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Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens owner David Bayly says the business’ recent brush with a positive Covid case has underlined the importance of people scanning everywhere they go and sanitising their hands.

Businesses fuming over Covid bungle Business owners in the region, visited by a woman infected with Covid-19, are calling on the Ministry of Health to “get its act together” after they say it bungled its response to the emergency.

The 56-year-old woman recently returned from overseas and left managed isolation on January 13

after returning two negative tests for Covid. She subsequently developed symptoms of the disease and tested positive for a South African strain of the virus.

Prior to testing positive, the woman travelled extensively around southern Northland and Kaipara.

On Sunday January 24, businesses began learning that they had received a visit from the woman when a list of locations she had visited was posted on the Ministry of Health website.

But businesses say the Ministry failed to promptly contact them on what to do next, and their own desperate

efforts to reach officials hit a brick wall.

Kauri Coast Plant Centre & Sculpture Gardens owner David Bayly says he first learned that his business was affected when a staff member called around 10pm that Sunday.

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Businesses fuming over Covid bungle Mr Bayly immediately called the Covid-19 Healthline – as advised in a Ministry news briefing he had watched online that afternoon – but gave up because of a “massive queue of calls”.

He tried again at 6am the following morning. After staying on the line more than an hour, he reached an operator who suggested he ring the Ministry of Business. He called them when they opened at 9am and was told to call the Ministry of Health.

He got through to the health ministry, which advised him to ring either the Northland District Health Board or the Waitemata District Health Board.

Mr Bayly got through to both, but neither could help him either.

“I was driving back from Wellington and it turned into a comedy act because we were listening to [Health Minister] Chris Hipkins on the radio announce that all affected businesses had been contacted. By that stage two news organisations had managed to get hold of us, but nobody from the New Zealand Government,” he says.

Similar stories are told by the owners of Joseph Taylor Homewares (Mangawhai Heads), Maungaturoto 2ndhand shop and the South Head General Store.

“I found out my shop was affected on Sunday night and stayed up late expecting a call from the Ministry – no calls, no emails, no nothing. I did not know what to do in the morning so I kept the premises closed,” Maungaturoto 2ndhand owner Nicole

Williams says.

“There were only 30 businesses to get in touch with on Sunday. I’m pretty sure someone could have done that on Sunday night.”

In the morning, Ms Williams tried the Covid Helpline, but gave up after a two-hour wait. She then tried the Health Ministry and was told to ring the Northland DHB public health unit. She rang the DHB and they told her they didn’t have a public health unit. However, a public health nurse did call back with advice about an hour later.

Businesses says health officials did eventually reach businesses on Monday afternoon, often claiming they had been trying to reach them earlier without success – a claim businesses say is ridiculous.

Ms Williams maintains she was easily accessible via phone, email and Facebook, a sentiment echoed

by Joseph Taylor Homewares owner Angela Chamberlain.

“There were no missed calls on my phone and no emails. If they had called they would have just kept trying and trying – it’s not something you take lightly,” she says.

Scott, a shop assistant at South Head General Store, says when the store learned its business was affected on Sunday night, it immediately posted the news on its Facebook page to warn the community and soon afterwards the store was receiving calls from

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media outlets.

“If the media could find our phone number at 9.30pm that night, I’m sure the health department could have as well,” he says.

In the absence of Ministry advice, all the businesses contacted by Mahurangi Matters took their own protective measures such as closing their business, initiating deep cleaning and ensuring exposed staff got tested for Covid.

In each case, their actions were as stringent and sometimes more so than the requirements of the Ministry.

But the laxity of the Ministry and the fact that it left them in the dark for so long has left them frustrated and angry. Scott says particularly, in the light of new and more dangerous strains of the virus.

“This could cripple us all. We’re a small business and if we go under there’s going to be tens of thousands of others that will too,” he says.

Meanwhile, a Ministry of Health spokesperson has denied the businesses’ claims, saying the Ministry kept calling and calling businesses on Sunday but got no response from the ones Mahurangi Matters spoke to. The Ministry claims all affected businesses were reached by 11.47am on Monday.

The Ministry failed to respond to questions about what businesses could have done differently to secure the information they sought, nor why they were redirected to other agencies.

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Service to recycle food waste and cut disposal costs

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Households currently forced to pay to send their food waste to landfill will have the chance to reduce their waste disposal costs, and benefit the environment at the same time, following the introduction of a new composting service.

Mahurangi Wastebusters now accepts free-of-charge, food scraps at their Lawrie Road (Snells Beach) and Rustybrook Road (Wellsford) recycling centres. Further drop-off points are planned as the service expands.

The scraps will be composted and then sold for use as fertiliser in recycled bags and, eventually, by the trailer-load.

The new service comes after Mahurangi Wastebusters won a $30,900 grant last month from Auckland Council’s Waste Minimisation Innovation Fund, which has allowed the organisation to expand its fledgling composting service at Matakana Farmers Market.

The market has always had a zerowaste policy and until recently sent its compostable material to Tuakau to be processed by fertiliser supplier Envirofert. But since September, Mahurangi Wastebusters has begun processing the market’s compostables, which includes foodscraps, cardboard plates, serviettes and coffee cups.

The material is put through a shedder and then mixed in compost boxes with an appropriate ratio of carbon and nitrogen-rich matter.

The result is a hot compost (65C), which kills pathogens and breaks down the corn starch in coffee cups and lids.

Mahurangi Wastebusters community engagement specialist Trish Allen says she is excited about getting the Council grant to extend the service to households and other businesses.

It means waste will be diverted from landfill, recycled into a useful product and will save money for those who can’t recycle at home and are compelled to put their food scraps in orange rubbish bags, which they must pay for.

Businesses already benefitting from the expanded service include Matakana Smokehouse, Sawmill Brewery and Daily Organics, who are trialling the

Trish Allen is delighted waste destined for landfill will be recycled into a useful product.

composting of fish skins, and the remains of hops and tea respectively.

Ms Allen says before increasing the number of food waste drop-off points for householders, Wastebusters will first need to work out a system to prevent general waste being dumped in the bins.

She anticipates the Bokashi composting system will be deployed at the drop-off points. This will ensure the compost does not rot and will require pick-up only twice a week to minimise transport costs.

Te Hana Te Ao Marama Marae, in Te Hana, also benefitted from the Waste Minimisation Innovation Fund (WMIF) to the tune of $9490.

Marae supervisory manager Linda Clapham says the money will provide for the staging of four workshops/ hui, which will focus on the need to create less food and general waste at the marae, and encourage more composting and recycling.

She says marae trustees have long been conscious of the need to follow Maori values of kaitiakitanga (guardianship) and previously have organised the clean up the Te Hana Creek riverbank, which saw the removal of tonnes of rubbish including noxious weeds, tyres and car

bodies, and the planting of natives.

“The situation that the marae faces now is not the old car tyres on the riverbank but over-packaged, overwrapped everyday items that end up in a landfill somewhere and that are capable of doing the same damage to our environment and harbour somewhere else,” she says.

Altogether, 51 community organisations and businesses benefitted from the most recent WMIF funding round, which saw the distribution of $649,256 for a range of projects designed to promote waste minimisation.

Council general manager of waste

solutions Parul Sood says its encouraging to see the common actions of so many different groups to reduce the amount of waste they send to landfill.

“The zero-waste vision is clear from playcentres to youth groups, business associations, construction experts, marae and community organisations,” he says.

The WMIF is funded by a levy the Government exacts from waste dumped in landfill. The idea behind the levy is to discourage the use of landfill and encourage the diversion of recoverable resources into productive uses.

The WMIF will open its next funding round in April.

New transfer station on track Work has started on Northland Waste’s new undercover waste transfer station at the former Wyatt Haulage & Landscape Supplies site at 183 Sandspit Road, near Warkworth.

Managing director Ray Lambert says earthworks are currently being carried out, building consent has been granted and the access road will be sealed in the next few months. He hopes the new facility, which will deal with

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domestic, commercial and industrial waste, cleanfill material, green waste and recyclables, will be open by the middle of this year.

“We are confident the facility will not only reduce refuse and recycling disposal costs for the community, but also increase the amount of material that is diverted from landfill,” he says.

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great chance of an accident in the near future. Is it possible to have the bus shelter moved towards Warkworth and completely eliminate this problem?

Ray Jensen, Warkworth Auckland Transport responded: An engineer, who checked out this intersection, reports that the sight lines from Walton Road are acceptable. “We have checked the sight lines against the standard and they are not interrupted by the bus shelter.”

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We note the huge press, police and NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) concern about the extra 12 trucks an hour to and from Northport on State Highway 1, as ships were unloaded and containers transported to Auckland. Police and Worksafe were out in force monitoring. Motorists were warned to take extra care. Clearly a big problem. Meanwhile, Waste Management’s Section 92 response, as they seek approval for their Dome Valley Regional Landfill, states that “in the 2028 peak hour, 15 trucks will arrive to off load waste material and 15 trucks will leave the site generally within the same hour period”. One wonders why NZTA and the other agencies are so extremely concerned about the recent short-term container traffic, yet have not submitted accordingly regarding the proposed landfill’s greater (and permanent) traffic impact of 520+ trucks a day and 750+ vehicles daily in total. We see the authorities’ recent concerns and their public warnings as a strong validation of the Mahurangi East Residents and Ratepayers Association’s recent landfill hearing submission. Our analysis states what the traffic impacts will be from the landfill, not to mention the daily 38 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

The current fuss proves our case that the proposed landfill traffic is simply unacceptable and that a waste-by-rail option is absolutely crucial should a

Stuart Windross, Mahurangi East Residents and Ratepayers Association

Pathetic planning Having sat too often over the last few weeks in the “Matakana queue”, I feel obliged to question the integrity of developer-driven planning by Auckland Council staff determined to stuff as many people as possible into every available corner without any planning for infrastructure. Thirtythree new houses with their only access directly to Matakana Road, opposite the school, and more to come. The impact on traffic in and east of Matakana is ignored. Developments continue at Point Wells, also adding more vehicles to the flow. Ongoing development on unsuitable sites continues throughout the area. Increasing numbers of logging trucks, quarry trucks and water trucks will add to the chaos. The Matakana link road will do nothing to improve this and, in fact, the increasing population will continue to plague Hill Street, as the new residents must also shop and do business in Warkworth. It will also make it easier for more traffic to add to the Matakana confusion. The community even had to provide their own car park. Whatever happened to the Matakana “Slow town” movement’? What is the rationale for allowing Matakana to grow? In spite of promises and plans to the contrary, more poo from Matakana will pour

into the Whangateau Harbour catchment until the Jones Road plant becomes a potential environmental hazard like all the other Auckland sewerage systems. Look forward to closed beaches. Meanwhile, absolutely no attempts are being made to deal with the ongoing problem of old septic systems leaking into the Whangateau Harbour. What more can the future bring?

Elizabeth Foster, Whangateau

Shelter obstacle I live in Hauiti Drive. About a year ago, when buses were introduced to Warkworth, a bus shelter was placed on the corner of Walton Avenue and Whitaker Road. At that time, this shelter had clear glass ends, which enabled anyone attempting to leave Walton Ave to see any vehicle approaching from Warkworth along Whitaker Road. Recently, signage was placed on the end facing Walton Avenue. This means that to be able to see any cars approaching from Warkworth, you have to pull forward into Whitaker Road to see past the bus shelter. I spoke to personnel doing the installation and they told me to pull further forward. To see any vehicle in front of the petrol station, which you need to see before proceeding into Whitaker Road, the front of my car needs to be over the white ‘give way’ line. This puts me at great risk of having a serious accident. As vehicles often exceed the 50km limit along Whitaker Road there is a very

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Animal abuse While I slavishly applaud the “black sheep lives matter too” movement, I must take issue with the widely used practice of describing one as wearing a “sheepish” expression, a term I believe to be both discriminatory and belittling to our team of twentyseven million compliant sheep. Would a switch to, let’s say, a “horseish” expression not prove a kinder, more politically correct option?

I fully accept, however, that in this matter I may be guilty of some woolly thinking. A recent account of a man, purportedly “barking” mad, and later, of “going ape”, is just another example of our thoughtless monkeying around with the cultural sensitivities of our animal friends. And, shamefacedly, this widespread stealing of animal names for our own use doesn’t stop there.

It appears that most women, regardless of former achievements, are doomed, in their dotage to turn into “old ducks”, while in my own case, the term “doddery old goat” has, sadly, become increasingly familiar.

And finally, is it not a travesty that the statue of a border collie, one complicit in the rustling of sheep, and a blot on our colonial past, be permitted to remain standing on the shores of Lake Tekapo? That it has not been routinely torn down only confirms my contention that standards in this country have truly gone to the dogs.

Bob Sharp, Matakana

Philistines Year after year I have entreated Kaipara District Council (KDC) to respect the trees and fauna in our area.

They have outdone themselves

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this time and turned the beautiful pohutukawa, which were in full bloom, into a sad tangled mess.

KDC does nothing about the state of Cames Road and its dreadful condition, but attacks trees which are doing no harm and are not overhanging the road.

They are philistines who insult us by spending our rates on desecrating our environment. That is all we get – no road maintenance, nothing. Just destruction!

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We asked our Facebook followers if people should have to selfisolate at home for one week after completing managed isolation.

Here are some of the responses:

Angela Harris I also think managed

isolation needs to be longer. Three weeks in managed, one week at home.

Lucy Coory Yes. It will definitely be beneficial that anyone leaving managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) is asked and also encouraged to self-isolate at home, but this will be difficult to enforce and will ultimately come down to individuals’ moral judgments. More important is that all returnees are managed appropriately and not exposed to inadvertent risks of transmission. This is a virus and like us it wants to survive. Give it an opportunity, and it will take it.

Arno Nothnagel Not a bad idea but needs to be for selective countries. If from Australia or the Pacific then it makes no sense. A smarter idea would be to use a different facility for MIQ for low-risk travelers so there is no risk of cross contamination.

Melanie Scott, Mangawhai

Plunket says thanks Wellsford Plunket would publicly like to thank the local community for their support in our Presents Under the Tree campaign this 2020 Christmas for children aged three months to five years of age. We had an overwhelming response to our request for presents for our families going through a rough patch. We thank each and every one of you for making the difference of a lifetime to our families. We truly appreciate each and every gift given from the bottom of our hearts. In 2021, we will be undertaking this present drive again with the added support of Wellsford Plus. Once again, thank you.

Tania Hamilton, Wellsford Plunket

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We have enjoyed watching one of our most spectacular – but hidden – viaducts take shape over the last few months.

While it’s currently out of view for much of the public, Arawhiti Pua Ngahere is sure to be a favourite feature of future road users.

The 75 metre long viaduct passes through a mature kauri forest and was designed to minimise impact on this forest and its inhabitants as much as possible. By choosing the path of least impact, we were able to avoid eight of the largest kauri trees which are estimated to be between 350500 years old.

The forest has posed some unique challenges for our structures team.

Using a 450 tonne mobile crane (the largest in New Zealand) they need to lift 39 beams, working from both the north and the south and carefully manoeuvring the beams to avoid the nearby trees.

You’ll have to wait a little longer to see this stunning viaduct in person.

However, those who attend our upcoming Open Day on 20 February will be treated to a close-up view of the larger viaducts at the southern end of our project, Arawhiti ki Ōkahu and Arawhiti ki Pūhoi.

Tickets will be available from midday tomorrow (4 February) for the Open Day. Spaces are limited and we’re expecting high demand. For more information see our website, Facebook page or give us a call (details below).

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component of natural gas – leaks from drilling sites and pipelines and is many times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

While the gas industry may reject and confuse these claims, the facts remain.

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Kaipara District Council slashes rates, but projects suffer Kaipara District Council (KDC) will consult on its revised Long Term Plan next month, based on a reduced average rate rise of 3.97 per cent.

Originally, Council was proposing a rate rise of 5.49 per cent.

KDC infrastructure general manager Jim Sephton had the unenviable task of presenting his proposed spending cuts to councillors at a briefing in Mangawhai last month.

In total, his revised capital expenditure programme would wipe $24 million in spending from Council books over 10 years.

Cost cuts include $4 million from the Mangawhai Coastal Walkway development, $500,000 from a Mangawhai Heads carpark and $990,000 from the Mangawhai Community Park.

However, Mangawhai was still expected to receive $5 million for a new library, which would be designed in year one of the plan and constructed in year two.

Water management would also see significant cuts, especially stormwater management, which would decrease from $7.5 million to $1.5 million over the next three years.

Deputy Mayor Anna Curnow asked Mr Sephton what risks flooding might pose without expected stormwater infrastructure upgrades.

Mr Sephton said the Council did not know the risks because it also did not have the money for a risk assessment report.

Kaipara ratepayers will be asked for their views on the Long Term Plan, including rate cuts, next month.

KDC has received $4.7 million from central government for a new overflow tank at the Mangawhai wastewater treatment plant and renewal work in Dargaville and Kaiwaka.

Mr Sephton said that despite these upgrades, a long-term solution for Mangawhai was needed.

He proposed that sand filters in the Mangawhai plant be replaced with a ‘membrane filter’ at a cost of $2.3 million, to be funded by developer contributions.

It would allow recycled water from the plant to be used for further agricultural uses, solving the problem of what to do with the increase volume of wastewater.

Repairing slips where the sides of roads had eroded was a particularly contentious topic between councillors and Mr Sephton.

Mr Sephton said that the proposed

programme would not be able to cover slip repairs while keeping within the constraints of rates increases.

Instead, the programme proposed to install safety signs encouraging drivers to slow down, at a cost of $500,000 in Mangawhai and Kaiwaka, and a further $500,000 in Ruawai and Maungaturoto.

Another fiercely contentious issue was the cost blowout for the fitout of KDC’s new headquarters in Dargaville, from $500,000 to $1.2 million.

West Coast-Central ward Councillor David Wills challenged Mr Sephton, saying the $1.2m bill amounted to $20,000 per staff member.

“That’s bloody expensive. The justification for the new building was lowering the rent, but this programme has added more than half a million to the original cost,” Cr Wills said.

Mr Sephton said the fit-out design and procurement process had been transparent and robust.

“It is by no means a gold-plated project,” Mr Sephton said.

Otamatea ward Councillor Mark Vincent agreed with Mr Wills.

“I would like to introduce a novel concept – how about building to a budget? When estimates are way out of line, it skews our ability to make decisions,” he said.

Mangawhai-Kaiwaka Councillor Peter Wethey said this was an ongoing problem.

“We sign off on figures and those figures turn out to be nonsense.

Accountability is key to establish trust in Council and this is not good enough,” Cr Wethey said.

“We are going into a big-ticket plan with a lot of projects and if each comes in over cost, we will be history.”

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Much to look forward to

This summer will have been our first under Covid conditions. There is no doubt we all deserved a good break after what has been a tough year, but at least here in New Zealand we got to enjoy the kind of festive season many other countries can only dream of. During the summer break I’ve been at a prizegiving at Tomarata School, met Santa at Warkworth and Wellsford events, supported the Late Night Christmas shopping in Wellsford, dropped into the night market at Te Hana marae, attended the Christmas mass in Hakaru, had lunch at the reopened Bayside restaurant in Snells Beach, went to the Matakana markets, visited the Snells Beach summer art exhibition fundraiser and enjoyed seeing the classic cars at the Mangawhai Black Swamp Rod Run. I count my blessings every day that we can safely do these things here. I’m privileged to be able to spend my days mixing and mingling with people, doing what I love. I’m so grateful this is possible, but I’m also thinking of everyone less fortunate than we are, in countries where the pandemic is still in full force.

The Netherlands, where my elderly parents are, is back in full lockdown. At the end of last year, more than 8000 people had died from Covid in the Netherlands.

At the time of writing, that number has increased to well over 13,000 with still no end in sight, as the country reports thousands of new Covid cases every single day. And all that time the elderly, the vulnerable, and many others don’t feel safe to leave their homes. Here, in New Zealand, all we have to do is remember to slip, slop, slap; scan; and stay home and get tested if we have any cold or flu symptoms. These are the little things we can all do each day to protect ourselves and our whānau from the virus.

The Government’s decision to act quickly in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic has helped the economy recover faster than expected, but the full economic effects of Covid-19 are still to be felt in New Zealand and across the world. The Government will continue to work with businesses and workers to cushion the blow and support job retention and creation. We’ll purchase Covid vaccines from a range of pharmaceutical companies, so that every New Zealander can be vaccinated. Plus, we’ve agreed to establish travel bubbles with Australia and the Cook Islands in the first quarter of this year, pending no significant change in circumstances. There is plenty to look forward to.

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Wellsford farmer Gordon Levet has been recognised nationally and internationally for breeding sheep that are resistant to parasites and other ailments that plague farmers. His accolades include a citation from the Royal Society for services to agriculture, an innovation award from Beef + Lamb, a Ballance Farm Environment Award, a Sheep Industry Innovation Award and a New Zealander of the Year award among others. Jonathan Killick asked Gordon how it was he foresaw the rise of pharmaceutical resistance and dedicated his life’s work to careful breeding…

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My great grandfather was an Albertland settler who controversially decided to grow grapes and make wine. He was an outcast for making alcohol. Local children were told not to play with the Levet kids. But he established five acres in three years and is in the viticultural Hall of Fame for being one of the first to establish the industry in New Zealand. He supplied Government House in Auckland and was visited by Lord Bledisloe. n 1874, my grandfather bought the farm in Wellsford where I still live today. Back then, Wellsford was called Whakapirau, which means ‘rotten canoe,’ and the locals didn’t like it.

The town was renamed using the first letters of each of the local families – the first three letters are ‘Worker,’ ‘Edgar’ and ‘Levet.’ My father established our Romney stud in 1922.

It was the first Romney in Northland and an unusual breed at the time, but now it is dominant. started my education at Hoteo North School and later at Wellsford District High School. During the war children had to have tape around their neck with three things attached – a name tag, cotton wool for the ears and a cork to put between the teeth, all in case a bomb dropped. The school halls were filled with children making camouflage nets for the army and collecting ergot fungi to make penicillin. t 17, I took over management of the family stud. When I went to Fielding to buy rams I was the youngest there. Back then, wool reached a ‘pound for a pound’ or about $4. One fleece could buy oneand-a-half pairs of boots. It created a huge boom – New Zealand was riding on the sheep’s back. quickly became interested in genetics. Sheep breeding was all about looks, but I was fascinated by recording performance figures, like how many lambs each ewe would produce. I first began breeding for foot rot resistance 70 years ago. Most farmers would run their flock through a chemical foot bath, but I noticed that foot problems seemed to come down to the structure of the feet,

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especially the width of the toes. I decided to cull the worst and breed the best, and it solved the problem. n the 70s, I was the first farmer in New Zealand to apply an experimental embryo transfer technique, researched by the Ruakura Animal Research Station. It involved taking the eggs from the top 10 producing ewes and transplanting them into the rest of the flock. One year, I managed to get nine lambs out of one ewe. That really got me established in the scientific world of breeding. hen we had to deal with barber’s pole worm. Again, I thought there might be a genetic factor that could be bred for resistance to the blood sucking parasite. In the 1980s I asked Ruakura to set me some breeding protocols. I had to collect dung samples from each of my lambs, and when I started there was an average worm egg count of 1500 per gram.

But we noticed there was a fivefold difference between the best and the worst sires. rogress was slow before the year 2000. If one susceptible ewe bred into the flock, it was a step backwards.

However, in 1998, we found an exceptional ram for worm resistance.

Of the 400 lambs evaluated, he had 41 sons. When evaluated by computer, he had the top 22, with no sons in the bottom 60 per cent. Five sons were used from this sire, and resulted in significant progress. Last year, I tested 400 ram lambs twice in late January and late February. The first egg count averaged 3722. The second count was only 122. This was an unbelievable drop and illustrated how the immune system will overcome a major challenge.

Breeding for worm resistance is all about breeding a stronger and aggressive immune system. ainly I stuck with it on principle and to avoid chemicals. After the war, copper sulphate was used to drench lambs and then they added nicotine. One day I was drenching and looked out the window and saw that five lambs were dead. That was because we had given the smaller lambs the same dose and it had killed them.

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available. Farmers would drench their whole flock as a matter of course. A new drench would come out every 10 years because worms would become resistant.

Now some farms have total resistance to all drenches. I never dreamed it would go that far. n the 1973, I was elected to the NZ Romney Council. Out of 20 councillors, I was the only one from north of Whanganui. It was considered that no good sheep farmer would come from the north, especially Auckland. One day I came up with the idea to put out a publication and the council agreed. I didn’t know anything about publishing, but I’ve always been keen on writing. I spent a month on the road selling page adverts for $4000 and we raised $115,000.

It ended up being 96 pages, which we sent to every sheep farmer in the country. Years later, a farmer in Banks Peninsula told me he was only able to diagnose pneumonia in his sheep thanks to an article he read. It was a huge success and I got noticed.

After 23 years with the council I was nominated for vice president and later president. The idea of a northern farmer being president would have been unthinkable once. fter the amalgamation of Rodney into the Supercity, there were a lot of complaints from dairy farmers. Auckland Council officers would turn up without warning at farms and start taking photos of everything, as if it were a crime scene. It was a confrontational issue.

Brian Mason and I organised a public meeting in Wellsford to allow farmers to air their complaints. Out of that meeting, the Landowners and Contractors Protection Association (LCPA) was formed. Brian and I met with officials from Council and explained the situation. We drafted up a set of protocols from the farmers’ point-of-view, including organising

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appointments and photos to be taken with permission. Those protocols are still in use today and the LCPA continues to arbitrate with officials on behalf of farmers. n the 90s, I had a cow that had three sets of triplets in three years – a clear outlier. The day she birthed her second set of calves, she took each of them to a different location to hide them. It was the most remarkable thing I had ever seen. I talked to the scientists at Ruakura and we decided to clone her. They took a tissue sample and produced three clones. There was such an outcry from ignorant people who felt clones should not be eaten, but they were no different to any other animal. Then, in the 2000s researchers from the USA took semen from one of her sons. They began a breeding programme and wrote a scientific paper which had my name on it. I may have been the only Kiwi farmer at the time to have had his name on an international research paper.

Today, the progeny of that cow are producing an average of 3.5-4 calves in the US. They are having to give them fertility suppressants. I can’t take the credit for breeding that outlier cow.

It was accidental, but the power of observation and noticing traits is the secret to breeding. Where others just see an animal, I see an individual.

Gordon is selling his life’s work at a ‘full dispersal’ sale this month that will see his ewes spread around the country. His daughters now own the family farm and hope to build lakeside chalets for tourists to add to the Levet legacy.

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Each kiwi has its own frequency which can be tracked.

Francis the kiwi gets the once-over.

Radio tracking of kiwi boosts numbers Mahurangi Matters reporter Jonathan Killick goes in search of kiwi at Mataia Homestead near Glorit as part of a conservation effort.

Climbing through thickets of gorse, pampas and tea tree, we part branches to form a path.

The Kaipara Kiwi Group, part of the Mataia Restoration Project, has three male brown kiwi that it tracks with radio tags.

Two radio units with big blue antenna are used to pinpoint their location.

The receiver gives off a constant beep, which gets louder when the antenna is pointing in the right direction.

When both radio operators are pointing their antenna at each other, it is agreed the kiwi must be located somewhere in the middle.

Everyone is instructed to be at the ready in case a kiwi rushes out from its hiding place.

We are told that kiwi must be caught by the legs as they have no sternum breast bone and are easily crushed.

A new recruit, Robert, is on his first kiwi hunt and is being trained how to track them.

Rob’s arm is shoulder deep into a thick tuft of kikuyu grass when he shouts, “I’ve got a leg”.

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The kiwi is carefully extracted from his burrow and a catch bag is placed over his head to shield him from the light.

During the capture, the trackers are careful to make sure that the bird does not become overwhelmed.

If a kiwi feels threatened when it is pulled from the nest, it will suddenly eject the feathers around its tail in an effort to leave a predator in a puff of fluff while it escapes.

A stressed bird will click its beak to make a loud snapping noise. If it begins blowing bubbles from its nostrils, the capture is aborted.

After a successful capture, a pair of surgical scissors are used to snip off the old radio transmitter.

A new one is attached using a hospital baby tag and reinforced with eight rounds of green gaffer tape.

This reporter had the opportunity to cradle a kiwi while volunteers undertook their work.

Its feathers are soft, and it has a musky smell – part of the reason they are so easily found by dogs.

Each year, a survey of kiwi calls in the night is used to estimate numbers, and tracker Sue Cameron believes in the last year the population at Mataia has grown from 80 to 100 kiwi.

Kaipara Kiwi is looking for volunteers to help maintain trap lines and learn to track kiwi.

Later this year, the project will introduce kiwi to Mt Tamahunga with the help of the Tamahunga Trappers group.

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Backyards bursting with life Imagine a bioblitz in your backyard. A bioblitz surveys the species in an area in a short space of time. It’s an intensive count of biodiversity to provide a snapshot of life. It will count fungi, mammals, plants, invertebrates and macroinvertebrates, land, freshwater and marine species. It will involve counts over night as well as during the day.

A bioblitz of my garden reveals around 40 species of birds. They include ruru sitting on the low branches of a tree I grew from seed outside my lounge door, three tui sitting at the top of the same tree (heralding in the morning and evening) and a kahu (hawk) flying above. Last week, a pheasant flew past my head when I went down the stairs into the morning garden. I have starlings nesting in my letterbox. As well as my companion rabbit, Duggie, there are at least five small rabbits in my gardens (‘Little Grey’, ‘Little Tawny’, ‘Little Brown’ and so on – all of them creating havoc). There are fantails fighting off blackbirds, a shining cuckoo chick pestering its adoptive grey warbler mother and opportunistic pukeko. Then there are the ducks that return year upon year, the sparrows that follow us around and the chooks, Speckle and Shy. There are more than 50 different plants in one flower bed, different fruit trees, veggies tended by heart and by hand and eaten with honour. There are the occasional puriri moths, cabbage tree moths and white cabbage butterflies. There are monarch butterflies and, a little while ago, a Blue Moon butterfly from Australia.

If I include all the bugs, the biodiversity of my little piece of paradise seems unlimited.

There’s more than I could possibly imagine or know. Indeed, even when scientists count the life in their own backyards, they are surprised. During Lockdown Levels 3 and 4, Waitakere conservation biologist and Auckland University lecturer James Russell was practicing his mist net bird catching and leg banding under a permit from the Department of Conservation. What he thought was one resident fantail, turned out to be 36 different fantails visiting at different times.

Not only are there resident birds, as we would expect, living in nests in the trees in our garden, but there are also regular visitors and probably vagrants. Those of us who live in ecological corridors, for example near waterways, forests, wetlands, or on the North-West Wildlink, will also be aware of the occasional kaka, geckos, freshwater fish – extra special lives among the more common melange.

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Waste Management GM Ian Kennedy.

William Kapea, of Ngāti Rango.

A protestor held signs at the hearing.

Panel chair, Sheena Tepania.

Waste Management (WM) had the opportunity to reply to submissions against its proposed Dome Valley landfill late last month, and its relationship with iwi was centre stage.

WM general manager Ian Kennedy began the two-day reply by responding to criticism that it had failed to consult with iwi.

Mr Kennedy said that he was surprised

by Ngāti Manuhiri chairman Mook Hohneck’s comments that his iwi had always known the Dome Valley was the wrong place for a landfill.

He listed upwards of 20 meetings between Waste Management and Ngāti Manuhiri that took place in 2018 and 2019.

“Indeed, Ngāti Manuhiri was seeking a formal arrangement with us on development of the landfill,” Mr Kennedy said.

“At no stage back then was it alluded to that the landfill was in the wrong place.”

Mr Kennedy said Waste Management was even provided with a Cultural Values Assessment (CVA) by Ngāti Manuhiri.

He said, at a later date, he was unexpectedly contacted and told that the CVA was not authorised and that it should not be distributed anywhere else.

Mr Kennedy said WM respected Maori cultural concerns and offered to assist in the remediation of historic landfills, which were already leaching into the Kaipara Harbour.

He said that Waste Management would be prepared to accept up to 50,000 tonnes of waste from the old tips – if the Kaipara District Council was prepared to transport the waste and the Government would waive the waste disposal fee.

William Kapea, of Ngāti Rango, then presented to the commissioners on behalf of WM, saying that mana

whenua had come to accept the need for a landfill.

Ngāti Rango is a hapu of Ngāti Whātua, residing on the southern Kaipara Coast.

“We knew a landfill was coming, even if we didn’t know where,” he said.

“Rubbish is already being dumped in our rivers. If we don’t get a replacement for the closing Redvale landfill, it is going to be a train wreck,” Mr Kapea said.

He said that visiting Redvale had convinced his fellow kaumatua that if a landfill was inevitable, it ought to be the best kind of landfill, like Redvale.

Hearing panel chair Commissioner Sheena Tepania asked Mr Kapea how representative his views were of mana whenua when other iwi representatives had given such different submissions.

Mr Kapea said many of his people had come around to the idea once it had been explained that it would be a “modern landfill”.

“They know the realities. There are just as many people who accept the idea, but did not make a submission.”

Mr Kapea went further to say that the submissions of entities such as Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua did not speak for “everyone at home”.

Mr Kapea said that pine forestry currently being undertaken in the Dome Valley was flushing harmful sediment into the harbour and a landfill would put a stop to it.

“This land has been affected by forestry and so the mauri has already been compromised.”

Ms Tepania asked if a landfill could ever be said to fit within Maori cultural values.

“Yes, if we go back to the ways of ‘what comes from papatuanuku (land) goes back to papatuanuku’. We never used to burn anything. That is our culture,” Mr Kapea said.

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Chief Fire Officer Kevin Lawton, left, presented Steve Paddison with a replica brass fire helmet.

Fire chief steps down after a quarter century of leadership After 25 years at the helm of Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade – and 45 years’ service in total – Steve Paddison has stepped down as the town’s Chief Fire Officer.

Since joining the brigade in 1975, Steve has attended nearly 2000 calls of every kind, from medicals and motor accidents to fallen trees and house fires. He says that while many events have been memorable, there is one particular callout from 1987 that will stay with him, when Te Kiri Omaha marae burnt down.

“The one I’ll probably always remember is the marae fire,” he says.

“We were driving down there in the dark and Laly Haddon’s mother was in the middle of the road, waving us down – she stopped the fire truck. She was staying at her daughter’s in Leigh and was on her way down to the marae – she wanted us to give her a lift. She was barefoot, too – she never wore shoes.”

Steve has seen many changes in his time with the Leigh brigade, principally the increase in the number of medical

callouts in recent years and, in 2017, the formation of Fire & Emergency New Zealand (FENZ), after the amalgamation of the NZ Fire Service, the National Rural Fire Authority and rural fire districts. The move has not been an improvement for Leigh, he believes, with a frustrating increase in bureaucracy and other challenges.

“To be honest, it got to stage where it felt like I was hitting my head against a wall,” he says.

However, he is not retiring from the brigade completely and will still be an active member of the Leigh crew.

Taking over Steve’s spot as Chief Fire Officer is Kevin Lawton, who steps up from his role as deputy Chief Fire Officer. As well as volunteering with the brigade for around 16 years, Kevin runs local building firms Leigh Builders and Tiny Living, and is an Olympic medallist – he won a rowing bronze for New Zealand at the 1984 Los Angeles games. Leigh station officer and brigade training officer Nick Torkington has taken up the post of deputy Chief Fire Officer.

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Vale Kelvin Schedewy The Puhoi community lost a rangatira last month when Kelvin Schedewy died peacefully at home after a long illness. He was aged 87 and died in the house where he had lived his whole life, on the southern side of hill that bears his family’s name.

At a requiem mass held at the Saints Peter and Paul Church in Puhoi on January 12, Kelvin was remembered as a much-loved family patriarch, respected businessman and community stalwart, who was intensely proud of his Bohemian heritage.

Friend Al Mason summed up the sentiments of many when he described Kelvin as “a good bastard”.

The Schedewy family settled in the Puhoi area from Bohemia in the late 1800s and their name is synonymous with the transport industry. Kelvin’s grandfather hauled kauri logs, while his father William (Bill) was carting cream cans to the Ahuroa rail station, on the back of a horse-drawn wagon, when he was just 14.

Kelvin started school at the Puhoi Convent before boarding at Sacred Heart College in Auckland. He returned to help in the business when his father became ill, and he never left. He was 15 at the time and had to get a special dispensation to drive under the age of 18. He started carting 44 gallon drums of fuel to garages in the district and cream cans to the Rodney Dairy Factory in Warkworth. The Schedewy fleet, which ran under the slogan ‘You call, we haul’, consisted of the Dodge trucks Reo and Rugby, followed in the 1960s by Fords and an ERF. The Reo cream truck was a great favourite at local dances. A parking spot would be saved for it beside the hall and the men would converge on the truck to put their beer in the cream cans because, in those days, it was

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against the law to drink within 3.2kms (two miles) of a dance hall. If there was any drink left over, it would be returned to the owners the next morning, often with Kelvin still wearing his best suit.

When the business started carting stock to the Westfield sales in Otahuhu, there was no Auckland Harbour Bridge and the only road through Orewa was along the beach. Trips had to be timed with the tides and the Waitemata Harbour vehicle ferry.

When the trucks got bigger and the roads improved, the Schedewys were carting freight, stock and wool to Auckland, with backloads of supplies for Waiwera, Puhoi and Warkworth.

Kelvin married Mary Davis in 1960, who helped in the

business as a driver and in the office before devoting herself to home duties, as the family expanded to include Stephen, Michael (deceased), Suzanne, Julie, Kaylene and Robert. Kelvin and Mary fostered numerous children, including Susan Jane.

When Bill died in 1966, Kelvin and his younger brother Ian took over. Stephen, Michael and Robert eventually became drivers, and Suzanne worked in the office until the business was sold to Rob Donnelly in 1993-94. Kelvin then went on to drive cattle trucks for Hoods, and later, buses and taxis in Warkworth, until ill health forced his retirement.

In 1991, Kelvin married Pat and they enjoyed many happy years together travelling, particularly to truck shows and transport meetings. As a keen photographer, Kelvin documented the history of haulage in the area on his box Brownie. He had more than 90 albums with around 200 photographs in each. He was also a member of the committee that ran the Puhoi Sesquicentennial in 2013, patron and life member of the Puhoi Heritage Museum Society, and a life member of the Northland Road Transport Association.

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Emeritus Professor Ralph Cooney

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Solving the plastic problem

It is now clear that plastic waste is ubiquitous around the planet. From the Arctic to the Antarctic, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the depths of the oceans and across almost all populated landscapes, plastic waste is evident. How do we solve this extraordinary problem? For a start, it will be essential that all sectors of society that have contributed to the problem should now contribute to finding a solution: governments, manufacturers, retailers and the diverse public consumer communities.

The fundamental strategy that has emerged is referred to as the “Circular Economy”, a concept that is applicable to all industrial materials but which is more advanced and more applicable to plastics than other common materials.

Essentially, the Circular Economy involves reducing the range of plastics used in manufacturing and packaging (many thousands of different commercial plastic types) to only those that can be recycled and then reusing the recyclable plastics from one manufacturing cycle to the next. In theory, the recycled plastics become an enduring resource for many manufacturing cycles for a specific product. In practice, marginal degradation during each cycle will eventually limit the ability to reuse the plastic resource. The ability to recycle plastics depends on the type of plastics involved. At present, only about 15 per cent of commercial plastics are recycled, so the potential for reducing single-use plastic waste is considerable.

The New Zealand Government has recently committed itself to pursuing this Circular Economy strategy. Packaging, construction, textiles, consumer goods and transportation are the leading industrial and retail sectors utilising plastics. If it were possible in one step and across all countries to make all packaging recyclable, and to make such a recycling process mandatory, this would reduce the plastic waste problem substantially and quickly. Such a global vision is obviously very ambitious.

Nevertheless, even if New Zealand by itself sought to achieve 100 per cent plastic recyclability, this would be an exceptionally valuable achievement.

To make the New Zealand 100 per cent recyclability target feasible, a sensible move would be to focus initially on the dominant plastics sector, packaging. To achieve 100 per cent packaging recyclability it would be essential for product manufacturers, packaging companies, retail companies, recycling and waste management companies to work cooperatively with regional councils, the Government and consumer communities within defined plastics specifications. The experiences in packaging would then inform construction and other leading sectors.

It is important to note that many major multinational companies have already committed themselves to the Circular Economy. These include Dow Chemical (the world’s leading plastic manufacturer), UniLever (which owns 400 brands), L’Oreal, Nestle, Danone, Colgate-Palmolive, Proctor & Gamble, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. Most of these companies have set themselves a target of 100 per cent recyclability by 2025 or 2030. The role of consumer pressure and Government support will be important in achieving this target.

Support for shellfish petition A petition started by residents of Mathesons Bay have got in contact Omaha Beach to reduce the legal take limit of rock pool sea creatures has gained 1870 signatures.

But campaigner Mary Coupe wants to get a lot more signatures before the deadline of March 31.

The petition was launched by residents at the end of last year in response to large numbers of visitors stripping shellfish and sea creatures from rock pools at the southern end of the beach.

The campaign has gained traction and resulted in signs being put up at the beach asking visitors not to take sea creatures and displaying the 0800 4 POACHER phone line to report illegal takes.

Mary says residents of Pakiri and

with her with a view to putting up the same signs at their beaches.

Despite the campaign, the rock pools continue to be picked over during the peak summer period.

“Between December 23 and 30, a dedicated local counted more than 500 people harvesting from the rock pools,” Mary says.

“The ecosystem relies on sea creatures in rock pools. If we take this out from the bottom of the food chain, who knows what the impact will be.”

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Labour list MP Marja Lubeck has opened an office in Riverside Arcade, which was previously occupied by former MP Tracey Martin. Marja says the office is the place to bring regional and local issues to the Government’s attention.

It is open five days a week, from 9am to 3pm for consultations and meetings with individuals and organisations. As chair of the Education and Workplace Select Committee, Marja also receives submissions and representations from groups involved in those professions and industries.

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Seventeen students from Otamatea High School were presented with their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award by Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy at a ceremony in Auckland late last year.

The award requires participants to regularly help people in the community, get fitter through any form of physical exercise, learn a new skill and go on an adventurous journey in the outdoors.

National director Karen Ross said that after a very challenging year, they were delighted to celebrate the young people’s achievements.

“It’s been inspiring to see our award participants find creative ways of completing their award, despite the many changes Covid-19 brought last year. Many chose to help the vulnerable in their community during lockdown and forged amazing intergenerational friendships,” Karen says.

The Otamatea recipients were Nikayla Abel, Holly Renee Anderson, Mathias Damsted, Elizabeth Easterbrook, Katie Ferguson, Maggie Hames, Emma Huband, Paige Kenyon, Emma Millard, Samuel Orchard, Ocean Shadbolt, Corey Slimo, Chiannae-Jade Smart, Ewan Smith, Claude Smyth, Dietrich von Dincklage and Portia Wehi.

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Businesses must connect with schools

With any luck, our local business owners and operators have had an opportunity to spend some quality time with family and friends, and a bit of down time from work over the Christmas-New Year period. Now, as we get into February and the start of the education year, it is a good time for employers to think about engaging with school learners. Evidence suggests this has huge benefits for employers and students alike.

Building a relationship with local secondary schools is a smart way to create awareness of your business and attract future talent. It is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to get your name out there. Consider being a guest speaker at your local school; taking on a student for work experience; mentoring a student; participating in a careers expo; or inviting students to visit your business.

Recent research by the Employers and Manufacturers Association shows that only 18 per cent of businesses have links to schools. But by engaging with schools, school leavers will be interested in working with you when they finish secondary school or graduate from tertiary study – saving you recruitment costs and solving future skill shortages. It also gives school leavers an opportunity to interact with employers. Even if this interaction is not a work offer, it is hugely beneficial. Overseas research shows young people who experience four (or more) interactions with employers are five times less likely to be unemployed.

In New Zealand, a recent survey by the Ministry of Education shows that 66 per cent of school leavers have never spoken to an employer – this suggests a large number may potentially be joining the unemployment queue. Increasingly, we hear about a disconnect between the world of work and the world of education.

Employers complain that the education system does not prepare young people for work neither in terms of their skill sets nor their attitudes. The education sector says industry does not take enough responsibility in terms of offering training and development or “learn as you earn” opportunities. Statistics show 70 per cent of New Zealand students who complete secondary school do not go on to further study. Of those who do go on to further study, about 75 per cent indicated they would have changed what they were studying if they knew more when they started.

The Warkworth area is growing quickly with new businesses looking to move here to capitalise on its growth. Local businesses should engage with schools sooner rather than later.

Ant, 32, and Jess Pedersen, 30, have taken over the former Jaques Four Square in Kaiwaka.

The couple have moved from Tauranga where they owned a Four Square for nearly four years.

They jumped at the chance to move to Kaiwaka when they heard that the Jaques Four Square was on the market.

“It’s a great community in a really cool part of New Zealand, and we wanted the challenge of taking over the reins of a bigger store,” Ant says.

The significance of taking over a store that had been owned by a single family for 96 years is not lost on them.

“We are very much here to evolve the Jaques legacy, look after people and serve the community the best we can,” Ant says.

“We have huge boots to fill. It’s a case of carrying on that incredible work, and having an ear to the ground on what the community wants to see more of from their local shop.”

Ant says he recognises there is an element of social responsibility involved in owning a local supermarket, and the Pedersens are already rolling out some new community initiatives.

The Four Square Kaiwaka will hold free fitness sessions with local trainer Siobhan Henderson, at the Kaiwaka Fitness Centre.

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The classes will be held on Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm, starting after Waitangi Weekend.

“Just turn up with a drink bottle,” Ant says.

The store is also launching a “local legends” programme, where a “good sort”, nominated by the community, will be awarded a hamper or voucher.

“This is a community hub. Let’s honour and put the spotlight on those doing good things,” Ant says.

When they are not working, Ant and Jess are busy raising their two young children.

Before becoming Four Square store owners, Jess was a nurse, while Ant was an accountant and a race car driver.

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Cool classics create summer spectacle It was hot rod heaven for car enthusiasts who visited the Mangawhai Domain on January 3 for the annual Black Swamp Rod Run. The public was given the chance to view about 180 vehicles before they took to the road.

The run is organised by siblings Phil Lathrope and Sandra Brunt, who started it in 2007 with 13 cars. Cars this year came from around the North Island and included a Rolls Royce.

“We don’t have classes or prizes because it’s all about relaxing and having fun with other car enthusiasts,” Sandra says. After a run through to Waipu, the day finished back in Mangawhai at the Black Swamp olive grove where there was food and live music. Sandra says it was great fun to see many of the roads along the run lined with people in bean bags, sitting under sun umbrellas, enjoying the spectacle. Just over $400 was raised from gold coin donations at the domain, which was donated to Otamatea High School.

Paparoa Lions also raised money at the event by providing food.

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John, right, accepts the wheelbarrow from Wellsford Plus representative Colin Smith.

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Te Hana Gas owner John Pattan was the lucky winner of a wheelbarrow full of local goods in a pre-Christmas raffle run by Wellsford Plus. The draw raised around $1600 towards Santa Parade costs and Wellsford Plunket.

The second prize of a Pete Bowmar Toys wooden grader and some groceries was won by Scott Innes, and the third prize of $130 of vouchers for three Wellsford cafes – Lime Tree, Caffe Cozy and Peppers – went to Tony Santos. Wellsford Plus thanks all the local businesses and community members who supported the raffle.

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Tree quickens St John pulse Ambulance crews in Warkworth will have access to the latest defibrillator following a donation from the Lions Club of Kowhai Coast.

The club handed over a cheque for $5000, which was raised from its Christmas tree display Treemendous, held in the Old Masonic Hall in December.

More than 50 decorated trees were on display and the money was raised by charging a small admission fee, a sales table and raffles.

Previous recipients of the event include Kawau Coastguard and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

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About 180 entries were displayed, slightly down on last year, as there were no entries from Mahurangi College students due to Covid 19 disruptions last year.

Club president Don Wishart says the three-day exhibition was well attended throughout, especially on the opening night.

“Visitors and artists were very complimentary about the high standard of both the artwork and the running Lillian Fromont won the People’s Choice Award of the exhibition,” he says. with this painting, which was one of two from the “The funds raised for the series ‘te wairua o te whenua’. tennis club were up on last year by The club thanked its sponsors, about $1500.” including major sponsor Bayleys, Warkworth artist Lillian Fromont the artists and the community for its won the People’s Choice Award support. with a painting inspired by the “We were grateful that we were able to Catchpool Valley track. Other winners were: novice, Caroline Bell; forge ahead with the exhibition always intermediate, Ricci Bray; professional, knowing that we might have to pull Miki Nozomi; and photography, the plug at short notice if Covid-19 Rhana Panhuis. flared up again,” Don says.

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Notice to people with rain tanks On 1 March 2021, the amount private water carriers pay to fill up their tankers with water at our filling stations will increase.

Current price: $1.386+GST per 1,000 litres New price: $3.90+GST per 1,000 litres

This means the cost to fill a tanker with 10,000 litres of water will rise by around $25, from $13.86 to $39.00 (+GST).

The new charge better reflects the cost of providing water at filling stations – a service which has been heavily subsidised for many years. It’s being applied after the summer peak to reduce pressure on rural and coastal communities, giving people time to learn about the change. This summer, we are opening three additional filling stations to help water carriers serve their customers in a timely manner.

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Visitors chop to win at Puhoi Visiting axemen Jack Jordan, of Taranaki, and Tytan Semenoff, of Whangarei, claimed the top two titles in the Puhoi Pub Woodchopping Carnival held on January 9.

Jordan won the Underhand Open ahead of Jason Semenoff, Kaleb McDonnell and Matt Gower, to claim a Puhoi Trophy.

Tytan Semenoff, who comes from a long line of Whangarei axemen, won

the Standing Open, ahead of younger brother Johnson Semenoff, Peter Eyles and Michael Trow.

Puhoi Axemen Club secretary Cassandra Brown says the day was “awesome”, with a great atmosphere and good crowd.

“We’d like to thank the Puhoi Pub, helpers behind the scenes and all the sponsors for making our annual wood chopping carnival so successful,” she said.

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Top skaters line-up for big Bowl Jam Organisers of the 10th annual Mangawhai Bowl Jam at the Mangawhai Activity Zone this Saturday, February 6, believe it will be the largest yet.

In anticipation, seating has been increased by 20 per cent.

Organiser Jesse Peters says competitive skateboarders unable to travel overseas are itching to get back on their boards.

“The best bowl skaters from all over New Zealand will be there,” he says. “Crews from Christchurch, Wanganui, Hamilton and Palmerston North have let us know they are coming.”

Big names include Taupo’s Bowman Hansen, North Shore’s Andrew Morrison, Northland’s Dave Crabb, Wellington’s Chris Wood and up and comer, Niwa Shewry from Taranaki.

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Peters says that some Australian skaters have even been considering quarantining to be able to attend.

He is “incredibly proud” of the local community that has built up the event over the last 10 years.

“It is amazing for a grassroots community-organised event to have become the largest comp in the country,” he says.

A t-shirt commemorating the 10th anniversary has already reached 120 pre-sales.

Peters is encouraging local skaters of all abilities to give the competition a try.

He says skaters can register on the day and there is no skill-based restriction, other than being able to skate a bowl.

The Jam starts at 10.30am.

Ukulele maestro Dianne Morgan will hold a free ukulele open day on Tuesday, February 9, in Warkworth to celebrate the return of her ukulele classes this year.

She is also celebrating moving to the new venue for the open day and classes – the old Masonic Hall in Baxter Street.

The open day runs from 1.30pm to 6.30pm on Tuesday, February 9. Adults who would like to start from scratch and learn the ukulele are encouraged to come at 2.30pm.

Adults who know a few chords can try the 1.30pm or 5.30pm classes. Kids can come at 3.30pm to start their ukulele journey or 4pm if they have a few chords under their belt. Alternatively, they can turn up any time to have a sing and see what classes are like.

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Cupid’s inspiration for love’s special day If you are scratching your head about how to impress a special someone on February 14, then read on. In this ‘keep it local’ age we are living through, the team at Mahurangi Matters has come up with a few Valentine’s Day ideas that promise not to break the bank.

Summer loving Valentine’s Day is on a Sunday this year, which means it is the perfect opportunity to grab your favourite pair of togs, lather on the sunblock and spend the day exploring the Goat Island Marine Reserve. Established in 1975, the reserve expands over five kilometres of shoreline, extends 800m offshore and is home to hundreds of different species of marine life. Slip on your snorkel or jump on board a Glass Bottom Boat tour and spend the day discovering the marine life below. Afterwards, settle into the sand and watch the sun go down while you enjoy a homemade picnic.

Cheesy pickup For a romantic adventure, pack a picnic basket and a take a drive down to Puhoi.

Pick up a few artisan cheeses at the Puhoi Valley Cheese store, and anything else from the Puhoi General Store. Drive five minutes north, up SH1, and take Mahurangi West Road through to Sullivans Bay in the Mahurangi Regional Park. At the northern end of the park there is a trail that leads to Mita Bay. It’s a wonderfully secluded place only accessible by foot. At the top end, there is a particularly quiet spot by the water enclosed by bush to lay down on a blanket and enjoy a romantic afternoon.

Wander and wonder A leisurely wander through the ornate sculpture gardens and art galleries on Omaha Flats Road is a great way to find out if you share a similar outlook on life with a date. With hundreds of diverse artworks ranging from local and quirky to world class quality, there is always plenty to see and it’s guaranteed to stimulate lively conversation. As well as the tour, there is a chance to woo over fine wine and good food at Rothko Restaurant and Freddie’s Lawn Bar, though check opening hours before going, as neither venue is open every day.

Be inspired There are limited opportunities to visit the internationally-acclaimed sculpture park known as Gibbs Farm, on the Kaipara Coast Highway, so securing a ticket for such an event would be something of a romantic coup. The Albertland Museum has permission to host a public open day at the park on March 26. The walking tour takes three to four hours, and you will get to see artworks by some of the world’s most significant artists, framed by the Kaipara Harbour. Although the tour isn’t on Valentine’s Day, handing over the tickets on February 14 would be a winner. Info: albertlandmuseum.co.nz

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This Valentine’s Day, you can taste them all by taking your Valentine on a progressive dinner through town. There are many ways you could approach this, so here is an example to get you started: Start the night with drinks at The Tahi Bar, followed by entrees and special Valentine’s cocktails at Wharf Street Bistro, then onto main course at the Warkworth Hotel. Finally, take a stroll along the riverfront towards the Bridgehouse to finish the night in the best way possible, with dessert. Bookings essential.

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Island time It is only half-an-hour away by boat, but Kawau Island can sometimes feel like it is in another time zone. If you are looking for a romantic day out, then the daily Royal Mail Run could fit the bill. The ferry leaves Sandspit Wharf at 10.30am and then makes a two-hour run delivering freight and mail to island residents. There is an on-board commentary and a good chance of spotting penguins, gannets and dolphins. Passengers can pre-order an onboard BBQ lunch or disembark at Mansion House for a BYO picnic. Return ferries leave at 2pm and 4.30pm.

Outdoor heaven Pack a picnic and head along the Tawharanui Peninsula to one of the region’s most stunningly beautiful spots, which also happens to be an important native wildlife sanctuary. Once through the electric gates that keep predatory pests at bay, there are 558 hectares of coastline, wetland, native bush and farmland to explore.

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The Mangawhai Walking Weekend is back on track.

Mangawhai walking weekend returns A 12km walk around the entire Mangawhai estuary is one of the new events on the Mangawhai Walking Weekend programme on March 27 and 28.

The event was cancelled last year, but a new committee is at the helm and it has put together 15 walks.

Each walk is hosted by an experienced local guide who will share stories and history along the way.

The ‘Estuary Explorer – Heads to Domain’ walk includes a guided history of the estuary as a ship building and trading hub.

Another highlight on the programme is the ‘Impressions of the Mangawhai Distal Spit’ walk, guided by the Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society. It includes a telling of the famous ‘big dig’ yarn, explaining how in 1991 Mangawhai locals joined together to oppose Council and restore flow to the Mangawhai lagoon with 40

excavating machines.

Returning favourites include a guided walk along the iconic Mangawhai clifftop and the Tanekaha track in the Brynderwyns.

The Mangawhai Walking Weekend is the annual fundraiser for the Trackies Trust, which maintains and forms many tracks in the area.

Committee chair Trish Whyte says bookings open at mangawhaiwalking.co.nz on Friday, February 19 and are expected to sell out fast.

She says the walking weekend committee is keen to attract new volunteers to help organise the popular event.

The annual food and wine festival, usually organised by the committee, has been deferred to next year.

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Kawau Bay Fishing Club hopes a controversial sun shelter that it is erecting at Snells Beach will be finished before the end of summer.

Club secretary Gael Knight says the shelter at Sunburst Reserve is in fact complete, but there needs to be further drainage works and the installation of a table, which will be undertaken by Auckland Council.

The fishing club decided to gift the sun shelter to the Snells Beach community using money raised for a clubrooms project, that was ultimately abandoned.

The fishing club secured more than 280 signatures in support of the project but around 30 residents living in nearby streets strongly objected to it – fearing the shelter would become a focal point for noisy parties, alcohol and drug use.

Ms Knight says now the shelter has been built, comments received by the club have been overwhelmingly positive – particularly from mums with young children who appreciate its location next to a playground. Ms Knight could not say exactly when Council would complete the remaining works, but said it had been extremely pro-active and supportive of the project so far. Once complete, the fishing club plans an opening ceremony with a barbecue.

Navigational bylaw changes Consultation on Auckland Council’s draft Navigational Safety Bylaw closes on February 14.

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Honey festival creating a buzz Artists, authors and a world-renowned chef will be among the attractions at what is thought to be New Zealand’s first festival to celebrate honey and bees, which takes place at Matakana Primary School on Sunday, February 14.

The Big Buzz Festival runs all day, from 9am to 4pm, and will feature free talks, workshops, demonstrations, tastings and exhibitions. There will also be market stalls, live music, children’s entertainment and at least nine food, drink and coffee trucks.

Highlights include a cooking demonstration from noted Australian chef Cory Campbell, who has moved to the region after spells at top restaurants including the two Michelin-starred Noma in Copenhagen, Vue de Monde in Melbourne and Sydney’s Barangaroo. Rachel Weston, author

of Bumble Bees Have Smelly Feet, will give readings from her latest book, while award-winning beekeeper Andrew Cory will talk about his journey from buying the Niue Honey Company on a whim in 1999 up to his latest project, the creation of a global bee sanctuary.

Other attractions include a workshop on how to make handmade books, a demonstration on natural eco-dying with leaves, flowers and bark, a talk on garden planting for pollinators, an insight into how to save NZ’s 27 native bee species and honey tastings. There will also be an exhibition of work from Matakana, Leigh, Pakiri, Ahuroa and Wainui schools, which have been running Big Buzz educational projects over the past year.

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Volunteers sought to teach English Strong demand in the Mahurangi area has prompted a charitable organisation to host sessions for volunteers willing to teach English as a second language (ESOL).

English Language New Zealand manager Andrew Barron says the organisation has been made aware of more than 20 non-native English speakers in the Warkworth area who are eager to secure tuition locally.

He anticipates once English Language New Zealand become better known in the area, others eager to improve their language skills will want to take advantage of the organisation’s services.

Volunteers travel to learners’ homes to

provide free one-on-one support.

Mr Barron says the ideal volunteer is someone who is passionate about helping others and wants to give their time to make a difference in the life of someone in their community.

“They may not have been born in New Zealand themselves, but have been able to fit into society and want to share their knowledge,” he says.

The course begins with a one-hour group interview on Friday, February 19, at the Warkworth Town Hall, at 10am. Training continues on Fridays in March and May. Info: andrew. barron@englishlanguage.org.nz

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Picnic benefits from return of opera stars Six of New Zealand’s top opera stars will perform at Auckland Opera Studio’s Matakana Summer Picnic Concert this month.

The event will see the return of favourites, soprano Amelia Berry and tenor Ipu Laga’aia, who performed at the picnic last year. They will be joined by sopranos Amina Edris and Natasha Wilson, bass-baritone Paul Whelan and tenor Oliver Sewell.

They will be accompanied by pianist Claire Caldwell.

Opera Studio director Frances Wilson says one of the positive outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic is that many gifted singers usually based overseas have returned home to New Zealand “This means we have been able to select some of the best this country has to offer to perform,” she says.

Amelia Berry wowed last year.

The concert will feature music drawn from classical operas and contemporary musicals.

The event will be held in a large private garden on the corner of Ward Road and Matakana Valley Road on Saturday, February 27. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring their own picnic. Gates open at 4.30pm and the concert starts at 5.30pm.

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Deva Prem and Mary-Anne Boyd enjoyed classes last year.

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Budding artists should head for Mangawhai this month, as a new series of morning art courses for adults is starting at the new Mangawhai Art Workspace Up first is the self-explanatory sevenweek course, Playing with Pastels, Understanding Colour and Exploring Watercolours, run by Christine Moginie, which runs every Thursday morning from February 4 until March 18.

Elena Nikolaeva is running Acrylics for

Beginners for six weeks, on Tuesdays from February 9 until March 16, and Wendy Leach will teach Drawing for Beginners on Wednesday mornings, starting on March 17 and running until April 14.

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Summer of fish Every summer my husband looks forward to fishing expeditions in his small boat, ironically named Raindear, my nickname. Those who know us well laugh, for they know I have never set foot in it. My husband is an inveterate weather watcher and carefully researches where the fish are likely to be found.

He stays within the triangle of the gulf bounded by Hauturu (Little Barrier Island), Flat Rock and Takatu Point, and is always careful to follow the rules about quantity and size of his catch.

This year I am still waiting for that elusive kingfish to come home with him, but am pretty happy with the haul of snapper, kahawai, gurnard and an occasional blue cod, which I think has strayed far away from its usual southerly habitat.

I have no problem thinking up ways to cook the catch, and must say that while I love to eat fish on the day it has been caught, I am now a fan of what some chefs call “aged fish”, which means careful storing the fish in controlled refrigeration to develop more flavour and texture. One of my favourite chefs, Makoto Tokuyama of Cocoro Japanese Restaurant in Ponsonby, ages some of his fish for sashimi for up to fourteen days.

Kahawai may well be my favourite, as it

Homestyle Fish ‘n’ Chips 3 medium agria potatoes 4 tbsp cooking oil (grapeseed or similar) 1 tbsp butter 2 tsp sage, chopped 1 tsp flaky sea salt 2 fillets fresh fish, skin on 1 tbsp flour 2 tsps seaweed sprinkle (Source from Rimurimu at Matakana Farmers Market or online). Alternatively, 2 tsps fresh chopped herbs 1/2 tsp flaky sea salt

When slicing raw fish make sure your knife is razor sharp.

Peel the potatoes and cut into wedges lengthwise. Simmer in salted water for 12 minutes then drain well. Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan and add the butter. When hot, toss in the potatoes with sage and salt. Lower the heat and cook the potatoes slowly for about 10-15 minutes until golden and crisp. Meanwhile,

prepare the fish by dusting with the flour, seaweed sprinkle or herbs and the salt. When the potatoes are ready, remove them and keep them hot.

Add a little more oil to the pan if necessary and turn the heat up. Cook the fish skin side down until the skin is crispy and the fish is almost cooked through. Turn the fish over, turn off the heat and leave for one minute.

Serve at once with the agria chips and some lemon wedges. Serves two.

is a lovely fleshy fish with almost meaty flavours. I have a cheap little smoker – a tin box with a tight lid, an inner tray that stands over a handful of manuka chips or tea leaves, and a wee stand that goes underneath to hold the burning methylated spirit. My filleted kahawai with the skin still attached is rubbed with a quarter of a cup of brown sugar and a

few tablespoons sea salt and placed in the tray, skin side down, before putting the lid on. Once the meths is lit, it only takes about ten to twelve minutes to cook the fish through in the heat and smoke.

Then comes the best part: transfer the fish to a plate, serve with a squeeze of lemon, and eat with your fingers while sipping an icy cold beer. Heaven!

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When there’s an abundance of fresh fish I like to make a sliced raw fish (ceviche style) dish as a treat before dinner. The trick of getting your fish slices to have that nice even appearance is to ensure your knife is razor sharp. Slice about 400g of fresh skinned and boned fish thinly and evenly, and lay them slightly overlapping on a flat plate. Take one lemon and gently grate the rind over the fish slices. Now squeeze the juice of the lemon over the fish and drizzle some good extra virgin olive oil over it. Finely chop some chives and sprinkle them over the fish with about two teaspoons of flaky sea salt. The finishing touch is to scatter a few pink peppercorns over, or maybe a few herb flowers.

For pan-fried fish, I always prefer to leave the skin on the fillets. The fish in my homestyle recipe is hapuku, but feel free to use any fish fillets you are lucky enough to catch, buy or be given.

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Who would have thought that li’l ol’ Warkworth would boast such a diverse range of great eating establishments. Take a wander down Neville Street and it seems the cuisines of much of the world are represented – traditional Kiwi fare (Gunners), French (So French Café), Italian (Aldo’s, Pizza Hut), American (Blue’s BBQ & Bar), Japanese (Asahi), Middle Eastern (Pita Pit), and, just a street away, European (Wharf Street Bistro). There are fun ways to enjoy your food too; regular live music at The Tahi Bar, and the chance to indulge in a bit of Beatles nostalgia at Let it Brew. Mahurangi Matters popped into a few of the establishments and asked chefs and owners to pick one of their favourite dishes and tell us all about it.

The Tahi Bar When Rachel Cooney and Gareth Hedges took over at Tahi Bar, they were eager to complement their range of local craft beers with some fine food. Their latest offering is the Blackbrick Wing Platter, which comprises nine chicken wings prepared in three different styles.

There are three sweet smoked paprika wings, three crispy American dry rub wings and three buffalo-style Kaitaia Fire hot wings. Rachel says the Kaitaia Fire ones certainly have some bite to them. The wings are paired with a persillade and sour cream/chive dipping sauce, and a crunchy sesame coleslaw.

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Wharf Street Bistro owner Tahlia Meharry decides the bistro’s famous twice-cooked pork belly is the one she should highlight.

“It’s so heartwarming, with delicious mouth-watering flavours,” she says.

The pork is marinated in garlic and sage and served with a gourmet potato smash and creamy cauliflower purée.

“It’s finished off with Ray’s Rocket (produced in Matakana), a perfectly cooked poached pear and crispy crackling – all dripping with our red wine jus. How does that sound?”

Tahlia asks.

Aldo’s Chef Aldo Franckin finds it hard to pin down a single dish to talk about.

He could wax lyrical about the calamari fritti or the chicken Marsala

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– made with an Italian fortified wine.

But he settles on extolling the virtues of Aldo’s homemade ravioli, filled with a combination of meats and served in a creamy tomato and wine source. Aldo says it makes a big difference having homemade ravioli, which mercifully comes without the chemicals, preservatives and MSG found in massproduced, commercial versions.

“It tastes better and it’s better for you – a bit like a good whisky,” he says.

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Aldo Franckin is a big fan of homemade ravioli.

Blue’s BBQ & Bar Chef Lisa Bates says when people think American barbecue they tend to think pork ribs. But the most popular choice at Blue’s is the Texan Beef Brisket.

“That’s the one people love, and it would be our signature dish,” she says.

The brisket is smoked and slow cooked at low temperatures from anywhere between eight and 16 hours. At Blue’s, the brisket is served traditional style with barbecue beans, coleslaw, sidewinder fries and a roll.

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Pizza Hut Owner Gunjan Swaminarayan says the Pizza Hut always has different specials going on and the menu changes with the seasons. However, the Super Supreme pizza remains constant and is both Gunjan’s and the town’s favourite. Gunjan reckons it’s the combination of ingredients that make it so good – satisfying the meat lover, but also having a good dose of healthy vegetables as well.

The Super Supreme comprises mildly spicy pepperoni, Italian sausage, ham, pineapple, mushrooms, green capsicum, onion and melted cheese.

Warkworth Pizza Hut owner Gunjan Swaminarayan says you can’t beat a Super Supreme.

Gunners For relaxed, family-orientated dining, it’s hard to beat Gunners Restaurant at the RSA. Favourites include Scotch fillet with a peppercorn, mushroom or garlic cream sauce, lambs fry and bacon, and lamb shanks. But RSA manager Chrissy Keith says it’s still hard to beat their deep fried fish and chips – made with fresh snapper direct from Leigh Fish. Chrissy adds it’s not necessary to be a member of the RSA to dine at Gunners.

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MECCA MAHURANGI EAST CREATIVE CRAFTS & ARTS

This Snells Beach handcraft group is looking for new members.

We meet monthly, 1-3pm on the second Tuesday at the Snells Beach Community Church Lounge, 325 Mahurangi East Road, Snells Beach.

Come and enjoy a relaxed afternoon with tea and coffee and experience traditional handcrafts including quilting and quilling, embroidery, macramé, knitting and crotchet.

For new member enquiries please phone Ferelyth Roffey on 021 960 910 or email ferelyth@xtra.co.nz

MECCA brings together like-minded crafters in an informal setting.

Crafty artists look for members Mahurangi East Creative Crafts and Arts (MECCA) is inviting anyone with an interest in crafts, conversation, fashioning and friendship to join the club.

“There are group activities or people can bring in their own craft project and just have a chat,” club captain Ferelyth Roffey says.

Materials for group activities are provided. Membership is just $15 a year.

Club members have tried their hands at all manner of activities, including table runners, cross stitch, quilts, painting, sewing and embroidery.

Ferelyth says that MECCA protects the art of various crafts from being lost.

“If there is any style of craft somebody

wants to do, there is bound to be a member who can show them,” she says.

A total of 140 members have been involved with MECCA over its 30-year history. It currently has 24 members, mainly women from Snells Beach, Algies Bay, Matakana and Warkworth.

MECCA holds an annual show in the Snells Beach Community Church in November. Last year the club produced a quilt as a group project, which it raffled for funds. Paid members are able to sell or display their works at the annual show.

MECCA meets at the Snells Beach Community Church on the second Tuesday of each month at 1pm.

Info: Ferelyth on 021 960 910.

Truck show hiatus One of the highlight events on the annual Wellsford calendar, the Lions Roaring Truck Show, won’t be held this year. Club member Stephen Corry says sponsors and supporters are taking a cautious approach, and the club has decided to follow suit. “I think people are just catching their breath after a bit of a chaotic year last year,” Stephen says. “We’re hopeful the show will return bigger and better in February 2022.”

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Romance at House Warkworth Music will open its 2021 season with a concert by Trio Elan on April 17.

Warkworth Music anticipates better year Warkworth Music is looking forward to a smoother season this year after Covid 19 disruptions forced the cancellation of five of its scheduled seven concerts last year.

Seven monthly concerts are scheduled again this year, starting in April with Trio Elan.

Warkworth Music president Lisa Outwin says last year was a challenging year for all, particularly performers and event organisers.

“Only the concerts by Stephen de Pledge and Vesa & Friends proceeded as planned,” Lisa says.

“Fortunately, we were able to arrange two replacement concerts at short notice, thanks to the NZ Trio and the New Zealand String Quartet. All 2020 concerts were outstanding and received very positive audience feedback.”

Lisa says that due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding Covid 19, along with restrictions on international travel, overseas performers are effectively prevented from touring New Zealand and NZ-based performers from touring overseas.

“For this reason, all Warkworth Music concerts this year will feature NZ-based artists starting with

Trio Elan, an exciting new ensemble comprising three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians – violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins.”

This year’s programme will also feature Ibell & Thomson (cello and piano) in May; Jade Quartet (string quartet) in June; Liam Wooding (piano) in July; Les Voisins (violin, cello, theorbo/guitars) in August; Sweet Chance (soprano, mezzo soprano, piano and viola) in September; and Ghost Trio (violin, cello and piano) in October. All concerts are presented in association with Chamber Music New Zealand Season tickets, annual membership and concert tickets are available from the Warkworth Music website (warkworthmusic.org.nz) and from concert notification emails All 2020 season ticket holders will be eligible for a $60 credit when purchasing a season ticket this year.

Meanwhile, Warkworth Music will hold its annual meeting in the Old Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, Warkworth, on Tuesday, February 23, at 7.30pm.

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The historic house and gardens in Wenderholm Regional Park will be open from 4pm and all ticket holders receive free entry to the 19th century homestead.

The concert starts at 6pm and this year features a quintet of singers from Auckland’s Opera Factory, who will perform a Love & Romance programme of popular songs from opera, operetta, Gilbert & Sullivan, jazz and musical theatre. Singers include sopranos Emma Sloman from New Zealand Opera and Christina Ellison, winner of the Becroft Aria award and female lead in Torbay Theatre’s recent production of Oklahoma! Other singers include baritones Arthur Adams-Close and Campbell Ellison, and they will all be accompanied by David Kelly, who is principal pianist for NZ Opera and plays regularly with the Auckland Philharmonia and Chamber orchestras.

The audience is encouraged to bring their own picnic, wine, seating, rugs and a torch, plus there will be a coffee caravan on site on the night.

Couldrey House museum manager Michelle Gimblett says tickets for Love & Romance would make an ideal Valentine’s Day gift, but warns they always sell out quickly. Rain date: March 6th.

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Gibbs Farm sculpture tour funds museum building project The organisers of a fundraiser for the Albertland Museum building project, in Wellsford, are hoping it will be ‘third time lucky’ next month.

The museum is hosting a Gibbs Farm tour on Friday, March 26. The tour was cancelled twice last year because of the two Covid-19 lockdowns.

Museum manager/curator Peter Marsh says most people who bought tickets for the earlier events did not ask for refunds, so sales for the March 26 are going well.

“Tickets are limited, so I’d advise anyone thinking of doing the tour to book as soon as possible.”

The internationally-renowned sculpture park, which overlooks Kaipara Harbour, is owned by Alan Gibbs, who is the museum’s patron and an Albertland descendent.

The building project will double the size of the current building in Port Albert Road and could cost around $1 million. It will provide additional display space and storage, as well as a special exhibition area and workshop.

The museum already has $200,000 put aside for the build, but needs to raise the balance through grants and fundraising.

Visitors to Gibbs Farm are encouraged to take a picnic lunch, although coffee and ice-creams will be available.

Tickets cost $40 for adults, $30 for seniors and $10 for students, and are available at albertlandmuseum.co.nz or by visiting the museum.

A diverse range of exotic animals, such as zebra and giraffe, call Gibbs Farm home.

Rhys Darby introduces Holy Grail

Matakana Cinemas will show a remastered version of the film.

Actor and comedian Rhys Darby will host a sing-a-long at a screening of Monty Python’s Holy Grail at Matakana Cinemas this week.

Cinema owner Dan Paine says the event follows a number of Q&As Rhys has done at the cinemas, introducing some of the films he has starred in.

Rhys later came up with the idea of a Rhys Darby Movie Club, where he introduces some of his own personal favourite films.

The actor is normally based in Los Angeles, but currently lives just outside of Matakana due to Covid.

In addition to introducing the Holy Grail, Rhys will lead the singing at the sing-a-long to songs featured in the film.

Holy Grail celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, and Dan says Matakana Cinemas have secured a remastered version of it with superior picture quality.

Words to the songs will appear as subtitles on the film to assist the audience to sing.

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Ministry guarded on Covid vaccine rollout in Mahurangi The Ministry of Health has outlined a general framework for the rollout of Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand, but remains guarded about precisely how it will be accomplished in Mahurangi.

A Ministry of Health spokesperson said the Ministry was working alongside District Health Boards (DHBs) around the country to establish the workforce required for different communities.

“This is likely to use a mix of different providers and a mix of existing health facilities and new locations. We’ll work with each DHB to work out what the best way is for people living in their community,” the spokesperson said.

For its part, the Waitemata District Health Board, whose jurisdiction covers most of the Mahurangi area, says all comment on the rollout must come from the Ministry.

Coast to Coast Health Care director Dr Tim Malloy says the lack of information is both “worrying and disappointing”.

Coast to Coast runs seven clinics between Warkworth and Paparoa, and tests for Covid at its Warkworth and Wellsford clinics.

“Given there’s a real possibility we are going to be involved, it would be nice to be advised what that involvement might look like,” he says.

Who gets the vaccine first will depend on the level of community transmission.

“From our perspective, there’s a lot of pre-planning that has to go into organising that service, so the more warning we get the better.”

Nevertheless, he says local GPs are giving the Ministry some grace because of the logistical challenges involved.

Meanwhile, the Ministry expects vaccinations for the highest risk groups will start in April, gradually spread to lower-risk groups over time. Vaccinations will be free and not compulsory.

Deciding who gets the vaccine first will depend on the level of community transmission (if any) at the time

vaccination begins.

Assuming there is little or no community transmission, the first priority will be workers at the border and managed isolation facilities, health workers with a high risk of exposure to Covid-19, and household contacts of both groups.

However, should there be widespread community transmission, the priority will switch to older people, people under 65 with underlying health conditions and people living in longterm residential care.

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to employ an extra 2000 to 3000 vaccinators to be deployed where needed. Training of specialist vaccinators is due to start this month and will then be extended to nurses, doctors and pharmacists throughout the country.

The Ministry is currently procuring extra freezers to store the vaccine.

A Ministry spokesperson says the Covid vaccine presents difficulties because of the ultra-low temperatures required and the short shelf life of the vaccine once it emerges from cold storage.

Meanwhile, Dr Malloy warns that the arrival of a vaccine is no cause for complacency in respect to hygiene and use of NZ Covid Tracer app, particularly with the emergence of more dangerous strains of the virus.

He says if the set of circumstances that occurred in the United Kingdom – which has already begun vaccination, yet suffered from an outbreak of a more virulent strain of the virus – had occurred in New Zealand, then our health system would have become completely overrun and nonfunctional.

“There are all sorts of threats that remain out there that we have to be wary of – and then be ready to respond whatever that challenge is,” he says.

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TimeOut charity offers ray of sunshine for terminally ill When Hamish Braddick was building a house on his land in Puhoi, he decided to also construct a “minor dwelling” that he could let through Airbnb and generate a useful second income.

But Hamish also had the idea that he could donate time in the north-facing, one-bedroom property, that overlooks his farm, to benefit the terminally ill and their families.

That thought was inspired by Ronda Amende – a colleague Hamish works with at Zeald, a New Zealand IT company.

Back in 2013, Ronda was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given 12 months to live.

During the dark days that followed, she was encouraged by a friend, who offered her the use of a bach near Lake Taupo for Ronda to have a break and spend some quality time with her family.

As it has turned out, Ronda has so far succeeded in defying the prediction she would soon die and continues to live.

Nevertheless, the enjoyment she got from the Lake Taupo experience prompted her to found the charity TimeOut – where people can donate time in their bachs and spare accommodation to allow other terminally ill people to enjoy the same kind of experience.

Hamish joined the board of TimeOut at its founding in 2017 – motivated partly by Ronda and partly by the experience of his mother, who was diagnosed and eventually succumbed

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to motor neuron disease.

“I guess the whole terminal illness thing was important to me, and TimeOut seemed like a good idea,” he says.

Hamish says a lot of his understanding of the value of TimeOut comes from Ronda, who spoke about the chance to get away the house – from the smell of drugs and illness – and to have a refreshing time with her family, having some laughs and creating wonderful memories together.

Hamish donated his own property to the cause for the first time in November. It was taken up by a woman with terminal cancer who wanted to spend a few quiet days with

her husband.

“They sent us a really nice message afterwards. I’ve been helping grow and develop TimeOut for a few years, but this is the first time I’ve actually been part of the process and that’s really good, too,” he says.

TimeOut development manager Kylie Hale, who is based in Whangaparaoa, says the charity is especially keen to source more properties in Mahurangi because it is such a beautiful spot and is close to Auckland where many potential beneficiaries are based. It has enlisted the support of Meyer Real Estate to help find them.

Kylie says all kinds of accommodation is sought from one-bedroom upwards.

Property owners specify how many stays per year they are prepared to donate and when those stays take place. It is not essential that they have wheelchair access as many patients remain fully mobile.

She says around 20,000 people a year are diagnosed with a terminal illness in New Zealand. So far, TimeOut has five properties available in the Rodney area, but could easily make use of dozens more.

Kylie adds that it’s highly unlikely a patient would die during their stay, as they often have more than six months to live and are still confident and fit enough to travel.

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Rescheduled health expo showcases more options A Health and Wellness Expo that had to be axed last year due to Covid-19 will finally take place this month.

Organiser and chiropractor Dr Lindsay Best says the rescheduled event at the Warkworth Town Hall will take advantage of the summer weather and include outside stalls in the Town Hall’s courtyard area.

Last year’s event was due to feature around 30 stalls, but this year Dr Best says there will be more than 40.

Health therapies represented at the Expo will include naturopathy, naturopathic oncology, acupuncture, massage, homeopathy, chiropractic, bioptron light, mindfulness, osteopathy, reiki, hypnotherapy, ballet for seniors and tai chi.

Dr Best says the aim of the expo is to open people’s eyes to other “health modalities”.

She says during the Covid-19 lockdown last year, many people were unable to get to see their doctor, underscoring the need for people to take charge of their own health and look at preventative options so they don’t get sick in the first place.

Dr Best says there will be plenty of demonstrations and seminars going on and lots of health-related products for sale, including honeys, balms, teas and essential oils.

Warkworth library will also be represented, showcasing a selection of health and wellness-related books.

Dr Best says attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to support local foodbanks or a gold coin donation for Homebuilders Family Services.

The Health and Wellness Expo takes place on Sunday, Feb 21, from 1.30pm to 5.30pm.

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BDS, DipClinDent, DClinDent (Oral Surgery) Specialist Oral Surgeon Hon. Lecturer Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney Dr Rajpal is a fully registered Specialist Oral Surgeon. He has completed close to 10 years of training from both University of Otago, NZ and the University of Sydney, Australia.

Graduating with a Clinical Doctorate of Oral Surgery has allowed him to become a highly trained specialist. Dr Rajpal practices the full scope of oral surgery including management of pathology such a cysts and tumours of the jaws, surgical removal of teeth including wisdom teeth, placement of implants, both bone and soft tissue grafting procedures, as well as management of jaw joint disorders and facial pain. He has previously been a consultant Oral Surgeon in the public hospitals within Sydney but now calls Auckland home.

Dr Rajpal was a Clinical Lecturer and Examiner in Oral Surgery at both the undergraduate as well as postgraduate levels with the University or Sydney. He is also involved with clinical research having recently completed his research on the Epidemiology of Facial Fractures in NSW. His main interests are: • The management of complex/impacted teeth the require surgery.

• Complex implantology requiring bone grafting/sinus lifting.

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Technology transforms dental practice in Matakana Whether he is at home or in his dental surgery, Matakana dentist Vivek Jain has an abiding hunger for technological innovation.

Unsurprisingly, he is intensely proud of the latest wizardry acquired for his Matakana Dental Care practice.

This includes an advanced system for making crowns (CEREC), three-dimensional X-rays, CAD/ CAM (computer aided design and manufacture) and “dental spa therapy”, which includes cuttingedge methods of removing food particles, plaque and stains.

He says Matakana Dental Care is possibly the only dental surgery in New Zealand to incorporate all these technologies under one roof.

“Technology comes with a long and sometimes not so easy learning curve, and unless you have a passion for it, you can easily give up,” he says.

Vivek says technology is increasingly making dental work more convenient and less painful.

For example, CEREC uses a computer-aided design system to create a three dimensional image of a required crown within minutes. The image can then be discussed with the patient and an appropriate colour shade for the crown agreed upon. Once the final design is confirmed, the crown can be manufactured at the surgery while the patient has a coffee. The crown is then fitted and the entire procedure completed in a single day.

Vivek says without CEREC, a dentist is obliged to take moulds of a patient’s teeth by inserting messy materials into the patient’s mouth, which can cause pain or gagging. The mould must then be sent to a dental lab, which might take up to two weeks to fabricate the crown. Meanwhile, the dentist inserts a temporary crown while the new one is made. The patient must then return to the dentist, have a second injection, have the temporary crown removed and

Vivek says technology is making dental work more convenient and less painful.

the new one fitted. If there are any issues with the new crown, and sometimes there are, the patient has to go through the entire rigmarole a second time.

“Now you can imagine how painless, fast and seamless using the CEREC technology is – all in a day in the most comfortable way,” Vivek says.

Meanwhile, three-dimensional X-rays allow dentists to diagnose diseases at a much earlier stage and perform faster and more accurate surgeries than using conventional 2-D. Vivek says 3-D is especially handy when performing dental implants. With 2-D, a dentist has to keep taking fresh X-rays during the procedure to ensure there is sufficient bone structure for the implant.

With 3-D, this is all established before surgery starts

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and further helps the dentist to accurately place the implant in the pre-planned position.

“So a two-hour surgery can sometimes be done in less than 30 minutes,” Vivek says.

Currently Vivek’s sister practice Snells Dental has CADCAM and the dental spa treatments. He anticipates it will also have CEREC and three-dimensional X-rays within the next two years.

Vivek says when patients leave his clinics they are often amazed at how dentistry has changed.

“I see patients enjoying coming to us and actively participating in their treatment plan when they see 3-D images of their teeth. This drives me the most,” he says.

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Good for your gut You may think that your gut – from stomach, through to small intestine, to large intestine – is simply there just to digest your food, absorbed nutrients and excrete waste. While all of these are vital functions, there is a lot more going on in there, and it’s due to bacteria.

Usually when we associate bacteria with our gut, illness springs to mind such as gastroenteritis or food poisoning. However, it turns out that there are actually some bacteria living in our gut that are very beneficial to our health.

In our gut we carry a vast population of bacteria – called our “microbiota”. This microbiota is made up of trillions of bacteria. More than 1000 different species have been identified, It is important and we carry about 150-170 different species, the to remember that combination of which is as unique to each of us as your microbiota is a our fingerprint.

Our gut microbiota carries out many important living organism – in health functions in our body. It protects us from fact trillions of living harmful microorganisms, aids digestion and organisms – and they nutrient absorption, contributes to immune need to be fed and function, and may even impact our mental health. looked after to be If for some reason our microbiota has been compromised – due to, say, a tummy bug, antibiotics, healthy. or chemotherapy – you can help boost the population of beneficial bacteria by taking probiotics. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria found in certain foods or supplements.

You can find probiotics in foods and drinks such as yoghurt, raw sauerkraut, kefir and kombucha; or you can take them in supplement capsules. With food sources you need to be careful if you have digestive issues or poor immunity, as they may contain unknown microbes that may upset your tummy or make you ill. In these situations, it is safer to take probiotics as a supplement capsule, but even then you must be careful. It is best to check with your doctor, and stop taking them immediately if they make you ill.

Now it is important to remember that your microbiota is a living organism – in fact trillions of living organisms – and they need to be fed and looked after to be healthy. This means that your diet and lifestyle are important in maintaining a healthy microbiota. One of the best foods for your microbiota is prebiotics.

These are a type of dietary fibre found in a variety of plant foods. We can’t digest this fibre, so it passes through into our bowel where the bacteria ferment the prebiotics, providing us with important nutrients and chemicals.

There are many foods that naturally contain prebiotics such as wheat, oats, legumes, onion, garlic, banana and asparagus. We often hear how important fibre is, and it turns out that most people don’t eat enough of it. Fibre is important to keep our gut functioning properly and to feed our beneficial bacteria. A healthy gut needs to be full of healthy bacteria, for a healthy, happy you.

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Call for volunteers with heart Heart disease is the single biggest killer of men and women in New Zealand, and the Heart Foundation is calling for people to show their big hearts by giving their time in its annual street collection on February 19 and 20.

Heart Foundation medical director Dr Gerry Devlin says the foundation has a long and proud record of research investment, which has improved the heart health of all New Zealanders for

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more than 50 years, but there is still more work to do. Volunteer collectors are urgently needed.

“Not only will you be raising lifesaving funds for heart research, you’ll also be connecting with people in your community and having fun,” Dr Devlin says.

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Ticker testing recommended February is Heart Month, and the NZ Heart Foundation says there is no better time to get a heart check.

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Novelist intrigued by characters under pressure A few years ago, a friend told Te Arai writer Jacquie McRae that instead of loaning books to people she “prescribes” them.

As a book lover herself, that idea intrigued Jacquie so much that it formed the basis of her latest novel for adults, The Liminal Space.

In a small village an eccentric doctor, William, no longer prescribes drugs but prescribes books instead.

His patients include Emily, embroiled in a troubled relationship; James, struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and Marco, who measures his self-worth by the size of his bank account.

All are in the “liminal space” – the transitional space that people go through when they are between major life events, such as leaving a job or marriage, and are deciding what their next move is.

“Most of us rush through that space but that’s a space where all the possibilities lie about what is next,” Jacquie says.

She says her main interest as a writer is what people do when they are under pressure.

She adds that her aim is not just to amuse but to offer hope. In The Liminal Space, each of her characters, with the exception of one, are moving on to a better place.

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Helen with her husband, Gavin, runs Country Retreat for Dogs and Cats. Helen recently rescued a heavily pregnant dog, abandoned in a field, who delivered eight beautiful puppies a few weeks ago. The mother is currently unwell, so Helen is now hand-raising these pups. I volunteer to help, so I see first-hand the total dedication of Helen with these puppies. Some nights she may only get a couple of hours sleep when complications occur.

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Monday 15 February for 10 weeks, 10am - 12.30pm. Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE An empowering support group for women offering resources to face life’s challenges and encouraging mindfulness & inner growth in a caring & confidential environment. Facilitated by Heidi Downey.

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Tuesday 9 February for 9 weeks, 10am - 12.30pm. Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE Come and meet women from other cultures to connect, learn and share. Make new friends and gain confidence speaking English.

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Thursday 11th February for 10 weeks, 10am – 12.30pm. Held at Women’s Centre, Warkworth. FREE For mothers up to 24 yrs. Make friends and explore strategies for raising healthy, happy children.

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Saturday 6 March, 10am - 2.30pm Held at Artists Studio, Warkworth $70 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. Make something beautiful to take home. Tutor: Emma Zhang

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Held at Artist Studio, Takatu $55 Upcycle your old clothes or special fabrics with cool designs using a mono-printing technique called Gelli Printing! Using a soft gelli pad and fabric ink, get creative with colours, designs and compositions and have fun while upgrading your wardrobe. Tutor: Helene Carpenter

Harakeke/Flax Weaving Workshop

Saturday 13 March, 10am - 2.30pm Held at Anglican Church Hall, Warkworth $55 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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Computer Training Website Design Introduction

Fridays 5 March - 16 April, 9.15am - 11.15am Held at RSA Basement, Warkworth. $20 for hosting of website At the end of this 6 week course you will have made a simple website with pages, a menu, text, images, a gallery and links. Participants must provide their own laptop for this course.

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Northland rail line re-opens after rehabilation works Containers from the ANL vessel Tianjin Bridge, berthed at Northport, were the first to head south on the recently re-opened rail line between Whangārei to Auckland.

The line has been closed for the past year for maintenance.

Funded by the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund (PGF), the work included replacing five bridges and lowering tracks in 13 tunnels to allow the passage of hi-cube shipping containers.

KiwiRail Group chief executive Greg Miller says completing the work to reopen the line is a big achievement and a significant milestone for KiwiRail.

“It signals that we’re open for business, ready to support importers and also building resilience and sustainability into our transport network,” he says.

“It also ties in with our ongoing efforts to address the freight backlog.

“Fewer trucks on roads also means less congestion, lower road maintenance costs, greater road safety and fewer emissions. Every tonne of freight carried by rail produces 70 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than the equivalent freight carried by road.”

The intention is to run one return service a day between Whangarei and Auckland while work on the line is being completed.

“People need to be aware that as part of the ongoing upgrade work, there will be vehicles operating on the line.

The public should take special care around level crossings. Those crossing

A freight train crosses the new Bridge 100, on Hellyer Road, 15km from Helensville. The new bridges each have a concrete ballast tray deck, which requires less maintenance than the old bridges and can carry up to 25-tonne axle loads.

the tracks should expect trains or other rail vehicles at any time and from either direction.”

All the new and rehabilitated structures on the line have clearance through the tunnels for electrification to be added later. At its peak, more than 600 people were working on the project at one time. In addition to the new bridges and improved tunnels, the team laid 30,000 new sleepers and nearly 63,000 cubic metres of ballast to provide a more secure base for the track.

Mr Miller says that while KiwiRail is delighted that this section of the line is up and running, there is some more intricate work to the tunnel linings required. Additionally, to allow greater train speed and axle weight, over time KiwiRail will be replacing another 10km of rail and laying more than 100,000 sleepers.

“The reopening is an opportunity to remind people to take care around the railway line and to always look for trains before crossing the tracks.”

KiwiRail does not yet have a spur directly to Northport but the PGF funding has allowed it to begin buying land along the route. In the meantime, freight is trucked from the port to the rail line in Whangārei.

“With freight volumes in the region expected to increase from 18 million tonnes a year currently to 23 million tonnes by 2042, rail is a crucial part of developing an efficient, integrated transport system for Northland,” Mr Miller says.

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The sulky rides were a hit at last year’s Paparoa Show.

A logo has been designed for the inaugural parade, which will feature on T-shirts.

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A pride parade celebrating the LGBTI+ community and encouraging inclusiveness will be held in Paparoa this Waitangi Day weekend.

The parade will be joined by the Circus Kumarani, a bluegrass band and a choir.

It will leave the Thirsty Tui pub in Paparoa at 5pm on Sunday, February 7, and make its way to the village green, where a picnic will be held.

Organiser Cissy Rock says all are welcome to join the parade and she is encouraging people to dress up and form a “walking float”.

She says people don’t have to be LGBTI+ to walk in the parade.

“Allies who want to stand with us play an important role, whether they are parents, siblings, children or friends of rainbow-identifying people,” Cissy says.

To her knowledge, it will be the first pride parade held in Northland and may even be the first rural pride parade.

She says people from the rainbow community who

Entry is $10 including parking at the rear of the site at 2062 Paparoa Valley Road. The show opens at 9am and will wind up around 4pm. Stall sites are $10.

Rural pride on parade in Paparoa

grow up in rural areas can feel isolated.

“Often they can feel like they have to move to Auckland to find a community. It’s important to build a sense of support where they live.”

Cissy says similarly, people moving from the city to regional New Zealand can feel uneasy about whether they are able to express themselves.

“They might not be certain about holding hands in public. The parade is about saying to people that they can live the rural lifestyle and be queer.

“It creates a sense of visibility and reassurance that this is a safe and welcoming community.”

Cissy says local businesses have been supportive of the parade and many will be hanging rainbow flags in their windows on the day.

There will be a prop-making workshop on February 24 to make things to wear in the parade.

To join the parade or register for the prop workshop, contact paparoapride@gmail.com

Punters are being encouraged to start practicing their gumboot throwing for the 145th Paparoa Show this Saturday, February 6.

There will be a gumboot toss competition using a men’s size Red Band gumboot, with a top prize of $200.

And Paparoa Lions is holding a car smash, allowing people to take to a car with a sledgehammer to release some angst. The glass windows will be removed for safety.

Other spectacles include a horseback shooting display by the Western Riders roping team.

In a display of skill, riders will shoot balloons and targets while riding on a moving horse.

Children are encouraged to bring their togs for the day, as the Paparoa Fire Brigade will be operating a slip and slide.

The popular ‘kids’ country challenge’ returns with classic games including ‘guess who did the poo’.

There will be woodchopping, team roping and equestrian events, as well as cattle and goat judging.

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From left, Nick Simich, Stewart Halliwell and Ian Byrne (plus Maggie the dog) getting ready to lay the first Matakana trapline in December.

Pest Free Matakana up and running The trend for local communities to band together to fight predator mammals is continuing in Matakana, with the formation of a new group and the laying of a new trapline.

Pest Free Matakana members have sourced and made 48 rat traps, 25 Timms possum traps and 25 DOC200 traps for stoats, rats and hedgehogs, with the support of Takatu LandCare and its community pest management controller, Ngaire Wallen, plus Matakana ITM and Auckland Council.

The first trapline was laid around Diamond Jubilee Park and Matakana Pony Club on December 21 and rats are already being caught, with the next line planned for the Matakana River bank this month. It

is hoped that all the traps will be laid and working by autumn.

Volunteers are being sought to check and set the traps every few weeks. Anyone who can help should email Ian Byrne on ihbyrne@xtra.co.nz.

Takatu LandCare is an organisation of volunteers and local environmental groups that was set up in 2014 with a vision to make the Takatu area and Tawharanui Peninsula a pest-free zone. Last month, the group trapped its 4000th pest – a rat – and it has distributed more than 2000 eggs as trap baits.

Since Ngaire’s appointment in 2019, several new community pest-free groups have been established in the wider area.

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People surveyed by Rural Women New Zealand are overwhelmingly opposed to the withdrawal of cheques this year.

The survey response was the highest the organisation has had in three years.

The main concerns were around paying monthly bills, purchasing farm supplies and paying tax.

Of those who still used cheques, 75 per cent said they posted them to make their payments.

Rural Women board member Sharron Davie-Martin says the goal is not to create a permanent stay of cheques, but to create a viable option for those who do not yet have the connectivity options.

“Rural communities don’t have the technology or access to consistent technology to carry out their banking transactions – they have to use cheques,” she says.

“Cheques will get rid of themselves eventually, but we want places to be able to accept cheques until farming and rural communities can safely use the internet for their banking transactions.

“Banks are saying that they’ll help their customers learn how to use online banking, but if you don’t have a good internet connection, then that’s not going to work.”

Dogs to sniff out Foulbrood The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says training dogs to sniff out the highly infectious bacterial disease American Foulbrood (AFB) in beehives could save New Zealand’s beekeeping industry millions of dollars a year. To further this goal, MPI is contributing $50,000 to a research project that aims to find a method of training dogs by creating a “scent picture” of the disease. The project is led by DownUnder Honey, in partnership with the K9 Search Medical Detection Training Centre and Massey University.

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However, in farming we face the harsh realities of Mother Nature day in, day out, and although it’s only human nature to push uncomfortable realisations to the back of our minds, they tend to stalk our dreams. One farmer who has allowed these uncomfortable notions to percolate through into action and make changes on his pastoral hill farm in north-west England is James Rebanks. James has some important messages for all of us who are working the land in his new book, English Pastoral: An Inheritance. He talks of the urgent need for farmers to take biodiversity loss seriously for the sake of their own economic fortunes, as well as the wider public good.

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He argues that too much efficiency is a bad thing in farming, and we only need to look at where that ends up in the midwest of the US – soil loss and dust bowls.

The smart way to farm allows native biodiversity to thrive alongside our crops and livestock, so that it supports our farming systems and provides the connectivity for the food-webs that drive our wider ecological systems like freshwater and the climate, and protects us from pandemics. Caring about kiwis and kereru is not selling out to the greenies, it’s actually enlightened self-interest. We should all be doing it, farmers included.

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7 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth

We relocate houses, we buy houses, we sell houses.

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

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• Repaints & restoration • Interior Lockwood home painting • Cedar restoration • Villa and Bungalow • Roof Coatings • Plastering repairs • Furniture and more Husband & Wife team • harley.mcvay@xtra.co.nz

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Servicing Auckland - Rodney - Kaipara

Metroscaff Limited

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 MacJimray Septic Cleaning Services are the P 09 425tank 0300 M 021 774 653 F 09 423 0017 septic cleaning specialists in your district. admin@metroscaff.co.nz Residential to commercial, fast,www.metroscaff.co.nz reliable, professional service at competitive rates.

Buyers of: Copper • Brass • Aluminium • Lead • Steel • Stainless Steel • Batteries • Cable • Machinery • Electric Motors • Cars • Car Removal. Pick up or drop off bins

Phone 0800 14 15 30 • 426 9150 35 Forge Road, Silverdale

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LIBERTY SHUTTLES TOURS NZ & AIRPORT DIRECT • Events - golf, fishing and more • Other options on request • Discount for group bookings Neale Stevens

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

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ABSOLUTE CONCRETE Moosome Concrete Troughs!

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Pump & Filtration Services (2007) Ltd

• Water treatment & Filtration • Pumps • Pool & Spas • Waterblasters 7days / 24hours Paul Harris

• Water Filters • UV Sterilisers • Reverse Osmosis • Water Coolers • Whole House • Water Pumps • Tanks • Rain Harvesting • Pre-Tank Filters steve@aquafilter.co.nz

Rodney Sales & Service 09 425 6080

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Household Water Deliveries mobile: 027 556 6111

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING APPLIANCE REPAIRS A SMART REPAIR Service for F&P smartdrive washers, F&P/Simpson dryers. Prompt service 021 168 7349.

HOME MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT

WATER FILTERS - Underbench, Whole house, UV & water spotting, Work Guaranteed. Ph Steve 021 278 7427 steve@aquafilterrodney.co.nz DRIVEWAYSGrant Neill +64 9 425 9200 grantn@penzl.co.nz MAINTENANCE Grading, rolling & WATER PUMPS - No water? Old cast iron metalling for rural Driveways. No job too pump? Sales Service & Installation. Work BIG or small. Ph Trevor 021 0225 5606 Guaranteed. Ph Steve 021 278 7427 steve@aquafilterrodney.co.nz FOR SALE RAWLEIGH Products. Ph Pat 09 423 7023

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HOME MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT

Blue Skies Cleaning Window Cleaning, Soft Bio House Wash, Gutter Clean, All Exterior Cleaning, Water Blasting, Roof Treatment, Local Professional service.

Ph Pat 022-646-5849

COLLINS ELECTRONICS HAVE YOU LOST PRIME? Or need your Freeview box tuned for the new channels? TV repairs, microwave oven repairs, Freeview installations.

Ph Paul 09 422 0500 or 027 29 222 04 KITCHEN- BATHROOM MAINTENANCE Old cabinets repaired- New kitchens- Bathrooms fitted. Qualified Cabinetmaker joiner 40+ years exp.

For all your cabinetmaking joinery requirements.

Ph Rob 09 425 4081 or 027 473 9814

MURRAY HOLT BUILDERS Project Management • New Homes • Alterations & Additions • Decks & Pergolas • Property Maintenance.

Contact Murray 021 935 509, murray@murrayholtbuilders.co.nz www.murrayholtbuilders.co.nz WINDOW CLEANING/HOUSEWASH/ GUTTER CLEANING Local professional service. Ph Pat 022-646-5849.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Leigh Library Xmas Raffle Results 2020

We sincerely thank the Leigh + wider Rodney area for your generous support.

1st: L Harris 2nd: G Simpson 3rd: S McFarlane 4th: J Enderby 5th: J Larkin 6th: A. Hodge Spot Prizes: J Stewart, N Sutherland Proceeds to our 150th Anniversary, May 2021 NOTIFICATION OF CONCESSION APPLICATION Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Incorporated notify a new lease for an information centre on Tiritiri Matangi Island. The Applicant has applied for a period of 10 years. This application is a re-issue of an existing activity.

Further details of the proposed concession are available at www.doc.govt.nz/consultations.

Any person or organisation may make comment in writing by 5.00 pm on 4 March 2021.

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GIBBS FARM TICKETS Anyone interested in purchasing three tickets (adults) to the sold-out Auckland Art Gallery tour of Gibbs Farm, Kaipara Coast Highway, on Sunday March 28, 10am-2pm, phone 021 263 4423. The cost per ticket is $95.

NETBALL RODNEY CENTRE 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Will be held Thursday 25th February 2021, 7pm at the Netball Rodney Centre office in Centennial Park, Wellsford. For more information please email netballrodneycenter@xtra.co.nz WARKWORTH & DISTRICTS RSA (INC) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Please take note that the Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at the Clubrooms, 28 Neville Street, Warkworth, at 10.00am on Sunday 21st March, 2021 BUSINESS: 1. Receive apologies 2. Confirm Minutes of Extra Ordinary Meeting held June 28 2020 3. Presentation of Annual reports and accounts 4. Election of Officers 5. Election of Executive and committee 6. Notices of Motion Nominations for Officers and Committee as well as written Notices of Motion, are to be lodged with the Secretary no later than 9.00am 5th March 2021.

Bob Harrison. President

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INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE, SUSTAINABLE SITUATIONS VACANT + AWARD WINNING DESIGN

NZ Ltd

Registered Architect pacificenvironments.co.nz Warkworth

Pacific Environments NZ Ltd, Architects, have an exciting new opportunity for an experienced NZ Registered Architect to work from our Warkworth studio, a satellite of our main Auckland based office in Eden Terrace. Based in Warkworth you will service the local area while also assisting with any overflow of work from the Auckland office.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work on a variety of interesting projects in a unique lifestyle location under the supervision of a locally based Director. We cover a wide range of projects including urban design, residential, multi-storey apartment living, education, sports, retirement and aged care, and civic.

Some of our recent projects include the Millennium Centre and Pool, and the award-winning Waiheke Library.

This role will suit if you: • Have the ability to work with clients directly while establishing confident working relationships: from time to time this will be a sole charge position • Are seeking, or open to flexible work hours (subject to discussion) • Have at least 2 years post registration NZ experience or are very experienced and close to registration: registration support offered • Are primarily Archicad based For further information please contact: employment@penzl.co.nz Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

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WELLSFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE – ACTIVATION CO-ORDINATOR

Do you have the skills to manage a community facility, do you have experience in developing new activities and events?

• Are you passionate about working with the community, do you have experience in community development?

• Do you enjoy promoting and activating a space?

• Do you live locally?

The opportunity In the heart of Wellsford is the recently refurbished Wellsford District Community Centre. We are looking for a passionate Activation Co-ordinator who will be able to manage and activate the space. You will work alongside all the users and stakeholders and engage with the community and promote its use.

About you You will have experience and understanding of what is involved in operating and working in a community centre or similar community space. You will be well organised and enjoy building relationships and be able to co-ordinate a range of activities while working autonomously. You will also need the drive and passion required to make a difference in your community.

What we offer Good remuneration and a 12 month contract. You will be an independent self employed contractor working 20 hours a week mostly on site, there is some flexibility with the hours. We are also open to role being filled by a group or organisation.

This is a great opportunity to make a difference to the community and to be supported by the Community Places team within Auckland Council.

Tell us why you are interested in this opportunity and email jo.heaven@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. For more information you can also contact Jo Heaven on 021 816 526.

Applications close 17th Feb 2021

ALUMINIUM JOINERY/ FABRICATION Want to work close to home, enjoy spending time on or in the water, just enjoy socialising at the great local venues?

Our Aluminium Joinery Company needs you!!

We are Warkworth based seeking someone to join our great team who may have some experience in aluminium joinery/fabrication or have some knowledge/ability in using hand tools, building or working from plans/ drawings, and has the desire to learn the trade.

If you have a current drivers licence, a good work ethic and want to be part of a team that offers stable employment in a busy market, enjoying the lifestyle our community offers, then we are keen to hear from you.

This is a full time position involving both factory production and onsite work. Overtime may be required.

Please forward your CV to bruce@compositejoinery.co.nz or contact us on 09 425 7510 Applications close on Friday 12 February 2021 The deadline for classified advertising for our February 17 paper is February 10.

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MARINA MANAGER SANDSPIT MARINA Sandspit Marina is seeking a hands-on Marina Manager to jointly manage and administer the business with an Administration Manager (both reporting to an executive Committee).

The role is 4 days a week plus one weekend in 3.

For more information and to apply go to www.seek.co.nz/job/51352102

SHEETMETAL ENGINEER Warkworth Sheetmetals Ltd has an opening for an experienced Sheetmetal/Stainless Fabricator to join our small versatile Sheetmetal Workshop in Warkworth producing quality work for the Architectural, Commercial & Marine sectors.

The ideal candidate would be confident and experienced in all facets of sheetmetal and stainless light fabrication, including mig & tig welding, interpreting drawings and pattern making. A full current driver's licence is required.

Apply email: wsm@helix.net.nz Phone: 09 425 7366 (work hrs) Malcolm - WARKWORTH SHEETMETALS LTD

Phone 425 8545

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Holy Mass Timetable: WARKWORTH

Holy Name Church, 6 Alnwick Street Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm Sunday: 10.30am

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SS. Peter & Paul Church Sunday: 8.30am

WELLSFORD CHURCHES invite you to join with them for Sunday worship Christian Fellowship Wellsford “The Station”, 18 Station Road, Wellsford. Sunday Service 10.15am.

Contact Geoff 423 7789 Wellsford Church of Christ 269 Rodney Street, Wellsford.

Sunday Service 10am.

Contact Dennis 423 8640 Wellsford Co-operating Parish 253 Rodney Street, Wellsford. Sunday Service 9.45am. Contact David 423 7150

5 Pulham Road, Warkworth Phone 425 8861 www.mahu.org.nz

Wellsford Catholic Parish 6 Matheson Road, Wellsford.

Sunday Service 10am.

Contact Father Bill 423 8170

Sunday Services 9am & 10.30am

Community Bible Church Rodney Wellsford Community Centre. Sunday Service 10am. Contact Alvyn 423 8006

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TRAINEE CONCRETE PUMP OPERATORS AND LINESMEN Advanced Concrete Pumping is seeking to employ trainee concrete pump operators and linesmen, based out of our Wellsford yard. Minimum Class 1 drivers licence is essential.

Position is physically demanding therefore good level of fitness required. Must be able to work long and flexible hours. Candidates will be required to undergo and pass a pre employment drug and alcohol check.

To discuss the position further contact Kelly Cullen 021 767920 or email your CV and cover letter to ohs@advancedpumping.nz.

RURAL MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT

Own a Farm or Lifestyle Block?

I can provide the following services :• Fencing (Stock fencing or ornamental) • Paddock or section mowing.

• Tree work (incl hedge trimming) • Spraying • Tractor with front end loader • Fertilising • Consultancy & Project Management also available You may only want one or some of these services, or perhaps there is something I can help you with that is not listed. If this sounds like what you need for your property then please contact Rex Ingham on (09) 422-3008 or 021 255-3672 or e-mail me on rex.ingham@xtra.co.nz

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All Saint’s Anglican Church 17 Port Albert Road, Wellsford. Sunday Service 11am. Contact Minister Wayne Thornton 423 8250 VOLUNTEERS WANTED

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Seasons for Growth is a programme for children, young people, and adults who have experienced significant change or loss.

Seasons Warkworth/Wellsford is currently looking for more volunteers to facilitate our programmes. Working mostly in schools volunteers work in pairs with small groups of children.

Full training is given and you will work as part of a supportive team.

An interview, police checks and a weekend training in Auckland are part of the selection process.

Seasons is a chance to be of positive assistance to those who are living with change and loss and is very rewarding work.

For more info email Heather on seasonswarkworthwellsford@ gmail.com VOLUNTEER NOW! Join one of our busy, vibrant & friendly Hospice Shops.

For more info, call Grant on 0800 555 407

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Six courts were used simultaneously for the tournament.

From left, Amber Skye Funnell (Taupo), Bailee Sterling (Warkworth), Ella Bartlett (Warkworth), Coach Kim Sterling, Esme Morgan (Taupo), Caitlin LonguetHiggins (Warkworth) and Grace Mitchell (Warkworth).

Warkworth a dark horse at show jumping champs The Warkworth District Pony Club won the North Island Pony Show Jumping Championship for the first time last month.

The team travelled to Waikato Equestrian Centre in Hamilton to compete.

Warkworth came first with 67 points, followed by Opotiki with 62 points and Whangarei with 58 points.

The Warkworth District team is made up of riders from the Warkworth and Matakana Pony Clubs.

The team was bolstered by two riders from Taupo, and accompanied by Wellsford’s Caitlin Wilkin and Holly Druce, who rode in the junior event.

The competition has been running for 35 years, but this is only the third year that Warkworth District has sent a team.

The team has been on the rise, having taken third place last time it competed.

Coach Kim Sterling said the Warkworth riders had performed consistently well this season and it was a deserved win.

Northland pickleballers travel to Mahurangi for invitational Mahurangi Pickleball held its first major interclub tournament last month, hosting Parau Bay and Whangarei Pickleball clubs for an invitational at Mahurangi College.

Mahurangi club captain Joy Tawhiao says 26 players contested a lively battle, with Mahurangi emerging as the winner.

She says husband and wife Rene and Jane Buchs played exceptionally well, each unbeaten with eight wins.

Pickleball is said to be the most rapidly growing sport in the US with 3 million players, and has established a foothold in New Zealand.

Tawhaiao says when the Mahurangi club was established five years ago,

there were only three clubs in the country – now there are 25.

There are 60 players in the Mahurangi club. It holds four sessions each week to provide sufficient court space for its membership.

Tawhaiao says the club will soon have to apply for funding for court hire in order to meet growing demand.

The game is based on elements of badminton, table tennis and tennis and is played on a badminton-sized court with a padder tennis-style bat and a perforated ball.

The Mahurangi Pickleball Club plays at Snells Beach Hall. It is $5 per session.

Contact Joy Tawhiao at pickleball. rodney@gmail.com.

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Bumper benefits of lockdown

What a bumper of a summer we are having. The fishing has been great, as well as the weather. This is the first summer where everybody has caught good fish during December and January. In past years, once the spawning season ended in November, it has been quite difficult to catch snapper. Most holidaymakers complain that all they are doing is feeding the small fish. This year has been totally different, and I can only put it to the lockdown we had in April last year.

As most of you should recall, once we could fish from the side, some great snapper and kingfish were hauled in after the lockdown moved to Level Alec Brewis, 73, speared 3. The rest the ocean got during that month must this specimen around have been a contributing factor for better catches. Takatu Point.

Now I know what you locals are thinking – too many people and too many boats. But this year there have been more boats and people than ever before.

For those of you who fish in the Kaipara you also can attest to some good catches especially snapper. There have been some huge kingfish around and here is a photo of our own Alec Brewis, 73, who speared this nice specimen around Takatu Point. You’re never too old to get out there and have a go at fishing or diving. He is living proof.

Having said that, sharks have been pestering divers lately, and they seem to suddenly appear as soon as you fire that spear gun. The sound of the gun going off means an easy dinner, so make sure you get your fish out the water on to the boat as soon as you can. And always dive with a buddy.

For the diesel burners, the warmer water has come early this year, and marlin have been caught as close as the Mokohinau Islands. Normally we only hear of catches further up north around the Cavalli Islands in December, but this year marlin and yellowfin have been around our waters early. The annual Warkworth Gamefish Club’s tournament has been moved forward to March this year. It’s usually held over the Queen’s Birthday weekend in June, but the water has been cold then, and in past years it’s been difficult to get good catches of gamefish.

Hopefully, this year will be a fruitful tournament for the club.

SCOREBOARD THE scorEBoArD SUPPORTING LOCAL SPORT FOR FIVE YEARS AND RUNNING

A roundup of activities and events in thedisTRicT district a Roundup ofsports spoRTs acTiviTies in THe Hockey trials Warkworth Hockey Club is holding trials for the 2021 season on Sunday, February 21, at the Warkworth Hockey Turf. Men’s trials start at 10am and women’s at 11am. Register interested at warkworthhockeyclub@gmail.com.

Last season, the men played division one and the women played division two.

Golf for rugby The Wellsford Rugby Club is holding an ambrose tournament at the Wellsford Golf Club on February 27 to fundraise for the season ahead. Tee off is at 11am. Entry is $200 per team of four including green fees, BBQ food and four drinks. Individual entries will be matched with a team. Contact Juanita at oldfieldwhanau4@gmail.com.

Over 35s football The Puhoi Sports Club is calling for players for its over 35s team. The season commences Sunday, February 14, at 11am at the Puhoi Domain. Bar and kitchen will be open on the day. Contact Aaron on 021 154 4168 or Troy on 021 221 7886.

Puhoi Ashes The annual cricket “Ashes” matches between Puhoi Pub and the Puhoi Sports Club is on Sundays, February 14 & 28. Matches start at 12.30pm.

Players, umpires and scorers are needed. Contact Brendon 021 904 065.

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Prizes included $500 cash, an all-weather golf bag and a $200 dinner for two at Rothko.

Golf clubs collaborate The Warkworth Golf Club and the Omaha Beach Club joined forces to hold the inaugural two-day Matakana Classic golf tournament last month.

It was held on both courses on both days, allowing 170 players to take part.

There was a prize pool of $10,000, drawing players from as far as Tauranga and Hamilton.

Organiser Athalie McHardy says it was a successful inaugural event and expects it will be held again next year. Next time, she is aiming for 240 players.

She hopes the event will mark further collaboration between the Omaha and Warkworth clubs.

“The two courses are completely different so it is a perfect set-up for a multi-course event,” she says.

The main sponsors were RE/MAX Warkworth and Jarden Investments, and supporting sponsors were Woody by Design and Shoo Away.

The Omaha club is now taking entries for its Mixed Pro Am held from March 12-14, while the Warkworth club is taking entries for the Barfoot and Thompson Pro Am on March 15.

It was sweet victory for Kaipara Flats.

Kaipara cricket breaks T20 drought For the first time since 2010, the Kaipara Flats Cricket Club premiere team has won the Northland T20 championship.

It was sweet relief for the current Kaipara squad, which has made the final five times.

In this season’s final, Kaipara was up against a formidable Kamo team, which had won all but one of its games in the championship.

Kamo batted first and was bowled out in 18 overs, scoring 78 runs. Kaipara made its 79 runs in 12 overs, conceding only two wickets.

Captain Liam Jones said the team brought its all to the final, comfortably fielding a full team.

“The only games we have lost are where we couldn’t organise a full team. But there’s nothing like a final to bring out players.”

There have been some star performances from Kaipara Flats players this season.

Josh Cunis is the top wicket taker in the combined Northland Cricket competition this season, with 25 wickets.

In a match against City Cricket Club (Whangarei), Cunis took eight wickets, allowing Kaipara to snatch victory in the second innings in just six overs.

To add insult to injury, in the following match against City Cricket, he took a hat trick.

“He’s always been a good player but has had difficulties with injuries. This season we have seen his full potential,” Jones says.

Kaipara Flats batsman Sam Sweeney is also the top run scorer for the combined Northland comp. He was sitting on 378 runs in mid-January.

However, the 50-over Lion Red Cup escaped Kaipara’s grasp this season after an unexpected loss to Northern Cricket Club last month.

Meanwhile, the Premier Declaration competition has begun and will run until March 27.

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Gross ladies: Lynda Tate of Wainui. Gross mens: Roger Pears of Akarana. Nett ladies: Anna Tierny of Royal Auckland (Papatoetoe). Nett mens division one: Kevin Weston of Omaha. Nett men’s division two: Brad Anderson. Stableford ladies: Christine Pears of Akarana. Stableford mens division one: Grant Morris of Omaha. Division two: Simon Lean of Omaha.

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What’s on See localmatters.co.nz/whats-on.html for a full list of upcoming events

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Warkworth Area Liaison Group, RSA basement meeting room, 7.30pm. For all interested in Warkworth community issues.

Holy Grail Sing-a-long, Matakana Cinemas, 8pm. Actor Rhys Darby introduces one of his favourite movies and leads the singing. (see story p32) Tammy D ’Ath, Warkworth RSA (see ad p26) Matakantata choir rehearsals get underway, new singers welcome. Ph Lesley 021 1543 185 CANCELLED Leigh Summer Festival, Leigh School grounds.

CANCELLED Waitangi Day Celebration, Te Hana Te Ao Marama Marae.

Looking For Alaska, Light and Shadow Album release tour, Mangawhai Library Hall, 8pm. Tickets $15 Mangawhai Bowl Jam, Mangawhai Activity Zone, 10.30am.

Top skaters compete in NZ’s premier skateboarding event. (see story p21) Paparoa A&P Show, 2062 Paparoa Valley Road, 9am-4pm. (see story p43) Paparoa Pride Parade, Thirsty Tui Pub, 5pm. Parade celebrating Rainbow community (see story p43) Open day, Cue Haven, 2704 Kaipara Coast Highway, Araparea, 9am-4pm. No dogs. Info: cuehaven.com Ukulele Open Day, Old Masonic Hall, 1.30pm to 6.30pm.

Features various classes for all ages and abilities. Free admission. (see story p21) Wellsford Friday Night Market, Wellsford Community Centre, 1 Matheson Road, Wellsford 3.30-7.00pm. Info: facebook.com/ Wellsford-Friday-Night-Market-106259157880157 2’s A Crowd, Warkworth RSA (see ad p26) The Big Buzz Festival, Matakana School, 9am-4pm. Talks, workshops, live entertainment, food trucks, demonstrations and competitions related to bees. Free (see ad p25) Valentines Day, (see pages 22-23) Rodney Local Board meeting, Te Whare o Oranga Parakai, 5 Rere Place, Parakai, 3pm. Info: search for Rodney Local Board at aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Warkworth Bridge Club lessons start, 3-5pm Warkworth Museum Tea & Talk, “The Hamilton Family of Warkworth,” Warkworth & District Museum, 10am. Entry by donation.

Back In Time, Warkworth RSA (see ad p26) ESOL tutors wanted, interview for ESOL volunteers with English Language New Zealand, Warkworth Town Hall, 10am. (see story p25) Te Hana Te Ao Marama Friday Night Market, 311 State Highway One, Te Hana, 4.30-8.00pm. Info: facebook.com/ Wellsford-Friday-Night-Market-106259157880157 NX2 Puhoi to Warkworth motorway Open Day. Info: Facebook Ara Tuhono - Puhoi to Warkworth (see ad p5) Health & Wellness Expo, Warkworth Town Hall, 1.30-5.30pm.

Stalls, demonstrations and seminars. Free entry. Info: Facebook Health & Wellness Expo Warkworth (see story p35 and ad) Kaukapakapa Village Market, 947 Kaipara Coast Highway SH16, 8.30am-1pm. Stalls, coffee, food, local produce, live music, face painting & more. Info and stall booking: Sarah 0274 831542 or sarah1@maxnet.co.nz www.facebook.com/ kaukapakapavillagemarket

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On the last Saturday of every month, we will be supporting the Rotary Club in raising much needed funds for local charities and organisations—perhaps groups that would not normally get the exposure within the local community.

• Jan 30th—Snells Beach Fire Dept • Feb 27th—The Animal Sanctuary Please come and support us between 10-2 for the best sausage sizzle in NZ. That’s no surprise, as we will be based next to the Warkworth Butchery and supplied by Rob Lees, who is the “Best Master Butcher” in the country!

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Coaches, from left, Mike Rodden, Phillip Schmidt and Bruce Gravatt have had a positive impact on player sign-ups.

Local coaches fire up Mahurangi rugby There’s renewed enthusiasm at the Mahurangi Rugby Club this season.

After previously having had a string of Auckland-based coaches, this season the coaching staff are all locals and it has had a positive impact on player sign-ups.

Club stalwart Phillip Schmidt has been appointed premiere coach and is joined by Bruce Gravatt as assistant coach.

In the past, Schmidt has coached all but one of Mahurangi’s four sides, including three years as prems coach.

Gravatt has been coaching the U21s, has three sons playing at senior level and was himself a player for seven years.

The pair played together on the premiere team when the club first formed in 1989.

They are joined by Mike Rodden as team manager. Rodden and Gravatt coached the U21s together last season.

In the season before that, Rodden coached the First XVs to victory in the North Harbour Secondary Schools competition.

The combination of the three has ensured broad appeal among potential players.

Up to five of Rodden’s former U21 players are going to join the premiere team which will hopefully bolster its ranks with youthful fervour.

Rodden points out that a number of former prems players have come out of the woodwork in response to Schmidt’s selection as coach.

As one player put it: “Schmitty’s back, Mahu’s back!”

Thanks to high player turnout, the team began fitness training days in mid-January, well ahead of the preseason start date in March.

“We’ve never started this early before.

But this year it has been about keeping things interesting and taking fitness trainings off the field, like going for a swim at the beach,” Schmidt says.

He says creating a culture and building camaraderie is key to the club’s success.

“The aspiration for the season is to play good rugby with mates. If people care about the team, then everything unfolds from there.”

He says the goal is to be competitive, and in particular bring the heat to home turf matches.

“We want to make our home ground a fortress. The club enjoys great local support and attendance at local games and that is important.”

Mitre 10 has again come on board as the club’s main sponsor for the season.

The first test will be a pre-season match against Wellsford RFC on Friday, March 19, for the annual “Battle of the Dome”.

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At my first consultation for a hernia repair, I asked if I could get it done at Rodney Surgical. The surgeon’s office phoned Rodney Surgical, who dealt directly with Southern Cross, and I was booked in.

All my questions on timing, food and what to expect were answered, and, on the day, the staff were so friendly and welcoming. I was also amazed at the standard of the facility.

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