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Super dump bombshell News that industry giant Waste Management wants to develop a major new landfill site for the Auckland region in the Dome Valley has been greeted with shock and dismay by the local community.

Waste Management, which is owned by Beijing Capital, has obtained Overseas Investment Office approval for the purchase of a large block of land to the east of State Highway 1, between Forestry Road and the Hoteo River, including the Springhill property and airstrip.

The landfill itself would be sited in a valley 1km off the highway on land that is currently owned by Matariki Forestry.

The company is yet to make any resource consent applications, but is planning to lodge these following a consultation and assessment period from now until December, which includes two open days this month (see panel page 3).

Waste Management posted its Auckland Regional Landfill plans on its website on Monday, September 24 and started contacting local residents who live nearest to the proposed site. Primary teacher Leane Barry was the first to receive a visit from the company’s technical officers and she quickly spread the news and excerpts from the proposal brochure on local social media pages.

Many people have expressed horror at the prospect of up to 300 extra trucks travelling through the Dome Valley every day, as well as concerns over the implications for the Hoteo River and the many other streams that flow through the site.

Springhill, which is the former home of the late tech millionaire Tony Lentino and, prior to that, Wellsford businessman and philanthropist Richard Izard, went on the market in August last year.

However, Waste Management managing director Tom Nickels says the company had already picked out the forestry block as its preferred site before that.

“This was identified before Springhill Estate was available for purchase,” he said.

Dome Valley resident Leane Barry lives on SH1 surrounded by native bush. The news that her family home will be just 1km from a proposed new landfill came “like a bolt from the blue”.

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He added that there were a number of considerations Waste Management had weighed up when looking for a potential site to replace its existing Redvale landfill at Dairy Flat, which is due to close in 2028.

“These include consideration of culturally sensitive and significant natural areas, the distance of the site from Auckland and access to highways, and providing a ‘buffer’ of land between the landfill and neighbouring residences, which will be a 1km radius at this site. Also, geology and separation from sensitive rivers and aquifers has been considered,” he said. “Combining all these criteria, a search throughout the Auckland region north of the bridge identified the site on current Matariki Forest land, behind Wayby and Dome Valleys, as the most appropriate site for the proposal.”

While he acknowledged community concerns over increased heavy traffic, he maintained that road safety remained a priority with this project and for all the company’s operations. “We will continue to work with the community and NZTA on this aspect of our proposal,” Mr Nickels said.

He referred to NZTA’s project to improve safety through the Dome Valley and said additional improvement projects were under investigation by the NZTA. “We will continue to engage with them on the proposed landfill,” he said.

Concerned residents have set up a Facebook group at – Fight the tip. Save the Dome – to coordinate a response to the proposal.

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The Rodney Local Board will use targeted rate funding to investigate and design a new bus service from Wellsford to Warkworth, due to start no later than February next year.

At the same time, the Board approved targeted rate funding to investigate another service from Henderson to Silverdale, via Kaukapakapa.

The Board voted in favour of using the targeted rate money for the investigations by 8:1, at a meeting at the Waimauku War Memorial Hall on September 20.

Board member Allison Roe voted against the measure.

Ms Roe told the meeting that she supported the provision of new bus services, but said the design and investigation work should be paid for by general rates.

“The people in this community actually have to be able to see stuff happening on the ground. I would like to think all our targeted rate money goes to the actual provision of services,” she told the meeting.

“Why are we using targeted rate when that is Auckland Council’s job?

There’s quite a few holes in this as far as I am concerned.”

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“We could argue why doesn’t the general rate pay for this, and I would argue that we have been saying that for 50 years.

And the fact is in the Regional Land Transport Plan, none of these services were budgeted for,” he said.

Mr Brewer said if Rodney was to wait for funding from general rates, the services might not appear until 2040. It was, in fact, incredible that local government might well have the services up and running by the end of this year.

Board deputy chair Phelan Pirrie also spoke in favour of using targeted rate money for the investigations.

He said during the public submission period for the targeted rate there were passionate calls for the bus services. He

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said Wellsford residents complained they often had to be driven to Albany to access social and health services.

“They said a public bus service would be very valuable for their community, so I believe they will be strongly supportive,” he said.

The bus services are the first to be allocated targeted rate funding.

Other projects due to be considered for the funding include a bus service for Riverhead and park and ride facilities at Warkworth, Huapai and Kumeu.

The controversial targeted rate for transport improvements in Rodney came into effect on July 1. It will cost each household in the Rodney Local Board area an extra $150 a year for the next 10 years.

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Primary school teacher Leane Barry was at home cooking dinner on Monday last week when two men in suits came into her driveway and gave her news that left her reeling.

“They said they were from Waste Management and said, ‘We’ve just come to let you know about the landfill’,” she recalls. “I said, ‘What landfill?’ and he said a landfill was going in the Dome Valley.”

It was a complete bolt from the blue for Leane, who moved to her home on SH1 with her extended family three years ago only after carrying out due diligence and making sure there was no development planned near their property, which backs onto conservation land and Matariki Forestry blocks.

“We’d heard nothing at all from anybody; it was like a shot out of hell,” she says. “I didn’t sleep at all that night. It was the saddest day of my life.

“I said to him, ‘Is this for real, because you surely do not put this thing on one of the deadliest roads in the North Island … surely you don’t do that?’

“It’s not that we just want to protect ourselves, there’s just nothing about this thing that makes any kind of sense. Surely to goodness there is land somewhere that’s not on this State Highway. We’re not stupid, we understand rubbish has to go somewhere, but this is about common sense.”

As well as traffic safety concerns, Leane is worried about the effects the landfill would have on the environment, not least since she regularly drives past Waste Management’s Redvale site, which the Dome Valley site would replace, if consented.

“I teach at Northcross Intermediate and have to pick up a child on my way, so I go through Dairy Flat every day,” she says. “So, I know the smell, I know the stink of the trucks, I know how dirty the access road is – that’s not the look they want for our main highway.

“And there’s no way it can’t impact on the waterways.”

Leane is also unimpressed with how she found out about the proposed landfill, via an unannounced cold call from Waste Management technical officers.

“He just showed me the brochure, said this is going to be for the community and we’ve just been approved to get our finance from overseas, it’s going to offer jobs. The impression I got was that I should have been honoured that they chose to give us this knowledge first.”

She says she is still trying to come to terms with the news, but intends to join forces with as many other Dome Valley residents as she can.

“I just don’t believe this has happened, I don’t have the words for what they want to do. This is not

Waste Management is holding two public open days this month at Springhill Estate, 1232 State Highway 1 in the Dome Valley: Wednesday, October 17, 3pm to 7pm. Saturday, October 27, 9am to 1pm. The open days provide an opportunity to learn about the proposed landfill, ask questions and give feedback.

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The Waste Management property falls within the yellow dotted line. The solid green line marks the outer border of the landfill site. Trees will be harvested under the current land use, and the valley will be excavated, shaped and fully lined to create the landfill. The red line marks the proposed new access road off SH1.

Muted response from Council and NZTA Initial official responses to the landfill proposal have been largely muted, with Auckland Council and local government representatives unwilling or unable to comment in detail until formal consent applications have been lodged.

According to the timeline in its proposal document, Waste Management expects to make its applications in December. Ian Smallburn, Auckland Council’s general manager for resource consents, said until a consent application was lodged and the appropriate consent process followed, Council was unable to comment on the merits, or otherwise, of the proposal. Cr Greg Sayers said he would want the resource application to be fully publicly notified, so anyone with concerns could formally lodge their objections.

“This could include concerns about the amount of trucks travelling through the Dome Valley, or any other concern, and due process should be followed,” he said.

NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) senior system design manager Kevin Reid said NZTA could not

comment on the proposal at this time, although Waste Management managing director Tom Nickels said the company had already begun discussions with NZTA regarding the proposed landfill, and the associated traffic and safety considerations.

“We are aware this is a concern for the community.

Safety on our roads remains a priority for us with this project and for all of our operations. We will continue to work with the community and NZTA on this aspect of our proposal,” he said.

Rodney Local Board chair Beth Houlbrooke said it was inappropriate for her and other board members to make public comments about activities for which the Board had not received detailed information.

Rodney MP Mark Mitchell says his gut reaction is that the company should forget about building the landfill at that site unless there is a commitment from the Government to build the new Warkworth to Te Hana motorway. “In terms of truck movements, it would place enormous pressure on the existing state highway.”

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Waste Management managing director Tom Nickels said visiting some properties in person was the only way to reach some residents quickly to give them the opportunity to hear the proposal in detail, provide early feedback and ask questions, especially when

they had no phone numbers for a property.

“We are sorry to hear this approach has upset any neighbours, whose feedback is very important to us,” he said. “We are keen to continue discussing our proposal with them and the wider community, understanding any concerns and obtaining feedback.”

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YOU S AY Email letters to editor@localmatters.co.nz Me too I was both dismayed and interested to read your article about the dog attack on sheep in McKinney Road recently (MM September 19). I experienced similar devastation in early July this year when I discovered all six of my sheep had died in this horrific way on my property on Moir Hill Rd. Although I had not been home at the time of the attack, and therefore had not seen the dog or dogs involved, I did report it to the Animal Control Officer at Auckland Council. So I was surprised to read that the animal management manager at Council was unaware of similar attacks in recent months. I am reluctant to restock my property knowing there is an animal or animals that may still be roaming free and therefore capable of attacking again.

Koa Thompson, Moir Hill Road

[When quoting the Council animal management manager on the incidence of dog attacks, Mahurangi Matters should have said her remarks related to events in “recent weeks” rather than “recent months”. Prior to the reported sheep attack in September, the only dog attack in the Warkworth area reported to Council was on a cat about one month earlier.

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Rural roar Question: What’s worse than waiting 30 years for the failed Araparera targeted rate investment? (MM September 5). Answer: Having another targeted rate foisted upon us only to find out that the one thing you thought you were going to receive from the targeted rate (tar seal) was, behind closed doors, sneakily removed from it. That’s right folks, rural communities will once again receive zilch for their investment. Rodney First has stolen our entitlement by stealth – once again discriminating against and marginalising our minority

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High cost of waste If there is one thing Waste Management can do, it is keep a secret. Little did Leane Berry know when she answered a knock on her door last week that her world was about to be turned upside down (see story 3). Local politicians, both council and national, were also apparently unaware that NZ’s largest waste operator was laying down the groundwork for a massive landfill at the northern end of the Dome. As for residents in the wider catchment, they got their first whiff of the super dump from social media.

Far be it from this newspaper to know the pros and cons of a project of this scale when, so far, details are only just emerging.

However, the reality is that if we continue to produce waste at the astronomical rate we do, then we also have to dispose of it and it will always be in somebody’s backyard. Recycling and re-purposing waste is to be commended, but the real issue that no one wants to talk about is consumption. Our economy is based on getting people to spend, spend, spend but, as long as we continue to buy cheap, disposable and overpackaged products, often that we don’t even really need, then There were some, of course, who did know. The contract to our environment will pay the price. sell the property was negotiated nearly a year ago, pending Overseas Investment Office approval, and it stretches For anyone who has lived in the Mahurangi for any length credibility to suggest that someone, somewhere within the of time, change is happening at an accelerating rate. We bureaucracy of Auckland Council has not been aware of watch as farms and bush are bulldozed for motorways this plan from the start. Given that the super dump will and housing and now, apparently, super dumps, and the mean, conservatively, 300-plus truck movements every day morning birdsong is replaced with wheels on tar seal. The along State Highway 1, the NZ Transport Agency must idea that we are “rural” is fast disappearing. What we will also have been consulted. be at the end of it all is anyone’s guess. communities. Don’t bother retorting back with what you are apparently going to give us instead, as we have heard it all before. Our communities are living proof of broken promises.

By all means, sound off about what you think we are going to get but the only thing rural people deal with these days is tar on the ground. All I can say is roll on next election and hear our rural communities roar.

Sarah Cox, Wellsford

Two ridiculous I am somewhat bemused by the comments made by both Allison Roe and Bevan Woodward as reported in your columns regarding the proposed Matakana link road (MM September 19). I do not understand their logic

in suggesting that because Auckland Transport wants to delay a four lane link road and construct a two lane one instead, that the cost savings of $27 million should be put into walkways and cycleways. This to me is nothing less than ridiculous. Because they are both so enthusiastic on cycleways and walkways in the area, I think they have lost sight of the urgency to provide a long term solution to our traffic problems. Imagine the volume of traffic predicted to utilise the link road on a daily basis, let alone on weekends. To think that only two lanes will suffice is nothing less than shortsighted. With the predicted growth of commercial, retail and recreational facilities in Warkworth, I don’t think that locals will want to go shopping on cycles. I agree with One Warkworth

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May common sense prevail.

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Give GST back Some months ago, the Rodney Local Board agreed to impose a $150 a year targeted rate to help with transport issues in the Rodney area. On behalf of Rodney ratepayers, I am asking for the GST portion of that rate to be returned to our local area to expedite the tar sealing of the many kilometres of unsealed roads. Currently, of the $150, $22.50 goes to the Government as GST and disappears into the continued next page

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Second vicious dog attack Auckland Council has impounded two dogs following a second attack on sheep in the McKinney Road area south of Warkworth, which left a further two sheep dead.

Last month, Mahurangi Matters reported the vicious mauling of 11 sheep in the area, which killed three of them.

The second attack occurred just days later on a neighbouring property.

Police were attending an unrelated incident when they spotted the dogs attacking the sheep. Police scared the dogs away. Their owner, who is known to police, was called to contain the dogs. The dogs were later taken away

by Council officers.

One of the dogs is a bull mastiff cross, and the other is a pit bull terrier cross.

One of the dogs matched the description of a dog seen in the first attack.

The nature of the attacks in both incidents was similar, with a number of sheep having their ears bitten off.

However, Warkworth police Sergeant Mark Stallworthy says it’s impossible to say at this stage whether the dogs responsible for the second attack were also responsible for the first attack.

Council animal management manager Sarah Anderson says DNA was taken from the sheep in the first attack and it will be tested as part of a Council investigation.

Ms Anderson was unable to say what might happen to the dogs or the dogs’ owner until the investigation was complete.

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2018/19 Earthworks – Keeping Safe and Informed As I mentioned last month the site is gearing up for our biggest earthworks season yet. We need to move up to four million cubic metres of earth, requiring around four times the amount of work compared to last season.

You will see us working across the length of the job and our activities will build up as the season progresses. This means there will be an increase in traffic in the area with more people joining the team and more deliveries being made across the project site. So please be mindful of our traffic management controls and speed reductions at a number of our site access points (SAP).

Safety is of utmost importance to us. In some instances, additional temporary traffic management may be required to ensure construction activities can be completed in the safest way possible for the community and the road users.

Every effort will be taken to avoid traffic delays and we will let you know of any changes to the local road or State Highway layouts in advance. See below for some tips to keep safe on the roads.

It’s going to be really exciting to see the road taking shape and while what’s happening on the side of the road may look interesting please remember to keep your eyes on the road. If you are interested in construction progress there are many ways that you can keep up to date, without stopping on the side of the road or slowing down traffic to have a look. See below on how you can get in touch with us.

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THREE STEPS TO SAFER ROADS TOGETHER An application for consent to develop a 65ha parcel of land zoned lightindustrial, just north of Warkworth, has been submitted to Auckland Council.

The bulk of the land is owned by Goatley Holdings, but also includes land owned

by Stellan Trust. The owners hope to subdivide the land into 90 commercial and industrial sites. When finished, the development will be Warkworth’s largest commercial zone and a principal place of employment. It is understood that building consents will be contingent on the completion of the proposed Matakana link road, which will skirt the southern edge the development. from previous page

Wellington coffers. If this rate had not been imposed, Wellington would not have had access to this money.

Over the 10 years that the rate is collected, 20kms of our roads could be sealed using the GST money. This would bring joy to some of our rural

ratepayers. This is really Rodney’s money, and I am asking that it be returned to our area for our benefit and not the benefit of the whole of New Zealand.

Leo Hume, Algies Bay

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Wellsford pilot fosters learning through nature Some of Wellsford’s youngest residents got their hands dirty at the community garden in School Road on September 25 as part of an Auckland pilot programme.

Te Kākano is a free monthly event for tamariki under five and their whānau, which involves sharing crafts, waiata, stories and seasonal experiences in nature. It uses a kaupapa Māori approach and is being tested through five pilots – Wellsford, Arataki Visitor Centre (Waitakere Ranges), Howick, Takanini and Glen Innes.

Specialist educators at the Wellsford Library, Home Interaction Programme for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) and the Wellsford Kindergarten are helping to deliver the activities in a way that makes it fun and authentic for tamariki.

A programme spokesperson says parents and caregivers are engaged in learning with the child, meaning that that the learning can continue at home.

The five pilots came about as a result of research and community engagement about the developmental needs of tamariki Māori under five and their whānau in areas of high need throughout Auckland.

Council staff worked closely with mana whenua and mataawaka to

Auckland Botanic Gardens Julia Watson introduces children to what’s edible.

From left, Alexa Fleming, Carlin Wright and Arlo Fleming get first-hand experience.

ensure that whānau voices were central to the design of the pilot.

The pilots are proving to be popular with local whānau. Howick is attracting more than 180 children and Wellsford has been growing since its launch, with 42 children in attendance last month, double the turn out from the previous month.

Wellsford Kindergarten head teacher Donna Railey says it is important for children to connect to the wider community and the programme is a way for them to learn through nature. HIPPY coordinator Louisa Christian agreed.

“HIPPY is based at the community garden so it was great to be able to

share the facility with a wider audience of families,” she said.

Danny Pouwels goes on a mini beast hunt with some of the children.

Kaipara scallops off the menu The Kaipara Harbour scallop fishery will be closed to recreational fishers from October 23.

Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash says the most recent scientific information shows scallop abundance in the harbour is the lowest on record and the distribution of scallops is increasingly limited.

The harbour has been closed for commercial fishing since 1986, and it’s now being extended to recreational fishers to help the stock rebuild.

The closure comes close on the heels of an MPI announcement that the commercial tarakihi catch, in the fisheries areas off the east coast of the North and South Islands, is to be reduced by 20 per cent in an effort to rebuild the depleted stock.

Fisheries NZ has also signalled that further cuts to the tarakihi catch are in store next year, unless the commercial fishing industry can develop a plan to rebuild the fishery within 10 years.

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October 3, 2018 Mahurangimatters 9

localfolk John Garea

These days John Garea enjoys a quiet life living on a lifestyle block in Warkworth. He likes fishing, tinkering with his 1928 Ford Model A and running a digger business. But in his former days as Johnny Garcia, he appeared regularly on TV with thousands cheering him on or, sometimes, baying for his blood. James Addis spoke to John about his life as a professional wrestler.

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grew up in West Auckland and went to Blockhouse Bay Intermediate and Kelston Boys High School. From an early age, I showed a lot of athletic ability. I remember cleaning up in all the events, whether it be discus, shot put, high jump or sprinting. By 16, I was playing rugby league for Glenora, while my older brother, Tony, played for the City Newton Dragons.

It was while playing league that we were spotted by Ernie Pinches, who was a councillor for the old Mount Roskill Borough and a good mate of Keith Hay. Ernie persuaded us to give wrestling a try. We began to train at the Mount Roskill Gymnasium under Wild Don Scott, and Ernie promoted us through the South Pacific Wrestling Association, which he had founded in the 1950s. n those early days, we learned the English catch-as-catch-can style of wrestling, which requires a lot of skill. If somebody grabs you and puts you in a hold, you learn dozens of different moves to get out of it. It’s a little boring to watch compared to the American freestyle wrestling and the showmanship you see on the WWF, but the apprenticeship was a good one because it turned me into a “shooter”.

In other words somebody who can actually wrestle. I wasn’t just all show.

I learned how to fall, how to land on my feet and perform dropkicks – this is where you jump up and kick your opponent with the soles of both feet.

I also learned the wrestler’s bridge.

This is where you brace yourself up on the back of your neck to keep your shoulders from being pinned on the deck. If your shoulders are pinned for three seconds, that’s it. y 21, I was the youngest professional wrestler in the country and a regular on the New Zealand circuit. Soon afterwards I moved to Australia, where I began to wrestle for Jim Barnett and World Championship Wrestling. Jim did not care for my last name, Garea. He said it did not seem to ring true. He played around with some alternatives until he hit on Garcia. “Now that’s a catchy name,” he said. So, I became Johnny Garcia. t was in Australia that I learned the showmanship side of wrestling. At the Melbourne Festival Hall, they

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would lower six of us guys in a cage – three fighting against three with no escape. I would be the smallest at around 240 pounds fighting these enormous monsters – wrestlers like Ox Baker, Butcher Brannigan and King Curtis – many of them over 300 pounds. They would throw me all around the cage. I would be crashing everywhere and getting thoroughly beaten up. Then the guys on my side would eventually come and rescue me and that’s when the applause would start. Everybody would cheer. I loved that aspect of it. returned to New Zealand in the mid-seventies and became a regular on TV’s On the Mat with the likes of the Bushwhackers, John da Silva and Robert Bruce. On the Mat was become New Zealand’s longest running show after Country Calendar and I would be on maybe twice a month. Back then, it was also the only TVNZ show to be sold overseas, especially in Asia. And because we were stars on the show, we became well known in places like Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, so we would fly to those places and do shows over there. ir New Zealand loved having us.

They would take us up to first class, introduce us to the captain and give us a bottle of cognac. Well, I was on television nearly every week and back then there were only two channels. In New Zealand, I mostly played the “babyface” – that is the good guy. But overseas I quite often played “the heel”, that is the villain.

It did not matter to me, I still got the same paycheck. I played a coward in Kuala Lumpur once, against their local Kung Fu champion. Every time I went to step inside the ring, I would turn around and start walking away again, acting scared. And the crowd would start pushing and screaming for me to get back in. I’d make to go back in and then change my mind yet again.

And the crowd would go crazy once more. It took me about 20 minutes to climb in through the ropes. I loved working the crowd. Of course, when I did finally did get in the ring, I beat the sh*t out of the local guy. udiences can become threatening if the villain succeeds. In Australia, I remember leaving a show

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in a car with Abdullah the Butcher and the crowd hanging around outside began pelting us with rocks and bricks, smashing the windscreen. In Kuala Lumpur, I remember several people trying to get into the ring to attack one of the wrestlers and the police drawing their revolvers to keep the crowd under control. But the bout continued all the same.

The show must go on. ’ve had a few other worrying moments, but if you have been playing a frightening character you can use that to your advantage. In Fiji once I had to walk through a threatening crowd. I glared back at them and said “Do you want to have a go? Well, have a go.” And the crowd quickly backed off. It can be a bit scary sometimes, but that’s part of the job, part of the game. This is where the American style of wrestling comes into its own. It’s about getting those characters and their stories across and getting the crowd worked up. It gives them something to talk about. loved the life but you had to work hard and travel hard. If your flight times didn’t work out too well, you might finish a show in Invercargill at midnight, drive to Christchurch to catch a plane to Wellington, then you could be faced with a 10-hour drive up to Auckland to make it in time for another show on the following night.

I appeared on On the Mat for nearly a decade and in that time wrestled some of the top stars in Australiasia and around the world, such as the “world’s strongest man” Paul Graham and André the Giant. After the On the Mat folded, I had a long running battle with Bruno Bekkar for the National Wrestling Alliance New Zealand Heavyweight Championship, which I won back twice, before losing to Bekkar again in 1990. retired in 1992 when interest in wrestling was waning. I think the promoters could have done more to talk up local champions – put us on a

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pedestal. Not necessarily me, it could have been anyone. Instead, they talked up the overseas guys, but when they went back home there was nobody New Zealanders could get excited about. ut wrestling has been good to me.

In the mid-1970s I could earn $1000 a week from wrestling, when family expenses, running the car and paying the mortgage would only cost me about $100 a week. I bought a five-acre block in Warkworth 12 years ago and moved here for the lifestyle and the fishing. I have a 35-foot fishing boat. In West Auckland, the Waitemata is not very clear but you come up to Sandspit everything is just beautiful. I will be 69 in November but retirement sucks. I keep myself busy with my earthwork business, Garea Digas Earthwork. o I miss the glamour of the old days? That’s a good question because a lot of people fall into depression and illness after stepping out of the limelight. But I am the son of a Croatian-born gum digger. I think digging is in my bones, and the digger business has kept my spirits up. Sometimes I dream I’m still on the wrestling circuit. I’m there for the show but the funny thing is I can never quite get my boots on. I never quite make it into the ring. It’s got to be a subconscious thing don’t you think? A subtle message that my time for wrestling is done.

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Dome gets millions

Snells Beach resident Geoff Cooper gets his first AT HOP card.

Commuters buzzing over AT buses Mahurangi residents queued to get into the Old Masonic Hall last month to figure out how to get the best use of the new Warkworth bus service, which kicked off last Sunday.

Most attending the Auckland Transport (AT) public information event sought help with journey planning and the AT HOP cards – a prepay smart card that offers substantial discounts on regular fares.

Senior citizens were also able to buy Gold AT HOP cards, which allow free use of the buses after 9am on weekdays and all day on weekends.

Snells Beach resident Geoff Cooper said it was the first time he had ever had a HOP card and he was looking forward to using the new service.

“I will use it to go the city in the weekends. It saves taking the car. I will much prefer taking the bus than driving,” he said.

Another Snells Beach resident, Dianne Osborne, who purchased a Gold AT HOP card, said the bus service would be perfect for getting to North Shore Hospital, Albany and Orewa.

She said the timing could not have been better as her

husband insisted he could not drive for much longer.

AT senior public transport planner Dave Hilson, who was on hand to answer questions, said a common question was how easy it would be to get to North Shore and Auckland Hospitals.

He said the answer was relatively easy in both cases, though it did involve a couple of bus changes.

To get to North Shore Hospital, passengers coming from Warkworth will change at Hibiscus Coast Station and then at Smales Farm, Takapuna.

To get to Auckland Hospital, passengers will change at Hibiscus Coast Station and then at any Northern Busway station from Albany to Akoranga.

Mr Hilson said people were pretty excited about the new service.

“The closest we got to a negative comment is, ‘you should have done it years ago’,” he said.

New Enviro 200 buses will be used for the new Warkworth services. The 45-seat buses feature drop down platforms and fold away seats to accommodate wheelchairs and strollers.

A $35 million Dome Valley safety upgrade will get underway this month and is expected to be finished by 2021.

Around 150 people attended three information days in Warkworth and Wellsford last month to see the plans and give their feedback.

The upgrade will include the installation of flexible median safety barriers, wider shoulders and the replacement of passing lanes with slow vehicle bays at the top of the Dome.

Right turn bays will be constructed at the entrance to Wharehine Contractors, Dome Valley rest area, L Phillips Road and Christine Place.

The improvements are part of the Safe Roads and Roadsides Programme to improve 1500km of regional highways.

There have been 16 crashes causing three deaths in the Dome over the last five years.

A New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) spokesperson says the upgrades will help prevent head on crashes and give motorists safe places to pull over.

“People who attended the meeting said they supported the planned work, as they were aware of how dangerous this stretch of highway is.”

Further feedback from attendees included requests to improve the Kaipara Flats Road and Goatley Road intersection, and widen some bridges in the Dome Valley.

NZTA also sought feedback on speed limit changes.

There was general support for speed reductions at both the northern and southern ends of the Dome.

The first works will begin at the north end of the Dome, followed by the south end and then the stretch in between.

NZTA has assured people that property access will be maintained during construction. Works will be done at night ensuring two lanes are kept open between 7am and 7pm.

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When Yvonne Bright’s washing machine packed up about five months ago, she had little choice but to find a good laundry.

The trouble was, there wasn’t one locally in Wellsford and those she visited further afield left a lot to be desired.

Yvonne was disappointed by a lack of cleanliness and frustrating swipe-card technology to operate the machines.

Running out of credit in the middle of a load would mean a trip to a nearby dairy to top up the card – a chore doubly irritating if the dairy happened to be closed.

These inconveniences persuaded Yvonne to set up Bright Laundry on 3 Station Road, Wellsford, and do things differently.

First, she says cleanliness is a top priority. Second, the laundry is staffed from Mondays to Fridays, from 7am to 9pm, so customers can easily use eftpos or secure change for the washing and drying machines.

It also means customers in a hurry can drop off their laundry in the morning, and have staff do the washing and folding for them, ready for it to be picked up in the evening.

Bright’s also operates from 7am to 9pm on weekends and even though there are no staff during these times,

Cindy Bakewell may be new to Wellsford but she has decades of experience in the travel industry.

She works from home under the umbrella of NZ Travel Brokers and does everything a traditional travel agent does and more.

She says a key point of difference between a broker and a traditional agent is that brokers are not tied to pushing a limited range of travel options.

“Brokers, being independent, will find a product that suits you,” she says.

Moreover, Cindy happens to belong to an exclusive group of Virtuoso Travel Advisors that enables her to access exclusive VIP benefits and extras that are simply unavailable to most agents.

“It allows me to put the ‘wow’ into client’s holidays,” she says.

She adds that working from home also has its advantages. Rather than being strictly tied to office hours, Cindy is on call 24/7.

If you need to reconfirm bookings, your luggage has gone lost, or you have missed a connection, Cindy will pick up the phone, even if it’s 2am in New Zealand, and use her extensive travel know-how to sort things out.

As her tagline puts it: “Without a travel broker, you are on your own.”

Cindy specialises in group bookings

Yvonne Bright and staff member Amber Scott.

the machines are coin operated, with a change machine available. That means there’s no need to trek to a dairy to top up a swipe card.

Although new to the laundry business Yvonne has few jitters about it, saying Wellsford is the perfect place and the Station Road location is ideal, offering good parking just off the main road.

“And I’m not new to business and I’m not scared of a challenge,” she says.

In addition to providing a service for people without washers or dryers of their own, she anticipates the laundry will be a boon for campers travelling through Wellsford to destinations further north. It will also be great for rural residents, eager to conserve their supply of tank water during dry periods.

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for schools, corporates and intergenerational family trips, which can be near impossible for individuals to coordinate online.

For a big family cruise trip, Cindy will coordinate everybody’s timetable, organise the booking and payment, and make sure family members have cabins next to each other.

She especially enjoys organising school trips, particularly to out of the way places like Mozambique, Madagascar and Uzbekistan, where there is often a humanitarian component to the trip.

“It’s a thrill to be part of providing students with that experience and making sure everything runs smoothly,” she says.

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“Over here you can’t be guaranteed to do that, but I make sure all of my salespeople are open and have the opportunity to bring buyers to all of our listings. This allows us to maintain a good relationship with buyers and get the best value for the vendor.”

Amy currently manages 18 agents across her branches and is looking for more to work in the new Matakana office.

“It’s a good market at the moment for us, so we have opened the new office.

In the future, I would be keen to open another office. I’m always looking to grow the business.”

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A desire to work with people inspired Harcourts Tandem Realty North branch manager and director Amy Wagstaff to get into real estate. Now, 16 years after making that decision, she has opened up a third branch in Matakana, with her business partner Nick Langdon.

The Matakana resident already manages Harcourts in Warkworth and Snells Beach, and was keen to open an office close to home.

“I’ve been wanting to do this for about two years, but I only wanted to go in to an empty or former real estate premises. When this real estate office came on the market, it was the perfect opportunity,” Amy says.

Amy first started selling real estate in Indiana, after throwing in a job at a publication company.

“I got my degree in journalism, but was sitting at a desk all day in my first job. I wanted to deal with people, so I decided to get my real estate licence at 23.”

In 2005, she moved to Waitakere to do sales and, in 2013, went on to manage the Harcourts branch in Orewa and Silverdale, before buying into the Warkworth and Snells Beach branches.

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NZTA reluctant over link road intersection report release The release of a report that gives the reasons behind a decision to start the Matakana link road off State Highway 1, near the Warkworth Showgrounds instead of directly opposite the new motorway, is being delayed by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).

Mahurangi Matters requested a copy of the report after hearing residents repeatedly question the decision at public meetings and consultation events.

But an NZTA spokesperson says the report has to first be reviewed by its owners, including Auckland Transport, and then potentially undergo further processes before its release.

Omaha Beach Community Group liaison person Martin Dancy says he has given up on communicating with the involved parties over the decision.

“I’ve been in on this process since the beginning and said from the start that the link road and motorway must connect, but they just don’t listen,” Martin says.

“A lot of people have supported this idea so to ignore it just makes a mockery of the whole feedback process.”

It’s understood landowners in the vicinity

of the link road, as well as developers, were unanimous in their support of the link road directly meeting the motorway but they were told that it wasn’t an option because it didn’t fit with the motorway contract agreement.

But, not all residents oppose the design. Retired roading engineer Roger Williams says connection of the link road with the western collector serves local traffic movements better.

“Seventy-five per cent of traffic on the link road is destined for Warkworth or the collector route according to modelling so this design is the most effective,” Roger says.

Martin argues that the congestion is an issue mainly at peak holiday times so the road network should cater for the traffic to and from Auckland.

The area surrounding the interchange and link road is also set to undergo major changes in the near future with industrial and residential land development, the building of a Pak’nSave, additions to the showgrounds facility and construction of a park and ride.

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Life is a cabaret with Growing Pains The ups and downs of growing up form the basis of two cabaret shows at Maungaturoto’s Otamatea Repertory Theatre on Saturday, October 6.

Local professional performers Whitney Channings and Alex McKellar are promising to take audiences on a hilarious musical journey through life in the new show, Growing Pains – A Cabaret.

Whitney grew up in Mangawhai and is a past member of Otamatea Repertory Theatre, while Alex was recently appointed as drama teacher at Otamatea High School. The pair first met at the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art in Christchurch and, after going their separate ways for several years, have reunited in Maungaturoto to write their first show.

They say it has been great to compare stories and break down what it is to be successful at “adulting”,

resulting in a show that is a comedic musical journey through the ups and downs of life, the choices we all make and the effects they have.

“Travel, motherhood, career – all of these are universal experiences and we will take the audience through this journey through well-loved musical numbers,” Whitney says.

The women will sing a range of classic favourites, including Castle on a Cloud, Cabaret and Anything You Can Do. The shows start at 2.30pm and 7.30pm and tickets cost $20 for adults and $16 for concessions, available from growingpainscabaret@gmail.com.

Whitney Channings, left, and Alex McKellar have penned a musical journey through the highs and lows of travel, romance, motherhood and growing up.

Fun with colour and cameras at school holiday art workshops Warkworth artist and photographer Karen Williamson is holding a series of art workshops for children during the second week of the current school holidays.

There are four workshops on offer to children aged seven and over, and all will be held in the Methodist Church Hall on Church Hill in Warkworth, from 10am to 12.30pm.

The workshops on offer are: Monday, October 8 – Tie Dye

children will be taught how to make patterns using different methods of binding and dyes. They should take three or four items of clean white cotton to upcycle with tie dye, such as a T-shirt, singlet, pillow case or tea towel, and wear old clothes.

Wednesday, October 10 – Kitchen Alchemy Karen will show how to make natural paints and dyes from kitchen ingredients. Children should wear old clothes and bring brightly coloured flowers from their garden if they

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Friday, October 12 – Photo Safari is an introduction to basic photography concepts with a discussion and walk

around Warkworth taking photos on the way. Those attending should bring a digital, compact or phone camera, plus a printed photograph from home that they find interesting, either taken by themselves or their family, or from a book or magazine.

Each workshop costs $35, plus booking fee, from Holiday Art Workshops for Kids at eventbrite.com.

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Boatbuilder thinks dredged river would be fit for a queen A stately riverboat or paddle steamer could become a common sight on the Mahurangi River if an idea put forward by a retired naval architect and boatbuilder comes to fruition.

Bevan Lawrence, of Mangawhai, grew up on the riverboats of Whanganui and has spent his life designing, building and skippering boats of one sort or another. Now, he thinks Warkworth and its river would be the perfect spot for a purpose-built vessel along the lines of Rotorua’s Lakeland Queen, and he is asking for anyone who is interested to join him in starting a dialogue and setting up a working group.

“I would like to propose the building of a Queen of Mahurangi,” he says. “It would be a fabulous way to bring tourists into Warkworth, a major drawcard.”

He has in mind a two-storey, fully enclosed riverboat that could host sightseeing and dinner cruises, as well as weddings and private functions, and in all weathers.

“It would be as authentic as possible with modern innovations,” he says. “It’s got to be purpose built.

But it doesn’t have to be that expensive necessarily.

I’m hoping we could build it at a sensible price, though I can’t price it out yet, because I don’t know the size and what people might want.”

Bevan says his idea was prompted by the news that the long-awaited dredging of the Mahurangi was now underway.

“This would give them another reason to dredge; there’s more encouragement if there’s a purpose.

I’m not living in the immediate area, I just think it’s a damn good idea. It’s something that needs to happen and it I’d definitely contribute an awful lot to it.”

Bevan has spent his career in the marine industry, designing and building luxury yachts, lecturing in transport design at Massey University, and building and restoring wooden boats in his spare time.

“I’ve been designing and building boats all my life, and I’m a qualified skipper as well,” he says. “I’m old enough and long enough in the tooth to have managed a lot of projects, so I’ve got all the practical background. And I’ve always loved things that are a little bit quirky.”

Anyone who is interested in finding out more and pursuing the idea should contact Bevan at bevanconsult@gmail.com or text their details to 027 617 6521.

Bevan Lawrence grew up on riverboats at Whanganui and now wants to build one for Warkworth.

Top Kiwi shorts feature at Matakana Cinemas Matakana Cinemas will screen eight short films this month as part of the Show Me Shorts Film Festival.

The 13th annual Show Me Shorts brings together 50 short films from around the world, including from New Zealand.

Five Kiwi films will feature at the Matakana screening. They are: • Meke, directed by Tim Worrall. A trainer’s daughter arrives backstage during preparations for a boxing match.

• Repugnant, directed by Kyan Krumdieck. A woman tries to cure her dog of homosexuality.

• Romance, directed by Judah Finnigan. A single woman in her fifties has a rocky first date.

• Toilet, directed by Simeon Duncombe. A public toilet teaches on cleanliness.

• Twenty One Points, directed by Pete Circuitt.

A grown man and his imaginary friend have a challenging day.

The other films are: • Negative Space (France), directed by Max Porter and Ru Kuwhata. An animated guide to packing.

A woman tries to cure her dog of homosexuality in Repugnant.

• Neko No Hi (Germany), directed by Jon Frickey.

A doctor’s diagnosis challenges a boy’s identity.

• The President’s Visit (Lebanon), directed by Cyril Aris. A secret presidential visit turns a small town upside down.

The films screen from 6.30pm on October 13.

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Band member Chris Dent says the band loves touring New Zealand.

“Through playing music you really see the country in a truly unique way as people open up to you,” he says. “Music is about communication and when we play we get to do our thing, afterwards people get to do theirs and it’s those moments that are really special.”

After NZ, the band will head for a tour of Australia.

“We are also recording at the moment and on October 5 we are dropping a brand new single called It Ain’t Easy.

This tune is the first of the recordings that we have completed. It’s a bit of a new direction for us, but we hope our audience will like it as much as we do.”

Local entertainer Molly Curnow will open for Albi & The Wolves at the Maungaturoto show.

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Firm favourites on the Whangateau Folk Club calendar Albi & The Wolves will return to the Whangateau Hall on October 29.

Pascal Roggen on fiddle, Chris Dent on guitar and Michael Young on double bass draw from a wide range of music genres, from swing and bluegrass to soul, R&B and rock.

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It has been a mammoth 12 months for the Auckland-based group, which got together in 2014. They were the winners of the Best Folk Album for their debut album, Eyes Wide Open, at last year’s Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards and recently completed The Great New Zealand Folk Tour, alongside the Frank Burkitt Band and

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The Silence of the Girls

by Pat Barker This is Pat Barker’s brilliant retelling of The Iliad. This is a story about the very real cost of wars waged by men, but told from the point of view of the women taken as spoils of war.

Some of these women captives fall for the men who capture them, but most live in terrified silence in the “plague-ridden rape camps” that they have to learn to survive in.

The story is told by 19-year-old Briseis, who was Queen of Lyrnessus until her home is destroyed and her husband killed by Achilles. “Great Achilles, brilliant Achilles, shining Achilles, godlike Achilles … how the epithets pile up,” Briseis begins. “We never called him any of those things; we called him ‘the butcher’.” Briseis is chosen by Achilles as one of his “spoils” following the raid against her homeland. But Briseis becomes a pawn between Achilles and commander-in-chief Agamemnon. After his own female slave leaves, Agamemnon seizes Briseis from Achilles as a replacement. Achilles is full of vengeful rage against Agamemnon and his own comrades. This ultimately leads to the destruction of Troy and Achilles’ death. This is a wonderful read and Barker’s novel is an invitation to give female characters, such as Briseis, the voice they’ve traditionally been denied.

In seeing a legend differently, Barker makes us rethink history.

Bad Blood – Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou This is one of those stories where truth is stranger than fiction.

It is set in the gold rush frenzy of Silicon Valley and has been described as the biggest corporate fraud since Enron. In 2015, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs – a brilliant Stanford dropout whose start-up promised to revolutionise the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’ worth at an estimated $4.5 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn’t work. Holmes had been misleading investors and partners and the deception would lead to over one million false test results, some of which seriously compromised the health of patients. In early 2018, Holmes was charged with perpetrating an elaborate, yearslong fraud by the US Security and Exchange Commission. Bad Blood is longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.

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Join us for the: Landlords Evening on October 31st, at Tui (Hospice) House Community Room, 47 Morrison Drive, Warkworth, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Refreshments and finger food provided.

Tenants Afternoon on November 3rd, at Warkworth Fire Station Function room, Church Hill, Warkworth, from 2:00 to 4:00pm.

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“Oh man, that tastes just like homebrew!” If I had a dollar for every time I have heard that while serving behind bars ... well, you know how that one goes.

For many, the pronounced flavours of craft beer have been similar to our homebrewers’ output. In fact, I heard a reputable craft brewer say the very same thing when tasting a colleague’s latest homebrew offering. So, what is the homebrew taste? I sought out some of our local homebrewers to discuss their art.

Aaron Cotterill is a former New Zealand homebrew competition category winner with an American pale ale. Local plumber Aaron is passionate about brewing and all things associated with it. Matt Whitaker is another passionate homebrewer, who just happens to have the perfect job to complement his hobby.

He works in a brewery! Dave S is a veteran of the home brewing market, having got interested more than 20 years ago. All of them have one thing in common: Trying to make great quality beer. This is their Holy Grail.

For all our homebrewers, the reasons for their initial interest was in many ways financial. Budgetary restraints limited how much beer they could purchase.

Initially, all our guys started out using basic homebrew kits. They have all since moved on to purpose-built systems that allow a lot more control over the brewing and flavour process. In Dave’s case, he wanted to re-create the flavours of the good beers he had tasted. He went on a four-day course to learn the intricacies of full-mash brewing and purchased a shiny new brew system, consigning the kit brews to history. “The major differences between craft beer and homebrew is in the quality of the final product. You know the idea is the same, I guess we all aspire to getting out of the garage and going commercial,” muses Dave.

When it comes to homebrew in New Zealand, everybody has a story about someone, their beer and the time spent in the shed. So, what happens when the brew doesn’t go to plan? Brewing is a science and systems need to be followed to achieve perfection ... but, nah, that doesn’t always happen. According to Aaron, “You have to drink through your mistakes and learn from them.”

Matt tries to make beer that reflects the styles he likes and admits it can be a frustrating exercise when things don’t go to plan. “They can be a bit chewy at times, but when you get it right, it’s great!” he says with a wry smile. “There is a small element of luck, but if you do it properly and follow the science, it can be really rewarding.”

Online forums are a great resource, and there is always someone willing to share advice to help you. “We are all after the same result,” says Dave. “We want to make good beer.”

I have judged quite a number of homebrew competitions in my time and can only say it is not always a pleasure. But when a brewer gets it right, it really is a joy. So, learn your craft. Learn about the importance of quality ingredients, temperature and hygiene, and who knows where your beer can take you. Just ask Soren Eriksen at 8 Wired Brewing – look where that brewing kit he got for Christmas many years back took him. The Warkworth A&P Association has a homebrew comp every year at the show. Now, there is your motivation to produce a winner. That’s all for now, I’m off to the shed.

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Business concerns all As a business association, we regard ourselves as the voice of business in our area, but the projects and issues we deal with often show that these impact residents as much as business.

Earlier this year, One Warkworth took a 50 per cent share in the Warkworth i-SITE. One of our first objectives has been to make it financially viable, and this has meant finding other income streams. The advertising outside the i-SITE has always been very popular as it gives companies and organisations great exposure to the large number of people who pass by. So we have put up another 18 advertising boards for those local businesses that want a high visibility spot in the centre of Warkworth. If you are interested, come in to the i-SITE and talk to Asher about advertising. We will be having a networking evening at the i-SITE on October 31, from 5pm to 7pm. This will be a joint One Warkworth/ Matakana Coast Tourism event. This is a complimentary event that will give you a chance to buy some different Christmas gifts, while meeting a few new people and many old friends. If you are interested in attending, email me, murray@ onewarkworth.co.nz Meanwhile, the Matakana link road has been getting a lot of publicity at the moment and while some may think that this is a business issue, it is not. One of our concerns is that if Auckland Transport continue with their plans to make it a two-lane road, we will end up with two major choke points, Hill Street and the Matakana link road. This will not help businesses in Matakana, Omaha, Snells Beach or Warkworth as residents from these areas try to get in to town to shop.

Given that there will also be heavy traffic volume from construction traffic for both the new 60ha industrial area and the proposed residential area for around 1500 homes, this has the potential to cause total gridlock. As a business association we get involved because issues like this affect not just business but the whole community. For us to have a healthy business community, we need to make sure that infrastructure is future-proofed and not just built for today.

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It was Jonny Chapman with a speech on soap who snatched first place at the Primary Inter-school Speech Finals last month. The Snells Beach student came out on top in a unanimous decision, after combining great content with a well-rehearsed delivery. He was up against 13 other children from Warkworth, Matakana, Kaipara Flats and Horizon School. Other results were; second place, Charlie Blampied; third place, Sarah Pushenko; highly commended, Daisy Anderson; highly commended, Joel Diprose. Pictured from left, Daisy Anderson, Sarah Pushenko, Jonny Chapman, Charlie Blampied and Joel Diprose.

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PROPERTY TALK WITH LANE SANGER The last time I wrote I mentioned that for mortgage borrowers there is cheap money available from the banks. As little as 3.99% fixed for 1 year. Seems like word has got out especially to first home buyers as around 25% of properties sold nationally last month were to first home buyers according to Core Logic.

We are starting to see a slight increase in listings but not to the level that from an industry perspective we would have expected in spring. I personally think it is only a matter of time.

As I analyse data at the ground level, and by talking with people as they visit properties privately or through open homes, I have

7 SIMPLE HACKS FOR A QUICKER HOME SALE Simple ways to maximise your chances of selling your home faster: 1. Make sure your house pops - If you are in an area or live on a street with other homes on the market, standing out is key to getting noticed. Accentuate character points and make sure those who will view your home see its best qualities and attributes.

2. Activate your inner DIY - Now is not the time for big renovations but it is the time to visualise yourself as the buyer and get better acquainted with your inner handyperson. If you can fix it or replace it, these small tasks can make a big impact when buyers visit your home.

3. Provide a vision - A huge part of a home buyer’s decision comes down to being able to see themselves living in your home. You love your family, your furry and non-furry children, and of course your stuff but potential buyers probably don’t share the feeling. Take down personal photos and items, giving buyers a chance to envision their belongings there.

4. Sell your space - Maximise the expanse of your home’s rooms by removing large furniture or taking out some pieces that may make rooms overcrowded.

5. Stop making rooms multi-purpose - Using your office as a home gym/playroom/music room may work for your family, but to potential buyers, this could be confusing, distracting, or give the impression that your home is too small. Decide the purpose of each room and stick to it for the duration of the selling process.

seen that especially during the winter there were a lot of people doing research with the intention of buying in a 6 month time period.

This I believe will lend itself to strong spring and summer activity. Whether this translates into property prices going up or down I am less certain.

Unless we see something significant happening in global markets I think property prices will hold at similar levels.

If you are thinking of selling your home, or if you simply want to know what your property is worth, then please call me today.

021 215 9718

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6. Purge for a purchase - One of the best things you can do is clean, declutter and organise. A great start is to go about your home getting rid things you no longer need or use.

7. Don’t forget about the flow - Create streamlined pathways throughout your home that will lead buyers to the rooms without distraction. Remove large furniture and clear out clutter-collecting areas from hallways and passage-ways so the flow of your home is well laid out.

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SHUTTLES | SURVEYORS | TILING | TV AERIAL & DIGITAL | WATER

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Wall & floor tiling • Accredited Waterproofer Underfloorheating • Free consultations and quotations • 23 years experience

Phone Darcy 021 482 308

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

TV AERIAL & SATELLITE SERVICES Freeview Sales & Installation TV & FM Aerials GAVIN BROUGH Ph 09 425 5495 Mob 0274 766 115

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Three members of the Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade were honoured for their 25 years of service at a ceremony on September 15.

Harendra Sundar, Peter Bowmar and Kerry Tupp joined the Brigade in 1993 and were presented with Gold Star long service certificates, plaques, pins and medals to commemorate their dedication.

The medals also recognise the contribution of their immediate friends and family, who must pick up the slack at home or work when the siren sounds.

Wellsford senior firefighter Tarah Jones says it’s rare for a station to award three Gold Stars at the same time, but this is the second time it has happened for the Wellsford brigade in the last five years.

The brigade has seen 23 of its members honoured with Gold Stars since its founding. The total number of Gold Stars handed out in New Zealand since 1887 is 7811.

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Warkworth: Phone Karl or Kylie Oldham 027 240 7791 email: mobikair.rodney@gmail.com

Mangawhai: Phil Lathrope 431 4608 | 021 642 668 email: mobikair.mangawhai@gmail.com

www.mobi-kair.co.nz Pumps & Filters Water Treatment Spa & Pool Shop Water Testing Valet Service Water Blasters Tanks & Sprayers 24 Hour Mobile & Workshop Service 31 Woodcocks Rd, Warkworth 09 425 9100 splashwater@xtra.co.nz

Shop hours Mon - Fri 8am-5pm Sat 9am-12pm

• Water treatment & Filtration • Pumps • Pool & Spas • Waterblasters 7days / 24hours Paul Harris M: 021 425 887 T: 09 425 0075 E: pumps4u@live.com

• Water Filters • UV Sterilisers • Reverse Osmosis • Water Coolers • Whole House • Water Pumps • Tanks • Rain Harvesting • Pre-Tank Filters Call Steve 027 478 7427

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

CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS EXCAVATE, CONCRETE SUPPLY, LAY CUT & GRIND for Great Prices. Contact Ian - 027 457 4002, www.landstyles.co.nz

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RAWLEIGH Products. Ph Pat 09 945 0495

HOME MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT A GARDEN & SECTION SERVICE for home or bach. Trees, hedges, lawns, tidy-ups, water blasting, regular checks. Green waste and rubbish removal. Ph Anton 021 133 8884 BUILDER Free Quotes. 021 176 8305

COLLINS ELECTRONICS HAVE YOU LOST PRIME? Or need your Freeview box tuned for the new channels? TV repairs, microwave oven repairs, Freeview installations.

Ph Paul 09 422 0500 or 027 29 222 04 HANDYMAN Carpentry, small jobs, rubbish removal etc Ph/Txt Dave 027 420 5155 STUMP GRINDING, Gorse mulching and Section Clearing. Fully qualified and experienced. Ph. James 021 330 212 james@stumpmaster.co.nz WATER FILTERS - Underbench, Whole house, UV & water spotting, Work Guaranteed. Ph Steve 094223245 steve@aquafilter.co.nz WATER PUMPS - no water? old cast iron pump? Sales Service & Installation.

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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.

(Note: the Snells beach meeting is currently 8:00pm, but changing to 7:30pm on 02 Aug 2018) 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

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.

12 Brown Road, (SH1), Warkworth.

From 10th October meetings held at 30 View Rd, Warkworth.

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Family Fun Scenic farm & forest rides Quiet horses & ponies • Birthday rides Lessons • Suit beginners & experienced riders • Social, Language & School Groups GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE 

Book Now 1hr $50 • 2hrs $90 Phone 09 425 8517 42 Kaipara Flats Road, Warkworth Google: Horse Riding Warkworth

LEIGH FISHERMEN REUNION 27 October 2018, 3.00pm, Rodney Rams Leagues Club.

For further Information please contact Robyn Kellian 022 122 0722 or robynshoods@gmail.com

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12 +13 October, 10am - 3pm at Snells Beach Community Hall.

Enjoy making multi-layered woodblocks based on your personal story, relating to the Rodney environment. Using contemporary Japanese woodcut techniques.

Suitable for artists and non-artists, teachers and senior students.

All materials provided. 1 day workshop $30, 2days workshop $45. Booking: enikonzealand@gmail.com or gaylepaerata@gmail.com

500 Christians to stand with us so we can register the party and be a witness in New Zealand and it Parliament and to ensure for each individual, including the unborn: the sanctity of life, the freedom to own property, freedom of religion, speech and assembly, freedom to live ones life according to biblical principles.

Present abortion laws are not right, euthanasia is not right.

Contact John Starrenburg Tel 09 425 9808, Email jcjstars@gmail. com. If you want to help us with a donation a/c is 12-3231-0850196-00

Looking for extra copies of the paper?

They are available at Waiwera Store, Puhoi Hotel, Puhoi General Store, Matakana Information Office, Leigh Store, Point Wells Store, Omaha Superette, Matakana Four Square, Matakana Dairy, Gull services stations, Wellsford Top Shop, Woodys Winners Wellsford, Te Hana Gas, Jaques Four Square, Kaiwaka Caltex, Molesworth Four Square, Mangawhai Heads Four Square, Maungaturoto Four Square and Paparoa General Store.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SERVICE DESKS A reminder to the public that the JP Service Desks are available as follows: Warkworth – at the Council Offices Monday 10.00 – 2.00 If there is a long weekend, it is the following Tuesday from 10.00 to 12.00.

Matakana- Cinema Complex Tuesday 11.00-1.00 Snells Beach – at the Library Friday 10.00 – 12.00 Warkworth RSA Fridays 4.00 to 5.00 No appointment is needed. There is no cost.

At all other times there are plenty of other JP’s available in the Warkworth/Mahurangi Area, either in the Warkworth Community phone book, or on-line “find a JP”.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

are seeking carpenters & hammerhands to join our existing Matakana & Omaha teams for highend residential projects.

We have several large projects coming up & are looking to grow our stable crew. Please send your CV and contact details via email to william@lcl.co.nz

SALESPERSON - PART TIME Hours Saturday 8am – 1pm plus 2 days per week 8am – 5pm. Must be physically fit as job involves regular heavy lifting. Phone for more details 09 425 7754. Or submit your application to accounts@farmandlifestyle.co.nz

The deadline for classified advertising for our October 17 paper is October 10. Send classified advertising enquiries to design@localmatters.co.nz

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MAZ seeks $1m to reach Olympic standard The race is on for the Mangawhai Activity Zone (MAZ) to get a completed skatepark ahead of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.

The park needs $1 million to construct a street plaza and flow bowl needed for Olympic level training, and has received a huge boost with up to $500,000 being given towards the project by Northland Regional Council.

The money comes from the Regional Sporting Facilities Rate, which costs the ratepayer $15 annually.

MAZ chair Colin Gallagher says the final amount to be given will be announced soon, but is confident it will be around the half a million mark.

“Those funds will go a long way towards completing the final parts of the skate park, which will be the best in the country when it’s finished,” Colin says.

“We’ve already got the design drawings completed. Now it’s just a case of getting the money and getting construction underway.”

MAZ is hoping to secure the remaining $500,000 from the Kaipara District

The refurbishment included installing large blue air hoses to extract dangerous fire truck exhaust fumes.

Skateboarders will be hoping to see the MAZ skate park completed ahead of the next Olympic Games.

Council Reserve Development Fund.

“I’ve had an application in since 2016.

I know the money is available, so hopefully it will come through soon as part of the Long Term Plan.”

“If everything comes together soon, I would expect to have the park finished next year so our Olympic skateboarders can train there.”

The new funding makes Northland Regional Council the top financial supporter of the project overtaking the New Zealand Lotteries Commission,

which has given $350,000.

Meanwhile, the activity zone has two other projects in the wings, including a 1000 square metre pump track for bikes and other toys on wheels, which is expected to cost $150,000.

The future development Mangawhai Central has also come to the party, providing funds to complete a threestory building at the zone. This will contain a storage room for park maintenance equipment, a meeting room and a platform for people to enjoy viewing the facility.

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New life for 40year-old station Five years after deciding the tired old kitchen in their 40-year-old building needed replacing, Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade has ended up with a completely revamped station with state-of-the-art facilities.

To celebrate the completion of the long-awaited renovation, an open day was held last month to show off the new-look building and thank local residents who supported the brigade with donations and fundraising.

Deputy Chief Fire Officer Kevin Lawton had a particularly hands-on role during the refit, as his company, Leigh Builders, managed the project and carried out all the work.

“We started pushing for an upgraded kitchen in 2013 and the whole thing grew from there,” he says. “But with the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes, and then Fire & Emergency NZ taking over rural brigades, that put everything on the back burner two or three times.

We just had to sit and wait until the end of last year.”

It was worth the wait, however, as the fire station now has a new kitchen, bathroom, laundry, bar and meeting area, communications system and an exhaust extraction system to remove fire truck emissions. The building has also been strengthened and stabilised in case of earthquakes or other disasters, and smartly decorated in white and navy blue throughout.

“It took three months,” Kevin says. “It was quite difficult for us as a brigade for callouts and meetings, being on a building site. But it’s great now. It has a great social atmosphere.”

Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade is on the lookout for new recruits at present, especially younger people. Kevin is hoping the new station with its modern equipment and social facilities will help to attract a younger crowd and bring down the crew’s average age.

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Callum Cradock didn’t expect to walk away as the winner of the Registered Master Builders Apprentice of the Year in the Northern region.

Builder looks to nail finals Callum Cradock, of Ahuroa, never thought he would make the finals of Registered Master Builders Apprentice of the Year, but is now competing to be number one in the country.

The 20-year-old, who works for Warkworth Construction, is one of 10 people who made the national finals for the competition to be held in Auckland on November 8 and 9.

“I wasn’t going to enter originally, but when the boss showed me the invitation and I decided there was nothing to lose, I put myself forward,” He made the finals after coming first in the Northern region competition.

“For the regional stage, I had to write a description of a house I had worked

on. Then I did a practical where I had to build a tool box in two hours.

“The box had to be built to a set of plans. Only the exact amount of wood required was given to me, but I managed to finish early, giving me time to sand it down as well.”

From there, he was tested on the building code and had to give a walkthrough of the house he originally submitted while being asked questions about its construction.

For winning the Northern region competition Callum received a place on an Outward Bound course, an invitation to the Registered Master Builders House of the Year National Awards Gala Dinner, trade products, and a $2000 Carters voucher.

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fabulousfood The batter way to fine fish for the table this summer FE ATU R E

Fish and drink are two summer favourites for many people in the Mahurangi and it’s no different for Matakana resident, builder and Master Chef contestant Kris Williams.

The former Mahurangi College student learnt to fish and use a fry pan from a young age.

“I started cooking around age five because my mum wanted me to be able to look after myself,” Kris says.

“Growing up in the Mahurangi, I spent a lot of time on the water and learnt that fish is a great meal if it’s done well.”

Coming into the summer season, he recommends beer battered paprika and parsley fish as a simple but tasty option for cooking your catch.

“It’s not a difficult recipe to follow, but will complement any fish you have well.”

The main part of the recipe is making the batter mix, using ingredients such as paprika, garlic powder and your favourite beer.

“I enjoy this because it just spices up the fish and gives it some colour as well,” he says.

He says the key things to remember are not to overcook the fish and keep the batter thin and crispy.

“You don’t want to dry the fish out and don’t let the batter be too thick and overpower it. You want the fish to be the hero of the dish.”

Although he doesn’t take himself too seriously in the kitchen, Kris is no amateur, having finished in 11th place on Master Chef New Zealand in 2013.

“I had always watched Master Chef Australia and thought this looks easy. When an advertisement came up online for the New Zealand competition, I decided to enter.

Kris Williams says beer batter can complement any fish as long as it doesn’t become the dominant flavour.

“I don’t think too many young builders enter shows like that so I got chosen pretty easily.”

Kris says he wasn’t as knowledgeable as a lot of the other contestants, but developed his culinary skills during the programme.

“I picked up ideas from the other contestants. I’m a far better cook now than before I went on the show.

“I’ve never been fanatical about being in the kitchen, but I enjoy good food, so I do make an effort when it comes to meals.”

Kris says anyone can create good food and recommends pulling recipes off the internet and adapting them to get the flavours you like.

“There’s no shame in using other people’s recipes and experimenting with them, but always remember with fish to let it be the dominant flavour, because it’s a delicate one.”

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The milk supply is tapped to supply to the vending machine.

Guy and Jaye Bakewell with daughter Darnell in front of their innovative vending machines.

Behind the machine, a 300-litre vat.

Wellsford sharemilkers Guy and Jaye Bakewell were running along nicely selling the milk from their 150 cows to Fonterra.

But at the same time, they realised they were never going to make a lot of money at it.

Then one day about a year ago, standing at his cowshed, Guy looked around the farm he manages on Wayby Valley Road, just off State Highway 1, and a thought struck him: What a perfect place to sell milk from here.

The more he looked into it, the more attractive the idea seemed. This was especially so after connecting with

milk products – trim, light blue, dark blue, silver top and so forth.

Guy says the milk’s flavour and nutritional value is degraded at every stage of this long-winded process.

Raw milk, on the other hand, is both delicious and better for you.

“If you have never tried it, you will not realise how good it is. It’s full of flavour, it’s creamier, it’s richer and it’s got all the good bacteria that you miss out on when you buy from the shop,” he says.

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Cowshed vending machine delivers delicious raw milk Richard Houston, a South Island farmer who imports milk vending machines from Italy.

The couple established a business, Bakewell Creamery, and Guy began modifying his cowshed to accommodate the vending machines.

Two were installed just over a month ago – the first of their kind in Rodney.

One machine dispenses milk, the other dispenses glass bottles. Customers, who drive up to the milking shed, can choose to purchase a bottle from the machine or else bring their own.

It costs $5 to purchase a bottle but customers can clean and reuse it as

many times as they like.

The milk vending machine dispenses raw milk at $3 a litre and it’s a point of pride to Guy that it undergoes minimal interference after leaving the cows’ teats, just a few metres away.

This is in sharp contrast to the milk Guy continues to supply to Fonterra.

This milk is first pumped into a truck then pumped out of the truck again when it reaches the processing factory.

From there, it is pumped around the factory and is heated to 70 degrees to be pasteurised. The milk is then homogenised and fats and proteins added or extracted to create various

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Fresh Creamy Whole Raw Dairy Milk is our Family’s Passion

Milk and bottle vending machines

Have you tasted fresh creamy raw dairy milk straight from the cow? Chances are you haven’t. Bakewell Creamery offers you the best quality milk that hasn’t had anything added to it, or taken away so you can “taste the difference”. Come and try our fresh raw milk from the self service vending machine at the farm.

The vending machine takes coins and notes, but not EFTPOS.

Cows are milked just metres away from the machines.

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reduced susceptibility to allergies and eczema in children, and Guy says many lactose-intolerant people find they can drink raw milk, even if it’s impossible for them to drink the homogenised kind.

Currently, the Bakewells are selling about 70 litres a day via the vending machine and have 17 cows dedicated to supplying it. The teats of each are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before their milk is extracted.

The milk is piped into a 300-litre vat, which fills from the bottom to prevent the milk splashing about too much.

The vat is then rolled into the back of the vending machine. An agitator stirs the milk for just one minute every 20 minutes – just enough to keep the cream from separating but not too much that it damages the milk.

Apart from health and nutritional benefits, Guy points out there are also environmental advantages to vending milk this way.

“If a family is drinking 10 litres of raw milk a week from reusable glass bottles, that adds up over a year. It means a lot of discarded plastic is no longer clogging up the system,” he says.

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Warkworth needs more restaurants says Bistro chef Restaurants have an unenviable reputation for failing within their first two years, but the Wharf Street Bistro, which celebrates its third birthday this month, has not only beat the twoyear jinx, it is going from strength to strength.

What’s more, chef and owner Matt Macfarlane says Warkworth is the perfect place to set up a restaurant. He would be more than happy if more did so and thinks they would have a good chance of success.

Far from being threatened by the competition, Matt says it would be advantageous.

“People seem to stay away from Warkworth at night. It’s like a ghost town. But if there were more restaurants, that would create a night life,” he says.

He notes there are more restaurants in Matakana than Warkworth and believes Warkworth’s population could sustain more.

That does not mean a new restaurant would have an easy ride. He says the financial returns are not great compared to the effort invested.

After two years, many a restaurateur concludes it’s not worth it and gives up.

Matt knows all about the hard work.

He typically starts work at 11am and won’t finish until 11pm.

“It has to be a labour of love rather than trying to reap a huge financial reward,” he says.

Along with the long hours, it’s critical

a restaurant maintains high standards of quality and consistency, which is not always easy when dealing with perishable ingredients.

But Matt says failure at this point will cost a restaurant dearly.

“People will tell five people about a good restaurant experience, but will tell 20 about a bad one,” he says.

His advice to those starting up a restaurant is to keep it simple, stick to what you do well and don’t expand into areas that you don’t understand.

He also counsels against messing about too much with the food.

“Season it well and cook it well.

That’s all you need to do. Don’t over complicate things or the flavour will just get lost.”

Matt Macfarlane says when starting a restaurant keep it simple.

The approach seems to have worked for the Bistro. Last month it won an award from TripAdvisor – a restaurant review website – which cited the

Wharf Street Bistro for consistent achievement and high ratings from travellers. Reviewers regularly gave it 4.5 stars out of 5.

Brewers go for gold in national beer awards Local beers went down well at the 2018 Brewers Guild of New Zealand Awards, with three breweries scoring a swag of medals for a wide range of styles at last month’s ceremony.

Warkworth’s 8 Wired Brewing, the Sawmill Brewery at Matakana and McLeod’s Brewery of Waipu were awarded a total of 30 medals, including eight golds, across nine different beer categories.

8 Wired Brewing, based in Glenmore Drive at Warkworth, was awarded three gold medals in the same category – Speciality, Experimental, Aged, Barrel & Wood-Aged – for its God

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Meanwhile, Sawmill Brewery took gold for its Pilsner in the New Zealand Lager class and for Passionfruit Hibiscus Gose in European Ale. Judging took place over three days last month in Christchurch and the awards night was held in Nelson on September 15. A total of 903 beers were judged by

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“We’ve been working on this concept, known as a ‘ghost kitchen’, for about a year,” Woody says. “We have one kitchen hub with a variety of sections specialising in different menus and food styles.

“It’s new to New Zealand, and we’re the first to incorporate a ghost kitchen with delivery, so we’re doing everything – designing, cooking, delivering – plus orders can be mixed and matched from different menus and everything will arrive in the same delivery.”

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Medicinal cannabis trial potential lifesaver for patient After just three days taking a few tiny drops of a medicinal cannabis oil product, Danny Battershill says his life has changed.

The 29-year-old Rodney resident has gained medical approval to trial a legally imported Canadian product, after proving that other medications for his chronic eczema no longer work.

He says treatments such as steroids, chemotherapy and opiate painkillers were making the condition worse, thinning his skin and leaving him susceptible to infections, heat and stress.

He is pinning his hopes on medicinal cannabis, which he began taking last week, after eight months in hospital, multiple superbug infections and more than one near-death experience last year.

The product contains cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive drug. It does not produce a ‘high’, but is used medicinally to help with conditions such as inflammation, stress and anxiety.

Danny says the first few days of taking the drops produced an instant improvement, helping him to sleep and eat.

The next stage was to see what the product could do when his condition flared up. He describes a flare-up as burning and itching so strong that it

Danny Battershill, who suffers from chronic and aggressive eczema, is trialling cannabis oil – his “last hope” – after raising money from the community.

is like being eaten alive by mosquitoes.

“I held back on my steroids and antihistamines to produce a flareup and just two drops stopped it in its tracks,” Danny says. “The sweats, shakes and shivers were gone.”

He says the effects of the drug on his condition are being monitored and he hopes that the results could lead to a clinical trial to prove CBD’s worth for people with Crohn’s disease, Tourettes and Parkinson’s.

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It took almost a year to obtain the drug legally with assistance from the charitable organisation Medical Cannabis Awareness NZ (MCANZ).

MCANZ coordinator Shane Le Brun says this is because the drug is still being trialled and is an unregistered medicine. Doctors have been able to prescribe CBD products without needing permission from the Health Minister since last September, but

Shane says many don’t.

CBD is currently a Class B drug under New Zealand law but this could change with the second reading of Labour’s Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill expected this month.

MP Dr David Clark’s bill will give the Ministry of Health the power to set up a scheme to govern the cultivation of medicinal cannabis and the prescription process. It also proposes amending the Act so that CBD and products made from it are no longer classed as controlled drugs.

Shane estimates that around 100 people in New Zealand are currently taking CBD and the research is very promising for a wide range of conditions.

“There is pre-clinical evidence that CBD could work as an antiinflammatory where other products can’t, because it uses a different pathway in the body,” Shane says.

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Dealing to dyslexia Get ready for some change across our schools for learners who are struggling.

If you are a mum or a dad, you’ll be pleased to know that 150 teachers are now part of the Mahurangi Community of Learning (Kahui Ako). They include teachers from seven local primary schools – Warkworth, Matakana, Snells Beach, Horizon, Leigh, Pakiri and Kaipara Flats – and Mahurangi College. They have come together to seriously investigate how to improve their teaching and then share that learning, so that we can achieve success for all.

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This is an exciting change. Instead of parents being isolated from genuine learning conversations with teachers, we will develop rich opportunities for sharing our understanding.

A few months ago, the Kahui Ako had its first gathering of parents, teachers and others interested in raising achievement of those with dyslexic tendencies, which we now know includes around 20 per cent of the population.

Dyslexia leads to children covering their books so that their peers can’t see, teachers blaming the previous school for not teaching well enough, heads bowed, hearts cringing, hard work achieving little – while others seem to write with such ease. These things can change when we understand these learners better. We can stop perpetuating failure in our children and, where they have felt shame, give them hope.

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drug, because of the cost. His 25ml bottle, plus one repeat, cost $570. The doctor’s consultation cost $230.

MCANZ stepped in and the Givealittle page it set up, called Danny’s Last Shot, raised $1689 – enough for a supply to last two to three months.

What happens then is something Danny is not thinking about yet.

“I truly cannot thank this community enough for all the incredible support it has shown me,” he says.

Danny’s aim, now that his trial is underway, is to help others, including the hundreds of people who have contacted him with their own health stories.

“I have heard some heartbreaking stories, and I want to help give those people a voice,” Danny says. “I have tried getting CBD from ‘green fairies’ in the past, but I wanted to take the legal option and be part of a campaign to make this drug more readily available at an affordable price.”

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Monday 15 October for 10 weeks, 10am-12.30pm. Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE Feel empowered, supported and resourced to face life’s challenges, be connected to your local community and support networks, enjoy your relationships and meet new friends. This caring and confidential weekly support group encourages learning, sharing, mindfulness and inner-growth.

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Saturday 27 October, 9.30am – 4pm.

Held at Totara Park Lounge, 5 Melwood Drive, Warkworth. FREE Learn physical and verbal self-defence actions and discuss topics such as safety, situations and fears which will enable you to gain more confidence and self-awareness.

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Waste Free Parenting Workshop

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Computer Skills Training: Photoshop Editing

Fridays from 19 October for 4 weeks, 9.15am-11.15am. Held at Warkworth RSA basement. FREE In this course you will use Photoshop Elements 12 and learn how you can improve and enhance your photos. Bring out detail, remove red eye, repair tears and rips and much more. Participants must have experience using a computer and a thorough knowledge of Word.

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Christmas Appeal

From the start of Term Four we will be collecting for our annual appeal to support local families facing hardship over the Christmas period. Gifts for children under the age of 17 years and gifts for adults are much appreciated. Suitable gifts could include games, sports equipment, art supplies, educational toys, clothing, beach gear and sunscreen, books, non-perishable food, toiletries and vouchers. If possible we would like to avoid passing on toys that require batteries and second-hand goods.

Donated items can be left at the Women’s Centre, 10 Morpeth Street, Warkworth between 9am and 2.30pm. Gifts will be passed on to families by the 18th December.

OUR SERVICES Drop In 9.30am—2.30pm: The centre is a quiet, welcoming space to stop by, meet Centre staff and use the premises. Mums are welcome to feed and change babies or just relax. Outdoor playground.

Counselling: Six free counselling sessions available for women with children under 18.

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Legal: Free clinic open every third Friday.

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Disease rules calves out for Ag Days

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Tapora Pet Day had a great turn out.

Pakiri Pet Day raised $12,000.

The annual school Pet Day season got off to a good start at Pakiri and Tapora on September 22.

Pakiri raised just over $12,000 after expenses and the funds will go towards upgrading the school swimming pool.

Tapora principal Keryl Lee says the fact that more than 80 hamburgers were sold was a good indication of the great turnout at her school. She thanked the community and sponsors for their “amazing” support.

The day raised $4000, which will help setup the William Pike Challenge Award at Tapora next year.

“The award fits perfectly with the school’s philosophy of empowering children to discover their passion and fulfill their potential,” Keryl says.

The Earle Wright Environmental Award was won

by Lolli Cotton for her letter to the NZ Herald defending farmers and their care for the environment and animals. Second was Misty-Rose Tutauha and third was Cassidy Henderson.

Pakiri principal Ingrid Stewart says it was a fantastic Pet Day despite the weather not being ideal.

“At one point, I counted close to 200 people with people coming and going all day,” she says. “We really appreciate the support we received from people from all over the area who contributed and donated their time, money, products or support on the day.”

The hangi was one of many special highlights on the day.

The pet parade included a section where judges got to quiz the children on the care and management of their animal. Ribbons and awards were presented accordingly.

New this year was the students Wearable Animal Costume parade, all made from recycled materials.

There were giraffes, cows, sheep, grasshoppers, hedgehogs and many more.

Students also participated at the stalls selling their own organic natural insect repellents, lip balm and beeswax food eco-wraps.

Country schools go all out for Pet Day

The spread of cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has led to local schools dropping calf-rearing classes from its Ag and Pet Days almost unilaterally this year.

Following strong recommendations from the Ministry of Primary Industries, most schools have agreed to leave calf-rearing off the agenda, focusing instead on lambs, goats and chickens.

Although a few parents were unhappy at the news, principals says that most people accept the need to minimise the risk of spreading the disease by keeping calf movements to a minimum.

Wellsford School principal Dave Bradley says lambs and goats will replace calves and lambs at their annual Ag Day and Gala on Saturday, October 27.

It’s a similar situation at other schools in the district, from Waipu in the north to Tauhoa, Tomarata and Mangawhai Beach.

The one exception is Maungaturoto, which has opted for a technological approach, rather than cancelling the calf section entirely for its Pet Day on Friday, October 19. Students can still compete with a calf – they just have to leave it at home, according to the school newsletter.

“Children will train their calf as usual, however calves will not come to school. Children will be given a brief to complete a video, which will be judged by a panel.”

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DEMENTIA AWARENESS DAY

Jenny Marcroft, Matakana-based MP jennifer.marcroft@parliament.govt.nz

Women of vision

I would like to acknowledge all the visionary women of the Rodney District who signed the suffrage petition, which led to women gaining the right to vote in 1893. New Zealand made history in a world first we can all be very proud of as we celebrate the 125th suffrage anniversary. My great, great grandmother Edith Marcroft, who came to New Zealand on the Matilda Wattenbach in 1862 and settled in Wharehine, was one of 32,000 women to put her name to this movement. . Today, I wonder how Edith would feel if she knew that all these years later her great, great granddaughter was a Member of Parliament. It took another 40 years after women got the vote before the first woman entered parliament. The first woman MP was Elizabeth McCombs, who won the Lyttelton by-election after the death of her husband.

Until the 1980s, under the first-past-the-post electoral system, the number of women in Parliament did not exceed ten, equivalent to about five per cent of the total number of MPs. There are 149 women, past and present, who have entered the House of Representatives. Of the 120 MPs in this Parliament, 48 are women. New Zealand ranks 20th in the world in terms of the percentage of women in lower houses of Parliament. The Rodney district is well served as we have three women MPs in government, one of whom is a Government minister.

They are passionate about our people and our unique slice of paradise.

Looking ahead to 2019, I am excited to be able to offer interested youth a unique experience of being involved in politics. The ninth Youth Parliament is being held next year, and I’m seeking applications from local students to be my Youth MP. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone aged 16 to 18 who is passionate about issues facing our younger generation. The Youth MP will participate in the Youth Parliament programme, consisting of a six month tenure from March to August and attend a two-day Youth Parliament event in July. This triennial programme gives young people the opportunity to understand and be a part of the Parliamentary process and connect with their communities. It will be a significant opportunity for 120 young New Zealanders to gather the views of their peers and bring young people’s voice to Parliament.

Every Member of Parliament will select a Youth MP to represent their community. I’m seeking applications from interested students. It will be great privilege to take the youth voice of Rodney to Parliament. For those interested please email me, Jennifer.Marcroft@parliament.govt.nz

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Wellsford gets the wheel deal Members of the Wellsford community can now enjoy a great experience on their skateboard, bike or scooter after a $480,000 upgrade to the Wellsford War Memorial Park skatepark.

Planning for the upgrade got underway in 2015 due to popular demand expressed via community submissions.

Improvements include a concrete flow bowl, quarter pipes, rails, and a new play area with a basketball hoop, Saturn spinner and birds-nest basket swing.

The park was officially unveiled by the

Rodney Local Board on September 14.

Board member Colin Smith described it as the “best thing to happen to Wellsford in a long time”.

“It’s a great facility for Wellsford, particularly the children. We just need to keep encouraging them to come to this space and use it,” Mr Smith says.

Construction of the project started in May and future works are being planned to extend the concrete path between the skate and play area around the perimeter of the whole memorial park.

Rodney Local Board member Colin Smith is looking forward to the upgraded skatepark being a well-used facility.

Mystery surrounds wedding gown found in leather suitcase Do you recognise this dress? Volunteers and staff at Warkworth Museum would love to know the origins of an ornate Victorian wedding gown, which recently came to them after being left in a leather suitcase at the Warkworth Hospice shop.

Made of cream silk brocade, lace and pearls, the intricately decorated dress consists of a separate skirt and bodice and is thought to date back to the 1880s.

The museum’s textile collection team leader, Jenni McGlashan, says that although time has taken its toll on the fabric, with some silk disintegrating and tears in the lace, it is still an exquisite gown.

“In spite of suspect storage, this gown is in remarkable condition considering it could be 140 years old and silk is a fragile material,” she says. “The fine needlework and exquisite design

can be appreciated, as can the builtin calico petticoat, which remains in almost as-new condition.”

She says the bride who wore the dress was probably a ‘society lady’, as it would have been a very expensive gown, and very tiny – her waist measured just 55cm, or 22 inches.

There was also a second dress in the case that was left anonymously with Hospice – a heavy silk day dress in a rich cinnamon brown.

Jenni says Warkworth Museum usually only likes to accept items that have a known history associated with the Warkworth district, but the wedding gown and day dress were too good to refuse. However, she would love to know more about their origins, so is asking anyone who might know anything to contact the museum on 425 7093 or email

The stitching and detail on the gown is incredibly intricate.

warkworthmuseum@xtra.co.nz.

The wedding dress is currently on show at the museum as part of its Inspirational Women display, to mark 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand.

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Kaipara aims for clean sweep The Kaipara Flats Cricket Club (KFCC) Premier team is aiming to pick up the 40 over, two-day and T20 titles this summer with a bolstered squad and schedule changes.

The team gets underway in the Lion Red Cup 40 over competition at Kensington Park on October 6 against Onerahi.

Newly appointed KFCC captain Liam Jones says the three titles are all within the team’s grasp and is confident they can improve on last year’s results.

“We proved last season that when we had a full squad that we are the best team in this competition. Now we need to perform on the field,” Jones says.

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The Bevan brothers have both played for Kaipara Flats before and Luke has played first class cricket for Surrey.

“Both of them are good all-rounders and will bring balance to a side that’s predominantly made up of bowlers.”

Jones is also looking forward to the return of Brett Randall and last season’s Northland Player of the Year Kyran Dill.

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To cater for when the team’s top players are on Northland duty, the club will continue its athlete development programme to fill positions in the team.

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Major upgrade only sporting solution for failing park A growing population and deteriorating facilities have left Wellsford’s Centennial Park in need of a serious upgrade.

Members of the Wellsford and Districts Sport and Recreation Collective have all aired concerns about the capacity of the park and its poor drainage.

The problem took its first toll last month, when the Wellsford Tennis Club had to surrender its lease to Auckland Council as it can’t afford to maintain the courts.

Wellsford and Districts Sport and Recreation Collective chair Wendy Crow-Jones says she had hoped council would deal with the drainage issue, but this was not the case.

“Three of the four courts are now unplayable. Until Council decide to improve them, we will be playing at Wellsford School,” Wendy says.

“I got in touch with Council a while ago about sorting out the problem and they responded to say they would investigate. That was the last I heard.”

Auckland Council head of active recreation Rob McGee acknowledges the message was received, but says Council’s response was to remind the club that maintenance was its responsibility under the lease terms.

Meanwhile, the Rodney Netball Centre is considering the option of giving up its lease and has recognised a need for more courts if it wants to continue servicing the region.

Rodney Netball Centre committee member Lynette Gubb says the centre

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“We can’t fit any more rounds into our junior or senior competitions, so we are going to need more courts as the area grows to continue offering netball to everyone,” Lynette says.

Poor drainage has also hit the netball courts hard with excess water damaging the surface coat.

“It costs around $90,000 to resurface all six courts and after doing that in the last couple of years it’s not financially viable to continue the exercise regularly.

“The work required is no longer maintenance, it’s a full upgrade that we can’t afford.”

Wellsford Rugby Club does not lease its fields and is hoping Council will take

action to improve them this summer.

Wellsford Rugby Club committee member Mick Sweetman says although one field had drainage work done on it this year, the surrounding area still suffers from excess water.

“Hopefully Council will upgrade that area when they do the second field at the end of this year,” Mick says.

The collective’s long-term goal is to develop the park into a facility like the Warkworth Showgrounds.

To help give direction for this idea, Council funded consultants Visitor Solutions to make a report on challenges and priority projects for sport in Wellsford, which was released in March.

Drainage upgrades to the park were included, along with improved foot and cycle path access.

Wendy believes the report is a good start, but says the direction forward still isn’t clear.

“The report helped us to bring all of the clubs together and give us a picture of sport in Wellsford, but I will be talking with Visitor Solutions about how we actually get these projects done.”

Rodney Local Board member Colin Smith says the upgrades are long overdue and is pleased to see progress finally being made.

“Very little has been done to the park since the days of County Council,” Mr Smith says.

“We now need to work out where the money is going to come from and that could mean selling off land elsewhere so we can develop a great centralised facility.”

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Strong leaders It has been a wet winter, but for those who did get out fishing, some good catches were had. Reports have been coming in of snapper who are already carrying roe.

Just a reminder that if you do not have to take a female, then let her go so she can lay that hatch. There are plenty of males around. It appears that the fish are already moving deeper in anticipation of the breeding season. The peak of the season is usually around the end of October into November. This is a time of easy picking at a depth of 40 to 50 metres.

As mentioned in my last report, I plan to do an educational series on the different types of fishing lines as well as how to choose the correct line. I will start by explaining the difference between a trace and a leader. Trace is a short section of stronger co-polymer that can vary between one metre and two metres in length and attaches to the end of your main line. When you put a knot in any monofilament line, it becomes the weak point. If you hook into rocks or weeds (the foul) and your line breaks, it will break above your trace at the swivel.

This means you will only lose the trace and not a section of your main line. A leader serves the same purpose except that the length of the leader is determined by getting two to three wraps onto your reel spool and then letting it continue through all the eyes of your rod, with the end of the leader, once again, between one and two metres from the tip of the rod. The reason that you have the wraps on the reel spool is so that you can put in a big strong effort when casting without your line breaking under the load.

Leader is used predominantly when surf casting or when casting stick baits or poppers. A strong leader allows a longer cast by reducing the overall drag through the air. This is because you can use a very light main line behind the leader. By using a 6kg main line, which is only 0.30mm diameter, and tying a 15 to 20kg leader (0.45mm diameter) you can cast a lot further. Please note that you cannot use a swivel with a leader, as the knot needs to freely pass from the reel spool through the rod eyes. A good rule of thumb is for the leader or trace to be at least double the strength of your monofilament line strength. Braid, on the other hand, should be paired with leader/trace which is no more than 10 per cent stronger than your braid. Top quality braid does not cut into itself like monofilaments do at the knot. They therefore do not break at the knot. If your trace is too strong, you will find that once you are stuck in the foul, the braid will end up breaking somewhere at the rod eyes. You end up losing a whole lot of braid, which is costly.

Leigh fishermen reunite A reunion of Leigh fishermen their families and friends will take place at the Rodney Rams League Club, Whangateau, on October 27. The reunion offers the chance to reminisce about the early days of the wharf and Leigh fisheries.

Attendees are encouraged to bring pictures and stories to share. It’s hoped the reunion will offer the chance to capture tales, memories and images for a possible book. The event kicks off at 3pm. For more information see the Leigh Fisherman Reunion 2018 Facebook Group or email Robyn Kellian, robynshoods@gmail.com.

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Poppy was presented to Coast to Coast Vets in Wellsford with a swelling of the lower part of her left front leg.

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Masters win at nationals went on to win multiple Mitchell Cups with Remuera alongside players such as Susan Devoy and Donna Newton.”

Fiona stopped playing after moving to Warkworth and having a family, but she was spurred on to compete again following a traumatic incident in her life.

“I just felt like getting on court and hitting some balls.

“The masters champs is a great event, and I will definitely compete again.”

Team faces rebuild after disappointing season The Warkworth Mens First football team will face a new challenge next season after being relegated from the AFF/NFF Mens Conference.

In 18 matches, the team won just three games and scored 20 goals, 10 less than any other side.

As a result, the side finished second from bottom in its 10-team competition this year and under Northern Football Federation regulations will likely drop it into Mens 1st Division.

Team manager Ross Millar says it’s a disappointing end to a season that didn’t have to go this way.

“I didn’t think relegation was something we would have to deal with, and I believe this team was good enough that we could have avoided it,” Millar says.

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Two members of the Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club were crowned number one in their age group at the New Zealand Masters National Individual Championships last month.

Kaye Jackson and Fiona Rouse competed at the squash event in Tauranga at the Devoy Squash and Fitness Centre from September 14 to 16.

This was a 14th NZ masters title for Kaye, which made her a back-to-back champion, as she also secured first place at the event last year.

This year, Kaye defeated Pat Taylor, from the Bay of Plenty, in the 70-plus category.

Meanwhile, Fiona Rouse, competing as number one seed in the 45-plus category, picked up her first title at the event in her second attempt.

“I was stoked to win the competition, but most of all just happy I could play the whole thing without having to pull out,” Rouse says.

“I went into it with a shoulder injury so anti-inflammatory got me through on this occasion.”

The former Wellington and NZ U21s number one player won all four of her matches 3-0.

“The semi-final was probably my hardest game, with the third set going to 13-11 against a girl who I played with as a junior in Wellington.”

Rouse has played squash since she was a child and represented Remuera Racquets as an adult.

“I moved to Auckland for more competition and to go to university. I

Kaye Jackson, left, and Fiona Rouse have set a high standard at the Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club.

Millar says they now face a team rebuild to get promoted back into the Mens Conference.

“Bringing up a number of young players who hadn’t experienced first team football before this season is something I’m proud of, but now they need to keep improving so we can compete for promotion.

“Even though it’s not where we want to be, I think getting some wins under our belt in a lower league will build confidence and change the attitude of our players for the best.”

He says the squad should be similar next season, but admits retaining players can be difficult.

“A lot of younger players leave this area so we need to make them feel valued in the team, so they have a reason to stay at this club.”

Millar highlighted Kyal Wells as a young talent who has great balance in his game and reads play well.

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Millar is unsure of his future with the team, as the decision rests with the club’s committee.

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Puhoi climbs division ladder The Puhoi Wolfpack football team is making a statement to other Northern Football Federation teams, after it gained promotion to third division this season.

In 2017 the side played in fifth division, but achieving second place two years running has seen them jump up two leagues.

Team manager Troy Connolly says the players are stoked to be moving into third division, but would have liked to finish one place better this season.

“We beat first place Waitemata Westies in round three and had a close loss to them second time around, so winning division four was within our capability,” Connolly says.

“Defence was the outstanding part of our game along with team chemistry.

Most of the players came through the junior ranks together.”

On the downside, the Wolfpack goalie got a double break in his ankle prior to the start of the season.

“We had no choice but to pull in one of our best outfield players, who had previous goalkeeping experience, to fill that space for most of the season.

“That made our results even more impressive, and we will look forward to having our usual keeper back next year.”

The team also lost a player in preseason through an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

In addition to the Wolfpack team performing well, the club is experiencing major growth that will see a handful of new junior teams and a new senior men’s team compete next season.

The men’s team will play in first division and be made up of the club’s best players, coached by newly appointed Luke McIntyre.

“We’re wanting to push for a higher level of football. I will be driving the ‘first team project’ with hopes of us getting into the AFF/NFF Mens Conference,” McIntyre says.

Other teams will come from the Millwater-based Rodney District Sports Club, but play under the Puhoi Sports Club.

“At least six teams will be joining.

That’s going to be great for the club’s future,” Connolly says.

The club also held its prizegiving last month, with Max Rickards picking up Player of the Year.

Outstanding Sporting Achievement went to Aaron Murphy for playing his twentieth season with the club.

Golden Boot for top goal scorer went to Joe Jackson.

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open team placed fifth at the championship.

Snedden says they both performed very well, considering how young the players are, and show huge promise for the future.

“We had to bring up some of our junior players to make a senior open team because the girls had a separate squad, but they played well and will be strong contenders for a medal in a couple of years’ time.

“There’s plenty of future potential in the junior girls team as well, with Charlotte O’Connor one to watch after making the tournament team in her first year of playing the sport.”

This year the college had a record number of five players selected for NZ teams and also record participation in the sport with three junior and two senior teams.

“When we started out, no one knew who we were, but we’re definitely recognised as a top college in underwater hockey circles now.”

Sisters Mackenzie and Rowan Buick, and Julianna Panui-Leth were all selected for ‘tournament team’, made up of the competition’s 10 best players.

Mackenzie was also chosen as female player of the tournament, making her the best female player in secondary school’s underwater hockey in NZ. “She’s an extremely fast swimmer, very strong and has some stick skills well above high school level.”

During the tournament, Mahurangi beat Tauranga Girls College, Hutt Valley High School, Wellington Girls College and Diocesan School for Girls.

“Rock solid defence was a big factor behind the team’s success, as they conceded just two goals during the whole tournament.

“The biggest difference, though, was the physicality they brought to the games, which comes from being exposed to the mixed team hockey they play in Auckland.”

Meanwhile, both the school’s junior girls and senior

Mahurangi College has three national gold medals in underwater hockey, after its senior girls team won the NZ Secondary Schools Championship.

The team played at Rotorua Aquatic Centre from September 6 to 9 and dominated Wellington East Girls College to win the final 2-0.

The school first offered the sport in 2010 and has since won national golds in 2013 and 2015 with its junior and senior open sides, and now in 2018.

This year, head coach Elliot Snedden took a gamble and entered the school’s first ever senior girls team, feeling it was their best opportunity for gold.

“I wasn’t sure about the decision until about half way through the tournament when the girls stepped things up a gear,” Snedden says.

“They were a bit shaky when they drew 1-1 with Wellington East in the pool stages, but pulled things together for the final and showed they were the better team.”

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Auckland Libraries talk on the Scots who settled in North Rodney, Old Masonic Hall, Warkworth, 11am. All welcome.

3 Warkworth Area Liaison Group meeting, Warkworth RSA, downstairs meeting room, 7.30pm. Open to anyone interested in Warkworth community issues. Info: Steve 0274 963 711.

5 The Chills, plus Finn Andrews of The Veils, Leigh Sawmill Cafe, 8pm. Tickets $50 from undertheradar.co.nz 5 Roller Disco, Mahurangi East Library, 6pm-8pm, $10 entry includes skates.

6 Settlers Day, The Kauri Museum, Matakohe, 9.30am-4pm. Free entry.

6 Catwalk Arts wearable art awards fundraiser for Warkworth/ Wellsford and Hibiscus Coast Hospices, Orewa Arts and Events Centre, 2pm and 7pm. Tickets: Matinee $30 adult, $20 senior and child; evening show $50 incl. wine and nibbles.

Info: 425 9535 6 Growing Pains - A Cabaret, Otamatea Repertory Theatre, 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets $20 for adults, $16 concessions from growingpainscabaret@gmail.com (see story p15) 6&7 Annual Antiques Fair, Mangawhai Museum, 10am-4pm.

Entry $6, or $3 for children under 15 (includes entry to museum). Info: mangawhai-museum.org.nz 8 Public information evening, Making Life Better For Renters, hosted by Labour MP Marja Lubeck, Orewa Rotary House, 6.30pm. All welcome.

9 Holiday art workshop with tutor Filani Macassey, Mangawhai Library Hall, 10am-12 noon. Cost $6, limited space.

To book: Email studio501ffm@yahoo.com or 021 0814 0855 12&13 Pink Ribbon Street Appeal for Breast Cancer throughout the district.

12&13 Printing Without A Press workshop, Snells Beach Community Hall, 10am-3pm. Info: enikonzealand@gmail.com 13 Mahurangi West Hall spring clean working bee, 9.15am11am. All welcome.

13 Spirit of Spring Fair, Kaiwaka War Memorial Hall, 4 Kaiwaka Mangawhai Road, 10am-4pm. Free entry. Info and stall bookings: Iris 022 156 7445 or Jean 021 269 3925 (see brief p17) 13 Show Me Shorts Film Festival. Matakana Cinemas, 6.30pm. A sampler of eight short films from the festival.

Bookings: showmeshorts.co.nz (see story p16) 15 Warkworth & District Museum Tea & Talk, Early Life in Leigh, 10am. Gold Coin donation 17 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/myregion/auckland/auckland-regional-landfill (see story p1 and 3) 18 Methamphetamine education evening, Kate’s Place, 1960 SH1, Kaiwaka, 6-8pm. All welcome, supper will be served.

RSVP 09 431 2661 19 Tomarata School Show Day 20 Mangawhai Beach School Ag Day, 9am.

20 Labour Weekend Book Fair, Mangawhai Museum, 9am-4pm.

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20 Book Sale, Point Wells Hall, 9am-12.30pm. Fiction, non-fiction and children’s books from 50 cents. Fundraising for new books for the Point Wells Community Library.

21 Warkworth & District Museum Open Day, 10am-3pm. Free entry and lots of activities.

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The new code of rock climbing was a favourite for Mahurangi College.

Gareth Ferguson of Otamatea High School was stoked with second place.

Students competed in a total of 22 sports at AIMS Games this year.

Jordon Thomas of Mahurangi College took control of the boys hockey final.

Rock climbing and gymnastics were just some of the codes competed in by local schools at this years’ AIMS Games held in Tauranga last month.

The competition ran from September 9 to 14, with 22 codes on offer in the event’s 15th year.

Participation hit a record high with 10,851 students competing. It is the biggest event of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

Mahurangi College took 79 students to the games to compete in 10 sports.

College sports coordinator Karlie Stanbra says having three girls

compete in rock climbing, which was introduced to the games this year, was the highlight for her.

“It was amazing to see our girls climb these walls that were very challenging and make it to the top. Everyone got excited watching that,” Karlie says.

Also competing as an individual was 12-year-old Gareth Ferguson of Otamatea High School, who competed in gymnastics.

His best result was second equal in vault, out of 22 competitors, followed by 10th in tumbling twisters.

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Mahurangi’s Mia Stanley Hunt, who finished 25th out 35 competitors in multisport and seventh in the 200-metre backstroke swimming final. Meanwhile, Miriama Iverson came 84th out of 164 runners in the cross-country.

Jordon Thomas was the school’s other standout, but on the whistle rather than the field.

He umpired the boys hockey final at the tournament and picked up his third AIMS Games Officials Medal for doing so.

Wellsford School also had a presence at

the games with its netball team coming second in D Grade after going down in the final to Papamoa College 30-16.

Otamatea fielded a netball team that finished up in B Grade, placing 63rd out of 122 teams.

The Mahurangi netball team came 90th, finishing up in C Grade.

Mahurangi girls futsal finished 17th equal and last.

Mahurangi boys football came 43rd out of 57 teams, boys hockey 13th out of 14 teams, boys rugby 28th out of 42 teams and girls hockey 19th out of 22 teams.

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