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Richard Chambers and Pauline Smith put down Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird’s 1000th rat bait station in Whangaparaoa last week.

One thousand traps – and counting: peninsula makes pest free progress

Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird is closing in on rats, possums, stoats and hedgehogs, having last week placed its 1000th trap on Whangaparaoa Peninsula.

But to reach its stated aim of creating a pest-free peninsula, it needs the community’s help.

The Pest Free Peninsula project began

four and a half years ago with the stated aim of making Whangaparaoa free of wild pests so that native birds and insect life can flourish.

To date, more than 90 volunteers have established 50 lines of bait stations, Timms traps (for possums) and snap traps, creating four “choke points” across the peninsula (see map, next

page). Pests are also being targeted elsewhere on the Coast – including Orewa Estuary, Hatfields Beach and parts of Silverdale.

Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird chair, Pauline Smith, was there when the first trap was put down, at Karaka Cove, on January 29, 2014 and she

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helped volunteer Richard Chambers put in the 1000th trap, on private property in Red Beach, on August 30.

She says despite the significant progress that volunteers have made, there is a lot more to do – and the focus has now turned to private property.

“We are a long way off done,” Pauline says. “Even though we have had an enormous and encouraging take up of bait from the bait stations, I still get constant reports of serious infestations of rats. With saddlebacks now extending their range beyond Shakespear Open Sanctuary, it is even more important, because those birds are so vulnerable to rats.”

She says this was highlighted when the most recent traps were put down around the open sanctuary, on private land in Army Bay, and the number of rats caught within the sanctuary dropped.

Another bonus was the recent sighting of seven banded rails at Okoromai Bay. Pauline and volunteer Richard Chambers say the big thing about the work done to date is that it covers all the public land, creating a framework.

The choke points created so far now need to be filled in to create stronger defences against wild pests.

“The improvement in birdlife has not happened to any great degree yet, but these are the bones completed now and trapping on private property will

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flesh those out and enable us to make the next big step,” Richard says.

Council-owned land has been the ‘low hanging fruit’ for pest control, due to its location and also because Council supplies the bait stations and traps needed. As well as parks and reserves, local golf clubs, the Peter Snell Youth Village, Whangaparaoa College and Kingsway School are among the sites where pest control is taking place.

If the project is to take the next step, the community has an important part to play by trapping pests in their backyards.

“We are asking people to come forward if they would like to help with pest control on their own property, or in their street,” Pauline says. “Not only does it help the homeowner, but it contributes to the much wider picture of making our community pest free.”

She says Forest & Bird can supply all the traps and bait needed, but need to charge for them to cover the cost because they are a charitable organisation reliant on donations and grants. Members can also provide advice and support to anyone who wants to control pests on their land.

Richard says now is the ideal time to begin trapping, as rats become more active in Spring and, at the same time, birds are nesting.

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Ambitious road safety campaign rolling out

A road safety programme is being rolled out by Auckland Transport, with a budget of $700 million and a target of reducing deaths and serious injuries on Auckland roads by 60 percent, over a 10-year period.

Funding is coming from Government, Auckland Council and drivers (proceeds from the regional fuel tax). A total of $210 million for the programme comes from the regional fuel tax.

The investment is more than three times what Auckland Transport (AT) normally commits to road safety, which is around $15m-$20m per annum compared to around $70m on average per annum in the current budget.

Auckland Transport (AT) network management and safety group manager, Randhir Karma, told the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board at last month’s meeting that with deaths and serious injuries having increased by 67 percent from 2013 to 2017, reducing those numbers is “a massive challenge”.

Figures for the Hibiscus & Bays area show that road safety performance has worsened here, with deaths and serious injuries up 29 percent (2013-17).

Locally, 48 percent of those people were “vulnerable road users”, such as cyclists, motorbike riders and pedestrians.

Mr Karma says the initial target, for

the first three years of the programme, is to reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads by 18 percent. The focus locally will be on safety on roads and at intersections, speed management, vulnerable road user safety, sober driving and distracted driving behaviours.

These are to be addressed through investment in safety engineering, speed management, education and training and enforcement (with Police).

“The aim is to create a safe system,” Mr Karma told the local board.

“People do make mistakes, but they should not have to lose life or limb when they do.”

Local safety engineering projects to be delivered (2018-19) include zebra crossings in Centreway Road in Orewa and Waiora Road, Stanmore Bay, as well as speed cushions on Laurence Street in Manly.

Mr Karma’s report states that the highest risk intersection on the Hibiscus Coast is at Tavern Rd/East Coast Rd in Silverdale. AT is working with a local developer to have traffic lights installed there this financial year.

Mr Karma says that the Silverdale St/ Hibiscus Coast Highway/Tavern Road intersection, which has been the site of several accidents and was ranked 16 on the NZ Transport Agency’s list of high-

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risk intersections in 2014, dropped in the rankings to number 60 in 2016.

Speed reduction measures are seen as the quickest and most cost effective way to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries, and AT is currently identifying areas and roads where speeds could be lowered. Mr Karma says this will be generally on high speed, high crash routes; areas with high levels of pedestrians or cyclists, and residential areas.

The report notes that speeds of 30kph are safer for vulnerable road users than anything over 50kph.

People inside vehicle = 52% People outside vehicle = 48%

It also highlighted that reducing speed limits is “a sensitive topic”, and will require a publicity campaign, followed by consultation on a speed limit bylaw.

“The campaign will aim to educate Aucklanders that lower speeds provide survivable crash outcomes, as well as enabling our kids to walk and cycle to school, a more liveable streets environment and many health and environmental benefits,” the report says.

The public will be consulted on the bylaw, and once it’s approved by AT’s board, the new speed limits will become legally enforceable.

Corruption charges upheld against former Rodney CEO The Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) has upheld charges of misconduct against disgraced former Rodney District Council chief executive Rodger Kerr-Newell.

This follows a two-year investigation into allegations regarding the Shire of Halls Creek, in the state’s far north, where Mr Kerr-Newell was appointed chief executive four years ago.

In the commission’s report released on August 30, it says it formed a number of opinions of serious misconduct relating to Mr Kerr-Newell’s disclosure and management of conflicts of interest and the misuse of entitlements.

The commission also discovered that

Mr Kerr-Newell contravened probity and accountability standards in a botched procurement process for the purchase of six Toyota vehicles to Halls Creek Toyota.

The investigation revealed that Mr Kerr-Newell used his position as chief executive to appoint Bronwyn Little, with whom he had a long-term intimate relationship, to the role of strategic planning manager at the shire. In doing so, he corrupted the recruitment process by affording Ms Little the opportunity to write the job description and appointing her before the application closing date.

Mr Kerr-Newell also failed to accurately

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disclose the true nature of their relationship or his conflict of interest, and increased her salary by $24,000 (in total) over a four-year period.

The commission’s report states that Mr Kerr-Newell failed to meet his obligations under the Local Government Act in respect to his secondary employment as a director of three windfarm companies in NZ. Mr Kerr-Newell regularly took leave recorded as time-in-lieu to which he was not entitled, and regularly travelled to NZ on wind farm business. This equated to 24 days leave per year or approximately $78,000 of ratepayers’ money.

In the wake of the CCC’s investigation, in April, Mr Kerr-Newell’s employment was terminated by the shire.

His whereabouts are currently unknown and he could not be contacted for comment.

He did not seek re-election as the chair of NZ Windfarms when the company held its annual meeting this month.

During his last 12 months with Rodney, Mr Kerr-Newell received in excess of $700,000 as chief executive.

He held the job for two and a half years and his termination package of $349,000 was the highest of any of the outgoing Council chief executives.

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What’s on your mind? Readers are welcome to air their views. We do not publish abusive or unsigned letters. Letters may be abridged and full versions are at localmatters.co.nz/opinion. Address on p2 or e:terry@localmatters.co.nz

Pontoon cost shocking The last straw As someone who has built a number of raft-like constructions in my time, I was shocked to see a cost of $20,000 for a Council pontoon at a local beach (HM August 1). Surely this is not justifiable? Your excellent paper should perhaps look for more information about how this cost is made up. I fear a lot of dollars will have been spent on paperwork and over the top health and safety factors.

Unbelievable.

Ken Roberts, Army Bay

I haven’t been using plastic bags at supermarkets for some time, but was still glad to see Countdown taking the initiative and dropping them entirely (HM August 15). I also try to avoid straws. I’m slightly wary of the metal reusable ones that are in some cafés now – are they hygienic – but happy to try the cardboard/paper ones or go without. My children will hopefully grow up without expecting everything to come in plastic.

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Correction: Missing link

Our story on David Kayes and his boys, HM August 15, had a glaring omission – we forgot to include the link to his conversation about mental health. Apologies for the error. The link can be found in the online version of the story, which is on our website, localmatters.co.nz

Editor Terry Moore

Openness championed Free speech is in the news and in this regard, a recent local debate on euthanasia in Orewa (see story p30) was an example of how people can express views that others heartily disagree with, or find offensive, on an emotive topic in a public forum, without a fight breaking out.

For journalists, the importance of free speech goes hand in hand with freedom of information. The witchhunt into who leaked Simon Bridges’ expenses was a distraction from the key point – the National leader’s excessive spending. We are not talking about state secrets here. In the Bridges case, the revelations were made anyway – this was just a week earlier than planned.

Whistle blowers brave the threats held over them for divulging information for two main reasons – because they believe the public has a right to know, and/or they stand to gain from the revelations. It is because of those threats that journalists never reveal their sources, in effect making it possible for people to speak freely, if anonymously, without fear of reprisals and for that information to go out to the community.

Closer to home, our local board last month debated, for the fourth time (since 2014) the issue of whether to open the doors of its workshops to media and the public. Workshops, which include briefings by Council staff and the circulation of information, are held almost weekly. Agendas have the word ‘confidential’ stamped all over them, although few, if any, of the items would meet the criteria for a closed-door discussion at a public local board meeting. No Minutes are provided.

The issue of opening workshops is divisive with our local board evenly split and, for the second time, the chair using her casting vote to keep workshops closed.

Among the reasons put forward were the lack of “clamour from the public” for open workshops, that staff feel uncomfortable presenting in front of the media and that some members think free and frank discussions would be difficult with the public present.

In most cases, closed-door discussions are not principally because of personal privacy or commercial sensitivity concerns. It is about control. Controlling the message, including what is said and when, is of prime importance to many organisations – not only Auckland Council.

This paper challenges the Hibiscus & Bays local board members who voted in favour of more transparency to back their words with actions. If they truly believe in principles of openness, then when an issue has no right to be discussed in confidence, they should share it – whether through this paper or by any other means. Actions speak louder than words and it’s time for our elected members to put the community’s right to know first.

A sign expressing frustration with cars not giving way to firetrucks was put up in Manly last month, and just as speedily removed.

Another Orewa speech

ACT leader David Seymour was in Orewa to speak in favour of his End of Life Choice Bill last month. He began by conjuring up memories of one time ACT leader Don Brash’s infamous Orewa speech. “With that in mind, I came to Orewa to make a speech with some trepidation…”

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Bin liner suggestion Smart move by Countdown to get in ahead of a potential ban on plastic bags (HM August 15). Something I hear from people a lot is that they don’t know how to line their bins without the bags. The next step is for more people to look at starting compost or Bokashi bins which eliminates a lot of the wet

mushy compostable material that people currently trash. Composting turns that type of waste into something that’s great for the garden and also means that minimal, if any, lining of waste bins is necessary. I am old enough to remember when this was the norm so I know it can be done as our minds adapt to less plastic in the future.

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Crossing problem solved?

A lick of white reflective paint has been applied to the grey pavers on Orewa’s new pedestrian crossings, making them much more visible to traffic.

The crossings, put in place by Auckland Transport from the town centre across Hibiscus Coast Highway, have been controversial, with business association Destination Orewa Beach, the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board and numerous residents all voicing safety concerns. There have been several near misses on the crossings.

Auckland Transport spokesperson Mark Hannan says the paint went onto the crossings overnight on August 12, as a result of community feedback.

He says a safety audit of the four new crossings is underway.

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Orewa College zone a compromise Orewa College’s new, smaller enrolment zone was approved by the Ministry of Education last month, but with an amendment that has split Red Beach in two, including the part nearest to the college within the new border.

The college’s original proposal was to exclude all of Red Beach from its zone – something that was vehemently opposed by Red Beach School. A total of 371 submissions were made on the proposal.

The Ministry approved an amended version of the new zone on August 16 and this has been adopted

by Orewa College’s board of trustees.

Red Beach School board of trustees chair Andrew Short says the compromise is a disappointment.

He says that splitting the community – with a line that goes right down the middle of Bay Street – will create problems.

He says feedback from parents is coming in thick and fast, and they are not happy.

The school will hold a public meeting early in September to explain the situation and allow people to air their views.

“We are not taking this lying down,” he says.

The board of trustees has registered its concerns with the Ombudsman and Mr Short says they may even take it to a judicial review.

Fletcher’s Residential development of around 500 homes on the former Peninsula Golf Club land is also excluded from the new Orewa College zone.

The college decided to shrink its zone because it is at capacity, while facing huge growth in surrounding areas such as Millwater.

Ministry of Education deputy secretary, enablement and support sector, Katrina Casey, says that the amendment was made in response to community feedback.

“When considering changes to an enrolment scheme, we must balance the community’s expectations of access to any particular school with the impact that the zone may have on neighbouring schools and the education network as a whole,” she says.

Principal Kate Shevland says enrolments are underway and that the new zone will come into effect on January 1 next year.

Council investigates Red Beach water contamination issue Stormwater pipes that flow out to Red Beach are being investigated by Auckland Council, which is concerned about contamination.

At a workshop on June 14, Council’s Safeswim programme manager Nick Vigar talked with the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board about the results of water quality analysis at Red Beach. This information was discussed in confidence, however Hibiscus Matters has since ascertained that the concerns relate to possible contamination from stormwater pipes.

Mr Vigar says that the Safeswim website, launched last November, has provided more effective indications of water quality than previous sample testing methods.

“Following concerns from the community of poor water quality indicated on Safeswim, our team worked with the Red Beach Surf Club to carry out additional testing of the beach, stream and stormwater pipes, from November 2017 to May 2018,” he says.

Samples from stormwater pipes were collected in both dry and wet weather to identify potential sources of contamination.

Mr Vigar says that to date Council has collected nearly 100 water samples in stormwater drains upstream of the drains identified by the previous sampling.

“We have now initiated further investigations of the local pipe network to locate the exact sources of

contamination.”

The sampling process and investigations are still underway and Council will update the local board once the definitive results and planned follow up actions are ready to share.

Local board chair Julia Parfitt says the new testing system is very comprehensive and can use DNA to ascertain whether bacteria such as e coli come from people or birds.

“People had faith in the previous testing regime, but it was not very accurate,” she says. Mrs Parfitt says all the beaches in the Hibiscus & Bays area are in the top third of safe beaches in Auckland, but that improvements are still needed.

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Housing affordability tackled Doesn’t time fly? It’s almost been a year since I became a Member of Parliament and was soon in the thick of it as Government tackles some big problems.

There is increasing homelessness in Rodney, which we are trying to address; I recently helped get a man who was living in his car into emergency housing and I am frequently sent messages from Rodney residents expressing concern at the lack of affordability of housing in the area.

That is why we now have a law to stop overseas speculators buying Kiwi houses.

I believe that this is going to help more Kiwi families get into a home. The law means that potential homeowners won’t have to compete with well-funded overseas buyers to get into a home.

I believe it is a privilege for overseas people to buy New Zealand land, not a right. The Government has made it clear that the law needed to change so we only allow foreign investment in New Zealand land where there is real gain to New Zealanders – such as more homes and more jobs.

The law only allows foreign investors to buy residential property if they are going to build more houses, or construct important economic assets such as supermarkets, hotels, and utilities. It aims to prevent wealthy foreigners driving up prices of our homes and outbidding people who live here. No longer will speculators be allowed to buy an existing Kiwi house just to rent it out, or leave it empty and profit from capital gain. We have many examples of this in Rodney and it’s not acceptable. The new law is another step in the Government’s plan to address New Zealand’s housing crisis. Alongside this is KiwiBuild, our state house building programme; the Healthy Homes standards for rentals; insulation grants, and tax policy changes to discourage property speculation.

Hope for teachers Many of you will have been affected by the teachers’ strike on August 15. On that day the primary teachers and principals took their claims for better pay and working conditions to Parliament. Minister Tracey Martin and I were there, as the Prime Minister explained that we have been working since day one to reduce teacher workload and rebuild public education. There is a focus on fixing the teacher shortage and the parties have gone back to the bargaining table. I am hopeful that an agreement will be reached.

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Paddy Sullivan, nurse

Forty-eight years in a single career is an achievement by any standard, but to clock up that length of time as a registered general and obstetric nurse (NZRGON) probably demonstrates that, for Paddy Sullivan, it was more a vocation than a job. She remembers the days when patients were allowed to smoke in their rooms but flowers were removed at night because they “sucked up the oxygen” and fathers-to-be weren’t allowed anywhere near delivery rooms. She told Jannette Thompson that although times have changed, some things never will ...

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here have been many wonderful advances in medicine since I started nursing at 17, fresh off the farm in Tomarata. Keyhole surgery, MRI and CAT scans, pain pumps, electronic monitoring and hoists for lifts are just a few that spring to mind.

But what doesn’t change is people’s basic need for compassion and care when they are ill. When you’re a nurse, there is no getting around the fact that you have to be able to look, touch, listen and even smell people to really understand what’s going on. You can’t use a computer or the internet to make a proper diagnosis. My Irish mother’s Claddagh Ring sums it up – our head holds all our academic knowledge and memories; our hands represent how we deliver care; and the heart speaks for itself. If I ever find that my heart is no longer part of what I do, I will know it’s time to retire. y parents, Tom and Katie Mulligan, were born on either side of the Irish border – Mum in Clones and Dad in Roslea. Times were hard so in 1926, when he was just 17, Dad headed for New Zealand with 30 shillings in his pocket. He went down the mines at Huntly and earned enough to buy a small farm in Te Kauwhata. He was 41 by the time he thought he had enough to support a wife and family. He returned to Ireland, married Mum, brought her to NZ and they bought a 300-acre dairy farm on Ocean View Road, Te Arai.

That’s where my older sister Rosie and I were raised. Dad and Mum encouraged and assisted most of their brothers and sisters to emigrate to NZ. ’d say my childhood was pretty typical of most farming kids at that time. There were always jobs to do, like milking the cows or feeding the pigs, calves and chickens. After Tomarata School, I went to Wellsford High School where I played hockey, competed in athletics and had a crack at just about anything. Career options for girls were pretty limited, so although I’d finished sixth form and passed my University Entrance, I decided to follow my sister into nursing. Dad took me to Auckland to buy what he saw as the essentials – a suitcase, a nurse’s watch and a raincoat – and in April

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movements, delivered babies and laid out the dead, as well as studying for written and practical exams. Life on the farm stood me in good stead during those three years because I understood that, try as you may, there are some things you just have to accept. I’d seen animals die despite our best efforts to save them and it had built resilience in me, which I’m very grateful for. Nurse training was hard work, but it was also the start of some lifelong friendships, and the skills I learned have enabled me to help people, often at critical times in their lives. enis and I met at a parish dance in Wellsford when I was 14. We were married in August 1973, just four months after I graduated, when he was working as a loader driver for a top dressing company. When I moved back up north, Dr Chris MacKenzie offered me a position as the practice nurse at the Wellsford Medical Centre,

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working alongside him and Dr Jack Gray. It was a new position and a wonderful opportunity.

The doctors worked five days a week, and alternated the evening and weekend on-call service. We were based in the two-storey doctor’s house, opposite Matheson Road, and in those early days there were no appointments. The doctors dealt with everything from sports injuries to farm and industrial accidents, to even delivering babies in the surgery on occasion. It was an advantage to have grown up locally because I understood what was appropriate and what wasn’t.

For instance, telling a mother who has children to get to school, meals to prepare, a house to clean and jobs on the farm to attend to, to rest and keep her leg raised for three hours a day probably isn’t going to happen.

The routine got a little easier for the doctors when Bill McBeath and Phillip Barbour joined the practice, and then eventually Dr Tim Molloy. But, after 17 years I decided it was time for a change, plus I had three children by then – Brett, Kelli and Patrick. worked for medical practices in Orewa and Warkworth before being appointed team leader for the Totara Park Day Programme, which offered socialisation and carer relief for older people. It was an important service and I worked with some wonderful volunteers. As it was only one day a week, I also worked at the Warkworth Birthing Unit as a postnatal care nurse and was involved in two district-wide vaccination programmes. We did schools as small as Pakiri through to Rangitoto College. My work during this time showed me again that people need nurturing at both ends of life – birth and old age. But in this youthfocused culture, it’s the elderly who are sometimes forgotten. If you are old, in poor health, with limited financial means and minimal family support, then life can be pretty tough. People are living longer, but not necessarily

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Patients are often over-assessed and services under-delivered. There’s a real lack of interconnectedness among health services, which is more about plans and processes than actually making sure that Mum gets a bath when she needs one. Family has always been a huge part of my life, from the days when my Irish aunties and uncles came over for a meal and a sing-a-long to the time I now share with my 13 grandchildren. Denny and I will celebrate 45 years married this month – it’s probably helped that we’re both from Irish Catholic stock, with the same values and commitment to make it work. It might be the modern way to always want the newest model, but we come from an era when you fixed things and kept them running, and didn’t throw them out until they stopped altogether. I’m not sure that’s quite the right analogy for a marriage, but it has worked for us.

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Marina deal figure revealed A figure of $10 million is expected to be paid to Auckland Council as part of the proposed deal with Gulf Harbour Marina leaseholder Gulf Harbour Investments (GHIL).

The figure was stated in a newsletter to berthholders that went out last month, despite the fact that Council CCO Panuku Development has not yet obtained Council approval to proceed with any deal.

The deal is being negotiated to give Council control over the Hammerhead (currently leased to GHIL), which is a hub for the ferry service, provides parking and includes a boat ramp that is well used by boaties.

Should the deal proceed, as well as the cash payment, Council would get back its ownership rights over the Hammerhead, with GHIL surrendering its lease. In return, the marina would be transferred out of Council ownership, with freehold title provided to GHIL. In the newsletter, GHIL director Jim Speedy says that having a lease that

has about 70 years still to run, is not enough to encourage him to invest further in the marina.

“Leasehold land and its uncertainties is not attractive to me,” Mr Speedy says. “However, I am prepared to make significant investments at Gulf Harbour if I can secure the freehold of this land zoned for marina-related purposes, as set out in the agreement now awaiting final Council approval.”

The improvements the company proposes, should the deal go ahead, include more marine trade, retail and service businesses, improvement of the haul out facilities and redevelopment of the current retail building to modernise the café, chandlery and other businesses.

Mr Speedy says the aim is to create amore vibrant and enjoyable atmosphere in and around Gulf Harbour marina.

Panuku Development needs Council approval to proceed with the deal, and hopes to obtain it this month, following a presentation to the Council’s Finance & Performance Committee.

This artist’s impression of the retirement village that Metlifecare is building in Red Beach, which has been named Gulf Rise, was released last month. It incorporates links with the neighbourhood, including a café that will be open to the public, as well as residents. Metlifecare chief executive Glen Sowry says the aim is to create a place which feels like a bustling, vibrant residential street. The masterplan, produced by architects Warren and Mahoney, includes a glasshouse pavilion with a shared garden, potting and work sheds and a butterfly walk. Building foundations are being laid now on the 5ha site on the former Peninsula Golf Club. Expressions of interest are open for stage one, which is expected to be ready for occupation in October 2019.

Wheels grind slowly on Orewa Beach seawall consent appeal It looks likely that the Orewa Seawall resource consent appeal process will have been underway for around a year before it is heard by the Environment Court.

The proposal for a seawall on the beach between Marine View and Kohu Street was declined consent by Auckland Council, on the advice of independent commissioners, last December and

on December 22 Council lodged an appeal against its own decision.

Since then, there has been a preliminary hearing, in April, to confirm that the case can proceed (HM May 16), and a further one on July 31. At the latter hearing, the Environment Court directed that the next step is for the parties “to identify and clarify the issues needing to be addressed in the appeal”.

An Auckland Council spokesperson confirms that this work has started, and will be completed by October 10.

The parties will then enter into formal mediation.

The court will reconvene in November to review the parties’ progress and set down a timetable for the hearing.

Figures released to Hibiscus Matters under the Official Information Act

(HM March 14) revealed that the costs of engineering and design and legal fees to get the proposed wall to resource consent stage came to $660,000. The costs of the current proceedings to date are being sought by the Ombudsman, at this paper’s request.

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The local board hopes that our town centres will benefit from a change in contracts, which will see some of the cleaning and maintenance work taken out of Auckland Transport (AT) and Waste Solutions’ hands.

Starting next year, contracts for town centre cleaning, bin emptying and loose litter collection as well as berm maintenance (public land), will be transferred to contractors working for Auckland Council’s community facilities department.

AT has been told to upgrade assets that are in poor repair before the transfer takes place.

The Hibiscus & Bays Local Board welcomes the move, which is designed to deliver value to ratepayers by integrating services with the existing Council contract for parks and open spaces, currently held by Ventia.

“It breaks down the demarcation lines,” Hibiscus & Bays Local Board chair Julia Parfitt says. “So if a Ventia person goes to a park, they are responsible for everything and don’t ignore overflowing rubbish bins.”

Council’s head of contracts and supplier management, Heidi Walkley, says another aim is to deliver consistent service levels across Auckland. She says as part of the change, Council will engage with local boards on weed management methods and see where new innovations can be utilised.

Despite its focus on value, the change looks likely to cost more. A report

These bike racks in Silverdale Village are one of the issues that the local board says need attention.

presented to the local board last month says that: “there is a strong likelihood that due to the improved service standards, the current budgets… will not be sufficient”.

At the meeting, the local board was asked to highlight its “top 10 local issues” with maintenance of the streetscape. These included overgrown weeds in Rawhiti Road, Manly; weeding around trees in Main Street Whangaparaoa; plants not being maintained on Orewa Boulevard and also overgrown plants on the path from Silverdale Village that goes under Hibiscus Coast Highway. Also noted was the fact that bike racks installed in Silverdale Village in mid-June are crooked and the surrounding area has been left messy.

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Silverdale’s ‘character guide’ Parallel parking on Silverdale Street, more pedestrian links with the Weiti River and traffic lights at the intersection of Silverdale Street, Hibiscus Coast Highway and Tavern Road are among the guidelines for the development of Silverdale Village that were adopted by the local board last month.

The “heritage led character design guidelines” for Silverdale Village, which were prepared by Boffa Miskell, are not binding but provide a framework that will be considered as further development occurs. One of the principle aims is to “define and enhance the character of Silverdale Village”.

Among its recommendations are

wider footpaths and narrowing the carriageway to reduce traffic speed at the bottom section of Silverdale Street. The report suggests this could be achieved through removing the current maneuvering space and central median, as well as changing the 90-degree angle parks to parallel.

A suggested speed limit of 30kph is suggested on Silverdale Street “to reduce rat run and create a pedestrian friendly environment”.

As the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board adopted the guidelines at its August 15 meeting, chair Julia Parfitt said: “We have the plans, the guidelines and the money. We are ready for action.”

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Landfill remediation work at 645 Whangaparaoa Road (HM August 15) is part of Auckland Council’s wider investigations into the risks of closed landfills. Site investigations are planned next year at the Whangaparaoa Road site. A Council spokesperson says once those investigations are complete, the extent of remedial work to control those risks will become clear. “The investigations will provide council with more information about the condition of the closed landfill,” the spokesperson says. “This information is used to prioritise sites for remedial work, under the long term closed landfill asset management plan.” The spokesperson says no developments are currently planned for the former landfill, although council is exploring the potential for the site “to support delivery of core services”.

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Coast Physio Orewa When musculoskeletal pain persists, it can cause a person to adapt, slow down and change their lifestyle.

But physiotherapist Peter Melvin says that while pain is a necessary part of the healing process, exercise and physio can assist people of all ages to live an active lifestyle.

Peter, who started Coast Physio more than 25 years ago, recently relocated his Orewa Clinic to 28 Centreway Road. It wasn’t a big shift, but the new premises include modern consulting rooms and a rehabilitation gym.

“Exercise is a primary tool when it comes to helping people overcome or manage pain,” Peter says. “The gym means we have the space to demonstrate and supervise prescribed exercise programmes.”

Heading the team of physiotherapists in Orewa are Tony Forde and Nikki Ellis, who have both been with the practice for 10 years.

Tony believes that thanks to the internet, people are generally more “body aware”.

But he cautions against making a selfdiagnosis.

“It really takes a full biomechanical check to identify the source of recurring pain, treat it and design an individual management plan,” Tony says.

He has a special interest in working with young athletes and their parents to ensure their activity is appropriate for their age.

“Young people between 10 and 16 years old are susceptible to structural growth problems such as severs (ankle pain) and knee problems. It’s very important to manage their activity to avoid problems later on.”

Nicol Ranger, an experienced pelvic health physiotherapist, has recently joined the team, specialising in incontinence, which affects both men and women.

Orewa is one of three Coast Physio clinics. The other two are at Whangaparaoa and in the Silverdale Medical Centre, which includes Coast Hands (hand and wrist clinic).

A large percentage of the products and materials used in a haircut at Fuchsia Hair Design, and even the hair that has been cut off, will now be recycled or reused, with the salon aiming to become 95 percent sustainable.

August 27 was the salon’s first day as a member of Sustainable Salons – a notfor-profit group that works with hair salons to prevent materials going to landfill or polluting the environment.

Sustainable Salons was set up in Australia three years ago and is now servicing hundreds of salons across Australia. It began to offer its services in NZ last April.

Fuchsia co-owner Sarah Deadman says the organisation provides bins so they can separate metal, plastics, hair and paper. Sustainable Salons collects the bins regularly and clients are charged a $2 fee to fund the service.

The plastic will be recycled into products such as outdoor furniture and packaging.

Hair that is longer than 20cm will be donated to make wigs for people with cancer or alopecia. The majority of the

hair – the short pieces swept up from the floor –gets made into hair boom, which is being stockpiled to be used after oil spills.

All metals, including aluminium foil, will be sold to the charity Kiwi Harvest, which feeds families in need.

Sarah says the chemicals used on hair are around 85 percent water. These will be spun in a machine, separating the water and chemicals. The water will be used in road construction and the chemicals put in a kiln and burnt.

In addition, when the salon’s tools reach the end of their life they will be broken down and all valuable parts will be repurposed.

Sarah says the salon had been looking for ways to become more environmentally friendly, and Sustainable Salons provided an ideal solution.

“This revolutionary resource recovery programme is designed to achieve zero waste, reduce the salon’s carbon footprint, and implement sustainable work practices that benefit the local community,” she says.

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Funeral service sheets a valuable resource

The NZ Society of Genealogists has started compiling a database of funeral service sheets, which it hopes will eventually provide a valuable source for people researching family history. The local Hibiscus Coast branch is helping, and invites anybody to contribute a service sheet to the project. Member David Knell says the service sheets will be copied and safely returned. The sheets are indexed for future searches by name and dates of birth and death. David says the best part is that nearly all of them include a photo, and they often contain information about the person’s occupation and other interests. Sheets may be brought to the monthly Hibiscus Coast Genealogy Society meeting at St Chads Church in Orewa (on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, at 2pm) or phone David 021 108 2177.

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Staff of both organisations were informed that the split was being considered in July (HM July 18). The decision, which will see the Orewa Post office close and its services relocate once an agency is found, was announced on August 22 via press release.

NZ Post says that it is committed to providing postal services to the Orewa community, and continuing to have locations that customers can easily access.

NZ Post Head of Retail, Mark Yagmich says the organisation has begun looking for a local agency to help deliver the postal and bill payment

services currently available from the Orewa NZ Post and Kiwibank.

“We’d like to reassure our customers that postal services will continue to be provided to the Orewa community,” Mr Yagmich says.

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Over the years I’ve seen the impact of stress and what it can do. My first career was nursing and I was a surgical and Intensive Care nurse, and cardio-thoracic was one of my areas of clinical specialty. However, what I saw on a daily basis was the effect of stress on people’s hearts and health. Many years later, I can see that same impact on the business owners who I work with in my coaching/consulting business.

I see many people stressed, overwhelmed, and frustrated at where they’re at in business. Most people have set high standards for themselves and where they ‘should’ be by now. They ‘should’ have more clients, they ‘should’ be making more money, they ‘should’ be doing better than they are by now.

But when we put this extra pressure on ourselves, is it to match our expectations, or are we comparing ourselves to others? We are often good at looking after our clients, but are we taking that same care at looking after ourselves?

So how do you know when it’s time to make some changes? Are you regularly worried about lack of money and tight cashflow, working long hours of 50 hours per week or more or maybe finding it hard to prioritise because everything seems urgent? Is working weekends and most nights becoming normal? Are you getting frustrated with clients and staff, have high blood pressure, stomach ulcers or headaches and are you having to use more medication? In short, do you feel as though you’re constantly on the treadmill and it never stops?

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First, relax, take a step back and review what is working well in your business and what’s not. Where are the gaps and what is costing you time and/or money?

Write a priority list of the things that need to change – and rank those priorities in order of importance (this is because you can’t do everything at once). Focus on your systems, because this is a quick way to save time and reduce your working hours. The more efficient you can get, and the better you can streamline your processes, the easier you will make it for you and your clients.

So when you’re a business owner, be kind to yourself, take the pressure off, and take it one step at a time. And instead of focusing on all the things that aren’t happening, focus on your ‘wins’ and the positives that are achieved each week.

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A key initiative of industry training organisation Skills, the competition showcases New Zealand’s emerging creative and entrepreneurial talent in electronics and digital technologies with $10,000 worth of prizes up for grabs. The scope is broad, with inventions with a focus on software, the environment, science, engineering and robotics all welcome. Past entries have included the wireless whistle for hearing impaired athletes, an app to help teachers plan and a device that helps record movement and detects when concussion has occurred. A spectral imaging device that can be attached to a drone to monitor bird populations and a system to tell people on tank water when water levels are getting low were also among the inventions. Entries open on Monday, September 10. Info: www.brightsparks.org.nz/

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A stoat like this one has found its way into the open sanctuary at Shakespear Regional Park. Photo, DOC.

Stoat a shock for SOSSI A predator described as “public enemy number one” for birds was found recently in Shakespear Open Sanctuary.

The stoat was retrieved dead from a trap on August 9 during a regular, monthly, check.

Auckland Council Senior Ranger Matt Maitland says this was the sixth mustelid (five stoats and one weasel) to have been detected inside the open sanctuary since completion of pest eradication in 2011.

“Stoats are a deadly threat to our little spotted kiwi and tieke (saddleback),” Mr Maitland says.

He says that the rate of pest incursion experienced since establishing the open sanctuary is considered manageable and acceptable, although it is far from desirable. “For mustelids and other pests to find their way inside the open sanctuary, they have evaded capture in our buffer zone traps and found their way around, or through our pest proof fence,” he says. “In designing

the defences and surveillance of the open sanctuary we acknowledge and mitigate the more obvious pathways – navigating around the coastal ends of the pest proof fence, fence failure, stowaway in vehicle or inward goods and swimming, either from open water or boats moored nearby.”

The serious nature of the incursion is acknowledged by DOC, which describes stoats as “public enemy number one” for New Zealand birds.

A DOC spokesperson says that the effect of stoats on the survival of many bird species cannot be underestimated.

“They are voracious and relentless hunters. Even a 3kg takahe or 2kg kakapo can be killed by a stoat. Stoats don’t just kill to meet their immediate food needs – they kill every bird they can and store the bodies to eat later.

Birds that nest in holes in tree trunks such as mohua, kaka and yellowcrowned kakariki are easy prey for stoats, which can take out eggs, chicks and adults in one attack.”

Parks used as PR

A summary of Auckland Council’s acquisition of open space for the 2017/18 financial year shows that a total of $12.76 million was spent on land for new parks in the Hibiscus Coast area. This is made up of: Red Beach Road (former Peninsula Golf course development), 8099sqm neighbourhood park, $3,910,000 • Bonair Crescent (Millwater Parkway) 30,375sqm suburban park, $3,300,000 • Arran Point, Millwater, 3000sqm neighbourhood park, $3,100,000 • West Hoe Heights & Sunny Heights, Orewa, 7015sqm neighbourhood park, $2,450,000 In the report to Council’s Environment and Community Committee, staff recommend the development of “a series of communication initiatives” to highlight the new parks and open spaces acquired. “These communication initiatives may help dispel the reputational risk that council is disposing of open space land,” the report says.

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Many thanks to everyone who came to help with the annual planting at Shakespear Open Sanctuary. The weather did not help much and heavy rain meant we had to cancel one of the scheduled days, which happens only rarely. To make up for it we ran an unscheduled extra day at short notice and still got 70 helpers.

The planting site was on and around the huge slip across from the picture-frame carpark, making the planting out a very muddy and slippery exercise. But in a few years that hill will look very different and there will also be a much easier walking track up to the lookout.

The first 40 tieke (saddlebacks) have now been joined by another 10, this time from Tawhuranui. Because they live close to the ground they were almost wiped out by predators and once existed only on Hen Island, so translocations like this try to mix up existing populations to accelerate any genetic diversity.

They have already spread all over the sanctuary, so you might now hear their very distinctive call in any bush area. Volunteers have been tracking them down and then installing nesting and roosting boxes in their neighbourhoods to try to anchor them in place. If you see a box you’ll know what it is so please don’t approach it or open it.

Unfortunately at least a couple of these birds have moved just outside the pest-proof fence, so we are trying to lure them back. They are very partial to oranges, so the idea is to fix slices to trees and then slowly move these back inside the fence.

Kauri dieback continues to spread around Auckland at an alarming rate, but so far Shakespear Regional Park appears to be free of it. While the organism responsible can actually swim through soil moisture toward a kauri tree, the main means of spread is almost certainly by infected mud on people’s boots.

The disinfectant will not penetrate mud so if you come for a walk at Shakespear Regional Park, please make sure that your shoes don’t have any mud on them.

Use your hose and a brush – and also then use the gear provided at each track entrance to spray the disinfectant on your shoes as you arrive and as you leave.

SOSSI volunteers are doing our bit by gradually upgrading the main tracks with gravel so that they’re mud-free as well, though this is a slow process.

Our initial program of re-introducing threatened bird species has now come to an end, but next on the list is the wetapunga (giant weta).

Wetas are very ancient insects and date back to when NZ was part of Gondwanaland. There are 70 or so species and this one is the largest. At one stage they survived only on Little Barrier Island (sound familiar?) but captive breeding has proved to be very successful so they are now being re-established in safe locations. They can grow to be the size of a mouse so will be a spectacular addition to the various creatures which roam the open sanctuary at night.

You’ll already see glow-worms and maybe hear a kiwi if you walk up Waterfall Gully at nightfall. So watch for our guided night walk there in Conservation Week, September 21.

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Whangaparaoa College student Piper Widdison, 16, says the event combined two of her favourite things – poetry and the beach. She came up with her poem on the spot, inspired by sand and sea.

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It was hosted by the Orewa Writers Group and attracted interest from passers by, who read the poems and talked with the poets.

A $100 prize was up for grabs for the best poem, which will be judged by NZ Book Awards poetry finalist Briar Wood over the next few weeks.

There were several local entries, including Diane Newcombe of Waiwera, who wrote a limerick.

Auckland poet, writer and editor Michael Morrissey, whose first poetry collection was published in 1978, said he came to the event because it sounded like fun. He wrote a new poem Another Poem about Nature on the beach.

The original plan, to have a video of the poems taken by drone was cancelled by the blustery wind but Orewa Writers Group leader Kristin Stock, says the beach poetry was so well received that it will become an annual event for National Poetry Day. The Orewa Writers Group has around 20 members, including published

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Local hero with passion for ‘four legged therapists’ Local Hero Annette Wilson can talk about horses – and the organisation she has worked with for 17 years, Riding for the Disabled (RDA) – till the cows come home.

However, she is uncomfortable when the spotlight turns on her, as it has following her selection as one of three winners of the inaugural Westfield Albany Local Hero competition.

The win last month provides $10,000 to RDA, which will be used to purchase a horse to add to the eight that the charitable organisation currently owns.

Annette was chosen as Local Hero for her dedication to RDA, which has seen her support horses, riders and volunteers ever since she joined, 17 years ago. At RDA, based in Stillwater, riders with various special needs are able to connect with horses in ways that are therapeutic.

Annette says it has been wonderful to see the group’s facilities improve to the point where it has a purpose built outdoor arena as well as a large barn.

Annette has lived on the Hibiscus

Coast all her life, growing up in Orewa where her family rented land for their horses to graze on and she walked through the paddocks to school. She remembers as a youngster being told off by Council for riding horses on Orewa Beach.

Later, when married with children, she lived on a 4ha block in Orewa and again had her own horses, this time going riding with her daughter.

At one time the family looked after a horse that was owned by local developers Hopper Construction. The Clydesdale, called Bud, pulled a cart around Orewa, as well as attending community events to advertise the development at Maygrove.

Annette is at RDA every week, as team leader and is also on the governance committee.

She was presented with her Local Hero award at a ceremony in Albany on Augusgt 13.

RDA is always looking for volunteers, info: www.info@northshorerda.org.

Annette Wilson’s Local Hero win has brought a huge windfall for Riding for the Disabled. She is pictured with the organisation’s Kaimanawa horse, Phoenix.

When you run a food rescue service like Love Soup Hibiscus Coast, which collects from supermarkets and delivers to schools and charitable organisations all over Auckland, petrol is your number one cost. Which is why the recent donation of $400 of petrol vouchers were such a thoughtful gift from Gareth Rapson of Fusion Chiropractic. Gareth, a long time supporter of Love Soup, raised the money by donating the fees from every new client he saw over a two-week period.

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A park in the making – this farmland will eventually be a park almost as large as Hagley Park in Christchurch.

Plans underway for Coast’s biggest park The next step in the transformation of a 154ha piece of farmland in Dairy Flat into a significant park took place last month with a public open day.

The Rodney Local Board took the show on the road, using Council’s Emergency Operations Centre bus for the open day, which was held outside Dairy Flat Hall on Saturday, August 18. It is seeking feedback on how to develop the park in Green Road as it begins work on a masterplan.

The plan will identify a vision for the development, management and use of the park and guide future decision-making.

The former Rodney District Council purchased the land in the early 2000s and it is destined to provide an open green space which will be much needed as Dairy Flat is developed from rural to urban in the next few decades.

Although the ultimate decisions about the park lie with the Rodney Local Board (which covers Dairy Flat), the park is expected to be a significant asset for the surrounding Hibiscus Coast area too.

There is a lot of interest locally in how the park will be developed and a large number of residents attended the open day. Strong support was shown

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for equestrian and model aircraft activities – the North Shore Model Aircraft Club and the Silverdale Pony Club both have bases on the site.

Dairy Flat resident Lynley Holme coaches at the pony club. She says pony clubs are losing their land as development pushes them out and the park is an opportunity to keep this community asset. She would love to see the park as a working farm with areas for activities with a rural flavour such as horse riding and walking.

“Horse riding also supports local businesses such as vets, farriers, fencing contractors and feed merchants,” she says. “It’s important to retain rural based activities as urban pressure builds.”

There was also good support indicated for cycling, native planting and ecological restoration, dog walking and a chance to get away from it all – “Just open space, don’t organise everything,” was one submitter’s plea.

The current feedback period runs until September 21. If you missed the open day, you can have your say at aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay.

There will also be a further chance to give feedback when the proposed masterplan is circulated next year.

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A natural amphitheatre is at the heart of designs for a second large park in Millwater. Developing Metro Park West, which Auckland Council is also calling Butler Stoney Park, will be a multi-year project for the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board. Residents will be asked for feedback this month on a number of design options showing how the park could be developed – but already the bowl shaped natural lie of the land has provided a focus. Local board chair Julia Parfitt says that the natural amphitheatre blends seamlessly into each design and the park will offer spaces for events, walking and picnics. “Most importantly, because the terrain can become waterlogged in wet weather, stormwater run-off will be provided for,” she says. “Wainui’s rolling hills and rural landscape have inspired the meadow and creek design while agriculture, timber milling and orchards are strong features of the industry and arbour designs.” Design features include playgounds, car parking, walking trails, event spaces, picnic spots and a toilet. The local board is keen to hear people’s views on which features they would like to see included in the final design. The consultation period runs from September 3-30. There will be a drop-in session at Stoney Homestead, 12 Galbraith Greens, Millwater on Wednesday, September 12, from 6pm-8pm.

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When establishing my new garden here on the Hibiscus Coast, the most important job was to put in infrastructure that would allow me to succession plant to ensure a continuous supply of fresh seasonal vegetables.

Terraced raised garden beds were ideal for making use of the sloping land available. One of the smaller beds was set aside for a permanent asparagus bed.

We have just spent five weeks in British Columbia, Canada, where forest fires were ravaging the province along with the drought and hot weather. On our return we found chickweed had taken over protecting the soil and provided a great living mulch between the winter vegetables. So now we have plenty to eat while I get a few spaces ready for spring planting.

Spring soil is very cool, so I begin with organic seedlings, varieties of Asian vegetables, broccoli, kohlrabi, lettuce, spinach, leeks and beetroot. Seedling sixpacks allow me to keep planting every two weeks until my own seedlings are ready, raised in self-watering containers on my enclosed deck. But a cold frame covered with old hessian sacks when night temperatures fall, could also be used.

I had planted snow peas and seed potatoes before leaving. The potatoes were growing well and the peas, along with wonderful pods, covered the fence.

To ensure a crop for Christmas, I will replant both. The soil is too cold for mulching, but I will use straw around the potatoes.

To make sure I don’t deplete the nutrients in the soil I vary the types of vegetables in each successive planting. I have compost and a cow manure tea which I apply with each new planting. I also make my own bone meal by burning old soup bones that have been “decaying” for a year in the chicken pen. The mixture of bone and wood ash is perfect for the garden. Once dug up and washed they are ready for including with the wood in a winter fire.

Using seedlings, instead of sowing seeds, for the early spring planting allows me to get the jump on some of the insect pests that won’t begin to appear until the weather is much warmer.

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Easy solution for Spring bee swarms Spring sees bees begin to swarm and while a big globe of buzzing bees hanging in a tree may not be what residents want to see near their homes, there is a simple solution.

A team of volunteers, working for organisations such as Bee Swarm, will collect the swarms and relocate them, free of charge.

Bee Swarm volunteer Stephan Schewa collects bees on the North Shore, Hibiscus Coast and Warkworth areas. He says when he removed his first swarm, two years ago, he went protected in a full beekeepers’ suit. In his second season, last year, he took the headgear only.

“I even take my kids along sometimes when I collect a swarm and it’s fine,” he says. “I’ve been stung a few times, but not badly.”

While Stephan now has the confidence and expertise to handle a swarm – something he says he learned initially from YouTube videos and then by experience – he says it’s important that anyone finding a colony does not panic, and stays well away. Naturally this is especially so if anyone in the household is allergic to bees.

“There’s no need to worry, as bees are normally quite calm in a swarm, but don’t get close,” he says.

Swarming takes place from Spring to the end of January.

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the swarm settled in a ball shape in a tree or on the ground. Swarms can consist of 10,000 or more bees and be the size of basketballs, he says.

One of the largest colonies that Stephan has removed was from a kauri tree on a private property in Warkworth. Last season he collected two swarms near the Weiti River, one on the Stillwater side and one in Stanmore Bay. He always has the modified cardboard box that he drops the swarm into in his car, as he can be called out to collect a swarm at a moment’s notice.

A swarm is the way that strong colonies increase their size. Before a swarm takes to the air, scout bees will have been out and about, looking for locations where a new hive could

form. Stephan says if you see bees in places where there is no nectar, such as under the house, they are probably scout bees doing their work.

The queen lays many eggs towards Spring and if there’s not enough space in the existing hive for all those new bees, she takes half the workers with her and off they go. The bees left behind create “an emergency queen” using royal jelly.

Leaving the hive is a big risk for the swarm – get the new location wrong, and all the bees could die.

All bees swarm – whether they are wild, or part of a commercial or backyard colony. There is no way of knowing the origin of the bees in a swarm, so it’s basically ‘finders keepers’.

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Orchids are thriving in a specially built ‘cabana’ at the back of Gaye Tatro’s Orewa garden.

Originally a pergola, redesigned as an orchid house by Gaye’s husband Dean, it provides the shelter that cymbidium blooms need from weather, and shades the orchids from direct sun.

At this time of year there are plenty of blooms – and some of the plants will continue to flower for as long as six months.

Gaye enjoys tending to each plant’s needs, with regular feeding and watering – especially so since injury meant she had to give up any gardening that required heavy work.

“Once that happened, I went full tilt into orchids,” Gaye says. “I get a lot of satisfaction from growing something well.”

She joined the Hibiscus Coast Orchid Society around five years ago, after admiring the lovely plants at their shows, and was elected president at the club’s June annual meeting.

The club’s membership is around 40, and Gaye says a large proportion are retirees. Under her leadership, the aim is to grow the profile and membership of the organisation. The chance to learn from guest speakers and other greenthumbed members, as well as share plants, is a key reason that people join.

The club’s annual spring show is open to the public, and is on September 7 and 8 in Orewa. For details, see What’s On, p39.

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Waiwera couple in car rally A luxury car, similar to the one that was once owned by actor Robert Mitchum and jazz singer Lena Horne, participated in this year’s national Daffodil Day car rally, from the North Shore to Warkworth, held at the end of last month.

The relatively rare 1950 Jaguar MK V 3.5 litre Drophead coupe is owned by Waiwera couple Carrick and Margaret Oliver, who believe that there were less than 1000 of their particular model ever produced.

“They were made specifically for the export market, as a way for British industry to earn overseas money after the war,” Carrick says. “Most were shipped to Australia and the United

States.”

The Olivers bought their coupe in Sydney in 2014 where it was being used as a bridal car. It cost them A$95,000, plus GST and shipping costs.

The former moteliers and developers use the coupe reasonably regularly and have driven it as far as Napier and Wellington.

“She’s not sprung like a modern car and there’s no power steering, but she’s fun to drive and quite easy to handle on the open road,” Margaret says.

The couple, who are members of the Wellsford-Warkworth Vintage Car Club, say they try to participate in the club’s charity runs whenever possible.

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Park clean up led by kindergarten

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Summer styles loose and colourful Whatever you call them – culottes, gaucho or palazzo pants – there is no denying that loose cropped trousers will be in the wardrobe of any fashion-conscious woman on the Coast this summer.

But if you are thinking plain colours, think again.

This season’s culottes are plain and patterned, corporate and casual, and come in a huge range of fabrics, from denim to boho lace.

Charisma fashion consultant Debbie Lyttle says culottes suit the casual lifestyle on the Coast.

“They can easily be dressed up or down, as they look great with sneakers or heels,” Debbie says. “You can pair them with everything, starting from cropped jackets and t-shirts to blazers and blouses.”

Charisma manager Gayleen Sime agrees.

“Flexibility is actually one of the hallmarks of this summer’s range – the styles and fabrics lend themselves to being ramped up or down as the occasion demands,” she says. “Coast women like to be fashionable, but they also want clothes that suit them and their lifestyle.”

Frayed and embroidered denim jeans, bomber jackets, tops and shorts are still in vogue, but linen, particularly linen blends, are making a revival.

While no one colour will dominate this summer, there is a lot of mustard teamed with white and black, and blush coloured tops and dresses. There are also plenty of rich, bold colours, as well as summery garden fresh florals. Togs and beach kaftans are also very colourful.

Dress lengths are tending towards the midi, with plenty of gathers, frills and flounces, and layering is still very popular.

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Debbie Lyttle (left) and Gayleen Sime with some of the new arrivals.

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Week, over the weekend. He was one of 60 young designers chosen to enter a garment after submitting a sketch.

After Catwalks Arts, he will prepare for the college wearable arts show.

“Sometimes it feels like the fabric room at school is my second home!”

Maxwell says he has been lucky to have Maya Foster for a fabric teacher for the past four years.

“She has provided support and inspiration, as well as teaching me the techniques and sewing skills I’ve needed to make these pieces.”

As well as fashion design, Maxwell is interested in theatre and is currently starring as the Scarecrow in the Centrestage production of The Wizard of Oz. He intends to take a gap year next year before deciding on a career.

Catwalk Arts wearable art awards will be held at the Orewa Arts and Events Centre, on October 6. There will be two shows, a matinee at 2pm and an evening performance at 7pm.

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After stitching up the Orewa College Wearable Arts Awards for the past three years, Year 13 student Maxwell Hutton has turned his talent to Catwalk Arts, which will be held in Orewa next month.

The awards are a combined hospice fundraiser for Warkworth/Wellsford and Hibiscus Coast.

Maxwell, who has won the college’s wearable arts competition for three years running, is preparing three entries for Catwalk Arts – Cosmic Binding, Sack of Flower and a third item made entirely of VCR tape.

Material for the garments comes from various sources including the school’s scrap box and the Red Cross Opportunity Shop. A feature of his work is the inclusion of electronics.

“It just makes it all a little more eyecatching,” he says.

It’s been a busy year for Maxwell. A ball dress he made for his sister Geena was selected for the Walk the Line event, held in conjunction with NZ Fashion

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End of life debate draws a crowd A crowd of around 400 people of all ages gathered in Orewa on August 21 to take part in a debate about the End of Life Choice Bill that is currently before parliament.

The Bill, sponsored by ACT leader David Seymour, seeks to establish a legal process by which people with a terminal illness or a grievous and irremediable medical condition could have the option of requesting assisted dying if they meet the requirements set out in the Bill.

Although the Orewa Arts & Events Centre was packed with people – including many who hold firm views on the subject – the debate was orderly and subdued, kept under control by MC Vernon Tava.

Promoting the Bill were David Seymour and former Labour MP Maryan Street. Opposed were GP Dr Stephen Child and North Shore MP Maggie Barry who, controversially, is also deputy chair of the Justice Select Committee that is currently hearing submissions on the Bill.

Rodney MP Mark Mitchell, who hosted the event and also sits on the Justice Select Committee, stayed out of the debate saying his vote would be in accordance with the wishes of a majority of his electorate. To help with this, audience members could indicate their views by placing a Yes/ No/Undecided paper into a box.

The result was close, with 105 voting for the Bill, 115 against and five undecided. Mr Mitchell continues to

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David Seymour It was a full house at Orewa Arts & Events Centre for the End of Life Choice Bill debate.

canvass the community and says this is just a very early indication and by no means final. Anyone can still make their views known through his Orewa office, and he welcomes the input.

During the hour when questions were taken from the floor, a Kerikeri resident called for a binding referendum, rather than reliance on the conscience votes of politicians. A show of hands on this option showed a clear majority in favour.

A 16-year-old Mahurangi College student was among those who wanted more clarity on the safeguards proposed in the Bill – a question that Dr Child said was “the crux of the entire conversation”.

Those opposed to the Bill are concerned that the lengthy list of safeguards, read to the crowd by Mr Seymour, do not adequately prevent the possibility of issues such as coercion of patients. Ms

Barry went so far as to describe the Bill as “the ultimate elder abuse”.

Maryan Street said the issue is one of compassion for people who are dying, while those on the other side say that the care and medications provided by doctors and at hospices, as well as procedures or treatments that may be available in the future, address that pain and suffering.

Seventeen-year-old Orewa College prefect Reid Busby was one of a strong contingent of teenagers who attended the debate. He said he believes that people who are suffering should be able to choose an assisted death.

Also in the audience was retired Methodist Minister Dave Mullan of Red Beach, who has cancer and made a submission in favour of the Bill (HM February, 2016). He said last night’s debate broke no new ground.

“That’s the problem with the End of Life Choice discussion,” he said.

“Both sides start from totally different understandings of the meaning of life, death, compassion, and, especially, palliative care. It’s great that there was such a good audience. I hope that many of them came without the strong prejudices held by some of us who have grappled with the issues for years.

Perhaps those newbies can make more dispassionate evaluation of the issues on both sides. If that is taking place around our community, the meeting must be considered a success.”

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Members of the Maygrove knitting group, from left, Lorraine O’Connor, Margie Pringle, Jean McKeown, Briar Phillips and Olive Cossey.

Year of work for knitters A year’s worth of work – knitted items made by 16 Maygrove Village residents – went on display at the village last month.

Dozens of knitted blankets, rugs and children’s wear were made for Mission Without Borders – a charity that sends warm items to orphanages and villages in eastern Europe.

For around 10 years, the Maygrove group has been meeting weekly to knit.

It is just one of several on the Hibiscus Coast and in Rodney who knit for Mission Without Borders – the groups are coordinated by Ann Bishop.

This year the piles of colourful knits made at Maygrove included 100 blankets as well as more than 100 children’s jumpers, hats and scarves.

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The year’s work included blankets and warm baby wear.

a workroom in Te Atatu, where they are put into bales, ready for shipment.

Maygrove Knitting Group convenor Olive Cossey says that there was so much that rather than transporting it by car, as in previous years, the team called on the help of the owners of Dahlia Haven, which provided their double cab ute and horse float which is normally used for flowers.

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Self-diagnosis a general practice tool Brace yourself, general practice is changing and we’re all running to catch up.

For a start about a quarter of our current GPs are planning to retire in the next five years so there is a workforce crisis looming. The number of young doctors entering the profession is encouraging but, partly due to poor recruitment during the 1990s, there is a big dip in the 40-year-olds. And of course as the New Zealand population ages their medical needs are going to get more complicated.

Who is going to look after them?

Then there is a new consumerism impacting medicine. Patients want their services more quickly, more conveniently and more comprehensively than ever before. Technological changes are afoot as well, with many people preferring electronic communications with their doctor. And medical progress, especially in surgical techniques and imaging, is phenomenal. So what does this mean for you, the patient?

I’m going to make some predictions here, which I admit are personal and provisional.

You will see your GP face-to-face only when you specifically want to. Many of your interactions and services will be managed really well by other staff – medical assistants, nurse practitioners and practice nurses – and much of that communication will be via email, Skype, portal or txt.

While these services have traditionally been provided free of charge (because they were ancillary to a face to face consultation), in the future they will be stand-alone clinical services and will be charged as such. The convenience may make these new fees more acceptable to patients. When privacy and safety issues are worked out, online consultations will become the norm.

This is already the basis of some innovations such as iMoko – Lance O’Sullivan’s effort to make medical services accessible to daycares and schools across the country.

More GPs will have special interests. This means you might see other doctors within the practice to get all the services you need and you will come to regard a group of doctors as “your GP”.

Medical knowledge is progressing so quickly that it takes teams of doctors to keep up with it. There might be one person conducting the orchestra but it will be quite a big band.

You will become increasingly your own diagnostician. Apps like Ada will enable you to figure out what’s wrong with you well before you get anywhere a doctor.

And my profession will be smart enough to see those things as opportunities rather than threats, especially if they can be plugged into your clinical records.

So, welcome to the future. Like it or not, we are going there together!

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Volunteers are still needed for Auckland’s first comprehensive count of homeless people, which takes place this month.The count will focus on people living without shelter (on the street or in cars). It will take place on Monday, September 17 from 9.30pm to 12.30am and will cover the whole Auckland region.

Volunteers will work in groups and speak with people living without shelter. The findings will provide important information to support organisations, iwi and government to develop and enhance responses towards making homelessness in Auckland rare, brief and non-recurring. Info: www.aucklandshomelesscount.org.nz

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For the first time, a team from Orewa Surf Club is taking part in the Rescue Run – a fundraising event that puts mixed teams of six through a range of rescue scenario challenges. Team member Tom Burgess says being a surf lifesaving volunteer means little extra training is needed in the lead up to the event, on September 8. “It’s exactly what lifesaver volunteers already train for – finding ways to push through when you are faced with an emergency. It challenges your decision making, especially when you may already be tired.” Recently members of the team, accompanied by Orewa Lions, took the stretcher they will carry for the event through Orewa, (pictured) which raised around $400. In total the team has raised around $6000 towards its target of $7000 and donations are still welcome. To donate, visit www.everydayhero.com/nz/ and search for Don’t Worry, We’ll Survive. The funds go to Surf Lifesaving Northern Region to upgrade the radio network and will come back to the Orewa Surf Life Saving Club to support our community. Info: www.rescuerun.org.nz/ Step Forward, which provides a range of free family support services, celebrated 21 years of serving the community last month. Initially providing free home support, the organisation has grown over the years to provide a wide range of services, including financial mentoring, strengthening families and positive parenting programmes.

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Bluey is back on board at the Raiders.

In a coup for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders Rugby League Club, ex Kiwi, Warriors and Leeds coach Brian ‘Bluey’ McClennan has agreed to take the helm of their Premier team next season.

Although he has helped out with some youth coaching at the club recently, Bluey recognises that, in returning to the Raiders top team, he has come full circle. It is here that he got his first coaching role back in the 1990s and success in that role led to other coaching positions and accolades with the Kiwis, Leeds Rhinos, and the Warriors.

He says he wants to take all that he has learnt, all his coaching expertise, and give it back to the Raiders. “It’s a way for me to go back to the community and show some gratitude, by helping the young guys and improving their game,” Bluey says.

Not only does he plan to steady the Raiders ship, but he also hopes to improve the enjoyment for everyone involved with local rugby league.

The youth of the Hibiscus Coast will be central to his rebuilding plans. He wants to get them back onto the field and teach them how to play the game “properly” so that it is a safe, enjoyable and rewarding experience. He wants family, friends, and supporters to know that the Raiders will be well

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coached and will work hard to play an attractive and exciting brand of footy.

Bluey plans to put the right structures in place at the club to support coaches and players of all teams. He says he aims to create an honest learning environment “ where all players can enjoy and benefit from the coaching and improve the physical, tactical and mental side of their game”.

Bluey has brought in Anthony Swann, a former professional rugby league player now living in Manly, to help, mainly on the offensive side. The coaches will provide lots of feedback so that the players know where they stand and know what they need to do to improve.

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the key. “Defence is the number one thing that I want to get right at the Raiders,” he says. “A team with a good defence has a lot more confidence and is able to ride out the tough moments when perhaps the offence is not clicking.”

With the current season curtailed due to NRL penalties (HM August 1), the club is understandably excited about Bluey’s return.

Club chair Karen Gibbons says they are really thrilled to have Bluey back at the club, with the coaching expertise that he brings. “His knowledge of the game makes players want to learn and play for him,” Karen says. “We look forward to the turnaround he will make with the players.”

Bluey is confident that he will get the teams playing better footy and get the crowds back to Stanmore Bay Reserve.

“People will come back. We’ll get the place rocking again,” he says.

That might be just the tonic that the club needs.

The summer softball season is around the corner, and the local club is hosting a Have a Go Gala Day in Orewa to get things started. As well as a bouncy castle and face painting, there will be a chance for families to try their hand at softball – including the modified version for children called tee-ball. The Softball Have a Go Gala is on Saturday, September 15 at Victor Eaves Park in Orewa, 10am-2pm. The game can be played from U6, right through to senior competitive and social grades. The club’s teams train locally and games are played at Rosedale Park in Albany on Saturdays. The softball season runs from October to March. Info: look for HBC Softball Club on Facebook or email secretary@hbcsoftball.org.nz.

Grants support local events

The Hibiscus & Bays Local Board gave three organisations funding for local events, in Round One of its Quick Response Grants. The local recipients are: Girl Boss NZ, $1910 towards facilitator fees, admin costs, printing and travel to deliver two GirlBoss workshops. • Forest & Bird Hibiscus Coast, $700 towards the purchase of Godwit signs for a conservation awareness event.• Brake NZ, $705 to deliver a road traffic victims remembrance event.

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This image, called ‘Biting off more then I can chew’ won Debbie Martin Top Digital image. The set subject was Triptychs and the goal was to present a series of images that told a story, or presented a clear theme. The three images that form this triptych show a New Zealand Dotterel trying to deal with the crab it has caught. One reason for the win was the presentation, with the use of circles, shading and borders.

Local band Barracuda Swim School, whose members include three Whangaparaoa College students, missed out by a narrow margin on getting into the finals of the Smokefree Rockquest as People’s Choice. They came a very close second, so the organisers of the event have asked them to close the National Finals as a guest band.

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Orewa College student and Silverdale Squash Club junior member Ben Forde has been raising a racquet in squash circles recently.

After a string of impressive performances this year, Ben is ranked No.3 on the Squash Auckland ranking list and No. 16 on the Squash NZ ranking list, both for boys U13.

Ben recently turned 13, and will find out his latest, U15, ranking soon.

The Year 8 student plays for the College’s 1st V squash team and is their number one ranked player. He helped them to second placings in the Auckland Secondary Schools Teams Championship in June, and the College Sport Auckland Division 2 Team Championships.

Last month, Ben and the team travelled to Palmerston North for the NZ Secondary Schools Squash Championships. Here they played six matches in three days, winning four of them, and while they did not place in the top 20, they did beat their seeding.

Earlier this year, Ben helped the Year 7/8 boys and girls squash team retain their North Harbour Champion status at the Intermediate Schools Zone Day and also represented Auckland in the 2018 Junior Quadrangular tournament in Whangarei.

Next up, Ben will compete with the Auckland District team in the National E Grade Super Champs

A group of young tennis players has hit the ground running, and is already primed for the season. Whangaparaoa Tennis Club’s junior development squad has benefitted from free coaching over winter, thanks to funding from the Constellation Community Trust. Junior co-ordinator Adrienne Croad set up two groups of players to develop their skills and keep their eye in over the winter months, and they have been training together since May at the Manly-based club. Adrienne says she was keen to overcome two barriers to young Hibiscus Coast tennis players – the cost of coaching and having to travel to the North Shore for squad coaching. Coach Ken McLeod is ably assisted by top club player James Corfield – the 26- year-old is a member of the club’s top men’s Chelsea Cup team. He has returned to the Coast after a 4-year scholarship at the University of South Carolina and coaching at several US universities. The season starts with Opening Day on Saturday, September 22. Junior interclub registrations for the new season close on September 10. Info: www.wgptennis.co.nz

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Also an avid football player, Ben says that the two sports are the perfect cross training.

“Squash helps me with my footwork on the football field, and when I play football, it helps me with my fitness on the squash court,” Ben says.

He has won a few squash matches in his career so far, but the one that he wants most is to beat his dad Tony.

“It’s may be a year or so before I will be able to beat him,” says Ben. Tony thinks it might not be that long.

The Year 7 and 8 Whangaparaoa College waterpolo team has a new trophy for the school’s cabinet, after winning C grade at NZ Waterpolo’s Winter festival in Auckland. Last year, the team placed 10th in the same grade. The team is coached by student Samantha Bright, whose mother, Barbara Kendall, manages the team. Keeping it in the family, the tournament’s most valuable player award for the grade went to Samantha’s sister, Aimee. Barbara says the team improved every single match, winning the final against Sacred Heart by a decisive 10-3.

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Fishing with Connor Scott whangaparaoa@topcatch.co.nz

Spring fishing ins and outs

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Spring has well and truly made its presence known over the last few weeks. Days are getting longer but typically this time of year spells rain and strong westerlies.

This means we can’t always get out to the sites where we would like to fish, but recently there has been plenty of good snapper fishing inshore.

Locally the reefs around the peninsula have been producing catches of snapper, kahawai and the odd kingfish. Position yourself as close to shore as comfortable and use lots of berley, making sure the wind and tide are both moving the same way. Stray line with little to no weight using fresh caught or big, bloody baits.

Famous baits to use with this style of fishing are fresh mackerel and piper if you can catch them, a big slab of scaled kahawai or whole bullet tuna. The metabolism of fish tends to be a lot slower at this time of year because of how cold the water is.

However, naturally they will eventually need to eat. Some days it seems like you’ve tried absolutely everything and still can’t buy a bite! Those are the days where 10kg of berley and a bit of current will go a long way towards filling the bin.

October normally marks the arrival of the bigger spawning fish as they move into the bays and inshore areas to school up. Areas like The Firth, Whangaparaoa Bay and south of Whangaparaoa are the first to see these fish in our area and all have good tide flow that allows for easy movement and feeding. This is a great time to head out armed with softbaits, slow jigs and knife jigs. Unlike bait and burley fishing that is done on the anchor, jig and softbait fishing is done on the drift so you can cover the ground more, and quickly relocate to be under working birds or move back to where you successfully caught fish. Drift fishing with large 7inch softbaits can also result in bigger fish to bite aggressively through the action and profile of the softbait. Because these fish are moving in to spawn, I’d highly recommend only fishing in water deeper than 25m if you intend to take every fish that comes up. If you are fishing out wide and catch a big fish, do not release it!

Take it home and enjoy it on the table. It is likely that any snapper caught in such depths will suffer from barotraumas on assent and later die from internal damage of some form even if released. Just because your fish swam off, does not mean it survived! If you want to fish for fun and release most of your fish, or simply be a little more selective with the fish you do take, try to fish in water shallower than 15m to insure the fish do not suffer any internal damage on the way up.

As always, only take what you actually need and try to safely return any small or unwanted fish back to the ocean with care. Handle your fish with respect so we can all enjoy our bountiful seafood in the future.

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Tennis

Whangaparaoa Tennis Club, Sunday September 9, 2pm. Senior Open Day 2018/19 season, Edith Hopper Park, Ladies Mile Manly. Come and join our very friendly club, all grades welcome. Bar open and afternoon tea provided.

Silverdale Midweek Tennis Club Opening Day 2018/19 Season. Wednesday 5 September, 9.30am. New members welcome. Hibiscus Coast Highway (next to Rugby Club). Interclub players wanted. 2 ‘Free’ sessions. Morning tea provided.

Info: Linda: l.waters@xtra.co.nz Orewa Tennis Club Veterans 2018/2019 season will be commencing September 3, Victor Eaves Park, Orewa. 6 Courts available – looking for new players to join us for a fun morning of tennis in a friendly & sociable atmosphere and morning tea. Info: Club Captain Pam Naylor 021 394 966.

Harriers and triathlon Hibiscus Coast Harriers and Triathlon Club running groups from Red Beach Surf Club Wednesdays 6pm and Saturdays 8.45am, Te Haruhi Bay Shakespear Park. Info: www.hibiscuscoasthtc.co.nz or www.facebook.com/HCHTC

Multisport Orewa Beach 14 event series, starts November 4. Participants of all ages and abilities can take part in an ocean swim, stand-up paddle, beach run or walk.

Info: www.orewabeachseries.co.nz.

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Hibiscus Community House may be able to help. Christine 4263598 or email hbccommunityhouse@xtra.co.nz HELP - GOT SPARE LAND TO RENT for a Tiny House on wheels (8 x 2.7m)? Claire & Chloe (7yr) need a peaceful, private spot in Whangaparaoa starting October.

Water and power supply pref. Security & pet sitting when away. Ph 021 762 782.

BOWLING CLUB FOR PARTIALLY SIGHTED Every Wednesday 9.30am– 11.30am, St. Andrews Church Hall, Centreway Rd, Orewa. New Members very welcome. Ph. Virginia 09 426 8454 BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC SPEAKING and leadership skills in a fun and friendly environment with Hibiscus Coast Toastmasters. We meet every second Tuesday from 7.30pm-9.30pm at the Bridge Club in Edith Hopper Park.

Next meeting Tues Sept 18.

FRIDAY ART GROUP, Friday 10am - 1pm @ Orewa Community Church.

Exercise your artistic abilities and meet with like minded people in a relaxed and friendly environment. Ph Alan Smith 09 962 4929.

GOOD AS NEW PRE LOVED KIDSMARKET Saturday 15 September, Orewa Community Centre, 9am-12 noon. 50 stalls selling quality pre loved kids: clothes, toys, books, games, nursery furniture and Buggies. Great fun, lots of bargains.

HIBISCUS COAST VIP CLUB (Visually Impaired Peoples Club) is in need of volunteer drivers and a caterer. We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Presbyterian Church Hall in Centreway Rd. 10am till 12.15pm. Early, light lunch served. Ph Shelley 426 2298 OREWA COMMUNITY CRAFT GROUP meets 2nd & 4th Thursday 1-3pm Orewa Presbyterian Church Hall, 107 Centreway Rd. Bring your own work or join with others to make a community craft project.

All welcome. Ph Maureen 427 9948.

OREWA KEEP FIT CLUB Gentle exercises to music for ladies. Every Thursday at 9.30am, Presbyterian Church hall, 107 Centreway Rd, Orewa. Ph Anne 424 5365 or email anne@kiwipride.co.nz OREWA LADIES CLUB 1st Thursday of the month, 10am, St John’s Catholic Church Orewa. Friendship, speakers and outings. Ph Audrey 426 7115.

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PSYCHIC MEDIUM, CLAIRVOYANT, SPIRITUAL HEALER. Tabetha McHugh will deliver messages from your loved ones from the other side and also talk about her recent near death experience. September 29, Warkworth Masonic Lodge, 3 Baxter St. 7pm-9pm.

Gold coin donation/koha.

VALE FREDERICK (FRED) VELLA passed away peacefully on August 25, 2018, aged 85 years. Dear friend of Jill, Pauline and Robert Ansell. A get together to remember Fred will be held at the Silverdale Hall in Silverdale Street on Saturday, September 8, 2pm-4pm.

PUBLIC NOTICES ESTUARY ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST AGM. Tues Sept 25. Estuary Arts Centre, 214 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa, 7pm. Members are requested to send any matters they wish to be considered at the AGM to the Secretary, Estuary Arts Charitable Trust, PO Box 480, Orewa, to be received by the Secretary no later than 14 days prior. All welcome.

SITUATIONS VACANT CASUAL SHUTTLE DRIVER / SOLE TRADER wanted with P Endorsement living in or around Orewa. Email Victor comfortairportshuttle@gmail.com with CV.

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SERVICES CLEANER AVAILABLE - FASTIDIOUS, attention to detail, honest. Refs. Waiwera – Whangaparaoa ph 027 488 4693.

CARPET • MATS • OVERLOCKING Boat/Caravan/Home Interior Mats. Ph 021 909 458 www.hbcmats.co.nz

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TO BUY, RECORDS/LP’S Ph 428 1587.

HOME & MAINTENANCE GARDEN MAINTENANCE

New gardens, clean ups. Specialising in maintenance & improvement.

Phone Dave 021 950 154 HANDYMAN AVAILABLE for all those odd jobs. Ph Nev 021 399 226 @ Nev’s Odd Jobs. Great rates. Local & reliable.

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“You Grow it & I’ll Mow it” Phone Joe 021 624 494 joseph@propertyfit.co.nz

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your local cleaning team is ready to deliver our 5 star shine in your home for weekly cleaning, spring or moving cleans. For a FREE quote ph 09 415 0028 or 0800 297 253 www.minthomecleaning.co.nz SECURITY ALARM SERVICING Local technician, 20 years experience.

Ph 027 553 3032 or 09 428 5887 A PUMP DOCTOR will keep you pumping. Ph 0274 430 654.

BUILDER SEMI RETIRED – for all those small building jobs. Good rates. Ph/txt Rob 021 167 2155 or 09 426 2960 CABINET MAKER/JOINER (RETIRED) Tables, drawers, dressers, shelving, cabinets etc. Low rates. Workmanship guaranteed.

Ph Derek 021 641 847 or 426 3541.

HANDYMAN Carpentry, cabinetmaking, repairs, small jobs, rubbish removal etc Ph/Txt Dave 027 420 5155 PLASTERING, GIB STOPPING, Repairs/ small jobs. Keith 424 8841/022 682 4760.

PAINTING Interior/exterior, free quotes.

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QUALITY HOME REPAIRS, Remodelling, Electrical, Plumbing. Medium size jobs please. 42 years experience. Call Richard 022 158 0659 WATER PUMPS - no water? old cast iron pump? Sales Service & Installation.

Work Guaranteed. Ph Steve 027 478 7427 steve@aquafilter.co.nz.

WINDOW CLEANING 30 years exp, local owner operator, reasonable rates.

Ph David 426 2253.

PROFESSIONAL HYPNOTHERAPY

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FINGERNAILS & TOENAILS CUT & FILED includes foot massage. $30 per person or $50 for two people. Polish $5 extra. I will come to you. Ph 424 0676.

A SMART REPAIR Service for F&P smartdrive washers, F&P/Simpson dryers. Prompt service 09 423 9660 or 021 168 7349.

BAY APPLIANCE REPAIRS – All major laundry/kitchen brands, small appliances, & power tools. Work guaranteed EWRB reg. Ph 09 947 0333 or 022 600 9919.

Stress • Anxiety • Depression • Burnout.

Painless & easy. Quit Smoking Ph Bill Parker NZAPH 09 424 7610

HAIRDRESSING MOBILE HAIRCUTS European trained hairstylist to visit you at your time, your place. Sabine Ph 426 9652 021 149 8598

DINING OUT LAMBS FRY N BACON, smoked snapper fish pie, beef n Guinness hot pot. Wed to Sun, Walnut Cottage cafe’ ph 427 5570.

DVDS & VIDEOS VIDEOS TRANSFERRED to DVD/hard drive. Phone Te Totara Video 09 422 5710 or 021 777 385.

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Presentation by Peter Odendaal on The Wreck of the Cruise Ship 7 Oceanos in 1991, The Old Chapel, Silverdale Pioneer Village, 15 Wainui Road Silverdale, 11am. Followed by shared lunch, bring a plate.

Pharmacy Talk with Tania Adams

Entry by gold coin donation. All welcome.

Hibiscus Coast Orchid Society Spring Show, Orewa 7 & 8 Community Hall, 368 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa.

Friday, 9am-4pm and Saturday 9am-3pm. Free Entry - Plant Sales –

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Raffles. All welcome (see story p24)

from the Past play, Hibiscus Coast Community RSA, 43a Talking a load of poop!

8 Blast Vipond Rd, Stanmore Bay, 7pm. $5 door charge. Info: ph 424 9026.

Best of British (5th Squadron Cadet Unit), Hibiscus Coast Community I always find that talking about problems over a cuppa with friends 9 RSA, 43a Vipond Rd, Stanmore Bay, 2pm. $25 door charge applies.

Info: ph 424 9026. definitely seems to help. Problem shared, problem halved and all that. But talking about digestive problems just isn’t the done thing.

Have your Say on the development of Metro Park West in 12 Millwater. Drop-in session at Stoney Homestead, 12 Galbraith That’s why even though over half of us suffer with some sort of gut Greens, Millwater, 6pm-8pm. (see story p21) health problem, we suffer in silence.

Orewa Ladies’ Garden Club annual Spring Show, Catholic The digestive system can create many different problems; from 13 Church, 180 Centreway Road, Orewa, 12.30pm. All welcome. bloating to indigestion, constipation to heartburn.

Info, contact Irene, ph 021 0293 9176.

Softball Have a Go Day, hosted by Hibiscus Coast Softball Club, Constipation is a common digestive problem. If you do find yourself 15 Victor Eaves Park, Orewa, 10am-2pm. Family event with bouncy comparing notes over a latte, remember it’s not about how often but castle, face painting, games. All welcome. Info: look for HBC Softball Club on Facebook. (see story p34)

Two Flat Whites and a Mocha play, Hibiscus Coast Community 15 RSA, 43a Vipond Rd, Stanmore Bay, 7pm. $5 door charge. Info: ph 424 9026.

Sacred Activism - Contradiction In Terms or Our Only Hope?

15 Talk by Murray Stentiford, Waiwera Ashram, 9 Waiwera Place, Waiwera, 1.30pm. All welcome. Koha. Info: ph 09 426 5265.

Ruth Sumner – Artist. Open studio & Spring Sale, 15 & 16 1–5pm both days. 57 Tender Road, Diary Flat. See www.ruthsumner.com Call for other viewing times 021 361 505.

Orewa Lunchtime Toastmasters special Open Day, St Chads 19 Hall, 117 Centreway Rd, 12pm-1pm. Speak with confidence. All welcome. Info: ph or txt Phil, 0274 400 409.

Business Efficiency Workshop presented by 5 Star Admin & Future 19 Whangaparaoa Business. Tips and tools to help you use your time more efficiently. Whangaparaoa Community Hub, 707 Whangaparaoa Rd, 5.30pm–7.30pm. Tickets $10 from https://www.whangaparaoa.info

Career Mum event, for working mums or mums seeking work.

22 Rediscovering Me - navigating career, family and my own needs, Whangaparaoa Community Hub, 707 Whangaparaoa Rd, 9.30-11am.

Childcare support available. Tickets $12, includes light refreshments.

Info and tickets: www.careermum.co.nz/events

Joll & Debbie Dorday Show, Hibiscus Coast Community RSA, 43a 22 Jim Vipond Rd, Stanmore Bay, 7pm. $20 door charge. Info: ph 424 9026.

Hibiscus Coast National Council of Women celebrates 125 years of 23 Suffrage with a High Tea, Rotary House, Hibiscus Coast Highway, Silverdale, from 2pm. Guest speaker Katy Bradford, TVNZ political reporter.

Tickets $30 from Jenny, ph 021 045 9772 or em davenjen@xtra.co.nz.

Silverdale Village Market Silverdale Street, every Saturday 8am~1pm

Organic fruit/veges • Free range eggs Bacon • Honey • Books • Cut flowers Plants/shrubs • Antiques • Crafts Jewellery • Olive oil • Knitted baby wear Continental breads • Pet blankets

Stalls phone Jill 426 4479

rather a change that would indicate that something isn’t right with you. Every body is different. For some it’s three times a day, others three times a week. But constipation is when your bowel motions occur less frequently than usual for you.

And it’s not just about frequency. Certain consistencies are also indicators for constipation. Is it hard, “nobbly” or “rabbit pellets”, do you need to strain or do you feel that it didn’t all come out? It is these symptoms or a combination of symptoms that are used to diagnose constipation.

It all starts in your gut! We absorb all our vitamins and essential nutrition here, so making sure your system is working well is vital to your health and wellbeing. There are many ways to treat constipation and all or some might be the solution for you. From exercise to dietary changes to medicines.

Regular exercise is very important. Getting things moving can quite literally get things moving! Increasing fibre in your diet is also key.

Make sure you are having sufficient fruit and vegetables along with wholegrains in your daily diet. They say “an apple a day” but in the case of constipation, it’s actually a kiwifruit a day that can help keep you regular. Staying hydrated is another essential.

At the pharmacy we have a range of medicines to help treat constipation, from gentle and mild to more intensive help, depending on what you need. Our pharmacists can help you choose what is right for you.

It’s also important to remember that there are some conditions that may seem like a harmless common digestion problem, but may be something more serious. That’s why you should always check with your health care professional.

So if you are suffering with a digestive problem, you are not alone out there. But perhaps it’s worthwhile discussing with your health professional first and grab that cuppa with friends later...

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All Black captain inspires college team

All Black captain Kieran Read told Whangaparaoa College students last week that he still remembers a teacher at Rosehill College in Papakura whose support helped him immensely as he played for the school’s only rugby team.

He told the students that he will always be grateful to that teacher, James Fraser, who came in at 7am on cold mornings to be his “tackle pad”.

He said at college level, the most important thing is to try as many sports as possible and to enjoy it.

He said when he was in his late teens he had an ACL injury that taught him the importance of having a positive mental approach – he also used the injury as a chance to focus on study.

Fresh from Bledisloe Cup success, he said even if the scoreline was clearly in

the All Blacks’ favour, test matches are never easy. In fact he says he was “in the moment” and “too tired” as he focused on his own role in the game to notice Beauden Barrett’s try-scoring feats and only became aware of it afterwards.

He was looking forward to a week off with his family in Christchurch, then preparation for playing Argentina this weekend, on September 8.

Kieran Read’s visit to the college on August 29, along with a $5000 cheque from vitamin company Swisse for sports equipment, was a prize won for the school by parent Jill Ryan.

As well as presenting the cheque, Kieran, who is ambassador for Swisse, took part in a mindfulness session with representatives of college sports teams and a drills session with their First XV. “He’s an inspiration,” one player said.

All Black captain Kieran Read is welcomed to Whangaparaoa College.

Kieran Read led the college’s First XV through a gym session that included drills that the All Blacks use in their match warm ups.

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