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Volunteers have been out planting the Hibiscus Coast’s green spaces in large numbers this month. Pictured at Karaka Cove in Red Beach are, from left, Derek Kelsey, Jenny Hanwell, Pauline Smith and Pip Stocking. (see story p14). Photo, Photo Carnival.

Manly bollards decision revealed Auckland Council’s proposed compromise solution for reducing dune erosion and protecting native tree roots along The Esplanade on Manly Beach was revealed last week.

The original plan, last October, of putting 300 bollards along the beachfront between Manly Sailing Club and Cross Street to restrict beachside parking proved

controversial when it was revealed in Hibiscus Matters, and was scuppered by community opposition.

Two petitions – one for and one against the bollards – were started and public consultation similarly revealed views were strongly split, with around 43 percent in support and 56 percent opposed to the proposal.

Those in favour felt that the most important thing was to protect the dunes against further erosion, while those against were worried about the loss of parking, and that overflow parking could put pressure on nearby residential streets.

Council went back to the drawing board, meeting local board members on site in May to work on a compromise.

Just one option was put before the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board for approval at its meeting on July 21.

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along The Esplanade in areas where there is the most damage to the dunes, and to limit parking on the tree roots.

The new design puts ground protection and bollards around several of the pohutukawa trees to protect their roots from damage, while leaving space for parking.

Cars will not be able to park at the Cross Street end, as this area will be completely bollarded off and re-grassed. This is a reduction of around eight car parks.

The report says that the new plan will allow most of the existing parking spaces to remain. At the same time, it will prevent vehicle movement on the dunes and around the trees.

Local board chair Gary Brown said members have been lobbied by both sides since the plan first surfaced in Hibiscus Matters last October, and as with any compromise, not everyone will be happy or get exactly what they want.

He says the bollards will increase green spaces and protect picnic areas, with natural shade, for the community to enjoy.

After the initial work of installing the bollards was disrupted by community action last year, Council staff are planning to manage public access while the work takes place.

The report states that “possible disturbance by

members of the public during the installation can be managed through site fencing and traffic management onsite, before and during the installation of bollards”.

“However, there is the risk that the bollards will be damaged once they have been installed,” the report warns.

The total budget for this work, of $45,018, was approved by the local board from its Locally Driven Initiatives capex funding.

The budget will fund the engagement, design plans, material cost and installation of the bollards. Most of the material was sourced in 2021, however, some additional

bollards need to be obtained which could delay the work – the expected lead times are around 7-8 weeks for this type of material.

Subject to approval of the plans, it is anticipated that the bollard installation will commence sometime between August and October.

As no additional parking is being made available, once the bollards are installed council staff will monitor the effect that the installation of the bollards has on car parking on The Esplanade and surrounding streets. If serious issues are being caused, the car parking situation will be reviewed.

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Public invited to view future vision to support growth The pace of growth expected over the next few decades in this part of Auckland has been highlighted by two long term projects focused on the Dairy Flat, Silverdale West and Wainui areas that are out now for public consultation.

One project focuses on planning for future transport connections to those areas, and the other on how the land will be zoned for development.

Both are part of a programme called Supporting Growth, which combines the work of Auckland Transport, Waka Kotahi/ NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Council. They rely on projections that more than 110,000 more people could be living in those areas by 2050, with the addition of 41,000 new homes.

When it comes to transport, proposals include a 16km rapid transit corridor between Albany and Milldale, via Dairy Flat, 25km of new walking and cycling paths and improvements to State Highway 1.

A draft spatial land use strategy for the Dairy Flat and Silverdale Future Urban zone identifies a proposed town centre, areas where terraced housing and apartments could be built and rapid transport network stations.

In putting the transport proposals before the public for feedback, Waka Kotahi regional relationships director Steve Mutton says the majority of the work is yet to be funded, but that planning needs to happen now.

“The projects can then be considered as part of the rezoning and release of land by Council over the next 10-30 years,” Mutton says. “This approach provides certainty for landowners and the community by providing a clear vision of how people can move around

in our future communities and town centres.”

Rodney Local Board member for Dairy Flat Louise Johnston says she supports the need for this early planning as a key step in ensuring the future infrastructure is adequately funded.

She says residents have flagged several concerns about the proposals with her, including a terraced housing zone around Bawden Road.

“I support this type of planning. But I also understand the turmoil that people are in when they see these plans becoming more real. It will change the whole face of the area and it’s hard to get your head around,” Johnston says.

She says in the meantime, there has been a lot of land banking going on and many of those sites are being allowed to become weedy and overgrown.

“Much of Dairy Flat is in a holding pattern,” she says.

Johnston says it’s important that residents, who naturally know the area best, make their voices heard by giving their feedback.

“There are a lot of practical things they can raise – such as where there are wetlands, or areas prone to flooding, or high quality soils that are unsuitable for housing. All that should be considered in relation to climate change. I also think it’s important that the Green Road Park should have a rural feel. Feedback from locals is really important at this early stage.”

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Councillor says Penlink intersection will hold up traffic Beverley Road was changed because of its potential for traffic disruption during construction.

The design now has an intersection to the west of Whangaparāoa Rd, next to Cedar Reserve, which joins to the bridge.

When these local information sessions come up, Cr Wayne Walker suggests Vehicles heading to/from Penlink from the residents take a close look at the design, Red Beach end of the peninsula will use a particularly what is proposed for the short new section to the west of the current intersection with Whangaparāoa Road Whangaparāoa Rd alignment, which (HM June 27), which is in the vicinity of connects to Penlink at a T intersection New World supermarket. with traffic lights.

Cr Walker says there are several factors The design includes controlled pedestrian that, to his mind, mean the proposed crossing points, walking and cycling links. intersection design will not work.

Chief among Cr Walker’s concerns are He considers the proposal will make it even that the road prioritises Penlink over more difficult for people to get around.

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services/schools or leisure activities – to Silverdale or Ōrewa, to Coast Plaza, or New World. This design would make the bulk of those trips longer and more difficult,” Cr Walker says. “If you are heading west on Whangaparāoa Rd, you will have a right hand turn at a signalised intersection. To get into New World, from the east, you will have to wait at lights, go around an island and then onto Beverley Rd. But if you’re a Penlink user, there is a single lane with no apparent queuing. Plus, any accident at that intersection would be significant.”

He says there are alternative designs that could remedy these things, including an earlier one which had a large roundabout.

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can cope with large volumes of traffic and keep the flow going. A flyover that separates Whangaparāoa Rd and Penlink traffic could also have been considered.”

Cr Walker says he is raising these issues with Waka Kotahi and is seeking more information, including any alternate designs and the traffic modelling.

“I have indicated that this is a major issue and rates as highly as the consideration of tolls. It is a significant issue for users of Whangaparāoa Road and until now no one’s been consulted or offered any options.”

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By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air.

Auckland Council staff say that two government policies council is navigating have tensions between them.

At the Environment and Climate Change Committee on July 7 the committee agreed to develop a submission on the government’s National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS-IB).

National Environmental Standards senior analyst Simon Fraser presented to the committee and said currently the policy appears to aim at no decreases in

biodiversity.

Fraser said the policy does not provide councils with the ability to adopt more stringent measures to protect indigenous species.

He also acknowledged that council needs to “do more work identifying taonga species,” with the help of mana whenua.

Cr Wayne Walker asked Fraser how the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD) which would allow further intensification across Auckland aligned with the NPS-IB. “There is tension between enabling development and growth while protecting indigenous species,” Fraser said.

Plans & Places planning manager Jenny Fuller echoed Fraser’s sentiment that there was a tension between the policies and said it would be an ongoing challenge for council.

“The devil’s in the implementation – it is about the integration of the two tools,” Fuller said.

Chair Richard Hills said overall the NPSIB was “a really good thing” and would help council in work they were already undertaking.

Implementing the NPS-IB is expected to require significant resourcing and the committee will receive an update on budget requirements from council staff at a later date.

Healthy Waters and Watercare carve out Auckland emissions reduction plan

By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air.

Watercare and the Healthy Waters (stormwater management) department of Auckland Council, have begun making changes to their long-term strategies with climate change in mind.

At the Environment and Climate Change committee on July 7 both discussed how they were looking to reduce emissions.

The changes follow concerns expressed by councillors last year that Watercare was not looking to reduce emissions in its Long Term Plan.

Watercare’s head of sustainability, Chris Thurston, said they were expecting emissions to rise over the next three years but with the new strategies a steep decline would be expected to follow.

Thurston said the emphasis is on wastewater management when reducing emissions.

One way that Watercare could reduce waste emissions is through “thermal hydrolysis” – a process that combines heat and pressure to treat bio-waste, Thurston said, adding that Watercare is reviewing materials and techniques to reduce infrastructure emissions.

“We will be looking to reduce emissions by using existing infrastructure, which may reduce emissions by 60 percent,” Thurston said.

Mayor Phil Goff asked Thurston if it was possible to reduce the use of steel and

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By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air.

After a call to release emissions data on a weekly basis, an Auckland Council committee chair revealed the data is, in fact, released every two years. At the Environment and Climate Change Committee on July 7 the climate action group Extinction Rebellion requested more frequent release of emissions data. The request comes as council looks to reach a 50 percent reduction in emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Extinction Rebellion representative Dr Mairi Jay said council’s Climate Action Plan was ambitious but more regular emissions data releases would be an important step in lowering emissions. “Every summer is going to be tough. A 3.5 degree increase in heat for some parts of Auckland will be very hot,” Jay said. Jay said there would be severe impacts on health from the heat.

“We have nothing like 30 years. We need to get our emissions down very quickly – time is against us.” Committee chair Richard Hills said that while air quality data is available monthly, emissions data came back every two years. Hills said this frequency of reporting was not ideal. Council’s last greenhouse gas emissions inventory was published in 2020 and reported gross CO2 emissions of 11,396 kilotons in 2018.

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concrete – or use alternative materials.

Thurston said that they were currently exploring options such as “adding materials such as pumice to concrete to reduce volume.”

Healthy Waters’ zero carbon team principal Leigh Steckler said they are looking to maximise carbon capturing.

Steckler pointed to planting, making changes to infrastructure design and trialling non-drinking water reuse as ways to reduce emissions.

Cr Linda Cooper asked how the work from Healthy Waters and Watercare would function under the government’s Three Waters Reform, which will take water management out of council’s control.

Chair Richard Hills said no matter what happened going forward a new entity would have information available to them.

Submissions closed on government’s water services entities bill under the Three Waters Reform on July 22.

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New maps provided by the government enable you to enter your address to find out if you’re in a tsunami evacuation zone and where to go should a tsunami warning be given. It also has local evacuation information. While individual areas of the country have tsunami maps, this is the first time there has been a single map for the whole country. The map was developed by the National Emergency Management Agency in close partnership with the 16 regional Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups. Enter your address at https:// getready.govt.nz/en/emergency/tsunami/tsunami-evacuation-zones/

New Zealand’s weather is no exception to the record-breaking extremes occurring around the globe. Analysis undertaken by NIWA meteorologists reveals that the first six months of 2022 have been New Zealand’s second warmest on record. With an average national temperature of 15°C, the January to June period was 1.2°C above the long-term 1981-2010 normal, according to NIWA’s Seven Station Temperature Series that began in 1909. Of the 10 warmest January-Junes on record, five have now occurred since 2016, with 2016 being the warmest (1.4C above average). Last year was New Zealand’s warmest ever recorded. Despite a wet and stormy start to July, temperatures for most of the country remain above average for the time of year. NIWA meteorologist Ben Noll said that the continued influence of La Niña on New Zealand’s climate should continue to keep temperatures on the warmer side for the remainder of 2022. “It’s probably going to be another hot year when all is said and done,” he said.

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This work will lay the foundation for the urgent action we need to take to avert a climate disaster that will otherwise damage the lives of our children and grandchildren.

The climate action programmes in the Budget will be funded by a Climate Action Targeted Rate (CATR) that will generate $574 million over 10 years and seek to leverage a further $482 million in co-funding from central government and other sources. For a person with a median-value home worth more than $1 million, the CATR will represent a contribution of around $1.12 per week.

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YourOpinion Leave signs alone

When visiting Stanmore Bay Beach the other day I was horrified to see new signs featuring te reo Maori had been defaced (with the cost of replacement of course being funded by ratepayer). I was even more horrified to see a letter childishly gloating about defacing this type of sign featured in Hibiscus Matters’ opinion pages. The writer obviously doesn’t care that money will now potentially be deflected from other council programmes as the signs will be just be replaced. The only group winning from this act of ‘civil disobedience’ is the sign makers. To people engaging in this act, I have a couple of things to say – you won’t stop the increase of the usage of te reo in our society (it’s way overdue) and secondly please stop engaging in vandalism which results in the wastage of ratepayer money.

Julie McAllister, Stanmore Bay

Practical punishment for vandals

In reference to the article in your June 27 issue about vandalism at Puhoi sports grounds. How sad that these young ones get pleasure out of destroying the club’s grounds, that give so much to the community. Yes, they should appear in court, however my opinion is that their punishment should be to go back to the club grounds and help repair the damage.

Their car should also be taken off them and sold with money going back to pay for the damages. If working, a portion of their wages should go to the club until the repairs are paid for. Then do community service in the area. These people need to realise what harm and damage they have caused and the people they have affected and face their consequences in a practical way. You never know, they may enjoy the club, and get involved with sport which would give them a sense of purpose in life.

Joy Jones, Millwater (abridged)

Can paper roads be closed?

Regarding a paper road closure between Richards and Horseshoe Bush Roads (HM July 11). Many years ago I was involved in a paper road dispute and re-searched the many cases of Councils wanting to illegally close paper roads or alter them in some way. I was not involved as an expert witness, but as one

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who would have been impacted by a design to alter a paper road. I found that although they are paper roads they have the same status as of a formed road and cannot be closed and locked gated. Although I found many cases that went to the courts over the last hundred or so years to reverse any council decision to close them, I can now only find one ruling by Judge Chilwell in my old paperwork. Judge Chilwell said, “I have come to the conclusion that a road is incapable of being posted by anyone to the exclusion of the right of each and every member of the public to assert his right to pass and repass without hindrance over every part of it. This is no mere exercise in theory (in relation to use of paper roads) Moore v MacMillan (1977) 2 NZLR 81 (SC) Pratt & McKenzie’s Law of Highways.

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how this fits with Zero Waste and Council’s own environmental efforts.

Barbara Price, Ōrewa Auckland Council senior waste planning specialist Alexandra Kirkham responds: The council undertook a robust and independent analysis of the different possible waste collection and payment models prior to doing public consultation as part of the annual budget process. This was done after it was found that the “pay as you throw” system wasn’t achieving the waste minimisation outcomes that were anticipated when it was first introduced. An assessment of the cost of delivering services under a rates funded model was found to be considerably cheaper than ‘pay as you throw’, or the option of

Roland Pain, Arkles Bay

Wheelie whereabouts

Interested to hear of the plan by Auckland Council to take over the rubbish in our area and that we will pay through our rates (HM June 27). I won’t be sorry to see the end of plastic rubbish bags, but at the same time it will no doubt bring in more wheelie bins! Where are we going to put them all!!

Eric Moore, Arkles Bay

Hope for Hopper site

I hope Hoppers development at Stanmore Bay will include straightening the bad corner where the vacant sections are situated.

Anyway, the properties were paid for by Rodney ratepayers and sale funds should be retained within the Rodney and Hibiscus Coast districts rather than fill the coffers of the money hungry Auckland Council.

Lleon Downes, Ōrewa (abridged)

Rubbish idea

I see in your paper (HM June 27) that the Council is going to take over rubbish as well as recycling, funded by our rates. Or two-person household is careful what we buy in packaging, we recycle (often at the local Recycling Centre as well as kerbside) and also have two large compost bins. We put out a rubbish bag maybe once every month. We do this for the environment, number one, but also it saves us money on buying those plastic rubbish bags. How will this new system reward our efforts?

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It could be worse with Hoppers being behind the Whangaparāoa Road development (HM July 11). My concern (actually one of many with this location) is that the beautiful pohutukawa on the corner not be damaged in any way. Even pruning it would ruin its shape. I hope your paper keeps a close eye on that.

Francis Paton, Stanmore Bay Editor’s note: It has been noted in the paper before that this tree is on Council’s road reserve and is also protected as a notable tree. Sadly, neither of those things are guarantees. Yes, we will be keeping a close eye on it.

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Love Soup Hibiscus Coast had a special guest at its weekly free Sunday meal held at Whangaparāoa Hall on July 17. Everyone at the dinner gave Julie Chapman of Kids Can and Pet Refuge a warm welcome. The two organisations have been working together for some time, with Kids Can passing on tins of food and directing families to Love Soup for food parcel support. “Last lockdown they sent us a whole pallet of tinned pineapple,” Love Soup director Julie King says. She first met Chapman almost a decade ago when Love Soup was starting up. “We invited her to join us for the Sunday meal so she could experience our mahi first hand,” she says. Pictured at the dinner are ‘the two Julies’ – from left, Love Soup’s Julie King and Kids Can’s Julie Chapman.

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A connection made between a local Ukranian family (HM June 13) and Whangaparāoa resident Carolyn Howden assisted with the creation of a display that is currently on at Coast Plaza. The display includes the Ukraine flag and images of the war-torn country.

Visitors are invited to send messages of support to the country’s besieged residents – Ukraine families now living in Manly want to pass local messages of encouragement back to their families and friends.

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Locally, bioluminescence (which creates a bright blue glow in the waves) is normally a summer phenomenon. However, local photographer Grant Birley was able to capture some vibrant photos of it at Ōrewa and Manly beaches on July 10. Grant, who lives in Gulf Harbour, first saw the bioluminescence sparkle in 2020 in Whangaparāoa and has been chasing it ever since. He says it can appear at any time of year, but he has never seen it occur as deep into winter. “It could be we’re just missing it because there are less people are around at night in winter,” he says. Among the reasons for its prevalence on the Coast are the much-publicised stormwater runoff events after heavy rain – the organisms that cause the blue light thrive on those nutrients.

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Thriller carried along by character Originally from England, author Richard Woolley has lived all over the world, including in Hong Kong and the Netherlands, before moving to Ōrewa four years ago.

He says the move Down Under was, in a way, predicted by a counsellor he spoke to many years ago when he was doing his final exams at university in London.

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a screenwriter, academic and film director.

In the 1980s he wrote and directed films for cinema and television including Telling Tales (1980), Brothers and Sisters (1981) and Girl from the South (1988).

He now writes full time, after turning one of his scripts into a novel and discovering that he loves getting inside the heads of characters.

“It gives you total control,” Richard says.

“The key is to work out who your characters are and what drives them. I love that process.”

His latest novel (his seventh), called Detachment Theory, is a psychological thriller

set in New Zealand and the UK in 2015. It is described as “a dark drama that pits the easy going egalitarianism of New Zealand against the privileged, often perverse background of an English upper-middle-class family”.

Richard says he hopes readers will not only get carried along with wanting to know what happens next, but also be intrigued by the complex characters in the book.

His other works of fiction range from the historical novels Friends and Enemies (2010) and Stranger Love (2017) to the futuristic novel Sekabo (2014).

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me I needed to be ‘as far away as possible from where I was brought up – the example they gave was New Zealand’,” Richard says.

He says living on the other side of the world was about being far away, but not cut off – a way of separating yourself and getting a new perspective.

And now that he’s made the move, he’s glad he did.

Richard’s career encompasses many years as

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Lighting the pathway for others after cancer Cancer survivor Laurinda Howarth created a Facebook group to help other survivors last month, and already it has more than 200 members.

Laurinda, 41, has been through cancer twice and says a key time when people need support is actually after treatment is over.

“My doctor said ‘see you in three months’, and that was both scary and exciting,” Laurinda says. “You are then faced with how to live your life, despite the fear that the rug could be pulled out from under you again at some stage.”

A life coach and personal trainer, Laurinda had some of the tools at her fingertips

but she still needed support, including counselling, to recover and thrive.

“My turning point was asking for help,” she says.

Two years down the track, she says she is now in a position to help others.

“It’s an amazing feeling to be cancer-free, but there are also emotional scars. You think you should be feeling happy to be alive, but there are all the normal ups and downs of life.”

The page Laurinda set up, called ‘Cancer Led Me Here’, is a forum for people to talk about their experiences and support each other. It includes free training sessions and resources.

“My goal is to help people take back control, feel less isolated and find ways to move forward,” she says. “I’m finding that people communicate and lift each other up.”

She says a key thing she suggests is to shine a light on the future.

“How can we do the things we promised ourselves we would do, when we were lying on that bed?” she says. “Let’s focus on what we can do – but at the same time be kind and give ourselves permission not to always be positive.”

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Fast forwarding into foraging Increasing food costs and a desire for food resilience have seen a steady rise in the popularity of foraging, according to Red Beach naturopath and herbalist Marisia Inger.

She began foraging when her children were young as her own father had introduced her to foraging – picking field mushrooms and berries.

She went on to study naturopathy and herbal medicine and says while that gave her ‘the book knowledge’, she wanted hands-on experiences.

This led to holding retreats for women, that included foraging, and in early 2020, she held her first foraging workshops around the Hibiscus Coast. She also went

foraging with her family during lockdown.

“I realised there were a lot more plants out there than I’d realised,” she says. “As well as edible plants, she found plants that she used to make treatments such as herbal balms and creams.”

From the handful that took part in the workshops pre-lockdown, Marisia says numbers have exploded. A recent workshop attracted more than 50 participants, aged from children to 99 years.

“From a trickle, it’s now a tidal wave,” she says. “I asked everyone why they wanted to forage, and it was largely worries about food scarcity,” she says. “The kids just want to know what they can eat and, let’s face it, autumn is the time to take them

foraging for all the berries. The adults want to know what they can eat and are super surprised at how many edibles they had been spraying in their backyards.

But as we wonder around talking about the plants, they become interested in the healing properties of the native trees, and look at using home remedies in the same way our grandparents would. Wild greens are a nutritional powerhouse.” Marisia says some workshops have led to local groups forming in areas such as Puhoi or Stillwater to go out foraging. She charges a small fee for the workshops, just enough to cover her costs and kids are free.

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• When we forage for food, it can be overwhelming and difficult to isolate a single plant amongst so many. Start with one plant and become familiar with it before moving on to the next. If you are not certain what it is – don’t consume it! • There are hazards when foraging for green leafy vegetables as they have a particular affinity for absorbing the chemicals and minerals, they are growing in. Stay away from roadsides and old houses because of the lead. Forage away from tanalised wood (retaining walls and fences) as they leach arsenic. And be aware of the council’s spray regime. • Wild greens are free, local, fresh, and nutritional dense making them the perfect food as medicine.

• Warm sunny places are the best for finding winter greens. At the moment there is plenty of onion weed, cleavers, chickweed, selfheal and dandelions. There is also puha, plantain and yellow dock but they need to be used lightly as they can be bitter. Take a wander around your garden and see what’s growing, or go for a bush walk and see what’s popping up. • My favourite at the moment is chickweed which grows prolifically in our mild winters. It is a most perfect salad herb as it tastes mild, slightly salty, fresh and juicy.

It’s also great in a pesto which you can freeze in ice cubes and bring out when fresh green flavour is needed. It can also be cooked in the same way you would baby spinach.

Chickweed is high protein, and rich in vitamin A, C and B-complex, calcium and iron. It’s also a herb a Naturopath would say is ‘high in mucilage’, which means it soothes the digestive tract.

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et owners will be able to find even more variety and services for their beloved animals with the recent move of Pet Naturals to Hillary Square.

The store has been in Ōrewa, on Hibiscus Coast Highway, for more than a decade and owner Cindy Ren says they are excited about relocating into the heart of the town centre.

Pet Naturals has a long-established reputation for stocking pet food, especially raw food, and accessories for cats and dogs (as well as rabbits and fish), attracting customers from all over the Coast and wider Rodney.

The company moved to the new premises, which are three times larger, last week. All that additional floor space, and a backyard, has enabled Pet Naturals to stock a much bigger range and bring in large accessories such as pet beds and crates.

“We can now truly be a one-stop shop!”

Cindy says.

She also hopes to introduce a self-service dog wash in the backyard and is currently on the lookout for a dog groomer who could base a grooming service there.

Pet Naturals manager, vet nurse Therese van den Bos, will continue to offer help and advice on aspects of pet health, including diet. This is a big drawcard for customers and Therese also does microchipping and nail trimming.

Cindy says the store’s focus on high quality, locally made and environmentally responsible food and accessories not only remains but will be enhanced by the move.

“That ‘natural’ aspect of what we do is important,” she says. “For example, we sell home compostable dog poop bags, shampoos that are free of palm oil and the raw food includes feral species such as possum and deer that destroy native plants.”

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“Instead of going up, I went down,” he says with a smile.

Lastennet, wife Polly and their three teenage boys are now resident on the Hibiscus Coast, after emigrating to NZ four years ago. Earlier this year, they started GroundedNZ, which sees Lastennet once again drilling holes in the ground.

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More competition a possiblity on the Gulf Harbour ferry route, Councillor Watson says.

Hoping for better ferry service Auckland councillor John Watson says that the recent announcement that Auckland Transport (AT) is changing the ownership structure of ferries, may lead to improvements for the Gulf Harbour ferry service.

The ownership changes will make the ferry service more like trains, where AT own the vessels and they are used by whatever company is running the services.

“Hopefully this will make it easier for new operators to enter the market and provide competition to Fullers,” Cr Watson says.

“Through this public-private partnership we’re getting closer to having a ferry fleet increasingly owned by Aucklanders, for Aucklanders. Certainly ferry users at Gulf Harbour will be hoping this equates to an uplift reliability across the fleet as a whole and an extension of services as public demand returns after the disruptions of the last two years.”

Along with the change in ownership structure, AT is working with Fullers and

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However, AT has been clear in the past that the length of the Gulf Harbour route makes it unsuitable for electric ferries at this stage.

Meanwhile the government recently announced it was extending the fuel tax/ road user charges discount and the half price public transport fares. This was initially meant to be a three month change but the government extended it by two months at the time of the budget. This time they’re pushing the changes out another five months to January 31, 2023.

“That means only $5.80 for a ferry trip from Gulf Harbour into the city now with a HOP card – well worth the trip for anyone on the Coast who hasn’t yet tried it,” Cr Watson says.

This image, called Floating in the Breeze, won Brian Eastwood top digital image in the Open Section at a recent club night. The image depicts a gannet floating above the ocean at the end of the day. While the gannet is very sharp, the background is blurred.

This effect is created by the photographer compositing two images they have taken into one. Brian has been working at developing his skill with this style of photography and recently had several images in this style accepted in the 15th International Color Awards in the United States. Another image in this style received a Highly Commended in this year’s North Shore Salon of Photography. More examples of Brian’s work can be viewed in the Galleries section of our website which is open to all viewers.

Be wary of rock falls

Army Bay resident and Cr John Watson is asking residents to stay alert to the possibility of rockfalls from cliffs after recent wet weather. Water gets in behind the rock face, it becomes saturated and large chunks of the cliff face can suddenly fall away. The cliff may look stable but it’s not, Cr Watson warns. “When the rocks fall, they can end up a considerable distance from the actual cliff face.” He says the area between Army Bay and Coalmine Bay is particularly susceptible to these rock falls but so are other cliff faces along Whangaparāoa Peninsula. “It’s very dangerous and not just a matter of getting hit by a stray rock. And my impression is that when these cliff faces go, there’s not a lot of warning. In some areas the council has covered the cliff face in mesh to add some protection but that is unusual. There are odd warning signs up too but we have a long coastline and people need to be wary of walking too close to the cliff or sitting under the cliff on the rocks.”

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From top, Ayla Gilmour and Danica Jacinto, Photos, Michelle Colson At Karaka Cove, clockwise from left, Vern Rule, Andrea Dick and Kaia, Neil Jones Rotary, Will Michell of NZ Biosecurity Services, Photos, Photo Carnival

Community gets behind planting initiatives Counteracting all the residential development and tree felling that is taking place, local environmental groups are doing their best to bolster our green spaces with more native plants.

Just before the weather packed in for the week, volunteers got stuck into a busy day of planting.

On Saturday, July 9, just over 30 people came to Karaka Cove in Red Beach, to extend the newly planted area just off Whangaparāoa Road which was started

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Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird were joined by many of their regular volunteers, Pest Free Hibiscus Coast staff and volunteers, a group from Rotary Ōrewa-Millwater, and Hibiscus & Bays Local Board deputy chair Victoria Short.

Earlier rain meant that the ground soft for easy planting, and 800 trees were planted in less than an hour. This meant the group could put out even more and eventually a total of 1300 plants went in. Species included

kahikatea, puriri, manuka and koromiko.

Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird have been working in partnership with Auckland Council and the community to enhance Karaka Cove Reserve for over 10 years, including pest animal control and bird surveys as well as annual tree plantings.

The plants were organised by Auckland Council Ranger Rose Crooks and laid out by New Zealand Biosecurity Services.

There was a further planting day on the same site last weekend, on Sunday July 17.

Estuary edge planted

A concerted effort by around 40 volunteers saw 1400 native plants added along Ōrewa Estuary on Saturday, July 9. The threehour community planting was organised by Restore Hibiscus & Bays, and focused on Maygrove Esplanade Reserve. Restoration adviser Deborah Colson said this year Restore Hibiscus & Bays has 13,000 native plants to plant in the local board area. At Ōrewa Estuary the planting filled in spaces among existing specimen trees and also along the riparian edge. This helps with the health of the estuary, reducing runoff and sedimentation, as well as providing better habitat for wildlife. A further 1400 plants will go in on August 13 at the next community planting (see What’s On for details).

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For the past 11 years, the pest-proof fence constructed between Army Bay and Okoromai Bay has provided the means to exclude invasive mammalian predators from Shakespear Regional Park. Of course, the fence is ‘leaky’ as predators can get around the ends, especially at low tide, and this is where the remainder of the exclusion operation comes into play. Volunteers and park staff operate an extensive network of traps and detection devices to cope with the ‘leaks’.

The results are both obvious and more subtle.

The obvious change is in the growing number of forest birds of different species which, despite occasional setbacks, are flourishing within the fenced area. Less obvious, but equally valuable, are the increases in burrownesting seabirds, reptiles and invertebrates.

The bush is also slowly changing. Each year thousands of native trees are planted. In just a few decades these will mature sufficiently to provide a significant increase in highquality forest cover. And the absence of possums and lack of grazing under the trees means that the older established parts of the bush are slowly increasing in complexity and improving in their ability to support a wide range of other wildlife.

I recently visited the Bushy Park Tarapuruhi fenced sanctuary near Whanganui. The bush there is hundreds of years old and full of magnificent tall trees dripping with epiphytes. It’s an inspiring place and supports a very high density of native plants and animals. Shakespear is also a wonderful

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The fence is constructed to keep pests out. But what it doesn’t do is keep native wildlife inside.

Returning to the Shakespear fence, it is carefully designed and constructed to keep pests out. But what it doesn’t do is keep the native wildlife inside the Park. It’s an inwardsonly fence. The wildlife inside can, and regularly does, venture outside. Sadly, when they do, they are exploring a much more dangerous place for them. But the good news is that the Pest Free Hibiscus Coast team are working hard to remove as many of the threats outside the fence as possible. They need more help though, so do join in if you can.

For some of our native birds, the flow up the peninsula begins on Tiritiri Matangi. Those that are strong flyers like tūī and kererū can easily move to the park and beyond. And for those less mobile but living in the park, they can hop the fence and begin to explore further afield. There are already records of kakariki, bellbird/korimako, saddleback/tīeke and hihi outside the fence and along the peninsula.

No doubt they will soon be followed by whitehead/pōpokatea and maybe someday soon you’ll hear the high-pitched whistle of a kiwi from a patch of bush near you.

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The 27-year-old vet nurse took up kickboxing, joining a local club, after seeing a friend compete in a competition called Fight Girls.

“It was a year after my mum had passed away, and I was in a bit of a rut,” Chelsea says.

Chelsea was very close to her mum and says losing her made her rethink her life and decide to say ‘yes’ to any opportunities that came her way.

“Sport was not my thing – I was one of those who never showed up to PE at school, but I found kickboxing empowering and it gave me real confidence,” she says.

Throwing herself into her new passion, Chelsea took part in Fight Girls in 2019 and 2021, at times heading to the gym six days a week.

She says she thrived on the sport’s full body workout, coupled with discipline and a chance to move through the grades. She is

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Chelsea won both her fights to date, and has another next month. She is also a commentator for World Kickboxing Association (WKA) TV. Her coach, Mike Howard, put her forward for the world championships trial a few months ago.

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“Mum would be concerned to see me doing this, because I’m essentially being beaten up and punched in the face, but also she would be super proud – and especially because of the opportunities it’s given me,” she says.

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GROWTH Whatever goes up must come down, though anyone witnessing the explosion in NZ property prices in recent years could be forgiven for doubting that old adage.

But nothing lasts for ever and 2022 is finally seeing a marked slowdown in sales and values compared to the feverish activity of a year ago, as interest rates rise and credit constraints bite and potential buyers fade into the background, or at least sit tight.

The latest QV House Price Index shows the value of the average home dropped by 3.4 percent nationally over the three months to the end of June, with the national average value now sitting at $1,011,188.

In the Auckland region, that figure is $1,441,941, which is a drop of 4.1 percent over the same period, though still 7 percent higher than the same time last year.

Only Rodney is showing any positive growth over the first six months of 2022, though only 0.2%, and QV expects that to drop in the coming weeks and months.

In Northland, home values dropped by an average of 2.3 percent this quarter, with Kaipara experiencing the largest average decline of 5.4 percent.

QV general manager David Nagel says the turnaround has been swift and sudden.

“Just six months ago, the national market was tracking at just under 30 percent value growth per annum,” he says. “This has fallen back quite dramatically, down to single figures,

with further reductions inevitable over the coming months as this home value correction continues across Aotearoa.”

Nagel says a 3.4 percent drop might not sound much compared with price increases over the past few years.

“But when you look at the fall in value throughout the first six months of 2022, it becomes a lot more significant, particularly if you purchased at the peak of the market in late 2021.”

QV valuer Hugh Robson says the outlook is for more of the same, due to a number of factors.

“Over the past four to five weeks, the Auckland residential market has seen a continued decline in buyer activity, a decline in sale price levels, and an increase in selling

periods,” he says. “Many auctions are ending without a single bid being registered, with negotiations often taking place later on behind closed doors.”

He says while home values continue to decline, building costs are currently doing anything but.

“The next six to nine months will be interesting, as there are many multi-unit developments currently under construction, with many just starting earthworks.”

However, those with property to sell are still being optimistic, with realestate.co.nz’s June property report showing that average asking prices – as opposed to selling prices or property values – remain stable.

‘FOOP’ rises as property prices fall The results of a survey of real estate agents conducted by the Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ) this month paint a picture of a rise in property listings, a decline in sales and falling prices. Fewer potential buyers have been attending auctions and open homes. The report says this is caused by negative forces at play in the market, including increases in fixed mortgage rates, shortages of construction staff and materials, net negative migration and “soaring FOOP” (fear of over-paying). A record net 72 percent of agents feel prices are falling in their location. This is a deterioration from 70 percent last month and a sharp change from the net 53 percent who a year ago felt prices were rising. “The data tell us that for now, New Zealand remains a country where house prices are easing,” the report says. Agents say that the biggest concern of property buyers is rising interest rates, followed by access to finance. However, bargain hunting is coming into play. The report also says that more agents have investors looking to buy because they are hopeful of finding a bargain. At the end of June, this proportion was 45 percent compared with 40 percent a month ago and just 21 percent at the end of November last year. Locally, the REINZ residential property market snapshot for Ōrewa this month shows a median sale price of $1.3m, up from $1.14m a year ago. The snapshot for Whangaparāoa has a median of $1.07m, up from $870,000 a year ago.

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Home buying hazards It has been 18 months since my wife, and I got this beautiful property on the Hibiscus Coast. I love it. We could only afford an old 1940s house but there was so much joy when we moved in.

After a hard first day of settlement and moving, it was time to take a shower. It was a long reflective shower. There was a sense of independence showering with the water that was collected in the tank. I didn’t have to rely any more on rising water levels in a dam. I collected this water as it fell from the sky. It was mine.

Still in the shower, I thought about the future in my new home. I saw my future kids running around the backyard playing cricket. I saw myself having a beer on my deck just by myself looking out to the sea.

My wife then joins me on the deck, and we put our arms around each other to watch the sunset. I was content in my daydream.

Suddenly, I heard a muffled sound. I turned off the shower to listen intently. It was my wife – “stop the water right now”! I put on a towel and ran out. She was downstairs in the garage. As soon as I entered the garage, my jaw dropped. It was flooded.

The water from the shower was leaking through the floor and into the garage. My chest got tighter, and the anxiety kicked the contented feelings out like they were illegal squatters in my consciousness. Happy kids and sunsets were replaced by images of me yelling at my real estate agent, lawyers, and empty bank accounts.

I tried to go all legal and argued with my estate agent about how it was the previous owner’s responsibility to fix this. He agreed.

But he laid down a path for me that was a bureaucratic nightmare. It required the lawyers being involved, letters being sent, gathering of evidence, and arguing with the previous owner about the intricacies of the contract. Things were made worse by the fact that the previous owner was going through his own troubles with divorce and was elusive with his replies and delayed in his commitments.

The assessment revealed that the whole bathroom had to be ripped apart to see the extent of the leak and the dampness of the floors. How the hell did we miss it? I had a clean bill of health from the building report.

I just gave up. To hell with agents, lawyers, and previous owners. I need to get it done for my own mental wellbeing. So, I strapped in, called a very nice builder, and got it fixed myself.

Readers might disagree with me and posit that I should have fought for it to be fixed by the previous owner. Maybe I should have.

But I wanted the feeling back that I had in the shower of owning my new home and a happy future ahead. I couldn’t wait. Lesson: Ignore the cordial smiles, confident affirmations, and pristine building reports before the final settlement. Run the water from all sources to check for active leaks, especially if it is an old house. So that the first shower in your new home is a peaceful one.

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Agents’ views on urban density Government legislation permitting more urban housing density is causing controversy on the Hibiscus Coast.

However, while people might imagine local real estate agents would be over the moon at the thought of more property to sell, that is not necessarily the case.

Barfoot & Thompson Whangaparāoa manager, Mark Holliday, says that, in his opinion, the new zoning designations will not be a change for the better in the long term, for Whangaparāoa Peninsula and its residents.

“High density housing works when purpose designed from scratch in new developments,” Holliday says.

“However, infill housing of this density overlaid into the existing housing areas is fraught with negative outcomes for the amenity, character and desirability of the neighbourhoods.”

He says there will be undesirable effects on privacy, sunlight, noise, vehicle movements, and property values when higher density housing is built next door.

“There will obviously be some short term beneficiaries of this, whereby property

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Holliday says government needs to review this proposal with more emphasis on appropriate town planning.

“Obviously, this new zoning takes no account of this area’s already overloaded infrastructure and roading. How will our suburbs and lifestyles look like in the years ahead?”

Meanwhile, real estate Janne Adams of Bayleys is more optimistic. She points out that the zone changes by themselves will not cause an overnight transformation of neighbourhoods, but to expect pockets of development over time.

“Intensification would need a property to be owned by someone who is willing to undertake development, which Bayleys believes will only be a small portion of owners,” she says.

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Earthworks at the site, adjacent to Crozier Place, began in March last year, but Covid-19 related issues delayed progress.

Foundations are now laid for the school hall and main block, and construction work is speeding up.

At the end of last year, Principal Steve Mouldey was appointed, and he is working on the school policies and curriculum, logo and branding.

At the start of August, enrolments will open for foundation students, and Steve says they will begin interviewing teachers soon.

Initial enrolment is expected to be around 80-100 pupils, but the school can cater for 420 and the Ministry of Education proposed it could eventually have up to 700.

Included in an agreement reached between Auckland Transport and the Ministry is that any increase in the school roll must be supported by measures to increase the proportion of students using transport such as walking, cycling, scooters and buses. This is so that the impact on the road network, during pick up and drop

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off times, remains at a maximum of 198 vehicles – the most that it’s estimated the network can safely support.

Although work is well underway, the exact location of the school is a bit hard to pin down or locate on a map as subdivision is taking place around it and several roads are not yet named.

Steve says they will begin holding community meetings to provide more information about the school next month.

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More complexity for Trusts I wrote in this column a few publications back, about the new rules surrounding Trust laws.

Changes to these laws have meant that the tax filing requirements for Trusts have become significantly more complicated and a lot more information is now required.

Firstly, non-active Trusts are entitled to earn up to $200 of bank interest without being required to file a tax return with the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and can remain non-active for tax purposes. Once this level of interest is exceeded, the Trust is no longer deemed non-active and is required to file a tax return.

Accountants are now required to provide details of the settlors of the Trusts, which include names, date of birth and IRD number or TIN number (for overseas residents) – even though the settlor may not be a beneficiary and receive income from the Trust.

Reporting will also be required on any settlement made during the year.

Although the details of the beneficiaries receiving income have been required prior to these changes, the IRD now require details of the movement in the beneficiaries’ account during the year – including any distributions, forgiveness of debts and drawings taken by the beneficiary during the year – and the tax return will now show the closing balance for the year for each beneficiary who, in that year, received income.

If you have been filing your own Trust tax returns prior to these changes, we recommend seeking the advice of a professional to ensure that you are in compliance with the new requirements.

If you are unsure whether or not your Trust is fit for purpose or need it reviewed, get in touch with a Trust lawyer who can review this for you and offer guidance in this field.

Tax filing requirements for Trusts have become more complicated and a lot more information is required Quick facts: • If you have struggled to pay your tax over the Covid period you may be entitled to some relief on any penalties charged by the IRD under the Covid Relief rules.

• With the IRD’s new tax system, if you only have income from salary and wages (including pensions) and investments, most of this will now be available on the IRD website and the IRD should complete the assessment for you of any tax owing or refunds due.

• Under the new Brightline rules, if you intend to sell your investment property, get in touch with your tax agent as soon as possible as the tax triggered by the Brightline may be over $60,000 which will be subject to interest.

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Winter warmer vegetable feast The harvest of the cold months presents a pick of the crop of wonderful vegetables that carry delicious sweetness to hearten and warm a hungry appetite. Root vegetables like carrots, turnips, swedes, parsnips, potatoes and kumara are at their best in winter, when the sugars develop well in cold ground. Leafy vegetables like Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, kale, silverbeet, leeks and spinach have stronger flavours and depth than the delicate green veggies of spring and summer.

Boiling these vegetables however, doesn’t make for tasty eating as they often display fairly bitter characteristics and so they all really lend themselves to spices, herbs, plenty of butter or olive oil and interesting combinations to boost interest and soften the flavours.

Mashed root vegetables are the perfect food for winter eating to accompany the roasts and grills and they’re a welcome change from salads and raw food of the warmer months. Sprinkling vegetables with a few roasted nuts or a good slosh of a special olive oil like a citrus pressed oil can take a very ordinary dish to new heights and make eating quite an interesting adventure.

In winter one of the most comforting foods is cheese. We have some superb locally made cheeses now so don’t be hesitant to crumble or grate a little feta, cheddar or Parmesan over your vegetable dish to add a new and tasty dimension. I have three winter dishes this month to enliven your cooking and tempt the fussiest of diners.

Note: When I prepared these vegetable dishes for the photo, we ate them for our dinner with a couple of sausages. There was quite a lot of veggies over, and they made the most delicious fry-up, not unlike bubble and squeak, for lunch on a cold wintry day.

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Carrot and parsnip mash with orange, ginger and mint

Fried Brussels sprouts with walnuts, lemon and feta cheese

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3 large carrots, peeled and chopped 2 parsnips, peeled and chopped ½ tsp salt 4cm piece of fresh ginger, finely chopped 1 orange 3 tbsp butter Small handful of mint leaves Freshly ground black pepper

600g Brussels sprouts, sliced into 3 or 4 pieces 1 tsp salt 3 tbsp good olive oil 3 tbsp walnuts 1 lemon 100 g crumbly feta cheese

Cover the carrots and parsnips with water, salt lightly and bring to a simmer until tender.

Bring a pan of salted water to a simmer, add the Brussels sprouts and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain immediately and refresh under cold water. Make sure the sprouts are free from excess water by patting with paper towels.

Drain well, return to the pan with the ginger and the butter and mash until well mixed.

You can use a food processor for a smoother finish but I like the mash to be a bit chunky.

Heat the oil in fry-pan and add the walnuts.

Allow them to toast in the pan for about three minutes until they start to smell nutty and toasty.

Grate the rind of the orange finely and add to the finely sliced mint leaves.

Add the sprouts to the walnuts, turn up the heat and toss well so the sprouts start to turn golden (about 6 to 7 minutes.)

Stir in the orange juice and gently reheat the mash. Turn into a serving bowl and top with the grated orange rind and the mint.

Garnish with a good grinding of black pepper.

Turn into a heated serving dish, crumble the cheese over and grate lemon rind over with some extra citrus pressed olive oil drizzled over if you have any.

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Great memories on the cards at Bridge 50th Enthusiastic Bridge player, the late Kitty McDougall, is credited with the formation of Hibiscus Coast Bridge Club.

Fifty years ago, when Kitty moved to the area, she found there were no Bridge clubs locally – so she started one herself. The club’s records show that the first game was played on July 14, 1972.

Current members Pat Porter and Jocelyn Avery say finding a permanent base was key to ensuring the longevity of the club.

“They had to lug all the tables and cards around for years to various places – it wasn’t ideal,” Jocelyn says.

The first venue used was Peninsula Golf Club and others over the years include Stanmore Bay Community Hall and Manly Bowling Club.

Eventually, through fundraising that included cake stalls and donations, the money was raised to build clubrooms in Edith Hopper Park in Manly. The building which remains the club’s base went up in 1990 and was declared debt-free nine years later.

There is still a trophy in Kitty’s name that is keenly contested at the club.

A lunch and drinks celebration marking the club’s 50th anniversary was held on Sunday, July 17. A number of special guests attended, including past presidents

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Clockwise from left, Young Silverdale player Nikita Phillips practices her ball skills. From left, Moana Wilson, Nikita Phillips and Makayla Petzer with Kobi Daniel from the Harbour Farah Palmer Cup team. Farah Palmer Cup players from left, Olivia Waldron, Leanne Robinson and Letele Lavea.

Silverdale junior players, from left, Maddie McColl, Eden Sweetman and Charlie Harrison. From left, Gabby Reardon, Savannah Fitzpatrick and Keeley Livingstone. Photos, Anna Thoroughgood

Silverdale builds passion for women’s rugby Silverdale United Rugby Club’s fields were full of female players recently, when it welcomed the Harbour Hibiscus Farah Palmer Cup team for a training session, followed by fun activities with the club’s younger female players.

The event was held on Saturday, July 9.

Head of women’s rugby development at the club, Glen Maguire, says it was the first event focused on women’s rugby that the club has hosted since 2019.

It included around 25 players from the Harbour Hibiscus Farah Palmer Cup team, including its captain Tenaija Fletcher, as well as more than 30 players aged 5-17-years-

old. Tenaija, who played for Silverdale in 2019, is a current representative of the Blues Aupiki squad.

As well as a training session run by the Farah Palmer Cup team, there were games of turbo touch and other fun activities such as a noodle fight.

A sausage sizzle and a meal were then provided for players and coaches at the clubhouse.

Maguire says the Silverdale club currently has the largest number of junior players in NZ, including 158 registered junior female players. There are plans to enter a women’s

team next season, after a gap of four years.

“In 2019 we had a women’s team and the largest sevens female rugby group in North Harbour,” Maguire says. “Since then all women’s club rugby in the region needed to be played at the Albany Barbarians, based in Albany. This event was part of building awareness for women’s rugby on the Hibiscus Coast and building connections between women’s rugby, our junior female players and the local rugby community.”

Named after global women’s rugby icon Dr Farah Palmer, the Cup is the sole women’s provincial rugby competition in New Zealand.

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Tight defence meant it was a while before either goalie was called upon in the game, but eventually four goals were scored.

No holds barred in crucial match There was plenty of action, but it was 30 minutes into the first half before anyone scored in a crucial match between the Hibiscus Coast AFC’s Women’s First team and Onehunga Sports.

The two teams, who are at the top of the Northern Region Football Women’s championship, faced off in a no holds barred game in Stanmore Bay on Sunday, July 10.

The Hibiscus women ended up scoring twice in the first half, and followed up with two more goals in the second.

The result left the team at the top of the championship table having won all nine of their games to date, and gave them a cushion of points between them and second place.

The club’s head of women’s football, Asher Trotter, is head coach of the team. He says fitness, both mental and physical, has been

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The second round of competition has begun – only the top team in this women’s league gets promoted at the end of the season.

“Last year we narrowly missed out so the pressure is on,” Asher says.

The day before this game, the Coast men’s team, which is playing in NRFL Division 2, beat Cambridge by the same margin, 4-0, to put them first equal at the top of their table.

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Community Planting Day, Maygrove Esplanade Reserve, Ōrewa Estuary, 10am – 1pm. Let’s create more native habitat. Access the reserve at 55-57 Maygrove Drive. Bring your spade and garden gloves if you have them, and water. Wear boots/sturdy shoes, weather-appropriate clothing. More info: https://restorehb.org.nz/events-calendar/ (see story p14)

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Community Planting Day, Okura Bush Walkway, 10am-midday. Meet at 1a Duck Creek Rd, Stillwater. Bring gumboots and spade (if you have one). Organised

by Friends of Okura Bush. Light refreshments will be provided.

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Wear Your Art Out Catwalk show, HBC Youth Centre, Western Reserve, Ōrewa, 2pm and 7pm. Dancers, music, Circus performance and wearable art on a Highway, Orew stage. Adults $30, Gold Card $25 and Children214B$18.

Hibiscus Coast 9am - 4pm Open Mon to Fri Two shows only. Email manager@estuaryarts.org to book

If you have COVID and are isolating at home and need medicines, we can get them delivered to you on the same day*. A pharmacist will assess your needs for pain, fever and hydration and supply medicines for this. The pharmacist can co-ordinate with your GP to get you any regular medications you might need while isolating. This is a FREE service. Also, if you wish to purchase any further items from the pharmacy we can arrange that to.

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Good as New Pre-Loved Fashion and Thrift Market, Ōrewa Community Centre, 9.30am-1pm, 45 Stalls Selling quality Pre Loved Clothes, boots, coats, knits, jeans, shoes and accessories. Lots of fun, great bargains. High Street brands, vintage and retro, designer labels. Get behind recycling on the Coast

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The Hibiscus Coast Branch of Forest & Bird warmly invites everyone interested in caring for our environment to attend our Open Planning Meeting, Estuary Arts Centre, Western Reserve, Ōrewa, 7pm– 9pm. Forest and Bird is keen to hear your ideas on protecting the local environment.

Hibiscus Rodders Car Show, 26 Karepiro Drive, Whangaparāoa, 9am-4pm Fifty Hot Rods on display, food stalls and family fun.

Adults $10, kids free.

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

Vaccinations

Influenza and Flu vaccinations available. Book on bookmyvaccine.nz or walk in.

Prescribed by Your Specially Trained Pharmacist

If you meet certain criteria our specially trained pharmacists can prescribe medication for: • Conjunctivitis • Urinary Tract Infections • Vaginal Thrush • Emergency Contraceptive Pill • Erectile Dysfunction • Smoking Cessation

Medicine Reviews “Wear your art out” Catwalk show Sat 06 Aug @ hbc yOUTH cENTRE Featuring: • Dance groups • Circus acts • Wearable Art • Drag acts • Spot prizes for best dressed

Two shows only • 2pm Matinee • 7pm Main show

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Warfarin Testing

For enquiries about this service, please consult with our pharmacists.

Emergency Supply

If you are caught without any long term medication and cannot get your prescription in time, our pharmacists are here to help.

We can provide you with a 3 day supply to “tide you over” until you are able to get your prescription from the doctor. (Note that certain medicines are not available)

Personalised Medicine sachets

Talk to our specially trained technician about this simple to use, great reminder system.

Tickets: Adults $30 Gold Card $25, Children $18 Book through Arts Centre

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This service provides you with an in depth understanding of your medicines and how to get the best from them. Just call for an appointment.

* Free service available for COVID patients from Red Beach to Army Bay

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Rodney Challenge electrifies

E-bikes will make hills like this, on the Rodney Coast Challenge cycle and mountain bike courses, easier on the lungs and legs.

Well established on the multisport calendar, the Rodney Coast Challenge has been going for around 28 years.

The race can be done as an individual or a team, and consists of four stages – a 10km run through Woodhill Forest, 30km cycle from Rimmers Road Helensville to Makarau (Scout Hut), a 25km gravel road mountain bike to Puhoi and 8km paddle down the Puhoi River to the finish at Wenderholm.

The 2022 event will be the first to offer an electric bike category, which event promoter Rob Howarth says was in response to demand.

“The race is aimed at all walks of life and is considered a good fitness challenge,” he says. It was suggested to me that some e-bike riders might be keen to participate – for example, if they don’t have the legs to ride a regular bike, particularly up some of the steep hills. And we thought – why the heck not!”

The new category is open to individuals, teams and tandem teams, enabling e-bikes to be used on the road or mountain bike sections.

Rob says it’s too soon to tell what the takeup of the new category may be.

“It might capture the imagination of some, and bring in more participation whereas others might see it as a cop-out,” he says.

“Some cyclists might wish they were on an e-bike themselves going up some of the hills! Even if we only get a few e-bike entries, it’s a start.”

The Rodney Coast Challenge is the biggest annual fundraiser for the Kaukapakapa Scouts and, having been cancelled because of Covid-19 last year, organisers are hoping for a boom in entries this year.

The event will be held on November 13.

Rob’s company, Future Proof Life, is the lead sponsor. Entries opened last month: www.rcc.org.nz/details

Northridge gets behind FlingGolf FlingGolf – a dynamic version of golf that began in the United States just seven years ago – is getting ready to hold its World Cup at Northridge Country Lodge in Wainui next year.

The sport uses a fling stick instead of a set of golf clubs. The ball is flung from hole to hole, and the fling stick is also used to put.

The aim is to get the ball in the hole with as few flings as possible.

The FlingGolf NZ website says that it’s possible to fling the ball more than 90m as a beginner, and more than double that distance once you’ve developed the technique.

FlingGolf ’s American founders, Alex Van Alen and John Pruellage, agreed to hold the World Cup in NZ next year to showcase this new sport. As Northridge was the first club in Auckland to sign up, it has been granted the right to host the event.

Local promoter FlingGolf NZ is launching the sport at clubs all over NZ, as they look for

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the two best players to represent the country.

As well as the USA, the event is also expected to attract teams from Canada and Australia.

David Blake (known as Blake), FlingGolf NZ owner, owns the rights for the sport in NZ. He is also a keen player of the sport.

He says although becoming an elite FlingGolfer requires the discipline of a seasoned athlete, one of the sport’s main charms is that it can be so easily played at a fun level.

“Unlike traditional golf it only takes most people around 30 minutes to learn the basics and start playing,” he says.

He says in Christchurch, a King of the Fling event attracted more than 50 competitors.

Northridge Country Club is now open for FlingGolf – the fling sticks are being rented for free to the club’s regular golfers, and everyone is being encouraged to give it a try.

Info: Flinggolf.org.nz

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