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Matakana chief fire officer Barry Clarke is in favour of a possible move to join the NZ Fire Service.

Local folk

Meet this month’s local folk – marine champion Tony Enderby

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Frame work Our building feature takes a look at new trends in the industry

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Sport Local primary and secondary school netballers in winning form

Matakana fire service status reviewed Matakana Rural Fire Station may become part of the NZ Fire Service after a process of due diligence is completed.

Auckland Council’s principal rural fire rather than remaining under the the Fire Service includes some paid officer Bryan Cartelle says a 2011 survey Council-administered Forest and firefighters, Matakana and other local services are manned entirely by trained indicated increased development Rural Fires Act. and localised communities around The NZ Fire Service is funded by a volunteers. the station makes the brigade quite levy paid by insurance policy holders, Mr Cartelle says even if the brigade urban-focused and more appropriately while rural fire stations are funded joins the Fire Service it will remain governed under the Fire Service Act, largely through rates. Although continued page 2

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as all parties are working to the same end of community protection.

A change would make little difference to the public who should still call 111 for an emergency and phone the Council for fire permits.

Mr Cartelle says Council is also working to amalgamate Auckland’s four fire authorities, Auckland Council, Waitakere Rural Fire District, Woodhill-Riverhead Fire District and the Department of Conservation, under one governance and align their fire season status, to ensure a consistent message to the public that will be easier to understand.

He says a wet summer has meant the rural service has faced fewer vegetation fires this season, but an increase in other types of incidents like road crashes. A period of rain could also lead to public complacency about fire dangers and education and prevention remain an ongoing focus, he says.

Service needs varied skills Leigh Fire Brigade is seeking a number of new recruits to top up the brigade but not only burly men may apply.

Volunteer support officer Ted Fuller 17 volunteers and only one woman, says as the primary role of the service although in the past it has had up is changing, a broader range of to five. The Fire Service is interested volunteers is needed. in women who have nursing or Firefighters are less likely to be rushing other medical training, even if they into burning buildings and more don’t want to become a firefighter, likely to be doing co-response work, particularly if they’re available to attending medical emergencies before attend medical callouts during the day. the ambulance can get there, making Recruits that do want to undergo firepeople with nursing skills or other fighter training will also be welcomed. medical training, particularly valuable, Ted says that although they can he says. join from as young as 16 with Because Leigh is more than 20km parental consent, those 18 plus who from an ambulance base, the brigade are settled in an area are preferred gets called to quite a lot of medicals, and some recent immigrants have but also covers a broad range of events found it a good way to become part of including car crashes, fires, petrol the community. spillages, animal rescues and urban There are no physical restrictions on search and rescue. applicants, who get all the necessary At its peak a few years ago, the station training, gaining NZQA qualifications got 110 calls in a year, but this year on the way. However, volunteers must it’s averaged more like one a week be within about a four-minute legal although recently there were five in a drive time to get to the fire station single week. so appliances can respond promptly The brigade currently includes about to callouts.

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While the Fire Service would assess the level of equipment it required, Mr Cartelle says that with two pumps plus an emergency response unit, it is already a well-equipped station that’s well supported by the community.

Matakana’s chief fire officer, Barry Clarke views the potential change as a positive and logical one. A former professional firefighter, he sees advantages for members in the move, which he says will enhance their structural training in keeping with the demands of their area.

He said the brigade currently has about 19 members, including a couple of women, but is always looking for new people to replace those that move on.

There is no set timeline for the potential transition, which Mr Cartelle says is always a “very amicable process”

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Rodney students debut in Pakiri short film Excitement is brewing for four drama students from Rodney College who were cast as extras in the NZ short film Horse, which was shot in Pakiri earlier this year.

The students, Auberon Bevan, Mitch McRae, Xzavier Peterson and Coen Dunne, all 15 years old, are eagerly awaiting the film’s release date.

Rodney College drama teacher Helen Hopkins says the auditions were organised by John Bluck, father of the film’s director Jess Bluck.

“He contacted the school and wanted to know if we had any students suitable for parts as extras,” she says.

“The boys had a great time on set and describe the experience as inspiring and one they will never forget.”

Jess, who currently lives in Paris, says she chose to shoot the film in Pakiri because she is familiar with the landscape.

“My parents have owned a house there for 10 years and have lived there for the past four years,” she says. “It is a Horse is inspired by an incident that took place in 1869 near Lake Waikaremoana beautiful location which suited the during the conflict between the followers of Te Kooti Arikirangi Turuki and film perfectly. It was awesome to have government militia. More photos at www.localmatters.co.nz the extra support from my parents while filming.”

Jess says the film focuses on a young life caught up in the violence and conflict of an incident near Lake Waikaremoana in 1869, and reflects the wider struggle of settlers seeking a home in an alien landscape.

“The film is in post production and is being edited in Los Angeles.

I am hoping it will do well in the international short film festival circuit and will win a release to the cinemas. Either way, a screening will be held locally.”

Jess has directed a number of national From left, Rodney College drama students, Auberon Bevan, Mitch McRae, and international commercials, but Coen Dunne and Xzavier Peterson on the set of Horse which was shot in Horse marks her debut as a film director. Pakiri earlier this year.

Inquiry listens to Mangawhai Members of the Auditor-General’s Mangawhai EcoCare inquiry team will be in Mangawhai to meet with residents from July 12 to 14. The Auditor-General is currently conducting an inquiry into Kaipara District Council’s management of the Mangawhai community wastewater scheme. The team will hold private meetings with residents who want to share their experiences of EcoCare. The interviews are confidential and information provided will feed into the inquiry report by the Auditor-General. Meeting times of 15 or 30 minutes are available and written submissions will be accepted.

Appointments are required and can be arranged by contacting Jude Hutton at kaipara@oag.govt.nz or phone 04 917 1600 (please leave a message). The inquiry’s terms of reference are attached to this story online at www.localmatters.co.nz.

Briefs Carpark re-opening delayed Repairs to the Baxter Street car park in Warkworth are about a month behind schedule. An Auckland Transport spokesperson says the carpark was meant to re-open last month but the work had encountered “unexpected delays”. Some of the work can only be done in dry weather and when nearby businesses are closed, because of concerns about odours. “Depending on the weather, we hope to have the work finished within a month,” he said.

The repairs are addressing numerous structural issues at a cost of $465,000.

Summit defines agenda The development of an action plan on nine themes will be the focus of the second whole-of-Northland economic summit to be held in Whangarei on July 10. Northland MP Mike Sabin says 220 people attended the first summit, representing stakeholders from 14 sectors across Northland’s economic spectrum. “We analysed data from the first summit and found that most of the factors identified fell into nine clear themes,” he says. “Infrastructure and matters related to Council were at the top of the list, followed closely by a group of intangible factors such as the perception of Northland, and a lack of collaboration and leadership.”

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples will attend this month’s gathering. Info: Phone 09 407 7219 or northlandelectorate@parliament.govt.nz

Art combination with fizz Art and chemistry combine in a unique exhibition at Art Matakana this month, with proceeds going to Warkworth Wellsford Hospice. The hospice is selling a body of work donated by Roy Snowball, a Snells Beach artist with a background in chemical engineering and concrete placement. Roy created his artworks using stain chemicals and oxidisers.

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OFF THE RECORD Aliens please fess up

FEEDBACK Puhoi ignored I found your 13 June Mahurangi Matters edition, shall we say “instructive”.

This edition lists, on Page 14, Council’s Park’s projects update which includes Snells Beach seawall, Omaha seawall, Whangateau seawall and Wellsford’s Centennial Park. On Page 5 a new Library for Wellsford is announced and on Page 10 Steve Garner’s column focuses exclusively on Warkworth roading. No sign here of any southern projects including long planned works around the Puhoi River in time for the 150th celebrations in 12 months time, no movement on the village road safety and traffic management plans, and no plans for further improvements of the Puhoi Settlers Park. Projects in the pipeline at amalgamation time have been shuffled to the bottom of the pile, if not “canned”.

This Warkworth and northern emphasis is hardly surprising for, as readers will know, the Rodney Local Board Warkworth sub-division of the Auckland Council represents only Warkworth (three Warkworth resident board members) and other northern interests. Cr Webster, since the election, has not been sighted down south and lives at Snells Beach. Cr Turner tries valiantly to give township’s such as Puhoi a voice. Her efforts sadly fall well short of what ratepayers in this area pay for and are entitled to. Is it any wonder that we who are in the south end of the Warkworth Board area are unimpressed by the Auckland Council exercise.

Letters can be sent to editor@localmatters.co.nz or PO Box 701, Warkworth

But then we never wanted to be part of it and our fears of irrelevance and disenfranchisement from truly “local” community affairs are proving to be well-founded. At a mid point now in the election cycle, there is still time to restore some balance.

Larry Mitchell, Puhoi

Cr June Turner responded: I agree with Larry Mitchell how there have been huge changes since Rodney’s transition to Auckland Council. One thing that is important to note is that legacy projects that were in Rodney’s Long Term Plan for this financial year have mostly been completed.

The works mentioned in the North were part of that legacy. During Rodney District Council, Puhoi did very well gaining an extensive river park, renewed playground, new toilets and so on. This financial year, Puhoi has received $109,000 worth of seal, part thereof outside L. Mitchell’s house (the only other seal in the Warkworth subdivision being part of Takatu Rd); $73,000 intersection improvement on Rauner Rd; $13,000 to shape-correction a bend, a barrier fence and road markings across the road from the store for safety; $5000 of tree trimming; and $272,000 on maintenance work. This is a lot more work than many other villages have received. Yes, the $670,000 safety works programmed for the village has been pushed out from 2017 to 2020 and $669,000 to 2021 by Auckland

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Council. Trains seem to be top of the list. There are still greater safety measures needed for Puhoi such as walking bridges adjacent to the two road bridges in the village connecting the reserve. This would mean children and adults could walk through Puhoi without any fear of trucks or vehicles in their path. To me this is essential for Puhoi as are more safety needs to do with logging operations. Rodney is indeed worthy of more attention from Auckland Council.

Accident claim questioned We write in response to your article concerning the Worker Rd/ State Highway One intersection in Wellsford (MM Jun 13) and the statement by an Auckland Transport spokesperson that ‘there have been nine accidents within the general vicinity of the site since 2002’.

To our knowledge, not one of these accidents has involved the intersection between Worker Rd and the main highway. There has been a fatality at the Matheson Road intersection, at the opposite end of the township from Worker Road, where sadly an elderly pedestrian was killed. We are trying to figure out the logic which concludes that altering an intersection, which has never been involved in an accident, would solve accidents in the “general vicinity”!

Raewynne Borrows and Tricia Cox, Wellsford This letter was forwarded to Auckland Transport for comment, but none was forthcoming.

A Mahurangi resident recently put his hand up to join the Auckland Council People’s Panel, and to this end was asked to fill in a questionnaire so Council could ‘understand the range and diversity of the panel members’.

He was a little perplexed when presented with the drop down menu for gender, which had four options – male, female, other or ‘I’d prefer not to say’. He’s still scratching his head wondering what he had to be in order to select the third option!

Men’s priorities When asking our Facebook readers for ideas on the essential elements of a ‘man cave’ the response was clear – a beer fridge was the most important item. Two suggestions we liked were: ‘a big TV screen that could be seen from the loo’ and ‘locks on both sides of the door’.

Lost in translation Board member Brenda Steele likes to call a spade a spade and often asks Council officers to drop the jargon and “speak in plain English”. However, she had a few of her colleagues baffled when she described the Helensville Hall basement as “wet as a shag”.

Back to drawing board A recent media release extolling the opportunities of the ‘golden age of web design’ and the future of online business all sounded very convincing. Shame none of their links were working though.

In disguise Warkworth’s much maligned parking sign, which has been the victim of repeated motoring mishaps, is hoping this disguise will change its luck.

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FEEDBACK continued Watercare confusion

Seawall should stay

After phone calls to and from Watercare over two days plus a quantity of awful canned musak, trying to get answers about wastewater, I must say there is an awful pong and not from the sewage. I am informed by four different people that:

This morning I drove to the launching ramp at Whangateau Domain and marvelled at the secure, solid look of the spawl wall holding the playing fields secure from the tide. Older residents have seen what happened in 1977 when the 12x2 bolted walls at Omaha tore to bits and ended halfway up the playing fields, with the erosion tearing away the turf.

I worked at Omaha in 1969 and saw Drydens doze the sand on the causeway up on every tide and the tide taking it away every day. The answer?

Big spawls which are still there today.

Everyone knows what happened at Orewa when the wall was removed. It now costs somewhere around $20,000 a year to move the sand back.

I can see the same happening at Whangateau. Even though there are walls at the tip of Omaha spit, designed by my brother, the sea has enormous power and will bring back the problems the Domain had for 50 years before the stone wall.

We must remember it is not ‘if ’ but ‘when’ the tsunami hits and we must be prepared and not shift these stones.

Our mokopuna will not thank us for this senseless move that may endanger their homes and lives.

Terry Riley, Whangateau

yy Treated effluent from Matakana will not go to the golf course. It will all go to the grassed area below the treatment plant. But ‘no’, it will all go to the golf course and not to the grassed area. How they can tell which effluent is which I couldn’t establish. yy There are no consents for the increased discharge because they don’t need them but ‘yes’, they do have the consents. These were not notified because they could not proceed without them. (So much for the RMA!) Who pays? Matakana doesn’t pay because their new pipes, pumping equipment, extensive earthworks and decommissioning of the old plant are an upgrade. Point Wells residents pay $15,000 per property because they are (only) getting new pipes and pumping equipment. Confused?

I certainly am.

Interesting that connection for Matakana is compulsory but voluntary for Point Wells where problems with sewage leaking into the harbour are well-known and for whom the plant was designed. Omaha Beach residents have already paid as the plant was built for them and Point Wells, and they must pay again for the upgrade to the plant to accommodate Matakana for which it was never intended.

So Matakana folk happily flush their sewage out of sight and out of mind to the convenient Whangateau Harbour toilet while Omaha Beach, Point Wells and the Harbour environment pay. Great scheme.

Elizabeth Foster, Whangateau

Costly bridge Further to Aaron Kemp’s comment on the Mangawhai footbridge on the Kaiwaka Road (MM Jun 13), an expert in footbridge construction commented to me on viewing the bridge that it would have been a third of the cost if it had been constructed in timber (laminated beams and wooden handrails) rather than steel and concrete, and somewhat more environmentally sustainable I would have thought. Just another example of how government agencies and local authorities are held to ransom by consultants, who have little interest in minimising costs or in sustainability.

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The Te Araroa Walkway is making slow but steady progress through Rodney with improvements to the track around Puhoi getting the go ahead.

Northland project manager Fiona Mackenzie told a Rodney Local Board meeting last month that Te Araroa was currently using Puhoi Kayaks to travel between Puhoi and the coast, but ultimately, the plan was to have a riverside walk as well.

“Negotiations with private landowners have been slow, but we are making progress,” she said. “Additionally, the Lookout Track, initiated by the late Arthur Dunn, was to connect with Te Araroa but because of private foreign ownership and planning negotiations with Auckland Council, access permission to the private land has only recently been gained.”

The route through Rodney starts with the Te Arai Beach Walk to Pakiri, and then comes over Mt Tamahunga to Govan Wilson Rd and on to the Dome Track, across Moirs Hill and into Puhoi.

Fiona said the backbone of the 3000km walkway, from Cape Reinga to Bluff, was in place and work was now focused Mark Tillet and Fiona on continuous improvement. There Mackenzie at the were many road-walking sections Waiwhiu Stream on the where off-road solutions needed to be Dome Forest section found, both for safety reasons and to of Te Araroa last year. make the walk more enjoyable.

Photo, Gillian Tillet.

“As Te Araroa becomes better known, and services build up around it, the transport and guiding opportunities.” Council maps, provision of resource trail will bring economic returns Fiona said Council could continue consents, track maintenance and to local communities through to support the pathway with the permanent protection of relevant accommodation, food, equipment, inclusion of Te Araroa’s route on all paper roads and coastal esplanades.

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Mid North Forest and Bird is gearing up for Conservation Week, which will be held from September 10 to 17. A number of activities are being arranged including a quiz night, tramping discussion with DOC and a film screening.

Wellsford School representatives attended a silver service supper with Auckland Mayor Len Brown last month. Local guests included sports coach Phillip Lees, Te Hiri Barlow, Waiata McNeil, Janika Ruka and Gemini Tai. The event was part of the Travelwise Celebration and in recognition of the speed that the school cycling track was constructed.

Wellsford won the award for business contractors contributing and linking with the school. Te Hiri, according to the school newsletter, said that the best part was the chicken drumsticks and stuffing pocketfuls of lollies to take home.

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Open markets are also important for export of our raw commodities which underpin New Zealand’s economic survival. But free trade also poses significant threats to the individual, national and global interest. Free trade means jobs are outsourced where labour and environmental costs are lowest, raising unemployment levels here and environmental damage there. It also means more junk in our landfills and potentially more debt as we’re encouraged to buy stuff we don’t really need.

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Author, photographer, volunteer firefighter, diver, Department of Conservation honorary ranger, first Whangateau HarbourCare Group convenor, Leigh Business Community past chair, Auckland Museum’s conchology section chair, and current president of the Wellsford Camera Club … with so many titles, you might think that it’s hard to pin down Tony Enderby’s true passion, but it turns out to be life in general. Tony’s made the most of his opportunities and has found a way to focus on the marine life and the partner he loves. “I probably get carried away about things. I always said that the day after I’d swum with a whale I’d give up diving, but I didn’t, I just wanted to swim with more whales.” However, he makes no apology for it, as he told Adele Thackray, he can’t imagine tackling life any other way.

Out of all the things I do, I don’t think there’s any greater adrenaline rush than being on the end of a hose as you’re about to enter a burning building to put it out. The hardest thing is when you’ve got a fatal and it’s someone you know. I joined the Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade seven years ago to help with computer work. Although I thought I’d be too old in my 50s, they encouraged me to do a firefighter course. Now I’m a senior fire fighter and brigade secretary, and still attend all types of callouts.

Medical callouts are most common and range from not too serious, to being worried the person’s not going to make it. It always gives you a real sense of achievement when somebody doesn’t look great when you arrive, but when you put them in the ambulance they’re looking better. We also handle car accidents, oil spills and trucks running through power lines, and animal rescues.

During the big storm in 2007 we kept going for nearly 24 hours. We don’t get a lot of full-on house fires, but we once had three in six months. We also get quite a lot of drownings, which is pretty tough. Most of them are avoidable. If people keep together in the water, one keeps an eye on the other they’re pretty safe, but in every drowning we’ve had they’ve started with a group or a buddy but been left by themselves. We’ve got a real cross-section of people at the brigade, but when you jump on that fire truck it doesn’t matter what you are, you’re part of a team and you’ve got a job to do. And we’re a bloody good team out there, everybody just pitches in.

I was brought up in Onehunga and Mt Wellington, went to Tamaki College and loved sport. I played soccer and was into cycling in a big way, becoming Auckland junior road race champ back when we had no helmets and the bikes were Duralumin, a lightweight aluminium mix used in WW2 fighter planes. I had some pretty good crashes, wrecking a shoulder and losing large amounts of skin off my arms, legs and backside. I still ride, but mostly on a mountain bike with my wife Jenny.

As long as I can remember I’ve been interested in seashells and things that swim around in the sea, however, my parents thought snorkelling and diving was far too dangerous. I used to spear fish right around Goat Island in the 1960s. We couldn’t believe it when someone put a sign up saying “marine reserve”, but it didn’t take us long to realise that they did the right thing.

Now I’m an honorary DOC ranger, helping people understand the benefits of marine reserves. You still get some crazy misconceptions, like reserves lock people out and you can’t even build sandcastles, and some people that are silly enough to fish there. One group of young guys claimed they lived in Napier and didn’t know it was a reserve. They wouldn’t give us their names so we rang the cops, but I asked one of them how they’d found their way there. He said, “we followed the marine reserve signs”.

I think we should have more marine reserves that protect a representative patch of the coast. There are virtually no reserves on the west coast and we’ve got no idea what might happen if we did protect part of it. We set up the business Discover Goat Island to each students about snorkelling and the rocky seashore and have recently found real demand from adults who also want to learn to snorkel.

I wanted to become a marine biologist, but my parents said get “a real job”, so I trained as a linotype operator at the Auckland Star and later worked in Australia, before returning to the Star and a house in Henderson. But I soon decided to move to computerised typesetting at Suburban Newspapers, even though the union said the digital approach would be just “a flash in the pan”. I was production manager there for more than 10 years before being headhunted by Telecom Directories to set up their typesetting division. When I was abruptly made redundant my workmates stopped work for a week, but the disappointment of losing the job was tempered by seeing an article and

photos by me and Jenny fronting the NZ Herald’s coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior sinking.

I had met Jenny at Suburban Newspapers and found she shared my crazy sense of adventure. She was convinced to go on a dive course by our son and over the past 25 years we’ve dived all over the Pacific. We’d been writing a column for the Underwater Photographic Society and when the editor offered to pay us, we did a photo journalism course together. Now I do most of the writing and Jenny subs out the parts where I get carried away. As members of the Underwater Photographic Club we learnt from some top NZ photographers and both went on to win medals in a number of prestigious national and international photography competitions.

We moved to Leigh in 1996 after I became production manager at the Rodney Times, working with a fantastic team in Mill Lane, but when I was made redundant in ’99, we took up writing and photography full time. To date we’ve got into about 130 different publications in around a dozen countries. A friend’s invitation to illustrate three books on marine life led us to write and illustrate eight books of our own, including a 1998 book about Goat Island Marine Reserve and Lonely Planet’s Diving and Snorkelling New Zealand book, which involved a year travelling from

the far north to Stewart Island.

We also wrote A Guide to New Zealand Marine Reserves with the support of Leigh’s Dr Bill Ballantine, who we look upon as the father of marine reserves.

Director of the Leigh lab for many years, Bill was a driving force behind the establishment of Goat Island’s notake marine reserve. He’s taught us an awful lot and we were rapt when he wrote our foreword. Subsequent books include Warkworth to the Coast, SpotX diving, fishing and walking guides, and most recently, Know Your New Zealand Fishes.

We’ve been involved with all sorts of things over the years, like guiding on Tiritiri Matangi and Little Barrier, walking the Tawharanui fence line for TOSSI, and working at the new Leigh Marine Discovery Centre. I’m just starting on a project about the NZ freshwater mussel kakahi because the original type specimen came from Leigh creeks. I’ll also be helping the Leigh Fire Brigade to raise money to do some additions to the station.

You just keep doing stuff. If I’ve got some spare time I can always find something to do with it. Life’s there to live and enjoy, and I’m lucky to have a partner who thinks exactly the same.

To view some of Tony and Jenny’s photos see this story at www.localmatters.co.nz

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Gains and losses Roads, rates and rubbish, the staples of local government, have certainly taken front seats in the last few months for the Auckland Council. This month we sign off the Long Term Plan or the Budget for the next 10 years. Obviously this gets reviewed at Annual Plan time, and a full review every three years as legislation requires, but the basic work programme does not change much. Roads continue to be an issue and with a kilometre of sealing in Rodney costing over $240,000, the amount that is in the Budget doesn’t go too far. This is why I question some of the “safety” work being done around the area as “over the top” and non-essential. A cheaper option should be found if there is a safety issue. While public transport is important to the whole of Auckland, we need safe roads to drive on and after all, buses go on roads too.

Putting together one rates bill has been a challenge and there are winners and losers throughout Auckland. Moving to capital value has meant for many areas of Rodney a decrease in rates. Some coastal properties may find higher rates because of the property values but being rural there is a differential applied. Also, because of the high levels appearing in parts of Auckland, a transition rate has meant that the average over all of Rodney is minus two percent. Coupled with the lower water rate this means many households should experience an overall lower cost.

Finally, the new proposed waste plan for Auckland was approved in the last few weeks. A need to comply with the Waste Minimisation and the Auckland Legislation meant that Council needed to come up with a plan for all of Auckland by 2015. Some areas just paid through their rates, whereas places such as Waitakere were fully user pays and Rodney was a bit of both – buying bags with rates paying for recycling. The new proposal will see the retention of bags for rural areas and beach holiday places while bins will replace bags elsewhere. A co-mingled bin will also be supplied for recycling meaning that separating paper, glass and so on will be a thing of the past. These changes will be introduced on a trial basis in some areas of Auckland but overall again for Rodney this will be a reduced cost for most households. There were always going to be gains and losses in this amalgamation.

We have to make sure Rodney residents are in the mainly gain category.

Matakana church celebration Organisers of the St Leonard’s Anglican Church Centenary, which will be celebrated in 2014, are asking the community for photographs, memorabilia and memories of the church and its activities.

The little church on Matakana Valley collated into a centenary booklet.

Road, in Matakana Village, was “We’re interested to hear from anyone dedicated in May 1914. who has had a connection with the Publicity officer Lorna Laxon says church or who has a story they can tell planning of the centenary is in its about it,” she says. very early stages, but the committee Contacts: Ann Mansfield on 425 is keen to hear from anyone who has 7779; Lorna on 422 3562 or email memories of the church, which can be lorna.laxon@xtra.co.nz.

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USED VEHICLE Supermarket predicts staff redundancies in September Warkworth New World is bracing for the impact of the opening of Countdown in September and has told staff to expect redundancies as a result.

A proposal presented to New World staff of the required job losses will be met on June 20, indicated the competition through natural attrition. Redundancy could potentially halve New World’s payments will be dependent on turnover in the short term, although individual employment agreements. it may recover up to 20 percent of the Under the proposal, all staff will have losses over the following 12 months. to reapply for jobs as “retail assistants”, The company currently employs which will be multi-skilled rather than around 200 part-time and fulltime specialised roles, although those with staff and estimates about 40 job existing trade certificates would retain losses in August/September with their current job titles. the potential for more in the future, “We’re very mindful of the fact that although owner Robin Brooke says it we’re a community-based business will depend on the market situation. and we want to maintain that. We “We’re in a very competitive market want a sustainable, viable business that place and it’s getting more and more not only provides our customers with competitive by the day. It’ll give choice but it provides a good place to customers a lot of choice and we have work and we’re really keen to continue to work harder and smarter to provide that relationship that we think we’ve the best possible shopping experience.” got with the community, both as an He says staff members had previously employer and as a customer service been made aware of the review, and organisation,” Mr Downs says. were invited to provide feedback on Mr Brooke says Countdown represents the proposals by the end of June. a “massive Australian company” that Human resources manager Chris will be a good competitor, but that his Downs says their comments will be company will rise to the challenge. He taken into account before the plan says a big point of difference is that New is finalised and the company will let World is community-focused, spending staff know the outcome as quickly as a lot on supporting local sports teams, possible after that. clubs and charities, including a current “Proposed redundancies are not fixed Fly Buys programme that will give at 40 or any other figure, but it’s our $50,000 to local schools. best guess that they’ll be there or New World moved from a small store thereabouts.” in the centre of town to its current He says, the company works in Percy Street location in November annualised hours, so if people work 1998 and has had only two local fewer hours, fewer people will be made owners, with Mr Brooke taking over redundant. It’s envisaged that some from John Smith almost two years ago.

Rodney ARST funds still in limbo The allocation and distribution of desperately needed arts funding for Rodney and the Hibiscus Coast is subject to further delays.

The Auckland Regional Services Trust (ARST) fund of close to $700,000 is to be allocated across the two local boards in the area formerly governed

by Rodney District Council.

The sum of $299,470, which represents 43.9 percent of the fund, goes to artists from the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board area and the remaining 56.1 percent ($390,906) to artists in the Rodney Local Board area.

The report containing the advisory panel’s funding recommendations,

which was to have been tabled by Auckland Council at this month’s Hibiscus & Bays Local Board meeting, is now expected to go to next month’s meeting for final approval, which means that distribution of funds may not be until September. The report for the Rodney Local Board will be discussed at its meeting on July 9.

A total of 20 projects from Rodney and Hibiscus Coast were short-listed from an initial list of applicants.

Auckland Council did not give a reason for the delay, but Arts and Culture manager Kaye Glamuzina says the reports have been completed for both local boards.

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Wastewater upgrade near completion A total of 32 houses have been connected to the new Matakana wastewater system and a further 100 are likely to be connected by the end of the month.

Under the new system, wastewater from Matakana will be pumped from a main pump station, located on the corner of Leigh Road and Tongue Farm Road, to the Omaha wastewater treatment plant via a 3.6km rising main. The staged $5.6 million project to replace Matakana’s septic tank system with a pressure wastewater collection system included $3.4 million to renew the local system and decommission the current treatment plant, and $2.2 million to build the transfer main to Omaha.

Watercare spokesmen Ramari Young says work is Matakana resident Peter Rosieur, one of the first progressing well.

“The system needed to be upgraded as there were in the village to be connected to the upgraded significant issues with treatment at the Matakana wastewater system, with Watercare senior plant. Discharge into the river failed to meet the programmes engineer Mahinda Attanayake. conditions of the discharge consent and the lease on for their connection, plus power and maintenance costs the land expires in 2017 and can’t be renewed.” for running the pressure wastewater connection unit.

Property owners will pay a fixed annual charge of $582 These charges will be invoiced through monthly bills.

Student leadership qualities shine through Wellsford Primary School student, 12-year-old Kayla Gandela, has been recognised by the Sir Peter Blake Trust as a promising young leader.

Warkworth Westpac bank manager Sue Toms presented Kayla with a medal, certificate and book at a school assembly last month. The Sir Peter Blake Young Leader Award, in association with Westpac, recognises young people who have shown promising leadership in their schools and communities.

Although Kayla only started at Wellsford School at the start of the year, her teacher Paul Moore says she arrived with confidence and a friendly attitude.

“Starting at a new school can be quite daunting but Kayla settled in with ease,” he says. “She is a very talented and high achieving student.”

Nationally, 160 primary and intermediate school students were recognised for their leadership qualities.

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Centre chair Mike Dixon says the not-for-profit centre needs to update and expand its photo collection, and competition was seen as one way of doing this.

“We’re in throes of organising some great prizes for the winning entries,” he says.

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Businesses challenging businesses The Warkworth Business Network International (BNI) is getting behind Springboard’s Mid Winter Dinner and Auction, and is challenging other local businesses to do the same. Springboard director Gary Diprose was a guest at a BNI meeting in Snells Beach last month. BNI member Steve Reynolds says Gary spoke about the positive difference Springboard is making in the community through its employment programmes for youth. “Springboard’s work is helping kids to address negative behaviour,” Steve says. “The members of BNI felt they wanted to support Springboard and we are challenging others to donate products or services for the auction.” BNI members donated a free website design, health consultation, water tank clean and an under-bench water filter supplied and installed. Over the last decade, Springboard has offered a range of support programmes to ‘at risk’ youth, young offenders and struggling families in the hope of bringing change, growth and positive outcomes for their future. Info: Stephanie or Heather on 425 4623 or stephanie@springboard.org.nz

Springboard auction appeal Springboard Community Works is calling on local businesses to get behind its Midwinter Christmas Dinner and Auction night on August 4.

Springboard director Gary Diprose someone positive in our community.” says its hoped more than 100 items Funds will also go towards after will go under the hammer over the school and family programmes which course of the night. sometimes include food parcels, “There will also be a silent auction clothing and blankets. of items such as vouchers, artwork, Last year’s event raised $29,000 and accommodation and luxury goods,” went towards upgrading the facilities he says. “The live auction will offer at their centre in Hamatana Road, goods valued at more than $1000. Snells Beach. Items already donated Items that have sold well in the past include luxury accommodation, a include things such as weekends away day on the Norma Jean, artwork, and and outdoor experiences.” health and beauty vouchers.

Gary says funds raised from this year’s “We would like to thank all those who event will to towards the weekly 4U have donated so far and a special thanks Mentoring programme. to Darryl Soljan, from Ascension Wine “It is encouraging to see this programme Estate, for providing the venue.” producing some heart-warming stories To donate items auction contact of youth, in their time of need and Stephanie or Heather on 425 4623 or loneliness, finding connection with email stephanie@springboard.org.nz

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Community Fruit Harvesting is a Leon Celliers lends a hand to harvest national organisation, founded by unwanted fruit which would Di Celliers. otherwise go to waste.

Di says coordinators can choose to start small by picking fruit in their street or through their school, church or other group. Or, if they have more time, they can manage a suburb or larger area.

“Every bit helps and we are keen to see that no fruit goes to waste,” she says.

Being a coordinator involves promoting Community Fruit Harvesting, managing a database of local fruit trees available for picking and organising volunteer pickers when the fruit is ripe.

The unwanted fruit is delivered to the local city mission, food bank or charities so it can go to people in need.

“Often fruit goes to waste when people are elderly or disabled and can’t pick fruit from their trees, or simply don’t want to. At other times, we are offered As well as coordinators, Community the end-of-season produce that farmers Fruit Harvesting is also looking for and orchardists can’t sell. With so many more volunteers to pick fruit and people struggling to make ends meet, deliver it to charity, for people to this is an easy, free way to help provide register their fruit trees to be picked fresh fruit to those who really need it.” and for people who can help to preserve

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Health briefs New Health Links formed Rodney Health Link, which promotes better health in the region, liaising between community health groups and Waitemata District Health Board, has amalgamated with its North Shore equivalent (North Shore Community Health Voice). The organisation is now known as Health Link North and encompasses Rodney, North Shore and Albany Wards. Council amalgamation forced Rodney Health Link to reconsider its future because its services were provided within local authority boundaries, and dissolving entirely was among the options considered. The organisation says the merger has provided an opportunity to become a stronger, more effective voice for the community.

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ALL SERVICES ARE FREE FREE pregnancy tests Prenatal classes, birth venue & post-natal stay Own room in peaceful rural surroundings Excellent equipment and atmosphere Water birth a speciality Midwives on call at all times, and as backup Our friendly helpful postnatal staff at the birthing centre for your caregiver (LMC) For further information talk to your  Full post-natal hospital stay LMC/Midwife or Warkworth Birth Centre  24 hour Registered Nurses / Midwives to care for you and your baby  You can transfer from your birth hospital within Phone 09 425 8201 12 hours of normal birth or 24 hours following a Caesarian      

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TERM 3 FREE COURSES - Please enrol as places are limited Bag of Tricks for Parents & Caregivers: This is based on techniques to manage children’s behaviour, enhance self-esteem and at the same time build and maintain warm, happy and loving connections between family members. Dates: 3 Tuesdays: 17th, 24th, 31st July from 9.30 – 11.30 at Homebuilders. Tutor: Terry Healey Bag of Tricks Part 2: Siblings without Rivalry & When Kids Fight – For those who have completed the Bag of Tricks course, Part 2 is relevant for families with more than one child, covering some strategies to minimise fighting and bickering. Dates: 2 Tuesdays, 7th & 14th August from 9:30- 11:30 at Homebuilders. Tutor: Terry Healey Gardening Series with Trish Allen – Lasagna Gardening – Also known as sheet mulching – the first of a series of organic gardening classes. Warkworth: Thurs 19 July 9:30-12:30 at Homebuilders; or Wellsford: Fri 20th July 9:30-12:30 at the Wellsford Community Gardens Gardening Series with Trish Allen – Compost making and worm farming – Turn everyday kitchen and garden waste into compost and plant food to conserve moisture and feed the garden during the growing season. Warkworth: Thurs 16 Aug 9:30-12:30 at Homebuilders; or Wellsford: Fri 17th Aug 9:30-12:30 at the Wellsford Community Gardens Pruning with Arthur Hopkins – Pruning Workshop – Some theory and hands-on work at the tutor’s orchard. Date: Friday 27 July, 9.30-12.30. Venue: Tutor’s orchard.

A map and further information of what to bring will be mailed to you when you enrol.

Important Note: No childminding will be available for this course.

Sewing Series with Christine West – Sewing Basics – Professional hand & machine sewing techniques incl hemming, buttons, seams, basic alterations and mending.

Bring garments that need mending or altering so you can work on a project. Christine will bring her sewing machine and overlocker – if time permits, we will learn the basics of using these machines. Date: Wed 8th Aug, 9:30-12:30, Warkworth Methodist Hall.

Thrifty DIY Fashion & Swap – Bring along old favourites to renovate and unwanted good clothing to swap. Christine will use her extensive experience to advise on restyling and renovating, followed by demonstrating and implementing practical techniques to help change these garments. Date: Wed 15th Aug, 9:30-12:30, Warkworth Methodist Hall.

Patterns – How to interpret a pattern and choose fabrics that suit the style; how to customise a standard commercial paper pattern for a perfect fit; how to lay it out and cut and assemble. Also tips for a professional finish. Date: Wednesday 22 Aug, 9:30-12:30, Warkworth Methodist Hall.

All courses free of charge, free childminding is available if you request it when you enrol with child’s name & age. For more information or to enrol call Homebuilders on 425 7048 or email us: homebuilders.courses@hotmail.com

Tobacco smoking is a major public health problem in New Zealand. Overall, around 23 percent of New Zealanders smoke tobacco. Prevalence is higher among Maori (46 percent) and Pacific people (36 percent). Stopping smoking provides immediate health benefits for those who already have smoking related disease and future health benefits for all smokers.

All medical centres have a commitment to enhancing and supporting the health and well-being of patients, staff and visitors to the community. The aim of a smoke-free environmental policy is to help prevent exposure to the harmful effects of environmental tobacco smoke. With an ever increasing drive for a smoke-free environment, the “smoke-free environment policy” deserves revisiting.

It is part of our purpose as health care providers at every level to help and support those who smoke by requesting: yy That all patients have their smoking status recorded on their medical records so health care professionals are aware of their patient’s health risks. yy Doctors and nurses offer advice and support to those who smoke at every visit. yy Our staff are trained to provide help and support to those who wish to stop smoking. yy Referral to nurse practitioner clinics or smoking cessation counsellors is available on request. yy All practices are able to offer Nicotine Replacement Therapy for those unable to manage without nicotine whilst in a smoke-free environment. yy Leaflets and brochures are available on request for those who wish to stop smoking. yy That all people who smoke are treated with consideration and respect and will not be pressured into stopping smoking if they are not ready to do so.

Coastguard plunge invitation It’s time for brave bathers to grit their teeth, ignore the goose bumps on goose bumps, and enter the annual Kawau Volunteer Coastguard Winter Plunge.

The all-weather fundraising event will place under strict safety supervision be held at the Sandspit Yacht Club and St John medics will be on standWharf on Sunday July 29, at 3.30pm. by just in case. Warm drinks and hot Participants have three options – a BBQ food will be available at low cost. refreshing ‘plunge’ off the floating Kawau Volunteer Coastguard has pontoon; a jump off the Coastguard about 30 crew, rostered on call 24/7 to rescue vessel tied at the wharf; or a help those in need in the Kawau Bay/ walk-in off the ramp. A spokesperson Hauraki Gulf area. says the event takes advantage of a Proceeds from this event will help fund slack tide so there is no ‘swimming operations and contribute toward the against the current’. maintenance of the rescue vessel. Entry Costumes are encouraged; the wackier is $5 per person or $15 per family or the better. Any form of wearable group. Registrations open from 2.30pm flotation device is acceptable – at the wharf, with the plunge happening wetsuits, fins, boards and family pets at 3.30pm. Info: Phone 422 2479 or are optional. The Winter Plunge takes email kawaucoastguard@yahoo.co.nz.

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Rodney Outreach Therapy Pets coordinator Nicky Gumbrell with her dog Golly.

Pet therapy demand in Rodney A service that has been operating in Rodney for more than five years and reaches out to people through contact with pets, is on the lookout for more volunteers.

The Outreach Therapy Pets and attend a workshop before joining. programme is jointly run by St John For retirement village residents, and the SPCA and area manager Nicky interaction with the pet and its owner Gumbrell coordinates the service for provides companionship, and Nicky the Hibiscus Coast and Rodney. says reaching out and patting a dog A team of 16 volunteers on the Hibiscus is also physical therapy for those with Coast, and one in Warkworth, take impaired movement. their pets on regular visits to local In schools, the service assists with retirement villages and schools. reading practice, as children with reading Nicky says the pets are currently all difficulties can feel more comfortable dogs, which have been chosen because reading aloud to an animal. they like people contact, are well Nicky also teaches The Dog Box behaved and respond well to being programme in schools, which aims to patted. keep children safe around dogs.

However, in some areas pets such She says more volunteers are always as cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, goats, needed, as demand for the service is ponies, hens and alpacas have been high in the region. If you can help, included in the service. phone Nicky on 424 7783 or email Volunteers and their pets are assessed gummies@xtra.co.nz

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Dr Mark Donaldson of Eye Doctors and team perform the first cataract operation in the Rodney Surgical Centre, July 2010.

Dr Donaldson, cataract specialist now performs surgery in Warkworth.

Toolbox for grandparents A tailored version of the Toolbox parenting programme will be provided free to grandparents raising grandchildren. Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says the Government will spend $600,000 annually on the initiative, which will target the estimated 5000 grandparents in NZ who are raising grandchildren. “They do a tough job considering many are caring for children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect,” Ms Bennett says. The resource includes nine hours of practical parenting advice on DVD with a manual. “It is a specific programme which will help grandparents with the skills to parent today’s children.”

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Leech research calls for help

The medicinal benefits of NZ leeches, their locations around the country and their hibernation periods due to climate change are the subject of research currently being undertaken

by Tracy Jaffari.

Tracy, the daughter of international leech specialist Mehdi Jaffari, is hoping landholders in the Mahurangi area who know where leeches are and have experienced leeches will contact her.

“Most people who have encountered leeches have found them attached to their legs during walking or swimming in ponds, rivers or local wetland areas,” she says. “I would like to investigate any areas where leeches have been located.”

Tracy says she is particularly interested in the medicinal leeches Richardsonianus.

NZ leeches used for medicinal purposes are either totally dark brown/black all

over or may also have a dark red/orange stripe either side of their body.

“Anyone who doesn’t know about leeches or leech therapy generally views them as a ‘yuk’ factor. However, those who have experienced this amazing therapy know of the huge benefits and classify them as miracle creatures.

“The only sensation some people encounter is a feeling similar to a mosquito bite for a few seconds as a leech attaches itself – others feel nothing at all because leeches secrete a natural anaesthetic in their saliva.”

Ailments and diseases treated using leech therapy include arthritis, all areas of pain particularly neck and back pain, RSI, cardiovascular and vascular disease, stroke and poor circulation, commonly associated with diabetes.

Info: www.leechestherapy.com

A government funding boost for community groups providing budgeting services will help the Warkworth Wellsford service meet escalating running costs.

In the 10 months to the end of May, The Government spends $8.9 million the local service saw 204 clients, 34 a year on budgeting services, which aim to: more than for the whole of last year. people to take Federation of Family Budgeting yy encourage responsibility for their financial Services Lower North district resources representative Anne Taylerson welcomed the news that 155 yy support people to alleviate harm from escalating financial problems organisations would receive a one-off boost of $589,000. yy increase financial knowledge and competence in the community.

The funding acknowledged the extra demand generated by Future Focus The average amount each service changes at Work and Income, which receives from the Ministry of referred more people to the service for Social Development is $56,600, financial management advice. with 20 providers receiving more Mrs Taylerson said locally, the money than $100,000. would help meet running costs such The local service is always keen to as the 20 hours for a paid coordinator recruit new advisors, particularly in and the reimbursement of advisors’ the Warkworth, Snells Beach and expenses. She hoped there would also Matakana area. Info: Phone 423 7123. be some funds available to deliver Information on the service generally can be found at www.familyservices.govt.nz additional training.

Heritage invitation Auckland Council is calling for submissions from event organisers, community groups and organisations to be part of the annual Auckland Heritage Festival from 29 September 29 to October 14. This year’s events will focus on celebrating the legacy of Sir John Logan Campbell, celebrating Auckland’s distinctive built, cultural and natural heritage, and promoting a greater understanding of our heritage to encourage stewardship and advocacy. Submissions close July 8.

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Knowing the stakes One of the more interesting employment relationship issues played out in the media recently was between “the bible carrying employee” Ms Parata and Sky City Casino. Employment law can be very colourful, and employees have been fired for having sex with co-workers on overnight business trips and liberties taken under the mistletoe at work Christmas functions. However, despite the sensationalist media coverage around this case, the legal issues were quite ordinary and a common occurrence for business owners.

Ms Parata worked in Sky City Casino’s front-of-house and allegedly breached the company’s uniform standards by carrying a non-work item while she was working. Sky City’s uniform standards prohibit employees in customer service roles from carrying personal items such as iPods, books and mobile phones which might interfere with their full engagement with customers. Ms Parata was observed by another employee carrying her bible in the workplace and Sky City sent her a letter informing her that “the company is considering disciplinary action” in relation to the alleged incident.

Employers are able to require their employees to comply with reasonable standards of behaviour in the workplace. Those standards are typically outlined in an employment agreement. Workplace policies can also outline expected behaviour. When an employee breaches the terms of their employment, their actions are classified as misconduct or serious misconduct.

The media made a lot of column inches out of the fact that Ms Parata may have lost her job at the conclusion of any disciplinary action that transpired. That is illusionary, as Ms Parata’s actions were always misconduct. Misconduct is typically behaviour that is less serious, but can still result in the loss of employment if the employee does not change their behaviour after receiving numerous warnings by an employer that their conduct is unacceptable. Typically, employees receive one warning, followed by a second and final warning if the behaviour continues. If there is no change in their behaviour, they may face a disciplinary process that could result in the loss of employment.

Serious misconduct goes to the core of an employment relationship and can result in the immediate loss of employment if the employer finds that the alleged behaviour did occur after a fair disciplinary process was carried out. Examples of serious misconduct are normally listed in an employment agreement and may vary from employer to employer. Common examples include theft, sexual harassment and wilful damage to company property. While the parties have recently resolved their dispute by Sky City “folding” its disciplinary action, and making an exception to its front-of-house uniform policy in Ms Parata’s case, this is more as a response to the bad publicity Sky City was receiving than the strength of its legal position.

It looks as if Sky City has correctly understood that, even in an employment relationship, you’ve got to know when to hold ‘em and when to fire ‘em.

Date set for school auction The annual Matakana School Auction evening will be held on September 1 at the Matakana School Hall from 7pm. The evening will feature live entertainment from comedian Ben Hurley. Funds raised from the auction will contribute to the refurbishment of the school library into a modern Information and Learning Centre.

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Black Dog Café Taking over the lease of the Black Dog Café in Matakana is a dream come true for Richard and Rosie Hutchinson, formerly of the UK. The couple moved to New Zealand with their two children, Pippa and Thomas, eight years ago.

Both worked in cafés and restaurants when they were students and always harboured a dream of one day running a café of their own.

Richard has a business-based background and is a tourism and sports consultant in Auckland, while Rosie has a degree in environmental science and teaching.

Rosie says that although they currently live in Birkenhead, they will be moving to a lifestyle section in Matakana.

“We love the area,” she says. “We holiday here and are regulars at both the Matakana Market and Black Dog. We were thrilled when the lease came up.

“The café is a favourite with many locals so we want to keep the basics the same although we are giving the décor a revamp. The coffee, which is roasted locally, will stay the same but we have updated the menu, added a kids’ menu and some gluten-free options. Our new salmon cup with kumara mash,

Richard and Rosie Hutchinson.

egg and hollandaise sauce is definitely worth a try.”

Rosie says she will be working front of house and Richard will regularly be in the café and helping out in the kitchen.

“We want to offer great food from local producers where we can and great coffee. We have retained an amazing team and look forward to extending a warm welcome.”

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Experienced hairdresser Deniece Third has styled her business according to the times, trimming it down to the basics to provide people with quality, affordable cuts.

After 12 years in the area, including establishing a successful Matakana salon, she recently moved to Snells Beach and saw a niche for Coastal Cuts’ no frills approach.

Subletting minimal space and not carrying product, keeps her overheads low, savings she passes on to customers.

Deniece doesn’t take appointments, avoiding the distraction of phones, and says the drop-in service has been well received.

Brought up in Hawkes Bay, she trained as a hairdresser in Auckland and has worked internationally, including England, Australia and the South of France, over the past 26 years.

Familiar with all hair types and styling techniques, she handles cuts for men, women and children, “from babes to baldies” and also offers a BYO colour service that takes the mess and hassle out of home hair dyeing.

“Just because it costs a lot less doesn’t mean your haircut will be any different than you’d get in an expensive salon.”

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While she loves to be creative and advise people on the best cut for them, Deniece says she’s a good listener and always does what the client wants.

“I’ve had an upsetting haircut myself, so I know what it’s like - it’s five minutes to cut it off and then five years to grow it!”

Open from Monday to Saturday, she starts at 9.30am finishes at 3pm a couple of days a week so she can spend time with her five-year-old son. She also has a 19-year-old daughter and a 17-year-old son, who has recently taken up hairdressing himself.

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Matakana is a far cry from Maroli, in India, but the owners of the new Matakana Dairy say there are some similarities.

Ashvin Patel and his wife Nehal says Maroli, in the state of Gujarat, north of Mumbai, is a rural area like Matakana, where farming is the mainstay of the local economy.

But rather than sheep and cows, Maroli is known for its sugar cane and rice.

Before moving to Matakana, Ashvin and Nehal owned the Four Square in Ruawai, where they more than doubled the store’s turnover in six years. Prior to that, they owned a dairy in Kerikeri for six years.

“We like the peace and quiet of the country, and we find it’s much easier to meet people and make friends in smaller communities,” they say. “We’re missing Ruawai a lot, but we felt this was the right time to move closer to Auckland where we have family and friends, and we liked Matakana School.”

The couple has two children and the eldest started school last month.

A keen sportsman, he hopes to join a

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local cricket club and is interested in continuing his association with Lions, which he was involved with in Ruawai.

The couple say the new dairy, on Matakana Road next to the Gull Service Station, will be a convenient stop for people wanting to pick-up their daily needs. The store stocks a range of groceries, hardware, stationery, phone cards, gift lines and a wide selection of lollies, and has plenty of parking at the door.

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Puhoi Valley Café and Cheese Store won two gold and two silver medals at the annual New Zealand Ice Cream Awards held in Napier last month. Entering for the first time, the café only began making ice cream last October. It competed against 37 other entrants and won gold for its vanilla bean ice cream and forest berry sorbet, and silver for its lemon yoghurt ice cream and hokey pokey flavours.

New valuer in town Hollis & Scholefield Ltd (HSL) Property Valuers welcomes Neil Gordon to its team. Neil is an experienced registered valuer and will be valuing properties north of the Dome Valley including the entire Kaipara District. Neil grew up on a farm near Whangarei and has recently relocated to the Rodney district. He says he is enjoying working in the area with HSL, long-standing valuers, who have been valuing in both districts since 1978.

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What started simply as sewing for family and friends has turned into a fully-fledged business for Warkworth’s Robyn Kellian.

Her domestic sewing machine has been replaced by seven industrial models and she now handles everything from clothing design, making, repairs and alterations, to light upholstery and creation of quality household furnishings and bed linens for both businesses and individuals.

A single parent of three boys, Robyn has tried her hand at plenty of parttime work over the years, but says she keeps coming back to sewing.

The youngest of six children, she was influenced by her skilled eldest sister, who encouraged her to make her own clothes from around the age of 12.

After working for a local clothing manufacturer many years ago, she developed her own dress-up line of hoods and tails that were marketed internationally, and has since made numerous products for quality retailers such as Front Room Fabrics, Matakana’s Desert Rose and Curtain Specialists.

Having moved to Warkworth from Pt Wells, she is now offering her services direct to the public and planning to teach her skills to others.

In six-week courses, through the Rodney Women’s Centre, participants will learn

The Skin Institute has opened a clinic in the Warkworth Medical Centre complex, on the corner of Percy and Alnwick Streets.

The specialist centre was established 17 years ago and has 16 clinics nationwide. While it originally focused on all aspects of clinical dermatology, appearance medicine and skin cancer, its services have expanded to include cosmetic surgery, general surgery, and vein assessment and treatment.

Dr Karen Parker and surgeon Stephen Benson form part of the experienced team who treat spider and varicose veins using a range of procedures including sclerotherapy, ultrasound guided sclerotherapy (UGS), endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) and in some cases surgery. Dr Parker says most vein treatments are done under local anaesthetic so there is very little disruption to daily activities.

“Patients will first have their veins assessed with ultrasound to determine the best course of treatment,” she says.

Another area of expertise is skin cancer.

New Zealand has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world with 45,000 serious skin cancers and close to 2000 melanomas detected each year.

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about the equipment, select fabrics and complete their own project in either cushion-making or curtain-making.

Other courses and workshops will be provided on demand, helping people of all skill levels with group or individual projects.

“There are a lot of people who wish they knew how to sew. It seems to be a lost art,” she says.

While she doesn’t claim to be an interior designer, Robyn is happy to visit homes to measure up and help decide what soft furnishings will work best, and offers the same insight and experience when creating clothes.

She enjoys seeing clients looking and feeling their best in flattering, unique handmade garments and saving money by recycling their wardrobe.

Cosmetic Nurse Lee Keating (left) and Dr Karen Parker.

Parker says she can see people for full body skin checks or free spot checks, for one to two moles/lesions of concern.

The Skin Institute is also an affiliated provider to Southern Cross for patients who meet medical necessity criteria for vein or skin cancer treatments.

Experienced registered and cosmetic nurse, Lee Keating, is available at the Warkworth clinic for appearance medicine procedures including Botox, fillers, facial peels, medical grade Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) and microdermabrasion. Lee has advanced training in injectable treatments and says that while Botox and dermal fillers assist in reducing facial fine lines and giving subtle volume where required, IPL treatments are beneficial in decreasing sun damage, pigmentation, redness caused by broken capillaries and rosacea.

Lee offers free 15-minute cosmetic consultations.

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Sew for You FREE Cosmetic Consultation Sewing by Design

Dress Making Clothing Alterations Home Furnishings Seamstress Sewing Classes 22 Pulham Rd, Warkworth

(09) 425 9047 or 022 122 0722 www.sewforyou.co.nz

Always wanted to know about enhancing your skin so you’ll look and feel better? The Skin Institute has an expert team of medical specialists. Talk to us about: • Appearance Medicine • Medical Grade IPL/Laser • Hair Removal • Microdermabrasion

• New Generation Peels • Fillers & Botulinum Toxin • Varicose Vein Treatments

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

www.skininstitute.co.nz

Cosmetic surgery | Appearance medicine | Dermatology | Skin cancer | Skincare

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Advertise Your Business Here ONLY $48 PER INSERTION (+GST)* *for a three insertion contract Phone 425 9068 for more information or email your advertisement to localmatters@xtra.co.nz

Glaziers & Joiners ...................................... 1 Automotive Services ............................... 1 Tyres .............................................................. 1 Auto Wreckers............................................ 1 Panel and Paint.......................................... 2 Trellis, Fencing & Supplies ..................... 2 Carpenters, Builders & Roofers ............ 2 Scaffolding .................................................. 2 Construction & Earthworks ................... 2 Concrete Specialists ................................ 3 Tiling, Brick & Block Layers .................... 3

Flooring ........................................................ 3 Electrical ...................................................... 3 Design, Survey & Property Valuers ........ 3 Lawn mowing & Landscaping .............. 3 Health & Beauty ........................................ 4 Property Maintenance ............................ 4 Arborists ...................................................... 4 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners.............. 4 Retail ............................................................. 4 Home Services - Blinds, Awning etc ...... 4 Painters/Decorators & Plasterers ........ 4

Water Pump Specialists ........................ 4-5 Plumbing & Suppliers ............................. 5 Marine/Small Engines ............................. 5 Printers & Design ...................................... 5 TV Aerial & Satellite Servicing .............. 5 Water Supplies .......................................... 5 Water Tank Cleaning & Purification......... 5 Furniture Removals.................................. 5 Mobility Scooters...................................... 5 Storage ......................................................... 5 classifieds & church notices ...... 6-7

Glaziers & Joiners | Automotive Services | Tyres | Auto Wreckers

For all your glass, glazing, and aluminium needs and

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

431 5050

Say No to Leaky Homes

THE ULTIMATE ALUMINIUM

WINDOW AND DOOR FLASHING SYSTEM

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

Northland 0800 55 66 00 www.flashman.co.nz

Auto GlAss • Mirrors DesiGner GlAss • GlAzinG

09 431 4999

2/194 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai Heads info@northglass.co.nz • www.northglass.co.nz

Fax: 09 422 2011

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

MOTORS – 2008 LIMITED –

 425 5355

1 Hamatana Road - Snells Beach

WARKWORTH

AUTO WRECKERS FOR ALL NEW & USED PARTS

On site servicing of your vehicle • Cam belt replacement • Shock replacement • Exhaust repairs

John Young Ph (09) 425 7781 • Mob 0274 828 293 Hours: Mon – Fri 8am – 5pm

Phone: 09 425 7510

We specialise in: • Vantage Aluminium Joinery • APL | Architectural Series • Metro Series • Internal and External Timber Joinery

Snells Beach

Mobile Mechanical ServiceS • Engine tunes • Brake checks • Lube services

20 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth (09) 425 8678 • 0800 809 010 www.winstoneglass.com

Composite Joinery Ltd 7 Glenmore Drive Warkworth 0941

24hr CALLOUT

Frameless Shower Installations Bevelled Mirrors - ALL GLASS REPAIRS PROMPT QUALITY WORK WE SERVICE WARKWORTH & MANGAWHAI

Domestic / Commercial Glazing Glass Showers • Splash Backs Mirrors • Cat Doors Windscreen Replacement and Chip Repair

COMPOSITE JOINERY Ltd

0274 904 564 425 5340

email: brettatapexglass@yahoo.co.nz

WG

arkworth instone lass & lazing

WE NEED CARS FOR WRECKING – $$$ PAID Unit 4, 6-14 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth

2 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth Ph (09) 425 7835 or (09) 425 7730

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Panel & Paint | Trellis, Fencing & Supplies | Carpenters, Builders, Roofers & Suppliers | Scaffolding | Construction & Earthworks

Wayne

Ian

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

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

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

AWARD WINNING BUILDER

RICHARD WILCOCK

Auckland region house of the year 2008 For the construction of:

• Architecturally designed homes • New houses • Decks • Alterations • Fences

Phone: 027 4771 583 email: rwb@xtra.co.nz www.rwbuilder.co.nz 152M

The

Trellis Guy Snells Beach • Warkworth • Orewa

• Custom made • Quality material • Quality workmanship

Also see Lance for your supply of Native and Landscaping plants

Matakana Trellis & Fencing Fences - Gates - Screens Pergola - Trellis - Timber 1A Matakana Valley Rd Ph: 422 9550 Fax: 422 9635

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

CARPENTER-JOINER • Terraces • Alterations • New Housing

• Renovations • Maintenance • Small jobs a specialty

• Design & build • New homes • Renovation • Maintenance • Fences & decks • Project management • Alterations & additions • Shade & outdoor living areas

NEIL KOSE

Phone 09 425 5491 • Mobile 027 275 1172 Murray Holt Builders Ltd 355 Old Kaipara Road, RD1 Warkworth, Auckland 0981 Ph: 021 935 509 murrayholt@gmail.com

MURRAY

HOLT

BU ILDE R S LTD.

Project Management • New Homes Alterations & Additions Decks & Pergolas Maintenance

– Garage Storage Units / Shelving Units – Supply Only Options – Budget Kitchens from $5000 – Free Design & Quote – EZYKIT Flat Pack Cabinetry Available – NZ Made Unbeatable Service

Mob 027 662 9128

Email waps@clear.net.nz

Roofing N.Z NATHAN HOUSTON Ph: 09 422 2131

Mob: 021 220 5000

470 KAiPArA FlATS rOAd, WArKWOrTH126

Long Run Iron Specialists New Re-Roofs & Cladding

Ring Matt on 021 356 965 A/hrs/Fax: 09 425 6311 Email: iron.man@xtra.co.nz

LTD.

LOCAL TRADES

PROPERTY SERVICES & MAINTENANCE

You can trust us to find the right person for the job

Contact Linda Robinson p e

09 422 9860 linda@localtrades.co.nz

m w

027 526 1146 www.localtrades.co.nz

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

PHONE 0800 622 7929

‘Just one call and we’ll arrange it all’

R.K. PADDISON CONTRACTING LTD

MICK BERGER CONTRACTORS

362 Matakana Valley Rd, Matakana 0948

ph 422 7716 • fax 422 7717 matakanasawmill@xtra.co.nz

- Residential & Light Commercial - Quick Stage - OSH Standards - Tube & Clip - Qualified Scaffolders - Reliable Service P 09 425 0300 M 027 4930468 F 09 423 0017 sales@metroscaff.co.nz www.metroscaff.co.nz

Phone: 09 422 0688 • Mobile: 0274 930 806

CONTRACTORS

43 years experience

Owner/Driver: Ray 38 Coquette Street, Warkworth Ph 422 3450 or 0274 955 566 • Fax 09 422 3451

• panelling • firewood

Metroscaff Limited

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

• Truck Hire • Metal Supplies • Bulk Cartage

• beams & posts • mulch

Servicing Auckland - Rodney - Kaipara

Calling all customers We’ll find the right tradesperson for those jobs around your home and property Calling all local tradespeople Are you looking for more work?

Why not join Local Trades Ltd

• slabs • flooring

Dams ● Winching ● Bulldozing ● Driveways House Sites ● Landscaping ● Earthmoving ● Sub Divisions

Footings Hole Boring Landscaping

3.5T Digger 5T Truck

Bob Waata Mobile 021 634 484

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Concrete | Brick, Block Layers & Tiling | Flooring | Electrical | Design, Architects & Surveyors | Lawn Mowing & Landscaping

021 2800 233

Barry Houlbrooke Owner Operator

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

WCR

Grinding  Polishing Coatings  Floors  Paths Driveways  Entrances 119 Hauiti Dr, Warkworth 0910

WARKWORTH 027 485 6371 • A/hrs 425 0092 CONCRETE Email: barry@wcr.net.nz RESURFACING Website: www.wcr.net.nz

Astute TILING SERVICES

WARKWORTH BRICKLAYING SERVICES LTD

Craftsman Tiler | High Quality Workmanship Accredited Waterproof Membrane Installer Specialist in Epoxy Grout | NZQA Trade Certified

Phone Alan Berthelsen 021 780 170 • A/hrs 425 8252

Simon Bennett 09 431-5723 or 021 320-705 email: astute1@ubernet.co.nz 72 Cames Road, RD5 Wellsford 0975

FLOOR SANDING - FLOOR PREPARATION FLOOR SANDING - FLOOR PREPARATION 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

www.nzconcrete.co.nz

BASED IN MATAKANA

DRIVEWAYS FLOORS • PATHS Exposed • Plain • Coloured Stamped Concrete • Cutting Residential & Commercial Sub-divisions • R.O.W’s • Excavations 135M

Carpet, Vinyl, Cork & Ceramic Tiles Installation Service Overlocking Service Free Measure and Quote sales@rodneyflooring.co.nz

COASTAL CONCEPTS • Electrician • Gates & Automation t. 09 422 2175 m. 027 497 0464 e. cc2004@xtra.co.nz

www.coastalconceptsltd.co.nz

T.T.E. DESIGNS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNERS

ELECTRICAL SERVICES Residential and Commercial Electrical Phone 422 9589 • Mobile 021 679 483 Email: rob.vic@xtra.co.nz

Lamb & moLLoy Ltd SURVEYORS

Prompt, professional advice and service for all Subdivisions and Land Development Work

Phone Warkworth (09) 425-7393 R. Mather 021 425 837 • R. Molloy 021 779 964

23 Bertram Street - Warkworth admin@lmsurveyors.co.nz TOTAL LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION

Over 25 years experience in all aspects of residential design THOMAS ERRINGTON Dip.Arch.

P: 09 425 0512 M: 027 453 2495 E: ttedesigns@ruralinzone.net W: www.ttedesigns.co.nz

It's your day off and you're mowing the lawn?

• Lawnmowing • Hedges & Pruning • gardening / sPraying • section cLean uPs • rubbisH removaL • gutter cLeaning • Handyman

CALL FREE 0800 4 JIM JIM (546 546) or book online at www.jimsmowing.co.nz

FRANCHISE ENQUIRIES WELCOME

Golden Afternoon Gardens

• Digger • Truck • Tractor

Phone Bruce 425 7766 a/h I take the hard work out of Landscaping

• Planting • Paving • Retaining WallS • FenceS • deckS • gaRden makeoveRS SERVICING HIBISCUS COAST TO MANGAWHAI

JOHN BETTRIDGE P: 09 425 4086 M: 021 665 558 E: john.bettridge@jbsno1.co.nz

Landscape Industries Association of New Zealand Inc.

STEVE’S MAINTENANCE Lawns • Hedges • Water Blasting Rubbish Removal • Section Clearing Property Maintenance

for complete quality projects

• Lawns - contouring & seeding • Top soil • Retaining Walls • Driveways • Paths

JB’s No 1 LANDSCAPING SERVICES

Landscape Design • Garden Tidyups & Makeovers Fruit Tree & Rose Pruning

Brett Schneideman

Phone 09 422 9004, 027 406 5450 brett@villatamahunga.co.nz • www.villatamahunga.co.nz

No job too big or small

Call steve 029 770 7101 09 425 9966 SeRving WaRkWoRtH, SneLLS BeaCH, Matakana, SandSPit

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Health & Beauty | Property Maintenance | Arborists | Carpet & Upholstery | Retail | Blinds | Painters & Decorators | Water Pump Services

focus on Health

Professionals LAVENDER HOUSE HOLISTIC HEALTH CLINIC 25/27 Lilburn Street, Warkworth • P: 425 8445 M: 021 825 966 • E: lavenderhouse@xtra.co.nz

For all your property maintenance and small building projects

• RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL • WATER BLASTING

Phone to discuss YOUR requirements 021 423 860 - 423 8619 a/h handyman@bruno.co.nz • www.bruno.co.nz

Arcadia

• Medical Herbalist • Diet and Nutrition • Bioenergy Healing • Acute & Chronic Conditions

Tree Care

Kayleen Hazlehurst NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR MM189

MHSc; Adv.DipHSc; DipHSc; PhD.

body - mind - spirit Contact Linus Wood NZ First Light Flower Essences Consults and essences for adults, children and animals

0800 927 492 021 725 907

www.treecontracts.co.nz

Essences for emotional, mental & spiritual support, life situations, challenges, trauma, distress, unease, negative patterns, anxieties, fears.

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

CARPET CLEANING

Marj Marks

Registered Practitioner

Based in Puhoi - Available at Lavender Cottage, Warkworth

Emergency Flood Service Technical Experience 12 years Fully qualified and certified

09 422 0177 or 027 612 5256 www.aquaesse.co.nz

Specialising in:  STUMP GRINDING  Fine Pruning  Tree Removal  Hedge Trimming Ph Kevin on 021 725 757

For all your carpet needs • Supply only Neil Wardle • Lay only Carpet Layer • Supply and Lay 09 425 9149 • Re-adaptions 027 264 7941 • Repair Work neilwardle@hotmail.co.nz

Call FREE 0800 022 101

Beauty Therapy & Nail Creations

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

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

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VENLUREE

AWN I

NGS

SECURITY DOORS • SHUTTERS • SCREENS • Supply • Installation FOR • Cleaning • Repairs

Agents for

09 428 4012 021 2144 250

since 1966

email: vlr.frank@yahoo.co.nz www.venluree.co.nz

FREE QUOTES CALL FRANK

Your Painter/Decorator with over 25 years experience serving all surrounding areas

Leigh Decorators Painting • Paperhanging • Roofs • Airless Spraying • Stopping (small jobs) • Repaints • New Homes For your Free Quote and/or Consultation phone Gary HOME: 09-422-6695 • MOBILE: 021-024-44941 EMAIL: gary.robyn@clear.net.nz

Mobile 021 456 429 Email: brocks@xtra.co.nz

Certified Member of the Carpet Cleaning Association of NZ

WARKWORTH COMMERCIAL CLEANERS LTD Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners General Commercial Cleaners

Paddy & Gaye Webb Phone/Fax: Mobile: Email: Website:

09 425 6844 021 079 8578 padgayewebb@gmail.com www.wwcc.co.nz

12B Wood Street, Mangawhai Heads M 021 280 4008 P 09 431 4651 E mwiappliance@gmail.com

itchen Colours and Wood Finishes Spraypainters of quality kitchens Lacquers, enamels, 2 pacs, clearcoats Resprays and Recolours

Phone / Fax Gary 425 7669 Unit 21/30 Hudson Road, Warkworth115

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 09 425 9007 or 021 507 463

25 years experience  Interior & exterior painting undertaken Wallpaper hanging and plastering specialists Contact Paul for a free quote

Phone 422 5516 or 022 657 8739  www.intercolour.co.nz

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Water Pump Services | Plumbing | Marine | Printers & Design | TV Aerials & Satellites | Water Supplies | Water Tank Cleaning & Water Testing | Furniture Removals | Mobility Scooters | Storage

water pumps

Water lters - Underbench - UV - Whole House • Water Coolers • Water Pumps • Sales & Service

0800 PURE WATER “If you don’t have a lter you are the lter”

Call Steve today 09 945 2282 he’s your local

steve@purewaterservices.co.nz

New Pump Sales Service Installation

Phone/Fax 425-5619 Mobile 0800 733 765

www.purewaterservices.co.nz

K & R PUMP SERVICES ltd

H2O PUMPS

Pump & Filtration Services

Water Treatment

Pumping Systems

• Filtration • UV Sterilizers • Softeners and Neutralizers • Iron Removal • Agent for Stallion Pumps

Owen Ward

Phone 021 771 878 • 24hrs 09 425 6002 Email: h2opumps@xtra.co.nz MoBILe eFTPos AVAILABLe

& DRAINLAYING

(2007) Ltd

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

OUTBOARD MOTOR SERVICING Available from: 330 Mahurangi East Rd, Snells Beach Phone 425-5806

Digital Freeview Satellite

TV AERIAL & SATELLITE SERVICES

Installation & Repairs

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

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

L T D

Maintenance  New Homes  Craftsman Plumber  Free Quotes  After Hours Callout  30 years experience 

office & Internet services • Plan Printing, Colour & B/W Photocopying • Laminating, Binding, Fax and Scanning Service • Internet and Email Service

Phone 425 7257 | copyworks@clear.net.nz Argyll Angle, 58-60 Queen Street, Warkworth

water

& ESIAN SOLWA T Y AR fILTEREd

WATER

0800 638 254 OR 09 422 3700

TANK WATER TESTING 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

Mangawhai: Phil Lathrope 431 4608 | 021 642 668

Warkworth FURNITURE REMOVALS

J O N E S

027 494 5499

TRIED – TESTED – TRUSTED

mobile: 027 556 6111

ST E P H E N

09 422 7618

MAHURANGI MARINE LTD

0800 747 928

31 WOODCOCKS RD - WARKWORTH - PH 425 9100

STEPHEN JONES

TTT Plumbing Limited

Household Water Deliveries

Pumps / Water Tanks / Filtration / Treatment Spa & Pool Shop / Pool Valet Service Water Blasters / Sprayers Hose & Fittings / Mobile & Workshop Service

P LU M B I N G

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

Mark Sim 021 102 4561 tplumber@xtra.co.nz

TV • Video • DVD Tuning Additional TV Outlets Phone David Redding 09 422 7227 or 0274 585 457

AUTHORISED AGENT

We collect samples of your tank or bore water, have them analysed for microbes at an IANZ reg. laboratory.

Our written report explains the results and makes recommendations.

Phone Simon Breeze (09) 422 9345

tankwater@xtra.co.nz | www.tankwatertesting.info

MOBILITY SCOOTERS Rodney - North Shore

SALES • REPAIR • HIRE Noel & Lyn Beale

09 422 2615 or 0800 022 884

SNELLS BEACH

PHONE 09 425 5597

146M

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING FOR lEASE clInIcAl OFFIcE SpAcE at health centre. Suit professional health practitioner. Daily rates available. Contact: 425 8399 or lightways@xtra.co.nz

FItnESS

Learn to dance • ceroc - Modern Jive Ceroc is the fastest growing dance phenomenon in the country.

This fusion of Jive and Salsa is easy to learn, sociable and fun, and can be danced to any music with a regular beat. Ceroc DJ's play music ranging from 70's classics through to your current chart favorites.

7pm on Tuesday Nights at the Woolshed, Country Park, Matakana, Warkworth.

For more information Contact Colin 021 862 847 • www.ceroc.co.nz

Two beginners classes starting soon Tuesday 24th July 5.30pm-7pm Saturday 28th July 10am-11.30am Scout Hall, Shoesmith St, Warkworth

Tai Chi is an ancient art that promotes holistic well being for people of all ages

Ph Helen Howard 09 425 9237 FlIGHtS

ScEnIc FlIGHtS $39, 20 mins; $49, 30 mins. Min. 3 passengers. Trial flights $79. Gift vouchers available.

GREAt BARRIER FlIGHtS. Special stopover up to 4 hours. Return $99.

Min. 3 passengers. nORtH cApE FlIGHtS $375 each.

Min 3 passengers.

Rodney Aero club ph 425 8735 or Rod Miller phone 425 5612

FOR HIRE ‘cMR’ cOMFEY MEEtInG ROOM for

quiet gatherings of up to 25 people, tea facilities, Lavender House, 27 Lilburn St, Warkworth. Reasonable rates. Ph 425 8399 or lightways@xtra.co.nz

pUHOI cEntEnnIAl HAll Capacity

200, very reasonable rates. For further information phone Kathy on 422 0891 or email puhoi.hall@hiko.co.nz

SHOESMItH & MASOnIc HAllS The Shoesmith Hall (limit 120 people) and the old Masonic Hall (limit 100 people) are available for hire at reasonable rates. Contact the Warkworth Service Centre of the Auckland council on tollfree (09) 301 0101.

SAnDSpIt, Large bedroom, ensuite own TV in furnished house. Share kitchen, lounge. Peaceful sea & bush.

Suit working person or tradesman. Non smoker. Refs. $250 p/wk. Ph 425 8399 or lightways@xtra.co.nz SHOp tO REnt 50 sqm, Riverview Plaza, Kapanui Place. For details contact: Rona Glover 04 384 8311 or ronaglover@ xtra.co.nz WARKWORtH OFFIcE tO REnt 102sqm, air conditioning. For details contact: Rona Glover 04 384 8311 or ronaglover@xtra.co.nz

FOR SAlE BORDER cOllIE pUppIES, Full breed, 4x b/w males, 2x b/w females - $400 ea, 2x red males - $500 ea. Ready-togo 21st July. Worm & vac. Phone Rowie Panhuis 09 431 6033 (Paparoa) FIREWOOD - pInE Warkworth Lions Project, $50 p/cm. Phone to arrange pickup time 425 5893 or 0274 747 077.

FREE InStAllAtIOn On FREEVIEW Receivers if you have a working satellite dish. Quality equipment with 2 year warranty from $184 including GST. Offer ends 31/8/12. Ph Gavin 0274766115. lIVEStOcK Weaner Pigs Tamworth. $80 each. Phone 422 6052.

RAWlEIGH pRODUctS available.

Phone Patrick 425 8851.

FREEVIEW AERIAl OR SAtEllItE DISH ... DOn’t KnOW? For a site survey and quote call JIM THE MAINTENANCE MAN 021 254 2048 or 422 3725.

FIREWOOD DRY, Split, Shed stored, Hotmix, delivered. Blue Gum, Old Man Pine. Ph 021 2165 856

pERSOnAlS

cOUnSEllInG Professional - SInGlE MAlE, slim, fit 50, seeks Experienced. A powerful way to gain bisexual or gay friend Mangawhai/ perspective and effect change in our Kaiwaka area. Email gwm1@ymail.com lives. Contact Phillipa Reeve 09 423 0483 or 021 0271 8621.

pHOtOGRApHIc & DIGItAl

HOBBIES & REcREAtIOn

pRESERVE YOUR MEMORIES

Videos, slides & old 8mm films all on to DVD. Ph TeTotara Video (09) 422 5710.

HORSE RIDING WARKWORTH Family Fun Scenic farm & forest rides Quiet horses and ponies Birthday rides • Lessons Suit beginners & experienced riders and people with Disabilities Social, Language & School Groups

pUBlIc nOtIcES

FREE Clean Fill

book NoW

I have 80 cubic metres of clean fill, will deliver free of charge to anywhere within 20 miles of Warkworth.

PH Tim 021 822071

1hour $40 • 2hours $75 Phone 425 8517 42 Kaipara Flats Road, Warkworth www.come.to/horseriding

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TAOIST TAI CHI CLASSES

FOR REnt

HEAltH SERVIcES

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DRIVEWAYS WIntER SpEcIAl Maintenance Grading, Rolling and Metalling for rural Driveways. No job to BIG or small.

Phone (09) 425 7766

Advertise your classifieds and church notices here for only

$2.95+GST per line or $8.85 per/cm+GST for boxed adverts.

HOME MAIntEnAncE At FEncE KInG We do all types of fences. Satisfaction guaranteed for prompt service and a free competitive quote. Phone Sam-the-fenceman Untitled-6 021 1264 660 or 09 42 4 8874.

HAnDYMAn – tHE MAIntEnAncE MAn Your one stop fix-it-man. Phone Jim 422 3725 or 021 254 2048. plAStERInG - Karl Hall 25 years experience. All aspects of stopping.

Coveing specialist. Ph 0210 424 296 or a/hrs 428 7127.

WAtER FIltERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria. FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 945 2282 or visit www.purewaterservices.co.nz WAtER pUMpS Low water pressure?

Get it sorted. Sales, service & installation.

Work guaranteed. Ph Steve 09 945 2282 or www.purewaterservices.co.nz

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AlcOHOlIcS AnOnYMOUS If you want to drink that’s your 8/05/12 business, if you want to stop, we can help!

0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) OR 09 366 6688

pUHOI HIStORIcAl SOcIEtY meets every 3rd Wed, 7.30pm, Puhoi Museum records room. All welcome. Museum winter hours are Sat & Sun, 1pm-4pm.

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How wealth is created As investors, we all expect a return on our investment but first we need to understand how wealth, the source of that return, is created. If no wealth is being created, there will be no return on our investments. To create wealth you need a growing economy and for an economy to grow, you need the following: yy Skilled labour • Natural resources • Financial capital yy Intellectual capital (people with creative ideas, leadership abilities and so on) You bring these four inputs into a “market” economy and wealth is created.

As investors, providing the financial capital, you are entitled to your share of that increase in wealth. It’s called the “capital market rate of return.” When the economy is strong and growing, the return for all four of these inputs will be greater than when the economy is weak. In the western world, the return on “financial capital” for the past 100 years has averaged around 10 percent per annum, but as we all know too well, we have periods when the capital market rate of return is much less or even negative. Since 2000, the capital market rate of return in many countries has been close to zero, although some have been positive.

We could interpret these recent numbers as a good sign for higher returns in the future, but we are not here to make a forecast. What we are saying is that, as investors, we need to pay closer attention to the costs of investing. The financial service sector (Wall Street) cannot survive for long in a world where the capital market rate of return is close to zero. They expect more and the only way to get it is to take a chunk of everyone else’s share of the increase in wealth. When the capital market rate of return drops significantly, you never see an equivalent drop in fees.

What you do see, is pressure on the brokerage sales force to sell high cost products, and the fees end up consuming a much larger share of your return.

Losing two or three percent of your capital each year in fees has an enormous negative impact on your long term investment gains. Fortunately, lower cost alternatives do exist and access to low cost wholesale “institutional enhanced index funds” is possible to investors.

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Congratulations to Joyce Marshall from Algies Bay who is this month’s recipient of a hamper from Chocolate Brown Warkworth. Joyce was nominated by Lynley Preston.

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I would like to nominate Joyce Marshall from Algies Bay for all the work she puts into the Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club. She has been president for many years and she works tirelessly doing what needs to be done. Joyce put a lot of time into organising the food, sponsors and a guest speaker for the club’s annual sponsorship dinner. It is always a good night and a great meal. Although there are a lot of other people who help with this event, I’d like to thank Joyce in particular for her hard work.

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Stories about surfing dolphins in Mangawhai, a rates strike in Kaipara, an intersection closure in Wellsford, a new Warkworth home for Rodney Women’s Centre and the photography festival in Matakana were among the top 10 viewed stories last month.

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framework Matakana subdivision reflects environmental priorities High environmental standards have been set for a new 33-lot subdivision in Matakana, which is expected to begin selling sometime next summer.

Matakana Green, at 224 Matakana Valley Road, is being developed by N.V. Investment Group, which has partnered with Ebode sustainable homes.

Group director Leo Nelis says the vision is to create an eco-friendly community with sustainable homes on each site.

Environmental considerations will include landscaping, building design and construction, power generation, water usage and disposal, and amenity.

Leo moved to NZ from Holland more than 19 years ago after a successful career as a designer in Europe. He bought the land in Matakana, which runs along the river, about 15 years ago. The property was formerly a goat farm and had also been used as a citrus orchard.

Leo had intended to subdivide the property into five countryside living lots, but more recent zoning changes promoted under Plan Change 64 made him re-think the land’s potential.

Under the plan change, which is due to become operative later this year,

David Wildish (left) and Leo Nelis believe homes in the Matakana Green development will appeal to people who want a sense of community within an environmentally responsible framework.

the land will be zoned residential. The connection of Matakana sewerage to the Omaha Plant was another factor in the timing of the subdivision start.

“What I envisage is a community where people have contact with each

other, feel safe and enjoy living,” Leo says. “I would like to see Matakana Green become an example of what is possible in design, sustainability and liveability. Sustainability features will include grid-connected solar power

generation systems, double glazing, natural insulation, passive solar architecture and ground-source heat pumps.”

Ebode sales manager David Wildish says lot sizes will vary from around 800sqm to 1400sqm, and land-only prices will start at $295,000. Land and home packages will range from under $600,000 to $950,000.

All sections will be north facing to maximise sun exposure and building will be governed by a small raft of environmental covenants to ensure the integrity of the development is maintained.

A cobblestone loop road will provide the only exit and entry points on to Matakana Valley Road.

Leo says one of the most attractive features of the subdivision is the 1.7ha stand of native bush that runs along the river. A walkway is part of the development design, as well as a community green where there will be barbecues and a playground.

Auckland Council advises that a hearing on Plan Change 64 is likely to be held next month. If there are no appeals to the decision, the Plan Change will be operative.

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and embraced by the local community before work starts on the restaurant.

“We are yet to come up with any detailed plans for the restaurant but it will offer casual dining in a relaxed atmosphere.”

Farida says it’s their passion for the area that has inspired them to take on the new venture.

“We love wine, food and people, and are bringing these three things together to support the local economy and offer more to the Matakana Village,” she says. “The area has huge untapped potential.

Matakana is going to continue to grow and develop and we want to be a part of that.”

Clyde and Farida moved to NZ from Mumbai in 2004. In India they ran a cargo, freight and courier business for 24 years.

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A passion for fine wine, good food and people is behind Clyde and Farida Cooper’s decision to further invest in Matakana’s future.

The couple, who already own Plume the Vineyard Restaurant in Sharp Road and the Runner Duck Vineyard, purchased the Brookview Tea House site last month.

The one-hectare property comes with resource consent for a 70-seat restaurant, which will eventually be built overlooking the Matakana River.

Clyde says the teahouse will be renovated over the coming months and will be re-opened as the Plume Café before summer.

“The café will have a French fusion offering freshly baked pastries and breads, as well as brunch and lunch menus,” he says.

Clyde says he wants to see the café up and running

Undertaking a building project is going to cost more as Auckland Council has increased many of its building control fees and deposit charges, as well as introducing new charges.

The changes, which came into effect on July 1, include big increases in the “processing deposit” required by Council for building projects: the deposit for projects valued at up to $1999 has increased from $205 to $550; projects valued between $5000–$19,999 will require a deposit of $1300 (up from $745) and projects valued at more than $500,000 will require a $4500 deposit – an increase of 85 percent.

Code of Compliance Certificates have risen in price by between 60–140 percent.

New charges include a $400 fee upon application for a temporary structure, and a $200 fee for anyone applying to separate an existing building consent that relates to two or more buildings on the same site.

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Plume owners, Clyde and Farida Cooper, on the site in Matakana where they eventually plan to build a restaurant.

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frame work Grant kick-starts Waipu hall A $600,000 grant from Whangarei District Council has given a major boost to a $2 million project to construct a new multi-purpose venue alongside Waipu’s Coronation Hall.

A joint venture between the Caledonian kitchen and bar. The new hall will Society, the Waipu Hall Committee be linked to the Coronation Hall by and the community, the plan involves a covered walkway and will feature a complete refurbishment of the existing commercial kitchen accessible to both hall together with construction of what facilities. is being called the Saalmor (Gaelic for At around 500sqm, the Saalmor will great barn) on Caledonian Park. be twice the size of the existing hall, Joint venture group chairman Richie include a portable stage and will be Guy says the community has been able to seat 380 people for dinner or working towards the proposed building as many as 700 without tables. for the past 12 months, including It will be suitable to run anything from fundraising around $120,000, but indoor sports to social and cultural the council’s substantial contribution events, enabling popular community will enable it to accelerate fundraising events to increase in size. efforts, including seeking further Richie says events such as the funding from organisations such as Art‘n’Tartan wearable arts show has the Lottery Grants Board. sold out in just minutes, even with The Coronation Hall has been a hub two shows, because the venue can’t of community activities since it was accommodate more. built in the 1920s and Richie says it The joint venture group is developing doesn’t make sense to replace it, but existing concept plans in more detail, more room is needed to accommodate in consultation with community larger events. groups such as “Our Town” which is “The hall is the best used hall in the trying to develop a consistent style Whangarei District Council area and around the area. that’s why we didn’t just want to knock Depending on the outcome of funding it down and build another one. It’s used applications, construction could begin by a number of smaller groups, in some as early as January next year. cases three groups at one time.”

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“The control systems are the expensive part, but the CAT5 cable is relatively inexpensive, so even if you don’t put systems in straight away, it’s still worth cabling for them,” says Wayne.

“The beauty of it is that it can be programmed to whatever the customer wants, so usability is quite simple and it’s flexible enough to be changed at any time, just by re-programming, without having to change light switches and other hardware.”

Gates can also be automated and linked to control systems and audio, and/ or video, intercoms. Openers can be linked to existing garage door remotes or with GSM diallers, enabling gates to be opened and closed remotely by mobile phone, and intercoms can be set to call your cell phone, so you don’t need wiring back to your house, he says. Solar powered options can be installed if there is no power to the site.

Laser Electrical owner Eddie Johnston, who has nearly 40 years’ experience as an electrician, says that the innovation in the marketplace, particularly in the last five years, has been “mindboggling” and the ideas are only just beginning to catch on in NZ. He says the addition of some simple elements such as light sequencing and appliance integration can be done for a few thousand dollars, but for more sophisticated systems, the price tag can be $100,000 upwards.

By using C-Bus home control, elements such as lighting, audiovisual systems and air conditioning can be programmed to work in unison at the touch of a button. Referred to as a “scene”, this function allows a specific mood or atmosphere to be created quickly and easily, and suits both commercial and residential applications.

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The gardens or grassed areas created on walls and roofs not only soften the visual impact of buildings, but also provide permeable surfaces that reduce stormwater and support insect life as well as conserving energy.

Green walls can be internal or external, with climbing plants growing on them or structures attached to the walls that foster suitable species, while sod roofs can support drought-tolerant, self-seeding plants such as grasses, succulents, mosses, wildflowers or mat-forming perennials.

Sod roofs are popular with environmentalists, such as the late Joe Polaischer, who built one at Rainbow Valley Farm in Matakana, as well as architects like the late Friedensreich Hundertwasser who incorporated them into the now famous toilet block in Kawakawa.

Former Rodney Mayor John Law has been building sod roofs since the early 1990s – the first at Brixton Rd Preschool in Manly, which the Laws owned, and then at Koru Grove School in Wainui. His new home in Silverdale North will feature an earthroofed garage, covered in colourful gazanias. He says one big advantage is

Maintenance of a sod roof like this one at Rainbow Valley Farm is minimal once the plants are established.

the insulating qualities of a sod roof.

He suggests that anyone interested in building a sod roof starts small, with a garage, veranda or even a letterbox.

Engineering advice is essential for a large sod roof to ensure the construction meets building codes and is safe. The roof pitch should be around 30 degrees or less.

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frame work Insulation to suit all budgets Rising power costs coupled with an appreciation of the health benefits of a warm, dry home are seeing an increasing number of homeowners paying more attention to their insulation options.

Warkworth architect Thomas Errington says the savings on heating bills between an insulated and uninsulated house can be as much as 50 percent.

He says that the best time to think about insulation is when a home is being designed.

“Orientating the house to take best advantage of the sun and protecting it from cold southerly winds is the first consideration,” he says.

“Good insulation in floors, walls, the roof and windows comes next.

Using the right materials means the house can be passively heated without ongoing inputs or running costs.”

Thomas says that while well-insulated houses can add to the overall cost of the build, the level of additional cost can be controlled by choosing materials and elements that assist passive heating.

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coloured, north facing wall which can draw in and store heat during the day, radiating it back into the house when the sun goes down is the first place to start. In some homes, passive heating will help to maintain stable temperatures year-round without any significant need for supplementary heating. Others may need additional heating in winter but the level of use will be considerably lower in a home that uses passive heating principles.”

While the more adventurous home builder might choose straw bales or rammed earth, masonry construction such as core-filled concrete block walls or concrete slabs which sandwich a layer of polystyrene are more widely used to produce thermal mass.

Thomas says concrete floors provide better heat stores than timber floors and systems such as ‘floor store’ can be installed to consistently transfer heat from the roof to a concrete floor.

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Industry training incentives Grant worth around $50,000 are being distributed to employers in the construction industry by the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO).

This is the second year BCITO has offered the grants, which were established to help employers in the construction sector develop and expand their businesses, and assist them in providing on-going investment in training.

BCITO chief executive Ruma Karaitiana is urging more employers to apply.

“This is a great way to help upskill, increase productivity and gear up for future demand,” he says. “The uptake of these grants is testament to the professionalism of those in the construction sector who are eager to further their knowledge and expertise within the industry.”

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Any employer of a current BCITO trainee can apply for the grant.

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frame work Watercare investigates fairer system for water tank users Watercare Services is looking into the possibility of metering household rainwater tanks on properties that are connected to a reticulated system, which has been proposed as a fairer way of assessing wastewater charges.

However, homeowners who have access to town water but use solely rainwater, as well as those on a dual water source, should not hold their breath for a speedy resolution to the matter, as Watercare is raising a number of concerns about metering.

The proposal to meter tank water comes as a result of several public submissions made to Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan.

Subsequently, Cr Wayne Walker proposed a Council resolution to investigate the issue further.

Cr Walker says that people with tanks need to be treated fairly and on the same basis as those on reticulated water when it comes to volumetric charges for sewage.

The new wastewater tariff, which Watercare Services says has been determined on “an average household basis” using the volumetric charge for domestic customers, is $582 per annum for un-metered properties.

Watercare says that the charge means there will be significant reductions for customers in the former Rodney District Council area.

“In fact, they will be paying between 31 to 60 percent less for wastewater than they do now,” a spokesperson says.

“This is on top of last year’s reduction in the water tariff, where customers in that area received price reductions of between 33 percent and 62 percent.”

The spokesperson says only low water users, such as single occupants or holiday homes occupied for part of the year, would be better off with metered rain tanks rather than the current fixed charge.

Watercare’s objections to metering include access, variable water pressure and plumbing irregularities as well as additional meter reading and administration costs, compliance and auditing costs and contractual arrangements. Cr Walker says those objections don’t stack up.

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Interior touches are likely to include ‘his’ favourite things such as motorbikes, guitars, sports paraphernalia and memorabilia, and if the budget allows, some hi-tech gadgetry. A beer fridge is de rigueur.

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Some careful renovation decisions before going to the market can reap rewards for nearly every type of property. The key to good decisionmaking is to remember one rule – “your top price will come from a buyer making an emotional decision, not a logical one”.

Essentially, the idea is for someone to come in and fall in love with the property on their first visit and make an offer soon after. Buyers start to pick holes in the property with every additional visit they make after the first one and the price they are willing to offer drops accordingly.

The fastest way to kill positive emotions is a poky old-fashioned kitchen or grotty bathroom. These are number one on the renovation list and needn’t cost a fortune to update.

A nice basic kitchen may cost $12,000 to $15,000 to replace, while a new bathroom will cost in the vicinity of $5000 to $7000.

Floor coverings are next on the list.

Stained, worn or smelly old carpets are just off-putting and a new carpet can be laid for $5000 to $6000 for a standard three-bedroom home.

Painting indoors and out also provides value for money if the existing paint job is looking tired or damaged. Stick to modern but fairly neutral colours for any renovations; you might love an electric blue kitchen and avocado green bathroom, but 99 percent of your buyers won’t.

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Consider what sells in your area. If you have a two-bedroom house in an area that is rented mostly by families, then adding a bedroom can make it appeal more to investors. An ensuite will make a house more appealing to families, as will an extra living area where teenagers can escape to.

Small changes can have a big impact.

A skylight can completely transform a dingy part of the house and another relatively easy fix is to change a small window for a larger one or put in a ranch-slider or bifold doors. Kiwis love sun, so try to make your house as well lit as possible.

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Close contest in college netball final It was a tight fought game between Otamatea High School and Whangaparaoa College when they met in the final of the Rodney District Secondary School Netball Challenge, played in Wellsford, last month.

The score was nine-all after the first quarter and 16-15 to Otamatea at half-time. Whangaparaoa nudged ahead in the third quarter to lead 27-24, but a determined Otamatea side clinched the victory in extra time 36-34.

Other participating schools in the competition were Wentworth (6th), Kingsway (3rd), Rodney (4th) and Ruawai (5th) colleges. Players of the competition were Laura Anderson and Bridget Davies, Kingsway; Cheyanne D’Ardenne, Breeze Tuheke and Patty McCabe, Otamatea; Jacinda Downs and Rebecca Simmonds, Rodney; Tiana Langdon, Ruawai; Georgia Cox, Wentworth; Jessica Poupouare, Deearna Lucas and Kathleen Oneroa, Whangaparaoa.

Meanwhile, the Rodney Netball Centre competition is in full swing with fewer senior teams playing this season. There is no premier grade and only five teams in the A grade. Organiser Lynette Gubb says to compensate, an inter-centre competition with the Hibiscus Coast Centre has been organised to give the senior teams a challenge.

“There are fewer social teams playing this year and we’re not quite sure why,” Lynette says. “We moved the competition from Saturday to Friday night last year, so maybe that has had an impact.”

A total of 40 teams are playing in the junior grades Whangaparaoa College put up a tough fight, but on Saturday morning, which is also slightly down Otamatea (white stripe) proved too strong in the on last year. Lynette says the centre is focusing on end. More photos at www.localmatters.co.nz upskilling umpires this season.

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Mahurangi’s Year 7 team (red strip) won this match against Silverdale, 13–9. The Mahurangi team were runners up in Year 7. More photos at localmatters.co.nz

Tight tussle for Mahu College netballers School and club netball teams from all over Auckland, and as far north as Mangawhai, took part in a junior tournament last month at Edith Hopper Park in Manly.

The tournament was organised by Whangaparaoa College to raise funds to send its Year 8 team to the AIMS championship in Tauranga in September.

A full day of netball was played by 28 teams of Year 6 to 8 players, who competed in a pool play series of games, in a whole raft of weather conditions, on June 24.

Among the entries were a mixed Year 8 team, The Worlds, made up of players from several schools, who remained unbeaten until they met the Whangaparaoa Mystics in the final. This tightly fought game resulted in a 19-14 win to the Whangaparaoa Mystics, seeing them undefeated in the tournament.

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Croquet upgrade applauded The installation of an automated irrigation system, at a cost of just over $26,000, was one of the highlights of the Warkworth and Districts Croquet Club’s year, the annual meeting was told recently.

President Neville Fursdon said the captain, Marion Taylor; committee, project was financed by grants from Anne Beckett, Elizabeth Bridges, Shirley Pub Charity, Lion Foundation and Scholefield and Lorraine Martin. the Rodney Local Board, as well as Prizewinners were: Association croquet – club funds. Committee members were Intermediate championship singles, Brian thanked for their work with special Cameron; intermediate handicap singles, thanks to Shirley Scholefield and Bruce Borthwick; Pixie Jones Cup, B-grade those who assisted her with regular championship singles, Anne Murphy; fundraising activities. The club is Gubbs Tours Cup, B-grade handicap singles, also grateful to Cecil Bowyer for his Neville Fursdon; Thomson Cup, C-grade work mowing and looking after the championship singles, Marion Taylor; Phyl lawns. Margaret Simpson thanked Stevens Tray, senior/junior seeded drawn Summerset Falls, New World and doubles, Bruce Borthwick & Anne Beckett; Burton Trophy, senior/junior doubles, Mitre 10 Mega for their sponsorships. Brian and Hilary Cameron. Golf Croquet – Club captain Anne Murphy reminded Championship singles 5-7, Marion Taylor; members that both association and championship singles 8-12, Heather Metcalfe; golf croquet games will continue Ros Sullivan Cup, senior handicap singles, during winter, weather permitting, Neville Fursdon; intermediate handicap though with later starting times (see singles, Marion Taylor; Sullivan Cup, junior handicap singles, Heather Metcalfe; Jones-Merredew Cup, senior/junior seeded drawn doubles, Neville Fursdon & David Metcalfe; Simpson Trophy, most improved player, Lorraine Martin; President’s Award club spirit of friendship and sportsmanship, Shirley Scholefield.

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Officers elected were: President, Neville Fursdon; vice-president, Margaret Simpson; secretary, Marion Taylor; treasurer, David Metcalfe; club captain, Anne Murphy; golf croquet

A roundup of sports activities and events in the district Indoor Bowls

The Warkworth Indoor Bowls Club meets every Thursday evening at the Mahurangi Community Hall in Snells Beach at 7pm. New players are welcome and their first night is free. Subsequent nights are $2 per player. The club supplies mats and bowls, bring a pair of flat-soled shoes. Coaching is available, indoor bowls is suitable for young and old.

Info: Peter Rosieur 422 9903.

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Social table tennis and junior table tennis is held at the Matakana Village Hall every Tuesday from 7.30pm. All welcome. Adults $2 and students $1. Info: Mary Perkins 425 8146 or George Anderson 423 0424.

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Warkworth Squash Club is running ladies sessions every Monday from 9.15am to 10.45am, and on a Wednesday evening from 6pm to 8pm.

Cost is $7, coaching is available. Info: Kaye Jackson 425 6965.

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Social badminton is played at the Kaiwaka Sports Association on a Tuesdays from 7.30pm. Beginners are welcome, club rackets available, soft-soled shoes recommended. Info: Kaye Fleming 431 2345 or pkfleming@xtra.co.nz Croquet

Croquet is played through the winter – weather permitting. Association Croquet is played on Mondays at 1pm, Wednesdays at 10am and 1pm, and on Saturdays at 10am. Info: Anne 425 5211. Golf Croquet is played on a Monday at 10am, Thursdays at 1pm and on Saturdays at 1pm. Info: Marion 425 6164.

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Wartime memories In the Warkworth Museum archives can be found three boxes labelled Wartime Warkworth. Amongst such varied items as ration books and knitting patterns for soldiers’ socks and balaclavas, there is a folder containing the records of the Warkworth committee of the Emergency Precautions Service. This was a Dominion-wide organisation set up in 1939 to help communities prepare for a possible enemy invasion. Together with the Home Guard, which had units in all the small centres including Kawau, the E.P.S met regularly and planned for any contingency.

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Warkworth Home Guard temporary traffic wardens on Waiwera bridge. Back row: K. Hepana, J. Shine, M. Morrison, A. Carran. T. Ramsbottom. Second row: D. Oakes, C. Neal, H. Tomlinson, J. Hynds, P. Hanna, M. Taylor, T. Collins, B. Munro.

Sitting: J. Bergman and H. Bailey.

Shelter trenches were built to provide protection for the public in the business area and in Neville Street. Bags of sand and wooden rakes were available to deal with incendiary bombs.

This year we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Warkworth, which proved to be a friendly one, when American forces arrived in NZ for training prior to Pacific campaigns, or rest and relaxation after involvement in action. Members of the Home Guard were called upon to meet the troops coming to this area at Waiwera and escort them to the various camps.

Under the direction of Traffic Officer Pat Hanna, the Warkworth men were given temporary status as traffic wardens.

A display at the Warkworth Museum includes a map of the 33 camps in use by the Americans. There are also photographs taken by T. W. Collins and items lent by the Military Enactment Group. Some 50 years after the war, the museum acquired one of the ex-army two-man huts and during restoration the hut workers found pencilled in an interior corner the inscription P F C. Harry Russell, Athens Ohio.

The question was asked: ‘Could Harry have survived the war?’

Harry Russell (centre) with friends, 1943.

The museum curator at the time, Nick Davies, wrote a letter to the Mayor of Athens, Ohio, asking if by chance Harry Russell could still be found.

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Saxcess celebration blows into Ascension Singers support New Zealand’s best-loved saxophone quartet Saxcess is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion, the group is presenting a special programme at Ascension Wine Estate on Sunday July 8, at 4pm.

The programme will reflect the life and music of one of the most fascinating musical characters who ever lived – the inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax. Saxcess was present at the international celebrations for Sax’s centenary anniversary in Belgium in 1994 and he is the natural choice for their anniversary tour. The concert is presented locally by the Warkworth Music Society.

A society spokersperson says Sax didn’t only invent the saxophone – he reinvented the forms of many of the wind and brass instruments we know today.

He also worked with Louis Pasteur on medical apparatus, redefined the sound of the military band and was a great social reformer, hiring prisoners Saxcess has chosen one of the music world’s most colourful characters to honour to work in his factory and almost at their 20th anniversary concert in Warkworth. ending up in prison himself as a result box of nails, and it is a miracle that he of a celebratory new work by Robbie of a continual stream of lawsuits.

Debbie Rawson, the group’s leader and ever survived into adulthood. Even then Ellis (Mozart Fellow 2012), works by founder, has uncovered fascinating he led an equally colourful existence, other contemporary composers such details about his life for the concert from the way that he looked with his as Ludger Klisters (Germany), Yvette dashing mop of hair, his king-sized ego Audain and Natalie Hunt (NZ), and programme. established saxophone favourites and “The story of Adolphe Sax is and his ability to fight like a dog for transcriptions going back to Ravel, what he believed in.

A more fascinating extraordinary,” she says. “He got into Jean Francaix, Gershwin, Piazzolla, every kind of trouble you can possibly figure you couldn’t imagine.”

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Songs from Many Nations is the name chosen for the KaiRhythmix concert which will be held in the Christ Church Anglican Church, Church Hill, Warkworth, on Saturday, July 21.

The choir will present a capella, (unaccompanied) songs from 13 different cultures in eight languages including English. The programme will include songs from Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean, Russia, Spain and the Shetland Islands.

There will also be performances by local singers and musicians, who will present solo and small group items. The performers will include Elke Metzler, Lisa Outwin, Lana McCarthy, Rafael Diaz, Eleanor Diaz and Christopher Moon.

Afternoon tea will be served after the concert in the church hall.

Organiser Helen Diaz says there will be no set charge but donations are welcome. All proceeds will be given to the Warkworth Seasons-Grief and Loss support programme for children.

“Seasons is available to children who are experiencing grief or loss from a death, divorce or separation of an important person in their lives and relies entirely on donations,” Helen says.

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Reviewed by The Village Bookshop, Matakana This month we have chosen new books by two New Zealand authors. Danielle Hawkins is a first time novelist and Paul Cleave is an accomplished and successful author.

Dinner At Rose’s

by Danielle Hawkins

Jo Donnelly has returned to her hometown in the Waikato after finding her boyfriend and best friend in a compromising position. She takes on a temporary position at the local physiotherapy clinic and some of the humour in the novel arises as she deals with the locals and their genuine (and sometimes supposed) injuries. Luckily for Jo, her Aunt Rose, who lives up the valley with her pet piglet, four dogs and two sheep, keeps her grounded and offers sensible advice when needed. Also living in the valley is her old childhood friend Matthew. When Rose is hit by a serious illness, Jo moves in to help look after her, while Matt helps out as much as possible. Despite being sick, Rose is convinced Jo and Matthew should take their friendship to the next level. This is a charming and funny read that I loved because it feels so familiar – great to see a New Zealand author celebrate kiwi quirkiness!

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Paul Cleave is a New Zealand author who is growing in popularity locally. He’s already a best-selling author in Europe and his books are pacey, clever thrillers. In this latest novel we have Adrian, a former mental patient, holding people prisoner as he creates a collection of serial killer souvenirs.

Adrian kidnaps Cooper, who is a psychology professor, in the belief that Cooper is a serial killer and will, therefore, be the ultimate prize in his collection. Meanwhile, ex-cop Theodore Tate has been hired to find a missing student. As Tate investigates, he starts to realise that there is more to this investigation than the police are willing to admit. But will Tate be able to find Cooper and Emma before it’s too late. Cleave sets his novels in Christchurch, but it’s a Christchurch that is starting to unravel. Crime is escalating and killers, in particular, seem to be on the rise. One aspect of Cleave’s novels that I enjoy is his habit of giving characters from previous novels a cameo. If you are looking for a gripping thriller, Paul Cleave is your man!

Te Hana Te Ao Marama Maori Cultural Centre is inviting people to join them for a night filled with cultural festivities as they celebrate Matariki – the Maori New Year on July 7. A hangi feast will be followed by a fashion parade and wearable arts competition from 7pm to 10pm. Tickets to the event are $50.

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Hall upgrade delayed An upgrade to the Mahurangi East Community Centre, which was due to start this month, has been postponed until next year. An Auckland Council spokesperson says the project to replace half of the ceiling in the hall is likely to go ahead in January, pending approval from the Rodney Local Board. The work will also include replacing the vinyl in the toilets, corridor and stairwell that leads to the mezzanine floor.

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As I prefer to start meal planning with the vegetable component, the middle of winter is always challenging. At this time of the year I look to my favourite Middle Eastern food writers Claudia Roden, Greg Malouf, and Mourad Lahlou. Their use of fragrant spice combinations turn what can be stodgy and boring vegetables into taste sensations with a hint of better weather in their flavours, aromas and colours.

At present I am engrossed in Greg Malouf ’s latest book New Middle Eastern Food, which makes this style of cuisine very accessible. Filo pastry, rose water, pomegranates, molasses, saffron, sumac and harissa are widely available and are now considered staples in many pantry cupboards. I am always on the lookout for simple dishes that are delicious, exciting, wholesome and, importantly, easy to prepare so hopefully you will try some new ways with vegetables this winter.

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Philip is the current organist of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell.

Auckland’s Anglican Cathedral and he There will be an opportunity to last performed in Warkworth nearly a meet Philip after the concert, over a year ago. complimentary glass of wine or juice.

As usual, he will present a varied Organisers also hope to announce programme of pieces during his hour- news regarding an organ scholarship long performance. to be launched later this year.

Philip hails from the United Kingdom The concert will start at 3pm. Tickets and has lived more recently in north are $15 and can be purchased from Wales. He moved to New Zealand in Warkworth i-SITE or phone Lorna on 2008 to take up his present position at 422 3562 or Daphne on 425 0570.

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Principal David Macleod

Dear Parents and Guardians Tena Koutou Katoa Thank you to all our Junior School parents

for completing the Transition Survey. The results were very pleasing, particularly that 99% of parents said their child felt safe at Mahurangi College, 99% said their child is enjoying the experience and 100% said their child had made a good transition into College.

The initial feedback from the ERO (Education Review Office) Review to our Board was also very affirming in all regards, particularly student achievement and school culture.

We now await the final written report from the four reviewers who were in our school for three days from 11-13 June.

tion Korimako. For both girls this was the second year in a row that they have been placed second in their respective sections.

This was Briar’s first attempt at Nga Manu Korero and she was placed a very respectable 7th. Each speaker had a small group to tautoko their speech with a waiata.

Many thanks for Kylee Osborne, Vikki Demant

and Jenny Marcoft for helping prepare our students.

The First Fifteen Rugby Team have been chosen for a televised game at 2.30pm on Saturday 14th July. They will be playing

ISSUE 6: July 2012

important dates

Saturday July 14th

Mahurangi College vs Orewa College for the Murray Jones Shield at 2:30pm Monday July 16

• Term 3 Starts

Thursday July 19 • Yr 9 & 10 - 3-way Interviews 4.00-8.00pm July 23 - 27 • Top Art Exhibition - School Hall

Tuesday July 24 • North Harbour Schools Netball Zone Day • Senior Drama Trip - ATC Auckland ‘Awotea’

Wednesday July 25 • Celebrating Maori Student Success Evening

Orewa College at our

school for the Murray Jones Shield. Our Team competes in the A Division Murray Jones Shield of North Harbour and have had two good competition wins so far this season against Rangitoto College (2015) and Glenfield College (39-9) and a close loss in the dying seconds against Northcote College (5-7). It would be encouraging for the boys to have a good crowd of supporters on that day – it is the last Saturday of the July school holidays.

Thursday July 26 • Yr 11-13 Art, PE & Technology - Parent Teacher Interviews 3.30-7.30pm - School Library Friday July 27 • Peer Support Lunch Saturday July 28 • School Ball

Monday July 30 • BOT Meeting - 6pm

Tuesday July 31 • North Harbour Schools Netball Zone Day Wednesday August 1 • Secondary School Netball Tournament

Thursday August 2 • Attitudes Speaker Yr 9 Get a Life • Attitudes Speaker Yr 10 Sex with Attitude

I was pleased to receive the attached letter from one of our new bus drivers:

PHOTO: Briar Gimblett, Michael-Lydia Winiana & Ruahei Demant

Congratulations to Ruahei Demant, Michael-Lydia Winiana and Briar Gimblett who all represented Mahurangi College well in the Tai Tokerau (Northland) Nga Manu Korero competition. Ruahei came 2nd in the Senior Maori section, Pei te Hurinui Jones; Michael-Lydia came 2nd in the Senior English section, Korimako; and Briar came 7th in the Bilingual section, Ta Himi Henare.

The students spoke with great pride, passion and conviction with Ruahei scoring first equal but with a count back of the impromptu points, she was placed 2nd overall. Ruahei showed great poise and fluency, having to deliver a 12min speech all in Maori and then a 3min impromptu. Michael-Lydia also placed 2nd in the Senior English Section

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by Tea Mahurangi College 1st XV Rug

I t is pleasing to see so many students involved in a wide range of winter sports teams. Thank you to all the parents and teachers involved in coaching and managing these teams.

Below is a photo of Senior A Boys’ Basketball team playing Mt Roskill Grammar.

Dear Sir

ving the school I have recently taken up dri ld like to say bus on the above route and wou e to transport sur plea it has been an absolute lly a cheery ma your students. There is nor and again k greeting when they embar n they alight mostly a word of thanks whe aviour is that and during the trip their beh I feel privileged of well adjusted teenagers. , are proud of to be able to transport them d example to the the way that they set a goo and feel confibus younger pupils on the ntry when I cou dent for the future of this e. come across people like thes Sincerely Gubbs Driver, Route 8

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Careers Evening

Underwater Hockey Regional Champs 2012

WHEN : Thursday 16 August 2012 WHERE: Mahurangi College New Gymnasium TIME : 7:00pm - 8:30pm The Careers Department is organising the Annual Careers Night for pupils and parents. There will be approximately 60 training establishments and occupations represented, with information available on courses and careers. Representatives from the Armed Forces & Liaison Officers from Universities and Polytechnics will be available to assist with information on courses, choices, etc. There will be information available to take away on student allowances and loans. A number of ex-pupils are attending again this year, representing various trades and careers, who will welcome inquiries.

The Gym will be arranged to allow you to move around, view the displays and ask questions of individual representatives.

We strongly recommend that students from all levels of the College, and parents, make use of this evening prior to subject choices and tertiary choices being made by students for next year.

Members of the public are also invited to attend to gain information about career choices and training opportunities available.

M. Newlove, Careers Advisor

Mahurangi College entered 2 teams in the Northern Regional UWH Competition in Auckland over the past weekend.

Both Teams played their best underwater hockey to date.

The Open Seniors ended up 7th after the 3 days of Round Robin Competition (up from 10th in 2011).

The Open Juniors played outstanding hockey and took the silver medal home after narrowly losing 2-0 to Glendowie in the final.

Senior MVP Asher Dancaster Junior MVP Max Hargreaves Elizabeth Collings was asked to trial for the Northern Regional Under 18 Team. Quite an honour for her.

Special thanks to all the parents who helped out on the weekend and a special thank you to Marg Hargreaves who handled the logistics of the tournament expertly.

We had a fun-filled and exhausting 3 days of competition.

The Mahurangi Junior Team has now qualified to play in the NZ Secondary School Champs in Wellington this September.

Congratulations to both teams for their staunch efforts!

T. Axford

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Singapore Exchange

Later this year we will again host some visiting students from Singapore. We have done this in the past on a number of occasions, which we have found to be a very beneficial experience for all parties. As well as hosting students at school, we are looking for families to open their home for three nights at the beginning of November. (Exact dates to be confirmed).

We hope a billeting family would be able to: • Provide meals and accommodation for your student.

• Join us for an early summer barbecue at one of the local beaches.

• Arrange travel to and from school in the same way as your child(ren) .

The main objective of this is to provide a glimpse into the life of a typical Kiwi home and provide some opportunities to try some memorable activities as part of your family. This is a billeting arrangement rather than a homestay arrangement ment so there is no provision for an allowance.

Should you have any questions about this opportunity please do not hesitate to contact us

Mahurangi Underwater Hockey Team

by emailing: ben@mahurangi.school.nz Related to this we are in the very early stages of planning another trip to Singapore in 2013, open to year 8 & 9 students (7 & 8 this year) Stay tuned for more information through the website, newsletters and assemblies. The purpose of this visit is to provide the students with a wide range of experiences which will give them an insight into life in a modern Asian country. At the same time they will be experiencing the geographical, sociological and historical environment of an important New Zealand partner and accordingly building an understanding and appreciation of our Asian neighbour.

B. Howson

During this year the students in the Junior Faculty have had the added bonus of sets of 5 iPads in each of their classrooms.

Both the teachers and the students have found these to be a useful tool to enhance learning.

Many classes use the ipads for research and junior staff have investigated a range of apps that are supporting students learning, in a variety of curriculum areas. The ipads are proving to be very versatile and the junior teachers, IT department and students are working through the process of implementing and using this new educational tool in school. This is certainly an exciting time for us all.

G.Healy

Junior students using iPads

Achiever of the Month: Nicholas Lee

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Dessert lovers are in for a treat when the Mahurangi Underwater Hockey Club holds its Decadent Desserts, Cakes and Sweets fundraiser at the Mahurangi College hall on Friday July 20, at 7pm. A range of homemade goodies will be up for sale in the silent auction. Organiser Sue O’Reilly says it will be a fun night for a group of friends to socialise, strategise on what desserts to win, outwit others on the bidding and support the club. Auctioneer Ben Kloppers will manage the dessert sales, along with some surprise items. Admission is free. Info: Sue O’Reilly 425 4414.

Underwater hockey juniors set sights on Wellington The Mahurangi College junior underwater hockey team is off to play in the National Secondary Schools Championships in Wellington in September.

The junior open team came second out of eight teams in the recent Northern Region Schools competition at Westwave Aquatic Centre in Henderson. They narrowly lost 2-0 to Glendowie College in the final.

Max Hargreaves received the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, while Asher Dancaster picked up the same award in the senior open.

Lizzie Collings has been selected to trial for the Auckland Regional Under 18 Women’s Team.

Mahurangi College introduced Coach Terry Axford. underwater hockey three years ago, and the development squad is now playing in the senior competition.

Coach Terry Axford says the junior team is doing particularly well, sitting at the top of the ladder.

Underwater hockey is a six-a-side game, with 10 in a team including replacements. Games are 20 minutes long – 10 minutes each way – and, like field hockey, goals are scored by sending the puck into the net.

“All the action happens underwater so it isn’t much of a spectator sport,” Max Hargreaves (right), who plays in Terry says. “It takes skill, fitness, water the Mahurangi College junior open confidence and an ability to hold your team, received the Most Valuable Player breath for long periods of time to be a (MVP) award after competing in the recent schools regional competition. good player.”

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See also Scoreboard (page 35) for sporting events

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6-Aug 3 Exhibition for Warkworth Wellsford Hospice, featuring the work of Roy Snowball, Art Matakana, 10am to 4pm daily.

7 Te Hana Te Ao Marama Maori Cultural Centre is inviting people to join them for a night filled with cultural festivities as they celebrate Matariki – the Maori New Year.

8 Saxcess celebrates their 20th anniversary with a concert at Ascension Winery illustrating the story of Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. Info: www.chambermusic.co.nz or phone 425 7313 (see story p37) 13 Lambing and Calving Doo, Forest Reserve Hall, Tomarata. Shared pot luck dinner and fundraiser, $10 per family. Silent auction, raffles; BYO drinks, cutlery and plates. All welcome, 6pm start.

13&14 Art ‘n’ Tartan, Waipu Coronation Hall. Info: www.waipumuseum.com 15 Winter Cheer organ concert by Philip Smith, Warkworth Anglican Church, at 3pm. Tickets $15 available from i-Site; Lorna on 422 3562 or Daphne on 425 0570 (see story p39) 16 Warkworth & Wellsford Pipe Band AGM, Salty Dog Inn, Snells Beach, 6pm. Contact: John Lane 09 422 1815.

16-22 Alzheimers Appeal week (see story p15) 18 Puhoi Historical Society meets every 3rd Wed, 7.30pm, Puhoi Museum records room. Museum winter hours: Sat & Sun, 1-4pm.

19 Forest & Bird talk – Steve Hathaway, marine photographer will talk about orca and other marine mammals. Totara Park Village Hall Warkworth, starts 7.30pm.

19 Careers Expo, Rodney College, from 7pm. All welcome.

20 Decadent Desserts, Cakes and Sweets fundraiser for Mahurangi Underwater Hockey Club, Mahurangi College at 7pm. Free admission. Info: Sue O’Reilly 425 4414 (see story p42) 21 KaiRythmix concert, Christ Church Anglican Church, Warkworth, at 3pm (see story p37) 22 Flight and Fervour, a concert by Matakantata Choir, at Warkworth Presbyterian Church, Bertram Street, 2pm. A mix of traditional and contemporary choral music. Tickets, Lee and Hart Pharmacy and limited number at the door. $15 adults, gold coin children. Info: Jenni Francis 423 0094.

23-27 Top Art Exhibition, Mahurangi College Hall.

28 Flight and Fervour, a concert by Matakantata Choir, Matakana Hall, Matakana Valley Road, at 7.30pm. A mix of traditional and contemporary choral music. Tickets, Gull Service Station and limited number at the door. $15 adults, gold coin children.

Info: Jenni Francis 423 0094.

28 Kaukapakapa Scout Group annual Trivial Pursuit evening, Kaukapakapa Hall, 7pm. Licensed bar and BYO, supper provided. Info: Joanne 420 5727. Fundraising to send scouts to the Australian Jamboree in early 2013.

29 Kawau Volunteer Coastguard annual Winter Plunge, Sandspit Yacht Club, 3pm. $5pp or $15 per family. All welcome. Fun event, raising the profile of the local Coastguard unit. Info: kawaucoastguard@yahoo.co.nz or phone 422 2479 (see story p16)

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Springboard Midwinter Christmas Dinner and Auction, Ascension Wine Estate (see stories p13) Rodney College Senior Art Exhibition, Rodney College Library, from 5pm-7pm.

Forest & Bird talk – Thelma Wilson, DoC ranger and keen traveller will talk about her travels in South America and beyond. Totara Park Village Hall Warkworth, starts 7.30pm.

Careers Evening, Mahurangi College new gymnasium, 7pm to 8.30pm.

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Wellsford rippa champions win place at nationals Wellsford School scored a trifecta in the Northland Primary Schools Westpac Rippa Rugby Tournament held at the Tikipunga Sports Park, near Whangarei, last month.

All three school teams in the tournament finished in top places.

The Year 5 and 6 team played an intense tournament final against Kaeo and will now compete for the national title.

The match was locked four-all at fulltime and had to go to a sudden death play-off.

Wellsford School sports department coordinator Phil Lees said it was nailbiting watching from the sideline.

“Possession changed hands several times before our team scored the winning try,” he said. “They will now represent the Northland region at the national tournament in Wellington.”

Mr Lees says the trip allows for 10 players to travel for free but there are 14 in the team.

“I’m not leaving four kids behind; it would break their hearts. We are going to fundraise so the whole team can go. Around $4000 is needed for flights, accommodation and food during the three-day tournament. Any support from the local community and businesses would be greatly appreciated.”

In the other two semi-finals, the Year 3 and 4 team beat Dargaville and will

Members of Wellsford School’s champion Rippa Rugby teams.

Local MaƩers— May 2012 play in the finals against Mangawhai as a curtain raiser to a Northland ITM Cup game at the Toll Stadium, in Whangarei, on October 13.

The Year 7 and 8 team beat Taipa Area School and will play its final against Otamatea, also as a curtain raiser to an ITM Cup game.

Anyone interested in donating to help the Year 5 and 6 team travel to Wellington, can contact Phil Lees or Lisa Dewes at Wellsford School on 423 8042.

Surfers re-sign Mangawhai surf lifesaver Tony Baker and Whangarei’s Jason Ruddell have been signed on for another campaign with Surfing New Zealand as the management team for the 2013 NZ Junior Surfing team to compete at the 2013 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships. Both Tony and Jason are also actively involved in running the Northland Scholastic Surfing Series and will take the Northland team to the Nationals in Taranaki in October. Meanwhile, surfers around the country are helping keep track of the few remaining Maui’s dolphin. Visit the World Wildlife Fund’s New Zealand Maui facebook page at facebook.com/mauisnz for more information.

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