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Board challenges Council over costs Auckland Council’s involvement in community and small public works projects could be doubling costs, according to the Rodney Local Board. The board is pushing for a review of Council’s procurement process which stipulates that projects under $100,000 are completed using preferred contractors. Board member Greg Sayers says this inflates costs mainly due to the health and safety compliance costs required of the contractors. The Board believes ratepayers may be paying nearly double current market rates, and the Board wants Council to consider a new approach to funding small public works, in particular. “A recent example is the roof at the Kumeu Arts Centre,” Mr Sayers says. “Council staff told the Board that replacing the roof was going to cost $40,000, but members of the centre

went to private contractors who said it could be done for just $23,000.” At the Board’s parks, culture and community development committee meeting last month, it resolved to make a $25,000 grant to the art centre members to complete the work, sidestepping the normal Council process and possibly reducing the cost by $15,000. Committee chair Beth Houlbrooke says it is a test case that could drastically reduce the cost of Council projects. “If this is successful it could allow community groups to get work done without the inefficiencies of Council bureaucracy,” she said. “They will be able to spend the money in a way that will benefit them most and save ratepayers money.” Member Steven Garner says the cost of public works is a major issue. continued page 2

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Council costs challenged “One example is the new toilets at Warkworth Showgrounds, which cost $480,000,” Mr Garner says. “It only has about seven toilets and little else. You can build a nice house with three en-suites for that price. The level of inefficiency is unacceptable and can’t be allowed to continue.” Mr Sayers says the upgrade of the Wellsford toilets, which

Patrols over The Omaha club was involved in 11 rescues over the season but members were also busy hosting numerous sporting events including SLS surf sports and IRB events, and the recent SUP nationals. Club publicity officer Ruth Tanner says it was good to see many lifeguards participating in both water safety and competition events. “More and more members of all ages are entering not just Surf Life Saving carnivals but local events such as the Kowhai Festival river race and the upcoming Seagull race at Matakana,” she says. “We have been fortunate to receive funding for new skis and boards, and it is great to see them being used in competitions.” Ruth paid tribute to the countless volunteer hours that lifeguards put into the club, not just patrolling the beach but also coaching, instructing, and being role models for junior members. “It makes me very proud.” Mangawhai lifesavers had a busy season, rescuing twice as many people as last year. Provisional figures show

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NAG confident of appeal win It could be several weeks before the Northern Action Group (NAG) has a decision on its High Court appeal, which could affect North Rodney’s future in the Auckland supercity. The appeal was heard before Justice Collins in the Wellington High Court on March 30. NAG is appealing the Local Government Commission’s decision to refuse to assess NAG’s proposal that North Rodney secede from Auckland Council and set up its own unitary council. “We believe the commission acted unlawfully in rejecting our application,” NAG chairman Bill Townson says. “Our Counsel, from the Wellington Public Law firm of Franks Ogilvie, argued our case strongly and we are confident of success which will restart the process of finding the best local governance arrangements for our community as clearly laid down as the principle purpose of the new revised local government reorganisation law.”

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Nikki Kaye took a tour of the college with staff, Board of Trustee representatives and senior students to see first-hand water-tight repair issues.

Associate minister inspects college repairs A further $2 million has been made available to address weather-tightness issues at Mahurangi College. Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye visited the school on April 2 to inspect the work that is currently underway. The initial cost to repair leaky building issues at the college was $4.5 million.

During her visit, Ms Kaye said this had been increased to $6.3 million. She said the current project included repairs to the college’s water-damaged junior block and library, and rebuilding the arts block. “Last year the science block was repaired and strengthened to meet the current building code, and repairs

to the student centre are also being looked at. “This is not just about fixing leaky buildings, it’s also about providing students with an environment that excites and inspires them to learn and achieve.” Ms Kaye said the current work at Mahurangi College is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

A set net monitoring programme at Omaha Beach has failed to find a single net this summer. Auckland Council’s regulatory and bylaws committee voted against set net bans at Omaha, Hatfields and Browns Bay last year, going against a Rodney Local Board recommendation. The committee cited a lack of evidence of a nuisance or risk to public safety and started a monitoring programme at the beaches before reassessing the issue later this year. But monitoring has found just three instances of set netting – all of which were at Hatfields Beach. Council also received 30 complaints via email, with 13 complaints at Omaha, including four about set netting and nine about crab pots. Analysis of the monitoring programme is still being completed and Council is gathering further information. Set netting has been banned at Army Bay and Te Haruhi Bay in Shakespear Regional Park since December and at Arkles Bay since 2006. A review of the Arkles Bay bylaw is due this year, when bans at other Auckland beaches will be considered.

Rodney voice loudest in long term plan submissions More Rodney residents submitted on Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP) than any other local board area, with 1397 submissions. Hibiscus and Bays came in second, just 20 less than Rodney, with 1377. In total, Council received a record 27,353 written submissions, nearly triple the 10,000 submissions of the last LTP consultation. The majority of submissions were in favour of the more expensive advanced transport network, while 34 per cent

preferred to fund the network through motorway charges and 27 per cent favoured a fuel tax and rates rises. Auckland Mayor Len Brown says the result shows Aucklanders are clearly in favour of a strong transport system. “Council now has a responsibility to listen to what they have said and act decisively,” Mr Brown says. A detailed breakdown of Rodney submissions will be available later this month. A final decision on the plan will be made on May 7 and 8, and it will be formally adopted by Council on June 25.

Serious Fraud files A former Auckland Transport and Rodney District Council employee is expected to appear in court this month on charges filed by the Serious Fraud Office. The SFO conducted its investigation into matters relating to Auckland Transport, independently from Auckland Transport’s internal investigation. A SFO spokesperson says the office is aware that name suppression has been sought and the SFO will not comment further until the first appearance has occurred.

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Mad as a hornet On recently finding a huge population of very vicious wasps swarming through my boundary fence with a neighbouring property, I visited the Auckland Council office in Warkworth and made enquiries about a Council pest destruction service, only to be told this service was available in the days when we were called Rodney County Council. Now that we are under the rule of Auckland Council, it happens no more. My daughter, now living the in the heart of Auckland city, had a huge wasp nest in her garden which she reported to Council and received an almost immediate response. A pest destruction officer arrived and eradicated it. Why are our city cousins receiving different treatment to we country people? Are we considered an inferior race? I am appalled at the difference in our treatment. Peggy Burton, Ti Point

Auckland Council responded: All wasp nest eradication on private property is the responsibility of the property owner, throughout Auckland including the former Auckland City Council area. A private property owner with such an issue would need to arrange for a private pest destruction contractor at their expense. Council would eradicate a wasps nest only on its own property such as a council park or reserve. We

are surprised by the suggestion that Council eradicated a wasps nest on the correspondent’s daughter’s property, as this is not the process that is followed by Auckland Council.

Ecofest thanks Thank you so much for supporting the Eco Festival North and a wonderful month of events. I’m delighted to report that the Pacific Cuisine event at Mahurangi River Winery raised $515 for Vanuatu with book sales over a month period still to come in. Thanks to Robert Oliver, Kahui Cassidy, Gary Heaven and the team at Mahurangi River Winery, Trish Allen and Eco Festival North for all their work, and to all 70 people who came and were generous with their donations. For those who could not make it, as the event was booked out, please know you can still buy Kaitiakitanga Pasifika at the Village Bookstore in Matakana and all profits go to support relief efforts in Vanuatu. It’s great to see an eco festival raise awareness and funds for a vital cause at the same time. Tau ke! Dr. Cathie Koa Dunsford, Warkworth

Get the facts right Bevan Woodward seeks to give his opinion and understanding of roading problems and its funding (MM Apr 1). Unfortunately, most of

his information is simply not correct. He makes comments relating to speed limits on rural roads. The speed limit on rural roads has generally been the same for decades. Driving to the conditions and not being distracted is what saves lives, not speed limits as they are generally the same as they have always been. The writer claims that, “heavy trucks pay a disproportionately small amount to cover the road damage they cause”. However the facts are that in 2009, an Independent Review of the NZ Road User Charger (RUC) found that the heavier multi-axel trucks most common on our roads today, are paying over 25 per cent more than they should be. (NZTA website RUC review 31 March 2009) Mr Woodward uses those erroneous claims to substantiate the myth that rail is disadvantaged, as road has a subsidised advantage over rail and coastal shipping. Actually, NZ use of rail is not disproportionate compared to other countries in the world. Stats from the year 2012 show that the percentage of freight on rail in NZ is 13%, Ireland 0.8%, EU 9%, Germany 9.5%, UK 6%. Sea is the most efficient energy mode. NZ moves 4% and Japan is 45%. Population and cost-effective port infrastructure are factors. Again Mr Woodward states, “Hence we are seeing more trucks on the roads which means more fatalities and

serious crashes, as heavy trucks are over represented in NZ crash statistics.” As a proud retired road transport operator I am more than a little aggrieved that such an erroneous statement can be made and publicly printed. Accident statistics show that truck related fatal crashes are one-third less than they were in 1990. On top of that, 66% of truck-related crashes are caused by cars. This percentage is very similar in the US. Heavy transport drivers, given the distances they cover, have very low accident records. There are a lot of drivers who have a lifetime of driving, millions of kilometres travelled and all totally accident free. Maurie Hooper, Snells Beach

Refuse ain’t broke I see the Auckland Council is proposing to set-up its own refuse collection service (MM Mar 18). There has been talk that households will be provided with several bins to allow the separation of recyclables, kitchen waste and real waste. I have to wonder at what the motivation for this is. We have been fortunate in Rodney to have had a choice, as individual households, of being able to either purchase rubbish bags or contract for a wheelie bin with several private companies offering these services. Where there are competitors there is always control over pricing. We already pay in our rates a refuse charge and this, in part, covers the cost of a private contractor, engaged by Council, to provide collections for recyclable items. If Council provides three or possibly four bins to every Auckland household, which in total number somewhere just over 500,000, the capital cost to Council setting up their new scheme is horrifying. If the bins per household only cost $100 to supply then we are talking of an outlay of $50 million and this would only be the tip of the escalating costs. This expenditure is being incurred at a time when all sorts of other more urgent capital projects are being shelved to pay for a train set. continued page 5

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We have a competitive system run by private enterprise so why does Council need to destroy this for the sake of some empire building and at the expense of many other more urgent projects such as a decent upgrade of the Hill Street intersection for one. Why try and ‘fix’ something that ain’t broken. Albert Jensen, Warkworth

Rodeo claims disputed Your Environment columnist Christine Rose does her cause no favours when she directly attacks the Warkworth Rodeo (MM Apr 1) with selective and biased comment. I have taken her article as a direct threat to our civil liberties and it shows that the bravery and exceptional skill set required to compete at rodeos are qualities that do not rate highly with her in terms of human achievement. Ms Rose and her SAFE group claim victory for closing down the Huntley Rodeo on animal welfare compliance issues. She is wrong. The management of Huntley Rodeo closed down the event voluntarily because of the ever-rising cost of running these events to be Occupational Safety and Health Act compliant. The management of Warkworth Rodeo, lead by stalwart secretary Krista Fletcher and a succession of strong presidents, are going the opposite way and, in doing so, are showing to have spines of steel. They have stared down and defeated Auckland Council when John Banks led initiatives tried to have a “no rodeo in our area” policy introduced. To cover the ever-rising costs of compliance of OSH related issues they have reluctantly raised admission charges. The public voted “yes” by attending the 2015 event in record numbers. At the 2014 event, a group of SAFE activists tried to disrupt the smooth running of the programme by protesting in the yards/chutes area of the arena, with stock in the pens.

They endangered themselves and the stock, and the police were called to adjudicate. The SAFE group made their statements at the Warkworth Police Station. When they demanded to be allowed to return to the event to continue their protest, the police wisely ruled against them for their own safety. At the 2015 event, this same group took long-range video recordings of stock handling procedures at the chute gates, Ms Rose claiming that these showed animal cruelty. These claims prove that she and the SAFE group know nothing about the safe and humane handling of stock in a transportation and yards situation, and that what appears to them as cruelty is in fact “best practice” done with skill and authority by experienced people. I salute the loyal sponsors and the management of Warkworth Rodeo for the magnificent, record-breaking event in 2015. It was the best ever in all respects. The killjoys and wowsers of the SAFE organisation do not deserve success.

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College spearheads cyclone appeal for Tuvalu Mahurangi College has launched a special community appeal for the small Pacific island of Nui, part of the Tuvalu group, which was devastated in Cyclone Pam last month. There are about 45 Tuvaluan students at the college, including 10 from Nui, as well as support teacher Situila Neleta. Situila finds it difficult to speak about the current situation on Nui without tears. There are about 70 families on Nui and nearly half are living in three shelter buildings or with other families. The hospital has been partly destroyed, roads are impassable and debris and sand from the ocean is scattered across the island. There is no fresh drinking water, no electricity, crops have been ruined by seawater inundation and most of the buildings have been levelled. The islanders are relying totally on overseas aid. “It’s been heartbreaking and it will take years for the community to recover,” Situila says. Pacific Direct Line has given four containers to the Tuvaluan community at a reduced rate and one is earmarked specifically for Nui. Principal David Macleod hopes the school and the wider community will be able to fill the container with food and clothing, and other basic requirements (see panel right). “The fact that we have Tuvaluan

students in the school brings this disaster very close to home,” he says. “Staff and students have been upset to learn of the extent of damage and the response to the appeal has been instantaneous. After assembly, one student came in with $20 of her own money.”

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Islanders have had to undertake the gruesome task of recovering the remains of family members. The waves, whipped up by Cyclone Pam, destroyed the Nui cemetery on the southern side of the island, and the debris contaminated both the land and water.

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Leigh Fire Brigade ceremony rights a wrong after 23 years One of Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade’s founding members was recognised for his 26 years service last month, nearly 23 years after his death. Robert Davies was awarded a posthumous Gold Star last month, in a New Zealand first. Mr Davies was a founding member of the station, which opened in 1966, and was chief fire officer for 11 years before retiring in 1992. But due to a filing error, the brigade was unable to prove that he had served over 25 years. He died from a heart attack in November 1992. “I remember he was upset he didn’t get his Gold Star,” his daughter Carol says. “He knew he had done the time, but his starting date was incorrectly recorded as 1969 and he didn’t have enough time to prove it before he died. “It was something we discussed for years after. We kept saying ‘we should do something about it’, but it got put in the too hard basket.” But in 2012, brigade secretary Tony Enderby began looking into the club’s history in preparation for its 50th anniversary next year. He discovered documents proving Mr Davies was a founding member of the brigade. It took nearly three years of correspondence with the United Fire Brigades Association (UFBA) to right the wrong. Fellow founding member Robbie Torkington had to verify the documents were correct in front of a Justice of the Peace. “I think the UFBA were a bit hesitant

Robert Davies Robert Davies’ family was presented with a Gold Star award recognising Robert’s 26 years of service to the Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade. Pictured are his children, from left, Ian, Paul, Carol and Barry Davies and his wife (centre, left) Mavis.

at first because there isn’t a precedent for it,” Tony says. “But once they realised we weren’t going to let it go they got behind us and last year we were told the star would be awarded.” At a ceremony at the Leigh station on March 28, assistant area manager John Booth, UFBA past president Graeme Booth and president of the Gold Star Association Neville King presented the Davies family with the medal. Graeme said Robert lived for the

Two new road names in Kaipara Flats and Buckleton Beach have been approved by Rodney Local Board. A road in a sevenlot subdivision, off Kaipara Flats Road, will be called Hawks Ridge Rise. The applicant, Ideas In Design, said the road had impressive views over the 27-hectare property development and there were always hawks circling below the ridgeline. Howelen Road, off Whitmore Road near Buckleton Beach on the Tawharanui Peninsular, has been renamed Bishop Lane as the road is being extended as part of a subdivision. Property owners on Howelen Road approved the name change. The applicant, Bishops Hill JV, suggested the change because the name Bishop had historical links with the area – Bishop was the maiden name of Jim Buckleton’s wife, Molly. The subdivided farm has also been known as Bishops Hill for over three decades.

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brigade and it was a tragedy he didn’t live to receive the medal. “This is one Gold Star I will never forget,” Graeme said. “I can only recall one other posthumous award, but that was when the recipient died two days before receiving the medal. “Putting a wrong right is most important. It doesn’t matter if it was yesterday or 100 years ago. He missed out and that’s tragic. He should have had this Gold Star to wear on his uniform. We will do

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The Wellsford and Te Hana commercial areas have been singled out in the north as special restricted areas where licences to retail legal psychoactive substances will not be granted. Auckland Council’s regional strategy and policy committee approved the proposed Local Approved Product Policy (LAPP), which will prevent the sale of products near vulnerable communities, schools, or treatment centres for mental health issues or substance abuse. Licenses will be issued by the psychoactive substances regulatory authority, not Council. LAPP Hearings panel chair Cr Linda Cooper says that the policy had to find a balance between respecting the legal right for shops to sell the products and the need to protect the most vulnerable in the community. “Consultation showed that many people wanted the products banned outright,” she says. “However, as the Government licenses

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volunteers and Council compliance costs can be a big issue. “We also hope to bring the raft race back this year. It was cancelled last year due to difficulties getting sponsorship.” The Great Debate will be held on Thursday, October 22. A festival theme will be decided at a meeting on April 25, when more details will be announced. “We would love to hear from anyone who wants to be involved.” The meeting will be held in the RSA downstairs community room on Tuesday, April 21, at 7pm.

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Goodbye to the old … roll on the new Members of the Warkworth Town Hall Restoration Trust and fundraising committee gathered on April 9 to close the doors for the last time on the building ‘as is’. The site is now off limits as work starts on the multi-million dollar upgrade. Fundraising efforts are also gathering momentum. Tickets to a movie night at Matakana on April 19 are selling well. The committee is screening the Helen Mirren film The Woman in Gold. Tickets cost $20 and are available from the Mahurangi Matters office in Neville Street or phone Glennys on 945 0512. The movie starts at 6.45pm. Pictured at the hall are, from left, Cunitia Wilkinson, Lesley Larcombe, Glennys Oliver, Janet Pickering, Ilona Rodgers and Vanessa Barber.

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Leigh carnival funds school Three-year-old Mack Casanelia and his dad Chris, from Matakana, enjoyed the ‘world famous in Leigh’ ice-slide to cool down at the Leigh Carnival. The sun and the people came out in force for the carnival on Easter Sunday, with about 3000 visitors raising about $22,000 for Leigh School. The 61-pupil school will put the money towards a library upgrade, books, IT and online resources.

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All ages commemorate war, Young and old will come together in Wellsford on Anzac Day to remember those lost in war and pay their respect to returned servicemen and women. Wellsford School students have been researching World War I and Gallipoli and creating artworks and poems to commemorate the day. Some of the poems will be read at the Dawn Parade at Wellsford Memorial Park on April 25. The ANZAC artwork will be on display in Wellsford shop windows. Wellsford RSA treasurer Shirley Blakemore says they have been working with local schools, including Tauhoa and Tapora, to commemorate the day. The students will also be helping put in 100 miniature white crosses for a Field of Remembrance behind the Wellsford War Memorial Library. She says it is important to find creative ways to keep the stories and lessons of war alive for future generations. “If you don’t teach the kids what

happened and the sacrifices that were made for their freedom then it will have all been in vain,” she says. After the parade, the community is invited to the Wellsford RSA on Olympus Road for tea and sausages until 9am when members will have a champagne breakfast. New members are welcome to join. The RSA is still working on its $400,000 extension, due to be completed in June. The extension includes new dining, decks and a children’s playroom. A new kitchen cupboard and new toilets, including a disabled access toilet, have already been installed. Wellsford RSA president Terry Blakemore says 60 new members have joined this year, bringing membership to 260. He says the upcoming spruced up building, cheaper partner membership rates, and the increased coverage of the World War I centenary are all contributing to a renewed interest in the Returned Service Association.

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Upper Waiwera A Cenotaph Service will be held at Upper Waiwera, at 2.30 pm. The cenotaph is on Upper Waiwera Road, off Weranui Road. Puhoi The Puhoi Town Library is putting on free tea, coffee and Anzac biscuits, 9am-3pm. Warkworth The dawn service will start at the rotunda on Church Hill at 6am, followed by breakfast at the Warkworth RSA. The Civic Ceremony at 10.30am, also at the rotunda, will mark the 100th anniversary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli. The service will include the Australian national anthem, the ode in Maori and a reading in Turkish, and will be followed by light refreshments at the RSA. Matakana Rev. Diane Hawkins will officiate at a service at the Matakana Village Market, starting at 7am. Kawau Island A second public ceremony will be held at the Kawau Boating Club, starting at 12 noon. Leigh Ex-services and Community Club A service will be held at the Leigh Cemetery at 11am. The Fire Service, Leigh residents, dignitaries and members of the public will meet at 10.50am at the junction of Kowhai Terrace and Harbour View Road to march to the cemetery. Barrie Mason is leading the service and NZ Navy officer Sonya Cowen will be officiating. Wellsford A dawn service will be held at the Wellsford Memorial Library. There will be a march from the Rodney Street end of Port Albert Road to the library, from 5.45am for a 6am

service. Navy officers will join the march and lay a wreath service. Hakaru The Hakaru & District Memorial RSA service will start with an assembly at the clubrooms at 10am. The parade will move from the carpark at 10.15am and march to the flag for a wreath-laying ceremony. This will be followed by a service with guest speaker, Margaret Weeler of the Royal NZ Navy, in the clubrooms at 11am. A light lunch will be served at the conclusion of proceedings. Matakohe/Paparoa A combined Paparoa RSA and The Kauri Museum service will be held at the museum, with fall in at the Matakohe War Memorial Hall at 10.30am. The march to the flagstaff will be accompanied by a mounted soldier dressed in a WWI uniform and by WWI nurses in uniform. The march will halt at the Cemetery Flag, the flag will be lowered and the Last Post sounded. There will be wreath-laying ceremonies at the Gun Memorial and the War Memorial Hall. A service will be held at the Volunteers Hall at the museum during which family or friends will have the opportunity to lay flowers or poppies in the display near photographs of family members. A commemorative display, titled Three Cousins, Defying the odds, Surviving Gallipoli will pay tribute to the experiences of the Underwood Family during the Gallipoli campaign. Info: Colleen Glass 09 431 7417 (work).

Maungaturoto The Maungaturoto Memorial RSA Dawn Service will be held at the Maungaturoto Community Hall, beside the military cemetery, at 6am. NZ Navy personnel will be in attendance and the guest speaker will be Ted Mooney. The service will be followed by breakfast at the RSA.

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family began to research more about their relative. David says it’s important that future generations learn about the service and sacrifices made. Warkworth RSA president John Stephen says along with the public commemorations on Anzac Day, families may choose to do private ceremonies. “This display is for all the people of the district to come and see the wellknown family names here. But we also hope more descendants will, in their own time, come and do their own private remembrance, perhaps lay a poppy on the anniversary of when their loved ones lost their lives.” The names of the men were carefully researched by the Warkworth RSA and double-checked with the national archives. The crosses were made by Warkworth RSA members and the Field of Remembrance was laid out in the same way that the soldiers would have marched. Communities throughout New Zealand have been creating Fields of Remembrance on the 100th anniversary of Anzac Day and other major battles of WWI. On Armistice Day, 11 November 2018, there will be a National Commemoration ceremony comprising a Field of Remembrance of 18,200 White Crosses for each New Zealander who died.

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Nostalgia motivates new Mangawhai Tavern owner One of Mangawhai Tavern’s new owners has reclaimed a bit of family history. Rick Smith spent the first six months of his life living in what was then called the Commercial Hotel Mangawhai. He’s also grown up hearing a lifetime of stories from his family, who owned and managed it for three decades from the 1930s to the 1960s. Plus, Rick’s made plenty of his own memories as a tavern patron over the years. The Tomarata dairy farmer admits nostalgia was a reason for buying the pub, to restore its former glory and make it a hub for the community. So when the opportunity came up to buy back some family history, he rallied together his cousin Angela Ferrier and friends (a consortium of three couples with properties in Mangawhai). He also knows it’s a good opportunity. “It’s a great venue, there is so much scope.” The sale went through just before Easter, and they have already started sprucing the place up for its official re-opening on April 25 with a lick of paint in the main restaurant lounge bar and toilets. It’s just the first step in a five-year plan for renovations. The first vision is to make the most of Mangawhai Harbour view and move the games into the TAB part of the tavern. “We want this to be the best place around to eat right by the water,

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instead of at the car park. It’s a no brainer really.” While they want to attract visitors and keep it as a popular concert venue, Rick says they want to accommodate the locals first and make it a place for the community to use. They are starting with a fundraiser for the Mangawhai Heads Surf Lifesaving at the opening. “You’ve got to involve the people who are here, let them take ownership of it.” He wants to eventually restore the outside of the tavern, showing the original kauri, and fixing it up. That’s made his mother, 88-year-old Elizabeth Smith, particularly pleased. The two-storey hotel has had a colourful

to Dargaville but later returned to Mangawhai to help her parents. She raised her two eldest daughters at the hotel for eight years and Rick for his first six months. After her father died in the hotel, Mrs Smith and her husband continued to manage it, before the family leased it out and eventually sold it to Lion Breweries. She also recalls that it was hard work, something her son is not afraid of. “He saw an opportunity and grabbed it, but he likes a challenge and I admire him for that. I think it’s cute.” She has only been back a few times, and has never been back upstairs where she lived. “I’ll be quite pleased to go back, even if I have to drag myself up the banisters.”

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Call us today: 09 422 2202 Warkworth: Unit 3, Warkworth Medical Centre Cnr Alnwick & Percy Streets Free consultation is for 15 minutes with a specialist nurse.

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Our ur experienced midwives will care for you from conception to 6 weeks after the birth of your baby. We work from Whangaparaoa to Maungaturoto Coast to Coast.

Everyone has heard of stress, but what actually happens to us when we are stressed and how might it impact on our functioning as parents? Stress is when an event or series of events builds to the point when we feel pressure and become ‘on edge’. What occurs in the body during such times is that certain hormones are released which causes our physical and mental body to prepare for a potential threat. This is commonly known as the fight/flight response. Mentally, as our body prepares for action, our thinking brain (the frontal cortex) starts to shut down while circulation is diverted to our primitive emotional reactive brain which prepares us to defend or attack. Under stressful situations we may find ourselves shouting or overreacting to things that under calmer situations we would have handled more appropriately. As a result, we often experience guilt after an event when our thinking brain comes back on line and we re-evaluate our earlier actions. Parenting under stress negatively impacts on decisions such as blurting out consequence that we later regret. This may leave us stuck with something unreasonable or impacts on our consistency if we later reduce the unreasonable consequence. Furthermore, if our children become stressed by our behaviour then their ability to think and respond appropriately is also hindered due to their own stress response, hence learning is hindered. Stress can never be totally prevented but there are ways it can be managed. Managing the early stages of stress is much easier if you can pick the signs. Learn your own early warning signs of stress and act sooner rather than later. To prevent unnecessary stress set yourself realistic expectations and be prepared to let some less important jobs go undone. Be flexible and prepare for change, rigid thinking doesn’t leave space for the twist and turn of life events. Exercise, sleep and diet are important as they restore our vitality and energy levels and help us cope better with stress. Also, talking things through with family or friends can be helpful, as they say “a problem shared is a problem halved”. Finally, don’t be critical of yourself, no-one is perfect. Remind yourself that you are doing the best you can. If you do need help and are struggling there are lots of health providers and support agencies who can help. If you don’t know who to call, call us at Homebuilders and we’ll put you in contact with the support you need. Needing help is normal. As the saying goes ‘it takes a village to raise a child’.

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Serving the eye needs of North Shore and Rodney for over 35 years

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Louise McLaughlin 09 422 3750 027 242 8830 Photo, left-right, Sally Wilson, Sue Wynyard, Kathy Carter-Lee, Lydia Miller, Rebecca Hay, Louise McLaughlin, and Nicky Snedden.

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Elderly quizzed on rural life Mahurangi residents aged 65 and over are being invited to participate in a Massey University research project on age-friendly cities. Participants will be interviewed on their views and experiences of living in a rural community. A university spokesperson says that while the population in New Zealand, as in the world, is ageing rapidly, there are concerns that communities may not be adequately prepared to support older people to age in the communities where they live. The World Health Organisation introduced the concept of age-friendly cities and communities in 2007. Work has begun in some communities across the world, including Tauranga,

to assess age-friendly features. However, little is known about the age-friendliness of rural communities in New Zealand. The Massey research team will explore the views and experiences of older people in Warkworth and the surrounding areas. They hope to talk to as many people as possible who live independently in their own home, in a retirement village independent unit or with family. The findings from the study will be reported back to local community representatives for use in future planning and development. A $20 grocery voucher will be provided to participants. Info: Sara Napier on 0800 854 121.

Briefs Youth health on expo programme A Youth Health Expo will be held in Wellsford on Friday May 1. The event is aimed at raising awareness of the health services available for youth in the northern Rodney region. The programme will include a forum where youth will be able to ask questions of a panel of health professionals and youth representatives. The questions will be compiled in advance through various means including video footage by youth, for youth. The expo will be held at the Community Centre in Matheson Road, from 9.30am to 3pm. The event is being run in partnership by Health Link North, Te Ha Oranga, Te Runanga Ngat Whatua, Auckland Council and Waitemata District Health Board.

Probus election Rick Taylor was elected president of Warkworth Men’s Probus Club at the annual meeting last month. Other officers elected were: secretary Bill Speed, treasurer Pat Angel, committee – Eric Brayshaw, Don McGill, Peter Rose and Ron Smalley. Following the annual meeting, Bruce Carlson gave an illustrated talk on Gotland, Sweden’s largest island.

This project has been reviewed and approved by the Massey University Human Ethics Committee: Northern, Application 15/010. If you have any concerns about the conduct of this research, please contact Dr Andrew Chrystall, Chair, Massey University Human Ethics Committee: Northern, telephone 09 414 0800 x 43317, email humanethicsnorth@massey.ac.nz.

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Yogabody Matakana Susie Lever says yoga has been her life since she was 12 years old. She is one of only three senior Iyengar Yoga teachers in the country and has opened a dedicated Iyengar Yoga studio, Yogabody, on her lifestyle block on Smith Road in Matakana Valley. She has been teaching yoga for over 25 years and practising yoga since taking her first class as a child in south-east England where she grew up. Susie trained as a professional dancer from a young age but was hooked on yoga after attending her first class. “I took to yoga like a duck to water and I’ve never looked back,” Susie says. She started working as a professional dancer at 17 on the QE2 cruise ship travelling from New York to the Caribbean. “It was a fantastic experience especially for someone so young.” After a stint as a beauty therapist in the UK and Australia, Susie met her Kiwi husband. She qualified as an Iyengar Yoga teacher after moving to New Zealand 24 years ago. Her first Iyengar Yoga experience was at a workshop with B.K.S. Iyengar, who was visiting New Zealand at the time. “I really enjoy the thoroughness and precision of Iyengar Yoga. The focus is on correct alignment so that the body

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and mind are balanced.” As a senior level 1 teacher, Susie trains and assesses trainees to be certified as Iyengar Yoga teachers. Susie and her husband Mark moved to Matakana two-and-a-half years ago. “I love it here. My new yoga studio is a beautiful space filled with natural light and bird song.”

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Older people’s experience of living in a rural community Are you: 65 years or over? Living in Warkworth or surrounding areas? Living independently (own home, with family, retirement village independent unit etc.)? You are invited to take part in an interview to tell us about your views and experiences of living in a rural community. A $20 grocery voucher will be provided to participants. To take part in this research or to find out more please phone Sara Napier on 0800 854 121

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Setting up a business at any age isn’t for the faint-hearted, as the young entrepreneurs on the following pages attest. It takes a fair dose of courage to give up a steady nine-to-five job with a secure pay packet at the end of every week and leap into the unknown where you find yourself working long hours for variable rewards. We spoke to nine young business people about their experiences.

New mentoring programme for start-ups Starting a new business is fraught with difficulties which is one of the reasons Business Mentors NZ is now offering a programme specifically for start-ups. The programme was launched last October in response to an increase in enquiries from people looking for advice before they launched themselves into the business world. Business Mentors NZ chief executive Ray Schofield says that the organisation’s focus since starting 24 years ago has always been on providing advice to existing small to mediumsized businesses. The service works with an average of over 4300 clients every year, supported by nearly 2000 volunteer mentors and 18 agencies throughout NZ. “The start-up programme was setup simply because of the number of enquiries we were receiving,” he says. “It’s early days yet, but we have already had 120 clients sign up and the numbers are growing.” The start-up programme is delivered over six months and is designed for

Chief executive Ray Schofield.

people who have a new business idea or who are looking for help in starting a new business. Mentors with experience in business start-ups offer guidance, act as a sounding board to test the thinking of their start-up client, and give the critical support they need in the development of a robust business plan. Ray says start-ups require a different

approach from a business that is already trading and the programme has been tailored with this in mind. He says typically, clients are looking for help with their business plan so they can attract investment, need advice on their legal and compliance obligations, need confidence and focus, and want to put the right foundations in place. “Mentoring can help new business people avoid obvious mistakes, as well as providing motivation and confidence. It’s an opportunity to get critical feedback in key areas such as communications, interpersonal relationships, technical abilities, change management and leadership skills. “It can provide a sharper focus on what is needed to grow professionally and a friendly ear where you can share frustrations as well as successes.” Although mentors offer their time for free, the programme has a registration fee of $300 plus GST to cover operational costs. Info: businessmentors.org.nz or phone 0800 209 209.

ENTREPRENEURS COME IN MANY SHAPES, SIZES, & AGES, but all need the right information right from the start! Call Joy Paxton of People + People for help with: • HR policy implementation • Business growth or downsizing • Employee retainment • Training & development

• Recruitment & redundancy • Employee conflict & resolution • Wage & salary guidance • Health & Safety programs/audits

Contact Joy Paxton on 425 6459 or 0274 815 155 joy@peoplepluspeople.co.nz • www.peoplepluspeople.co.nz

Advice in a nutshell

Mahurangi-based human resources consultant Joy Paxton offers the following tips for keeping a small business on track: People skills rule Re-think your interactions with customers, clients, suppliers, competitors and employees Communication reigns Speak or write effectively and thoughtfully with all of your daily contacts Good value Develop your business to match your personal values Easy peasy Aim to make your business easy: easy to operate, easy to interact with, easy to find Plan for people Hire right and hire before you expand and grow Train, train, train Be generous with time and knowledge Risky business Use good mentors to identify and mitigate your risks Take charge Be decisive and solve problems quickly Delegate? Delegate ‘back office’ tasks Want referrals? Be trustworthy, reliable, respectful, and deliver on promises.

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Curtis Eaves 26 Eaves Plumbing I am about to enter my second year in business and although I don’t have any employees yet, it won’t be long before I do. I work about 65 to 70 hours a week, which includes being on the tools, paper work, quotes, organising jobs and stock. My biggest challenge at the start was getting enough money to buy my truck and all the tools and van stock I needed. It takes money to make money! Money and respect for my family’s name keeps me motivated, and in 10 years time, I see Eaves Plumbing running smoothly with me spending more time fishing and less time working. I have no regrets at all about

starting my own business. Advice: Don’t listen to all the people who tell you how hard it is to run a business. But, if you are not willing to go hard and make sacrifices, don’t bother starting! Philosophy: To me there is more to life than money. Money is a tool to get you the toys that you want and to make sure your family is not going to struggle through life like so many people do. I am going to go hard until I have enough to do this and then I’m going to enjoy my life - you could be dead tomorrow so make the most of it.

021 135 6596 | eaves.plumbing@hotmail.com

Paull Nicholas 29 Warkworth Locksmiths My wife and I started the company seven years ago on the North Shore and set-up Warkworth Locksmiths two years ago. I typically work 40 to 45 hours a week, with the odd after hours job, usually when someone has locked themselves out of the car or home.

harder with door knocking for new clients, which paid off in the long run.

It can be very traumatic when your home is broken in to so I get quite a sense of pride when we re-secure a premise and give our clients peace of mind, while also trying to make it harder for any repeat offenders.

Advice: Don’t rush into it! Write down what you think it is going to cost to set up than add 50 per cent to cover all the hidden costs. And put aside three months wages on top of your start-up costs as a backer while building the work up.

Our mid-long term goal is to be the leading lock and alarm company in Rodney, and to move the workshop from the house to a retail store in Warkworth. When we started, the quiet periods freaked me out because the money wasn’t coming is as fast as the bills were going out. But those days made me work even

It might have been hard in the first year but the flexibility of working for yourself is priceless especially if you have a young family.

Don’t tick up expensive vehicles and equipment right at the start and keep watch of your outgoings; keep them as low as possible. Always set weekly/monthly targets, too. You will be surprised how much more you can make when you have a number to focus on.

425 0399 | 0800 805500 | warkworthlocksmiths.co.nz

on Packer 26 SP Hair Therapy I’ve wanted to be a hairdresser for as long as I can remember. I started an apprenticeship when I was 17 and was given great training and confidence by my first boss Jeanie. It was my passion for hairdressing that really motivated me to start my own business a year ago plus I was keen to set up a salon with my own ideas and run it myself. In the longer term, I’d like to grow the business so that

we could move to bigger premises with more staff, but it would be important not to lose the salon’s “family friendly” atmosphere. One of the biggest challenges has been learning some of the tax and GST issues that go behind running your own business. I believe any young person with a passion for something should go for it. Working for yourself is very rewarding in many ways.

425 41 42 334 Mahurangi East Rd, Snells Beach

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Rebecca (Becks) Lane 31 Bramble Café I have had Bramble for just over a year and we currently employ seven staff, including some part-timers.

We also have amazing staff and customers who always throw ideas into the mix so this helps keep things fresh.

Up until recently I would work 45 to 55 hours in the business and another 10 on it. Now that I have a baby, my priorities have changed dramatically working two mornings a week and a couple of hours on weekends.

Starting a business is scary, but I’m so glad I did. While there are long hours on your feet, tiredness, worry and decision-making, the flip side is those hours are yours. The tiredness hopefully will lead to success and the worry dissipates as you learn. It’s all challenging and at times it can feel like an arduous struggle, but a happy customer, having a busy day and a bit of a laugh makes it worthwhile.

Having had a break away I am going back into work incredibly motivated. But, normally, when I have been working endlessly and start to think about working for someone else, I change something - the food, the cafe layout ... anything to make it feel new again.

Who knows where I’ll be in 10 years but I hope I’ll be lucky enough to still be surrounded by inspiring people, learning more, happy in what I do and ideally a little less breast feeding and a little more wine.

422 7133 | 1 Omaha Flats Roa d, Matakana Country Park

Neil Taylor 25 Neil Taylor Cabinetmaker & Design Customer satisfaction and reflecting on what we have achieved so far is what keeps me motivated. I’ve been in business for four years and there are four of us working in the business now. I work an average of 55 hours a week. In 10 years time, I’d like to still be providing quality cabinetry to the Rodney area and beyond. Providing opportunities for apprentices is also important to me and I’d like to update to more modern machinery to provide a more efficient service.

Setting up my own business has been a rewarding journey. Building the business up from scratch was a struggle in the beginning, juggling meetings with sales reps, clients and manufacturing, and installing cabinetry by myself. Once there was enough work to employ another cabinetmaker things got easier. Advice: Research your targeted market. Believe in yourself and set achievable goals both short and long term.

425 7017 | 021 070 0643 | cabinetmakeranddesign.co.nz

Tom Roberts 34 Allens Autos I started as a sole trader four years ago and now have a staff of four, soon to be five. I love my job and the awesome team are a pleasure to be around, which makes all the difference. My biggest challenge was just to bite the bullet and do it. I’ve been in this trade for a long time. I think customers respect when you are honest and straight up with them. I’ve found that this is

what gets them back through the door, plus they refer other customers. Working for yourself has its moments - I do about 50 hours a week on average - but I would encourage others to give it a crack. Not everyone is cut out to work for themselves, but I am glad I took the plunge.

425 9363 | Unit A 18 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth

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Dan Wood 28 Dan Wood Electrical I’ve just celebrated my first year in business which I am pretty proud about. I do about 50 to 55 hours of electrical work a week, plus about 10 hours office work on top. My partner Bailee helps in the business and we hope to employ an apprentice at the end of this year.

awesome being my own boss, and I get out of it what I put in.

In terms of motivation, we are expecting our first baby at the end of this month so that definitely helps and one day we’d like to own our own house. The goal of running a successful business and remaining self-employed is what keeps me going!

I grew up in Warkworth so it’s been good to already know other businesses and the community. I also joined Warkworth BNI six months ago which has been a great help through the support and knowledge I have gained from other members.

Overall, going into business for myself was a good move but there are pros and cons. It has been a lot of work and very challenging. You don’t have the luxury of being able to switch off at 5 o’clock after an eight hour day. But in saying that, it’s

Advice: Don’t under estimate the challenge. Remember your overheads can add up pretty quickly and it takes motivation and self discipline to work efficiently and keep it all running smoothly.

Dan Wood

Registered Electrician

Dan Wood

Registered Electrician

My biggest challenge was realising that the physical work is the easiest part. It’s the paper work and behind-the-scenes stuff which is the challenge! I’ve learnt about the importance of cash flow.

021 104 8175 | danwoodelectrical@gmail.com

021 104 8175 danwoodelectrical@gmail.com

Monique Vujcich 25 Matakana Physio I started working with Robyn Weston as a self-employed contractor in February. At the moment I am doing 12 to 15 hours a week at the clinic in Matakana, but I also do occupational rehabilitation work on the other days. This is the first step towards fully owning my own business so I am very excited and privileged to be learning from Robyn. As a local girl, it’s awesome to be able to put something back into the community and be working as a young health professional in an area where I grew up and went to school. Leaving my job in Auckland was a big step. I worried about whether I would get the support I had in Auckland for my professional development and whether I could afford to become self-

employed as I have a mortgage. I had a big pros and cons list - but the pros outweighed the cons so that made it easy to make the decision, especially when I was travelling up to two hours a day - I love having a 20 minute return trip to work! In 10 years I see myself owning Matakana Physio and bringing new treatment ideas to the practice, and I would also like to do some postgraduate studies. Advice: If you want to do it, do it. You have to do what makes you happy and what you love, but make sure you don’t jump into it without thinking it through and ensure you have supportive people around you.

423 0295 | 027 358 4379

Matt White 23 Treeminator I’ve been in business in Warkworth for the past two-and-a-half years and on average, I work 40 to 60 hours a week. I enjoy a physical job and get satisfaction from having a happy client with a job well done. I also enjoy the fact that I am in charge of my own destiny; my success relies on me and my own efforts. In 10 years time, I’d like to think I was still running a successful and ethical business, based on integrity and honesty. Getting

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challenge. I needed to get known, buy equipment. I know that a lot of my business comes from referrals so I go the extra step for my clients and this helps keep a steady work flow. Advice: You must have the skills to do what you intend your business to be. You must be prepared to work hard … no more 9 to 5 days, Monday to Friday. You must also set aside time to work ‘on’ your business after you have worked ‘in’ your business. Having a mentor who you can talk things over with, good and bad, helps a lot.

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021 0506 100 | matt@thetreeminator.co.nz

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Business people invited to War Building a stronger local business network which leads to business referrals may be the primary aim of BNI Warkworth, but it is far from being the only benefit members receive. The group is holding an ‘open day’ breakfast at the Warkworth RSA on Wednesday, April 22, starting at 7am. Any business person in the wider Mahurangi catchment is encouraged to attend without obligation. Long-time member Steve Reynolds says the event will follow a normal meeting programme so visitors can see how the club runs and can talk to members about how the network has helped their business. “While qualified business referrals underpin the Warkworth chapter’s objectives, it is also very much about building relationships,” Steve says. “Barrie Wood and I have both been in the group for 10 years and many of the relationships that we’ve developed over this time have gone from acquaintances to genuine friendships.” BNI is New Zealand’s largest business networking organisation. There are 120 groups around the country which collectively have 2600 members. In the 12 months to January this year, NZ BNI groups generated

nearly $70 million in business and that figure is expected to rise this year. “We’ve only recently started to track the value of referrals,” Steve says. “The Warkworth group started midway through last year but we’re generating about $50,000 in business referrals a month. “The aim is to do more than $1 million this year.” Steve says BNI is particularly beneficial for people who are new to the area, people who are new in business and businesses that don’t have a shop front. “There is a lot of experience in the room and members are only too happy to take on a mentoring-like role. Sometimes it can be as simple as helping a person sort out their accounts systems or referring them to a professional for advice on staffing or health and safety issues. “It’s always good to be able to help people avoid the mistakes we may have made when we were starting out.” BNI meets weekly and allows only one person per business category to join a chapter. For catering purposes, the group is asking anyone interested in attending the open day breakfast to RSVP to Scott Morison at scott@morison.net.nz

Mobile 021 440 143 Freephone 0508 468371 grant@countrywise.co.nz www.countrywise.co.nz

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Top Floor, Roberts Corner Cnr Baxter & Neville Streets PO Box 18, Warkworth 0941 Phone 09 422 2423 Fax 09 422 2426 hailes@hailesca.co.nz

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orth BNI chapter represent a diverse range of business sectors including insurance, printing, water b design, electrical, valuation, real estate, accounting and legal.

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porter of Hospice NZ, with BNI chapters raising funds and awareness for their partnered hospices. NI supports the Palliative Care Scholarship programme, the development of the Foundations of l development programme and the Sustainable Business Network.

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Freephone 0800 426 426 AQUA FILTER is a Division of Aqua Synergy Group

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Council scheme warms hundreds of homes in Rodney Rodney homeowners have received more than $1 million as part of Auckland Council’s Retrofit Your Home programme, which helps meet insulation and heating costs. The scheme started in 2011 and allows Auckland ratepayers to apply for $5000 to spend on home insulation, clean heating, fireplace removal, water tank installation and water efficiency devices. The money is a loan which is paid off with interest over nine years via a targeted rate. More than 400 Rodney residents have so far applied for the fund, receiving over $1.1 million. Auckland-wide, 11,500 households have received over $28 million and application numbers have continued to grow each year. The programme has proved so popular Council has had to top up the fund each year as demand has exceeded expectations. Just three-quarters of the way through the current financial year, Council has already approved $5.4 million worth of applications. As a result, the scheme was boosted from $6m to $9m last month. In 2012, it was estimated that 400,000 homes were inadequately insulated in

Rodney residents can get a $5000 loan from Auckland Council to cover costs of installing insulation through the Retrofit Your Home programme.

the Auckland region, so demand is expected to remain strong. Environmental Services manager Gael Ogilvie says the programme has supported better health outcomes at no net cost to Council. “Homeowners benefit from warmer drier homes, improved energy efficiency and cleaner heating sources,” Ms Ogilvie says. “There are also air quality improvements achieved

through a reduction in particulate emissions from home fires.” The range of options supported by the Retrofit Your Home programme has recently expanded to include water conservation. Customers select their retrofit supplier from a list of 15 approved suppliers who quote for the work. All suppliers have been chosen through a process that evaluates product

effectiveness, price, service method, track record, resources and technical capacity. Council also monitors supplier performance in terms of customer service and price through customer surveys and price audits. Premier Insulation Auckland North accounts manager Nick Booth says $5000 will cover the cost of under-floor and ceiling insulation in most homes. “We get a lot of people saying it’s the best money they’ve spent on their home. The costs are relatively low, but the benefits are substantial.” But he says there has been a noticeable drop in people insulating their homes since a government subsidy ended in 2013, which assisted about 235,000 homes. The programme offered homeowners a 33 per cent subsidy up to $1300. The subsidy programme is now only available for low-income households. “Obviously the Council-run scheme is less inviting than the government subsidy, but it still means more people are able to afford to insulate their homes.” The list of suppliers is updated each year and is expected to expand to 20 suppliers next month. Info: aucklandcouncil.govt.nz (keywords, retrofit your home)

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‘At risk’ groups urged to immunise against influenza Health authorities in NZ are aiming to have more than 1.2 million people immunised with the influenza vaccine this year. The annual supply of the vaccine has arrived in New Zealand after being delayed while two new strains were added to provide better protection. The Ministry of Health says there are now more than half a million vaccines in the country. Medical centres are being encouraged to start vaccinating those who are most vulnerable such as pregnant women, the elderly and people with serious health conditions. A national campaign encouraging ‘at risk’ members of the community to immunise will be launched on April 21. National Influenza Specialist Group spokesperson and virologist, Dr Lance Jennings says the bad flu season developing in the United States and possibly in Europe, was caused by an influenza A (H3N2) strain which had ‘drifted’ or changed and was not included in the Northern Hemisphere flu vaccine. “We had this strain in New Zealand at the end of our winter last year, so some people have already been exposed to it,” he says. “We believe the vaccine currently being formulated for New Zealand should offer good protection against the circulating H3N2 strain.” Protecting younger people, especially those with ongoing medical conditions, will be a special focus of this year’s immunisation programme. “We know that younger people who have an ongoing medical condition such as diabetes or asthma, are often unaware that they are at risk from influenza. They possibly believe they are fit and healthy and therefore, not in need of influenza vaccination. “Unfortunately, this group is particularly vulnerable to the complications of influenza because of their underlying condition and are more likely to be

Anyone can catch influenza or ‘the flu’. Fit and healthy people can get it, and so can people who have had it before because the strains of influenza virus change from year to year.

admitted to hospital than the general population.” Around 1.2 million doses of influenza vaccine were used in NZ in the 2014 season. The highest uptake was among people 65 and over. Dr Jennings says it will be a challenge to improve vaccine uptake this year, especially as 2013 and 2014 were relatively mild influenza seasons and people may have become complacent about the threat.

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Brothers bond on road trip for good cause Warkworth raised brothers, Willie and Sam Ryburn, have had an epic trip retracing the route of the infamous movie Goodbye Pork Pie and raising money for KidsCan this month. Updates on the brothers’ journey were posted on the Mahurangi Matters Facebook page over Easter as they joined 57 other mini drivers in the sixday charity rally covering more than 2500kms. From Kaitaia to Invercargill they were greeted with huge receptions by locals, mini car clubs and media as they stopped at many of the spots in the movie. Sam, who lives in Kaipara Flats, says spending eight days in the car with his younger brother Willie, who came over from Australia for the rally, was valuable bonding time. And they proved to be everyone’s favourite, winning the Peoples Choice Award for the mini and their efforts. The brothers were driving a modified Mini Clubman Estate that started life as a station wagon. It lasted the distance, with only one small roadside repair just out of Springfield and a new accelerator cable in Alexandra. Luckily the Christchurch Mini Owners Club turned up to sort out the problem. Other cars in the convoy weren’t so lucky with about four smashed windscreens at last count. Some of their stealthy navigation saved them time, using their Auckland motorway knowledge to cut through

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Fewer duck shooting rules considered as numbers rebuild Duck numbers are rebuilding following a couple of good summers and gun regulations could be relaxed in coming seasons, a Fish and Game ranger says. The duck-shooting season starts on May 2 and runs to June 1 in the Auckland region and June 28 in Northland. North Auckland field ranger John Dyer says floods and droughts knocked back duck numbers, leading to more stringent regulations in 2012, but they appear to be slowly bouncing back. “Numbers may not be as good as they once were, but they are improving,” John says. “The Waikato region has been hardest hit by bad weather and habitat loss, but the hilly geography north of Auckland makes waterfowl less vulnerable to flooding. We will probably be in a situation where we will want to relax regulations again soon.” The Auckland Waikato shooting season reduced from eight to six weeks in 2012, then was cut to four weeks in 2013. Regulations limiting the shotgun magazines to holding two cartridges were also introduced in 2013. The Northland region, which starts north of Wellsford, does not come under the regulations. “These are tools we use to allow numbers to bounce back when they are low. We look at the number of ducks each year and change the rules,

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season length and bag limits to ensure populations are sustainable.” People flouting the three-shell rule was the most common offence last season, but John warns there are harsh consequences for anyone ignoring the regulations. “If the ranger can find any way of getting more than three cartridges in the gun, then people are breaking the law. “Fines of up to $10,000 were handed

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Church hosts social justice talk A local presentation of the Salvation Army’s 2015 state-of-the-nation report, first released around New Zealand in main centres in February this year, will be held in the Church of Sts Peter and Paul, Puhoi, on Monday, April 20, at 7.30pm. The report is titled A Mountain All Can Climb and covers five key social policy areas – children’s wellbeing, work and incomes, crime and punishment, housing and social hazards including alcohol, drugs, gambling and debt. The report’s author, Alan Johnson, will attend the meeting which has been convened by the WarkworthPuhoi Parish’s newly-formed Social Justice group. Mr Johnson will offer ideas on how faith communities and social justice groups can raise questions around poverty and inequality, both locally and nationally.

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I am completely over the telecommunications (or lack thereof) in rural Rodney and I would say I speak for a great many of us. It irks me that I am told I live in a “Supa City” in the year 2015 and I have no/limited mobile coverage, cannot access broadband and most of the phone lines I am told are of the old copper variety. I used to be able to get some mobile phone signal at my house, but early last year we had a big storm and it seemed for some strange reason my signal blew away (never to return) and just like that my ‘text life’ was over. I only bother with my phone now when I go into town, ‘ding ding ding’ it goes when I get into what I call the ‘privilege area’ of mobile phone coverage. Usually I have a message with a joke that I have missed or a conversation that is no longer relevant or, more infuriating, an appointment confirmation that has now lapsed. Once I drove all the way to Auckland for an appointment only to be told they had given it away because I didn’t reply “yes” to the text message. Ugghhh, I no longer give out my mobile number for fear of people thinking I am unresponsive or rude. Winter time is the worst. Inclement weather sees our phone lines down all the time including the school. I usually race up to the round shed, stand on one leg with my thumb on my nose and pray for a signal. No matter what time of day I report a fault I always get the same old rhetoric “due to high customer call volumes ...blah blah blah” can you please “leave your number”. If they could only explain to me the point of leaving a number when my only phone number is down! My only option for internet is satellite, but they tell me our farm faces the wrong way. It is very, very expensive and out of the reach of low income earners which I find unacceptable and revolting. Some of my friends are still on dial-up – can you imagine taking a whole day just to load your emails and send a reply? I am unwavering in my opinion that all citizens deserve to have access to basic core services and this includes decent telecommunications. Perhaps if these were provided for all our people we could forget about the world’s most liveable city because we would have the world’s most liveable country. But, until then, some of us country bumpkins may have to rely on the good old “bush telegraph” and ha ha ha … that’s another story altogether. PS I broke my personal pumpkin record this season – 19 pumpkins off one vine! Looks like it’s pumpkins every which way but loose for dinner this winter.

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A web-based education resource to educate students on the value of plant nutrients will help the next generation of New Zealanders understand how agriculture systems work. The Sustainable Farming Fund has announced funding of $93,000 to develop the resource for students in years five to eight. Federated Farmers Education spokesperson Rick Powdrell says nutrients often get bad press. “School students are entitled to know the full picture,” he says. “Getting

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Agribusiness training collaboration A new training partnership between Primary ITO and NorthTec is targeting the management capabilities of agribusiness managers. The two organisations are working together to deliver the NZ Diploma in Agribusiness Management, a qualification backed by industry including DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb NZ and Horticulture NZ. The collaboration brings together facilities and resources that will create more opportunities for farmers and horticulturalists to upskill in areas such as strategic planning, financial management, human resources and sustainability.

NorthTec programme coordinator Vicktoria Blake says the partnership will take agricultural training to a new level by providing tutoring in planning and management within the industry, and contribute to a sustainable future for the region’s economy. Students will learn through a blend of face-toface and online learning and classes are facilitated by experienced agribusiness practitioners. Classes are interactive and discussion-based, providing an opportunity to learn from peers and regular guest speakers. Info: Phone 0800 20 80 20.

Citizens Advice Bureau service curtailed A shortage of volunteers has prompted the Wellsford Warkworth Citizen Advice Bureau (CAB) to temporarily reduce its service in Warkworth. CAB has been running a satellite service every Wednesday and Friday, based at the Auckland Council office in Baxter Street. However, this has been cut back to Wednesdays only until further notice. Manager Janny Chandra-Baker says the service currently has 26 volunteers but ideally, needs between 30 and 35. She says it is important for volunteers to understand that they are required to work at the main office in Wellsford, as well as Warkworth. “Wellsford has the full range of resources and receives the most enquiries,” Janny says. “It’s also where we hold the monthly learning and development programmes.” Walk-in enquiries at Warkworth have been low – about four a month compared to more than 100 in Wellsford. “It’s a little bit of a ‘chicken and egg’ scenario

though. The shorter the hours, the fewer enquiries we’ll receive because people don’t have problems just on Wednesdays and Fridays.” Phone enquiries make up the bulk of CAB work and increasingly, people are accessing information online. Volunteers are required to complete a CAB induction, which includes a police check and training, and must be prepared to volunteer for twoand-a-half hours a week. They are mentored by an experienced service officer for several months. Info: Phone 423 7333 or 0800 367 222; Cab.wells@ xtra.co.nz

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Briefs Farm plan workshop A farm plan workshop will be held at the Maungaturoto Country Club, Bickerstaffe Road, on Thursday April 16, from 10am to 2.30pm. The free Beef + Lamb New Zealand workshop will help guide property owners through the process of building their own farm plan. This will involve identifying land and environmental issues on the farm, assessing the farm’s land, soil and water resources, as well as production opportunities and environmental risks. The process will also include developing an action plan. There will be a spot prize, sponsored by Reconnecting Northland, worth $4000 consisting of fencing, plants and support. Registration essential. Info: Email Rachel Jukes at Rachel.Jukes@ beeflambnz.com or 07 839 0282

Students turn back to agriculture There has been a jump in students enrolling in agricultural courses this year. Massey University recorded its biggest intake into agricultural qualifications for at least 25 years. The Plants in Agriculture, compulsory for first-year students across all the agricultural-based degrees, attracted 187 students, nearly 70 more than the average. At Lincoln University, the Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Diploma in Agriculture programmes both attracted 20 per cent more enrolments, compared to last year, and enrolments doubled for the new Bachelor of Agribusiness and Food Marketing and the Master of Science in Food Innovation programmes.

Greenhouse update The Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Conference will be held in Palmerston North on Tuesday April 28. This conference, which will be opened by Sir Peter Gluckman, is billed as an opportunity for farmers and representatives from business, industry organisations, the science community and New Zealand government bodies to come together. Info: nzagrc.org.nz/conference

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We normally have our first fire in Easter. By then the nights are pretty chilly and often we have just finished picking the last of the red grapes. Earlier in the day we will have carefully selected our stewing meat, prepared the stove top casserole and by the time the winery is all cleaned up after the day’s harvest, dinner will be ready. This year has not been one of those years. So far, Easter is about the only thing that has happened early this vintage. Late summer rains and the non-cyclone Pam have put the brakes on an otherwise most excellent growing season. While this presents some challenges, it is not all bad news. These sorts of growing seasons can leave us with some nice elegant wines that we have seen blossom with the benefit of some bottle age. By now, most wineries in the Matakana region will have picked their white grapes and will be busy with tank and barrel ferments. The red varieties take a little longer to ripen and when they come in the winemaker has a bit more work to do. The majority of Matakana red wines are fermented with their skins in open top vats. The fermentation process produces gas that causes these skins to float to the surface of the vats and form a cap. If left unchecked, the top of these will oxidise and start on the process of turning into vinegar – a flavour we really don’t want to see in our red wines. To counter this, the winemaker works around the clock plunging down the ferment caps every six to eight hours. Thus, is the winemaker’s equivalent of changing the baby’s nappies. As a cellar door visitor you have the opportunity of being part of this process at many of the Matakana cellar doors. Ransom Wines, Mahurangi River, Hyperion and Omaha Bay are all making their wines within a nose’s reach of their cellar doors this vintage. If you turn up at just the right time you may be given the chance to help plunge a red wine ferment but you will certainly be able to catch a glimpse and smell the smells of the upcoming 2015 vintage wines. That glass of Matakana wine that you enjoy, as you sit in front of the fire this coming winter with your hearty stew and crusty bread, could very well be the one that you have been personally involved in its making.

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Care of ageing cats Renal or kidney insufficiency is a common disease in the ageing cat and usually progresses to renal failure in the geriatric stage of the cat’s life. The disease’s progress is slow, usually a matter of months characterised by a decrease in appetite and weight, as well as an increase in water consumption and urine production. These cats are often presented at the vet clinic when the weight loss is already significant. The routine geriatric blood profile of cats over 10 years of age picks up the changes that are not yet apparent to the naked eye. Monitoring the weight of your cat, as well as checking the moisture content of the litter box, are good methods of detecting early changes. Renal insufficiency goes together with lack of clearance of substances that are normally eliminated from the blood stream by excretion though the urine. The blood urea nitrogen levels are usually up. The accumulation of unwanted substances in the blood has other side effects such as loss of appetite, vomiting and anaemia. Primarily, the therapy for the patient aims to re-hydrate the cat with intravenous fluids which, in turn, increases urine production and lowers blood urea nitrogen by flushing it out. Quite often these cats suffer from other side effects such as high blood pressure and high phosphate levels in the blood. Low protein diets reduce the phosphate intake as well as nitrogenous waste production. The specifics of the medical treatment of this condition on the base of the various blood parameters is quite complex, but it is fair to say that with aggressive long term home management the prognosis of renal sufficiency is good. The cats often live one to three years before onset of renal failure.

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Good taste of garlic It’s time to get the garlic in! The old saying that garlic should be planted on the shortest day and harvested on the longest day is useful to remind us to get planting, but actually applies more accurately to shallots. The cloves will struggle to set a good root system in the cold wet soil of mid-winter, so I try to get mine in before the end of April or at least early May. They then get away to a cracking good start and end up as big fat bulbs when I come to lift them. I find that the heavy rain we often get around Christmas and early January can make the cloves rot, so I prefer to lift before Christmas. Get some nice fat cloves from a trusted source either your own stock, your local garden centre or from local growers where you know the provenance. Mine came through our local green-swap from Trish Allen’s Rainbow Valley farm stock, a line that they had grown for over 20 years. Avoid using supermarket cloves, as these are often treated to prevent sprouting. Just before planting, break open the bulbs and select the biggest of the cloves for planting. Discard anything that appears diseased or discoloured to avoid introducing disease to your crop. This is very important. Garlic love rich soil, but hate wet feet and don’t do well in heavy soils so plant in raised beds to improve drainage. Prepare your bed by digging in liberal amounts of animal manure and compost, with lime or dolomite to keep the soil pH close to neutral. As a guide, I plant 60 cloves each year; this takes up about two sqm of bed, to which I add half a barrow load of horse manure, half a barrow load of compost and two to three handfuls each of sulphate of potash (the raw mined version, not the crystalline type), blood and bone, dolomite and gypsum. This is perfect for my very rich, moderately acid soil. For most other soils, increase the amount of horse manure and compost. In the early part of the growing season, dribble worm wees or seaweed fertiliser around the bulbs, stop fertilising by mid spring as too much fertiliser when the bulbs are beginning to enlarge will just increase leaf growth at the expense of bulb size and may cause the roots and bulbs to start rotting. Plant cloves 7 to 12cm apart depending on the variety; some are less vigorous than others. Rows of plants are usually spaced about 20cm apart and cloves are planted with their tops about 3 to 5cm below the surface. I mulch with woodchip or straw after they emerge to keep the soil moist and also help to keep weeds down. I find this to be one of the most rewarding crops to grow. Most of the growing time is over winter when there is plenty of garden space to spare and there is nothing quite like soft, almost caramelised roasted garlic with the Sunday roast!

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Hausmusik NZ is a professional chamber music ensemble performing mainly baroque music on original instruments.

Chamber music ensemble presents cantatas Baroque Italian love cantatas and instrumental sonatas will be performed at the Matakana Village Hall on Sunday, April 19, starting at 5pm. The professional chamber music ensemble Hausmusik NZ, featuring performers Rita Paczian (mezzo and harpsichord), John Paczian-Green (baroque oboe) and Thomas Pierard (baroque cello), will present Cupid’s Arrows. During the time of Bach and

Handel solo secular cantatas, sung usually by a soprano accompanied by harpsichord and one or more instruments, were the pop music of the day. The cantatas were performed throughout Europe in private houses, taverns, coffee houses and larger concert rooms with the subject usually being the sweet suffering caused by Cupid, the god of love. Cantatas by Italian composers were particularly

popular and the concert features four of these by Lotti, Mancini, Lignani and Aldrovandini, as well as sonatas by Handel and Bach. The music is extremely melodic and beautiful, and can be immediately appreciated by modern audiences. Tickets are on sale at the door for $20 (cash only). The entry price includes wine, juice and snacks. Info: hausmusiknz@worldnet.co.nz.

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Fruitloop takes a year’s holiday The annual Fruitloop fundraising frolic through private vineyards, orchards and olive groves in Matakana is taking a one-year hiatus. First held in 2011, it was set-up by the Matakana Community Group as a means of financing the walkway/ cycleway. The 7km fun walk/run, which encouraged participants to dress up as part of the fun of the day, was normally held around March. Last year it raised $35,000 and attracted more than 700 walkers and cyclists. But the community group has been a victim of its own success. The increasing size of the event, and accompanying regulatory requirements, has prompted a handover to a professional management structure, although the principal of the company is continuing to contribute a considerable amount of time on a pro bono basis. Group chair Simon Barclay says many hours of voluntary work were involved and there were normally at least 40 volunteers needed on the day to provide health and safety coverage, marshalling of roads, administration and entertainment. “The organisation of Fruitloop simply became too much for the volunteers who had previously coordinated the event,” Simon says. The next Fruitloop will be held at the Matakana Country Park on Saturday March 5, next year, and it is proposed to combine the event with a new Matakana Food and Wine Festival.

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Gallery enriches community Artists in Paparoa are celebrating the opening of the White Rock Gallery, which is providing an outlet for the district’s creative community. The gallery was set-up with a small start-up grant in February, but otherwise relies on volunteers. Organiser Hanna Stevens says the gallery has proven itself to be something of ‘an idea whose time has come’. “The gallery has gone from strengthto-strength in terms of both the quality of work on display and sales,” Hanna says. “Artists and the community have turned out in their droves to support

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EQuESTRIAN NATuRAL HOOF TRIMMING Starting, trailer loading & horse transporting. Ph Nathan Duffy 027 678 3865

FLATMATE wANTEd SEMI SELF CONTAINEd ROOM available in 2-bdrm house on hill between Leigh & Pakiri. Own toilet, shower & kitchenette. Great views. Wood floors, sunny deck, fireplace. I’m a 26-yrold journalist working in Warkworth. 027 362 3800 georgefdriver@gmail.com

FOR LEASE SMALL uPSTAIRS OFFICE TO LET

Central Warkworth location. Phone 027 430 8440.

FOR SALE RAwLEIGH Products. Ph Pat 423 8851 Please note new phone number HAy - NEw SEASON $10 - $12 a bale. Phone 09 425 7479 or 027 497 0980 AdJuSTABLE BEdS - for your wellbeing AdJuSTABLE BEdS - for a better lifestyle AdJuSTABLE BEdS at Drummers Home Store Wellsford 09 423 9077 PLANTS Quality groundcovers, shrubs and trees. Large and small grades. Wholesale direct to the public. Contract growing and pre-orders welcome. Liberty Park Native Tree Nursery, 90 Jones Road, Omaha 09 422 7307. FIREwOOd Dry eco hot mix. Macro, bulk & bagged, pick-up or delivered. Central Landscapes ph 425 9780

SuPER COMPOST

Untreated wood shavings & duck poo. Per Bag $10, Bulk $75/m3. Enquire about delivery. Ph 422 5042

HEALTH SERvICES

Massage For Health

Massaging locally for 18 years - Qualified Relaxation, Deep tissue, Pregnancy Home clinic/Mobile. New clients welcome Ph Evelyn 09 - 425 6479 Mob 021 148 1779 Diploma Therapeutic Massage NZ College of Massage

Ages & Stages Ltd

Occupational Therapy Services for children & adolescents - 18 yrs exp in physical & mental health. WW based. Ph Sarah 09 425 8291 - 027 861 802 Post-Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy Practice, NZROT.

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wATER PuMPS Low water pressure? Get it sorted. Sales, service and installation. Work guaranteed. Ph Steve 09 422 3245 www.aquafilter.co.nz

BRICk BAy wINES PART TIME wEEkENd STAFF

AERIAL & SATELLITE dISH INSTALLATIONS

wATER FILTERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria. FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 422 3245 or visit

www.aquafilter.co.nz LAwN MOwING rubbish removal, hedges, small tree removal. WW & beach areas. Ph Jeff Hatfull 027 425 7357, 425 7357 PAINTING/INTERIOR/EXTERIOR/ROOF & HOuSEwASHING Husband & wife team. Quality Workmanship. Competitive quotes. Ph 021 022 08727 PLuMBER Semi retired for small jobs. Point Wells 09 423 0193 or 027 490 2054

LIFESTyLE BLOCk SERvICES wANT TO GET THE BEST OuT OF yOuR FARM OR LIFESTyLE BLOCk?

Come and join our friendly & professional team. We are looking for experienced wait staff & dish washers. Enjoy working in the stunning Glass House restaurant. Training provided. More hours available peak/holidays. Contact Rachel on 09 4254690 or email CV to glasshouse@brickbay.co.nz

ABuSE PREvENTION SERvICES

Providing programmes for men who need assistance to change abusive behaviours and attitudes and work on equality and respect. Held in Orewa and Warkworth. For enquiries phone 09 425 8130. We also provide programmes for women that are or have been in abusive relationships. Held in Orewa & Warkworth. Phone 422 2102 or 021 023 20297

Puhoi & Albany Campus

www.hungrycreek.ac.nz 09 422 0752

CASH PAId TOOLS & MACHINERy, Shed & Garage Clearouts. Call/txt 021 161 5139.

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FREEvIEw TV, Audio, Installation, Faults & Supply. Andrew 021 466 394 or 422 2221. Tv SERvICES Aerials, Dishes, Freeview sales, installation and service. Extra outlets serving the area for 18 years. Phone Gavin 027 476 6115.

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

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