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THE COATESVILLE CHRONICLE Email coatesvillechronicle@gmail.com | ph 021 724 001 | online coatesvillechronicle.com Harbour Water's owner, runs six trucks, making his business one of Auckland's largest water carriers. He says his staff have worked very hard to try and meet customer needs, working long days and dealing with stressed property owners while feeling exhausted themselves. But they are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. "We're back to about a seven-day wait," says Gary, "but when Watercare closed off the filling stations in Helensville and Wellsford, all those trucks came down here to fill up and the queues got huge. Gary Taylor from North Harbour Water in the queue at the Albany filling station "Watercare's answer was to put extra tankers on the road but they also had to fill up at the same stations, so queues just got longer," he says. his summer's severe drought has seen governing how many hours a driver can Like many locals, Gary believes the some residents waiting weeks for their continuously work in a shift. Everyone increase in the number of homes water delivery to arrive. Many have has been under tremendous pressure. being built in the north and north west run out of water, some people have had At the start of the drought, all carriers without infrastructure for mains water to leave their homes temporarily while ran waiting lists, but at the height of supply, is largely to blame. The capacity others have stayed, buying bottled water, the water shortage, some stopped using laundromats and hand-filling animal answering their phones as they couldn't of the existing number of filling troughs. offer service and people were becoming stations and water carrier companies is no longer enough to keep the Although water carriers have worked desperate. community's taps running during a overtime to meet demand, their business Since mid-January, North Harbour crisis like this year's climate change is seasonal. Operators don't have extra Water has delivered on average emergency. vehicles and staff standing-by in times 800,000L of water per day to And, with Auckland's total water of drought that they can simply put customers in Coatesville and the on the road. There are also restrictions surrounding area. Gary Taylor, North Continued on page 2.
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Pest Free Coatesville
Pest animal eradication is stepping up March at the Settlers Hall. On the in Coatesville with a community-wide night, they hope to enlist support project now underway. Local, Gary from residents who will volunteer Langridge, who formed the Sunnyside their time to support the cause. Road Pest Free Trust last year, is joining "The project's success is entirely forces with property dependent on local owners, Garden Club people getting members and Hana involved," explains Aickin of Auckland Gary. "We've divided Council's Environmental Coatesville into four Services Unit, to mount areas and to start an ongoing programme Thursday 12 March with, we're seeking to rid Coatesville of rats, four people who can 7.10pm stoats and possums. act as champions to The PFC group will lead activities in their Settlers Hall present their strategy area." to the community at a Continued on page 5. public meeting on 12
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Continued from page 1. storage currently at 65% which is usually at 81% at this time of year (according to Watercare's website), Aucklanders still need to reduce their water use to protect supply. “Population and industry growth are certainly factors in driving up water demand overall on an annual basis," says Watercare's head of water value, Roseline Klein. "But on a hot day – when we see a spike or peak in demand – it’s more likely to be caused by a change in behaviour. It’s when we feel the need to water our gardens and jump in the shower morning and night. The good news is that we can curb these peaks by being mindful of our water use.” At this stage there is no single longterm solution to the water shortage problem for those on tank water. Perhaps the silver lining to come from the drought has been the way people in the community have responded to it. Many have helped out friends and neighbours by sharing their water. Others have given up their places in the delivery queue so that households in greater need can receive water before them. Local businesses have given water for free to those in need and in many cases water carriers have gone above and beyond to help their customers. The one certainty we can rely on is that when the going gets tough, there are plenty of good sorts in our community prepared to get going and help others. Your editor,
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Mobile library
The mobile library now comes to Riverhead once a fortnight. Hop onboard between 2.45pm and 3.30pm every second Thursday from 5 March. Browse the great collection for kids and adults, place and pick up requests and chat to the mobile librarian. You can even join the library. You'll find the mobile library parked on Coatesville-Riverhead Highway near the sports grounds.
Roundabout news
Auckland Transport's update about progress at the roundabout is below: "On the south-west corner of the intersection, following on from the stormwater works, staff have recently been digging out areas of existing footpath/kerbing/berm in order to construct kerbing along the new alignment. This new kerbing has now been installed. "Following this, they will be constructing concrete footpath and road pavement in this area. It is expected that works on this corner will be completed by the end of March. "Following this, they will get started on construction of the two new retaining walls on CoatesvilleRiverhead Highway (northern side)." Natalie Polley, AT senior media advisor.
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∞ 12 MARCH, Thursday Pest Free Coatesville Meeting, 7.10pm Coatesville Settlers Hall. ∞ 13 MARCH, Friday, St Patrick's Day, go a bit green today. ∞ 14-15 MARCH, Kumeu Show From 8.30am both days this weekend at the Kumeu Showgrounds, Access Road, Kumeu. Check out the animal exhibits, fairground rides and shearing display. Don't miss the giant pumpkins and the Wood Chopping competition on both days with coverage on Sky TV. ∞ 15 MARCH, Sunday, Coatesville Twilight Market 2pm till 7pm. 22 MARCH Sunday, Hibiscus Coast Sanitarium Kids' TRYathlon, Manly Park Whangaparaoa go to www. tryathlon.co.nz. ∞ 2 APRIL CWI meets at 7.15pm at the Settlers Hall. ∞ 9 APRIL Term one ends at Coatesville School. ∞ 10 APRIL, Good Friday. ∞ 12 APRIL, Easter Sunday. Daylight saving ends today. At 2am the clocks go back one hour which means we gain an hour of sleep today. Remember to check that the batteries in your smoke alarms are working. ∞ 13 APRIL Easter Monday.
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Keeping pets cool
A reminder to animal lovers/owners/ caregivers… don’t forget to keep your fabulous four-legged and furry friends hydrated in this hot weather. A great and fun way (other than keeping water bowls filled and kept out of the sun), is to put some of their biscuits or favourite treats into a small bowl or into an ice-cube maker. Cover with water and pop in the freezer. Once frozen, store them in a bag so you can get one out regularly. Place the frozen treat on the grass or somewhere where you don’t mind ‘puddles’, show your cat or dog it’s there, and leave them to chase, lick, chew and have a great time finding the treats as the ice melts. It's an awesome and fun way to keep them cool plus occupied! Thanks to Alie from Pet Doors R Us for this cool tip.
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New season starts at Garden Club Congratulations
Coatesville's Johandi Jordan (above) has graduated with a Diploma in Aviation - Airline Integration from Nelson Aviation College. She is now a qualified pilot looking for a full-time flying job. "Australia is looking like the best option for me at this point in my career," says Johandi. "Mustering in the outback will help exercise my 'hands on' flying skills and will be a fantastic character-building experience. After that I'd love to come back to New Zealand and fly floatplanes, ideally with Volcanic Air in Rotorua doing scenic flights." Johandi says her long-term goal (within the next 10 years) would be to fly for Air New Zealand and work her way up to long-haul jets. "I'm incredibly excited and ready to tackle the big wide world," says the former Miss Universe New Zealand finalist.
After nine years leading the Coatesville Country Garden Club, Tanya Ankersmit has handed over the role of president to Owen Sprosen. Tanya says, "Owen brings to this position years of experience in leadership and a passion for the great outdoors." Like Tanya, Owen has been involved with the Coatesville Corridor Project assisting with pest management and planting of the Wild Wood area in the reserve and is part of the team that is focussed on creating a Pest Free Coatesville. Tanya says the time was right for her to hand over to Owen and she is proud of how far the club has come in the past decade. "Our club has become one of the most popular garden clubs in the country, with a national reputation within the gardening community thanks to our wonderful committee. Now, with Owen at the helm, the club continues in good hands," she says.
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Come Rain or Shine By Peter Savage
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s luck would have it, should we ever need rain in the area, then we just need to organise a Coatesville Golf Classic day. Back in December we postponed due to inclement weather but this time, during the beautiful, record-breaking summer, we confidently said we will play come rain or shine. That, as it transpires, was tempting fate a little too much. Despite the threatening weather, 22 fine Coatesville athletes turned out for the 4th Coatesville Golf Classic tournament. Strangely, after last year's overindulgence, we had many offers to be designated sober drivers. The official cannon set off proceedings at hole 1 (95m ‘Trouble Trough’ hosted by Nat King) which had the quirky start of having us tee-off from the bucket of an idling digger. After a good breakfast, we carried on the idling around and slowly set off to hole 2, ‘Dirt and Divots’ 185m, conveniently located next door at Matt Ellingham’s. Off to Mahoenui for two short holes ‘Don’t count your chickens’ and ‘Build a bridge’. We were joined by the ex-All Black, Ali Williams, who showed us the way (if you wanted to lay up well short of the green). Let’s be fair, this is not his natural game and being surrounded by golfing athletes such as ourselves must have been very intimidating. The nearest the pin was hole 3 and was won by yours truly (a very rare event), clearly rising to the big occasion. The storm clouds were also rising and threatening at this point, so we did a mad dash to hole 5 and lunch. Hole 5 was ‘Sublime to Ridiculous’ hosted by Maurice Hoban whose delicious spread of Pizza Hut pizzas could have fed an army. Once we had huddled away from the rain, we set off for the rest of the holes all located down Collings Drive. 'Morning Wood', 'Dodge the Donkey', 'Prickova' and 'Holey Moley' holes were a struggle up and down the steep paddocks in the now baking sun, but we soldiered on. Longest drive at 'Morning Wood' was won by Jason Ever had mess Goodwin with an impressive shot that went far beyond left behind? the green and probably scuppered his chances to take the lead. At this point it was a close call as to who was on the leader board and speculation had it that Nat King (last year's winner) was well in the running. Consequences of clearly taking this too seriously and winning again were being bandied around. The final push on the last hole ended in an awesome family BBQ hosted by Brett Norrish and family. Finally, No mess, nogotdodgy products &for Nat, the awards ceremony under way. Fortunately he wasn’t able to pull off a double. The winner ofit. the no run around. We guarantee Coatesville Golf Classic 2020 was Maurice Hoban.
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Over the years, the Coatesville Country Garden Club has seen some absolutely stunning gardens, but one garden, local to our environs continues to prove exceptional, attracting attention not only at a national level, but also at an international level. Mincher, central to Coatesville has recently been awarded the title of Garden of International Significance; a truly honourable award achieved through the many years of dedication and creative energies of owners Bruce and Angela Spooner. As garden club members we were welcomed once again to this expansive garden at our February meeting. Despite the dry conditions, the garden’s magnificence and grandeur remained resolute, offering up welcoming shady avenues of exotics interspersed with manicured lawns and broad perennial borders. The pockets of remnant orchard spoke to the history of the property which has been some 28 years in the making, as does the bush walk to the rear of the property which backs onto a larger native bush area. The bush area has been embellished with further native plantings and has a comprehensive pest management program in place. As a club we would like to congratulate Bruce and Angela on their recent award, and thank them for the opportunity to see their living work of art.
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Tanya Ankersmit, Coatesville Country Garden Club Pest Free Coatesville continued from page 1 Coatesville is a regular stop on the flight path of native birds as they travel between Tiritiri Matangi Island and the Waitakere Ranges, which the Coatesville Corridor project group set out to preserve several years ago. However, Hana Aickin of Auckland Council encourages everyone in the area to support this community-led conservation project because of what she believes can be achieved. "The Coatesville area is known for its beautiful pockets of native bush with kauri standing tall and kererū swooping through the trees. Getting involved with Pest Free Coatesville will help protect your native bush and will bring more native birds like tomtit, tūī, morepork and possibly even kiwi and bellbird to the area," says Hana.
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Miles of smiles at the half marathon
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oatesville turned on a perfect morning for the annual Coatesville Half Marathon. More than 2000 people participated and among them were plenty of Coatesville residents. With the weather on their side, the main challenge runners faced was the hilly landscape. Even so, the first 21km runner home was Zeb Stone in 1:14:34. He was followed by Daniel Coates (1:18:05), Marcus Robertson
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(1:18:28) and Sasha Daniels (1:20:08). The four were also the first runners to start the race. In the 8km, runners set off at a fast pace, but year 11 student George Mawson had a strategy. It was George's fourth time running the 8km event, "I held back on the straights knowing the hills were coming," he says, and his game plan paid off. George came home second in 00:30:33 with first place going to Nick Bone in 00:30:19.
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Zeb Stone 1st, Marcus Robertson, 3rd and Daniel Coates 2nd; 3. Pippa Atkinson prepares for the kids' 2km dash; Greg Johnson, a blind runner with his companion, set off in the 21km. Greg finished in 03:07:26; 5. Sammy Krinkel looking relaxed and styley after the 8km with mum Karen, sister Lucy and Ollie the dog; 6. Smiles at the start of the 8km; 7. A good luck kiss for Mum; 8. The Hitchcock family; 9. Bananas make the perfect snack; 10. The 8km runners start strong; 11. George Mawson kicking it in the final straight; 12. Organiser Rob; 13. Timekeeping guru Kieran Hooks; 14. Flynn Mills shows parents Brenda and Warren his medal; 15. Superman brings up the rear.
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CRRA Update
At the end of February, members of the CRRA met with representatives from Chorus, Crown Fibre Infrastructure and MP Chris Penk to discuss interconnectivity issues and costs in Coatesville. The CRRA's communication subcommittee will update the community on outcomes from that meeting in the April issue of The Coatesville Chronicle, so watch this space. In the meantime, if you wish to contact the CRRA, you can email information.crra@gmail.com or send them a private message on Facebook.
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Rodney Local Board Update By Louise Johnston
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s a drought is officially declared in Auckland and Northland, the division between urban and rural Auckland has just widened. Auckland Council were slow to react to the situation and the communication from Watercare has been poor. Earlier in the month, the Helensville and Wellford filling stations were temporarily turned off and water tankers had to refill at alternative stations, resulting in long queues. This had the knock-on effect that many residents ran out of water and now face long delays for tank refills. We have been told by Watercare that this is not their problem as we are not their customers. This attitude is shortsighted given that Auckland's rural residents on tank water purchase water via water carriers who are themselves Watercare customers. The Council has responded by opening many of their facilities for residents to fill handheld 20L containers and Watercare finally opened filling stations for tankers in Kumeu which is helping the situation. But, many residents remain justifiably concerned about keeping their livestock hydrated in this heat. Longterm local residents have for the first time seen their ponds and streams dry up. While they wait fowr their tank delivery, they must manually refill troughs for their livestock. This is hugely time-consuming, physically demanding and stressful for many people. One solution that was proposed was for a static tanker to be set up in Dairy Flat where residents could fill up 1000L of water for their livestock. This would need to be set up by MPI who have the funding. So far all they have suggested is maybe a public meeting. Residents need action not a public meeting.
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If you have concerns about keeping your livestock hydrated, please contact the rural support trust at: http://www.rural-support.org.nz/ Regions/North-Island/Northland Phone 0800 787 254. For an updated list of water stations available for filling up your handheld water containers, please refer to https://ourauckland. aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ Auckland Council have declared a climate change emergency so hopefully they can cut the red tape and prevent this situation from recurring. I am not sure what the solution is, do we need more permanent filling stations for water tankers? Do we need to allow for all Auckland residents to be able to install rain water tanks? If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at louise. johnston@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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Planning ahead for health
Even more serious is the impact on our export industry, with exports of local produce and other wares cancelled and no certainty about the short-to-medium future. Let’s hope that the outlook in the coming months is less bleak than it appears at this stage.
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his month I’ve been thinking a lot about the way that New Zealand responds to infectious disease outbreaks. As the coronavirus situation continues to develop and concerns mount, the spotlight has again been shone on the handling of this type of public health issue by the authorities. In the past year we’ve seen a meningococcal outbreak in Northland and a measles crisis, which seemingly could have been avoided with sensible management and forward-looking leadership. The meningitis vaccination campaign saw Northland schools needing to fundraise for their own vaccines, with government health providers having run out of flu vaccines in June, followed by shortages of measles vaccines later that year. Of course, one of the key elements of a national strategy for infectious disease management is immunisation. Rates had been improving over the past decade, with John Key having made this a real priority in his time at the Beehive. It’s disappointing that in the past couple of years the gains have plateaued, however, and ambitious targets for Kiwi kids’
General Election immunisation are no longer published. Fast forward to early 2020 and New Zealand’s coronavirus response appears to have been a step behind measures taken by comparable countries. In particularly, our slowness to evacuate New Zealanders stuck in Wuhan province and the authorities’ reluctance to check arrivals for symptoms, represent lost opportunities to contain the situation. Finally, it’s worth noting that the coronavirus situation is not only worrying from a health perspective but also is already having a serious impact on New Zealand’s businesses and workers. The pipeline of goods from China is starting to dry up, for one thing, according to some local businesses who have been in touch with me.
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al Gardner's butterfly tunnel house (shown right) provides a safe habitat for more than 200 monarch butterflies each summer. She got started several years ago after learning that butterfly numbers had dropped dramatically. "Butterflies in North America migrate in winter to Mexico, they used to number in the millions but now only number in the thousands," explains Val. So, in an effort to give nature a hand, the retired real estate agent who knows a good house when she sees one, built the butterflies a house. Basically, the tunnel house is a predatorfree environment where the monarch butterflies live safely until they're ready to stretch their wings in the garden. Val opens the house for a couple of hours each afternoon to let the mature butterflies that are ready to leave, flutter away. She says it's a very rewarding hobby. Here's how to build one: Val used a raised bed in her garden, but you can use a section of garden. Create the rounded frame using conduit tubing and attach shade cloth to the frame with plastic zip ties. Leave the front open for access and once built, use a second piece of shade cloth as a curtain to close off the entrance to predators. These items are all available from Mitre 10 says Val. Plant as many swan plants inside as you can. Val always restocks at the end of summer from Bunnings and Mitre 10. Also, spread seeds and plants throughout your garden to attract the butterflies so they can lay their eggs. Once the eggs have hatched, they need to go into the tunnel house to protect them from wasps and praying mantis, which kill and eat them. To make sure the very hungry caterpillars have enough to eat, Val supplements their food supply with additional swan plant stems that she tucks into beer bottles filled with water placed among the plants in the tunnel house. Three or four stems will last a week if the water is topped up. Once the caterpillars turn into chrysalis, they tend to hang on the roof of the tunnel house. Most hatch in the morning and are ready to be let out in the afternoons.
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How will the election affect real estate in 2020?
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am sure anyone in the real estate market will tell you that the start of 2020 has begun with huge positivity and buoyancy compared to the last three years. There are many buyers looking for lifestyle across the different types of property, so whether you're selling a high-end home or entry level Coatesville there will be someone out there for you, and in a normal year you would expect this to continue. Consider this… Election September 2020. Working backwards, once the politicians start introducing their policies and debating who should be elected, the market will, as has been proven time and time again, come to a grinding halt. Confidence decreases while confusion and uncertainty. increase. With this comes hesitancy and concern about making the right decision. If you are considering selling your property in 2020, I encourage you to use the next three months as your platform to do so. It’s okay if you're not ready, however, be mindful that confidence will only pick up after the election in September and often regardless of which party is elected Timing and strategy are critical to the success of selling your biggest asset, so call me now to ensure you get it right.
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• Water Filters • UV Sterilisers • Reverse Osmosis • Water Coolers • Whole House • Water Pumps • Tanks • Rain Harvesting • Pre-Tank Filters Call Steve 021278 7427
steve@aquafilter.co.nz
Rodney Sales & Service 09 425 6080
We Service All Leading Brands! www.aquafilter.co.nz
0272 984 000
Chris Penk
MP for Helensville Stop in, the office is open! 365 Main Road, Huapai 09 412 2496 chris.penkmp@parliament.govt.nz chrispenk.national.org.nz
Authorised by Chris Penk, 365 Main Road, Huapai, Auckland.
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