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Council fells coastal giant Whangateau residents are fuming after a giant pohutukawa tree was chopped down near the coastal township last month.

The tree was on esplanade reserve, between Tram Car Bay and Lews Bay, on land managed

by Auckland Council.

Manager of local and sports parks north Martin van Jaarsveld says Council contractors were inspecting the tree to remove dead branches, but decided to cut it down as they deemed it to be a safety risk.

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Whangateau resident Richard Gerard says the community should have been informed and alternatives explored before the pohutukawa was felled.

Broadband complaints echo across Mahurangi Complaints about the poor state of broadband access in Mahurangi were aired at a public meeting in Warkworth on June 9, hosted by Rodney MP Mark Mitchell.

About 90 residents from across the region attended the event and described the frustrations of accessing

the internet, trying to upgrade to a better speed and dealing with Chorus.

The impacts of the poor service on the area’s business and economic growth, as well as the way it disadvantaged students trying to access online learning environments, was highlighted.

A 3D animation student, who lives at Sandspit, said he was expected to access streaming video tutorials as part of his study.

“It was impossible to do this from home because the service was so poor,” he said.

“How can a community grow when the education facilities can’t function?”

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Broadband complaints aired the ground is more Third World.

A Matakana resident said Chorus had refused to put them on the waiting list for VDSL unless they put in a landline first. A North Park resident said the 120 houses in the development were stuck on ADSL2 because they weren’t eligible for rural broadband, couldn’t get Very High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) because they were more than 900m from an exchange, and had no access to ultrafast broadband (UFB).

Another resident said his service had been “upgraded” on June 2. “As a result, our speed dropped from 7.9 megabytes to 5.2.”

Darrell McNab, of Rodney Broadband, a private company that is providing wireless internet connections and temporary wi-fi hotspot installation, said this was probably because more people had been added to the service, reducing everyone’s speed.

“The pie is just getting cut into smaller pieces,” he said.

His experience showed that many residents were putting up with services that were slow and unreliable. In Duck Creek, households had upload and download speeds of around 500 kilobit per second.

“The infrastructure is struggling to keep pace with technological change,” he said. “The copper phone lines that are used to deliver broadband are old and rotten, and have been damaged by wear and tear.”

The seasonal influx of visitors over summer also posed a problem.

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About 90 people attended the broadband meeting in Warkworth.

“Management of traffic loads is important, as anyone who lives at Omaha will know. When the population there triples over summer, it sinks the network.”

On the question of accessing UFB which was already installed to schools, Mr McNab said it wasn’t as simple as just cutting into the line, even if it did run “straight past your house”.

“There is an enormous cost involved in installing a cabinet and reticulating the service to other users.”

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An extra $210 million for ultra-fast broadband and $150 million for the Rural Broadband Initiative and mobile blackspots was announced in the Budget for the next phase of the Government’s total commitment of $2 billion. Registrations of Interest for phase two close July 3.

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Studio puts ‘Snellywood’ in spotlight Snells Beach has been nicknamed ‘Snellywood’ in the media and local playgrounds after animation studio Huhu picked up a major multi-film deal.

International media report a group of companies in China, New Zealand and Canada have committed $800 million to produce 17 films in the next eight years.

Beast of Burden will be the first collaborative production on a 3D animated feature film between NZ and China. It is expected to cost $20 million and take two years to produce, increasing jobs and international visitors in Snells Beach.

While Huhu are staying tight-lipped about the details and their studios are hidden behind security gates, they are excited about the possibilities.

Lead producer David Townsend says it comes after 17 years of hard work.

Huhu is the longest running specialist 3D animation studio in NZ. “We are all very excited and tentatively taking the next steps to what we hope is going to be an amazing future,” Mr Townsend says.

He says the term ‘Snellywood’ seems to be catching on.

“I went to pick up my children from school and the whole playground was chanting ‘Snellywood’. It’s early days, but we’d love for Snells Beach and the area to blossom and be blessed by what we are doing here.”

He says the 30 fulltime staff at Snells Beach includes animators, concept artists, modelers, rigging, texturing, lighting and technical teams.

“It has been fun to be here while it’s small and we definitely want to maintain that culture, family feel, and genuine care of our staff, as we grow.

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“We love being part of the community and artists love working here because of the lifestyle.”

A proposed China-New Zealand co-production between China Film Animation and Huhu Studios, Beast of Burden is written and directed by Kirby Atkins (Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron). Kirby wrote the script nearly two decades ago, and Huhu brought it to life with a trailer last year.

Mr Townsend said as soon as they finished the trailer people could see it was going to be an amazing film.

“A picture tells a thousand words, and a moving picture tells a thousand pictures.”

Beast of Burden is about creatures called Thoriphant forced into a life of servitude to humankind. They discover they once walked upright and had hands.

It will be produced by Trevor Yaxley,

chief executive of Huhu Studios and Jun Huang, president and chief executive of China Film Animation, a subsidiary of China’s largest staterun film enterprise China Film Group Corp. It was announced at the Beijing Film Festival in April, and has financial backing from Qi Tai Culture Development Group.

Mr Yaxley said in a statement that it was the beginning of a close relationship for many years to come.

“We are delighted about the process of joining the best of the China animation industry with the best of the New Zealand animation industry.”

Huhu Studios is headed up in Snells Beach and has additional studios in Taipei and Beijing, specialising in 2D and 3D animation. For the past six years they have worked closely with China-based clients, delivering animated movies, long form TV series, advertising, TV commercials, theme park designs and consultation.

Youth charged over school fire A 16-year-old male has been charged with arson in relation to a suspicious fire, which destroyed the sports storage shed at Warkworth School in April. The man appeared in the North Shore Youth Court this month and has name suppression. The fire also damaged recreational and after school care equipment.

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Contractors from Treescape found cracks in large branches and in the trunk, and decided to fell the tree immediately, before informing Council.

“The life of the tree was compromised and to leave it living would have been irresponsible,” Mr van Jaarsveld says.

“There was no time for a report or public consultation.

“Our approach is to retain trees where possible, but in cases like this it is a public safety issue.”

The wood was chipped and used for mulch on site and in other gardens.

Whangateau resident Elizabeth Foster says the tree was one of the biggest in the country and should never have been touched.

“Coastal pohutukawas should be allowed to lie where they fall, as happens elsewhere. It shouldn’t have been a decision for Treescape to make, it should have been a decision for the community.”

The wood should have at least been saved, not chipped, she says.

“It is a beautiful red wood. There would have been many woodworkers who would love to use the timber, especially from such a large trunk.”

Ms Foster has written to Auckland Mayor Len Brown and Councillors to get greater protection for coastal pohutukawa.

Simon Knight, who owns a section bordering where the tree was growing, says the tree had fallen down about six months ago, but was supported by large lower branches and was not at risk of falling further.

“It’s ridiculous. This beautiful tree didn’t need to be completely removed.

Some of the branches had snapped, but it was still growing and they could have been removed without killing the tree.

“The tree must have been 500 years old and they’ve butchered it.”

The stump will be left over summer to see if there is any regrowth. If not, it will be removed and replaced with a pohutukawa, about two metres tall.

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OFF THE RECORD

No illusions The chair of the Matakana Community Group left new attendees under no illusions when he welcomed them to this month’s meeting. “Feel free to ask questions, but we’re unlikely to have any answers.”

Under fire Chorus came in for some heavy criticism at a broadband discussion in Warkworth last week, which prompted MP Mark Mitchell to observe that he should have had someone from the organisation on hand to answer some of the queries. “But he’d have had to wear a bullet-proof vest!”

What’s in a name Long-winded titles are nothing new at Auckland Council – imagine the size of the business card with this title on it: Senior Parks & Coastal Planning Engineer, Asset Development & Business Support, Local and Sports Parks North. And it seems even elected reps have trouble with them.

When offering to assist the Matakana Community Group get an update on Jubilee Park, the Rodney Local Board member struggled to remember the title of the committee she chairs.

One size fits all Imagine the thrill a female staff member got when she went to put on her trousers for work and discovered they were extremely loose fitting around the waist. Unfortunately, her weight lose elation was shortlived when she realised that she’d inadvertently pulled on a pair of her recently discarded maternity pants.

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What skatepark?

I noted the reference to a ‘skatepark’ in Warkworth (MM Jun 3). I wondered if I had missed something in our town and then realised the skatepark referred to is the ‘half pipe’ on Baxter Street.

To describe this as a ‘skatepark’ is pumping it up in a major way! Snells Beach has a skatepark, and children and youth in Warkworth deserve one as well, rather than the current apology for one – although it is better than nothing.

Perhaps the Rodney Local Board has some money it should spend. Call it an investment in our young people.

Heather Pearce, Warkworth

Transparent nonsense The transparency of the tosh written

by Mark Mitchell’s PR person in his Viewpoint (MM Jun 3), is revealed by the layout of your newspaper.

Mitchell’s fluff talks of a “strong, growing economy”, and a “programme on the right track”.

Yet on the next page, a report is headed “Families struggle as rent rises”. You quote census figure to prove that “rent in Warkworth increased 56 per cent faster than incomes between 2001 and 2013”.

The TV show The Nation revealed at the end of that week, New Zealand now has the lowest rates of home ownership since 1951.

I read this in a week where a coroner’s report was released on a child who died in a rental house, from causes attributed directly to the cold, damp, unhealthy state of that dwelling.

A few months earlier Mr Mitchell was one of the MPs who voted – shamefully – against a WOF bill for all rental property. That shows where his compassion lies. Perhaps only for landlords.

Mitchell’s lopsided analysis of the budget, continues to conveniently omit mention of the fact that the regressive elements of the budget (like the $1000 taken away from kick-starting Kiwisaver accounts) are removed immediately, while the supposed ‘benefits’ (the $25 possible per week to only some beneficiaries) start in a year’s time. Also that the new qualifications for getting that benefit increase (constant job-hunting, and all the travel that entails) will probably cost more than the top-up.

The prediction that “the economy is forecast to deliver 150,000 new jobs over the next four years”, and that “we’re on track for continued growth of 2.8 per cent” is reckless. This is part of a National Party strategy to simply throw big numbers out, in the hope no-one will properly analyse them.

Just like the supposed 100,000 jobs created in the Northland electorate.

We all know how those ghost jobs stood up to scrutiny – and what the repercussions of the misleading information were for National.

Will the economy grow by 2.8 per cent? Consider that while under this National-led government, we have averaged 1.7 per cent growth, and have posted seven deficits in a row – even in the past few years with the bonus of record-high dairy prices and the economic activity of rebuilding a city.

Perhaps Mitchell (and his PR person) are right in one thing: “a plan that’s working”. Yeah, right. Working for you and the rich people – not for all New Zealanders.

Alex Stone, Waiheke

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Trees of note I manage the NZ Tree Register for the NZ Notable Trees Trust. Last year when I was up your way recording some trees in the Warkworth area, I included the McKinney and Simpson trees at Parry Park and whilst researching some historical details came across the History columns (MM Oct 1, 2014) and associated image. I spotted the question of who

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the gentlemen were.

The fellow with the beret on is Richard St. Barbe Baker ‘Man of the Trees’, although the date of the image must be an error as he would have been 36 years old at that time (and Sir Henry Kelliher would have been 29). My thinking is that the photo was taken in the late 70’s, early 80’s. Just before he died this documentary of his life was filmed in Auckland (www.nzonscreen. com/title/man-of-the-trees-1981).

As an interesting story for your readers, you may be interested to learn that the largest *Norfolk Island pine in the world is at Mahurangi East.

Brad Cadwallader New Zealand Tree Register manager *In 1853 Captain Hugh Grange, who owned and ran a coastal schooner called Tattycorum, bought 200 acres on the banks of the Mahurangi River. Capt.

Grange built his house on the SE corner of this property where there was easy tidal access to a branch of the Te Whau (Dawson’s) Creek. The only access to the property until 1912 was from the river.

The house was named Harbour View as there was a clear view down to the river mouth from the homestead. This house was later dismantled and taken to Lilburn Street in Warkworth and re-erected for Hugh Grange’s widow.

An oak seedling and a Norfolk Island pine were planted beside the gate to the homestead. The giant oak tree collapsed in a gale in 1982, but the Norfolk pine is one of the largest of its kind (34.6m high and a 997cm girth) and still stands proud today more than 160 years on.

Measurements taken in 2009 show that it has the largest known girth of any Norfolk Island Pine in the world!

The nearby oak and two others on the property were grown from acorns off the original oak that fell. (Compiled from notes taken from www.mihiraulodge. co.nz see also www.conifers.org) The tree is located is Hamilton Landing Scenic Reserve and can be seen as one nears the end of Hamilton Road.

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Northern Action Group pitches ideal council for Mahurangi An independent north Rodney Council could be in place by the end of next year if the Northern Action Group (NAG) gets its way.

NAG hopes to submit the final pieces of information to the Local Government Commission this month, allowing it to assess the deamalgamation of the district.

At the Warkworth Area Liaison Group meeting this month, NAG chair Bill Townson pitched his plan for a council with five councillors representing five wards and one mayor. It would be a unitary council, performing the roles of both a regional and district council.

“We would like to have fewer councillors, but that’s the minimum allowed by law,” Mr Townson said.

A North Rodney Council would have a population of about 24,000, with about 17,000 ratepayers, he said.

“That would mean each councillor would represent about 3500 people. In Auckland at present, each Councillor represents about 70,000 people.”

He said the council should encourage a user-pays system where possible and increase the fixed proportion of rates, the Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC), to 30 per cent to make rates less determined by property values.

“At the moment, there are people on properties that their families have owned for several generations. The properties have become so valuable that they have to sell up or subdivide.

It needs to be more equitable.”

Investigations by Puhoi finance and policy analyst Larry Mitchell found rates in Rodney could reduce by about 15 per cent, based on expenses of

other smaller councils.

“This is all just a proposal at this stage.

There will be plenty of opportunities as the process goes through for everyone to have their say.”

One contentious issue was the transfer of debt from Auckland Council. North Rodney could inherit $100 million in debt depending on the details of deamalgamation.

But Mr Townson said North Rodney would only be saddled with about $15 million of debt if based on Council spending in the area.

The six regional parks in the region could stay under Auckland Council ownership, as an absentee landlord.

In July last year the Local Government Commission (LGC) declined NAG’s application to create a new council

Northern Action Group chair Bill Townson.

district independent of Auckland, but that decision was overturned in the High Court in April. Justice David Collins, found the Commission had made an error in their decision but said NAG needed further information on the boundaries of North Rodney

and evidence of support from greater Auckland.

Mr Townson hoped to have the boundary finalised and results from a survey of Aucklanders by the end of the month. He has also emailed 65 residents and ratepayers groups in Auckland to get their backing.

Local Government Commission principal advisor and former Commission chief executive Donald Riezebos says that when the required information is provided it will take the about a month for the Commission to decide whether it will assess the application.

The Northern Action Group annual meeting will be held at Totara Park Retirement Village Hall, 5 Melwood Drive, Warkworth on Monday, June 22, at 7.30pm.

Long path to de-amalgamation...

NAG’s proposal to de-amalgamate from Auckland Council is the first application of its kind since the Local Government Act was amended in 2012, allowing communities to change council structures.

But there are a number of hurdles the group must clear for their proposal to be accepted. If the Commission decides to assess the application, it will call for alternative proposals for a council in Mahurangi. These can include a different council structure for the area or different boundaries.

People will have at least 20 working days to submit a proposal.

The Commission will then determine a preferred option, which could

include Mahurangi remaining with Auckland Council.

But if the Commission decides the status quo is not the preferred option, it will draft a structure for a council for consultation.

Local Government Commission principal advisor Donald Riezebos says that process would take several months. The proposal to amalgamate councils in Wellington took a year to develop a draft proposal.

While a Rodney proposal wouldn’t take that long, it would still take many months, he says.

After consultation, the Commission would then develop a final proposal.

There is then a three-month period to allow members of the public to gather a petition to oppose the new structure.

If 10 per cent of the electorate sign a petition, it goes to a vote.

If less than 50 per cent of voters are in favour of the proposal, then it is abandoned.

Members of NAG hope to have the process finalised in time for the local body elections next October.

However, Mr Reizebos says this is very optimistic.

“The electoral commission starts working towards the local body elections in May, so it would be difficult to have the process completed in time.”

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Viewpoint Steven Garner, Rodney Local Board steven.garner@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Big improvements It is fantastic to see that the area is going ahead and improving in so many ways – the developments at the Warkworth Showgrounds, the new housing at Snells Beach, Matakana and Omaha, the Sandspit Marina development and the general attraction of people from all over New Zealand to this as an area to live work and play. I have had the pleasure of travelling recently and believe that although our roads may not be 100 per cent, they are very good compared to most! We don’t have a swimming pool but we have opportunity to swim in lots of places. Our quality of life and amenity, which is provided by local and central government, is comparatively speaking very high.

I hear the Northern Action Group’s call to remove much of Rodney from the Super City and I am beginning to see that there might be some advantages in doing so. But it is questionable as to whether the advantages would outweigh the disadvantages of going it alone. I cannot see Auckland Council wanting this to happen; it will be interesting to see where this ends up. The Local Board has refurbished and is in the process of installing new playgrounds in Snells Beach, Warkworth showgrounds and Matakana. I have heard from many that these are becoming ‘destination’ playgrounds.

Kids and parents tell me these are great additions to our area. Likewise, I hear that the new Wellsford Library is proving to be a fabulous asset for that community.

I understand that the sport and recreation collective at the Warkworth Showgrounds is also to be commended. The Board development on this site is very significant. The challenges created as this space is developed are being well managed and they seem to be heading in the right direction. The changes for the rugby club, which has been the dominant resident on this site for many years, appear to be working well with the other newer sport groups who are migrating to the newly-developed facilities. The showgrounds are transformed from what they were two or three years ago. Take a drive on a week day afternoon and be amazed by the sheer number of people who are out there enjoying this.

There are at times differences in opinion and perspective from members from different locations, even within a Local Board area, when it is as large as ours.

We get a lot more done when we work collaboratively. There have been times recently when the split north-south or west-east has been the deciding factor for the decision or position taken by some members. This is neither appropriate nor constructive and at times is seriously deconstructive.

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Rodney students win eco-action trip Christmas opening for Grange complex Five Rodney students went on a dive trip to the Poor Knights Islands last month, after winning a place in the annual Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) competition.

Mahurangi College students Cormac Blennerhassett, Ryan Torckler, Trace Savage and Leilani Jones and Warkworth School pupil Billy Wilbermoth accompanied 24 other students from around New Zealand.

Students were selected based on their action and enthusiasm as part of the EMR programme in schools.

Year 8 students at Mahurangi College have been participating in the EMR programme for the last six years.

It includes a marine biodiversity presentation and a guided snorkel at a marine reserve during Year 8 camp.

Every student then completes an action project, to support marine protection.

Ryan Torckler and Trace Savage won the EMR Action prize for their proposal for a new marine reserve, which included a Youtube clip (www.youtube.com/ watch?v=mbxRsN4bKjk), while Cormac Blennerhasset’s project was on the impact of micro-beads in personal care products. Leilani Jones won the first ever Bobby Stafford-Bush – EMR Ocean Art prize for her design for a mural to create more awareness of the Tawharanui Marine Reserve. She is currently in discussion with Auckland Council around where the mural could be painted.

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Roadworks at the entrance of The Grange development in Warkworth are set to continue until September.

Developer Adam Reynolds says contractors are widening State Highway 1 at the entrance of the development to create turning lanes for traffic accessing the site.

The impact on SH1 traffic will be minimal, but a lower speed limit may be introduced if required, Mr Reynolds says. The first stage is on track to be finished by Christmas, with McDonalds and BP scheduled to open in November. The second stage is scheduled for completion by March.

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Footpath upgrades take step forward

Jim Wilkins received cards from Prime Minister John Key and Queen Elizabeth II for his 100th birthday at Amberlea Rest Home.

Algies centenarian celebrates in style Enjoying life is the secret to living to a ripe old age, says Jim Wilkins, who turned 100 this month.

Jim was playing golf until he was 97 and became a lifetime member of the Omaha Golf Club when he was 90.

“I’d go in a golf cart and play nine holes. I’d be lucky to see the ball now.”

He still enjoys driving his mobility scooter to Snells Beach to watch the boats come and go, and reading cowboy books.

“You’ve got to live day to day and make the best of what you’ve got.”

Born in Cambridge in 1915 and raised in Te Puke, he worked as a dairy farmer and a butcher. He enlisted

in the Mounted Rifles Brigade in Whitianga, but escaped serving overseas after falling from his horse during training. He went on to work as a truck driver, builder, carpenter and sawmill worker. His daughter, Claire Hunter, of Snells Beach, says longevity is in his genes.

“We’ve looked back through the family tree and there have been a lot of people in their 80s and 90s, even during the 1800s.”

Jim celebrated his birthday at Amberlea Rest Home in Algies Bay with friends, family and well-wishers.

At the 2013 census there were six people over 100 in Rodney, the same number as in 2006 and 2001, but no 100 year olds in 1996. Nationwide there were 558 centenarians in 2013.

A $220,000 footpath in Snells Beach has been given the green light and work is planned to start in spring.

The 250-metre concrete path will run down Mahurangi East Road from Arabella Lane, at the entrance of the town, towards the Snells Beach business district, providing a pedestrian link.

The path will require new kerb and channelling, retaining walls and drainage.

The project is being combined with a new retaining wall on the western side of the road, which is showing signs of instability.

The Rodney Local Board first allocated $135,000 for the project in 2013, but costs ballooned to $260$300,000 following an investigation by Auckland Transport.

The footpath was originally in a zone with an 80kph speed limit, requiring significantly higher safety standards, but the speed limit for the zone has now been permanently reduced to 50kph, reducing costs.

Meanwhile, construction of a $275,000 footpath and pedestrian bridge in Puhoi is expected to start next month.

The concrete bridge will run along the eastern side of the existing traffic bridge on Puhoi Road, near Krippner Rd, and will connect to a 90-metre concrete footpath, which will run to the Puhoi Library.

The project was originally planned to start last summer, but tenders came in significantly higher than expected. Tenders were advertised for a second time in April, attracting four submissions, reducing the costs by $50,000.

A 170-metre footpath on Point Wells Road was completed last month at a cost of $65,000.

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Mahurangi short films premiere Forty toddlers from Mahurangi Kindergarten will be among the local faces and places featured in a short film awards screening in June.

The awards at Warkworth Primary School on June 27 are part of a Warkworth Town Hall restoration fundraising competition.

The Mahurangi Kindergarten film ‘For the love of Warkworth’ is one of a dozen short local films that will be screened. The films were all filmed in Mahurangi and feature the Warkworth Town Hall.

Kindergarten teacher Sarah Clark says the film took three weeks to make and involved the children making the props, drawing pictures and talking about what they love about Warkworth.

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The joy on their faces when they saw themselves on screen was priceless.”

She says the competition was a great chance for locals to get involved in the community and see themselves and their town on the big screen.

Prizes will be given out on the night for the three categories – Gobos for pre-schools and primary schools, Sprockets for secondary schools, and a Reels all ages open category. There will also be a People’s Choice Award, voted for on the night by the audience. Treats and refreshments will be on sale.

The Film Screening and Awards is at Warkworth Primary School senior hall on Saturday June 27, 4.30pm to 6.30pm. Tickets $5 single, $10 (2 adults + 4 children). Tickets at Mahurangi Matters, 17 Neville Street.

Three promotional videos for western Rodney and a teaching kitchen at Parakai will receive Rodney Local Board funding ahead of security cameras for the Mahurangi River.

At its meeting on June 2, the Board’s transport, planning and infrastructure committee allocated $47,321 to the North West Business Improvement District (BID) for a communications marketing plan.

The organisation’s budget for the 12-month visitor campaign is $117,578. The board funding will contribute to three 45-second videos, which will underpin the campaign.

The teaching kitchen is part of a community project developed and managed by the Helensville District Health Trust, in conjunction with Ngati Whatua o Kaipara. The project will receive $12,500.

The Warkworth Business Association was seeking $6800, which would help it meet the full cost of installing security cameras in Lucy Moore Park.

But Board chair Brenda Steele said the Board had already given the Mahurangi project $14,000 and she did not see it as a Board priority.

“It’s now up to the association and the community to get on with it,” she said.

Member John McLean said the money should be put towards dredging the river.

“Cameras are just money down the drain,” he said.

Member Steven Garner said that suggesting that dredging should be funded instead of security cameras was off the topic.

“The Business Association has no funding and do everything on the smell of an oily rag,” he said. “We have already spent significant funds on the North West BID. We’re effectively giving them a further $50,000 for work they should be funding themselves.”

The Board agreed to defer making a decision on whether or not to fund the security cameras for a month. If further funds became available, the request would be revisited.

The Business Association hopes to install four cameras on three purposebuilt stands by the wharf at a cost of $20,000. The project is in response to a number of thefts and property damage issues along the river in recent months.

New Snells road name A new road accessing an eight-lot residential subdivision, off Foster Crescent in Snells Beach, will be called Te Whau Lane. The property extends to an inlet of the Mahurangi Harbour named Te Whau Creek. In Maori, ‘Whau’ is a native corkwood-type tree. The Rodney Local Board transport planning and infrastructure committee approved the name this month.

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Sandspit resident collects for Vanuatu music Auckland Plan A Sandspit documentary maker is collecting instruments to bring music back to Vanuatu following the devastating cyclone earlier this year.

Rowena Baines has had an affinity for Vanuatu since “hitch hiking” from boat to boat around the island nation a decade ago.

“I’ve been to 57 countries and it’s rare to come across a country so unaffected by western society,” she says. “They are such welcoming people. I’ve been back three times.”

When Rowena heard Vanuatu had been hit by a category-five cyclone in March, her first thoughts were about the music.

“Music is what keeps them going. It’s what keeps those isolated communities together. Every island I visited had a string band of some description.

There are already a lot of agencies providing food and building material for the country, but music plays such a crucial role in the culture. I thought ‘that’s where I can step in to help’.”

She is accepting donations of guitars, ukuleles and guitar strings. She would also like to hear from any yachtie heading to Vanuatu, who might be able to help transport an instrument or two.

Rowena plans to fly to Vanuatu in August to meet up with some of the yachts and help distribute the instruments and film the trip for a documentary.

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It is the second aid project Rowena has managed in the region. In 2008, she worked with 29 yachts and the Royal NZ Air Force to transport 2500 textbooks to schools in Vanuatu.

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A total of 46 per cent of scheduled hearing events on the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan had been completed by the end of April.

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Tragedy ignites mother’s anti-violence stand Clothing bill what to look out for to help keep our Family violence campaigner Lesley delivers equity young people safe,” Libby says.

Elliott is speaking at Otamatea High School on June 24 to help families identify the signs of unhealthy or unsafe relationships.

Lesley set up the Sophie Elliott Foundation after the tragic death of her daughter Sophie at the hands of her former boyfriend, Clayton Weatherston.

She launched the book Sophie Elliott—A Mother’s Story of Her Family’s Loss and Their Quest For Change in 2011 and has since been touring the country speaking about her experience to raise awareness of family violence.

Lesley was recognised for her work in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours, becoming a Member of the NZ Order of Merit.

Otamatea social worker Libby Jones has organised the event. She says it is crucial young people understand what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like.

After the tragic murder of her daughter in 2008, Lesley Elliott has been touring the country to educate people about the warning signs of unhealthy relationships.

“The evening is especially aimed at teenagers, their parents and other community members, so we all know

“People think ‘it won’t happen to me’, but we know from Lesley’s experience that it can happen to anyone. It is a privilege to have Lesley Elliott come to Maungaturoto to share her wisdom, and to help prevent this type of tragedy.”

National It’s Not Ok campaign senior advisor Jac Lynch is facilitating a workshop for people working in health, education, justice and social services at the Maungaturoto Country Club, Bickerstaff Road, on Thursday, June 25, 9.30am to 12pm.

The free events are funded by Rural Women NZ in conjunction with Ministry of Social Development, and the local It’s Not Ok campaign.

Lesley Elliott is speaking at Otamatea High School Hall on Wednesday June 24 from 7pm to 9pm.

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Week raises awareness of widespread elder abuse Every year Age Concern receives 2000 referrals of elder abuse, with three quarters of cases occurring at the hands of family members.

This month the group is bringing the issue into the spotlight for Elder Abuse Awareness Week, June 15 to 22.

About half of abusers are adult children and about half of the abused elders are over 80 years old. Age Concern chief executive Robyn Scott says raising awareness is crucial.

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Thousands of children will receive a clothing allowance after a New Zealand First Bill passed in Parliament this month.

Tracey Martin’s member’s bill, the Social Security (Clothing Allowances for Orphans and Unsupported Children) Amendment Bill, grew from concern that many children were missing out, yet foster children received the allowance.

“We expect about 12,000 orphaned or unsupported children who are being looked after by family will be eligible,” Tracey says.

The Bill means the children will receive a clothing allowance of between $1000 and $1685, depending on their age.

“It will make a huge difference to those looking after them, who are often grandparents, and on low incomes. About 40 per cent of the carers are on incomes of less than $33,000 a year. Many are women.”

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Not “just a drama queen” Old fashioned gender stereotyping encouraged girls to serve the needs of other people, at the expense of getting their own needs acknowledged and met. Girls were given approval and praise for being good, tidy, sweet, helpful, hardworking, clean and quiet. They were trained to be sensitive to the needs of others but not themselves. Then came a degree of liberation with the “girls can do anything” era.

Girls were encouraged to excel in education, to claim their places on their chosen career ladders, to have adventures, to have and exercise choices in their lives.

Sounds good, but that old suppressive attitude about the needs of women still lurks beneath the more liberated attitude. It is exemplified in the vogue putdown, “she’s just a drama queen”. A girl may be trying to express a perfectly valid (and probably unconscious) need, such as the need for approval, attention, closeness, power, success, peer approval, respect or belonging. Her needs may be expressed directly or indirectly, through words, body language, facial expression and behaviour.

Too often I hear these expressions of need discounted or derided by responses such as, “she’s throwing a tanty/doing a Hollywood/is just a drama queen”. This can set-off a negative chain of events. A young person who feels discounted, judged and criticised will feel hurt and belittled. If it continues, she will eventually start to mask the hurt with anger and defiance. At this point she often experiences further pain as those who wish to shut her down dismiss her as being “attention-seeking” or “hormonal”.

Thereafter, on top of the original un-met need, she may experience feelings of injustice, rage and powerlessness and depression. Her self-esteem is diminished, and she may resort to more extreme behaviours to try to meet her needs. These behaviours may be dangerous, such as risk-taking, substance abuse and self-harm.

When a persons needs and feelings are simply recognised, respected and validated, her self-esteem and confidence increases, and she will be able to work towards positive ways of meeting her needs. So next time you are tempted to dismiss a young person as “just a drama queen”, STOP! Ask yourself, “what is she really feeling”, and instead of alienating her, use the opportunity to build a heart-connection with her. Then she will know she is not alone.

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Cath Bartlett started the group three years ago after learning first-hand the help they can provide. She was diagnosed with breast cancer twice within seven years, first in 2000 and again in 2007, and attended meetings in Red Beach, which was the nearest support group at the time.

“At first I didn’t think I needed to go to a group and kept putting it off, but a friend convinced me to go and I’m glad I did,” she says.

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47-year pit stop nearly over for classic Riley Snells Beach resident Anne Richardson has nearly finished restoring a 1932 Riley Lynx convertible, commemorating the project her late husband John started 47 years ago.

Originally from England, John inherited the car after his father died in 1968. It needed a bit of work to get it on the road, but the work never happened, Anne says.

“Cars of that age in the 1960s were seen as a load of old junk. It’d be like a 1980s Japanese import today. You could buy them for $10.

“It was held together with bits of wire and had been painted with a yardbrush, but my husband had always been keen on Rileys. It was a family thing and I married into it.

“He was always going to get it back on the road, but it became his retirement project.”

The Riley was always close to John’s heart, though perhaps absent from his mind, and remained in storage for the next 43 years. But the couple brought the car with them when they immigrated to NZ in 2008 to live closer to their daughter in Auckland.

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Charging stations expanded A nationwide network of stations that can charge an electric car in 10 to 25 minutes is the vision that is being brought to fruition by Steve and Dee West.

The couple, who have a property in Matakana, drive a Tesla S – one of only six in the country – and also have the older model Tesla roadster and a Nissan Leaf. Their enthusiasm for electric vehicles, which Steve describes as “making perfect sense for New Zealand” has led them to set up a business and website this year, focused on rolling out a nationwide network of fast charging stations that anyone can use.

Normally, an electric car is charged overnight using power from the grid, as it sits in the garage. This is because electric vehicles have a charger built in that converts the AC power from the grid into DC power for the car’s battery. Due to size and weight constraints this onboard charger is limited in power so typically takes six hours to fully charge a car.

The Rapid DC Chargers are a powerful unit that allows electric vehicle owners to charge their car in around 25 minutes. They are a much larger version of the onboard charger, and convert high power 3-phase AC into very powerful DC current. This dramatically reduces the charge time.

“Free from the constraints imposed by the hazardous nature of traditional fossil-based transport fuels, charging stations can be placed in much more convenient locations like shopping malls and supermarkets where you would typically park for at least 20-30 minutes anyway,” Steve says.

The stations cost around $40,000

each and the plan is to start by placing them in the areas of highest electric vehicle ownership – Auckland and Wellington – then extend the network in a linear fashion along well-used routes such as State Highway 1.

The first one is being tested in Auckland, with two more due to come into the country next month and 20 more in August.

Users will be billed for using the stations based on the amount of power used. Steve says because New Zealand’s power grid comes from almost 80 per cent renewable energy, electric vehicles are ideal.

“We spend $5.5 billion on petrol in this country each year, and the running cost of an electric vehicle is a quarter that of a petrol-driven engine,” Steve says. “There is virtually no maintenance on an electric vehicle as there are no spark plugs, no oil and very little that can wear out. Just brakes, tires and wipers!”

If you can’t afford the Tesla S, which costs around $110,000 and has a 400km range on a single charge, there is the Nissan Leaf (120km range), which Steve says can be bought on the second-hand market for around $20,000. He says on Trade Me they are selling around 50 of these a month.

Other car manufacturers, including BMW and Audi, have also introduced electric or hybrid models.

“We drive electric cars because they are environmentally friendly, and the way of the future, but they are also utterly silent and have a lot of torque at low speed which makes them very zippy when you take off from the lights.”

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According to NZ Transport Agency figures, there have been 122 crashes in the Dome since the speed limit changed in 2009. This is compared to 181 in the previous six years.

There have been two fatalities since 2009 (both in 2010), compared to 11 in the previous six years. Prior to the speed limit change, the road was tagged the 10th worst road in the country.

However, NZTA highway manager for Auckland and Northland Brett Gliddon says the reduction in crashes isn’t just the result of the speed change.

“The Dome Valley has been monitored for many years and a variety of projects have made a significant difference to reduce both the number and severity of crashes,” he says.

“The level and quality of the pavement management and its effect on loss-ofcontrol type crashes in the wet was

identified as an area of concern. Road chip which offers better skid resistance has been installed on this section of the highway and it has resulted in a remarkable turnaround in the number of crashes.”

The Transport Agency believes there is still work to do in reducing the number of loss-of-control crashes in the Dome.

Susan Speedy, who runs the business Frog Pool Farm in the Dome, believes the road is definitely safer than it was.

“We just don’t hear the sirens like we used to,” she says. “But in saying that, we still try to avoid driving in the Dome when it’s wet because we’ve seen the statistics and it still feels unsafe.”

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The tractor is used to launch the Kawau Rescue boat, ensuring it can attend maritime emergencies.

Immediate past president Roger Davies says they have been in a precarious state, relying on an aging tractor that was prone to jamming gears, meaning the crew couldn’t guarantee an immediate response in emergencies. Member Brett Howlett searched from Timaru to Whangarei for a replacement.

“He just loves tractors,” Roger says.

Brett won the People’s Choice Trophy at the 2013 Tractorama in Algies Bay for his restored 1950s Allis-Chalmers.

Brett finally found ‘Mr Right’ in Masterton last month – a 1996 Ford 100 horsepower tractor. Its wheelbase is 130mm higher than the older tractor and it has an extra 20 horsepower.

“But the most important thing is that it goes!”

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unnecessary equipment, painted with protective paint and the wheels are being galvanised to prevent rust. It should be in working order later this month.

The group raised $25,000 over six months for the tractor, including 18,000 from selling 2400 lotteries tickets over summer, the second highest number out of the 72 coastguards in NZ. They also received $2500 from The Matakana Seagull Race and $900 from Wilmot Motors’ Good in the Hood promotion.

A donation from the Mansion House Music in the Gardens event has allowed the coastguard to replace the old and weathered pontoons on the rescue boat as well.

Meanwhile, Roger Davies has stepped down as president this month after four years in the role.

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Snells Beach resident Peter Garman was elected president at the organisation’s annual meeting on June 10.

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They delivered the goods Bennett’s first store opened in 1890, a stone’s throw from Port Albert Wharf.

At that time it was owned by John Shepherd, George Bennett’s father-in-law.

George bought the store but accidentally drowned in 1910. His widow kept the business going until their son Len was old enough to take over in 1916. Roads were poor in the early years so goods were delivered by sea in the family launch.

In 1926, the original wooden building burned down and a new General Store was constructed further up the road, on the corner of what was then Market Street.

Well aware of the fire risk, Bennetts hired a Dargaville firm to make the new shop out of concrete. A small shed out the back stored flammable goods and there was a petrol pump outside the shop. It was said the store sold everything ‘from needles to anchors’. A set of pre-1924 brass W & T Avery scales, made in Birmingham, weighed butter and eggs bought from local farmers for four pence a pound.

Every Tuesday, scows delivered supplies from Auckland via the Kaipara Harbour.

Fresh supplies appealed to customers and the store began a tradition of holding late nights on Tuesdays. As roads improved, Bennetts drove their truck down to Auckland to bring back goods for the shop.

It was truly a ‘general’ store supplying not only groceries but also hardware, paint, kerosene, mower petrol and farming gear. Occasionally, it would even stock drums of preserved mutton birds from the South Island and customers travelled miles to buy these delicacies. From 1941 to 1987, the store was also a Post Office agency. Closing this agency ended 124 years of a Port Albert Post Office. In 1948, Bennetts took over the rural mail contract, a role they filled for 65 years. Mail was collected from Wellsford and delivered, along with newspapers and groceries, on their run of some 280 kms of rural roads.

Online shopping is nothing new. Phones, not computers, were used in those days but the principle was the same. Customers rang through their orders and goods were delivered to their postbox on the rural delivery run. Once a week, regular customers were rung to confirm their orders and if any of those people were expecting visitors, the order would be adjusted accordingly. Anything and everything was carried – from bread, meat and milk to petrol and kerosene.

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“The funding we’ve been able to give these groups will continue to make a real difference in the lives of people who need that bit of extra help.”

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Plans afoot for ball season A nervous excitement is descending on Mahurangi high schools as this year’s ball season approaches.

The Mahurangi College Ball is on August 1, with the theme Nuit de Lumieres (a night of light).

Year 13 dean Marilyn Newlove has been a teacher at the school for 38 years and has been helping organise school balls for over 20 years. In that time the ball has gone from a small affair, held in the school hall decorated by students, to this year’s extravaganza at the Crown Plaza in Auckland, decorated by a hired professional.

“It’s got bigger and bigger every year.

It’s always different but every year has been absolutely fantastic and a highlight for the students. I couldn’t pick a favourite year,” she says.

“The students have always taken it seriously and have gone to great lengths with their attire, but now the boys are dressing a lot more formally and are spending more on a full suit.”

The ball has been held at North Harbour Stadium for the past two years, but the head and deputy boy and girl decided on a new venue this year.

“We’ve had it at Ascension and at The Stables in the past, but now there isn’t a venue in Mahurangi that’s big enough. The students liked the decor of the Crown Plaza.”

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by a formal choreographed dance by the school’s prefects. All of the students will be taken to and from the venue by bus. Tickets to the formal cost $120.

The Rodney College Ball is on July 25 at the Wellsford Community Centre. This year’s theme is Arabian Knights. About 200 people are expected to attend.

College gateway programme coordinator Colleen Wright says the theme should provide a colourful change from last year’s Winter Wonderland.

“We go all out with decorations. Last year we had big trees in the entrance way to the hall and we decorate the entire hall.”

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Margaret and Terry Norris, who moved to Snells Beach in 1980 but now live in Warkworth, were thanked for their involvement with the Snells Beach community and, in particular, the Mahurangi East Civil Defence, Highfield Garden Reserve and Warkworth Wellsford Hospice.

Retired farmer and businessman, Don Hawkings, has had a lifetime’s involvement with local community, sporting and industry groups including 17 years as chair of the Rodney Health Trust. He has also been a Rotarian for 51 years and received a community service award.

Don said that although the Rotary organisation was changing, he hoped it would be around for many years to come. “When I think back on what this club has achieved and the amount of money it has raised for this community and overseas projects, it makes me very proud,” he said.

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United Real Estate Warkworth hosted its inaugural Pink Breakfast this month to raise money for the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation. Despite the chilly morning, more than 80 participants joined the event at the Bridgehouse in Warkworth to enjoy breakfast and listen to guest speaker, Anne Thorpe, talk about her experience of fighting breast cancer. Through raffles and fundraising, United Real Estate raised $2000. “We are proud to support such a wonderful charity and to do ‘our bit’ for the foundation. We also relished the chance to thank clients by hosting the breakfast, and we look forward to many more to come in future years.”

Zonta club marks 5th birthday

The Mangawahi Zonta Group celebrated its fifth birthday with a cake and party games on May 25. Club founder Liz Holsted gave a speech on the origins of the group and Lt Governor of Zonta NZ Janet Hope paid tribute to the success of the small rural group and wished it many more happy birthdays in the future. Mangawhai Zonta devotes its energies to raising funds to help local and international women. This month members will assist Rural Women NZ in Otamatea with an evening on Supporting Safe Relationships, on Wednesday June 24, at Otamatea High School. The next event is a quiz night and auction on July 26 to raise money for the annual Spirit of Adventure scholarship given to a young women from the Bream Bay district. Last year’s recipient, Briar Lomas, will speak of her experiences on her voyage at the next club meeting on June 22.

Jazz Connection provided musical The quiz night, which will be held at The Club, has a jungle theme. Bookings: interludes2620PMM_DK_Mahurangi before and after the main Dianne on 43113264 Matters_164x108_vfinal.pdf 5/05/15 am 3190. Cutting the birthday cake, from left, or Sue 9:37 on 431 concert. are current president Jan Barnett, club founder Liz Holsted and Janet Hope.

Concert boosts town hall fund The Big Guns Come out to Play for Charity concert, held at Ascension Wine Estate on May 30, raised $7000 for the Warkworth Town Hall restoration.

More than 200 people packed the venue to hear prominent musicians who live locally or have some connection to the Warkworth area.

The concert opened with soprano Anna Leese, a former Mobil song quest winner and Covent Garden performer. Her rendition of the wellknown O Mio Babbino Caro brought exclamations of delight from the large audience. She was accompanied at the piano by classical pianist Stephen De Pledge, who then played a solo bracket including the great crowd soother Clair de Lune.

Dr John Wells, former Auckland city organist, provided a piano accompaniment for his two daughters in the Brahms songs for mezzo soprano and cello, and in the second half stunned the audience with his agility and virtuosity at the organ.

Kowhai Singers Chamber Choir sang a bracket of three lighter pieces and the programme finished with a final bracket from Anna Leese. The Rodney

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Mangawhai Museum marks Niagara sinking anniversary The 75th anniversary of the sinking of the transPacific luxury liner Niagara will be marked with a special presentation by underwater explorer Keith Gordon, at the new Mangawhai Museum, on Saturday June 20.

Keith has been involved with underwater exploration for more than 60 years and is a Fellow of the New York Explorers Club. His book Deepwater Gold tells the story of the Niagara, which was sunk in the Hauraki Gulf by a German mine, in 1940.

Museum manager Emma Gray says few people realise how close World War II came to New Zealand.

“It was 75 years ago this month that German mines were laid across the approaches to Auckland Harbour which lead to the sinking of the Niagara and the deepest salvage of gold bullion the world had ever known,” she says.

“On the evening of 13 June 1940, 228 mines were laid in deep water between Whangarei Heads and Great Barrier Island, crossing the main shipping channels used in the Hauraki Gulf. Early on June 19, the Niagara became the first casualty of the minefield. This was the first enemy action in New Zealand waters during World War II.” The Niagara, with 351 passengers and crew on board, became the first ship sunk by enemy action in the Pacific.

Thanks to calm seas and the orderly evacuation of survivors to lifeboats, there were no casualties as the Niagara gradually sank to a depth of 122 metres, north of the Hen & Chicken Islands.

“Eleven months later, the minefield claimed a second victim when the minesweeper Puriri hit another mine 13 kilometres off Bream Head, near Whangarei. Rocked by a violent explosion, the Puriri sank so quickly that no lifeboats could be launched and five lives were lost. They were the only casualties of the war in NZ waters.”

Keith’s illustrated talk will cover the history of the

Niagara’s watery grave as seen from a remotelyoperated underwater robot vehicle (ROV).

The Niagara was considered “the Titanic of the Pacific”. Photos, Searov Collection.

Niagara and the German raider which laid the mines, the sinking and subsequent salvage of gold from the wreck, plus the exploration of the wreck in more recent times.

The ship was carrying a secret cargo of gold ingots worth £2.5 million (equivalent to nearly $230 million in 2015) and half of New Zealand’s stock of small-arms ammunition, which was being sent to Britain to help replace ammunition lost during the battle for France.

“The gold was en route from South Africa to America, as payment for British war munitions,” Keith says. “There was a total of 590 gold bars or eight tonnes on board. In 1941, 555 bars were

recovered with a special diving bell which is on display at the museum. A further 30 bars were brought up in 1953, which leaves a further five still on the ship.”

Keith says unfortunately, there is also an estimated 1000 tonnes of fuel oil still in the ship’s tanks.

“The ship is deteriorating and when it finally collapses, the potential environmental disaster could be much worse than the Rena.”

Tickets for the talk, which starts at 4pm, are limited and cost $20. Tickets can also be purchased from the museum. Info: manager@mangawhai-museum.

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Serenity underpins concert Auckland chamber choir, Viva Voce, will perform in the Belfry, at Ascension Wine Estate, on Sunday June 28.

Warkworth Music will host the concert, entitled A Quantum of Solace.

The choir will sing a varied selection of stunning part songs, madrigals and lighter numbers from such writers as Purcell, Saint-Saëns, Elgar, Deliuus and Barber, as well as New Zealanders David Hamilton and Antony Ritchie and contemporary American ‘rockstar’ composer Eric Whitacre.

Now in its 30th year, Viva Voce was formed by musical director John

Rosser with the purpose of injecting vitality and fresh ideas into the New Zealand choral scene. Specialising in innovative programming and the attractive presentation of a huge variety of music, the choir is noted for its ability to mix excellence and entertainment.

This concert should be no exception – with a range of sublime music chosen to apply a soothing balm to the soul.

Tickets available at the door – $30; students free. Concert starts at 4pm.

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10kg comp reels in fishermen A heavy rain forecast failed to deter competitors in the Warkworth Gamefish Club’s annual 10kg Contest held on Queen’s Birthday Weekend.

A total of 97 anglers took part, up 25 per cent on last year’s attendance. The 10kg Trophy was won by Graham Poole’s 8.8kg snapper, which just pipped Vance Barrett’s 16.5kg kingfish.

Club president Dave Adams says the generous support of sponsors makes the decision to buy a ticket every year a much easier one.

“The average snapper weight is testament to the quality of fish landed by our anglers and it’s good to have fresh fish meals when many fishers have mothballed their gear,” he says.

“Last year there were three snapper over 9kg, compared to this year where the top four were in the eight kilo range.”

Dave says fishing rated/tested mono ensures meeting the 10kg maximum line breaking strain.

“Lots of people comment after the comp how much they enjoy this type of fishing since most use braid the rest of the year.”

Junior anglers did well to get out in the weather and all brought home something for the table. Korbyn Barrett’s snapper of 3.65kg took top junior honours (and a $100 Berkley tackle bag) with Oliver Adams and Mathew Fay rounding out the top three. Nichola Hoverd caught the women’s winning fish, a snapper of

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In the kahawai section, the top three were – Steve Hunt 2.761kg 1; Ross Brown 2.647kg 2; Brett Christian 2.497kg 3. Trevally – Brett Christian 1.734kg 1; Andrew Hamilton 1.185kg 2; Russell Rambaud 1.172kg 3. Kingfish – Vance Barrett 16.533kg 1, Steve Parkes 11.482kg 2; Chris Finnigan 9.735kg 3.

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Meditation for young people The Antara Retreat at Tomarata is running a free meditation weekend for young adults aged 18 to 30, on July 4 and 5. Teachers of the Auckland Sri Chinmoy centre will facilitate the meditation sessions and yoga teacher, Bec Evans, will lead a deep relaxation called Yoga Nidra. “We hope this free weekend will help bring balance to young people’s busy lives,” Antara Charity member Leigh Lomas says. Antara is run on the philosophy of giving and helping with no expectation of anything in return. This means courses, food and accommodation are free, and the retreat is run with the help of volunteers. Info: Leigh on 423 7070 or info@antara.org.nz

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AgResearch scientists enlist farmers help in worm study Mahurangi farmers are being asked to help AgResearch scientists gain a better understanding of the distribution of one of the little known heroes of New Zealand agricultural production.

Earthworms play a vital role in the soil by decomposing organic matter, making nutrients available to plants and creating burrows in the soil to improve the movement of air and water.

Studies show that the introduction of surface-active earthworms improves annual pasture growth significantly as well as boosting environmental performance and extending the growing season.

However, there’s still not a great deal known about the NZ earthworm population and scientists believe there are still significant areas of NZ that don’t have any at all.

AgResearch scientist Nicole Schon says the earthworms that are beneficial to New Zealand pasture are all exotic, having arrived accidentally with the first European settlers. This sporadic distribution was highlighted in a survey of the Central Plateau of the North Island where more than half of the sampled pastures had no earthworms whatsoever.

In conjunction with Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Dr Schon has developed an online survey form for farmers to help them find out more about the prevalence of these vital soil inhabitants.

“We’re asking farmers to collect three

Dr Nicole Schon is asking farmers to get their hands a little dirty to help with the worm survey. To register: farmersvoice.beeflambnz.com/wormsurvey

spade spits in a paddock and collect any earthworms by hand sorting,” she says. “They need to place the worms into water and then use the supplied identification key to record what earthworms they have. They can then send the results along with a photo.”

Everyone who takes part in the study will receive a report on how their farm compares to other farms and will also go in the draw to have a free on-farm consultation and have any missing earthworm functional groups introduced.

There are three recognised functional earthworm groups based on their diet and activity through the soil profile.

The two types active in the soil surface are widespread and abundant. The most common is the ‘grey earthworm’, a topsoil earthworm that improves nutrient cycling by feeding on organic matter within the soil, and improving soil structure through its burrowing in the soil. Another is the ‘dung earthworm’, which improves organic matter incorporation and nutrient cycling by feeding on dung and other organic matter on the soil surface but spends little time burrowing within the soil.

The third type of earthworm, often absent from pastoral soils, is the deeper burrowing earthworms such as the ‘blackhead earthworm’. This is a deep burrowing earthworm which improves organic matter and nutrient cycling by feeding on dung and other organic matter on the soil surface, and improves soil structure as it burrows deeper into the soil, taking the organic matter with it.

“A fully functional soil should contain all three types of earthworms for sustained production. In one spade spit ideally you should have at least one dung earthworm, 14 topsoil earthworms and one deep-burrowing earthworm,” Dr Schon says.

“It’s estimated that up to 6.5 million hectares of pastures in NZ may benefit from the introduction of the deep burrowing earthworms alone.”

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Tawharanui park goes green Around 9100 plants were put in the ground at Tawharanui Regional Park over the Queens Birthday weekend.

Tossi spokesperson Sue Crawshay says the days involved a large team of volunteers, from the people who laid out the plants to the cooks, rangers and dedicated members of the public who turned out to plant.

“Plants are laid out on the two days prior to the planting days with a team from the nursery playing a major part in this process,” she says. “The cooks working in the catering tents cooked around 230 sausages, 160 hash browns, 10kgs of onions and prepared 12kgs of coleslaw, as well as making sure there were hot drinks on hand when the planters were finished.”

Auckland Council park rangers arranged tents, toilets and generators, and also helped with the planting.

“The turnout of planters was amazing considering the weather – 63 on the Saturday and 46 on the Sunday.

“The weather was not kind on the Sunday with cool and rainy weather making some of the planting time pretty unpleasant.”

On hand both days was a team of 22 from the Shah Sitnam Ji Green ‘S’ Force welfare group who planted 2060 of the plants over the two days. Sue says TOSSI is very appreciative of the efforts of the group.

Planting will continue on July 5. Meet at the Woolshed at 9am.

Forestry planting grants available Farmers and landowners are being encouraged to take full advantage of a Government forestry grant scheme.

The Government recently relaunched its Afforestation Grant Scheme, announcing it would spend $22.5 million over the next six years subsidising the planting of forests on erosion-prone land.

This scheme previously saw more than 12,000 hectares of new forest planted nationally between 2008 and 2013.

The re-launched scheme, administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries, is now accepting applications.

Grants will be allocated at the rate of $1300 per hectare, with the objective

of allowing recipients to start planting in winter next year.

“For those who had already started planning planting projects on their land, this is a great incentive to take action over the next month,” Northland Regional Councillor Joe Carr says. Farmers and landowners who aren’t able to get their applications in to the AGS by the deadline could still use it as an opportunity to plan projects for next year.

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Pruning skills Out in the vineyard, the last of the leaves are falling to the ground and the vines have all gone to sleep for the winter. This is the signal for us to start the most important job of the year – pruning. Pruning grape vines is a critical activity as the vine will only produce fruit on new growth. The grapevine in the natural world climbs other trees to get up into the canopy to gain all that sunlight so that its sweet fruit is accessible to birds who can then distribute its seeds across the forest floor. The strategy of fruiting on new wood allows the grape vine to grow and compete with its host.

As winegrowers, we much prefer things to be a bit more orderly and managed so we trellis our grapes on to wire trees and prune them to keep them close to the ground. At the same time, we don’t exactly want to encourage the grape vine to put all that energy into growing canopy, rather we want it to put that energy into its fruit.

In Matakana, as with the most of New Zealand, we are blessed with mild and temperate winters. This means we can prune our plants in one step. Spare a thought for viticulturists in the northern parts of China where they prune and then bury their plants to winter over and then come back in spring to unearth them and stand them up as spring breaks.

There are no hard and fast rules as to the best approach to pruning. In a general sense, vines are either spur pruned (i.e. last year’s wood is trimmed right back to a few buds) or cane pruned where two or more canes from last year are laid down. The selection of which approach to use is made by the viticulturist from their experience of the vines, the site and the ultimate goals of the wines to be produced in the coming years. The pruning decision, selecting which canes to keep and so on, impacts not only the fruit potential for the coming growing season but the pruning potential for the next season.

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I find merit in that old fashioned phrase “speak now or forever hold your peace”, so here it goes. The situation with the Supa City for rural communities has now become untenable. We are now approaching five years in, and the reasons why this nightmare was foisted upon us are becoming clearly visible. Auckland city, faced with years of glamorous overspending, aging infrastructure and a massive immigration explosion, needed money. The government wiped the floor with our democratic wishes not to be included, and this money-hungry “dead duck” was foisted upon us, dragging our cheque books along kicking and screaming!

The proposed Unitary Plan is a nightmare and the hearings process farcical.

Our farms and land are now wrapped up in that much regulation and we are drowning in the cost of it all. A million more people in Auckland need somewhere to go on the weekends and rural communities are the new fairground attractions! There seems to be an underlying belief by Auckland Council that our land is now for the enjoyment of others. On the contrary “bucko’s”, our land is here to provide food and clothing for our whanau and help contribute to the financial wellbeing of our communities. Since when did we have a “guilty before innocent” mentality? Why is it my job to prove why I do not need regulation and cost placed upon my land? Surely it is Council’s job to prove why I should have it. For goodness sake, how are we supposed to compete with the might of Council’s powerful lawyers and consultants?

The “preferred contractor” dictatorship is crippling local business. Whilst I believe there are savings to be had in central Auckland, that’s where the benefits start and finish! Our communities are bearing the brunt and the cost of this dumb system (one only needs to look at the cost of the Wellsford and Warkworth toilet upgrades to get a handle on the situation). Our communities have very little in the way of decent infrastructure. Our money needs to stay in our communities, not “sail south”. A user pays system is the only way to go or an infrastructure tax levied on new immigrants so this huge burden is not carried by existing ratepayers.

It is impossible to successfully govern our communities from an air-conditioned office on Queen Street, with no real attachment or intrinsic understanding of how our communities work. Northern Rodney needs its own unitary council.

Somehow we need to break-away from this “Supa City juggernaut” for our communities to prosper. The Northern Action Group (NAG) movement has done all the hard work for us, and a recent High Court decision paves the way for Northern Rodney to “break-away”.

So in the year of the Anzac, for the sake of our communities and to paraphrase Margaret Thatcher, I say, “let’s get behind the NAG movement and arm the troops”. Let’s go into battle to save our communities, their uniqueness and for their ongoing prosperity. Northern Rodney needs a hero … who will that be?

Rural briefs Farm planning Beef + Lamb New Zealand will hold a free workshop on farm plans at Kelly Graham’s property, Satellite Farm, SH1, Warkworth, on Thursday, July 2. The workshop will help guide farmers and landholders through the process of building their own farm plan. Using a Land and Environment Planning Toolkit, participants will be shown how to identify land and environmental issues on their farm, take stock of their land, soil and water resources, and assess production opportunities and environmental risks. The day will run from 10am to 2.30pm. Registrations essential. Info: Rachel.Jukes@beeflambnz.com or phone 07 839 0282

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Gestation or pregnancy in bitches takes about 63-64 days. During the first five weeks, you won’t notice any weight gain but soon after this the foetuses will grow very fast and the bitch will gain weight (approx. 1kg for a 5 kg bitch and up to 7kg in a bitch of more than 27 kg). Her food intake will have to increase up to 130 per cent more than her maintenance requirements. Make sure you give her a nutritious, highly digestible diet with 22g protein per 400kcal.

So now the time arrives and internally many hormones are changing to prepare the dog for parturition and lactation. Her temperature will drop to 37-38°C and her behaviour will change. Often she will seek a darkened place and solitude, become restless and start making a nest. Bitches also frequently refuse food for 1-2 days prior to giving birth. You can see a bit of swelling of the vulva with a little bit of non-smelly discharge sometimes.

After all this preparathion, the three stages of labour begin. Stage 1 is the relaxation of the cervix and dilation. It can last 4 to 36 hours in a first-time mum. She becomes more restless and nervous, shivers, pants, may vomit and tear up bedding material. Some weak uterine contractions may be visible.

Stage 2 is when it’s time to push the puppies out. She will have strong contractions with visible straining. In between contractions, she will lick around her vulva.

Once a puppy has pushed his head or rear end in to her pelvis she will start to push them out. As a rule of thumb not more than six hours should pass before the second puppy is born. The time in between pups can vary greatly but usually the second and subsequent pups are produced after no more than 30 minutes of straining. A rest period of more than 3-4 hours is abnormal.

The third and final stage is the expulsions of the placentas. Pups are born either with the membranes intact or are born attached by the umbilical cord with placenta remaining in the birth canal. In the latter case, the placenta can be expelled before, with or after subsequent births. Bitches like to eat the placentas and it is up to personal preference if you let them do so.

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Gardening Andrew Steens

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One of my all-time favourite fruit is ripening now; the custard apple, more correctly known as cherimoya. This fruit comes from the subtropical valleys of the Andes and although still fairly uncommon in this country, aficionados with a sweet tooth search out and rave about the creamy fleshed, pina colada flavoured fruit. They are a relatively easy tree to grow here in the north and grow anywhere that tamarillo grow.

Plus, their big-leaved, attractive tropical look and weeping growth enhances any garden. The only downside with these big knobbly green fruit is the many hard black seeds; if I’m outside on the deck or in the garden it’s just like spitting watermelon seeds. Inside though, eating over a plate is advised unless I’m looking for a clout around the ears!

Always buy a named, grafted variety as seedlings can have flesh that is too gritty or sickly tasting, too small or with too many seeds. My sole tree is now about six years old, approximately three to four metres high and wide, and this year has at least 20 of the artichoke looking fruit, each about a kilo or so in weight. The relatively brittle limbs can get too long and break when overloaded with fruit and I’ll struggle to get through this amount as no-one else in my family likes them. I’ll keep the tree to about this size or slightly larger by pruning back fairly hard in spring, during the very brief deciduous season.

Like most subtropical crops, they prefer a well-drained soil with lots of organic matter. In heavier soils, planting on a slight mound with lots of compost is advisable.

If the soil is a bit hungry, then regular applications of fertiliser (sheep pellets are great) over summer is worthwhile. They like a neutral to slightly alkaline soil, so yearly or biannual liming is worthwhile in our more acidic northern soils. Although many articles on this crop recommend hand pollinating cherimoyas in NZ, in fact, I find they set more than enough fruit on their own so I don’t bother with this fiddly and time consuming process.

The other tricky bit about this crop is trying to work out when they are ready to pick.

The earliest fruit may ripen from about the beginning of June, with the last ripening in spring. In some varieties there might be a very slight colour change, or the skin seems to be a bit glossier. Fruit near ripe may also give off more aroma. In my garden, I find the wet weather over winter causes some of the bigger fruit to crack. This is an indication that they are ready for picking. In any case, they need to be picked as cracked fruit will rot if left on the tree. Fruit that is left too long will develop off flavours, become grittier and change from creamy white to grey or brownish white.

Once picked, it takes three to 10 days before the fruit softens enough to eat. Then just park yourself in the sun on the front porch with a spoon, a target or two, and enjoy the succulent sweet treat!

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Hoteo North results as follows: Under 10 – girls, Louise Makin; boys, Sebastian Kashammer. Under 13 – girls, Maia Collins; boys, Jackson Brierly.

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PUBLIC NoTICES

Changes to Auckland’s water and wastewater charges Watercare would like to advise its customers that the amount they pay for mains-connected water and wastewater services will change from 1 July 2015.

The price change will see the average household’s combined water and wastewater charges increase by about $1.75 per month.

Watercare operates at minimum cost with all collected revenue invested in infrastructure and equipment or in operating costs. The new prices are in response to cost increases in both of these areas.

Peter Johns (left) and Jon Nicholson during their first visit to the school.

New charges Domestic customers

Non-domestic customers

Water Volumetric charge: Increases from $1.375 to $1.409 per 1,000 litres.

Water Volumetric charge: Increases from $1.375 to $1.409 per 1,000 litres.

This equates to an increase of $0.000034 per litre of water.

This equates to an increase of $0.000034 per litre of water.

Wastewater If you have a water meter: • The fixed charge per meter will increase from $195 to $200 per year.

Wastewater Fixed and volumetric wastewater rates will increase by an average of 2.5 per cent.

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The volumetric charge will increase from $2.336 to $2.394 per 1,000 litres of wastewater discharged.

If you do not have a metered water supply but are connected to the wastewater network: • The fixed charge will increase from $596 to $612 per year.

Two thirds of your wastewater charges will be under the new tariff introduced last year, and one third will remain under your previous pricing regime. Actual price changes will depend on your selected pricing plan.

The infrastructure growth charge (a one-off fee paid by any customer requiring a new connection or by non-domestic customers increasing a property’s demand for water or wastewater services) will increase from $12,075 to $12,374 for metropolitan customers and by an average of 2.5 per cent for non-metropolitan customers, depending on location.

All prices are inclusive of GST and are effective from 1 July 2015*. *Excluding the changes to non-domestic wastewater prices, which are effective from the start of each customer’s billing cycle in July 2015.

To find out more about why we’ve made these changes and what they mean for you, visit our website www.watercare.co.nz (business or residential tabs > water and wastewater charges) or call (09) 442 2222 Monday to Friday 7.30am to 6pm.

Having difficulty paying your bill? Contact Watercare on (09) 442 2222.

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The school bathrooms will be upgraded thanks to the help of Warkworth Rotarians.

Rotarians help Vanuatu school Warkworth Rotarians are digging deep – in more ways than one – to help upgrade facilities at a small school in Vanuatu.

Late last year, Peter Johns and Jon Nicholson visited Port Quilme Junior Secondary School, on Epi Island, at the request of Vanuatu MP Robert Bohn and French development adviser Rufino Pineda.

The Rotarians were asked to see what they might be able to do about the boys and girls shower and toilet facilities at the school.

“There are 100 pupils at the school, but only one toilet long drop and one upright stand pipe for washing for the girls, and similar facilities for the boys,” Jon says. “We had a look around the school and measured up what was there, did some roof maintenance which is our first love, before coming home to ponder possible solutions.

“We eventually came up with something similar to the facilities

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we see in NZ national parks and campgrounds. We believe the best way to establish ablution blocks at Port Quilme is to use steel and build at least the first ones here in NZ, then dismantle them and pack them on a pallet for shipping to the school.”

Jon says money for this project has been difficult to source, especially since Cyclone Pam. The club applied for a Rotary Global Grant and was notified this month that they have been awarded $75,000.

“I think we should be there in about a month for the first stage and hopefully back to finish the job before the cyclone season starts in October.”

Anyone who would like to help with a donation towards this project, can contact Warkworth Rotary Club at warkworth-rotary.org.nz. All the money goes to the project as Rotarians pay all their own expenses including airfares.

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Summer Bowden (in yellow) in action.

Mahurangi footballer selected Mahurangi College Year 9 student Summer Bowden, 13, has been selected for the Northern Football Federation Football Talent Centre team which will play in the M Sports Cup in Sydney next month.

Summer has been playing football since she was five, starting with Albany before shifting to Warkworth. She is currently playing for Forrest Hill in the Girls 14th grade North Harbour competition.

She has been a member of the Football Talent Centre for three years and although she was a member of the North Harbour team which won the Weir Rose Bowl last year, this will be her first overseas tournament representing NFF. The team will be based at the Valentine

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Sports Park and will participate in elite matches, experiencing the game at the highest levels of Australian Youth Football.

Another aspect of her week-long stay will be the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with professional football players, international representatives and coaches. She will also undertake training sessions at top facilities in Sydney and participate in a Futsal competition.

Summer says she is excited to learn to live and prepare like overseas football heroes such as Ronaldo from Real Madrid, to further develop her technical and tactical skills, and to learn how to prepare for future NZ Federation National tournaments.

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New First Full Moon Quarter Moon Rise 7:32am Rise 8:23am Rise 9:09am Rise 9:50am Rise 10:27am Rise 11:01am Rise 11:33am Rise 12:04pm Set 12:29am Set 1:22am Set 2:17am Set 3:13am Set 4:11am Set 5:09am Set 6:07am Set 7:03am Set 7:55am Set 5:58pm Set 6:55pm Set 7:52pm Set 8:49pm Set 9:45pm Set 10:40pm Set 11:35pm Rise 12:35pm Rise 1:06pm Rise 1:40pm Rise 2:17pm Rise 2:58pm Rise 3:45pm Rise 4:37pm Rise 5:36pm Rise 6:38pm *Not for navigational purposes.

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Matakana Images 2015, part of Auckland Festival of Photography 2015.

Matakana Country Park mezzanine gallery. Info: artmatakana.com 15-26 Mahurangi College senior school production Forever After 17 Wellsford Blue Light 20th anniversary, Wellsford Community Centre, 7.30pm to 9pm. Guest speaker is motivator and fitness advisor Billy Graham. Tickets $20 or two adults for $30. Students $5. Info: bluelight_wellsford@xtra.co.nz 17&18 Art ‘n Tartan Wearable Art Awards, Waipu Celtic Barn. Tickets: waipumuseum.com or phone 09 432 0746 18 Mid North Forest and Bird winter talk, Alison Staines on South Georgia, Elephant Island, Antarctic Peninsula; Totara Park Village Hall, Melwood Drive, Warkworth, at 7.30pm 18 Age Concern Rodney annual meeting, Orewa Catholic Church Hall, Centreway Road, Orewa, 10am. Info: 09 426 0916 20 Warkworth Artisan Market, Masonic Hall - 3 Baxter St, Warkworth, 9am-1pm. Info: Kathy Roscoe 09 422 2204 or 021 577 789 20 Garage sale, Mahurangi East Tennis Club, Snells Beach, 8am-noon.

Info: Judy 425 5617 or 021 353 841 20 Captain Snappy Band, Puhoi Centennial Hall, 7pm. $25. BYO. R18 20 Mangawhai Museum talk and display celebrating 75th anniversary of the sinking of the Niagara, 4pm. Tickets, $20 (see story p26 ) 20 Te Hana Te Ao Marama Maori Cultural Centre Matariki celebration, 5pm. Powhiri, hangi and village show. $35 per person. Info: 423 8701 or tehana@xtra.co.nz 20 Warkworth & Districts Croquet Club agm, Point Wells Hall, 1pm 22 Northern Action Group annual meeting, Totara Park Retirement Village, 7.30pm. All welcome.

23 Mahurangi Sport & Recreation agm, Auckland Council service centre, Baxter Street, 5.30pm 24 Lesley Elliott speaking at Otamatea High School Hall, 7-9pm. Info: Libby Jones 09 431 6822 hames.jones@xtra.co.nz (see story p14) 25 Family violence workshop for health, education, justice and social workers, Maungaturoto Country Club, Bickerstaff Road, 9.30am12pm. Info: Libby Jones 09 431 6 822 hames.jones@xtra.co.nz 26 Matariki on the Move: Ed Waaka Band, Puhoi Centennial Hall, 7pm. Free 26 Wellsford Combined Probus Club meeting, Bowling Club behind Community Centre, 10am. All welcome. Info: Bev Davidson 423 9552 26 Prince & Princess Ball, Lifeway Campus, 20 Goodall Road, Snells Beach, 5.30pm-7.30pm. Fundraiser for Beehive Childcare Centre.

Doors sales $12 per family or pre-purchase from The Beehive at $10 per family. Info: Sally on 425 4305 27 Puhoi Community Dance, music by Roger and the Ramjets, BYO & plate; $12. Tickets: Jenny on 422 0472, jenny@puhoihistoricalsociety.org.nz 27 Warkworth Short Film competition prizegiving and screening, Warkworth School Hall, 4.30pm-6.30pm. Fundraiser for Warkworth Town Hall restoration. Tickets $5, families $10; available from Mahurangi Matters office. Info: Sarah on 425 0020 (see story p11) 27 Casino Night, Bridgehouse, Warkworth, 7-10pm. Fundraiser for Mahurangi College trip to Cambodia and Laos. Bring cash. $10 entry.

Info: 021 709 729 28 Viva Voce chamber choir, Ascension Wine Estate, Matakana, 4pm (see story p27) 28 Mass, St Peter & Paul Church Puhoi,11am. Shared lunch, music, dancing and socialising afterwards at Puhoi Hall, bring a plate.

Celebrating Puhoi’s 152 years of Bohemian settlement.

28 Puhoi Farmers Market, 9am-1pm 30 Puhoi Community Forum annual meeting, Puhoi Sports Club, 7.30pm

July 1

Warkworth Liaison Group meeting, Warkworth RSA basement, 7pm.

Info: Steve Haycock shcl@vodafone.co.nz

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Wellsford rugby win Wellsford Rugby is in good shape this season, with its two senior teams both shaping up to be favourites for the play-offs next month.

In matches against Waipu at Wellsford on June 6, the Reserves had a runaway win, 89-0, while the Premiers finished ahead 44-36.

The Premiers went into their game unbeaten this season and although they were favoured to win, Waipu didn’t make it easy especially in the second half when they scored back-to-back tries shortly after halftime to be within striking distance of the lead.

Co-manager Mick Sweetman said he felt some players were showing the signs of a long season.

“Half the squad played in the successful Northern Wairoa/Rodney team that secured the Bayleys Harding Shield for the first time since 1978 when it beat Mangonui 50-10,” Mick said, after the game.

“Some of them are showing the effects. But, they scored at the vital times and that’s what counts. They are a good squad that plays for each other and even though we had some players out with injury, they played with heart.”

Premiers captain Paddy-Jo Atkins said the team had good depth in the backs, and had “enough ticker to come away with a win”.

“There’s room for improvement in our defence, but we’re not complacent. It’s a matter of taking it week by week.”

Wellsford Rugby Club life member Graham McRae said the club had a strong committee behind it this season, which was creating a family atmosphere around the club.

Meanwhile, brothers Matt and Ross Wright have been contracted for the 2015 Northland ITM Cup squad. A further eight Wellsford players are in the development squad – Tyler Landsdowne, Conor Lawson, Heath Colthurst, Paddy-Jo Atkins, Mike MacDonald, Ray Daniels, Dan Bowden and Sean Sweetman.

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Conor Lawson goes over the line for Wellsford.

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