Mahurangi Matters_Issue 394_14 October 2020

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In a year when much has been cancelled, the Wellsford Santa Parade looks set to go ahead.

Organisers and sponsors were ecstatic when the gent from the North Pole accepted their invitation to visit on November 28. From left, Tania Hamilton (Wellsford Plus), Melissa Wallace (Wellsford Plus), Colin Smith (Rodney Local Board) Andrew Rumbles (Bayleys), Denise Pearson (Mike Pero), and Becky and Mitch Martin (Hammer Hardware). See story p17.

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After several postponements, the Wellsford candidates’ debate nearly reached its 100-person maximum

under Level 2.5 when it was finally held on October 1, just as early voting started. The only empty seats were the entire front row.

Moderator Brian Mason was surprised by the appearance of Advance Party

New Zealand leader Billy Te Kahika.

Mr Te Kahika stacked the crowd with 10 to 20 supporters who filled the back rows and cheered everything he said.

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Political theatrics at candidates meeting the Government was communist and linked the incumbent coalition to conspiracy theories that the United Nations is using climate change and Covid-19 to pull strings in NZ. In the next breath, Mr Te Kahika approvingly quoted UN figures on child poverty in New Zealand as fact.

This set the tone for a bitter rivalry between Mr Te Kahika and Green Party candidate Zephyr Brown.

Mr Brown said Covid-19 and climate change were, in fact, real.

He went on to say his party wanted to reduce reliance on cars and highways, which was met by calls from the crowd of Wellsford farmers and business owners that he should get on his bicycle.

Independent candidate David Ford said Rodney did not need another highway and drones could be used to deliver goods between Auckland and Whangarei.

Before the end of the debate Mr Brown appeared to cut his losses and encouraged left-leaning voters to vote for Labour and right-leaning voters to vote for ACT, while assuming that Chris Penk would win the candidate vote.

He said this could result in Kaipara ki Mahurangi having three MPs in Parliament – Mr Penk as MP for Kaipara ki Mahurangi, and Ms Lubeck and ACT’s Beth Houlbrooke as list MPs. “That would be better than wasting your vote on Advance New Zealand,” Mr Brown said.

A questioner asked candidates who would pay the bill incurred by the Government during lockdown.

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Marja Lubeck said she would continue to be a strong local voice.

Ms Lubeck said the Labour Party had a very good record when it came to debt, which was met by raucous laughter from the crowd.

She said it was right for the Government to fund healthcare and the wage subsidy, and that now was the time to borrow to invest in infrastructure while debt was cheap.

“Labour’s lolly scramble,” a member of the crowd shouted.

“National’s tax cuts are a lolly scramble,” Ms Lubeck returned.

David Ford said NZ could look to the ancient Greek Empire for inspiration and enact a debt jubilee, forgiving all debt.

Candidates were asked if they would restore subsidies for councils to upgrade rural gravel roads to sealed roads.

Each of the candidates agreed that sealing roads needed to be funded through central government policy.

The topic of funding for Rodney

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and revenue generation for territorial authorities also came up.

Ms Houlbrooke said a portion of GST should be given to councils, while Mr Te Kahika said councils should be given proceeds from alcohol, tobacco and fuel taxes.

Social Credit candidate Callan Neylon proposed that various local projects, from roads to waste-to-energy plants, could be funded through loans from the Reserve Bank.

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Northland Waste has blasted Auckland Council for allocating millions of dollars to upgrade recycling centres in Mahurangi, saying the investment is a waste of money when a new facility will soon be available in Warkworth.

Northland Waste chief executive Ray Lambert was responding to a Mahurangi Matters story, which said that Council would allocate about $2.4 million to upgrade recycling facilities at Lawrie Road in Snells Beach and Rustybrook Road in Wellsford (MM Sept 30).

But Mr Lambert says Northland Waste has secured a resource consent to build a recycling centre on three hectare of land at 183 Sandspit Road, which will cost about $5 million.

He says this will be a new, modern indoor facility that will be much superior to Lawrie Road.

Rather than duplicate facilities, Mr Lambert says Council could have spent the $2.4 million on something different and achieved better environmental outcomes.

“Why don’t they plant some more trees or build a walking or cycling track from Snells Beach to Warkworth or something?” he asks.

Construction of the new recycling centre has already begun and is expected to be completed by April.

Mr Lambert says Northland Waste has exactly the same ethos as Mahurangi Wastebusters, who operate the Lawrie Road and Rustybrook sites – to recycle as much as possible and minimise the amount of rubbish going into landfill.

He adds that money going to Lawrie Road undermines Northland Waste’s own investment in the community, making it more difficult for Northland Waste to compete.

“Is this the beginning of an ongoing subsidy every year and, if so, why?” he asks.

He says Northland Waste can provide the same service at a cheaper price but at no cost to ratepayers or taxpayers.

An Auckland Council spokesperson says money invested in the Lawrie Road and Rustybrook Road recycling centres comes from the Government’s “shovel ready” fund, which was open for applications from any organisation and awarded on merit.

“Auckland continues to grow and as it does we continue to need a variety of innovative solutions for dealing with our waste,” the spokesperson said.

“We work with a range of excellent partners, including Northland Waste, and encourage all of them to look at new ways to do this, and new areas to serve.”

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Correction: In Mahurangi Matters’ earlier story it was stated that the $2.4 million would go to Mahurangi Wastebusters to upgrade the Lawrie Road and Rustybrook centres. In fact, the money is retained by Council who will undertake the upgrades. Mahurangi Wastebusters is eager to emphasise that it is not receiving any windfall and will continue to need to raise revenue by charging for services and fundraising.

Waste Management defiant over landfill Waste Management remains committed to its plans to construct a landfill in the Dome Valley despite the rising tide of opposition, which now includes Auckland Council.

The Council “thumbs down” came late last month after its planning consultant Mark Ross recommended that commissioners, who will consider a resource consent application for the landfill, turn the application down.

In the wake of the release of the planner’s report executive member of Fight the Tip Michelle Carmichael wrote an open letter to Waste Management again urging it to abandon plans for the controversial landfill. In her letter, Ms Carmichael re-iterated the point that the site was prone to heavy rainfall and flooding – a reference to a long-running argument that floodwaters would be contaminated by the landfill, wrecking the immediate environment and ultimately flowing into and polluting the Kaipara Harbour.

The letter went on to claim that even at this late stage, Waste Management was only just beginning to appreciate the extent of flooding in the area.

She said engineering and environmental consultants Tonkin & Taylor were “shocked” to be informed of the extent of flooding by locals only weeks ago.

“You started this process with desktop studies, but now that you’ve learned more, please save any reputation you have left and admit that this is not an environmentally responsible place to have a landfill,”

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“Now you are also battling Auckland Council, Kaipara District Council, Department of Conservation, Forest and Bird and more.”

But Waste Management has defended itself against claims made in Ms Carmichael’s letter and by Council planning consultant Mark Ross.

With respect to flooding, a Waste Management spokesperson notes that even in Mr Ross’ critical report, Mr Ross states: “any adverse effects relating to flooding and natural hazards will be no more than minor and acceptable”.

Waste Management also contests Mr Ross’ view that the fernbird, spotless crake and Australasian bittern would be adversely affected due to 14km of streams that would need to be reclaimed to accommodate the landfill. The spokesperson said these birds are associated with the wetlands on the farm, not the streams in the valley where the landfill will be placed.

“Waste Management has already committed to new covenants on its landholdings to protect the wetlands and provide protected habitats for the birds into the future,” the spokesperson said.

Nevertheless, Waste Management concedes that there are concerns raised in Mr Ross’ report regarding adverse affects on streams and fauna.

“We believe it is possible to resolve the ecological concerns raised and are committed to doing so,” the spokesperson said.

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Your readers might be surprised to know that a flyer recently delivered into the letterboxes of Kaipara ki Mahurangi voters was actually paid for by themselves. National Party candidate Chris Penk’s flyer, recently delivered in the electorate with the Parliamentary Crest on it, was funded in his role as a current Helensville MP by taxpayer funds through Parliamentary Service. It doesn’t appear that any other Kaipara ki Mahurangi candidates have used or been able to use Parliamentary Service funding for their flyers during this election period, instead they have been fundraising from supporters for their campaigns. Is this an unfair advantage then? It is also interesting to note that Mr Penk chooses not to use his taxpayer funded salary on living in the electorate. In the flyer, Chris Penk extols the virtues of living in west Auckland. However, what he fails to say is that where he lives is not in the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate or indeed wasn’t in the old Helensville electorate where he is currently the MP, but some considerable distance away in Glen Eden. I think I will buy local and keep it local when I get my vote in October.

Neil Anderson, Algies Bay Mr Anderson sought an opinion on the flyer from Parliamentary Service.

Parliamentary Service confirmed that parliamentary funding was used to

pay for the flyer in question but said this was a legitimate use of funds because it was not considered an election advertisement. Mr Anderson disagrees. In his view the flyer was clearly an election advertisement and raised Mr Penk’s profile in the electorate immediately prior to the election at taxpayer’s expense. The flyer explained recent electorate boundary changes, gave some biographical details of Mr Penk and urged constituents to contact him if they needed assistance. In the weeks prior to the election (August 18 to October 16), MPs cannot publish material funded by Parliamentary Service if it is deemed election advertising – Ed

Pathetic and unsafe June 2019, Auckland Council declares a climate emergency. November 2019, the digging starts on a perfectly reasonable quality stretch of road (Mahurangi East Road) to bury a pipeline so Watercare can transport more sewage out to sea. We, the people who live out this way, have endured months of disruptions to our everyday lives because of this work on our only access road. The end to this upheaval appears a long way off still.

The mess created is appalling and no effort is made to tidy as they go.

Rubbish, broken trees, gravel excesses.

Traffic management standards and systems that are used are pathetic and unsafe. Numerous incidents reported. Most of us have our own sewage systems and water supply and

therefore do not see any benefit from this long drawn out mess making.

The quality of the road surface that has been used to reinstate our only access route is outstandingly poor.

There are a growing number of issues with pot holes, gravel missing, lumps and bumps and no road markings on newly laid road. That is because of the roading methods that have been used to reinstate what we had. Any complaints have been met with platitudes about the road being reinstated to the same or better than before the works started. They have photos! Whenever the proper reinstatement may occur no one can tell us. Surely there must be standards and a finite time frame.

When will the road be reinstated to its previous quality? Surely it is better to do it once right, instead of needing to redo it before you have even finished.

The environmental cost and carbon footprint of this project is not balanced by planting 8000 native plants at some undetermined time in the future. There are much more efficient, cost effective ways of dealing with waste water in this 21st century. Please respond with actual meaningful answers.

Sandy Free, Miller Way Watercare was invited to comment on this letter but did not respond – Ed

Book giveaway winner The winner of the book Issues Behind the News, by Robert Howell, was Naomi Wade.

Dion Wilcox It’s all good. It’s only open for Kiwis to travel to certain parts of Oz. If you’re going for a holiday though it will be expensive, and a long time away from home – with two weeks managed isolation when you get back.

Aaron Dunnett No thanks. The way things are there I would rather keep the borders closed until next year at least. For those that have family there, well, there’s modern communications to keep in touch.

Think of your loved ones’ lives before jetting off, and why would you want to go when we have our own beautiful country to spend money in.

Anna Bakker I’m not too sure about it, but we could give it a try.

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Correction A Mahurangi Matters’ story, Elemental AKL set to dazzle (MM September 30), wrongly identified a tour at Matakana Markets. The tour actually takes place at the Matakana Village Farmers’ Market and the date is November 14.

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Spring in the air ...

The onset of spring provides the lift in optimism we all look forward to, although this year’s will not be without its challenges. It’s great to see the recent easing of Covid restrictions – some relief for local businesses. Local infrastructure projects are getting back underway with the continuation of the Ara Tuhono motorway, initial stages of the new Matakana link road and expansion of the Snells Beach wastewater treatment facility.

Spring reminds us about the environment we live in; its benefits but also its frailties. Many projects are up for discussion and decision this year, including the proposed Dome Valley landfill, the Rodney Healthy Harbours and Waterways project, zoning plan change submission hearings, and the Rodney Local Board’s own strategic three-year plan. All will have direct ramifications for our rapidly expanding population and unique area of nature. I note here the tremendous efforts by the many voluntary groups and enthusiasts working tirelessly to preserve and enhance our natural environment. I had occasion to walk the tracks of Kowhai Park recently with members of the park’s bush restoration group.

Their “get on and do it” attitude was great to see.

Let’s be real though about the impact that the area’s population growth is having on our local infrastructure – particularly ancillary services such as fresh and wastewater, our roads, footpaths, and cycleways. Auckland has a 7500km roading network, 868 km (12%) is unsealed, of that some 677 km (78%) is in Rodney. With this in mind, a Transport Targeted Rate was approved by the Rodney Local Board in 2018 to “accelerate investment in transport”, to address the rapidly deteriorating condition of our roads and footpaths, prioritise rural road sealing programmes and to improve safety and protect the environment. All good so far, but Local Board priorities have changed recently with the introduction of a temporary Warkworth Park and Ride project likely to cost in excess of $5 million, which would otherwise be funded by Auckland Transport. The associated 131 car parks on the outskirts of Warkworth, budgeted at some $40,000 each, will be of minimal benefit for the majority of north Rodney ratepayers. Meanwhile, well overdue road and footpath projects are again relegated to a back seat.

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localmatters.co.nz Annie May Ballantine, centre, with RSA women’s section president Diane Wilson and Warkworth RSA president Bob Harrison.

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It took a long time in coming, but Warkworth resident Annie May Ballantine, known to everyone as “Joan”, was finally recognised for her service to her country during World War II at the Warkworth RSA last week.

Joan, 95, was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation and Veteran’s Pin for her service with the New Zealand Women’s Land Army.

The certificate was signed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Defence Ron Mark.

Joan was among more than 2700 women, aged 17 and over, who joined the army to serve in orchards and farms while the country’s young men fought in battlefields overseas.

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“But when the war ended, they were written off and largely forgotten,” he said.

“Their war service was not officially recognised. They were not allowed to join the RSA, not given a service number and Government histories barely made mention of them.”

This was despite the fact that agricultural production increased during the war period, even though the Government commandeered many farm trucks and horses to support other aspects of the war effort.

Mr Harrison said things began to change in 2015 when the Women’s Land Army was officially recognised.

Joan said she was delighted to receive the certificate.

“I’m going to remember this day for a long, long time,” she said.

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Juvenile godwits embark on their first 12,000km journey at just 14 weeks old. All photos, Michele MacKenzie

Exhausted birds crave some peace and quiet to help them recuperate.

Strong easterly winds have pushed migrating godwits further west this year forcing some to make unscheduled stops in Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia rather than their preferred sanctuary at the northern end of Snells Beach.

Despite the mishap, the displaced godwits, known for their faithfulness in returning to the same site each year, are expected to continue to New Zealand once they have rested and recovered.

Meanwhile, Snells Beach shorebird advocate Michele MacKenzie says other birds landing at Snells Beach

have made the journey from Alaska relatively unscathed, though many are predictably exhausted.

Fortunately, they narrowly missed a huge plume of smoke generated by the Californian wildfires.

Recent arrivals include juvenile godwits of around 15 weeks old, some with their bills stained yellow from the iron in the Alaskan tundra.

Among the interesting sightings is “13”, the first bird tagged as part of an ongoing research project in Yalu Jiang, China, to be seen in New Zealand.

The bird was tagged in April on its

Godwit 13 touches down in Snells Beach after stops in China and Alaska.

Strong easterly winds see godwits blown way off course way to Alaska.

Adrian Riegen, of the Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust, says the bird was tagged as part of a study run

by Chinese student Shoudong Zhang.

Zhang is eager to find out how the birds move around the 60km coastline of the Yalu Jiang nature reserve while resting and refuelling. The reserve is close to the border with North Korea.

“Knowing which ones have arrived here during the southern summer will help him know that they are at least alive now and have completed another round-trip migration,” Adrian says.

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Adrian says last year was a very good breeding season with many young birds making it to New Zealand.

This year things don’t seem quite as promising, possibly due to more predators in Alaska.

“Climate change is an ongoing issue and we are not quite sure how it will affect these birds, but it almost certainly will, just as it is affecting almost all life on earth,” he says.

Michele urges visitors to Snells Beach to take care not to disturb the birds.

“We can all make a huge difference and save their lives by just letting them rest and have their space,” she says.

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emergency wrap up Arrest of intoxicated teenager justified The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) found that Police were justified in arresting and using force against a 16-year-old girl in Makarau last year.

The intoxicated teenager was a passenger in a stolen vehicle and refused to comply with an officer’s instructions to get out of the vehicle when it was stopped.

The vehicle had been stolen from Manurewa and had been spiked by Police by the time it came to a stop in Makarau.

The girl acknowledged that she knew the car was stolen and that she had drunk at least six cans of vodka mixed drinks during the pursuit.

She resisted arrest and was forcibly removed from car. During the struggle, she cut her head on the gravel road.

Officers at the scene attempted to provide her with first aid. The IPCA found that the arrest and use of force was justified and appropriate.

Lifeguards warn against hole Mangawhai lifeguards are warning beachgoers to avoid the south end of the beach after rescuing two 10-year-old girls from an inshore hole on October 4. Lifeguards say a deep hole has recently formed at the beach that can easily pull in children and those who are not confident swimmers. Lifeguards say it is deceptive because it looks like a calm patch of water.

The back of the bus had melted by the time fire crews arrived.

Sizzling stagecoach extinguished Lost hiker rides in a helicopter The driver of the 995 bus from Warkworth to Hibiscus Coast Station got a fright last month when the back of his bus burst into flames.

The bus was parked at the bus stop outside the old Masonic Hall in Warkworth and plumes of smoke billowing from burning rubber, plastic and fibreglass could be seen well above the town.

The Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade was quick to respond, dousing the bus with an extinguisher before hosing it down with water.

The driver believed the fire was caused by the air conditioner compressor jamming. No one was injured.

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An intrepid hiker braved the undulating grassy peaks of Tawharanui Regional Park last month only to get lost.

The woman set out on a hike in the morning but had not returned by early evening, so her family raised the alarm and called Police.

The Police Eagle helicopter was dispatched and spotted the woman within 30 seconds of arriving in the area.

Crews picked her up and returned her to a nearby carpark where her family was waiting.

“It is a great result and a reminder of the importance of telling someone where you are going and when you are due back,” Police say.

“If possible, have a means of communication in case you do need help.”

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Carpark charges gone after AT bows out Visitors heading to Sandspit to launch a boat or catch a ferry now have the option of free parking at Sandspit Car Park.

The unexpected bonus came after management of the carpark transferred from Auckland Transport (AT) to Auckland Council’s Community Facilities department (ACCF) on October 1.

Residents who currently hold a Concession Car Park Licence Agreement (CCPLA) to use the carpark will get a pro rata refund for the period extending beyond September 30.

Far from being greeted with enthusiasm, news of the change-over sparked alarm among Kawau Islanders who feared they will not now be able to secure a park when needed and that moves are afoot to remove the car park completely Rodney Local Board deputy chair Beth Houlbrooke says she was furious a letter had gone out to CCPLA agreement holders without any consultation with the Board, causing the upset.

However, she assures residents there are no plans to remove the car park and that, except for two or three weeks of the year at the height of the summer season, it is seldom full.

Despite the communications snafu, Ms Houlbrooke says the switch to ACCF management will give the Local Board a greater say in the running of the carpark and a greater ability to solve some of Sandspit’s parking congestion

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There is free parking at Sandspit Car Park, but for how long?

at peak times.

She says to avoid paying parking charges, motorists, often with boat trailers, park along Brick Bay Drive, sometimes for a week or more. Cars frequently end up parked on berms, blocking residents’ driveways and considerably narrowing the roadway, creating tensions between residents and visitors.

One suggestion is that by lowering charges at the car park, motorists will be less likely to park in surrounding streets and have the added benefit of being able to park closer to the ferry terminal and boat ramps.

Lowered carpark charges could also make using the Kawau ferry services more attractive to visitors.

“Having to factor in, say, another $15 for parking on top of the ferry fare is prohibitive,” Ms Houlbrooke says.

To better manage Sandspit car parking issues, the Local Board had previously initiated a carpark assessment to inform future policy. The assessment was due to be completed at Easter but was delayed due to Covid-19. It’s now

expected to be completed sometime after Labour Weekend.

The sudden departure of AT from its management role has meant car parking is free until another operating model is put in place.

Ms Houlbrooke says AT has long wanted to be rid of responsibility for the carpark because it is on reserve land. This creates legal headaches and makes it more difficult to generate enough revenue from parking fees to cover costs.

Council head of area operations Paul Amaral confirmed the current operating model was being reviewed, including the possible re-introduction of paid parking.

Mr Amaral would not be drawn on how long the free parking was likely to last.

“The priority will be to ensure that the whole community gets improved access and aren’t adversely affected by the change to the carpark. We look forward to working closely with the Local Board to deliver the best outcome,” he says.

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Warkworth Lions Club will this year accept eftpos payments for street sales of its raffle tickets.

The Lions are currently selling tickets for their popular annual raffle on Warkworth streets and at Matakana Village Farmers Market.

First prize is a $2000 Prezzy Card, second prize is a $500 MTA voucher (thanks to Mobil Warkworth) and third prize is a $250 One Warkworth voucher.

Warkworth Lions is also selling tickets online at its new website – warkworthlionsclub.co.nz.

Raffle organiser David Scott says 3000 tickets have been issued. Last year all tickets sold out. Funds raised will continue to support projects such as the annual take-a-kid-fishing day and ongoing efforts to build a walkway along the Mahurangi River.

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Takahē taxi to new nests During the first lockdown a planned review of the takahē performance at Tāwharanui was completed and the outcome was to move three of the taonga to different homes throughout Aotearoa. In September, the three takahē spread their wings and relocated to homes where they should thrive and contribute to the recovery of the threatened and nationally vulnerable native bird.

The territorial ground-dwellers like a spacious environment and, at Tāwharanui, each breeding pair prefers about 20 hectares of bush and swamp.

Some takahē are renowned escape artists, which is expensive and time consuming for Auckland Council park rangers and TOSSI volunteers – not to mention risky adventures for the runaways.

Catching and transporting critical fauna requires extensive planning, which became more complicated with Covid-19 impacting on timing and the safety of people. Rangers and volunteers collaborated to lure the birds into socially distanced pens because takahē get flustered when too close to one another.

Supplementary feeding teaches them where to find tucker and on transfer day an early breakfast was used to gently entice the birds into pens where they were prepared for transporting.

Takahē have beaks like secateurs and trained handlers held the birds firmly but with caution while they removed the transmitters used to monitor their movements at Tāwharanui. Vaccinations were given to prevent erysipelas, a life-threatening bacteria found in birds and animals, and data was collected to give each bird a body condition score and identify any little quirks. For example, takahē Pukekohe has

unusual saggy skin under one foot and it is useful to share this information with rangers at the new location so they know it’s not a concern.

Once the birds were safely tucked into their individual carry cases, TOSSI volunteer Sally Richardson was honoured to provide the takahē taxi service. Her journey had to be smooth riding, so no slamming on the brakes. She kept the car cool and quiet – so no listening to irritating talkback radio.

Driving with caution is important when you have five of the only 420 takahē thought to be living on the planet.

The precious cargo travelled from Warkworth to Silverdale where Sally collected two more takahē from Tiritiri Matangi Island and made her way to Okahu Bay. Two takahē enjoyed a boat ride to Motutapu and three were taken to Auckland Airport by Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari volunteers. Later that afternoon, Sally went to Auckland Airport and collected two different takahē destined for Motutapu.

By 5.30pm, she was notified the chick from Tāwharanui, Kokowai, was safely out at Burwood in Southland and seemed to be a very cruisy takahē.

The privileged volunteer role gives Sally great satisfaction and the 2020 takahē transfer should bolster the flightless birds’ population.

The Takahē Recovery Programme is a conservation success story and the understandably high breeding and survival expectations were unattainable at Tāwharanui. Hopefully, the two pairs remaining at the park have room to breed, and they won’t argue too much with their neighbours.

A band of children seek a long-lost fortune in The Goonies.

Movie night saved Despite the cancellation of the Kowhai Festival’s Huge Day Out, the festival committee has managed to save the annual movie night.

It will be held on Halloween (Saturday, October 31) at the Shoesmith Domain.

Because of the scarcity of movies released this year, organisers have chosen a classic, The Goonies (1985), for the film.

Warkworth-based Travelling Cinema Company will take charge, projecting the film on to its 200-square metre screen – thought to be the largest outdoor screen in the country.

The movie starts at 8pm while music and a coffee stall will be in place from 7pm.

Families are welcome to bring their own picnic and are advised to bring a blanket, some chairs and warm clothing.

For the fifth time, the movie night is sponsored

by Barfoot & Thompson in Warkworth and Mangawhai.

The Goonies is an adventure/comedy directed by Richard Donner and written by Chris Columbus and Steven Spielberg.

In the film, a band of children attempt to save their homes from foreclosure. They discover an old treasure map that takes them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willy, a legendary 17th-century pirate.

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Short and Sweet Cutting Bar The hair cutting bar at the end of the arcade at 58 Queen Street in Warkworth has been given a fresh styling by new owner Julie Beaumont.

Julie offers a walk-in, no appointment service, and a basic cut can be turned around in 15 minutes, or 25 minutes for a more involved style.

“It offers an affordable option for those who just want a great cut, not frills and whistles,” Julie says.

Short and Sweet charges $25 a cut for seniors and from $30 for adults.

Julie offers clipper cuts, razor cuts, style cuts and scissor cuts for long hair, short hair, curly and straight, and all with the skill that comes with 28 years’ of experience.

“If you’ve lived through the 80s, you can cut anything,” she says.

Julie caters to young children and sets up an iPad in front of a specialised chair with a red steering wheel to keep them entertained.

She also understands the needs of disabled clients having had experience with a family member.

Julie previously owned a hairdressing business for 17 years and was overseeing four salons at its peak.

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The Pink Ribbon fundraising appeal for breast cancer research and support has had to be scaled back in Mahurangi this year, but there will still be an opportunity to support it. Fundraiser Shona Pickup is asking Mahurangi residents to keep an extra eye, and dollar, out for her pink helpers. This year she’s enlisted the help of some “younger volunteers” in their 40s and 50s, who will be at Warkworth New World, Mahurangi East, Morrison Drive and the markets in Matakana on Labour Weekend (October 24- 26). The national appeal doesn’t officially start until October 30, but Shona is coordinating her efforts earlier to capture the crowds.

Rotarians growing young minds in the garden

Warkworth Rotarians have been busy building a 16-square-metre raised garden at Matakana School so that students can grow their own lunch. A series of gardens surround bench seats, where children can be instructed by teachers on garden care. The students will take charge of the garden and prepare meals from the produce in the school kitchens. It is hoped they will then take these skills home and create their own gardens. Warkworth Rotary president Brian Tuck says the club is focussing on youth-oriented projects this year. The Rotarians plan to build another garden at Snells Beach School. Warkworth ITM, Wyatts Landscaping and Treescape Warkworth have donated materials for the gardens. Pictured here, from left, Brian Tuck, Louise Nicholson, Jon Nicholson and Joe Koppens.

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Saying “sorry” Do you find yourself repeatedly making excuses for hurting the people you love, or minimising the hurt that you have done? If so, that is a real warning sign.

The generally agreed idea is that when we say, “I’m sorry, I won’t do that again” we mean, we’re sorry, and we won’t do something like that again. We prove how sorry we are, and acknowledge the hurt we have done, by consciously putting the energy into learning how to behave differently so there isn’t a next time.

As guys, it’s a sign we need to reach out for help if we keep hurting or abusing the people we love and saying sorry, and then just doing the same thing again.

If we just keep apologising and saying, “Sorry, I promise I won’t do it again … etc.,” but then don’t take responsibility for changing our bad behaviour, it makes sense that our partners and children will learn that we can’t be trusted, and we aren’t true to our word. Understandably, their respect for us will decrease too.

Children are watching and learning from what we do, not just what we say.

One of the common things guys do when we are behaving in controlling or abusive ways, is to “minimise” our behaviour. In other words, we misrepresent what has happened to make it seem less serious than it is. For example saying, “I only hit you once” or “I only yelled at the kids” are aimed at playing down what has happened. If we hit our partner, we hit her. If you yelled at your children and made them scared, that is what you did. There is no “only” about it.

It can be hard to be honest with ourselves about the effect of our behaviour has on others, especially if our behaviour is abusive and hurting those we love. There is plenty of evidence that we can learn to change. There is excellent support available in our community aimed at helping men develop new ways of relating with respect and equality. If you want to do things differently, and for your partner and children to respect you and not to be scared of you, it’s clever to ask for help.

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Warships head to Mahurangi East for boat exhibition

Open Day Wednesday 21 October 10am - 3pm Summerset Falls 31 Mansel Drive, Warkworth

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“They are one-offs that you will not see anywhere else,” Brian says.

Most of the ships are models of New Zealand vessels that sailed during the 60s and 70s but there are also ships from the World War I and II era.

Among the notable ships will be HMS Renown, a World War I era battlecruiser, and the largest model, HMS Vanguard, the last battleship ever built.

Every week Brian joins other enthusiasts to sail the ships at Highbrook Business Park in south

Auckland, which features a huge pond.

Brian says the enthusiasts execute military manoeuvres with their ships, either together or in succession.

He says steering the models is as challenging as piloting the real ships.

Some have four propellers that need to be successfully controlled.

An added complication is that skippers are often tempted to monitor a ship other than the one they are piloting, leading to serious collisions.

“I can tell you a few strong words have been exchanged when that happens,” Brian says.

Brian left the navy in 1984 after serving for 20 years. He served on HMNZS Rotoiti, Taranaki and Otago.

During his stint on HMNZS Otago, he sailed to Mururoa atoll as part of New Zealand’s protest action against French nuclear testing in the Pacific.

The Mahurangi Squadron Naval Boat Exhibition will be at the Mahurangi East Library on Friday and Saturday, November 6 and 7, from 10am to 4pm. Entry is by gold coin for the Mahurangi East Friends of the Library Group, which will serve tea, coffee and snacks.

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A conversation between model enthusiast Brian Henman and Mahurangi East librarian Fleur Coleman has inspired The Mahurangi Squadron Model Naval Boat Exhibition.

Brian, a Royal New Zealand Navy veteran, now living in Algies Bay, wondered if the library had any plans for Trafalgar Day. Fleur said “no”, but when she learned that Brian had a collection of enormous model warships – one of them more than nine feet long – she suggested an exhibition at the library.

Brian was eager to oblige and contacted fellow enthusiasts, Mark Dimmock and Graeme Beeson, to loan their big ships for the event, which will be held early next month.

Graeme Beeson is an internationally renowned model maker from Whangaparaoa. Several of his models are on display at the Navy’s museum in Devonport, including the Graf Spee and Achilles.

Brian says there will be 15 radio controlled warships for the Mahurangi event, ranging in size from five feet to 9½ feet. He describes it as “the ultimate big boys’ toys exhibition”.

The big ships will be supplemented by numerous miniature vessels created by Tokoroa modeller Bob Talbot.

The big ships have been constructed using plans of the original vessels and are made from wood and fibreglass. To buy one would cost anywhere between

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Kowhai Art & Craft members with some of the art that will be on display at the Art-full weekend. From left, Barry Lee, Kerry Bradbury, Charles Anderson, Miriam Cutforth, Margaret Wright and Mave Halligan.

Plenty on offer at art show The Kowhai Art & Craft Society will host the Kowhai Art-full Weekend at Matakana Village Hall, from November 6 to 8.

Coordinator Charles Anderson says around 50 artists’ works will be represented at the exhibition covering a wide range of disciplines including pottery, painting, bookbinding, printing, calligraphy, weaving and spinning.

Charles says the club is especially well known for its pottery and painting but visitors will find high quality work in all mediums.

Works at the exhibition will be available for sale. Paintings typically sell for anything between $50 to $800 and pottery between $100 to $300.

Charles says it’s handy having the event in the lead up to Christmas as it provides the opportunity to acquire

unique gifts and decorations.

He anticipates around 800 people will visit over the three-day period.

It’s the fourth year the event has been held in the Matakana Village Hall.

It was previously held in the Old Masonic Hall in Warkworth during the Kowhai Festival.

Kowhai Art and Craft was founded in 1974 by a group of five ex-night school potters. They originally met in a disused cow shed in Sandspit known as the Mud Slingers Inn. The club now meets in a former Keith Hay office building at the Warkworth Showgrounds. Membership stands at more than 150 and continues to grow.

The exhibition opens from 10am to 4pm on Friday, November 6; 8am to 4pm on Saturday, November 7; and 10am to 4pm on Sunday, November 8.

Wellsford plans to press ahead with its Santa Parade this year and bring some good cheer to finish off a year sadly blighted by Covid-19.

The parade departs from the Wellsford Community Centre at 11.30am on Saturday, November 28, continues to the railway station and then returns to the community centre.

Santa will make his usual grand entrance on his sleigh accompanied by Christmas fairies.

Also taking part will be Harold the Giraffe, the Plunket Blue Bear and Ronald McDonald.

Among the floats will be Wellsford’s new state-of-the art ambulance, kindly donated by life-long local resident, Colin Buckton, earlier this year.

Christmas elves will liberally give out a tonne of Christmas goodies including

balloons, bubble wands and lollies. Face painters will add to the festive spirit.

A team from the Brethren Church will offer gourmet burgers, sausages and cold drinks for sale.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun after such a yuk year,” Wellsford Plus chair and organiser Tania Hamilton says.

Businesses and residents are encouraged to contribute floats for the parade, which will be divided into four sections – children, community, business and walking. Entry forms will be available from the beginning of next month from Mike Pero Real Estate in Wellsford.

Tania says organisers will take appropriate precautions in the light of Covid-19 and have more marshals on hand to keep participants safe.

Wellsford Lions will provide marshals on the day.

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Show set to bring some cheer after a difficult year Warkworth Theatre Group will put a gloomy year behind us with Warkworth Frivolities of 2020.

The lively variety show will feature music, magic, dance, skits and comedy, and feature some favourite ensembles from around Warkworth including The Jazz Connection, Jade River Ukes, The Boyz and more.

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The Goldilocks Zone The problem with all the juicy IPAs and heavy-hitting stouts that I adore is that they come with a heavy standard-drinks price tag. This is largely because of the volume of malt required to give these big boppers their delicious spine – the backbone that holds together all the complex flavours that the brewer wants you to enjoy. A beer without a backbone completely lacks the fullness that we beer nerds like to call “mouthfeel”. It’s why all those “light” beers that sit around two to three per cent alcohol-by-volume (ABV) can ultimately taste watery. Even the good ones like Garage Project’s Fugazi (2.2% ABV) and Croucher’s Lowrider (2.5% ABV) have delicious high notes, but are ultimately unsatisfying.

But that doesn’t mean that it isn’t possible to achieve oodles of deliciousness with a relatively-low ABV beer. I reckon there’s a “Goldilocks Zone”, where there’s just enough booze and residual sugar left at the end of fermentation to provide that all-important mouthfeel, plus a spine for attaching hoppy highnotes or other complex flavours. Critically, beers in the Goldilocks Zone deliver these important characteristics while still sitting around one standard drink per serving. To borrow a line from a cereal commercial, beers in the Goldilocks Zone are not too heavy and they’re not too light. They’re just right – both in terms of flavour and in terms of responsible decision-making about how much booze you’re putting in to your body.

So what is the Goldilocks Zone? After searching for it for decades, I’ve come to the conclusion that it sits between 3.5 per cent and 4.5 per cent ABV. Beers below 3.5 per cent are generally unsatisfying, because they lack the mouthfeel that I need to feel like I’ve actually had a beer; and beers above 4.5 per cent generally often lead to poor decision-making and midnight kabab runs.

Thankfully, we’re blessed to have some pretty sensational local beers that are perfectly nestled within the Goldilocks Zone. At the lower end of the range we have Sawmill’s gravity-defying Session IPA (3.7% ABV), which manages to neatly stack a pile of tropical fruit within a slender yet fully-formed body. McLeod’s Heathen Session Pale Ale (3.8% ABV) is of a similar ilk, but a smidge more British in its heritage – with more emphasis on the malt and mouthfeel. The last time I had it, my impression was that it was akin to the Godfather of Kiwi session ale, Emerson’s Bookbinder (3.7% ABV) – which is high praise indeed.

At the opposite end of the Goldilocks Zone we have the big-bopper of session ales: 8 Wired’s Semiconductor XPA (4.4%). Exactly half the ABV of its IPA brother Superconductor (8.8%), Semiconductor manages to gracefully walk that tightrope between a knee-slapping mouthfeel (reminiscent of a much larger pale ale) and an ABV that stymies your risk of morning-after regret. The salivationinducing hop aroma is worth the price of admission alone.

Finally, for the ultimate Goldilocks Zone post-lawn-mow refreshment, you really can’t go past a cold 8 Wired Hippy Berliner (4%), a Berliner Weisse-style sour wheat ale. Hippy’s combination of a smidge of sourness with a dash of fruity hops makes it the most refreshing beer available on any Kiwi beer shelf.

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A two week hearing to consider a resource consent application to construct a four-lane state highway between Warkworth and Te Hana began with a powhiri by local iwi at the Warkworth Town Hall last week.

The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has made the application. As Mahurangi Matters went to press, the hearing was expected to continue until at least Thursday this week (October 15).

NZTA was due to present its case for most of last week. Other submissions will be heard this week.

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ontheland Stock market steadily returning to bullish conditions FE AT U R E

Prices have started to improve at the Wellsford Saleyards, and the volume of stock sold is already up on the same time last year.

PGG Wrightson sheep and beef rep Bernie McGahan says while prices are not as good as years gone by, August and September have shown signs of recovery after the drought.

Farmers were reluctant to sell during July as prices were low and animals were lean.

A lack of availability of silage due to drought also scared buyers off and conditions created by the global shock of Covid-19 did not help.

However, Bernie says September has been an exceptional month as that backlog begins to move through the saleyard.

“We are well ahead of the same time last year. Per head tallies are up, although values are still slightly back,” he says.

At the cattle sale on September 28, prices ranged from $2.84 per kg for two year traditional steers to $3.32 per kg for yearling Angus-Friesian steers.

Bernie says a “spring flush”, when the grass grows, will likely take effect in October and November and should see prices lift.

“I am expecting October to be a good month. The rain will come and the grass will grow.”

The Wellsford Saleyards sees the highest annual volume of stock trades among saleyards north of Auckland.

Farmers from Dargaville, Whangarei and Auckland travel to Wellsford. The next closest saleyards with scales are in Kaikohe and Tuakau.

In the year ending May 2019, 30,000 cattle and 32,000 sheep were sold in Wellsford. Due to the impact of Covid-19 and drought, in the year ending May 2020, only 24,000 cattle and 23,000 sheep were sold.

Saleyards trial streaming auctions Successive Covid-19 lockdowns shut down activity at saleyards forcing stock agents to adapt with a new online platform.

After lockdown, PGG Wrightson released the Bidr online platform, which hosts a livestream of auctions with only half-a-second delay.

It was successfully trialled at the Whangarei Cattle Fair. Meanwhile, the Wellsford Saleyards started trials this month.

Bernie says the ambition is to livestream all major cattle fairs in Wellsford next year.

Online auctions add value to sellers by providing the opportunity for buyers from all over the country to make offers from their computer.

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The Wellsford Saleyards sell the highest volume of stock in Northland. Insert, Bernie McGahan is a stock rep and auctioneer for PGG Wrightson.

online auctions should ever replace saleyards entirely.

“There’s a social factor to meeting

others at the saleyards. I don’t think that it will go away, and I don’t think that it should.”

Kikitangeo Romney sale highly anticipated Famed sheep breeder Gordon Levet has been persuaded to sell his prized Kikitangeo Romney ewes at the Wellsford Saleyards, rather than privately.

Gordon is retiring and will sell his best breeding ewes. The sale takes place on Monday, February 24 and is expected to draw farmers from all over the country. The Kikitangeo Romney are renowned for their genetic resistance to parasitic worms. The worms are increasingly proving resistant to medical treatment.

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Free range Whangaripo farm feeds Auckland to Whangarei A Whangaripo Valley free range egg farm has proven that the economics of happy, healthy hens can produce a thriving business.

In the eight years since the farm was founded, it has grown from 24,000 to 60,000 birds on its 57ha farm, and produces 300,000 eggs each week.

Owner Matthew Quested says 2000 trees have been planted each year to keep building up a natural habitat for his hens. Matthew says a happy hen is one that has fresh feed and water, can roam outside and peck the grass, have dust baths, and is not enduring the stress of predators or overcrowding.

The farm is broken down into five different barns. Each has several access points to allow hens to move freely in and out through the paddocks.

The only time the doors are shut is when feral cats descend during kitten season to snatch a chicken.

The outdoor area, directly outside the chicken doors, is lined with lime rock which cleans the chicken’s feet on their way back from the paddocks.

The chickens are so free range that they have gained a reputation for hitchhiking their way out on trucks. A feed delivery truck got to Takanini before it realised it had a hen perched on its back.

Matthew says the cost of producing free range eggs over cage eggs is 40 per cent higher, but he believes it is the way of the future.

“If you had ever been to a cage farm, you would never buy a cage egg again,” he says.

He also draws a distinction between free range eggs and barn eggs, which merely means the hens live in a large shed without cages.

Whangaripo Valley Free Range eggs are distributed to smaller grocers in north Rodney, as well as a few speciality grocers in Auckland.

The farm also supplies eggs to Whangarei-based Otaika Valley Free Range eggs.

This year, Matthew launched a new brand, Traditional Free Range, to supply eggs to Countdown and New World supermarkets throughout Auckland.

He says supermarkets approached the farm to distribute eggs in Hamilton, but he declined in order to keep the “food miles” of his eggs down.

Eggs from the Whangaripo farm are delivered the day after they are laid.

In New Zealand, eggs officially have a shelf life of 35 days. The average age of an egg in a supermarket is 21 days.

Matthew says fresh eggs are much better for poaching because the egg white holds together better.

The farm employs 26 local workers instead of automating its production line.

“There might be the odd feather on our eggs, but all of our eggs are hand checked to ensure they’re not broken.”

A 24-tonne feed truck makes chicken feed deliveries two to three times a week, and Matthew spends $130,000 a month on feed.

“So, it’s not chicken feed,” he jokes.

Matthew Quested’s hens are not at all shy of human company.

The Traditional Free Range eggs brand launched this year.

The farm has a number of distinct paddocks for groups of hens.

The hens have been known to hitch a ride on water delivery trucks.

The eggs are sorted by a weighing machine from Italy.

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Bee festival organisers stung by funding shortfall A failure to secure a grant from the Rodney Local Board for The Big Buzz festival has left organisers annoyed and seeking other sources of cash.

Organiser Isabella Sullivan describes the bee and honey festival, due to be held in Matakana early next year, as the first of its kind in New Zealand and “should have ticked all the boxes” for the Local Board.

In addition to the big event in February, the festival involves about 500 children from local schools engaged in bee-related projects.

Children will have stalls showcasing their work at the festival.

Ms Sullivan says the festival is just what the community needs after the depressing setbacks experienced in 2020 due to Covid. It will feature local bands, local products and bring in lots of people from outside the community, boosting local business.

“It’s really going to put the region on the map in terms of doing something new and environmentally conscious,” Ms Sullivan says.

Among the event’s aims is to raise the awareness of bees and their vital role in pollination. Organisers had hoped the Rodney Local Board would chip in $3000 to pay for bands to perform at the event.

However, Board chair Phelan Pirrie says there may be some confusion on the part of festival organisers as the Board has not given out general grants

for years and there was no grant they could have applied for from the Board.

“This was explained to them in a letter following their deputation,” he says.

Nevertheless, Mr Pirrie acknowledged that the Board had allocated money to a few targeted events, including Christmas parades, A&P shows and the Kowhai Festival.

Asked what would happen to this money given the cancelling of some of these events due to Covid-19, Mr Pirrie said if money was returned or not used, the Board would work out what to do with it at that point.

Although the Board says it cannot contribute, ATEED has indicated it will help with The Big Buzz’s marketing budget. Ms Sullivan says the festival is still needing additional money for “infrastructure” such as marquees, cones, tables and chairs. She says none of the extra money is needed for wages as all the work is being done by volunteers.

Highlights of the festival will include an enormous beehive for children to play in, cooking with honey workshops, honey tastings and gourmet food trucks.

The Big Buzz will be held at the Matakana Primary School on Sunday, February 14, from 9am to 4pm.

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Call for targeted rate for drainage Landowners in two rural areas in North Rodney could find themselves saddled with a new targeted rate to pay for fixing and maintaining their stormwater drains, if Auckland Council recommendations are adopted.

Council’s Healthy Waters division estimates it would cost $45,000 a year to manage drainage at both Te Arai and Tapora, which it says could be funded either from the general rate, or a targeted rate levied on local properties.

Despite objections from some landowners and Local Board members, Council staff would prefer to see a new targeted rate to “ensure those served by the drainage assets and those who contribute to the need for maintenance of the assets pay for that work”.

The proposal is the latest stage in a long and complex history of responsibility and management of the drainage districts at Te Arai and Tapora, which were established by the former Rodney County Council in the 1950s, plus a third one at Glorit in 1989.

Historically, targeted rates were charged to fund Te Arai and Tapora, until the 1990s when the former Rodney District Council switched funding for all of them to general rates.

After Rodney became part of Auckland Council in 2010, responsibility for the three districts was delegated to the Rodney Local Board, together with an annual maintenance budget of $26,500, the sum of which dated from the 1990s and has never been increased. This resulted in drains falling into serious disrepair, excessive weed growth and a good deal of frustration from landowners in recent years.

Incidentally, these are the only drainage districts in Auckland – in all other rural areas, private landowners are responsible for maintaining drains on their land.

Two years ago, Rodney Local Board and Healthy Waters agreed on a $260,000 repair and remediation package for all three drainage districts, funded by Healthy Waters. However, last month’s Local Board

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Many of the rural drains have collapsed, are broken or have been blocked by excessive weed growth.

meeting heard that due to the effects of Covid-19, Healthy Waters could no longer sustain the level of investment needed to keep this up.

Healthy Waters’ commercial partnerships team manager, Shaun MacAuley, said a targeted rate would solve the problem.

“There is a lot of work to be done in maintenance and capital upgrades. It’s not been funded for a very long time,” he said. “The community is very clear that they want us to act, but we need the means to act.”

He said Healthy Waters wanted the Local Board to support a joint community-council management scheme for the Te Arai and Tapora drainage districts, which would cost $45,000 each per year, and a private management option for the smaller Glorit districts, where landowners maintained the drains themselves.

However, Board members voted to support public consultation on how drainage districts should be funded in Council’s 2021-2031 Long Term Plan process, and noted that it had not received adequate funding to do the job itself. The Board also requested that responsibility for the drainage districts be transferred to the Governing Body of Auckland Council in future.

Healthy Waters will seek formal approval to transfer decision-making from the Local Board to the Governing Body, as well as move forward with implementing new management options for each drainage district and work on refining its proposed targeted rate options ahead of the Long Term Plan consultation process early next year.

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Ceramic eggs raise funds for kiwi

The Glorit-based Kaipara Kiwi sanctuary is hosting a pop up exhibition at the Mairangi Bay Arts Centre as part of its fundraising efforts this year.

Sixteen north and west Auckland artists have produced one-of-a-kind ceramic eggs, which will be auctioned.

The eggs will be up for auction on the Kiwis for Kiwi Trade Me account from October 21.

An exhibition event will be held at the Mairangi Bay Arts Centre on Saturday, October 31, from 4pm until 6pm, at which time the Trade Me auctions will close.

Also being auctioned is a retro pillow designed by Warkworth artist Glenys Wech. It features a Kiwi motif on a cover recycled from a woollen blanket.

The Kaipara Kiwi sanctuary has around 80 Kiwi birds thanks to careful conservation efforts.

Nesting season has begun and Kaipara Kiwi is fundraising to meet the substantial costs of replacing radio tracking collars and maintaining traps to safeguard Kiwi and their eggs.

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Gardening Andrew Steens

Salad days One of the joys of spring is the ability to grow and pick a wide range of plants for daily salads. There is nothing healthier than fresh salad from the garden, with loads of different plants and the full range of colours to get the maximum number of anti-oxidants.

Standard salad greens are baby spinach leaves and the various types of lettuce.

Both are easy to grow year-round and spinach in particular is very nutrient dense and good for you. For a bit more heat in the salad the Brassica family provides a wide range – mustard greens (actually red or green), rocket (the wilder types are spicier), nasturtium leaves (Tropaeolum majus), garden cress, watercress (Nasturtium officinale), Mizuna, Tat Soi (Asian cabbage) and baby kale are all very fast growing and pack some solid anti-oxidant punch.

The chicory family also provides an easily grown group of plants that are important for our health – frisee, escarole, endive and radicchio are collectively known as bitter herbs, providing a refreshing bite to the salad with varying degrees of bitterness according to variety.

A sweeter taste can be obtained from mache (corn salad) and pea shoots, both vigorously growing at this time of year. For a more herbal flavour or texture, consider adding coriander, florence fennel (provides a nice crunch), basil, dill, lemon balm, mint, parsley and many more. Try a different combo each day, you will be pleasantly surprised at how some herbs and greens combine to provide a taste experience.

Vibrant colour in a salad is often reliant on adding tomatoes or capsicum, but flowers can also be used to give a salad a zhoosh up and a unique taste profile.

Edible flowers include calendula (sweet and peppery), nasturtium (spicy and hot), borage (like cucumber), viola, pea and bean flowers, cornflowers, dianthus (clove flavour) and day lilies (red ones have the best flavour). Pretty much all the herbs can have their flowers harvested and eaten, with the flowers often just a milder version of the plant. This can be handy for salads where a slight taste of garlic from the flowers may be preferable to using the bulbs.

Any of these crops can be sown or planted now and if planted in succession will quickly provide an ongoing source of fresh salad greens while you wait for the slower salad crops like tomatoes, capsicum and cucumber.

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Spring always seems to be a triumph of fertility over atmospheric inclemency.

It’s an annual marvel. Increasing day-length gathers momentum through the solstice and although wintry weather may be reluctant to concede ground, new life is an unstoppable force. So although we may end September with snow over lambing pastures in the south, and jacket-hugging gales up north, the sheer ebullience of the new farming year still puts a spring in my step.

Up here we have snows of our own as pastures shimmer under the chalky haze of daisies, like a million stars scattered across an emerald ocean. In the restored bush, drifts of native clematis drape luxuriantly through the branches like wedding bouquets. And, Maybe with a La of course, lambs gambol through the paddocks like Niña summer on snowy pups at play. the cards, we might It’s been an early lambing and they’re growing well hope for some so far, in a race to reach good weaning weights before the clutch of the summer dry begins. Maybe relief from the with a La Niña summer on the cards, we might hope for some relief from the unrelenting dry. unrelenting dry.

My lambs have already been shucking off their light winter coats and leaving white speckles on the ground to add to the daisy-snow pastiche. In case you’re wondering, this is normal spring deshabille (state of undress) for my Wiltshire breed, famous for their fabulous meat and ease of care rather than their wool.

This gives them a great advantage over their woolly cousins in hot climates, with less work and worry for the farmer.

Speaking of clutches, the hen house is in full swing so that it’s hard to keep up with the yolky goodness. In the bushes the wild birds are hard at lay and on display too – with Tui in cleric’s cravat-warbling voice, paradise shelduck guarding every hillock and kereru performing their aerial dive-bombing displays.

We even had the first shining cuckoos blown in with the late September gales, trilling their welcome spring overtures.

It certainly feels “all on” down on the farm, even if the humans are feeling trepidatious at what the rest of this strange year might bring. With climate change and what that means for us all on the land; ongoing impacts of the

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A report just out in time for the world leaders summit on biodiversity demonstrates that by conserving the key areas of global biodiversity we’ll also protect the earth’s main carbon stores and prevent climate crisis. On a micro-scale we can also see how that operates on our farms and how it also improves our bottom line and sustainability in business. So yeah, with spring in full swing, it’s a good time to dust off those predator traps and get out there on the trap lines. Also good timing for reviewing how we build our soil humus and biodiversity, try to keep our covers longer, and avoid pugging damage. Whatever the question, healthy soils are the answer.

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Sometimes the reason for making this final choice is not based on suffering as much as chronic discomfort and sometimes because of faecal or urinary incontinence. Some pets, you can tell, are horrified at their loss of control, others are not. Sometimes euthanasia is requested because of an accumulation of growing blindness, deafness, dementia and dwindling activity. Sometimes an old animal’s one human caregiver has died or is going into accommodation where pets are not allowed, and it has been decided that it would be too stressful for that particular animal to rehome them. I have become more pragmatic as the years go by. I am glad the pet has had many good years and has not had to become lost or unwanted.

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Turkey shoot Remember when we played “bang bang”? We shot them down, “bang bang” they hit the ground, “bang bang” that big loud sound, “bang bang” we shot those turkeys down. Well, not quite the lovelorn sentiments from that old Nancy Sinatra song, but a great analogy for my first foray into guns and shooting. I had tried for some time to get a wild turkey shoot across the line when, thankfully, my colleague and this publication’s roving journalist “Mr Jonathan” pinned down a Sunday for us with some expert type friends of his. On location, out of a van filled with the ultimate testosterone boys’ toys, hopped two muscle-bound men that looked like they meant business. For the purpose of anonymity, I will refer to them as Mr A and Mr B. With loaded guns in hand, we were given a strict safety and operational briefing before heading off on our hunt.

We could see a big mob of turkeys down the gully and headed briskly in that direction.

I was feeling incredibly inept and vulnerable with a pump action shotgun braced across my chest. These men looked wonderfully natural; my perfect fantasy of protection amour was playing out in front of me.

Advancing towards the crest of a hill, Mr A motioned to move slowly towards the turkeys. I just figured it was a case of take aim and fire once they were in close sight. Gulp! My chest was an exploding beatbox.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The air was ablaze with gunfire.

These men had started their mission. I glanced down the barrel, unlatched the safety button, squinted and tensed then, Ka Boom! The recoil of that gun took my breath away and knocked me back a step. It was like being punched in the shoulder, but I had no time to

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think. These men were still firing when I remembered I had to slide the body of the gun back and keep shooting. I slid it back and it jammed. The men were reloading. I felt woefully useless and could only stand there like a silly damsel in distress waiting for help.

Mr A fixed my gun and by this stage the turkeys had bolted. In a scene reminiscent of the sniper movies I watched on Netflix the night before, Mr A instructed myself and Mr B to take the flank while Jonathan and Mr A moved forward. The turkeys took flight – topography and speed is their armour.

The men chose an attack route and with that heavy

gun I hauled my hideously unfit butt up and down hills, over fences and through scrub – quietly dying and breathless until we cornered them again near a swamp. Bang! Bang! These boys were on fire. I shot again, this time heeding advice and keeping the gun firmly tucked in my shoulder.

The guns rang silent, and we could see we had culled out several of them. With no time to catch my ailing breath, Jonathan and Mr A bolted up the hill again after them. Meanwhile, Mr B was being so benevolent – taking the rear with me and trudging along my slow path for moral support. I felt really bad that I was such a heavy anchor to him, but to be honest I adored the polite conversation we had.

We reached the top of the hill in a pine forest to find Mr A and Jonathan had skillfully managed to cull out another lot. Some more came into range and the men lined up to take aim. I just did not have the heart to tell Mr A or B that my gun was jammed again. In any case, the view I had of the hills behind those men in pointed stance was surreal, structured and strong against the curvature of the landscape.

We walked for hours that day, over the hills and far away. I appreciate for these highly skilled men the day was merely boyhood adventures, torn out of pages from old storybook novels, re-read and intertwined in their adulthood. For me, it was the aching reality that I possibly wouldn’t be the army’s first pick for frontline combat, and the war-era romance novels that I devour are not a training ground for turkey shooting.

I will never know if one of my bullets connected with a turkey. I just know that these pests on mass are incredibly destructive to the environment and food production and must be respectfully contained. The next day my muscles were so sore I could barely move.

Perhaps I was the biggest turkey of all, ha ha ha.

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Fairy terns enjoyed a successful breeding season last year.

DOC steps up for fairy tern Jewellers were supplied with kauri timber and gum for the exhibition, Photo, Jed Town. Insert: Ring I by Margot Symes, Photo, Stephen Davies

Top jewellers contribute to kauri exhibition Leading contemporary jewellers from around New Zealand have contributed to an exhibition at the The Kauri Museum, in Matakohe, which runs until the end of next February.

Each jeweller was supplied with a piece of kauri timber and gum, and invited to fashion a piece of jewellery for the Creating with Kauri Maker Series No. 2 Jewellery exhibition.

The kauri was sourced decades ago and has been kept in storage at the museum.

Museum general manager Dr Tracey Wedge says 98 pieces of jewellery have been brought together for the show.

“The makers’ response has been phenomenal,” she says.

“It is through initiatives like this that we raise the awareness of the importance of the kauri to our past, present and future.”

The admission price for the museum allows visitors to view the exhibition.

Displayed works are available for sale and the exhibition catalogue can be

found online at: kaurimuseum.com/ whats-on Kauri timber and gum were harvested throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, contributing significantly to New Zealand’s economy. Today, less than four per cent of country’s kauri forests remain.

The Kauri Museum tells the story of the industry’s past and has an active kauri planting programme.

The Kauri Museum is open seven days a week, from 9am to 5pm.

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A rare fairy tern chick that Department of Conservation (DOC) staff carefully nurtured with supplementary feeding last season has been making regular appearances around Waipū.

DOC biodiversity ranger Ayla Wiles says the bird is looking “very well fed”.

“He seems to have been accepted into the tara iti (fairy tern) community and is doing quite well for himself. We don’t expect him to breed for at least a couple of years but are just happy to see him make it through his first winter,” she says.

Meanwhile, DOC says it has ramped up efforts to protect fairy terns during this summer’s breeding season.

Seven additional fairy tern rangers have joined the wider DOC fairy tern team and will be based at nesting sites in Mangawhai, Waipū, Pakiri and Papakanui from now until February.

Breeding sites will be monitored seven days a week during the season by rangers and trained volunteers.

“Our fairy tern rangers, along with trained volunteers, are essential for the survival of the species,” Ms Wiles says.

In addition to keeping an eye on the birds and their chicks, rangers and volunteers keep records of feeding and other behaviours.

Ms Wiles says the birds enjoyed a fairly successful breeding season last year in terms of chick numbers.

Fairy tern are critically endangered, with the total population of the species estimated to be fewer than 40 birds.

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American Foulbrood breaks out in Maungaturoto The American Foulbrood (AFB) Management Agency has confirmed it’s dealing with an outbreak of the bee disease in Maungaturoto and beekeepers are urged to check their hives thoroughly.

Maungaturoto beekeeper and disease elimination conformity agreement (DECA) inspector Jim Sharp says beekeepers can identify foulbrood because it has a sulphur smell.

Brood (the egg larvae) can also be checked by giving it a stir. If it comes out as a sticky substance, it is infected.

AFB is most commonly spread on hive tools but can also be transmitted when a stronger hive robs a weaker hive of honey.

“If we have it in Maungaturoto, chances are it will also be in the surrounding areas,” Mr Sharp says.

AFB is largely under control in New Zealand, but in the 1800s it nearly wiped out the country’s entire population of honey bees.

Since 1950, hives found to be infected

by AFB are required to be destroyed.

AFB Management Agency northern operations manager Dwayne Hill says the agency is sending a level 2 inspector to investigate hives in the area to try to determine the source of the outbreak.

In addition to beekeeper’s own checks, Mr Hill says it is important that all hives in the area are also checked by a DECA inspector, whether they are registered or not.

While it is legally required for hive owners to register their hive, Mr Hill says the agency will offer an amnesty to unregistered hive owners.

“We would rather people just come forward. We don’t want to discourage anyone from getting checked and registering, even if they’ve had a hive for 30 years,” he says.

The agency receives 30 to 40 reports a day of unregistered hives.

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“Finding and reporting AFB makes you a better beekeeper. It’s preferable to trying to manage it yourself and infecting the rest of your hives,” Mr Hill says.

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It’s not rabbits. Vandals have damaged the Omaha course with holes.

Golf coach calls out vandal The person who hacked chunks out of the ground on the chipping green at Omaha Golf Club is being urged to come forward and fess up.

NZPGA professional golfer and coach Hamish Grant says the club will offer amnesty to the culprit in exchange for voluntary assistance to greenkeepers to repair the damage.

“If they’ve thought about it, learned a lesson, and did some volunteer work in their school holidays, that would be a good outcome,” he says.

He says the club has spent thousands of dollars preparing the greens for the season and it will take months for greenkeepers to remove the damaged grass, sand and reseed it.

The golf course has also had its fair share of banksy-inspired graffiti.

“We laugh it off. I’ve done these sorts of things when I was younger, but it’s concerning to have groups of kids walking around stealing golf flags.”

He is also concerned children wandering on to the greens may get hit by a ball.

The club has tolerated local residents jumping over the fence and hitting a ball around for free without paying green fees, but Hamish says vandalism makes it an issue.

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Coastguard salutes skipper Kawau Rescue skipper Thelma Wilson has been named the Northern Region Volunteer of the Year by New Zealand Coastguard.

The Volunteer of the Year award recognises crew members who have demonstrated exemplary dedication and skill.

Thelma has been a commercial skipper for 30 years and has been a volunteer with Coastguard for 12 years.

“They asked me to help out for six months and here I am still. It can be challenging but it’s also very rewarding,” she says.

Thelma says the variety of the job – from spending sunny days patrolling off Great Barrier to responding to urgent medicals – is what keeps her interested.

“There’s been people that wouldn’t be alive if we weren’t there in the nick of time,” she says.

She says the hardest jobs are trying to find a single person floating in the ocean, but it’s a great feeling when they are fished out of the water and sent home to their family.

The Kawau Rescue vessel is not permitted to sail without a qualified volunteer skipper to supervise.

Crew mate Paul Steinkamp says the unit has four skippers and 20 trained crew.

“Over the last year several skippers have been working outside of the area, and so the vast majority of call outs have fallen on Thelma’s shoulders,” Paul says.

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A roundup of sports activities and events in the district Rodney Rams tag The Rodney Rams Rugby League Club has opened registrations for its upcoming tag season. Grades under-6s to under-13s will play an 8-week competition at 4.30pm on Wednesday evenings from October 28. Venue TBA. Senior grades will play Friday evenings from October 30 at the Whangateau Rams Club. See facebook.com/rodneyramssportsclub. juniors.rams@outlook.com Tomarata Tag Registrations for Tomarata Tag are open and the season will begin Thursday, October 15.

Registrations include junior, open mixed and over 30s grades. Cost is $10 and $20 for juniors and adults respectively. See sporty.co.nz/tomaratatag or contact tomaratatag@ gmail.com.

Mahurangi East Bowls The Bowling Club at Snells Beach is having its annual ‘have a go’ day on the weekend of October 24 and 25, from 10am to 2pm. The club is also hosting its annual twilight tournament for new players on Wednesday evenings in November, starting from 6pm. Join as a social team of 4 or as an individual. Contact Gary 027 475 3866.

Bowls tournaments The Kowhai open mixed triples two-day bowls event will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, November 11 and 12. The first day will be played at either Omaha or Mahurangi East bowling clubs and the final on the second day will be at Bowls Warkworth. On November 21, the club will host its annual feature tournament the Oaks Open Fours.

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As skipper, Thelma is responsible for crew safety, ensuring equipment is up to scratch and protocols are up-to-date.

As a trained Coastguard instructor, Thelma has provided a vital contribution to training new recruits and seeing them get qualified. She has also been nominated for the national Volunteer of the Year award.

In addition to her work with Coastguard, Thelma has been a local Department of Conservation ranger for 37 years and only recently resigned from that role.

Anyone interested in joining Coastguard who is physically fit and lives within 20 minutes of Sandspit is invited to email kawauvolunteers@ gmail.com.

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Elemental AKL: Oysters and Wine on the Matakana Coast.

Visit aucklandnz.com/elementalfestival/events 1-31 Elemental AKL: The Sculptureum Story. Visit to the sculpture gardens plus a three-course meal. Visit aucklandnz.com/ elementalfestival/events 15 Forest & Bird, Totara Park Retirement Village Hall, Melwood Drive, Warkworth, 7.30pm. Talk by Cam Rathe on pests.

15-23 Show Me Shorts Film Festival, Matakana Cinemas 16 Tulip Cream Tea, Matakana Botanicals, fundraiser to support people with Parkinson’s. Info: iticket.co.nz/events/2020/oct/ tulip-cream-tea 16 Te Hana night market, Te Hana Te Ao Marama, 311 State Highway 1, 4.30-8pm.

17 General Election, polling closes at 7pm 17 Cricket ‘have a go’ day, Kaipara Flats Sports Club, 10am-1pm.

Meet and greet with Black Caps players.

18 Kaukapakapa Village Market, 947 Kaipara Coast Highway, SH 16, 8.30am-1pm. Info or to book a stall: Sarah 027 483 1542 or sarah1@maxnet.co.nz 21 One Warkworth Business Assn annual general meeting, Bridgehouse, 6pm.

23 Wellsford night market, Wellsford Community Centre, 1 Matheson Rd, 4.30-8pm. Food, crafts & entertainment 23-26 Morris & James sale (see ad p19) 24 Point Wells Community Book Sale, Point Wells Hall, 9am12.30pm. All proceeds used to add new books to the library.

24 The Improv Bandits, Salty Dog Inn, 7.30pm. Comedy night fundraiser for Snells Beach Kindergarten (see brief p45) 24&25 Mahurangi East Bowling Club, Come Along and Have a Go, 41 Hamatana Road, Snells Beach, 10am-2pm (see ad p41) 24-Nov1 Mahurangi Artists’ Studio Trail 2020, local artists open up their studios for visitors (see brief p20) 25 Puhoi Village Market, Puhoi Pub grounds, 9am-1pm.

Breadmaking competition, stalls, coffee, food, entertainment.

To book a $20 car boot stall: puhoivillagemarket@gmail.com 31 Kowhai festival movie night, Shoesmith Domain, 7pm for 8pm start. Free outdoor cinema showing of 1985’s The Goonies (see story p12) 31 Kaipara Kiwi art exhibition, Mairangi Bay Art Centre, 4-6pm.

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The Nukes, Warkworth Town Hall, 4.30pm, ukulele trio workshops and concert (see brief p11) Bingo, Old Masonic Hall, 7pm Snells Beach Ratepayers & Residents meeting, Mahurangi East Community Hall, 7.30pm. Paul Klinac, from Auckland Council, speaks on Council’s approach to coastal management.

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Whangateau Rams won the T20 last season.

The Waitemata T20 Cup.

Cricket begins this month.

The Rodney Cricket Association competition has increased to six teams with the return of a TomarataMangawhai team based in Tomarata.

Executive committee member Raymond Barnes says this season the fixtures have been shaken up for the T20 competition to include Friday night games and there will be just a single round.

Raymond says it means teams will have more of their Saturdays free during the December to January period. The 40-over competition will remain a tworound competition played in a home and away format. The first matches of the season will take place on Saturday, October 31.

Black caps in Kaipara Flats this weekend The association is hosting a muster and ‘have a go’ day at the Kaipara Flats Sports Club for junior players this Saturday, October 17.

There will be games, activities, prizes and music from 10am to 1pm and a selection of Black Caps players will be there for a meet and greet.

Players who have already signed up for the upcoming

season will be able to meet their teams.

Junior cricket for players Years 1 to 8 is held on Friday nights at Kaipara Flats, from 5.30pm.

Meanwhile, Rodney Cricket has received funding to bring a junior cricket programme to eight Rodney schools.

Coordinator Liam Jones says the emphasis will be on providing children from smaller rural schools from Ahuroa to Tapora and Tomarata with the chance to play cricket in a team.

Northland teams scramble for players The Kaipara Flats Premier cricket team’s first match of the season is scheduled for this weekend, just one week after alert levels shifted.

Kaipara Flats will play Onerahi Cricket Club at the Kaipara Flats Sports Club this Saturday, October 17, from 12.30pm.

Captain Liam Jones says it has been a whirlwind pulling a team together and making sure it is match ready.

Other teams in the Northern Districts Cricket Association competition are in the same position,

although Northlanders have been able to train in groups of 10 for some time.

Jones says Kaipara Flats has taken the opportunity to promote younger players that have risen through the junior programmes.

Being the southern-most club in the Northern Districts has its challenges, but Jones says this season the club has worked the location to its advantage.

While other clubs scramble for players, Jones has been scouting talent in Auckland, approaching those who have played in Northland before.

With the volume of players in the Auckland Cricket Association, it can be difficult for rising stars to get noticed. Jones says Northland offers a more streamlined path to the top level.

“The Kaipara Flats Cricket Club is an attractive option because it is only 40 minutes north of Auckland and has a reputation for winning competitions,” he says.

Jones adds that anyone who wants to play club cricket should get in touch, whether it’s in the local Rodney competition or at a premier level.

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