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Tip fight hails a victory  by Paul Campbell

A proposed Plan Change application that would pave the way for further development of rubbish landfills in the Dome Valley area has been rejected by commissioners appointed by the Auckland Council, and elated opponents of the initial dump approval.

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The move by Waste Management Ltd, the Chinese-owned contractor for Auckland’s domestic and industrial refuse, has been part of the company’s overall bid to establish a 60-hectare dump on 1,000 hectares of land it bought with Overseas Investment Office approval.

The dump application was opposed by the Fight the Tip movement. It heads a broad coalition of the wider community, including councils, iwi and MPs fearful of devastating pollution from the proposed tip reaching the  Fight the Tip executive members Mikaera Miru, Michelle Carmichael and Sue Crockett are elated by a plan Kaipara harbour from its site in change decision a catchment of the Hōteo River, as well as irreparably damaging a variety environment and waterways as it confirms Management Act, or could potentially of flora and fauna. that the concerns we raised are significant be less effective in implementing the However, in a split decision, hearing and valid. However, this is only part of objectives of the Auckland Unitary Plan. commissioners approved the Waste the battle.

“Of course, Waste Management has Management application for the initial “We will continue to focus on our the right to appeal this in the Environment dumpsite, which led to FTT filing an appeal in the Environment Court against Court. However, if they do, along with appeal in the Environment Court that is the Resource Consent, which was granted ourselves and other parties, they will now currently in process. for the initial proposed landfill.” also be up against Auckland Council, who “However, now we have fantastic news,” Community funding approaching we expect to defend this decision,” said says FTT executive member Michelle $70,000 has been raised to help Ms Carmichael.

Carmichael. “Waste Management’s with appeal legal costs. It includes an “This is a very positive first step in our proposed Plan Change 42 to create a anonymous donation of 50,000, with legal battle to protect our environment, landfill precinct to allow for any future a Givealittle page operating online. as those reasons to decline will provide landfills in the Dome Valley has been In summary, the Plan Change was us with stronger arguments for our court declined in a unanimous decision declined because it wished to use one- appeal against the Resource Consent. If by the Auckland Council appointed off regulations, which the commissioners there is an appeal by Waste Management, commissioners. This is a very good ruled not to be the most appropriate way we will let you know what you can do win in our ongoing fight to protect our to achieve the purpose of the Resource to help.” 

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 Kaipara students are back in class, enthusiastic about meeting up with their friends again, and ready to learn as level two lockdown brings education back online. It means, unlike the primary students seen here enjoying the novelty of outdoor team sports, high school students across the region are preparing to focus on the end of year exams. Like those of 2020, the exam round of 2021 will come after a disrupted year. The message from educators nationwide is to give your school-age relatives and friends the support they need to do their best in this final stretch of the educational year.

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Selling for more than peanuts

Next trial crop a community choice

 by Andy Bryenton

 by Andy Bryenton

The first jar of peanut butter made with local Kaipara nuts proved a smash hit on Trademe, as master peanut butter manufacturer Pic Picot offered it up for charity.

A new test crop designed to gauge the potential for arable farming in the Pouto Peninsula area is about to launch, following the remarkable success of peanuts from the same part of the Kaipara.

In January this year, a $90,000 trial was instigated by Mr Picot’s company, the makers of Pic’s Peanut Butter, to grow high-oleic peanuts south of Dargaville. The Ministry of Primary Industries invested more than $59,000 through its Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund. Scientists from Plant & Food Research added its expertise. An initial crop has been harvested and made into four jars of New Zealand’s first wholly local peanut butter.

“Our peanut butter makers hand-shelled these nuts during their lunchtime. We roasted them at The Food Factory, a facility for start-ups sponsored by Pic’s  Pic Picot and Plant and Research representative Declan Peanut Butter, and ground them in Graham with peanut butter dog Fido, at the local peanut one of our original grinders,” says trial site Mr Picot of the sought-after jars.

“We think this is pretty special, so community hero, to be chosen by the Pic’s whatever you pay for it, it will be worth it. Peanut Butter social media community.

It tastes amazing, but don’t open it. Leave The last was put up for sale on it for your grandchildren.”

Trademe, with the sale proceeds going to Of the four jars produced, one will go to the youth mentoring charity, Big Brothers Pic’s peanut butter museum at his Nelson Big Sisters in Northland. The final price Bays factory. Another has been snapped paid for the unique jar was $3,150, which up by the Nelson Provincial Museum. will go toward the cause. More affordable A third will be gifted to a Northland jars are on their way. 

This test is being carried out under the auspices of Kaipara Water. It will take place at one of two demonstration sites showcasing irrigation options in the region south of Dargaville. This time last year, a large boom irrigator was installed near Te Kopuru, and now it’s time to plant out an experimental crop for the spring.

“The two demo sites are a follow-on from Kaipara Kai and further support valuable kai opportunities in our district,” said Kaipara District Council spokesperson Ruby Mitchell.

“We are working with the landowners at two different sites to showcase smart water use and the ways in which this can support specific crops. Northland Inc is contracted by the KDC to manage the two Kaipara Water demonstration

Clarification In the September 7 issue of the Kaipara Lifestyler, we ran a story on the Pahi wharf pontoon project. The headline and first paragraph were misleading in reporting that a traditional blessing was responsible for a delay in construction work. The delay was entirely due to the Covid lockdown level four, in force at the time. We regret this poor reportage and any ill-feeling that this has caused.

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The choices for a new crop that will benefit from the 10-hectare irrigation boom include traditional and exotic vegetables. A link on the KDC’s website right now allows locals to vote for celery, beetroot, kamokamo ‘cucumber squash’, or kaanga ma, traditional Māori corn. All of these crops represent high value for each hectare. The successful selection will be planted out in October, ready to take advantage of ample sunshine during the summer and a steady supply of water thanks to the irrigation scheme.

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Art awards debut with exhibition

Searching for schoolhouse history

 by Andy Bryenton

 by Andy Bryenton

The Kaipara Art Awards will launch for 2021, without a gala opening night, but with an exhibition featuring the region’s foremost artists, a change due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Mark and Kathy Fray fell in love with the old schoolhouse at Aratapu when they first saw it, and now they’ve made it their home.

However, they are searching for stories of its educational past.

The awards, designed to showcase the creative talents of the Kaipara’s skilled artistic community, were cancelled by Covid in 2020, sharing the fate of many sporting and cultural events.

Organisers from both Dargaville and Mangawhai have worked very hard to ensure a successful event in 2021.

However, the recent lockdown has meant that one compromise has been necessary.

Social distancing rules preclude a gala opening night, which was scheduled for October 1 at Dargaville’s Muddy Waters Gallery. Instead, an exhibition of contestants’ works will open to the public from October 4, free of charge. It will move to Mangawhai’s Moir Street gallery in November.

“The range of creativity and imagination on display this year has been stunning,” says event co-organiser John Pickworth.

“From the preliminary entries we have received, it’s obvious that our artistic community have risen to the challenge and have been inspired. We’re very much looking forward to sharing their works with the public.”

Prior to the opening of the exhibition, artworks will be judged, and winners

Aratapu was once a thriving settlement, twinned with Te Kopuru in the pursuit of the Northern Wairoa’s kauri wealth in the days before the founding of Dargaville.

Even after the new town grew up-river, Aratapu’s mills were large employers, with the need for a school to teach the children of the workers. Fast forward to the 2020s, and the town has gone, but the 140 year old schoolhouse remains.

“We raised our kids in North Auckland, and when they were all adults, we looked northwards,” said Kathy. “We already had an AirBNB in Hokianga and loved the Kauri Coast.”

As the schoolhouse was already separated into guest wings by previous owners, the Frays opted to open their new home, which they dubbed Whare Kura, to guests as well.

“We’ve had people comment to us that the building must be so full of old photos and schoolhouse memorabilia, but no, there is nothing.”

This lack of context, in a building that carries a wealth of memories has prompted Mark and Kathy to seek out further information about their piece of local history.

“Apart from information available at the local library and, of course, the Dargaville

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Museum, we are wondering what other stories locals may have about this glorious old building,” says Kathy. “What we’d like to do is create her own memoir, based on people telling their stories and, hopefully, supplying some photos too.”

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Libraries consult on future role

Plan balances growth and values

 by Andy Bryenton

 by Andy Bryenton

Kaipara library services are open for book lending, but no IT services during Covid level two. Meanwhile, a community-driven review of their future role is set to roll out soon.

Like the recently decided Long Term Plan, the District Plan for Kaipara is a tool for planning ahead.

In early August, the Kaipara District Council began the process of planning the next 10 years of library services in the district.

To help, they have enlisted the aid of library development and use consultants Sue Sutherland and John Truesdale.

They have extensive careers in assisting libraries to develop and meet the needs of their communities.

The pair is due to return this month to address the KDC’s elected councillors once again. In the meantime, a series of community drop-in sessions to help inform their data have been disrupted by Covid-19.

With libraries reopening after a lockdown hiatus, this is a good time to consider what we appreciate in our local library service and what could change to better serve our informational and social needs, says Dargaville’s chief librarian, Lisa Salter.

With consultation a certainty, and new dates for drop-in sessions and submissions coming soon, local librarians are asking new returnees to the aisles to ask themselves the following questions: • For locals who currently don’t use a library, what might make it a place they would want to go?

• What sort of programmes, spaces and technology should a future library have?

 Your local library is in line for a review, and this week’s reopening provides a time to consider its future role in the community

• For those who can’t easily get to a library, would a mobile service be welcomed, and what should it offer?

• Finally, what else could libraries do to support community learning, creativity and social connection?

The answers to these questions are manifold, but it’s time to think about them as we return to regular library service, not forgetting masks and social distancing.

They will inform a formal plan being developed by the KDC to span the next 10 years of library expansions, spending and acquisitions. 

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

It’s been the subject of robust discussion via a remote council meeting in the past week, seeking to balance preservation with growth.

While the LTP sketches out specific projects such as a new civic precinct in Dargaville or the homogenisation of water charges, the District Plan more broadly addresses commercial, fiscal and residential growth, balanced against protecting the environmental factors that Kaipara citizens value. It has not been updated since 2013, despite a period of record-breaking population increase.

“Kaipara is growing fast, and the District Plan is the key toolbox which either enables or hinders development,” said the KDC’s strategy, policy and governance manager Michael Day in a report to elected councillors. “The existing District Plan is outdated and does not promote optimal patterns of land use and development.”

Mr Day laid out a case for a comprehensive review. He stated that

an updated District Plan would promote economic and residential growth while protecting the special characteristics that make the district unique. It will also lend the weight of statute to the spatial plans the KDC has already produced. These had a lot of positive public input but remain, by their nature, non-statutory. The District Plan could incorporate these ideas and give them more authority.

As the discussion on this large project begins, it’s also the intent of the KDC to make the District Plan easier to understand, incorporating a simplified rule structure and electronic accessibility.

The next step for this plan is to assess public feedback, which ran through until September 10. A meeting is scheduled in October to address further aspects of the District Plan.

At last week’s meeting the general direction of the plan and engagement with local iwi and iwi authorities was the main thrust of the agenda.

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Celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

Applause for essential workers

 by Andy Bryenton

 by Andy Bryenton

This week is Māori Language Week, a time to celebrate the history, mana and future of the oldest of our three official national languages, alongside English and New Zealand Sign Language.

In 2020, when Covid-19 locked down New Zealand, essential workers kept the lights on and the food on our tables, as well as maintaining order and public health. This year, they have risen to the challenge again.

Most Kiwis view the Māori language as part of our collective culture and use words from te reo regularly, from ‘ka pai’ for good through to ‘mahi’ for work and beyond. While the commission, which seeks to promote Te Reo Māori, acknowledges that a rejection of cultural integration regarding language has become a dog whistle policy for the far right, it’s a statistical  School kapa haka groups, pop music, product names, the news and entertainment media, and the rise of events like Matariki all fact that most people share the value and appreciation of Māori language are proud of the Māori language’s special place, as one of the “Inside Kaipara District Council, we three official ones of New Zealand. greet each other and start and end our “Our Colmar Brunton polling last emails in te reo Māori,” says Kaipara December showed us that more than eight mayor Jason Smith. “My Mayor’s Message in 10 New Zealanders see te reo as part to the people of Kaipara every couple of of their national identity and something weeks and my rates newsletters start and to be proud of,” said Māori Language end with greetings in te reo Māori.”

Commissioner, Professor Rawinia Higgins.

“The Kaipara Korero is the council’s She said it is puzzling that opponents digital e-newsletter. All council meetings fail to recognise that te reo brings New are opened and closed with a karakia or Zealanders together in a peaceful way. prayer in te reo. So council staff and the “We are not perfect, but when you public see and hear te reo every day from compare us to other countries that KDC; it’s part of who we all are here. When struggle with race relations, we are doing KDC attends hui on marae, then there is better than we have in the past, and te more te reo spoken, at a greater level, reo is part of that change,” Professor and we all value good communication for Higgins said. shared projects or engagement.” 

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“The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the world to a standstill, and New Zealand is no exception,” said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as we entered the August 2021 level four lockdown.

“However, essential workers still leave the home, to keep us safe, to keep us fed, to keep us healthy. From hospital staff to supermarket workers, police to rubbish collectors.”

Here in Kaipara, that list is a long one. Across a largely rural region, our farmers completed the traditionally isolating and stressful calving and lambing seasons in lockdown, fed produce into the supply chain and relied heavily on professionals who could help keep their own infrastructure and machinery running via home visits.

Then there were the faces we saw more regularly on the front lines, in a variety of roles.

“These are extraordinary times, and I want to acknowledge and thank all those people in the emergency and essential services who are out there doing amazing work to keep New Zealanders safe,” said Police Commissioner Andrew Coster.

However, it was not just his officers who were out there for us. Firefighting volunteers put out blazes and attended road accidents, ambulance staff and

 From primary production to transport to the supermarket, and from emergency services to medical heroes, all essential workers deserve praise

paramedics saved lives, rescue chopper pilots and Coastguard sailors did the same. Most visible, perhaps, were the medical teams who helped test people for Covid, who tackled all the usual illnesses of winter, and who administered thousands of doses of the vaccine.

Our sanitation crew, just 10 staff aboard a small fleet of trucks, rode out each week to collect rubbish. Then there were the supermarket and pharmacy staff who were the human face of life in lockdown, the ones who kept cheerful and upbeat despite the stress. To all of you and all of those who kept on going through lockdown to get us to this point, you have the heartfelt thanks of your community. 

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Debt down — reforms instigated

Time for support as retail returns

 by Andy Bryenton

 by Andy Bryenton

Rates debt owed to the Kaipara District Council is down by more than $1.1 million, elected representatives were told last week, as the civic power’s quarterly debt report was tabled.

Local business people defied wild weather to bring main street retail back to the Kaipara last Wednesday, with many reporting a buoyant return to trade despite level two Covid restrictions.

A total of $5.7 million is owed by landowners to the council across the entire district — a reduction that now shows a trend of reducing debt since 2019. Council staff put the good results down to a more proactive programme of contacting homeowners, sending timely reminders, and working with people to make payment arrangements. As a result, rates  A total of 19 blocks of Whenua Māori land, which were previously rated despite being forested, inaccessible or a debt is down in every part of combination of both, have been dropped from KDC books Kaipara except for the west coast during last July and the north.

A second reduction came with the These blocks became non-rateable reclassification of some Whenua Māori from July 1 of this year. The legislation in the interest of fairness. From July 1 provides the chief executive of a council 2021, some of the key changes of the with the power to write off rates arrears Local Government (Rating of Whenua in these situations. It’s reported that rate Māori) Amendment Act came into effect. arrears of $760,000 were written off There are 380 whenua Māori blocks during July as a result. Further review within Kaipara, and of these, 19 have of other whenua Māori and landowners been identified with ‘no obvious use’. It contacting the council could result usually means that they are undeveloped, in further rate arrears being written covered in bush or in a natural state, off in this manner if land is found to neither farmed nor lived upon; some be undeveloped. have no access from roads or sit within Water rates debt is also down, dropping other forested areas. While nominally in from close to $700,000 in 2019 to under ownership, they are in effect wilderness. $500,000 this year. 

The message from main street retailers is to bear with the necessary precautions, and support your locals, just as the public rallied to do after 2020’s long lockdown. On Wednesday, the first day of retail trading at level two, Dargaville’s Victoria Street was busy despite the rain, with espresso coffee and hot pies two of the most soughtafter items.

“People have been very  Good Life in Dargaville is pressing on with a new addition to its shop after lockdown; a gourmet understanding,” says Helen doughnut bar, while their fellow business owners rally Cairns of the Good Life Store, customer support which has been open as an essential grocery hub throughout.

Meanwhile, other stores are ready “We’ve tried to be accommodating to go for spring, with their suppliers to all our customers. In a situation like prepped before lockdown. They opine this, some people want a certain brand that big chain stores don’t need your or product, which is their comfort thing, assistance, but small retailers do in these uncertain times. and we understand that.”

“We’re good for stock, with plenty out Of greater concern is the lack of supply of some items. Cut flowers, for the back, and no supply issues in the example, are all sourced via Auckland, electronics field,” says Craig Woollam of as are some specialist trades and McKay 100% electrical. “In fact, we just building supplies, and a surprise finished a large expansion to the store omission; non-local eggs. Free-range just before lockdown. Our message is, poultry farms are working to fill that gap. support your locals.” 

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Our Northland - Tō Tātou Taitokerau Stories and updates on the great work happening around the region to help our environment, economy and people thrive. Brought to you by Northland Regional Council.

Strategy lays out commitment to climate action We’re doing our part to tackle ‘our generation’s biggest challenge’ with a newly adopted strategy – Ngā Taumata o te Moana – to address the causes and impacts of climate change.

The strategy lays out our commitment to climate action, envisaging a region that’s resilient in a changing climate, and transitions ‘proactively and equitably’ to a thriving net-zero emissions society before 2050.

Amy Macdonald, Chair of our Climate Change Working Party, says the strategy acknowledges the urgent need for change, and the significant role council plays in addressing climate change to protect current and future generations.

She says in Northland, the effects of climate change will increasingly disrupt our water, land, ecosystems, people and economy.

“The climate crisis is our generation’s biggest challenge, and this decade is crucial – we must respond by transforming how our society and economy operate. Our society needs to reach net zero emissions by 2050, and we also need to adapt to the impacts of climate change and restore our valuable carbon-storing ecosystems.”

To achieve that, we must all take ownership of this issue and work together in partnership, “to support resilience and a transition that is tika (correct and fair)”.

Many of council’s existing activities – such as freshwater management, Civil Defence and flood protection – already address issues created by climate change.

Council recognises the need to work more collaboratively and in partnership with tangata whenua, communities and stakeholders to deliver a wider programme to target climate change initiatives, and in doing so embed climate responses more deliberately across the organisation.

Council is framing its response to the climate crisis in terms of three pou: adaptation, reducing emissions, and removing carbon.

Adaptation involves building the resilience of communities and natural systems so they can weather the current impacts, and the significant future effects, of climate change including drought, coastal hazards, sea level rise and flooding Reducing emissions is a challenging issue for Northland. Overall, roughly 80 percent of the region’s emissions come mainly from agriculture and

Whangārei Urban Awa programme exceeds expectations A joint three-year programme which aims to improve water quality in four of Whangārei’s key urban river catchments is exceeding expectations.

The ‘Whangārei Urban Awa’ project is a collaboration between Northland Regional Council and Ministry for the Environment targeting water quality in the Kirikiri, Lower Hatea, Raumanga and Waiarohia catchments.

The project aims to improve water quality through a combination of stock exclusion fencing, riparian planting and land management advice to eligible landowners and its backers are thrilled with progress to date.

The project has already seen 7.4km of fencing across 10 properties and 1300 square metres of riparian planting completed.

manufacturing; the balance come from transport, services and homes. Northland faces an additional challenge in that its contribution to national emissions is disproportionate due to the presence of highemitting industry, including the Marsden Pt oil refinery and Portland cement works.

The council says while emissions reductions are a priority, efforts are also needed to start cleaning up existing carbon pollution.

“Council will encourage activities that help remove carbon from the atmosphere by enhancing natural processes that capture and store carbon, such as growing trees and protecting wetlands, while achieving other benefits such as improved biodiversity.”

The 24-page strategy can be found at www.nrc.govt.nz/climatechange

Council services at Alert Level 2 Most normal services are available, though with some restrictions.

Our service centres are open, but we still encourage you to do things online, by email or by phone where possible.

Stay up-to-date at www.nrc.govt.nz/covid19 Contact us: P: 0800 002 004 E: info@nrc.govt.nz Report pollution or marine incidents to our 24/7 Environmental Hotline: 0800 504 639

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Mangere Catchment planting day

Emergency services funding allocated A rescue helicopter trust and surf lifesavers are among six recipients from our latest round of Emergency Services Fund grants.

The council, through its Long Term Plan process, has decided to continue with the Emergency Services Fund (ESF) for the next three financial years.

Ratepayers contribute about $12 each a year, creating a fund (the ESF) to support organisations whose primary purpose is to save lives that are in immediate or critical danger, in the Northland region.

For each of the following three financial years the emergency services rate raises an estimated actual collection of $982,000. (Of this, $10,000 will go towards emergency services related promotion and community engagement, leaving $972,000 per year available to allocate.)

As part of the Long Term Plan process, council held a workshop in June to hear presentations from emergency service providers and discuss how the ESF should be allocated for the next three financial years.

Based on the presentations and discussion at the workshop, the following allocations have since been confirmed:

An impressive 1000 plants were planted by 80 students, teachers and whanau as part of Kokopu School’s annual planting day recently.

Riparian planting in the Mangere catchment is an annual event for the school as part of its Enviroschools WaiRestoration mahi.

» Northland Emergency Services Trust $535,000 annually to support the provision of helicopter rescue and ambulance services and necessary helicopter upgrades.

This year saw just under one hectare planted with five species at Chestnut Farm on Kokopu Block Rd.

» Surf Life Saving Northern Region - $224,000 annually to provide professional lifeguard services in six key Northland locations during the peak holiday period.

Paparoa, Tinopai and Matakohe schools joined in and with assistance from the Paparoa Lions Club planted 1500 trees at the Paparoa bush walkway.

» St John Northern Region - $90,000 annually to support and train volunteers to participate in their life-saving services.

A similar planting day was held at Paparoa as part of Ruawai College’s ongoing WaiRestoration work.

The planting days are organised by the Northland Regional Council’s Land Management and Enviroschools teams.

» Coastguard Northern Region - $84,000 annually to support their ongoing life-saving maritime rescue services in Northland. » Far North & Northland Land Search and Rescue - $30,000 jointly annually towards purchasing life-saving equipment and training for volunteers. » Far North Radio and Sea Rescue - $9000 annually to support the radio service, in particular its continued search and rescue and emergency response.

10 new Enviroschools Early Childhood Centres sought The backers of the popular Enviroschools programme are on the hunt for 10 early childhood centres (ECE) keen to join the Enviroschools fold.

Northland Regional Council introduced the popular programme to Northland in 2004 and there are now more than 130 schools, kindergartens and early childhood centres in the programme region wide.

Despite their young age, ECE tamariki are growing and planting kai and native trees, managing their waste via composting, worm farming and chickens and are controlling pests.

They’re also taking home key sustainability messages and skills and changing practices within the whanau.

More information on the wider Enviroschools programme in Northland is available from: www.nrc.govt.nz/enviroschools

Contact your local councillor at www.nrc.govt.nz/councillors

Passionate about wetlands Hands-on experiences in environmental education outside the classroom; a time to learn how everything is connected, interrelated and dependent on everything else.

That was the aim of a recent visit by Whangarei Intermediate (WIS) students to the privatelyowned Dragonfly Springs Wetland Sanctuary, a restored wetland replicating the natural swamp that existed on the Onerahi shoreline centuries ago.

Owner Jeremy Busck is passionate about the six hectare wetlands and educating others and opened the sanctuary to about 58 WIS students recently.

WIS is concentrating on the environment this year.

Studying the wetlands is a part of that, along with what we can do, and need to do, to restore and maintain our natural ecosystems.

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FARMING A dog’s tail …

Gettin’ sum help ona farm “Well Dog, we must be getting on a bit. That last hill was a bit of angina eh?”

Gidday there readas, Billy Borda Colly wiv you agen’, an’ Boss an’ I was sitting by the hill tank on our lambin’ beet havin’ a bit of spell, wile we watched the little lammys all frolikin about.

Boss sez their lotsa twins an’ he seems pritty chuffed. “Good percintiges, eh Dog,” he sed. I musta lookt puzzild, ‘cos then he said: “Angina Dog, means a bit of a sore chest after climin’ that last hill. A sine of getting on in years.” I kin preciate that. Got a few years under me feet too, Boss.

But it wasint till we was back atta woolshed an’ smoko wiv Sharlene that I got a bit ofa frite.

“Y’now Deah,” he tole Sharlene. “Might be time we give Dog a bit of an’ easier life eh?”

Now readas, that made me sit up. Rest.

Don’t like the sound of that, so I give Boss tha EYE. But then he went on a bit. ”I wuz talkin’ to me cuzzie ina Horks Bay ona phone, an’ it seems tha Dog’s relatives on his farm got a new litter of pups. Well, I reckin we might get one fer tha Dog to take under his wing.”

Well, before I cood get ter grips with this, Sharlene tossed me a pikelit, and give me a pat. “There ya go Billy,” she said.

‘I reckin Boss is rite. But we not gonna retire ya. We gonna get you a ‘prentice.

You know, a young dog fer you ter teach from all ya ‘esperince ona farm.”

A ‘prentice eh? That mite be a bit of amusement, a young dog ter be in charge of, can’t be bad, I get ter be tha Boss fer a change.

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“Ya betta call ya cuzzi ina Bay, an’ reserve Billy’s new ‘prentice, cos we won’t be able to get there strait away.” Boss stopp an’ sed “Yer rite, I forgit about cronyvirus. Blimmin’ masks a sittin’ far apart ina pub.

Have ter lissen ter Juicynda evert lunchtime tell us ter wash our hands.”

Sharlene agreed. “Probly gonna be best ter leave it until this lokdown well out tha door, an’ we kin maybe grab the ute an’ head down ter Horks Bay. Have a bitta of a brake, and pick up the new dog atta same time?”

So, readas, looks like I gonna get a assistint soon. Well, that can’t be bad, cos I kin spind more time on me kolim, ter keep yer up ter day on all our farm doin’s. Yeah, rite!

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Betting on summer rain is never best practice in this part of the country, extending north into the subtropical belt and prey to the whim of El Nino and La Nina weather patterns that can deliver months of dryness. For one aspect of farming, however, technology has created a breakthrough for Kaipara conditions.

Urea is important for pasture growth, and pasture growth is necessary for feed, especially when dry conditions threaten.

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“Our field-based teams are encouraging shareholders to think about their utilisation rates, nitrogen use efficiency and environmental mitigations. After all, a co-operative should be helping its owners apply the right amount, rather than the largest amount.”

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 by Andy Bryenton

 by Jane Gray

Artists from the Kauri Coast HomeSchool Group are proud to display their work at Dargaville’s civic art space this week, with a varied and professional exhibition opening tomorrow for the public.

I’m not the multitasker — I thought I was, according to some.

OPINION

 Art teacher Steve Guthrie and the Muddy Water’s Gallery’s John Pickworth invite the public to view the creative works of the Kauri Coast HomeSchool Group

Art teachers Steve Guthrie and Win Cutts described their time with the homeschooled students as an engaging and interesting term, during which the group were able to explore a variety of forms of visual creativity. Now their works are on display in a public setting, letting these young artists experience the full process of being an artist from concept to draft to a finished work that hangs on a gallery wall for the public to admire.

Providing this last part of the big picture is Dargaville’s Muddy Waters Gallery, a prestigious spot for the work of a group of learners. It is the home of the Kaipara Art Awards, and often hosts exhibitions by noteworthy painters, photographers, sculptors and other visual artists. The students’ work will be displayed from September 15, free for all to view, in their own art space within the Municipal Building on Hokianga Road, Dargaville. 

I think I am quite a multitasker both at work and at home. The man in my life has a different view of my home multitasking abilities, especially in lockdown.

My days started with work in the morning, and the afternoon was pretty much mine, so on the first day of lockdown, I decided to start some sewing. Well, on entering my sewing room it looked a little on the untidy side. Actually, this might be a slight understatement. It looked like a bomb had gone off, so sewing then became cleaning. While doing that and moving something to another room, I decided it also needed some attention. So, you guessed it; I started in there, and that led to another room, and so the destruction carried on.

Another day in lockdown. Work in the morning, and then back to the sewing room, which today looks worse than it did the first day! No idea where to start now, so the best option is to walk out and close the door. I felt I needed to be doing something constructive, and the sun was shining, so I headed out to the garden to do some weeding. As soon as I grab hold of some weeds — ouch! A rose gets me, so off I go to get my secateurs.

Well, I would like to say that they were where they should be, but that would be a lie. I spent a lot of time searching

for the elusive secateurs but to no avail. So by the end of the day, there were weeds lying in piles on the lawn wherever I thought I might have left the secateurs. Isn’t that multitasking?

The end of the secateurs tale is another all too common one. When going to get a can of dog food that evening, what should I find but the elusive tools? Why they were there, I have no idea, other than my sensational multitasking abilities. At least I hadn’t left them outside for a change!

Let’s skip right through to last weekend. I did finish the sewing room and even did some of the sewing I had planned.

However, this also led me to clean skirting boards throughout the house, along with some ceilings, the pantry, fridge and window cells. I cleaned and tidied the master bedroom and cleared out the drawers and wardrobe, too. All in all, I think it was a multitasking triumph.

On the gardening front, the roses are all pruned, and most of the gardens weeded, all at the expense of a lot of teasing from the man in my life about multitasking and finishing a job before you start the next.

Then there’s one last little bit of very unhelpful advice; ‘perhaps put things away when you have finished with them’. I ask you, where’s the fun in that?

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67 Blanket-like cloak (6) 68 Develop over time (6) 69 Not resolved (9) 74 Sleep through winter (9) 75 Core (5) 76 Deer meat (7) 81 eg spider, scorpion (8) 82 Furnace (11) 83 Quay (5) 84 Astute (5) 85 Large fuss over something trivial (5,2,1,6) 86 Reduce drastically (5) DOWN 2 Weather map line (6) 3 Jewelled headband (5) 5 Welsh emblem (4) 6 Born later (7) 7 Inhabit (6) 8 Satisfy fully (4) 9 Plant studier (8) 10 Sailboats (6) 11 Waist sash (10) 12 Play divisions (4) 13 Unknown (7) 17 Ledger entry (5) 18 Blue (10) 22 Economic depression (5) 23 Very hungry (8) 25 Withdraw (7) 26 Speaker’s platform (7)

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KAIPARA LIFESTYLER

CLASSIFIEDS

Phone 09 439 6933

Closing date for classified advertising for the 21 September 2021 edition is Monday 20 September 2021

For Sale

Tree Services

Situations Vacant

FIREWOOD, DRY hotmix of gum & cypress. In bulk, $90 per cubic metre delivered in Dargaville area. Phone or text Henry 021 734 906.

KAIPARA STUMP grinding. All stumps, any size, free no obligation quote. Phone 020 4029 2263. Based in Dargaville. Keep it local.

SALESPERSON

MUSCOVY DUCKS hatched Jan, Feb and Mar 2021 a pair $50 or Drakes for $20 Phone 027 813 7372.

TREE REMOVAL, pruning, chipping & stump grinding.

Qualified & Insured. Phone Scott 0800 468 9663 Arborcare Tree Maintenance.

TOP SOIL, top quality, $75 per m³ onto your trailer, or truck deliveries available for larger orders. Phone 021 132 4107 or 09 439 5141.

Security SECURE YOUR Home — Security Doors, Grills, Locks, Bolts, Stays, Latches — Supplied and installed. Phone 027 275 0918 or 439 6458 — Kevin Sowter or visit my website: www.windowanddoors.co.nz — Window & Door Services Ltd.

Septic Tank Services MAGIC PROPERTY Services, effluent & septic tank cleaning. Servicing the Kaipara. Phone Chris 027 480 0110 or Mary 027 459 1544. 7 Days. WE ARE THE ONLY CODE COMPLIANT OPERATORS IN THE KAIPARA.

Trade & Services CARPET CLEANING, repairs, re-stretching, and patching.

Flood drying and small carpet laying work and upholstery cleaning. Very fussy and reasonable prices. Phone Darren, Alltrades Carpet Services 0800 425 587 or 027 286 8584.

GARDEN CLEAN-UP & section clean-up, spraying, vegetation removal, raised gardens, vegetable seedlings & more. Dargaville to Maungaturoto. Phone Garden2Go 021 0218 1111.

WATCH BATTERIES fitted from $10.00 in most cases while you wait. Also clocks repaired. Les 022 342 8183.

Level 2 social distancing applies.

WATER TANK Cleaning. Phone Pete 027 444 3053 or 09 405 9510.

Farmlands currently have a great opportunity for a Salesperson to join our team in Dargaville.

VEGETATION REMOVAL Tree & vegetation removal, firewood stacking, compost clean out, tree planting & hedge trimming Phone Garden2Go 021 021 81111.

This role will also be predominantly based in our bulk yard looking after timber and bulk products. You will also be meeting and greeting customers in store and in the yard and providing great advice and guidance on a range of rural products.

You will also operate a computer based POS system, drive a forklift and complete manual handling and heavy lifting tasks.

Vehicle Removal WANTED GONE? picking up dead/unwanted cars in August. Dargaville area. Phone 09 439 7573 to make your car disappear.

Situations Vacant

This is a full-time position, working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday and rostered Saturday mornings as required.

OFFICE ADMINISTRATION MANAGER

You will have great customer service skills ideally coupled with frontline retail experience. Knowledge of timber and bulk yard products would be an advantage.

You will also be computer savvy, have a forklift licence and be physically fit.

Our clients are looking for an experienced person to join their Contracting Company in Dargaville.

Key Responsibilities include: • PAYE preparation and filing with IRD • IMS Payroll • Quickbooks • Bank Reconciliation • Accounts Payable & Receivable • Invoicing

If you genuinely enjoy connecting and working with a wide range of people, with a desire to learn and grow, then this could be your next opportunity.

Applicant to have: Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines, highly organised & efficient, excellent verbal & written communication, reliable & punctual.

This positon is Full Time, Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm.

Email current CV & references to: admin@gunsonmclean.co.nz Applications Close: Thursday 30th September Position Available: October 2021

We offer genuine career development and upskilling opportunities along with a good base salary. You will also get Shareholding and personal insurances.

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SUZUKI ESCUDO Vitara/Grand Vitara — car parts, WOF parts, 4x4 parts etc. Good parts, good prices. Phone Derek 09 439 7573.

To apply please call Tracey Clarke, Recruitment Advisor on 03 357 6761.

Situations Vacant

Southern (Te Kopuru) Football Club Inc. 2022 Coaches/Managers Wanted We are located 10.5km from Dargaville on Pouto Road. We have 137 proud years as a rugby club in both Northern Wairoa and Northland Rugby Unions.

Southern Rugby is looking for experienced applicants for Head Coach during the 2022 season.

Our aim is to find a Coach, Assistants and Manager that can: • Lead us in the 2022 Championship Competition • Develop and deliver a season plan with goals in collaboration with the Player Leadership Group • Lead the team both on and off the field • Assist to build a culture of excellence and brotherhood both on and off the field An appropriate package will be discussed with the successful applicant Interested applicants can contact: Club President: Evan Paxton Mobile: 021 439 803 Email: evanandtanya@xtra.co.nz All discussions and applications will be treated as confidential.

Applications close: 3rd November 2022 Successful Applicant will be publicly announced at our AGM, mid-November.

Situations Vacant

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We offer work all year round and operate on both a day shift (6am - 3pm) and an evening shift (3pm - midnight). And if a full-time job isn’t quite right for you just now, we can offer casual hours, job share or flexible hours to suit.

The main thing is that you’re keen to learn and get stuck in. We’ll provide all the training plus your work clothes and safety equipment.

Our Dargaville team has built an awesome culture, and the opportunity to develop a lasting career is there if you want it.

Silver Fern Farms is working hard to maintain a drug and alcohol-free workplace so saliva drug screening before you’re employed is mandatory.

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KAIPARA LIFESTYLER September 14 2021

CLASSIFIEDS Wanted to Buy

Phone 09 439 6933

Closing date for classified advertising for the 21 September 2021 edition is Monday 20 September 2021 Livestock

SUZUKI 4X4 Wanted to buy — parked, damaged or unwanted, Escudo Vitara/Grand Vitara. Phone Derek 09 439 7573.

Wanted to Rent MATURE PROFESSIONAL lady with 1 cat seeks three bedroom house with lock up garage. Long term.

References available. Phone 021 267 4212.

Work Wanted

DENISE CLARK Toenail & Fingernail Cutting Service

Phone

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MATAKOHE SALE

FRIDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2021 12.30pm Start

4 x R3Yr Steers 4 X R3Yr Stags 6 x R2Yr Steers 13 x R2Yr Heifers 13 x R2Yr Heifers RWB 4 x Dairy Cows with Calves at foot 2 x Lim X Cows/Calves 6 x R1Yr Dairy Heifers Further entries welcome

Contact: Murray Lynch 021 966 501 Noel Baker 027 455 5828 Don McKenzie 021 754 174 Grant Harrison 027 210 1479

Property Maintenance

WAYNE & ANNETTE Ph 09

439 2020

Dry Aged Beef Specialists Traditional Manuka wood smoked Bacon & Ham

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1 STOP Window & Door Repairs — Seals, Latches, Stays, Wheels, Hinges, Locks, Glass & Glazing. Phone 027 275 0918 or 439 6458 — Kevin Sowter or visit my website: www.windowanddoors.co.nz — Window & Door Services Ltd. RUBBISH REMOVAL, vegetation removal, tree trimming, lawns, weed-eating & more. Dargaville to Maungaturoto.

Phone Garden2go 021 0218 1111.

Public Notices 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.

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.

AWA WHANUI — Big River FM POSTPONED SECOND SPECIAL MEETING. Covid Lockdown got in the way of the second meeting to discuss the future of the Dargaville Community Radio Station. To all those interested, this second meeting will now be held at 7.00pm on Tuesday, 21 September at the Awa Whanui Big River studio/office building in the old Dairy Factory complex accessed off Liverpool St in Mangawhare, Dargaville. Make contact if you need directions. Enquiries 021 117 6732.

CITIZENS ADVICE Bureau has resumed face to face service. Call in at 37 Hokianga Rd (Town Hall Building), phone 439 6100 or email dargaville@cab.org.nz for advice and information on tenancy, employment, consumer, or any community matter.

Northern Wairoa Voice for Life

AGM Thursday 16th September at 7.00pm

Death Notices

JOHN FRANCIS PASSELL Passed away peacefully on September 9th, 2021 at Norfolk Court Resthome, Dargaville; aged 85 years.

Loved son of the late Mary and Jack Passell, and loved brother and brother-in-law of Mervin and Pat Passell (Canada).

A big thank you to all staff at Norfolk Court Resthome for their outstanding care and attention given to John for many years.

As per his wishes, a private cremation has been held.

Any communications c/o PO Box 306 Dargaville 0340.

Rest in Peace.

In Memoriam In loving memory of

Maureen Heather Died 16th September 2012.

Missed but not forgotten.

Loving husband Ted

Dargaville Catholic Parish Centre

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WARMLY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND “GRIEF TALKS”

• Stump & Tree Removal • Driveway Prep & Regrading • Post Hole Borer

• Calf Shed & Stockyard Cleaning • Tip Truck Available • Trencher

Phone or Txt Paul

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USE THE APP, SCAN THE QR CODES, STAY SAFE Aotearoa needs your support to eliminate Covid-19.

A 6-week community funded programme for adults who have experienced the loss of a loved one within the past 2 years and want to learn more about grief and loss. We will also share stories in a safe and supportive environment.

Numbers are limited so book early.

Maximum 12 people. Minimum number 6 Facilitated by Josie Scott MNZAC Date: October – November 2021 Wednesdays commencing 20th October.

Time: 4.30pm – 6.30 pm Venue: Northern Wairoa RSA. To secure your place please phone Hospice on 09 439 3330 by October 11th 2021.

Email Sharyn at support@hospicekaipara.org.nz Subject to change should Covid situation change

Acknowledgement

Heather Hayward Passed away 7/8/2021

On behalf of Heather’s family, we would like to send our heartfelt love and appreciation to everybody that supported us during the sad loss of our Mum, Nan, Nanny, Great Nanny and Little Nan. Thank you to the people who offered help with milking and farm work, the koha, baking, dinners, help with music and technical issues, people putting their lives on hold for a week to be around for us, the beautiful cards and flowers. We will be forever grateful to have such loving caring people in our lives. Thank you also to the caring and dedicated staff at Dargaville Hospital and Palliative care.

Public Notices

Public notice

Public notice

(Section 127, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012)

(Section 127, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012)

PT & B Jackson of Dargaville, has made application to the Kaipara District Licensing Committee for the renewal and variation of conditions of an On-Licence in respect of the premises situated at 18-22 Victoria Street, Dargaville known as Dargaville Central Hotel.

BREWED INTENTIONS LTD of Mangawhai Heads, has made application to the Kaipara District Licensing Committee for the renewal and variation of conditions of an On-licence in respect of the premises situated at Shop 13 & 14, 7 Wood Street, Mangawhai Heads, 0505 known as Brewed Intentions.

The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is Hotel.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 9am to 12.30am the following day.

The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is Restaurant.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 10am to 1am the next day.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the Kaipara District Licensing Committee at 42 Hokianga Road, Dargaville or Unit 13, 6 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the Kaipara District Licensing Committee at 42 Hokianga Road, Dargaville or Unit 13, 6 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the first publication of this public notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the first publication of this public notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340.

No objection to the renewal of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

No objection to the renewal of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the first publication of this notice.

This is the first publication of this notice.

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