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Projenz denies serious fraud charges in court George Driver

A company director accused of bribing senior managers at Rodney District Council (RDC) and Auckland Transport (AT) has said paying for lavish dinners, swanky accommodation and overseas travel for council staff was “an industry standard”.

Stephen Borlase, the director of contracting company Projenz, is facing serious fraud charges relating to tens of thousands of dollars spent on entertainment and travel for council staff and over $1.1 million of bribes.

Co-accused Murray Noone, a former transport manager at RDC and AT, is accused of accepting the bribes between 2006 and 2013. Both have pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The serious fraud case was due to wrapup as Hibiscus Matters went to print and a verdict is expected this month.

Mr Borlase took the stand on November 7 and 8 as the trial entered its sixth week. Under questioning from his lawyer Ron Mansfield, Mr Borlase described wining and dining RDC and AT staff as “legitimate business expenses”.

The dinners cost over $5000 in some cases, while tens of thousands of dollars was spent on travel for a number of council staff. “It was an industry standard. Our attitude was that we saw all our competitors and colleagues doing the same thing,” Mr Borlase said.

When he crossed the finish line of the Auckland Marathon last month, Andy Connor, a customer services worker from Red Beach, finally completed his goal of running five full marathons in a single year while fundraising for World Vision. Photo, Saskia Connor (see story p3)

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“We didn’t want to be seen as stingy clients. It would impact on our profits, but it was a pretty good investment.”

A number of RDC staff were named in court documents for receiving benefits from Projenz including significant amounts of accommodation, travel and electronics.

Ten RDC staff also received iPhones or iPads from Projenz. Mr Borlase said it was to make it easier to communicate with staff.

The court heard how gifts to former RDC and AT transport manager Barrie George started in 2006 and escalated to over $100,000 worth of gratuities by 2012. Mr George was sentenced to 10 months home detention in September after pleading guilty to receiving bribes from Projenz.

It started with a travel voucher that Mr Borlase gave to Mr George at his 60th birthday party at the Spencer on Byron Hotel in Takapuna in November 2006.

Mr Borlase said he made no secret of the gift – it was presented in front of everyone at the party, including RDC staff and other contractors – no-one raised a complaint.

Mr Mansfield then walked Mr Borlase through tens of thousands of dollars in travel and accommodation that Projenz gifted to Mr George and his family.

In just over a year, between 2008 and 2009, the trips included a $3532 holiday to Fiji, a $4793 trip to Europe, a $6200 trip to Thailand, a $2148 trip to Asia and a $4662 trip from the UK. continued page 2

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Mr Borlase said the travel was a compassionate gift to the family, which was going through a rough time.

One trip included giving Mr George $5500 in foreign exchange, which Mr Borlase said he was not aware of and would not have agreed to.

The trips quickly escalated – in 2010 Mr George claimed over $33,300 for a single trip. Mr Borlase said he was unaware the cost of the travel had reached that level. “When I first saw this I was bitterly disappointed that Mr George had betrayed that trust.”

Documents show Hiway Stabilizers also contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Mr George’s travel, including $17,584 towards a trip Mr George and his wife took to Japan in June 2012. Projenz also contributed $5733 towards this trip.

The trips were to visit Mr George’s son, Owen, who was arrested in 2011 at a Japanese airport after being caught with over two kilogrammes of methamphetamine. He is serving a nine-year prison sentence.

The Serious Fraud Office said that while the court case was ongoing it would not comment on whether it is investigating Hiway Stabilizers.

Noone payments ‘good value’ The Crown alleges that former council transport manager Murray Noone was paid $1.1 million in bribes, disguised as payments for consulting work for a South Island branch of Projenz, which was never done.

Under questioning from Crown solicitor Brian Dickey, Mr Borlase admitted there was no record of the work Mr Noone did as he gave verbal reports and attended meetings to show how he was benefiting the company.

Mr Dickey said spending that amount with no paper trail or witnesses was unbelievable. “Where have you seen a million dollars in consultancy fees without generating any written work in the consultancy world?” he said.

Mr Dickey said despite supposedly paying Mr Noone over $1 million in consultancy fees to help build the South Island branch of Projenz, the business had very low profits from the south, while income from the RDC

and AT skyrocketed. “You got the millions in profit, but out of Rodney and AT,” Mr Dickey said.

But Mr Borlase denied the claims.

“The amount of revenue we gained from his advice is significant and we valued his input, otherwise we wouldn’t have kept going with him.”

One of the largest payments occurred in 2010 – Mr Noone was paid $200,000 for a six-month contract to provide business development advice. There were no records showing Mr Noone did any work. The Crown has argued this was a bribe to entice Mr Noone to take on a role at AT to continue a fraudulent relationship. At the time, Mr Noone was considering taking a position at GHB, but took a lower paying job at AT instead.

Mr Borlase said the money was for a “strategic market review” of opportunities in NZ and Australasia.

He said the monthly payments would have continued even if Mr Noone was employed at GHB, a direct competitor of Projenz.

Mr Borlase said there was no conflict of interest in employing Mr Noone as a consultant because he was not on the tender evaluation panels at AT or RDC. “He said he had informed his employers he was running a consultancy business and as long as that was outside Auckland, he was free to do so.”

From 2006 to 2012, the money paid to Mr Noone and gratuities paid to council staff were coded to RDC and AT contracts in Projenz’ accounts – the Crown argued that Projenz recouped the expenses by inflating invoices to those organisations. Mr Borlase said the coding system was a way of tracking costs, by coding them to profitable projects to enable him to easily track the net profit of the business each month. “It was a simple tool to determine the bottom line. It didn’t have an impact on the invoices to RDC or AT,” he said. “It probably wasn’t the correct way of doing things.”

The decision on the trial will be linked to this story at localmatters.co.nz as soon as it is released.

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Marathon man makes it to momentous finish line

Running five full, 42.2km marathons in a year has been a mission for Andy Connor of Red Beach; he completed the final run (the Auckland Marathon) last month, leaving him satisfied but also on crutches.

Andy, pictured on p1, rolled his ankle to find out what effects running 2000km in training runs and raised Currently he is undergoing “enforced in a training run a few weeks before multiple marathons as a novice has on more than $5500. rest” while his injury heals, but as soon the Auckland Marathon but says a the body and mind in later life,” Andy Andy says his favourite marathon was as possible he will be back on the road, little thing like that was not going to says. “I also hope to show others what also the hardest. “The Ankor Empire training. He plans to do two marathons deter him, with his goal in sight. He you can do at any age.”

Marathon was the hardest thing I’ve a year from now on, to keep fit. “I want completed the marathon in his best The connection with World Vision ever done,” Andy says. “It was 33°C and to see how many I can do until I can’t do ever time of 3:53:58. began in 2009 when Andy and his near the end, at 41km, I nearly collapsed them any more,” he says. A role model is Andy says it doesn’t seem like a year family did mission work in Cambodia; with heat exhaustion. I finished, and Ray Urbahn of Red Beach, who is in his ago when, at the age of 44 and with no they also sponsor two Cambodian feel so honoured to have been able to eighties and has been running marathons for 40 years. “I’d thought about seeing running experience, he began to run children. run in my favourite country.” and raise funds for the World Vision/ Starting, as he finished, with the He says the Auckland Marathon was how many I could do by the age of 50, UN Food programme.

Auckland Marathon, Andy went on to easier the second time because he has but Ray shows what is possible,” he says.

He had lost a lot of weight (16kg) and run the Rotorua Marathon, the Ankor learned a lot about pacing himself Andy says fundraising has been harder decided that running could not only Empire Marathon in Cambodia and and preparing mentally. It was also than running. Donations can be made give.everydayhero.com/nz/andy-simprove his fitness but would also be a the Sydney Marathon. the best organised, most scenic and at team-world-vision way to contribute to charity. “I wanted In the process, he clocked up over atmospheric run, he says.

Runners complete epic Whangaparaoa coastline challenge Two runners from Whangaparaoa say they have seen the Hibiscus Coast from a whole new perspective after recently completing a 36.6km run around the peninsula.

Following a route from Red Beach Surf Club around the coastline, at sea level, to Arkles Bay took the pair a total of 4hrs 42mins at a steady pace.

Despite doing the run on Saturday, October 29 – a date carefully chosen for its favourable tides – they were wading through waist deep water at times, and spent a lot of time scrambling up and down cliffs on the tricky southern side of the peninsula as the tide came in.

Sietse Bouma of Red Beach works as an environmental strategist for Auckland Council and his friend Scott Hillman of Army Bay is a primary school teacher: both of them enjoy long distance on, and off-road, running.

They are members of an informal group that meets at Red Beach surf club once a week for a run or cycle.

Sieste is passionate about reefs and coastal areas. He moved to the Hibiscus Coast two years ago and has been exploring the area on foot,

running sections of the coastline in relatively short bursts.

“Scott and I are always looking for new challenges and the idea came to join up the dots and explore those areas in one long run,” Sieste says. He checked out the route around some of the more technical sections, such as Okoromai Bay to Gulf Harbour and Gulf Harbour to Arkles Bay, in the weeks leading up to the run.

Even for ultra marathon runner Scott Hillman, who has completed many 100km events, the Coast run was no doddle. “You have to be so aware of your footsteps, all the time, because of sharp jagged rocks and slippery algae,” Scott says.

Although this meant running with heads down most of the time, Scott says he was blown away by his surroundings.

“I’ve lived here for 10 years and thought I knew the Coast,” he says. “It felt incredibly isolated on those stunning beaches, even though there’s a main road just half a kilometre away. You wouldn’t want to do a run like that on your own – if you had an accident, you’re a long way away from rescuers and would need to be helicoptered out.”

From left, Scott Hillman and Sieste Bouma

Their GPS showed 1000km total elevation, despite being at sea level – a measure of how often they had to go up and down cliffs.

“There are so many hidden caves, amazing cliffs and beaches – I wonder if many people realise how beautiful the peninsula’s coastline really is,” Sieste says.

He says racing on rocky terrain means a high risk of falling and injuring yourself, so rather than going hard out for a fast time, they focused on getting all the way around in one piece.

However, he says they were happy with their time.

“Next time we have something to beat,” Scott says.

From top, As the tide came in, things got more challenging. The route from Red Beach to Arkles Bay took the runners around the peninsula.

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I am writing in response to your article about BYOD at Whangaparaoa Primary (HM November 2). My son has moderate learning difficulties and already has a Chromebook at Whangaparaoa Primary. He has had it for the last term and I cannot stress enough what a fabulous tool it has been for his learning. What I love about it is that he emails me his work each day and I can comment and encourage him and share it back. I feel I have much more of an understanding of what he is learning at school and it’s great that I can be part of his learning process. I am a teacher myself and worked in schools in the UK and New Zealand and I have seen first hand how using a device can benefit students at all levels. It enables gifted students to excel as much as those with learning difficulties and opens a

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wide variety of creative opportunities including film making and making music which is something we never had at school. There are some great studies about how using devices in schools help with problem solving skills, which is another key benefit of using them. Our kids live in a digital world and it is often one that we don’t understand hence some of the negative feedback. I can totally understand people’s concerns but it definitely been amazing for our son and I look forward to my other children using one at school too.

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maneuver now occurs about every 500m, throughout the day; it is accepted by most drivers, as they have come to realise that residents living along this road would never get out of their driveways unless they shoot out into the smallest gap. Penlink has become Whenlink and would have very little effect on the traffic congestion on this road. I agree with the Penlink pushers that the emergency services need better access to the peninsula and the immediate sensible answer for the ambulance service would be designated Helipads at Gulf Harbour and the Leisure Centre sports fields, so that residents would know where to take those in need of medical attention if an ambulance could not reach them.

I wonder if the council could spend some of our rates on painting two circles on the ground to help solve one of our problems?

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Editor Terry Moore

At this time of year I’d normally head in to my local butcher to order a Christmas ham.

A juicy, Kiwi grown ham brings back memories of childhood, where it seemed to feature in every picnic and meal in some form or other from Christmas Day, well into the New Year.

My butcher in Manly Village used to get a free-range ham in for me at the right weight for my needs and although ham on the bone is of course available from the supermarket, it’s just not the same. Where’s the friendly chitchat and recipe suggestions, the home made sausages or bacon, wrapped in paper, and a few low cost fish or meat scraps for the cats thrown in?

When the butcher who bought Mike Williamson’s store in Manly Village quietly closed his shop a few months ago, it left just two butchers on the Coast – both in Silverdale. They are Sam’s Butchery next to Fruit World and the Mad Butcher in the Wainui Plaza, which is under new ownership.

So as the population grows, and numbers of many other types of stores increase, the number of butchers declines. At one time there were three butchers in Orewa, two or three in Whangaparaoa and one in Silverdale.

Markets, including Silverdale and the Orewa Farmers Market, have stalls selling local meat, but it’s not likely you’ll find your Christmas ham or bones for the dog there.

Mike Williamson, now a local board member, says he couldn’t charge enough to make his small business, focused on high quality meat, work. Recent liquidations of a few Mad Butcher stores shows that even a model that focuses on keeping prices low can struggle in a competitive market.

Mike says many of the apprentices that he trained are no longer in the industry either.

Back in 2012 when some of the big box stores in Silverdale – among them Countdown supermarket and Pak ‘n ‘Save – had recently opened, I referenced an Australian study which found that for every new job created, big box developments are responsible for 1.7 job losses, mainly in small businesses like butchers.

No one argues with the need for affordable food and convenience but the closure of neighbourhood butchers reflects a shift in consumers’ buying habits and culture – the effect is a loss of choice for all.

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Happy reunion

Catherine Calvez of France will be reunited with friends she made 20 years ago on a trip to New Zealand, thanks to an advertisement in Hibiscus Matters last edition.

Catherine contacted the paper via our website, localmatters.co.nz and we ran a free Community Notice asking sisters Donna and Michelle Paul, of Whangaparaoa, to contact Catherine.

Last week we received this from Catherine: “I am so happy, thanks to your newspaper I have found my friends and hope to meet them soon.”

Residents say that this grass on one side of Edith Hopper Park in Manly, has not been mowed in many months and is returning to a meadow-like state.

They ask if perhaps the natural look is a new policy? “I hope they eventually mow it but I’d rather the grass was left long than have them use Roundup,” one resident said. Council’s Operations North Community Facilities manager Julie Pickering says that contractors have been requested not to mow this part of the park – about 5000sqm – due to the ground being wet. “The site is on a steep bank and has a single access point – this entry still has water pooling occurring, preventing us from getting the mowing machinery in,” she says. “Considering the health and safety risks associated with mowing this area of the park, we have requested contractors cease mowing here until the site has dried enough to allow machines on site. This park is an example of the exceptionally wet seasonal weather we’ve had. There have been several areas throughout the northern region of Auckland that contractors still can’t fully mow due to current ground conditions.”

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Businesses giving back

Hibiscus Matters’ Buy Local Give Local Christmas campaign has got off to a positive start with around $900 worth of vouchers already pledged or donated.

The campaign, now in its fourth year, asks residents to purchase gift vouchers from local stores while doing their shopping, and donate them to families in our community who need a helping hand at Christmas.

Local businesses also contribute and this year they are stepping up big time.

Donations to date include $500-worth of New World vouchers from New World Whangaparaoa, $100-worth from New World Orewa and $200-worth of Plaza Whangaparaoa vouchers from centre manager Anne New World Whangaparaoa owner Murphy.

Penny Ashton with the biggest single Business association Destination donation to Buy Local Give Local this Orewa Beach has pledged $100-worth year, to date – $500. of its vouchers, which can be redeemed the community (see list below). at most Orewa stores.

Vouchers can be for anything you think The vouchers go to local people might help a family on Christmas struggling at Christmas, giving them Day – fuel, toys, electrical goods, the freedom to choose what they buy. clothes and so on. Grocery vouchers This year the vouchers will be are especially appreciated and New distributed by Hibiscus Coast World supermarkets in Whangaparaoa Community House with their and Orewa have donation boxes in Christmas food parcels and also by store. Boxes are also located at Eddie Love Soup Hibiscus Coast. Love Law 100 percent, top of The Plaza, Soup will add the vouchers to gifts Whangaparaoa; Unichem Manly in that they will distribute at their first Manly Village and Hibiscus Matters’ Christmas Day dinner, to be held at offices in Tamariki Plaza, Orewa.

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Repair work will soon begin on the Nautilus apartment building in Orewa, which is affected by weather-tightness issues.

Legacy Construction, the company carrying out the repair work on the Nautilus, took over use of part of the Orewa Library car park for a site compound from the end of last week, November 12.

This included delivery of specialist equipment such as a hoist ‘Mast minimise any disruption to retailers, Climber’ that will lift materials to residents, and particularly those who use the library and its carpark. podium level.

Access to the Orewa Library carpark The Nautilus, which was badly was granted to the building owner by affected by weather tightness issues, the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board in will be entirely re-clad. The work, July. Auckland Council agreed that which is expected to take two years, the fee paid by the Nautilus owners to will be completed in four stages, the hire part of the carpark will go directly first of which will begin at the tail end of the building. to upgrading the library.

Prendos NZ is project managing the As each stage is completed, the work, and director Philip O’Sullivan says construction team will move that it is business as usual for the library, scaffolding onto the next stage until the work is completed. with no change to opening hours.

There will, however, be less carparks Funding of around $25 million for available – customers now have 10 repairs to the Nautilus, which has carparks, plus three for people with major weather-tightness issues, was disabilities. A further two carparks obtained, largely from Auckland will be available for public use, Council, via a case in the High Court. except between 6am–9am each day, Photos of the work will be put up on when those parks will be used by the Hibiscus Matters’ Facebook page as it happens. construction company.

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In the chair

Julia Parfitt has been elected chair of the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board and Janet Fitzgerald is deputy. Julia represents the Bays subdivision and Janet the Hibiscus subdivision. The local board’s first business meeting is this week, on November 16.

Heartfelt thanks for your support, encouragement and confidence from Wayne Walker and John Watson (‘Putting People First’) and Phil Chase, Caitlin Watson, Vicki Watson and Mike Williamson (‘People & Penlink First’).

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Campaign for Penlink seeks business support

The Auckland Chamber of Commerce is seeking further support from Silverdale and Whangaparaoa businesses for the building of Penlink. The local board enlisted the backing of Chamber chief executive Michael Barnett for the Penlink project in July last year. He says that making Penlink happen has since become his passion. “If Auckland Council cannot get action underway on a project that has a strong business case, and where land is purchased, has consent and appeals dealt with, what hope is there for the rest of Auckland,” he says. Mr Barnett is calling on local business to join a campaign asking Auckland Council to “act with urgency”. A breakfast meeting will take place on Thursday, December 8 to enlist support, grow the campaign and provide details of the Chamber’s call to action. Info: email snicholson@chamber.co.nz

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The Ministry of Education is carving a large piece of land off the side of Whangaparaoa College and putting it up for sale.

The site is a prominent one – it runs along Whangaparaoa Road, west from the corner of Stanmore Bay Road, opposite the town centre.

Last week the Ministry of Education confirmed that the land is up for disposal – a process that is handled for government by Land Information Mature native trees are a feature of a NZ (LINZ). Crown Property group piece of land on Whangaparaoa Road manager John Hook says that LINZ that is up for sale. is currently completing investigations with mature trees, that a reserve would into the Crown’s obligations to offer be highly desirable,” Cr Walker says. the land back to former owners. The The land was part of Whangaparaoa next step will be to submit the land College and the school is being for consideration under the Maori updated on the progress of the sale. protection mechanism.

Principal James Thomas says that The corner of the site with Stanmore it’s important that students have Bay Road features a small piece of the walking and cycling access from bush with mature pohutukawa and Whangaparaoa Road that this land puriri trees. None of these trees are provides – it also gives the college a on Auckland Council’s Notable Tree presence on the main road. He says schedule and they are therefore not the Ministry has agreed that it is important to retain a small chunk of protected. land that includes the current track to Despite this, Cr Wayne Walker says the school from Whangaparaoa Road. they are significant trees, which could be 100 years old and were planted In addition, Mr Thomas says he has around one of the original homesteads pointed out to the Ministry that there will be access issues to the land that in the area, since removed. is up for sale; the only options are He says if there is any subdivision of directly onto a very busy portion of the site, Auckland Council could have Whangaparaoa Road or via Stanmore the opportunity to acquire some of the Bay Road. This intersection already land for a reserve. gets very congested at peak times. The “You’d think on such a prominent site, school’s main driveway is behind the right opposite the town centre and site and is not a public road.

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Thomas Stiven

The word ‘opportunity’ crops up a lot in conversation with 20-year-old Thomas Stiven, of Gulf Harbour. He is a strong advocate for young people getting involved in their communities and he recently lead by example when he stood for the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board. Although he wasn’t successful in getting elected, he told Jannette Thompson the experience was well worthwhile ….

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had no idea how many hours would be involved when I nominated.

Everything else in my life ended up being put on the backburner including my uni studies. The campaign ate up all my time, virtually seven days a week and all my other commitments had to be juggled around it. But, in saying that, it was a fantastic experience. I really enjoyed the public meetings even though attendances were often disappointing. It was great to interact with people who were engaged and who cared about their communities.

The public meetings were also a challenge on a personal level because you would be asked questions that you couldn’t always answer. And there were always those people who would encourage you to think about issues from a different perspective. Silverdale Primary organised a mock election, which was an awesome initiative.

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ampaigning taught me the importance of networking and having good people behind you. When I first started, I stood on the side of the road with a sign. A few supporters came along but we got a lot more negativity than expected. Later in the campaign, I did it again, but this time with a team of about 50. The response was totally different. People were immensely positive, but I think it was because motorists saw me as someone who was part of their community, trying to make a difference, not just a politician. It was great to learn those sorts of things.

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f I had been elected to the local board, one of my priorities would have been to look at ways to get more people engaged in local politics. We need everyone to take an interest in what’s going on, to speak up and to be heard. I can’t see that happening at the moment and this is particularly true when it comes to young people.

The challenge for the Local Board will be to find ways to engage younger people. Social media is the obvious way to do this, but it has to be genuine. I guess it would be fair to say that young people generally lack initiative, but this shouldn’t be an excuse not to try to get them involved. Make it easy for them, help them to understand the issue and

I believe it will happen. The reward will be that they will bring plenty of energy and ideas. When I was campaigning, I started making videos to appeal to younger voters. This basically involved me walking along the beach talking about my policies. It didn’t really achieve what I’d set out to do. Then, for my birthday, I got to go skydiving so I strapped on a ‘go pro’ and jumped out of the plane saying, “Take the plunge today. Vote Thomas Stiven.” I got a lot of traction from that stunt, with more than 8000 views. That’s the thing about engaging young people in politics though – you have to come up with something different.

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hen I was at Gulf Harbour Primary School, the principal, Mr Petrie, used to say, “Be the difference”. I took the words to heart and it has had a huge influence over the choices I’ve made in my life so far. While I was still at Whangaparaoa College, I joined Five Squadron, the air cadets unit based on the Coast, and I’m now an Under Officer, the highest rank a cadet can reach. Next year when I turn 21 I hope to be formally commissioned. I did think about becoming an Air Force pilot but wasn’t keen on the idea of making a 10-year commitment. I did a little bit of flying but I think it will always be just a hobby for me. Then, in my last year at college, I won a Future Leaders scholarship to Massey. It was too good of an opportunity to give up and I am now in my second year of a threeyear accounting and management degree. I love the course because I’m really keen to understand business.

University has also opened the door to lots of other opportunities. During my first year I joined Beta Alpha Psi, an internationally recognised society for accounting and finance students.

This year I was asked to be president, which was a real honour. The society helps students bridge the gap between university and the workplace. I was also introduced to Toastmasters at Massey, which was invaluable when I decided to stand for election and had to be able to articulate my ideas in public. I’m now involved with the Manly club.

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s far as what I will be doing after I graduate next year, I’m not sure.

I’m a great believer in trusting that opportunities will come along and being prepared to take them when they do. That’s how I came to stand for the board. I saw an advertisement calling for candidates, and remembered how I’d admired people like Michael Goudie who was elected to both Rodney District Council and then Auckland Council. While it did seem like a bit of a crazy idea to my family, when I asked Rodney MP Mark for advice he said, “Mate, we need someone like you.” That was the turning point. I made my mind up to stand. Although I wasn’t elected, I did go to the swearing in ceremony this month. The board has my full support – after all, we are all on the same team at the end of the day. If I had an opportunity to stand again, I’d definitely take it.

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’m the sort of person who can only relax when they are doing something.

I love to go fishing with my friends or tramping. I’ve climbed the Pinnacles six times and it’s still my favourite walk.

Last year I spent three weeks at the Outward Bound camp at Anakiwa, in the Marlborough Region. It developed my passion for adventure and I’ve set my sights on climbing Ruapeheu in

the snow. I found Brando Yelavic’s (aka Wildboy) walk around New Zealand’s entire coastline last year really inspiring.

But for the moment, I am busy with studies and, because I was determined to get through uni without a student debt, I’ll continue my part-time job at Mitre 10 in Whangaparaoa.

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f I was giving advice to a young person, I’d say don’t have a narrow mind or try to specialise too early. It’s important to keep all your options open so that you can slowly find what’s going to be best for you. I thought I wanted to be a builder like my father, but it turned out that wasn’t for me after all. I’ve always found that my best decisions were those that came naturally and weren’t forced. That’s why I am leaving myself open to the next opportunity.

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n important final remark is a huge thank you. Thank you to all the local businesses that got behind me, especially Mitre 10 Whangaparaoa.

A big thank you to the candidates – Lisa Whyte, John Davies, and Janet Fitzgerald – who supported me. Finally, the biggest thank you goes out to the voters who supported me. I remind these supporters that this is not the end, but just the beginning.

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Men’s Sheds are not-for-profit benefits of Men’s Sheds spring from.” community workshops where, for a He says the organization is ready to small fee, members can drop in for lodge its building consent application. a chat and to work on individual or community tasks. Resources Stuart estimates the building could be are provided, including tools and up in around 18 months, but says that equipment for woodwork, engineering, many local men are not prepared to wait.

Currently the Trust has 144 people on model making and electronics.

The Hibiscus Men’s Shed Trust its data base and 29 paid up members. has local board approval for a site In addition, there are large numbers in Silverdale War Memorial Park, attending coffee club meetings, which began recently. The coffee meetings are adjacent to the former bowling club. held at the Hibiscus Coast Community Now on the drawing board is a design RSA in Vipond Road, on the first called the Fair Dinkum shed, from the Wednesday of every month at 11am. organisation’s preferred supplier, The Stuart says the meetings have been so Shed Company of Waitoki. successful that the Trust is considering The shed, which will be built on a a temporary shed venue so that the concrete slab, is a steel framed structure various projects that are already coming of around 450sqm with a large meeting/ in can be worked on together. lunchroom on the northern side.

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Have your say on centre plan Plans to “revitalise” Whangaparaoa’s shopping precinct and library forecourt, which may include closing off all, or part of Main Street to cars, are moving forward.

The public will be asked for their Street to make it more pedestrianthoughts and ideas on the proposals friendly, is an option being considered at two meetings in the coming weeks. but much will depend on the The work on transforming the community’s views. area outside Whangaparaoa The public events, on Tuesday, Library is happening alongside the November 29 at The Plaza, development of a town centre plan and Saturday December 3 at for Whangaparaoa, being prepared by Whangaparaoa Library (10am - 2pm Jason Evans. He was commissioned by on each day) are an opportunity for the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board in the community to come and look April to prepare the plan. These plans, at maps, make suggestions, talk to which have already been prepared for planners and share their ideas.

Silverdale and Orewa town centres, relating to the future centre planning look at the potential for future for the Whangaparaoa town centre and development and cover issues such as for the transformation of the library cycleways and public spaces. space. Paul Murphy of Shafer Design In addition, The Plaza is well underway in Orewa is working on concept plans with the upgrade of the outside area it for the library courtyard. owns opposite the library.

Kym says that Jason Evans’ plans for Driving the revitalisation project the town centre will also be on display forward is the Whangaparaoa 2030 for feedback.

Forum. Its coordinator, Kym Burke, “This feedback will inform the says the aim is to create better development of the Whangaparaoa connections between the library, Plaza Town Centre Plan and concept and Community Hall and gardens, so drawings for the transformation of the that the area is more cohesive.

Library Space which will go ahead in She says closing all, or part, of Main the New Year,” she says.

Plaza makeover continues Work almost complete on the makeover outside Whangaparaoa Plaza (opposite the library) could be just the tip of the iceberg, as the centre is re-branding. It is expected to unveil a new name and logo next month and there will be some repainting and interior work also involved. As yet, further details are under wraps, but the organisation handling the project hopes that a ‘re-launch’ could take place early December.

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Idol Nails & Beauty, at the top of the escalators, is owned and managed

by Duc Le and Hanh Nguyen. The couple has many years experience in the manicure and pedicure business, in both New Zealand and Australia.

Whangaparaoa is their fifth store in New Zealand.

Originally from Vietnam, they say nail care is an accepted and important part of everyday life there.

“Nail care is appropriate for both men and women, and especially as we get older,” Hanh says.

“Our nails harden as we age and it can be difficult for people to manage them properly themselves. No matter what state they may be in, we can tidy them up and, with regular appointments, keep them clean and well cared for.”

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SUP Nationals return to Orewa Orewa Beach will become SUP central next March, when the NZ Stand Up Paddleboarding National Championships return.

The event was last held on the Hibiscus Coast, at Orewa, in 2013.

Details are still being finalised by a sub-committee of NZ SUP, but the organisation recently confirmed that the event will be held on Orewa Beach on March 11 and 12.

Nik Sams of SUP Shed, who is on the NZ SUP committee, says it is exciting to see the event return here.

Orewa Estuary provides options for the flat-water racing and shorter distance events, there is the opportunity for some spectacular offshore racing and nearby beaches can be used if conditions are not favourable at

Orewa that weekend.

The popularity of stand up paddleboarding has seen the nationals attract increasing numbers of competitors and spectators since it was first held, in Takapuna, in 2012.

Organisers expect that the 2017 Nationals could attract as many as double the 230 competitors who took part this year, as for the first time it will be part of a Trans-Tasman Trophy.

This makes it one of three events, with the other two held in Sydney and Brisbane the week before.

NZ SUP Nationals sub-committee member Victoria Stuart says this will help to attract Northern Hemisphere paddlers to add New Zealand to their ‘down under’ competition schedule.

Elite competitors aside, Victoria says

The SUP Nationals were held at Omaha in 2015 and 2016 but move back to Orewa Beach this summer. Photo, Nik Sams

that one of the great things about the event is that although it’s designed as a national championship, it is open to anyone to have a go. At this year’s event at Omaha in February, competitors were aged from eight to 78. Some had only been paddling a few months, while others had many years of experience.

There are novice and age group kids’ races on easier courses and elite showpiece races that provide great entertainment for the public.

Victoria says a beach festival will

happen on the Sunday, along with ‘Battle of the Paddle’ surf and beach races that will be exciting to watch.

This year the NZ national honours went to 16-year-old Ollie Houghton from Auckland, and the Women’s title went to world and national champion Annabel Anderson – and organisers hope they will be back to defend those titles.

Victoria says one reason the event was shifted from Omaha, where it’s been for the last two years, to Orewa was the adjacent campground and the ease of getting there from Auckland.

Investigations continue into yachting Centre of Excellence Yachting NZ has approached Gulf Harbour Yacht Club as part of its investigations into building a Centre of Excellence at Gulf Harbour marina.

Yacht Club commodore Peter Cooke advised members recently that Yachting NZ approached the club to make it aware of their interest and examine how the club might fit into the scheme.

Yachting NZ is seeking a Memorandum of Understanding with

the club which would enable the two organisations to work together as the project progresses.

Mr Cooke told members that the Executive Committee has discussed this in some depth but these are early days with few, if any, specifics to go on.

“It is likely that Gulf Harbour Yacht Club will be affected to some degree, but to what extent is very much unknown at the moment,” he says in

his report to members.

He says no decisions will be made without the full knowledge and agreement of the club’s membership as a whole.

The land on which the yacht club sits is part of a larger site that is owned

by Auckland Council, but is under a perpetual lease to the marina company, Gulf Harbour Investments. In turn, Gulf Harbour Investments sub-leases

that site to the yacht club.

Last month, Yachting New Zealand’s chief executive David Abercrombie told Hibiscus Matters that Gulf Harbour is one option being considered for a Centre of Excellence.

The organisation is in the early stages of investigating the option of building a high performance sailing facility at Gulf Harbour after its preferred site, in Takapuna, was turned down.

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Water quality ‘excellent’ Anyone heading into the water this summer can rest assured that the water quality is regularly tested.

Over the 2015/16 monitoring season, Auckland Council’s Safeswim programme monitored 72 recreational water sites, including eight beaches on the Hibiscus Coast – Army Bay, Little and Big Manly, Hatfields, Stanmore Bay, Red Beach, Orewa and Matakatia.

Twenty-two routine samples were collected from each site over the season.

Water tests were carried out in accordance with the Ministry for the Environment and Ministry of Health Microbiological water quality guidelines.

The guidelines set up three modes for recreational water quality monitoring for public health protection: Green – where bacterial levels are acceptable for swimming; alert – where the alert level has been exceeded, and sampling is increased to a daily frequency to confirm if a problem exists; and action – where action level has been exceeded, and water quality is likely to be unsafe for swimming.

Over the monitoring season, one Stanmore Bay sample exceeded the action guideline level. However, no health warning was required since the re-test result returned to normal. In addition, one sample from Red Beach exceeded the alert guideline level, but the re-test result also showed this returned to normal.

The council also issues ‘report cards’ by local board area, including freshwater reports and marine reports. The 2016

marine report card for the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board area ranks the water quality of the Hibiscus Coast as ‘excellent’. This grade is the same as the 2014 report card.

Estuaries in the Hibiscus Coast reporting area generally have very low levels of contaminants and the ecological health of sites in Okura, Orewa and Waiwera estuaries was generally ranked as ‘good’ or ‘extremely good’ near the mouth of the estuary, declining to ‘moderate’ or ‘poor’ up the estuary.

However, one site in the Weiti Estuary received a ‘poor’ grade and in Okura, changes in species consistent with sedimentation were detected.

One change to note is the establishment of the Mediterranean fan worm at sites both inside and outside the OkuraLong Bay marine reserve.

The fresh water report for this area states that the health of the rivers on the Hibiscus Coast is “very good”.

“The relatively low intensity of the urban development, together with the large areas of forested land remaining, means the effects of urban development in this area are not as strong as elsewhere in the region,” the report card, somewhat surprisingly, states.

It goes on to say that: “Rivers in the Hibiscus Coast reporting area tend to have riparian margins with trees and bush, which provide shade, leaf litter and woody debris to the stream and anchor the stream banks, although some of the original riparian vegetation has been removed to allow for more intensive land use.”

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As the weekends turn sunnier, our lives in the Coastguard Hibiscus unit are growing busier. And the numberone reason for callouts? Flat batteries.

Think about it: the sea is an electricshostile environment, unlike the cosy engine bay of your garaged car. Batteries don’t hibernate well if uncared for, especially if they’re more than a couple years old. That’s why, particularly in spring, we find many boaties stranded at sea, having found just enough juice to spark up the motor and take them out to a fishing spot – but too little to get them home.

So what’s really happening inside your The Sealegs smart charger plus its plug, which makes connecting easy. battery?

They cost less than $200 and using a Marine batteries are usually of the smart charger like this extends your traditional lead–acid type. They boat’s battery life. contain a series of interleaved lead plates bathed in electrolyte, typically sulphuric acid (H2SO4). One group of plates (lead) attaches to the positive, another group (lead dioxide) to the negative.

That, at least, is the situation in a fully charged battery. When discharged, both the positive and negative groups become lead sulphate (PbSO4) and the electrolyte is mostly water. By charging a battery, you restore it to the original state. If you overcharge it, you ‘cook’ it, and it vents oxygen and hydrogen (which is explosive) and the electrolyte diminishes – which is why you have to top the cells up from time to time with distilled water. If you allow it to discharge too often, it may become permanently ‘sulphated’ – dead.

In boats that have both a house battery (for lights, instruments, and so on) and a start battery (for the motor/s), the plot thickens. A house battery is typically a deep-cycle unit, with fewer, thicker lead plates, delivering a high capacity but a low current. The start battery, by contrast, has very many thin plates, delivering a massive, brief wallop of power, but it’s easily exhausted and will suffer permanent damage if you discharge it too often. Not all batteries are leadacid, either: in some the acid is suspended in absorbent glass mat, or a silica gel, and while these types are more spill-proof they usually require careful charging.

A battery won’t last forever, but if you want to extend its life, look after it by following a few simple tips: yy Charge it regularly, ideally with a smart device. The CTEK chargers on our Coastguard vessels, for example, automatically cycle the batteries. yy Keep it clean: wipe the outside with a high-pH paste (e.g. baking soda) to remove any greasy film that might cause a short-circuit. yy Keep cells topped up (with distilled water, not plain tap). yy Lightly grease the terminals.

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Chelsea Grant (18), a top competitor in beach events, began with the club in its junior ranks. Photos, Ross Malyon

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In its 63 year history, Red Beach Surf Lifesaving Club has produced some outstanding athletes, including many who gained selection for NZ representative teams; a large number of them had their beginnings in the club’s Junior Surf division.

Ex-Nippers include NZ representatives Jared Jackson, Scott Pritchard, Kelly Piper and Adam Jackson, kayak Olympians Erin Taylor and Caitlin Ryan and NZ Iron Man Champion Chris Moors.

As the area grows, the number of young lifesavers signing up for that division is also increasing.

Last month, the club conducted its annual recruitment drive for youngsters aged 4–13 years. The two Sundays set aside for enrolments attracted many families with young children, resulting in a bigger-thanever intake (20 percent up on 12 months ago) of members for the club’s Junior Surf division.

The new recruits, along with returning members, had their first taste of action for the summer straight after Labour Weekend when they participated within their age groups in beach and water activities.

Training sessions at Red Beach are held on most Sunday mornings throughout the summer under the guidance of qualified instructors. Their job is to teach the youngsters water skills while building the confidence and fitness levels of their young charges. “We place a lot of emphasis on fun and enjoyment,” said Junior Surf chair Dylan Turner. “The activities we set the youngsters provide challenges and build character through a team approach.”

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As usual these days, conservation news is mixed at local, national and international levels.

The best news is that it is now five years since the first eradication of predators at Shakespear Open Sanctuary so we’re well established as a pest-free sanctuary for wildlife. The Hibiscus Coast branch of Forest and Bird has also been making great progress in getting the entire peninsula pest-free. All this takes constant vigilance and maintenance of trap lines and tracking tunnels – this work will need to go on forever. If you’re able to help with this please let us know!

With the advent of spring the wildlife is becoming ever more prominent. Two recent annual bird counts have shown significant increases in numbers in the most common birds, with tuis leading by quite some margin. The robins introduced in May are all breeding as we’d hoped – each pair should nest two or even three times and produce up to three chicks each time, so we hope that numbers will at least double each year. Numbers of whiteheads introduced last year have grown to over 60. Cute pitch-black pukeko chicks are everywhere and you can easily see the stilts at Okoromai watching over their tiny and tottering offspring.

The bad news is that vandals smashed three dotterel eggs from a well-marked nest on Te Haruhi Beach. These birds have a hard time trying to nest on a crowded beach and so we’re grateful for the cooperation that most people show in sharing this space. But for the record all wildlife in the Sanctuary is absolutely protected with any wilful interference earning fines up to $100,000 or two years prison.

Another visit by the ‘petrel-sniffing’ dogs has located eight more seabird burrows, some with chicks, along the eastern cliffs – both diving petrels and grey-faced petrels. Unlike shorebirds, these seabirds live most of their lives at sea so they’re not readily seen unless you have a boat, in which case you can see hundreds at once. At some times of year they’ll sit on the sea in large flocks, forming ‘rafts’ big enough to make dark patches which can be observed from shore. Obviously they have to breed on land, but there are only a few known places where they do this on the mainland, so we’re excited to know that Shakespear is one of them.

While one parent is away feeding, the other stays to incubate the egg, sometimes for days or weeks. Parents then leave chicks for days while they go off to find food, leaving chicks vulnerable to other predators (bigger seabirds) and so the nests are deep underground in long burrows. Hence the specialist dogs and camera probes needed to find and identify them. We’re still trying to speed up the formation of a bigger colony with artificial burrows and seabird sound systems but this is a slow process, not helped by recent downpours which flooded some artificial burrows, as well as turning Waterfall Gully into Torrent Gully!

But the really bad news lately was the recent Living Planet report from the World Wildlife Fund, which shows a 58 percent decline in global wildlife abundance in the last 50 years. Not here? Head to the countryside to see ‘green deserts’ with grass, cows and the odd magpie. Or down to our local beaches to see only silt and snails in the rockpools where in my childhood I can remember finding shrimps, seaweed, anemones, fishes, sea-slugs and kina.

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Problem solver wins award

Bright sparks don’t come much brighter than Whangaparaoa College student Benjamin Mueggenburg.

At almost 13 years of age, Benjamin recently won the ‘best junior concept’ category of a national technology competition – ASB Bright Sparks.

The competition is described as “New Zealand’s premier showcase for brilliant young minds”.

What Benjamin enjoys most is using complex computer code and electronics (which he describes as “the Benjamin Mueggenburg designed a easier part”) to solve real problems. system to locate missing planes.

His winning project, the Visual Plane the water and sent information to Locating System, was sparked by a computer when it detected wave the loss of Malaysian Airlines flight movement, setting off the alarm.

MH370, which went down in 2014 Benjamin remembers an important and remains missing. trigger for his interest in programming, Benjamin’s idea, which took him a year robotics and nano technology was of work to fully complete, was not to saving up to purchase a small Arduino, replace radar, but to provide a backup or mini programmable computer, at that could be used when those systems the age of eight. fail. It involves placing large QR codes on the wings of aircraft that can be read “I have always been interested in coming by satellite to track planes in real time. up with new ideas and am into science and maths, but I used the Arduino to His father, Gary Mueggenburg who learn the language (of programming) teaches science at the college, says and was really excited,” Benjamin says.

Benjamin has never been afraid to question current thinking. “He looks ASB Bright Sparks began 16 years ago at what other people have come as an email club started by a chemistry up with and says ‘that’s not good teacher. Since then it has grown into the most prominent competition in enough’,” Gary says.

New Zealand for young inventors.

Benjamin says his ideas “are just there”.

Last year, for the same competition, he In recent years the scope of the came up with a pool alarm system that programme has moved beyond is activated when something around the electronics to include inventions size of a young child falls in the water. focused on software, the environment, This used an accelerometer, which and science. measures gravitational movement. Winners and finalists have gone on to It was placed in a sealed container in commercial and academic success.

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Here at The Dental Suite we are lucky to have Dr Dusan Kuzmanovic, a specialist Prosthodontist with over 20 years’ experience in creating life-changing smile makeovers for his patients. A former Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago’s School of Dentistry, Dusan runs two busy dental practices and continues to teach general dentists and clinical dental technicians. It is with this in mind that we are looking for patients to volunteer for an upcoming one-day course in crown fabrication that Dr Kuzmanovic will provide for a group of Aucklandbased general dentists.

For registering your interest, you will receive a free consultation to determine whether you are an appropriate patient for this course.

During the consultation, you will be able to discuss your needs with Dr Kuzmanovic and will receive the benefit of a specialist examination completely free of charge.

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Health with Andy Schmidt, physiotherapist andy.schmidt@activeplus.co.nz

Are fitness trackers worth it?

I have a confession to make: I’m a little bit obsessed with this digital black band that doubles as a watch, sitting around my wrist.

Every day, I synchronise the band to my phone, so I can process all the interesting data it has given me. It also allows me to be nosy about what levels of activity my friends have been up to that day! Welcome to the world of the fitness tracker devotee.

Fitness trackers are commonly worn around the wrist (but are also sometimes built into shoes, with clothing trackers coming soon), designed to monitor movement and physical activity and, in higher end devices, things like heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen levels, and sleep quality. Oh, and they also tell the time, alert you to phone calls, text messages, and play music! You can usually link the tracker to your smartphone or computer, which will allow you to store and analyse the information.

There are a number of different brands out there, and varied levels of reliability.

Research to date suggests that these devices generally aren’t as reliable, or as robust, as medical-grade devices. However, they will give you a pretty good approximation – so as long as you don’t try to argue your next ECG result based on your watch measurements, the fact that they are not 100 percent accurate probably doesn’t matter much.

When it comes to helping people with their health and fitness goals, one recent study indicates that about half the fitness tracker users had stopped using the device three months after they bought it, and another found that owning a fitness tracker was only the first, small step towards healthier living, and by itself was hardly useful.

One problem could be the ease of understanding the data. It’s easy to see what your heart rate is or the number of steps you have done – but if you don’t then know what you should be doing instead, in order to make health changes, then what it the point of having that information? And this is where I feel a lot of the current fitness trackers fall down. Overall the rest of the research on these devices indicates that there probably is a small increase in physical activity from people that use them, and evidence of weight loss – but if they are going in the drawer within three months, that’s not overly helpful long term. Any potential benefit is about making lifestyle changes that are easy to stick to long term, not just changes that are going to help us beat our mates in a week-long stepping contest.

The medical fraternity has mixed views on these devices. While anything that can potentially help us with monitoring physical activity levels and losing weight could be of benefit, there is a worry that the devices contribute to over-measuring and over-analysing our health. This, is turn, could lead to an increase in stress levels if something you are measuring seems to be taking a turn for the worse.

The other concern from medical professionals is that while there is a lot of data given out by these trackers, they can’t record everything else that is going on in someone’s life at that time. There are so many variables, for example, in determining what your heart rate may be at any given time, that bringing your iPad to the doctor and showing them the last 30 days of your daily heart beat rhythms, in most cases probably isn’t going to be of any benefit with a diagnosis.

Having said all that, health professionals aren’t discounting the ability of these trackers to get people moving and making them more aware of important health measures – simply showing people how inactive they are can be motivating. It would be a mistake to dismiss their potential to give us information in the future that aids health professionals in providing treatment and advice. But there is work to be done before these little devices are all they are cracked up to be.

Meanwhile – I’ll be obsessively checking my step count, for the time being.

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Paddling on are, from left, instructor Vivien Bayer, physiotherapist Alyssa Gordon, and Jan Van Der Linden, instructor.

Paddling back to full health A cancer recovery programme based on standup paddleboarding, called Paddle On, begins in Orewa this week.

According to one instructor, Vivien other health benefits.

Bayer of SUP Shed, it does far more Paddling sessions are held twice a than provide exercise alone. week for four weeks on Orewa Beach Vivien volunteers as an instructor and everything is supplied; SUP Shed and says stand up paddleboarding is a provides the Starboard SUP boards natural antidepressant that can improve free of charge. both mental and physical health.

The local programme is run by Active “It gets the person back into exercise, Plus physio Alyssa Gordon, supported rebuilds their courage, provides a new by Vivien and Jan Van Der Linden, experience in a positive environment a former Pink and Steel client who and improves strength and fitness,” now gives back to the programme as a volunteer.

Vivien says.

Cancer survivors register for Paddle This is the second summer that the On with the Pinc & Steel Cancer Pink and Steel funded programme has Rehabilitation Trust, which funds the been run in Orewa and Andy Schmidt of Active Plus says some go from a physiotherapy programmes.

Each person is assessed by local nervous start to become hooked on physiotherapists (Active Plus in Orewa) paddleboarding. to ensure they are suitable to take part. Paddle On runs from November to Paddling helps regain muscle March, starting on November 18 in movement that may have been affected Orewa. by cancer treatment as well as offering Info: paddleon.co.nz

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Support needed for Coast food rescue vehicle The fledgling Food Rescue Service run by Love Soup Hibiscus Coast has struck a roadblock, with vehicle maintenance costs and petrol largely coming from the pockets of volunteers.

Five volunteers drive around the Coast, Some of the rescued food is used for collecting produce that would normally Love Soup’s free community meals at be thrown out by supermarkets, Whangaparaoa Hall. bakeries and cafés and go to landfill or Coast organisations are not the only ones pig farms. The food, which includes to benefit – some of the rescued food fruit and vegetables, bread and cheese is delivered to the Koha Shed in West that are still perfectly edible, is collected Auckland and the new Food Rescue four times a week. It is distributed to service in Warkworth, so the vehicle is people who need it via local churches, clocking up significant mileage. schools and organisations such as Women’s Refuge, Steps Forward, the Love Soup director Julie King says the Hibiscus Coast Youth Centre and organization will apply for funding for a replacement vehicle, ideally a Hibiscus Coast Community House.

Love Soup has obtained the support of van or truck with a refrigeration unit all the local Countdown supermarkets on board. However, in the meantime for the initiative, which began on volunteers are struggling to cover May 22. Dad’s Pies in Silverdale petrol, a much needed oil change and provides Food Rescue with pies and other maintenance and road costs. a significant volume of cheese is If you can help, contact Julie by provided on a regular basis by Puhoi joining Love Soup Hibiscus Coast on Facebook, or visit www.lovesoup.co.nz Valley Cheese Company.

Retirement village talk

A free seminar for people thinking about living in retirement villages will be held at the East Coast Bays Rugby Club, 496 East Coast Road, Mairangi Bay, on December 2. The seminar is being organised by the Commission for Financial Capability and the programme will include guest speakers from the legal profession and retirement village association, who will talk about the personal, legal and financial implications of becoming a village resident. Spokesperson Tony Churton says the Commission gives practical tips and advice so people can make informed decisions before they sign on the dotted line. “This is not a marketing event,” Troy says. “We want to people understand the lifestyle choices, financial implications and different options available.” The seminar will start at 10.30am. Places are limited so registration is essential. Phone 0800 268 269 or visit eventfinda. co.nz/2016/thinking-of-living-in-retirement-village/auckland/mairangi-bay

Warkworth Birthing Centre Prenatal Classes

All welcome no matter where you plan to birth. Prenatal classes are a great way to meet other expectant parents, learn about birthing choices, and gain confidence. Held at the Warkworth Birthing Centre, with a tour of the birthing room included.

A wide variety of topics are covered, including: Late pregnancy exercise, nutrition, and warning signs • Relationship/lifestyle changes • Informed decision making • The labour and birth process • Birth place options and environment • Pain and power in labour • Massage and relaxation • Self help comfort measures and medical pain relief • Medical assistance and Caesarean birth • Postnatal emotions • Community support groups • Infant CPR • Breastfeeding • Early baby care and parenting Courses are FREE, and both evening (8 week) and weekend (4 week) options are available. Participants receive extensive handouts and a personalised facebook group. All groups also have a 4 week Mums ‘n’ Bubs course following the birth of the babies.

Classes are facilitated by qualified childbirth educators Kama Richards and Danielle Stapleton.

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The Desert Vet by Alex Tinson (Allen & Unwin, 2016)

As a boy growing up in suburban Sydney, Alex Tinson loved to collect exotic animals such as snakes and lizards, so it came as no surprise when he followed a family tradition and became a vet. It was an unexpected call to his surgery from a man who needed work done for his camels that led to a very interesting job offer. Alex and his family were off to Al Anin, a small town in the United Emirates where he would become the royal family’s camel vet. The book follows his adventurous life as he sets up a breeding programme aimed at producing the fastest and most beautiful camels in the Emirates. He admits he is totally in awe of camels and explains why he considers them to be such special animals. He describes the way in which his busy life enabled him to postpone dealing with the grief he suffered after the deaths of two of his young daughters. After returning to Australia to live for a while, Alex returned to Al Anin, and he doubts that he will ever leave. As well as loving being near his daughter and three grandchildren, he treasures the freedom and tranquillity of the desert. If you enjoy reading about people who have dared to take up an exciting opportunity and venture into the unknown, this is a book for you.

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Garden recycles recycling bins Families with young children and new residents who just wanted to help out were among those who weeded and replanted the Whangaparaoa Community Garden.

The public planting at the garden, Auckland Council’s former recycling outside Whangaparaoa Hall, took crates, recently replaced by wheelie bins, are themselves being recycled place on Saturday, November 5.

The volunteer gardeners, undeterred at the garden; they will be used for by occasional light, drizzly showers, growing potatoes. thoroughly weeded the garden beds, Any spare seed potatoes would which contain vegetables, herbs and be welcomed – large amounts are flowers to attract beneficial insects. needed. They can be placed in the The weeds were composted. Cabbages blue recycling bin marked ‘For Seed that had gone to seed were replaced Potatoes’, at the top entrance to the garden. with new plantings.

Wholesome market for Orewa Orewa’s new Organic Markets benefited from being located next to the Farmers’ market and organiser Annamaria Berek of My Markets says feedback on the first one, on October 30, was good with some items selling out.

The market focuses on handmade and organic products, many locally made. They included Smoups of Gulf Harbour, whose innovative ‘coconut bacon’ sold out, clothes, soap and candles, organic skincare products, herbs and flowers and fair trade coffee.

My Markets hopes to grow what’s on offer and is seeking more organic, ecofriendly and natural stallholders as well as gourmet street food.

Organic Markets will be held on the last Sunday of each month, with the next one on November 27. It is located close to the Orewa Farmers Market (on the Highway side of the Orewa Community Hall carpark).

Inquiries to mymarketsinfo@gmail.com or phone Annamaria, 021 145 0640.

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War memoirs a labour of love It’s been a long time coming, but Harry Dean’s book about his World War II experiences, My Pacific Star, has now been published, 40 years after his death.

Harry was in an operational bomber reconnaissance squadron of the Royal NZ Airforce and took part in the Pacific campaigns. He attained the rank of Squadron Leader and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after facing death on numerous occasions.

Harry wrote his memoirs straight after the war, while it was fresh in his mind. Getting them published is something that his eldest daughter, Hilary Pedersen of Gulf Harbour, says the family was always keen to achieve.

The family self-published his typewritten manuscript three years ago, and shared it within the family circle, but Hilary says it was her father’s dream to see the book in print for a wider audience.

Her determination to make this happen received a setback when one copy of Harry’s daughter, the manuscript – the one that had all Hilary Pedersen, Harry’s original black and white prints with the book she had published for with it – was stolen from her car.

Many of the images eventually him after his death.

Inset, Harry Dean published in the hardback edition were supplied by a family friend, a larger than life, amusing man former RNZAF Air-Vice Marshal handicapped by a lifelong stammer John Hamilton, and taken by John’s “which he turned into an asset by father Denys Hamilton who was sheer force of personality”.

Harry’s squadron mate.

John Hamilton comments in the Former journalist and writer Hilary’s foreword that My Pacific Star is not a search for a publisher ended when history, but a personal story of wartime.

Austin Macauley Publishers expressed “It provides an evocative record of one interest and Hilary received her first man’s perspective that will be valued, copies of the book early this month. not only by Harry’s family and friends, She says her father would have been but also those of today wanting to happy to see the book, which she says understand the conditions these service personnel faced,” the foreword says. is written in the style of the times.

“He was a gregarious character who The book is named after a medal loved the camaraderie of the airforce that was approved by the King and and always said the war years were the awarded to all those who served in the best years of his life,” Hilary says. “He Pacific during the War. went back to sheep farming in Hawke’s The book is available locally at Bay, but he really missed those days.”

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Her memories of her father are of austinmacauley.com A sculpture made of repurposed materials at Fame Preschool in Whangaparaoa is on display at NZ Sculpture on Shore. Fame operations manager Cathy Betty says the work of creating a 1.8m-high dog covered with flowers was a creative team effort, involving around 30 people – mostly children aged from three to 12 years, along with parents and teachers. A frame welded by a teacher’s husband was covered with wire mesh and hundreds of colourful flowers were wired onto that mesh. Cathy says some people spent quite a lot of time inside, as well as outside, the dog, ensuring all the flowers were securely attached as the exhibition is outdoors and the sculpture needs to be wind and rain resistant. She says part of the brief was to use repurposed materials and these included plastic wire, bottle lids, plastic tablecloths, buttons and beads. Sculpture on Shore is on until November 20. It is in support of Women’s Refuge. Info: nzsculptureonshore.co.nz

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Puhoi Centennial Hall will be transformed into a gallery for the event.

Puhoi art show open to all Dozens of artworks from local artists will be on show at an art exhibition in Puhoi Centennial Hall this month for a fundraiser for the hall.

The exhibition will run from “The exhibition is for everyone from November 25 to December 4 from beginners through to professionals,” 10am to 4pm daily, with a preview Colleen says. “It’s a great chance to gain exposure for your work. We evening on November 24 from 7pm.

Organiser Colleen Rutherford says any always get a diverse range of works to artist can show work in the exhibition suit a lot of different tastes.” for free, but a 20 percent commission About 70 artists participated in the on sales goes towards maintaining the event last year, with work for sale ranging from $100 to $2500.

Puhoi Centennial Hall.

Artists can enter online at puhoinz. The preview evening will feature live com/art2016 and entries close music as well as wine and cheese.

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Info: Colleen 422 0424.

Art history – for a limited time The history of the Silverdale area is the subject of two limited edition works

by Waiwera artist Brian Moore.

The black and white pen and ink dot drawings are faithful representations, with only a little artistic licence taken, and are part of a series focusing on the pioneering days.

One is based on a historic photo of gumdiggers at the Wade (now Silverdale), a copy of which is in the Pioneer Village. The other image, of Stoney Homestead, was drawn from a photo that Brian took when he was living at the homestead, as a tenant, in the 1980s.

Brian, who has been a full time artist for more than 30 years, made 250 of these numbered and signed works several years ago and recently came across a handful of artist’s proofs and original prints left in his archives.

He is hoping these works will find ready buyers in the local community.

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For more than four decades, Whangaparaoa Baptist Church has stood in a prominent position visible to anyone driving past the Whangaparaoa Road/Wade River Road intersection. The auditorium that we see there now was opened in 1975, however the church started with beach services during the 1940s. In 1956 these services were moved to the Whangaparaoa Ratepayers’ Hall. The photo is of the opening day of the original church building in 1958; this is behind the auditorium today and is used as a café. Considering the small population of Whangaparaoa during the 1950s, it appears the church was well supported during its opening.

Photo supplied by Baptist Church

Motorway contract signed

The contract to build the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway has finally been let and construction is set to start before the end of the year. The NZ Transport Agency has awarded the contract to the Northern Express Group, which will finance, build, manage and maintain the new motorway in a 25-year public private partnership. The project is expected to cost $709.5 million and the road is planned to open in 2022. The 18.6km motorway will extend Auckland’s Northern Motorway on State Highway One, from the Johnstone’s Hill tunnels to just north of Warkworth. The Northern Express Group was announced as the preferred bidder in August. The consortium consists of eight companies, including Fletcher Building, Higgins Contractors and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).

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Warkworth Rodeo approved for another year NZ & Traditional Carols ~ Conductor: Norman Firth Organist/Accompanist: Dr John Wells

Saturday Nov 26: 7.30pm • Sunday, Nov 27: 2.30pm Orewa College Arts & Events Centre Tickets $20 (children under 12 free), from Orewa Menswear, Eddie Law 100%, Whangaparaoa, choir members or ph 428 4452 or 424 5711. www.hbcsingers.com

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The Anti Rodeo Action group made Parks, Culture and Community a presentation to the Local Board in Development Committee chair Beth September calling for it to deny the Houlbrooke, who opted to approve Warkworth Rodeo Club landowner the application rather than wait until approval for the event, which is held the newly elected Board’s first meeting on Auckland Council-owned land. this month.

The group said the Rodeo Club again Ms Houlbrooke said a decision had to breached animal welfare regulations at be made urgently so the Rodeo Club this year’s rodeo and it has an active could start planning for next year’s complaint with the Ministry for event.

Primary Industries (MPI), which is “It’s still a real community event still being investigated. up here that supports a lot of other Warkworth Rodeo Club member Gary organisations with their fundraising Jackson also presented to the Board and I didn’t want to pull the rug out and rubbished the group’s claims. from under them,” Ms Houlbrooke “Our members know if they cross the said. code they will be in serious trouble,” “The new Board will have the Mr Jackson said. opportunity to reconsider the event He said a member of the club’s permit next year.” committee had been harassed and Anti Rodeo Action member Lynn intimidated by the group, who called Charlton said she was surprised and on him to cease support for the rodeo. disappointed that the Board approved The decision to approve the event was the permit. made while the Board was in recess for “No community board in receipt of the election and was not made by the this kind of information should allow full Board. an event to go ahead on CouncilThe decision was delegated to then owned land,” Ms Chalton said.

Grand Gulf Harbour gala

Gulf Harbour School Gala on November 5 was hailed a big success, raising $18,000 that the school will put towards its school hall fund and learning resources for students. The school thanks everyone who donated, sponsored and helped put the gala together, especially the PTA volunteers.

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Classifiedadvertising HIBISCUS MATTERS PUBLISHES FREE COMMUNITY NOTICES SUBJECT TO SPACE AND AVAILABILITY, FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS, AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE. If you wish to guarantee placement of your community notice or have it run continually the cost is $6.00 (incl GST) per line.

COMMUNITY NOTICES ARTISTS, ARTISANS & CRAFTERS – Selling sites available for $25 at our Christmas Fete & White Elephant, Dec 3, St Chad’s, Orewa. We are looking for additional stalls to complement our regular sale tables. For all queries and bookings contact Kay 021 0249 4344.

BADMINTON PLAYERS wanted, badminton social group needs players, Thursdays 9am–11am, $4. Green Shed, Victor Eaves, Orewa. All welcome.

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL WOMEN (BPW) HIBISCUS COAST $2000 TERTIARY STUDENT AWARD - 2017 Applications are now open to a past or present female Hibiscus Coast resident. Application Forms & Criteria available by either phone – 094260406/ email davenjen@xtra.co.nz Applications close December 31, 2016 We look forward to hearing from you.

CHRISTMAS DANCE GALA Silverdale Hall. (includes Latin & Ballroom) December 11, 5pm. $12pp. Supper provided 427 5542 for more info.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING FOR EXPERIENCED DRIVERS, AA course hosted by Hibiscus Coast Grey Power Association, Sat, Nov 26, HBC Community House, Western Reserve, Orewa, 10am–12.30pm.

Good information and discussion with an experienced presenter – NO practical driving. No charge for Grey Power members. Booking essential.

Ph Christine 426 3598 or email hbcgreypower@gmail.com ENJOY AN AFTERNOON OF HOUSIE (BINGO) at Bowls Orewa, every Friday, 1pm. Play 40, $20 houses for only $4. 50 prizes available from $20 to $1000. All welcome. Ph 426 6236 or 427 4674.

FRIDAY ART GROUP, Friday 10am - 1pm @ Orewa Community Church.

Exercise your artistic abilities and meet with like minded people in a relaxed and friendly environment. Ph Alan Smith 09 962 4929.

HIBISCUS COAST GREY POWER ASSOCIATION invites all over 50s to their end of year meeting, 1.30pm, St John’s Catholic Church hall, 180 Centreway Rd, Orewa, Friday Nov 25.

Speaker foundation member Jill Jeffs, speak about the beginnings of the organisation in its fight against the government of the day. All welcome.

HIBISCUS STITCHERS Meet a woolly crew at Whangaparaoa Library fortnightly.

Embroidery, crochet, knitting etc. Thursdays 1pm–3pm. Ph Jean 428 5207 or Jan 424 2492.

INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW, or experienced in making miniature models for railways, doll’s houses?

Hibiscus Miniatures Club every second Sunday of the month, 9.30–3pm, the Girl Guide Hall, 224 Centreway Rd, Orewa.

Next meetings: Nov 13 and Dec 11.

JOIN OUR BAND TO GET FREE TUITION on bag pipes and/or drums. All stages and ages welcome. Wednesdays 7.30pm, St Johns Hall Silverdale. The

band is also available for hire. Ph Gayle 424 1166 / 021 104 3497 or Bob 424 1838. HBC and District Pipe Band.

KIWI DANCE CLUB, SOCIAL DANCE ballroom, Latin American, new vogue, Modern sequence. All welcome. 4th Sun of month, 5pm-8pm. A great way to meet people. Silverdale Hall, Ph 427 5542.

Next event November 27.

OREWA LADIES GARDEN CLUB Monthly meetings, 2nd Thursday of month, 12.30pm, Orewa Catholic Church Hall, 180 Centreway Rd, Orewa.

Guest speaker or garden visits, trading table, competitions. Ph Ann 427 8377.

REBUS CLUB OF HIBISCUS COAST Club meetings 9.45am Ist Tuesday of the month, the Bridge Club, Edith Hopper Park, Manly. This club for retired men offers opportunities to keep active minds, expand interests, enjoy the fellowship and make new friends. Ph Ray Watkins 427 5256, Graeme McIntosh 424 7115 www.rebus-hibiscus.nz SENIOR MOMENTS RAFFLE DRAW Baskets Nov 1: Green Hearts, E 09, Nick Eddy, Blue Diamonds, F 14, Marcus Kapea, Blue Diamonds, F 18, Ken Bayer, Red Hearts, E 50, Monica, Yellow Hearts, E 10,Tanya Hick, Red Hearts, E 13, Trish Olliff,) Red Hearts, E 82, Carolyn Butt, Green Hearts, E 03, Janine, Yellow Hearts, E 18, June Jansen. Spare ticket: Yellow Hearts , E 14 Valma James. Raffle Draw Quilt Nov 1: Yellow Stars, D 62, Dorrie Wilton SILVERDALE & OREWA TOASTMASTERS CLUB meeting November 9 & 23 (Wednesdays) Orewa Baptist Church, Loop Road, 7.30pm. All welcome. silverdaleorewa@toastmasters. org.nz or Crispin 09 420 4401.

PUBLIC NOTICES AGM MEETING OREWA SOUTH INDOOR BOWLS Monday November 21, 7pm.

Orewa Outdoor Bowling Clubrooms, Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa. The club and it’s future will be a major discussion point at this meeting. All members encouraged to attend.

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BUILDER SEMI RETIRED – GENERAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE & SMALL JOBS. Good rates. Phone/txt Rob 021 167 2155 or 09 426 2960.

ELECTRICIAN – SEMI RETIRED affordable rates, no job to small. Call Bruce 021 241 0000.

GARDNER Does your garden need a tidy up? Phone Debbie 021 101 4913.

HANDYMAN Small Jobs, carpentry, rubbish removal etc. All jobs considered.

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PLASTERING, GIB STOPPING All aspects of stopping. Skim coat specialist.

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PLASTERING, SOLID, GIB STOPPING, Painting/repair work. Small jobs. Trade Cert. Keith 424 8841 or 022 682 4760.

WATER FILTERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria. FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 945 2282, 027 478 7427, email: steve.reynolds@aquafilter.co.nz or www. aquafilter.co.nz WATERBLASTING & CHEMICAL HOUSE WASHING. Careful service, reasonable rates. Ph 426 2253.

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SPRING SPECIAL! HANDS & FEET Nails cut & filed, includes hand & foot massage. $25 each (footspa & nail polish extra). I will come to you. Ph 424 0676.

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HAIRDRESSING MOBILE HAIRCUTS European trained hairstylist to visit you at your time, your place. Sabine Ph 426 9652 021 149 8598

RECORDING STUDIO WHANGAPARAOA RECORDING STUDIO by appointment only. Phone Dennis 021 115 5233.

TRANSPORT DRIVING MISS DAISY reliable safe companion transport. Ph Brenda HBC 428 4490.

GREEN SHUTTLES TO/FROM AIRPORT Phone 09 476 7808 or 0277 808 808 Email: info@greenshuttles.co.nz

WANTED ENGLISH TUTOR WANTED Private tutor, english speaking lessons, for mature lady in Gulf harbour. Ph 021 830 839.

TO BUY, RECORDS/LP’S Ph 428 1587.

TO RENT PROFESSIONAL ROOMS FOR RENT IN BUSY HEALTH CENTRE on Whangaparaoa Road opposite Plaza. Ground floor.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY ABBY. Love Mummy, Daddy, Jack & Charlie.

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Hibiscus Matters needs new walkers for delivery. For more information, email your name, contact details and age to hmdelivery@localmatters.co.nz or phone Kim 021 138 6975.

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Patchwork sale – quilts and other small things, Stillwater Hall, Stillwater, 9.30am–12pm. Ideal Christmas presents. All welcome.

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Santa arrives at Snowplanet, Silverdale. Christmas Festival, 10am to 3pm. (see ad p26)

Free composting course, Orewa Community Hall, Orewa Square, Orewa, 10am-12pm. Learn to reduce waste and make compost easily for your garden. Online bookings, www.compostcollective.org.nz or call Compost Collective on (09) 482 1672. For further information or to contact the Compost Collective facilitators for the Rodney area directly contact Tori Christie tori@compostcollective.org.nz ph 021 0821 7669.

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Love Food Hate Waste movie and meal, Whangaparaoa Community Hall, 719 Whangaparaoa Rd, 3-5pm. Love Food Hate Waste NZ are presenting a free food waste documentary film, Just Eat It, after which Love Soup Hibiscus Coast will be serving a free meal.

Tori Christie will discuss how to stop food waste at source, as well as answer your composting queries. RSVP tori@compostcollective.org.nz

My Coast Gem is Two Spoons Café, in Whangaparaoa, which has recently moved and expanded. I think it’s the best looking little café by far, and I love the honest, healthy food, coffee and service. I am leaving the Hibiscus Coast and this is one of the things I will miss the most.

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European Market, Silverdale Hall, Silverdale Street, 9am to 2.30pm. Sponsored by the Silverdale Village group. A lucky shopper hamper is up for grabs, sponsored by Pak ‘n’ Save. Info: email helene@sailaway.co.nz

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Red Beach School Gala, 20 Albert Hall Drive, Red Beach, 10am– 2pm. Kids’ craft stalls, rides and attractions and the return of the ever-popular White Elephant. Fabulous food for sale including mussel fritters, sausages, burgers and healthy options from Earthspot Foods. All welcome.

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Talk by Auckland author Jackie Ashenden, Orewa Library, Moana Ave, Orewa, 11am to 12noon. Jackie has written 25 contemporary romances and will be talking about her books such as Kidnapped by the Billionaire and Make you Mine that have been published in book and electronic form.

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Hibiscus Coast Grey Power invites all over 50s to their end of year meeting at St John’s Catholic Church hall, 180 Centreway Rd, Orewa, 1.30pm. Speaker Jill Jeffs, a foundation member of Grey Power, speaks about the beginnings of the organisation in its fight against the government of the day. Afternoon tea, all welcome.

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The Dirt Road Orchestra presents The Small Hall Tour, Estuary Arts Centre, 214 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa. Doors open at 7pm, concert starts at 7.30pm. A fundraiser with some of the proceeds going to the purchase of chairs for the Estuary Arts Education Centre.

Tickets $15pp available from Estuary Arts, or at the door.

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Puhoi Art Exhibition, Puhoi Centennial Hall, Puhoi. Info: puhoinz.com/art2016 or phone

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Orewa Beach Santa Parade, Hibiscus Coast Highway, from 4.30pm. Begins at Florence Avenue and travels to Orewa Surf Club car park. More than 70 floats. A Summer Surf Sounds concert follows on Orewa Reserve, adjacent to the surf club with live music, food stalls and rides. Fireworks finale at 9pm. (see ads p6 and p16)

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Hibiscus Coast Singers present Christmas Come In, Orewa College Arts & Events Centre, Riverside Rd, Orewa. Saturday, 7.30pm and Sunday 2.30pm. Music for the season of Advent by Bach, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and others. Carols sing along.

A collection will be taken for Hibiscus Hospice. Info: www.hbcsingers. com (see ad p26)

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Christmas Fete & White Elephant, St Chad’s Church Hall, corner Centreway Rd and Florence Ave, Orewa, 8.30am–12.30pm.

Handcrafted Christmas gifts, preserves, baking, plants, bouncy castle and bargains galore.

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Fishing Competition

More than $10,000 worth of prizes for lucky anglers in Hibiscus Boat Club’s fishing competition, November 19 and 20. TIckets $45 from the boat club in Stanmore Bay. Info: www.hibiscusboatclub.co.nz

Badminton

Players wanted for social badminton, Thursdays 9am–11am. Green shed, Victor Eaves Reserve, Orewa. $4. All welcome.

Orewa Beach Series

Weekly run, swim and stand-up paddleboard options. Begins December 1 at Orewa Beach. To register www.beachseries.co.nz

Run/Walk

Get Moving Festival consists of four walking/running events to be held next year, from January to April. The series provides a range of distances from 1km for the little ones to a 15km final event. The first event is on January 29 in Millwater and the final one is on April 2. Info: getmovingfestival.co.nz

Squash

The Silverdale Squash Club in the rugby club rooms, on Hibiscus Coast Highway, holds club nights on Thursdays from 7.30pm. New members welcome. Coaching is available by appointment for anyone new to the sport.

To list sports news for FREE email: terry@localmatters.co.nz

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White fights his way to the top Soap Box Derby Ben Donaldson

Jamie White

Former Orewa College student Jamie White is looking to make a name for himself in Japan’s biggest professional wrestling company, New Japan Pro Wrestling.

The 24-year-old, currently living in Detroit, first joined the Kaientai Dojo training facility in Japan in January 2015, after wrestling in the United Kingdom, France and New Zealand.

He has participated in a number of New Japan fights, which follow a similar style to WWE events.

“Getting paid to train, travel and do shows – I couldn’t ask for any more really,” Jamie says.

“The highlight of my career is when I get to perform in front of over 10,000 people.”

Jamie has been sent to Detroit to train by the Dojo facility, where he is also a part of the Ring of Honour (ROH) wrestling company.

He fights under the name of Jay White and says he won’t be given a character to wrestle under until he returns to the New Japan company.

The Japanese style of fighting is known as ‘strong’, which means the events are based more around combat than characters.

“I do like the Japanese style, it’s basically a lot more real in terms of the wrestling itself. My friends will often ask me how we make the hitting sounds, but all the contact noises are actually real.”

Jamie’s injuries from fighting include broken fingers, a broken nose (twice) and a series of concussions.

“One time when I got concussed I couldn’t work out where I was or what day it was for about 20 minutes – it was pretty scary at the time,” Jamie says. “I’m 24 and my body feels like it’s falling apart.”

In New Japan wrestling, competitors perform in about 10 shows during alternate fortnights.

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Training can involve three hours of intense workouts per day.

“We would work out in a room with gas heaters on, all the windows shut and plenty of shouting going on. It was almost military style, but harder.”

Because Jamie is a young competitor, known in Japan as a ‘Young Lion’, he is also responsible for taking care of the older wrestlers by doing their chores for them, which provides his source of income.

He is currently visiting his family home in Stillwater after taking part in a wrestling show at Henderson’s Trust Arena on November 12, to promote the activity in New Zealand.

Jamie has worked with the likes of Kenny Omega and WWE champion A.J. Styles on tour.

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Next year’s Whangaparaoa Soap Box Derby is expected to be the biggest yet, celebrating 10 years of the event on the Coast on a track (Brightside Road) made hard and fast by recent resealing.

The event, run by Whangaparaoa Rotary Club, closes part of Brightside Road in Stanmore Bay for a weekend in late summer. It provides youngsters and their supporters with a race experience in trolleys imported as kitsets from America, while benefiting local charities.

Winners have gone on to compete in America.

Hibiscus Matters was one of the Soap Box Derby’s first sponsors. The event made its debut on the Coast in 2008 at Pinecrest Drive in Gulf Harbour.

Although the event on 8 and 9 April, 2017 will be the final one for the current organisers, Whangaparaoa Rotary Soap Box Derby committee member Sarah Carr says this does not mean the end of the event, either on the Hibiscus Coast or in other venues across NZ. “The current Whangaparaoa Rotary Committee of Terry Clarkson, Sarah Carr, Hellen Wilkins and Michael Cole will all step down after the 2017 event, in order to focus on other things,” Sarah says. “But they are hopeful that the local event will continue under the leadership and guidance of either other Rotarians in the club, or area, or another group.”

She says the Whangaparaoa Rotary Club is keen to remain involved where possible and will work closely with the NZ Soap Box Derby Trust in order to secure the event’s future.

“The Soap Box Derby Committee is keen to hear from anyone who might like to be involved with the event into the future and we can assure anyone that full support will remain in place,” Sarah says. “In the meantime the current committee is determined to make the 2017 event, and 10th Anniversary celebrations, bigger and better than ever.”

Info: phone Sarah Carr 021 428 037 or email sarahcarr.rotary@gmail.com

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