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Silverdale’s career firefighters reluctantly walked off the job three Fridays in a row but further strike action is on hold. Photo, Kim Clark

Firefighters hope concerns addressed Firefighters walked down Hibiscus Coast Highway with placards about lack of resources, health issues and low pay, twice last month as part of an unprecedented nationwide strike.

The Friday protests were well supported – although there are only four career crew at Silverdale, many more marched with them including firefighters from other stations,

family and friends and community members.

Almost every passing car tooted in support.

Further strikes planned for this month were put on hold following an announcement on September 1 that the parties were to resume talks.

Silverdale senior station officer, Steve Robinson, says that has got to be a positive sign.

“No firefighter wanted to walk off the job, so it’s good that the strikes are suspended, and they are back at the table,” he says.

“But we have been protesting about issues that are crucial to the service we provide.”

He says local crews are stretched and Silverdale’s main truck is 27 years old – one of the oldest in Auckland’s frontline fleet.

Its engine is patched together.

Robinson says although the population is booming on the Coast, the resourcing through Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) is not keeping pace.

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Coast, while the budget for both Silverdale and Manly Fire stations last year was $744,000.

FENZ regional manager, Ron Devlin, describes that levy figure as “speculative” and says insurance companies do not provide FENZ with the locations that levies come from – it all goes into a general funding pool “so we can provide equal and consistent protection for all communities across NZ”.

“Fire and Emergency does not budget or allocate resources to an area based on revenue,” Devlin says. “Each area’s operating budget is based on the community’s need.”

He says the need is assessed through detailed information such as the number of properties, vehicles, parks, and terrain, locations of motorways and main roads.

“When looking at the future needs for the Hibiscus Coast, we listen and talk to a wide range of stakeholders and regularly meet with Auckland Council.”

Robinson says it would be good for everyone involved to know FENZ’s “magic

formula” for allocating resources.

“It should be transparent so everyone can understand how it works and why resources are allocated,” Robinson says. “Locally the growing number of properties, population and our distance from backup which is 20km away, should surely be in the mix.”

Silverdale has four paid crew (the Yellow Watch) who work Monday to Friday, 7.30am-5.30pm. Volunteers are available 24/7 during the week as backup and also cover weekends. As well as its own callouts, Manly station’s volunteer-only crews also provide backup for Silverdale (and vice versa). Further backup can be called in from stations in the East Coast Bays and Albany.

Robinson says career firefighter numbers have been static in Auckland for over 34 years, while the population has tripled.

“We are calling for an increase in numbers to reduce workload and provide greater cover to our rapidly growing community.

More pay, and better health and wellbeing provisions are needed. In addition, the fire

appliance fleet needs urgently upgrading as breakdowns increase the risk to communities and firefighters alike.”

He says locally, adding another fire station would be best for the whole community.

The other option is for Silverdale to be staffed with at least one, 24/7 paid crew, seven days a week but that would potentially impact on volunteers, he says.

“At the end of the day, we want a resolution that works for all the career crew and the volunteers. We are hopeful that this new mediation will see our concerns addressed.

We should be working together – every firefighter wants the resources and support that enables us to provide the best service for the community.”

The NZ Professional Firefighters Union and FENZ have entered facilitated mediation. While they talk, there is a hold on any strike action – this deal remains in place until September 30.

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Public to have say on Ōrewa’s latest high rise The community will be able to have a say on the proposal to build an eightstorey ‘vertical retirement village’ in front of Ōrewa’s Nautilus apartment block.

Developer Rick Martin of K Rd Investments, who also developed the Nautilus, applied for resource consent to build the complex at 7 Tamariki Ave earlier this year (HM May 16). The company owns the site.

Last month Auckland Council advised that it has decided to publicly notify the resource consent application although K Rd Investments had asked for no notification.

Since the application went in, there have been refinements to the design, made in response to issues noted by Council’s urban designer and urban design panel.

However, eight storeys is still proposed but the refinements mean that this now falls within the maximum allowable height limit for the Business Town Centre zoning, of 27m.

The height will potentially affect views towards the sea for units of the Nautilus, including the ones at the front, on floors 4-8.

The application notes that the views of existing buildings are not guaranteed and the proposal is of a height and scale anticipated by the zoning.

Martin’s concept is to provide independent living and retirement village options, with services such as in-home care contracted

The latest artist’s impressions of the proposed building show the potential effects on the Nautilus apartments, behind.

out, for occupants aged 65 plus.

In his decision on notification, dated August 17, duty commissioner Dr Lee Beattie says he believes “the proposed building form, design, layout, scale, orientation and appearance is likely to create more than minor adverse effects on the wider environment including in the street scene and the wider town centre”.

“While the Town Centre Zone does enable

buildings of this scale, bulk and mass, it also requires built form to contribute positively to the design and appearance of the wider townscape, ensuring that buildings do not adversely affect the visual qualities that make up the town centre, including the provision of blank walls to the street scene and other elevation treatments,” the decision says. “The building also creates a potentially poor relationship with the street, especially at ground level.”

Dr Beattie says that the proposal also “creates a poor relationship with the adjoining Nautilus apartment building, both in terms of visual privacy issues, but also in terms of built form relationship between the two buildings.”

When exactly the application will be publicly notified is not yet determined, but it will be placed on Council’s website (search for ‘notified resource consents’) and Hibiscus Matters will make it public.

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Auckland Transport (AT) is delaying its plan to put a raised pedestrian crossing across the dynamic lane on Whangaparāoa Road, following public consultation.

The $1.2m crossing was described by Albany Ward councillors earlier this year as “a de facto judder bar on the busiest arterial road on the Coast”.

It was to go outside 139 Whangaparāoa Road and have pedestrian activated lights and a wide, flat speed bump.

It was designed to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists and slow down drivers. It resulted from public concerns about safely crossing Whangaparāoa Road, which were raised when the dynamic lanes were being installed.

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“After taking all factors into account, we decided to delay progressing this project until funding can be secured to undertake it in conjunction with broader pedestrian improvements to Whangaparāoa Road,” the spokesperson says.

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Public consultation is now over regarding Kainga Ora’s plan to build 37 homes in Bonair Crescent, Millwater. In a letter to the community, Kainga Ora says issues raised included safety and the potential for disruptive behaviour among social housing tenants, loss of value of nearby homes and parking. “Much of the feedback has been in favour of us selling the land back to a private developer or turning the development into KiwiBuild. While we acknowledge sentiment against our proposal for permanent public housing, we have also received some support for our plans,” the letter says. Now residents must wait while the feedback is collated and considered. Kainga Ora north and west Auckland regional manager, Taina Jones, says a summary of the feedback will be placed on the organisation’s website. “Our next step is to consider the feedback as we review options for the land, balanced with the need to provide more homes to people in need in the area,” Jones says. Currently Kainga Ora has 215 people on the waiting list for a public home in the area.

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Candidates take action after accusations made on social media A number of candidates say that this local body election is different from previous campaigns, in that allegations are being made about candidates, particularly on social media.

In one case, three of those standing for the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board – Leanne Willis, Gary Brown and Andy Dunn – have responded with a Cease and Desist letter, as a forerunner to potential legal action for defamation.

Most of the allegations that Hibiscus Matters has seen relate to whether candidates are members of groups such as Voices for

Freedom (VFF) – the anti-mandate group that stated it would ‘plant’ candidates in local elections, with a view to disrupting the democratic process.

Leanne Willis and Andy Dunn have connections with VFF and are antimandate, but both say they are not extremists and definitely not in favour of VFF’s aim of disrupting elections.

They have attended VFF meetings and Willis drove from Whangaparāoa to Mercer with the anti-government protest that went to Wellington in February.

“Neither myself nor Leanne made any

attempt to join VFF but they keep in touch with both of us on a regular basis,” Dunn says. “We do not represent them. We strongly believe it is vital to stay politically neutral and listen to every voice if elected to represent your community. We keep our personal politics well away from any potential to interfere with our work and decision-making.”

“Andy and I were on the local board before Covid-19 and we’re not ‘plants’ for any organisation,” Willis says. “This is a democracy and I would like to think that the right people will be elected on their

merits.”

Gary Brown says he is not anti-mandate and has no association with VFF. “I am fully vaccinated and not part of any lobby group but at the same time I have nothing against them,” Brown says. “You can’t discriminate, everyone is entitled to their views.”

Candidate Sam Mills, who was name checked in one allegation, says it’s sad to see this happen.

“Having opposing views from each other – that’s democracy. But personal attacks is not,” he says.

Old campaigners versus new blood on local body election trail Thirteen candidates in the local body election had a chance to introduce themselves and their policies at a public meeting in Ōrewa on August 26.

Around 70 mainly older people attended the meeting, hosted by Hibiscus Coast Grey Power.

The candidates were made up of those hoping to be Auckland Councillors, and others who want to be members of the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board (Hibiscus subdivision) – some are standing for both positions.

It became clear early on that the gloves are coming off for these elections, and that it will be a hard-fought campaign between established councillors and local board members and a diverse range of new candidates.

Campaign billboards are a contrast between slogans like “Your Proven Team” and “Working for Change”.

At the meeting, Council and local board candidate John Davies described John Watson and Wayne Walker, who have represented Albany Ward since the super city began and were also on the former Rodney District Council, as having “reached their use-by date”.

“I don’t mind who gets in,” Davies said, “But fresh energy is needed.”

In response, both Walker and Watson said that experience counts when it comes to getting results, and their passion for the work remains strong.

Candidate Sylvia Yang and running mate, 29-year-old Jake Law, also said change is needed. “Instead of complaining [about Council], be the change you want to see,” Yang said.

All but one of those standing on the Coast People ticket have already had three years on the local board. “We’ve been there and done

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I don’t mind who gets in, but fresh energy is needed Grey Power hosted a meeting in Ōrewa for local body election candidates.

that,” as Coast People’s Andy Dunn put it.

Their opponents include some like first time candidate Donna Patterson, who told the meeting she put herself forward because of dissatisfaction with Council’s performance and a desire to see change.

Some candidates also raised the need for more diverse representation – local board candidate Lia Shelford-Toopi said one reason she is standing is because “I didn’t see anyone in the voting line-up at previous elections who looks like me”.

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as the 3 Waters reforms (all were against), the need for increasing housing density (the public urged to make submissions) and when Ōrewa seawall would be built (construction to start April 2024).

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Auckland Council’s Environment and Climate Change Committee has adopted the Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway, which sets out what is needed to achieve the targeted 64 percent reduction in the city’s transport emissions by 2030.

Actions required include: increasing the provision and use of public transport, converting 30 percent of the city’s vehicles to electric (especially commercial vehicles), and a 10-fold increase in active travel (such as cycling and walking).

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Resisting global pressures As part of our work to support households with the cost of living, we’re taking further action on supermarkets to make sure Kiwis are paying a fair price at the supermarket till. The Government doesn’t think it’s acceptable that people have been paying a premium for the basics, while supermarkets earn $1 million a day in excess profits. That’s why we’re moving forward with our plan to increase competition and fix the supermarket sector. We called on supermarkets to open up wholesale access for their competitors, at a fair price – or the Government will do it for them through law. Right now, NZ has one of the most concentrated grocery retail sectors in the world and the high prices we’re facing are driven by the lack of competition in the sector. Opening up wholesale access will make it easier for new competitors and independent dairies to enter the grocery market. It also sends a very strong message as to how serious the Government is about seeing more competition in the market.

As well, with our borders reopening to the world and with Kiwi exports in high demand, we’re continuing to position NZ as a place to visit, trade with, study and invest in. So, it was a real privilege last month, after more than two years of Zooms and online events, to lead a delegation of cross-party MPs to visit four parliaments (Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, and Czech Republic), one Federal (Bavaria) and the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Our exchanges covered a wide range of topics, from trade agreements to protection of the environment, climate change and the importance of collaboration and sharing of best practices. Especially in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and global pressures that are leading to rising inflation rates and other tensions. New Zealand’s contribution to supporting Ukraine was acknowledged and appreciated in all the Parliaments we visited.

The visit coincided with the Prime Minister signing-off on the free trade agreement with the European Union, which aims to boost our economy, enable NZ businesses to grow, and unlock one of the world’s biggest markets of 450 million people.

I welcome the decision of the Minister not to grant the North Shore Aero Club airport authority status.

Our visit also showed that New Zealanders are not alone in facing challenges from global pressures. Inflation is pushing up prices around the world. The annual inflation of the European Union is 9.6 percent (up from 2.2 percent last year); Lithuania, 20.5 percent; Latvia, 19.2 percent; Czechia, 16.6 percent; Netherlands,10 percent and Germany, 8.2 percent. Times are tough for many Kiwis, but it was good to see that our median weekly earnings from wages and salaries jumped by 8.8 percent – the largest annual increase in nearly 25 years and well ahead of inflation at 7.3 percent.

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I welcome the decision of the Minister not to grant the North Shore Aero Club airport authority status. Having raised the concerns of the community, including those of Dairy Flat School, I found the Minister to be receptive and willing to listen.

The next Minister to visit Whangaparāoa will be Jan Tinetti, Minister for Women, Internal Affairs and Associate Minister of Education.

It is the second time she has come to visit primary schools in the area. It will also be a chance for her to meet the Principals of Nukumea and Milldale Schools and see the progress on both these new schools.

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OurOpinion Witch-hunt a worry

Local body candidates are being asked about their political affiliations as never before – after Voices for Freedom’s widely reported request that candidates connected with them make inroads into positions on boards but deny they support the group’s antigovernment and anti-mandate stance. We will be asking candidates featured in our paper’s Election Feature whether they support groups such as Voices for Freedom, because we think it is reasonable that any political affiliations – whatever they may be – should be declared as part of a candidate’s profile.

And there’s no doubt that the groups being asked about are political. It’s a free country and as long as they are open about it, candidates can belong to any group they please. A diversity of views is always a healthy thing on a representative body.

It’s the deliberate denial of those connections that are a real cause for concern. If someone wants to be paid out of the public purse, they should be open about what they stand for, and who they are, when seeking votes and if voters want to know that information, it should be freely available to them.

In addition, the organisation’s request to keep those affiliations quiet has put all the candidates in a very difficult position – who do we believe if they deny it? The word seems to be out there that it’s the media’s job to sort the sheep from the goats, but for obvious reasons, simply asking is not enough. Support for groups like that is very difficult to prove – even if a media organisation has sufficient staff to spend their day sifting through people’s social media accounts to identify members (which Hibiscus Matters doesn’t!!). If those claims are published, they must be 100 percent verifiably accurate because if not, a person’s reputation is on the line. The whole issue seems to have turned things nasty. Behind the scenes, there has reportedly been a fair amount of quite angry interaction, especially on social media, with almost vigilante behaviour on one side and defensiveness on the other. So far, if Voices for Freedom’s plan was to sow seeds of distrust and division, it is working. But my question would be, what do they expect to happen after the election? Will their “secret” candidates abstain from voting, not attend meetings – what? There are rules in place once you become a member of a committee or an elected representative that should quickly sort those things out. In addition, in small communities – including our own – anyone who thinks it’s smart to not pull their weight when elected to do so will quickly be identified and called out for it – especially by media and anyone who cast a vote for that person.

In the end, the anti-government and anti-mandate organisations will have a failed publicity stunt on their hands, turning even more people against them and whatever it is they are striving to achieve.

Terry Moore

YourOpinion Social impacts

In my humble view, the rise in house prices in NZ is the greatest disaster to happen in NZ in the last hundred years and the social cost has been dramatic indeed. Why was it not named for what it was – inflation? This has divided NZ like never before as the ratio between incomes and house prices go to another stratosphere of ridiculousness. Suddenly the demand for emergency housing became extreme and understandable. We homeowners want the “benefits” of rising house prices but ignore the dramatic consequences and dark downside.

These high prices evoke a smugness that somehow we earned this money through wisdom and forethought. It makes me think of a great line in the movie The Joker – “They expect us to be good little boys, and not go Werewolf ” – no wonder there are ram raids and loss of respect for law and authority, in this divided society. Can we not understand a little of the people in social housing and what “they” think of “us”, (the complaining beneficiaries) and the attitude to the homeowners and rent-takers? As per the Beatles song Come Together, in understanding – please come together New Zealanders! I’m glad I’m old. Good luck young people.

Geoff Hansen, Hatfields Beach (abridged)

Housing welcomed

I’m writing to support Kainga Ora’s proposed social housing development of 37 homes at Millwater. I grew up in Hurstmere Rd, between Takapuna & Milford, (now called ‘the golden mile’).

There were four social houses opposite our house and each of those tenants and their children made a positive contribution to the local community.

The objections of the local MP, Mark Mitchell, can be ignored – he’s simply grand standing and politicking. He will be quick to criticise the Government if it doesn’t tackle the housing crisis. I note that Mitchell was a cabinet minister in the Key government which built a net total of 43 new social houses in 9 years – a pathetic track record. As a local ratepayer and taxpayer, I look forward to a positive outcome of this discussion and the speedy building of the 37 Kainga Ora homes at Millwater.

Dean Reynolds, Ōrewa

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Penlink makes things worse

I am a resident of Cedar Terrace, Stanmore Bay. Currently getting in and out of Cedar Terrace can be impossible at times, and you need to consistently take a large risk to do this. Traffic coming down the hill on Whangaparāoa Road is typically faster than the 50km speed limit. And due to the bend in the road, visibility of the traffic is very bad.

Which means you have less than a few seconds to enter this traffic. The design of Penlink will make this much worse as it will increase the corner angle and thus the visibility will be reduced. I suggest that the Penlink designers bring their cars along and test this for themselves – at about 8.30am to get a real feeling of what is like to take your life into your hands. One solution would be to close off Cedar Terrace at this intersection and make access via Norfork Road, although some work needs to be done on the Scott Road and Whangaparāoa intersection, as this intersection is also very bad. One low cost temporary solution could be to reduce traffic speed to 30km, but this needs to be put in-place today, to ensure the risk of death is reduced.

Paul Dobson, Stanmore Bay (abridged) A Waka Kotahi spokesperson responds: Over the past few months, the O Mahurangi – Penlink alliance has engaged with a number of residents, including those in Cedar Terrace about the refined design. In these conversations, we’ve been told that due to serious safety concerns, residents currently don’t turn right out of Cedar Terrace onto Whangaparāoa Road.

Instead, they prefer to use Norfolk and Scott Street for a clearer line of sight. We understand this concern and now that it has been brought to our attention, we will make it a priority to actively discuss a solution with Auckland Transport as the local roading authority.

Estimates too high

Recently I complained to Watercare when my bills were too high. They were based on an estimated reading from summer, when we use more water for things such as watering the garden. When I called I learned that meter reading occurs every second month and was last done at the

end of March this year. Due to Covid, Watercare told me, the company that reads the meters has had a lot of staff off sick. As a result the meters were estimated for April, May, June, July, August and September. In my case this resulted in a billing of double my actual reading.

As a result of my call an amended bill was sent to me, in credit for just under two months’ normal winter water consumption. My issue as a consumer is that I was not advised of the lack of actual meter readings to occur over what will effectively span six months. These estimates in most cases will be inflated based on summer usage and therefore consumers will likely have been paying too much over the winter period. Consumers were not advised of this change or given the option of reading their own meter each month if possible. Why not invoice people based on their usage for the same months last year – the winter months? It’s important for consumers to know this as a lot of people are struggling and this reduces their disposable cash flow over this crucial time. I know of others who have been affected similarly.

Liz Martin Lauder, Red Beach (abridged) Watercare head of retail operations Davy Suratsingh replies: Our normal billing cycle involves an actual water meter reading every second month, with a bill based on estimated usage in between.

This helps us to keep costs down. We try to read 240,000 meters a month, but in recent months, a combination of Covid-19 isolation requirements and winter illness has meant our meter readers could not get out to read as many meters as normal. This means some of our customers have had consecutive estimates. If consecutive estimates have been lower than actual usage, customers may face a larger-than-normal bill when the meter is next read. On the other hand, if some estimates have been higher than actual usage, they will have a lower bill when the meter is read. We understand this situation is not ideal, and are trying to address this by placing priority for meter readings on customers who have not had their meter read for some time. One option available to customers is to submit their own meter readings by text, so we encourage anyone who hasn’t had their meter read for a while to get in touch with us about setting up this service.

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Driving along Laurence Street in Manly recently I noticed Council had installed double yellow lines down the centre, for a considerable length of the road. Now if there are cars parked on the kerb in these areas, drivers are forced to break the law to pass and drive along this popular road. Is Council now going to install no stopping broken yellow lines adjacent to the centre road markings to prevent turning normal drivers into law breakers?

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Auckland Transport spokesperson Natalie Polley replies: Laurence Street used to have speed cushions, and motorists were observed to be straddling them by crossing over the centreline, significantly increasing the risk of a serious crash. As safety is always our top priority, double lines were put as it meant police could start enforcing these illegal crossing behaviours to keep drivers safe. Later, the cushions were upgraded to speed humps. The road code states that the double yellow lines can be crossed to turn into a property or bypass a parked vehicle – as long as it’s safe to do so.

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Since then Chewy was looked after by Helen Stancliffe of CatsnCare rescue and rehoming charity in Silverdale. A happy ending was in store – recently Chewy was adopted by Gabrielle Sinton of Avondale, as a companion animal. Gabrielle was looking for an older cat as she didn’t have the energy required for a young kitten and she was moved by Chewy’s plight. Renamed Leo, he has settled into his new home and is “super smoochy and cuddly”, the family report. There are always more rescued cats needing good homes. Phone CatsnCare, 027 CAT CARE.

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Watch out for cliff slips

Heavy rain has made cliffs prone to slips and anyone in those areas needs to exercise caution. Cr John Watson sent in this photo of a recent slip near Army Bay where huge boulders have come down, ending up a good 20m or so from the cliff face. There are other places where you can see water has got in behind the rock face, and these could go the same way.

There are signs in some places, but there is a long coastline to cover so in general, it’s about public awareness.

The first Hibiscus Men’s Shed garage sale, on August 20 and 21 was so successful that they are hoping to have another, in November. Men’s Shed chair, Maurice Browning, says a queue had formed half an hour before the sale opened on Saturday. The sale included tools, household items, toys and furniture. Photo, courtesy Men’s Shed.

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Auckland Council wants 3 Waters down gurgler Raw sewage flooded onto several Red Beach properties recently.

Sewage leak demonstrates infrastructure constraints Residents in a Red Beach street affected by a significant sewage leak say it is a clear example of failing infrastructure.

The sewage leak started on Thursday, August 25 and, for some residents, the clean-up was still incomplete four days later.

Around six residential properties and the Muddy Toes childcare centre, were affected.

The childcare centre was not able to close, but the situation was managed to keep everyone safe, owner Rochanna Weston says. Watercare worked with the centre and helped clean up and sanitise.

Dr Robert Brown says sewage began running across his driveway, and the neighbours’ property early Thursday morning. A Watercare crew was on site around an hour later, but Dr Brown says it took a while to identify the problem. Contractors advised residents they were waiting for an excavator but that resources were stretched.

Meanwhile, the pump station was turned off to stop the flow – a vacuum loader was used to control the wastewater at the pump station.

Sucker trucks were on site early the following day to manage peak flows, while repairs to the pipe took place, and were completed on

Saturday.

“It posed a considerable health risk,” Dr Brown says. “I hope we don’t all get hepatitis.”

He says this, coupled with a burst water main the week before in the same road, is why the peninsula needs the proposed water and wastewater constraint to reduce the amount of density housing that can be built.” (HM August 22) A Watercare spokesperson says the leak was caused by a failed rising main and the slight delay with repairs was to do with sourcing the right parts, not the age of the pipes.

Dr Brown says there was a clean-up, but some residents were left unhappy and said more needed to be done.

“My driveway hasn’t been cleaned and decontaminated,” he says. “I would do it myself but I don’t want to get close to it, so I’m waiting for the next heavy rain.”

“I hope everyone around here knows how important it is to make submissions on Council’s plan change that could put the water and wastewater constraint in place.”

Submissions are open until September 29.

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He said more than 80 percent of Aucklanders who submitted on consultation agree that Council should have majority control in any new water services entity and there was more than 75 percent backing for Council’s view that a new entity should be kept accountable to the public through elected council representatives.

Council prefers the current councilcontrolled model which it says delivers some of the best water quality in the country while seeing Aucklanders use less water per capita than in any other region.

“At the very least the government’s reform should hold off from taking stormwater functions until further assessment demonstrates that benefits outweigh costs from amalgamating the three waters,” the submission says.

Following the submissions period, a report from the government’s Finance Expenditure Committee is due by November 11.

Last month Auckland Council made its submission to the government’s Finance Expenditure Committee hearing on the proposed Water Services Entities Bill, stating its opposition in no uncertain terms.

The bill aims to establish four publicly owned water services entities – one of which will replace Watercare – with the aim of improving water standards and environmental outcomes throughout the country.

The Council’s submission stated that while it supports the need for reform to ensure uniformly high standards of water and wastewater services, it opposes the proposed governance model.

“Auckland contributes 90 percent of the population and 93 percent of the asset value of the proposed water services entity, but its share of governing votes by elected representatives drops to 28 percent at best under the new model,” Mayor Phil Goff told the committee.

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More than 50,000 Hibiscus Coast residents will benefit from a new $12.8m booster pump station on East Coast Road that Watercare says will ensure they continue to enjoy a reliable water supply as the area grows. Watercare started commissioning the pump station last weekend – late on Saturday, September 3.

Project manager Jason Salmon says the booster pump station pushes water from the treatment plants to the area at a faster rate. This means the area’s water storage reservoirs can be topped up throughout the day more easily – including in summer when demand for water is higher. The pump station replaces an older one, which will be demolished in three to six months. The commissioning process involved flushing water through the pipes in the early hours of Sunday, September 4. This was expected to stir up sediment in the pipes and discolour household water temporarily. If your water is still not clear, email the address to HibiscusCoast@ water.co.nz and Watercare will send a crew to carry out further work.

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Sea scouts granted vital safety support funding Ōrewa Sea Scouts applied for a grant from the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board that its application stated was needed to keep the group’s programmes afloat.

The sea scouts applied for $10,000 to purchase new equipment – helmets, which are needed for sailing and climbing; tents and ultra-high frequency radio equipment (UHF).

In their application, the sea scouts noted that the programme they are currently providing would have to stop if they are not able to update their equipment to meet new safety standards.

Group leader Astrid Lopez says as well as replacing lifejackets and purchasing new tents, helmets are needed as they are a new requirement for sailing.

“Some regattas may now require that helmets are worn, and Scouts Aotearoa is in the process of updating its water safety rules, which may mean helmets need to be worn while sailing starting next year,” Astrid says.

In addition, new badges have become available which include climbing – in this programme helmets are a critical safety requirement.

After workshop discussions, the local board members had opted to grant only $1000, however at the board’s business meeting on August 18, this was adjusted to $8000 after a request by member Andy Dunn.

“Health and safety regulations have changed, and to comply the sea scouts will incur massive costs,” Dunn said. “We need

to give them more money to keep them buoyant.”

A majority of members then voted to raise the amount of the grant.

The sea scouts stated in their application

that they are doing additional fundraising to get all their gear up to date. This includes work needed on boats, lifejackets that are coming to the end of their life and other maintenance on their facilities.

Other grants

Other recipients of Local Grants (round one) included: Friends of Okura Bush for weed control management – $8000; The Pink and Steel Cancer Rehabilitation Foundation Trust $2000 towards therapy and rehabilitation work; The Vine Community Church Charitable Trust $5000 towards Christmas on the Canal 2022 and Gulf Harbour Easter, 2023; Silverdale Tennis Club, $2000 for equipment; Silverdale Squash Club $3000 for external defibrillator and first aid training; 2021 Softball Ltd, $4000 for softball kits and transport for Ōrewa Beach School and others; Hibiscus Coast Association Football Club, $2000 for equipment. • The Transitional rates grants 2022/23 round included: Nippon Judo Club, $2851 • Girl Guides Association NZ $3387. • Business Whangaparāoa received $15,000 in the Local Economic and Business Development Grants Round.

Worm power for recycling centre Worms are at work processing food scraps otherwise headed for landfill into fluffy vermicast, ready to go back in the soil, at the Whangaparāoa Recycling Centre.

And residents are now invited to bring their fruit and vegetable scraps into the centre to put in the worm farm.

Food scraps currently make up nearly half the weight of most household rubbish, so processing them in an environmentally friendly way means they become a resource and don’t add to emissions.

Hibiscus Coast Zero Waste coordinator Sarah Williams says students from Whangaparāoa College helped the Zero Waste team turn old wheelie bins into worm beds.

The worm bins are part of Sharewaste – a Compost Collective/Auckland Council initiative which puts people with food scraps in touch with people who can use the scraps.

The public can use Sharewaste online, or come into the recycling centre on Whangaparāoa Road with their fruit and vegetable scraps to put in the bins, free of charge.

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Reducing the huge amount of food scraps that are currently binned and head to landfill, is also an aim of Auckland Council’s waste solutions team. Its home food scrap collection service is expected to be rolled out on the Coast towards the end of next year. The service will provide households with a 23-litre food scraps bin, and a 6-litre kitchen caddy with compostable liners. The scraps will be turned into compost through an anaerobic digester. All households will pay for this service through a targeted rate – initially it will cost around $71 per year, but this is expected to reduce over time.The food scraps service will not replace home composting and Council will continue to support the prevention of food waste through grants and community projects including Love Food Hate Waste and the Compost Collective programme, which encourage composting.

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Silverdale’s business association is hoping to cover this area as a Business Improvement District, funded by a compulsory rate on all businesses within its boundaries.

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Situated right next to Snowplanet, and handy to the motorway for those pick-ups and drop- offs, Brainwaves has been owned and operated by a local family, Karen and Rody O’Reilly, since March.

Both Karen and Rody grew up on the Coast and now have their own teenagers at local schools.

“We are deeply connected to the community in many different ways,” Karen says.

The couple, who also own Coast Montessori, have the ideal skillset for preschool ownership – Rody has 20 years’ experience as a primary and early childhood teacher (and leads the pre-school room) while Karen is an experienced manager.

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Brainwaves is a mid-size centre, freshly renovated and with a new playground. The centre caters for children from four months to five years old. is run on a philosophy of recognising each child as a completely unique individual and supporting them to follow their own interests through childled play and exploration.

“When they are engaged in something that interests them, that’s when the learning happens,” Rody says.

The preschool offers a wide range of play-based experiences, indoors and out, including the creative arts, with the learning extended by trained teachers.

“As well as preparation for school, there is a strong focus on social and emotional competence – things like resilience, curiosity and persistence,” Karen says.

The couple say their priority is “to develop strong relationships with children and families, based on trust and love”.

Businesses in and around Silverdale are to be asked by their local business association whether they would like to be part of a Business Improvement District (BID).

BIDs are a partnership between a business association and Auckland Council and aim to facilitate improvements and support business growth.

There are around 50 in Auckland – at present the only one locally is Destination Ōrewa Beach.

If a BID is formed, businesses within an area defined by a map must become members and pay a targeted rate to Council, which funds BID projects.

The BID application must be supported by the majority of businesses within the proposed area – this is determined by a survey.

Silverdale Business has begun the process of forming a BID, which can take around a year.

For several months, the association has paid for a representative, Emily Thomas, to go door to door learning more about local businesses and what they want from their business association.

There was an attempt to form a Silverdale BID in 2014/15, which failed and Silverdale

Business chair, Theo Simeonidis, says the committee is well aware of the challenges ahead. He says the strong committee, of 11 people, is up for it.

“It requires a committed effort by our executive, but the time is right now,” he says.

“We are putting in the work, connecting with all the businesses within our area.”

The proposed area to be covered by the BID was shown to the local board at its meeting last month. It includes the Village, industrial area, the Silverdale Centre, businesses off the highway, such as Pak n Save, Kings Plant Barn and Snowplanet, as well as Highgate and Millwater. They are also considering whether Milldale could be part of the BID. Currently membership is voluntary, and Simeonidis says there are around 140 members.

The local board was told there are potentially around 1200 on the proposed map.

Simenidis says growth is driving the need for a united Silverdale business community to advocate for better infrastructure, manage growth pressures and promote the economic health of the Silverdale area.

He says more information will be available next month.

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The students represented Ōrewa, Whangaparāoa, Rodney and Mahurangi Colleges, and met with the minister at the request of Labour List MP Marja Lubeck.

During an hour-long question and answer session, the students talked passionately about the changes they had witnessed as a consequence of Covid.

They said students were no long striving for excellence and it was difficult and disheartening to see the lack of engagement in student-run activities.

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Questions were also raised about whether or not a “Victorian system” of teaching – “turnup, shut-up and listen to the teachers” – was still fit-for-purpose in a post-Covid world.

Minister Radhakrishnan acknowledged that the lockdowns had been disproportionately hard on youth as they had broken important school, social and employment connections.

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KEY Delivery of voting packs from Friday September 16

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DAT E S Preliminary results available progressively after polls close

Official results announced October 13 to 19

Coverage of candidates for Council wards and local board will be featured in September 19.

Big field lines-up in Auckland Mayoral race If it was a horse race, it would be on a par with the Melbourne Cup.

When nominations closed earlier this month, 23 men and women had put their names forward as contenders for the top job in NZ’s largest city – Mayor of Auckland.

They are an intriguing bunch.

One candidate claims to be a pirate, while another grabbed headlines when in 2006 she dashed across Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium during the All Black’s test against Ireland clad only in a bikini. Several candidates appear to be campaigning incognito, with Auckland Council’s electoral services unable to furnish any contact details.

There is also a grandmother who has run for mayor six times in three different cities, including twice in Auckland.

Not surprisingly, Auckland’s growth and the challenges it brings to infrastructure and lifestyles has been identified as an important issue by the candidates profiled on the following pages.

In 10 years or so, it is estimated that the population of Auckland will reach two million. This will have an enormous impact on the lives of all who live here, especially in the north as green fields turn into suburbs. The state of the roading network, housing affordability and environmental degradation are just some of the weighty issues to be confronted. Not to mention the fiscal prudence and accountability

needed in a post-Covid landscape, which cost council $900 million in lost revenue.

Just balancing the budget to provide the status quo will be a challenge, let alone addressing the financial pressures of managing growth.

In the Auckland pre-election report, which focuses on the key issues of climate change action, addressing inequity across Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland and finance, chief executive Jim Stabback says this is not a time for the faint hearted.

“Steering a path through these uncertain

times is demanding and will be challenging for each and every one of our elected members,” Stabback says. “The good news is that if we tackle these challenges then we can make a meaningful difference in terms of maintaining and improving the quality of life for Aucklanders, our communities and our whānau.”

It is the Mayor’s job to set the vision for Auckland and lead the development of regional plans, policies and budgets to achieve that vision. Here’s a closer look at the people who would like the job.

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NOTE: There was no response from Gary Brown, Wayne Brown, James Dunphy and Ted Johnston to our invitation to submit a short profile and tell readers what they would do for residents in the north.

Contact details were not available for John Alcock, Tony Corbett, David Feist, Robert Hu, Pete Mazany, Phil O’Connor, John Palino and Ryan Earl. In Kaipara, Brenden Nathan and Gordon Walker did not respond.

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Lisa Lewis NZ Voice

From my research, Silverdale and the development and infrastructure appear to be moving at a liveable pace. Most residents in Silverdale don’t want to go over to Auckland City and are happy with the way Silverdale is flourishing in living, shopping and recreational activities. The feedback I have mostly received is that Silverdale residents are concerned with traffic congestion and improvement needs to be in traffic flow.

When they get the Whangaparāoa Peninsula link to the motorway that is when the traffic will improve from the coast, and morning and rush hours will be

My name is Lisa Lewis. I was born in Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland.

Growing up, I attended Torbay Primary, Northcross Intermediate, Rangitoto College and Long Bay College. I am an independent woman who puts work before my personal life. In 2009, I was nominated for Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year. I believe in respecting people’s property, boundaries and privacy. Council has an obligation when considering resource consent and making decisions surrounding a city on how matters will impact residential areas. I am someone that excels in perseverance.

I once pursued a Council for five years to ensure a business was compliant with the Resource Management Act. I will not ignore you based on my own experience of knowing first-hand what it is like to be ignored.”

more manageable.

A Mayor must be voted in that does not forget about Silverdale. The volume of traffic can be reduced only if a Mayor uses their position and power to consult and follow up with organisations like Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Auckland Transport, Auckland Council and the Government into pushing through with delivering the Whangaparāoa Peninsula link to the motorway.

If elected, I can promise you that I will not forget about the people of Silverdale and the future we will travel within and through Silverdale.

Voting trends Beginning in the late 1980s, the overall trend in voter turnout is declining in both local and parliamentary elections in NZ. The total average turnout for local authority elections is around 43 per cent and on average, as councils become larger, the decline is greater. At the last local government election in 2019, just 369,190 (34.7%) of Auckland’s eligible electors voted. Turnout in Auckland has been trending down over the past three decades.

Turnout was lowest for 26-30 year olds (only 20% in this age group voted) but increased with age, reaching a high of 61 per cent amongst 76-80 year olds. The proportion of female elected members has been trending upward since the reform of local government in 1989 and currently sits at its highest level at 40.5 percent.Sources, LGNZ & RIMU

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I was born and raised in Auckland and grew up in Ōtara, where I attended local schools and was an active member of a local church. After high school, I went to the University of Auckland, finishing with a Masters degree in education. It was at university I also got my first taste for politics, where I became the president of the Auckland University Students’ Association. Before becoming an Auckland councillor in 2016, I worked as a lecturer, researcher and ran a small consultancy business. These varied experiences have shaped me into the person I am today, and also inform how I will lead this great city as we navigate beyond the global pandemic, towards building the kind of Auckland that we can all be proud to leave for the next generation.”

The council that the new Mayor will inherit from October will face significant challenges.

But despite this, the council needs to enable economic growth, preserve our natural environment and ensure no community is left behind or forgotten. And regardless of the hurdles we face, Auckland remains a beautiful and unique region, with incredible landscapes, harbours, and waterways.

Therefore, among my top priorities will be to introduce fares-free public transport along with more frequent and expanded services, which will not only be a win for commuters as it will unclog our motorways, but it will also be good for the climate and those struggling with the cost of living. We will tackle housing unaffordability, using every lever available to us, to ensure more people have access to healthy, secure and affordable housing. And we will continue to clean up our beaches and waterways so our environment is preserved for generations to come. Finally, I will be laser-focused on ensuring our council services work more effectively and efficiently for everyone, so people can all enjoy what this city has to offer.

Integral to my leadership will be to ensure political divisions and ideology don’t get in the way of serving our communities best.

As I’ve shown in my nine years in local government, I’ve made a point of building relationships right across the political spectrum. However, being on council is not just about trying to agree with everyone and at times you have to be prepared to speak up on positions that might not be popular, as I have done when voting against the Regional Fuel Tax or speaking up about council staff using business class airfares.

Therefore, as Mayor I will endeavour to be both courageous as well as collaborative, to ensure we have a council that works well for all Aucklanders.

• I intend to form a strong united voice with mayors across New Zealand to ensure central government returns the GST we pay on rates. This action alone could ensure Auckland had a further $300 million a year to tackle its most pressing of challenges.

• Cleaning up our beaches, streams, and coastlines will be a key priority of the council I lead.

• Critical to preserving our natural environment is ensuring iwi, local communities and ecological volunteer groups are given the support they need to improve the quality of our inland and coastal environments.

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Viv Beck Independent

Get Auckland moving My blueprint will ensure Auckland has a modern and resilient transport network: • A new Mayoral Transport Direction to regain control of Auckland Transport (AT).

• Reallocate funds to establish a Congestion Reduction Unit.

• Rapid bus transit between the City Centre and Westgate and station upgrades on the Northern Busway.

• Double investment in park and ride stations including expanding Silverdale and a new station at Westgate • Extension of the Western Rail Line through to Kumeu/Huapai as a mediumterm priority • Double the local board transport fund so local boards can fund more local transport priorities.

• Scrap the $15b light rail programme and Regional Fuel Tax. • Overhaul AT’s parking strategy with a more pragmatic, evidence-based approach that considers local needs.

Waitemata Harbour crossing • Urgency to advance a second harbour crossing for all transport modes Infrastructure to support growth • Propose new infrastructure funding and financing tools to allow greenfield

I’m a first-generation Kiwi, born here after my parents emigrated from Europe.

After completing an economics degree at Victoria University, I’ve had a diverse career spanning the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. I’ve held governance positions, senior roles in large companies and led the successful turnaround of a medium-sized business facing changing market conditions. My leadership style is constructive and results-oriented. I’ll work positively with people to build an accountable Council with a culture of strong delivery and results. My commitment is to be Auckland’s greatest champion, to tackle our biggest challenges while making sure we spend wisely as we invest in the future of our region. Now more than ever, Auckland needs a Mayor with the passion, determination and skills to get things done.”

infrastructure to be built more quickly in centres like Wainui, Kumeu and Whenuapai.

• Consult more effectively with local communities to improve quality • Balance growth with greenspace provision A much safer Auckland • No-tolerance approach to crime and advocate for our fair share of resources like police, mental health and addiction services, and better management of emergency housing.

• Improve our streets for all with crime prevention and safety initiatives.

• More support available for business associations and local boards.

Better value for money • Invest in projects that are practical, affordable and deliverable.

• Transform how the Council group operates – listen to community needs, operate efficiently and keep rates under control, with greater transparency.

• Deliver better value for your money by cutting waste, reducing red tape, better planning and coordination of projects • Accountability for results, delivering ontime and within budget.

• Strongly oppose Three Waters.

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I’m 63 years young, born in Hawkes Bay, moving with the family to Auckland in 1997. I’m a middle child in a family of seven. My parents were Dutch immigrants. I am married with three adult children. For 29 years I worked in the food industry specialising in logistics management. I have had small business management experience, through part ownership of two Auckland retail outlets. In 2014, I took an entirely new direction and now work as a builder.

I achieved financial security for my family on a single income through good spending habits and direct investment, and have been mortgage free since 2006. Fishing and camping/tramping have been lifelong passions and getting out on my fishing kayak and drifting with the tide on the Hauraki Gulf is my happy space. A few snapper in the bag the challenge for the day.”

As mayor, I will lead the council to: a) Contain intensification to the existing unitary plan zones, using every legal means possible, and petition government to repeal the intensification Act to restore the height to boundary covenants that enshrine the quality of our sun-filled suburbs. There was no mandate from the people living in any of city suburbs to allow three storey buildings (3 dwellings) 12 metres high, to be built just one metre off your boundary. Council has been able to use qualifying matters to halt some areas from being needlessly intensified but more needs to be done to stymie this needless and disastrous law. b) Reform the consultative process to restore faith in this vital democratic process so that it is community led and truly takes account of the needs of affected residents.

The new process starts with the Council, or Council Controlled Organisations, framing the issue to affected ratepayers and seeking solutions from the community, which provides the basis for refinement by council and relevant experts as a second stage. Should expert advice consider options not proposed they will have a responsibility to sell the concept back to

the community, effectively turning the process on its head. c) Petition government to establish a building Ombudsperson so that individual residents can be fairly represented in disputes with developers and councils. d) Reform the objectives of Auckland Transport and boost the oversight of this out-of-control monopoly. Improve oversight and transparency of all Council Controlled Organisations and their performance measures. e) Reform growth targets based on objective feedback from the community and plan infrastructure, including roads, to meet the ‘community agreed’ growth aspirations, and communicate these to central government to provide surety for the planning process. Essentially, Aucklanders need to have a conversation about just how big a city we want to be.

An extensive survey will be carried. f ) Kill off wasteful spending on the light rail proposal and reallocate those resources to provide high-quality maintenance and incremental development of infrastructure.

All of the above will benefit ratepayers living north of Silverdale.

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Craig Lord has worked in and with small businesses for 35 years. He is a former maintenance and diagnostics engineer, specialising in factory automation and production lines – hydraulics and pneumatics. Starting his trade at 15 years old, Craig remained with the same company for 16 years, learning all aspects of business and advancing to general manager. He dramatically changed tack 20 years ago and started his own media company focusing on broadcasting and communication. He is still operating this successful company today. As an engineer, he brings a practical and pragmatic approach with the ability to analyse, fault find, and work on solutions. Combining that with his broadcasting experience, Auckland will finally have a communicator, with common sense and the ability to solve problems.

I intend to bring a new style and direction of leadership to Auckland Council that will focus on supplying core services.

With a heap of common sense, sensible decision-making and placing necessities ahead of niceties, Auckland can become world-class again.

Specific policies will directly benefit the Rodney district.

I will be prioritising an overhaul of the preferred contractor and procurement system. This significant change will allow the small independent local contractors to work locally, saving the city money and producing better outcomes.

Currently, the contractor system is a rort, with slow job completion, excessive pricing and average finish quality.

We need to rectify this. Rodney has an ample supply of able contractors to fulfil many core service tasks. We need to utilise both their local expertise and abilities.

Along with the general services a Council should provide, this local contractor change will spread itself into the roading requirements.

I will place $124 million back into the Mayoral budget for Rodney roads.

However, this flow of funding needs responsible allocation. Therefore, I am also making it a policy that we revamp the way local boards operate.

A local board needs to work better within its community, and do so transparently. No more closed meetings and a higher presence in their area. They will also work directly with the new contractor system, which means contracts for items like roading will be open for scrutiny especially to the public.

The most important segment for Rodney is to have a fair return of services balanced with the rates. It is an unfair situation and needs addressing.

I will achieve this by commissioning full audits of every Council department, along with the Council Controlled Organisations such as Auckland Transport and Panuku.

Under my Mayoralty, fiscal responsibility and core services will be at the forefront of all Council departments. As Mayor, I will work on behalf of the Rodney residents to ensure this is achieved.

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I am standing for Mayor of Auckland on an animal liberationist platform for Animal Justice Auckland.

Our other platforms are justice for the environment and economic justice. All are related. Environmental crises such as global warming, air pollution and pandemics affect animals and vulnerable humans disproportionately. In contrast, more equal societies are better for humans, animals and the environment.

I oppose any entertainment involving animal cruelty. The government has been slow to act on rodeos. I will be faster. The Warkworth rodeo must go. I am sure there

I became vegetarian in 1984, and then vegan in 2003. I was triggered by a realisation about the hypocritical attitude society has towards animals. At home we treated our cats like part of the family. How did it make sense to cause death and suffering to other animals who were no less intelligent or emotional than our pets?

I completed a PhD in zoology at Auckland University. This has given me an appreciation of animal sentience. I taught environmental science and ecology at senior lecturer level at universities and polytechnics in Japan, China and New Zealand. I am presently working as a researcher in the field of smoking cessation. I am also teaching children about science.”

are residents who consider that animal suffering is wrong, and will be pleased to help Auckland transition to a lowemissions, plant-based economy.

I stand for free and comprehensive public transport, particularly in areas that are not well served, such as rural communities. Less congested roads will make things easier for those who are too old, too young, too poor, too sick, too scared (or too drunk!) to drive a car. Less congested roads would also make it easier for those who need a car.

Our air will be cleaner, there will be less roadkill, fewer respiratory illnesses and concrete will be replaced by greenery.

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VOTE OCT 8, 2022 LOCAL ELECTIONS – MAYORAL CANDIDATES I am single and a distance learning student studying a Bachelor of Business Property fulltime at Massey University. I’ve stood as a Mayoral candidate in 2019 Auckland, 2018 Hastings bielection, 2016 Auckland, 2007 Far North, 1998 and 2001 Hamilton.

Yes, I have really tried. I’m a gutsy Kiwi.”

I am Commodore Shenanigan, Pirate King of Tamaki Makaurau. I have been through many chaotic storms and come out the other side smiling. I’ve lived the last several years as a single parent living in a van, in poverty. This has made me incredibly thrifty. I lived on a farm in Pakiri during the 2020 lockdowns, growing food and making art. In 2021, I lived on Waiheke, protecting little blue penguins and Putiki Bay from a destructive marina project. I have been on the side of the community negotiating with politicians, fighting for our last natural spaces to be preserved. I have been disappointed with the lack of foresight from our politicians.

The sea is coming for us.”

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I support: Three Waters Reform, planting trees, protecting our environment, managing our city responsibly, with strong accountability and more oversight of council-controlled organisation; strongly restricted rates rises, keeping within budgets, big improvements in Auckland’s transport and reduce traffic congestion; improving affordable rents and housing for Aucklanders, diversity and cultural acceptance, and financially assisting all Aucklanders in full Covid recovery.

If elected I will give: • Penlink support for locals for proposed intersection to be re-designed, to make life easier, safer and efficient for locals.

• Penlink support for locals, for improved traffic modelling with major local public consultation.

• Tolls for bridges for locals unacceptable, to be financed by council and government.

• Puhinui Warkworth Centre Plan workable.

• Support locals for safer speed zones.

• Support Kainga Ora – Homes and Communities seeking public feedback on its plan to build 37 homes in Bonair Crescent, Millwater.

• Support Yachting NZ to build a highperformance sailing facility.

• Support getting good quality tools and equipment, and handmade wooden furniture and toys for sales for the Hibiscus Men’s Shed at its new base in Silverdale.

Support their not-for-profit workshops to benefit men’s mental health.

• Support all local Hospices, and Red Cross Charity shops in the region.

• Support local businesses with financial business recovery from Covid in all aspects.

• Support all our local libraries with more funding and community projects.

• Give locals what locals need.

• Consult with locals weekly, daily, and monthly via a free communication system • Support businesses locally through council funded projects.

• Monitor communities online, quickly, appropriately, and regularly with netnographic research, for our communities’ continual benefit.

• Listen to local boards and locals to best support them.

• Support baby boomers and millennials.

• Use well structured, well-designed, and well-thought-out local requirements in council for local’s benefit.

• Use Big Data for Local Strategic benefits.

As Mayor, I will be focusing on the two main issues highlighted in the pre-election report: Climate change and inequity.

Insurance companies have announced their retreat from coastal areas. This means if you live in low lying coastal townships, or near rivers, then in the next five years you may lose your insurance and, with it, the value of your property.

As Mayor, I will be creating a plan for the next 30 years of how we manage the retreat from the oncoming sea, while also building a sea wall from Mangawhai to the Coromandel. This 100km wall will provide a chance for hundreds of kilometres of shoreline to be preserved, and for our marine ecology to bounce back from near extinction. We will make the harbour created a marine reserve.

As I am the Pirate King, I will be instating a new role for local boards - Mayor. Returning the power to local boards to create and enact solutions for communities. Water collection and management, community

gardens, local electricity collection and other sustainable solutions that can be localised will be implemented to make our communities more robust in case of disasters such as slips and floods.

Half of Auckland pay 75% of the median income to rent unstable and unhealthy housing, while the intensification of the city is left in the hands of landlords and private investors, with banks profiting at the end. We will make rental housing a city asset and housing a right. If we invest in public transport and housing as a city, then we can regulate to a high standard, make rental housing from the city a long-term option for tenants, and relieve landlords of their debts and duties.

The Pirate King supports the council’s decision to move towards co-governance.

Auckland is a home, and the many voices of Auckland need to be heard. We will introduce a kids caucus and ensure the future council is representative.

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John Lehmann Independent

The main reason for running for Mayor of Auckland is to bring it back on track. I remember what Auckland was, I see it for what it’s become. For too long we have seen a decline in the way Auckland is run. Out of control spending, over-zealous bureaucrats telling us what we can and can’t do with our property and the over inflated charges – rates, permits, development consents, fog permits. In other words, you pay rates and get charged for services. A system where the tail is wagging the dog and we are being taken to the cleaners.

I have watched like many a city go down and down from what could and should be a wonderful place to live, to a place where crime, rough sleepers and traffic chaos has become the norm. A city not living within its budgets. They waste all the money they get in, and when it runs out borrow using you to underwrite the loan. I’m the only candidate not aligned to a political party, big business interests or hidden agendas. I’m the only candidate who has a blueprint and plan of what I wish to achieve in detail.

The first thing I will do following the election is to send a memo to all staff explaining that the Auckland City Council works for the

I am Auckland born and of English, German and Māori descent. I am also a solo father of six children. I left school at 15 and was an apprentice butcher which I hated. At 21 I started my own property maintenance company. Two years later I was employing 47 staff and had successfully negotiated and won contracts with many large organisations such as Air NZ, Mobil and Auckland City Council. When I was 26, I produced and manufactured the Muldoon piggy bank. I also produced a radio program called Robman and Brian with Radio Hauraki. I was good friends with the late and former Mayor of Auckland Sir Dove Meyer Robertson. In 1996, I was elected president of the NZ Government Accountability League where in my maiden speech I forecast the problems Auckland would be having because of short sightedness by Government and council.”

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people, and that the Auckland City Council is solely there to serve the public. All services are to be provided expediently where possible and always with courtesy. A reminder is needed that the council produces nothing.

It is funded by the public, and it is a great privilege to serve the public.

These are my initial promises and programmes to start with: • New associate mayors • Change council’s format, reduce staff and departments • Abolish the fuel tax • Major shake-up of Auckland Transport • Take homeless off the streets • Major crack down on crime.

• Unitary plan overhaul • Review water and wastewater • Give priority to coasts and beaches • Reduction in by-laws and more selfempowerment • Animal welfare • Closer working with central government • One-off registration for dogs • Putting fruit trees in parks and reserves

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My experiences as coordinator for Friends of Sherwood since June 1990 has convinced me that non-toxic methods are far superior to poisons, bullying and coercion.

Ratepayers north of Silverdale may expect the same considerations as the rest of Auckland.

My promise is that I will never vote to poison people or the planet and will take immediate steps to remediate the harms done to those residents who were discriminated against, or coerced and bullied into taking the experimental, synthetic, genetically engineered messenger RNA jabs in order to keep their jobs or access facilities.

Council must be inclusive and never again bow to any global medical tyranny that divides and separates us.

Other assaults on body sovereignty will be phased out ASAP such as fluoridation and the use of all other unnecessary, toxic and polluting substances, practices like glyphosate and eco-toxic 1080 poison, which damage our health and wellbeing, and drive species to extinction. We cannot continue to gamble with our children’s health and the future of all life on earth where 50% of wildlife has been lost already.

Born in non-fluoridated Onehunga, I grew up on a dairy farm on the West Coast of Dargaville. Auckland was fluoridated in 1967 and on and off I wondered what was wrong with me until finally I stopped drinking the artificially fluoridated tap water in 2012 and experienced tremendous improvements in health and wellbeing in just a day or so. My training in classical homoeopathy impressed upon me the importance to ‘first remove the cause’ and this has driven my subsequent efforts to lift the toxic burden off all living beings and undo the harms done to people and the environment from toxic substances and behaviour.”

BRIAN TEASDALE Whangaparaoa Branch Manager M 027 572 2346 E brian.teasdale@harcourts.co.nz I will endeavour to protect the health and wellbeing of people and nature, and put power back in the hands of the people at a local level.

We need to grow from the bottom up and break up the extravagant, egotistical, profiteering corporate model that since 1984 has seen increased poverty and homelessness, as well as soaring rates of chronic diseases, 80% of which is said to have an environmental cause.

A healthy economy relies on a fit and healthy population. Integrated organic management systems and local community-based solutions will restore the birthright all people should enjoy.

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Challenges for nature inspire spire artworks art Predators are taking over Estuary Arts Centre in Ōrewa this month, with exhibitions throughout the centre focused on this theme.

Artist and conservationist Charlie Thomas is an ideal person to demonstrate how creativity can be inspired by a love of nature – and will be giving a talk on September 10 leading into the official opening of one of the exhibitions, Nga Manu o te Moana – Seabirds of the Hauraki Gulf.

Readers may remember Charlie, now aged 20, whose art has appeared in the paper at various times, and who spent months volunteering on an isolated atoll studying wildlife and cleaning up rubbish, as well as working on boats with Sea Cleaners.

Charlie will draw on these experiences for the talk, focusing on threats (such as plastic and weeds onshore) to seabirds. There will also be some beautiful images of birds – and some confronting ones, showing the effects of plastic on albatross.

The exhibitions promise revelations to anyone who is not aware of the variety and beauty of seabirds found in the Gulf, as well as showcasing the impacts of predators and pollution.

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The exhibitions:

Charlie Thomas has work in two exhibitions on now at Estuary Arts. Above, Karuhiruhi eye. Albatross with plastic on the inside.

The watery dunking, pictured in 2021, will be a little colder than usual for the teachers of Whangaparāoa School this year.

• Predator Free NZ 2050 - features a range of artists responding to the predator free theme. Some explore the dire consequences on native flora and fauna while others celebrate Aotearoa’s unique wildlife. • Nga Manu o te Moana - Seabirds of the Hauraki Gulf. All seabirds nest on land and predator control is essential to their survival.

Identifies species that are local to the Hibiscus Coast and includes educational speakers, a local walk, and tips on how you can help. Supported by Pest Free Hibiscus Coast, Restore Hibiscus and Bays and Forest & Bird. • Conundrum- the Reluctant Predator by Sue Hill – a solo multi-media exhibition including video, photography, paintings and sculpture. They are all on at Estuary Arts Centre in Ōrewa from September 5-October 2. Charlie Thomas’ talk is on September 10 at Estuary Arts, 2pm, followed by refreshments (see What’s On p47)

Whangaparāoa primary school is excited to be holding its gala this month after it had to be postponed in March due to Covid-19.

Normally one of the last galas for the summer, this time it is one of the first out of the blocks, being held on September 10.

“It’s definitely going to be colder for Dunk the Teacher this year,” says co-organiser Jenny Lisefski.

As well as Dunk the Teacher, child pleasers include a lolly hunt, the second hand toy stall and plenty of games.

This year school joined the Garden to Table Programme where students participate in growing their own food, preparing recipes, and then sitting down to enjoy the food together. Garden to Table will have a stall with seedlings grown by students for sale. It will also feature produce like herbs, worm juice, and maybe even worms!

The gala will open with a kapa haka performance by students and other live performances will include music

by Whangaparāoa College bands, and scenes from the upcoming Whangaparāoa School musical, Madagascar.

Food stalls include mussel fritters from Manly Park Kitchen, nachos, a sausage sizzle, coffee carts, sushi, candy floss, ice creams and the popular cake stall.

The gala is the main fundraiser for the school.

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It has been 10 long years since the world championship last visited our shores, and it is sure to thrill the masses, with the fastest drivers from home taking on the very best roads and scenery that the world has to offer.

Repco is thrilled to play its part in bringing the WRC back to Auckland and New Zealand, and in our 100th year, we plan to make this an absolute spectacle, embracing the world, and our local communities, all at the same time.

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The power of mentoring One of the most powerful ways of making a difference is showing up for our young people.

Members of Evelyn Page’s Knitter Natters group with bears knitted for Ukraine children.

Bears essential for Ukraine Knitters at Evelyn Page retirement village in Ōrewa have been busy making soft little bears to send to displaced children in Ukraine.

The village is one of 45 Ryman Healthcare villages who are taking part in a transTasman mission to make 20,000 knitted teddy bears for the project.

The idea came from Ryman’s Sales and Community Relations manager in Victoria, Australia, Debra Richardson, who fostered a Ukrainian boy called Yuri following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the 1980s.

The project emerged from her discussions with Yuri, who is now based back in Ukraine, about how people in Australia and New Zealand could provide support while war rages on there. Something to comfort children seemed a good way to contribute.

Evelyn Page residents, especially members of its knitting group, have made a dozen or so bears in the two weeks since they were first shown the pattern by member Judy Marshall.

Any knitters in the community are also

Coast Mentoring is a youth mentoring programme run by CYC Trust that connects young people with volunteer mentors from the community.

Young people are referred from counsellors, social workers, police, psychologists and schools. Many may be struggling with selfesteem, mental health issues, life skills, education or lack positive role models. The goal is for the young person to have a positive role model and big buddy to support them on their journey.

Mentoring, at its core, guarantees young people that there is someone who cares about them, provides assurance that they are not alone in dealing with day-to-day challenges, and makes them feel like they matter. The bottom line is relationship – it is all about relationship!

Ursula Taylor with the first bear she made for the project.

encouraged to make bears (using the pattern below) and drop them off at their nearest Ryman Village. The bears need to be dropped off by the end of this month.

The pattern and a step by step video, as well as more information about the project can be found at www.rymanhealthcare. co.nz/yuri-bears-for-ukraine.

Our team of volunteer mentors are matched with a young person, who they journey alongside for the period of 12 months.

Over this time the mentor meets with their young person for 1-2 hours every week – the focus of this time is on building a caring and trusting relationship.

It is always special to hear the stories our mentors share about the fun and wins they have. For example, a young person’s growth in self-confidence, increase in school attendance, stepping outside their comfort zone, learning life lessons, and even just getting out of the

house, having fun and trying new activities.

However, more than that, it is all about our young people being seen, known and loved.

Before mentoring I was hibernating from the world but now I have come more out of my room.

However, don’t just take my word for it – here are a few story snippets from young people who have a mentor. “It has been great having a person to help with stuff. He has not made me feel bad about school. He helped to guide me with future opportunities.” Another young person says – “before mentoring I was just hibernating from the world but now I have come more out of my room, off my phone and talked to more people. My mentor has helped me to reignite my passions. This year has been more fun and I haven’t had this much fun for a long time.”

On the other hand, one young person says: “my mentor has helped me open up my feelings more to him. I always want to hang out with him. He is awesome.”

If you want to make a difference for our youth, then become a mentor. Many Coast young people are in real need of more positive male and female role models in their lives. You can be a part of making change in our community, and all you have to do is commit to building a relationship, consistently showing up and journeying side by side. Because that is where change happens, in the space of relationship.

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Healthy transitions Are you looking to eat less meat? Whether it’s for personal reasons, financial concerns or because you want to reduce your environmental impact, studies have shown that cutting back on meat can also improve health.

are eating a plant-based diet, you will need to eat a variety of sources every day to get all the essential amino acids. This would include pulses (such as beans, peas and lentils) and grains like rice, quinoa, wheat and oats.

A reduction in meat consumption has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and some cancers. Other noted benefits include better heart health and a reduction in high blood pressure and strokes. Diets that are higher in plant-based foods are rich in fibre.

Fibre feeds beneficial bacteria in the gut, which can help fight inflammation, improve gut health and support your immune system.

Protein helps you feel full and keeps blood sugar levels stable. Eating a diet higher in grains and pulses will mean a diet higher in carbohydrate, which means more energy. The impact of this will depend on each person’s metabolism, but if you gain weight easily you may need to watch out for changes in your body composition.

You will also want to consider your vitamin and mineral levels, especially iron and Vitamin B12. Red meat is high in heme iron, which helps prevent anemia. The body absorbs this iron better than the non-heme iron found in plant foods. Animal products are the only natural sources of Vitamin B12 which is essential for brain development and the functioning of your nervous system.

If you reduce your meat intake, make sure you are eating a wide variety of grains and vegetables, especially dark green leafy vegetables and red capsicums. Vitamin C increases the absorption of non-haem iron.

You can get regular blood work to ensure your vitamin and mineral levels are optimal.

To optimize your diet as you transition to eating more plant-based foods, it’s important to consider levels of protein and essential vitamins and minerals. Meat is high in protein that is easily absorbed by the body, and it contains all the essential amino acids required for optimal health.

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A purple day for Violet

Violet McKelvie recently celebrated her 103rd birthday.

One of the Coast’s oldest residents, Violet Kate Patricia Trixie McKelvie, aged 103, loves the colour purple and taking part in exercise sessions.

On September 1, she celebrated her birthday with the residents and staff at Pinehaven Cottage in Hatfields Beach, where she has lived for five years.

Facility manager, Jay Banks, says Violet is a sparkly, courageous person.

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than a queen,” Jay says.

Her memory is sharp and she participates in activities at Pinehaven Cottage, especially enjoying the music and movement sessions.

“She sits up the front with her best friend on van outings and smiles the whole time, “ Jay says.

The theme for her 103rd birthday celebration was her favourite colour, purple.

“We had music, entertainment and high tea and she had all her facility family around her.”

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To meet growing demand, from September 5 Kinetics Whangaparāoa is relocating to 2/719 Whangaparaoa Rd A full custom, modern fit-out is underway, including 6 consult rooms and rehab gym.

With ample flat parking for ease of access, we look forward to seeing you there!

Our phone number will remain to be 09 424 5632 Kinetics Whangaparaoa is relocating For further information visit: to 2/719 Whangaparaoa Road!! www.kineticsrehab.co.nz reception@kineticsrehab.co.nz Phone number will remain the same: 09 424 5632 September 5, 2022 | Hibiscusmatters |

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ART SHOWCASE Saturday 10 September, 10am - 3pm Evelyn Page Retirement Village in association with the Hibiscus Coast Artists Group warmly invite you to their art showcase.

Refreshments will be provided Village tours available Artwork from this talented group of artists as well as Evelyn Page residents will be displayed in the Village Centre and made available for purchase.

30% of all artwork sales will go to our 2021/2022 charity partner, Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ.

This will be a Covid-safe event and RSVP is essential. Call Steph or Jo on 421 1815 by Thursday 8 September to secure your place.

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Miss Vintage finalists, from left, Juanita Hernańdez (aka Miss Sweet Jean) and Sandra Strickland (aka Miss Sandy Dee).

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Mummified cats – and other fertilisers In South America, for at least 1500 years, the local people were rowing to offshore islands to collect guano (accumulated seabird poo) to use as fertiliser. Guano is unusually rich in phosphate, potassium and nitrogen and the people who wanted it for their crops had developed methods for harvesting, transporting, and distributing guano sustainably.

A passion for pageants

A mutual love of sewing and vintage fashion ensured that Juanita Hernańdez of Ōrewa and Wainui’s Sandra Strickland became firm friends, after meeting at the Hibiscus Rodders Beach Festival Miss Hibiscus competition in 2020 (Sandra came second and Juanita third). “We can shop up a serious storm at local op shops, where we find many vintage treasures – things like jewellery, patterns, gloves and hats,” Juanita says.

Between them, the pair have won various vintage pageants throughout the North Island. And the biggest of these is now ahead of them – they (and Miss Rita Rose) will represent Auckland at the first Miss Vintage Australasian pageant on September 24 in Canterbury. It is part of Vintage Fest, which will include a carnival, market, rock ‘n’ roll music and classic/vintage cars. With Australian contestants out of the picture due to Covid-19, there will be 10 women in the finals, from all over New Zealand. The competition has three sections – daywear, summer wear and formal wear. Sewing machines have run hot as Sandra and Juanita make all their own pageant outfits.

Sandra says her challenge was sewing an evening dress for the first time, while Juanita has made everything – “from hats to shoes”. “For me, it’s about showing off my sewing,” Juanita says. Sandra says entering pageants is a real confidence booster. She first got into it through membership of the Rodders car club – her 1951 Cadillac Coupe DeVille is her pride and joy. “Vintage pageants have been at more and more car shows,” Sandra says. “I saw others doing it and thought ‘why not’? It’s not easy getting up on stage and showing off your outfit, but it is lots of fun and you meet some lovely people.”

In 1802, the German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, came across this use of guano, which led to the development of a global trade that included shipping thousands of Chinese labourers to Peru and Chile to obtain guano for shipment to Europe.

This mass extraction, as well as discounting the rights of local people, destroyed the supply of guano within a few decades.

In the 1840s, Reverend John Stevens Henslow discovered abundant coprolites, the fossilised faeces of dinosaurs, near Felixstowe in Sussex.

He extracted the phosphate by treating the coprolites with sulphuric acid, starting the coprolite mining rush of the 1860s but, just like the guano, the supply quickly ran out.

In ancient Egypt cats were reared specifically

to be slaughtered for mummification to keep people company in the afterlife. The mass reared animals were strangled at six months old, tightly bound and dried and sold to those wishing to curry favour with the gods.

Thousands of years later, in 1888, an Egyptian farmer discovered a tunnel packed with hundreds of thousands of mummified cats, which he crushed up and used as fertiliser.

Soon boatloads were exported to Liverpool to be sold at auction. British farmers had turned to powdered cats for their phosphates!

For thousands of years the main source of potassium-rich fertilisers (potash) was wood ash, leading to vast forest clearance as the felled trees were burned.

Today phosphate fertiliser is extracted from phosphate-rich rocks, another nonrenewable source. The one renewable source that farmers used for millennia was manure and composted crop waste.

Next time in this column, I will look at the history of nitrogen fertilisers and the rising cost of synthetic nitrogen fertilisers – while a solution may well be on the horizon.

Rumour unveils star

A further star recognising famous Kiwi entertainers – the 16th – was unveiled on Ōrewa Boulevard’s NZ Walk of Fame last weekend. This one was for NZ band, The Rumour, which formed in 1966 and achieved success most notably with its song L’amour est L’enfant de la Liberte, which reached No. 1 on the NZ pop chart. The star was unveiled on Sunday, September 4 by band members including Shade and Gerard Smith and Ross and Judy Hindman. Judy, who was one half of The Chicks, also performed with The Rumour – her husband Ross was its bass player.

The unveiling was followed by a performance by Shane and the Shazam Band at Downbeat.

It ’s our 40th Anniversary!

Charisma first opened its doors as a tiny shop at 298 Hibiscus Coast Highway in 1982.

Initially I had a partner and the store was wildly successful with lots of colourful clothes and shoes. With only such a small space quite often racks were out on the footpath.

People would walk up from the camping ground with Charisma being the first ladies shop they saw.

Customers have come in 40 years later and say “I remember when you were in that little narrow shop with displays all over the walls, I bought a really nice dress there.”

It is so wonderful that they are still shopping with us, we have all aged considerably since then, now they come in with their daughters and granddaughters.

The years have flown by!

Charisma has been involved in many memorable fashion shows raising money for a range of local charities.

We have loved being part of the local community, so a big thank you to all our customers for coming in and sharing their fond memories with us.

It has been a fabulous 40 years, with many thanks, Beryl.

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Houseplants galore at show The Hibiscus Coast Orchid Society’s annual show in Ōrewa this month, for the first time, is not restricted to orchids alone.

President Judy Murray says they have less orchid growers bringing their plants along this time, although there will still be a good variety on show and for sale.

Filling the gap are other kinds of houseplants, which are enjoying a surge in popularity, particularly with young people, since the lockdowns. There will be plenty of those for sale, as well as on display, Judy says.

One member, Astrid King, is bringing trays of hoyas to sell. She grows them for the wholesale market from her home in Gulf Harbour.

Astrid joined the Orchid Society a few years ago because she is a plant person who wanted to connect with others.

A hairdresser by trade, Astrid left that profession around 15 years ago because she was feeling unpleasantly confined within four small walls during her working day.

She has worked for Kings Plant Barn since,

as well as running her hoya business.

“I used to garden a lot to de-stress and decided to find a way to make that a bigger part of my life,” she says. “Garden centres, and my shade houses, are nice, calm environments.”

She began collecting hoyas around eight years ago and has them cascading from pots indoors, and also on a warm, sunny wall outside.

She loves their lush foliage as much, if not more than, their beautiful scented flowers and says their popularity is also because they can handle neglect.

Her home features other houseplants too, and even the occasional orchid – including a giant Dendrobium delicatum, about 20 years old, bought on Trade Me. Astrid says there is a strong contingent of younger people joining the Orchid Society – like her, not all are orchid growers.

Judy agrees, and says that younger members like Astrid are ensuring that the society is in very good shape for the future.

“We’re excited about this show – it’s the

first we’ve been able to have since 2019,” she says.

The Orchid & Houseplant Show is on September 9 and 10, in Ōrewa. Details in What’s On p47.

Hoya grower Astrid King – one of the fresh faces of the Hibiscus Coast Orchid Society. Astrid says hoyas, like orchids, are easy to grow indoor plants. Hoya kerrii is popular for its heart shaped leaves.

More steps on zero waste journey Wainui School is rapidly reducing its waste, thanks to Hibiscus Coast Zero Waste and, now, some deep trenches dug into a former long jump pit.

The school is a member of Garden to Table, and is an Enviroschool. It already has raised beds of vegetables, and a system supported by the local Zero Waste team that includes the children putting their food scraps into Bokashi bins.

These had been collected by Zero Waste for its City to Farm project, or composted, but recently a third option became available – burying them in the clay soil.

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Better for you, better for the planet When I mention the words ‘sustainable living’, what do you think of?

person who lives with sustainable values cope better in hard situations.

Chances are you’re picturing those people who fit their rubbish for the year into a small jar and don’t eat corn chips unless they’ve handmade them from package free ingredients.

Sustainable living, when properly embraced, also costs less. You may have seen the price difference between the organic and nonorganic vegetables at New World this week (organic generally costs more) but I promise that in general, sustainable living causes less stress on the pocket. This is because it involves fostering a zero waste mindset; one that urges you not to buy that new t-shirt because you already have five at home. A mindset that helps you eat all of the broccoli, stem included, and have the confidence to carpool to work and split petrol costs with your neighbour.

You imagine ‘tree huggers’ who don’t wear deodorant and you think of your annoying friend who says ‘no straw please’ whenever you go out for a drink. On the outside, sustainable living can look like a whole lot of giving up. But after seven years of trying my best to live life with respect for people and the planet, I can tell you confidently that sustainable living doesn’t take away from your life; it adds to it.

Life is best when you hold sustainable values.

Hold onto your (hopefully sustainably made or second-hand!) seats – I’m about to convince you why this is.

First and foremost, sustainable living can improve wellbeing – things such as mental and physical health, emotional capacity, and resilience. The process of slowly making a meal, perhaps with a few ingredients you’ve grown in your garden or swapped with friends, improves many facets of your wellbeing - especially compared to quickly grabbing wasteful takeaways.

Walking to the supermarket boosts your physical health, engaging in the sharing economy strengthens communities, and all of these things put together can help a

Of course the realities are that no one can live life completely within their values. We live in a plastic filled, convenience driven society. I still have waste in my pantry and don’t always make environmentally friendly decisions. But what we can do, is try our best to live a sustainable lifestyle (not a perfect one) and watch ourselves and others reap the benefits mentioned above.

I recently published a book (you’ll find it in our local bookstores) called Better, Bolder, Different. It’s filled with inspiration for sustainable living. But it doesn’t simply tell you to ditch waste in your pantry and consider spot washing your clothes.

The book inspires joy filled living and the main encouragement is to live life fully. I wholeheartedly believe sustainable living is just that.

STIHL SHOP Warkworth is up for sale offering a great opportunity for someone new.

For Mike and Ro, it doesn’t seem all that long ago that they decided to leave their jobs and take a different path - owning their own business.

It all began one day when Mike walked into STIHL SHOP Warkworth and asked the owner if he had considered selling. After about a ¼ of a century of running the store the old owner was ready for something different and it wasn’t long after that Mike and Ro took over.

At the time neither Mike or Ro had ever run their own business, worked in retail, fixed engines (beyond just tinkering) or even had any experience in sales but they loved the outdoors and gardening and appreciated good quality equipment. They also had 2 young children, the youngest being only 2 years old, but they were up for the challenge and so their adventure in business began.

Well, 10 years have since passed and the business is now quite different to what it was back then. The product offering has been expanded and in addition to STIHL it now includes premium brands such as Masport, Cub Cadet, Canycom, Hustler and Hansa as well as a selection of BBQ’s including the popular Big Green Egg range. Turnover has grown substantially as well and is now over $2 million which is more than 8 times what it was when they brought it.

Of course, they could not have done it on their own. They are backed by a very capable and experienced team who have helped them finetune the business, enabling everything to run like a well-oiled machine.

Support is also provided by the STIHL SHOP Group – a national retail brand that has won Consumer People’s Choice Award 6 years in a row.

As the new Ara Tuhono – Puhoi to Warkworth motorway nears completion the business is well positioned for future opportunities as it continues on its journey.

However, after 10 Years of building and tuning the business, Mike & Ro have decided to take a different direction and have listed STIHL SHOP Warkworth for sale. Will you be the one to grab this great opportunity?

Contact Ro on 027 268 0400 or roanne.bremner@xtra.co.nz for further details.

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Library makes it easier to be green Whangaparāoa Library is holding its first Green Clinic this month.

The clinic, on September 11, will be a chance to learn about all things ‘green’ offering free advice from local experts about growing your own food, weeding, pest management, edible gardens, sustainable practices, volunteer involvement, crop management and more.

Senior children and youth librarian, Pip Stocking, says Green Clinics support the development of ‘green literacy’ and climate action in the wider community.

She says it’s a topic that the community is increasingly interested in.

The idea of green clinics was inspired by www.localmatters.co.nz

Toronto Public Library’s Environmentalist in Residence programme, which was later taken up by London Public Library. In Auckland, it was initially developed at Birkenhead Library, where it was a roaring success, Pip says.

Whangaparāoa Library’s Green Clinic will host local groups Hibiscus Coast Zero Waste, The Compost Collective, Pest Free Hibiscus Coast and gardener (and Hibiscus Matters’ columnist) Dee Pignéguy, who runs community gardens.

There will also be a produce swap table – anyone can bring seeds, plants or homegrown produce to swap with others.

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Ōrewa College student Franki Illing says her Year 7 class has been doing lots of poetry and entering the competition was another way to share her work.

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Beach provides canvas for public poetry Poets of all ages wrote their work on the sand of Ōrewa Beach to mark National Poetry Day, and potentially win $100 for best poem.

Around 15 people entered the Ōrewa competition on Saturday, August 27, including several school aged poets. The poems were written in the wet sand with

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sticks and photographed for judging by Siobhan Harvey. Several of the poems were decorated with natural materials found on the beach, including shells.

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AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE FOR RELAXATION & WELLBEING Essential oils • Reflexology Murray’s Massage 020 4116 7992

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ARKLES BAY PAINTERS/DECORATORS In the area for the area. Shane 021 0813 8481.

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an absolutely good soul passed on Sunday 28/8/22 at Southland Hospice, Nic, Rowy and Rosco would like to thank all who loved her and all who were loved by her.

Brenda has been a warm presence next to me her husband for 48 years.

ALWAYS a caring, loving person with an absolutely good soul. One of the most kind hearted persons I have ever known. She loved babies and kids, animals and Mini cat. Never an unkind word to anyone and always willing to give a helping hand. A very proud owner of the Hibiscus Driving Miss Daisy business that started in June 2014 with no customers and by sale date in May 2021 had successfully grown to 5 cars. It was a perfect fit for her – she loved helping people and in every annual customer survey received the highest rating of EXCELLENT. But to Brenda being the best mum to her two sons Nic and Rowy had more meaning to her and she was a wonderful mum, followed closely by an immaculate well kept house and a great cook/baker.

It was too soon at 65yrs having already fought off breast cancer 12 years ago but after palliative chemotherapy, succumbed to stage 4 terminal bowel cancer and passed at Southland Hospice Sunday afternoon 28 August 2022. Hospice staff were gold.

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Ph Mike 426 2028 or 021 258 9808. ŌREWA 500 CARD CLUB meets every Monday from 6.30-9pm at the Hibiscus Coast Community House. All welcome. $5.00 entry. Ph Peter 021 704 440 for enquiries or just turn up on the night. ŌREWA GARDEN CLUB meet 2nd Thursday of month, Feb-Nov, 12.30pm3pm. St Johns Catholic Church Hall, 180 Centreway Rd, Ōrewa. Visitors welcome.

Email: Ōrewagardenclub@outlook.co.nz ph Valma (sec) 021 063 4852. ŌREWA LADIES CLUB 1st Thursday of the month, 10am, St John’s Catholic Church Ōrewa for friendship, speakers and outings. Ph Audrey 426 7115.

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PIONEER DANCE CLUB Every Thursday, 1.30pm-3.30pm, for seniors, meet, dance and make friends. Silverdale Hall, ph 427 5542.

60’s UP MOVEMENT, HIBISCUS COAST. Meeting 3rd Wednesday of every month, 10am at the RSA in Viponds Road, Whangaparāoa. Outings 1st Wednesday of month. Ph Gloria 027 386 2339.

SPIRITUAL CENTRE IN ŌREWA Meet fortnightly, Wednesday 7.30pm. Come along to hear from our ‘medium’ on platform, give messages from spirit. All welcome. 9e Annalise Place (off Forest Glen Rd) Ōrewa. $5 donation for running costs. Ph Lynda 424 1998.

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Whangaparāoa Combined Friendship Group, 4th Wednesday 10am, Bridge Club Edith Hopper Park, Manly. Ph Glenda 021 254 4426 or just come along. All welcome.

DEMENTIA CARERS SUPPORT GROUP Held at the Hibiscus Coast Village, Red Beach. 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month 10am-12pm. Ph Michele 0274 114 146 or Caryn 021 210 3388.

FREE COMMUNITY MEAL at St Chad’s Hall 5pm last Sunday of each month.

SUNDAY SOCIAL DANCE Silverdale, ballroom, Latin American etc. all welcome.

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What’s on ...

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Exhibition Ngā Manu o te Moana, Seabirds of the Hauraki Gulf, Estuary Arts Centre, Western Reserve, Ōrewa. Artwork and installations showcasing seabirds. Info: www.estuaryarts.org (see story p31)

Dr Chris Benton talks about ‘The Hazards of Human Spaceflight to Mars’, Gulf Harbour Yacht Club, 1299 Laurie Southwick Pde, Gulf Harbour, 7pm-8.30pm. Why do we need to go to Mars, the hazards of long-duration spaceflight, proposed counter measures and current research. All welcome. Entry by gold coin donation. to the club’s Youth Sailing Programme.

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Hibiscus Coast Orchid Society’s annual Orchids and Houseplants show, Ōrewa Community Hall, Ōrewa Square, 9am-3pm both days. Exotic orchids on display, trading table, raffles. Entry is free. (see story p40)

Seabird talk by artist and conservationist Charlie Thomas. Hosted by Restore Hibiscus and Bays, Estuary Arts Centre, Western Reserve, Ōrewa, 2pm.

Followed by refreshments and official opening of the Ngā Manu o te Moana exhibition. Free entry, all welcome. (see story p31) Whangaparāoa School Gala, 39 Ladies Mile, Manly, 10.45am-2pm. All the gala fun – food, entertainment and stalls. (see story p31)

Green Clinic at the Library, Whangaparāoa Library, Main Street, Whangaparāoa, 11am-1pm. Information, talk with eco experts, plant swap. All welcome. (see story p41)

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Public meeting and panel discussion with five women candidates for the Hibiscus subdivision of the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board, The Wade Bar & Bistro, 2 Tavern Road, Silverdale, 7pm-8.30pm. Hosted by the National Council of Women Hibiscus Coast. All welcome, mask wearing requested. Info: phone 027 443 8026.

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Meet the Candidates for Albany Ward and Hibiscus & Bays Local Board (Hibiscus subdivision), hosted by Business Whangaparāoa, Manly Bowling Club, Laurence Street, Manly, 2pm. Tea, coffee and nibbles provided. Bar open. All welcome.

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A talk, ‘Lithium Batteries for your Boat or Motorhome’, by Matt Paulin, Gulf Harbour Yacht Club, near the ferry, 7pm–8.30pm. Types and applications suited to lithium batteries, safety issues , battery control, NZ regulations and insurance. All welcome by gold coin donation to Youth Sailing Programme.

Auckland Youth Orchestra symphony concert, Ōrewa College Arts & Events Centre, Riverside Road, Ōrewa, 7.30pm. Tickets at Eventfinda or at the door, $10-$25. Info: www.ayo.org.nz

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Pharmacy Talk with Tania Adams

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There There is is no no denying denying that for most of us, the whole COVID thing has been pretty pretty stressful. stressful. That That stress shows up in different ways for everybody. Some people people get get anxious, anxious, others get headaches, many have digestive issues and some some of of us us have have problems problems sleeping. Have you ever just lay there at night wondering wondering ifif sleep sleep will will ever come? Or woken in the middle of the night and find find yourself yourself simply simply unable to get back to sleep? You are not alone. Research indicates indicates that that one one quarter quarter of adults in NZ suffer from chronic sleep problems and and at at the the moment moment there are more people having trouble sleeping than ever.

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IfIf you you are are dieting, dieting, getting getting more sleep can even help you to lose more weight!

Many Many of of us us get get distressed distressed when we cannot get our 8 hours beauty sleep, but the the fact fact is is that that different different people need different amounts of sleep. Some people function function well well and and are are not tired during the day with just 3-4 hours’ sleep a night. night. To To need need 6-8 6-8 hours hours per night is average. Also, the amount of sleep you need need through through your your life life changes. For instance as you become older, it is normal to to sleep sleep less. less. Regardless Regardless of how many hours you sleep, what is important is that that the the amount amount of of sleep that you get is right for you, and you feel refreshed and and not not sleepy sleepy during during the daytime.

So, So, what what can can you you do do to help get to sleep? You could try a nutritional supplement. While While more more research needs to be done, studies indicate that supplement. magnesium may may be be helpful in providing a better night’s rest. However not all magnesium magnesium was was created created equal. Magnesium oxide, for example, will not help magnesium with sleep sleep and and can can actually actually give you diarrhoea, whereas magnesium glycinate with is absorbed well without is absorbed well without the lingering tummy problems. So choosing the right type of of magnesium magnesium is key. There are also other nutritional supplements that type are thought to aid aid sleep sleep which are worth trying. are thought to The word word insomnia insomnia actually covers a raft of various types of sleep problems The difficulty in in getting getting to sleep, difficulty staying asleep, waking early or a -- difficulty poor quality quality of of sleep. sleep. There are many causes of sleep problems ranging poor from medical medical or or emotional emotional reasons through to unhelpful sleep environs or from routines. routines. great way way to to aa better better sleep is to identify the cause of your sleep problem AA great is by by starting starting aa sleep sleep diary. Keep a general record of your sleep patterns. Not is exact minutes minutes slept, slept, as this can exacerbate the problem. Note factors such as exact caffeine, water water and and alcohol intake, exercise patterns and what you do before caffeine, you go go to to bed. bed. you Using this this information information as a guide a health professional will be able to help Using to determine determine why why you you are suffering from a sleep problem and find a solution to for you. you. You You may may discover discover a pattern yourself. Many solutions are simple like for winding down down before before bedtime, avoiding certain foods and drinks, and even a winding bedtime routine routine can can help. bedtime Here’s wishing wishing you you sweet sweet dreams!

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Unique Raiders team brings trophy home

A team that combines Hibiscus Coast Raiders U14 girls players with a large contingent from Northland proved a winning combination, in more ways than one.

The Hibiscus Coast Northland Raiders U14 team were declared Auckland Rugby League (ARL) Pennant Champions after winning a nail biting final against the Manukau Magpies on August 20.

The record shows that Raiders won the game, 12-10, via a try in the final minute by Whangaparāoa College student Te Maia Davidson – an exciting and hard-won result.

But it was what had happened behind the scenes that made this win, and the team itself, even more special.

The team is made up of five local players and 17 from all over Northland. It is co-captained by Whangaparāoa College’s Melanie Dunn-Watkins and Northland player Makayla Hillyard Ngawati.

Team manager, Aika Slate Te Rito, who is from Whangarei, says the relationship between Raiders and Northland came about at a rugby league tournament a few years ago.

“Our Northland girls wanted to keep playing, but there are no ARL competitions up here,” she says. “Raiders made room for us and we’ve been a combined team since 2020.”

Te Rito says that Covid-19 meant this has been the U14 team’s first full season in the ARL competition.

Head trainer Michael King trains the Northland girls in

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From left, Co-Captains Makayla Hillyard Ngawati and Melanie Dunn-Watkins with the trophy.

Whangarei, while Takangaroa (TK) Davidson trains the Hibiscus Coast girls at Raiders’ grounds in Stanmore Bay. The Northland players make the long journey to Auckland for games.

Te Rito says it’s a big team because so many Northland girls were keen to play and it was important that no-one missed out.

“Anti-social behaviour and mental health are very real issues for this age group, and playing league keeps the girls away from that,” she says. “We had to make sure it happened.”

Whanau support was crucial in raising the $10,000 it cost for transport, kit and other expenses.

“It was raised through food stalls, cleaning – family and supporters did whatever they could.”

The final, at Mountford Park in Manurewa saw a big contingent of supporters on the sidelines, including Raiders club captain Seth Gleeson.

Te Rito says the Northland players have a lot to thank Raiders for.

“Hibiscus Coast Raiders enabled us to take part – they gave the Northland girls the opportunity. We appreciate the second home we have found with Raiders and all their support.”

Next season will see more Northland players get that same opportunity – Te Rito says there may be Northland players in three Raiders teams – U14, U16 and U18.

Above and top left, Raiders’ Patricia Heihei was player of the day, chosen by Manukau.

Photos Roger Reid

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