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August 5 2022

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“Linking Hands has received recent donations from local organisations and a generous donation from The Den. Funds have gone towards replacing one of our Maungatūroto-based vehicles,” says Linking Hands board secretary Jayne King.

“The Chenery Trust, which has supported us in the past, donated a further $4,000. That, along with our main funders, Lotteries, COGS, Foundation North and Catholic Caring and other community groups, the funds are all gratefully received.”

The contributions are integral for the service to run, and Jayne says the operation costs more than $100,000 annually.

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set up a resource centre for healthrelated information before developing into a shuttle service.

“In those days, people were being sent home from the hospital for families to carry on caring for them while they recuperated. So together, we got the Linking Hands resource centre started.

“In late 2007, I was approached by the late Maureen Davis, who had worked in the health sector for many years. She offered to develop the service into a health shuttle service because it was an apparent area of need.

“It is absolutely rewarding. I know firsthand how it was when I was struggling as a mum and caregiver to my husband with a severe head injury, who I supported

I saw a community need and wanted to make a difference for others, not to have the same struggle I had

“We are a free service run by small grants and donations. We are filling the gap and offering support to many who are going through health battles, and the cost of fuel plays a big part for folks too.

“Our boundary pick-ups cover from Matakohe through to Maungatūroto, Kaiwaka down to just past the Topuni Forest and Mangawhai. We also cover Waipū, Bream Bay, Ruakākā and One Tree Point areas.

“We take clients to medical-related appointments down to Wellsford, Warkworth, Whangārei and Dargaville, and all medical services in between.”

The Linking Hands journey started in 2003 when Mavis McCombie and Jayne

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and cared for. I saw a community need and wanted to make a difference for others, not to have the same struggle I had.

“The isolation of some of our clients means they have a long way to travel, which can be stressful. They want to be able to stay in their homes and not be forced to move.

“It is part of me. It is my passion to help others, and whilst there is a need for this kind of common support, then I will give it all I can.

“If you require assistance contact Linking Hands for further information on 09 431 8969, or on linkinghandsmain@ gmail.com.” ¢

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Outdoor achievements awarded u by Amy Fifita

Otamatea High School students who took part in the extracurricular Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award at the gold level received their certificates recently.

“Congratulations to all these wonderful young people who persevered and achieved the gold award,” says Otamatea High School Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award leader Robyn Bruce.

The students who received the Gold Award were Summer Ford, Cassidy Allen, Natalia Orchard, Cody Brunt, Keiren Fergus, Fiona Howard and Billie Le Mesurier-Cowbourne.

“The gold award has an extra residential component where they stay for five days and four nights with people they do not normally associate with.”

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education teacher, Gary Franklin’s granddaughter, is one of the crew members on the R. Tucker Thompson.

“I love getting them to the great outdoors, out of their comfort zone and away from technology. A cell phone is only used for photographic purposes, and wherever we are, there is often minimal or no coverage.

“It is an oppor tunity for them to see what New

It helps to make them become well-rounded young people to go out in to society

The programme starts at bronze in the year they turn 14 years old and then progresses to silver and gold. Each level steps up in hours to what outdoor activities, recreational skills, adventurous journeys and service components.

“To date, some of the students have been put on the seven-day youth voyage, which is partially funded by the R. Tucker Thompson Trust. The kids pay a minimal price towards their journey.

“It has Otamatea ties because the ship was built in Mangawhai.

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Zealand has to offer because there are so many beautiful places to explore. They get blown away by the grandeur p Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award students in the foyer after the ceremony appreciating their outdoor achievements at the gold level of the mountains, rivers and the expanse of the tussock land on the The Governor-General, Cindy Kiro, who moment with them. It is heavily reliant is from Northland, was in attendance on the collegiality from other colleagues South Island.”

Robyn says they take advantage of and students were presented their gold at the school who help with the groups in the great outdoors. locations such as the Volcanic Plateau, awards by Sarah Hillary.

“It is a highlight to see these wonderful “Local communit y member s Mount Taranaki, Stewart Island, Dusky young people achieving that award and Stephen and Andrea Orchard and Ken Track, Kaimai Tracks and Great Walks.

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Visual vitality

Kaiwaka-based Linda Gilbert is an artist who finds inspiration for her abstract paintings from the natural surroundings of the Kaipara District.

“Kaiwaka feels very special — there is an energy here that attracted me,” Linda says.

Linda’s great-grandfather was a painter and lithographer who studied at the Glasgow School of Art. Her late mother and brother were photographers who also enjoyed painting and drawing.

The arts were highly valued in the Gilbert household.

“I grew up in Grey Lynn in the 1960s and 70s; it was a multicultural, vibrant inner-city suburb in Auckland. Artists and immigrants were attracted to live there because the rent was cheap.

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and I’m never happier than when I’m painting.”

Linda has juggled earning a living, with finding the time to paint. She describes her painting as more of a calling.

“If I don’t paint, I get angsty — it is an essential part of who I am.”

Abstract painting interests Linda.

She says she lets the material lead the way and compares her process to playing jazz.

“I enjoy working with a range of materials, including acrylic paint and various dry media. Layers are built up to reveal and conceal different

The surface is important because it can be fragile yet resilient — like the earth, which inspires my art “I recall Hundertwasser lived down the road, and the band Dragon could be heard practising from their house next to Grey Lynn Park. It was a poor suburb but rich in culture and diversity.

“I have painted for as long as I can remember. My mother once wrote to our Scottish relatives, telling them: ‘Linda has just come home from school with about a gross of paintings to show me, her pony-tails un-done and a glove hanging out of each pocket’.

“I had only been at school for two months. Nothing has really changed. I still make lots of work,

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aspects of the painting as it evolves.

I work on a special paper made from calcium carbonate.

“It is a smooth surface that I mark, inscribe, emboss and add and subtract from. It repels and absorbs depending on the medium. My process is intuitive and gestural; a constant process of push and pull until the work declares itself finished.”

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“The surface is important because it can be fragile yet resilient — like the earth, which inspires my art.”

Linda is a member of Mangawhai Artists and has a Bachelor in Visual Arts from AUT. She is pursuing a Master’s in Fine Arts at Whitecliffe School of Fine Arts. In August, she will have a solo exhibition at Demo in Auckland, followed by her graduation show in November at Whitecliffe in Auckland. ¢

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u by Amy Fifita

Health visionary Jacqui O’Connor moved to Mangawhai from Auckland approximately five months ago on a mission to offer natural healing to people with Heart Place Charity Hospital.

“I am the magician and love rockstar behind Heart Place Hospital. I started this world with a congenital heart condition and spent my early years going through the medical system. I became mended physically; although emotionally and spiritually, not so much.

“I was raised in the behavioural era where their messages were things about right or wrong, bad or good and broken or needing fixing. My first medical diagnosis was a congenital heart defect

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At 42, Jacqui was back at the hospital on the anniversary and where she had her first heart procedure for an unrelated surgery. It surmounted to suffering further post traumatic stress disorder.

“I am 48 now, and six years ago, I had my Mack truck moment and lost the tools that had protected me — perfectionism, people-pleasing and my vice busyness.

I found myself in burnout again and took radical action. That is when I stepped into Heart Place Hospital.

I began healing myself and also answered my soul’s call — to care for the carers

with the message it needed repairing.

This became a subconscious belief of mine at a formidable age that didn’t serve me in my adult years.”

Jacqui was four years old at her first cardiac procedure, where she woke up during surgery and underwent openheart surgery at eight years old. The experiences created a foundation for the post-traumatic stress disorder she experienced later in life.

“The nurses in the hospital were my heroes when I had to stay in the hospital by myself — parents didn’t stay the night then. Naturally, I went into healthcare because of my experience.

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“I found another way from conventional medicine. It led to my curiosity, which led me to synchronicity and meeting people, podcasts, workshops and reading, and it opened my mind.

“My feminine qualities are what a healer embodies to help human beings heal. They are traits both men and women need to balance within themselves to become healing forces in our professions, culture and planet.

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Centuries before the cacao bean used for chocolate was introduced from South America by the Spanish to the world, its alternative, the carob, was grown in the Mediterranean.

The carob is an attractive evergreen flowering tree growing up to 15m in height. Propagated commercially across the Mediterranean for its pods for use in food and livestock feed production, this slow-growing species is also found in warmer parts of New Zealand.

Drought-resistant, once established, these are an alternative for other less hardy tree species on larger sites and lifestyle blocks.

This species is a member of the legume family.

However, its nitrogen fixing ability in the soil has been undetermined, and research has yet to establish whether it is the case or not. Carob trees have large taproots and should be planted as soon as possible on a permanent site. They won’t take kindly to being transplanted, so site placement is an important consideration.

Ensure the planting site is well away from the house and any water and wastewater pipes or effluent feeder lines. Carob tree roots tend to invade any waterpipe systems, which could lead to breakages later on. These trees are not suitable for courtyard or small urban gardens due to their significant height at maturity and shading capabilities.

The site should have exposure to full sun and be clear of any overhanging branches and large shrubs.

The soil should be rich in organic matter and freedraining and more towards the alkaline side rather than acidic. Add lime if necessary to amend the soil if it’s too acidic. Carobs fail to thrive in acidic soil or with poor drainage.

Dig a square hole rather than a round one at the planting site. Place well-rotted cow, horse or sheep manure at the bottom of the hole. Add in a layer of compost, then a further one of free-draining soil mix. Remove the tree from its polybag or pot without disturbing the roots. Place in the centre of the planting hole, then fill the rest up with the remaining soil mix.

Young trees should be kept well watered for the first three seasons, and well established enough to cope with dry summer conditions.

If growing carob trees for pod production, several trees should be planted as a group to ensure successful pollination. They can also be grown from commercially available seed. However, the germination rate can be slow and unreliable. Pour hot water over the seeds and leave for 24 hours or until swollen to twice the normal size. Plant into small pots with a high-quality potting mix and leave them in a warm place to germinate. Once the seedlings have emerged and have established a strong root system, pot on to larger containers until ready to plant in a permanent site. Fruiting ranges anywhere from three to eight years after final transplant. ¢

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Making a positive impact u by Amy Fifita

Waipū Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Chris Westlake encourages people to volunteer and become part of the firefighting family.

“I am in a position to give back to the community, and I have been doing this since I was in high school. I saw the trucks go past and thought that would be a cool thing to have a look at and spoke to the chief fire officer of the Pukekohe Volunteer Fire Brigade,” says Chris.

“If you are committed to helping other people and are new to an area — it is a good way of meeting people.”

Firefighters attend medical events, scrub fires, car accidents and floods.

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they do it, and we have five doing that this year.

“There is the Firefighter Challenge, which is run by the United Fire Brigades’ Association. Winners of the New Zealand competition go through to the Australasian challenge, and there is a potential to go through to the world challenge.”

Chris said there are also the Firefighter Games for sports and firefighting disciplines. The games range

Being down to earth is a big one because of the things you deal with

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Chris says he is grateful to employers who let the volunteers attend emergencies during work hours. The brigade remains engaged in community activities, open days, school visits and its in-house social activities and competitions.

“We have the local primary and junior school come to the fire station, and we engage with the children.

Some of our members are part of the Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge. It is an individual choice within the brigade that

from hockey to rugby, and is a chance for the international firefighter community to bond and exchange ideas.

There are fitness tests, among other things, including personality traits, that prospective members should have to be suitable firefighters. Chris says that having a reasonable level of fitness in cardio and strength is necessary to join a brigade.

“Being down to earth is a big one because of the things you deal with. It

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p Chris Westlake — Waipū Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer

is about going to people in their worst possible moment and helping to make a difference. There are jobs where you do make a positive impact, but you are going to see people at their worst.

Everybody has a role, and we are a team because you can’t do it by yourself.

“We get medically trained more than a first aid certificate, and some of the more isolated areas get even more highly trained.

“If they are interested in it, they should come to a training night and get a general understanding of what is involved. We let people who come along lift a hose and a breathing apparatus.

You can register through the Fire and Emergency New Zealand website, and we can liaise from there. We need members, so if you are new to the community or want to give back, we would love to see you here.” ¢

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Towering camaraderie u by Amy Fifita

Matt Williams is the Mangawhai Volunteer Fire Brigade senior firefighter captaining a team of seven members training to be ready for the Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge later this month.

“Firefighters have set themselves the challenge of climbing the Sky Tower’s 1,103 stairs in full firefighting kits, including wearing a breathing apparatus,” says senior firefighter Matt Williams.

“We are climbing the Sky Tower as fast as we can up the fire escape. We are doing it for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand; they support New Zealanders and their families affected by blood cancer and leukaemia. They

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Matt says he is currently studying to become a station officer and that becoming a senior officer is far more involved. He started as a recruit before receiving his first rank of firefighter. Matt studied and did the qualified firefighter’s course, which, he says, was fun to do in Rotorua — it had live and simulated fires.

He is currently pursuing his studies to become a station officer.

“I am passionate about firefighting.

It is all volunteer work at Mangawhai, so you definitely enjoy it when you are not collecting money for what you do. I thought I would do something like this when I was younger, and children love fire trucks.

“I am a builder by trade, and there are practical elements. I like the branch handling, and we are dealing a lot with structures that I am quite familiar with.

There are other areas like forestry, and I have learnt a lot.

“We do medical calls as well, and the rescue side of things. For me, there is a broad range of skills that suit me and I enjoy doing it. We do gala days and

have prevention information that we talk about with people.

“There are all sorts of people of different ages, and people you can relate to. It has a family feel. I enjoy the camaraderie, meeting new people and learning new skills the most.

“I have been in the Mangawhai Volunteer Fire Brigade for roughly seven years after moving from Auckland. I was looking for something to do for the community outside of my normal job that I could get into and give back. I have always been interested in firefighting, so I gave it a go.”

This year’s challenge will be Matt’s and team member Neil Mcinnes’ second time doing the Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge.

“I did the challenge about three years ago, and this will be the first event after the Covid situation. It was tougher than I thought it was going to be. The fact that I have done it once before has woken me up to the fact that you have to be ready for it. You have to put in the hard yards so that on the day, it will be a bit easier and won’t be much of a struggle.

“It is a tough challenge, and it requires us to be ready for it. We have to train

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hard for the event, and we ask people for sponsorship.

“This year, I am doing a lot more cardiovascular exercise and highintensity interval training. Being in a breathing apparatus means you have a limited amount of oxygen in the cylinder, and it is important to control your breathing through the apparatus.

That comes down to HIIT fitness.

“The other type of training is strength training, and the best way to do that is with weighted packs and running stairs.

The Heather Street stairs and Robert Street stairs in Mangawhai are good for that.

“We have our team, and it is about camaraderie and motivating each other to train. We get competitive within our own team, which encourages us to

do better. It has the fitness benefits, and we have a good tight team that is doing it this year. There are seven of us.”

Matt says everybody gets timed, and the team will be spaced apart for the fully-kitted stair climb.

“There is a feel-good factor on the day. It is a wicked event to be part of, and there is a feeling of achievement at the end — personally and in the bigger picture of what the event is about.

“We don’t lose sight of what it is for.

At the end of the day, it is for LBC, and being a part of that feels good.

“There is one other in our team that has done it before — Neil Mcinnes. It is the others’ first time, and they are all putting in the effort with the fundraising and the exercise.”

The team consists of seven firefighters climbing for the cause alongside Matt, the team captain. These people are Neil Mcinnes, Amy Robinson, Hayden Wharfe, Ricky Robinson, Michael Hayward and Tori Levet.

“We have our own personal goals, and sometimes things get in the way.

It is not always possible for all of us to train together every day. It is a personal challenge, and exercise can be like that; you have to motivate yourself to do your training.

“It is cool to see our teammates improve and I’m doing a lot better too.

It is quite fun on the competitive aspect of it when you beat someone who was beating you before in the training.”

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We are the community u by Amy Fifita

Darrell Trigg is the Ruakākā Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer and has a strong community focus and training specialised for the district.

“My father was in the Whangārei Fire Brigade, initially as a volunteer, then a paid firefighter during his 40 odd years of service. I spent my first five years living behind the station, and it got into my system. I’ve been in for 34 years, and for me, it is about the people and leading a great team,” Darrell says.

“As leaders of a fire brigade, we have to create a culture where people want to turn up because that is all

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we’ve got. If you create the right culture and environment, then people will want to turn up and do what being a firefighter entails.

“We have an amazing bunch of people and amazing employers that allow them to go out in their employment hours to answer the call when the community calls. It relies on the generosity of employers and the large commitment from the community. People think that the fire brigade is always there, but the fire brigade is the community, and the community is the fire brigade.

“When someone calls 111, it is a whole community effort. You are relying on the community to leave what they are doing, go to the fire station, put the gear on, jump in the truck and respond back to the community that called it. I am extremely grateful and proud for the team we have.”

Darrell says the Ruakākā brigade has a steadily developing industrial precinct based on its proximity to Auckland and the deep water port. Coupled with the rapidly expanding residential areas make things busy.

“The refinery, which has scaled right back now, has an import terminal.

Although the refinery wasn’t a risk because they had their own firefighting capabilities on-site, we were always first in the gate as a backup.

“We do training around industrial firefighting. We have an annual exercise at the port and with the bigger facilities in our district so we can learn about people and infrastructure changes. Most brigades do specific training according to where they are. We are not unlike other brigades. There is a mixture of call-outs we attend, scrub fires, car fires, structure fires, car accidents and medical calls.

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have an ever-expanding port facility. It is a heavy industry.”

Darrell says that the brigade is a loyal supporter of the upcoming Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge and other awareness appeals, which have been disrupted in recent years.

“I’ve climbed in Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Calgary and all over the show, and it is about bringing awareness to the cause of the day. It’s a great brother and sisterhood to be part of. It’s a big old world, but it is quite small when you have a family like firefighting around the world.” ¢

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Fifty-five years of firefighting u by Amy Fifita

Operational support worker, Bob Garrity, recalls the Ruakākā Volunteer Fire Brigade’s early beginnings starting in 1967 and how it has grown.

The Ruakākā Volunteer Fire Brigade began as the Ruakākā Volunteer Fire Party in 1967; before that, the closest brigade was at Waipū. Fires in the area from years before it was founded required help from the community or volunteers from the army.

“Originally, we were an auxiliary to Waipū, and we were going to have the first on November 9 1967. It was suggested the year before that at the Ruakākā Residents and Ratepayers

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Ruakākā Fire Party to use, and gave them a second-hand Land Rover and trailer pump.

“The trailer pump is now at the Museum of Technology in Maunu. We gave it to them a few years ago, providing we could borrow it at the jubilee, and we had it at our 50-year jubilee.

“In 1969, we moved into a building that was a garage on the corner of Simons Road. It was never used as a garage; it was used as a shirt factory.

In 1979, the new station was built, and that’s where the station is now

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meeting that Ruakākā should get its own brigade.

“Waipū gave us some equipment in those days. They gave us a standpipe and a couple of dividing breeching and lengths of hoses. It was stored in a trailer in Trevor Stephenson’s garage, and the first person that was in the brigade that heard of a fire would hook on to his car and tow the trailer to wherever we were firefighting.”

In 1968, Whangārei County Council made some land available for the

“When they moved on, it was given to us to use by the Shell Oil Company, providing we kept the grounds in good condition and looked after the maintenance. The garage is still there, and it is the garage opposite the tavern.

“In April 1970, we went from being a fire party to being a secondary urban fire brigade, and our first real appliance arrived. It was an open-top Ford V8. We had that appliance for about nine years.

“In 1971, we moved to a half-round barn, and we used it for many years. In

1979, the new station was built, and that’s where the station is now.

“We had a temporary station for a few months, by the Ruakākā Hall on the main road, while the station was being built.

“In the 1980s, we secured a job for the brigade at the refinery for donations.

When the refinery tanks were built, they had to be cleaned of the salt water and residue. We got the job of cleaning all of the tanks internally with fresh water.”

The donations from the refinery job went towards a kitchen, an extended lecture room and other facilities. ¢

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p The characters in Jo’s books often become like her best friends and she enjoys creating their everyday lives

Romance and intrigue u by Ann van Engelen

Waipū based author Jo Dawson was born and raised on a dairy farm in Wellsford, spending most of her life in the area.

“I have always enjoyed writing and found I was good at it, and enjoyed reading as well,” says Jo. “My teacher encouraged me to write, and I entered school competitions. I lived abroad in the USA for a while, and when I was away, a story popped into my head.

It floated around for a few years, and when I got home from overseas, I began writing it.”

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characters. I sent her each chapter to review as I finished until it was complete, and it became a six-part series during lockdown.

“Another friend in the literacy circle, Sandi Wilson, had a publishing company and published my first two books, and then self-published the rest. I am very grateful to Sandi because I would never have published if it wasn’t for her, and

“The following books continue with her remarriage, her daughters and their children and old age. In the first book, I had to get the main character Abigail out of my head as she had lived there for a long time. To me, it is like writing a true story about real friends.

“I love feeling like I am living their life with them in a simpler time, and they are my friends and family. They are like the

At times, I get inspiration from real-life scenarios that I think will make a cool story Jo got through nine chapters and ditched it because she didn’t think it was so good.

“I moved to Snells Beach, and a friend invited me to join a literacy circle, and we had to take something we had written to share, so I took my unfinished story.

“My friend read it and asked why I hadn’t finished or published it. She encouraged me to complete it because she wanted to know more about the

my next series will be better thanks to these ladies.

“Journeys of the Heart is set in the USA because it is a prairie romance story similar to Little House on the Prairie. It is a bit of a love story with me losing myself in a simpler time when the world goes crazy. Parts of it is my story, and life throws a curveball at the main character, and some topics are what people face these days.

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pioneers of the west that I grew up with on TV, such as Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. The characters are as real to me as the people in my life. I grieve with them, laugh with them, celebrate with them and weep with them.

“My teachers always told me I have a very broad imagination, and as I have read so much, it is probably all combined in my brain. I dream a lot of my storylines, and once I meet my characters, they go

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My books are encouraging and show that no matter what generation we live in, through faith, family and clinging to each other, we can face things that come into our lives rogue and take over inside my head, and I write what I hear. Sometimes, I wake up and think, ‘no, that person wouldn’t have said that — that’s not how they are’, and I change the wording.

“At times, I get inspiration from reallife scenarios that I think will make a cool story. The next series is inspired by a show on TV. “The first two book covers were done by my publisher, Sandi’s brother, with ideas I gave him and stock images that you purchase online to legally use.

“When I published the next books, I found Kyle Keogh at Logo Mosh in Tauranga through Facebook, and he managed to carry on my style. The photo of the redhead on book cover four is my cousin because I couldn’t find a suitable photo online, and Kyle added things like the cat, fence and baseball ball.

“I had tried two other designers and was nearly in tears when I found him because I wasn’t really happy with the previous people. Kyle had never done book covers before, and he did an

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awesome job. Book six will be out in the next few months.

“Each book takes about six hours a day, and the worst part is the editing.

Once the idea is set, I draft it on paper and go from there for about a month. I keep ideas in a notebook for future use and have another series of five books ready to edit.”

Jo plans to write a fictional story about her ancestors, who were Albertlanders from Port Albert near Wellsford.

“The Albertlanders were the last planned British settlement before they stopped resettling like that. My mum’s ancestors came in the first wave, so I am going to visit the Albertlanders’ museum in Wellsford to get more information for accuracy.

“I am nervous writing about New Zealand because it is a real place rather than a make-believe one that I can’t take as much poetic licence. I need to do more careful research. I can’t just make up the details of the area like I can in the others.

“My next series, a Mountie series of five books, is based in a town called Douglas Falls in Canada. The main character is a horseback Mountie in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the first book will be out by November.

“My husband Alan really enjoys my stories and helps by listening to me read them to find my errors. He also tells me if I am portraying men accurately. He likes certain characters more than others and totally supports my work and takes me to author events and tells people about my books — he is my biggest fan.”

Jo is a teacher by trade and loves the intermediate age group.

“I gave up teaching when we became parents to care for our children, but I will always love my years of teaching. I also have a photocopying, laminating and binding business called Jo Design.

“I make and sell teaching resources online using school journals and make things like the sets of commonwealth games cards that can benefit teachers.

They are easy to access through digital files.

“People can buy my physical books on my jodawsonauthor.com shop page or through Amazon as an ebook by searching JL Dawson.

“My books are encouraging and show that no matter what generation we live in, through faith, family and clinging to each other, we can face things that come into our lives. There has never been a time that women don’t face hard times, and hopefully, readers will find their best friends in books.

“Some of my best friends and adventures when I was young I found in books. My stories are about a particular family at a particular time with feisty characters and the adventures that they get into.

“There are precocious children and strong women in a time when women weren’t encouraged to be strong and the men who love them. If people like Dr Quinn Medicine Woman, they will enjoy my books.” ¢

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Queen of the dominion u by Liz Clark

Housed within the Mangawhai Museum is a collection of artefacts recovered from the wreck of the liner RMS Niagara sunk by a German mine in the Hauraki Gulf in June 1940.

Numerous historians have well and truly told the story of the Niagara’s sinking throughout the decades. She was a vessel of her time, built for the immigrant and luxury liner trade sailing between Sydney, New Zealand and Canada from 1913 up to the time of her sinking. Environmentalists describe the vessel as a ‘ticking timebomb’

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The vessel’s heritage goes back to 1912. She was commissioned by the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand as a transpacific oceanliner for the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian passenger trade. Built by John Brown & Company at Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland, the hull was launched on August 12 1912, by Laura Borden, the wife of the then Canadian prime minister.

At the time of her launch, the vessel was the largest ship owned by a New Zealand-based company. The vessel’s fitting out was completed in March 1913 and included first-class facilities for wealthy passengers and less luxurious cabins and dining rooms for second and third-class passengers. She was built with berths for 281 first-class, 210 second-class and 176 third-class passengers. The Union Company also included a hospital in the vessel’s specifications due to RMS Titanic sinking in April 1912.

The Niagara had a total length of 524.7 feet (160.75m) and was driven

p The RMS Niagara on the day of her arrival in Auckland Harbour in May 1913

by a combination of three screws, two piston engines and one low-pressure turbine running on oil or coal. After her delivery from London, the Niagara arrived in Auckland, from Sydney, Australia, in early May 1913. At the time, she was the largest passenger liner to have entered any New Zealand port.

‘She berthed at the new Queen Street Wharf with the greatest ease. The outward appearance of the vessel gives the impression of great bulk, her length is not apparently so proportionately large. She stands well out of the water, and her magnificent promenade decks are the feature of the vessel’s build. On the voyage out from London, the Niagara

burned coal, and her engines proved extremely powerful,’ the New Zealand Herald reported.

During Niagara’s years of service sailing on the informally named AllRed Line, the vessel carried significant volumes of export meat, mail and passengers between the ports on her route. In 1919, some passengers contracted the Spanish Flu. The ship was allowed into Auckland Harbour, and passengers disembarked despite the risk of an outbreak. A commission of inquiry would later establish that the RMS Niagara contributed to the flu epidemic that caused the deaths of 9,000 New Zealanders in eight weeks. ¢

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