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Manta ray auction As an artist, Claire Nicholls enjoys supporting the community in many ways with her talent. She recently donated her copper manta ray sculpture to be auctioned at the Waipū Citizens and Services Club this Saturday night during Carleen Stills’ concert to raise funds for Waipū Cove Cycle and Walkway. Claire enjoys using natural materials, such as clay, wood and metals in her sculpture work and is fascinated with the transformation of the materials by using different processes such as heating and using chemicals to produce different colours through reaction.
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Kaiwaka School celebrated seeing its studies to care for the environment acknowledged recently when they received the Enviroschools Bronze Award. “Enviroschools is an environmental action-based programme where young people are empowered to design and lead sustainability projects in their schools,” says principal Sharlene Tornquist. “Enviroschools facilitator Jane Norman, Northland Enviroschools coordinator Susan Kārels and Northland Regional Councillor Rick Stolwerk attended the ceremony, which started with a pōwhiri involving the senior school. “We applied to be a part of the programme two years ago. We were assigned Jane Norman to help us with the framework, and she was very encouraging. “After the pōwhiri, the visitors were taken around the school to see the different projects that the students and lead teacher, Nik Massey, have run. “They saw the compost bin, pest trapping, trees that we planted for survival, our school vegetable gardens being maintained and the work we completed in the community gardens. “We have enjoyed assisting the children to learn about being sustainable and active community members in the process. “They chose what they wanted to do and were able to engage with their whānau and the greater community through working at the community garden. We worked alongside Kaiwaka Can with the planting at the new footbridge area, and community members came and shared their knowledge with us. This has helped the school build stronger relationships and connections. “The programme is about growing food, eating the food and composting
p Kaiwaka school students received the Enviroschools Bronze Award recently for their efforts in environmental learning
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Its fruit is used for toppings on cheesecake, juice and as a dessert addition — how can we not be passionate about passion fruit? Passiflora edulis, as it’s commonly known, is a vine species of passion flower native to southern Brazil through to Paraguay and northern Argentina. First described in 1818 by the English physician and botanist John Sims, the plant is now grown commercially in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide for its sweet, seedy fruit. The fruit is round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. Passion fruit is a perennial vine growing in frost-free areas year-round. It has two main varieties: purplefruited and yellow-fruited. The purple
cultivar is slightly smaller than a lemon. While the yellow type, also known as golden passion fruit, can be up to the size of a grapefruit — it has smooth, glossy skin. Since it’s a vine, passion fruit needs a support system in place to keep it from sprawling across other plants. It can be in the form of an arbour, posts and strong netting or trellising. A vigorous grower, passion fruit can reach up to six metres a year if the conditions are right. Planting should be done during mid-spring to mid-summer. Choose a sheltered, warm, sunny spot to site your passion fruit vine; in very
hot areas, a semi-shaded situation will prevent leaf burn. The plants grow in various soil types. However, passion fruit grows best in well-drained soil rich in organic matter. If heavy clay is an issue, plant the vine in a raised mound above the ground surface; it will prevent root rot. For optimum growing conditions, aim for a soil pH of between 6.5–7.5. Ensure the vines are given adequate water throughout the drier summer months. Passion fruit vines take between 8–18 months to mature, then flower in mid-spring onwards. Fruit is produced throughout the growing season until
early autumn. Once fruiting has finished, remove any dead leaves from the vine and any fallen at its base to prevent insect pests from overwintering. In autumn, prune and remove weak, dead and overlapping vines. It will improve air circulation and reduce the risk of disease affecting the plant. Cultivars available are Black Beauty, Giant Granadilla, Sweet Granadilla, and Red Banana, a close relative of the now-noxious banana passion fruit vine. Talk to your local garden centre professional or look online for more options. ¢
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p Claire Nicholls with her copper manta ray that will be auctioned off this Saturday night at Carleen Stills’ Country music concert at the Waipū Citizens and Services Club to raise money for the Waipū Cycle and Walkway … continued from front page
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“The cycle and walkway go between Waipū township and Waipū Cove, and the committee has been raising money for some time now, and I am pleased to be helping them. “There are three kilometres left to be completed, and being eight kilometres long, it will help cyclists and walkers stay off the main highway. “I enjoy working with metal as it gives me a break from my usual work, which is clay. I became interested in copper around four years ago and enjoy exploring what I can do with it. “I heat the copper with a blowtorch to make it malleable and bend it into the
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shape I want before I put it into water. “It is not an easy process, and I wear protective clothing and a full respirator mask. I use chemicals to spice up the colours of each piece. Through a heating process and adding patina to the copper, the colour changes. ”I have loved art ever since I was a young girl and was constantly drawing and making sculptures out of anything I could find. I now do commissions and
p Claire is well known for her various forms of art, including her metal sculptures, which often stem from her love of nature, such as her copper manta ray
sell pieces at local markets and in some local outlets. I also run art workshops for children and teach adults and children to work with clay adults at my studio in Waipū. You don’t have to be an amazing artist to work with clay. There is something for everyone and lots of little tricks that I teach people along the way. “I like to mix mediums together, and my sculptures are an exploration of my passion for texture, patterns and experimentation with light. A lot of my work is inspired by nature, including leaves, shells and my manta rays. “I have a ceramic version of the manta ray with a pattern pressed into its green wings. Being able to support
the community with my art is important to me. People can find information on my lessons and see my creations at sculpturenz.com.” The Waipū Cycle and Walkway group are interested in hearing from other artists who are willing to donate a piece of their work to help raise funds for the completion of the project. For more information, go to waipucycleway.com. The manta ray auction and Carleen’s concert is this Saturday, March 26, from 7pm. Tickets are $15 each, available from the Waipū Citizens and Services Club or the Ray White Bream Bay Waipū office. ¢
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Waipū on trial u by Amy Fifita
Before Waipū was known for its Nova Scotian heritage, the land was contested in court between James Busby and John Grant Johnson — who had the right to the land? On January 14 1840, the Colony of New South Wales set the Land Claims Act in place. In 1841 New Zealand became a colony of the British Empire. Before colonisation, James Busby was appointed a British resident in New Zealand in 1833. He would assist in drafting the Declaration of Independence and the 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi. An entrepreneur at heart, Busby purchased land before the Crown formalised its presence in New Zealand. One of these purchases was Waipū, which he bought from the Te Parawhau iwi in December 1839. He submitted his purchase on January 29 1840; however, the Land
Claim Act, would stand in his way. Although Busby had purchased the land before the act came into force, he had not set it legally into place until after its enactment. According to the Crown, Waipū,
Busby did not own the land along with Ruakākā and Bream Bay, were sovereign lands to sell as it pleased after purchasing from mana whenua. John Grant Johnson would put Busby’s claim in jeopardy. Following an application from Nova Scotian immigrants in late 1853, Johnson
bought the Waipū land in 1854 on behalf of the Crown for their settlement. The key figures in the court case were Johnson, Te Tirarau Kūkupa and Busby. Johnson represented the Crown as a district land commissioner. His position gave him the perspective of his employers. Any land not submitted before the act was in place was ready to be bought by titleholders. Busby did not own the land because he submitted his claim a fortnight after the act became active. Money may have changed hands, but it was not lodged in time. The Crown would claim it after reimbursing the local tribe that held the native title. However, the confusion was in good stead for purchase, with
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p The monument for the ships that brought the early Nova Scotian and Scottish settlers to New Zealand
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p Waipū Caledonian Park, where the Highland Games are held most years
p Busby’s house at Waitangi, also known as the Treaty House, a place where he would receive lands as a result of dispute over Waipū
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Our hearts are dark because we were deceived by Johnson, and we are now told that Mr Busby has got nothing for his land. Here lies the case, who had a legal claim to the Waipū land? Māori feeling disconnected from Waipū lands they sold Waipū to him at a reduced price. When Johnson came to purchase the land, they made him aware that Busby held the title. Some tangata whenua had gone back to the land to live as part of an agreement between Busby and iwi that they could reside there if the land remained unoccupied. The issue of purchase was put forward to Māori by Johnson; he had insisted the Crown would compensate Busby. His position was from the Crown. How could compensation and the Crown’s perspective of ownership align? Could the Crown pay someone they had not given the right to the land?
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Te Tirarau Kūkupa was a rangatiratanga of Te Parawhau. His iwi sold the land to Busby in 1839. They understood it was that Busby had the title to the land — other mana whenua also had this view. Upon realising that Busby had not been paid, as Johnson said he would be, Māori wrote to the governor in an unsigned letter. ‘We told Johnson that the land had been sold to Mr Busby of the Bay of Islands. ‘After long urging by Johnson, we consented to take the money for Mr Busby’s land because he told us that they would not let Mr Busby have the land.
‘Our hearts are dark because we were deceived by Johnson, and we are now told that Mr Busby has got nothing for his land.’ Busby, in his viewpoint, held a similar perspective as Te Tirarau and others involved. He paid for the land before the 1840 act, it was his land, and he was willing to fight that claim in court. He tried to claim Waipū under native title, he was a resident of Aotearoa before the Declaration of Independence and the Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Busby had not been reimbursed the money that Johnson had told rangatiratanga he would be, and wanted the land he had purchased.
Here lies the case, who had a legal claim to the Waipū land? It was perhaps too late to have the land but Busby could be compensated. In 1870 Busby was awarded extra land at Waitangi and paid £23,000. In 1962, Judge Francis Dillon Bell acknowledged Busby’s had some legal grounds for his land claim but not an overall one. During the 23 years, this case was fought for and considered, Nova Scotian settlers had already established Waipū township. Immigrants from Scotland and more from Nova Scotia had made the journey after hearing of the opportunity in New Zealand. ¢
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Ways with words u by Ann van Engelen
The Whangārei District Library 3.30 Flash Writing group was established ten years ago to encourage people interested in writing to discover the world of Flash Fiction.
Workshop presenters: Viv Thonger & Tracie Lark To register, contact: Whangareilibrary3.30flash@gmail.com Numbers are limited, vaccine passport required
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p Micro Magic co-presenter Vivian Thonger often performs her poetry at events and festivals with Northland’s Poetry Posse and ImprovMob
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“People often say they have wanted to write but don’t know where to start,” says member Sue Baker. “Flash Fiction was a form of writing that was taking the world by storm at the time it began, and a group of writers in Whangārei wanted to explore it. We are now offering a three-hour micro-fiction writing course called Micro Magic. It is a very short form of flash fiction writing,
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p Micro Magic writers course presenter Tracie Lark will help each writer identify the key emotion in their writing at the event
and this course has a 100-word limit. Micro Magic is booked for Sunday, April 10 at the Community Centre, OneOneSix Bank Street, Whangārei. “Presenter Vivian Thonger says each participant will warm up, smushing to produce the ingredients for a story. Co-presenter Tracie Lark will follow up by helping each writer identify the key emotion in their writing.
“The cost for the workshop is $25 for the afternoon and $20 for students. The price includes a free book. “Numbers are limited and a vaccine pass is required to attend.” To register for the Micro Magic Writer s Workshop, contact whangareilibrary3.30flash@gmail. com. ¢
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