The Weekend Lifestyler, August 21st 2020 by Integrity Community Media

August 21 2020

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p Calf club day is a part of rural Kiwi life; this year, calves are back in the spotlight after a hiatus necessitated by M bovis precautions

In the west, schools have liaised with rural experts to take a good look at the government’s framework of rules for running calf club events, and they are ‘quietly confident’ that a fun and educational day can be planned without a hitch. Megan Browning has been involved with many years of successful calf club events bringing together schools from the western Kaipara, such as Ruawai, Tangowahine and Dargaville. With a strong rural background herself, she’s very committed to the educational benefits and social bonding calf club promotes. “This year we are working with Brian at Dargaville Vets, so kids have the chance to parade their calves and enjoy a fun day,” she says. “MAF has come up with a framework, and we’re certain we can work with that. If, due to how M bovis is, come October, we can’t gather all the students and their animals for a

central day, we’ll judge them on-farm. Bringing animals from different herds together poses a relatively low risk of disease spread, but with precautions in place, hazards can be reduced and fun events like these can still go ahead,” says Biosecurity New Zealand. “Calf club is part of rural life. However, in the wake of the M bovis outbreak, some events have not gone ahead. MPI is getting behind the clubs to ensure that with good biosecurity, any risks are kept to a minimum and calf club is fun for everyone.” Across the district, individual schools and calf club committees are making their own decisions as to whether or not to allow calves back into the judging ring this year. With rules in place, it’s eminently possible, but the variable factor is whether parents, kids, teachers and organisers have the time or resources to adapt to the necessary protocols. ¢

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Northland ‘at level 2.5’ says mayor u by Paul Campbell

The Northland region is effectively at a Covid level of 2.5 with the region cut off from the rest of the country, disadvantaging residents from educational opportunities and the flow of tourism, goods and services, according to Kaipara Mayor, Jason Smith. Although the region is clear of Covid, Auckland’s level-3 alert means travel through the city is effectively blocked. “So for Northland’s 30,000 students and 1,200 teachers it’s business as usual, with school attendance allowed with level 2,” said Dr Smith. “But for instance, pupils at Dargaville High School have planned a ski trip to the central North Island and that looks like it will have to be cancelled because they can’t travel through Auckland.” “This is denying them normal e d u c a t i o n a l opportunities and experiences. OK, it is level two here, and where they need to go, is level two. While people in level two in Hamilton can visit towns like New Plymouth, Wellington and wherever in the rest of the country, that is not the case here in the north. Those level two areas can all continue their educational activities.” Dr Smith said the Auckland lockdown has disrupted services to Kaipara and the north, with such things as spare parts for machinery, building materials

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and other shipments either not leaving the city, or “being turned back at the border.” Some primary producers, including commercial fishers, are also experiencing major setbacks, with checkpoint delays into Auckland and markets sometimes taking several hours. One fisher told Lifestyler: ”Oysters chilled in ice is fine for a 90-minute trip, but I can’t risk a major traffic delay because of checkpoints, so I miss out on my deliveries.” Dr Smith said while he has raised the problem of Kaipara and Northland being isolated from the rest of the country with government officialdom, “everyone just blinks and walks away. It’s not good enough. My concern is for the wellbeing of all of us all and I do ask the question: There are nine MPs in the north — what are they doing about this?” The overall isolation issue is expected to come up for discussion at next week’s Northland Mayoral Forum meeting. ¢

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A parrot’s punchy comeback u by Liz Clark

After decades of decline, an endemic parrot is making its presence known once more in the Kaipara District.

p Kaka have loud calls usually heard well before the birds are seen

p Once close to the brink of extinction the North Island kaka population has been making a recovery

The North Island kaka once rare on the mainland and at serious risk of vanishing altogether is now making a recovery. Efforts by local land care groups, pest control plans and the Department of Conservation have seen the parrot return where it had previously been absent. The return to the mainland has been a gradual process. Many locals have reported seeing kaka feeding on fruit and the flowers of native trees. While the kaka is still an occasional visitor, increased predator control programmes have significantly improved its survival rate. The mainland population of kaka saw eventual eradication during the 1970s and 80s, from predators and forest clearance. Today efforts made by local groups are again drawing small flocks of the gregarious birds back to the region. A close relative of the kea, the kaka is a medium-sized parrot, with olivebrown plumage, grey-white crown, redorange underwings and deep crimson on its belly.

As forest dwellers, the birds spend most of their lives in the tree canopy feeding on nectar, fruit, seeds and other seasonally available forage. They move from one feeding area to the next to take advantage of the food supply. The kaka breeds during spring and summer in hollow trees more than five metres off the ground. The female incubates the eggs and cares for the nestlings. She is fed by the male throughout the breeding season. Both parents feed the chicks as fledglings. The most significant threat to the kaka are predators such as possums, mustelids, cats and rats, which prey on chicks, eggs and adult birds. New Zealand conser vation organisations have encouraged the planting of native trees and shrubs in formerly forested areas to provide a ready food supply for the visiting flocks. If you see kaka in your garden, keep dogs and other pets away and enjoy the site of a unique parrot in the treetops. ¢

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p Wendy is currently working on large size paintings that will be on display in her upcoming exhibition

An artistic approach u by Ann van Engelen

Mangawhai artist Wendy Leach is a practising artist who believes the need to create imagery is deep within us and a picture does paint a thousand words. This is portrayed in her new landscape paintings. “For me art has gone alongside anything I have ever done. I took art at Dargaville High School and went on to do a degree at Elam School of Fine Arts and continued from there,” said Wendy. “After study I became a secondary school art teacher in Auckland. When I started my family I moved to teaching adults, tertiary students and taking private classes. Art is fundamental to my life and has been a great career to be involved in. “I love having a job that I can enjoy. It is something I love doing that brings me joy. My style has gone through quite deliberate stages. I love landscapes and was successful at contemporary

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landscape but after a few years I didn’t feel challenged enough so returned to study for a Master of Fine Arts degree. “For my Master’s work I came up with a photographic process of recording marks with colour using light and a camera. I ventured into abstract work and early this year I recognised that I needed to look at landscape again. “It is like revisiting the point where I took a different direction with my work. In January I will be holding an exhibition alongside my artist friend Nicola Everett at the Mangawhai Artists Gallery. I have not held a landscape exhibition for some 15 years and Nicola is a printmaker, a painter and

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p Wendy Leach is currently focusing on landscape painting and gets her inspiration from the trees along Mangawhai Beach

she works with ceramics which is very exciting. I find teaching rewarding. You can positively influence other people and get so much back seeing students responding and taking off with the knowledge — the artist and teacher positively encourage each other. “Living in Mangawhai gives me inspiration — especially the beautiful trees at the end of the beach, on the edge of the land. They are stunning. “The making of the art is my passion. When you get into the zone of painting on canvas after planning your artwork, it is the best feeling. We have a wonderful creative community

in Mangawhai and I am very involved in Mangawhai Artists Inc. We have new people joining us constantly with a variety of creative skills. “The work I originally did was very much colourful New Zealand but you need to move on to keep challenging yourself. I am teaching an eight week course at the Mangawhai Art Workspace soon and am looking forward to that. “To me art is like music, people respond and if you put time in you get it back. Some like abstract, some love colourful New Zealand imagery, it is different things to different people.” ¢

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A dairying legacy u by Liz Clark

Back in the late 19th century, the concept of co-operative dairying was in its infancy; by 1902 it had proliferated in the Kaipara District.

p Dairy company employees came together in 1952 for a formal portrait celebrating the company’s 50th year

p From small beginnings in 1902, the Northern Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Company expanded significantly during the 1950s

The Northern Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Company was no exception. The company was formalised in Aratapu at a meeting of farmers in January 1902. In April of the same year, it was decided to commence with the building of the first dairy factory at Mangawhare on land donated by AE Harding. WF Bulford constructed the building for £487. Six creameries around the supply district had also been put up for tender and were completed by F Jones. The official opening of the new factory took place on November 7 1902 to an invited crowd of officials, shareholders and residents. Walter Wright from Hawera in Taranaki was appointed as the first factory manager with operations commencing on opening day. Utilising the Northern Wairoa River, the company engaged the services of the privately-owned vessels Matarere and Settler and the Union Steamboat Company to transport the milk from the six creameries set up around the supply area. In 1910, the dairy company commissioned CE Thompson to build the SS Te Pioneer at the cost of £1,900. The purchase of the SS Monica from Lyttleton followed later in 1920, joined by the SS Lomen in 1922.

The three vessels were used for river transport to keep the factory supplied by the creameries. The company also built a series of wharves and jetties to complement the transport infrastructure. With the advent of improved roading, however, the vessels became surplus to use. The last one, SS Lomen, was sold in 1933. By 1924, the dairy company and its milk supply had expanded significantly. A decision to build a new factory at Kirikopuni resulted in the need to take advantage of the new railway terminus connected to the North Auckland line. Auckland architects Wade and Bartley were engaged to design the building which was constructed from cement. It was opened in 1928 and continued operations until 1937 when it was closed. The organisation continued to expand its manufacturing operations through a succession of new buildings being added. Eventually, as with many cooperatives, the Northern Wairoa Cooperative Dairy Company merged with others. Under the ownership of the Northland Dairy Company, the factory site continued operations until its closure at the end of June 2003. ¢

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p Dahlia cultivars number in the thousands and come in a multitude of flower forms

Bring on the showstoppers u by Liz Clark

Planting season is coming up for the delightful dahlia and with it the dilemma of which one of the thousands of types available to choose. With a vast range of varieties, flower forms and types to look into, we’ve taken a look at just some of the cultivated varieties that are available. Starting with the cactus and semicactus, both types have double or semidouble flowers that roll-back along half their length, giving it a spiky cactuslike appearance. Most of the cultivars reach a height of up to 100cm. Varieties to look for are Chat Noir, Dana, Kennermerland and Veritable. Decorative cultivars are double dahlias with broad, flat-tipped petals that are sometimes wavy. The flowers are large, and plants can grow to more than a height of 100cm. They can be formal or informal flower forms. Formal types have flat petals, evenly and regularly placed throughout the flower. The informal types have generally flat petals, sometimes rolled slightly at the tips with an irregular arrangement in the formation. Cultivars to consider for the garden are Karma Serena, Lake Carey, Wyn’s Moonlight Sonata, Isadora, Maxime, Golden Torch and Zirconia. Pompom and ball dahlias can create a delicate statement in the summer garden. They feature small, double, globe-shaped blooms with the petal

tips blunt or slightly rounded. In the pompom cultivar range, some of the ones to try are Burlesca, Golden Sceptre, Little William, Rocco, Stolze von Berlin and White Aster. In the ball dahlia range, look for Cornel, Eveline, Genova, Jowey Winnie, Lakeland Autumn and Salvation. How to make a massive statement? Bring on the dinnerplate dahlias for a huge impact. These big flowers can be up to 30cm across and bloom throughout the entire summer. They’re the showstoppers of the garden and a musthave. Cultivars to add to the garden are Avignon, Cafe au late, Dazzling Sun, Mediterranee, Striped Duet and Zoey Rey. Planting of dahlia tubers should be done during spring, usually in September and October. Rich, free-draining soil is a must for these plants. Keep well-mulched during the drier months of summer and ensure there is adequate water. Plenty of compost and organic matter will sustain your plants’ health and vitality. For pest control, use a commercially available home garden and spray only as necessary. Deadhead flowers as they die off, to prolong the flowering period. ¢

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p The flavour of each type of coffee depends on the location and altitude it is grown at

For the love of fine blends u by Ann van Engelen

A chance meeting on a French mountainside to a New Zealand seaside resort town was a quantum leap for Kiwis Gareth and Anna Wilson. Now, to connect with the community and share their expertise and love of making excellent coffee, the couple is busy at Brewed As Collective in Mangawhai. “We met in France ten years ago when we were both snowboarding. It is funny how you travel the world to end up with another Kiwi. Anna was born in Cheltenham, England and her family moved to West Auckland when she was a toddler,” says Gareth. “I grew up in Whanganui and have been in the coffee industry since I was 16 years old — I am 34 now. I was taking three music classes plus drama, English and maths during my school certificate year at school, none of which I wanted to go on to study at university. “The next year I found an introduction to cafe operations course. It covered from how to be a dishwasher

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or bartender, to preparing food and waiting tables. I became fascinated with coffee making. “When Anna and I returned from Europe we purchased a nine-squaremetre franchise coffee kiosk in Newmarket. Eventually, the time came to leave the franchise and we were given the opportunity to have a coffee kiosk at the Wood Street Free House during summer three years ago. “We now lease space and started our cafe Brewed As Collective. It is a lot of fun. We do things like ‘park coffee’, an initiative where customers pay for an extra coffee for someone else. They can say it is for the next person in a red hat, that is one of the

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things that make this a special place. “I enjoy sharing the geeky things like where the bean is from, the altitude it was grown at and the time of year it was yielded. There are more than 3,000 varieties of coffee tree and the flavours noted like nectarine or passion fruit are from the environment around it. A dark red wine may talk about forest fruits, but the description is what we as humans closely relate to — but it is actually the landscape flavour. “The process coffee goes through to be brewed is very complex. It is similar to wine except wine is poured from a bottle for around $10 a glass by the bartender. A barista, however, handcrafts each cup of coffee in front of you for an average of $5 a cup. “Coffee beans grow on bushes on hillsides in volcanic soil. They look like cherries and ripen at different stages and need to be individually handpicked.

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p Anna is an integral part of the business as lead coordinator and helps create the cafe menu and ensures the front of house runs smoothly

p Gareth and Anna Wilson have been in the coffee-making business in Mangawhai for three years

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Every cup needs to be the best one I make

No machine will be efficient enough to harvest them correctly. I believe the price of coffee is very undervalued due to people’s lack of knowledge. ”We use the Hummingbird brand because they co-import beans with Trade Aid from Ethiopia and the world. They import coffee from many origins, the espresso blend is comprised of up to five different countries. The beans are sourced from 100 per cent certified Fair Trade Organic sources and we pay a social premium of US20 cents a pound. Collectively this equates to a substantial amount and is pooled to build things like hospitals and schools in Ethiopia. “Like wine, coffee gets graded on a scaling point. The beans are graded on the roasting, tasting, mouthfeel and acidity. Anything scoring over 85 is regarded as a speciality. Commercial coffee came about in waves. The

first wave was the onset of espresso coffee, the second is the Starbucks era where franchises began and the third wave is ‘where does the coffee come from’ because customers want to know where and how their food is sourced. “Making coffee is a speciality task. You need to respect the bean to produce the best possible outcome to communicate the land it came from. A dark roast is marginally lighter in caffeine than a light roast. The darker roast has some of the oils roasted out and you taste the caramelisation of the sugars. “A light roast has a matt brown finish. The difference in caffeine is only a few milligrams. I tell people ‘don’t put the beans in a paper bag because they suck in moisture from anywhere’. “Preparedness and cleanliness of the coffee machine are important. It is none of my business if you want five

sugars with it. You know how it tastes; that is the point; you like it like that. That one cup maybe your one good thing of the day. “Every cup needs to be the best one I make. It was a light bulb moment when a guy I worked for pulled me aside to tell me it doesn’t matter if it is the 200th you have made, it might their first and only. “We use the SwissWater Process for our decaf. This produces 99.9 per cent less caffeine. “I started roasting my own decaf because most commercial roasters focus on caffeinated. I know how caffeine affects me and I wanted a decaf I can drink in the afternoon. Many are roasted dark and I discovered I can do a light roast and produce a delicious coffee. “I encourage people to think about the flavour as they drink it. What do

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you enjoy about it? Think of a tree with a flower at the top, the fruit lower, the bark and then the soil. The higher the altitude it is grown the more floral the flavour. “Coffee beans above 2,000 metres will taste floral, like strawberries. At 1,000 metres in Brazil, you get more chocolatey caramel flavours. “I delight in making someone’s coffee. The beverage I am serving to someone is important. It matters because they pay around $5 a cup and if I make a bad coffee, they miss out. We are living in exciting times and are considering offering barista classes. We are fortunate to have a great landlord and never take things for granted. “We make every effort to ensure people enjoy every sip they take. We have been here for three years now and every year we love it more.” ¢

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vines of the second year’s growth and were informed by the owner that it was his intention during the next season to commence the manufacture of wine. Most heartily do we wish him success.” Three years l a t e r, We n d o l i n was pioneering the cultivation of grape seedlings for the open market. One thousand young plants were marketed in Auckland on his behalf in 1864 by Auckland merchants Mabin and Graham. They noted at the time some of the vine stock had won gold medals at a horticultural show the year before, and he was producing wine. ‘He possesses one of the finest and most productive vineyards in the province, on his farm at Mangawhai, and he is already a producer of wines.’ By March 1867, the vineyard had been extended with more than 700 vines in cultivation for winemaking. Visitors to the vineyard noted the wine produced had ‘a pleasant bouquet and roughness of taste manufactured in the most primitive

style.’ With an established reputation by the 1870s, a large, well-built home and significant vinery, the Swiss vintner’s winery became a fixture in the Mangawhai landscape. Wine experts in Auckland considered the property to be one of the leading wineproducing sites north of the city. Just on 6,000 square metres of the overall site in cultivation was being used for grape growing, seemingly small, the vineyard was producing more than 1,500 litres of wine each season for sale in Auckland. Most of the wine produced was made at the time predominantly from black and white Hamburg and Isabella cultivars. Like many from the time-period, Wendolin made his wine using a primitive lever-operated winepress. Finally in 1887, after more than a 30-year love affair with viticulture, Wendolin passed away at the age of 79 and the vineyard was sold. ¢

They noted at the time some of the vine stock had won gold medals

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A journey back in time u by Andy Bryenton

What makes a museum more than just a collection of interesting items, marooned in time inside glass cases or behind velvet ropes? The answer becomes apparent when you enter the timbered halls of Matakohe’s Kauri Museum with veteran tour guide Pete Panhuis, who has been introducing people to living history for 20 years. Make no mistake, the visual impact of a beautifully curated collection of artefacts is one thing. Walking into the Tudor Collins wing of the building with a guide who can say that the great cameraman was a personal acquaintance who worked with his father brings things home to reality. Pete talks with zest and authority about the collection as we move into the underground ‘bunker’, which holds the world’s biggest collection of kauri gum, explaining how Victorian industry used the amber gold for everything from linoleum to dentures. “Early kauri bushmen actually came to be remorseful about what they’d achieved,” he says, giving a sense of life to a modelled scene of 1800s foresters. ”In 100 years they destroyed 90 per cent of all standing kauri forest, so in the end they founded a group to conserve what was left.” Pete’s connection to history, and to the story of Matakohe, is one that’s personal as well as academic. He says he’s not a literary learner but has absorbed many of the funny, interesting, quirky, touching or just plain interesting tales of the kauri days from listening. A source of much local knowledge was the ‘matriarch of Matakohe’, the late Mavis Smith, who Pete helped care for in her later years. This local community leader lived to be 102 years old and is immortalised as a museum exhibit mannequin, lifelike

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in 1800s costume amid a room of priceless antiques. Pete says that her stories painted a vivid picture of life in colonial times. There are other stories, too, woven throughout the museum, and a skilled guide brings each item to life, from a tiny derringer pistol no bigger than a thumb, once carried by women for selfdefence, through to a gigantic traction engine, built long ago in the forges of Victorian England. The granddaughter of the engineer who built this behemoth has visited Matakohe several times to visit. “People’s generosity is humbling,” says Pete, as he shows off a collection of chainsaws and recounts how the ‘ribbon-cutting’ for the collection involved sawing through an entire log. “The descendants of the kauri bushmen and their families gift us all kinds of things. We’ve had a donation of more gum just last week.” Those donations aren’t going into a dusty vault or some forgotten corner. Thanks to volunteers and staff like Pete, they are being brought to life again for busloads of visitors keen to step into the past. That visitor number has proven steady in the time following our first Covid lockdown, with Kiwis keen to explore our nation’s history taking the place of foreign visitors. Now, with a second lockdown in place for Auckland, the time has never been better for Kaipara locals to take a closer look for themselves. ¢

In 100 years they destroyed 90 per cent of all standing kauri forest

p Pete shows the sheer scale of some of the machinery used by our pioneering ancestors; this traction engine was the motive power for mills and camps

p Lifelike gumdigger and forester mannequins seem all the more real as their stories are told by a veteran tour guide

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p The majestic kauri gum ‘bunker’ beneath the museum; gum is kept cool and safe as it is flammable

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