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Wainui School got behind the Paper Doll project, which began in Tauranga and aims to make the longest paper doll chain ever, as a symbol of unity in the face of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Wainui students, pictured, made around 2700 paper dolls for the chain and then showed their own unity by holding hands.

Coast says Kia Kaha Christchurch When a man with a semi-automatic and a warped sense of right and wrong opened fire on Muslim worshippers in Christchurch, killing 50 people and injuring almost as

many, New Zealanders were shocked into the realisation that this country is not immune to the horrors of terrorist attacks.

And why should we be? Terrorism

is, after all, a totally indiscriminate, extreme and irrational form of violence. And bigotry, unfortunately, is everywhere.

Going forward it is more important

than ever to acknowledge these things, to take a good hard look in the mirror and try and be better as individuals, continued page 2

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Continued from p1.... as a community, and as a nation. That is one of the challenges laid down by these sorts of atrocities.

In the weeks since the shooting, on Friday, March 15, the outpouring of love and support for the families affected, the country’s Muslims and the wider community has been summed up in the Maori phrase Kia Kaha – be strong.

Many found that strength in taking part

in gatherings and fundraising activities.

Around the Hibiscus Coast, this included Colour Your Day, the Paper Doll project and other fundraising events at schools, pausing for silent contemplation with others at work or in neighbourhoods, and a big walk/run around Orewa Estuary last Thursday.

What follows is a celebration of just some of those creative and generous local projects.

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Event brings community together Around 300 people took part in the Get Moving Run/Walk Together For Christchurch around Te Ara Tahuna last week, raising $3693.

The event was put together, in just one week, by Maree Leith, organiser of the MTF Get Moving Festival, and David Kayes of Run NZ. Individuals, community groups, businesses and families, all came together for the run on March 28.

Hibiscus Matters’ staff also took part.

Participants paid $5 each, although many donated more, to run or walk a portion, or all, of the 7.5km route around Orewa Estuary, starting at Metro Park East.

Funds went to the Victim Support Givealittle page set up for the Christchurch families affected by the shooting.

At the same time, local runner Brad

The Gabriel family of Silverdale took part in the run. They say they appreciate everything the community is doing in the wake of the Mosque shootings.

Luiten ran 50km (one for each victim of the shooting) with six laps of Te Ara Tahuna and two of Metro Park. He was joined by others at various stages.

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Coast schools combine creativity with caring

The region’s students were quick to get behind various national initiatives in support of the victims’ families. Many also came up with their own ideas to spread a positive message and raise funds.

Probably the most widely circulated image of support from this area came from Orewa College. The school sent out its message on Monday, March 18. Principal Kate Shevland says prefects and teachers came in the day before and pegged it all out. It took around half an hour to get the whole school, including staff – around 2100 people – in place. A video is at tinyurl.com/kiakahafromoc As well as fundraising, the students of Dairy Flat School made 50 paper hearts for the 50 victims of the shooting. Each had a message about aroha and standing strong.

Several local schools, including Orewa Primary, pictured, took part in the Colour Your Day mufti day fundraiser on Friday, March 22 – this was a national initiative organised by 24-7 YouthWork and Christchurch City Council.

Whangaparaoa College held a formal assembly on March 18, which included a moving performance from the school’s Kapa Haka. This can be viewed on the college’s website. The college also made contact with two schools whose students were directly affected by the shootings and offered ongoing support.

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Too many choppers

Can anyone tell me who I should be aiming questions at regarding the increase in helicopters flying over Stanmore Bay at all time of day or night? I am not talking about rescue or police units, but private helicopters that think its fine to fly over residential areas at any time, shaking the house with the down draught and generally not giving a hoot for those they disturb. We used to get the occasional helicopter but over the last 12-15 months we have had a marked increase. If you can afford to use a helicopter to get to your luxury pad in Leigh or some other monied enclave then you can afford the fuel to fly out at sea and leave the rest of us in peace.

Mark Putnam, Stanmore Bay A Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson responds: We have forwarded this complaint to Information Safety Services at CAA, however, we advise that in the first instance the resident should direct their compliant to the local helicopter companies. It is not against the law for helicopters to fly over residential areas as long as they are operating in accordance with the Civil Aviation Rules. There is also no noise violation that can be upheld when aircraft or helicopters are flying.

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areas that were appropriate at the time and now some of them are in areas being partly used by businesses in the summer period. While it is difficult to move the seats, we at Destination Orewa have initiated specific actions.

We have spoken to the local businesses and asked them to, where possible, keep a reasonable distance between the seats and their tables. Council people have been out and visited some the restaurants in question. We will suggest to council that they look at relocating some of the seats to avoid conflict with the local businesses. In the meantime, maybe we share the public areas, just like we share the road with cars, pedestrians and cyclists.

Speed reductions cost I along with many others have received a pamphlet from Auckland Transport outlining proposed speed reductions. It states that 10 percent of the 700km of roads will have speed reductions and, of that, 90 percent is for rural roads, leaving only 7km for the city centre (which I take as Queen

Street and surrounds), town centres and residential roads. Quite a large proportion of these kilometres appear to be in Orewa, which makes me think this area is being targeted. There are so many elderly people driving at less than 40kph anyway that we all have to slow down. Apparently 64 people died in 2017 because of being hit by a vehicle – how many in Orewa? Of these whose fault was it, the pedestrian’s inattention, or the driver? Part of the cost is from the Regional Fuel Tax, the rest from what? Oh no not from rate increases, again – for no benefit to anyone.

Michael James, Orewa Editor’s note: Funding for the speed reductions comes from Government, Auckland Council and the Regional Fuel Tax – ie, taxpayers and ratepayers (HM September 5, 2018). Figures for the Hibiscus & Bays area show that road safety has worsened, with deaths and serious injuries up 29 percent (2013-17). Locally, 48 percent of those people were “vulnerable road users”, such as cyclists, motorbike riders and pedestrians.

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This clever cake creation by the Kerr family won Most Creative first prize at Orewa Primary School’s recent gala. The cake competition was a new feature that organisers say helped make the cake stall “the best ever”. The gala, on March 16 raised around $8600 for the school.

Wainui resident Josh Coombridge takes his passion for this area to the next level, with a tattoo of the logo of the former Rodney District Council.

Park and ride delays

Cafés swallow tables I was wondering whether anyone else has noticed that several of the public seats on Orewa Boulevard have been swallowed up by café tables and chairs? I can still sit on them when I need a bit of a rest but it’s a bit strange sitting among the diners. In one café, someone was using the public seat because it was right beside her table while she had lunch.

Andrea Small, Orewa Gayle Hill of Destination Orewa responds: As Orewa and the Orewa population have grown in the last few years, we often encounter issues. The public seats were originally placed in

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Freda and Robert Gray of Orewa celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on March 19. The special occasion was marked with a family lunch at Orewa Surf Club and an enormous cake. The couple first met when Robert was 22 and Freda was 16 at a dance hall – the story goes that, as neither of them could dance, they just swayed together on the dance floor.

Our front page story, March 13 edition, about further delays in completing the Silverdale park and ride struck a chord with many readers.

AT has said it is so far unable to award a contract for the work that is within its budget. Park and ride users are voicing their frustration via social media and by calling our paper, with many comments focused on the need for better public transport and the lack of investment in this area, despite the contribution local drivers are making to the petrol tax. Some were of the opinion that more people are using the Silverdale facility now that there is a charge for parking in the streets near the Albany park and ride. To join the conversation, or view the story, visit the Hibiscus Matters Facebook page.

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While the Red Beach mother and her 23-year-old son Keegan only received minor injuries and their dogs are okay, Adele says people need to be aware of the dangers.

“My son and I are confident swimmers, so it’s hard to image what may have happened to someone else,” she says.

Adele and Keegan were exercising their dogs in the Estuary shallows around noon when their 14-year-old Labrador Retriever, Kune, chased a seagull into the rip.

Adele ran in to save her, followed

by Keegan who was worried that his Mum would not reach Kune in time.

Chevy, the family’s one-year-old Staffordshire Pointer cross, followed suit, resulting in Adele and Keegan both trying to hold a dog afloat while calling for help.

A witness called police, who contacted Ōrewa Surf Lifesaving Club. Lifesavers Faron Turner, Conan Willis, Curtis King and Pippa Cunningham, had the family safely on the beach four

minutes later.

“If the lifeboat hadn’t come in time, there is no way I could have kept treading water. I would have had to let Chevy go,” Adele says. “If we had called for help first and not gone into the water, they wouldn’t have made it.

At the time there was no question – you just don’t let your family dogs die.”

While calling 111 is his first recommendation, Surf Lifesaving Club president Faron Turner recognises that in some cases, people may need to enter the water.

“We are working with Drowning Prevention Auckland to have permanent angel rings situated around the Estuary for situations like this one,” he says.

He also says rough rips make it difficult to follow the traditional advice of relaxing and riding the rip out, emphasising the importance of calling police promptly.

He says lifesavers get no specific training on saving pets, although there are more animals rescued at Orewa than you might think.

Adele says she is extremely grateful to the “caring and calming” surf lifesavers and to the people who phoned the police.

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Six storey apartments approved for Stanmore A total of 61 apartments can now be built at 85-89 Brightside Road in Stanmore Bay, with resource consent approval given by Auckland Council last month.

The approved plan is for three apartment blocks, all of which are six storeys high.

This makes the proposed development the most intensive and tallest construction in a generally low-rise area of Stanmore Bay. Resource consent for the build was processed under the Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas legislation, which does not allow for public notification. The decision, dated March 22, was signed off by Resource Consents principal project lead, premium, Colin Hopkins.

It states that the proposal provides for a high standard of design as well as the efficient use of land to ensure that housing affordability is achieved.

It also says that comprehensive landscaping, in conjunction with a built form and architectural design that responds to its context, will modulate the potential cumulative bulk of the buildings.

The 4012sqm site behind New World supermarket, on the corner of Brightside and Ozone Roads, was bought by Centurion Management Services (director Colin Craig) in early 2016. A company called Ozone Ltd was incorporated for this project – also with Colin Craig as director.

Mr Craig says that a timeline for construction is being worked out over the next couple of months.

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As the winter sports codes start to click into gear it’s good to see the improvements that have been made to our parks, reserves and leisure facilities around the Coast. In recent times there’s been considerable investment put into upgrading fields at Gulf Harbour, Stanmore Bay, Red Beach, Victor Eaves and Metro Park, similarly with the Leisure Centre on Brightside Road.

Gone are the days when playing rugby, soccer or league at this time of year was like playing on concrete – concrete that would quickly turn into a sea of mud during winter. These days the well-manicured turfs last like bowling greens throughout the entire year.

They don’t come cheap though especially in an area like ours experiencing rapid growth. All the research shows however that the more active we are, the better – for individual physical fitness and mental health and for community togetherness. In these circumstances any money put into recreation is money well spent as far as I’m concerned. Our facilities are now amongst the best in Auckland, a tribute to the efforts of our individual sports clubs who have done so much to develop their respective codes over the decades. And to the parks staff pulling these projects together.

What hasn’t been so nearly impressive though has been the absolute shambles created over Auckland’s large sporting stadiums – North Harbour, Western Springs, Mt Smart and Eden Park. Regional Facilities Auckland is the ‘Council Controlled Organisation in charge of these stadiums (except Eden Park). For the last five years their constantly changing stadium strategy has been at odds with the sporting codes themselves and is expensive, illogical and fundamentally unnecessary. Their sense of entitlement to large sums of ratepayers’ money borders on the arrogant.

While it might be tempting to dismiss this ongoing saga as of little relevance to the Coast, in reality the huge sum of money involved (at least $150 million in an already severely constrained Council budget) would inevitably limit what could be spent over the next decade on far more deserving local sports – funding that is desperately needed and which is far more beneficial to our communities.

While this potential consequence for the sporting codes is bad enough, what has been truly disturbing is the culture that accompanied the ongoing machinations surrounding these stadium dealings – the pandering to well-connected vested interests, the secrecy and the sidelining of the public. For myself and fellow councillor Wayne Walker it is the worst we have experienced, in our view symptomatic of a far deeper malaise within this council administration.

Finally though, all this pales by comparison to the events in Christchurch a few weeks back. The execution of 50 innocent people was such a monstrous act that the sheer scale and evil of it is almost impossible to comprehend. To date it has resulted in us reaching out to our fellow Muslim New Zealanders and to the hope for a kinder, more humane society for everyone. A greater good can and must come out of this terrorist barbarism. We owe that to those who lost their lives and to their families who remain.

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Silverdale resident fights massive bill for tree removal The proposed removal of numerous trees from a rural property in Silverdale has turned into a battle between North Shore Aero Club, Auckland Council and the owner of the trees, elderly resident Albert Kinnell.

Mr Kinnell’s property, a former dairy farm that has been in the family since 1905, includes a pine plantation that his grandfather planted in the 1930s and an orchard planted by his mother in the 1950s and 60s.

The land is beneath the Aero Club’s take-off and landing paths and in 2016 Mr Kinnell was advised by Council that five of his trees infringed the height restrictions that apply in that space (known as a runway fan).

Mr Kinnell and his daughter, Heather, say that following this, Council staff came to look at the trees, and are now seeking removal of all the pines and the orchard. Most of the fruit trees are around 2m tall and set in a dip well below the road. However, on paper the contour of the land places them within the runway fan.

“Recently we had a meeting with Council and were told in no uncertain terms that we had to remove it all,” Ms Kinnell says. “So five trees became what could be 150 trees. We walked into the meeting and immediately got the impression that a decision was already made and we may as well have been talking to one of our trees.”

Council estimates that the process of

felling all the trees, which may include shutting part of the road, is around $70,000. The Kinnells were told that under the Resource Management Act, this cost falls on the landowner and that while Council encouraged the Aero Club to contribute to the cost, it cannot, by law, require this.

The situation has been extremely upsetting and stressful for Mr Kinnell and the family is taking legal advice.

Mr Kinnell says he understands the need for the pines to be trimmed or removed; some of them breach the fan by as much as 20 metres. But he doesn’t see why he should pay, when all the benefits go to the airfield, or lose his orchard.

The family also considers that the regulations are unrealistic, given that parts of East Coast Bays Rd, and power poles along it, also exceed the runway fan.

Council regulatory compliance manager, Steve Pearce, says Council was made aware of the Kinnell’s trees by the Aero Club. “We understand the issue was discussed between the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the club for several years,” Mr Pearce says. “The club is asking Council to enforce the rules of the Auckland Unitary Plan as these pine trees have grown to a height where they are in breach of the plan,” Mr Pearce says. “We are not taking any formal enforcement action at this stage, but we have been working with the landowner since 2016 to try and find a remedy, including seeking assistance

Eighty-year-old Albert Kinnell is fighting Council’s demand that he fell trees on his property, including an orchard planted by his mother, at his expense.

from the club in terms of costs.”

A CAA spokesperson says the issue came to light as part of a routine survey and it is now the responsibility of the Aero Club “to take all reasonable and

practical steps to mitigate such risks as the situation may dictate”.

North Shore Aero Club general manager John Punshon says the club does not wish to comment.

Feedback sought on area plan

The draft Silverdale West/Dairy Flat Industrial Area Structure Plan is open for public feedback until April 28. It details how the environment can be protected as commercial development is introduced. It also covers transport needs, including cycleways, walkways and motorway connections. Info and feedback: aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay or visit one of two drop-in sessions at Dairy Flat Hall, 6 Postman Road, Dairy Flat, on Saturday, April 6, 10am12 noon, or Wednesday April 10, 5.30pm-7.30pm. Planners will be available to answer questions. Feedback will be analysed, and the draft plan amended where necessary, prior to Council’s adoption of a final plan later in the year.

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Marina debate impassioned As a result of a vote that Cr John Watson describes as “an epic contest”, Auckland Council will now prepare a regional marina strategy that could have a significant impact on the future of Gulf Harbour marina.

Last September, Council staff were asked by the Planning Committee for a strategy covering the marinas that Council owns, including the one at Gulf Harbour (HM September 19, 2018).

However, the report presented to the Committee for sign off last month instead recommended identifying issues and developing principles to guide decision-making regarding Gulf Harbour, Westpark and Half Moon Bay marinas. It sought to defer preparation of a full strategy until these principles were adopted, and until funding for a strategy was budgeted for.

The report estimated that a focus on principles for three marinas could cost less than $75,000 compared with “significantly more than $210,000” for a regional strategy.

There were several presentations made by the public preceding the debate, including Robert Allsopp-Smith, who spoke on behalf of the Berth Holders Association Gulf Harbour.

After an impassioned debate, Councillors rejected the recommendation and sent staff back to begin the process of developing a

full strategy by commencing public consultation.

The Committee also stated the importance of adhering to empowering acts, which in Gulf Harbour protect public access.

Behind the move is a desire to keep marinas in public ownership.

Council CCO Panuku Development is proposing to sell Gulf Harbour marina to Gulf Harbour Investments, which currently leases the site, in exchange for control over the Hammerhead and a sum of $10 million (HM September 5, 2018). Council wants control over the Hammerhead to ensure continued free public access, which could be under threat once Gulf Harbour Investments exercises its rights under a development licence, potentially preventing free parking.

Should the sale not proceed, it will leave Council with few options to gain control over the Hammerhead other than the Public Works Act, which to date it has said it is not prepared to use.

However, Crs John Watson and Wayne Walker are hopeful that the strategy will strengthen the case for use of the Public Works Act and highlight the need for Gulf Harbour marina to be retained as a Council owned asset to provide for public recreation, berthholders’ needs and the ferry service.

Pending this work, all decisions related to marinas are on hold.

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Environment & sustainability feature

 FE ATU R E Eave’s Bush top priority

Muralist with conservation message Muralist Erika Pearce hopes the toilets by Ōrewa surf club will be her next canvas following her return home to the Coast.

The multi-disciplined artist, who has brought blank walls to life around the world, says she has been inspired by the toilet building and plans to “talk to the right people” so she can bring some colour to the beachfront.

“An ocean tribute covered in hibiscus flowers; that’s what I’m feeling,” she says. “I would love to get the community to vote on what they would like to see there; that would be really cool.”

Erika’s vibrant art has featured on everything from a large horse statue to skateboards, but centres around her passion for protecting the ocean.

Her community ties are also water related. She was previously a swimming coach at the Stanmore Bay Pool and Leisure Centre, and her father is the owner of Mike Pearce Boat Builders in Silverdale.

True to her art’s conservation message, Erika does her best to use sustainable products and reuses materials when she can.

This mural in Devonport reflects Erika’s love of swimming with sea-life. Top, the whale mural won the Peoples’ Choice Award in a street artist exhibition in Riverton in 2018.

“I have literally had the same paint brushes since high school. They may not brush the same as they used to, but hey, now they just produce a different kind of art.”

for dieback prevention

The threat of kauri dieback moved closer to the Hibiscus Coast with two trees in Eave’s Bush, Orewa, identified as possibly infected.

However, although the trees were noted as ‘possibly infected’ from a visual inspection by Auckland Council’s biosecurity team recently, soil samples were negative for the disease.

It was a wake up call that comes as Council seeks to prevent the spread of kauri dieback in Auckland’s parks and reserves.

Around 350 parks in Auckland contain kauri. Around $10 million a year from the Natural Environment targeted rate that all Auckland ratepayers are paying will go towards protecting healthy kauri. Council biosecurity manager - kauri dieback, Lisa Tolich, told the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board last month that much of this will be spent on track infrastructure.

The first priority is parks and reserves that have been assessed as having high to medium value kauri ecosystems as well as high to medium recreational value. Eave’s Bush is the only local reserve in this category (Category A).

Temporary closure of the reserve, as well as upgrading or realigning tracks, where needed, are the key preventatives proposed.

Lisa told the local board that Council wants to work with volunteers on these projects – Eave’s Bush Appreciation Group has been undertaking weeding, rubbish removal, pest control and track upgrading work in the reserve for years. Lisa said while the targeted rate will unlock funding for the work, “it is not a grants scheme”. “Community groups will need to work alongside Council, as the work needs to comply with national standards,” she said.

A report detailing the recommended kauri dieback mitigation measures for local parks will be presented to the local board in a few months.

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Local board chair Julia Parfitt, left and member Chris Bettany, right, officially open the recycling station with four-year-old Theo Callan. Theo is an avid recycler, who regularly collects rubbish from the beach.

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Birdlife flourishing despite incursions Despite a few recent incursions, reported in recent issues of Hibiscus Matters, what’s important is that overall the pest management works as it should, and so far it has.

This allows our native birds to thrive and breed, and this season they certainly have. The dotterels were particularly successful, with a whopping 13 fledglings.

They started laying their eggs on the beach and dunes earlier than usual, and we did not get any high tide/high wind combinations so most of the chicks managed to hatch and mature before the summer break brought all the beachgoers.

The robins are doing well, with 37 fledglings from 11 pairs. Those from the nests that volunteers could reach were all banded. The saddlebacks are not being monitored, but many juveniles have been spotted, so their first breeding season has been a good one. At the moment they are easiest to find around the campground.

The little spotted kiwi also seem to be doing well. The very long run of dry weather we had over summer was potentially a problem for them as the ground becomes much harder to probe for insects and worms. However all those with transmitters are currently being caught for their regular health checks and so far they are all fine. We do not know how many chicks arrived as they are left alone as much as possible, but two chicks were seen on video.

Our seabird boxes on the clifftops yielded both a grey-faced petrel chick and a fluttering shearwater chick. A few days before they left, they started coming out of the burrow at night to stretch and flap their wings to get ready for launch.

They were both banded so wherever they return to breed in a few years – most likely here –we’ll know it’s them.

Finally, although it has not yet been detected here, the sanctuary still faces the threat of kauri dieback. This is definitely spread by muddy shoes on humans, so Auckland Council and SOSSI volunteers are upgrading the main tracks so that they do not become muddy in wet weather. Waterfall Gully should soon also have a much improved ‘hygiene station’ for shoe cleaning.

But you can help too. Visitors to Waterfall Gully may have encountered a nice person based there all summer to give advice on brushing and spraying your shoes on entering and leaving. You can also help by staying to the tracks, please.

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New Zealand is among the highest producers of urban waste in the developed world, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and causing horrendous immediate damage to the environment. But what can you do? Here are six tips for reducing your household rubbish: 1. The best place to start is to focus on what we buy and bring into our homes. How much plastic can we avoid? Is there another option to that single-use plastic container?

Try thinking about the waste while it’s still sitting on the supermarket shelf with the item you want to buy inside it, rather than when you’re trying to dispose of the packaging.

2. Make sure any plastic containers you put out in your recycling are empty and rinsed: yoghurt pots, milk bottles, hummus pottles, and so on. Dirty plastic recyclables have much less value and may contaminate other things like paper or cardboard in your bin. Did you know that one of the reasons that China stopped taking the world’s recycled plastic was because so much of it was contaminated? If you’re not sure what can go in your recycling bin, check out this Auckland Council link: aucklandcouncil. govt.nz/rubbish-recycling/rubbishrecycling-collections/Pages/what-putyour-recycling.aspx.

3. Avoid the PLA trap! Cups and food containers made from PLA (which is often labelled ‘Eco’ or ‘Bio’) look just like plastic, so you may think you’re doing the right thing by putting them in your recycling bin.

Wrong! PLA stands for polylactic acid, which in plain English is corn starch. So, it’s made from plants, but it actually contaminates your recycling. What to do with it? Well, it can be composted, but only at high temperatures. Unless you are making a hot compost of more that 65°C at home, or unless there is a special collection point locally – and there are no public ones that I know of – it has to go out in the rubbish.

So always check on the bottom of every receptacle for its recycling number (1-5 is good) and if it says PLA, throw it in the rubbish.

4. Avoid takeaway coffee cups – many thousands of these end up in our landfills every day and most are not recyclable. Instead, always carry a reusable cup with you. A good place to keep one is in the car. The same goes for water bottles – fill and carry

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5. Consider trying the Bulk Bin, Orewa where you can take containers for refilling a wide range of pantry staples, including flour, pasta, pulses, rice, cereals, herbs and spices.

6. Make compost, have a worm farm or a Bokashi system for kitchen scraps. If you don’t know how to do it, Auckland Council runs free How to Make Compost courses through the Compost Collective: compostcollective.org.nz/workshopmap.

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A Japanese martial arts exhibition will have its only North Island show at Estuary Arts Centre in Ōrewa from April 12 to May 5.

The exhibition, called The Spirit of Budō, explores the history of Japan’s martial arts through traditional armour, headgear and swords. A total of 105 pieces will be on display.

The Spirit of Budō has been touring internationally since 2008. It was brought to New Zealand by the Japan Foundation and the ConsulateGeneral of Japan, who chose Estuary Arts Centre for the exhibition’s debut.

“It is so exciting for this to be coming to Ōrewa” centre manager Kim Boyd says.

“Everything the Japanese do is a precise form of art, from working on their garden to making tea, so the pieces will be amazing.”

Following the exhibition’s time on the Coast, The Spirit of Būdo will make its only other New Zealand stop, in Ashburton.

The exhibition will officially open on Saturday, April 13, when there will be martial arts demonstrations and taiko drum performances.

Estuary Arts Centre will also hold Japanese themed workshops throughout April, including a traditional tea ceremony and floral arranging.

Throughout the school holidays, there will be Japanese arts and crafts classes, including origami, kite making (koinobori) and mask making.

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Rie Shibaski will teach Shūji calligraphy classes to celebrate the exhibition’s arrival. Top and left, The Spirit of Budō will see 17 crates of traditional Japanese headgear, armour and weaponry arrive at Estuary Arts Centre.

The New Horizon show promises fun and great easy-listening music but has a serious purpose. Organiser Jim Morrogh is passionate about youth mental health and this is the third show he has put on to raise funds for local organisations that work in this area. This year, funds go to the Hibiscus Coast Youth Centre in Orewa and Windy Ridge.

Jim says that the show is about celebrating love, kindness and whanau and trusting and supporting one another. “In particular, it’s about assisting organisations that help young people who are in desperate need of comfort and support,” he says.

This year’s show includes the talents of Gray Bartlett, Dennis Marsh, Ronnie Antonio as well as The Violin Guy Nick Jones, and The New Horizon Band.

There are two shows, both at the Orewa Art & Events Centre, Orewa College, 76 Riverside Road, Orewa, on Saturday, April 13 at 2pm and 7pm.

Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased from Eventfinda, phone 0800 289 849.

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Hibiscus Matters has 10 double passes to give away to the Weber Bros Circus Adrenaline, which will be at Victor Eaves Park in Orewa from April 11 to 28.

To enter, personal message us on Facebook (Hibiscus Matters) with your name and contact number, or drop an entry into the office at Unit G, Tamariki Plaza, Cammish Lane, Orewa. Competition closes on April 9.

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Creating career-ready kids Whangaparāoa School is getting its students career-ready early in life by partaking in workshops at a variety of local businesses in an initiative called A Million Dreams.

After applying for the experiences they are interested in, groups of students from years one to six are given time out of class to visit workplaces and meet industry professionals.

A coaching workshop with Silver Fern Anna Harrison and an AUT millennium experience have been among the workshops so far, with a visit to Two Spoons café in Whangaparaoa and Estuary Arts Centre classes on the way.

Teacher Debbie Thompson says the school’s leader of learning, Jo Kember, came up with the idea following the school’s performing arts enquiry.

“We were astounded by the kids’ variety of talents and decided to start supporting them and their interests outside of school,” Debbie says.

“By applying for what they want, students learn to put themselves out there just like they would for a real job. For our art workshops, students have had to provide a small portfolio of their previous work.”

“They don’t have to decide what they want to do right now, but the school is supporting them by exposing them to things they may not have been aware of otherwise,” she says.

Activities at the workshops vary from hands-on participation to getting to view what happens in “a day in the life of ” someone in a particular profession.

In the “mechanic for a morning” workshop at Auto Super Shoppe

Mechanic Johan Ferrerra shows students what to look for when servicing a car.

From left, Sem Morgan, Elsdon Monk and Owain Roderick-Clarke.

Carzone last week, the students got to look under hoisted cars, see how tyres are patched up, and learn the basics of how mechanics use iPads to find problems in cars.

An unexpected highlight for the student “apprentices” was picking up small items off the shop floor, and learning from the mechanics what

they were and where on the car they came from.

The mechanics say they got something out of the visit, too.

“I was just like them when I was younger,” mechanic Johan Ferrerra says. “I loved working with my hands and figuring out how every piece of the puzzle worked.”

From left, Kyrah Livanos, Alisa Bambery, and Layla Wilson compliment each other on the work they do within their crews.

From left, Devon Miller, Zharn Bolton and Layne Johnston agree that helping others in their school makes them feel confident and happy.

students,” he says.

This is the first year the school has tried this initiative, and Mr Hanwell hopes the students will start to engage

with the wider community next year.

“Helping others just feels really nice,” student Zoe Pickerill says. Zharn Bolton adds, “yeah, it’s a warm tingly feeling”.

Free work feels good for students Using volunteering as a way to teach senior students leadership and resilience has become a major focus at Gulf Harbour School.

Year 5 and 6 students have been assigned to a “crew”, and each crew is responsible for volunteering in a particular area such as technology, new entrants and playground.

There are 12 crews to choose from and each crew meets independently every few weeks to set objectives and to ensure their volunteering creates helpful outcomes.

Kyrah Livanos, who is a member of the environment crew, says her team is looking at replacing old plants with new ones, so the school gardens look beautiful for everyone.

Teacher Nathan Halwell says students are learning teamwork and how to become coaches – leaders who work along side their peers rather than giving orders.

“My colleagues and I did a growth course that was all about coaching, and I felt that it was important we taught the same values to the

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Former Orewa College student SwanLynn Lee has stepped in to her uncle’s shoes to become the new head of Freightlink, based on the Hibiscus Coast.

Established in 1993 by Larry Roach, the company specialises in handling commercial container freight from Asia and Europe.

“Good logistics management can make or break a small business in New Zealand, so monitoring every order and identifying potential delays is an essential part of our service,” SwanLynn says. “I started learning the ropes in 2016 and since then, I’ve come to appreciate how complex the freight industry is and what high stakes are at play. People tie up huge amounts of investment in product that takes four to eight weeks to arrive, so the fact that we personally look out for hiccups or delays, and act to mitigate those, can have a massive effect on our customer’s ability to meet their commitments.”

Auckland is NZ’s second largest port and processes about 950,000 containers a year (averaging around 18,000 a week).

Swan-Lynn says it has been invaluable to have her uncle continue in an advisory role, and to be able to draw on his 40 years freight forwarding experience and knowledge.

However, she is no stranger to the business world.

She studied marketing and business at University of Auckland, did an MBA

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Changes in tax land The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has for some time been upgrading their entire taxation system, starting with GST last year and culminating in income tax and all other information being brought into the new system this month.

The advantages of this will soon be apparent, as response time from correspondence queries should be shortened. For phone queries, the IRD agents will be able to immediately source all your information on one screen compared to the previous situation where they may have had to open up to 10 separate screens – this should shorten call and hold times with the IRD. From an accountant’s perspective, there is now much more information available by way of reporting, along with actions that we can complete without having to refer to the IRD. For taxpayers who previously did personal tax summaries (PTSs), or had these prepared by tax refund companies, the IRD will now generate these automatically. The department will deal with you directly and advise whether you have a refund or owe money. The advantage of this is that refunds due will automatically be generated and paid out without the need of an outside party.

The disadvantage is that those who owe money will be required to pay – under the previous PTS rules, it was not compulsory to complete a PTS (for example, if money was owed).

Taxpayers whose bank account details are not held by the IRD, would be advised to consider provide them with those, as it will speed up the refund.

With Payday filing coming into effect on April 1, your earnings will be reported to the IRD regularly based on your pay periods. Any income on investments, such as interest and dividends, will also be reported to the IRD on a regular basis under the new monthly reporting regime. This will be available to all taxpayers, but in the case of PTS tax payers it will result in earlier refunds.

The changes will vastly improve the services the IRD provide and I’m looking forward to the benefits of the new system.

Hibiscus Matters’ new Finance columnist, Greg Douglas, has more than 35 years’ experience in looking after accounts for small to medium businesses as well as personal tax returns and schedules. The Gulf Harbour resident was a manager in business services for Coopers and Lybrand before becoming self-employed more than 25 years ago. His column will be monthly.

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“My dream was always to be a consultant for an international corporate, but I actually find it far more rewarding to get to know customers on a more personal basis.

Many of our clients have been with us since we started, which is testimony to the fact that we understand their businesses and can act in their best interests in terms of urgency and lowest cost options.

“You become very invested in your customer’s success and it’s very rewarding to know that what we do has a real impact on the profitability of those businesses.”

Swan-Lynn welcomes enquiries from anyone who is thinking of starting a business or expanding their current operation, who might need import advice.

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Supermarket trials quiet time spectrum dread shopping.

However, the quiet hour of supermarket shopping is also open to anyone with special needs who would benefit from it.

“The bright lights, crowds and small children make shopping almost impossible for those with autism and other disabilities such as obsessive compulsive disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),” Gaylene says. “Other people in the community may also benefit from this experience – for example, people with brain injuries and also those with dementia that have sensitivities around stimuli and noise generally.”

The first quiet hour at Countdown Silverdale was on April 2, 9am-10am.

The next one is on April 9, also from 9am-10am.

If the trial is successful, Gaylene hopes that there could be a permanent quiet hour offered at the supermarket.

The first local Sensory Quiet Shopping Hour is being trialed at a supermarket on the Hibiscus Coast this month.

During the quiet hour, the lights will be dimmed, the music volume reduced and there will be no intrusive activities such as staff stocking shelves.

The trial, at Countdown Silverdale, follows six months of work by Gaylene Chambers, the mother of a boy with autism (HM October 3, 2018).

She was inspired to bring this option to the Coast after two other supermarkets in New Zealand introduced a quiet shopping hour.

The quiet hour caters specifically for people with autism – Gaylene knows from experience that supermarket shopping can be a difficult experience for them because noise, a lot of bright lights and activity can lead to sensory overload and possibly a meltdown.

Gaylene says this type of stress can mean that people on the autism

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According to the Cancer Society, there are about 250 cases of oral cancer diagnosed each year. Oral cancer rates increase with age, and it is most common around the ages of 50-70. During a dental exam, our dentists will check for any signs of oral cancer. This is another reason why regular check-ups are so important - if diagnosed early, treatment is more likely to be successful. Some symptoms to watch our for are lip or mouth sores that don’t heal, reddish or white patches inside your mouth, including the tongue, numbness or pain in your mouth, and difficulties in swallowing. If you notice any of these symptoms, it is important to see your doctor as soon as possible.

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Council continues with chemical weed control Auckland Council took over the management of weeds on roadsides from Auckland Transport (AT) on April 1 but at this stage little will change.

Cr John Watson says that initially council will continue using the same method of weed control as AT, which locally means the use of the chemical Roundup/glyphosate.

After a year, Council will begin a regional review of vegetation management within the road corridor, which will include consultation with elected members and contractors.

Cr Watson says the Hibiscus Coast has been one of the most active communities in Auckland opposing the use of chemical methods of weed control and that the power to bring about that change rests with local boards.

“Elsewhere proactive local boards are already going chemical free either by financing the cost themselves or opting

to cut chemical application where it’s not needed,” he says. “It would be great to see chemical-free contractors quote on both the road corridor and parks on the Coast. These companies have said they can match the price for chemical methods. People can also lobby the local board to make their playgrounds totally chemical free (currently pathways, seats and play areas in playgrounds are spray free but not the surrounding areas) and push for hot water methods to be used in the road corridor in future.”

Weed management in parks and reserves is controlled by the local board, which contracts Ventia for the work. A key performance indicator in that contract for the local area is to reduce chemical use. Local board chair Julia Parfitt says that Ventia advises it is using more mechanical weeding and “a lot less glyphosate” but that the local board has seen no exact figures or details to back that up as yet.

College audits waste

Last month, two Year 8 Orewa College classes participated in a rubbish audit with Auckland Council’s sustainable school advisor Tori Christie. The audit involved students weighing all the rubbish that the school produced in a single day. They sorted it into categories such as recyclables, paper and food waste.

The results made it clear that only a small amount of the school’s rubbish is being taken to the right places. The total waste weighed in at just over 118kg, whereas the waste that actually needed to go to landfill was just 17kg. Students are now looking at how the amount of rubbish the school sends to landfill can be reduced. If this can be achieved, it could not only be better for the planet, but also save the college thousands of dollars each year.

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Dee Pignéguy put up these signs after plants were ripped from the community garden.

Repeated thefts blight community garden crops A volunteer-run garden in Manly that was first planted in 2016 has recently been the target of theft.

This has had an impact not only on the volunteer gardeners who work in the garden and take home its produce, but also on Love Soup Hibiscus Coast, which shares use of the vegetables and fruit for its free community meals.

Dee Pignéguy has been coordinating and teaching the volunteer gardeners for three years. She says recently all the pumpkins were stolen, before they were ripe. Lemongrass, broccoli, cabbage and beetroot were also taken with plants sometimes ripped from

the beds.

She is concerned that if the problem continues, some of the dedicated volunteers will get disheartened and leave.

To make it clear that this garden is not a free-for-all, signs have been put up, with contact details where you can volunteer. Dee says if anyone is desperate for the produce they are welcome to call and ask.

She says they are also working with the Love Soup volunteers to better manage the compost bins and worm farms so that rats do not become a problem.

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Centrestage raises the curtain on vibrant upgrade Centrestage Theatre has a colourful new look following refurbishments, completed with the help of grants, donations and local volunteers.

Theatre manager Stephanie McKellarSmith is pleased with the outcome, especially since most of the work, including painting the large foyer and renovating the female bathroom, was completed in time for their Sponsors’ Gala event.

“It has been an incredible effort all round,” she says.

“The men’s bathroom won’t be completed before the gala, but I’ll be getting stuck into that soon so it will be ready for our next opening night.”

The project’s quick completion over two months was partly attributed to

Bunnings Warehouse which, along with Dulux and Cabots, donated 80 percent of the paint and some labour.

Centrestage funded the remaining labour through a sponsor-a-seat campaign last year, where businesses could engrave their name on a theatre chair plaque for $250.

Following the completed upgrades, Stephanie and her husband Ross McKellar, who co-manage the theatre, will pursue new sponsorship options.

“We originally wanted to get a business to buy the naming rights of the foyer, but with the state it was in, we did not feel like we could sell the idea. Now we can bring businesses here and show them how beautiful it is.”

Inspiration for the theatre’s colour scheme came from this carpet design, which manager Stephanie McKellar-Smith says Centrestage is fundraising to have in its foyer.

Library courtyard costs blow out after three year process A plan to improve the courtyard outside Whangaparaoa Library, which began three years ago, has resurfaced as a final design that has more than doubled in cost.

Under Auckland Council’s Community Empowerment model, the idea was for the project to be community-led.

Public input began in mid-2016.

The original concept design, produced in 2017, was costed at $85,000. This was later revised up, as the Hibiscus &

Bays Local Board allocated $92,000 for the project from its 2017/18 budget.

This sum, in turn, was described at the local board’s March meeting as “unrealistic” by Council project manager Claire Walker. “With today’s health and safety and tendering costs, projects just don’t cost $100,000 any more, unfortunately,” she told members.

The local board agreed to allocate an additional $112,500 to the upgrade – the total projected cost is now

$204,500, an increase of 150 percent.

Of this, $52,700 has been spent on design, including $43,600 for “detailed design and specialist reports from WSP Opus”. Construction costs make up the remaining $151,800.

The final design includes shade sails, native plantings, improved and additional seating and art tiles created by members of the community.

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part due to health and safety concerns.

Local board members’ attempts to get the trees put back into the plan were turned down, with Claire describing fruit trees as too great a health and safety risk – the trees would have been near a paved area, and fallen fruit could be “a significant slip hazard” she said.

Now that it has local board sign off, the work will go out for tender and construction should begin in the 2019/20 financial year.

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With the cheque are, from left, Spirit of Adventure Trust chief executive Dean Lawrence, general manager Ruth Roebuck and chair Steven Fisher; Karen Franklin, Country Club director Dan Hou, and golf director Frazer Bond.

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A golf fundraiser has raised enough money to send 10 teenagers on a Spirit of New Zealand adventure.

The event, on March 15, was jointly organised by Harcourts real estate agent Karen Franklin and Gulf Harbour Country Club (HM February 13).

Karen says it was a fantastic day. “The Spirit of New Zealand was anchored off the 16th hole with the crew doing a beach clean up – it looked awesome,”

she says.

Nearly 100 golfers took part, raising a total of $34,500, which is enough for 10 fully paid voyages.

The voyages provide young people with challenges, fun and opportunities to learn about things such as environmental sustainability, diversity and equity.

Karen says the Charity Golf Classic was such a success that people are already wanting to sign up for next year.

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International prize for Kingsway coding champion After just a year of learning how to code, Jonathan Squirrell of Red Beach has won third place in the international coding competition Asia Pacific’s Next Top Coder.

The 15-year-old Kingsway School student competed against 13 to 19 year olds from across the globe last December and his creation achieved New Zealand’s highest placing.

Jonathan was invited to Microsoft in Auckland to receive his prize on March 5, which included a Star Wars augmented reality headset valued at $449.

The competition, which was a collaboration between Microsoft and Empire Code, was set within Minecraft, a videogame filled with millions of animated blocks players can manipulate into almost anything.

Instead of just playing the game, competitors had to write code to create a tutorial style walk-through in a new Minecraft world.

Jonathan’s creation was inspired

by Rotten Romans, a book from his favourite Horrible Histories series by Terry Deary.

The end result, described by Microsoft as “comprehensive and imaginative”, displays a Roman triumph ceremony complete with dialogue to explain the ritual and traditions including trumpeters and sacred cows.

While Jonathan has been playing Minecraft at home for more than four years, he only learnt to code last year

Minecraft fan Jonathan Squirrell had a cake on the videogame theme for his 15th birthday.

coaching video-chat with a Microsoft consultant from Singapore, who explained how Microsoft is specifically recruiting people with autism.

“In America, Canada and Ireland they are actively recruiting computer coders with autism, recognising the skills in the autistic community and acknowledging that people with autism can fly under the radar when using a traditional recruitment process,” Judi says.

This is the first programme of its kind that Judi has heard of, which makes her optimistic about Jonathan’s future.

“Many children on the autism spectrum have so much ability and are only lacking in social skills, so it’s very hard for them to break into the job market.

“Microsoft is enabling these people to come in and do jobs they are perfectly capable of and giving them support – it makes me really hopeful.”

Sudoku in his Year 10 digital class. His mother, Dr Judi Squirrell, says he has quite the knack for it.

“He is taking digital again this year; he really loves it,” she says.

Jonathan is on the autism spectrum, and Judi says coding, Minecraft and the competition in general, were a great way for him to express his creativity.

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Fun and games for dogs Although numbers were a little down and the atmosphere subdued, two days after the horrific Christchurch shootings, the Hot Diggety Dog Show in Orewa on March 17 still raised around $1000.

The event is organised annually by Orewa Lions Club. Thirty dogs registered to take part in fun competitions.

A highlight of previous years, the Police dog demonstration, was not held as Police resources were focused on assisting in Christchurch.

The St Patrick’s Day event was held at Western Reserve, with funds going to dog welfare charity, the Saving Hope Foundation.

The Foundation had a stall at the event, and also brought along puppies for adoption – three of which found homes. Saving Hope trustee and cofounder Janine Hinton, of Silverdale, says her organisation is currently inundated, with volunteers fostering dogs all over Auckland.

Rodney MP, and former Police dog handler, Mark Mitchell was among the judges.

Mandy Hebben of Orewa Lions says it was clear that everyone was in shock after the Christchurch shootings. “I hope the event provided a little light relief,” she says. continued page 27

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The heat saw many Hot Diggety Dogs, including Chow Chow Louis, take the plunge into the pools provided. Louis’ owner is Steve Stermi of Silverdale.

From left, Entrants in the St Patrick’s Day competition, Danielle Hebben and French bulldog Stella. Tayla Watkins of Orewa brought her two bulldogs, Daisy (front) and Duke. The pair was rescued separately, but Tayla later discovered they are mother and son. More photos, www.localmatters.co.nz

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Campaigner targets speed limit bylaw Self-employed Stanmore Bay resident Geoff Upson spends a lot of his time driving, with work taking him between here and Helensville or the North Shore.

His odometer shows he racked up 39,000km in 12 months, much of it on open roads where speeds are currently set at 100kph.

He says the proposal by Auckland Transport (AT) to lower that to 60kph or 80kph on some roads is behind his recent series of blogs, coupled with a Keep it 100 awareness campaign.

Geoff considers speed reduction appropriate in places such as Orewa Boulevard, but not on the open road, where other factors are more important for safety.

He frequently calls AT about road maintenance and other safety issues, such as the need to prevent sheep wandering onto the road. His previous successful attempts to get action included drawing penises on Kahikatea Flat Road last year, where a giant pothole needed to be fixed.

His blogs ran during AT’s consultation on its Speed Limit Bylaw proposals (HM March 1), which concluded on March 31.

The blogs offered ways to make roads safer, other than reducing the speed, which included better education for young drivers (such as compulsory safe driving courses and including motorway driving in the driving test), signs focused on safety, spending more

Geoff Upson stepped up his Keep it 100 traffic campaign recently.

He wants to see more signs like this NZ Transport Agency one.

Auckland Transport’s walking and cycling division is investigating whether the removal of parking space from Vipond Road could “facilitate the provision of on-road cycling”.

The suggestion comes as part of the investigation into safe pedestrian and cycling routes from Red Beach to Whangaparaoa College. Funding previously allocated to the widening of Whangaparaoa Road (from the highway to Red Beach Road), which would have included provision for walking and cycling, is no longer available as the Dynamic Lanes took the widening project off the table.

Tree vandal unpunished on park and rides, requiring developers to fund wider safer roads, registration for cyclists and more passing bays on open roads.

Geoff says that a major cause of frustration is being stuck behind a slower driver – he says when this happens, he sits on the horn to try and get them to pull over – providing there is somewhere safe to do so.

The requirement for drivers to pull to the left, if their speed is impeding traffic flow, is already enshrined in Land Transport’s Road User Rules (section 2.1) but Geoff says not enough drivers are aware of this and there are also not enough passing bays.

Geoff ’s blogs can be found on his Facebook page.

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Police were unable to prosecute anyone in relation to the damage done to three native trees in Gulf Harbour in the New Year. Two trees within the Marina Views complex were damaged as well as a protected mature pōhutukawa on a nearby walkway.

Sgt Nicholas Herd of Whangaparaoa Police confirms that an investigation was carried out. However, he says there was insufficient evidence to meet the grounds for any criminal prosecution. Police urge the public to record and report anyone they believe may be unlawfully damaging a protected tree to Auckland Council in the first instance. Council has powers to issue significant fines if the offender is found to be breaching the Resource Management Act. Are you following us on facebook? www.facebook.com/hibiscusmatters

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From left, Gold medalists Colin Chester and Merv Huxford. Below, Dave Kosoof.

Hockey masters take gold

Three local hockey players bagged gold medals at last month’s Hockey NZ Masters tournament, with two of them shooting the winning goals.

Colin Chester and Merv Huxford competed with the North Harbour 65s, which beat Canterbury 1-0 to take gold, thanks to a shot which Merv fired into the goal in the dying seconds of the game. Former Blackstick Dave Kosoof was in the North Harbour 40s, which beat Wellington 2-1 in their final – a “stinging tomahawk” goal struck by Dave took the win.

All three players are trustees of the Hibiscus Hockey Trust, based at Metro Park East in Millwater.

The weeklong tournament featured more than 1150 players. Merv says that most of the hockey venues and towns

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Petanque A social petanque group meets at the Stanmore Bay Leisure Centre on Thursday mornings, from 9am to approx 12 noon. There is no charge and the group caters for all skill levels including beginners. A friendly, social group known as “SPROGS” (Stanmore Petanque Recreational Oldies Group Sessions). Info: Ph Graeme 428 4339 or 027 490 2903.

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A TALK AT THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY by Barry Bowden “The Angelic Kingdom of Nature and its Purpose” 2pm. April 14, 9E Forest Glen Orewa, All welcome ph 427 0149 ELDERLY PEOPLES LUNCH CLUB, Every 2nd Monday. $5, includes cup of tea and entertainment, followed by a hot 2 course lunch. The Masonic Lodge, Centreway Rd, Orewa. Ph Treve 426 5698.

HIBISCUS COAST COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB, get together with live music. First Sunday of every month. Next one on Sunday, April 7, Orewa Community Hall, 1pm. Live music, $4 entry. All welcome.

Info: email hibiscuscmc@gmail.com TABLE TALK WEEKLY SOCIAL CHAT All ages welcome and encouraged to attend. Every Wednesday, first event – Whangaparaoa Library April 3, 1.30pm.

THE WHANGAPARAOA LADIES’ FRIENDSHIP Club meets at the Bridge Club in Edith Hopper Park, Ladies Mile, Manly 10am-12pm, second Tuesday of the month. Ph Anne 424 3769/027 655 6373 or Robyn 4241264 for further information. Next meeting AGM April 9.

ART – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Observation and tales of art plus the aesthetic side of a Japanese historical and martial arts exhibition.

Whangaparaoa Library, April 10, 7pm OREWA KEEP FIT CLUB Gentle exercises to music for ladies every Thursday at 9.30am.

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April 2019 7 Reiki Share, Theosophical Hall, 9 Forest Glen, Orewa, 10am12 noon. Gold coin koha. All those who practice Reiki are welcome. Info: contact Eileen 021 152 5470.

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The New Horizon Show, Orewa Arts & Events Centre, 76 Riverside Drive, Orewa, 2pm and 7pm. Music from Gray Bartlett, Dennis Marsh, Ronnie Antonio, Nick Jones, and The New Horizon Band. Proceeds support Windy Ridge and the HBC Youth Centre. Tickets from Eventfinda, phone 0800 289 849. (see story p14 and ad p26)

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Castles for Christchurch: victims honoured A crowd of more than 1500 participants and spectators flocked to Ōrewa Beach for the annual Sandcastle Competition on Saturday March 23.

The competition involves experienced and beginner builders putting their best creation forward for a panel of judges made up of a professional sculptor and representatives from More FM Rodney and Barfoot & Thompson. Winners of both categories received $500 each.

Organiser and Destination Ōrewa administrator Gayle Hill believes the large turnout was due to better weather compared to previous years.

However, competition participant Diana Grant says it could be a flow-on effect from the recent terror attack in Christchurch. “I think Christchurch showed everyone the importance of coming out and being a community,” she says. “It is so nice having unifying events like this after such a tragedy.”

Organisers planned to cap entries at 50, but relaxed the rules to let 55 take part.

Several tributes to Christchurch were among the official entries, plus spectators built mosques and left messages of support alongside the main competition arena.

Entrant Vivienne Jones says she decided to enter a tribute sandcastle as soon as she heard of the terror attack, and her teammates Alan Postlewaight, Georgia Phillimore and

Clockwise from top left, Friends Vivienne Jones, Allan Postlewaight, Georgia Phillimore and Petelo Richardson wanted to honour the victims of the Christchurch attack through their sandcastle entry. Professional sculptors In Good Form pay a touching tribute to the 50 lives lost in the Christchurch terrorist attack through their display of hearts. Other subject matter for sand sculptures included Star Wars, a giant hand, peacocks and a unicorn. ‘Dragon Castle’ won the expert category. The winner of the beginner category was a three-generation build by the Sym and Britland family. More photos, www.localmatters.co.nz

Petelo Richardson were completely on board.

“We just got as much sand as we could and winged it from there,” Vivienne says.

The end result was a mosque with a lit candle in its doorway.

Cantabrian sculptors In Good Form added one heart for every victim at the front of their large sculpture.

Other entries ranged from a threeheaded dragon in the experienced category to a birthday cake castle for participant Kate Grant’s 12th birthday in the beginners.