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Kowhai Connection running on empty The Kowhai Connection bus service is in trouble.

Passenger numbers on the Warkworth based service have halved over the past year. Transport campaigner Bevan Woodward, who was instrumental in establishing the service in 2013, says changes to the timetable earlier this year are to blame.

“I’m really disappointed,” Mr Woodward says. “Passenger numbers were increasing and things were looking good. Now it’s unusable for a lot people. It’s a disaster.”

Monthly passenger numbers have been steadily declining since reaching a peak of 1589 in September last year to 794 last month – the third lowest since the service started in March 2013.

The Kowhai Connection initially had an on-call service for passengers in Whangateau, Omaha and Point Wells, but in May, Auckland Transport (AT) ended the on-call service and started an expanded fixed route to include the towns.

This has drastically increased travel times for some passengers – the trip from Point Wells to Warkworth can

take over an hour in the new schedule, compared with 15 minutes by car.

“We know a fixed route doesn’t work in rural areas where populations are small and spread out,” Mr Woodward says.

“We tried to offer a balance of a fixed route and an on-call service for towns further afield. Now the bus drives to Omaha, Point Wells and Whangateau

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Firefighters’ honoured Firefighters at the Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade saluted three colleagues on September 19 when they were each awarded a Gold Star for 25 years service.

The recipients were senior station officer Richard (Buddah) Connolly, station officer Scott Marchant and senior firefighter Steven Greenwood.

Richard and Steven, along with their families, were present at the awards ceremony held at the Wellsford Community Centre. However, Scott was unable to attend as he is currently on deployment in the United States with the NZ/AUS contingent, assisting with aerial operations to control the wildfires near Boise. His son Cameron accepted the award on his father’s behalf, accompanied by family members.

NZ Fire Service assistance area coordinator John Booth commented that it was a rare occasion that one NZ brigade would award three Gold Stars in one year.

“This is not only a credit to you guys, but to the brigade as a whole,” he said.

Senior fire service representatives paid particular tribute to the roles played by members’ wives and partners, and their families, and the sacrifices they make.

“It’s the families that bear the brunt of their absences for fires, callouts and training.”

The three Gold Stars together represent 75 years of service, which is how long the brigade has been operating.

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The brigade’s first Gold Star was awarded to George Heaven in 1968 and the latest three awards bring the total number of Gold Stars in Wellsford to 19.

There are approximately 10,000 firefighters in NZ, of which 8500 are volunteers. Only about five per cent of firefighters will ever receive a Gold Star.

Other service honour recipients were: Three-year certificate – Liam Connolly.

Two-year silver bar for five-year medals: Seven years service – Bob Goodin and Lynette Jones; 11 years service – Matt Browne and Dave (DJ) Galloway; 13 years service – Trent Jones; 19 years service – Matt Railey; 21 years service – Shane Baker; 23 years service – Lisa Greenwood. Two-year gold bar for 25-year gold star, 39 years service – John Cowpland. Former Wellsford firefighter Jenny Cole (nee Cox) received a five-year medal, accepted by her father, Peter Cox. Other awards were: Winton Hart Memorial Shield (two man run hose running competition) – Shane Baker and Matt Railey; Phillips Sky Tower Challenge (fastest time for brigade member up Sky Tower) – Bradley Bowmar; Roy Trail Memorial Shield for Fireman of the Year – Josh Connolly; W A Steventon Cup for Most Improved Firefighter – Matt Railey; Cox Cup for Officer of the Year – Shane Baker; Flamank/Andrew Helmet for Best attendance – Richard (Buddah) Connolly, 100% attendance; Stirrers Shovel – Shane Baker.

Briefs Reorganisation update Local Government Commission chair Sir Wira Gardiner visited Warkworth last month to discuss the Northern Action Group’s campaign to exit north Rodney from the supercity. The meeting was dominated by discussion on what constitutes the ‘affected area’ for the assessment of NAG’s proposal and whether there is sufficient support for reorganisation in that area. NAG chair Bill Townson said the meeting was informal, but Sir Wira gave his assurance that although the process had been protracted to date, he intended to proceed expeditiously. “The LGC is now waiting for Auckland Council’s response but they assured us that they would not tolerate undue delay, so we should learn the outcome of this argument at least before the end of this month,” Mr Townson said.

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even when there are no passengers. It’s incredibly inefficient and it has lost the service a lot of customers.”

There has also been no marketing or promotion of the service for the past year.

“There needs to be a local person managing and promoting the service.”

Snells Beach resident Martin Tomars, who recently moved to the area, has been using the bus service to get home from work in Warkworth. He says the bus is usually nearly empty and the service would be improved if the timetable had a commuter focus and had more pick-up points.

“There’s only one pick-up point in

each town and Snells Beach is so spread out it’s a 30 minute walk to the bus stop in the morning,” Mr Tomars says. “It would be great if they put on an extra bus in the morning to offer more times for commuters. At the moment, the only buses to Warkworth arrive at 7.50am and 9.50am.”

AT media relations manager Mark Hannan says AT is committed to the Kowhai Connection and will be marketing it over the summer to grow passenger numbers.

The new timetable has had an impact on passenger numbers, but the on-call system was inefficient, he says.

“The original scheme gave people a

taxi-like service for almost no cost, so removing this has had an impact on patronage. The new timetable is more efficient and predictable.”

An AT survey conducted last year found 22 per cent of the nearly 400 respondents used the Kowhai Connection.

The main reason selected for not using the service was that it doesn’t serve the destinations respondents wished to get to (23 per cent). About 32 per cent of respondents selected ‘other’ and gave their own reason for not using the service. Of these, 75 people said the main reason they didn’t use the Kowhai Connection was they chose to drive instead.

The two men injured when a beer kettle, at a brewery in Warkworth, exploded on September 10 are still recovering in the National Burns Centre at Middlemore Hospital.

It is expected to be several weeks before 8 Wired brewer Jason Bathgate and contract brewer Andrew Childs, of Behemoth Brewing Company, will be well enough to return home. Both received first and second degree burns in the explosion.

8 Wired owner Soren Eriksen says the men are receiving treatment daily.

“They were in pretty bad shape, but are on the mend,” he says.

On the 8 Wired Facebook page, he said, “We have been told they will most likely recover fully but it is still a long road ahead for the boys. But all things considered, they are in good spirits and doing relatively well.”

Soren says the cause of the accident may never be known.

“It was a freak accident that didn’t involve either equipment failure or human error. We’ve identified a number of precautions that we can put in place to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”

Jason was the brewery’s first employee and moved to Warkworth when 8 Wired shifted its operation from Blenheim last year. He and his wife are American and his father was due to arrive in NZ late last month.

Soren says the messages of support received locally, nationally and even internationally, were very much appreciated.

Auckland Transport (AT) says it will be years before a bus service between Warkworth and the Hibiscus Coast is established, following the results of a survey last year.

However, Snells Beach resident Julian Ostling believes there is already enough demand to warrant a commuter service to Auckland, which he is launching this month.

The service will have pick-up points in Snells Beach and Warkworth, and has permission to use bus lanes, which Julian hopes will cut about 30 minutes off the trip each way.

“I’ve been here four years, commuting to Auckland five days a week, and wondering why there isn’t any service,” he says. “It can take almost two hours on some days. I’m sure we can get it down

to under an hour with the bus lane.”

The times and routes are still being finalised, but the bus is likely to leave Snells Beach around 7am-7.30am with a pick-up in Mill Lane in Warkworth.

The fare is $15 each way.

An online booking app is also being developed.

There were 394 responses to the AT survey and 17 per cent of respondents

(68 people) said they would be likely to use a service to the Hibiscus Coast daily.

However, AT says this isn’t enough to warrant a service.

Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said they currently drive to the park and rides at Albany or Silverdale.

AT will reassess Warkworth’s public transport needs in the 2016/17 financial year.

Auckland Transport changed the timetable of the Kowhai Connection in May and started using a bigger bus, but passenger numbers continue to decline.

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Follow the yellow brick road Have you been puzzled by the yellow bricks popping up around Mahurangi?

After months of frustration in the Mahurangi Matters office the mystery has been sold. Rick Urban, owner of Of Hand and Heart Gallery has been identified as the culprit. Rick says he has spent about five months placing the bricks outside shop-fronts, inside retaining walls and even rigged one to dangle from the Elizabeth Street as a way to publicise the gallery since it moved down the ally way behind Ginger Cafe in Warkworth. “The theory is that when people see a brick they will start associating it with the gallery, like they do with golden arches and McDonalds.”

He estimates he has distributed over 70 yellow bricks between Warkworth to Matakana. Other pranks have included taking photos of realist animal paintings which he sells at the gallery and putting up ‘missing dog’ signs around town. He has also plastered the town with Wizard of Oz characters to encourage people to follow the yellow brick road. He says he will continue to spread the bricks and hopes to branch out as far as Auckland.

Ariana welcomed onboard Well-known local Ariana Billington joined the sales staff of Mahurangi Matters last month.

As a keen sportswoman, one of her first duties was to organise the paper’s RWC sweepstake.

Ariana lives in Warkworth with her three daughters and prior to joining the paper, she worked in banking. She is excited to be back working locally and is looking forward to reconnecting with the area and the people. Ariana is also very passionate about social and environmental issues.

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Rodeo ban supported With reference to the article on rodeos (MM Sep 2) I noted with concern the ill-informed and flippant remarks by two Local Board members. In view of my experience and qualifications I would hope to see an immediate ban.

I have a lifetime’s association with animals including farm stock and horses. Until quite recently I was a foundation member of NZ’s largest Animal Ethics Committee which wrote most of the rules for ethical treatment of research animals on farms. Any treatment on farm bearing any resemblance to rodeo behaviour would result in severe censure and ending of trials.

There can be no justification for using fear and pain in animals to entertain people. It amazes me that we ban such use of animals in circuses but find it acceptable in the much more deliberate form of cruelty at rodeos.

These animals, especially cattle, are herd animals who experience extreme fear and stress when thrown alone into a ring in what equates to a predator/ prey situation.

Horses and bulls experience the same fear and are goaded with the use of straps, electric prods and spurs to encourage them to “perform” in a manner, which is completely unnatural.

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is no equivalent behaviour in animal husbandry on any modern farm in this country. Perhaps we should also consider the welfare of those animals used on farms for practising these “skills” where there is no oversight of their treatment.

These events have no place in a civilised society.

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On the surrounds of the nice new foot bridge, between Birdsall and Ashton Roads, at Whangateau, there has been mass planting of an exotic rush, Juncus effusus, a couple of Kermadec pohutukawas, a purple flax and a kauri. The kauri, on finding itself planted on the edge of a saltmarsh, has understandably turned up its toes.

I also wonder at the planting of dozens of Queensland kauri (Agathis robusta) at Silverdale, Orewa, and now in the park on the new part of Alnwick Street, Warkworth. While the Queensland kauri grows into a very handsome tree, the wisdom of planting so many trees that are closely related to our native kauri (Agathis australis) must be questioned.

I don’t know if this would increase the danger of kauri dieback, but has any work been done on the ability of the two species to hybridise?

My enquiries about the plantings came up with the answer that people like to see kauri trees, and as the native kauri doesn’t make a good specimen tree, the Queensland kauri has been planted in its place. This is a very strange viewpoint, and we have many suitable native trees that could be used instead. Even exotic trees such as plane trees would be preferable.

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Over the last four years that I have been a Member of Parliament, based in Warkworth, local press has asked me to keep them up-to-date on political goings on emanating from Wellington or local projects I have been doing, but “only that which affects locals”. I have done my best to stick to this request but it strikes me as more and more of an anomaly when every law passed in Parliament affects every single member of our community. Let’s take the recent Health and Safety Law, voted against by New Zealand First, but passed into law by the majority vote of Parliament. A Government bill that has the potential to affect every person who engages a contractor in their home. Is that not of local interest? How about the flag debate? Will not every New Zealander have to salute it at some time in their lives? And if these are nationwide issue that will affect you how do you get your voice into the debate?

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In recent times I have had to stress this to certain members of the New Zealand Student Union Association and other NGOs. Always take your voice to Parliament – not just Government. For one thing you never know when Government will change and secondly, like all elected Members of Parliament, my offices (Shop 5, Riverside Arcade, 62-64 Queen Street, Warkworth) has dedicated MP liaison people inside every government department so we can try and assist citizens having difficulty.

In closing, I want to touch on my recent trip to Tuvalu in partnership with the United Nations to help train their new and returning MPs. I found the trip enlightening as to the challenges this small nation is facing from sea level rise and isolation. I gave a commitment to their Parliament that I would do several tasks upon my return and to this end I have begun working with Alfred Ngaro (National) and Sua’ Willian Sio (Labour) to further enhance New Zealand policy work for the Pacific. Locally, I have begun conversations with our schools in an attempt to support and enhance education on the islands so these nations can better educate their citizens (both at home and abroad) to create the solutions to their challenges or, in the worst possible scenario and they have to leave their islands forever, they can enter into other nations at a level of employment and income that provides well for their families. So you see – everything is local eventually.

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Tree choice questioned grows only on volcanic soils at Raglan, the Waitakere coast, Maunganui Bluff and Whangarei Heads. Our local species of kowhai is Sophora chathamica. As far back as the 1970s Dr. Eric Godley, then director of the

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Botany division of the DSIR, pointed out the folly of planting mixed species of kowhai in Warkworth leading to the possibility of genetic pollution in the naturally occurring species.

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School pest control pilot a success Students at three Mahurangi primary schools have exterminated 230 pests in a pilot programme developed by the Forest Bridge Trust.

About 140 Year 5 to 8 students at Kaipara Flats, Tomarata and Tauhoa schools were given about 1000 pest traps and recorded the results on a computer programme, CatchIT, developed by Auckland University.

The students were helped by parents and encouraged to experiment with different kinds of bait and trap locations to learn which methods were more effective.

After three weeks, the students analysed the results. They also get to keep the traps and will continue to record the results.

“It’s been a big success,” trust advisor Liz Maire says. “They’ve been really engaged in the project. The next step is to get the students logging the GPS coordinates for all the traps so we have a record of where we are having the most impact so we can target our resources.”

The Forest Bridge Trust was founded

by Gil and Kevin Adshead, who have spent the past seven years eradicating pests from their 400ha farm Mataia Homestead, on the Kaipara Harbour, where kiwi have been re-introduced.

The trust plans to expand the programme to four further schools in Mahurangi next year as part of their goal to achieve a pest-free forest corridor from their farm to Tawharanui.

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Mustelid dog, Gecko, goes after a stoat held by her handler, Lois Clayton, during a presentation at Kaipara Flats School.

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Forest Bridge trust advisor Liz Maire shows a trapped stoat to Kaipara Flats School pupils.

to be able to meet up and shake hands,” Kevin says.

The trust is also in discussion with Predator Free NZ to roll out the programme nationally.

“If every student between Year 5 and 8 in the country got the same results as these children, we would be eradicating six million pests every three weeks,” Kevin says.

“If we have records of pest control projects from thousands of students around the country, that’s a hugely

valuable resource.”

Rolling out the programme to more schools is dependent on funding.

“We’ve been approached by several schools who want to run the programme, but we will have to wait and see.”

The trust is also working with farmers in Mahurangi to fence off remnant forest from stock and keep it safe from pests.

The project was partly funded by a $7200 grant from Rodney Local Board last year.

Students at Kaipara Flats School got a demonstration from one of the country’s only mustelid dogs, Gecko, last month. Lois Clayton has been working as a mustelid dog handler for 20 years and is one of only four handlers in the country.

The dogs are used to find stoats, ferrets and weasels in predatorfree reserves when there has been a pest-scare. Gecko was recently used on Tiritiri Matangi when a visitor thought they saw a stoat.

Rather than mobilising an army of people to search the island, Gecko was able to quickly search for the stoats scent and eventually determined that the island was predator free again. The dogs are also used to identify mustelid nests to aid pest control efforts. Gecko showed off her skills, finding a dead stoat from a line-up of bags.

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Rudyard Kipling tapped into something essential about the relationship between people and nature when he said, ‘When the world wearies, and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden’.

Nature offers solace, hope, reward for patience, peace, space and a sense of being greater than the self. Nature offers insight into life cycles, changing seasons and other living communities.

Being in the garden, a park, going for a walk, a bike ride or a swim always makes you feel better. Tramping in the forest, climbing a mountain or kayaking open waters make you feel both greater and smaller at the same time. Even just getting outside and smelling the flowers is a green prescription.

Some say we’re hard wired to appreciate nature for its uses and benefits – the Biophilia hypothesis, as covered in my September 2014 column. But the converse risk is that with increasing technological dependence, urbanisation (New Zealand has one of the highest urban populations per capita in the world), and fear and alienation from the natural world, children in particular, are experiencing ‘nature deficit disorder’.

Nature deficit disorder was described by Richard Louv in his book Last Child in the Woods in 2005. He argues the intrinsic, unified human-nature relationship has been damaged, so there’s now a false separation between us. Cities and transportation are designed and built in ways that bypass or destroy wild areas.

The less people interact with and immerse in nature, the less they understand and empathise with it, and the more they fear it. Sedentary lifestyles build in physical limitations to getting into the great outdoors. People, especially children, have become detached from the outside, flourishing natural world, breeding ambivalence, fear and antipathy. Nature is seen as a thing, or object, a place to fear. our European Car Specialist phrase primary message.

Even thoseand whoClassic feel a deep empathy with nature andisitsour many varied forms, can become detached or dispassionate as ‘ecophobia’ sets in. Ecophobia is the fear of the ecological problems facing the natural world, the feeling of powerlessness to prevent ecological change. We may come to experience ‘solastalgia’ the ‘pain of seeing wilderness disappear, and the disengagement that comes with that’.

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With a master mariner as a father and a mother who loved music, it is no surprise that John Hayday’s two passions in life have been boats and music. The Matakana-based music teacher has criss-crossed the world’s oceans many times and lived the life of a strolling minstrel, but it hasn’t all be plain sailing as Jannette Thompson discovered ….

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or the greatest part of my life I’ve been a music teacher but in some respects that happened by accident.

I’d been studying classical guitar with Daphne Dobson in Auckland for about three or four years when the Yamaha Music Foundation asked if she had a student who might be interested in teaching. I enjoyed the experience a lot and went on to teach at schools such as Kings College, Dilworth and St Kentigern. It was as if I’d found my niche in life. It was also how I met my wife Sue, who was also teaching with Yamaha. She’s the real musician in the family; she’s a helluva muso. I credit Mum with my love of music. Even though she didn’t play an instrument, listening to records and the radio were part of our childhood.

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was born in Nottinghamshire, in the Midlands, the second youngest of five. My father was a master mariner in the Merchant Navy who’d worked on convoys to Russia during World War II and had been torpedoed twice.

He got tuberculosis during that period and retired in 1947, when I was four.

When I was old enough, they sent me to a school for the sons of retired or disabled officers. I boarded with a family, but when they moved, they put me in the Seaman’s Mission. Well, that was a huge mistake! It was full of young men, who were loaded with money and stories of their adventures. I became like their mascot. It led to a very interesting education, but perhaps not the sort that my parents were hoping for. At the ripe old age of 14, I signed up with a fishing fleet out of Lowestoft, lying about my age, of course. As far as my parents were concerned, I was staying with a school friend for the holidays! I got on well with the crew and enjoyed the weeks at sea, but then on returning from a trip I found my father standing on the wharf.

He was absolutely ropable! He wasn’t a man to be brooked when he was angry and he told the skipper in no uncertain terms the trouble he would be in if the authorities found out that he had an underage crew member on board. The upshot was that the skipper offered me an apprenticeship as a deckie and for the next three-and-a-half years I worked on the cod trawlers, often fishing around Bear Island in the Arctic Circle.

The North Sea and Arctic Ocean are fearsome places in winter and if you had a tough skipper, you could find yourself fishing in Force 8 gales. The

winter of 1959 was particularly rough and a couple of trawlers turned over due to the weight of the ice on their decks. It was about then that Mum convinced me it might be time to look for a different job so I joined the merchant navy.

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started work with the NZ Shipping Company, bringing cargo out to Australia and New Zealand and taking wool and refrigerated goods back to England. I’d started playing the guitar and on a trip to Sydney a girl took me to a folk concert. Among the performers was Gary Shearston who performed in that great Aussie story-telling tradition. I thought to myself, ‘I could do that’. Then one evening, onboard ship, we were in Auckland watching the current affairs show Town & Around, when they featured a local singer and one of the guys said, “You can sing better than him”. I rang the show the next day and told them I was a touring English folk singer, and that’s how I got my first TV appearance. A few offers came in after that and that’s where my career as a musician really started.

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hen I returned to England I met John Sleep and together we founded the Cornwall Folk Cottage, at Newquay, which became quite famous launching the likes of Burt Jansch and Ralph McTell, who wrote the song The Streets of London. Although this was the era of The Beatles and Elvis Presley, folk music – with people like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger – was really big, almost as a counter movement to the froth and bubble of the pop world. We ran the Folk Cottage for two years, but then I decided I wanted to head back to NZ. I never enjoyed the English class system, where people fixed you by your accent. By contrast, NZ felt like a land of opportunity where you could do anything you put your mind to. I arranged to work as a groom with a couple of horses that were being shipped out, got a free passage and landed with £8 in my pocket and a guitar.

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t was a fairly hand-to-mouth existence in the first few years.

I travelled all over the country performing at folk clubs and universities, just doing what I enjoyed.

I didn’t have a car or huge needs.

Eventually though the realisation that I was becoming a clichéd guitar player began to dawn. It prompted me to take up the classical guitar, which is more demanding in terms of patterns of practise and technique. While I was studying, I worked as the deputy registrar at the Magistrates Court in Auckland, where I managed people’s fines. It was certainly an interesting experience and a window into the way people live their lives. It was surprising to see how many people were living on the breadline and they weren’t always the people you would necessarily pick as being poor.

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’ve met many people during my years of playing music. I toured with Pentangle and Tom Paxton, and opened for Mary Hopkins on her NZ tour. Between us, Sue and I have taught hundreds of students in the Mahurangi area including Vaughan Morgan, Heather Rees and Stephon Battour who have gone on to become teachers themselves. Vaughan and I co-wrote the score for a TV documentary and after a break of about 10 years, we’ve recently started performing together again including appearing at the Whangateau Folk Club. My son James, who is a sound engineer and sound designer based in London, produced our first CD. Daughter Anitra is a dancer and dance teacher in Auckland so both the kids have followed a musical bent.

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ne of the things that I think has changed over the years is the amount of discipline expected of music students. Unfortunately, we live in an era where everything is ‘awesome’ and ‘wonderful’, even if it isn’t. I believe students still need to learn scales and theory so they understand the foundations of music.

In most cases, this isn’t happening anymore and it’s limiting students’ ability to keep learning. This is particularly sad when it involves a gifted student. In terms of learning music, I believe the years between 12 and 17 are critical. And I’m a great believer in setting goals so that both the student and their parents can measure the progress.

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’ve built a few boats over the years – the largest was a 50-foot steelhulled motor sailer Cara, which was launched at Omaha. I’ve done plenty of sailing including a few off-shore trips to Fiji and elsewhere in the Pacific, but that came to an end when I broke my back on a work site. Sue and I were both teaching music when she got pregnant and I thought it would be hard to support a family on one teaching wage so I took a job as a rigger at the Glenbrooke Steelworks.

I was removing burners from a huge kiln when the scaffolding gave way and I fell about 10-metres onto a pile of rubbish. In the blink of an eye, my life changed and even after two operations, it still gives me trouble.

My real resentment is that it meant I was never able to pick up my kids and toss them around like I would’ve liked to. But on the other hand, I think I was pretty lucky it didn’t kill me. It was hard on Sue though. After the accident, we started looking around for a place that we could afford and Matakana’s rural aspect was appealing.

That was 20-odd years ago and it was the best move we ever made.

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f you asked me if I still have a goal, I’d say, ‘Yeah, I’d like to see my first grandkid’. But that’s not something I can’t do much about except mention it, of course, in this interview which my kids will read! I like kids, and grandkids look like good fun.

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Overseas interests secure Warkworth properties Two Warkworth properties zoned for future urban development have each sold for more than $7 million as developers look to cash in on growth in the area.

Barfoot & Thompson Warkworth sales manager Saull Hinton says both properties were sold to Chinese investors who plan to land bank the properties.

A 46-hectare property to the south of Warkworth, opposite Valerie Close, sold for $7.7 million in July. Zoned future urban in Auckland’s Proposed Unitary Plan, it could be developed by 2027 under Council’s draft development strategy. The property has a house and a horse arena, and was marketed as a land banking opportunity.

“It’s future now is to provide hundreds of families a place to call their own and provide massive rewards for those who dare to develop their homes for them,” the customer report said.

Another 48ha property on Thompson Road, near Parry Kauri Park, sold for $8 million in July.

The site was marketed with the potential for 600 residential sites, with 41ha in the future urban zone.

Mr Hinton says there has been a lot of interest from buyers based in China.

“One of the buyers is already looking at other sites in the area.”

The prices reflect the rising prices in Warkworth as the housing shortage in Auckland pushes buyers further afield, he says.

This 87-hectare block in Wellsford could be developed to accommodate over 100 houses.

“You can’t buy a section now for $300,000 whereas three years ago you would have been laughed out of town for that price.”

Meanwhile, an 87-hectare block in Wellsford earmarked for future development is still on the market after going to tender in August.

The land is zoned for a mix of lifestyle

blocks and residential housing.

Just over 40ha is currently zoned countryside living and can be divided into 2ha blocks immediately. A further 34 hectares has been earmarked for countryside living in the Proposed Unitary Plan. It also has half a hectare zoned as residential, which can be developed immediately. A further 7.8ha has been zoned as future urban

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The land borders School and Worker Roads, and is operating as a grazing farm. It has been in the same family since 1929 and improvements include three three-bedroomed houses.

Bayleys Warkworth salesperson John Barnett expects the property to sell for over $3.5 million.

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Briefs Illegal fishing at Goat Island Five people are being investigated for illegally fishing at the Cape Rodney - Okakari Point Marine Reserve in two separate incidents recently. Three people were seen fishing off the beach at Goat Island last month.

An honorary Department of Conservation ranger, who did not want to be named, said the fishermen claimed they didn’t realise they were fishing in a marine reserve. Their gear was seized. The second incident involved a boat fishing at the reserve, in the channel between the island and the shore. DOC rangers tracked the boat back to the Omaha boat ramp where two Auckland men were found with about 30kg of snapper allegedly taken from the reserve. Police attended the incident and seized the men’s gear. DOC is investigating.

Pepping up Paparoa Signage advising of the closure of the shellfish beds at Whangateau first went up in 2010.

Future of cockle ban uncertain The cockle and pipi beds at Whangateau will be sampled early next year to determine whether or not they will re-open.

The beds were first closed for three years in March 2010 in response to the dramatic fall in shellfish numbers in the harbour, which occurred the previous year. The ban was extended for a further three years in 2013 because the beds had still not recovered.

A Ministry of Primary Industries spokesperson says information held by MPI suggests that there has been a partial recovery of the beds since the last assessment was carried out.

“Numbers have increased, but not to the level seen prior to the mortality event,” the spokesperson said.

“In addition, the beds are not dominated by cockles as large as were present previously.

The beds will be sampled early next year when the focus will be on determining what the information means about the recovery of the beds before sharing this information with iwi and other local groups.

Further steps to support the rebuild will be discussed at that stage.

The spokesperson says it is too early to discuss any possible restrictions if the area does reopen.

The cockle population in the harbour plummeted by about 63 per cent as the result of parasite and bacterial infection. Large cockles were most affected, with those cockles larger than 30 millimetres declining by up to 84 per cent.

A planting day was held at Paparoa recently when Progressive Paparoa volunteers partnered with Kaipara District Council to clean up the riverbank.

The aim of the day was to create a green belt from the landing to the village green, which in turn will function as a wildlife corridor. As well as planting trees, the team also cleared away a large amount of rubbish.

Giving promoted Mental Health Awareness Week will be held from October 5 to 11. The theme is Give – give your time, give your words and give your presence. People are being encouraged to take some time during the week to participate by ‘giving’ to family and friends or to the wider community. “Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and creates connection with the people around you,” an organiser said.

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Warkworth BID boundary finalised Businesses in the Woodcocks Road industrial area will find out next month whether or not they will be included in the proposed Warkworth Business Improvement District (BID).

Newly-appointed BID liaison spokesperson Rachel Callender, who was formerly the Warkworth Area Business Association co-chair, says she is still “working through the process”.

A public meeting will be held next month, where the boundary and the rating formula for the BID will be presented.

The ballot where businesses can vote for or against forming a BID is expected to happen from late March to mid-April.

“The database of Warkworth businesses has been completed and is now being maintained by the association. It is important that Warkworth businesses and property owners let us know if their contact details change so that they get all the BID information and voting papers,” she says.

“In the lead up to the ballot, we intend to run several features in Mahurangi Matters about the BID as well as other communications including a website, fact

sheets, Q&As and brochures so everyone knows the facts and when to vote.

“Electoral Services will conduct the vote, independently of the association or Auckland Council.

“I am currently using feedback from businesses and landlords to develop a strategic plan that outlines what a BID will focus on, if one is established.”

A BID would allow the Council to impose a targeted rate on all businesses within the designated BID boundary, which would then be spent on promoting Warkworth. There are more than 40 Bids throughout Auckland, including the Hibiscus Coast and one was recently formed in Rodney’s North West.

A previous attempt to set up a BID in Warkworth in 2009 failed to get enough votes to enable it to go ahead. However, the association is warning that without more money to pay for people’s time, it could run out of volunteers prepared to do the work.

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This means a 7.30am start and probably a 4pm finish. Duties include coordinating volunteers, making sure Santa turns up on his float, managing parking, setting-up the post-parade celebrations in Lucy Moore Park, manage the prize-giving and lolly scramble, and ensuring the town is tidy afterwards.

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Sampson to chair business association Warkworth businessman Dean Sampson was elected chair of the Warkworth Area Business Association at its annual meeting on September 15.

Dean was formerly co-chair with Rachel Callender who has stepped aside to run the BID campaign (see other story this page).

Lorita Munro will continue as secretary and Nicola Jones as treasurer.

In his annual report, Dean said although Warkworth was at the beginning of exciting times, it was critical that businesses work together.

“There needs to be careful planning and we need to be thoughtful in how we go forward,” he said.

He summarised a busy year for association volunteers who had organised numerous events and networking opportunities, participated in several Council consultations and were involved in the push for a Warkworth Structure Plan.

The guest speaker at the meeting was Warkworth planner Burnette Macnicol, who talked about growth in the area.

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Courses close due to funding gap

A group of Snells Beach residents say the Sunburst Avenue carpark is often full with campervans over summer, causing conflict with other users.

Snells residents rally against campers A group of Snells Beach residents are campaigning to restrict campervans staying at the waterfront carpark on Sunburst Avenue.

The Snells Beach Ratepayers and Residents Association presented to the Rodney Local Board business meeting last month calling on immediate action to regulate camping at the carpark.

Association chair Bryan Jackson said campervans were often oversized, parked illegally and were causing conflict with other users.

“Since late last year there has been a huge increase in the number of vans staying overnight,” Mr Jackson said. “These aren’t just small vehicles – there are buses, trucks and five wheelers up to 13-metres long.

“Many of the vehicles are breaking the law by parking on the footpaths, emptying waste into public toilets, staying more than two nights and many are not self-contained.”

Self-contained campervans are allowed to stay a maximum of two nights at the carpark. There are 38 carparks at the site with a further five spaces for boat trailers.

The association called on the Board to either restrict the number of parks available to campervans to five allocated spaces, ban vehicles longer than sevenmetres, or ban overnight camping altogether.

“There are hundreds of other camping sites in the area that they can use,” Mr Jackson said.

Auckland Council’s Regulatory and Bylaws Committee is reviewing freedom camping bylaws next year. Mr Jackson said the association was starting a daily survey of campervan numbers in the park to provide evidence to the committee.

The Board will discuss the matter further with staff.

Snells Beach residents Chas Benest and June Turner presented to the Board in August calling for a fourhour parking limit at the carpark.

Mr Benest said campervans often visited in convoys and took over the majority of the carpark.

Ms Turner said the carpark was advertised on a number of different websites encouraging people to camp at the site. She said many campervans were using the public toilet as a dump station, which created a health hazard.

Community education in Mahurangi has been put on hold while those who are enthusiastic to see courses set-up re-think how they can be funded.

The courses were launched last year with a $10,000 grant from Auckland Council, but struggled to attract participants. A second attempt at the start of this year, also failed.

Volunteer coordinator Ben Dugdale says it has been difficult to professionally coordinate the courses without any secure funding.

“Without advertising and promotion, it’s very difficult to gain the traction the programme needs to get community buy-in,” Ben says. “It’s like a business – you have to find the right product that meets what the community wants. Defensive driving was a success, as were the te reo classes, but most of the other courses never got off the ground.”

Ben says Mahurangi College was a good venue, and the college was supportive and open to ideas.

“More people are moving to the area and community education could grow into a vibrant local programme that builds local community culture. The courses provide an avenue for social networking, in reality and not online, which encourages a community feeling – same as if you attended a Rotary or BPW meeting.

“They are also a way to help people re-enter society if they’ve been at home for one reason or another.”

Ben says a key aspect of the classes was timing, plus it was important to try to offer something different than what someone could learn online.

“We’re definitely keen to have a look at this again next year and we’d love to hear from anyone who has ideas or who would like to be involved as a coordinator.”

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Good news on home front As widely predicted, the Reserve Bank lowered the NZ official cash rate recently to 2.75 per cent. Market commentators are predicting further cuts in the coming months as the world economic outlook darkens. Fixed rates are now ranging from 4.35 per cent for a one-year fixed through to 5.85 per cent for a floating rate.

This is very good news for those who have a mortgage or are about to get one, as the lower the rate gets, the lower your repayments towards the mortgage will be. The question on most people lips that I see for mortgages every week is, “When should I fix, as I am floating at present?” Or, “Should I break my higher rate and re-fix at these lower rates?” There is no right or wrong answer at present, it really depends on individual circumstances. If you are on floating at present and are making the payments with ease, then you may consider holding off a decision for a few months because the experts are picking that there will be even lower rates on offer soon. Some are suggesting that you will be able to get one, two and three year fixed rates at under 4 per cent. However, if you like certainty, or are borrowing for investment purposes, then you may want to have a good rate negotiated for you now and lock in longer term in the low 5 per cent range. If it’s flexibility you need, with the option to make lump sum payments without penalty, or you want a redraw facility, then floating is best. If you are locked in at higher rates above those on offer, then you can ask for an early payment calculation to be done. Once you have this, we can work out whether or not there is a benefit to you paying a penalty and re-fixing at a lower rate. Many people are doing this at present and also consolidating any other debt they have into the mortgage, which can result in a massive decrease in what they are paying in loan payments per month.

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The Rodney Local Board has allocated nearly $13,000 towards small community projects.

The grants range from $500 to $2000.

The Board received 21 applications, requesting a total of $28,780.

The following Mahurangi projects received funding: Mahurangi Junior Hockey Club – $840, for ground hire; Sandspit Yacht Club Centreboard Division – $500, to run coaching clinics; Leigh Harbour Valley Society – $1340, to buy stoat traps, bait stations, possum bait and 20 hours of labour for trap and bait maintenance for the

Upper Valley Pest Control project; Puhoi Historical Society – $600 towards Puhoi settler family project; Wellsford Country Show – $2000 for the hire of sound and equipment; CUE Haven Restoration Project, Kaipara Harbour – $2000 for tree maintenance; Whangateau Hall and Reserve Advisory Committee – $500 to replace old photographs.

The second round of applications for the grants closes on October 2.

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Free digital holiday for kids Children are being encouraged to get innovative at Auckland libraries over the upcoming school holiday break.

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“This acknowledges the importance of digital literacy and the current creative technology discovery buzz that is makerspaces,” Warkworth librarian Emily Flaws says.

“Makerspaces encourage kids to learn by exploring, creating, trying, failing, and trying again.

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At Warkworth, Wellsford and Mahurangi East libraries, the programme will include talented international digital storyteller, Fairy Ninabelle; Maker crafts including circuits, brush-bots and knitting; coding games; stop motion animation; app exploration; Ebook lessons for kids; and a special visit from the Auckland Library makerspace team with their 3D printer.

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Speaking up on Warkworth’s future Who should decide how Warkworth grows over the next 30 years – Auckland Council planners or the people who live here?

We think it should be ‘the locals’ – the people who have already made an investment in the town through their decision to live and work here, send their children to school here and retire here.

With this in mind, we have started to canvas the views of some well-known residents and business people on some of the strategies in the Proposed Unitary Plan. While we suggested that comments be limited to around 200 words, it was encouraging to find that most correspondents went well over that limit in their enthusiasm to talk on the topic.

We start with the views of Craig Powell, Nicola Jones, Penny Webster and Joy Bell. Coming up in the next issue, out on October 14, we will hear from Bernette Macnicol, Hamish Alexander, Mark Forest and Warkworth School students.

Join the conversation We would love to hear your views on Warkworth’s future, the sort of growth

that should be encouraged, what’s important to get right, what don’t we want to lose as we grow and how can this be achieved? Be as conservative or as visionary as you like with what you would like Warkworth to look like in 30 years time.

Comments can be added to this story online at localmatters.co.nz or email them to editor@localmatters.co.nz

Value what we have - Craig Powell When we asked our cartoonist Craig Powell to give us his thoughts on Warkworth’s growth, we knew to expect something a bit out of the box. He didn’t disappoint:

In 30 years time, Warkworth’s public “transport system will be a national drawcard. It will have a self-propelled electric tram system, which travels a circular route linking Woodcocks Rd, Queen St, A&P Showgrounds and back to Woodcocks Rd via Falls Road.

Reduced sedimentation in the harbour will provide good fishing and less siltation will mean an increase in the number of private vessels coming to Warkworth. There will also be a ferry service from Auckland which brings visitors on public holidays and for the Kowhai Festival.

Many of these people arrive to walk and bike along the popular Warkworth to Omaha trail, over-nighting in Matakana.

Local horticulture is booming and

supplies produce to Auckland and Warkworth’s weekly market.

But, based on the current political model, I’m not confident that this vision will be realised. Warkworth is more likely to become another soulless concrete entity like Albany.

Population growth may increase local jobs and wealth, but it will exponentially increase pollution, destruction of natural food resources, poverty and crime.

We should value what we have.

Warkworth should be given the opportunity to assume control of its own growth rather than be dictated to by Auckland consultants and the Environment Court.

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Hang on to what’s special - Nicola Jones Warkworth Area Business Association treasurer and businesswoman, Nicola Jones’ family has lived in the Mahurangi area for many generations. She shares her views on growth:

has changed so much “fromWarkworth when I grew up here. Change

Nicola Jones wants to see the walkway along the Mahurangi Riverbank to the Cement Works finished.

the wide walkway from town to the Cement Works completed, a bike and skate park for the kids to have fun at and learn skills, and completion of the cycleways that are planned so that we don’t have to navigate narrow roads on our bikes. A public pool is beyond overdue! Retaining the annual Kowhai Festival, Santa Parade and fostering local street markets also needs to be protected to maintain our identity – these events bring a lot of people to town and create excellent exposure.

I see having a community-lead Structure Plan in place will help ensure Warkworth is connected and the town grows cohesively as one, ensuring no industrial versus retail or north versus south splits. I work in community groups that are made up of volunteers who are passionate about making Warkworth the best place it can possibly be – and because they care enough to work hard (i.e

Cycleways and buses Penny Webster Rodney representative on Auckland Council

get off their seats and get involved in and former Mayor of Rodney, Penny processes where decisions are made Webster, gives her views on the future: that affect the future of Warkworth), Growth predicted in the Proposed most of the visions will eventually Unitary Plan will mean Warkworth will be realised. It will just take slightly expand to both the north and the south. longer to happen as fundraising, Tourism is likely to be a thriving industry volunteer effort and Council due to the walkway/cycleway planned consultation takes time. Having a for Puhoi to Mangawhai and the old Warkworth Business Improvement highway becoming a tourist route.

District in place would be a small By then there should be regular bus step in the right direction to move services down the motorway linking things along at a pace that is in time Orewa, Silverdale, Albany and with growth.

Britomart. Cycleways will also link The predicted growth does threaten most of the eastern beaches. our identity and the community-feel Warkworth town centre will be a of the town. Demand will drive the vibrant hub with some apartments Tracey Martin MPtown houses near the centre of arrival of the big-box businesses but and New Zealand Firstvery Spokesperson for: this means we will start to look the town, though still predominately Communications & IT | Education | Research, Science & Technology character, single house dwellings. similar to many other towns in NZ. Women’s Affairs | Youth Affairs Select Committee: and Science We need to ensure we work hard Education to The riverbank should stay clear of maintain the unique reasons buildings and be a rest and recreation Auckland Office: why Kitchener 31-119, Milford Auckland people come to love,157A work andRoad, visitPO Box area.

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I’d like to see the Warkworth town centre area remain primarily singlestoreyed to maintain that village atmosphere and allow for boutique retail shops that become a destination in their own right. It would be amazing to have a visionary developer come through and turn all the buildings around to face the river. Ideally, this would be someone with a genuine sense of community development so it is not simply done with only financial benefit in mind.

We have such a unique asset in the river and it is such a shame we aren’t utilising it as well as we could (thinking of recreation and transport options). Now that I have small children I am more aware of the lack of specific recreational activity/open public space areas we have available – which doesn’t make sense as we have some of the most amazing scenery anywhere in the world. I’d love to see

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I would like to see Warkworth “asInthe2040mosaic capital of NZ, starting

with what is now known as the Atlas site which could be the hub of all community-based artistic endeavours.

I would like to see both the northern and southern gateways in and out of Warkworth heralding and reflecting this area’s natural beauty with mosaics. I would love to see walkways and cycleways connecting the showgrounds and the Mahurangi River to the Cement Works with mosaic benches, reminding visitors of the historical importance of the river. The Cement Works could be the ultimate destination, combining the ruins, swimming hole and the boat yards with cafes and family-friendly

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I would love to mosaic the edges of the ruins with historical and natural mosaics, whilst leaving the interior of the ruins out of bounds.

At present, the gateways in and out of Warkworth are destined to provide the visual pollution of a transit station, signage for Maccas, supermarkets and whatever other giant retailers come along, all competing for our attention.

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Rates proposal gets support A proposal to cut farm rates by 20 per cent got the thumbs-up from Mahurangi residents at a public meeting in Warkworth last month.

About 40 people attended and, judging by the number of utes in the carpark, the rural sector was well represented.

Lifestyle block owners, who face a small rates hike under the proposal, also supported it.

One person, who was selling his farm to move to a lifestyle block, hoped the rates cut would help retain the rural character of the area.

“I’d be happy to pay an extra $73 a year to leave farmers better off,” he said.

“This country relies on agriculture and if we don’t have farms, where will that come from?”

The plan has been developed by Franklin Councillor Bill Cashmore and involves changing the rates differential paid by rural ratepayers.

Currently, farm/lifestyle blocks pay 80 per cent of the urban residential general rate. The proposal would see the differential for ratepayers with properties larger than 50 hectares drop to 60 per cent, resulting in an average decrease in rates of $1350. To balance the books, the differential for rural ratepayers with properties smaller than six hectares would increase to 83 per cent, delivering an average rate increase of $73. Properties between six and 50 hectares would be unaffected.

Cr Cashmore said subdivision of rural farms had inflated land values and was

hurting farmers.

“We are floating it as something that may help maintain the rural values of the hinterland of Auckland,” Cr Cashmore said.

Many of the farmers at the meeting said they were paying over $25,000 a year in rates and were struggling with the costs.

Landowners and Contractors Protection Association chair Dean Blythen said it was unfair that farmers were being charged tens-of-thousands of dollars in rates but used few Council services, whereas the rates bill for families in town was a fraction of that cost. Cr Cashmore said he strongly supported a review of how local government was funded.

“I think the current system based on property values is ridiculous.”

The meeting descended into general discontent with Council spending in Rodney, with roads and transport issues again taking centre stage.

However, Cr Cashmore said Council spent more in Rodney than it collected in rates, but he wasn’t able to provide figures to back up the claim.

He said farmers were far better off under the supercity, with rates for rural and lifestyle properties in northern Rodney dropping by 14.6 per cent since 2011.

The Governing Body will decide whether to endorse the proposal this month. If it does, there will be further consultation on the policy early next year and it could be included in Council’s 2016/17 annual plan.

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Gone too soon When you are living some of your life online you often get to engage and know people you have never met in real life. You may follow their journey on blogs, different social media platforms, or you may be signed up to their email list.

Over time, you can end up knowing a lot more about these online ‘friends’ than the people they see every day.

Recently, I lost one of these online friends. I use the term ‘friend’ although I never stood next to this person or talked to him in real life. However, I can tell you pretty much everything about him. This person was Scott Dinsmore, from Live your Legend.

A friend introduced me to Scott (online) a year ago and I was an avid follower from the start. Scott set-up an online business called Live Your Legend, which inspired hundreds of thousands of followers all around the world, including myself. He encouraged and helped me decide how to live my life, and he taught me how to enjoy freedom and adventure while doing the things I love to do. He did that all from the computer. The power of social media was never clearer to me than when I realised how someone I had never met could inspire and show people how to live their lives to the fullest and not get stuck in a nine-to-five job that was wrong for them. Scott chose to live his work. Unfortunately, his life was cut short by a climbing accident and it is truly a very weird feeling to grieve so much for someone you have never met.

I am not alone in this feeling as there are thousands of people all over the world who are mourning him, connected in our grief through social media. We are all supporting each other in the Live Your Legend community. Stories of how people changed their lives after learning about Scott, as well as the great sense of community we all feel, is Scott’s legacy.

Scott died far too young but he has left behind a gift that will live on. He inspired change in countless people’s lives. I feel a lot of pride and connectivity to be part of the community of like-minded people, which he was instrumental in setting up. I am honoured and proud that for more than a year I was able to witness this man’s greatness and call him a ‘friend’.

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Wireless World It’s not unrealistic to expect the digital editor in the room to know how all things digital work – from email to apps to wifi. I confess that, like many others, I defer to the digital native in the family to solve my technical needs. Despite an interest in the internet of things, when it comes to the science of things I rely on Google and an inquisitive journalist mind. It’s one of the reasons the NZ Science Media Centre was set-up, to help the scientifically challenged to communicate technology to the masses. The local wireless internet issue echoes similar debates throughout the country in recent years by parents and schools questioning the impacts of technology on young minds. Read some of the research on it at sciencemediacentre.co.nz/tag/wifi/

What’s trending Bridging the digital divide and reaching remote communities is an ongoing global goal. Almost two out of three people still don’t have access to the internet – specifically about 4.5 billion people. What we take for granted is often highlighted in world affairs including disaster recovery and the plight of refugees. This concept was powerfully captured in the 2014 World Press Photo of the Year Signal. bit.ly/1V4aEzq As the world currently follows the trek of Syrian refugees across Europe, the New Scientist reported on the role of smart phones, messaging app WhatsApp to communicate for free, portable solar power stations and accessing the internet by turning volunteers into walking wifi beacons. bit.ly/1KYTr9C Providing cheaper ‘internet for everyone’ via balloon powered aerial wireless networks is another way to do it, and the mission of google x Project Loon. The high altitude balloons were test piloted in Christchurch, New Zealand. bit.ly/1j1eOMF

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Small Works Gallery Grant and Sally Marshall have opened Small Works Gallery in Matakana Village to make art more accessible and to breakdown some of the barriers which prevent people from enjoying art galleries.

“People should feel comfortable entering an art gallery, but often it is an intimidating experience,” Sally says. “We want to make the gallery a welcoming space, where people are encouraged to come and enjoy the art.”

The gallery has over 120 works stacked from floor to ceiling. This makes it fell more like a retail space, encouraging people to browse, Grant says.

“It’s more like a stock room than a gallery. There are no exhibitions.

Everything we have is on show. We have a high turnover, so the art is always changing.”

Grant has handpicked every work in gallery from recognised artists around the country.

“A lot of other galleries have been turned into gift shops, selling crafts and trinkets. We only show high quality work that we really love. I’ve spent months visiting artists, picking work that will appeal to a range of people. We’ve got an eclectic mix from water colours of the southern alps, to abstract works and fine art prints.”

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The couple are also artists and have their own work on display in the gallery. Sally paints while Grant’s passion is photography. Grant says he hopes the gallery will help other people find a passion for art.

“A lot of people say ‘I love art, but I don’t know anything about it’. All you need to know is what you like.

We want people to come in here and discover what they like.”

Grant and Sally have worked in advertising for decades and started the film company which produced and directed the famous Tip Top trumpet commercial that launched Rachel Hunter’s career.

They lived on the Kaipara Harbour for 12 years before moving to Te Arai two years ago.

The couple also own The Jewel Box and Damask in Matakana Village.

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A mobile one-stop service to meet all sorts of animal needs has been launched by veterinary nurse, dog groomer and animal behaviour expert Di Grant.

The Woof Wagg’n will visit homes throughout Rodney and Northland to provide stress-free, convenient dog grooming, training, health checks, and even doggy day care sessions to relieve boredom.

The new business is the result of years of training and working with animals.

Originally a typographer, she studied in her spare time for her Veterinary Nursing Certificate and then a Certificate in Animal Management specialising in dog behaviour and training. She has worked with renowned animal psychologist and trainer Mark Vette on the TVNZ series Purina Pound Pups to Dog Stars.

When that finished, Di was looking for a way to combine her knowledge and passion for animals into a business, and Woof Wagg’n was born.

“This is not just a job for me, it’s the culmination of a lifetime of dreaming.

It’s about making a difference,” she says.

“It’s all about making people and their pets happier, and developing healthy relationships between them.”

Di says that by bringing her knowledge and equipment direct to the dog’s

After moving from the desert city of Abu Dhabi, the Frencken family has taken over Warkworth Pizza Company on Neville Street.

Originally from South Africa, the Frencken’s first moved to New Zealand 20 years ago, settling in Queenstown.

But eight years ago, Wim, the father of the family, moved to Abu Dhabi to work as a consulting engineer.

Dominic, the youngest in the family, finished high school in Abu Dhabi before working as an events manager, while mother, Anita, started teaching English and maths to intellectually challenged children.

“It’s a very conservative culture, but it’s not as extreme as a lot people think,” Dominic says.

Adrian, his older brother, studied in Auckland and has been working as a freelance cameraman and director of photography for commercials, music videos and TV shows.

Earlier this year, the family started looking at going into business together so they could be reunited in NZ. “We’ve done so much travelling together we’ve become dependent on each other. It’s made us a very close family,” Anita says.

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home, it is easier and more relaxing for both pet and owner, whether she is just giving it a bath or tackling tricky behavioural issues.

She also works with horses, providing clipping, horsemanship lessons and float training. She says behavioural issues, whether with horses or dogs, all come down to educating people in how to communicate with their animals effectively.

“I’ve been helping a lady with a pony, she couldn’t get it to move or go on a horse float. I did a session with her and gave her some homework, and she phoned me in tears because it was working. It’s very rewarding.”

Anita, Adrian and Dominic Frencken.

they jumped at it. Despite having no hospitality experience, they aren’t daunted by the challenge.

“We have a history of plunging into things. If we want to do something, we will give it a go,” Dominic says.

They want to refine the focus of the restaurant, tweaking the range of pizzas, pastas, sandwiches and soups that the business has sold for the past three decades.

“We want to turn it into more of a traditional Italian pizzeria,” Dominic says.

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The link between nursing and real estate may not be immediately obvious, but recently accredited real estate professional Pip Foote begs to differ.

“Both professions are about helping people,” she says. “Buying and selling property can be very stressful, so building a rapport quickly with strangers is very important and that’s something I learnt to do as a nurse.”

Pip has been a registered nurse for 27 years, working in a range of fields from paediatrics, obstetrics and Well Women’s health to tutoring at Massey University.

She also had the rare privilege of nursing at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle for eight months, while she and husband Kelvin were on their OE. While binding confidentiality agreements still restrict what Pip can reveal about this experience, she can say she had to brush-up on her curtsies and was given a lesson in royal etiquette. She became familiar with the royals, including Lady Diana and Sarah Ferguson, and was greeted by the Queen on a first name basis.

“NZ nurses are well-regarded by the royal family. It was a real privilege to get such a behind-the-scenes look at how the palace works.”

Born and raised on a sheep and beef farm in the Hawkes Bay, Pip and Kelvin moved to Warkworth 12 years

Interior decorator Steve Green has worn many hats in his working life, but the one he likes best is the one that involves interior design and working with people.

“I get a lot of satisfaction out of helping people and getting good outcomes in terms of their window treatments,” he says.

“People need to be relaxed when they make decisions that they are going to have to live with for many years. I’m patient and I don’t mind meeting clients on weekends, if that means they can make informed choices.”

Born in Liverpool, Steve left school when he was 15 and went to work at the Garston Bottle Works, which recycled beer bottles.

“Inevitably, through the process, bottles were broken and it was my job to pick the broken glass off the conveyor belts. It was awful!”

When his uncle, Les Coffman, immigrated to NZ and became this country’s first FIFA referee, the rest of the family decided to follow.

“When we arrived in NZ, my Dad and my uncle took me to Barrys Point Road in Takapuna and said, ‘Walk down that street and get a job!’ The first place I went in to was Smith & Smith and they took me on in paint sales. That was just how it was in NZ in those days.”

The job led to a painting and decorating

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ago to pursue a farming opportunity here. Their three teenaged children attend Mahurangi College, where they are involved in rugby, basketball, netball and hockey.

“We love it up here. It is such a friendly and welcoming community.”

Pip explains her decision to go into real estate as a ‘personal challenge’.

“I was looking for a chance to use my skills in a new direction and I joined Harcourts because they have a very supportive training programme. The legalities of selling property, as well as the marketing side of the business, are all new to me and I am loving the challenge. My intention is to create clients for life. I want the people I deal with to know I am someone they can rely on to make the process as smooth and stress-free as possible.”

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apprenticeship, a career that Steve has pursued not just in NZ but worldwide.

In London, he worked on The Lord Mayor of London’s penthouse and The Royal Library in Buckingham Palace Road, and in Ireland, he worked at Sir Earnest Shackelton’s manor house in Clonsilla, Dublin.

“I discovered I had a bit of a flair for tones and colour coordination. Being able to visualise what colours will look like inside rooms isn’t something that everyone can do.”

Moving to Matakana has been a dream come true for Steve and his partner Annie Conza, who was the world’s first Xero consultant.

“Annie’s sister, Helen Farrell, has had a home up here for many years and we’ve always visited and loved the place. It’s great that we are now both setting up our own businesses here.”

Blinds

Steve Green “We’ll see you right”

Vertical. Venetian. Timber. Artwood. Roller Blinds

What is the Current Market Value of your home, a year after 2014 Property Valuations were set by Auckland Council? “Talk to Pip” and find out.

Pip Foote M: 0274 997 990 E: Pip.foote@harcourts.co.nz

Free Measure & Quotes Great Prices Excellent Quality Made in New Zealand Your Local Matakana Supplier M. 022 353-2844 P. 09 489 7597 E. steve@add-it.co.nz

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ATJ Machinery Hire

The Dog Groomer

It was a lack of dumpers in New Zealand that first led to the formation of family business ATJ Machinery, which has opened a branch in Warkworth’s Morrison Drive.

English owners, Guy and Debbie Marshall, had a background in construction and demolition before they immigrated to the Bay of Islands in 2006. When they arrived, they were surprised to find small site tippers were virtually non-existent here.

“Kiwis have always used big trucks or tractors, so we saw there was a need for dumpers,” Guy says. “When they use them now, they say how brilliant they are and how did they do without them.”

After taking on the NZ dealership for importing Thwaites dumpers from the UK in 2007, the Marshalls decided general earthmoving equipment hire was the way to go, and set up their business in Waipapa, just north of Kerikeri.

They formed their company and named it using the initials of their sons, Aaron, Tom and Joe, who all work for the business.

Now, with an extensive range of dumpers, diggers, rollers and forklifts, ATJ Machinery has expanded south into Warkworth.

The new branch is being run chiefly

by Aaron, with younger brothers Tom and Joe chipping in, too.

In a converted barn on the outskirts of Warkworth, Louise Cole says she has created the perfect atmosphere to “pamper your pooch”.

Louise launched her business, The Dog Groomer, in Pulham Road, in August.

“I’ve tried to create a spacious and comfortable salon where a dog can feel relaxed during their visit,” Louise says.

Louise’s passion for dog grooming began when she could not find a grooming salon for her own sensitive dog.

“I was looking for a place that was relaxed and quiet but a lot of places were just the opposite so I decided to train to become a groomer and open my own grooming salon.”

After graduating as an advanced all breeds groomer, Louise opened The Dog Groomer in Takapuna.

“Grooming is more than making dogs look their best. It’s about looking after their skin, coat and general well being.

Many dogs will need to lose their winter coat in spring so now is the perfect time to get help from a professional groomer. Even a short-haired dog can benefit from a deshedding treatment.

I look to build a relationship with the owner to find a style that works for the owner and the dog.”

A good groomer is patient and creates a calm atmosphere, Louise says.

Aaron (left) and Tom Marshall

Aaron says he knew little about New Zealand when his parents moved the family out here nine years ago and at first it all seemed very different, but now he loves the life here.

“I haven’t done much travelling around here yet, mainly because I’ve just moved down – and the weather – but I can’t wait to get out in the boat in the summer,” he says.

ATJ’s machines vary in size from minidiggers and one-tonne dumpers up to a 20-tonne digger and low-loader.

Customers can include anyone from individual farmers and builders to major contracting firms.

Since opening in August, ATJ’s services have already been in demand locally.

“We’ve supplied dumpers to the Grange development,” Guy says. “At some point, they all need extra machines, so they can come to the likes of us.”

Louise Cole

“The earlier you introduce your dog to the grooming process, the more relaxed they will be and the better the groom will look.”

Louise’s other passion is the concert harp. She has been a professional harpist for many years, playing at weddings and events.

Originally from the Midlands in England, she met her Kiwi husband, Patrick, in London. They lived in Takapuna before moving to Warkworth last year. Patrick was recently the manager of the Northern Knights cricket team and the Auckland Aces.

The couple is busy converting their one-hectare section to grow vegetables for the local food distributor, Ooooby, supporting the buy local philosopy.

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MACHINERY HIRE 4 MORRISON DRIVE, WARKWORTH

ROLLERS 1.5 - 13 TONNE DIGGERS 1 - 20 TONNE SITE DUMPERS 1 - 10 TONNE LOADERS,TRAILERS, PLATE COMPACTORS ETC..

CALL THE TEAM AT ATJ FOR YOUR HIRE NEEDS

09 425 8845 or Aaron - 021 210 0493

Breed specific grooms Easy care pet trims Bath and Dry

Quiet calm studio Fully trained groomer By appointment only

Louise Cole 09 425 8958 021 067 6343 93 Pulham Road, Warkworth

www.thedoggroomer.co.nz louise@thedoggroomer.co.nz Member of National Dog Groomers Assn NDGANZ

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Advertise Your Business Here ONLY $59 PER INSERTION (+GST)* *for a three COLOUR insertion contract Phone 425 9068 for more information or email your advertisement to localmatters@xtra.co.nz APPLIANCES | CLEANING | CONCRETE | CONSTRUCTION | ELECTRICAL | ENGINEERING | FENCING

How are your customers looking for you?

Enhance the online profile of your business at

localmatters.co.nz/businessdirectory

CARpET

CLEAnIng Call FREE RICHARD WILCOCK 0800 022 101

Emergency Flood Service 12 Years Technical Experience Fully Qualified & Certified

builder ard Winning

M: 021 456 429 E: sbrocks@vodafone.co.nz

LTD

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DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

AM:w027ard4771Win583ning builder

Polyurethaning:- Wooden Floors, Particle Board & Cork Cork Tiles:- Natural & Coloured Enviro Friendly Products available

KAE JAE CONTRACTORS (LTD) PHONE KEN (0274) 866-923 A/Hrs (09) 422-7328 • Fax (09) 422-7329

WILCOCK

CONTRACTORS

LTD

RICHARD

FLOOR SANDING - FLOOR PREPARATION FLOOR SANDING - FLOOR PREPARATION

Denis 021 945 498 Joel 021 422 592

dens@xtra.co.nz PO Box 193, Warkworth

Foundations • Floors • Drives • Paths • Digger & Truck Hire Concrete Specialists backed by over 30 years experience Established since 1984

Tiling & Waterproofing Bricks • Blocks • Paving

WARKWORTH BRICKLAYING SERVICES LTD Phone Alan Berthelsen 021 780 170 • A/hrs 425 8252

• New Houses and Alterations • Exterior/Garden Lighting • Fault finding/Repairs • TV Phone and Data • Registered electrician • Domestic and commercial • Free quotes Call Carl today on 022 071 0245 Or email carl@cge.co.nz

Chainsaw & Mower Services Ltd “WHERE PERFECTION IS ONLY JUST GOOD ENOUGH”

• Sales • Parts • Service • Repairs • Sharpening 3 Morrison Drive, Warkworth | Phone: 09 945 0090 Mobile: 021 297 0615 | Email: sales@mowercare.co.nz

AM:w027 4771 583

www.rwbuilder.co.nz www.rwbuilder.co.nz email: rwb@xtra.co.nz THE MATAKANA

CARPENTRY CO

Small Jobs • Renovations • Bathroom Makeovers Decks • Pergolas • Plastering

SERVICING: OMAHA, LEIGH, MATAKANA & WARKWORTH

Adding value to homes since 1980

For an obligation free quote Ph 021 085 12024 or mcc_enquiries@xtra.co.nz

Footings Hole Boring Landscaping

3.5T Digger 5T Truck

Bob Waata Mobile 021 634 484

A BRUSH WITH ART

EXPERT PAINTING AND DECORATING

Interior/Exterior n Waterblasting n Roof Painting Airless Spraying n Plastering n Wallpapering Colour Consulting n Decorative Effects Qualified Tradesmen - Honest/Reliable Ph Mandy 09 423 0005 or 021 507 463

Registered Electrician Commercial, Domestic, Industrial Mobile: 022 6011 458 Installation & Maintenance Phone: 09 422 7053 Email: tuielectrical@gmail.com SURGE PROTECTION

FARM MINDING SERVICES FENCING / POST DRIVING MULCHING / SPRAYING RELIEF MILKING / FARM MINDING

ANDREW & TANIA WEBER

NZQA / FIRS ACCREDITED 021 960 958 / 021 1102 991 WEBER.FMS@HOTMAIL.COM

MATAKANA

Trellis & Fencing Fences - Gates - Screens - Pergola Phone Bob Moir 422 9550 or 0274 820 336 Email: hurstmere@ihug.co.nz

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Mahurangi Matters - October 1, 2015 FENCING | FLOORING | FURNITURE | GARAGE DOORS | GARDEN SUPPLY | GLASS | HAIR | HANDYMEN | HIRE

The

Trellis Guy

RODNEY TRELLIS Trellis - Panels - Fencing Installations - all shapes and sizes Specialities: Framed Archways – Superior Trellis Pedestrian Gate Frames (mortised) Trellis spray painting / oiling Gazebo's ~ dove cotes ~ pergolas

115

Snells Beach • Warkworth • Orewa

• Custom made • Quality material • Quality workmanship

872 Kaipara Flats Road Ph: 425 7627 • Fax 422 4976

Carpet, Vinyl, Cork, Ceramic Tiles, Wood & Laminate

Also see Lance for your supply of Native and Landscaping plants

09 422 2275 21 Glenmore Drive www.flooringxtra.co.nz

Ph 09 422 5737 • 027 272 7561 Fax 09 422 5800

146M

Selco Enterprises

Carpet Overlocking Services

OUTDOOR FURNITURE Tables to order Chairs • Swingseats Benches • Umbrellas NZ made – quality built to last

email: selcoenterprises@vodafone.co.nz

25 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Silverdale (next to BP) Ph: 09 426 9660 • em: clipper.furniture@xtra.co.nz www.clipperfurniture.co.nz

39 Worker Road • Wellsford Ph 09 423 8322 / 021 403 072

COUNTRY CHARM

FURNITURE 2008

Timber Furniture Specialists with quality workmanship guaranteed Specialising in antique, new furniture & all other timber surfaces.

Furniture Restoration • Re-spraying • Special Finishing • Colour Matching Insurance quotes • Furniture repairs • Custom made – Recycled or new timber • Modifications • Upholstery

Phone Grant or Lesley 23b Foundry Rd, Silverdale | 09 426 2979 www.silverdalefurniturerestorations.co.nz 09 426 8412 | www.countrycharm.co.nz

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE FOR ONLY cOLOUR +GST* PER INSERTION

$59

Phone advertising on 425 9068 or email your advert to advertising@localmatters.co.nz *for a three insertion contract

FREE LOAN TRAILERS HOME DELIVERIES 7 DAYS A WEEK email: warkworth@centrallandscapes.co.nz 25-31 Morrison Dr WARKWORTH 09 425 9780

0800 TOPSOIL

WG

(1998 LTD)

repair • supply • automate

29 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth 09 425 0258 • 0274 425 025 rodneygaragedoors@vodafone.co.nz

Wellsford

www.centrallandscapes.co.nz

• Screened Topsoil • Living Earth Compost & Garden Mix • Lawn Mix • Mulch • Bark • Pebbles • Stones • Sand • Drainage • Metal • Sleepers • Pongas • Grass Seed • Fertiliser • Weedmat bagged & bulk plus much more

Rodney Garage Doors

GLASS & ALUMINIUM

For all your glass, glazing, and aluminium needs

53 Station Road, Wellsford • Phone (09) 423 7358 Email: wellsfordglass@xtra.co.nz

Domestic and

Glazing arkworth Commercial Glass Showers Splash Backs lass & Mirrors • Cat Doors lazing WindscreenandReplacement Chip Repair

20 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth 09 425 8678 • 021 952 077 wwglassandglazing@xtra.co.nz

Beauty Therapy & Nail Creations for head to toe pampering

Alison Wech

C.I.D.E.S.C.O, C.I.B.T.A.C, dip Beauty Therapy, dip Electrolysis, dip Body Therapy, dip Nail Technician

46 McKinney Road, Warkworth Mob 021 051 3661 • Ph 09 425 7776 tlcbeautytherapynails@yahoo.co.nz

• Facials • Waxing • Tinting • Gel Nails • Acrylic Nails • Manicures • Pedicures • Electrolysis • Make-up • Body Wraps • Massage • Spray Tans

WINDSCREEN REPAIR OR REPLACE GLAZING SERVICES MIRRORS • SPLASH BACKS • SHOWERS

Michelle Boler

0800 70 40 10

info@northglass.co.nz • www.northglass.co.nz

For all your property maintenance and small building projects Phone to discuss YOUR requirements 021 423 860 - 423 8619 a/h handyman@bruno.co.nz • www.bruno.co.nz

Servicing Auckland - Rodney - Kaipara

Metroscaff Limited

- Residential & Light Commercial - Quick Stage - OSH Standards - Tube & Clip - Qualified Scaffolders - Reliable Service P 09 425 0300 M 021 774 653 F 09 423 0017 admin@metroscaff.co.nz www.metroscaff.co.nz

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HIRE | INTERIORS | LANDSCAPING | LOCKSMITHS | MOTORING

PER COLOUR INSERTION

For your safety we have: • Experienced Qualified Scaffolders • Full range of Equipment • Including Alloy Mobile & Builder’s Props

PHONE 0800 622 7929

OMAHA - SNELLS BEACH - WARKWORTH - MANGAWHAI Member of Scaffolding and Rigging New Zealand

Your Painter/Decorator with over 30 years experience serving all surrounding areas.

Leigh Decorators PaintingPainting Paperhanging Paperhanging Roofs Roofs Airless Spraying Airless Spraying StoppingStopping (small jobs) RepaintsRepaints New Homes New Homes

For your Free Quote and/or Consultation, Phone Gary Home: 09-422-6695 Mobile: 021-024-44941 Email: leighdecorators@clear.net.nz

Bradwood Kitchens HANDCRAFTED BESPOKE SOLID WOOD KITCHENS

FROM RECYCLED & NEW TIMBERS

@ FROG POOL FARM

728 STATE HIGHWAY ONE, DOME VALLEY PHONE 425 9030 • WWW.BRADWOOD.CO.NZ

417 Old Woodcocks Rd, Warkworth

www.craftsmaninteriors.co.nz 021 189 8807 • 09 422 5709

COMPOSITE JOINERY Ltd

Phone: 09 425 7510 Fax: 09 422 2011

sales@compositejoinery.co.nz www.compositejoinery.co.nz

G

Kitchen Colours

and Wood Finishes

Spraypainters of quality kitchens Lacquers, enamels, urethanes, 2 pacs, clearcoats Resprays and Recolours

Phone / Fax Gary 425 7669 Unit 21/30 Hudson Road, Warkworth

JB's No 1 LANDSCAPING SERVICES

• PLANTING • FENCES

• PAVING • DECKS

We specialise in: • Vantage Aluminium Joinery • APL | Architectural Series • Metro Series

Composite Joinery Ltd 7 Glenmore Drive Warkworth 0941

LANDSCAPING • 4 x 4 Truck & Digger Hire • Excavation • Earthmoving • Driveways • Trenching • Foundations & Piles • Paths & Shaping • Garden Design

• RETAINING WALLS • GARDEN MAKEOVERS

SERVICING HIBISCUS COAST TO MANGAWHAI JOHN BETTRIDGE (JB) Phone: 09 425 4086 Mobile: 021 665 558 E-mail: john.bettridge@jbsno1.co.nz

09 422 9514 • 021 831 938 www.junglefix.co.nz

www.intercolour.co.nz

ph: 09 422 5516 mob: 022 657 8739 e: Intercolour10@yahoo.com

CARPENTER-JOINER • Terraces • Alterations • New Housing

• Renovations • Maintenance • Small jobs a specialty

NEIL KOSE

Phone 09 425 5491 • Mobile 027 275 1172 neilkose@live.com

GROUND CARE LTD

• Mowing - Residential & Lifestyle Blocks • Decks • Fencing • Retaining Walls • Drive Ways Don 425 8501 - 021 527 017 OASIS GARDENWORKS Design and Installation of:

• Automated Garden Watering Systems/ Pop-Up Lawn Sprinklers • Water Features • Raised Garden Beds (Macrocarpa)Organic Soil/Plants • Garden, Pathway and Deck Lighting • Garden Speaker Systems

Call or email today for a free quote and site visit

021 300 653 pete@oasisgardenworks.com wwww.oasisgardenworks.com

TOTAL LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION for complete quality projects

• Lawns - contouring & seeding • Top soil • Retaining Walls • Driveways • Paths • Digger • Truck • Tractor Phone Bruce 425 7766 a/h 021 055 4226 I take the hard work out of Landscaping

WE CAN •Sand•Metal•Shell•Pebble•Scoria •Mulch•Garden Mix•Topsoil•Compost

DELIVER! •Tirau Gold•Pine Chip•Cambian Bark

183 SANDSPIT RD, WARKWORTH • OPEN 7 DAYS! Mon-Fri: 7am-5pm Sat: 7am-4pm Sun: 9am-3pm

09 425 0399 0800 805500 Mobile Locksmiths • Alarms • Keypad Locks • Safes Visit us online for your FREE HOME SECURITY CHECKLIST

www.WarkworthLocksmiths.co.nz

BRIDGESTONE WARKWORTH 40 Whitaker Road, Warkworth 0910

P 09 425 7823 A/H 021 151 9895 E firewarkworth@orcon.net.nz www.bridgestone.co.nz

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MOTORING | MOVING | PAINTERS & PLASTERERS | PLUMBING | PRINTING | PROPERTY | ROOFING | SECURITY | STORAGE | SURVEYORS / ARCHITECTS

Snells Beach

MOTORS – 2008 LIMITED –

 425 5355

1 Hamatana Road - Snells Beach

WARKWORTH

AUTO WRECKERS FOR ALL NEW & USED PARTS

WE NEED CARS FORID WRECKING – $$$ PA 2 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth Ph (09) 425 7835 or (09) 425 7730

Snells Beach Panel and Paint all insurance work, crash repair, rust repair • courtesy cars available

ph 09 425 6755

Ian

Wayne

EDMONDS & MASON PANEL & PAINT Private & All Insurance Work

Ph 425 8723 • Fax 425 9526 Wayne 021 765 706 or Ian 021 977 729 47 Woodcocks Road, Warkworth

Email: autoglassww@xtra.co.nz

Mark Welch

Husband & Wife team • harley.mcvay@xtra.co.nz

Harley 021 0220 8727 or 09 423 9012

WARKWORTH PICTURE FRAMERS COMPLETE CUSTOM FRAMING SERVICE David and Pat Little P. 09 425 8143 E. the_littles@xtra.co.nz 15 Coquette Street,Warkworth 0910 DAVID LITTLE GCF

• Painting • Paper Hanging • Spray Painting • Water Blasting

Mob: 027 240 8330 A/h : 422 2678 • Fax: 422 2676

EAVES PLUMBING QUALITY WORK, START TO FINISH

Craftsman / Certifying plumber Mobile Workshop

PHONE

021 429 317 wellplastered@ihug.co.nz www.wellplastered.co.nz

& DRAINLAYING

Rodney’s Independent Property Management company

0800 171161 info@igniteproperty.co.nz

Say No to Leaky Homes

www.flashman.co.nz

For expert plastering in North Auckland/Warkworth/Matakana/Omaha

021 102 4561

localmatters.co.nz/businessdirectory

Northland 0800 55 66 00

WELLPLASTEREDLTD

TRIED – TESTED – TRUSTED

eaves.plumbing@hotmail.com

Enhance the online profile of your business at

• Robust, Good Looking and Durable • Specify Best Practice, Specify Flashman • The only Flashing System Guaranteed

• Specialist Furniture Truck • Packing & Storage • Caring Owner/ Operator • Carriers Liability Insurance Phone 0274 889 216 • Ah 09 422 7495 y dsa Lin ylor Ta

tplumber@xtra.co.nz

021 135 6596

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WINDOW AND DOOR FLASHING SYSTEM

Warkworth FURNITURE REMOVALS

Helping you with plumbing, drainlaying, jet machine & drain camera

Curtis Eaves

How are your customers looking for you?

THE ULTIMATE ALUMINIUM

Visit the team at VTNZ Warkworth: 6-14 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth Ph: (09) 425 7441 Mon to Fri: 8:00am–5:00pm Sat: 8:00am –12noon

snellspanelandpaint@vodafone.co.nz

Welch Painting & Decorating

Exterior/Interior/Roofs/Staining

Independent WoF, CoF, Vehicle Condition Assessments & Maintenance Check-Ups. No bookings required.

NZ

BEN CLEAL Contracts Manager • New Roofs • Roof Repairs • Re-Roofs • Roof Inspections

Specialists in long-run roofing M:021 220 5404 P:09 422 2131 Free Phone:0800 649 324

E: ben@rightnowroofing.co.nz

www.rightnowroofing.co.nz

Julie Beaumont

ROOFING NZ New • ReRoofs • Cladding Specialists Covering Rodney in Long-Run Iron Local Quality Guaranteed

Matt Tickle Licensed LBP Mobile: 021356965 Home: 09 425 6311 Email: iron.man@xtra.co.nz

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SURVEYORS / ARCHITECTS | TRACTORS | TREECARE | TV & AERIALS | WATER

Subdivision • Boundary Pegs Site Surveys • Council Consents Building Setout & Checks Contact us for a free consultation

SNELLS BEACH

www.boundary.co.nz

Email: survey@boundary.co.nz Ph 09 426 7109 or 021 838 365 Housing, PHONE 09 425 5597Housing, Units & Units Landsc

TTE DES TTE D Thomas F. Errington

Housing, Units & Landscaping

UnitsUnits, & Landscaping NewHousing, Houses, Light Commercial

• Rural & Urban Subdivision TTE DESIGNS TTE DESIGNS TTE DEsigns GOOD OLD FASHIONED SERVICE Architectural Desig • Boundary Locations Thomas F. Thomas F. Errington Dip. Arch.

ARIBA • Site Contour Plans 83 Thomas F. Errington Dip. Arch. ARIBA PO Box Thomas F. Errington • New/Used Tractors & Machinery Architectural Designer • Construction Set-out W arkworth Architectural Designer Architectural Designer PO Box 83 • In-house Engineer PhArchitectur 09 425 0512 PO Box 83 PO Box 83 Warkworth P 09 425 0512 • Mobile Servicing Fax 09 425 0514 Rupert Mather 021 425 837 Warkworth Ph 09 425 0512 Mob 0274 532 495 • Repairs M 0274 532 495 W arkworth Graeme Smith 021 422 983 Ph 09 425Fax 0512 09 425 0514

TE HANA TRACTORS

Dip. Arch. ARIBA

Ph 09 425 0 Fax 09 425 TTE DES Mob 0274 5 Thomas F. Errington

E ttedesigns@xtra.co.nz

• Comprehensive Parts Range

23 Bertram Street, Warkworth Housing, Units & Landsc New structures, Restorati Authorised Agents for Kioti and TYM tractors

Mob 0274 532 495 Fax 09 425 0514 W www.ttedesigns.co.nz Mob 0274 532 495 New structures,Supervision, Restorations, Alterations, Surveys etc...

Renovations, Landscaping

308 SH1, Te Hana, Wellsford • PH 09 423 8558

09 425 7393 admin@wwsurveyors.co.nz

New structures, Restorations, Alterations, Surveys etc...

Architectural Desig Parker Tree Care.com ADVERTISE YOUR PO Box 83 New structures W arkworth Tree and Hedge Work BUSINESS HERE FOR ONLY Ph 09 425 0512 Pruning and Thinning COLOUR Fax 09 425 0514 Removals +GST* PER INSERTION Mob 0274 532 495

$59

New structures, Restorati

*for a three insertion contract

Call Roland 021 102 2594 • 09 422 5109 parkertreecare@yahoo.co.nz

d o m e sti c & commercial

call for a free QUote

021 145 7897

Digital Freeview Satellite Installation & Repairs

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

H2O PUMPS

Water Treatment • Pumping Systems • Filtration • UV Sterilizers HOURS • Softeners & Neutralizers • Iron Removal Owen Ward

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021 771 878 • 09 425 6002 E. h2opumps@xtra.co.nz MOBILE EFTPOS AVAILABLE

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

PICTURE PERFECT TV

!

• free View • data/Phone Jacks • tV Wall mounts • smart Home Wiring • Home theatre • audio/Video distribution • cctV

Specialists in: • Electrical work • Commercial & residential • Gate automation & repairs • Electrical fencing • Garage door automation & repairs

Terms & Conditions apply

Phone advertising 425 9068 or email your advert to advertising@localmatters.co.nz

Free Quotations Fully Insured 26 Years Experience

10% ! oFF

No job too Small 24 hr operation

Electrical practicing licence for NZ

Ph 022 352 7405 • dudleysimeon@gmail.com dudleyselectrical • www.dudleys.co.nz

ABSOLUTE CONCRETE

WATER TANKS 09 4312211

sales@absoluteconcrete.co.nz

WATER PUMPS New Pump Sales Service Installation

Phone/Fax 425-5619 Mobile 0800 733 765

K & R PUMP SERVICES LTD

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6 MacJimray Mahurangi - October Septic Matters Cleaning Services are the1, 2015 septic tank cleaning specialists in your district.

WATER | WOOD

Residential to commercial, fast, reliable, professional service at competitive rates.

Pump & Filtration Services (2007) Ltd

.

Septic Tank/Grease Trap Cleaning Septic & Sewerage Treatment Systems

Don’t let your septic tank become costly - service it now!

• Water treatment & Filtration • Pumps • Pool & Spas • Waterblasters 7days / 24hours Paul Harris

clean. care. repair.

WATER TANK & WATER APPLICATION CLEANING AGENCY Warkworth: Phone John or Annette Carr

p: 09 425 7477 | m: 027 240 7791 | f: 09 425 7483 email: mobikair@xtra.co.nz

M: 021 425 887 T: 09 425 0075 E: pumps4u@live.com

Mangawhai: Phil Lathrope 431 4608 | 021 642 668

www.mobi-kair.co.nz

Authorised Agent

MOBILE & WORKSHOP SERVICE 31 WOODCOCKS RD WARKWORTH - 425 9100 splashwater@xtra.co.nz

water

Household Water Deliveries 0800 747 928 mobile: 027 556 6111

IAN & SOLW TE S AY R fILTEREd A

WATER

BUSINESS FOR SALE

DRIVEWAYS

ENTERTAINMENT MAGICIAN For children’s parties 3-90 yrs, Prize-givings etc. - George 09 423 0249

FOR SALE HAY Conventional bales, new season, shed stored, Tomarata/Pakiri area $10 per bale can deliver. Phone 09 423 8055 or 021 425 393

SUPER COMPOST

Untreated wood shavings & duck poo.

Per Bag $10, Bulk $75/m3.

Enquire about delivery. Ph 422 5042 RAWLEIGH Products. Ph Pat 423 8851

HOME MAINTENANCE

MARKETS

PLUMBER Semi retired for small jobs.

Point Wells 09 423 0193 or 027 490 2054

MUSEUM SUMMER MARKETS 1st Saturday of the month, 8am, Old Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, Warkworth.

Enquiries Warkworth 425 8391

LAWN MOWING rubbish removal, hedges, small tree removal. WW & beach areas. Ph Jeff Hatfull 027 425 7357, 425 7357

BUSINESSES FOR SALE

MAINTENANCE Grading, rolling and metalling for rural driveways. No job too BIG or small. Ph Bruce 425 7766

Advertise your classifieds and church notices here for only

$4.40 per line or $11.20 per/cm inc GST for boxed adverts.

FLIGHTS

A SMART REPAIR Service for F&P smartdrive washers, F&P/Simpson dryers. Same day service 09 423 9660 or 021 168 7349.

Hair Salon in Key Location Warkworth.

Great Position, Great Clientele 4 Chairs, beautifully decorated Only serious purchases need respond please Phone Judy 021794394

Grant torkington 021 138 7206

0800 638 254 OR 09 422 3700

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING APPLIANCE REPAIRS

Hiab Truck and Portable Sawmilling

SCENIC FLIGHTS 30 mins $65; 20 mins $55; Min. 3 passengers.

Trial flights $85. Gift vouchers available.

GREAT BARRIER FLIGHTS. Special stopover up to 4 hours.

Return $120. Min. 3 passengers.

One way flights $120 each. Min 2 passengers.

NORTH CAPE FLIGHTS $450 each. Min 3 passengers.

Rodney Aero Club 425 8735 or Rod Miller 425 5612 HOME MAINTENANCE HANDYMAN Small jobs, gardening, rubbish removal etc. All jobs considered.

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Temporary road closure Queen St (between Neville St and Mill Lane), Baxter St, and Neville St (between Warkworth St and Queen St), will be closed from 7am until 4pm, and Kapanui St and Wharf St be closed from 6am until 7pm, on Saturday 17 October 2015 for the Kowhai Festival Huge Day Out. These closures apply to all except authorised and emergency vehicles. For further information please contact Auckland Transport on 09 355 3553.

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Regulations needed to prevent whitebait extinction The founder of New Zealand’s first aquaculture school Paul Decker, of Warkworth, is joining the call for greater regulation of the whitebait fishery.

Mr Decker says some whitebait species will become extinct without regulations to protect them and commercial fishing of whitebait should be banned to let stocks recover.

“It’s the only fish in NZ that hasn’t got quota management. We can’t keep harvesting them without controls,” Mr Decker says.

While the main threat to whitebait is habitat loss, fishing is pushing the species to the brink.

“It’s going to get worse. The price will go up as they become rare and populations will collapse.”

Three of the five common whitebait species are listed by the Department of Conservation (DOC) as declining while one is listed as threatened. Two of the species also appear on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red list of threatened species.

Auckland Council senior fresh water biodiversity advisor Matt Bloxham agrees things are looking dire.

“We are very concerned about the increasing threat to our whitebait species,” Mr Bloxham says.

“There’s a big black market and the species are vulnerable to over exploitation. We’ve recently revisited 25 known populations of giant kokopu in the Auckland region and we only found them at two of the sites.”

The IUCN lists the giant kokopu as vulnerable to extinction – one category above endangered – and the shortjaw kokopu as endangered. This puts the fish in the same category as the kiwi and tuatara, and at a greater risk than the NZ wood pigeon, which is listed as near threatened.

“You can’t eat kiwi so why can you eat whitebait?”

Mr Bloxham says.

The whitebait fishery is managed by DOC. Freshwater technical advisor Jane Goodman says the

Giant kokopu are now only found at two sites near Orewa.

department isn’t planning any management changes.

“DOC administers regulations regarding fishing methods, timing, location and net size to ensure that enough young fish get upstream to mature,” she says.

Mr Bloxam says education is an important part of improving whitebait numbers.

“People don’t really understand what whitebait become. They turn into incredible looking fish that will live for many years if they can reach their habitat.”

“A lot of the streams have been lost to culvert pipes.

We are working to increase and improve their spawning habitat.”

Council is planning to remove a weir on the Mahurangi River, near Mahurangi College, which

prevents whitebait migration. A weir under the Elizabeth Street bridge is also being reviewed to make it more fish-friendly.

The conservation effort also involves educating landowners to protect riverbanks where fish are spawning. Council staff are surveying spawning sites of inanga, the most common whitebait species, to protect their spawning grounds.

“Waicare has been working with landowners on the Hoteo River, as well. One landowner has found spawning nests and has fenced off the areas. The whitebait runs in the Hoteo are now fantastic.”

Council is working with Mahurangi Technical Institute, which has a whitebait breeding programme, to repopulate Auckland streams.

Discover what lies in the waters at spotlight evening People will get a chance to discover what’s lurking in the water after dark in a spotlight programme run by the Whitebait Connection at Snells Beach on October 30.

The project is similar to the Experiencing Marine Reserves. Coordinator Kim Jones says it is about getting people out into the environment and encouraging them to take action to protect it.

Kim says a lot of the life in fresh water is nocturnal.

“Spotlighting is one of the most fun and effective freshwater fish monitoring methods and it’s a good chance to view them in their natural habitat. It’s often a real adventure to explore at night-time,” she says.

“We are bound to see eels, bullies and freshwater crayfish, and we are hoping to see adult whitebait species, banded kokopu and inanga.”

The programme is run with Mahurangi Action, Department of Conservation and WaiCare.

“It’s an opportunity to see what whitebait look like when they grow up, and to hang out with passionate locals involved in monitoring and

Register now to secure your place at the Whitebait Connection spotlight evening in Snells Beach.

managing the fish in our Mahurangi River.”

Twenty people attended the first programme in Warkworth at the end of August.

Bookings are essential. Limit 30 people. Meet at Parsley Pot Cafe at 7pm. Backup date, Saturday November 7.

Info: kim@whitebaitconnection.co.nz or 027 243 4818.

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Flower power vibe for Huge Day Out Warkworth is revving up for its 46th annual fortnight of music, art, food and fun – yes, the Kowhai Festival is back and this year it runs from October 9 to 26.

As ever, the highlight will be the Huge Day Out, on Saturday October 17, when the streets and waterfront will be filled with an array of stalls, sideshows, attractions and entertainment, from 9am onwards.

The theme this year is Flower Power and music will be at the forefront, with TV’s X Factor stars Brendon Thomas and The Vibes headlining the main music stage in Baxter Street. The band, which came third in the hit TV talent show last year, describes itself as a psychedelic, soul, blues and rock trio, influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and The Beatles. Also on the main stage will be popular classic rock covers group Overdrive, while blues rock combo Double Trouble, and local indie folk singer Mandy Moon will be among artists appearing onstage near the river in Wharf Street.

Wharf Street is also the food and drink hub, where The Garden Bar will be on the grass under the trees, serving specially-brewed Kowhai Gold lager from Silverdale’s Deep Creek brewery, traditional ciders from Forbidden Cider, and five organic offerings from Free Range Wines, three of which are from Matakana. Organiser Justin Oliver says they will also be serving Ploughman’s Platters and soft drinks, and says there will be more room to relax and enjoy the music this year.

Elsewhere, music will be provided by street

performers, the Guggemusik Carnival Band and the Warkworth Wellsford Pipe Band.

The Dog Show behind the library starts at 10am, again supported by Ross Lynch Vet Farm & Pet Clinic, and this year is open to all comers, not just children. In keeping with the Flower Power theme, organisers are looking for Colourful Canines, the Best Decorated Lead, the Best Six Legs – human plus dog – and Best Biscuit Catcher. There will also be games and races, with musical sits, a sausage and plate race (as opposed to egg and spoon) and a mini-fetch and carry course. There are prizes for all and proceeds go to Julie’s Animal Refuge.

Meanwhile, the Mahurangi River will be packed with paddles for the giant Canoe Showdown, with three races and seven canoe categories competing over distances from 5km to 20km.

Organisers promise an awesome day of racing for all ages and abilities, and for those without a canoe, there will be a number of Star Kayaks available for a special 2km time trial. Registration starts at 8am with the first race at 10am.

In addition, there will be the usual dozens of different sideshows and stalls selling crafts, books, toys, plants and art lining the streets, while children can enjoy rides and amusements, not least the ever-popular giant waterslide down the big bank in Lucy Moore Park from 12 noon. The Rodney Local Board has given the Kowhai Festival Society $10,000 towards the costs of running the Huge Day Out. Info: Kowhai Festival Huge Day Out, Warkworth, Saturday October 17, kowhaifestival.co.nz

Phil Tyler and Oliver Brockie put the finishing touches to the Kowhai Festival T-shirt logo.

T-shirt can win cash A special limited edition T-shirt is being produced for this year’s Kowhai Festival and wearing it could win you money.

Organisers asked art students at Mahurangi College to come up with ‘Flower Power’ ideas and 17-year-old Oliver Brockie from Leigh produced the winning logo, gaining himself a $500 cash prize in the process.

His funky floral design will go onto 500 T-shirts that will be sold at the Huge Day Out on Saturday October 17. Anyone who buys one and then wears it at the event is in with a chance of receiving a shoulder tap and a $50 spot cash prize.

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WARKWORTH MUSEUM OPEN DAY

10am to 3pm - Entry to the museum is free all day.

The Warkworth & District Museum has its traditional open day with a lot of special activities for kids, vintage machinery exhibition and open archives.

16-17 October 2015 KOWHAI ART & CRAFT EXHIBITION AND SALE Friday 16 October, 12 - 4pm, and Saturday 17 October, 9am - 4pm - Old Masonic Hall, Baxter St, Warkworth.

Free entry - all welcome

16 October 2015 KOWHAI FESTIVAL MOVIE NIGHT – ‘MINIONS’

Event starts 7pm – Movie screens 8pm Shoesmith Domain.

Donations welcome. More on www.openair.nz or www.facebook.com/openairNZ

18 October 2015 WARKWORTH HERITAGE WALKABOUT & RIVER CRUISE

Walk commences at 9.30am ($8 pp). Optional One hour Cruise at 11am ($15 pp) - combined special $20 pp Reservations necessary please call or text 0274 849 935/09 425 5006

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The theme for this year’s festival is “Flower Power”, so come along to listen to some great bands and performers on two stages and check out the dressed up shop windows as well as the Vintage Cars! From 9am there will be kids entertainment, stalls, stalls & more stalls!

8am Canoe Showdown 2015 Registration Friday from 5pm (online) Saturday from 8am Briefing 9.30am Races start 10am Distances: 20km Premier Race, 10km race, 5km cruise, 2km time trials (for everyone,

limited number of canoes available) More information: www.canoeshowdown.co.nz

From 9am Stalls & Performances Stalls and kids Entertainment along the main street and down at the Wharf (mainly food). Performances from Gymnasts, Rollerskates, BMX, Tai Chi (I-Site Carpark). The Auckland Guuggenmusig will be back again this year plus the Warkworth Wellsford Pipe Band. They perform randomly on the main street.

10am Dog Show Ross Lynch, Warkworth Vet Farm & Pet Clinic

Adults and Children categories - $2.50 per category Categories - Flower Power theme: Colourful Canine Pageant / Best decorated lead / Best ‘6’ legs (4 dog legs + 2 human legs) / Musical sits - music stops, last one out wins / Sausage on a plate race / Tennis ball, Cone and Hoop game / Best Biscuit Catcher All proceeds going to Julie Thompson’s animal rescue, Warkworth

12pm Giant Water Slide

RODNEY MARINE RAFT RACE

Opens at 12pm - Lucy Moore park

Organised by the Warkworth Scout Group Youth Group Challenge (8-16 years) – $300 first / $100 second prize sponsored by Rodney Marine Open Category – Prizes for first, last and best dressed Entry costs: $20 youth / $50 open category - Maximum 8 people on a raft.

Registrations and Inquiries contact sales@rodneymarine.co.nz

Music, Food & Wine at the Wharf All Day!!

Warkworth Boat Ramp, scrutineering 11.30am / races start 12.30pm

18 October 2015 WARKWORTH MUSIC CONCERT

Warkworth Music presents ‘Buddhist Rain’, 4pm Old Masonic Hall, Warkworth.

Tickets: $30 at the door (cash only). Further information on www.warkwothmusic. org.nz

22 October 2015 THE GREAT DEBATE

A great night out with lots of laughs! Come along and watch the teams (Media, Rotarians and Toastmasters) battle each other in these funny, lighthearted debates judged by MC Darryl Soljan. To be held at Ascension Wine Estate 6.30pm Tickets: $30 – Includes finger food and two debates. Tickets available at Hospice, Lee & Hart Pharmacy or phone 027 496 6550 email murray@mchapman.co.nz

23 – 25 October 2015 KAWAU BAY PAINTERS EXHIBITION

Old Masonic Hall, Warkworth, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 3pm Free entry

25 October 2015 VINTAGE MARKET, MATAKANA

At the Matakana Markets Carpark, 10am to 2pm – Free entry

Fun filled Vintage Market, live bands, classic cars, collection of the finest vintage/ rockabilly stalls in NZ. For updates check www.kowhaifestival.co.nz and www.facebook.com/Kowhaifestival

The Garden Bar is run by ‘Free Range Wine Company’ – offering local wines, beers and ciders as well as delicious food. Come along and see them at the bottom of Kapanui Street, just opposite the Wharf stage. Open till 6pm.

Wharf Stage:

Performances start from 9.15am with Lance & Lea from More FM Rodney, Singer/Songwriter Becky Moon, Double Trouble (Blues Rock) and The Drive Trio as well as other local performers until 6pm BRENDAN THOMAS AND THE VIBES AT THE BIG STAGE (Baxter Street)

The Kowhai Festival proudly presents the New Zealand X-Factor sensation band from the North Shore – Brendan Thomas and the Vibes!

Baxter Street (Big) Stage:

9.15 Barbershop 11.15 Overdrive – Classic Rock 12.45 Brendan Thomas & The Vibes Psychedelic Blues Rock / Alternative / Soul

WEAR A FESTIVAL T-SHIRT AND WIN $50 CASH INSTANTLY Festival T-Shirts designed by the winning student XY from Mahurangi College will be sold during the day for $25 each or $40 for two. Get them at the Wharf stage or the Festival HQ (Carpark behind Noel Leeming).

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‘Ruby’, one of the distinctive images being shown by guest artist Brianna Fromont at this year’s Kawau Bay Painters Exhibition.

Anime digital art on show The last Warkworth Raft Race was held in 2013.

Mahurangi raft race returns Calling all would-be boat builders – raft racing is returning to Warkworth for the Kowhai Festival and this year there are cash prizes to be won.

The Rodney Marine Raft Race will be run on Sunday October 18 with two categories for entrants – the traditional free-for-all, open to any business, group or family team; and a new community youth group challenge for 8 to 16 year olds.

The revamped race is being organised

by Warkworth Scout Group. Leader David Hay says he wants to get as many local young people building rafts as possible.

“The big focus this year is on getting more youth groups involved – scouts, guides, St Johns, sports clubs and teams, schools, you name it,” he says. “They have to make a raft made of no more than three different materials – for example, bamboo, plastic and rope – and put together a crew of up to eight people.”

The first raft to finish will win $300 for their group or team, with $100 for the runners-up. There will also be prizes awarded for first, last and best dressed rafts in the open section.

As ever, the overall emphasis will be on fun, ingenuity and safety, and possibly the odd bit of good-natured sabotage between competing teams.

Entry is $20 per raft for youth groups and $50 for the open race. Entry forms are available from new event sponsor Rodney Marine, email sales@ rodneymarine.co.nz. Owner Murray Rowe says he is keen to get involved in the raft race, which took a break from the Kowhai Festival in 2014.

“You’ve got to support the community – we can’t ask locals to support us if we don’t support them,” he says.

Info: Rodney Marine Raft Race, Sunday October 18, 11.30am, Warkworth Boat Ramp, entry forms sales@ rodneymarine.co.nz

KOWHAI ART & CRAFT ANNUAL EXHIBITION & SALE Old Masonic Hall Warkworth Admission Free Friday Oct 16th 12-4pm Saturday Oct 17th 9am-4pm All Welcome

Sponsored by Creative Communities & Resene Paints

An up and coming young digital artist heavily influenced by the Japanese anime style will be the guest artist at this year’s Kawau Bay Painters Exhibition at Warkworth’s Old Masonic Hall, in Baxter Street, on Labour Weekend.

Brianna Fromont creates distinctive contemporary stylised figure drawings and paintings using complex colours and motifs.

“I was always interested in the way anime styles used movement and sharp lines to represent shapes,” she says. “Though I wouldn’t exactly still describe my style as anime, it is always

something I will continue to take inspiration from.”

The exhibition is the second to be organised by the Kawau Bay Painters and will also feature a variety of paintings and ink drawings by group members Suzanne Williams, Colleen Kangwai, Lillian Fromont and Jenny Arnerich.

Their styles are diverse, from Chinese brush painting to detailed depictions of local landscapes, birds and flowers.

The exhibition runs from October 23 to 25, and is open from 10am to 3pm.

Entry is free.

Popular police youth leader to speak at church service Renowned youth worker and orator Nick Tuatasi will be the guest speaker at this year’s Kowhai Combined Church Service at Mahurangi College on Sunday October 18, starting at 10am.

Nick spent 25 years with the New Zealand Police doing groundbreaking work with at risk youth, and has a no-nonsense and often humorous approach to family life and its challenges.

Nick Tuatasi

Warkworth Music presents

BUDDHIST RAIN Jazz Group – key board, poetry, vocal

“Five New Zealand Poets”

Poems by 5 celebrated NZ poets, including Baxter’s High Country Weather and Tuwhare’s Rain.

SUNDAY 18th October at 4pm At Old Masonic Hall, Warkworth

Adults $30 • Students Free • Info. Ph 425 9281 or 425 7015

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Delights on display for young and old

Travelling Minions are set to arrive at Shoesmith Domain on October 16.

Minions take over giant outdoor screen Shoesmith Domain will be awash with everyone’s favourite little yellow helpers when Minions comes to the big outdoor screen on Friday October 16.

The popular family animation will be shown for free at this year’s Kowhai Festival Movie Night on the biggest outdoor screen in New Zealand.

There will be music, food and coffee available from 7pm, with the Minions movie starting at 8pm.

Families are welcome to bring their own picnics, and are encouraged to bring rugs or chairs to sit on and something warm to wear.

This is the seventh consecutive year that Kowhai Festival has organised an outdoor movie event, and the giant 18m wide and 11m high screen comes from Warkworth-based company Open-Air Cinema, which also runs Auckland Council’s Movies in Parks series.

Dunk a lifeguard to help Omaha Surf Lifesaving Club There’s the chance to soak a lifeguard or even yourself at the Omaha Beach Surf Lifesaving Club Registration Day stall at the festival’s Big Day Out on October 17. As well the ‘dollar-a-dunk’ tank, lifesavers will be selling lolly bags and raffle tickets, and signing up new recruits for the summer season. Harcourts will be firing up the barbecue and selling bacon and egg baps. All proceeds will go to Omaha Beach SLSC.

A tiny unicorn and a petite Pegasus will be two of the more unlikely sights at this year’s Warkworth & District Museum Open Day on Sunday October 11.

The fantastic equine figures are actually miniature ponies that will be given a mythical makeover for the event, which runs from 10am to 3pm.

The prettied-up ponies will be one of several attractions specifically aimed at children. Others include a hunt for Smurfs among the museum display cases, kauri gum polishing, a colouring competition and the chance to learn how to make Christmas decorations or a skipping rope.

Outside, there will be display of old farm machinery and engines specially fired up for the occasion, including a vintage hay baler, a shearing plant and a rope-making machine. There will also be a 1907 Allen hot bulb oil engine running, and an Anderson engine driving a water pump and another driving a post drill.

Museum volunteers will be on hand to guide visitors through the extensive displays of local life gone by, which include fascinating re-creations of shops and a school room, and some exquisite textiles.

In addition, the museum archives will be open, where records dating back to the 1800s and a substantial photo collection can be viewed.

Museum manager and curator Victoria Joule says lots of children’s activities are being planned.

“It’s to encourage kids and their families to come down to the museum so people get to know just what we’ve got down here.”

Entry is free.

Info: Warkworth & District Museum Open Day, 10am - 3pm, Sunday October 11.

Parry Kauri Park, Tudor Collins Road, Warkworth.

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Painting and pottery will be among many talents on display.

Amazing array of art and craft

Living heritage – the Jane Gifford taking a trip back in time.

Explore Warkworth’s heritage on foot and aboard A chance to explore the history of Warkworth both literally and figuratively is being offered on Sunday October 18 with a Heritage Walkabout and River Cruise.

The morning walk starts from Warkworth iSite at 9.30am and will be led by long-time Warkworth resident

and local historian Dave Parker, who will point out a variety of sites of historic interest.

Then, at 11am, it’s all aboard the restored scow Jane Gifford for an optional one-hour river cruise downstream, and the chance to learn about the history of the

Mahurangi River and its importance in the establishment and supply of Warkworth as a township.

The Walkabout costs $8 per person, the River Cruise $15, or you can book both for $20. Reservations are required.

Info: Dave Parker on 425 5006 or 027 484 9935.

An array of skills and talents, from silk painting to spinning, will be on display at the annual Kowhai Art & Craft Exhibition at Warkworth’s Old Masonic Hall as part of the Kowhai Festival.

The group, which recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, will be showing and selling its wares on Friday October 16, from 12 to 4pm, and on Saturday October 17 – the Festival’s Big Day Out – from 9am to 4pm.

Dozens of stalls will be set up with many working displays and even the chance for children to ‘have a go’.

Arts and crafts being exhibited include painting, pottery, printmaking, calligraphy, spinning and weaving, as well as more unusual skills such as book art and felting.

Entry is free.

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Warkworth Museum Open Day - 11 October 2015 10am – 3pm – Entry to the Museum is free all day, gold coin donation Programme of events include: • • • • •

Two miniature ponies to pet Children’s colouring competition, Kauri gum polishing.

Hunt for the Smurfs in the museum display cases.

Make a skipping rope from an old rope making machine.

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A number of machines will be running, include a vintage hay baler, working shearing plant and a 1907 Allen Hotbulb oil engine Engines from the veteran engine restorers club in Auckland will also be running Visit from a fire engine Limousine rides between 10.30 – 11.30am

The archives will also be open, where we hold records dating back to the 1800s along with an extensive photo collection

Open 7 Days, Monday to Sunday 10am – 4pm Parry Kauri Park, Tudor Collins Drive (Off Wilson Road, Warkworth) Ph: 09 425 7093 | Email: warkworthmuseum@xtra.co.nz | www.warkworthmuseum.co.nz

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Harry wants to hang up his hat and bell Bill Manhire, Hannah Griffin and Norman Meehan will perform with Colin Hemmingsen at Warkworth’s Old Masonic Hall.

Poetry in music from Buddhist Rain A compelling collaboration between a former poet laureate and one of the country’s finest jazz musicians forms the heart of Warkworth Music’s final 2015 concert at the town’s Old Masonic Hall, on Sunday October 18, at 4pm.

Buddhist Rain is a synergy of poetry, music and vocals performed by poet Bill Manhire, pianist and composer Norman Meehan, singer Hannah Griffin and Colin Hemmingsen on clarinet and saxophone.

Organisers describe their marriage of music and words as partly jazz-like, but also “a little like modern

chamber music, including improvisation, and a little like the music of some singer-songwriters, perhaps Randy Newman or Joni Mitchell”.

The Warkworth programme comprises a new suite of work with poems by celebrated New Zealand poets James K. Baxter, Eileen Duggan, David Mitchell and Hone Tuwhare, as well as group founder Bill Manhire.

Tickets are available at the door for $30, cash only, with free admission for students.

Info: warkworthmusic.org.nz

Honorary Town Crier Harry Sutcliffe is taking to the streets of Warkworth again to promote the 2015 Kowhai Festival, but he says this year will be his last.

“I’ve been trying to get rid of it all year,” says the 79-year-old, “I’ve got a crook back and find it difficult to walk now, so I wont be going far, but I’ve come out of retirement twice, once for Daffodil Day and now for the Kowhai Festival.”

Harry appears every lunchtime in Warkworth’s main street in the run-up to the festival, sporting his distinctive black and gold cape and hat, and ringing his bell. He says the person who takes over the role needs a loud voice and a thick skin.

“You’ve got to be an extrovert and not mind standing out in a silly costume and yelling your head off,” he says. “I’d like to see someone local who’s in town take it on, who could pop out on the balcony above Lee & Hart and shout every time there’s going to be something going on.”

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History

Judy Waters, Warkworth & District Museum www.wwmuseum.orconhosting.net.nz

Kowhai seedling bears fruit As the story goes, three Warkworth identities were having a conversation in Kowhai Park, when the question of the town having its own festival was raised. The men were Phil Wilson, Jim Ferguson and Jack Keys, and as the idea expanded in their minds they agreed that the most appropriate time to hold such a celebration would be when the kowhai was blooming along the riverbank.

The support and cooperation of many people was required to plan such an event and Warkworth was a very small town in 1970.

A combined committee comprising members from the Rotary Club of Warkworth, Warkworth Jaycee and The door to the museum manager’s new office reflects Warkworth’s close the Lions Club of Warkworth was association with the kowhai. formed to consider the project.

The souvenir programme produced for the first festival held in September 1970 is now a collector’s item. Mr Keys, the well-known historian, was well qualified to write a short history of the early settlement of the area and the booklet also featured a new phase of the town’s progress, namely the construction of the Earth Satellite station and the new cheese factory.

The programme itself covered 10 days of activities involving a number of clubs and organisations. All mail posted at the post office was stamped with the slogan ‘Come to Warkworth, the Kowhai Town’. It was hoped that the kowhai seedlings made available would mature and add more colour to future festivals.

The prospect that there would be more festivals and that it would become an annual event became more likely when a second successful festival was held in 1971. About this time there was a move to provide the town with a museum to showcase the history of the local area. This was an ambitious undertaking and took some time to complete.

Since the museum was established in Parry Kauri Park, events have been regularly scheduled to be included in the Kowhai Festival programme. This year, the museum will hold an Open Day on Sunday October 11. Sections of the museum, which are not usually open to the public, will be on view to give visitors an opportunity to see behind the scenes. The museum has an impressive textile department which is worthy of a visit. The archives will be open to answer any questions on local history. The amazing photograph collection is also kept in this area.

Visitors cannot fail to be moved by the World War 1 exhibition in the ASB room. Don’t miss the display of children’s clothing from earlier times or the new drawers which pull out to reveal fascinating treasures. Outside there will be all the fun of the fair with much to interest children and adults.

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Raising funds to give grieving parents one last cuddle A Warkworth woman, whose premature baby died a year ago, is raising funds to buy a Cuddle Cot, a cooling device that allows grieving parents to keep their ‘angel baby’ with them for longer.

Nakita Turner was rushed to North Shore Hospital when she went into labour six months into her pregnancy.

She gave birth to a son, Donovan, but he died shortly afterwards in the arms of big brother, Zane.

Nakita says she was only able to keep Donovan with her for a limited time, which made coming to terms with the sudden loss even more difficult.

She says a Cuddle Cot would have given her a couple of extra days with her son to help the bonding and grieving process.

“A Cuddle Cot is a cooling pad in a Moses basket or bassinet that helps give grieving parents one last cuddle,” she says.

“New Zealand has very few of these and North Shore didn’t have one for me to bring him home in.”

Nakita says Jason Morrison Funeral Services did all they could to help her spend as long as possible with Donovan, but a Cuddle Cot would have been a much better and easier option.

“I’d never heard of them before, but in November I read about a lady in Christchurch who was bringing in the first one to New Zealand, and I started looking into it.”

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Each Cuddle Cot costs around $5000 to import from the UK – where they are available in 90 per cent of hospitals – and Nakita has started selling Scentsy decorative ceramic home fragrance warmers to help raise money.

She is also hoping to fundraise at the Warkworth Mobil service station where she works and has started an online fundraising page at givealittle. co.nz/cause/lastcuddlewithdon/ “I understand that baby loss is a hard subject for a lot of people to talk about, but it happens a lot more than people realise – there were three other cases just when I was in – and it’s important to let families talk about it.

“And if I can’t prevent it happening – and there’s no way you can prevent it, unfortunately – then I just want to help people in some way, and get awareness out there.”

If you would like to help Nakita’s Cuddle Cot fund, you can visit her Scentsy page nakita.scentsy.co.nz, or the Give A Little site givealittle.co.nz/ cause/lastcuddlewithdon/

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Walking is undoubtedly the most cost-effective and beneficial exercise that we can do. But if you have faulty foot biomechanics (movement), it could be causing you undue pain, unnecessary wear and tear, and complex problems.

How would you know if it was? Typically, the clues are found with re-occurring problems, slow wear and tear over time, and problems that just don’t seem to get better, even with treatment.

Usually, assessment for these problems involves study of your walking patterns visually or by videoing your walking and watching that very slowly. This is incorporated with assessment of the foot and ankle function, and alignment, as well as muscle and joint examination. Further assessment would include x-ray, ultrasound and possibly MRI scans.

However, I have recently discovered a tool that proves to be outstanding for the analysis of your walking that no other method can match. With this device we can measure the pressure on every part of the foot as it touches the ground while you walk. With this information, we can then see how your feet measure up to each other and any deviations that there may be from optimal. This gives us insights into the workings of your feet that we can’t see through any other means. It helps to connect the dots with respect to the function of each of your feet and their impact on the rest of the body.

I refer to ‘each of your feet’ specifically as in many cases what the right foot is doing may well be very different to what the left is doing (much like if you ever see me try to dance!). But seriously, the discrepancy between how each foot moves as we walk can give us many clues as to problems that can be occurring further up the body. That is the beauty of this piece of technology, which shows the differences between each foot and how that may differ from optimal. Things we just cannot see with the naked eye.

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Weds 14 oct - 10.30am-12.30pm 10 wks free Come along for a cuppa and a chat with this friendly group.

Meet other mums and make friends. Facilitated by Maria Collins, at Women’s Centre.

Young Mum’s Educational Programme

Thurs 15 oct - 10am-12.30pm 10wks free For mothers up to 25 years. Get in touch with other young mums, learn positive parenting, self-care, skills & strategies for raising healthy and happy children and much more. Runs weekly. Facilitated by Maria Collins, Plunket Rooms, Wellsford

Computer Training: Basic Word

fri 16 oct to fri 4 Dec - 8 weeks, 9.15am to 11.15am free Increase your computer skills with this beginner level wordprocessing course. Tutored by Senior Net, Warkworth

Clay Sculpture Workshop

sat (TBC) Nov - 9.30am to 3.30pm Cost $35 After an introduction to material and sculpting, explore 3D space while creating an indoor or outdoor ornament. Sculptures will be fired so they can be painted at a later date. Facilitator: Vivienne Paterson, Warkworth.

Annette Carr is keen to spread the word that anyone in the Warkworth and Snells Beach area can use the home delivery meal service.

Delivered meals promoted A local meal delivery service, which was originally set-up by the Rodney Health Charitable Trust to cater to the elderly, is now being promoted to all residents in the Warkworth and Snells Beach area.

Coordinator Annette Carr says the service is ideal for anyone who is housebound, recovering from a spell in hospital, or who “just has a very busy lifestyle”.

She says demand fluctuates between 100 and 200 meals a week.

“People often buy their meals according to the size of their freezer,” Annette says.

“We have some clients who will buy several weeks supply in one delivery.

For others, it’s easier if we deliver on a more regular basis.”

Meals are ordered on Tuesdays and delivered on Wednesdays. They can also be collected from the Health Trust office in Warkworth, on Auckland Road, at pre-arranged times.

While the service was originally designed for the elderly, they are now available to anyone of any age.

Home Cater in Auckland prepares the frozen meals which range from mini meals to full dinners, curries and desserts, with vegetarian and glutenfree options. The most expensive meal costs $8.50 and delivery is free.

Proceeds from the service benefit Warkworth Wellsford Hospice and St John Ambulance.

Info: Brochures are available at chemists and medical centres, or phone Annette on 425 7477.

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sat 21 Nov - 9.30am to 3.30pm Cost $35 Learn basic skills in flax-weaving by making putiputi/flowers.

Make and hand-dye flax embellishments to add to your work.

Tutor: Kathy Stevenson, Kourawhero Hall. sat 31 oct - 9.30am to 3.30pm free For women 17 years and older. You will learn skills for selfprotection, increasing your confidence and self-awareness.

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sat 31 oct - 10am to 3.30pm free A one day workshop for women returning to work or changing career, including creating a career plan and a CV, job search, interviews, assistance with clothing and much more. Tutor: Fiona Brading, People Architects

Weekly Walking Group: ‘Walk & Talk’

Tuesdays - 10am start free Come and join our weekly Warkworth walking group. All women are welcome including babies and buggies. Meet at the Women’s Centre and come back for a cuppa.

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Christmas Donations: We will be collecting for our annual Christmas drive until mid-December. If you wish to support local families in hardship over this period, please drop off your gifts at our Centre.

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Hopeful message from The Prisoner

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Secret lives explored at Sawmill Have you ever wondered what your furniture might be thinking about you?

That’s one of the many offbeat questions explored by Auckland-based band, Ha the Unclear, in its debut studio album Bacterium, Look at Your Motor Go. The four-piece band is playing at Leigh Sawmill on October 2 as part of a national tour.

Singer/guitarist Michael Cathro says he is driven to write about material that goes beyond the well-worn themes explored by other songwriters.

“I write about things that interest me. I over-think a lot of things and I don’t stop myself from thinking about things in a strange way,” Michael says.

This takes the listener into a range of unique perspectives. The song, Secret Lives of Furniture, written from the perspective of a coffee table that has developed an obsession for its owner, is an example of this approach.

“I had writer’s block and, as a writing exercise, I started to wonder what my coffee table’s life was like.

If it could talk, what would it say? In the song, the table’s owner has died and it gets thrown away and it’s recounting its life from the tip.”

The band also explores more conventional themes, but

told with a twist. The song Growing Mould deals with the much-mined subject of a break-up, but written from the perspective of someone talking through an intercom at the door of his girlfriend’s apartment after finding the door’s security code has changed.

The lyrics are carried by the tight rhythm section of bass player Paul Cathro and drummer Ben Sargeant, with lead guitarist Theo Francis adding texture to the music. All this is served on a generous helping of back-up harmonies which often sounds like The Beach Boys at their most melancholic – summer’s over and it’s time to go home from surfing safari.

Michael describes their sound as “stories set to altpop ditties”.

The band will be joined by Auckland power-pop artist, Dictaphone Blues, who will play solo.

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Although it ends with a beheading, Chris Wyatt says his musical The Prisoner offers a message of hope.

The original production, written and directed by Chris, debuts at Centrestage Theatre in Orewa this month. It uses the story of John the Baptist to grapple with the question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”

Chris has been on stage in many acting and singing roles since he was five years old, including with Canterbury Opera, Showbiz Christchurch and Centrestage.

Writing and directing is something new for the Kingsway School biology teacher who wrote the script while recovering from “ferocious chemotherapy” treatment last year. He says that his brush with death, after he was diagnosed with cancer, gave him more empathy for others.

“I had to recover in isolation for around six months and I read a book by Gene Edwards based on the life of John the Baptist. That book, and a few others, inspired me to write the musical,” he says.

Chris formed the not-for-profit Crossbridge Theatre Company to stage the production.

The cast of around 30, aged 13 to 70 years, is mainly from the Hibiscus Coast and Rodney, and most are affiliated with a church – more than 20 churches are represented, and a wide range of denominations.

Around half have never been on stage before and Chris says their confidence and skills are growing with every rehearsal.

Chris is in remission thanks to the success of a bone marrow transplant that used his own stem cells.

The show is on from October 17–24 at Centrestage Theatre. Half of the proceeds of a special charity performance on October 20, as well as money collected on that night from donations and a raffle, go to Leukaemia & Blood Cancer NZ. Tickets from Centrestage Theatre, phone 426 7282, or iTicket.

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This is such a great time of the year with longer days and a hint of summer in the air. The upcoming Labour Weekend is a much-anticipated break, which marks the beginning of summer. I grew up before there was daylight saving and no matter the weather, there were certain tasks that had to be achieved over the three-day break. All winter clothes were washed and packed away until the following Easter and we changed into summer wear, along with a change to lightweight sheets and duvets. Dad was busy planting out his veges and Mum making the Christmas cake and pudding as she liked them to have plenty of time to mature. Our meals also changed from stews and soups to salads and grilled meats.

I still find myself treating this time as the countdown to the end of the year and always have good intentions of getting well organised for Christmas.

These don’t always come to fruition but over the years I have learned a few tricks. One of them is to find and perfect a couple of good recipes for items that will make great gifts. This is the time to acquire suitable tins or jars for presentation while there is plenty of choice. If, like me, your handwriting isn’t beautiful then use your computer to design and print a lovely copy of the recipe. Once all this is in place, it is not hard to put delightful gifts together in that hectic time of December. Jams, chutneys and the like will, of course, keep well and often improve, if made now. Truffles, chocolates, cheese straws and dainty biscuits are always very well-received.

One year, my then 10-year-old son made packets of rocky road for the extended family. This not only kept the costs within his budget but also had the added benefit of keeping him entertained and busy for a couple of days. The ingredients in the following recipe have been modified over the years and can be altered to suit your tastes, just keep the ratios about the same. It can be made a couple of days before needed, just store in a cool place.

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These books trace the lives of two very different women, living 130 years apart, both considered pioneers, who could never have foreseen what their lives as a ‘First lady’ would be like. Especially when one of them was born a man.

First Lady: from boyhood to womanhood By journalist Alison Mau This is the fascinating biography of Elizabeth Roberts.

Born Garry Roberts, she was the first New Zealander to undergo full sex-change surgery through the late 1960s and early 1970s. This is a deeply personal story of someone fighting for the right to be who they really are and all at a time when transgender issues are not as open or accepted as they are now and in a vastly more conservative society.

Elizabeth’s colourful life makes for a very entertaining read. With brutal honesty about relationships – good and bad, surgeries, imprisonment, fashion designing, celebrities and the determination to determinedly live an authentic life.

Sarah Mathew: explorer, journalist and Auckland’s ‘First Lady’

By Tessa Duder The story of 27-year-old London governess Sarah Mathew who set sail for Sydney in 1831, but by 1840 was in the Bay of Islands, with her husband Felton, the newlyappointed first Surveyor-General of New Zealand. On 18 September of that year she was the only woman ashore for the flag-raising ceremony and regatta celebrating the birth of Auckland (a watercolour of the event, by Elizabeth Hocken, is the cover illustration). Marking 175 years since this historic event, Tessa Duder brings to light a fascinating story of pioneering resilience – the surveying alone involving long journeys by foot as well as adjusting to harsh life in the colonies. Sarah’s meticulously detailed diaries and letters record a poignant love story, tragic early widowhood and an adventurous life.

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From left, Bayleys agent and auction organiser Duncan Napier, Ascension owner Alex Sipka, Springboard founder Gary Diprose, Springboard advisory board member and youth aid officer John Williams and event organiser Louisa Perkins.

Bids boost Springboard Snells Beach youth service Springboard is holding an auction, dinner and dance at Ascension Wine Estate on October 17.

Over 50 items will be auctioned, including dinner for 10 at The Stables Restaurant, a chef to cater at a private dinner party and a one-year membership to Omaha Golf Club.

Tickets are $60, which covers a buffet dinner and wine. Six-piece jazz-rock band Alchemy will perform, along with local singer LouLou. Springboard founder Gary Diprose says the money will be used to boost the mentoring programme and employ a family support worker for Mahurangi families in need.

“We have been moving into providing wrap-around services for vulnerable families to back-up our other youth programmes,” Gary says. “We’ve found our work is far more effective when we work with families to change the home environment.

“We’ve also had a lot of momentum building behind the mentors programme.

“We currently have 35 mentors who spend an afternoon a week to act as a positive role-model for at risk youth.

We hope to have 45 mentors by the end of the year.

“If it wasn’t for the community helping fund these projects, they would exist.”

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Families join dance The Living Way Christian School held a Princes and Paupers Dance at the Wellsford District Community Centre last month. The dance was organised with help from Christian Fellowship Wellsford. There was a big turnout of people of all ages and many entered into the theme with a dashing and dazzling array of costumes. The hall was decorated by senior students and local band, Conundrum, provided toetapping music for country, ballroom and modern dancing. The many volunteers involved in making the evening a success were thanked.

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About 50 people from Snells Beach Kindergarten picked up rubbish at Martins Bay this month as part of Keep New Zealand Beautiful week.

Head teacher Kerrie Weenink says the children spent half-an-hour gathering rubbish and by the end they had a huge bin full.

“They are motivated because they understand the

marine creatures can mistake it as food and get sick,” Kerrie says. “They feel really empowered that they can make a difference. Hopefully it will start a lifelong habit.”

Last year 81,000 volunteers cleaned up 942 tonne of rubbish along 40km of roads, highways and shorelines during the cleanup week.

YWCA chief executive Monica Briggs was the guest speaker at last month’s Warkworth Business and Professional Club meeting, held at Snells Beach.

Ms Briggs talked about the impact that lack of pay equity had on young women and a programme run by the YWCA called Future Leaders.

The programme is for girls aged between 10 and 13 years, from low decile schools. The four-year project gives the girls opportunities, experiences and skills that they would otherwise not have had and mentors help them develop positive relationships. YWCA research has uncovered a wide range of concerns that women have today such as not having enough money to manage their budgets. There were a number of reasons for the ‘Gender Pay Gap’ such as lack of flexibility in the workplace, a conscious or unconscious bias, policy and processes and legacy issues.

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Ball unmasks community’s generosity About 280 donned masks and vintagecarnival attire for the Matakana Grand Charity Trust Ball at The Stables Restaurant last month, raising about $15,000 for Homebuilders Family Support Service.

Trust founder Monique Jansen says it was resounding success.

“We’ve had such good feedback.

People have been raving. We are already planning next year’s ball to fundraise for Homebuilders while we’ve got the momentum.”

Homebuilders coordinator Quentin Jukes says he is thrilled with the result.

“The profits will support families through our service. Currently, we are contracted to support 154 clients but we have been working with over 300, so we have a big shortfall in funding.”

The foundation is supported by Laurie Wearmouth, The House Company, Intellium Technology, Barfoot and Thompson, The Stables Restaurant and Boldesign, and about 70 business sponsored the event. Photos: Cat Railey

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Warkworth engineer helps quake-ravaged Nepal Warkworth engineer Paul Jacquin is one of 15 Kiwi engineers in Nepal, helping the country recover after the earthquake killed more than 9000 people in April.

Paul has been using his expertise in mud-brick buildings and drawing on the experience of the Christchurch earthquakes to help the country rebuild. The contingent left for Nepal for two months on August 16.

Paul spoke with Mahurangi Matters journalist George Driver about his experience so far.

How is the recovery coming along?

Kathmandu city wasn’t so affected by the earthquake, but the rural areas to the north were severely impacted.

Kathmandu is built on a large old lakebed and the lakebed sediments appear to have reduced the impact of the quake. There is still damage to buildings in Kathmandu, but it could have been a lot worse if the earthquake was a slightly higher intensity, or struck closer to Kathmandu. However, in the rural areas, the earthquake was amplified. Many of the villages are in the mountains, and the peaks and the ridgelines are far more affected (imagine a shaking a jelly pyramid – the top wobbles around more than the base), so there is significantly more damage to buildings and loss of life.

The aid agency response has been great, and the main agencies are pulling out now. Most people have shelter and the water supply and roads are open. The

Paul Jacquin testing the strength of mud-mortar on the roof of a 100-year-old palace in Kathmandu.

monsoon season finished last month, which has delayed the rebuild. The country is hoping tourists will return in this post-monsoon season.

What work are you doing in Nepal?

We are taking the lessons we learned from the Christchurch earthquakes and teaching local engineers. In New Zealand, we have developed the best expertise in un-reinforced masonry buildings (normal brick buildings) which were built in NZ between

about 1890 and 1940. Nepal has many buildings like this, so it is incredibly relevant here. We are also sharing our expertise on reinforced concrete buildings, and strengthening and repair methods.

We are assessing large government buildings to determine how they might withstand a future earthquake.

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I am also giving lectures to train about 160 Nepali engineers.

Why were you chosen for this project?

The NZ engineering community is relatively small and a former colleague suggested my name to the team leader of this project. My background is in mud brick buildings – I did a PhD on that topic, and I’ve published books and academic papers on the subject.

As a result, I’ve been asked to provide assistance in a number of situations For example, I was a member of a team that visited Bhutan after an earthquake in 2010. Some of my PhD research was also carried out in northern India, and I’ve visited Nepal before, so I know the region pretty well.

How long have you been based in Warkworth?

I’ve been based in Warkworth for just over a year now. Before that I worked as an engineer in the UK. The beauty of engineering projects is that I can work all over the country, or the world, and still be based in Warkworth. It’s a lovely place, and although I’m an expert in mud bricks and have expertise in earthquakes, I really enjoy working as a ‘normal’ civil engineer, designing people’s houses, retaining walls and solving problems. I don’t really want to chase earthquakes around the world!

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Leigh congregation celebrates church centenary One hundred years of worship will be celebrated at the St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in Leigh this month.

A highlight of the weekend programme will be the launch of a book and DVD recounting the church’s history, Rough Tracks to Worship, written by Leigh resident Neil Sutherland.

The church committee has organised a collection of memorabilia, which will be on display in the church hall on Saturday October 17, from 10am4pm. Later in the day there will be a kapa haka performance by students from Leigh School, starting at 3.30pm.

On Saturday evening, starting at 6.30pm, speakers will talk about the history of the church, and Mr Sutherland’s book will be officially launched.

A special service will be held on Sunday, October 18, starting at 11am, lead by the Anglican Bishop of Auckland Jim White.

The organising committee is inviting anyone with an association with the church or the village at attend the events.

Mr Sutherland says his book celebrates not only the history of the church, but “perhaps more importantly”, 100 years of Christianity in Leigh, which was first known as ‘Little Omaha’.

The church is owned by the Anglican Church, but operates under the interdenominational Fourth Sunday Trust, which includes the Presbyterian and Methodist congregations.

The church centennial organising committee and Neil Sutherland with a copy of his book Rough Tracks to Worship.

While the missionary Henry Williams is understood to have camped at Leigh on more than one occasion during the early 1800s, it was the Clarke and Wyatt settlers who are credited with bringing Christianity to Leigh.

Members of both families arrived in 1863. Charles Clarke, who settled on land opposite where the Leigh Sawmill Café is today, came from a well-to-do English family and had strong views on what constituted a good community – starting with a school, a library and a church.

Leigh was an isolated outpost and early services were held in private homes.

The preachers who served the church over the years had many obstacles to overcome, not the least of which was just getting to Leigh either by sea or over rough bush tracks.

Mr Sutherland says the appointment of Ranald Macdonald as vicar in the early 1900s was fortuitous. His aunt, Mrs Henry, was a ‘woman of means’ and through her benefaction, the present wooden structure was built for £218. A further £50 paid for 13 pews, a lectern, table, the bell, the hanging of the bell and small items.

Mrs Henry also funded the construction of St Leonard’s Anglican

Church in Matakana, which celebrated its first century last year.

Interwoven into the story of the church is the history of the village and some of the regular events on its calendar including the mullet boat races and the infamous disappearance of the church bell.

Services are still held in the church every Sunday.

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Briefs Mahurangi brews bring home gold Three Mahurangi breweries picked up 24 medals at the Brewers Guild of NZ International Beer Awards last month. Warkworth-based brewery 8 Wired won 12 medals, including gold in the US Ale and Strong Pale Ale categories. Sawmill Brewing Company won nine medals, including gold in the Flavoured and Aged category for their chocolate stout. Forbidden Brewing Co, which has recently relocated from the North Shore to the Cider Shed near Warkworth, picked up three medals, including best cider.

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Godwits start arriving in the Mahurangi area from early September and depart in early March, heading for the Yellow Sea in China before reaching Alaska.

Long distance travellers arrive from Alaska Godwits are arriving in Mahurangi after a non-stop 12,000km migration from Alaska.

About 700 birds make the Omaha sandspit their home for the summer before returning to Alaska in March, with a further 150 birds at Snells Beach.

Snells Beach resident Michele Mackenzie has been photographing shorebirds at Snells for about five years.

She is applying for funding to put information boards along the waterfront so people can learn about the variety of birds that visit the beach.

“There are 25 native or endemic shorebird species that frequent Snells and 20 of them are in big trouble, on the decline or endangered. I want people to realise what a treasure we have here.

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death’s door when they arrive here. They’ve lost over half their bodyweight. They need to be able to rest and feed, and put on enough body fat to start migrating north.”

Omaha Shorebird Protection Trust trustee David Stone says there are about 180 birds at the Omaha sandspit at the moment, but that number will swell as more arrive.

“There are more squadrons coming in all the time.”

It is estimated that around 90,000 godwits migrate to New Zealand – more than half of the global population of 150,000. The flight from Alaska takes about nine days, at an average speed of 56kph, and is the longest recorded migration of any bird. Their body-weight nearly halves over the journey, as the birds draw on stored fat to fuel their flight.

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A spokesperson says the closest affected runs are Albany RD2 and RD3. “There are no plans to reduce deliveries to five days in other rural areas at present and any future decisions will be based on the rate of mail volume decline,” she says. After next month, about six per cent of customers will move to a Monday to Friday service.

International earthquake drill An international earthquake drill this month, to get people up to scratch with earthquake safety advice.

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Renowned Mahurangi artist Barry Lett and emerging Snells Beach artist Richard Duhs are holding a pop-up exhibition in Warkworth this month.

The exhibition will be held at 3 Alnwick Street, beside the Mahurangi Matters office, from October 1 to 8, from 10am to 6pm. Mr Lett says the work will be a mixture of new pencil drawings, acrylic paintings and sculptures. The exhibition is being opportunistically held while the building is transitioning between tenants.

“Usually an exhibition is a six month proposition. This one has happened almost overnight, so it’s very exciting” Mr Lett says. “Because we are managing it ourselves we have complete freedom on what we display

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and how we display it. It’s a great chance to invite the community to see what mischief we’ve been up to.”

Richard says he hopes the event will encourage other artists to find ways to show their work in Warkworth.

Matakana Gala donations sorted Matakana School Gala organisers are asking locals to have a massive spring clean ahead of the school’s annual Labour Weekend fundraiser.

Gala management team member Amanda Stewart says they are trying to be more efficient this year by asking donors to pre-sort items into labelled bags.

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Certain items can’t be sold so to save the hefty $2000 the school has to spend on skips every year, organisers are asking people not to donate beds, sofas, TVs, computers, printers, faxes or magazines.

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Flexibility of choice Our access to information via the internet means we have a knowledgebased society, where you can find out anything instantly. With such direct access, people are no longer dependent upon, or bound to, social or cultural institutions. As in society, so in sport. Recent data highlights that individual sports, such as running and cycling are showing growth, while a number of team sports are declining. Furthermore, membership of sports clubs is also declining, particularly amongst adults. Alongside these, technological advances have produced a significant growth in the use of personalised technology in sport and physical activity. Tracking devices, health monitors and fitness trackers to monitor activity and food intake mean that an individual can obtain detailed information about their fitness levels, performance and health status.

This trend presents a number of implications for the sports sector.

Firstly, participants are no longer so dependent on the larger clubs, or sport structure for information or guidance. Technological innovations provide detailed personalised information about user’s activity, some analysis and are increasingly offered performance tips and coaching online. If you, as an individual, can gain detailed information about your fitness weaknesses, and how to improve them, you can obtain fitness or exercise programme designed specifically for you. A tailored programme, built around your needs, will be much more attractive than attending another standard training session aimed at a number of regular participants in your club. How are we in our sport organisations using this to add value to our members?

Secondly, and more crucially, individuals are no longer so dependent on traditional structures for activities. Increasingly, non-sports organisations and/or private providers are enabling or facilitating individuals to take part in sporting activities without commitment to an organisation or a regular schedule through events such as fun runs and charity events. ‘Pay and Play’ models enable oneoff or unscheduled small-sided games – moving away from the traditional membership model or the weekly Saturday morning commitment normally required for teams.

This flexibility of choice is increasingly attractive to individuals. In a progressively pressured world, where most of us struggle to maintain a balance between work, social and family commitments, the trend is for accessing sport and physical activity alone or in small groups, at times convenient to them. Flexibility of provision is therefore key in attracting and retaining participants for our clubs of the future.

The challenge for the sports sector, and in particular those organisations in the traditional model of delivery, is how to respond to these changes. Looking at the sector as a whole, this is more of an issue for team sports, or for those dependent on membership subscriptions for revenue. Adaptation to offer varying opportunities to participate are critical. How can your clubs or sport offer pay for play or one off opportunities? Even more important is how you communicate these programmes to the masses.

a Roundup Tennis open day of spoRTs acTiviTies in THe disTRicT Mahurangi East Tennis Club is holding two open days this month: juniors October 10, 9am11am; adults October 11, 1pm-3pm. Info: aron.prosch@nff.org.nz or felipe@nff.org.nz Futsal 5-a-side soccer, Warkworth Bowling Green. Muster on October 13. Games on Tuesdays from October 20: info: reg.sportingpulse.com/v6/regoform.cgi?formID=53291 Touch rugby The Mahurangi Bridgehouse Touch Module at Warkworth Showgrounds starts on October 15. Info: Junior entry forms available from Fleur Hurley fleurhurley@hotmail.com, senior forms from Bernie Kose bkdesign@paradise.net.nz.

Waipu touch module, every Thursday at the Waipu Rugby Squash Club, Caledonian Park, from October 15. Juniors, $10, 5pm-6pm; seniors, $20, 6pm-8pm, masters, $20, 6pm8pm. Info: Lisa Jones dylan.lisajones@hotmail.com or 021 163 0237 or Waipu Rugby Squash Club Facebook page Summer hockey Seven-a-side mixed at the Warkworth turf, Thursday nights starting October 29. 30 minute games, 1/2 field. There must be at least two girls on field at all times. 12-years and over. Fees to be confirmed. Registrations close October 15.

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Warkworth Hockey Turf became the first sportsfield in the country to be lit with LED lights when it opened in March.

Showgrounds lights delayed Three teams from Matakana won ROSA grade championships this year.

Successful season for Rodney soccer league The Rodney Otamatea Soccer Association (ROSA) tied up a successful 2015 season recently at its headquarters in Port Albert.

Around 500 members and players, aged from four to 40-something, took part in the league this year, which features teams from Kaipara, Mangawhai, Matakana and Wellsford playing in six youth grades, plus an open adult social grade.

Matakana Soccer had a particularly successful season, dominating the league by winning three out of the six junior championships, at 10th Grade, 12th Grade and 14th Grade.

The club’s run of success featured some impressive statistics, including

Searle, who said he was proud to be part of “a wonderful organisation, that makes it happen for the sport in this area”. Martin and the rest of the ROSA committee are currently looking for people who may be interested in becoming a referee, with a training course planned soon.

The organisation is also planning to develop the game into other areas next year.

The ROSA annual meeting will be held on Wednesday October 21, at 7pm, at the Port Albert grounds, and is open to anyone interested in supporting the organisation.

nine consecutive wins and no losses by the 12th grade Matakana Madmen, while the 10th Graders managed to score 90 goals over the season, conceding just 14.

Teams from Mangawhai took out the title in both the 6th and 17th Grades, and also won the Open Grade.

Meanwhile, Wellsford dominated the 8th Grade, claiming the top three positions, with Wellsford Giants taking out the trophy and the Tuataras and Wildcats United in second and third places.

ROSA has seen a few changes at committee level this year, including the election of a new president part way through the season, Martin

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New lighting at Warkworth Showgrounds won’t be installed until April next year after Auckland Council decided to invest in LED lighting for the sports fields.

North sports park manager Martin van Jaarsveld says the lighting was scheduled to be completed by December, but investigations into LED lighting has delayed the process.

Construction is expected to start next February/March and be completed by early April.

“LED lighting has the advantage of being cheaper to run and maintain,” Mr van Jaarsveld says. “A range of LED products are being investigated to ensure the chosen product is of a high standard and value for money.”

Warkworth Netball Club had planned to start a twilight netball competition this summer, but is now reviewing its options.

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Jason Bae - Young Steinway Artist, Mahurangi College, 7pm.

Tickets at the door. Students are free. Info warkworthmusic.org.nz 1-8 Barry Lett and Richard Duhs exhibition, 1 Alnwick Street, 10am-6pm (see story p44) 2 Auckland band Ha the Unclear at Leigh Sawmill, 9.30pm, $15 (see story p35) 3 Plant and seed swap at Lothlorien Orchard, 1227 Ahuroa rd, 10am. All welcome 3 Free blood pressure checks, outside New World Warkworth, from 10am-2pm 3 Waipu Country Market, Presbyterian Church Hall, 9am-1pm.

Info: Sue Martin toriamartin@hotmail.com 4 TOSSI workday, Tawharanui, 9am. Meet at the Woolshed.

Barbeque lunch provided 5 Under 12 Disco Super Hero Theme, Leigh School Fundraiser at Leigh Sawmill, 5pm to 8pm Info: 09 422 6031 office@leigh.school.nz 7 Warkworth Liaison Group meeting, Warkworth RSA basement, 7pm. Info: Steve Haycock shcl@vodafone.co.nz 7 Trolley derby workshop, The Kauri Museum, Matakohe, 10am3pm, $5. One day workshop ahead of Settles Day Trolley Derby on November 28. Info: kaurimuseum.com/events 10 Leprosy Mission garage sale, Wellsford Methodist Presbyterian Co-operating Church, 253 Rodney Street, Wellsford, 8-10am.

All proceeds to Anandaban Hospital, Nepal 11 Good Life Tour, Matakana district, 9am-2pm. Info: Kaipatiki.org. nz/ecofest 11 Warkworth Museum open day, 10am-3pm. Free (see story p28) 14 Snells Beach Garden Circle, Betty Paxton room, 1.30pm.

Competition entries. Visitors and new members welcome. Info: Barbara 4255371 15 Mid North Forest and Bird winter talk, Totara Park Village Hall, Melwood Drive, Warkworth, at 7.30pm 16 Outdoor cinema screening, Minions, 7pm, movie at 8pm (see story p28) 16&17 Kowhai Art & Craft exhibition, Warkworth, Old Masonic Hall 12-4pm (see story p29) 17 Kowhai Festival Huge Day Out, Warkworth Town Centre, 9am onwards 17 Wellsford School Ag Day and Gala, Wellsford School, 9am 17-24 The Prisoner musical, Centrestage Theatre, Orewa. Info: 09 426 7282, or iTicket (see story p35) 18 Walk/Cruise, join a Warkworth Township Heritage Walk departing at 9.30am from i-Site (Optional)$8, then join a one hour Historic Cruise aboard the Jane Gifford at 11am, $15.

Combined total cost $20pp Reservations to 425 5006 or 027 484 9935 (see story p29) 18 Buddhist Rain - Five New Zealand Poets, Old Masonic Hall, Warkworth, 4pm. Tickets at the door. Students Free.

Info: warkworthmusic.org.nz 19 NZ Fairy Tern Trust agm, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Fagan Place, Mangawhai Heads, at 2pm. Guest speaker, Bird expert and NZ fairy tern researcher Dr Ian Southey. All welcome.

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Poi and pukana at Kaipara Festival

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Warkworth School performing at Kaipara Festival.

About 400 students performed at the 24th annual Kaipara Festival held at Rodney College on September 19.

Fourteen schools from Rodney and the Hibiscus Coast participated in the noncompetitive event, which celebrates Maori culture and kapa haka.

Rodney College Maori support teacher and event organiser Michelle Nahi says the festival attracted about about 800 spectators.

Preschoolers from Kohungahunga o Whangaparaoa started the day.

“They just set the scene. They were gorgeous and the costumes were incredible,” Michelle said.

Wellsford School had two entries with 100 performers.

Planning is now starting for the 25th event next year, which will be held in Helensville, where the inaugural festival was held in 1992.

Michelle is hoping every school in the district will enter next year’s event, which would mean more than 40 schools would participate.

“We are envisioning that it will be more than just a one-day event.”

Michelle has been involved with the festival since started.

“It’s an inclusive events and although its grown, the spirit has remained alive and strong.

“We now have multi-generational performers, with parents and grandparents watching their children perform. That’s quite a highlight.”

The waita typically honour ancestors, historical events and landmarks in area.

“You always pay homage to your mountain, your river, your sea, your marae and the main ancestor from that marae.”

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