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Whale rescue in Mahurangi

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page 9 Anderson’s Bay resident Stuart Windross with the stranded Bryde’s whale.

A handful of Mahurangi residents witnessed a rare sight in the Mahurangi Harbour last month — a young whale stranded itself at Anderson’s Bay. The

7m whale was probably a Bryde’s whale, and is believed to have been about two years old. It was successfully refloated, although Department of

Conservation staff were concerned it could strand itself again. Local resident Tom Ashton called the DoC continued page 3

A&P Show on the brink of collapse The area’s longest running annual event – the Warkworth Agricultural & Pastoral (A&P) Show – will fold in three years if major sponsorship is not secured within the next 12 to 18 months.

Warkworth A&P Society board can’t afford to run at a loss because, War II, ever since. The society is one of members say the situation is serious and as an incorporated society, members the five oldest A&P societies in NZ. closure of the show is a real possibility. would have to meet the shortfall.”

The show’s demise is being attributed “We probably have enough left for The Warkworth show was established in to several factors. The largest recent three shows, if we are very, very careful,” 1867 and has been held annually, with impact came in 2010 when Wellsford society member Allan Barber says. “We the exception of one year during World continued page 5

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Editor Karyn Scherer with Mahurangi Like many other new residents, Karyn Matters journalist Andre Hueber. has made the move north for lifestyle have hoped. She will continue to report reasons and to be closer to her family, for the paper while collaborating who live in Tomarata. Her father is with online editor Cathy Aronson to retired Herald editor Peter Scherer. develop Local Matters’ presence on But she is also passionate about the the internet and in social media. future of community journalism.

“The integration of print and “The media industry is going through online community news coverage a very interesting transition right now,” is an exciting place to be at the she says. “No matter what happens, I moment,” she says. “This is a time think the future of local media is very for experimentation and we are bright, and will only get stronger and looking forward to a year of increased stronger.” video coverage of local events, online Meanwhile, Jannette will not be interviews and more interaction with spending her days fishing as she might our online audience.”

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Warkworth Courthouse closes its doors

The future of Warkworth’s historic courthouse remains up in the air, with negotiations yet to take place between its new owners and government officials about the termination of the lease.

Local hapu Ngati Manuhiri bought back the property in December as part of their treaty settlement with the Crown. The Ministry of Justice renewed a 10-year lease on the property but shortly afterwards, the Government announced it was closing the court.

Court staff, all of whom regularly travelled from the North Shore to Warkworth to hear local cases, were sad to see the court close its doors on February 27. The court had been dispensing justice for more than a century, and many staff had been regular visitors to Warkworth for many years.

Ngati Manuhiri chief executive Mook Hohneck admits he was also disappointed by the Government’s decision to terminate its lease. “A lot of people are misinformed and think we just got given it back, but we didn’t — we had to pay for it. Obviously part of the strategy for us was to look at assets that were going to be appreciating assets, and then we found out that [despite] North Shore District Court staff say they will miss their regular trips north to its good intentions, it turned out the Warkworth. They include (from back, left to right) Police prosecutor Sergeant Crown wanted to cut the courts down.” Martin East, court attendants Lynne Ledeboer and Grace Campbell; (front Mr Hohneck says the hapu has yet to row) collections officer Campbell-Kirk Waugh, court taker Annette Penny and registrar Christine Brand. come to an arrangement with officials about the early termination. He from there. Do we sell it on, do we lease there will be interest from prospective expects negotiations to take place over it on, do we hire it out? We don’t want tenants who will be keen to retain its the next couple of months. Until then, to do anything that is not beneficial to unique character. “But that’s all pie in it is too early to speculate about the the community or not beneficial to the the sky at the moment. We just want building’s future, he says. longevity of the courthouse itself.” to take one step at a time — negotiate “Stage two is what will we do with it Given the site’s prominence, he believes the lease, and get the best deal we can.”

DoC staff refloat stranded whale hotline when he noticed the whale beached on the sand early on the morning of February 18. About 15 people turned up to rescue the whale, including DoC staff and two people from Auckland University. Up to four boats also helped with the rescue.

“Once the tide came in they managed to get it turned and they just waited till the water floated it up completely, and then shunted it out to sea. We tried to herd it out towards the open sea but it was determined to head north-east, which was the right direction but it

should have waited till it got outside the harbour.”

Anderson’s Bay is a private bay which can only be accessed through a private driveway. It is the bay next to Grant’s Island, near Scott’s Landing on the southern side of the peninsula. Mr Ashton, who has lived at Anderson’s Bay for more than 20 years, says he has often seen dolphins and orcas in the harbour, but never a whale.

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DoC officer Liz Maire says Bryde’s whales are frequently seen in the Hauraki Gulf, and sometimes collide with boats. They are solitary whales, so don’t travel in pods. “It would be normal for this juvenile to be on its own, but we’re not sure why it ended up on the beach.”

Anyone who spots a stranded whale should call the 24-hour DoC hotline immediately, on 0800 362468.

Briefs Local asset sales Proceeds from the sale of Auckland Council-owned assets should be spent locally, according to members of the Rodney Local Board. The issue arose at the board’s February meeting, during a presentation by the Counties Manukau Trust, regarding support for the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre Stage 2 Development. Trust chief executive Richard Jeffery said the trust had requested that proceeds from the sale of land, adjacent to the existing centre, be granted to them to assist in funding stage two. The Governing Body did not support the request. However, Rodney Local Board members reiterated that they believed proceeds from local asset sales should be spent locally.

Census time again Every home in the Rodney area should have received Census forms by now.

The Census will take place on March 5.

This year the forms include a code that allows them to be completed online.

Those who don’t fill out the forms online should receive a visit from a collector wearing a yellow identification badge and carrying a blue Census bag.

Green Ribbon Awards Nominations are open for this year’s Green Ribbon Awards, which honour the work of people, communities and businesses in protecting and improving the environment. Winners will be announced in 11 categories on World Environment Day on June 5.

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FEEDBACK Murky waters The Wellsford and surrounding districts are furious at the Rodney Local Board’s decision to appoint who they consider the pick of applicants called for over the entire Rodney region to represent the orphaned Wellsford Ward.

We’re very unique as largely a rural rating base with very specific roading needs and a community still grappling with fitting supercity culture.

Board chairman Bob Howard’s comment how “a lot of water has gone under the bridge” since the last election, is both misleading and highly emotive in a bid to secure his own agenda.

He has lost all our confidence in destroying the democracy we stand

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for in not taking the simple step of filling James Rolfe’s seat with the next highest polling candidate.

This would have cost nothing and would not have undermined their respect, which is ever hard to build but has been lost in a flash.

I would suggest Mr Howard’s water under his bridge might be very “murky” and a cleanup plan, not dissimilar to that needed to the Wellsford town sewerage system, has to begin.

Colin Smith, Wharehine

Democracy under siege Am I hearing correctly? Bob Howard and the local Rodney Board seek to strip Wellsford residents of their right to democracy and elect a replacement

for James Rolfe behind closed doors.

I don’t think so; who made them ‘Master and Commander’? James vacated a (Wellsford) publicly-elected position so his position must be replaced as such, by the democratically elected runner-up. The fact that our local board are legally entitled to do such a thing is as irrelevant because it is wrong. Regardless of the person, there is currently no evidence to suggest that the people of Wellsford prefer anyone else until such time as there is another election in October.

Then it’s a free-for-all. It is the right of our community and that of every citizen in New Zealand to be afforded our democracy and I, for one, will fight to uphold it.

Julie Cotton, Tapora

Warkworth facing ‘serious’ water shortage Warkworth is facing water restrictions with tankers called in to fill up the town’s two reservoirs.

Watercare is describing the situation machines when they’re full, and turning Plant, which draws around 1.35m litres per day from the Mahurangi River. as “serious,” with the volume of off taps while brushing teeth. water flowing down the Mahurangi Watercare has established a temporary Since 2007, Watercare and the former River – the town’s only water water station at Snells Beach for water Rodney District Council have been source – dropping at the same time tanker operators to use, which is expected working to provide a supplementary consumption is increasing. to reduce demand in Warkworth by up water supply for the town. Watercare Residents and businesses are being asked to 5 percent. In addition the company says it is still going through the to save water by avoiding watering has arranged for tankers to top up the resource management process. gardens, washing vehicles or boats and town’s two reservoirs using water drawn “We are hopeful a bore in Sanderson fixing leaks. Watercare spokeswoman from the temporary water station at Road can be brought on stream to Rachel Hughes says a dripping tap can Snells Beach. This is supplementing bolster the town’s supply,” Ms Hughes waste up to 70 litres of water per day. the local supply by up to 150,000 litres says. Snells Beach, Algies Bay and Other suggestions include reusing water per day. The reservoirs are primarily Wellsford are all supplied by different where possible, only using washing supplied by the Warkworth Treatment water sources and are not affected.

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Auckland Council officers are required to consult with local iwi on any issues which may have implications for Maori and sometimes it’s not as straightforward as it could be. An officer’s report to the Rodney Local Board, regarding a new road name in the Mason Heights subdivision read: “Extensive consultation was undertaken with local iwi prior to the subdivision consent being granted and they had no requirements with respect to road names.” Not surprising really, given that, as board member Tracey Martin pointed out, the officers consulted with the wrong iwi.

Crafty types Should the TAB be looking further afield than high-profile boxing matches for potentially nefarious practices? The Kowhai Art & Craft Centre is running two weekend workshops in March on “creative bookmaking”. Organiser Gillian Carlsson laughed out loud when a potential participant suggested it might attract the wrong sort of people. For the record, the classes are about making your own journal, not how to fix sporting events.

If the suit fits When our reporter covering Yves Rossy’s talk at Rodney College admired the Jetman’s snug-fitting yellow and grey lycra suit, one of the visiting party let the cat out of the bag: “Yes, he likes it so much he even wears it around the house!”

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A&P show crisis contractors Wharehine revised their sponsorship, after a 15-year relationship with the event. Initially, their support of $20,000 annually was reduced by half but then it was withdrawn altogether and the board has been unable to find a replacement.

Show secretary Marjorie Blythen says the show runs at a $15,000 to $20,000 loss so without the Wharehine sponsorship, the society has had to dig in to reserves.

In 2009, when the last capital works and improvements were undertaken, they had a healthy bank balance of $130,456.

This has since been eroded to $61,000.

Marjorie says that although Wharehine’s withdrawal was a major blow, it isn’t the only factor affecting the show’s financial position. She says that as the area has become less rural, there isn’t the generational support from families, which was a hallmark of the show’s early days. The changing face of the district’s business and commercial sector is also a factor.

“Once, all the small locally-owned businesses would be involved in sponsorship of the various sections and their names would appear in the show catalogue. But large companies such as Noel Leeming, Mitre 10 Mega and The Warehouse aren’t interested in supporting what they see as essentially a small-time event.”

Allan says the formation of Auckland Council, with the loss of local contracts to firms outside the area, hasn’t helped.

“Without the money coming in, the local contractors no longer have the pool of funds or the capacity to support local events. Dealing with Auckland Council consents has also been a nightmare.”

Additionally, the A&P Show no longer commands a prestigious place on the annual district calendar. “Events like Field Days have virtually wiped out our trade exhibits,” Marjorie says.

“Travelling is easy for families today and there are so many other events and entertainment they can choose from.”

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Society member Drew Marshall says the society has examined all aspects of the show to find ways to either increase takings or reduce costs, but there is “not a lot of fat in the mix”.

The board did consider increasing trade display space fees but the impact would be minimal and they fear it could drive participants away. A scheme to raise beef cattle on 40 local properties looked liked being a source of funds until changed market prices saw the profit margin disappear.

However, the committee believes local sponsorship is, in reality, the show’s only hope of salvation. Marjorie says the show has been running on “favours and goodwill” for many years now.

“There just aren’t any further areas left where cost savings can be made without detracting from the show experience.”

Although the idea of getting one sponsor to replace Wharehine would be ideal, the board believes that 50 donations of $500 or 25 donations at $1000 is probably more realistic.

It means a wider spread of people to approach and more hard work for the committee, but they see it as doable.

Membership of the committee is also an issue. Marjorie has been on the committee since the 1970s and most members have served at least 20 to 30 years.

Allan says Marjorie is paid for 375 hours a year, but does three times that number of hours, working up to 50 hours a week leading up to the show. The only other ‘paid’ staff is the treasurer who receives a small reimbursement – all other work is covered by volunteers.

“We need some new blood – people with enthusiasm, good connections, drive, ideas and the will to get things done.”

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Cockle ban High hopes for Hoteo waterway health decision soon n COM M U N I T Y I N AC TI ON

It is hoped the health of Auckland’s largest waterway, the Hoteo, will improve, thanks to a $130,000 funding boost.

The river drains into the Kaipara Harbour and is suffering poor water quality because of sediment and erosion.

Landowners alongside it were chosen to participate in a Sustainable Catchments Programme started by Auckland Regional Council in 2010.

The former council allotted the project $10,000 a year over three years – but that has risen dramatically thanks to a $130,000 injection from Auckland Council’s stormwater unit.

Regional environmental programme manager Viv Sherwood says much Above the Hoteo estuary looking of the work so far has been focussed west into the Kaipara harbour. on building relationships with the Photo, Mark Pritchard/NIWA community and research organisations like NIWA and understanding landowners around the Hoteo and support these to develop interest in problems the catchment faces. their local community.” neighbouring catchments.

“The new funding will allow this work She says landowners are talking to “Additionally, Council has provided to progress to identify priority issues neighbours, including those in the a group of volunteers through and implement actions.”

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand Hoteo, to invite them to restoration The extra money will be spent on (CVNZ) to a Hoteo landowner to help wananga or workshops that have been research around erosion and sediment get on-the-ground work carried out, held on their properties with more control, soil testing to support including things like riparian planting planned. farm plans and socio-economic and and water quality monitoring,” Ms Auckland Council is looking to environmental testing reports.

Sherwood says. identify a new flagship farm that may Ms Sherwood says NIWA data shows Council has also supported landowner be in the Hoteo and is interested in the existence of important seagrass restoration projects in the neighbouring working with landowners along the beds in the Kaipara that provide a Araparera River catchment to foster river who would like to be involved “nursery” for juvenile snapper. with its programmes generally. community engagement.

“Research has identified that the “There has been a limited budget for “CVNZ will be working on a group of mouth of the Hoteo has some of these on-the-ground works in the Hoteo farms in the upper Hoteo to support seagrass beds, so it is important to do so we have worked where there is on-the-ground projects such as what we can to protect them from existing community energy and a planting, weed control, water quality smothering by sediment.” programme of work occurring that we monitoring and pest control. There may be opportunities for CVNZ or She says Auckland Council is working can support,” Ms Sherwood says. with the Integrated Kaipara Harbour “In the Araparera catchment, interest other volunteers to support landowners Management Group (IKHMG) to work with our programmes has over the next year,” Ms Sherwood says. around the Kaipara Harbour in general. been strong. The catchment has two Council’s WaiCare water quality It already provides land management farms that are ‘flagship’ farms for the monitoring programme will continue advice and farm planning for IKHMG so it has been effective to on a number of sites in the Hoteo.

A decision over whether to extend the cockle and pipi-harvesting ban in Whangateau Harbour is not far away, the Government says.

The community has been consulted about whether to extend the ban, which began in 2010 after a big drop in cockle numbers.

Ministry for Primary Industries deputy director general Scott Gallacher says the six-week consultation ended in January, and a decision is expected shortly. He says there were 13 submissions and the views expressed will be reflected in the final decision. The current closure was made in March 2010 under Section 11 of the Fisheries Act 1996 and prevents recreational fishers from taking any cockle or pipi in Whangateau Harbour. The closure does not preclude recreational fishers from taking any other fish species in the harbour. The closure was strongly supported by tangata whenua and the local community.

Rodney Local Board, Whangateau HarbourCare and Ngati Manuhiri all support an extension.

Celebrate Seaweek It’s Seaweek from March 2-10 and there’s three events happening in the area: a Seaweed Walk at Tawharanui Regional Park on March 9, from 11am to 1pm; a Community Snorkel Day at Goat Island marine reserve on March 10 from 10am to 2pm; and a walk of the proposed Mahurangi Coastal Trail on March 10. This is a once a year chance to walk through three regional parks: Wenderholm, Te Muri and Mahurangi – along the proposed coastal trail. Meet on the abutment of the Waiwera Bridge, beside Waiwera turnoff from SH17, at noon.

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Set-nets must go Fish have always formed an important role in the human diet and fishing is part of our culture. The aim is for the optimum number of fish, for the biggest fish, for enough to share with friends, to use for bait, or feed the cat. We hold fishing competitions to catch the biggest and best, we fish for fun and sport. We take kids fishing. You can kill a fish with a spear gun at close range. All over the world fishing is seen as a right, a way to freely access some of nature’s bounty. In New Zealand alone, huge trawlers catch thousands of tonnes of fish, and other species, dumping up to a third as by-catch and exporting the choicest catch overseas.

Everywhere you look people are catching fish like there’s no tomorrow. There’s little regulation or enforcement, and the bigger the (commercial) enterprise, the more fish caught. The scale of some fishing ‘harvests’ are incredible. So, of all fishing methods, what’s the problem with set-nets?

Set-nets or gill-nets are placed in the water and left, sometimes for a few hours, sometimes for the turn of the tide, sometimes overnight. With nylon set-nets, the economy, efficiency and ease of fishing is dramatically enhanced compared with other methods such as a hook and line. The size of the mesh determines what can get through and what gets caught. That means it’s not just the targeted, edible fish that get caught but also non-target fish, sting rays, birds and dolphins.

In Rodney, most of us have seen set-nets stretched right across bays and inlets.

You can easily imagine only the smallest fish get through. Everything else dies.

In popular recreational swimming areas like Rodney, there’s a legitimate fear that there will be a human casualty.

Set-nets are banned in many developed countries around the world. They are indiscriminate and wasteful. It’s a scientific fact that set-nets and gill-nets are responsible for the greater proportion of Maui’s and Hector’s dolphin deaths and their slide towards extinction. There’s ample evidence that gill-nets are unsustainable, and therefore unethical, and that New Zealand species have suffered severely as a result. Yet, at the International Union for Conservation of Nature conference last year, of the 576 votes cast, New Zealand’s were the only ones against a set-net ban out to 100 metres deep. The ban is required to save not just Maui’s and Hector’s here in New Zealand but other vulnerable species elsewhere such as the vaquita.

The Auckland Regional Parks Management Plan (2010) had a priority to prevent set-netting at regional parks such as Shakespear. But Council staff advise “it’s not a priority” and they say it’s not within their legal ability to control setnets – “It’s a Fisheries (Ministry of Primary Industries) matter”. At this stage, both the Council and the Government refuse to protect either Rodney’s people or dolphins by banning set-nets. That’s the real problem.

Sceptic speaks

Controversial climate change sceptic Lord Monckton is giving a talk at Ascension Vineyard on April 1. The local branch of Climate Realists has invited him here. Organiser and Matakana resident Simon Breeze says the meeting will “expel some myths being put to the public”. Lord Monckton, the third viscount of Brenchley, does not sit in the House of Lords and was ejected and permanently banned from the Doha climate change talks in December after impersonating a delegate from Burma on the conference floor. Entry is with a gold coin donation; the event starts at 6pm. Contact Simon Breeze on (09) 422 9345 for more information.

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Watercare is calling on Warkworth residents to be prudent with their water usage as Auckland’s driest January in 40 years has seen the Mahurangi River level drop to a level that puts pressure on the town’s water supply.

Warkworth is totally reliant on water from the Mahurangi River for its supply, so it’s the only town affected by the low river level.

Snells Beach, Algies Bay and Wellsford are all supplied by separate water sources and are not impacted.

You can do your bit to help save water by not washing your car or filling your swimming pool. You could also think about reducing the amount of water you put on the garden and avoid other activities that use a lot of water.

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It was during childhood camping holidays at Coromandel that Andrew Jeffs, 52, became interested in marine life. He wound up at NZ’s biggest marine research institute, NIWA, spending two years as general manager of aquaculture and biotechnology. But he decided he missed working in the field, and in 2007 went back to his roots. The part-time Matheson Bay resident and recently-appointed Professor of Marine Science at Leigh Marine Laboratory is passionate about New Zealand’s environment and shares his story with Andre Hueber…

I was raised in Remuera in Auckland and went to Auckland Grammar.

We used to go camping to the coast.

Family friends had a bach in Tairua and I spent lots of time swimming, looking in rock pools and chasing crabs with a stick. I didn’t do that well at school but I had two inspiring biology teachers.

One was Mr Moffat, who was quite strict but he made the subject come alive. I left at 17 and went straight to Auckland University and enrolled in a BSc majoring in biology. I was involved in a summer student scheme where I spent time at Leigh Marine Laboratory helping others do research. It clicked.

I travelled overseas for a bit and came back and did a master’s degree looking at the relationship between limpets and seaweed.

However, I couldn’t find a job so I did a diploma in journalism and became a science/environmental reporter for the NZ Herald in 1986. The pay was terrible. I covered general news as well and wrote about a massive hailstorm in Hillsborough and an elephant that escaped from a circus at Mt Smart Stadium. I had a front-page lead about the National Poisons Centre when the Government slashed funding. I learnt how to write under pressure, which helped me a lot in my career.

One day I saw a job advertised with DoC, in Wellington, where they’d set up a marine unit – creating marine reserves. I worked there for five years from 1988. I worked with DoC offices around the country, special interest groups and Maori, giving advice about marine reserves and consultation around the Resource Management Act. I saw a lot of New Zealand but DoC kept restructuring and I had to reapply for my job several times. It became demoralising.

I decided to go back to Auckland University and do a PhD, looking at the populations of Bluff oysters at Kawau, Manukau and Kaipara, and the potential for farming them in the north. I then got a scholarship from the Cawthron Institute in Nelson and worked for them for four years.

I came close to handing in my PhD,

but then I bumped into the chief executive of NIWA, who was giving a guest lecture. He said: “Why don’t you come and work for us?” I thought it was a throwaway line but as it turns out he was serious and he offered me a postdoctoral fellowship, which was a junior science position.

I started in the Auckland office working on crayfish in 1998. They have an interesting life cycle. The parents mate and the female carries the eggs for three to four months before she releases them. They’re the size of a pinhead and drift hundreds of kilometres offshore. After two years they grow into the size of a 50c piece.

The larvae fold up and turn into what looks like a crayfish. They’re transparent and look like a jellybean.

They swim 200km back to the coast without feeding and then hide in a crack in a reef and grow into a crayfish.

I thought the whole process was fascinating. The jellybean has a store of fat and swims until it is exhausted – it’s a one-shot wonder. My hypothesis was that they hear the sound of the waves. It inspired me as to how sound influences animals.

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How does a farmer have the right to contaminate a public waterway?

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Experiments showed sound didn’t have an effect on crayfish but it did on fish larvae. I built a novel setup using underwater speakers made for synchronised swimming. I rearranged them at sea with a car battery and ghetto blaster. I took a recording of a reef, and the fish larvae did indeed think it was a reef. At the same time, NIWA was interested in whether you could farm crayfish. You can, but it takes a year-and-a-half to grow babies from eggs, is incredibly difficult and not economic. The international lobster fishery is worth close to $1 billion a year and lots of fisheries have declined dramatically in the last five to eight years. We think climate change

is the cause. Ocean conditions change and food isn’t there. They can’t fill up their tanks so swim to shore when their tanks ,are half empty.

species like groper and kingfish. I split my time between my home in Parnell and my bach at Matheson Bay, which I bought in 1999.

I was promoted to general manager at NIWA and became head of aquaculture and marine biotechnology but I missed the discovery part of it – that’s the exciting bit. I thought I needed a break and quit in 2007. In the meantime, John Montgomery, who’s head of department at Leigh Marine Laboratory, asked me if I wanted to help out with teaching, so I became associate professor in marine science. I teach, lecture and run the post-graduate aquaculture programme. At the moment I’m overseeing student projects looking at how climate change is changing the ocean system, how mussel farms can control parasitic crabs, how to control sea squirt fouling, how to get rid of a new barnacle in the Hauraki Gulf and how underwater sounds affect fish in the Kaipara Harbour. I also work as a consultant for international seafood companies – giving advice on things like the environmental impact of crayfish farming in Malaysia.

My wife Jackie works at Middlemore Hospital and we’ve got two kids. Max is 17 and studying in Australia and my daughter Nina, 14, is at Senior College. I love the area around Leigh.

The coastline is gorgeous, the marine life is amazing and there’s so much to explore. My favourite spot is Pink Beach, halfway between Goat Island and Okakari. It’s a perfect bay with nikau and pohutukawa – it’s great for snorkeling.

Aquaculture is growing quickly in New Zealand but there’s quite a lot of friction over it. You have to weigh it against other types of production. It’s a lot cleaner than land-based production.

There’s a lot of interest in new finfish

I flew from Tauranga the other day and to see the brown plumes in the Firth of Thames, coming off the dairy farms, was horrific. When you drive along the Puhoi River you can see cows crapping in the water. It goes down the river and past Wenderholm so people end up swimming in cowshit.

How does a farmer have the right to contaminate a public waterway? We look at farming and think that’s what is normal but it has consequences in terms of the marine environment.

Over-fishing is also a big issue. The Hauraki Gulf used to have massive numbers of green-lipped mussels but they were fished out in the 1950s.

Mussel beds are crucial as a habitat for juvenile fish. Maybe the decline of snapper is related.

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Viewpoint with Len Brown, Mayor of Auckland

Mayor in Matakana

Mook Hohneck (left) and Geoff Dangerfield display the green and blue Ara Tuhono tohu (logo), which was presented at the ceremony. They are pictured with other NZTA and Hokai Nuku representatives.

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On Friday, March 1, I will be in Matakana for one of my regular Mayor in the Chair sessions. The celebrated, and it seems world-famous, Matakana Farmers’ Market has become a real favourite for the Brown family and I really enjoy chatting to people in the crowds of international and local visitors that flock there every Saturday, especially in summer. But this Friday, I’m focused on and looking forward to talking to local residents and business operators. What is your experience of living and working in the area, of running local businesses – and of being part of the new Auckland? These events are dear to my heart.

When I became Mayor, one of the central pillars of my vision for Auckland was to foster and forge strong local community identities. And while we need to balance financial prudence and realising major regional projects that will stimulate our regional economy and quality of life, Auckland Council is fully committed to investment in local projects, amenities and events.

I stay in regular contact with councillors and local board members, receive reports and information about local council and community projects, and try to get out and about into Auckland’s many different communities. But what really feeds my passion for and commitment to Auckland is getting out and talking directly to our people about their experience of living and working here.

At the start of February, I spent a fascinating day with Omaha locals, looking at projects and challenges in their stunning seaside spot. This week I am back in Auckland’s north, for this Matakana Mayor in the Chair, at the Matakana Cinemas, from 12 noon to 1pm on Friday.

My Mayor in the Chair events are just that. I pull up a chair and have a spare chair beside me. I encourage you to take a number from my assistant, wait your turn, then pull up the chair and have a chat to me about whatever issue is on your mind.

I’ve talked about a huge range of issues in locations all over Auckland, from Wellsford, Warkworth and Helensville, to Pukekohe and Waiuku and dozens of places in between. I’ve chatted about trees, rubbish, rates and roads, about community houses, murals and parks. People drop by to say ‘hello’ and ask me questions about my job. I’ve been introduced to pets, chatted with international visitors who are surprised to find a Mayor as they pass by, and heard some incredible anecdotes from our older Aucklanders who have seen great change throughout their lives. Join me on Friday – tell me what you love about your area and how you think we can build a better Auckland together.

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The proposed duplication of State Highway 1, between Puhoi and Wellsford, was christened Ara Tuhono – Puhoi to Wellsford Road of National Significance at a hui in the Auckland Council offices, in Orewa, on February 21.

The name means “connecting pathway”. of the road to the economic Present at the ceremony were development of the north. representatives of the NZ Transport Mr Te Rangi welcomed the use of a Agency (NZTA) and Hokai Nuku dual name for a project which he said – an alliance representing iwi and had social and cultural importance to hapu north of Auckland within the the region.

38-kilometre development route.

The NZTA plans to lodge its Notice of Hokai Nuku chair Mook Hohneck Requirement with the Environmental said the vision was about a true Protection Authority to obtain partnership and he looked forward necessary consents to construct the to future dialogue which kept issues first section of Ara Tuhono, from Puhoi simple and to the point. to Warkworth, in the third quarter of Both deputy chair Tame te Rangi this calendar year. Test drilling began and NZTA chief executive Geoff around Puhoi on February 20 and Dangerfield reiterated the importance construction is due to start in 2014.

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Tracey Martin MP Property sales start the year strongly in Rodney North district New Zealand First Spokesperson for:

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The director Thompson says sales Real Estate Institute statisticsCommunications show 69 properties & ITtook | Education Research, Science Peter & Technology median| was 50 days – down on 53 have got off to a “particularly good residential properties sold inWomen’s Rodney Affairs Youth Affairs days last year. start” in the district, with Warkworth, North in January – more than double Select Committee: Education and Science the number that have sold in January The figures do not include Hibiscus Wellsford and Orewa attracting the in each of the past four years.Auckland Office: Coast sales. Across the entire Rodney most interest. Activity has picked up from a solid finish last year, he says. salesPO were by almost 80 Auckland Although the median sale 157A price Kitchener of district, Road, Boxup31-119, Milford percent compared to January 2012.

January’s average selling price across $450,000 was slightly below P 09 last 489 8336 | tracey.martinmp@parliament.govt.nz January’s median of $459,000, Barfoot & Thompson managing the district was 30 percent higher Parliament Office: Freepost, Private Bag 18 888, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011 P 04 817 8361 | tracey.martin@parliament.govt.nz twitter.com/traceymartinmp | facebook.com/ tracey.martin.16144 nzfirst.org.nz

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than that for the same time last year, underlying a rapid increase in property values in the district, Mr Thompson says.

“With such an active start to the year, the outlook for the housing market for the remainder of the warm months is positive.”

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Group campaigns for rate reduction for rural residents A Rodney-based planning group is calling on Auckland Council to review its rating policy for all rural resident ratepayers to make it fairer and more equitable.

The group so far includes residents and ratepayer representatives from Mahurangi East, Sandspit and Omaha with support from Algies Bay, Snells Beach and Pt Wells, but its intention is to spread its representation across all of Auckland’s rural area.

Group spokesperson and Scotts Landing resident, Dr Bruce Scoggins, says in 2012/13, a total of 27,600 rural ratepayers contributed 3.4 percent of A campaign to reduce Auckland rural Auckland Council’s total rate income residents’ rates is gaining momentum. of $1300 million. The majority of “Our analysis suggests that 0.90 is too these resident ratepayers lived in high.”

Rodney, Franklin and Waitakere.

The group is proposing two rural “In the rush to establish the Auckland zones – the ‘inner zone’ will cover rural supercity, Council adopted the best properties within 30km of the CBD rating system that it could in the with properties outside the 30km timeframes available,” Bruce says. boundary forming the ‘outer zone’.

“But over the past three years, issues In Rodney, the boundary for the outer of equity and fairness have emerged. zone will fall roughly around Hatfields Our argument is that it is in the best Beach and Wainui, across to the west interests of all Aucklanders if these are coast, but excluding Helensville. addressed as soon as possible, rather The proposed rate differential for the than being left to fester. inner zone, which has more services, “This isn’t a grizzle and gripe campaign. is 0.80, while for the outer zone the We’ve taken an evidence-informed proposed differential is 0.70. policy development approach by Bruce says that if implemented, the reviewing relevant legislation, along proposal would reduce the cost of annual with statements by the Mayor and rates to rural resident ratepayers in the Council related to rating policy, and outer zone by 18 percent and reduce the using Council’s own rating policy general rate income to Council by about tools.” $6 million. This could be offset by a rate The group has profiled the 67 rural increase of around $11 a year for urban settlements including location, land resident ratepayers. value, capital value and total rates, as “The fact that Council has a rate well as reviewing access to services and differential recognises that it doesn’t associated benefits. believe all ratepayers are equal and The information has thrown levels of service, and benefits from up numerous inequities and the services do differ, particularly inconsistencies. in regards to roading and public Bruce says, for instance, rural and transport.” ‘farm and lifestyle’ properties are rated The group plans to present its case differently, even though they may be to the Mayor and Governing Body neighbours. Rural resident landholders of Council within the next six weeks have a rates differential of 0.90, while and hopes to have the new system the farm and lifestyle ratepayers have a considered for implementation in the rates differential of 0.80.

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Youth rep ensures local voices heard Mangawhai firm fined A lack of public transport and gathering places for young people are two issues Rodney’s new youth representative has in her sights.

Savanna Steele, 22, was one of seven young people nominated and selected as members of the Rodney Youth Advisory Panel in November. The panel chose her as a representative for the Auckland Youth Advisory Panel in January.

Ms Steele lives and grew up in Helensville and went to Kaipara College where she was deputy head girl, a kapa haka leader and captain of the netball team.

She started a Bachelor of International Hospitality Management at AUT but took time off to have her baby boy, Carter, in September.

The cost and lack of public transport is something she plans to address with her counterparts as well as the lack of places for youth to congregate.

“Youth centres at Helensville and Warkworth are neglected and not managed properly,” she says.

“Auckland Council has funded youth ‘zones’ in Mount Roskill. They can be at sports complexes or internet cafes. They’re a place youth can hang out Savanna Steele and keep out of trouble. They’ve had a major effect Council, her grandfather – also named David Steele on crime and bringing the community forward. – was a former Rodney District Councillor and her Rodney youth would like to see that in the rest of mum Brenda is on the Rodney Local Board.

Auckland.”

Ms Steele took part in an introductory camp with Ms Steele says there aren’t enough jobs for young other Auckland Youth Panel members at Waiwera people and employers are cutting down on Lodge in mid-February. The group had their first apprenticeships, a situation she’d like to see reversed. meeting on February 18 and will meet monthly.

Cleaner beaches are also on her to-do list, in Rodney Youth Advisory Panel meets every three particular Muriwai Beach, which is “full of rubbish weeks and liaises with the Local Board four times and run-down old cars.” a year.

She plans to visit Kaipara College to engage with “We discuss matters we think youth need a voice student representatives and discuss what they’d like on. They can be issues the Local Board has come to see happen in the community. across and given to us or matters we’ve seen in the The young mum comes from a family steeped in local community we think need an opinion.” body politics. Her great-grandfather David Steele Both roles are voluntary and receive no payment. To was a member of the former Waitemata District contact Ms Steele, email savanna.steele22@gmail.com

A boat explosion that injured two people and left another with permanently damaged hearing has seen a Mangawhai company dealt a hefty fine.

Mangawhai Engineering and Marine Limited pleaded guilty to two breaches of health and safety laws that injured a customer, contractor and company director.

The company was fined $20,000 and ordered to pay reparations of $5000 to each of the two victims in the North Shore District Court.

The court heard that on January 24 last year, company director Garry Crosbie was repairing a catamaran while the boat’s owner waited for the job to be finished. Another contractor was also working at the site on Black Swamp Road. During the repair, a metal gas welder on the boat was struck, causing an explosion.

The force of the blast knocked the contractor underneath the bench grinder where he was working some distance away. He sustained muscle and ligament damage to his knee and temporary hearing loss. The boat’s owner sustained a perforated eardrum and has permanent hearing loss as a result. Mr Crosbie also sustained facial injuries following the explosion.

“The company owner performed a ‘sniff ’ test to determine whether there was any hazardous vapour.

This was completely inadequate for the repair he was carrying out,” Mr Howard says.

“He had a responsibility to ensure his safety along with that of the contractor and also to ensure his customer was safe. He should have used a more thorough system to ensure the hazardous vapours and moisture were not present inside the void of the hull to conduct the repair safely.”

Mr Crosbie says his business is struggling and the fine will take a financial toll.

“It was an unfortunate accident. We had to report it and they had to follow it up. We could’ve dragged it through the courts but we couldn’t afford to fight it.

The whole thing’s been a wake-up call.”

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Top coach launching regular fitness group in Warkworth One of New Zealand’s top running coaches is starting a regular walking and running group in Warkworth.

John Bowden is a former professional runner and high performance coach for Athletics New Zealand, who has decided it is about time he lent his expertise to locals. Together with Stirling Sports owner Peter Bosher, he has decided to start a weekly event for people who would like to get fit together.

The group will start on March 6, meeting each Wednesday at Stirling Sports at 9am. “The idea is that Mums and Dads can get their kids off to school, then meet up,” he says. “Running and walking is hard enough by yourself. The aim is to do this sort of stuff in numbers, and with friends, and do it together.”

Depending on the level of interest, another group may be set up for people who would like to meet earlier in the day, such as those who work.

“Everyone will be catered for, so the groups will be divided into ability.

Everyone will know what group they will be in and I’ll design training Stirling Sports owner Peter Bosher (left) is teaming up with top running coach John Bowden to get people fit. programmes for people if they want them, from beginners to those who marathon runner Allison Roe, who at having training weekends away, at lives in Point Wells.

Rotorua or something.” are more serious.”

He is also keen to organise monthly “The idea is that it will be fun. I want As the new owner of Stirling Sports, Mr talks on subjects such as nutrition and strollers there, and Mums who might Bosher is keen to get involved in the using the correct footwear, and may want to meet new friends and set local community. Mr Bowden has also even rope in his good friend, former goals themselves. We might even look recently moved closer to Warkworth,

after five years at Makarau.

His children both attend Warkworth Primary, and his wife has opened a fashion business at their new property in Matakana Rd. Mr Bowden represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in 1986, and became a professional road runner in the United States. He got into coaching in 1995 and since then has coached world champions, Olympic athletes, disabled athletes, and complete novices for events such as the Round the Bays fun run in Auckland.

He resigned as cross country and road selector for Athletics New Zealand in 2009, amid controversy over the selection of Liza Hunter-Galvan for the Beijing Olympics.

“Road running and fitness has been my passion all my life. I’m always interested in people having fun and getting fit so I thought: ‘Right, why not start a walking and running group so we can meet together?’”

There is no need to register for the group, he says. “We just want people to show up every Wednesday, but it’s not compulsory — we won’t take a roll.”

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New approach to alcohol on AA agenda this month A new approach to treating people with alcohol and drug dependency issues will be discussed at a public meeting in Orewa on Saturday, March 9.

The meeting will conclude the annual at least three years in prison and show Alcoholics Anonymous Area Assembly, a willingness to change their ways. which is expected to attract up to 200 They are put through an intense people from Kaitaia to Rotorua. programme designed to turn their A Hibiscus Coast AA spokesperson says lives around and, if they are successful, non-members are welcome to attend their efforts are taken into account at the daytime meetings, but will be sentencing. The court has been years particularly welcome at the evening talk in the planning and draws on research where the guest speaker will be Judge from around the world.

Lisa Tremewan, of the Waitakere Court. The Hibiscus Coast spokesperson says Judge Tremewan will give her the meeting will also include talks by perspective on the new court that AA members. It will be held at the opened last November, which puts Orewa Community Centre, starting at less emphasis on punishment and 7.30pm. Entry is free; supper provided. more on intervention. It takes on For more information about AA those who plead guilty, face a term of meetings: www.aa.org.nz

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Make no bones about it Fractures, more frequently known as broken bones, are a reasonably common injury.

Pain continuing after the fracture has healed is also common but nearly always unnecessary. It never ceases to amaze me how many people suffer needlessly for years after such an injury. It takes on average six weeks for the bone of an adult to heal after the break – babies are half that time and children typically take three to six weeks.

Nearly all broken bones (excluding broken ribs) are immobilised for a period of time to allow healing, often in a plaster of paris or fibreglass cast. The healing of broken bones begins with the formation of what is called ‘callus’ formation. This is a bonelike substance that forms around the broken bone. On x-ray this is usually seen as a lump of white at the area that was broken. This is essentially the first stage of bone healing and it begins about two weeks after the break occurs. Over the next four to 10 weeks this hardens. Over the next two years this is reformed into more normal bone.

On removal of the cast there is often stiffness of the nearby joints, tight muscles and weakness. Returning to normal use of the limb usually results in full movement and function of the limb in a few weeks. Appropriate rehabilitation insures this process occurs as quickly and safely as possible.

For uncomplicated breaks, that are not across a joint, there should be no further problems after six weeks. There should certainly be no further pain when the movement returns to normal. If pain continues after this time then further investigation is necessary. Like all good examinations, we should use our ears and eyes first. We need to get exact details of where the pain is, when it occurs and what the pain is like. Observing how the area looks and how nearby joints move is essential. Further investigation is necessary as to how much movement each muscle has around the area that was broken.

In my experience, most long-term problems occur due to muscle imbalances around the old injury. Usually, until these are returned to normal there will be ongoing pain, weakness and problems. More often than not, a short period of treatment to rebalance the muscles around the area will result in the return to normal pain free use.

If there are still complications, then it will be necessary to investigate further. This would likely include x-ray/ultrasound or MRI and possibly seeing an orthopaedic surgeon. Occasionally there may be ‘non-union’, this is where the bone doesn’t heal and join together. This requires longer time in a cast or similar. The use of silica or comfrey (a.k.a bone knit) can be very useful in these situations.

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Big plans hatched for outdoor music festival at Te Arai lakes A group of German event managers are visiting Te Arai, with plans to stage an annual electronica music festival.

The four men are responsible for some 25ha of land around Lake View Chalets. of the world’s biggest parties including There’ll be a variety of electronic Hurricane Rock and Fusion - a six-day music: dubstep, drum and bass and festival at an old military airport that hip-hop, as well as several live local attracted 100,000 people last year. and international acts. Food will be Organiser and owner of Rabenlust offered and a 20ha paddock will be NZ Marketing & Media, Andreas available for punters to camp on.

Schmiedel, says he convinced his Mr Schmiedel says the event would be colleagues the area was perfectly suited unlike any other in New Zealand: “It’s for an outdoor event after spending a new thing with a new style.” time at Lake View Chalets, 10 minutes south of Mangawhai, in 2008. The Lake View Chalets owner Arnim accommodation is five minute’s walk Pierau would like to replenish 3km from Te Arai Beach and surrounded of covenanted wetland around the perimeter of the Spectacle and Slipper by three dune lakes.

Lakes so a decision has been made to “While I was here I thought to myself, include a native seedling with every it’s such a beautiful place – rolling ticket purchase. hills and amazing sunrises. You have to bring people here to share it,” Mr Every new plant will have a GPS coordinate so people can see it on the Schmiedel says.

After returning to Germany, he internet or visit it.

“We’d like to create a buffer to stop pitched the idea to his companions.

“I said ‘how would you like to run a fertiliser run-off. Water quality has festival at the most distant part of the deteriorated to the extent it’s unworld?’ We talked about it for three swimmable at times,” Mr Pierau says. or four weeks before deciding to book The festival organisers have applied to our flights and spend our holidays in Auckland Council for a resource consent and are currently seeking sponsors.

New Zealand.”

The idea is to hold a three-day festival Mr Schmiedel says: “We’ll have to invest with up to 4,000 people from late lots of money, effort and manpower January 2014. The event will be held on but we thought ‘lets go for it’.”

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12 Mill Lane, Warkworth • P 425 8187 Founding president Pam Poole (left) and current president Pat Vaissiere cut the anniversary cake.

Embroiderers’ Guild celebrates The Warkworth Embroiderers’ Guild gathered at the Shoesmith Hall on February 14 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the guild in Warkworth.

The afternoon tea party was attended In November 1987 a meeting, chaired by 35 ladies including current and by Margaret Cross, was convened to past members, and visitors from five gauge interest and the first formal embroiderers’ guilds throughout meeting was held in February 1988. the region. A special guest was the Over the years the guild has gained northern regional representative of a reputation for being a vibrant the Association Of New Zealand and innovative club with members Embroiderers’ Guilds (ANZEG), winning prizes and recognition for Diane Martin. their work at regional, national and Warkworth Guild president Pat international competitions.

Vaissiere welcomed everyone and read a A number of other functions are letter of congratulations from ANZEG planned for the coming year including president, Margaret Erskine. Incoming a mid-year luncheon, an exhibition president and chair of the anniversary and a commemorative desk calendar sub-committee, Jennifer Kirker, invited featuring members’ work from the founding president Pam Poole to reflect past and present will be printed. For on the history of the guild. information on these events or regular Pam recalled moving to Warkworth twice-monthly meetings contact from New Plymouth where she was a Jennifer Kirker on 422 6126 or Mona member of the Embroiderers’ Guild. Townson on 425 6121.

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Matakana jeweller helps raise awareness of island’s endangered saddlebacks

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Tiritiri Matangi in the Hauraki Gulf is familiar to many people as an open haven for some of NZ’s endangered native bird species.

But, early this month, there will be profile at a national and international much more than birdsong calling level,” she says. visitors to the island as the Saddleback In November last year, Jeannette Celebration gets under way. took the opportunity to visit the Saddleback, or tieke, were one of the island where she was able to shadow early declining species moved to Tiri a member of the saddleback team and in 1984 and Supporters of Tiritiri learn about the ecology, behaviour and Matangi (SOTM) adopted their history of the bird. image for their logo in 1988.

Entering native bush, well away from Now, 25 years on, SOTM will hold the main tracks and where customthe Saddleback Celebration, which built bird boxes were placed, she was includes an exhibition and sale of art able to observe saddleback chicks works, a watercolour workshop and being checked, weighed and banded.

Sounding Tiritiri Matangi – a sonic event with around 20 artist/musicians She has used the experience to create creating surprise sound encounters two special pieces for the Saddleback Celebration Exhibition. along Tiri’s walking tracks.

Matakana jeweller Jeannette Switzer is The celebration runs from March 1 to one of the artisans invited to take part 10, with the Sonic Event taking place in the celebration.“It is hoped the work on Saturday March 9. will raise public awareness and the bird’s Info: www.tiritirimatangi.org.nz

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Hayride tour coming to Leigh Country music’s brightest stars – Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams – will bring a taste of the Grand Ole Opry to Leigh on March 30.

In the tradition of the old-time live country show, the Grand Ole Hayride tour includes a line-up of some of NZ’s most prestigious, award-winning alt-country artists.

Neilson, Davidson and Williams were the top three finalists of the APRA and NZ Music Awards last year and will be joined on stage by multiinstrumentalist Dave Khan.

Canadian-born Neilson has opened for legends such as Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris, and is being hailed by critics as the new Queen of Country.

Davidson won the APRA Best Country Song last year and 2011 saw him make the final five nominees for the APRA Silver Scrolls.

Williams, the youngest of the trio, has been heralded as “the great young hope

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Davidson and Williams released a collaborative album Sad but True in November.

View a clip from Tami Neilson’s latest album The Kitchen Table Sessions Vol II at www.localmatters.co.nz

Ticket giveaway Mahurangi Matters has two tickets to the Grand Ole Hayride to give away. Just write your name and daytime phone number on the back of an envelope and post to: Hayride Competition, Mahurangi Matters, PO Box 701 Warkworth.

Alternatively, enter by sending us a private message marked ‘Hayride’ on our Facebook page (www. facebook.com/mahurangimatters).

Competition closes on March 20.

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Rumour mill continues to grind over industrial zone’s future The sign on State Highway 1 that points to Warkworth’s industrial area couldn’t be more straightforward — it directs traffic to Warkworth’s “industrial estate”. But to some of the town’s riverside retailers, the sign that also indicates a “retail centre” is a sore point — they believe it confuses visitors to the area.

Businesses based in the industrial area confirm they regularly see tourists who appear to be lost. But they also note that what was originally intended as Warkworth’s industrial zone is these days an extremely varied blend of commercial, light industrial and service-based businesses that includes everything from early childhood centres to paint shops.

The area has undergone a major transformation in a relatively short period of time, from almost bare paddocks and swamp, to an everswelling collection of small and medium-sized businesses.

Davco Electrical’s Dave Morrison can trace his roots in the area back to his grandparents. “My grandfather bought the farm here and then Dad was born here and so was I … It was zoned industrial about 40 to 50 years ago but my Dad never wanted to chop it up. About 10 or 12 years ago he changed

his mind, and started to subdivide it.”

Dave recalls making hay on the land before the bulldozers moved in. “It was hay paddocks and swamp then, and town was much smaller. Everyone knew each other by name then, but not now. I remember making the last lot of hay on it as the machinery was creeping up the hill. It’s certainly been strange to see it transform so fast.”

Dave managed the second phase of development himself and at one stage was getting a couple of queries a week from businesses wanting to move

in. Over the past couple of years, the tough economy has taken its toll, but he believes confidence is slowly returning.

“Whether that’s short-lived I don’t know.

I hope it carries on. We had the busiest January we’ve had in a long time.”

While he agrees Silverdale is providing stiff competition for Warkworth right now, he notes MS Engineering has recently relocated into much bigger premises and more companies have moved in to fill the spot where they were. “So it is growing and I think it will continue to. Having the likes of Mitre 10 Mega across the road won’t

do it any harm at all. There’s still a bit of land available but not a lot, and only a couple of sections are ready to move on to straight away.”

Warkworth real estate agent Steve Postlewaight also has family links to the area — his father Bill Postlewaight developed the Glenmore Drive subdivision. The road was named after his sisters, Glenys and Mora.

Steve believes local government bureaucracy is now deterring development in the area. “Doing these developments now is very long, arduous and expensive with very little understanding or assistance from local government … Glasshape have moved in, but it hasn’t marched on in that area as much as we hoped.”

Another local with long links to the area, Alan Dray, can also recall when the land was almost bare. In 1974, Dray established an industrial clothing factory on the spot that is now occupied by spa and pool business Splash. At its peak, the factory employed more than 50 people, but it eventually closed in 1998.

“We originally came to Warkworth because we had been up here on holiday a few times and knew people here, so we bought a section and had a factory built. Further along the road continued page 3

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Children learning the natural way Many childcare centres are easy to spot from the road — they’re often plastered with bold images in primary colours. But at Nature’s Nest in Glenmore Drive, they do things differently. The entire centre has been deliberately designed to look as natural as possible, so children won’t be over-stimulated.

An industrial area might seem an odd choice for a childcare facility, but for Arnika Kennedy and Hayley Hargreaves, it was the perfect location. The pair worked together at a previous centre in Orewa, and were keen to set up a new business that was purpose-built. “We wanted to design something that was different and went back to our childhood, and incorporated nature as much as possible,” explains Arnika.

The centre, which opened 18 months ago, includes a mudpit, vegetable garden, worm farms, and compost bin. Children are encouraged to respect nature, and sustainability principles are incorporated into the business. “The children have created so much respect for the environment,” says Arnika. “Flowers are flowers, not plants with no flowerheads on them.

It’s been nice to see from day one. They all go out and care for the gardens on a daily basis, and care for the worms and so on.”

Children are also allowed “to be children”, she says — which means lots of messy experiences. “If they love water, then they’re allowed to play with water, for example.”

Arnika grew up in Warkworth and persuaded Hayley there was good growth potential in the area. “Before we came, no-one else opened from 7am to 6pm, or offered home-cooked meals, or was purpose-built, so we just felt it was an area where we could also

Sarah, Esekielu and Tereina enjoy the outdoor play area at Nature’s Nest.

create what we wanted. And obviously the outlook fits quite nicely, too.”

Being high on the hill, the centre looks out over the town and will eventually have a reserve on either side.

The pair also plan to create a “wild wood” at the back of the property. Although the area is industrial, there are no factories close by, so there are no pollution problems. And there are no residential neighbours who might be annoyed by noisy children.

So far the centre has a roll of about 90 children from birth to five years old, and interest has been strong, says Arnika. It has had no problem attracting good staff, and another key aim of the business is to offer staff extensive professional development.

“We’ve just had our first Education Review Office report and it went really well, which was fantastic for us. We got lots of lovely feedback.”

Children such as Noah are encouraged to enjoy messy experiences at Nature’s Nest.

Staff have got to know some of the other businesses in the area through parents, and a relationship has also been established with Warkworth Wellsford Hospice, which will soon move across the road. Children also go for regular outings in the area.

“It’s going really well,” says Arnika. “I think the community has been really accepting, and we’ve got an amazing bunch of staff working for us as well. It’s been really, really rewarding so far.”

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Industrial estate’s history was the milk treatment plant, and a cheese factory … In the early days, they used to have the Warkworth saleyards up near the showgrounds, and for the first couple of years they used to drive big herds of cattle past the factory.”

Commercial real estate agent Drew Marshall, from United Real Estate, believes the area is “quietly coming right”. “Investors are not only looking here, they’re looking all over Auckland and South Auckland. They’re looking for good properties to invest in,” he says.

“It’s a buyer’s market at the moment but it all comes down to what Council ends up doing. If they continue to put the onus on the developer, then I don’t think it will change a hang of a lot.”

Nevertheless, the rumour mill continues to grind about the possibility of more “big box” retailers joining Mitre 10 Mega further down

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Others believe Bunnings might be keen to provide some rivalry for Mitre 10. But whether such moves are just wishful thinking by property developers remains to be seen. Some fear that Council’s handling of the Mitre 10 development may have discouraged any further plans in the short or medium term, while others have grown exasperated by the slow progress in sorting out the area’s infamous traffic bottlenecks.

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Warkworth Wellsford Hospice holding special auction As an alternative to its much-loved garage sale, Hospice has decided to hold an auction as a special event.

Warkworth Wellsford Hospice is grateful that many people think of them first when they clean out their garage, renovate a room or move house and have furniture and household items to give away. Staff and volunteers are putting aside selected donations for an evening auction of furniture, art and household goods at 6pm on Thursday, April 11. The venue will be the former Kitchenworks premises in Morrison Drive – across the road from the new Kitchenworks factory.

There will be a mixture of good furniture such as dressers, lounge suites, tables and chairs – including some special pieces – along with fine china, artworks, bric a brac, books and boxes of assorted items. Most lots will be sold with no reserve, giving bidders a great chance of grabbing a bargain.

Prospective bidders will be able to view the auction items on April 10 from 4pm to 7pm and on April 11 from noon until the auction.

The auction is in addition to Warkworth Wellsford Hospice’s regular Wednesday morning garage sale. The weekly sales at Hospice House are increasingly popular with

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Garage sale coordinator John McEwing, left, and volunteer Kevin Dixon put newlydonated furniture aside for the auction on April 11.

bargain hunters, but the 7am-11am opening time does not suit everyone.

Garage sale coordinator John McEwing says if the auction is successful the hospice may hold several more during the year, providing venues can be found. “We were very lucky this time to find a vacant building nearby, and that the owners and lessees are so supportive of hospice,” John says.

Bayleys will provide a professional auctioneer and is promising plenty of banter with the crowd. Because the

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auction is at dinnertime, the hospice team will have food for sale.

Hospice welcomes donations of saleable goods either for the auction or for sale in the hospice garage sale or shops.

The income that these retail operations provide is essential to keeping hospice services available and free of charge to patients and families whose lives have been turned upside down by the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness.

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Patients are usually referred to hospice by their GP but they may call Hospice House directly, either for admission to the service or for information.

Hospice encourages people to get in touch while they are still relatively well, even immediately after diagnosis. People often have questions or want to know if they are doing the right things, and it can be a relief to talk to someone who understands what they are going through.

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X marks the perfect spot for coffee and a bite to eat Warkworth’s industrial park seems an unlikely place to showcase a souvenir from one of New Zealand’s most notorious criminals. But visitors to the Spot X Cafe in Morrison Drive can hardly miss one of the cafe’s key features — a wooden boat that once belonged to 1970s drug lord Marty Johnstone.

Johnstone, better known as “Mr Asia”, used the boat as the tender for his infamous yacht Brigadoon, which he used to smuggle drugs from Thailand.

These days it is owned by Mangawhai Heads resident Roger Kendall, who owns the cafe with his wife Megs.

Roger’s boatbuilding background is reflected in the cafe’s interior, which definitely has a nautical feel. And perhaps it is that “blokey” atmosphere that has ensured the cafe has already become a hit with local workers, just three months after opening its doors.

“Some people come and see us two or three or four times a day. This is their home away from home,” says Megs.

A veteran of the hospitality industry, Megs has previously lived and worked in Auckland, Switzerland and Sydney.

She decided to start the cafe after noting the growth in the area.

“We decided that if we didn’t do it, someone else would.”

Spot X owner Megs Kendall (left) with staff Rea Rowe and Adele Rhead.

She is thrilled the Warkworth Wellsford Hospice will be relocating nearby, and notes a new residential development will soon be underway, along with a new retirement village. The cafe is also close to the Rodney Surgical Centre, as well as local accounting firms, ensuring a steady stream of customers.

It also caters to local workers by

offering an order-by-text service, and by including special menu items such as giant burgers with supersized buns.

“There hasn’t really been anywhere where the boys have been able to interact with each other, so they come and have their business meetings here.

It has become a hub where people can come and meet each other.”

Megs believes the area has a bright future, and notes that in the past three months alone, two new businesses have moved in: an importing business, and Dixon Marine. Roger still has strong links to the marine industry, including the team at Core Builders Composites, who are building the next America’s Cup boat for Oracle Racing just down the road. Leading glass manufacturer Glasshape, which among other things supplies curved glass for superyachts, is also nearby.

Thanks to the sign on SH1 pointing to a “retail centre”, tourists also tend to end up in the area, she says. “If you think about it, if you get on the motorway and head north, what’s the first place you hit? It’s Warkworth. By the time they get here they’re thirsty, hungry and just want to stop.”

Unusually for an industrial area, the cafe also has a pleasant view of the hills that surround Warkworth, and the town below, she notes. It also has plenty of parking.

“We have a lovely view, considering we’re in an industrial area, and we can’t be built out, which is pretty nice really.”

The cafe is also available for catering and functions, and has already hosted a couple of events.

“We just want to make it a place where people like to be, and can relax.”

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New dance school now open Budding ballerinas and jazz dancers have a brand new studio in which to practise their poses, thanks to the determination of local dance teacher Carla Talbot.

Carla has been teaching dance for seven years but recently opened her first dance school, Talbot Dance Academy, at the top of Morrison Drive. The school is the culmination of a long-held ambition to share her personal passion for dance with students of all ages, from three-yearolds to adults.

Although she was born in New Zealand, Carla moved to England with her parents as a young child.

She returned to New Zealand in 2005 and completed a Bachelor of Dance at AUT University. She is also a registered Royal Academy of Dance teacher.

Her mentors have included Val Murray, founder of Saba Young Ballet, and Angela Shadbolt, with whom she previously worked in Warkworth. “I was definitely ready to set up on my own, and this is what I want to continue to do and I don’t want to be anywhere else,” she chirps.

She and her friends worked hard over summer getting the studio ready for classes and she admits the process

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She enjoys the mix of businesses in the industrial area, and doesn’t mind a bit of competition with the area’s other dance school.

“We offer different things. Our school really focuses on ballet and jazz — on the technical side and competition work as well. So far, it’s going really well. I’ve got lots of new faces that I haven’t taught before, so I’m really excited and it’s really good.”

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Dancing into a new dimension along Glenmore Drive Amid the car workshops and industrial warehouses of Glenmore Drive is a hidden haven of carefully choreographed creativity. Freshly painted with a funky interior, Dance Dimensions might seem unassuming from the outside, but inside some of New Zealand’s top dancers nurture tomorrow’s talent.

The studio used to be owned by Angela Shadbolt, but four years ago it became part of the Dance Dimensions school, which also includes studios in Silverdale and Brown’s Bay. The school was originally founded by Ann Skinner in 1992, and now involves her daughter Dayelle Hill, a prominent choreographer who also directs cheerleaders the Breakers Girls, and the Warriors’ cheerleaders.

Dayelle was just 15 when she started teaching dance, and these days finds herself teaching the children of some of her original pupils. She is a former cheerleader herself, who performed at Auckland rugby and All Blacks’ games, and is also part of a dance company called Soul of Siren Productions.

“When I was about 11 or 12 I had a group of friends who were into the same sort of thing and we’d put on shows whether the kids at school wanted to watch or not. That’s how it all started,” she recalls.

When the Warkworth studio came up for sale, Dayelle leapt at the chance to take it over. “It’s been my dream to have a dance school with ballet and jazz, and hip hop as well. And I’ve got so many friends and contacts in the dance scene who are keen to teach, so this was the perfect opportunity to do that.”

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so popular, she believes. “One of our teachers, Rachel Gatiss, started with me when she was 5, so we have this amazing connection and relationship

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The studio’s new ballet teacher, Meggan Botha, is from South Africa and has danced in the Royal London Ballet and performed in many West End productions. Hip hop teacher Andrew Cesan is also hugely popular with pupils — and the boys in particular — especially after he and a dance partner came second in the TV show NZ’s Got Talent.

The highlight of the year for many pupils is the show they put on in December at the Kristin School auditorium. The two-and-a-half-hour production blows many parents away, says Dayelle. “We always get international people saying: ‘You should take this overseas’.”

In fact, many pupils do end up as professional dancers overseas, such as former Warkworth dancer Liam McMillan, who has recently joined The Village Performing Arts Centre in Sydney. But for those who are still developing their talents, there are also local opportunities to perform, such as with the Breakers Girls.

“We choreographed the Ireland vs All Blacks prematch enhancement and some Dance Dimensions students got to be part of that,” says Dayelle. “It was huge — we had a cast of 80 with amazing capes. It was an incredible 8-minute piece.”

Many students enjoy the classes so much they never want to give them up, she says. “I have 20-yearolds who have gone off to university and still come back and still do one class a week because they are so embedded in the dance school and don’t want to leave. It’s like a second home for everybody.”

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VTNZ to expand its services Vehicle Testing New Zealand has made no secret of the fact that it isn’t impressed with the Government’s decision to scrap six-monthly warrants of fitness for many cars. It has predicted thousands of jobs could be lost in the motor trade as a result of the move. But local staff are putting on a brave face as the organisation rethinks its future.

“Definitely the numbers will drop, but we have to find other ways to bring that revenue in,” says Warkworth’s new station supervisor, Joon Na. Joon moved to Warkworth from Auckland six months ago to take up the job.

With just one lane, the Warkworth branch is a busy one, he says, although some of the pressure was taken off a year ago when VTNZ opened a new branch at Silverdale.

The Warkworth branch, which has been based in the industrial area for 12 years, also services Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island. Although warrants for cars make up about two-thirds of its checks, commercial vehicles account for more than half of its revenue.

Joon admits he is also unimpressed that the Government may allow large commercial operators to certify their own vehicles. “My personal view is that it may compromise safety because it’s not independent. Usually,

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Campbell family retains land The Campbell family’s association with what is now Warkworth’s industrial area stretches back more than four decades.

The family bought the land around what is now Campbell Drive from Bob Munro more than 40 years ago. But after subdividing the sections along Woodcocks Rd, it grew disillusioned with local government bureaucracy and sold most of what it had left to Bill Postlewaight, whose son Steve is now a well-known real estate agent in Warkworth.

These days Neil Campbell lives at Leigh, and doesn’t spend much time in Warkworth. And he has all but given up on seeing any progress on a western ring route that would link McKinney Rd and Hudson Rd, to both improve flow through the industrial area and help solve congestion at Hill St. “We still have land back there and they are meant to be getting land off us to do that.

“But I think the last letter we had was a year or two ago, saying it had been delayed by funding because they want to do the great motorway. From what I can tell there’s not going to be anything done there in the near future.”

He is also concerned that more than 2ha of land the family was forced to put aside for public recreation at the top of

Glenmore Drive has yet to be protected.

“Council then put the road through it to hook up to Morrison Drive, so that used up some, and they’ve been doing their absolute best to sell it which is disgusting as far as I’m concerned because residents in the residential area are going to end up with no open space.”

He says officials have refused to put up signs identifying the land as public reserve.

“They’re trying to stop people knowing about it. But the public is welcome to access it through our property up the end of Campbell Drive, in the residential area.”

Like most of the other landowners in the area, he agrees it’s a buyer’s market right now for anyone wanting to move into the industrial zone. But he still marvels at how much it has grown in recent times. “Back in the 70s, it was just a paddock — it didn’t grow anything in those days. It was certainly never productive land,” he recalls.

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Hill St upgrade stalled again The terminally-overdue Hill Street intersection upgrade, in Warkworth, has again been delayed pending investigations around the impact of the proposed Puhoi-to-Wellsford highway duplication on the town’s traffic movements.

The NZ Transport Agency’s regional transport planning manager Mieszko Iwaskow says after the completion of the Puhoi-to-Warkworth component of the highway project, and the motorway interchange at the northern end of Warkworth, traffic movements will change through Hill Street.

“More vehicles will come from the north to access the eastern beaches through Hill Street and we need to understand these changes more fully and their impact on plans for the intersection,” he says.

Last September, the Rodney Local Board was advised that the design for the Hill Street intersection upgrade was completed and construction was expected to start after Christmas.

Meanwhile, NZTA hopes to name a successful tenderer for the Hudson Road intersection upgrade by the middle of this month.

The NZTA expects the majority of earthworks will be completed during April/May, the improvements will be

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“The Hudson Road improvements must be completed before the Hill Street/SH1 intersection improvement works so that access to this part of Warkworth is retained. Right turn access from SH1 (southbound) into Hill Street will not be possible when the Hill Street intersection is upgraded.”

The improvements at Hudson Road include widening of the intersection, the installation of traffic lights to give safer access to the Warkworth Showgrounds, construction of left turn slip lanes, and improved access for walkers and cyclists.

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Warkworth Auto Wreckers still going strong after 20 years After two decades in Warkworth’s industrial area, there isn’t much that Nick Sharp doesn’t know about the place.

Born and bred in Warkworth, he can remember when Morrison Drive was paddocks, and there were eight dairy farms between Matakana and Warkworth. “Nowadays there’s only two.”

The owner of Warkworth Auto Wreckers admits his business isn’t particularly glamorous. “You tend to remember the horrible ones, not the interesting ones,” he chuckles. He also admits that some businesses are still struggling with tough economic times. But unlike some others, he has so far managed to ride out both the good times and bad. “I think some of the retailers moved here because central Warkworth got too dear.”

As its name suggests, Warkworth Auto Wreckers processes about 200 wrecked cars each year, although it used to do much more. But it also takes scrap metal such as whiteware and corrugated iron, and even does warrants of fitness. “You do get to know every single garage and every single mechanic. I’ve seen apprentices go through who now own their own garages,” he notes.

Like many others, Nick has plenty of grumbles about traffic management in the area as it has grown. But there are positives too, he notes. At least twice a week in summer, he notices tourists tootling around, trying to find the town centre.

Even many locals still don’t realise what’s in the area, he believes, although the arrival of Mitre 10 Mega has helped. “It doesn’t matter what they come here for — the more we have driving around, the better.”

Other changes he has noticed over the years include less bad behaviour by boy racers, thanks to a tougher stance from the police. And far fewer breakdowns on the long weekends, as cars have gradually improved their reliability.

However, his staff still see some shocking examples of poor maintenance, such as bulging and bald tyres, and he worries that changes to the warrant of fitness regime could make that worse.

“If everybody serviced their vehicles properly every 10,000kms, what the Government decided would be fantastic. But people don’t. That’s all there is to say.”

Nick Sharp is horrified at how often he sees motorists driving with balding and damaged tyres.

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24-hour storage available If you’re after a clean, dry, secure space to store your belongings, look no further than Warkworth Safe Storage.

The Morrison Drive company was started by three local couples four years ago and has 58 individual lockup units ranging in size from 1.5m by 3m to 6m by 7m. The facility is surrounded by 8m high concrete walls and secure gates and is patrolled regularly by a security firm. It is recognised as a safe place by insurance companies.

Customers get given an electronic card that gives them access 24 hours a day 7 days a week and allows management to track coming and goings.

Spaces can be rented on a month-bymonth basis – you only pay for the time your items are there.

Co-owner Lindsay Taylor runs packaging and removal company Warkworth Furniture Movers from the same site, which includes two trucks – one 45m3, another 34m3. Items can be carefully wrapped and transported directly to a unit or anywhere else in the North Island. Mr Taylor says some people find it difficult to know which size truck is suitable and he’s happy to visit homes beforehand to give advice.

He says 90 percent of units at Warkworth Safe Storage are filled with

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household items and 10 percent are used by businesses.

“Some people might be doing a renovation at Omaha and need somewhere temporary to put their furniture, others might have sold their house and haven’t found somewhere else to live yet.”

The units are built especially for storage and sit on concrete floors 6 inches off the ground, so dampness is never a problem.

If you’d like to have a look, contact Warkworth Safe Storage on 425 8786 and someone will meet you. “Once people have had a look they can fill in the paper work, get given a pass-card and come and go as they please,” Mr Taylor says.

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Morrison Drive has deep roots in Warkworth The resourcefulness of our pioneer forefathers is well illustrated in the life story of Edward Morrison. He was born in Auckland in 1850, his parents having arrived from Scotland in 1842 on the sailing ship Jane Gifford.

The family included parents John and Janet, James (9), Edward (5), Margaret (2), and William a newborn infant. They moved to Hepburn Creek, Warkworth, in 1855. Such were the conditions for immigrants at that time that the Morrisons had lost three infant children during the years spent in Auckland’s unclean streets.

No records survive to ascertain whether Edward attended Warkworth’s first school run by the Presbyterian Church in McKinney Road. His parents were more likely to have been his first teachers.

He shared his father’s interest in horticulture and together they visited Sir George Grey on Kawau Island. It was from there he first received information on the propagation and cultivation of fruit trees.

In particular, the Morrison’s seedless orange which Edward later marketed, came from a cutting of the Poor Man’s Orange growing at Mansion House.

Edward’s early working life was in the timber trade and while still a young man, he married Annie Taylor, of Kaipara Flats, and acquired land on the Mahurangi River close to the home of his parents. He cleared sections of the land leaving areas of bush to provide shelter and planted fruit trees of many varieties. From small beginnings, the Red Bluff orchard and nursery grew to become one of New Zealand’s largest and, at the peak in 1914, contained 250,000 trees. Morrison and Sons provided employment for 20 assistants and a seasonal force of pickers and packers. Edward introduced his own daylight saving scheme to allow workers time in the evenings for sport and band practice. The Red Bluff hockey team won the local competition beating all comers.

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Edward and Annie Morrison.

The logistics of shipping fruit trees and produce throughout the country was a challenge. As steam replaced sail it became necessary to form syndicates to finance the larger vessels and so the Coastal Steamship Co was born with Edward as a director.

Each year it was standing room only in the Masonic Hall as the host of small shareholders gathered to hear the annual report. When Alexander McGregor bought the Rose Casey and set up a rival company, vying for the same trade, competition became intense. The two companies amalgamated in 1905 under the title Settlers Steamship Co. When James Dunning gifted nearly 28 acres of bush on the bank of the Mahurangi River in 1913, Edward and his son John compiled a comprehensive schedule of the trees, shrubs and ferns contained in the reserve including the botanical names. Edward was awarded the National Diploma of Horticulture when he was more than 60 years old. Like many

Apple picking in the Red Bluff orchard in 1902.

of the men who had worked felling the bush he had a keen interest in preserving the areas of bush remaining for future generations to enjoy.

In a busy retirement, Edward pursued many interests including making beautiful articles from wood. The walking stick, presented to Lord Bledisloe when he came to Warkworth in 1934 to open Kowhai Park, was made by Edward from puriri which came from a tree which had once grown nearby. The fire blight scare of 1921 spelt the death knell for the orchards at Red Bluff but on properties acquired at Glen Kowhai and Auckland Road, sons, grandsons and greatgrandsons of Edward Morrison have continued the fruit-growing tradition.

Note: Edward, after viewing some documentary evidence, decided to spell his surname Morrison, although his parents had used the Morison spelling.

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TV AERIAL & SATELLITE SERVICES

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Freeview Sales & Installation TV & FM Aerials

Installation & Repairs

GAVIN BROUGH Ph 09 425 5495 Mob 0274 766 115

Household Water Deliveries 0800 747 928 mobile: 027 556 6111

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

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

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BICYCLE MECHANIC Shimano approved Fully equipped workshop Road Bikes Mountain Bikes Full Suspension BMX Bikes Parts & Accessories

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

DRIVEWAYS

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MAINTENANcE Grading, Rolling and Metalling for rural Driveways. No job to BIG or small. Ph Bruce (09) 425 7766.

PuHoI cENTENNIAL HALL Capacity 200, reasonable rates. Phone Kathy on 422 0891 or email puhoi.hall@hiko. co.nz

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SANDSPIT WARKWoRTH Two bedroom apartment, peaceful seaview and bush setting. $440p/wk. Info: lightways@xtra.co.nz

FITNESS LEARN SHAOLIN KEMPO Self Defence, Discipline, Self Confidence and Build your Fitness. Kids and Adults.

Tues & Thurs 5.30pm-7pm.

Matakana Primary School Hall.

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Option of three rooms $90-$125 p/wk. Parking, 5 mins to shops.

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FoR SALE 13 WEEK oLD PIGLETS Phone 423 7844 or 021 185 7054.

LITEWEIGHT PoRTAcAbIN 3m wide x 7m long. Kitchen - shower - toilet new carpet. Good condition. $17,000 ono. Phone 425 7382.

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Any quantity.

Contact Al Dave Contracting 09 422 7487 or 021 969 112.

GARDENING / PLANTS PLANTS, Quality groundcovers, shrubs and trees. Large and small grades. Wholesale direct to the public.

Liberty Park Native Tree Nursery, 90 Jones Road, Omaha 09 422 7307.

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING GARDENING / PLANTS bobcAT to move mulch, soil, metal, section clearing, drill holes, driveway maintenance. Phone Paul 422 4933.

Horse riding WarkWortH

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

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ScENIc FLIGHTS 30 mins $55; 20 mins $40; Min. 3 passengers. Trial flights $79. Gift vouchers available.

GREAT bARRIER FLIGHTS. Special stopover up to 4 hours. Return $110.

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Rodney Aero club 425 8735 or Rod Miller 425 5612

HEALTH SERVIcES boWTEcH / boWEN THERAPY

Contact Adele 0800 BOWEN 4 U (0800 269 364)

PHobIAS? STRESS? ANXIETY?

Hypnotherapy with Scope Hypnosis.

Phone 0508 SCOPE ME (726 736) or email: lisa@scopehypnosis.com

HoME MAINTENANcE HANDYMAN – THE MAINTENANcE MAN Your one stop fix-it-man. Phone Jim 422 3725 or 021 254 2048 or visit www.themaintenancemanjim.co.nz LAWNS - Contouring, prepping and laying. Owner/operator 25+yrs experience. For complete quality projects phone Bruce (09) 425 7766.

RETAINING WALLS Wooden retaining walls and fencing. Owner/operator 25+ years experience. For complete quality projects ph Bruce (09) 425 7766.

STEVE’S MAINTENANcE lawns, hedges, waterblasting, rubbish removal, section clearing, property maintenance. No job too big or small.

Phone Steve 029 770 7101 or 09 425 9966. Serving Warkworth, Snells, Matakana, Sandspit.

TANK WATER TESTING Find out what bad-bugs are in your drinking water.

We collect, test and report. Phone Simon at 09 422 9345 or tankwater@ xtra.co.nz WATER FILTERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria. FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 945 2282 or visit www.purewaterservices.co.nz WATER PuMPS Low water pressure?

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Phone Steve 09 945 2282 or www. purewaterservices.co.nz

HoRSE GRAZING WANTED FAMILY RELocATING FRoM cHRISTcHuRcH seeks quality grazing for 3 horses. Long term in Wellsford in the vicinity of Whakapirau Road. Please email: lcingles@gmail.com or phone/ text Linda 021 797 098.

LoST LoST ENGAGEMENT RING REWARD $300 oFFERED Lost on Sunday 3 February a 25 year old engagement ring on the footpath near Queen street Corner Café Warkworth. Significant sentimental value would appreciate good Samaritan coming forward.

Phone 09 421 1865.

PHoToGRAPHIc & DIGITAL PRESERVE YouR MEMoRIES

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

PubLIc NoTIcES AuDITIoNS FoR MATAKANTATA cHoIR Tenors and basses, some choral experience preferred. Contact Susan Hayday. Phone 422 7537.

AbuSE PREVENTIoN 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.

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Come and join the fun, 1st Monday of month, Upstairs New Masonic Lodge, Baxter Street, Warkworth, 7pm.

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PubLIc NoTIcES

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KoWHAI FESTIVAL coMMITTEE AGM ALL WELCOME – Be great to see new faces. If you are interested please come along a 7pm on the 20th March at Warkworth RSA or email for further detail: kowhaifestival@gmail.com”

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MAHuRANGI/WARKWoRTH SENIoR cITIZENS meet every Thursday, from 11am-4pm, in the Alnwick Street clubrooms, for fellowship, and 500 from 1pm.

All welcome. Monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of the month from 1pm-3pm.

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ALcoHoLIcS ANoNYMouS If you want to drink that’s your business, if you want to stop, we can help!

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Wellsford Ward Vacancy

A Public Meeting is to be Held Wellsford Community Centre March 7th @ 7pm. Our Rodney Local Board have chosen to deny the democratic process in filling the vacancy created. Wellsford needs to be represented by the voter’s choice not an appointee!

PLEASE ATTEND Supported by Wellsford Citizens and Ratepayers Association Landowners and Contractors Protection Association Wellsford Promotions Further enquiries to: Julie Cotton ph 09 4221970 Nancy Malloy ph 09 423 7395 Colin Smith ph 09 423 7511 Brian Mason ph 09 423 7187

SITuATIoNS VAcANT reQUIred fUll TIMe assIsTanT ManaGer For takeaway in Mangawhai.

Person needs to be a permanent resident or citizen of New Zealand. Fluent in speaking English and Indi.

PHone 09 431 3132

coMMuNITY ENGAGEMENT /ADMINISTRATIoN oFFIcER Health Link North is an independent community driven organisation committed to improving health outcomes of residents of Auckland’s North Shore and the Rodney District, including South Kaipara. This newly created role is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience/knowledge of the health system and the role of community engagement in health care planning and service delivery. The key focus is to assist the Community Engagement Coordinator in the facilitation of community participation in district health board planning and development, and delivery and review of health and disability services to ensure the inclusion of both rural and urban perspectives. To ensure your success in this role you will have: Excellent administration, community engagement, event management and networking skills • An understanding of diverse communities and their needs • An interest in social media, website development and database management • Excellent written and oral communication skills • The ability to work under pressure, be flexible and have strong organisational skills • Good knowledge of the communities from Devonport to Wellsford (rural and urban)This is a 20 hour per week position. Own vehicle is a necessity. If you would like to apply please phone 426 0116 or send a CV and cover letter to: Anne Curtis, Community Engagement Coordinator, Health Link North, PO Box 316, Orewa 0946 / email anne@healthlinknorth.org.nz Applications close Friday March 8 2013.

TRAVEL AuSTRALIAN DIScoVERY cRuISE 15 nights departing Auckland 21st of May visiting Sydney, Newcastle, Whitsundays, Brisbane, Norfolk Island.

From $2699pp Twin Share. Contact Kelly at World Travellers Warkworth Ph: (09) 425 8009 or email kelly@ warkworthtravel.co.nz PAcIFIc DIScoVERY cRuISE 10 nights departing Auckland 5th June, visiting Mystery Island, Vila, Lifou, Isle Of Pines, Noumea. From $1899pp Twin Share. Contact Kelly at World Travellers Warkworth Ph: (09) 425 8009 or email kelly@warkworthtravel.co.nz PAcIFIc ISLAND HoPPER cRuISE 9 nights departing Auckland 15th June, visiting Vila, Mare, Lifou, Noumea. From $1629pp Twin Share. Contact Kelly at World Travellers Warkworth Ph: (09) 425 8009 or kelly@warkworthtravel.co.nz

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QuIcK GETAWAY cRuISE 4 nights one way departing Auckland to Sydney 24th June. From $529pp on Twin Share. Contact Kelly at World Travellers Warkworth Ph: (09) 425 8009 or email kelly@warkworthtravel.co.nz

PARK & SELL Gull Snells Beach. Weekly rates. Great exposure. Phone 425 4092.

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

Phone Gavin 027 4766115.

WANTED $cASH FoR cARS Going or not. Call 021 857 007. cASH PAID Tools & Machinery, Shed & Garage Clearouts. All things considered.

Call or txt 021 161 5139.

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CHURCH NOTICES Mahurangi Methodist Parish

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Baxter Street riverbank closed

Parking on the riverbank in Baxter Street, Warkworth, will soon be a thing of the past.

The Rodney Local Board will spend The board has allocated $8660 towards $16,000 erecting bollards to keep future planning of the Warkworth the cars out. The money has been netball courts and $25,580 to assist in re-allocated from the ‘Snells Beach – planning and designing tennis courts at new wall and extract old posts’ project Diamond Jubilee Park, in Matakana. because the board felt the carparking An $83,000 saving on the Centennial could compromise the coastal edge Park carpark sealing project has been and cause erosion. reallocated to upgrading the carpark Meanwhile, a total of $10,671 will at the Mahurangi East Tennis Club be spent on boat ramp improvements in Goodall Reserve, Snells Beach at Scotts Landing and $61,860 on ($80,000), and line marking in the seawall development and erosion Puhoi Pioneer’s Memorial Reserve carpark ($2500). protection at Algies Bay.

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A new toilet block at the Warkworth Showgrounds has been given the go ahead by the Rodney Local Board, but not without one board member describing the cost as “ridiculous”.

At a business meeting on February 11, Steve Gardner asked for some scrutiny of the costs, which total $390,000.

The estimate included $255,000 for building, $45,000 for planning and design, $40,000 for landscaping and connections, and $50,000 for septic systems.

The board accepted the design submitted by TSE Architects. The design includes two cubicles and a change room in both the male and female toilets, and a separate wheelchair accessible toilet with baby change area.

On the cost, board chairman Bob Howard said it didn’t matter what it cost.

“If that’s what they (Council) spend on toilets elsewhere, then why shouldn’t Warkworth get the same standard.”

Genealogists on the move The Warkworth branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists is on the move. The new venue for the monthly meetings is the Shoesmith Hall in Shoesmith Street, Warkworth. The next meeting is on Monday, March 11 at 10am.

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Kauri snails complicate forest felling The future of Ti Point forest is hanging in the air after threatened kauri snails were found within it.

The 14.5ha Auckland Council owned forest on the there and whether they’ve been washed down from corner of Ti Point and Leigh Roads was planted on a catchment. We’d look at whether they could be landfill 20 years ago and is due to be harvested in protected in situ or relocated.”

April. It is expected to fetch around $150,000.

She says this is the first she’s heard of kauri snails at But the discovery of two live and two dead kauri Ti Point and she’d like to find out where they are. snails has put that plan into question.

“We’d be surprised if they were living under pine Snells Beach Primary associate principal Kathryn trees. Logic says if it’s a pine forest now, 25 years Ramel was the first person to spot one of the large ago it wasn’t.” invertebrates – on her way to school on the morning Forest and Bird spokesperson Karen Baird says of February 8. kauri snails grow up to seven times larger than “I was driving along Ti Point Road around 7.30am normal snails and are carnivores, cannibals when I spotted what I thought was a newborn and endemic to New Zealand. “It is rare to find kitten. It was a fair old size and moving fast enough kauri snails in an exotic forest. They’re found in for me to notice.” some kauri forests in Northland and in tracts of She stopped her car and approached the creature, bush near Warkworth, but they’re being decimated which she says was the size of the palm of her hand. because of rats and pigs.”

“It was jet black. It was the length of a guy’s middle She says a survey is required to find out whether there’s a significant population before Forest and finger and the thickness of a thumb.”

Ms Ramel took a photo of the snail, before picking Bird talks to Council. it up and placing it across the road beside an empty “We may suggest logging in staged processes to shell. enable the snails to move around or leaving the Her brother-in-law Cliff Spain spotted more the sections of forest with the most snails.” next day.

Mr Spain, who lives on Ti Point Road, says the “I was gathering pine cones and as I was walking discovery of two live and two dead snails means down the road to go into the forest I saw two big “there’s obviously a few there.” empty shells,” Mr Spain says.

“My personal preference is they leave the pine forest “I went in and got some pinecones and saw another and the snails there. It hasn’t been pruned for timber shell. I thought it was empty and picked it up - but and will probably be pulped – at the end of the day he was alive. I took him further into the bush and they’ll get bugger-all for it.” put him into a damp dark spot.”

An Auckland Council spokesperson says a resource Department of Conservation biodiversity ranger consent is not required to fell the forest and Council Thelma Wilson says kauri snails are a threatened isn’t sure whether the trees were pruned for timber: species and protected under the Wildlife Act, “currently un-pruned trees provide a higher net return as the trimmings from the harvest are sold meaning it is illegal to destroy their habitat.

“Assuming Council has a consent to do the harvest, as pulp.” we’d potentially talk through why the snails are Council’s property arm will “investigate the

At first glimpse, Kathryn Ramel thought the snail was a newborn kitten.

discovery in conjunction with all interested parties to identify an outcome acceptable to all.”

Leaving the forest as it is remains an option, the spokesperson says.

Up to 6000 powelliphanta giant land snails were rescued from an area earmarked for coal mining on the Stockton Plateau on the west coast of the South Island in 2011.

Around 800 were kept in a temperature controlled room run by the Department of Conservation but died when a faulty gauge sent temperatures plunging below freezing.

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Apps available to keep the budget conscious on track

by Pauline Stockhausen

Let’s face it – budgets have been tight for a lot of people the past couple of years and these days getting the most out of every cent really matters.

Budgeting doesn’t have to be a tedious and overly complicated process.

In fact, today’s technology provides a multitude of ways to help individuals and families keep track of their budget and a great place to start is one of the many budgeting apps available online.

If you have a smart phone or tablet, you can download many apps for as little as $6 – and for the seriously budget conscious, there are many others available free.

Budget Back in Black This is a very simple, easy to apply-to-real-life budgeting app that anyone can use. You can set income amounts, enter fixed expenses and apply a budget for all other spending. You can track your spending at a glance via the home screen. Other features include setting goals such as savings or credit card debt reduction. My favourite part of this app is the visual pie graphs that help me see where my money is going. Most banks have also developed a budget planner app with many of the same features.

Bills There is nothing worse than getting penalised for a late payment, so Bills is a great way to keep track of when your bills are due for payment. Very easy

to use, this app lets you list all your bills within the month; they can also be listed weekly or fortnightly.

It sends you pre-alerts when a bill is due and rewards you when you have paid a bill on time.

iallowance This app allows children to keep track of their chores and they can also see how their money grows as they save, which helps children get into the habit of saving. The app has a reward system so parents can keep track of the targets too. No more comments such as: ‘but you said I could get a treat if I did all my chores for the week’. Parents can also use this app just for the reward system; so a child can receive

or lose stars, and stars translate into money.

Menu planner This might not seem like a budgeting app but it is because it allows users to track the items stocked in their pantry. The Menu Planner app then suggests different menus, making this app a great time and money saver. Each week you can organise what you want to cook for the week and it uses the items within the pantry and writes a list of items that are needed. A lifesaver.

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business budgeting Financial traps for the unwary With the end of the financial year looming, many businesses will be tempted to buy a large capital item in the hope of saving a lot of tax, says accountant Darren Knight.

However, he believes this strategy is flawed.

“Buying a large piece of equipment or an expensive ute in March will only give you one month’s depreciation and this will not go a long way to saving you a large amount of tax,” he says.

While it’s good to see builders and tradesman with plenty of work, caution is still needed, says Darren.

“Don’t be fooled that because of the current property boom specific to the greater Auckland region that the global financial crisis is now over.

“The world overall is still in a dire situation. Although banks have become more easy with lending again, we need to look back six months and realise how bad things were.”

He suggests businesses prepare a budget and cashflow forecast now.

“If you don’t know how to do one, talk to your accountant. Budget for those quiet periods such as Christmas/ January where everybody is away and nobody is paying any bills. Budget for tax if you are self-employed.”

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“IRD will force property sales if they have to, and banks are reluctant to finance tax debt. Therefore have a good tax management system in place.”

Darren started out in sole practice before becoming part of Bavage Chapman Knight in Warkworth.

Due to business differences he has returned to sole practice, with offices underneath Bavage Chapman in Morrison Drive.

“There were differences in the type of clients we were trying to target,” he says.

“I also wanted to go back towards more personalised accounting practice, with a more hands-on traditional approach and service.”

Darren is particularly proud of his links with local schools, surf clubs, real estate agents, bankers and solicitors.

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business budgeting Time to balance the books

The difference between profit and loss in business can be a very fine line.

While there are times in business when companies run at a loss, at the end of the day if a company doesn’t make a profit at some point there is a good chance the business owner will be looking down the barrel of bankruptcy.

Stephanie Paxton-Penman is a lawyer who deals with many businesses through her Warkworth office. Often businesses are successful due to the director’s entrepreneurial nature, she notes. “But entrepreneurs can find the administrative side boring. Unfortunately that’s the Stephanie Paxton-Penman side that makes all the hard graft pay off Income: How are you making your – because it is this side that ensures you money? Which products sell? By get paid, your employees get paid and analysing your income you will be able your creditors get paid.” to ascertain what part of your business is Business budgeting is a fairly simple successful and what part of your business exercise, says Paxton-Penman. “I can is bringing your bottom line down. feel the eyes watering and the yawning Budget: Once you have got a handle starting – but honestly all you have on the income and liabilities, look at to do is look at the last 12 months’ the interchange between them. Are trading and ascertain on a month-by- you paying for things before you get month basis what the profit and loss paid? Do you pay your staff before is.” It boils down to three main factors, they bill out their time? These things she says: costs, income and budget. can make a significant difference.

Costs: There are fixed costs in a Paxton-Penman agrees budgeting can business, such as a lease, tax, and salaries. be boring. But without it you won’t However, there are other costs which are secure funding, your business won’t negotiable. Do you need the water filter grow and there is a good chance you machine? Can you make savings on won’t be meeting your outgoings, stationery? Can you get a better rate on she says. “It’s a no-brainer that every your telephones, mobiles, photocopiers? successful business has a budget.”

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business budgeting Tips for marketing your business online Keep information safe from scammers If you’re taking your first dip into marketing

By Cathy Aronson

your business online it’s not uncommon to feel like you’re drowning in trends while struggling to keep your head above water.

The good news is, it’s not as hard or time consuming as you might think. Like learning to swim, it starts with remembering to breathe and having confidence.

There are lots of ‘how, where and why’ tips online.

The ‘who and what’ is up to you. Here’s some 101s, for our print edition, to get you started. Read the extended version on LocalMatters.co.nz.

Business as usual: Do what you do well. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel and make it square – it might fit the box but it won’t spin! Online is simply an extension of your existing marketing.

It’s all about the story: Social networks are a powerful way to tell your story, emotionally connect and talk to a wider audience. So keep it real to get real results.

Cost: Yes, time is money. But can you afford not to be where your customers, and competitors, are hanging out – in our interconnected, social and mobile world.

Own your identity: Register your website domain name, email and usernames now. Use the same name for your social networks by going to namechk. com to find out what’s available first. Make sure you fill in your profile information, keep it consistent and updated.

Be social: This can seem scary, but the solution is in the title – ‘social’ networks. Stay in touch, talk about

what you’re up to (in real language, not marketing speak), share things you like, ask for opinions and have conversations. Avoid faux pas, like shouting in CAPITALS or ignoring people when they talk to you. The most common social media today is Facebook and Twitter.

Connect: LinkedIn is the world’s largest business network to connect with your employees, contacts, wider industry and business groups.

Find your friends: Make it easy for them to find you. Include links to your social media on your website and business cards. Ask your customers for their social media contacts. Search related networks, regions and businesses.

Local matters: People want to find what they need, right now, where they are – often via their phone.

Include and enable your location in your online and social networks and make sure you’re on Google Maps.

Cathy Aronson is the LocalMatters.co.nz online editor.

The proliferation of scams was the subject of a talk

by BNZ security and fraud coordinator Bronwyn Groot, at the Warkworth Mens Probus Club meeting last month.

Under the title Scam Savvy, Bronwyn spoke about the many scams circulating and the need for people to keep their money and information safe.

She said scams were designed to trick the targeted person into giving away their money or personal details. They came in many forms – mail, email, telephone, over the internet and door-to-door.

“The scammers try to suck you in by promising things like great prizes, true love or easy money, but before they deliver anything they will ask you to send money or give them your bank account or credit card details,” she said. “They always pretend to be legitimate banks or businesses. If you give them your personal details, they could steal your money and your identity.” Bronwyn said scams work because they look like the real thing.

“Take care of your personal information. PINS and passwords are highly confidential so it is important not to write them down. The banks will never ask you to disclose your PIN number.”

She also warned against putting old mail that contains sensitive information in the rubbish bin – shred it or burn it, she said – and never click on suspect links in emails that look as though they are from a bank or a Government department.

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Sometime later, Ms O’Brien’s children alleged Ms Fisher was swearing and speeding in the car during periods they were in her care. This was addressed, albeit informally, in a single conversation. No verbal warning or other disciplinary action was taken.

Discord between Ms Fisher and the children continued and culminated in an evening engagement being interrupted by multiple phone calls to Ms O’Brien. The next morning, Ms O’Brien sent a text message to Ms Fisher advising the arrangement was not working and would not continue.

The Court found that Ms Fisher was unjustifiably dismissed and was entitled to an award of $5779 plus costs. Ms O’Brien believed a casual employment relationship with Ms Fisher existed, and that this afforded her the right to end Ms Fisher’s employment at will. The Court, however, found that an employment relationship can change. Here Ms Fisher was employed on a casual basis until she started cleaning Ms O’Brien’s house every Monday. At that point, Ms Fisher became a part-time employee for her cleaning duties at least, with an expectation her employment would continue indefinitely. Employers have a responsibility to act in good faith and in a fair and reasonable manner towards employees. In abbreviated form, this requires an employer to raise their concern with an employee prior to taking action and to provide the employee with a reasonable opportunity to respond before genuinely considering an employee’s response and taking appropriate action.

Ms O’Brien fired Ms Fisher without outlining her concerns or giving Ms Fisher an opportunity to respond. Although the Employment Relations Authority will have regard to an employer’s resources, ignorance of employment law does not excuse an employer from failing to follow a fair process. Such behaviour is likely to result in an award being made against an employer. Prior to addressing an employment relationship issue it is important to obtain legal advice so that you understand the nature of your employment relationship and associated rights and responsibilities.

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Frosts Exhausts & Engineering Raydon Frost has always had a “thing” for heavy machinery.

“I love driving it, living it and feeling it,” he says. “That’s why I like repairing it.”

The owner of Frosts Exhausts and Engineering has been in the trade for 23 years.

He started in the Waikato as a 17-yearold apprentice, earning his NZQA mechanical engineering certificate, before working for a string of large Northland companies. He recently moved from Kaitaia to Maungaturoto for a lifestyle change after marrying his partner Tracey in October. In an attempt to escape overheads, he went mobile and now works from the back of his truck.

Mr Frost is available at short notice, from Silverdale to Whangarei, and can fix forest-quarrying equipment, earthmoving equipment and heavy machinery with his mobile welding setup.

“I weld everything from light machinery to cowsheds and implements on the farm,” he says.

The 41-year-old recently built a pile driver with a tonne and a half free-fall monkey with his own plans. It will be used to build retaining walls and repair slips.

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He can carry out a range of welding types including low hydrogen and hard facing welding.

The engineer advises people to check machinery regularly as “welding time saves nine, preventative maintenance goes a long way.”

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The Snells Beach resident began leasing the Warkworth business from February 18. Her family and husband Andy have helped get it started.

“It’s exciting. I’ve always wanted to have my own business. I like that it’s just mine and I can focus on the customer,” Ms Jones says.

“Personal service and spending time with the client is important to me.”

Ms Jones says the salon currently has a French theme, but she has plans to

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Local Board ignores appeal for Wellsford representative A public meeting will be held at the Wellsford Community Centre on Thursday, March 7, at 7pm, to discuss the Wellsford subdivision vacancy on the Rodney Local Board.

Against the wishes of the Wellsford by the end of this month and will be community, the board has called for sworn in, in late March/early April. expressions of interest in the post.

Board members Warren Flaunty and At its business meeting last month, Thomas Grace said that while they the board ignored an appeal by agreed Wellsford needed its own members of the Wellsford community representative, they were in two minds to appoint the runner-up in the 2010 as to the best way to fill the position. election, James Colville.

“If we put our own appointee in, it Landholders and Contractors Protection will look like we’re backing him, given Association chairman Brian Mason that we are just six months out from spoke at the meeting and said it was an election,” Mr Grace said. “On that presumed that when sitting member basis I would be more comfortable James Rolfe resigned last month, the with James Colville.” runner-up would replace him.

However, Tracey Martin said that by “Mr Colville fought a fair campaign calling for expressions of interest, the at considerable expense, and is ready, community could demonstrate that willing and able to serve his community James Colville was their preferred choice. to which he has given willingly of his “It could well be that he ends up in the time and talents over his lifetime in the position,” she said. area,” Mr Mason said.

After the meeting, Mr Mason said “But this is a matter of principle, the Local Board’s decision was very not the personality. An external disappointing. appointment would shatter the local “We can’t understand what the board’s respect in the north.” problem is,” he said. “They have given However, the Board resolved to no reason for rejecting our suggestion.” advertise the vacancy and appoint the For the community’s views replacement itself. on this issue visit On the timeline tabled at the meeting, www.localmatters.co.nz the successful candidate will be chosen

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For the past few years, the young describes their sound as indie-rock, musician has mostly been living and says the family ties seem to help in Auckland and Los Angeles. He rather than hinder their music. reckons his band, the Neo- “It’s really good because you can say Kalashnikovs, has already played most things to family members you can’t get of the bars in Auckland. And it has away with to normal people. Everyone even played the Viper Room in LA. knows there is this underlying bond.

But the gig it is really looking forward Since Gabe’s joined the band a year to is the one it will play on March 16 ago things have been functioning as a at the Leigh Sawmill Cafe. solid unit, especially live as we are just “We’ve always wanted to play Leigh starting to play live now.”

Sawmill because so many great acts Moss loved living in LA, but the from New Zealand and internationally band’s sights are currently set on have played there. It’s going to be real trying to break into the Australian fun,” he enthuses. “We’re stoked that market. It has already released one it’s a free gig because we want everyone album, She’s On Heat (which can be to come.” downloaded free from its website), The Biolettis are a musical family: and will this month release its followJeremy, now a lawyer in Auckland, up, which is likely to be named after plays the guitar and has written some its first single, Gorgeous Baby. Copies songs for the Neo-Kalashnikovs. Moss of both albums will be available at the plays drums, his older sister Volita plays Leigh Sawmill for signing. the guitar and is the lead vocalist, and Unfortunately Harry Bioletti won’t younger brother Gabriel plays bass and be able to make the gig. He and his classical piano. Another brother, Charlie, wife Joan moved from Warkworth to is only 11 but is already showing a talent Auckland a few years ago to be closer to for the ukulele. their children and grandchildren. But When Volita’s original band broke up, given that his grandfather has just turned Moss got roped in to join her at the 99, Moss is happy that he’s taking it easy. age of just 16. The combo worked and “We really want him to make it to 100.” they’ve played together ever since. He Info: www.theneokalashnikovs.com

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Apples galore It is gloriously hot and a bit too dry as I write this but in the early morning, there is just a hint of autumn in the air. Autumn must be the most exciting time in a cook’s garden with so much produce to choose from and slightly cooler conditions for working in the kitchen. Our apple tree is laden and I feel there is going to be a fight between me and the birds to get in a good harvest at optimum ripeness. Apple tarts, crumbles and cakes from tried and true recipes will take care of some fruit, while careful storage of the fruit will give a few months extended supply.

Old-fashioned traditional cooking apples keep best, since in the days before refrigeration this was an important quality in a cooking apple. For storage, it is best to pick the apples when they are slightly under-ripe. Pick them first thing in the morning, when they are still cool. Apples are best stored on trays in traditional wooden boxes, seed trays, or cardboard boxes – the most important thing is good air circulation and humidity. Wrap each apple loosely in newsprint or brown paper. Check the apples regularly and remove any that are going off.

When using the apples over the winter, start with the larger ones as the smaller ones tend to keep longer.

Preserves and freezing will also provide apples in one form or other over the winter. This chutney recipe will take a cheese sandwich to another level and makes a lovely hostess gift.

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Twilight Fiesta to fund performing arts centre for school

Buoyed by the success of last year’s Twilight Fiesta, Warkworth Primary is holding the event again – this time to raise money for a new performing arts centre.

Principal Cynthia Holden says a lack and clash of facilities is holding back student potential. The school hall is often used for kapa haka, dance and choir groups, which means classroom teachers can’t teach drama or PE lessons on wet days.

Around 80 students receive individual music lessons in an old prefab that “isn’t ideal,” while group lessons are held in classrooms in which tables and chairs have to be shifted out of the way.

“Music teachers might be teaching recorder, drums, ukulele or campanology (bell ringing) which are inherently noisy activities,” Mrs Holden says.

“When you’re next door teaching numeracy or literacy it can be quite disruptive.”

She says performing arts have become more prominent in the school and a dedicated space with soundproof studios is required to deliver them effectively.

“The Ministry funds teaching space for classrooms driven by the number of students at the school. There’s no extra space for these types of things.”

Warkworth Primary schoolchildren are looking forward to holding another Twilight Fiesta this year.

The Twilight Fiesta attracted 1000 people last year and the $18,000 games and food choices. “We’ve taken entertainment will be offered with enter the beauty cave. raised was spent on awnings for the that on board. There’ll be burgers, paint ball, crockery smash, bouncy “We hope everyone in Warkworth has nachos, sausages, cakes, sweets and castles, a fairy grotto and lucky dip jars. time to pop along for dinner, some school pool.

“While you’re there you may also want entertainment and to try their arm at PTA member Nicki Illingworth says ice-cream.” feedback showed people wanted more Ms Illingworth says plenty of to get a haircut, have a massage or one of the games or quick raffle draws.”

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College and primary school students in Wellsford were given a rare treat on February 15 when ‘Jetman’ Yves Rossy dropped in for a visit.

Yves, from Switzerland, was in NZ show and saw a military jet fly – almost to attend the International Air Show instantly, I had a passion to fly.” at the North Shore Aerodrome, and Yves went on to become a military his talk at Rodney College was his pilot, flying the Hawker Hunter and only speaking engagement during his later the Mirage III, but he said it was month-long visit. like being in a box with no contact with It was organised following his the air. His real dream was to find a way involvement in a Starship promotional to fly without the shell around him. video at the Springhill property, Eighteen years of experimentation near Wayby, where he and his wife finally resulted in Yves becoming, in were staying as guests of Emily and 2006, the first and only man in the Tony Lentino. The video features history of aviation to fly with a jetYves jumping out of a helicopter, an propelled wing. He has recently taken original song composed by Emily and on his first student – a three-times children from Wellsford School and world champion skydiver – and the plan is to one day fly in formation.

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Although Yves arrived for his talk at the Yves said his dream started in a garage, college by air, it was by conventional using his own ideas, his own hands and helicopter rather than the jetpacks his own funds. “They said that what I that have made him famous. He began was trying to do was ‘impossible’ but I by telling the students how impressed did it anyway. When you have a dream, he was by NZ’s natural environment work hard at trying to realise it.” and urging them to look after it.

When asked by one student what it “We used to have forests and beautiful was like to fly, Yves said it was the best countryside like this, but now we have feeling in the world. “Try to imagine highways and high tension powerlines,” how Harry Potter feels when he he said. “When I was at school, I gets on that flying broomstick – the wanted to be a cook and then a farmer, freedom is fantastic.” but when I was 13, I attended an air Info: www.jetman.com

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Achieving goals

A roundup of sports activities and events in the district

Netball

When Mahe Drysdale shares with you how he went about setting his Olympic and world championship goals – it’s a true eye opener. Mahe Drysdale was the guest speaker at a combined Rotary breakfast on the morning of the Halberg Awards that I recently attended. When Mahe first decided to move into single scull rowing, he was 27 seconds off the mark required to win world championships and Olympic medals. In the room most of us were thinking that 27 seconds seemed like an enormous amount of time to make up to be competitive, let alone to top the podiums.

Mahe’s simple, yet enormously difficult solution was to break it all down: “Over four years I need to get seven seconds quicker every year. This means I have to get .58 seconds quicker every month and, over 12 sessions a week, I just need to get .12 seconds faster to be 27 seconds faster in four years.” He challenged himself to push himself harder at every single training session and to attempt to better his time at each session.

Mahe Drysdale, Olympic gold medallist, understood that achieving a goal can only occur if you build the steps and reach higher at every session to achieve the long-term outcome. Across our region, there are thousands of young players participating in numerous sports. The figures in the Sport NZ survey clearly show that sport is of huge interest to six out of 10 children. Keeping them engaged within sport for health and community reasons is of vital importance to all of us.

As coaches and parents we should always keep in mind that they are only children and have yet to develop the skills, mental toughness, strategic understanding and goal-setting required to win consistently. Being pressured to win without continually improving and providing them the tools to do this, will remove the enjoyment factor.

When you consider what Mahe did to continually get better – a little bit at a time – how can we, as coaches and parents, expect our children to become the finished product during their learning phase. Mistakes will, and must, occur for all athletes to continually improve. The big question for all coaches is: “Are we providing an environment that allows our players to make mistakes, learn and continually push to get better a little bit at a time?” Mahe Drysdale took up the sport of rowing at 18 years of age and within a decade had won numerous world championships and Olympic medals all built on a long-term goal broken down into manageable and achievable steps.

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A ‘show of interest’ meeting for netball will be held at the Puhoi Sports Grounds on March 1, from 5pm-7pm. The club is looking at entering teams into both Hibiscus and North Harbour competitions this year.

Info: secretary@puhoisports.org.nz Tennis

The Rodney Junior Tennis doubles championship will be held at the Mahurangi East & Warkworth Tennis Courts on Saturday, March 3.

Info: Kaye Jackson at kayejackson@xtra.co.nz or phone 425 6965 Junior golf

The Mangawhai Golf Club is inviting new players aged 8 and over, to ‘have a go’ on Tuesdays 3.15pm -5.30pm. Clubs can be provided. Younger players can be accommodated if accompanied by an adult. Various membership fees available. Info: Denise Stuart on 431 4023 or mangawhaigolf.co.nz/junior-golf Fitness

The Maungaturoto Swimming Club is running morning fitness classes. A great way to get swim fit and receive coaching tips to improve your swimming style. The classes are held four mornings a week from Monday to Thursday, 7.45am – 8.15am. Info: Tina Holst 431 8180 or greg.tina@xnet.co.nz Indoor bowls

The Warkworth Indoor Bowls Club opening night will be held at the Mahurangi East Community Centre, Hamatana Rd, Snells Beach, on Thursday, March 7, at 6.30pm. All ages and levels of fitness welcome. $2 a night for three hours of fun and socialising. Info: Peter or Grace on 422 9903.

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A D V E R TO R I A L

NEWSLETTER

from the

Principal

David Macleod

Dear Parents and Guardians Tena Koutou Katoa We have had an excellent start to the year with all students on the new 10-day timetable from day 1. The school roll has continued to increase and is now at 1297 domestic students plus 46 International students, a total of 1343. Our provisional NCEA pass rates from 2012 indicate we are above national average and decile 8 average at all 3 levels of NCEA: Mahurangi National Decile 8 Variation to Provisional Pass Rates Pass Rates Decile 8 2012 2012 Pass Rate 2012 Level 1 84.5 77.6 82.7 +1.8 Level 2 91.4 82.7 86.0 +5.4 Level 3 77.1 75.0 76.0 +1.1

Congratulations to the following students for gaining subject scholarships in 2012: Serina Callachan:Geography – outstanding Tazmin Waata: Design Physics, Mathew Ellin: Maths with Calculus Matthew Young: Physics, Maths with Stats Laura Mills: Chemistry We are grateful to Cam Caithness, the owner of Mega Mitre 10 Warkworth, for agreeing to sponsor our newsletter again this year and to sponsor the Achiever of the Month a ward with a $50 voucher.

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Our Cultural Prefects this year are Scott Dirven and Becky Moon. Both Scott and Becky achieved NCEA L2 last year with Excellence and have been involved in a wide range of cultural activities throughout their time here at college. Scott is currently leader of the light and sound technical team and Becky is an extremely accomplished singer. They will lead and encourage the various Drama, Dance, Musical and Performance activities in the school.

Cultural Prefects, Scott Dirven & Becky Moon

Last weekend was the 7th Annual Kiwi Foo Camp held at Mahurangi College. This “unconference” brings leaders in the fields of technology, education, art, science and public policy to discuss their work and collaborate with others. This was the largest Kiwi Foo Camp yet with 188 attendees.

Attendees built robots, demonstrated a homemade hovercraft, presented scientific research on a number of topics, explored new educational concepts, discussed the economy and future direction of New Zealand with attending members of parliament, displayed a variety of electric cars, and shared insights into ongoing projects such as the Dunedin 40 year longitudinal study and Nvader, a program to combat child sex trafficking around the world.

Last year was a wonderful year for the school, including our ERO report, which stated: The school tone is settled and positive.

Students are proud of their school. Students are engaged in their learning and in school life.

They enjoy many opportunities to participate in and experience success in academic, sport, culture, the arts and leadership activities.

Students benefit from positive relationships with their teachers. Good quality teaching is evident as are many high quality practices.

Students in Years 11-13 achieve well above national levels and above levels in similar schools.

I am looking forward to another very successful year in 2013.

David Macleod, Principal

ISSUE 2: March 2013

important dates Friday March 1 • L1 Science - Waipu Caves Trip Friday March 1 - 3 • Band Camp Monday March 4 • BOT Meeting - 6.15pm • L3 History 2-day Trip - Bay of Islands • Yr 8 Camp Week -Goat Island Wednesday March 6 • Interhouse Athletics Wednesday March 6 - 8 • Auckland Arts Festival - hall 3 - 11pm Thursday March 7 • North Harbour Athletics Day • Yr 10 Arts Festival Theatre Trip - Bruce Mason Friday March 8 • Yr 10 Science Ngaio Bay Trip Monday March 11 • Yr 8 HPV Immunisation Talk - Girls only Wednesday March 13 • Int Netball Trials 3.30 - 6.00pm • SLC Athletics - Millenium Stadium Thursday March 14 • Mufti Day • L3 Geography Trip to Omaha Friday March 15 • Performing Arts Trip - Civic Saturday March 16 • PTA Car Boot Sale 8am - 12pm • Int Netball Trials 9.00am - 12.30pm Sunday March 17-20 • L2 Geography Trip - Tongariro Tuesday March 19 • Touch Competition Finals Saturday March 23 • Touch Regional Finals Monday March 25 • L3 Great Barrier Trip - Parent Briefing 7pm Tuesday March 26 • Yr 9 English Inquiry Project Community Trip Wednesday March 27 • Year 13 Great Barrier 4-day Trip Thursday March 28 • Auckland S S Athletics Day • Yr 9 English Inquiry Project Community Trip • Yr 10 Social Studies - Omaha Trip Friday March 29 - Monday April 2 • Easter Weekend Thursday April 4 • HPV Injection #1 Friday April 5 • Interhouse Haka Challenge

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Performing Arts Academy 2013

Year 13 Peer Support Training

Strong easterly winds, high swells and fires prevented our usual start of the year camp at Great Barrier Island. For the last six years I have been conducting the Peer Support Training out in the open, listening to the waves crash on the beach and enjoying being away from school at what always proves to be a hectic start to the year. So it was with some disappointment I realised that I was going to have to change my plans and conduct the training sessions at school. Russell Stirling quickly leapt to my aid and between the two of us we managed to take 90 students through the training programme. Despite the changed plans, the students approached the training with a very positive attitude and the two days, while different, were certainly rewarding. 78 of these students now move on to work with small groups of Year 7 students during Terms 1-3.

The purpose of the Peer Support programme is to allow the Year 13’s to become closely involved with working with a group of younger students. They will be there to help them

to gain confidence; to help them to get to know others from their homeroom; to guide them through the pitfalls of peer pressure; and to teach them skills that will help them in their friendships and in their interactions with others, thereby creating a better sense of community. The Year 13’s gain an opportunity to develop their leadership skills; to be positive role models; and to give back to the school in a programme that is both valued and very rewarding. Individual empowerment results from quality group support.

If you would like to know more about this programme, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Cath Johnston, Assistant Principal

Note From Mahurangi College P.T.A.

The Mahurangi College PTA is looking forward to a busy year of fundraising and support for our school this year. Remember that you are all members of the PTA if you have children at the school and we would love to see any new faces at our meetings which are held on the second Tuesday of each month (7.30pm Term 1 and 4 and 7.00pm Term 2 and 3). If you can’t make it to meetings but would like to help out with our events during the year please contact me at nhallam@xtra.co.nz and I will be happy to keep you informed. So far we have plans to repeat some of our popular events such as the successful Fashion Show we held last year and the popular Gift Fair, however we are always looking for new and fresh ideas for fundraising and welcome your ideas.

Natasha Hallam, Chairperson Mahurangi College PTA Ph: 02102377629 • email: nhallam@xtra.co.nz

The following students have been successful in entering the Performing Arts Academy at Mahurangi College in 2013: Alana Hathaway Music Lana McCarthy Music Amy Maddren Dance Lottie Thompson Drama Hannah Mills Drama Daniel Collings Drama Steven Beechey Music Scott Dirven Lighting and Sound Justin Wilson Drama Olivia Collier Music The following students remain in the Academy from 2012: Nicole Adams Kapahaka/Music Elspeth Free Music/Drama/Dance Emmi Baur Drama Scott Wardenaar Music Becky Moon Music We are still waiting to confirm one more position for 2013.

P.T.A. Car Boot Sale.

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To book a park ($10) or table ($15), phone the College office on 09 425 8039 or after hours: Jen 09 422 0539 or 021 066 4948.

The Arts Side 2013 Dance Scholarship: Congratulations to Amy Maddren who received a dance scholarship at the end of last year. Shona McCullogh, ex-local, is the Executive/Artistic Director of The New Zealand Dance Company which is a national contemporary dance company featuring a wide range of NZ’s finest dancers and choreographers. Through funding from The New Zealand Dance Advancement Trust, the ‘Auckland Regional Services Trust Rodney Dance Scholarship’ was offered to one student from Mahurangi, Rodney and Kaipara Colleges. Amy was chosen for her commitment, diligence and passion for dance along with her high achievement in dance qualifications, and took part in a Summer

program at Unitec at the end of January.

The New Zealand Dance Company is planning a workshop, here at Mahurangi College, during April 2013 with performances to the Community at the end of May. Further details will be posted on our website and in our newsletters.

As part of the Auckland Arts Festival, Mahurangi College is thrilled to be hosting ‘I, George Nepia’ on Friday 8 March, in the school auditorium. For tickets for the evening performance please contact The Warkworth Infomation Centre or The Edge: buytickets. co.nz, 09 357 3355.

Jane Newby, Arts Coordinator

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Last year’s Leigh Family Fishing contest raised $38,000 for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

Ambos to benefit from comp A Surties Workmate boat with a 60HP Yamaha motor is up for grabs at the tenth annual Leigh Family Fishing Contest.

The event brings the town alive and will People are allowed to fish anywhere in feature a fireworks display, helicopter New Zealand from 12am on March 23, as long as they’re at the weigh in simulator and hapuku steaks.

President Frick Atkins says the idea line at Leigh Hall by 3pm. for a fishing competition started in Categories are snapper, trevally, john the pub in as a way to create interest dory, king fish and kahawai with divisions split between women, men in the village.

“My brother-in-law Tony Wyatt said and children.

‘I know who’ll do the hangi.’ That’s Prizes include fishing rods, a $4000 how I got involved. In the first year Reel Passion fishing charter, Xboxes we raised $6000 for the Leigh Marine and a holiday on Great Barrier Island. radio station. Over the next three years All children receive a welcome pack we raised around $23,000 for a medical with lollies, a drink and fishing gear. response unit for the fire brigade.”

Mr Atkins says the Police Blue Light Leigh Primary School and Leigh programme has chosen children from Preschool have also been recipients. local schools to fish from a barge Now the focus is on supporting owned by local horse trainer Graham emergency services for the local Jones off the Tawharanui Peninsula.

A free hangi will be available for the community. first 250 tickets sold. There’ll be live Last year $38,000 was given to the entertainment, food stalls – sheep on a Westpac Rescue Helicopter and $5000 spit, fish and chips - and a fish auction to the Leigh Fire Brigade. at Leigh Hall from 3pm. A fireworks “It costs around $6000 for every display will take place at 9pm. mission the helicopter makes to North Last year there was a limit of 500 Rodney – it made the trip 75 times tickets. They sold out quickly so the last year,” Mr Atkins says. number has been extended to 750 “We’re also supporting the Warkworth this year. Tickets cost $50 for adults St John Ambulance station for the and $5 for children. They can be first time. They’re always coming out purchased from the Leigh General to Leigh. We might think we’re six feet Store, the Leigh Garage, Hunting and tall and bullet proof but we’ll need one Fishing Warkworth and Snells Beach Fish and Tackle. of them sooner or later.”

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For links to more information about some of these events, as well as listings through to the end of the year, visit the What’s On calendar online at www.localmatters.co.nz

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Saddleback Celebration, Tiritiri Matangi Island including Sonic Event on March 9 (see story p18) Mayor in the Chair, Matakana Cinemas foyer, from 12 noon to 1pm (see Viewpoint p10) World Day of Prayer Service, Holy Name Catholic Church, Warkworth, at 10am. This ecumenical service is prepared by the women of France. All welcome. Info: 422 7766.

Matakana Fruitloop Fun Run, raising money for the Matakana Walkway www.matakanafruitloop.co.nz.

Two-day beginners’ workshop on how to make your own journal at Kowhai Art & Craft Centre in Warkworth, 9.30am to 4pm. Registration essential. Info: Gillian Carlsson 422 3740 or email carlssonb@orcon.net.nz Jane Gifford special excursion to Mansion House Living History Day for DoC staff, Friends of Mansion House or Friends of Jane Gifford only. Leaves from Scott’s Landing 8.30am. Weather dependant. Info: Dave 0274 849935 Sunday in the Park volunteer day at Tawharanui. Meet at the Woolshed at 9.15am. Free BBQ at noon. Presentation on fantails after lunch.

Children’s Fun Day celebrating National Children’s Day, Centennial Park, Wellsford. 1pm-5pm. Info: Wendy Crow Jones 021 144 6613 or wdsr@ctchauora.co.nz Public meeting on Wellsford representation on Rodney Local Board, Wellsford Community Centre, 7pm (see story p25) Warkworth Primary School Fiesta, Hill St, 3pm-7pm. Food, games, stalls, raffles, white elephant, beauty parlour. Phone Nikki 425 9183 or PTA@warkworth.school.nz for any donations or queries.

I, George Nepia, Mahurangi College hall, 7.30pm. Info: Warkworth Information Centre or The Edge on 0800 289 842.

Seaweed Walk, Tawharanui Regional Park, 11am-1pm. Free, suitable for families. Meet and Flat Rock on the beach, main parking lot. Contact Mike Wilcox on (09) 622 0323.

Organ Proms Concert, Anglican Church Hall, Warkworth, 3pm.

Info: Daphne 425 0570 Sal Valentine, Lucy Moore Park, Warkworth. Info: musicinparks.co.nz Streamland Suffolks Open Day. Talks on riparian planting, biodiversity, biosecurity, starting your own home tree nursery, sheep breeding and care. Info: Phone Sue or Karyn 422 4947 or www.streamland.co.nz.

Community Snorkel Day, Goat Island Marine Reserve, Leigh, 10am to 2pm. Free guided snorkelling lessons, wetsuit, mask, snorkel and fins provided. Contact Warkworth DoC office on 425 7812 Gentle walk of the proposed Mahurangi Coastal Trail, noon to 3pm. Meet on abutment of old Waiwera Bridge, beside Waiwera turn off from SH17. A bus will return walkers to Waiwera, leaving at 3pm. Donations welcome. To register phone 422 0872 or 027 462 4872 Warkworth Genealogists meeting, Shoesmith Hall, 10am.

Car Boot Sale, Mahurangi College main SH1 carpark, 8am - 12 noon. $10 per car boot or $15 carboot and table. Clear out your sports gear, unwanted items, last season’s clothes, and toys.

Bookings: Mahurangi College 425 8039 or Jennifer 021 066 4948 The Neo-Kalashnikovs play Leigh Sawmill Cafe. No door charge (see story p26) Take A Kid Fishing (see story p14) Gibbs Sculpture Park tour, fundraiser for Rodney’s Victim Support service. Info: Kay on 422 9902 or Cheryl on 428 0691.

Leigh Fishing Contest (see story opposite)

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60 36 | Mahurangimatters 1 March 2013 Warkworth volunteer firefighters Nick McLean and Dan Goodwin in action at Shoesmith Domain.

Volunteers on fire in district competition When it comes to handling a firehose, there’s no one in the Northland and Auckland district that can beat Warkworth firefighters Nick McLean and Dan Goodwin. The pair proved they are the best two-man team in the district in this year’s Waterway Challenge, a competition run by the United Fire Brigades’ Association to test firefighters’ hose-running skills.

Coach Ian Davies says the pair were Waipu. “We won it in 2011, we at Shoesmith Domain in Warkworth, rapt at their win, which earned them missed out last year, but we got it back giving the public a chance to see the a trophy and a place in the regional again this year.” volunteers put through their paces. finals, as they were disappointed Silverdale won the four-man category in The national finals will take place in to miss out last year to a team from the challenge, which was held this year Cromwell from March 14 to 16.

Top of the Rock proves popular More than 300 people entered the Kaiwaka Sports Association’s Top of the Rock multi-sport event on February 10, with competitors coming from as far away as Hamilton and Whangarei.

Most entered the 5km or 10km run or walk, but other events included a 30km mountain bike route, and a combined 10km run and 14km mountain bike course.

There were over 80 prizes up for grabs, which were handed out by TV3 Money Man presenter, Brendon Johnson.

The prize for oldest competitor went to 82-year-old Trevor Brljevich, who completed the 5km walk, while the chocolate fish prize went to Jeff Stewart who was still bandaged up from a bike accident the previous week.

More than 40 volunteers helped run the event.

Kaiwaka Sports Association president Evan Wright was given a gift in recognition of all the work that he and his wife Michelle put into organising the event.

There was fantastic feedback from competitors after the event, with more than one first-timer saying they would definitely be back next year, and would be bringing more people with them.

Info: Photos of the event can be viewed at www.kaiwakasports.co.nz.

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