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Shortfall of $1m for Warkworth Town Hall project

Marathon of a fundraiser

Warkworth’s Town Hall could be reopened as early as October next year, with restoration work planned to start in September.

But stage two of its upgrade will not go ahead until nearly $1 million is raised from the community.

The Rodney Local Board has recently approved the design for the restoration, which is expected to cost $4 million. The design includes the addition of a foyer/gallery area, new meeting rooms, and moving the kitchen and toilets from the Neville St side of the building to the opposite side.

In a report presented to the Local Board, team leader of community facilities Peter Loud says the design is focused on retaining the heritage features of the building, especially the original 1911 brickwork and the Deco-style addition built in 1937, as well as accommodating modern additions.

“The three historical stages of the building will remain distinct to ensure its history is retained and recognisable,” the report states.

“A gallery-foyer will be added to provide a separation between the old and new, providing a naturally-lit link through the site…[the foyer] provides a flexible space that can be used for gatherings and displays and highlighting historical information about the hall.”

The capacity of the hall will be restored to 500, after it was reduced to 99 due to fire safety restrictions before it closed.

The project is to be completed in two stages. Stage one is expected to cost just over $3 million. It will make the hall structurally sound and partially complete new additions including future meeting rooms, a new toilet area and about half of the new continued page 3 foyer area.

Chanel Heighway is going to run a marathon from Warkworth to Kaipara Flats and back to raise money for cancer research.

A Warkworth girl is going to run a marathon this month to raise money for cancer research.

On May 17 Chanel Heighway will run to Kaipara Flats and back to fundraise in support of fellow exMahurangi College student Samantha Wakelin, who was diagnosed with lymphoma last year.

Bridgehouse Lodge is hosting a fundraising event for when Chanel crosses the finish line at about midday.

Tickets to the event cost $20, which includes a drink and food, with all proceeds going towards the charity Canteen. Local musician Andy Richards will also be performing at the event.

Chanel was inspired to do the run after a fundraising event for Samantha earlier this year raised over $5000.

She is on her way to matching that figure. “A lot of people have been stopping as I run for training and see me with my Run for Sam t-shirt

and donate money. The support has been great,” Chanel says.

Samantha’s attitude throughout the illness has also been a source of inspiration, she says. “She hasn’t changed at all. She’s been really selfless and modest.”

One of the biggest challenges has been planning a flat 42km route. She has planned the route on Google Maps, but has been running each section to double-check that it’s accurate.

Chanel has never been much of a runner, but her mother, Kim, ran the New York Marathon last year. She is already booked in to run the Taupo half marathon with her mother in August.

Tickets to the event are on sale at Bridgehouse.

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Protect us from noise, say residents Residents south of Warkworth have pleaded for noise barriers to be erected on the new motorway extension proposed from Puhoi.

Without barriers, the value of land in the area would be driven down, which could be disastrous for plans to build up to 1000 houses in the area over the next 30 years, they have warned.

Valerie Close property owner Bill Endean has told the board of inquiry that he believes he speaks for many residents in the area who believe it is unfair that they will be subject to increased noise if the motorway goes ahead.

NZTA has argued that many residents who currently live alongside SH1 would benefit from the new motorway because their noise levels would be reduced. But Mr Endean said NZTA was simply shifting the nuisance from one area to another.

“In a civilised society where an authority wishes to impose a nuisance on another section of society, it should be obliged to take all reasonable mitigating steps to minimise that nuisance,” he argued.

He also noted that Auckland Council was proposing to rezone the area for up to 1000 houses in its Unitary Plan.

Mr Endean, whose family owns a 28ha property on the corner of SH1 and Valerie Close, said residents also wanted a southern interchange, as it would not be worth their while to drive north to join the new motorway if they were travelling south.

“Since this is proposed to be a toll

road it does not make economic sense for the new motorway not to capture those considerable number of residents that live in the southern portion of Warkworth,” he said.

Board chair, retired High Court judge John Priestley, thanked him for his “powerful argument”.

Public hearings into the motorway proposal resumed in Matakana last week, at Ascension Wine Estate. The hearings were expected to finish this week, with many local submitters due to give evidence.

Meanwhile, a prominent traffic engineer has claimed the design is unnecessarily expensive.

David Willmott, who has helped design major motorways around the world, said he was concerned that money seemed to be no object. He agreed with Justice Priestley that he was arguing for a “basic motorway” rather than a “gold-plated” one.

“I am just saying that the board should be far more conscious of affordability criteria, rather than world’s best standards which seems to be driving much of NZTA’s work these days.”

Mr Willmott said he supported the motorway going ahead, but it appeared to be designed at a higher standard “than the economy can afford”.

He said he was representing a group of senior engineers, some of whom were retired, known as the Centre for Urban and Transport Studies. “We believe that society is careering off course and is destroying itself,” he said.

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He also slammed NZTA for failing to address problems at Hill Street, describing the lack of progress at the troublesome intersection as “just nuts”.

“The whole of Kawau Bay at the moment has to pour through the Hill St intersection, — that’s nuts. Yet, our Auckland Council has no plans for relieving that. That’s nuts also — that’s anti-transport.”

He has suggested a link road half a kilometre north of Perry Road as a potential solution. Mr Willmott said a local connection to the motorway was “desperately needed” south of Warkworth.

“To my mind, the lack of a connection south of Warkworth is an absolute abnegation of traffic and transportation planning . . . The only alternative is to put a flyover over the Hill Street intersection, and that to my mind is environmentally questionable.”

He said it was important that motorways serviced local communities as well.

“There seems to be a habit developing that ‘let’s not build any interchanges’, and the absence of this road that I suggested with an interchange south of Warkworth is a classic case in point.

The national crowd just looks at their role as shifting people from one city to another. Actually, you have got to serve the local community as well.”

The board of inquiry expects to release its draft decision on the motorway proposal by the end of next month. A final decision is expected to be released in early September.

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Shortfall of $1m for Warkworth Town Hall project from page 1 Auckland Council has made $2.75 million available for the project, leaving a shortfall of $287,000 for the first stage.

Local Board member Steve Garner says it is hoped Auckland Council will fund the shortfall, but it will be underwritten by the Rodney Local Board’s community facilities renewal fund.

Stage two will cost $963,000, which will have to be raised by the community. It will see the removal of the old kitchen from the west side of the building and construction of a new kitchen on the eastern side, as well as a new greenroom, rehearsal room and an extension of the foyer/gallery created in stage one.

Work on stage two won’t begin until the funding goal has been reached, project manager Steven Davey says.

NZ First MP Tracey Martin is involved in fundraising for the hall and hopes to form a trust and raise the extra required before next September, so work can continue.

The hall was used to farewell soldiers on their way to WWI, so may be eligible for funding as part of the Government’s support of projects commemorating the 100th anniversary of the war, she says.

Deterioration of the hall saw it close at the end of 2011, 100 years after it first opened.

The building was registered with Heritage New Zealand (formerly known as the NZ Historic Places Trust) as a Category 1 Historic Place in 2007 and so cannot be demolished.

The renovated Warkworth Town Hall as it will look from Alnwick St.

A cross section of what the revamped building will look like.

Drug dogs will be coming to Mahurangi College Mahurangi College is about to start using drug dogs for the first time, amid concerns about the drug use of local young people.

Mahurangi College principal David MacLeod says changes to the search and seizure laws have clarified the use of drug dogs in school and schools around the country will be looking at using drug dogs on an annual basis.

Dogs can’t be used to search students, but can be used to search school lockers and bags, he says.

Parents and students will be fully informed of the programme and it will be a part of a wider education programme on drug use, he says.

NZ First MP and board chair Tracey Martin says the first searches are likely to take place this school term.

Tracey recently had three parents ring her concerned that their teenage kids are using synthetic cannabis.

Parents need to be aware that kids are using drugs in the town, she says. But hopefully the impending nationwide ban on legal highs will “dampen down” the issues, she says.

“We will now see how many have been affected by those that seek or show signs of withdrawal.”

It will also highlight the lack of services around mental health and

drug rehabilitation, she believes.

Springboard operations manager Lindsay Pahl says drug use is a problem amongst some youth in the area and the lack of drug rehab services is a concern.

“The worst thing is a lot of the services have pulled out of the area and a lot of people have to go to Orewa to get help.” If they don’t have transport, this is a real issue, he says.

Last year the organisation got three of the youths they work with into a rehabilitation centre in Mt Roskill, he says. “That’s been quite effective.”

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But the impending ban offers an opportunity for some kids to change their path, Steve says.

“This is a time for change. If youth have the support to take this as an opportunity to walk free of the situation it will be a good thing.”

Having support is the key, he says.

“Springboard is always willing to help anyone who wants to stop using drugs.”

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OFF THE RECORD Fit for a king King George and botox aren’t words you’d normally hear in one sentence, but at the blessing of the Matakana statue, Rodney Local Board chair Brenda Steele credited the former British monarch’s handsome new look to his recent botox treatment.

Meanwhile, it wasn’t just the grown-ups who were glad to see the head returned.

A local four-year-old observed: “Superman has his head back and he’s a pirate too!”

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School bullying

As many of you know, this is my last editorial for Mahurangi Matters — for now, anyway. I know, I know — it feels like I’ve only just arrived. But by the time you will be reading this, I will have moved on to a part-time job in Auckland. Yes, it is ironic that I moved here to be closer to family, and now have to work elsewhere in order to spend more time with them. But life can be weird like that.

It was an extremely hard decision because I have loved this job to bits.

And it has been truly special to be part of a paper that is so thoroughly appreciated by so many of its readers.

Our role as a community forum is a vital one. But I am also particularly proud of the stories we did highlighting the corruption that is alleged to have taken place at Auckland Transport over the past three years, and before that in the Rodney District Council. Sadly, I’m not sure that I have enough faith in our public watchdogs to be confident that the public will ever learn the extent of the problem, which from what I can tell is far more widespread than is probably appreciated. For a country that prides itself on being squeaky clean — which is, in my experience, far from the truth — that is deeply disturbing.

The problem seems to be far bigger than just a local government one. But boy, I have also been shocked to get a glimpse of how the Supercity really works.

As we all know, the bureaucracy is staggering, and it’s hard to see how the Government’s attempts to get it under control will make any real difference.

I’m convinced it would be a huge mistake to replicate the Supercity model elsewhere without a serious look at how it could be improved, especially the role of local boards. There is an awful lot of fine-tuning that needs to take place before we can declare the model a success, and I confess that I regret not campaigning harder on some of these issues.

Fortunately, living in Mahurangi is full of magical moments, too, and I have also met many wonderful people doing many wonderful things. I will still be living in Wayby, near the world’s most expensive rural intersection, so please honk as you go past.

Just joking — please don’t. But hopefully, I’ll see you ’round.

Last month I held a meeting in my office with our local college principals. It was a great opportunity to have a chat around any areas of concern, and to share ideas and information.

I would just like to state how lucky we are that our secondary school principals work together in a supportive and coordinated way.

One of the major topics we discussed, which has been playing on my mind for a while, is bullying in schools. This is a real concern of mine.

Bullying comes in all shapes and forms. This deliberate and intentional behaviour can be devastating for the victims, can have serious effects on the mental and physical health and wellbeing of young people, and can last a lifetime.

In recent times bullying has taken a new dimension with the arrival of digital and social media.

Justice Minister Judith Collins’ Harmful Digital Communication Bill introduces a process in which victims can get harmful content removed from websites and also makes it an offence to post this material online with intent to cause harm.

Sending messages or posting material to cause harm can be punishable by up to three months in jail or a $2000 fine. Inciting someone to commit suicide will also carry a maximum three-year jail sentence.

The bill is at select committee stage and the committee is due to report back early June. I believe this new legislation sends a really clear signal that our society will not tolerate cyber bullying.

I am pleased to report that our secondary school principals agreed to look at whether we could develop a local solution that would complement the national programmes currently being implemented.

I believe as a community we need to teach our children how to be good digital citizens and give them strategies on how to manage on-line bullies.

In New Zealand it is every child’s right to have a high-quality education, and this includes attending school without the fear of being bullied, either in the playground or behind a computer screen. It is vital for all children, from any background, to get ahead and get the best start to life.

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Thank you very much, Greg Sayers, for your contribution on roads (MM, Apr 16). It appears that finally we have somebody in Council who cares about the desperation of rural residents in Rodney. Indeed, we have to pay ever-higher rates for using roads that are below the standard any self-respecting third world country would tolerate within the boundaries of their largest cities.

My rates have been increased 20 percent in the past two years and I am sure that another hefty increase is in the wings when rates are “adjusted” again this year. As I cannot increase my revenue at the same rates, more than 10 percent of my disposable income now goes to Council, which provides absolutely nothing in return.

We seem to be seen by Council as dairy cows that need to be milked dry.

Apart from this extreme violation of principles such as fairness and user pays, there is another aspect I would like to draw attention to. It is the poisoning of positive community spirits and a regrettable animosity and sometimes anger that is rapidly developing in our community with regard to the attitude of Council.

While working with the old Rodney Council was not always smooth for everyone, dealing with it was most of the time possible in a reasonable and professional manner. Now we see cynicism, anger and mistrust seeping into our communities in response to what is perceived as a breath-taking arrogance of Council bureaucrats who reap salaries of up to $700,000 without the slightest regard for the needs of our communities.

The mayor’s request for patience and his escapades on the job certainly did not help to instill trust in our leaders.

I hope that we can organise around a leader who represents our interests

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and force Council to deliver badly needed infrastructure improvements and road upgrading.

It seems ridiculous to be told that we live in the best city in the world when we have to breathe air polluted by huge dust clouds and navigate roads that are extremely dangerous.

We deserve at least a sealed road in return for the massive contributions that we make towards the big projects that Mayor Brown has in mind for Auckland.

I fully support your initiative, Mr Sayers, and hope that we can all make positive contributions to get our fair share of the promised wonders of the Supercity.

Gerhard Zieroth, Sandspit Having read your last publication (MM, Apr 16) I felt compelled to write to congratulate Greg Sayers on his sensible article and strength for getting roads sealed in our district. It is pleasing to see a man of the people emerging as a leader within Auckland Council.

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Social racism I was happily reading Mahurangi Matters until I got to the article about meth testing (MM, Apr 16).

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Who on earth does he think he is making such a comment in the press?

This statement, in my opinion, is not continued on page 6

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YOU S AY Email letters to editor@localmatters.co.nz too much short of “social racism”.

Mind you, he may be in conflict with the prior statement in the same article by Harveys property manager Amanda Wynne who stated: “Interestingly, Kaiwaka and Wellsford have had fewer positive tests than in the Warkworth area”.

I suppose then, by his reasoning, it makes sense as to why people pay so much money to live in Remuera, Ponsonby, St Heliers and other “nice” areas as there is no drug problem.

Boy, have I got news for him — talk about “behind mansion walls”.

Let’s face it, the very unfortunate situation mentioned at Omaha was in a garage for goodness sake — a totally isolated case, in no way associated with the “main house” or its owners and, no doubt, the result of some intruders from Wellsford breaking in. Yeah, right.

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Power to the people Last month’s much-needed rain brought with it a blast of wind which played havoc with power lines all around the district.

Our dose brought down a large roadside tree and the adjacent power lines, and a pole to boot.

Although we may all feel a bit annoyed at the inconvenience of having no power, spare a thought for the linesmen run off their feet trying to restore power as quickly as they could. In our case they were on the job at 7am after having only a few hours’ sleep from the mayhem of the previous night.

A spokesman for the group said that despite having only a few hours’ sleep since their previous 2am finish, he loved his job and wanted to see appreciative customers hooked up again.

What a great attitude, guys, and good on you. Thanks again for a job well done under difficult circumstances.

Bill Townson, Scotts Landing

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Director Mike Smith (left) monitors footage shot in Warkworth’s main street last week.

Warkworth to star in TV series Warkworth was briefly transformed into the fictional town of Brokenwood last week, as filming got underway for a new murder mystery series for Prime TV. A large crew from South Pacific Pictures occupied the main street on April 28, as several scenes were shot for the new series, The Brokenwood Mysteries.

The series comprises four twohour murder mystery stories set in a “seemingly quiet country town”, according to publicity from the production company.

The town’s newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks “in even the most homely location”, says a press release.

Neill Rea (Scarfies, Legend of the Seeker, Go Girls) stars in the lead role of DI Shepherd while Fern Sutherland (The Almighty Johnsons) plays Detective Constable Kristin Sims.

Each telefeature in the series is a standalone story which sees the show’s two lead police officers trying to solve a murder case. Chris Bailey (Nothing Trivial, Street Legal) is producer while Tim Balme (Stolen, The Almighty Johnsons) is the lead writer. James Griffin (Outrageous Fortune, The Almighty Johnsons, Sione’s Wedding) has also penned one script.

Series directors include Mike Smith (Siege, Sunny Skies), Michael Hurst

(Step Dave, Spartacus, The Almighty Johnsons) and Josh Frizzell (Go Girls, Nothing Trivial).

The series is being shot over 11 weeks in the greater Auckland region, with several towns being used as locations for Brokenwood.

Scenes in Warkworth included the main street, shots by the river, and in the carpark next to the Old Masonic Hall.

Filming has also taken place in Parakai and Helensville, with the old Helensville Post Office building standing in as Brokenwood’s police station.

It has not yet been confirmed when the series will go to air.

Wellsford road show to help farmers adapt to drought With many Northland farmers down with successive droughts, there might be more to pick them up than just the recent rain.

Beyond Reasonable Drought is a free farming presentation in Wellsford on Monday May 19 on how farms can adapt to dry conditions.

It will be presented by Doug Avery, who turned around his own farm in Marlborough after successive and prolonged droughts.

In 1998 Doug had just about given up trying to make a living off his Marlborough property that had been in his family since 1919.

In his desperation, he attended a field day seminar about lucerne, which he says was “probably the most valuable hour of my life”.

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Bill for Unitary Plan approaching $30m The cost of putting together a 30-year plan for the Auckland region could be as high as $30m, new figures show.

They include $1.2m Auckland Council is spending to lease premises on Queen St for the hearings panel to use as offices.

Cr John Watson has slammed the spending as a “lavish disposal of ratepayers’ money”, but Cr Penny Webster says the costs are unavoidable.

Turning the Unitary Plan from draft into reality over the next three years involves a lengthy process of submission hearings by a panel appointed by Government. The costs are borne by Auckland ratepayers and include more than $12.4m to fund the panel and support staff, and almost $16m for associated Council staffing and professional services.

The costs were presented for approval at Council’s budget committee meeting on March 27. At that meeting additional funding for a team of geospatial analysts was also approved, with an annual cost of $727,000.

These are to support Council staff already allocated to the process, which includes 37 full-time equivalent planners, bringing the total estimated staffing cost to almost $16m.

Hearings panel chair David Kirkpatrick will be paid $1500 per day while the seven panel members, which include former Hibiscus & Bays Local Board member John Kirikiri, receive $1200 per day. There are also 10 facilitators who will be paid $150–$200 per hour, a programme manager at $200,000 per annum,

office manager at $120,000 per annum and administrative support at $100,000 per annum.

Cr Watson has described the spending as an example of “a gravy train that’s out of control”, but reserved his harshest criticism for the $1.2m allocated to lease premises at 205 Queen Street for the hearing panel. An additional $750,000 has been budgeted to pay for the rent of hearings venues.

“Council owns a host of buildings all over Auckland, including on the Hibiscus Coast, that are more than adequate and would cost nothing,” he says.

He says planners advised that using Council buildings for the hearings would erode the public’s perception of the independence of the process.

Cr Watson, together with Cr Wayne Walker and five others, voted against approving the costings, but says their protests fell on deaf ears.

Budget committee deputy chair Penny Webster agrees that it is a lot of money, but says the three-year process does not bear comparison with the formation of District Plans, which were heard by Councillors rather than an independent panel.

“No one would question the costs if it was a Government select committee process – and that’s what it is like,” she says. “You have to pay commissioners the going rate and hire a proper venue because of all the advisors, staff and IT needed. There’s no way we could have accommodated that in Council buildings.”

Boaties willing to pay Many boaties are prepared to pay to use local boat ramps, according to a survey commissioned by Auckland Council. The willingness to pay for facilities at boat ramps ranged from 67 percent for boat wash down facilities to 34 percent for parking. Twenty percent of boat ramp users were willing to pay $11 per month or more for a dinghy locker and 37 percent were prepared to pay $5 or more for secure all-day or overnight parking. More than 800 boat ramp users in the Hibiscus & Bays and Rodney Local Board areas responded to the survey, which ended in March. The majority were satisfied with all features of the boat ramps, with the exception of the provisions for trailer parking. Members of boat clubs were less satisfied overall with boat ramp facilities, and those with larger boats of 6m or more were less satisfied than owners of smaller craft.

Overall, boat users were looking for more public boat ramps, all-tide access facilities and better trailer parking. The results will go before both Local Boards for their information and feedback and staff are expected to make formal recommendations to the boards in June or July.

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Tony Gibbs, retired businessman

As a young man, Tony Gibbs craved adventure. He went to sea, but ended up making waves as one of NZ’s most respected corporate chiefs. Now retired to his beloved mandarin orchard in Matakana, he talks to Karyn Scherer about business, billiard tables, and keeping busy.

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’ve been very fortunate in my life, and I’ve always worked hard. I’ve never stopped working since I was a small boy. We never did sports — Dad wasn’t into rugby or anything.

He was a deeply religious man and a spiritualist minister. Life was quite difficult for my parents. They came out from England in 1954 and it cost them everything they had. They weren’t 10-pound immigrants — they were very proud of paying their own way.

The day I turned 15 I left school and I couldn’t wait. I got a job on a meat boat as a galley boy and worked my way to London. Working on boats took me all over the place. I saw all of Europe, Scandinavia; hitchhiked all through the Middle East. I ran a car into Tehran with a Persian man, got caught and ended up paying duty. I worked in Israel, lived in Istanbul for a while — all those sorts of places.

After six years travelling I got a job in London as a management trainee in the Army & Navy Stores. One day I was meeting a supervisor I was dating, and she said; “I’ve brought a friend along”. Val stuck out her hand and I shook it, and I immediately knew I’d marry her. I did, six months later — that was 44 years ago.

When we married we had very little, but we worked hard and put money in the bank as fast as we could. It wasn’t easy but we never gave up. We came back to NZ as we wanted our children brought up here. I started a small business distributing and selling billiard tables, and it became the biggest supplier in the country of home-style pool tables. I sold the business when I was 30 and for the first time ever we had some real money.

I think that’s what got me going — starting my first wee business. That was when all of a sudden you realise you can do things, and there’s that sheer determination to get ahead. I got involved in property speculation, and by pure accident I ended up working for Brierley Investments.

I’ve never been interviewed for any significant job in my life — they just happen. I never thought I’d end up

in the corporate world, but I ended up there for 30 years. At one stage, I was on 10 boards. Over the years I’ve had all sorts of academics say I’ve been very lucky to have done so well without an education, to which my retort is: “Well, I think I have had a great education but mine was learned in the world, not at school.” You soon learn a lot about life and politics on the deck of a ship.

Years later, once the kids were grown up, we decided to buy some land, and I found the land where the orchard is now. It was 60 acres then. I’d read about mandarins starting in NZ and I decided to build a small mandarin orchard. It’s now a large orchard. It’s

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140 acres, and there are 55,000 trees.

It is all about our dreams. These days the mandarin market is oversupplied, which means prices are low. If you’re going to survive, you have to be big, so we’ll pick about 1000 to 1200 tonnes this year under our Ezypeel brand.

We’ll have 70 workers at the height of picking. he orchard is our home and a private place but once a year we open it to the public for the Matakana Fruitloop. About 1000 people came through this year and we enjoy supporting the local community. I’d like my grandchildren to be married here and I hope my family will keep the orchard going for the future. I think it’s nice for this area to keep as many of these horticultural businesses as possible; it’s why we all want to live here. To the credit of people of Matakana, there are lots of boutique vineyards making lots of interesting wine, and other boutique projects happening. When the Matakana shops arrived it was a bit of a shock. I was so used to the village as a sleepy hollow and all of a sudden, boom, there’s a cinema. There’ll be traffic lights next.

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us. However, I can’t get my mail on a Saturday anymore, which is irritating, but it’s all for the better.

In business I never was afraid to speak up or take on unpopular causes. While I agree with free trade, I’ve strongly opposed the monopoly Zespri has on kiwifruit exports. A country which is a great free trade model, although I wouldn’t say it’s perfect, is Chile. It’s an enormous horticultural country. We have so much fallow land in this country that we could turn into horticulture. I think my greatest achievement in my corporate career was getting rid of a silly tax bill proposed by the Labour government. They wanted to put a tax on dividends that people hadn’t got and most likely would never have. We took the Government on and won. I put ads in every paper in NZ and the press got behind it, which was neat.

Labour withdrew the tax bill and NBR awarded me Business Leader of the Year. Two years after that Helen Clark gave me a Companion of the Order of NZ for services to business, which was very gracious of her.

I get on with most politicians. I ended up in the headlines recently for giving some money to David Cunliffe.

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and National. I get concerned when principles seem to fly out the window and popularity becomes the major goal. I’ve travelled a lot in my life and I’ve seen some terrible regimes where politics is corrupt and the people are stuffed. One of things we’ve got to be proud of in NZ is our democratic voting system. Politicians in this country rely on donations, and we need to support the political process and make sure it stays that way. hat keeps me busy now is the orchard, and I’m also the president of the Howard League for Penal Reform. We have about 350 schoolteachers who are retired and who willingly go into jails throughout NZ, where we’re teaching prisoners to read and write. I’ve been looking at other things in horticulture, but there’s enough to do at the orchard right now.

I certainly don’t run out of things to do, although one day I might build an observatory. We built a chapel on the orchard — it’s similar to a Selwyn Chapel — with the help of Warkworth draughtswoman Kerry Woodward, and it was a terrific project.

You can do almost anything you want to in life if you put your mind to it.

You’ve just got to passionately want to do it and be prepared to pay the price.

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Cyclone Ita highlights need for seawalls After a recent storm caused extensive damage and erosion at Snells Beach and Algies Bay, residents are frustrated with the bureaucracy and costs of getting seawalls put in place.

The waterfront walkway at Snells Beach is at risk of collapsing onto the beach after Cyclone Ita eroded the bank right to the path.

This section has never had a seawall, but if work isn’t done soon the pathway will be washed away, residents say.

Metres of the esplanade reserve have also been lost to erosion in another section of the beach, after a deteriorating seawall was removed last year.

Sports Parks North manager Martin van Jaarsveld says the seawall could not be repaired as it did not have resource consent, so it was decided to allow the section to revert to sandy beach.

However, erosion has now gouged a deep, steep bank into the unprotected area.

Snells Beach Residents and Ratepayers member Bryan Jackson says there has been very little progress towards getting work done which could have prevented these kinds of events. “We’ve been on their case for over two years now,” he says.

Local Board member Steve Garner says options are being looked at to prevent further erosion and will be implemented as soon as possible. “Something has to be done to protect the walkway,” he says.

Meanwhile in Algies Bay, a resident wanting to build a seawall to protect his property is facing $10,000 in resource consent costs.

Bethshan Motels owner Evan Algies, a descendent of the original Algies family who have lived in the bay for 145 years, has lost metres of his property to erosion.

“We lost over 3m of foreshore in a year, so I decided it was time to do something about it,” Evan says.

Erosion is threatening the waterfront walkways at Snells Beach after Cyclone Ita caused widespread damage in the area.

He built a retaining wall to protect his property, but was later told he would have to either apply for retrospective resource consent, or remove the wall. The wall cost about $3000 to construct and install. Evan attempted to stabilise the land with plantings, however storms this year have continued to erode the land.

At the northern end of Algies Bay, residents are waiting to see if a resource consent application which has been lodged for a seawall will be accepted.

Algies Bay Residents and Ratepayers chairman Richard Papworth says it has been a two-year process. But already focus is moving to other projects to stop erosion in the bay as an old deteriorating seawall in the centre

of the bay continues to spread debris on the beach.

The seawall was built before the Resource Management Act was passed, Richard says.

Rodney Local Board member Greg Sayers has proposed a blanket consent, from Cape Rodney to Hibiscus Bays, to allow property owners to maintain and rebuild seawalls, without having to apply for resource consent for each project.

The proposed changes are still in their early stages and it would be some time before they would come in to effect, depending on whether the idea gains wider support, he says.

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Residents fed up with the lack of progress sealing Mahurangi roads have proposed to pay for most of the cost of sealing their road themselves.

Residents of Pukapuka Rd, a 3.8km dead-end road off Mahurangi West Rd, have proposed a public private partnership (PPP) with the Rodney Local Board where residents will pay about $600,000 for the cost of sealing the road, which is about 85 percent of the estimated total cost.

They are asking Rodney Local Board to pay for the design, consents and costs associated safety improvements, estimated at $130,000.

Pukapuka Rd resident Tony Mair has over 45 years experience as a civil engineer and came up with the idea when it became obvious the road would not be sealed in his lifetime.

He believes sealing costs will be significantly less if the project is managed privately, bypassing the normal tender processes of Auckland Transport (AT). Instead, Tony intends to use a fixed price contract with contractors to do the work on a schedule that suits their availability.

The project has support from the residents of the relatively wealthy street – eight properties at the end of the road have a combined rating valuation of approximately $30 million, and together pay over $70,000 in annual rates, he says.

But with no street lighting, footpaths, water supply, sewage reticulation or rubbish collection, the residents get little in return, Tony says.

The next step is to gain $10,000 of funding from the Rodney Local Board for initial design and enable cost estimates to be reaffirmed. “If we don’t get that, then it doesn’t happen,” Tony says.

Local Board member and transport portfolio chair Steve Garner says it is the first proposal of its kind for Rodney and any work will have to be approved by AT. But he says he is supportive of the initiative.

Local Board member Greg Sayers says the plan could set a framework for similar projects.

“This presents a fantastic opportunity for millions of dollars of roads to be sealed, if people are willing to do it.

The secret rests in residents being able to negotiate road sealing themselves directly with roading contractors, thus circumnavigating the tendering processes of AT and all the bureaucratic costs associated with that,” Greg says.

Another proposal is also being explored to seal 700m of Anderson Rd near Matakana.

Resident Peter Kammler has been in discussion with Greg Sayers about a scheme where residents pay for the road sealing and Rodney Local Board pays back the funds with savings in maintenance costs.

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Pupils consulted over playground Spotlight on A plea from two local teenagers last year for children to be more involved in playground designs appears to have paid off.

Pupils at Mahurangi Christian School have been consulted over plans for a new playground at Snells Beach.

Room 3 at Mahurangi Christian School was plastered wall-to-wall with playground plans and filled with prototypes, as pupils pitched their plans for a new playground to community representatives.

The Year 5 to Year 8 pupils made the presentation to members of the Rodney Local Board and Snells Beach Residents and Ratepayers Association on April 10.

The association and the Local Board approached the school for ideas for the new playground, which will replace the existing playground at Snells Beach Park, off Snells Beach Rd. Pupils worked to the $80,000 budget and researched different equipment, made prototypes, pitched ideas and even had a 3D computer model of the playgrounds produced.

After about a month of research and brainstorming, they decided on two options – one with a trampoline and one with a flying fox.

Room 3 teacher Louise Pryde says it’s great to use real-life situations to encourage the kids to learn. “They absolutely loved it.”

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Council parks and recreation planner Sarah Jones with pupils (from left) Elijah Waterhouse, Zane Renahan, Caitlyn Wolfenden and Jean Keet.

students made a plea to the Local Board for children to be more involved in playground designs, describing the region’s playgrounds as “safe, boring, snoozevilles”.

Local Board member Beth Houlbrooke says it’s great children are now getting involved.

“I think this is the first time we’ve used a school for the design of a playground,” Beth says. “I think the

kids will be really proud when they finally see the playground finished.”

The project has been such a success she says she hopes schools can be involved in more projects.

A public meeting is to be held in May to finalise ideas for the playground and to get a broader idea of what the public wants. It is hoped construction of the playground will begin after winter and finished by Christmas.

A free workshop designed to encourage farmers to plant more trees on their farms will be held at Te Hana on Saturday, May 24.

The free day-long session is part of a Ministry of Primary Industries’ Sustainable Farming Fund initiative.

Project manager Harriet Palmer says trees are definitely back in fashion on farms, as farmers look to reduce risk and adopt wise, sustainable land use practises.

“Trees have many useful roles, partly economic, but also environmental and social,” she says. “While we’d like to see more trees planted on farms, it’s also important to put the right trees in the right place.”

The Te Hana workshop is free and open to members of the public.

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Students offered reward for gaining NCEA credits Students at Mahurangi College are about to become part of a new initiative which offers phone credits for NCEA credits.

The programme is a part of the Vodafone Foundations World of Difference programme, run in coordination with Future Works, an initiative of Springboard Community Works.

Future Works programme manager Mark Gatt says the programme will involve 60 students who are at risk of becoming unemployed. “We want to motivate kids and encourage them to get an education and we know that kids love phones,” Mark says.

Last year Springboard received an $80,000 sponsorship from the Vodafone Foundation’s World of Difference programme to focus on tackling youth unemployment.

Vodafone foundation and sustainability manager Sum Green says it is great to support a unique way of getting more young people engaged in meaningful learning.

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The programme will help provide mentoring, after-school tutoring, work experience and driver’s licence training.

There is also a $5000 scholarship for a student to go on Outward Bound.

Cellphones will also be awarded to students who do particularly well.

Springboard founder Gary Diprose says the latest initiative is part of an expansion of the organisation. When it started 12 years ago the focus was on reducing youth offending, Gary says. Now the organisation is looking at broader youth issues, including reducing youth unemployment.

It’s important to develop a relationship with kids early, build trust, and try and deal with issues before they grow into real problems, Gary says.

Springboard has contacted every single school leaver from Mahurangi College last year and has been building a database of potential employers.

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Briefs Possum control programme A major possum control programme has begun in the Dome Valley. The programme is funded by the Auckland Council and involves 4450ha of highvalue conservation land. The programme involves hand-distributed feratox cyanide capsules, which are placed in blue bags and attached to trees every 200m. The capsules only kill animals less than 8kg as other animals and birds are unable to break into the capsules, NZ Bushpests Ltd owner Stuart Bennett says. Feratox poses no risk of secondary poisoning and is one of the most humane possum baits known, Stuart says. The programme includes about 130 private properties within or neighbouring the control area.

Another Lotto win for Wellsford How much would someone pay for the release of Wharehine managing director Rob (Bugsy) Gibson and construction manager Jared (Shifty) McGee? That’s the question Blue Light will be asking later this month.

Local personalities will be doing time in a makeshift prison cell outside The Warehouse in Snells Beach on Saturday, May 17.

The aim of the promotion is to raise funds for North Rodney Blue Light. Shoppers will be encouraged to make a donation towards bail for the release of the “prisoners”.

Wharehine bosses Rob Gibson and Jared McGee have already put their hands up to “do time”.

Wharehine will match anything raised dollarfor-dollar, Rob says. “Blue Light does a lot in the community, especially up in Wellsford where we are based, and we’re happy to support the event.”

Blue Light is a community policing youth programme

that for the past 30 years has run activities for youth free from drugs, alcohol and violence.

North Rodney Blue Light community youth coordinator Shane Gould says funds raised will help the charity continue its local programmes, as well as send those in need to the Blue Light life skills camps.

The jailhouse promotion ‘Time4Youth’ will be held at The Warehouse, from 11am to 1pm.

There will also be a sausage sizzle onsite and the opportunity to donate via a text. You can text ‘BLUE’ to 4419 to donate $3 to help.

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Wellsford Lotto shop Woody’s Winners is on a roll — just 10 weeks after a local won $500,000, another local has won $333,333. The latest first division prize was won on April 19. The store has had to change its window display yet again — it can now boast 14 first division winners, making it one of New Zealand’s luckiest Lotto outlets. A second division prize was also won locally in the same draw, and the store also sold a ticket that scored someone $10,000 in the bonus draw.

Z helps local groups Four local community groups will share $4000 in grants, following a fundraising programme organised through Warkworth’s Z petrol outlet.

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Briefs Crafty ideas An Open Day will be held at the Kowhai Art and Craft Centre on Friday, May 16, 10am to 1pm. There will be demonstrations and displays of arts and crafts including book art, calligraphy, felting, flax weaving, freeform creations, glass art, leather craft, painting, porcelain painting, pottery, printmaking, silk painting, spinning and weaving. Free entry.

Labour candidate Former Hibiscus Coast businessman Eric Bolt, of Dairy Flat, has been endorsed as the Labour Party candidate for Rodney. Mr Bolt and his wife set up an accounting business in Silverdale in 2003, which they sold in 2011. More recently, he has been involved with the Massey University e-centre and is developing a software app to help small businesses manage tax.

Club celebrates turning 40 The Mahurangi-Warkworth Senior Citizens Club is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and ex-members are invited to a lunch on May 26. The lunch will take place at the Warkworth Bowls Club in Mill Lane and registration by May 15 is essential. Cost $20 pp. Contact Betty Paxton on 425 5579, or Laurel Becroft on 425 7547.

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Dredgings from the marina will be more than 100,000m3, not 100m3.

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Laughing Lady finds new home in NZ A touch of American high society landed at the Whangateau Traditional Boatyard last month.

Boatbuilder Pam Cundy will spend the next 12 months restoring Laughing Lady, a 32-foot launch, which once ferried guests such as Jackie KennedyOnassis to a private island off New York.

Today it’s owned by Katy Dreyer, along with husband James and brother-inlaw Michael. Katy and James have both worked in the yachting industry for many years. They discovered a love for old boats while working as crew on the historic 142-foot Dutch-built Feadship Istros and also crewing aboard Fife yachts in various classic yacht regattas around the Mediterranean.

They were looking for a small-scale project of their own and found the Laughing Lady languishing in a yacht yard in San Diego last year. They made an offer and the boat was theirs.

It was loaded onto a cargo ship in Los Angeles and shipped to Tauranga in March, then towed on a large trailer up to Whangateau in early April.

Taking on the Laughing Lady is a departure for the boatyard, which normally works on NZ-built classic boats. It’s also one of the largest boat projects undertaken at the yard.

Pam says the restoration will keep as close as possible to the original design of the boat, but with the addition of modern navigational equipment and a galley for overnight trips.

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Laughing Lady’s NZ restoration started at Whangateau last month.

“Aside from that, there is a lot of wiring, woodworking, plumbing, paint and varnish to be done before she is on the waters of the Hauraki Gulf,” she said.

Luders in Connecticut built Laughing Lady in 1947. She has a double-planked mahogany and cedar hull, and teak decks, and was originally powered by two 150hp Packard engines. These have been replaced twin Volvo turbo engines. She was built as a day fishing boat and features a large open cockpit to accommodate fishing chairs and gear.

The Luders yard built and designed fast commuter yachts, Navy patrol boats, tugs, launches and racing yachts, including the 1962 America’s Cup winner Weatherly. It stopped production in the 1980s.

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the Whangateau boatyard nine years ago, she and partner George Emtage have restored many heritage, woodenplanked craft, and many are available for the public to use on picnic regatta days.

“Visitors are welcome to view our many project boats to gain a visual understanding of boatbuilding techniques used over the last 100 years or so.

“We are also compiling a history of the yard and the boats that were built here. This has seen the return of some precious half-models built by Claude and Howard Greenwood, which are on display.

“We’d welcome hearing from anyone who has any stories or photographs from the past 60 to 70 years, which we could include.”

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These handmade poppies are intended to represent the 18,000 Kiwi soldiers who died in World War I.

WWI show comes to Warkworth An exhibition which features 1000 ceramic poppies made by hundreds of young people will be coming to Warkworth this month, for one week.

The WWI exhibition was organised by the Estuary Arts Centre in Orewa, and will be moved to the Warkworth RSA from May 23 to 30.

Curator Kim Boyd organised for young people to make the poppies to commemorate those who died in the war. Each handmade glazed poppy represents at least 10 men who died.

Set alongside original military artworks, the installation is intended as a stark reminder of the massive number of deaths and casualties in the war.

Ceramic, glass artists, painters and textile artists were also invited to

submit work for the exhibition that pays tribute to WWI. Artists include Rebecca Owen, Inge Chappell, Triina Power, Ria Erasmus, Carol Dewe, Jenny Miller, John Hanson, Jacqui Penn, Pauline Coates, Philippa Walker, Sarah Ward, Shirley Pygott, Win McMinn, and Fay Clark.

Five printmakers — Val Cuthbert, Bev Head, Avril Bulbeck, Glennys Patterson and Sarah Philipson — have also constructed a timeline of significant events that took place on the three main WWI fronts.

A textile show featuring letters, poems and advertising posters carefully stitched by the Way Out West group and Adults in Motion at Snells Beach, under the guidance of Joan Hamilton, will also feature. Entry is free.

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The Great War (1914-18) took place when my mother was a girl. She grew up baking for basket socials and patriotic fetes to raise funds to send comfort parcels to the soldiers. A woman’s role was to keep the home fires burning, but for more than 600 New Zealand women the war was very different. They were actively involved in the war zones of Gallipoli and France as military nurses.

One of these women was Sister Charlotte Le Gallias, whose parents Horatio and Eliza lived at Mangakura, near Glorit. The Mangakura and Glorit communities had farewelled Charlotte’s brother Leddra in March Nurses aboard the NZHS Maheno 1915 and he was already at Gallipoli heading to Gallipoli. with the 4th Reinforcements when Charlotte left Wellington on the hospital ship Maheno on July 10, 1915.

New Zealanders had responded generously to an appeal from the Governor-General, the Earl of Liverpool, and the Maheno had been fitted out with eight wards and two operating theatres. The ship arrived at Moudros on August 25, 1915, and the next day was off Anzac Cove loading casualties from the Battle of Hill 60, which was the last major assault of the Battle of Gallipoli. During the following months, the Maheno ferried thousands of casualties to various hospitals.

Extracts from a letter written by Private Guy Farrell describe the scene: I am an orderly on that splendid gift of New Zealand, the hospital ship ‘Maheno’ and am on night duty in my ward which is under the charge of Sister Le Gallias. We are lying at anchor in that awful place Anzac Cove and as we have had only one batch from the trenches we have only four patients but by tomorrow we will have a full compliment of 56. I shall never forget the first few days of our initial trip to Anzac Bay when doctors, sisters and orderlies were at it for days on end with little or no rest except for meals which were taken hurriedly. My poor sister worked like a Trojan and it beats me how she kept going for so long with such frightful cases we were getting.

It is not only our New Zealand boys — our sisters give their heart too, but they are equally attentive to a Tommy or a Gurkha warrior.

Charlotte’s brother Leddra, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on July 23, 1915, must have been in her thoughts often as she worked tirelessly for his compatriots.

She returned to New Zealand in June 1916 and was married to Charles Gardner in April 1918. This was not the end of her career as a military nurse. During World War II she joined the Australian Army Nurses and served for four years. * References: New Zealand Military Nursing, Kendall & Corbett; Kia Tiaki, NZ Nurses Magazine.

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locallife Couple keen to spread the word about aphasia Kathleen Browne was busy preparing lunch when her world suddenly turned upside down.

She became confused about what she was doing, and dropped the eggs she was carrying. When she tried to talk to her husband, Len, the words wouldn’t come out. “She was a mumbling mess,” Len recalls.

Their doctor deduced that Kathleen had had a stroke, and a year later, she had another one. It affected her speech and her numeracy, making many everyday tasks, like writing a cheque and talking on the telephone, extremely difficult.

But that was five years ago and thanks to some intensive therapy, she has since made significant progress.

“After I came home from hospital I had a speech therapist who came to the house and she was wonderful,” says Kathleen. “I think that was the main thing — having someone who gave me the confidence to try and put my words together. She gave me a lot of exercises and we did them religiously every day until gradually my speech returned. It took a couple of years, all told.”

She also credits the Rodney Aphasia Group with speeding up her recovery.

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Kathleen and Len Browne are keen to spread a better understanding of aphasia, which often affects people who have strokes.

House in Silverdale. Members come from as far as Mangawhai, and there is a wide range of ages and abilities.

“We have a lot of professional people that speak at our meetings, and you gradually begin to recognise some of the problems you have and ways of getting around it.”

She admits she had never heard of aphasia before she had her stroke, and is keen to increase awareness of the condition. People with aphasia have difficulty understanding words, writing, speaking, reading, spelling

and using numbers. It affects about one-third of stroke victims, and can also be associated with brain tumours, brain infection, and head injuries.

While it helps to speak slowly to people with aphasia, their intelligence is not affected. However, communication can become hard work and some carry cards to explain to people why they are struggling to get their words out.

While there is no cure for the condition, regular exercises can help a lot.

Kathleen initially struggled with reading, but getting large-print books

out of the library gradually helped.

She also finds cooking therapeutic.

“For me, cooking was a very good exercise — particularly baking, because I had to read the recipe, weigh the ingredients, and organise myself.

That’s a little difficult when you’ve had a stroke.”

Twice a year, the group also organises what is known as “brain gym”, which involves intensive sessions with Massey University speech therapy students.

There are also conversation groups, where people can practise talking to each other, and a carers’ group.

Len, who had two small strokes in 2011, also goes along, even though he doesn’t have aphasia. “It affects the partners, too,” he says. “Some people come along expecting a miracle, but after a few months we can see the difference. The partner probably can’t because they’re with them all the time.”

The couple used to own the Queen St Corner Café in Warkworth and Kathleen was very active before she had her stroke. She has had to give up work, but has now returned to playing golf, and does tai chi twice a week. Many people who have had strokes also find computers extremely helpful, especially with tools like voice programmes, she says. Info: Des Griffin at beegri@clear.net.nz or 426-5110.

I love the life I’ve chosen at Summerset.

My home is really me, and so easy to live in.” Val Wood The Summerset way of life is all about having lots of choices, from the home you choose to the way you live.

The important thing is to get the most from life, whether it’s making your new home right for you with your own personal touches, or enjoying all the social events and activities in the village that really appeal to you.

If you would like to know more about the choices we have available at Summerset, come for a village tour, or call Steven Garner on 09 425 1202. You’ll find Summerset Falls at 31 Mansel Drive, Warkworth.

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Where were you when swine flu hit? For those who can remember back to 2009, swine flu had the potential to become a lethal and widespread epidemic around the world. It was quite nasty, but not nearly as bad as the great flu of 1918.

Governments around the world spent billions stockpiling a drug called Tamiflu to combat the risk. Only now are we finding out that this drug does not work as was originally claimed.

I must have been one of the first to get swine flu in NZ. As a front-line medic, I had the fevers and body aches early on in the outbreak. I swallowed some Tamiflu and took a day off, then thankfully I was okay. If I knew then what I know now I would not have bothered.

At the centre of this swindle are clinical trials. They are one of the main points of difference between doctors and charlatans — indisputable proof — and responsible for everything from the uptake of mainstream antibiotics to the banning of smoking.

Health agencies around the world recommended stockpiling Tamiflu because they believed it worked. However, we now know that the trials funded by Tamiflu maker Roche actually showed it may not be any more beneficial than aspirin, and has some worrying side effects. Roche did not initially release the full details of its trials to the governing bodies making the important decisions. This was entirely legal and likely to have been done with other drugs too, which is scary.

This has highlighted several problems in the system. Bringing a drug to market is a highly expensive and time-consuming process. Trials are often funded by drug companies, which are obviously interested in them being effective. Taking into account that at present they do not have to produce all the information, then it is no wonder that the system can be swindled. It is hard to act ethically when profit is at stake.

I hope what has happened with swine flu will prompt some change. But this scandal has nothing to do with your local doctor. We all act to diagnose and treat to the best of our knowledge every day, without prejudice.

There is a great body of good evidence and monitoring around most prescribed drugs, so unsafe and ineffective ones usually get the boot quickly. Doctors also get important feedback from their patients every day on what works and what does not, which is taken on board.

For me, however, it does show that there are still imperfections in what the medical system does and all new “cures” should be taken with a grain of salt.

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Heat oven to 200ºC or fan 180ºC. Divide the peeled cooked prawns between the ramekin dishes. Melt the butter in a saucepan and sauté the chopped shallots and garlic for 2-3 minutes until softened but not coloured. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Remove the pan away from the heat. Whisk in the cream a little at a time and return to the heat. Stir continuously until thickened. Add the chilli flakes, black pepper, fish sauce, lemon juice and half the cheese. Continue to stir until the cheese has melted into the sauce. Adjust the seasoning to taste. Pour the sauce over the prawns. Mix the remaining cheese with the breadcrumbs and paprika. Sprinkle the mixture over the top of the sauce and pat down gently. Place the ramekins onto a baking tray and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until bubbling and golden brown. Serve with a dusting of fresh parsley and a lemon wedge.

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It is time to make a change from the shared platters of summer to more formal dining, and for starters I like to do individual dishes using some of the colourful ramekins or gorgeous gratin dishes that I have accumulated over the years.

Using the best stoneware, made from quality clays, makes all the difference to the results as food will be cooked evenly and the dish will retain its heat until well after it is taken to the table. I like to use stoneware for the following reasons: • people have been using it for literally thousands of years; • it produces quality results; • as long as it is made with lead-free clay, stoneware can be safely used without worrying about what is leaching at high temperatures or what little flecks of chemical coatings are making their way into your baking; • it is heavy duty and will last forever. Any reputable manufacturer will have a three-year warranty. If cared for well, it could possibly last until your grandchildren begin to cook for you.

The following dish makes a simple and elegant starter. If you want to make it ahead by an hour or so, defrost the prawns and keep them in the fridge between paper towels. Make the sauce and let it cool down, then assemble the prawns and sauce into ramekins. Place into the oven when required.

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MoneyMatters Grant Clifton, Countrywise Financial www.countrywise.co.nz

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I am often asked when arranging finance for clients: “How do we pay off the mortgage faster?” Here are seven quick tips: 1. Start early. Think about how you will repay your home loan before you even sign up for it. Get some advice from a financial advisor or your accountant.

With a table mortgage, the early payments are mostly interest. Over time the proportion of interest per payment decreases and the proportion of principal increases. So the sooner you pay off your mortgage, the more you save.

2. Make fortnightly repayments, not monthly. If you pay half a monthly repayment each time, this means that you’ll make two extra repayments per year. Over the course of a 30-year mortgage, this can save thousands of dollars.

3. Pay a little more than you’ve agreed with the bank. Any extra money will go straight into lowering your principal and therefore lowering the interest owed.

Over the life of your mortgage this can save tens of thousands of dollars.

4. Make lump sum repayments. If you have a tax refund or some other cash windfall, use it to reduce your mortgage principal. If you’re on a fixed rate, however, you will need to ensure you are able to make such payments without incurring penalty interest.

5. Set your mortgage up with a revolving credit facility. Of all the tips to save money on your mortgage, this is the most effective. It can be tricky to set up properly, but providing you know how to use it effectively, it can save you tens of thousands of dollars. Ask your advisor to show you how to use revolving credit to pay off your mortgage faster.

6. Consolidate all your other debts (credit cards, car loans, personal loans) into one loan, or the mortgage. It should be cheaper and easier to manage.

7. Track your finances. Many people could greatly improve their finances if only they kept track of their income and expenditure. A great way to do this is to set up a spreadsheet to monitor your expenses and income. There is also some useful information and sheets on the website sorted.org.nz. Most banks also have online tools. Or you can seek help from a financial advisor. It’s easy once you know how and have a plan.

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Heartland by Jenny Pattrick Set in the small fictitious town of Manawa, in the shadow of Mt Ruapehu, this is the story of a community that pulls together when things get rough. Donny Mac has just been released from a short prison stint and has returned to the house left to him by his late grandfather.

Donny is a good-hearted lad but is perhaps not quite the ‘full quid’. He arrives home to find the local slapper Pansy, commonly known as Nightshade, pregnant and claiming Donny Mac is the father. There is Tracy, a teenage solo mum who squats in empty houses. Bull is the agoraphobic ex-rugby player, and Vera, his friend who delivers his evening meals in an old baby pram. Di Masefield is the woman who wants to smarten up the town so she can subdivide and sell to the townies who come for the ski season, and her sons are the reason Donny ended up in jail. Add to this mix three elderly eccentric sisters who have recently moved to town and you have an idea of the cast of characters. Then an accident happens that threatens to put Donny Mac back into jail. Very enjoyable read.

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T.T.E. DESIGNS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNERS

Over 25 years experience in all aspects of residential design THOMAS ERRINGTON Dip.Arch.

P: 09 425 0512 M: 027 453 2495 E: ttedesigns@ruralinzone.net W: www.ttedesigns.co.nz

dens@xtra.co.nz PO Box 193, Warkworth

Denis 021 945 498 Joel 021 422 592

Foundations • Floors • Drives • Paths • Digger & Truck Hire Concrete Specialists backed by over 30 years experience Established since 1984

OUTDOOR SERVICES LAWNS & MORE

LAWNS Dedicated Mowers for • Finishing • 4x4 hill work • Scrub clearing

“It’s all in the finish”

Ph Richard Bray Owner/Operator 422 2992 021 842 340 richard@outdoorservices.co.nz

Arcadia

Tree Care

Specialising in:  STUMP GRINDING  Fine Pruning  Tree Removal  Hedge Trimming Ph Kevin on 021 725 757

• Mowing – Residential & Lifestyle Blocks – We can mow anything • Gardening & Design • Hedge & Tree Maintenance FOR ALL YOUR GROUNDCARE NEEDS

0800 276 7726

The Tree

Bears Tree Trimmers

Hedge TRIMMING • tree removal insured - 300mm chipper • free quotes General Tree Work Phone mark 021 492 939 AH 09 425 0252

• Landscape

Construction & Garden Design • Specialists in Lifestyle Property Development & Maintenance

• Lawns - contouring & seeding • Top soil • Retaining Walls • Driveways • Paths

Kurt Salmond

• Digger • Truck • Tractor

JB's No 1 LANDSCAPING SERVICES

• PLANTING • FENCES

• PAVING • DECKS

• RETAINING WALLS • GARDEN MAKEOVERS

SERVICING HIBISCUS COAST TO MANGAWHAI JOHN BETTRIDGE (JB) Phone: 09 425 4086 Mobile: 021 665 558 E-mail: john.bettridge@jbsno1.co.nz

EARTH &

TREE WORKS • Earth Excavation • Tree Felling & complete removal

09 431 5344 • 021 159 7147

TOTAL LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION for complete quality projects

09 422 9514 021 831 938 www.junglefix.co.nz

Digital Freeview Satellite Installation & Repairs

TV • Video • DVD Tuning Additional TV Outlets Phone David Redding 09 422 7227 or 0274 585 457

Phone Bruce 425 7766 a/h I take the hard work out of Landscaping

HOME MAINTENANCE HANDYMAN Phillip Keesing Decks Ph. (09) 422 6036 Fences Mob. 021 045 0132 General repairs pjkeesing@gmail.com Clean ups All things considered General repairs covering a wide range of jobs around the house including decks and fences

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

DELIVER! •Tirau Gold•Pine Chip•Cambian Bark

183 SANDSPIT RD, WARKWORTH • OPEN 7 DAYS! Mon-Fri: 7am-5pm Sat: 7am-4pm Sun: 9am-3pm

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• Screened Topsoil • Living Earth Compost & Garden Mix • Lawn Mix • Mulch • Bark • Pebbles • Stones • Sand • Drainage • Metal • Sleepers • Pongas • Grass Seed • Fertiliser • Weedmat • Kiln Dried Firewood bagged & bulk plus much more

FREE LOAN TRAILERS HOME DELIVERIES 7 DAYS A WEEK email: warkworth@centrallandscapes.co.nz 25-31 Morrison Dr WARKWORTH 09 425 9780

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Property & Handyman Services | Furniture & Furniture Restoration | Painters & Decorators | Window Cleaners | Carpets | Water Pumps | Marine & Small Engines

For all your property maintenance and small building projects

Do you need a reliable, honest local tradesperson?

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We’ll find the right tradesperson for those jobs around your home and property. We’re local like you – from Puhoi to Mangawhai.

PROPERTY SERVICES & MAINTENANCE

Phone to discuss YOUR requirements 021 423 860 - 423 8619 a/h handyman@bruno.co.nz • www.bruno.co.nz

Bradwood Kitchens HANDCRAFTED BESPOKE SOLID WOOD KITCHENS

FROM RECYCLED & NEW TIMBERS

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Timber Furniture Specialists with quality workmanship guaranteed Specialising in antique, new furniture & all other timber surfaces.

09 4317552 info@guybucchi.com www.guybucchi.com

Phone Grant or Lesley 23b Foundry Rd, Silverdale | 09 426 2979 www.silverdalefurniturerestorations.co.nz 09 426 8412 | www.countrycharm.co.nz

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Furniture Restoration • Re-spraying • Special Finishing • Colour Matching Insurance quotes • Furniture repairs • Custom made – Recycled or new timber • Modifications • Upholstery

Your Painter/Decorator with over 25 years experience serving all surrounding areas

Leigh Decorators Painting • Paperhanging • Roofs • Airless Spraying • Stopping (small jobs) • Repaints • New Homes For your Free Quote and/or Consultation phone Gary HOME: 09-422-6695 • MOBILE: 021-024-44941 EMAIL: leighdecorators@clear.net.nz

Welch Painting & Decorating Mark Welch

• Painting • Paper Hanging • Spray Painting • Water Blasting

Mob: 027 240 8330 A/h : 422 2678 • Fax: 422 2676

Call FREE

0800 022 101

Certified Member of the M: 021 456 429 Carpet Cleaning Association of NZ E: sbrocks@vodafone.co.nz

Spraypainters of quality kitchens Lacquers, enamels, 2 pacs, clearcoats Resprays and Recolours

Phone / Fax Gary 425 7669 Unit 21/30 Hudson Road, Warkworth115

Window Cleaning

Sparkling windows is our business Ruth Murray • ruth.murray@clear.net.nz

021 106 5717 or 021 230 2626 (2007) Ltd

Water - Filters - Underbench - UV - Whole House • Water Coolers • Water Pumps • Sales & Service

0800 787 392

“If you don’t have a filter you are the filter” Call Steve today 027 478 7427 he’s your local

• Water treatment & Filtration • Pumps • Pool & Spas • Waterblasters 7days / 24hours Paul Harris

www.purewaterservices.co.nz

M: 021 425 887 T: 09 425 0075 E: pumps4u@live.com

H2O PUMPS

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steve@purewaterservices.co.nz

Water Treatment

31 WOODCOCKS RD WARKWORTH - 425 9100

Ph Mandy 09 423 0005 or 021 507 463

Pump & Filtration Services

Pumping Systems

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Pumps / Water Tanks / Filtration / Treatment Spa & Pool Shop / Pool Valet Service Water Blasters / Sprayers Hose & Fittings / Mobile & Workshop Service

Interior/Exterior n Waterblasting n Roof Painting Airless Spraying n Plastering n Wallpapering Colour Consulting n Decorative Effects Qualified Tradesmen - Honest/Reliable

itchen Colours and Wood Finishes

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Emergency Flood Service 12 Years Technical Experience Fully Qualified & Certified

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25 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Silverdale (next to BP) Ph: 09 426 9660 • em: clipper.furniture@xtra.co.nz www.clipperfurniture.co.nz

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OUTDOOR FURNITURE Tables to order Chairs • Swingseats Benches • Umbrellas NZ made – quality built to last

• Filtration • UV Sterilizers • Softeners and Neutralizers • Iron Removal

Owen Ward

Phone 021 771 878 • 24hrs 09 425 6002 Email: h2opumps@xtra.co.nz MoBILe eFTPos AVAILABLe

New Pump Sales Service Installation

Phone/Fax 425-5619 Mobile 0800 733 765

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Water Pumps & Tanks | Plumbing | TV Aerial & Satellite | Graphic Design & Printers | Picture Framing | Water Suppliers | Mobility Scooters | Storage | Locksmiths & Security | Furniture Removal

ABSOLUTE CONCRETE clean. care. repair.

WATER TANKS

WATER TANK & WATER APPLICATION CLEANING AGENCY

09 4312211

Warkworth: Phone John or Annette Carr

p: 09 425 7477 | m: 027 240 7791 | f: 09 425 7483 email: mobikair@xtra.co.nz

sales@absoluteconcrete.co.nz

Mangawhai: Phil Lathrope 431 4608 | 021 642 668

www.mobi-kair.co.nz

& DRAINLAYING

TV AERIAL & SATELLITE SERVICES Freeview Sales & Installation TV & FM Aerials

Mark Sim 021 102 4561 tplumber@xtra.co.nz TTT Plumbing & Drainlaying Limited

TRIED – TESTED – TRUSTED

Warkworth FURNITURE REMOVALS • Specialist Furniture y a Truck s d Lin ylor • Packing & Storage Ta • Caring Owner/ Operator • Carriers Liability Insurance Phone 0274 889 216 • Ah 09 422 7495

GAVIN BROUGH Ph 09 425 5495 Mob 0274 766 115

PICTURE PERFECT TV

WARKWORTH PICTURE FRAMERS

Household Drinking

WATER

0800 GET H20 4 3 8 4 2 6

• Plan Printing, Colour & B/W Photocopying • Laminating, Binding, Fax and Scanning Service • Internet and Email Service

Phone 425 7257 | chris@copyworks.co.nz Argyll Angle, 58-60 Queen Street, Warkworth

MOBILITY SCOOTERS

Rodney – North Shore

SALES • SERVICE • HIRE Noel & Lyn Beale

COMPLETE CUSTOM FRAMING SERVICE

Ph 09 422 2615 or 0800 022 884

David and Pat Little P. 09 425 8143 E. the_littles@xtra.co.nz 15 Coquette Street,Warkworth 0910 DAVID LITTLE GCF

Household Water Deliveries

DRINNAN CONTRACTORS

office & Internet services

0800 747 928 mobile: 027 556 6111

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0800 638 254 OR 09 422 3700

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Result of Warkworth St John Raffle RAFFLE RESULT:

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PHONE 09 425 5597

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C.I.D.E.S.C.O, C.I.B.T.A.C, dip Beauty Therapy, dip Electrolysis, dip Body Therapy, dip Nail Technician

46 McKinney Road, Warkworth Mob 021 051 3661 • Ph 09 425 7776 tlcbeautytherapynails@yahoo.co.nz

• Facials • Waxing • Tinting • Gel Nails • Acrylic Nails • Manicures • Pedicures • Electrolysis • Make-up • Body Wraps • Massage • Spray Tans

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Advertise your classifieds and church notices here for only

$4.40 per line or $11.20 per/cm inc GST for boxed adverts.

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

FOR SALE

PUBLIC NOTICES

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

HAY - NEW SEASONS Top quality, no kikuyu, $10-$12 a bale. Phone 09 4257479 or 0274970980.

HOUSIE, HOUSIE, HOUSIE Warkworth RSA downstairs meeting room, 1.30pm start May 14th & 28th 2014 WARKWORTH QUILTERS RAFFLE Drawn 16 April. 1st 1549. 2nd 0877. 3rd 0895. Organiser Margaret Sinclair

DRIVEWAYS MAINTENANCE Grading, Rolling & Metalling for rural Driveways. No job to BIG or small. Ph Bruce 425 7766.

EQUESTRIAN SAFE DESTINATION. Natural hoof trimming. Horse starting. Transportation. Ph Nathan 027 678 3865

FLIGHTS

SCENIC FLIGHTS 30 mins $59; 20 mins $49; Min. 3 passengers.

Trial flights $79. Gift vouchers available.

GREAT BARRIER FLIGHTS. Special stopover up to 4 hours.

Return $110. Min. 3 passengers.

One way flights $115 each. Min 2 passengers.

NORTH CAPE FLIGHTS $430 each. Min 3 passengers.

Rodney Aero Club 425 8735 or Rod Miller 425 5612 FOR RENT CLINIC SPACE AVAILABLE Health practitioner wanted to share large clinic room, Warkworth. Available 1-3 days per week. Ph Madhu 021 418 068.

SNELLS BEACH 2 bdrm, lounge/dining, bthrm, well presented, fully furnished, self-contained flat. Avail May-Nov 2014.

N/S No animals $295 pw Ph 425 5613

RENT ME! RENT ME!

Ideal as Ideal an extra office. Three as bedroom an extraor bedroom or ofce.

Three convenient sizes:- $65pw, convenient sizes: standard 3.6m x 2.4m standard x 2.4m - $65pw, large 4.2m x 2.4m3.6m - $79pw & xtra-large 4.8m & 4.2m 2.4m - $79pw x 2.4m - large $95pw.

Fullyx insulated with lockable xtra-large 4.8m x 2.4m $95pw. ranchslider, large window, power, security lights, with& even lockable curtains,Fully carpet,insulated smoke alarm a small ranchslider, largerental window, power, deck. Minimum 6 month period. security lights, curtains, carpet, Call to find alarm a Display Cabin in your smoke & even a small deck.area or for6 amonth free brochure.

Minimum rental period.

LIVESTOCK. 6 in lamb ewes, 1 Blackface Ram. All friendly. Elec’ hand piece. Sheep crate for trailers/ute. $1500 Ph (09) 425 4407 / 021 0343 707

TUITION

RAWLEIGH Products. Ph Pat 425 8851 NISSAN SKYLINE 1991 Manual coupe, original condition. 2.5 non turbo $5,400 Ph 09 422 2044

GARAGE SALES MAUNGATUROTO 2ND HAND SHOP maybe interested in buying your garage sale goods. Phone 09 431 8440 or 021 125 1576.

CAR BOOT / HALL SALE Sat 10 May 8.30am. Warkworth Methodist Centre Neville St. Sites available $10. Ph Val Shepherd 425 6336.

HEALTH SERVICES PAIN RELIEF Contact C.A.R.E. Injury & pain release therapy. Advanced practitioner. Susan Maynard.

Ph 027 358 1541 www.edens.co.nz

HOME MAINTENANCE HANDYMAN – THE MAINTENANCE MAN Your one stop fix-it-man. Phone Jim 422 3725 or 021 254 2048 or visit www.themaintenancemanjim.co.nz LAWNS - Contouring, prepping and laying. Owner/operator 25+yrs experience. For complete quality projects phone Bruce (09) 425 7766.

WATER FILTERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria. FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 945 2282 or visit www.purewaterservices.co.nz STEVE’S MAINTENANCE lawns, hedges, waterblasting, rubbish removal, section clearing, property maintenance. No job too big or small.

Phone Steve 029 770 7101 or 09 425 9966. Serving Warkworth, Snells, Matakana, Sandspit.

WATER PUMPS Low water pressure?

Get it sorted. Sales, service and installation. Work guaranteed. Steve 09 945 2282 ww.purewaterservices.co.nz LAWNMOWING & SECTION MAINTENANCE SERVICE Rubbish removal, weed control, water blasting, decks, drives, paths, fence painting & repairs. Warkworth - Matakana & Beaches. Jeff is reliable and punctual.

Phone 027 425 7357 or 425 7357.

CHIMNEY SWEEPING SERVICES Call Nathan 027 678 3865 INTERIOR ExTERIOR PAINTER Affordable, approachable, anytime, AAA guarantee, 7 years experience. Free quotes. Located on the Hibiscus Coast.

Ph Chris 09 421 1638, 0211641663

PHOTOGRAPHIC & DIGITAL PRESERVE YOUR MEMORIES

Videos, slides & old 8mm films all on to DVD. Ph TeTotara Video (09) 422 5710.

‘SHAVE FOR A CURE’ 31.03.2014

This is a big thank you from Pat Marks to the people who have sponsored me and donated for this fundraiser.

The Leukaemia and Blood Cancer N.Z. Foundation are very appreciative for your generosity.

A Fantastic effort with total contributions of $1775.70

HOTEO NORTH SCHOOL SOCIETY INC. AGM

Monday June 9, 7.30pm Hoteo North Hall All community members welcome.

Nanny & More!

Clairvoyant/ MediuM

Quality full-time local courses for nanny & childcare careers Call Amanda now for free info!

424 3055 nannyacademy.ac.nz

Ph 428 3887 or 0274 750 999

Individualised Teaching

SERVICES Beryl Clarke genuine accurate messages from spirit. For confidential appointment

SITUATIONS VACANT $$$$ FOR WALKING!! Catalogue distributors required in Omaha, Matakana, Pt Wells and Sandspit. Ph/ txt Colleen 027 277 0884 / 09 431 4757.

HOLIDAY MANAGERS We are looking for new holiday managers living in Orewa, Waiwera, or Snells Beach to look after a small portfolio of homes, using this as a base to grow the area. You have attention to detail, enjoy cleaning, meeting people, and have a computer, internet and mobile phone. gemma@ bachcare.co.nznz

TUITION

Mahurangi gyMnastics cluB rythMic gyMnastics

ropes, hoops, Balls & ribbon Junior class: 3.30-5.30pm senior class: 3.30-6.30pm term 2 Commences Wed 7th May Mahurangi College Woodcocks Rd, Warkworth Further info: Margaret Woolf Email: margaretwoolf@xtra.co.nz Mob: 021 707 322 Liz Davie-Martin Email: getcd@xtra.co.nz Mob: 027 3316 355

English, Mathematics, Reading Art, Photography, Photoshop Diane Halstead HDipTch, MFA Contact: 09 422 7005 or 021 183 6886 djhalstead@xtra.co.nz DRAWING AND BEYOND ART CLASSES For beginners to experienced, Mon 7-8:30pm, Contact: Diane Halstead MFA, 021 183 6886, djhalstead@xtra.co.nz

TV SERVICES & SALES ALL FREEVIEW INSTALLATIONS Dish, Aerial, Additional Outlet .. THE TV MAN IS THE ONE! FREE QUOTE Call JIM THE MAINTENANCE MAN 021 254 2048 or visit www.themaintencemanjim.co.nz FREEVIEW TV, Audio, Installation, Faults & Supply. Andrew 021 466 394 or 422 2221.

TV SERVICES Aerials, Dishes, Freeview sales, installation and service. Extra outlets. Serving the area for 18 years.

Phone Gavin 027 476 6115.

AERIAL & SATELLITE DISH INSTALLATIONS

Professional Installation of Satellite Dishes and Freeview UHF Aerials.

Wall mount TV Installations, Multi-room Solutions. Audio and Home Theatre. TV Tuning Services.

Phone 425 5431.

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING WANTED Sudoku solution FAMILY HOME WANTED Warkworth,

Snells beach, private sale, any condition.

Call Leigh 021466692

WANTED TO BUY CASH PAID TOOLS & Machinery, Shed & garage clearouts. All things considered.

Call or txt 021 161 5139.

SECOND HAND GOODS - Glenfield Trading wants to buy second hand goods.

Servicing surrounding Warkworth area.

Ph Graham on 09 443 6013.

CARS WANTED Any cars, any condition.

Top $$$ paid. Ph/txt 021 857 007.

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Holy Mass Timetable: WARKWORTH

SS. Peter & Paul Church Sunday: 8.30am

Warkworth Anglican Parish Church Services Christ Church, Church Hill, Warkworth

Every Sunday 8am and 9.30am St. Leonard's, Matakana

1st and 3rd Sundays at 9.30am Snells Beach Community Church

2nd Sunday at 9am

St.Alban's, Kaipara Flats

1st Sunday at 11.15am

St.Michael and All Angels, Leigh

3rd Sunday at 11.00am

Real Estate Sales Person Required As a result of our continued success, we are currently seeking a Real Estate Salesperson to join our fantastic team.

United Real Estate is a third generation, boutique agency and we pride ourselves on being Warkworth’s longest established real estate business. United Real Estate is proud to be independent. Our team actively support each other and as a result our dynamic team is encouraging and friendly.

An attractive package is available. We are proud to offer you a great working environment, marketing and sales training and personal development.

If you are a self-starter with a passion to be the best, come and join us. We look forward to meeting you.

Steven Postlewaight 09 425 7949 or 021 883 848

5 Pulham Road, Warkworth Phone 425 8861 www.mahu.org.nz

Phone 425 8054 or www.anglican-warkworth.org

Sunday Services 9am & 10.30am

Mahurangi Methodist Parish Warkworth Methodist

1 Hexham Street, Warkworth Parish Office: Ph 425 8660 Sunday Service 10.30am Hall Bookings PH 425 8053

snell’s Beach Community Church 325 Mahurangi East Rd Sunday Service 9am Hall Bookings PH 425 5707

Phone 425 8660 for information

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Roading is always a hot in the north so it wasn’t Top10 10viewed viewed stories stories in April Top April After many months oftopic planning and construction, surprising that a suggestion that a link road beunveiled built, the Warkworth clock tower artwork was between State Highway 1 and Matakana Road, bypassing 1. Hopes for new link road to Matakana on March 29.

Read all about it, including 1. Hill Street improvements could begin this year theSaturday, notorious Hill Street intersection, drew plenty of 2. Fast-track sought for Te Arai development photos the artwork andSeveral officialreaders unveiling interest of from online readers. have taken 2. Puhoi to Warkworth motorway feature KitchenWorks provides kitchens and cabinetry with the opportunity to join the forum and contribute their ideas ceremony, at www.localmatters.co.nz.

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Environment

Gill Warren Smith & Warren Ltd

Christine Rose

ARMCHAIR TRAVEL to CUBA - winter lecture #1 Trish Allen will take you to the lush island of Cuba vibrant culture, resilient people, ageing leadership a picture talk in Warkworth on 18 June Wednesday

Join permaculturist Trish and designer Gill Warren at lunch time with bowl of soup or early evening with bowl of soup and glass of wine Times, venue and costs and additional lectures to come.

Contact Gill +64 21 431 098 • gill@smithandwarren.co.nz facebook/smithandwarrendesign

Landscape & Interior Design

DON’T WAIT TILL IT’S TOO LATE!

Get your septic tank smelling sweet for summer!

DOES MY SEPTIC TANK NEED CLEANING? Yes, every 2-3 years.

Why? Because septic tanks are a filter. You clean your car filter and your water filters regularly and yet one of the most important filters gets forgotten - your septic tank. Keep your environment clean and green.

Rodney Septic Tank Cleaning Phone 09 422 7166 or 027 494 6370

NOT JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL!

christine.rose25@gmail.com

Crimes against the planet Fukushima. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Exxon Valdez. Rainforest destruction. Extinctions. The great ocean rubbish gyres. Climate change.

Deep sea mining. Each one of these is long lasting, wilful or negligent, mostly irreparable. But who will prosecute these crimes against the planet?

Since the 1970s, lawyers and philosophers have called for the creation of a fifth “international crime against peace” — ecocide — so that crimes with destructive ecological impacts can be prosecuted. British lawyer Polly Higgins proposes a legal definition of ecocide as: “The extensive damage to, destruction of, or loss of ecosystem(s) … to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by … inhabitants … has been or will be severely diminished”.

Even though it’s still an anthropocentric definition that wouldn’t make destruction of the environment a crime in itself, the proposal has failed to gain the international support it deserves.

It’s currently a crime to cause widespread, long-term and severe damage to the environment during war-time, though how often that is prosecuted one wonders. There’s no equivalent crime during peace, even though the act is just as common. Proponents of the creation of the crime of ecocide say it’s a breach of a duty of care owed to humanity. We owe future generations the right to healthy seas, clean air, and a habitable planet. But if we support Ecuador’s Bill of Rights for Nature, which changes the legal status of nature from property to a rightsbearing entity, we also owe species the right to flourish; ecosystems their right to complexity and health; and birds natural quiet, so they can hear each other sing.

At least 10 countries have already adopted ecocide as a domestic crime.

Interestingly, most of them are ex-Soviet states.

Polly Higgins argues that in the case of “ascertainable ecocide”, humans, corporates and individuals can be identified and held to account. But critics say that criminalising the widespread destruction of ecosystems would criminalise the whole human race, and stifle economic development.

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Mangawhai finally removing mangroves After three-and-a-half years and a $400,000 court case, work has begun removing mangroves from the Mangawhai Harbour in the first consent of its kind in New Zealand.

In 2011, the application for resource consent to remove 87ha of mangroves was declined. However, following an appeal to the Environment Court, and about $400,000 in legal fees, the Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society received consent to remove 17.4ha of mangroves.

Work on the first 0.65ha section at Lincoln Street Reserve started at the end of March with sections at Moir Point, the Insley Street causeway, and the “mangrove island” in the harbour to be removed over the next two years.

Removal costs and legal fees are funded by a levy on the rates of Mangawhai residents and the initial removal phase will cost about $10,000.

Coastal consultant Andre Albonte says the work will be ongoing, as removing new seedlings will probably be a permanent job.

DS Logging Mangawhai has been contracted to remove mature and juvenile mangroves using a digger, and local volunteers will be appointed

The Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society is finally able to remove selected areas of mangroves after a lengthy and costly court battle.

to remove seedlings. But getting help shouldn’t be a problem as over 80 people attended a meeting on mangrove removal in February, and 63 people signed up for a range of volunteer roles.

Concerns the work would dislodge a large amount of sediment have been unfounded, Andre says. Sediment levels are monitored and have remained low, at about 10 per cent of the allowable threshold of the consent.

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Society chair Trevor Downey says it’s great to finally see the mangroves coming out.

Society deputy chair Richard Bull has lived in the area for more than 70 years and says he hopes the work will see parts of the harbour restored to its former glory.

“As a child there were no mangroves in this area. Only in the upper areas of the creeks,” Richard says.

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granted consent after liberalising regulations around mangrove removal in 2010.

The removal has been looked on with envy from some under Auckland Council jurisdiction.

Members of the Omaha Beach community want to remove mangroves in the Whangateau Harbour.

Current Auckland Council regulations restrict mangrove removal to 60cm seedlings, unless the area is a marine reserve or Coastal Protection Area 1.

Removal of full-grown mangroves is restricted to plants which interfere with infrastructure, such as roads.

But there is a proposal in the Unitary Plan to allow mangroves to be removed back to 1996 levels.

Omaha Beach community president Graham Painter says a coordinated and mechanised approach is needed.

“If you allow them to continue to spread, in 10 to 15 years the Whangateau Harbour will be completely choked,” Graham says.

However, the Whangateau Harbour Care Society is opposed to widespread removal of mangroves. Society member and marine biologist Dr Roger Grace says they have high ecological value.

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Survey reveals opinions about local shops A survey of shoppers in Warkworth has revealed that there is room for improvement at some of the town’s retailers. The customer insight survey was conducted by the Warkworth Area Business Association (WABA), with the aim of providing valuable feedback to its members.

It has revealed that convenience and a friendly, relaxed atmosphere are the things people like most about shopping and doing business in Warkworth.

However, a lack of variety and poor parking are the biggest dislikes.

WABA chair Rachel Callender says the survey has given some clear indicators about what locals are after when it comes to supporting local businesses.

More than 90 percent of respondents said good service was either “very” or “extremely” important when choosing to shop in Warkworth. Only 53 per cent rated price as similarly important.

One-third of those surveyed thought service was “fairly good”, while 58 per cent thought it was “very good” or “excellent”.

“There seems to be room for improvement in the service stakes, which should be heeded as most people will vote with their feet when they get poor service,” says Rachel.

While many respondents said they would complain directly to the shop or business if they had concerns, 94 percent said they would tell their friends about their bad experience and simply not go back. More choice in the types of shops and businesses and more variety in the goods and services they offer are key improvements local customers are after, says Rachel.

Karan Smith (left) of Warkworth receives her $250 prize from WABA’s new secretary, Marta Foldkozi.

There were also lots of comments about how shabby and dirty the outsides of some of the buildings were, how tired some shop displays appeared, and the poor accessibility for people with limited mobility.

Promotional offers, loyalty rewards, and communications like emails and newsletters were seen as less important, while getting to know the people they were dealing with was very or extremely important for 71 percent of respondents.

“There are lots of things we could work on

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The survey had 136 respondents, and the winner of the $250 ‘participation prize’ was Karan Smith of Warkworth.

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A new café opening in Snells Beach promises to have a dedicated focus to pleasing coffee lovers.

Little & Local Coffee Kitchen will open its doors on Saturday May 24 in the former location of Market Provedores.

The café’s new owners, Scott and Melody Nightingale, recently took over the business from Melody’s brother-in-law Jono, after he asked them to help out for a while.

When Jono decided to return to the wine industry, Scott and Melody were presented with an unexpected opportunity, and they decided to take the plunge.

“I don’t think we’ve both been this passionate about a project for a long time,” Melody says.

It has been quite a challenge for the couple. Scott is a software developer while Melody cares for their two small children and works part-time. But they say they are loving their new direction in life.

Scott is a self-confessed coffee geek, even roasting his own coffee in a popcorn maker, so feels at home behind the coffee machine.

“For a while the best coffee in the area was in our own kitchen,” Melody says.

Scott soon got to work to make the coffee at the café as good as the cup he made at home. He doesn’t roast the coffee for the café however, as he

With a background in travel and fashion marketing, Nicole Ward has always appreciated style. But her recent foray into the world of retail was definitely unplanned.

Stuck at home in Matakana with two young children three years ago, she found herself searching online for items for her daughter’s fifth birthday party.

“I got bits and pieces from all over the place, and everybody was going: ‘Where did you get that?’” she recalls.

At the time she was involved in website design so, spotting a gap in the market, she decided to launch her own online shop. It was perfect timing, as at that stage there were few local websites selling designer homewares and accessories.

“The media really supported my website,” said Nicole, “and our products got featured in many magazines and newspapers — sales went absolutely mad.” After two years, she realised she would no longer be able to run the business from home, as the garage simply wasn’t up to it. So she began looking for a suitable venue, and was thrilled when the corner site next to Charlie’s Gelato Garden in Matakana became available. The building was big enough for warehousing, distribution and a retail store.

Nicole says locals have been wonderfully supportive, and have watched her transform the fruit and vege store into a light and airy homeware emporium.

Many of the goods she stocks have a

Scott and Melody Nightingale

says he can’t beat the results achieved by award-winning local roasters Rush Coffee.

The best part has been experiencing the support of the local community, the couple say.

“We want to see this place become a local hub where people gather and feel a sense of belonging, and enjoy wholesome food and great coffee at the same time,” Melody says.

Where possible they are using local producers and are involved with Springboard Community Works, getting them to make a hand-crafted wooden table.

They look forward to developing further local connections.

The existing café will close on May 10 in preparation for the launch of Little & Local on May 24.

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vintage twist. As well as old-fashioned wooden and tin toys, you’ll find milk bottles and crates, Agee jar candles, vintage maps, and science lab stools.

Nicole has hand-picked a selection of designer items from around the world, including well-known brands such as House Doctor, Anorak, Orla Kiely, Karlsson, Robert Gordon, and Citta.

She also stocks local items made in Matakana. The store has an extensive range of lighting, with industrial and vintage themes, that are currently hard to find in New Zealand.

Once winter is over, she plans to open a coffee shack outside, and has already been busy landscaping the area into a cosy courtyard with lots of jasmine.

She also plans to offer two desks for rent in the office in the back of the building. “The support from the local community has been totally amazing — it has made it all worthwhile.”

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Multimillion-dollar sales at Point Wells Two multimillion-dollar properties have recently sold in Point Wells, highlighting the strong real estate market in the area.

A house on Point Wells Road sold for $2.5 million and a 5000m2 (0.5ha) waterfront section has sold for $2.3 million.

Bayleys in the North director Mark Macky says it is another sign of a strong real estate market in Mahurangi which is buoyed by the strong Auckland residential property market.

“The Auckland residential market is booming. People are selling on the strong market in Auckland and moving out here for the lifestyle,” Mark says.

The five-bedroom, 400m2 house has an office and four bathrooms and sits on a 5300m2 property which runs right on to the water of the Omaha River.

About 80 per cent of interested buyers for the house were from Auckland, Mark says. However, the winning bid was from a local.

Meanwhile, the $2.3 million section is in a development on Point Wells Road, on the estuary facing west towards Omaha and was sold to an Auckland businessmen who is looking to build a house and make it his primary

A five-bedroom home in Point Wells has recently sold for $2.5 million.

home, Mark says. It was sold in an offmarket sale.

As Auckland gets bigger and busier more people want to live out of the city, but still want somewhere in close proximity, he says.

“We have cafes, vineyards, beaches and regional parks. It all makes for a really desirable place to live. But proximity to Auckland is also crucial,” he says.

People are also more confident in the strong economy, he says.

This has helped boost demand at the high end of the market, but supply has been restricted and there aren’t a lot of properties for sale at that level, Mark says.

All around the coast near Matakana has had much stronger demand, he says.

Omaha is also running out of land, and means people in the high-end market are looking further afield, he says.

This has all had an impact on prices, Mark says.

Point Wells has become particularly popular being close to the water and to Matakana. There is also a limited supply of land in Point Wells, he says.

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Rural property sales steady “The buoyancy and the confidence being shown in the market, albeit underpinned by a degree of caution, has resulted in a depletion of listings in most regions, with insufficient supply to meet the demand. Some regions report a flurry of delayed activity as a number of vendors commit to sales in the later part of the season.”

Noteworthy points include strong first farm purchase activity in Northland, with some sharemilkers unable to find a home for their herds.

Grazing properties accounted for the largest number of sales with a 38 percent share of all sales over the three months to March. Finishing properties were 21 percent, dairy properties were 22 percent and horticulture properties were 9 percent of all sales. These four property types accounted for more than 90 percent of all sales during the three months to March.

Commenting on the lifestyle property market, Brian Peacocke says: “Whilst the market is generally steady around the country, several regions have experienced quite strong activity, with a corresponding lift in sales volumes.

Prices remain at healthy levels, listing stocks are variable.”

Noteworthy points include a lift in sales volumes in the Auckland region with strong activity on the southern fringe of the city in the $1m bracket.

Purchasers seem prepared to invest in development opportunities, listings are generally in good supply but tighter in the $600-$800,000 range closer in, he says.

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The latest data from the Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ) shows there were 94 more farm sales for the three months ended March 2014 than for the three months ended March 2013 — an increase of 25 percent. More than 1800 farms were sold in the year to March 2014 — 28 percent more than were sold in the previous year.

The median price per hectare for all farms sold in the three months to March 2014 was $22,342 — roughly the same as the previous year.

However, the median price per hectare fell 1.3 percent compared to February.

The REINZ All Farm Price Index was essentially flat in the three months to March compared to the three months to February, moving from 3,176.0 to 3,174.7. Compared to March 2013 the REINZ All Farm Price Index rose by 9.2%. The REINZ All Farm Price Index adjusts for differences in farm size, location and farming type compared to the median price per hectare, which does not adjust for these factors.

Ten regions recorded increases in sales volume compared to the previous year.

Canterbury recorded the largest increase in sales, followed by Nelson, Bay Of Plenty and Southland, and Northland.

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localentertainment Comedians come to Mangawhai Some of the world’s top comedians will perform at Mangawhai Tavern this month as performers from the International Comedy Festival in Auckland venture further afield.

The International Comedy Night on Saturday May 10 will feature Gordon Southern from England, who is performing on the back of a sell-out tour of Australia where he was nominated for the best comedy award at the Perth Fringe Festival.

Frenchman Marcel Lucont will also perform and has won the best comedy show award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012, and best comedy award at the festival last year. British comedian Neil Elston will MC the event.

Comedian David Oakes from Scotland has organised the event and will also be performing on the night.

He recently performed with Neil in a pre-festival gig with comedian Jeremy Elwood which was fantastic, he says.

“Neil’s really good at working up a crowd, which is why I chose him to MC the gig,” David says.

David has been performing in NZ for the past four years and has been determined to bring more comedy acts to Mahurangi.

With so many great acts descending on Auckland, it is great to bring some of the talent to areas which often miss out, he says.

It’s the first comedy night he has held in Mangawhai, but hopefully it will be the first of many, David says.

David has also recently held shows at the Salty Dog in Snells Beach and at the Leigh Sawmill and will perform with award-winning West Auckland comedian Ewen Gilmour at the Sawmill on June 28.

“Ideally I’d like to get one night happening every

Sawmill welcomes Kiwis and Aussie

Invercargill acoustic duo, Into the East finish, their New Zealand tour at the Leigh Sawmill on Friday, May 9, while Australian trio the Germein Sisters will perform on May 17.

Into the East’s debut album Fight from the Inside was nominated for a Tui for best folk album band recently and won best band and best album at the Southland Entertainment Awards.

The acoustic, melancholic folk album has received rave reviews in publications from Invercargill to Auckland. The Southland Times gave the album four-and-a-half stars while New Zealand Herald’s Mike Alexander said “there’s no escaping just how good this album is”.

The Sawmill will be the end of the road for the band’s 25-date tour so they should be a well oiled machine by then.

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John Chen solo piano recital in Warkworth Warkworth Music is to host one of NZ’s foremost concert pianists this month.

John Chen will give a recital, including works by Barber, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Hindemith, on Thursday, May 15 at 7.30pm in the Mahurangi College Hall.

John was born in Malaysia in 1986, and in 2004 he became the youngest-ever winner of the Sydney International Piano Competition.

Composer William Dart has described him as a “prodigiously talented young man whose early achievements would make many more mature performers envious”.

John has a Master of Music from the University of Auckland, where he studied with Rae de Lisle. He has performed with most of the major symphony orchestras of Australia and New Zealand, and with others such as the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. He has also performed at significant festivals such as Klavierfestival in Ruhr, Germany in 2005 and the Singapore International Piano Festival in 2006.

His recordings include works of Henri

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In addition, he is pianist in the Saguaro Piano Trio which took first prize at the Hamburg International Chamber Music Competition in 2009. The Saguaro trio has performed in USA, Canada, Germany and Japan.

The programme he will bring to Warkworth is one with which he is currently touring the country. It begins with Barber’s Sonata in E Flat minor Op 26. About 20 minutes in length and in four movements, this work has become a popular concert staple and was first performed by Horowitz.

It is followed by the last of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, Sonata in C minor Op 111. Mendelssohn’s Fugue in D major and Fugue in A major from Characteristic pieces Op 27 and Hindemith’s Sonata in B flat major, written in 1936, make up the rest of the exciting programme.

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Designer urges Warkworth to get creative As a young girl growing up in Switzerland, Denise Bauer got the idea in her head that she would one day live in New Zealand.

“I knew nothing about this country, and I don’t know why it came in to my mind,” she recalls. “But I had this feeling already when I was very young.”

She ended up training as a professional shop window designer, and was chuffed when one of her apprentices turned out to have spent several years living here.

But it wasn’t until the year 2000 that she and her husband finally decided to make the move themselves.

“When our children were 5 and 7, we thought we have to do it now or never.

Our intention was not to stay very long, but we are still here.”

For the first eight years, the family lived on Waikehe Island, but they were eventually attracted to the outskirts of Warkworth, where they have what many people would regard as the ideal lifestyle. As well as a huge vege garden, they have seven goats which they milk to make their own cheese and yoghurt.

They also have chickens, a cat and a dog.

Denise initially believed there would be very little demand for her skills in this region, but she has gradually been coaxed into helping out local businesses by the Warkworth Area Business Association.

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A shop window display should be seen as a form of advertising, says Denise Bauer, and therefore needs careful attention to be effective.

Her fabulous displays for Warkworth wool shop Robyn Egge Yarns, in particular, have drawn a lot of comment, and she admits it has reignited her passion for her original career. In Switzerland, shop window displays are a skill that takes a four-year apprenticeship to master, including one-and-a-half days each week of study.

A good display should catch someone’s eye from afar, she says. “This you do with

decoration, not with goods. If people have their eye on that, they go nearer, then they should notice the goods.”

The display should also make potential shoppers curious about what’s inside, she says. A common mistake is to overload the display, and include too many goods. “If you put in the window everything that you sell and people don’t see what they want, they are not going to go in to the shop.”

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Many people don’t seem to realise how effective a good display can be, she says.

“It’s the face of a business and people should give more attention to it. I think many people are unsure about the cost, and they don’t realise it’s actually very inexpensive.”

Denise stresses that she is not touting for business — her work/life balance is already pretty good. But she doesn’t mind the odd big project. Last year, she volunteered to make the new sleigh for Warkworth’s Santa Parade.

Although Matakana tends to hog the limelight, Denise believes Warkworth has huge potential, and she would love to see it become a place where tourists come simply to admire the shops. “It could become a town where people come from Auckland, like they go and see Franklin Road at Christmas,” she says. “Or like people go to London at Christmas time, just to see the window displays.”

She loves the town’s new clock tower, and finds much of her own inspiration often comes from nature. “I really love this area. Because I grew up in Lucerne, I like to live in hilly country. And this area reminds me very much of Europe.

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Swans make Beverley Phillips so happy that her collection has expanded to 650 ceramic and glass examples.

“They make me smile. The more I have, the happier I feel,” Beverley says.

They now fill every room of her Wellsford home. “They are so gracious. I just find them nice to look at,” she says.

The obsession began when she saw a ceramic swan at her sister-in-law’s mother’s house. “I looked everywhere and couldn’t find one like it.”

She later inherited the swan, kickstarting a 15-year collection binge.

“No one else wanted it,” she says.

She soon began to find many more Beverley Phillips has collected 650 while trawling through secondhand swans, some worth as much as $300. stores. “Once you start buying them, you can’t stop.”

Swans became the gift of choice for birthdays and Christmas and her ex-husband and step-children would often bring her swans from trips overseas.

The swans range in price from $5, to View more $300 for white porcelain Crown Lynn photos online swans. “Some secondhand shops don’t realise how valuable they are.” localmatters.co.nz Beverley moved to Wellsford from Auckland nine years ago. Her first With all of the shelves in her home husband died suddenly from heart full, the collection is nearing its problems and her second marriage end, she says. “I don’t want too ended last year. Through it all many more.” have been the swans, and luckily However, she admits she just bought the collection wasn’t divided in six last week. “But they were just little RKOUT ones. I’ve still got some room.” the divorce.

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Local JP’s long service honoured After 40 years of witnessing documents, taking oaths and declarations, and certifying copies, Mahurangi’s first female Justice of the Peace, Margaret Cross, has retired.

Her many years of service were recognised at a recent meeting of the Warkworth JP Support Group and the Justice Department.

“Women bring a different perspective – perhaps a softness – to things they are involved in, which might otherwise be lacking,” she says. “I’m pleased that over the years, the gender balance, in the JP service at least, has evened out.”

Margaret says that young girls leaving school today should be encouraged to set goals and “make it happen”. Gone are the days when marriage meant quitting a career to become a wife and mother.

Born in Wanganui, Margaret left home to study botany and zoology at Otago University. She jokes that she went to Dunedin and got a degree and a husband.

Although she started a teaching career, and has maintained a life-long interest in education, marriage to the newly qualified Dr David Cross meant putting aside her career to work alongside and support her husband.

“That’s the way it was done in those days,” she says.

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“I suppose it was disruptive to a normal family life, but it was the life we’d chosen and we just got on with it,” Margaret says.

By this time, the family had expanded to four children and Margaret was doing most of the duties associated with raising a family. She was involved in Playcentre and Cubs, and was on the board of Warkworth High School and board chair when it became Mahurangi College. Outside of family duties, she also found time to be a founding member of the Warkworth branch of Business and Professional Women (BPW) and the Warkworth Save the Children Fund, and was until recently a marriage celebrant.

In 1997, Margaret was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, as a Member of the NZ Order of Merit, for services to the community.

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Kawakawa before moving to London where David did further study in children’s health and obstetrics. “We left NZ with one son and returned with two. We didn’t have enough money to buy into a medical practice so, in 1955, David accepted the position of assistant to Dr Vernon Shaw, who ran a sole practice in Warkworth. We’ve been here ever since.”

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E-book success for Wainui mother Family reading time these days is just as likely to be spent gathered around a tablet or e-reader as much as a paper book.

A local mother, Kirstin Ballhorn of Wainui, has taken this on board, producing a children’s e-book that was purchased by Auckland Libraries last month.

Kirstin says her three children, aged nine, six and two, love to have a “proper book” in their hands, but they tend to prefer the iPad, because they can enlarge the pictures and it’s more interactive, like a game.

She says because children work every day with tablets at school, it has become natural to turn to one at home also.

Kirstin is a landscape architect/engineer by trade, but says she has always loved writing books and began in earnest with a fairy story for her daughter one Christmas.

Initially her stories were written in German — her native tongue — but as time went on she began writing in English. She draws the illustrations freehand in watercolours.

She found the process stimulating and fun and decided to take it further, joining a writers’ club and taking classes with an illustrator.

Earlier this year Kirstin uploaded her most recent book, Frido’s Dream to Surf onto Amazon, Smashwords and Wheelers. The story is about a turtle that dreams of being able to surf, and Kirstin says she wants children to take from the book that anyone can fulfil their dreams.

“I tried it out on my kids first and they loved it and definitely got the underlying message about bravery, and that everyone is important.”

Kirstin will be reading her book during Storytime at Orewa Library on a day still to be confirmed – check with the library for details.

Kirstin Ballhorn reads to her children, from left, Kian, Tahia and Angelia.

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King George’s headache finally over Iwi and members of the community blessed King George in Matakana late last month, marking the return of his long-awaited head.

The statue was vandalised more than two-and-a-half years ago and Auckland Council encountered delays in making repairs when it was discovered that the head mould had been lost in a marital break-up.

Kamatua Rereata Makiha and Robert Newson presided over the early morning blessing, which recognised the statue’s significance as a public monument to the memory of the men from the district who served in World War I and II. While Rodney Local Board chair Brenda Steele hoped te puna of Matakana would protect the statue, others suggested the need for a security camera on site.

However, Matakana Community Group chair Neville Johnson said the statue spoke of the “old Matakana” and its values, and he hoped the present generation’s pride in this heritage would also serve to protect it in future.

Manu whenua, descendents of the soldiers memorialised on the statue, and members of the Matakana community attended the ceremony.

The statue was built of Oamaru stone by WH Feldon in 1938. Steve Woodward, of New Lynn, sculpted the latest addition.

The replacement head cost of just under $20,000 was partly funded the Local Board and Auckland Council’s World War I commemoration fund.

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The new head more accurately resembles what the original head would have looked like in 1938.

Matakana businesswoman Gay Smith was among the local residents who attended the blessing.

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Fruit trees and native plantings will be a feature of the new playground on this site.

Playground start imminent A 9.5m slide, a mai mai fort, tunnels, jungle gym and bird nest swing are just some of the features which will be incorporated into a $190,000 playground for Matakana.

The project is being funded by the Rodney Local Board and will be built on reserve land, between the toilets and the wharf.

An Auckland Council spokesperson says the equipment supply, earthworks and natural play construction is out to tender and earthworks may start in two months if the ground conditions stay dry.

She says some equipment is being ordered from overseas, with a three-month lead time. Installation of those pieces will be in August at the earliest.

The spokesperson disputed a claim made by a resident involved in the project that $110,000 of the budget had been spent on consultancy fees.

“We’re unable to provide a specific budget breakdown, as it is commercially sensitive information. However, the majority of the budget will be spent on the playground equipment and construction,” she said.

The estimated costs were $90,000 for the manufactured playground equipment, $60,000 for the natural play construction and earthworks, and $40,000 for design, arborist, archaeologist and construction management fees.

“We are currently working through the design, which is necessary due to the sloped nature of the site. We have also had archaeological and arborists’ reports undertaken because of the history of the site and to ensure it’s a safe environment.

“The tree and heritage investigations are essential to make sure the site is safe and doesn’t compromise heritage issues.”

Efforts to re-use a discarded Auckland bridge to provide a crossing over the Matakana River, and finish the final leg of the Matakana/Omaha walkway/cycleway, are being renewed.

Representatives of the Matakana Community Group have sought expert engineering advice to try to convince Auckland Transport (AT) that re-using the former Auckland bridge is a feasible alternative to constructing a new bridge.

AT raised objections to the old bridge on the grounds that it doesn’t meet building code requirements and couldn’t be guaranteed to last for the next 50 years.

Initial estimates to construct a new bridge came in at around $250,000, while the community group believes the recycled bridge could be refurbished for substantially less.

Spokesman Scott McCallum says the delays in installing the crossing are frustrating, not just for the residents’ group but for the whole community.

“A lot of people have volunteered their time to fundraise for this project, with the proceeds from Fruitloop being one of the major contributors,” he says. “But we’re getting feedback that people are wondering when they’ll actually see something for this effort. This is the message that we want to get across to AT — that we need to see something happen sooner rather than later.”

Group representatives are hoping to meet AT in mid-May. The secondhand bridge purchased by the Matakana group has been sitting on land opposite Tongue Farm Road for more than a year.

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Rare chance to taste region’s vintage wine A rare wine tasting held at Matakana wine bar The Vintry proved so successful last year that owner Nicki Haller has organised another one especially for the Matakana in May celebration.

Last year’s tasting was of Ransom’s “Dark Summit” and was a sell-out.

This year, Nicki has teamed up with local winemaker John Crone to offer a tasting of seven consecutive vintages of Hyperion’s cabernet sauvignon, known as “The Titan”.

Cabernet sauvignon is considered in the wine world to be the king of grapes, and “The Titan” is the only straight varietal cabernet sauvignon to be produced in Matakana.

It is one of the Bordeaux varieties, and it is what Matakana was initially known for when vineyards were first established in the area in the 1980s.

“It’s a pretty popular grape variety, although I’m not sure if it’s popular for the right reasons,” says Nicki.

“Initially it was a blending wine. It’s got big tannin and big acids, and not necessarily all the fruity flowery things that merlot has, so if you blend them together you should get a perfect match.”

The grapes are of the oldest vines in the region, and come from the site of the original Antipodes vineyard. John bought the block in 1996.

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donated thousands of dollars worth of prizes. The pub was also happy to donate all of its proceeds from the Fruitloop tent to charity, he says. “It’s about giving back to the community and being part of the community.”

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Sport partnerships are a natural part of the sporting landscape of NZ, and have existed in various forms for the 100-plus year history of amateur sport in this country. Since the 1970s there has been increasing interest in sport partnerships and the value they can bring to sports and the community.

The lack of funds to maintain facilities, the increase in population, and the high cost in developing facilities all put significant strain on clubs to survive, let alone grow and flourish. So sport partnerships make sense. The opportunity to gain more resource from funders, Council — and even private entities — is increased, while an increase in organisational size also leads to better sponsorship and fundraising opportunities.

Then there’s the increase in knowledge, advice, and management expertise.

The information gained through forming a larger entity can help the club be more effective at influencing the local funding and political environment. The club capability grows, the services for members increase, and therefore the club becomes an even more integral part of the community.

So why do we not see more of them? I suspect it’s because the process might be too challenging for some; finding things in common can prove quite tough for organisations coming together. If this is you, don’t give up. I’d like to remind you that sport partnerships are a journey toward group cohesiveness. Go through the process in stages, by setting up a thorough plan. Harbour Sport can help you.

A great example of a partnership forming is the Warkworth Showgrounds.

This partnership is in the forming stage, but it has already attracted significant support from local government. The partnership will include Mahurangi Rugby, Warkworth Hockey, Warkworth Netball, Warkworth Football, Mahurangi Gym Sports, and Mahurangi Sports Collective, with an aim of developing a facility for all the sports to utilise. It will be a long journey, but the benefits will be significant for the community and all parties involved.

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NEWSLETTER

MAHURANGI COLLEGE ISSUE 3: May 2014

from the

Principal David Macleod

Our Senior Boys Cricket team won the Northland Co-Ed Schools Twenty20 Competition, but was eliminated from the Northern Districts Competition, which we won last year, by the Bay of Plenty Champions, and eventual Northern District winners, Bethlehem e College, who we defeated in the final last year.

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Tuesday May 6 • World Challenge Launch Meeting 3.30-5.30pm

Thursday May 15 • Rhythm Interactive • Writing Workshop Yr 10-13

year Care underwater segments last Riley Hathaway filming her Wai

One of our students, Riley Hathaway, is a presenter on the very popular Sunday morning children’s show, “What Now”. She has a series of 10 under-water segments on marine life around NZ. This developed partly from her Wai Care presentation in Year 8 last year when she did a video on turtles and the impact of pollution.

All our Year 9 students were involved in putting their literacy skills to good purpose outside the classroom when they were involved in organising various activities to contribute to t our community. The projects included service to local clubs (many of whom now s have sparkling clean club rooms and gear), h working at local animal shelters for the day, w helping out at schools and kindergartens, h putting in some hard labour at local parks p and a of course the lunches to celebrate people who put a lot of their own time into making w

Monday May 19 • Top Art Exhibition • Peer Support Tuesday May 20 • Nth Zone Cross Country - Moire Park • Top Art Exhibition Wednesday May 21 • Top Art Exhibition Sunday May 25 • Lions - Training Day Monday May 26-27 • Yr 7 Beach Study - Scandretts Thursday May 29 • Yr 8 Girls - Immunisation Monday June 2 • Queens Birthday Tuesday June 3 • Kids Lit - Yr 7/8 Competition Wednesday June 4 • ICAS Science Exam Thursday June 5 • Yr 7 Immunisation • AKSS Cross Country - St Kents • Healthy Relationships Training Day 10am-3pm

Mahurangi a better place to live. The teacher in charge, Ruth Chitty, said all of the adults involved in the project were impressed with the energy and enthusiasm the students brought to their project days and I think it is safe to say the wider community benefitted from the work they did.

Congratulations to our Senior Mixed Touch Team for winning the Auckland Regional Secondary Schools’ Touch Championships.

Congratulations to our students who placed at the recent North Harbour (NH) Athletics Championships (listed on the next page).

Monday May 5 • Start of Term 2

Wednesday May 7 • Closing Date for ICAS Science Exam Entry • School Cross Country • Inter Collegiate Ribbon Day

Dear Parents and Guardians Tena Koutou Katoa We were pleased to again be one of only 10% of secondary schools to get a letter of commendation from the Minister on our 2013 NCEA results. We also received a similar letter last year. In both years our results at all three levels have been above the average for other Decile 8 schools and Maori and Pasifika students have also achieved well.

important dates

Yr9 Community Project ~ Mad Hatters Tea Party: Rut Hayward, Sasha Curin, Wen h Chitty, Ruby dy Hawkings, Barbara Mal tby & John Maltby

David Macleod, Principal

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2014 NCEA Fees

Parents please note that the NCEA fee should appear on your account. This fee of $76.70 is a compulsory fee charged by NZQA for administering NCEA. As a school we have to collect this fee and pay it over to NZQA. If a students fee is not paid NZQA will not release that students results at the start of next year.

Financial assistance could be available to some families which reduces the fee to $20, parents that have a Community Services card or receive assistance from Work and Income might qualify.

Details and application forms are available from the school office.

Students that wish to enter the Scholarship exams will be charged and additional $76.70 for each Scholarship exam they enter.

For more details you can visit the NZQA website www.nzqa.govt.nz and do a search on NCEA fees.

For any further assistance please contact the school office.

Our Senior Mixed Touch Team are currently the Auckland Regional Touch Champs thanks to the wonderful Coaching from Karl Middleton and CoCoach, Catherine Campbell.

The team has now qualified to compete in the Secondary Schools National Championship Competition to be held in December at Bruce Pulman Park, Papakura.

Please watch out for our fun and exciting fundraising events leading up to this big event.

We really appreciate all the help and support from our fantastic Community to ensure we have a successful campaign.

Maori Whakairo A new Unit Standards course is being Introduced into Mahurangi College for Maori Whakairo (Carving) on Monday 12 - Wednesday 14 May. For any interested students you can get in touch with Mr Winiana for more information. Numbers are limited.

The course is Maori Whakairo (Carving) it is Level 2 and it has 3 credits. If there is enough interest after this course there is a Level 3 course available, at a later date (to be confirmed depending on numbers).

Michael Winiana

Flu Season

The season for colds, flus and sore throats is beginning, students should stay at home if they are unwell, to prevent the spread of illness. Limited amounts of tissues are available in the classroom, so please make sure school bags are topped up with tissues, hankies etc if needed. Students who have a tummy bug should stay home for 24 hours after the last episode of vomiting or diarrhoea, even if they are feeling better.

Remember ‘friends don’t share spit’.

North Harbour Athletics Champs

Lisa Bissett

Sailing Nationals at Algies

Louise Clouston

A NOTE FROM

Senior Mixed Touch Team

Mr H Vaughan

During the second week of the holidays (Monday 28th - Friday 2nd) the Annual Secondary School Teams Racing Sailing Nationals are being held at Algies Bay this year.

It’s great to have it on our own waters and it would be awesome to see some staff come down to support our team.

This year there are 37 school entries from around NZ !

Our team members are: Pia Schuster, Georgia Woodall, Tristan Gill, Jordan Stevenson, Heather Niccolls, Heather Pearson, Mathew Leydon, Brooke Adamson.

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Touch Team Congratulations Mahurangi College would like to congratulate the following students for making the New Zealand Touch Teams for their respective grades.

Congratulatios: Jay Morris: 1st ~ Intermediate Boys Shotput Chantelle Mayer: 1st ~ Intermediate Girls 3000m Tonya Botherway: 1st ~ Intermediate Girls Triple Jump Cane Whitaker: 2nd ~ Junior Boys Long Jump Pale Vaotangi: 2nd ~ Junior Boys Shotput Pale Vaotangi: 2nd ~ Junior Boys Discus Jay Morris: 2nd ~ Intermediate Boys Discus Noah Hallam: 2nd ~ Junior Boys Discus Eden Manuel: 2nd ~ Senior Girls 200m Olivo Silvestro: 2nd ~ Junior Boys 800m Tonya Botherway: 3rd ~ Intermediate Girls Long Jump Abby Sim: 3rd ~ Senior Girls High Jump Beeba Amuera: 3rd ~ Junior Girls Shot Put Alisha Dempsey: 3rd ~ Senior Girls Javelin Pale Vaotangi: 3rd ~ Junior Boys Javelin Louis Young: 3rd ~ Senior Boys 400m Eden Manuel: 3rd ~ Senior Girls 400m Sam Cadwallader: 3rd ~ Intermediate Boys 800m

The students are as follows: Mariana Winiana ~ NZ Under 15 Mixed; Danika Mackenzie ~ NZ Under 15 Girls; Tamara Hagger ~ NZ Under 15 Girls; Ariaana Osborne ~ NZ Under 16 Girls.

Mahurangi College would also like to congratulate Moana Winiana on gaining a Level 2 Referees Badge.

Mahurangi College - 8 wk Comp!

For more info contact Katrina Wards 027 362 2532 or k.wards@mahurangi.school.nz

Well done to you all.

Michael Winiana

Achiever of the Month: John Su Presented by Garyth Murray - Garden Zone Manager, Mega Mitre 10 Warkworth

• Academic Blue for Excellence NCEA 1 • Member of Under Water Hockey Senior Open Team • Member of Boys 1st XI Soccer Team

Proudly Supporting Mahurangi College

• Peer Mediator WARKWORTH

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The winning 70+ team (from left) Alastair Pearce, Don Matheson, David Theyers and Murray Billington.

Success for seniors Twenty local senior tennis players competed in Tauranga over the Easter break at the National Teams Event annual tournament.

All of the players were from the Warkworth-based Lower Northland Seniors Club.

Five teams competed in their various age groups with the 70+ Men’s team emerging as the winners after defeating Thames Valley, Wanganui/Manawatu and two Western Bay of Plenty sides.

The winning team members were David Theyers (Capt), Murray Billington, Don Matheson and Alastair Pearce.

Other Lower Northland teams played in the 65+ Men, 45+ Women, 50+ Women and 70+ Women, with the best result being a second placing by the 70+ Women team of Margaret Marr, Maraea Hunter, Judy Shanahan, Jan Robbins.

The 45+ team were in a winning position until the last day of the tournament, when they struck tournament winners, Kapi Mana, and ended up coming third. The team was Kat Kayll (Capt), Margaret Kinder, Keiko Pogoni, Linda Seabourne and Jeanine Brown.

Rodney junior tennis champs The Rodney Junior Tennis Championships recently took place at Mahurangi East. Numbers were down, even though it was a perfect day for tennis, but those competing thoroughly enjoyed the competition.

Singles winners were: 10 & Under girls: Amelia Burton (Warkworth); runner up Sarah Loheni (Maungawhai). 15 & Over girls: Jamie-Lee Roberts (Mahurangi East); runner up Shara Waugh (Mahurangi East).10 & Under boys: Jordon Thomas (Warkworth); runner up Noah Loheni (Maungawhai).

12 & Under boys: Cameron Keates (Mahurangi East); runner up Talon Diamond (Maungawhai). 14 & Under boys: Sam Overton (Warkworth).

Doubles winners were: 10 & Under boys: Noah Loheni/ Joseph Chisholm (Warkworth); runners up Mattew Elder/Oliver Corteen (Mahurangi East). 12 & Under boys: Cameron Keates/Jordon Thomas; runners up Talon Diamond/ Benjamin Paterson. 14 & Under boys: Sam Overton/Calen Wigman; runners up Jed Blennerhassett/Daniel Foote (Warkworth).

Major prize goes to Wellsford Proudly supported by Barfoot & Thompson Warkworth and Mahurangi Matters

Buying a ticket in the Coastguard lottery has scored a Wellsford resident a major prize. The person won a Haines Hunter SF485 boat and a boating safety pack in the national lottery. Tickets sold in Puhoi and Warkworth also won some Sony home electronics. Money raised from the lottery will help pay for a major service for the Coastguard Kawau vessel, which is based at Sandspit.

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what’s on May

For links to more information about some of these events, as well as listings through to the end of the year, visit the What’s On calendar online at www.localmatters.co.nz

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Open mic for NZ Music Month, 4pm-5pm, Wellsford Library.

Share your musical talents in front of a live audience, hosted

by The Amigos, Peter and Geoff.

7 Kowhai Park Project weeding bee, 9.30am to midday. Meet at the footbridge over the Mill Stream to the lime kilns. Bring gardening gloves, morning tea and a big smile. Info: Tim 902 9080 10 Into the East play at the Leigh Sawmill at 7.30pm. Tickets $17.

(See story p28) 10 Friends of the Wellsford Library garage sale, Wellsford Library, 9.30am-12.30pm. Stalls $5, bring your own table. Info: allanandlesley@slingshot.co.nz 10 International Comedy Night at the Mangawhai Tavern from 9pm. Tickets $20 from the Mangawhai Tavern, 09 431 4505, at eventfinder.co.nz or on the door. Dinner and show deal for $40. (See story p28) 10 Car Boot/Hall Sale, Warkworth Methodist Church Centre, 8.30am. Sites available, contact Annette Sharp 422 7766.

12 Warkworth Genealogy Society monthly meeting 10am-noon, Shoesmith Hall, Shoesmith Street. Shared lunch.

14 Warkworth Photo Club, Kowhai Art and Craft, 7pm, Warkworth Showgrounds. Photo challenges, show and tell, photo safaris.

All skill levels welcome. Info: Mary Moore 425 6910 or mayree@ xtra.co.nz 14 Dawn blessing for Ruby Watson’s riverfront artworks, Warkworth Library, 7am. Community reveal and art walk at 9am. RSVP to publicart@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Info: Annalily van den Broeke on 09 367 1994 or visit facebook.com/ publicartAKL 14 Warkworth Business and Professional Women’s Club dinner meeting, Salty Dog Inn, 6pm. Speaker acupuncturist Brenda Burke. RSVP to Sally 021425407 by May 11.

16 Kowhai Art & Craft Open Day, at the clubrooms at Warkworth Showgrounds, SH1, from 10am-1pm. Free admission; all welcome.

16 Mr Pip showing at Kaiwaka Community Centre, 7.30pm.

Tickets: adults $10, under 16 $5.

17 Blue Light Time4Youth “lock up”, The Warehouse, Snells Beach, 11am-1pm (see story p15) 17 Free composting workshop, Wellsford, 1pm-4pm. Info: kaipatiki.org.nz/courses, email admin@kaipatiki.org.nz or call Kaipatiki Project on 09 482 1172 17 Run for Sam cancer fundraiser. Chanel Heighway is running a marathon to raise money for Canteen, finishing with a fundraising event at Bridgehouse at 12pm. Tickets $20 available from Bridgehouse. (See story p1) 17 The Germein Sisters play at the Leigh Sawmill at 9.30pm.

Tickets $20.

17&18 Taste Matakana Celebration at Morris & James, noon until 4pm both days. Sample local produce. Free entry.

18 Annual Harvest “Wine Down” at Ransom Wines, live music from White Chapel Jack and Girl Friday, from 1pm. Tickets $15, bookings essential. Info: 425 8862 or marion@ransomwines. co.nz.

19 Beyond Reasonable Drought - a presentation on how farmers can change methods to cope with drought conditions.

Wellsford Community Centre at 4pm on Monday May 19. For more information visit beyondreasonabledrought.co.nz

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NZ’s Olympic future sets sail at Algies Bay View more photos online localmatters.co.nz

Hundreds of sailors from around the country competed at the Secondary School 420 Nationals at Algies Bay recently.

NZ’s future Olympic hopefuls competed at Algies Bay recently, during the second-largest secondary schools yachting competition in the country.

Over 300 sailors and support crew from schools from Kerikeri to Wanaka competed in the Secondary School 420 Nationals, which ran from April 28 until May 2.

Results coordinator Mike Wright

says there were bound to be a few future Olympians out on the water as the majority of the last Olympic sailing team had come through the competition.

A team from the Cook Islands also competed in the event, but this year the team was a little short on numbers and was lent a Mahurangi College student.

Of the 32 teams, Mahurangi College

finished among the top teams.

The competition also made the most of modern technology with race results put straight up online for parents to keep track of the event at home.

The eight-minute races are intense and make great viewing for spectators, Mike says. “It’s much more action-packed than the America’s Cup,” he says.

The Jane Gifford formed the hub of

operations, with pontoons attached to the scow to allow crew to change over.

The top three teams will go onto compete in the Inter Dominion competition in Algies Bay in September/October.

Traditionally the event has been between NZ and Australia, but there is talk about expanding it to include Japan, New Caledonia, Tonga and other Pacific nations.

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