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pages 37-55 Debbie Barber with a picture of her children and grandchildren – one of the few items she managed to rescue from her burned-out home.

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afternoon on May 3. The rest of the house suffered extensive smoke damage.

Debbie was at work when the fire broke out and was phoned by a neighbour who said that she should come home – though the neighbour did not say what the problem was.

When Debbie arrived, just after 5pm, she says she was stunned.

Debbie could not find Puss until the following day but the cat would not allow Debbie to come close. However, she was able to retrieve her a few days later.

Debbie says she was unable to salvage much from the damaged house except for some personal items, photos, pots and

Palmer St fire victim counts her blessings Warkworth resident Debbie Barber “thanks her lucky stars” that the fire that engulfed her home earlier this month did not happen when she was alone there at night.

The Palmer Street house suffered major fire damage to the lounge and kitchen and the roof partially collapsed during the blaze, which occurred late in the

Around 20 firefighters with three fire engines from the Warkworth and Mahurangi East Volunteer Fire Brigades were at work putting the fire out.

Debbie lives alone in the house and no one was there at the time. However, two of Debbie’s pet budgies perished.

Her cat, Puss, who was outdoors at the time, survived.

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Palmer Street fire victim counts her blessings repaired or whether it will have to be demolished – a question she is leaving to her insurer.

“Everyone moans about paying insurance, but at moments like these you are actually quite grateful for it,” she says.

Debbie says she is also very grateful for the support of the community and the many offers of help.

She says she has no place to store

pans, and a “few other bits and pieces”.

“I can’t change what happened. I’m just going to stay positive and lighthearted, but no doubt it will hit me at some stage,” she says.

The house is now uninhabitable and Debbie is living with family in Warkworth. Debbie says she has no idea what caused the fire and investigations are continuing. She is unsure whether the house can be

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Dump decision delayed as protesters go to Parliament The long-awaited news on whether Waste Management (WM) will be allowed to build a vast new regional landfill in the Dome Valley was again delayed last week, as the hearing panel grappled to come to a decision.

The five independent commissioners were originally set to make their announcement 15 working days after the hearings into WM’s resource consent and private plan change applications officially closed in late March.

That timeframe was extended to 30 working days “due to the scale and complexity of the matter”, meaning the decision was due last Wednesday, May 12. However, Auckland Council principal project lead Warwick Pascoe could only announce then that the hearing panel was still working on both decisions.

“It may not be released until later this week, or possibly early next week,” he said. “The panel has also advised that it will issue the decision for the resource consent first, and the decision on Plan Change 42 will come later, probably this month.”

Both announcements had originally been due to be made at the same time.

Mr Pascoe apologised, and said he appreciated the delay was “most unfortunate, given the extremely high level of interest”.

Fight the Tip: Tiaki Te Whenua executive Michelle Carmichael said the delay and order of announcement was interesting.

“Hopefully, it indicates a positive outcome for our environment, not just locally, but nationwide,” she said.

“After all, a precedent on not siting landfills on waterways and aquifers could be set here.”

She added that it would be good to know why the decision announcements would now be made at different times.

Meanwhile, Michelle and fellow executive member Sue Crockett were at Parliament in Wellington on May 6 to present evidence to the Environmental Select Committee

Fight the Tip’s Michelle Carmichael and Sue Crockett’s presentation was screened live from the Environmental Select Committee.

in support of their petition to ban landfills near waterways anywhere in New Zealand.

Local MPs Chris Penk and Marja Lubeck were there to hear the women’s 10-minute presentation, which outlined the dangers posed to the environment and the “systemic nationwide failure”

to protect waterways in NZ from proposed landfills. Quoting from existing legislation and government guidelines, they outlined numerous instances of why waterways needed protecting, and how the resource management process had consistently failed to protect them.

“We understand the need to manage our waste. However, we should not be putting landfills near waterways.

Even though modern landfills have improved engineering systems compared to historic landfills, liner systems do not last forever, and there still remains the ‘unknown event’ to cause a failure,” Ms Carmichael concluded. “Have we learnt nothing from the Fox River and Hampton Downs landfill disasters?”

Speaking afterwards, she said they had tried their best to cover all the issues facing the Dome Valley, the local community and iwi, and she had been impressed by the engagement and knowledge shown by committee members.

“I hope we’ve made a difference. This is one spoke in our wheel for trying to stop irresponsible environmental decisions.”

Leigh helipad project abandoned in wake of fierce opposition Fierce community opposition has prompted one of New Zealand’s richest couples to back down on constructing a helipad in Leigh.

Residents were furious after learning that a helipad was among the plans for a high-end tourism development, believing it would destroy the peace and tranquillity of the area.

The getaway is being developed by Panetiki Ltd, which is directed by multimillionaires Carmel and Hugh Fisher.

Residents only learned of the helipad plan after members of the neighbouring Danish club got chatting to workers constructing the luxury lodge at 172 Omaha Block Access Road.

The workers revealed that the tourist development included plans for a helipad, which prompted concerned residents to request the property file from Auckland Council.

Residents were shocked to learn that Panetiki was originally seeking a non-notified consent for the helipad, which would have allowed up to 10 landings and take-offs per day, plus two landings and two take-offs during

the night – up to 168 helicopter movements a week.

Resident Judson Croft said the topography of Leigh Harbour, creating a natural amphitheatre, and the relatively flat surface of the water would have caused the sound from the helicopters to affect every property in Leigh.

Another resident, Rhys Harrison, made a submission to Auckland Council last month, on behalf of himself and several neighbours, insisting the resource consent for the tourist resort and helipad be publicly notified.

Mr Harrison strongly contested an assessment of the environmental effects of the application by planning consultants Lane Associates, which said the effects on the environment would be minor and that there was, therefore, no requirement for public notification.

But in his submission, Mr Harrison wrote that the noise of helicopters landing and taking off would have had a particularly intrusive effect on the natural environment, “which is characterised by its peace, beauty and

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burgeoning bird life”.

Residents who felt similarly were preparing to mount a concerted campaign in opposition to the helipad.

But late last week, Mahurangi Matters was informed that Panetiki was abandoning plans for the helipad and any helicopter movements at the site in the wake of the outcry.

Annie Baines, who is the chair of Omaha Marae, which is close to the Panetiki property, said Hugh Fisher had confirmed that the helipad had been deleted from the resource consent application.

She spoke highly of the Fishers.

“Hugh and his wife are actually very lovely people and have kept us in the loop about what they are doing, including walking us around the whole site showing us their plans.

They also stop work when we have a tangi,” she said.

Attempts by Mahurangi Matters to contact Carmel and Hugh Fisher for comment on this story were unsuccessful.

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examination would have added to our collective knowledge of these amazing creatures and could also perhaps have helped in their conservation. It was a missed opportunity.

Whales hold a lot of mana for Maori, as they do for many cultures around the world. For centuries, they have inspired legends, art, stories, music and so much more. But no matter how strong a connection we might feel towards them, no single group can claim ownership over them. They are free to gracefully roam the oceans of the world unburdened by any responsibility to be anything other than themselves.

When it comes to the law, the buck stops with DOC. But they are expected to work in partnership with iwi, which is entirely appropriate. It seems this recent case highlights a need for greater guidance for both parties – DOC

needs to stand firm on its principles to deliver the best outcomes for the natural environment and iwi need to understand that some cultural practises may need to be massaged a little to accommodate these outcomes. By all means place a rahui on the beach and ensure the whale is properly and respectfully buried after the autopsy.

But let’s not let cultural sensitivity practices blind us to the bigger picture – that we show our marine animals the most respect when we do our very best to care for them and their environments, which sometimes means science must come first.

Note: Given that other iwi do allow for autopsies to be conducted on whales, Mahurangi Matters asked Ngati Manuhiri for more detail on the specific cultural sensitivities that were at play in this case. We did not receive a reply by the time the paper went to print.

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Wharf plaques We were saddened to learn that the name plaques on the Warkworth Wharf are to be removed during the renovations and stored for safe keeping (MM May 5). The names will be listed in a kiosk on the wharf for future reference, whatever that means. Our late parents’ names are on two of the plaques, and we like to share a quiet time with them occasionally in a peaceful setting.

Standing outside a kiosk is hardly the same. What will be the eventual fate of the plaques and why can they not be reinstalled on the renovated wharf?

Is it penny-pinching? Has a “woke” objection been discovered? Or has some bureaucrat decided that there is nothing wrong with a snub to the people of Warkworth?

Na’a & John Northcott, Warkworth Auckland Council’s Community facilities head Paul Amaral responds: The old

plaques will not be reattached to the wharf’s new decking, which is partly due to the condition of some plaques and the different widths of the new decking timber. Community facilities staff have been working with the Riverbank Enhancement Group to find a more sustainable solution for the plaques to ensure the community’s contribution to the old wharf’s construction continues to be acknowledged. After careful consideration, the group’s intention is to display the contributors’ names in the wharf kiosk next to the wharf and if possible also on the rolling digital screen in the kiosk. Anyone who would like their plaque returned to them should contact the project manager, Aaron Pickering, on 09 301 0101.

Think again, Greg Thank you for adding the accurate information from Mayor Goff at the end of your report on local roads funding (MM April 21). And for

pointing out to the apparently unaware Councillor Sayers, that an $878 million world class motorway has recently been built through his constituency directly connecting it to the largest urban economy in the country.

I understand it is difficult for councillors to play a meaningful role in the Supercity, after all minimising democratic participation in the operation of Auckland Council was a core intention of the then Local Government Minister Rodney Hide. Today, councillors across the city continue to struggle to represent their constituents effectively. However, regurgitating the old chestnut of local roads and raising the dead horse of the Hill Street roundabout probably don’t qualify as burning issues in comparison with the Council paying a private contractor $90 million of ratepayers money to build speed bumps around Auckland. Or why a developer at Te Arai has been awarded a water right, which is destroying the environment of Lake

We asked our Facebook followers if they will travel to the Cook Islands under the new travel bubble. Here’s what they thought: Tayla Perivolaris Yes I will, but not until later in the year when the bubble has been going a while. The Islands rely on our tourism.

Suz Phillips Love the Cook Islands, especially Aitutaki for its friendly locals and beautiful lagoon. Wonderful holiday destination, but no, not this year. Alice Springs is on the to-do list before a return to the Cooks.

Linda Forbes I would if I could afford to go.

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Tomarata, or why Council continues to ignore the Rodney community’s effort to stop the Dome Valley tip.

These examples of Auckland Council pandering to private business interests and misspending public money are surely symptoms of a failed local government administration worthy of everyone’s attention. Incidentally, as someone who travels the Rodney rural roads constantly, one thing I can congratulate Council for is the significant improvement in their condition since it began managing them. I suggest the councillor takes a look for himself sometime – he may be pleasantly surprised.

Brent Morrissey, Wellsford.

Fair return needed I’m not in favour of my rates increasing if there is no guarantee of local roading infrastructure equally increasing (MM April 21). The Mayor is asking if we continued on page 5

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The discovery of a dead minke whale on the beach at Goat Island on May 10 was a sad affair (see story p11).

Estimated to weigh about eight tonnes, heavy machinery had to be brought in to remove the animal from the beach to an undisclosed burial spot. While minke whales are not uncommon in our waters, they do not often wash up on our beaches. Therefore, the decision by the Department of Conservation (DOC) to comply with a request from Ngati Manuhiri to bury the body rather than allow an autopsy seems regrettable.

The decision means we will never know what caused the whale’s death.

Was it natural causes, a boat strike or disease, or did it starve to death after ingesting too much plastic which, sadly, is not uncommon. What we would have learned from the

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favour a 3.5 per cent or a five per cent rate increase. Correct me if I’m wrong, but from what I have read there seems to be a manipulation that we get nothing at 3.5 per cent and a little bit for a five per cent rates increase. If we get a fairer return back, I might feel differently.

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Corrections on sailing Thank you for the coverage of the NZ Team Sailing national competition in Algies Bay last month (MM May 5).

However, I was mistakenly quoted as saying that the event would have generated “hundreds of thousands of dollars for the local economy”.

The more realistic figure is likely to have been around $120,000 (had the sailors not been exhausted by five full days of sailing, with early starts and late finishes, there may have been more money spent locally). I had also particularly wanted to mention those who gave their time, services, boats and houses to accommodate the young sailors (the list is long), and this too was missing from the article. Without these generous folk, the event is not possible, let alone affordable, and collectively they contribute enormously to the event’s success. The event was held at the Sandspit Yacht Club facilities located at Algies Bay. Mention was made of the “Sandspit Yacht Squadron” donating a scholarship to Waimea College last year. This was not the case. The New Zealand Team Sailing Association (NZTSA) was offered a scholarship by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron to send one up-andcoming team to Kawau for a training weekend. South Island’s Waimea College team was the worthy recipient of this scholarship, which no doubt contributed to their success as they came third in the Gold Fleet at this event. The competition is the largest schools’ sailing regatta in the country where all the boats and equipment are supplied by NZTSA and run by volunteers. It is held every year, sometimes alternating between the North and South Islands, but Algies Bay has time and again offered all the right ingredients for highly successful regattas, and South Islanders are its biggest fan.

Ross Sutherland, event coordinator, NZTSA

Bothersome bias In reply to Neil Anderson’s letter Biased survey, (MM April 21), Councillor Greg Sayers put up this survey to gather local opinions on the abysmal treatment Rodney gets from Auckland Council’s rates spend.

This had options for people to choose their answers. On the other hand, a few weeks ago Phelan Pirrie and Beth

Houlbrooke, of the Rodney Local Board, put out a quick guide to this issue, but in this they had marked the answers They wanted! So Mr Anderson, who is actually being biased here?

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Wrong about race The article and comment by the race relations commissioner Meng Foon (MM March 31) are disappointing and arguably not the whole or true story. The majority of New Zealanders who have lived for a few decades can and should question much of the information that is recorded before coming to the conclusion that “the impacts of racism in New Zealand are extensive in migrant communities”.

Mr Foon states that only about half of New Zealanders hold positive views on migrants, but does not provide any evidence why that might be, or if it is even true. All New Zealanders have experienced difficulties in life, as well as good times, so depending on the way the questions were asked, it might slant the answers to the way you want it to look. Mr Foon quoted comments from the “Indian Focus Group” the “Muslim Focus Group” and the “Filipino Focus Group”, and also comments from Chinese elderly people. This mix would cause me to question. Are we talking about race or is it cultural concerns people are dealing with? When I was a boy on our farm in Tauhoa in the 1940s, the community’s only local store was owned by an Indian family. The children came to our school, and the whole district valued that family and what they provided. One of the boys came to our wedding when that time came. It seems that race is a current trendy term but much more divisive – and political foolishness results. We have little to no control over our birthed race, but we do have control over how we live out our culture. If I am looking to employ a driver for my valuable truck, I might have a look at the applicant’s car to measure the “care for” aspect. If I am looking to rent my property, it will be much less about the race and much more about how the culture is going to value it. Most times absolutely nothing to do with race, but are we getting on with the honest dealings of sharing our cultures? Remember we can, if we choose, blend cultural standards and choose to be one people. So to sum up, I am disappointed with our race relations commissioner. He is highlighting race and making it a political matter, instead of what it is – a human behaviour matter.

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Sand mining ‘cultural fees’ contested during hearing Political manoeuvring among iwi and hapu took centre stage at a special hearing at Te Kiri Omaha Marae in Leigh. The hearing was for Kaipara Ltd’s application to extend its consent to extract sand offshore from Pakiri.

Omaha Marae chair Annie Baines told commissioners that Kaipara Ltd had been withholding its “cultural liaison fee” for a year, without the knowledge of the marae.

As part of Kaipara Ltd’s consent, 17 years ago, it had agreed to pay 50 cents for each cubic metre of sand extracted, worth $2 million over the 20-year period. Half was paid to the Ngati Wai Settlement Trust and the other half to the Omaha Marae, which sits within the Ngati Wai iwi.

However, Ms Baines presented commissioners with the minutes from a meeting held in April last year that Omaha Marae had not been privy to.

At the meeting, Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust chair Mook

Hohneck, Kaipara Ltd and executives of Ngati Wai Trust agreed that funds would be withheld and later redistributed.

The meeting minutes record that Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust told Kaipara Ltd that in its project agreement, Kaipara had agreed that fees would be allocated to “hapu most affected”.

Ngati Manuhiri lawyer Jason Pou argued, therefore, that Ngati Manuhiri ought to receive the funds.

Mr Hohneck also suggested that a further royalty fee of $1.70 per cubic metre paid to the Crown ought to instead be paid to Ngati Manuhiri.

The minutes state that Mr Hohneck said that Ngati Manuhiri would do its own investigation, and if any reimbursement or arrangement [from the Crown] was forthcoming, it would go to Ngati Manuhiri and no other entity.

Kaipara Ltd has withheld this fee from

the Crown since October 2016, after Ngati Manuhiri argued the validity of the Crown’s right to the royalties given that ownership of the adjacent land had changed. At 150,000 cubic metres extracted each year, this would likely now amount to about $1.1 million.

According to the minutes, Ngati Wai and Ngati Manuhiri were to agree on how funds would be redistributed going forward. Further, it was agreed

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that Hohneck would lead discussions between iwi and Kaipara Ltd for fees for the new consent.

However, Ms Baines said that leading up to the consent hearings, Kaipara Ltd had a change of heart and paid the due fees to Omaha Marae. However, Ms Baines told commissioners that for

the Pakiri whanau of Te Kiri Omaha Marae, it was not about money – the sand extraction should simply stop.

“But we have been pushed out of the way. It seems like once these memorandums of understanding are signed, companies like Kaipara Ltd can do whatever they like,” she said.

“That is the problem with settlement trusts. But a settlement trust is not an iwi, it’s a governance entity to administer the assets of a settlement.

“Pakiri was never part of Ngati Manuhiri’s settlement and we never gave them rights over our land.”

She said her whanau had always lived at Pakiri and had mana whenua (rights) as kaitiaki (guardians).

Ms Baines and Pakiri G trustee Sammy Williams presented photographs of great sand dunes at Pakiri Beach that have now disappeared. Ms Baines said the tide was encroaching on the nesting grounds of dotterels and continued on page 2

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kaimoana (seafood) had disappeared from the seabed.

Mr Williams said that as a young man he had built a fence to protect the dunes, but had watched as it eroded over the years. He believed this was due to sand extraction.

“The environment has paid a price that even a blank cheque can’t fix. Our sand has been taken for too long,” he said.

Although Kaipara Ltd representatives present were not required to answer questions, Ms Baines addressed them.

“Can Kaipara Ltd, hand on heart, say the dredging has not contributed to the loss of the dunes?”

In a surprise twist later in the hearing, Ngati Manuhiri also alleged Kaipara Ltd withheld funds and was making arrangements with other hapu, behind its back.

Ngati Manuhiri legal representative Jason Pou said he had only learned that the cultural fees had ultimately been paid to Omaha Marae, despite what had been arranged in the meeting, when he heard about it at the previous week’s hearing.

He said Kaipara Ltd had “undercut” Ngati Manuhiri by making the payment to Ngati Wai. “It reeks of bad faith, and it is clear that engagement with iwi has been about fishing for a ‘yes’ and the bait on the hook is royalties for mining.

“Kaipara has damaged Ngati Manuhiri’s internal relationships and has, consequently, destroyed any relationship with Kaipara Ltd.” A commissioner asked Mr Pou whether any cultural liaison fee agreement was currently before Ngati Manuhiri from Kaipara Ltd. Mr Pou said Kaipara Ltd had sent one but that Ngati Manuhiri had not responded.

He said that Ngati Manuhiri opposed the application and viewed it as “pillaging the whenua”.

Mr Pou equated the extraction of sand with historical grievances in which the Crown allowed neighbouring iwi to illegally sell land in Mahurangi.

He said the seafloor was part of the land and that that land was being “sucked up and taken down to Ngati Whatua’s rohe”.

20-year fight continues at Pakiri Hall Pakiri’s Olivia Haddon said she was continuing the fight her father Laly Haddon started when she appeared before commissioners at Pakiri Hall on May 10, asking them to decline Kaipara’s application.

Ms Haddon said when the last consent was granted, it was ruled that the kaitiaki role of her family should be provided for and the family should be involved with monitoring.

“My father was unable to stop the sand mining, but ensured a relationship of consultation and partnership,” she said.

However, she said this relationship had failed in recent years, and that Kaipara Ltd had since contracted McCallum Bros to undertake its extraction.

She said Te Whanau o Pakiri had originally welcomed the relationship with Kaipara Ltd, with the aim of encouraging a gradual withdrawal and “cessation” of sand extraction activities.

She said ongoing sand extraction had resulted in the loss of kaimoana on the coast, including horse mussels, pipi and tuatua.

Ms Haddon submitted maps made by the late Dr Roger Grace showing areas of special ecological significance along the coast with shellfish beds spread throughout.

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Olivia Haddon presents images of the seafloor from 1995.

“Our collective memory tells us this, but this mapping from 1996 provides a baseline.”

She said the Pakiri Whanau have held unbroken occupation of Pakiri, including its valleys and coastline.

“We are one of the last remaining Maori freehold landowners in the Auckland region. Only two per cent remain. We have a special relationship with the coastline.”

Ms Haddon said her whakapapa to the area meant she had a responsibility as kaitiaki.

“These Holocene relic sands are our taonga.”

More coverage of the sand mining hearing on page 52. The hearing was due to finished last Friday and commissioners will hear Kaipara Ltd’s right of reply at the Warkworth Town Hall on May 31.

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Investigators probe paranormal at Maungaturoto Hotel A team from Haunted New Zealand – a paranormal investigation and research organisation – visited the Maungaturoto Hotel last month in an attempt to substantiate sightings of apparitions in the 120-year-old historic building.

Investigator Barbara Caisley spoke to hotel staff and locals in Maungaturoto as part of her inquiries.

“Many staunchly said there were no such thing as ghosts and that we were barking mad, but others insisted they had seen something,” she said.

In her interviews, Barbara heard about multiple sightings of a woman in a hallway, and several sightings of a man standing behind the bar inside a closed entrance. The man was seen by three people in the bar at the same time.

A resident of the hotel complained about coat hangers rattling in a wardrobe and the door opening and closing of its own accord. The room was subsequently blessed.

The Haunted New Zealand team of investigators set up video cameras and high-quality audio recorders in rooms throughout the hotel.

Other instruments recorded electromagnetic fields, humidity, air pressure and vibrations.

The team then invited any spirits present to communicate with them. Barbara says the results of the investigation remain “inconclusive”.

The team heard no unexplainable phenomena, but still has 22 hours of recordings to pore over.

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She has been a paranormal investigator for 10 years and says the longer she is in the business, the less sure she is about the existence of ghosts.

“I think there is something going on, but I don’t know what exactly. Perhaps what we refer to as ghosts is simply an energy.”

However, over the years there have been unusual occurrences that Barbara has been unable to explain. She says sometimes audio recorders pick up things previously unheard.

“At 3am in a heritage house, a recorder captured a man asking about a water pump, but we hadn’t heard a thing.

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Rural board members reject support for one-off rates increase More than half of Auckland respondents and 70 per cent of those from Rodney did not support the Mayor’s proposed one-off five per cent rates rise and 10-year budget during recent public consultation.

As a result, two Rodney Local Board members – Colin Smith from Wellsford and Warkworth’s Tim Holdgate – voted against supporting the five per cent increase at an extraordinary meeting to provide Local Board input on the budget on May 5.

Mr Smith said he simply couldn’t support something that so many local residents had been against and asked for the rates increase to be voted on as a stand-alone item in a much longer list of feedback.

Board chair Phelan Pirrie said that the feedback had been on the rates rise and budget combined, not just the one-off five per cent.

“That feedback is based on the entire budget, not just the five per cent increase,” he said. “We’re providing feedback on specific bits. They don’t support the overall budget, but that’s not the five per cent increase.”

He also stressed that without the five per cent, Council and Board funding would be slashed, with maintenance and work programmes stalled or dropped.

“I can’t make it any clearer. We’ve gone through our draft budgets based on a five per cent increase,” he said. “If the Governing Body doesn’t go for five per cent, we won’t get the money we need.

We’ve been given a draft budget and been working on that, and it’s work based on five per cent. We have to

listen to everything, not just feedback.”

Members voted to support the one-off five per cent rates increase for one year, noting that without it, “Rodney Local Board would be unable to deliver its work programme and progress its advocacy priorities”.

Members also voted for advocacy initiatives including seeking approval for funding for Auckland Transport (AT) to renew and maintain 12 per cent of Auckland’s roading network and for $121 million in funding for

AT’s Unsealed Roads Improvement Programme.

Other input in the 10-year budget included supporting $150 million of additional investment to accelerate climate change action; requesting increased public transport options across the Rodney Local Board area; requesting improvements to the roading network across Rodney; supporting the extension of the Water Quality Targeted Rate to provide an extra $150 million (though not an increase in it);

supporting the extension to the Natural Environment Target Rate to provide an extra $107 million; and supporting the Māori Outcomes Fund and the provision of $150 million investment over the next 10 years.

The Board did not support proposed changes to the urban rating area in the Rodney Local Board area, “as amenity and service levels are inadequate and do not meet an urban standard that would justify any amendment to the urban rating area”.

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A minke whale washed up on the beach at Goat Island last week and was buried at an undisclosed location. Department of Conservation officers supervised the removal of the eight-tonne female. Biodiversity supervisor Molly Hicks said such events were rare. She said it would require a necropsy (surgical examination) to determine the cause of death, but local iwi Ngāti Manuhiri had requested that the body be buried instead. Following the discovery of the whale on May 10, Ngāti Manuhiri placed a rāhui around the area, temporarily closing the beach for public access. Ms Hicks says the reason for not disclosing the burial site was to discourage souvenir hunters who might be tempted to tamper with the body.

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Sphere Chartered Accountants One of Warkworth’s best known chartered accountants has a new name and has had a shift in ownership.

Macnicol & Co was founded by Paul Macnicol 40 years ago, and he recently handed over the reins to senior team member Abby Brown. Seated, Paul Macnicol and Abby Brown, with team Though the firm has members. changed its name to Sphere Chartered tax compliance and annual financial Accountants, Paul will still be part accounts. of the management team and is still “We’ve got a pretty tight team here,” she working closely with many of the says. “Some staff have been with us for company’s long-standing clients. 10 years and over that time have built Abby says she has been very lucky to up great relationships with our clients.” have worked with such a genuine and Sphere is now offering a broader range supportive mentor. of services, too.

Abby grew up in the area and joined the company straight from Mahurangi “We’re growing into business advisory College 20 years ago. She has worked – helping clients create business plans, her way up the ladder to become a and coaching to try to make a business chartered accountant, director and now more profitable,” she says. “One of owner of Sphere. Abby has two children the key things is making the client and owns a 32-hectare sheep and beef understand their business – talking farm at Tauhoa with her husband, about where they’re at, and what they Clifford, and admits she wouldn’t be want out of their business.”

Abby says one of Sphere’s priorities where she is without his support.

She says the team at Sphere will is to be relaxed and approachable to always take the trouble to customise clients, and to have discussions with their service according to clients’ clients in a way they can understand. specific needs and can offer business Abby and the team look forward to guidance and coaching, as well as continuing to grow relationships with traditional accountancy work, such as both new and existing clients.

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A $6000 donation from the Mahu Community Trading Post has kicked off AIM’s fundraising to buy a new vehicle.

Warkworth-based AIM (Adults in Motion) provides activities and support for young adults with intellectual disabilities.

AIM manager Sarah Allan says their current Nissan Elgrand minivan can no longer accommodate the growing number of members, nor some types of wheelchairs that the members require.

“One of our members has had an upgrade on his wheelchair, which is great, but it doesn’t fit in our current van,” she says.

“This limits the activities this member can attend without help from other carers outside of AIM.” The hoped for new van, a Toyota Hiace, with a rear wheelchair hoist, will likely cost around $30,000, and Sarah says the Trading Post donation is a big help.

Sarah says an appropriate vehicle will allow for the entire group to travel easily to local places such as Snells Beach, Matakana and Orewa for various events and walks.

“It will solve a lot of transport issues,” she says.

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Viewpoint Steve Garner, Rodney Local Board steven.garner@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Rethinking transport A recent thread on social media I followed and contributed to was around the Auckland Harbour Bridge and cycle and walking access. It got me thinking … if you closed lanes to the bridge during rush hour, it would force more people on to the buses, ferries, bikes and any other alternative transport, and encourage even more flexible working options. It would bring forward the issues we will face in three, five or 10 years and maybe change the Auckland Council way people view transport. The positive economic benefits of having large groups of people working needs to spend our in the same location is well documented and makes rates money getting sense. For each of those people to be using a personal more people on vehicle to travel to and from work is nonsense. The proposition of closing lane(s) of the harbour bridge the buses before might actually have real merit and the use for cycle spending money on and pedestrian traffic would just be a bonus. Buses batteries. need bums on seats. Whether they are fossil-fuelled or run off electricity is secondary. Auckland Council needs to spend our rates money getting more people on the buses before spending money on batteries.

The return, economic and environmental, is much higher that way. Is it time to do something now to make that change happen rather than wait?

Rural roads Our rural road network remains a mess without enough in the forward budgets to address the long term issue of improvement and upgrading. A small win appears that the budget for maintenance across the city will be sufficient to ensure the maintenance improves. We will continue the work required to have more of our rural roads sealed and/or upgraded.

Rationalisation Now and always, rationalisation of services Auckland Council provides is paramount. Auckland has grown and continues to grow at a massive pace. More housing at reasonable cost is required. And this means more services, more infrastructure. Additional funding from central government from our taxes should be forthcoming. Until it is, the pressure on raising our rates is going to be immense and a constant thorn in all elected members and councillors’ sides.

And we really are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Thank you As always, a huge shout out and thank you to all of you who are involved in our communities. Ratepayer groups, societies, sports clubs, community service groups, support networks. Our community – and largely because of those of you who put so much back – is awesome and makes living and working in this area a pleasure and privilege. Thank you.

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Where’s Koda?

When two-year-old German shepherd Koda went missing on Anzac Day, his owner, Blake Richardson of Manly, began the search. He never imagined the enormous community support that would follow, which included a dedicated Facebook page with 6500 followers, people searching all day, and offers of food and other items. The 20-year-old builder put up a $1000 reward for the dog’s return, but says that is not the main reason why people across Rodney and the Hibiscus Coast reached out to help. Key to the search has been the Facebook page, ‘Find Koda the German Shepherd’, started by Leanne Coste of Helensville, who lives near where Koda disappeared. “So many complete strangers have been part of this, it’s incredible,” Blake says. The search first focused on Riverhead Forest, but Blake says he believes his dog may have left there now, hoping to get home to Manly or Kaukapakapa, where Blake’s parents live. “It’s been a couple of weeks, but I’m still very hopeful he’ll be found,” Blake says. “He has enough strength to get through it.” As Mahurangi Matters went to print, Koda was still missing. If you see a lost German shepherd that could be Koda, call 021 262 7059, take a photo, note your location and try to keep eyes on him. Pictured is Blake with Koda.

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Auckland Transport (AT) will press ahead with plans to install a “safety” crash barrier on Sandspit Road despite complaints from local landowners who say it will actually create a traffic hazard.

The barrier will be located on the southern side of a section of Sandspit Road, east of Hamilton Road.

But landowner representative Gary Heaven says that particular section of Sandspit Road is one of the safest.

“In the past 15 years there have been several fatal and non-injury accidents near Hamilton Road, but all of these were west of Hamilton Road,” he says.

“We believe the proposed works will at best be a waste of money and more likely be obstructive and make the road less safe.”

Mr Heaven says the location of the barrier will effectively make a narrow section of road even narrower.

This will create a problem as the road at this point is used for moving farm machinery between blocks on both Solway and Adolph farms.

“The proposed barrier will not allow traffic to safely pass a tractor or baler on an otherwise clear section of road,” he says.

Mr Heaven adds that maintenance vehicles clearing drains use the location of the proposed barrier to park off the road.

“The barrier will force road closures for these activities,” he says.

Other problems Mr Heaven anticipates include restricted access for weed

The location of the proposed crash barrier on Sandspit Road. Residents says it will make the road more dangerous.

control, impeding school buses turning at Hamilton Road and impeding access for walkers and cyclists.

Mr Heaven has found support from Rodney Local Board deputy chair Beth Houlbrooke, who says the Board had originally been advised of the safety works in March last year. She says she recalls querying the necessity of the barrier at the time, as there were other more glaring priorities to be dealt with on Sandspit Road.

“I heard nothing further and assumed the work wasn’t going ahead or must have been cancelled due to Covidrelated budget cuts,” she says.

However, a letter to local residents at the end of March confirms that Auckland Transport intends to

progress the barrier, which is due to be completed by the end of next month.

AT spokesperson Mark Hannan said Sandspit Road is a high-risk site based on its collision history and risk profile, and the purpose of the barrier was to prevent vehicles inadvertently going into the forested area on the southern side of Sandspit Road, or into the roadside drain.

Mr Hannan said the barrier has been peer reviewed by an independent consultant to ensure that it did not compromise the safety of road users such as bike riders.

“There will be a minimum sealed shoulder of 2.2 metres between the barriers and the existing white edge line. We will maintain the existing

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sealed area for on-road cyclists or farm traffic,” he said.

Mr Hannan added that roadside barriers were appropriate for rural roads like Sandspit Road.

“We are also making improvements to the road surface – this work and the widening of the road shoulder has started and should be completed by the middle of July, depending on the weather,” he said.

Mr Hannan said AT was also investigating other safety improvements at the intersection of Sandspit Road and Sharp Road. Once its investigations were completed, it would consult with the community.

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First Person Singular By Haruki Murakami This is a new collection of short stories by the thought-provoking Murakami. There are eight stories and they are all told in the first person (hence the obvious title). Some could be read as real-life events as experienced by the author, others are more fantastical, as only Murakami can do. The stories range from an encounter with a talking monkey, to fleeting memories of ex-girlfriends. Murakami himself is a major baseball fan and there is even some baseball poetry at the end. Once again, Murakami’s writing is clever and thought-provoking and this is another example of his stylish prose.

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Matakana photographer Deborah Martin collected a number of national awards in the Sony National Exhibition of Photography held in Christchurch last month.

Deborah was awarded the Arthur Bates Trophy for Best Monochrome image and had another nine images accepted into the competition. As a result, she also won the Ron Willems Medallion for Best Projected Image Photographer in the exhibition. The Ron Willems Medallion is awarded to the photographer with the most accumulated points for their awards and acceptances.

Highlighting the status of the Photographic Society’s Solitude, awarded Best Monochrome image, was inspired by the beauty of light and annual exhibition, president scenery at Muriwai Beach.

Moira Blincoe said it was considered to comprise the exhibition.

I see, and more importantly feel, at the to be a key event on New Zealand’s Deborah is a member of the Hibiscus time. It might sound odd but it’s more photographic calendar and represented Coast Photography Club and the important for me to feel a connection some of the most outstanding works with what I am photographing rather Warkworth Kowhai Art Centre print

by New Zealand photographers. than to rely on my eyes. For example, group. She says she is grateful to the when I photographed an ordinary Deborah said that to have an image Estuary Arts Centre team in Orewa for seagull on a beach, the moment of accepted in this prestigious exhibition was a real honour, but to win a trophy providing her with access to additional connection arrived when the gull workshops and opportunities to exhibit. turned towards me while grooming.” was even greater.

The winning entries were selected by “Nature, particularly NZ nature, Deborah currently has an exhibition three panels who viewed more than inspires me as photographer, but only on at Estuary Arts called From Pixels 1000 images. Only 350 were selected if I can find something unique in what to Paper. It runs until May 30.

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Historical romances published Tui Na & Chinese Massage Sandspit playwright and novelist Joanna Pearce used the time spent in Covid-19 lockdown last year to complete the second novel in a series that she hopes will ultimately become a trilogy.

Of Love and War tells the story of David Pearce, a young midshipman who arrives home in Cornwall, England, after being wounded in the Battle of Trafalgar.

He falls in love with a nurse, Julie, hired to care for him, and the pair become engaged. But things go awry following a duel over Julie’s honour and the pair are forced to flee to America in a small boat while being pursued by the Royal Navy.

The latest book follows the first in the Pearce’s Ocean series – From Rags to Riches – which traces the story of Simon Pearce, David’s grandfather, who was born in poverty on the Isles of Scilly off the Cornish coast. Simon escapes a life of smuggling to rise through the ranks and captain his own ship.

Joanna says the Pearce name would have been familiar to those participating in the events of the time, and when it came to choosing names for her main fictional characters thought she might as well use her own.

She says the genesis for the books came after hearing stories from elderly Cornish folk while growing up in England. They would tell stories of “Cornish Wreckers” who would use lights to induce ships to get stranded on shore, before robbing them.

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Among the sunken wrecks she explored was the HMS Association, which features in the books.

“I was dyslexic at school, but my history teacher made the subject come alive, and I’ve been interested in it ever since,” she says.

Joanna was helped with research and editing of the latest book by her partner, Amber Jones.

Book giveaway Mahurangi Matters has a copy of From Rags to Riches and Of Love and War to give away to one lucky reader. To go in the draw, email your contact details to editor@ localmatters.co.nz. Competition closes June 1.

White Chapel Jak in Warkworth One of the area’s most popular bands, White Chapel Jak, will perform at the Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday, May 29. As usual, the band will play a twist of rock, pop, roots and funk flavours – the sort of musical experience audiences have come to expect from the covers combo. Lead singer Bonnie Hurunui is well known in the area since starting out at the Matakana market.

Other band members are Nathan Boston who was an accomplished classical guitarist in a former life, beat master Dean Tinning and Michael White on double bass. Check out Eventfinda for ticket information.

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On today’s menu at Rodney College – mac n’ cheese.

Free school lunches arrive in Wellsford Wellsford School and Rodney College have benefitted from a free lunches programme rolled out by the Government this month.

College acting principal Stephen Rowe says he has already noticed a difference in students’ ability to concentrate.

“Students who might have bought a 1.5 litre sugary soft drink at lunch to fill them up don’t seem to be doing that now,” he says.

At Rodney, the meals are served at 10.30am as many students arrive at school without having had breakfast.

The college trialled breakfasts in the school marae, but the trial was discontinued as students weren’t making use of it because that they did not want to be singled out.

“Hungry vulnerable kids didn’t go because they were afraid of being labelled,” Mr Rowe said.

The new programme universally provides meals for all children at eligible schools. Principal Rowe says some students still bring their lunches and wait to see what the meals are like before giving up on their peanut butter sandwiches.

The Ministry of Education says around one in five Kiwi kids lives in a household that struggles to put enough food on the table.

In some low decile communities, 40 per cent of families say they sometimes run out of food.

The Ministry aims to be providing 215,000 students with meals across 963 schools by the end of the year – that is 25 per cent of students in New Zealand.

Schools are able to select meal providers, with Ministry approval. Labelles Catering won the contract for Rodney College, while Subway has the contract for Wellsford School.

Lunches are provided by the Government at a maximum “per child, per day” cost of $5 for students in Years 1 to 8, and $7 for students in Years 9 to 13.

The Government has also given Rodney College $150 per student to replace a donation scheme. The college was asking parents for $100 a year, but only one-third of parents were paying it.

“It means we can do more with the students, removing the stress and stigma for parents unable to pay.”

A dash of school holiday colour Children in Wellsford raised nearly $8000 during the school holidays last month with a colour run event held at the rugby club in Centennial Park. Around 120 children ran through obstacles including hay bales, hurdles, slides, flags and a fire hose – all while having pigment powder hurled at them. Money raised at the event will be used to replace the club’s old deck overlooking the rugby field. The club needs to raise $20,000 in total. The day was organised Juanita and Stu Oldfield, along with other members of the Wellsford RFC junior rugby committee. Junior players were tasked with getting sponsorship from the community. Some of the boys challenged themselves to run 10 laps of the course, covering six kilometres. Quinn Oldfield raised $1082, while Jimmy Hardman raised $600.

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In essence, it looked at the adolescent and how this period in their life (from puberty to the mid 20s) unfolds and plays out for them while relating it to their current brain development. The information Adolescents are shared was steeped in research. The hope was to susceptible to riskprovide parents and caregivers the tools to work out and support their teen through what can (but not taking behaviours, always) be a challenging time. influenced by We learned that not only is infancy a time of the developing significant brain development, but adolescence is brains’ innate also a growth period. According to Brainwave Trust, adolescents need ongoing support and guidance drive for sensation from adults; however, adults frequently withdraw seeking. their monitoring of adolescents too early, leaving them to cope with situations alone or with their peers. This can leave them in a vulnerable position, because adolescents are susceptible to risk-taking behaviours, influenced by the developing brains innate drive for sensation-seeking.

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This month we celebrate Grace, whose outstanding work ethic and determination has resulted in high quality schoolwork and impressive wins at the NIPCS Championship, the Taupo Christmas Classic Pony Extravaganza and multiple other show jumping championships.

Students from Kaipara Flats School show off their new English dictionaries.

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In the 2017-2019 period, both males and females in the Tasman region were estimated to have the highest life expectancy at birth (81.2 and 84.5 years respectively), followed by those in Auckland (81.0 years for males and 84.3 years for females). Life expectancy at birth was lowest in the Gisborne region (76.8 years for males and 80.6 years for females).

Differences in life expectancy at birth reflect several interrelated factors, including socioeconomic and health factors. For example, the 2018 Census showed that 22 per cent of people aged 15 years or over in Gisborne were regular smokers, compared with 11 per cent in the Auckland region and 12 per cent in the Tasman region.

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Life expectancy continues to increase in NZ, although the change over time has slowed, according to Stats NZ. Life expectancy at birth for the population as a whole is 80 years for males and 83.5 years for females, based on death rates in 2017-2019. Life expectancy for males has increased by 0.5 years since 2012-2014, and by 2.0 years since 2005-2007. For females, life expectancy has increased by 0.3 years and 1.3 years over the same time periods.

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Thirty-one Year 5 and 6 students from Kaipara Flats School each received a Rotary dictionary at a special presentation last month, attended by Warkworth Rotarians Valda Kerekes and Joe Koppens.

“We had heard of one school suggesting students did not need dictionaries given the advance of the internet, but when the students were asked, they insisted they wanted them.

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Historic schooner arrives The 150-year-old Daring schooner was met by an unofficial gathering at the Mangawhai Museum at dawn this month, and heralded by a loan bagpiper.

The vessel was hoisted by crane on to a steel platform, which formed the foundation of temporary housing completed at the end of last week.

The Daring Trust has three years to raise $4 million for a purpose-built facility before its lease expires at the museum.

Chair Jim Wintle says the exhibit will involve the work of expert conservators and the building will be temperature controlled and feature educational tools like holograms.

“It’s going to be a pretty good shed.”

He says there will be community fundraising, applications for government grants and possibly corporate sponsorship in the form of naming rights.

“It’s not just a New Zealand thing or a Mangawhai thing – it’s of global significance. It is the only ship of its kind left in the world.”

The public is not allowed to enter the Daring’s temporary housing, but Jim thinks there will be opportunities to open the doors for a peek inside for fundraisers.

The Daring was transported to the museum in the early hours of the morning by truck from a yard in Hobsonville, but its journey was considerably longer than that.

It was built in 1863 in Mangawhai

by Nova Scotian shipbuilders at the McInnes Shipyard.

The owner of the vessel when it was wrecked was Onehunga businessman David Kirkwood.

It was on its way to Manukau when it became the victim of gale-force winds, which threatened to wreck it on the Kaipara Bar. The crew managed to pull it clear of the bar, but it was nudged ashore some 12km further south at Muriwai, where it would remain for more than 150 years.

In 2018, a series of unusually elevated tides unearthed the vessel, which was

A crane brought down from Whangarei hoisted the Daring.

Photo, Daryl Hepple.

Those in the know got to take a look at the schooner before it was stored away.

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found to be remarkably preserved.

The Daring Rescue Trust, supported financially by maritime enthusiast John Street, delicately removed it from the sand before it could be picked apart by scavengers.

It was agreed the Daring should be returned to Mangawhai, and after nearly three years of organisation, the Trust was able to secure a lease from the Kaipara District Council last month.

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The Wilson Cement Works ruins proved a muddy venue for a conference.

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Fifty years ago, from May 18 to 23, 1971, the Australasian Architecture Students Association Congress took over the Wilson Cement Works ruins in Warkworth. Over 300 participants, including musicians, came north after two days of proceedings in Auckland. They brought materials to build temporary shelters and communal structures.

Architect Graeme North, Warkworth resident for 28 years, attended the congress as a second-year student. It was his introduction to the town. I talked to Graeme about the congress …

“There was a lot of buzz about it. People were making prefab stuff for structures and things they could take to install there. There was talk about the speakers who were coming out. [Architect] Sim van der Ryn was from California and right in the thick of the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations going on. There had been riots and the cops had tear-gassed the whole university, and it had got into the air conditioning system. All sorts of dramas. But his big message was that the secret to life and happiness was to grow a veggie garden. So he came to spread this great message, and he hadn’t been in Auckland very long when he realised that’s actually what Kiwis did. So this great enlightenment was cut out from under him, and he had to think of other things to say. My overriding memory is of rain and mud. It was spectacularly wet. Most people spent a few hours trying to avoid stepping in mud and in puddles, and in the end just gave up, and started to slosh through it.”

Graeme thought the site was chosen for its romantic nature, as a spectacular ruin that felt remote, but was quite close to Auckland, and was very practical as an empty open site. Cardboard was much used for shelters. Talks were given in a saddle-shaped hyperbolic paraboloid structure, which was floodlit at night.

“It illuminated incredibly well at night. It was magnificent. I think Keir Volkerling did the lights. He had flares and all sorts of things going around the old structures. It was a fantastic backdrop, beside the river.”

Catering was well-planned with pre-prepared frozen meals reheated in a borrowed Mercer high-speed 12-kilowatt convection oven. Fresh bread from a Warkworth baker was a highlight of the week. In the mornings, Graeme’s vinyl LP of Bach’s Brandenberg concertos played over the sound system to wake people gently, but it was the smell of Joe Noyer’s cottage loaves that got people heading to the breakfast tent. From a bakery that usually baked 350 loaves a week, organisers started buying 80 loaves a day, and progressed to 200 for the last day.

The Electropu toilet system, converting waste to drinkable water, started well, but stopped after a power cut.

“Everyone was fascinated, using it then immediately running around to see what the output was.”

When I asked what else Graeme recalled of the congress, he laughed and said he didn’t remember terribly well. “I mean, it was the seventies!”

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The quest for Duvaucel’s geckos Searching for a small reptile in dense bush may seem like an impossible task, but when you’re grovelling about with experienced hunters it is amazing what can be discovered.

Late in the summer I was in my element, scratching away at kikuyu grass, attempting to locate tracking tunnels that would prove the existence of Duvaucel’s geckos at Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary. Until recently, I didn’t know geckos were much of a thing in New Zealand, and I was intrigued when I met a fellow TOSSI volunteer who frequently goes on monitoring escapades.

Duvaucel’s geckos are New Zealand’s largest native gecko, measuring up to 32 centimetres from snout to tail-tip, and they are well camouflaged in tree hollows, under logs, rocks and bush litter, or in petrel burrows.

I begged to join the gecko seekers, and they let me tag along with a small troop to far-reaches of the park, where researchers had reintroduced 80 Duvaucel’s geckos in 2016. Like many native species, they do well on sanctuary islands, but they are no-longer part of mainland ecosystems. Releasing these reptiles at Tāwharanui was a first for the mainland and was only possible because the park is surrounded by a predator proof fence and has a trapping programme.

The research collaboration involving Dr Manuela Barry from Massey University, Auckland Council and TOSSI aims to identify any effects of mice on the native gecko. For example, can Duvaucel’s geckos successfully establish in the presence of mice, do bigger groups of mice make geckos move from an area, stop breeding or will mice even eat the juveniles? The study could help develop the plans for further reintroductions of Duvaucel’s geckos throughout New Zealand, thus improving the nation’s biodiversity. It will also identify the impact of mice, should they find their way on to predator-free islands.

Last year, Covid restrictions kept volunteers at home and when we resumed monitoring tasks this year, the tracking tunnels were buried in the overgrowth.

Experienced guides explained what I was looking for and then I was crawling about under harakeke (flax) to strike the researcher’s jackpot.

Inside the tracking tunnels are white cards with a central black inky strip that reptiles and mammals scurry across and consequently, leave their mark. There was genuine excitement for everyone when we saw the five-toed footprints of Duvaucel’s geckos. Brilliant! The reptiles were still alive, and we had the proof.

There were also prints from mice and some cards had foot and tail prints of native skinks wanting to get in on the action. Each tracking card has a date and location, and the monitoring team returns these to the researchers. We reloaded the tunnels with new cards and some enticing morsels to continue luring both reptiles and mammals to take a wander across the inky strips.

Seeing really is believing, and now I’ve seen the footprints of our largest native gecko – I am keen to see the critter itself. That really will be a thrill.

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Iconic Warkworth tourist destination goes on the market

A desire to spend more time with his elderly parents in the United Kingdom has prompted the owner of Sheepworld to put his tourist hotspot on the market.

But John Collyer believes the iconic attraction north of Warkworth has a bright future for any new owner wanting to take it on, despite the devastation wrought on tourism businesses due to Covid-19.

Mr Collyer says around 40 per cent of Sheepworld visitors were Kiwis, meaning that the business could still function despite the abrupt loss of overseas visitors.

“We were a lot luckier than a lot of tourism businesses, where 90 per cent plus of the business relies on international visitors. They had nothing to work with,” he says.

By contrast, Sheepworld could at least “kick along” by scaling back operations and reducing staff while waiting for things to pick up.

Mr Collyer believes the soon-tobe-completed Puhoi to Warkworth motorway will be another shot in the arm for Sheepworld for two reasons.

Firstly, it will make Sheepworld much more accessible to visitors from Auckland. Secondly, with Sheepworld being only about a kilometre north of the Warkworth motorway intersection,

John Collyer likes the fact Sheepworld is educational and entertaining at the same time.

The 11.3ha property can be purchased either with vacant possession or as a going concern.

it will be the first place to visit after leaving the motorway heading north, or the last place to stop before entering the motorway heading south.

“The pulling-off-the-road factor to visit Sheepworld is going to be pretty high,” he says.

Mr Collyer says when he first bought the business almost 20 years ago, the motorway only went as far as Orewa, but things improved enormously when it was extended as far as Puhoi via the Johnstones Hill tunnels, making Sheepworld more accessible.

Mr Collyer, who previously ran his own educational tourism business

in the UK, came to New Zealand in 2000 on a visit that was supposed to last two years. He liked the place so much that he decided to stay, and bought Sheepworld in 2003.

He says the multi-faceted nature of the business appealed to him – in addition to the sheep show attraction there was also a retail component and a café.

He also liked the fact that it was educational and entertaining at the same time.

“When I bought it I had two small children and I know how much I enjoyed seeing them there,” he says.

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Glamour beyond your wildest dreams Grand French couturier Madeleine Vionnet once said, “when a woman smiles her dress must smile with her”, and I could not agree more. I am currently on the museum buzz, having been asked by the gorgeous ladies at the Albertland Museum to help with the curation of the exhibition “The Way We Wore” on May 29 – with items from my private collection taking a starring role.

I have beautiful items from many eras, however my true obsession floats between the 1930s and the post World War II era. This period saw the dawning of the “bias” cut, with the fabric cut across the grain, which draped down the curvature of the female silhouette like liquid gold – awakening all the curves, which were often accentuated by a train elongating the body. Silks, satins and lace created glamour, romance, and sensuality beyond your wildest dreams. Conversely, this same era saw desperate poverty through the Depression and war. Ingenuity borne out of poverty saw food sacks repurposed as dresses during this period. These humble cotton “feed sack” dresses, far more conservative in nature, epitomised the deprivation of the era, but are no less beautiful. In many ways I love these dresses more.

That desire they had to still look

pretty in horrendous life conditions will forever be the basis on which a simple little floral dress will never be unfashionable. I adore them.

My two rare Edwardian dressmakers’ mannequins are my version of grownup dollies, and when I dress them my clothes burst into life. Running my hands down them, I can feel a tingling hum, a thousand pins, hopes and dreams. Perhaps they held a wedding dress with aspirations for the future or just something lovely to greet her lover returning from the war?

The journey of fashion throughout our history is one of great expression and creativity, but as we all know, can be fickle and fraught with social danger, especially in your formative years.

Trying to pull the hippy vibe off in the late 80s saw me catapulted from cool to seriously uncool. My husband wearing 80s stonewash double denim in the 90s for our first date nearly banished him to the friendship-only zone! The current trend that is seeing all guests wearing white to a wedding is something I never thought I would see. Try that stunt back in history and you may have had your eyeballs clawed out by the bride’s perfectly manicured talons!

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Clothes aside, our little rural museums are the most wonderful picture books of

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our local history. Visiting them allows us to softly turn the pages of our past, inhaling lessons learnt, knowledge imparted and wrongs that need fixing.

The quietly aging volunteers that donate their time to these museums deserve a round of applause. Opening day of the exhibition will also fittingly see the Wellsford Warkworth Vintage Car Club display their cars, knowing full well that these styles of frocks once sat proudly on their duco. For a cheap and cheerful day out, you could follow along to the Port Albert Hall for a cuppa and home bake. Maybe cruise out to the Tapora Peninsula afterwards and take a walk along Birds Beach? And finish your day with some famous fish ’n’ chips from the Port Albert General store, eaten down the wharf? It all sounds so lovely. I hope to see you there xx.

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Where to potter with pots As the days get cooler, wetter and shorter, the motivation to garden outside tends to drop off. For me ,one solution is working on my pot plants, of which I have a huge number – from little pots of plants I’ve recently propagated, through to a range of orchids, various types of flowering bulbs, tropical fruits, bromeliads and even a set of citrus trees in large pots.

Most homes have an area that lends itself to working on pot plants, no matter the weather – perhaps a garden shed, maybe a space in the garage, a conservatory or greenhouse or even a bench under the eaves. I am fortunate enough to have all of these areas available Most homes have to make a mess in. Hopefully, some of these areas an area that lends will give you inspiration to set up your own allitself to working on weather workspaces. pot plants, no matter An east-facing eave is a lovely area in the morning to warm up, or a shady place to work away from the weather. the midday sun. I have my waist-height potting bench set up here with cupboards and shelves holding a multitude of different sized pots, trays, fertiliser and potting mix, plus an upcycled stainless sink bench plumbed in for watering plants or washing soil off roots and bulbs. Another upcycled double sink bench alongside serves as a potting area, with one sink for old soil discarded from the pot and another for fresh mix.

It’s a short walk from this area to the garage, where I can work in even the worst weather, with a large table set up to carry out tasks like getting summer flowering bulbs cleaned up and packed away for winter storage. It’s also where I pack plants for sending out to other plant enthusiasts.

At the other end of the property, the garden shed is not so much for working in as for storage. Pest and disease control products, bulk fertilisers, tools and all the odds and sods of gardening are kept in here, as well as seed heads that are drying off and pumpkins being stored on shelves.

My insect-proof tomato greenhouse sits next to the garden shed, with the tomatoes, capsicum, zucchini and cucumber all growing in 10-litre pots of good quality garden soil. These are fed and watered via drippers on an automatic system.

At the rear of the property is the tropical house, where I keep the pawpaw, mango, dwarf bananas and other tropical plants in big planter bags. The floor is insulated, and the vents are set to only start opening at above 20C, so it feels like a tropical paradise inside.

So, what would be my favourite spot in winter, then? That would be our conservatory – a gorgeous, covered area attached to the back of the house, with a very handy outdoor dining table that is in heavy demand from both Angela and me. For me, it is the ideal place to sit in the warmth and sow seeds, or crush sugar cane for my rum, or run my still, or even all three jobs at once. Angela likes to use it as a painting table for her large canvases. This means I must first clear off whatever project I am working on, then skulk off to one of my other workspaces.

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Bad breath Malodorous smells from the mouth of our pets are off-putting and one of the more frequent complaints in veterinary practice. While there are a number of other reasons that can cause bad breath, teeth and gums tend to be the most regular culprits. We were reminded by our parents from a very early age to brush our teeth after breakfast and before going to bed, and if you were to introduce the same practice to your young pet it would get used to it. The chance of it ever developing periodontal disease would be greatly diminished. Toothbrushes for pets are not flying off the shelves yet, because it is quite a task to regularly brush the teeth of your dog, and cats will never tolerate such a procedure.

When I started my veterinary career a long time ago, any suggestion of brushing your dog’s teeth was regarded as absolutely ludicrous. Well, times have changed, and now it is merely considered to be impractical. We have not totally discarded the teeth cleaning aspect; we have moved When I started to convenience products like dental sticks to chew on or special diets that have abrasive teeth cleaning my veterinary career substances in them. a long time ago, Coming back to our initial complaint of bad any suggestion of breath, it is bacteria that cause the bad odours and inflammation. Our aim is to eliminate conditions brushing your dog’s that favour bacterial growth, hence our attempt to teeth was regarded improve the oral hygiene of our pets. Some dogs will as absolutely never develop any periodontal problems all their lives without any special attention. This observation ludicrous. Well, times led to the thought that it is a specific bacterial flora have changed. that influences the build-up of deposits on the teeth as well as the bad smell. A vaccine was developed to improve the oral bacterial flora, but it did not prove to be very effective and was discontinued after a relatively short time. So, the main treatment options remain the removal of the deposits under general anaesthesia with an ultrasonic scaler, and after that to polish the teeth to create a smooth surface which slows deposit formation.

Bad breath is made worse by the build-up of a film of plaque on the teeth. This hardens over time and forms a visible deposit called tartar. This tartar is very rough and porous, and it extends under the gumline. It creates ideal pockets for a lot more bacteria to multiply. If untreated, the gums will get inflamed, and will recede over time. Finally, the bone of the jaw gets affected and individual teeth start to get loose. There is a whole array of things that can happen from then on.

They range from tooth abscesses to osteomyelitis (bone infection) of the jaw. By then, the general health of your pet will most certainly have suffered.

You can always hope that your pet does belong to the group that will never get any periodontal issues, but it pays to limit the chance of it happening and that starts from a very young age. Deciduous teeth (baby teeth), for example, that have not fallen out when they should, and cohabit the available space with the permanent teeth, should be removed before they compromise the positioning of the adult teeth, and thereby increase the chance of trapped food. Regular check-ups will help you keep things on track. If it is any consolation, gums will recede with age even if the teeth are kept clean. In the end, we all get a bit long in the tooth.

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Applications open from June 1 to August 15. Those with a strong interest in forestry, strong community involvement and who are committed to a career in the sector are invited to apply. Info: mpiforestryscholarships@mpi.govt.nz or phone 0800 00 83 33.

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Students take a break before installing a water tank at the centre.

Work starts on building cabins for the Hoteo Wero.

Mahurangi College has partnered with local farmers in the Hoteo Valley to begin construction of an outdoor education centre that will provide an experience unlike any other offered by a New Zealand high school.

Principal Tony Giles says the experience, known as Hoteo Wero (Hoteo Challenge), will be an “off-thegrid” retreat for students, designed to build resilience and connection with the land. The programme will include pest trapping and bush regeneration.

Mr Giles says unlike many camps that are about activities such as abseiling

will be transformative for students, developing confidence, life skills and self-esteem, alongside the sorts of school-days memories that students treasure,” he says.

Senior students from Mahurangi College’s Construction Academy have begun erecting cabins at the site. The centre is based at Dill Farm, but facilities will also be located on neighbouring farms.

In addition to cabins that sleep six, the centre will also feature basic cooking and bathroom facilities, composting toilets and communal spaces.

College students set to work on outdoor education centre and mountain biking, this experience is more about appreciation of the land, individual reflection and dealing with adversity.

The experience will likely include a solo overnight exercise and students will learn to construct items from available resources, such as creating backpacks from flax that can then be used for day tramps.

The experience will last around 10 days.

Mr Giles says research indicates it takes at least this long to fully disconnect from technology and social media.

“We believe the entire experience

About 24 students will be able to stay at the centre at one time and visits are expected to start next year.

The experience will be pitched at Year 10 students and will be the highlight of a year-long “rite of passage” programme that will help students transition into adulthood.

“It will be a good old-fashioned Kiwi experience where students are taken out of their comfort zones,” Mr Giles says.

Funding for the centre has come from Board of Trustee surpluses and local businesses and will be sufficient to employ qualified staff.

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An artist’s impression of the multisports centre exterior.

A preliminary floor plan for Stage 1 of the centre.

Rodney Local Board to make decision on multisport centre Auckland Council officers will present reports to the Rodney Local Board this week on whether a multisport centre should be built at Warkworth Showgrounds.

Officers will inform the board on the merits of granting a lease and landowner approval for the facility proposed by the Mahurangi Sport and Recreation Collective.

The Board will then make a decision on whether it gives permission for the proposed sports centre to be sited at the Showgrounds, which is on Auckland Council land.

The lease and landowner approval issues are separate from the Council resource consent application for the facility, which the Collective filed at the end of January.

Earlier this month, Collective spokesperson Nicola Jones outlined

preliminary plans of what the centre might look to the Warkworth Area Liaison Group, but stressed changes were inevitable as the Collective was still meeting with local sports clubs around their wants and needs.

Current plans for the multisport facility show a building that will be developed in two stages.

Stage 1 will be able to house a basketball court, indoor netball court (also used for futsal), volleyball court, four badminton courts and a gym.

In addition, there will be space allocated for storage, a staff room, changing rooms and toilets.

Stage 2 will feature additional multipurpose indoor courts and sports clubrooms.

The plan is for the gym in stage 1 to be set up permanently with equipment such as ropes, rings, bars, beams and

a trampoline, so that equipment does not need to be hauled in and out of storage for each gym session.

Currently, the Mahurangi Gymnastics Club, which plans to use the proposed centre, is obliged to use facilities at Mahurangi College and is required to set up and take down equipment before and after each meeting.

A floor in the middle of the gym (possibly sprung) will cater for other activities such as yoga, tai chi and baby sensory classes.

Nicola said there was a particular need for additional basketball courts, reflecting the burgeoning interest in the sport and the huge demand for courts.

She said Harbour Sport estimated there was already a deficit of about 20 courts north of the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

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“The growth strategy for Warkworth indicates the population will reach 25,000 by 2030 – well, that’s not that far away now. Where are all those people going to play sport?” she said.

“The plan is to have stuff set up early before people get here – with good systems and processes already in place.”

Nicola said the showgrounds were an ideal venue – instead of parents having to drive all over town to take their children to sports, many of them would be combined in one place.

Moreover, there was good pathway access from neighbouring schools and plenty of parking.

She said currently sporting facilities in Warkworth were limited.

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use them for other purposes, and clubs using the College’s sports facilities after hours were under pressure to find alternative venues.

The Collective’s hope is that it will be able to secure sufficient funding to begin construction of Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the multisport facility at the same time, thereby minimising costs.

It estimates around $5 million will be required to construct Stage 1, but has yet to firm up costs for Stage 2.

In 2018, the Rodney Local Board provided the Collective with $150,000 to get the project to the resource consent stage. Last year, Auckland Council awarded the Collective a further $2.25 million from its Sport and Recreation Facility Investment Fund to progress the project.

Nicola said the Collective had already been talking to private funders “off-

the-record” to secure the rest of the money for construction and said there was considerable excitement about it.

She said funders were likely to come fully on board when and if Auckland Council granted the resource consent and the Rodney Local Board granted landowner approval.

She hoped people in the local community would get behind the project in much the same way they got behind Tui House – the Harbour Hospice care facility in Warkworth.

In addition to the multisport facility, the Collective is also preparing a separate resource consent application for a bike and skate park, also at the Showgrounds. Plans for the park include a learn-to-ride area, asphalt pump track and downhill mountain bike runs. Preliminary estimates suggest it will cost $1.8 million.

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Kaipara unsealed road maintenance “streets ahead” Kaipara District Council has begun a pioneering unsealed road maintenance programme, which could provide lessons to Auckland Transport on how it treats Rodney roads.

Senior asset manager Andy Brown has spent his whole life working on roads from Cape Reinga to Invercargill and says the new programme will be a game-changer.

Traditional “blue metal” used on roads has been dispensed with in favour of an aggregate with a higher blend of clay and sand, which has superior binding properties.

Andy says the problem with blue metal is that it washes away and is susceptible to corrugation and pot holes.

“In the past, we would blanket spread aggregate onto the road, but when it rained it just washed away into paddocks,” Andy says.

The new blend is based on the findings of Dr Paige-Green, in South Africa, whose study of the strength of various aggregate blends has been making waves around the world.

Andy says Kaipara is fortunate to have four quarries with the right blend of material, which is yet another advantage over blue metal, which had to be carted from further afield, increasing costs.

The new blend was first tested in Arapahoe and was found to last three seasons before it deteriorated.

It will now be rolled out to the rest of the district with Settlement Road, between Mangawhai and Kaiwaka, being one of the first.

Two thirds of the roads in Kaipara District are unsealed. Pictured, senior asset manager Andy Brown.

Work has begun on Settlement Road.

Andy says that in the dry summer months, some deterioration does occur, but it can be fixed with a grader without additional metal. He says the aggregate accumulates at the edge of the road and is recovered rather than being washed away, significantly reducing costs.

The aggregate also produces drastically less dust compared to Auckland roads.

Andy says this is illustrated by the two ends of Cames Road, which crosses the regional boundary.

Despite the advantages, the new blend has suffered from a perception problem as the brown clay colour is often associated with a deteriorated road.

Kaipara maintenance and operation manager Aram Goes says blue metal may “look flash”, but the brown roads last longer and provide a smoother ride.

Kaipara’s unsealed road programme has been designed in conjunction with the Northland Transport Alliance (NTA) through an initiative named the

“Unsealed Roads Centre of Excellence”.

The Centre has taken a scientific approach to road maintenance.

Kaipara roads will be divided into 100-metre segments for the purpose of taking samples and modelling the lifespan of the road and necessary maintenance.

A hole is dug and the strata of the earth and road is investigated. Samples are sent to a lab to understand the road’s load bearing capability and how much pavement is needed.

“It may be that we need another 100mms of material for it to be strong enough. Metalling used to be done by gut feel, but now it is a structured process,” Andy says.

The modelling is also used to predict when the road will need maintaining, with the aim of undertaking works before it deteriorates and residents start complaining to Council.

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unsealed roads, thanks to an $8 million cash injection from the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) in 2018, which enabled trials to begin.

The PGF funding required that 40 per cent would be spent on hiring local businesses.

As a result, local firms such as Huband Contractors, in Paparoa, and Kevin Reid Contracting, in Ruawai, have been able to upskill their staff in new areas of road maintenance.

“Local contractors have sometimes missed out on contracts because of Council requirements, but now they have a track record with us.”

In September, Andy and his colleagues will present the Council’s findings to the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia conference. The NTA will also be assisting other local councils with its findings, including Auckland Transport, through the Road Efficiency Group (REG).

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It is already a major employer.

Topuni Timber is offering on-job training.

Wood peelings are used as “biofuel”.

Topunui Timber ramps up production to meet demand Burgeoning demand for timber, driven by a housing boom and growth in the kiwifruit orchard market, has prompted Topunui Timber to ramp up production.

In an effort to alleviate the pressure it is now producing eight times the volume of house poles than it did formerly, for example, and is even selling its product to Carters – ironically, a division of New Zealand’s largest timber producer.

General manager David Chamberlin says the mill is still unable to produce enough to satisfy demand and everything in its yard is sold even before it is finished.

He adds Topuni Timber is urgently

looking for new staff to alleviate the pressure and the business wants to double in size within the next four years.

Meanwhile, the timber industry is also under pressure from exports to China.

Exports have driven up the cost of a log from $105-$120 per tonne to $130-$135 per tonne. David says forestry companies stop harvesting when export prices go down, adding to scarcity.

Topunui Timber suffered a major setback in September last year when a fire burned down a peeler machine.

“But, we decided to take the opportunity to expand with much bigger machinery, which will double the output of cut logs. It will be

completed in 18 to 24 months,” David says.

Meanwhile, current production has been helped after Topuni designed a process to reduce timber drying time from two months or more to about a week.

Waste woodchips power a boiler which is heated to 640C. The boiling water is pumped into a steamer with green logs inside. Pressure is built up over three hours. When the pressure is released, up to 70,000 litres of water explodes from inside the logs in a geyser of steam.

The boiler also powers a unique wind tunnel, which is run constantly to complete the drying of the wood.

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Supply problems squeeze building stocks and pricing The effects of Covid-19, problems at Auckland port and the boom in house building are combining to cause myriad supply problems for trades and suppliers throughout the construction industry.

From basic building materials through to flooring and fittings, materials are becoming increasingly scarce, rising in price, or both, leading to frustration and budget blowouts for customers.

Sam Dyson, who looks after sales, design and project management at tiny house builder Eco Pod Concepts, says it has become a seller’s market lately, with prices and lead times going up, as well as low and no stocks of certain products.

“Our joinery suppliers lead time has doubled from two to four weeks and there doesn’t seem to be any 17mm flooring plywood left in the country,” he says. “We’ve also heard that a container of steel screw foundations coming from overseas used to cost $1500 to deliver and is now up to $7,800.”

He says the issue is causing uncertainty around committing to future projects and affecting quotes for the former Dairy Flat business.

“We’re having to itemise every item and say things are subject to materials being available due to shortages. The change of financial year has given companies the opportunity to draw a line in the sand and say we’re putting prices up.

That’s having a knock-on effect.”

Rodney and Hibiscus Coast plumbing company Flowfix is also experiencing issues. Director Colette Freel says it has been a struggle getting hold of such items as showers and vanities for some time, and now raw materials like copper are becoming hard to obtain.

“We had one customer who wanted a vanity that took four months to get to us,” she says.

The situation is meaning less choice for customers, with many styles out of stock.

“We have received letters and emails from suppliers saying everybody’s trying to do their best to keep stocks up, but it is starting to affect our business,” Colette says.

It is a similar story in floor coverings, according to The Flooring People’s store manager and director, Melissa Maher.

“Over the last year we have struggled getting many products, from underlay to carpet to vinyl,” she says. “Even some of our NZ-made carpets have components that come from overseas, so there have been delays in this, too.”

She says customers are not always aware of the current situation.

“Once the media started reporting the delays it got better, but some still don’t understand,” she says. “It has caused more work for us as we are constantly chasing up orders and checking stock.”

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Forestry Beach house up for award A house in Te Arai built by Mangawhai builder Kyle Curtin has been shortlisted for the Auckland Architecture Awards by the New Zealand Institute of Architects.

The house comprises two gabled “timber sheds” among the dunes at Forestry Beach.

Architects Fearon Hay, of Parnell in Auckland, say the design is intended to resemble rural working sheds.

The house is layered with sliding timber shutters, which control light, air and privacy, providing a sustainable way to control room temperature.

Designers chose cedar timber, which will silver over time to blend the house with its landscape.

The interior timber is oiled to provide a warm and subtle counter to the exterior.

The roof structure makes use of large timber box beams and timber joists to avoid using steel.

A coffered canopy extends from the indoors to outdoor covered spaces, which are also sheltered with wooden screens.

Winners of the Auckland Architecture Awards will be announced next week, on May 26.

The house is right on the beach.

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However, the suggested mechanism – a new targeted rate for affected landowners – and the subsequent public consultation caused controversy recently, when Council feedback options were limited to those supporting a targeted rate with no alternatives (MM, Mar 31).

Landowners also voiced concerns that repairs and work that Healthy Waters said had been budgeted for and carried out had not in fact been done, something which they brought to the organisation’s attention when staff visited Te Arai and Tapora earlier this month.

The switch in responsibility to the Governing Body was noted and supported by Rodney Local Board members at an extraordinary meeting on May 5. One board member, Danielle Hancock of Kumeu, declared an interest and did not discuss or vote on the item, as her employer, New Zealand Biodiversity Services, performs maintenance of the drains on behalf of Council.

Public feedback is currently being considered by Council and the Governing Body will make decisions on the final 10-year budget on May 25.

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Auckland Council’s Mayor and councillors are taking on the responsibility for repairing and maintaining stormwater drains in three rural districts at Te Arai, Tapora and Glorit, following a request by Rodney Local Board last year.

The switch is included in a new draft policy outlining the decisionmaking responsibilities of Council’s Governing Body and local boards that will become part of Council’s LongTerm Plan.

It is the latest move in a lengthy saga concerning the upkeep of the historic drainage districts, which were originally part of the old Rodney County Council. More recently, Auckland Council delegated responsibility for managing them to Rodney Local Board, with support from Healthy Waters. However, the annual maintenance budget of $26,500 – unchanged since the 1990s – has proved inadequate for maintenance and repair, resulting in drains falling into disrepair.

Board members voted in September to request that decision-making responsibility for the drainage districts be transferred to the Governing Body, citing inadequate funding for them to do it, and supported public consultation on funding mechanisms

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Transport minister primed to reach decision on road tolling The Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) last month submitted a proposal to the Minister of Transport on the potential tolling of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway.

An NZTA spokesperson said the proposal provides all the information that Minister Michael Wood will need to make an informed decision on tolling, but does not advocate a position on tolling from NZTA itself.

This is despite the fact that an NZTA tolling team assessment last year found the motorway was suitable for tolling and advocated that the NZTA board recommend to the Minister that the road be tolled.

Meanwhile, NZTA has responded to Mahurangi Matters enquiries about why the Puhoi to Warkworth is being considered for tolling when other recent major road projects in New Zealand have escaped a toll.

Mahurangi Matters’s readers had particularly noted the decision not to toll Transmission Gully (a 27km, fourlane motorway, north of Wellington, currently under construction) and the Waterview Tunnel in west Auckland.

The spokesperson said Transmission Gully was assessed for tolling by NZTA in 2018, but concluded the potential revenue benefits were unlikely to make a meaningful contribution to the cost of the road.

NZTA said its investigations also showed that implementing a toll would likely result in a high diversion rate on to an alternative coastal route (the current SH1), reducing

Earthworks continue at the southern end of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway. Will there be a second toll in addition to the one required to pass through the Johnstones Hill Tunnels?

the environmental, safety and access benefits of communities along that coastal route.

NZTA also looked at the question of whether Transmission Gully should be tolled primarily as a mechanism for managing demand, rather than a means of meeting the cost of the road.

The spokesperson said while tolling in the future might be a valuable tool for reducing congestion, other work needed to occur first to ensure public transport could offer a competitive alternative to personal vehicles.

In 2015, an investigation into tolling the Western Ring Route, of which the Waterview Tunnel is a part, also concluded that tolling was not a viable option.

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case concluded that introducing a toll would create a significant level of traffic diversion back on to local roads, especially at off-peak times.

NZTA’s tolling team reached different conclusions for the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway, finding that a toll would make a meaningful contribution to the cost of the project and would not result in traffic volume changes that would unduly impact the wider road network.

But Mahurangi-based Labour-list MP Marja Lubeck wrote to Michael Wood late last month, reiterating her own and the Mahurangi community’s opposition to tolling.

Ms Lubeck said Mahurangi residents would be faced with paying a toll for the Warkworth-Puhoi section of road and then be tolled again as they exit

through the Johnstones Hill Tunnels to travel to the Auckland CBD. “The community sees this as inherently unfair, given there are only three toll roads in New Zealand across all of the motorway network, and this would be the only place where two tolls would be in place across what is essentially one road,” she wrote.

Ms Lubeck added that on top of this, residents were also saddled with a 10c/ litre Auckland Transport levy and a $150 per property transport targeted rate.

Ms Lubeck wrote that in her view the toll proposal put an unreasonably heavy burden on the people of Rodney.

Should the Minister still decide in favour of tolling, he will then put the question to Cabinet to make a final decision.

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An artist’s impression of what the Matakana link road bridge will look like on completion. The rock structure under the bridge has presented some challenges.

Good progress on link road Matakana link road constructor Wharehine remains confident the road can open before the opening of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway, despite recent heavy rainfall and Covid alert level changes.

Wharehine general manager Andy Booth says the bulk of earthworks was completed during summer, before the onset of wetter spells in March and April.

“We were able to divert crews into non-critical path drainage activities and service installation during most of the wetter spells. The delays associated with the rain will not affect the project completion date of early 2022,” he says.

Mr Booth is also happy with progress on the diversion of Matakana Road to allow work to commence on the roundabout there to connect the eastern end of the link road. He says this has occurred with minimum disruption to road users.

“We have had a few queries on this.

It is worth noting this is a temporary diversion,” he says.

Work is also underway on a three-

span, two-lane bridge to cross a stream. Piling has been completed and abutments are currently being poured.

Precast concrete beam manufacture for the bridge is underway, and the Wharehine team is working on the pier columns. A total of 27 bridge beams will be required.

“We then move into the significant phase of the work associated with the superstructure, including the deck and precast barrier installation,” Mr Booth says.

Mr Booth says the rock structure under the bridge is notoriously varied and has presented problems. This had resulted in some redesign of the bridge, but there was allowance for this in the construction programme.

He adds that changes in Covid alert levels have posed significant challenges, but Wharehine continues to have robust protocols and guidelines to ensure the safety of all staff throughout potential lockdowns, while still ensuring the project can continue.

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The old farmhouse has a new roof and a new lick of paint.

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Farmhouse renovation delivers dream home What started as a kitchen extension for a farmhouse in Matakana, ended up being a complete renovation and roof rebuild for builder Kyle Brown.

It was supposed to be a two-month job, but turned into a 14-month marathon, with 15 code of compliance changes from the original plan.

But Kyle, of Warkworth Builders, says this has become an increasingly common story, with Covid-19 changing people’s priorities.

He says homeowners would sooner spend thousands on their existing place to make it their dream home, rather than trying to buy a new one.

Such was the case with Greg and Sala Bishop, who had been looking to buy a new house but couldn’t find land nearby, so they decided to renovate their Whitmore Road home of 25 years instead.

The house started as a cottage built in

1953. At different times since it has been a boarding house and rest home and has been added to over the years.

Once Kyle got started on the job he found that the roof needed substantial repairs and would have to be replaced entirely.

“The beams were full of borer. Every second one seemed to turn to dust.”

Greg says that Kyle and his team became part of the family for a while, and the dogs were fatter for it.

The whole roof was removed and sheltered with scaffolding and plastic wrap, meaning the Bishops were living in the garage for a while.

Kyle lifted the ceiling height from 2.4 metres to three metres, making airier rooms, and rebuilt the roof using cove trusses. Terracotta roof tiles have been replaced with Colorsteel.

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To fit the stairway in, Kyle had to cut through and drain an old indoor concrete water tank on the bottom level of the house. The tank has been retained and is now Greg’s wine cellar, complete with a wrought iron gate and wooden barrels.

Other renovations throughout the house include a sliding barn door separating a bathroom and laundry wing. The bathrooms were redone with floor-to-ceiling porcelain tiles.

The decks were relaid with purpleheart hardwood. The level of the flooring has been made consistent throughout the whole house, compensating for piecemeal alterations over the its long history. In addition, the tongue and groove flooring has been replaced with oak floorboards.

The old water tank is now a wine cellar.

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Building boom and no fees boosts apprenticeships The number of building and trade apprenticeships has boomed in recent months, largely due to the Government’s decision to make all NZ apprenticeships free from July last year until December 2022.

According to building and construction training body BCITO, there are now more than 18,000 apprentices in training, a rise of 32 per cent to the end of 2020, and figures are still rising.

More locally, there are currently 1700 BCITO apprentices in its “North Auckland” area, which actually stretches from the Harbour Bridge up to Cape Reinga. That compares with 1585 in 2020 and 1252 in 2019.

“We’ve never been so busy. There are many reasons for that, including the Government’s decision to actively encourage New Zealanders to seek out careers in the trades,” a BCITO spokesperson said.

“We experienced the biggest increase we’ve ever seen in the number of apprentices we look after and the employers we’re working with.

“With borders closed and the influx of skilled construction professionals now at a standstill, eyes have turned to us to help ready the next generation of apprentices for the huge workload that lies ahead.”

The Government funding boost covers all apprenticeships for anyone

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Polystyrene recycling takes off at Mangawhai scheme Northern households and construction firms can recycle waste polystyrene for the first time, thanks to a collection point set up at Mangawhai ITM. Interior installer Matt Strong, of Finess Interiors, saw an opportunity to recycle his own polystyrene waste and decided to extend it to the rest of the region.

His company does commercial interior fit-outs for large buildings in Auckland and generates a significant amount of polystyrene waste from flat pack furniture.

Matt says the two-cubic metre polystyrene collection bin was filled within three days of being placed there.

“I had another call from a local builder today. He said he had three cubic metres he was looking to drop off.”

It is the first collection point for polystyrene waste north of the Harbour Bridge.

Matt and his fleet of workers transport the polystyrene themselves from Mangawhai to Auckland to be recycled.

“There’s no financial gain for us. We just wanted to get on board with Mangawhai’s ambition to be a zerowaste town.”

“It’s just fortunate we have a number

of vehicles travelling to Auckland for work each day.”

Matt is also working on setting up another collection point at the Warkworth ITM. The polystyrene is recycled by Auckland insulation producer Expol which is able to turn the waste into a number of products.

Expol sustainability manager Cameron Brooks says the challenge has been to design new useful products to make use of the diverted waste.

Expol’s Styrodrain product is made of 100 per cent recycled material. It is used for building retaining walls, in place of scoria, to allow water to drain.

Another product called Tuffboard is used as a filler beneath poured concrete to provide insulation, as well as reduce the volume of concrete needed.

Expol has 25 collection points around the country, but has only been able to place them where its trucks already travel.

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New Warkworth transfer station upgrades screening Construction is well underway on the $3 million waste transfer, recycling and sorting centre being developed

by Northland Waste off 183 Sandspit Road, Warkworth.

Weather permitting, the 770-square metre sorting shed, weighbridge, recycling and storage buildings and landscaping should be finished by July or August, according to managing director Ray Lambert.

The 3.6-hectare site will be better screened than had originally been planned in its resource consent application, the result of negotiations with neighbours who appealed when consent was first granted in 2019.

Large, landscaped bunds are now being placed along the access road to the quarry next door, as well as along the southern boundary of the site.

“The net result of Environment Court process was the site will have less impact in the long term. It will be well screened. The changes were constructive,” Mr Lambert said. “It’s more expensive, but I think it was worthwhile and beneficial.”

He went so far as to say that he thought there may even be less effects than there were in the past, when the

site was occupied by Wyatt Haulage & Landscape Supplies.

Once construction and landscaping are complete, the transfer station will be up and running and open to the public straightaway – a change from the original plan, which was a twostage development over several years.

“Once it’s finished and we have met all the conditions, then we’ll be open to the public,” Mr Lambert said. “We’re already getting a lot of enquiries from people who can’t get rid of their waste locally, a lot of trade customers.”

The site will be able to deal with up to 30,000 tonnes of domestic, commercial and industrial waste, cleanfill material, green waste and recyclable material, as well as household quantities of hazardous wastes accepted for special handling, storage and disposal.

Mr Lambert said that to encourage recycling and diversion from landfill, Northland Waste was looking at charging different rates for different materials, and less for recyclables. He added that the metalled access road leading off Sandspit Road and down to the quarry entrance was due to be sealed in the next two months.

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Society argues Kaipara Harbour should supply sand needs The Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society (MHRS) argued that controversial sand mining near Pakiri should be shifted to the Kaipara Harbour or substituted for other sources at a hearing in the Warkworth Town Hall last week.

The hearing comes in the wake of Kaipara Ltd’s application to renew its consent to extract two million cubic metres of sand offshore from Pakiri and Mangawhai over 20 years.

It contends that Pakiri’s sand is required to prevent a shortage of supply for the production of concrete in the Auckland market.

MRHS legal representative James Carnie contested this at the hearing, saying that the Kaipara Harbour could fulfil Auckland’s sand needs.

He said the Kaipara Harbour was shown to be replenished with 2.6 million cubic metres of sand each year, providing for sustainable extraction.

He added that inland quarries already provided 66 per cent of sand used in production of concrete and could make up any shortfall.

MHRS also presented a report by environmental scientist Dr Shaw Mead, which alleged that Kaipara Ltd had breached its current consent conditions by extracting sand 1000 metres north of where it was permitted.

Mr Carnie said this explained why sand dunes at Mangawhai had been observed eroding, despite constant work to replenish them by the society.

Further, the report alleged that Kaipara Ltd had been caught extracting sand closer to shore than is permitted.

However, commissioner Les Simmons said the allegations against Kaipara were being contested and could not be considered as part of the hearing.

“This panel does not have the ability to enforce breaches. My understanding is that we are to consider the application aside from the alleged breaches,” he said.

MHRS legal representative James Carnie and Richard Bull.

Dr Mead’s investigation also suggested that Kaipara Ltd had been extracting as close to shore as possible within the permitted area, causing environmental damage.

Mr Carnie said Kaipara Ltd had focused extraction on an area representing less than one per cent of the total permitted area.

It is alleged that consistent extraction of a particular stretch had resulted in a kilometres-long trench on the seafloor.

Kaipara Ltd has acknowledged the formation of 7.5 kilometres of “swales”, 2.4 kilometres deep, and has suggested a 100-metre exclusion zone as part of the consent conditions.

But MHRS wanted more, asking commissioners to require that Kaipara Ltd extract at a minimum distance of five kilometres from shore and at a minimum depth of 35 metres, if the consent was accepted.

A map showing Kaipara’s proposed consent area in hatched red.

Commissioner Les Simmons asked Mr Carnie whether he thought the panel had the authority to require the extraction to take place outside of the area in the application.

The pair agreed that they did not know if it was legally possible.

Meanwhile, it is expected that McCallum Bros will also seek to renew its consent for nearshore sand extraction, which has expired.

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Onwards and upwards for Warkworth RSA elevator The Warkworth RSA is a step closer to building its much-needed elevator thanks to a $5000 boost from the Mahurangi Community Trading Post.

RSA president Bob Harrison says currently aged members have to climb two flights of stairs from the Warkworth RSA carpark.

The stairs also make it difficult for mobility impaired people to attend community events that are held at the RSA. “It is particularly a problem when we hold funerals, as the hearse often takes up the drop-off carpark at the front door.”

When the RSA was extended in the mid-90s, its design allowed for an elevator to be built in the future, and Bob believes the time has come to realise that ambition.

He says some members are in their 90s and stay home because they find it difficult to access the building.

The RSA has been quoted $51,000 for an elevator, and would face additional costs for building modifications prior to installation.

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The RSA has some money for the project, but interruptions to fundraisers due to Covid-19 has meant there is a shortfall.

Bob has appealed to members and will be making applications for lottery grants.

He says community members who value the RSA as a venue are also invited to contribute.

“It is well overdue, and we need to prepare for population growth if we wish to continue to provide services to the community,” he says.

The Mahurangi Trading Post is still open for another six weeks.

Chair John Carr says the phones have gone quiet in the wake of the announcement of its closure, but the store is still able to collect secondhand goods. He says the Trading Post wants to go out with a bang, and any proceeds made will still go toward community projects even after it closes. The official closing date is June 30 and there will be big sales before then.

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Mitre 10 Mega celebrates 10 years in Warkworth Mitre 10 Mega Warkworth enjoyed weeks of celebrations last month during its 10th anniversary.

The locally owned and operated store was buzzing more than usual with various events, weekly in-store specials, and the opportunity for one lucky shopper to win a $50,000 boat package.

A highlight was an in-store birthday party on April 17, featuring sausage sizzles, face painting, popcorn, a treasure hunt and prizes.

Earlier in the month, Warkworth trade customers joined the Mitre 10 Trade Team for an evening at the store where they had the opportunity to network and speak to key suppliers about their latest product offerings.

The Trade Team also hosted a golf day at the Omaha Golf Club where Mangawhai resident Mike Clews and his Clews Construction team took out the title for the Ambrose-style tournament.

Owner Cam Caithness says looking back over the last 10 years, he has seen the store go from strength to strength.

“In 2013, the Garden Centre had an expansion, and the café was converted to a Columbus Coffee. In the last few years, a storage facility was built on the back of the building and the trade area expanded along with some new offices for the trade administration team,” he says.

The store has been nominated for several awards, including the New

Mitre 10 Mega Warkworth owner Cam Caithness and one of his first customers, Bruno Barnetta, cut the 10th anniversary cake.

Zealand Hardware Journal store of the year (twice). In 2012, it won the New Zealand Retail Top Shop Award, recognising customer service excellence.

Cam is especially proud of the role the store plays in the life of the local community.

Long-standing sponsorships include Mahurangi Rugby Club; Mahurangi College; Warkworth, Omaha and Wellsford Golf Clubs; Matakana Pony Club and Bowls Warkworth.

Over the last 10 years, tens of thousands of dollars have also been raised via the sausage sizzle from the Mitre 10 BBQ hut on Saturday mornings.

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Players from Mahurangi and Mangawhai travelled to Kingsway School for the tournament.

First ever tournament for Mahurangi Basketball Northern basketball clubs decided to organise their own tournament this month, having struggled to field teams in North Harbour competitions.

Mahurangi Basketball Club travelled with Mangawhai’s Kaipara Basketball Club to a tournament hosted by Whangaparoa’s Rise Up Basketball.

Mahurangi coach Gavin Milligan described it as a “blitz tournament”, with each of the clubs’ teams playing a round robin with five matches in their age group.

“It was particularly intense with teams of three players playing on a full court.

There was a lot of space and more time shooting the ball,” he says.

It was the first ever tournament for the burgeoning Mahurangi Basketball Club, and its team performed well, despite having the youngest players.

The under-12 team won three out of five of its matches. It was an achievement considering the team played without substitutes, as it had loaned players to Rise Up to help it field a team.

The Mahurangi under-14 blue team

went undefeated until the final, when it lost by just two points.

It was a high note for the blue team players who have finished their final season as juniors, and will now progress to playing for Mahurangi College.

“It was an all-round fun tournament.

For some of the children it was their first experience with a competitive tournament.”

Milligan says the club is hamstrung by a lack of facilities and needs the multisport facility planned by the Mahurangi Sport and Recreation Collective to be built (see page 38).

The club cuts off the number of its junior players at 30 children and has “no problem” filling up its ranks.

“I was nervous when we lost a lot of kids who grew out of the age group, but we had a massive influx to replace them.”

Milligan understands that Harbour Basketball is hiring a Rodney development officer to grow the game among northern communities, thanks to the club’s recent success.

The club trains at Mahurangi College basketball courts on Tuesdays at 5pm.

Mahurangi Cricket in fine form The Mahurangi College first XI cricket team went through its season unbeaten to win the Wyatt Cup region Twenty20 competition last month. It convincingly defeated Dargaville, Bream Bay and Rodney College teams in the round robin and hosted the final against Bream Bay College. In the final, Mahurangi lost the toss and bowled first. “Mahu bowled Bream Bay out for 58 and knocked its runs off within six overs, losing only one wicket,” coach Anthony Koers said. He said it was a “very dominant” season for the team, which has trained at Kaipara Flats Cricket Club.

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A roundup of sports activities and events in the district Hockey trivia night The Mahurangi College hockey team is hosting a trivia night to raise funds to attend the 2021 Secondary School Tournaments. The trivia night will be held on Saturday, June 19 at 7pm in the Mahurangi College Hall. Tickets are $15. Contact Angela 021 274 3853. BYO nibbles.

Hockey AGM Warkworth Hockey Club is holding its annual general meeting at 7pm on Thursday, May 24, at ITSS Engineering, 24 Morrison Drive.

10KG fishing The Warkworth Gamefish Club annual 10KG competition will be held June 5 to June 6, closing at 5pm (Queen’s Birthday Weekend). Catches must be made on a 10KG or less rated line. $1000 for longest snapper and loads of other prizes. See Warkworth Gamefish Club on Facebook for ticket details.

Seniors play on Friday nights and juniors play on Saturday mornings.

Enthusiastic netball return hampered by state of courts Players have flocked back to the Rodney Netball Centre this season after a disappointing season last year.

Vice-president Lynette Gubb says there are 26 senior teams, including seven college teams, as well as 49 junior teams.

Last year, only nine teams entered and just five matches were able to be played due to Covid-19 disruptions.

Otamatea-ex has returned to the competition after a hiatus, while Tauhoa School has entered two teams after some years without entering.

The Mangawhai Netball Club has entered an incredible 15 teams across both the seniors and juniors.

“The disruptions haven’t dampened enthusiasm for netball. It was great to see the looks on the juniors’ faces when they were able to return to the courts,” Gubb says.

She says a full committee has stepped up this season, with Kelly Ayres as president, and Gubb and Karen Flat as vice-presidents.

The season will consist of 12 to 14

rounds and will likely last until midAugust, although Gubb has allowed until September in case of any disruptions.

“You never know anymore,” she says.

Meanwhile, Gubb says that the continued deterioration of the Wellsford courts has become a major problem, with some courts removed from play entirely. The season will include an extra round to allow all matches to be played.

“We strongly encourage the whole community to call up Auckland Council and complain about the state of the courts,” she says.

Gubb says she is disappointed that Council has not “cracked on” with its master plan for Centennial Park, which was written in December last year.

The courts have suffered from inadequate drainage with water underneath causing cracks and bulges in the court surface.

The Rodney Netball Centre had previously paid more than $100,000 to resurface the courts.

Firefighters challenge Mahurangi East Volunteer Fire Brigade crewman Cam Ford is raising funds for Leukaemia by doing the Sky Tower Stair Challenge. It involves climbing 1103 steps in full firefighter gear. Anyone who wants to support local firefighters, and patients with blood cancer can donate at firefighterschallenge.org.nz/cameron-ford.

Kaipara Flats Tennis Tennis coach Stephane Courtine has begun coaching juniors on Fridays at 3.30pm, and adults, at 5.30pm, at the Kaipara Flats Sports Club.

Stephane has coached players in France and England at the international competitive level. Junior players are invited to come and “have a go” free of charge before committing.

It is $80 for a term for juniors and $15 per session for adults. Coach Stephane is also planning to hold regular sessions for adults on Saturday mornings for new players.

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Fire truck pull in Warkworth The Fit Factory gym at the Grange in Warkworth is hosting a fire truck pull competition at 5.30pm on Wednesday, May 19, to support trainer and firefighter Tania Wood. The gym is inviting teams of any size to register on the day to compete to pull a fire truck by a rope in the shortest time over a fixed distance. There will be spot prizes thanks to sponsorship from Warkworth Butcher. There will also be a BBQ, face painting, and kids’ activities. Tania Wood is raising money for leukaemia and will be doing the Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge on May 22. She set herself a goal of doing 30,000 steps over seven days in preparation for the challenge, and will complete the final steps at the fire truck pull in full firefighting gear.

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Create a legacy at Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary VO LUNT E E R S C O NT RIBU TE TO:

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Tomarata rugby withdraws The Tomarata Rugby Club senior team has withdrawn from the Northland Rugby club competition for the first time in 95 years.

In a statement, the club said it was “not the news we wanted to share but a difficult decision had to be made.”

It says the club has struggled to secure consistent numbers for trainings and matches.

“It was not fair on our committed players, management staff, supporters or opposition teams to delay the inevitable and default multiple times in a season.

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“We hope this is just a pause in our long club history, and it gives us an opportunity to rebuild and come back stronger next year.”

In recent years, the club consistently made the semi-finals of the Southzone Championship, even winning it in 2018.

Meanwhile, the Tomarata junior programme is showing no sign of slowing down, with four teams across three grades. Last weekend, Tomarata hosted the Rodney Otamatea sub union junior rally day with teams travelling from Maungaturoto and Kaiwaka.

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

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Rodney Local Board meeting, Warkworth Town Hall, noon. Info: search for Rodney Local Board at www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Forest & Bird Warkworth, Totara Park Retirement Village Hall, 7.30pm. Talk by Ohad Peleg, Leigh Marine Lab, on the health of reefs and Leigh Marine Reserve. All welcome.

Warkworth Grey Power Members/AGM meeting, Totara Park, 10am. Meeting to decide the future of Warkworth Grey Power. Bring a plate for shared lunch. All welcome.

Leigh Library 150th celebrations, Leigh Hall and Leigh Library, 11am.

Of Love and War book launch, Tahi Bar & Kitchen, 5pm. (see story p17) Snells Beach Indoor Bowls, Mahurangi East Community Centre, 12.30pm. Played every Monday. Visitors & new members welcome. Info: Pam 425 6405 or Neil 425 5371.

Big Bike Film Night (encore), Matakana Cinemas, 6pm. A showcase of short films on cycling from around the world.

Info: www.bigbikefilmnight.nz.

Kowhai Singers present Festival Jubilate, Leigh Community Hall, 7.30pm.

Super Sausage Sizzle, Warkworth Butchery, 10am-2pm.

Funds raised go to St Johns Warkworth Ambulance Station.

White Chapel Jak, Warkworth Town Hall, 6-9pm. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/white-chapel-jak-warkworth-town-halltickets-151582185397 The Way We Wore - 50 years of fashion exhibition, Abertland Heritage Museum, 11am. (see column p26) Kowhai Singers present Festival Jubilate, Warkworth Town Hall, 4pm.

Te Muri Crossing High Tea at Tu Ngutu Villa, 106 Ngarewa Drive, Mahurangi, 2pm. Fundraiser for the Mahurangi Coastal Trail with guest speaker Sir Peter Gluckman. Bookings: mahurangi.org.nz/coastal-trail

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Warkworth Area Liaison Group meeting. For all interested in Warkworth community issues, RSA basement meeting rooms, 7pm. All welcome.

Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade Open Day, Warkworth Fire Station, 10am-2pm. Fire trucks on display, look around the station, dummy drag race, sausage sizzle, demonstrations & more. Info: www.facebook.com/events/291537399167333 Community Planting Day, Tawharanui Regional Park, 9am12.30pm (see ad opposite) Warkworth Women’s Institute meeting, Warkworth Anglican Church, 1.30pm. Meet every second Tuesday of the month.

New members welcome. Info: Moira 425 0089.

Snells Beach Indoor Bowls, Mahurangi East Community Centre, 12.30pm. Played every Monday. Visitors & new members welcome. Info: Pam 425 6405 or Neil 425 5371 Fabric Rescue, Matakana Hall, 10am-2pm. Info: fabricrescuemk@gmail.com Rodney Local Board meeting, Te Whare o Oranga Parakai, 5 Rere Place, Parakai, 3pm. Info: search for Rodney Local Board at www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Snells Beach Indoor Bowls, Mahurangi East Community Centre, 12.30pm. Played every Monday. Visitors & new members welcome. Info: Pam 425 6405 or Neil 425 5371.

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On the last Saturday of every month, we’re raising much needed funds for local charities and organisations — perhaps groups that would not normally get the exposure within the local community.

May’s Super Sausage Sizzle supports: St Johns Warkworth Ambulance Station, May 29th, 10am - 2pm, next to Warkworth Butchery.

Sausages supplied by Rob Lees, Warkworth Butchery, who is the “Best Master Butcher” in the country!

So far we have supported:

Snells Beach Fire Dept • The Animal Sanctuary • The Coastguard • Adults in Motion

TRADIES BREAKFAST A Sizzling Success!

With our compliments to all of our local hard-working trades people

Mehran Zareian Branch Manager

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Jonathan Gregson

Drag racer impresses circuit on first season Jonathan Gregson, of Wellsford, has caught the attention of the New Zealand drag racing circuit in his first season, being named “Rookie of the Year” at the NAPA Auto Parts Dragway Comp Series.

Gregson drives a front-engine dragster, powered by a naturally aspirated 166 cubic inch, four cylinder, Fontana engine.

His best time and speed to date, over a quarter mile, is 9.583 seconds at 136.2mph. That is the equivalent of accelerating from 0 to 220kph in 400 metres in 9.5 seconds. That time is just 0.13 milliseconds off the current class record, which stands at 9.453 seconds. Gregson says he intends to break the record next year.

Gregson had to get his International Hot Rod Association racing licence

in November 2020 before he could compete. It involves several tests in front of officials. He passed, and competed in his first event the very next day.

He says he has been through a massive learning curve over the past racing season, getting to grips with the raw power, acceleration and unpredictability of a front-engine dragster.

The 2021/2022 season will see him

compete in a team for the NZ Drag Racing Championship in the modified class.

The series involves eight rounds at drag strips across the country, including at Meremere, Masterton, Motueka, Tokoroa and Ruapuna.

Gregson thanks his crew members Cedric, Melanie, Kim, Glen and Leonard for a successful season.

For a full range of family medical care, including A&M services in an integrated system 24 hours a day, across our region, including public holidays For further information and new enrolments, please contact any of our clinics

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