 to $100. If a resident elects a standard room, then the operator would be obligated to look for one within a 10km radius, but if nothing is available, then a facility further afield would have to be found and the right-to-occupy contract for the village apartment would be terminated. However, if a spouse or partner still resided in the retirement village, then the couple may find themselves paying for both the village unit and the care facility, in addition to having to travel for visits. Another important point to establish at the outset of an agreement between a resident and an operator is what might happen if new love springs forth. “Relationships do begin and end in retirement villages. There is a singles
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market and it favours the lucky blokes because there are fewer of them than women,” Mr Churton said. He said eventually an operator might ask newly coupled-up residents to review the terms of their contract. If a new licence is established, the operator could theoretically take a 20-30 per cent fee from the equity of the unit. Mr Churton added that though retirees needed to be savvy about their choice of village, overwhelmingly residents found them to be a positive experience. The CFFC is a Crown entity that monitors the retirement village industry and provides information on the financial implications of moving into a village.
A Snells Beach woman is organising a free community Christmas meal for the second year running, for anyone who is alone or struggling over the festive period. Moana Hehepoto and her three daughters organised a community breakfast on Christmas Day last year and around 70 people from throughout the district showed up. This year, she has decided to host a Christmas lunch at the Mahurangi East Community Centre and is again inviting those who would like some company or are finding it hard to make ends meet. Moana was inspired to organise the Christmas meals after facing tough times herself when she was bringing up her children and a grandchild single-handedly. She says this year’s lunch is aimed at anyone who does not have family or friends around on Christmas Day or who is sincerely struggling to provide for their family. The lunch will run from 12.30 to 3.30pm at the community centre in Hamatana Road. RSVP by Sunday, December 22 to Moana on 0210 246 1732. Sharleen Voss Waipu Cove resident
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Surviving Christmas stress Christmas is a time of the year to come together and celebrate. Christmas usually conjures up images of family, fun, love and generosity. However, it can also bring with it pressure, stress, arguments and loneliness. These things usually occur due to unrealistic expectations, either our own or someone else’s. Expectations Situations where you believe that something will turn out a particular way or a person will behave in a particular way can be hard to reconcile if things play out differently. Think about what your expectations are of yourself, the situation or others and make sure they are realistic. Be willing to just go with the flow if things change, because holding on to those expectations could leave you feeling disappointed. Pressure Be clear about what you can actually achieve, both financially and through managing others’ expectations. It’s okay to say no, and/or be clear about your limits. Ensure responsibilities are shared and carried fairly. Stress At this time of the year, it is important that you continue to do those things that attend to your self-care. This might include ensuring you get a good night’s sleep and keeping up with exercise, even if it’s only just getting out for a walk. At this time of year it can be easy to over indulge with alcohol and/or foods high in sugar. Try to remember to keep these to a minimum, particularly if you are feeling stressed, as they put additional pressure on your body to process it all. Loneliness and grief It might be the first year that a loved one is no longer present. This could be due to the death of a loved one, a family separation or a number of other scenarios that separate families and friends. If this is true for you, reach out and let people know you are struggling. Managing children It’s such an exciting time for children. However, given the increase in temperature and having had a long year at school, kids are generally tired and this can make them grouchy and less able to manage big feelings. This is especially true around Christmas and Christmas Day, with later nights, excitement, lots of sugar and picking up on their parents’ stress around the holiday period. Try to reduce sugary foods and drinks, create some quiet downtime when you have the opportunity, play some softer Christmas carols, read some stories and generally ensure some connection with your children to help soothe their little systems. Most of all, take care and have a safe and Merry Christmas from the Homebuilders Family Services Team.
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Smoothing turbulent waters Warkworth’s Jefferson Chapple teaches both life skills and sailing and says the two things have something fundamental in common. “Everyone is on a journey and you have to know which way the wind blows to get where you want to go,” he says. Jefferson’s life skills instruction includes conscious breath work, creative expression and ‘belief upgrades’. “The essence of it is the removal of obstacles that are in the way of a person living to their full potential. The obstacles are often not in the world, but are internal obstacles such as self-doubt,” he says. Jefferson has 13 small water craft on his property, including an outrigger canoe he built after studying designs from Kiribati. “I spent five years visiting museums looking at Kiribati canoes and measuring them, and I’ve spent 30 years learning to sail it.” Jefferson says unlike a western sail boat; a Kiribati canoe has no rudder. Instead, it relies on sail adjustment and weight balancing for manoeuvring. “The Western model of sailing is adversarial, viewing the water as your enemy. The Polynesian model is what I call ‘the harmony paradigm’.” “You decide where you want to go and adjust the sails so the canoe sails itself. A Kiribati canoe leaves no wake – all that is left behind is a line in the
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water.” Jefferson applies the same kind of thinking to his life coaching. He helps people to identify what their goals are based on their deepest desires and then trains them to make the right choices to get there. “The result will come – it’s just about managing the time in between. Everybody is already all they need to be.” Jefferson is also a practitioner of Reichian therapy – a form of psychoanalysis that explores the reciprocal relationships between the body and mind. Info: jeffersonwayne@gmail.com
An invitation from the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust (ARHT) to take supporters for a quick, scenic flight in their newest chopper, an AgustaWestland AW169, has paid off handsomely. The ARHT invited eight members of the Rodney Health Charitable Trust for the scenic flights and a briefing on ARHT operations at its base in Ardmore on November 29. After selling two of its health business ventures to Geneva Healthcare in 2014, the Rodney Health Charitable Trust continues to help improve the wellbeing of Rodney residents by awarding grants to pay for health treatments not funded by the public purse. In addition, over the last 20 years the trust has pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into the ARHT.
During the briefing, charitable trust members learned the ARHT needed a new $300,000 building to accommodate a flight simulator to train helicopter pilots. Auckland Council has stumped up with half the money, but that still left the ARHT needing to find $150,000. Rodney Health Charitable Trust spokesperson Alan Boniface says trust members quickly agreed to donate the remaining $150,000. While at Ardmore, Alan was impressed with how busy the helicopters were and it was touch-and-go whether charitable trust members would manage to get their promised flights. Eventually they did so and Alan, now in his eighties, was able to enjoy the first helicopter flight in his life.
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Fins away at Whangateau More than 110 snorkellers took to the clear waters of the Whangateau Harbour on December 1 as part of a day organised by the educational group, Experiencing Marine Reserves. The participants were given a dry land briefing, before donning their masks, fins and snorkels and heading into the water. The divers explored the harbour in small groups with qualified supervisors, viewing cockle siphons, anemones and hairy crabs on the sand flats and big schools of yellow eyed mullet in the mangroves. EMR Auckland coordinator Lorna Doogan said the groups with confident swimmers were able to venture over the sandstone reefs and were treated to schools of juvenile trevally, and parore and spotties hiding in the
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Piece of pub history for sale The Paparoa Hotel and Thirsty Tui pub is up for sale for the first time in nearly 50 years. Owner Pam Goode said it was built in 1956 by the former owners of the Pahi Hotel, who transferred their licence to the premises when State Highway 12 was first built. It was taken over by Pam’s parents, David and Joan Goode, in 1971 when they moved from the industrial county of Staffordshire in the UK. Pam took over direct management of the hotel three years ago, when revenue had taken a dip. She has since doubled the turnover. “I had cooked in the kitchen at age 9, so I was well prepared to turn it around,” she says. She recalls the pub having had a public house section for men where there was a lot of drinking and swearing, as well as a ladies’ bar with nicer carpets and more expensive beer. “I remember dad chasing someone down after they bought beer next door for 50 cents less and tried to bring it over.”
In recent years, the hotel has become a boutique destination, attracting overseas tourists and weekend travellers from Auckland and Whangarei. Pam says the rooms have been updated with modern amenities, and the kitchen is famous for its innovative dishes, such as the beef cheek cooked in red wine and cocoa. Much of its mid-century character has been retained, including the Formica bar and the hundred-year-old oak tree with a swing in the garden. “There are people who have been drinking in the bar since they turned 18 and are now 72 years old,” Pam says. Pam has decided to put the “old girl” on the market to focus on her commercial photography and documentary business. “Two businesses are too many, and what this hotel needs is an owner/ operator.” The asking price is $850,000 plus ‘stock at valuation’. It includes the hotel, pub and a neighbouring paddock and has two titles on the land.
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Little let up from M bovis for Northland farmers Briefs Northland currently has the second highest rate of Mycoplasma bovis infection in the country, largely due to farmers continuing to buy beef calves from the South Island, a public meeting in Wellsford heard last month. Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) spokesman Joe Stockman told more than 50 farmers that the region was disproportionately affected by the disease, second only to Ashburton. There are currently five infected properties, 55 under Notice of Direction (NoD) stock movement restrictions and 54 undergoing testing. A further 12 farms have already been infected and had their herds culled. “A number of problems built up, we got behind on testing animals. Northland is disproportionately affected by that,” Mr Stockman said. “I think it will be around 12 to 18 months before we stop finding new infected properties, because we’re still seeing movement of beef bulls up from Southland.” Several farmers questioned why MPI was not doing more to restrict movement of cattle from the South Island. However, Mr Stockman said MPI couldn’t tell farmers how to run their businesses and could only restrict movements if they had “reasonable
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suspicion” of infection. “If farmers want to buy bulls from Southland, it’s up to them,” he said. “If you put such a heavy restriction on the South Island, we’d be required to notify all of our trading partners and they would end the import of our beef. The economic effects would be devastating. It would mean billions of dollars of economic loss.” Overall, Mr Stockman said the programme to eradicate M bovis was going well, however, and the MPI, working with Beef + Lamb NZ and Dairy NZ, was making good progress in testing efficacy and reducing the spread of the disease.
“It’s still out there and it’s still spreading, so if you’re buying stock, you could be spreading it, and you still need to take good biosecurity measures,” he said. “But it’s pretty clear the direction we’re heading in.” Mr Stockman said huge efforts were also being made to reduce the impact of the disease on farmers, with better testing, improved support and faster compensation payouts. “Reducing the impact on farmers is top of mind every single day,” he said. “It’s an incredibly stressful time. The disease itself is not particularly problematic, but the process of getting rid of it is very hard on farmers.” The meeting was organised by the Landowners and Contractors Protection Association. Chairman Brian Mason, whose Tomarata dairy farm was placed under NoD earlier this year after a false positive milk test, said it was good to hear details of the efforts being made to get rid of the disease and improve processes. “When that phone rings and you get that call, your whole life goes into orbit. It’s six weeks of complete uncertainty,” he said. “I know there are some in this room under NoD now and others who have been there and more will go there yet, so it’s all about supporting each other.”
Leases granted The Mahurangi Community Trust has been granted a 10-year lease on land at 326 Mahurangi East Road, Snells Beach, the site of the Mahurangi East Fire Station. The lease, with one right of renewal for 10 years, will start on January 1. The rent will be $1 per annum, if demanded and includes provision for a sub-lease to Fire and Emergency New Zealand. The Rodney Local Board has also renewed the Albertland & Districts Museum lease on land at 15 Port Albert Road. The 33 year lease will start on April 1 next year at a rental of $10 plus GST per annum, if demanded. The lease includes a clause prohibiting all users of the facility from smoking within the leased area.
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World-class woodchoppers make their way to Puhoi The hills around Puhoi will be alive with the sound of metal on wood again in January, when one of New Zealand’s biggest and most popular woodchopping events takes place in the grounds of the historic Puhoi Pub. The 2020 Puhoi Axemen’s Woodchopping Carnival takes place on Saturday, January 11, with the all-day action starting at 9am, as 45 competitors from Australia and New Zealand battle it out to be the best with an axe or a saw. This year’s line-up includes several current and former national and world champions, with eight axemen from Australia, six from Stratford in Taranaki, eight locals from the Puhoi club and the rest from throughout the North Island. Puhoi club secretary and event organiser John Sanderson says the carnival always fills up quickly with competitors keen to take part. “We never have to ask the Australians over, they just ring up and come over with a few family and friends,” he says. “It’s good to see so many of the best axemen want to come to little old Puhoi.” Also in the line-up this year are two families entering three generations of woodchoppers – a grandfather, father and son. One is the Semenoff family from Whangarei and another is coming over from Australia. “We’ve got a few current world title holders and past world title holders in the Standing and Underhand classes, plus the world Jigger Board cutter coming from Australia and Jesse
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Whitehead, who is New Zealand’s best Jigger Board cutter,” John says. There will be 14 different classes throughout the day, with something to keep everyone amused and impressed, from the classic speed events of Standing and Underhand through to the pairs’ Jack and Jill sawing class and the ever-popular axe throwing. John says the sheer speed of the axemen chopping through their wood blocks can make it hard to judge at times, with time differences between competitors often coming down to hundredths of a second. However, as
in many other sports, technology is being employed and any controversial results are now decided by a “third umpire” – an iPad used to record every chop with an app that can freeze the action down to single frames and prove decisively who was fastest. “The competition is so tight we need video evidence that we can review to just the right spot,” John says. “We’ve got to do things professionally these days, it’s so close.” There’s a prize pool of several thousand dollars to be fought over, with first prizes in most classes of $100 or $200,
and cash prizes, too, for those coming second, third, fourth and fifth. John says all the prize money is raised by local businesses, suppliers and families from the Puhoi district who unfailingly support the woodchopping carnival, not least the Puhoi Hotel, which stages the event and forms the perfect backdrop and surrounds for the hundreds of visitors who come to watch. “It’s such a great day out, we get so many people supporting us,” John says. “It takes months to prepare, but we’ll be ready by Christmas and then we just need good weather on the day.”
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Axe throwing
The original extreme sport According to the NZ Axemen’s Association, woodchopping is a heritage sport that dates back to the 1870s, but its combination of athleticism, technique, strength and not a little danger have ensured that it has stayed relevant and popular through the ages. Historians’ accounts vary over where exactly it started, whether in New Zealand or across the ditch in Australia, or even in Europe, but what is pretty certain is that European settlers clearing forests were swift to start taking bets on who could cut a tree or process a log the fastest. Those early wagers and contests formed the basis of the sport we know today, and the current events and disciplines are still relatable to fundamental tree felling. Competitions use a handicapping system where the axemen are required to start in order of ability. Novices start first and the better contestants start last. These are the most common classes for competitive axemen (or women): Standing Simulated tree felling. A secured,
vertical block of wood has to be cut through from both sides as quickly as possible. Top axemen take less than 20 seconds to cut through a 25cm log. Underhand Cutting a log into lengths. The axeman stands on a horizontal block and cuts it by swinging the axe down and severing it with blows that land between his feet. Jigger board Tree felling from high up the trunk. The axeman chops a hole in a trunk, inserts a perpendicular board, then stands on that to chop another hole higher up and insert another board. Two or three boards are used to climb to around 2.5 metres, before the trunk is chopped through from the highest board. Single and Double Sawing One or two men, or women, use a crosscut saw to slice off a log from a block. Axe throwing Self-explanatory – but now becoming an increasingly popular pastime, with specialist clubs and ranges opening in Auckland and Wellington.
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Logs for the 2020 festival come from a felled shelter belt at Omaha.
Poplar logs choice for Puhoi When you’ve got 45 axemen competing in more than 20 separate races, an awful lot of wood is going to be required – around 400 blocks in Puhoi’s case. The club sources and prepares all its own competition blocks, starting at least three months before the woodchopping festival takes place in January. This year’s wood block crop came from Omaha Flats, where a shelter belt of poplar trees was being felled, according to festival organiser John Sanderson. “They’re all poplar wood. We like it because you can cut it pretty fast and it’s a more even wood,” he says. “It’s a spectator sport and you can cut poplar pretty fast, so you get a close competition.” With the help of local contractors and supporters, Puhoi Axemen first collect the wood, then sort the logs, strip the bark off with a specially adapted machine and wrap them ready for the competition in January.` “It’s not like cricket, you can’t just pick up your kit and take part, there’s a lot of preparation,” he says. “We’ve been doing this for three months now and we still haven’t finished, we’re still doing the final touches before Christmas. “We’re really grateful to all the people who help behind the scenes, getting the wood, lending us machinery and transporting the wood to the arena.” Although the locals might love poplar,
there’s a possibility that the choice of wood might not suit the visiting contingent of axemen from Australia so well. “They’re used to cutting hardwood in Australia, so it’s quite a change for them,” John says. “Some will find it difficult to adjust, but some will be able to switch their style quite easily.” Not all the 400 blocks will be used at the festival, but the club likes to have enough so that there are plenty to choose from. Competitors draw lots for blocks in each race to ensure fairness.
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Maddening birds The Christmas grinches arrived early at my house this year. Yes, unfortunately my festive season was partially marred by a pack of feathered gate-crashing freeloaders, hellbent on bombarding my life with their overactive ovaries and slobbish-like tendencies. These birds took up residency in November and systematically set out to destroy my tranquillity and any existing rational thinking. Of course, I am not talking about a couple of brightly coloured love birds here, chirping out sweet nothings while lovingly gazing into the eyes of their offspring. I’m actually talking about dozens of home invading bitter and twisted swallows, who have decided to move in, rent free, to the gutters and rafters on my front porch and carport and make my life hell. By “hell” I mean the decibel levels of their constant chirping, scratching on the tin roof and the constant barrage of bird poo that’s decorating everything in their flight path. The water blaster has migrated from the shed to the deck permanently, and I dare not entertain outside unless I can find dinner guests happy to include bird poo in their list of preferred condiments. Don’t even get me started on the garage and my beautiful new car. People seem to have a certain amount of empathy for a car covered in mud and dust but park your car on Ponsonby Road covered in
bird excrement and you’re just a dirty bugger. My unfortunate situation has consumed me. None of the birds’ behaviour makes any sense to me. Therefore, I conclude that it is the birds that are crazy and not me. Go with me here. Firstly, my house has four sides, three of which they could choose to nest along and it would have no great impact on my wellbeing. But nope, their game plan is far more sinister. They choose to nest at the front, which is the only side of the house I inhabit. Then there is the relentless pursuit of calories for their chicks; no such thing as four hourly feeds. Of course, that would be too easy. Instead, they choose to fly all day back and forth dropping their “loads” on my furniture and deck. What mother of sound mind would want to have this sort of feeding routine? Why on earth don’t these birds setup camp where the food source is? Surely it’s more appealing to sit in a tree? Very strange birds indeed. So, with my life morphing into a scene out of that Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds, I made a post on Facebook hoping for some easy solutions to my problem, but along with the solutions came another set of problems. Some of these solutions entailed crawling over my roof painting sticky stuff, stringing up fishing wire and hooks, and all manner of other nightmarish
The Hitchcock film was spot on.
ideas that were just way out of my skill set, and so weren’t happening. I did, however, embarrassingly put a plastic owl out on the deck until I realised that it was a stupid idea. The funniest part of this bird story is my own ridiculous, illogical thinking. For some strange reason I just presumed that if I implemented any of the above, the birds would politely pack up their belongings, grab their eggs and move to a new house. Much the same way a property manager serves an eviction notice. Seemed fair and logical at the time. Oh well, I never professed to be a bird behavioural expert now did I? It also dawned on me that if I implemented any of these measures and they left without taking their eggs, what would this make me? Perhaps something along the lines of a ‘desperate irrational-thinking
housewife with a part time vocation as a baby bird serial killer’. So the birds stay. In the meantime, I am off for a few weeks taking my children on a backpacking adventure through Myanmar (Burma) before the “gold kaftan” set move in. Finally before I sign off for the year, I would like to wish my readers all the best for the festive and holiday season and leave you with a couple of thoughts. Firstly, follow through with that urge to triple the sherry content of the fruit pudding. I promise it will provide much-needed relief when trying to cope with that one annoying relative. Secondly, I hear they are about to pass legislation that will render dieting illegal during the months of December and January, so do try your best to be a law-abiding citizens. Stay safe and be kind.
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Rodeo celebrates 60 years at Warkworth Showgrounds A hefty increase in prize money is sure to attract top cowboys from around New Zealand and overseas to battle it out at the Warkworth Rodeo on New Year’s Day. 2020 marks Warkworth Rodeo’s 60th year at the Warkworth Showgrounds. Prize money has increased in all events and doubled in major ones such as the open bull ride, which is now worth $1000 to the winner. Warkworth Rodeo secretary Krista Fletcher says the Warkworth event is famous for its big bucking bulls and this year the bull ride is being sponsored by the Brown family of Pakiri. Many faithful rodeo fans will recall Jack Brown, a founder member of Warkworth Rodeo, who served as a gate opener for many years and his daughter Jackie, also a dedicated rodeo supporter. About 20 members of the Church family from Rerewhakaaitu will provide another link with the past. Merv Church, now in his seventies, began competing in the New Zealand
rodeo circuit in the 1960s. He will be at it again at the Warkworth Rodeo competing in the team roping event. His children and grandchildren will participate in other events. Besides open bull riding and team roping, spectators will also see bareback riding, rope and tie, steer wrestling and barrel racing. Team roping often comprises one man and one woman in a team. Each competitor is on horseback chasing a fleeing steer. One competitor must throw a rope around the steer’s head, while the other secures the back legs. If either competitor misses their throw they are disqualified. Women compete in barrel racing, which involves a competitor on horseback speeding around barrels on a designated course, in the fastest possible time. Among the competitors will be Mangawhai’s April Fletcher, 12, who recently travelled with Rodeo New Zealand to compete in an under-18s event in Brisbane, Australia.
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Okay to belch Leafy vegetation is full of cellulose that animals like us cannot digest. If we could digest grass clippings, imagine the dent that would make in the weekly grocery bill. But many herbivores have a clever trick of providing an expanded area of their intestinal tract for friendly bacteria and protozoa that can break down cellulose to live in. Some of these break-down products can then be absorbed and used by the host animal, but there is a waste product – methane – a greenhouse gas, which must be vented. Ruminants have huge pre-stomach areas devoted to this process. They vent their methane by belching. In recent years agriculture has come under considerable criticism for the amount of methane farm animals belch into the atmosphere. But the problem of methane, I believe, is already mitigated by our farming system’s ability to retain carbon dioxide. All the same, carbon dioxide (CO2) is on the increase in our post-industrialised, warming-up world. Increasing (CO2) levels in the atmosphere mean more is dissolving in the oceans too, slowly lowering their pH. CO2 is the waste product when food or fuel is burnt with oxygen to produce usable energy. In living things this process is called cellular respiration. Happily for the world, plants’ equivalent of animals eating is the process of photosynthesis where they ‘eat’ CO2 molecules from the air using energy from sunlight to form their food and structural building molecules. The waste exhaust of this process is oxygen (O2), which is not a greenhouse gas. The O2 that plants exhaust from photosynthesis is far greater than the CO2 exhausted from cellular respiration. This is the basis of carbon trading. If you are responsible for burning lots of fuel in your work, play, travel and so forth, you can buy absolution by paying for trees to be planted, which will capture the CO2 back. Over millions of years, some of the carbon tied up in the cycle of life and death has been sequestered underground as some dead plants, animals and microbes have become coal, oil and gas. But in the last 200 years, much of that has been burnt in machines and released as CO2. This is the essence of global warming and ocean acidification. The burning of fossil fuels is the problem, not belching ruminants. The good news is the answer is simple. We need to stop burning fossil fuels and stop growing the human population. The bad news? The good news isn’t happening any time soon.
Volunteer champions aged care Snells Beach’s Brenda Yoxall is the National Dignity Champion of the Month for Age Concern. The Dignity Champion title is awarded each month to a volunteer who has promoted the rights and wellbeing of the elderly, and has helped to combat loneliness by building relationships in the community. Brenda has been a volunteer with Age Concern Rodney since 2011 and has been visiting one of her senior friends each week for the last eight years. She is also a support person for a senior friend and assists if they get lost or lock themselves out of their home. Brenda received a gift basket and a chilly bin of goodies from Tomorrow’s Meals. From left, Age Concern Rodney volunteer Brenda Yoxall and service coordinator Sue Robertson.
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Andrew Steens
December 2019
Investing in irrigation It’s been a magnificent start to summer, with day after day of gloriously sunny weather. All indications point to continuing dry conditions and hill pastures around the district are already starting to brown off. It’s in a season like this that I am grateful for our bore, although dragging hoses around each day reminds me that I should invest some time and money finishing my irrigation system. I call this an investment, as the time saved and the growth achieved with a good irrigation system will pay the costs back many times over the years. Irrigation systems needn’t cost a fortune. With careful planning, an entire property can be efficiently irrigated using a variety of techniques to suit each area. In my little greenhouse, I’ve invested in a solar-powered mini-pump that feeds into drippers inserted into each pot. The number of drippers, frequency and the length of watering can all be easily adjusted to suit each plant as the seasons progress. The water source for these is a 1000-litre tank, to which I can also add liquid nutrients, achieving even more efficiency. The ornamental gardens are irrigated from the bore using a 25mm main pipe stretching the length of the section. Keeping the pipe size as large as the pump outlet is a good idea as this reduces any pressure loss over distance – we have quite a long section. At intervals along this length, T-sections with 13mm (normal hose size) take-offs fitted with taps and hose joiners have been installed. These connect to 13mm thin wall tubing, which is fixed to the outer edge of each garden, and around the back of the garden if it is a particularly wide one. The tubing has micro-sprinklers on 30cm risers, to get the spray close to low foliage, at about two metre intervals. All I need to do is switch on the bore and several of the taps to irrigate a section of the garden. The bonus of using hose couplings is that I can connect a garden hose whenever I need to do some hand watering. At the moment, the veggie gardens, the orchard and the lawns are all watered by sprinklers on hoses attached to these couplings. Aside from being a bit of a pain, it’s not the best way to water these parts of the section, particularly for the veggie garden. For these areas “leaky” hoses, soaker hoses and drippers are more efficient at delivering the water to where it is needed and keeps water off the foliage. This reduces evaporation and reduces the potential for disease. My personal preference is for the leaky hoses, which exude water along their length and don’t tend to block as easily as drippers or soaker hoses. These can be placed under a layer of mulch to increase water efficiency, and it doesn’t matter what time of day the water goes on. Sprinklers are still the best for covering large areas such as lawns and fruit trees. At some stage, when my energy levels and budget allow, I’ll dig pipes under the lawn leading to pop-up sprinklers. These great little inventions stay hidden under the lawn until the water pressure comes on – much better than dragging hoses around in the middle of summer.
Lights, action … A visit to 31 Ashmore Crescent, Warkworth will be sure to brighten up anybody’s Christmas. Brian Oakes has once again lit up his home with lights, lasers and music. The free show kicks off every night at 8.30pm until January 6. While there, check out the equally impressive illuminations at number 36.
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In the Edible Garden • Sun scorch on tomatoes: an unsightly blemish can form on tomatoes where plants are situated in bright sunlight. Cover with shade cloth over the heat of the day to keep them nice and red
• Harvesting garlic: when the tops of garlic begin to wither it’s a sign that the cloves are ready. Pull out the entire plant, then let it lie on the soil in the sun for a few days to dry off. Storage by hanging in a cool dry area (plaiting is great), will keep it ready to use for months
• Last chance to throw some sunflower seeds in – they are available in both tall and short types, great fun in the summer garden
The rest of the Garden • Create a pretty shade garden by planting fuchsias and impatiens beneath tree canopies or amongst shrubs.
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Farming has been in the spotlight a great deal this year as our attention has increasingly been drawn to the climate change emergency. Pastoral farmers in particular are feeling beleaguered by issues ranging from their greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater quality, animal welfare and the healthy diet debate. So just how green is our farming? One of the things we do best in New Zealand – apart from rugby and the America’s Cup – is to grow grass. We have the perfect climate for it. Farming is fundamental to our economy, so it needs to be part of our solution. The good news is that grassland systems actually have the greatest potential for mitigation by putting carbon back into the soil. Calls for shifts to largely plant-based diets are often misleading and misguided. They can do more harm than good. Many of these diets involve highly damaging cropping systems like those employed in the production of palm oil, soy, rape, almonds and other crops that have enormous environmental and carbon footprints. And that’s even before factoring in the ‘food miles’ – that is, the cost, including the fossil fuel, used to transport an item from producer to consumer. While no doubt diversifying our land-use options is a smart idea for resilience and spreading risk, most our land is too steep and erosion-prone to grow anything much besides grass, or else return it to bush. Pasture-fed beef and lamb are premium products with significant health benefits that could come to define the New Zealand farming philosophy. Having said that, we need to grow grass smarter, not harder. Lately, we have become too reliant on target plant growth promoters that short-circuit the natural system. This may work in the short-term in an industry with externalised costs, that is, costs that are borne by wider society rather than by the person incurring them. But this approach has come back to bite us and we’re all feeling the pain. Feeding and nurturing the natural soil microbiology would instead provide a no-lose scenario – improving production, drought resistance, soil stabilisation, water quality, animal health, nutritional quality and so on. But what about methane, I hear you ask? Unlike burning fossil fuels or venting methane from buried sources, methane from livestock is recycling carbon already in the system, not adding new carbon. This carbon can be offset by on-farm sequestration in the soil from grazing ruminants on a fast-growing pasture chock-full of soil microbiology. In our clean, green paddocks, we could be growing topsoil at alarming rates! So, come on. If you want to do your bit for the climate crisis and the local economy, seek out and support your local sustainably farmed grass-fed meat producers. Their grass truly is greener. Bev Trowbridge has been a regenerative farmer for over 30 years. She runs a breeding stud of Wiltshire sheep in Ahuroa. She has a PhD in mammalian ecology from Aberdeen University, Scotland.
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Fisherman Bill East, of Omaha Flats, pulled in a 28lb (12.7kg) snapper this month after 60 years of fishing in the area. The 89cm long fish was caught off Little Barrier with a 10lb braid line. He took it to Warkworth Hunting and Fishing to be officially weighed. The largest snapper ever caught in the Rodney district, according to both NZ Sport Fishing and the NZ Angling Association’s online records, was 36lb (16.5kg) caught by J. Hay in 1990, on a 15kg line. Each year, from October to February, snapper return to the same breeding grounds to spawn and higher numbers of mature fish can typically be found during this time.
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From left, Tricia Gundy, Lynn Mellsopp and organiser Helen Parkes serving the delicacies baked by Leigh residents.
Leigh cuppa goes down well A high tea in Leigh on November 30 raised $1100 for improvements to the Leigh Hall kitchen. About 90 locals and visitors attended, enjoying a range of home-baked sweets and savouries, all served on borrowed fine bone china. The event also included a historic display featuring people and events in Leigh’s past. Organiser Helen Parkes says that based
on the success of the day, the tea is likely to become an annual event in tandem with Auckland Heritage Week. “The Leigh Community Club and Leigh Hall Committees combined to create this event to showcase our hall facility, allow people to take a spell from the hustle of daily life and see a touch of our local past,” Helen says. “I think we achieved this and managed to do some community building as well.”
Millie Henry has a go at churning butter. The Aucklander was in Leigh visiting her grandmother, Ellen Cole.
The historical display included the original dress worn by Jessie Matheson when she arrived in Matheson Bay, on the Spray, in 1859, aged 26. Jessie died in Leigh in 1900, aged 67. The dress was loaned to the Leigh High Tea organisers by the Warkworth Museum.
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The first Wharehine settlers were cut off from direct access to Port Albert by the large Paraheke Maori Reserve, next to Wharehine Creek, and indeed by the creek itself. Travel from Wharehine to Port Albert meant either a long, rough trip along the Tauhoa boundary road or across to the Oruawharo River, then by boat to the township. An early letter said: “… the roads are very bad, only two feet wide, running over hills and through gullies and swamps with stumps at every step.” In 1869, Maori opened the Paraheke block for sale, and the first to buy land on there were W. F. Judson, Frank Ward and George Harden, who soon sold out to Albert Elliott. Two roads were made through Paraheke to the Wharehine Creek. Early in 1872, the Port Albert Highway Board wrote to the Wharehine Trustees suggesting a bridge be built across the creek at Judson’s landing. This proposal was enthusiastically supported, and a year later a wooden bridge was built by John Becroft and Sons, using timber from Nicholson’s mill. In December 1874, the Auckland Star reported that Walter Witheford had narrowly escaped death when riding home from Port Albert on a “fresh and spirited” horse. The horse bolted on to the bridge where it stumbled and fell heavily, breaking its neck. Mr Witheford was hurled 10 to 12 yards forward along the bridge. He sustained head injuries and severe lacerations to his legs and wrists but, at time of publication, was making a steady recovery. This bridge span served the district well for nearly 100 years with periodic repairs, but ultimately a replacement was needed. A 1934 Rodney Council meeting discussed Wharehine bridge construction, offering to build a reinforced concrete bridge 10ft 9in between wheel guards, including approaches, if the County Council would contribute a total of £750 towards the cost, and a further sum of £25 towards preparation of plans. This proposal was accepted. In March 1935, a report from Port Albert stated that “ … commencement has been made with the earthwork on the approaches for the new bridge over the Wharehine river near Port Albert. Tenders for the concrete bridge close this week, and it is hoped an early start will be made, as the present bridge is one of the worst in the County.” Wet weather that winter held up construction, but work was completed ahead of schedule and traffic was using the new bridge by December. The old wooden bridge was cleared away with useful timbers being used elsewhere. Among our Museum’s treasures is E. S. Brookes Jnr’s original watercolour architectural drawings for the first Wharehine Bridge.
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The highland games will start with a heavyweight competition and end with a ceilidh.
Women enter heavyweights The annual Waipu Highland Games on Wednesday, January 1, are set to have all the piping, fiddling, drumming and dancing you can toss a caber at. This year, for the first time, there will a women’s division in the heavyweight competition. Four contenders have already signed up. The women will compete alongside the novice division, throwing a 16lb Caledonian hammer, a 16lb highland stone, an 8lb sheaf, a 42lb weight over a bar and a 28lb weight on a chain. Meanwhile, Kamo Volunteer Fire Brigade has issued a challenge to other Northland brigades and others to take them on in a tug of war. Mangawhai fire chief Robert Leslie said he was unaware of the challenge, but he would put a call out to members of the brigade to put a team together. The competition is open to anyone
who wants to enter a team, whether mixed or single sex. Organiser Pat Hadlee says this year children can purchase a ticket for the Kids Clan Club, which gets them a free T-shirt and entry into all the kids zone activities for free, including bouncy castles, ride on cars and zorb balls. They will also have the chance to follow all the clans into the main arena for the annual march. Pat says all money raised from the games goes toward maintaining Caledonian Park, which sees 55,000 visitors a year. This year is the 149th Waipu Highland Games, which are always held on the first day of the year. See waipuhighlandgames.co.nz for information and competition entry forms.
Christmas crafts, Star Wars fun and a summer reading challenge are among the children’s activities on offer at libraries in Warkworth, Wellsford and Mahurangi East this summer. The past, present and future is the theme of this year’s Kia Māia te Whai Dare to Explore summer reading programme, which runs until January 20. Children can sign up online to complete a range of different challenges set by six Dare to Explore characters – Ruru (grow and learn), Mangopare (explore), Kihikihi (be kind), Tui (get creative), Kiwi (create make and build) and Moa (travel back in time). Children get stamps and stickers for their achievements, and anyone who completes a challenge from each category gets an invitation to a special Dare to Explore party at their local library. There are plenty of other creative activities at libraries for the holidays. At Mahurangi East, there’s a huge gingerbread house to decorate and eat as part of a community Christmas storytime party, with pass the parcel and singing, on Friday, December 20 at 10.30am. Then, on Saturday, January 11, there will be a Prehistoric Picnic at Goodall Reserve, and a two-day Fabric Design Workshop for over-8s on January 14 and 15 – enquire at the library for info. In Warkworth, kids can make Christmas decorations on Monday, December 23; poi on Friday, January 10 and bug hotels on Sunday, January 12, with all sessions running from 10.30am to 11.30am. At Wellsford Memorial
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Warkworth Museum committee member Brenda Yoxall and museum manager Victoria Joule with an old printing press that will be in action during a free children’s Have a Go day in the museum grounds on January 16. The museum has also devised two scavenger hunts for different ages for the holidays, and anyone completing either activity can get a stamp for their Dare to Explore booklet.
Library, it’s Christmas crafts from 2pm on Tuesday, December 17; there is a bookmark workshop on Thursday, December 19 from 10.30am to 11.30am and up-cycling old-games into something new on Monday, January 13, from 2pm to 3pm. There will also be Star Wars themedfun at two branches, with challenges and Lego at Warkworth on Wednesday, January 8 and a chance to make your own lightsaber at Wellsford on Friday, January 10, with both sessions from 10.30am to 11.30am.
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Omaha Beach Tryathlon organiser Matt Craig says the event is just about having fun and anyone can compete.
Omaha Beach hosts Tryathlon Matakana’s Summer Sessions is hosting its third annual beach Tryathlon at Omaha Beach on Sunday, January 5 to raise funds for the Omaha Surf Club. The race involves swimming within the safety flags from end to end, biking on the sand for 2km and running for 1km. “It’s designed to be super-achievable and just a bit of fun for everyone on holiday in Omaha. You don’t even have to put your head under the water if you don’t want to,” says organiser Matt Craig. He says competitors need to bring their own bike, and there will be a water blaster and some soap to wash them off with afterwards. Registration opens at 9am on the day and costs $10. Races start at 10am. There is a children’s division and an adults’ division. The event can be undertaken as a team or as an individual, and prizes of hats, T-shirts and beach gear will be handed out after the race. At midday, Summer Sessions is also hosting its sixth annual Grom Surf Competition for children aged six to 12. There will be prizes for the top three
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point scorers in both the beginner and intermediate divisions. “We give kids a quick lesson in the water, so they can compete even if they’ve never surfed before,” Craig says. Some of the silly moves the children will be judged on include performing a dab, doing an impression of a cockroach and a ‘Fortnite dance’. There are only 30 spots in the competition, so Matt is advising contenders to register in advance. The following week, starting from Tuesday, January 7, Summer Sessions is also holding learn-to-surf holiday programmes for children aged seven to 11. The programme takes place over three days and is held each week in January for two hours a day. Children get an introduction to surfing in the gentle waves at Omaha Beach on soft top boards with experienced instructors. The cost is $99 per child and spaces are limited for each programme. Contact: Matt and Natasha Craig at info@summersessions.co.nz
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The Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary Society (TOSSI) works in partnership with the Auckland Council. Among much other activity, we expend a lot of effort to protect the sanctuary from pests such as rats, stoats and possums. With TOSSI’s help, many species have returned to breed or been reintroduced to the sanctuary, including takahē, kiwi, pāteke (brown teal), kākāriki, korimako (bellbird), toutouwai (NZ robin), kākā, pōpokotea (whitehead), tīeke and seabirds. Recently, someone said to me that TOSSI and the other entities involved in local conservation must get annoyed with other groups getting in their way. Nothing could be further from reality. At Tāwharanui, we rely on volunteers and Auckland Council efforts to keep pests out of the sanctuary in order to protect endangered species, be they birds, reptiles or fish. But these efforts would be futile without the support of others along with their independent work to help control the buffer zone. It is, however, not only pest control that we need support for. The recent highly publicised escape of two takahe from the sanctuary is one example. Their recovery required not only a great effort from Council staff and volunteer supporters but also support from neighbours. Without landowner willingness to allow access to their properties, the recovery would have been so much more difficult. To all of them, thank you. Mammalian predators remain the key challenge for Tāwharanui. The seriousness of any incursion emphasises the importance of the buffer zone around the sanctuary. This includes Waimaru Farm (which adjoins the sanctuary and includes a large area of kauri bush) and other close neighbours, but also the Takatu Peninsula generally. Making the buffer zone pest-free must be a high priority. Auckland Council is fortunate to have the cooperation of the owners of Waimaru Farm. To assist with this one of our friends, The Forest Bridge Trust, has created a Pest Management Plan for the significant bush blocks on the property, which includes several traplines with many traps and bait stations. The Trust’s management of these traplines helps to protect our boundaries. Meanwhile, The Takatū Landcare Community Group has a community pest management coordinator who supports individual property owners and community groups on Takatū Peninsula with their pest control efforts. This is helping to increase awareness of the pest problem. There are now active pest control community groups at Waikauri Bay, Christian Bay, Baddeleys/ Campbells Beach, Buckleton Beach, Whitmore Road and Takatū Road. Pest control on private land is improving throughout the peninsula. Again, this helps to protect our boundaries. There are many other small community-based groups also working towards the same goal. We count them all as our friends. We encourage anyone who is keen to get involved. Check out our website, tossi.org.nz, or email me at roger@tossi.org.nz and I’ll put you in touch with the right person.
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Get the best of both worlds! An exciting opportunity for a solicitor to work locally, with all the benefits of a city-based firm. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic solicitor to join our team based in the Warkworth office. If you are: an experienced general practice solicitor • able to advise clients on business, property, trusts and other legal matters • able to manage files with minimal supervision • practical, professional, client focused • well organised with a strong work ethic and high attention for detail and • someone with a sense of humour who is able to keep calm under pressure; then we need you! Stephanie Paxton-Penman LLB (Hons) Who we are: We are a 3 office firm, with offices in Warkworth, CBD and Highbrook • we are professional, efficient and practical, collegial and supportive • we use up to date electronic stephanie@ppetal.co.nz file management systems and have modern and efficient IT systems • are actively involved 17 Neville with Street, in local business development theWarkworth aim of growing the practice • have a large existing client base with quality work plenty of opportunity grow and develop further DDI: 09 425and 0968 | Phone: 09 425 to 7701 ongoing work • Part time or full time employment and flexible working are allOffice options for the right candidate. Auckland If this sounds like you,5,please send your resume to: anne@wynyardwood.co.nz Level 26 Hobson Street, Auckland CBD Closing date: 29 February 2020
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Warkworth Fellowship Monday 07:30pm, Warkworth Primary School Teachers Lounge, 34A Hill Street, Warkworth; Open to Visitors. Wheelchair Access. Snells Beach Big Book Meeting Thursday 7:30pm, Mahurangi Christian School, 410 Mahurangi East Rd, Snells Beach; Open to Visitors. If you want to drink, that is your business, if you want to stop, we can help. Phone/text 0275 773 689 www.aa.org.nz | www.12steps.nz Supported by Mahurangi Matters
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS NOW IN WARKWORTH AREA Every Tuesday night 7pm, Mahurangi Presbyterian Church, 5 Pulham Rd, Warkworth Every Thursday night 7.30pm, Whangateau Hall, 533 Leigh Rd, Whangateau Supported by Mahurangi Matters
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Paxton-Penman et al is a small boutique firm with offices in both Warkworth and Auckland Central which specialises in commercial and property matters. We are looking for a number of people to join our team in 2020 in both our Warkworth and our Auckland offices. So whether you are an experienced lawyer with some of your own clients wanting to head towards partnership, a consultant wanting to enjoy a more balanced lifestyle, a qualified legal executive or solicitor with general practice experience we would love to hear from you. There is also a role in our Auckland office for a receptionist/deeds clerk. The roles in Auckland (other than the consultant role) are full time. The roles in Warkworth are part-time and can be flexible to work around child-care commitments. What does it take to be part of our team? You need to be articulate, accurate, passionate, empathetic, interested and interesting. Does this sound like you? If so, please forward your CV and a covering letter to paxtonpenmanetal@gmail.com.
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FABRICATOR LIGHT METALS Warkworth Sheetmetals Ltd has a position for an experienced Sheetmetal/Stainless Fabricator to join our small versatile sheetmetal workshop in Warkworth producing quality work for the architectural, commercial and marine sectors. The ideal candidate would be confident and experienced in all facets of sheetmetal and stainless light fabrication, including mig & tig welding, interpreting drawings and pattern making. A full current driver's license is required. Excellent prospects. Please apply: wsm@helix.net.nz or phone 09 425 7366 (work hours) Malcolm Patterson or call in 27 Woodcocks Road, Warkworth.
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ECE TEACHER POSITION AT KINGSWAY We are looking for an Early Childhood Teacher who is motivated and passionate about providing best learning outcomes for children in a Christ-centred setting. This role is full-time to commence 20 January 2020 and located at Snells Beach, Mahurangi. The successful applicant will be part of our well established team of experienced teachers. New graduates or provisionally registered teachers are invited to apply. Please contact the administrator for an application form at silverdale@ kwps.nz or by phoning 09 426 5619.
Registered teacher available for private tutor work in the Rodney area. Well qualified, with a BA (Hons) and a MA – both from prestigious universities in the UK. All one-on-one lessons at student’s home. Group lessons available. ‘I understand the importance of forging positive professional relationships with my students to give increased self-confidence and help them achieve improved academic results. I am patient, enthusiastic and academically well-qualified.’ Junior Subjects English (up to Year 10) Social Studies (up to Year 10) NCEA History: Levels 1-3 Classics: Levels 1-3 CIE History: IGCSE, AS, A Level Classics: AS, A Level Email: djmclay@mclay.co.nz
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CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES 2019 Tuesday 24th Dec – Christmas Eve Warkworth 6.30pm – Puhoi 9pm Warkworth Evening Mass 11.30pm Wednesday 25th Dec – Christmas Day Warkworth 10.30am There is NO MASS at Puhoi on Christmas Day. Mangawhai Mission District Anglican Church Christmas Services
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THE MAHURANGI METHODIST PARISH COMMUNITY Wish you a joyful, peace-filled Christmas in 2019 and New Year in 2020. We invite you to join us at any Of our Christmas or New Year worship services of Celebration and Reflection.
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For further information contact Parish Office - Phone 425 8660 or Minister - Phone 021 103 7150
Anglican Parish Christmas Services Warkworth (Christ Church) Christingle Service 5pm, 24 December A simple service for kids and young families. Candlelight Christmas 9.30pm, 24 December Christmas service with Holy Communion Christmas Day Service 8am, 25 December Christmas Day Service 9.30am, 25 December
Matakana (St Leonard's) Midnight Mass 1.30pm, 24 December Christmas service with Holy Communion Christmas Day Service 9.30am, 25 December
Leigh (St Michael & All Angels') Christmas Day Service 9.30am, 25 December
Kaipara Flats (St Alban's) Christmas Eve 7pm, 24 December A service of Christmas Our locations: Warkworth - Christ Church, 43 Percy Street Matakana - St. Leonard's, 24 Matakana Valley Road Leigh - St. Michael and All Angels’, 12 Hauraki Road Kaipara Flats - St. Alban's, 19 Old Woodcocks Road
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SCOREBOARD A roundup of sports activities and events in the district
The new waka ama team meets on Saturday mornings at the Omaha boat ramp.
College waka ama catches donation wave Waka ama racing at Mahurangi College has had a financial shot in the arm following support from BlueSky Community Trust and Oxford Sports Trust. The donations have enabled the team to buy 12 paddles and 20 lifejacket vests. Team coach Gavin Jones and teacher Qing Zhang say that although the new squad was officially formed last year, it has been borrowing paddles of different sizes and 10-year-old lifejackets from the Omaha Outrigger Club, where the new team is based. “The formation of the team and the donations are the most exciting things to have happened at the club in the last 10 years,” Jones says. “Membership has grown to 20 and we hope to host a regatta at the end of next year.” He says the goal is to build the student team up to compete in the national secondary school waka ama regatta next November.
The club has enough gear to crew two six-man waka, which means that they can have a team of up to 12, and there are plans to obtain a single-seat race canoe. Jones hopes the formation of the new team will build the sport in Omaha. He is targeting Year 7 and Year 8, who might progress with the sport throughout their time at school. “Typically, Year 13s move on after they graduate, but with younger paddlers coming through, we might even be able to get some parents involved.” Jones says waka ama is one of the fastest growing sports in New Zealand and, unlike row boats, the canoes are built to catch ocean waves up to fourmetres, making the sport a little more extreme. Jones and Zhang thanked NZ Sailing in Silverdale and Gillespie Paddles for the discount gear, which has enabled the team to grow.
Kaiwaka touch module Touch rugby at the Kaiwaka Sports Complex will be held Wednesday evenings starting from January 15, 2020. Teams are 6-a-side with at least three women on the field, with double points being awarded for tries scored by the ladies. Teams can have up to 24 players and the fee for a team is $200. It is a casual, friendly competition. Puhoi tennis needs helping hands The Puhoi Community Forum needs helps restoring the old tennis pavilion in the domain. The pavilion is currently filled with rubbish and needs repair work, including replacement of cladding, full iron roof replacement and repainting. If you are keen to help, see the Puhoi District Community Group on FB or puhoinz.com/community/puhoi-community-forum 70th annual Otamatea tennis tournament The Kaiwaka Sports Association is reminding players to get practicing for the Otamatea Tennis Tournament on Anniversary Weekend. The tournament attracts top players from across Northland and Auckland, but there are still plenty of slots for locals to compete in even if they are amateurs. Enter online at tnz.co.nz before January 22. Basketball camp Mahurangi Basketball is holding its first skills camp at Mahurangi College over two days on January 13 & 14, 9am-3pm. Players aged from 5-17 will have the opportunity to play different styles of basketball. See the Mahurangi Basketball Club FB for forms.
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Bright sparks win electric vehicle contest Two teams from Mahurangi College took out national awards at the Evolocity finals day held in Hamilton on Sunday, November 24. The students had to design and build their own electric vehicles and test their performance on the track. A total of 58 young engineers from 42 different schools competed. Thor’s Hammer, built by Takimoana Philips, Lars Noordhoek and Fletcher Ostling, won best economy run, doing 30km over 54 laps in one hour. Scent of Musk, built by Robbie McFarlane, Cayle Farmiloe and Nathan Heron, won fastest vehicle in the street circuit race. Technology teacher Paul Lenihan thanked the parents and teachers who helped the students and the community sponsors for making it possible. Pictured, Lars Noordhoek on Thors Hammer.
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The school year is now finished, and we can reflect on another very successful year at our place. During our last week, we held our Year 10 Graduation ceremony; Year 9 students participated in an outdoor education camp in the Karangahake Gorge; and our juniors enjoyed two celebration assemblies.
Thank you to all our students for your efforts to role model our PRIDE values, but especially those who have stepped up to fill the large variety of leadership roles available at Mahurangi. I look forward to officially introducing our 2020 student Heads and Deputy Heads in our next newsletter.
Our 2019 Heads and Deputy Heads have done a tremendous job representing and leading our people with pride, role modeling our values with care and working hard for our place. We wish you much success for the years to follow. Our new Year 13 students will begin their school year with a camp and tramp on Great Barrier Island. There they will receive valuable leadership and mentoring experience in order for them to be able to support our junior students over the year.
Nottingham. The Team of the Year was our senior Mixed Touch Team who placed 4th at Nationals at the end of 2018 and won the Auckland Regional Champs this year.
of the Year was Drew Janssen and, after her outstanding performance as Maria in The Sound of Music and her contributions to choir and dance, Emily Martin was awarded Cultural Person of the Year.
Our Senior Prize giving was held on 31st October. Dux for 2019 was awarded to Ysabella Stephenson and Proxime Accessit was awarded to Sam Chitty. A total of 17 special academic awards were presented and over $330,000 worth of university scholarships awarded to our students.
During Term 4 we host several events to recognise student achievement and success. I encourage you to visit our school website to view some of the accomplishments our senior students have achieved this year in sport, the arts, culture and academics. During our Cultural Blues evening we were entertained by 13 different musical, dance, drama and cultural groups from within Mahu. A total of 37 Blues were presented along with 14 other special awards. Our Performing Artist
At our Sports Blues dinner 60 Blues were awarded for students gaining regional representation or better. Our Sportsman of the Year was Robbie McFarlane who broke Robin Brooke’s long standing school Javelin record, won the Auckland champs and the North Island Athletic champs for Javelin, and was a North Harbour Rep at Rugby. At the recent Secondary School National Athletics Champs in Wellington, Robbie also placed 2nd in the Javelin; Brianna Cadwallader placed 2nd in the Senior Girl’s 300m Hurdles and 5th in the 100m Hurdles. Our Sportswoman of the Year was shared between Emma North and Rowan Buick, both members of the NZ U19 Women’s UWH Team, which won the U19 Women’s World Championships this year in
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Our Level 3 Design Technology students were among the 57 competitors from throughout NZ, qualifying to compete in the Evolocity finals held in Hamilton. Once again our students left with two National titles; taking out Best Economy Run and Fastest in Street Circuit - setting a new lap record. Many thanks to all those in our community who supported our teams and to Mr Lenihan for sharing his enthusiasm and passion.
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An opportunity of a trip of a lifetime saw a small group of students spend 21 days exploring 8 cities within China, accompanied by teachers Helen Elder and Qing Zhang. The trip was full of many different cultural experiences that placed students outside their comfort zones navigating new food, language, heat and people. Highlights included watching the sunset over Shanghai from the Great Wall of China; an incredible Kung Fu performance at Shaolin Temple; and hiking and biking in Guilin and Yangshou. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank our school families and community for your ongoing support of our place and our people. I’d also like to wish the very best to our seniors as they await their NCEA results; and to our school leavers and their families - we look forward to staying connected over the years ahead. Have a safe and relaxing break. David Macleod PRINCIPAL
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Warkworth’s Gareth Winslow attended the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, where his team took silver.
Craig Brown has signed up some big names.
After 15 years training China’s top junior golfing professionals, Gareth Winslow hasn’t lost his passion for putting and driving, and he is keeping an eye out for local talent. Winslow recently relocated with his family to Warkworth and is interested in getting involved with the local golfing community, especially junior golfers. He started his coaching career with the Northland provincial team in 2000 where he worked for three years before attending the prestigious David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Malaysia. His career took him to China where he rose to prominence in 2005 after presenting a 20-episode golf instructional series for China Central Television 5, which saw an average audience of 400 million viewers per episode. The series was later made into a DVD set, which became the number one selling DVD for ball sports on Amazon China. In 2008, Winslow was approached by the China Golf Association and appointed head coach for the China women’s national team, becoming the first foreign coach to hold the position.
Warkworth’s Craig Brown has collected 15 shirts from the country’s top level competitive darts players to sell at auction to raise money for Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter Trust. Big names among the signees include Ben ‘Big Rig’ Robb, who is the only Kiwi playing in the World Darts Championship in the UK from December 13 to January 1. There is also a signed shirt from Mark ‘Cowboy’ McGrath, who has played in the world champs multiple times, and Haupai Puha, who recently played in the quarter finals at the Professional Darts Corporation World Cup. The shirts will be listed on Trade Me by Westpac Rescue and Brown will post the Trade Me auctions on the Warkworth RSA Darts Club Facebook page. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and the top players were happy to help,” says Brown. “Fans from all over the world buy these shirts, so I am very lucky to be able to have got hold of them.”
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He says they were a team of young and inexperienced players ranking outside the top 10 in Asia, but by 2009, they placed fourth at the Asia Pacific Queen Sirikit Cup. A year later, Winslow and his players claimed a team silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games, losing only to world champions South Korea. By 2017 he was fluent in both spoken and written Mandarin Chinese and published an instructional book, which became a best-seller. Later that same year, Gareth again achieved team success, leading the Shanghai Women’s Team to a gold medal at the China National Games. “Having worked with many of China’s top women golfers for many years, I am immensely proud of the fact that I have been able to play a small role in helping players establish themselves and put China on the golf world map,” Winslow says. Winslow has completed a research thesis with the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) and was awarded ‘Master Professional’ status, the first professional in New Zealand to achieve the qualification.
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Waipu Games. Info and competition entry forms waipuhighlandgames.co.nz. (see story p51) 1 Warkworth Rodeo, Warkworth Showgrounds, 9.30am. (see story p44) 4 Community Library Book Sale, Point Wells Hall, 9am12.30pm. All proceeds used to buy new books for the library. 4 Roller Disco, Mahurangi East Library, 7-9pm, begins with a 25 min training session. $10 entry. 4 Black Swamp Rod Run. Classic cars, hot rods and bikes. View cars at Mangawhai Domain before they depart for Waipu at 10.45am. (see story p30) 5 Beach Tryathlon, Omaha Beach, 9am. Registration $10. Info: Matt or Natasha Craig at info@summersessions.co.nz (see story p52) 11 Puhoi Woodchopping Carnival, Puhoi Pub, 9am. (see story p40-42) 11 Shapeshifter and guests, Matakana Country Park, 4pm-12am. Tickets $88 shapeshifter.live 13 Good Habits, Whangateau Hall, 7pm. Indie-folk music celebrating the life of blues singer Zoe Schwarz. Tickets eventfinda.co.nz. 16 Children’s Have a Go day, Warkworth District Museum, 10.30am-12.30pm. Free entry. (see story p 51) 24-26 Rodders Beach Festival, Orewa Reserve. Including Miss Vintage and Retro Tiny Tots competitions and car auction. Info: roddersbeachfestival.co.nz. (see story p32) List your event by emailing the details to online@localmatters.co.nz
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Hawken siblings taking over touch rugby Two members of the Hawken family – Chrysanthe, 17, and Tama, 19 – will represent New Zealand in touch rugby at the Youth Trans-Tasman Series in Newcastle, Australia, next month. The Hawkens, of Ahuroa, say it is part of their game plan to get noticed by Touch New Zealand in the hope of trialling for the 2021 Youth Touch World Cup. Chrysanthe played in the Premier Touch League (PTL) for the Northern Strikers women’s team this season, while Tama played for the Auckland Metro men’s team. Chrysanthe also played for North Harbour in the U18s team in the Bunnings National Touch Championship, while Tama played for Auckland, in the team that won the open mixed grade. Tama also plays for an Auckland based team, called PearlJam, in the Whakatane Touch tournament, which is the largest annual touch competition in the country, attracting 76 teams. He is driving two-and-a-half hours every second day from Tapora to Auckland to attend trainings. On top of it all, this Chrysanthe plays for Mahurangi College’s senior mixed touch team, and this year Tama returned to the school as the coach. “I wanted to give back because I had been playing for the team since Year 8 and head coach Karl Middleton has done a lot for me,” Tama said. Tama says he and Chrysanthe have always been busy with sport, including
touch, rugby and netball. “Training was our social time,” he says. “Our parents never left a stone unturned in finding opportunities for us to play touch because they knew we were good at it.” Their father John Hawken was skilled at polo cross, a fusion of polo and lacrosse played on horseback, but playing at a national representative level continually escaped him. Chrysanthe and Tama believe that is why he is determined to make sure they make it to the national level. “As kids, if we weren’t doing sport we were out running. I would try to go for a run before Dad told us to, but when I got back I would find Chrysanthe hiding behind a hill,” Tama says “She would sprint the last 200 metres and look puffed liked she had done the full run.” Last month, John had the pleasure of watching Tama play for the Auckland Metro provincial team, a game that was screened on Sky Sport Next. “Then my best mate Kade Banks, also from Mahurangi College, was on the following week for the Sevens, which I thought was cool,” Tama says. Both Tama and Chrysanthe say they will probably play touch rugby for the rest of their lives. “Touch is great because you make so many mates, training for four to five months and getting to know each other,” Chrysanthe says.
Tama and Chrysanthe Hawken are making their mark on NZ’s touch rugby scene.
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