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Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers has won a reprieve for the weir, pending further public consultation.

Fury over plan to remove historic weir An Auckland Council plan to remove the historic weir across the Mahurangi River, close to the Bridgehouse bar and restaurant, has infuriated locals who insist it must stay.

But Auckland Council’s senior advisor for freshwater biodiversity Matt Bloxham is equally adamant the weir must go.

The weir was originally built to facilitate the supply of water to the Wilson cement works and is about 100 years old.

Mr Bloxham says the physical height and speed of water crashing over the weir make it near impossible for native fish – particularly whitebait – to scramble over the weir to get upstream to spawn. He says the weir threatens the long-term survival of the fish in the river.

He adds that removal of the weir is a permitted activity that requires no resource consent or public notification.

But following a public outcry from locals who treasure the weir for historical and aesthetic reasons, Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers says he has persuaded Council to suspend plans to dismantle the it until more public consultation has taken place.

It is expected a public meeting will be held in the Warkworth Town Hall early this year.

Meanwhile, Mr Bloxham remains unimpressed by arguments that insist the weir should stay for aesthetic reasons.

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Rain pours down on Warkworth in 2018 Warkworth experienced its wettest year this century following above average rainfall counts for eight months of the year.

A total of 1955.5mm of rain fell.

The previous record, since 2000, was 1780mm in 2003.

2018 had a particularly wet start to the year, with January seeing 179.5mm of rainfall. The only wetter January was in 2004.

February was the wettest ever this century, with 284mm falling, 27mm more than the previous high.

March through to June were all above average for rainfall. June boasted a record high of 258.5mm. The previous June record of 229mm was set in 2009.

The rain eased off from July to October, with those months recording a below average count.

But November was back above average and December came in as the second wettest this century, with 197.5mm of rain, just behind the 205mm recorded in 2011.

This proved a real contrast to December 2017, which so far is the driest this century with 22mm falling.

June 20 was the wettest day in Warkworth last year, with 85mm falling.

Christmas Eve came in as the second wettest day, with 79.2mm of rain.

In addition to being particularly wet, last year also proved very warm, with temperatures equalling the second hottest year on record in New Zealand.

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Arthur’s Pass experienced the wettest day last year, with 326mm of rain on November 8.

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Winds reached a national high of 187km/h at Akitio near Wellington.

At 17C, Leigh registered the highest average temperature in New Zealand recorded by National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research stations.

Alexandra recorded the highest temperature in NZ in 2018 at 38.7C, while Mt Cook Airport had the lowest at -10.4C. Milford Sound was the wettest place this year, with 6818mm of rain

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Locals furious over plan to remove historic weir

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impacting the entire fishery and will continue to have an impact for a very long time,” he says.

The problem is compounded by a second weir – known as a gauging weir – further upstream, close to Mahurangi College, which is an even more severe impediment to fish movement.

Council is already well advanced with efforts to replace the gauging weir with a “crump” weir, which will allow fish to cross it more easily.

But Mr Bloxham says one of the consent requirements for the gauging weir is that there must be a “catch and haul” programme, whereby fish are gathered downstream and released further upstream to ensure the fish population survives.

Mr Bloxham says once the gauging weir is removed, the catch and haul programme will end. He says therefore it is urgent to remove the Wilson weir.

Mr Bloxham adds that some have suggested using fish ladders to assist fish to get beyond the weir, but says these are expensive to maintain and subject to vandalism and flood damage.

But locals with strong connections to the Mahurangi River have rubbished Council claims.

The manager of Warkworth-based whitebait farm Manaki, Paul Decker, says while it’s true some weirs present difficulties for fish, this is not true of the Wilson weir.

“They have no trouble getting up, I have seen them get up,” he says.

Mr Decker says the declining number of whitebait in the Mahurangi River is due to the increasing amount of sediment flowing into the river from contaminated water, which has created an environment inhospitable to fish.

Another big killer of whitebait is hot water. As trees have been cut down along the riverbank, more direct sunlight has hit the water, raising its temperature and killing fish.

Mr Decker says if the weir is removed, the deep water it created will become shallower, heat a more quickly and expedite the demise of whitebait.

Peter Thompson, of the Mahurangi River Restoration Trust, agrees the decline in whitebait cannot be blamed on the weir.

“Back in the fifties and sixties, we used

to get heaps of whitebait and the weir was still there.” he says. The trust is currently engaged in a $5.1 million project to dredge the Mahurangi River.

Mr Thompson says the aim is to reap a host of aesthetic and recreational benefits for generations, but removing the weir would take away one of the river’s most attractive features.

Chair of the steering committee of the Jane Gifford Trust Dave Parker says the loss of the weir would be disastrous as it has enormous historical significance for the town, at various times serving not only the cement works but also a flour mill, jam factory and sawmill.

“I can remember as a schoolkid we used to swim at the weir, and when the circus came to town the elephants used to go in there for a wash,” he says.

Meanwhile, the president of environmental group Mahurangi Action, Tessa Berger, says the group is assembling a panel of experts for a Town Hall Talk on February 13 to discuss the issue.

“Any aesthetic value of the weir is probably outweighed by the negative impact on biodiversity, but that presumes that there are no acceptable alternatives that might allow the structure to remain,” she says.

Rodney is facing a looming crisis as already stretched road maintenance budgets are being plundered to fix rural roads destroyed by heavy trucks serving new housing developments.

Rodney Local Board deputy chair Phelan Pirrie said Auckland Transport (AT) staff had already identified 25 roads “absolutely destroyed” by business activities such as cleanfill soil removal for new housing, and the situation would only get worse as growth spread north.

He said one rural road near Kumeu had been ruined by hundreds of heavy truck movements visiting three cleanfill sites, and the $2 million it would cost to repair would be taken

from the standard road maintenance budget.

“So that’s $2 million worth of maintenance not being done, and that’s just one road,” he said at the December Local Board meeting.

“There’s no more money. Auckland is struggling to keep up with unprecedented growth.

“I don’t think people appreciate the effect of cleanfills. Roads down here have been completely destroyed.

It’s started happening in North Rodney and it’s going to get worse – Warkworth is about to get a ton of development in the next 10 to 20, or even 30 years.”

He said if things stayed as they were,

the situation would continue to deteriorate, as any increases in funding were being eaten up by increased costs across all sectors.

Board members heard that attempts

by AT to get operators to pay for some of the truck damage had failed in the Environment Court, and there seemed little Council could do to enforce such payments, since it was not a planning issue.

An initial agenda item that suggested the possibility of considering a new rate targeted at quarrying, forestry, and managed, clean and landfill businesses – that is, heavy truck operators in rural areas – was withdrawn, due to the size and scale of the problem. The meeting

heard that more research and data was needed for board members to fully understand the extent of the issue, let alone the wider public.

Mr Pirrie warned that there were no easy answers.

“Residents who are expecting maintenance won’t get it, roads are deteriorating – this is a serious issue and it’s not going to go away. We shouldn’t kid ourselves there’s some magic solution,” he said.

“We should be looking at the businesses that are causing it and are profiting from development.

If developer cleanfill companies contributed to a targeted rate, it could be done.”

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Save the weir It has come to my attention that an Auckland Council Environmental Department is planning to destroy the 100 plus-year-old weir that creates a pond back under the two bridges beside the Bridgehouse. This must not happen. My father Reg Hooper used to transport cream in cans, from Tauhoa through Kaipara Flats, to the then butter factory, situated on the banks of the river and right in the middle of town. As a small boy, I would ride with him. I believe this weir to be a very special icon that has always added to the character and uniqueness of the town of Warkworth. There will be literally thousands of photos taken of that scene, by both local families and tourists. It really is such a meaningful town feature with the weir, the bridge, the Bridgehouse building and the bush behind. I recall driving though France and coming to a town with a similar but larger weir. They are a noticeable feature in any town fortunate to have such a water feature and adds to the human fascination with water movement. It simply cannot and should not be removed on any count, and it is of real concern that an Auckland-based group could even consider it a possibility.

Maurice Hooper, Tauhoa, Wellsford & Snells Beach

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Of the six people asked for comment on the Hill Street intersection (MM Dec 12), two were from the same

household and are renowned for having strong views on this. Therefore, do these comments truly represent a cross-section of the community?

Stan Armiger, Snells Beach MM was unaware that any of those whose comments it chose to publish came from the same household. If we had been aware then we would have only printed one of the comments. Nevertheless, those published represented a range of views, none of which were identical – Ed

Follow up on follow-up I would like to thank Mr Knight for sharing his experiences with the public health system (Level of health care not the issue – MM Nov 14). I wholeheartedly agree with his comments, particularly those contained in the first two paragraphs. The public health system is a bewildering process to contend with at a vulnerable time. Further to this, and based on the situation I now find myself in, I would also strongly encourage anyone who feels they may have fallen off a followup list to make an appointment with their local GP. An experienced GP will have a good understanding of the hospital referral system and the capacity to make enquiries on behalf of their patient with the relevant District Health Board. I sincerely hope that Mr Knight is now getting the care he needs and promptly, and that publications such as yours will encourage efforts to rationalise the health services in this area.

Hilary McNaughten, Wellsford

Warkworth residents are up in arms about a section of footpath on Warkworth’s main street that has presented a tripping hazard for years.

Gloria Lawrie is the latest to complain to Auckland Transport (AT) after she witnessed a woman stumble on the footpath outside the ANZ on Queen Street last week.

Gloria, who is in her seventies, says she was told it would be 25 days before AT could respond to her complaint, a situation she describes as “ridiculous”.

“For elderly people or for anyone who has had a hip replacement or anything like that, it’s dangerous,” she says.

The problem is caused by two trees whose roots are lifting bricks in the footpath, creating an uneven surface.

The worst affected part of the footpath, closest to the road, has already been fenced off with cones and safety barriers.

A public bench seat is also within the fenced-off area.

“If you fell and tripped over you could not use the seat to recover, as it is all cordoned off,” Gloria says.

One Warkworth Business Association manager Murray Chapman says he also complained about the footpath sometime in the middle of last year and knows of several other people who

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Gloria Lawrie thinks delays in fixing the footpath outside the ANZ are ridiculous.

have done so over the last 12 months.

He says the footpath has been a problem ever since he joined the association about two years ago.

Mr Chapman says it would be sad to see the trees removed, especially as they provide good shade, but suggests they could be replaced with ones with deeper root systems that would not affect the footpath.

AT spokesperson James Ireland says footpath repairs have been delayed due to the time required to secure a resource consent from Auckland Council to remove the trees and for funding to become available. Repairs are expected to begin in April.

AT is currently working with Auckland Council to determine suitable replacements for the trees.

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Couple cut up over tree chopping A Snells Beach couple are dismayed by the apparent vandalism of at least two pōhutukawa trees at the northern end of Snells Beach.

Resident Mick Saunders was walking along the beach-side walkway on the morning of December 30 when he discovered two young trees had all of their branches removed.

Mick says the damage was too great to be a regular pruning exercise and the branches had been left lying over what remained.

“I walked the same path quite late the day before and the trees were fine, so someone has come in at night with secateurs to take them down,” he says.

While he wouldn’t like to speculate, the only logical reason he can think of for the offence is that someone doesn’t want their sea view obstructed.

Mick and his wife June also believe that two other young pōhutukawas in the vicinity have been poisoned, as they are dying.

“I just feel it’s really wrong. So many in the community got together to make that beautiful walkway and enhance it with plantings. For someone to put their selfish interests first is a bit mean.

“If we make a noise about it, they might be a bit more wary before they do it in the future.”

The couple did contact Auckland Council, which has since had its arboriculture contractor inspect the damage.

Auckland Council’s acting head of operational management and

maintenance, Gwyn De-Arth, says it appears to be an intentional attack on the trees, although one that should not be life threatening.

“Pōhutukawa are an iconic New Zealand tree and we take instances of poisoning and intentional damage seriously,” Gwyn says.

Maximum penalty for this offence is two years imprisonment or up to a $600,000 fine.

Council will be doing remediation work on the trees. This is not an isolated case.

Beach front pōhutukawas were poisoned in Arkles Bay in September last year.

Mick Saunders inspects one of the damaged pōhutukawa trees at Snells Beach.

Police heartened following quiet festive season North Rodney police are dubbing this summer one of the best on record after dealing with minimal amounts of crime and disruption.

The Christmas period sees large amounts of holiday traffic pass through the area and visitors for events such as Hidden Valley and Northern Bass.

Warkworth Police sergeant Mark Stallworthy says good behaviour at the main events was a huge positive.

“There were around 5000 people at the Hidden Valley concert in Matakana and none of our 20 officers on duty there had any issues with them,” Sgt Stallworthy says.

“The Warkworth Rodeo also ran smoothly with no disruption between protesters and organisers.

“We worked closely with the parties involved and that resulted in a letter from the protesters to say they felt safe this year.”

Northern Bass in Mangawhai was also a success with only a couple of minor incidents relating to intoxication and a handful of drink driving cases.

Mangawhai community constable Dale Wewege says it was one of the better summers.

“Usually we would have at least one major incident, but the only issue this

time was two males who knocked off nine letter boxes on Pearson Street,” Dale says.

Just one arrest was made in Warkworth on New Year’s Eve. This was for domestic violence in relation to intoxication.

Police also identified the offender who slashed a number of tyres at the bottom of Brick Bay Drive (See MM December 12). Meanwhile, Warkworth Police’s switch to a 24/7 operation is already proving effective after its first month.

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My favourite North Island kayaking spot is the Mahurangi. It’s as beautiful as Abel Tasman National Park or Queen Charlotte Sound, but quieter, less hectic and cleaner. Those scenic green hills as a backdrop to the most beautifully coloured water; pohutukawa-shaded beaches; tinted sand; submarine rock gardens filled with vibrant vegetation and fish; natural and cultural heritage; even the occasional leaping shark or passing dolphin; and just before Christmas, orca – we’ve got it all.

And there’s more – kayaking coastal cliffs; points and bays; camping in the lee of the old creosoted woolshed at Lagoon Bay; circumnavigating Mahurangi, Te Haupa and Motuora Islands; visiting Moturekareka’s old shipwreck, snorkelling.

I’ll kayak to beautiful beaches with my primus and kettle to boil up a cup of tea, leaving only my footprints at Te Muri beach or up the Puhoi. The delights of the wider Mahurangi make me fit and feel good.

It seems there’s plenty of sea life, despite the history of shark fisheries, dredging, and commercial and recreational catch. I’ve seen casual fishermen and women pull up big kingfish, people catching kaimoana within minutes of casting a line, families collecting shellfish from the rocks. But there’s another unseen catch that’s affecting the plenitude of the Mahurangi waters, as well as our oceans around the world – ghost gear. Fishing nets that have been dumped, abandoned or lost continue to catch and kill, almost forever. According to some studies, certain types of lost fishing gear can persist in the environment for up to 600 years. They’re indiscriminate and enduring. UN agencies estimate that around the world about 640,000 tonnes of ghost gear enter the oceans every year. They suggest that ghost gear could make up to between 46 to 70 per cent of all macro plastic in our oceans when measured by weight, and impact between 5 and 30 per cent of harvestable fish stocks, killing or injuring around 650,000 marine animals annually.

When I was delaying my return to my launch spot at Hatfield’s Beach recently, paddling around south of the boat ramp, I encountered a tangled ghost net, weighed down and immovable, with plastic bottles for floats. The net itself was covered with algae, so it had been in the water for a while. But there were fish throughout the net, in various states of decay – all dead, all wasted, all lost. It was too heavy for me to retrieve. The net was a threat to fish, vessels and swimmers. But it seemed no one in authority wanted to know. My calls to the Harbour Master, Coastguard and Fisheries NZ were futile. Most didn’t even return my call. Globally, as well as close to home, ghost nets lay to waste for no good reason, causing marine life to die in vain.

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Ghosts on our coastlines When Europeans first settled in the Mahurangi area, their reliance on local waterways was similar to our reliance on State Highway 1 today.

The rivers and wharves were hives of activity with passenger vessels plying between the main ports north and south. It was where timber and locally grown produce was exported to Auckland, and where vital provisions and household necessities were unloaded for distribution over rough and sometimes treacherous roads to outlying settlements.

Big Omaha was the home of a thriving shipbuilding industry, where at least 60 sailing vessels were built over half a century. The two family names chiefly associated with this era were Meiklejohn and Darroch.

Collisions and groundings among these coastal traders were not uncommon. Lives were often lost, sometimes without trace. Here’s a look at some of casualties of that early period ....

William Pope, topsail schooner In 1861, the William Pope was anchored off Pakiri where she took on a load of sawn timber from Messrs McIver and McMillan’s mill. The timber was rafted out to her, where it was loaded into the hold and onto the deck. She left on her way to Auckland on the evening on January 9 and was never seen or heard of again. The 16 people on board included a number of Pakiri people, as well as the captain and crew. The beaches were searched for weeks for any bodies that might be cast up, but none were found.

Elfin Queen, cutter clinkerbuilt The Elfin Queen came into Leigh Harbour looking for shelter.

There were three men on board and she was bound for the Hokitika diggings, which had just broken out. Having heard that provisions sold for a fabulous price there, these young men had loaded the cutter with flour and potatoes expecting to make a good profit from the cargo. The wind proved unfavourable for them to proceed on this voyage round the North Cape and they were compelled to remain in harbour for many days.

To help pass the time they would go up to Mr Wyatt’s house on the hill to spend the evenings, where they were made very welcome. They were jolly fellows who could sing a good song and tell a good yarn. Some of the young Wyatts would have liked to have accompanied them, but there was not room on the boat. When the weather proved favourable, the cutter left and was never heard of again.

Kapanui, Bill Laxon Collection, New Zealand Maritime Museum.

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The Kapanui met a fiery end when she burned to the waterline at the Warkworth town wharf in 1909. Prior to this final disaster, she had twice collided with rival McGregor Steamship Company vessels. In 1899, she was in a collision with the Rose Casey while competing to pick up passengers off Rodmersham, Mahurangi Heads; and in 1905, she was run down by the steelhulled Claymore, off Devonport Wharf, drowning five crew members. Her second officer was held to blame for the collision.

Rangatira, 52-foot cutter Built in Matheson Bay, at Little Omaha and launched in 1876, the Rangatira was owned by Tenetahi Pohuehue. The vessel was wrecked at Great Barrier Island.

The Zior, 76-foot schooner (topsail) Built by John Meiklejohn at Big Omaha. Launched in 1872, she was wrecked at Takatu Point in 1908.

Otimai, 99-foot schooner Built as an auxiliary schooner by GT Niccol, at Auckland in 1920, for the Northern Company.

She spent most of her sailing life plying between Auckland and Whakatane. Decommissioned in 1948, and the hull was run up on Moturekareka Island, near Kawau, in 1952.

Warkworth, 44-foot cutter Built by William Southgate at Mahurangi for John Brown, she was launched in 1874 and wrecked 15 miles south of the Kaipara lighthouse.

Ruakaka, a 75-foot scow (rigged schooner) Built at Big Omaha by John Meiklejohn and launched in 1882. It was stranded at Point Rodney in 1899 and was later converted to a lighter.

Lake Erie, 60-foot schooner Built at Omaha by John and Septimus Meiklejohn and launched in 1873, the ship was wrecked at Anderson’s Cave, near Bream Tail, in June 1879. The master was Henry Larley and the vessel was a total loss.

Kapanui, 74 tons, 100-foot steamer, built by R. Logan Snr of Auckland in 1898 for the Coastal

Lake Superior, 77-foot schooner scow Built at Pakiri in 1875 by George Callan Sharp for

Phillip Charles Dyer. The vessel stranded on the bar at Pakiri in August 1888 and, as was usual then, was considered a minimum catastrophe because it involved no loss of life. She was finally broken up in 1891.

Rose Casey, 103-foot, steamboat The Rose Casey, Jeremiah Casey’s finest and final steamboat, named for a daughter, served the Mahurangi from 1878 until 1905. She was built by Fraser and Tinne at Mechanics Bay (132 tons, 103 feet, twin engines and screws, 109 horsepower) and was also schooner rigged. The Rose Casey, under Captain Somerville, became an institution in the region before being wrecked on D’Urville Island, in the Marlborough Sounds.

Ruby, 31-foot, paddlesteamer Built 1876 at Shortland, Thames, by Robert Stone.

She had two 30hp engines and cutter rig, and was converted to screw steamer 1882 with a single 14hp engine. Ruby was wrecked at Mangawhai Bar and broken up on the rocks at the harbour entrance.

There were two fatalities.

Splendid, 358-ton barque Built as a whaler at Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, in 1835, the Splendid spent most of her life as a whaler before being converted to a coal carrier. Her first voyage was under the command of Captain Otis E Smith. On October 15, 1843, she departed from Edgartown, Mass., returning two-and-a-half years later with 450 barrels of sperm oil, 1900 barrels of whale oil and 19,000 pounds of whale bone for hoop skirts. She sailed to New Zealand for use as a coal carrier in 1873. But in 1890, while loading timber at Port Albert, she dragged her anchor, struck a reef and was wrecked.

Sources: Warkworth Museum, Papers Past, Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi

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Albertland Museum columnist Lyn Johnson and museum chair Paul Allen with an early version of the plan to extend the museum.

Museum expansion plans on drawing board “We have around $200,000 in the bank and hope to raise the balance through grants and fundraising,” he says.

Only about a half of the museum’s total collection is currently on display.

As well as journals and ships’ passenger lists dating back to the 1860s, there are unpublished manuscripts and thousands of photographs, including around 10,000 in the Marsh Collection and 20,000 from the Coast to Coast newspaper collection.

Lyn says the addition of a workshop will mean that items within the collection can be refurbished and restored on site, and this could provide a learning environment for students

Plans are underway at the Albertland and Districts Museum, in Port Albert Road, Wellsford, to double the size of the current building.

Initial drawings will see the extension built at a right angle to the current museum, toward Memorial Park.

It will provide additional display space and storage, as well as a special exhibition area and a workshop.

“Past volunteers created a building fund and we thought it was high time we got things started,” long-time volunteer Lyn Johnson says.

Museum chair Paul Allen says plans are still at an early stage, but the project could cost somewhere around $1 million.

and others.

“Being involved in hands-on conservation could mean we see more people actively involved with the museum, which would be really great,” she says.

The current museum was built 25 years ago and hosts around 1000 visitors a year, which often includes visiting academics and media. It is also an important resource for people from the district and further afield who are researching their family histories.

“While our emphasis is on the pioneering Albertland families, our collection includes a lot that relates to the wider Wellsford district,” Lyn says.

The Warkworth Bridge Club, in Alnwick Street, is inviting anyone interested in learning the card game to join a 10-week course starting on Monday, February 18.

Former teacher Jeanette Grimmer will run the Monday night lessons, which will teach the Acol system. She says that although the course is targeted at new players, anyone who hasn’t played for a while will find them useful as a refresher.

“There are many benefits from playing bridge,” Jeanette says. “It is good for mental health, as well as being inexpensive and social. New members soon discover that it can become addictive.”

The bridge club meets on Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday evenings.

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Rodeo organisers undeterred by protests Protests by around 70 animal activists failed to dampen the enthusiasm of Warkworth Rodeo organisers, who said they had a “fantastic” event on January 1, with more than 2000 people attending. Arena coordinator Paul Manton said they took the anti-rodeo demonstration in their stride, and are now focusing on pulling out all the stops for 2020, which will be Warkworth Rodeo’s 60th anniversary.

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With much tugging and pushing and somebody within the surgical team remarking on how this was more like calving a cow than performing intrathoracic surgery on a dog, the bone finally came out. A more likely object to lodged within the throat of a dog could not be engineered. It was large, circular, about the size of a golf ball with numerous prominences off it just asking to snag the throat of its consumer.

Ted is one of our toughest patients. He was sent home promptly the next day after a snarl revealed that his oesophagus was back to full function and would quite like to be tested on the arm of a tender young vet. He is back to full health now, and his very grateful owner has made one vet’s day by giving her a tearful, heartfelt hug!

Justin and Cynthia Oliver have found the fine art of cider making.

Cider makers seeking new markets after award success It was first time lucky for Justin and Cynthia Oliver when they entered the New Zealand Cider Awards and came away with a win.

The Matakana couple have produced organic alcoholic beverages for a number of years, but had never entered a competition before.

“We haven’t taken our Bohemian Ciders to the general market yet, but winning an award straight away indicates to us they should prove popular,” Cynthia says.

They already own and operate Free Range Wines, but saw an opportunity to enter the cider market.

“Justin works for Lothlorien Winery already and they bring in organic apples and have a proper press, so it seemed like a good idea to make some,” she says.

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“All of our drinks are made using wild fermentation and all natural ingredients, so they don’t taste like an artificial beverage.”

They currently have three other ciders in their range – Acid Drop, Tamarillo Amarillo and Original Cyn – and have produced around 6000 litres this year.

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shortstorycompetitionwinners It took a while for the Mahurangi Matters short story competition to hit its stride, but after extending the deadline and printing a few reminders in the paper and online, entries flooded into our Neville Street office …

Judges had their work cut out selecting the top stories from several outstanding entries.

Judges for the general section were Mahurangi Matters book reviewers Mary-Liz Corbett and Karen Sollitt and, for the teen section, Matakana teen fiction writer Jenni Francis.

The judges’ final choices were: General section: Winner: Scattered Thoughts by Bo Blazey, currently travelling Runner up: Wharf Jumping by Gabrielle McCulloch, of Algies Bay Teen section: Winner: Mahurangi Kaitiaki by Jodie Shaw, 13, of Warkworth Runner up: Treasure Hunters by Briar Minson, 15, of Wellsford Judges praised Scattered Thoughts for holding their interest from the first paragraph. The judges wrote: “The author’s ear for realistic dialogue between a couple who love each other was right on the mark. It was funny and moving – although there was a sense of unease that something was not quite right. The local area was

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woven in well with the storyline.”

They also praised Wharf Jumping for its portrayal of events that youth can relate to, including love, break-ups and “realising what two friends really mean to each other”.

In the teen section, Mahurangi Kaitiaki was singled out for its good humour, endearing characters and good dialogue and Treasure Hunters was commended for its well developed structure and plot and the well imagined conflict between the protagonist and secondary character.

Bo Blazey said the inspiration for his story came after talking to a friend whose family was having trouble agreeing where to scatter a loved one’s ashes. He is currently travelling in Europe and joked that he planned to spend his prize money on wine,

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Jodie Shaw, winner teen section

Briar Minson, runner up teen section

women and fast cars in Paris.

Gabrielle McCulloch said her story was prompted by memories of jumping off Sandspit Wharf.

Jodie Shaw was inspired by Warkworth’s corroded metal statues of birds and wondered if there could be a story behind them. Briar Minson was gripped by the idea of finding treasure somewhere in New Zealand.

Both Jodie and Briar are considering making writing a full-time career, perhaps in journalism, authoring books or screenwriting.

General section winner Bo Blazey won $400 and teen winner Jodie Shaw won $200. The runners up each received a $50 book voucher.

Judges said the best entries told a story, had believable characters, introduced

conflict and had a resolution that was satisfying to the reader.

They said other stories struggled because there were attempts to be too clever and literary, they contained too much descriptive writing or the writer was uncertain how to finish. But they said none of the entrants should be discouraged.

“Go for it. Write as much as possible and keep entering the competitions,” judges said.

Scattered Thoughts, Wharf Jumping and Mahurangi Kaitiaki are published in the following pages. Mahurangi Matters hopes to publish Treasure Hunters in the next issue.

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Scattered Thoughts A short story by Bo Blazey

Our bay at Tawharanui was looking like a giant tourist poster slapped on the world, all blues, greens and sharp, metallic sunlight. It had taken me three years to choose this perfect day.

‘Remember when we got naked and naughty on that grassy bank over there? You were so worried about someone seeing us, but I eventually managed to distract you.’

‘Rudey.’

‘Yeah, but it was fun. Wish we could do that again now.’

‘Well that’s not going to happen, is it?’

‘Guess not.’

I sat cross-legged on the grass, looking out at God’s ruler line between the contrasting blues of ocean and sky. The only clouds visible hid at the edges like fur trim on a cobalt coat.

‘You know I slept with another woman last weekend, don’t you?’

‘I had a feeling.’

‘My first in three years.’

‘Was it someone I know?’

‘No. Someone new. I couldn’t have done it with someone we both knew.’

‘How was it?’

‘I cried.’

‘You didn’t!’

‘I did. I couldn’t help myself. I thought I was going to be okay, but as soon as we had finished and I had just passed her some tissues, the tears started flowing and I got a big bowling ball of pain, guilt, loss, longing, all that shit, right in my chest.

And I started gasping, sobbing and even laughing

at myself.’

‘Poor woman. She must have been terrified.’

‘She hasn’t called me back in the last week. Do you think that’s a bad sign?’

I laughed until I suddenly felt that familiar spiky ache creeping up from my stomach to my chest to my eyes.

‘I’m working up to an epic cliché here, you know ... “the salt of his tears mixed with the salt of the ocean”.’

‘So, don’t cry. It’s been three years. Haven’t you cried enough by now?’

‘I’m not sure what enough is but certainly a lot. I’ve been much better. Before last weekend’s embarrassing episode, it had been at least two months since my last outburst.’

‘That’s pretty good. What launched that one?’

‘Seeing an old yellow scarf in the Hospice shop.’

‘Why?’ ‘That first night you slept over at my place, and we went to the movies at Matakana the next day.

You wore the yellow scarf my mum had knitted for me.’

‘Oh yeah, I remember that. And that was enough to set you off?’

‘It was. When I went next door to get a pie at Savan’s, they must have thought I was on drugs because my eyes were so red.’

I lay back on my towel, felt the thick kikuyu mattress beneath me, closed my eyes and listened to the susurration of the waves. The sea made pebbles chuckle and clunk as it shoved them up the shore and then slurped them back down again. Gulls

circled and cried, wounding my already delicate soul and layering nostalgia upon melancholy. The yellow scarf, childhood mudflats, walking at dusk on the beach, watching you try to control your hair and getting frustrated. I talked about your bosoms a lot, but I loved your hair.

‘It might be time.’

‘It’s long past time really.’

‘Yeah, I know, but it’s not easy.’

‘Just wade into the water, open the tin and let it go.’

‘That’s the thing, though ... letting it go means letting you go.’

‘You’ve already let me go. I didn’t give you a choice.’

I rummaged in my backpack for the old, rusty biscuit tin, the one with the flowers of New Zealand on it, the one you loved but it made anything stored in it taste metallic. I carefully removed the Sellotape that sealed the lid and placed the tin on the grass beside me. I looked at the faded flowers for a while, choosing my favourite – clematis – and tried to remember yours. A liquid gasp crept up my torso again when I couldn’t remember which it was. I looked out at the sparkling bay, exchanged a couple of loud inhales/exhales and stood, picked up the biscuit tin, and walked purposefully towards the ocean.

‘You’ve thought about this.’

‘Yes, I have. I’ve read too many stories about disastrous gusts of wind so I figured I would just swim out a wee way, sink the tin under the water and then pop the lid.’

‘You’ll get it all over you.’

‘Maybe, but not if I’m careful. And it will wash off by the time I swim back in.’

‘Keeping the tin?’

‘Keeping the tin.’

‘Go on then.’

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coming down to the shore and seeing me, maybe asking what I was doing. I checked the bay end to end – grey pebbles, pinky sand, lush, grassy amphitheatre – but I had the beach, the bay, the world to myself . . . to ourselves. A couple more steps took me to waist-deep, and I floated the tin on the surface of the water beside me. A slow, flushing panic rose up to cloud my brain; I wasn’t ready, it wasn’t the right thing to do, the day wasn’t right, you wouldn’t approve.

I grabbed the tin and waded back to shore, speedbreathing with fright, and sat myself down on the pebbles at the water’s edge. Breathe in the sun, breathe out the pain. Breathe in the sun, breathe out the pain. I knew how to get myself back under control but it took a while.

‘Are you OK?’ ‘I will be soon.’

‘Just relax. Go with your instincts. It’s all fine.’

‘Easy for you to say.’

‘Yes, but you just need to do this and move on.’

‘I know you’re right, but it’s hard. It just is.’

‘Take your time, keep the sun out of your eyes and be yourself.’

I laughed at that, one of my favourite movie quotes, and you can’t have a panic attack and laugh at the same time. So, taking yet more deep breaths, I grabbed my tin and headed back into the water, determined, blanking out all thought besides that of lying on my back, kicking my feet and paddling out to deep water with a biscuit tin perched on my chest.

Satisfied with the depth of blue beneath, I floated the tin beside me and eased one corner adrift with my fingers.

‘Careful now.’

‘I know. I’m just making sure it’s going to be easy to get the lid off.’

‘Maybe let a little trickle of water in so that it will be easier to sink.’

‘Always with the unsolicited advice. Some things don’t change.’

‘Sorry, just want you to be happy.’

‘Yeah, well, the better this goes, the less happy I will probably be so how about that for irony.’

‘Stop over thinking it. Just do it.’

So, I did. I lifted the corner up a little more, let in a slow trickle of water to replace the air inside the tin, and eased it down under the surface. A small wisp of grey dust rose out of the gap and swirled like a liquid ghost, and, that image being too much to dwell on, I quickly flicked off the lid and let your remains go for a final, eternal swim. I gently kicked backwards, swirling the tin a little in the water as I went to dislodge the ashes from all the corners, leaving a cloud behind me like a terrified squid. And I was terrified and elated and incredibly sad and relieved and confused.

I lay back down on my towel and sobbed for a good ten minutes, big chest-raking, snot dribbling, eye-puffing sobs. Then I ran out of water, breath and inclination.

‘I’m so proud of you.’

‘I’m tired. I think I’m in shock.’

‘You did well, and what better place and day than this.’

‘You’re still here.’

‘Of course. I’ll always be here. I’m not some dusty old ashes in a rusty old tin.’

‘I love that tin.’

‘I know you do. I love it too.’

‘I love you. Really, truly, deeply, forever and I’m still really pissed off you died.’

‘Understandable.’

‘Actually, I think I’m starting to get some vague sense of relief.’

‘That’s because you probably should have done this two years ago.’

‘Yeah, I know. Maybe I’ll ring that woman back and see if she wants to go on another date.’

‘Slow down tiger.’

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Jackson got his licence first. He drove to Warkworth every weekend in his red 2002 Mitsubishi Colt. For the first three weeks, I wasn’t even allowed my feet on the dashboard, by the fourth we were throwing left over Maccas fries and iced cokes into the back seat.

We ordered hot chips for four, split between two. He counted and slid each coin onto the table, four golds, two small silvers, and a round HMS Endeavour.

‘Don’t forget your change,’ I said, eyebrow raised.

He whacked my arm but my grin didn’t fade.

Each plank of wood along the edge of the Warkworth wharf is inscribed with the name of a person whose money helped build it – Williamson, Scott, Nelson, Scandrett. I walked on top of them, and the Mahurangi River walked beside. Jackson put his arms out.

‘You’ll fall.’

‘I won’t!’ I said and threw leftover hot chips to the seagulls.

Boats clung to the wharf, thick ropes wrapped around and around the mooring. I don’t think I ever saw a single boat out on Mahurangi River. Ducks and seagulls had the water to themselves.

Jackson has a wide face and large hands. He always bet me in thumb war, always lost in arm wrestling.

‘Best of three,’ he’d say. ‘I’ll win next time – best of three.’

Both of his parents are Korean. Jackson is his English name, after Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. I laughed when I first found out, played Thriller from my phone every time he entered the room.

Now, he glares when my hands twitch towards the aux cord. Jackson’s Mitsubishi Colt is a strictly No King of Pop Zone.

I spread my arms out, slowly walking along the edge of the wharf with careful balance. Movement.

Hands pushed me, my body lurched forward. I felt arms around my waist hurl me up. Green rushed below, nothing beneath my feet. I screamed.

‘Okay, okay,’ Jackson’s hands were raised. ‘I’m sorry! I’m sorry.’

I stepped a metre away from the wharf ’s edge.

‘You arsehole! This jacket is new!’

‘I’m sorry,’ he laughed.

I hit his shoulder to shut him up. I hate the water.

It’s the weightless feeling of not having solid ground beneath your feet. You’re open above, to the sides, below. You can twist and twist and never see, never know what’s around you. The ocean is full of the uncertain. By the wharf, my chips grew dark and sank into the deep green.

I moved to the city for uni. Jackson didn’t. I was going be a nurse, planned to since I was seven years old playing with my blue nurse’s cap mum found at the Matakana op shop. Jackson took a gap year. He worked hospo in the summer and surfed Omaha on his days off.

I guess that’s where he met Jess. During my first year of nursing, I started dating Eric. Every week Eric would ask if ‘we’ were ‘okay’. ‘You’re distant.

Why didn’t you reply to my good morning text? Are you hanging out with Jackson?’

Eric studied Engineering.

‘Engineering boys are sleazy,’ Jackson told me.

I turned to face him.

‘Jess studied engineering,’ I said.

‘She’s a girl – doesn’t count.’

She broke up with him over text. When Jackson told me, his face was as pink and blotchy as a watercolour rose. Turns out she was seeing someone else. I placed my hand over his cheek. It was soft like skipping stones, fuzzy like the plume of a toetoe. He brushed my hand away.

‘No biggie,’ he said.

The last time I saw Jackson cry we were seven.

He wet himself while we were watching the Wizard of Oz. All messy face and snotty pillows. He was terrified. His mum had to pick him up before I could finish the movie. Jackson avoided me for a full week. At lunch, he sat with the boys on the soccer field. I had to tell him I still slept with a dummy just to get him to look at me again.

‘Yeah, no biggie,’ I said.

My phone screen lit up the side of my face. It was Eric. You okay? We good? I clicked the ‘off ’ button and turned the screen over.

‘Why are you still with him?’ Jackson asked. He was sitting close to me now. His long dark hair curled behind his ears.

‘He’s nice,’ I said. Eric was nice.

‘It’s stupid to stay with someone just because you’re afraid to break up,’ he said.

The pillow on my lap had frayed tassels lining the edges. I twisted them through my fingers, braiding each one into plaits.

It was dark when we drove to the wharf. No one was on the roads, no one ever is at 2am. Jackson parked outside the Warkworth Library. I opened the door and all the heat slipped away to biting cold. It was low tide. The wharf boards were brittle, easy to break. Wooden pillars plunged into the water below.

They were covered by a line of green slime and barnacles which cut half way up. It marked the place where the water rises. In four hours the barnacles would be swallowed again.

‘Okay, we’re here. Just jump,’ Jackson said.

I threw my clothes aside, kicking at my jeans which clung to my leg. I pulled my singlet down tight to continued next page

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cover my white belly and flat breasts. Cold air whipped through my hair. Fabric was all I had between me and the water, between all those black waves of seaweed and eels, and crab’s claws. Beside Jackson was a large ‘no jumping’ sign. He leaned against his car, grinning.

‘Go on then,’ he said. Like I wasn’t gonna jump.

I tasted salt. Standing this close to the edge was not helping. I took a step back, bent down like a runner just before the gunshot. Ocean waves were visible in between the cracks of wharf boards, twisting dark, depth unknown. My breath quickened.

‘All right,’ I said.

My toes gripped the floor. Jackson said something that the wind stole. I surged forward, ran, and pushed. Stinging. Salt was in my ears, in my nose.

Eyes scrunched closed. Undersea sludge engulfed my feet. It rose around me, sucking in whole. I kicked off the ground in panic. A brown cloud spread through the water, taking me for part of the ocean, twisting my limbs into sea. The water, full of creatures and boat’s hulls and heavy chains and anchors. Frantic.

I hurdled my way to the slippery barnacle ridden stairs. Gasping I rose, dragged myself from the water. My body shuddered, moved like waves.

‘I can’t believe you actually did it!’ Jackson said.

He stood gaping by the no jumping sign.

‘I said I would.’

He handed me my mermaid towel, the one he kept in the boot of his car.

‘You’re cold.’

He wrapped his arms around me. He was warm – strong – stronger than I remember, stronger than when I bet him in arm wrestling on the floor of his grandmother’s living room.

‘You didn’t actually have to jump,’ he said.

‘But I did.’

The next morning, I put my still-wet clothes in a New World plastic bag and shoved it down the side of Jackson’s car door. My hair was riddled with salt, I hadn’t showered. The lock screen of my phone had five unopened messages, all from my boyfriend, Eric.

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‘Aye! Psst! Aye mate! Mateo!’

A heavily Kiwi-accented voice cut through the babble of chattering children, gossiping parents and water splashing softly against the riverbank.

Mateo looked around curiously, searching for the person who had spoken.

‘Down here!’ the voice whispered again, sounding urgent.

Mateo looked down, but the only thing that he saw was a duck waddling close to him. And then, the duck looked up, and it spoke.

‘Hey, kid,’ it quacked.

Mateo jumped back and the duck flapped its wings, looking startled.

‘Are… are you really speaking to me? And how do you know my name?’ Mateo asked nervously, believing that he might be dreaming.

‘Name’s Roderick, mate, but call me Roddy if you want, aye?’ quacked the duck.

‘Um, I, I don’t think that ducks can have names,’ replied Mateo carefully.

‘Of course they can! Youse humans never ask us.

That’s why you think ducks don’t have names. It’s quite rude,’ said Roddy the duck, looking ruffled.

‘Anyway, mate, I’m here to tell ya that the Mahurangi River guardians have disappeared! You have to help us find them. Us being the creatures of the river; ducks, eels, herons, all those animals,’ said Roddy, waddling away from the playground with Mateo walking next to him.

After they had reached the shade of some mangroves, Mateo asked Roddy what he meant.

‘Mahu River guardians? Stolen? I have to find

them? What are they?’ he asked Roddy.

Roddy shook his tail feathers impatiently.

‘Look, I said that humans never listen, but you were chosen by the great Māori ancestors of Mahurangi to be the protector of this town, and look after the land, so I know that you can help. I know that it sounds confusing, but it’s true. Every creature of the river needs the guardians for the Mahurangi River to be kept clean. Humans keep polluting it, and without the guardians, the river will dry up, and the creatures will leave. The guardians are a bunch of gods, but they change shapes, so they could just be ducks or eels, or a taniwha – now that would be cool!’ explained Roddy, flapping his wings.

Mateo twiddled his fingers in his pockets; he wasn’t sure that he wanted to meet a taniwha.

‘Don’t be nervous, bro, you were chosen for this.

Follow me, I think I know where the first of the three river guardians could be.’

Mateo followed Roddy reluctantly, wondering how stupid he must look talking to a duck. He did, however, want to keep the river creatures healthy and safe; he couldn’t imagine Warkworth without them. Eventually, Roddy stopped near a jetty and swam out.

Mateo was just about to say that he probably couldn’t swim or see well in the murky water, when Roddy paddled into a clump of mangrove trees and up to a big boulder, which he pecked once, as if it was to open up into a secret entrance, which it didn’t. But then, the rock opened up an … eye! A large, brown eye with rocky wrinkles around it, and it stared up sleepily at Mateo, blinking. And then

the rock grew a nose, and another eye, and a mouth, and ears!

Mateo wanted to run away, but he didn’t; he was too curious.

‘What is it now, Rodd? You always wake me up … but, hold on!’ said the rock, its tired voice starting to sound excited. ‘That’s the warrior! Has he come to find the guardians?’ the rock asked.

‘Yep, he sure has. So, Rocky, any idea where Tinirau would be? Ya know, god of fish?’

‘Well, last I heard, he was hiding somewhere in this river disguised as a whitebait, but who knows?

There’s been so much fishing going on here that he might have been turned into a sandwich. People fishing whitebait just for a measly sandwich to eat.

Wasteful.’ said Rocky tiredly, his eyes bleary.

Mateo nodded and Roddy quacked, both agreeing.

‘Thanks for your help, we’ll go look for him.’

And Rocky turned back into quite an ordinary rock.

After a few more minutes of walking with Roddy, Mateo reached Lucy Moore Park and followed Roddy onto a bank hidden by bamboo.

‘I reckon that I could get him,’ said Roddy, diving down with his fluffy duck butt bobbing on top of the water. He emerged after a few minutes, a whitebait in his bill that he was holding tightly, the small fish flailing around to escape. Roddy climbed the bank, and spat the fish out, wiping his beak on his wing.

The fish continued to flop around, but Roddy convinced Mateo that the whitebait was Tinirau, the god of fish. And it turned out that it was, because it gave one last flop and transformed into a darkskinned man with magnificent tattoos of the ocean and sea creatures that Mateo had never dreamed of.

The man looked quite grumpy to have been found by Roddy, who was looking as smug as a duck could look.

Tinirau crossed his arms and spoke in a deep voice full of sulkiness.

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out of hiding soon enough … and it’s rude to just grab someone like that, Rodd! Anyway, Mateo, nice work. The next guardian is in one of the mangrove patches. His name is Haumia, god of vegetation. I promise to go back to protecting the river, etcetera, blah blah.’ And with that, Tinirau transformed back into a whitebait and flopped back into the river.

Roddy told Mateo that Tinirau’s promise was good enough, and then they walked and waddled off to another mangrove patch that was particularly dense, the twisting trees deep in mud. Roddy and Mateo looked around, searching for Haumia. They had been looking for a while when Mateo noticed a distant noise that he hadn’t noticed before; a frantic chirping noise made by a tiny green and white bird a few trees away; it seemed to have gotten tangled in a plastic bag stuck in the branches of a tree. Mateo hurried over and gently freed the bird, which sat in his hands and looked up gratefully at him. Then it fluttered to the ground and transformed into a man with brown skin and many tattoos of birds and ferns.

‘Ah, choice mate! Thanks for that, my feathers were pretty tangled there! I wouldn’t have gotten stuck there if someone had kept the plastic bag on them instead of chuckin’ it, aye? Thanks for helping me out,’ said Haumia, sounding cheery.

Mateo grinned. Helping out made him feel good about himself.

Haumia then turned back into a bird and twittered.

‘The next god is by the dam under the bridge! His name is Táne-mahuta, god of the forest and all birds.

Good luck!’ And then he flew off into the clouds.

Roderick and Mateo walked to the dam. They explored around the place for a long time, but they had no luck. The sun was starting to go down over the tops of the trees, and Mateo would have to walk home soon. Mateo was just starting to wade deeper when he slipped on a rock. He expected to hit water, but instead he found himself rising up on a hard, wet surface like a stone.

Roderick quacked loudly and flapped his

wings, panicking.

‘Mate, you’re standing on top of a taniwha!’

Mateo looked down, and, sure enough, he was on the back of a monster as big as a bus with brown scales and dark, small eyes. The creature smiled at Mateo, showing its many sharp teeth, its powerful legs relaxing as it sat down in the shallow water, Mateo sliding off and landing gently.

‘I am Táne-mahuta, the greatest guardian of the Mahurangi River, and I am glad that you found me, Mateo. Humans have been polluting this river for so long, that the guardians had to go into hiding, but, thanks to you, you found us, and now we can go back to protecting the land,’ said Táne, turning slowly into a man.

And then all three guardians appeared in front of Mateo, bowed, and turned into beautiful birds, flying to different parts around the Mahurangi River and transforming into metal birds where they stand to this day, watching over the Mahurangi River to remind us to do the same.

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Easy way to buy local

Photo, Paul Donaldson on a Samsung.

Even Santa hit the beach.

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At least once a day, there are posts on local community Facebook groups seeking recommendations for places to buy things and for service providers – from the butcher and baker to candlestick maker and everything in between. Well, not quite the candlestick maker, but you get the point.

With this in mind, One Warkworth has developed a new website with an optimised business directory. This is not just a massive database nor a digital version of the old Yellow Pages, where you have to flip through pages to find what you’re looking for. This is a comprehensive platform enabling users to filter searches so they can instantly identify, learn about, and contact local businesses relevant to them. Every business listed in our directory is also a One Warkworth member, so we know they are committed to working collaboratively to see our local community prosper. For members, the directory provides significant benefits. The most obvious one is making their business visible to the local community. Our directory also gives members control over their business listing, so it can be updated with complete and accurate information at any time. The One Warkworth business directory also has a customer review function. Word of mouth has always been the most trusted source of reviews, but today more than ever, people are seeking out and trusting online customer reviews.

Our mobile-friendly website means reviews can be posted in real time.

I hear some businesses lamenting the prospect of a negative review. My advice is, don’t fear a negative review. As long as you know how to properly handle it, the cost of one negative review is far outweighed by the benefit of many positive reviews. A mix of reviews can actually strengthen your reputation, showing you’re a genuine, healthy company with nothing to hide. When someone searches our business directory, it will display a list of relevant results each with a brief snapshot of all relevant businesses. This means your business is still being seen and familiarity with your brand is increasing, even if your listing isn’t clicked on, which will contribute to overall brand awareness. The business directory will also contribute to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) by providing additional information that will help rank your website higher in the results for applicable searches.

Online business directory sites are also more trusted by search engines. Google’s first page of search results often contains results from online directories. By getting in our directory, members will benefit from SEO, with their websites showing up earlier on Google and other search engines. So, if you’re looking for a business, visit our new website onewarkworth.co.nz, or to enjoy the immense benefits of being in our online directory, contact me on 027 496 6550.

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TRADE & SERVICE DIRECTORY ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE ONLY $59+GST* PER INSERTION

Phone 425 9068 for more information or email your advertisement to design@localmatters.co.nz *for a three insertion contract.

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Geotechnical Structural Roading, Stormwater, Wastewater Resource Consents Building Consents

Structural, Civil and Geotechnical Consulting Engineers

P: 09 425 9422 • info@ashbyconsulting.co.nz

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COFFEE | CONCRETE | CONSTRUCTION | EARTHWORKS | ELECTRICAL | ENGINEERING | FARMING CAPSULES COMPATIBLE WITH NESPRESSO® MACHINES

RICHARD

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021 085 12024 | mcc_enquiries@xtra.co.nz

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Phone 09 425 5491 • Mobile 027 275 1172 neilkose@live.com

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WILCOCK LTD

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BOBCAT & DIGGER EXCAVATIONS

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Jeff: 0274 887 882 jeffelley@xtra.co.nz

A E Inger Electrical

ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE & INSTALLATION

We cover: all aspects of electrical work for farm, housing and industry.

We cover: Maungaturoto, Kaiwaka, Mangawhai, Wellsford, Port Albert, and Warkworth areas.

We offer: 24 hr cover, seven days.

09 423 7003 | 021 423 735

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ABSOLUTE CONCRETE Moosome Concrete Troughs!

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January16, 16,2019 2019 Mahurangimatters Mahurangimatters 3 3 January FENCING | FLOORING | FURNITURE | GARAGE DOORS | GLAZIERS | HAIR/BEAUTY | HIREAGE | JOINERY

RODNEY TRELLIS Trellis - Panels - Fencing Installations - all shapes and sizes Specialities: Framed Archways – Superior Trellis Pedestrian Gate Frames (mortised) Trellis spray painting / oiling Gazebo's ~ dove cotes ~ pergolas

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872 Kaipara Flats Road Ph: 425 7627 • Fax 425-7625

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Trellis Guy Snells Beach • Warkworth • Orewa

• Custom made • Quality material • Quality workmanship

Also see Lance for your supply of Native and Landscaping plants

Ph 09 422 5737 • 027 272 7561 Fax 09 422 5800

FLOOR SANDING - FLOOR PREPARATION FLOOR SANDING - FLOOR PREPARATION Polyurethaning:- Wooden Floors, Particle Board & Cork Cork Tiles:- Natural & Coloured Enviro Friendly Products available

KAE JAE CONTRACTORS (LTD) PHONE KEN 0274 866 923 or A/Hrs 09 422 3716

How are your customers looking for you?

Inspiring Interior Items

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Rodney Garage Doors

(1998 LTD)

repair • supply • automate

29 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth 09 425 0258 • 0274 425 025 rodneygaragedoors@gmail.com

WINDSCREEN REPAIR OR REPLACE GLAZING SERVICES MIRRORS • SPLASH BACKS • SHOWERS

0800 70 40 10

info@northglass.co.nz • www.northglass.co.nz

Wellsford

ALUMINIUM & GLASS GLASS & ALUMINIUM

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Domestic and Commercial Glazing Glass Showers Splash Backs Mirrors • Cat Doors Windscreen Replacement and Chip Repair

arkworth lass & lazing

20 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth 09 425 8678 • 021 952 077 wwglassandglazing@xtra.co.nz

FOR ALL YOUR GLASS, GLAZING, AND ALUMINIUM NEEDS

53 Station Road, Wellsford • Phone (09) 423 7358 Email: wellsfordglass@xtra.co.nz

Beauty Therapy & Nail Creations for head to toe pampering

Alison Wech

C.I.D.E.S.C.O, C.I.B.T.A.C, dip Beauty Therapy, dip Electrolysis, dip Body Therapy, dip Nail Technician

46 McKinney Road, Warkworth Mob 021 051 3661 • Ph 09 425 7776 tlcbeautytherapynails@yahoo.co.nz

• Facials • Waxing • Tinting • Gel Nails • Acrylic Nails • Manicures • Pedicures • Electrolysis • Make-up • Body Wraps • Massage • Spray Tans

For information about our exceptional windows & doors talk to Fairview Rodney on 09 425 7367, or stop by our showroom at 74 Hudson Rd, Warkworth.

BICYCLE MECHANIC

Shimano approved Fully equipped workshop Road Bikes Mountain Bikes Full Suspension BMX Bikes Parts & Accessories Matakana Bikes | 09 423 0076 Now located at Matakana Country Park, 1151 Leigh Road, Matakana info@matakanabicyclehire.co.nz

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THE ULTIMATE ALUMINIUM

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We specialise in: • Vantage Aluminium Joinery • APL | Architectural Series • Metro Series

09 425 7510

7 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth

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YOU CAN RELY ON THE TEAM AT COMPOSITE JOINERY WITH OVER 30 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE

Kitchen Colours

and Wood Finishes

Spraypainters of quality kitchens Lacquers, enamels, urethanes, 2 pacs, clearcoats Resprays and Recolours

Phone / Fax Gary 425 7669 Unit 21/30 Hudson Road, Warkworth

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JOINERY | KITCHENS | LANDSCAPING & SUPPLIES | MARINE | MEDICAL | MOVING & STORAGE | PAINTERS & PLASTERERS | PICTURE FRAMING

CONTRACTING

Residential and Commercial Landscape Design • Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments reports for Council consents

Christine Hawthorn 021 407649

www.hawthornlandscapes.co.nz christine@hawthornlandscapes.co.nz

For your next landscaping project call Shaun on

• 4 x 4 Truck & Digger Hire • Excavation • Earthmoving • Tractor & Ride-on Mowing • Lifestyle Property Services • Garden Design

Including timber work, garden maintenance and pathways

09 422 9514 • 021 831 938 www.junglefix.co.nz

021 0874 3772

TOTAL LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION for complete quality projects

• Lawns - contouring & seeding • Top soil • Retaining Walls • Driveways • Paths • Digger • Truck • Tractor Phone Bruce 425 7766 a/h 021 055 4226 I take the hard work out of Landscaping

• Retaining Walls/Decks • Fences • Paving/Concreting • Planting • 1.7 tonne digger and operator hire Ph Jeff - 021 368 552 | warkworthlandscaping@gmail.com www.warkworthlandscaping.co.nz

FREE LOAN TRAILERS • HOME DELIVERIES 7 DAYS 09 425 9780 • 25-31 Morrison Drive, Warkworth

www.centrallandscapes.co.nz

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STORAGE

DELIVER! •Tirau Gold•Pine Chip•Cambian Bark

183 SANDSPIT RD, WARKWORTH • OPEN 7 DAYS! Mon-Fri: 7am-5pm Sat: 7am-4pm Sun: 9am-3pm

MAHURANGI MASSAGE

We dig weekends.

Topsoil • Compost & Garden Mix • Lawn Mix Grass Seed • Bark • Pebbles • Stones • Sand Drainage • Metal • Fertilisers and much more!

WE CAN •Sand•Metal•Shell•Pebble•Scoria •Mulch•Garden Mix•Topsoil•Compost

The re-tube specialists New boats from 2.1 to 5.5m Full repair service on any inflatable brand. 100% NZ Made

1487A State Highway 17, Dairy Flat Ph: 021 570 505 • em: info@seafarerinflatables.co.nz

www.seafarerinflatables.co.nz

MASON CONTAINERS LIMITED | Container Sales | Container Hire | Self Storage | Hiab Cartage

Therapy Headaches?

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Christine 027 477 5594 | 24 Westpark Glen, Warkworth

WARKWORTH

REMOVALS

• Owner Operator • Local and Long Distance • Packing Service • Packing Materials

0800 833 323 Visit to view containers at 76 Hudson Road, Warkworth admin@masoncontainers.co.nz | masoncontainers.co.nz

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James Taylor 0275 489 104

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09 425 9679

CraigthePainter

Since 1997

• Residential Specialists • Interior | Exterior • Plus Stopping & Skim Plastering

021-858 524 | 09-423 After 8521 Hours Email: craigthepainter@xtra.co.nz

PaintingPainting Paperhanging Paperhanging Roofs Roofs Airless Spraying Airless Spraying StoppingStopping (small jobs) RepaintsRepaints New Homes New Homes

For Foryour yourFree FreeQuote Quoteand/or and/orConsultation Consultation, PhoneGary Gary Phone Home:09 09-422-6695 Home: 422 6695 Mobile:021 021-024-44941 Mobile: 024 44941 Email:leighdecorators@outlook.com leighdecorators@clear.net.nz Email:

Husband & Wife team • harley.mcvay@xtra.co.nz

Harley 021 0220 8727 or 09 423 9012

WARKWORTH PICTURE FRAMERS

Your Painter/Decorator with over 30 years experience serving all surrounding areas.

Leigh Decorators

Exterior/Interior/Roofs/Staining

COMPLETE CUSTOM FRAMING SERVICE Painting and Decorating New builds • Re-paints • Re-stains • Roofs • Commercial • Water blasting Ph: Luke 021 507 463 luke.raphaella@gmail.com

David and Pat Little P. 09 425 8143 E. the_littles@xtra.co.nz 15 Coquette Street,Warkworth 0910 DAVID LITTLE GCF

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PLUMBING | PROPERTY MAINTENANCE | ROOFING | SCAFFOLDING | SECURITY | SEPTIC TANKS | SHUTTLES | SURVEYORS | TAXI | TILING | TV AERIAL & DIGITAL

& DRAINLAYING

Helping you with plumbing, drainlaying, jet machine & drain camera

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For any queries, please contact us on:

09 424 1262

021 102 4561

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TRIED – TESTED – TRUSTED

18A Silverdale Street, Silverdale

B HOUSES BEACH H

NZ

Chris Drabble Contracts Manager

Holiday Home Property Management

• New Roofs • Roof Repairs • Re-Roofs • Roof Inspections

Full or Partial Year Management | In the region for 18 years

Same great team you trust, with a fresh new look!

Call for a chat or a no-obligation proposal on your property Jeanette 021 533 846 | Jeanette@beachhouses.co.nz www.beachhouses.co.nz

ROOFING NZ

Specialists in long-run roofing M:021 737 587 P:09 422 2131 Free Phone:0800 649 324

For a fresh approach in Property Management, with proven results.

Serving Puhoi to Ruakaka.

E: chris@rightnowroofing.co.nz

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Servicing Auckland - Rodney - Kaipara

Metroscaff Limited

New • ReRoofs • Cladding Specialists Covering Rodney in Long-Run Iron Local Quality Guaranteed

Matt Tickle Licensed LBP MacJimray Septic Cleaning Services are the

Mobile: 021356965 Home: 09 425 6311 septic tank cleaning specialists in your district.

Email: iron.man@xtra.co.nz Residential to commercial, fast, reliable, professional service at competitive rates.

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For your safety we have: • Experienced Qualified Scaffolders • Full range of Equipment • Including Alloy Mobile & Builder’s Props

PHONE 0800 622 7929

OMAHA - SNELLS BEACH - WARKWORTH - MANGAWHAI Member of Scaffolding and Rigging New Zealand

- Residential & Light Commercial - Quick Stage - OSH Standards - Tube & Clip - Qualified Scaffolders - Reliable Service P 09 425 0300 M 021 774 653 F 09 423 0017 admin@metroscaff.co.nz www.metroscaff.co.nz

Serving and Protecting our Community for over 15 Years

• Rural & Urban Subdivision • Boundary Locations • Site Contour Plans • Construction Set-out

.

Septic Tank/Grease Trap Cleaning Septic & Sewerage Treatment Systems

Don’t let your septic tank become costly - service it now!

Rupert Mather 021 425 837 Graeme Smith 021 422 983 23 Bertram Street, Warkworth

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL Taxi Coach & Bus Hire TMV Private Hire Save time heading to and from the Airport and use our Shuttle Service which has access to the Northern Busway.

Do you have a Function coming up?

We have a wide range of vehicles to help get everyone safely to and from any event.

Phone 09 425 0000

info@warkworthtaxiandbus.co.nz

• New Alarms - Design, Install & Service • CCTV - Design, Install & Service • Panic Alarms • Fire Alarm Systems • Access Control Systems • Alarm Monitoring • Rapid Response 24/7 • Premise Patrols • Lockup Checks

09 425 7393 admin@wwsurveyors.co.nz

FOR ALL YOUR SECURITY NEEDS!

Hibiscus Tiling

Contact Insite for your

Wall & floor tiling • Accredited Waterproofer Underfloorheating • Free consultations and quotations • 23 years experience

FREE SECURITY appraisal.

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Phone Darcy 021 482 308

Digital Freeview Satellite Installation & Repairs

TV • FM Aerials • Tuning Additional TV Outlets Phone David Redding 09 422 7227 or 0274 585 457

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Household Water Deliveries 0800 747 928 mobile: 027 556 6111

Pump & Filtration Services (2007) Ltd

clean. care. repair.

WATER TANK CLEANING & REPAIR SERVICES

Warkworth: Phone Karl or Kylie Oldham 027 240 7791 email: mobikair.rodney@gmail.com

Mangawhai: Phil Lathrope 431 4608 | 021 642 668 email: mobikair.mangawhai@gmail.com

www.mobi-kair.co.nz

steve@aquafilter.co.nz

Rodney Sales & Service 09 422 3245

We Service All Leading Brands! www.aquafilter.co.nz

31 Woodcocks Rd, Warkworth 09 425 9100 splashwater@xtra.co.nz

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BEREAVEMENT

EILEEN CILIA BOLER Born 16 March 1929.

Passed away peacefully at North Shore Hospital 14th December 2018. Loving wife of the late Lynn C Boler. Loving Mum to Sheryl, Selwyn and Michelle, Verilynn, Janice and John. Loving Nana of 8 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. According to Eileen's wishes a private cremation has been held. Communications to: Tauhoa RD4 Warkworth.

BUILDING SERVICES BUILDER - Experienced Licenced (LBP) All types of building work considered.

Excellent references available. Ph; Chris 027 276 6639

DRIVEWAYS

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FOR LEASE

HOME MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT

OFFICE SUITE, WELLSFORD 1st floor, 74.1m2, modern and sunny.

09-425 4233 or 021-0242 9555

HANDYMAN Carpentry, small jobs, rubbish removal etc Ph/Txt Dave 027 420 5155 STUMP GRINDING, Gorse mulching and Section Clearing. Fully qualified and experienced. Ph. James 021 330 212 james@stumpmaster.co.nz WATER FILTERS - Underbench, Whole house, UV & water spotting, Work Guaranteed. Ph Steve 094223245 steve@aquafilter.co.nz WATER PUMPS - no water? old cast iron pump? Sales Service & Installation.

Work Guaranteed. Ph Steve 09 422 3245 steve@aquafilter.co.nz

RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE Ground floor, main street, Wellsford, has kitchenette & basement.

Ph: 021-0242 9555 FOR RENT

Commercial Unit for Rent

Available immediately Top of Glenmore Drive, Warkworth - road front unit.

105sq metres - includes offices with mezzanine storage, workshop with large roller door in front. Amenities include toilet & lunchroom area.

Rent $1196 per/month + outgoings.

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Diets, fads and New Year’s resolutions I have never been one for New Year’s resolutions. Maybe I am too cynical, but it seems like a cheap promise made on the spur of the moment (and maybe just from some over-indulgence in New Year’s cheer).

It has a similar flavour to the concept of dieting and, interestingly, the two concepts often meet at the same time! Needless to say, even with the best of intentions, the follow-through is often lacking. After 20 years of watching people promising the moon in my clinics, I have adopted a subtler approach.

Essentially, I suggest that when we make changes, especially with respect to health, gradual is better in the long run. The caveat to this is if you have a life-threatening condition, of course. Ultimately, we are talking about a lifestyle change, as opposed to a radical dietary change and the results are typically slower, but they are more permanent.

When I talk about gradual changes I am not referring to being half-hearted and inconsistent, but more about changing one or two things at a time that may be critical to your health.

So, for instance, if you are drinking alcohol every day and are concerned about your weight or have low energy levels, in this instance a good change may be to only drink alcohol moderately on the weekend, and not at all during the week.

The idea being that you don’t deprive yourself too much and then, in time, resent this choice and go back to old habits. But the balance here is that you make enough changes to actually get some tangible benefits. The benefit has to outweigh the difficulty of the change, or it will be harder to stick with it.

Here are a few tips: • Tell a friend or, even better, embark on the new changes with a friend • Find some appropriate ways to measure the results of your new lifestyle. Look at all the possible benefits.

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• Take the time to acknowledge how well you have done and reward yourself.

If you have saved money from a change, then spend some of that money on a reward that will benefit your health, like a massage, a weekend away or dinner at a nice restaurant.

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Mandy Thomsett-Taylor incorporates colourful stitching in her multimedia painting and drawing.

Painting al fresco will be on the cards with watercolour tutor Bernadette Parsons.

Diverse crafts and skills courses return to Matakana in May Glass etching, knife making and the Japanese art of repairing ceramics with gold leaf are just a few of the diverse crafts and skills being taught at this year’s Creative Matakana, a week of workshops and courses in the second week of May. There are 17 activities on offer, all taught by experts in their field, ranging from one-day art and architecture tours up to a week-long course on making a wooden Windsor chair from scratch.

There are 10 five-day courses, including iron sculpture with Jeff Thomson, writing with Joe Bennett, watercolour painting with Bernadette Parsons, painting and drawing with Mandy Thomsett-Taylor, wood sculpture with Louise McRae, non-toxic printmaking with Mark Graver,

glass etching and vitreographs with Elizabeth McClure and oral history with Judith Fyfe.

There are also three one-day workshops devoted to Japanese craft and culture this year, including kintsugi (repairing pottery with gold leaf ), furoshiki (creative fabric wrapping), sogetsu ikebana (floral arrangement)

and shibori (indigo dyeing).

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by Jo Connor and Vivienne Kerr, and it is modelled on a long-running art school in Wanaka.

Information and bookings for all activities is available online at creativematakana.nz

Eateries on the road People wanting a taste of the world don’t have to go far with the Moveable Feast back in Matakana until February 23. The weekly food truck-fest is held behind St Leonard’s Anglican Church, Matakana Valley Road on Saturdays between 5pm and 9pm. This year’s feasts include cuisine from France, Japan, Mexico and the Philippines. Other options range from wood-fired pizza to dessert wraps, and vegan burgers for those not eating meat. Various local artists will play during the nights to entertain while you eat and the event is zero waste. Musicians interested in playing at Moveable Feast can contact Justin 021 880 864.

Experience the magic of Matakana, stay at one of our luxurious new Plume Villas and dine at the acclaimed Plume Restaurant.

Your fabulous weekend getaway starts right here.

A one-hour scenic drive north of Auckland, and 5 minutes from Matakana township, lies Plume Restaurant – an oasis for gourmet travellers in a coastal country setting.

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Unexpectedly airborne Reporter and aviation nut Ben Donaldson loved hearing all about Chris Pote’s adventures on his RAF centenary flight to Kaipara Flats Airfield, but he really couldn’t imagine what flying in such a small plane might feel like. Until he mentioned that fact to Northern Aviators Club member Brian Millet …

Chris Pote, left, and Abby McGill with the Eurofox microlight at Kaipara Flats Airfield.

RAF Anniversary flight reaches the Flats Attendees of the Northern Aviators Club annual Christmas event landed a special surprise last month with a visit from UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Wing Commander Chris Pote.

Chris had flown a microlight for 186 hours from England, with 23 stops, to reach New Zealand as part of the RAF 100-year anniversary.

He and officer cadet Abby McGill touched down at Kaipara Flats Airfield from North Shore Aero Club on December 8.

Chris spoke about his trip and described some of the hairy and amusing moments he encountered.

These included pulling up alongside Boeing 777 planes at the airport and landing at Bangkok in pitch black after being delayed by strong headwinds.

He flew a Eurofox, weighing in at just 300kg, that had an additional two fuel tanks, giving it a range of over 2000km. Four co-pilots, including Abby, joined him for various parts of the trip.

As Chris went to leave, he got back out of the plane and drew laughter from club members with the memorable line, “You would think after 20,000 miles I would remember to get the keys out of my pocket before I got in the plane.”

Around 55 people and 18 aircraft were at the Christmas event, which raised $230 for Harbour Hospice.

Northern Aviators Club secretary Keith Morris says the day was a huge success and that the special visit from Chris was well received by members of the club.

It’s Parakai Airfield owner Harvey Lockie who kindly offers to take a rather excited me up in his microlight.

I haven’t really had time to decide whether I’m nervous or not about taking off in this tiny twoseater with a propeller and a stranger, but I reckon the fact that he’s been flying for 30 years and still lives to tell the tale is a good start.

He gives me further confidence by taking me through the pre-flight inspection. This stuff may seem mundane, but it’s pretty darn important before you chuck yourself into the air.

We run our hands along the flaps and the propeller to make sure they haven’t sustained any damage while on the ground. Next up is getting in, which is no easier than throwing yourself onto a horse. I use the step to avoid damaging the wing flaps and carefully get myself over the seat before dropping down into it. It’s a really snug fit, with only one place for your legs to go. If you’ve ever been tucked up in a sports coupe, then you’ll know what I’m talking about; real fighter pilot stuff.

Harvey gets in and shows me how to lock up the cockpit. It’s a clear dome that closes just over your head, hinged at the front like the bonnet on an Aston Martin.

He hands me a headset, an indication that things are going to get noisy, and we taxi to the start of the runway, a grass strip about 800 metres long.

I’ve done this on the smooth tarmac at Auckland plenty of times, but it’s a whole different feeling, bobbing up and down over every inconsistency in continued next page

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the turf here.

As we taxi, he runs me through what all the controls mean and checks the systems. He points out one large red stalk with a handle and says, “If I die while we’re up there, pull that and a parachute will eject to land the plane safely.” Surprisingly, this actually makes me feel safe; I guess the alternative is free-falling.

Finally, we’re facing the runway. The whole green strip wide open in front of us. I can imagine how pilots must feel before take-off now – as though you’re about to take on a real challenge.

Take-off is always my favourite part of any flight. Nothing beats being forced back in your seat by something that has enough power to actually get you off the ground and keep you that way. However, I can now say that it’s a whole new feeling in a microlight. At 1300cc, its engine is half the size of the one in my car.

I have memories of Boeing 747s that feel like a mountain being pushed by fast elephants.

This is more like a paper plane being pulled by a fly. But it’s amazing how easily it lifts off from the ground, weighing in at just 350kg itself and only about 500kg with us on board. We’re swiftly up and away and the real world is fast turning into a miniature set.

Suddenly, we start banking and I have a new favourite experience in a plane.

I must say there is nothing quite like being pressed up against a clear cockpit, feeling like you’re floating across the country. Just imagine lying

down on the glass floor panels in the Sky Tower, only a few thousand feet up in the sky.

We head out over the Warkworth Satellite Station and then out towards the coast of Snells Beach. You get a proper understanding from this height of where everything sits and, at 180km/h, it all seems so close together.

We communicate our location to other small aircraft every five minutes or so; there is no need to talk with air traffic control below 10,000 feet.

I can’t take the grin off my face for the whole flight and I can tell Harvey was bitten by the microlight bug many years ago from his expressions, too.

We circle my house a couple of times and then head back towards the airfield, but there is still one last thrill to go, and that’s landing. Harvey lines up with the runway and we start our descent. It’s been a blowy flight and he mentions that if we can’t touch down properly, he will put the power back on and circle around for another attempt. He’s perfectly in tune with the process, though, and it’s like landing on Aladdin’s magic carpet for us this time.

We taxi to a stop and I express my thanks to Harvey. What a terrific surprise it was, and I would highly recommend Parakai or Kaipara Flats for anyone wanting a similar experience.

My only question afterwards was, “How on earth did Chris land one of those in the black of night?!”

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Double dose of bluegrass for Whangateau Fans of bluegrass are in for a double dip at Whangateau Folk Club this month, with groups from New Zealand and the US booked to appear.

First up are RhodeWorks, three young brothers from the Waikato who play fast-paced, high energy folk covers and original songs, appearing on Wednesday, January 16 at 7.30pm.

Laurence, 17, Sam, 15, and 12-yearold Nate are largely self-taught multi-instrumentalists returning to Whangateau for a second time with their soulful vocal harmonies and fiery instrumentals.

Then, on Monday, January 28, the Boston-based Lonely Heartstring Band return with a brand new album, Smoke and Ashes, following their sell-out NZ tour a year ago.

Described as “top notch”, “addicting” and “masterful”, the group has a substantial following and regularly attracts rave reviews.

Comprising George Clements on guitar and vocals, Patrick M’Gonigle on fiddle and vocals, Charles Clements on bass and vocals, Maddie Witler on mandolin and Gabe Hirshfeld on banjo, the band combines soulful instrumental virtuosity with soaring three-part harmonies.

Their Whangateau show starts at 7pm and tickets cost $25.

Martakana show and sale returns for hospice Art lovers are in for a treat this weekend, as paintings, ceramics and sculpture by more than 50 artists go on display at Matakana School for the annual Martakana exhibition and sale.

The event opens at 6pm on Thursday, January 17 with a wine and nibbles preview night, then will be open from 9am to 5pm on Friday and Saturday, and from 9am to 4pm on Sunday.

Martakana will once again be raising funds for community hospice services in the Warkworth and Wellsford area, and the artworks will range from under $100 up to more than $2500.

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The Rhodes brothers enjoy making instruments as well as music.

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One reviewer said The Lonely Heartstring Band “achieves one of the highest callings of music’s true purpose”.

If a blend of heavy reggae, dub, punk, psych and hip hop sounds appealing, head for Leigh’s Sawmill Café on Wednesday, January 16 for a performance by Australian band Drop Legs. The Byron Bay five-piece promises an energetic performance guaranteed to raise the roof as they tour their debut album, King Brown Sun Down. Their NZ tour follows 18 shows in Europe, plus several festival appearances.

Australian music station Triple J said Drop Legs – or The Droppies, as they are known – “are (or are damn sure about to be) everyone’s favourite coastal chill/hip hop/reggae sensation. They’re smooth, clever and funky, and you need them in your playlist”.

The Auckland Opera Studio presents

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The Mangawhai Museum is a new and modern museum that celebrates life around our harbour from building ships to building sandcastles. The stories are told with a wonderful collection of graphics, displays and videos that will keep you interested and engaged.

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The Shades and guest artist 23rd February 2019, on the corner of Ward Road and Matakana Valley Road. 5:30pm. Parking available.

Our Displays - Big Dig, Natural History, War comes to Mangawhai, Natural History, Our Harbour, Holidays, the Wharf, Shipping, Early Settlers, Maori and Geology. + more

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Beer

Local Producers • Local Artisans

Ian Marriott, Tahi Bar www.tahibar.com

Better than cat’s pee Happy New Year! Can you remember your New Year’s Eve celebrations? If not, then this column might help you in years to come.

On my recent travels to Germany one thing struck me like a hammer when I visited liquor wholesalers, which was frequently I might add. It was the amount of non- and low-alcohol beverages, particularly beer, that is available. It is staggering. Many breweries produce a non-alcoholic beer, and they don’t all taste like cat’s pee. Some of them would be difficult for the average beer drinker to discern the difference.

Now I love the taste of beer and would drink it all day given half a chance, but there are, of course, side effects to this hobby – work, life, driving – the list goes on. Recently, local brewery 8 Wired produced a beer with the wonderful moniker of Ghost Chips. This beer weighs in at a feathery mass of 1 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV). Light indeed. So light, in fact, that under New Zealand liquor laws it cannot be classified as a low-alcohol beer ...

Producing a tasty yeah, go figure right.

But producing a tasty low or non-alcoholic beer is non-alcoholic beer is no mean feat. So, when Soren Eriksen at 8 Wired no mean feat. decided to try to produce one, he started by tasting lots of beers in that category. Not a job I would be putting my hand up for, as many of them are insipid shadows of the thing called beer.

Enter Ghost Chips. It is styled on the New England cloudy/hazy pale ales from the northeast coast of the USA. It is a style that is “very in” on the beer scene.

Renowned for its hazy look and juicy finish, these beers can be astonishingly delicious. Whilst Ghost Chips doesn’t deliver the full New England IPA experience it will fool most. In fact, it has done at the Tahi Bar. Few people have picked it as an only 1 per cent alcohol beer until they have been told.

The secret to enjoying low alcohol beers is to start drinking them first. If you go to them after a fuller flavoured, higher alcohol option, then the former will overpower the latter. I am hoping that more brewers join this revolution and that lower ABV beers in the future are nearly as flavoursome as their bigger brothers, without breweries having to make them taste like some poor relation to a citrus juice. Recalling those anti-drink driving ads: Spook ... Spacehead … I CAN have your Ghost Chips. Cheers.

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What seems to be a growing problem lately is an increase in the number of sharks that are patrolling our waters. Divers are reporting that as soon as they let their speargun off, a shark will quickly appear looking for an easy meal. My advice is to get your fish to the boat and out of the water as soon as you have shot it. Once this is done, a shark has no reason to follow you for that easy meal.

For those of you who are not aware, a diver had his hand bitten by a shark last month while diving at the Cavalli Islands east of Matauri Bay. This was a Mako, which is generally the most aggressive shark found in our waters.

Scallops have been on the menu for many this summer. This is good news, as it seems that there are a few more scallop beds It is obvious that if around this year than last year. Crayfish, on the other hand, seem to be few and far between. we do not look after our It is obvious that if we do not look after our reserves, soon there will reserves, soon there will be nothing left! Quotas be nothing left. are there for a reason, but it does not mean that it is a minimum target to achieve every time you go out on the water. Be selective, keep only what you can eat and enjoy the day out!

Continuing our series on fishing lines, we will now cover mono-filaments. There are many different types of mono-filament. All mono-filaments are actually not round but slightly oval in shape. When these products are formulated and extruded, not all the parameters can be controlled simultaneously. If that could be done, you would have the perfect fishing line product. So, for example, you can have a thin diameter, low stretch, high linear strength product, but the knot strength will suffer in the production process. Or you can produce an abrasion resistant, high strength product, but the memory will be bad and it will be generally harder in character. Therefore, when choosing a mono-filament, try to find a product that has a low memory, or is supple, and has a good diameter to linear strength ratio. For example, 0.40mm diameter should be a minimum of 10 to 11kg linear strength. Suppleness is the key characteristic, as hard line kinks easily, makes bad knots (on thicker trace line you will find your knots work loose and you lose a good fish), and is hard to fish with, especially on a fixed spool reel.

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The old senior classrooms have been fenced off ready to be demolished since July.

Only the school hall and staffroom will remain once work gets underway.

Budget shortfall blamed for school redevelopment delay Parents at Warkworth Primary School have been told that a $13 million redevelopment project at the school has been delayed for six months because of a budget shortfall at the Ministry of Education.

The senior school moved from the old school across Hill Street to the junior school in July, on the understanding that the demolition of the old school was about to start.

At the end of the school year in December, Board of Trustee chair Sheralyn Cotton said in a school newsletter that the school was very disappointed by the delay.

“We moved to the junior campus at the Ministry’s request, at the end of Term 2, which we now find was well premature,” she said.

“Unfortunately, these delays were not anticipated by the Ministry or the project managers who control

the building project. The school has no control over these matters.”

However, the Ministry’s head of education infrastructure service, Kim Shannon, says the move in July was necessary to allow work to start on the buildings that are being retained.

“This work required the interruption of electrical and internet services, which would have disrupted teaching and learning if the senior school had not relocated,” Ms Shannon says.

“As is common in large construction projects, some design changes were required. These have been resolved and submitted to Auckland Council to issue consents. Pending these consents, we expect the work to recommence next month.”

As part of the senior school redevelopment, 10 existing classrooms, the administration area and the

old school dental clinic will be demolished, and a new two-storey block with 14 teaching spaces, three music rooms, a library and a changing room will be built along the western edge of the campus, parallel with Kaspar Street. The school hall will remain, along with the current staffroom and resource room, which will be redeveloped as a stand-alone building.

The new school layout has been designed to allow for the maximum hard court play area, so students have space for sport and play should Shoesmith Domain be closed for any reason.

Ms Cotton says the work is expected to be finished around the middle of next year.

“That will be followed by the removal of the old buildings on the junior campus, after which the new play areas will be formed,” she says.

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Subdivisions fuel school growth

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Two new classrooms will be developed at Wellsford School over the summer break.

Principal Dave Bradley says one classroom will be a new build, while the second will involve the conversion of an old resource room.

“Because of imminent roll growth, we need these spaces to avoid overcrowded classrooms or having to use other spaces like the library, old dental clinic or school hall as classrooms,” Mr Bradley says.

The $500,000 project is being funded through a mix of Ministry of Education funding and school property funding.

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The school finished the year with 420 students.

“Going forward we are expecting dramatic growth from two subdivisions near the school. Each subdivision is for 100 additional houses, so 200 in total, and both are within walking distance of the school.

“I’m told the first 20 houses will be built this summer, with the remaining 180 houses being developed over the next few years.”

Mr Bradley says there are a further two new classrooms in the pipeline.

Meanwhile, Rodney College is getting a bit of a facelift, with a new roof going on the school hall and some fresh paint.

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Homebuilders

Quentin Jukes, Homebuilders Coordinator www.homebuildersfs.org

Help with back to school costs Bills for back to school costs are about to begin flowing! Uniforms, stationery, shoes – none are cheap and they arrive hot on the heels of Christmas.

Just kitting out one child in a school uniform can easily cost anywhere from $150 to $350. Add on to that pens, pads, school bags, shoes, and the bills can be daunting, even for families on a good income. Homebuilders regularly works with families on a low wage or a benefit who, in spite of excellent budgeting, struggle simply to buy enough food each week. So finding hundreds of extra dollars for school-related costs is understandably stressful.

For some such families, Work and Income is able to consider making a “loan”, to help cover essential school-related costs that can’t be avoided. These payments, called an Advance payment or a Recoverable Assistance payment, are in practice a no-interest loan, which needs to be paid back over a two year period.

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Work and Income has a number of rules about who can receive one of these loans. To find out more, you can either call Work and Income (0800 559 009) or Homebuilders. Work and Income has three main categories of school-related payments they may be able to assist with – school uniforms, school stationery and school camps.

If an activity or item is part of the school’s curriculum (like seeing a play students will be assessed on, a camp trip or a school report), then your child has a right to be included whether or not you pay any voluntary donations. https:// parents.education.govt.nz/primary-school/schooling-in-nz/costs-donations-fees-andfinancial-assistance-including-childcare-subsidy-link-scholarships/ It is good idea to talk with your school if these costs are creating financial stress for your family, they may have some practical solutions they can offer, too.

Homebuilders, in conjunction with the Wellsford Library, is offering a short workshop on Work and Income payments to help cover back to school costs, on Tuesday, January 22 from 12.30pm to 2pm. To enrol, please call Homebuilders on 425 7048.

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Thursday 14 February, 10am – 12.30pm.

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Tuesday 12 February, 10am—12.30pm Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE For women from the Pacific to meet, share & learn.

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Careers Workshop

Saturday 6 April, 9.30am—2.30pm Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE Are you looking to return to the workforce or maybe need the courage to find a new job? This workshop will help prepare you for interview situations, teach you how to prepare an application and help you identify strengths and skills. Will also cover confidence building, self-belief and communication.

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Creative Expression through Painting

Saturday 30 March, 9.30am—3pm Held at Kourawhero Hall, Warkworth. $45 Awaken your creative potential, have fun & learn to paint with water colour. No previous drawing or painting skill required to achieve exciting results.

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Saturday 2 March, 10am—2pm Venue: to be advised. $45 Learn basic flax weaving skills from an experienced local weaver and create a waikawa basket. Students are also introduced to the customs (tikanga) around working with flax.

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Saturday 13 April, 10am—2.30pm Held at Dome Valley $45 A one-day workshop at artist’s studio. The class will start with an introduction to clay, making pinch pots, joining them. Followed by creating, decorating and texturing another sculpture using your new skills.

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Village Table cookbook project pays off for school

More than $70,000 has already been raised for Matakana School from sales of The Village Table – Recipes and Stories from Matakana, the cookbook compiled and published by a group of volunteer parents in September last year.

The 384-page book of recipes, stories, profiles and photography from throughout the region has proved a huge hit with locals and visitors alike, with around 3000 copies being sold to date.

In one outlet, Matakana Village Books, The Village Table was the shop’s bestselling book in December, ousting Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming into second place, and it was also the store’s second best-selling title for the whole of 2018, despite it only being launched at the end of September.

Board of Trustees member Melita Campbell says the response has been amazing and, with a few hundred copies still left to sell, she is hoping the total raised will climb even higher.

“It’s a huge amount of money,” she says. “We’re over $70,000 net profit at the moment, which is fantastic.”

When the cookbook idea was first mooted three years ago, it was hoped money raised could fund an allweather cover for the school courts.

However, with that costing upwards of $350,000 and little hope of accessing top-up funding grants, the idea now is to install shading over the main playground.

This taste of Matakana food and lifestyle has flown off the shelves over Christmas.

“We’re thinking at the moment of extending a shaded area out from the hall deck, so we’d be able to see the benefit from it now and not have to wait for what would otherwise be a three to five-year project,” Melita says.

“If we can extend the shade, that becomes a central shaded area to play in and to hold outdoor assemblies where we can use the deck as the stage.”

The board is also considering installing air conditioning in the school hall.

The Village Table costs $49 and is available from Matakana Village Books, Matakana Four Square, New World, Paper Plus, Matakana Butchery, Charlie’s Gelato, Green With Envy, The Vivian, Plume Café and Restaurant, Sawmill Brewery, Jin Jin, Mooi Mooi, Omaha Living and Point Wells General Store, or online at thevillagetable.co.nz

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Education

Helen Pearson, Lead principal Kahui Ako

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Starting school Raising preschoolers. It’s one of the most challenging and, potentially, one of the most rewarding things in many of our lives. Holidays, when we are in relaxed mode, can often bring out more of the melt-your-heart moments as we have the time to enjoy the uniqueness of each child in new ways.

At the age of five, kids often look so tiny, but, as you know, they are packed with personality and potential, and our local new entrant teachers enjoy learning how to work best with each child.

It can seem quite an adjustment to send your young children to school. They need to feel a sense of belonging and attachment in order to flourish. Important questions for our children at this age as they move into new settings, according to Jocelyn Wright from the University of Canterbury, are “Does the teacher know me?”, “Can I trust this teacher?”, “Will this teacher let me fly (extend my world)?”, “Does this teacher hear me?” and “Is this place fair for us?”

We have a team of great teachers in our local schools and early childhood centres who this year will be investigating how to make the transition to school even more smooth for our learners.

Parents can help hugely with this transition by building a relationship with the child’s teacher through school visits. Just as important is speaking positively about the teacher and about the school to the child, and expressing confidence that, though the child will find some things difficult, learning to face challenges is what growing up is all about.

I found with my children that conversation helped their confidence. I would say things like: “You might not know what to do sometimes. That’s okay. We all feel like that at times, even grown-ups like me. But if you don’t know what to do, you can ask another child, or the teacher, and if you still don’t know, you can talk with me and we can find out the answer together. But I will be so proud of you if you can find out from others what to do first! What are some words you could use to ask someone for help? Let’s practise that.”

As we start a new year – as parents, children and teachers – the Mahurangi Community of Learning looks forward to finding ways to work together to give our children confidence for their learning adventures!

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Sadly we are not all faced with full pantry at this time of year and with the generosity of our community, we are sure the spirit of Christmas will continue through the Mahurangi Area and the Food Rescue will continue to give to those in need. As the “rescued” food nears 40 tonnes, it is perhaps a time to reflect on how much we waste ourselves.

Internationally Lions and Rotary are involved in many areas and one area is hunger. Food Rescue is focused always on our community needs. It is a joint venture and both organisations are very proud of what they have achieved although they are saddened that the need is not getting less.

2019 will see changes in our community but the need for emergency food will still be there and Rotary and Lions members will continue to facilitate the distribution through the local agencies. Bring on 2019 and thanks in advance for all the assistance the community gives.

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Chlorination rooms are a key feature for processing the water from the aquifer.

The multi-million-dollar water treatment plant can currently process around three million litres of water per day.

Watercare project manager for infrastructure delivery Giorgos Lourmas in front of two of the plant’s four filters.

Plant ready to serve Warkworth growth Tap water in Warkworth will easily match future growth needs and be less susceptible to contamination, following the completion of a new water treatment plant last month.

The new plant, managed by Watercare, is part of a $29 million network upgrade and is located on Sanderson Road, off Hudson Road.

Until December 6 last year, water was

sourced from the Mahurangi River.

However, the new plant draws water from an underground aquifer, with two bores reaching about 200 metres below ground level.

The water is AA Grade, the highest quality, and around three million litres can be pumped each day if necessary.

Watercare’s project manager for infrastructure delivery, Giorgos

Lourmas, says the plant has been designed to cater for growth in the area.

“We have ensured there is enough room on site to double the size of each part of the operation and pump up to 8.4 million litres of water when it’s required,” Giorgos says.

“According to the Auckland Unitary Plan forecasts, this plant can have the capacity to service Warkworth

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Landfill threatens to pollute water supplies says resident

By Matt Lomas, botanist and Wayby Valley resident

I own an 81-hectare farm forestry block twokilometres further up Wayby Valley from the proposed landfill site. My section is on similar topography to the dump site – clay on steep rolling (at times vertical) sandstone bedrock, down to silty river banks on the Hoteo River.

After rain, the hills produce many intermittent springs.

If you watch the news and weather, you’ll know that the Dome has the highest rainfall north of Auckland, often with continuous thunderstorms and lightning strikes in winter, and up to 200ml of rain in a 24hour period.

My first concern, with this in mind, is how does Waste Management propose to prevent its lined valley from filling with water and becoming a toxic soup of plastic particles, acids, chemicals, medicines and oils, which will go on to enter the Hoteo River and directly flow into the Kaipara Harbour.

The Hoteo is the third largest river which feeds into the Kaipara, the largest harbour in the southern hemisphere, and the largest snapper and trevally spawning ground in New Zealand – providing 90 per cent of the available catch for the North Island. This is not to mention the oysters, cockles, whitebait, mullet, flounder, eels and other spawning native fish, which thrive in the Kaipara, as well as flocks of seabirds feeding and migrating in the area.

Such is the concern from commercial fishing companies that several years ago they initiated a ‘save the harbour’ campaign and, with council and landowners, have been fencing and planting rivers and streams throughout the area.

Despite all this effort and care, Waste Management now seems to think it is a convenient waste disposal drain.

We know about plastic particles, foams and cleaning products causing sterility to marine species, so why are we allowing a site, which will have deodorants and disinfectants sprayed all over it, to feed into the waterways? I believe they can’t be trusted with our harbour and river’s health, or they wouldn’t be proposing a dump at the very top of a clean watershed.

The extreme instability of the landscape is a key factor here. No method can control the risk of slips on steep sandstone base rock, or prevent the rain from flooding the site. No one would see the leachate being released on dark rainy nights. If the forestry companies have so much trouble stopping slash washing off the very same hills, how does Waste Management think these weather effects will leave the dump unaffected?

I understand the solution to Auckland’s traffic problems lay in the construction of more rail links.

Therefore, surely a sustainable dump/recycling/ composting/power station for the future should connect to rail rather than adding 300-plus dump trucks and other vehicles to an already one-and-ahalf hour long trip crawling out of the city. This road already carries Northland’s freight, Auckland’s quarry metal, and tourists, leaving little room for all the residents.

Therefore I see a solution – why not add a branch rail line to the Woodhill pine forest, south of Helensville, and south of the Rimmer Road mountain bike area. This rail accessibility would allow rubbish to be supplied to the power station from all over New Zealand, providing free energy and hot water to local industry. The site is at the lower end of the watershed in flat, stable and sandy land – far different to the high rainfall, steep and unstable Dome Valley site.

Finally, Wellsford has just put water supply bores

into the very same aquifers that the dump could possibly pollute.

A dump would also detract from potential recreational uses on the Hoteo River, which is a small (two-day) version of the Whanganui River with grade 1 and 2 rapids, flowing through bush and farmland.

The landfill would also destroy any potential to spawn and farm whitebait and eels.

Please let’s not risk New Zealand’s future by polluting the Kaipara Harbour.

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International and scientific policies support the need for such wild areas, and that they should be representative of all habitats and species on Earth, and be sufficient in area to be naturally functioning ecosystems.

However, conservation can easily conflate these forms of ‘conservation’, because there can be a continuum of human activities in areas that are ‘no-go’ to the public such as on private property and military training areas, ‘no-take’ such as parks and reserves, ‘actively managed’ such as farmed and harvested, or ‘unmanaged commons’, which includes most of the oceans.

MPAs in practice In the ocean, the use of the term Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is being applied to all kinds of areas, and more than 90 per cent do not even aim to protect nature in a natural condition.

In effect, these MPAs aim to be more sustainably managed (restrictions on indiscriminate fishing methods and/or seabed trawling that destroys habitats).

Yet, under the UN Convention on the Law of Sea and UN Sustainable Development Goals, countries have agreed to sustainably manage resources in all of the oceans. So, if we follow current usage of the term, then all of the ocean should be an “MPA”.

Within that measurement there need to be areas set aside for nature to flourish without human interference. Scientific advice suggests this strongly protected area should be at least 30 per cent of the ocean. Such an MPA concept is now the policy of several Pacific island nations where they have declared their seas MPAs. In addition, some international treaties and agreements protect the oceans in more specific ways, including from nuclear testing, pollution, hunting large whales and more. So precedents for binding, effective international agreements exist.

I suggest that it is essential, and more practical, for marine conservation to focus on fully-protected (no-take) marine reserves for several reasons: 1. Nature conservation – any regular fishing alters food webs and ecosystems (i.e. biodiversity) as the top predators are typically removed.

2. Practical – there are thousands of so-called MPAs that are really a form of local fishery management. Focusing on fully protected reserves is less work (there are 10 times fewer) and easier to enforce.

3. Management efficacy and governance 4. Ethics and public expectations – to allow routine killing of animals in a conservation area just seems wrong.

5. Honesty – to permit killing in a conservation area sends society and government officials the message that it is “okay” to kill some marine life because it does not alter natural biodiversity, which numerous studies show is untrue.

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6. Economic – there is no added cost for creating reserves when the same areas were already subject to fishing restrictions. Subsequent ‘spill-over’ (natural export) of fish from sufficiently large reserves will benefit fisheries as well as safeguarding genetically diverse fishery brood-stock (if reserves are located where such fish can thrive).

Resource management should be the responsibility of qualified authorities, whether it is in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mining or aquaculture. Where biodiversity is to be left in a natural condition, this is the responsibility of conservation specialists.

The muddling of what is conserved may be more of an issue in the ocean because its environment is commonly considered “wild”. It may be wild, but it is not pristine due to centuries of hunting for whales, seals, turtles and birds, as well as fishing.

Several species are already extinct. It’s also well-established that marine food webs change when top predators – such as otters, lobsters and large fish – are removed, with resulting changes causing trophic cascades that reshape entire ecosystems.

Even recreational and subsistence fishing can alter ecosystems in this way.

Thus, stricter protection of marine biodiversity through no-take ‘marine reserves’ is urgently needed. Only one-third of coastal countries even have one strong, notake marine reserve.

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Four farming families vying for Auckland environmental award Four local farming families have made it to the regional finals of the 2019 Ballance Farm Environment Awards, which celebrate good farm practices and promote sustainable land management.

This year’s Auckland regional finalists are James, Nicola, Roger and Judith Brady of Audmore Dairy Farm, Ahuroa; Gordon Levet of Kikitangeo Romney Stud, Wellsford; and dairy farmers Cameron and Jo Shepherd of Wellsford, and Ian and Jo Trotter of Matakana.

Between them, the finalists have a broad range of experience and background in farming, from Gordon Levet, whose family has farmed his sheep and beef property off the Kaipara Coast Highway for 146 years, to UK migrants the Brady family, who bought their Ahuroa dairy farm 11 years ago.

The main judging for all of them will take place over the week beginning January 20, when teams of farming specialists and rural professionals will visit each property to assess each finalist’s business and farm environment. In particular, they will be looking for evidence of sustainable profitability, environmental awareness, good business practices and social and community responsibility, though organisers stress that the process is always friendly, open and interactive.

All the finalists will receive free constructive feedback and a report on their farming business. The awards are designed to be a “stimulating, informative and enjoyable chance for farmers to benchmark their businesses with other like-minded farmers in their region”.

The winner will be announced at the Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards evening, which will be held in Auckland on March 27.

Last year’s winners were the Dill family of Kaipara Flats.

Nicola and James Brady with three-month-old son Charlie, and James’s parents Roger and Judith.

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Rethinking waste

By Trish Allen, Mahurangi Wastebusters

Organisers have put biosecurity measures in place for cattle showing.

A&P bucks M bovis trend to keep cattle classes at show Paparoa A&P Show is bucking the trend of cancelling cattle sections due to Mycoplasma bovis disease and will proceed with all the usual cattle and calf club classes at its next show on Saturday, February 2.

The North Kaipara Agricultural Association decided to go ahead with its cattle section in a bid to support farmers and keep cattle showing alive and thriving after a difficult year for dairy and beef farms.

Rather than abandon more than 50 show classes, organisers have instead put in a rigorous set of biosecurity measures in place to ensure that the already low risk of M bovis spreading at the show will be kept to an absolute minimum.

For example, judges and stewards will not be allowed to touch the head or muzzle of any beast, herds will be kept completely separate with extra space between them, and all animals will have to have accurate and up to date National Animal Identification and Tracing tags and records.

The move comes at a time when the Government is increasingly confident

that it can eradicate the disease, which is spread by close contact and bodily fluids.

Other attractions at the 143rd Paparoa Show include an extensive equine section, with show jumping, dressage and harness ring; dairy goats; sheep shearing; wood chopping and Western team roping and rodeo classes.

The indoor section includes competitive classes in food, handiwork and crafts, dairy, home brew, photography and school work, plus a floral division that includes one of the biggest dahlia sections in Northland.

There will also be free circus skills workshops from Circus Kumarani, who will be offering families the chance to learn juggling, tightrope walking and hoop skills.

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Remember the days when the things we bought weren’t packaged in plastic, were built to last, and were repaired when broken? To solve our future waste problems, we need to take a look back at those days.

I read a sign recently that said: “If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recovered, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.” That pretty much sums it up. We live in a throw-away society, and that’s got to change. We have to rethink waste, starting with not creating it in the first place.

Waste is a human invention. No ecological system knows waste; everything that is higher up in the food chain breaks down and is eaten by something lower down, with the micro-organisms and decomposers in the soil doing the ultimate recycling job.

I moved to Matakana over 30 years ago with my late husband, Joe Polaischer.

A few years later, we started running environmental education courses on our property, Rainbow Valley Farm. One of the very first courses we ran, way back in 1991, was on Waste Reduction.

Sadly, the situation has got much worse since then. New Zealand is among the highest producers of urban waste in the developed world. And one of the worst offenders is single-use plastic. It’s insidious and has crept into every part of our lives.

But there is hope. Over the last few years there’s been a huge rise in awareness, and action is happening; we’re seeing plastic bags disappear from our supermarkets, for example. That’s a start. Perhaps it’s because we’ve all seen those horrendous pictures of plastic waste covering beaches in the Philippines, Indonesia and India. And the seals, dolphins and other sea creatures caught up in plastic.

Plastic fragments have been found in the most remote oceans; even Antarctica.

We’ve been made aware of the serious greenhouse gas emissions from plastic packaging production and the recent Climate Change Report warning of the dire consequences of not reducing emissions.

It may also have something to do with China’s decision in 2018 to stop importing other countries’ rubbish for recycling. And closer to home, we don’t like the prospect of a new super-sized landfill in the pristine Dome Valley.

So what can we do as individuals, right now, to cut waste? The best place to start is to focus on what we buy and bring into our homes. How much plastic can we avoid? Before buying anything new, stop and think: “What will happen to this item and its packaging once I’ve finished with it?” If the answer is “landfill”, consider whether there is another option.

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Fantastic beasts … and how to get rid of them.

Fleas Prevention is better than cure! The climate in New Zealand, especially here in the winter-less north, means fleas can be a year-round problem. When they sense vibration nearby, they jump on board and begin biting, which can cause bad allergic reactions.

Remember that if you find fleas on your pet, your house will also be infested.

Only five per cent of fleas actually live on our animals and the rest in the environment. This means you will need to treat your house, too – a flea bomb or spray is the best way. Make sure to wash everything you can and vacuum beforehand to stimulate the eggs to hatch.

Cats and dogs share the same flea species. This means that even if your dog never goes near the cat, forgetting to treat the cat means flea eggs can be shed around the house, develop and then jump onto the dog! Dogs are great at scratching and showing you all the signs of having fleas, but cats can be very subtle. The easiest way to check is to use a flea comb regularly to look for flea dirt. It appears as small dark particles – if you wet this on a white paper towel, it will turn brownish-red if it’s flea dirt (digested pet blood.)

Treating or preventing fleas is easy, however. There are three main options and many products. The first is a spot-on treatment/spray. This works by being absorbed through the skin and distributed throughout the whole body, killing fleas for up to three months. The second is a chewable tablet, again lasting up to three months for dogs or one month for cats. The third is a new generation flea collar (Seresto), which can last for up to eight months.

Worms Gastrointestinal parasites are nasty and, unfortunately, are commonly found in cats and dogs. Some of these can be transferred to humans, causing skin lesions and sometimes even blindness. Unlike fleas, they are not easily seen. They occur all year round and therefore it is recommended to treat pets every three months (or for puppies under six months, every month.) Worms can infect your pet in many ways, including via uncooked pet meats, rodents, through the skin or by ingesting eggs via grooming, or by eating the wrong things.

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A love of gardens Driving down country roads, we often see random clumps of arum lilies and, in summer, fence lines covered with the lovely old pink rose, Dorothy Perkins. These flowers often mark the site of a pioneer’s homestead.

When settlers arrived, their priorities were to build some sort of dwelling and make their bushclad land productive. Women soon established flower gardens, finding most plants grew well here, and there was a lively trade in seeds, bulbs and cuttings.

Extracts from some of their letters illustrate their love of flowers and gardening.

Mary Constance Hargreaves, from Oneriri, on the northern side of the Oruawharo River, in the late 1800s.

“When you and the girls come over, which I hope will be soon, as the days are nice and long and calm too, I must beg you to bring some mesembryanthemum cuttings with you, as I haven’t one now. You will think me a regular old flower beggar, but it is excusable where flowers are concerned. The ixias you gave me are up, but these cold mornings are checking their growth.

I have also to thank you for the cuttings of ivy geranium, what a beautiful eschscholzia you sent over amongst the flowers. I never saw a finer one. I am going to ask you to send me a root of it when you come again, or have a chance.

I think they are such showy effective flowers.”

Susan Becroft, from Port Albert, in 1905 “The strawberries do not seem very forward in coming on, but the garden is looking very nice. We have even got some English currant bushes with some fruit on. It is said they do not grow in the north, but these ones we have got look as though they mean to make a show.

I expect your flower garden is looking nice now and you will be able to look at it from your door. I could give you some dahlia bulbs if you would care to have them, that is if you have not got plenty already. I am going to plant them out this week, as they have got large shoots on.”

Connie Stables (nee Witheford) in 1907 “My little flower garden looks so nice now. I have raised almost all the plants from seed. I have had a bed of all coloured pansies, they have been just a picture.”

These blooms, together with native ferns and flowers, decorated houses, churches and halls and made magnificent wedding bouquets. They must have considerably brightened pioneer life.

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Central’s Tips January 2019

It’s the new year and the summer veggie garden is in full swing with lettuce, cucumber, courgette, beans, peas, lettuces, radish, silverbeet all ready to harvest. It’s an important time to make sure your plants are getting lots of water to ensure a bountiful February as well.

In the Veggie Patch Kowhai Swimming Club members had some of their best days in the pool at this year’s Auckland Junior Swimming Championships.

Medals mount for Kowhai club Kowhai Swimming Club made a resurgence at the Auckland Swimming Junior Championships last month, grabbing five medals across the strokes.

The event was held for children under 12 at West Wave Aquatic Centre from December 7 to 9.

Sienna Morrison picked up silver in the 200m individual medley and bronze for the 50m backstroke and butterfly.

Meanwhile, Siina Cooke won gold in the 50m breaststroke and Ryan Hewertson won bronze in the 200m freestyle.

Kowhai Swimming Club secretary Carol Christy says the eight swimmers who qualified for the event from the club had outstanding performances on the day.

“In recent years, we’ve only won a couple of medals at this event, so to take five was a big step up for our swimmers,” she says.

“Of the 23 races our members competed in, they set 21 personal bests, which shows how strong they were on the day.”

Cooke set a particularly good best in the breaststroke, beating her previous record by more than three seconds.

“Considering we’re a smaller club that only trains three times a week, we can be really proud of our overall results,” Christy says.

The club operates all year round and is open to new members joining.

• Plant leeks – punnets or newspaper-wrapped seedlings

contain lots of individual leek plants, so you can easily start a couple rows – remember to plant them in a trench or create 5cm deep holes to drop them into. Trim off the tops. Don’t fill the hole with soil, it will gradually fill in

• Growing a good bean crop – keeping them well staked up and watered helps production.

• If your eggplants aren’t forming but try hand pollination with a small soft paint or make-up brush or cotton bud

• Sweetcorn - is ready for picking when the end tassels become brown and dry

The rest of the Garden • Remove weeds before they set seed • January flowers –Pretty shrubs worth adding to your

garden are fragrant mock orange (philadelphus), hibiscus and shade lovers such as hydrangeas and fuchsias

• Water regularly – in these hot months it’s important to make sure the gardens get a deep water

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Bowls Warkworth can cater for both summer and winter now, with a refurbished carpet and grass greens.

Bowls community comes together to celebrate new green Almost 100 players came together to play at Bowls Warkworth to celebrate the club’s new carpet green, laid earlier this year.

Bowlers came from Warkworth, Mahurangi East, Mangawhai,

ribbon for its official opening.

President Joy Harper-Keeley spoke and thanked the sub-committee, led

by James Newlove, for its work behind the project.

Three rounds of bowls were played

Orewa and Manly.

The green was completed in May and was used as an all-weather surface throughout the winter.

Warkworth’s oldest club members, May Evans and Les Hatfull, cut the

during the day, with Noeline Holdsworth, Betty Browne and Jan Ngawhika winning section G. Meanwhile, Joy Harper-Keeley, Julie Riddle and Mike Newland won section C.

Tag girls bounce back for title victory Two Mahurangi College students showed grit in their national U12 tag title victory with Hibiscus Coast last month.

Ava Jane-Rashleigh and Louise Makin played the New Zealand Tag Nationals at Ngati Otara Park from December 7 to 9. Their team dominated Porirua 13-3 in the final, despite losing 4-3 to the same side in the pool stage.

Jane-Rashleigh says the competition provided its challenges, but teamwork made the difference.

“It wasn’t a walkover for us and the

heat of the sun really made things difficult, with a number of us getting burnt,” she says.

“There were no individuals in our team though, and the way we linked up was the reason we won.”

She also noted the value of her side’s sportsmanship, with the team comforting Porirua, who were upset following the surprise defeat.

Hibiscus Coast also beat South Auckland, Manukau Blue, North Harbour White, Central and Hibiscus Coast White en route to the final.

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January Free Guided Walk, Matheson Bay Reserve, Matheson Bay, 10am-noon. Meet end of Grand View Road. Medium level of fitness and mobility required.

16 RhodeWorks, young bluegrass band from the Waikato, Whangateau Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets $10 (see story p28) 17 Free Guided Walk, Parry Kauri Park, Warkworth, 10am-noon.

Meet at 32 Tudor Collins Drive , Warkworth. Medium level of fitness and mobility required.

17-20 Martakana annual art exhibition and sale, Matakana School Hall, to raise funds for Warkworth Wellsford community hospice services. Preview from 6pm, Thursday, then 9am-5pm on Friday and Saturday, 9am-4pm Sunday. Free entry, all welcome. Info: lesley.ingham@harbourhospice.org.nz (see brief p28) 19 Movable Feast Matakana, old creamery garden, 5pm onwards. (see story p25) 19 Community Weeding Bee, Puhoi Sports Club, to clear riverbank, 9am-noon. Bring gloves and suitable tools if you have them. Info: newsletter@puhoinz.com 20 Kaukapakapa Village Market, SH16, 8.30am to 1pm. Stalls, fresh coffee, food, live music and more. Info: Sarah 0274 831542 or sarah1@maxnet.co.nz 21 Warkworth Netball AGM. Eager to welcome new faces to the committee, Bridgehouse, 7pm. Info: Pania 027 479 5957 or warkworthnetballclub@gmail.com 26 Mahurangi Regatta, Sullivans Bay and Scotts Landing. Games at Sullivans Bay from 9.30am, launch parade 10.30am, racing from 12.40pm, prizegiving Scotts Landing 7pm.

Info: mahurangi.org.nz 26 Movable Feast Matakana, old creamery garden, 5pm onwards. (see story p25) 27 Puhoi Village Market. Great music from ‘Otherwise Fine’ trio, coffee, food and car boot sale, Puhoi sportsground, 9am-1pm.

To book a spot, email puhoivillagemarket@gmail.com 28 Auditions for Disney’s Beauty & The Beast Jnr, Otamatea Repertory Theatre, Bickerstaffe Road, Maungaturoto, 10am.

Info: Maura Flower 022 354 2670 28 Lonely Heartstring Band, bluegrass band from the US, Whangateau Hall, 7pm. Tickets $25 (see story p28) 29 Matakana Hall Market, Matakana Community Hall, 8.30am1pm 15

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Mahurangi College fell short of the final this year, but is moving in the right direction with fourth place.

Craig Brown established his dominance as a top darts player in the Warkworth RSA Darts Club last year.

Brown downs Dixon for treble

Warkworth RSA Darts Club president Craig Brown beat fellow club player Grant Dixon in all three of the club’s major finals this year to take the triple crown.

Brown won the Double Start Club Champs, Handicap Club Champs and the most prestigious competition, the Men’s Club Champs.

“I’ve only won the handicap competition once before, so it was great to win all three this year,” Brown says.

“Dixon won the men’s club champs last year, so I was pretty pleased to beat him 3-2 in a close final.”

Although he has become one of the strongest players in the club, Brown has only played the game for three years.

“I used to watch the sport on television and then I decided to give it a go and caught the bug.

“I will practice for between half an hour and three hours every day so it’s mainly muscle memory that has got me this far, rather than natural talent.”

At home in his dedicated darts room he can regularly hit a top score of triple 20, but says competition play is another matter.

“There are other pressures involved against other people, but it’s a great feeling when you do get in the zone and can blank everything else out.”

Although he has recently confined his play to Warkworth and in the City of Sails Auckland competition, he used to travel across the North Island to compete.

“I’ve been as far as Hawkes Bay and New Plymouth and made the main round of the Auckland Open, and three Grand Prix events.”

His greatest win was over Craig Caldwell, the New Zealand number one at the time.

The Warkworth RSA Darts Club welcomes people at any skill level to join.

Club nights are Thursday at 7.30pm, with a $4 entry fee.

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Team just short of podium performance Two consecutive one-point losses saw the Mahurangi College Mixed Touch team fall just short of a national podium place.

The side finished fourth at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Mixed Touch Competition, played at Pulman Park in Takanini from December 7 to 9.

The team has finished as high as second place in 2015, but missed out on the chance to play in this year’s final after losing 8-7 to Lincoln High School, who scored the decider on their last play after the full-time hooter.

Mahurangi then lost the third-place play-off to Taupo Nui a Tia, despite beating it 9-5 in pool play.

The teams were locked up in the play-off 5-5 at full time, before Taupo Nui a Tia scored in the first round of drop-off play to take third place.

Mahurangi College won seven matches during the competition, including wins over Orewa and Rangitoto.

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