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Puhoi • Warkworth • Snells • Matakana • Omaha • Leigh • Pakiri • Wellsford • Port Albert • Kaiwaka • Mangawhai

what’sinside On the water page 21

Pasifika Fest

Celebrating diversity page 31

Paper Roads

Policy debated page 32

Mangawhai Beach School’s kapa haka group got a standing ovation for their performance in the annual Kaipara Festival.

It was the beach school’s first-ever time at the festival. For coverage, see page 11.

Seasonal set net ban planned for Omaha Beach A ban on set nets and crab pots at Omaha could be introduced this summer after the Rodney Local Board voted in favour of seasonal restrictions.

The final decision will rest with Auckland Council’s Regulatory and Bylaws Committee this month. If passed, the regulations will come into effect on December 20 and will run until the end of daylight savings.

The issue has been a hot topic with

opponents claiming the practice causes a serious safety risk to swimmers, yachts and other boats.

Omaha resident Chris Martin presented to the Board’s business meeting on November 10 advocating for a ban on set netting on behalf of the Omaha Beach Residents Society.

He said up to six set nets were laid at Omaha each night during the summer and his 14-year-old son was caught in

a net last year.

“If this had been an elderly person or a younger child the consequences could have been tragic,” Mr Martin said.

The indiscriminate nature of the practice was also decimating fish populations in the area and was a risk to dolphins and other marine life, he said.

Crab nets, which used raw chicken as bait, worked like berley attracting sharks. Discarded bait had been

washing up on the beach.

Hatfields Beach resident Neil Henson presented in support of a ban at Omaha, showing evidence of the impact of set netting at Hatfields.

Set netting is legal provided nets are set at least 60 metres apart and comply with the Ministry of Primary Industries code of practice. continued page 2

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A seasonal ban on crab pots and set netting at Omaha Beach could be in place by Christmas. Photo Neil Henson

However, under Council’s Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw, which came into effect last year, the practice can be restricted where there is evidence the nets cause a nuisance or a risk to public safety.

The Hibiscus and Bays Local Board has already advocated for a ban under the bylaw at Army Bay and Te Haruhi Bay in Shakespear Regional Park which would also come into effect on December 20.

Set netting was banned in Arkles Bay in 2006 under the Rodney District Council, after public outrage. However, the bylaw is up for review next year.

Council staff recommended the Board delay making a decision on a ban at Omaha until the bylaw review.

Council principal policy analyst Rebekah Stuart-Wilson said there was an “absence of recorded, verifiable evidence of risks to public safety or nuisance” caused by netting at Omaha

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and there were limited resources to enforce the ban.

It would also be difficult to make the public aware of the new regulations before December 20, her report said.

But Board members believed the regulations would be self-enforcing once residents and beach users were aware of the rules.

Member Phelan Pirrie, who is an honorary fisheries officer, believed set netting should be banned nationwide.

“It’s never going to be compatible with recreation,” Mr Pirrie said.

Member Steven Garner said there was already enough evidence to ban the practice immediately and waiting to collect further evidence would just be stalling for time.

Member Thomas Grace felt that banning the practice would merely push the problem to other beaches and people should share the beach.

Consents delay new playground in Matakana Hopes that a new playground will be built in Matakana before Christmas have been dashed by the news that Auckland Council overlooked getting one of its own consents.

The community was told earlier in the year that a start would be made on the project as soon as the ground conditions allowed and equipment arrived from overseas. At that stage, August was set as the possible starting date.

However, the Matakana Community Group was told this month that it’s unlikely that anything will happen before late January.

A Council spokesperson says that initial investigations considering if consents were needed concluded the earthworks would not trigger any need for a consent. “However, once detailed design/earthworks and construction quoting was undertaken it became clear a consent for silt run-off would be needed,” a spokesperson says.

The playground will include a 9.5 metre slide, a mai mai fort, tunnels, jungle gym and bird nest swing, and installation is expected to take six to eight weeks.

The $190,000 project is being funded by the Rodney Local Board and will be built on reserve land, between the toilets and the wharf. About $40,000 of the budget went to design and construction management fees, which included overseeing consents.

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Adventure tourism regulations get heart-rates rising Adventure tourism operators in Mahurangi are facing a huge hike in fees to comply with new WorkSafe NZ rules.

The main industries affected locally include dive and water sport operators.

Warkworth’s NZ Diving owner Neil Bennett says the regulations have been incredibly costly. He believes they have also been unnecessary and may have the unintended consequence of making the industry less safe.

“We’re already heavily regulated through multiple dive training agencies, Maritime NZ and the government agency Safe Air, and we’re subject to audits from all these organisations,” he says. “The new regulations haven’t improved the safety of our operation at all.”

Under the new regulations, operators running activities that expose participants to serious risk were required to complete a safety audit by November 1. But, due to delays in the audit process, the majority missed the deadline and were given a one-month extension.

Mr Bennett says the process took him three months and the three-day audit cost him $6000. The audit was also haphazard, he says.

“Dive industry auditors don’t have expertise in the field, so they are accompanied by a technical advisor who works in the industry.

“This created the bizarre situation where operators are being audited by their competitors.

“They (WorkSafe) were making it up as they went along. It’s been a nightmare.”

Goat Island Dive director Julie George completed the audit at a cost of $4000 and says the regulations have been superfluous for her business.

“It’s been a good thing if other businesses, who don’t have those same safety systems in place, are brought up to scratch.”

But Ms George believes the regulations

Mahurangi dive operators say new WorkSafe regulations may make the industry less safe as operators stop offering guided dives to avoid the laws.

may put divers at greater risk as dive operators choose to stop offering guided dives to avoid the costs and liability of the new regulations.

Under the regulations, businesses that run a dive charter that taxis divers to locations or who run a dive gear hire business are exempt from the rules as the responsibility for the activity is deemed to rest with the diver, not the charter operator.

However, in guided dives, the operator is responsible for the divers so they have to prove they are following rigorous safety standards.

“With less guided dives available, this may see more people opt for unguided dives, exposing them to far greater risk. I know we’ve saved many lives because of our expertise. If we just put divers straight in the water and said ‘your safety is your responsibility’

some of them might not come back.”

The Dive Industry Association has been created in the wake of the new regulations.

Spokesperson and Wellington operator Tony Howell says there are very few dive training accidents and injuries under the existing regulations.

“The dive accidents and deaths that are reported are more often than not divers who are gathering seafood on their own,” Mr Howell says.

“No amount of auditing will prevent these tragedies.”

But not everyone is unhappy about the new rules.

Warkworth dive training operator Craig Taylor believes they have made the industry safer.

“Having an independent organisation look at the safety practices of dive

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Mr Taylor is also a teacher at Mahurangi College and says organisations which are registered with WorkSafe NZ are far more likely to be used in the school’s outdoor activities programme.

Seafriends owner Kwinten de Vos says that for this reason, he will have the audit done voluntarily.

The snorkelling tours he runs are exempt from the regulations because they are within 100 metres of the shore and snorkellers don’t dive below three metres.

“But I want to have the certificate so I can prove it is safe and attract more schools,” Mr de Vos says.

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Town hall delays I was very amused to read that the work on the Old Town Hall will now not commence until next year (MM Nov 5). The reason?

Council has somehow discovered that the building lies within a flood plain and will probably require major upgrading work to the surrounding land to prevent a one-in-100 year flood event. I would like to suggest that there has not been one of those floods on that site yet, so it is quite scary that there will likely be two such floods within the very near future. This will no doubt require more expensive reports and planning, further resource consents etc. What ‘a dog’ of a process.

For many years, the vast majority of the community supported the establishment of a fine new purpose-built Community Centre on the riverbank. For various reasons, the project was abandoned eventually after 20 years or so.

My understanding of the cost of renovations to the Town Hall are of $7 million plus or minus is pretty much what the total cost of our brand new community centre/theatre was to be.

Had we been left to get on with the project we had all worked so hard to achieve, we would be now enjoying a brand new purpose-built facility and not having to listen to continuous reasons why this old building cannot

be renovated satisfactorily. We would also be enjoying the use of the third level of the carparking building by now because it was an integral part of the Centre development.

Even now, I doubt that very many people in the community actually support the upgrading of the old building, as I am sure their fundraising committee has already found out.

Nevertheless, I look forward to hearing the results of all the reports on the flood plain, and an update next year as to what will be the next reason for delay.

Guy Scholefield; Warkworth Mr Scholefield was a member of the Warkworth Community Centre Establishment Committee for many years.

Kowhai Park not dingy Regarding Sheryl Smith’s comment that Kowhai Park is dingy and unattractive, I can only assume she is referring to the car park area rather than Kowhai Park itself. If she were to cross the footbridge to the lime kilns, she would discover an area of natural bush with the pretty Mill Stream flowing through it.

A dedicated band of volunteers is quietly weeding and cleaning up Kowhai Park so that the bush may regenerate and bird-life and other forms of indigenous fauna may prosper. Already their work is showing positive results.

Tim Ellison Co-ordinator, The Kowhai Park Project Warkworth

Counting palms It’s good to see some attention being focused on the weed problem in Warkworth (MM Nov 5).

Some organisms that have been introduced to New Zealand quickly escape into the wild and multiply; we could all name many of these.

Others sit quietly and never become a nuisance. A third category are those that appear to be benign, but after a greater or lesser period of time, known as the “lag period”, become acclimatised and start to spread.

The phoenix palm (Phoenix canariensis) belongs to this latter type.

I don’t know when phoenix palms were first introduced to New Zealand, but Sir George Grey planted them at Kawau, so they have been around for a long time. I’m also not sure when they started to proliferate, but the first published record of wilding palms was in Flora of New Zealand Volume 3 published in 1980.

As a child living in Warkworth, 60 to 70 years ago, I was aware of three phoenix palms that were a fair size then – one was opposite Bridge House, one in the garden one block up Hill Street from the primary school and one on the corner of continued on page 5

If seeing rugby referees in pink is not enough to make you cringe, then look what’s happening in the countryside around Matakana. But turns out that this is just farmers, in their own way, getting in behind the Pink Ribbon for cancer appeal.

Phone frustrations It appears budget cuts are something Mahurangi residents are expecting at every turn. When Warkworth Sergeant Morgan de la Rue gave a talk to the Area Liaison Group this month, one member of the audience wanted assurance that their calls to 111 wouldn’t be diverted to an operator in Singapore.

Waxing lyrical It’s common for members of the Rodney Local Board to use metaphors to get across their point-of-view, but Board chair Brenda Steele took this to a new level this month. When debating a ban on crab fishing at Omaha she likened it to eating a pukeko after cooking it with the feathers still on, over an open fire, on top of a spade. We’re left wondering what’s more at risk here – the crabs or the pukeko!

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These three, all females, are now very large indeed, and there are plenty of males around to produce pollen. As my botanical eye was noticing more and more seedlings and saplings growing in hedges and parks, I have counted them as I walk around the town.

A rough count of those that were easily seen has come up with the number of 330. With various species of palm now becoming fashionable garden plantings, it makes one wonder which of these will be a nuisance in 20 or 50 years’ time.

Maureen Young Warkworth

Which road?

I read with some bemusement the letter from an S Gonzales, of Ahuroa, titled Amazing boys in blue (MM Nov 5). This person must travel on a different Northern Expressway to my wife and I, who both drive that road regularly and have never seen a crash or flaming wrecks littering the road. The Northern Expressway is currently being considered as one of the areas where the speed limit could be upgraded to 110 km as it such a safe road. This does not add up to the letter from S Gonzales. We do agree with the sentiment that the boys in blue do a great job.

K Healy Mangawhai Heads

I am writing in reply to S. Gonzales’ letter headed Amazing boys

in blue (MM Nov 5).

We moved to Matakana about 2 1/2 years ago and have been driving the northern toll road five days a week.

I do not agree with the writer that it is “possibly the most dangerous and terrifying road in the country”. I have never heard the road referred to as “Death alley” and I have never seen a multitude of crashes and flaming wrecks that supposedly litter the road.

S. Gonzales is taking to poetic licence and gross exaggeration in describing the northern toll road as “death’s highway”.

Are we driving down the same road?

Also, the boys in blue do a fantastic job, but I doubt very much that they sit and eat donuts and drink coffee.

Sounds like something American cops would do.

Stephanie Clift Warkworth

Thank you Warkworth This year we celebrated 100 years of Scouting in Warkworth, with over 70 youth in Keas, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers. Scouting would not be possible without the support of our leaders, local service groups and businesses who assist us. On behalf of the Group, thank you to everyone involved in helping Warkworth Scout Group and particularly Mahurangi Matters, New World, Lions, Rotary, the RSA and the Local Board for its recent grant. Long may the adventure continue.

David Hay Group Leader

Transport planning Auckland Transport has contributed $80,000 towards a wider investigation into the future of the Warkworth transport network, which includes the proposed Matakana link road. This is in light of the recent motorway designation and Auckland Council’s growth planning. An Auckland Transport spokesperson says both the motorway and the projected growth figures have consequences for the local roads so agencies are working to determine what it means in terms of planning.

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

Transport data incorrect The revaluation of properties in Auckland has been all over the news this last week. Some of the moves in property values are astounding, ranging from 20 per cent to 60 per cent. And travelling around the south and greater Auckland area in recent months, I have made a point of ‘checking out’ some of the new growth areas. In places where just three years ago there might have been two farmhouses and livestock, there are now 400-plus sections already developed and hundreds more under development and hundreds of houses completed and more under construction. The revaluations will change our rates as the areas with very high values will pay rates based on the new values. Here in the north, where our values have not increased as much, most ratepayers will likely see a reduction.

Of real concern is the Auckland Regional Transport model which has data that suggests very low and even negative population growth in both Wellsford and Warkworth. This is clearly wrong. The fallout is that it is likely several major projects in Warkworth, which have for three years just failed to breach the threshold for funding, could have fallen short because of this error. Hill Street, the Western Collector Road and the Warkworth Library (NZ Transport Agency, Auckland Transport, Auckland Council) have all been on the cusp of being addressed fully but have fallen short.

It is no surprise that the Warkworth Liaison Group, and others who have expended so much time and energy advocating for projects, are exasperated by the bureaucrats. The error in the model has been identified and steps are being taken to quantify and mitigate where possible.

In another development, the Warkworth Business Association is working on informing local business owners on what a Business Development Area is, how it is funded and how it could improve and enhance business in the Warkworth area.

This has been proven to work in diverse communities and locations throughout Auckland, and from what I see should be encouraged and supported. It will be interesting to follow the progress of this over the next six to nine months.

Summer is certainly on the way and this is a great time of the year to be getting out and about. I have had the pleasure of riding on the Matakana cycleway, walking up both Mt Tamahunga and Mt Auckland, and spending time in the Tawharanui Regional Park in the last month or so. In getting out and about I have managed to catch dolphins off the beach at Tawharanui, orca in Kawau Bay and enjoyed some of our most stunning view and walks. Now really is the time to enjoy what we have here in Rodney. Get out there now; and how many people can say they have been to the top of Mount Auckland! It’s here in Rodney, but do you know where?

Sediment control highlighted The Rodney Local Board is spending $10,000 to educate contractors on ways to prevent erosion and sediment discharge from construction sites entering the Mahurangi River.

The focus will be on earthworks that do not require a building consent.

Flyers providing information on how to protect the environment will be sent out with building consent approvals.

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Mahurangi Christmas parades double up Christmas appeal launch Mahurangi will get twice the Christmas cheer on November 29 when Warkworth and Wellsford host their annual Santa parades.

The Wellsford parade will start at 11.30am, so dedicated festival followers can still make it to the Warkworth parade which kicks off at 1pm.

Warkworth Parade organiser Nicola Jones says many people felt last year’s parade, on December 7, was too close to Christmas, so the decision was made to hold it earlier.

“But if we had it any earlier than November 29 it would be too far away from Christmas, so we’ve ended up doubling up with Wellsford,” she says.

But Nicola doesn’t believe the change will mean anyone will have to pull out of the parade as she’s not aware of any floats that go to both parades.

There will be dance performances by Talbot Dance Academy and Dance Dimensions before and after the Warkworth parade, which starts on Neville Street, runs along Queen Street and then continues up Mill Lane.

There are five prizes available for floats from kindergarten and preschools, primary schools, businesses, community and social groups and a people’s choice award. Each category prize is worth $200.

The parade received $2300 from the Rodney Local Board and Pub Charities has paid $2400 to cover the traffic management plan.

Santa may get a speeding ticket on November 29, when the Warkworth and Wellsford Santa Parades are held back-to-back.

“That’s by far our biggest cost. I’m also desperate for volunteers on the day.”

Meanwhile, Wellsford parade organiser Tony Sowden says it’s too early to say whether the Warkworth parade will affect crowd numbers at Wellsford.

Tony says there won’t be many changes to the parade, but the creativity of the locals means every year is unique.

“It’s a template that works. The floats are always really impressive. Every parade has something that makes it special.”

The event started in 1948 and has only been cancelled once or twice due to

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Assembly for the parade is in Station Road, from 10am. Judging is at 11am, and the parade starts at 11.30 am, travelling up Matheson Rd and down Rodney St, returning to the railway station for prizegiving.

SH1 will be closed for 30 minutes during the parade.

To volunteer for the Wellsford parade contact Tony Sowden 027 475 2975 tony.sowden@xtra.co.nz Warkworth: Nicola Jones 021 645 129 info@warkworthbusiness.org.nz

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The Women’s Centre Rodney has launched an appeal for local families facing financial hardship over the Christmas period.

Centre coordinator Colleen Julian says the appeal targets families who find purchasing presents and other Christmas treats beyond their means.

“The support the families receive at this time helps take some stress off, and it means parents and children will receive a variety of gifts,” she says.

“Gifts for children aged under 16 are especially appreciated, as well as adults.

“Suitable gifts would include board games, sports equipment, art supplies, educational toys, beach gear, books, non-perishable food, toiletries and vouchers. If possible though, we’d like people to avoid toys that require batteries or secondhand goods.”

Donated items can be left at either Noel Leeming in Warkworth, Warkworth Westpac Bank from December 1 or dropped off at the Centre, 10 Morpeth Street, Warkworth, between 9am and 2.30pm. The aim is to deliver gifts by Friday December 12.

The Women’s Centre Rodney supported more than 30 families last Christmas with donations from individuals and businesses in the local and wider Auckland area.

“This enabled these families to enjoy the festive season. We would like to thank everyone who gave their support for last year’s appeal and look forward to another great response this year.”

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Cafés stung by proposed footpath seating fees Costs for cafés and restaurants with tables on the footpath may climb steeply under a new Auckland Council proposal.

Council is proposing to levy a standard annual fee of $360 for a licence to use footpath space, coupled with a new rental charge based on how many square metres the tables and chairs occupy.

The proposal is part of the new Trading and Events in Public Places Bylaw, which will come into effect in July next year.

Cafés and restaurants in Rodney are among the most affected by the proposal because, while fees applied in other parts of Auckland, no street trading fees were levied by the former Rodney District Council.

In Rodney, businesses will face a charge of $20 per sqm or a total of $560 for the licence and rental fee, based on 10m2 of public space. In Orewa, where land values are higher, the charge will be $85 per sqm, which means that a business occupying 10sqm of footpath will pay $1210 per annum.

Councillors on the Budget Committee voted to amend the proposal so that for businesses facing a substantial increase, a cap of $500 per year over the next three years will apply.

Warkworth Business Association co-chair Rachel Callender says making the best use of outdoor public spaces and outdoor dining helps create an atmosphere

that entices people into an area.

“The proposed fees will be a struggle for some Warkworth businesses,” she says. “Council needs to carefully consider Warkworth’s situation before setting fees and work with the Business Association, landlords and business owners to create a vibrancy that attracts punters so we’re prepared for when the motorway bypasses town. Otherwise, we could become a ghost town.”

Some Warkworth café owners say they will remove the tables and chairs if they have to pay.

Kamal Prajabati, of Seafood n’ Eat It in Neville Street, says his understanding was that if the seating was within a certain area, there would be no charge.

“If we have to pay, then I will remove the tables and chairs,” he says.

Council’s bylaws and compliance manager, Max Wilde, says the proposed fees will be “a big mindset shift” for Rodney businesses.

He says the philosophy behind charging a rental for use of the footpath, on top of a licensing fee, is that the area is constructed and maintained by rates and the businesses are using that asset to make money.

Therefore, the owner of the asset should expect some return.

The proposed street trading fees are also based on recovering the costs of delivering licensing services

The marker on the footpath delineates the area that tables and chairs must keep within if café owners don’t want to fall foul of Council’s licensing bylaw.

and keeping the public spaces clean. He says the charge is vastly discounted and that businesses will be paying more to lease their indoor space. He says Council will seek submissions on the proposal alongside the Long Term Plan process, which starts in late January.

Mangawhai joins kapa haka festival for the first time Mangawhai Beach School made its debut at the 22nd Kaipara Festival held at Mahurangi College on Saturday November 1.

The school community turned out in force to support the group and the significance of their first appearance was recognised by the organisers and

audience with a standing ovation. The annual festival is a non-competitive event, which showcases the talents of tamariki or youth from kindergartens to secondary schools.

Thirteen schools from the former Rodney District participated this year. The programme also included an

exuberant performance by the Mahurangi College Pasifika Group.

Members of the Whangaparaoa Kindergarten won the cute factor with their interpretation of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in te reo. Mahurangi College principal David Macleod welcomed the performers to the festival and Kamatua

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Richard Nahi spoke briefly about the event’s history and aims, and how it had grown since first being staged at Kaipara College in 1992. Notable absences at this year’s festival were Kaipara College and Otamatea High School. Next year’s festival will be held at Rodney College.

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Dodge celebrates 100 years About 20 Dodge cars stopped in Warkworth this month as part of a tour from Whangarei to Bluff to celebrate 100 years of Dodge vehicles.

The cars were all built during the Dodge Brothers era, running from 1914 to 1938, and the tour includes one car that’s also celebrating its centenary.

Murray Tom and Joy Nowley, from Te Puke, own the 1914 Dodge Tourer which is believed to be the only one in New Zealand.

And it would be hard to find a centenarian in better condition – the car is still a relative baby, with “just” 13,350 miles on the clock, or 133.5 miles per year.

The car’s original owner died in the influenza epidemic of 1919 and the car was left stored in his basement in the US until 1974 when his wife died.

It was sold, but went back into storage until Tom saw it on Ebay in 2010 and bought it.

“We flew over to pick it up in Detroit, about five miles from where it was originally made,” Tom says.

The couple quickly put 3800 miles on the clock, driving from the Niagara Falls to Yellow Stone National Park and onto the Grand Canyon before shipping the car to NZ. The car is almost original, from the wooden steering wheel down to the brass key.

“I’m not sure I will even give it a new paint job. You see some 100-year-old cars restored like a modern car. But this is still the same as it was in 1914.”

Only 249 of the cars were produced that year, with the first car rolling off the production line on November 14.

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Providing a more holistic approach to managing health has spurred Wellsford pharmacists, Alistair Morrow and Jacqui Rogers, to open the Wellsford Health & Wellness, in Worker Road.

Health consultant Valerie Hay, who has 20 years experience in natural health, is managing the shop, which is also providing a practitioner’s room for visiting specialists such as cranial osteopath Simon Yardley, Bowen practitioner Christine Wright and reflexologist Sally Randall, as well as naturopath, herbalist and nutritionist Katrina Frerk. Katrina, Valerie, Christine and Sally will also work in the shop part-time.

There are plans to expand the list of therapists to include foot care and massage.

“An holistic approach to health means that you don’t just treat one complaint,” Jacqui says. “It’s about recognising that nutrition and lifestyle play a huge part in our health and overall wellbeing.

“Plus, people are becoming a lot more aware that some traditional medicines have significant side effects. Often, alternatives to these medicines are available or sometimes it’s just a matter of augmenting what a person has been prescribed.”

Jacqui says the new shop will be a place where people can get the advice they need to “get the basics of good health right”.

Boost Chiropractic owners Tom Vaughan and Chanelle Rhodes believe so strongly in the benefits the practise can have on children, their son Charlie had his first treatment just minutes after birth.

Tom and Chanelle run Boost and have relocated the business from Snells Beach to a larger premises in Warkworth.

Chiropractic is about removing physical distortions in the spine, called subluxations, which develop from stresses on the body and inhibit the function of the nervous system.

Problems can develop at any age. In children, this may manifest in issues ranging from bedwetting and lack of sleep to behavioural and learning problems, Tom says.

“If the brain isn’t able to communicate effectively with the body it may have a broad impact on a child’s health,” he says.

“For example if there is interference to the nervous system in the region that controls the bladder, various symptoms may show up around toileting behaviours, including bedwetting and constipation. But our focus isn’t about fixing any one symptom, but getting the nervous system to function properly.

“The body is fully equipped to heal itself, but the longer it takes for subluxations to be addressed, the more they set in and the harder it is to alleviate.”

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It will be a one-stop shop for natural supplements, spray-free and organically grown foods, and locally grown foods and products.

Jacqui says there is a lot of misinformation around, particularly on the internet.

“The idea is that people can come into the shop and speak to people who are qualified and knowledgeable, who are guided by evidence-based research.

“What we’re setting up is a little holistic health hub so that Wellsford people who are interested in their wellness don’t have to travel.”

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This can be done right from the time a child is born.

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Times FM Breakfast host Lance Dunne says the whole Times FM team is thrilled to have been asked to help promote Buy Local Give Local this year. “It’s a great idea that supports both local businesses and local families, so the more our local media can push the message together, the better,” he says.

Vouchers spread the love Some people have been quick off the mark to donate a voucher to this year’s BUY Local – GIVE Local Christmas appeal and Times FM has also come on board to help promote the appeal.

All vouchers donated north of Puhoi will be distributed by Homebuilders Warkworth and Otamatea Community Services to families who would otherwise struggle to meet Christmas expectations.

New World Warkworth and Jaques Four Square in Kaiwaka are right behind the appeal and both businesses have voucher donation boxes in store.

Donation boxes are also located at Maungaturoto Four Square, Woodys Winners in Wellsford, and Life Pharmacy Warkworth.

Vouchers can be for anything you think might help a family on Christmas Day – fuel, toys, electrical goods, clothes and so on. Grocery vouchers are especially appreciated but don’t be afraid to think outside the square and please remember to include gift vouchers suitable for children.

And retailers, it’s important for you to encourage your customers to support this appeal. We’ll print the names of all the stores where vouchers have been purchased as an added incentive.

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Project helping people trapped by mental health issues The lessons learned over seven years of counselling in Rodney is being distilled into a book for people who feel trapped by mental health issues.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapist Alexi Waterhouse, of Algies Bay, is currently fundraising to cover the costs of printing Voices of Pain and the Voice of Hope.

She says it is a book that will address issues such as abuse, suicide, eating disorders, relationship issues and anxiety and depression.

“Each disorder has its own negative thinking patterns,” she says. “My hope is that through the book, people will be able to recognise these patterns and then begin their journey out of pain and isolation.

“I would love the book to be used in therapy or teaching, or to be read by anyone searching for some understanding – either for themselves or a loved one.”

Within the pages of the book will be artworks by people who have made the journey, as well as a short testimony of their experience and their story of hope.

“It will also be printed on different textures and paper weights so the reading experience is a tactile one.”

Counsellor Alexi Waterhouse says the stigma associated with mental health issues is diminishing. “Thankfully, we are moving on from the attitude that we are meant to just ‘soldier on’ no matter what.”

Alexi says that after covering the costs of producing the book, any profit will be donated to A Girl Called Hope, which is a residential home for young women, aged 16 to 28 years, who are struggling with life controlling issues.

The home is based in Auckland and receives no government funding. It

offers a free six-month programme that includes weekly counselling, life skills training, nutrition and fitness support.

“I worked at A Girl Called Hope for over five years and saw first hand the incredible change experienced by the residents.

“My dream for this book is that it will

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bring in enough money to significantly ease the fundraising pressures on the home. That way they can focus their attention on the excellent and lifechanging work that they do.”

To make a pledge towards the book or pre-order a copy, go to www.pledgeme. co.nz/projects/2474 Info: facebook.com/ voicesofpainandthevoicesofhope

Drink driving limits drop Lower drink driving limits will take effect from December 1. The legal alcohol limit for drivers aged 20 years and over will be lowered from 400 to 250 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath (or from 80 to 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood). The alcohol limit for drivers under the age of 20 will remain at zero. Transport Agency road safety director Ernst Zöllner says the lower alcohol limit is a game-changer for road safety in New Zealand, and the lower limit will be welcomed by a clear majority because it will save lives and prevent serious injuries caused by drunk drivers.

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Matakana identity hits 100 Messages of congratulations from Queen Elizabeth II, the Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae and Prime Minister John Key were read out when former Matakana resident Errol Jones celebrated her 100th birthday on November 11.

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She was raised at Bonnie Brae, the home that once stood on the corner of Takatu and Leigh Roads, and was schooled in Matakana and then Warkworth District High School.

Among those attending the celebration were Errol’s sister Velma, her two surviving sons, Ivor and Rod, as well as numerous grandchildren.

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Test to check bowel health Anyone living in the Mahurangi area who hasn’t yet recieved a bowel testing kit is being encouraged to contact Bowel Screening Waitemata.

Mahurangi residents who are aged 50 to 74 and who are eligible for publically funded health care can participate in the free bowel screening pilot. The pilot has detected cancer in 184 people so far.

Latest figures from the pilot show around 54 per cent of people invited to take part in the pilot have returned a completed bowel screening test.

BowelScreening community awareness team leader Elizabeth Brown says that while the figure is good compared with similar pilots internationally, she is concerned many people who want to take part are missing out on this unique opportunity.

“We get returned mail every week, which means that people are missing out on doing the bowel screening test,” Ms Brown says.

“The test can detect early signs of cancer when it can be treated more successfully.”

Anyone who has moved house or moved into the area and has not yet been invited to take part in bowel screening is asked to phone 0800 924 432 or email info@ bowelscreeningwaitemata.co.nz Most people will be invited to do the test twice during the pilot.

“We are so lucky in Waitemata to

Putting a little bit of your poo in the post could save your life, and community awareness team leader Elizabeth Brown is urging those who haven’t yet received a kit to get in touch.

have the opportunity to have such an amazing programme that has already saved lives. I urge anyone who has put off doing the test to consider doing it.

Or, if you are unsure if bowel screening is for you, talk to your family doctor.”

Bowel cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in New Zealand, and the second leading cause of death from cancer.

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Keeping doorknockers at bay Householders who do not want to be approached by door-to-door sellers are being encouraged to put a Do Not Knock sticker on their door, gate or letterbox.

Age Concern chief executive Robyn Scott says the organisation often receives phone calls from older people who have been pressured into making a purchase by door-to-door sales people.

“It is a huge concern that older people are being targeted, particularly vulnerable older people who may have dementia, be hard of hearing or are otherwise unable to recognise that they are being taken for a ‘ride’,” Mrs Scott says.

“Older people can feel pressured by smooth talking sellers into purchasing items they don’t want and can’t afford, leaving them out of pocket.”

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Quentin Jukes, Homebuilders Co-ordinator www.homebuildersfs.org

Different parenting styles

The way we parent our children is often based on our own experiences of being parented as a child. All caring parents are somewhere on a continuum of being too soft to too hard for the same reasons, they want their children to turn out well.

Other than the uninvolved parent, there are three basic parenting styles which include – the Authoritarian Style (sergeant major), the Permissive Style (jelly fish) and the Authoritative (parent coach). The Authoritarian and Passive approaches lie on opposite ends of the continuum between being too hard and too soft.

The Citizens Advice Bureau and Resene are distributing stickers to stop door-to-door salesmen.

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Reducing summer injuries Safety Week will be marked from November 24 to 30 with the focus on preventing alcohol related harm, and sport and recreation injury, all with a pre-summer focus. The week will talk about keeping safe during summer sport, recreation and social activities.

“We want to help make these times as safe as possible, because we see what happens when things go wrong,” an ACC spokesperson says. “Summer injuries can be some of the most frustrating and they’re often avoidable. We see the pain, frustration and massive inconvenience that people suffer when they can’t be as active as they want to because of an injury – something that could have been avoided. And we know these accidents can have a significant impact on workplaces.” Info: www.safetyweek.co.nz

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In extreme cases, the Authoritarian parents are generally strict, less compassionate, expect more maturity and are strong disciplinarians. Their underlying motivation is … I love you and I want you to grow up good, so do as you’re told and don’t answer me back.

On the other extreme, Permissive parents can be smothering with a low expectations of maturity who discipline rarely and often give in to children’s demands. The Passive parents view is ‘give them a break, they’re only kids once and they didn’t know what they were doing’.

Although both styles of parenting may be appropriate at certain times, some parents find themselves on opposite ends of this continuum leading to problems in co-parenting. This may result in parents feeling undermined or overridden while creating an unstable environment for the children. The solution to such problems is to find the middle ground between these opposing approaches.

This is the natural position of the Authoritative style of parent or the parent coach. This style includes being warm and affectionate while offering guidance and encouraging self-correction rather than reprimand or criticism. It’s about modeling responsible and respectful behaviour and leading by example. It’s about setting clear rules and boundaries, and sticking to consequences when the rules are broken. It’s also about allowing children to learn through safe experiences with parental guidance and objective reflection.

This form of approach can help bring the best out of both parenting styles, which ultimately strengthen the overall parenting approach. In addition, such an approach earns respect from children rather than demands it, making parenting much easier because children develop internal discipline and behave because they want to, rather than because they have to.

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Record-breaker goes out with a splash

Champion boat racer and water-skier Graeme Weller retired from racing last year after a recordbreaking career.

Graeme Weller built the engine for his hydroplane G-Force which was clocked at over 300kph.

Eighteen months ago, Graeme Weller’s life nearly ended when the 2500 horsepower hydroplane he was driving flew 20 metres into the air and landed upside down.

The former boat-racing champion was trying to break his own hydroplane record at the time, in the Australian-owned Warlord. It was nearly the last thing he did.

“I knew the engine could beat the record, but they aren’t made to go in a straight line.”

The record speeds are based on the boats average speed over one-kilometre. Graeme reached 340kph, but then it all went wrong. There was a section of shallow water at the end of the race strip, which caused the boat to fly into the air and flip one-and-a-half times.

“We would have got the record, but they stopped monitoring the times when I flipped. Once it started lifting it was all over. I was just trying to hold on.

As soon as it hit the water it was pitch black. My air mask had come loose and my first two breaths were

of water. When the release lever for the cockpit cover failed, I reached up and put my hands into mud.

That’s when I realised I was upside down.”

However, paramedics and divers were on the scene and Graeme was pulled out through a hatch in the floor of the boat.

“I always insisted on having the best safety equipment and that probably saved my life. I had a lot of internal bruising and it took about a year to come right, but there was nothing serious.”

These days Graeme is enjoying a slower pace of life as owner of Matakana Motels.

“Modern boats go well over 300kph. At those speeds you experience the G-Forces of a fighter jet. It affects the whole body and I thought ‘this is a young person’s game’.”

Graeme grew up as the ultimate water-baby, learning to water-ski before he could walk and was the NZ water-ski champion for nearly a decade.

He was forced to stop competing on doctors’ advice.

Years of water-ski jumping had done irreparable damage to his spine so in 1994 he opted for a sport that was supposedly a little easier on the body and started racing powerboats.

In his 19 years of racing, Graeme broke the water speed records for the grand prix hydroplane class (272kph) and the Pro-Com class (193kph), and is the only person to simultaneously hold all three Australasian racing titles – the EC Griffiths Cup, the AE Baker and the Masport Cup. But despite his racing days now being behind him, Graeme is still involved in the sport, passing on his tricks of the trade to his three sons who race in the J-Class and Clubman boat sections. And they appear to be following in Graeme’s wake, with his youngest already taking a NZ title at age 14.

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America’s Cup victory fills sails of Core Composites As the tears on the cheeks of NZ yachting fans finally dry, one year on from Team NZ’s heartbreaking America’s Cup defeat, the builders of Oracle’s winning boat have been inundated with business, including work for other Cup competitors.

Warkworth-based company Core Builders Composites built most of Oracles hydro-foiling catamaran for Team USA’s Cup defence and is contracted to build about 90 per cent of their boat for the 2017 challenge.

But Composites boat build manager Tim Smyth says the Cup victory has brought in clients ranging from mining companies and architects. The company has even produced parts for an airborne wind turbine for Googleowned US company, Makani Power.

“The Cup was the ultimate showcase of our skills,” Tim says.

“It showed we could produce cutting edge technology, working with materials under tremendous pressure, to a tight deadline and get results.

Other companies have seen that and thought, ‘if they can do that, maybe they can do this’ and applied these technologies to their own problems.”

The company, a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Oracle, shrunk from 70 staff to 30 after the Cup, but has rebuilt to 50 staff to take on projects which have followed in the wake of last year’s success. They now have a full order list for the next three years.

“Finishing the America’s Cup was a bit like falling off the end of a cliff, but the new work has meant we’ve been able to keep redundancies to a minimum.”

But work towards the 2017 America’s Cup is also underway.

The first of the smaller AC45 catamarans have been completed and will be raced by Cup competitors in the America’s Cup World Series next year.

The AC45s are made to the same design and Composites has picked up contracts to produce the boats for UK team Ben Ainslie and the Swedish

The solid wing-sail for the AC45 America’s Cup boats are currently in production.

team Artemis.

They will also produce a souped-up AC45 for Oracle and Artemis as a test for the full-scale America’s Cup AC62.

Work on Oracle’s AC62 America’s Cup boat will begin next year and will be on the water in late 2016. Composites will build the entire boat, except for the hulls which have to be built in the US to meet the competition’s regulations.

“But, for economic reasons, we will probably build the hull moulds and send them up there.”

Tim says Composites might also work on the boats of other competitors as changes to the America’s Cup regulations have standardised some of the boat designs.

“That will most likely be the wing-sail components. The new rules limit the amount of design work teams can do on these parts and we are very efficient at building them so we expect to win

some contracts from other teams.

“The hull and sail of the boats aren’t that important anymore. The critical elements are the central system for sail manipulation, the appendages for foiling, the whole air resistant package, and how the boat is put together and sailed. We might even be producing elements for Team NZ.” Boats will also become more mechanised for the next Cup, as designers and engineers refine methods of keeping the boats out of the water and on the foils. But this won’t make mounting a challenge more expensive for NZ, he says.

“The boats themselves are only 20 per cent of the total cost. One of the biggest cost is the sailors’ wages.”

Tim hopes the diversification of Composites’ projects will enable it to ride the swells and troughs of “The Cup” business better in future.

Tim Smyth with the $250,000 foil which helped Oracle snatch the Auld Mug from Team NZ.

But in the company’s tearoom, where an American flag hangs proudly on the wall, the employees say they are unconcerned at having their future determined by the ways of the wind, saying it’s “the nature of the business”.

“Most of us have worked around the world on these kinds of projects,” Tim says. “There are countless industries where four years is a long time to have steady employment.”

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Snells Beach boat builder appreciates small things in life In the past four decades, Tom Needham, of Snells Beach, has made more than 100 boats ranging in size from 40 centimetres to 40 feet.

He started his boat-building career when he was around five years old, making miniatures from scratch. He went on to build models of boats belonging to the friends he met at the Te Atatu Boat Club.

He built his first full-sized yacht when he was still a teenage and started his boat-building career in earnest after high school.

“I’ve always loved being out on the sea and it’s always been my dream to create boats,” he says.

His career has seen him work on everything from powerboats to yachts and launches.

“But I enjoy building the miniatures more than the full-sized boats. It takes a long time, but it’s still faster and cheaper than building the real thing.

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Tom has recently started a business making boat miniatures so that owners can admire their schooners on their mantelpieces.

“People kept telling me I was wasting my talent not doing this fulltime so I’ve finally listened to them.”

The miniature models take about six months to complete with all the parts made from raw materials using a small drill as a lathe.

Tom’s boat building skills came in handy this year when the 34-foot yacht he was restoring broke from it’s anchor during a severe storm and stranded high and dry at Algies Bay. Construction of a seawall at Algies was halted while Tom grappled with getting the concrete hulled boat from its precarious perch.

Two diggers and $5000 later, the boat was successfully re-floated.

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That’s something that the Sandspit Yacht Club is trying to address.

The club is inviting anyone with an interest in sailing to ‘give it a go’ on Friday evenings or Saturdays.

Sailing Committee member Phil van der Mespel says he has had people sign on who have never sailed before.

“Sailing is a great sport for people of all ages,” he says. “It’s fun and, because you work as a team, it builds a lot of camaraderie. People come from all walks of life which creates an interesting mix.

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Saturday courses are normally longer and more varied, taking in a larger sweep of the gulf.

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Juniors perform at top of their game

Pictured with Christine and Liam is Warkworth New World owner Tim Carmichael.

Grandmother wins Block competition Fans of the television reality show The Block eat your heart out … Warkworth grandmother Christine Hannah and her 17-year-old grandson Liam had front row seats at the Grand Final Live Auction on Friday November 14.

Christine beat almost 6000 Block-lovers from around the country with her story about her and her grandson’s

love of the show and their home maintenance plans.

Their favourite couple was Jo and Damo.

As well as two tickets to the Live Auction, they stayed at the Sky City Grand with complimentary dinner and breakfast, all thanks to New World. They also returned home with $1000 in New World grocery gift cards.

There were some close results in Warkworth’s first junior tennis tournament of the season this month.

A total of 21 players from Mahurangi East and Warkworth participated and two matches in particular stood out.

In the 12 & Under boys first round match, Cameron Keates (Mahurangi East) played relative newcomer Cameron Phillips (Warkworth), battling it out to 6-all. Keates finally won in the tiebreaker.

The other outstanding match was between top seed Sam Overton and Caleb Wigman, both from Warkworth. Overton was seemingly in control at 8-4, only to see Wigman close the gap to 7-8.

Overton managed to come back and take it 9-7 but not before some wonderful serving and ground shots from both players.

The Rodney Junior Doubles Championships will be held on Sunday November 23, with the singles setdown for the following Sunday, November 30. Both will be played at the Warkworth Club.

Results were: Singles – Girls 10 & Under, winner Danielle Keates, runner-up Angelina Ujdur; Boys 10 & Under, winner Raynor Sandford, runner up Kane Hume; Boys 12 & Under, winner Cameron Keates, runner up Jordon Thomas; Boys 14 & Under, winner Sam Overton, runner up Caleb Wigman; Boys & Girls 15+, winner Ben Donaldson; runner up Taryn Meachin. Doubles – 10 & Under, winners Sandford/Hume, runners up D.Keates/A. Ujdur; 12 & Under, winners Keats/Ujdur, runners up Toby Webb/Cameron Phillips; 14+, winners Donaldson/ Meachin, runners up Wigman/Overton.

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Craftsman/ Certifying plumber Mobile Workshop The takahe are making themselves at home at Tawharanui. Photo, Kerry McGee

Takahe update The recently-released takahe have been delighting visitors with their high visibility and curiosity. The 10 takahe, previously residents of Burwood Bush Takahe Rearing Unit, near Te Anau, were released on October 4 in an area of long kikuyu, below paddocks and above the Ecology Bush area. The release day was cold windy and rainy, but only the humans were bothered by these conditions. The takahe had been captured before dawn in snowy conditions.

They must have felt like they had come to a tropical paradise!

Twenty volunteers have been tracking the locations of all the takahe every day for the last four weeks. They have watched the takahe locations change as they explore and establish territories and pair up. Alerts are triggered if the birds venture outside the sanctuary fences and the birds are recaptured and returned to their new home.

One of the takahe monitoring team, Kerry McGee, had an enviable experience when he ventured out on one of the monitoring days with his team. It started by spotting a pod of dolphins off shore at Jones Bay, just out from the ranger’s house. As they entered the wetland, they disturbed a bittern. They then spotted five of the takahe which walked out to see what they were doing. Moving on to the Ecology Bush, they came across two pairs of pateke, each with a couple of ducklings. Two of them were still little balls of fluff. A pair of morepork were then spotted in a tree as the team continued on their trek. The takahe trackers proceeded up to the gannet colony with the dummy gannets (which are to attract gannets to the area to nest) to find a real gannet sleeping amongst the dummies. A truly memorable day !

The best place to spot the takahe is in the Mangatawhiri wetland, which is on the left-hand side of the road, just past ranger’s office. Our takahe are doing well and we salute the passion and commitment of the takahe trackers who ensure this.

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City concert for Warkworth musicians A group of musicians from Warkworth Primary School have had the distinction of performing in the Auckland Town Hall this month.

The students were accepted into the Primary Principals Concert Band, which was made up of advanced musicians from throughout Auckland up to Year 8.

Music teacher Linda Gribble described the concerts as a wonderful opportunity to meet and play with other like-minded students.

“They were required to travel to Auckland for regular practises and will give two performances at the Auckland Primary Schools Music Festival,” she says.

“These pupils reflect the excellent work done in our schools by itinerant music teachers. The students grow in confidence and skill during the experience and we are all looking forward to going to watch them.”

Tour celebrates 200-year heritage Northland Heritage Roses is running a tour through some of Northland’s top gardens this month to mark 200 years of heritage roses in NZ. The tour will include visits to the Marsden Cross site at Hohi (Oihi), Kemp House and Stone Store, Pompellier, Reyburn House and gardens, plus gardens in Kerikeri, Whangarei, Waipu (Podgora Gardens), Dargaville, Kaiwaka and Te Hana.

The tour will also include Totara House, The Kauri Museum and gardens at Matakohe, where Heritage Roses Northland members have done extensive heritage rose planting. The roses are living museum exhibits and, as such, most of the various families of roses are represented.

The tour will run from November 20 to 24.

Warkworth School musicians (back, from left) Leah Jones, Rhys Niccolls, Olivia Hay, Mona Schmidt, Shannon Harris, Emily Shaw and Kate Niccolls (Mahurangi College). Front, Anna Pallister, Catherine Rice, Ameline Makin and Saskia Wigman.

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The sessions are held at the library on Fridays, from 10.30am to 12 noon. It’s free to attend and is an opportunity to use an iPad in a small interactive session. The classes will cover the basics of using an iPad, eBooks, newspapers, photos, games and more. Bookings are recommended. Info: 423 7702 or wellslib@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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The band is renowned for its hard work, playing more than 1000 shows in the past six years, including tours of the US and Europe, sharing stages with Steve Earle, Old Crow Medicine Show, Fleetwood Mac and Jimmy Barnes.

Already this year they have completed one lap of NZ, two trips to Australia and an eight-week tour of Europe.

Three weeks after landing home from Europe, The Eastern began prepping the release of their latest record.

Their 2012 release Hope and Wire reached Gold Status, climbed to #2 in the NZ charts and debuted at #1 on

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The song Hope and Wire became the inspiration for Gaylene Preston’s TV drama series of the same name, which told stories of the Christchurch earthquake. The track State Houses by the River became one of APRA’s best five songs of the year.

Singer Reb Fountain says the band’s work ethic is driven by the desire to bring live music to the people.

“Having a music video or song on the radio doesn’t touch people like the live experience. Playing in out-of-the-way places, where half the town turns out for a concert, can help to build those communities. That’s really rewarding.”

The Eastern play at the Leigh Sawmill on Saturday November 22 at 8.30pm.

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Kowhai Christmas carol concert The Kowhai Singers are drawing on their three decades of carolling experience to put together a programme of Christmas favourites for this year’s concert.

The event will be held at Warkworth Primary School Hall, on Saturday December 6, from 7.30pm.

Choir spokesperson Roger Mackay says the concert will feature a mix of modern and early music, and will be the perfect way to continue the celebrations of the choir’s 30th anniversary.

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complete without some 20th century Rutter works and three of these have been chosen,” Roger says.

“There are a couple of early music compositions and a modern version of Jingle Bells like no other.”

Roger says the concert is a highlight of the choir’s calendar and always draws a good crowd.

“The Kowhai Singers have always enjoyed very good support from the community.”

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Country-rock at the Sawmill Multi-award winning musician Delaney Davidson is playing at the Leigh Sawmill on Sunday November 30 as part of a 12-date national tour for his latest album, Slim Down Low. The NZ singer-songwriter has made a name for himself travelling the world with his brand of countryrock, channelling a mixture of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Jack White.

Davidson has won the NZ Country Music Song of the Year Award three times and has been nominated for the coveted Apra Silver Scroll Award.

He also produced Tami Neilson’s latest album Dynamite, which won this year’s Silver Scroll for the song Walk.

He has just returned from a tour of the US and Europe’s summer festival circuit so should be well and truly road ready for the NZ tour.

The guitar and harmonica of his simple live shows have become his

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For this tour, Davidson will be joined by band members Ben Woolley and Joe McCallum.

He says he plans to deliver an evening of both intimate, yet full blown music, using elements from his signature solo show, with the band to augment the music he played on his European tour focusing on the songs on Swim Down Low. Generally dealing with the darker side of life, Davidson’s lyrical content ranges from classic murder ballads to songs with a deeper insight into the human condition and a sympathy and acceptance of the quirks of life and human foibles.

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Pasifika festival celebrating diversity of Mahurangi The diversity of cultures in Mahurangi will be celebrated during Pasifika Fest this month, when a variety of performances will put the spotlight on the vibrant cultures of the Pacific.

The festival will be held at Warkworth Primary School on November 29, from 3pm to 8pm.

It is the third time the Mahu Vision Community Trust has held the event at the school. Trust member Neville Johnson says the festival is a chance to bring these groups to the forefront of the community.

“It’s about reaffirming their cultural values to help keep their cultures alive and make them a part of the wider community,” Neville says.

“The schools in the area do a very good job of valuing the different cultures, but this is a chance for the whole family to get involved in the songs and dances, and show it off to other groups.

Last year, items were presented by groups from Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

Neville says he is also working on getting a black African choir from Auckland to perform at the Fest.

“We are trying to expand the festival to include as many groups as we can.”

But the main event is always the feast at the end of the night.

“We’ve spent $3000 on food for everyone with a gold coin donation.”

In the 2013 census, 1392 people in the Rodney Local Board area self-identified as Pacific peoples – nearly double the number in 2001 (771) and a jump from 1192 in 2006.

One of the largest Pasifika ethnic groups in Mahurangi is from Kiribati.

Kaimanga Tenanoa first visited NZ in 1990 after his wife had a heart attack and needed an operation.

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Rodney Pacific peoples In the 2013 census, 1392 people identified as Pacific peoples in the Rodney Local Board area, making up 2.7 per cent of the population.

The size of each ethnic group was as follows: Samoan................................... 468 Cook Island Maori.................. 306 Kiribati.................................... 189 Tongan.................................... 183 Niuean.................................... 141 Fijian......................................... 84 Tuvaluan................................... 48 Tahitian..................................... 15 Tokelauan.................................... 9 Papua New Guinian.................... 9 Total Pacific peoples.............. 1392 Where a person identified with more than one ethnicity they were counted in each applicable group.

Etitara Beia, left, and Kaimanga Tenanoa, from Kiribati, will perform at the Pasifika Fest this month, which Neville Johnson helped organise.

New Zealand through the Pacific Access Category scheme, which is a ballot that grants residency to 75 citizens from Kiribati, 75 from Tuvalu and 250 citizens of Tonga each year. He now works for Southern Paprika.

“It was a big change. The climate was the biggest thing at first, but the culture is also very different.

“We can afford to eat a lot more healthy food here.

It’s very different, but we like it.”

Kiribati culture is family orientated and, generally,

children will stay with their family until they are married so adjusting to the different customs of NZ was often challenging.

But for Kaimanga, having access to a high standard of education for his children and getting a steady income were the most important factors that lead him to settle in NZ. “We want the best for our children. But we still want to try and maintain our culture for our kids. We want our culture to be kept alive here.”

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Auckland Transport does U-turn on paper roads policy Farmers are claiming victory after Auckland Transport (AT) backtracked on the rules around paper roads.

An initial draft policy released this year outraged farmers who feared the policy would cost them thousands and turn sections of their farms into public parks.

The policy explored the idea of farmers obtaining a grazing licence to farm on paper roads and gave AT the power to require a landowner to fence off land bordering a road.

The draft also emphasised that public access to paper roads was paramount and would require unformed roads to be signposted.

Landowners and Contractors Protection Association chairman Brian Mason described the policy as a “land grab” that would encourage the public to stroll through farms, disturbing stock.

“They already have numerous regional farm parks to explore and enjoy at an already overburdening cost,” he said.

“Many of the roads go down steep terrain and are not practical to fence off. I suspect it’s just another revenue gathering ploy.”

Rural Contractors president Steve Levet believes AT should work to eliminate roads that will never be used, rather than forcing farmers to fence off areas.

“A few of the roads may be justified, but the majority will never be used.”

Grazing licences could also cause

Farmers are anxious as Auckland Transport develops a regional policy on paper roads.

conflict between neighbouring farms if both were trying to get a licence for the same area.

However, at a meeting with the Auckland Council Rural Advisory Panel, which Mr Mason sits on, many of the issues of contention were removed from the draft.

“They apologised profusely for not consulting with the panel before creating the policy,” Mr Mason says.

He says the policy is basically on

hold now.

AT media relations manager Mark Hannan said the majority of paper roads wouldn’t have to be fenced off.

He said the fences would only be required if there was strong public interest in accessing a certain road and no other option was available.

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“It is mostly setting out legal realities and previous best practice. It is not intended to reflect any major changes.”

AT was also looking at categorising paper roads to see if some could be removed.

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Mahurangi Action Plan celebrates 10-year anniversary The benefits of protecting streams and rivers from sediment run-off was one of the key topics of conversation when the Mahurangi Action Plan celebrated its first decade this month.

The anniversary was marked with a Sunday afternoon bus tour and boat ride on November 2, which gave participants an opportunity to see some of the “action” in the plan.

At the Solway Deer Farm on Sandspit Road, landowner and strong supporter of the initiative, Shelley Trotter, talked about stream and gully restoration on her farm. ‘Before’ and ‘after’ photographs told the story of how the landscape had changed.

“Initially, reducing sediment run-off was our motivation,” she said.

“But now we’re getting unforeseen benefits. These include shelter for stock, the opportunity for the deer to forage along the fence-line and the creation of wildlife corridors. It’s become a holistic approach that was driven by the need to address a specific problem.”

At the Farm Forestry Trail, which runs 1.6km between Sandspit Road and Hamilton Road, indigenous forestry experts David and Michael Bergin talked about the open ground trials, riparian planting and the potential of totara as a millable timber.

David said the key to successfully revegetating land was good site preparation, using healthy stock, choosing the right species for the location and weed control.

Mahurangi Action secretary Cimino Cole, aboard the Jane Gifford, toasts the first 10 years of the action plan to restore the health of the Mahurangi River.

After afternoon tea at Scotts Homestead, Mahurangi Action Inc held its annual meeting.

The party then boarded the Jane Gifford for the return trip to Warkworth.

Onboard, marine biologist Dr Roger Grace talked about the huge impacts of trawling on the Hauraki Gulf and snapper stock; oyster farmer and owner of Biomarine Marine, Jim Dollimore, gave an overview of his industry; and Dave Parker covered

some of the history of the river.

Mahurangi Action Inc secretary Cimino Cole wrapped up the tour with a toast to the project’s next 10 years.

The last decade has included 15 community planting days, more than 40 workshops, the production of a 30year strategic plan, performances by the Magic Earth Theatre Company, and student-driven Mahurangi College ‘Action Plans’.

Milestones Started: 2004 Fencing: 90 kms Planting: 45+ ha Council input: $1.8m Landowner input: $600,000 Farm plans: 40

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The winemaker’s job is not an easy one. It is necessary for the wine to be tasted regularly. Even for small wineries, such as we have in Matakana, this works out to be an onerous task. Consider the typical Matakana vineyard, which would typically have five varieties of grape. This translates to at least five ferments and probably 15 barrels of wine. Each wine or barrel would be tasted two or three times a week in the early stages of winemaking and then maybe two or three times a month leading up to bottling. In addition, there would be trials for various fining processes (five or more samples at a time) and blending trials.

Adding all this up, the winemaker for a small winery would taste between 600 and 1000 wines a year just as part of their job.

Most of these tastings would be unfinished wine. Unfinished wines have their own peculiarities and characters, and as a non-winemaker you would sometimes wonder how the cloudy yeasty liquid that wine is during ferment can ever become the fine wine that it inevitably does. The skill and experience of the winemaker requires them to ‘look past’ some of these characters knowing that the natural processes will cause them to disappear. But, at the same time, there is the need to detect other characters in the wine that will require specific attention otherwise they will dominate the wine in a negative way if allowed to remain.

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Playing fair A couple of Friday’s ago I headed into town to do my weekly grocery shop. I made it to Wellsford and saw that the town was packed; I had completely forgotten it was a long weekend. A cold sweat came over me and I made a conscious decision not to continue on to Warkworth. After getting stuck a couple of years ago in a traffic jam almost from Hill Street to Wellsford I avoid that area of my community like the plague on long weekends. In fact, I would rather hurl myself into a pit of snakes than waste my precious life moments glaring at someone’s bumper! There are many reasons I have chosen to live rurally and traffic jams would be very high on that list!

The roading debate is heating up – and I like it! The sad examples of our rural roads, and the terrible financial woes that they create for those of us who live on them, has made me bitter and twisted.

Unlike the majority of Auckland councillors, rural people have complete compassion for all road users to have a right to drive on decent roads and be able to get from A to B in a respectful amount of time. Brake pads for me are a disposable item, along with tyres.

I now drive with truck tyres on my car after years of continuous punctures (I just turn the stereo up so I can’t here the horrible noise they make on the road).

I believe most rural people are happy to help contribute to ease the pain and suffering of Auckland’s roads as long as it is reciprocal – I think it is called sharing. We are told that rural Rodney contributes around $33 million in rates, so that means we pay our way and most certainly have done for generations. But, alas, the conditions we drive on have not changed and, in fact, have deteriorated since the amalgamation of the Supa City. Somebody in the Herald suggested we pay a targeted rate to fix our roads – well we did for 26 years and still to this day not a square inch of bitumen has been laid in our areas.

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Checking wellbeing “How are you today?” “Very well, thank you.” These are questions and replies that we hear every day and I dare say are social conversation rather than reflection on health issues and form the basis of our habitual responses. Wellbeing though is surely more than having no current reason to complain about one’s life.

Transferring this concept to our family pets, they have no way to reflect on their wellbeing or their suffering. Pets rely on us to look after their needs. We, as owners, do see when they do not want to eat their favourite food, don’t like to jump up on the couch, limp after coming back from the beach and the list goes on and on.

Abrupt changes in the behaviour and appearance of our pet makes us think they are unwell and we seek advice from Dr Google, dog and cat breeders, pet shop operators and, hopefully, veterinarians and preferably, your regular veterinarian.

Regularity in the documentation of examination findings is the most reliable method of picking up the subtle, non-acute changes in your pet. A lot of these subtle changes will be quite natural and age-related. But some of them are not normal and are suffered in silence.

Early diagnosis through regular check-ups enables us to intervene at a time when improvements are still possible. The three yearly schedules for core vaccinations in dogs, for example, are too long an interval between check-ups to assure their general wellbeing, especially when the dog is getting older.

I do appreciate that veterinary clinic consultations are unsubsidised but the most costly part is not the regular yearly checkups. It is the treatment cost of chronic illness or specialist surgeries that can be crippling. Health insurance for pets is not a thing of the future. It is happening already and growing rapidly to the extent that some mainstream providers of human health insurance provide pet health insurance as well.

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Riding to remember WWI Snells Beach retiree Peter Caccia-Birch got back in the saddle for the first time in 25 years to join a special War Horse Parade recently.

He was one of 20 riders on horses parading through Matakana on November 9, followed by about 60 people marching behind, to pay tribute to the role horses played in World War I. Only four of the 10,000 horses New Zealand sent to the war returned home.

One of them was a thoroughbred mare called Bess, who was owned by Peter’s grandfather Colonel Guy Powles.

The love of horses has continued through the generations, with Peter and his son Mike owning and riding farm horses. Peter’s grandson, 7-yearold Ryan, also attended the horse parade.

“It was disastrous how they were treated. It’s important we remember their sacrifice and teach future generations,” Peter says.

During the wreath laying ceremony at the King George War Memorial, the crowd heard about the plight of the horses. It included a speech by pony club member and Mahurangi College deputy head girl Rose Gannaway, who won third place at the Lions Young Ambassador northern nationals in October.

According to the RSA, 1500 horses died in battle or from illness, cruel workloads and poor horsemanship.

When the war ended, the New Zealand government could not pay for the 12-month quarantine to bring

A love of horses has carried on throughout the generations. Peter Caccia-Birch (right) with his son Mike and grandson Ryan.

them home. Although some horses were sold many of the soldiers instead felt it was kinder to shoot them.

One of the soldiers was the grandfather of Matakana resident Lance Stephens.

His grandfather’s diaries revealed that shooting his favourite horse was one of his biggest regrets from the war.

The parade was organised by the Matakana Pony Club, whose clubrooms on Matakana Diamond Jubilee Park were built by the Rodney Mounted Rifleman.

The horses and riders wore locally knitted and crocheted poppies, organised by Karen Caulfield from Robyn Egge Yarns, which are now on their way to Auckland War Memorial Museum for the centenary in 2015.

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You can’t beat bananas One of my favourite crops is bananas. A stand of bananas just looks so tropical and the fruit is delicious, nutritious and useful. We have a big old clump of Ladyfinger bananas that were on the property when we arrived. These are the common and relatively hardy bananas that you see growing throughout northern and coastal regions of the North Island.

Ladyfinger bear large bunches of chubby and very sweet fruit all year round; from our water tank sized clump of 10 to 15 stems, we can harvest at least a bunch a month, with each bunch carrying up to 15 “hands” of fruit. Winter harvested bananas can be on the floury side as they don’t get enough heat and sun to change their starches into sugar so we often leave these energy filled fruit to the waxeyes. Tui love the nectar-filled flowers that hang below the bananas, but once the stalk between the flowers and fruit is long enough to cut, off it comes, as this helps the fruit fatten and ripen.

The bananas are ready to harvest when the very first tinge of yellow colour starts appearing; leaving them longer invites the waxeyes, but also possums and mynahs.

I harvest them with a sharp machete, cutting at the bend in the stalk which is useful for hanging from a large hook under our covered pergola. At the same time, I hack the remaining stem into half metre long chunks, which are left on the ground to fertilise the next crop and give more room for new suckers to develop.

Bananas are seriously hungry plants and plenty of organic fertiliser and potassium are the key to producing huge bunches of big tasty fruit. At any time of year, but particularly over spring and summer, I apply liberal dressings of any fertiliser that I can get my hands on – sheep pellets, horse manure, chook manure and wheelbarrow loads of any spare compost or mulch, plus a decent sprinkling of sulphate of potash. It’s almost impossible to over-feed them and without feeding and mulching, the bunches can be pretty pathetic.

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Kaipara Motorcycle Club helps young riders get on track Forty young riders of all abilities converged on private land at Tauhoa last month to up-skill on their trail riding techniques.

The day was hosted by the Kaipara Motorcycle Club.

The young riders had to tackle several obstacles including riding over logs, through dips and traversing the popular swamp crossing, all of which required several changes of clothes for the more adventurous. They were also given some instruction on basic motorbike maintenance and repairs.

The Kaipara Motorcycle club formed last year and held five trail rides around the Tauhoa/ Kaipara Flats last season, with the help of sponsor Spectro. Each ride varied in length, but was typically around 14km.

“With the help of local landowners we’ve managed to secure six rides this summer,” club treasurer Finbarr D’Urban-Burgess says. “The rides are suitable for the whole family. The organisers have children so we make sure the tracks suit a wide range of riding abilities.”

Where space on the property allows, the club also sets up a “Peewee” course for the very young novice riders.

The purpose of the club is to provide premium off-road motorcycle events in the Rodney area, especially for junior riders. The events are all run to Motorcycling NZ Standard Operating Procedures, for the safety of all riders and event organisers.

The Tauhoa trail bike day was a chance for young riders to try their skills on the hills, as well as get some idea of basic bike mechanics.

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CHRISTMAS GIFT FAIR book sale, Christmas shopping weekend at the Point Wells Hall, Fri 5th December 5-7, Sat 6th December 8-3, Sun 7th December 8-3. Bargains for all. Phone Charleyne 09 422 7438. Stalls available MUSEUM SUMMER MARKETS 1st Saturday of the month, 8am, Old Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, Warkworth.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Temporary road closure Alnwick St (between Neville St intersection and Bertram St intersection) shall be closed from 11am until 1pm, Neville St, Queen St and Baxter Street (between Neville St and Percy St) will be closed from 1pm until 2pm and Baxter St (between Percy St and Bertram St) will be closed from 2pm until 3pm on Saturday 29 November, for the Warkworth Santa Parade.

Mill Ln will not be closed but will have stop and go management for traffic heading to Countdown Supermarket and/or the retail business area. Delays are expected to be no more than 5 minutes in duration.

Rodney St (SH1) (between Matheson Rd and Centennial Park Rd) shall be closed from 11.30am until 12.15pm and Station Rd will be closed from 10am until 12.45pm on Saturday 29 November, for the Wellsford Santa Parade.

These closures apply to all except authorised and emergency vehicles.

For further information please contact Auckland Transport on 09 355 3553. aucklandtransport.govt.nz

THANK YOU

The Warkworth & Districts Museum would like to extend a huge thank you to: The Oaks owners. Those who generously donated goods for sale. Our loyal customers and our wonderful volunteers who manned the M“OP” shop while open in the old Mitre 10 Garden Centre. Without you all it just wouldn’t have happened. Your support was very much appreciated.

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A man of many talents A glowing testimonial, written in 1888 by Port Albert JP John Shepherd begins, “I have known Mr B. M. Gubb over twenty years as Head Teacher of the Port Albert School and having myself been Chairman of the School Committee during several past years, I have had abundant opportunities of judging of his abilities, and now have pleasure in stating that I consider him much above the average of Teachers of Government Schools.”

Benjamin Martin Gubb came from Devon having been trained as a precision instrument maker. Port Albert advertised in England for a school teacher and Mr Gubb successfully applied for the position. He and his half-brother Thomas Adams Gubb sailed for New Zealand on the Ida B. M. Gubb.

Zeigler in 1866. Thomas Adams also Photo, Albertland Heritage Centre. settled in Port Albert.

When B. M. Gubb, soon known as Benny Martin, arrived in the little township there were only 10 houses, a church, a store and a sawmill. Most of the countryside was covered in six to 16-foot ti-tree plus some patches of heavy bush. The Government had built some plank bridges, but the few existing roads weren’t connected and these were, as Benny Martin stated later, “three feet wide and two feet deep.” He added: “For fifteen years I never wore socks. There was so much water on the tracks that I frequently got my boots full and simply sat down, tilted my foot up and let it run out.”

His diary notes that he began teaching in January 1867, his small salary being paid by the settlers. There hadn’t been time to build a school house so lessons were started in a house owned by David Becroft. Over the years, the school grew and in 1872 Auckland passed its own Education Act, advocating secular primary education for all children. Exams were set for teachers with Mr Gubb passing scrutiny and becoming the first Public School Teacher for Port Albert with the Board paying his full salary.

Benny Martin courted a local girl, Jane Utting. Jane’s diary has several references to Mr Gubb coming to tea, reading, playing chess and going for walks. Not long before they married on 21 February 1873, she wrote: “Annie and I went to the Point with Fred in the evening and met Martin Gubb so I went for a row with him, got home at 10 o’clock.” The couple had 10 children but two girls died in infancy.

The Testimonial continues: “Apart from his labours as Teacher, this district owes him a debt of gratitude for the services he has rendered in connection with fruit growing.

He is himself a most successful orchardist and it is largely through his influence that this settlement has attained to so high a position as a fruit growing district.”

Benny Martin’s diaries record his agricultural work. He planted citrus and grapes, and introduced many new varieties of grasses and vegetables, always passing on his knowledge to the other settlers. John Shepherd concludes: “PS Mr Gubb has excellent taste and good execution as a musician – in the event of his leaving this district he will be much missed from our concerts and other public entertainments.”

But Benny Martin never left the district. He bought a farm in Port Albert and worked on it for the rest of his life. He died on 7 April, 1927, aged 84. Perhaps it is fitting that as a former Highway Board member, he has a Port Albert road named after him.

Sources: Wellsford & Districts Schools Centennial book, Jane Utting diary transcript, John Shepherd Testimonial, B M Gubb diaries.

Albertland data online The Albertland Museum Past Perfect Database is now online. Go to albertland.co.nz. To start your research, simply click on the link ‘View Our Online Collections’, which is at the top right of the home page. You will be taken to the comprehensive search page. You can search people, places, events and key words. The database is progressively updating.

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Cryptic crosswords workshop, learn how to solve them with Kay, at Mahurangi East Library, 10.30 am. Beginners and experts welcome. Info: 425 6541 Racing, Leigh Sawmill Café Wellsford Country Show. Info: wellsfordcountryshow.com Garage/car boot sale, Warkworth Methodist Church, 1 Hexham St, 8.30am-12.30pm. Sites available. Info: Val Shepherd 425 6336 Civics Education Workshop with former Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos, Matakana Hall Meeting Room, Matakana, 9am to 5pm (see story p6 ) The Improv Bandits, Warkworth Tennis & Squash Club, bar opens 7pm show starts at 7.30 pm. Tickets $25. Info: Kaye Jackson 425 6965 or 021 1357574 Omaha Beach Forum, Omaha Community Centre, 3.30pm The Eastern, Leigh sawmill (see story p29) Wellsford Country Show, Centennial Park, 10am-4pm. Info: wellsfordcountryshow.com Mahurangi Junior Hockey annual meeting, Mahurangi Rugby clubrooms, 7pm Mahurangi College Twilight Christmas Market, Mahurangi College Hall, 5pm-8.30pm. Great selection of handmade and designer products including local wines and cuisine. Bookings are being taken now for stalls. Info: Katie on 422 5042 evenings or katiemtichell@clear.net.nz Warkworth Santa Parade from 12pm. (see story p9) Wellsford Santa Parade from 11.30am. (see story p9) Warkworth Artisan Market, Old Masonic Hall, 9am- 2pm Christmas Craft Market, Matakana Hall, 8.30am-2.30pm. Locally made art & craft Pasifika Fest, featuring performances from Mahurangi ethnic communities. 3pm-8pm at Warkworth Primary School. (see story p31) Rodney Indoor Bowls 60 Year Anniversary, Mahurangi East Community Centre, 10am-4pm. Info: Ruth Harvey 425 6155 Delaney Davidson, Leigh Sawmill (see story p30) Puhoi Farmers Market, 9am-1pm

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Bingo, New Masonic Hall, 7pm. Fundraiser for Warkworth Museum Carols in the Park, Lucy Moore Park, Warkworth, 6pm Bullmania, Warkworth Showgrounds Rodeo grounds, 6pm Christmas Gift Fair, Point Wells Hall (see classified p41) Christmas Gift Fair & book sale, Point Wells Hall; bargains for all.

Stalls sites available. Info: Charleyne 422 7438 Hospice Garage Sale, Matakana Hall 021 907 066 or baker.buddha@gmail.com Kowhai Singers Christmas Carols,Warkworth Primary School Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets available from choir members, Not Just Hats, Maria’s Florist, or at the door. (see story p29) Jackman Waterman Classic for qualified lifeguards, 12km ocean race from Waipu Cove to Mangawhai Heads. Info: Tony Baker 021 907 066 or baker.buddha@gmail.com U3A meeting, Totara Park, Melwood Dr, Warkworth, 10am

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Record numbers join sixth Warkworth walking weekend View more photos online localmatters.co.nz

Morning tea on the Big Omaha walk with a view to Omaha Bay. The path wasn’t all easy going.

The annual Warkworth Walks programme just gets bigger and better.

This month, 345 places were sold over the 12 available walks, representing a 96 per cent take-up rate and the best turnout in the event’s six year history.

“The weather was a bit blustery and showery at the start on Thursday, but the rest of the weekend was bright and sunny, making for one of our most successful ever weekends of walking,” says organising committee member Luke Williamson.

“Including buses, restaurants, cafés, accommodation and other sundry sales, we estimate that the weekend

directly adds $15,000 to $20,000 to local businesses, and has a number of indirect benefits in terms of referrals and follow-up sales.”

Walk locations this year included Hauturu, Gibbs Farm, Cape Rodney, Big Omaha, Kaipara, Duck Creek, Pukapuka, Pohuehue, Big Bay, Glorit and a tour of local artists’ studios.

“The feedback was excellent again and there were a number of good suggestions for how to make things even better next year.”

Luke says the most impromptu visitor for the year was Carolyn,

from Singapore, who found herself in Warkworth with no luggage and no idea of what to do for the day.

“She wandered into the hall to see what we were up to. She signed up on the spot for the Cape Rodney walk, changed into a pair of shoes supplied by one of our locals who had zipped home specially to get them, and had what Carolyn described as, ‘the most serendipitous and delightful day I think I’ve ever had’.”

The organising committee thanked volunteers, suppliers, hosts and land owners whose generosity and enthusiasm

made the walks so successful.

“Our walkers are always astounded by the places they get to visit and the quality of the hospitality they receive, and this is what keeps them coming back year after year.”

New walks are already being planned for next year and anyone who is interested in being involved is encouraged to join the database at warkworthwalks.co.nz, or find us on Facebook (Warkworth-Walks).

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