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The house is far from weather-tight.

Maxwell Edkins says the Department of Conservation is ignoring its responsibilities in regard to the upkeep of Mansion House, an icon of the Hauraki Gulf.

National heritage jewel tarnished by years of government neglect

Mansion House, on Kawau Island, is falling into disrepair after years of neglect and the finger is being pointed squarely at the Department of Conservation.

Kawau Island Residents and “We’re appalled at the way DOC grave danger of falling down because Ratepayers Association member has managed the site and the many of their neglect and the house is also Maxwell Edkins is calling on Auckland priceless artefacts in Mansion House,” in bad shape.”

Council to take over the management he told the Rodney Annual Plan A leaking roof, peeling paint and cracked walls are just some of the most of the Mansion House Reserve, which meeting recently. includes the adjoining coppermine “The chimney, which marks one of obvious maintenance issues. Items in chimney, before it is beyond repair. the first industrial sites in NZ, is in continued page 9

There is nothing stately or imposing about the peeling paint and missing wallboards in Mansion House.

Inside this issue Parenting feature

Guiding hands – pages 18&19

Ball feature

Glitz ‘n’ glamour – pages 20-22

Fieldays feature

Farmers’ day out – pages 23-27

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Tree rules cost ratepayers’ Government’s removal of general protection for trees in urban areas will cost Auckland ratepayers in excess of $1 million.

The cost is mounting because the may be needed to complete the work. process of listing trees for protection The process, which will also involve on the District Plan has required publicly notified plan changes, is Auckland Council to assess thousands required because of an amendment to of trees, seek legal advice and obtain a the Resource Management Act brought number of heritage assessments as well in by Government last year. The as incurring planning, mapping and amendment removes blanket protection administration costs. for trees and requires Councils to protect In addition, the work is placing only those trees specifically listed on pressure on Council staff, particularly their District Plans and those planted on in the operative plans, resource public reserves. The new rules come into force from January next year. consents and compliance teams.

Around 5600 trees were nominated for Cr Penny Webster, who is a supporter protection by Council, Local Boards of the changes, says while $1 million and members of the public, including is a lot of money, the previous system, more than 300 from the former which required Councils to process Rodney District. Assessment of these many resource consents for pruning or trees is being undertaken by Council removing trees on private property each arborists and the Regional Development month, was also costly for ratepayers. and Operations Committee estimates a For more detailed coverage of this further seven to nine consultant arborists issue visit localmatters.co.nz

Police briefs Police seek community’s help On Saturday May 7, at 10pm security surveillance cameras recorded footage of a man smashing the front window of Halls, in Queen St, Warkworth. The man was wearing a distinctive jacket and cap at the time of the incident. Police say that two digital Samsung cameras are missing, and they are seeking the identity and whereabouts of the man pictured. Anyone with information is urged to contact Constable Mike Brown at Warkworth Police on 425 8109 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Failing to stop Warkworth Police have received complaints regarding vehicles that are failing to stop at the intersection of Sandspit and Sharp Roads. Rodney Police subarea manager Glenn Adkin says there have been a number of near misses at the intersection. A traffic unit will be sent to monitor the area and drivers are warned, the fine for failing to stop at a stop sign is $150.

Winter caution advised Warkworth Police have issued a general winter security warning. A number of reports have been made about suspicious people coming on to other people’s property, asking for scrap metal or for directions. Police warn residents to be cautious of this behaviour and take down details such as car registration plates and physical appearance details, and report them to Police.

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Briefs Survey results analysed A draft Visitor Strategy for the Puhoi to Pakiri region will be released for initial review by the Puhoi to Pakiri Visitor Surveys steering committee about the middle of next month. The strategy draws on the 1260 web-based survey responses – 776 from visitors, 316 from community and 168 from business, which ran from last August to the end of April. A NZ Tourism Research Institute spokesperson says a public meeting will be held in August where the strategy will be released for final feedback. “The survey responses are currently going through a process of verification, but we’re certainly happy with the results,” the spokesperson said.

Pictured at the historic signing, which took place at Omaha Marae last month, are kamatua Perry Watts (left) of Leigh and Laly Haddon of Pakiri.

Ngāti Manuhiri signs $9m Treaty settlement The Crown and Ngati Manuhiri have signed a Deed of Settlement for all historical Treaty claims.

The agreement, worth $9 million, Ngāti Manuhiri on settlement. Ngāti Treaty claims, and so resolving claims in includes the return of six culturally Manuhiri will then gift back the this area is an important to meeting the significant sites including 1.2 hectares of reserve to the people of New Zealand, 2014 deadline. land on Hauturu (Little Barrier Island). retaining 1.2 hectares for cultural The deed was signed at a ceremony at Hauturu is of high cultural purposes. The island’s status as a the Omaha Marae in Leigh. significance for Ngāti Manuhiri and nature reserve will continue.

The claims of Ngāti Manuhiri relate was a permanent home for whānau Minister for Treaty of Waitangi to the loss of land and the actions until 1896 when the Crown passed Negotiations Christopher Finlayson said of the Crown, covering the eastern legislation to compulsorily acquire the signing was an important milestone coastline from Whangaparoa/Orewa the island. It then forcibly evicted the for the Tāmaki Makaurau region and the to Mangawhai, including Hauturu/ residents. country. The Auckland region represents Little Barrier Island. Ngāti Manuhiri The reserve will be transferred to around a third of outstanding historical has around 1200 members.

Auckland Council’s budget lacks financial details Rodney’s Local Board has raised concerns with Auckland Council regarding the lack of detailed budget information contained in the 2011/12 Annual Plan.

Board representative Tracey Martin, who gave a presentation to Council’s Strategy & Finance Committee on behalf of the board, said information was still required across Auckland Council on specific budget details, the details of programmes to be delivered in

Rodney, projects to be implemented by Council Controlled Organisations such as Auckland Transport and ATEED, and programmes being delivered on behalf of the governing body.

The Warkworth Town Hall, Wellsford Library and Te Hana Cultural Centre were three projects highlighted by the board for funding priority.

The board called for a feasibility study to be done on the hall and wants the Wellsford Library completed in one

financial year, rather than two. Support was given for the construction of public toilets, road re-sealing and upgrading of the main street in Te Hana.

“These are only the major points we wanted them to deal with – all other monies in the draft document are to be retained and we have given Council a very large document showing our issues and smaller funding areas where we are asking for their support,” Tracey says.

Waiwera deferral The hearing of the proposal by Waiwera Valley Properties to build a bottling plant on Upper Waiwera Rd, which was to be held at the Auckland Council service centre in Orewa, from May 16–23, was postponed. A new date has not been set, but may be several months away. The proposal has drawn opposition from residents, who say it is against the District Plan to build an industrial plant in a rural area. Council planners have also recommended that it be declined.

Fossils of Matheson Bay Matheson Bay geologist Professor Ian Smith will be the guest speaker at the Forest and Bird Mid North winter series talk at the Totara Park Village Hall in Warkworth on June 16. Professor Smith is a geologist at Auckland University. He will speak about the geology and fossils of Matheson Bay. The talk starts at 7.30pm. All welcome.

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Manager takes up post at Warkworth RSA The Warkworth and Districts RSA welcomed on board a new manager last month. Robbie Blair and his wife Helena, who is an artist, moved to Warkworth earlier this year for a lifestyle change.

“We were ready for something new,” he says. “We had lived in the city for years. Our children are at the stage of completing university studies so it was a good time for us to move on.”

Robbie was formerly the manager of the Parnell Lawn Tennis Club for six years and a member for 25 years.

Before working at the club, he owned a number of music stores throughout Auckland, called CD Review.

“As technology moved on I found less people were coming in to buy CDs. The industry was in decline so I closed the shops and took up the offer from the tennis club and had a fantastic time there.”

Robbie says he looks forward to New RSA manager Robbie Blair would like to remind people that any person of continuing the RSA involvement in good character, 18 years an over, can join the RSA as an associate member with all normal membership privileges. the community.

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Matariki celebration booked in Flax flower weaving, Māori kite making and kapa haka performances are just a few of the activities planned to celebrate the Mataraki Māori New Year at local libraries. Auckland Libraries is also inviting nine to 17-year-olds to put their creative juices to the test in a Matariki Creative Writing competition and tell their family stories – the ones passed down from parents, grandparents or other family members. The story can be in te reo Maori or English. There are some great prizes for the winners including gift cards, shopping vouchers and 3D movie passes. Wriggle and Rhyme sessions will have a Māori flavour, as will many of the regular Storytimes across the region, where stories will be read in te reo and tell the story of the Māori New Year. In the Warkworth library, there will be a concert and activities featuring storytime and kapa haka performance. All Auckland libraries hold Māori resources, mostly in separate Māori collections. Help can also be provided with locating whakapapa and information on kaupapa Māori. Info: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz

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When the chairman at a recent local meeting stumbled over the correct pronunciation of ‘hydrographical’ survey ship, retired Royal NZ Navy commander Larry Robbins took it in his stride. “Don’t feel bad,” he said. “I was once introduced at a meeting in Auckland as the Royal NZ Navy’s commander of hydroponic services.”

Mr Robbins OBE was also modest about his royal gong, saying that it actually stood for ‘Other Buggers’ Efforts’.

Times change Retired pharmacist Barry Lumsden gave an entertaining reflection on his working life at a recent Mangawhai Probus meeting. Demonstrating how times have changed, he said that when he signed his first contract with a health board at the start of his career, it was two pages long. By the time he retired, two years ago, it was a weighty tome of 150 pages.

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This is the second year Springboard has held the dinner and auction night, raising $29,000 last year. From left, Springboard event coordinator Kate Port, Bayleys Warkworth auctioneer Ben Kloppers and Springboard director Gary Diprose.

Charity auction funds youth connections in community Two opportunities for 10 friends to experience the considerable skills of two of the region’s top chefs privately cooking for them, will be auctioned at a Springboard event, in Snells Beach, on June 18.

Ascension chef Michael Foxall and department, a diving trip with Steve Plume chef Gaetano Francelle have Hathaway and more. both offered the dining experience, Springboard director Gary Diprose where they will cook for the highest says the night is about connecting bidders, as well as 10 of their friends. with the community.

All proceeds will benefit Springboard “We want to involve the community Community Works. in our vision of helping and working The Mid-Winter Christmas Dinner with at-risk youth,” he says. and Auction night will be held at the “We are in the process of upgrading our Mahurangi East Community Centre facilities by introducing a community and will raise funds for Springboard garden and a kitchen at the centre, community programmes and to upgrade where struggling families and children facilities. The programmes target at-risk can grow their own produce and have youth and young offenders, by giving meals here. These upgrades will keep them support and work opportunities Springboard moving forward as a to turn their lives around. resource for the community.”

During the evening, a range of items Bayleys Warkworth auctioneers, Ben will be on sale in both silent and Kloppers and Gary Caldwell, will host live auctions. Local and Auckland the auctions from 6.30pm. businesses have donated items including vouchers, wine, an All Tickets are $30 and include a Blacks jersey signed by Dan Carter, complimentary glass of bubbles on a TVNZ newsroom tour, a behind- arrival. the-scenes look at Auckland Zoo’s vet Info and tickets: Phone 425 4623.

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Fundraising pays dividends for injured kiwi Business people A three-year-old female kiwi saved from death’s door owes her successful rehabilitation in part to an Omaha teenager whose fundraising efforts helped pay for her treatment.

For the past two years fifteen-yearold Maisie MacDonald worked seven days a week for three weeks wrapping Christmas presents with materials donated by her parents’ Matakana shop Red Letter Day, raising over $2000 for the Auckland Zoo’s New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine (NZCCM).

The funds were recently applied to the treatment of a kiwi called Marrison, whose leg was injured by a radio transmitter harness after a battery failed and conservation staff lost track of her.

A park contractor found the injured bird and contacted open sanctuary coordinator for Auckland Council Northern Parks Matt Maitland but a free consultation with Warkworth vet Ross Lynch indicated she needed specialist treatment.

“Her wound was quite severe and had we not pulled her from the wild she would be dead,” Matt says.

NZCCM vet nurse Melanie Farrant said Marrison had recovered well and had proved to be a particularly “laid back” patient, despite requiring daily checks and treatment of her injury over a two month period.

Before her release a new transmitter was attached to her other leg so she could be recaptured periodically to monitor her progress and Matt reports that almost a week after her release a health check Vet nurse Melanie Farrant with laid-back kiwi Marrison during her treatment at indicated she was “doing marvellously”. the NZ Centre for Conservation Medicine. More photos localmatters.co.nz Maisie travelled up from her Cambridge-based school specially no formal funding for helping wildlife Maisie plans to continue her giftwrapping fundraiser this year but to attend Marrison’s return to her outside of the zoo. territory. Her parents Lindy and “Being at Marrison’s release was ‘a meanwhile she and her parents will join Graham were also present. Lindy says goosebump event’, to see and touch a a group of around 18 Matakana business the kiwi’s successful rehabilitation kiwi is amazing. We need to keep our people in raising further funds through highlights the importance of kiwi and unique New Zealand animals sponsorship to run in the Auckland Half supporting the centre, which receives healthy and thriving,” she says.

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invited to get their hands dirty Businesses in the area are being asked this month to donate either some staff time or some money to the Taniko Wetlands Scientific Reserve, on the edge of the upper Whangateau Harbour, near the Omaha causeway.

The Department of Conservation is organising a tree planting and roadside clean-up on Wednesday, June 22, to mark Volunteer Awareness Week.

Volunteer coordinator Sue Cameron says for the past two years, DOC staff, volunteers and a group of BNZ Closed for Good staff, have spent a few days planting in the reserve.

“This year we invite the local business communities to either send along a staff member or two with a spade and sturdy boots, or to donate $20 to purchase 10 young, locally-sourced trees,” she says.

The Omaha-Taniko reserve is a special area made up of intact, coastal kahikatea forest on stablised-sand. It is the only known example of this type of forest in the region.

Sue says the purpose of the planting is to rehabilitate a part of the reserve formerly farmed and then covered in gorse.

“The aim to is establish a canopy of manuka to suppress gorse regeneration, and under which the native forest can start to regenerate. The manuka will also provide more habitat for threatened species in the reserve such as North Island fernbird, banded rail and Auckland green gecko.”

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For a number of years there has been an active revegetation plan at Tawharanui Regional Park. The results of this planting clearly are of benefit to native birds and other wildlife but this is by no means the only benefit.

Tawharanui remains a productive farm and there may appear to be a conflict between the farming operation and the revegetation plan, as the planting programme would seem to reduce the area available for farming.

This is true if the total area in pasture is considered. However, the planting programme has been developed in order to preserve the most productive land, with planting being concentrated in less productive areas such as the gullies and riparian areas. Some wetland planting has occurred in what were productive areas in order to produce a cross section of native habitat, but such planting has been relatively limited.

The importance of planting steep gullies, from both a farming and ecological viewpoint, was amply illustrated during the heavy rain over Auckland anniversary weekend. The slips that were so prominent throughout the Rodney District also occurred at Tawharanui and almost all occurred within steep gullies. Unfortunately, our planting programme was not sufficiently advanced to prevent these slips although there are areas where the plantings were mature enough to do so.

Ironically, slips might offer an opportunity for natural revegetation as, in this district, natural revegetation is impaired by kikuyu grass. Where a slip has occurred kikuyu is slow to re-invade if clay is exposed. Natural revegetation can be encouraged by layering the area with manuka which, year-round, has an abundant supply of seed. We have started this process in a number of areas.

In other areas where slips have not occurred we have little option but to continue with planting. Once again, we have raised thousands of plants in TOSSI’s nursery and these will soon be awaiting willing planters. Our first plantings will begin over Queen’s Birthday weekend with follow-up plantings on Sunday July 3 and August 7.

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The repair and upgrade of the Omaha estuary seawall was identified through the Omaha Coastal Compartment Management Plan, adopted by Rodney District Council in 2003, as a significant item of work requiring attention. The CCMP determined that Council should formally adopt a comprehensive plan for the wall that could be implemented incrementally as sections of the wall failed and associated funding allowed.

New design for Omaha Seawall Auckland Council will seek resource Omaha seawall upgrade.

The upgrade includes the removal of the previous seawall which contains asbestos sheeting, and a 200-metre extension using sand or mud-crete.

The existing wall was built in the late 1970s as part of the original development of the spit and golf course.

Auckland Council parks, sports and recreation manager Ian Murray says the new wall is designed to weather better and have a more natural appearance.

“We will not be repeating the planting

consent soon for stage two of the bays, where there are two walls at varying levels,” he says.

“We simply don’t have enough money and their success is questionable. We will be providing a slightly increased width along the top of the new wall to serve as a walkway.”

Auckland Council has $100,000 to complete this next stage. Ian says the project will be tendered out to a local company and construction works are planned for 2012. Funds have been allocated in 2011/12 and 2012/13 to complete the work.

Opinions sought for give-way rules Submissions on the proposed changes to the give-way rules, due to come into force early next year, are now open. Submissions must be made by 5pm, June 24.

The proposed changes are expected to reduce intersection crashes and improve safety, especially for pedestrians and cyclists. Changes to the current give-way rules were identified last year as a road safety priority in the Government’s 10-year Safer Journeys strategy. Intersection crashes currently account for 17 percent of fatal crashes on NZ roads. In the 10 years to 2009, the number of crashes involving pedestrians and turning vehicles at intersections doubled. New Zealand’s current give way rules were introduced in 1977. Info: nzta.govt.nz Subscribe now at localmatters.co.nz for a free online newsletter.

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Residents decry Mansion House neglect “storage” in one room are stacked in corners and covered in dust.

Mansion House has a Category I rating with the NZ Historic Places Trust, recognising it as a place of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance. It has been in public ownership since 1979 and in 1986, it received a National Award-Conservation from the NZ Institute of Architects.

Salmond Reed Architects, experts in heritage architecture and conservation, carried out a conservation plan for the house in 1992, which set out remedial works that needed to be done. A total of 37 recommendations were made.

DOC Warkworth and Great Barrier area manager Tim Brandenburg says he believes a “fair amount would have been done by now” but couldn’t say specifically how many of the report’s recommendations had been implemented.

In October 2009, Salmond Reed prepared a second report on the house called the Condition Assessment Report. Outlined in that report was a list of prioritised remedial work.

Despite the re-roofing of the mine manager’s wing being given high priority, it has yet to be done.

However, Tim says it will be completed in the next financial year.

“We have asked for $600,000 which is what the architects tendered for the repair of the roof, exterior painting and water management,” Tim says.

“Last year, $104,000 was spent on implementing a maintenance plan, staff time on the island, cleaning of the house and artifacts, and specialist advice.

“What it comes down to is money.

There is a national pool of funds available for repairing historical structures and just because Mansion House has been identified as needing work done, doesn’t mean it will happen.

“A total of $32,000 worth of urgent repair to water-damaged parts of the house and structural stabilisation of the verandah posts was completed last year. Before we repair the interior, we need to continue making the exterior water tight.”

The Louis Wintle Charitable Trust owns the furniture in Mansion House and trustee Frank Arnott says the condition of the entire reserve concerns him.

“The coppermine chimney and Mansion House are not being conserved in the condition they should be,” he says. “Both have continued to deteriorate over the years and are getting worse despite the numerous reports and assessments that outline what needs to be done. DOC has let both of these extremely important heritage sites to fall into ruin.”

The 220ha reserve also includes four small residences. Mr Edkins says they were once in good condition and used by rangers. However, one is now uninhabitable and the others are also showing signs of neglect.

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The abandoned coppermine chimney, which is also deteriorating, is an important part of the Mansion House reserve.

Examples of the house’s deterioration are not hard to find. More photos localmatters.co.nz

Mr Edkins says he would like to see the four small residences used as backpackers, accommodation or a place to rent kayaks.

“The houses could be used as social areas for the island instead of being left to rot.”

Both Mr Edkins and Mr Arnott would like Mansion House restored and used as both a tourist destination and a place where children can learn about the island’s rich history.

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Viewpoint with Penny Webster, Rodney Councillor, Auckland Council

Delivering on promises

More than six months after the creation of the new Auckland Council, many of you are still asking me: “Is the new council really working, and what is it doing for people like me here in the north of the new Auckland? Well, last week we got our first indication that it really is starting to work for us.

The government left us in November with a structure that would have meant rates increases of 9.3 percent across Auckland. The Mayor some time ago decreed that there would be a maximum rates increase of 4.9 percent. Depending on your views about Len Brown and the new council, he would have either shocked or pleasantly surprised you recently when he announced that there would be a base rates increase of 3.7 percent – that is below the current rate of consumer inflation – with a final result somewhere below four percent. To achieve that, the council has found savings of $81 million without cutting services or capital projects though Penlink could be in danger. Now that is something to be pleased about, and particularly when you compare it with the difficulty the Government had delivering its Budget.

That doesn’t mean everything is rosy at the new council or as good as it should be. Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse recently drew criticism for stating the obvious – the government threw the new council together with undue haste and we are still having to deal with the consequences. However, slowly but surely everything is starting to come together. All 21 local boards recently met individually with councillors to discuss the Annual Plan. The determination from both sides to work together to ensure the best outcomes for ratepayers locally and across the new Auckland gave me great heart. I have to say the presentation from our local board was outstanding. There will always be issues however.

One of them for us in the north is transport and the so-called Holiday Highway.

You and I know that stretch of road is about more than holidays. It’s about our livelihood. I understand that the Mayor has a number of transport priorities to balance and that this route may not be on top. However, it is another story for the Labour Party to announce that it would shelve the project indefinitely.

Labour candidates in this area can expect a frosty response from voters.

Conservation list compiled The Department of Conservation is seeking information from the public about their special conservation places in the Rodney region and what they would like their favourite spot to look like in 10 years time.

DOC spokesperson Liz Maire says about their favourite places such as the work has resumed on a review of Leigh Marine Reserve, at Goat Island, Auckland’s 10-year management plan and how should our heritage sites be for Auckland’s conservation lands managed. We would also welcome known as the CMS (Conservation ideas about what people think is needed to make that happen.”

Management Strategy).

“The new strategy is going to guide People are being encouraged to get how we manage our natural backyard involved and have their say. The first and will identify those places where stage of public consultation runs until DOC will focus their work over the the end of June. Views can also be put next decade,” Liz says. “We’re asking online at www.doc.govt.nz/aucklandcms questions like what species should or contact the Warkworth DOC office we focus on, what do people enjoy on 425 7812.

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Hasty rail decision could be regretted, says candidate

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No decision should be made on closing the northern rail line until a business case has been developed for the whole of Northland, according to National Party candidate for Northland Mike Sabin.

Commenting on a KiwiRail announcement that the line could be mothballed next year, Mr Sabin says the decision should not be made hastily.

“There is no better time to invest in infrastructure than now,” he says.

“If we want to develop Northland’s potential for forestry and agriculture, then it makes sense to have an alternative to roading.

“If you’re looking at it over a five or 10 year timeframe, then perhaps the viability is questionable. But over 20 or 30 years, it could be a different Mike Sabin, who is running for story.”

Northland.

Mr Sabin has had a varied career since leaving Whangarei Boys High Whangarei and Marsden Pt offer real School to join the Royal NZ Navy opportunities to expand shipping into in 1986. He later returned to work NZ, as neither are landlocked like in dairy farming and sign-writing in Auckland.

Northland, and then joined the police Commenting on Labour leader force. He is the founder of Methcon Phil Goff ’s plan to abandon the Group, a company which specialised northern motorway duplication in methamphetamine education and project if elected, Mr Sabin said it policy. was just another example of Labour’s Mr Sabin says that if he is elected preparedness to desert the north to in November, he will advocate for a fund its election promises. fresh look at Northland’s issues and “Labour’s plans to increase the potential. minimum wage to $15 an hour and “We need to do a stocktake and look pay for the research and development at a strategic approach to growth, and tax rebate, by bringing forward real job creation, over the next 20 to the emissions trading scheme to 30 years. This should be a conversation 2013, shows a complete lack of with all sectors – government, NGOs understanding of Northland issues.” and the community.”

The general election will be held on Mr Sabin says both the ports of Saturday, November 26.

Call for sculptors Artists in Rodney are invited to submit proposals for exhibiting at the Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens. Each year, the gardens put together a curated exhibition featuring selected contemporary sculptures along a onekilometre trail through gardens and bush. Exhibition 2012 will be the fourth event of its kind and organisers say it is an opportunity for artists to display their work in an ideal setting. Information: Contact Sally Lush sculpture@ plantsnz.co.nz or 027 260 9486.

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Hoteo crossing country The Hoteo North Cross Country Race will be held on Queens Birthday Weekend, Monday June 6. The race is open to both adults and children, with leg distances depending on the child’s age. Beginning at the Hoteo Hall, the first race starts at 12noon.

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While sports offer numerous health benefits to participants, as winter codes get underway emergency medical departments will brace for an influx of sports-related injuries of varying severity.

Of around 1.7 million new claims ACC receives annually, last financial year, approximately 340,000 were sportsrelated (about 28,000 per month) costing the scheme up to $400 million.

Common injuries include concussion, shoulder injuries, hamstring strains, knee sprains and ankle injuries.

ACC’s team manager public safety, Simon Gianotti says that although a significant proportion of claims are for minor injuries, often requiring no more than a single visit to the doctor, injury prevention remains a top priority.

Sports that either generate high volumes of claims or more severe injuries, namely rugby union, soccer, netball and rugby league are the primary focus. However, it’s acknowledged that those with the most claims aren’t necessarily the most dangerous sports, but may simply have a high number of people taking part.

As sports injuries often result from a number of conditions and circumstances, rather than a single factor, a ‘SportsSmart’ 10-point action plan has been developed with the help of relevant experts and tailored to the specific demands of each of the

developed an ActiveSmart programme to help address the risk of injury associated with increased participation in social/recreational activities such as fun runs, cycle events, multisport events and general fitness, where people are harder to reach, because of the more informal, ad hoc participation in what is often an unregulated environment.

Each site contains a range of injury prevention information, from hydration, nutrition and training guidance to tips on warm-up and cool-down exercises.

ACC’s RugbySmart initiative is among injury prevention success stories.

Endorsed by All Black coach Graham Henry and adopted internationally, it educates coaches to ensure players are physically and technically prepared for the game and makes them aware of injury prevention and management strategies. Since it was introduced in 2001, the number of serious spinal and brain injuries in the sport has reduced from more than 10 a year to less than three a year, with an overall 15 percent decrease in all moderate to serious injuries, even as player numbers have increased.

Ensuring injuries don’t outweigh the benefits of sport demands attention to a range of factors from training technique to good nutrition.

high-risk codes.

The message is delivered through training of coaches, trainers, managers and referees and is available directly to individuals from www.acc.co.nz/ preventing-injuries/playing-sport where specific links are provided for participants in rugby, soccer, netball, league, snow sports, horse riding and mountain biking.

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Smoking is the commonest cause of preventable death in this country. About 20 percent of New Zealanders still smoke and 40 percent of Maori smoke. One in two smokers will die of smoking related disorders. This amounts to about 4500 NZ deaths per year. The Ministry of Health’s aim is to halve the number of smokers in NZ by 2015 and to make Aotearoa smoke free by 2025.

The main way of doing this is by increasing tobacco taxes, introduced in April 2010 and to be increased again this year. This has worked well so far, with more people presenting to Quit Line and to GPs for smoking cessation advice. Government initiatives have also focused on smoking cessation medications. These mediations have been expensive but now different levels of Government subsidies apply.

1. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) – This comes as patches, gums or lozenges. NRT doubles the chance of quitting. It is safe and does not increase the risk of cancer. Side effects are minor and most people can use it safely. One should not use NRT and smoke at the same time. NRT is fully subsidised if accessed through Quit Line or your doctor and a course will cost approx $3.

2. Zyban (Bupropione) – This more than doubles the chance of quitting. It works by reducing the desire to smoke. It should be started while still smoking, about two weeks before quit date and is continued for a 12-week course. In some countries Zyban is used as an antidepressant and as such it has more side effects and drug interactions than NRT and some people cannot take it. It is prescribed by your doctor and now has government funding without restriction.

3. Champix (Varenicline) – Studies have shown Champix to be the most effective smoking cessation medication. Like Zyban, it reduces the desire to smoke; in addition it also gives smokers some of the satisfied feeling that smoking imparts.

It is taken in the same way as Zyban. Champix can accentuate some of the side effects of smoking cessation such as headache, nausea, abnormal dreams and poor sleep. There have been some reports of depression and even possibly an increase in suicidality. There are no known drug interactions. Champix is expensive, about $200 per month and should be taken for three months. In some cases, if other forms of medication have been trialled and failed, and if the patient is partaking in a smoking cessation program, a government subsidy can be accessed by your doctor.

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Free programme puts women’s fitness on course The Women’s Centre Rodney, in conjunction with Harbour Health Healthy Communities coordinator Bridget Farmiloe, is offering a new programme for women who want to improve their fitness and meet other women in an informal setting.

The free programme Health and Wellbeing for Women will start on June 3 and run for six weeks. Women of all ages and fitness levels are welcome to join in. It will involve a 40-minute morning walk on Fridays, leaving from the Women’s Centre on Alnwick Street, in Warkworth at 9.15am.

Upon returning to the centre, morning tea will be provided and a discussion will be held on topics such as healthy lifestyle choices and tips, nutrition, exercise options, recipes, support and more. A guest speaker will attend every couple of weeks.

The Women’s Centre is also offering a one-day ‘Plant Rhythms’ workshop to be held in a private garden in Snells Beach. Medical herbalist Amy McComb, who has a science degree and has been a tutor at Well Park College of Natural Therapies, will facilitate the workshop which is aimed at educating women on identifying basic plants in their gardens, as well as how to identify which wild plants are edible.

Participants will come away with practical skills on how to use wild plants in salads and soups, make strong plant infusions and eye drops from locally-sourced ingredients.

The workshop will be held on June 11, from 9.30am to 3.30pm.

To enrol and for more details, contact the Women’s Centre on 425 7261, 0800 237 674, or visit the centre, located in the Town Hall, Alnwick Street.

Quitters wanted Waitemata Health used World Smokefree Day on May 31 to encourage smokers to quit their dangerous habit. Waitemata DHB smokefree coordinator Leanne Kirton says there is a vast range of support available. “Even just using the patches, gum or lozenges doubles your chances – and those that also have support from services like Quitline are up to five times more likely to succeed.” Support services include Quitline 0800 778 778 and Te Ha Oranga 09 423 6091 (Wellsford) or contact your local GP.

Homebuilder’s family support worker Terry Healey explains to parents how nagging, lecturing, preaching and telling children they are wrong are communication blocks.

Bag of tricks full of new parenting strategies Homebuilders family support worker Terry Healey will facilitate a free parenting course in August, with an emphasis on how to build and maintain a healthy relationship with your children.

The ‘Bag of Tricks’ course is staged over how to manage their child/children’s will benefit from the course. a five-week period and is presented in behaviour,” she says. “It is applicable “Learning how to connect with two parts. The first concentrates on the to adult relationships because the your children is a main focus of the basic challenges of being a parent and course demonstrates how to listen with course. Some parenting styles such the second on sibling rivalry, strategies attention, recognise and label feelings, as overly permissive or authoritarian on how to manage more than one child. and how to reflect feelings. It’s about can damage the balance between Terry, who has worked at Homebuilders communication skills and recognising maintaining a healthy relationship and since 1989, says the strategies outlined opportunities to connect with your managing challenging behaviour. We in the course are applicable to adult children or other people such as your recommend authoritative parenting partner, in difficult situations.” relationships as well. where behaviour is managed and the “The course is designed to give Parents with children of any age, from dignity of the child and warmth of parents a better understanding of babies to teenagers and young adults relationship is maintained.”

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Lasagna Gardening – Also known as sheet mulching – the first of a series of organic gardening classes. Thursday 7 July 9:30-12:30 at Homebuilders. Tutor: Trish Allen.

Fun with Kids in the School Holidays Week 1 - Bring your children (aged 4-12) for play and fun activities in a positive place. All materials supplied. Please enrol with your name, contact number & children’s names & ages.

Tuesday 19 July 9:30-12:30 at the Methodist Hall. Tutors: Maureen, Sandy & Sue. Fun with Kids in the School Holidays Week 2 – as Week 1 but with different activities. Wednesday 27 July 9:30-12:30 at the Methodist Hall. Tutors: Maureen, Sandy & Sue. Healthy Options for Pre-Schoolers & School Lunchboxes Give your little ones a good start by introducing them to healthy food without high fat, salt, sugar and artificial additives. Time: 9.30-12.30, Tutor: Sue Knight.

WELLSFORD: Thur 4 Aug at Co-operating Parish Church Hall • WARKWORTH: Fri 5 Aug at Methodist Church Hall.

Compost Making and worm farming Turn everyday kitchen and garden waste into compost and plant food. Wednesday 10 August 9:30-12:30 at Homebuilders. Tutor: Trish Allen.

Mid-Winter Celebratory Dinner Break up winter’s gloom with a celebration by cooking a gourmet menu on a dollar-wise budget. Time: 9.30-12.30. Tutor: Sue Knight.

WELLSFORD: Thur 11 Aug at Co-operating Church Hall • WARKWORTH: Fri 12 August at Methodist Hall.

New & Delicious Ways with Traditional Grains: Oat & Rice Oats provide a high level of protein and helps lower cholesterol, while wholegrain rice is rich in vitamins and is beneficial for health. Time: 9.30-12.30, Tutor: Sue Knight WELLSFORD: Thur 18 Aug at Co-operating Church Hall • WARKWORTH: Fri 19 Aug at Methodist Church Hall.

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.

Here’s a chance to learn new skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. 3 Tuesdays: 23rd Aug, 30th Aug and 6th Sep from 9.30-11.30 at Homebuilders. Tutor: Terry Healey.

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Melanie Schulze accompanying a young patient and her surgeon on their way to the Africa Mercy operating theatre. Photo, Mercy Ships.

Mercy ship recruit re-enlists Former Warkworth girl Melanie Schulze is on her third tour of duty aboard the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ship.

The Africa Mercy is currently docked at a time, in general and intensive care in Sierra Leone, West Africa, one of wards. The theatres are supported the poorest nations on earth. Melanie by an onboard pathology lab, Xray works shifts in one of the Mercy’s six and cat-scan, physical therapy, and operating theatres; her team’s specialty pharmacy. is child orthopaedics.

The services are provided by volunteers “The atmosphere on board the ship who donate their time and skills is incredible,” Melanie says. “Four including a dozen New Zealanders hundred people, from 40 different serving anywhere from a month to six nations, all working together for one years at a time. purpose – it is unlike any other place Mercy Ships is a Christian charity I’ve ever been. I was struck initially dedicated to bringing transformational by the attitude of the crew and the healthcare to some of the world’s most motivation of the work we do and the desperate and vulnerable people. love that it is done with.”

Info: www.mercyships.org.nz The 25-year-old operating theatre nurse first touched down in Benin to serve for six months in 2009 and then returned in 2010 to Togo for another four months. This year she has signed on for an eight-month stint in Sierra Leone.

Not only was her heart captured by Africa, it’s where Melanie met her fiancé Michel, a surgical nurse from Germany. On Boxing Day last year, Michel proposed during a visit to New Zealand, and the couple re-joined Mercy Ships together in January.

“We plan to take some time off after our wedding next January before returning to the mission field to settle into being married before we return to serving with Mercy Ships.”

The Africa Mercy, which is the length Surgery is just part of the ship’s of two football fields and seven storeys routine. Melanie is pictured observing high, can provide care for 70 patients an operation. Photo, Mercy Ships.

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The importance of drinking water was emphasised at a recent Warkworth Men’s Probus meeting.

Naturopath Judi Denham delivered a talk Be Smart and recommended drinking a glass of water first thing in the morning and two glasses two hours before a main meal.

She said the amount of water a person should drink depended on their weight. Another newer method of taking a better view of your health was Hemaview, a form of blood screening.

Using only two drops of blood a health practitioner can use Hemaview to investigate the size, shape and ratios of the red cells, white cells and platelets in your blood.

Judi Denham Ms Denham said Hemaview was based on the medical science of of a person’s general health. haematology and provided an accurate For further information about Probus, and immediate indication of the state contact Bill Speed on 4258414.

St John seeks local youth leaders St John is seeking volunteers to step up as leaders of the St John Youth community programme, designed to teach young people new skills and help them develop into friendly, confident adults. St John Youth is growing rapidly, particularly in the Northern Region where membership has reached 2435, including divisions based in Warkworth and Wellsford. Regional youth manager Christine Benson says youth leaders are provided with resources and ongoing training and support to enable them to run the programme while developing their own skills in leadership, management and communication, as well as practical knowledge and skills in health and medical emergencies.

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Midwives help push for natural health start A natural approach to pre-natal and post-natal care is being promoted through a joint Kakariki Health Store–Otamatea and Rodney midwives initiative.

Launched last month, the yearlong programme will involve giving mothers-to-be information and samples of natural products which offer an alternative to some conventional over-the-counter treatments.

Midwife Kate Rankin says pregnancy is a good time to get across health messages.

“Parents are often a lot more motivated and receptive to advice at this time,” she says. “It’s often when they are prepared to commit to making lifelong changes which will benefit both them and their baby.”

Kate says midwives regularly come across cases where babies have had an allergic reaction to everyday pharmaceutical products.

“Reactions to some brands of baby oil, baby wash and wet wipes are particularly common.”

Kakariki owner Jess Costello says parabens and sodium laureth sulfate are two chemicals, in particular, that should be avoided.

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free,” she says. “These include mother and baby massage oils, nappy creams and laundry powder. A lot of the product is also made by NZ companies such as The Herb Farm, Ecostore, Kiwiherb and Tui Balms.

“We chose to distribute the packs to midwives as they are the primary

caregivers for the majority of pregnant women in rural areas. If you go to your GP when you’re pregnant, you’re given a pack with samples, but it is surprising how much of the product supplied is full of chemicals and there is absolutely no information available about other options.”

Watch those crystals

Consumer Affairs is warning parents to take care with crystal ornaments and glass around the sun. The ornament can magnify and focus the light and heat from the sun causing scorching or even a fire. The department recently had a call from a mother who was dealing with the aftermath of a scorched teddybear.

Understandably, she was worried that it could have been a lot worse.

ChildCare VaCanCies • Qualified Teachers • Individual child portfolios • Educational Programme Our new hours for 2011 are 8am-5pm Fees: 2 year olds – $175 per week

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New school principal brings wealth of teaching experience Mahurangi Christian School Board of Trustees has appointed acting principal Helen Pearson of Whangaparaoa as their new principal.

Helen was the founding principal of KingsWay School in Orewa, working there for six years.

She has also worked as a curriculum developer and educational consultant.

While at KingsWay School, Helen designed the Interact Curriculum for Christian and Catholic schools, a biblically-based and integrated programme of learning for students in years 1-8. It is used in around 40 schools in NZ, as well as overseas.

Helen is an international speaker on matters of curriculum and teaching and is a founding director of the Laidlaw College School of Education.

A mother of five, Helen says she is looking forward to using her experiences as a curriculum developer,

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teacher educator and parent in a school setting.

Extra maternity funds delivered The Government is making an extra $33.2 million available for maternity services and to help new mothers and their babies.

Health Minister Tony Ryall says a further $21.3 million will boost WellChild services, with a particular focus on first time mothers.

The extra funding for maternity services includes: yy $18.4 million to bring all local maternity professionals together for regular clinical reviews of all births.

This funding will also increase the number of midwives in hospitals, together with medical specialists on-

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site and on-call. yy $6 million to revamp new parent information services. yy $6.8 million to help vulnerable mothers access a fuller range of health and social services. It will also assist midwives to make appropriate and timely referrals to other practitioners. yy One-off funding of $2 million to ensure all DHB maternity data is collected nationally.

The additional WellChild services have a particular focus on the needs of first time mothers, funding additional home visits.

Making parenting incredible A parenting programme designed to enhance positive family relationships, which empowers parents to make change and helps them to better manage difficult behaviour, is being offered in Warkworth. The Incredible Years course is a practical step-by-step programme for parents of three to eight year olds to help handle everyday family situations. Dr Carolyn Webster-Stratton, of the US, developed the programme and evaluations show that it is effective in significantly improving parent-child interactions, reducing parents use of violent forms of discipline and reducing child conduct problems. The date and venue are yet to be confirmed, but the course is likely to start towards the end of this month. It will be run from 10am - 12.30pm, and limited free childcare is available. For enrolments or further information, phone 09 487 1100.

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Schools gear-up for nights to remember Ball beauty takes practise

College students are gearing up for the biggest event on their social calendars.

It’s school ball season; a chance for students and teachers to dress to the nines and experience a glamorous evening. Streamers, strobe lights, balloons, corsages, gossip and excitement are a few of the elements that add to the atmosphere of the evening.

Students from Mahurangi College in Years 12 and 13 will be attending the school ball, which will be held at Ascension on August 20. The evening will include a formal dinner, followed by a live band and dancing.

Mahurangi College Year 13 dean Marilyn Newlove says for security reasons, students will be breathalysed and frisked on arrival.

“It is to ensure the safety of all students at the ball,” she says. “They are under the school’s supervision from the moment they arrive until the end of the evening, and we need to be aware of any potential problems.”

Although a theme for the Mahurangi ball is still to be decided by the students, Rodney College pupils in Years 11 to 13 will dress for an oriental night on July 2. Their school ball will be held at the Wellsford Community Centre.

For anyone thinking of doing their own make-up for the ball, the advice from the experts is do a practise run at least a week before the big event.

This takes the pressure off on the night, if you already know you have the make-up you need and how you want to apply it. Take into consideration the colour, design and length of the dress before making any decisions.

A bold lip colour would complement a black, white or neutral coloured dress. Try a classic red or fuchsia pink.

Foundation should match the skin tone exactly and a primer should be applied to help make-up last the entire evening.

Mineral powder foundations are easy to apply and give a striking finish, alternatively use a light layer of liquid foundation set with a translucent powder. To give the skin some warmth, dust with bronzing powder.

Lipstick lasts longer than gloss and gives a deeper hit of colour. Bright lip-gloss can be used for a softer look.

Prep lips the night before with plenty of lip balm so they are moisturised and ready for lip colour.

With school ball season on its way, it’s time to think about make-up and hair, suits, dresses and who the belle of the ball will be. Photos, Kodak Express Warkworth

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MENSWEAR The ball is a great excuse to dress up and have fun. Photo, Kodak Express Warkworth

Agencies issue warnings of tough after-ball consequences As the school ball season approaches, colleges are being warned about the issues and risks school communities face in respect to ‘after-ball’ functions and events.

The Auckland District Licensing Agency, in conjunction with Auckland Council and the New Zealand Police, have written to more than 100 schools, asking them to tell parents and students that events where tickets are sold and alcohol is served to anyone underage are illegal.

The letter outlines the dangers and potential consequences of an after ball function.

Of particular concern is the sale or supply of alcohol to minors and the uncontrolled, unlimited supply of alcohol to young people aged over 18.

The level of secrecy that operates around the organisation of after-ball events is also a concern.

The agency and Police say that the use of buildings such as warehouses in industrial areas that do not have resource consents or building codes, poses a level of risk to the attendees in the event of a fire, overcrowding

and gate-crashing. Prosecution of the building owner or lease holder could also be sought under the Sale of Liquor Act. Mahurangi Year 13 dean, Marilyn Newlove and Rodney College principal Dave Ormandy, have both said their schools will not be ‘hosting’ an after ball.

The District Licensing Agency and Police say they will take action to prevent such large gatherings from happening.

“Small home gatherings of friends with families after the ball are acceptable and reduce the risk of significant harm to the community. Large gatherings too often result in significant disorder, leading to immense pressure on policing resources as a result of alcoholrelated offending including violence, drink driving, severe intoxication requiring medical intervention and other related alcohol harms.”

Attached to the letter was a ball advisory sheet so that the agencies and Police are aware of the dates of the upcoming balls, allowing them to respond accordingly if events occur.

The language of flowers Corsages add the final touch to a girl’s attire on the evening of the ball. They can either be worn at the shoulder, in the hair, on the wrist or pinned to the dress. Tradition follows that males buy the corsages for their date. Ideally, the colour of the corsage flowers should match the girls dress. Corsages can come in a variety of styles and colours, and men can also wear a matching buttonhole. Sweetheart roses, white roses and certain orchids are always popular for create decorative body flowers.

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Royal wedding gown design has influence on ball fashion Even before the recent wedding of Prince William and Kate Middelton, when the dress was still a closely guarded secret, ballgown fashions were being influenced by the flavour of the event.

As a result, more conservative styles became popular, with more girls seeking classic, feminine couture dresses for this season’s balls.

While last season many Year 13 college students were wearing short dresses to their balls, as most had worn a long dress at their Year 12 ball, retailers report that this year long and floaty styles remain in favour, even for a second ball.

All shades of blue, especially royal blue, through to mauves, deep purple and hot pink are the most popular colours.

The move towards a more sophisticated look, influenced by the royal wedding, has led to less bling on dresses and a preference for sleek, sheer designs that hug the body. Strapless and off the shoulder styles are in vogue.

Short boys better look out, as their dates will be wearing heels that go with this couture look – some as high as 12 centimetres.

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Builders, Roofers & Suppliers | Tiling | Scaffolding | Brick & Block Layers | Concrete Specialists | Construction & Earthworks

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

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

Trellis Guy Snells Beach • Warkworth • Orewa

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

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• Light Commercial • Alterations • Architectural Homes • Renovations • Additions Phone Hadley on 09 425 4968 or 0275 444 440 Email: hadley@trescobuilders.co.nz www.buildersonline.co.nz

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MICK BERGER CONTRACTORS Phone: 09 422 0688 • Mobile: 0274 930 806

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

COASTAL CONCEPTS WAYNE BURTON Registered Electrician

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

Suppliers and Installers of: • Gates and Automation • Landscape & Ambience Lighting • Security Cameras & Alarms

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LTD

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

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

HEAT PUMPS Supplied • Installed • Serviced h: 09 425 6776 m: 021 148 3845 e: kevin@abelinstalls.co.nz

www.abelinstalls.co.nz

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Water Pump Services | Pool Specialists | Marine & Small Engines | Plumbing | Printers & Website Design | Computer & TV Services | Office Products | Septic Tank Cleaning Pool / Spa Valets Crystal Water Chemicals Pool Equipment Replacement Repairs & Maintenance Pool Refurbishment Waterblasting

(09) 422 9524 • 021 952 338

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

Warkworth to Mangawhai

31 WOODCOCKS RD - WARKWORTH - PH 425 9100

Michelle Woolley

Pump & Filtration Services

AUTHORISED AGENT

(2007) Ltd

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

H2O PUMPS Water Treatment

WATER PUMPS

Pumping Systems

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

New Pump Sales Service Installation

Phone/Fax 425-5619 Mobile 0800 733 765

Owen Ward

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

K & R PUMP SERVICES LTD

OUTBOARD MOTOR SERVICING

AUTO & MARINE

Water lters - Underbench - UV - Whole House • Water Coolers • Water Pumps • Sales & Service “If you don’t have a lter you are the lter”

steve@purewaterservices.co.nz

www.purewaterservices.co.nz

ST E P H E N

J O N E S

P LU M B I N G

L T D

STEPHEN JONES

09 422 7618 027 494 5499

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

keep your car and boat serviced with us to ensure reliability & safety

Available from:

MAHURANGI MARINE LTD 330 Mahurangi East Rd, Snells Beach Phone 425-5806

WATSON

PLUMBING & GAS

Argyll Angle

BLOCKED DRAINS CLEARED! SEWER & STORMWATER Phone Ian on 027 495 8566

Workshop: (09) 423 8576 | wpg.ltd@xtra.co.nz 152M

ezSite

Freeview Sales & Installation TV & FM Aerials

0508 WEBDESIGN

GAVIN BROUGH

www.ezSite.co.nz

Joy’s Media Supplies

Over 20 years industry experience

Joy 4222587 • info@jms.net.nz • www.jms.net.nz

Phone 425 7257 or email: copyworks@clear.net.nz

TV AERIAL & SATELLITE SERVICES

We’re Local.

JMS

58-60 Queen Street Warkworth

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

utilising A.E.S. Hydrojet Cleaning Machine Drain location / camera inspection

‘ T H E D . I . Y. W E B S I T E ’

Supplying everything your office needs to be productive • Data tapes • Cartridges • Stationery • Furniture • Printers • Ergonomic products • Computers, hardware, software and accessories If it’s not listed, call and enquire

09 431 4814 194 Molesworth Drive Mangawhai Industrial Estate

LTD

0800 PURE WATER

service & repair specialists

Ph 09 425 5495 Mob 0274 766 115

Rodney Septic Tank Cleaning Peter Cairns

Limited 027 239 2167 09 426 9015 • 09 412 7644

153M

Mob 027 494 6370 • Phone 422 7166

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Tank Cleaning & Testing | Water Supplies | Security | Auto Wreckers | Transport | Storage | Furniture Removals | Marriage Celebrants

Household Water Deliveries

TANK WATER TESTING 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.

clean. care. repair.

WATER TANK & WATER APPLICATION CLEANING AGENCY

Phone Simon Breeze (09) 422 9345

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

Phone John or Annette Carr

0800 747 928

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

mobile: 027 556 6111

Mangawhai: Phil Lathrote 431 4608 | 027 493 8961

WARKWORTH

Homeshield

AUTO WRECKERS FOR ALL NEW & USED PARTS

Building & Security

Grant Julius

WE NEED CARS FOR WRECKING – $$$ PAID

0800 474 435

grant@homeshield.co.nz

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

Alarms, CCTV, Automatic Gates Deck, Fence, Alterations, Maintenance

• Airport Shuttle • Local and national trips and tours • 10-seater Minibus for club/group functions

Phone Linda 425-0000

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

SNELLS BEACH

PHONE 09 425 5597

146M

Dave Parker QSM, JP P: 09 425 5006 M: 0274 849 935 E: dh.parker@xtra.co.nz

PO Box 581 Warkworth 0941 New Zealand

Marriage Celebrant - Available for Weddings on the Jane Gifford Community Relations ~ Events Warkworth ~ Funeral Celebrant Master of Ceremonies ~ Justice of the Peace

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Advertise your classifieds and church notices here for only 30c+GST per word for run-ons or $6.70 per/cm+GST for boxed adverts.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

INTUITIVE BUSINESS MENTORING Hit a brick wall? www.sensingbusiness.co.nz or phone Brigid 426 8361.

FOR SALE – WARKWORTH COMMERCIAL

AUDIO * VIDEO * TV * CABLING Installation, Tuning, Troubleshooting.

Freeview basic install complete $425.

Andrew 021 466 394.

FLATMATE WANTED

FREEVIEW 1080 high definition decoder with recorder $275. Freeview installations dish decoder complete from $450. Call Jim THE MAINTENANCE MAN 422 3725 or 021 254 2048.

SCOTTS LANDING. Beautiful home with sea views. $150 p/wk + expenses.

Call Katrina 021 808 985 or 09 425 6984.

FOR HIRE HALLS FOR HIRE. The Warkworth Town Hall (limit 99 people) and the old Masonic Hall are available for hire at reasonable rates. Contact the Warkworth Service Centre of the Auckland Council on toll-free (09) 301 0101.

HALL FOR HIRE

Warkworth Scout Den Central location - Available pm Tues/Thurs and/or weekdays Long or short term - reasonable rates Phone Rosie 09 422 7409 PUHOI CENTENNIAL HALL Capacity 200, reasonable rates. Contact Kathy 09 422 0891 or puhoi.hall@hiko.co.nz SAND ARENA 60x40 jumps and poles available. Point Wells Road. Individual or group concessions. For bookings phone Liz 021 300 450 or 422 9705.

4 x Retail units plus 1 office unit. Central Warkworth, currently returning $136,297 + GST p.a.

For an information pack phone Gary Seekup 027 226 9880 DDI 09 359 7880 Email: g.seekup@barfoot.co.nz SOLE AGENT

FOR LEASE

OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE Central Queen Street Warkworth 85 sqm Air conditioned Phone 0274 927 198

MINIATURE TRAIN RIDE BUSINESS FOR SALE $30,000. Suit semi-retired mechanically minded person. 8hrs weekend plus extra days school holidays. Contact Ken 425 4082.

Licensed under the REAA 2008

FOR RENT 3 BEDROOM HOUSE To Rent, 3 spacious rooms, fenced, pets welcome, $300pw, great views. Leigh. Phone 422 6562.

FOR SALE 10’ 6” PARkERCRAFT ON TRAILER (Reg. WOF) $950, Zailer Alloy wheels $480, Toilet & cistern $60, Vanity (complete) and mirror $85, Johnson 6HP longshaft outboard $550. Phone 09 431 9121.

RAWLEIGH PRODUCTS Phone Patrick 425 0448.

available.

REINFORCING MESH 668 Light Gauge, $20 per sheet. Phone 425 5170.

SkATEBOARD DECkS

Blank decks made from 7 ply Canadian Maple. Three sizes 7.75, 8.0 & 8.125. Great pop, shape, concave and quality - hard to snap or chip.

Only $55 each including FREE installed grip tape.

Phone Noah (09) 815 2208 w/days or (09) 422 6000 w/ends

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Advertise your classifieds and church notices here for only 30c+GST per word for run-ons or $6.70 per/cm+GST for boxed adverts.

HEALTH SERVICES

BACk MASSAGE $50 for half hour.

Phone Brian 422 6562.

HOME MAINTENANCE LAWNMOWING AND PROPERTY CARE. Also Hedge, Clean-up, Rubbish, Gutter clear, Waterblast, General Handyman. Guaranteed & Insured. Call Jim’s Mowing 0800 4 JIM JIM (546 546).

FLIGHTS

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



Transformational Workshops (Based on Louise Hay’s philosophies) Next workshops: 1 Day Mind/body Awareness 12th June 10am - 4pm 2 Days Heal Your Life® 26th June 5am - 5pm For more info & registration contact Ingrid LeProu 09 422 3290 or email ingrid.lp@clear.net.nz

DENTAL ASSISTANT WANTED

HORSE RIDING WARKWORTH 

HEALTHY WHOLE AND COMPLETE

SITUATIONS VACANT

HOBBIES & RECREATION

Please book NoW 1hour $40 • 2hours $70

Phone 425 8517 42 Kaipara Flats Road, Warkworth www.come.to/horseriding

PUBLIC NOTICES BINGO, BINGO, BINGO! Come and join the fun, 1st Monday of the month, Upstairs New Masonic Lodge, Baxter Street, Warkworth. 7pm. Proceeds to Warkworth Museum.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

SCENIC FLIGHTS $39, 20 mins; $49, 30 mins. Min. 3 passengers. Trial flights $75. 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 LAND WANTED LAND WANTED TO LEASE for horticultural use, minimum of 5 acres of Flat land, long term lease preferred. Prefer reasonably sheltered, easy access, water and shade houses or utility bldgs are a bonus. Ph 021-927705 or 09-5217209”

MARkETS PRE-LOVED kIDS MARkET Orewa Community Centre, Sat 04 June 9 - 12, 30+ Stalls. Quality second hand Toys, Clothes, Furniture, Accessories WARkWORTH MUSEUM MARkET, Queens Birthday Weekend - Saturday June 4th, 8am, Old Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, Warkworth. Enquiries 425 8482.

PHOTOGRAPHIC & DIGITAL PRESERVE YOUR MEMORIES

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

The annual general meeting of the Warkworth/Wellsford Pipe Band will be held on Wednesday June 22 at 6.30pm in the Bridge House restaurant.

Members welcome as well as those who want to learn the pipes or drums.

For further information contact: Brian Smith on 425 6296

FREE JP SERVICE

Every Monday, 10am-2pm Old Masonic Hall, Baxter St, Warkworth.

No appointment necessary.

Services include witnessing, affidavits, immigration & marriage dissolution Sponsored by Mahurangi Matters

HOTEO NORTH HISTORIC SCHOOL HALL & DOMAIN SOCIETY INC. AGM

Saturday, 18 June at the School, Hoteo North beginning at 7pm.

Dessert to follow. All welcome

RODNEY STOPPING VIOLENCE SERVICES Providing programmes for men who need assistance to change abusive behaviours and attitudes and work on equality and respect.

Held in Orewa and Warkworth.

For enquiries phone 09 425 8130.

We also provide programmes for women that are or have been in abusive relationships.

Held in Orewa & Warkworth.

Phone 422 2102 or 021 023 20297 Sponsored by Mahurangi Matters

OVER 50’S SINGLES CLUB Phone Brian 422 6562 or email: b.staples@xtra.co.nz PUHOI HISTORICAL SOCIETY meets every 3rd Wed, 7.30pm, Puhoi Museum records room. All welcome. Museum winter hours are Sat & Sun, 1pm-4pm.

A qualified or experienced dental assistant is required to assist at Mangawhai Dental, 30 Moir Street, Mangawhai Village.

8-45am to 5pm Mondays only.

Start date will be 13th June 2011.

Please phone Donelle on 09 638 3424

Harbour Sport, one of 17 Regional Sports Trusts throughout New Zealand, is inviting applications for a

VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

Harbour Sport’s purpose is to ‘lead and support the development of the sport and recreation community within North Harbour’ Wanting to reflect the community that Harbour Sport serves, this position is targeted at a person with strong Rodney connections, who is passionate about sport and is an innovative and strategic thinker. Strong commercial acumen, with solid business networks and relationship development skills are necessary.

If you believe you have these skills and are willing to help shape the direction of community sport within the Harbour region, please forward your CV to the Chairman at sport@harboursport.co.nz by 12pm, Friday June 17th 2011.

TRAVEL

READINGS TRISH STEWART CLAIRVOYANT

readings and change facilitator with over 20 years experience. www.trishstewart.co.nz or phone 426 7833.

ANGEL

READINGS

mornings. Matakana Village.

Saturday

BRIGID IS AVAILABLE FOR READINGS

Visit www.makingachange.co.nz or phone 09 426 8361.

REUNIONS WDHS & MAHURANGI COLLEGE REUNION

Celebrating 150 years of district wide education – Easter 2012.

For more information and free registration visit www.mahurangi.school.nz

TV SERVICES & SALES TV SERVICES Freeview, dishes, aerials, boxes. Sales, installation and repairs.

Phone Gavin 027 4766115.

TV TUNING. DVD’s / Sky / Video / Freeview etc. Phone 425 5431.

TUITION

AUSTRALIA RAIL CRUISE HOLIDAY 23 & 24 night packages including 18 nights cruise, 3 nights Indian Pacific Train, 2/3 nights Perth and much more.

Depart 30 Jan or 11 Feb 2012. Contact Lynette for more info Ph: (09) 425 8009 or email lynette@warkworthtravel.co.nz GOLD COAST V8’S 3 night package from $1299 per person. Includes flights, accommodation and a 3 day General Admission pass to the Armor All Gold Coast 600. Contact Kelly for more info Ph: (09) 425 8009 or email kelly@ warkworthtravel.co.nz TONGA TREASURES 5 nights from $823 per person. Includes 5 nights accommodation, flights ex Auckland and transfers. I have just been so have first hand knowledge!! Contact Debbie for more info Ph: (09) 425 8009 or email debbie@warkworthtravel.co.nz 4 NIGHT FOOD & WINE CRUISE Ex AUCkLAND from $379 pp quad share or $499 pp twin share. P&O’s Pacific Dawn 5 to 9 October 2011. Contact our office for full details and conditions Ph: (09) 425 8009 or email reservations@ warkworthtravel.co.nz

WORk WANTED EMERGENCY STAFF SHORTAGE? View www.findaminda.co.nz REID EQUESTRIAN ENGINEERING, Wellsford. Float rebuilds, horse truck conversions, etc. Dog kennels made to measure. Quality work. Phone Ron 423 9666.

CLASSIFIED DEADLINE for June 15 issue is TUESDAY JUNE 7 Phone 425 9068 to book your classified advertising

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Advertise your classifieds and church notices here for only 30c+GST per word for run-ons or $6.70 per/cm+GST for boxed adverts.

WORk WANTED CASUAL VACANCY? findaminda.co.nz

View

www.

55+ AND WANT OCCASIONAL WORk? View www.findaminda.co.nz

WANTED TO BUY BUYING ALL stoneware and pottery bottles, (ginger beer, aerated waters etc), also stoneware flagons, crocks, demijohns with writing or pictures, will pay a minimum of $100 for flagons I don’t have, ALCOHOL and tobacco advertising, all whisky, beer, tobacco, cigarette items, jugs, tins, signs, mirrors, ashtrays etc. ADVERTISING and farm equipment signs. Signs made of tin, enamel, cardboard relating to petrol, oil, farm equipment, food items, general store goods. Oil bottles etc. COINS, banknotes and stamps.

Coins - paying 20 times face value for all NZ pre-1946 coins, half crowns $5 ea, florins $4 ea, shillings $2 ea, sixpences $1 ea, threepences 50c ea.

Banknotes - ten shilling notes, one, five, ten pound notes, also buying Australian & English coins. Stamps - all old stamps, albums and collections.

Military medals, badges, photos. All old China, crockery, coloured glass items.

Top cash paid for any of these items.

Reputable NZ Government Licensed Auckland Dealer. Travelling Auckland to Whangarei twice weekly. Please phone Brian Davis 09 818 4068 or 027 777 0428.

VEHICLES PARk AND SELL Gull Snells Beach.

Weekly rates. Great exposure. Phone 09 425 4092.

NOTI C ES

MaHurangi MetHodiSt PariSH

Mahurangi

Presbyterian Church

5 Pulham Road, Warkworth Phone 425 8861 www.mahurangipresbyterian.org.nz Mon 6pm - Boys Brigade (ICONZ) Wed 10am - Mainly Music Fri 4pm - Mahu Youth Juniors (Year 7-8) Sat 7.30pm - Mahu Youth Seniors (Year 9-13)

Sunday Services 9am & 10.30am

celebration centre Sunday Service @ 10am Warkworth Town Hall P: 09 422 3168 www.celebrationcentre.co.nz

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Phone 425 8545

www.holyname.org.nz

Holy Mass Timetable: WARKWORTH

Holy Name Church, 6 Alnwick Street Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm Sunday: 10.30am

PUHOI

SS. Peter & Paul Church Sunday: 8.30am

Warkworth Methodist Cnr Neville & Church Sts Warkworth Phone 425 8660 Sunday Service10.30am

Hall Bookings Ph 425 8053

Snell's Beach Community Church

325 Mahurangi East Rd Sunday Service 9am Hall Bookings Ph 425 5707

Point Wells Community Church Williams Cres, Point Wells Sunday Services 2nd & 4th Sundays at 9.30am

1944-2011

 CHURCH NOTICES continued

‘ONE OFF’ JOB? View www.findaminda. co.nz

 CHURCH

Vale Richard Wasley

FIND A LOCAL TRADESMAN, SERVICE OR BUSINESS easily with the online

Business Directory A-Z at

www.localmatters.co.nz Community groups are encouraged to list their details on the

FREE Community Directory A-Z Full details can be found at www.localmatters.co.nz LOCAL NEWS AND INFORMATION IS JUST A CLICK AWAY

Actor, poet and Warkworth bookstore owner Richard Wasley died peacefully at home on May 19, following a courageous battle with lung cancer. Born in Gloucester England, Richard’s first encounter with the theatre came during a Sunday School visit to a London play. His sister Jackie O’Rourke says for many years, Richard kept the programme from the play, which featured a young actress Illona Rodgers. Little did they know then that they would eventually both come to live in Warkworth, on the other side of the world. When the two became good friends, Richard gave Illona the programme.

After schooling at Elmbridge Junior and Central Boys Technical, Richard went on to study drama with the Birmingham Theatre School. By 25 he was working in a number of productions with the Birmingham Theatre Company, Crewe Repertory and Forbes Russell Technical. He had small parts in the television series’ United and Z Cars, as well as in the feature films Time of Spears and The Pressure.

It was his acting career that led him to NZ in the mid-1980s. He was a founding member of the Occam Theatre Company, which toured small towns in the North Island in the late 1980s. In a car, plus trailer for props and scenery, the company put on small cast plays such as Harold Pinter’s The Lover. Richard also toured a one-man show Hess and read poetry at schools.

Eventually, he quit his roving ways and settled in Warkworth where he opened his second-hand bookstore called the Unicorn Bookshop, first located in a small building in Alnwick Street. Jackie said that on the first day the shop opened, Richard sold $300 worth of books just while trying to stack the shelves. A remembrance book in the current shop, in Neville Street, bears testimony to the many customers who travelled from far and wide to browse the shelves for the often hard-to-find books that were Richard’s stock in trade. The comments paint a picture of a man who was a great conversationalist, often with strong views, who was appreciated as both a businessman and a friend. He is survived by his mother Edith, sister Jackie and long-time friend Carli.

Singing for rail improvements Impressed by Australia’s user-friendly rail system, and frustrated by the lack of rail transport in NZ, country songwriter and rail supporter Keith Clapham penned the song Back Train Going. Keith is a member of the Wellsford Country Music Club and a strong supporter of the group advocating to save the northern rail line from being mothballed. He travels to Australia to see family whenever he can and enjoys the train ride from Perth to Rockingham.

“It’s brilliant going on the train in Australia,” he says. “Then you get back to NZ and you can’t just catch the train home. I get so frustrated with the road conditions and the traffic congestion here.”

(See page 11 for Northland candidate Mike Sabin’s comments on the rail line)

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Bachelors to battle for top honours at Hamilton Fieldays They may not all still be bachelors but former Rural Bachelor of the Year winners will be back in the spotlight in the first ever Best of the Best Rural Bachelor competition at this year’s National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek Events Centre, south of Hamilton from June 15-18.

Eight previous winners, including Dargaville dairy farm manager/owner, 2008 Golden Gumboot winner Mark Woodcock, will compete in challenges including fencing, horse handling, general knowledge, dog handling and excavating over the four days of Fieldays. The public will have a say, as well as judges, before the premier champion is announced in the Ag Art Wear Pavilion at noon on June 18.

Other action-packed crowd favourites include the tractor pull competitions, fencing championships and Festival of Logging while agricultural creativity is exercised through the Ag Art Wear Show and the No8 Wire National Art Award.

The Innovations Centre will reveal Kiwi ingenuity through a variety of practical inventions which range from a three-way multi-tool to a rapid milk chiller and heat recovery unit as competitors go head to head for over $13,000 in prizes.

This year’s Premier Feature will focus on breaking barriers to productivity and include key sponsor Primary Wool Cooperative demonstrating strategies for creating a higher return on wool. Visitors can also learn from the University of Waikato seminar series on everything from soil testing to animal health and applying technology to increase farm profits.

Demonstrations include X-air extreme Suzuki motor cross, a canine show, old west cowboy horse handling, cuisine skills, machinery, stock handling and more, while entertainment will include cheerleaders and live music. Developed by the not-for-profit National Fieldays Society and sponsored by ANZ and the University of Waikato, Fieldays is the largest agribusiness exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere featuring 1,000 exhibitors, over 98 acres of exhibitor space and 170 acres of parking and contribute approximately $600 million annually to national economy.

The first national Fieldays was held at Te Rapa Racecourse in 1969 and attracted 15,000 people, now in its 43rd year the event takes 18 months to plan, involves 38 staff, 150 volunteers and is expected to attract 120,000 visitors from about 38 countries.

2008 Golden Gumboot winner Dargaville’s Mark Woodcock will battle it out for the title of Best of the Best Rural Bachelor.

Competitive fencing will be among practical and entertaining demonstrations.

GET IN QUICK! ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE FIRST 1300 CUSTOMERS

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farmers day out

• Tree felling • Pruning • Hedge Trims • Chipping • Bamboo removal • Driveway Clearing

An eye for a great invention

Graham Rauner Owner/Operator P 09 425 9639 M 021 525 073

22 Whitaker Rd, Warkworth Phone 09 425 8535

1916 SHI, Kaiwaka Phone 09 431 2123

www.warkworthmotorcycles.co.nz

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plus many more great deals instore

Nearly losing an eye to an electric fence standard or “pigtail” was the motivation for Mangawhai’s Geoff Pearson to invent a product that’s proved popular with farmers and is now entering its fourth successful year at Fieldays.

After growing up on a dairy farm, living on a lifestyle block and using pigtails to create temporary fencing for crowd control, he knew from personal experience that handling the ungainly items was “a pain in the butt”. However, it wasn’t until he was hurriedly grabbing a couple from a barrel and one flicked up and gouged him in the forehead, that his PiggyStak invention was born.

Geoff began experimenting with a piece of reinforcing steel before moving on to aluminium and launching the prototype at Fieldays Innovations 2007. The product’s ability to keep up to 20 pigtails untangled, easy to carry and ready to use, along with an electric fence reel, met with the instant approval of farmers.

“It’s a product you’ve really got to see in action, otherwise it doesn’t make sense,” he says.

A more heavy-duty second generation of the product has since superseded the original design and this year a quad bike

Chainsaw & Mower Services Ltd • Sales • Parts • Service • Repairs

3 Morrison Drive, Warkworth Phone: 09 945 0090 | Mobile: 021 297 0615 | Email: wcams@live.com

Woodys Winners

221 Rodney Street, Wellsford | 423 8258

Mid Year Farmers Diaries Big discounts and specials

on Photocopy Paper

FIELDAY SPECIAL

10

% OFF ALL INK CARTRIDGES

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Brother • HP • Canon • Epson

Also stocking older style cartridges. While stocks last

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Geoff Pearson with his simple solution for a universal problem.

rack designed to hold the PiggyStaks will also be launched at Fieldays.

Geoff currently fits the PiggyStak business, around his full-time work with adventure activities company ROCKUP. Around 3000 have been sold to date and to keep them affordable Geoff makes them himself. He says New Zealand manufacturing costs are a major hurdle to being commercially competitive on a large scale and is aware that, despite having patented his product, there’s a risk it could be copied.

However, he says that while others often can’t “think outside the square” to solve a problem, he constantly has ideas that could be developed.

“I guess I’m a solutions-based thinker.

I could probably launch three or four products every year but it’s a matter of having time and money to be able to do it,” he says.

It’s not the first time Geoff ’s ideas have resulted in a practical product.

Airbarn, an inflatable barn he designed in response to the need for instant protection of hay bales, made its Fieldays debut in 2003 and continues to be sold for use as a temporary structure for a range of applications including shelter, storage and events.

His advice to others with great ideas is simple.

“You need to be passionate about what it is that you’ve done, because that will sell your product far more than anything else. You might have the best idea in the world and create the best product in the world, but unless it’s marketed it’s the best kept secret in the world.”

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Tips ‘n’ tricks for first-timers If you’ve never been to the national Fieldays before but would like to try the experience, we’ve listed some tips to get you up to speed with the regulars. yy You can buy tickets online in advance and they’re cheaper if you buy two or more. yy Gates open at 8am and close at 5pm – allow time to get in and out with the crowd. yy There will be a bus service to Fieldays from Hamilton, the website will list times closer to the event. yy There’s free parking but there are thousands of cars, so take note of exactly where you are parked (a ribbon or balloons on an aerial or roof rack can help). yy An online Interactive Map and Trip Planner are available at fieldays. co.nz. A daily timetable will also be available closer to the event. yy A Fieldays iPhone app is free from the iTunes store. yy To get the best deal check out all the exhibitors before making purchase decisions. A two-day pass (only available online) allows you to do your homework on the first day and buy on the second. yy It can get muddy when it’s wet so choose shoes or boots. Plastic ponchos are compact to carry and

cover you and packages if it rains. yy Dress children in something distinctive to help you spot them in the crowd yy Lost and found is in the services building behind Fieldays HQ yy If you buy something heavy or bulky there’s a free courier service that will pick up your purchase and keep it at Gate 2 (the main gate) for you to collect between 8.30am and 4pm yy There’s plenty of food on offer from takeaway snacks and coffee to a sit down lunch but there are often queues at peak times. Entertainment Boulevard (E Street) is a place you can watch some entertainment while you eat. yy You can text to vote for your favourite Innovation, Ag Art creation and Rural Bachelor Best of the Best Competition. yy Mobility scooters are available for free use at Fieldays if you book in advance. (phone 07 854 9236) yy Parents’ Rooms with microwave, hot water and changing tables can be found in the amenities block of the Mystery Creek Pavilion and in the Service Building yy ANZ has an onsite bank as well as an ATM and mobile banking services but most exhibitors offer Eftpos at their stands.

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“As the market is at the moment, you either stay small, get big or get out,” he says. “We’ve still got 2500 vines, which is adequate for what we want to produce.”

Contour Estate, in Takatu Road which only produces a reserve syrah, pulled their vines out three years ago and replaced them with olives and fruit trees. The winery, when it’s producing, is now taking fruit from other Matakana growers, as well as the Hawkes Bay. Owner Bruce Taylor says the worst thing that a winery could do in the present climate would be to produce inferior wine.

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when you haven’t got 5000 to 6000 plants in the ground,” he says.

Matakana Winegrowers president Robin Ransom says that while some vineyards such as Contour Estate and Matakana Estate have removed vines, overall he’s not aware of any decrease in vineyard acreages.

“In some cases, there’s actually expansion,” he says. “We’re one of the few vineyards in NZ planting a new Spanish white grape called albarino.

We started with a small plot a couple of years ago, and put in a further couple of acres this year.”

For those who are rationalising their operations by removing vines, fencing contractor Malcolm Webster, who exhibited in last year’s Fieldays, has come up with a unit that makes it easier to remove vineyard wires and fence posts.

The unit fits on most tractors, including the narrow tractors normally used in vineyards, and can be operated safely by one person.

“We trialled the unit on Hinchco’s property last year and it reduces the time needed to remove wires and posts by about half,” Malcolm says.

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Teenager has pulling power A Mahurangi West teenager is making a big impact in the high-powered tractor-pull events at agricultural shows, surprising other competitors, not only with top performances, but also by being a girl.

Chanika Hallett is the only female currently competing in the sport in New Zealand and was enticed into the driver’s seat after observing her father Mark competing for the past seven years.

Since taking top honours in her first outing at Hawera’s Egmont Show 18 months ago, she’s been hooked on the challenge and adrenaline rush of the sport, competing at Central Districts and National Fieldays, taking home a trophy every time. Chanika says she’s happy to be doing something “different”, and beating the boys is a bonus. Other competitors often don’t take her seriously until after they’ve seen her in action.

Her three-tonne tractor “Heavy Metal” has a petrol and nitrous oxide system (NOS) driven, slightly modified V8 Mopar engine, capable of up to 600hp. It is hitched to a special sled progressively loaded with as much as 20 tonnes until the tractor can’t continue or completes a “full pull” of 100m. The

task is made increasingly harder until a winner is found. Most of each 12-15 second pull is done without steering, as the front wheels of the tractor commonly lift off the ground.

However, Mark says it’s a very safe form of motorsport, which begins and ends slowly due to the progressively heavier sled. Chanika has only once had to employ the kill switch after her wheels wouldn’t stop spinning at the end of a race, emptying a whole bottle of NOS over the engine and freezing the carburettor in the process. However, the incident didn’t put her off.

She also enjoys a friendly rivalry with her older step-brother, Ryan Lott, who competes on the same tractor. Both will take part in three modified progressive tractor-pull events each day throughout the Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

A part-time student, Chanika also plays netball and soccer and is hoping a soccer-related wrist injury will have healed before the Fieldays competition begins.

With only about 15 modified tractors competing nationally, Mark plans to get his second tractor “Puhoi Thunder” back in action soon and is keen to see more people join in.

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Residents have been targeting these Dad came along and was caught while pests in the Scotts Landing area, using pulling out the baby. Then Mum was both trapping and bait stations, with caught, followed by a second offspring. many residents taking responsibility Consequently, residents are being for about eight stations in the bush. advised to monitor their traps and The stoat traps are a Department of reset them straight away leaving in Conservation design and were supplied a dead relative, preferably while still

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The results will help organisers to improve the site layout, pedestrian traffic flow and facilities at future Fieldays events. To ensure good coverage, participants will be chosen on farming type and geographical spread throughout New Zealand.

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A Kiwiana occasion Kiwiana is the theme for this year’s Puhoi dance, to be held on June 11, from 8pm to late. There will be a live band and raffles. BYO and a plate to share for supper, gold coin donation. Ticket available from Cody 09 422 0891.

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Patriotism reigns supreme News of the upcoming Matakana Heritage Day on Sunday, June 19, at the Matakana Hall, has been welcomed by the Warkworth & Districts Museum. An interesting piece of Matakana history is contained in the neatly kept pages of the minute book of the Matakana Diamond Jubilee Park committee. The story is recorded of a patriotic community finding a practical way to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 by providing recreational space for future generations.

Accepting the offer of land owned by the Cruickshank brothers, the first committee paid £94 for 9-acres 1-rood 25-perches.

Funds were found from subscriptions and a government grant and ongoing income came from grazing and hire charges. Conveyance of the land to the trustees took place on 10 November 1900 and by 1903, the park was debt free.

The Rodney Mounted Rifles, who applied in 1909 to erect a building to serve as an orderly room, were one of the groups to use the land. In 1910, it was resolved to erect a Kissing Gate next to the main entrance and in 1911, the Rodney Rugby Union was granted leave to charge for some matches providing that the charge was no more than sixpence, and ladies were given

Michael Winiana with her winning entry in the Heads Up for Kids Youth Scholarship.

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Above, The unveiling of the King George statue nearly 100 years ago was a big day in Matakana.

free admission. Tenders were called in 1918 to sow a field of oats with the condition that the land was left bare by a given date.

At this time the community was mourning the loss of sons and brothers killed in World War I. Matakana people subscribed to create a suitable

memorial. A New Zealand sculptor W.H. Feldon, who had also crafted the Te Arawa memorial in Rotorua, was engaged. The statue using Oamaru stone, and featuring the reigning monarch King George V, was situated close to the entrance to the village and was unveiled in December 1919.

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Mahurangi College Year 12 student Michael Winiana has been placed second in a national Heads Up for Kids competition, run by Lions NZ. People were asked to nominate a young person they believed would benefit from an outdoor education scholarship and the nominee was asked to supply a creative image using old money.

Michael was nominated by her whanau teacher Ian McHale, who stated that he thought a voyage on the Spirit of NZ would be a wonderful opportunity to reward a hard working, good humoured and enthusiastic student. Michael is involved in extracurricular activities including speech competitions, netball, touch and kapa haka, and was recently selected for the NZ U17 touch team to go to Australia this year. All entries were loaded to the Heads Up for Kids Facebook page and people were asked to ‘like’/vote for one. Michael’s prize included a Kodak pocket camera and a Spirit of Adventure voyage.

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Cutting the reunion cake, from left, Linda Hill, Ken Wech, Florrie Mason, and Noel, Selwyn and Pat Wech.

Wech family reunites in Puhoi About 170 descendants and friends of Robert and Christina Wech gathered for a weekend reunion, held at the Puhoi Sports Club, recently.

Robert’s parents were Matthew and although Bartley did arrive in time for Anna Wech who arrived from Bohemia the family photos. in 1863, and Christina’s parents were Dinner was held in the clubrooms, Elizabeth and John Bayer, who arrived with entertainment provided by theWe in 1866.

Puhoi Band, consisting of Mark The event was 18 months in the Berger and Corralie Tolhopf on piano organising, and 17 family members accordions, George Wech on guitar, Freddy Rauner on button accordian, attended from Australia.

The reunion cake was cut by Robert Dianne Barnes on dudelsack and and Christina’s six surviving sons and Pat Wech, from Australia, joined in daughters – Linda Hill, Florrie Mason, playing piano accordian. and Ken, Noel, Selwyn and Pat Wech. The organisers were thanked for putting Absent were Wilf and Bartley Wech, together such a successful event.

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Retailers and Kowhai Festival organisers found common ground at a meeting held at the Warkworth RSA on May 23.

The meeting, chaired by Warkworth Festival coordinator Lesley Ingham Toastmaster Murray Chapman, was said the children’s activities were being an opportunity for retailers to air any moved to the end of Baxter Street this concerns they had about the festival, year, and the Winscombe Mall carpark would be used for a youth stage. particularly the Big Day Out. However, rather than field complaints Long-time retailers such as Rae Ward, about loss of trade, festival organisers Diane MacRae-Moses and Jim Letcher found themselves in supportive said people got out of the festival what they were prepared to put into it. company.

David Hall, of Halls in Queen Street, “It is a great community event, it’s fun and it showcases the town,” Rae said he didn’t believe there was said. “A lot of visitors return after the animosity towards the festival, but event – it’s a great way to promote the there was room for improvement. town.”

“I’ve heard some retailers refer to ‘a Kowhai Festival organisers took on wall’ of stallholders in front of their board a suggestion by Mr Letcher shops on the Big Day Out, so perhaps that the festival position more buskers a different layout of stalls could around the town. They are keen to address this,” he said. hear from anyone who might be A Super Liquor spokesperson said the interested in busking on the day. Info: carpark outside their shop was used for www.kowhaifestival.co.nz food stalls and children’s rides, and the The festival will run from October 1 smell and noise from the compressors to 23. The Big Day Out will be held on October 15. was over-powering.

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EQC covers only residential properties. To be covered by EQC insurance you must hold a current fire insurance policy with a private insurer. The private insurer will collect a premium on behalf of the EQC. EQC cover has a maximum claim amount of $100,000 plus GST for dwellings and up to $20,000 plus GST for personal effects. Private insurers will cover the amount beyond the EQC cover up to the limit of the cover you have on your house and contents policy.

EQC insurance will cover earthquakes, natural landslips, volcanic eruption, and hydrothermal activity, tsunami and fire caused by these disasters. For residential property, storms and floods are also covered. Claims have to be made within 30 days of the event. If your home is insured EQC also insures some of your land. This cover is limited and is restricted to land that is within your property boundary and comprises only: yy The land under your home yy The land within 8 metres of your dwelling or buildings that serve the dwelling. yy The land of your main access way(or under the main access way) up to 60 metres from your home but not the driveway or artificial surfaces like concrete or asphalt that cover the access way.

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Mobil Service Station, Wellsford – Price by neg Located in the centre of Wellsford on SH1, the property consists of a 1106sqm site with Mobil NZ Ltd as the anchor tenant, plus a separate 274sqm newly refurbished retail shop on a new two year lease. Annual rent reviews to CPI, returning $105,535 per annum, plus two-year lease returning $35,000 pa. Mobil has a 20-year lease which commenced in December 1995.

Mangawhai Tavern – $695,000 for lease

A themed retail store in the heart of Matakana Village with a state of the art computerised POS which enables instant stock control and detailed sales analysis. This system is also linked to the online sales business.

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Established in 1922, Stubbs is known for its impressive display of fresh meats, aged meats and game meats, as well as a popular range of small goods.

Process is in place for a homekill licence and an outside wood-burning smokehouse has been approved. The sale includes two large cool-rooms and a large working area, plus website.

The historic seaside pub overlooking the Mangawhai Estuary and sand dunes, the tavern provides food and beverages at indoor and outdoor dining. Facilities include pool tables, gaming, TAB, a huge screen to enjoy sports events and an entertainment venue catering to a variety of performers. The tavern hosts top entertainers with live music every weekend, as well as a range of community activities. The owner’s accommodation upstairs has been refurbished.

Mangawhai Kayak Hire – $27,320 Salty Dog Inn, Snells Beach – Price by negotiation Freehold hotel in Olde English style offering luxury accommodation, an in-house conference centre, two bars, an a-la-carte restaurant, brasserie and al-fresco dining. Situated on 2.5 acres of landscaped grounds and set in the heart of the Matakana coast wine country, The Salty Dog Inn is a beautifully appointed boutique hotel, with a current building WOF and on-licence. Info: www. saltydoginn.co.nz/news/hotel-for-sale

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Hair manager Robyn Moore is the new manager of Soul Hair Boutique in Rodney Street Wellsford. She will be one of two senior stylists at the salon, and she specialises in cutting and colouring. Robyn will be familiar to many in Wellsford as she ran the Fringe Hair Studio there for eight-and-a-half years.

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Touring comedy delivers serious message to students A 40-minute fast-paced interactive performance promoting self-esteem, anti-bullying and making positive choices was showcased to Matakana School pupils last month.

Registered charitable trust Healing The storyline of the show follows a Through Arts presented the knight, princess, goblin and a dragon. educational, musical comedy A Actors include Tama Jarman, who has Goblins Tale to the entire school who worked in short films, theatre and has been break-dancing for 12 years. watched in awe.

Founding member and drama- He plays the knight who finds the therapist Maxine Donnellan says the strength to stand-up to peer pressure.

Ash Jones has worked on children’s aim of the show, which has been going show What Now, held a role on for 10 years, is to demonstrate to Shortland Street as well as a speaking children how to make good decisions role in Disney’s second Narnia film. even if they are hurt or angry.

He plays the goblin that is in love “Children easily pick up on the values with the princess, but when he tries and virtues that are outlined in the to do good, it backfires and he seeks play because they enjoy the comedic revenge. Actor/entertainer Nikki way they are presented,” she says. “It Bennett, who trained at Ecole Philippe isn’t patronising them, it’s painting Gaulier theatre school in Paris, plays them a picture – if you are kind to the princess who is on a journey of self-discovery. The smoke-breathing others, they will be kind to you.”

Matakana School principal Darrel dragon is played by producer/ Goosen says there are not enough live technician Siobhan Hollings. performances of this kind for children The magic tricks, thrilling dance moves, costumes and special effects these days.

“Children watch too much television will be on show again at Warkworth Primary on June 14. Students from and too many DVDs,” he says. “By Tapora School have also been invited. contrast, live performances actively involve the children and they love it. From left, Nikki Bennett, Tama Jarman, This is real for them, which helps to Darrel Goosen, dragon – Siobhan emphasis the values we are teaching. Hollings and Maxine Donnellan with It’s brilliant.”

Ash Jones and Matakana students.

Car boot sale for a good cause Matakana School special needs department is holding a car boot sale on Queen’s Birthday weekend, June 4. Cost is $10 per car/stall, no bookings, payment made on arrival. Food and refreshments available. Info: Wendy 422 7309.

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Retired naval commander re-lives daring high sea rescues It has been 17 years on June 3 since the Queens Birthday storm swept through the southern Pacific Ocean and ignited the largest search and rescue effort ever mounted out of NZ. But for former HMNZS Monowai were sending out distress signals in that commander Larry Robbins, who part of the ocean so we continued on was the guest speaker at last month’s our south-westerly course.”

Mangawhai Probus Club meeting, it As the Monowai, with 136 crew on still moves him when he recalls the board, sailed into the teeth of the storm, events of that fateful week.

Mr Robbins painted a picture of a ship The Monowai provided rescue services rolling 30 to 40 degrees from side-tofor five days and five hours during side in mountainous seas, battling winds the storm, rescuing eight people from that were a steady 60 to 65 knots, with three yachts. In total, 21 people were gusts sometimes over 80 knots. hoisted from seven ditched vessels and “It’s amazingly difficult to spot a three crewmen were lost. small boat in that sort of swell and Mr Robbins took command of Monowai manoeuvring was extremely difficult in in January 1994, although he had conditions that were changing quickly.” served on her many times since the NZ Navy converted her in the mid-1970s, Mr Robbins said the Monowai crew and in May set sail for a three-month worked tirelessly, starting from the first rescue, involving the Australian deployment in the South Pacific. yacht Ramtha.

It was while en route to Tonga, after stopping at Raoul Island to re-supply “We undertook several attempts before the weather station, that they noted a we were finally able to secure a line to her and get the husband and wife crew depression forming near Fiji. off the yacht. They went under the “We were sailing in calm clear conditions when we received a call water several times as they were dragged from the Air Force, politely asking us if through the ocean and finally pulled on we would mind going the aid of a yacht board – soaked, stunned and very cold.” in distress, about 420 miles away,” he After retiring from the Navy, Mr said. “We were puzzled to be called Robbins was the chief executive of the to a rescue so far away, but altered National Maritime Museum. He is our course anyway. It later transpired also involved with the Sailors Society that our position had been wrongly in Auckland, Framework Trust and transmitted but, by then, other yachts Mercy Ships NZ.

Larry Robbins with Mangawhai Probus Club members after the meeting.

The storm forced the Australian couple on Ramtha to abandon their yacht, which was eventually picked up by a fishing vessel and towed to Tonga. Photo, Royal New Zealand Navy Official Photograph.

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Legends take Ascension stage

Some of the biggest names in country music will take to the stage at Ascension Wine Estate on Saturday June 18.

The True Legends of New Zealand country music show features Gray Bartlett, Eddie Low, Brendan Dugan and Jodi Vaughan and their All Star Band.

They will be performing the songs of four of the world’s country music legends – Eddie Low will sing Roy Orbison, Brendan Dugan performs the music of Johnny Cash, Jodi Vaughan sings Dolly Parton’s top songs and Gray Bartlett plays Chet Atkins.

Ascension owner Darryl Soljan says it’s unusual for such a big show to come to a relatively small place.

“Usually you would need to go to a large town or city centre to see a show like this,” he says. “It’s great to provide a top quality show ‘up close and personal’, without any parking hassles.” Gray Bartlett

Fun for all at Leigh carnival Despite heavy overnight rain, hundreds of people turned up to the annual Leigh School Carnival on Easter Sunday. With attractions such as smoked fish raffles, a fine wine auction, ice slide, coconut shy, rides, stalls and mussel fritters cooked by gourmet chefs, there was plenty for visitors to enjoy. The Leigh Fire Brigade attended with their Wendy House and bouncy castle, teaching young children how to ‘get low and get out’ as well as the importance of smoke alarms. The school raised around $13,000 for reading and literacy programmes for each school level. The Leigh School PTA thanked the local businesses that sponsored the carnival.

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The Conductor

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Sunday 26th June at 3pm, at Mahurangi College Hall, Warkworth

Tickets at door Adults $25 • Students Free • Info: 425 7313

It is June 1941 and as the German troops march on Leningrad we meet Quigley’s main characters – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russia’s most famous composer, and Karl Eliasaberg, the shy and introverted conductor of the second-rate Radio Orchestra. Music means everything to both of these men, but for quite different reasons and whilst they have much in common, it takes the siege of Leningrad and the eventual playing of Shostakovich’s epic Seventh Symphony to give them a sense of familiarity and perhaps even comradeship.

Quigley describes the freezing conditions, the daily epic struggles to survive, and the beauty of the music with eloquence. Included with the book is the CD of the symphony that beautifully enhances the whole reading experience. Highly recommended.

Historic library continues to grow The Puhoi library book fair held in April raised $517 for Christchurch and $88 for the ANZAC poppy day appeal. The library has conducted their annual stock take and membership update, with the library holding 5118 items, all of which have been donated by the community. Its membership currently stands at 282.

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Concert funds hall upkeep

German guitarist Grete Fischer will be a special guest at a Matakantata concert of mostly contemporary rock, in the Matakana Hall, this month.

Now living and working as a musician in New Zealand, Grete has a professional music career that spans more than 30 years. His repertoire covers the spectrum of acoustic and electric guitar styles, and he has worked in Europe with musicians such as Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash) and Roy Hollingworth (New York Dolls, Lou Reed), performing live and in recording-studios.

In Matakana, he will play a wide range of songs, from classic evergreens to modern tunes including folk, swing, blues, jazz, pop, and rock.

The concert will be held on June 11.

Tickets are $15 adults and gold coin children, and are available from the Gull Service Station Matakana or by phoning Jenni Francis on 423 0094.

Tickets will also be available at the door.

Profits will go towards the maintenance Grete Fischer will join choir Matakantata and upkeep of the hall. on stage in Matakana this month.

Women given handy lessons Warkworth Mitre 10 Mega is hosting a hands-on DIY demonstration evening for women only on June 9. Around 20 to 30 Mitre 10 suppliers will be onhand to give tips on their area of expertise from tiling, painting and power tools to mixing concrete, gardening and more. Participants will get to take part in a range of DIY activities or browse through the store with friends. Wine and nibbles will be on offer along with spot prizes. The evening starts at 6.30pm and bookings are recommended. Info: Ph 425 8119.

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yy Warkworth – Activities for Term 2, Monday 9.15am-11am ladies squash morning, coaching available, non-members $7. Junior squash coaching is held on Monday 4pm-5pm, Tuesday 3pm-6pm and Wednesday 3pm-5pm. Senior squash inter-house Wednesday 6pm-8pm and Thursday 5.30pm-8.30pm. Ladies morning provides beginners with an opportunity to try squash and get fit. Kaye Jackson teaches players the rules and strokes. Children have a safe place to play and are welcome. Info: Kaye Jackson 425 6965.

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yy Kiwikick AFL Football Skills – A national coaching programme designed to teach children of primary and intermediate school age motor skills and ball skills. Mangawhai Beach School are proposing to run a one-hour session for eight weeks in Term 3. Cost is $40 per child and includes a ball, backpack, cap and information. AFLNZ qualified employees will be present for both coaching, coordination and to enlist the support of participation from parents. The coordinators encourage all parents of registered AFL Kiwikick participants to take part in a free AFL Kiwikick orientation course. These courses are held at regular intervals throughout the year and take about two hours. Info: Mangawhai Beach School or visit nzafl.co.nz Netball

yy Fun Ferns has started at the Rodney Netball Centre, in Wellsford, on Saturdays, from 10am-11am. The programme is for children aged four years to Year Three and aims to develop basic motor skills, as well as teaching movement and passing skills. Gold coin donation. Note: No Fun Ferns Queen’s Birthday weekend or school holidays. No junior netball Queen’s Birthday Weekend, June 4. There is senior netball on June 3.

Info: Tui 423 7400 or 022 6283288 or netballrodneycentre@farmside.co.nz Croquet

yy Warkworth and Districts – Association croquet is played Monday 12.45pm, Wednesday 9.30am and 12.45pm, and Saturday 9.30am at the Croquet Lawns at Point Wells Reserve. Info: Anne 425 5211. Golf croquet is played Monday 9.30am, Thursday 12.45pm and Saturday 12.45pm at the Croquet Lawns at Point Wells Reserve. Info: Marion 425 6164.

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Sports project given wheels The Mahurangi Community Sport and Recreation project has taken another step forward in its goal to increase participation in local sport, with the offer from Wilmot Motors to service and maintain its vehicle for the next two years. Many thanks to Dave Wilmot and his team at Wilmot Motors for their generosity. As an organisation relying on grants and community support, we appreciate this help enormously.

Money saved by not having to service the van goes into equipment involved in coaching and teaching the children of Mahurangi. We are looking for sponsors to help with fuel costs for the van and also a uniform for our team. If you can Simon Mills (left) thanks Dave Wilmot help, let me know. for his sponsorship of a much-needed This term I am working in the schools van. helping teachers to take invasion games. These are games where teams invade each other’s territory. This not only includes our major winter codes such as hockey, rugby, netball, soccer and indoor basketball, but also strategy games such as capture the flag. For the younger students I am concentrating on the fundamental skills needed to play these games. With Years 4 upwards, concepts involved in team invasion games are learned along with skills. Concepts include ideas such as playing positions, passing to someone in a better position, marking an attacker when you are defending, and running into a space to receive a pass.

More sophisticated concepts include drawing and passing, passing into space, working off the ball to receive a return pass. These skills apply in often similar ways to all winter team invasion games.

One interesting observation I have made is the way the students who have played netball have a more advanced understanding of many of these concepts. It is possibly because netball rules dictate that players must stay in a defined area and cannot chase the ball all over the court. They also must pass to team-mates. This avoids the often amusing sight in very young children’s sport of “blanket sport” so called due to the fact that if you threw a blanket over the ball during the game, you would also cover every child in both teams at the same time. I often hear frustrated parents calling out to ‘spread out’ but if you were five years old, would you run away from where the fun is? Unless the game rules encourages players to use space they won’t do so. This is where modified games help to develop concepts such as positioning. Remember, children are not mini adults and they cannot see things on the field that we parents can see from the sideline.

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Winter indulgence

There is nothing more welcoming than coming in from the cold in the winter to a fireside dinner and June is a great time to look up our comfort food recipes.

I like to make individual oven-baked dishes, which can be easily eaten with a fork off knees or on a tray and they also have the advantage of being able to be prepared earlier in the day. The following recipe is a very basic one which I encourage you to play with to add your own touches. I like to use a mixture of mushrooms, including reconstituted dry ones as they give an intense depth of earthy flavours. If possible don’t compromise on the quality of the cheese, but if unable to source fontina, gruyere or mozzarella make a suitable substitute.

This is a wonderful vegetarian dish which even the most ardent of meat-eaters will enjoy on its own but it is also a nice side dish to accompany grilled meats or roasted chicken.

Baked Penne and Mushrooms 6 servings

1 teaspoon sea salt 250g fontina 1 cup Grana Padano, or Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated 4 tablespoons unsalted butter.

500g mixed mushrooms, cleaned & sliced 250g crème fraiche 500g penne 2 tablespoons Italian parsley, chopped

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Preheat oven to 200C. Shred the fontina through the larger holes of a hand grater, and toss the shreds with 1/2 cup of the Grana Padano.

Put 3 tablespoons of the butter in a large frypan and melt gently over a medium heat.

When the butter begins to bubble, drop in the mushroom slices, stir with the butter, season with the salt, and spread the mushrooms out to cover the pan bottom. Let the mushrooms heat, without stirring, until they release their liquid and it comes to a boil.

Cook the mushrooms, stirring occasionally as they shrivel and the liquid rapidly evaporates. When the pan bottom is completely dry, stir in the crème fraiche and bring to a boil. Cook for a minute or two to thicken slightly, then keep it warm over very low heat.

Meanwhile, stir the penne into a large pan of boiling, salted water and cook until barely al dente. Ladle a cup of the pasta cooking water into the mushroom sauce and stir. Drain the pasta and drop into the cream-and-mushroom sauce. Toss the penne until all are nicely coated, then sprinkle over them the remaining 1/2 cup of Grana Padano and the chopped parsley. Toss to blend. Grease one large or 6 individual baking dishes with the last tablespoon of butter. Empty the sauce into the dish, spreading in a uniform layer.

Smooth the top, and sprinkle the mixed fontina-Grana Padano evenly all over.

Set the dish in the oven, and bake 20 to 25 minutes, until the cheese topping is crusty and deep golden brown and the sauce is bubbling up at the edges.

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An Italian-themed dinner will be held in the Pt Wells Hall on July 8 to raise funds for Warkworth/Wellsford Hospice. The annual dinner will include a complimentary drink on arrival and sumptuous meal, along with excellent company and lots of fun. One of the organisers Gordon Simpson says that as in previous years, there will be both live and silent auctions supported by many businesses and individuals. Some of the auction items include a ‘grocery grab’ courtesy of New World Warkworth, a comprehensive optical package, a day sailing adventure for four, a tanker of water and a helicopter ride, as well as numerous works of art, dinners and wine from top vineyards and restaurants in the Matakana region. The dinner starts at 6pm and ticket prices are $50 per person – maximum 120 people. Info: phone Meralee on 423 0033.

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Photographic Exhibitions, Matakana Country Park and Leigh Sawmill.

4 Fundraising Fun Dance, Snells Beach Community Centre, 7.30pm, for Warkworth, Matakana and Mahurangi Fire Brigades. Info and tickets: Lynne 425 4999 or Olwyn 425 4673.

4 Warkworth Museum Market, 8am, Old Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, Warkworth. Enquiries 425 8482.

4 Half Price Clearance Book Fair from 9am, Mangawhai Museum, Molesworth Dr. Fiction and non-fiction, new arrivals. Nothing over $3. Cash only. Proceeds towards new museum building fund.

4 Crazy Clearance Charity Market, Queen’s Birthday Weekend, Warkworth Town Hall, cnr Neville & Alnwick Streets. Info and to make a booking call Teresa on 09 945 0899 or 0211 514 889.

4 Car Boot Sale, Matakana School, 7.30am-11.30am to raise funds for Special Needs department. $10 per car, pay on arrival. Sausage sizzle and refreshments. Info: 422 7309 - leave Wendy a message.

4 Pre-Loved Kids Market, Orewa Community Centre, Sat 9 - 12, 30+ Stalls. Quality second hand Toys, Clothes, Furniture, Accessories.

4 Waipu Saturday Market, Coronation Hall, from 9am-1pm. Live music, cafe, spot prizes, coffee vouchers. Info: Sue 027 458 6144.

4&5 Planting Days at Tawharanui Regional Park. Meet at the Woolshed at 9.15am for a 9.30am start. Bring a drink and snack and wear suitable clothing. Suitable footwear/boots preferred. Bring own tools and gloves. BBQ lunch provided for volunteers. All welcome.

6 Hoteo North Cross Country Race, from 11.30am (see story p12) 5 The Turnaround Sawmill 15th Party, Leigh Sawmill Ph 422 6019.

8 Free Hauora Day, at the Te Hana Community Trust SH1, Te Hana, from 9.30am to 2.30am. Info: 423 9800.

8 Mahurangi Community Forum to discuss the Mahurangi Action Plan and how to be involved, Warkworth Old Masonic Hall. Doors open at 5.30pm for light refreshments, meeting from 6pm-8pm.

Presentations from landowners and Mahurangi College students.

Info & RSVPs: Mandy.Holt@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz 11 Matakantata and an evening of contemporary rock, with guest guitarist Grete Fischer, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Profits go towards the hall acoustics. $15 adults; gold coin children (see story p39) 11 Puhoi dance, Puhoi Hall, 8pm to 12pm.

11 Sands support meeting, Hibiscus Coast Community Centre at 10am (no children or babies please). Info: Tania on 09 423 8089 or rhysandtania11@clear.net.nz. Sands supports parents and families after the loss of a baby during pregnancy and beyond.

12 Healthy Whole and Complete mind/body awareness workshop, 10am-4pm. Info: Ingrid LeProu 422 3290 or ingrid.lp@clear.net.nz 15 Puhoi Historical Society meets every 3rd Wed, 7.30pm, Puhoi Museum records room. Museum winter hours: Sat & Sun, 1-4pm.

15-18 National Agricultural Fieldays, Mystery Creek, south of Hamilton. Info: www.fieldays.co.nz (see feature pgs 23-27) 16 Forest and Bird Mid North Winter Talk Series, discussion on geology and fossils of Matheson Bay, Totara Park Village Hall, Warkworth 7.30pm.

18 Hoteo North Historic School Hall & Domain Society Inc AGM, held at the School at 7pm. Dessert to follow. All welcome.

18 Springboard Fundraising Auction, Mahurangi East Community Centre, 6.30pm till late $30 per person. Tickets: 425 4623.

18 Jun - 10 Jul Fiddlesticks IV, annual Group Candlestick Show, Piece Gallery, Matakana. Info: www.piecegallery.co.nz (see ad p37) 22 Calving workshop for levy paying dairy farmers (see brief p31) 22 Warkworth/Wellsford Pipe Band AGM, 6.30pm, Bridge House, Warkworth. All welcome. Info: Brian Smith 425 6296.

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Warkworth Primary, in the green and blue, out played Dairy Flat in the Rippa Rugby tournament.

Strong contenders Underwater hockey provides some fast-paced action in the water.

Players overcome rough season start Mahurangi College underwater hockey players had a rough start to the season with the college pool – their only place to train – being closed.

But despite that setback, players are ready to take sport, to give it a go and participate in something on teams from around Auckland at the Northern that’s fun and rewarding,” he says. “You don’t have Schools Zone Qualifying Tournament on Queens to be the biggest, tallest or strongest person to play Birthday weekend. underwater hockey. It helps children with their The tournament will held at the West Wave Aquatic water skills and confidence.”

Centre in Henderson and Mahurangi will enter Earlier this year Terry received funding from Harbour both a junior and a senior team.

Sport to foster an underwater hockey introduction They will take on around 50 other teams, playing a development squad for pre-junior players aged 10total of eight games before the playoffs on Sunday. 13 years. About 80 children signed up.

Mahurangi underwater hockey coach and previous “The idea is to teach a few students how to coach NZ underwater hockey representative, Terry underwater hockey and help develop the skills of the Axford, says underwater hockey is an opportunity players so when they are old enough to join the junior for students to play a different kind of sport. and senior teams, they have already been training and “It’s an opening for kids who haven’t yet got into a practising and are ready to play competitively.”

Around 400 young rugby players from around the district took part in a tournament at Silverdale United Rugby Club last month, in a mini build-up to the Rugby World Cup. Ten-a-side teams from 15 schools from Kaipara Flats to Dairy Flat took part in the event on May 19, with Years 3–4 children playing the Rippa version of the game and the Years 5–6 pupils choosing whether to play tackle or Rippa. This was the first North —Jun201 Harbour Rugby Primary Schools Tournament for the year, with the second and final one to be held on June 30. The two top Year 5 and 6 Rippa teams will go forward to a semi-final on August 4 at North Harbour and the winner will be one of two teams representing North Harbour in the Rippa World Cup finals – a mini world cup consisting of 20 teams from around the country to be held on August 8–9.

The tackle teams were competing to represent North Harbour at the curtain raiser for the North Harbour vs Auckland game at North Harbour Stadium on August 7. Both the Whangaparaoa and Warkworth teams went through unbeaten, so competition is heating up and organisers say it is definitely too close to call at this stage.

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