The Causeway Magazine - July 2024

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Upper Harbour Volunteer Recognition Ceremony Herald Island Residents, Angela Little (R&R President) and Craig Carr (Community Wharf Trustee), on Friday 14-06-2024 at 0700 PM, attended the Upper Harbour Local Board Volunteer Recognition Awards. The event was held in the Oteha Valley Road Tennis Park Lounge.

The evening was outstanding with Community participation amongst the contribution awards. The Upper Harbour Committee were present, and drinks and nibbles were provided.

Craig Carr was presented a Certificate of Recognition for his decade of volunteer services on the Herald Island Community Wharf Trust by Chair Person Anna Atkinson and Deputy Chair Person Uzra Casuri Balouch JP. Craig was first a Consultant to the then Trustees as a Marine Surveyor in 2013. Craig was appointed a Wharf Trustee on 28-01-2014 representing the Herald Island Community. In the year 2016, the Community Wharf was due for maintenance. Craig consulted with the original wharf construction company, Total Marine. The Trust Account was just short of funds to cover the costs. A Grant from the Upper Harbour Local Board, led by Lisa White’s Team covered the balance and from that Day to this, our Upper Harbour Local Board have kept our Herald Island Community Wharf Trust solvent with an annual grant. Craig Carr was appointed Herald Island Boating Club Captain in 2017.

This was a conflict of interest. The Wharf Trustees then appointed Craig as a Boating Club Representative on the Wharf Trust and John Axeman replaced Craig as a Community Representative on the Trust.

The Wharf Trust, as founded in 1999, has teo Trustees from the Herald Island Community and two Trustees from the Herald Island Boating Club. The Wharf was originally gifted by the Boating Club to the Trust. The Herald Island Community Wharf Trust AGM was held on the 9th of June. Craig Carr resigned from the Trust after 10 Years of voluntary service.

The Current Trustees are: Boating Club: Giles Dodson (President of H.I.B.C.) Mike Walker (Commodore of H.I.B.C.) Herald Island John Axeman (Community Resident) Community Geoff Beresford (Secretary Treasurer of Community Wharf Trust) The current Trustees are working together with Herald Island R & R, Herald Island Community Environment Group and the H.I.B.C. Committee to come up with a long-term Sustainable Management Plan for the Wharves-Pahiki end of our Herald Island.

NEWS & VIEWS • Little Gems - Property Report

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• Calendar

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• Herald Island Garden Club

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• Kumeu Arts July Exhibitions

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• Herald Island Library News

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• Nurturing the young for the future

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• Indie Writers Festival

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• Matariki shines in Whenuapai

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• Ask Dr. Heather

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• Hey Honey

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• Message from the Upper Harbour Local Board Chair Anna Atkinson

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• Club News, a free community service

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• Trade & Professional service listing

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• Tide Tables

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Little Gems - Property Report Market Hunkers Down for the Winter Residential property values have mainly plateaued across the country, including Auckland. Statistics show we are 13% below the market’s peak in late 2021.

Data from realestate.co.nz shows a downturn in demand with lower prices being achieved. It seems the main concerns for buyers being shy to transact are around difficulties getting finance, income job uncertainty and rising interest rates. Although recent reports suggest it may be as soon as November that we see easing.

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The number of homes for sale are higher, up 18% on last year.

This could be due to weather events last February.

However, it is not all bad for sellers during an economic downturn. If we are buying and selling in the same market it becomes a win/win.

Starting from July 1, significant changes to the Brightline test in New Zealand has come into effect. The reduction is expected to increase investor interest in residential properties, potentially leading to higher property prices.

The key changes are as follows: 1. Reduction of Brightline Period: The Brightline test period will be reduced from ten years to two years for all residential properties. This means that if you sell a residential property within two years of purchase, you will need to pay tax on any profit made from the sale. This reduction reverts the test to its original period when it was first introduced? (Inland Revenue - Te Tari Taake).

2. Current Rules and Transition: Properties purchased between March 29, 2018, and March 27, 2021, are currently subject to a five-year Brightline period, and those purchased after March 27, 2021, are subject to a ten-year period. With the new changes, all properties will fall under the two-year period starting from July 1, 2024.

3. Exemptions: The main home exemption and other specific exemptions (such as relationship property transfers, certain trust transfers, and inheritances) will continue to apply. This means that sales of a primary residence are generally exempt from the Brightline test.

Please feel free to call me anytime for a chat or coffee break.

Angela Little / angela.little@bayleys.co.nz / 021 421 967 Angela Little, Residential & Waterfront Sales & Marketing M 021 421 967 1/48 Maki Street, NorthWest Shopping Centre, Westgate.

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U-who?

UWEN - the Upper Waitemata Ecology Network is a name that you might have heard talked about so we thought it was worth a quick introduction. UWEN is an umbrella organisation that was created when a number of local groups doing environmental protection and restoration work (including Greenhithe) came together and decided that collaboration and sharing knowledge would be beneficial to everyone. Today the organisation is growing with the appointment of Louis as Pest Coordinator and Rachael as Network Manager.

The community groups and key individuals meet monthly to share their news, their learnings and just connect and support each other. By working together, the groups can start seeing impacts on a much larger scale and one of these projects is the Rail Trail, a group of trappers focusing their effort on the coastal habitats that Banded Rail (Mohu Pereru) can be found.

UWEN also works to raise the profile of all of the groups, have a stronger voice in advocacy work and works collaboratively with Auckland Council staff and the Local Board to secure funding and support for the benefit of all of the groups.

If you want to find out more then get in touch with Rachael at uwen.manager@gmail.com or check out our website at https:// www.uwen.org.nz/

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Calendar Sunday 21 July, 9:00am – 2:00pm, Kumeu Market, Kumeu Showgrounds, Access Road, Kumeu. Come and visit our monthly destination market on the 3rd Sunday of the month. Plenty of free parking available.

24 July - August, Drawn IN, Pod Gallery. This collection of drawing will serve to highlight the value of drawing. There will be a range of works on display by our members which aim to demonstrate the breadth of processes, media and motivation involved in drawing.

People draw for different purposes. For some there is no purpose – the process is everything.

24 July - August, GET FIRED, Kumeu Arts Members Exhibition of Ceramics, Main Gallery. This August we will be holding one of our most popular displays, our annual ceramics exhibition highlights the work of the many talented ceramic artists in our community. It also offers visitors the opportunity to buy stunning functional and sculptural pieces at affordable prices.

Saturday 27 July, 10:00am – 1:00pm Gently Loved Markets.

Just Kids! Sunderland Lounge, 5 Marine Parade, Hobsonville. A range of stalls selling pre-loved baby to kids’ clothes, toys, accessories nursery items and more. With a wide range of prices at the market its great for everyone’s budget.

Saturday 10 August 2024 8:30am – 1:30pm. Tough Guy and Gal Challenge. Kumeu Showgrounds, Access Road, Kumeu. If you want to get down and dirty and have a whole lot of fun, then these events are for you. The events are open to both male and female competitors who are 13 years of age and older. Challenge yourself on a course that includes swamp crossings, a spiders web net climb, crawling under barbed wire, beautiful native bush trails, tunnels, hurdles, a climbing frame, not to mention, mud, mud and more mud!

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John Gainsford has been passionate about Bonsai for many years now and brought a selection of them to showcase to our club. He gave a brief history; Penjing is the traditional Chinese art form of growing and shaping miniature trees in containers. This usually involves creating a scene and may include rocks, water and figurines.

However, the Japanese developed their style calling it Bonsai, into a more restricted focus on a single tree, or group of trees of the same species. In some Asian countries, you might still find some of these between one hundred and one thousand years old!

John explained that they really don’t need too much attention. He keeps all his plants outside in a sheltered sunny spot. They need to be free draining, so up on a shelf or stand is ideal. In the summer he waters them at least once a day, sometimes two or three times, depending on the temperatures. In the winter once a day unless it has been raining.

Every second year, during the winter, he also trims the roots and repots each ‘mini’ tree, usually keeping the same container, but with fresh mix. They can be fed lightly during spring and autumn. He uses tomato fertilizer for most flowering trees, except for azaleas and camelias when he uses citrus fertilizer. Anything else he uses a general fertilizer. Pruning should be done during periods of strong growth and with sharp clean secateurs.

John doesn’t usually wire his Bonsai because he prefers the natural look and we agreed they looked amazing! As for not needing much attention, it sounds like John must have oodles of patience, to grow so many specimens from cutting or seedling and tend to them for years and years.

Thank you for a very interesting evening.

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For the Complete

July and August Exhibitions This July, we’re celebrating with two wonderful exhibitions: Zarahn Tuwharetoa Southon’s portraiture and drawing exhibition, which pulls from his Maori and Dutch ancestry. Zarahn’s portraits of his whanau and friends explore the essence of his subjects through traditional techniques of capturing light and emotion, referencing the style of the Old Masters. On until July 22nd in the Kumeu Arts POD and PIP galleries.

For Matariki, we have 20 member artists who have contributed artworks exploring the fundamental Matariki elements of remembering, community, connection, creating, and new beginnings. For the duration of these exhibitions, drop in and make a clay pinch pot, which you can take home and fire in your oven or wood burner, or contribute to the outdoor ‘Together Project’ by creating a textile artwork.

Upcoming exhibitions include ‘Get Fired’, the annual Ceramic show and ‘Drawn In’, our drawing show. Visit our website or social media for more details on this and our classes and workshops. www.kumeuarts.org

See calendar (page 3) for details of the exhibitions running from mid July to August.

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Celebrating Matiriki New Year!

We celebrated Matariki month by making a mobile of our favourite group stars of Matariki. Now, it’s displayed in our Library for everyone, especially our little folk.

This month, we were fortunate to have our guest reader, Waiheke District Nurse Catriona Foster QSM and grandmother of 11.5, join us in reading one of our many wonderful children’s books - especially our Tirama, Tirama Matariki Twinkle, and Twinkle Matariki book by

A warm welcome to all!

Pop along and join us for a hot toddy and warm company at the Library in the Fire Station to catch up with the excellent book reviews from some of our book club members. All are from the fabulous collection we have in the Library. With colder wintry mornings and, admittedly, if we are lucky, it doesn’t get warm until around 11 am, our Book Club numbers have been down his month with colds/COVID-like flu, and some of our members have been away enjoying warmer places!

This month, we welcome our newest member and long-time resident, Janet Holt, and next month, we look forward to meeting a newcomer to our club, local Ijaz Saima. Remember, it’s winter, so to ward off those wintry blues, think about going for a walk around the island and, above all, stay safe & keep warm!

Rebecca Larsen. To continue enjoying the celebration of Matariki this month even more, join “Miss Nicky Says – on YouTube Matariki 9 Star Song” and actions, which are so much fun!

We will have another go at the same song and actions at our next session, on the last Tuesday week of this month, and see how much of the music and actions you have managed to remember! Also, “Pepeha”, a song by NZ group Six60, is another song and an action one that Sue McElroy and Etta Gillon will be working on once again with the littlies.

July Book Review:

By Anne Johnson

“Secret of the Tides”

by Hannah Richell “Family Relations crumble when the family move from London to the country. Important emotions and incidents are not shared or not listened to.

It took nearly a lifetime for the tides to share their stories and truth to unite. “Every family has a secret” : a dramatic family saga with a dark thread of suspense lurking at its heart. A MUST READ!

We bid farewell to volunteer Librarian, Maree Peterson, who has been a tremendous help to the library. Returning to full time work and commuting has made it challenging. We’ve enjoyed her marketing skills, and on behalf of the Herald Island Library and community, we thank you and will miss you!

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Nurturing the young for the future Young children, teenagers and young adults took part in two mid-winter Herald Island planting days.

At Kingsway Reserve, seven families were recognised for their long-standing contribution to conservation work on the Island.

Each family planted a native tree to nurture for future generations.

Many had been involved from childhood and their children who helped plant these trees will see them grow to maturity.

In the Herald Island Domain, the nature walk behind the new playground was planted by mums and children from the Herald Island Playgroup and Herald Island Environmental Group (HIEG) members. HIEG members also planted five deciduous trees (dawn redwoods) to replace the silky oak felled for playground safety.

These were chosen by Auckland Council arborist Steven Krebs as they tolerate wet soil, provide autumn colour, shade in summer and sunlight in winter.

Young children and adults were involved in planting around 550 local native plants and 15 trees that they can nurture to maturity for future generations.

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this outcome.

Jan Diprose Herald Island Environmental Group Chair

Oldershaw family planting Kowhai at Kingsway Reserve in June.

Pearce family with Pigeonwood planted at Kingsway Reserve, in June

The Westgate Library (Te Manawa) are running a writers festival that some locals are taking part in.

Indie Writers Festival Saturday 24th August (11am-2pm) Te Manawa Community Hub Corner of Te Pumanawa Square and Kohuhu Lane, Westgate.

Explore new worlds at Te Manawa’s Indie Writers Festival during ‘We Read Auckland 2024’.

Find your next favourite read amongst the independent writers, publishers and comic artists this August. Panels, giveaways, readings, zine making and a comic artist meetup all await you.

Be part of our Indi Writers Fest!

Te Manawa is holding the festival to celebrate local Indie authors with a book market, Indie bookstore showcase, author readings, book giveaways, workshops, panels and an artist meetup.

We will support a creative and fun environment for Indie authors and writers interested in self-publishing.

Become a stallholder!

We are looking for self-published/ Indie authors, Traditional published authors selling a self-published book, an organisation or group that supports or informs self-published artists and authors, Indie Comic or Graphic Novel artists.

Not sure if you or your group is eligible?

Contact us for further information: 09-377-0209 or temanawa@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Herald Island Playgroup and Environmental Group planting Herald Island Domain nature walk, in July.

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Matariki shines in Whenuapai On Sunday evening amidst less than favourable weather, local residents of Whenuapai and Herald Island as well as surrounding suburbs came together to celebrate Matariki at the Whenuapai Community Hall. There were numerous food trucks offering a range of cuisine from hot dogs, pies and burgers, to Italian pasta and Korean chicken and a smattering of waffles and ice cream to sweeten the deal. Festoon style lighting hung over the carpark, lighting the alfresco dining tables and chairs as well as the gazebos and bouncy castles. Attendees were treated to a selection of 100% Kiwi music including the likes of Bic Runga, Sir Dave Dobbyn, Crowded House, Dragon, Lord, Six60, LAB and many more. Both new and old hits as well as a number of Te Reo Waita.

Inside the hall, a silent disco raged on – where to hear the music one has to put on a special pair of headphones and select from 2 channels streaming at the same time. One channel had top 40 Pop hits playing back to back, whilst on the second channel there was a great selection of ‘old school’ bangers – songs we all know and recall fondly. The disco proved popular with all ages, especially when the occasional shower of rain swept through and crowds surged into the hall to shelter until the rain had passed.

Meanwhile a team of face painting professionals decorated the faces of eager young ones with Matariki themed artwork in the meeting room beside the kitchen, brightening the event like the Matariki stars themselves.

All in all, another successful turnout to yet another great event organised and hosted by ‘Our Whenuapai’ (the new name for the Whenuapai Ratepayers & Residents Association). The committee would like to thank everyone who attended and came to support the event despite the inclement weather. It is fantastic that locals support and appreciate the hard work that goes into planning and organising these events.

Our Whenuapai are also on the lookout for people who would like to get involved in any capacity, either as a committee member or simply as a helper at one or more events. They always welcome fresh ideas and input and would love to hear from you. Contact info@whenuapai.org.nz for more details or to get involved.

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Ask Dr. Heather Are there any differences between different brands of Botox®?

Anon, Huapai.

Botulinum toxin comes in many forms, manufactured differently by different brands. “Botox®” was a clever name coined by the company Allergan and is still readily available today. Other players on the New Zealand market include Xeomin® by Merz and Dysport® by Galderma. Multiple other brands exist worldwide, however in Aotearoa MedSafe approval only exists for these three players, meaning only they can be used legally in New Zealand.

Every brand will tell you theirs is best, for the simple reason they want people to use their product. Interestingly, all research around individual brands usually come to the same conclusion: the higher the dose used, the longer the effects last. So the more frozen you are to start with, the longer it will take for full muscle strength to return.

Xeomin® is formulated without complexing proteins, so is considered purer than the other brands. Injectors may prefer this option as it theoretically minimizes risk of neutralizing antibodies developing over time and hence less risk of resistance to repeated treatments. Other brands argue this effect is negligible as complexing proteins are released when the product is injected into and metabolized by muscles.

Dysport® is formulated and concentrated differently to Botox® and Xeomin®. Less volume of Dysport® is therefore needed to achieve the same effect, so injections may be less painful. This is a subjective advantage however, as many do not notice a difference, especially if certain saline preparations are used to take away the stingy sensation. Some argue Dysport® is more spready in its effect, so is advantageous for larger treatment areas, however other companies argue against this, claiming all brands spread equally from their respective injection sites.

So there are many ways to skin a cat. So long as injectors are

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aware of the properties, advantages, and disadvantages of the products they use, then it probably doesn’t make much difference at the end of the day. The most important considerations for injectors are to ensure the products they use are made by legitimate manufacturers (i.e. not counterfeit), are stored and reconstituted correctly, and are used before they expire. It always pays to ask your injector what they use and why, to ensure you have confidence they understand what they are using, so you receive the best possible care you deserve.

Dr Heather Anderson is a Cosmetic Medicine and Urgent Care/ Emergency Doctor who practises in her own clinic at ALLOR Cosmetic Medicine in Whenuapai. If you have a question for Dr Heather you’d like answered anonymously in the magazine, please email askdrheather@allor.co.nz

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We are blessed with some of the best honey in the world, which is fortunate, as we cannot import any other honey. Our honey rules are so strict that it is unlikely that you’ll taste adulterated honey here, unlike many other countries. In New Zealand we have some unique nectar producing plants and trees that bees use to make honey and they are not found anywhere else in the world. While the generic “honey”, both runny and creamed, has never been so cheap at the supermarket, there is so much more to honey than that.

The average worker bee will collect enough nectar to make a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey, or 0.8 grams in her lifetime. In the summer, when bees are making their honey, the average worker bee will live for around 42 days (it’s much longer in the Winter – about 6 months). They’re so much busier in summer, they literally work themselves to death. Worker bees have a variety of jobs as their bodies develop, culminating in their last job - foraging. As soon as they emerge from their cells they clean cells and feed brood; they lose the ability to make the food, also known as royal jelly after a while and their wax producing glands mature. While still house-bees they could be undertakers, fanners to air condition the hive, water carriers, or nectar receivers and then their last job before becoming a forager is to be a guard bee at the entrance to the hive.

Once bees have learned the most important task – how to orientate themselves so that they can return to the hive, they go out foraging for nectar. As the bee’s first three weeks are spent as a house-bee, they usually have only three weeks of foraging left to collect their 0.8g of nectar. A fully laden bee can only carry 60mg (0.06g) of nectar in one trip, often less. This is about half her body weight. She will usually only go one or two kilometres for each journey, but she will go up to five kilometres if there aren’t flowers closer. Bees have a “honey stomach” that they store the nectar in on their return flight, she also adds an enzyme that starts the process to transform the nectar into honey. As soon as she goes back into the hive she’s greeted by a receiver, who takes the regurgitated nectar into her “honey stomach” and takes it further into the hive. This also starts drying out the nectar, which is completed in the cell. Nectar is usually 80-90% water and honey must be below 20% water. During the foragers short life, it will often only go to one type of flower; this honey is called monofloral (from only one source). If there are lots of different plants flowering nearby, then the result would be multi-floral. Monofloral honeys have a distinctive flavour depending on which flower it came from, but more about that next month. So, next time you’re spreading honey on your toast consider that bees had to visit +/ - 4,000,000 flowers to make a kilogram jar of honey and they would have flown the equivalent of around the world a couple of times to do so.

Honey is so much more than a lot of processed foods we have available to us; it is produced by hard working beekeepers and their millions of bees with a recipe unchanged for tens of millions of years.

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Message from Anna Atkinson, Chair of the Upper Harbour Local Board This update will cover our adopted work program, Causeway lighting and my views on recent government announcements that affect Whenuapai and Herald Island.

The local board has just adopted our 24/25 work program.

Below are a few key highlights of newer items that impact Herald Island and Whenuapai, these are in addition to continuing to support existing programs.

- We are planning on installing a public toilet in Whenuapai Town Park. This is currently planned for implementation in the 25/26 financial year. Site investigations have already happened, and we are hopeful that it can be done sooner.

- We have increased funding to environmental programs. We are increasing funding to the restoration of the Waiarohia stream (Whenuapai) and we are extending the industrial prevention pollution program to Hobsonville. We are increasing funding to the ecological volunteers and environmental program and increasing funding to our Ngahere Strategy (urban forest). These actions will result in more trees planted and hopefully more pests removed.

- We are implementing our engagement strategy with the community which will result in stronger and enhanced engagement with our various communities.

- We have increased the funding to the play advocacy project which will improve play options in our community and we are investigating shade options at some playgrounds.

- We are purchasing a portable pump track to move around our different neighbourhoods.

- We are investigating how to make council owned land in Whenuapai more accessible. This includes land on the corner of Trig and Spedding and also the Brigham Esplanade (end of Dale Road) Lighting on the Causeway for walkers is an issue which we have heard support for from many residents. During the Business Meeting, Auckland Transport presented a report in which they requested more funding, taking the total up to $450,000. The local board deferred a decision on the report until we get more information from Auckland Transport including completed estimated costs of the project.

On 5th July the Minister of Transport confirmed the Government commitment to Northwest Rapid Transit. This involves a busway option like the Northern Busway with a Park and Ride at Brigham Creek. Clearly this should have been built when SH16 was widened not too long ago. I think that this announcement is a practical and therefore cost-effective solution that is more likely to be built than higher cost alternatives. The Local Board have been advocating for rapid transport in this area for a long time, so we are pleased something is happening.

As for the housing and planning changes revealed by Housing Minister Chris Bishop on 4th July, I haven’t yet seen any analysis of what it means for Auckland Council. I’m worried that all the effort we have put into the Future Development Strategy and the upcoming refresh of the Whenuapai Structure Plan will go to waste. I hope not as we really need housing, business and infrastructure to come together, and both these plans are a chance to get this right. We need to ensure that infrastructure is provided correctly as otherwise Council (ratepayers) ends up picking up the tab. We need to ensure a holistic approach to developing land, providing infrastructure and caring for the environment.

The views here are my own and not the Local Board. If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to reach out; Anna Atkinson email: anna.atkinson@auckland council.govt.nz - July 2024

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z Hobsonville Church & Settlers’ Cemetery Preservation Society Leanne Midgley 021-688-164 hobsonvillesettlerschurch@gmail.com z Karate Classes Adults - Children - Teenagers Herald Island Hall Monday 7.00-8.00pm Thursday 7.00-8.00pm David Cox - 416-6620 Henry Lotter - 021-807-231 z Living Whenuapai Contact: Annette – 027 2942601 z NZ Society of Genealogists, Waitakere Branch Lani Rimington - 818-2161 z U3A Hobsonville Meets 3rd Thursday of the Month (excl. Dec & Jan) 10am Hobsonville Bowling Club Carol Denton - 416-4860 heraldislandenviro@gmail.com z Jan Diprose 027-687-4157 Upper Harbour Boat Watch z Eddie Grassick - 416-8220 Herald Island Garden Club Neil Beken - 483-7323 Second Tuesday of each month. z Lee Barry - 021-215-1639 Whenuapai Air Scout Group z email:treasurer@whenuapaiscouts.org.nz Herald Island Hall For Hire z bookings@heraldisland.co.nz West Harbour Tennis z 416-6886, email: Herald Island Library westharbourtennis@xtra.co.nz Weds: & Sat: 10-12noon Open mornings Monday & Etta Gillon - 416-7638 Fridays 9.00-12pm $3 z Wednesdays 9.00-12pm $5 Herald Island Museum ~ Non-members welcome 57 Ferry Parade.

Rae Hassett - 0274-923-129 Open by appointment z Ph 027-416-0005 Whenuapai Floral z & Garden Circle Herald Island Playgroup “Meets 1p.m. at the Whenuapai Tues 9.30-11.30am Community Hall, 41Waimarie Road, at the HI Hall. on the second Thursday of the Gold coin donation per child. month (except Jan, June,July, Aug Contact: Victoria 027-258-3251 [winter recess] & Dec) All welcome z Pat Hooper - 416-8403 Herald Island R&R z President Angela Little Whenuapai Hall For Hire 021-421-967 Vito Sestito z bookings@whenuapai.org.nz Hobsonville R.S.A. 416-7227 z z Whenuapai R&R Hobsonville Bowling Club Secretary: Dave Allen- 027-288-8371 Joe Chojnacki – 416-5993 secretary@whenuapai.org.nz Paul Thompson – 416-5422 Alcoholics Anonymous Herald Island Meets Thurs from 7.30pm at Fire Station Andrew - 021-523-133 z Alcoholics Anonymous Whenuapai Branch Meets Tues from 7.30pm at Whenuapai School Hall Andrew - 810-8521 z Citizens Advice Bureau 833-5775 z Civil Defence - Resident’s Response Team In emergencies meet at the Fire Station, 57 Ferry Pde z Herald Island Boat Club Paul Judd - 416-4194 z Herald Island Environmental Group

Space for hire at Whenuapai Village Hall for details contact: Vino Sestito Email: bookings@whenuapai.org.nz Reasonable rates for regular users and one off events July 2024 - 11

Trade/Professional & Services Accommodation Totara Waters 0274-926-134/416-8272 Automotive Keightley Motors 416-8964 Building Contractor Doug Third 021-411-137/416-7646 Building Services JJ Build 021-0228-3550 Cattery & Vet Catmandu, Dr Chris Laurenson 0275-444-427/416-7039 Citizens Advice Bureau Massey CAB 833-5775 Computer Problems Norwest IT Services 0274-388-603/416-5129 Computer Repairs Michael - Controlaltdelete 021-251-4138 Cosmetic Medicine Allor - Dr. Heather Anderson 022-262-6762 Dance Teacher Classes in Jazz, Hip Hop & Lyrical Dance - Tania Foster 027 -280-8857 Dentist Fraser Dental 416-5050 Denture Services Denture Clinic 416-5072 Desktop Publishing Huapai Copy & Print 412-8882 Drain Layer Echo Drainage 021-416-420/ 416-6849 Drain Unblock Pipe Vision 021-802-678 Electrician Level Up Electrical 022-538-3587 Electrician Wired Electrical 416-6148 Garden Centre & Nursery Touch of the Tropics 021-809-089 Garden design & maintenance Bel Hues Landscapes 021-256-0516 Glass Services Nor-West & Kumeu Glass Services 412-9914 Ink and Toner Huapai Copy & Print 412-8882 Lawns/Garden Maintenance Brian Stevens 0273-441-552/416-7033 Lawyer Haydon Mattson - NZPL 869-6873 MP Chris Penk 412-2496 Pharmacy Hobsonville Pharmacy 416 8277 Plumbing services Valet Plumbing 0800-80-60-20 Picture Framing The Picture Framing Company 0800-372-633 Property Management Glenn Savery 0274--998-415/832-0832 Real Estate Barfoot & Thompson - Leila Morris 021-893-413/09-215-2849 Real Estate Bayleys - Chris Head 022-500-6293 Real Estate Glenn Savery 0274-998-415/832-0832 Real Estate Angela Little 021-421-967 / Simon Spiller 021-968-068 RSA Hobsonville 416-7227 Waste Water Hydrovac 973-4866

Trade/ Professional & Services List $12.00 for 3 mths

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