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John McEwing, left, and Peter Marwick increase security after a spate of burglaries at the Hospice garage sale building.

Hospice volunteers sick of thieves stealing stock Hospice volunteers are fuming after more than $500 worth of donated stock for its weekly garage sale was stolen during a spate of burglaries.

Garage sale manager John McEwing says thieves took mostly big-ticket

items, including whiteware and televisions.

“It’s demoralising for our volunteers who give their time and put a lot of hard work and effort into getting donated goods fit for sale,” Mr McEwing says.

The latest theft occurred in the early hours of Sunday, August 21. The

Hospice garage sale building was also burgled on August 18, and there were two more break-ins earlier in the month.

Thieves rifled through clothes and even defecated on the floor of the charity shop, before leaving from the back of the building, located on the corner of Woodcocks Road and Morrison Drive.

Warkworth Police are investigating and have been supplied images from security cameras.

Sergeant Bede Haughey says Police find theft from charitable organisations particularly distasteful.

“We are concerned about the recent

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spate of items being stolen from the Hospice charity,” Sgt Haughey says.

“It is difficult to imagine the thieves would have a reasonable excuse for committing such a crime.”

Peter Marwick is one of around 70 volunteers at Hospice. His role is to help renovate and prepare the goods for, and he has now been tasked with beefing up security. He has installed reinforced steel bars on windows and doors, dead bolts on the garage door and a new fence.

“This is a waste of my time. I should be restoring furniture, but this is costing us so much that we have to spend the charity’s money to sort it out,” Mr Marwick says.

Trevor Hoey has volunteered at Hospice for 12 years and estimates a quarter of the charity’s funding revenue comes from selling donated goods. Parts of the premises are left open over the weekends so that the community can leave donations and security cameras have been installed to cover these areas.

“We had three cameras, but they even pinched one of those,” Mr Hoey says “I’m sick of them thinking they can keep getting away with this. It’s really getting me down.”

Warkworth Wellsford Hospice provides free, in-home palliative care across the Mahurangi region. General manager Katherine Ashworth says they rely solely on the generosity of the community.

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The re-development of the Warkworth Showgrounds is set to be completed in around 10 years, but issues with lighting and soils have slowed progress recently.

Light delay at showgrounds

additional $200,000.

The topsoil and clay have been removed and replaced with hardfill metal and lime stabilisation. The car park is stable and has had drainage and lighting put in, about two months behind schedule.

Poor soils have also affected the southern car park area, one playing field, the hockey turf platform and the netball courts.

The overall showgrounds development is expected to be finished within the next decade, but timelines and budgets will not be available until November when an updated study is expected to be released.

“We’re planning to cater for big growth with this development,” Mahurangi Sport and Recreation Collective chair Mark Illingworth says. “We are makin sure that the design can be easily expanded to cater for the area’s need as it grows.”

He says discussions with all sporting bodies in the area are going well and the scope of the project is wide to incorporate as many different codes as possible.

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The new LED floodlights at Warkworth Showgrounds will remain off for a little longer, as Auckland Council negotiates with a nearby landowner over easement access to a Vector transformer.

The LED lights need more power than anticipated, which means the current Vector transformer and cables need to be upgraded.

However, a landowner has objected to the modification of the cables that run through their property.

Council parks liaison team leader Gerry Fitzgerald says Council is negotiating with the landowner and hopes to gain permission so Vector can perform the upgrades. One field has had its lights deactivated to avoid system damage in case someone attempts to turn them on.

The issue has delayed the overall project, but has had no significant financial repercussions. However, geotechnical issues at the car park, next to the existing Mahurangi Rugby Club clubrooms, has cost an

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Big impact for student road-safety campaign The annual mock vehicle crash event run by Students Against Drink Driving (SADD) was held at Mahurangi College on August 18.

The exercise this year involved one crashed car and three victims, which ended in two fatalities. In attendance were fire brigade and first aid officers.

“It’s all about shock value,” Mahurangi College principal David Macleod says.

“Young people don’t often think about consequences and if we can give them a graphic demonstration of what it’s like in a crash, then hopefully we can prevent them from doing anything silly on the road.”

The SADD group has 10 members, led by student representative Brenton Baker.

Brenton says he was overwhelmed with the emergency services’ support for the event and thought the demonstration was a definite success.

SADD has been a regular event on the school calendar for the past 30 years.

View a video online at localmatters.co.nz Mahurangi College student Imogen Dumville found the experience of being on the inside of the vehicle very different this year.

Growing support for Mahurangi commuter services Jannette Thompson

Mahurangi’s express commuter bus service to Auckland has upgraded to a 33-seater to meet demand.

Since starting 10 months ago with a 16-seater bus, passenger numbers on the Mahu City Express have continued to grow.

Owner/operator Julian Ostling says the upgrade was necessary because the 16-seater was over booked every day “Numbers have been on average about 21 per ride on the bigger bus,” he says.

Julian says he is currently training a new driver with the idea of launching a second service, utilising the small bus, this month.

“We will then be able to offer a wider range of travel times to meet demand.

It seems there is a crowd who would like to be in the city closer to 8am, rather than the current 8.30am arrival time, so we could cover both options.

“Similarly, we could offer a 5pm and 5.30 pm departure, or even earlier or later depending on demand.”

Julian says he is constantly monitoring Auckland Transport’s plans for public transport in the area and will adapt to work in with those as necessary.

Passenger numbers on the Kowhai Connection have been persistently low this year.

“I see us a complementary, rather than competition, to their plans.

“There are no plans to extend the route just yet but, again, we’re demand driven so if there’s something people want I’d like to know about it.”

Meanwhile, a Wellsford-based bus service run by Casey Kraun is gaining support, too.

It initially faltered due to lack of patronage when it was launched in July last year.

But 12 months on and the tables have turned.

Casey is now running five return services between Te Hana and Albany,

via Wellsford and Warkworth, Monday to Friday. She says the 10-seater bus is full on nearly every trip.

A trip from Te Hana costs $10, while the fare from Warkworth is $8.

Passengers are a mix of workers, shoppers, students and others.

“We haven’t received any financial assistance from anybody so it was tough at the beginning,” Casey says. “Auckland Transport said there wasn’t enough demand to justify the service but we have proved them totally wrong.”

Casey says if patronage continues at the current rate, she expects to put a 22-seater bus into service early next

year. The small bus will then be used to service small centres such as Port Albert and Oruawharo.

Casey spent $18,000 of her own money setting up the service, obtaining licences and permission for the run. Initially, it ran seven days a week with two buses.

AT media relations manager Mark Hannan says AT cannot give a subsidy to the service as it is not part of the Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP) and AT has not seen any proof that there is a demand for such a service.

“Future community initiated services are allowed for in the RPTP, and Auckland Transport would encourage any community to develop a viable concept that we could consider,” Mr Hannan says.

Meanwhile, the Kowhai Connection bus service, run by Auckland Transport (AT) which connects Warkworth with Matakana and Snells Beach, continues to falter. Figures show that from January to July this year, the buses carried 5384 passengers, compared to 7268 in the first seven months of last year. An AT spokesperson says despite the disappointing performance, AT is committed to maintaining the service.

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Smart regulation Thank you for publishing the thoughts of Mark Mitchell MP on the complexities of New Zealand’s building regulations (MM 3 August). Edifying indeed that decades of intelligent analysis by industry experts or senior local and central Government officers has been so succinctly summarised by Mr Mitchell as “loopy”.

Uneducated insights can contain an element of seriousness, in this case the ominous implication reflecting the intentions of a Government long set on a course of undermining its twin enemies – responsible regulation and local government democracy.

Developers and speculators are of course cheerleaders for the tedious sneering of Government MPs promoting their party’s strategy. But for the rest of us, recent history and hard logic illustrate that robust building regulation protects us all. When it is overwhelmed or ignored, a leaky homes scandal or a tragedy like the CTV Building collapse is the likely result.

Brent Morrissey, Te Arai

Kaipara rethink needed When the Supercity was formed, Rodney supposedly had two options: all in, or half in and the balance to go into Kaipara. For whatever reason, the boundary line was drawn somewhere around Puhoi, thus putting Warkworth and Matakana in the northern sector. Understandably

they would prefer the Supercity option. Conversely, Wellsford and the surrounding district opted for Kaipara, where they would be a natural fit. A hastily called meeting in Wellsford saw 300 people vote and 95 per cent were in favour of that option.

A sledgehammer verdict placed us in the Supercity (death of democracy).

A look at a farm location map suggests a line running from Pakiri, along the top of the Dome, and down to the Hoteo River, would be a logical boundary, with the northern part being a natural fit into the Kaipara.

Why wasn’t this considered?

Meanwhile, Kaipara have had their problems with the Mangawhai sewage scheme and many people have come to regard them as toxic. A fresh look now shows these problems to be largely behind them. Not many years ago, Rodney was being run by a commissioner after becoming dysfunctional. Amazing how quickly we can put these things behind us!

Time for another look! Kaipara could well be endangered in the future by amalgamation dictators preaching savings and economies. I have yet to see any such mergers produce those, rather the reverse, as they become overloaded with bureaucracy. Let’s apply a little practical thinking and some old fashioned common sense to the issues, and have another look at it.

Brian Styles, Te Arai

Beach toilets Re your article on Omaha Surf Club

Auckland Council is promising to update signage showing dog access rules at Mahurangi beaches before Labour Weekend. Last year, the Rodney Local Board changed the times that dogs are banned from 13 local beaches, relaxing the restrictions. Dogs are now prohibited from selected beaches between 10am and 6.30pm, during the period from Labour Weekend to March 1. Last year, the signs were not updated and residents had raised concerns that confusion over the new rules would continue this summer. Council licensing and compliance services general manager Grant Barnes says Council is already starting to install new signs and all signs will be replaced by Labour Weekend.

requiring funds (MM Aug 17 ) and the expected number of visitors to Omaha Beach being 80,000 per year, many of these people are all potential toilet users at some time during their visit to the beach.

Environment grants open Now here is the rub. Omaha Beach Applications are now open for Auckland has only one toilet for males and one Council’s Regional Environment and toilet for females, both hidden away Natural Heritage grants programme. beneath the clubrooms. Yes, only one. Grants of up to $40,000 are available But how can that be, when Auckland for environmental and sustainability Council toilet requirements for an event projects that encourage the protection, within their city is three toilets per 100 restoration and enhancement of Auckland’s natural environment. people. When I put this to Council, I Applications are open till Friday was told that there are insufficient funds September 9. Projects need to have for more toilets at Omaha. a regional focus in terms of scale, Omaha Beach has four car parks and significance, impact or reach. A full list an estimated 400 people visiting per of criteria is available on the Auckland day during the summer. There are Council website. children’s playgrounds and tennis Info: tinyurl.com/envirofund or courts adjacent to some of these car environmentalfunding@ parks and room where toilets could aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. be constructed. Council appears hypocritical when their minimum Dual signs considered requirements is three toilets per 100 Auckland Council is considering a policy people and they do not comply. for all new signs on Council property Self-contained toilets can be installed to be in both English and Maori. The such as already exist in other beach draft policy asks that the Maori term be areas, e.g. Snells Beach. Electronic placed first on signs where the names self-flushing musical wonders of are side by side, or above the English name. The size, quality, legibility the new age are not required, just and prominence of the text are to be somewhere for normal relief or for equal. Local board feedback will be when an emergency occurs. Maybe incorporated into the final documents Councillors should now start lobbying (including a draft implementation plan) the spin-doctors of Council and get to be put before the Regional Strategy some complicity with their own rules. and Policy Committee at its meeting this month for approval.

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Proven passion for rural communities The rivalry between Rotary and Toastmasters was evident when Mike Pero’s Andrew Steens flipped the coin between Rotarian Mick Fay and Toastmaster Sandy Gordon. The Warkworth Great Debate will be held on October 13.

Festival stalls popular Interest from stallholders in next month’s Kowhai Festival is stronger than usual so organisers are encouraging local producers and artists not to miss out.

Festival Committee chair Murray Chapman says there were close to 170 stalls last year, which is just about the limit that can be catered for.

“With 97 stall places already secured, we are about 20 to 30 bookings ahead of the same time last year,” Mr Chapman says.

“But the message that we’d really like to get across to the community is that the festival presents a huge opportunity to showcase local artisan food, art and crafts. On the Huge Day Out, we have an estimated 20,000 people in the main street – it really is a once in a year opportunity for not just Warkworth, but the district.”

Large stall sites cost just over $100, with cheaper rates for smaller sites

and a special rate for community and charitable organisations.

Stallholders can register online at kowhaifestival.co.nz Murray says the festival is run entirely by a small but dedicated team of volunteers who would appreciate a hand on the main day, Saturday October 8.

For the most part, volunteers are there to provide a presence, help out where necessary, manage lost children, answer queries and give directions.

They are rostered on in two-hourly shifts.

If anyone can help, they should fill out the volunteers form on the website.

“We are also always looking for new committee members. It would be great to be able to encourage young people because they bring ideas and energy and, in turn, I think they would get a lot out of being involved.”

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Buzz around new beekeeping club The winning photograph.

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Warkworth amateur beekeeper Grass Esposti has five beehives at Point Wells.

to know to start a hive, and established beekeepers are offering to provide a starter batch of bees, called a nucleus, at cost to get people underway.

And it can be a productive hobby. A hive of about 10,000 bees produces about 40 kilograms of honey a year and a sizable chunk of beeswax, which can be used as candle wax and as a

home-made food wrap.

Ms Esposti says it doesn’t have to be a rural pursuit either. With a few design alterations, beehives can be kept in urban areas and can find more than enough nectar in backyard gardens.

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An amateur Mahurangi photographer has won a national photography competition run by the Predator Free NZ Trust for a photo of her stepdaughter’s trapping success.

Hayley Sutton’s photo of Kayla Sutton with two dead mustelids, which was on the front page of Mahurangi Matters’ July 6 edition, won top honours in the online competition in July.

Hayley says she has become passionate about pest control and Kayla has been inspired by the cause. Their efforts have been rewarded, catching five mustelids (four stoats and a weasel) in the past few months – a pest that is notoriously hard to trap.

“If everyone does their bit we should be able to make New Zealand predator-free,” Hayley says.

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A beekeeping club has sprung up in Warkworth to get more people involved in the art of apiculture.

The Warkworth Wellsford Beekeepers Society started last month after a pair of Mahurangi residents, who had been attending the Rodney Beekeepers Club in Helensville decided to start a local offshoot. Helensville club president Peter McNab has supported the new venture, donating two beehives to the new club.

Twenty-five people have already expressed interest in joining the club, which meets on the first Wednesday of every month at the Old Masonic Hall in Baxter Street, Warkworth, at 7.30pm.

Club co-founder Grass Esposti says the idea is to encourage people to start beekeeping and to share the knowledge and expertise of experienced apiarists.

Ms Esposti started beekeeping three years ago after taking a course run by local apiarist Matthew Wech, who is also a member of the new club.

After a few teething problems, including losing a hive to the varroa mite, Ms Esposti now has five thriving hives in Point Wells.

“I’ve been addicted to bees since I started,” Ms Esposti says.

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Environment Christine Rose

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Towards sustainable consumption New Zealand’s contribution to deforestation in the tropical rainforest habitat of orangutans was lessened this week with announcements from Landcorp and Fonterra that they would cease using palm kernel extract as a feed supplement for dairy herds.

An ‘unmask palm oil’ campaign to improve labelling so consumers can make a choice to buy products with palm oil, or not, is also supported by New Zealand’s four biggest zoos. These campaigns urge consumers to buy only certified sustainable palm oil products to help prevent further deforestation as palm fields expand to meet growing demand.

Giving consumers sufficient information to make a considered choice is an important first step, especially since about half the goods sold in supermarkets contain palm oil. And if people knew what was in their food, and its implications in species extirpation, they might be more discerning about what they support with their hard-earned cash. A recent survey seemed to confirm this, with 93 per cent of urban respondents to a recent UMR poll supporting mandatory labelling of palm oil. Generally, there’s widespread support for better clarity and information about palm oil labelling, for more sustainable sources of the resource, and for less use in products.

Advocates say ensuring palm oil is labelled and ethically superior via the ‘Certified Sustainable Palm Oil’ scheme will prevent the destruction of more virgin rainforest. If certified sustainable palm oil is only from existing fields, and attracts a consumer preference and price premium, the argument is this would discourage new palm farms emerging elsewhere.

However, there are some problems with even certified ‘sustainable’ sources. Even if they’re certified now, many, if not all of these plantations were once rain forest, now gone. They’re more sustainable than new plantations on recently deforested land, only by the passage of time – the damage is historical, not current, but the damage is done nonetheless.

There are similar problems with other certification schemes, such as the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) ecolabel programme. In New Zealand, both the hoki and orange roughy fisheries are certified as sustainable, according to MSC standards. But the certification for hoki has been challenged twice and claims that the fishery didn’t deserve its sustainability tick were confirmed. Fish stocks have been pushed to below 20 per cent of pre-fishing quantities at times; undersized fish are caught; seabed trawling damages age-old corals, seamounts and underwater landforms; marine mammals and seabirds are unsustainable, collateral damage.

Similar challenges can be directed at the Forest Stewardship Council certification.

Certification in itself is no guarantee of sustainability, especially when it can be bought for a fee. There’s no impartiality, dubious review procedures, unclear definitions of ‘sustainability’, certification applies to even primary forest sourced wood, and there’s an overall emphasis on consumption, not reduction.

Informed consumption requires us to know what we we’re buying, but also to buy and use less, not just to believe what it says on the packet.

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localfolk Ilona Rodgers, actress

Born in the UK in the midst of WWII, losing her father to the Luftwaffe and schooled in Switzerland as Europe tried to rebuild, Warkworth actress Ilona Rodgers’ life has had no shortage of drama. While TV was still in its infancy, Ilona starring in live-to-air broadcasts, including Dr Who and The Avengers.

Since moving to New Zealand, she has forged a career as a distinguished actress, starring in iconic Kiwi roles in hit 1980s soap Gloss, cult classic film Utu, and in The Billy T James Show. Set on encouraging the arts in Mahurangi, Ilona now chairs the Warkworth Town Hall Restoration Trust. In between being on the set of new TV1 drama Dirty Laundry and looking after grandchildren in Sydney, Ilona sat down with Mahurangi Matters editor George Driver...

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ctors must be observers of life. Your job is to draw on your emotions and study the things that drive people’s behaviour. You have to be fit. If you are acting every night in a play, conjuring that level of emotion, it’s exhausting. You are really experiencing the emotions of your character. It can be highly explosive – you have to be in control. It can be gruelling work, on set for 12-hour days at all hours, but it is magical and I love it. y father died in 1945, when I was three. He was in the Fleet Air Arm and his plane was shot down over the south of France. He crashed into the train station of a small town called Villeneuve-les-Beziers.

It had just been liberated from the Germans and people rushed to the wreckage. They buried him in the town cemetery – they even sent his wedding ring back to my mother. I first visited the town eight years ago – the town council invited me to go as they had named a street after my father. One day when I was walking down the main street, two old ladies started talking to me and asked me why I was staying there. I told them why and after an excited conversation in very fast French they informed me that they remembered playing in that very street on the hot August day that my father’s plane crashed. fter the war, my mother went to Switzerland to study at the Swiss Hotel School in Lausanne.

At the time, Switzerland was used for rehabilitating refugees and concentration camp victims – I was staying at a boarding school with Dutch children who had been in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.

Because of acute malnutrition, they would be fed 12 small meals a day to help them recover – there was a lot of screaming at night-time. By the time I was five I could speak French and Dutch better than English. y mother met my future stepfather at the hotel school.

He had just come back from the Nuremburg trials where he had been an interrogator. We returned to England where they married and I was

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sent off to boarding school. Within a few years, the school realised I had a talent for ballet, so I was moved to a ballet school in Surrey. We would train for three hours a day, getting blisters on blisters – half of us were physically deformed by the time we left! There was a strong focus on being very thin and some of the girls developed anorexia. But it taught me discipline and endurance – to keep going through the pain. I’m grateful for that.

It was there that I discovered drama and I went on to study at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School – one of the top drama schools in Britain. It was an exciting period. Bristol Old Vic is one of the oldest theatres in England and Harold Pinter used the school to put on some of his early productions – the playwright Tom Stoppard was the local drama critic. y first job was at Pitlochry, a repertory theatre in Scotland,

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and from there I went on to get roles in television. In the early 60s, television was so new and the BBC reigned. Everything was filmed live – your programme would go out live to 40 million people. Of course there were a lot of disasters! One of my first roles was in Emergency Ward 10 and I went on to be in Dr Who, The Avengers, The Saint, and even in a series of The Beverly Hillbillies.

It’s a completely different technique, acting onscreen, but no-one was teaching that in those days – you just had to learn on the job. One of my highlights was playing a role opposite Spike Milligan in the West End play, Son of Oblimov. I did that for over a year. He was truly unique – such an inventive man. Most of what he did was improvised – you never knew what he was going to do next.

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n the late 60s, I went for a holiday to visit friends on the Faroe Islands – a Danish archipelago between Scotland and Iceland.

I was there during the whaling season and locals were killing pilot whales in the bay. As a member of World Wildlife, I was horrified. I got talking to a local woman and she said to me, ‘I’m pregnant and I need someone to work in the tourist office’. So I said yes and lived in Torshavn, the capital – I couldn’t even speak the local language. There are no trees and in winter there were only four hours of sunlight, but the aurora would light up the night sky. y mother and stepfather were living in Noumea in New Caledonia at the time, and she was diagnosed with cancer. Eventually she had to move to Auckland to get treatment and I came here in 1973 and got a job acting at the Mercury Theatre. Great days and some wonderful plays. I met my husband, David, when the company was on tour in Kerikeri and we were married nine weeks later. I then got a job on one of the country’s first soap operas, Close to Home, and he started studying horticulture at Lincoln University in Christchurch, so I would fly home for weekends. ater, we bought a farm in Tuakau. It was hard going and we desperately needed a new tractor. I was eight months pregnant and my mother had just died, when I was offered a job in Australia on The Sullivans. We needed the money, so after giving birth to our son, I went to work in Australia and eventually we all moved over to Melbourne for a few years.

I came back to NZ to act in Utu, performing alongside Bruno Lawrence, and I got the role in Gloss a few years later. It was a big success.

It had such amazing scripts – we were all hooked and rushed to read what would happen next. Afterwards, I played Billy T James’ wife in The Billy T James Show. He was such a gracious man and it was a privilege to be in his show. I’m still friends with his wife, Lynn. He was very quiet – he wasn’t

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Warkworth has always been a popular place for filming. It’s close enough to Henderson, where the studios are based, and it has a variety of scenery.

It’s also a quirky village – it’s not just suburbia – that’s its charm. We need to make sure we keep that feel as the area grows. became involved with the Warkworth Town Hall restoration because I think it is important this town has a place to foster the arts.

I was on the board of the Auckland Arts Festival for seven years and that made me aware of how important the arts are for an area. It all starts at a community level – you’ve got to have the grass roots and foster it. There are also so many talented people in the area. There needs to be a place where they can perform. I’m just yearning for the day the doors open and people can look inside. ’ve recently been playing a role in the new drama Dirty Laundry.

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Tensions continue as brigade rebuilds The Mangawhai Volunteer Fire Brigade is bouncing back after a tumultuous year, but issues are still hampering the brigade.

The station has a new officer in charge, Morris Doughty, who started last year, replacing Mike McEnaney, who was suspended from duty after allegations of bullying.

Mr Doughty says brigade membership has rebounded in the wake of Mr McEnaney’s departure, increasing from about six to 18 members.

The fire brigade has also climbed the area rankings to be third equal out of 16 brigades, rising from the bottom of the table.

But despite the improvements, two trainees were rejected from joining the brigade in July, even though they had completed months of training and the brigade was short of members.

Both volunteers had completed a weeklong recruits course and had graduated as fully qualified fire fighters. But members held a vote, in line with Fire Service policy, to determine whether the two prospective members could join the brigade and neither gained enough support.

One of the rejected volunteers said on social media that she felt heartbroken.

“I have suffered so much for this brigade, turning up to training and leaving my family to train ... My heart and soul have been destroyed.”

Mr Doughty says he was following

Daffodil Day fundraisers Natalie Hanly, Sharron Marshall, and Bridgitte Turner from ANZ Warkworth.

the Fire Service procedure and he hopes the two people will have the opportunity to join the brigade in the near future.

“They were voted out, but told they’ve got every opportunity of having another look at it.

“The vote was held at the request of a group in the service.”

Mr Doughty says the morale of the brigade has improved remarkably, but some frictions still remain, which they are trying to work through.

Kaipara and Whangarei assistant commander Wipari Henwood says the Fire Service is taking a more active role in ensuring the Mangawhai brigade is recovering from its dysfunctional past.

He says the service is confident the brigade is on the right track.

“In the past we’ve tried to take a handsoff approach, because it’s their brigade

– we don’t live there and they need to have autonomy to run it as they see fit,” Mr Henwood says. “But where we failed before was in not giving assistance and direction before trouble started, so we are working with the brigade more closely.”

He says despite the recent signs of continuing dysfunction, the brigade is on the right track.

“It is a concern to us. We’ve taken a close look at the situation, but are confident things are getting better.

“They are putting their differences aside, but building a harmonious unit will take time. We’ve got confidence in the officers that we’ve appointed who are making ground.”

Mr McEnaney is still suspended pending an investigation, but Mr Henwood wouldn’t comment on what the investigation was focusing on, or when it was expected to conclude.

Big boost for cancer fight A quiz night has raised $14,000 for two-year-old cancer patient Samantha Taylor of Omaha Flats.

Samantha underwent surgery to remove a tumour on her liver earlier this month, following extensive chemotherapy. Her mum, Sarah, says Samantha is doing well and she is very grateful to the community for their generosity.

The fundraiser was held on August 20 and run by Nature’s Nest Early Learning Centre in Warkworth.

Meanwhile, the annual ANZ Warkworth Daffodil Day trivia night on August 24 attracted a record number of teams in the eight years it has been running. The ANZ staff raised over $2800 for cancer research. comment online localmatters.co.nz

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New responsive LED speed limit signs could be installed on State Highway One in the near future.

Win for Puhoi speed reduction A campaign to reduce the speed limit on State Highway One near Puhoi has had early success, with NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) agreeing to investigate the issue.

NZTA is looking at installing a responsive speed limit sign, which would activate a lower speed limit on SH1 whenever a car is turning at the Puhoi Road intersection. At all other times, the speed limit would be 100kph.

NZTA highway manager Brett Gliddon says a recent study found there had been six crashes at the intersection in the past five years.

“In all of the injury outcomes, the conflict occurred between traffic turning right out of Puhoi Road and northbound traffic on SH1,” Mr Gliddon says.

He says the responsive signage has been shown to reduce the risk and severity of crashes involving turning traffic.

The announcement came four days

after a local group launched an online petition to reduce the speed limit, which was signed by over 280 people.

The petition included numerous anecdotes of residents witnessing close calls at the intersection.

Meanwhile, a group of Snells Beach residents is also campaigning to reduce the speed limit near the town’s entrance.

Snells Beach resident Thomas Main has presented a petition signed by 28 people to Auckland Transport, calling on the speed limit between Sandspit turn-off and the town to be reduced after a number of crashes in the area.

He says four cars have careened into his backyard over the past 13 years and his neighbours have similar stories.

The latest accident occurred last week, when a car came off the road and into a newly-built fence on his property boundary.

With significant growth occurring in Snells Beach, the situation is only going to get worse, he says.

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Bridge work underway More than 130 people attended a recent public information day on plans to realign State Highway 12 through Matakohe.

The NZ Transport Agency’s Northland highway manager Brett Gliddon says there was overwhelming community support for the project, which will include building new two-lane bridges to replace the two narrow, one-lane bridges currently on site.

“Straightening the route to remove tight corners and building new twolane bridges and intersections will create a safer and more direct route, as well as better access to the Kauri Museum,” Mr Gliddon says.

Following the public consultation,

work is underway on a detailed design with construction planned to begin late next year, dependent on factors including resource consent.

Mr Gliddon says the indicative design allows for the current access to be preserved during the construction period.

“The upgrade is part of the Transport Agency’s work on improvements to Northland’s State Highway network to help stimulate Northland’s economic growth and improve the region’s connections with the rest of the country.”

The costs for the realignment and construction of new bridges are still being developed.

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Vale Selwyn (Sel) Rodgers An estimated 550 people gathered at the Ranfurly Hall in Kaipara Flats on August 17 to farewell livestock agent Selwyn Rodgers.

In one of the largest funeral services seen in the district for some time, family, friends, clients and colleagues paid tribute to a man who was described as a born stockman and storyteller.

And there was no mistaking that the funeral was for a man of the land – the casket carried a sticker advertising the next Warkworth Rodeo, the hearse was a dust-covered twin-cab ute, some of the pall bearers wore redbands, the Warkworth Rodeo Club formed a guard of honour and the casket entered and left the hall to the strains of The Boys From the Bush and The Auctioneer.

Long time friend Al Mason, who officiated at the service, said the crowded hall and carpark was testimony to a man held in high esteem by the community.

Selwyn Noel Thomas Rodgers grew up in Strafford, Taranaki, the third son of a sheep and dairy farmer.

He showed a love of horses and farming from a young age, competing in local pony club and gymkhana events. He used to ride his horse to school, and started draughting and loading cattle at the nearby saleyards and railway siding while still a student.

After primary school, he attended the Francis Douglas Boarding School in New Plymouth, where he soon realised he was never going to be an All Black so turned instead to a career in farming.

His first job, at 15, was on the family farm where he was milking cows, shearing sheep and docking calves. By his early twenties, he was driving for Douglas Transport, where Whenna (Lynne), the daughter of the opposition transport business boss, caught his eye. The couple recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and Whenna was described at the funeral as “the love of his life”.

The family, which soon included son Tony and later Rochelle (Roie), moved north when Selwyn was offered a job with North Auckland Farmers in Warkworth. During his 46-year long career as a stock agent in Rodney, Selwyn only ever worked for one company – although its name changed many times due to acquisitions and mergers, eventually becoming Carrfields.

Fourteen years ago, he realised a lifetime dream of owning a farm when he purchased 404 hectares in the Kaipara Hills, which is managed by Tony and his partner Krista.

Speaking at the service, Tony said it was only in later life that he realised how hard his father had worked to provide for his family, although he wasn’t sure if this included the frequent

“canvassing” he had done in the pub.

“Dad came from an era when things were black and white, not grey, and we knew the rules,” he said. “On life, his advice was just harden up and get on with it; on gardening, don’t plant anything you can’t eat; on work, if you are going to party hard, you have to work hard; on tools, you only need a hammer and a pocket-knife; duck shooting, if there’s lead in the air, there’s hope; on mates, have plenty; on the dole, get a job; on people and clients, treat them how you would like to be treated and give them a chance.

“He will leave a big hole in our small family, especially for the grandkids.

1945-2016 But the memories and stories will make it easy to remember what a good bugger he was.”

Selwyn was a life member of the Warkworth Rodeo Club and club member Henry Fletcher said Selwyn could always be relied on to lend a hand when needed.

He recounted with amusement the antics that they had all got up to during the two days that it used to take to drive the cattle from Araparera to the showgrounds for the annual rodeo, the ‘wild cow’ milking events and the duck shooting season when Selwyn brought in an emu.

“There were always lots of laughs and Selwyn was generous to a fault,” Henry said.

Former school friend John Howse said Selwyn was ‘a good bloke’ and in his book, there was no greater honour than that.

“He started with nothing, but got to where he wanted to be through sheer hard work.”

Other speakers at the funeral included Selwyn’s brother Murray, granddaughter Ella, colleague Ross Nicholls and former employer Stu Chapman.

Selwyn died of heart complications at Auckland Hospital after collapsing at the Wellsford saleyards. He is survived by his wife Whenna, children Tony and Rochelle, and grandchildren Ella, Jack, Baxter and Lily.

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Consent lodged for Omaha wastewater disposal Watercare Services has lodged a resource consent to continue to operate the Omaha Wastewater Treatment Plant in Jones Road for a further 35 years.

The application seeks consent to discharge treated wastewater to a eucalypt and native forest in Jones Road, and the golf course at Omaha.

The new system has been designed to cater for almost double current loads, with a combined annual limit of 300,000m3. However, this is about 90,000m3 less than what was permissible under the previous consents and compares to an actual discharge figure of 151,000m3 (in the 12 months to June 2015).

The application also seeks permission to extend the treated wastewater irrigation system at the plant.

As part of the consent application process, a collaborative engagement process was undertaken with the community. This involved the formation of the Omaha WWTP Consultative Group, through which concerns about the potential adverse effects of the Omaha plant discharges were raised, investigated and the results discussed.

Watercare says this engagement played a key role in shaping the consent

application and it proposes ongoing community engagement.

Watercare says a detailed monitoring programme was also undertaken in the lead up to lodging the application in order to ensure that the environmental effects of the current and future operation of the plant were well understood.

Currently, discharge quality is tested fortnightly. This involves measuring pH levels, dissolved oxygen, faecal coliform concentrations, suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, ammoniacal nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen concentrations.

The treatment plant was built in 1982 to service Omaha, with Point Wells subsequently being connected in 2008 and Matakana in 2012.

There are currently 1490 individual connections, representing a combined permanent population of around 750 people. The permanent population is predicted to grow to around 4000 by 2051, with an estimated 2175 individual connections.

The plant is situated on a 54-hectare site and includes an aerated lagoon, oxidation pond and tertiary filters, and UV disinfection.

Submissions on the consent close on September 8.

Council considers purchasing parks Auckland Council is considering purchasing new park land in Whangateau, Ti Point and Snells Beach, but details are being kept under wraps. The Rodney Local Board’s Parks, Culture and Community Development Committee was briefed on the potential park acquisitions at a workshop meeting on June 7 and the information was included in the minutes of the workshop in the committee’s August business meeting agenda. However, Auckland Council says details about the acquisitions is commercially sensitive and any information will remain confidential until the process is complete.

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More photos online at localmatters.co.nz Students at Matakana School got to use a fire hose as part of a campaign to get more volunteers for the Matakana Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Fire brigade starts volunteer campaign The Matakana Volunteer Fire Brigade is desperately short of volunteers and has started a campaign to get more people involved.

The brigade is holding two information sessions on Saturday September 3 at 10am and on Tuesday September 6 at 7.30pm.

The station currently has 15 volunteers, but needs at least 20 to function effectively.

It is looking for everyone from fire fighters to administration volunteers.

Volunteer support officer Terry Hewitt says Matakana is one of the most under-manned stations in the region, but volunteer numbers are

also low nationally.

As part of the campaign, brigade members visited Matakana School last month, trying to target potential volunteers by getting their children excited about the brigade. And judging by the look on the children’s faces, it seemed to work.

The students were given a questionnaire to quiz their parents and can go into a draw to get driven to school in a fire truck.

The importance of the brigade was recently brought into focus when the house of a Matakana School pupil burnt down on Omaha Valley Road.

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Matheson Bay will become the first area to benefit from a new community marine conservation and survey programme run by conservation group, Reef Savers.

Lead coordinator Lorna Doogan says the initiative on September 11 is open to anyone over 16 who would like to learn how to monitor the health of marine ecosystems.

“We are teaching the community how to select sites, interpret aerial photographs, lay transects and count fish species,” Lorna says.

“We hope they will do this on a regular basis and become Kaitiaki (guardians) of the reef.”

Accurate data will help Reef Savers monitor marine health by documenting fish species, size and population numbers.

The new initiative will eventually stretch from the Coromandel to Cape Reinga.

Lorna says diminishing biodiversity at Matheson Bay is already concerning.

“Rocky reefs in poor health have no kelp and prolific amounts of kina. This indicates a lack of crayfish or snapper feeding on kina. The difference between the abundance of kelp at Goat Island marine reserve and the lack of it at Matheson Bay is astounding.”

The programme aims to raise awareness of the impact of overfishing and get the local community to protect their marine environments for future generations.

The event will run from 10am to 2pm. Reef Savers will provide free snorkelling gear, but people need to bring their own wetsuit.

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Loan restrictions start to bite The recent changes to both the loan valuation ratios and debt servicing calculations are catching many bank borrowers by surprise when they find out their loans are being declined or the bank can lend them far less than they are normally used to borrowing. The banks were very quick to implement the changes at the request of the Reserve Bank and this has immediately put the brakes on many investors, builder/developers and home buyers. Many people who have engaged my services over the past month have found that their banks have become somewhat rigid in applying the new rules. This has taken many by surprise and left them feeling angry towards the changes.

In past years, many have been used to just picking up the phone and speaking to their bank manager and saying, ‘I’ve just signed to buy a property and need $500,000 or $600,000 by the 20th of next month’.

The new rules, which requires at least 40 per cent equity in any non-owner occupied property, has to have caught a few by surprise and has seen the flow of lending applications to non-bank lenders (who do not have to comply with the restrictions) increase dramatically. Some of the bank customers just cannot believe that the bank they have had a long relationship with, and have paid thousands of dollars in interest over the years, can no longer help them.

Hamstrung by the new rules, the banks are left between a rock and a hard place in explaining why they cannot help.

Current investment property owners need to also be aware that if they sell or refinance, and they owe more than 60 per cent on an investment property, they will get caught in the new rules. What this means is that if you sell a property and try to keep some of the equity or cash, then unless you have at least 40 per cent equity in the remaining properties, the bank will keep the additional funds and reduce your other loans with the bank. I have had two instances of this happening to customers this past week. One thought that when they sold they could keep about $200,000 to purchase another property, but because they had other investment loans, the bank wanted the $200,000 to be paid off other loans to bring the loan-to-value ratio down to 60 per cent on the remaining properties. As you can imagine, they were very unhappy about this and came to me for advice. After reviewing the situation, we came up with a solution to enable them to keep most of the cash so they could carry on with the next project.

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New speed camera coming to Kaiwaka

A new static camera will be installed in Kaiwaka soon.

Road Policing national manager Superintendent Steve Greally says the static camera expansion programme is an important part of the Government’s Safer Journeys road safety strategy.

“Police speed enforcement is just one of the measures which are effective in encouraging safer speeds and View a video online at reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads,” localmatters.co.nz he says.

Kaiwaka is one of three sites selected for the latest From left, Russell Green, Pauline Beecroft, Penny Webster, Saxon Ross, Chris Farac, and Celeste and Max installations, based on crash risk. The other two sites Koch standing on the site of the new station. are on Ngapipi Road in Orakei and on Old North Road in Kumeu.

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The proposed bike track and skatepark could be built on the northern boundary of the showgrounds.

Skate and bike park mooted at showgrounds A skatepark and a bike trail could be among the next additions to the Warkworth Showgrounds.

A new group called Mahurangi Bike and Skate presented to the Rodney Local Board last month asking for a $5000 grant to commission a concept plan for a skatepark and bmx/ mountainbike track.

Group representative Nicola Jones said a bmx pump track could be built into the hillside to the north of the showgrounds, while a skatepark could

be built in an adjacent flat area near the hockey turf.

“The topography is perfect,” Nicola said. “The bank is currently underutilised. It wouldn’t require a lot of work to carve out a bike track.”

The group has been investigating other facilities in the region and is now ready to move to the planning stage. Once a concept plan has been produced, the plan is to visit local schools and hold an open day at the showgrounds.

Nicola said it made sense to have a broad range of facilities at the showgrounds.

“It’s a wicked complex out there now.

People want to be there. Having a place where people have exposure to all the sports in one place – I don’t think you can put a value on that.”

Mahurangi Sports Collective chair Mark Illingworth supported Nicola’s proposal at the meeting and told the Board there wasn’t much else the sloping land could be used for.

Comedian and television personality Mike King will speak on the serious topic of mental health at Mahurangi College next week.

Mike is an ambassador for The Key To Life, a charitable trust that aims to prevent suicide, particularly among young adults.

Mike says his aim is to change the way people feel, think, talk and behave in relation to mental health. He will be in Warkworth on September 5 to address year seven and eight students during the day, and will speak to parents in the college auditorium at 7pm.

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From ‘quelling war’ to ‘settling the land’ Between 1843 and 1845, 15 transports of Queen Victoria’s 58th Rutlandshire Regiment of Foot, were ordered to New South Wales, Australia, as guards on convict ships. In April 1845, the main body of the Regiment was ordered to travel to New Zealand, and from Auckland, continue north to the Bay of Islands, where they took up assignments against Hone Heke and his followers. More reinforcements arrived with Lieutenant Colonel Robert Henry Wynyard, in June 1845.

The Regiment took part in warfare in the Bay of Islands districts for 20 months, enduring heavy loss of life and witness to unspeakable horrors inflicted by the enemy. Although the Regiment, with assistance from friendly Maori, had quelled the ‘war’, a need for vigilance was necessary, and after going back to Australia for nine months, they returned to Auckland and set up headquarters there, along with various ‘outposts’ in the north.

By the early 1850s, Mangawhai and the Kaipara were two of the northern districts to have detachments encamped in strategic positions.

Settling the land The Regiment was disbanded in New Zealand in 1858, with rank and file being offered a return to Britain, or

The 58th Regiment on parade at Auckland celebrating the disbandment of the Regiment in New Zealand November 1858.

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a paid gratuity if they stayed in New Zealand. Most chose the latter. Over 80 army men either bought land at Mangawhai, or were granted acreage.

The size was allotted according to rank, i.e. a Major got 400 acres; a Captain 300 acres; a Subaltern/ Surgeon 250 acres; a Sergeant, 80 acres; a Corporal, 60 acres; and a Private, 50 acres. They were the first official European settlers to this midnorthern region. Among them was the Commander of all forces in New Zealand, Robert Henry Wynyard,

new boatyard set up by McInnes and McKenzie. Men from the regiment were also employed to provide a skilled workforce in the 1870s to rebuild the breakwater.

Some of the descendants of those original 58th Regiment soldiers remain in Mangawhai and districts today. They include the names Brown, Campbell, Dunn, Elliot, Foster, Grant, Humphries, King, Jeffs, McMillan, Moir, Mills, Mooney/ Ryan, Mooney/Leslie, Smith, Ward, Webster and Young.

who, as Governor in 1855, opened the first Parliament in New Zealand.

William Moir, on his premier section No.1, built a hotel. Q.M. William Moir continued with his army interests and in December 1858 he was promoted to Captain in the City Company of the Auckland Volunteers by the Governor of New Zealand.

Many initial industries along the river and inland toward Hakaru and Te Arai were started by retired 58th men. Others turned their hands to boatbuilding while working at the

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Top sports coaches coming to One Warkworth event Two of the country’s top sports coaches, Wayne Smith and Waimarama Taumaunu, will be the guest speakers at a Bayleys-sponsored One Warkworth function this month.

The event is one of the first promotions organised by the reconstituted Warkworth Area Business Association, now known as One Warkworth.

Chair Chris Murphy says the lunch event signals the association’s new direction.

“Networking is one of the key roles for any business association and if this can be done through a social occasion such as the one planned, so much the better,” Mr Murphy says.

Assistant All Blacks coach Wayne Smith and Silver Ferns netball coach Waimarama Taumaunu are

both former national athletes, with impressive career histories. They will be answering questions from the audience on the day.

The lunch will be held at Ascension Wine Estate on September 21 and will also include a short auction to raise funds for Make A Wish New Zealand.

One Warkworth is currently on a major membership and sponsorship drive, ahead of its annual meeting, which will be held at The Bridgehouse on September 21.

Anyone who is interested in learning about the association’s goals over the next 12 months is welcome to attend.

The meeting will start at 5.30pm.

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$5 million fund for Gulf projects A $5 million fund has been established to find solutions to the environmental issues facing the Hauraki Gulf. Foundation North, formerly the ASB Community Trust, launched the fund last month. It will be available to support projects from prototyping to implementation over the next five years. An innovation lab will be held on September 14, where individuals and groups can turn ideas into prototypes. Following the lab, ideas with strong potential will be able to apply to access a small grant for first stage prototyping. Foundation North chief executive Jennifer Gill says the Gulf is under pressure, contributing to the degradation of both land and sea. “We are looking to promote new thinking and collaboration to generate action and responses to turn the tide.”

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Joyce and Dick Newman are sharing the secrets of a long and happy marriage after celebrating their platinum wedding anniversary.

“All you need is a good woman,” Dick says. “I’ve got one right here and I’m not letting her go.”

The Warkworth couple were married at St Aidan’s Anglican Church in Remuera on August 24 1946.

They first met in Ellerslie, passing each other on their way to work. Dick was in the army and altered his schedule to pass Joyce every day, as she went to and from work at a sewing factory. He even took to hanging off the back of a passing tram and waving at her.

“He asked if I would like to meet him for a night out in town,” Joyce says.

“He stood me up! He was lucky I stuck around and waited because at that time there were plenty of US servicemen

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Joyce says the secret to a long and happy marriage is quite simple.

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Auckland Council promises faster building consents Auckland Council has put the wheels in motion to make building consents easier and faster to obtain with a project that involves upgrading its building and resource divisions.

A Council spokesperson says the aim is to deliver a consenting process that is tailored to different types of projects. This will focus on four areas: simple projects that can be processed quickly; large complex projects where a project management approach is beneficial; and high volume and largely standardised residential new builds where there are established relationships with an agreed quality assurance plan.

This should ensure a seamless service across all consent requirements for all other projects.

Online solutions are also being developed with the aim of increasing efficiency.

The process will include providing information and tools that will enable customers to make informed decisions early, and highlights step-by-step what they can expect; information tailored specifically to the project to help with applications; online receipting and processing of applications, as well as online issue of consents and payments;

an ability for customers to manage their compliance activities online, including booking inspections and providing feedback.

The changes should also mean consents cost less.

Currently, the upgrade is still in its development stages. Implementation will take place next year, with specific timeframes to be confirmed later this year.

Building control general manager Ian McCormick says that the ability to process basic applications within five to 10 days online will make a huge difference to customers.

“Instead of taking potentially 20 working days for consent, you’ll be able to start work on your project faster if it meets the criteria and the correct information is supplied in the application,” he says.

“Over the past year we’ve seen massive growth in building consent applications, with a 12 per cent increase and well over 100,000 building inspections. These demands are putting pressure on us, and as a result we need a more efficient consenting service to process the heavy volume.”

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Massive support for Springboard youth service Springboard Community Works raised a whopping $117,000 at their fundraiser auction at Ascension Wine Estate last month.

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Warkworth-based artist Paula Friis is a finalist in this year’s Wallace Art Awards.

The annual awards have been running for 25 years and are one the largest and most prestigious art awards in the country. They have over $200,000 worth of prizes on offer and many past winners have gone on to have international recognition.

Paula is completing a Masters in art at Whitecliffe College, and entered the awards after advice from a friend.

“In order to have a chance of being recognised as a professional artist, my friend said you have to enter these awards every year,” Paula says. “To be shortlisted on my first attempt is huge.”

Paula says she works intuitively, but the piece she has entered is based on a type of totem. She plans to create many different types until she has what she describes as a complete totem tribe.

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Artist Paula Friis sculpture Terry, has been shortlisted in the 25th Wallace Art Awards.

September 5. First prize is a six-month art residency in New York City.

Snells Beach playground upgrade downsized Snells Beach has downsized its playground aspirations as a fundraising campaign failed to reach its target. The Snells Beach Ratepayers and Residents planned on making an $89,000 upgrade to the waterfront playground on Sunrise Boulevard, but it is now aiming to raise $35,000 to build a supernova and a basketball half-court – abandoning plans for a climbing net and a seesaw. It still needs to raise another $12,000 for the revised project. The Rodney Local Board approved a $10,000 grant for the project. Association fundraising coordinator Mark Dinniss presented to the Board’s Parks, Culture and Community Development Committee meeting last month asking for the grant to be transferred to the new project.

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Composite Joinery Ltd 7 Glenmore Drive Warkworth 0941

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TOTAL LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION for complete quality projects

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

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WARKWORTH LANDSCAPING LEADERS IN QUALITY LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION

Ph Jeff 021 368 552 www.warkworthlandscaping.co.nz

• Screened Topsoil • Living Earth Compost & Garden Mix • Lawn Mix • Mulch • Bark • Pebbles • Stones • Sand • Drainage • Metal • Sleepers • Pongas • Grass Seed • Fertiliser • Weedmat bagged & bulk plus much more

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MOVING/STORAGE | PAINTERS | PLASTERERS | PICTURE FRAMING | PLUMBING | PRINTING | POOL FENCING | PROPERTY MANAGEMENT | ROAD MARKING | ROOFING | SCAFFOLDING

WARKWORTH FURNITURE REMOVALS • Specialist Furniture Trucks • Packing & Storage • Caring Owner/Operator • Carriers Liability Insurance • Local & Long Distance

SNELLS BEACH

PHONE 09 425 5597

Phone 0274 889 216 | Ah 09 422 7495

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

Leigh Decorators Exterior/Interior/Roofs/Staining Husband & Wife team • harley.mcvay@xtra.co.nz

Harley 021 0220 8727 or 09 423 9012

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

For your Free Quote and/or Consultation, Phone Gary Home: 09-422-6695 Mobile: 021-024-44941 Email: leighdecorators@clear.net.nz

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Interior/Exterior n Waterblasting n Roof Painting Airless Spraying n Plastering n Wallpapering Colour Consulting n Decorative Effects Qualified Tradesmen - Honest/Reliable Ph Mandy 09 423 0005 or 021 507 463

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Gib stopping/Plastering Tui Interiors is a local business specialising in gib fixing and plastering up to level 5. Coves, square stop, new & old homes.

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Satisfaction guaranteed, no job is too small!!

Call or text Leki on 021 119 7266 tui.interiors@gmail.com

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ROOFING NZ Matt Tickle Licensed LBP Mobile: 021356965 Home: 09 425 6311 Email: iron.man@xtra.co.nz

Call Sarah today 021 02668130 See how we can care for your investment by visiting our website: www.firstchoicepropertymanagement.co.nz

BEN CLEAL Contracts Manager • New Roofs • Roof Repairs • Re-Roofs • Roof Inspections

Specialists in long-run roofing M:021 220 5404 P:09 422 2131 Free Phone:0800 649 324

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Rupert Mather 021 425 837 Graeme Smith 021 422 983

Contact us for a free consultation

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23 Bertram Street, Warkworth

Email: survey@boundary.co.nz Ph 09 426 7109 or 021 838 365

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Digital Freeview Satellite Installation & Repairs

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

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Water Treatment • Pumping Systems • Filtration • UV Sterilizers HOURS • Softeners & Neutralizers • Iron Removal Owen Ward

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WATER TANK & WATER APPLICATION CLEANING AGENCY Warkworth: Phone John or Annette Carr

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Mangawhai: Phil Lathrope 431 4608 | 021 642 668

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Household Water Deliveries 0800 747 928 mobile: 027 556 6111

• Water treatment & Filtration • Pumps • Pool & Spas • Waterblasters 7days / 24hours Paul Harris M: 021 425 887 T: 09 425 0075 E: pumps4u@live.com

Authorised Agent

MOBILE & WORKSHOP SERVICE 31 WOODCOCKS RD WARKWORTH - 425 9100 splashwater@xtra.co.nz

TV AERIAL & SATELLITE SERVICES Freeview Sales & Installation TV & FM Aerials GAVIN BROUGH Ph 09 425 5495 Mob 0274 766 115

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING APPLIANCE REPAIRS A SMART REPAIR Service for F&P smartdrive washers, F&P/Simpson dryers. Same day service 09 423 9660 or 021 168 7349.

DRIVEWAYS MAINTENANCE Grading, rolling & metalling for rural Driveways. No job too BIG or small. Ph Bruce 425 7766

FIREWOOD

Advertise your classifieds and church notices here for only

$4.40 per line or $11.20 per/cm inc GST for boxed adverts.

HOME MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT

SITUATIONS VACANT

LAWN MOWING rubbish removal, hedges, small tree removal. WW & beach areas. Ph Jeff Hatfull 027 425 7357, 425 7357 PLUMBER Semi retired for small jobs.

Point Wells 09 423 0193 or 027 490 2054 PLUMBER Maintenance work. New tap to new house. Matakana based.

Ph Steve 027 494 5499

FIREWOOD Hot mix - Macrocarpa & Old Man’s Pine. $90 m3. Free delivery in Warkworth area. Phone - 425 7942

SCENIC FLIGHTS 30 mins $69; 20 mins $59; Min. 3 passengers. Trial flights $90. Gift vouchers available.

GREAT BARRIER / OKIWI FLIGHTS. Special stopover up to 4 hours.

Return $130. Min. 3 passengers.

One way flights $130 each. Min 2 passengers.

NORTH CAPE FLIGHTS $450 each. Min 3 passengers.

Rodney Aero Club 425 8735 or Rod Miller 425 5612 FOR SALE

WATER FILTERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria.

FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 422 3245 steve.reynolds@aquafilter.co.nz www.aquafilter.co.nz.

WATER PUMPS Low water pressure? Get it sorted. Sales, service and installation.

Work guaranteed. Ph Steve 09 422 3245 steve.reynolds@aquafilter.co.nz www.aquafilter.co.nz.

HORSERIDING

Horse riding WarkWortH

Family Fun Scenic farm & forest rides Quiet horses & ponies • Birthday rides Lessons • Suit beginners & experienced riders & people with Disabilities Social, Language & School Groups

Book Now 1hr $50 • 2hrs $90 Phone 09 425 8517 42 Kaipara Flats Road, Warkworth Google: Horse Riding Warkworth

TUITION Quality local courses for Professional Nanny & Childcare Careers Start January or July Free info pack - Call 021 040 9311 Ashton Warner Nanny Academy nannyacademy.ac.nz (Stanmore Bay)

HOME MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT CARPET REPAIRS, RE-STRETCHING ETC. Any small jobs. Phone Gavin09 425 5918 or 0274 106 631

Email design@localmatters.co.nz to book your classified advertising

Phone 09 422 0500 or 027 29 22204

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Or need your Freeview box tuned for the new channels? TV repairs, microwave oven repairs, Freeview installations.

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We are looking for support workers to join our team in the Wellsford area and provide our spinal injured client with the support needed during his rehabilitation after an Community Service Worker injury. It’s more than just a job; you will be Wellsford | Part Time providing support on a one-to-one basis that will help him get on with living in his We are looking for support workers to join our team own home and community. in the Wellsford area and provide our spinal injured client with the support needed during his The position is part time working rehabilitation after an injury. It’s more than just a approximately 12 hours per week Monday, job;; you will be providing support on a one-­to-­one

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Tasha.howe@healthcarerehab.co.nz To apply please email: Tasha.howe@healthcarerehab.co.nz

Healthcare Rehabilitation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Healthcare

PIANO TUITION including practical and theory, all grades; Warkworth based; John Wilkins – phone 09 425 9669 or johnwilinspire@gmail.com.

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HAY FOR SALE Conventional bales. $10.

Can deliver. 09 423 8055 MOBILITY EQUIP sellout bargains.

Mob/scooters, power chair, wheel chair, walkers, caregivers power chair. All serviced. Ph 09 4226436 MOBILITY SCOOTER Excellent condition. New battery with charger. $1500 Phone 423 7715 NATIVE PLANTS Large variety at wholesale prices. Phone Lance 422 5737 or 027 272 7561 RAWLEIGH Products. Ph Pat 423 8851

STUMP GRINDING WARKWORTH Stump Removal, Tree Removal, Chipping. Ph 029 770 7101

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LIBERTY PARK NATIVE TREE NURSERY NURSERY MANAGER REQUIRED We produce quality native plants onsite to supply both the retail market and to the trade market. Production and sales are based at the nursery at Jones Road, Omaha. This is a full-time position and involves some Saturday work, a hands on role that requires the right person to be actively involved in managing staff, plant production and care and sales.

Experienced and skilled in the following required: • All aspects of nursery production and plant care • Management of staff , production and sales • Great knowledge of native plants, their requirements and landscape uses • Customer sales and service • Leadership skills • Honesty, reliability and a can- do attitude essential If you feel you are the right person for this role please email your C.V & cover letter to valda.kerekes@xtra.co.nz or mail it to Kerekes Kounting House, PO Box 265, Warkworth 0941 no later than September 10.

PART TIME SENIOR STYLIST Wanted for our salon in Matakana. We are a fun, easy going and professional group who have a real passion for BUILDINGS what we do. We are looking for the BETTER STEEL BUILDINGS 09 425 7088 right09person 392 1029 WWW.CORESTEEL.CO.NZ to join our small and friendly team. Must be proficient in all aspects of the trade.

CONSTRUCTION - IMMEDIATE START Please contact Triscia on 021 181 1163 Own transport & license essential 35 Woodcocks Rd, Warkworth Email design@localmatters.co.nz Ph 09 425 7088 to book your classified advertising

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We are looking for someone who likes to be busy and enjoys getting out of the office and meeting new people.

You will be part of a two-person team, selling advertising space in the paper and online.

Some previous media sales experience will be an advantage, but anyone with a solid sales or marketing background will be considered.

The ideal candidate will be outgoing and friendly, well-organised, a selfstarter and a good time manager. We can teach you the rest!

Required skills: • Computer literacy – mainly Word & Excel • Driver’s licence & own car This is a fulltime position based in Warkworth with a late-September start.

Please apply to: Jannette Thompson gm@localmatters.co.nz PO Box 701, Warkworth 0941 Applications close 9 September 2015.

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CHURCH NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

CATHOLIC CHURCH

LANDOWNERS & CONTRACTORS PROTECTION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wed 14 Sept at 7pm RSA Wellsford

Phone 425 8545

www.holyname.org.nz

Holy Mass Timetable: WARKWORTH

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

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SS. Peter & Paul Church Sunday: 8.30am

WANTED THEATRE ROYAL, WELLSFORD

WELLSFORD AMATEUR ATHLETICS CLUB - AGM

I have been creating a book about Auckland Cinemas for 6 years and have included Wellsford, Warkworth, Waiwera and Orewa Cinemas. If you have any information, opening programmes (we have no opening date for the Royal), photos, fliers etc, could you please take them to Albertland Museum or Mahurangi Matters for me to borrow. It would help for history of cinema. Thank you.

Allan Webb, QSM.

Wednesday 14th September 2016, 7pm at La Padella, Wellsford All welcome Enquiries ph: Keith Marshall 423 7191

CLASSIFIED DEADLINE for September 14 issue is September 7 2016

MAHURANGI METHODIST PARISH Warkworth Methodist

LAWNMOWING SERVICES REQUIRED Must be reliable & experienced. Matakana location. Phone Hannah 027 447 5904

Christ Church, Church Hill, Warkworth

Every Sunday 8am and 9.30am St. Leonard's, Matakana

Every Sunday at 9.30am

Snells Beach Community Church

2nd Sunday at 9am

St.Alban's, Kaipara Flats

1st Sunday at 11.15am

St.Michael and All Angels, Leigh

3rd Sunday at 11.00am

Phone 425 8054 or www.anglican-warkworth.org

1 Hexham Street, Warkworth Parish Office: Ph 425 8660 Sunday Service 10.30am HALL BOOKINGS PH 425 8053

Snell’s Beach Community Church 325 Mahurangi East Rd Sunday Service 9am HALL BOOKINGS PH 425 5612

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Warkworth Anglican Parish Church Services

Church office - 425 8660

5 Pulham Road, Warkworth Phone 425 8861 www.mahu.org.nz Sunday Services 9am & 10.30am

WORK WANTED REID EQUESTRIAN ENGINEERING, Wellsford. Float rebuilds, horse truck conversions, etc. Dog kennels made to measure. Quality work. Ph Ron 423 9666 RIGA BRICKLAYERS Licensed father and son team available to do your work in the Rodney area - 027 276 5269 SOLID PLASTERING All exterior work, blocks, hardy, resurfacing, floors.

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Mahurangi Technical Institute founder Paul Decker was the speaker at Warkworth Men’s Probus Club’s meeting last month.

From a fish farming background in Queensland, Paul was recruited in 1983 to design and build New Zealand’s largest freshwater fish farm, and has since owned and operated oyster farms and commercial fishing vessels in New Zealand.

In 1989, he established Mahurangi

Technical Institute – New Zealand’s first aquaculture school – which has become the country’s largest maritime training facility.

He sold the college to Manukau Institute of Technology in 2012 and established a company called MANAKI, which breeds and sells whitebait.

The company also releases young whitebait into local rivers to restock waterways. Contributed Probus info: Bill Speed 425 8414

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Let’s getDigital with Cathy Aronson, Digital Editor

Send your nominations to editor@localmatters.co.nz

Congratulations Heath Gordon, who is the recipient of a gift basket from Chocolate Brown. Heath was nominated

by Shelly and Hayley McLiver, who wrote:

would like to nominate “a Ilovely young man who

helped my daughter and myself the other day as we were going down to Warkworth. My daughter had a blowout of her front tyre. So many people drove past, as they do. But this young man took time out of his day to help us to jack up our car and replace the tyre.

I know he would love to get a gift basket from Chocolate Brown.

Know someone who deserves a big “thank you” for their community spirit?

Tell us and they will receive acknowledgement in Mahurangi Matters and an amazing hamper from Chocolate Brown, 6 Mill Lane, Warkworth. Send your nominations to editor@localmatters.co.nz (subject line: Sweet Appreciation) or post to: Sweet Appreciation, Mahurangi Matters, PO Box 701, Warkworth.

Kindly refrain from nominating members of your own family.

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Digital gets real Don’t read this column. Just watch The birth of virtual reality as an artform TedTalk to ignite your imagination and download with.in/ted to experience it.

Turns out virtual reality (VR) is all about getting up close to tell local stories to ignite your senses. Sound familiar, like real life? Yup, digital is getting real, and VR could be our new empathy machine.

In the beginning The slow path to virtual reality has been bugging me since a dubious introduction at a 90s underground dance party, with the 10 minute dizziness limit at the time often exceeded. Despite the blocky graphics, I was instantly lost in the virtual world. The next evolution of the human mind became popular culture as imagined in The Lawnmower Man. “Sometimes the world takes its time to catch-up with possibilities.” Chris Milk New reality After 20 years of mystery, VR has finally returned to the masses and is becoming reality. Turns out they had to get devices and social distribution working first.

Plus, billion dollar bets by big players, including Facebook’s Oculus Rift and various versions by video game console makers Sony and Microsoft, Samsung’s Gear VR, and the DIY Google Cardboard version are on the market. Apps, from rollercoaster rides to brain surgery, are aplenty.

With YouTube player and Facebook now compatible with ‘360’ VR video and Google’s Daydream platform for mobile VR on it’s way, it’s more viable for making mass consumption and social sharing.

Let’s get real So now we can produce, publish, share and reach an audience, some amazing virtual experiences are re-igniting senses and shining a new light on stories. New York Times is leading the way for journalism with The Displaced, a first person story told by three children, putting a face and virtual experience to the 30 million people worldwide driven from their homes by war. If we have become desensitised in our social mass media world but are hard-wired to care, VR could be our new empathy machine.

Don’t take my word for it. Experience it yourself, if you can handle the reality. nytimes.com/marketing/nytvr See this column online for more links and virtual reality videos localmatters.co.nz/opinion/Columns

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Bob Edwards One of Warkworth’s oldest residents, Bob Edwards, died last month at the age of 108.

Bob grew up in Bournemouth, England. When featured as a Local Folk in Mahurangi Matters in 2014, he said one of his earliest memories was hearing talk in the town about how WWI would be ‘over by Christmas’ – his father was later killed in the Battle of the Somme.

He moved to New Zealand when he was 19 after seeing a poster advertising the colonies and got a job on Greens farm in Matakana.

“There was no road north – just a series of horse and cart tracks. Orewa was a mass of lupins and we had to travel north along the seafront,” he said.

After marrying in 1930, he had three children and started a farm at Omaha Flats, which was “full of holes that had been left behind by the gum diggers”. The family was able to make a living from 20 dairy cows and he also started carting kauri gum to Auckland for £10 a ton, which was a 12-hour round-trip due to the state of the road.

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after he developed asthma. He later started running the Gubbs ferry service between Kawau Island and Sandspit.

After his first marriage ended, he met his second wife, Lesley, while running the ferry service and the couple bought 15-acres on Kawau.

They left to run the motorcamp at Taipa and later spent two years as caretakers on Moturoa Island in the Bay of Islands. They went on to run the ferry service in Rawene for 18 years and retired to Kaitaia.

The couple returned to Mahurangi and moved in to Summerset Falls Retirement Village in Warkworth a few years ago.

Friends and family celebrated his life at an informal service at The Bridgehouse last month.

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Calls for PPP agreement for public surgery in Warkworth Rodney Surgical Centre is calling on the Waitemata DHB to negotiate a public-private partnership to allow more public procedures to be delivered in Warkworth.

The centre opened in 2009 and has two operating theatres, a procedure room and endoscopy service, but the majority of its work is for the private sector.

Board member Chris Murphy says the centre has the facilities and capacity to cater for a large volume of public procedures for the region.

The surgical centre currently has a limited contract with the DHB to undertake a small numbers of surgeries through the public system. But he says a more comprehensive agreement would mean more people could access public health services closer to home.

Currently, most people have to travel to North Shore Hospital.

Mr Murphy is urging the DHB to enter negotiations for a public-private partnership agreement (PPP). An agreement could also be cost-neutral for the DHB, he says.

“A PPP would mean we could provide services at the same cost that the DHB currently pays at North Shore Hospital.”

While the arrangement would financially benefit the surgical centre,

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he says the public benefit makes it a win-win.

“If you can have a procedure in Warkworth, isn’t that better than going to the North Shore? If it can be cost neutral to the DHB, where’s the downside?”

However, Waitemata DHB director of funding Dr Debbie Holdsworth says it has no plan to increase the number of public procedures at the surgical centre.

At the moment it only contracts the centre for services when it cannot meet demand with its facilities at North Shore Hospital.

Dr Holdsworth says any further agreement would have to involve an open process to ensure all providers had an equal opportunity to enter into such an arrangement.

But, DHB elected member Allison Roe says she will ask the board to investigate

the proposal.

“I think it’s a wonderful idea,” Ms Roe says. “It’s a no brainer. It’s a great facility and the population is growing rapidly.

“One of the goals of the DHB is to have services close to the community.”

The proposal is supported by local GPs Dr Tim Malloy and Dr Kate Baddock.

Dr Malloy says offering people care closer to home is a logical step, but the community needs to be involved in any decision.

“I agree in principle, provided there was discussion with the community and other providers on what that might look like,” Dr Malloy says. “It would need to be a coordinated effort.

“But at the end of the day, if it’s the right solution for about 30,000 patients in close proximity, why on earth wouldn’t you use it?”

Dr Baddock says the proposal makes sense, as there is strong demand for greater services in the area, but historically DHBs have been reluctant to enter into PPP agreements.

“It requires a swing in the way they think. But there are other relationships around the country like that and the community is chomping for it,” Dr Baddock says.

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Mahurangi misses out on swim exercise Jannette Thompson

One of the best cardio exercises for people of all ages is swimming.

It tones and builds muscle strength, but without the wear and tear that sometimes comes with high impact exercise or sport. It can help keep the heart and lungs healthy, and can help people maintain a healthy weight.

But this is of little consolation to residents in Mahurangi who don’t have a public pool and have to share the Mahurangi College facility. This leaves little time for anything other than limited lane swimming and a once a week aquacise class.

Kowhai Swimming Club member Robin Baddock says activities such as aqua aerobics are great for all ages, but particularly anyone with joint problems.

“But that would require a warm pool that is available at a range of times, including before and after work,” he says. “That’s just not possible under the current arrangements. There is a huge need for a proper public swimming facility in Warkworth.”

The club contributes to the running costs of the college pool in return for access.

“It’s a constant challenge to find the funds to keep it open. We’ve put in a whole new filter system, heat pumps and bought new vacuum cleaners, and we are looking at solar to help reduce running costs.”

Mr Baddock says swimming shouldn’t

Knitting for newborns There are limited options for aquatic sport and exercise in the Mahurangi, particularly in winter.

be seen as just a ‘nice to have’.

“Learn to swim and it can save your life,” he says. “Many of the young people we train in the club go on to be lifesavers, sailors and surfers, and once you’ve learned to swim properly, you never forget it.”

But again, the college pool has limitations. A good temperature for a learn to swim programme is around 29-30 degrees, but the college pool is cooler at 27-28 degrees.

Mr Baddock says the difference mainly comes down to cost.

Lane swimming also has a temperature requirement. Ideally, it should be around 26 degrees.

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“You can’t just build one pool and expect it to meet everyone’s needs.”

The Rodney Local Board is taking a staged approach to planning for a swimming pool in Warkworth.

This involves identifying potential development partners in phase one, identifying potential funding options in phase two and undertaking the necessary design and location assessment for a business case in phase three.

Mr Baddock questions the fairness of offering free swimming to anyone under 15 in Auckland, while north Rodney still doesn’t have a pool.

“Those admission fees could be helping to fund the building of new pools.”

Cerebral palsy fundraiser Take 10,000 steps next month and raise awareness and funds for the Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand. The initiative, dubbed Steptember, is worldwide and aims to get friends and colleagues to team up, get sponsored and wear a pedometer for 28 days. Enter the number of steps online at the end of each day and complete a virtual race to 10,000 steps. Cerebral palsy affects around 7000 New Zealanders.

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Winter nutrition top five Good nutrition is paramount to good health. There is unfortunately a misconception that to eat healthy is expensive. Well it doesn’t have to be! Here are a few very healthy ideas that won’t break the bank.

1. Fermented foods Have you heard the rave about fermented foods? They are full of probiotics which are great for intestinal health (this plays a massive part in your immune system). Perhaps the easiest to prepare and the most versatile is the humble sauerkraut. Very economical to make (about $1 to make the same amount as a $14 jar in the shops!).

2. Brown rice Twice as filling as the white version but 10 times more nutritious. Great as a base under your favourite casserole, or stir-fry it with veggies and eggs for a powerhouse of nutrition on a budget (just make sure you cook it properly so that it is soft and not too hard!).

3. Slow cooked meals Cheap meat cuts or beans/lentils and veggies make for nourishing, economical, slow-cooked food. Buy lamb chops on special, cook with a can or two of tomatoes and some onion etc, for a great a meat dish that is perfect over brown rice. Save the left over sauce, add some lentils and veggies, and you can slow cook another meal.

4. Eggs Full of nutrition with enough goodies in them to make a chicken! Find someone who has chooks and sells their eggs from home to get real freerange eggs at half the cost of commercial eggs. Worried about cholesterol? If you cook at lower temperatures (poached, soft or hard boiled) the protein (lecithin) isn’t denatured and it helps to break the cholesterol down.

5. Healthy slice Ok this is the winner ... economical, healthy, quick and super easy to make. But best of all, a real tasty treat. Put one cup of dates, one cup of raisins, one cup of walnuts, two tablespoons of cocoa powder (or its raw version, cacao) and two cups of coconut into a food processor. Blend until well chopped, press into a baking tray and refrigerate for two hours.

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Candi has 35 years experience as a personal trainer. After finding an affinity for dance at a young age, she trained as a group fitness instructor in Malaysia before working and studying in the industry in Australia for 15 years.

She went on to be named National Fitness Champion in Malaysia and started a chain of six fitness centres in Kuala Lumpur.

She later met her Kiwi husband and business partner, Donal Stevenson, who was working as a landscape designer at a golf course in Kuala Lumpur.

“I loved the culture and the food,” Donal says. “I only intended to go for six months, but I stayed for 20 years.”

The couple moved to New Zealand five years ago and started a fitness studio in central Auckland. When the building they leased was bought by a developer, they decided to open a new studio in the countryside.

Donal’s parents have lived in Warkworth for 35 years and they say it seemed like the perfect location.

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Candi’s goal is to create a private, personal studio that people feel good about coming to.

“Fitness has to be fun, but you also need to see results – it’s about how you motivate people and that’s what I love doing,” Candi says.

Candi has developed her own complete set of training systems, incorporating yoga, dance and resistance training.

Private personal training for weight loss, muscle building, toning or energy, is available for clients ranging from teenagers to the elderly.

She will also hold weekend wellness retreats, with a variety of themes ranging from yoga to cooking classes.

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For mothers, the change is dramatic and starts within the first weeks of her pregnancy. But for dads, the process usually creeps up more gradually.

Brendon Smith, of the organisation Father & Child, says it’s important for new dads to attend antenatal classes, scans and meetings with midwives to begin building a bond with their child.

He says bonding can include talking or singing to the baby, and feeling them kick.

“The classes prepare the couple for the birth and the first few weeks,” Brendon says. “Dad learns that he needs to be home a lot more, he needs to be there for Mum emotionally and practically, and he can think about enlisting other mums as ‘sister-help’,” Brendon says.

“He has to also understand that there will be changes in their relationship.

“A new mother can feel overwhelmed and isolated by her new role, and that’s when the support of her

partner is so important.

“If anything is wrong, he will probably be the first person to know and he will be in a position to tell the midwife or Plunket nurse what is really going on.

This can help circumvent some issues and can help even prevent post-natal depression.”

Brendon says many separations happen in the first year after the arrival of the first child.

Modern couples need to have a co-pregnancy and co-parenting conversations to sort out their respective roles and remain supportive of one another.

“Sometimes difficulties can arise if there are work pressures, major renovations or if there was previous anxiety or depression. Sleep becomes really important and if dad has gone back to work too soon or is working too much, couples need to make time for each other and make sure they don’t lose the romance.”

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Mahurangi Matters canvassed the views of some local fathers on what advice they would give to a new dad, and this is what we learned …

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It’s all very well to talk about ‘quality time’, but I think ‘being there’ is what’s really important. I was a solo Dad to my son for a while and he just needed to know he could rely on me to be home, cook the dinner and do all those normal things. My advice is to be patient and give them your time, and the good news is that they do grow up and they will turn out lovely in the end.

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Parenting is a two-person job, with dads encouraged to be as involved as possible.

Bonding begins before birth The role of fathers in preparing for the birth of their baby has changed immensely over the past 50 years, according to Warkworth midwife Kama Richards.

“Dads were once banished from the birth room and gender stereotypical parenting roles were the norm,” she says.

“Nowadays, Dads are very much encouraged to be as involved as possible – supporting their partner and enjoying the process of learning and preparing together for the birth and the baby, working together as a team to discuss birth preferences and parenting choices, and at the birth, their role as a loving, constant and trusting partner cannot be underestimated!”

If new fathers are feeling nervous about their new role, attending antenatal classes is a way to gain confidence.

Although the classes are tailored to the needs of the group, they normally cover subjects such as pregnancy discomforts, anatomy, exercise and nutrition, warning signs, relationship and lifestyle changes, labour and birth, post-natal expectations and practical infant care.

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making is the underlying principle of the course.

“Parents all come from different life experiences and with different views, beliefs, and values – the information shared is for each person to take what they need for their own unique circumstances and preferences, discuss with their maternity carer and make choices that are best for them and their baby.”

Kama says there are many ways fathers can be an ultimate support person at the birth – practical, emotional and physical – but the main thing is for him to just be there, be loving, be the rock, and keep the oxytocin flowing.

“As for baby care, I encourage them to get stuck in, change the nappies, settle and soothe baby, and bath baby. The only thing they can’t do is breastfeed, but all the other baby cares will help them form a strong bond and share the load for Mum. Dads might do things differently, but it doesn’t mean it’s wrong.”

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According to the Ministry of Health, there are 28 vitamins and minerals essential to our good health and we should include them in our daily diet. By having a widely diverse diet, we can obtain all the nutrients we need. The best foods to get all of these goodies from is one full of wholefoods – fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, seafood, nuts and seeds, eggs, wholegrains and dairy.

It is very easy to get stuck in a food rut and just cook and eat the same thing day-in and day-out. Eating seasonally and trying something different or new is a great way to broaden our diet and boost our nutrient intake. This can be tricky for those with special dietary requirements, as often there are food restrictions that add extra limitations, but it is important to find good options to get the nutrients we need.

Sometimes good options might be something that we’ve tried before and hated, but now we should maybe try again. Like Brussels sprouts, which are full of vitamin K, which is important for proper blood clotting.

Another food that seems to divide people are chicken livers. I really like them, but I know of many that won’t go near them. Liver can often have connotations of a plateful of something horribly grey and rubbery that is tasteless and unpalatable.

But it really doesn’t have to be that way.

Chicken livers are an excellent source of iron and vitamin A. We need iron to transport oxygen around our bodies and it is also an important part of many enzymes and muscle protein. We know that vitamin A is required for healthy eyes, but it also helps maintain healthy skin and is a strong antioxidant.

Chicken livers are a great low-budget meat option and they are very versatile. Most of us know of their use in pâté, but there really is more to a chicken liver than mincing it to a paste. The recipe below is a favourite in our house at the moment.

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• 3 tablespoons port • 1 tablespoon olive oil • 1 large onion, halved, thinly sliced • 1 tablespoon soy sauce • 3 tablespoons water • 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced • Salt and pepper • 2 teaspoons wholegrain mustard • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley • 350g chicken livers Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the onion and garlic and cook until the onion begins to soften. Stir in the mustard and then add the chicken livers. Cook the livers for two to three minutes on each side. Add the port, soy sauce and water to the pan. Gently simmer, occasionally turning the livers in the liquid, until the liquid reduces and is almost gone – this takes about 10 to 12 minutes. Add the parsley and season with salt and pepper.

Serve with creamy mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables.

Variation Chop up a rasher of bacon, slice three to four button mushrooms and cook with the onions and garlic before following the rest of the recipe.

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National accolade for landscape designer Council land A Warkworth landscape design company has won a national award for creating a garden, making a clifftop house in the Coromandel blend seamlessly with the surrounding environment.

Bill Holden Design and Landscape won the Landscape Industries Association Best Construction of the Year award last month.

Mr Holden says the project was a career highlight.

The brief was to integrate the 2ha site into the surrounding forest to envelope a house poised on the cliff edge above Tairua Beach.

“The excavated site was a big scar on the cliff face, so the landscape design was an absolute integral part of the project,” Bill says. “The aim was to return the site to the landscape.

“My philosophy is for a garden to reflect the character of a place. In that sense, it was probably the most satisfying job I’ve been involved in.”

Bill says a lot of the work had to be done before the house was built due to the narrowness of the site.

Restoring the site required 400 tonnes of rock to create a stable terrace and planting hundreds of native plants.

“I used locally-sourced rocks so the material was the same as the surrounding cliff.”

The project also picked up three gold awards for design, construction and horticulture.

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A number of narrow strips of public land on Woodcocks Road are being reviewed for sale.

The pieces of land are part of a stopped paper road near the intersection with Old Woodcocks Road, about nine kilometres west of Warkworth.

The Rodney Local Board has asked Panuku Development Auckland to defer a decision on the land until a comprehensive walkways plan has been developed for the region.

At the Board’s August 8 business meeting, member Beth Houlbrooke said she had been contacted by horse riders who were concerned the land could be sold off.

Panuku portfolio review team leader Letitia McColl said an adjacent landowner wanted to buy one of the blocks of land and had contacted Auckland Council through a solicitor.

Ms McColl said Council had no need for the land and as the land wasn’t contiguous, it would not be easy to create a walkway through the area.

The stopped roads were created when changes were made to the road layout in 1975. Twenty-one pieces of the road were stopped as part of the process and 11 were sold to adjoining landowners, but 10 have remained in Council ownership. comment online localmatters.co.nz

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Mr Haycock says the multi-layered cedar exterior of the three-bedroom house made for a challenging job.

It was the first project for the company’s new foreman, Matt Isted.

“It’s extremely elaborate for a small building,” Mr Haycock says. “Matt did a wonderful job.”

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A flotilla of pirate-themed rafts will be jostling for position on the Mahurangi River for the Pirates of the Mahurangi Raft Race at this year’s Kowhai Festival.

The race will be held at the Warkworth Boat Ramp on October 9 at 2pm.

There are two categories – a Youth Challenge for local youth groups, schools and sports clubs, and the Pirate Race, open to families, businesses, clubs and anyone who wants to race their pirate raft.

Last year about 12 rafts entered the race, but event coordinator David Hay hopes

to attract over 20 entries this year.

“It’s a great opportunity for groups to compete against each other and to have a fun day on the Mahurangi River,” Mr Hay says.

Entry forms are available on the Kowhai Festival website and can be emailed to sales@rodneymarine.co.nz or dropped in at Rodney Marine on Goatley Road, or register on the day before 12.30pm.

The entry fee is $20 for the Youth Challenge or $50 for the Pirate Race.

Proceeds go to Warkworth Scouts.

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Film competition supports town hall restoration Over $1100 has been raised for the internal restoration of the Warkworth Town Hall following this year’s short film competition.

The event, sponsored by South Pacific Pictures, held screenings and a prize giving at Warkworth School on August 13.

Winners on the night included Mahurangi Kindergarten, The Warkworth Woman’s Institute, and Elise Maric for her animal detective caper, Tail of the Missing Sock. Competition teams received an engraved film reel from FB Warren jewellers.

The winning films can be viewed on the Warkworth Town Hall Restoration Project Facebook page.

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Celebrated Kiwi pianist to play in Warkworth Celebrated young Kiwi pianist Tony Chen Lin is playing in Warkworth this month as part of a national tour.

The concert has been organised by Warkworth Music and will be held in the Mahurangi College auditorium on Friday September 30 at 7.30 pm.

Tony will perform master works of the piano repertoire by Bach, Bartok, Beethoven and Schumann, as well as one of his own compositions, penned especially for this tour.

Tony was born in China and moved to New Zealand with his parents when he was six. His first encounter with music came at the age of twelve with keyboard lessons, before advancing to piano a year later with Rosemary Stott.

At 14, Tony made his concerto debut after winning the Christchurch Junior Concerto Competition in 2002.

After wining the New Zealand National Concerto Competition in 2007, Tony completed his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours in piano performance at the University of Canterbury in 2009.

After studying in Singapore for a short time, Tony gained a Master of Music under Gilead Mishory at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Germany in 2013.

As part of his graduation concerts, Tony formed his own chamber orchestra to perform, as well as conduct, a Mozart piano concerto.

Tony recently graduated with Distinction from a Soloist Diploma (Konzertexamen) in Freiburg under Andreas Immer, while taking parttime studies with Balázs Szokolay at the Liszt Academy in Budapest.

Since 2009, Tony has been regularly invited to the Semaine Internationale de Piano et de musique de chambre in Switzerland, where he will be making an appearance this year as conductor.

Recent highlights include performances of Bartók’s First Piano Concerto in Freiburg, as well as appearing in the Rising Stars Festival in 2015, performing as soloist with the Stuttgart State Orchestra.

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Support for Plunket revamp Wellsford Plunket has received a $5000 boost to upgrade its Plunket building thanks to a donation from the local Mike Pero team.

Wellsford Plunket has been revived after years of inactivity and a dedicated group has been working to revamp the Rodney Street building.

New Plunket coordinator Tania Hamilton says the funding will help to renovate the kitchen in the building, which is in dire need of an upgrade.

Tania says the support from the community has been amazing – the Wellsford Lions donated $500 to build a pram and wheelchair ramp for the building, the roof has been repaired by Right Now Roofing and trees on the property have been pruned thanks to

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Wellsford Plunket is holding an open Family Day on Sunday September 11 from 11am to 1pm, with a ‘ready, steady, wriggle’ active movement programme for children and messy play with paint.

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Catch the action at the annual Oldfield Shield netball tournament in Wellsford.

Despite a record 177 entrants at this year’s Kaiwaka Boar Hunt on August 11, organiser Vic Birkenhead is calling it quits.

Vic started the event in 2012 with just 72 entrants. This year he had over $13,000 worth of cash and prizes and estimates around 400 people attended the event at the 3 Furlongs Bar and Grill in Kaiwaka.

“It’s been great, but I’ve got other plans for next year, my sponsors will

be coming with me and it could involve boars and be anywhere from here to the Cape,” Vic says.

The hunt bagged 20 boars, with Warren Martin from Waipu taking first prize for the heaviest boar•atPassport 70kg. photos • Free camera checks Jamie Smith secured the best-measured • Travel cameras tusk at 33.5cm and hooked the biggest snapper at 7.72kg.

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Kaipara Flats is serving up its own Father’s Day special, with rally cars set to rip through on September 4. Photo: Sheree Lawton

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For those dads who like the smell of an oily rag, Kaipara Flats will host 32 rally cars across a 5km course on September 4.

The event is being organised by the Hibiscus Coast Motor Sport Club on Kaipara Hills Road for the first time in seven years, with check in at 9am.

“It’s one of the more challenging courses we’ve done,” club committee member Dale Crossley says.

“There is a good combination of drops and tight corners along the way.”

Originally, the race was set for August but postponed due to poor weather causing eight entries to drop out.

The club normally participates in 22 events a year, held across Rodney and Northland.

“The field of drivers is getting bigger.

“Facebook brings in most of the newcomers.”

Dale says some people are kept away because they think the sport is too expensive.

“Most people who get into it start out with a cheap car and do gymkhana and autocross.”

“It’s quite hard to damage your car or yourself in those sorts of events.”

Dale says you are looking at a minimum cost of $4000 to buy a car with a roll cage for more serious rally competitions.

Newcomers are always welcome to join the Hibiscus club.

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There were some exciting finishes in both the Rodney netball competition and the Oldfield Shield tournament.

Netball winter wind-up The Rodney Netball Centre wrapped up another winter season with a tie in the Oldfield Shield competition on August 21.

The annual tournament held in Wellsford involves teams across multiple age groups.

The final result saw Hibiscus Coast and Northern Wairoa both finish on 18 points.

Northern Wairoa won the senior open grade, beating Hibiscus Coast and Rodney.

Meanwhile, the Ruawai Jetz downed Otamatea in the premier final of the Rodney competition, 46-42.

“We’ve worked really hard and been bridesmaids for so many years that we really wanted it,” Ruawai Jetz captain Stacey Beattie said.

“We had a big difference going into the last quarter of the game, which we needed as they fought back pretty hard.”

Kaipara Flats won the A grade competition with an extra-time victory, 35-34 over Mangawhai.

“It was great to have such a close and exciting match to finish the season,” Kaipara Flats player Bridget Pancoust said.

“It’s nice to have such a competitive tournament outside of school netball.”

Rodney Netball Centre president Lynette Gubb said the finals night was very close and exciting in all games.

“We have a few very talented players at the centre who I hope will take their netball further,” she said.

“The biggest challenge this season has been finding people to umpire matches.

“But overall, numbers were pleasing with a big increase in juniors, aged years one to four, in the Future Ferns programme and a small gain in the senior bracket.”

Calling all cricketers The 2016/17 summer cricket season is approaching and offering new players a chance to get some whites on and have a hit. The Rodney tournament, which has this year expanded from five to seven teams, will run for 16 weeks starting in October. This will include a combination of 40-over and T20 games. The Warkworth Cricket Club is looking to make a second team this season with males and females welcome. Junior training clinics will also be taking place at the club. Club whites and gear are included in the season fee. A newly created Rodney Rams cricket side is also looking for players to strengthen their team, which has joined the competition this season. Other clubs involved in the tournament are Pakiri, Otamatea, Wellsford, Kaipara Flats and newly enlisted Kaukapakapa. For juniors, Friday night cricket will be back this season at the Kaipara Flats Cricket Club. This will start November 4, with competitions for children years 1-4 and 5-8.

Cricket club contacts: Junior programme: Kevin Forde 021 1322 617; Warkworth: Hayden 027 211 6004; Rodney Rams: Ben 021 100 8899

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The Mahurangi U85s coach Phil Schmidt is pleased with his side’s defensive capabilities.

Mahurangi’s leading men The Mahurangi U85s have finished the season sixth, improving on last year’s result and out performing the premiers and U21s.

The weight-graded team were downed by Silverdale 27-21 in the mid-table play-off final, held at North Harbour Oval on August 13.

“It was a great finish, only just missing out on a top four spot,” coach Phil Schmidt says.

“Last season we won just one game, so this has put pride back in the jersey.”

The team was in the top four briefly during the season and snatched a dramatic extra-time win in the last game of the regular season beating East Coast Bays 10-7.

Phil says he thinks the team almost reached its full potential.

“To end up in fifth place this year after the round robin was a great effort. It takes time to build a champion side.

“We were very courageous on defence and fought back well when down on points.”

The other Mahurangi senior sides will look to improve their standings next year after both finishing second to last.

Phil is unsure whether he will be reassigned to his role next season, but says either way, the team can only get stronger, with players returning from injury and new recruits coming in from college.

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Bowls are available and the bar will be open with a raffle. Info: Ron 423 9501 Regional rugby match-ups The Kaiwaka Sports Association is hosting the North Harbour U14s and U16s against Northland U14s and U16s on September 17. U14s kick off at 12pm and U16s at 1.30pm.

Info: Cheryl 431 2051 2016/2017 mixed touch module The Mahurangi Rugby Club mixed touch module starts October 20 at the Warkworth Showgrounds. Multiple age brackets and grades to play in.

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Trophy win for skier Mahurangi College student Joseph Farnsworth claimed the Waimarino Trophy at the NZ Skiing Youth Series last month.

The competition was held in Pinnacle Valley at Whakapapa, Mt Ruapehu, in near perfect conditions. A total 119 competitors, ranging from under 10 to senior, took part.

While Joseph was the fastest male competitor on the giant slalom, Nicole Postlewaight, of Taupo, claimed the title in the women’s event.

Joseph and Nicole were presented with their trophies by alpine skier and Olympian Simon Wi Rutene. In another Mahurangi connection, the trophy was sponsored by Robin and Grant Dixon, of Warkworth.

Joseph’s father Adrian Farnsworth says his son now has his eyes set firmly on the NZ Under 18 title, which he will compete for this month.

“There are a couple of boys ranked ahead of him, who have had the benefit and experience of skiing overseas, but Joseph has been doing a lot of strength training at the gym in Warkworth, which is showing results.” In the long-term, the goal is to compete at the Youth World Cup and an Olympics.

The Waipu Premiers continue to improve, but were disappointed not to secure a spot in the final.

Waipu rugby side fails to close gap Despite finishing third in the Bayleys Southern Northern Districts Competition, the Waipu Premiers were left wanting at the end of the season.

The side managed 10 wins, but sat 28 points behind first-placed Old Boys Marist after 18 fixtures.

“Our goal was to make the semi-finals, so although we achieved that, but not being in the final was a bitter pill to swallow,” premiers coach Mark Wells says.

The competition consisted of 10 teams including Otamatea, who finished fifth, and Wellsford who came fourth, just one point behind Waipu.

The team has improved since Mark started coaching three years ago.

“When I took over we were last in the standings,” he says.

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“We had two mid-table finishes in the next two years, coming sixth and fifth, and the natural progression was to make the top four, which we achieved.”

Mark says the winners, Old Boys Marist, were stacked with talented rep players, while Mid-Northern has had plenty of years together, making top spot a difficult ask.

“No excuses though, they were certainly better than us and very well coached so I tip my hat to them,” he says.

Mark says rugby in Waipu is getting stronger with more players joining and a community atmosphere prevalent within the club.

“We have a very forward thinking committee, and with 140 years behind us, 140 more is looking promising.”

In the Bayley’s Division One competition, Tomarata finished seventh out of eight teams, winning just two of their 14 matches.

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September 2-4

Christian Fellowship Wellsford healing meetings with Katherine Ruonala, Wellsford Community Centre, 7pm

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Snells Beach Garden Circle spring flower show, Mahurangi East Community Centre, Hamatana Rd, 1–3.30pm. Info: Barbara 425 5371

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Hibiscus Coast Orchid Society Spring Show, Orewa Community Centre, Orewa Square, Hibiscus Coast Highway, 9am-4pm. Info: decorhomes@hotmail.co.nz

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Winter opera series at The Vivian gallery, 5-7pm.

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Ambrose Golf fundraiser for Warkworth Town Hall restoration, Warkworth Golf Club. Info Glennys Oliver: daglo@clear.net.nz or 0274 438 026

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Matakana Fire Brigade information day, Matakana Fire Station, Omaha Flats Road, 10am. Info: Terry Hewitt 027 451 6234 (see story p14)

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Tawharanui planting, meet at the woolshed at 9am

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Warkworth Music series, featuring string quintet, the Pettman Players, Snells Beach Primary School, 4pm

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Mike King parenting evening, Mahurangi college auditorium, 7 8pm. Gold coin donations. (see story p18)

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Art workshop, mould making using polymer clay and latex with Joy Bell, Warkworth Club Rooms, 4 Alnwick Street, 9am-12noon.

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Matakana Fire Brigade information evening, Matakana Fire Station, Omaha Flats Road, 7pm. Info: Terry Hewitt 027 451 6234 (see story p14)

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Sunday afternoon jazz, featuring Warkworth Brass accompanied by the vocal harmonies of Jazz Connection, Matakana Hall, 2pm. Tickets $10 on the door.

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Reef Savers marine survey workshop, Mathesons Bay, 10-2pm Info Lorna: info@reefsavers.nz (see p14)

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Wellsford Country Music Club open mic and resident band, Wellsford Community Centre, 1.30pm. Entry $5/$4.

Info: John 425 4041

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Snells Beach Garden Circle, Mahurangi Community Centre, Betty Paxton Room. Second Wed of every month, 1.30pm Info: Barbara Carpenter 425 5371

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Forest & Bird winter talk series, Local birds of our area, including Sandspit & Snells Beach with photographer Michele Mackenzie, Totara Park Hall, Warkworth, 7.30pm

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Multi Challenge Business House Competition for Warkworth town hall restoration. Info Glennys Oliver: daglo@clear.net.nz or 0274 438026

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Garage Sale, Mahurangi East Tennis Club fundraiser, 7.30am to 11.30am

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New Zealand Fairy Tern Charitable Trust Annual General Meeting, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Fagan Place , Mangawhai Heads, 2pm. Guest speaker Landcare Trust biodiversity co-ordinator, Ngaire Tyson. Info: info@fairytern.org.nz or ph 09 431 5413

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Meet the Candidates evening, Mahurangi Community Centre, 7.30pm

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Public meeting on new Snells Beach college, Mahurangi Community Centre, Snells Beach, 7pm. Guest speaker Petra Bagust

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Warkworth Business Association annual meeting, The Bridgehouse back bar, 5.30pm. All welcome

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Summerleles community ukulele jam session, Old Masonic Hall, Baxter St, Warkworth, 5-7pm

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Kowhai Art and Craft open day, beside the Warkworth Showgrounds, 10am-2pm. Morning tea provided

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Warkworth’s Anja Hamelmann gets herself ahead of Glenfield players in a close final.

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A season high for the Warkworth women’s team which managed to defy past results and take the second division cup. Photos: Kim Montefiore

Warkworth football team rises to occasion The Warkworth A.F.C Women’s team didn’t go into the Second Division Cup tournament as favourites against season leaders Glenfield Gazelles, but that didn’t stop them coming away with the silverware.

Last month the side, which has had mixed results this season, grabbed a 1-0 win as the cup competition came to its climax at QBE North Harbour Stadium Domain Four.

“It felt amazing to win and it was great for our coach and supporters,” player Sue Lester says.

“When Ashley scored her goal, we knew we could do it.”

On its way to the final, the team beat Hibiscus Coast 1-0 and Takapuna 2-0.

“We were quietly determined to dent the pride of a team that hadn’t lost a game all season going into the final.”

Sue says one of the biggest challenges this season was getting a full squad together, mainly because of family commitments and injury.

“We were fortunate to have a stand-in goalkeeper and a full squad of players for the cup final.”

As it stands, the side is set to finish in the bottom third of the standings in the regular competition, with one match left to play against Birkenhead

at Shoesmith Domain on September 4, 10.45am kick-off.

“It’s been a season of highs and lows.

“We go off to a great start winning our first two games but, unfortunately, couldn’t maintain it for the rest of the season.”

Sue says the team is grateful for the great support it has had from the sideline.

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