Kaipara Lifestyler October 19th, 2021 by Integrity Community Media

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‘Some way to go’ for vaccinations u by Paul Campbell

While Super Saturday has raised the Covid vaccination levels across the country, Kaipara still has “some way to go before we get to 90 per cent,” says Mayor Jason Smith, after more than 600 people received the vaccine last weekend in events in Dargaville, Paparoa and Mangawhai.

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“The turnout was really great, but this represents some three per cent of Kaipara District’s eligible people getting their first or second jab,” he said. Of Saturday’s turnout, 343 vaccinations were delivered at the Te Ha Oranga event at The Warehouse car park, 119 injections in Mangawhai and 120 in Paparoa, the two latter towns visited by a second vaccination bus, which will continue to cover the eastern Kaipara communities. Additional vaccinations continued at the Normanby Street centre in Dargaville and at a marae event. In wider Northland, where there are still places of interest following a boundary-breaking Covid-positive visit from Auckland, there were no community cases as this edition went to print. There were 5,115 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine given on October 16, 2,286 as first the dose with 2,688 second doses for a total of 210,313 doses given across Northland as of last Monday morning. While Auckland remains the key barometer for lockdown levels in Northland and Waikato, which were indicated as of midnight last Monday, the ‘vaxathon’ took the city nearer to its target of 90 per cent. However, director-general of health, Ashley Bloomfield, says Covid cases will continue to rise. Before the cabinet met, he said Auckland’s border would need to stay in place until the rest of the country’s vaccination rates also moved up. For full information on Covid developments, go to northlanddhb.org.nz/ home/covid-19/covid-19-northland-hub. ¢

Change in the proportion of people who have received one or more doses of a Covid-19 vaccine October 13 v October 6

p This chart shows how each part of Kaipara District improved its vaccination rate between October 6 and 13. It also shows the percentage of the population in that area, which has had either one or two vaccination shots up until October 13.

p A bird’s eye view of the Te Ha Oranga vaccination event in The Warehouse car park

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Beach access damaged Leader named for harbour repair

u by Andy Bryenton

Massive erosion has closed the access to Baylys Beach, keeping vehicles off the sand and blocking off pedestrian walkways to homes at the popular seaside spot.

p The power of the sea and torrential rain combined to destroy access to Baylys Beach; could a longterm fix be part of the council’s Climate Change Adaptation pilot scheme?

Torrential rain and high tides combined to batter the accessway, destroying the road, exposing water pipes and undercutting concrete structures. “Engineers assessed the site on October 8, and their initial report gave our maintenance team some immediate remedial options that we will implement as soon as possible,” said Kaipara District Council spokesperson Ruby Mitchell. “This includes installing large rocks (rock spalls) at the entrance, along the edge of the stream alignment.” “Our contractors will then backfill the area with compacted lime rock. Lime rock is cohesive and will provide better resistance to any future weather impacts in the short to medium term. That work is expected to take five to 10 working days,

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depending on weather, and the beach access would reopen after that.” Last week, Kaipara District councillors discussed the pilot trial sites for climate change countermeasures. Previous attempts to tame the sea’s surges are now visibly crumbling. With climate change acknowledged to be a future threat, Baylys Beach is on the short-list of six possible trial locations for the council’s adaptive approach. Additionally, a stormwater project is planned, set to break ground in January next year. This plan incorporates enhancement and stabilisation of the stream to the beach, and the creation of a half-hectare wetland, which will slow surface water descending through the catchment area. ¢

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p Leading the restoration of the Kaipara Harbour — Justine Daw

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National Poetry Day celebrated u by Our Literary Correspondent

Winners have been announced in The Kauri Museum’s annual poetry contest, carrying a Kaipara Harbour theme for this year’s day of verse. The museum’s marketing director Grant O’Neill said the museum had intended to hold an award and open mic night. However, with lockdown preventing any large gatherings, the event was cancelled. “Unfortunately, Covid threw a spanner in the works, and with the lockdown restrictions continuing to restrict the way we can run, we decided that we cannot hold an awards night and reading as planned,” Mr O’Neill said. “However, despite this, we had more entries this year than last, which was good to see, and the work was excellent.” Drew Bryenton’s composition Still Standing was the overall winner, with second place award to Paula Moros’ Bradley’s Landing. The third place-getter

was Jel Davenport’s My Soul Has Settled; the judges gave special mention to Joan Brown’s work The Kaipara Harbour. ¢

Mayor’s Message Kia ora, Vaccination rates and Covid Alert Levels Congratulations to people in Kaipara District who’ve responded to the Kaipara Call To Arms and have rolled up their sleeves to get vaccinated in the last two weeks. More than 70% of all eligible Kaipara people have now had either one or both of their vaccines. It’s good to see this. However, with nearly 30% of Kaipara people who have not at all been vaccinated there is a large number of us who may be vulnerable when the virus comes here, which isn’t so good.

about where they’re permitted to shop or get vaccines or be tested, etc. Through all this I have been advocating for better services for Kaiwaka and Mangawhai people who’ve been badly served and so I’m pleased to see the authorities are making improvements now.

These are tricky times. There’s a major vaccination drive taking place because prevention is better than cure. I’m vaccinated for the sake of my family and the people who can’t get vaccinated (such as young children) as I want there to be fewer people spreading the virus when it’s here. And it’s nearly here, whether you believe it or Even if Alert Levels ease off again or not. The more of us who are vaccinated get replaced by some other system the less trouble there will be ahead. I for explaining the risk level in the want a future we’re all able to share, community, the need for vaccination one without the current restrictions and testing services that are close and where we can gather again safely; by for Kaipara people needs to be vaccinations are the best path we have addressed. For some people it’s a long to that. I’m happy to go out of my way drive to get to a vaccination centre, and take the time to roll up my sleeves which is unhelpful at a busy time of the now and get jabbed for the sake of year. So I’ve advocated for more mobile everyone and the tomorrows of us all. vaccination vans to be here in Kaipara I encourage others to do the same. As District and take the vaccines to where I said earlier, prevention is better than the people are. Expect to see more on cure. this. Also, the Northland DHB has set up a pop-up Covid testing station at Stay well, noho ora mai Kaiwaka so people from eastern parts Mayor Jake of Kaipara District don’t have to travel Dr Jason Smith, Mayor of Kaipara far for a test. Progress. District Mangawhai and Kaiwaka residents particularly have been doing it tough in recent weeks and months with a range of what I call ‘borderland’ issues – alert level disruptions, border barriers at the Brynderwyns and then at the regional boundary with Auckland, confusion

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STILL STANDING The harbour breathes Slow, salt-swirl, liquid exhalation Waters tinted pounamu and sky Edges all lace and opalescence, foam skitters over her mudflats, hungry, driven by the thunder of the ocean’s heart. I am the watcher, the wavescatter reflection, a sentinel mossy with the weight of centuries. I am silence, storm-defier — from roots in their dark tangle, to the constellations woven amid my branches, and the nesting moon. The harbour breathes, stone beneath me creaking as we lean into the storm of years; Spring rises with the sap, the seabirds call, sliding down the cold skies, sliced up by veils of rain and squall. Icy mists enshroud, where shadows walk and nothing else; an immensity of hush, deep as dreamless dark. Until the summer when the heathaze pauses, breathless. Until the sap is stilled, the birds are silent, the green-tinted rays of the sun through leaves / Skip silver from the edge of heavy steel / Until

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Numbers tell the tale of council’s year u by Andy Bryenton

The Kaipara District Council’s annual report delivers some interesting numbers that sum up the district’s growth and trends for the future. It’s also an indication of how debt is being reduced and how engaged the central government is with projects to improve this part of the country, with millions of dollars dug into initiatives Kaiparawide spanning transport, tourism and infrastructure. “Our teams across council have worked well in what can be challenging times with border restrictions and rolling lockdowns. The wider p KDC debt is down to $44 million, while more than $19 million in externally funded projects were undertaken council organisation has been in 2021 resilient in the face of change and difficult circumstances,” says KDC the district as a whole a rateable value CEO Louise Miller. Ms Miller reflected on of $10,786,318,000. a year disrupted by Covid-19 almost to the Externally funded projects worth same extent as 2020. several million have also increased the KDC staff fielded 54,492 questions lifestyle value of the Kaipara, and those and requests from residents via phone, still under construction promise good in person and online. Some have been outcomes from 2022 and beyond. In about the 272 resource consents total, $19.21 million in projects funded and 777 building consents processed by central government agencies went during the year, including consents for live in 2021. These include work on 182 new dwellings. It shows real-world Mangawhai’s Wood Street redesign, growth above and beyond the rise of land the Kaihu Valley Rail Trail, Mangawhai and property prices, which have also shared path foot and cycleway, and increased by approximately 17%, giving Kaiwaka’s trans-highway footbridges. ¢

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Festival of fabric arts u by Andy Bryenton

The Otamatea Quilters group has used the downtime of lockdown to bring to fruition the full intricacy of the fabric arts, gathering for an exhibition at The Kauri Museum for Labour Weekend.

p The state of the quilters’ art is on display in Matakohe this month and next, as the Otamatea Quilters exchange charitable work for pure artistry

The exhibition will be on public display for a month. It is the culmination of many hours of painstaking work for the quilters, who bring fresh perspectives to this ancient handcraft, transcending its origins as a homemaker’s necessity and turning it into fine art. “Community quilts are at the heart of the exhibition, with all the materials being donated by the quilters,” says museum marketing director Grant O’Neill. “The Otamatea Quilters choose an organisation to donate quilts to, and over the past four years have made quilts for STAND, the Children’s Health Camp in Whangārei, and the Plunket Society who give the quilts to young families in need.”

The list does not stop there. Otamatea’s quilting artisans have also fashioned warm and practical quilts for the new Maungaturoto dementia unit. At the other end of the spectrum of human age, they have also donated tiny quilts for premature and newborn babies. The St John Woolly Express programme has also received support. The forthcoming exhibition spans the range of quilting arts, from entirely handmade heirloom pieces completed in the traditional style to innovations made possible by modern sewing machine technology. Patterns and themes range from geometric to floral and avant-garde. The display is on from Labour Weekend October 22 to November 21. ¢

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Progress is positive at retreat

Metal art goes international

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Donations, a Kaipara District Council community project grant and some hard work have seen significant progress in recent weeks at the Arapohue Rural Retreat, a place for healing and recovery.

A local Dargaville metalworker has turned industry into art, having been accepted to compete in a prestigious United States-based copper sculpting competition.

Major restoration of the former bush campsite has been in the works as plans come to fruition for a major, communitybeneficial rehabilitation and healing centre. Founders Ray and Janet Curle are pleased to see their work translating into bricks-and-mortar gains. “An appeal for funds towards restoring the schoolhouse, the equine mentoring headquarters, was very successful, and now the focus moves toward finishing the p Hard work by volunteers and donations from well-wishers have both contributed to the restoration work happening at necessary accommodation Arapohue’s rural retreat centre buildings,” said Ray and Janet. “Provision has been coming in, project- cottage. Flooring is also complete in by-project, thanks to many faithful donors the men’s respite centre, with roofing and major supporters like the Dugdale ongoing currently. Charitable Trust, several generous In the volunteer housing building, individuals and churches, and regular Dargaville House, floors, bathrooms monthly donors. Arapohue Rural Retreat and living areas have been revitalised is starting to look beautiful.” with plenty of elbow grease from A fully consented new enviro-septic tradespeople and volunteers alike. Next treatment system has been installed, and on the plan is the arrival of 13 young floor sanding, polishing and painting have volunteers from Youth With A Mission been completed in the women’s respite in Nelson. ¢

By day, blacksmith, fabricator and creative artist Vesna Martinovich works in the engineering and fabrication industry, helping repair, form, shape and craft with metal. Delving into the old arts of blacksmithing and forming copper and brass at a custom made home forge and workshop, Vesna has avidly learned techniques that owe more to the art studio than the factory floor. One of these is an innovative form of copperwork, developed by Professor Charles Lewton-Brain, an artisan and metallurgist. He will help judge p Forged in Dargaville — Vesna Martinovich uses metalworking skills for industry, then turns them this year’s entrants in the copper into art sculpting competition, which carries his name. patterning and textures, the copper “For me, it’s not even about winning must be worked cold, not hot in a forge at this point,” says Vesna. “It’s about like steel. getting recognition and feedback from When asked about the technique and one of the pioneers in this field. Charles creative process of this kind of artistic Lewton-Brain is legendary. It’s an honour metalwork, Vesna says that it’s all about to have him look at my work.” learning from mistakes, growing in That work is an intricately fold-formed confidence, and trying new techniques. copper mushroom, with levels of detail A winner will be announced in November, that make the several-times life-sized with the top entries receiving international piece seem realistic. To achieve such acclaim in artistic and lapidary journals. ¢

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The Department of Conservation and Toyota are joining forces to offer a green-space learning prize to local schools.

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A local sign language tutor is bringing a new approach to learning New Zealand’s third official language to Kaipara, offering classes in Dargaville and Maungaturoto. Eddie Hokianga is a strong advocate for trilingual fluency in te reo Māori, English and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL). He has turned his hearing impairment into a positive for the community by spreading the message and helping people learn to sign. “There are many reasons to learn NZSL,” says Eddie. “NZSL is used by people for different purposes. For example, people come to learn NZSL to communicate with deaf people as part of their careers, or to better communicate with friends and family.” He also says that there exists an urgent need for more trilingual interpreters in Aotearoa. Māori deaf want better communication access with their whānau, and only a small number of people can sign, translate and communicate in Te Reo Māori this way. The term for signing in te reo is Māori Ringa Tohu Reo. However, Eddie predominantly teaches newcomers the classic New Zealand Sign Language lexicon. “People from all walks of life come to learn NZSL. From young to old, we have had teachers, police, medical personnel, councillors and a mayor, as well as a local MP, learn NZSL with us.”

p Dargaville Primary School won a school garden via Rabobank; now Toyota and DOC have a similar prize up for grabs

p Students of sign language practise their forms; New Zealand’s third official language is getting a boost from local classes this summer

Recently, the Lottery Grants Board gave a partial grant to Deaf Action NZ. It will enable Eddie, and his colleagues, to teach classes throughout Te Tai Tokerau for the next 12 months. Classes in Dargaville and Maungaturoto are starting very soon, in late October. Those who wish to sign up and learn should visit the website eddie.nz to enrol. “Anyone can join our classes to learn,” says Eddie. “Give it a go.” ¢

The Kiwi Guardians contest is a simple one. It asks parents and children to explain why their school should receive a $5,000 grant to build an interactive green classroom — a garden area to nurture growing things and the next generation of kaitiaki. Learning through interaction with school vegetable gardens, horticulture programmes and the raising of native seedlings is a big part of the curriculum for many of the Kaipara’s young students. Dargaville Intermediate School and Ruawai Kindergarten achieved Enviro Gold status for their efforts. Dargaville Primary School won a contest similar to this one via Rabobank and now enjoys an outdoor garden area. “It’s really special that so many Kiwi kids have chosen to get out into nature and learn about how important protecting our environment is as part of Kiwi

Guardians. So we are excited to continue to encourage this kaitiakitanga,” says Toyota New Zealand’s general manager of marketing, Andrew Davis. “Planting trees, shrubs and even veggies is a great way to start a lifelong journey of appreciating and protecting New Zealand’s environment,” said DOC director Geoff Ensor. The partnership between DOC and Toyota goes deeper than one providing vehicles for the other. Their Kiwi Guardians programme has been up and running since 2016. It features more than 120 activities for students to try in the classroom setting or at home, earning medals as they go. To win a green space prize, parents are encouraged to visit facebook.com/ kiwiguardians, tag their favourite local school and give a reason why they should receive a $5,000 garden. ¢

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Ray and Heather Juretich have been delivering water to people in the Kaipara’s rural hinterland for 35 years through all kinds of seasonal conditions. When the big dry of summer begins to bite, they are the ones people trust. “My father used to own the business, back in the 1980s, when he bought the water carrying operations from the old dairy company,” says Heather. “We worked for him and then moved up to being the owners ourselves.” It’s a job that’s all about people. Those who have been saved from empty tanks by Dargaville Water Carriers, the trading name of Dargaville Haulage, are grateful that there’s a professional company providing this vital service in the region. “We’ve got some great customers,” says Ray. “We appreciate their loyalty, and we always do our best for them.” That means investing in full accreditation from the Ministry of Health, with regular checks to ensure that the water they deliver is as fresh and healthy as anything that comes out of a city tap. This year, it also means investing in new technology, with a new Mercedes truck taking over duties as the power behind Kaipara water deliveries in 2021. The big M-B Actros

hauls a specially designed tanker trailer, outfitted for the job by one of Dargaville’s top metalworkers and fabricators, Jay Juretich, son of Ray and Heather. With summer on the horizon, it’s time to think about those tank levels and plan ahead. The Dargaville Water Carriers team suggest that if your tank is less than a metre from the bottom, it’s prudent to call and book a delivery. When you do, take stock of the access ways to the tank and down the driveway. Ray reports that many first-time callers or those new to the area may not realise the restrictions on manoeuvring a large, fully laden tanker of H2O. Sometimes a spot of pruning and chopping is necessary in a tight squeeze. When you see the bright blue truck out on the road, bearing the Dargaville Haulage and Dargaville Water Carriers names, it’s likely that another household is about to be saved from the big dry. They’ll be out there this summer, ensuring that nobody goes thirsty.

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Baylys Beach access closed Earlier this month, an extreme rain event at Baylys Beach, followed by immediate periods of further wet weather, saw significant damage inflicted on the beach access at the bottom of the catchment. This included major erosion to the stream and the resulting exposure of several retaining structures. The footpath was also damaged, as was the road leading to the beach access. Engineers assessed the site on the Friday (08 October) and their initial report gave our maintenance team some immediate remedial options that we will implement as soon as possible. This includes installing rock spalls at the entrance, along the edge of the stream. Our contractors will then backfill the area with compacted lime rock. Lime rock is cohesive and will provide better resistance to any future weather impacts in the short to medium term. That work is expected to take 5 to 10 working days weather dependent, and the beach access will reopen after that. Until this work is complete, the area is not safe for beach access and remains closed. Please exercise caution and do not attempt access by vehicle. We are still investigating the area. These works are carried out under ‘Section 330 - Emergency works and power to take preventive or remedial action, of the Resource Management Act 1991’ under delegated authority of Kaipara District Council. In the longer term, there is also a stormwater project planned for Baylys Beach, programmed for January 2022. The work is funded under the current Long Term Plan and incorporates enhancing the stream and creating approximately half an hectare of wetland in Chases Gorge. Planting for the wetland is planned to take place in Autumn 2022. The aim of the project is to reduce and slow the amount of surface water flowing down through the catchment area, and by doing so, minimise the roadside discharge of stormwater. It does not seek to protect the road corridor, beach access, or potential unstable land downstream from Chases Terrace. The new wetland is located on private land and a covenant agreement is required to allow for planting and maintaining the wetland area. Kaipara District Council is currently negotiating with the landowner to begin the work.

Upcoming Council Meetings Externally Funded Projects Committee, Wed 20 Oct, 9.30am, broadcast online via facebook.com/KaiparaDistrictCouncil Council Meeting, Wed 27 Oct, 9.30am, Conference Room, Northern Wairoa War Memorial Hall, Dargaville Council Briefing, Wed 3 Nov, 9.30am, Mangawhai Domain Hall, Moir Street, Mangawhai Taharoa Domain Governance Committee, Tue 9 Nov, 10.00am, Lake Waikare Centre, Taharoa Domain District Plan Review Briefing, Wed 10 Nov, 9.30am, Mangawhai Domain Hall, 75 Moir Street, Mangawhai Please visit the Council website for the most up-to-date information or call Council on 0800 727 059 and ask to speak to a Governance Advisor.

Customer Perception survey Our third edition of the customers perceptions survey is available on our website kaipara.govt.nz. The survey, undertaken four times a year, gets feedback direct from customers about areas we can improve on, as well as measuring against our targets set in our Annual and Long Term Plans. We’ve seen marked success in our resource consent process, park facilities, and libraries. Surveys are undertaken via telephone, mail and online. If you do get asked to take the survey, please do, as your feedback helps us to improve our service.

Pahi wharf continues at pace With the handrail work now complete, the Huband crew have been working at the end of the wharf recently, preparing the connection for the new gangway, and replacing pile caps and stringers. Last week saw the third and final pile being driven, concluding the heavy machinery work for this part of the project. The structural steel required for the gangway connection is being fabricated in Dargaville by Greg Smith Engineering, with installation planned in a week or so. Images: At the end of the wharf you can see one of the team in the heavy rain, undertaking pile set measurements for the project engineer. Three piles have been driven in the last fortnight. The computer generated image shows what the wharf will look like once complete. There’s still a bit to do! Bellingham Marine are building the pontoon and gangway in their Auckland workshop. These components will arrive on site sometime in late November (pending COVID restrictions). The project is currently on track to be complete before the end of the year. The wharf remains closed during construction, with the boat ramp open for launching. The wharf upgrade is part of Kaipara KickStart, supported by PGF funding from Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit.

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There’s a lot of heavy-duty engineering involved in making a car truly fast by modern standards. Turbos that can hoover up unwitting livestock, more radiators than a public school block; is it really necessary? Admittedly, some of the truly great cars of history have been the fastest of their day. The McLaren F1. The Ford GT40. Even greater, are those that have proven you don’t have to blitz the sound barrier with your eyeballs squished by G-forces to have a good time. The MX-5 comes to mind or the old Golf GTI. However, I put it to you that the masters of this idea are neither the Germans nor the Japanese. When it comes to greeting weird automotive ideas as a bit of a chuckle, accepted with a wry grin and shrug, the trophy goes to France. We could talk about the bonkers Renault Clio V6 hatch, where they ripped out the back seats to add more engine, or the Peugeot p Parisian style and electric, high-range practicality make the new 208 a sensible choice that’s still loads of fun to drive 505 V6 when they took a small, reliable little four-door made to survive in a supercharged John Cooper Works Mini spice. Certainly, the addition of the letters North Africa and wedged the motor from under the hood. GTI after the model number would be a a DeLorean in it. Let us instead consider Now here comes the 208, and it’s welcome option. While the e-208 is not its smaller brother, the 205 turbo. electric. There’s no need to yawn, however, the fastest electric machine out there, it’s Much has been said about this pint- because this little French hatch does what certainly got the fun factor right. ¢ sized rocketship, mostly while going the Honda CR-Z set out to do a decade sideways and screaming. It was the ago and succeeds. That was a sports same kind of mad fun as a food fight, hybrid; this is a hot hatch for the electric but with wheels. The follow-up, the 206, age, with all the handling cues from its was more cheeky than unhinged, like the predecessors and a presence that is not difference between Dennis the Menace freakishly futuristic or anachronistically PHONE 09 439 6910 and Loki. It was still a machine designed retro, but something fresh. to make you smile, though, and so was There’s more than 340km range on the 207, which was available, for a time, in a single charge, too, with the instant metallic lime green with the engine from torque of electric motors to add some PHONE TO BOOK YOUR WOF

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There’s a tactic for clearing the fog from your brain and de-stressing, which the initiated call mindfulness. Now there’s a new way to forget Covid conspiracies, politics and petrol prices and live in the mindful moment. Alright, perhaps it’s not exactly new. However, those who enjoy a quiet rumination or two swear that one of the best venues for doing so is on top of a ride-on mower. Think about it for a second. You’re outdoors in the great green sanctity of the back yard, and you’re unlikely to be disturbed, as you’re taking care of a vital chore. It’s just you, the canvas of the lawn, the brush of a finely tuned machine; it even beats the old WC, as nobody is going to come knocking with urgent needs to take over. The average dunny does not come equipped with a cup holder, either. Of course, this time to philosophise and speculate on such matters as dream All Blacks back lines from history, how to solve the pandemic, and what real-life jobs certain politicians should have to try their hand at only works if your mower is working smoothly, and is right for the job. Otherwise, rather than a clear and Zenlike mind, you’ll end up with oily, bashed fingers and a temper shorter than a runover garden gnome. There are so many tools to choose from that setting up a shed of the right stuff seems like preparing the tools for a complicated spot of brain surgery. Different mowers are best for different

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Jumbo crossword ACROSS 1 Do as one pleases yet escape punishment or censure (3,4,4,6) 10 Divides into three (8) 15 Woman’s garment (6) 16 Snapshot (10) 17 Agenda (8) 19 Pickling liquid (7) 21 Dense (5) 22 Singers (9) 25 Reckless (9) 27 Inquisitive (7) 29 Picturesque (6) 33 Annoyed (5) 34 Intrude unlawfully (8) 36 Speed up (10) 39 Vase (3) 41 Voyage (7) 42 Jacket (6) 43 Utter foolishness (6) 44 Evil giant (4) 45 Climbs (7) 48 Lure (10) 53 Freedom (7) 57 Female relation (4) 58 Violent local storm (6) 59 Large country property (6) 60 Ship’s hooter (7) 62 Moose (3) 64 Enhanced (10) 65 Innocuous (8) 66 Dark wood (5) 69 Titillate (6) 70 Declare free from blame (7)

71 Strike back (9) 76 Choice (9) 77 Domestic cat (5) 78 Garb (7) 83 Almanac (8) 84 Genealogical chart (6,4) 85 Handbook (6) 86 Remove poison from (8) 87 Refuse to do, no matter how great the reward (3,3,4,2,5) DOWN 2 Oblong cream puff (6) 3 Tickle (5) 4 Unreturnable serve (3) 5 Cried (4) 6 Double (7) 7 Short-sightedness (6) 8 Very uncommon (4) 9 Elation (8) 11 Gun kick (6) 12 Glasses (10) 13 Inkling (4) 14 Varnish (7) 18 Author’s text submitted for publication (10) 20 Friend in war (4) 23 Mound of stones as a monument (5) 24 Darkroom apparatus (8) 26 Watch (7) 28 Sudden rise (7) 30 Mistakes (6) 31 Japanese battle cry (6)

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Public Notices

ABANDONED VEHICLE in Dargaville HNP721 silver Honda Odyssey. To recover the vehicle call John 027 525 8189. The vehicle will be sold to cover expenses on 29 October 2021.

POUTO MARINE Hall Inc. AGM, Saturday 30th October 2021 at 2 pm at the Pouto Marine Hall, All welcome.

ACOUSTIC MUSIC Blackboard Concert — First Thursday of the month — 7.00–9.30pm, Kaipara Community Centre, Hokianga Road, Dargaville. $2 entry, $2 raffle. Performers and audience welcome. Phone Allan 09 439 6933 or 021 439 697. An enjoyable night to be part of, or sit back and be entertained by some great local talent. To be Resumed at Level 1. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS both Dargaville AA Meetings are held at the church, crn Parore and Normanby Sts. Use Parore St entrance. Monday 4.30pm & Thursday 7.30pm. Phone Bernie 027 212 2148, Ladies 020 4082 1373, Murray 09 439 5248.

Kaipara Community Health Trust

Health Shuttle Don’t miss your health appointment. We can help. Accessible Transport We have a wheelchair hoist (Dargaville and Whangarei Health Appointments)

Bookings Phone: Te Ha Oranga 439 3013 It’s our pleasure helping people get to their health appointments

RUAWAI PLANTS phone your order to Etha 09 439 2115 or 027 282 2926 for contactless pickup. Now available tomatoes, cherry, two large varieties, courgettes green & yellow, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, silverbeet, spinach, kale, bok choy, pak choy, cucumbers, spring onion, peas & beans, kumikumi, pumpkin, buttercup, butternut, capsicum, chilli, eggplant, beetroot, sweetcorn, petunias & marigold seedlings & herbs. Also available is gourds, bitter melon, rockmelon & watermelon. THE PAHI Community Hall Society Incorporated will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 6th November 2021, 11am at the hall. All welcome.

THELMA AND CHARLIE PARKER EDUCATION TRUST The above education trust was established at the direction of the late Mr Charlie Parker, a wellknown and respected local businessman. The purpose of the trust is to establish and maintain scholarships which will be known as the THELMA AND CHARLIE PARKER SCHOLARSHIPS. Each scholarship is designed to assist any current pupil or pupils of Dargaville High School, who, in the opinion of the trustees, would benefit from further education or study of either tertiary or other nature, or of any recognised course of education or study and who would otherwise be unable to undergo such education or study having regard to the financial resources of that student and/or that student’s immediate family. The trustees of the trust therefore invite applications for assistance from students of Dargaville High School or from any person on a student’s behalf. Application forms are available from the school office or Hammonds Law, Solicitors. To enable consideration by the trustees, completed applications must be delivered to Alistair Hammond of Hammonds Law by 5pm on Friday the 5th November 2021. Any enquiries should be directed to the High School office or to Alistair Hammond of Hammonds Law, Solicitors.

ANI NEEDS YOU R A M ! KU Volunteer or Become a Board Member Come to our AGM!

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