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High hopes for aviation academy A dozen Year 11 Otamatea High School students will gain both NCEA credits and practical skills, as they build a full-scale, working aeroplane, under a unique technology programme to be officially launched by National MP Lockwood Smith on Monday, September 10.

The Otamatea Aviation Academy, which Academy began at the start of the year, will enable students and students to construct a microlight from plans instructor Paul based on the American Piper Cub. They will Morrison with also learn restoration techniques on a British the microlight Mark 5 Auster aircraft flown in World War II, fuselage they’re working just one day a week from a purposeconstructing. built facility in the school grounds.

The academy idea came from the school’s former Technology Department head, Tomarata’s Paul Morrison, who taught at the school for 18 years.

An experienced aircraft restorer, licensed aircraft engineer and pilot, who holds a microlight Inspection Authority (IA) and engine reconditioning certificate, he had previously enabled students to build a Fraser Clubman sports car, a two-man hovercraft and a 6.2 metre fishing boat, during a school activities programme.

In 2002, they also began construction of a two-seater microlight, which students helped complete at Paul’s home after his retirement in 2006. It had its successful maiden flight a year ago.

Paul says those involved in the projects were “snapped up” by employers who welcomed their practical skills and experience. He says the academy will equip students with real aircraft construction skills and firsthand

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“Sure, there has to be theory, but the type of technology that I’m talking about is hands-on, skill-based learning.”

The school’s Board of Trustees agreed to the proposal under which Paul is employed to run the course, supplying all of the aircraft materials, components, tooling and equipment, at no cost to the school, and owning the aircraft constructed.

He says technology advances since 2002 mean students will be able to complete the microlight within the three-year academy programme and it will ultimately be sold to fund the next academy project.

Principal Haydn Hutching says the school is proud of the initiative, which has attracted wide interest. A rigorous selection process saw 12 of 26 applicants selected, including 10 boys and two girls, who must keep up their grades in other subjects to retain their places. It is proposed that in their final year they will help mentor a new group of Level One students entering the academy.

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from page 1 community and aviation industry, including the voluntary time of ex-RNZAF squadron leader John Melville, aircraft design and plans by Hamilton’s Malcolm Savill, services from an Ardmore aviation company and free flying lessons from the Otamatea Aero Club, based at Ruawai.

In just 20 days, students have not only helped fit out the empty building, but have constructed a recognisable fuselage. Paul says by the end of the year, they will have earned 16 to 20 NCEA credits, and they will gain more in subsequent years.

He has also committed to raise the $65,000 building cost, initially funded through the school. More than $7000 has already been raised and he is actively fundraising and seeking donations from those who want to see the concept continue.

Info: email Paul southwind@pl.net For more photos of the academy in action and a video of the previous Piper Cub’s rollout, see this story at www.localmatters.co.nz

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Watercare granted resource consent to future-proof Warkworth town supply Watercare has secured a water supply for Warkworth, which will be significantly cheaper to treat than river water and is expected to meet the town’s growth over the next 35 years.

Independent commissioners last month granted a resource consent for a bulk water take from a bore in Sanderson Road and the Mahurangi River. However, the consent does not commence until the appeal period, which ends early this month, is over.

The consent was opposed by some residents in the Sanderson Road catchment, who believed the amount of water being drawn from the bore would undermine existing water supplies.

The commissioners, however, were satisfied that the proposed groundwater take would not result in an over-allocation of the resource.

A Watercare spokesperson says that if there are no appeals, Watercare will begin testing water quality to ensure it meets Ministry of Health guidelines and will confirm what treatment A long time coming – former Rodney District Councillor Grahame Powell celebrated the discovery of the Sanderson Road bore in 2007. processes are required.

“We will also begin the detailed design maximum rate of 35 litres a second river water take and it will be the sole of a new water treatment facility,” from the Mahurangi River at 6 Brown supply for the first five years of the he says.

Road. Rodney District Council lodged consent term while the groundwater bore is established and then tested.

The two consents involve increasing the application in 2008. an existing surface water take from the The second application seeks Following that, the take from the river Mahurangi River and establishing a eventually to extract up to 4320 m3/ will be principally a back-up supply. new groundwater bore on land owned day and 1.2 million m3/year from The water take from the bore

by Watercare in Sanderson Road, off a groundwater production bore to represents more than 85 percent of an Hudson Road. be established at Sanderson Road. estimated sustainable throughflow of The first application is for a The groundwater application was 1.4 million m3/year.

Of the 17 submissions received on the replacement consent to take 3024 lodged in 2007. m3/day and 780,000 m3/year at a There was no opposition to the surface consent, 11 were opposed.

Road gradient issues cause roundabout re-think Plans to construct a roundabout on the intersection of Neville Street, Mill Lane and Church Hill in Warkworth have been quashed by Progressive Enterprises.

An Auckland Transport spokesperson says the existing gradients on the approaching roads do not meet the design standards for the installation of a roundabout.

“We have requested that Progressive

Enterprises make minor modifications to the intersection instead, in order to mitigate the traffic impacts of the Countdown development,” the spokesperson says.

“Modifications include altering the grade on Mill Lane, moving the current traffic island and increasing its size to accommodate pedestrians, and installing speed humps on both Mill Lane and Neville Street.”

The intersection upgrade was part of the supermarket’s resource consent granted by the Environment Court.

“The condition of the consent is not a simple one and the building of a roundabout has an ‘out’ clause.

“The Court said that a single lane roundabout was the preferred way of dealing with the intersection, but the gradient issues mean this is no longer an option.”

Briefs Arts funded Six Rodney projects will share $18,000 under the Community Art Programme – North, administered by the Rodney Local Board. The successful applicants were Kumeu Arts Centre ($2000), Arts and Culture North for a series of creative writing workshop ($3000), Springboard and Te Awaroa for at-risk youth professional arts development ($4000), Matariki 2013 ($8000), Rodney secondary schools participation in North Auckland Secondary Schools Art Showcase ($1000). However, the board rejected a recommendation that it spend a further $17,000 on community facilities, after questions were raised on the equity of allocating $17,000 to the Kumeu Arts Centre, $4000 to the Helensville Art Centre and $1000 to Kowhai Arts and Crafts. Board member James Rolfe asked officers to clarify the rationale behind the geographic imbalance in spending.

Baxter St carpark re-opens Months behind schedule, the Baxter Street carpark in Warkworth is scheduled to reopen on September 5.

An Auckland Transport spokesperson says the contractors lost 62 days due to wet weather. The repairs addressed numerous structural issues at a cost of $465,000.

Whangateau Bridge appeal The Rodney Local Board has been asked to pick up a shortfall in funding for a Whangateau pedestrian bridge.

At its meeting last month, project convenor Hugh McKergow told the board that the bridge would link Birdsall and Ashton Roads, on the upper reaches of the Whangateau Harbour. The historical route would provide a safer alternative connection between Big Omaha Wharf and the Whangateau Camp Ground. The project is expected to cost $80,000, of which the community has already raised $49,000. The board agreed to consider allocating funds for the project in its 2013/14 budget.

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OFF THE RECORD Nice imagery All credit to the Kaukapakapa R&R Assn representative who kept a straight face when telling the recent Rodney Local Board meeting that the “little shag” had been adopted as the village’s emblem because it “elicited some nice imagery”.

Prosperous George When he visited the Hibiscus Coast last week, Minister of Consumer Affairs Simon Bridges revealed that Rodney MP Mark Mitchell is seen around Parliament as “a bit of a looker”. “We call him George Clooney,” the Minister said, “but a prosperous one judging from his girth.”

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Conversation with the Mayor In our June 1 issue, we advised Mahurangi Matters readers that we would no longer be running Viewpoint columns from Auckland Mayor Len Brown because the material provided was mainly PR spin, which was both banal and condescending. When the paper came out, the response from the Mayor’s office was immediate. Mayor Brown requested a meeting to discuss our concerns. After largely feeling ignored

by Auckland and frustrated by the media/communications rigmarole we’ve had to work under over the last 18 months, the response was surprising, but appreciated.

In our Warkworth office, on his homeward leg from a sod-turning ceremony in Wellsford, the Mayor spent nearly an hour talking of his passion for Auckland and its communities. He had obviously been impressed by his tour of the Albertlanders Heritage Centre and was adamant that it is Auckland’s diverse communities that he seeks to nourish, not extinguish, in our evolution into “the world’s most liveable” city.

The Mayor spoke candidly about his aspirations for the north and the future of the satellite towns of Warkworth and Pukekohe, in particular. He accepted he still has a lot to learn about the communities of Rodney and took onboard our concerns about the information flow from

FEEDBACK Nature alert On Tuesday afternoon this week one of our technicians was driving around the northern end of Omaha when he noticed a bird on the side of the road evidently in a little bit of distress. He stopped his vehicle and managed to catch it with the use of a towel and then transport it to

Auckland central. He has also made himself available for regular meetings with Local Matters journalists to keep the lines of communication open.

The message was clear that the Mayor represents the interests of Auckland in its entirety and his goal is to make the city both a business powerhouse and yet still a place that Aucklanders can call home. He also acknowledged that the city doesn’t haven’t a blank cheque to fund improvements and fiscal responsibility must go hand-inhand with growth.

Those who portray the Mayor as someone bent on raking every dollar from rural communities to spend on inner city projects misrepresent his motives. Auckland is NZ’s premier city and Auckland Council has a responsibility to ensure that its basic services, including transport, work and run as cost-effectively and sustainably as possible. He is committed to getting that job done.

The Mayor has asked to continue his column and we have his assurance that it will be relevant to our readers from now on. But don’t take our word for it. The column resumes on Page 10 of this issue – tell us online at www. localmatters.co.nz what you think and whether we’ve made the right decision to reinstate it.

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Jurassic winners Illustrating the public’s appetite for science-based stories, Sir Peter Gluckman told the recent Hauraki Gulf Forum that he’d once been told by the editor of the Wall Street Journal that the 10 most read stories on their website were always about science.

Additionally, “and not surprisingly”, any story about dinosaurs was always number one.

Meddling with medalling The Olympic commentators’ fondness for using medal as a verb caused a confusing moment for a local mother recently. Her seven year old, learning about the Olympics at school, asked mum ‘what does medalling mean’?

“To interfere, to push in where you’re not wanted,” mum replied. “My teacher says NZ is getting better at that, but China and America are the best,” came the response.

Stormy weather There may be dark clouds ahead for Kiwi weather forecasters if Auckland Councillors got it in their heads to follow the lead of the Hoek van Holland Council. The Dutch councillors want to slap weather forecasters with fines if their predictions turn out to be incorrect. They say that erroneous rain and thunderstorms reports are hurting the tourism industry.

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FEEDBACK continued Progress needs defining I was excited and heartened to attend the launch of the Auckland Council Indigenous Biodiversity Strategy at the Auckland Town Hall on 15 August.

The hall was packed with enthusiastic people keen to see the Auckland region flourish in biodiversity whether in parks, reserves, marine and natural areas, or simply backyards.

Unless there is detailed investigation and reliable data collected from all natural areas, the strategy will not be effective.

On 22 August, I attended the Hauraki Gulf Forum. Again a large number of people are calling for environmental enhancement with an end to the declining health of the Hauraki Gulf.

Therefore, I am dismayed by Rodney Local Board member Steve Garner’s ‘Making progress’ column (MM 13 Jun), denigrating the Significant Natural Areas (SNA) surveys proposed by Council.

Although a representative of Auckland Council policies for the residents of Rodney, he views the SNA surveys as a waste of money and “nothing short of a folly”.

This so-called “pragmatic” view is the reason our environment is in a degraded state. Such pragmatism is often labelled as progress. Progress needs defining within the current social values. Progress in the past was felling most of the NZ forest and allowing development on estuaries. Today, progress has opposite values. It is only when the majority start to realise the immense damage that many developments have caused, that demands to reverse the degradation are taken seriously.

Mr Garner is obviously not on the same page as the Council which employs him.

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Clock tower mosaic approved Community support for a Warkworth clock tower mosaic, proposed by Kaipara Flats artist Joy Bell, has been endorsed by the Rodney Local Board.

At its meeting on August 13, the also received from Warkworth Jaycees, board confirmed Auckland Regional Warkworth residents and community Services Trust (ARST) funding for the associations. project totalling $26,760.

The clock tower, beside the Auckland The board was swayed by the opinions Council offices and iSITE, was expressed in the Local Matters online designed by architect Neville Price forum, where the majority of responses and built by Warkworth Jaycess 45 were in favour of the artwork. years ago.

Additionally, about 50 business Ms Bell is proposing to decorate the people signed a document supporting plain white tower with mosaic tiles the proposal. Letters in support were that reflect the local environment.

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Highway status unchanged The NZ Transport Agency has confirmed that there is no change to the status of the Puhoi to Wellsford road of national significance and apologised for any confusion caused by an error in a pamphlet published last week as part of announcements for the 2012-15 National Land Transport Programme (NLTP).The pamphlet referred to the Warkworth to Wellsford section as a “possible” road of national significance.

NZTA chief executive Geoff Dangerfield says it is planned to upgrade the entire route, but the preferred alignment and timing of construction of the Warkworth to Wellsford section of the road of national significance is yet to be determined. The NZTA announced in April this year that it had determined the preferred route to build a new motorway, between Puhoi and Warkworth.

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Electrical waste disposal chokes landfills Conservation Week events

Unwanted electrical and electronic equipment is the world’s most rapidly growing waste stream and New Zealand is no exception, with about 80,000 tonnes disposed of annually.

Along with valuable resources such as copper, platinum and gold, e-waste often contains toxic substances dangerous to humans and the environment such as lead and mercury.

Careful disassembly and recycling can reduce the risks and the resources needed to manufacture new products, but Auckland Council spokesperson Angela Jones says few e-waste products contain materials of sufficient value to make recycling cost neutral and most are recycled at a loss.

Therefore, companies claiming to recycle for free should be questioned about their process, she says. They may be stripping items of valuable materials and disposing of the remainder to landfill, including items like CRT monitors with lead-embedded glass screens. The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) website has tips Tailormade manager Grant Cole is taking a responsible approach to the growing on what to look for and ask. problem of e-waste.

Consumers can also take a stand by backing brands such as Dell and If computers are good enough, of future e-waste, including more than HP that handle end-of-life products Tailormade re-builds them at its own 14,000 tonnes of lead. It funds RCN responsibly at the point of purchase, cost and donates them to charity. e-Cycle which handles e-waste on a highlighting the issue with retailers Hard drives are secure-erased and user-pays basis in an accredited process, sent to another company for use as but the nearest drop-off is Albany. and lobbying MPs. Warkworth’s Tailormade Computers spare parts. Grant would like to see The Ministry is still organising a follow is one local company taking the the government introduce e-waste up to last year’s TV Take Back scheme issue seriously, accepting back items stewardship policies, like those in which recycled 28,000 TVs for free. it has sold for recycling at no cost Europe, compelling manufacturers to In the interim, local drop-off options include recycling facilities at transfer and handling similar computer and take back their used products. peripheral items from other sources MfE estimates NZ computers and stations in Warkworth, Wellsford and for the cost of freighting it to their televisions represent 218,600 tonnes Mangawhai at a cost of $20. specialist IT waste recycler.

Have a say on e-waste Manager Grant Cole says he wants to avoid waste and to protect A Massey University PhD researcher is seeking the public’s views about the environment by keeping old electronic waste issues and opportunities through a survey at www. equipment out of landfills and surveymonkey.com/s/2QCKXR5. Anyone who completes the survey can go into carefully chose an established recycler the draw for a Veon 19” LED TV/DVD combo. Public responses close at the end of September. that could certify his process.

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A number of events are being held in Warkworth this month to celebrate Conservation Week, from September 9 to 16.

Activities start on September 11 with the regular Quiz Night at the Bridgehouse Lodge featuring two sections with a local conservation theme. Quiz starts at 7pm.

The award winning film Longfin will be screened at the Mahurangi Technical Institute, Glenmore Drive, on September 12. The twohour film, made by graduates of Otago University’s Natural History Filmmaking and Communication course, follows the life of an endemic NZ freshwater eel, highlighting its beginnings in the dark corners of the ocean to its transition into local rivers and the dangers it encounters.

Department of Conservation Warkworth and Great Barrier area ranger Sue Cameron says supper will be provided and there will be a chance to chat with specialists from the Institute, as well as DOC staff, about the eel’s habitat and the breeding research currently underway.

On Friday September 14, DOC staff and Auckland Council are hosting a Pest Information Day at the Warkworth office, from 10am to 2pm. Sue says the day will provide information on how to get rid of weasels, stoats and other mustelids, Argentine ants, mice and rats, possums and wasps. There will be samples of traps to view and Flybusters Antiants will provide information on Argentine ants.

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Passive commons need active defence Unspoilt landscapes, peace and quiet, and a dark night sky are important for humanity, humility and peace, and need acknowledgement and recognition, and active protection, before they’re damaged for good. These passive or latent commons are part of our everyday lives that we take for granted. But the cumulative effects of many individual actions over time can destroy shared values such as peace and quiet, causing eventual ‘death by a thousand cuts’ and irreversible damage to the detriment of all.

In a short space of history, indiscriminate and undirected street lighting has caused light spill and pollution, changing both urban ecology and rural amenity so that birds live in a perpetual state of light, and the dark of rural nightscapes and amenity are lost. Noise from traffic and industry reaches previously quiet valleys, and even out to sea on calm mornings, city noises overwhelm peace and quiet. Deep in the Waitakere Ranges, aeroplane noise disturbs the ambience of nature. These are issues not just for nature lovers going bush or star-gazers casting eyes upward to the vast and mysterious cosmos. These are issues also for humanity, as places for refuge and peace away from development become increasingly rare.

Intact, unspoilt landscapes are modified in piecemeal fashion without regard for the diminution in scale or sweep of nature, without care for visual catchments or fragmentation of habitats. A thousand discrete effects are classed as ‘no more than minor’ in resource consent applications, while cumulative effects are major. As a result, human activity covers the planet like blight, not just in its built form but in noise, light and hubbub, changing the world, with consequences for all. Our background tolerance for noise gets raised because it’s ever present. Stress levels for humans and animals increase as a result. Outstanding natural landscapes of national significance, such as those in the Wakatipu Basin, Banks Peninsula and the Waitakere Ranges – and even Mahurangi Harbour, are modified and eroded by the reckless placement of buildings and structures. It is increasingly difficult for urban dwellers to see the stars.

The importance of these concerns has been recognised in regulation and legislation in recent times – with the passage of the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act, seeking to stop sprawl over Auckland’s bushclad backdrop and foothills.

Case Law around Queenstown sought to preserve the wide open space elements of that area. The MacKenzie Country and Tekapo area have been awarded status as a ‘Dark Night Sky Reserve’, recognising its international importance for its night-time clarity and starscape. There are no such initiatives protecting from the general increase of background noise on land and in the sea, or to avoid the ever brightening of city streets and motorways.

Decision-makers, utility providers, developers, householders and individual actions all contribute to the erosion of shared public goods and the passive commons. That’s why they need active defence.

Puhoi track consent Rodney local board has granted retrospective landowner consent for a 695 metre section of the Te Araroa Trail, constructed within Puhoi Pioneers Memorial Reserve. The construction of the track utilised existing tracks on site and required only minor grading and laying of gravel, as well as the installation of two stiles.

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After a lifetime of experience, including flying in Bomber Command during World War II, emigrating to New Zealand and decades of dealing with criminals, it’s no surprise that Warkworth’s Brian Allen has stories to tell. However, whether they’re macabre tales for adults or whimsical rhymes for children, Brian’s books are pure fiction. At 89, he’s finally found time to put his thoughts together under three diverse titles, all released this year. Thanks to the digital age, and a US-based online book marketing company, they’re available almost instantly in print and in digital form around the globe. After just a couple of months, he’s getting a financial return on projects that he told Adele Thackray have already paid off in terms of the pleasure and personal satisfaction of getting them done.

My father was a full-time author who occasionally wrote novels and did a lot of ghost writing of biographies, along with stories and articles for the many weekly magazines of the 1930s and 40s, but I didn’t begin writing myself until I retired. I was brought up in small towns close to London and always liked reading and writing, but I wasn’t brilliant at school, which I didn’t much enjoy. I learnt Latin, Greek and French, and also woodwork, carpentry and carving. The latter remain among my greatest interests today. When World War II began, I left school to work in various jobs until I was old enough to join the air force at 19.

cavity) put me in hospital for about six months.

As a wireless operator/air gunner, I flew in a four-engine Stirling bomber.

This included a few months flying over Germany with Bomber Command, before being diverted to towing gliders, supplying the Maquis (the French Resistance) and dropping paratroopers at the likes of the Battle of Arnhem and D-Day’s Normandy Landings. Once we crashed on takeoff and appropriately, ended up in a bomb dump. The aircraft was a write off, but I wasn’t injured.

After the war, I married my first wife, Hilda and started a market garden in Suffolk. I have loved gardening ever since my father gave me my own patch and encouraged me to put in stuff like radishes and nasturtiums, that you just throw down and it grows. However, it was hard for small operators to compete with big companies that began to take over the region’s vegetable production, and post-war England wasn’t an easy place to live. Emigrating to New Zealand turned out to be the best thing we ever did.

We dealt with all sorts of offenders, writing reports, making recommendations to the court as to whether people were likely to respond to probation, and supervising people when they came out of prison.

Inevitably, some got cross. One rather difficult gentleman waved his fist at me and said, “I don’t know who you are but I hate all probation officers, especially tall ones.” As I’m six foot, I hastily sat down and said “you’re alright now then?” Luckily, he then sat down too. You can defuse most things, but sometimes people are just plain nasty.

First you have to listen to people and while you don’t advise them what to do, you may point out various options they could follow and the likely outcomes.

I helped one perpetual thief calculate that between his income and his time in prison he was only earning about $50 a month. I suggested he either had to become a much more capable burglar or he should take up a steady job. It’s a silly example, but it’s important to look at the results of your actions.

We docked in Wellington in 1952 with £40 and our eldest son. Another son was later born in New Zealand. I went to work on Waikato farms and then in a dairy factory, which I particularly enjoyed. The company planned to put me through Massey University until a pleural effusion (fluid in my chest

In the early days, probation was a chance for someone to show that they could behave themselves and that it wasn’t necessary to lock them up. The focus used to be on first offenders, with the hope of diverting them from a life of crime by assisting them to realise the futility of their ways. However, limited

I got back to work as a government clerk before becoming an accountant for a Hamilton grain merchant, where I handled a turnover of around £1.5 million ($3m) with no qualification other than an accounting book I bought.

When the firm started to collapse (not due to my bookkeeping) I decided to follow the example of an aunt I liked and I became a probation officer. I stayed in the Hamilton Probation Service for about 30 years, eventually becoming regional manager and meeting Marie, another probation officer. We married in 1983, after Hilda died.

resources are now targeted at the most serious offenders. I feel particularly sorry for Department of Corrections staff involved in the release of a recidivist sex offender in Whanganui.

It’s an intractable problem, the really dangerous offender who must be released under law. Like doctors, probation officers do their best to put things right, but they can’t guarantee what will happen in the future.

My first book, Brain Food and Other Tales, is a collection of compelling, but rather sinister, short stories for adults and took more than a year to compile. There is at least one happy story of friendship, although still with a twist in its tail. My second book, Dubious Definitions – a dictionary of misinterpretation, contorts the meanings of more than 1000 words and may be enjoyed by lateral thinkers, who love words, cryptic ideas and a laugh.

When I retired in 1985, we moved to Red Beach before coming to Warkworth in 2007 for a more rural lifestyle on a hectare of land, closer to The Cottages holiday accommodation we rent out at Scotts Landing. This finally allowed me time to write.

Marie is my editor. You can’t effectively edit your own work. The copy then goes to the United States company that markets and promotes the books around the world, making them available in paperback through major wholesalers like Amazon, Ingram Books and UK Book Depository, as well as in digital format for Kindle and all other e-book platforms. I make an up-front contribution towards production costs and get a share of the profit from sales.

Rickety Rackety Rhymes is my latest book and consists of 34 poems for young children, written largely in rhyming couplets, which have a cheerful sound, are easy to read and simple to remember. They’re silly, funny tales of people and animals that remind me of the sort of things my father used to say.

I like poor old Monty Mouse trying to find himself a winter house and Gus the Hippopotamus who has run out of water, but I don’t believe children should be condescended to. It doesn’t matter if you use the odd word that might be strange to them or has a few more syllables, it just helps them learn.

Brain Food has only been listed for a month or two, but it’s doing reasonably well in both forms. I also contacted every library in NZ and most of the two-thirds that replied bought copies.

I’m not going to sell thousands, but with a bit of luck, I might sell a few hundred. I don’t expect to make a lot of money, but I have found it a lot of fun and definitely plan to write more.

To enter to win a copy of Brian’s books see page 43.

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The Auckland Heritage Festival is a great example of how Council is working in partnership with communities in the north, and other parts of the new Auckland, to build a sustainable future. It’s a team effort as big and small institutions, community groups, Council and local boards, passionate amateurs and esteemed experts, work together to make the three-week event happen.

The festival, which kicks off at the end of this month, embraces all facets of our heritage – natural, built and cultural – through art and fashion exhibitions, architecture, music, talks and stories, guided walks and tours, plays and open days. It lets us pause and take pride in our history – be it the evocative glimpse of Victorian and Edwardian life at Waiwera’s Couldrey House or the guided tours of Mahurangi’s Scott Homestead and the surrounding heritage area. It also lets us head into other areas of Auckland and learn more about the history of communities we are less familiar with.

But as we work to preserve our natural and built heritage, we’re working together with our communities every day, not just during the weeks of the Heritage Festival. Our heritage staff work directly with heritage property owners and developers to protect and conserve heritage sites, providing specialist advice on repairs and conservation work or guidance on accessing funding grants. In the Mahurangi area, our environmental services staff work together with landowners and other key stakeholders on an integrated approach to land management to help preserve the health and condition of the harbour. This includes working with farmers to prioritise watercourse fencing and planting to reduce sediment entering the harbour, more than 200,000 natives planted in a mix of landowner and public planting days, working with local schools on environmental awareness relevant to the local area, and working closely with groups such as the Mahurangi Action Group.

Council has ongoing programmes to monitor the condition of the marine ecology in the harbour, and we have specialised coastal engineers to provide guidance on land management, property and infrastructure development. Our parks staff are currently repairing the sea walls at Omaha and Whangateau, upgrading the coastal access at Rainbows End, and regularly do coastal dune planting of Mahurangi coastal edges, among a raft of smaller coastal renewal works across the reserves in the Mahurangi.

Yes, we have some high-profile projects in the inner city, and I firmly believe a region of 1.5 million people needs a strongly beating economic and cultural heart. But Auckland Council’s staff and elected representatives are out in the north and other parts of Auckland every day, working hard with local people to preserve our heritage and wonderful natural environment, improve local amenities and build strong, resilient communities. It is only through thriving local communities that we will reach our potential as a united Auckland.

See Opinion page 4.

Festival won’t bloom next year Due to challenging economic times, organisers of the Bloom Family Festival announced last month that next year’s festival would not be going ahead as planned.

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Rodney art students awarded Rodney College students Felicity Pride, Year 12, and Laura Pride, Year 11, have each received a 2012 Pat Hanly Art Student Award. The sisters were presented with their awards at a ceremony held in the new wing of the Auckland Art Gallery last month and were presented with their awards by former Prime Minister Helen Clark. More than 200 people attended and the evening’s programme included the launch of the new Pat Hanly book. The award entitles Felicity and Laura to membership of the Friends of Auckland Art Gallery. They were accompanied by Rodney College art teacher Julie Lithgow.

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Students participated in a range of activities including sitting down to an authentic breakfast of warm rice pudding in coconut milk while

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There were also demonstrations of weaving skills: making hats, mats, traditional skirts, baskets and bracelets, which were put on display in the school library. The Pasifika Idol event at the end of the week proved popular with a number of students showing off their dancing talents. Pasifika liaison teacher Elizabeth Rothwell says the week was a huge success and will become an annual event.

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Classroom makeovers given college spending priority Two Rodney secondary schools are planning much-needed makeovers as they allocate Ministry of Education (MOE) five-year property funding to essential health and safety, and infrastructure work.

Rodney College principal Dave integration. Other classrooms will Ormandy says the school is also get soundproofing, lighting prioritising around $250,000 worth checks, carpets and furniture, making of science and social science classroom sure they’re information technology re-modelling, including establishing a (IT) ready, giving students access to breakout room to create more flexible latest technology and creating more workspaces. A further $80-$90,000 comfortable and effective learning will be spent on roofing needs. The environments, in keeping with 21st classroom re-modelling has gone to century standards, he says. tender and he hopes it will take place Around $75,000 of the five year over the Christmas break. The roofing funding will go towards the School project starts early this month and will Network Upgrade Project (SNUP), continue into the October holidays. which upgrades the fibre throughout The classroom improvements will the school, making sure all the switches tie in with the separately-funded are up to code and every classroom development of The Hub, which can make optimal use of ultra-fast will see five classrooms open onto a broadband (UFB), now connected to 1500 square metre central area on the school but awaiting an agreement courts in front of the school’s E and with a service provider.

F block. The multi-use recreational Mr Hutching says the school’s IT space, initially designed by 2011 Year planners are aware of the considerable 13 graphics students, will feature a increases in data volumes and landscaped shade area, the relocated associated costs that other schools school canteen, seating, table tennis have experienced with UFB and are tables, a stage and more. watching the outcomes with interest.

Anticipated cost of The Hub is All of the school’s computers are around $200,000, of which a little currently leased, although many over $50,000 has already been raised. seniors have laptops and access to a Grants are also being sought and the wireless network. He says a BYOD school is continuing to fundraise and (Bring Your Own Device) approach, seek support in terms of labour and as undertaken by Orewa College, materials with the aim of achieving is a possible option and the school completion by the end of next year. is currently reviewing its IT needs, At Otamatea High, roofing and objectives and plans. science laboratory upgrades are also Spending on building improvements top priorities within a total $1.3m will be staged throughout the five five-year spend of MOE funds. years, although he expects initial Principal Haydn Hutching says tenders will go out through GETS aging laboratories will get a complete (Government Electronic Tenders overhaul, including new benches, Service) in term four, with a view to flooring, walls, ceilings, and IT starting work in 2013.

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Super Liquor Warkworth Retirement isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it doesn’t always drive people to drink.

The new owners of Super Liquor Warkworth, Garry and Tracee Hoare, say that after completing a successful commercial property development in Onerahi about five years ago, they were looking forward to taking life easier.

“But after decades in the retail trade, we really missed the engagement with customers,” Garry says.

The couple decided to buy the Super Liquor store in Onerahi and last year it was named the Super Liquor Store of the Year.

Garry says Super Liquor has 140 stores nationally and, in terms of volume sold, it is the country’s largest liquor franchise.

Originally from the Manawatu, Garry was a keen road and track cyclist in his youth, and represented NZ at the Oceania Games.

The couple has lived in Whangarei for the past 20 years, where they have run service stations, workshops and convenience stores.

They have picked up numerous industry awards along the way including Mobil Dealer of the Year.

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“I was fortunate when I started work, I had boss who took me under his wing, put goals in front of me and encouraged me to strive for them.

“I think it’s one of the reasons that I believe staff training is so important.

We’ve got a great team here in Warkworth.”

Since taking over the Warkworth store, Garry, Tracee and their daughter Nicole, have tripled the stock, introducing new lines and greater choice. The shop presentation has also been redesigned.

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Wenzeng Engineering Years of observing some of the world’s ‘rich and powerful’ has given Roger Wenzlick, the owner of Wenzeng Engineering, formerly Encon Engineering at Snells Beach, a keen appreciation of life’s simpler pleasures.

During 12 years as a marine engineer on superyachts all over the world, Roger says he was often struck by the eccentricities of some of his employers and the circles they mixed in.

“It wasn’t unusual for them to spend more on flowers and bottled water than on the engineering budget, and there was a lot of one-upmanship among owners,” he says.

“It wasn’t all beer and skittles, but it was a pretty interesting experience.”

After finishing school at Mahurangi College, Roger did a fitter and turner apprenticeship at Meremere power station. This was followed by a stint as a dive instructor, based at Snells Beach and Matauri Bay, where he lead trips to the Rainbow Warrior.

His association with superyachts started with Alloy Yachts, in Auckland, where he was involved in fabrication and engineering work. Later, when running his own business in Auckland, he was working on vessels such as Ultimate Lady, the South Pacific’s largest and most luxurious sport fishing boat.

He went to sea as a marine engineer in 2000, starting in the Caribbean.

While living in South America, Roger met his Colombian wife Alba and when their son David was born nearly a year ago, he started seriously looking at moving back home.

He says he always knew that one day he would return to the Mahurangi area to live.

“NZ’s eastern coast takes a lot of beating.

You just have to see that view from Mahurangi East Road out to Kawau on a good day – it’s pretty amazing.

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“The opportunity to buy a business like Encon Engineering wasn’t going to come up every day, so when I saw it on Trade Me I decided I couldn’t afford to pass it up.”

Roger has retained the services of Cody Gray, who was with Encon for six years, and says it’s ‘business as usual’.

As well as general and marine engineering work, Wenzeng will continue to market Encon’s specialty products such as the pickapods and mobility scooter trailers.

When off duty, Roger says he loves to muck around with “anything” motorised, fishing, boating and hunting, and is still a certified PADI instructor, having recently received his 20-year certificate.

His pride and joy are his ’47 Ford Jailbar delivery van driven by a 351 Cleveland motor and a ’47 Ford jailbar pick-up, which runs a flathead V8.

Roger’s parents were both business people – David and Colleen owned Warkworth Motors for around 20 years, while Colleen also ran a number of businesses in Snells Beach including the Post Shop, a dive shop and The Lighthouse where Beaches is now located.

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Property sale transparency Selling or purchasing a house is a significant and sometimes stressful event for people.

Clients frequently ask whether they should sign a Sale and Purchase Agreement before talking to their lawyer, and rely on a “solicitor approval” clause, or have a solicitor involved from the start. If you are looking to sign an agreement for sale and purchase of real estate, it is best to consult your solicitor before signing, regardless of whether you use the latest edition or not (it is not compulsory to use the latest edition). We outline a number of the changes in the most recent 9th edition of the Sale and Purchase Agreement for real estate that will affect any property transaction.

A builder’s report is now a condition on the front page of the agreement. The building report must be prepared by a ‘suitably qualified’ building inspector and if the inspection will be invasive, the purchaser must receive the vendor’s prior written consent. Building reports were frequently relied on to back out of an agreement. Now, however, a purchaser must objectively assess whether a building report is satisfactory.

If the purchaser wishes to cancel the agreement on the basis of the building report, the vendor is now able to request the report and challenge the purchaser’s assessment.

It is no longer acceptable for a vendor to rely on the purchaser observing what chattels are in working order as a vendor now warrants that chattels are delivered to the purchaser in reasonable working order. Previously, chattels were sold in their current condition as at the date the agreement was signed, chattels delivered in nonworking order will invoke a right of compensation. The possession date is now the same day as the settlement date. Clause 3.2 sets out the specific right for a purchaser to enter the property once prior to settlement to examine the property, chattels and fixtures included in the sale. Where there is partial damage and a property is not untenantable, the purchaser can deduct the cost of reinstatement or repair from the amount they tender on settlement. This will be relevant to damage caused between the contract being signed and the settlement date. If there is a dispute about the amount then an interim amount (determined by an experienced property lawyer, if not agreed) is deducted on settlement and held in trust until determined or agreed.

On balance these changes assign responsibility appropriately and increase the flow of information between parties, limiting the ability for one party to back out of an agreement based on their personal assessment. These changes confirm that an increasing amount of information is required to be disclosed to both parties in a sale and purchase transaction.

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Budget advisers from all walks of life More advisers needed The personal experience of finding herself in a financial crisis has helped budget adviser Sarah Walsh empathise with the clients she helps counsel through the Warkworth Wellsford Budget Service.

“I grew-up in a dysfunctional family where Mum would put buying cigarettes ahead of buying food so Sarah Walsh with copies of the two new I didn’t have any real idea of budgeting,” Sarah says. publications available “When I went through a relationship breakdown, I from WINZ offices. discovered we had a lot more debt than I’d realised.

I contacted the budget service and after a two hour meeting, I had a plan to start getting myself back on my feet. The budget service taught me ways to change my spending habits, which has made a huge difference to my life.”

When the call went out for more budget advisers, Sarah said she welcomed the opportunity to give something back to the service which had helped her make such a positive change in her life.

“Every client is different and sometimes there may be just one issue involved or you could be addressing a lifetime of bad financial habits.

“It’s tough to ask for help; it’s probably the biggest hurdle our clients have to overcome and although we can offer reassurance and ideas, at the end of the “We try to give people moral support and help day it is up to the person to commit to the plan. them focus on positive goals. Small changes such There are some disappointments, but you also get to as reassessing your power provider or setting up a meet some really awesome people.” second account for bill payments can make a big Sarah says sorting debt is often a question of difference. If the debt’s gone too far, we can also weighing up “needs” over “wants”. guide people through the insolvency process.”

Road takes its toll The Northern Gateway toll road is proving to be anything but a smooth ride for many Warkworth Wellsford Budget Service clients. Budget adviser Sarah Walsh says the way outstanding fines multiply hits hard on people who are already struggling to manage their finances. Toll charge debts of more than $1000 are not uncommon. “I recently had one client who was owing $2200 for a few unpaid trips. Our advice to anyone who hasn’t got the money in their pockets is ‘don’t go through the tunnel’.” Sarah believes if tolls could be paid at a Post Shop, then fewer people would get into trouble.

The Warkworth Wellsford Budget Service is desperate for more volunteers in the Warkworth area. Generally, it involves a commitment of around four to five hours a week.

However, when seeing a new client, extra time can be involved in getting their affairs sorted as quickly as possible. The service remains free because of the contribution made by volunteers.

Training starts with the Budget Adviser Introductory Course, a programme developed and improved by budget advice experts over 30 years. Plus, there is ongoing training in areas such as consumer rights, insolvency law, benefit advocacy, identifying addictions, culture awareness and advanced negotiations.

While the benefits of the service to clients are obvious, advisors also speak of the satisfaction and sense of achievement they feel when a file is closed because a family or individual has become financially independent. To learn more about how to volunteer, phone Jo on 425 9281.

Posters reflect budgeting messages Two Wellsford School students have won the Money Week poster competition, organised by the Warkworth Wellsford Budget Service. The competition was designed to encourage young people to think about how to manage their money. Service coordinator Jo Walker says there was a great response with many entries picking up on the themes of saving and putting aside money for special purchases.

The two winners, who each collected $75, were Clara Dowson, of Wellsford, and Buster Clark, of Mangawhai. Runners-up Tayla Rambaud and Sahrai Heller-Pari each received $25. To see the winning

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What was going to be a staged development at Summerset Falls is now being completed “in one hit”.

“Heart” of retirement village takes shape A 40-bed aged facility, providing hospital-level care and respite care options at Summerset Falls retirement village in Warkworth, is expected to open next March.

Construction is well underway on the float last November, demand and an outdoor bowling green is being two-storey complex, although sales consideration of the disruption developed alongside the building. manager Steven Garner says the wet a staged project would involve The Summerset village represents a winter has put the project slightly convinced Summerset to undertake $70 million investment in Warkworth, behind schedule. the project in one hit.” which, when finished, will comprise “The building itself will probably As well as the aged facility, the new more than 140 residential options and be finished by the end of the year building will accommodate medical will employ between 30 to 40 staff. and then there will be a further two consulting rooms, two lounges, a café, Summerset is the second largest months of commissioning work,” he games and recreational space, a bar developer and third largest retirement says. for residents, hair salon, gym, library village operator in NZ, catering “Initially, it was planned as a three and administration offices. Two for more than 2000 residents in stage project. However, the injection residential units and eight serviced/ 14 villages. The Warkworth village of capital through a successful share care apartments are also included and currently has 50 residents.

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Stroke Club members and carers at the wedding anniversary celebration, back (from left), Tricia Hammonds, Pam Hellian, Margaret Banyard, Lynette Badham, Cunitia Wilkinson and Sonny Banyard. Centre, Pat Birnie. Front, Betty and Terry Hammon.

Stroke club marks anniversary Members and carers of the Warkworth Stroke Club recently joined Betty and Terry Hammon, of Wellsford, in celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.

Betty (nee Davies) and Terry have them to take home fresh flowers. Plus, been long-time supporters of the the contribution gives me a sense of club, which meets on Wednesday achievement.” mornings in the Catholic Church hall Terry and Betty met at a Tobaccolands in Alnwick Street. dance in Tomarata. Originally from Betty, now 81, was 62 when she the Ruawai/Dargaville district, Terry worked on farms for many years, suffered the first of three strokes.

“I played goalie in my last game of as well as driving for Rodney and hockey for Rodney when I was 61 Otamatea Transport and at one stage, – my daughter Christine and grand- he ran his own concreting company. daughter Karla were also in the team,” The couple had six children and were, Betty says. “I’d been pretty fit all my as a family, keen members of various life but I was a smoker so that could hunt clubs. Asked for some advice on the secret of their long marriage, have contributed to the stroke.

“The kindness of club members has Betty said partners needed to exercise been incredible. When you have a tolerance and show respect for one stroke, you’re very limited in what another. you can do afterwards so the club is “I’m not fool enough to say it’s easy going, particularly when you have six basically our only social outing.”

However, Betty has continued to children to raise.” garden with the help of family and Thirty years ago the couple bought friends, and provides flowers for the 16-acres on Prictor Road which they named Haven Hill. They continue to weekly meetings.

“Some of the people who come to live there, where they rear beef cattle, the meetings are from the Warkworth care for a menagerie of animals and Hospital or the Omaha rest home earn “enough to pay the rates”. where they can’t garden, so it’s nice for Info: Phone Pat Birnie on 425 5434.

Parents share for Starship Well-known New Zealanders are sharing a glimpse of their families and their feelings about parenthood in a new book in support of Starship Children’s Hospital. For the Love of Our Kids is a beautifully bound photo book which has gone on sale at www.starship.org.nz/lovekids. The book features photos of high-profile Kiwis such as Lucy Lawless, Tiki Taane, Keven Mealamu, Jaquie Brown, Shane and Nerida Cortese, Dame Rosie Horton, and Dominic Harvey and Jay-Jay Feeney, with their own children or special Starship patients. There are also photos of patients and generous supporters with their families – and all with heartfelt messages of what their children mean to them.

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The nation is going blue this month in an attempt to get Kiwi men to face up to prostate and testicular cancer.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer Kiwi men face with one in 10 being diagnosed in their lifetime, while testicular is the most common cancer affecting men aged between 15 and 35 years.

Of the 3000 cases of prostate cancer diagnosed each year, more than 550 lead to death.

Although there’s no way of preventing prostate cancer, it is treatable if caught early enough.

Prostate Cancer Foundation spokesperson Keith Beck says the cancer can only be cured when it’s contained within the prostate; once out of the prostate, the only treatment is palliative.

“A PSA blood test is recommended every year from the age of 40, especially if there is a family history of the disease. Making healthy lifestyle choices such as reducing alcohol intake, eating a balanced diet and keeping up a fitness routine can help Rugby legend Buck Shelford is getting protect against the disease. behind Blue September, encouraging “Research shows that eating foods Kiwi men over 40 to get an annual such as cooked tomatoes, cranberries health check-up. Prostate cancer is curable if it’s detected early enough. and pomegranates, which contain the antioxidant lycopene, can be from Central Otago, contains beneficial for prostate health. Pinot resveratrol, which is also proven to noir wine in moderation, particularly improve prostate health.”

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Putting the bite on oral hygiene awareness Despite a significant reduction in tooth decay and gum disease over the last decade, oral hygiene still remains a major health problem for both children and adults in NZ. Statistics from the World Health Organisation show that dental decay affects 60 to 90 percent of school children in the developed world, with 44 per cent of five-year-olds with at least one decayed, missing or filled tooth.

The New Zealand Dental Association is getting behind World Oral Health Day on September 12, which aims to increase awareness of oral health, as well as the impact of oral diseases on general health and well-being.

Auckland Regional Dental Service clinical director Dr Satha Kanagaratnam says both tooth decay and gum disease are preventable.

“The 2009 NZ Oral Health Survey adulthood to middle age. “The first Oral health messages: showed that across all populations and sign is painless bleeding from the yy Eat a healthy balanced diet, restrict age groups there were high levels of decay gum margins. If this is left unheeded, sugary foods and sweetened drinks and disease,” he says. “Decay can be the bone that supports the tooth to meals times only. prevented and even reversed by reducing root may be attacked and the teeth sugar intake, using fluoride toothpastes may eventually become painful and yy Brush teeth and gums twice a day using fluoride toothpaste for a and by other preventive measures. mobile. Although severity varies, minimum of three minutes. Spit about 95 percent of adults exhibit the “Preventing decay in young children out, do not rinse. is important because it can result in condition to some degree.” y y Visit a dental clinic regularly. pain, and infection and can affect their Dr Kanagaratnam says with an weight and health in general. Children increasing number of people living yy Avoid leaving infants with sugarsweetened drinks in feeding bottles should have dental checks from the longer and retaining their own teeth, or cups, particularly at bedtime. age of one onwards.” older adults are more prone to decay and periodontal diseases. yy Use a soft-to-medium toothbrush Periodontal disease, caused by an with a small head. Toothbrushes accumulation of plaque, is a condition “Which is why brushing teeth and gums should be changed after three to four that usually begins in childhood and twice daily, regular dental check ups and months or once the bristles are worn. increases in severity through early quitting smoking is so important.”

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Health briefs Loud and bright Loud Shirt Day, raising money for deaf children, will be held on Friday September 21. Funds raised will help The Hearing House and the Southern Cochlear Implant Paediatric Programme to provide free therapy for deaf children. Businesses and schools are encouraged to register at www.loudshirtday.org.nz. There’s also a chance to win a seven-night trip to Hawaii courtesy of Hawaii Tourism.

Health name change Rodney North Harbour Health Trust has changed its name to Northlink Health.

Chief executive Wendy Hawkings says the change was “simple and single minded – it’s easier to remember!”

Northlink Health aims to lessen the impact of disability by providing flexible home and community based support for people of all ages.

Alcohol dangers The dangers of drinking during pregnancy and the plight of individuals and families who struggle with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders will be marked on September 9. The date was chosen so that on the ninth day, of the ninth month of the year, the world will remember that during the nine months of pregnancy a woman should abstain from alcohol. Info: www.fasday.com

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www.natures-nest.co.nz 33 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth Noelene Quedley travelled from Auckland to help plant the first Hospice kauri trees along the Mahurangi River, 60 of which were in memory of her mother Ona Price, who passed away earlier this year.

Kauri reinstated on riverbank Around 300 kauri trees were planted on the banks of the Mahurangi River last month, as the Warkworth Wellsford Hospice/Mahurangi Kauri Project takes root.

Hospice is hoping to raise $20,000 Hospice is inviting people to buy a and create a legacy forest in a new kauri seedling to add to the forest. In Warkworth reserve, starting at the return for a $20 donation, supporters end of Mansel Drive and adjoining receive a certificate stamped with a number that matches the number on Stockyard Falls.

Ona and Mansel Price’s daughter ‘their’ tree.

Noelene Quedley was among the The Mahurangi Kauri Project is volunteers who braved wintry, wet being coordinated by Woodcocks conditions to support the day. She said subdivision owner Michael Webbthe planted area adjoined her father’s Speight, and is sponsored by GJ Gardner Homes, Kauri Park Nursery old hay paddock.

“My sister and I played in the river and Warkworth New World, which here as kids, fishing for eels off the is selling the kauri certificates on rocks with a string and hook tied from Hospice’s behalf. a length of supplejack,” she said. “It To find out more about how to buy a $20 kauri tree for Hospice, visit brings back great memories.”

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For your convenience consultations available at Milford, Red Beach and Warkworth.

• Milford Eye Clinic, 181 Shakespeare Road, Milford • Coastcare, Red Beach Shopping Centre, Red Beach • Warkworth, Unit 3, Warkworth Health Centre, Cnr Alnwick & Percy Streets, Warkworth

For all appointments phone 09 422 6871

Health with Dr Bruce Sutherland

Belt of roses from hell Shingles is a painful rash that appears on one side of the body. It is preceded by pain, numbness and sometimes itching of the area. After a few days a close crop of fluid-filled blisters appear. These can be associated with enlarged lymph nodes, sometimes headache, fatigue and a fever.

Shingles (herpes zoster) is a reactivation of the chickenpox (Varicella) virus.

Most people usually acquire chickenpox in childhood. After the initial infection, the virus spreads to and “hides” in the nerves of the spinal cord. Most of us now are carrying this virus – our immune systems are keeping it suppressed.

Reactivation causes the virus to multiply and run down a specific nerve that supplies sensation to the skin. This is why it only affects one side of the body.

Anyone who has had a chickenpox infection in the past can get shingles but it affects those with reduced immunity more commonly (stress, concurrent illness, increasing age, sunburn and so on) and these people are more likely to suffer prolonged or permanent nerve damage from shingles (post-herpetic neuralgia).

This causes persistent intermittent stabs of pain and overlying skin numbness or sensitivity, long after the shingles have resolved. The degree of pain can be quite severe and debilitating. Facial shingles is associated with more complications. It can affect the eye and can even cause permanent visual loss.

Treatment: yy Vaccination – Prevention is the best cure. A chickenpox vaccine is available.

It prevents the initial chickenpox infection but must be given to children and adults not yet exposed. A shingles vaccine is also available to those at risk who have had chickenpox (most of us). It can be given if one has already had an attack of shingles, as shingles can reoccur. It is basically a high dose of the chickenpox vaccine designed to activate the immune system to continue suppressing the virus. Neither vaccine is government funded. yy Antivirals (Acyclovir) - These tablets help prevent the risk of long-term pain.

They need to be started within 72 hours of the appearance of the rash. It is important to see your doctor as soon as possible if a shingles rash appears – especially if it involves the face. yy Creams – Topical anaesthetic, aspirin and capsaicin creams can give temporary relief. yy Painkillers – Anti-epileptic medication and tricyclic antidepressants can help suppress nerve activity and pain.

Reducing cervical cancer risk The best way for women to reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer is to have regular cervical smear tests.

September is Cervical Screening clear by themselves, some high-risk Month and the National Cervical types cause cells on the cervix to Screening Programme is encouraging become abnormal and grow in an all women aged between 20 and 70 uncontrolled way. not to put off their smear test, as it can Cervical cancer is most common in reduce their risk of developing cervical women over the age of 35. cancer by about 90 percent.

Smoking is the greatest factor that can Every year, around 160 women in be linked to increased risk of cervical New Zealand develop cancer and cell changes, as well as having more than one sexual partner and the oral about 60 die from the disease.

Cervical cancer is one of the most contraceptive pill. preventable cancers. It is caused Women who have been immunised by certain types of the Human- must also continue to have regular Papilloma-Virus (HPV), which is cervical smear tests because they will not be protected against all HPV types. passed on by sexual contact.

Most people will come into contact Together, screening and immunisation with HPV at some stage during their offer the most effective protection. life and while most HPV infections Info: www.nsu.govt.nz Support the businesses that support Mahurangi Matters.

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Advertise Your Business Here ONLY $48 PER INSERTION (+GST)* *for a three insertion contract Phone 425 9068 for more information or email your advertisement to localmatters@xtra.co.nz

Glaziers & Joiners ...................................... 1 Automotive Services ............................... 1 Tyres .............................................................. 1 Auto Wreckers............................................ 2 Panel and Paint.......................................... 2 Trellis, Fencing & Supplies ..................... 2 Carpenters, Builders & Roofers ............ 2 Scaffolding .................................................. 2 Construction & Earthworks ................... 2 Engineering ................................................ 3 Concrete Specialists ................................ 3 Tiling, Brick & Block Layers .................... 3 Flooring ........................................................ 3

Electrical ...................................................... 3 Design, Survey & Property Valuers ........ 3 Lawn mowing & Landscaping .............. 3 Property Maintenance ............................ 3 Health Professionals ................................ 4 Florists .......................................................... 4 Hairdressers ................................................ 4 Home Maintenance ................................ 4 Arborists ...................................................... 4 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners.............. 4 Retail ........................................................4-5 Home Services - Blinds, Awning etc ...... 5 Painters/Decorators & Plasterers ........ 5

Glaziers & Joiners | Automotive Services | Tyres

For all your glass, glazing, and aluminium needs and

53 Station Road, Wellsford Phone (09) 423 7358 wellsfordglass@xtra.co.nz

WG

Water Pump Specialists .............................. 5 Plumbing & Suppliers ............................. 5 Marine/Small Engines ............................. 5 Printers/Design/Website........................ 5 Picture Framing ......................................... 5 TV Aerial & Satellite Servicing .............. 6 Water Supplies .......................................... 6 Water Tank Cleaning & Purification......... 6 Furniture Removals.................................. 6 Mobility Scooters...................................... 6 Storage ......................................................... 6 Classifieds & Church notices ...... 6-7

arkworth instone lass & lazing

Domestic / Commercial Glazing Glass Showers • Splash Backs Mirrors • Cat Doors Windscreen Replacement and Chip Repair

20 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth (09) 425 8678 • 0800 809 010 www.winstoneglass.com

0274 904 564 425 5340 24hr CALLOUT

431 5050

email: brettatapexglass@yahoo.co.nz

Frameless Shower Installations Bevelled Mirrors - ALL GLASS REPAIRS PROMPT QUALITY WORK WE SERVICE WARKWORTH & MANGAWHAI

COMPOSITE JOINERY Ltd Composite Joinery Ltd 7 Glenmore Drive Warkworth 0941

Phone: 09 425 7510 Fax: 09 422 2011

We specialise in: • Vantage Aluminium Joinery • APL | Architectural Series • Metro Series • Internal and External Timber Joinery

sales@compositejoinery.co.nz www.compositejoinery.co.nz

WINDSCREEN REPAIR OR REPLACE GLAzING SERVICES MIRRORS • SPLASH BACKS • SHOWERS

0800 70 40 10

info@northglass.co.nz • www.northglass.co.nz

Say No to Leaky Homes

THE ULTIMATE ALUMINIUM

WINDOW AND DOOR FLASHING SYSTEM

• Robust, Good Looking and Durable • Specify Best Practice, Specify Flashman • The only Flashing System Guaranteed

Northland 0800 55 66 00 www.flashman.co.nz

Your local window tinting experts

– cars, homes, commercial buildings & boats – • 99% UV protection • Privacy • Frosted films • Glare & heat reduction • Safety/security films

09 424 1846 • 022 0878 909 www.tintwise.co.nz

Snells Beach

MOTORS – 2008 LIMITED –

 425 5355

1 Hamatana Road - Snells Beach

Mobile Mechanical ServiceS On site servicing of your vehicle • Engine tunes • Brake checks • Lube services

• Cam belt replacement • Shock replacement • Exhaust repairs

John Young Ph (09) 425 7781 • Mob 0274 828 293 Hours: Mon – Fri 8am – 5pm

Unit 4, 6-14 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth

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Auto Wreckers | Panel & Paint | Trellis, Fencing & Supplies | Carpenters, Builders, Roofers & Suppliers | Scaffolding | Construction & Earthworks

WARKWORTH

Ian

Ph 425 8723 • Fax 425 9526 Wayne 021 765 706 or Ian 021 977 729 47 Woodcocks Road, Warkworth

2 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth Ph (09) 425 7835 or (09) 425 7730

RODNEY TRELLIS Trellis - Panels - Fencing Installations - all shapes and sizes Specialities: Framed Archways – Superior Trellis Pedestrian Gate Frames (mortised) Trellis spray painting / oiling Gazebo's ~ dove cotes ~ pergolas

Fences - Gates - Screens Pergola - Trellis - Timber 1A Matakana Valley Rd Ph: 422 9550 Fax: 422 9635 115

NEIL KOSE

Phone 09 425 5491 • Mobile 027 275 1172

• Custom made • Quality material • Quality workmanship

872 Kaipara Flats Road Ph: 425 7627 • Fax 422 4976

AWARD WINNING BUILDER

RICHARD WILCOCK

Auckland region house of the year 2008 For the construction of:

• Architecturally designed homes • New houses • Decks • Alterations • Fences

Phone: 027 4771 583 email: rwb@xtra.co.nz www.rwbuilder.co.nz 152M

Fax 09 422 5800

Focus Fencing Farm & Domestic Fencing  Post & Rail Post Driving  Cattle Yards  Retaining Walls  Wooden Farm Gates & Hardware  

Contact Jeff mobile 021 996 713 a/hrs 09 423 7310 stevies.fencing@xtra.co.nz Murray Holt Builders Ltd 355 Old Kaipara Road, RD1 Warkworth, Auckland 0981 Ph: 021 935 509 murrayholt@gmail.com

Long Run Iron Specialists New Re-Roofs & Cladding

Ring Matt on 021 356 965 A/hrs/Fax: 09 425 6311 Email: iron.man@xtra.co.nz

Mob: 021 220 5000

470 KAiPArA FlATS rOAd, WArKWOrTH126

Servicing Auckland - Rodney - Kaipara

Calling all customers We’ll find the right tradesperson for those jobs around your home and property

LTD.

Calling all local tradespeople Are you looking for more work?

Why not join Local Trades Ltd

You can trust us to find the right person for the job

Contact Linda Robinson p e

09 422 9860 linda@localtrades.co.nz

BUI LDER S LTD.

Project Management • New Homes Alterations & Additions Decks & Pergolas Maintenance

NATHAN HOUSTON Ph: 09 422 2131

PROPERTY SERVICES & MAINTENANCE

MURRAY

HOLT

Roofing N.Z

• Design & build • New homes • Renovation • Maintenance • Fences & decks • Project management • Alterations & additions • Shade & outdoor living areas

LOCAL TRADES

Also see Lance for your supply of Native and Landscaping plants

Ph 09 422 5737 • 027 272 7561

Email: autoglassww@xtra.co.nz

Matakana Trellis & Fencing

• Renovations • Maintenance • Small jobs a specialty

Snells Beach • Warkworth • Orewa

Private & All Insurance Work

WE NEED CARS FOR WRECKING – $$$ PAID

• Terraces • Alterations • New Housing

Trellis Guy

EDMONDS & MASON PANEL & PAINT

AUTO WRECKERS FOR ALL NEW & USED PARTS

CARPENTER-JOINER

The

Wayne

m w

027 526 1146 www.localtrades.co.nz

Metroscaff Limited

For your safety we have: • Experienced Qualified Scaffolders • Full range of Equipment • Including Alloy Mobile & Builder’s Props

PHONE 0800 622 7929

‘Just one call and we’ll arrange it all’

OMAHA - SNELLS BEACH - WARKWORTH - MANGAWHAI Member of Scaffolding and Rigging New Zealand

R.K. PADDISON CONTRACTING LTD

MICK BERGER CONTRACTORS

• Truck Hire • Metal Supplies • Bulk Cartage

sales@metroscaff.co.nz www.metroscaff.co.nz

Phone: 09 422 0688 • Mobile: 0274 930 806

CONTRACTORS

43 years experience

Owner/Driver: Ray 38 Coquette Street, Warkworth Ph 422 3450 or 0274 955 566 • Fax 09 422 3451

- Residential & Light Commercial - Quick Stage - OSH Standards - Tube & Clip - Qualified Scaffolders - Reliable Service P 09 425 0300 M 027 4930468 F 09 423 0017

Dams ● Winching ● Bulldozing ● Driveways House Sites ● Landscaping ● Earthmoving ● Sub Divisions

Footings Hole Boring Landscaping

3.5T Digger 5T Truck

Bob Waata Mobile 021 634 484

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Engineering | Concrete | Brick, Block Layers & Tiling | Flooring | Electrical | Design, Architects & Surveyors | Lawn Mowing & Landscaping | Property Maintenance

021 2800 233 www.nzconcrete.co.nz

BASED IN MATAKANA

DRIVEWAYS FLOORS • PATHS Denis 021 945 498 Joel 021 422 592

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

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

Tiling & Waterproofing Bricks • Blocks • Paving

Astute TILING SERVICES

WARKWORTH BRICKLAYING SERVICES LTD

Craftsman Tiler | High Quality Workmanship Accredited Waterproof Membrane Installer Specialist in Epoxy Grout | NZQA Trade Certified

Phone Alan Berthelsen 021 780 170 • A/hrs 425 8252

Simon Bennett 09 431-5723 or 021 320-705 email: astute1@ubernet.co.nz 72 Cames Road, RD5 Wellsford 0975

FLOOR SANDING - FLOOR PREPARATION FLOOR SANDING - FLOOR PREPARATION Polyurethaning:- Wooden Floors, Particle Board & Cork Cork Tiles:- Natural & Coloured Enviro Friendly Products available

KAE JAE CONTRACTORS (LTD) PHONE KEN (0274) 866-923 A/Hrs (09) 422-7328 • Fax (09) 422-7329

Exposed • Plain • Coloured Stamped Concrete • Cutting Residential & Commercial Sub-divisions • R.O.W’s • Excavations 135M

Carpet, Vinyl, Cork & Ceramic Tiles Installation Service Overlocking Service Free Measure and Quote sales@rodneyflooring.co.nz

COASTAL CONCEPTS • Electrician • Gates & Automation t. 09 422 2175 m. 027 497 0464 e. cc2004@xtra.co.nz

www.coastalconceptsltd.co.nz

T.T.E. DESIGNS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNERS

ELECTRICAL SERVICES Mobile: 021 990355 Phone: 09 4226160 Email: markysparky@xtra.co.nz

Residential and Commercial Electrical Phone 422 9589 • Mobile 021 679 483 Email: rob.vic@xtra.co.nz

Lamb & moLLoy Ltd

It's your day off and you're mowing the lawn?

• Lawnmowing • Hedges & Pruning • gardening / sPraying • section cLean uPs • rubbisH removaL • gutter cLeaning • Handyman

SURVEYORS

Prompt, professional advice and service for all Subdivisions and Land Development Work

Phone Warkworth (09) 425-7393 R. Mather 021 425 837 • R. Molloy 021 779 964

CALL FREE 0800 4 JIM JIM (546 546)

23 Bertram Street - Warkworth

or book online at www.jimsmowing.co.nz

admin@lmsurveyors.co.nz TOTAL LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION for complete quality projects

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

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

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

FRANCHISE ENQUIRIES WELCOME

JB’s No 1 LANDSCAPING SERVICES

• Planting • Paving • Retaining WallS • FenceS • deckS • gaRden makeoveRS SERVICING HIBISCUS COAST TO MANGAWHAI

JOHN BETTRIDGE P: 09 425 4086 M: 021 665 558 E: john.bettridge@jbsno1.co.nz

For all your property maintenance and small building projects Phone to discuss YOUR requirements 021 423 860 - 423 8619 a/h

Landscape Industries Association of New Zealand Inc.

handyman@bruno.co.nz • www.bruno.co.nz

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Health Professionals | Florists | Hairdressers | Home Maintenance | Arborists | Carpet & Upholstery | Retail

LAVENDER HOUSE

NZ First Light Flower Essences Consults and essences for adults, children and animals

HOLISTIC HEALTH CLINIC 25/27 Lilburn Street, Warkworth • P: 425 8445 M: 021 825 966 • E: lavenderhouse@xtra.co.nz

Essences for emotional, mental & spiritual support, life situations, challenges, trauma, distress, unease, negative patterns, anxieties, fears.

Ross Payn • • • •

BSC HonS oSt Reg. Osteopath

ACC Treatment Provider Spinal and Muscular Sprains/Aches All ages – Babies to Seniors Structural and Cranial Osteopathy

Marj Marks

• Medical Herbalist • Diet and Nutrition • Bioenergy Healing • Acute & Chronic Conditions

Based in Puhoi - Available at Lavender Cottage, Warkworth

Kayleen Hazlehurst NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR

Now also at 27 Lilburn St, Warkworth

body - mind - spirit

6 Kendale Drive, Matheson Bay Tel. 422 6522 • www.theosteopaths.co.nz

Registered Practitioner

MHSc; Adv.DipHSc; DipHSc; PhD.

MM189

09 422 0177 or 027 612 5256 www.aquaesse.co.nz

Beauty Therapy & Nail Creations for head to toe pampering Spa Manicure & Pedicures | Acrylics | OPI Gel Polish | Shellac Sheekee Nail Wraps | Essie / OPI Nail Lacquers Princess Pamper Parties | Weddings | Special Occasions XS Cuts Building, 27 Queen St, Warkworth (in the courtyard by Kodak) Tuesday - Saturday 9.30am to 5.30pm, Late Night Thursday Angela Munro Qualified Nail Technician 425 0441 • 021 709 704

• Ear Hygiene • Discharging Ears • Dermatitis • Microsuction Specialists

Whangarei • Warkworth • Kerikeri

Alison Wech

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

Rodney Appearance CONSULTATION Medicine FREE Book now for your FREE 15min Consultation with our Cosmetic Nurse Specialist

4 277 6 33

0800 4 APP MED

ramedicine@vodafone.co.nz

Specialists in Skin Consultations, Dermal Fillers and Botox

0800 FOR FLOWERS 0800 367 356 Shop 5, Riverside Arcade 62 Queen Street, Warkworth Phone 09 425 9418

NEW SALON Family affordable prices

• RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL • WATER BLASTING

Mens...$15 • Ladies...from $20 • Kids... $10

BYO COLOUR

Winter Hours: Mon-Fri Unit 8, Mahurangi Shopping Centre, Snells Beach

Phone Terri (09) 425 5511

No appointment necessary

0800 927 492 021 725 907

334 Mahurangi East Rd, Snells Beach Phone 425 4142

Arcadia

Tree Care

Contact Linus Wood www.treecontracts.co.nz

For all your carpet needs • Supply only Neil Wardle • Lay only Carpet Layer • Supply and Lay 09 425 9149 • Re-adaptions 027 264 7941 • Repair Work neilwardle@hotmail.co.nz

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

Interflora

Says it best.

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

CARPET CLEANING

Emergency Flood Service Technical Experience 12 years Fully qualified and certified

Call FREE 0800 022 101 Mobile 021 456 429 Email: brocks@xtra.co.nz

Certified Member of the Carpet Cleaning Association of NZ

WARKWORTH COMMERCIAL CLEANERS LTD Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners General Commercial Cleaners

Paddy & Gaye Webb Phone/Fax: Mobile: Email: Website:

09 425 6844 021 079 8578 padgayewebb@gmail.com www.wwcc.co.nz

home + kids + gifts 9 Matakana Valley Road, Matakana (driveway behind the Rusty Pelican) WINTER HOURS : Friday-Sunday 11am-3pm

www.mooimooi.co.nz

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Retail | Blinds | Painters & Decorators | Water Pumps | Plumbing | Marine & Small Engines | Printers/ Design / Website | Picture Framing

D BLIN 12B Wood Street, Mangawhai Heads M 021 280 4008 P 09 431 4651 E mwiappliance@gmail.com

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

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

VENLUREE

AWN I

NGS

SECURITY DOORS • SHUTTERS • SCREENS Agents for • Supply • Installation FOR • Cleaning • Repairs

09 428 4012 021 2144 250

since 1966

itchen Colours and Wood Finishes

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email: vlr.frank@yahoo.co.nz www.venluree.co.nz

FREE QUOTES CALL FRANK

A BRUSH WITH ART

EXPERT PAINTING AND DECORATING

Interior/Exterior n Waterblasting n Roof Painting Airless Spraying n Plastering n Wallpapering Colour Consulting n Decorative Effects Qualified Tradesmen - Honest/Reliable Ph Mandy 09 425 9007 or 021 507 463

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: gary.robyn@clear.net.nz

water pumps

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

0800 PURE WATER “If you don’t have a lter you are the lter”

Call Steve today 09 945 2282 he’s your local

steve@purewaterservices.co.nz

New Pump Sales

Service

Installation

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

Phone/Fax 425-5619 Mobile 0800 733 765

www.purewaterservices.co.nz

K & R PUMP SERVICES ltd

H2O PUMPS

Pump & Filtration Services

Water Treatment

Pumping Systems

• Filtration • UV Sterilizers • Softeners and Neutralizers • Iron Removal • Agent for Stallion Pumps

Owen Ward

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

& DRAINLAYING

AUTHORISED AGENT

31 WOODCOCKS RD - WARKWORTH - PH 425 9100

(2007) Ltd

ST E P H E N

J O N E S L T D

P LU M B I N G

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

STEPHEN JONES

09 422 7618 027 494 5499

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

Maintenance  New Homes  Craftsman Plumber  Free Quotes  After Hours Callout  30 years experience 

OUTBOARD MOTOR SERVICING

Mark Sim 021 102 4561 tplumber@xtra.co.nz Available from:

TTT Plumbing Limited

MAHURANGI MARINE LTD

TRIED – TESTED – TRUSTED

330 Mahurangi East Rd, Snells Beach Phone 425-5806

ORBIT DIGITAL — YOUR LOCAL ONLINE BUSINESS PARTNER

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

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

Web Design & Development Graphic Design Branding Specialists Digital Marketing

— — — —

call: (09) 902 9255 email: hello@orbitdigital.co.nz

www.orbitdigital.co.nz

WARKWORTH PICTURE FRAMERS COMPLETE CUSTOM FRAMING SERVICE David and Pat Little P. 09 425 8143 E. the_littles@xtra.co.nz 15 Coquette Street,Warkworth 0910 DAVID LITTLE GCF

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TV Aerials & Satellites | Water Supplies | Water Tank Cleaning & Water Testing | Furniture Removals | Mobility Scooters | Storage

Digital Freeview Satellite

TV AERIAL & SATELLITE SERVICES

Installation & Repairs

Freeview Sales & Installation TV & FM Aerials

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

0800 638 254 OR 09 422 3700

TANK WATER TESTING clean. care. repair.

WATER TANK & WATER APPLICATION CLEANING AGENCY Warkworth: Phone John or Annette Carr p: 09 425 7477 | m: 027 240 7791 | f: 09 425 7483 email: mobikair@xtra.co.nz

mobile: 027 556 6111

Mangawhai: Phil Lathrope 431 4608 | 021 642 668

SALES • REPAIR • HIRE Noel & Lyn Beale

09 422 2615 or 0800 022 884

BLUE VALLEY TAI ChI CLASSES Holy Name Church Hall, Alnwick Street, Warkworth, every Wednesday 12.15pm to 1.15pm Info: Brian 021 747 947 or bartonfamily@xtra.co.nz

FOR hIRE PUhOI CEnTEnnIAL hALL Capacity

200, reasonable rates. Ph Kathy on 422 0891 or email puhoi.hall@hiko.co.nz

ShOESMITh & MASOnIC hALLS The Shoesmith Hall (limit 120 people) and the old Masonic Hall (limit 100 people) are available for hire at reasonable rates. Contact the Warkworth Service Centre of the Auckland council on tollfree (09) 301 0101.

SNELLS BEACH

PHONE 09 425 5597

146M

FLIGhTS

CARPET LAYER Over 30 yrs experience.

Repair & replacement specialist. Great rates. Call Rob today 425 5257.

FITnESS

Phone Simon Breeze (09) 422 9345

tankwater@xtra.co.nz | www.tankwatertesting.info

Rodney - North Shore

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

DRIVEWAYS

We collect samples of your tank or bore water, have them analysed for microbes at a high quality laboratory.

Our written report explains the results and makes recommendations.

MOBILITY SCOOTERS

• 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

WInTER SPECIAL Maintenance Grading, Rolling and Metalling for rural Driveways. No job to BIG or small.

Phone (09) 425 7766.

WATER

Ph 09 425 5495 Mob 0274 766 115

0800 747 928

CARPET LAYERS

& ESIAN SOLWA T Y AR fILTEREd

GAVIN BROUGH

Household Water Deliveries

Warkworth FURNITURE REMOVALS

water

SCEnIC FLIGhTS $39, 20 mins; $49, 30 mins. Min. 3 passengers. Trial flights $79. Gift vouchers available.

GREAT BARRIER FLIGhTS. Special stopover up to 4 hours. Return $99.

Min. 3 passengers. nORTh CAPE FLIGhTS $375 each.

Min 3 passengers.

Rodney Aero Club Ph 425 8735 or Rod Miller Phone 425 5612

Advertise your classifieds and church notices here for only

$2.95+GST per line or $8.85 per/cm+GST for boxed adverts.

FOR SALE

hEALTh SERVICES

FREEVIEW AERIAL OR SATELLITE DISh ... DOn’T KnOW? For a site survey and quote call JIM THE MAINTENANCE MAN 021 254 2048 or 422 3725.

MASSAGE FOR hEALTh CLInIC

2013 hEALTh TRUST CALEnDARS On SALE nOW

from Mahurangi Matters, 17 Neville Street, Warkworth. Only $10 each.

A fundraiser for the Health Trust.

Organised and photographed

by Alan Boniface

GARDEnInG / PLAnTS

Qualified in Dip Ther. Massage NZCM Over 16 years professional experience working in Warkworth & surrounding areas. Home Clinic / Mobile Massage Ph Evelyn 422 3222 or 021 148 1779

hOBBIES & RECREATIOn

Horse riding WarkWortH

Family Fun Scenic farm & forest rides Quiet horses & ponies • Birthday rides Lessons • Suit beginners & experienced riders & people with Disabilities Social, Language & School Groups

FOR LEASE

BUxUS PLAnTS suitable for formal box hedging & topiary. 3 grades & varieties available. Locally grown. Ph 422 5008.

MODUS 1ST FLOOR OFFICE SUITE Beautiful views overlooking river, 94.28 sq metres, air-con. Contact Rona Glover owner 04 384 8311 or ronaglover@xtra.co.nz

PLAnTS, Quality groundcovers, shrubs and trees. Large and small grades.

Wholesale direct to the public. Liberty Park Native Tree Nursery, 90 Jones Road, Omaha 09 422 7307.

Book Now 1hr $40 • 2hrs $75 Phone 425 8517

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NZ’s top scientist calls for resource decisions based on science, not emotion

New Zealanders have been urged to adopt science-based approaches in national conversations about resource conservation and environmental protection.

In the keynote address to the Hauraki Global Research Alliance on reducing Gulf Marine Park Seminar, held at agricultural greenhouse gases as a the Auckland Museum on August model for a science-based approach 22, Chief Science Advisor to the to increasing agricultural efficiency Prime Minister Sir Peter Gluckman while sustaining food production and outlined the need for careful, seeking environmental protection. informed evaluation of trade-offs and “If we can improve productivity while risks in effecting good environmental consuming resources more efficiently outcomes for New Zealand. or creating less pollution, there will “Conservation and environmental be undoubtedly some degree of winsciences are complex, and trade-offs win for both the economy and the are inevitable as we face a growing environment. The challenge is to keep population with higher expectations,” discussions informed by science and Sir Peter said. “We may have to face not dominated by rhetoric.” some very important decisions. Questioned on how to improve the What technologies would we see delivery of science messages, Sir Peter as acceptable to enable nationwide said communicating science was one eradication of possums? We need to of the hardest challenges of his job. develop a better understanding of the “Most scientists aren’t good meaning of risk and risk management communicators – they talk in jargon in evaluating decisions made about and can sound patronising. Additionally, resource extraction and conservation.” NZ lacks good science reporters. These Sir Peter said that science remained issues lend themselves to newspaper the only process we had to gather coverage but where are the stories about reliable information about our world NZ science in newspapers like the NZ to reduce uncertainty.

Herald? What’s even more bizarre is that “A scientifically literate and engaged this is what readers want. Science does population is best placed to evaluate turn people on if it’s presented in the technologies and make decisions right way.” on trade-offs. This is essential to Sir Peter says NZ needs research that navigate the opportunities and enhances our national identity, be threats associated with environmental it to understand our people and our challenges, and the rapid changes that history, or our indigenous flora and fauna, or our environment. technology brings.”

He pointed towards the NZ-led “We need research to understand and

Sir Peter Gluckman was the keynote speaker at the Hauraki Gulf seminar.

best manage our natural resources for both economic and conservation reasons. Conservation science is complex and can lead to important but not necessarily intuitive decisions. Again we come back to the issue of trade-offs.

“At a high level, think about some of the trade-off decisions that we might face.

Genetic modification has had a difficult history in this country, but could we accept genetic modification approaches that would enable nationwide eradication of possums or a solution to the problem of kauri dieback? Would we be more accepting of increased resource extraction if at least some of the revenues were applied to conservation research?

“Let me drill down a bit on conservation research, if you will

Issues where the community had a chance to have their say made the top ten read stories online in August. money should be spent investigating raising the spit.

 And after we reported on a visiting marketing guru’s comments that 

Warkworth look tired and out-dated, the community weighed in on what the town needs to update its image.

Following strong support on the Local Matters forum, the Warkworth clock tower was approved by the Rodney Local Board. The story ended with a fun twist when the Matakana Yarn Bombers decorated the clock with knitted weights and a huge mouse ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ labelled with ‘return to Mahurangi Matters’.

Keep coming back to localmatters.co.nz for regular updates, picture galleries, videos and chances to have your say on local issues. You can also get daily updates and join the conversation on twitter@localmattersnz or Facebook MahurangiMatters and HibiscusMatters

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Your LOCAL community newspapers in Auckland’s north  The Sandspit community had a lot to say about whether ratepayer

excuse the pun. Many decisions made about conservation are somewhat arbitrary – a line on a map is drawn and that defines a reserve. But there is in fact a large body of science that can be brought to bear in shaping such decisions. Has an ecosystem been preserved? Is there sufficient biodiversity and population density to be able to handle environmental change? Are buffer zones needed? How do we exclude pests and diseases from designated areas? These are real issues with real solutions based on science.”

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Opinions differ on clock tower artwork project

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Mangawhai run/walk clean sweep

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Wastewater charges challenged at public meeting

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Local Folk: Tony Enderby – marine champion

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Matakana subdivision reflects environmental priorities

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enterprisinglocals Support services offered to grow business Rodney companies looking to expand their market, launch into exporting, increase business contacts, fund research and development, or up-skill their staff are invited to take advantage of the programmes and services offered

by Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development (ATEED).

Specific ATEED services include the Westpac Auckland North Business Awards, funding for skills and expertise development, funding for research and development, rural business support, the Starting off Right programme for new businesses, and referrals to other organisations.

ATEED also provides business mentors – 61 local businesses have been matched with volunteer mentors in the area in the last 12 months, and there are 109 mentors who offer their services to the Rodney region.

The Effective Network for Auckland North businesses meets bi-monthly in different locations including Warkworth, Te Hana, Orewa and Kumeu.

ATEED business growth north manager Ngaio Merrick says businesses are encouraged to attend as a way of increasing their business

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contacts and raising their company’s profile in the local area.

“ATEED is here to assist all businesses from start-ups to established companies whether they are small, medium or large enterprises,” Ms Merrick says.

“All businesses are eligible for networking, connecting and referrals.

“However, some specific programmes do have their own parameters. For example, to receive a business mentor the business must have under 25 employees and be actively trading; for training funding the business must be operating in a commercial environment and aspire to grow. For research and development funding there are a

Small is big According to ATEED statistics, of the 8751 businesses in Rodney, 98 percent are small businesses employing fewer than 20 people.

The largest local employment sector is the construction industry with 1100 employees, closely followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing with 1030 employees. The Rodney retail trade employs around 800 people, while accommodation and food services provide 710 jobs. variety of terms which can be discussed directly with the business.”

Ms Merrick says the rural specialist works with various rural-based businesses particularly the food and beverage, equine and aquaculture sectors. During the recent Food Show, ATEED subsidised six artisan food and beverage businesses from North Auckland to exhibit at an Auckland on the Menu stand to showcase this burgeoning sector.

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enterprising locals Craft brewers ride rising tide of popularity It’s been no surprise to Sawmill Brewery owners, Mike Sutherland and Kirsty McKay, that the production of craft beer in NZ increased by about three percent annually over the past three years.

The couple took over the brewery in Leigh in late 2010 and their beer sales doubled in their first year.

The latest figures from the Brewers Guild of New Zealand Market Survey show that the craft beer market grew by 14 percent from June to December last year.

Mike says while their sales increase represents a lot of hard work during their first year, it also reflects how people are changing their beer drinking habits.

“We are becoming more aware of the different varieties of beer available,” he says.

“For a long time, beer drinkers have stuck to the mass produced beers which aren’t as flavoursome as craft beers. After only being exposed to products from NZ’s main beer producers for so long, a lot of people don’t know what traditional beer should taste like. It should be full of malty and hoppy flavours and aromas, with no artificial additives, sugars or preservatives, and is best served fresh.”

Between 2008 and 2011, the number

of small craft breweries in NZ doubled from 15 to 30.

Mike says of the 300 million litres of beer produced annually, craft beer has a four percent stake in the market and that share is growing.

Originally from Oamaru, Mike studied commerce and horticulture management, including viticulture, at Lincoln University.

He worked as an exporter, selling produce, meat and fish for 10 years before he and Kirsty, a lawyer, purchased the brewery from Peter and Decima Freckleton, who had established it in 2004.

Mike says they had always been interested in owning and operating a production-based business.

“We wanted to get into a growth market and I fell in love with craft beer while in the South Island, where there are a number of small breweries. I had a general idea of how to make beer but before we took over from Peter, he gave me a crash-course in what to do. He wasn’t a trained brewer, but a lot of the craft brewers aren’t. They just have a passion for beer and learn as they go.

I’ve tried to spend as much time as I can with other brewers around the country, learning how we can improve our beer and enhance its characteristics.”

The Sawmill Brewery is a microbrewery,

Sawmill Brewery owner and operator Mike Sutherland says their Pilsner beer, a traditional blend made by using NZ Pilsner malt and Motueka grown hop varieties, is their most popular brew.

specialising in producing a select amount of natural hand-crafted premium beers. Each batch is brewed in the age-old tradition, in a copper kettle and fermented in timber-clad fermentation tanks, before being transferred to the stainless steel tanks to condition naturally.

All Sawmill beer is unpasteurised, unfiltered and naturally carbonated.

It is made without any chemicals and is free of preservatives. Ultra-filtered rainwater and specialty yeasts are used to further enhance the natural flavours of the brews. Our beer is fresh which is why it goes beautifully with food.

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enterprising locals Craft brewers

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Pilsner, pale ale, dark ale and two specialty beers. The ‘Doctor’ is a dark lager, much lighter on the palate than a stout or Guinness.

“It is smooth and rich with warm cocoa and toffee notes, and is best enjoyed with chocolate or a nutty cheese.

“The 12 Gauge has a distinctive tropical fruit aroma. A good dose of Motueka hops is added late in the boil resulting in beer that is aromatic but without bitterness. It is excellent paired with duck or a dish with a fruit component.”

The brewery can produce 1200 litres in any one batch and it takes around a month to condition.

“The amount we are brewing at the moment is about one-third of what we will brew in December. We have two more fermentation tanks coming in this month to get ready for summer. We are also consulting with a German brewmaster. I am confident the more beer we make, the more we can sell. We supply bottles and draught beer to around 50 outlets nationwide with most going to Auckland and Wellington. People can also come in and fill their own flagons.”

Mike says his target is to double production over the next 12 months.

“We love the area, love what we do and we have a lot of fun. We want to continue growing and have a bigger brewery one day. Our focus at the moment is to sell more beer on tap to independently-owned bars and we are looking forward to making some new beers next year and maybe in the future, a single malt whiskey.”

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Impressed by the strong cider culture they saw when travelling through Europe several years ago, entrepreneurs Sam Whitmore and Hannah Bower decided to setup their own factory when they returned to NZ. As the founder of the Mt Tamahunga Vineyard in 2007, formerly the Antipodean vineyard, Sam was already familiar with the wine-making process.

This, coupled with Hannah’s expertise in advertising, led to the launch of Zeffer Cider, at their vineyard premises in Matakana, in 2009.

Hannah says the cider industry took off in the UK when premium international cider Magners redeveloped its brand.

“All of a sudden cider became the ‘goto-drink,” she says. “We knew that with all the Kiwi expats coming home from a large cider-drinking phenomenon, they would have a taste for it. We launched in 2009 at the same time as the large commercial cider producers – Monteith and Isaac’s – which was great for the cider market in NZ, as it gave cider a lot of exposure. With an abundance of top quality fruit in NZ, we wanted to produce a drystyle cider made from freshly crushed

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Joining Sam and Hannah is co-owner Josh Townsend who looks after sales and marketing. Hannah says Josh has been instrumental in driving Zeffers’ sales growth.

In their first year, Zeffer crushed seven tonnes of fruit and produced 3000 litres of cider, trialling it at the Matakana Farmers Market. It got rave reviews and Sam and Hannah received some valuable feedback. Now crushing 120 tonnes of fruit and producing more than 100,000 litres of cider, Zeffer has become a nationwide hit and is being exported to Australia and the US. “It’s a growing market, popular with both men and women, and it has a large following from the younger Lawnmowing • Gardening generations,” Sam says.

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Matakana cidery Apples are sourced from Nelson and Hawkes Bay, but the premium blend uses special cider apples grown at Omaha and Canterbury.

“Because our cider is dry, with no added sugar, the flavours have to be exactly right. We tend to go for cooking and dessert apples such as Cox’s orange and strummer pippin.

“Traditional cider shouldn’t taste overtly like the fruit it’s made from.

For instance, our pear cider has ginger and honey characteristics. The Zeffer dry range is an everyday session cider while Slack Ma Girdle is a sipping cider suitable for special occasions or for a causal Sunday afternoon drink.”

Research from Roy Morgan shows that while cider’s share of the overall alcohol market in NZ is under two percent, eight percent of Kiwis say cider is their favourite tipple, up from less than three percent a few years ago.

“Even though New Zealanders are

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drinking more cider, we are still a long way behind Australia and even further behind Britain. The drier ciders such as Zeffer tend to appeal to slightly older drinkers (aged 25 years plus) while the sweeter commercial ciders appeal to the 18 to 25-year-old demographic.”

Hannah says they have come a long way in just three years.

“The first year was full on and we called in every family member and friend we had to help us on the production line, filling, capping and labelling 10,000 bottles. Things are much less labour intensive now the cider is bottled elsewhere.”

In between getting Zeffer on its feet Sam and Hannah also became parents to now six-month-old Matilda.

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History

with Judy Waters, Warkworth & District Museum

Life before Google In the future we may never take a journey without consulting Google Earth or relying on a GPS receiver to guide us to an unfamiliar destination.

By contrast, not only were there no such aids available in the 1850s but place names were rare and sign posts non-existent.

A settler on the Mahurangi river, near Hepburn Creek, received a letter from relatives in Scotland addressed to Mr Sherwin, Up the Creek, New Zealand.

The number of stamps on the envelope showed it had been to many other places before reaching the right recipient. Mr Sherwin was perhaps fortunate that on the opposite bank of the river lived Michael Munro, a settler who had made his home Craigieburn available as a collection point for mail before there was any postal network.

As a young man, Munro was a member of the 58th Regiment which came to Australia to escort convicts and was sent on to New Zealand in 1845 to deal with unrest in the Bay of Islands. He was on hand when the first Mahurangi land sales took place in 1853 and purchased land near Duck Creek. He may well have been in the area earlier, as there were a number of squatters living in bush clearings and working the timber trade before the land was surveyed and available for purchase.

At first, mail was brought overland

to Orewa and then rowed to Te Kapa and from there up the river. It is recorded that the cutter Frances brought mail up the river on a weekly run dependent on weather and tide.

Craigieburn, in its central location, was an important link as mail could be sent on from there by pack horse to Lower Matakana (Sandspit).

By 1870, three post offices were gazetted – namely Mahurangi at Mahurangi Heads, Craigieburn and Warkworth. Steamers such as the Lady Bowen were soon providing a more reliable service up the river to Warkworth, albeit only once a week.

Munro combined his role of Postmaster with rate collector, Highway Board member, secretary to a number of committees and, for more than 11 years, he was a Special Constable. The Craigieburn post office closed with his death in 1884 but the farm retained the name under various owners.

The Munro family continued living there until 1905 when the property was advertised for lease. It was then described as 12 acres orchard, 80 acres grass and 42 acres bush.

In 1921, the owner Mr Coleman made an interesting discovery while renovating the house. Under the floorboards was a copy of the first edition of the New Zealand Herald, dated 1863, which had lain

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undisturbed for nearly 60 years. When the Robinson family took possession in 1924, they found the original house was still there and on a wall could still be seen the V R sign which marked it as a designated post office in the reign of Queen Victoria. While the Robinsons lived there, several children were born including Dorothy, a twin who lived only a few hours and was buried under a pear tree close to the house.

Craigieburn, as a place name, may now be lost to all but the historian but the first owner Michael Munro left a legacy. His lively interest in the progress of the district he chose to live in, led to him to furnish the NZ Herald with regular reports. These make interesting reading and can be read on the Papers Past website. They cover the years 1863 to 1884.

Collection items put on display Two Bibles, a Death Penny, an 1894 issue of Girls Own Annual, a 90-yearold recipe book and a block of tea from 1851 were among the many items brought along to the regular meeting of the Warkworth branch of the NZ Society of Genealogists held last month.

Twenty-four members, as well as guests, attended the meeting which was held in the new venue in the Senior Citizens Hall, in Alnwick Street. A lively question and answer session provided some helpful suggestions and guidance on research issues such as ‘how do you find who was buried in the Symonds Street cemetery, now under the motorway?’

The answer: A list is available on the Auckland Library website.

The next meeting will be held on September 10, at 10am. Guest speaker will be Carolyn Williams who will talk about getting started, and recording and filing. Guests and new members welcome.

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Mixed bag for men’s fashion

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Men are just as eager as women to keep up with the latest fashion trends and this season’s collection of menswear will feature colour, texture and patterns in all garments.

Warkworth Menswear owner Ken Woodcock says their summer collection will combine a mixed bag of old favourites and new entries.

“Plain button-up shirts are being revamped and are featuring details and designs on the collar, cuffs and pocket,” he says.

“This look is great for men who want something that isn’t overtly plain. Stripes and plaid shirts are always popular, as are fitted shirts. Men love tapered shirts because they can be dressed up for the night or down for a game of cricket. Men have also gradually taken a liking to stretched denim, which provides more comfort and room to breath on a hot day. Khaki shorts and denim shorts are wardrobe staples.”

Warkworth Menswear owner Ken Woodcock says Kiwi men are taking more of an interest in what they are wearing and it is showing through in this season’s collection which features subtle but eye-catching details.

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When it comes to shirts, it’s all in the trim according to Robyn Green of Orewa Menswear. Current dress shirt styles, including brands such as John Lennon (licensed by Yoko Ono Lennon), and the Scott Weiland Collection feature contrasting trim inside the collar and cuff.

Designs may include spots, stripes or patterned fabric, such as a black and white checked strip on a black shirt. Robyn says to expect a lot more of this in the spring/summer collections. She says men will also see a lot more colour in shirts.

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Styling for the body you’ve got at Tomarata school show Women who are unsure of what clothes best suit their body shape will be able to get some first-hand advice from style gurus, Trudy Kitney and Alison Parsons, on September 14.

The Fashion A&E event will be held at the Wellsford Community Centre, as a fundraiser for the Tomarata School.

Style Doctors Trudy and Alison will talk about body shapes, clothing including underwear, accessories, hair, make-up, colours and fashion trends.

The women have been speaking about fashion at fundraising events for the past six-and-a-half years.

Trudy says a lot of women struggle to find a look that best suits the body they wake up with every morning.

“We’re all guilty of looking at a dress in a shop window and then being disappointed when it doesn’t look the same when we try it on,” she says.

“The fact is, however, that any woman who buys the right clothes for her body shape, can look amazing.”

Trudy says generally, Kiwi women are a little on the conservative side.

“We often want to wear more colour and dress in a more feminine style, but we don’t know how. What we try to get across to women is that you don’t have to be a size eight to look fantastic.”

Doors open on the event at 6.30pm and the cost is $25 per person, which includes a glass of bubbles/punch, nibbles and an hour-and-a-half style presentation.

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Tickets are available from Wellsford Pharmacy, New Dimensions Hair Salon and Tomarata School. Info: Phone 423 7022.

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Locals unveil treasured fashion favourites

Fashion is notoriously fickle with only a fine line separating what’s “in” from something “so last season”, but some individual pieces are able to transcend the years, intrinsically linked to the lives of their owners. We invited local personalities to share a favourite or important item from their wardrobes. You can do the same in our online forum at www.localmatters.co.nz

Dale Demeulemeester It may have lost a zipper and a little of its embroidery, but this hand-made Moroccan camel hide bag hasn’t lost its charm for Lothlorien Winery’s Dale Demeulemeester, who still takes it with him “on any important adventures”.

He got it from Morocco, where all the men had them, during his big OE from America travelling overland through Europe, North Africa and India. Fortytwo years later it has been right around the world and more, returning to the States with Dale three years ago, when he and his wife bought a yacht in the Virgin Islands and spent 15 months sailing it back to NZ. It’s proved a safe repository for all sorts of important documents and legal papers, and despite being left behind occasionally, has always returned to him. “Everyone always knew whose it was.”

Kathryn Ashworth Warkworth Wellsford Hospice manager Kathryn Ashworth has many treasured vintage items in her wardrobe, but three sets of beautifully tailored tuxedo topcoats, which once belonged to her father, take pride of place. Kathryn says she remembers her parents dressing up to the nines for evenings out, although the topcoats may also have been used as part of the standard Masons’ dress. She’s worn them to parties on numerous occasions and now her children are

also getting some use out of them.

Son Eddie wore one of the topcoats to the school ball this year. “Most Dads are special and I guess that’s why I’ve hung onto these, carting them to England when I lived there, and back again when we returned to NZ five years ago. Dad and I used to do lots of things together and he was always there for me – particularly when I was upset. He didn’t always know what to do but he knew how to ‘be there’ and that was very special for me.”

Dave Ormandy No surprise that the man whose wife describes him as “an aquaholic” is most attached to the waterproof clothing that’s helped him weather numerous marine challenges.

Rodney College principal Dave Ormandy says he won’t be caught without his Line 7 jacket, leggings and boots he’s owned for about six years, which are essential to his comfort and enjoyment during frequent sailing adventures. “It’s much better than any other gear I’ve had.”

He says the waterproof and breathable GORE-TEX fabric doesn’t get hot and sweaty but has kept him dry and warm in tough conditions, including while “taking a pasting” from a tropical storm during a nine day voyage delivering a yacht from Australia to New Zealand and when competing in the Auckland to Northland Coastal Classic with his son Kenneth.

Farida Cooper Plume Vineyard restaurant owner and manager Farida Cooper says nothing can come between her and her love for quality handbags. “I have a bag fetish,” she says. “I can part with clothes but never my handbags. My favourite is my Italian, Salvatore Ferragamo handbag.

Made from Ostrich leather, my husband bought it for me as a special gift while we were in Singapore in 2006.”

Mark & Peggy Mitchell Rodney MP Mark Mitchell’s favourite clothing item is an eightyear-old white polo shirt, complete with a few holes. Mark’s wife Peggy says she would dearly love to throw it away! Mark left school at the age of 15, but later completed study at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. The polo shirt that bears the university’s crest is something he still wears with pride – even though these days he’s only allowed to wear it around his Orewa home. He says he is also very attached to the 15-year-old wetsuit that he wore when competing in surf lifesaving events, but it’s “shrunk” over the years. Meanwhile, Peggy has a sentimental attachment to scarves. She first used one to fend off the cold while attending an Australian Rally Championship function with her late husband Possum Bourne 15 years ago. “I now always keep one with my handbag.”

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Experiment with dynamic colour this season As the season turns and we gladly wave goodbye to a dreary winter, this year’s emerging spring and summer fashion trends bring with them an uplifting and refreshing look.

Pastel hues, subtle pleats, sheer fabric, collared shirts, lace and floral prints including floral jeans, are just some of the styles that will be flaunted this season.

Popular patterns, whether bold or subtle, include zigzags and a revival of the chevron print.

Off the shoulder and rounded tops are trendy, and bring a feminine touch to any outfit.

Boutique Dianne’s stylist Katherine Moffitt says women should step out of their comfort zones this summer and choose something bold and colourful.

“NZ women know how to dress themselves and they do it well,” she says.

“We are quite open and creative with our styles because of the variety of clothes available to us so we shouldn’t be afraid to dress vibrantly this summer. If you are confident in what you are wearing, it will work for you despite your shape, size or age.”

Katherine says the key to being confident comes down to balancing your shape.

“Look at your proportions and your frame, and accentuate your best

feature. Don’t be afraid to try things on in the shop before buying. This is a good chance to mix and match colours and styles.”

Shadze of Lace designer and owner Tracey Paton says tunics are a good option to have in your wardrobe this season as they are as versatile as a pair of jeans.

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“Try wearing something slim fitting on the bottom to balance out your proportions. Slim-fit pants or skinny jeans are a great choice, as are leggings.”

Gaby’s Fashions Warkworth owner Brenda Hawley says tangerine, citrus yellow and turquoise are just a handful of colours that will go with anything this summer.

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Wearing unusual or mismatched shoes for a day could improve the quality of life for young cancer sufferers, if the public gets behind Odd Shoe Day on Friday September 14.

Schools, businesses, clubs and Hill says the camps enable hundreds communities are encouraged to take of children to try activities that they part by getting creative with odd otherwise couldn’t do, with one-onshoe challenges and events, collecting one help from trained volunteers. gold coin donations or more, from While Lions have supported Camp participants and onlookers.

Quality since it was established in Proceeds will go to Camp Quality, New Zealand in 1985, Odd Shoe a charitable trust running week- Day is its first nationwide fundraising long residential programmes in five event and if it is successful organisers locations throughout NZ for children hope to make it annual. aged 5-16 with cancer and offering Mazda dealers and Re/Max real year-round support, including family estate offices nationwide will be key days, reunion days, mini-camps and collection points for funds raised, or social outings at no cost to participants. contact Olwyn 425 4673.

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Women offer Parliamentary award The Warkworth Business and Professional Womens’ Club (BPW) is calling for nominations for the inaugural Young Women’s Leadership Award.

The winner will receive a return flight from Auckland to Wellington where MP Tracey Martin will host her for a day in Parliament.

Club spokesperson Mona Townson says BPW is an organisation that

encourages women of all ages to develop their leadership potential.

“This award will give a young woman aged 16 or over a glimpse of the life of a woman political leader,” she says.

Nominations, which close on October 31, will be accepted from organisations and individuals.

Info: Email bimon@xtra.co.nz for a nomination form or phone Mona on 425 6121.

Waitangi celebration funding Community groups intending to organise Waitangi Day events next year are invited to apply for funding available through Manatū Taonga/Ministry for Culture and Heritage. The Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund supports community events that celebrate New Zealand’s identity by commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Projects run in partnership with local authorities, community groups and tangata whenua are particularly encouraged.

Examples of creative community programmes this year included the Auckland Deaf Society’s Treaty workshop, the Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum events, which included a citizenship ceremony, and the hikoi in Heretaunga attended by almost 9000 people. Applications close on September 28. Info: www.mch.govt.nz or phone 04 499 4229.

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Detailed information about Auckland Council funding schemes, including closing dates and application forms, can be found on our website.

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The Matakana Pony Club is holding an enrolment day at their grounds in Matakana Valley Road on September 23.

Club member Birgit Esch says while who share an interest in horses to come to the time. We are always looking numbers at the club continue to grow, together and develop relationships. for new coaches. While prior pony they need new and younger members to The children make lasting friendships club coaching experience is preferred, come through to keep the club going. and it is a way for them to build up we are happy to put those interested through the small course required by “Most children get serious about their confidence around horses.” attending pony club from about five Birgit says the club will celebrate their the NZ Pony Clubs Association.” years old and we can cater for them 35th anniversary on their first ribbon Pony club runs from October to April until they are around 17,” she says. day, which is likely to be held on the and the cost is $100 for the season.

“We have around 25 children and first Sunday in October depending on The enrolment day will run from 1.30pm to 3pm and there will a trade 25 adults involved with the club at the weather. present, but the more the merrier. “We are looking at holding a themed stand to buy and sell horse gear.

Pony club is a great way for families event and will advise members closer Info: Birgit 425 4092.

Scallop season prompts safety warning The Auckland and Northland scallop seasons opened on September 1 with a safety warning for those seeking the seasonal delicacy. Northland Regional Council’s deputy harbourmaster Chidambaram Surendran says every season, the Council receives reports of narrow misses and other issues when good diving practices aren’t followed. “Boat skippers have reported only just noticing divers and being forced to take last-minute evasive action to avoid them because dive flags were nowhere to be seen or dive boats were not anywhere near the divers,” he says. Under Northland bylaws, a dive flag must be displayed so it is clearly visible from another vessel 200 metres away. The blue and white flag needs to be at least 60cm by 60cm in size and divers have a responsibility to ensure it is flying before they enter the water. The dive boat is required to remain within 200 metres of the divers at all times. Maritime safety information and rules are available at www.nrc.govt.nz/onthewater

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Wellington street soul heads north McGlashan returns Wellington singer-songwriter Iva Lamkum will play in Leigh Sawmill this month as part of a national tour promoting her debut album Black Eagle.

Iva has a Kiwi, Samoan and Chinese heritage, and a sound rooted in soul and jazz, with a touch of underground hip hop. She calls her style “street soul”.

Black Eagle is described as a songs-as-storybook collection of half a decade of day-to-day experiences.

It is a series of deeply personal, yet universally relatable meditations on family, hard-work, internal conflict, the loved and the loveless.

Drawing stylistically on elements of roots reggae, folk, rock, funk, indie and beyond, the album repositions Iva, an artist often viewed under a neo soul light, within a borderless musical world.

As well as singing and writing, Iva also plays guitar and drums. She is an integral part of the Wellington music scene and has played with some of the city’s finest musicians at gigs, concerts and festivals.

To celebrate the release of the album, Iva is embarking on her first national tour. She will play in Leigh on September 15.

See this story at www.localmatters.co.nz/entertainment to view Iva’s latest single – Bankrupt Visa

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Ticket giveaway Mahurangi Matters has a double pass to the Iva Lamkum show to give away. Just write your name and daytime phone number on the back of an envelope and post to: Iva Lamkum Competition, Mahurangi Matters PO Box 701 Warkworth. Competition closes on September 11. Alternatively, enter by sending us a private message marked ‘Iva Lamkum’ on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/mahurangimatters).

Singer-songwriter Don McGlashan is no stranger to the Leigh Sawmill stage and he is set to return with new material from his forthcoming solo album on October 6. Don says he loves playing at the Sawmill.

“I’ve had some really enjoyable gigs there with my band the Seven Sisters, as well as alongside Little Bushman in 2007 and Crowded House in 2008,” he says.

“Last year I did a solo show at the cafe in an effort to raise money for my friend Anne Dewey and her trip to the Sziget Festival in Hungary. There is always a great atmosphere and the pizza is beyond words.”

Not giving anything away, Don says his new album is scheduled for release next year with his inspiration coming from the passing of the seasons.

His career spans more than three decades and includes playing in NZ bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds. The show at the Sawmill is part of a nation wide tour that kicks off in Wellington on September 27.

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Lions hunt new members Warkworth Lions is holding a special information night on September 20 (see ad below) in the hope of attracting new blood. Membership officer David Little says in common with service clubs worldwide, club membership is getting older, with fewer young people prepared to commit to filling the ranks.

David, who has been a Lions club member of Kaiwaka, Wellsford and more recently Warkworth, says the organisation suits men and women with an interest in improving their community.

“The meetings are a great way for newcomers to meet local people,” he says. “You also get to learn new skills and gain confidence as a public speaker.”

The club dedicates considerable time and effort to projects that improve and beautify the region. The majority of the money raised in the area, is spent in the area.

Some of the projects undertaken by the Warkworth Lions include: yy Fundraising and building the children’s playground on the Mahurangi riverbank yy Support for Warkworth Wharf project yy Involvement in Mahurangi River walkway, between cement works and Kowhai View yy Long-term support for Camp Bentzon, Kawau Island yy Take A Kid Fishing yy Young Speechmaker sponsorship.

Members also fundraise and support wider worthy causes such as The heart Foundation and Parkinson’s NZ. The Warkworth club meets at the Warkworth RSA, on the first and third Tuesday of the month, at 7.30pm.

New members very welcome.

Info: Phone David Little on 425 8143 or Lyn Jones on 425 9482.

Lions members undertake a diverse range of projects on the community’s behalf.

Les Buckton, who is in his 70s, is still an active member of Warkworth Lions but the club needs “new blood” to help it continue its community work.

Riverside path takes shape The efforts of Warkworth Lions Club volunteers and Kowhai View residents, supported by Auckland Council, are helping to establish a scenic walkway between the former Wilson cement works and Rivendell Place.

Club member Les Buckton says access Mahurangi River, and adjoins what negotiations and planning have taken was once the Ellis farm. about three years, but the first part of Les says a series of planting days are the pathway, between the cement works being organised to enhance the area, and Kowhai View, is now walkable. starting on September 21. Council is A major installation along the path is supplying the trees and it’s hoped a a boardwalk, which was built by the community group will be formed to assist with the long-term management Lions Club.

“Initially, City Care priced the job and maintenance of the walkway. at $8000-plus,” Les says. “But, with Negotiations are underway to secure a good deal from Timberworld access along the remainder of the pathway Warkworth and voluntary labour, to Rivendell, where it will link with the we were able to do the job for just existing walkway into Warkworth. over $1300. We probably wouldn’t “We hope to have the planning for get away with doing it now as new that section completed by the end Council policies require volunteers to of the year so, all going well, we can work under a paid contractor.” apply for funding next year.”

The grassed pathway has been Les says the new pathway is already established on reserve land, along the being well-utilised.

A Special Invitation To the men and women of the Warkworth District with an interest in their community to join with the Warkworth Lions Club for an informative evening on

Thursday 20th September 7.30pm at Totara Park Hall, Melwood Drive, Warkworth By participating in Lions Club activities you can make such a difference in the lives of others and the communities we live in.

To register your attendance please phone either: David Little 425 8143 or Lyn Jones 425 9482

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Documentary explores Matakana’s diversity Superheroes Multi-cultural perspectives on Matakana will be in the spotlight as part of a documentary series called Neighbourhood on centrestage screening on TV One on Sundays at 11am.

The area is one of 35 being explored in the show which celebrates New Zealand’s ethnic diversity through local residents. Producer Anna Lynch says the focus on Matakana was prompted through the presence of experienced radio and television broadcaster, Wendy Douglas. British born, but of Caribbean descent, Wendy does a weekly “what’s on” slot on morning television and is a Barfoot and Thompson real estate agent. She was “chuffed” to be invited to be curator for the Matakana episode, having moved to the area about two years ago, attracted by the rural lifestyle, friendly community, beaches and environment.

“The cultural diversity of Matakana isn’t immediately obvious and shouldn’t be judged at face value,” she says.

“When you look beneath the surface, there are all sorts of people living here.”

Each episode of the series is based in a different neighbourhood and explores four strands – a dish, a treasure, someone doing something creative and an issuebased story from a cultural perspective.

Broadcaster and real estate agent Wendy Douglas will present insights into Matakana in a television documentary due to be screened later this year.

The Matakana episode has already been filmed and includes archer and chef Angelo Georgalli, who is of Italian and Greek heritage, hunting and cooking a goat; Hungarian artist Peter Panyoczki and his wife Tatjana, displaying a treasured doll made by Peter’s mother during his family’s internship in a refugee camp in the former Yugoslavia in the 1950s; Russian artist and

animation illustrator Elvira Baranova; and American volunteers planting trees for Tawharanui Open Sanctuary Society (TOSSI).

The Satellite Media production is fully funded by NZ on Air and has been screening since April. Past episodes are available on demand at tvnz.co.nz and the Matakana programme will air later this year at a date yet to be confirmed.

Museum markets resume

The Warkworth Museum Summer Markets, in the Old Masonic Hall, have resumed. Although normally held on the first Saturday of the month, the October market will be held on September 29 so as not to clash with the Kowhai Festival Big Day Out on October 6. During November and December, the markets will be held fortnightly. The market starts at 8.30am. Indoor and outdoor stalls are available. The museum also runs bingo in the Masonic Lodge, above Westpac, on the first Monday of the month, at 7pm. Door open at 6.45pm. Info: Phone 425 8482 or 425 8391.

Warkworth Library is celebrating Comic Book Month throughout September with superhero, stories, dressups, competitions and prizes.

Superhero storytime on September 10 will include stories, songs and stickers from 10.30am. A comic book club on September 27 from 3.30-4.30pm will provide a chance to chat about comics, complete with food, games, spot prizes and a prize for best-dressed.

You can also borrow comics and manga (Japanese comic books) to go in the Comic Book Month competition draw, test yourself in the comic book quiz, enter a Create a Character competition, with sections for all ages, or vie for an Extreme Reader prize. Free Rob Mcleay cartoon drawing workshops for 8 years and up will be held at some other Auckland libraries, but registrations are essential.

Auckland Libraries’ collections include Superman, Green Lantern, Spiderman and X-Men to manga, anime and unique handcrafted zines, for interested people of all ages.

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Book giveaway Mahurangi Matters has a copy of Paula Morris’ Rangatira to give away. Just write your name and daytime phone number on the back of an envelope and post to: Rangatira Competition, Mahurangi Matters, PO Box 701 Warkworth. Alternatively, enter by sending us a private message marked ‘Rangatira’ on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/mahurangimatters).

Competition closes on September 21.

Author Paula Morris has strong links with the district.

Ancestor inspires local tale The Mahurangi district, particularly Pakiri, Omaha and Hauturu, are the backdrop for the latest novel by Paula Morris, released last month.

Rangatira is the story of Paula’s tupuna and events during the century.

Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu, Although Paula grew up in Te Atatu whose life spanned the 19th century. South, her marae is Omaha, at Leigh, He was one of the final inhabitants and and she has iwi ties to Hauturu and owners of Hauturu (Little Barrier).

Tutukaka. She teaches creative writing Paratene fought alongside Hongi Hika, and is the author of three novels and Pomare the Great and Patuone in the some short story collections. Queen of Thames region and central North Beauty won the 2003 Montana NZ Island during the campaigns of the Best First Book Award for fiction and early 1820s. Later, he was invited to Eyeworks Touchdown has optioned travel to England where he was taken the film rights of her second novel to meet the reigning monarch Queen Hibiscus Coast.

Victoria, as well as other nobility.

Rangatira was written with the The story opens in Auckland in 1886, support of a Buddle Findlay Sargeson and effortlessly criss-crosses racial and Fellowship. It is dedicated to her cultural divides, and various episodes parents, Deborah and Kiri Morris.

Touch of Rome visits Matakana

American tenor and actor Mario Lanza takes a lead role in the latest novel by Auckland author Nicky Pellegrino.

Nicky will be in Matakana on September 20 to talk about her new book When In Rome, which was released on August 28.

The story is set in the glamorous “La Dolce Vita” era of 1950s Rome. A young woman spends her days busking for coins, which she then spends on tickets to movies featuring her idol Mario Lanza. When the singer comes to Rome, a new world of fame, parties and wealth opens up. She falls in love with two difficult men, experiences joy and heartbreak, and has to face some difficult life choices.

Nicky says the story has echoes of her parents’ lives.

“Mum and Dad met in Rome in the late 50s – she was on holiday from Liverpool and he was in Rome doing his military service,” she says. “I grew up hearing their stories about Sorrento and the Trevi Fountain, and it all sounded very romantic. Life in Italy was obviously very hard after the war and Dad said it gave people a certain determination to have a good time.”

Nicky says her “research” included a whole day watching old clips of Lanza on You Tube. She was also able to speak to Lanza’s only surviving child, Ellisa, who

Author Nicky Pellegrino says she enjoyed the novelty of writing about a ‘real person’ and a singer.

was generous in sharing insights into her father’s more private world. Nicky says she hopes her book will introduce the singer to a new generation.

She is already at work on book number six which will be set in Sicily.

Nicky will speak at Matakana Cinemas on September 20, at 8pm.

Book giveaway Mahurangi Matters has a copy of each of the books by Warkworth author Brian Allen to give away. Just write your name, daytime phone number and the title of the book you’d like to win on the back of an envelope and post to: Brian’s Books Competition, Mahurangi Matters PO Box 701 Warkworth.

Alternatively, enter by sending us a private message marked with the title of the book that you want to win on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ mahurangimatters). Competition closes on September 21.

The three books on offer are: Rickety Rackety Rhymes which includes 34 lighthearted rhymes for the young and young-at-heart; Brain Food and Other Tales is a collection of short stories including the title story which tells about a woman’s innovative approach to ridding herself of a violent, drunken husband; and Dubious Definitions: A Dictionary of Misinterpretations.

Warkworth & District Museum

Visit the Museum – see displays of memorabilia, furniture, photographs, clothing, machinery and buildings from our colonial past. Lots to see and do for all members of the family. Browse through our Gift and Souvenir Shop.

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Keyboard master gives piano recital for Warkworth music A piano recital entitled Strangers in a Strange Land will be presented by the Warkworth Music Society in the Mahurangi College Auditorium on Sunday, September 16, at 4pm.

Guest artist Dr John Wells will be at Organist and NZ Association of the keyboard.

Organists patron. He was born in Realising that many composers spend England, migrating to New Zealand the greater part of their working in 1986, and although he is known lives in countries other than that of primarily for his work as an organist, their birth, Dr Wells has compiled he is also an accomplished pianist and a programme of lesser-known experienced chamber musician. He has masterpieces of the classical period, worked with such groups as the Tasman featuring the works of Kuhlau, Field, Trio and the New Music Group.

Scarlatti, Chopin, Dussek, Clementi Dr Wells has also accompanied and J.C. Bach. The programme will students from the Auckland also include the world premiere of his University School of Music for many newest composition, six short piano years and is known for his numerous pieces entitled Unfinished Business. compositions.

Dr Wells is the NZ director of the Australian & New Zealand College of Tickets will be available at the door – Organists, Organist to the University adults $25, students and children free. of Auckland, Musica Sacra Choir Info: Phone 425 7313.

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Combining hits with giggles, Opshop is heading to the Leigh Sawmill next month with stand-up comedian Brendhan Lovegrove in tow.

The band is celebrating the start of a follow-up to their album Until the spring with a national tour that is sure End of Time, which was released in to provide audiences with some lasting 2010. memories – some of which, it says, “There may be a few surprises on the may be questionable. night. We will be drawing our set from “We would like to officially apologise all three of our albums as well as a few now and reassure your readers that the of our personal favorites that seldom views expressed by Mr Lovegrove are hit the live stage so it should be a great not necessarily those of the band!” gig.”

Performing in venues that on average The last couple of years have seen hold no more than about 250 to 300 Opshop perform at some of New people, the band says they thought this Zealand’s biggest festivals, tour with tour would be the ideal opportunity to major international artists, play at do something a bit different. wineries and rev-up thousands of “We have always thought that the rugby-mad fans. The band released mix of music and comedy would be its first album You Are Here in 2004 something that our fans would enjoy. and their second album Second Hand Having seen Brendhan live many Planet in 2007. Second Hand Planet times, he was our first choice. The received Triple Platinum status and more intimate performance experience produced the successful single One will work great for both of us, but Day, which won both Single of the maybe not so great for those brave or Year and Highest Selling Single in 2008. silly enough to heckle Brendhan.”

The band says they are currently in the The show will be held on October 19, middle of writing some new songs as doors open at 8pm.

Winery tour sets date The annual Classic Hits Winery Tour, showcasing Kiwi talent, will start at Ascension Wine Estate on Saturday February 2. Organisers will announce the line-up of artists next month.

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Harbour Sport has taken a multi-faceted approach to address these issues. Our KiwiSport funding objectives are to give more opportunities for school-aged youth to be involved in sport by increasing the availability and accessibility of sport in their region. KiwiSport is encouraging our youth to get involved in sport in many schools throughout the area. The schools currently working with KiwiSport include Orewa, Red Beach, Whangaparaoa, Leigh, Matakana, Snells Beach and Warkworth Primary schools. Benefits to these schools include teaching fundamental movement skills, creating links with clubs, increasing competition opportunities, and seed funding and increasing the number of youth participating in sport.

Teachers are being exposed to, and trained by, high level coaches from many sporting organisations. These organisations include Harbour Rugby, Harbour Hockey, AFL, North Harbour Basketball, Northern Football and more. These provide great skills and knowledge to our area and provide a massive return via KiwiSport’s involvement.

GACU (Greater Auckland Coaching Unit) is tackling the issue of skilled coaches, providing training, networking and evaluation at no cost. A positive, skilled and enthusiastic coach can make all the difference in a young person’s sporting experience.

Will someone from the Mahurangi and Hibiscus Coast area be in Brazil for the next Olympics? We certainly hope so! Let’s endeavour together to inspire, provide opportunity and encourage our youth to participate and enjoy sport at any level.

Together, we can help them overcome the obstacles they face in sport. All of us in our community will benefit if our youth are participating in and enjoying sport.

Dead pigeon prompts reminder

The discovery of a dead kereru or wood pigeon in a Coquette Street resident’s garage has prompted the Warkworth office of the Department of Conservation to issue a reminder about the value of planting native trees and shrubs. Ranger David Wilson says the wood pigeon is important in the dispersal of native seeds. He says although he’s unsure of the Coquette pigeon’s exact cause of death, the bird was malnourished. “At this time of year, there often isn’t a great deal of feed around,” he says. Recommended food plants for kereru include puriri, kowhai, manuka and taraire. David says feeding hungry birds peas or corn kernels is a feasible short-term measure. Sick native birds can be taken to the Warkworth DOC office in Baxter Street, a local vet or the Matakana Bird Rescue Centre.

A roundup of sports activities and events in the district Touch Rugby

yy The Mahurangi Rugby Club is holding a registration day for its junior and senior touch modules on September 19 at the club. Games will be held every Wednesday from October 17. Registration forms can be collected from the Mahurangi Rugby Club, BK Design, Ray White Real Estate Warkworth or the Bridgehouse in Warkworth. Info: 425 8191.

Croquet

yy The Warkworth & Districts Croquet Club plays Association Croquet on Saturday at 9.30am, Monday 1pm, Wednesday 9.30am and 1pm; Golf Croquet on Saturday at 1pm, Monday 9.30am, Thursday 1pm. The lawns are in Point Wells Road, beside the Point Wells Community Hall.

Aqua-Robics

yy Aqua-Robics for adults, Mahurangi College Pool on Wednesday afternoons,1pm to 2pm, $7 per session. Info: Moira Dye 425 0089.

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yy Social table tennis and junior table tennis is held at the Matakana Village Hall every Tuesday from 7.30pm. All welcome. Adults $2 and students $1. Info: Mary Perkins 425 8146 or George Anderson 423 0424.

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Dear Parents and Guardians Tena Koutou Katoa

The evening screening of the Year 13 short films and documentaries was a huge suc cess. Parents, staff and students commented on the diverse range of films and talents. Many commented that it was great to see the work on a larger screen. Thank you to all who attended and supported the students.

Peace Week and SADD Week were both recognised at school. Senior students took an active part in promoting these events. We had ‘Peace’ cakes being sold, walking dead, balloons with messages, and competitions throughout the two weeks in order to raise awareness of these two important issues.

On Wednesday 8th August, Ruahei Demant set sail aboard HMNZS Canterbury for an eleven day voyage to the Kermadec Islands.

Ruahei was one of a handful of students New Zealand wide to be selected to travel to the Kermadecs as part of the Sir Peter Blake Young Voyagers team. She will be studying environmental impact issues on the seas around the Kermadecs.

ISSUE 8: September 2012

important dates Monday September 3 -7

• Show Week • Winter Tournament Week- Netball & Hockey Wednesday September 5

• North Harbour Gymnastics Competition Tuesday September 6 - 7

• 2013 Year 7 Testing and Talk • Underwater Hockey Jnr Champs- Wellington

From January 2013, Year 11 and 12 stuFriday September 7 dents at Mahurangi College will be studying • International Student Trip - Woodhill six subjects. This decision was made after September 9 - 14 considerable discussion. The broadening of the Curriculum is not only a reflection of the • Aims Games - Intermediate Schools Compeevolving nature of NCEA, but also as a result tition Week of more flexibility created by an increased Wednesday September 12 roll.

• Hockey Prize Giving Evening The London Olympics have no doubt kept Thursday September 13 many up later than they otherwise would on • SLC Special Olympics - Basketball a school night, but there has been added in• 2013 Yr 7 Testing Day and Talk terest as we have followed the progress of past student, Stephanie Hazard in her quest Tuesday September 18 for a Gold medal in the Elliot six metre sailing • North Harbour Intermediate Boys’ Volleyball division. Check the Mahu web – sports link Tuesday September 18 -21 for further information.

• International Student Trip - Rotorua In order to keep parents a little more informed Wednesday September 19 about what is happening at school from week to week we are trialling a ‘Next Week • North Harbour Intermediate Girls’ Volleyball at Mahu’ e-mail. Feedback is welcome. On • Yr 9 Zoo Trip the same note, a reminder to parents that Wednesday September 19 & 20 there is a link to your son or daughter’s re• 2013 Yr 7 Student Interview & Enrolment sults and attendance on the website. You 2.30-6.00pm will need their login name and password. If September 19 - 28 you need help obtaining the login and passPHOTO: Ruahei Demant waiting for Govenor General, word please contact the office.

• Senior Assessment Fortnight Sir Jerry Mataparae, HMNZS Canterbury, Navy Base Devonport Our most recent Mufti Day raised over $1000 Monday September 24 for Food Link. Student Executive is respon- Finally, congratulations to past student, An• BOT Meeting - 6.00pm sible for deciding the cause or project. One drew Dalebrook who has just completed a Tuesday September 25 International, one National and one Local Chemistry PHd and made the Auckland Uni• HPV Immunisations Pd 2 - library cause are generally targeted in a calendar versity Dean’s list. This places him in the top year.

Friday September 28 5% of Chemistry Scholars. Andrew has taken Over the past three weeks students have up a research fellowship at Lausanne Univer• PTA film evening - Kowhai Festival - Hall been sitting ICAS (International sity, near Geneva.

• Term 3 Ends Competitions and Assessment for Monday October 15 ~ Alistair Elder ~ Schools) skills based examinations • Term 4 Starts in English, Science and Mathematics. These are optional exams but are very popular with our students.

Results should be available in late August.

Mahurangi College celebrated Pacifika Week with a colourful assembly and a week of student directed lunch time activities.

Students were entertained with song and dance by Kiribati PHOTO: Flax We students from both Warkworth PHOTO: Pasifika Performance during School Assembly aving Primary school and Mahurangi College.

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PLAYING HAPPY FAMILIES - STAGE CHALLENGE 2012 The theme for this year’s Stage Challenge was gambling. The concept devised by the Planning Team, which was lead by Elya Martin, was based around a family struggling with this addiction. It depicted the tragedy of the affects that gambling can have on relationships. Our students performance at the Aotea Centre was fantastic and left every student buzzing with excitement, relief, self-satisfaction and pride.

We received Awards of Excellence for: Environmental and Social Awareness, Visual Enhancement, Concept, Stage Use and Soundtrack.

Well done team! Yet again an exhilarating Stage Challenge experience for everyone involved.

Jane Newby

Mahu Hockey 1st XI Teams Greenwood Shield / Robyn Bruce Trophy.

On Wednesday 1st August, Mahurangi hosted the annual Greenwood Shield for girls hockey and the Robyn Bruce Trophy for boys hockey.

Teams from Rodney, Otamatea and Bream Bay travelled to Rosedale park in Albany to take on Mahurangi.

The Boys 1st XI retained the Robyn Bruce trophy with wins against Rodney 6-0, Otamatea 9-0 and Bream Bay 12-3.

The girls started well with a win against Otamatea 8-0, But unfortunately after leading 1-0 they let it slip in the last fifteen minutes to loose 2-1. Thus Bream Bay retaining the Greenwood Shield.

It was a good day as the predicted rain didn’t arrive and all the games were played in good spirit and rivalry. It is good to catch up with old friends and retain contact with traditional rivals north of us.

Wayne Frost

The Next America’s Cup Designers

8A have designed and built land yachts as part of their Science study. They identified aspects of their designs that they felt would impact on the speed and tested their hypothesis. Lots of discoveries were made and tenacity was tested as the land yachts nose dived, refused to move and the wind failed to blow! Modifications were discussed and success finally came the way of the budding scientists.

Gain Access to NCEA Results

How to Gain Access to Your Child’s Middle School Graduation or NCEA Results Just a quick reminder that you can access your child’s results, attendance etc by going onto the school website -www.mahaurangi. school.nz. In the left hand corner you will see the ‘Student Log in’ as shown below.

Simply enter your child’s username and password and click on the information that is required. If you do not know your child’s username and password, please ring the school office and they will be able to provide you with this information.

Newspaper City A Paper Tower Building competition held during a recent library lunchtime resulted in a wide range of paper constructions being created.

The activity was organised by library prefects, Mandy Ion and Bethany McKay, with the aim being to build towers from newspapers, which had been collected over a few weeks.

The session was noisy and frantic as students worked to complete their towers within the twenty-minute deadline.

Only a few teams managed to create tall towers which were strong enough to stay standing. Other students focused on design and creativity. One successful design was modelled on the leaning tower of Pisa. When all else failed several teams ended up building newspaper piles of various shapes and sizes.

We are looking forward to seeing if this effort is bettered next year.

Jeanette Cornege-Dill

Achiever of the Month: Matthew Marshall-Young

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Kowhai swimmers are making their mark in and out of the pool.

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Olympic feats lure Kowhai swimmers back to pool

NZ may not have won any medals in the pool at the Olympics, but the games has had an impact on interest in the sport in the Mahurangi area.

The Kowhai Swimming Club, based Australia. Both still hold a number of at the Mahurangi College pool, is Auckland age group records.” experiencing an upswing in membership. Another former Kowhai swimmer is Club coach Robin Baddock says the Aine Kelly-Costello. Aine, who is totally games inspired a surge in members blind, began her competitive swimming across all ages, from new swimmers in Warkworth before moving to the just out of Learn to Swim to returning North Shore. She is representing NZ at ex-competitive swimmers. the Para Olympics in London.

“The pool is a hive of activity most days Amelia Arnerich and Chantelle of the week, with Kowhai members Allen were both finalists at this having the options of early morning year’s national age group division or late evening lane swimming, once 2 championships in Dunedin and a week aquacise, Aquakidz Learn To they, together with Ruby Shearing, Swim and professional coaching from Ella Harnish and Nic Lee will be three experienced coaches,” he says. representing Mahurangi College at Robin says while the Kowhai Club the upcoming National Secondary encourages the competitive side Championships in Hamilton. of swimming, it also realises most Out of the pool but still in the water, children are there mainly to improve Chantelle Maher was runner-up in the their technique and fitness, for both 15 and under age group, in the State safety and other sports.

NZ Ocean swim series. This involved “The swimmers are encouraged to play swims of between 2.8km and 3.3 kms across the Auckland Harbour and as many different sports as they like. between Paihia and Russell.

“However, in the last few years, Kowhai has produced several national “Many of Kowhai’s younger swimmers level swimmers with the three also regularly compete, about once a Baddock sisters all claiming multiple month, at club competitions in and Auckland and national titles between around Auckland, and a number use them. Hannah represented NZ at the Kowhai to prepare for the summer at Japanese Youth Olympics and Caroline Omaha Surf Club.” has just returned from representing Info: www.sportsground.co.nz/ NZ in the Trans Tasman series in kowhaiswim

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what’s on September 2012

See also Scoreboard (page 47) for sporting events

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Blue September is the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s national awareness campaign (see story p23) 1-30 Cervical Screening Awareness Month (see story p26) 8 Warkworth & Districts Croquet Club, Opening Day – 10am association croquet; 12 noon shared lunch; 1pm opening hoop, followed by golf croquet.

9-16 Conservation Week (see story p6) 10 Superhero Storytime Warkworth Library 10.30am (see story p41) 11 Conservation Week Trivia Night, Bridgehouse Lodge Warkworth, 7pm start (see story p6) Conservation Week screening of film Longfin, Mahurangi Technical 12 Institute, Glenmore Drive Warkworth, 7pm (see story p6) 12 World Oral Health Day (see story p24) 13 Warkworth/Wellsford Cancer Support Group meeting, Warkworth RSA meeting room, 10am-12 noon. Info: Mike 422 9211.

14 Odd Shoe Day (see story p37) 14 Fashion & Style presentation, Wellsford Community Centre, from 6.30pm. Fundraiser for Tomarata School (see story p34) 14 Conservation Week Pest Information Day, Department of Conservation office, 28 Baxter Street, Warkworth from 10am to 2pm (see story p6) 14-16 Rodney District Art Awards exhibition, Old Masonic Hall, Warkworth (see ad p45) 14-16 Paparoa School Possum Purge (see story back page) 15 Strangers in a Strange Land, piano recital featuring Dr John Wells, Mahurangi College Auditorium, at 4pm (see story p45) 16 Bowls ‘Have A Go Day’, Mahurangi East Bowling Club, Hamatana Rd Snells Beach, 10am-2pm. All welcome. Info: Judy Bull 425 5303.

16 Matakana Indie Craft Market 9.30 to 2.30pm 20 Warkworth Lions Club information night, Totara Park Hall, 7.30pm (see ad & story p40) 20 Ladies Night, Mitre 10 Mega Warkworth, 7pm to 9pm. Learn DIY skills, take part in product demonstrations, competitions and prizes, refreshments provided. Register interest. Info: 425 8119, info@megawarkworth.co.nz.

20 Author Nicky Pellegrino, Matakana Cinemas, 8pm. Info: The Village Bookshop phone 423 0315 (see story p43) 21 Loud Shirt Day (see brief p24) 21 Charity fundraiser featuring Hard to Handle, raising money for Alla-Joye’s assistance dog; Ascension Wine Estate, Matakana, 7pm. Tickets $20, available from Curves Warkworth or phone Donna Reeves on 021 909 363.

21 Mahurangi River walkway tree planting. Info: Les Buckton 425 9619 (see story p40) 21-23 Magic Earth Theatre Society and the Wellsford Drama Club present play Magic Feather at the Wellsford Community Centre 22 NZ Fairy Tern Trust annual meeting, Senior Citizens’ Hall, Fagan Place, Mangawhai Heads, 2pm. Guest speaker, Tony Beauchamp, of Dept of Conservation, Whangarei. All welcome.

Info: info@fairytern.org.nz 23 Matakana Pony Club registration day (see story p38) 24 Kaipara Flats Sports Club annual meeting, Kaipara Flats Sports Club at 7.30pm. Peter Hudson, Secretary.

27 Comic Book book club Warkworth Library 3.30-4.30pm (see story p41) 27 Forest & Bird winter series, featuring by Dr John Walsby, marine scientist, who will talk about shellfish, sediment, science and scepticism. Totara Park Village Hall, Warkworth, starts 7.30pm.

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Sandspit yachties salute new president Bowls invitation Sandspit Yacht Club recently paid tribute to outgoing president Phil Brooker and welcomed his replacement, former vice-president Bruce Milne.

Phil joined the club “a very long time ago” and first held office in 1985 with the centreboard committee.

His father, Harold, along with Ray and Nat Hamilton, Roy Blank, Wayvern Davie-Martin and several others, created the ‘Sandspit Boating Club’ in November 1960.

Commodore since 2003, Phil has worked with Bruce as his mainstay since 2007.

In acknowledging Phil’s contribution to the club, Bruce said that Phil had always had the best interests of the club uppermost in his programme, researching projects thoroughly before putting them into effect and sticking to his guns and supporting his committee in times of adversity.

“He’s one of the most pragmatic Newly-elected president Bruce Milne (right) presents Phil Brooker with his Life blokes I know, who’s prepared to take Membership plaque. a calculated risk where others would and powerboat divisions. Activities shy away,” Bruce said. provided by these divisions, together Phil was made a Life Member in with Friday night catering and regular recognition and appreciation of his newsletters, ensures the members long service. enjoy a cohesive club with constant Volunteer Tony Merton was presented volunteer input ensuring costs are with the Commodore’s Trophy for his kept down across all services. considerable input over many years as club property manager.

The club is enjoying strong support Right: Tony Merton (left) received the from its 460-plus members across 2012 Commodore Trophy from Phil game-fishing, centreboard, sailing Brooker.

The Mahurangi East Bowling Club is holding a Have A Go Day on Sunday September 16, from 10am to 2pm.

Newcomers to the area are welcome, as well as others who might be thinking of taking up the sport. Participants are asked to wear flat-soled shoes or jandals, and bring their own lunch. Bowls, and tea and coffee will be provided. Club president Judy Bull says the club is building a good reputation for having competitive bowlers, a great grass green and for being a friendly club. “We also have a carpet green for year round bowling,” she says. “Bowlers can be competitive or just come along for a roll-up and enjoy a social time in the bar.” Info: Judy Bull 425 5303.

Paparoa possum purge The annual Paparoa Primary School Possum Purge will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 14 and 15, with prizegiving on Sunday, September 16. More than 800 possums were hunted and plucked last year and organisers are hoping for an even better score this year. At least $3000 worth of prizes have been generously donated by sponsors including Fonterra, Stirling Sports, 100% Fergus Appliances Maungaturoto and other local businesses. Registration is $10 for adults, while children with adults are free. Registration forms are available from the school or at www.paparoa. school.nz. Info: Libby Jones or Pete Hames 09 431 6822.

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