Mahurangi Matters_Issue 312_15 February 2017

February 15, 2017

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Public consultation is underway on the proposed route for a new motorway between Warkworth and north of Wellsford.

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The proposed route for the Warkworth to Wellsford leg of the northern motorway has been released.

The route gives a wide berth to Wellsford and Te Hana, reconnecting with the existing State Highway near Vipond Road, north of Mangawhai Road.

Property owners who will potentially be affected were notified early this month, ahead of a series of public information days starting this week.

The new motorway will be separate from the existing State Highway 1, and will run to the west of Dome Forest.

The new section is the second stage of the Ara Tūhono Pūhoi to Wellsford Road of National Significance, and will join the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway near Kaipara Flats Road.

The proposed route follows the western side of the Dome Valley to the Hoteo River where it will cross eastwards over the existing SH1 to an interchange proposed at Wayby Valley Road, south of Wellsford. Another motorway interchange is proposed near Mangawhai Road, with the motorway then meeting the existing State Highway 1, north of Vipond Road.

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) Northland director Ernst Zollner says removing sharp bends, providing better passing opportunities and a dual carriageway to separate north and southbound traffic will improve safety, and is predicted to reduce the fatal and serious injury crash rate by 80 per

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Key Existing State Highway Indicative route

cent through this area.

NZTA says the natural environment through the Dome Valley is susceptible to flooding, slips and ongoing repairs.

The new motorway location, to the

west of the Dome Forest, will provide an alternate route between Northland and Auckland.

“Once the motorway is built, travel will also be safer for local road users

because 90 per cent of regional traffic, especially heavy traffic, can avoid townships, making their main streets safer for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists,” Mr Zollner said.

NZTA is seeking public feedback on the indicative route and hopes to proceed to the consenting and route protection stage by next year.

“Protecting the route is an important first step towards improving the

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High community hall charges deter users Community halls managed by Auckland Council have very low occupancy rates, according to figures for the last financial year.

Point Wells Hall was hired for just 20 per cent of the total time available.

Shoesmith Hall was 53 per cent and old Warkworth Masonic Hall was 43 per cent. Fees for these venues are calculated on an hourly rate of $27.20 off peak and $34 during peak times like weekends.

Point Wells resident Charleyne Garner hosted the Christmas Craft Fair at her home in December, after 12 years at the hall. She says the fees escalated after Rodney became part of the Super City and community groups now can’t afford them.

“I used to hand over $15 per stall to Rodney Council, but in 2015 it took me a month of negotiating with Auckland Council to get the fees down to $182.60 for 17 hours over the weekend,” Mrs Garner says.

Under the current Council fee calculator, 17 hours during peak times at Point Wells Hall would cost $578.

The hourly rate doesn’t take into consideration events like Mrs Garner’s, which are held over several days.

Council manager for community places Kevin Marriott says they do offer up to 50 per cent discounts for community groups, including Mrs Garner’s, as long as they meet the current criteria.

“In Rodney, that criteria includes

High hall costs forced Charleyne Garner to run the Christmas Fair from her home.

activities that are not for private or commercial use, and activities that are contributing to community outcomes such as those offered by not-for-profit and community groups,” Mr Marriot says.

Council financing policy for community halls is based on a ratio of 80 per cent ratepayer contributions and 20 per cent user fees to cover running costs.

Many local halls including Point Wells, were built, financed and run by local groups before being gifted to Council. The Matakana Hall was built

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Auckland to Whangarei corridor.

The motorway construction decisions will be made as part of national and regional land transport plans.”

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Bookings administrator and committee member Bev Wenzlick says the group decided not to hand over the hall to Council several years ago.

Hire fees for the 216sqm hall, with additional kitchen and toilet facilities are around $12 an hour or $100 a day. Bev says the hall is used for craft markets, weddings, dance clubs, sports clubs and community groups.

“Our hall is also used by a lot of worthy causes; we try to provide a budget venue for the whole community,” Bev says.

The hire revenue covers the costs of maintaining the hall, including annual insurance of $4500. Bev says volunteers undertake all the associated work including cleaning. The group does receive occasional donations and is applying for a Rodney Local Board grant to pay for a heat pump.

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Armed rustlers confronted in Makarau Rod Cheeseman news@localmatters.co.nz

A young Makarau woman is recovering from a face-to-face encounter with an armed man attempting to shoot cattle on her property at night.

Robyn Donald broke her arm when she slipped and fell onto a large boulder while trying to get away from the man, in the early hours of January 25. She says he was carrying a highpowered hunting rifle, equipped with a silencer and scope.

“I went out to investigate a noise and when I turned on my torch I was less than two metres from a man with a gun,” Robyn says.

“Luckily, the torch light blinded him, but it also wrecked my night vision.

I turned the torch off so he couldn’t track me, and turned and ran. I heard another man shout something and then I hit a rock and fell.”

Helensville Police are investigating and Community Constable Mandi Bell says there were two incidents of poachers being disturbed by residents in Makarau, during the early hours of January 25.

“If you see poachers with firearms please don’t approach them; call 111 immediately,” Constable Bell says.

“Many farms are isolated and to tackle this very serious issue, we need to work together.”

Residents say they heard a shot fired during the earlier incident further along Wech Access, but believe dogs scared off the thieves.

Robyn says she knows of six incidents where poachers have attempted, and in one case succeeded, to shoot and butcher stock. She says many rural residents don’t report these crimes to Police, and are reluctant to go public for fear of reprisals.

“I’m scared that someone is going to get killed. It’s the first time in two years that I’ve left the house at night without my bow, but it may have saved my life.

Police told me that when both parties are armed there is a far higher chance that it will end tragically,” Robyn says.

Robyn Donald keeps her bow close at hand after suffering a broken arm while fleeing from an armed man on the property where she lives.

Federated Farmers rural security spokesman Rick Powdrell says that according to national research surveys, cattle theft has increased. More than half of farmers surveyed last December said they had suffered stock theft.

“These are significant numbers – well over 500 farmers targeted and a significant number of stock taken,” Rick says.

The research indicated that some

stock theft ends up as meat sold on the black market or is taken for personal use. Highly organised crews are also stealing large numbers, rounding up sheep and beef into roadside trucks.

Rick says he is concerned that only 41 per cent of farmers surveyed reported stock theft to Police.

“Farmers need to report everything to Police because that is the only way we will get increased resources to tackle the problem.”

In December, the average rainfall recorded around the district was 30mm, 35mm less than the next lowest amount recorded in 2006.

August was the wettest since 2000 with 250mm of rain, 59 per cent more than the average since 2000.

Rain in November was 122mm, the

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Big weather range in 2016 Last year saw extremes at both ends of the rainfall scale in Warkworth, with the wettest year since 2003 and the driest December since 2000.

A total of 1734mm of rain fell during the year, 22 per cent more than the average rainfall per year since 2000 and 59 per cent more than 2015.

Rick has also been a victim of stock theft, when thieves took four breeding rams worth $1500 each. Currently, sheep are worth between $100 and $200 and large steer up to $1600. Rick says it’s difficult to quantify the total cost of poaching, but the figure is huge.

“It’s estimated stock theft alone costs the industry around $120 million a year. It’s big money and many farmers are being targeted repeatedly.”

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Express route The Northern Express Group team created a chuckle at a Warkworth forum when saying the new motorway would go through an old Puhoi villa called ‘Schollum House’. “We mean the alignment goes through the site; we will move the house somewhere else,” they quickly clarified.

CORREC TION Holiday refuse complaints surface again in Omaha (MM February 1) spelt Auckland Council waste Solutions general manager Ian Stupple’s surname incorrectly. We apologise to Mr Stupple and would like to make it clear that Council does not supply orange rubbish bags.

Mike and Helen Moore, Algies Bay

Calling for courtesy When will people learn to indicate what direction they are going when using the Mill Lane/Elizabeth Street intersection in town? I was held up for at least six cars when I could have moved on if only people had used their indicators. Just a moan from someone who uses that intersection most days.

What happened to common courtesy.

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Opinion unchanged I have been following the restoration of the old Town Hall since I moved to Snells Beach four years ago. After an exorbitant amount of $5.6 million of wasted money, I am of the same opinion I had when I first arrived – the

Dave Wilding, Snells Beach

NZTA knows best In no way should my comments be interpreted as defending the old Rodney District Council, its Mayors, Councillors, managers and staff and, in particular, its roading staff. But I do believe Tony Arthur’s letter (MM Jan 18) displays a delusion as to the level of influence any of these, including Murray Noone, would have had in respect to NZTA. They are a law unto themselves.

They simply know what the public requires without the need to ask, and simply do not respond to pressure, certainly not to small town engineers.

Many years experience trying to get NZTA and their previous namesakes to move on the dangerous intersection of Puhoi Road and SH1 going back more than 15 years, including the involvement of Councillor Peter Schischka, local MP Lockwood Smith and now, I gather, MP Mark Mitchell all to no avail.

On one occasion I asked Transit’s chief executive just how many people had to be killed at that spot to validate their cost-benefit equation to be advised they had not necessarily to actually die but there needed to be a fair number of major accidents for any action to be

taken.

So forget the idea that outside pressure has any impact on those that know that they know best, including any delusions that you may have a solution for the Hill Street problem. Problem, what problem is that?

John Simons, Orewa

No place for scooters I am now unable to drive so I have invested in a mobility scooter for independence. I have braved going to the dentist and doctor, and it was really scary as the pavements are so bad – four wheels is even worse than walking.

In Palmer Street, in particular, there is no pavement at the bottom right-hand side. This means having to cross the street, then trying to cross Whitaker Road and find a space in the pavement to ride onto. This is a very busy road.

The next hazard is crossing from the former Wilmot’s petrol station.

I tried riding up Palmer Street as an alternative, but found I had to drive on the road as there was grass on one side of the pavement and the other side was not good. I then turned into Percy Street etc. I cannot say which route was most hazardous.

I know I am not on my own regarding this problem. People may think scooters are a nuisance but one never knows if or when they are going to have this problem.

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We would like to express our appreciation to the Coastguard team led by Thelma (Wilson) that came to our assistance in early January. We had hit a rock near Little Barrier and we were sinking, however their prompt response and their spare pumps saved this from happening.

They stayed with us until a salvage boat turned up and then gave us a lift back to Sandspit.

As a lifelong member of the Coastguard it was great to see this personable and enthusiastic team in action and also a reward for all those who pay to be safe rather than sorry.

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Viewpoint Allison Roe, Rodney Local Board

People are in charge, not Council ‘The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. To change it, we have to change our thinking.’ Albert Einstein I am finding that people genuinely take strength from the presence of Local Board members representing them, even if we can’t immediately fix their problems. Representing the community is about involving people and working thoughtfully and constructively to build effective relationships that influence and enable change. The Matakana Bridge was purely the result of relationship building. All projects are team events and community is the biggest player.

We need to change our thinking on so many levels as Rodney grows and transforms. The Board initiative to stop printing copious board notes and consider the environment by digitising is working well. We will soon be able to Skype into some meetings to save mileage costs to create efficiencies. I feel privileged and inspired to meet our people in community halls, at events, on the cycle trails and in board rooms, and it is important that people feel empowered to lead Council. We used to need money, resources and power; now we need the power of ideas. We also need to be optimists rather than cynics and communities with the ideas will be the ones who win!

So how do you get your ideas and projects into the Local Board plans, because if it’s not there it is unlikely to happen? Please act now and share your dreams at shapeauckland.co.nz. I also ‘get it’ that some people don’t care about plans, strategies and frameworks, but want to simply enjoy their lives.

Transport is the most sensitive topic affecting all and cycling is making big, positive waves. School children and youth need cost-effective transport, and we need walk-able and bike-able communities where health is a benefit and gridlock goes away.

Board members will advocate for the people and make decisions, and the staff deliver the goods, often at a slower rate than what people expect. That’s because councils tend to be process-orientated rather than outcomes-focused, but Rodney is taking a different approach. The world is changing everywhere and although we could be sticklers for rules and regulations, we aim to help people solve problems fast.

I have applied to become the Board’s lead for cycleways, trails and paths throughout Rodney, and with the role as deputy chair of parks and recreation I want to be experimental, frank and fearless. Just as Board members expect transparency with staff, so do communities in working together with the Board as they are the key contributors to local projects.

There is no bottomless bucket of cash, so we have to think differently to make things happen. For example, the expressions of interest process for the Warkworth pool is underway. We must be open to all possibilities including a joint venture or partnership of some kind. Likewise, just because we will soon have a Greenways plan for Warkworth doesn’t mean that Council alone can or will fund it. However, by partnering and sharing ideas, resources and energy we will attract the right teams to help us achieve our collective dreams.

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Resident claims works put property at risk MPI recall for A Takatu Road resident is livid that works associated with the current road sealing programme could leave her with an enormous bill because she claims the contractors are refusing to put in place adequate slip management measures.

Sara Lewis has lived on the road for seven years and has several kilometres of road frontage. She says she has tried to be accommodating despite losing large tracts of vegetation along the roadside, which was stabilising the slip-prone land.

“The road reserve has completely gone and I can already see cracks along my driveway where the land is subsiding,” she says. “Goodness knows what will happen when it rains.”

But Sara’s real concern is a corner, just past her gate, which has been sheared back to her property boundary.

“I was promised a robust solution, but what they have provided – a single row of rocks about two metres high – is grossly inadequate. I’ve been sold down the river. I’m powerless to do anything now and when the side of the bank slips on to the road, I know from prior experience that Auckland Transport (AT) will tell me it’s my problem. Rather than spend the money now putting in adequate preventative measures, they are going to let it happen and send me the bill.”

Sara says assurances that the exposed bank will be covered in coconut matting and sprayed with kikuyu grass seed is little comfort.

“They’ve done that in other sections

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Sara Lewis describes trying to negotiate with Auckland Transport as “a nightmare”.

and it’s not working. The geo-tech engineers involved in this project are based in Hamilton and have a onesize-fits-all approach. They just have no experience of this type of soil, which is heavy clay but friable.”

Sara knows from experience how unstable her land is.

When Cyclone Wilma hit in 2011, a large section of the adjoining road reserve, about 10 metres from her house, disappeared.

“AT refuses to accept any liability and has left me to resolve the problem. The estimated cost of repairs is $112,000.

The Earthquake Commission is prepared to contribute $2150, but AT says the rest of the bill is mine. As a result, the slip is still unrepaired and in heavy rain last June, it regressed further.

Several contractors and engineers have

expressed surprise that Auckland Council isn’t doing anything to help.

“If the current bank slips, it will be twice the size of the 2011 event.

“If the road reserve had not been cut back so severely, I would not be in this position.”

Sara says a headland, which forms part of her property, is also of cultural significance.

“A Maori pa site is immediately to the right of the big slip, with the finest example of a palisade ditch the historians have seen, plus habitation terraces around it.”

AT is working on 4.5km of Takatu Road and the project is expected to be completed by September.

AT was invited to comment, but did not respond by the paper’s deadline.

People are being warned not to eat a number of brands of chilled oysters harvested from the Mahurangi Harbour as they may be contaminated with norovirus.

The companies Hunter Fish Otahuhu Pacific Oysters, Matakana Oysters, Orata Marine, Seafood Harbour and Hutchings and Addison are recalling all oysters harvested from the harbour from mid-January.

The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) says all companies are cooperating in managing this issue.

Batch numbers and brand names are not fully confirmed as yet, but further detail will be posted on MPI’s website as it becomes available.

Most of the oysters are sold in the local area in pottles or on the half shell.

MPI’s manager of food compliance, Melinda Sando, says the amount of affected product is likely to be very small as the products have a very short shelf life.

“Our main concern, however, is that people may have frozen the oysters,” she says. “It is very important that they are discarded.”

MPI has also put a halt on all harvesting of oysters from the harbour. The Ministry was alerted to the issue by local health authorities after 11 people became ill.

“It is likely to be the result of a localised contamination – for example discharge from a boat or a leaking septic tank.”

MPI is continuing to investigate.

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WARKWORTH TO WELLSFORD OWL Community Hub coordinator Filani Macassey and Coast to Coast Hauora Trust trustee Richard Te Haara

Hub opens doors in Wellsford The Old Wellsford Library, (OWL) is back in community hands.

Newly-appointed OWL Community Hub coordinator Filani Macassey says she wants it to be a vibrant and safe place for the community to gather, share information and resources. She is inviting people to pop in and tell her what they need.

“This building has been hard fought for by the community so now we need to hear from the people,” Filani says.

OWL is an acronym for the former building, left empty in 2013 when the new Wellsford Library opened. After a few years of debate, the Rodney Local Board has contributed $40,000 for a coordinator, and $25,000 for refurbishment and property costs.

Auckland Council has granted a three year licence, costing $1 a year, to Coast to Coast Hauora Trust.

The Wellsford community health provider is the umbrella organisation, with the hub run by an OWL foundation group from the trust, community

members, local iwi and Council.

Trustee Richard Te Haara sees the hub as a health initiative.

“If you have a vibrant, happy community that works well together it impacts on families and visitors. It gives the community a sense of belonging,” Richard says.

Filani started renovating a few weeks before Christmas. She wants to make the hub a space for people from all walks of life and ages.

Falani moved to Kaiwaka last year after living in Helensville for 20 years, where she was involved in community development and arts, including helping establish the Art Centre.

She has talked to groups and people including artists, Maori weavers and Rodney College, and will release the start of a calendar of events this month.

Filani is at the OWL Hub Tuesday to Thursday, from 10am to 4pm, but it can also be booked for other days.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION DAYS The NZ Transport Agency, on behalf of the NZ Government, is seeking community feedback for the Warkworth to Wellsford project.

Five public information days are being held in February to present the Indicative Route of the second stage of the Ara Tūhono Pūhoi to Wellsford Road of National Significance.

This is your opportunity to view and provide feedback on what is proposed with representatives from the NZ Transport Agency available to answer your questions.

All information presented at the public information days, including a video animation showing the Indicative Route, will be available on the NZ Transport Agency website from Saturday 18 February.

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Dancers from Warkworth Performing Arts provided a graceful contrast to the shearing and woodcutting events at the annual A&P Show.

150th Warkworth A&P Show basks in positive feedback The sun shone, the punters arrived and the animals played their part in making last month’s Warkworth A&P Lifestyle Show one of the most successful on record.

The special two-day event to mark the show’s 150th anniversary was held on Auckland Anniversary Weekend and according to organisers, went off without a hitch.

Show chairman Allan Barber says the feedback has been universally positive.

“Undoubtedly, the free children’s entertainment sponsored by Mason Contractors was a huge hit and we will look at continuing that in future,” Allan says.

“The arrival of the 46 vintage cars in superb condition on the Sunday was a real crowd-pleaser as well.”

Allan says although the number of trade exhibitors was slightly down on previous years, those who attended seemed more than happy with the event and the new layout. One exhibitor made his first sale at 8am on Saturday.

“The major sponsorship of Bayleys and Wharehine, as well as the contribution of the Rodney Local Board, was a 948 huge factor in the success of the show, not to mention the contribution of many, many smaller sponsors and supporters.

“It really is a terrific community event.”

The equestrian events, which were championship titles. granted Royal Event status this year, The cattle section was bigger than it drew more than 250 horses from all had been for many years and the Pacey over the northern North Island.

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Warkworth Food Rescue and Foodlink hit milestone Cash-strapped families in Warkworth, Snells Beach and Wellsford are eating better these days, thanks to service clubs Rotary and Lions, the Christian Foodlink and local food suppliers.

Through their combined efforts, good food that would otherwise be thrown away is being collected and distributed to households in need.

The Food Rescue Service, based at the former Warkworth Courthouse, started in August last year, and recently clocked up its first 10 tonnes of food.

While Food Rescue is the collection agency, the food is distributed through Foodlink.

Presbyterian parish manager and Foodlink coordinator, Roger Mackay, says for the past 20 years, Foodlink has traditionally supplied food to organisations such as the women’s centre and Homebuilders, who work with local families in need.

Food Rescue has allowed the service to expand the network to supply food through different channels.

This has included Papas Kitchen in Wellsford, the Hepburn Creek Community House, the Warkworth RSA and smaller groups where there may be a need.

“It’s making a huge difference to families that are just making ends meet,” Roger says. “It’s giving them a hand to make sure there is adequate food in the house.

“One family was so grateful for what they’d received during a rough patch that they subsequently brought in bags of venison to give away. They wanted to ‘pay it forward’, as the saying goes.”

Roger estimates that upward of 150 households are being helped on a weekly basis and there are plans to use the Food Rescue food to provide some sort of food service in schools this year.

The randomness of what is donated to Food Rescue can be a challenge for Foodlink, particularly if it is

Food Rescue chair Terry Nuthall hopes the community will support the fundraising food waste themed movie night.

perishable, but so far they have coped and very little food has been discarded. However, Roger admits that an additional freezer wouldn’t go astray.

Can you help?

Food: Current suppliers to the Food Rescue service include both Countdown and New World supermarkets, Nosh in Matakana, Puhoi Cheese and a fresh vegetable supplier. If anyone else has food they can supply – even if it is just excess from their garden or orchard – they can contact Joe Koppens on 027 600 5069 Person power: Volunteers are needed to help with the daily food pickups. Volunteers currently do one week every three months, when they share the pickups with a team of three or four other volunteers.

Each pickup normally takes under an hour. If you would like to help, phone Gordon on 021 254 9652 or gordon.loughnan@gmail.com.

Movie fundraiser The Warkworth Food Rescue Service will hold a fundraising film evening at Matakana Cinemas on March 14. They will be screening Just Eat It, a 75-minute documentary about food waste and food rescue. The movie starts at 8pm and tickets cost $20. They are available from Mahurangi Matters, Lee & Hart Pharmacy and Gull Matakana.

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Freedom camping scheme pitched in Mahurangi Auckland Council is developing a two-month freedom camping pilot programme, which aims to encourage freedom campers to spread out across the region.

The sites earmarked across Mahurangi for participation in the programme include Wellsford’s Centennial Park, Port Albert Recreation Reserve, Matheson Bay Reserve, Riverglade Lane Accessway and the wharf esplanade reserve in Matakana, Parry Kauri Park in Warkworth, and Sunrise Boulevard, Dawsons Landing and Sunburst Reserve in Snells Beach.

The pilot sites were selected following

consultation with local boards, stakeholders and community groups.

Council’s policy and bylaws manager Mike Sinclair says results from the pilot scheme will help develop policy and regulations around freedom camping.

“A key aim of the pilot is to reduce the impact of freedom campers on parks, beaches and amenities. Throughout the trial, Council officers will be ensuring that the sites are kept well maintained and tidy,” Mr Sinclair says.

Council is awaiting final approval from local boards before implementing the programme.

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“I’d like to think this might be the start of a ongoing promotion with Orewa,” Murray says.

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The Batley family once ran one of the largest printing houses in NZ and Kim has more than 30 years’ graphic design experience.

Together, the couple ran an advertising design studio in Ponsonby for 10 years, producing high-end corporate branding and promotional material.

But thoughts of starting a family prompted a desire for a rural change and they moved to a lifestyle property in Kaukapakapa 20 years ago. This gave Kim the opportunity to indulge her love of horses, while Richard worked in print brokering.

“Now that the children are older, we started to look around for a business that we could both enjoy,” Kim says.

“Warkworth Print seemed like a perfect fit as it was a business we knew we could offer vast experience and growth potential to, while maintaining the desire to live a lifestyle our family truly loved.”

The couple bought the business from Barrie and Anne Wood, who have retired.

“Barrie and Anne had started investing in the new digital era and that’s what really interested us,” Richard says.

“While the big boys fight over the

Lochie Piper (left) in the new uniform, while Charlie Budgen wears the old shirt, which becomes redundant in 2019.

Uniform change at Mahurangi Richard and Kim Batley.

larger local market and also with heavy overseas competition, we can concentrate on supplying a variety of high-end quality products in different formats such as mural production, specialty wallpapers, banners and so on, as well as commercial printing of labels and everyday promotional material, all at a quality standard and expectation demanded from years involved in the industry.”

The change of name to Warkworth Digital Design & Print reflects the business’ new direction.

“We’re really going to expand what we can offer customers,” Kim says.

“We’re hugely experienced and we’d like to be seen as the ‘go to’ people. We produce quality products and we get things done, no matter how big, small or out-of-the-box the job might be.”

Blue is the latest colour in college fashion, after Mahurangi College made its decision to part with the green uniform worn for over a decade.

The new light blue and white pinstriped shirt was made available this year for Years 7 to 12 students, with the old shirt still part of the official uniform until 2019.

In addition, there is a new jumper and cardigan in navy blue.

The uniform school logo has been altered to bear the words Mahuhu Ki Te Rangi meaning ‘reach for the heavens’ by design company Blueriver Creative, employed by the college in 2015.

Assistant principal Christina Merrick says parents and students voted on the uniform they preferred during a review process last year.

“Students across the board wanted a change of uniform and a lot of people have commented on how good it

looks,” Mrs Merrick says.

She admits there have been some issues with stock levels for certain sizes, but says moving from a physical uniform shop to entirely online has been an overwhelming success.

The shirt and blouse material is also stronger, as tearing was an issue with the previous clothing.

Argyle Schoolwear has kept the contract for supply and will do a sizing day in November this year to try to avoid stock issues next year.

The Year 13 uniform of a white shirt has been retained.

“Although the new colour is similar to Rodney and Whangaparaoa Colleges, we don’t see that as an issue.”

Shirt and blouse prices have remained the same since the change at $43 a piece, while a jumper costs $99 and the cardigan $115.

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Puhoi project funded Thanks to a grant from the Rodney Local Board, the Puhoi Historical Society can complete its project of compiling folders on each of the families who contributed to Puhoi’s development – the 50 Bohemian families; Te Hemara Tauhia; the Irish Kennedys, Meaneys, Clarkes, Ryans and Nolans, who were probably attracted by the Catholicity of the Bohemians; the English Titfords, Barkers and Billings, who were a great help to the struggling emigrants; the seamen Noakes, Lennan and Erickson; and soldiers Dennis and Lambert who married Bohemian women; Andersons, Logans, Sandersons and McCathies; and other names that have come to be a part of Puhoi’s heritage.

Here is an overview of this project which we began last year and intend to complete this year: For the Bohemian families, we start with their ancestors in Bohemia. In some cases, dates and places go back to the 16th century. It is probable that all the families brought baptismal and marriage certificates with them, but not all have been preserved. Baptismal records are extremely valuable as they give the birth and baptismal date – usually the same – and the names and residences of both the parents and the grandparents. The certificates are handwritten copies in the script of the 1860s, taken from the church records. Recently, we have been receiving documents directly from the church records which are now online.

Some of these are beautifully written and others virtually illegible.

When the relatives of the Bohemians, who immigrated to New Zealand, were expelled from Czechoslovakia in 1945, they compiled a book detailing the history including a map of each village they left behind. We add the appropriate information to each family record. Most of the ships that brought settlers to Puhoi are well documented with newspaper reports, passenger lists, captain and doctor reports as well and, in some cases, diaries and photos. Some passports for the head of the family, with dependents added on the reverse, have survived and a ticket for the War Spirit, Liverpool and Ida Zeigler. It cost £64 for a family of three adults and two children to travel from England to New Zealand.

We have maps showing the land allotted to settlers under the Waste Lands Act, the Homestead Act, the deferred payment scheme, some naturalisation papers, wills, school rolls, minute books, cemetery records and war records. We have searched the Birth, Death and Marriage Register and National Society of Genealogists records to have an extensive Personal Ancestry File and also quite a number of certificates.

And then there is paperspast.natlib.govt.nz, a veritable treasure trove of clippings from most of New Zealand’s newspapers. Details of weddings, balls, and other social events, Roads Board and Rodney County Council meetings, court cases, school, hall, A&P show committees, obituaries and personal columns are added to the folders and will make the families live again for the generations to come.

Station callout In an odd turn of events, the Warkworth Volunteer Fire Service was called to tackle a flood rather than a fire at the Warkworth Police station on February 7.

Relieving officer-in-charge Sergeant Mark Stallworthy says the flood occurred after a prisoner damaged the sprinkler system in the station cellblock.

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Auckland Council unmoved by call for Centre Plan, not early start on Warkworth Structure Plan Structure Plan

Calls from business owners, politicians and planners for the fast-tracking of a structure plan for Warkworth are falling on deaf ears at Auckland Council.

North-west planning manager Warren McLennan says it’s unlikely that the Warkworth Structure Plan process will start any earlier than late next year, as forecast in the Future Urban Land Supply Strategy.

He says structure plans are essentially focused on land identified as Future Urban in the Unitary Plan.

In the case of Warkworth, this amounts to more than 1200-hectares to the north, south and west of the town centre.

Structure planning and plan changes to ‘live’ zonings are part of the process of making these areas ready for development.

One of the first areas in Auckland to complete a structure plan, guided by the new Unitary Plan, is Whenuapai. Its plan was released in September after a nine-month process. Mr McLennan said he didn’t know how much it cost, but it would be in the order of “hundred of thousands” of dollars.

The 120-page document included 19 technical reports, as well as significant input from the community, key stakeholders, Council and Council Controlled Organisations (CCOs) such as Auckland Transport and Watercare.

It’s an extensive process, which Mr McLennan suggests would be beyond the resources of most communities to undertake on their own.

“Perhaps a useful exercise for Warkworth would be to do something like a Centre Plan, similar to Milford or Takapuna.”

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accessibility, social infrastructure and business sustainability. It would dovetail with connections to Future Urban sites and Council has assisted communities to prepare these plans in the past.

“While a structure plan clearly has to look at connections to existing land uses, Warkworth’s town centre, for instance, would not be part of a Warkworth Structure Plan,” Mr McLennan says.

“We possibly need to sit down with the Local Board and the people who see a need for a structure plan to understand what they are seeking to achieve.”

Snapshot of growth The total area of land in Warkworth zoned Future Urban in the Auckland Unitary Plan: 1255ha Estimated population growth: 20,000 Warkworth North 432ha to be live zoned 2022-26

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Rodney Local Board chair Beth Houlbrooke is in favour of looking at a Centre Plan approach to managing Warkworth’s growth.

“Some of us campaigned (in the last Local Government election) on the call for a Structure Plan Beth Houlbrooke and what is becoming apparent is that what may be needed more immediately, and would satisfy the expectations of many Warkworth residents, is a Centre Plan,” she says.

“One of the problems we have is that the public’s perception of what a Structure Plan is, is different to what Council calls a Structure Plan.

“I am going to suggest a meeting between Auckland Council planners and the project group from the One Warkworth Business Association to ensure we are all on the same page before either committing budget or commencing advocacy for either type of plan.”

Ms Houlbrooke says the terminology has changed over the years and hence, some of the discussion is at cross-purposes.

A Centre Plan could possibly be achieved via the Local Board’s annual planning process, while a Structure Plan is a far bigger piece of work and requires advocacy to the Governing Body for funding to be brought forward from what currently appears in the Long Term Plan.

“A Structure Plan is not usually done with community input; a town centre plan most definitely would be.”

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Businesses want faster Ultra-Fast Broadband rollout

Warkworth, Snells Beach, Matakana, Omaha and Wellsford are all on the Government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) to-do list, but exactly who, when and where is still uncertain.

Minister for Communications Simon Bridges announced last month that an additional 423,000 New Zealanders would benefit from UFB by 2024, bringing the total coverage to 84 per cent.

According to the Crown Fibre Holdings website, work will be undertaken in partnership with Chorus, the main supplier in the area.

Warkworth business owner and One Warkworth Business Association deputy chair, Mark Macky, employs around 30 staff and like many other businesses, uses cloud-based systems.

He says the network becomes swamped when hosting more than 15 staff.

“Data speed in Warkworth is terrible,” Mark says. “It’s holding businesses back and stopping new businesses moving to the area.”

Priority for the UFB rollout is linked to population growth. Warkworth is predicted to grow to 4759 by 2023 and UFB completion is expected in 2021. Mark says those figures are based on the 2013 census and are “completely inaccurate”.

“We will have that many people in Warkworth by the end of the year. It looks like nothing’s going to happen for the next four years and that’s

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too far away because the old copper system will be completely overloaded by then.”

Auckland Council’s chief of strategy Jim Quinn says they are awaiting further details from the Government about what the next steps are in the implementation of the programme.

One Warkworth is compiling a report challenging Council’s growth figures and it hopes this will help reprioritise the rollout.

Many rural residents have increased data speed by signing up with private providers. Darrell McNab runs Rodney Broadband which supplies around 130 rural residents across Mahurangi with wireless internet connection using strategically placed microwave dishes. Darrell says his

customers are predominantly in ‘black spots’ and download speeds are improved from around two megabits per second (Mbps) to 20 Mbps.

He says connecting rural or semirural residents to UFB, which is normally categorised as speeds

of around 100 Mbps, is difficult because it requires fibre cable to each household, rather than to central ‘nodes’.

“To get UFB to the average rural household would be time-consuming, costly and would require significant planning. Increasing fibre to the node will improve speed, but using existing copper wires to the house means it will only be souped-up VDSL,” Darrell says.

Fibre is being installed in new subdivisions, but many existing cabinets have reached connection capacity. Darrell says people are increasingly contacting him for advice before purchasing homes.

Rodney Broadband customer and business technology consultant, Nat Torkington is doubtful the UFB scheme will be sufficiently widespread.

“The devil is always in the detail,” Mr Torkington says. “Those of us down rural roads are unlikely to be satisfied even by 2024.”

2023 Population Estimate

Estimated UFB completion

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2020

Warkworth

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Wellsford

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Matakana

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Water watch in Warkworth Traces of the herbicide Hexazinone were detected in water produced by the Warkworth Water Treatment Plant, drawn from the Mahurangi River, during routine testing carried out by Watercare this month.

The level was 0.0005mg/L, which Watercare says is 800-times below the Ministry of Health’s maximum allowable value of 0.4mg/L. By late last week, the levels had dropped to 1000-times below the maximum allowable value.

An independent, UK-based microbiologist and leading authority on water quality, Professor Colin Fricker, was consulted on the readings.

Watercare says he confirmed that there was no public health concern associated

with the levels of Hexazinone detected and no further action, other than continued monitoring, was required.

Watercare general manager service delivery Shayne Cunis says the operation of the treatment plant was adjusted to prevent the substance from entering the drinking water supply.

Hexazinone is a broad-spectrum herbicide that is often applied to control woody/herbaceous, annual and perennial weeds. It is known to be soluble in water, highly mobile and can leach from the soil.

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Winning photographer Olivia Stevenson was very excited to accept her prize – a Nikon D3400 digital SLR camera – from Nikon account manager, Jason Sherer, of Lacklands in Auckland (left) and TheCameraShop manager Colin Stables.

A candid shot of a swimmer in a pool has claimed the top prize in the Mahurangi Summer Photo Competition, jointly organised by TheCameraShop and Mahurangi Matters.

Mahurangi College student Olivia Stevenson, 17, snapped the winning entry on a camera she had only recently been given.

Judges Ian Macdonald and Tony Enderby had the unenviable task of sorting through nearly 200 entries to choose the winning photos. They felt that overall most people had embraced the ‘summer’ theme.

While there was a cross-section of subjects, the recurring themes were kids jumping, pets, strawberries and landscapes.

1st prize, Olivia Stevenson “I was quite surprised that there was only one pohutukawa pic,” Tony says. “It’s such a classic NZ summer photo.”

The judges were unanimous in their choice of Olivia’s winning photo, impressed by the careful composition, the use of light and the abstract colours.

Unbeknown to the judges, they awarded the second and third prizes to the same photographer, Lisa Hamilton, of Warkworth.

“Lisa’s sand jumping photo is a classy little pic and the more you look at it, the more you appreciate its delicate composition and colour,” Ian says.

Tony says all three of prizewinners produced quite complex pictures. Sarah Taylor’s baby photo and Erin Hearne’s Rodney rural landscape were highly commended. The organisers thanked everyone who entered and gave early notice that the competition will be run again next summer.

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Summer has finally, truly arrived with clear skies and soaring temperatures.

Our early summer was hindered by a constant and niggling wind which made it feel like summer was slow to arrive. However, don’t be deceived, as the one constant fact throughout has been a lack of rain. Most of us have borne witness to this by our low or empty water tanks. Personally, I know that we have spent more than a few bucks replenishing our water tank. So what are the combined results of the above facts? Dry, dry, dry! And it doesn’t look like changing any time soon.

With this dry weather it is time to increase our awareness and precautions against property, scrub and forest fires. So what are the precautions you can take?

No fires to start with. That means no backyard burn offs, no braziers toasting marshmallows with the kids and no fireworks, just to name a few. Be aware of any visible smoke and check with your neighbours if unsure. Smokers, in particular, please take care when disposing of cigarette butts. A careless flick of a cigarette butt out of a moving car window can be particularly dangerous. Leigh and Matakana Brigades recently attended a tree fire in Whangateau. The base of a coastal pohutakawa tree had been smouldering and then burning, possibly for hours, before being noticed by a passerby just after sunrise. The fire had worked its way into the hollow interior of the tree trunk. The fire was quickly contained and extinguished by the attending the fire crews. However, getting to the hollow interior of the tree was a challenge and had to be carefully managed so that the fire was extinguished and damage to the tree minimised so as to preserve its existence. After all, the pohutakawa is NZ’s favourite Christmas tree!

A slightly different set of timings and/or circumstances could have meant the fire spreading unnoticed into the surrounding bush and becoming a much more difficult situation to bring under control. It is suspected the fire was caused by a discarded cigarette butt, landing in dry leaf litter at the base of the tree and the fire smouldering and spreading from there. The thoughtless person had clearly moved on with their travels and is likely to have been totally unaware of the situation left behind with their careless actions. Several hours later, fire crews had to be called out of their beds to rectify the situation – a simple and avoidable situation. So without wishing to sound like a ‘smoker knocker,’ please be sure to extinguish your cigarette and better still dispose of it in your car ashtray. Better for the environment, too.

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Renovated Warkworth Town Hall reopens A $5.6 million project to restore the Warkworth Town Hall will be unveiled at a Grand Opening party on February 25.

The 105-year-old heritage building has been closed since 2011 due to structural safety concerns. Auckland Council is funding $4.3 million and Rodney Local Board has contributed $1.2 million, of which the Warkworth Town Hall Trust is covering $675,000.

The restoration included a seismic upgrade with new foundations and floors, a new roof, mezzanine heritage flooring and other heritage renovations. The hall has new electrical and plumbing services, air conditioning, refreshed bathrooms, new acoustics and piano storage, a lowered stage and stage lift.

The hall can cater for 350 sitting in the main hall and 50 in the upper gallery.

A new addition has a kitchen cum meeting space which has its own entrance, toilets and a disabled lift.

Council senior publicity specialist Liz Kirschberg says the Senior Citizens Rooms and Bridge Club rooms next door will remain. She says the Town Hall will initially be managed by Council.

The main hall will cost $59 an hour to hire at peak times and $47.20 in off-

Warkworth Town Hall Restoration Trust and fundraisers Ilona Rodgers, Ben Dugdale, Glennys Oliver, Peter Buckton and Tracey Martin with site manager Morné McLeod (centre).

peak, the mezzanine and the kitchen/ meeting room will both be $24 peak and $19.20 off-peak each. There is a 20 per cent discount for regular hirers or 50 per cent discount for community benefit events.

Liz says they will be taking bookings from March 11. Potential hirers

can express an interest by calling 09 379 2030 or emailing venuehire@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz or via the online booking tool. Warkworth Theatre, Warkworth Music, Kowhai Singers and Warkworth Floral Art Group are among the first groups to show interest in booking the hall.

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Following a dawn blessing at 6am, organised by Auckland Council, the community-led celebration runs from 10am to 3pm.

The day starts with a ribbon cutting ceremony, then performances from Talbot Dance Academy, singer Lou Lou, Warkworth and Wellsford Pipe Band, Warkworth Drama Group, Warkworth Primary School kapa haka, Mahurangi College students, Kiribati Rodney Community Group, Tai Chi and a magician.

Warkworth Brass Band euphonium player Dianne Beetham will play The Pilgrims’ Chorus from Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhauser. It was played by the Town Band with euphonium solo by A. Rayner at the original Grand Opening Concert of the hall on October 4, 1911.

Grand Opening team member Glennys Oliver says along with the performances, 20 local community groups will display information in the hall during the day, including a Warkworth Museum historic display.

Commemorative tote bags, food and drink will be for sale.

Warkworth Town Hall Restoration Trust chair Ilona Rodgers will MC the day.

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Timeline of the Warkworth Town Hall 1911: Grand Opening Concert on October 4. The Town Band played the overture The Pilgrim with euphonium solo by A. Rayner, followed by three hours of music.

1910-1911: Construction Architect Arthur Herrold, construction by Thomas E Clark. Clark saved construction costs, building it for £1196, by using his patented, glazed, hollow stoneware building blocks.

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1914-18: World War I troops were farewelled and welcomed home at the hall.

Laying of the Warkworth Town Hall Foundation Stone, June 1911.

1930s: Extensions – a clerk’s office, board room, ticket box, foyer and stairs to the new gallery were added.

A remodelled art deco addition opened on 17 September 1937.

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2007: Listed as a Category 1 heritage building by NZ Historic Places Trust, recognising its rare stoneware block construction and its significance in the social history of Warkworth.

2011: Centenary Celebrations in October, followed by the hall closure in December due to structural issues

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2000s: Hall used for concerts and community events like the Northern Golden Shears.

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1939-45: WWII Hub of community social life with daily films and dances for American troops.

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Fundraising for the future The Warkworth Town Hall Restoration Trust set an ambitious fundraising goal of $675,000. Along with a $300,000 Lotteries Grant they have raised another $75,000 for a new kitchen and continue to fundraise for the last $300,000.

Behind every dollar raised is a group of volunteers, led by Glennys Oliver, who has put on raffles, fashion shows, concerts, film competitions and heritage evenings. We talked to one of the trustees, Cunitia Wilkinson, while she sold raffle tickets at Countdown to fund the hall opening celebrations.

Meeting new people has been one of the pleasures of fundraising for Cunitia.

“It will be nice to see the Town Hall used again by the community.

We look at the small children and we think hopefully this is something they will grow up with.”

While fundraising, the volunteers have heard stories from older generations, often about dances, movies, prize givings and debutante balls.

Cunitia’s memories include her first visit for the National Party selection with her late husband Peter Wilkinson, who was the Member for Rodney from 1969 to 1978.

Along with heritage reasons for keeping the building and a need for a Town Hall, she’s witnessed how keeping an historic building triggers memories.

“I’m a great believer in keeping historical things because if you lose something like the Town Hall, which has been so much of Warkworth life over 100 years, you lose that history associated with it,” Cunitia says.

Warkworth and New Zealand doesn’t have a huge historical stock, so it’s important to keep what we do have, she says.

“It’s easier for future generations to envisage what it was like because they’ve got the setting.”

When Cunitia joined the longrunning Town Hall Committee she didn’t know what she was getting herself in to, with a “battle behind

the scenes” to maintain and restore it. But, once the decision was made to restore it, and the Trust was set up, she says the community came out to help fundraise. She says Glennys, an old friend, became a driving force.

“She won’t ask you to do anything she won’t do herself. She’s very hands on and just amazing.”

She says they tried to do fundraising functions for different parts of the community to make everyone feel like they had a stake in the Town Hall.

As the opening approaches, Cunitia hopes the community will take ownership. She thinks it will suit film, drama, dance, music, culture, functions and even Town Hall meetings.

“I hope the people who use it will appreciate the hard work that’s gone into it, and it will serve its purpose and, whatever they do, it’s shown to its best effect.”

And as for its future? “Do we put it in cotton wool and put it away? No, I hope that the community will be proactive in taking part in the administration and looking after it, and there will be proper recognition of the fact that all public buildings need to be updated from time to time and that councils make proper provision for the upkeep of these very precious buildings.”

Cunitia says it would help if the money the hall earned went back into its upkeep.

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Choir has rock ‘n’ roll heart Jubilation Choir will be making a righteous noise at Leigh Sawmill Café on Sunday February 26.

The 33-strong supergroup includes a diverse ensemble of actors, writers, musicians, a newsreader, builder, psychologist, a maker of super yachts and a lecturer in Russian.

Featuring blues legend Rick Bryant (The Jive Bombers, Rough Justice, The Windy City Strugglers), soul sister Jackie Clarke (The Lady Killers) and musical theatre diva Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Jubilation is an a capella gospel choir with a rock and roll heart.

Founding member Rick Bryant says he enjoys performing at the Sawmill.

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ago. I’ve played there with Jubilation, Windy City Strugglers, Jive Bombers and Black Soap Boys, and it’s always been a pleasure. It’s a great room, great crowd, and the Sawmill team are among the best,” Rick says.

With a repertoire drawn from the cream of soul, blues, alt country and gospel, Jubilation sings from the songbooks of Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Curtis Mayfield, Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Sam Cooke and Emmy Lou Harris.

Best known for their backing vocals on Hollie Smith’s hit ‘Bathe In The River’, Jubilation has also sung at Womad and the Waiheke International Jazz Festival, and is featured in the ‘Volume’ exhibition at the Auckland Museum.

Ticket giveaway Mahurangi Matters has a double pass to giveaway. Write your name and number on the back of an envelope, post to Jubilation Choir Competition, Mahurangi Matters PO Box 701 Warkworth or email editor@localmatters.co.nz with the subject line: Jubilation Choir. Competition closes February 22.

Bridge contract awarded Fulton Hogan and Aurecon have been awarded the contract to replace two of the one-way bridges at Matakohe.

The work represents the first part of the Northland Bridges programme and includes two traffic lanes, as well as a shared path for pedestrians and cyclists.

Improvements also include a realignment of the state highway to remove the tight bends approaching the bridges and a new intersection for the iconic Kauri Museum, and cycling connections along the Twin Coast Discovery route.

Public consultation on the preferred alignment for both the bridges will be held in the first quarter of this year, and construction is expected to start later this year.

The narrow width of the current bridges causes delays during the busy visitor season, and there were 15 reported crashes on or near the bridges between 2005 and 2014.

A $40,000 upgrade of the media studies area at Mahurangi College is nearing completion. The new area includes a four-by-four metre green screen, connecting it to the main media room, a sound booth, and a mixing table behind a soundproof glass window. Media studies teacher Darren King says he is now looking for funding to start a student radio station in the booth to service the Warkworth community. Head girl and Level Three media studies student Hannah Powell says students are looking forward to using the new facilities, which are expected to be ready early next month.

Briefs Food and wine festival cancelled The Matakana Wine, Beer and Food festival scheduled for March 4 and 5 has been cancelled. Organiser Paul Walker says he was unable to get the level of support needed from local businesses, and although ticket sales were better than last year, they were not sufficient to cover costs. All stallholders and ticket purchasers will receive a full refund.

Point Wells pests A free pest control workshop will be held in the Point Wells Hall on Sunday, February 26. The event is being run by the Forest Bridge Trust and Point Wells Community & Ratepayer Association. It will cover how to deal with pests such as rats, possums, weasels and stoats (musselids), provide advice from professional trappers and cover the safe operation of traps to avoid pet cats and birds. The morning workshop will run from 9.15am - 12.30pm. If attending, contact Laurence Eyres on 021 671 871 or eyresy@gmail.com

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London tales inspire singer-songwriter Songwriter and storyteller, Rachel Dawick, will perform at the Whangateau Folk Club on Monday February 27.

Fresh from a year in the UK, Rachel will preview songs from her upcoming album, A Penny Plain and Two Pence Coloured.

The album follows the true account of Henry Mayhew who, in the mid-1800s, took to the streets of London to interview the poor. His interviews were released as part of a series of articles and later as a four-volume book entitled London.

Rachel’s songwriting covers a range of styles from folk, blues, country and gospel to cabaret and French chanson, and her lyrics tell stories of love, war, the environment, history and life.

“These are the stories that I’ve picked up along the road, travelling the world in true troubadour fashion,” she says.

Rachel’s previous album ‘The Boundary Riders’ followed the journey of a range of infamous, but largely unknown NZ characters who would slip easily into any Wild West adventure book. The album was a NZ Tui Award Folk Album finalist in 2015.

Rachel will return to the UK next month to record the new album with the UK band Faustus ahead of its release in NZ in September.

The folk club meets at the Whangateau Hall on the last Monday of the month, starting around 7pm.

Briefs Sculpture supports music The private Kaipara sculpture park owned by entrepreneur Alan Gibbs will open its gates on Thursday March 23 in a fundraiser for music charity The New Zealand Music Foundation. It will be an opportunity to view a unique collection of 22 artworks by renowned sculptors from around the world. The foundation, which formed in 2012, supports projects in healthcare, including music therapy in hospices and projects that use the power of music to restore physical and cognitive ability lost as a result of disease and injury. It also partners with clinicians who are using music as part of an integrated package of care for seriously ill children and their families. Tickets are on sale from NZ Tix. No beverages or food are available for purchase onsite, but food can be brought into the park and pre-ordered picnic lunchboxes will be available at an additional cost.

Matakana harvest festival A Harvest Festival will be held at St Leonard’s Church, in Matakana, on Saturday and Sunday, February 25 and 26, and the organisers are appealing to the public for donations of food. The church will be open on the Saturday, from 9.30am to 12.30pm, to receive food donations, which will be given to the Warkworth Rotary and Lions Food Rescue Service. The service collects excess food from local businesses, which is then sorted and distributed by Warkworth Christian Foodlink. A Sunday harvest celebration service at 9.30am is open to all.

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Fire fighters from Leigh, Wellsford, Kaiwaka and Warkworth brigades are all in training for this year’s Sky Tower Stair Challenge on May 13.

Over 900 fire fighters will don full breathing apparatus and over 25kg of gear before tackling 51 flights of stairs as fast as humanly possible to raise funds for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand (LBC).

Wellsford fire fighter Shane Baker is training for his seventh climb. He says mixing cardio and strength training is crucial, but ultimately it’s mental toughness that counts on the day.

“When you get about a third of the way up it gets real tough, you’re out of breath and that’s when it starts messing with your mind,” Shane says.

Personal trainer and Warkworth brigade volunteer, Tania Wood, is attempting the climb for the first time.

Although daunted by the prospect of climbing the tallest building in the southern hemisphere, her biggest fear is running out of gas.

“I want to get to the top on one cylinder. If you’re not fit enough, or fast enough, you’re breathing apparatus will run dry,” Tania says.

Fire fighting sisters Shannon, 18, and Jesse-Wayne Te Amo, 20, have been training on the Mangawhai cliff top walkway. They take turns carrying each other on their backs.

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Sisters Shannon and Jesse-Wayne Te Amo carry each other to ramp up the training.

“We both want to beat our Dad’s time.

He did it a few years ago and we are determined to do it faster,” Shannon says.

Wellsford’s Matt Railey will be hauling his 6’4” frame up the 1103 stairs. Last year he attempted to take them two at a time.

“It’s a gut-buster. The first thing I saw when I arrived last year was a fire fighter being taken out on a stretcher,

Dome Valley walkway is a good training ground for fire fighters who will tackle the 1103 steps up the Auckland Sky Tower on May 13.

double stepping kills you,” Matt says.

Last year’s event raised $1.16 million for LBC. Auckland-based fire fighter Josh Harrison achieved the fastest time of 8 minutes and 46 seconds.

Warkworth currently leads the local brigade fundraising tally, with over $4000.

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MP joins Parkinson’s awareness ride A personal experience with Parkinson’s disease has prompted Rodney MP Mark Mitchell to join a 160km bike ride across his constituency in June.

The ride is to raise awareness and funds for research into a cure for Parkinson’s.

Mr Mitchell contacted Mahurangi Matters to offer his support, following an article on January 18, which appealed for a charity rider.

Scotsman Bernie Docherty, who was diagnosed with the disease two years ago, aged 50, launched the appeal. Bernie plans to complete a simultaneous, 100-mile fundraising ride in Britain, on June 25.

“When I read the story I knew I had to find a way of supporting the ride,” Mr Mitchell says.

“When I was in the Police force, I

came off second best to a piece of fourby-two and that part of my brain that releases dopamine was damaged. For three years I had Parkinson’s symptoms and I can completely understand what Bernie’s going through.”

Bernie has exchanged emails with Mr Mitchell and has received other offers of help from Mahurangi residents.

“I was completely blown away, especially by Mark’s offer to ride and raise funds,” Bernie says.

“It’s a great cause, but there are millions of worthy causes out there. I feel very humbled.”

Bernie visited New Zealand several years ago and says he loves Mahurangi.

He initially wanted to place an advert for a rider to create a global fundraiser.

“I’ve got Parkinson’s at a young age

Rodney MP Mark Mitchell plans to ride 160km through his constituency to raise funds for research into Parkinson’s disease.

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Parkinson’s – symptoms and treatments Parkinson’s is caused by insufficient quantities of dopamine in the brain. When dopamine levels fall, movements become slow and awkward. People with Parkinson’s experience a combination of different motor and non-motor symptoms, including tremors, muscle rigidity and insomnia.

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Wellsford programmes focus on coping with change A programme aimed at helping people to cope with loss and change is entering its eighth year in the Warkworth and Wellsford area.

Seasons works through schools and offers programmes to help people, especially young people, deal with loss and change relating to separation/ divorce, death or other significant life changes.

The programme started in 1997 and is now offered nationwide.

In Warkworth and Wellsford, it has a strong base of trained and experienced volunteers who work as a team to facilitate Seasons for Growth groups.

These are small group programmes that combine psychology and education with peer support, within a person-centred learning approach.

They use the familiar metaphor of the seasons to explore the cyclic nature of grief.

The five levels of the Children and Young People’s programme contain developmentally appropriate

discussions and activities and, similarly, the Adult Programme guides adults through a safe, structured peerlearning experience.

A spokesperson says the Seasons for Growth programmes normalise participants’ experiences, and increase protective factors, including building personal resilience and social skills, while minimising some risk factors including isolation that influence mental health and wellbeing.

While they do not provide counselling or therapy, the programmes involve supporting people to learn about specific events and circumstances in their lives, and the range of ways that people respond to these events and circumstances.

The development of communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills are also supported.

For further information on groups for adults, teens and children, or to volunteer, contact Heather Free on 021 0813 3586 or seasonswarkworthwellsford@gmail.com

Rare lotus bloom at Brick Bay Visitors to Brick Bay Wines and Sculpture Trail will have the opportunity to see the lotus flower blooms at Virginia King’s Koru sculpture for the first time on Friday February 17, from 11am-3pm. The large-scale site-specific land artwork is located on part of Brick Bay Farm, which is not usually open to the public. The lotus flowers at the base of the Koru only bloom in February for a short time. The free viewing is part of the Brick Bay 30-year anniversary celebrations. Info: brickbay.co.nz/events-summer-series

Participants in Sing Up Rodney’s first session include both new and more experienced singers.

Singing in key for wellbeing Singing makes you feel good – and its value as therapy is becoming more widely known.

Music therapist Ali Talmage, cofounder of the CeleBRation Choir at Auckland University’s Centre for Brain Research, says singing can help stroke survivors, and others with neurological problems, to find a voice again.

As well as positive effects on brain circuits, singing can improve breathing and vocal strength – often a problem for people with Parkinson’s disease.

For those with dementia, familiar tunes can elicit memories.

Recently, Ali started a new community music therapy group, Sing Up Rodney, in Silverdale and any adults living with conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s or dementia are welcome to join. Partner/carer participation is encouraged.

Around 20 people took part in the first session, on February 2. Among them was Aphasia Rodney chair Ruth Farrell, who also sings with the

removed Seasons is for those experiencing loss and change. This may be due to separation/divorce, death, or other significant life changes.

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Children & Young People’s Programme 6-18 years old Exploring the Seasons of Grief Adults Programme "Thank you so very much for all your help & support, you have given me hope & courage." From recent group participant.

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CeleBRation Choir. Ruth developed aphasia after a stroke caused by a benign brain tumour seven years ago.

She loves music and says singing has improved her speech but that the biggest benefit is “sociability”.

The two-hour sessions at Rotary House in Silverdale include a tea break and Ali says this time to chat with others is as important as the singing itself, bringing people together.

The weekly Sing Up Rodney sessions (on Thursdays, 10.30am–12.30pm) will run for the current term, until April 6, and people can join at any time. It costs $10 per person (or couple).

Ali says the number of participants, and securing ongoing funding, will determine whether the sessions can continue after April 6. She is considering setting up a Charitable Trust and would be happy to hear from anyone interested in supporting the initiative.

Info: facebook.com/SingUpRodneyNZ, email SingUpRodney@gmail.com or phone 027 464 2465.

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What an amazing community we live in. The gifts that you, the community, gave for families that may have otherwise not had any presents last Christmas were incredible. Special thanks to Mahurangi Matters and Ray White Bogue, who collected the gifts. To the people who dropped gifts into Homebuilders Family Services and the donated money that was used to buy New World vouchers, it was all most gratefully received. It is in these times that we have to really appreciate that we live in a special area, where people are generous, not only in material goods, but generous in spirit. The volunteers, who organised the Christmas food boxes, ‘thank you’. Christmas is meant to be a magical time of the year and the generosity shown did make it magical for a lot of children who might not have had much for Christmas, and even adults received gifts!

Now we are in a New Year, a new beginning and that brings hope. As a community let’s continue this year with that generous spirit. If you ever have a pantry clean out, and have a lot of food left over, the Food Bank is always grateful for food to put into food parcels. The local op shops always need good clothes, shoes, sheets and towels, which are all useful for families. But generosity of spirit can also be having a chat with someone who looks like they are down on their luck or lonely.

People on benefits are not there by choice. Many are very keen to work; they have just lost their confidence. If you know of someone who may need their garden tidied up, for example, and a person needing work, even if it is only for a week, linking the two needs adds to that wonderful community mindedness.

Homelessness is still a problem in our community. Homelessness is not just people who don’t have a roof over their heads, it is also about families having to sleep on other people’s couches or in their garages. Within this community, our rents are high and there are not enough houses to rent. If you have an unused sleep-out or a flat underneath not being used, please consider renting this out, as this would help a lot of people.

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Surfers rise to Logger Head challenge Venison pies for field days Record numbers and hot conditions set the tone for the fourth Logger Heads surf event held at Mangawhai Heads on January 28.

Waves were only up to one metre high, but over 50 surfers made an appearance from as far away as Sydney and Mount Maunganui, alongside a strong field of competitors from Mangawhai Heads.

The event hosted four categories with Open Logger Division, Old Mal Division, Women’s Logger Division and Junior Logger Division.

A record 36 surfers competed in the Open Logger Division including event organiser Tony Baker, who reached the semi-finals. Other locals who performed well were Rhys Whittaker, of Waipu, and Glen Johnson, of Mangawhai Heads.

The final proved a close contest between defending champion from Auckland Trent Lillis and Kai EllisFlint, of Sydney.

“Both surfers managed to find perfect little runners, but it was Ellis-Flint who claimed the final with a fin first reverse take off, added to some exceptional nose rides earlier in the heat,” Tony says.

Trent Lillis proved too good against 12 other hopefuls winning the Old Mal Division for pre-1970 longboards, for the third consecutive year. The Junior Logger Division was a battle between Mangawhai Heads surfer Bassie Waldron and Auckland competitor

Mangawhai surfer Bassie Waldron clinched his second Logger Heads title in the Junior Logger Division.

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“In the final, both surfers locked in excellent waves, but Waldron showed excellent local knowledge, picking off the best waves and claiming his second Junior Division win at the Logger Heads.”

Meanwhile Joseph Critchfield, of

Mangawhai Heads, and Freddie Gibbins, of Waipu, picked up fourth and fifth place. Nicky Wellington, of Auckland, won the Women’s Logger Division while Mangawhai Heads surfer Jess Costello came fourth.

The event raised over $700 which will go to the Mangawhai Heads Volunteer Lifeguard Service.

Venison mini pies flavoured with herbs and onion will be the wild food treat used to lure visitors to the Northland Regional Council’s marquee at Kaipara’s upcoming Northland Field Days on March 2 to 4.

Over the past few years the regional council has used a variety of wild food treats – most made from pests – as a fun way of attracting visitors to the Dargaville event.

Kaipara constituency representative Penny Smart says previous wild food treats have included rabbit rissoles, as well as possum burgers, pies and pate, wild pork and goat meat pies, rabbit sausages and even wasp larvae ice cream.

This year will again see another potential pest animal – wild deer – turned into an appetising treat – mini venison pies flavoured with a variety of herbs, onion and other tasty ingredients.

About 45 kilograms of deer meat has been sourced from an approved game meat supplier, which Whangarei company The Baker’s Crust will then turn into roughly 1500 pies.

Cr Smart says this year’s council marquee will be modelled around a ‘Hills to Ocean’ theme showcasing the way water resources travel through catchments and the huge range of work council does with the community as part of that journey.

“Displays will include pests and weeds, maritime, Enviroschools and CoastCare, land management, biodiversity and an interactive water quality display.”

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Chris has fitted two USB ports to his race bike, allowing him to charge his phone and camera on the ride.

Bike and man battle clock Ahuroa resident Chris Wiltshire, 42, will attempt to ride 1657 km in the space of 24 hours to raise money for an animal charity on February 21.

He will ride a Yamaha R1 1000cc sports bike across the central North Island to collect a SaddleSore 1600k Award from the the Iron Butt Association.

“A fellow rider asked me to do the event a few years ago but I declined at the time,” he says.

“Last month I put out a message on Facebook and my friend Jon Mitchell put his hand up to do it with me.”

Chris hopes to contribute one dollar for every kilometre he rides to Aran Animal Rescue, which rescues dogs.

The ride will start and finish in Dairy Flat, taking in Gisborne, Fielding and Rahotu, off Mount Taranaki.

The route incorporates 12 petrol station stops and requires the pair to keep an average speed of 66 kmph throughout the ride.

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“Because of the length of the ride, we need to stay focused and not overtake as we would normally do on a shorter ride.”

Chris has had to take into account the closing time of stations, road speed limits and the shape of roads to avoid losing too much time.

He says a breakdown causing a stoppage of more than half-an-hour will be ‘game over’.

His Yamaha is not a typical choice of bike for this sort of event, being a low lying sports bike as opposed to a touring bike.

Chris has competed previously in two NZ Road Racing Championships, between 1998 and 2000, with a best result of seventh in formula two.

He has also done three Battle of the Streets in Paeroa, finishing fifth in 2000.

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Antibiotic concerns Vets in New Zealand and around the world are coming under increasing pressure to reduce their antibiotic usage, as antibiotic resistant bacteria cause increasing problems in human medicine. At current rates, scientists predict that by 2050, the single biggest killer of humans (overtaking cancer) will be bacterial infections resistant to antibiotics. So just like the 1800s, before antibiotics had been developed, a simple graze that gets infected could be life threatening. You may be thinking why is this relevant to pet owners, farmers and vets? Unfortunately, bacteria are non-discriminatory and resistant bacteria can spread from animals to humans. Essentially, incorrect use of antibiotics in animals has a direct effect on the development of resistant bacteria in humans. It is for this reason that the human and animal health industries have come together across the world to try to make collective changes. The aim is to ensure that antibiotics will continue to be effective on both humans and animals in the years to come.

Things such as under-dosing, not completing the full course of antibiotics or using them on conditions that don’t require them, all accelerate the rate at which bacteria develop resistance. It is very important that when you are prescribed antibiotics for you or your animals, that you complete the course as directed by vet or doctor.

The NZ Veterinary Association (NZVA) announced recently that they aim to have farming free from the use of prophylactic antibiotics by 2030. This does not mean that antibiotics won’t be available for sick or injured animals, but you will not be able to use antibiotics on healthy animals to prevent potential infections. Unfortunately, for dairy farmers, dry cow antibiotic therapy is going to be the first affected. Current protocols of blanket treating the whole herd with antibiotic dry cow means that as well as curing the cows with existing intramammary infections, large numbers of cows without intra-mammary infections are exposed to antibiotics. This preventative use of antibiotics has been deemed to be no longer acceptable when alternative antibiotic-free products are available.

By 2020, unless you can show that a cow has had an infected quarter during that lactation, you will not be able to use antibiotic dry cow on her at dry off. This means keeping accurate and easily traceable records of cows treated for mastitis or with high somatic cell counts will become very important for your dry cow management. Cows that haven’t had any infections during the season can be treated with antibiotic-free products. Although this seems quite a radical change, there is four years before these law changes will be enforced, allowing the gradual introduction of management changes.

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Gardening Andrew Steens

Garden workout With the focus on health and fitness in Mahurangi Matters this month, I thought I should extol the virtues of gardening as one of the best ways of maintaining both mental and physical health, and both aerobic and resistance type fitness. Now, anyone who knows me well, will know that I’m not exactly a shining example of health and fitness. I’m a bit of an eater (with a very active sweet tooth), with a tendency to revert to couch potato state whenever possible.

I dislike getting too hot and bothered, and very much prefer my ride-on mower to a push mower! However, in my defence, I’m now over 50 and last year I managed, (with a lot of effort) to shed 15kg.

I still need to lose at least another 15kg and I know that people advancing into middle age also start to lose muscle mass, flexibility, aerobic capacity and may have increased stress levels due to their work situation or family life. Retaining muscle mass and reducing middle aged spread are two of the key components in slowing the aging process and improving quality of life. And this is where gardening comes in. Not the gentle amble around the garden with posies of flowers-type gardening, but solid, sweaty activity.

Anyone who doubts the benefits to flexibility needs to do a bit of weeding under low-hanging shrubbery! Likewise, pulling big weeds, pruning hedges, lifting root crops or digging a veggie bed are pretty effective at working those bigger muscle groups. For those with activity monitors (all the rage these days it seems) a good hour shifting and spreading mulch or mowing the lawn can easily rack up 10,000 steps, enough to keep you feeling rather pleased with yourself!

A good workout in the garden is a great way to start the day before breakfast or wind down after a stressful day at work. Relatively gentle but repetitive activities like weeding the veggie garden are surprisingly good for the mind. Rather than becoming bored, you’ll probably find your mind settles into a calmer state and what seemed like insurmountable problems are more easily overcome by the time you go back inside. You’ll sleep better, too!

An hour of work like this is as good as going to a gym, with the bonus of saving money on gym fees, cutting driving time, restoring your sanity in this busy world, appreciating nature, combatting global warming in your own small way, adding significant value to your property, gaining a sense of achievement, activating the artistic part of your brain, producing bountiful fruit and veggies which further improve your health and save money, all at the same time. Could there be any activity which is more of a win-win?

Like any outdoor physical activity though, you need to start slowly and take care to stay safe. Stretch before any serious work, don’t work through the heat of the midday; work in the shade wherever possible; do the slip, slop, slap; and keep well hydrated. Stop for a snack if you’re feeling a little wobbly, avoid using sharp tools if you’re tired and be careful on slippery surfaces, ladders and slopes. ACC won’t thank you for becoming another statistic.

Just the thought of all that activity exhausts me; I think I’ll stroll down the road for a swim!

Maungaturoto trail ride fundraiser The annual trail bike ride fundraiser for Maungaturoto Primary School is on Saturday February 26. The terrain is open sheep and beef farmland, with a few sections of bush. The ride is a main loop with three shortcuts home. For junior riders, there are two supervised tracks, a learners lap and an advanced rider loop. There is a section for expert two and four wheelers.

The trail ride is held on Don and Jackie McKay’s farmland, which they open to riders for the fundraiser.

Funds raised this year will go towards

the Year 5 & 6 Camp, which will be held at the Peter Snell Youth Village, in Whangaparaoa, next month.

An organiser Nyree Alcock says it’s a popular event that has been going for the past seven years. It attracts between 200 and 300 people, and raises about $5000.

“There is something for everyone’s level of riding,” Nyree says.

Info: 265 Whakapirau Road, Maungaturoto, 9am to 3pm. Kids track $10, main track $15 and adults $35.

Contact Nyree Alcock 09 4319 040.

Dan’s Tips February 2017

Things are heating up - don’t forget to give your garden lots of water to keep it thriving. It’s also time to start sowing your autumn vegetables.

Growing Food • Leeks: Poke a hole in the soil with a pencil or bamboo stake to a depth of 18cm. Drop in a leek seedling, but don’t throw in soil to fill the hole. This leaves space for the leek to fatten as it grows and when you water the hole fills up, bit by bit.

• Vegetables for autumn/winter: Sow seeds of the brassica family in trays to plant out when the temperatures are cooler. Brassicas include cabbage, broccoli, bok choy and cauliflower plus there are some fun new ones such as Broccoli Romanesco (more cauli -like), purple sprouting broccoli and the foodie darling – broccolini.

Other Work • Tropical flowering plants are cool and colourful: Canna lilies, hibiscus, bougainvillea and bird of paradise plants are so lush and they come into their own this month. Makes you feel like you’re in your own island paradise. Keep them well watered.

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Leon Sutcliffe serves up in what was a closely contested men’s doubles final.

High calibre finals for open A strong field, including two top 100 players, made up the finals for the 67th Otamatea Tennis Open held at the Kaiwaka Sports Complex on January 28 and 29.

The open age tournament group hosted men’s and women’s singles, as well as men’s, women’s and mixed doubles Event organiser Innes Anderson says the tournament was a success with 49 players competing.

“Despite hot conditions, the standard of tennis was very high and seemed to get better as the competition went on,” he says. “All the finals were of a high calibre, especially the men’s doubles.”

The men’s singles was won by top 30 player Daniel Brown of Next Generation Club in Auckland, who downed Connor Van Dalsum of Mangawhai 6-2, 6-1.

“Daniel’s high ranking was a real drawcard for the competition and it’s great to have an up and coming local in Connor doing well, too.”

The women’s singles was won by Craigie McCulloch, also of Next Generation Club, who beat Eliza Clamor of Mission Bay, 6-2 6-2.

Matthew Alexander and Leon Sutcliffe took the men’s doubles, beating Andrew Bruce and Troy Tipene in a super tie-break, 6-1 3-6 10-6.

Craigie McCulloch and Paula Stubbing beat Annabel Armstrong and Tracy Kemp, 6-0 6-4, to win the women’s doubles.

Daniel Brown took his second title with Hilary Woodham beating Innes Anderson and Tania Neale in the mixed doubles final, 6-1 6-3.

The prize pool for winners was $350 each in singles and the same amount split in doubles.

Innes says the Otamatea Open has a different sort of atmosphere to other competitions, with the overnight camp, and it attracts a range of players.

He would like to see more local competitors in future.

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Athlete Profile

Mike Fitzgerald

Age 43, Omaha

Life saver seeking silverware Mike Fitzgerald has added surf ski to his list of surf sports since joining the Omaha Surf Life Saving Club three years ago.

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Omaha surf life saver Mike Fitzgerald has entered his first World Masters Games in search of a new achievement.

Mike, 43, has been a surf lifesaver since he was 14 and is credited with saving 12 lives over that time.

In April, he will compete in the surf race, run swim run, surf ski and relay at Takapuna Beach, with hopes of making the surf race final. This involves training up to five times a week.

He says he feels fit by his own standards, but is expecting some very strong opposition, especially from Australia.

Mike grew up in Christchurch and joined the South New Brighton Club as a teenager.

“I’ve always loved the water and I like the idea of being able to compete and keep people safe,” he says.

He has done this on a number of occasions, including once at Omaha while off duty, when he rescued two people caught in a rip.

Other rescues include a surfer caught on the rocks and two German tourists in a rip. While on holiday in San Diego, he came to the rescue of a young boy.

“You never quite switch off once you’re a trained surf life saver.

“It’s nice to think there are 12 people alive because of my actions, I’m quite proud of that.”

Mike says it’s often about knowing what to look for and that only comes with experience.

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and he was the New Zealand national team third choice goal keeper for two seasons.

Mike gave up surf sports in 1992 until joining the Omaha Surf Life Saving Club three years ago.

Last year he was part of the Omaha Surf Sports Team, which trains under coach Teneale Hatton.

Teneale won three golds at the 2009 Australian Surf life Saving Championships and two golds in World Championship canoeing.

“Never in any of the rescues I’ve seen or made have the people been waving their arms like you expect; they’re always too tired by that point.”

Mike has also had success with the competition side of surf life saving, winning an event called March Past at U18 nationals with the Canterbury team in 1991.

He was also part of a Canterbury team that won two national titles in pool life saving in 1990 and 1991.

His passion for swimming extends into water polo

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February Brick Bay Lotus Bloom, Virginia King’s Koru sculpture public viewing, Brick Bay Wines and Sculpture Trail, 17 Arabella Lane, Snells Beach. Free entry 11am-3pm. Info: brickbay.co.nz (see brief p30) 17 Tour de Science, a science storytelling show, Old Masonic Hall, Warkworth, 6pm 18 Matakana X Run, fun runs and walks, Military Arts, Matakana Country Park 18 Warkworth to Wellsford motorway public information day, Warkworth Masonic Hall, Baxter Street, 11-3pm 19 The Company concert, Whangateau Folk Club, Whangateau Hall, 7pm. Info: whangateau.co.nz 19 Kaukapakapa Village Market, Kaukapakapa Hall, 8.30am to 1pm. Info: sarah1@maxnet.co.nz or 027 483 1542 21 Warkworth to Wellsford motorway information day, Wellsford District Community Centre, Matheson Road, 3-7pm 23 Warkworth to Wellsford motorway information day, Warkworth Masonic Hall Baxter Street, 3-7pm 23 Kaipara Sculpture Park open day (see story p26) 24 Wellsford Combined Fellowship (formerly Probus) meeting, Wellsford RSA. Visitors welcome. Info: Bev Davidson 423 9552 25 Operanesia, Puccini to Presley, Jones Road, Omaha, 5.30pm.

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Around 30 launches joined the 96 competing boats in the Mahurangi Harbour the night before the race.

Perfect conditions headline milestone regatta Sailors set a fast pace in what were ideal conditions for the Mahurangi Regatta held in the Mahurangi Harbour on January 28.

A total of 96 wooden boats competed, navigating their way once or twice around the course, with Auckland’s Corona setting the fastest time of two hours, 27 minutes and 48 seconds.

Although the regatta has been going for over 100 years, this was the 40th

anniversary of it being run as the Mahurangi Regatta, under the banner of the Mahurangi Action Plan.

Outgoing Commodore Stephen Horsley says a south-easterly breeze of 18 knots made for exciting starts with a bit of commotion when some in the Mahurangi Cup were recalled.

He says feedback has been really positive this year but some comments have been made about the congested

start, which will be discussed in the debrief.

The course started and finished at the Jane Gifford, moored off Sullivan’s Bay, going around Saddle Island and to a marker off Scott’s Landing in the Mahurangi Harbour.

Boats competed in three categories with those under seven metres starting first and doing a single lap. Second up was the main race for the Mahurangi

Cup for traditional and pre-1955 boats.

Last to start were boats from between 1955 to 1985 with a few more modern exceptions in the mix.

One boat, Thelma A10, has competed in the regatta for over 100 years.

The Mahurangi Cup and Minerva Cup were both taken out by Corona, while Achenar won the Mahurangi ‘A Class’ Handicap Trophy.

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