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Brothers’ dispute threatens boatyard One of Warkworth’s major boat builders risks closure following a family dispute that has ended in a court order to sell the land where the business is based.

The threat comes after the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier ruling by the High Court that 8.3ha of land adjoining the Mahurangi River, which is currently home to Robertson Boats, must be sold by auction.

The rulings come in the wake of a dispute between brothers Conrad and Martin Robertson, who purchased it in the early 1980s to continue a family boatbuilding business there.

Conrad bought Martin out of the business 26 years ago but ownership of the land, which is estimated to be worth more than $7 million, remained shared between them.

Robertson Boats continued by leasing the land on which it sits, but the lease expired in December 2017 and both Conrad and

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Moreover, the lease provides that neither party is required to carry out structural repairs or weatherproofing of buildings, which need repair.

Conrad’s ambition was to expand and modernise his boatbuilding business, whereas Martin wanted to redevelop the property for housing.

To end the deadlock, Conrad applied to the High Court to have the land partitioned,

allowing him to buy the portion of land occupied by Robertson Boats at a market price fixed by the court.

Instead, the court ordered all the land be sold by auction, finding that Conrad and Martin were unlikely to agree on a partition proposal.

Conrad appealed the decision, but last month the Court of Appeal upheld it, meaning the land must be sold by auction within weeks. continued page 2

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Conrad says he is uncertain whether he can raise the cash to buy all the land outright himself, meaning he faces losing his business of 40 years.

“It’s the only parcel of land zoned for marine use in the wider area. Once it’s gone, it’s gone,” he says.

He adds that it would be virtually impossible to relocate his business elsewhere.

“You have to have water access and there are a lot of factors that have to be appropriate – you can’t just move up the road,” he says.

The end of the business would mean the loss of 20 jobs for tradies, such as boatbuilders, engineers, electricians and fabricators, including three apprentices. It would also end a source of work for dozens of local subcontractors.

Conrad says it’s a highly skilled and versatile staff, some of whom have been with Robertson Boats for 20 years.

They work on up to 400 boats each year – including commercial vessels, such as ferries, fishing fleets, tugs and barges, and recreational craft such as yachts. They are capable of doing everything from building custom boats from scratch to servicing and refitting existing vessels. Currently, the business has to turn work away, as the impasse between the brothers has made it impossible to expand.

“This is a real, living existing business that represents a lot of hard work and effort.

The thought of losing it does not seem right to me,” Conrad says.

A member of the Jane Gifford Maritime Trust committee, Dave Parker, says if the boatyard closed down it would have a hugely detrimental effect on Warkworth’s marine industry, being the only one on the Mahurangi River with a large travel lift to haul boats out of the water weighing up to 85 tonnes.

The Jane Gifford is among the boats to take advantage of the lift when it undergoes regular cleaning and maintenance.

“It would be disastrous if we did not have a maritime base there,” he says.

The boatyard handles vessels of all kinds.

The travel lift is the biggest on the river.

20 staff fear losing their jobs.

He says the Jane Gifford would likely have to be sailed to North Harbour for servicing.

However, Mr Parker, who is also deputy chair of the Warkworth Riverbank Enhancement Group, says one potential upside is the possible completion of a walkway along the Mahurangi River between Warkworth Wharf and the historic Wilson cement works ruins.

The walkway was conceived after the

Enhancement Group successfully raised funds for a new Warkworth Wharf, when the original was demolished by the old Rodney District Council. But adding a walkway to the cement works required crossing Robertson land, a move which has also been hampered by the impasse between the brothers.

Mr Parker says if the land was to change hands, the group would be keen to talk to the new owner to finalise access across the land.

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Looking back – from right, Shane and daughter Elizabeth with students from Mangawhai and Tomarata on their way to Christchurch, thanks to the RNZAF.

Shane Gould and his wife Kristal at the belated Blue Light dinner.

Tributes paid to leading light Around 100 people gathered in Wellsford last month to pay tribute to Shane Gould, who has run the North Rodney Blue Light youth activities programme for 26 years.

From school discos and abseiling to camps and kayaking, he and his team have been responsible for tens of thousands of local students gaining confidence, learning new skills and having fun, and there was no shortage of supporters keen to show their appreciation on the night.

Everyone from MPs and senior Police officers to camp managers and kaumatua lined up to sing Shane’s praises for the work he has done to help local youth, with the tributes led by his daughter, Dr Elizabeth Berryman. She recounted tales of growing up as a Blue Light kid, where her childhood experiences ranged from flying around NZ in an RAF Hercules to stepping up as DJ at Blue Light discos. Rod Bell, the national chief executive of Blue Light, who started the ball rolling by recruiting Shane when he was the Wellsford Police constable, also spoke of the many achievements since those early days in 1995.

With characteristic modesty, Shane responded by saying he was humbled by all the speeches and messages of support he had received to mark the anniversary – even though Covid-19 had delayed the event by a year.

“I didn’t really want this to be about me, it’s a team affair, but I get the privilege of being the front man and to be with the kids,” he said.

Shane said it was the faith shown in him by his own local Police sergeant when he was a somewhat troubled youth in Australia that set him on the path to working with Blue Light to help youth in NZ. And Shane revealed the mission statement that he shared with all the students he met on activities.

“I say to them my surname is Gould – if you take the ‘u’ out of it, you spell Gold. My mission is to find the Gold in you,” he said. “Gold mining takes a lot of energy, sifting through layers of dirt. But even when you find that nugget, it still takes time, effort and patience to form the piece into some form of beauty, or calling. That is what empowering youth is all about.”

North Rodney Blue Light covers the area from Warkworth and to Maungaturoto, working with up to 2000 eight to 18 year olds every year. Shane said he loved the work and had no intention of retiring for a while at least.

“It’s a people job, with a lot of variety. It’s been fun,” he said. “All the communities are very different – variety is the spice of life – and we are planning new programmes all the time.”

One thing hasn’t changed since he started, though.

“I’m still using the same jokes I was 25 years ago,” he said.

Mike Thorogood, Shane Gould, Supt Steve Long and PC Rod Bell with the first Blue Light van in 1996.

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In brief Landfill opposition

Kaipara District Council (KDC) is joining the growing number of organisations and individuals heading to the Environment Court to oppose Auckland Council’s decision to approve a resource consent for the Dome Valley landfill. Due to “limited funding and available resource”, Council will support another appellant by becoming a Section 274 party. This means it can take part in any mediation and the hearing process, but can only address issues within the scope of the appeal. The Mayor, deputy mayor and chief executive have been delegated to decide which (if any) appellant KDC will follow. This is expected to be finalised this month.

Café closes Chris Lawton, brother of Leigh chief fire officer Kevin Lawton, was the guest speaker at the Leigh meeting to discuss a new community patrol.

“Eyes and ears” service setting up in Leigh The recent arson at Big Omaha Wharf has lit a flame under the Leigh community.

A well-attended meeting in the township on July 25 has given the green light to the idea of a community patrol to serve the Leigh, Pakiri, Mathesons Bay and Whangateau area.

While it was acknowledged the Leigh area was not a crime hot spot, there were ongoing issues involving drug dealing, tagging, boat break-ins, property theft and the recent arson at the wharf.

There was also discussion about the role the group might play in a civil defence emergency and ensuring elderly residents living alone were not neglected.

Meeting convener and Leigh chief fire officer Kevin Lawton said the meeting identified

potential volunteers and this group would meet soon to keep up the momentum.

“The next step is to pursue affiliation to Community Patrols NZ (CPNZ),” Kevin says. “Everyone who joins will have to undergo a police check, and training and fundraising will also be a priority.”

There are 170 community patrols around New Zealand, including one at Mangawhai and another based out of Snells Beach called Rodney North. Groups vary in size from five members to one of the largest in Napier, which has about 200 volunteers and runs patrols almost 24/7.

CPNZ Volunteer Trust Board chair Chris Lawton, who was a guest at the meeting, described the patrols’ role as extra “eyes and ears” for police, mainly through observation

and their presence in the community.

Chris stressed the service was a partner to police, assisting across a broad range of scenarios, but mainly by observation.

The meeting was told that ideally, the patrol would need about 20 volunteers who were prepared to do a two-to-fourhour patrol once a month.

While some money was available for signage on the vehicle and uniforms, the patrol would need to rely on fundraising to equip an office and purchase a vehicle.

Annual running costs were estimated at around $3000 to $5000.

If anyone would like to donate or would like more information, Kevin Lawton can be contacted on 021 422 651.

Wellsford’s controversial Corry block sold Auckland Council has finally disposed of the controversial Corry Block in Wellsford.

The 34.47ha property on State Highway 1, just south of the Wharehine yard, sold for $1.74 million and was purchased by Wellsford Organic Farms.

According to a note in last month’s Rodney Local Board agenda, the land was “no longer required”.

Organic Farms co-director Rob Gibson, who is also the managing director of Wharehine, says the current plan for the land is to “tidy the place up and keep farming it for now”.

“I think the focus at the moment should be more on getting Wellsford sorted,” Rob says. “It has a big opportunity once the motorway opens mid-next year. We’ll be the first stop out of Auckland.

“We constantly keep getting passed over, being right at the top of the Auckland Council boundary. Colin Smith has been doing a great job, but the town needs some investment from both central and local governments and businesses to make the most of the opportunities and to ensure Wellsford keeps its identity as the friendly rural town.”

The Corry farm was bought by Rodney District Council (RDC) in 2004 to extend the recreational reserve and rezone land for industrial expansion in the town. However, the venture was doomed when Council continually ran up against difficulties from Transit NZ (now NZTA) in securing access off State Highway 1.

At its final meeting in 2010, RDC signed off on designations of sections of the land to accommodate a possible realignment of the highway, recreation reserve and local purpose reserve on a portion of the land.

The Wellsford Districts Sport & Recreation Collective campaigned for many years to have the land retained and used for recreational purposes, which it believed would have both recreational and economic spinoffs for Wellsford.

The recent sale comprised three sections – two totalling 20.5 ha were zoned future urban and fronted the highway, with the Wellsford Golf Club on the eastern boundary. The third block of 13.9 ha was zoned rural production with a northern boundary on Flagstaffe Road and adjoining Centennial Park to the west.

The other director of Wellsford Organic Farms is Mark Hurt, of Point Wells.

The Oaks Café in Warkworth closed on July 22. Owner Susan Vize said the reasons for closing included a slow Covid recovery and local market conditions. “As a result, we have decided to end our lease,” she says. “We would like to thank our loyal customers for their support over the past three years.” Susan also owns Chocolate Brown in Mill Lane Warkworth and the Bayside Bistro in Snells Beach.

Chair stands down

Puhoi Community Forum co-chair Paul Manton stepped down at the forum’s recent annual meeting. Mr Manton has resigned to devote more time to the Puhoi Land Care Group, which is focused on pest control and weed management in Puhoi and the wider district. In his annual report, Mr Manton said the forum had achieved some great results in the previous year in an inhospitable climate of shutdowns, lockdowns and uncertainty. “However, the strength of a rope is given by its many strands and it is the same with our community,” he said. Officers elected were: Co-chair Dustyn O’Leary; secretary Emma Dore; treasurer Jenny Schollum; deputy chair, John Rehm. The position of second co-chair was not filled.

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The Parry Kauri Park track has been partially closed while its trail is upgraded to protect Kauri trees from dieback.

Although some carparks have been commandeered for the works, Kauri Native Bushman’s Society president Ray Jensen wants the public to know the park and museum are still open as usual.

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Celebrating our success and keeping you safe One of the favourite parts of my role is watching my team learn, develop and be recognised for their successes.

A project of this scale, complexity and significance offers numerous opportunities for growth and sets our people up for a great future in construction and infrastructure.

Battle of Baxter St continues The battle to save Warkworth’s Baxter Street carpark is continuing, with protracted behind the scenes efforts to stop it being sold by Auckland Council, as well as new ideas for how it could be used in future.

The 116-space free parking area above the New World carpark has long been slated for sale by Council’s property arm, Eke Panuku, and it was due to come before the finance and performance committee in April. However, Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers has been fighting to have the item further deferred in a continued effort to convince Council that the carpark should not be sold.

He says that as well as its worth as a valuable local asset, there are legal and practical reasons why it should not be sold. Cr Sayers says the Council-owned site has potentially restrictive easements and encumbrances that could make it unattractive to would-be buyers, not least the fact it has a complex title structure, being part-owned by three other entities – the National Trading Company of NZ (Foodstuffs), Westpac Banking and the Rodney Lodge of Freemasons.

Approval from these adjoining landowners would be required before Council could put the carpark on the market, which Cr Sayers is hoping will not happen.

“I’ve also submitted a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request, on behalf of the residents of the Mahurangi, to gain a copy of the original building consent design drawings, in order to have an independent engineer

peer review them, to potentially challenge Panuku’s statements about the carpark’s structural strength,” he says.

Recent Council estimates put the cost of repairs to fix the carpark surface and make the structure water-tight at $1.7 million.

In March, Rodney Local Board criticised Council for failing to maintain and manage the carpark and voted against approving its sale, instead saying it wanted it transferred to Council’s list of community facilities and managed as a Local Board asset. (MM, Mar 31) If that should happen, the carpark could cease to be an all-day parking facility, in a bid to free-up space for shoppers by forcing all-day commuters and business people to find alternative parks.

Board deputy chair Beth Houlbrooke says timed parking restrictions, such as 240 minutes, could be put in at Baxter Street once the community transport hub opens near the Warkworth Showgrounds.

“Removing commuter parks will free up space next to the Old Masonic Hall, the short piece of Percy Street at the very bottom that does not have any parking restrictions on it, and in the streets within walking distance,” she says. “There is also Kowhai Park for businesses at that end of town, and the option of parking at the transport hub and catching the bus into town.”

She says there may also be options to leave some spaces for local business people who currently park in Baxter Street.

Winter festival shines light on Warkworth Thousands thronged to the wharf and main street of Warkworth for Festival of Light events held over two weekends last month. Organiser Murray Chapman said on the first weekend, the streets were buzzing and the local restaurants “were absolutely slammed”.

However, disaster struck on the second weekend when wet weather and high winds looked to foul plans for the main attraction. The ice-skating rink could not be assembled in the 20-knot winds for fear it would be blown away with children inside so was moved to the town hall. Murray says events like the Winter Festival of Lights will be especially important for the town’s survival once the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway opens.

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We’re lucky to have a wealth of talent on the project and recently I had the pleasure of seeing that talent recognised at the Civil Contractors NZ Auckland Excellence Awards. This is great acknowledgement to the team prior to the project’s completion.

The project team received two notable awards: 1.

Best Onsite or Job Innovation Award for the work our survey team has undertaken in the digital and drone space.

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Young Engineer of the Year was awarded to our Senior Site Engineer Kristan Dantas.

My team is understandably proud of these awards and to be part of a project which will have such a lasting impact on people’s lives.

We’re also aware that the construction work can be disruptive to the local community and we appreciate your on-going patience.

Young Engineer Kristan Dantas and Drone Surveyor Jonathan Kubiak.

As we work to connect the new motorway to the existing State Highway 1 network you will continue to see our traffic management teams out on the roads keeping both our staff and the public safe.

Whether they’re slowing traffic to allow large vehicles to exit or enter our site, manning stop/go stations or setting up protection so our teams can safely work beside the highway, our traffic management teams provide life-saving services to the project and the team.

This month they will spend some cold nights on Woodcocks Road where we have closures planned to allow us to install panels and barriers on the bridge.

These closures are planned to take place between 8pm – 5am, Sundays through Thursdays. Detours will be in place and if the works can’t take place due to the weather the road will remain open.

We will also continue with our night works on State Highway 1 at the Northern Connection.

Please, if you see our traffic crews out and about, give them a smile. They are doing very important work.

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NAG slams “urban-centric” projects Board briefs

Northern Action Group (NAG) chair Bill Foster told about 30 attendees gathered for the organisation’s annual meeting last month that the focus on the Covid-19 virus last year had provided a “smokescreen”, which meant it had been tougher to make progress on improving governance in north Rodney.

Mr Foster said in this environment, Auckland Council had faced significant revenue losses but nevertheless wanted to continue “urban-centric” projects.

He said Council had been able to get away with opening up the “rates tap” so that Rodney ratepayers were obliged to make up funding shortfalls, while at the same time turning off the “investment tap” for much needed basic infrastructure investment in Rodney, particularly for road improvements.

“This burden is not just for today but into the future, as Auckland Council has also increased its borrowing,” he said.

Despite this setback, Mr Foster said NAG had progressed numerous initiatives during the year, including mounting an ongoing billboard campaign, exposing the regional fuel tax “rort” and had made submissions to various bodies, including the Rodney Local Board, Local Government NZ and Auckland Council on local governance issues.

Mr Foster also said NAG had not given up on the idea that north Rodney residents and ratepayers should ultimately have the opportunity to vote in a binding referendum on whether they wanted to cede from the Auckland Supercity – a long-cherished NAG dream.

He said Rodney’s forced amalgamation into the Supercity had led to rate increases, underfunded roads,

insufficient care of regional parks, red tape and rubbish – a reference to the proposed Dome Valley landfill.

But he said while north Rodney continued to be part of the Supercity, it would work with local MPs to introduce a Private Member’s Bill to improve the governance of Rodney.

Also speaking at the meeting were Kaipara ki Mahurangi MP Chris Penk, Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers and Fight the Tip campaigner Sue Crockett.

Chris Penk said he wanted to work on a collegial basis with local Labour MP Marja Lubeck on a Private Member’s Bill to improve governance.

Key elements of the bill would include establishing the principle that funds raised locally should be spent locally and that Council Controlled Organisations, such as Auckland Transport, be more answerable to elected representatives.

Meanwhile, Cr Sayers said many people were saying a review of the Supercity was needed and suggested several initiatives whereby things could be improved, including securing greater financial transparency from Auckland Council, implementing

Presentations made to the Rodney Local Board at its business meeting on July 21.

Gateway urged

Cr Greg Sayers proposed a “People’s Panel” to improve governance.

binding public consultations and setting up a “People’s Panel” to appeal poor bureaucratic decision-making.

Finally, Sue Crockett sketched the background of Fight the Tip’s campaign against the proposed Dome Valley landfill over almost three years and encouraged attendees to consider donating to help fund its Environment Court appeal against the landfill. Donations can be made at http://givealittle.co.nz/cause/fightthetip.

Te Hana Community Development Charitable Trust sought the Board’s support for The Te Hana Gateway Project, designed to “create a vibrant, creative culturally responsive Northern Gateway into Auckland International City”.

Spokesperson Linda Clapham said the project was given priority project status in the Auckland Council 2012-13 Plan and a budget allocated, but the project had not progressed.

She said once the new Warkworth to Wellsford motorway was finished, people would simply bypass towns such as Te Hana and Wellsford unless they were made attractive places to visit.

Loss of visitors would result in the loss of employment and opportunity for young people.

Dangerous pavers

Wellsford resident Joelene MacGillivray submitted a petition with 399 signatures urging a plan for the replacement of slippery pavers on Wellsford’s main street. Ms MacGillivray said the pavers had been a health and safety issue for some time causing multiple falls and injuries. She urged the Board to advocate to Auckland Transport for the pavers to be changed.

Along with the petition, Ms MacGillivray presented four supporting letters from Wellsford residents who had slipped on the pavers and sustained injuries.

Hapu seeks support

Te Uri O Hau Settlement Trust urged the Board to work with it to further several hapu aspirations. Deputy chair Georgina Curtis-Connelly said these included discussing options for the restoration and enhancement of Manukapua (Big Sand Island), creating a memorial at Te Arai Point to acknowledge the gifting of land for Te Arai Regional Park, using hapu to help enhance local bio-diversity and the natural environment, providing public toilet facilities at Te Hana and providing technical expertise to develop hapu land for housing.

Walkway wanted

Bill Foster said Covid-19 had provided a smokescreen for Auckland Council.

Matakana Coast Trail Trust spokesperson Gary Heaven alerted the Board to the fact that walkway designation across private land in Warkworth was due to expire. The walkway runs from Lucy Moore Park to the Wilson cement works. Mr Heaven said the trail trust had formed trails either side of the designation while continuing negotiations with the landowner for access. Mr Heaven requested that the Board write a “strongly worded” letter to Council planners recommending renewal of the designation until a suitable option for the trail was agreed by all parties.

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Stand up for farmers Readers may be interested to know that I recently joined farmers and other supporters of rural New Zealand in the Groundswell protest movement. A large gathering assembled in Orewa – tractors and all – comprising a couple of convoys from Wellsford and Helensville.

It wasn’t an occasion for political parties, and I write this column for Mahurangi Matters not with a particular view to red or blue, but more as a local MP who happens to be National.

While no MPs were invited to speak, it was a highly political occasion, in that it was designed to make a point clearly to the authorities. The message heard loud and clear across the country was that farmers are crucial to our shared fate. We simply cannot survive without them.

This is true if you’re thinking in terms of the most basic human level – that we need food to be produced in order to sustain ourselves day-to-day. It’s also true at a national level, when you consider that for New Zealand to continue making its way in the world, we’re so reliant on the export dollar that comes from our primary producers.

Part of the reason that Kiwi beef, lamb and dairy are so well received overseas is that it’s simply the best. And it’s not just the best on the market when we’re talking about quality, but also in environmental terms. A farmer in this country produces food and fibre in a more efficient and ecological manner than his or her counterpart anywhere else in the world.

So whereas self-styled Greenies in New Zealand would have our farmers reduce

their dairy herds, actually if we consider global warming as a global issue (as the name implies), then the planet benefits from our farmers doing more, not less.

We must avoid the unintended consequences. We must not allow the Government to repeat its recent error of energy production: importing more dirty coal from Indonesia, right after banning exploration for relatively clean natural gas.

Wellington must not bite the hand that literally feeds us all.

These nuanced arguments are hard to fit on to a single placard or slogan, but instinctively I think most Kiwis understand.

So the Groundswell movement is crucial.

For many taking part the other day, it was the first protest type of event they’d ever attended. That’s a pretty clear measure of how upset they’re feeling about the Beehive not listening to the voice of the Rodney district.

Without getting into the detail of the particular policies, we need the Government to impose fewer extra taxes and regulations that reduce land use for no good environmental gain. In other words, Wellington must not bite the hand that literally feeds us all.

That was the key message that I heard loud and clear at the recent Groundswell protest. If things don’t change for our farming friends soon, I’ll see you at the next one, too.

Money going to waste Auckland Council is offering grants of up to $50,000 for Waste Minimisation projects.

The funding is open to community groups, businesses, mana whenua, mataawaka, early childhood centres, schools, tertiary organisations and other community-based organisations operating in the Auckland region. Total funding available is $500,000.

The funding will meet half the costs of a project, with the applicants required to fund the balance.

Last year, funding was given to significant projects focusing on reducing construction

waste, contributing to the circular economy, rescuing food and diverting food scraps from landfill. Since 2013, about $4.5 million has been distributed to 425 projects.

Previous recipients from Mahurangi include the Mahurangi Wastebusters Trust and the Leigh & Districts Ex-Services and Community Club.

Applications close on August 31.

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‘Yes Minister’ alive and well

Tractors and utes took to the highways and byways around Mahurangi last month, joining thousands of farmers across NZ protesting against growing interference by Government in their farming operations. The protest was a show of unity from the rural sector fed up with what it says are “unworkable regulations and unjustified costs”.

But is this really just a rural sector problem?

Ask any business owner today and they will tell you of the suffocating rules and regulations in their sector. Whether it’s construction or childcare, compliance costs are killing enterprise and innovation, affecting profitability and costing jobs.

It’s affecting life across the board – think of the number of events this region once hosted. Our local calendar used to be full of fairs and galas, festivals and fundraisers, but these were disappearing long before Covid arrived. Volunteers are sick of all the paperwork involved in meeting often ridiculous and unworkable health and safety and traffic management rules. “It’s just too hard” is a common lament.

This growing sense of being over-governed by both central government and local government isn’t something new. In 2017, Dr Muriel Newman from the NZ Centre for Political Research wrote: “Under the guise of health and safety, environmental protection, equity, and other social justice objectives, government bureaucrats are relentlessly imposing their politically correct restrictions onto businesses. These rules and regulations, which are forcing up the prices of goods and services – as the resulting compliance costs are passed onto consumers – are being justified through claims that business owners cannot be trusted to do the right thing. The problem is that many of the new rules are completely ridiculous and out of all proportion to the risk.”

People are tired of politicians on both sides of the political divide promising at every election to address out of control bureaucracy and yet, things are getting worse, not better. The farmers led the charge last month, but their dissatisfaction is felt well beyond the farm gate.

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Commies everywhere

Very grateful for your top coverage of the Dome dump issue. I especially liked the photo of the commissioners (MM June 30).

The poor solo female with four identikit old grey heads. They looked like members of the Politburo of Brezhnev’s day. And about Parnell as a suitable site for a dump (MM July 14). It’s already been tried. In Victorian times there was a dump in the gully to the north of Ayr Street. It ran down to Hobson Bay so was probably a regional dump with the rubbish coming by sea from all over. And I loved the hilarious letter from Richard Norburn seeing communists everywhere. Should have gone to Specsavers.

Best wishes, keep up the good work.

David Kisler, obviously another communist, Kaiwaka

Tip debate

It is a shame that R. Norburn of Warkworth (MM July 14) wants to introduce Government “communist views” into the debate on the tip. Notice I use the word “tip” to fairly represent what is going to happen in the Dome. There have been 958 submissions against the tip and 10 for. The tip will increase the heavy traffic on an already dreadful road at a high risk for locals. The tip will be owned by a foreign country (equals profit going overseas) and we will be taking rubbish from another country. Making a huge tip will ensure that the efforts to reduce our waste will slow down. Yet it still gets the go ahead! Now that is communism.

Paul Hicks, Warkworth

I’m curious to know the reasoning behind the use of tropical hardwood (rainforest) decking on our town wharf, supposedly “ethically sourced”. Was this to reduce chemical leaching into the Mahurangi River, as would have been the case with treated pine?

In which case what about the H6 tanalised piles? It is questionable whether hardwood decking is as durable as tanalised pine. Not to mention it is twice the price. Hope this project hasn’t displaced any orangutans or made space for more palm kernel plantations. Isn’t our esteemed council supposed to be environmentally sensitive?

Tim and Beth Chapman, Warkworth Auckland Council head of Area Operations Paul Amaral says the hardwood used is tonka, which is an environmentally-certified product originating from Central South America. “A hardwood replacement for the failing pine was sought by the original community drivers of the wharf’s creation. It is recognised as having superior characteristics of strength and durability, along with attractive colour and weathering properties. While more expensive than pine, the visual aesthetics provide a further benefit to the town’s waterfront. Community business involvement in this project helped reduce the cost.”

Magnificent effort

A big thank you to the members of the public who turned up in person at the Auckland Town Hall on June 24 to demonstrate their support for securing Auckland Council’s funding for fixing Hill Street (MM June 30). My gratitude also extends to the dozens of emails and phone calls of additional support and encouragement I received. Our community rallied magnificently and was successful in winning the $4.7 million required from Council. Acknowledgment should also be extended to members of the general public, the local and national politicians, the lobbyist groups, business groups, Mahurangi Matters – for their years of news coverage – and the 20 community and ratepayer groups who signed Dave Stott and Roger Williams’ letter circulated to the Mayor and all Councillors in advance of the positive funding decision being made. So thank you also to the Mayor and my Councillor colleagues who have worked constructively with me and voted the final approval through. We have achieved a real win. Auckland Council’s commitment of ratepayers’ money has triggered the next step, which is for central Government/NZTA to commit taxpayers’ money of $14.1m. Although NZTA is extremely supportive and full funding looks certain, we will remain vigilant as a community, because as we have seen, the Minister of Transport can change government’s spending priorities across Auckland at a whim. NZTA will be deciding the funding at its next monthly board meeting and our local Members of Parliament and I intend to meet with the Minister in advance to safeguard the funding.

Greg Sayers, Councillor for Rodney

Common sense prevails

I am glad common sense has prevailed and the barriers in Sandspit Road are not being erected (MM July 14). It is probably the safest part of the whole road, and I have never seen any cars lose control along that straight, after travelling it for over 20 years. The improvement to the road surface itself is welcome. Now we wait for improvements closer to Warkworth to be done.

Kaye Jackson, Snells Beach

Generosity appreciated I’d like to say thank you to the wonderful people of Warkworth and districts. Thank you so much for your generous donations of wool to make garments, beanies and blankets for the children. These clothes are distributed by Plunket, midwives and hospitals to the needy who they see in the course of their work. I am overwhelmed by your generosity.

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Jim bikes on to give RSA a lift Cyclist Jim Sonerson, 88, vowed he had at long last retired from marathon bike rides in aid of charity, but the Warkworth RSA’s desperate need for a lift has persuaded him to get back in the saddle.

Jim plans to ride a stationary bike for 400km outside Warkworth New World next month in a bid to raise $5000 to go towards the RSA’s lift appeal.

He will ride on Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11, between 10am and 4pm. He hopes to cover 200km each day, with an average speed of 33.3km/h.

Despite his age, Jim has few qualms about the attempt.

“If it was up over 40km an hour I would be worried,” he says.

Jim says one of his motivations is his wife, Judy, who suffers from fibromyalgia and struggles to access the RSA without a lift.

The proposed lift will take visitors from the downstairs carpark up to the bar and restaurant area and will cost $100,000.

RSA district president Bob Harrison says a fair percentage of the RSA’s older members, many in their mid to late nineties, find the absence of a lift a major problem when visiting the RSA. “When you consider what they have done for the RSA over many years and what they have done for their country, a lift is way overdue,” he says.

Jim’s previous marathon bike ride was two years ago. He covered 1000km over five days and raised $10,000 for Harbour Hospice.

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In the Edible Garden • Prepare a potato patch – plant sprouted seed potatoes by digging a trench and cover lightly with soil. Every few weeks ‘hill’ up the soil, covering the foliage to leave only the last set of leaves

• Herb garden maintenance: lift and trim the roots of mint, then replant. Herbs such as thyme and rosemary can be trimmed and tidied

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Lions take action to keep kids warm News that children were leaving Middlemore Hospital, returning to poorly heated homes and getting sick again spurred the Lions Club of Kowhai Coast into action.

Club members, known as “The Pink Ladies”, joined forces with the knitting club of Warkworth Library and The Warehouse in Snells Beach to provide essential items to keep children warm this winter.

The Pink Ladies used Warehouse discounts to purchase warm pyjamas, fluffy socks, blankets and hot water bottles for children in need. They also made covers for the hot water bottles.

Meanwhile, the knitting club made woollen beanies.

The club was able to put together 24 sets to donate to the Middlemore Foundation for children in need.

Lions spokesperson Olwyn Hill says the club did something similar for the Women’s Centre during a previous winter.

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Dave Norris ONZM has been an international athlete, national basketball player, magazine editor, TV commentator, school principal and sports management businessman. He represented New Zealand at five Commonwealth Games and one Olympics.

Jonathan Killick spoke to Dave at his home in Mangawhai about an illustrious career that started with a debilitating childhood illness …

Dave Norris got his start with the Western Suburbs Athletics Club.

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was five when I was diagnosed with osteo-chronditis, a bone and joint disease, which saw me in and out of casts for 18 months. I’m still not sure how they cured it, but I ate eight raw eggs with milk each week, and to this day I can’t stomach eggs without tomato sauce. My entry into athletics came from a series of complete chances.

We’d moved from Northland to Auckland and were living near Grey Lynn Park, where there was a top athletics club. One day, freshly out of plaster, I was walking past and heard a man calling for seven and eight year old boys to line up for a race, so I joined. I was as uncoordinated as a newborn foal, but I did alright and the coach asked me to join. I developed a new incurable disease – a love of athletics. In those glorious years the club won more than half of the national titles. When I was 17, Les Mills was instrumental in encouraging me to get serious about training and I became infused with club members Yvette and Roy Williams’ systematic methods.

In 1957, I was part of the NZ team at the Australian athletics championship and placed third in the long jump. I also won my first NZ senior triple jump title and qualified for the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games. At 18, I was the youngest Kiwi male competitor ever and I got a bronze medal. While I was there, I also won the British athletics championship and set a triple jump record. In 1960, Athletics NZ took a big gamble and sent me to the Rome Olympics along with Peter Snell. He and I were the youngest men there in a 14-strong team, mainly so that we could get experience. Peter stunned the world and won gold in the 800 metres. In hindsight, it was too early for me and I didn’t perform that well. In addition to a knee injury, I went missing for three days after being whisked off to hospital after suffering a severe reaction to a food allergy.

I will never forget a dramatic incident that took place while I was there. It was the last round of the triple jump and Russian athlete Vitold Kreyer leapt ahead of an American into third place. I was one of the few that saw the complete picture of what happened next. The American went to shake Kreyer’s hand in congratulation, but the big screen caught Kreyer declining the gesture. Kreyer said he had refused because it had been too soon for congratulations, but it took place during the height of the Cold War and the stadium viewed it as an ungracious snub. Instead of booing, Italians whistled. Before long the whole stadium had joined in a high-pitched cacophony. It went on for 10 minutes as officials tried to figure out what was going on. The athletes then shook hands, and that should have been the end of it.

But later, on the podium, the crowd continued to whistle so while two athletes stood there jubilant, Kreyer broke down crying. Newspapers around the world printed the image and one labeled him “Kreyer the crier”.

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In the 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games, I nearly achieved gold in the long jump – although I didn’t deserve it. A 6’5” athlete from Ghana, Mike Ahey, through mismanagement of his markers and missteps, trailed behind me for five out of six jumps. He was cursing away and I felt sure he was going to blow it. But on the final jump he leapt to 8.05 metres and won. I took silver. I attended the 1966 Kingston Commonwealth Games in Jamaica during a climate of social unrest in opposition to British colonial rule. We were shocked when one of the NZ road cyclists got beaten up while out training. I took fifth place. Later, at the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth, it was so cold I had to wear my winter pyjamas underneath my track pants and was careful not to let them show when I took off my tracksuit to jump. How embarrassing that would have been. Again, I placed fifth. Once I hit 34, I attended my last Commonwealth Games in Christchurch in 1974 and placed sixth. In 1978, I won my last of 28 national titles and decided to retire from competing. I felt there was no point trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube.

I was fortunate to return as a commentator at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, reporting from the stadium for TVNZ. The whole time I was talking, I received instructions though an earpiece. On one occasion, I got a call from crew

saying they had lost the audio from the women’s long jump and they asked me to re-enact it while watching the clip.

Then it transpired they had lost the ability to transmit the visual to me. So, through my earpiece they relayed what had happened while I visualised it and ad-libbed commentary to a blank screen. They’d say “she’s running and now she’s taking off,” and I would comment “great jump – looks like just over the seven-metre mark”, knowing full well the result.

In 1996, I was the NZ Olympic team manager at the Atlanta Games. Being a manager was tougher than being an athlete, with days lasting from 6am to midnight and requiring a high level of organisation. On a separate occasion, I remember queuing for buses at 5.30pm, standing near the American contingent. Two sprinters were watching the games on a monitor when one suddenly shouted, “that’s my race!”. Their coach had mistaken the 24-hour clock time of 1730 as 7.30pm. They were among the best sprinters in the world and were disqualified. It was a real scandal. Their coach Stan Wright was thereafter known as “wrong time Wright”.

Throughout this time, I also had a career as a teacher. I taught at Avondale College, Waiuku College, Kelston Boys High School, was deputy principal at Rangitoto College and eventually principal of Glenfield College. I also played 31 games for the Tall Blacks national basketball team. My basketball journey started in 1956 when there were only four schools in the Auckland competition and I was dragged onto the team for the final tournament, despite never having played a match. Since then things have changed dramatically.

It is the fastest growing game in New Zealand, and the North Harbour Association is among the largest. For a time, I coached the Harbour national league team, and was later chief executive of the association. I recall seeing a team come in to practice on the courts and the players were all much taller than me. Well over six foot. I asked who they were and was told they were the under-16s.

In 1977, I got an offer from Sir Graeme Avery to form a sports management company called NorthSport Academy.

In those days, coaches were volunteers and had to do administration, fundraising and clean gear, and so on.

We raised funds to take those responsibilities off our best coaches and paid them full time so that they could get on with coaching and increase their scientific knowledge. That was unique in athletics at the time. The 80s was a great time for that sort of thing. All sorts of opportunities came up for me, and I was like a mosquito at a nudist camp, trying them all. Sir Graeme, Graye Shattke and I organised a one-hour decathlon, compressed down from a two-day event. It was continued on page 13

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incredibly exacting, with 10 events held in an hour and set world best records that were contested in Europe and the USA. It was very exciting and enjoyed annual prime time TV coverage. In the 90s, I worked with Dr Henry Duncan at AUT lecturing for an unofficial Recreation and Sport Management paper. It proved so popular that AUT eventually approved it, and it became its own department and degree. Today it has a large staff and hundreds of students.

Later on, a group of us including Sir Graeme and I were involved in forming the AUT Millennium Institute of Sport and Health, which is now an $80 million high performance training centre.

Looking today at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, I empathise with the athletes. There is an argument that the games shouldn’t be held during a pandemic but, on the other hand, these athletes have dedicated their lives to competing, and they won’t get another chance. I’ve asked myself if I would go if I were 25 and I believe I would. The empty stadiums will be incredibly weird. I cannot adequately describe 80,000 people in a stadium screaming, and what that that pressure does. It will either crush you, or the adrenalin will push you to leap beyond your perceived limits and to unimagined heights.

Dave Norris moved to Mangawhai in 2017 to live closer to family.

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Linda Crosswell says hairdressing is constantly evolving and no two heads of hair are the same.

“There’s no time to get bored – there’s always something new to learn,” she says.

Linda went from school into a hairdressing apprenticeship at Rodney Wayne in Auckland and ran a successful salon in Epsom for five years, before relocating to Singapore with her husband Raymond and son Shaarn.

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us Crawford reckons he has found the perfect spot to set up the first retail shop for Northern Waters Oysters.

It’s on State Highway 1, just a couple of minutes north of Warkworth, and next door to the former Red House Restaurant.

As far as Gus is aware, it’s the only retail outlet selling oysters on the main highway between Auckland and Kawakawa.

The shop represents the latest development for Northern Waters after Gus and business partner Ben Moir took a punt two years ago and bought several dilapidated oyster farms on the Pahi River in northern Kaipara.

Gus says he lost 12kg in weight after wading in deep silt and mud to break down old farm structures and install new ones.

“But it was very satisfying for us to see the farms being cleaned up and restored,” he says.

Also satisfying was to start harvesting the oysters, which Gus says are the equal of famed Bluff oysters.

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Warkworth creatives dominate No fewer than three Warkworth creatives have won selection as finalists in the national World of Wearable Arts (WoW) awards show in Wellington next month.

The hand-crafted works of Jayne Boesley, Philippa Stichbury and Jennifer Lambert will be showcased to an audience of 60,000 at a glitzy stage production. There were 12 finalists selected from the Auckland region, including the Warkworth trio.

It is Jayne’s seventh time entering the WoW awards, and she says this year is one of her most ambitious designs yet. She has entered the new Elizabethan category.

She has made use of hand-stitched and embroidered tablecloths made by her mother that have become tea stained over the years and might otherwise have been thrown away.

“It’s something that a queen would parade around in, in her castle gardens,” she says.

She is hoping that her eighth time is the charm, but says it is exciting just to see her creation worn by choreographed professional models on stage.

Philippa has been selected as a finalist each of the eight times that she has entered the WoW competition. She comes from an arts background, having been a school art teacher for 15 years. Her father was a

potter and her mother a weaver.

This is the first time she has entered the competition from NZ, having recently returned from Australia after 12 years due to Covid-19.

Her outfit this year is a tribute to the Kiwi way of life. It is chiefly made of recycled cardboard.

She is unsurprised that three finalists have been selected from Warkworth, despite its low population, due to its network of artists and creatives, including at Kowhai Arts and Crafts.

Jennifer has been entering the competition annually since 2011, and this is the second time she has been selected as finalist. She was last selected in 2014.

“I know a lot about the heartbreaks of putting in the hard work and not being selected,” she says.

The theme of her work is determination and not giving up even in the face of adversity.

Her outfit is made of polypropylene sheets and plastic rivets, plus other leftover materials from a recent home renovation.

She was inspired to enter the competition after watching the show with family 10 years ago.

“I can’t sew to save my life, but I have been winging it all these years,” she says.

Philippa Stichbury, left, and Jayne Boesley’s creations can be seen with this story online at www.localmatters.co.nz. Above, Recycled at Sea by Jennifer Lambert (inset)

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United front and funds needed to fight tip appeal There is hope and there is strength when the whole community pulls together – that was the overriding message at an antilandfill hui held in Wellsford last month.

The mood of the 200 people present was determined and resolute as they listened to speaker after speaker denounce Auckland Council’s decision to grant Waste Management NZ resource consent to build a new regional dump in the Dome Valley (see panel).

Environmental lawyer Andrew Braggins, representing Fight the Tip: Tiaki Te Whenua, outlined how people could add their voice to the nine appeals against the consent being made in the Environment Court.

He said the easiest way was to act as a witness and offer to give evidence on behalf of Fight the Tip, or any other appellant.

Fight the Tip executive Michelle

Carmichael said last week there was no deadline yet to being a witness, and that fundraising to pay for what would be substantial legal, witness and court costs was now an ongoing priority.

“If anyone has any fundraising ideas, we’d love to know about them,” she said.

One such event is a movie afternoon in Mangawhai on Sunday, August 8, when Sustainable Kaipara and Plastic Free Mangawhai are showing the One Ocean film tour at the Mangawhai Movie Theatre in Molesworth Drive from 3pm. Tickets cost $25 or $12 for children, from Bammas surf shop, and include drinks and nibbles.

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Speakers were unanimous in their contempt for the Dome Valley resource consent.

What they said: Mikaera Miru, Fight the Tip – Imagine in 100 years’ time – our grandchildren will be saying ‘What were they all thinking? What did they do?’ We’re protecting our environment for our children and for our grandchildren. If we don’t do that, we don’t deserve to live in such a beautiful area.

Michelle Carmichael, Fight the Tip – Contrary to what planners think, we know there are high impacts this could have. Mitigating risks is not eliminating them. Even if Auckland Council doesn’t know, we know it’s important to stop this. We have to continue the fight.

Alan Rikara, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua – This is a really bad decision. Those four commissioners got this very wrong. But we have the power of support and encouragement and community.

Ringi Brown, Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust – Ngati Manuhiri has a long association with the awa Hoteo, our stones are in there. We’ll be up for a big fight. If we’re going to occupy, we need to be ready for that.

Marja Lubeck, MP – This is a community fight. This is not a case of nimbyism, it’s the most ridiculous idea to build a landfill on top of waterways. If anything happens to our waterways, we’re stuffed.

Greg Sayers, Rodney Councillor – I don’t work for Auckland Council, I work for you. It’s nice to see a united front and a community leading for change.

Colin Smith, Rodney Local Board – Auckland Council speaks with two tongues. At one end, they’re telling us we have to protect the environment and are getting stuck into farmers, at the other, Waste Management gets a free ticket. How the hell does that happen?

Jason Smith, Kaipara Mayor – Kaipara District Council has consistently opposed the idea of this landfill and will be joining in appeals. We’re doing everything we can to absolutely stop this huge environmental injustice.

Andrew Braggins, environmental lawyer – There are a lot of genuine and substantial concerns. We are working with the lawyers of DOC and Forest & Bird, and all the smaller organisations. Together, there is a formidable team.

Roger Williams, transport engineer – The additional mileage from Redvale to here equates to 20,000 tonnes of carbon a year into the environment. If that’s not against the principles of government and Council around climate change, I don’t know what is.

Sue Crockett, Fight the Tip –The first outcome is to stop the tip in the Dome. The second is to work with Parliament and come up with a nationwide waste strategy. That’s an obvious next step. Right now, we stop the tip.

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Dome Valley landfill: The Redvale argument As the battle to oppose a landfill in the Dome Valley heads to the Environment Court, James Addis accepts an invitation from Waste Management to see their operation at Redvale, where they try to persuade him that a dump in the Dome will be just fine.

It was a tough call. Does one accept an invitation from Waste Management (WM) to see their landfill operation at the Redvale Landfill & Energy Park? Their motivation of course, is to assure you that modern landfills like Redvale, are very clean, green affairs. Hence, the fuss generated by the prospect of a similar landfill in the Dome Valley is entirely unfounded.

It’s a tricky decision whether to accept the invitation because WM has a lot of facts and figures about its landfill at its fingertips. That makes it tough for even the best prepared reporter to effectively challenge what they might say. Further red flags were raised when it emerged that no photographs would be allowed and any direct quotes from my host, general manager Ian Kennedy, would need to be shown to him before publication. An attempt to manipulate the message?

But I decide to go. Partly because I had a burning question for WM, which goes something like this: “Let’s assume for the sake of argument your landfill is pretty green and clean, but let’s face it, landfills eventually fill up. Then you are faced with finding another landfill. Given that it took you nearly 10 years to find a suitable site to replace Redvale and the best you could come up with was a sensitive spot like the Dome, haven’t landfills had their day? Surely, we would be better off with a waste-to-energy plant which, assuming appropriate maintenance, could chug along more or less indefinitely. I’ll come to this burning question later.

When I turn up, I’m ushered into a seminar room and Ian guides me through

Trucks discharge their waste at Redvale. Even modern landfills don’t look pretty. Photo, Waste Management.

a PowerPoint presentation on the virtues of modern-day landfills that goes on for nearly two hours. Two points stick in my mind. The first is that Redvale is built on low permeability mudstone that is about 70 metres thick. For this reason, Redvale is not deemed to need the sophisticated liner system that will need to be employed in the Dome to try to prevent leachate seeping into the waterways. The second is that rainfall levels at Redvale are lower than at the Dome, making stormwater management at Redvale easier. They are points that tend to underscore the fact that putting a landfill

I had a burning question for Waste Management. in the Dome is a riskier proposition and, therefore, comparisons with Redvale need to be made with some caution.

As it turns out, the composite liner that will be deployed at the Dome takes up a fair chunk of WM’s presentation. According to WM, its polyethylene liner has a life expectancy of between 450 years and 750 years (determined using “accelerated testing” techniques) and it’s placed on top of about 900mm of compacted clay, which has a life expectancy of millions of years. In short, WM are confident there will be no

leachate breach through their liner. That confidence extends to their stormwater management systems, their landfill gas treatment and monitoring, odour control and environmental protection systems, which they point out to me during my subsequent tour of the Redvale site.

I confess it sounded very convincing, which is unsurprising when you consider that four out of five commissioners at the resource consent hearings were willing to grant a consent for a landfill in the Dome after listening to much the same evidence.

I’m not saying what WM says should be taken as gospel, but it underlines just what a challenge landfill opponents will have to overturn the decision of the commissioners in the Environment Court.

But what of my earlier point that landfills eventually fill up and you are then stuck with finding another one. Why not invest in waste-to-energy (WTE) plants instead? WM point out a few problems. The first is cost.

Estimated cost for a WTE plant to deal with Auckland’s waste is about $1 billion and you must find this money upfront before you even open the door. Landfills, on the other hand, are cheaper and the cost of them is spread over time. Secondly, if you spend $1 billion on WTE, the pressure is on to feed them sufficient waste to justify the investment.

Rather than incentivising waste reduction – something on which nearly everyone agrees is

A leachate evaporator at Redvale. Photo, Waste Management.

a good idea – you incentivise waste creation.

Scandinavian countries which have installed WTE plants and have also successfully managed to reduce their waste volumes, now find themselves having to import plastic waste from the UK to feed their WTE plants and create the heat and electricity, which their economy demands. Lest anyone think this is a lot of WM moonshine, by pure coincidence Mahurangi Matters Science columnist Ralph Cooney, doing his own research, makes the same point in his column this week (see page 28).

This then is the challenge. If we don’t put a landfill in the Dome, what do we do with our waste? Redvale is due to close in 2028, just seven years away. The clock is ticking.

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Vieux Amis

Old friends set to delight at Town Hall

Flower exhibition funds Mahurangi regatta A Warkworth philanthropist has come to the rescue of the annual Mahurangi Regatta, held every Auckland Anniversary Weekend.

The event was in danger of being cancelled because of funding shortfalls caused by Covid-19. That is until internationally renowned botanist Barry Ferguson

stepped in.

He has donated his life-collection of botanical art to be auctioned at the Warkworth Hotel on the weekend of August 20 and 21.

The silent auction will open with an exhibition on Friday, August 20 at 5.30pm and Barry will also be signing copies of his

memoir, Flowers are my Passport.

Tickets for Friday night are $20, which includes wine and hors d’oeuvres, and are available by contacting Cimino Cole at secretary@mahurangi.org.nz.

Admission on Saturday will be by koha.

Bidding will close at 4pm.

Meanwhile, last month Barry was interviewed by American film unit, The Narrative Trust, about his work on the Rockefeller-owned Greenacre Park in New York. He was in charge of the gardens there for 30 years.

Barry was a high-profile botanist in the United States, working on celebrity gardens and events including Billy Joel’s wedding.

Left, Barry Ferguson was interviewed by an American filmmaker about his role in the Rockefeller owned Greenacre Park in New York.

Vieux Amis (Old Friends) will perform works by J.S. Bach, Arvo Pärt and Shostakovich in a concert at the Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday, August 14.

The trio comprises violinist Justine Cormack, cellist James Bush and pianist Sarah Watkins. They all grew up together in Christchurch where they attended the Christchurch School of Instrumental Music.

Their current concert tour is the first time they have performed together in 20 years.

Justine is an active recording artist and performs as a soloist, chamber musician, guest-concertmaster and orchestral violinist. She served as international juror for the first four Michael Hill International Violin Competitions.

James enjoys the “freedom and energy” of baroque performance, which has led him to work with many of Europe’s top baroque orchestras and ensembles.

Sarah is a graduate of the University of Canterbury, who went on to earn degrees from The Juilliard School in New York.

Sarah and Justine’s careers have been tightly intertwined as founding members of NZTrio.

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Comfort food The wintry weather we have been having in the last month makes me crave comfort food. When I was a child, “comfort” was a term that probably didn’t exist. Back in those days, food didn’t gain the emotional response that is attached to a lot of meals now. We either loved or hated our food, and to be sure we always cleaned up our plates every night regardless. However, when asked now what my favourite comfort foods are, they’re inevitably the dishes that I loved most as a kid.

Who doesn’t love homemade tomato soup, or fragrant roast chicken, or a crunchy toasted sandwich made with old fashioned white bread, oozing with melted cheese and ham? I love nostalgic meals and the winter meals that are best at making us feel better hark back to our childhood food memories.

This is the perfect time of year to make soup and stews – dishes that slowly simmer and fill the house with wonderful aromas. The best tasting soups and stews have a base of well-flavoured stock. So when out shopping, grab a bag of chicken bones, which are usually very inexpensive.

Take a large stockpot or saucepan and simmer the bones for several hours with a few leftover bits and pieces from the fridge like a carrot, some celery, garlic cloves, ginger and some parsley, thyme or rosemary sprigs. After about three to four hours, strain the liquid into clean jars and refrigerate for up to four days, or pop the stock into ice tray cubes and freeze.

Homemade stock is always wonderful to have on hand, and it’s not hard to imagine using all sorts of combinations of leftovers to make tasty soups or to really

Cheesy cauliflower and leek bread pudding 1 large leek 50g butter 200g baby spinach leaves, washed and sliced ½ cauliflower, cut into small florets 4 large eggs 200ml milk 150ml cream 75g grated tasty gouda cheese ½ cup crumbled feta cheese 2 tsp thyme leaves, finely chopped pinch of freshly-grated nutmeg salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 thick slices sourdough bread, crusts removed

Butter an oven-proof casserole or a 22cm soufflé dish. Preheat the oven to 170C. Slice the leek finely. Melt the butter in a wide saucepan over gentle heat, add the leek and cook for five minutes until it softens without browning. Add the spinach leaves and toss over the heat until they wilt.

Continue to cook for a minute or two so any juices evaporate. Set this aside.

Meanwhile, bring salted water to the boil and blanch the cauliflower for two minutes. Drain well and add to the leeks and spinach. Place the eggs, milk and cream in a large bowl and whisk together.

Add half the grated cheese, the feta, thyme, nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste and mix well.

Cut the bread into large cubes and fold

into the egg mixture with the reserved vegetables. Tip everything into the prepared dish, and scatter over the remaining cheese. Allow the dish to sit for about ten minutes so the bread absorbs some of the custard. Bake for about 45 minutes, until it is puffed and golden and still a little moist in the centre. Serve immediately with a green salad. Serves 4.

boost the flavour of stews and sauces. I find that adding one cube of homemade stock to the cooking water, really lifts the taste of any vegetable that is simmered gently.

Leftovers can be the most comforting of all. We’re now being constantly reminded to think about waste food, and in most households the most wasted items are either vegetables or bread. This tasty

recipe is one that’s always good to have in your repertoire and just perfect for a cold wintry night. It will use up that half cauliflower that’s hanging about, the remains of the bag of spinach that didn’t get cooked and make use of any leeks, fennel or onions. It will be popular when you have a few people over for a casual supper, as you can double the quantities to feed a crowd of eight to 10. For a

group this size, cook it in a much larger dish and serve with a green leafy salad.

The eggy custard that forms around the vegetables in this delicious dish puffs up in the oven and the crisp buttery top make it the ultimate comfort food. The vegetables can be prepared ahead and the custard ingredients measured out, but not beaten together until you are ready to bake the dish.

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Every dad is different, so there are a number of different prizes up for grabs to appeal to the handyman dad, the sweet-tooth dad, the fitness dad and even the fashionista dad. The total value of all prizes is just over $1100.

All you need to do to enter is email your “me and my dad” pic to online@localmatters. co.nz with the subject line Mahurangi Matters, drop it in to 17 Neville Street Warkworth, or send it to the Mahurangi Matters Facebook page.

All entries will go in the draw and the winners will be chosen randomly. A selection of pictures will be published in the Mahurangi Matters August 30 edition.

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One of the prizes is this Ridgeline jacket from Shane and Harena Fraser at Tyrepower Warkworth valued at $300.

Terms and conditions can be found alongside this story on our website.

Competition ends and winner chosen at 10am, Monday, August 23, 2021.

Changing role

Kiwis have been celebrating Father’s Day since 1929, when St Matthew’s Church in Auckland’s CBD held the first Father’s Day church service on July 14. Since then, the day has evolved to become a regular occurrence on the first Sunday of September. Being a father in 2021 looks a little different to how it did in 1929. Fathers in 1929 had a much more traditional role within society. They were generally known as breadwinners and had little to do with child-raising. Fathers in 2021 are moving away from these traditional gender roles, creating a rise in stay-at-home dads. In the 2019 financial year, 948 men received income in the form of paid parental leave payments, up from 372 in 2009.

White Chapel Jak will kick off their latest tour at the Leigh Sawmill Jak Café on Saturday August 28. The covers band will play hits that decades, ranging from ballads through to bangers. The returns spantrio’srecent playlist will also be peppered with original music, which they promise will create high-energy shows that will have to Leigh everyone dancing. Guest artists will also join the band on tour.

Band leader Bonnie says she loves the vibe of people having a good “That’s what our shows and music are all about – the best that Sawmill lifetime. has to offer – good music, good people and good times.”

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Walk on Water The walk will start at Snells Beach and head to Sandspit via Brick Bay and then there will be a kayaking leg up the Matakana River.

Takatu Rock Hopper This walk will follow the Tawharanui Peninsula’s southern coastline from Christian Bay to snack and talk at the internationally acclaimed Omaio Garden.

Kawau Old Coach Road Walkers will board the ferry for Kawau where they will be met by a local island resident who will take them on a guided walk that will finish with a hospitality stop.

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Three new walks have been added to the Warkworth Walks programme this year, which goes on sale on Sunday, September 5.

And committee member Luke Williamson says if you want to secure a place on a specific walk, it pays not to delay. About 75 per cent of places sell out on the first day!

The event is in its 13th year and will be

held from November 12 to 14.

There will be 11 walks to choose from, including firm favourites such as the Big Omaha Trail, Duck Creek Explorer, Pohuehue to Puhoi, and Majestic Mahurangi. There are also three new walks (see above).

The walks are graded from one to five (hardest) and most walks require a reasonable level of fitness.

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“We’ve been endeavouring to find a gentler walk to add to the programme, but as most of the committee are keen walkers, it’s been difficult to come up with someone interested in organising it,” Luke says.

Behind the scenes is a hard-working committee of 10, supported by nearly 40 guides, tailenders and property owners.

This year’s programme can be found at: www.warkworthwalks.co.nz

Get ready for a laugh at what is fast becoming an annual event in Snells Beach. For the fourth year, Snells Beach Kindergarten is hosting a Comedy Night on Saturday, August 14 at the Salty Dog Inn. Master of ceremonies will be Steven Lyons, who has performed comedy around the globe.

He has returned to Aotearoa after seven years performing in the US, and now warms up audiences for TV Three’s The Project and 7 Days. He co-founded The Dice Show, which was nominated for the NZ Comedy Guild’s Best Live Show in 2019 and 2020.

The line-up of comedians includes Alan McElroy, Becky Umbers, Mike Kevan and Thomas Chapman.

McElroy is an award-winning comic and actor, and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, Electric Picnic and hosted the International Pub Crawl in Australia.

The last Snells Beach Comedy Night raised a fraction under $4000, which was spent on outside play equipment including a mud kitchen at the kindy.

Parent whanau group chairperson Roxanne Halliday says the Comedy Night offers locals the chance to enjoy comedians who are at the top of their game, without having to travel to Auckland.

“It’s just a really fun night of top quality comedy,” she says.

Tickets are $25, and can be purchased by texting 021 0787991 or email snellsbeach.kindyparents@yahoo.com

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Alysn takes inspiration from the local coastal environment.

Evocative art conjures up coastal imagery The twin joys of coastal living and artistic stitchwork are on display in Snells Beach until next month in a new exhibition by award-winning Takatu artist Alysn Midgelow-Marsden.

Her latest mixed media works, called Textiles, is inspired by the beauty of the local coastline and can be seen at Little & Local Coffee Kitchen, Bar & Bistro in the Mahurangi East shopping centre until September 20.

Alysn moved to the area five years ago and works using a wide range of materials and techniques, especially paint, fabric and stitching.

“Though I am trained in textiles and

embroidery techniques, I have never been able to ignore the exciting possibilities of other media and my curiosity leads me to experiment with how any media can be used in my art,” she says.

While she concentrates on the beauty of the coast and ocean, she is also conscious of the waste washed up on beaches and rocks, and often incorporates plastic or fishing detritus into her works.

Alysn’s other works include sculpture and wearable art. She has also published several books and articles, and has had major exhibitions throughout New Zealand and in the UK.

Info: www.alysnmidgelowmarsden.com

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Come fly with us!

Kaukapakapa Library will present the Stevens Photo Collection on Sunday, August 15, from 9am to 1pm.

The collection of old Kaukapakapa photographs came into the library’s possession courtesy of the late Ina Stevens of Waitoki.

Librarian Megan Paterson says many of the photographs are already incorporated into the library’s Jordan Collection, but many others she has not seen before.

“As always seems to be the way, a number of photos have no details with regard to names or place. Come along to the library and see if you can help us solve some of these mysteries,” she says.

Since the historic Kaukapakapa Library reopened the doors seven years ago, it has

George Dye on Starlight. Part of Kaukapakapa Library’s historic photo collection.

hosted a variety of events, often with an underlying theme of the history of the area.

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Regular organisers of community Christmas lunches Moana Hehepoto and Katie Burton have come up with another community event for everyone to enjoy. The free Community Fun Day takes place at the Mahurangi East Community Centre on Saturday, August 7, from 1pm to 4pm. Moana says following the last Christmas community lunch she felt it was time to get together again and do something mid-year. “Bring your friends and family and enjoy bouncy castles, face painting, sausage sizzle and much more,” she says.

Everyone is welcome. Info: Moana 0210 246 1732 or Katie 021 701 779.

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ore than 200 people from many walks of life gathered in Warkworth on July 13 to celebrate the life of dedicated community volunteer Helen Langdon.

Described as a ‘people person’, Helen was a member of the Sandspit Residents and Ratepayers Association (SRRA), Sandspit SOS Inc (SOSSI), Snells Beach Community Church, Warkworth SeniorNet, the Warkworth branch of the NZ Society of Genealogists and Warkworth Museum.

She gave time equally to the committees and members of each.

Helen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and attended Dalkeith High School. She grew up with three younger sisters to whom she was known as “Missy Bossy”. She was a prefect at her school, attained the Queen’s Award and the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award.

A brave decision to go to New Zealand in 1973 meant getting on a plane for only the second time in her life. She planned to return to Scotland after two years, but marriage to Brian in 1974 changed all that. The couple lived on Auckland’s North Shore before moving to Sandspit in 2004. Auckland’s loss was Sandspit’s gain – Helen immediately put her skills to use as secretary to the SRRA, a position she held for six years. She then served on the SSOSI committee for nine years and continued to support wetland restoration planting days.

Helen Langdon 7 September 1947 - 10 July 2021 Helen typed up the monthly church rosters and always filled in any empty spaces with her name. Faith and a congregation of friends was very important to her, having been part of a church family most of her life. As leader of the church hospitality group, she was responsible for functions that were popular, well-attended and profitable.

As a museum volunteer, Helen enthusiastically arranged exhibits to show visitors, especially children, what life was like in early Warkworth. In charge of reception, she would greet all visitors with a welcoming smile and a wealth of knowledge.

Helen also had exceptional organisational and technological skills. For more than four years she was the editor of SeniorNet’s weekly e-letter. She was very proud of her Scottish heritage and, with an interest in genealogical research over many years, was a committee member and then convener for the last four years of the Warkworth genealogy group.

Described as a person who made a big difference in many people’s lives, Helen was always ready to help and to go the extra mile. She was a good friend and her great sense of humour and smile touched all who met her.

Helen died on July 10 after a short illness.

She was 73. She is survived by her husband, two children and six grandchildren.

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Formerly called Mangawhai Hire, this new branch joins Hire Works Warkworth and Snells Beach.

No matter where you’re working in Rodney or Kaipara, you can now hire from any of our three locations with ease. We have an extensive range of access and earth-moving equipment and tools for all your DIY jobs. Our portable sanitation units range from site toilets to luxury event loos. We have a dedicated team who is there to help you get the most out of your hire.

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Annual General Meeting 5.30pm Thurs 26th August, 2021 Back bar of Bridgehouse, Warkworth

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The success of One Mahurangi Business Association depends on the leadership, skills, and perspectives of the people who sit around the board table and contribute to our organisation.

We are looking for committee members who will bring depth and breadth to decision making for the local business community. People who represent a good mix of retail, trades, commercial/industry, professional services and landlords.

We are Stronger Together.

Nominees for the One Mahurangi committee must be registered members. Email murray@onemahurangi.co.nz

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Science There are four main pathways for dealing with plastic waste: landfill, composting, incineration and recycling. Landfill alienates land and water. Composting, while useful, may contribute to microplastics. Incineration or waste-toenergy (WTE) has major issues, which I’ll outline below. Recycling is achieved via a global strategy called The Circular Economy (CE).

The CE strategy has been led by two global companies, Dow Chemical, which is the largest manufacturer of plastics in the world and UniLever, which owns 400 consumer product brands. A core strategy of the CE involves the cyclic reuse of plastic waste as a valued resource and feedstock for new or replacement products, rather than as rubbish to be incinerated. The CE strategy is based on reducing the range of plastic types to include only those types that can be recycled (types 1,2 and 5 in Aotearoa).

The number of major global companies now invested in the CE has increased to 550. In Aotearoa, many larger companies such as the Warehouse Group and Noel Leeming are committed to operating in a more sustainable fashion. Consumers, in selecting their suppliers, have the power to encourage many more companies to pursue recycling strategies.

The capital cost of a WTE process for a city the size of Auckland (generating about five million tonnes of waste per annum) can be estimated to be about $1 billion.

Such a WTE process must operate at high levels of waste supply for 25 years for the capital cost to be paid off. As the CE has a target of 100 per cent recyclability within five years. This means that the taxpayers of Auckland would bear the burden of clearing this major capital debt for 20 years beyond the end of the useful life of the WTE plant. This is reflected in the case

of a WTE in Sweden, which must import plastics waste from the UK in order to fill its own plastic waste shortfall, and hence to make its WTE plant fiscally viable. That plastic waste shortfall is growing because Sweden, like the EU generally, is trending towards recycling.

WTE plants in the USA have been reported to contribute 200 million tons of carbon dioxide to the existing greenhouse gas atmospheric burden each year. The global WTE emissions are likely to be about one billion tons of carbon dioxide. Further, incineration of some plastics, including polyvinyl chloride and others, yield carcinogenic gases, dioxins and furans, which are very diffusive and hence are

Waste to Energy plants in the USA have been reported to contribute 200 million tons of carbon dioxide to the existing greenhouse gas atmospheric burden each year. a serious threat to human health. Total elimination of the carcinogenic dioxins and furans in the interest of community health, requires elevated furnace temperatures that are expensive to achieve, and which increase the level of carbon dioxide emissions. Tokyo is an example of a wealthy city that continues to ignore the climate emergency, after initially accepting the risks of carcinogenic emissions before upgrading to elevated temperature incineration. These same challenges and the associated long-term rates burden would apply to a WTE process large enough to incinerate the waste generated by the population of Auckland.

AT bike fund open for applications

More Aucklanders will be able to get on their bikes, thanks to the fifth round of the Auckland Transport (AT) Community Bike Fund. The $50,000 fund will provide a boost for community groups to deliver initiatives designed to encourage people to take up cycling or ride their bikes more often. Groups can apply for up to $5000 to get their ideas up and running. The fund supports AT’s cycling programme which has seen the development of cycleway networks to make communities more accessible and connect people to where they live, work and play. Applicants can apply for grants between $300$5000. Applications close on Sunday, August 15. Info: https://at.govt.nz/bikefund

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Conquering Tamahunga An attempt by four local men to scale Mount Tamahunga 16 times continuously in October will be more than just a test of endurance.

The team, led by Bayleys in the North coach and development manager Hamish Barton, will be raising money for the Mental Health Foundation and each ascent will be dedicated to someone who has died by suicide.

“We all have friends, family, work colleagues, team mates and people we know in the community who struggle with their mental health at times,” Hamish says.

“There aren’t many who don’t experience some kind of mental health challenge, but sadly some suffer more than others.

The walk will be as much about raising awareness as fundraising.”

Joining the Tamahunga16 Challenge will be Jennian Homes sales consultant Hamish Blampied, Leigh Fisheries factory manager Tom Searle and general practitioner David Hassan. They are currently in training, which includes regularly walking the track to the summit and gym work.

“It’s not an easy track, particularly at the moment with all the wet weather,” Hamish says. “We’re hoping that by October it will be a lot drier.”

The 16 ascents will be the equivalent of walking to the top of the highest peaks in the North Island and South Island – Aoraki Mount Cook at 3724m and Mount Ruapehu at 2797 metres.

“At night we will be walking with headlamps, just putting one foot in front of the other and looking forward to the dawn. In a way, it is an analogy of what mental illness can be like – blackness all around you until you begin to recover and the light returns.”

Money raised will help the Mental Health Foundation provide people, workplaces, school and communities with the tools they need to build positive mental health and wellbeing. Hamish hopes it can be targeted towards mental health education for young males.

The challenge will start on Friday, October 1 and is expected to take around 24 hours to complete.

Sad facts of suicide • 685 people were suspected to have died by suicide in the 12 months from July 2018 to June 2019 (latest figures available) • Men are three to four times more likely to die of suicide than women • Maori are more likely to die by suicide than non-Maori

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Tougher tenancy rules could lead to less rentals While the idea of owning an investment property might be an attractive proposition in the current climate of low interest rates, it is not as easy as signing an agreement and collecting the rent.

The Residential Tenancies Act has been overhauled, with changes rolling out from August last year and continuing until at least 2024.

The changes include limiting rent increases to once every 12 months (previously six months), allowing tenants to make minor changes to the property, a requirement for landlords to provide fibre broadband at their own cost if requested, and the suppression of names and identifying details from published Tenancy Tribunal decisions.

Fixed-term tenancy rules have also changed.

Any tenancies signed on or after February 11 this year will convert to periodic tenancies at the end of the fixed term unless the parties agree otherwise, the tenant gives 28 days notice, or the landlord gives notice in accordance with the termination grounds for periodic tenancies.

Landlords will also not be able to end a periodic tenancy without cause by providing 90 days’ notice. New termination grounds are available to landlords under a periodic tenancy and the required notice periods will change.

The healthy homes standards, which became law in 2019, have also come in to force. From July 1, all private rentals must comply within 90 days of any new or renewed tenancy, with all private rentals complying by 1 July 2024.

The standards introduce specific and minimum standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture and drainage, and draught stopping in rental properties.

Ray White property management team leader Nicole Banks says the heating rules make sense, but need refining.

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meet the heating standard,” she says.

“I also know of a three-bedroomed open plan home with a mezzanine floor that has to install three heat pumps to meet the standards at a cost of $12,000. It doesn’t make sense – what family would run three heat pumps?

“There seems to be an assumption that all owners can afford this sort of expense, but that’s not the case.”

Nicole says the suppression of tenant details in tribunal decisions has also not been thought through.

She gives an example of a tenant who was taken to the tribunal after being issued with three anti-social notices in 90 days – playing loud music, swearing, a domestic incident and verbally assaulting a neighbour. The tenancy was terminated as per the new laws and both the landlord and tenant sought name suppression. As the landlord was successful in their claim, suppression was granted, but the tribunal also granted name suppression to the tenant, so that their ability to secure future rental accommodation was not hindered by the order.

In another case, the adjudicator suppressed the tenant’s identifying details despite the landlord being awarded nearly $3000 for rubbish removal, garden work and several intentional incidences of damage. The damage included holes in walls, bedroom, lounge, dining and hall. The tenant did

not attend the hearing but still had their details suppressed.

“This will make it particularly difficult for private landlords who perhaps don’t have

the tools to be able to properly investigate a prospective tenant.”

Nicole says changes in fixed term tenancy standards means many homes will no longer be available to rent. She says Omaha is a prime example of where many people rented their holiday homes for most the year, just using it for a few weeks over summer.

“Under the new rules, if the tenants decide they don’t want to move out over summer, they can’t be forced out. The change is to try to protect tenants and give them some security, but the impact will be fewer houses for rent.”

Below, property manager Nicole Banks says keeping up-to-date with new tenancy guidelines is a challenge, particularly for private landlords.

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Barfoot & Thompson heed the call

of Northern business boom by opening new Rodney Office Responding to the North’s increase in population and business activity, Barfoot & Thompson has opened a new Rodney Commercial satellite office, a sub-branch of the North Shore Commercial office.

Under the leadership of Simon Farland, North Shore Commercial Sales Manager, the new office is situated at 2/2 Milner Ave in the heart of the region’s business hub in Silverdale.

Farland says this recent expansion is a vote of confidence for an area filled with commercial potential. “The support from the directors to have a permanent presence outside its previous residential branch location speaks volumes of their confidence in the potential for the region and the established networks held by the commercial sales team.”

“Our business is about people so it’s important to us to have a sense of the local community’s commercial needs in advance. When people are looking to move to an area, they expect support from commercial entities in the form of ease of access to retail, office and other services to make life as convenient as possible.”

Farland says it’s both a reaction to, and an investment in, the potential of the fast-growing northern Auckland region. “The Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP) has helped to speed accelerated population growth. Where the people go, commercial entities will follow, as they are critical to the quality of life for residents.”

“Again, looking at the AUP, we see further population growth in areas like Dairy Flat in 10-15 years. It is natural for people to want to work, shop and dine out close to where they live, and that is where we come in.”

“This strategic decision makes sense to the company as it is driven by growth in the Rodney and Silverdale areas, mostly as a result of residential developments and a substantial increase in population.”

“Latest figures show there has been huge activity

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Team members Ben Clare, Graeme Perigo and Alex Perigo in the two big new suburbs of Millwater and Milldale. The timing could not be better as we expand our reach and the area continues to grow.”

“Commercial has also followed the lead from the Government with regard to re-zoning which has supported commercial growth. Silverdale town centre and nearby Highgate are great examples of this. There are many key projects like this either already in place or coming down the pipeline in the Rodney area.”

“Additionally, with great growth in Orewa and Warkworth and the expansion of the new motorway in this region, a dedicated presence was a natural choice for us.”

Contact the Barfoot & Thompson Commercial Rodney team: Graeme Perigo - 021 676 067 g.perigo@barfoot.co.nz Ben Clare - 021 473 251 b.clare@barfoot.co.nz Richard Parkinson - 021 374 427 r.parkinson@barfoot.co.nz Alex Perigo - 021 256 5909 a.perigo@barfoot.co.nz 2/2 Milner Ave, Silverdale.

He says his team comprising of Graeme Perigo, Ben Clare, Richard Parkinson and Alex Perigo has extensive experience and a wealth of knowledge.

“I have no doubt they will increase our presence and make their mark in the commercial space in the Rodney and Silverdale areas.”

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Well-appointed lodgings

Everyone dreams of owning a turret at one point in their life. This Puhoi home was designed by Warkworth architect Graeme North, and from its three-storey tower has views from Great Barrier Island to the Auckland City skyline. It was built in the mid-90s but was recently renovated with double glazing, new joinery and cedar boards. There is an extensive outdoor living area, including a partially covered table with a built-in gas fire pit. There’s also an outdoor spa with a cantilevered umbrella. A commercially sized satellite dish provides excellent quality WiFi. Contact Jenni Finlayson at Bayleys on 021 506 920.

This former five-star lodge, now family home, has nine bedrooms and six bathrooms. It was built by the restaurateur behind the Death by Chocolate franchise and the double-garage has been kitted out to an A-grade standard for food production. The building was later named the Gifford lodge, after the Jane Gifford, and run as bed and breakfast accommodation. It has a large octagonal formal dining room and 250 square metres of deck. The lounge has a large raised schist fireplace. There is an attached two-bedroom apartment and two chalets with ensuite bathrooms, as well as a conference space.

The property is serviced by two bores.

Contact Diana Coman at Bayleys on 021 790 307

18 Torea Road, Matakana

74 Okahukura Road, Tapora

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38 Omaha Valley Road, Matakana

Art and architecture

The former Vivian Gallery has come back on the market; this time with a separate title and a resource consent to be a residence. It’s a chance to own a Matakana icon, but would likely require a refit of the kitchenette and bathroom to become a dream home. The interior features macrocarpa boards and hasn’t lost its lustre since it was purpose-designed for displaying beautiful works of art.

The property has two substantial ponds with a wooden bridge across one of them. It’s a stone’s throw from Mount Tamahunga.

Contact Sue Hatton at Ray White 027 279 9696.

An opening has come up in Matakana’s mini-golf mile.

Residents of Torea Road have an unexplained fascination with putting greens and this property is no exception, with a three-hole folly. One advantage is that the artificial turf never needs mowing. The cedar-clad house has three bedrooms, two-bathrooms plus powder room, office, laundry and double garage. It is three minutes’ walk from the Matakana markets.

Contact Kellie Bissett at Bayleys on 027 530 6843.

This three-bedroom bungalow and studio comes with a thriving protea business. It has a 7.2-hectare orchard planted in Tapora’s famed well-draining soil. A financial statement provided to prospective buyers shows an annual net income of $130,000. The business has been running for 10 years, exporting and selling locally. The property is within walking distance of Tapora School. The current owner has retired and moved to Orewa.

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Housing market snapshot

Real estate firm owners agree that a buyer frenzy has dramatically driven up prices in Mahurangi. Desperate buyers have been left out of luck as property owners have become reluctant to sell – for fear of not being able to find another house to buy. The area is attractive to buyers because of its coast and country lifestyle, its proximity to Auckland and the soon to be opened Puhoi to Warkworth motorway. Low interest rates have also meant there have been plenty of buyers with access to cash. Meanwhile, regulatory changes, including Healthy Homes Standards and the bright line tax, have done little to temper skyrocketing values. Mahurangi Matters spoke to seven real estate heads to get a snapshot of the current market.

Terrence Banks,

Ben Kloppers,

Terrence Banks

Mark Macky,

Ben Kloppers

Mark Macky

Amy Wagstaff,

Ray White, Warkworth

RE/MAX Realty Group, Warkworth

Bayleys, Warkworth

Harcourts, Warkworth

Terrence says surging prices have made it difficult to set a starting price on a property.

“Often each sale forms a new benchmark for the next,” he says.

Auctions now make up a much higher proportion of sales compared to “private treaty” sales. They have a 90 per cent success rate.

Terrence says every bit of housing stock he lists get sold. In previous years, around one in four properties listed might sell.

“We have between 40 and 50 potential buyers through an open home in four weeks.”

However, this winter has seen a pronounced dip in listings due to dwindling stock. Ray White’s listings are down by half compared to the same time over the last two years.

In part, this is thanks to bumper sales earlier in the year. Ray White sold 50 per cent more homes for the year to date compared to last year and 39 per cent more than 2019.

“Sellers have come to market and gone.

There is a hole in supply now.”

Another factor impacting dwindling supply is families settling in the area and buying a house without selling one, essentially consuming stock.

Terrence says the new ‘work from home’ culture has made Warkworth a more attractive proposition. “Five years ago, buyers might not have considered it, but many choose to work in Auckland and live here.”

Ben says that in 20 years of being in real estate, he has never witnessed a better time to sell in Mahurangi.

“Frustrated buyers are evacuating Auckland in anticipation of the good life in Rodney, away from the crowds,” he says.

He says as an international company RE/ MAX is also getting enquiries from expats in England, USA and Australia.

Ben’s concern is for those at the margins of affordability, including young people and the elderly. He says impending increases to capital valuations (CVs) will have the most impact on elderly residents who live in now high-value coast properties. Council rates increases may force them to sell.

“Where will they go? There is not much in the way of standalone properties for retirees in the area. The prices are ripping families apart,” he says.

Ben says that with an entry level purchase price of $750,000 in Mahurangi, first home buyers will likely have to look further north.

Meanwhile, the bright line rules and increased regulation for rentals has taken the shine off investment in rental properties.

“We envisage major problems ahead for renters as aging investors lose their desire to own properties and cash in on high sales prices.”

Mark says Bayleys’ auction stats are “through the roof ”. He is consistently getting strong pre-auction offers, and then strong bidding on top, resulting in record prices.

Where buyers were once driven by FOMO, Fear of Missing Out, they are now being driven by a more dramatic phenomenon – Fear of Not Finding Anything, or FONFA. “Vendors are reluctant to sell as they are worried they won’t be able to find anything else to buy. This is not a healthy dynamic, and a good agent will recommend strategies to overcome this.”

Mark doesn’t believe that recent regulatory changes by the Government have been positive.

“The Government has been playing whacka-mole with the property market rather than implementing well thought policy that will make a genuine difference,” he says.

“As a result, it is harder for first-home buyers to compete in the market, while those with strong balance sheets, who operate at the higher end of the market, are still flying.”

Mark believes that low interest rates will be available for the next three to five years.

He acknowledges that to afford a mortgage in Mahurangi, workers will likely need to commute to Auckland, but says that will change as the district grows and commercial and industrial land opens up.

“In the meantime, mum and dad are putting up with the commute for their family to be part of a special community and a brilliant quality of life. Who can blame them?”

Amy says to buy in this climate, buyers need have pre-approval from a bank and put documents in front of their lawyers as soon as they see a property. “Good agencies will already have a LIM report, a title and Council documents on file. It’s about looking over them fast enough.”

She says often auctions unexpectedly get brought forward. The norm is now two weeks from listing to auction.

In terms of rising values, Amy points to Leigh as the next big opportunity. She says it is ripe for investors, still affordable and yet to be properly discovered.

She likens it to Omaha, which had properties for sale in the $900s five years ago that now sell for $1.5 million. Another major growth area is Kaipara Flat, due its close proximity to the end of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway.

Amy says although interest rates are likely to increase, they will still be at historical lows. “When I bought real estate in 2005, interest rates were above 10 per cent. They were 21 per cent in the 80s.

“Even if rates go up a per cent, we are still spoiled for interest rates. It’s a great time to buy.”

Amy says for those trying to enter the market, properties with consent issues offer a competitive opportunity if they can be addressed.

She says unconsented structures such as decks, sleep outs and sheds are common in Rodney.

Wellsford still offers affordable opportunities. It is much more affordable than towns of the same distance from Auckland in the south.

My concern is for the elderly and young people.

These prices are ripping families apart.

Ben Kloppers

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Rick says the last 12 months have been the busiest he’s ever had. He’s sold a property each fortnight. “I’ve been flat out. At one point, I had 11 listings on the market.”

He says it has been cheaper to borrow to buy than to rent, thanks to low interest rates.

Rick adds that even if interest rates rise by two per cent, it is still likely that mortgages will be cheaper than rents in Snells Beach and Warkworth.

Rick believes that recent mortgagees are unlikely to find themselves in trouble once rates do increase. Banks evaluate mortgages against future rate increases of at least six per cent before making a decision to lend.

He says banks also look favourably on the Mahurangi area. Six years ago, the average house in Warkworth was $420,000.

Houses have doubled in value since then.

Mehran agrees the seller’s market is likely to continue in the short term with low stock and low interest rates.

He says that one impact of the new Healthy Homes Standards for rentals is that investors are looking at “build to rent” as an option.

New homes are built to standard and come with a 10-year master builder guarantee that make the prospect and attractive longterm investment.

He says speculators are already taking advantage of the motorway nearing completion and even old houses on freehold land are exceeding price expectations.

Barfoot & Thompson’s auction success rates have reached 90 per cent.

He believes that delayed updates to CVs will likely see rises of 10 to 13 per cent above current values.

Mike Pero, Warkworth

Barfoot and Thompson, Warkworth

Steffan Meyer,

Meyer Real Estate, Snells Beach

Steffan’s advice to buyers is to get in touch with an agent as soon as they have their financial ducks in a row, even if they don’t have a specific property in mind.

“We often do deals that don’t go to market if I am able to match a property with a buyer in my database.”

He says at present the best investment opportunity is to buy a blank lot and build a house on it to add “instant equity”.

“An existing house is dead market value, but building a house takes away an inconvenience. It will be more modern and

lower maintenance.”

Steffan says Warkworth is about to be inundated with new development, with significant tracts of land owned by large companies that will soon come on the market.

“I would say in the next two to three years we will be doing pre-sales for those.”

In the meantime, his advice to first home buyers is to look for sections without covenants, where they are free to place a relocatable house while they save up for a build.

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Not everyone buying property today is an investor with experience and knowledge behind them. There are still many young couples taking that first step onto the property ladder, trying to make the right decisions in uncertain times where the risks can seem immense. Mahurangi Matters spoke to three young couples who are at different stages on their property journey …

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PREPARING Graphic designer Dominique Morgan, 24, and product designer/developer Stanley Coote, 25, started dating when they were still students at Mahurangi College. They both attended Wintec in Hamilton and were drawn back to Warkworth by family and friends.

The idea of buying a house has always been on our radar, but it’s only been in the last 12 months that we’ve started to think a little more seriously about it. We’ve both been self-employed up until now, but Dominique is looking for permanent employment because the banks won’t consider us for a loan if one of us doesn’t have a steady fulltime job. This will mean living closer to Auckland so, ideally, we’d like to find a place within a 45-minute commute from Albany. The North Shore would be ideal, but is probably out of our price range, so more recently we’ve been looking in the Kaukapakapa area.

A while ago we set ourselves three milestones to save for – the first was to setup Stanley’s business, which we’ve done; the second was to get married, which is happening next year; and buying a house was our third goal.

At this stage, we’re still weighing up our options, but with the price of houses, we’re

beginning to come to the realisation that maybe we would be best to try to buy a block of land first. We could put a shed on it or a tiny home, and then eventually build a house when we felt we could afford it.

We had planned a trip to Australia last year with the idea that if we found work we might stay a while, but Covid put a stop to that. Covid is part of everyone’s journey now so we haven’t wasted time worrying about what could have been. We’re actually really happy with what we’ve done and the plans we’ve made.

Family members and family friends who are in real estate have been generous with their advice, and it’s been good to hear the pros and cons of different areas and different types of real estate.

We’re not in a rush, especially with the uncertainty around mortgages rates. We want to find the right property that will be a home for us for the next 20 or 30 years.

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Optical store manager Sarah Benton, 30, and builder, Ben White, 34, currently live in Auckland but became the happy owners of 6.4 hectares of farm land near Kaiwaka last September. Sarah attended Mahurangi College, while Ben comes from Auckland but has been working at Tara Iti for the past 18 months. They have been together for three years.

We started seriously looking for a place to call our own early last year. We’d been looking in Mangawhai where 1000sqm sections were selling for between $400,000 and $500,000. At the time, we thought that’s what we wanted. But then we saw a place near Kaiwaka that was $500,000 for five acres but, long story short, we ended up finding our place further down that road. We fell in love with it the moment we saw it, phoned the agent that night and bought it for $400,000.

We used the equity from a house Ben owns at Kai Iwi Lakes and Kiwisaver funds, as well as some savings, to put down a deposit. Because of the employment uncertainty created

by Covid we had to jump through a lot of hoops. Luckily, we had a fantastic mortgage broker which made all the difference. If there’s one thing we’d recommend to other couples out there buying a place, it’s get yourself a good mortgage broker.

We’re quite goal orientated and have found it useful to set short-term and long-term goals. Since buying the land in Kaiwaka,

John has been a local solicitor and identity for nearly 40 years. He has overseen the legal aspects of many land developments within every council district north of Auckland. He has had many dealings with all of the councils and continues to do so.

He values relationships with clients which can require a special insight into the future needs of growing families. Out of all these relationships comes vital information that he utilises to assist clients on their way.

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there have also been lots of ‘to do’ lists on the fridge. There’s a real sense of satisfaction when the jobs are crossed off but, to be honest, as soon as something gets crossed off, something else gets added.

We are just doing things as we can afford them – power to the site came first, then water tanks and troughs, stockyards and then six head of cattle. We don’t have money, but we do have energy and time.

We see ourselves living on the property and farming it one day.

Saving a good deposit is important for anyone thinking of buying their own place and it’s important to think outside the box. You don’t have to go for the end goal first – sometimes it’s better to take it one step at a time and get their gradually. The most stressful part for us so far has been dealing with Council. Our rates have just gone up 28 per cent, which is outrageous.

It probably adds an extra $50 a week to our expenses, which might not sound like much but when you are counting every cent, it’s actually a lot.

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Warkworth business owners Avalon Stapleton, 23, and Ben Curtin, 32, have just purchased a three-bedroomed house in Wellsford. Avalon, who grew up in Warkworth, runs her business A2B Nutrition, while Ben owns the Warkworth Fitness Centre. They have been together for two years.

Advice in a nutshell

Although we looked around for about six months, we actually ended up buying the first home we looked at. It was everything we wanted but, to be honest, we didn’t go into it with high expectations – we don’t mind the fact that it is an older house that needs work.

We have dogs so we needed a place where we could accommodate them and, at the end of the day, it was the house that we could afford.

We went in with no knowledge at all about real estate, so had to learn a lot as we went. The biggest challenges were getting the deposit and dealing with the bank. From our experience, it’s a good idea to shop around the banks. We were denied twice before being approved by the third bank in less than 24 hours.

Thinking of buying – Think about your goals and what you want from your home. Get ideas from friends and family, and reach out to professionals such as lawyers, conveyancers and mortgage brokers to understand what you need to do and what you can afford.

Finding a property – This can take time, but brush up on things like methods of sale, types of ownership and how to identify potential risks with a property.

Researching the property –Use information from the LIM report, property inspections and the record of title. By doing this, you’ll

It’s also important to be realistic in your expectations for your first home. The most important thing is to get in and, quite often, a cheaper home will give you more opportunity to add value while dealing with a smaller mortgage. If you wait too long for the perfect house in the current market, prices will just keep rising too much, so jump on what you can as soon as you can.

Wellsford might not have been our first choice as a place to live but now that we’re there, we’re actually really loving it. It’s got a great small town vibe. Eventually we’d like to move to something with a bit more space, maybe a lifestyle block, so this house is really just a stepping stone towards that goal. It’s not something that we’ve put any timeframes around at this stage. be able to spot any potential hazards and issues with a property.

Making an offer – You need to understand how the offer process works. For instance, if another buyer puts in an offer, it becomes a multi-offer process. You’ll also want a title search and to confirm your finances with your bank or lender.

Settling and moving in – Take some time to think about what to look for in the pre-settlement inspection and understand what needs to happen between all parties before you can move in.

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In January 2000, the median house price in Snells Beach was $236,000. That grew to $828,800 by March last year.

That’s an average annual growth rate of 6.4 per cent.

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Oh, for those 1995 prices!

The most expensive suburb to buy a house in the wider Mahurangi area is Omaha, which has a median house price of $2,840,000. The most affordable suburb is Wellsford, which has a median house price of $699,000.

Over the last 21 years, of all the suburbs in Rodney, Helensville had the fastestgrowing house price, at 6.97 per cent per year, which is 4.78 per cent slower than the median Auckland house price.

The suburb that grew the slowest over that period was Warkworth, which grew at a rate of 6 per cent per year, which is 17.98 per cent slower than the median Auckland house price.

Median prices for residential property across New Zealand increased by 28.7 per cent in the 12 months to June this year, from $637,000 to $820,000.

Over the same period, the median house

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The number of residential properties sold in June across New Zealand increased by

6.2 per cent when compared to the same time last year (from 6913 to 7345) – the highest for a June month for five years.

Real Estate Institute of NZ chief executive

Jen Baird says house price rises continue to defy expectations.

“Buyers hoping for a bargain over winter might be disappointed,” she says.

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Mangawhai ($)

Matakana ($)

Omaha ($)

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89,000

149,500

161,500

151,000

103,000

2000

153,500

290,000

300,000

195,500

145,000

2005

285,000

485,000

645,000

387,500

250,000

2010

315,000

667,500

830,000

438,000

229,000

2015

470,000

862,500

1,191,500

642,500

395,000

2020

764,500

1,207,000

2,190,500

845,500

575,000

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875,000

1,500,000

2,840,000

951,000

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Mangawhai

Matakana

Omaha

Warkworth

Wellsford

1995

16

11

24

102

44

2000

14

7

35

72

32

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24

11

46

124

70

2010

15

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39

73

18

2015

58

16

60

129

64

2020

60

19

56

162

38

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12

17

69

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Thompson Terraces

Terraces set trend for future housing in Warkworth Newly built terraced housing on the corner of Lilburn Street and Warin Place is the first of its kind in Warkworth and gives a picture of what much future housing in the town will likely look like.

The six two-storey units, known as Thompson Terraces, were constructed by builder turned developer Tony Eede, who says it’s the kind of housing Auckland Council is encouraging in Warkworth through its Unitary Plan.

He says building in the business/mixed use zone would even have allowed him to build three storeys – though says going that high would have been inappropriate for the area.

He says in his experience, neighbours never like change and admits that not all them were comfortable with the development when it was first mooted, but over time became more supportive.

“Most of the housing round here is in need of an upgrade and a build of this standard can only be an asset to the neighbourhood,” he says.

Among the dilapidated housing was a villa where the units now stand. It was formerly owned by a Mr Thompson, now deceased, hence the Thompson Terraces name.

Tony says he considered moving the villa to a new site. However, although from the street it looked original, it had in fact undergone numerous alterations and was not worth restoring.

Demand for the new units was strong with all of them sold for between $800,000 and $900,000 before they were completed.

They each have between two and three

bedrooms, a small backyard area, a lockup garage, an upstairs TV/sitting room (in addition to a sitting room downstairs), and a lift to the second storey.

Tony says the installation of lifts is becoming increasingly common in new builds in Auckland.

The units are built using a timber frame with a brick veneer and cedar boarding on the outside.

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Among those looking forward to settling down in one of the new Thompson Terraces units is the developer’s daughter, Virginia Carrick-Eede, who moved in two months ago.

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he would be eager to attempt similar ones in Warkworth if he could find land at the right price.

However, he says securing a resource consent for the project was difficult, with Auckland Council being extremely persnickety about the colours that could be used and the location of the garages.

“Council took a most unfortunate view. I had to go to a barrister to force them to change their minds,” he says.

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RE/MAX real estate agents Kim Gordon and Katie Boyle swapped their sign boards for spatulas last month, cooking for hordes of hungry kids at Wellsford School.

Along with 14 volunteers from RE/MAX, they prepared more than 450 eggs and meat patties along with fruit platters for the lucky youngsters.

It was one of five breakfasts the pair of agents are holding to be themed along with the school’s “purpose statements”. Last month’s theme was whakaute or respect.

Kim and Katie handed out a personalised respect award along with $50 warehouse vouchers to two students who had distinguished themselves. The winners were Delilah Cooper and Connor Shepherd for their effort and kindness towards others.

For each property sold in Wellsford, Kim and Katie have also pledged to donate $500 to the school for equipment.

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Figures from Statistics NZ released last month show the number of new homes consented in the year ended May 2021 is at an all-time high of 43,466 – an increase of 17 per cent from the May 2020 year.

Minister for building and construction Poto Williams says the construction sector is essential to NZ’s economic recovery.

“These figures prove how resilient the sector has been in weathering the initial impacts of Covid-19,” she says.

More than 1370 townhouses, flats and units

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Ms Williams says new building laws announced last month will go even further to support housing supply and affordability and enable the use of innovative and efficient building methods such as offsite manufacturing.

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Real estate – it’s all about the detail, as Ryan’s cufflink shows.

Reflections on a rampant market Ryan Steven appears to fit neatly into the mould of ‘successful young real estate agent’.

He is sharp-suited, smartly coiffed and a smooth communicator. But the Bayleys sales manager and auctioneer is preparing to lay down his gavel early next year and step back from the overheated north Auckland property market, in favour of a much simpler, quieter life.

“My partner and I live in our tiny house that we’ve built and lived in over the last two years,” Ryan says.

“It’s been a labour of love and we’ve been looking at simplifying our life.

“We’re taking it down to Raglan and I’m going to grow food, spend time with my family and aim for self-sufficiency.”

He’s been in the business for nine years, a period when the housing market has not only recovered from the global financial crisis, but boomed to the point where prices have skyrocketed and owning property has become an impossible dream for many people.

The former Navy air traffic controller admits he can’t see a major about-turn anytime soon, not while demand continues to outstrip supply and cashed-up buyers, whether city dwellers seeking a quieter life or expats returning home due to Covid, continue to snap up homes as soon as they hit the market.

“All that generally happens is more or less restrictions on lending money, but they’re just tweaks,” he says.

Average house prices continued to rise in

Mahurangi in the first six months of 2021, compared with the same period last year, with the exception of Warkworth, where they were higher to start with and dropped by 16 per cent.

However, there are signs that the tide generally is starting to turn and soaring prices might at least level out.

“I’m starting to notice there’s a bit more of a disparity between what people want to sell for and what people are prepared to pay,” Ryan says. “Buyers are digging in their heels a bit more.”

While he admits there is no magic bullet to make prices more affordable, Ryan says potential buyers can optimise their situation by doing some serious groundwork.

“They should be doing two months of

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“If they did all that, and went to six to eight open homes every weekend, they’d have more knowledge than most real estate agents.

They’re so much more prepared – the fear of paying too much will be taken away.”

Ryan says, apart from market prices, the biggest change he’s seen in the past decade has been the amount of knowledge available to people.

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Latching on for longer Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and yet, 42 per cent of Kiwi infants are not exclusively breastfed for the recommended six months.

Department of Health figures show that 76 per cent of all New Zealand babies are exclusively breastfed at two weeks, but this figure drops to only 58 per cent by six months.

Warkworth Birthing Centre midwife Donna Hamilton says the drop probably reflects the amount of leave mothers are able to take before they have to return to work.

She says the optimum length of time to breastfeed is six months, but this is not always possible for all mothers.

A mother is entitled to 12 months’ parental leave, receiving parental leave payments for 26 weeks of this time, but financial obligations and other demands often see mothers returning to work when the parental leave payments stop.

Mothers can return to work at any time if an employer is given 21 days’ notice and they can also ask for reduced hours until their baby is one year old.

“For many mothers, their breastfeeding options are strongly influenced by when they have to return to work,” Donna says.

Options that allow working mothers to continue to breastfeed include expressing and storing breast milk so that baby can be fed by someone else or having the baby looked after somewhere near to work so that they can be brought in to work at feed times.

By law, an employer must allow a mother unpaid breaks to breastfeed her baby or express milk at work, and must provide facilities to do this. This includes a quiet and private place to feed or express milk, and a fridge to store the milk.

Nurses at the Warkworth Birthing Centre are on hand to provide breastfeeding mothers with guidance and reassurance. Nurse Michelle Ryan is pictured with Lily Hewitt and her two-day old son Blake.

Breastmilk is the ideal food for infants. It is safe, clean and contains antibodies that help protect against many common childhood illnesses.

Breastmilk provides all the energy and nutrients that an infant needs for the first months of life, and it continues to provide up to half or more of a child’s nutritional needs during the second half of the first year, and up to one third during the second year of life.

Breastfed children perform better on intelligence tests, are less likely to be overweight or obese and less prone to diabetes later in life. Women who breastfeed also have a reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancers.

Midwife Donna Hamilton says some mothers mistakenly think that baby formulas are easier.

“Breastfeeding can be challenging for some mothers in the beginning, but in the long-term it is safer and more convenient.”

Well-formed donation for Warkworth brigade Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade received a $3000 donation from staff at Glasshape on Woodcocks Road last month.

The money was raised through a raffle held at an employee family event, plus a contribution from Glasshape. The company has been a family-owned business since 1986 and has factories on Woodcocks and Hudson Roads. It uses large electrical furnaces to produce architectural bent glass.

Design manager Andrew Bissett says the firm takes the potential risk of fire seriously.

“If it wasn’t for the volunteer brigade, it would make operating this type of business in Warkworth difficult,” he says.

He says Glasshape is proud to support the brigade and the fantastic job it does in the community.

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Riparian work funded Work in progress – Rodney Local Board schedule approved Rodney Local Board has approved its annual community work programme for the 2021-22 financial year, plus the following two years in principle.

The programme, worth around $32 million this year, comprises the Board’s main works, or what chair Phelan Pirrie calls its “business as usual” activities, such as maintaining, improving and renewing a wide range of facilities, such as halls, parks, libraries, public toilets,

wharves and seawalls.

The programme includes more than $260,000 to be spent on town centre improvements in Wellsford, Te Hana, Puhoi, Leigh and Matakana. There is also an ongoing programme to renew playground equipment throughout the district.

Projects are scheduled to happen any time from now until the end of 2025. Some local highlights include:

Planting and stock exclusion projects to protect riparian margins will take the lion’s share of funding in the Rodney Local Board annual environmental services work programme announced recently.

The programme has identified five areas to fund, based on priorities identified by Auckland Council staff and board workshops. The $395,000 budget continues some annual or ongoing activities from previous financial years, as well as new initiatives.

Under the Rodney Healthy Harbours and Waterways banner, $200,000 will be distributed to landowners and community groups for riparian planting and restoration work.

The programme will also fund: Forestry ambassador programme – $25,000 To improve water quality by limiting sediment entering waterways, through working with landowners and the forestry industry.

Ti Point Wharf, renew wharf, by June 2022, $479,687.

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To animal rights advocates, milk comes from human supremacy over cows – a political act of domination. They also say humans shouldn’t drink cow milk because we aren’t calves. Modern milk production is cruel and exploitive because it requires a continual cycle of pregnancies, cowcalf separation within days of birth, cows treated like milk machines and millions of unwanted bobby calves killed each year.

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Our massive milk production processes lead to nitrous oxide in the air causing climate change. Polluting nitrates destroy fresh water ecology, and when present in drinking water lead to public health concerns. Recent news reports said high nitrate levels increase cancers and premature births.

For human rights activists, milk is implicated in the colonisation and repression of communities around the world. Demand for fertiliser such as phosphate (white gold) has led to landlessness and poverty in islands and continents.

Critical international theory says megadairy corporations like Fonterra threaten livelihoods, health, self-sufficiency, sovereignty and the way of life for smallscale dairy producers around the world.

Large intensive farms and corporations with economies of scale can capture local and global markets, set prices, anticipate and meet higher regulatory standards and drive independent producers out of business.

About 96 per cent of New Zealand’s 21.79 million metric tonnes of milk produced is exported.

Dairying contributed $20 billion export revenue to the NZ economy and kept the foreign

To environmentalists, New Zealand’s milk production economic model is unsustainable and unethical. exchange coming in 2020, while other exports collapsed from Covid-19. New Zealanders consumed 525,000 tonnes of milk last year. About 190 two-litre milk bottles in NZ supermarkets are sold every minute. We have one of the highest per capita consumption rates of fresh milk in the world. Milk production is increasing.

We have among the world’s top 10 highest milk production and herd sizes, despite our small land mass. Around 40,000 people are in dairy-related work.

Milk is ingrained in our culture. It is used in many foods and in almost every meal in some form or another. If you question the saturation of milk in our diets, lives, economy and culture, you are verging on treason. Many people choose not to question our use of land, cows and the impacts on rivers and our health from our dependence on dairy. I don’t drink milk because of the animal and environmental impacts, and because I’m lactose intolerant, too.

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Farms have an unenviable reputation as being one of the most hazardous places to work, with some of the highest rates of death and injury in any occupation.

However, local sheep and beef farmers will have the chance to boost their health and safety practices this month, when a special farm safety event is held in Wellsford.

Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ) will be running a one-day workshop to roll out its new Farm Safety Management System, which the organisation says can be customised to suit any farm and is free of charge to its levy-paying farmers.

B+LNZ says the system consists of a set of plans and procedures where 90 per cent of the paperwork is already done, and which has been developed specifically for New Zealand sheep and beef farmers by its safety partner, Exigent Risk Management (formerly QSI), and in conjunction with WorkSafe NZ.

“The system is simple and straightforward.

When you put it in place on your farm, within a positive safety culture, it will help you ensure your farm is a safe workplace – and compliant with health and safety regulations,” a spokesperson says.

B+LNZ says the workshop is aimed at anyone who works on a farm and who may be affected.

“Women often take the lead on health & safety compliance on a farm – but if it’s men who are doing the practical farm work and managing staff, then we encourage them to come along too, where that’s feasible.”

The workshop will be held at the Wellsford Community Centre on Wednesday, August 11, from 10am to 3pm. Morning tea and lunch will be provided, and a WorkSafe NZ representative will be present to answer questions.

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Groundbreaking wool deal revives flagging industry Kaipara Hills sheep farmer Stephen Dill will soon have the satisfaction of seeing carpets manufactured using his wool sold in local retail stores, following a landmark deal that brings fresh hope to a struggling industry.

Mr Dill is one of around 730 shareholders in Wools of New Zealand (WNZ) – a company that puts New Zealand farmers in control of the manufacturing and distribution of their own wool products.

Last month, WNZ concluded an agreement with Flooring Xtra to sell its carpets through Flooring Xtras 61 retail stores and other independent stores throughout New Zealand.

It’s the first time a grower-owned New Zealand carpet brand has supplied a finished product to the New Zealand market.

New Zealand wool prices have been flat for almost a decade, with cash offered to farmers for wool barely covering the cost of production, if that.

Mr Dill says he joined WNZ about five years ago after realising his previous method of selling wool was unsustainable.

He says the problem with the traditional model is that there are too many middle men. A farmer might sell wool to a company, which on-sells it to another company for export, which on-sells it again to another wholesaler, who on-sells it yet again to a manufacturer – with each party in the chain extracting a fee.

“There’s not a lot of margin in wool. All of a sudden you go from a product that looks reasonably profitable to a product you are not making money on at all,” Mr Dill says.

WNZ, on the other hand, takes control of the supply chain. Such as organising the manufacture of its wool into carpets in a factory in Turkey, and then overseeing the

marketing and distribution of those carpets around the world.

“We are controlling everything right to the retail shop door,” Mr Dill says.

Meanwhile, WNZ chief executive John McWhirter says the deal with Flooring Xtra and other New Zealand retailers is a win-win for both farmers and consumers.

He says Kiwis now have a choice between a synthetic carpet or a competitively

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Formerly, a key barrier to increasing the sales of wool carpets was their much higher price, but now a wool carpet might cost only 5 per cent more.

“Our goal is to grow the consumption of wool in the market by making wool carpet affordable to the majority of Kiwis,” Mr McWhirter says.

“Wool is one of the safest, sustainable and most eco-friendly carpet fibres available.”

He adds that wool is 100 per cent renewable, bio-degradable and has a carbon footprint 14 times lower than synthetic.

“It’s environmental attributes are increasingly in step with consumer and government expectations,” he says.

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Oh dear, the farmers are revolting again.

This time it’s a howl of protest, or is it anguish? There’s a long list of grievances.

It’s perhaps not surprising, given that farmers are classed as essential workers, but however poorly paid or dissatisfied with working conditions, don’t get to strike or demand a pay rise. Farmers basically work for the banks, to whom they are indebted up to their necks. And as we’ve discussed before, the urban-rural divide means there’s scant understanding of the lives of our food producers, including among those in the corridors of power. Farmers are a minority sector and don’t feel their voices are heard.

Last time, it was that fart tax debacle.

Farmers got let off really lightly didn’t they, with not being brought under the emissions trading scheme? For me, as a farmer, it seems similar to the way the old vegetarian debate plays out. You know how it goes – incredibly nutritious protein is disregarded in favour of hardto-digest plant matter. It’s the old baby and bath water sleight of hand trick. Let me explain ...

Ruminants like sheep and cattle are unique among mammals in having the incredible ability to digest the fibrous cell walls of plants, thanks to the bacteria that live in their multi-chambered stomachs. Thus they can turn useless material into highly nutritious food, both for themselves and other creatures in the food chain of life on earth. A by-product of this is the gas, methane. However, for 90 million years the methane produced has been effectively mopped up and incorporated back into the carbon cycle by methaneoxidising bacteria in the soil.

Another oft overlooked fact is that the numbers of wild ruminants have decreased catastrophically, such that most are now rare and endangered. Domestic ruminants producing food for humans have basically taken their place in terms of biomass on

the planet. Thus, there has been no net increase in methane-producing creatures, and no evidence that there has been any increase in methane from this source.

To find the source of any rising atmospheric methane levels, we might look instead at known sources of fossil methane (gas that was previously locked up rather than harmlessly cycling in the carbon cycle). For example, oil and natural gas extraction.

So, like always, the devil is in the detail.

To farm livestock sustainably, without contributing to any putative methane

… there has been no net increase in methaneproducing creatures, and no evidence that there has been any increase in methane from this source. leakage out of the system, you need a healthy soil, chock-full of those wonderful methane-gobbling bacteria.

Now, here’s the rub: methanotrophic (methane loving) bacteria are chemically sensitive and much reduced by high use of industrial agrichemicals, as well as by acidification and soil disturbance – read, modern farming practices.

So, instead of trying to tamper with 90 million years of evolution by altering the gut microbes of ruminants and rendering them less effective at their job, and instead of taxing farmers for the fact that their livestock are doing a great job, we would be far better off tweaking the way we’re farming, in order to encourage these little guys who’re working for us in our soils, so that our soils can then do their job of being a highly effective methane and carbon sink.

Orca sightings wanted Mahurangi filmmaker Steve Hathaway is asking locals to call him immediately if they see an orca whale. He is filming this month and next month for a new project. He says orca often visit the area at this time of year to hunt rays. Steve recently had a film on orca released as part of the Secrets of the Whales series on Disney+. “We were filming an orca playing with a cray pot, but it became tangled. We waited while a diver came and cut it free, all while four or five orca watched.” Report any sightings to 0800 FILM UW. Photo, Steve Hathaway.

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Final IKHMG hui addresses slow rollout of Kaipara cash The Integrated Kaipara Harbour Management Group has wound up after 25 years, passing its work on to the newly formed Kaipara Moana Remediation (KMR) committee.

A crowd of around 150 supporters heard at Te Ao Marama marae at Te Hana last week that the handover was necessary in order to unlock $100 million promised by the Crown to restore the Kaipara.

The new KMR committee also still needs to find a further $100 million from public sources, possibly including councils and landowners, although details of this have not been revealed.

The project has been held up while councils and iwi ink a Memorandum of Understanding and iwi form a Maori Kura Business Unit.

IKHMG chair William Wright summed it up: “Building relationships is easy, but building trust is hard,” he said.

“I’ve worked with crown agencies and councils a long time – I am not a big fan of their slow-moving processes.

“We formed the interim board last year, and since then, there has been a lot of tension in the room between uri (descendants) and

councils, but I can say it is getting better.”

He said it was historical for iwi to invite councils to be at the negotiation table for an agreement with the Crown.

At the hui, the new KMR committee was formally introduced for the first time. It will be chaired by Tame Te Rangi.

It includes representatives of Ngati Whatua, Te Uri o Hau, as well as Auckland and Northland Regional Councils, including Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers.

KMR deputy chair and Northland Regional Councillor Penny Smart said she hoped that turbulent times had past and the project would soon get underway.

The conclusion of the IKHMG was bittersweet for founding members present.

It was founded in 1996 to tackle the gargantuan task of cleaning up the silted Kaipara Harbour.

Between 2017 and 2020 alone, it distributed 1.25 million trees, free or subsidised, from the Nga Uri o Hau Nursery.

Before the end of the hui, Te Uri o Hau chief executive Jonathan Rishworth told crowds that as a result of the KMR’s slow progress, the nursery had 500,000 trees ready for sale at a “great price”.

Foresters claim trees are farming’s biggest friend

President of the Forest Owners Association told delegates to the Primary Industries Summit in Christchurch that forestry offers many opportunities for farmers. Phil Taylor said that not only did plantation forests provide an offset for farmers’ greenhouse gas emissions, but they were a valuable farm production option as well. He said many farmers would be doing well out of their investment in planting decades ago, with record strong prices and a significantly favourable international supply and demand imbalance.

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In 1912, Alfred Oldham wrote an account of his life which included some wonderful anecdotes illustrating the lives of our early settlers. Alfred was born into a large working class family in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. He became a lay minister, preaching on the Methodist circuit on Sundays while working as a lacemaker. Alfred married Elizabeth in 1853 and wrote, “Of course, I thought that my friends in the circuit would wish me well in my new life, but it was not so; the only man who spoke to me about it said that I ought to be horsewhipped for getting married.”

By 1859, the lacemaking trade was in decline, so Alfred and his family left Liverpool on The Mermaid, arriving in Auckland 100 days later. Their group headed north, settling on a block inland from Mangawhai. The first job was to build a house. Alfred followed another settler’s example by making one out of Totara bark. One young lady writing to friends said that the house was “like a long haystack, with holes in the sides for windows”. When the family moved to their allotted 100 acres at Maungaturoto, the house was pulled down, carried on foot to the site and rebuilt.

Once while clearing bush, Alfred’s axe caught on supplejack and badly cut his foot. He bound it up as best he could and sent his son for help. The track was narrow with stumps in the way. He

couldn’t be carried out, so crawled on hands and knees for about one-and-ahalf miles. It was months before he could work again.

In 1872, the Oldhams moved to Kaihu.

Alfred worked for Mr Tinne’s flax mill. The company wanted their workers and gum diggers to attend religious services and when Alfred asked the manager how the people lived there, the response was “like heathens”. Alfred worked 10-hour days and conducted services every Sunday night. These were held in a room over a store. To reach it, everyone had to climb up a 20-rung ladder bringing their own seats and candles.

For over 20 years, he preached in North Auckland doing the work of a missionary in conjunction with the Rev. W. Gittos.

He had regular contact with Bishop Selwyn and related one incident he found amusing. “When the Bishop appointed the person to conduct services in the church, he told him that he would like his readers to shave. That person said, ‘My Lord, I have never shaved myself in my life!’ The Bishop said ‘I will shave you’, which he did to the satisfaction of all concerned.”

The family finally moved to Waiuku, which was then central to the flax milling industry. Alfred died in 1919, 18 years after his beloved Elizabeth, leaving eight children, 40 grandchildren and 19 greatgrandchildren.

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Generosity Corner will open its doors for the first time this week on Wednesday, August 4 at 7am. It is located on the former Mahu Community Trading Post site, corner of Whitaker Road and Mill Lane in Warkworth. Managers Jo and John Bass will celebrate with customers by providing hot chocolate and cupcakes. The couple say the community has already got behind the new store, and thanks to generous donations, there will be plenty of bargains to be had on opening day. “The garage is completely full,” Jo says. They have recruited a team of 12 volunteers but would like to hear from anyone who could spare half a day to help out. The proceeds of the store will go towards community causes. The store hours are Wednesdays 7am to 1pm, Thursday and Friday 9am to 5pm, and Saturday 9am to 1pm.

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From left, Red Beach’s Sandi Hackett, Touch NZ Northland community team leader Steven Beazley and Warkworth’s Pat Green.

New sports role The Warkworth senior A 1981 team, winners of the Chairman’s Cup.

Players built the clubrooms at the present-day Warkworth Showgrounds back when it was a country field mown by sheep.

The senior A 1984 team.

Old boys’ reunion in Warkworth A group of players from the former Warkworth Rugby Club are holding an old boys’ reunion on September 25 for all past senior players.

The Warkworth club was disbanded in 1988 to form the Mahurangi Club in partnership with the Omaha and Kaipara Flats clubs.

“We felt it was time we held a reunion to muster players who once donned the blue and black hoops to come together for a day and evening of reminiscing,” organiser Bernie Kose says.

Kose says many of those senior players helped to build the present-day Mahurangi clubrooms in 1973 and will be enthused to see the modern sport

grounds Council have built around it since then.

He says already some long-past players have “risen out of the muddy fields” and RSVPd to the event, including 93-year-old Colin Copestake.

The club ran from 1883 to 1988.

The committee is planning a social get together, dinner and dance at the Mahurangi Rugby Club for the event, and a Facebook page “Warkworth Rugby Reunion 2021” has been set up.

There are also commemorative polo shirts for sale for $35 with the club’s Kowhai flower logo.

For more information and to RSVP contact Bernie Kose at bernie@bkdesign.co.nz or 021 118 3462.

Warkworth’s Pat Green wants to hear from sports clubs and leagues that want to work within schools to build a pipeline of players into their sport.

She has returned to the area for a newly formed role with Harbour Sport, connecting sport organisations with schools.

She says Auckland schools benefit from visits from professional coaches, but Rodney is often considered too far out of the way. Her aim is to provide children with more opportunity to get into sport by making use of locally run organisations.

The new “Active Learning Community Connector” role is the result of a collaboration between the Ministries of Education and Health, Sport NZ and Harbour Sport.

She is currently working in Leigh, Pakiri and Wellsford schools and hopes soon to expand the programme into Warkworth and Snells Beach.

Green attended Warkworth School and Mahurangi College as a young woman and played touch rugby as well as netball at the Rodney centre in Wellsford. She says it is great to return to her roots for the new role.

“Sport was important for me growing up. The values influenced my life in a positive way.”

As part of her role, Green is also encouraging schools not to hinder children with policies against traditional activities like climbing trees or schoolyard games, nowadays seen as health and safety risks.

“The rural schools like Tomarata School seem to have a good idea about the value of these activities,” she says.

Last month, Green won a community impact award from Sport New Zealand for her work with Touch New Zealand, bringing sport to low socio-economic areas.

The project brought sport organisations together to provide free sporting activities for families, including a sixweek touch module in Raumanga near Whangarei.

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Teen reels in raft of awards Sandspit’s Lochie Reid, 14, cleaned up at the Kawau Bay Fishing Club’s annual awards last month.

He won seven awards altogether. Four were junior division awards, but he also caught out the adult anglers, winning three open division prizes. Among Reid’s prize catches was a 2.7kg kahawai, a 2.5kg John Dory and a 5.7kg snapper.

He says he lives to be out on the water, and his victories are a result of spending most of the summer fishing with his dad.

President Murray White says that the club is looking for more junior members to give Reid a run for his money next year. He says all are welcome and junior members could be paired up with a whoever is going out fishing on a particular day.

The club meets every Thursday evening at

5.30pm at its shared clubrooms at the Mahurangi East Bowling Club.

In addition to its annual trophies, the Kawau Bay Fishing Club holds monthly measure and release competitions. On the last Sunday of each month, a club day is held either at the beach or at the clubrooms and members are awarded pins for their top catches.

The club’s next big competition is the Ken Erceg trophy for heaviest snapper, held over the month of September. There is also a category for average weight.

Membership fees are just $10 annually for juniors and $65 for adults.

Seven-times lucky for Lochie.

Mangawhai sailing club established Mangawhai Rotary Club has launched its “learn to sail” project and is taking registration for the 2021-2022 season. Lessons will begin on land from Tuesday, September 14, and then on the water from Wednesday, October 20, both from 4pm to 6pm.

It is open to junior sailors aged 9 to 16. To register email mangawhai.sailing@gmail. com or see “Mangawhai Sailing Club” on Facebook.

Mangawhai Rotary is currently fundraising to offer the course for free, however if sufficient funds cannot be obtained there may be a fee.

The club has to purchase radios, a rescue boat, buoys, ropes and fuel. Rotarian volunteers will be running the programme and have been busy refurbishing boats for it.

National archery competition shoots into Wellsford The Twin Coast Archery Club hosted a national bowhunting tournament north of Wellsford last month.

Around 70 archers from as far as the Bay of Islands and Cambridge competed in what is one of four qualifying events for the national bowhunting league championship.

A total of 28 rubber animal targets were set up in the bush and archers had to shoot from various distances, ranging from 9 to 55 metres. Archers shot two arrows at each target and points were determined by anatomical markers on the target, with a maximum of 10 points.

Member Lyall Lainchbury said the club had been able to join the competitive circuit after a five year recess, thanks to landowners on Bosher Road providing permission to use their farm for a course.

Lainchbury took first place in the senior division with 434 points and clubmate Sarah Thoroughgood won her division with 346 points. Caleb Browne came second in the junior “cub” level division with 172 points.

Precision counts for points.

Many Twin Coast members are actual hunters.

Lainchbury says that field archery is more challenging than traditional target archery because the archers have to guess the distance.

He says courses are set up to be deceptive with undulating earth and “dead ground”.

However, he says that archery is one of

the few sports where grandchildren and grandparents can compete together as modern bows are not physically strenuous.

He, his wife and son have all won world championships in their divisions for field archery at one time.

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The Recliner Rockers band is returning to the Puhoi Sports Club by popular demand on Saturday, August 21. Tickets are $25 from the club and include a light dinner. It is strictly limited to 100 tickets and expected to sell out. There will be CD giveaways to the best dressed and best dancing.

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Tonya McKay shone at the Whangaroa Kingfish Tournament.

Bigger than average Wow, haven’t the bluefin tuna been going off! It has been a massive run this year and, by all accounts, the fish are bigger on average than last year. Not only bigger on average, but there are more of them.

At this stage, the run is not over yet, and although the weather has not been great, those that have gone down to Waihau Bay have come home with some of the tastiest tuna. Although a trip was planned, I have not managed to get out there, but have been blessed by a few customers who have been so kind as to spare me a few tuna steaks. These have been fabulous eating by simply applying some coarse salt and pepper, rubbing the sides of the steak lightly with some olive oil, and then searing in a hot, non-stick pan. The middle third must not change colour before removing from the pan.

Once removed, rest for a few minutes and enjoy. Pictured is a 74kg beauty landed

by Steve Lavin – a morsel of which ended up on my plate, fresh from the ocean.

By all accounts, the bigger kingfish are still mooching around the shallower reefs and should start moving out to deeper areas as they start developing roe. This generally happens around July and August each year. The Whangaroa Game Fish Club’s annual Kingfish Tournament, which was held late June, saw some nice kingis landed on very light IGFA game fishing line. Pictured is Tonya McKay with a 15.25kg and a 12.9kg kingfish caught on 6kg line. After landing a number of kingfish, she weighed these fish in and had to have her line tested. Interestingly with all the stretching and pressure the line went through, it still tested at a hefty 5.7kg. Tonya cleaned up some nice prizes, namely most points for an overseas angler and runner-up lady angler.

Coach Kaye Jackson is running an adult squash starter programme on Tuesdays, 7-8pm at the Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club. It is $60 for six weeks. Contact 021 135 7574 or squashykaye@icloud.com.

Table Tennis in Puhoi

The Puhoi Hall is hosting table tennis evenings every Wednesday from 7.15pm. Bats and balls are available. All ages welcome.

Possum purge

The Paparoa Possum Purge and gala day returns on Sunday, September 12 after being Covid-cancelled last year. Teams can hunt from midday Thursday.

Possums must be in for the official count at the Paparoa Showgrounds by 11am on Sunday. The gala will be from 11am onwards.

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Mangawhai Netball under investigation

Hawks celebrate making finals After struggling to field a team at the start of the season, the Otamatea Hawks turned its fortunes around, making the final of the South Zone Championship last month.

Coach Mike Peeni said he was excited for the future of the club after a great season with strong player turnout.

His highlight was a match held at the Maungaturoto Club in which the Hawks beat table leaders Mid-Western. It was Mid-Western’s only loss of the season.

“We turned that match into a family rugby day and had a lolly scramble with the kids at half-time. We focused on building the culture this season and it turned it around for us.”

Ultimately, it was Mid-Western that took the final off the Hawks at 27 to 20.

Coach Peeni said seeing the Otamatea club thriving again was more important than winning the championship.

Toby Phillips and John Luke Whitehead received their 100-game jerseys this season.

Coach Peeni said two players who had moved up from the under-18s team, Tyrone DeArdenne and Lewis Harris, had also had an excellent season. Both have been selected for the Northland under-19s team.

Kaiwaka weightlifter win

At a special general meeting last month, the Mangawhai Netball Club resolved that the Rodney Netball Centre and Netball Northern Zone would take over governance and administration of the club.

There will also be an investigation into the affairs of the club.

“While the investigation is conducted, we appreciate members’ support and cooperation in managing sensitive conversations to retain an amicable and inclusive culture,” centre president Kelly Ayres said in a statement.

“We understand that this is an unsettling time for the club and the Rodney Netball Centre is committed to working as quickly as possible to ensure the season is completed and teams are not unduly affected.”

Sport in brief

Banks selected for Harbour NPC

Pickleballers leave rivals salty Mahurangi Pickleball won its first ever exchange with Pickleball Auckland Central last month.

The Auckland team was a combination of top players from five clubs.

Over two hours of play, Mahurangi took the win, with nine matches to six, in a gruelling showdown at the Mahurangi College gym.

Auckland Central will have the chance to

Athlete Bernie Hall, 45, beat the young bucks in their 20s at the national masters and juniors powerlifting competition last month.

He successfully performed a 260kg deadlift, earning him the trophy for best overall men’s deadlift.

He had been aiming for his personal best and the world record of 275kgs, but was caught out by a referee for allowing the bar to touch his thighs. Repeating the lift left him fatigued before his final attempt.

He will have two further chances to attempt the record this year. “I’m never going to give up on chasing that record.

I’ve been after it for so long,” Hall says.

“get its revenge” later in the year.

Meanwhile, club members Murray and Bev Billington also took gold in the super mixed division at the pickleball Mid Canterbury Winter Classic in Ashburton, last month.

The Mahurangi Pickleball club plays on Tuesdays at Mahurangi College from 7pm to 9pm. It costs $5 to play, including use of bats, and all are welcome.

Warkworth’s Kade Banks has been selected for the North Harbour premier squad for the Bunnings NPC as an outside.

It is his second season playing for the team and has him one step closer to his dream of playing for the All Blacks.

Bank’s first match of the season will be against Waikato on Sunday, August 8, at 2pm at the North Harbour Stadium.

Banks has also been playing for Takapuna Rugby Club and the Mahurangi Sevens team.

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Warkworth Fellowship Monday 07:30pm, Warkworth Primary School Teachers Lounge, 34A Hill Street, Warkworth; Open to Visitors. Wheelchair Access.

Snells Beach Big Book Meeting Thursday 7:30pm, Mahurangi Christian School, 410 Mahurangi East Rd, Snells Beach; Open to Visitors.

If you want to drink, that is your business, if you want to stop, we can help. Phone/text 0275 773 689 www.aa.org.nz | www.12steps.nz Supported by Mahurangi Matters

Cancer Support Warkworth & Wellsford group We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Tui House Hospice, 32 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth at 10am.

Friendly support from members. Guest speakers. Enjoy morning tea or coffee with us Contact: Lyn Wade 021 111 3849 Terry Nuthall 422 3237 Supported by Mahurangi Matters

The deadline for classified advertising for our August 16 paper is August 11.

Send classified advertising enquiries to design@localmatters.co.nz

Every Sunday 8am and 10am, 43 Percy St, Warkworth

Wellsford Church of Christ 269 Rodney Street, Wellsford.

Sunday Service 10am.

Contact Dennis 423 8640

St. Leonard's, Matakana

Every Sunday at 9.30am, Matakana Valley Road, Matakana For details of our services at Leigh & Kaipara Flats, and other Parish activities, see our website.

Phone 425 8054 www.warkworthanglican.nz PUBLIC NOTICES JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SERVICE DESKS A reminder to the public that the JP Service Desks are available as follows: Warkworth – at the Council Offices Monday 10.00 – 2.00 If there is a long weekend, it is the following Tuesday from 10.00 to 12.00.

Matakana- Cinema Complex Tuesday 11.00-1.00 Snells Beach – at the Library Friday 10.00 – 12.00 Warkworth RSA Fridays 4.00 to 5.00 No appointment is needed. There is no cost.

At all other times there are plenty of other JP’s available in the Warkworth/Mahurangi Area, either in the Warkworth Community phone book, or on-line “find a JP”.

Supported by Mahurangi Matters

Wellsford Co-operating Parish 253 Rodney Street, Wellsford.

Sunday Service 9.45am.

Contact David 423 7150 Wellsford Catholic Parish 6 Matheson Road, Wellsford.

Sunday Service 10am.

Contact Father Bill 423 8170 All Saint’s Anglican Church 17 Port Albert Road, Wellsford.

Sunday Service 11am.

Contact 423 8250 PUBLIC NOTICES TĀWHARANUI OPEN SANCTUARY SOCIETY INC (TOSSI) AGM Sunday 5 September 2021 at 1pm The Woolshed, Tāwharanui Regional Park. See website for agenda www.tossi.org.nz

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Notice of intention to undertake vegetation control

Have you been affected by someone's drinking?

Al-Anon Family Groups can help.

We welcome you to the 'Warkworth Family Recovery' group confidential meeting. We meet at 30 View Rd, Warkworth every Wednesday from 7.30pm till 8.30pm. For more information visit: www.al-anon.org.nz

From July 2021 until July 2022, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will be carrying out vegetation control activities using approved herbicides and mechanical/noxious weed control measures along the motorway network from Te Kauwhata to Puhoi.

WARKWORTH

MOTORHOMES

Supported by Mahurangi Matters

HIGHFIELD DONKEY INC AGM Monday 16th August 2pm in the Betty Paxton Room, Mahurangi East Community Centre. All welcome.

Secretary 021 145 6353.

Locations will include SH1, SH2, SH16, SH18, SH20, SH20a, SH20b & SH22.

Operational areas are inclusive of medians, shoulders and structures.

Motorhome and Caravan repairs and maintenance

Please note that this work is weather permitting.

Phone Graeme 422 9339 or 027 358 0167

For more information, please contact us at help@asm.nzta.govt.nz

Paperwork driving Call now you and SAVE % mad?

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to join our team here at Warkworth Glass. Installation of windows & doors in aluminium & wooden joinery. Installation of mirrors/splashbacks/showers/pet doors. Good communication skills, must be honest & reliable.

Email Paul or Kat if you are interested wwglassandglazing@xtra.co.nz

Don’t Delay call Mick Fay today!

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23 July 2021, nee Seymour formerly Harcourt (1) Steele (2). A private cremation was held in accordance with Gillian’s wishes. “After a life full of adventures, small, big, good and bad this is it! It is over! No services, just thanks to those who enjoyed some adventures with me.”

Call Kate on 021 121 5781 kate@absl.org.nz www.absl.org.nz

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WARKWORTH & DISTRICT MUSEUM SOCIETY INC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Will be held at 1pm on Sunday 29th August at the Warkworth Museum Changes to the Rules of the Museum affecting Membership and Friends of the Museum are being recommended.

Copies of these changes are available at the Museum, on the Museum’s website, or by emailing warkworthmuseum@xtra.co.nz

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

August 2

Matakana Hall Society AGM, meeting room behind Matkana Hall, 6.30pm. All welcome.

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Mahurangi Trail Society AGM, Mahurangi East Community Centre, 7pm.

Speaker Allison Roe will present the Matakana Coast Trail Trust vision and what they have been up to in the past year on the Pūhoi to Mangawhai trail. All welcome.

4

Mahurangi Combined Friendship Club meeting, Mahurangi East Community Centre, 9.30am. The club aims to provide regular opportunities for the extension of fellowship & new friends combined with new interests & activities.

New members welcome. Info: 962 6921.

5

Reading Revolution, shared reading group, Warkworth Library, 10am-noon.

Group discussion of short stories and poems. Info: lindapattullo@gmail.com

5

Rodney Neighborhood Support AGM, St Chad’s Anglican Church, 117 Centreway Road, Orewa, 7pm. Speaker Chip Babbott on areas likely affected by a tsunami.

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Wellsford community fundraiser dinner, Wellsford RSA, 6pm. A night of fun and laughter to raise funds for community causes, including maintenance of the Port Albert Hall. Tickets $50 from: events.wfdplus@gmail.com

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Free Community Fun Day, Mahurangi East Community Centre, 1-4pm. Bouncy castle, face painting, sausage sizzle and more. Info: Moana 021 0246 1732 or Katie 021 701 779. (see brief p26)

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Art in August, Warkworth Hotel, featuring work by Kim Boyd, Fiona Ehn, Sarah Higgins, Nikki Robertson, Jadzia Mchna-Konigstorfer, Arlin Sukarlin and Diane Taylor, as well artwork from Mahurangi College senior students. Noon-4pm, Sat; 10am-2pm, Sun.

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Wellsford Country Music Club Day, Wellsford District Community Centre, 1-4pm. Everyone is welcome to enjoy and perform if you wish. Bring something for a shared afternoon tea. Info: Andrew 027 327 6604 or Andrea 027 276 4515

10

Warkworth Women’s Institute meeting, Warkworth Anglican Church, 1.30pm.

Meet every second Tuesday of the month. New members welcome. Info: Moira 425 0089

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Community Get-Together, Warkworth Library, 5.30pm. An opportunity for newcomers to hear about people and groups that support the Warkworth community. Info: Email warklib@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

11

Snells Beach Garden Circle, Snells Beach Community Centre, 1.15pm. Floral demonstration, competition entries, sales table. New members welcome. Info: Helen 425 5516.

12

Mahurangi College Employment Expo, college gymnasium, 7.30pm.

14

Vieux Amis, Warkworth Town Hall, 4pm. Featuring the works of J.S. Bach, Arvo Pärt and Shostakovich. (See story p21)

14

Comedy Night, Salty Dog Inn, $25pp. Fundraiser for Snells Beach Kindergarten (see story p25)

15

Kaukapakapa Library presents the Stevens Photo Collection, 9am-1pm. A collection of historic Kaukapakapa photos courtesy of the late Ina Stevens. (See story p26)

15

Kaukapakapa Village Market, 947 Kaipara Coast Highway SH16, 8.30am-1pm.

Craft stalls, coffee, food, local produce, live music, free face painting or hair plaiting for kids. Info: Sarah 0274 831 542, sarah1@maxnet.co.nz or www.facebook.com/kaukapakapavillagemarket

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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

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Forest & Bird Warkworth, Totara Park Retirement Village Hall, 7.30pm. Talk by seabird biologist and photographer Edin Whitehead on the seabirds of the Hauraki Gulf.

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Warkworth RSA tribute night to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, plus Johnny Cash, 7.30pm. Tickets $30, buffet dinner $23

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One Mahurangi AGM, Bridgehouse back bar, 5.30pm.

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Catwalk Arts, Mahurangi College Auditorium, fundraiser for Harbour Hospice.

Info: https://harbourhospice.org.nz/event/catwalk-arts/

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White Chapel Jak, Leigh Sawmill Cafe. (See brief p23)

September 4

Snells Beach Garden Circle Spring Flower Show, Mahurangi East Community Centre, 1-3.30pm. Free admission, plant stall, afternoon tea.

Info: Barbara 09 425 5371.

SUPER SAUSAGE SIZZLE IF YOU WAN T TO SUPPOR T M ORE LOCAL, THEN WHY NOT JOIN US !

All donations for Photos and Sausage Sizzle will go to the SPCA

August’s Super Sausage Sizzle

Saturday 28th, 10am - 2pm next to Warkworth Butchery.

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

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. Over $4,500 raised so far!  Snells Beach Fire Dept  The Animal Sanctuary  The NZ Coastguard Adults in Motion  St Johns Ambulance  Jane Gifford Society  The Rotary Foundation ! SPCA

Fur Friend Fund Raising Event Professional photo show with your bestie Saturday 28th August, 10am - 2pm

Bernie

7 Queens Street, Warkworth

Mehran Zareian Branch Manager

Brian Tuck

President

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Taniwha Cup comp returns to Wellsford More than 150 rugby players travelled to Wellsford from five Northland subunions, including Bay of Islands and Northern Wairoa, to compete in the Taniwha Cup last month.

The Northland junior rugby tournament was hosted by the Wellsford Rugby Football Club for the first time in seven years.

Junior players from the Wellsford and Otamatea rugby clubs were joined by Mahurangi College players for the RodneyOtamatea sub union team, known as the Rhinos.

The highlight match was between the Rhinos and Northern Wairoa, both considered the underdogs of the competition.

Wellsford junior manager Alan Brierly said it was a “ding dong seesaw match that ended in a 33all draw.”

He said in the second half the Rhinos had the momentum, but things took a dramatic turn when play was halted for a rescue helicopter to land on the pitch to treat a suspected broken leg. By the time play resumed, Northern Wairoa had picked themselves up and managed to even out the score.

Well-resourced teams with large populations such as Whangarei and Bay of Islands brought a “tough challenge”.

“But our players were really courageous with never-give-up attitudes,” Brierly said.

The Rhinos received the team sportsmanship trophy.

While the Whangarei Bears won the tournament, with five wins from five games.

The tournament changed this year from being an under-13s to an under-16s competition.

The under-57kg rule was also scrapped in favour of open weight.

“That weight restriction could be difficult to meet with growing teenage boys. This year, players were able to eat normally.”

Visiting teams were billeted north of the regional boundary line in case of an unexpected change in Covid-19 alert levels.

Xavier Cooper put on an impressive performance.

The Kaiwaka Sports Complex was a backup venue, and also the major sponsor of the tournament.

Brenda May Warkworth resident

Sincere thanks to everyone at Rodney Surgical for making my visit relaxed and stress-free.

Booked in for a small medical procedure, I was immediately put at ease by the friendly welcome and professionalism of the staff. To have access to some of the best specialists in Auckland, and short waiting times, makes Rodney Surgical one of the area’s greatest facilities.

My advice is to ask your GP if you can have it done locally.

Or ring Rodney Surgical direct.

The best surgeons offering you day care surgeries right here in Warkworth.

Ask your GP if your day care surgery can be done at Rodney Surgical.

www.rodneysurgicalcentre.co.nz • 09 425 1190 64 | Mahurangimatters | August 2, 2021

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