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Young minds feature Meet nine-year-old Dylan Beyer, who is spreading the word about the need for action on climate change (p14). Hibiscus Matters also asked local residents for their thoughts about Auckland Council’s recent declaration of a climate emergency (p13)

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Orewa air races carnival faces hurdles An ambitious plan to hold a 2-day carnival at Orewa Beach this summer that includes spectacular air displays and races, powerboat races, a parachute drop, jetski and land yacht races has been put before Auckland Council and the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board for approval.

At last month’s local board meeting, Ken Ogilvie presented his ideas for the Orewa Beach Carnival, which includes air races similar to those held

internationally by Red Bull in which high performance aerobatic planes navigate a series of inflatable pylons anchored offshore at high speeds. If the event goes ahead, it will be the first time that air races of this type have been held in New Zealand. The proposal also includes Warbirds and Air Force flying displays, classic and vintage cars and an outdoor concert finale.

Mr Ogilvie told the members that while Red Bull is not interested in

holding such an event in New Zealand, the organisation that is proposing the carnival considers Orewa the ideal location after scoping the area for things such as parking and traffic, and surveying a number of businesses in Orewa and on the North Shore.

He says that the pilots and aircraft owners who would take part in the Orewa event are from a number of different countries with an association in the EU. “A commitment has already

been entered into by that association,” he says. “These pilots and aircraft tour the world and participate in such events as the famous Reno Air Races.”

Letters of support for the proposed event include one from Rodney MP Mark Mitchell. Business association Destination Orewa Beach also supports the event, provided it can tick all the Council’s boxes.

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Operations manager, Hellen Wilkins, says Destination Orewa has discussed with the organiser that, in its proposed format, the event is too big for Orewa’s infrastructure to manage and could have a negative impact due to congestion and beach closure.

“If the event can be scaled down, it will be a great addition to the event calendar,” Mrs Wilkins says.

Ticket prices on the carnival’s website range from $65 per person for general admission to $245 per person for Gold Pass Grandstand tickets.

Mr Ogilvie is in the process of discussing the proposal with Council staff with a view to making a resource consent application.

The event is proposed to take place next March 7 and 8, with a third day proposed for practice. Mr Ogilvie told the local board that because there are aircraft and watercraft races involved, health and safety requirements mean that the ticketed event would need exclusive use of the beach – something member Caitlin Watson referred to as “privatisation of the beach”.

Local board chair Julia Parfitt said that the proposal was likely to face significant consent hurdles because of this suggested closure of the beach over three days, and also because the event would take place in a coastal marine area.

“To date we have never approved an event that sought exclusive use of the reserve and beach, cutting off all access to the public for three days, as is

suggested here,” Mrs Parfitt said.

The event’s website states that the OBC Organisation behind the carnival is an e-commerce business with a ‘virtual office’ in downtown Auckland and staff in a ‘global village’.

Mr Ogilvie told Hibiscus Matters that this organisation is a group of volunteers, including himself, which has been tasked with carrying out a feasibility study over the last three years. “Our role will shortly be concluded and we will stand down, myself included, and hand over the baton to the professionals,” Mr Ogilvie says.

He says “a major event promoter/ organiser” who has had significant international experience will host this event. He says it has been funded by a number of overseas investors to date, and that other local New Zealand sources will be reviewed in due course.

“We have had tremendous support to date for this Air Race event to finally be hosted in New Zealand and Orewa Beach is perhaps the ideal locality,” Mr Ogilvie says.

“Following the meeting with the local board, further discussion, revision and clarification on safety restrictions and the like, which in turn governs the restricted area of operations required, will be undertaken shortly,” Mr Ogilvie says. “We have asked the local board for the opportunity to re-present our proposal and to reconsider the matters that were raised which were of concern.”

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Legal challenge rocks freedom camping bylaw A legal challenge mounted by the Omaha Beach Community residents and ratepayers group (OBC) has successfully stalled moves to introduce a controversial new freedom camping bylaw.

The bylaw was due to be voted on

by Auckland Council’s Governing Body last month but the vote was deferred after Mayor Phil Goff advised councillors in an email that the freedom camping bylaw process needed to be paused while “legal implications are considered.”

Mr Goff told Councillors that Council had received a letter from lawyers representing Omaha residents that challenged the way the freedom camping bylaw had been consulted

on and “raises specific issues around reserves in that area.”

OBC president Chris Allan says the letter was sent after lawyers Bob Hollyman QC and Brian Latimour advised OBC that the Council’s proposed bylaw and consultation process was unlawful.

Mr Allan says a major concern of OBC is that Council consultation material failed to highlight the effect the proposed bylaw would have on Omaha roadsides, berms and parking bays.

He says under the proposed bylaw these areas would be “open slather”.

“In the summer months, people could just come and park there and stay forever,” he says.

And he says while the proposed bylaw would limit freedom camping in local reserves to self-contained vehicles within limited time frames, Council has neither the will nor the resources to enforce the restrictions.

“We struggle to get bylaws enforced up here on the best of days,” he says.

Meanwhile, Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers is hailing the deferment on the bylaw decision as a “huge win for Auckland’s democracy”.

“I believed Auckland Council had predetermined the outcomes it wanted and public feedback was being ignored. That is wrong and I decided to stand-up and call the Mayor out on it,” he says.

Cr Sayers twice wrote to the Mayor

arguing that the proposed bylaw needed to be modified to exclude freedom camping from within currently protected reserves and from allowing unlimited freedom camping on residential streets.

But he says the Mayor rejected these concerns, prompting Cr Sayers to enlist the support of 11 fellow Councillors to defeat the bylaw should it have reached a vote last week.

Chair of Council’s bylaws hearings panel Cr Linda Cooper says the panel will delay reporting to the Governing Body in light of potential legal action over the bylaw.

The panel will seek further advice before making its recommendations.

Hibiscus Coast Highway crossing costs out of control

A pedestrian and cycle crossing over Hibiscus Coast Highway at the southern entrance to Orewa (near Estuary Arts Centre) is on the community’s wish list and would be a much needed safety improvement, but Auckland Transport’s (AT) cost estimate of $390,000 could put it beyond the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board’s reach.

This one crossing could cost more than all four that were added in Orewa Town Centre a year ago, at a total cost of $381,000 plus $4800 for two safety audits.

Since then, the local board has been given a Community Safety Fund of just over $756,000 from AT’s safety budget. Members came up with four projects – all pedestrian crossings – that they hoped to spend the money on.

Two of them are in the North Shore area that the local board covers. The two local projects are both crossings over Hibiscus Coast Highway – the one in Orewa, at 214 Hibiscus Coast Highway, is to make it easy to connect from the popular Te Ara Tahuna walk and cycleway to the paths on the beach

side, and the other is near the toilets at Hatfields Beach.

Initial consultations with AT’s experts recommended the one in Orewa be a signalised ‘Toucan’ crossing, which has a separate strip for walkers and cyclists. The signals operate when pedestrians push a button.

The Hatfields Beach crossing was adjusted to a pedestrian island refuge, due to speeds through that area, and was costed roughly at $260,000.

The total estimate for the local board’s four projects came to $1.1 million.

Local board chair Julia Parfitt says she was “gobsmacked” when she saw the suggested cost for the Orewa crossing but the local board is determined to make it happen.

She is meeting AT representatives soon to convince them that the Orewa crossing should be funded from AT’s larger pot of money for safety-related projects, due to its sub-regional significance.

“The consultant was surprised at the volumes crossing there,” Mrs Parfitt says.

A crossing like this could be put across Hibiscus Coast Highway, near Orewa Estuary, but the cost is beyond the local board’s budget.

AT’s figures show there have been three accidents causing injury at the site in the past five years, one of which was serious. A count done last year revealed that around 11,120 vehicles go through this location each day, each way.

AT spokesperson Mark Hannan says that the estimated cost covers preliminary and general works, traffic management, signs and markings,

signals, CCTV, footpaths and urban design, including lighting.

Mrs Parfitt says she hopes to convince AT that the need for the Orewa crossing is urgent. “I hope it could be started before Christmas so it’s in place in time for the busy summer season,” she says. “We want to see this done and will ask for it to be made a priority.”

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Closure questioned

Like many others, I walk regularly through Eaves Bush because I believe that bush walking is one of the great NZ freedoms. I am well aware of the serious threat of kauri dieback and would be strongly supportive of necessary efforts to defeat it. I deplore, however, learning that the right to access the tracks has been cancelled despite the admission that, as yet, there has been no evidence of the disease in Eaves Bush (HM June 5). May I suggest that the biosecurity manager owes it to the public to give us the following information (see questions and responses below).

Pat Moore, Orewa (abridged) Auckland Council biosecurity manager, kauri dieback, Lisa Tolich, responds: What is the state of dieback in the other areas? The temporary closures are also happening on tracks in other parts of the region. For a number of parks, the closures are precautionary.

Where dieback is confirmed, it is important we take steps to ensure that the disease is not spread to neighbouring healthy reserves. Where the disease has already been diagnosed what curative measures have been tried and with what results? Phosphite is being researched as a means to slow the spread of the infection, but does not cure the disease. Research is also underway to test the effectiveness of Mātauranga Māori in conjunction with microbiology. Is there any evidence of the disease being related to the age of the tree? Or that younger trees are being affected by spread from older trees? No. It kills most, if not all, kauri, regardless of age. The delay between a tree becoming infected and showing signs of infection varies and it is common to see a tree killed by kauri dieback next to a tree that appears healthy. On the evidence to date can we be confident that the disease can be eradicated? The focus of the national kauri dieback programme is to manage the risk and spread of Phytophthora agathidicida to kauri forests as well as its impacts on

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communities, culture and the economy.

A National Pest Management Plan was recently put before cabinet to establish clear objectives and a nationally coordinated and consistent approach to managing the risk. If adopted, this plan will become operative in October.

Is there any evidence to support the use of the spray for footwear offered at Eaves Bush? If so, instead of expecting walkers to spray the bottom of each foot, would someone consider that it would be simpler and more effective to create a shallow concrete bath across the track entrance which visitors could walk through?

Sterigene is highly effective at killing the pathogen that causes kauri dieback.

It needs to be used after scrubbing off soil debris, as the use of it alone will not remove soil. What should be the criteria to justify the reopening of the track? The criteria for re-opening tracks to the public are to be defined by the national pest management plan. There will be a minimum standard to ensure that the appropriate mitigations have been put in place for tracks located within three times the drip zone of kauri. The mitigations will change depending on the requirements of each track and could include a mix of boardwalk, boxed steps and aggregate. A capital work programme has begun and will seek to provide kauri safe access in a staged fashion. (abridged)

Open workshops Kiwis have fought, died, marched and championed for democracy here and abroad. Terry Moore’s excellent Local Opinion of 6 June clearly highlights how much our Local Board flagrantly and frequently abuses this principle. Democracy is meant to be a transparent process. Our Board makes decisions meant to be in the best interests of all of us. They have taken on the responsibility to tackle this, using what funds they have managed to squirrel from the Super City. But they also very much need to heed and be aware of what the people want, worry about, think about and generally have to offer. Unfortunately,

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without having a clue what business is being, or will be, discussed, we the ratepayers and residents may only see their (selective) decisions after they have been made. Mostly, it seems, behind unnecessarily closed doors.

They do not seem to even give any prior notice of what business will be discussed. Genuine confidential matters should be the exception, not the rule. There are not even proper minutes. What are they afraid of? So I sincerely urge readers to get behind Terry and Hibiscus Matters to get these forums properly opened up. And for our Local Board to be unafraid of, indeed welcome, local input. We should all be on the same page. The media cannot report if they are in the dark as to what is in fact going on.

Let’s work and communicate together for the best for our area.

Bruce Walling. Stanmore Bay.

Rejected offer The phrase ‘beggars can’t be choosers’ may be very non-PC these days, but it came to mind when I read in your fine paper about the offer to build Penlink being turned down by Auckland Transport and others (HM June 19).

Very disappointing.

Peter Thomas, Stanmore Bay

Not a NIMBY I imagine you will get a lot of letters about NIMBY-ism following the story about the Pet Refuge neighbours (HM June 5). Might I put an alternative point of view? It seems to me from your story that it is not so much an issue between the neighbours and the refuge, but between the neighbours and Auckland Council. Why would they not consult neighbours? Above and beyond the normal issues of having a potentially noisy and smelly pet holding facility next door, there are the concerns in this particular case that may be raised about security and privacy. Those are relevant and should have been dealt with by proper consultation. Even when you

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This impressive sandcastle was photographed by pic diarist Douglas Hannay recently on one of his regular walks along Orewa Beach. The sandcastle was in the final stages of being filmed by what appeared to be a television crew. Douglas named his shot “the castle that won’t last forever”.

He says he has taken thousands of photos on his beach walks – his way of “trying to bring a few smiles to those around this wonderful area”.

are providing a valuable service to the community, you should not be immune from those requirements.

Angela Scott, Silverdale

Not neighbourly Shameful and selfish are words that spring out when reading about the neighbours opposing the Animal Refuge to aid Women’s Refuge in helping more women and children escape domestic abuse (HM June 5).

The NZ statistics are shocking and it is everyone’s problem. Why would you want to aid the abuser and not assist in everyone getting free from constantly being terrorised in the place they should be safest? Noise, stress and disease (really) are your concerns, what about theirs? Abuse takes place across all economic levels. Julie Chapman had brilliant idea and should be commended, and the community have jumped on board. Everyone can see the benefits for everyone. If they turned up on my street with this refuge, I would be offering my help and happy to do it. I see it as a huge win/win for the community and New Zealand.

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Listen to neighbours I think the Council made a poor decision not to consult the neighbours of the Pet Refuge during the resource consent process (HM June 5). During my OE I lived for a while near a Council animal pound in a semi-rural part of the UK. It was not right next-door, but across the road. Nevertheless, the constant whining, barking and howling of dogs was enough to drive us all to drink. It also made our animals – ducks, geese and sheep – jumpy. The Pet Refuge is a brilliant idea, there’s no doubt about that. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be listening to neighbours and taking heed of their concerns.

Harry Johnson, Dairy Flat

Funding reporters I’m responding to your opinion piece on June 19 in Hibiscus Matters. There are factual errors, which may mislead your readers and may also have contributed to your opposition to the Local Democracy Reporter (LDR) initiative. Firstly, the funding is from a one off allocation in Budget 2018 – not the recent Budget. The 2018 funding created an RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund which has supported more than 25 projects of which the LDR scheme was the last to be announced. The funding was not announced by the government – NZ On Air’s funding for public media is deliberately armslength, a very important point when we are considering the independence of journalism. The LDR scheme is a response to the widespread claim that local authorities are not being reported on adequately and that ratepayers and citizens deserve better. I am sure you are doing a fine job in your neck of the woods – unfortunately that’s not the case universally. The LDR idea is based on a scheme run by the BBC and was proposed to us by the NPA, which has the capacity to run a pilot project throughout the country. We can make no decisions about the future reach of the scheme until we see what impact the pilot has.

Allanah Kalafatelis, Head of Communications, NZ On Air (abridged) Editor’s note: Apologies if any readers were misled. Our opposition to the scheme, and that of several other community newspapers, remains. The key point was the lack of consultation with independent papers and the fact that large corporate media organisations will have access to copy that has been paid for by taxpayers. We argue that the lack of local body coverage, if it is an issue for those papers, is a question of priorities not resources. We have no issue with such material going to publicly funded RNZ. Hibiscus Matters understands that the Community Newspapers Association was to ask questions of the Minister on these issues at its recent conference.

More options needed Great to see all those sculptures for Orewa in your last paper (HM June 5).

A couple of questions: why were only two artists given the opportunity to create works for this space, and is ‘none of the above’ an option we can give in feedback? Let’s see some more options.

Francis Green, Arkles Bay Hibiscus & Bays Local Board deputy chair Janet Fitzgerald responds: A local gallery approached the local board to create a sculpture trail around Te Ara Tahuna Estuary Cycleway and Walkway.

Instead, the local board suggested they lead a project to replace the water feature at Moana Reserve. Their brief was to design a sculpture with a water component which has certain technical requirements given the site’s location.

Because the sculpture replaces the old fountain which couldn’t be repaired, it must fit strict criteria governing Auckland Council’s renewal budget and the funds can’t be allocated to other projects. The community is currently being asked to give feedback to the local board about the sculpture designs.

If people’s preferences are different to the options being consulted on, there is space to state their preference on the feedback form.

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Hibiscus Matters moving forward By the time you read this issue of Hibiscus Matters, we will be settling into our new offices at 21 Florence Ave. This is only our third move in the 12 years we’ve been publishing and we’re excited to be relocating to such a high profile location in central Orewa. The move represents our confidence in the Coast and its future, as well as the future of community newspapers like ours who keep the community at heart.

A lot has changed in the years since we opened at 747 Whangaparaoa Road in August 2007 – John Law was still the Mayor of Rodney then, State Highway 1 ran through Orewa and Waiwera, no-one had heard of Millwater and there was only one Silverdale shopping centre. Orewa didn’t even have a McDonalds!

There are also the things that haven’t changed – the Penlink Road campaign being a glaring example.

Hibiscus Matters has striven throughout this time to provide readers with relevant, balanced and timely coverage of all these issues and much more.

We’ve had to move because just like the Coast, we’ve grown. The paper had three staff when we started and now we have five Orewa-based staff, and our initial circulation of 16,000 has grown to 23,000-plus.

We are excited to be taking this next step in our journey and we look forward to keeping readers abreast of local news and events on the Coast for many years to come.

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Last October I wrote to the Minister of Local Government asking for a review of the Super City. I thought this a reasonable request given that it’s nearly 10 years since it was set up without public consultation. The reply came back that they had no intention of doing any review – just like their predecessor, perhaps frightened by what they might find.

In the absence of a government review then, I’ve decided to do my own. To be honest it’s easily done as I already know the results. That’s because four times a year the Council conducts its own ‘Citizen Insights Monitor’, a poll of Aucklanders from across the region. The latest one shows ‘trust in council decision making’ standing at 19 percent. In areas like ours, the ‘trust’ quotient is actually lower as it decreases the further north you go.

On the basis of other similarly unimpressive results, my review is easily written, perhaps best summarised as, ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, the one third split proportionately representative of my findings.

Firstly the Good, a few examples of which illustrate the point – we now have a frequent ferry service, the second largest park and ride in Auckland, Whangaparaoa dynamic laning, a bus network with double deckers flying up and down the busway from Silverdale, and Penlink actually funded for the first time in the project’s long history (even if the 2024 start date needs to be brought forward). In other aspects like sporting and community facilities, the Coast continues to be light years ahead of many other parts of Auckland.

The Bad component could actually be ameliorated if there was a mind to – simply by listening to local communities, responding to their concerns in a timely manner and realising that Auckland’s a diverse place – you don’t have to treat everyone the same.

Unfortunately there’s no sugar coating the ‘Ugly’. It is ugly and requires both structural and attitudinal change. Some Council Corporates have been allowed to distance themselves from the public they are meant to serve. They need to be brought back into line, not bolstered by the mutual admiration society, happy to ignore 19 percent approval ratings while simultaneously blaming a public and critics who ‘don’t understand’.

That self-same public though holds far more power than it realises. When this power is exercised collaboratively the results can be astonishing – certainly enough to rock the balance between the Good, Bad and Ugly.

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Colin Chester

Colin Chester has a lot to be proud of – a strong family, playing hockey for New Zealand, a career as a musician, giving back to the community. The 67-year-old has run the Silverdale branch of the family business, Chesters Plumbing and Bathroom Supplies, since it opened 30 years ago. He even has a road named in his honour, Colin Chester Drive. He spoke with Terry Moore about what can be gained from humble beginnings.

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e had great parenting. We were a poor family and knew from a young age that we would not receive any money from our parents and had to work for our pocket money with things like paper rounds. It taught us the value of money. There were five of us and we grew up with our parents in my grandparents’ two- bedroom house in Mt Roskill; my grandparents lived in a cottage on the property. Nine of us with a single bathroom! My sisters shared a bedroom, my parents another and my two brothers and I shared the lounge. It teaches you tolerance. My father was in the drapery trade. Lots of families were like that, living on the breadline. Looking back, we don’t know how my mother managed – with no automatic washing machine or other mod cons.

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nitially I did an apprenticeship in photolithography, part of the prepress process, and worked for printers.

It was a growing trade at the time. I have always been involved with playing keyboards in bands, so for about 15 years I was a professional musician, as a solo performer and with a band called the Colin Chester Trio. We had a regular gig playing dance and background music at Waipuna Lodge, which gave me the days free to spend with my three kids when they were young. The highlight was being resident band on a Russian cruise-liner, which took us on a complete circumnavigation of the world. My wife Rosie came along too.

We went down to the Southern Ocean and around Cape Horn. In places in South America, like Rio, we saw huge extremes of wealth and poverty – it was in your face. We were lucky to see so much of the world, and get paid to do it.

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last played music, with my youngest son, James, 10 years ago at the funeral of my sister-in-law, Sharon, who was a wonderful woman.

My son wants me to get back into music but I haven’t had the urge and it’s really because that last performance was perfect – although quite honestly our rehearsals were rubbish. We played Bridge over Troubled Water and Song for Guy. Our friend George was on drums, James played piano and I was

on keyboard and vocals. Song for Guy was fine, as we’d played it many times before, but we just could not get Bridge over Troubled Water right – we were using the Oslo Gospel Choir’s arrangement that I found on YouTube.

However, on the day, it came together and we knew we’d done it justice for Sharon. I still don’t know how we did it. There must have been plenty of prayers at the time.

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y older brother Grant started the family business in 1973 in a garage in New Lynn. At first it was called Franklin Plumbing, because to get the funds to start up he went into partnership with Peter Smith of Franklin Plumbing. It was a oneman band and after 10 years Grant bought Peter out and changed the name to Chesters. The company now has more than 200 employees in 16 branches across the North Island and in Dunedin. We are the biggest privately owned plumbing merchant business in the country. The key has been Grant’s hands-on approach. His mobile number is in the diary we give all our customers and employees. You can go straight to the guy at the top if you have any issues. We are not perfect or ‘holier than thou’ but a family-run business has a better insight into the needs of its customers than a corporate one. I opened the Silverdale branch 30 years ago with Ross Good and Graham Sainty in a small building. Over the last seven years, to the end of 2018, I had 20 students from local colleges through here to learn under the Gateway programme and found apprenticeships for 14 of those with plumbers who use our branch. This year there is one who I hope will come and work for Chesters. Students come here for a plumbing apprenticeship but there is a real pathway through a business such as ours too – from inwards goods to sales, running the warehouses or becoming a rep or branch manager.

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lthough my children have chosen other occupations, my brother and sister have children in the family business and it is in good hands for the next generation.

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like and follow all sports but my father played hockey and we

grew up with a love of the game. I played seven tests for New Zealand at the Masters hockey tournament in South Korea, have managed the NZ Men’s Over 50 team and am on the Hibiscus Hockey Trust. I have an injury at the moment, but hope to play in the NZ Men’s Over 65 team at the World Masters tournament next year in Japan. Hockey can be expensive to play, as there is quite a lot of gear, and growing the game in areas that struggle to afford it has been a passion of mine since 2012. I was at Levin at a Masters tournament and was told that around there schools were short of gear. I figured I could help, so I worked with Hockey NZ on recycling old gear, which is donated. I do the old sticks up and we supply them to places such as Kaikohe, Gisborne and Northland.

Last year my brother Grant and I started a new initiative called Grow the Game of Hockey in NZ, with Hockey NZ and Kookaburra Sport.

We acquired a lot of Kookaburra’s surplus gear, including 1000 sticks, shin pads and mouthguards and offered them to every hockey association in the country, if they could tell us how they are going to grow the game in their area. We had 11 responses. In

one case, Waikato, their plan was just to get the game up and running in the King Country – it’s Colin Meads’ rugby territory down there and hockey is not played. Darfield in Canterbury was another one where they wanted to grow the game in local schools, so with help from various companies, we got a pallet of gear down there. At the moment we have quite a lot of hockey gear stored at home. When my wife Rosie couldn’t get her car into the garage because of all the hockey stuff, instead of complaining she said, “Your father would be so proud of what you are doing to promote the game he loved and taught you both to play”.

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couple of years ago I had a road, Colin Chester Drive in Silverdale, named after me. It borders some land that I have owned for 30 years and the name was the idea of local developer Clayton Reid. It’s quite unusual to have a road named after a person who is still living and it was a long process including a full police check, consultation with iwi and the local board. I am sorry that neither of my parents was alive to see the road name unveiled. They would have been amazed.

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Business studies remain all in the family Crash tests Graduation from Te Wananga o Aotearoa was a family affair for the Carrs.

Last month, four members of the family – mum Sarah and her daughters Brittany and Becky and son Matthew – all gained their Level 4 NZ Certificate in Business (Small Business) and Certificate in Project Management.

“We got a lot of comments at graduation,” Sarah says. “People thought it was a great thing to have done together as a family.”

Studying the same one-year-long business course, at the same time, meant they could work on assignments together and when projects were assigned for groups of four, they were already a unit.

Sarah admits there was a level of competitiveness among the four of them – particularly when it came to getting assignments in on time.

Their studies also brought them together at least once a week for classes held at Kingsway School, as well as Sunday sessions to work on assignments.

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Becky, 26, has a Masters of Architecture and will eventually be setting up her own business.

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A crash in Red Beach on June 19, in which a motorcyclist was seriously injured, also caused widespread traffic congestion for several hours – not only on Whangaparaoa Peninsula but also in surrounding areas including Dairy Flat and Silverdale.

The accident occurred at 3.50pm, at the intersection of Whangaparaoa Road and John Dee Crescent. The affected part of the road was closed from 4pm so that emergency services could attend. It reopened, eastbound, at 5.30pm and was fully reopened by 6.30pm.

The Dynamic Lanes that operate on this part of Whangaparaoa Road were not yet switched over for the afternoon peak when the accident occurred. It was the most serious crash on this part of Whangaparaoa Road since the lanes became operational early in 2018. The lane technology, including cameras, was used by Auckland Transport’s (AT) operations centre to assist with managing the incident.

AT spokesperson Mark Hannan says this included putting the Dynamic Lanes into “incident state” which assisted Police with the road closure, informing and updating drivers via social media and message boards of the impact on the road network, and optimising the detour route by changing traffic signals.

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Community’s views on Council climate change emergency Auckland Council recently declared a climate emergency, joining a growing number of cities around the world that have formally and publicly recognised climate change as an urgent issue. Announcing the move, on June 11, Mayor Phil Goff said that by unanimously voting to declare a climate emergency Council is signalling its intention to put climate change at the front and centre of its decision-making. We took to the streets to ask some Hibiscus Coast residents for their thoughts on Council’s stance.

From left, Anna and Mika Hutton, school climate strikers from Ōrewa College

“We think it’s a good thing because it will hopefully put more pressure on the Government to do it too, so more legal changes are made to stop climate change.”

From left, Cindy, Amy and Sandy Lin, Ōrewa

“We think it is good and would like to see the change put into action by seeing a focus on less rubbish and seeing more planting. Especially flowers – that would make this place so beautiful.”

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John Curtis, Whangaparāoa

“At first I just saw this as a token move. After I looked into what it actually meant though, I saw that Council will have to consider climate change in every decision they make – that’s when I saw the decision as actually valuable.”

“The Council have a responsibility to be environmentally friendly, however, using the term ‘climate emergency’ is frightening people, when there are so many predictions out there. Maybe they could have reworded it to ‘plastic waste’ emergency instead.

The Council are right to forward plan, however the word ‘emergency’ should be used for impending things.

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“We think it’s a good thing. Climate change is talked about way more in New Zealand than where we are from, which is really cool to see.”

“We will probably have an earthquake or Rangitoto will blow up before anything to do with climate change happens! However it is still happening. I live on a waterfront, and while you can’t see water levels rising drastically, there is always plastic to be picked up. Plastic is a real problem.”

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Nine-year-old speaks out The need for immediate action against global warming is a message Dylan Beyer, nine, of Red Beach, is committed to sharing.

Dylan took part in both national School Strikes for Climate earlier this year, where thousands of students ditched school to demand government action against climate change.

He was then invited by Wentworth’s Head of Primary Chris Donovan to present a speech about his strike experience and the importance of caring for the environment at Wentworth Primary’s assembly on Friday May 24.

“I had a student from a younger year come up to me after my speech and ask, ‘where do I sign up [for the climate strikes]’,” Dylan says.

“The younger year groups were my target audience so I’m glad my message got through. The year sixes are too far gone.”

Dylan and his family actively try to reduce their carbon emissions by buying second-hand, being vegan, only driving electric and hybrid cars, and avoiding plastics where they can.

“It is practically impossible to avoid buying plastic at the shop,” Dylan says. “Even when you buy an electric car to help the environment, they are still covered in plastic.”

Dylan, who is a self-proclaimed research fanatic, has been looking into alternatives.

“Biodegradable plastic made from corn is the best option that I have

Dylan was happy with the positive response he got to his speech at Wentworth Primary School.

found. Maybe it will be corn that saves the planet. While re-using normal plastic is good, it only takes one lazy person to break the circular economy by throwing it in the rubbish, so it’s not a sustainable option.”

Dylan has also spent a lot of time researching the outcome if we don’t live greener, which he shared in his speech.

“We have 12 years to stop global warming, otherwise it will be too late,” he says. “Every place will be like the Sahara Desert and we will have the sixth mass extinction on our hands.”

Despite the future looking grim, Dylan still has hope that global warming can be stopped in time, even if the older generations take a bit more convincing.

He says he will continue to attend School Strikes for Climate when they happen.

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Brightline test explained The latest budget has now passed and the government was not able to proceed with capital gains tax as it had no mandate from voters.

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There are some exceptions including inherited property and property from a relationship breakup that may effect the treatment of the sale of the property.

If you are deemed an offshore residential land withholding tax person, you will be paying resident land withholding tax if the Brightline test applies to you.

Should you make a loss on the sale of the property, this will be “ring fenced” and only claimable against any future gains from the sale of residential property, excluding the family home.

It is also important that you have the ‘right intent’ when buying a rental property, as otherwise the gain on the sale of the property may be deemed taxable. The right intent, for example, is that you bought the property as an investment with the intention of renting it out for a long time.

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Walk of Fame Organiser Gary Brown says the two NZ Walk of Fame shows, on June 15, went incredibly well, attracting an audience of more than 400 at both shows combined and raising around $5500. The shows (HM June 5) were a fundraiser so that Gary can move his 12 star plaques that are currently on Orewa Boulevard.

Gary says that the money is enough to move the stars to a new location.

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Pension protest takes placards to Parliament grounds Pensioners take their placards to the steps of Parliament this week, expressing their anger at the direct deduction and spousal deduction policies that reduce NZ superannuation payments.

The provisions have been opposed since first brought into force in the 1960s, but the July 4 protest could be the first time the issue has been taken to the streets.

The policies mean that if someone receives a larger pension amount from

overseas, their NZ superannuation or veteran’s pension is reduced by an equivalent amount (direct deduction), and in some cases their partner will also have deductions made (spousal deduction) as the two are treated as an economic unit.

Orewa residents Dean Tatro, who was born in the US, and his Kiwi wife Gaye, are among those who are affected by the policies. Dean says he does not receive any NZ superannuation at all now, despite having worked in this country for 20

years, because of his US social security payout. He says when Gaye turns 65, her pension could also be reduced.

However, there are signs that the spousal deduction, at least, will be amended.

Recently, social development Minister Carmel Sepouloni said that changes introduced in the 2019 budget mean that from July 2020, no-one getting the standard married rate of NZ superannuation or veteran’s pension will have their pension reduced because their partner is being paid an overseas pension.

Spousal deduction will still apply for people who receive other forms of assistance.

“The removal of spousal deduction is expected to cost the government $5.6m over a four year period,” the Minister says. “By 2022/23, it is estimated that 450 people will receive their full pension as a result of this change, rather than having it reduced. This is about modernising and simplifying NZ superannuation and the veteran’s pension by moving toward an individual entitlement.”

Students fed by Lunch Club teens A group of Year 13 students from Whangaparaoa College has been quietly providing free food for school lunches to a local primary.

The initiative began a year ago with lunches provided for Whangaparaoa School and recently the students extended the same support to Stanmore Bay School.

The Lunch Club is made up of four friends, Heleina Vaha, Lucy Hughes, Piper Widdison and Miruna Pop. Heleina says the scheme began at a Young Women Leadership course at Massey University which all of them attended. They chose providing food to primary schools as their project for the course because they wanted to help their community in an area they say goes under the radar.

“People think the Hibiscus Coast

doesn’t need that sort of service but we know that there are always some that struggle and you really can’t focus on schoolwork if you’re hungry,” Heleina says.

They started by putting together around a dozen lunch packs, but following feedback they now assemble a range of non-perishable food items in a box that the Lunch Club delivers to the school once a month for distribution to students.

They also make sandwiches and bring them, with fresh items like fruit, to the school every week.

It costs the team around $50 each time to put together the items for two schools, and they raise this through their own fundraising, which includes sausage sizzles.

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Lunch Club members, from left, Lucy Hughes, Heleina Vaha and Piper Widdison.

own primary days of students who did not bring lunch.

Lucy remembers a boy who didn’t have lunch and was disruptive in class.

She says the students began sharing their lunches with him and once they did this, his behaviour improved.

Now in their final year of college, the Lunch Club members hope to keep their initiative going once they leave.

“We don’t want to let it go,” Piper says. “It breaks our hearts to imagine them going without.”

The group is in the process of thinking how to keep it going, which may include recruiting some new members.

“It’s not a huge commitment, because we’re all friends so it’s just a regular get together to do the shopping and the fundraisers,” Piper says.

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Student inspires fundraising build From left, Grace Allis and Aidan Corless will need a little more than faith, trust, and pixie dust to fly when they play Wendy and Peter Pan in Centrestage’s upcoming show, so the cast are fundraising for a flying machine.

Centrestage youth fundraise to fly Centrestage Youth Theatre is fundraising for a flying machine for its upcoming show of Peter Pan Junior, which will run from July 13-20.

“You can’t put on a Peter Pan show without flying,” Centrestage vice president and Youth Theatre coordinator Sarah Searle says. “We want to make the experience as authentic as possible to add to the magic of the show.”

Magic comes at a price, however, as renting the flying machine and hiring its technician costs $10,000.

The cast, which includes 50 people aged six to 18-years, has already raised $5000 in just over a month through various fundraisers, including selling chocolate, and sausage sizzles.

The show’s five main cast members will use the machine, which works by harnessing each member to Centrestage’s fly towers. A control panel will enable the actors to fly across the entire stage and in multiple directions.

A mid-air fight scene has been planned, which will be choreographed by New Zealand Stage Combat School owner and Pop-Up Globe fight director Alexander Hollaway.

Alexander has already been rehearsing with the cast creating all of the show’s fight scenes.

“It will be such a special thing for our cast members to fly in the show, they are all really excited about it,” Sarah says.

“This is the first time Centrestage has

ever used a flying machine, so it will also be a great opportunity for our tech team to get new experience, too.”

Sarah says they are running an inhouse competition whereby whoever raises the most money for the machine will also get to fly.

Centrestage’s Youth Theatre puts on two shows per year, one strictly for the younger kids and an all-ages show like this one.

“Our shows for all-ages have a really positive impact on the cast, as the older members become mentors for our younger ones. It creates a real sense of belonging and becomes like a family,” Sarah says. Info and tickets: www.centrestagetheatre.co.nz/

Cure Kids will receive the profit from a four bedroom house built by Landmark Homes North Shore/Rodney, thanks to nine-year old Ōrewa North Primary school student and Cure Kids ambassador, Corin Copeland.

Corin was born with a genetic condition where his arteries close due to a lack of elastin – a condition so rare it has no name and only affects 40 people globally.

Corin has had several surgeries to keep his arteries open and experiences sideeffects including hypertension, and anxiety caused by medication.

Landmark Homes North Shore/Rodney franchisees Debbie and Paul Bret heard Corin’s story through his father, Jon Copeland, who is their project manager.

Construction on the house, which is located in Hobsonville, began in March.

More then 50 suppliers have donated to the project so far. The home will be auctioned during Cure Kids’ fundraising Red Nose month in September.

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The event is hosted by Bricks 4 Kids, a company that runs play-based learning events that focus on STEM subjects: science, technology engineering and mathematics. www.preciouspipis.co.nz After the popularity of Bricks 4 Kidz From left, Jamie Nian and Kingsley NZ’s first holiday programme in Cheng having fun with Lego.

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The barrels were decorated for their own official opening, which Hibiscus & Bays local board members Julia Parfitt, Chris Bettany and Janet Fitzgerald attended.

Whangaparāoa Playcentre gets barrels for the better Two water barrels have been installed at Whangaparāoa Playcentre as a part of a sustainable water education programme run by the Whitebait Connection.

The 220 litre barrels will collect water from the centre’s roof which will be used to water their gardens.

An official opening for the sustainable water system took place on Monday June 17, and marked the end of the Whitebait Connection programme called Ko te Wai He Taonga – Water is our Treasure.

The programme, which was funded by the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board, saw four, one hour-long educational sessions take place over a month, taken

by Whitebait Connection coordinator Sarah Dimitrijevic.

Playcentre member and sustainability officer Mareike von Behren says that the sessions included a mix of reading educational stories, songs and dancing, along with a lot of hands-on activities such as exploring the tiny, vulnerable species living in freshwater streams with magnifying glasses.

After her twins went through the programme, Mareike says she can see that the message got through. “I am proud to hear them discussing how to save water in the bathroom at home now,” she says. “Whilst brushing their teeth I heard my son saying ‘Sarah said turn off the taps’.”

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Whangaparāoa Playcentre is trying to be more environmentally friendly in other areas, too. They banned glitter last year and have recently added a Bokashi system to their existing worm farm and compost bin so they can process all food scraps on site.

“In the Bokashi system we collect processed food and citrus peel, which our worms don’t like,” Mareike says.

“Digging in the contents of the Bokashi bin is enrichening and fertilising our clay soil and enables us to grow a great amount of vegies for our tamariki to do healthy baking and cooking with during our family sessions.

“Our tamariki are involved in every step of this wonderful cycle. They help planting, prepping veggies, and with our composting systems.”

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Stream study illustrates big pollution problem A group of 40 Year 8 students from Wentworth College got out in the field with scientists last month, assisting with studies into water quality and habitat in Stanmore Bay Stream.

The work took place under the guidance of Sarah Dimitrijevic of Whitebait Connection The results are being used in the Hibiscus and Bays inanga/whitebait spawning project which is funded by a grant from the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board.

Global Perspectives teacher Sharon Addis says it was an opportunity for students to have hands-on fieldwork experience and begin to understand how human actions impact on our local environment and the species that live there.

The students also did a beach clean up along Stanmore Bay with a focus on looking closely for microplastics – pieces of plastic less than five millimetres long – which can be harmful to aquatic life. In one hour they filled three icecream containers, which demonstrates the enormity of this environmental problem.

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Health with Dr Peter Hall peter@familydoctors.nz

The skinny on skin “You gotta have skin. All you really need is skin.

Skin’s the thing that if you got it outside, It helps keep your insides in.”

I like this old Allen Sherman song. We really do gotta have skin but we have a strange relationship with it.

On one hand, making it look good is a billion dollar industry. The universal desire to improve our appearance has led to all sorts of products being inflicted on our poor dermis. Victorian ladies whitened their skin with arsenic cream and various other toxins, and some of our modern remedies seem nearly as drastic.

On the other hand, the message that we have to protect our skin from sun damage has taken a long time to filter through. I come from the generation that thought that if you didn’t get burnt twice in a summer it wasn’t a good one.

In fact, I still have memories of people tanning with the aid of coconut oil, a process which seems disturbingly close to being fried. As a patient of mine said, “Whangamata in 1963 has a lot to answer for”.

As a consequence, my skin reminds me daily that I am getting older. Overnight, it seems, I have developed rough spots, wrinkles, freckles and other signs that make me look like my father did. And I still forget to sunblock and moisturise properly.

I should really know better. Old skin is in trouble, basically. It tends to be fragile, slow to heal, itchy and dry.

There is very little we can do to rejuvenate it but it’s worth the effort to protect it from further damage. And by that I mean you should avoid being attacked by dishwasher doors and other sharp immovable objects. While these are good for my business, I would still rather that my elderly patients kept their skin intact.

Maybe we should issue shin guards to everybody over the age of 70?

And there are of course more serious consequences. New Zealand continues to outdo the whole world in skin cancer rates and I can think of a few patients who are maintaining this record all by themselves. But interestingly we have very good cure rates for melanoma compared to other countries. This might be due to the fact that you can now get most skin cancers dealt with through your GP, for free.

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Health precautions vital with village virus outbreak More than 30 cases of suspected norovirus plagued the residents and staff of Evelyn Page retirement village in Orewa last month, confining people to their homes for more than a week.

Noroviruses are highly infectious and cause stomach or intestinal infection, leading to vomiting and diarrhoea.

Ryman Healthcare spokesperson David King says the cases began with two people on June 16. Over the following week, this rose to a total of 34 suspected cases, and by June 25 there were still three people who had the bug.

Mr King says in line with District Health Board requirements, people who are ill were isolated to stop the spread. All communal activities were suspended, such as meals in the dining room, entertainment activities and access to the gardens.

The facility must be clear of the bug for at least 48 hours before such measures can be relaxed.

Mr King says residents have been patient about the restrictions. One of them who contacted Hibiscus Matters, but did not want to be named, said she was not allowed to go into the garden for a walk.

At the time, she had been confined to her residence for almost a week.

Medical Officer of Health, Dr Jay Harrower, says that the Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) worked with Evelyn Page to control the spread of the gastro bug.

“Given the high number of cases,

the affected areas within the facility were temporarily under lockdown and residents not permitted to leave,” Dr Harrower says. “ARPHS advised Evelyn Page that they need only isolate residents who are symptomatic while the outbreak is on-going.”

He says guidelines for the management of this disease also advise not allowing visitors in during an outbreak, as they are likely to get ill and can bring in other diseases, infecting residents who already have a weakened immune system because of gastroenteritis.

However, Mr King says visits can be very important to both families and residents, so Evelyn Page advised families of the situation but did not prevent visits from occurring. “Visitors could come in during the outbreak, but they had to take precautions,” Mr King says.

Dr Harrower says the facility has followed standard public health practice, which is essential as older people are particularly vulnerable to serious illness and death from gastroenteritis.

“ARPHS frequently supports residential care facilities to manage outbreaks of gastroenteritis,” Dr Harrower says.

“Most of these are due to norovirus.

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From left, head and neck cancer survivors Sheila Brown, Mary Pringle and Maureen Jansen.

Head and neck cancers bring Coast women together Having survived cancers of the mouth, three Hibiscus Coast women want to spread the word about the support that’s out there for others who receive a similar diagnosis – and the connection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination.

They do so now, as it’s the second annual World Head and Neck Cancer Day on July 27.

The three friends, Maureen Jansen, Sheila Brown and Mary Pringle, range in age from 45 to 72. All of them had squamous cell carcinomas, which were not HPV positive. There are a lot of shared experiences in their tales of a shock diagnosis, followed by biopsy, scans, operations and treatment including radial free forearm flap surgery, where tissue from the forearm is used to reconstruct the affected part of the mouth.

For all three women, the first sign that something was wrong was a mouth ulcer that did not heal after a couple of weeks. Sheila, 45, is an instrument technician for Watercare. She will always be grateful to a co-worker who suggested she should have this particular ulcer checked by a doctor.

For accountant Mary, who describes herself as “the autoimmune queen”, ulcers were common as a result of celiac disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.

Her GP spotted that this one was different, and a few days later she had the biopsy that resulted in her diagnosis.

All speak highly of the health professionals who helped them along the way, although the multidisciplinary meeting felt a bit strange.

“You have a room full of doctors and specialists in front of you and an image of your mouth on a screen

behind your head,” Mary says. “They ask you questions and then devise a full plan for you – all in the one day.

I got through it by pretending I was interviewing them.”

Seventy-two year old Maureen has been through a range of operations for cancers in her tongue and cheek but has been cancer-free for five years.

Her passion is to help others, including the younger generation – in part through a Facebook support group that she helped to form in 2016.

Currently the group has 461 members from all over the world.

Maureen says a generation ago most cancers in this part of the body were caused by smoking and drinking and mainly affected older men. “In the last couple of decades there have been more HPV related head and neck cancers,” Maureen says. “These are caused by sexual contact, usually oral sex, and affect men more than women.

Eighty percent of the population is exposed to the HPV virus. The immune system normally destroys the virus but for an unfortunate few it hangs around for years, only to cause cancer in early middle age or later.”

Maureen says this is one reason why the HPV vaccination, which was initially provided to girls in relation to cervical cancer, has been offered to boys since 2017.

“HPV related head and neck cancers respond better to treatment than the non-HPV ones but they can be very nasty or even deadly so I urge people to get their pre-teen children vaccinated,” Maureen says. “Another key thing is early detection.”

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KEEPING YOUR TEETH HEALTHY DURING WINTER Aside from rugging up in jumpers and scarves, as winter sets in, you may also notice its impact on your oral health. Take a look at our top tips at dealing with common winter dental problems: Sensitive teeth - Cold winter air can exacerbate tooth sensitivity. If you experience short, sharp jolts while breathing in the cold air, try a desensitising toothpaste. If your teeth seem even more sensitive than usual, it may be time to visit us - tooth sensitivity can be caused by many things, from a cracked or fractured tooth, to enamel erosion.

We’ll be able to tell why your teeth are sensitive and offer you the best treatment.

Sports injuries - Protect your teeth during winter sports by wearing a mouthguard.

Hairline fractures - Fluctuating temperatures, chattering teeth and tight jaws can all cause tiny, hairline fractures on your teeth. If your teeth feel tender when you bite down, contact us before it gets any worse and we’ll be able to help nip the problem in the bud.

Chapped lips - Avoid chapped lips by keeping hydrated and wearing lip balm with an SPF of at least 15 - the sun is surprisingly strong even in winter, as all those who love snow sports know.

Dry mouth - Your mouth may become drier in winter. The lack of bacteria-cleansing saliva can increase your risk of tooth decay and gingivitis, so keep on top of it by drinking lots of water, breathing through your nose and chewing on sugar-free gum. If your dry mouth persists or gets worse, make sure to see your doctor as this can be a side effect of certain medications or medical conditions.

Winter treats - Hot chocolate and spicy foods are a great comfort during the cold months, but try to limit your intake of sugary and acidic treats as they can have unwanted effects on your teeth.

Staying cosy inside is very tempting in winter, but visiting us for regular dental examinations is still important. We’ll be able to diagnose any problems before they get worse and help you with any dental problems year round! Call us on (09) 426 5262 or email us on team@dentalsuite.co.nz if you have any questions or concerns about your teeth.

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Caring for the Coast’s homeless Love Soup Hibiscus Coast has been assisting homeless people almost since the group started, three years ago.

Director Julie King says the problem has grown on the Coast in that time.

Recently it was highlighted when a man began regularly sleeping on a couch outside Whangaparaoa Hall, right at the door of the Love Soup office. Others are seen outside Coast Plaza and Whangaparaoa Library on these cold winter nights.

Recently one of Love Soup’s chiller vans was broken into – Julie says this was an attempt to get food, as they broke into the rear of the van. No food is stored in the vans overnight.

Julie says that people think more about the hardships that homeless people face in winter, but that the issue is there, year round.

“Love Soup volunteers are taking care packages, food, coats and sleeping bags out to the rough sleepers when we hear of them, or they approach us,” she says.

Several come to the Sunday free meals that Love Soup provides, or turn up at the hall.

“Sometimes they have been given things from a foodbank, but have nowhere to cook that food,” Julie says. “This can see them putting food aside and eventually eating out of date items. We give them something that has been prepared here.”

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Three Orewa College students have chosen to help the homeless as part of their Level 2 Social Studies course.

Alice Watkins, Norah Golland and Tanner Matten want to provide homeless people with care packages containing essential items, which they will work with Love Soup to distribute. “Our project aims to ease the struggles that homeless people face daily, and to get the Hibiscus Coast community aware of a cause that is important to us,” Alice says.

They are looking for donations of items they can put in their packages.

Items they need include: new personal hygiene supplies such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, menstrual hygiene products, baby wipes, band aids. Also clean warm socks, beanies, gloves, scarves, blankets, sleeping bags and non-perishable food. Donations can be dropped off at the main office of Orewa College or The Coffee Mill cafe in Millwater.

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From left, The junior Hibiscus Tuakana group pictured with with parent Xtina Manuela, gave an enthusiastic and colourful performance at the Matariki Festival. Charlie Teviotdale ready for a performance with Whangaparaoa School’s senior Kapa Haka group.

Matariki celebrated with cultural show Whangaparaoa School celebrated Matariki with a festival of cultural performances on June 13.

Taking the stage were the school’s senior Kapa Haka group, as well as a group of around 50 Hibiscus Tuakana juniors, and senior Tuakana members from Whangaparaoa College who presented a variety of Pacific Islands’ song and dances.

Hibiscus Tuakana’s Marina Vaha says the group jumped at the opportunity to perform to support Matariki.

The lively and colourful show included poi and was accompanied by ukulele, guitar and Tuakana’s drums.

It was the finale in a week of Matariki celebrations at the primary school, which included a chance to try flax weaving and learn a haka.

Senior members of Hibiscus Tuakana, from Whangaparaoa College presented song and dance from the Pacific Islands accompanied by drums.

A turnout of more than 200 keen volunteers at the planting at Shakespear Regional Park on June 16 means there will be only one further public planting required – on July 14.

At this planting, the day will be enhanced with elements of Matariki, put together by the Future Whangaparaoa Trust, with support from the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board and Shakespear Open Sanctuary Society Inc (SOSSI).

The day begins with a whakatau welcome by representatives of Gulf Harbour School and Te Herenga Waka o Orewa marae.

Following the welcome, park rangers and SOSSI volunteers will coordinate the planting of more than 5000 native seedlings.

Shakespear Regional Park senior ranger, Matt Maitland says this planting will create approximately half a hectare of new habitat within Shakespear Open Sanctuary for the burgeoning wildlife.

Once the planting is complete, at around 1pm, there will be a free sausage sizzle for all helpers and a performance by the Gulf Harbour School’s Kaka Haka group. Free Matariki themed activities will be on offer from 1pm-2.30pm, provided by Te Herenga Waka o Orewa marae, the Hibiscus Coast Astronomical Society, Future Whangaparaoa Trust and Live Lightly.

Helpers are asked to wear sturdy footwear, dress for the weather and bring gloves and narrow spades if possible. Follow signs from the park entrance to reach the planting site.

Sara Mason, Future Whangaparaoa community activator says she hopes the event helps locals to learn more about the significance of Matariki, contribute to the development of Shakespear Regional Park, and build stronger community connections.

Info: www.facebook.com/events/440760110086840/ or email Sara Mason sara@whangaparaoa.info

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For many years she has been an active supporter of Centrestage Theatre. She can be found selling programmes as well as performing other front of house duties.

When the theatre collected newspapers as a fundraiser, she did a trip around Orewa on her scooter to collect papers.

She still does this and the Lions Club picks up the papers from her place.

Once a fortnight Eileen helps with the Elderly Persons Lunch Club and she also sells raffle tickets for Age Concern.

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Mixed reaction to Orewa sculpture options Around a dozen people attended a public drop in session in Orewa on June 18 to see images of the five sculpture options proposed for Moana Reserve, hear from the sculptors and express their views.

The Hibiscus & Bays Local Board put five sculpture designs for the highly prominent beachfront location before the public last month (HM June 5), asking for feedback before making a choice. The sculpture is to replace the low-lying fountain that will be removed because Auckland Council says it has corroded beyond repair and, if rebuilt, would be too costly to maintain in the seaside location. A budget to replace the fountain, of $160,000 has been allocated by the local board.

All the designs put out for feedback are made of stainless steel, include water and lighting and were created by artists John Mulholland of Warkworth and Philipp Ripa of Wainui.

Feedback at the June 18 meeting showed a preference for the Harp design, closely followed by Fleet.

However, several of those who attended the meeting were not in favour of any of the options and felt that more artists should have had the opportunity to put designs forward. A number also suggested that different materials – in particular stone, could be used. Although one of the criteria for the works was to be able to see through them and connect with the sea, some did not want the

Above from left, Robin Davies speaks with artist Philipp Ripa about the sculptures at the Orewa drop in session. Right, Illuminated dioramas of the sculptures were on display.

view towards the sea “spoiled” by a large sculpture with some suggesting placing it on the grassy area would be preferable.

Hibiscus & Bays Local Board chair Julia Parfitt says that if there is strong feedback that none of the designs

are favoured, then the fountain will simply be decommissioned and the space left as it is.

In response to suggestions that it would have been good to include works by a wider range of artists, she says there would have been huge costs associated with opening it up to the art community in general.

Robin Davies, who is on the Hibiscus Coast Community Arts Council, attended the drop in session and is among those would have liked to see more options presented. “I have seen work by other local artists, and in local galleries, that I think would be more suited,” he said. “I think selecting just a couple of artists was a way for the council to fast-track the process but this work will be there for a very long time and deserves to be carefully chosen from as big a range as possible.”

Feedback on social media to the Hibiscus Matters’ June 5 story was that the beachside reserve would be better suited to a community space with the addition of a small water park for kids, or a band rotunda with seating for outdoor performances and visiting food trucks. Mrs Parfitt says with or without a sculpture, this could be considered as a future addition to the reserve.

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Estuary rescue named Rescue of the Month Covering one of its greens is a big investment in the future of Bowls Orewa.

Bowls Orewa goes under cover The end of a three-year project that included a budget blowout and two sets of plans is finally in sight for Bowls Orewa.

The $800,000 scheme will see a roof built over one of the club’s artificial greens, as well as the installation of lights, making the green available for play in all weathers, day and night.

Two giant cranes as well as nine 12 metre containers of Meccano roofing from the Nova Shades factory in Brisbane will move onto the site next week. Work is expected to be complete at the end of this month.

Club president Tony Rickerby has been moving the process forward since he and then president, Peter Clark, came up with the idea three years ago.

Tony says all the work will be worth it, as having an all-weather green is expected to bring more competitions, including televised ones, to the Orewa club. It will also enable people who work during the day to play bowls

after hours and make the club more enticing as a venue for corporate events and training programmes all year round.

Tony says there have been ups and downs along the way, and he must have taken a deep breath when the original drawings had to be changed to accommodate Auckland Council’s ‘wind zone’ requirements.

The original budget of $560,000 eventually increased to $800,000, which Tony says was due to having the plans redrawn and consultancy fees as well as the provision of some very expensive lighting.

“The lighting plan had to be signed off by the NZ Transport Agency in Wellington, as Hibiscus Coast Highway on paper is still a State Highway,” Tony says.

Funding came from grants and sponsorship (including yet-to-berevealed naming rights).

The club has 350 members – including

Club president Tony Rickerby

Petanque players and 230 competitive bowlers.

An official opening of the covered green is planned for September when a bar and table seating and naming rights signs have been added.

A speedy rescue that probably saved the life of Adele Carryer and her 23-year-old son Keegan, and their two dogs (HM April 3) has won the Orewa lifeguards involved the national BP Rescue of the Month for March, which was announced on June 20.

The rescue, on March 24, involved pulling the pair and their dogs out of the water as they were dragged out to sea in the estuary rip tide. The entire rescue took four minutes, from the 111 call to the point when the mother and son were back on the beach.

IRB driver and Orewa Surf Life Saving Club chairman Faron Turner says speed makes all the difference when someone is in trouble in the water. The people on the shore who raised the alarm quickly, and pointed the lifeguards towards the man in the water, also made a big difference.

The award was made to Samantha Gunther, who took the emergency call, scrambled the team, and relayed communications on the radio; Faron Turner and Conan Willis, who crewed the IRB; Martin Burgess, who stayed on duty at the club patrolling between the flags; Stu Handford, who was offduty, but joined the patrol; and Pip Cunninghame and Curtis King, who were also off-duty but drove to the estuary to provide first aid.

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Harriers and Triathlon This image, Abandoned Highway USA, won Paul Donegan Top Digital Image at a recent club night for the set subject, which was ‘abandoned’. It was taken at dusk in the Painted Desert last April near Holbrook, Arizona just off Highway 66. The shot was taken with a wide-angle lens and the judge commended the composition and detail. The sharpness throughout the image, right to the distant horizon, also impressed the judge. It was taken with a Sony A7R3 camera and a 16 to 35mm lens at a slow shutter speed and at f19 and IS0 100.

Hibiscus Coast Harriers and Triathlon Club running group, Red Beach Surf Club, Wednesdays 6pm. Ocean Swimming: 8am Saturdays, Manly Sailing Club, 6pm Tuesdays, Stanmore Bay Boat Club. Info: hibiscuscoasthtc.co.nz

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July 2019 1-14 Landscape acrylic painting exhibition by Suzie Gordon, Whangaparaoa Library foyer.

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By My Side exhibition, Estuary Arts Centre, Western Reserve, Orewa. Focus on the relationship between animals and people.

Evelyn Page men’s shed garage sale, Evelyn Page Retirement Village, 30 Ambassador Glade, Orewa, 9am to 12 noon.

Entry via reception, take lift to level 0 (garage). Hand made wooden toys. Cash only. Proceeds to charity.

Harbour Hospice fundraiser – Dreams, The Fleetwood Mac Experience and Indigo Blue, Orewa Arts & Events Centre, Riverside Road, Orewa, 7.30pm. Tickets from Hospice shops or www.harbourhospice.org.nz/Event

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Matariki celebration, Shakespear Regional Park, from 9am.

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National Council of Women, Hibiscus Coast 20th Birthday mid-winter Christmas, Rotary House, Hibiscus Coast Highway, Silverdale, 5.30pm. Tickets $30 pp/$25 students. Guest Speaker Vanessa Gatman, founder of You Are Charitable Trust. Tickets: email judith@wesley-brown.com or phone 09 421 0410.

20 & 21 Hibiscus Coast Singers present The Bees Knees, Red Beach

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Reiki 2 Training Day, Theosophical Hall, 9 Forest Glen, Orewa,10am-5pm. Info: phone Eileen 021 152 5470

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Pharmacy Talk with Tania Adams

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Sore Throat Service The Hibiscus Coast has been inundated with colds and the flu. It feels like everyone is either off sick or about to be! It’s hit us hard and early this year, that’s for sure. We are seeing lots of symptoms from nasty coughs and runny noses to extremely sore throats. Did you know that 8 out of 10 sore throats in adults are because of a virus that can’t be treated with antibiotics?

Here’s something to ponder... Antibiotics are important medicines that are used to treat serious bacterial infections and when used correctly, they save lives. Unfortunately, they are often taken when they aren’t needed and are frequently being overused to treat simple illnesses including sore throats. In fact, over the last 10 years, antibiotic use in New Zealand has dramatically increased.

In fact overuse of antibiotics is contributing to a rapid rise in antibiotic resistance. This basically means, the more we use antibiotics, the more opportunities we give the bacteria to adapt and fight back against them. If overuse of antibiotics continues, they’ll be less effective in treating diseases in the future when we really need them. We don’t want that of course, but we don’t want a sore throat either!

So to help this problem and to help your sore throat, we have an amazing new service available at Unichem Manly Pharmacy. We can provide you with a quick, free Sore Throat Consultation. This is great news if you aren’t sure if your sore throat is bacterial or viral and whether or not you need to visit the Doctor for antibiotics. Now you can actually find out!

The free, 10-minute Sore Throat Consultation will involve the following: • An initial assessment to see if you have signs of a viral infection. This will include a thorough look at the back of your throat for any signs of inflammation or obvious white marks.

• A questionnaire relating to your symptoms.

• A simple and pain-free swab test on the back of the throat if we suspect you may have a bacterial infection and require antibiotics.

After 5 minutes, the swab test will reveal whether you are suffering with a viral or bacterial infection. Please note: not all bacterial strains can be identified.

• Our pharmacist will then refer you on to your GP for further treatment if the swab test results indicate a bacterial infection.

• If the test result is negative and you don’t require antibiotics, our Pharmacist will recommend some alternative treatment options.

If your sore throat gets worse or symptoms don’t alleviate after 3 days, then you should see your GP. Come in and see your friendly local pharmacist at Unichem Manly Pharmacy.

53B Rawhiti Road, Manly Village Whangaparaoa Ph (09) 424 7708 Fax (09) 424 7427 www.unichemmanly.co.nz

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Victory over the Manukau Magpies was sweet for the Raiders top team, leading to promotion to the Fox Memorial Championship.

Raiders premiers win promotion to top eight Hibiscus Coast Raiders’ Premier rugby league team had more than just a 10-point victory over the Manukau Magpies to celebrate after their hard fought game at their Stanmore Bay grounds on Saturday, June 22.

It was a must-win game for Raiders, ensuring promotion to contest the Fox Memorial Championship. They won the game 32-22.

Although Raiders’ Reserves lost the same day to Manukau, they will follow the Premier team, and play in the Fox Memorial Championship Prem 1 competition.

Coach Bluey McLennan says the Premiers have been plagued by injuries in recent weeks. A handful of Reserves stepped up to fill the gaps – some had only played one or two games in the top side.

“We don’t have a big squad for both teams so it’s actually been quite remarkable how the team has performed,” Bluey says. “It’s all progressing quicker than we all imagined – so we’ll just keep riding the momentum while we can.”

The Fox Memorial Championship is contested between eight teams. It runs from June 29-August 10, with semifinals on August 17 and 24 and the

Three Manukau players attempt stop the Raiders’ Nehumi Teu in his tracks.

Photo, Roger Reid