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Mosley editor Kathy Toon, left, with production designer Markus Kristensen. Kathy swapped an editing desk at Pixar to work for Huhu Studios in Snells Beach.

Snells studio releases animated blockbuster New Zealand’s first 3D animated feature film – produced in Snells Beach and China – will be released next month.

The $29 million film Mosley is a coproduction between Huhu Studios in Snells Beach and China Film Animation. It features the voices of Temuera Morrison, Lucy Lawless and John Rhys-Davies.

It is New Zealand’s biggest animated feature since the 2D film Footrot Flats – an Australian-New Zealand comedy released in 1986.

Huhu Studios took the lead on Mosley, providing all the creative direction for the film and its lead artists. To do so, it attracted talent from major studios such as Disney, Pixar, Weta and DreamWorks.

The 96-minute film took around four years to make and, at its peak, more than 100 employees worked at Huhu, including about 50 artists.

Staff in New Zealand would participate in daily video-conference calls with another team of Chinese animators to give direction on scenes created on storyboards in New Zealand.

It took one animator about a week to produce three to five seconds of animation.

The film tells the story of Mosley, one of a species of creatures known as thoriphants. The thoriphants live a life of servitude on four legs, but the discovery of ancient cave drawings suggests

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thoriphants might also walk upright.

Mosley embarks on a quest to find the mighty Uprights and free his family.

Mosley film editor Kathy Toon left a job at Pixar, in California, to come to Snells Beach and has worked on Mosley for the last three years.

She says the editor’s job requires using the animation, recorded dialogue, sound effects and music to piece the story together – sometimes suggesting more drawings and new scenes to better tell that story.

“Editors have a huge amount of influence over the tone and pace of the final film,” she says.

Ms Toon’s past credits include Toy Story 4, Finding Dory, Rio, and Horton Hears a Who, but she considers Mosley to be “quite a unique” adventure story.

“I think the tagline – There is Something Noble Inside of You – asks a question that many people have inside of them. Are they all that they can be?” she says.

She considers the production of Mosley to be a “massive accomplishment” for New Zealand filmmaking – particularly as it has been made in 3D, adding an extra layer of complication.

“I’m so proud this film came out of

Snells Beach, and I really hope New Zealanders get behind it and support it.”

She imagines the film has had considerable economic impact. In addition to the big stars and animators, the film has provided work for dozens of other technical specialists, local actors and film-related industries.

Ms Toon says she is unsure what Huhu’s next big project will be.

“At times like this you are holding your breath to see how your film does.

Then you can plan on what to do next. We are in a little bit of a holding pattern right now.”

Mosley opens on October 10.

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Warkworth BID clears first hurdle

No contest The following local government representatives were returned unchallenged:

Greg Sayers – Rodney Councillor

Colin Smith – Rodney Local Board, Wellsford

Jonathan Larsen – Kaipara District Council, KaiwakaMangawhai

Peter Wethey – Kaipara District Council, KaiwakaMangawhai

Penny Smart – Northland Regional Council, Kaipara

Local election campaigning underway Campaigning for the local government elections started in earnest after nominations closed last month.

Several councillors and one local board member have been re-elected unopposed, after no new candidates stepped up to challenge them. Auckland Council’s Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers and Local Board member for Wellsford Colin Smith both retain their roles, while Kaipara Councillor Penny Smart stays unchallenged in her Northland Regional Council seat.

On Kaipara District Council, Councillors Jonathan Larsen and Peter Wethey have both been returned unopposed for the new Kaiwaka-Mangawhai ward.

There are five candidates vying for three seats in the Warkworth subdivision of Rodney Local Board – Steven Garner (Independent); Tim Holdgate (Independent); Beth Houlbrooke (Rodney First, and current board chair); Paul Manton (Rodney First); and Ayla Walker (Rodney First).

Five candidates are vying for two vacancies in the Otamatea ward of Kaipara District Council – Anna

Curnow, Craig Jepson, Wayne Linton, Ian Miller and Mark Vincent.

Meanwhile, in the mayoral races, there are 21 candidates seeking election to lead Auckland. Frontrunners Phil Goff and John Tamihere are being challenged by a host of contenders, including Craig Lord. In Kaipara, incumbent Jason Smith is up against Moemoea Mohoawhenua.

There are also 23 candidates standing for the Waitemata District Health Board and 20 are vying for seven seats on the Northland District Health Board.

Voting opens on Friday, September 20 and the last day to post voting papers is Tuesday, October 8. The polls close at 12 noon on Saturday, October 12.

– More information on candidates and their views on key local issues will be published in our next issue, September 18.

Info: aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections, kaipara. govt.nz/council/local-elections, nrc.govt.nz/elections Warkworth Rotary/Lions Food Rescue chairman Terry Nuthall last month accepted hundreds of cans of food, plus cartons of other foodstuffs from Barry Thomas, of Cafe2U Silverdale. MoreFM Rodney and Cafe2U Silverdale ran a week of “Can for a Coffee” to supply food for families in need. Barry was at different locations each morning and exchanged a can, or cans of food, for a free coffee. The Warkworth Rotary/Lions Food Rescue has operated for three years and distributed more than 55 tonnes of emergency food aid in the Mahurangi community. Pictured: More FM breakfast host Brent Harbour, Barry Thomas and Terry Nuthall with Barry’s children, Cerys and Sian.

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Members of One Warkworth (OW) have given the association a clear mandate to investigate the introduction of a Business Improvement District (BID).

This will be Warkworth’s third attempt to introduce the compulsory annual rate to promote economic development and business growth, which is levied on commercial and industrial landowners.

About 22 people plus OW committee members attended the organisation’s annual general meeting, held at The Bridgehouse on August 26, and they voted unanimously in favour of pursing the BID investigation.

Several landholders who had vehemently opposed the BID in 2016 spoke in favour of the proposal this time around. The mood of the meeting was that the timing for a BID was right, given the amount of growth forecast for Warkworth over the next 20 years.

Accountant Simon Withers said it was a sound idea because the association was too vulnerable if it had to rely solely on sponsors. Businessman Peter Thompson said that over the last three years, the association had been well run and it was very important to maintain it in a viable manner. Landholder Al Mason said the BID would be fairer because everyone who benefited from the association’s work would be contributing.

One Warkworth estimates that only about half the businesses in Warkworth are currently members of the association.

If the BID proceeds, the voluntary membership system will cease and in its place will be a compulsory flat fee of $500 per commercial property within the future urban zone. Landlords will have the choice as to whether or not they pass on the charge to tenants.

One Warkworth estimates this will raise around $136,000 annually, which will be topped up with associate memberships from outside Warkworth, memberships from businesses that don’t have shop fronts such as tradespeople, and sponsorship.

“As Warkworth grows, the base funding will also grow,” One Warkworth chair Chris Murphy said.

One Warkworth will put a proposal to the Rodney Local Board in December and if that is adopted, it will run a postal vote on the BID, possibly in March. All landholders and commercial tenants in the designated BID area will be eligible to vote, regardless of whether or not they are members of One Warkworth.

The association needs 25 per cent of eligible voters to vote, and 12.5% of voters to support the proposal to get the BID over the line.

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Halt rollout of 5G Regarding the column ‘5G: Much ado about nothing’ by Ralph Cooney (MM August 21). Contrary to what Professor Cooney says, there is a great deal of concern in the community, nationally and globally about the 5G rollout and for good reason. One of the main organisations referred to by the “anti5G locals” and global communities is the Environmental Health Trust (ehtrust.org). Dr Devra Davis founded the non-profit Environmental Health Trust in 2007 and is an expert with incredible credentials.

Thousands of peer-reviewed studies, including the recently published US Toxicology Program – a 16-year, $30 million study – show a wide range of statistically significant DNA damage, brain and heart tumours, infertility, and so many other ailments that are being ignored by the FCC. The safety guidelines that the telecommunication companies and our government refer to when they tell us that 5G meets the current standards were made in 1999 and don’t take into account the latest research that proves wireless radiation is harmful. To date, there has been no informed public consultation. There has been no risk assessment. More than 220 of the world’s leading scientists signed an appeal to the World Health Organisation and the UN to protect public health from wireless radiation and nothing has been done. Their key points were: 1. Present levels of RF

radiation are already toxic. 2. Harm to humans and other biology is already proven. 3. Harm is evidenced below the current safety limits. 4. 5G will substantially increase exposures. We have never been exposed long-term to the proposed level of 5G radiation.

Professor Cooney says without 5G “the future of the Rodney region for our young people would be very bleak indeed”. On the contrary, the health and wellbeing of our children and our future generations is dependent on us halting the rollout of 5G in our community, and our country.

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Progress on pigs We are responding to the recent Mahurangi Matters article entitled ‘Diseased feral pigs cause chaos in Puhoi’ (MM August 21). We want to add an update to the content of the article. At the well attended public meeting held in the Puhoi Centennial Hall on August 4 to discuss feral pigs, it was unanimously agreed by the end of the meeting that there had been an increase in the number of feral pigs in certain parts of the Puhoi/Ahuroa area – and this did pose a problem for the community.

Those in attendance also endorsed the formation of a working group to address the matter. That working group was to include representatives from Auckland Council, DOC, police, the QEII National Trust, recreational hunters and local

landowners. This community-led group has since had its first meeting, where there was a commitment to creating a plan to support landowners to more effectively control the feral pig population in the local area. The plan will include landowner liaison and agreement to enable this communitydriven project to be effective and, once a draft plan is complete, the working group will return to the community for comment.

Ian Hutchinson, spokesperson for the Puhoi/ Ahuroa Pig Control Working Group.

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I read with interest the article regarding feral pigs decimating Puhoi ( ) and that many appeared sick and diseased. My brother farms in Northland, and he shoots many wild pigs which enter his property. He no longer eats any wild pig meat, as he says the pigs eat dead possums etc., which are killed by 1080. The pigs ingest this poison and are no longer fit to consume. I wonder if the Puhoi pigs have also eaten 1080 contaminated animals?

Don Raynes, Warkworth

DOC biodiversity ranger Thelma Wilson responds: 1080 is not a toxin that has been used in Puhoi. However, 1080 is only one of a range of toxins used for pest control, and pigs can easily encounter these toxins either by direct exposure or by scavenging dead animals. As pigs can travel a considerable distance, it is

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unlikely hunters can really be sure what toxins or other food they have previously eaten. The risk should be reduced when the hunter examines the intestines/ organs of their kill. Animals that have been eating anticoagulants (one of the most commonly used toxins) are likely to look different.

Invitation misdirected I read with bemusement the article in Mahurangi Matters where Brian Mason of the Landowners and Contractors Protection Association says that “he hasn’t heard ‘boo’ from any of the Rodney First candidates”.

(Council candidates lukewarm on meeting constitutents, MM August 21).

On checking with my colleagues, only one of us received an invitation to the event, and that was Phelan Pirrie, our Kumeu candidate, on Tuesday, August 20. Rodney First is not standing a candidate in the Wellsford subdivision and the member for Wellsford has been re-elected unopposed, so there is no local board candidate debate to be had up there. It would be unheard of for candidates not contesting the electorate to participate in a debate outside their subdivision. Wellsford residents cannot vote for Warkworth subdivision candidates even if they wanted to. It would be like inviting the Hamilton mayoral candidates to debate the Auckland mayoral candidates. We all have our own campaigns to run where we are hoping to be elected. Our focus is on that, and I look forward to it.

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Making a mess of education The Government’s recent decision to strip polytechnics of all assets and send all power to a centralised polytechnic will be devastating for our region. Polytechnics and Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) will be dissolved and merged into a national mega-polytechnic.

What’s more, the Government is going to use the $197 million left over from its failed fees-free policy to fund this disastrous merger. This in itself is a joke, as it won’t even cover the $400 million total cost of the The Treasury Government’s reforms. noted that it’s I was disappointed, but not shocked, to hear that the Government has ignored the Treasury’s almost certain warnings about this policy. The Treasury said that that there will be it is likely that the new model will not achieve the workforce disruption desired outcomes, and that this will have extreme and that the needs of impact.

The Treasury also noted that it’s almost certain industry, employers, that there will be workforce disruption and that and the regions will the needs of industry, employers, and the regions not be met. will not be met. It categorised the impact of these as extreme. Language this strong in a report from Treasury is pretty rare, which shows what a huge mistake the Government is making.

While polytechnic cash assets (which were $58 million in 2018) will be ringfenced to be spent locally, control will be exercised by the mega-polytechnic from its national office. Cash reserves may even be used to pay for the cost of the merger itself.

I believe that local people are best placed to decide what courses to teach and how to teach them. National will return polytechnic decision-making back to our communities.

These reforms won’t “free up potential of [the] North”, as Education Minister Chris Hipkins says. This is just a fluff statement with no meaning. What the Government’s reforms will do is cut jobs in our tertiary institutions as governance and management roles are centralised.

Getting rid of ITOs is a huge mistake. They’ve been performing well and getting great results. The Government’s reforms are also expected to be disastrous for regional education and apprenticeships. Employers have told me they will cease to employ apprentices next year if apprentices go back to polytechnics. This is a big step backwards, especially when our construction sector is crying out for apprentices.

Industry is the expert on industry. Rather than undermining the expertise of the regions, we should be building confidence and trust in them to deliver within their communities. We should be giving regional educators autonomy over what they teach and how they teach it.

The Government’s ‘we know best’ attitude will mean the organising of apprentices will be taken from industry who know the needs of Northland best, and instead given to one polytechnic. Chris Hipkins has brutally dismissed the concerns of industry and businesses who raised serious issues with polytechnic training.

National’s approach is clear if elected in 2020; we will return the management of industry training to industry and return community assets back to communities.

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Stop blaming meat for climate issues says GrassFed founder One of the founders of an initiative to improve understanding between farmers and non-farmers has blasted media outlets for misrepresenting the latest findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Ahuroa sheep and beef farmer Nicky Berger, who co-founded GrassFed in the City, says the latest IPCC report, Climate Change and Land, released last month has insisted that to minimise climate change, it is essential to switch to diets with less processed food and much higher levels of fruit and veggies, and low-carbon produced meats.

“Afterwards, I saw six different articles in national and international media that edited out the ‘low-carbon meat’ section of that statement,” she says.

Ms Berger says meat is being made the scapegoat for climate change problems because it is an easier target than major contributors such as the use of fossil fuels.

“I’m fascinated that this is happening to such a great extent in the media, and I think there are some definite opportunities to remind people of the low carbon methods of rearing sheep and cattle, in particular, in New Zealand, compared to the rest of the world,” she says.

Ms Berger says New Zealand meat

production has a low carbon footprint for a variety of reasons, including the year-round grass feeding of sheep and the limited use of grains to feed animals, unlike elsewhere in the world.

Other factors include the high numbers of trees on New Zealand beef and sheep farms, the minimal use of antibiotics, rotational grazing and the comprehensive strategy of Beef + Lamb NZ – an industry organisation

that represents farmers – to ensure farming here is undertaken in the most environmentally responsible way.

“We can actually get New Zealand lamb transported to England and the total overall carbon involved in producing that lamb is less than what it costs for the English to produce lamb in their own country,” she says.

Right: Nicky Berger says the media is unfairly targeting meat.

Waterway restoration funding up for grabs Landowners and community groups could be eligible for money to help protect and restore local waterways, thanks to the latest round of Rodney Local Board’s Healthy Harbours and Waterways Fund.

This is the third year that funding has been made available for the protection, enhancement or restoration of streams, wetlands and coastal margins using fencing and planting schemes.

It is also available for alternative water supplies for livestock that might be needed as a result of fencing. The fund covers private and Maori land, and is focused on the Kaipara, Mahurangi and Makarau catchments, which have a high concentration of E.coli bacteria.

Applicants who meet the fund criteria

can apply for funding of up to 50 per cent of their project cost, provided they supply or source the other half.

The Board says that by June next year, around $1.2 million will have been invested through the fund since it was launched, including $750,000 allocated by the Board, enabling 30,000m of stock-proof fencing to be installed and the planting of 49,000 native shrubs.

Makarau farmer James Thompson successfully applied for funding in a previous round and used the money for fencing.

“This has allowed me to exclude stock from a section of the Makarau River and fence off a feeder gully,” he says.

“Without this funding, I would not have been able to complete these tasks for some time to come.”

The Local Board works in partnership with industry and community groups, including Beef + Lamb NZ, Dairy NZ, Fonterra and The Forest Bridge Trust, which work directly with local landowners, and Te Uri O Hau supplies plants from its native nursery at Te Arai.

Applications are open until Friday, September 15.

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When I was snorkelling in the warm waters of the Mahurangi, I came upon an octopus. It was draped on a rock in surging swells, (temporarily) coloured orange. Even though it was in an area sometimes targeted by harvesters, I really hope it’s there still.

There are many special things about octopuses. They are venomous, they have three hearts, and they can camouflage and change colour and texture. Their tentacle suckers are incredibly strong and can taste and feel at the same time.

Instead of a central nervous system, their tentacles host a ‘brain’ in each arm.

The suckers on their arms have thousands of sensory receptors, compared to a few hundred on the human fingertip. Scientists say each arm can respond to the world independently, and with the other arms, but without direction from the central brain.

Octopuses are incredibly adept. They sometimes like to play. They have been seen using tools, including carrying coconut shells as mobile protection to barren seafloors, where otherwise they would be conspicuous and at risk of predation. That requires thinking ahead and planning to avert danger. They can open child-proof jar lids for treats inside – which also puts them ahead of many human adults in intelligence and dexterity. They can even open jar lids from the inside when they want to escape. Indeed, they are masterful escape artists and can squeeze through holes the size of a coin in pursuit of freedom or food.

Inky, the soccer-ball sized octopus at Napier’s aquarium, found fame when he escaped his enclosure, slithered across the floor, down a 15cm wide drain pipe and across five metres to the sea. In her book, Soul of an Octopus, Sy Montgomery lovingly tells the story of Kali, a Pacific Octopus in the New England aquarium who lived in a barrel. It escaped from its home through a gap 2.5cm wide. I recommend that book if you want to experience the wonders of octopuses. In an Otago University aquarium, a determined octopus repeatedly caused the lights to short-circuit by squirting water at them, eventually leading to his release back to the sea.

719 jenni.marsh@bayleys.co.nz Octopuses have distinct ‘personalities’ according to researchers and express likes and dislikes for different people. In scientist Frans de Waal’s book, Are We Smart 25 7640 • 41 Queen Street, Warkworth www.bayleys.co.nz Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? he concludes that we’re not, really.

But he makes special mention of the intelligence of octopuses. Among other things, they are capable of theory of mind. They are self-aware and recognise awareness in others too. When I was reading de Waal’s book at a beach, I set off to find an octopus. Hiding in a small crevice on an exposed reef at low tide, I saw a black and white octopus. He saw me looking at him and gathered a collection of rocks and shells to hide, while peeping out – proving de Waal’s point.

Council waste rules change New rules relating to composting, burial of dead animals, unaddressed mail and shopping trolley removal come into effect on October 25.

Auckland Council’s new Waste Management and Minimisation bylaw sets out what individuals and businesses can and can’t do with their waste.

Mayor Phil Goff says the bylaw clearly sets out how residents should dispose of waste to ensure that it is recycled or repurposed where possible, rather than taken straight to landfill.

“Part of this is about enabling Aucklanders to compost in our communities and outlining to businesses, event organisers and multi-unit developments their

responsibilities for managing and minimising waste,” he says. “We all need to reduce the impact of our waste.”

The bylaw also covers storage and collection areas for disposed of or discarded material; trading, event and film activities in Council-controlled public places; and approvals for waste collectors and operators of waste management facilities, resource recovery facilities and donation collection bins.

Auckland sends more than 1.6 million tonnes of waste to landfill every year.

To read and obtain copies of the bylaw, go to aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/bylaws or at libraries or Council service centres.

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This month, Massey University Press publishes Hauturu, edited by Mahurangi Matters columnist Lyn Wade, and Dick Veitch. The book is an update on Lyn’s father’s seminal work on Little Barrier Island written in 1961. Lyn spoke to James Addis about her love affair with New Zealand’s first nature reserve ...

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first went to Hauturu – Little Barrier Island – in 1956 when I was just four years old. I remember it quite vividly and it made a big impression. I remember being teased by the ranger, walking in the bush with the whiteheads singing and the two or three hour walk to the island’s summit. My father, Max Hamilton, was the head of the DSIR and there was a team of scientists with us investigating the island’s geology, plant and animal life. My father compiled all this research into a book, which became DSIR Bulletin 137. My father’s job was based in Wellington and we lived in Wadestown. But he grew up on a farm in Hamilton Road, which was presumably named after my grandfather, and Hauturu was always on his skyline. Both my parents came from Warkworth pioneering families.

Dad’s mother was one of Nathaniel Wilson’s daughters – the man who founded the Wilson cement works – and my mother was a Morrison, of Morrison’s orchard fame. I now live in the house that belonged to my father. Ironically, when I was called Hamilton, I lived in Wadestown.

When I married and took the name Wade, I ended up living in Hamilton Road. I went to Wadestown Primary School, but pretty much every summer we would visit Hauturu and stay for a couple of weeks. I loved the wildlife, the forests and the wild open spaces. There was lots of walking and lots of swimming. And I remember sleeping out on a track one night, just so we could hear the seabirds come in and take off. There were lots of adventures. went on to Wellington Girls College and after that I wanted to be a nurse. But you had to be 17 to go nursing, and I was only 16 when sixth form finished. I did an extra year at school and was the only one in that year who was not sitting scholarship.

I became the school projectionist and the school florist, and, I guess because I had time on my hands, I got myself into trouble – having a child out of wedlock. In those days you were sent away. You were shunned. My daughter was adopted out and life was pretty hard for a while. Though I think I coped fairly well. I eventually started my nursing training in Wellington, but switched to Greenlane Hospital when my parents decided to retire back

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to Warkworth. While at Greenlane, I had a motor vehicle accident, which resulted in a ruptured spleen and meant I had to take several weeks off.

I actually dropped out of my training at that stage, and I worked for almost three years at Bethany hospital, which was a home for unmarried mums. I worked there as a maternity assistant and that was very cathartic. I was able to relate to other girls going through the same thing that I had gone through and help look after their babies. fter Bethany, I finished my nursing training. The first thing I did was go on an Outward Bound course. The physical challenges appealed to me – the rock climbing and abseiling and things like that. I had two older brothers, so naturally I had to keep up with the boys in tree climbing and so on. I was never a girly girl. Outward Bound helped me with life’s challenges. It made me realise I could cope with anything if I really had to. By my late twenties, I was involved in general theatre nursing at Greenlane. I did nights in theatre, which puts you under pressure because that’s always emergency surgery, but I enjoyed it because I was in charge of the other nursing staff and didn’t have anyone around me telling me what to do. For the last 16 years, I have nursed at the Warkworth Birthing Centre, retiring at the end of last year. fter my father retired, he continued to make regular trips to Hauturu – I think mainly just for the pleasure of being there. I went along with him because Mum was not so keen on the boat ride over. I admired my father. He was a very down to earth person; he treated everyone as an equal, whether it was one of my friends from school or a visiting scientist from overseas. I remember him saying that his grandfather Nathaniel Wilson was like that, and it was something that impressed him. My mother was a big influence on my life, too. She was a very gracious, hospitable woman – always welcoming. y father built another house to live in just across the paddock next door, and I moved into his house in 1979 and began to renovate it. I also got a job as relief district nurse in Warkworth, taking over on weekends and filling in when other nurses were

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on leave. Soon afterwards, I met my future husband Dave – a boat builder – who happened to be working in an old fruit packing shed that had once been my grandfather’s in Duck Creek Road. We married in 1984 and our lives have pretty much revolved around boats and boating ever since. I had my second child, Dylan, soon after marrying and around that time I began to wonder if I might ever be reunited with the baby girl I had adopted out. She would have been 15 then, and I felt sure she would be looking for her mother.

I got in touch with an organisation called Jigsaw, which specialised in reconnecting parents with children and supplied them with all the relevant details about the birth. Just as I got back from a five-week summer boating trip with Dave, the phone was ringing inside the house. There was a Barnardo’s social worker on the line.

She said, “I think we have found your daughter.” She gave me an address to write to. bout a month later, Dylan, who was only 18 months old at the time, and I went to meet my daughter, Kara, in the botanical gardens in Wellington. We sat quietly on a bench seat and talked. It was good to have Dylan there because any time the conversation got awkward, we could engage with him as well. Later, Dylan and I went back to her place and we had dinner with the whole family.

Kara and I have kept in touch ever since, and she is very much part of our family now. It’s one of the positive adoption stories. After Dylan, I had another daughter, Casey, and spent 12 years on school Boards of Trustees – first at Warkworth Primary School and then at Mahurangi College. As soon as I finished on the board, I was itching to do some study. By then I was involved in the Hauturu Supporters Trust and I wanted to know more about trees and plants and conservation. I studied part time for seven years at Northtec’s environmental sciences department and wrote two theses on Hauturu as part of my studies – one on the effect of translocations of species on resident populations on Hauturu and another

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on aquatic invertebrates and fish in the island’s streams. In 2014, I graduated with a Bachelor’s in Applied Science – something I’m very proud of. ’m currently chair of the Supporters Trust and the work has grown. I’ve been involved in kiwi monitoring, a herbarium collection, a tuatara survey and collecting seed for a seed bank.

On top of that, I organise volunteer weekends on the island to help out the rangers and act as a day supervisor for the Department of Conservation, responsible for escorting any visitors.

Last year I was awarded a QSM for services to conservation, in particular at Hauturu. Hauturu is a unique environment. It’s had very few pests and about two-thirds of the island is virtually undisturbed forest – left pristine because of its rugged and inaccessible nature. The island is rich in biodiversity with hundreds of species of native plants, fungi and insects. It’s the only place in the world where there are five nesting seabirds and it has become a haven for endangered birds such as the kokako and kakapo. It’s the last natural home of the giant weta. Hauturu is also a spiritual place. Two years ago, I had surgery for cancer and had half my tongue removed. The week before I had the operation, I was able to spend a week on the island and go to places I had never been before. I sat alone in the bush and listened to the bird song. I did not pray or anything, but I did feel in harmony with the world as it should be and that I was part of something special.

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More than a dozen Mahu Community Trading Post volunteers have put in hundreds of hours to make the venture a success.

Trading Post raises $100,000 After just one year, Mahu Community Trading Post has successfully distributed $100,000 to community causes.

Trading Post chair John Carr puts the big total down to the dedication of the Trading Post’s many volunteers and the support of the community.

“All the donated goods come from the community – people who are shifting house or changing their furniture or cleaning out their cupboards. It’s amazing how generous people are,” he says.

The Trading Post has had an especially productive relationship with the Warkworth Men’s Shed, which provides residents with access to a range of woodworking and engineering tools.

The Men’s Shed has been among the organisations to benefit from Trading Post cash disbursements and, at the same time, its members have restored and repaired items donated to the Trading Post.

This has meant goods can be sold at

higher prices, raising more money for the community, and benefiting the environment by recycling goods that otherwise might have been discarded.

Currently, the Trading Post operates from the former Toyota dealership premises in Whitaker Road and is open on Wednesdays, from 7am to 4pm.

Although only open one day a week, John praised volunteers who spend several additional days, setting up the Trading Post for Wednesdays and undertaking deliveries on other days of the week.

He says the Trading Post attracts all kinds of customers.

“We have both young and old, and we are always seeing new faces, which is great,” he says.

The Mahu Community Trading Post was established in September last year to benefit community causes by utilising the skills and business experiences of retirees and semiretirees.

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Road sealing run over by other transport priorities A total of $4.18 million was collected through the Rodney Local Board targeted rate in its first financial year which ended on June 30, and $761,595 (18%) was spent.

The Board was told at its meeting last month that the finances were on track and the surplus would start building a reserve that would fund capital items in later years.

The rate had so far covered the launch of three bus services – Wellsford/ Warkworth; Helensville/Silverdale and Westgate/Albany (see table for usage figures).

Future projects would include two park and rides – one in Warkworth and the other at Huapai or Kumeu – and footpaths.

The contract for the design and construction of the two park and rides had been awarded and detailed design had started. The two facilities would cost an estimated $3m to $6 million.

The Board expected resource consents to be lodged by the end of next month and the tender for the physical works to be advertised in November.

While the targeted rate, when first mooted, included road sealing, this was dropped when the Auckland Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) included additional funding for sealing.

Board deputy chair Phelan Pirrie says the idea of including road sealing in the targeted rate budget would not be revisited.

“There was an unprecedented $121 million allocated to road sealing, the largest amount of money ever committed to sealing Rodney’s roads,” Mr Pirrie says. “RLTP figures show the amounts being invested ramping up over coming years as construction capacity builds.

“Currently, Auckland Transport is working on the challenging Ahuroa Road sealing project. The win for Rodney was that we are getting a quadrupling in budget for road sealing plus the footpaths, park and rides and bus services the community was asking for.”

Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers said he would still rather see the targeted rate repealed and the public transport services it was currently being used for funded by Auckland Council.

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Auckland Regional Land Transport Plan spending on road sealing to date: 2018/19 Budgeted, $4.7 million; spent, $5.98 million.

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Young Mahurangi motorists taught to assess driving risks The next generation of motorists should be a lot better drivers than their predecessors, thanks to Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA).

About 180 students from Mahurangi College were taught all the things a young driver could need to know, including how to assess risky decisions and understand the perspective of other drivers.

The students attended six interactive sessions in small groups and had the opportunity to speak to a real crash survivor and interview them on the circumstances that led to their accident.

A police officer showed the students high-impact videos showing the cause

and effect of decisions made on the road.

Another lesson included the location and radius of a truck’s blind spots.

Students also got an on-road demonstration of how long it takes for a car to stop at 40, 50 and 60km/h to understand the difference that speed can make.

Programme coordinator Pearl Newman says it is not enough to teach a young person the skill of controlling a vehicle.

“We must balance this with the skill of critical thinking and an appreciation for safety on the road,” she says.

The RYDA programme is delivered to 50,000 high school students each year.

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Council proposes tougher rules on freedom camping after outcry Auckland Council will propose a more restrictive freedom camping bylaw following an outcry over plans to introduce a more lax law earlier this year.

In June, Council’s Governing Body was set to vote on a controversial bylaw that would have allowed unlimited use of residential streets for freedom camping and only modest restrictions on freedom campers’ use of reserves.

The Omaha Beach Community (OBC) resident’s group was so incensed by the bylaw that it mounted a legal challenge to thwart it, arguing that the public consultation process over the bylaw was flawed.

The challenge prompted Mayor Phil Goff to defer a vote on the bylaw while the legal implications were considered.

Last month, the Governing Body supported new proposals by Mr Goff that Council consider “clearer prohibitions and restrictions on where freedom camping will be allowed in the Auckland region”.

“With rapid growth in freedom camping and an irresponsible approach by a minority of campers, Aucklanders have expressed concern around the need to exercise control over freedom camping – I share their concern,” Mr Goff said.

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grounds are quite cheap to stay at and offer proper facilities, and that’s where we would want most campervans to stay overnight. Communities don’t want public parking areas and reserves to be overwhelmed or damaged by overnight campers.”

Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers, who opposed the original bylaw, said the Mayor’s comments represent a complete about-face on the issue on his part, and he is delighted by the change of heart.

“All of Auckland has been rescued from becoming one giant freedom camping site and, instead, the new bylaw will identify appropriate and well-equipped sites where people can

safely stay,” he said.

Council officers will report back on proposals for a more restrictive freedom camping bylaw, which by law must be subject to further public consultation.

Meanwhile, OBC president Chris Allan says he is pleased Council is taking a more “sensible approach”.

“The original Council process was so flawed it was ridiculous. I think they will have learned a few lessons from this,” he says.

“I’m grateful Phil Goff has gone back to the drawing board – the people have spoken.”

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Inspired Crafty Creeper steals show The runaway runway success at Catwalk Arts in Warkworth on August 24 was a creation by Jo and Cheri Curtis, of Revision Sewing in Warkworth.

For the second year in a row, the sisters stole the show.

Last year it was their Klimt-inspired Lady in Gold and this year, their entry Crafty Creeper won the Wearable Advertising section, the People’s Choice and the Supreme Award.

Jo hopes the entry will inspire other creative people to think “outside the dress”.

She says the show lends itself to using your imagination and being a little crazy.

“One of the things I love about the Catwalk Arts is the opportunity it gives us to meet other creative people,” she says. “That’s really cool.”

The show was a huge success on many levels – it attracted more entries than last year, both shows were a sellout out and it raised a record $41,000 for Harbour Hospice.

Hospice communications specialist Lesley Ingham feels the show’s future in Warkworth is secure.

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contestants and sponsors was fantastic,” she says.

She thanked principal sponsors Al Mason, of Mason Contractors, who has backed the show since its inception in 2006, and Northland Waste. Hospice also extended its thanks to compere Scott Lawrie, judges Sharleen Greer, Clare Mora and Katya Maker, and Mahurangi College.

“We also really appreciate the time and effort that the designers put into their amazing entries, especially young people and families.”

Lesley expects next year’s event to be even bigger and better, and she encourages designers and businesses to register their interest with hospice so they can be kept up-to-date with news and entry dates.

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Country rock’n’blues band back at Sawmill after 10 year gap It has been a decade since their last Mahurangi appearance, but rootsbased, rock-infused country blues band The DeSotos is returning to the Leigh Sawmill Café at last, on Sunday, September 22.

Lead singer Paul Gurney says the early evening show is a long overdue return for the Americana combo, but points out that he has been back regularly to the venue with the Jubilation Gospel Choir, for whom he is a soloist and tenor.

“We love coming up, it’s an annual gig for us, but The DeSotos have only done one show, so we’re really looking forward to it,” he says. “It’s just a fabulous building and vibe, and performers always get well supported.”

Paul says The DeSotos’ setlist will span everything from gin-soaked ballads to southern country rockers, with the odd Tom Petty or Neil Young cover thrown in, and he promises a great evening of music overall.

The DeSotos’ first Sawmill show 10 years ago marked the release of their debut album, Cross Your Heart, which went on to become the soundtrack to South, a TV series celebrating Southland and Otago hosted by Marcus Lush. This latest gig will include a free copy of the band’s critically acclaimed second album,

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The DeSotos’ Americana sound has been likened in style to Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Neil Young.

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The DeSotos’ line-up is lead vocalist Paul Gurney, also on guitar and blues harp; Stuart McIntyre on bass and vocals, Ron Stevens on Hammond organ and keyboards; and drummer and percussionist Michael Burrows.

Tickets cost $15 from eventfinda. co.nz, or $20 on the door, if not sold out prior. Doors open at 4.30pm and the band will be onstage from 5.30pm.

Top improv comedy coming to Warkworth Some of New Zealand’s best improvisational comics will be in Warkworth this month for a fundraising show at the town’s tennis club. The Improv Bandits will perform at the Warkworth Tennis & Squash Clubrooms in Shoesmith Street on Saturday, September 14 at 7pm. Tickets cost $25 per person, or $15 for students, and numbers are limited. The Improv Bandits were founded in 1997 by Wade Jackson and have performed and won awards throughout the world, but occasionally play Warkworth Tennis & Squash Club thanks to a family connection – squash captain and coach Kaye Jackson is Wade’s mum.

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Leigh Sawmill Café hosts Barbara Hamilton Showcase

A scene from There’s No Place Like Home, one of the films featured in Cinema Italiano.

Matakana hosts tribute to Italian film

Matakana Cinemas will host Cinema Italiano – a festival of Italian films including comedies, documentaries and dramas – which kicks off this weekend.

Organisers say this fourth festival is the best yet, combining traditional masterpieces with modern Italian cinema.

The line-up includes There’s No Place Like Home, which depicts the breakdown of a raucous 50th wedding anniversary into a tangle of tension, when an unexpected turn of bad weather strands a large extended family on an island.

For lovers of old movies, renowned Italian classic 8 ½

will retell the beloved story of fictional director Guido Anselmi.

Fans of comedy should carve out time for My Big Gay Italian Wedding, a humorous adaptation of the hit off-Broadway play of the same name.

The festival starts this Friday, September 6, with a special opening night event for the screening of There’s No Place Like Home. Tickets are $20 and include drinks and nibbles from The Vintry. Doors open at 7.30pm and the film screens at 8pm.

The festival runs until September 14.

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Piano teacher Barbara Hamilton will present a concert to show off local talent at the Leigh Sawmill Café on Sunday, September 15.

The Barbara Hamilton Showcase will feature performers on a variety of instruments, including guitar, harmonica, mandolin, piano, keyboard, saxophone and double bass.

Barbara says the passion of an individual for a particular musical instrument will be highlighted and how they go to great lengths to play well. Performers will include Garry Bigwood, Colin Jarvis, Rachel Bigwood, Terry Hicks, Stefon Bator and Finn Massey.

Although the show is called the Barbara Hamilton Showcase, Barbara insists it is not about her.

“Far from it. As the enabler, I seek out those who can do special things. I have used my name so that there’s a standard set and you can be assured the show will be one you will enjoy,” she says.

The concert starts at 4pm and entry is by koha.

Call for orca sightings An American television crew is spending three weeks north of Auckland filming orca. The resulting footage will appear in a limited television series on the National Geographic Channel, beginning in 2020. The series consists of four hour-long programmes on whale culture, each focusing on a different whale species. The crew is in the area until mid-September and is keen to hear about sightings of orca especially from the Hauraki Gulf and the beaches north of Auckland.

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Tony Chen Lin has earned a reputation for technical brilliance.

Celebrated pianist booked Warkworth Music will bring one of New Zealand’s most celebrated young pianists to the Warkworth Town Hall for a concert on Saturday, September 14.

Tony Chen Lin will play a varied programme called Dreams/Fantasies.

It features work from the classical, romantic and modern periods including Mozart, Janacek and Schumann, as well as a new work by Gao Ping.

Warkworth Music spokesperson Lisa Outwin says Tony is a true artist who, as well as being technically brilliant pianist, has a reputation as a teacher, conductor and composer.

After receiving his Bachelor of Music in piano performance and composition with Péter Nagy and Gao Ping, at Canterbury University in 2009, Tony moved to Europe, where he completed his Master of Music under Gilead Mishory and Andreas Immer at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany.

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He studied with Balázs Szokolay, who continues to be an important mentor, at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, and has also benefited from the mentorship of Chilean pianist Edith Fischer.

As a composer, Tony has had works played by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.

He is a four-time recipient of the Lilburn Trust Student Composition Award, as well as the 2007 NZSO Todd Young Composer Award.

His recently released debut album includes many of the works he performed to audiences on his last Chamber Music New Zealand tour.

He currently lives in Budapest.

Lisa says Warkworth Music is delighted to be welcoming him home to Aotearoa.

The concert starts at 4pm. Tickets are $35 at the door, school students free.

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Beekeeper Grass Eposti says pre-booking online is essential for the screening to go ahead.

Bee sure to book to see new Pollinators documentary An acclaimed new documentary about the importance of bees will be screened in Matakana next month – but only if enough people reserve tickets in advance.

Passionate local apiarist and allround bee advocate Grass Eposti is organising the one-off screening of The Pollinators using Demand Film, which requires 40 tickets to be booked

by October 6 for the screening to go ahead on Wednesday, October 16.

Grass, who runs Beetopia NZ on Omaha Flats Road, is urging anyone who cares about bees and is interested in seeing the film to reserve tickets online at the earliest opportunity.

Tickets cost $20, plus a $1.75 booking fee, and cards will not be charged unless and until the minimum ticket threshold is reached.

Grass says The Pollinators is an

amazing untold story of how bees and the environment are forced to cope with human greed. Directed by Peter Nelson, the film follows beekeepers who travel every year from one side of the US to the other, taking truckloads of honey bees to pollinate countless plants essential to meet American food needs.

“The many challenges the beekeepers and their bees face en route reveal flaws in our simplified, chemically dependent agriculture system,” Nelson says. “We talk to farmers, scientists, chefs and academics along the way to give a broad perspective about the threats to honey bees, what it means to our food security and how we can improve it.”

To reserve tickets, visit the Demand Film event page at tickets.demand.film/ event/8333

Jog over to Warkworth Walks website After a sell-out event last year, Warkworth Walks is again holding its annual series of guided trail walks throughout Warkworth, Mahurangi, Matakana, Kaipara, Leigh and Puhoi.

Bookings opened on Sunday, September 1, and the organisers are warning those interested to get in quick to avoid disappointment, as the group numbers for each walk are limited.

Warkworth Walks says if the walk you’re interested in is booked out, you can contact info@warkworthwalks. co.nz to be put on the waitlist in case a place becomes free, but there are no guarantees.

The walks will traverse a mix of inland and coastal tracks, some over normally inaccessible areas on private land, leading to places of significance.

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Mobile laundromat proves a godsend to the homeless It took a design team of six with backgrounds in mechanics, plumbing, electrics and engineering to build Eddie Uini’s van that houses two washing machines, two dryers and a hot shower in the back.

Orange Sky driver visits key spots in Auckland to help the homeless by giving them clean clothes and a shower.

When he pulls up to the Auckland City Library on a Sunday afternoon, there can be more than 150 people lined up.

Eddie says the orange Mercedes Sprinter van has a generator and two large water tanks and can be selfsufficient for hours without needing to plug into anything.

“I’ve always seen our van as a threepronged service. The showers, the washing, but also the conversations that we have with our friends on the street.

“I was talking to a guy who said ‘you are the first person I’ve spoken to in five weeks’. I can never really understand how the homeless in the city are surrounded by people every day and yet they can go five weeks without anyone speaking to them.”

Eddie got involved with Orange Sky after a homeless man died while sleeping on the doorstep of a church around the corner from his home in

The Warkworth Women’s Fellowship is hosting a talk by Orange Sky’s Eddie Uini at the Methodist Church on Saturday, September 19, at 1.30pm.

Manurewa, South Auckland.

“From then on, I noticed more and more how many people were doing it rough on the streets, so I approached Orange Sky Australia about emulating their service in Auckland.”

The service started in October last year and has since provided more than 1700 loads of washed clothes and warm showers.

Eddie is being hosted by the Warkworth Methodist Women’s Fellowship at the Methodist Church in Warkworth on Saturday, September 19, at 1.30pm, where he will be talking about his experiences.

“I’ll be sharing stories of the friends we’ve met on the street and how getting to know them has helped to shatter the false perceptions we might

have of homelessness.”

The event is open to anyone who is interested in learning about it – just RSVP to Val Sheperd at 027 604 2052 or tedvalshep@gmail.com.

Orange Sky is launching a van in Wellington in October and has its sights set on Hamilton and Christchurch, as well as a second unit for Auckland, in the coming months.

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Calf-rearing returns for Ag Day

Calves are back in the baby animal line-up for Tapora School’s annual Ag Day show and fundraiser, which will be held this year on Saturday, September 14, from 9.50am.

Calf classes were called off last year as a result of cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, but after consulting with local farmers, the Board of Trustees has decided to bring them back this year. However, a number of biosecurity precautions will be taken, including having calves tied up well away from each other, and entering the show ring one at a time.

As well as animal and pet parades and

judging, there will be a range of food, stalls and activities, including a cake auction, art displays, home baking, a sausage and burger sizzle, and a huge bric-a-brac stall.

The always popular multi-draw raffle is back, where every $5 ticket gives purchasers the chance to win a diverse range of prizes, which this year includes three hours of excavator digging, holiday accommodation and vouchers for local businesses.

For more information and raffle ticket pre-sales, contact the school office on 422 1835.

Making friends – a calf and companion at a pre-M. bovis Ag Day at Tapora School.

Pets on parade at Pakiri School

Baby animals and bucket raffles will be two of the highlights at Pakiri School’s annual Pet Day on Saturday, September 21. The traditional spring fundraiser will also feature a wide range of food, including Manaki sustainable whitebait fritters and the school’s ever-popular hangi lunch.

The day starts at 10am with a parade of pets and baby animals led by their student handlers, with ribbons and certificates for the winners. Calves are allowed again this year, following a gap last year due to cattle disease M. bovis, although restrictions will be in place.

There will be stalls selling a range of items made by the school students, including organic natural insect repellent, lip balm and beeswax food eco-wraps, plus a cake stall and a sausage sizzle.

Fifty buckets packed with a range of prizes and vouchers will be raffled off, with each $5 ticket entered in all 50 draws. There will

also be quick-fire raffles and an online silent auction, items for which can be viewed and bid for at 32auctions.com/pakirischool from Friday, September 13.

This will be the first Pet Day since the school’s roll more than doubled, following the relocation of Mahurangi Montessori Primary School from Matakana to Pakiri at the beginning of Term 3, so organisers are hoping for a boost in numbers and funds.

Money raised from the event will go towards expanding digital technology at the school and beautifying the outdoor play areas.

Anyone wanting a hangi lunch is encouraged to pre-order their meal, since in previous years, they have always sold out before the day. They cost $8 and need to be ordered by Thursday, September 19.

For more information and to pre-order hangi, phone 021 072 4015 or email pakirischoolboard@gmail.com

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Firstly, thank you to everyone who chatted to me before the One Warkworth AGM about our Business Improvement District (BID) establishment proposal. We had 31 people vote in favour of the BID proposal by proxy and about 30 people who attended the meeting also supported entering the BID establishment process.

This means the resolution to establish a BID was passed unanimously, and we will now go through the formal steps of establishment, which will include a vote in about March next year. If the vote is in favour of the BID by the required margin, we could have a fully funded business association from July next year.

Thanks to those who came to the AGM. There were some great questions seeking clarification about the BID. One key thing people wanted to know is if a BID will mean businesses have to pay the targeted rate as well as a membership fee to belong to One Warkworth. The answer is “no”. The BID targeted rate replaces the membership fee for all businesses that operate out of commerciallyrated properties within Warkworth’s Future Urban Zone. Businesses that do not operate out of a commercially rated property but want the benefits of being a member can pay an associate membership fee to join. But it is essentially one or the other, not both.

There were also questions about how easily the proposed $500 per annum targeted rate could be changed once the BID was established. Our chairman, Chris Murphy, explained the safeguards that are being added to our constitution to ensure any changes go through a rigorous internal process before any change can be considered.

My feeling is that everyone was comfortable with these points of clarification, and there is strong support for the business association forming a BID. In the meantime though, we have another year of relying heavily on the continued support of sponsors and members to help fund our activities. Thank you so much to everyone who has come on board again this year – without you we would simply cease to exist. This also includes other businesses like Mahurangi Matters, who support us in many other ways.

My last thank you goes to the committee, especially Dave Morrison and Kevin Chappell, who did not seek re-election. The time and effort these folk put in on behalf of the business community is remarkable.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome two new committee members to One Warkworth: Grant Campbell from Carlton Party Hire and Steve Chaning-Pearce from Exit Strategies Ltd. Both bring a wealth of business experience and skills to the committee, and we look forward to having them involved.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

SITUATION VACANT

ALBERTLAND & DISTRICTS MUSEUM INC AGM Sunday 15th September at 1.30 pm at the Albertland Museum, 15 Port Albert Road, Wellsford.

All welcome Agenda - Welcome, Apologies, Minutes of previous AGM, Correspondence, Treasurer's Report, Election of Officers

ALUMINIUM FABRICATOR/JOINER

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

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

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

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MATAKANA HALL SOCIETY AGM Main hall, Monday 9 Sept '19, 7pm.

Input welcome on how we might update our operating systems. We value any input from hall hirers and the wider community. Enquiries to Penny 027 323 8747 PORT ALBERT CHURCH PRESERVATION SOCIETY AGM Meeting 8 September 2019, 1.00pm at Port Albert Church, Port Albert.

Contact Jenny Lambert 423-8963, m.j.lambert@hotmail.co.nz.

THE WARKWORTH MUSEUM will be closed from 9–13 September 2019 due to refurbishment of the shop. We apologise for any inconvenience. For any urgent matters, please phone 425 7093.

WOMEN’S CENTRE RODNEY INCORPORATED is hosting their annual AGM on 13th September at 9am -11am.

All members welcome.

A full time position is available at our busy factory in Warkworth. Good hourly rate with overtime available.

Call today to discuss 09-425 7367

MATAKANA SUPERFOODS Is looking for a part or full-time employee who has a background in digital marketing and/or design, as well as experience operating eCommerce platforms such as Shopify.

The suitable candidate will be a team player who is self motivated, organised and ideally proficient using Microsoft Word/Xcel.

Immediate start available.

Please submit your CV to jobs@matakanasuperfoods.com PAKIRI SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES CASUAL VACANCY FOR AN ELECTED TRUSTEE A casual vacancy has occurred on the board of trustees for an elected parent representative. The board has resolved under section 105 of the Education Act 1989 to fill the vacancy by selection.

If ten percent or more of eligible voters on the school roll ask the board, within 28 days of this notice being published, to hold a by-election to fill the vacancy, then a by-election will be held.

Any eligible voter who wishes to ask the board to hold a by-election should write to: The Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Pakiri School, Bathgate Rd, Pakiri 0972, by: 2 October 2019

WARKWORTH is looking for a full-time mechanic to help service & repair small engines and Ride-on’s.

The main requirement is mechanical aptitude, a can-do attitude, full drivers licence, a sense of humour and must be reliable. May consider offering part time hours if applicable.

For more details contact us on 09 425 7772

The deadline for classified advertising for our September 18 paper is September 11.

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

WANTED TO BUY CASH PAID FOR Tools and machinery Shed and garage clear outs All things considered Kyle 021 161 5139

Warkworth tennis bonanza This Saturday and Sunday, September 7&8, Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club will host a bumper open day with a bouncy castle, ball machine and bullseye.

There will be lots of fun tennis games to try, including ‘king of the court,’ and a modified version of tennis with giant racquets. Visitors can also test their serving speed with a radar gun. Coaches Hugo and Jono Boundy will be there for interactive training sessions aimed at players of all ages. It is part of a ‘Love Tennis’ national event that will see 120 clubs across the country host open days with entertaining activities to encourage people to get involved with the game.

The festivities run from 1pm-4pm both days. Info: wwts.org.nz

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CHURCH NOTICES

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Phone 425 8545

www.holyname.org.nz

Holy Mass Timetable: WARKWORTH

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

PUHOI

SS. Peter & Paul Church Sunday: 8.30am

MAHURANGI METHODIST PARISH Warkworth Methodist

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

Church office - 425 8660

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Christian Fellowship Wellsford “The Station”, 18 Station Road, Wellsford. Sunday Service 10.15am.

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

Sunday Service 10am.

Contact Dennis 423 8460 Wellsford Co-operating Parish 253 Rodney Street, Wellsford. Sunday Service 9.45am. Contact David 423 7150 Wellsford Catholic Parish 6 Matheson Road, Wellsford.

Sunday Service 10am.

Contact Father Bill 423 8170 Community Bible Church Rodney Wellsford Community Centre. Sunday Service 10am. Contact Alvyn 423 8006 All Saint’s Anglican Church 17 Port Albert Road, Wellsford.

Sunday Service 11am.

Contact Stephen 423 8702 Wellsford Combined Church Service will be at Wellsford Catholic Parish on Sunday 25th August at 7pm.

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FE AT U R E

No time to slow down for 60-yearold international crossfit athlete Te Hana’s competitive crossfit athlete Diana Flynn, 60, says aging is a symptom of letting yourself slow down.

Diana operates a 28ha beef farm, jointly runs the Wellsford Gas plumbing business with her partner and is a personal trainer at Fit365 Mangawhai. Despite all that, she still finds the time to compete in crossfit at international level.

She ranks in the world top 10 for her division and last month qualified for the Crossfit Games in Madison, Wisconsin.

In the games, competitors spend five days performing various strength-based workouts including burpees, ring muscle-ups and snatches.

Each workout is judged and allotted a score with first place being awarded 100 points, second 90, and so forth. At the end of the competition, totals for each competitor are tallied.

Diana placed fourth equal at the Crossfit Games but was only 10 points off third place, indicating just how competitive the division was.

It’s Diana’s fourth year competing in the games and she says it doesn’t get any easier.

“It can be extremely hot in the US. One year the bars were so hot they were blistering our hands.

It is a real test of mental will,” she says.

Leading up to the competition, she trained two hours every day in a gym she has built in a shed in Te Hana.

Diana’s journey to fitness started when her mum

died suddenly of a heart attack at 60.

“I didn’t want that to happen to me. After having two kids I decided to join a gym in Dargaville.”

“I got hooked on strength training and became a competitive powerlifter. I got qualified as a trainer and started with a class of farmers’ wives.

I’ve been a trainer for 30 years now.”

Today, Diana runs a fitness programme for people aged 55 plus at the Fit365 Mangawhai gym.

“The problem is too many people get to retirement age and then they just stop.

“Exercise staves off aging as long as you enjoy what you’re doing. Keeping your mind and body active is key.”

Diana says the key to strength training at her age is to pay special attention to recovery. She includes active rest periods between workouts in her own programme, during which she goes for a jog or swim at Te Arai.

Her class does the same strength workouts as a typical crossfit programme, but with modified techniques that make use of gear like assistance bands.

“If I can do it, there’s no reason anyone aged 55 shouldn’t get started with their fitness programme, even if they’ve never tried anything like it.”

Her programme starts with 12 one-on-one sessions that teach newcomers the basics before they join a regular class.

“Age is inevitable, weakness is not” – just one of the pithy lines on Diana’s personal training Facebook page.

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New job seeking site for over 60s targets northern employers With New Zealand’s population of over 65s set to surpass one million by 2050, Seniors@work founder Ian Fraser says northern employers need to recognise aged workers as an answer to the country’s growing skills shortage.

Seniors@work is a new online platform that connects employers who need to fill part-time or project-based work with reliable and experienced employees from the 60-plus community.

Ian says that north Auckland is a prime location for the service, with a significant population in the aged demographic and a large base of retail and manufacturing employers.

“I am willing to forego the listing fee for northern employers, instead working on a success fee basis. That way, they can give us a go and will only pay if they fill the position.”

The service has filled jobs in sectors from customer service and retail, to trade-based work such as plastering, electrical work and truck driving.

Ian says since he started the platform six weeks ago, the feedback from both employers and workers has been encouraging.

“I have 450 staff registered for jobs, and employers who have listed with us have had a 90 per cent success rate filling roles.”

Ian decided to start the new service after finding himself unexpectedly out of work days before his 60th birthday.

“I applied for 75 positions over three

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years and in that time, I picked up only one contract and only got one other interview.”

This is despite having worked as managing director or food and beverage director on major hospitality projects, including the Lions rugby tour, Sydney Olympics and Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Ian says no company will explicitly say they have a policy of not hiring seniors, but many over-60 jobseekers have had similar experiences.

“But, the positive side is that once they

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He adds that a big advantage of senior workers is that they have typically built up a large range of skills from 30 to 40 years of work experience.

“We prepare senior applicants with a work readiness pack, and they have to list 12 to 15 transferable skills to help us match them up with jobs.”

Ian says workers of his era also have a culture of work ethic and, as opposed to younger workers and remain loyal

to employers for longer.

“A 60-year-old might have 10 to 15 good years of work to offer an employer.

You don’t get a lot of people who will work 10 years for a company now.”

Seniors@work has set a goal of providing 1000 job opportunities in the next 12 months, and says it will provide coaching and advice to seniors keen to find work.

It is also considering opening the service to those aged over 50, due to demand.

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‘Better late than never’ plan for changing demographic The Government’s Better Late Life plan is a new strategy to shape the policies needed to help older Kiwis live well, says Minister for Seniors Tracey Martin.

She says within the next decade, there will be one million seniors, and a quarter of the population will be aged 65 and over by 2034.

The new strategy covers five areas – financial security, improving access to services, providing housing choices, enhancing opportunities for social connection and accessibility within built environments.

Currently, the plan primarily serves to signal what the priorities are for examination by the Government, but a more concrete plan with actionable items is slated for 2021.

The draft strategy points to potential initiatives that might be first on the agenda, including reform of the Residential Tenancies Act 1989 to improve security and stability of tenure for the elderly.

The plan also mentions establishing a cross-government working group to improve housing options for older people with disability-friendly homes.

It further suggests reducing barriers for elderly in employment by using the state sector as a role model for good practice when it comes to an ageing workforce.

“An interesting concept that came up in consultation was ditching the word ‘retirement,’ because so many older people don’t. They do a lot of valuable

paid and unpaid work,” Ms Martin says.

“We need to ensure there is flexibility from employers that recognises the value of older workers, but also that many won’t want to work 40-hour weeks.”

In addition to devising the strategy, New Zealand has signed up to the World Health Organisation’s ‘agefriendly communities’ initiative that seeks to form a network of cities that factor the elderly into wider planning.

So far, New Plymouth and Hamilton have achieved accreditation, while Auckland and Nelson City Councils have indicated they are working to join the network.

“To work properly, it requires the involvement of central and local government, business, and the NGO and community sector,” Ms Martin says.

“In practical terms, it’s things like having parking that allows people to get to town and shops, having places for people to sit and meet and having safe footpaths.”

Ms Martin encourages local groups in North Rodney who have an idea to improve accessibility for elders to apply for a Community Connects grant from the Office of Seniors.

“These are one-off grants of up to $15,000 to fund projects that promote the inclusion and contribution of older people in community life.”

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Matakana locals out to lunch Around a dozen recent arrivals to Matakana turned up for the first of a new monthly Locals’ Lunch at Plume Café on August 20. The event is the brainchild of Matakana Community Group member Janis Grummitt, who wants to give newcomers to the area the chance to meet local residents and find out what goes on. “It was a great first locals’ lunch,” Janis says. “Everyone enjoyed meeting new faces and hearing about local groups to join.” Similar events will be held on the third Tuesday of every month – the next will be from 12 to 2pm on Tuesday, September 17, venue to be confirmed. For more information and to register attendance, email Janis on janis@workplacewisdom.co.nz

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DECISION MAKING: MAKING:WHO WHODECIDES DECIDES DECISION WHEN YOU NO LONGER LONGER CAN? CAN? WHEN YOU NO We spend spend the majority of our our adult adult lives lives in charge charge of our our own own activities, and often we have responsibilities for other people, activities, and often we have responsibilities for other people, companiesor or trusts. trusts. companies What happens capacity(temporarily (temporarilyor or What happens ifif you you lose lose mental mental capacity permanently), and are no longer able to manage your own permanently), and are no longer able to manage your own affairs? People of all ages should consider reviewing their affairs? People of all ages should consider reviewing their affairs and putting in place a plan for somebody else to be affairs putting place a plan for somebody else to be able toand handle theirinaffairs. able to handle their affairs.

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Grandparents often end up dealing with a situation they never planned for.

Grandparents under more pressure to take care of kids as parents flounder Growing awareness of parental mental health and addiction problems has put increasing pressure on grandparents, who may suddenly be asked to take custody of their children’s children, says a Mangawhai social services coordinator.

Sue Poynter, of the Te Whai Community Trust, based in Molesworth Drive, says it’s difficult to know whether there is an increase in such problems or whether they are being more readily reported.

But whatever the case, grandparents are increasingly finding themselves responsible for the care of children who may well be traumatised due to their troubled relationship with their parents.

Some of their parents are in jail, others may be undergoing drug or alcohol rehabilitation.

Finding there was little help for such grandparents in Mangawhai, Te Whai decided to set up a support group, Grandparents Who are Caring for Grandchildren, to meet their needs.

The group is about to turn one year old.

Sue says grandparents caring for children often end up dealing with a situation that they never planned for and find they are ill-equipped.

“Suddenly the grandparent goes from being the benevolent one, who can afford to be a little bit indulgent, to the primary carer where they have to be disciplinarians and set boundaries.

Kids often kick against these, so it puts them in a difficult situation,” Sue says.

Moreover, if the grandparent has been awarded custody after a long court battle, they may be suffering some degree of trauma themselves.

“These are not happy stories. They are often very complex.”

Nevertheless, she says family courts increasingly look to grandparents to take custody. There are no longer any orphanages in New Zealand, adoption is rapidly declining and courts would prefer to place children with members of their existing family, rather than in foster care with another family.

Sue says in many ways this is a good thing. Grandparents are more likely to always be there for their grandchildren and show them unconditional love.

At the same time, it’s important that society recognises this is a huge ask for grandparents who may well be in their 60s or 70s.

Sue says the support group provides parent coaching, counselling and food parcels if necessary.

It also holds monthly meetings where outside experts are brought in to give further insight into navigating the varied challenges grandparents face.

Sue says one problem for grandparents in this predicament is that they become socially isolated from their peers because their regular activities are disrupted. One of the benefits of the support group has been to bring parenting grandparents together.

“They are able to share their experiences, share some tips on what has worked for them and get affirmation that what they are doing is a good thing. Children don’t always tell them that,” she says.

Grandparents Who are Caring for Grandchildren meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 10am in the Pioneer Village Schoolhouse next to Mangawhai Museum.

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Local organisers Paul and Debbie Hodder entered into the Daffodil Day spirit.

This perfect Packard, complete with appropriate floral decoration, topped the People’s Choice vote.

Entries were well up on last year.

All roads lead to Wharf St for classic rally Around 200 vintage, classic and custom cars revved, roared and rolled their way into Warkworth on Sunday, August 25 for the annual Vintage Car Club (VCC) of NZ Daffodil Rally for Cancer.

Wharf and Kapanui Streets were at a standstill as cherished vehicles of all shapes and sizes arrived from their starting point in Takapuna and parked up for a lunchtime display.

Warkworth-Wellsford VCC club captain Paul Hodder said the rally attracted vehicles from five

separate VCCs, as well as 10 clubs for individual car makes. There was even a contingent of vintage Vespa and Lambretta scooters.

The crowds of visitors were able to vote for their favourite vehicle, which was won by an immaculate red vintage Packard. Five lucky voters won spot prizes, including car care kits, gift baskets and vouchers donated by Warkworth businesses.

The rally raised almost $3000 for the Cancer Society.

Even classic scooters came along.

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Push for new housing option for seniors Sandspit resident Linda Shaw says people over 50 who are divorced, widowed or single may well find themselves living alone, and that can be a problem.

“It’s been proven that such isolation is detrimental to physical, emotional and mental health,” she says.

But she adds that escaping this isolation is not necessarily easy. Many cannot afford to buy accommodation in a retirement village, Auckland Council does not provide rental accommodation for seniors north of Torbay, and the Ministry of Housing is focused on emergency and family house needs.

“There is no obvious assistance for active, fit older people who do not see themselves as ready for retirement or rest home facilities,” she says.

But Linda believes she has come up with a solution.

She wants to help set up co-housing arrangements where seniors get together and share the same home.

She has set up a meeting next month to talk about the idea with interested seniors.

Specifically, she would like to explore the idea of creating a pilot co-housing arrangement in a large rental property.

Linda says a typical scenario might involve a widowed woman living rurally who owns her own house.

She does not want to sell it, but is experiencing loneliness and depression.

She could solve this by renting her house out and moving into a cohousing situation in, say, Warkworth.

Linda says this could likely improve her health and her financial situation at the same time.

She adds that people who are older – especially men – find it difficult to make friends.

“This co-housing concept improves the chances of making high quality friendships that are based on honesty and openness. There seems to be few similar housing options in New

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Zealand of this type. We need to start a new trend.”

She says if more than one house is set up, monthly shared meals between houses and combined social events would also be possible.

Linda has made enquiries with local property managers who confirm that landlords would be keen to engage with mature, responsible long-term tenants and that four-to-six bedroom houses are available locally.

Linda admits that when people live together there can be problems, and she anticipates the houses would need to set up processes to resolve conflicts quickly and easily.

Following the meeting at Warkworth Community Rooms, Linda hopes to gather together a group who are interested in the concept to find a house they would like to live in together. This could then become a pilot for others to follow.

She also hopes to connect with landlords interested in renting to seniors.

“Co-housing can be challenging, but the benefits far outweigh the downside. People will live with others in a mutually respectful way – much like our grandparents used to live together in families,” she says.

The senior co-housing meeting will be held at The Warkworth Community Rooms, on Sunday, October 6 at 3pm.

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Other groups will cover topics such as photography, keeping your computer up to date, and Coffee and Learning where SeniorNet members can share what they have learned over a cuppa.

The interest group meetings will be overseen by a SeniorNet coordinator to keep them on track and help with activities.

SeniorNet meetings are held in the basement of the Warkworth RSA and any senior with any device and any level of skill is welcome to attend – just turn up.

SeniorNet Warkworth is to establish a range of special interest groups in response to the increasingly diverse range of applications for computer technology.

SeniorNet chair Brian Oakes says initially computers were just workstations at desks in our homes and used mainly for students’ homework, email, photos and looking up things on Google.

“Now things have changed dramatically.

Computers are everywhere; in your mobile phone, wristwatch, car and even keeping track of the contents of your fridge,” he says.

He adds that as more older people embrace new technology there is a requirement to provide different ways of keeping members up to date with the latest trends.

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Dealer offers tips on getting the right Making the day a grand occasion for mobility scooter grandparents Venturing forth on a mobility scooter can be a daunting prospect for many seniors. There is the challenge of controlling an unfamiliar vehicle and the risk of tipping over, especially where footpaths are uneven.

Alan Brading, owner of SupaScoota based in Warkworth, says seniors can give themselves peace of mind by checking the safety features before buying a scooter.

His first tip is to ask whether the scooter complies with any recognised safety standards. Look for scooters which are FDA-approved, carry the CE certification mark or Australian Standard.

The next thing to consider is stability. Four wheels are better than three. Alan also recommends looking for a twin-motor system, which drives both rear wheels.

If the scooter is only driving a single wheel then it’s more likely to tip when conditions get tricky.

Another useful feature is an electronic stability system so that when you turn the scooter automatically slows down, making it less likely to roll. When it comes to tyres, they should be of the inflatable type.

“Solid tyres will have more difficulty negotiating the lips found on curbs and driveways,” Alan says.

Good seat suspension makes things more comfortable and is especially critical if the user has any kind of back pain.

Finally, Alan recommends taking a serious look at fold-up scooters. They are generally free to take on cruises and on airlines. If you want to take a loved one on a family outing, they can be packed down and placed in a car boot, then quickly reassembled for use when you reach your destination.

“After all, mobility scooters are all about “mobility” and getting people out there,” Alan says.

New Zealanders will officially celebrate Grandparents’ Day for only the second time, thanks to charitable organisation Surrogate Grandparents.

Grandparents Day is celebrated in the United States and last year the Surrogate Grandparents Charitable Trust introduced it to this country. The second Grandparents’ Day will be held next month, on October 6.

Surrogate Grandparents’ founder Jo Hayes says the reason is not only to honour grandparents and members of our senior community, but to help children become aware of the strength, knowledge and guidance that older people can offer.

“Whether they be grandparents by blood, or by love, we celebrate them,” she says.

She says last year more than 25 family-focused events were held around the country and more are planned this year.

This year’s theme for Grandparents’ Day is ‘Time’.

“October 6th is a good day to spend time with your grandies, perhaps learning to tell the time, sharing stories of times past, not rushing – a day where grandparents and their children and grandchildren can enjoy quality time with each other,” she says.

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Surrogate Grandparents is also looking for local cafés, restaurants or other family venues to provide special offers to kids taking their grandparents out for the day – to help them show how much the older folk are appreciated.

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Professional scammers target vulnerable senior citizens A woman sits in front of her computer at home, watching the mouse move around the screen draining money from her bank accounts.

She is powerless to intervene, having given a stranger claiming to be a Microsoft technician on the phone access to her personal computer.

This frightening image was presented, among many other scam scenarios, to a recent Hibiscus Coast GreyPower meeting in Orewa by a man who deals with this type of fraud every day – Detective Snr Sgt Iain Chapman of Auckland Police’s financial crime unit.

He says cyber-crime is a growing problem, including a big spike in scams that target senior citizens because it produces results.

“The people who get sucked into scams are normal, intelligent people who later say they can’t believe they fell for it,” he says.

There have always been fraudsters, but technology has taken it to a new level, enabling criminals to generate fake phone numbers at random and locate addresses for fraudulent mailouts via online maps.

In 2018, $33 million in losses from scams were reported by Kiwis to government-backed online safety agency Netsafe. That figure is up $10 million from 2017.

Scammers are professional criminals and their work broadly falls into a few main categories. The first is an ‘advance fee’ fraud – characterised by

a ‘too good to be true’ offer that comes via email or post.

They include emails or letters claiming you are entitled to some kind of windfall, such as an inheritance from a lost uncle. This is followed by attempts to establish a personal connection and then the requests for cash begin.

Scams based in Nigeria are the best known of these, but they can originate

anywhere. Sgt Chapman says many come from China and Malaysia and even, occasionally, New Zealand.

Another category of scam is the socalled confidence or romance scams where a relationship is built up and the scammer convinces the person that they can handle your money, or that you can help them with a financial transaction.

This type of scam can lead to money laundering or people being used as ‘mules’ to transport drugs.

“If you are being asked to send money, or handle money on behalf of someone you met online and never in person – you are being scammed.”

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may be a phoney ‘scratch and win’ that comes by mail, or an email that suggests you have won money.

The recipient contacts the scammer and then requests for ‘tax’ or other payments follow.

Sgt Chapman says the scammers’ goal is to turn electronic money into cash as quickly as possible. Once it’s in cash, it’s gone.

And he says it’s safe to assume that a portion of the large volume of cash obtained through scams goes towards financing terrorism.

Sgt Chapman says that even though the numbers involved are already scary, we are just at the beginning.

“It’s a sad fact that it’s going to get worse as technology, and the ability to catch the criminals at the cutting edge of it, becomes more difficult.”

The biggest weapon in the fight against this type of fraud, he says, is an educated, informed public.

And while scamming is a serious concern, there is no need to be afraid or become paranoid about it.

Sgt Chapman says no one is holding a gun to your head.

“All you have to do is be aware and learn not to trust people or organisations that you can’t independently verify with your money.

Maiya Johns, second from left, started a programme at Warkworth School to encourage students to pick up trash.

What you can do

• Change passwords regularly – including computer, email, banking and cellphone. Use secure passwords – the finger pattern on smartphones is one of the hardest to break. Virus protection is like a burglar alarm for your computer.

• Rule of thumb: no corporation will ever ring and ask for personal details. If you receive a call from an ‘official’, and they ask for information – stop. Hang up and call the organisation back on a number from the phone book.

• If you are cold contacted with offers of cash or incentives – you are being scammed.

• It’s easy to hack Facebook accounts, so if you receive a message from someone that you think is a Facebook friend involving money

(such as, I’m in Africa and lost my passport, or I’ve won Lotto and you’re on the ticket, too), double check by calling that person on the numbers you know. This is an advance-fee fraud.

• Use Google to check whether something is legitimate, Google search for the name of the person or organisation that claims to be the source, followed by the word ‘scam’.

You will soon see if there are articles naming them as scammers. Doublecheck the identity of anyone that you are sending money to.

• If you think you have been scammed, contact your bank and police immediately.

• More information is available at netsafe.org.nz and you can report scams there, too.

Warkworth students adopt a street to keep it clean Warkworth School’s Maiya Johns, 10, led a group of seven and eight-yearolds through suburban streets last month to pick up rubbish.

It was part of a new programme introduced to the school by Maiya, which saw groups of students adopt a street, which they vowed to keep clean.

She was inspired to set up the programme after her school was visited by Riley and Steve Hathaway, of Young Ocean Explorers, who talked about how our rubbish ends up in the ocean.

Deciding to put what she learned into action, Maiya put together a proposal and pitched it to the school council.

Students were then invited to volunteer for the programme.

“So far, four of our school communities have got behind it and adopted a street and a day to clean it up,” Maiya says.

Maiya sourced biodegradable bags and gloves for the programme in order not to add to the problem she was trying to solve.

“I hope the school continues it next year and kids are inspired to keep picking up rubbish when they see it.”

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Congratulations to everyone who entered the Mahurangi Matters Fathers Day competition. The winner of the $300 chainsaw from Stihl Shop Warkworth was brand new Dad Stefan Thorn, who only became a father on August 23, when son Anthony arrived. The winner of a voucher pack worth more than $650 was Jim Sonerson of Point Wells.

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that thankfully, the paper did not have to judge the photos on their merits, as it would have been impossible to choose a winner.

“They were all so good in their own way,” she says. “Instead, the winning entries were randomly pulled from a basket.”

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Tomarata truck driver starring in The Gulf television series Kaiwaka-Tomarata locals may not know they have a TV actor living among them, because he’s more usually in the guise of a six-wheeler truck driver.

Tomarata resident Phillip Gordon stars in The Gulf, a six-part crime drama series set on Waiheke Island, which premiered on Monday, August 26.

But in between acting jobs, he is a truck driver for Kauri Park Nurseries in Kaiwaka, which takes him down to Tauranga and Raglan daily, delivering plants to large projects such as developments or motorways.

Phillip says he doesn’t watch TV himself, and the only reason he found out that The Gulf was going to air was because he was recognised from the trailer by a barista in a café in Wellsford.

“I thought she was referring to Volkswagens and I had no idea what she was talking about,” he says.

Phillip was a famous actor as a young man in the 80s. He was best known for starring in regular soap Close to Home, 1984 film Came a Hot Friday with Billy T James, and as the lead role in the TV show Inside Straight.

“I became quite recognisable and people wanted to talk to me, buy me a beer or fight me. When you’re famous it’s like you become public property and people think they own you.”

Phillip then lived abroad for 30 years in Australia and Europe. He only returned to New Zealand eight years ago.

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The schooner was originally built at Mangawhai in 1863 and registered as 40217 or 46521 by its creator Donald McInnes. Built of kauri with pohutakawa ribs, the ship was 53 feet long by 16 feet and 6 inches wide. It weighed 31 tons.

Donald, along with Donald Hugh McKenzie, set up a boatbuilding yard in the Mangawhai estuary in the 1850s. It was south of Bullet Point and below Heather and Findlay Streets. It was in a small cove, where a branch of the river curved with the shape of the bay and supplied a relatively deep channel, where they could sail into and launch newly built craft. Although in business together, Donald McInnes was the partner who registered all the ships that were made there in his name. Both men were part of a Nova Scotian group who came to Waipu in 1853. Having learned their trade prior to leaving their former place of abode, both men were capable of setting up their own business in Mangawhai.

After a few years, Donald McKenzie married a local girl and moved to Auckland, where he opened a chandlery in 1867. He was elected chairman of Sir George Grey’s Central Committee and became well known as a shipping agent, owning 60 worthy craft at one time. He eventually became Mayor of Parnell.

Donald McInnes continued building craft at Mangawhai until the last known ship, Tangihua, was launched in 1877. McInnes also owned a shipyard at Freemans Bay, Auckland, where he worked after leaving Mangawhai.

It is recorded that he was only 22 years old when he built Daring. The Albertland Gazette reported on September 1, 1863, that, “The splendid schooner Daring, built by Mr McInnes, was safely launched at Mangawai. Being one of those fine mornings which frequently follow a storm, it was an inducement to many of the Mangawai friends to be present, as well as a few from the Wairoa and Oruawharo. At high water, the blocks and supports were struck away, and as the vessel began her onward course by the deeps, Miss McInnes, sister of the builder, in the customary manner named it the Daring.”

Under the command of Master Phipps, the vessel was lost at Kaipara on February 22, 1865. The little ship has now been rescued by the generosity and passion of men who have established a recovery processes for her timbers, which have spent 154 years under the sands.

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Houses surround two sides of the Tuna Place tennis courts where basketball has become popular.

Boom in basketball bothers neighbours at Omaha The installation of two basketball hoops at an Omaha tennis court is causing friction with residents who live nearby.

Jenni Marsh and Gillian Williams both live next to the courts in Tuna Place and say the popularity of the hoops has led to an unacceptable increase in noise, inappropriate behaviour and bad language.

“It’s become really busy, last summer was insane,” Gillian told last month’s Rodney Local Board meeting. “When it’s 7.30am to 7.30pm, you’re a little bit over it. They were playing at 9.30pm the other night.”

She said their main issue was that neighbours hadn’t been consulted before the hoops were installed, and that local recreation facilities were supposed to be spread evenly throughout the three tennis courts in South Omaha – Tuna Place, plus the Pukemateko Reserve at 179 Mangawhatiri Road and the Manuhiri Reserve at the end of Taumata Road.

“We think one hoop should be moved to one of the other courts and all three courts should have one hoop. Then you have got three areas to serve the whole community. A single hoop is less intrusive, you don’t get big groups of teenagers, and it’s more manageable.”

Omaha Bay Residents Society (OBRS) chair Bruce Coombes admitted there had been problems when the basketball hoops were first installed.

“The contractor didn’t put a gate on, there was no lock, they were new,” he said. “That first Christmas was the sunniest for three years and five of the neighbours are Bookabach or Airbnbs – there was a lot of pressure on a new toy.”

He said there was now a locked gate with a keypad and there were plans

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to deadlock the courts at 8.30pm this summer, but OBRS wasn’t convinced that simply removing one hoop and having one at each court was the ideal solution.

“If we remove one hoop, the pressure will be on the other hoop. Kids won’t go away, they’re just going to wait,” he said. “It’s not going to take the pressure away from that court. The ideal place for other hoops would be at the community centre and the middle reserve (Pukemateko).”

He added that consultation with South Omaha residents over the hoops had resulted in 75 positive responses and only 14 objections, but said OBRS was working with Council and objectors to find the best solution.

Board member Tessa Berger said it was incredible to see a community asset so well used, but she supported strategic discussion with Council to find a solution to the “load and capacity issues”.

Council land use advisor Raewyn Sendles said it was a good outcome for the courts to be so well used, and by adults as well as children, but noise was an issue which could be addressed via a strategic assessment.

“It’s an outcome from living alongside a recreation area and a change from tennis to basketball,” she said. “But it’s a fantastic facility and good to see it being used like that.”

Members voted to request the Parks, Sport and Recreation department carry out a strategic assessment for basketball sites at Omaha, which will be included in the department’s work programme in the 2020/2021 financial year.

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Kaipara funding could be wasted if mega-dump allowed If the Government really wants to clean and protect the Kaipara Harbour, then it should step in to halt plans for a proposed new Auckland regional dump in the Dome Valley, south of Wellsford.

That was the response from landfill opponents to the Prime Minister’s recent announcement that the Kaipara would be one of the main beneficiaries of a $12 million fund to clean up catchments and waterways (MM, Aug 21).

Fight the Tip members say there’s little point paying to clean up the harbour if the landfill is allowed, since it would sit on a tributary of the Hoteo River, allowing any leachate or contamination to flow straight into the country’s largest estuary.

Members voiced their concerns on Jacinda Ardern’s Facebook video announcement, urging the Prime Minister to stop Waste Management’s proposal.

“This area is recognised as having the highest rainfall in the Auckland region,” Fight the Tip executive Michelle Carmichael said. “Within 10 hours, flood waters from this catchment will be in the Kaipara. If that water is ever contaminated, you will not have time to stop it.”

She cited the recent Fox River disaster and how far huge quantities of rubbish had spread when the former landfill ruptured after storms.

“I know this is an historic dump without a liner, but mistakes, fires (like the recent one at Hampton

Downs landfill) and extreme weather events happen. So, at best that liner will break down. Landfill liner systems do not last forever.”

Fight the Tip member Haley Warman recently visited Fox River to help with the cleanup. She said the scale of the disaster was massive and clearly showed that siting tips near waterways was a terrible • idea.

“I think the government announcement was a bit disconnected and illadvised, considering they are planning to put a megadump nearby,” she said.

“If a breach was to happen at the Dome, which it quite easily could with climate change, infrastructure failures or just deterioration over time, all the time and money put into the Kaipara estuary will be wasted, and the Fox River situation could be repeated. The location is ridiculous. We need the government to think smarter and faster.”

Others said it was hypocritical of the government to try to help the Kaipara when its Overseas Investment Office had given the green light to Waste Management to buy the land for a tip nearby.

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“The hypocrisy of protecting the harbour with one hand, then jeopardising it all with the other is breathtakingly foolish.”

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Students Willa Thompson-Ahern, left, and Liam Price with Rotary youth director Murray Wham.

Rodney Local Board member Colin Smith chainsaws through bureaucracy to help build a path for the community.

Smith mobilises community to build footpath Wellsford residents have joined forces to construct a footpath between the town and Centennial Park to allow pedestrians to avoid a dangerous section of road.

Rodney Local Board member Colin Smith led the charge to clear the overgrowth in a corridor that runs parallel with Rodney Street, alongside train tracks behind the public toilets, to the fire station.

“Lucky for me we’ve had a lot of locals come on board, including contractors, the fire brigade, the police station, Firestone and the vet club,” Mr Smith says.

He adds that Centennial Park Road is increasingly being used by motorists to bypass the busy town and it’s no longer safe for parents and children making their way to the park.

He says although the land alongside the tracks has long been identified as part of Wellsford’s greenways pathing plan, it is administered by KiwiRail.

The community will need KiwiRail to give its permission if any further development is to be

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“There has been a lot of work to clean it up and get rid of the overgrown bamboo and the pests. Now at least KiwiRail can see what is here, and it would be amazing if they came on board.”

Colin says he would find the resources for developing a path as well as a bridge over the tracks if KiwiRail will give their support.

“If we can get access, the community will do the work to get it done.”

Zayne Cave from Sculpt It Contractors brought in his digger with a specialised mulching head attached and it easily stripped the branches from trees.

“We are trying to get it legal so it becomes an access, not a trespass,” Colin says.

Back in June, lack of official action over Wellsford’s unsealed roads prompted Mr Smith to take matters into his own hands and organise a similar community initiative to open up Worker Road to alleviate traffic congestion.

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Mahurangi delegates sent to United Nations Mahurangi College’s Willa Thompson-Ahern and Liam Price had to brush up on the history and politics of Kazakhstan and Cameroon this year when they were sent to the Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) by Warkworth Rotary.

This year’s assembly was held at Auckland Girls Grammar School on May 18.

The pair were presented with certificates at the last Warkworth Rotary meeting. They told Rotarians how they had to represent the interests of their assigned countries, even if they didn’t support them.

“There was a lot of debate, and of course America continued to be a problem in each discussion,” Liam said.

Liam intends to pursue a career within the UN, but said Willa is “too good of a person” for politics.

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Tracks closed in Kowhai Park Auckland Council has temporarily closed tracks in Warkworth’s Kowhai Park to combat the spread of kauri dieback.

A Council spokesperson said the closures were a “proactive and precautionary” approach to allow Council to step up its efforts to mitigate the spread of the disease.

She said while there were no signs of kauri dieback in Kowhai Park, the park has several stands of mature and regenerating kauri.

“A partial closure has been introduced to create a diversion around a large kauri and to protect a large number of healthy kauri while mitigation plans are completed,” she said.

The timing of the closures coincides with winter when the tracks are at their muddiest, which increases the potential of soils being transported.

Mitigation works will focus on keeping people away from sensitive kauri roots and providing a range of surfaces for people to walk on that will reduce the risk of transporting soil both within and to other parks.

Works are likely include a mix of boardwalks, viewing platforms and cleaning stations.

The proposed works will be presented to the Rodney Local Board for consideration on September 19.

The track closures have drawn flak from Warkworth Forest & Bird branch member Roger Williams, who says Forest & Bird and Lions Warkworth

spent three years upgrading the tracks to protect kauri from dieback and this work appears to have been ignored.

He considers closing the tracks to be an overreaction.

But Council biosecurity manager for kauri dieback Lisa Tolich disagrees. She says the closures are not a reflection on the work Forest & Bird and the Lions have carried out over past years, nor their passion for the park.

“We need to ensure that any existing adverse effects on a kauri tree arising from the presence of the track are not increased, and where practicable, any adverse effects are reduced by the implementation of appropriate mitigations,” she said.

The mitigation works are expected to take place this summer.

Warkworth resident Keith Stone was frustrated to find his regular morning walks in Kowhai Park were blocked by a steel barrier.

Back in May, Auckland Council advised that it would be temporarily closing some tracks in local parks

across several local board areas in Auckland in a bid to halt the spread of kauri dieback.

Finding the best staff for farmers Advice for farmers on how to attract the best staff and keep them will be offered at a workshop in Kaiwaka on Wednesday, September 11.

The Less Staff Stress event will run from 9.30am to 3.30pm at the Kaiwaka Sports Pavilion, off Gibbons Road, and will cover attracting, retaining and incentivising the best possible farm team. There will be three sessions – motivating farm conversations to align employees’ goals with those of the

farm; what modern staff are looking for and how to recruit and interview; and two breakout workshops – ways to save time on the farm without cutting corners, or incentivising staff on sheep and beef farms.

The event is a collaboration between Red Meat Profit Partnership, Dairy NZ, Beef + Lamb NZ and is sponsored

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Reinhart was rushed into Warkworth Vets on a busy Monday afternoon after being hit by a car. He was in quite a state and it was all hands on deck to stabilise him. Reinhart has a very important role in life, not only is he a lovely cat but he is also a comfort cat. Reinhart had numerous issues, a broken jaw, a broken femur, damage to both eyes and some head trauma, it was hard to know where to start. After successfully stabilising Reinhart we made a game plan. Repair the jaw and broken leg, monitor the eyes and place a feeding tube while his jaw healed.

Reinhart was in and out of Warkworth Vets but two months into his recovery he has made great progress, with only a few set backs. The plan has constantly changed, unfortunately the broken leg and one eye had to be removed. His jaw has healed nicely and he’s managing to get round with one eye and three legs. To everyones excitement he’s also starting pooing on his own, who knew a cat pooing could be so exciting.

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The Kaipara District Citizens Awards were held on August 16 at the Lighthouse Function Centre in Dargaville. Left to right, Kaipara mayor Jason Smith, Albert Paton, Sally Parkinson, Richard Drake, Gordon Finlayson, John Phillis and Council chief executive Louise Miller.

Kaipara District Council honours citizens with awards Five residents received Kaipara District Citizens awards from Kaipara Mayor Jason Smith for their outstanding services to the district and its people last month.

The awards programme was reinstated this year after a hiatus. It was formerly held annually between 2001 and 2012.

Maungaturoto’s Albie Paton received his award for his role in several projects, including Maungaturoto’s 150th centennial celebrations, planting of the ‘old dump’ on Bickerstaffe Road, and St John’s Trash & Treasure event.

He also started a woodwork group at the old scout den, which provided training to school children while fundraising for dementia.

Mangawhai Heads’ award recipient Gordon Finlayson has been a member of Volunteer Surf Lifesaving for over 50 years and is currently the Chairman of the Mangawhai Heads club.

He facilitates a service that provided a junior surf programme for 150 children last year, along with a surrogate coastguard rescue service, in

addition to after-hours emergency surf lifesaving.

Over the last 20 years, another Mangawhai recipient, John Phillis, has picked up responsibilities wherever he has seen a need, including as a marriage celebrant, quizmaster at the Tavern, MAZ volunteer, Harbour Restoration Society member and president of the Mangawhai Tennis Club.

John also initiated and organised Mangawhai’s first ever Santa Parade in 2018.

Other award recipients from Northern Wairoa included Sally Parkison, who has been an operational volunteer of St John for 20 years, and Richard Drake for his governance roles in various organisations, including Federated Farmers, Northpower, and the Meat and Wool Producers Board.

Richard was nominated by the Mayor, who has the power to bestow an honorary citizens award to a person who has contributed to the reputation of the district.

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Full window supply, installation and glazing service Shane Rynne’s karate class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays with a children’s session at 5.30pm and teen and adult session at 6.30pm.

Discipline pays off for Matakana dedicated martial arts students Matakana martial arts students of sensei Shane Rynne did 10 extra training sessions, in addition to usual classes, ahead of the Fabian Niwa Kenpo 5.0 memorial tournament in New Plymouth on August 3 – and it paid off.

Eight Matakana students ended up on the podium in their respective divisions, with Toby Ewing being named the grand champion in the teenage division, after achieving the top score for self-defence.

More than 200 students of all ages competed in the tournament, including special guests from Melbourne, Australia and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Kenpo 5.0 school in Matakana has entered contestants in the competition for the last three years, but the group of eight was the largest it has sent yet.

Four of the students had never competed in a martial arts competition before.

Kenpo 5.0 is an American-style Kenpo Karate taught in 19 countries around the world.

KARATE KIDS: Benson Emett – 1st sparring Joe Haggitt – 1st self-defence Alex Macfarlane – 2nd self-defence Liam Macfarlane – 1st forms, 1st selfdefence, 1st sparring Paige Ewing – 2nd forms, 1st selfdefence Toby Ewing – 2nd forms, 1st selfdefence, teens grand champ selfdefence, overall self-defence grand champ.

Luis Nahmed-Rohen – 2nd forms, 1st self-defence, 2nd sparring.

Women turn out in force for rugby tournament What is thought to be the Southern Hemisphere’s largest women’s rugby tournament kicked off in Silverdale on August 24 with 86 teams of all ages and grades taking to the field. The NZ Rugby Women’s Invitational Tournament, organised in association with Harbour Rugby, saw double last year’s turnout, with 1100 players from as far away as Taranaki. Pictured, Mahurangi’s Tenaija Fletcher plays in Harbour Rugby’s senior open representative team.

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Mahurangi wins Matoma Cup

Hibiscus Coast claims Old Field Shield

Pixie Jones presents the cup to Mahurangi College netball captain Kate Powell.

Hibiscus Coast netball junior captains, and some extras, girls in uniform, receive the Oldfield Shield from Samantha Oldfield and Leah Mainland, back right.

occasion that brings together Rodney College, Mahurangi College and Otamatea College.

The Matoma Cup was donated to the Rodney Netball Centre by Pixie Jones in honour of her late husband Peter Jones.

It is named after the now defunct Matakana Omaha netball club that Jones played for when it was formed in 1970.

Hibiscus Coast won the Oldfield Shield at the Rodney Netball Centre on Sunday, August 18. Hibiscus Coast, Kaipara (Helensville) and Rodney sent Year 7, Year 8, U15 and senior teams to compete at the Rodney Netball Centre.

At the end of the day, wins are tallied up and the club with the most points takes the shield.

Each win is worth three points.

Hibiscus led with 21 points, Kaipara

scored 13 and Rodney scored 4.

The Senior Challenge trophy, which factors in only the senior games, was won

by Kaipara for the first time since 2004.

Elsie Oldfield donated the shield for the competition to Rodney Netball Centre in 1965.

Her granddaughters, Samantha Oldfield and Leah Mainland, both played on the day for Rodney and presented the trophies to the winning teams.

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The Otamatea v Mahurangi match resulted in a 33-19 win to Mahurangi, while Otamatea beat Rodney 34-16.

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Mangawhai 1 netball team.

Cold evenings playing in the dark at the Rodney Netball Centre paid off for Mangawhai’s top netball team, Mangawhai 1, when they took the top spot in the premier grade in the Friday night finals on August 23.

They achieved first place following a well-played, closely matched final against the Rodney Rams, which resulted in an 18-14 victory.

The A grade was won by Kaipara Flats

who beat Tomarata 1, 40-31. The B grade was won by Rodney, beating Tomarata 2, 26-18. C grade was won

by Tomarata 3, beating Mangawhai 3, 19-14. The junior grade was won by Mangawhai 4, while Wellsford 2 was awarded most improved junior team.

At the prizegiving, Netball Centre vice-president Lynette Gubb was presented with the Karyn Te Haara Memorial for services to umpiring.

Mangawhai Golf Mangawhai Golf Club is hosting a tournament on Sunday, September 15, to raise money for Mangawhai Beach School. It will be an Ambrose format competition, which takes the score from the best shot within a team. It is open to players of all levels of experience, and registration is $40 for an individual or $240 for a team of six. Book at the golf shop or contact golfshop@mangawhaigolf.co.nz.

Wellsford soccer tournament The Wellsford Soccer Club is hosting a 7-a-side tournament at Port Albert on Saturday, September 28, at 8.30am. Play for the 7-a-side cup and a cash prize. Registration is $100 per team – contact Patrick at ssj2vegrick@hotmail.com or 021 216 2605.

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54 Mahurangimatters September 4, 2019 Warkworth women.

Harbour Hockey season ends on a high After winning their championship last month, Warkworth Hockey Club’s women’s team took home a second trophy in their first season.

The team beat East Coast Bays in the D3 division at the Harbour Hockey finals day on August 24.

The Warkworth women exhibited total control over the field. The score was 2-0 at half time and 4-0 at the final whistle.

Meanwhile, the Warkworth men’s team played an incredible high tempo match against Takapuna that was a nailbiter to the end.

Despite several near scores by Warkworth in the last

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15 minutes of the game, the teams were drawn at 0-0, and the game came down to a shootout tiebreaker.

Five players from both teams took a turn at besting the goalkeeper. Takapuna scored two goals to Warkworth’s one.

Club spokesperson Graham Buchs says it was a great first season for the men’s team and they will come out next year stronger and more determined.

Mahurangi Hockey Club’s women’s team also played in the finals and narrowly missed out, beaten by East Coast Bays 3-2.

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Warkworth Area Liaison Group, for all interested in Warkworth community issues. RSA basement meeting room, 7pm. Info: Steve Haycock 0274 963 711 4 Mahu Community Trading Post, 1st birthday celebration (see ad p10) 4-7 Warkworth Theatre Group, Death & Taxe$, Warkworth Town Hall, 7.30pm nightly, plus 2pm on Saturday (see ad p19) 5-8 Paparoa Primary School possum purge and gala (September 8, 11am). Info: paparoa.school.nz 6-14 Cinema Italiano, Italian film festival, Matakana Cinemas (see story p18) 7 Snells Beach Garden Circle Spring Flower Show, Mahurangi Community Centre, Snells Beach,1-3.30pm. Plant stall, raffles, afternoon tea. Admission free. Info: Barbara on 425 5371 7 Great Warkworth Scone Bake-Off at participating cafes and bakeries 7&8 Warkworth Tennis & Squash Open Day (see story p30) 11 Less Staff Stress workshop for farmers, Kaiwaka Sports Pavilion, Gibbons Road, 9.30am-3.30pm. Info and registration: Email Rachel Jukes at rachel.jukes@beeflambnz.com (see story p49) 11 Snells Beach Garden Circle, Mahurangi Community Centre, 1.15pm. Guest speaker Glen Elliott on hydrangeas, plus afternoon tea. Info: Helen on 425 5516.

13-Oct 16 Northland Photography Awards, The Kauri Museum, Matakohe, 9am-5pm daily. 2019 theme: ‘This is Northland – Home of the Kauri’.

14 Matakana Hall Market, 8.30am-1pm 14 Pianist Tony Chen Lin, Warkworth Town Hall, Saturday, September 14, 4pm (see story p14) 14 Rodney Rams Rugby League open day, 511 Leigh Road, 10am-2pm. Club players hosting have a go day for juniors with a drills and skills station.

14 Tapora School Ag Day, 1 Okahukura Road, 9.50am (see story p22) 14 The Improv Bandits, Warkworth Tennis & Squash Clubrooms, Shoesmith Street, 7pm (see story p17) 15 Kaukapakapa Market, 947 Kaipara Coast Hwy, 8.30am-1pm 15 Barbara Hamilton Showcase, Leigh Sawmill Cafe, 4pm (see story p18) 16 Warkworth Museum Tea & Talk, Bryan Jackson on Warkworth Incidents, Accidents & Tragedies, 10am. Entry by koha.

16 Mayoral Candidates Debate, Warkworth Town Hall, doors open 5.30pm for 6pm start.

17 Downton Abbey movie night, Matakana Cinemas, 5.45pm.

Warkworth A&P Show fundraiser. Tickets $30, including drink and spot prizes. Info and tickets: Allan Barber on 027 447 7000 19 Orange Sky NZ talk, Warkworth Methodist Church, corner of Hexham and Hill Sts, 1.30pm (see story p21) 19 Forest & Bird talk by Richard Taylor of the Leigh Marine Research Laboratory, Totara Park Retirement Village Hall, Warkworth, 7.30pm.

20 Warkworth Floral Art Club, “The Power of One” competition day featuring single-colour designs. Viewing from 1- 2pm.

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Ryan Fairweather returned to the area last year and has brought his football skills with him.

Wharehine footballer Fairweather one to watch Wharehine’s Ryan Fairweather started playing football at four years old in Port Albert at the Rodney Otamatea Soccer Association (ROSA). Now he’s off to the UK to play in an U19 representative team.

Fairweather is going on a two-week tour with the Football Fusion U19 NZ team. He will play six games against top sides in England, including Ipswich, Tottenham and Queens Park Rangers.

“It will be a great experience playing teams at the top levels in the world

at my age. I am expecting it will be a good challenge for us compared to the level in New Zealand,” he says.

Football Fusion is a private organisation that gives players experiences overseas with the aim of providing them with career-advancing pathways.

Fairweather is hoping to impress some of the teams while he is in the UK and make some connections that could help with his dream of becoming a professional football player.

At the end of the programme, players

have the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to play football for a university or college in the United States.

Fairweather returned to Mahurangi with his family at the end of last year, after living in Christchurch since 2013. He was invited to play for the Football Fusion team after a former teammate from the South Island recommended him to the coach.

Fusion looked at his long record of playing for top division teams and brought him in without any of the

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usual vetting process. Fairweather’s highlights from 2019 include playing in the U17 national tournament with Selwyn United (Christchurch), playing for East Coast Bays at the highest level in the NZF Metro League, as well as playing for Mahurangi College’s first XI, which came runner up in its division with the chance to play for promotion at the start of next year.

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