Mahurangi Matters_Issue 360_13 March 2019

March 13, 2019

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MERRA committee member Stuart Windross says rail is essential if the landfill goes ahead.

Mahurangi residents have put together a comprehensive plan to solve major environmental and traffic hazards if permission is granted for a controversial landfill, in the Dome Valley.

A major concern with the landfill, proposed by industry giant Waste Management is that it would see an extra 300 heavy trucks a day on a stretch of State Highway 1 that is already notorious for accidents and

fatalities. But the Mahurangi East Residents and Ratepayers Association (MERRA) says this problem could be solved if the bulk of the waste was transported by rail, not road.

In a paper on its proposal, MERRA says it does not support the establishment of a landfill in such a “sensitive and beautiful spot”, but concedes such projects are “driven by powerful needs and interests” and they can be both difficult and expensive to stop.

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The paper goes on to point out that the “much under-used” Auckland to Whangarei railway line passes within 2km of the landfill site.

It proposes construction of a short spur rail line to the site where waste could be unloaded from trains.

The paper envisages the creation of truck-to-rail compacting stations close to the source of the waste, such as metropolitan Auckland.

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shipping containers adapted to be top loading and self-closing. Trains could be scheduled to avoid peak commuter times, possibly travelling at night.

The paper argues that the rail proposal fits well with Auckland Transport’s regional land transport planning, which is wrestling with the problem of moving goods efficiently on congested roads. Roads currently handle more than 85 per cent of Auckland’s freight. continued page 2

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Residents push for rail to service proposed landfill from page 1 It would also bolster government moves to upgrade the Auckland to Whangarei railway, adding significant benefits for the money invested.

The paper says the alternative prospect of hundreds of trucks travelling through the Dome Valley is unacceptable. In addition to posing a traffic hazard, they would burn close to 20,000 litres of fuel daily, adding to carbon emissions.

KiwiRail group general manager, sales and commercial, Alan Piper says KiwiRail has been in discussions with Waste Management to service the landfill site via rail.

But he says so far, these talks have been general rather than detailed.

“Further work would be needed before the economic and practical viability of shifting waste by train to the landfill site in Dome Valley can be assessed,” he says.

Considerations would need to include the impact on existing services, the capacity of the North Auckland line and the costs of any upgrades or extensions to the line.

But he stresses that rail had an important role to play in reducing congestion on roads and cutting emissions.

“Freight on rail has 66 per cent fewer carbon emissions compared compared to heavy road freight.”

Waste Management managing director Tom Nickels says the company remains open to a rail option if existing rail infrastructure is upgraded.

This may well occur if a proposed relocation of Ports of Auckland to Northport takes place, as it will require upgrading transfer infrastructure at Wellsford.

But Mr Nickels says Waste Management has previously trialled sending waste by rail to its landfill site at Redvale, but unfortunately it was not viable “for various reasons”.

“Therefore, at present we are proposing transport by road for the proposed landfill,” he says.

Meanwhile, Fight the Tip: Tiaki Te Whenua chair Dave Sawyer remains unimpressed by the rail option

because he says the major problem with the landfill is that it will poison local waterways.

“By bringing up this new conversation about whether we should transfer waste by road or by rail is a total side tracking of the issue,” he says.

Waste Management is aiming to apply to Auckland Council for a resource consent for the proposed landfill next month.

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Plan shapes Warkworth’s “satellite” status Hill St queues Auckland Council has released a document that paints a picture of what Warkworth will look like when 25,000 to 30,000 people are living in the town.

The draft Warkworth Structure Plan envisages a range of intensified residential options, new and expanded industrial areas, walkway and cycleway networks, and a large local and intercity bus station in the vicinity of Valerie Close, south of Warkworth.

Around 1000ha surrounding the town are earmarked for development over the next 30 years. This will include 7500 new homes, new parks and sportsfields, new shopping centres, possibly two new primary schools, an expansion of secondary school options and new medical facilities.

Substantial areas for future employment (mostly industry, but also small areas for offices and retail) are identified. This is, according to the plan, to enable Warkworth to have the potential to be self-sufficient for local jobs and reduce the need for residents to commute to Auckland for work.

While the plan will guide future development, the authors say it has not been prepared in a vacuum, but builds on the existing town rather than creating a separate and distinct area.

The vision is to create a town that retains its rural and natural character, is centred on the Mahurangi River, and has easy walking and cycling access.

Morrison’s orchard, on SH1 just south of Warkworth, is retained as a special feature, which may enable the operation to continue as a working orchard with additional complementary activities and public access through walking and cycling paths.

While the document acknowledges community aspirations for a multipurpose sports facility and community pool, these initiatives are noted only as “other infrastructure” to be investigated and are given no set location.

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Where will the housing go?

The most significant residential density is located in the south. This is due to a combination of features in the south including flat land, the adjacent proposed local centre, a public transport interchange, an indicative sports park, a possible new school site, a new arterial route, and a potential motorway southern interchange (south facing ramps only).

The draft plan envisages providing 7500 new dwellings as follows: • Large Lot zone (minimum 4000sqm) comprises 182ha of the study area to enable around 200-350 dwellings.

• Single House zone (minimum size 600sqm) comprises 336ha to enable around 2400 dwellings.

• Mixed Housing Suburban zone comprises 223ha to enable around 2800 dwellings.

• Mixed Housing Urban zone (typically up to three storeys in a variety of sizes and forms, including detached dwellings, terrace housing and lowrise apartments) comprises 117ha to enable around 1400 dwellings.

• Terrace housing and apartments comprises 17ha to enable around 400 dwellings.

A plan change for Warkworth North (324ha) is anticipated to be notified this year and operative (subject to appeals) by the end of 2021. Warkworth South (493ha) will come on-stream between 2028 to 2032.

Retail centres The plan envisages a total of six retail centres, with the existing town centre continuing to be the main base for commercial, leisure, residential, tourist, cultural, community and civic services.

The plan also identifies potential for the existing town centre to expand up and out, largely through the nine hectares of mixed use zoning around the centre.

This area is predominantly occupied by older housing stock that could be redeveloped into higher density residential and office/retail space.

Meanwhile, if the resource consent for the proposed Stockyard Falls large format retail development, near Summerset Village, lapses in 2021, the land will revert to light industry – making it very difficult to establish the centre on the land.

“If retail space does not materialise at

Stockyard Falls, there would need to be provision for the consented amount of space to be made up elsewhere in Warkworth, in order to adequately meet future demand,” the plan states. “General business land on the corner of Hudson Road/SH1, owned by Foodstuffs, could potentially accommodate a large supermarket and one or two other large format retail stores (around 6000sqm gross floor area).”

Consultation closes on March 25 and the plan is scheduled to go to Council’s Planning Committee for adoption in June.

Feedback can be left online at aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay; emailed to warkworthstructureplan@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz or submitted by phone on 09 3010101.

For local comment on the plan, see pages 28 & 29.

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There is no light at the end of the tunnel yet for congestion at the notorious Hill Street intersection in Warkworth.

Despite consultation last December to identify preferred options to improve traffic flow through the intersection, the NZ Transport Agency acting system design manager Emma Harris says no work beyond the current business case phase has confirmed funding.

“The business case will be used to guide any decision-making on form and funding of the future phases of the project,” Ms Harris says.

“As yet, there is no preferred option.

We expect to complete this work in the coming months.”

Although there is almost $29 million set aside for Hill Street improvements in the current (2018-28) Regional Land Transport Plan, it is understood that this is indicative only.

Public consensus is that the intersection will remain largely unchanged until at least a few years after the opening of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway and the new Matakana link road.

Briefs Traffic safety Speeding cars, corner cutting and other traffic issues affecting the Matakana, Whangateau and Leigh area will be discussed at a public meeting on Friday, March 15, at the Whangateau Hall. An AT representative, Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers and Warkworth Police Sgt Mark Stallworthy will attend the meeting, which starts at 7.30pm.

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AT responds: The road has been narrowed to slow traffic to make it safe for pedestrians to cross. In this situation, the motorist needs to slow and let the bike rider go first and pass the bike when it is safe to do so.

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Plans for footpaths Regarding the article about footpaths in Warkworth (MM Feb 27), we need to make it clear who is responsible for what. The request to remove the trees went to the Auckland Council system under Community Facilities and did not get passed to Auckland Transport.

This is correct under the allocation of tree maintenance responsibilities between Council and AT. According to the service level agreement with Council for tree maintenance, Council is responsible for maintenance, renewal, upgrade and funding of street trees. Footpaths are the responsibility of AT. Trees take preference and AT is obliged to come up with solutions, with assistance from Council arborists, to remedy footpath repairs and renewals that may have negative impact on trees within the drip line. Last resort is the removal of any trees.

With regards to moving forward, the next steps are: ANZ Bank, Queen Street: A survey is being carried out to locate services and to give an understanding of the size and location of the root system of the two trees. AC arborists would prefer to leave the trees in place as they are significant, healthy specimens. The preferred method of remediation, which would require minor root pruning, root bridging and root guard of the trees, would be to replace the cobbles with 100mm exposed concrete. This would alleviate the need for a resource consent. If the above progresses smoothly, our sub-

contractors can commence the works at the beginning of March, 2019.

New World, Percy Street: It was agreed with the AC arborist on February 8 that the six trees on Percy Street are not in a healthy condition and need to be removed. This will require a resource consent, which the AC arborist will lodge. It is expected that the consent will take a minimum of three months and will probably require public notification, which may extend the timeframe. In the meantime, the preferred option for a temporary remedial is to remove approx. 3 square metres of cobbles around each of the trees, remove the uplifted metal grates and replace with concrete and mulch around the base of the trees. This work has already started.

Warkworth CBD Audit: An audit has been done of the main areas of Warkworth town centre, including Queen, Percy, Baxter, Neville, Elizabeth Street and Mill Streets and identified issues. The audit has been sent to Downers for repairs, mainly minor grinding or filling of trip lips. One area on Elizabeth Street has the same issues as Percy and Queen Street, where the tree pit has raised. This will be added to the list of works required.

to reply to my calls asking why they have put it in such a dangerous place. It can only be assumed they have decided to put in a new bus stop and that the crossing point is so people can supposedly safely cross the road. But, sadly, they have made a shocker of a decision on where to place this crossing point.

This is one of the narrowest points in the road and with a new crossing point goes a traffic island stuck right in the middle of the road and new road markings that narrow the road down even further, to the point where it is impossible for cars and bikes to pass by at the same time.

And certainly, it is completely unsafe and totally impossible for a truck or bus to pass a bike at these points. To add insult to injury for cyclists, the previous little bit of protection they had with a white line a bit of a distance out from the curb, making almost a cycle lane on parts of the road near where the new crossing point has been installed, has also been taken away!

Carpark distress One side of the Matheson Bay carpark is closed for a period (Feb/Mar) for resealing. No one wants to stand in the way of road maintenance, but why for goodness sake is it being done in the height of summer? The type of work being done could just as easily be done over winter and thereby interfere with far fewer people. Thoughtless planning!

Phil Heron, Matheson Bay

An Auckland Council spokesperson responds: Due to the significant number of assets maintained and renewed for the amenity of Aucklanders and visitors across the region by the Council’s Community Facilities department, this work takes place across the seasons, in a variety of weather conditions. While we appreciate the inconvenience that this work can sometimes cause, we hope that this is offset by the delivery of facilities that meet the needs of beachgoers.

Auckland Transport adds: In general terms, sealing can’t be done in the winter because of the cold and wet; it needs to be done in the warm weather.

OFF THE RECORD Heart of the problem After a visit to the hospital, a local resident decided he must have a bad case of Hill Street Intersection Syndrome (HSIS). Looking at his wife’s heart scan, he couldn’t help but notice the similarity between complex bypass surgery and solving Warkworth’s own ailments.

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I could have quite easily listed off all the cost, health, safety and environmental benefits of leaving the car keys at home, but the more I thought about human experience and the way in which we relate to one another, I thought it best to share with you my own experience.

Now I’ll be honest, I didn’t willingly volunteer for my first public transport experience. As a rural born and raised Bohemian living in Mahurangi West, getting from point A to B and back only ever involved four wheels and a maximum of five seats. Effective enough for most trips, but then came the dilemma of getting my siblings and myself to and from boarding school in the city each week, without breaking the bank and without relying on full-time locally-employed parents.

As a 14-year-old, it’s safe to say that the mere thought of travelling 47km via three buses from Epsom to Waiwera on a Friday night didn’t immediately spark joy. I thought it would be an unnecessarily complex, long and, quite frankly, uncomfortable commute. However, the reality proved to be very different.

We did our research, mapped out the timetable for our route, grabbed our bags and some loose change and set out to find our first stop. Sure enough, the bus came on time, we piled on board at a discount (a perk of being tertiary students) and headed into the CBD. From there, it was as easy as disembark, greet driver and repeat.

Yes, it was cost-effective, the buses ran to schedule and the total trip time came in at under 90 minutes, but it was the overall social aspect of our journey that I will forever remember. It gave my sisters and I the opportunity to share in a new experience together, decompress on the week just gone and embrace our youthful independence.

It’s hard to believe that our inherent fear of the unknown was almost enough to prevent us from trying something that, funnily enough, ended up being one of the most enjoyable moments of our week. So instead of falling into the same travel routine, I encourage you all to adopt the good old-fashioned give-it-a-go Kiwi approach to our new network. See if the services themselves can’t persuade you to continue to HOP back on. As I found, it’s as easy as taking your first trip.

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Mixed reaction as NZTA unveils new motorway route A mix of enthusiasm, frustration and bitterness was evident at a public information day held in the Warkworth Town Hall on March 2 to hear the latest news on the Warkworth to Te Hana motorway project.

Some celebrated the prospect of speedier and safer travel between Warkworth, Wellsford and Te Hana, while others, particularly those on or near the proposed route, lamented the loss or devaluation of their properties and a perceived negative environmental impact.

Although the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) believes construction is unlikely to start for another 10 years, it has refined the road’s indicative alignment in preparation for securing the necessary consents to build the road. Consents are due to be secured this year.

The indicative alignment travels west of Warkworth and east of both Wellsford and Te Hana with interchanges at all three towns to connect to local roads.

Visitors at the information day got the chance to view the indicative alignment on a tabletop model and speak to NZTA staff.

Changes to the first indicative route presented in 2017 include a revised Warkworth interchange and a new location for the “northern tie-in” where the new motorway reconnects with SH1 north of Te Hana. The tie-in will now take place north of Maeneene Bridge.

For full details of the indicative route, visit nzta. govt.nz/warkworth-wellsford.

Visitors peruse a tabletop model of the indicative route.

How the new motorway will connect …

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Those in favour ...

Peter Worral, Warkworth It means it will be easier to get on to the motorway from Woodcocks Road, which is great. Whether I ever get to see it happen, of course, is another thing. It could be a long time.

Jim Hight, Algies Bay I like that it takes traffic away from Wellsford and Warkworth by bypassing them.

That’s good. I’d like them to get a move on with it.

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Sarah Gordon, Falls Road It needs to go ahead sooner. Look at the statistics that come out of Dome Valley now – fatalities, serious accidents. I can hear the sirens go off from where I live.

The sooner they build this new motorway, the better.

Those against ...

David Mason, Kaipara Flats Road We are going to be as close to the motorway as we are to Kaipara Flats Road. If we put our house on the market we would not get anything like its market value. We’re concerned about the noise and we are concerned about dust and vibration.

Dianne Civil, Warkworth I’m very unhappy with this massive Warkworth interchange that is going to be built near the Mahurangi River. I think it’s going to be disastrous for river quality and river health. I would rather see improvements to the current SH1 and to public transport.

Dyslexia information evening Mahurangi Kahui Ako (community of learning) will host an information evening on dyslexia this month. Among the topics discussed will be what happens in the brain for dyslexic-type learners and how parents and teachers can work with them to make the most of their gifts and engage them in learning. The speaker will be dyslexia specialist Jeanie Raffills who has taught primary, secondary and adult students who have difficulty learning to read, write and spell, and who are often hampered by low self-esteem. About 5 to 10 per cent of New Zealand learners are diagnosed as dyslexic, more than 20 per cent have dyslexic-type traits and many disengaged learners have dyslexictype traits. The evening will be held at Horizon School Auditorium, Snells Beach on Tuesday, March 26, at 6.30pm. Admission free.

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Alec Rumble, Wellsford It dissects my 100-acre farm clean in half. I’m not happy at all. We bought the place as a retirement block. I’ve got no problem with progress, as long as it does not affect me and my family, my income and my retirement.

Thanks to your help we’re now nearing completion of the Warkworth Structure Plan to determine how land surrounding the township will be developed over the next 30 years.

The plan has been developed after months of research, engagement and community input.

The draft structure plan is open for public feedback until 25 March. This is the opportunity to have your say on the layout of the different land uses and supporting infrastructure shown in the draft plan.

Reflecting public feedback, the draft plan proposes to protect and restore a ‘green network’ of areas around streams and bush. The plan has a range of new residential areas; from low density around the outer edges to higher density around new neighbourhood and local centres. Locations for new business land are identified in the plan for future employment growth. The plan also shows indicative locations of potential new parks.

Refinements gained from feedback will be incorporated in the final draft Structure Plan for council approval in June.

Please visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay for more information and a feedback form.

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High hopes banger will make it to Bluff to aid charities Snells Beach engineer Roger Grant was looking for something a bit different to celebrate his 70th birthday and decided to drive a clapped-out old motor all the way to Bluff.

Roger will be joined by friends Michael Campbell, from Omaha, and John Fletcher, from Matamata, for the 2019 Bangers to Bluff charity car rally.

Michael is also participating to mark turning 70.

The Bangers to Bluff event is organised by the Half Moon Bay Rotary Club and raises money for Multiple Sclerosis NZ and Hopeworks Foundation, which assists people with brain injuries.

To enter, the trio had to supply their own banger and managed to secure a once rather snazzy-looking 1985 Holden Royale for $300. The car had been destined for the wreckers.

The previous owner could not get it going, so the men set to work replacing plugs and filters, fixing the wheel bearings and having a shock absorber installed.

After spending $700, they were able to make the car roadworthy. The men are calling their team “VK Royale-T”.

There is a trophy for the car judged to have the “most character” and Roger thinks the Royale’s distinctive ‘white and rust’ colour scheme might put it in with a chance to win.

He says he’s looking forward to the 12-day trip though admits he is not absolutely certain the car will make it.

“We are going to have to nurse it. It’s

an old car,” he says.

Once the rally is over, the car will be sold to bolster VK Royale-T’s fundraising effort.

Roger says they already have a buyer lined up who is willing to pay $4500 for it, assuming the car does not deteriorate much during the long journey south.

Apart from that, VK Royale-T are hoping Mahurangi businesses will sponsor them to raise a further $1500 to $2000.

Anyone can sponsor at givealittle.co.nz and searching under Bangers to Bluff 2019.

Cars depart Bucklands Beach on April 2 and should arrive in Bluff on April 13, chiefly using less travelled routes.

Last year, the event raised $40,000.

To help with sponsorship, phone Roger on 0274 777564.

Michael Campbell, left, and Roger Grant plan to take it easy on the car in the hope of reaching Bluff.

Repair event to give items new lease of life “Fix it up, don’t throw it away” is the mantra behind Mahurangi Wastebusters’ second Repair Café, which will take place this coming Sunday, March 17 at the Matakana Hall.

People are being encouraged to take along broken items such as household appliances, bicycles, clothing, jewellery, toys and small pieces of furniture so a team of skilled volunteers can give them a new lease of life. Organiser Angie Gibbons says the aim of the café is to repair things to prolong their useful life.

“By repairing, we share and learn valuable skills and reduce waste to landfill,” she says. “And if you have nothing to repair, drop in for a cup of tea.”

Volunteer repairers are also still being sought, especially electricians who can spare an hour or two to help with small appliance repairs. Repairs, drinks and refreshments are all available in exchange for a donation, and the Repair Café will be open from 2pm to 4.30pm. Anyone interested in helping should contact Angie on 021 353666 or email mahurangiwastebusters@gmail.com

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Writer challenges Western views on Afghanistan Crashes prompts A Snells Beach writer has written a speed limit calls comprehensive history of Afghanistan, which has drawn high praise from academics around the world.

Dr Jonathan Lee, a social and cultural historian, moved to Snells Beach in 2007, but has lived in and visited Afghanistan at various times since 1971, furthering his studies there and undertaking consultancy work with non-governmental organisations.

He says he’s had his fair share of scary moments, particularly during coups in 1977, 1978, and in 1992 when the Mujahidin took over and law and order broke down.

He says things got worse after 2002 due to the increasing militarisation of aid.

“Insurgents increasingly regarded foreigners as an arm of what they deemed was a military occupation by foreign and infidel forces, and hence ‘fair game’,” he says.

Dr Lee’s book, Afghanistan – A History from 1260 to the Present, took 10 years to write. His sources included Afghan government officials, British government and India Office archives, CIA reports and WikiLeaks documents.

He says he wanted to produce a comprehensive and understandable history for the general reader.

At the same time, he wanted the book to be corrective – challenging what he calls the “increasingly discredited colonial discourse about Afghanistan” and the rhetoric promoted by the Afghan monarchy to justify its monopoly on political and

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economic power.

Dr Lee also challenges the continual linking of Afghanistan with terrorism.

“One should not regard the actions of a few radicals as being representative of the nation as a whole. Sadly, it has become a common presumption in much popular western discourse to equate Afghans – and Muslims in general – with terrorism.

He says one of Afghanistan’s perennial problems has been its failure to establish participatory government.

Dr Lee says successive foreign powers – Britain, the USSR, the US and NATO – have all thought they could fix the problem by military intervention

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“Until the issue of nation building, civil society and good governance is seriously addressed by the dominant military powers and donor states, one is just propping up an unsustainable model and tinkering with a broken system,” he says.

Academics who have praised Dr Lee’s book include Michael Semple of Queen’s University, Belfast.

“This work is an encyclopedia of the ways in which the past helps shape the ideas and possibilities of the present,” he says.

Speed limits on dozens of local roads could be reduced if a new Auckland Transport (AT) Safe Speeds bylaw gets the go-ahead.

AT is calling for feedback on its proposals from now until March 31, and has produced an interactive map showing exactly where the new limits are being planned throughout the region.

The reason behind the new bylaw is the high number of deaths and serious injuries on Auckland roads, which rose by 70 per cent between 2014 and 2017, and in Rodney in particular, which had the highest number out of all the Auckland local board areas and where road deaths increased by 107 per cent.

AT’s elected member relationship manager Ellen Barrett told last month’s Rodney Local Board meeting that nearly a third of accidents involved so-called vulnerable road users – cyclists and pedestrians – and AT and the Board were collaborating to bring down this “unacceptably high” number.

“Both acknowledge that one of the fastest ways to reduce the trauma on our roads is to set safe and appropriate speeds,” she said. “Speed determines both the likelihood of a crash occurring and the severity of the outcome.”

Full details of the bylaw, an interactive map and list of roads, plus feedback options can be found online at: at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/safespeeds-programme/speed-limit-changesaround-auckland

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A representative of Ngāti Manuhiri led a group of engineers and officials in seeking the protection of Waawaia – a taniwha believed to have looked after waka travelling on the Mahurangi River.

At that moment, the heavens opened and it rained, ending the big dry felt by the region for the previous six weeks.

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Watercare north water production manager Shannon Palmer said a test had found that the water in the aquifer that the plant draws from is 176 years old.

It will deliver 3000 cubic metres of water a day and can produce up to 8000 if needed.

Watercare claims also to have been successful, where previous councils have failed, in sinking a bore in Wellsford and finding water. Ms Palmer says tests on the water have begun and the public can expect an update in about a year.

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Monster trek raises thousands for Himalayan Trust Three Mahurangi men trekked more than 100km along the Heaphy Track, completing their journey within 24 hours and raising more than $35,000 for the Himalayan Trust.

Bayleys Real Estate director Mark Macky organised the challenge, which was also completed by Springboard founder Gary Diprose and Bayleys agent Raymond Barnes. They were joined by nine others.

The marathon effort is the fifth extreme challenge set by Mr Macky, 45, to raise money for the trust.

He says he was inspired by trust founder Sir Edmund Hillary, who shortly before he died urged that people remember him not by erecting statues in his honour, but rather by continuing his work.

Mr Macky timed the Heaphy challenge to coincide with what would have been

Mark Macky, Raymond Barnes and Gary Diprose near the finish line.

Sir Edmund’s 100th birthday.

The 12 set off at 5pm Friday, February 22, and tramped through the night along most of Heaphy Track between Golden Bay and the West Coast. They reached the halfway point about 4am.

They then turned around and retraced

their steps with the aim of returning to their starting point by 5pm on Saturday.

Exhausted but jubilant, the party arrived back where they started with about 30 minutes to spare. The longest stop on their journey was just 10 minutes long.

“I’m thinking we’re too old to be doing this stuff. We should be smarter by now, but clearly we are not,” Mr Macky says.

“A few of the boys felt a little bit ill and a little bit sore, but they all made it in one piece.”

The Himalayan Trust is a non-profit humanitarian organisation which provides education, safe water and better healthcare to communities living in the Everest region of Nepal.

Mr Macky got to see the trust’s work there when he hiked to the Mount Everest Base camp about three years ago with his friend Ken Brophy.

Other extreme challenges he has set for friends include climbing Mt Taranaki, Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe within 24 hours. The events have raised about $100,000 for the trust. To donate, visit givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/100kms-for100k-for-100years

Submissions urge four-lane Matakana link road from outset More than 150 individual submissions have been made urging Auckland Transport (AT) to ensure the Matakana link road is built with four lanes from the outset, and not two now, two later, as AT has previously proposed.

An Auckland Council hearing into AT’s notice of requirement, or designation of land, and application for the resource consents required to build the road is being held from March 27 to 29 at the council chambers in Orewa. Submissions made during the consultation period in November will be heard and considered by Council-

appointed commissioners.

By far the majority of submissions have said that, due to the amount of existing local traffic and rapid development taking place locally, it is vital for the original plan for a fourlane road to be constructed from the start. Many of these submissions were made following a public meeting held in Warkworth in November objecting to AT proposals to cut the project’s budget and only build a two-lane road initially.

In the Council planners’ report to the hearing, principal planner Alison Pye

says that, in her view, the proposed staging approach is appropriate and “no change is recommended arising from the submitters’ requests for amended staging”.

However, AT said last week that it was designating and purchasing land for the full four-lane design, and it “will consider providing capacity for four lanes in stage 1 with any potential savings”, subject to approval by the NZTA and AT Board of Directors.

AT says the detailed design phase has already started, including work to refine the original design and costs,

and is programmed to be finished by the middle of the year. Construction is due to start in the last quarter of 2019, though AT says that timing depends on the outcomes of the designation, land purchase and funding processes.

Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers, who has been at the forefront of local efforts to secure a four-lane link road, says that he understands AT wants to build four lanes from the outset, rather than two now and two later, as a result of pressure from the local community, though he adds that it still requires ratification from both boards.

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Kathryn Ashworth, left, accepted the cheque from Kowhai Lions president Olwyn Hill.

More cash for river dredging The Mahurangi River Restoration Trust received a donation of $4000 from the Kowhai Coast Lions Club at the 50th birthday celebration of the Steam Engine Society in Warkworth recently.

The smell of burning coal was in the air as several steamboat owners showed off their vessels and took the public for rides up and down the river.

The funds for the donation were raised by the Kowhai club during its Christmas display of 60 decorated trees in the Old Masonic Hall.

Club president Olywn Hill said they decided to focus their efforts on raising money for the river, as the project would be a real benefit for everyone in the area.

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manager Kathryn Ashworth said all the recent support from the community had been heart-warming.

“It’s because of the work done so far that we can have this steamboat day and worry less about the tide,” Kathryn said. “Towns based around rivers have a real buzz about them.”

The trust still needs to raise $3.5 million to realise its goal of restoring the river.

Steamboat event organiser Daniel Hicks said six boats were on the river, with steam engine enthusiasts bringing their handmade engines from as far afield as Whanganui.

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The rise and fall of Tungacres at Te Arai In 1930, a new-found wonder filled the newspapers as they wrote about the benefits of tung oil. Tung trees originated from China and the oil from their nuts became the ‘lifeblood’ of the paint and varnish industries. Later discoveries showed they benefitted the running of cars.

Natural Products (NZ) Ltd acquired 2221 acres of land at Te Arai, near Mangawhai to produce tung oil. It became known as Tungacres.

Its advertised for readers to buy ‘Surety Tung Oil Bonds’ on easy terms or cash.

Bonds began at £25, but after 1933, when the company registered as a public company with an authorised capital of £20,000, bonds were available for £30 each.

Following land preparations, which involved turning the soil and getting rid of stumps left behind after the logging of kauri and rimu, lupins were grown to provide nitro-generation and aeration of the soil. The first planting of 10,000 tung tree seedlings was completed in August 1931. They were planted 23 feet apart and after five months were four feet high. At maturity, they would reach 30 to 40 feet in height. A very attractive tree with large green leaves.

In 1932, Cyril Hawley applied for and was granted the position of manager at Tungacres. He was an electrician who had been left bankrupt because of the Napier earthquake, from where he hailed. He was also knowledgeable about horticulture, which was a determining factor in his success.

The Tung Oil Scheme was originally a Government programme to provide work for unemployed men during the difficult years of the Depression. Men walked from Auckland, with a swag on their backs in the hope of attaining work. Cyril never turned a man away, even if he could only give him one day’s work. A working man’s pay was 10 shillings per week.

A bunk house was built on the side of the Mangawhai/Tomarata Road by the men.

It was made with corrugated iron and painted red. It was built on a virtual swamp and tractors were forever becoming bogged there. Bullocks had to pull them out.

The bullocks’ names were Spiffy and Mo, after a couple of vaudeville actors.

About 750 acres were planted with tung trees by 1935, but for some reason Mr Cyril Hawley and family left the district in November 1935. He had no control over the financial situation within the company. We have photos of a

Mr Hawley and his tung trees.

wonderful healthy groves of tung trees growing in profusion. But in June 1936, the Chief Judge in Equity, having heard evidence relating to the company’s financial position, its tung trees and its defaults under the Trust Deed, ordered its compulsory liquidation. His Honour said the company had succeeded in losing practically the whole of its paid up capital.

So, the project came to an end and, without care, the trees failed. By 1938, 90 per cent of them were dead. A sad end to the hopes of many that lived during those difficult years. But Te Arai did bounce back with dairy and sheep farming and the area subsequently prospered.

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Collectors show off classics The Warkworth-Wellsford Vintage Club ‘swap meet’ saw a good turnout on Saturday, February 23, with crowds coming to see classic cars on display in a paddock on Satellite Station road.

As well as vintage vehicles, there were several stalls for secondhand car parts and general items such as jerry cans.

Car collector Grant Stott was there to sell his white, rear engine 1974 Fiat 600D that had been in the family for 40 years.

It had been owned by his uncle in the Solomon Islands and was brought to New Zealand to be a runaround car for his daughter.

“Over the last 15 years we have had

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“I lost a good mate recently and I’ve got a few vehicles at home that I thought I’ve got to do something about.

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Congratulations to Val Poulter, of Warkworth, who is a recipient of a gift basket from Chocolate Brown. Val was nominated by Joy Aulsford, who wrote:

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Since its inception in 2016, the Old Warkworth Courthouse has been headquarters but that is undergoing a refit and sadly our tenancy has come to an end.

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If you have a secure premise in the Warkworth area – preferably in the CBD for volunteers and suitable for sorting foodstuffs, please let us know.

The Warkworth Rotary/Lions Food Rescue is facilitated through these service clubs who serve our community in so many ways.

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Tola Newberry hopes to entertain on his first visit to Warkworth.

Festival show journeys to Warkworth This year’s Auckland Arts Festival will reach Warkworth in the form of Kupe’s Heroic Journey.

The one-man play will be performed at the Warkworth Town Hall on Sunday, March 17 at 6pm.

Actor Tola Newberry, who has formerly been part of the Matariki Festival and the arts festival, will perform the show across 10 venues.

“The story is an ode to the traveller, taking on the journey of Kupe from Hawaiki,” Tola says.

“It’s quite different to anything I’ve done before as

I will play multiple characters with minimal props.”

Tola says the audience will need to be focused to follow the show, which can be interpreted in a number of ways.

“There is a lot of jumping between the past and present, and about a third of the lines are in Te Reo. “It will definitely be an entertaining show, though, for both adults and children,” he says.

The show is 50-minutes long and entry is free. To register, visit eventfinda.co.nz/2019/aaf-ka-tito-aukupes-heroic-journey/auckland/warkworth

There are still places available on some of the 30 different walks taking place over the 20th annual Mangawhai Walking Weekend, which takes place from March 28 to 31.

This year’s event features seven completely new walks, plus several that have been ‘refreshed’ or are back by popular demand and, as ever, they range from easy strolls right up to serious hill climbing.

The weekend kicks off with The Long Tramp, a hardcore eight-hour walk taking in four hill tracks in the Brynderwyns on the Thursday, followed by the much more gentle Troubadour Trail around the Mangawhai Estuary on the Friday.

New attractions on Saturday include an Art ’n’ Garden walk, a tea party at Penrose Farm, and Views From the Hinterland, as well as a Flavours of the Hills tasting tour of local avocado, honey and wine producers, finishing with a platter lunch at Te Whai Bay Wines. Saturday also includes the annual Food & Wine Festival with live music at The Olive Grove, opposite Mangawhai School, from 3pm to 7pm.

On Sunday, there will be a series of short walks, including Tales From the Past, a look at Mangawhai’s history with local identity Jo Roberts, followed by a 20 Years of Walking anniversary barbecue lunch at The Olive Grove.

Bookings are required for all walks – more information and registration forms can be found at mangawhaiwalking.co.nz

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Show features colourful quilts The Warkworth Quilters Club will be exhibiting its works at the Mahurangi Community Centre in Snells Beach, on April 12 and 13.

Three of the colourful quilts will be raffled to raise funds for Adults in Motion (AIM), a programme that provides intellectually disabled young adults in Warkworth with opportunities to participate in the community. The club learned that AIM has been struggling with a rent increase at their rooms in Warkworth.

There will be more than 200 quilts in the exhibition, with contributions also coming from the neighbouring Quilts 10 club, which specialises in 12-inch cloths.

The quilts can take anything from two days to five years to complete, depending on the complexity of the design.

One of the four quilts being exhibited by club coordinator Jean Gardener, entitled Ravens and Eagles, was inspired by the landscapes of Alaska.

After an exhibit, the quilts are usually donated to anyone in the district in need of assistance.

“We see a sad story and we drop in a

President Glenys Wild and club coordinator Jean Gardener with a quilt entitled Ravens and Eagles.

quilt,” president Glenys Wild says.

Since April last year, more than 100 quilts have gone to places such as Rodney Women’s Refuge and hospital birthing units.

The quilts are on show for two days only and entry is $5.

High stakes in Leigh raft race The Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade hopes to reclaim the top position at the next Leigh Raft Race on March 23, after its long-time rivals from Matakana won two years running.

Race organiser Errol Murray says this year a judge will be appointed that is not a fire brigade member because the stakes are so high and the rules have changed.

“It will not necessarily be about who crosses the finish line first, as points will be awarded for creativity, and timing considered after that,” Murray says.

He wants people to think beyond just standard 44 gallon barrels in their design and recalls a particularly impressive craft featuring a hydro

foiling trampoline.

The rules forbid motors of any kind, as well as surfboards and windsurfing, but mechanical paddles are okay if they are human-powered.

The event has also been shifted to Matheson Bay because of the difficulty in timing the tide at Whangateau.

In previous races, eggs and buckets of rice have been used to distract the helmsmen, and this year participants are warned that kids may be armed with slingshots.

Anyone who wants to take part can get in contact with Murray on 021 078 7477, or just turn up with a valid vessel. Race starts at 1pm, $10 per raft.

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Call for artists to join trail Tawharanui artist Alysn MidgelowMarsden has issued an open call to all artists and creatives in the Mahurangi area to participate in an open studio event.

The event invites artists to open up their studios, homes or collective spaces to visitors over one or two weekends in May. The studios would form an art trail, which visitors could follow with a map.

Alysn says this is a well tried and tested format, which has proved successful for many artists.

“We did this in 2018 and visitors were

delighted to see our work spaces, talk in more detail about our practice and even bought some pieces,” she says.

Already Alysn has interest from artists involved in painting, printing, ceramics, textiles, mixed-media work and jewellery but is eager for more.

Her own speciality is stitchwork using thin metal sheets as fabric.

“Why not join us this year and make it a stand-out event?” she says.

Artists wishing to participate should contact Alysn on 022 318 6750 or email alysnmm@gmail.com

Cruise to cover river history The history, ecology and issues facing the Mahurangi River will be the subject of a two-hour cruise aboard the historic scow Jane Gifford on Thursday, March 14.

Warkworth Rotary is organising the event and all proceeds will be donated to the Mahurangi River Restoration Trust.

Speakers on board will include Lyn Wade, whose father grew up on the river; Dave Morgan, a biologist and

marine farmer; and Dave Parker, a local identity who has a deep appreciation for the history of the town and river.

Passengers will also be welcome to contribute their memories and knowledge.

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Leading stars of art song to feature at Warkworth Town Hall Warkworth Music’s first concert of the year will feature baritone Julien Van Mellaerts accompanied by pianist James Baillieu at the Warkworth Town Hall on Sunday, April 7 at 4pm.

Warkworth Music spokesperson Lisa Outwin says the concert is a chance to

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He has been chosen to star in The Marriage of Figaro at Salzburg’s Mozart Week 2020.

Julien has a special connection with the Warkworth area, as he grew up here and attended Matakana Primary School.

World renowned South African pianist James Baillieu is professor and head of piano accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

James and Julien are two of the leading young performers of art song and lieder.

Lisa says the supremely talented musicians will treat audiences to a beguiling selection of songs connected with travel, landscapes and drama.

Their performance will include Ornithological Anecdotes, a new

commission from New Zealand composer Gareth Farr of short poems

by Bill Manhire about some of New Zealand’s iconic birds – the takahē, dotterel, tūī and the huia.

Their wide-ranging programme will explore a selection of art songs, ranging from the swooning nostalgia of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square to Cole Porter’s laugh-outloud The Tale of the Oyster.

The evening will also include whimsical arrangements of British folk songs by Benjamin Britten and Vaughan Williams, along with songs

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Near-death experiences prompt warning to women A 41-year-old Leigh mother who suffered three serious cardiac events and almost died as a result of an unusual heart condition is warning other women never to ignore unusual pain or symptoms.

Melissa Crockett-Joyoue says it was only because she was having a rare quiet morning at home that she really took notice of what was happening when she had her first heart attack in November, and that on any other day she might simply have ignored the symptoms and carried on. This was because she felt no pain, only strange sensations, and had no idea it was anything to do with her heart.

“I was putting moisturiser on my face when my chest felt heavy, right in the middle. I have a very heavy hei-tiki and it felt like that was weighing on my chest. I took that off, but it still felt heavy,” she says.

Then her jaw began to feel tight and tingly.

“I just thought there’s something really weird about this. My gut said there’s something wrong, even though there was no actual pain.”

She lay down on her son’s bed and called wife Doria for help.

“By that time my chest went from feeling a bit of weight to feeling

tight and then I had funny tingling sensations running down the back of my arms. My jaw was still tingly, and then it was tight and tingly across my upper back. It still wasn’t painful, though. Just tight, like a band around my chest, and it kept getting tighter and tighter.”

Leigh Fire Brigade was first on the scene and immediately gave her aspirin. She was told later it was that, and the fact that she had laid down, that had saved her life.

Once at North Shore Hospital, she had an angiogram, where a thin tube was inserted into her artery and injected with dye. However, as soon as the dye got to the heart, it blocked the artery and prompted a second heart attack.

“It was terrifying, because everyone was yelling and calling for the crash team. They eventually managed to put guide wires through a closed flap in my artery and get me stabilised,” she recalls.

That flap was a spontaneous coronary artery dissection, known as SCAD, where the inner lining of an artery tears and impedes blood flow. In Melissa’s case, the injected dye pushed the torn piece of artery so that it completely blocked the artery.

It turned out that Melissa had three

Melissa Crockett-Joyoue says she may have ignored her heart attack symptoms on any other day.

tears in her arteries and it was decided she needed double heart bypass surgery. However, just two days before she was due to have the operation, she caught gastroenteritis and a consequent drop in her blood pressure saw her pass out and suffer cardiac arrest. It took a sustained bout of CPR and a tense few hours of trying to bring her blood pressure back up and rehydrate her before Melissa was out of the woods again.

“Of the three times that I could have died, that was the most dramatic and frightening,” she says. “It was terrifying that I could just ‘leave’

without knowing, without being able to fight.”

After a day’s recovery, Melissa had her open heart surgery and returned home just before Christmas.

“It’s had massive impacts on all of us,” she says. “I can’t pick up the children, and it took eight weeks just to be able to bottle feed our baby daughter Hine.

“But the community has been amazing – people gave Doria lifts to the hospital, we had meals delivered for six weeks, local friends organised breast milk donations from around the country, and the fire brigade saved my life.”

Melissa is now keen to increase awareness of SCAD and the fact that it frequently affects women who have recently given birth. She says women need to listen to their bodies and to make sure they are heard by health professionals, who might not immediately suspect heart issues with them.

“It’s a real warning for women,” she says. “If you have something that feels wrong, ring an ambulance, don’t just soldier on. If your gut is telling you something is wrong, listen to it.

“On any other day, I might have explained my symptoms away, and I wouldn’t be here now.”

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Locks lopped for leukaemia The floor at the Mahurangi East Library was littered with hair last month as Snells Beach locals shaved to raise funds for leukaemia and blood cancer research.

Jenny Bartlett had her head shaved for the seventh time, and has now raised more than $30,000 as part of the Shave for a Cure events.

An unintended benefit is that she only needs one haircut a year in between shaves.

“I’m not fit enough to run a marathon with a pack on to raise money, but I can shave,” she says.

The cause really hit home for Jenny following the fifth shave when her sister was unexpectedly diagnosed with leukaemia.

“It was the first time I had actually seen someone run their hands through

Jenny Bartlett’s purple head of hair was shaved by Leigh of East Coast Barbers.

their hair and just have it come out in their fingers.”

Jenny encourages more people to join

the team and wants to set up a ‘shave sisters of Snells Beach’ group.

Jenny’s Facebook posts have inspired

people as far off as Saudi Arabia. A school in Riyadh held a funky hair day and raised $8000 for the cause.

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Brothers Sam and Willie Ryburn, of Warkworth, will compete in their third Pork Pie Charity Run at Easter and have set themselves a fundraising target of $30,000.

Over seven days, the Ryburns will race a modified Mini from Kaitaia to Invercargill – a total of 2600kms – while raising funds for KidsCan. As part of their fundraising campaign, a Comedy and Auction night will be held at The Bridgehouse back bar on Thursday, March 21.

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Brendhan Lovegrove. Autographed items, such as All Blacks’ shirts and other sports paraphernalia, will be on the block. This year, the brothers will race in a stretch Mini Limo.

“The team at Allens Autos has once again worked long hours in making sure that it’s going to last the distance,” Sam says.

If the race goes to plan, all 60 Minis in the rally will make a brief stop at The Grange in Warkworth on Good Friday, from around 10am onwards.

Readers can follow the team on Facebook: Team foowhataye To make a donation, go to: porkpiecharityrun2019.gofundraise. co.nz/page/WillieRyburn Tickets for the comedy evening are available from The Bridgehouse, or from Sam on 027 442 7685.

Kaiwaka community starts conversation A new initiative for local people to get together to discuss issues affecting their communities is being started by Kate’s Place Community House in Kaiwaka this year. The first Community Conversations evening will take place on March 21, looking at the effects of technology on children with Quentin Matson, a senior registered health clinician.

The event will take place at Kate’s Place, Kaiwaka from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday, March 21. A light supper will be served. Admission is free, but space is limited, so an RSVP is required to Kirstie on 09 431 2661 or 029 773 9085.

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Firstly, as parents, we can be inquisitive about what internet services our children use on a consistent basis. Do you know if your child/children have an Instagram account? If so, how often are they on it, who do they follow, who follows them and what is the content of their account?

Talking to our children about cyber safety is really important. Do they fully understand the implications of “posting” certain images of themselves and others?

What sort of control do they have about what is posted about them, their peers or family members? Children need to have an understanding that everything on the internet is not true and can sometimes have a very negative effect for other people. Netsafe New Zealand (netsafe.org.nz) offers great advice and support for parents and children. The top 10 Tips for Parenting is a great place to start if you would like more of an understanding in keeping your children safe online.

Another alarming issue that has come to light is the New Zealand Instagram Fights page for colleges. Please talk to your children about the impacts of violence and how this is not okay. If you have concerns that this is affecting your child, speak with a teacher, a Board of Trustee member or the Ministry of Education. Homebuilders Family Support Services can help you and your child if you feel that you need that extra support.

Sadly, New Zealand has the highest rate of teen suicide in developed countries and this can partly be attributed to social media. We need to be proactive around supporting our children and youth, trusting that as parents and caregivers we will help them better manage any cyber bullying or pressure. After all, cyber bullying is illegal under our justice system.

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Wastebusting

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New Zealand is among the highest producers of urban waste in the developed world, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and causing horrendous immediate damage to the environment. But what can you do? Here are six tips for reducing your household rubbish …

1. The best place to start is to focus on what we buy and bring into our homes.

How much plastic can we avoid? Is there another option to that single-use plastic container? Try thinking about the waste while it’s still sitting on the supermarket shelf with the item you want to buy inside it, rather than when Turning second hand goods into first class care you’re trying to dispose of the packaging.

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All proceeds from the shops support care in your local community 4. Avoid takeaway coffee cups – many thousands of these end up in our landfills All proceeds from the shops support care in your local community every day and most are not recyclable. Instead, always carry a reusable cup with you. A good place to keep one is in the car. The same goes for water harbourhospice.org.nz bottles – fill and carry one with you.

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Bureau’s free advice service takes pressure off debt burden Managing money problems can be one of the most stressful challenges in life, but as of January, the Wellsford Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) now offers a free budgeting service to help keep finances on track.

Budget service manager Jo Walker says a lot of households struggle with debt at this time of year, as back to school costs put finances under strain.

“The number one reason people visit us is debt, and a big issue right now is the cost of going back to school, including uniforms, IT, and stationery supplies,” she says.

One of the main obstacles is the reluctance to talk about debt, but people need to know they don’t have to be alone in their worries.

“Kiwis don’t often like to bring up their crippling debt over dinner, but they can off load to us because our service is confidential and free,” she says.

“We get them to give us all the numbers, then we work through creating a simple budget, and they get a road map that says how much can be spent and on what.”

Working with CAB can also dissuade creditors from taking action such as shutting off the power or repossessing a car.

“Once we have permission, we can talk to the creditor and tell them budget services is now working with the client,” says Jo. “Even if payments are in arrears, if we can show that we have done a budget and are monitoring the client then it can give the creditor some comfort.”

The budget service is run by volunteers from various backgrounds, with 17 budgeters responsible for

CAB’s Janny Baker: “All our clients leave happier than when they arrived.”

doing home visits from Puhoi to Maungaturoto, and a further three based in the Wellsford CAB office.

Volunteer budgeter Adrian Tracz has been working for the CAB for two years and recently completed an eight-week budgeting course. Tracz was previously a credit manager for Fletcher Building for 35 years and says it feels great to be on the other side, helping people to manage their debt.

One of the growing worries in the region is the significant rates increases in recent years, which is particularly hurting retirees, she says.

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National and Labour politicians clash on Capital Gains Tax Rodney MPs Mark Mitchell and Marja Lubeck have taken diametrically opposing positions on a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) proposed by the Government’s Tax Working Group.

At the end of February, the group suggested the Government should impose a capital gains tax on investment properties, shares, business assets and farms.

The group reckons this will reap $8 billion in revenue over five years and recommends the money be used to cut income taxes for middle and low income earners.

But National MP, and MP for Rodney, Mark Mitchell says the proposed tax is an attack on ordinary New Zealanders’ ability to invest and save for their retirement.

“The last thing New Zealand needs is more taxes, but it seems like that’s the automatic response from this Government to any issue – impose another tax,” he says.

Mr Mitchell says the proposed CGT would be one of the most onerous capital taxation regimes in the world.

He says those hurt most would be those on modest incomes, innovators and entrepreneurs.

“It is a tax on anyone who takes the initiative, works hard and tries to make something of themselves,” he says.

“This isn’t about taxing the rich – this will hit people on middle incomes.”

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list MP, Marja Lubeck disagrees, saying imposing a CGT will make the tax system much fairer – ensuring more tax is paid by wealthier households.

“I believe it is really important – especially considering growing inequality – that our tax system is fit for purpose now, as well as for future generations,” she says.

She says it doesn’t seem fair that a person who earns $50,000 in wages will pay $8,020 in tax on that income, while someone who makes a $50,000 capital gain from the sale of a rental property ends up paying no tax on that gain.

Meanwhile, KGA Warkworth chief executive, Jacqueline Ironside, says she agrees that treating capital gains the same as other forms of income for tax purposes is fundamentally a fairer system.

She says there is a lot of money being made by big businesses and wealthy people buying and selling companies and shares and currently not paying tax on the capital gain from those transactions, when they ought to do so.

But at the same time, she worries middle income earners could be unfairly hard hit by a CGT. She cites the example of an older couple who downsize their home and put money into a rental property, which then becomes subject to CGT. She is also concerned about small business owners.

“A small business owner may not earn a heck of a lot, but if they sell their business for $500,000, the capital gain on that could be, say, $200,000. They will pay 33 per cent on that, which I believe is unfair,” she says.

Ms Ironside says if a CGT is introduced, an exemption should be available for small business owners and marginal tax rates should be adjusted to reduce the tax burden for low and middle income earners.

Meanwhile, Ms Lubeck says the Government will now take some time to consider the Tax Working Group proposals. The working group’s report contains 99 recommendations for a more balanced tax system and the Government is not bound to accept all of them.

“Further announcements will happen in April, but anything the Coalition Government agrees to won’t come into force until after the next election – giving New Zealanders the chance to vote on any decisions made by the Government,” she says.

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Farmers speak up on CGT Federated Farmers claims a CGT is a “mangy dog” that will add unacceptably high costs and complexity.

Feds vice-president and commerce spokesperson Andrew Hoggard says a CGT would make New Zealand’s wellregarded tax system more complex.

He says a CGT would create a “feeding frenzy” for valuers and tax advisors, which would be just the start of compliance headaches for farmers.

Though he says one small consolation for farmers is the Tax Working Group’s recommendation to apply rollover relief.

This would mean that if a farm is sold to family successors, there would be no CGT to pay at that time.

“However, the potential tax liability would accumulate and kick if the farm property was ever sold out of that family’s ownership,” he says.

Despite Federated Farmers opposition to CGT, Mahurangi farmers’ views are more mixed.

Ray Hollis, part-owner of Gracefarm, near Wellsford, says if a CGT could be shown to improve the productive use of land, rather than the speculative use of land, then it might be a good thing.

“I see too much speculative ‘land banking’, which I don’t think is good for the country or the industry,” he says.

Mr Hollis says a major problem with farming in New Zealand is the high price of land, which is fuelled by the

Tapora farmer Earle Wright

expectation of capital growth.

This, in turn, means farmers run up huge debts in order to purchase land.

High debt servicing costs mean less money can be invested in making a farm productive, and a farm becomes less profitable.

But Tapora dairy farmer Earle Wright says a CGT would be the final nail in the coffin for the rural sector.

He says it would mean there would be no incentive for farmers to work hard and improve the value of their property.

“I’ve spent most of my 45 years paying debt off. You get yourself into a comfortable position and then you get hammered for all the work you do.

Why would you do it?” he says.

Kaipara Flats sheep and beef farmer Steve Dill also resents the prospect of a CGT. “We’re already paying a fertilizer tax, an emissions tax, a clean river tax and now they propose a capital gains tax.

We do feel we are getting a bit bullied at the moment to be quite honest with you,” he says.

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Industry set to border rivers The Warkworth Spatial Plan Working Group provided comprehensive comment on the draft Warkworth Structure Plan, which can be read in full with this story online. Abridged versions of their answers are as follows: Are there any surprises in the plan?

• Why is an apple orchard proposed to be “protected”? This is a sitespecific issue that should be tested through a resource consent or plan change process. It is not a reflective outcome for a structure, which is intended to provide for the efficient use of urban land and achieve a quality compact urban form as dictated by Council policy.

• There is a large emphasis on light and heavy industry zoned land, the only new business/general business land is already flagged for a supermarket.

How does this drive the employment future of the town? The opportunity for a “smart” economy is limited without general business. There are also limited opportunities for supporting business activities, such as the establishment of visitor accommodation, conference facilities and offices. This will limit the types of jobs that will be available in Warkworth, as the capacity of the existing town centre to provide for all the office and non-industrial or manufacturing jobs of the future is limited. This will also mean that people working in non-industrial or manufacturing or retail jobs will need to travel out of town for work.

• There does not appear to be any specific areas for rural services, such as stock and freight truck stops, service centres and so on.

Do you have any particular concerns?

• Light and heavy industry are placed next to residential zoned land with no (or only road) buffers to protect from noise, dust, etc. This detracts from the residential environment and affects the ability of industrial land to be properly and efficiently used. It will create issues now and into the future. There are better options to achieve greater separation of these land uses.

• There are pockets of inconsistently zoned land that will have major effects on the quality of streetscape – simply, these streets won’t be attractive and have the potential to become lesser enjoyed and valued places, i.e. residential, then a pocket of light industrial, then residential again on the same street.

• There is incomplete and ineffective public transport links for Warkworth north. No networks are shown along the Matakana link

road or the proposed western link road, despite significant residential areas potentially accessing these roads. Again, people are being forced into cars as the only viable transport option.

• Heavy and light industry is placed beside the upper reaches of the Mahurangi River. Not only does this prevent access and good custodianship of the river, it degrades it as a visual amenity and presents potential pollution concerns.

• Lack of green open space simply because the Parks Dept does not have the budget today, should not prevent us from aspiring to have that amenity in the future.

Do you have any further comments?

• It is good to see higher densities proposed for Warkworth, but this does not appear to achieve the balance sought by the community for higher density with a corresponding increase in public open space.

Indicative reserves are not shown in areas that achieve community aspirations, such as adjacent to the river tributaries. Esplanade reserves are insufficient.

• The structure plan is the document to guide the future development of Warkworth and a five-fold increase in population. The draft plan is not inspirational or creative.

There are significant opportunities missed to promote the river and access to it and also the potential for Warkworth to be a hub for industry and businesses related to water-based and marine activities.

The draft lacks imagination and understanding of the community.

• There needs to be an emergency services hub nominated.

• The disproportional emphasis on walkways and cycleways needs a lid put on it. A comprehensive roading network is the key to servicing the rural service community. Who is going to bring their produce to town on an e-scooter, or return with their weekly supermarket shopping?

Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers: I am disappointed that the Hill Street improvements were excluded from the structure plan, even though I asked for it to be included, but NZTA said they didn’t want it included, as they were already working on Hill Street as a separate project (see story p3).

People have mentioned that the draft structure plan summary brochure posted to local residents asking for feedback is difficult to fully continued next page

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understand without reading the associated 150 page report. Therefore, I would encourage people who are interested in what future community amenities are being planned to refer to that more detailed report, rather than just rely on the summary brochure, to give informed feedback to Auckland Council’s planners.

Rodney Local Board The plan was due to be discussed at the Local Board’s Transport Infrastructure and Environment Committee workshop last Thursday. However, on the question of an interim park and ride at the northern motorway interchange, which will eventually be replaced by a permanent park and ride at a southern interchange, Board chair Beth Houlbrooke says this will make no difference to the Board’s plan to run a park and ride of its own at the Atlas site, on SH1.

“The Board is building 80 to 120 carparks at the Atlas site, with construction expected to start sometime this year, funded through the transport targeted rate,” she says. “That will go ahead regardless of any future park and ride to be provided by Auckland Transport (nothing in the current 10 year plan), because the Atlas site has been retained for future community use. Any future community facility will require parking, so this is a long-term investment. The additional carparks will also serve as long-needed overflow parking for the showgrounds.”

One Warkworth We have not yet undertaken a thorough review, but can comment briefly on roading infrastructure as

follows: • We are pleased the southern interchange for the highway remains. This is crucial for Warkworth to cope with the planned population growth. We are concerned about the uncertainty regarding the location and timing of this work, and will be pushing hard to create greater certainty.

• Due to existing development, we do not see the western collector/ connector serving the role Auckland Transport and Warkworth needs it to. This is a direct consequence of a failure to take timely action in the designation of the route and land. It is a failing we do not want repeated in relation to the southern interchange and the Sandspit collector.

• We see potential for a true free-flowing western collector commencing at the Matakana link road intersection in the north and running alongside the new motorway, to the west and south, on land that is currently designated for the motorway, so no significant land acquisition is required. This road would connect the proposed new western commercial zone and the southern interchange.

• We would also like to see the requests that arose out of the consultation for the locations of schools and a northern hospital reflected on the plan and in land designations.

In response to this last comment, Auckland Council advises that it would also like to provide for these important services, but Ministry of Education and the Waitemata District Health Board, respectively, drive these two matters.

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Armstrong Rodney has operated from its Orewa office for nearly 30 years.

“We’ve always covered the whole of Rodney, north as far at the Brynderwyns, so a Warkworth base makes sense,” Jeremy says.

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“When I started, technology covered the telephone and the fax machine,” Jeremy says. “Now, it’s all about sensors and wifi, and being able to alarm and monitor your home or business from your phone.

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Theft, from homes and especially in the building sector, is a real issue.”

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It is expected the purpose-built restaurant at the northern end of Snells Beach, with a spectacular view of Kowhai Bay, will open later this month.

Head chef Josh Kucharick is delighted with the location and looking forward to preparing what he calls “casual Italian” – unpretentious Italian food made from the finest ingredients.

There will be a strong emphasis on having things made in-house. Bayside Eatery will make its own gelato, pasta, breads, pickles and sauerkraut.

Other ingredients will be sourced from New Zealand artisanal producers, and Josh says he’s spent most of his time preparing to open the restaurant in tracking down the best suppliers.

He says while it would actually be cheaper to order from an Italian importer, the quality would not be the same.

“The artisanal produce speaks for itself. It’s a better product,” he says.

The menu will vary with the seasons, but will likely include classics such as homemade stracciatella served with cucumber, pickle, dill, olive oil and lemon juice.

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Move to address men’s issues

by One Warkworth Men’s health, cannabis and capital gains tax are all likely to be on the agenda as potential topics of interest for One Warkworth Business Association this year.

Following the success of regular networking events for businesswomen over the past two years, manager Murray Chapman is now looking to try something similar for men.

“I’m quite keen to do a men-only event, to see what sort of following that would get, and maybe around men’s health pertaining to business,” he says. “There are sometimes slightly different stresses on men than on women. We talk a lot about how to be a solo mum and work, but there are lots of solo dads who work and have got kids, too.”

He says that while mixed networking events are useful and enjoyable, he believes there are subtle differences in the way men and women network.

“I’ve attended thousands of networking events over the years and seen that men tend to network from the head and women from the heart – they can be a lot more inclusive than men.” he says. “Our women’s events are going really well, we get 25 to 50odd women there each time. So the idea is just to see if there’s an appetite for a men’s one, too.”

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One Warkworth manager Murray Chapman is looking at organising special events for men.

national issues that the group is hoping to address this year, including the proposed Capital Gains Tax and moves to legalise cannabis.

“Capital Gains Tax is maybe something we’ll look at. If there’s a CGT on businesses, that could make a huge difference to people, so we could hold a discussion,” Murray says.

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Berger brilliant at Masterton Golden Shears championships The weekends of practicing in the woolshed paid off for 13-year-old Ahuroa shearer Gus Berger, when he took third place in the novice category at the 59th Golden Shears championships in Masterton.

Out of the 400 competitive shearers at the event, Gus was the youngest to place in a final.

Gus started shearing on the family farm with his Dad two years ago.

He quickly realised that it was the sport for him after trying his hand in various regional A&P shows.

It is the third year that the national Golden Shears has included a novice category competition and Gus decided it would be a good experience to contest it.

“There was a great atmosphere and it was amazing competing against shearers at all different levels who have left school and are doing it full time,” he says.

Though Gus took longer to shear than others in his category, he ended up ahead in points because of the exceptionally clean shave of his sheep.

Competitive shearing judge Neil Sidwell says kids today generally don’t know how to shear the head and back of a sheep, but he couldn’t fault Gus.

Gus Berger placed in the finals in his first attempt at Golden Shears. Photo, Pete Nikolaison.

“By the time some of the novices were onto the second half of their sheep, Gus had shorn two and they were clean as a whistle, which you don’t even see in the level above novice,” he says.

“Gus will go a long way, and I expect he will be even better than his old man when he reaches the senior level.”

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First stage of Snells to Warkworth path getting closer of Lawrie Road, Hamilton Road and Duck Creek Road, before dropping down to the Mahurangi River and running along the riverbank through bush and reserves right into Warkworth town centre. It is also hoped to have a couple of landing areas along the way, with a small chain ferry or barge to cross the river at the old cement works, so that walkers and cyclists can complete a loop around Warkworth.

Gary Heaven told the February Rodney Local Board meeting that the group was in discussions with consultants and contractors to get expert advice on any issues that might impede the project, and then planning consent applications could be submitted.

“We hope we can come up with a plan that allows it to be constructed in a way that keeps everyone happy,” he said. “The idea is to complete the project without significantly changing anything about the landscape and ambience of the river.”

He said funding the planning and consent stage was expected to cost $140,000 and the total project would be around $2.75 million, though he expected significant voluntary funding and labour.

Mr Heaven added that the group was working closely with Rodney Local Board, Auckland Council and the Matakana Coast Trails Trust in a bid to work out the best possible way to plan, fund and construct the new trail to ensure its success.

The red line shows the first section from Hamatana Road to Grange Street.

The blue line shows the proposed route for the 8km footpath and cycleway.

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Progress is being made on plans to connect Snells Beach with Warkworth via an eight kilometre walkway and cycleway, with work due to start on the first stage within the next few weeks.

Project chairman Gary Heaven said the initial section will see a new pathway between the bottom of Hamatana Road and the end of Grange Street, which runs south off Lawrie Road.

This will effectively connect the Te Whau path and cycleway from the bottom of Dawson Road to Grange Street, via the Goodall Reserve.

“The first section will get underway very soon, sometime in March or April,” he said. “We’re trying to do it as soon as we can – get the basics done, then get significant structures and boardwalks in sooner rather than later.”

Rodney Local Board has agreed to allocate $9,370 towards the section as part of its Locally Driven Initiatives, Community-Led small building programme, and has identified the longer trail as part of its Rodney Greenways – Puhoi to Pakiri Paths and Trails Plan.

A sub-committee of the Snells Beach Residents and Ratepayers Association has been working on developing the path and cycleway for more than a decade, establishing the best route, commissioning feasibility studies and working closely with landowners and local government bodies.

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Andrew Steens

March 2019

Under the weather The recent brush with Cyclone Oma turned into a bit of a fizzer, which was fortunate as my niece’s wedding was timed for the day it was supposed to hit.

But the moderate amount of rainfall that the associated weather pattern caused was just what the gardener ordered for parched lawns and dry gardens.

The advent of cyclone season does cause a little nervousness, though. Here on the flat peat soils of Point Wells, we are susceptible to temporary surface flooding, particularly if there is a king tide. Other parts of northern Rodney can also flood, as long-time residents of Omaha, Whangaripo and Kaipara Flats all know well. In fact, given the right conditions, just Next time there about any property can flood. Water has an uncanny ability to find the lowest point or become dammed is a decent amount by some stray object. of rain, grab your With intense rain events becoming more common, umbrella and property owners are well advised to be looking at drainage on their properties and the surrounds. Next gummies and head time there is a decent amount of rain, grab your outside. umbrella and gummies and head outside. Areas that are pooling in a moderate amount of rain may become flood issues when there is intense rain.

There are many methods of dealing with poor drainage and flooding. For example, gardeners can grow vegetables and even ornamentals in raised beds. I have all my gardens raised about 15-20cm above ground level. This avoids roots becoming waterlogged and oxygen deficient, which in turn helps the plants withstand winter cold stress and disease. In this situation my paths act as drains, and as the surface flooding drains away relatively quickly, this is not a problem.

Flat lawns, paths or driveways can be sloped slightly with a 1 to 2 per cent gradient so that water runs off. If this is not possible, then an alternative is to cut a swale alongside the lawn or path. Simply put, a swale is a very shallow drain that is usually still grassed. The angle of the cut can be so low that on casual inspection the area seems still flat, but the swale is enough for water to collect and move away.

Sub-surface drains such as perforated PVC pipes, clay drainage tiles or gravel drains are very effective for combating soggy soils. These are typically laid a few centimetres below the soil surface at between 2 per cent or even up to 5 per cent gradient. Mesh ‘socks’ or geo-textile mats placed over the drain are helpful where soil or tree roots are likely to block the drain over time. Larger drainage volumes can be dealt with by bigger pipes, overlaid with gravel.

A surface drain is almost unbeatable at moving volume, although care needs to be taken in the design to ensure that there is enough slope, so standing water doesn’t attract mosquitoes and is safe for children. Commercially available surface drain channels with grate tops are relatively expensive, but very effective and relatively easy to install. A low-cost alternative, but much less attractive, is to just cut a drain into the ground with a digger or spade. However, this only works where the soil is stable enough to form a wall without collapsing.

Next time it rains heavily, it would be a good idea to also wander out onto the road (look both ways first!) and see how the neighbourhood drains are working.

You might be surprised to see how much they can back-up. Perhaps they need redigging or cleaning, or maybe they have been badly designed. A call, or several, to Council is a good idea to reduce the risk of this becoming the weak link in your drainage plan. If all else fails – the ducks will love it!

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Annual health checks important for farmers Often farmers are great at knowing their numbers around pasture, machinery and stock, but not so good at knowing their own vital statistics. Booking a ‘WOF’ health check with the doctor is a good way to keep track of the numbers for your blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes risk, according to Farmstrong rural wellness programme. “Talk to your doctor about how often you should get a check up. If it’s annually, time it with your birthday so you remember to do it.” A recent health check of nearly 3000 farmers found that one in three was overweight, a third had cholesterol levels that needed attention, more than half had high or moderately high blood pressure, many were at significant risk of heart disease, and one-third said that pain interfered with their work.

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Eating weeds

John Gluckman at the South Pole with Mervyn the monkey, the globetrotting mascot of Helloworld in Warkworth, which organises the logistics for his many adventures.

John Gluckman in NZ with his South Pole certificate.

“I’d crossed Greenland with the same group, Polar Explorers, and they said the South Pole was a really good trip, so I thought ‘why not?’. I’ve got to do it while I still can,” he said. “I’m 68 now, but pretty strong for my age. I had to get fit, so I did a lot of running and took my cross-country skis down to Snowplanet. I skied up and down the hill there for 90 minutes at a time, three times a week.”

On his return to New Zealand in early February, John detoured briefly to the NZ Masters Games in Whanganui, where he won a bronze in the 3000m race. Now he is busy planning an expedition to the North Pole next year.

“If I get there, that will give me the explorers’ Grand Slam, which is to have climbed the highest mountain on every continent – which I’ve done – and to get to the South and North Poles,” he said. “If I get to the North

Pole alive, I will have stood on both axes of the earth, and I’m not sure how many people have done that, but it can’t be too many.”

He said experience and temperament were often more important than actual age.

“As you get older, you learn to train smarter and to do things smarter.

Experience often makes up for getting older, and your technique improves,” he said.

“As long as you’ve still got the temperament and you have experience, that counts more than sheer fitness. If you’ve not got the right temperament, you’ve got nothing.”

To read more about John’s adventure, and hear his impressions, scroll down to the entry for Monday, January 14 on this link: polarexplorers.com/ polarexplorers-media/blog

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Matakana community gardeners will be discussing and showing many common weeds that are not only edible, but also highly nutritious, during a two-hour workshop in the garden at 43 Matakana Valley Road, behind the community hall.

Organiser Trish Allen says there are a surprising number of weeds that are packed full of vitamins and minerals, and can be cooked, eaten as they are, or added to smoothies.

“There are heaps of them, and some of them are really good for our health,” she says. Examples of edible weeds include dandelion, plantain, chickweed and cleavers. The workshop runs from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday, March 31, and though booking isn’t necessary, koha would be appreciated.

Trish will also be taking part at another gardening workshop on the morning of the same day, just up Matakana Valley Road at her former home and permaculture centre, Rainbow Valley Farm. Together with John Graham Smith and Judy Keats, she will be exploring the finer points of hot compost and bio char making, between 10am and 12.30pm. Hot composting is a method of making compost faster at high temperatures, while bio char is a type of home-made charcoal that can be used as a soil enhancer.

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Dirty rotten rooster Don’t be silly. Of course, I was aware that it was slightly abnormal behaviour to suffer a panic attack upon the realisation that I was one egg short to complete my pav. Laugh you may. However, how many of you have a nasty, vicious and stalking rogue rooster in your hen house? This rooster was a mighty handsome leghorn. I was of the opinion that if I was to be woken early in the morning, then it may as well be from a damn good looking rooster, and I presumed my hens felt the same. We reared this fella from a chick in the hope that he would be kind. But, before Christmas, this jerk decided to So there I was get nasty and must have decided that the hens were violently waving the there for him and not me.

He attacked me and my two youngest on a couple broom and kicking of occasions and now we feared him. I asked my my legs like a husband to get rid of him, but he just laughed at me madwoman. and said, “Pull yourself together woman, it’s only a bloody rooster.” I mean, here I was thinking the hubby was going to get into “wife protection mode”, don camouflage, do a commando-type roll and blow its head off … and all I got was laughter!

What he did not understand was that this cocky cockerel was actually a killer and, unfortunately, he had now become my problem. Although I was petrified of him, I can assure all of you that as far as my legs stood upright, there was no way this disrespectful rooster was going to get between me and my four-egg pav.

I knew we had guns in the gun safe, but I wasn’t privy to the combination, so I needed a different weapon. Broom, check; full leather boots, check; courage, check; and off I marched. I didn’t even make it to the hen house when this slime ball started lurching towards me with his big fat neck feathers all puffed out.

Eeww yuck, he made me feel sick.

So, there I was, violently waving the broom and kicking my legs like a madwoman when he had another crack at me. But then, yippee, connect! I got him with the broom. He stopped, composed himself (as if to say ‘you’ll keep’) and retreated. I was so wound up, I proceeded to give him a big lecture at the top of my voice in the middle of the paddock. It went something like this: “Now listen here, I am incredibly aware that I am a duck shooter’s worst nightmare. However, I am also intelligent enough to realise I will have your full respect once I place a doublebarrelled shotgun next to that wobbly red thing on your head.”

So, with that, I got my eggs, finished my pav, had a cup of coffee and thought that was just way too much drama to be happening before 10am. A couple of weeks later my girlfriend, who is something of a chook whisperer, came over with a couple of beers and we hatched an evil plan to get him gone.

We waited until the sun went down and, like a pack of burglars, crept to the chook house. In she went and grabbed the bugger from the roost whilst he was sleeping. It was honestly one of the funniest things I have ever seen, but my girlfriend had saved me from him. Funnily enough, as it turns out she knew of a woman who was looking for such a rooster. Why on earth? But God bless her, and good riddance to that cock-a-doodle-do, I say.

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People often interact with their pets by using food as treats. A snippet of leftovers from their plate, the last of their ice-cream, part of a biscuit during morning tea, a bit of toast with Marmite, a piece of fruit. Any part of the pet’s diet may be the allergic part, not just the perceived cheap dog roll. Elimination of the offending item completely is the only successful solution. Hence the difficulty in finding the true cause of the food allergy.

Allergies are almost always permanent. They won’t ever go away. In animals, as in people, food allergies can potentially be fatal but, most often, only produce unwanted side effects – skin irritation, stomach cramps or diarrhoea. Whenever the animal comes into contact with the allergic agent, their immune system responds how it has been designed. Removal of the allergen (allergic-causing agent) will normally promote return to normal health and reintroduction of the allergen will produce the same unwanted symptoms.

Almost all dogs and cats develop lactose intolerance once they are weaned from their mother. We all think from our childhood that we should feed milk to our pets as they seem to like it. In reality, lactose intolerance in pets is the same as it is in people – associated with stomach cramps and varying degrees of diarrhoea or loose stools. Both puppies and kittens have a high demand for calcium and calories in their first year of life. They benefit from puppy or kitten food as it is balanced for their requirements.

Allergies are a complex syndrome where an animal’s immune system overreacts to something. Food allergies are normally associated with certain proteins. For example, a beef protein. Low allergen pet food diets normally have a novel protein source, such as turkey, fish or even kangaroo.

Similar to people with an allergy to penicillin, the allergen may have been eaten or used frequently before without problems and then suddenly, the body’s immune system reacts differently, producing the allergy. Hence food allergies may develop to foods which were fed for a long time, not just new food types.

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Searching for frogs There are three species of native New Zealand frogs (Leiopelma), found nowhere else in the world. They come from an ancient lineage of primitive frogs with attributes not found in modern frogs: they don’t croak, they have no eardrums, their young hatch as froglets (not tadpoles), they are nocturnal and long-lived (30 years or more). All three species are endangered due to habitat loss and predators. They have been protected since 1922. The three species are much smaller than introduced frogs. They are between 30mm and 50mm long compared with the introduced Southern Bell frog, which is between 65mm and 95mm. The colouring and markings of native frogs make for good camouflage.

Archey’s frog is now confined to the Coromandel Ranges and a forest west of Te Kuiti. It is the smallest of the three species and lives in moist native forest and mist-shrouded ridges. It doesn’t need streams and lives under stones and logs, emerging at night to feed on insects.

Hamilton’s frog is found on several islands in the Marlborough Sounds and is the largest of the three species.

Hochstetter’s frog is found between Whangarei and the Bay of Plenty. It is known to be present on Great Barrier Island and Coromandel. It tends to live in shaded creek edges within the native forest up to about 800m above sea level.

It is semi- aquatic and nocturnal. Its daytime habitat is likely to be under stones at the stream edges.

In January this year, Dick Veitch, an ex-wildlife officer, led an extensive frog search on Hauturu. It was thought possible that either Archey’s frog or Hochstetter’s might be present on the island, although they had never been recorded there in the past. Both species are notoriously hard to find. With the removal of kiore (Polynesian rat) in 2004 it was thought that sufficient time had elapsed for a small population to grow to a size where some might be found if they were present.

Dick was ably assisted by a group of searchers, all of whom had had some experience with native New Zealand frogs. The outcome was that two thirds of the island streams were searched, either in part or in full. Some certainly showed good habitat for our native frogs, but sadly ,no frogs were found. It was, however, an opportunity to visit some areas of the island that are rarely visited. Banded kokopu and longfin eels were found in several of the streams.

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NICK OXBOROUGH CONTRACTING For all drilling, trenching, driveways, housecuts, lawns and general digger work, small truck for metal and topsoil deliveries.

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We cover: all aspects of electrical work for farm, housing and industry.

We cover: Maungaturoto, Kaiwaka, Mangawhai, Wellsford, Port Albert, and Warkworth areas.

We offer: 24 hr cover, seven days.

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ABSOLUTE CONCRETE for all your Electrical, Data and Security

Bevan Simpkin - Registered Electrician

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LANDSCAPING & SUPPLIES | MOVING & STORAGE | PAINTER | PLASTERERS | PICTURE FRAMING | PLUMBING | PROPERTY MANAGEMENT | ROOFING | SECURITY | TRANSPORTATION

• Retaining Walls/Decks • Fences • Paving/Concreting • Planting • 1.7 tonne digger and operator hire Ph Jeff - 021 368 552 | warkworthlandscaping@gmail.com www.warkworthlandscaping.co.nz

WE CAN •Sand•Metal•Shell•Pebble•Scoria •Mulch•Garden Mix•Topsoil•Compost

MASON CONTAINERS LIMITED | Container Sales | Container Hire | Self Storage | Hiab Cartage

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

Craig Painter the

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

Harley 021 0220 8727 or 09 423 9012

PLASTERING Painting and Decorating New builds • Re-paints • Re-stains • Roofs • Commercial • Water blasting Ph: Luke 021 507 463 luke.raphaella@gmail.com

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Household Water Deliveries

Digital Freeview Satellite Installation & Repairs

0800 747 928

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

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• Water Filters • UV Sterilisers • Reverse Osmosis • Water Coolers • Whole House • Water Pumps • Tanks • Rain Harvesting • Pre-Tank Filters steve@aquafilter.co.nz

Rodney Sales & Service 09 425 6080

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A SMART REPAIR Service for F&P smartdrive washers, F&P/Simpson dryers. Prompt service 021 168 7349.

RAWLEIGH Products. Ph Pat 09 945 0495

DRIVEWAYS

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

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RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE Ground floor, main street, Wellsford, has kitchenette & basement.

Ph: 021-0242 9555 FOR RENT

OFFICE SUITE, WARKWORTH Office space available to share from $550+Utilities (1/3 to share of monthly rent) SBA Warkworth, Cnr Mill Lane and Elizabeth Street 09 973 5589

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A GARDEN & SECTION SERVICE for home or bach. Trees, hedges, lawns, tidy-ups, water blasting, regular checks. Green waste and rubbish removal. Ph Anton 021 133 8884

Blue Skies Cleaning Window Cleaning, Soft Bio House Wash, Gutter Clean, All Exterior Cleaning, Water Blasting, Roof Treatment, Local Professional service.

Ph Pat 022-646-5849

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HORSE RIDING

PUBLIC NOTICES

End of summer Night Market

Horse riding WarkWortH

Family Fun Scenic farm & forest rides Quiet horses & ponies • Birthday rides Lessons • Suit beginners & experienced riders • Social, Language & School Groups GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE

Book Now 1hr $55 • 2hrs $100 Phone 09 425 8517

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Pumps & Filters Water Treatment Spa & Pool Shop Water Testing Valet Service Water Blasters Tanks & Sprayers 24 Hour Mobile & Workshop Service

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COLLINS ELECTRONICS HAVE YOU LOST PRIME? Or need your Freeview box tuned for the new channels? TV repairs, microwave oven repairs, Freeview installations.

Ph Paul 09 422 0500 or 027 29 222 04 HANDYMAN Carpentry, small jobs, rubbish removal etc Ph/Txt Dave 027 420 5155 WATER FILTERS - Underbench, Whole house, UV & water spotting, Work Guaranteed. Ph Steve 094223245 steve@aquafilter.co.nz WATER PUMPS - no water? old cast iron pump? Sales Service & Installation.

Work Guaranteed. Ph Steve 09 422 3245 steve@aquafilter.co.nz WINDOW CLEANING/HOUSEWASH/ GUTTER CLEANING Local professional service. Ph Pat 022-646-5849.

HORSE TRUCKS & FLOATS REID EQUESTRIAN ENGINEERING, Wellsford. Float rebuilds, horse truck conversions, etc. Dog kennels made to measure. Quality work. Ph Ron 423 9666

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the Warkworth area:

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

Wheelchair Access.

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

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

Thursday, April 4, Kaipara Flats Sports Club, Kaipara Flats Rd. 4pm-8pm.

Variety of Produce and Gift stalls. Also Food Trucks and Sausage Sizzle. Sports Club open for drinks and Dinner.

Great family Night - Proceeds go to New Building Extension - Gold Coin Entry. Stall Enquires Contact Odette Wech 0276 768 522

KOWHAI FESTIVAL AGM 7pm, 19 March 2019 Warkworth RSA Committee room Celebrating 50 years this year. Come along and have your say on this iconic event. You need not be on the committee unless you wish to be, but your input will be welcome.

For further information contact: Murray Chapman - 027 496 6550 murray@mchapman.co.nz JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SERVICE DESKS A reminder to the public that the JP Service Desks are available as follows: Warkworth – at the Council Offices Monday 10.00 – 2.00 If there is a long weekend, it is the following Tuesday from 10.00 to 12.00.

Matakana- Cinema Complex Tuesday 11.00-1.00 Snells Beach – at the Library Friday 10.00 – 12.00

Supported by Mahurangi Matters

Warkworth RSA Fridays 4.00 to 5.00

BINGO, BINGO, BINGO!

No appointment is needed. There is no cost.

Come and join the fun, 1st Monday of month, Old Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, Warkworth, 7pm.

Proceeds to Warkworth Museum.

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

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING PUBLIC NOTICES KAIPARA FLATS PRIMARY ENROLMENT ZONE The Kaipara Flats School Board of Trustees is in the process of implementing an enrolment scheme as directed by the Ministry of Education Under section 11H(1) of the Education Act 1989.

The changes are principally to prevent overcrowding in future years.

The proposed zone is available for viewing on the school website www.kaiparaflats.school.nz We will hold a community consultation at school at 7pm on 19th March.

Written submissions should be forwarded to donnaw@kaiparaflats. school.nz or hard copies to Kaipara Flats School, 20 School Road, Kaipara Flats. Submissions will be open for one month from the publication of this notice.

RURAL MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT

Own a Farm or Lifestyle Block?

I can provide the following services :• Fencing (Stock fencing or ornamental) • Paddock or section mowing • Tree work (incl hedge trimming) • Spraying • Tractor with front end loader • Fertilising • Consultancy & Project Management also available You may only want one or some of these services, or perhaps there is something I can help you with that is not listed. If this sounds like what you need for your property then please contact Rex Ingham on (09) 422-3008 or 021 255-3672 or e-mail me on rex.ingham@xtra.co.nz

SITUATION VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

OYSTER OPENER required Monday to Friday, Warkworth area. 0274 779 690.

CHURCH NOTICES

Seasons supports those dealing with change & loss, due to separation, death or other life changes.

Running groups, mostly in local schools, volunteers work in pairs with our co-ordinator. An interview, police checks & training are part of the selection process.

Seasons is a chance to helps others & is very rewarding work.

Ph 021 0813 3586 seasonswarkworthwellsford@gmail.com

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Open your ears, that Ye May hearken unto the word of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-existent. www.bahai.org.nz The deadline for classified advertising for our April 3 paper is March 27.

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

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Kowhai Swimming Club brings best to competition The Kowhai Swimming Club put on their best performance yet at its biggest swimming event of the year, the Junior Nationals.

More than 80 per cent of the results for the club’s team of 13 swimmers were personal best times.

Coach Jill Fayerman says it was the club’s largest team ever to qualify for the nationals.

“We are a small club, but I am really pleased how they are performing. You don’t get a personal best every time you leave the back door,” she says.

The Junior Nationals see thousands of

children compete at the same time in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington and Invercargill.

One of Kowhai’s star swimmers Siina Cooke, 11, swam the 50-metre breaststroke in 42.53 seconds, coming 9th in the Auckland region.

“The secret is hardwork and dedication.

We were at the pool for 11 hours on a Sunday and the kids are expected to do that. We have a keen little group and they push each other,” says Fayerman.

Two of the club’s members have qualified for Division 2, swimming at the highest national level.

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Marion’s mallet strikes lucky

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A last-minute decision to compete in the qualifiers for the Golf Croquet Women’s World Championship, unexpectedly landed a Point Wells woman in the finals.

Marion Taylor was encouraged by a friend to compete in the qualifiers and then had to quickly revise her holiday plans when she got through to the championships proper in Hawke’s Bay two days later.

“We had to take the caravan down to camp in Napier instead,” she says.

The best of the world’s players assembled at the Heretaunga Croquet Club grounds and Marion, along with other Kiwis, marched onto the field with flags and team colours for the opening ceremony.

Marion says the players to beat were from Egypt, where croquet is a national sport and where they have adopted an aggressive style of play.

“The Egyptians are fast and hard hitters, and incredibly focused. Two women were out there early in the morning before anyone else to survey conditions,” she says.

It was a knockout style competition with five best of three games played each day in 36-degree heat.

There were some tense moments with plenty of balls ‘roqueted’ – when players knock out a competitor’s ball with their own.

Ultimately, Egypt’s Soha Mostafa claimed the championship, but the Kiwis put in a good show with seven players making it to the top 32.

“Totally Dependable”

SCOREBOARD A roundup of sports activities and events in the district

Point Wells croquet Looking for a new competitive sport? Why not grab a mallet and have a bash at croquet? The Pt Wells Croquet club is holding a ‘have a go’ day on Sunday March 17 at the grounds opposite the Pt Wells Store.

Rugby season starter Mahurangi Rugby Club’s first game in the North Harbour Rugby Union competition will be against East Coast Bays on Saturday March 30. It’s on the home grounds, by the Warkworth Showgrounds. All welcome.

Northland Bayleys club rugby Bayleys Northland rugby kicks off with a Premiere division game between Otamatea Hawks and Old Boys Marist at the Kaiwaka Sports Complex on Saturday March 23, at 2.15pm. The newly-formed Hawks women’s team will also be playing their first match at the same time. Meanwhile, the South Zone Championship starts with Tomarata vs Dargaville at the Tomarata RFC, also on Saturday, March 23.

Mahu vs Canada Mahurangi College has a touring Canadian school rugby team visiting on March 20 to play both the boys and girls First XV teams, starting at midday at the college. The school is also hosting inter-house athletics on March 22, from 2pm.

Kids tennis champs The Matakana Tennis Club will hold a kids tennis championship on Sunday March 24, from 2pm onwards. Registrations cost $5 for club members and $10 for everyone else, and close the Friday prior. Contact Hugo on 022 311 3216.

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Snells Beach resident Marion Taylor plays championship level croquet.

Marion said she was glad to have competed at the highest level.

She says golf croquet offers new entrants a chance to get into a competitive sport with plenty of potential to go far.

The Point Wells club punches above its weight with two championship level members.

“We help out new members by giving them some coaching, and club gear is available for use,” Marion says.

“It’s a game for all ages and, in fact, the majority of top 10 level players are in their early 20s.”

To try golf croquet, call Marion on 021 078 4691 or turn up to the open day on Sunday, March 17 at the club opposite the Point Wells store.

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What’s on

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

March

Traffic meeting to address speeding and traffic issues in Matakana, Whangateau and Leigh, Whangateau Hall, 7pm (see brief p3) 16 Warkworth A&P Show, Warkworth Showgrounds, 8am-4pm 16 Leigh Fishing Contest, tickets $60, or $5 for 14 and under. Info and rules: leighfishingcontest.org.nz 16 Celebration of Parks Week guided walk, McElroy Scenic Reserve, Pohuehue, 10am-2pm. Bookings essential: sinead. brimacombe@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz 16 Goat Island snorkel day, 10am-2.30pm. (see brief p38) 17 Kupe’s Heroic Journey, one-man play, Warkworth Town Hall, 6pm (see story p17) 17 Mangawhai Activity Zone working bee, 9am-noon. Info: Mangawhai Activity Zone on Facebook.

17 Mahurangi Wastebusters Repair Cafe, Matakana Hall, 2.30pm-4pm (see story p9) 20 Warkworth Theatre Group AGM followed by play-reading, Warkworth Town Hall, 7-9pm. All welcome.

21 Pork Pie Charity Run, Comedy and Auction Night, Bridgehouse Warkworth, from 7.30pm (see story p22) 21 Warkworth Area Forest & Bird AGM, Totara Park Retirement Village hall, Melwood Drive, Warkworth, 7.30pm.

22 Who was Nathaniel Wilson? Warkworth Museum, 10am.

23 Leigh Raft Race, Mathesons Bay, 1pm. $10 entry per raft. Info: Errol on 0210 787477 (see story p18) 24 Warkworth New World Clive Hume VC Memorial Tournament, Warkworth RSA (32 player 8 Ball Pool knockout), from 9am. Spectators welcome.

25 Closing date for feedback on draft Warkworth Structure Plan (see story p3) 26 Dyslexia information evening, Horizon School auditorium, Snells Beach, 6.30pm (see brief p7) 27-29 Coastal Restoration Trust conference, Warkworth Town Hall plus field trips. Info: coastalrestorationtrust.org.nz 28 Warkworth Greypower meeting, Totara Park, 10am. Talk on macular degeneration. All welcome. Info: Rob McKain 425 6917 28-31 Mangawhai Walking Weekend. Pre-booking essential. Info: mangawhaiwalking.co.nz 29 Mangawhai Troubadour Trail. Tickets $10, available from Bammas & Mangawhai Books and Gifts, mangawhaiwalking.co.nz 30 Mangawhai Food & Wine Festival. Licenced event in the Olive Grove, Mangawhai Village, 3pm-7pm. Tickets $25 online mangawhaiwalking.co.nz 31 Edible Weeds Workshop, Matakana Community Garden, 43 Matakana Valley Road, 2-4pm (see story p36) 31 Brendan and Alison Turner, Leigh Sawmill Cafe, doors open 4.30pm. Tickets $20 from undertheradar.co.nz 15

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Warkworth Area Liaison Group for all interested in Warkworth community issues, RSA basement meeting room, 7.30pm. Info: Steve Haycock 0274 963 711 Night market stalls and food trucks, Kaipara Flats Sports Club, 4pm-8pm. Gold coin donation. Info: Odette 0276 768 522 Ahuroa School Fair, Feast and Laser Lights. Info: ahuroa.school.nz Easter Eggstravaganza, Horizon School, 10.30-noon. Gold coin entry Warkworth Music baritone Julien Van Mellaerts with pianist James Baillie, Warkworth Town Hall, 4pm (see story p20)

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After a poor performance in the T20, Kaipara Flats Cricket Club’s reputation was redeemed when it claimed the Rodney Championship.

Almost, but not quite – Aaron Sattler dives for a catch in the Rodney cricket final.

Kaipara Cricket declared Rodney champs The cricket season is drawing to a close with Kaipara Flats Cricket Club Seniors (KFCC) claiming the 40-over Rodney Championship from the Whangateau Rams on Saturday, March 2.

Though Kaipara lost the toss and were relegated to the field, it ended up in their favour when they got some early wickets, including Rams’ star batter Ray Beamish.

Thanks to some tight bowling and effective fielding, Kaipara was able to restrict the Rams to 120 runs, bowling them out in the 37th over.

Kaipara then chased the Rams down in 30 overs, defeating them on

their home turf.

KFCC captain Aaron Sattler says the team is ecstatic to win the championship, as it has been nine years since Kaipara has had any silverware.

“We had a good squad this season, especially with younger guys coming through who have benefited from training with the Premier side and Brendon Bracewell,” Sattler says.

Meanwhile, Pakiri Cricket Club claimed the T20 Waitemata Cup after a showdown with Wellsford on Friday, March 1 in a close game that came down to the last over.

Despite the loss for Wellsford, Rodney Cricket Association chair Kevin Forde says it was really positive to see them make a final for the first time in a decade.

“Wellsford have shown they have come back and can win games, qualifying for a final in a cup that saw four teams fighting for it all the way through,” he says.

Forde says Rodney cricket is in good shape with a stable senior grade and strong numbers of juniors coming through.

“It’s great we have six main teams and see Hibiscus come in and out, although we would love to see Otamatea come

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