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Nurse Melisa Robinson, left, and administrator Sonya Fletcher with Coast to Coast’s mobile vaccination unit, which will take vaccinations into hard to reach areas.

North lagging in Covid vaccination race Mahurangi got a much-needed shot in the arm during Super Saturday when hundreds turned out for Covid-19 injections in an area where vaccination rates lag behind those in central Auckland.

Ministry of Health data shows full vaccination rates in much of Mahurangi, such as the Okahukura Peninsula, Wellsford

and Cape Rodney areas, are in the 40 to 60 per cent range. They are slightly better in areas such as Warkworth, Snells Beach, Sandspit and Matakana where between 60 to 65 per cent of people are fully vaccinated.

But even the best vaccinated areas in Mahurangi trail behind much of Auckland city where fully vaccinated rates are

typically in the 70-80 per cent range.

A map prepared by Auckland Council’s Research and Evaluation Unit immediately prior to Super Saturday showed areas around the Kaipara Harbour – Tapora, Wharehine, Glorit and Mangakura – had the highest rates of non-vaccination in the Auckland region, with between 25 and 29

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The rural views that characterise the southern approach to Warkworth will be replaced by housing.

Tauranga company sets sights on Warkworth A new land development company will cuts it teeth on a 500 lot development in Warkworth.

Kaha Ake (Stronger Together) is a joint venture company between Tauranga-based developer Classic Group and the $58 billion NZ Super Fund.

The company has purchased 10ha unconditionally and has contracted a further 27ha conditionally, south of Warkworth in the Valerie Close area.

A company spokesperson says that an estimated 530 homes will be built, with an emphasis on affordable housing.

The development also proposes four hectares of public open space, an extensive network of riparian (stream corridor) walkways and a one-hectare village centre.

The process to this point has been led by Kaha Ake in collaboration with other land owners. In total, the area will be part of a 100ha private plan change application expected to be lodged with Auckland Council early next year.

The company estimates the plan change process will take two years, with land development starting in 2024 and housing to follow in 2025.

Auckland Council plans for southern Warkworth already provide for Morrison’s Heritage Orchard as a rural feature of the town and a bus station/interchange.

Under Auckland’s Unitary Plan, around 1000ha of land immediately surrounding Warkworth has been zoned future urban, which will eventually accommodate an estimated 7500 new dwellings including town houses and apartments.

Development is sequenced in stages over the next 20 years as bulk infrastructure such as wastewater, water, power supply and community facilities come on stream.

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Push to bolster Mahurangi vaccination rate vaccination facilities here.

He says Coast to Coast had wanted to set up a vaccination centre in Wellsford much earlier than they did, but were blocked by authorities.

He says matters were not helped when border checkpoints were established and people were initially wrongly told they could not cross the Northland border to get a vaccination in Wellsford.

“We lost hundreds of vaccination bookings and that occurred over several days,” he says.

But the rural and remote nature of much of Mahurangi has also contributed to low vaccination rates “If you are a dairy farmer and milking twice a day, seven days a week, when exactly are you meant to go and have your vaccine?” Dr Malloy says.

Super Shot Saturday, a national campaign to encourage vaccination held on October 16, went someway to alleviating concerns, with local clinics and pharmacies reporting good turn outs for vaccinations, though some practice managers worried that good weather prompted many to go to the beach instead.

Those who did turn out were encouraged by Warkworth Lions, who put on a sausage sizzle for anyone getting vaccinated at the Warkworth Medical Centre, and by One Mahurangi, who handed out spot prizes donated by local businesses (see column p15).

Coast to Coast administrator Sonya Fletcher says there was an especially favourable response to vaccinations at its clinics in Paparoa and Mangawhai. Paparoa residents will benefit from Coast to Coast’s new mobile vaccination unit, which will return to the area in three weeks to perform second dose vaccinations. Meanwhile, 119 vaccinations were performed in Mangawhai – 51 of them were for a first dose.

Other vaccination figures for Super Shot Saturday reported to Mahurangi Matters were: Warkworth Medical Centre (115), Franklins Pharmacy, Warkworth, (more than 100), Mangawhai Pharmacy (82), Coast to Coast Wellsford (83), and Coast to Coast Paparoa (116).

Mahurangi-based MP Marja Lubeck says prior to Super Shot Saturday, she and a small group of mainly elderly volunteers placed around 1400 calls into areas with low vaccination rates, encouraging people to get vaccinated.

She says more than 90 per cent of those picking up the

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phone said they either had been or were willing to get vaccinated and most of those who were hesitant were willing to listen to arguments in favour of doing so.

Ms Lubeck says the hardest to persuade were those in very remote areas who found their isolation too difficult a problem to surmount.

Ms Lubeck successfully lobbied the Ministry of Health to provide a free taxi service for those getting their first vaccination. Those wishing to take advantage of the service can request a taxi when booking their vaccination on 0800 28 29 26.

Brittany Bradley said being pregnant was not going to stop her getting vaxed.

Mahurangi Matters approached the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre for comment about vaccination rates in Mahurangi, but had not received a reply before going to press.

Hospice refuses to facilitate assisted dying Harbour Hospice has taken a stand against assisted dying, refusing to allow medication designed to hasten death to be administered at any of its facilities.

Hospice staff are also not allowed to be present if the medication is administered elsewhere, such as in a patient’s home or at a hospital. The new policies were announced this month ahead of the implementation of the End of Life Choice Act, which comes into force on November 7.

This means that a person with a terminal illness who meets eligibility criteria can request medication to end their life.

Harbour Hospice chief executive Jan Nichols says Hospice has taken the position based on the “global philosophy of hospice care”, which is “to neither hasten nor postpone death”.

“We are also representing the rights of the relevant health professionals employed by us who, in line with the Act, may have a conscientious objection to provide assisted dying,” she says.

Nevertheless, Ms Nichols says Hospice will continue to care for patients, families and their whānau, regardless of a wish for assisted dying. She expects a large proportion of those who choose assisted dying will want to be at home where it’s familiar, private and comforting.

“If that decision is made while in Hospice care, our specialist team will work positively to transfer care to an authorised assisted dying physician,” she says.

Although they will not be physically present when administering life-ending medication, Hospice support teams will

continue to assist families, helping them through their grief and loss.

Ms Nichols says Hospice made submissions prior to the Act being passed, opposing assisted dying and instead advocating more resources for palliative care.

“We still believe that better understanding and greater support for this stage of life would ease a great deal of suffering.”

She says often people fear there will be unbearable pain and other symptoms associated with dying.

“With good palliative care this does not have to be the case,” she says.

Hospice’s objections to the Act included a perceived lack of adequate safeguards, the difficulty of determining how long a person had to live, and the possibility a

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person may be coerced into ending their life prematurely.

The End of Life Choice Act was passed following a binding referendum held in conjunction with the 2020 General Election.

Sixty-five per cent of voters supported the Act, with 34 per cent opposed.

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Sayers takes stand against rubbish going on rates A rates-funded refuse collection service instead of the pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) orange bags would not be better for Rodney residents, according to Councillor Greg Sayers.

Auckland Council is currently reviewing how it charges for kerbside refuse collection as part of a plan to provide a consistent waste service across the region.

At present, just over half of Auckland’s rubbish collection is funded by rates and provided by Council, and just under half is PAYT, provided by Council or private business such as local operator Northland Waste.

Although Council has long championed PAYT as the preferred method of reducing the amount of rubbish going to landfill, it now has new research finding “no clear evidence” that this is actually the case, as well as a consultancy report saying that a rates-funded service would be more cost-effective for Council.

However, Cr Sayers said he disagreed with the report’s logic and a rates-based service would be a cost-plus model.

“It may conclude charging an extra rate for rubbish collection is more costeffective for Council, but it isn’t more cost-effective for ratepayers,” he said.

“Any additional collection costs would simply get passed onto the ratepayer to foot the bill. Regardless of the amount of rubbish you produce or, more importantly, do not produce, you still pay the same. I fail to see how that gives any

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incentive for households to reduce waste.”

Cr Sayers said the current user-pays system suited the diverse needs of the region.

“Rodney’s rural and beachside communities have very different needs from the urban centres,” he said. “And bach owners really like bags because they only need to pay for them on a user-pays basis, they are convenient and they don’t have to worry about organising a bin to be put away when they have returned to home in town.”

He said he was pushing for people to be given the chance to give feedback on all available modern rubbish collection methods before any decision was taken.

Council staff were due to make a recommendation to Council’s Environment and Climate Change Committee on October 14. However, Council’s Waste Solutions general manager, Parul Sood, said the Kerbside Refuse Review was now going to be considered by the Finance and Performance Committee in December.

“This is to allow further time for options to be worked through,” she said. “If the committee decided there should be a change to our current policy, this would then be considered through the Annual Plan consultation process next year.

“We want to be sure that we provide the most thorough and robust information possible for elected members and ratepayers to base their decisions on.”

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Toxic shockers It is not widely known, but there are toxic “forever chemicals” that take thousands of years to break down. They accumulate in the environment, in our bodies and in the bodies of animals. They are regular fixtures in our homes, cookware, clothes and other everyday items.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made chemical compounds that have been produced since the 1950s to make heat, stain and water resistant coatings. There are about 4000 types of PFAS, and when some have been banned overseas, another similarly toxic variant takes its place. They are used for firefighting, as waterproofing and as protectants on raincoats, carpets and furniture. They have become ubiquitous in the modern home.

It’s been known for decades that PFAS and other variants such as PFAO and PFOS are carcinogenic, so that when you cook with PFAS-coated kitchen equipment and burn or scrape it, you’re possibly ingesting cancer-causing toxins. They are used in cosmetics, plastic water bottles, greaseproof paper, and even to line fast-food containers – as if the health impacts from junk food itself weren’t bad enough.

PFAS have been regularly used in firefighting foam, and even though two types of PFAS were banned in New Zealand in 2011, our environmental standards are low. Those contaminants already in the environment disperse, bioaccumulate and take thousands of years to break down, so their legacy lingers. Chemical companies who have tested PFAS levels in their employees’ blood have found all of them are contaminated. Further studies found that some PFA variants are in the blood of

99.8 per cent of Americans.

In New Zealand, PFAS use on Ohakea and Woodbourne airbases is known to have contaminated freshwater bores.

Contamination exceeding environmental and public health guidelines has been found in Ngataringa Bay in Devonport, from the naval base. It’s also been found around Whenuapai, around airports and petrochemical processing plants. It’s so pervasive, it is found miles away from point sources, for example in water off Whangaparaoa. At Ohakea, the water, soil and grass are contaminated so badly that

… when you cook with PFAS-coated kitchen equipment and burn or scrape it, you’re possibly ingesting cancer-causing toxins. alternative water supplies have been needed, and it’s not even safe for some locals to eat eggs from chooks grazing on grass.

PFAS can affect natural hormones, cause cancers, obesity, immune system problems, fertility issues and pregnancy problems – including stillbirths, low birth weights, birth defects, and delayed development and growth. They can be passed on through breastmilk.

The higher up the food chain, the worse things are. Recent research by the Coastal Science Research Team at Massey University, found common dolphins with levels of PFAS as high as anywhere in the industrial world. PFAS are a pervasive hidden toxin which require more attention.

Ministry seeks views on waste strategy

Mahurangi residents are being invited to have their say on proposals for a new waste strategy and waste legislation. Environment Minister David Parker says New Zealand is one of the highest generators of waste per person in the world. “Every year, each New Zealander sends about 750kgs of waste to landfill, and much of this could be recycled, reprocessed or reused,” he says. “We can do better, and New Zealanders are demanding change.” In 2019, waste contributed about four per cent of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions and around nine per cent of its biogenic methane emissions. Government proposals include improving recovery and recycling systems, reducing emissions from organic waste, establishing long-term education programmes, and setting targets to reduce total waste volumes and litter. Consultation will continue until November 26.

Intelligent systems to keep us all safe As I write this month’s column, COVID-19 restrictions are continuing to affect all our lives.

While they are key to keeping us safe and our team is closely following COVID-19 protocols, they do limit activities across the project.

How these restrictions will impact on the completion of the project will take some time to assess and the project team is working through this with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.

Please be assured we are committed to completing this project as quickly as we can, and we will keep you advised on any changes to the completion date as soon as possible.

In the meantime we are continuing to push ahead with construction activities where we can.

A big focus has been installing the state-of-the-art systems which will monitor the new motorway, keep the public safe and ensuring incidents can be quickly responded to.

On the Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway a comprehensive Intelligent Transport System (ITS) is being installed.

Key features of the system include: •

CCTV will provide full video coverage of the motorway to the team monitoring it, making it easier and quicker to respond to incidents;

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Four web cameras will also allow the public to watch what’s happening in real time;

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An advanced over-height vehicle detection system will alert over-height vehicles before they reach the Johnstones Hill Tunnels, and if necessary allow for the tunnels to be closed;

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Dynamic signs will feed real-time information to motorists about incidents and journey times;

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Traffic monitoring units will provide data such as vehicle count, class and travel times.

Many of you will likely have noticed the large gantry which has been installed at the southern end of the project and is visible as you exit the Johnstones Hill Tunnels.

The cantilevered gantry, believed to be one of the biggest in New Zealand, will hold CCTV cameras and a variable message sign (VMS) which will give road users information such as incidents and travel times. A second large gantry will be installed at the northern end of the project.

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Unsecured creditors owed $1.57m by land developer A 39-hectare parcel of land on Falls Road, part of the development known as Stubbs Farm, is for sale following the liquidation of owner Warkworth Holdings (MM Oct 11).

Liquidators Waterstone Insolvency released its first report this month, stating that Warkworth Holdings owed $47.6 million to two secured creditors and $1.57 million to unsecured creditors.

Waterstone has so far received only $52,802 worth of claims from six unsecured creditors, including Auckland Council and a Warkworth planning consultancy.

The liquidators say that it is unknown whether unsecured creditors will be paid.

It has valued the land on Falls Road at $45 million and expects a $4.1 million shortfall.

Creditor Warkworth Retail successfully applied to the High Court in August to put Warkworth Holdings into liquidation.

The company was already in receivership following action by creditor Arena Global.

The liquidator’s report states that part of the investigation includes “whether any transactions that have occurred were under-value”.

They will investigate if there have been any breaches of legislation by the company’s officers. Should any breaches be sufficiently evidenced, they will be reported to the relevant authorities, the report says.

Receivers BDO have listed the property for sale with Colliers. The deadline for expressions of interest is November 11.

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Mangawhai Central leadership change There has been a change of leadership at Mangawhai Central, the company behind a large scale residential development in Mangawhai. Director Andrew Guest, who has been the face of the project, fronting numerous community meetings on issues including water security and wastewater infrastructure, has resigned.

Mr Guest was also a director of Warkworth Holdings, which is now in liquidation (see story above).

He has also stood down as a director of Homestead Bay Trustees, which is Mangawhai Central’s majority shareholder. Aged 63, Mr Guest says he

is going into “semi-retirement”.

Viranda Partners director Mark Bridgman will now be the spokesperson for the Mangawhai Central development. Viranda Partners is a minority shareholder in Mangawhai Central.

Meanwhile, New York investment firm Veritas Capital has purchased a 50 per cent stake in Viranda Partners. Veritas’ portfolio is otherwise mainly made up of military technology investments.

According to the New Zealand Companies’ Office, Veritas’ New Zealand director is Brandon Cullen. Mr Cullen is also the lawyer for Mangawhai Central.

Rains fill Auckland dams

Heavy rainfall since September has seen big increases in water levels at Auckland’s dams.

Levels have increased from 60 per cent to more than 90 per cent full. The welcome rain comes in the wake of drier than normal weather conditions over the last two years, which prompted a series of restrictions on water use.

Paying it forward in Level 3 were, from left, Pheobe Somers, Tania Whitmore, Sarah Willis, Kerri Johns and Issy Sanders.

Café serves up cups of kindness Matakana coffee kiosk and caterer Ravish gave a boost to Covid-stalled local businesses this month, with a day of free coffees and treats for those unable to work in Level 3.

Owners Sarah Willis and Kerri Johns came up with the idea after struggling through several Level 4 lockdowns themselves.

“We just know what it’s like to have no income coming in and we’re set up really well for Level 3, so we thought it would be nice to get these people out of the house,” Kerri said.

“Everyone likes a coffee, but we realise it’s a luxury as well and can be one of the first things people do without.”

Their generous offer was well received on social media, impressing Harcourts real estate agent and Matakana Community Group stalwart Ivan Wagstaff so much that he offered to match every free coffee with a sweet treat, as well.

Sarah Willis said as well as Ivan’s kind donation, several customers at the Sharp Road store had purchased pay-it-forward coffees for people who were currently unable to work.

“We’ve always been so well supported by the local community here, we just thought it would be a nice thing to do,” she said.

As well as coffees, filled rolls and cabinet food, Ravish is also putting together picnic boxes and Friday night platters at Level 3.

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NAG cries foul over “misuse” of Regional Fuel Tax Northern Action Group chair Bill Foster has blasted Auckland Council for using Regional Fuel Tax (RFT) money to fund non-transport related activities and for continuing to neglect to use the money for urgent sealing of Rodney’s roads.

Mr Foster’s complaint comes in the wake of the latest Auckland Council Annual Report for 2020/2021, which shows $255 million is sitting in a Regional Fuel Tax Reserve.

“This money could have been spent on Rodney’s roads but Auckland Council has other priorities,” he says.

The surplus has occurred because over the last three years Council has received $454 million in RFT but only paid out $199 million for designated transport projects.

Meanwhile, Mr Foster says funding in the reserve is being used to fund other Council spending – including debt expenses – with no requirement to return money to the reserve with interest.

Mr Foster’s complaint is echoed by Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers who raised the same concern last year (MM Nov 16, 2020) “Auckland has a number of shovel-ready projects and I want to know why these haven’t been actioned,” he says.

“The answers I am getting do not wash.

Saying the collected money will be spent eventually over the next 10 years is completely unacceptable when there are vital projects consented and ready to go.”

Cr Sayers says even if Council’s accounting practices are legal, they are morally wrong and should be corrected.

He says RFT monies should be placed in

a separate interest-bearing trust and spent only on transport-related projects.

But Council manager of financial strategy and planning Ross Tucker says the reason for having money in the reserve is because of the timing difference between the requirements of the planned projects and the collection of the revenue.

He says the fuel tax revenue is fairly consistent at $150 million each year, but spending on projects varies each year.

“In addition, some large projects have seen some changes either from Government decisions or unavoidable delays due to technical factors such as design, land acquisition, procurement and consent,” he says.

Mr Tucker says while cash in the RFT Reserve may be offsetting other borrowing requirements in the short term, the RFT funding remains available to apply to the appropriate projects when necessary.

“Interest is not calculated on this cash management approach. Any savings on financing costs to the Council reduce the overall general rates requirement,” he says.

Around 80 per cent of Auckland’s 800km of unsealed roads are in Rodney. During the 2021/22 year, Council has allocated $6 million for road sealing, which is funded from a mix of RFT, rates and borrowing.

For the years 2018 to 2031, Council has allocated $40 million for road sealing.

The RFT came into effect in July 2018 and costs motorists in the Auckland region an extra 10 cents per litre on petrol and diesel fuel.

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Central’s Tips November 2021

The fruit and vegetable garden • If there’s room, sow corn and plant out melons and pumpkins in well composted soil. Plant a climbing bean at the base of each corn plant, the plant acts as support for the beans and they grow happily together. Try planting pumpkins in the same area as a groundcover • It’s time to sow French or runner beans – if you don’t have a large frame for them to climb on get dwarf varieties and grow on bamboo hoops or small teepees.

• Plant basil beneath tomato plants – it’s a gardening marriage made in heaven. Putting in a few marigolds alongside helps keep pests at bay too • Keep a regime of liquid feeding and watering going during this growth period. Placing pea straw around plants in the vegetable garden helps limit evaporation • Stake, tie up or train climbing plants along wires. Tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and zucchini can be grown like this, and it aids production in a small space

The ornamental garden • Hanging baskets are easy: place a plastic saucer in the base of the basket to help hold water, fill with good potting mix and pop in the summer flowering plants. Liquid feed after planting and hang in a sheltered, sunny spot, watering and feeding regularly • Plant hostas, astilbes, clivias, renga renga lilies and pulmonarias in shady areas of the garden, to brighten dark areas. Keep the slug bait around them while they establish • After flowering keep an eye on the foliage of kowhai trees – this is the time when the voracious kowhai caterpillar starts munching.

Spraying with a control (organic or chemical) will help keep the leaves in place • Drought proof plants for pots – Geraniums, pelargoniums and succulents need very little watering to survive, perhaps once a week at most. Just plenty of sun.

• Petunias are star performers for summer colour. Plant in a sunny position in the garden or grow in pots or hanging baskets

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Water torture

For a Government that appears to have handled the complexities of Covid-19 rather well, it seems extraordinary that it has managed to make such a pig’s breakfast of its much simpler Three Waters reforms.

Nobody would argue with the objective of safe, reliable water services to support good health and sustainable environmental outcomes. But what councils simply will not stand for, and rightly so, is a loss of control over assets their ratepayers have diligently funded to establish and maintain.

Hence the opposition to the composition of a Representative Group Committee to set the strategic direction for the proposed regional corporation to manage water services. Auckland would have only five seats on the 14-member committee, even though it would contribute more than 90 per cent of the assets. The imbalance is created by the proposal that half the seats be occupied by local iwi representatives.

Few would object to iwi representation, but half the seats? Perhaps the diluting of council influence is designed to facilitate the subsidising of poorer areas by wealthier councils, since those doing the subsidising would have limited power to object to it.

Whatever the reason, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has written to Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta, telling her to think again. Please pay attention, Nanaia.

Hurrah for Hospice

It’s possible Harbour Hospice will come in for some criticism over its policy on assisted dying, which it firmly opposes. When Mahurangi Matters conducted a street poll in Warkworth on the End of Life Choice Act, the majority were very much in favour.

But Hospice’s numerous concerns about the Act remain, and they have a point.

To highlight just two of them: Firstly, the assisted dying process does not ensure family and friends of the terminally ill person are made aware of the request for euthanasia, which limits the opportunity to address factors that may motivate the request, such as fear of being a burden. Secondly, there is no adequate protection against a person being coerced to end their life. True, if a doctor or nurse suspects any pressure is being applied, they must immediately stop the process. But those applying the pressure will no doubt take care not to be detected.

Hospice is worth listening to because it does not come from the position of the harsh moraliser – often someone who frequently has little personal experience of a difficult death themselves. Rather, it is an organisation that deals with dying every day. And although it will not facilitate assisted dying itself, it will still be there supporting patients who choose that option and their whanau. We all have cause to be grateful to Hospice.

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Rodney residents oppose Three Waters

Harry versus Harold

Rodney residents have given a big thumbs down to the Government’s Three Waters proposal, a survey has revealed.

The survey was conducted by Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers and asked residents their views on the proposal, which would amalgamate all of Auckland’s water services (drinking water, wastewater and stormwater) with the water services of the Far North District Council, Whangarei District Council and Kaipara District Council. The proposal would create a new regional corporation to run the services.

The Government hopes the new structure will ultimately halve current water bills.

There were 2670 responses to the survey, with 68 per cent saying Auckland Council should opt out of the programme.

Respondents reacted especially sharply to the proposal for a representative group committee to set the strategic direction of the corporation, which would be 50 per cent comprised of elected councillors and 50 per cent mana whenua/iwi.

Eighty-three per cent of respondents disagreed with the idea of a 50/50 partnership with iwi.

Notes accompanying the survey said with five seats on the committee, Auckland would have 35 per cent of the votes, but would be contributing 92 per cent of the infrastructure assets and 90 per cent of the paying customers.

A further 71 per cent objected to the idea of Auckland subsidising water services for smaller councils in the north and 73 per cent were confident that Auckland Council’s water provider Watercare could provide Auckland’s water infrastructure into the future.

Residents, views are echoed by Auckland Council’s Governing Body. Last month, Councillors voted overwhelmingly to tell the Government that it did not support the governance and ownership model proposed.

Mayor Phil Goff says the proposal removes democratic accountability and the loss of direct controls by councils over water service entities.

However, in a letter to Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta, Mr Goff said while there was strong opposition to the governance proposals, Council was confident that with appropriate changes, the Government’s fundamental objectives for water reform could be achieved.

Despite the opposition to the current proposal, Cr Sayers says it is unlikely the Government will back off.

“I don’t believe the concerns being voiced by numerous Councils will deter the Three Waters ownership changes from being further progressed. Should this happen it would be a poor reflection on the use of the country’s democratic processes,” he says.

In the October 11 edition of Mahurangi Matters, page 22, there is a column titled History – Wilson versus Moore. I am disappointed to read this and to find that it refers to Harold B. Moore, which is incorrect. This is obviously about my grandfather who was not Harold B Moore as stated, but simply Harry (Blomfield) Moore.

The column having come from the Warkworth & District Museum, I would have thought they would know and use the correct name.

While Harry may sometimes be a shortened form of Harold, this was not the case with my grandfather. I would appreciate if a correction can be made and the writer informed of the correct name as well.

Elizabeth (Beth) Shepherd, Wellsford Warkworth Museum curator Victoria Joule responds: While the Limeworkers Union document Kerry Allen used referred to him as Harold B. Moore, we acknowledge the fact that his name was actually Harry B. Moore.

Panel beating

I was shocked to read that a group in Snells Beach was asking for $6000 (MM Sept 27) from the council for six information panels.

Being active in several community organisations, I am surprised by the number of panels, the cost and that the group couldn’t fund the panels themselves. Our Northern Action Group billboards cost no more than $100 each. The design, materials and labour are all donated. Based on the size of the small lettering of the proposed panels, I assume that the panels will be at least 2.4m width and 1m in height. Altogether, I’m estimating each panel plus support frames etc. should cost no more than $300. Why can’t the community pitch in to cover this cost? Isn’t there the support? Are those proposing the panels profiting from their so-called volunteer work?

Maury Purdy, Kaipara Flats SBRAA chair Peter Beekman responds: As was written in the article about this project, each panel is to be a permanent installation mounted on a customised rock filled gabion basket sitting on a concrete base. Each panel is 1125x475mm and each of the six will have custom content relating to birds commonly frequenting different areas of Snells Beach. Each installation must meet conditions specified and approved by the council. Artistic design work is unique to each panel and costs well more than $6000 in total at commercial rates. Already there is a large amount of donated time consumed, with discounted and donated materials offered in support of the project.

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Working with the Mayor Mayor Phil Goff has been enjoying my full support around his decision to give the thumbs down to the Government’s Three Waters reform programme. The Government wants to take control of all of Auckland’s water assets. Working collaboratively, we also both agreed the reform should not be allowed to be made mandatory. This was eventually supported unanimously by all Auckland Councillors.

I also worked closely with the Mayor to gain a greatly increased budget for upgrading the unsealed roading network from $1 million per year following the “Emergency Budget”, to $12 million per year. This is critically important for health, safety and environmental reasons.

Abruptly, however, the government has redirected its share of Auckland Transport’s funding from new roading projects into cycleways, walkways and public transport.

This has scuttled the $12 million a year budget, with only $4 million per year able to be salvaged, funded from the regional fuel taxes and rates.

Although the Mayor expects me to consistently hold the flame to his feet about employee costs, getting back to core Council business, and stopping wastage and overspending, there is a healthy professional relationship between us, which is important overall for Rodney.

The Mayor also knows my stance about

him either wanting to increase rates above 3.5 per cent next year, or alternatively sneaking in yet another targeted rate. My concern is substantiated by the persistent trend, year upon year, of Council reaching ever deeper into ratepayers’ pockets. Few elected members have proven they are prepared to hold the Mayor to account.

The Rodney Local Board has been delivering strongly on its objectives. This is good news for our communities. Although the Rodney Local Board transport targeted rate remains controversial, there are positive urban-based projects being completed, primarily supported from the budgets allocated to them in partnership from the Mayor and Councillors.

I do have concerns about a growing inequity gap between our urban and rural communities. Our rural families pay their rates, the Council’s targeted rates, the regional fuel tax and the Rodney Local Board transport targeted rate, along with other Council charges. However, the majority of the rural money collected is not spent back in the rural areas, but rather is used to support growth in our urban centres.

This is why I am working hard to get the road sealing, and unsealed roading maintenance budgets up. I take great encouragement from the citizens of our townships, who agree and who are appalled at the state of the rural roads. Rodney people have always stuck together and we must to continue to do so.

Covid pioneer on the mend A pioneer in Mahurangi’s response to Covid-19 faced his own health setback this month after suffering a heart attack.

Coast to Coast Health director Dr Tim Malloy, 65, was helicoptered to the coronary care unit of Auckland Hospital following the attack on October 10.

But late last week, he was back at work saying he was feeling much better. Dr Malloy says for the time being he will concentrate on administrative work and won’t be seeing patients because his health status is still too vulnerable, especially if he were to contract Covid-19 himself.

Dr Malloy did not blame over-work for the heart attack and says recently he has been pacing himself more than ever before.

“I’ve been trying to ensure I’m not under too much pressure, but Covid does bring its stresses I guess,” he says.

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Dr Malloy says he has received lots of good wishes.

“It’s a really humbling experience to be honest when you are vulnerable and people reach out and provide you with support,” he says.

Coast to Coast opened Mahurangi’s first dedicated Covid-19 testing facility in March last year. It followed up with the region’s first dedicated vaccination centre in May this year. Both facilities are based in Wellsford.

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local folk Simon Townsend Maungaturoto’s Simon Townsend has saved countless lives in his 30 year career as a paramedic and first aid teacher. Since leaving Gore where he grew up, he has worked the busy beats of Auckland CBD, trained the Prime Minister’s bodyguards and taken many Mahurangi residents through their first aid qualifications. He spoke to Jonathan Killick …

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y mother was a nurse and our family always had a passion for medicine. When I was 14, there was a terrible car accident down the road and a guy walked several kilometres to our farmhouse to get help. His mate had gone through the windshield. I had often dealt with injured animals on the farm, so I decided to do my best to help. It took 40 minutes for the ambulance to arrive and, when it did, the medic said she didn’t know how we’d managed to keep the boy alive. She was impressed by my handling of the situation and suggested I do a first aid course and volunteer for St John.

I started as a volunteer in 1989 and then was employed by St John in 1996. One day, there was an incident where a girl had been assaulted and thrown through a glass window at her 21st birthday party.

We contacted Gore Hospital on the radio, but they told us to go to Invercargill. We turned up there anyway and a doctor came out to help, but he couldn’t get the IV drip in so we headed for Invercargill.

The girl was dying and I didn’t think she would make it. What we didn’t know was that an off-duty paramedic in Invercargill, who couldn’t sleep, had been listening to the radio chatter. He got into an old retired ambulance with his kit and raced up to meet us halfway. By that time we had been doing 30 minutes of CPR – in modern times we would have already called it. The paramedic lifted her feet to the roof to get her blood back to her core and successfully inserted two IV lines.

A short time later, her heart restarted spontaneously. We rushed to Invercargill’s Kew Hospital, and it was like a scene out of MASH, with doctors and nurses waiting for us in the ambulance bay. For that girl, it was as close to the wire as it gets. Nobody gets closer to death than that. Weeks later, I couldn’t believe it when I saw her in the main street. I was sure she was gone.

I completed my basic paramedic training in 2002 and was transferred to Nelson.

While there, I responded to a bad car crash in which a driver took a corner too fast and hit a wall. One of the three

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girls in the back was a teenager. She was wearing her seatbelt across her lap and bore the brunt of the impact on her stomach. Due to her cultural upbringing, she had been taught not to speak to men, so when I asked her how she felt, she just said she was fine. I could sense something wasn’t right and I wanted to give her an IV, but she refused and my superior said it wasn’t justified. The girl went pale and vomited and I knew things were more serious than they appeared.

In that moment, I grabbed the girl and put in the IV unconcerned about any official consequences because I could see that the girl was going to die. By the time my superior had stopped the ambulance, the patient had passed out.

They pulled up her t-shirt and found she was bleeding internally. Several weeks later I was teaching a first aid course at a school. I walked down the hallway and there, like a ghost standing in front of me, was the girl. She said to the principal, “This is the man.” The girl won an essay contest with her account of her neardeath experience and the paramedic who saved her. The surgeons at the hospital had had difficulties getting an IV into her collapsed veins and they explained to her how lucky it was that mine had been successfully inserted so early.

A senior staff member encouraged me to work in Auckland and attend AUT University to take my skills to the next level. I worked at Pitt Street station, which is the busiest ambulance station in New Zealand, where we could get 10 to 15 calls a day. With no time for breaks, it was like working in the trenches. I spent six years in the big city before deciding to move to Warkworth. At times I was “single-crewed” and Warkworth residents may remember me asking them for help with their neighbour. I was always amazed

by Warkworth’s community spirit and willingness to help. But it turned out that even in Warkworth I was still getting called to priority one calls in Auckland.

Somehow I was still the closest available unit. It began to take its toll. There was an incident on the North Shore where a little boy died in the middle of the night.

He was feeling unwell, but the family

dismissed the symptoms and decided to be devastating for its low socio-economic go to the doctor in the morning. If the community. In the Far North, they only family had done a first-aid course and have 60 per cent of the GPs they need and knew what they were seeing, the outcome the system would be at risk of collapsing. might have been different. I worked a Lance had the vision to use paramedics long time on the boy, but he died at the to create an alternative health system. We scene. I went home in the early hours of set up campervans in parking lots and let the morning to give my own son a hug. anyone come and get a Covid test and I learned back then that anyone can get checked if they were feeling unwell. A experience a mental illness without being young man came in with an abscess the “crazy”. Intelligent people can reach a size of a golf ball on his arm. Dr Lance point where they are not coping. When asked him why he hadn’t got it checked I realised that I was suffering burnout, I out. “I’ve got no money, boss,” the boy left the paramedic industry and decided to said. His parents were gone and he was start a farm-stay living in a tent, tourism business selling possum in Kaipara Flats.

For that girl, skins to get by.

We gave guests it was as close to the Living in rural the real Kiwi communities experience – wire as it gets. Weeks for much of my shearing sheep, life, I have been later I couldn’t believe riding horses and reminded again going on fishing it when I saw her in and again that, charters. From the moment when it comes the main street. they stepped off to first response, the plane, they a community would be embedded within the family. solution is needed for a community The farm-stay won four international problem. On the way back from Kaitaia, awards and made the cover of a tourism I chanced upon a 78-year-old farmer magazine in Japan. The trouble was, it near Kaikohe who had been stuck under got quiet in the winter. I was used to busy a rolled tractor for several hours in the shifts in an ambulance and was not happy sun. The ambulance was delayed that sitting around on a farm. Then I was day, so he was just lucky that we were approached to teach first aid to continue there to help him until a rescue helicopter sharing my skills. For most of my career, arrived. There have been several incidents I had literally been the ambulance at the in Warkworth where past students have bottom of the cliff, arriving at the scene helped to keep a person alive. Recently, and finding tragedies. I decided I could one of my students from a Community be the fence at the top of the cliff, by Patrol helped a man in cardiac arrest. teaching people the tips and tricks that a They were able to locate a defibrillator medic uses. Over the last five years, I have from the vet and performed CPR. It took taught first aid in workplaces and trained over an hour for the ambulance to arrive Police, Coastguard, Search and Rescue – if nobody had stepped in the man could and DOC. I was asked to train Jacinda have died. We need as many everyday Ardern’s bodyguards. They said if they people as possible to take a course and ever had to save the PM or international diplomats, it was essential to have learned learn the basics of CPR and resuscitation, from real-life experience. in case they need to save their friends, family or co-workers. You cannot rely on At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the thought that there is an ambulance I got a call from Dr Lance O’Sullivan, around the corner, because it might not who asked me to go to Kaitaia. He said be available. if Covid arrived in the north, it would

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The Rodney Healthy Harbours and Waterways fund is a community partnership fund, led by the Rodney Local Board to help landowners and community groups fence and plant waterways and wetlands.

The long-term vision is to improve water quality and ecological systems within Rodney’s water-ways and harbours.

The fund is a 50:50 cost-sharing arrangement for activities such as waterway and wetland fencing, riparian planting and alternative water supplies for stock to protect riparian margins.

The following catchments are identified as priority for 2021-2022: • Te Arai • Cape Rodney • Tawharanui • Upper and lower Matakana For more information, contact Rita Kpodonu on 027 210 2338 or email her at rodneyhealthyharbours@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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Targeted rate spending outlined Just over $7.5 million raised through the Rodney Local Board targeted transport rate has been spent on buses and bus stops, footpaths and two park and ride projects.

Up until the end of June this year, just under $13 million had been collected through the rate – $1.2 from the Wellsford subdivision, $5.2 from Warkworth, $5.3 from Kumeū and $1.1 from Dairy Flat. This leaves a balance of $8.7 million.

An Auckland Transport report to last week’s Board meeting, recorded that 6.01 per cent ($454,338) was spent on bus stops, 17.5 per cent ($1.3m) on park and rides, 70.1 per cent ($5,295,095) on buses, and 6.2 per cent ($475,512) on footpaths.

No information was provided on bus patronage.

The targeted rate was introduced in July 2018 and is expected to raise nearly $48 million over 10 years.

At the Board meeting last week, Wellsford representative Colin Smith asked who would pay for the upkeep of the

Warkworth park and ride once it was up and running – would it be the Board?

Board chair Phelan Pirrie said it would go back to Auckland Transport, just the same as building a footpath – “as we’ve been discussing for three years”.

Total expenditure to September 2021

Subdivision

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Spent

Wellsford

$1,270,673

$613,472

Warkworth

$5,234,690

$2,107,535

Kumeū

$5,359,061

$4,035,830

Dairy Flat

$1,127,074

$792,086

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$12,991,498

$7,548,923

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$12,991,498 (up to June 2021)

Project expenditure breakdown

$7,548,923

(as at September 2021)

Subdivision

Bus Stops

Park and Rides

Bus Route Services

Footpaths

Totals

Wellsford

$22,717

$0

$549,239

$41,517

$613,472

Warkworth

$0

$1,229,362

$549,239

$328,935

$2,107,535

Kumeū

$386,187

$94,616

$3,491,167

$63,859

$4,035,830

Dairy Flat

$45,434

$0

$705,450

$41,201

$792,085

TOTAL

$454,338

$1,323,978

$5,295,095

$475,512

$7,548,923

Collected

Figures provided by Rodney Local Board.

Christmas card campaign to counter loneliness due to Covid Voices of Hope will partner with Age Concern NZ to distribute Christmas cards to older people who may be alone during the holidays.

Voices of Hope founder Genevieve Mora says Christmas will have the added challenge for some families who aren’t able to be together due to border closures and

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Meanwhile, she says the art of sending a card to someone at Christmas seems to have been lost over the years.

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“Hopefully this will help someone feel a bit less lonely this Christmas.”

Voices of Hope is also asking the community to snap a picture of themselves holding a piece of paper with a written message to someone who may be struggling

and post it to social media with the hashtag #uniteagainstloneliness.

Ms Mora wrote, “The world is better with you in it” on hers.

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No let up in sight for local businesses in lockdown

There are fears that continued uncertainty around lockdown restriction levels could cause serious mental health issues and even closure for some local businesses.

One Mahurangi business association manager Murray Chapman says more than two months of being unable to trade, and not knowing when levels will change as Covid continues to spread, is taking its toll.

“Because there’s no end date in sight, and you can’t logically expect an end date, it’s really hard for people to plan,” he says.

“If you’re used to going to work every day and you’ve got money problems, it’s a huge amount of pressure.”

He says although cafes and restaurants can open for takeaway, they will barely be covering their costs, and there are many more businesses that have no income at all.

“You walk around and see all the hairdressing salons, clothing shops and other retailers closed and you don’t see those people on the street, and it’s hard to know how they are,” he says. “My gut feeling is from a mental health perspective, that people are struggling a lot more this time. And it’s happening behind the scenes, where a lot of us don’t see.”

Mr Chapman says he can only guess whether any Mahurangi businesses will be

lost as a result of the pandemic, but thinks there will be a few “right on the cusp”.

One business that has opted to sell up, at least partly due to Covid-19, is popular Warkworth restaurant Wharf Street Bistro.

Owner Tahlia Meharry says having just had a baby daughter with partner Andy Cameron, stepping back had been a possibility for some months, but it was lockdown that swung it for them.

“It was a hard decision,” she says. “We were looking at it when we knew we were having a baby, thinking maybe we should sell, but when Covid happened, we said yes, that’s it.”

Murray Chapman says One Mahurangi is sending out a weekly newsletter to members with mental health advice and links to any government help for members, but the future remains uncertain.

“The last couple of things have been about getting vaccinated, as the reality is that’s the only way we’re going to get out of this,” he says.

“We push the ‘buy local’ message really hard and the locals are really good at responding, but this time we’re really going to need to have a concentrated effort.

“It’s a really difficult one. It’s what’s happening behind the scenes that we have to be scared of.”

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The new fully paved, wide open site allows customers to drive right through, so the team can empty their car trailers or trucks for them.

Tin Men owner William Mulholland says manager Shavi Singh has listened to what the public wants in a modern scrap yard.

“It has been difficult to get everything he wanted to happen in the Covid environment, with movement restrictions, staff needing to stay home and not being able to get materials, but everyone agrees Shavi has done a wonderful job,” he says.

“We’ve already had numerous comments from customers and local business owners

on how well the transformation has gone.”

The new Tin Men yard is open six days a week, from 7am to 5pm, or 8am to 4pm on Saturdays. There are also two skip bins at the front of the yard where scrap can be donated 24/7 in aid of Harbour Hospice.

Tin Men will also pick up scrap, with regular collections throughout the Hibiscus Coast and Rodney districts, and everything collected is recycled.

“The landfills are filling up fast and it is our duty to reduce what goes there,” Shavi says.

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Unsung heroes A week ago, New Zealand hosted Super Shot Saturday – a national event designed to encourage more people to get vaccinated, and it worked, with over 130,000 people across New Zealand getting either fully or partly vaccinated against Covid-19.

Here in Warkworth, One Mahurangi wanted to play our part. We knew the Warkworth Lions were going to having a sausage sizzle in the carpark of Kawau Bay Medical and, as we often do, we worked in with each other.

There were three vaccination places in town; Franklins Pharmacy, Kawau Bay Medical and Kowhai Medical Centre, and we thought it would be great to have spot prizes to give out to the community waiting to be vaccinated at all three.

We didn’t want to approach businesses directly, knowing how hard this extended lockdown has been, so we put an open invitation on Facebook and in a newsletter asking if anyone wanted to be involved.

Within seconds, the first reply came in and we ended up with coffee vouchers, chocolates, pillows, a hose, discount vouchers, lollies, retail vouchers and vouchers for a family portrait. All of the responses and the generosity that followed were from businesses that are struggling.

We had offers of help as well. We were at all three vaccination centres, and we gave away nearly all of the many spot prizes. Some to a family where Dad was bringing his three sons in for their first vaccination and others to people getting their first or second shot.

It was a humbling experience, and I thank the people who volunteered to help and the many businesses that stepped in and donated.

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This whole experience reminded me how amazing the businesses are in this area. The Winter Festival is another great example of great business community spirit. We started it from just an idea, and suddenly people were wanting to be involved just from faith that it would work, and it gets bigger every year.

I look at the unsung heroes of this town.

Peter Thompson – without him we wouldn’t have the Jane Gifford or a lot of the wharf area. Dave Morrison, who has been there whenever he is needed to help with lights, often till late at night, and at both the Kowhai Festival and the Mahurangi Winter Festival of Lights.

Without him we would be lost. There are dozens more like them who step up time after time and that is what makes this area the best place in the country to live.

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Allie Telfer left behind a life of drugs and alcohol and now has her dream job at Southern Paprika.

Springboard – the pioneering community programme for vulnerable youth based in Snells Beach – takes over iconic tourist attraction Sheepworld later this month, and will soon kick-off its annual fundraiser, Fund a Brighter Future.

Mahurangi Matters spoke to one teen whose life was turned around after coming under the organisation’s wing …

Things started to go horribly wrong for Mahurangi teen Allie Telfer at age 13 after being sexually abused by two boys who attended the same school.

“I didn’t really know how to deal with it. I just knew that I felt very closed up about it and didn’t want to open up about it to anyone,” she says.

It didn’t help that she continued to see the offenders at school and unsympathetic classmates would taunt her with comments

Springboard to better things like, “Oh, you just wanted it.”

Allie, now 19, felt the school was not helpful at all – the bullying continued, she suffered from anxiety and depression, and began to feel increasingly isolated.

More and more she preferred to stay at home rather than face classes, and by the time she was 15, had dropped out completely.

Things then deteriorated further.

“I got into the drug and alcohol scene, which obviously was not great, and I ended up getting into trouble with the police,” she says.

Her offences meant she was obliged to attend a Learning Hub at Springboard Community Works in Snells Beach, in an effort to get her life back on track.

For Allie it proved a turning point. She found her tutors were eager to help her achieve whatever she wanted and both they and fellow students made her feel included.

“Instead of having an anxiety attack thinking about going to school, I was up and ready and waiting for the van to come and pick me up,” she says.

Allie says it helps that there was just one class of about 12 students – mainly girls – and there was no pressure to conform to any kind of stereotype. She says she had found at school if you were not sporty or academic, then you did not fit.

“The bonds we were able to form with fellow students at Springboard were quite different – everyone knew they had their own stuff going on. We helped each other. We were all cheering each other up,” she says.

“There was always somebody to talk to if something niggled at you or brought up some trauma.”

Allie says students were taught a range of life and practical skills. She especially remembers learning about business, Excel spreadsheets and calculating taxes – something she has been able to apply in her current job.

Even when Allie left Springboard and spent time in Australia, a Springboard counsellor would regularly call her and ask how she was getting on.

Allie says among the many things she is grateful for is being able to reconnect with her father – a relationship that had become estranged after she dropped out of school.

She says her Dad is so impressed with the change in her that during last year’s Springboard fundraising campaign, he chipped in $5000.

On Allie’s return from Australia, she began working at her father’s automotive workshop, handling reception and accounts – a job that spurred her to get further qualifications in accounting and to complete a business management diploma.

Three months ago, she got a dream job at Southern Paprika working in payroll and human resources.

“Back when I was 16, there is no way I would have thought I would be in the position I am now, earning the income I am now,” she says.

“I’m lucky that Springboard was there to support me and help guide me.”

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Springboard takes possession of Sheepworld this month.

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Meanwhile, Springboard is gearing up for its annual fundraiser which, for the second year in a row, will be conducted online.

Last year’s effort raised $256,000. Gary says that will be a tough total to beat this year, given the difficulties of getting up any kind of momentum because of the Covid lockdown.

“We are hoping and praying the community is still saying, ‘Yep, we still believe in what Springboard is doing, and we are going to continue supporting you through tough times’,” he says.

The fundraiser will again be supported by Kennards Hire who have agreed to match every dollar donated up to $50,000.

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Springboard takes possession of Sheepworld on October 29 and director Gary Diprose could not be more excited.

The plan is for Sheepworld to continue as a tourist attraction with its sheep shows, farmyard park, retail store, café and petting zoo, while at the same time offering young people the opportunity to learn practical skills, such as horticulture, sheep shearing, retailing and hospitality.

Gary says once they have possession, Springboard will begin a renovation programme, in particular freshening up the look of the café. It will also refit the barn area with classrooms and a gym, and bring in some of its relocatable buildings from its existing site on Hamatana Road.

Young people already involved in Springboard will assist with the renovations.

“We want them to feel it’s their own place and get excited about it too,” Gary says.

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Could you restart a heart if you had to?

In Seattle, half of the population knows how to use one and their survival rate is high. In New Zealand, it’s currently just 14 per cent

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The Good SAM app was developed in the UK but is available across the world.

The only a way to reduce deaths from cardiac arrest in rural Rodney and Kaipara is for everyday people to learn the basics of resuscitation, paramedics say.

October 16 was World Restart a Heart Day, aimed at raising awareness about the importance of bystander knowledge in CPR and resuscitation.

Don Gutsell has been a paramedic for more than 30 years. He says that early response from the public is critical for patient survival before a first responder arrives.

Don’s business Pro+Med has been offering first aid courses since 1992 and does 1500 training events each year, including in Rodney and Kaipara.

He recommends that everyone take a specific course in CPR with a focus on

learning to use an automated external defibrillator (AED). He says CPR doesn’t save a life on its own but the chance of survival is much higher with the help of an AED. “In Seattle, half of the population knows how to use one and their survival rate is high. In New Zealand, it’s currently just 14 per cent,” he says.

Don says that personal disposable AEDs will soon come on the market that will cost $600 – a significant reduction in current prices, which start from $2300.

There are a few things he recommends that people can do right now to help save lives, potentially even their own.

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It alerts first responders, including firefighters, police, and retired or off-duty paramedics, who have signed up to the app.

Maungaturoto’s Simon Townsend is one such paramedic. He says that, in the rural north, people cannot just expect that an ambulance will arrive in time to save someone’s life.

He was frustrated last year when a 91-yearold woman in Maungaturoto died from a heart attack just one kilometre down the road from him, because the ambulance took hours to arrive. He says Good SAM could have prevented the death.

Simon has responded to around 40 incidents since signing up with the app, including once while shopping in Warkworth.

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Every portable first aid kit should be stocked with aspirin, which is sold at the supermarket under the name Disprin. Don says aspirin dissolves blockages in the heart and should be taken as soon as someone identifies they are having chest pains.

“It should be broken up and placed under the tongue. That way it is absorbed in a minute instead of 20 minutes after swallowing.”

Another mobile app that Don is trying to encourage everyone to download is the Good SAM app. When activated in an emergency, Good SAM automatically contacts emergency services, but also puts out an alert to nearby paramedics who may be able to assist sooner.

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Students will identify their own learning goals.

Free course teaches basic communication and life skills A free community course teaching adults basic literacy, numeracy and life skills kicked off this month, despite lockdown restrictions imposed by Covid-19.

Literacy Aotearoa had hoped to run its programmes in person in Warkworth for the first time this month. Rather than wait for lockdown to end, it has decided to offer them online instead.

Once lockdown restrictions end, classes will continue in the Warkworth Town Hall.

Tutor Nicola Bolton will run the course, which teaches a variety of skills including essential communication, budgeting and nutrition.

Nicola, who lives in Matakana, identified a need for the course after previously teaching English literacy skills to members of the local Kiribati community and others with special needs.

She says although Mahurangi is a relatively high decile area, there are many locals who have “slipped through the cracks” at school and struggle with basic literacy and numeracy, some of them with undiagnosed dyslexia.

They continue through life by relying on a partner to help them out or will phone

people rather than use text or email.

Nicola says adults often feel ashamed of their difficulties and will continue for years without doing anything about it.

“Sometimes it’s a mission to make people comfortable enough for them to give us ring and say, ‘Hey, I need help’,” she says.

The course started last Tuesday, October 19, but Literacy Aotearoa will accept enrolments after this date.

Rather than follow a strict curriculum, Nicola will discuss with students what they want to achieve and tailor the course to meet their learning goals.

The course runs on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9am to 2.30pm. Students typically complete 100 hours.

While the course is delivered online, Literacy Aotearoa can provide a Chromebook for students lacking a computer and help set up an internet connection at their home if required.

Students must be 16 or over and a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident.

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Psychological first aid course can save lives Paramedic Graham Roper’s goal is to have Kiwis view psychological first aid courses as important as physical first aid courses.

He has developed a programme that is now available across the country, including in Warkworth and Maungaturoto, through a provider called Pro+Med. The four-hour course aims to equip attendees with the skills to identify if someone is doing it tough and may need help.

“It’s great to be able to ask a friend whether they are doing okay, but you need to know what to do, if they say no,” Graham says.

The main tool taught is how to actively listen to someone who is suffering and to understand what resources they can be connected with if they need help.

The course also teaches the difference between sadness, which is a normal response to an abnormal situation, and depression or psychosis, which is when extreme anxiety impacts daily life.

For example, a depressed person may stop eating or not show up for work or other commitments.

“You have to know what normal is to be able to identify abnormal behaviour,” Graham says.

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Graham developed the course while working in the mental health industry after recovering from an unsuccessful attempt to take his own life. Prior to this, Graham was an ambulance paramedic.

He says that if psychological first aid courses had been around when he was suffering, he might not have made the same decisions.

“If someone is experiencing an overwhelming sense of helplessness, we need to provide

them with the chance to be heard and explore opportunities to be helped,” he says.

Graham says that suicide among adults has statistically risen in the last few years and it needs to be acknowledged as a problem.

“It’s clear that reluctance from society and media to talk about it hasn’t helped.”

Graham’s journey to recovery was a long one. After attempting to take his life, he woke up under a bright light with his wife and children looking down on him, and he believed he was dead in a coffin. It took him a full year to accept that he was still alive.

In Rodney and Kaipara, the psychological first aid courses are offered to groups and workplaces by Simon Townsend of Pro+Med. Simon says Covid-19 lockdowns have brought mental health awareness to the fore.

He believes everybody should do a psychological first-aid course because it might help them to save a family member or co-worker.

“The course doesn’t make you a psychologist, but it will help you to see if someone isn’t doing alright,” Simon says.

“Just like a broken leg or a heart attack, we should be able to identify mental illness and know how to respond.”

He says that in New Zealand there is a lack of trained first responders to address mental health related incidents. Police can respond if they believe that the person is an imminent threat to themselves or others, but they have limited training.

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That’s the message from Tania Rupapera, who has been a lifestyle and entrepreneurship coach for 22 years. Since the onset of Covid-19, demand for her Matakana-based service has “gone through the roof ”, with many of her recent clients returning to her for help in dealing with challenges thrown up by the pandemic.

“People at the moment are dealing with anything from depression to anxiety, and it’s important that they don’t sit at home worrying about things, but find someone they can talk to objectively and find a support strategy,” she says.

Tania says being stuck at home, unhealthy and stressed, can take a huge toll on people and their families.

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She says there is a huge amount of support available now, even for people on the tightest of budgets, from government agencies and community services to professional and business associations.

“You have to weigh up what’s important and pick up the phone, because there’s so much support out there. When you do make that first call and break through that space, it opens everything up and you realise you’re not alone, which will make you feel so much better.”

Tania believes it’s also important to remember that the current situation is not forever.

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Source Kitchen, on Matakana Valley Road, caters to large corporate events, parties and weddings, but has been twice shut down by Covid-19 restrictions.

In order to survive, Matthew and Laura pivoted their business to home-delivered meals, which are dropped off to homes in Rodney and central Auckland.

They use the same restaurant quality ingredients but in a “heat ’n’ eat” box for couples and families. They have four options each week, but their most popular dish is the Te Mana lamb shoulder with potatoes and braised cabbage.

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The modified business has taken off, with customers ordering from as far as Parnell and Remuera, thanks to word of mouth spreading via Omaha bach owners.

Matthew says that Source Kitchen has been able to donate around 189 meals to Rodney Women’s Refuge and other charities across the two lockdowns.

Their website also allowed customers to specifically purchase a meal for Women’s Refuge at a subsidised rate of $12.

While this was a temporary offer, when order volumes were low, Matthew says he will introduce it again this month for Labour Weekend.

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How to get a plumber Over our extended lockdown, I have made these scones over and over. There’s probably quite a lot of wisdom in my life gleaned from my late mother, who was an excellent and generous cook. I always think back to her advice or scurry to find her old recipes when times get tough. She never had trouble finding workmen or specialists to call out when things went awry with appliances and more around our home, as she built a reputation for baking and serving morning or afternoon tea for everyone who came to our house.

So when our hot water failed in lockdown, it was easy to get our plumber to call, as he knew I would have a batch of something delicious for him, just like my Mum used to do.

Scones are also a brilliant solution if you need to cheer up a lonely neighbour or want something fresh and tasty to take to a picnic when reuniting with friends.

The best thing about scones is they can be whipped up in less than 30 minutes, and it is highly likely that all the ingredients are already in the pantry or fridge. These scones need light hands, but they’re sure to be a hit with all ages and the fresh herbs can be omitted if desired. My recipe comes with lots of tips and extra information on how to make a perfect batch every time.

Never in a month of Sundays would I use that pre-grated, packaged cheese.

Leave that for the kids to make playdough.

Notes and tips • Salted butter is best and rubbing it in means taking the flour and butter in your finger tips and very gently squeezing it so the butter absorbs into the flour. By lifting your hands out of the bowl, you aerate the flour for lighter scones.

• Use your favourite cheese, but try to find cheese that’s full of flavour. I like Grana Padano and never in a month of Sundays would I use that pregrated, packaged cheese. Leave that for the kids to make playdough.

• Fresh herbs are always best and right now spring sage is just wonderful. If you are tempted to use dried herbs, this is the only place in the recipe where you should be frugal.

Best-ever Very Cheesy Scones 2 cups flour 2 tsps baking powder 1 tsp salt 100g very cold butter 100g cheese, grated ½ cup freshly chopped parsley and sage 1 generous cup full cream milk or butter milk

Preheat the oven to 200C. Sift the flour into a bowl with the baking powder and salt. Grate the cold butter and rub this in with your finger-tips, moving your wrists up and down so the flour falls back into

the bowl. Grate the cheese and stir this in with the parsley and sage. Pour in the full cream milk or buttermilk and use a fork to bring the mixture together to make a pretty sticky mixture. You may need to add a little more liquid.

Dust the bench lightly with more flour, tip out the dough and pat it out to a thickness of 5cm. Cut it into eight to nine pieces, top with a little extra grated cheese and place on baking paper on a flat oven tray.

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Parcel volumes have risen by 50 per cent since lockdown. Photo, NZ Post

Courier drivers under pressure under lockdown Warkworth’s courier drivers have been the driving force of shopping under lockdown, with households buying up large online and local businesses turning to e-commerce to stay afloat.

Warkworth Rural Delivery One (RD1) operator Fran Beazley says her life completely changed after lockdown began. She has been working 12-hour days on her run from west Warkworth to West Coast Road.

“It’s just lucky it has been daylight savings because I wouldn’t want to be delivering in the dark,” she says.

Fran has been heartened by households showing their appreciation by leaving cards with kind messages and sometimes even chocolates.

“It’s the small things that really make a

difference when you’re under this much pressure. You just have to focus on the good.”

RD4 operator Jessie Sutton broke the Warkworth postal depot record this month for delivering 10,000 parcels in a single day.

She has hired another person to assist with deliveries, but is still working six days a week on her run from south west Warkworth to Kaukapakapa.

Delivery drivers have been wearing masks and dropping parcels at the front door. Jessie says she misses being able to catch up with regular customers, but still enjoys being able to make people’s day by delivering their parcels.

“I saw a grown man jumping and clapping because he received his Starlink satellite internet box and could finally

get connected,” she says.

Both Fran and Jessie hope that they will get a break before Christmas, but are not expecting one. Jessie says the Christmas rush usually begins around now, but she has been at Christmas volumes of parcels for two months already.

Adam Waterhouse’s courier business in Snells Beach, A2 Logistics, has been delivering around 20 per cent more parcels than usual, which has offset low volumes in the freight side of his business.

He says courier drivers are struggling because where they would typically deliver high volumes of parcels to a single retail destination, they are now responsible for household delivery.

Adam has encouraged local businesses to

keep trading by going online and was even delivering hay bales for a farming supply store at one point. A2 has also been responsible for delivering beer for most of the breweries in area as well as two oyster farms.

Adam co-founded the business with a friend in 2006 “as a hobby” but it has grown to have seven delivery vans in north and west Auckland, as well as freight operations.

Meanwhile, New Zealand Post is hiring around 1000 new staff to deliver parcels nationally. It says it is delivering 2 million parcels a week – four parcels a second.

NZ Post’s parcel volumes have been up by around 50 per cent in Auckland and 25 per cent in the rest of the country since lockdown.

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More than a myth

I have been approached a few times regarding the existence of such a place as North Albertland. Well, the district was officially proclaimed in a public notification under the Highways Act in 1867. Separate from Albertland, North Albertland occupied the areas of Oruawharo to the north and east and Te Arai to the south, touching on the Te Hana district to the west. From the time the Albertlanders arrived in the 1860s, North Albertland grew. It was well known that letters written to residents in the district needed to have only “North Albertland” written under their names for the letter to be delivered to them. Early settlers quickly formed an “Albertland North Road Board” in order to get funding for the building of roads.

After that, they were classed as “Albertland North Highway District Ratepayers”.

Settlers also built the North Albertland community hall, situated on the hill above the Mangawai/Te Hana Road, and a variety of events were held there. Weddings were popular, along with concerts and social occasions, including Band of Hope gatherings. Band of Hope was a temperance movement and against the drinking of alcohol. With the rules of Band of Hope in place, hall activities were orderly and happy events were enjoyed by all ages.

The North Albertland Women’s Institute was formed and met in the hall. On one occasion, a lady hadn’t brought milk for the cup of tea which normally followed business. So Lottie Powell, who had a few cows grazing land surrounding the hall, told the attending ladies that she would solve the problem and went outside with

a jug. She found one of her cows that was used to being milked without being restrained and filled the jug with milk. The situation was saved and the ladies were able to enjoy their cuppa with a giggle or two to accompany it. The same North Albertland Women’s Institute is still in existence today and meets regularly.

The North Albertland School was first based at the North Albertland Hall.

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She found one of her cows that was used to being milked without being restrained and filled the jug with milk.

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Motorway opening undecided

Standard three class of 1961 in Warkworth. Photo, Warkworth Museum.

Old school mates to meet in Warkworth The Mahurangi Heritage and Culture Group wants to organise a reunion for all alumni of Warkworth District High School and Mahurangi College, with plans in the works for a large event on Labour Weekend next year.

Organiser Dave Parker says he is going to need help for the once-a-decade event, which has previously drawn 600 past students to the Mahurangi College hall.

Next year will be the 160th anniversary since formal education was first set up in the old Warkworth District. Reverend Robert McKinney of the Warkworth Presbyterian Church oversaw the building of a schoolhouse in 1862.

Dave says he hopes that each of the schools in the Warkworth area will contribute in some way to help celebrate the milestone, and he is looking for anyone with knowledge on the history of local schools to get in touch

by emailing dh.parker@xtra.co.nz.

It will also be 60 years since Mahurangi College was formed, taking over from the Warkworth District High School, which was where Warkworth School is today.

Meanwhile, by coincidence, Warkworth film maker Jon Waters has nearly completed a documentary about Warkworth District High School, made from 57 interviews with past students.

Jon interviewed people of all ages, including a woman in her 80s, who was able to vividly recall her first day at school.

He says the documentary will be filled with recollections of stories with the intention of showing present day students what school life was like in the old days of “bull rush and flying foxes”.

In the film, one former student of a school in Kaipara Hills recalls her teacher riding

their motorcycle to school each day and storing it in the bike shed. Boys, up to no good, would urinate in the fuel tank.

The film was commissioned by the Warkworth School Parent Teacher Association in 2018. Jon says it will be up to the PTA how and when it will screen, but he expects it will be used for a fundraiser.

Jon himself is a descendant of the Paddison and Grimmer families, which settled north of Warkworth in the 1860s. It is his first film of this scale, but he has produced film festival projects, including one on teenage girls’ perceptions of how society expects them to dress, and another on a wildlife sanctuary on Great Barrier Island.

He has set up a Facebook page for the school documentary called Warkworth District High School History and still wants to hear from people with stories about school life.

NX2 says it’s too early to say whether disruptions to work on the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway caused by Covid lockdowns will delay its opening, which was formerly due to take place in May next year.

In its October construction update, NX2 says during Alert Level 4 it was forced to halt all non-essential construction work, but work did resume under Alert Level 3.

This required following strict health and safety protocols, including restricted access to the construction site, physical distancing and the use of additional protective clothing.

NX2 says planned major road layout changes for this month at the southern end of the project will be delayed.

When they do occur, the changes will involve moving traffic onto part of the new motorway while work on the southern connection takes place.

Road layout changes planned at the northern end of the project, where NX2 is building a new roundabout, are also on hold until a new works programme is in place.

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& Pets&Vets Corner Pet of the Month Zoe, the poodle cross Zoe is a rambunctious poodle cross who lives on an alpaca farm.

She has had a mysterious swelling in her groin region of some years duration, the nature of which has fooled several vets in succession.

She was presented on a weekday morning by her very worried owners who had noticed that the lump had suddenly expanded. After some diagnostic tests, it was decided that Zoe would benefit from the surgical exploration of the lump. Under general anaesthesia the skin covering the lump was incised, and its contents provoked a gasp from the attending nurse and vet alike. Zoe had herniated her entire uterus through her inguinal canal where it now resided under her skin, bulging between her backlegs. (This is akin to passing a camel through the eye of a needle.) The uterus was gently manipulated back into the abdominal cavity and then surgically removed, along with the ovaries.

Marian Stolte, left, and Moira Dye load knitted items bound for North Shore Hospital.

Hospital desperate for WI knits Warkworth Women’s Institute had grand plans for celebrating the WI’s New Zealand centenary this year, but Covid-19 has scuppered them all.

One idea was to have women dress up in school uniforms from 100 years ago and participate in traditional playground games of the period.

But Warkworth WI president Moira Dye says the Warkworth group could only look on while other institutes around the country, facing less stringent Covid restrictions, could celebrate in style. In Napier, the local institute erected a statue to the founder of WI in New Zealand, Bessie Spencer.

After the traditional playground games failed to work out, Moira says the group planned a gathering to combine all the

recently knitted materials members had worked on to be donated to patients at North Shore Hospital.

But Moira says the hospital was so desperate for the items that it urged Warkworth WI to send them as soon as possible, before such a gathering could be organised.

Last week, Moira with fellow WI member Marian Stolte loaded a car with hundreds of knitted items including baby clothes, knee rugs, comfort cushions, dolls, capes and scarves to be taken to the hospital.

She says the effort represents 750 hours of volunteer work.

Following the establishment of the first New Zealand WI in Napier in 1921, institutes sprang up around the country.

The Warkworth WI is 92 years old.

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Entertainment in brief Flower show canned

The Warkworth Rose and Flower Show committee has regrettably decided to cancel its centenary show, organised for November 12. Organiser Annette Sharp says the uncertainty caused by Covid-19 restrictions has forced the committee’s hand. The only other time in history the show has been cancelled was during World War II. Annette says the committee looks forward to bringing back the show in 2022, which will be “year 101” since its inception.

Warkworth Santa Parade cancelled Michael Llewellyn

Love and loss informs album launch and show

Locals who have been thrilled to see Mahurangi-based singer Peter McMillan perform his acclaimed Leonard Cohen tribute shows, will be delighted to learn that his son has also taken to the stage and released his first album.

This month, Michael Llewellyn dropped Oh My Darling – a 10-track album of original songs telling personal stories of love and loss – and he was due to kick off a North Island tour, accompanied by his band The Darlings.

They were due to play at the Leigh Sawmill Café next month but have had to postpone until early next year due to Covid.

Michael describes the album as “raspy and poetic” and says, just like his father, he has been influenced a lot by Leonard Cohen and also The Velvet Underground.

Michael grew up in Warkworth, and attended Mahurangi College before enrolling as a student at Otago University.

His passion in life was snowboarding and surfing, but ill-health forced him to move back in with his parents at McKinney Road, where he began to write songs, some of which now feature on the album.

Michael says during that time his body was rapidly

deteriorating. He suffered excruciating neck pain that prevented him performing the simplest of tasks, and top New Zealand specialists appeared unable to help him.

“Anxious swirling thoughts – paralysing fears – were knocking at my door,” he says.

In desperation, Michael flew to the United States, where he sought the help of a group of holistic healers, who began treating him seven hours a day and looking into his diet, exercise and state of mind He returned to New Zealand feeling much better, although his girlfriend, Mikaela, left him shortly afterwards.

Meanwhile, Michael moved to Taranaki where he continued to write songs.

“It seemed that all the energy and obsession I formerly poured into surfing and snowboarding had found its roots in music. I wrote and I wrote,” he says.

Michael later moved to Wellington where he set about getting a band together and recording much of the album in his “shoebox bedroom – carpet drenched in guitar leads”.

The Warkworth Santa Parade, due to be held on December 5, has been cancelled due to the uncertainties created by Covid-19. Organiser Murray Chapman says if primary schools and kindergartens have reopened around that time, then they will still get the chance to see Santa who will make visits in his sleigh. This would mirror the format for the event last year. Murray says he will never forget children lining up at Warkworth School, shouting, “We love you Santa,” as Mr Claus departed last year.

New February date for great debate The Kowhai Festival Committee has announced a new date for The Great Debate. The debate will now be held at the Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday, February 26. The debate will follow the same format as the event planned for November. Food will be served from 6pm and the debate proper starts at 7pm.

The first debate sees Toastmasters pitted against a combined Lions and Rotary team. They will argue whether Warkworth should be renamed Matakana South. The second debate will see Toastmasters take on a celebrity team to argue whether married men live longer.

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Countering climate anxiety The prestigious international journal Nature recently reported on the deep and pervasive levels of anxiety about climate change among young people. The data reflecting this anxiety are striking: Extremely worried (27%), Very worried (32%), Moderately worried (25%), A little worried (11%) and Not worried (5%).

The feelings caused by climate change are as follows: Sad (68%), Afraid (68%), Anxious (63%), Angry (58%), Powerless (57%), Guilty (51%), Optimistic (32%) and Indifferent (30%).

Generation Z (born 1997-2012) have every reason to believe that they will be victims of climate change over the coming 80 to 100 years that has been caused mainly by baby boomers (born 1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1980) and even to some extent

by Millennials (1981-1996). The younger generations will feel they have inherited an existential problem from older generations who at times reveal indifference or skepticism about the approaching dangers.

Thirty years ago, the distinguished NASA scientist James Hansen told the US Congress that worsening climate warming was a serious problem to be addressed with urgency. Hansen’s caution was largely ignored by Congress and the international community, much to the astonishment of his scientific colleagues at the time.

What advice can one give our wonderful, idealistic, motivated, gifted, transformational younger generations, especially as they contemplate their future careers? I suggest devising a personal vision to give yourself a practical role in finding solutions to this critical challenge.

Firstly, remind your young friends and family that 80 per cent of New Zealanders regard climate change to be a serious matter and less than 10 per cent are true climate deniers.

Secondly, that the governments of about 100 countries have adopted zero-carbon targets and the New Zealand Government is one of several countries that have legislated zero-carbon targets.

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New report highlights threats to seabird species Far too many of the Hauraki Gulf region’s diverse seabird breeds are threatened with extinction due to over-fishing and habitat damage, according to a new report released last week.

The State of our Seabirds 2021 says threats such as predators, pollution, disease, climate change, development and food depletion are having a serious impact on bird populations, with some in steep decline.

Probably the best known and the most endangered is the NZ fairy tern, or tara iti, which is down to only 39 birds breeding at just four local sites – Waipu, Mangawhai, Pakiri and South Kaipara Head. But the new report, produced by the Northern NZ Seabird Trust and Hauraki Gulf Forum, says other breeds are not far behind, including spotted shags, which are “hanging on in three small colonies”, as well as a number of other tern, gull and shag species in decline or losing nesting sites.

Gulf Forum co-chairs Nicola MacDonald (tangata whenua) and Pippa Coom (Auckland Council) say in the report’s foreword that the Hauraki Gulf remains a globally significant seabird biodiversity hotspot, including five endemic species – black petrel/tākoketai, Pycroft’s petrel/tītī, Buller’s shearwater/rako, NZ storm petrel and New Zealand fairy tern/tara-iti.

“This is remarkable given its proximity to the country’s largest city,” they say.

“However, far too many of our seabirds remain under threat or, in the case of the NZ fairy tern/tara-iti, at dire risk of extinction.”

They say that while there are pressures from human activities on land, it is at sea where conditions are changing fastest, with once productive feeding grounds under serious pressure from commercial and recreational fishing.

“While some gains have been made to reduce the threat of seabirds being caught as by-catch while foraging, the depletion of food in the nearby marine environment

is having a significant impact,” they say.

“With all this, and the increasing impacts of climate change, our seabirds are telling us that a perfect storm is brewing.”

Northern NZ Seabird Trust’s project coordinator, Chris Gaskin, says the Hauraki Gulf Forum’s 2020 State of our Gulf report highlighted ongoing environmental degradation facing the gulf ’s marine park, with this now mirrored in the decline of seabirds nesting along its coastal fringes.

Chris, who lives at Ti Point, says it’s important for local communities to be aware of the importance of the region’s diverse seabird population and the pressures they are facing.

“It’s along these coastal fringes that seabird populations have declined quite dramatically due to predation and other land-based threats, but it’s also pressures on the marine ecosystem,” he said. “That’s why we’ve got to keep a close watch on them.”

He says ongoing monitoring of seabirds in the Gulf is necessary to refine knowledge of critical habitats and to manage commercial and recreational activities appropriately.

“Monitoring how well those species are doing will provide us with warning signs if things start to go seriously wrong with the overall health of the Gulf,” he says.

The report includes a set of measures or indicators that will be evaluated in five and 10 years’ time.

While the report does contain some good news, with increases in several populations through successful eradication of predators from islands in the outer Gulf, most of these species feed in offshore waters well outside the region.

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The William Fraser vessel has been in operation since 2019.

Third sand mining consent bid open for submission Submissions have opened for a third consent application to extract sand offshore from Pakiri and Mangawhai.

McCallum Bros has applied to extract up to 150,000 square metres of sand a year at a “mid shore” depth of 15 metres to 25 metres, for 35 years.

According McCallum’s application, this consent would replace the near shore consent it had also sought to renew. It says if the mid shore consent is granted, it would withdraw its near shore application.

An assessment on environmental effects by consulting firm Jacobs submits that adverse effects of mid shore extraction would be no more than minor.

This is despite another application to Council for far shore extraction having been paused earlier this year while experts investigate alleged damage to the seafloor.

The extraction being investigated was done by the same vessel, the William Fraser, which McCallum proposes to use in its new application.

The application for far shore extraction by Kaipara Ltd earlier this year saw significant community opposition across weeks of hearings.

According to McCallum’s latest application, mana whenua including Ngati Manuhiri and Te Uri o Hau support the proposed mid shore extraction and have provided cultural values assessments.

Proposed conditions for the consent would require an environmental monitoring plan, which would monitor the seabed and any effect on the topography of the beach.

Residents can have their say on McCallum’s new application until December 10 at www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/have-yoursay/. See online story for full link.

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The college has produced highly successful touch rugby players in the past. Pictured here, Chrysanthe Hawken on the charge.

Mahurangi plans for summer season of college sport Mahurangi College is gearing up to participate in summer sports as Covid-19 restrictions hopefully ease in coming months.

It is calling for expressions of interest for both Year 9 and Year 10 tag and touch rugby teams.

Director of sport Karlie Stanbra says the school is anticipating having at least five touch rugby teams – two boys, two girls and one mixed.

Meanwhile, the tag team will be entered into the College Sport Auckland northwest

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The college will also host an in-house volleyball competition in its gym over six weeks and wants teams to enter now.

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Questions to sport@mahurangi.school.nz. Register: https://forms.gle/cEreR4PzjKFr7LFe6 Junior cricket Registrations are open for junior hard ball cricket at Kaipara Flats Cricket Club.

Register at www.hibiscuscricket.co.nz. A six week “have a go” programme will also be held at Mangawhai and Kaipara Flats, on Monday and Friday nights respectively.

See www.ndcricket.co.nz/play. Enquiries to liamj@northcricket.co.nz.

Keep registering for tag Registrations are open for the 2021/2022 tag season at the Tomarata Rugby Club. The club is assuring the community that it is making preparations for when Covid-19 restrictions ease. “Our season may look different but we are still hopeful we will at least get some games in this season.” Register at www.sporty.co.nz/tomaratatag.

Touch looks to 2022 Mahurangi Rugby Club is looking to hold its touch rugby module next year. Players and teams can register their interest at mahutouch@gmail.com.

Junior surf volunteers needed The Omaha Surf club is working hard to prepare for the upcoming junior season. Coordinator Sheralyn Guy says plans to operate safely under Covid-19 restrictions are being developed and will soon be announced. In the meantime, the club is seeking volunteers to assist with water safety, coaching and managing.

Register your interest to juniorsurf@omahasurf.co.nz.

Netball survey The Rodney Netball Centre in Wellsford is asking members to complete a survey to provide feedback on the current season and thoughts for next. “Let us know the good, the bad and the ugly if any!” See the Rodney Netball Centre Facebook page.

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Lean pickings Who would have thought we would still be chipping away at the longest lockdown Auckland and New Zealand have experienced? There was very little fishing activity under Level 3 as anglers were restricted to beach fishing only. Even the rocks were taboo. Thankfully, we have been given some reprieve as Level 3 has been modified to allow not only rock fishing, but also boating.

We all thought that the fish must be really hungry as they had not been fed any bait for almost two months during lockdown, but at the time of writing this column, just after the Level 3 rule change, the fishing has been slow. Reports of good snapper being caught off the east coast have been patchy and no kingfish either.

We have, however, had reports of good snapper hauls from both the Mahurangi and Kaipara Harbours. But the water still seems to be too cold for the large schools of snapper to be congregating in deeper waters of 30 to 50 metres. The good news is that anytime now these large schools of snapper will be getting ready for their annual spawning, which seems to hit its

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Since being allowed on the rocks, some youngsters have targeted squid. Good catches of squid have been reported and nothing can beat a fresh plate of calamari. As squid are ambush hunters, they like to hide in the kelp and rock crevices from where they can pounce on any unsuspecting prey swimming past.

To give squid fishing a go, simply use a softbait rod and reel and attach a squid jig. Find some rocks and kelp and give it a shot by casting your squid jig along the rock line or weed line. If you find that you enjoy it, you can go out and purchase a squid rod and reel combo. Jigs range from under $10 up to around the $30 mark.

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POSTPONED Kowhai Festival “Movie Night”, Goodall Reserve, Snells Beach, from 3pm. Screening of Tom & Jerry.

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Colleges honour students

Mahurangi College made the tough decision not to hold its annual Sports Blues awards event, but is still acknowledging students’ achievements.

Director of sport Karlie Stanbra wanted to hold an assembly in lieu of a public awards evening, but even that has had to be cut due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.

However, that has not stopped the college from acknowledging top performers. A total of 80 applications for Blues Awards for regional feats were submitted.

Big wins include Mahurangi’s underwater hockey senior team winning the open A grade; the Hockey 1st XI team taking first in the 1A grade; the Hockey intermediate girls team taking first in the A grade and the six-a-side comp; both the netball Year 8 and Year 9 teams winning their grade championships; the girls’ football 2nd XI team winning the C Grade comp; and the 1st XV rugby team winning the 1B grade.

Rodney College also had plenty to celebrate across its students’ achievements this year.

Rodney’s Caitlin Heke was selected as captain for the North Harbour under-16 representative netball team for the three-day North Island junior netball championships in New Plymouth.

Heke had also been selected to play in a representative team for Tag New Zealand in Australia.

Gage Laughton participated in the IFFA Nationals in field archery, winning the Gold in the age 14 to 18 category.

Tane Stewart competed in the Taniwha Open Darts Comp held in Kamo, placing 9th out of 60 competitors, despite being the only junior entrant.

And 30 Rodney College students competed in the ShowQuest performance arts competition at Forum North in Whangarei. They won second place in the overall competition and won best use of drama, most effective us of live music and best costume.

Mahurangi College 1st XV rugby team.

Mahurangi College intermediate hockey team.

Mahurangi College underwater hockey team.

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The service from the time I booked to going home was excellent.

I felt I had their absolute attention. There was no obvious wait time and the documentation process was easy to follow.

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