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Stunning Catwalk Arts page 23 Marine life in reserves is facing a decline in numbers due to fishing in the vicinity and ocean waste, such as this ‘ghost net’ discovered near Tawharanui Marine Reserve.

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Crayfish crisis worries marine scientists Auckland University scientists are calling for an expansion of the Cape Rodney-Okakari Point (Goat Island) Marine Reserve to stop crayfish numbers dwindling to an all-time low. The university operates the Leigh Marine Laboratory, and the reserve was originally set up for scientific research purposes in 1975. It is administered

by the Department of Conservation. Laboratory senior lecturer Dr Nick Shears says the first research into crayfish numbers, when the reserve opened, showed there were 10 per 500 square metres. As the 518ha reserve became more effective that figure grew to around 40, but due to more intensive fishing on the

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reserve border, numbers have dropped back to just 10 – wiping out more than 40 years of conservation efforts. “The reserve boundary extends 800 metres offshore, but the sand flats where the crayfish feed are beyond this,” Dr Shears says. “The reserve needs to constantly protect its marine life, which isn’t

happening, and this means we could soon have less crayfish than when the reserve first opened.” Relevant agencies are aware of the issue and a Sea Change Plan, designed to enhance the Hauraki Gulf, proposes to extend the boundary a further 2.2km to 3km. continued page 2

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Call to expand reserve to halt crayfish crisis However, no time frames have been set for when the proposal might come into effect. In August, the university approached the Auckland Conservation Board with its concerns. Board chair Lyn Mayes shares the university’s concern. “The board supports the call by researchers to extend the boundary of the reserve to a minimum of 3km offshore.” But she says the board can’t comment on any action it may have taken to try and get the boundary extended. Rodney MP Mark Mitchell says he will be right behind any proposal to expand the reserve. “I’m a huge fan of marine reserves and I can’t see any downsides to expanding the one at Goat Island,” Mr Mitchell says. “It serves our researchers, is a good learning facility and a great tourist attraction.” Leigh resident and honorary Department of Conservation ranger Tony Enderby says he supports a boundary expansion, but has concerns about opposition. “It’s a great idea, but I have doubts it will happen because a lot of fishermen are opposed to the idea,” he says. Minister for Conservation Eugenie Sage says she can’t comment on the specific proposal to expand the reserve, but says government agencies are working out the best way to progress the Sea Change Plan proposals. Meanwhile, marine life in local reserves is having to face the additional

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“The nets are often made of nylon so can easily last 30 years in the water.” The pair regularly do clean-ups around the coastline and find a lot of rubbish. “We pick up everything from tyres to fridges, bikes, crayfish pots and, most commonly, plastic waste.” Goat Island sees around 350,000 visitors each summer and Stone says beachgoers and anglers all need to be mindful of rubbish and the damage it does.

challenge of sea pollution. Earlier this month, Goat Island Dive and Snorkel owners Stone and Tine Meharry-Roland found a set net drifting near the Tawharanui reserve full of dead fish. “People set these nets and then don’t monitor them closely. They drift off and catch all sorts of marine life that gets in their way,” Mr MeharryRoland says.

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Dump proposal faces zoning hurdle Waste Management could face “some difficulty” in obtaining permission to develop a landfill in the Dome Valley, which is zoned as rural production land in the Auckland Unitary Plan, according to Auckland Council. Landfill is a non-complying activity in rural areas so the onus will fall on the company to prove that it would not adversely compromise the purpose of rural production land – that is, to provide for the use and development of land for rural production activities and rural industries and services, while maintaining rural character and amenity values. However, a new landfill would not necessarily require a zoning change for the 1000ha of farm and forestry land being purchased by Waste Management, a Council spokesman said. “For instance, the Redvale landfill operates in the mixed rural zone with an approved resource consent,” he said. “However, as a non-complying activity there will be some difficulty in obtaining approval, as the application will need to demonstrate that either the effects are not adverse or that it is not contrary to the objectives and policies of the Rural Production Zone.” Those objectives include maintaining the productive capability of land and protecting it from inappropriate use and development. Waste Management has said that it will maintain ongoing pasture grazing on the Springhill block and plant replacement pine forest there. Meanwhile, the commercial forestry land will continue to operate, managed by Rayonier Matariki Forests, which is selling the 657ha block of Mahurangi Forest to the waste company. Concerns over potential discharge and pollution of waterways leading into the Hoteo River, which flows into Kaipara Harbour, from the landfill have been voiced by several organisations. Integrated Kaipara Harbour Management Group (IKHMG) programme manager Willie Wright said he was still trying to find out more about the plans and how they might

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impact on the harbour catchment. “Of course, the IKHMG position is about the health of the Harbour, its tributaries, watercourses and, of course, the whenua,” he said. “Seepage and leaching is of interest as well, including waste, toxins, plastics, and so on.” Forest & Bird’s Auckland and Northland manager, Nick Beveridge, voiced similar concerns. “I’ve had a look at the Unitary Plan maps and the main issue that I can see is the potential for leaching of heavy metals and toxins into a nearby stream catchment,” he said. Waste Management managing director Tom Nickels said leachate from the waste would be collected and managed appropriately, and the company was working to design treatment facilities that would not adversely affect water quality. “At this stage we have engaged experts who will complete the analysis and modelling required to design appropriate water treatment facilities and stormwater treatment processes for the proposed landfill,” he said. “This work includes engineering solutions to ensure any stormwater that is discharged into the Hoteo

River or its tributaries does not impact water quality. The draft design directly separates stormwater from the waste with the stormwater flowing into a series of ponds to ensure water quality before passing downstream.” But Nick Beveridge was also concerned about the impact of the proposal on the land itself. “Looking at the aerial photo on the Auckland Council maps, there does seem to be a good cover of vegetation. Some of this is forestry, but it could have a good native under-storey, and the rest looks as if it might be scrub/ regenerating bush,” he said. “I would like to know if an environmental impact assessment was carried out before the Overseas Investment Office gave approval for Waste Management to buy the land and, if not, why not? If there was one produced, then we need to get a copy in order to see what the biodiversity and ecological values are.” Waste Management had not responded to a question about whether there had been an environmental impact assessment carried out as Mahurangi Matters went to press.

Residents rally to fight the dump Local residents are vowing to fight Waste Management for years if necessary to prevent the proposed landfill from being sited in the Dome Valley. A Facebook group with more than 660 members, Fight the Tip, Save the Dome, is rallying opponents to band together and block Waste Management, starting with a public meeting at Wellsford Community Centre tonight (Wednesday, October 17). Group founder and Wilson Road resident Dave Sawyer says the community will fight 100 per cent. “There are many people who do not want this for many reasons,” he says. “We want people to get on board with the fight against Waste Management. This is a meeting to stop the landfill. Waste Management is destroying our forest. “We will go through what we have found up till now and will be welcoming comments and ideas. We also want more people to come on board to make sure this doesn’t happen.” The meeting is timed to start at 7pm – the same time that Waste Management’s first open day at Springhill is scheduled to finish. “They’ve done their open day when people are picking up kids from school, getting home from work and so on, when people are busy,” he says. “We’ve done ours afterwards, so we’ll see who comes out. People who don’t have much time will make a choice. “At the end of the day what we’re doing is not a debate about whether a landfill is a good idea or a bad idea, it’s only to fight them. Read the title – Fight the tip, Save the Dome.”

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Brilliant buses I commend Auckland Transport for our new bus service linking the Warkworth region to Auckland. It’s a pleasure to ride the new buses and see people of all ages enjoying this new option for mobility. For those who haven’t used the service, I encourage you to give it a go. Leave the car behind and help reduce traffic congestion. No worries about car parking and you can leave the stress of negotiating Hill Street to your friendly driver. The bus service means our household can now sell off a vehicle, joining the trend of declining vehicle ownership, which has seen the number of cars in Auckland fall by 4,000 in the last 12 months. By providing transport options in addition to the car, Auckland Transport is addressing traffic congestion in the most efficient, effective and equitable manner. Bevan Woodward, Warkworth

Two right Perhaps some perspective is worthwhile when one considers the cost of four lanes versus two for the Matakana link road (MM September 19). This section of road runs a mere 1.4km before its intended connection to the two-lane Matakana Road. This will take about one minute to travel at 80km/h. So is it worth $27 million to move four

lanes of traffic 1.4km further along the road, only to have them converge into two lanes at Matakana Road? Chris Murphy and Dave Parker (MM October 3) think only in terms of cars, roads and growth. But growth should include growth in options to walk, cycle and use public transport. When these options are provided, they get used. When they are used there are less vehicles on the roads. We have to start somewhere and repurposing $27 million seems like a really good place to start.

September 19) has done a great job of holding Council feet to the fire. He deserves our wholehearted support. Larry Mitchell, Puhoi

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Rural rebels Do I sniff a rebellion arising? Rural ratepayers in Rodney are deeply aggrieved by a decision of our Council to defer spending on sealing our metalled rural roads. This despite assurances to the contrary and following the imposition of a raft of additional road-related charges, increases in the petrol tax and of general rates. A sum of $120 million was earmarked for rural road sealing over 10 years. This is Council spin, for it turns out that this financial year, a paltry $1.2 million is being appropriated for sealing, the balance being pushed forward into the nevernever with no assurances that later Councils will decide otherwise. Glen Ashton of Ahuroa (MM

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Viewpoint Beth Houlbrooke, Rodney Local Board beth.houlbrooke@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Seeking solutions There’s a saying that politics is finding a room full of angry people and agreeing with them, and certainly some politicians make an art of it. The trouble with that as a long-term political strategy is there’s no incentive to find a solution. I certainly found my roomful of angry people recently when the impending transfer station closures were announced. Working quickly to get to the source of the decision, ask pertinent questions around consultation, communication, and realistic alternative options, we were able to obtain a stay of execution while the community’s needs for dealing with waste locally are explored and a longer term solution is found. That roomful of angry people soon dissipated, but popped up again, ironically, when news of a private waste management company exploring options for a landfill site hit social media. At the time of writing, Auckland Council has not received a resource consent application for a landfill. The Rodney Local Board may be asked to make comment on the application, so until we’ve seen it, it would be inappropriate of me to start debating its merits or otherwise. But it raises a question – just where do people think their rubbish should go? Meanwhile, I am focused on finding solutions rather than painting our residents as perpetual victims of the Supercity. The Supercity may not be perfect, but there are ways through the mire and some benefits – such as long-awaited local bus services. What will public transport mean for Warkworth and Wellsford? There are opportunities for businesses to promote midweek and midwinter visitation from the city. We could become the Waiheke of the north for SuperGold Card holders. Our children will be able to travel affordably to university in Albany, North Shore or the city, without having to leave home and take up expensive accommodation. They’ll be able to travel safely to and from malls and entertainment in the south, or up to Wellsford to use the new skate park. All this will be a godsend for parents pressed into providing a taxi service or those who worry about their children breaching the terms of their restricted licences. Retirees will be able to go to matinee concerts, shows and exhibitions in the city. Bus passengers save on fuel and parking costs, which as we know are both on the rise. Concerned about competition with the excellent locally-run private bus service? Remember, this is a completely different offering – an express service using luxury coaches, with private charter and special event transport options. Let’s enjoy the advantages of being close to the city, yet far enough away to feel we’re almost on holiday, every day. We can have the best of both worlds.

AT bosses summoned to explain link road lane cut Auckland Transport (AT) chiefs have agreed to visit Warkworth to explain to local businesses, Board members and lobby groups the reasoning behind their decision to reduce the Matakana link road from four lanes to two. Councillor Greg Sayers met with AT executive officer Shane Ellison last month in a bid to find out why the original $85 million funding for the link road was suddenly cut by $27 million and the project scaled down. Speaking at a recent Matakana Community Group meeting, Cr Sayers said he still hadn’t received a straight answer justifying why that had happened and he stressed to Mr Ellison that it was vital he and other officers came to the region to discuss the issue with the local community

and stakeholders. “I asked him for the data behind this decision and to come up and take questions,” Cr Sayers said. “He’s said he’s prepared to front and share that information. “The crux of the matter is that nobody, including myself and Local Board members are convinced that this is a wise decision, and I’d be very surprised if any new data would convince us, but I said we’ll come with an open mind.” One Warkworth Business Association has also been lobbying AT for an explanation due to serious misgivings over the link road, and it was due to hold its own special meeting to discuss the matter with interested parties as Mahurangi Matters went to press (see ad p10).

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Planning for Warkworth’s future growth and development is still proceeding at pace. The Warkworth Structure Plan team are working to create a draft land use and infrastructure plan for the future expansion areas of Warkworth and your input will still be required. We’re integrating the work Auckland Transport and the NZ Transport Agency are doing to identify the future transport network. That work is still being completed. This means our public consultation on the structure plan will now be in early 2019. In the meantime, you can catch up with us at the Rodney Local Board stall at the Kowhai Festival Huge Day Out (Saturday 27 October) where we’ll be happy to bring you up to date and answer any questions on the project. You can also email us at warkworthstructureplan@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz If you want to review what we’ve done so far you can visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay where you’ll find a summary of earlier engagement, the outputs of the August Community Workshops and key topic papers. warkworthstructureplan@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay

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Petty crimes tarnish positive trends

Peter Thomas with present and former students at a school farewell function.

Falling roll forces Living Way to close Living Way Christian School, based in Wellsford, will close its doors for the final time at the end of this year. Principal Peter Thomas says the board has decided to close the school in response to a falling roll and difficulty in recruiting teachers. The school opened 26 years ago and, at its peak, had a roll of 45. However, enrolments declined steeply following an economic downturn about 15 years ago and never fully recovered. Last year, the school had 20 students, but this year has only 14. The school took students of all ages from Year 1 through to Year 13. Mr Thomas says school fees at Living Way are cheap by private school standards, but are still a struggle for families on medium to low incomes. He adds that Christian families currently don’t have the same enthusiasm for Christian schooling that they had about 20 years ago and many others were

choosing to home school their children instead. Still others tended to pull secondary students out of Living Way to attend state schools so that they could complete NZCEA qualifications. “As far as I know, we had a good reputation in the community so I don’t think we were doing anything particularly wrong. But as a small school there are things we can’t offer,” Mr Thomas says. Mr Thomas says he still feels there is an important role for Christian schools, saying the neglect of Christian values has had dire consequences for society. “There are a lot of issues in our world today that I think you can attribute to people reinventing the moral fabric of our society and abandoning the more traditional values that Christianity brought into our culture,” he says. The school is located in a commercial building in Station Road owned by a Christian charitable trust. Mr Thomas says it will be up to the trust as to what happens to the building next year.

A spate of unexplained robberies in the Warkworth township are going against the trend of a reduced crime rate in the area. On September 29, four commercial premises in town including Franklins Pharmacy and Warkworth Dental were all broken into between around 10pm and 1am. Warkworth Police sergeant Mark Stallworthy says while the offenders took nothing, it’s disheartening to have events like this recurring in the area. “It’s really frustrating for us when the crime rate is dropping, but these low-level offences are still bubbling away below the surface,” Mr Stallworthy says. “It appears that these were perhaps young people looking for something to do, because they left empty-handed, but the rise in this sort of activity is unexplained at this stage.” Earlier last month, Stihl Shop and Noel Leeming had a large amount of stock stolen, which police recovered. Prior to that, BNZ Warkworth was robbed for cash. “We’re working hard to get good CCTV coverage of the town and surrounding areas, and we have some leads for the latest incident. “If anyone has any further information that might be of use, they should drop into the station or call us.” Meanwhile, Sergeant Stallworthy is pleased to see a general trend showing crime on the decrease. The area has faced 63 recorded incidents from January to August, down from 71 for the same period last year. Crime rates are now down to 2015 levels, after an increase over the last two years. Since 2015, more than 90 per cent of crimes were in relation to burglaries and thefts.

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Front row, from left, Adrian Hayward, Alex Hayward and Rodney Local Board chair Beth Houlbrooke, along with other well-wishers.

Coordinators vow to spice up Town Hall promotion Community leaders and Auckland Council staff welcomed new Warkworth Town Hall facility coordinators Adrian and Alex Hayward with morning tea at the hall on October 1. The newly created co-ordinators job is to promote public use of the facility. Adrian told the gathering that as the world became more digitally orientated, it was important that the Town Hall be seen more on digital media. To help achieve this, the Haywards have created a new website (warkworthtownhall.nz) and are promising to spice up the town hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page, which will be used to publicise events. Future plans include a photographic

competition on the theme of Changing Warkworth, where entrants will be invited to upload images to the website and Facebook page. Another competition will see primary schools invited to submit photo collages on the same theme. Sometime in mid-December, the Haywards are planning a Christmas gift market at the hall, encouraging shoppers to buy gifts from local stallholders rather than travel to Albany. Adrian said builders had done a great job renovating the hall, but now they had left, it was important people started to come in and make use of it. Contact Adrian on 027 527 8859 or Alex 027 527 8869

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Board gets green light for suspension bridge in Warkworth The Rodney Local Board has secured funding and permission for the construction of 70-metre long suspension bridge to link Kowhai Park to Warkworth Showgrounds. The bridge will traverse a steep gully and be designed for pedestrians and cyclists. Board chair Beth Houlbrooke says the suspension bridge is part of the Rodney Local Board “big picture” planning for the area, designed to enhance possibilities for walking and cycling and other forms of active and passive recreation. “The whole piece of land from the Showgrounds back to Kowhai Park, which is all Council owned, needs to be combined in such a way that it makes a really nice community asset,” she says. “People will be able to wander all the way through there on a beautiful suspension bridge overlooking native bush.” The suspension bridge will also allow people to walk from the former Atlas Concrete site, off State Highway 1, through to Warkworth town centre, via Kowhai Park. The Atlas site has been earmarked by the Board for development as a Park and Ride facility. In addition, the bridge will connect with Heritage Lane, via a concrete path. The push for a suspension bridge follows Board moves to develop Warkworth Showgrounds in partnership with the Mahurangi Sport and Recreation Collective and the enhancement of Kowhai Park, through development of its tracks, beautifying its entrance and installing new toilets. The Board considered a track through the gully instead of a bridge, but Ms Houlbrooke says the track option, although cheaper, would have made it trickier to secure a resource consent and would have involved the use of steep flights of steps, making it less attractive to users.

A Council photograph showing a similar bridge, illustrating how the new bridge might look.

Map showing the bridge connecting Heritage Lane with Warkworth Showgrounds.

She adds that ongoing maintenance costs for a track would have been higher. The suspension bridge got the green light following the consent of landowners, the approval of the QE II National Trust and the securing of cash from Council development contributions. Development contributions, sometimes known as

Growth Funds, are fees paid by developers when applying for a resource consent. They are used to fund community infrastructure. The public will have the opportunity to give feedback on the bridge sometime over summer. It is scheduled for construction in the 2019/2020 financial year.

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Students charge into nationals with top-rated vehicles throttle for the regionals, which is an extremely exciting prospect for the nationals.” Team Rewop had a strong showing in the 350 Watt division, winning the carts gymkhana and coming second in the carts drag race and carts street circuit. The team of Theo Neumann, Marty Johnston and Matthew Georgetti based their bike on a trike design and constructed it out of carbon fibre. Red Team, made up of Solomon Waterhouse and Jack Marshall-Young, finished a close second in the bike drag race, just 2km/h shy of the speed of the first place-getter. Students began designing their vehicles in February and found sponsorship from more than 25 local businesses. Vehicles were constructed from May to September.

Team Horsepower produced a bike out of aluminium with a flexi-ply hood that took out four categories at the EVolocity Auckland Regional Finals.

Chair returns to Snells Beach residents group Former chair of the Snells Beach Residents and Ratepayers Association Mark Dinniss has returned to the role after taking a break. The Snells resident of four years became chair of the group in 2016, but stepped back the following year for personal reasons. Maurie Hooper took up the role in the interim. Mark says Maurie has done a great job in his absence, and he is keen to get to work on a couple of key projects now he’s back. “I’m already working with police and admin@landscapesupplies.net.nz

Mahurangi College students have surged ahead in the race to develop great electric vehicles, after dominating at the EVolocity Auckland Regional Finals last month. The school had four teams compete at Mount Wellington Kartsport Track on September 30, with two in the 350 Watt division and two in the one kilowatt division. The students will now travel to Christchurch on November 24 to compete at the EVolocity National Finals, where the top schools will race their electric vehicles and be judged on criteria such as stopping distance, speed and economy. Teacher Paul Lenihan, who has been working with the students on their projects, says Team Horsepower had an outstanding entry. “They competed with an excellent one kilowatt bike that was well tuned and raced superbly,” Paul says. The bike, developed by Callum Harnish, Jerome Cunningham and Laurens Bubbert, won all four racing events, which were open drag, open street, open gymkhana and open economy run. Also in the one kilowatt class was team Passing Gas made up of Jordan Heron, Jackson Crawford, Daniel Foote and Scott Monteith. “They were the overall show winner and won the innovation prize. Their design raised the benchmark in this competition. “The vehicle was not running at full

Insite Security to try to get a camera set up at the entrance to Snells Beach so we can help protect the whole of the Mahurangi East community,” Mark says. “I’m also keen to collaborate with other local groups on bigger issues and get more young people involved with the association. There are a lot more families coming into the area.” The association has around 130 members and is open to new people joining. Info: Ian treasurersbrr@gmail.com

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After successfully looking after North Shore swimming pools for the last 15 years, Poolside North Shore has decided to expand further north, covering everywhere from the Whangaparaoa Peninsula in the South to Waipu in the north. The move came after service technician Pete Jonas decided he wanted to leave Auckland traffic behind and enjoy a more relaxed setting by settling in Mangawhai. So, Poolside North Shore offered to set Pete up as their northern agent. Poolside North Shore is the approved service agent for leading pool suppliers like Hayward, Waterco, Filtermaster and Zodiac, and Pete handles all aspects of swimming pool servicing, cleaning and water testing. A typical day might see him repairing leaky pumps, faulty chlorinators and malfunctioning filters, and ensuring pool water is clear and its chemical balance is just right. Pete says in a correctly balanced pool the water is clear and feels good on your skin. On the other hand, if the pH is out of balance, it stings the eyes and causes the skin to itch, especially for young children. “It’s worth having a professional do it or getting some assistance to learn about it,” Pete says. Pete also recommends having a pool

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passionate about animal welfare, and we want to support the local rescues.” The shop is open seven days a week and stocks a wide variety of premium pet foods – including natural and raw – plus medicines, supplements, shampoos, treats, toys, kennels, leads, collars, crates, cages, aquariums and every type of accessory. Lisa says even if they don’t have something in stock, they can order in, and can also arrange laybys for Christmas on big ticket items, such as large aquariums. “We’re just so excited to be following a long awaited dream of ours and hope to add lots of exciting additions to our store along the way,” she says.

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The Maki 101 contains an engine built by high performance specialists Cosworth and was raced by NZ driver Howden Ganley.

Mortimer restores NZ racing legacy with Formula One car Point Wells resident Warwick Mortimer is fast bringing New Zealand’s motor sporting history back to life with the recent restoration of a Formula One car. Last month, the 1970s-era vehicle had the final touches put to it, with a full engine and gearbox restoration completed and a quick ‘driveway run’, before it departed for Dubai and then England. Mortimer is no newcomer to this process, having pieced together cars such as a 1969 Formula 5000 racer and a McLaren Can Am. This latest project in his Matakana workshop, a

1974 Maki 101, has close ties with the NZ motoring community after being raced by Howden Ganley in the 70s and then at Goodwood in 2014. “I purchased the car from Japan in 2016 because of its connection with Howden,” Warwick says. “Since then, I’ve had five guys working on it at different times to get it to its current condition.” The car is powered by a rare three litre Ford DFV Cosworth engine, worth around $200,000, and capable of over 300km/h. Warwick says the car is a great example of why New

Zealand is one of the best countries at restoring vehicles and he hopes it will attract more projects to his workshop. “I originally had plans to race it over in Monaco and show it off as an example to Europe, but unfortunately this didn’t happen. “It’s a very collectable vehicle, though, so it wasn’t a difficult one to sell on instead.” He hopes to restore more F1 cars in future, but for now will get back to completing his March 84G Mazda, which he started work on in 2015.

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Warkworth firefighters attend an exploding milk tanker on Woodcocks Road in 1994.

Warkworth brigade celebrates 75 years The Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade celebrates its 75th Jubilee this year. Mahurangi Matters reflects on its colourful past. Chief fire officer Ian Davies says it’s a fantastic feeling for the Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade to have reached its 75th birthday. And although the demands are greater than ever, he feels the current brigade is in excellent shape to meet the challenges. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, the brigade would typically attend to less than a dozen calls a year. These days, the brigade attends around 300 calls,

dealing with fires, motor vehicle accidents and medical emergencies. Ian says to handle all these calls the brigade now has vastly superior equipment and volunteers undergo far more intensive training. This means that today’s volunteers must be far more dedicated than their counterparts decades ago. But Ian says along with the challenges, there are also enormous rewards. “Being able to give back to your community – that’s the biggest one. But there’s also comradeship and the chance to make new friends. The brigade really is one big family,” he says.

A roof extension to the fire station in the 1970s.

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Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade highlights 1931 A fire, which destroys much of the Warkworth central business district, spurs interest in forming a local fire brigade. 1941 Bernad Francis Morris, former superintendent of the Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade, arrives in Warkworth. Mr Morris reports to the Town Board on the firefighting equipment at hand, chiefly an old hose reel found in an iron shed at Shoesmith Domain. He is later asked to proceed with the formation and training of a Fire Brigade under the control of the Warkworth Town Board. 1944 The iron shed is moved opposite the Methodist Church in Church Hill to serve as the first fire station. The first general meeting of the Warkworth Fire Brigade is held. 1945 The Town Board purchases an engine from the North Shore Fire Board – a 1914 Dennis. It is later replaced by a 1946 Ford V8 and a 1935 Chev.

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1946 A siren is mounted on the fire station to summon firefighters. It is activated by the Post Office. The first firefighter to reach the station uses a direct line to call the Post Office and find out where the call originates. 1956 The current fire station is constructed next door to the iron shed. 1960 Shortage of funds means firefighters receive no boot allowance. 1979 The brigade acquires a new Commer fire engine. 1992 All members of the Brigade are issued with pagers to alert them in case of an alarm. 1995 The first female firefighter joins the brigade. 1996 The Commer, which served as a rescue tender, is replaced with a 1982 V8 International. Soon afterward it is replaced with a 1990 Dennis. 2001 The fire station is renovated.

2007 The station acquires its first Iveco 931 appliance with a separate diesel engine to drive the pump.

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2009 The station’s Dennis fire engine is replaced with an Iveco 937 that can carry 2000 litres of water. 2014 The Iveco 937 is replaced with a new Iveco Type 2 – the station’s current rescue tender.

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Former fire chief recalls more than 50 years of service When Fraser Perkins joined the Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1964, its aging 1930s-era fire trucks – a Chev and a Ford left a lot to be desired. The 1937 Ford V8 proved especially troublesome and would have to be pushed out of the fire station doors on Church Hill and coasted down Neville Street, while vigorous attempts were made to jump start it. On one infamous occasion, the truck hit Queen Street and still had not burst into life. Firefighters had to abandon it and make alternative arrangements to get to the scene of a fire. Fraser says naturally the station’s modern engines are light years ahead. Usually there is no need to disconnect a battery charger before deploying them. Now 79, Fraser is one of three current members of the brigade who have served it for more than 50 years. He continued as an active firefighter until well into his seventies and today remains a non-operational brigade member. In many ways, joining the Warkworth Brigade was a natural choice for Fraser. His father, Harold, was a founding member. “It was something for us young fellas to do in those days,” he says. “I can’t remember if my father encouraged me to join. I suppose he did,” he says. One of Fraser’s most memorable fires was a major blaze at Rodney Motors on Mill Lane in 1970. Fraser and another firefighter used a ladder to get on the roof to hose water into the blazing inferno below. “It felt fairly firm on the roof but we got dragged off because the chief at the time was worried that with all the damage inside, the roof would collapse,” Fraser says. Luckily the men complied, because moments later

Fraser Perkins with his Three Years’ Service certificate presented in 1967.

the roof did indeed collapse. Fraser was made Warkworth Fire Chief in 1993 and served in that role until 1999. He says during this time relations between professional and volunteer firefighters improved. He says previously, many professionals regarded volunteers as merely “playing” at fighting fires and it was often difficult for volunteer brigades to secure equipment. For many years, Warkworth volunteers had to do their own fundraising to secure jacks and cutting gear to release passengers trapped in cars. But in the early 90s, the most senior Auckland fire chief saw things differently and organised monthly meetings between professional and volunteer chiefs. After one meeting, Fraser expressed a desperate need

for absorbent to mop up oil and petrol spills after accidents. “The chief said, ‘Where’s your car?’. I said right outside the station. He said, ‘Just back it into Number 3 Bay and load your boot up with as much absorbent as you like’.” Fraser says he has witnessed some distressing sights – especially traffic accidents involving children – but the camaraderie that exists among firefighters has kept him going. He still turns up to Tuesday meetings, serving as a source of wisdom and advice for younger firefighters. “The Warkworth Brigade is like a second home to me,” he says.

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Older Warkworth residents might recognise a familiar old motor when it turns up for the Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade 75th Jubilee Display Day. Among the exhibits will be a 1935 Chevrolet, one of the first fire engines acquired by the Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade. The vehicle was originally just a flat top truck owned by the Farmers Trading Company. But during WWII was commandeered by the Air Force and turned into a fire engine. After the war, it became Helensville’s first fire truck before being sent to Warkworth. After ending its service in Warkworth, “Flick”, as the engine became known, was acquired by a collector, who parked it in a shed in Albany, where it lay forgotten for decades. When the shed had to be pulled down, Flick was offered to the North Shore

Vintage Car Club. About six years ago, Flick went into the club’s workshop merely to have a head gasket replaced and a bit of a “cut and polish”. But club committee member Peter Lloyd says everybody got a bit carried away. By the time the engine emerged from the workshop, it looked brand new, with all its parts in working order. The engine is now pressed into regular service for fire service funerals and Santa parades. “The guys are proud of it. It looks the part and it’s got a siren you can play with,” Peter says. Around 20 vehicles from various local brigades will take part in the 75th Jubilee Display Day, featuring fire engines from the past and present. The event will be held on Wharf Street, Warkworth, on Saturday, October 20, from 9am to 1pm.

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A community methamphetamine education evening is being held in Kaiwaka on Thursday, October 18. The event will be held at Kate’s Place at 1960 State Highway 1 and will address a number of issues surrounding the drug, including what meth actually is, the usage cycle, signs that someone is using it and how to respond, what family and friends can do, and what help there is available. The evening is being organised by Te Ara Oranga, a joint initiative between the Northland District Health Board and NZ Police, and it will run from 6pm to 8pm. A spokesman said the event was for the whole community to access information, education and support, from meth users themselves to parents, employers or anyone interested in finding out more about the drug and what it does. All welcome, and supper will be served – RSVP for catering, 09 431 2661.

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SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER WARKWORTH MUSEUM OPEN DAY

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10am to 2pm. Entry to the Museum is free all day.

Extra shows and activities such as: Children’s Crafts such as paint a fence pailing, paint a pet rock and make a flying saucer • Polish a piece of Kauri Gum • Old fashioned party games • Children’s scavenger hunt • Vintage Machinery will be running • Jowan our blacksmith will be displaying his skills • A chance to peak behind the scenes of Textiles and Archives.

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JANE GIFFORD RIVER CRUISE followed by HERITAGE WALK of WARKWORTH TOWNSHIP. Cruise departs at 10.30 am

Check in time 10.15 am at the Warkworth Wharf. One hour Heritage Excursion aboard the ‘Jane Gifford’ on the historic Mahurangi River. $20 per person (includes walk)

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Music, Food, Vitality Village, Stalls, Dog Show, Kids Entertainment FROM 9am AT Buses 995, 996, 997 pickup drop off point changes for the day: It will be outside the Plunket Rooms at the bottom of Mill Lane.

FREE disabled Parking at Buckton Surveyors on Mill Lane

Extra Parking at the Mahurangi College, with a shuttle Bus stopping at the bottom of Mill Lane by Gold Coin Donation

MUSIC, FOOD & WINE ALL DAY DOG SHOW

Come and chill out next to the stage at the Kowhai Festival Garden Bar! The folks from exciting new local cider company Bohemian Cider will be hosting the area and aim to wow you with their intriguing local libations. Te Rata wines will be back with their delicious local wines. There’s also a selection of craft Beers plus a special one off Kowhai Festival Citrus Cider infused with local Limes. Bohemian cider will be pouring a range of organic ciders, plus a selection of fresh handcrafted sodas on tap.

Baxter Street near the Skateboard Ramp

Presented by The Warkworth and Districts Dog Training Club. Demonstrations 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am of approx 20mins duration featuring agility, flygility, tunnel running and weaving. Scent demonstrations and obedience may also feature dependent on dogs available on the day. Afterwards there will be short competitions for children under 10 to copy the dogs and do a short flygility run over low jumps, through tunnels, weaving through a course and retrieving a ball, with small prizes up for grabs.

VITALITY VILLAGE

Winscombe Mall carpark next to Paper Plus Vitality Village is host to various health practitioners such as life coaching, massage, Bowen, chiro and reflexology therapists, personal trainers and nutritionists as well as natural products for sale like botanicals, minerals and essential oils. There will be lots to see, taste and do – you might like to try boot camp, tai chi, dance fitness or even have a go at a new sport or leisure activity.

Vintage Car Show at the bottom of Neville Street

Main Stage Garden Bar at the southern end of the Wharf 9.30am - 9.50am

Matakana Primary School – Kapa Haka group

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Dianne Morgan and the Jade River Ukes

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Lauren Collins

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Texas Storm

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Latitude Blues

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Riley Popham

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The stalls and kids entertainment are along the main street and the food stalls are mainly down at the Wharf. Also at the wharf area are the Garden Bar and stage for all day entertainment hosted by More FM.

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Wild West rides into Warkworth for 49th Kowhai Festival A bucking bull will be one of the drawcards when the Wild Westthemed 49th Kowhai Festival kicks off later this month. The festival’s Huge Day Out will take place on October 27 in Warkworth on Queen Street. Kowhai Festival chair Murray Chapman says there is a special emphasis on the theme this year. “We chose one that would be easy for people to get on board with, and we’re hoping children will dress up because it really adds to the atmosphere,” he says. “We’ve also got a few additions this year to get people in the mood. As well as the bucking bull, there will potentially be a high street shootout between a couple of local politicians.” The bull will be placed outside the stairway entrance to the Baxter Street upper level carpark. Other entertainment will include live performances all day, headlined by Jamie McDell, at the stage on Wharf Street by the river. “We’ve trialled two stages for a few years now and put them in different places, but it just hasn’t worked. This time we want all the focus to be in the one area.

Around 20,000 people will attend the festival’s big event.

A bucking bull will feature.

“We’re also looking to put in more seating for those watching the performances, as that’s been a request from people in the past.” Also on Wharf Street will be the usual range of food and drink options, including the garden bar for those 18 and over. Children can also find fun at the new Bayleys carpark, where the Mahurangi Sport and Recreation Collective will be running activities. There will be more than 200 stalls in the main street this year, with a few

towed the next day. Also remember to avoid blocking driveways when using the surrounding streets to park,” Murray says. The Buckton Consultants carpark will be managed by Warkworth Lions again this year, but is only available for disabled parking. “Last year we used New World for this, but by 9am the parks were full of cars without mobility parking permits, so we’ve changed the set up this time.” For more info about stalls, contact info@kowhaifestival.nz

still available for those wishing to set up a stall at the festival. This year, there is also a vitality and wellbeing area in the Paper Plus carpark, featuring health professionals and health products. For transport to the event, a shuttle bus will operate between Mahurangi College and Mill Lane. For those driving to the event, remember Neville Street and Queen Street will both be closed off. “If anyone leaves their car parked in these streets overnight, they will be

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The main stage is always a popular attraction at the Kowhai Festival Huge Day Out.

Top artist tops off day out New Zealand Music Awards winner Jamie McDell will be the headline act at the Kowhai Festival Huge Day Out this year. The singer songwriter will play at 5pm, following performances from seven other acts. Jamie released her third solo album, Extraordinary Girl, in May. She picked up the award for best pop album at the NZ music awards in 2013 for Six Strings and a Sailboat. She has also reached the NZ Top 40 singles chart on six occasions, including with her first hit, You’ll Never Take That Away, which reached number 11 in 2012. Despite having parents who live in Mangawhai and spending time in North Rodney, she has never visited the Huge Day Out previously, but is excited for her first time. “I got a message through Facebook, which seems to be the way things happen now, asking if I would be interested in performing. I was keen

to do something locally so said ‘yes’,” Jamie says. “I’m particularly looking forward to talking with the fans afterwards. They are more than welcome to chat with me. That’s often my favourite part of a show.” Jamie will perform material from all three of her albums, play covers and is open to requests. “If there is something that people want to hear I would like to know, and I will see what I can do on the day.” She encourages people to listen to her music prior to the day, in case they want to sing along as well. Other acts to perform will include the Matakana School kapa haka group and band The Drive. Riley Popham, who earlier this year featured on Radio New Zealand, will be on stage under the name of Seven Zen from 1pm. There will be one stage at this year’s Huge Day Out, located on Wharf Street by the river.

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Warkworth Museum Open Day Sunday 21st October 2018, 10am-3pm

Entry to the Museum is free but donation welcome Programme of events includes: • Polish Kauri Gum • Make a flying saucer • Paint a pet rock

The Kawau rescue boat, a 10.2 metre Naiad, will appear at the Kowhai Festival.

Coastguard recruits at Kowhai Kawau Volunteer Coastguard will bring along its rescue boat during the Kowhai Festival’s Huge Day Out as part of an effort drum up more support. The boat will be moored at Warkworth Wharf and the Coastguard will also have a stand on Queen Street. Kawau Volunteer Coastguard president Luke McCarthy is seeking to recruit five to 10 more volunteers to crew its rescue boat. “We will have several volunteers around for people to talk to,” he says. Luke says those who volunteer for the

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Police pile on presence for big day Police will be making sure the Kowhai Festival Huge Day Out is a familyfriendly event this year, utilising staff from Warkworth, Orewa and even the maritime base. A total of eight field training unit constables from Orewa will combine with seven frontline staff from Warkworth to police the town for 24 hours on October 27 and 28. Meanwhile, the maritime police will be present on the Mahurangi River with either a boat or jet skis. Warkworth Police Sergeant Mark Stallworthy says they want the day to be a success by ensuring there’s no trouble at the end of it.

“We will have staff patrolling the area for the duration of the day and night to make sure there are no alcohol-related issues,” Sergeant Stallworthy says. “I’ve managed a lot of events during my time in the force and having a large presence in the area is always the best way to deter anyone who might be looking to cause problems.” The traffic alcohol unit will also be placed around town, assisted by the road policing team. The police will have the mobile van with information at the festival for people to check out, and Siren the dress up police dog will be present.

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Warkworth dogs strut their stuff at Huge Day Out

The Warkworth Dog Club will be back for this year’s Kowhai Festival, bringing all the usual pooches to prance through the agility routine. The set-up will be located behind the Old Masonic Hall, with runs being held on the Huge Day Out at 10am, 11am and noon. The club currently has around 30 members and puts around 100 dog owners through its domestic courses each year. Mahurangi Matters got to know four dogs that will be putting on a show at the Huge Day Out. Dog: Luna Age: 3.5 years Breed: Bearded Collie Owner: Gary Martin

Dog: Orca Age: 7.5 years Breed: Beardie Huntaway Owner: Lorna Chapman

Luna formerly lived on a dairy farm and hence spends most of her time barking at cows that don’t exist. She started training when she was a puppy. Since then she has become good at agility competitions. She recently got involved with working trials where the dog has to sniff out items of clothing as fast as possible. Gary describes her as noisy, sociable and very easily distracted, which can make her a handful at trainings.

Lorna picked up Orca free from Trade Me and has been training her for the past five years. She has shown promise in agility competitions and will compete at the nationals in Fielding on Labour Weekend. Her strengths include jumps and tunnels. Lorna describes her as being happy, but also a dog that likes to be in charge and one that will always answer back to her owner. Her other favourite hobby is chasing a tennis ball at the beach.

Dog: Bodhi Age: 9.5 months Breed: Border Collie Cross Owner: Anna Woodcock

Dog: Gypsy Age: 5 years Breed: Miniature Schnauzer Toy Poodle Cross Owner: Kimball Martin

Bodhi is fresh to the training scene, having been involved with the club for just three months. He is currently working through the basics, but is hugely enthusiastic and full of energy. He lives with two other dogs, Bella and Major, on a farm and will soon join them in herding sheep. When he’s not running around, he likes to chew up toys.

Gypsy has been doing agility training for three years, but only when she feels like it. She is pretty stubborn and will choose what she wants to do and when she wants to do it. Her strengths are contact equipment like the seesaw, but only when she’s in the mood. She is motivated by food and most of the time enjoys being a lap dog.

The Warkworth Dog Club is always open to new members with any level of experience. Info: message facebook.com/wwdogclub

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Police to oppose invading Australia in Great Debate Kowhai Festival Great Debate sponsor Andrew Steens, of Mike Pero Warkworth, was given the honour of tossing a coin to determine which position teams would take in the Kowhai Festival Great Debate. Two debates will take place on November 2 at the Warkworth Town Hall. Doors open from 6.30pm when a cash bar and finger-food will be available. The first debate – Men become distinguished; women become invisible – starts at 7pm and will see Warkworth Toastmasters pitted against a combined Rotary and Lions team. Rotary and Lions will take the affirmative and they will take on a Toastmasters team comprising presentation skills trainer David Nottage, retired realtor Sandy Gordon and hospice fundraiser Lesley Ingham. David Nottage was the 1996 Toastmasters World Champion for public speaking. The second debate – Is Australia worth invading? – will see Warkworth Toastmasters take on Warkworth Police. Toastmasters will take the affirmative and comprise One Warkworth manager Murray Chapman, novelist Jacquie McRae and winemaker Ben Dugdale. The police team will be Sergeant Mark Stallworthy, Senior Constable John Williams and Senior Constable

Andrew Steens, right, tosses a coin to see which side of the debate Warkworth Police will take against Warkworth Toastmasters. From left, Senior Constable John Williams, Sergeant Mark Stallworthy and Murray Chapman look on. The police won the toss and elected to take the negative.

Hamish Buick. MC for the night will be Ascension Wine Estate founder Darryl Soljan. Murray Chapman says Toastmasters is well advanced in developing a strategy to win both debates and is anticipating every criminal in town will come along to cheer the Toastmasters to victory against the police. Money raised will support Harbour Hospice services in the Warkworth Wellsford community Tickets cost $35 and are available from Hospice House, Mahurangi Matters and Harts Pharmacy. Limited door sales are available.

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This time of year sees me in a bit of a frenzy. The warming weather of spring and the traditional start of the growing season at Labour Weekend, plus the realisation that many of my planned winter jobs have yet to be completed, all combine to make gardening a bit frantic. I tend to get a little unfocused, jumping from task to task without completing any. Committed gardeners will recognise the symptoms because garden work is never really done. There is always one more tree to prune, weeds to pull, a drain to lay, crop to cover, fertiliser to spread, disease to discover, pest to spray and, of course, lawns to mow. A useful method of calming the restless spirit is to reflect on successfully completed tasks, rather than worrying about unfinished work. My reconditioned, pest-free, automated little greenhouse is a dream, with the first tomatoes expected about Labour Weekend, courgettes producing well and a few strawberries already eaten. My well-fertilised and mulched asparagus bed is also in full production now, producing more than we can keep up with. Likewise, salad greens, coriander and celery are growing lush and tasty. I’ve managed to get fertiliser and lime on all the lawns for the first time in years and all the ornamental beds have been fertilised well before the new growth starts. Another way to calm the frenzy is to take time out to make a list, so here’s mine (hopefully, it might prompt yours): • Set up the codling moth traps in the apple trees. • Spray the citrus with neem oil for citrus whitefly. • Finish re-covering the mesh on the berry house in time for the first raspberries. • Fertilise and mulch the berry crops. • Prune the subtropicals such as hibiscus and cannas. • Spot-spray any aphid outbreaks. • Keep an eye out for the first “fluffybums” that signal an impending passion vine hopper invasion • Spray or pull the spring weeds before they set seed. • Mulch any bare soil once the weeds are gone to prevent new weeds germinating. • Check the irrigation system and hoses before summer. • Sow summer flowering annuals like sunflowers and cosmos. • Give the herbs a haircut and fertilise. • Plant a new crop of spuds. • Get kumara shoots growing for planting out in November. • Plant more salad greens and get the beds ready for planting summer crops like tomatoes, corn and melons. • Re-pot summer flowering bulbs. Phew! I’m not sure that helped. It just reminded me how many jobs I must fit in to a diminishing number of days till the end of spring. Of course, I could just stop to smell the roses – something I will be doing at the Warkworth & Districts Rose & Flower Show, which opens on Friday, November 16, in the lovely Warkworth Town Hall. See you there.

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Wine

Richard Robson, President, Matakana Winegrowers www.matakanawine.co.nz

Spring showcase Spring is a special time, symbolic of rebirth and renewal, along with warming and lengthening days. For those whose living comes from the land, spring marks the beginning of a new year in a very real way. This is the case for winegrowers as much as anyone. The wider Matakana region has a history of celebrating spring that reinforces the feeling of a seasonal cycle. The October long weekend events and the Kowhai Festival combine with the school holidays and daylight savings to show us the promise of summer to come. A new Matakana wine and oyster festival in early October, which was well supported by local winegrowers, looks like it may become a permanent fixture around this time of year. This year’s was a certainly a great day and had a good turnout from locals and Aucklanders alike. Winegrowers use events like this to showcase their wines, but it can also be useful to gauge where the public are at with their wine choices, and how tastes are evolving. Two of the most interesting at the festival for the Matakana Winegrowers were rosé and chardonnay, which are styles that most of us grow and make up here. Rosé in particular seems to be a great hit with people these days, and many understand that true rosé is very different from the bright pink lolly-water, formerly sold under the name of rosé, which gave it such a bad name for many. Most rosé wines are now made in a way that very closely mirrors white winemaking, the only difference being that the clear juice may stay in contact with the red grape skins for a few hours to grab some colour. You can use any red grape variety you wish, although in Matakana the varieties used are generally Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Merlot, Pinot Noir and Dolcetto. Chardonnay is the winemaker’s versatile grape variety. It can grow in most climates, and has a long history of having layers of complexity added to it in the winery. Out of favour through the early 2000s, it now seems to have regained a great following, including some who love the old-style Chardonnays with bold oak flavours and buttery characters from a second fermentation. We also make more restrained versions now for those who like a more refreshing style. If you are on Facebook, head over to “Matakana Wine Trail” to see what we’ve been up to recently, and leave us a comment or two about your favourite styles of wine, and what you love about spring in our wonderful region. Cheers.

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Theatre spices up Kowhai Festival with variety show

Warkworth Theatre Group heads to the Wild West.

Mental health in spotlight at one-off Waipu show A black comedy about motherhood and mental health is coming to Waipu this month for a one-off performance at the Black Sheep Farm Country Homestead on Cove Road. Lisa Brickell, who wrote the “dark, but horrendously funny” show, stars with Siri Embla in a tale based on true stories that spans four generations, multiple characters and several alter egos. Brickell plays four different roles – Tina, a counsellor who fears commitment and having children due to ever-present reminders of her family history of postnatal depression, plus Alice, Mabel and Beth, the three preceding generations of women. She also performs in a half-mask to represent the menacing inner critic

of all four characters. Norwegian actor and musician Siri Embla joins her on stage in the role of complementary characters, as well as providing commentary on the narrative. Mockingbird is directed by Ruth Dudding and Giovanni Fusetti, and has been performed in New Zealand, Australia and Norway since 2014. Reviewers have called the show “deeply moving, hysterically funny, with a twist that takes you to the darkest of places and returns you to the light”. Mockingbird will be performed in the Country Homestead at Black Sheep Farm, 1034 Cove Road, Waipu Cove on Saturday, October 27 at 5pm. Tickets cost $45, including light

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Warkworth Theatre Group will present its own spin on the Kowhai Festival’s Wild West theme with a Variety Show featuring song, dance, sketches and short plays. But the show pushes the boundaries beyond the west to also include a tribute to sixties Rock ’n’ Roll and to those who fought in two World Wars. Production manager Joanna Pearce says it all comes together to create a “wonderfully diverse” show. Commenting on the World War commemorations, Joanna says is especially fitting, since November 11 marks 100 years since the armistice signed between Germany and the Allies in World War I. “Our families all have fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers who fought for their countries. Many of them will have been entertained by similar variety shows in camp as they endured the boredom of waiting between battles,” she says. The programme will include songs and skits from both world wars. Performances will take place at the Warkworth Town Hall from Wednesday, November 7 to Saturday, November 10 at 7pm each night. On Saturday, there is a 2pm matinee. Tickets are $25 or $20 for the matinee. Student tickets are $5. Ticket price includes admission and snacks. A cash bar will be available. Tickets are available from Harts Pharmacy, Gull Matakana, Mahurangi Matters and online at wwtheatre.co.nz.

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Rod Walsh believes the biblical Noah’s Ark story is true.

Creationist makes the case for Noah’s Ark Australian creationist Rod Walsh will present the case that the biblical story of Noah’s Ark is a real part of history and not a myth as is often supposed. He will speak at Snells Beach Baptist Church on Thursday, November 1 at 7.30pm. To help illustrate his points, Mr Walsh will bring along one of seven Noah’s Ark models he has built. The model he will bring along to Snells Beach is two metres long with a removable roof and is a scaled-down version of the original ark. The precise measurements of the original are recorded in the book of Genesis as being 300 x 50 x 30 cubits. This translates to 140 x 23 x 14 metres, which provides a volume of 45,000 cubic metres, about the same as 522 standard American railroad stock cars.

Each stock car can hold 240 sheep. Mr Walsh has spent 14 years studying the feasibility of Noah’s Ark and its ability to rescue Noah and his family and all the animals on board from a worldwide flood. Questions he has grappled with include, were there dinosaurs on the ark? How did all the animals stay alive on the ark? Did people in biblical times have the technology to build an ark? And what evidence do we see today for a global flood? Mr Walsh serves with Creation Ministries International, which promotes a literal interpretation of the book of Genesis. He spends much of the year lecturing in Australia and in other parts of the world. Admission to the Snells Beach lecture is free.

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Labour Weekend means it’s time for leisure

It’s time for Labour Day long weekend once again – the kickstart to summer, and all the local fun, games (and extra traffic) that usually entails. There’s plenty going on as usual, with new events joining old favourites and something to suit all tastes and budgets. Mahurangi Matters has put together a round-up of some of the highlights … Saturday, October 20 Bargain hunters should head out to Snells Beach, where a ‘Nip n Kwik Sale’ is being held at Snells Beach Community Church at 325 Mahurangi East Road from 8am to noon. There will be a car boot sale, plus white elephant, clothing, book and plant stalls, plus refreshments. Info: Gary Spittal 425 5415.

Book lovers have two opportunities to indulge themselves. At Point Wells, there is a book sale in the community hall between 9am and 12.30pm. Fiction, non-fiction and children’s books will be on sale from 50 cents each, raising funds to buy new books for the Point Wells Community Library. Further north, Mangawhai Museum in Molesworth Drive is holding its annual Labour Weekend book sale on both Saturday and Sunday, from 9am to 4pm, with all books priced from $1 each. Meanwhile, free bouncy castles, outdoor games and face painting will be on offer at a Labour Weekend Family Day in the beer garden at The Red House at 182 State Highway 1 just north of Warkworth, from 11am to 6pm.

Sunday, October 21 Take a peek into the past at the Warkworth & District Museum’s annual open day, with free entry, a range of activities and a chance to see items and areas not normally on public display, including the textile and archive departments. There will be children’s crafts, including painting rocks and fence palings, kauri gum polishing, a scavenger hunt and old-fashioned party games. Vintage machinery will be running, there will be a blacksmithing display and food and drinks will be available. The open day runs from 10am to 4pm at Parry Kauri Park. Info: warkworthmuseum.co.nz

There might be no Matakana School Gala this Labour Weekend, but the almost-as-iconic Leigh Community Preschool Country Gala is full steam ahead as usual, in the Leigh School grounds on Sunday from 9am until 2pm. A diverse range of stalls will be selling vintage clothing, pre-loved treasures and books, arts and crafts, and children’s clothes and toys. There will be a Little Farmers Market featuring locally-grown plants, fresh produce and flowers. In addition there will

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be a gala café selling Devonshire teas, home baking and gourmet hot food, including snapper, lamb and steak burgers. The ever-popular quick fire raffles, featuring prime seafood from Leigh Fisheries, and a silent auction will also be held. There will be rides, bouncy castles, a magic show and the traditional giant ice slide for the kids.

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Two local wineries will be staging music, food and wine events on Sunday. Heron’s Flight has Wine, Blues & Food at its cellar door in Sharp Road, Matakana, featuring the “good ’ol growling blues” music of Blind Willie Motel and food from Fired Up Pizza, starting at 1.30pm onwards. In Mangawhai, Te Whai Bay Wines is holding Music in the Vines at its King Road winery, with singer Greg Lay playing 60s and 70s classics and platters and gourmet barbecue food available between 3 and 6pm.

Monday, October 22 The annual Matakana Mixed Doubles Social Tennis one-day knockout competition is being held at the tennis courts in Jubilee Park from 10am, with the finals at 4pm. Couples wanting to join in the fun need to register via info@fisheyefilms.co.nz by 4pm on Thursday, October 18 and the draw for partners will take place at the Sawmill Brewery on Friday, October 19 at 6pm. On the day itself, it’s BYO picnic, drink, blanket, chairs and water, with a barbecue provided. Meanwhile, in Mangawhai there’s a one-day pop-up photography exhibition by Paul Walter Kaiser, a former Australian motorsport and Melbourne Age photographer. Mangawhai Life will feature shots exemplifying Mangawhai’s relaxed rural, beach and holiday lifestyle. The exhibition will be at the old Anglican church at the Mangawhai Pioneer Village, next to the Mangawhai Museum in Molesworth Drive, from 10am to 3pm.

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Cash, chickens and cakes at school Ag and gala day Raffle prizes worth more than $2000 will be up for grabs at this year’s Mangawhai Beach School Ag and Gala Day, which takes place between 9am and 1pm on Saturday, October 20. The top prize is $1500 cash from developer Mangawhai Central, with a $500 fishing rod, reel and accessories package and a $200 Home and Leisure prize for second and third places. Tickets will cost $10 each, or $20 for three. There will be a few changes at this year’s event. Chickens and lambs will replace calves and lambs in the Ag Day section, due to cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, and the plastic pails, usually used for the gala’s bucket raffles, are being replaced by reusable, recycled bags made out of dog food sacks. The school is also adding new

categories to its baking competition, which was launched in 2017 just for cakes, but was such a success that organisers have decided to expand it to include savoury items as well this year. There are four categories altogether – Adults Sweet, Adults Savoury, Kids Sweet and Kids Savoury. Prizes have been supplied by two local businesses, Dizzy Lizzy’s Milk Bar and Pit’s Kitchen, and all entries must be submitted to the school office on Friday, October 19 or by 8am on the Saturday morning at the latest. This year’s event will also feature music and entertainment, bric-a-brac, a garden stall, rides, stalls and a wide variety of food and drink. Funds raised at previous galas have contributed to new classrooms, playground equipment, gazebos, artificial turf, shade sails, teacher aides and other class resources.

Frightening stuff at Kaiwaka Kaiwaka Sports Complex will be transformed into a giant haunted house on Saturday, October 27 for its annual Fright Night Halloween extravaganza. Highlights will include a costume competition and parade, lolly scramble, music, games, a photo booth, glow items and face painting. There will also be a shared Halloween-inspired plate supper, with prizes for the best dishes – last year, the more terrifying treats included chocolate spiders, bloodshot

eyeball eggs, cobweb cupcakes and dead man finger sandwiches. There will be three separate haunted house tours, ranging from a tame session for the tinies to ‘scary’ for primary schoolers, and ‘extra scary’ for high school age and adults, complete with fog, strobe lighting and human scarers. Fright Night starts at 5.30pm and entry costs $5 (preschoolers free). Info: Kaiwaka Sports Complex on Facebook.

Central’s Tips October 2018

It’s growing time! Plant summer veggies and herbs, hang sticky traps in apple and pear trees and patch up that lawn. It’s also a good time to get the weeds and pests under control and add mulch to the garden.

In the Veggie Patch • Plant all the summer producing vegetables – tomatoes, capsicum, zucchini, cucumbers and eggplants • Put a tall stake (1.8m) beside your small vine tomatoes • Dill, French tarragon and coriander are good to plant now • Eating flowers – there are plenty of flowers that can be used in salads or as edible garnishes - nasturtiums, carnations, daylilies, rose petals and violas are just a few • Hang sticky traps in apple and pear trees to stop an infestation of codling moth or, spray with Yates’ Success Ultra (four times only) over the spring season.

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Rodeo keeps bucking bulls despite bovis Warkworth Rodeo will push ahead with cattle events despite continuing concerns over the spread of the disease Mycoplasma bovis. Following advice from the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI), the Warkworth A&P Show has cancelled its cattle section and local schools have dropped calf-rearing classes from their annual Ag Days to avoid spreading M. bovis, which causes mastitis, abortion, pneumonia and arthritis in cattle. But the president of the New Zealand Cowboys Rodeo Association, Lyal Cocks, says MPI has declined to exert pressure on rodeos to abandon cattle events. Instead, the association is working alongside MPI and the New Zealand Veterinary Association to develop guidelines to ensure rodeos do not spread the disease. Mr Cocks says most stock supplied to rodeos comes from specialist contractors whose animals are unaffected by the disease. Occasionally, a limited supply of stock might come from local farms, but this would be strictly segregated from the contracted stock and from each other. Stockyards will be disinfected before accommodating stock from a different source. Mr Cocks says the situation of rodeos is quite different from a school Ag Day, where calves may come from 10 different farms and it would be impossible to stop them mingling. Cattle events at this year’s Warkworth Rodeo will include: • Junior Steer Ride – contestants under 15 years old will attempt to ride a steer for 6 seconds.

Steer riding will continue at Warkworth Rodeo despite M. bovis.

• Bull Ride – contestants attempt to ride a bull that is over two years old for 8 seconds. • Steer Wrestling – contestants leap off a horse, grab a steer by the horns and wrestle it to the ground • Team Roping – two contestants on horseback rope a steer’s horns and back legs. A spokesperson for MPI confirmed the ministry had not exerted any pressure on rodeos to end cattle events. “While the focus of the M. bovis response is phased

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Diary date for dairy farmers

Land Air Water Aoteroa data shows the Makarau River is in the worst 50 per cent of sites for E. Coli levels.

Boost for waterways in E. Coli catchments Rodney Local Board is offering funding to help landowners and community groups protect and restore waterways with high E. Coli concentrations in three river catchment areas – the Lower and Upper Kaipara, Makarau and Rangitopuni. The Board’s Healthy Harbours Waterway Fund 2018/2019 is open to applications from all landowners, including farmers and lifestyle block owners, community groups and environmental groups, within the catchments that fall in the Rodney ward area. The targeted funding programme was set up to support community-led initiatives to improve water quality in the Rodney area by protecting,

enhancing or restoring streams, waterways, wetlands, and riparian and coastal margins. It is mainly targeted at projects involving fencing of streams, wetlands, seeps and drains, but is also available to provide alternative water supplies for livestock needed as a result of fencing, for restoration planting and for plant maintenance within fenced-off areas. The Board says the Lower and Upper Kaipara, Makarau and Rangitopuni river catchments are being targeted as they had been identified as having high E. Coli concentrations. “This is an opportunity to get financial support and professional advice for

improving the health of waterways, supporting the Rodney Local Board’s long term vision of improved water quality in Rodney’s three harbours.” The Board is working with partners such as Fonterra, Beef + Lamb, Dairy NZ and groups such as the Forest Bridge Trust, who will work directly with local landowners and give them support. Applications for funding are open until Monday, October 29. For more information and to apply, search for ‘Healthy Harbours fund’ at aucklandcouncil.govt.nz, or contact Alan Phelps on 022 197 8230 or alan. phelps@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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Entries are now open for the three categories in this year’s New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards – NZ Share Farmer of the Year, NZ Dairy Manager of the Year and NZ Dairy Trainee of the Year. NZ Dairy says the annual awards are designed to give people in the dairy sector a chance to challenge themselves, earn a regional or national title and to share in substantial regional and national prize pools. The awards programme and on-farm judging process is designed to accelerate entrants’ learning and development and provide opportunities for business analysis and networking. The first round of judging for Share Farmer of the Year and Dairy Manager of the Year will take place over two days at the end of January, while Trainee of the Year will be judged from February 5 to 8. Regional winners will be announced at an awards dinner at Toll Stadium, Whangarei on March 7. Full details and entry forms can be found at dairyindustryawards.co.nz. Entries close on Friday, November 16.

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Fury over fuel Folks, she’s a pretty sad day when my shopping list-making skills start to surpass my creative writing skills. The price of fuel has forced me to adorn my fridge with lists and sends me into a panic attack if I leave home without them. Myself, and every other northern Rodney resident I know must now be completely conscious about every kilometre they travel in their cars and the family tiki tour on the weekend will soon only be read about in the pages of our social history for many struggling families. My car is now reaching $200 to fill up and I can get a handful of trips into town. I am reaching the point whereby I would rather come face to face with an axe wielding serial killer than fill up at the service station. The tax-and-spend mentality of Auckland Council is decimating the family budgets of the working class poor. I am now aware of many families commuting from northern Rodney and paying the toll, who have wiped any resemblance of family luxuries to keep gas in the car. Many of these people have been forced into these areas to avoid city rents and now the price of fuel for the commute to work has wiped out any cost saving they made. They must now sling their legs out of bed every morning and drive the long haul to work, watch their fuel gauges bend backwards, dreaming of a toll-free inner-city life where a tank of gas lasts a month and their office chair and chai latte is only a train ticket away. Even blind Freddy can see that these good men and woman who have access to the least, yet pay the most, are underpinning central city luxuries. The new working class poor are the engine room of this country and they are getting smashed! The burden needs to be taken off these people and placed back on to the ones that have direct access to the infrastructure and facilities that these taxes are providing for. If my 21-year-old who lives in Ponsonby is bold enough to recognise this, I fail to see why our elected representatives cannot! These “engine room” folks are running out of gas to keep the cheque book cogs of Auckland Council running, let alone make it down to the Viaduct to soak up the glamour. So, I say this to the Mayor, “Don’t you dare sit there in your left-leaning chair and pretend to be the ‘Prince to the Poor’ because, quite frankly, you are aiding and abetting this new-found working class poverty. If any of us have to hear another elected representative spew out some vile “you chose to live there” or “we have no money” we are going to scream. This sort of junk-speak is a bit rich from where we are all driving and, to be honest, is so boring has me like ... zzzzzzzzzz ... falling to sleep in my morning porridge. If you would like some help with ideas on how to curb excess spending and live within a budget, I am a fairly creative type and am here to help. Otherwise, I know a working class father from Warkworth who is mighty fine at wielding a hedge trimmer and cutting back excess.

Cemetery runs out of room Warkworth residents hoping to be buried at the Auckland Council-run cemetery in McKinney Road are out of luck. Only about 17 body burial plots remain and these have all been reserved by customers, pending their demise. Auckland Council cemeteries manager Catherine Moore says the Council has no plans to acquire more land for another Warkworth cemetery, as there are alternative cemeteries at Te Kapa, Kaipara Flats and Puhoi. “Other cemeteries in the area have more than 100 years of burial capacity available, even in a scenario where

there are increasing numbers of burials. It is prudent to maximise the use of that capacity prior to purchasing an alternative site,” she says. Ms Moore says Council aims to provide a cemetery within a 30-minute drive of most Auckland residents. “We will continue to monitor the situation to ensure that there is sufficient provision of land for burial within the region.” Although there are no body burial spots at the McKinney Road cemetery, there are still ash plots available for those favouring cremation.

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Motorists speeding through Matakana Country Park and putting children’s lives at risk has prompted the park to prevent vehicles crossing a bridge at the centre of the park at key times. The park’s Leigh Road and Omaha Flats Road entrances will remain open, but blocking the bridge will be blocked to prevent through traffic. Park owner John Baker says motorists have been racing through the park at 60km/h when speed signage at the park indicates the limit is 15km/h. During the first weekend in October, children narrowly avoided being struck by speeding vehicles in two separate incidents. Mr Baker says there is an equestrian centre at the park, which simply adds to the dangers.

“A car travelling at 60 or 70km/h would scare the hell out of a horse. A person could be bumped off and dragged through the rest of the park. Somebody will be killed. No question about it,” he says. The bridge will be blocked to cars on weekends and school holidays between 9.30am and 2.30pm, when the park’s miniature train operates. Mr Baker says visitors will still enjoy full access to park businesses and facilities, but may sometimes have to park their car and walk a few metres across the bridge to access them. “We would hope that the public in general will respect our action,” he says. Matakana Country Park is a privately owned 50-acre estate, which hosts a wide range of family-friendly activities.

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NZ fields top squad for series at Warkworth Showgrounds The Vantage Black Stick Men will field a strong 19-man squad for their upcoming fixtures at the Warkworth Showgrounds against Canada. The team will play on October 17 and 18, with both games starting at 7pm. Coach Darren Smith says they won’t be experimenting much in the series, but instead preparing the squad for the Hockey World Cup. “Canada is always very competitive and physical and I expect the same from it in this series,” Smith says. “None of our players are making their test debut in these matches, so we’ve brought a strong side to play.” Smith says players to look out for include Cory Bennett and Dylan Thomas. Both shone in the National Hockey League in New Zealand this season. “Eight players will be unavailable for this series, so even though it’s an experienced team, there will also be a chance to see upcoming talent with the likes of the NZ U21 captain Sam Lane. “Then, at the other end of the spectrum, you’ve got guys like Shea McAleese, who has 250 caps for the team.” Smith is excited about bringing his team to Warkworth and is confident the facilities will be appropriate for international hockey. “Hockey New Zealand has always made an effort to spread fixtures across the country and it’s going to be great for the local community to see two games at this level. “I’ve already examined the showgrounds turf, and I was very satisfied with its

Black Sticks squad: Goalkeepers: George Enerson (Canterbury), Richard Joyce (North Harbour), Devon Manchester (Auckland). Backs: Shea McAleese (central), Dane Lett (Capital), Cory Bennett (North Harbour), Brad Read (Capital), David Brydon (Canterbury). Midfielders: Arun Panchia (captain, Auckland), Malachi Buschl (Southern), Aidan Sarikaya (Midlands), Harry Miskimmin (Capital), Hayden Phillips (Central), Mac Wilcox (Central), George Muir (North Harbour). Forwards: Dom Newman (Canterbury), Sam Lane (Canterbury), Jared Panchia (Auckland), Dylan Thomas (Central). Coach: Darren Smith. Manager: Bryce Collins. quality ahead of the series.” Smith has been in charge of the team since March last year. The team picked up silver at the Commonwealth Games in April.

Canada is ranked 11th in the world while New Zealand is ranked ninth. The last time the sides met, New Zealand won 6-2 in the group stage of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Photo, David Lintott Coach Darren Smith is not taking the international matches against Canada at the Warkworth Showgrounds lightly.

Mahu College student wins two hockey golds Mahurangi College student Jordon Thomas has grabbed two gold medals in a North Harbour jersey, after winning a second consecutive title at the National Boys U15 Premier competition. He competed in Christchurch from October 1 to 6, when his side beat Tauranga 4-1 in the final in a dramatic penalty shootout. Thomas converted his penalty shot, after the two sides were level 2-2 at full time, and then couldn’t be separated in drop-off time. “It was great to win back-to-back titles, especially as the standard of

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competition seemed to be very high this year,” Thomas says. “I was pretty tired going into the shootout, but their goalie didn’t seem to be a standout player. I just stuck to the basics with my shot and that worked out well.” North Harbour faced some adversity after they led with just seconds remaining, before Tauranga scored a last-minute equaliser to take the game into drop-off time. “It was disappointing to concede a late goal, as we had dominated possession, but all the players supported each other well and that got us through.”

Thomas formerly played at striker for Harbour, but transitioned to the midfield this year. “It meant I had to be smart about my play in terms of setting the pace of the game and picking out good passes, but I was happy with my performance.” His next goal is to make the North Harbour U18 team and play in the Rankin Cup. “Eventually I would like to play for the Black Sticks, and next year I’m eligible for the New Zealand U18 squad. “First I need to make the Harbour team, though. A lot of good players will trial, so that’s my focus for now.”

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Wilcock powers ahead with playing career Sandra Wilcock, is fast making a name for herself in powerchair football after being the only female to play in New Zealand’s most successful Ditch Cup game last month. The Mahurangi College 18-yearold represented the national side at Brisbane State High School on September 29, where NZ lost 2-0 in their closest game ever with Australia. Sandra also got the chance to face the world’s best player, Abdullah Karim, including several closely fought tussles against him in which she held her own. “I’ve never played in a competition with that sort of attention before, so it was both really exciting and nerve wracking at the same time,” Wilcock says. “I was the only girl playing in either team, but taking on the boys doesn’t faze me at all, and I really enjoyed battling with the very best powerchair footballer.” Prior to the Ditch Cup, Sandra also played for a New Zealand side, Kiwi Red, in the Australian National Championships. Kiwi Red came third out of seven sides. The side opened with a 4-0 win over Western Australia in its first game, and Sandra was among the goal scorers. “The Australian teams are very strong so I think we surprised them this year. I was stoked to score early on in the competition, too.” Other winning results were 7-1 against the Barbarians, 7-0 against Victoria, 3-0 over Western Australia and 7-0 over Kiwi Green.

“I would like to thank everyone who got in behind my Givealittle page for this trip, raising $5090 to get me over to Australia to compete.” Wilcock’s next competition will also be in Australia, in January. She will play against Australian teams as a warm up for the Asia Pacific Oceania Cup. The next Powerchair Football World Cup will be held in Australia in 2021 and next year will be New Zealand’s first ever attempt to qualify for this through the Oceania tournament. Sandra will also compete in the NZ nationals in April and play across the country to train with her team mates ahead of the qualifiers. However, she is disappointed powerchair football’s application to be a sport in the 2024 Paralympic Games has been rejected. Wilcock is also looking for local business sponsorship so she can attend future competitions. Info: facebook.com/PCFSandra WilcockNZ/ Sandra Wilcock has quickly become a prominent name in New Zealand powerchair football.

Tennis team serves up good start The Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club D2 team has opened its summer inter-club season with a closely fought win over Campbells Bay. The two sides clashed for the opening round of the competition at Campbells Bay Tennis Club. After eight matches, the teams were locked up at four each, but Warkworth took the spoils after being ahead 10-9 on a set countback. The competition features 11 rounds and 12 teams, with Warkworth currently sixth on the table. Players were Robin Denton, Diana Wyatt, Jaques Fromont, Judy Hill, Robbie Blair, Peter Hooper, Jono Boundy and captain John Dunn.

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Relaxation, Deep-tissue Massage, Reflexology We are very happy to announce that VIP Home Services is back in Warkworth and surrounding towns including Wellsford, Sandpit, Snells Beach and Algies Bay. Ziggy has recently moved to Warkworth and is working closely with Cam Brooks of VIP Lawns Mangawhai. He is able to provide you lawn mowing and garden maintenance on a regular and reliable schedule all year round. As well as additional services such as  Fertiliser, Weed Control, & Spraying  Pruning, Trimming and Section Clearing  Exterior House washing and gutter cleans.  Decks, Paths and Driveway Cleaning  Green Waste Removal and Yard Clean Ups And much more!

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TV • FM Aerials • Tuning Additional TV Outlets Phone David Redding 09 422 7227 or 0274 585 457

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CLEANER Honest, hardworking cleaner available for regular work or one offs. Ph Rebecca 021 0825 8242

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DRIVEWAYS MAINTENANCE Grading, rolling & metalling for rural Driveways. No job too BIG or small. Ph Bruce 425 7766

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Proposal to grant a community lease to Omaha Beach Bowling Club Incorporated Auckland Council invites submissions or objections from persons with an interest in respect to the above proposal.

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LYNLEY MARGARET SMITH 20/9/1949 - 4/10/18 Lynley passed peacefully in the early hours of this morning after a brave fight with leukaemia. She will be deeply missed by her four daughters Michelle, Marie-Claire, Sonia and Julia, and her brother Warwick and sister Alison. The funeral was held on Monday 8th October in Hamilton. Lynley wished that any donations in her memory be made to Radio Rhema or The Salvation Army.

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42 Kaipara Flats Road, Warkworth Google: Horse Riding Warkworth HORSE TRUCKS & FLOATS

REID EQUESTRIAN ENGINEERING, Wellsford. Float rebuilds, horse truck conversions, etc. Dog kennels made to measure. Quality work. Ph Ron 423 9666

IN MEMORIAM BRADNAM EDWIN JAMES (TED) 15.09.37 - 25.10.08 In memory of our loving husband, father and grandad. It's hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember. Wonderful memories of your love for us, and ours for you, knowing you walk with us each day, has helped us through the past 10 years. Forever in our hearts Love from your family

Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act 2002, the Rodney Local Board proposes to grant a new community lease on portions of land on the corner of Omaha Dr and North West Anchorage, Omaha legally described as Lot 680 DP 142129 and Lot 1 DP 166169 (2056.8 m² more or less) to Omaha Beach Bowling Club Incorporated. The land is held in fee simple by council under the provisions of the Local Government Act 2002. The terms of the proposed community lease are an initial term of 10 years with one right of renewal for 10 years. A new community lease will allow the Omaha Beach Bowling Club Incorporated continued occupation of the land. Any person wishing to make a submission in respect of the above proposal is required to lodge this in writing to Karen Walby, Community Lease Advisor, Auckland Council, Private Bag 92300, Victoria St West, Auckland 1142 no later than 5pm, Friday 9 November 2018. Alternatively, submissions may be emailed to Karen.Walby@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Please state in your submission if you wish to be heard in person. Any information provided to the council will become subject to the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and may be released by the Council under that Act, unless a withholding ground under that Act applies. Submitters details may be provided to elected members for decision making purposes and may be included in meeting agendas that will be published on the council’s website. Any submitter should state in their submission if the whole or any part of the submission is to be kept confidential and must indicate the grounds for the information to be withheld. Find out more: phone 09 301 0101 or visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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Have you been affected by someone's drinking?

Al-Anon Family Groups can help. We welcome you to the 'Warkworth Family Recovery' group confidential meeting. We meet at the 'Warkworth Natural Therapies' Clinic every Wednesday from 7.30pm till 8.30pm. 30 View Road, Warkworth. For more information visit: www.al-anon.org.nz Supported by Mahurangi Matters

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Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the Warkworth area:

Warkworth Fellowship Monday 07:30pm, Warkworth Primary School Teachers Lounge, 34A Hill Street, Warkworth; Open to Visitors. Wheelchair Access. Snells Beach Big Book Meeting Thursday 7:30pm, Mahurangi Christian School, 410 Mahurangi East Rd, Snells Beach; Open to Visitors. If you want to drink, that is your business, if you want to stop, we can help. Phone/text 0275 773 689 www.aa.org.nz | www.12steps.nz Supported by Mahurangi Matters

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ACCOUNTS AND ADMINISTRATION POSITION THE CLUB MANGAWHAI We are looking for a Superstar who has a strong Accounting and Administration background with the ability to: • Process all Accounts Payable and Receivable • Payroll • General Membership data input • End of Month General Ledger Reporting and Reconciliation’s • GST and PAYE experience • Preferably XERO or compatible accounting system experience Attributes: • Strong Customer Focus • Ability to multi task • Team player This will be a 30 hour a week position with flexibility around our busy periods. If you require more hours there is the opportunity to assist with bar work. If you have the experience and a bubbly personality this could be the perfect job for you. Please apply via email to the Manager mangawhaiclub@xtra.co.nz

DIGGER OPERATOR Rochford Landscapes is looking for a very skilled digger operator to operate a 1.7 tonne excavator. Skill level must be very high as we are working in limited access sites plus are generally doing finishing work for landscape projects. Class 2 truck license would be a great advantage also. This position would either suit a full timer, if that was the case then they must be fit and able enough to perform all other general landscape tasks e.g. construction, concrete work, and planting. Or it could suit a semi retired operator who could be on call on a contract basis to come in and operate the machine only as and when we need it. Phone Todd 021 939 117 or email rochford.landscaping@gmail.com

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• Full time and Permanent role. • Organic food manufacturing company • FAB team with a can do attitude. Heading into summer and with an increase in work and a range of new products, we are looking to recruit a Warehouse Assistant to join our team. You will ideally have some warehousing experience, have a can do attitude and enjoy working as part of a busy and team. Computer experience and an eye for detail and accuracy are key to this role. You will be involved with both inwards outwards goods, picking and packing a wide range of orders. As one of two in the warehouse team you will work both as part of a team and as an individual, there will also be a requirement for you to spend time in our freezers. Well organised and with a mature head on your shoulders this is an opportunity to join a company that is growing quickly and making a name for itself internationally. Please send your cv to shannon@oob.co.nz

WASTE WATER OPERATOR Puhoi Valley Cheese Puhoi

We are looking for a hardworking and motivated Waste Water Operator to join our team at Puhoi Valley. This is a physical role, so a good level of fitness is required and any trades experience is beneficial.

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$4.40 inc GST per line or $11.20 per/cm inc GST for boxed adverts. SITUATIONS VACANT DIGGER OPERATOR|TRUCK DRIVER Matakana based. 4 & 6 ton machines, rollers. Must be experienced in contracting. Must have Class 2 licence. Class 4 an advantage. Good rate. Phone Mark, Landscape Contracting 021 425 308

TO LET OFFICE SUITE, WELLSFORD 1st floor, 74.1m2, modern and sunny. 09-425 4233 or 021-0242 9555 RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE Ground floor, main street, Wellsford, has kitchenette & basement. Ph: 021-0242 9555 WANTED TO BUY HOUSE IN MAHURANGI WEST. Private cash buyers wanting to buy home in Mahurangi West. Sea view required any condition please contact 021 444 926 anytime.

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TRAVEL FREE TRAVEL TALKS: Tuesday 6 November 1.30pm – Small Ship Cruising with guest speaker, spot prizes, fun & informative. Call now to secure your place. World Travellers Warkworth T: 09 425 8009 NORTHERN LIGHTS 19 OCT 2019: 12 night cruise with Princess Cruises London to Norway return. From $2819pp twin share. $500 airfare credit, reduced deposit, onboard credit. Contact Anna at World Travellers Warkworth T: 09 425 8009 JOURNEY THROUGH GERMANY 2019: 8 days with Back Roads. Rothenburg, Baden-Baden, Freiburg. Earlybird deals 10% off, now from $3236pp. Contact Anna at World Travellers Warkworth T: 09 425 8009

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SCOREBOARD A roundup of sports activities and events in the district

Bivouac Outdoor Wild Auckland Trail run at Tawharanui Regional Park, October 21, 9am to 1pm. Distances are 3km, 10km, 15km and 25km. Entry fee ranges from $10 to $50. Info: lacticturkey.netinsites.co.nz/wildauckland/ International hockey Black Sticks vs Canada at the Warkworth Showgrounds hockey turf, October 17 and 18, from 7pm. Entry fee ranges from children free to adults $14.25. Tickets available from hockeynz.co.nz/Events/FullEvents-Listing/evr/4/bdo-hockey-series-vantage-black-sticks-menvs-canada Omaha Half Marathon Omaha Half Marathon, Rahui Te Kiri Reserve, December 2, 7.30am to 11am. Also includes 2km, 5km and 10km runs. Entry fee ranges from $15 to $60 with family passes available. Info: eventfinda.co.nz/2018/ mike-pero-omaha-half-marathon/auckland/omaha#none Puhoi summer soccer Six-a-side Puhoi summer soccer registration now open. Competition starts November 2 and runs for six weeks. Info: Brendon president@ puhoisports.org.nz Puhoi fishing tournament Weigh in and prize giving at the Puhoi Sports Club on last Sunday of every month from 3pm. Info: Lee secretary@puhoisports.org.nz

Great weather made for a fantastic day of bowls and was topped off by a record fundraiser for Harbour Hospice.

Record fundraiser on the green Bowls Warkworth pulled out all the stops on October 3, raising a record $1600 for Harbour Hospice at its annual fundraiser. The club ran a raffle and auction, with player contributions up $400 from last year, despite 2017 also seeing a record amount raised. The winning team came from Orewa and was made up of Trevor Parker, Derek Button and Eddy Edwards.

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Warkworth sides took out second and third place, with Francois Loubser, Stu Charity and James Newlove taking second and Les Hatfull, Ernie Gidman and Ivan Pivac taking third. The competition was played on the new carpet green, which has been in use since May and has received high praise from club members. A new grass green is due to be ready for the club’s next tournament on October 17.

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October

Public Open Day on Waste Management proposal for a new regional landfill, Springhill Estate, 1232 State Highway 1, Dome Valley, Wellsford, 3-7pm. Info: wastemanagement.co.nz/ my-region/auckland/auckland-regional-landfill 17 Fight the Tip, Save the Dome. Public meeting, Wellsford Community Centre, 7pm. All welcome. (see story p3) 18 Methamphetamine education evening, Kate’s Place, 1960 SH1, Kaiwaka, 6-8pm. All welcome, supper will be served. RSVP 09 431 2661 (see story p24) 19 Tomarata School Show Day 20 Mangawhai Beach School Ag Day, 9am. (see story p41) 20 Labour Weekend Book Fair, Mangawhai Museum, 9am-4pm. Books from $1, free entry. (see story p40) 20 Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade, Jubilee Display Day. Bring the family along for demonstrations. (see story p20) 20 Book Sale, Point Wells Hall, 9am-12.30pm. Fiction, non-fiction and children’s books, from 50 cents. (see story p40) 20 Nip N Kwik Sale, Snells Beach Community Church, 325 Mahurangi East Rd, Snells Beach, 8am-noon. Refreshments, plants, clothing, books, white elephant. Ph: Gary Spittal 425 5415 (see story p40) 21 Warkworth & District Museum Open Day, 10am-3pm. Free entry and lots of activities. (see story p40) 21 Leigh Preschool gala, 9am-2pm 21 Kaukapakapa Library fundraiser for Helensville Museum, 10am-1pm. Books for sale including a number of local history books and the 2019 Then and Now calendar. 21 Kaukapakapa Market, SH16, 8.30am-1pm 23 The Ladies Rebus Club of Warkworth meeting, Totara Park Hall, Melwood Drive, 10am. New members welcome. Info: Betty 422 0534 27 Public Open Day on Waste Management proposal for a new regional landfill, Springhill Estate, 1232 State Highway 1, Dome Valley, Wellsford, 9am-1pm. Info: wastemanagement.co.nz/myregion/auckland/auckland-regional-landfill (see story p3) 27 Wellsford School Ag & Gala Day, 9am 27 Kowhai Festival Huge Day Out, 9.30am-4pm (see feature p31-35) 27&28 Rodney Art Awards exhibition, Warkworth Bridge Rooms, Alnwick Street. 28 Kowhai Festival Canoe Showdown. 28 Kowhai Festival Church Service, Mahurangi College, 10am. Guest speaker former All Black Eroni Clarke. (see story p37) 28 Puhoi Village Market. Calling all young and young at heart entertainers for You Bring the Talent. Sound system available. Magic Show,11am. Plus usual diverse stalls. Info: puhoivillagemarket@gmail.com or phone 021 977 181 . 29 Albi & The Wolves, Whangateau Hall. Doors open 6.45pm, floor singers start at 7pm 31 Rent Event. Ray White landlord’s evening to help educate investors on residential rental matters. Bookings essential on rentevent.co.nz or call 425 7959. 17

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56 Mahurangimatters October 17, 2018

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A fantastic regatta in great conditions got off to a difficult start after a huge financial blow to competitors from Auckland Council.

NZ edge Aussies at Algies at sailors expense Victory over arch rivals Australia is usually sweet, but the introduction of a resource consent has left sailors sour at the Interdominion Schools Team Sailing Championships. This year’s competition, hosted at Algies Bay from September 30 to October 4, saw things go down to the wire, with the home nation pulling away at the very end. However, sailors from both nations received a blow before racing even begun. Auckland Council announced it would, for the first time require a resource consent to use the reserve area next to the Sandspit Yacht Club. New Zealand Team Sailing Association (NZTSA) secretary Gay Noyer says after running the event at Algies five times and only requiring an event permit, it was a shock to be told they needed a consent that would cost over $5000.

“We managed to get an admin fee taken off that, so it was just over $3000, but then we required CLC Consulting Group to do the consent for us, which cost another $3000,” Noyer says. “Council talks about promoting sport and recreation in the region, but then puts a huge cost in the way of a nonprofit organisation. “We’re hoping to get a grant to help cover the expense, but they’re not easy to come by.” Auckland Council acting resource consents manager Steve Goeldner says the event required a resource consent for the first time because of new rules in the Auckland Unitary Plan. “The charges are to cover the cost of processing the resource consent application,” Mr Goeldner says. “The consent enables the holder to

use the reserve land for a period of 10 years for up to two major team sailing events each year.” Council was unable to comment on whether the added cost of the consent would impact the event in any way. Despite increased costs being a disappointment, the NZTSA was pleased with how close the competition was this time. NZTSA chair Derry Godbert says it was the girls who pulled New Zealand to victory after a struggling performance in the open class. “We have a strong focus on girls sailing in this country, and it was great to see that in the results,” Godbert says. Napier Girls High School was the top New Zealand competitor, winning its side of the competition, while Auckland Boys Grammar School had the best result in the open,

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coming third. New Plymouth Girls High School finished third and Diocesan School for Girls fourth, while Westlake Boys High School came fourth and Christchurch Boys High School sixth. Godbert also praised Algies Bay as a venue, even though the event will not be held there in 2020 for the first time since 2006. “Because of the resources we have there and the work of Ross Sutherland, it’s the best place for school team sailing regattas in the country. “Unfortunately, Ross is away in 2020, so the event will move to another location in New Zealand, but it will definitely be back at Algies in future.” The event will also be trialled in July for the next two years to suit the school examination schedule better.

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