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Council support sought for coastal trailA campaign is underway to develop a trail connecting Matakana to Pakiri Beach, which could feature work by internationally renowned Kiwi artist Billy Apple.The proposed 20km Big Omaha Trail will traverse unformed and rural roads, providing walkers with panoramic views south over Omaha and Point Wells to Auckland City and north to Bream Bay and Whangarei Heads.Whangateau resident Ian Macdonald is spearheading the group behind the project. He presented to Rodney Local Board last month seeking endorsement for the trail and formal discussions with Auckland Transport on creating footpaths along parts of the route.“This could be a major tourist attraction,” he told the Board. “It could do for the area what the Rail Trail has done for Central Otago.”Internationally renowned artist Billy Apple has expressed interest in designing parts of the track, including a staircase and milestones.Billy has collaborated with artists such as Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, and is the subject of a retrospective at Auckland Art Gallery which opens this month.His recent public works include a basalt staircase in Kingsland and a redeveloped the area around Eden Park stadium including a checkerboard walkway that opened last year.“Everything he does is put on the map internationally,” Mr Macdonald says.Billy is planning to hold an exhibition

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based on the trail at The Vivian art gallery, on Omaha Valley Road.The track also has the support of Crown entity, the Walking Access Commission.Northland advisor John Gardiner has walked sections of the track and says it is “really exciting”.“It’s got everything from stunning views to good sections of bush,” Mr Gardiner says.“It will require minimal work to open. If the community gets behind it, it will happen.”

The routeThe proposed trail starts at Matakana and follows Leigh Road to Quintal Road, continuing across farmland, with small patches of established native bush.From Upper Whangateau Road it goes to Schollum Road and up a ridge of native bush to the highest part of the trail on Rodney Road. It then descends on to Pakiri Road to M Greenwood Road, where it enters Pakiri Regional Park.The paper roads run through

the properties of about 10 landowners, including through the middle of a grazing paddock on the unformed section of Quintal Road.In total, it traverses 11.5km of rural roads, 3km of unformed paper roads and 3.5km on Leigh Road, and would link to the national Te Araroa trail, which crosses Mount Tamahunga.The most significant work proposed is a three-kilometre footpath from Matakana to Quintal Road, but Mr Macdonald is open to collaborating with the Matakana Trust to use a trail planned between Omaha and Matakana.Quintal road also requires about 150 metres of track, 25 metres of stairs and a 10-metre boardwalk.The next step is for the group to form an incorporated society and get funding and support from government, Council and commercial sponsorship.“People also need to let Council know if this is something they support,” Mr Macdonald says.

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Road works coincidenceRoad works on Leigh Road at the site of last month’s fatal car crash are just a coincidence, Auckland Transport says. Resurfacing of the road near Matakana started two weeks after the crash, but acting media manager Dai Bindoff says the work was already scheduled for February/March and has no relationship to the crash on February 4, which killed two people. The work is to repair sections of road before a full resurfacing of the road between Tongue Farm and Takatu Roads. It is scheduled to be completed early this month.

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algies seawall soaks up extra $210,000The cost of building a sea wall at Algies Bay has blown out by $210,000, after a number of unexpected changes delayed completion by nearly eight months.Local sports parks north manager Martin Van Jaarsveld says costs went from $690,000 to $900,000 due to months of delays as the project became increasingly complex.The project involves replacing a 140-metre section of an old, rock sea wall and constructing several timber retaining walls and installing drainage.It was initially planned to take six weeks, but is now in its ninth month. The majority of the wall was completed before Christmas, but landscaping work is continuing to create a more attractive and us able high tide beach area and is expected to finish this month.Costs climbed by $68,000 last year after wet weather made it difficult to work in the narrow site. The area also had poorer soils than anticipated and manholes and storm-water pipes, not shown on plans for the area, were discovered during construction.Mr Van Jaarsveld says additional resource consent conditions were also required due to the need for a sea wall with higher specifications than anticipated, which pushed up costs.The consent delays meant the project started six months later than planned, which pushed up the spoil removal costs as winter rates are higher than

summer rates.The workload increased further due to a historical landfill at the site.Meanwhile, construction of a timber sea wall at Snells Beach is finally underway after 10 months of planning and resource consent applications.The 80-metre seawall is estimated to cost $100,000 and take four to six weeks to complete.Part of the seawall was removed following a storm in 2013. The wall did not have a resource consent so could not be repaired.However, after storms last year caused

significant erosion, Snells Beach residents demanded that the sea wall be replaced.Snells Beach Residents and Ratepayers chair Bryan Jackson says residents have been trying to get the seawall extended along the beach for about three years.Construction was originally planned to start in October, but delays with the resource consent meant this stretched another four months.At a Rodney Local Board business meeting in December parks advisor Don Lawson said the consent process had been short for this kind of project.

A fashion parade of upcoming autumn and winter styles will be held on Wednesday March 18 to help raise funds for the Warkworth Town Hall upgrade. The parade is one of a number of events being organised over coming months, which the fundraising committee hopes the community will support.The fashion parade will be held at Caroline Eve in Queen Street, Warkworth, starting at 5.30pm. Tickets are $15 and are available from the store.On Sunday, April 19, there will be a special screening

of the movie Woman in Gold, starring Helen Mirren, at Matakana Cinemas. The film is based on the true story of the late Maria Altmann, an elderly Holocaust survivor living in Los Angeles who fought the government of Austria for almost a decade to reclaim an iconic portrait of her aunt, which was painted by Gustav Klimt. The painting confiscated by the Nazis in Vienna, just prior to World War II. Altmann took her legal battle all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Sea walls at Snells Beach (above) and Algies Bay are receiving much-needed attention.

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A Short Film Festival is being organised for June.The committee also hopes to hear by late May if it has been successful in its application for a Lottery Community Facilities grant of $1 million.The next fundraising committee meeting will be held at Tracey Martin’s office, Shop 5, Riverside Arcade, Warkworth, on Friday March 20, at 5.30pm. New members are welcome to attend.


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I was interested to read the recent letter and answers regarding a commercial operator on the beach at Goat Island (MM Feb 18). What was most surprising was the Auckland Council’s incorrect response that the beach equipment hire operator on Goat Island Beach has been there for 15 years.Having been a regular user of the beach since before marine reserve

status I’m sure I would have noticed the intrusion. Until recently, the only gear hire operation was a kayak hire run by a different operator who was granted a permit by the Rodney District Council about 10 years ago. That lasted less than a season. The previous glass bottom boat operator also operated from the beach using a non-intrusive table and chairs.Several other gear hire operators have

in the past used the grass area by the five-minute carpark but the beach was left to beachgoers. There are four businesses between Leigh and Goat Island offering hire gear.Some of these operate a service all year so why the does the council see the need for another one on the beach?Tony Enderby, Leigh

A reader was amused by this sight when she recently attended a meeting at the Warkworth RSA. We think that perhaps what’s really needed is a sign that says ‘do not place any signs on these doors’.

Shifting sandsAround 20 tonnes of sand was taken from Pakiri last month and dumped on Orewa Beach for a sandcastle competition. No offence to Orewa, but if you don’t have enough of your own sand on your own beach that’s no excuse to start pinching it from ours!

Plum jobThis sounds like the perfect job. Health Link North recently announced that it “was pleased to announce the appointment of xxxx to the vacant manager position. The email went on to say that the successful candidate’s “background and experience is highly suited to the requirements of the position”. We’re guessing that all you have to do is not show up to work!

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An appeal by the Northern Action Group (NAG) against the decision by the Local Government Commission to decline to assess its application for local government reorganisation in north Rodney will go before the High Court on March 30.The group is fighting to have north Rodney’s inclusion in the Auckland supercity reviewed.NAG’s submissions argue that the decision was wrong in several respects including that the Commission should not have accepted Auckland Council’s submissions that it needed more time to settle in.NAG chair Bill Townson says Parliament passed a law which placed a three year moratorium on reorganisation applications in

Auckland and decided three years was long enough for the new supercity arrangements to settle in.“We say the Commission had no right to effectively extend that moratorium by refusing to assess our application,” he says.“The Commission also said we had to show community support right across the Auckland region. We say this was also wrong as the Act only requires support from the affected area. We have already done this with a survey that indicates 94 per cent of north Rodney wants to secede. Among other examples, we cite the recent Scottish referendum where only residents of Scotland were allowed to take part.”Mr Townson says if these issues go unchallenged, the Commission could

use the same reasoning to refuse to assess other applications from rural areas dissatisfied with the way they are being treated by Auckland Council. “Waiheke Island is also looking at separating from the supercity and will be watching the outcome of our appeal with keen interest.“We hope for a positive outcome and a subsequent opportunity to properly make the case for local government in North Rodney. We are hearing of many cases of reduced local services, sale of local assets to fund Council expenditure and deferred local development. “We would welcome hearing from anyone who has other examples that we can add to the list.”info: nag.org.nz

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Exploring funding alternativesThe last few months I have been chairing a working group put together by Local Government New Zealand to investigate alternative funding of local government and the shortfall councils face as the need for infrastructure improvements grows. While we need to be smarter and more efficient with what we do, the need for Government to understand the essentials is paramount. Auckland Council’s special housing accord to open up more land for houses is all very well but who funds the infrastructure? Nowhere is this more evident than in Rodney where the amount of growth has seen increased pressure on our roads, water and wastewater, stormwater.This growth also brings with it a need for leisure facilities such as parks, playgrounds and sports grounds. Added to this is the need for some councils to deal with the influx of large numbers of visitors at certain times of the year. The working group included Nick Clark from Federated Farmers, Michael Barnett from Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Stephan Selwood from NZCID, and Claudia Scott from Victoria University.The sustainability of local government funding has become an increasingly important policy issue in the face of demographic and economic change. The review recognises that NZ councils have a high reliance on property taxes, which is unusual by international standards. The review’s consultation paper was released at the beginning of February 2015 and the final report will follow in June 2015.As part of the solution, Local Government NZ proposes a principles-based partnership model with central government fully considering the costs and benefits of decisions for local communities and co-funding costs where policy proposals have significant national and local benefits. At the same time, the Minister of Local Government has set up a working group to look at legislation that impacts on local government. So often legislation is passed that then expects councils to carry out the work at the ratepayers expense. Water and environmental qualities, building requirements and resource management to just name a few. There is no easy answer. Of course we need to look at what we do and become increasingly more efficient. It’s a slow process when we are trying to change a culture. We did it in Rodney, but the size and complexity of Auckland Council makes it difficult. However, we also need a fresh discussion instead of the same old arguments. This paper will hopefully open up that discussion. Check it out on the LGNZ website.

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Puhoi Club secures leaseAfter a year of uncertainty, the Puhoi Sports Club has renewed its lease for 10 years for part of the Puhoi Pioneers Memorial Park. The club signed the lease at a peppercorn rental for the land where the pavilion is situated. The lease does not include the tennis courts. That component of the agreement was surrendered just over a year ago because the club felt it could not afford to maintain the courts. However, the club has indicated that it would like to see the courts upgraded to a usable standard and hope to do it jointly with the Rodney Local Board. The board has allocated $25,000 to complete design and planning for the courts, and the club raised $25,000 for construction costs, but there is still a shortfall of $64,000. Member Sharon Hallet says it’s been a long and frustrating process. “Hopefully, work will start next year but nothing has been promised,” Ms Hallet says. “I’ve been lobbying to get this done for 12 years now.”

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orchardist brings global perspective to MatakanaGlobal trends in local food production will be one of the themes discussed at a Beyond Organic Tour event in Matakana on Sunday March 15.Guest presenter will be Canadian-based commercial orchardist Stefan Sobkowiak whose Miracle Farms featured in the documentary The Permaculture Orchard last year.Fresh from his European tour, Stefan will show segments of the documentary and will talk about the logic, the methods and the economics behind his diverse and highly productive orchard system.Stefan is one of the leaders in his particular field of applying permaculture to commercial orcharding. He says that what he has learnt in the last 20 years applies equally to large-scale horticulture and those few fruit trees in someone’s backyard.His permaculture journey started when he bought a commercial apple orchard outside Quebec and spent the next few years converting it to organics. Seven years ago, he re-designed the orchard using permaculture principles while maintaining and building on the commercial focus. He is considered to be one of only a few people in the world who is earning his living from a commercial permaculture-inspired orchard.The workshop in Matakana will be an opportunity to hear how these

productive, profitable, permaculture-inspired practices work.Also speaking will be James Samuel, Mike Francis, James Andrews, Trish Allen, Benji Woodman and Daniel Tohill who will offer insights and news about a range of local food projects and enterprises.James Samuel is co-founder of ooooby.org, a NZ food distribution model that is expanding into North America. He will show how food distribution has been changing dramatically over the last few years and will talk about the opportunities that are opening up.The workshop will be held in the Matakana Hall, from 10am to 4pm, and the cost is $50 ($30 half day). info: beyondorganicnztour.com

The Beyond Organic Tour is part of EcoFest North, which runs from March 14 to April 12. Mahurangi Matters will run a special feature on the festival in our March 18 issue, but in the meantime, events can be viewed at ecofest.org.nz

Rough season for fairy terns

Fairy terns can be identified by their ‘black cap’ markings, which come down over their eyes.

New Zealand’s rarest bird, the fairy tern, has had a rough breeding season with stormy weather in December claiming half of this year’s clutch.Department of Conservation ranger David Wilson says four chicks were lost in December, as a week of wind and rain prevented the parents from feeding and nests were abandoned.There are currently six chicks at nests in Mangawhai, Waipu, Pakiri and the Papakanui Spit in South Kaipara.“When it’s rough they can’t see fish in the surf or dive in to get them so the parents can’t catch enough to feed their chicks,” Mr Wilson says.The pair at Pakiri abandoned their two eggs during the storm but they were rescued and artificially incubated at Auckland Zoo until they could be placed into the nest of another pair at Mangawhai.The eggs later hatched and the chicks were raised to fledglings by their foster parents.Another egg was taken from a nest at South Kaipara after it was inundated by a high tide and the egg was relocated to a nest at Mangawhai.The New Zealand Fairy Tern Charitable Trust convener Heather Rogan says it has been a disappointing season after a promising start.“The birds nested early this year so we thought there was a good chance they would fledge before summer and before people head to the beach for the holidays. “But then the storm came.”A record 12 chicks were reared last year, taking the total number of adults to 39.“They are just holding their own.”In 2005, DOC created the Fairy Tern Recovery Plan to try to increase the breeding population by 25 per cent by 2015. However numbers have remained stagnant.

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Mr Wilson says the number of breeding pairs has hovered around eight to 12 and the total population has been between 35 and 40 adults.“In an average year we might lose perhaps four to six breeding-age adults, while the average number of chicks fledged each season since 2004 has been 6.6.“Unfortunately, not all chicks which fledge survive long enough to become breeding adults, so we’ve only been able to maintain, rather than grow the population. We also currently have too many males in the population because we’ve lost a few adult females to predators and there are more males than females fledging.“We’re not quite sure why. The populations are so small it’s hard to tell if it’s just an anomaly.”But there has been progress in pest eradication and the Fairy Tern Trust received a $35,000 grant from the ASB Community Trust in November to continue fulltime trapping at Mangawhai Sandspit until the end of the year.Meanwhile, the NZ dotterel at the Omaha Shorebird Sanctuary have had one of the best seasons ever.Omaha Shorebird Protection Trust chair David Stone says breeding pairs have been successfully raising broods of three chicks, whereas often one or two are lost to predators.“It shows our predator control programme is working,” Mr Stone says.

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heavy metalexpert says seal maintenance costs too high for ratepayersRodney residents have to accept that sealing rural roads is too expensive and concentrate their efforts on getting higher quality unsealed roads, a leading academic on road sealing says.Dr Theuns Henning is a senior lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Auckland and director of the University’s Transport Research Centre. He has written the road surfacing guidelines which the World Bank uses for developing countries and has recently completed an unsealed roads guideline for NZ Councils.He says New Zealand has a high number of sealed roads for its population and GDP.“There should be a lot more gravel roads in New Zealand when you compare it to other countries,” he says.The biggest cost of sealing a road is not the upfront construction costs, but the ongoing maintenance.“The construction cost is only about 20 per cent of the total cost of a road over its lifetime.“If a road costs $1 million to seal, the maintenance cost could be as high as

$5 million over the life of the road. If NZ sealed just 10 per cent of its unsealed roads, the country would go bankrupt in five years with mounting maintenance costs.“By comparison, maintaining an unsealed road is relatively cheap and is actually quite cost effective.“You need to have sufficient traffic numbers to warrant sealing, and I would say most unsealed roads in NZ don’t meet that threshold.”In Rodney, maintenance costs for sealed roads is nearly four times as expensive as unsealed maintenance.In 2013/14 sealed road maintenance averaged $18,700 a kilometre, totalling $15.5 million, while unsealed maintenance averaged $4400 a kilometre, totalling $2.7 million.Dr Henning says Southland has faced the consequences of an unsustainable seal extension programme and is struggling to meet the mounting maintenance costs.“They are now in a situation where they are unable to maintain sealed roads which don’t have high traffic volumes. Believe me, it’s better to

live on an unsealed road than an unmaintained sealed road.”Southland roading manager Ian Marshall says the district has 2000km of sealed roads out of a total network of 5000km, costing millions to maintain.

“We are struggling to maintain the roads we sealed during the 1960s and 1970s.“The way we were maintaining the roads was unsustainable. We now focus on high-use roads. The half of our network which is most used is maintained to a high standard, but for the other half we use cheaper, short-term solutions.“Low volume roads now get a patchwork quilt type of repair, where we just do small patches rather than full re-seals.”Dr Henning says public-private sealing schemes are a dangerous path to go down as ratepayers are still lumped with the bulk of the costs in maintenance.He says the health effects of dust from unsealed roads is a big issue, but there is no silver bullet.Dust suppressants are an option, but they can make maintenance more difficult and wash away in wet weather, causing environmental issues.The best option for most people living on unsealed roads is to advocate for greater maintenance to reduce the number of potholes and corrugations.

dr Theuns Henning says the high ongoing maintenance costs of sealing roads means most unsealed roads will never be sealed.

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Local developers, contractors and academics all say Rodney is getting value for money from road sealing projects.Mason Contractors managing director Lance O’Callaghan says the costs of sealing roads has risen over the past decade, but believes Council costs are reasonable.“I don’t think Council is getting ripped off - $400,000 per kilometre is not out of the park,” he says.“The costs of everything from metal and asphalt to diesel have increased, but that’s no different from inflation in any industry.“For larger projects there are higher costs associated with design and engineering, but that means they cost less in the long run because you get a quality result.“I do think there are a lot of roads in Rodney that need to be sealed, but the reality is there is a high cost in doing that.”Civil engineer and developer Noel Chandler agrees. Noel has constructed roads through developments at Jade River and other subdivisions in Browns Bay and Mt Roskill.He says the high standards set by Auckland Transport are justified as it saves ratepayers money in the long run, but it can add significant costs to the price of a section. He doesn’t believe privately sealed roads are cheaper than Council roads.

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“There are a lot of fixed costs in building roads and we put the job out to tender just like Council.” University of Auckland Civil Engineering senior lecturer Dr Theuns Henning says Auckland Transport heavily scrutinise their spending.“I’ve worked with Auckland Transport and they do stretch every dollar and have a very sophisticated method of prioritising spending.”Developer Steven Postlewaight

has been involved with about 15 subdivisions from Warkworth to Mangawhai and says often developers spend more on sealing a road than Council does.“For some roads you are required to seal it with hot-mix, which gives a smoother surface, but costs a lot more,” Mr Postlewaight says. “But Council seems to seal similar roads using chip-seal, which is rougher and cheaper.”

The standard of roading required of developers is often higher than Council-developed roads.

Maintenance in decline in RodneyThe maintenance budget for Rodney roads has dropped $2 million with further cuts forecast.The budget for sealed roads in Rodney dropped by 13 per cent between 2013/14 and 2014/15, from $15.5 million to $13.4 million as part of wider maintenance cuts. This was part of a 24 per cent drop in Auckland’s transport maintenance budget, which was outlined in Auckland Transport’s (AT) 2012-2015 Asset Management Plan update last year.The road maintenance budget was 29 per cent lower than that forecast in the 2012 plan, and the report acknowledged that this would have a “negative impact on existing assets” and result in lower customer satisfaction and maintenance that is at a lower level and less frequent. This risked lowering the lifespan of roads and increasing renewal costs.Drainage maintenance was also cut by 55 per cent, which would also lower the lifespan of roads and increase flooding association accidents. The outlook doesn’t get any brighter in AT’s Regional Land Transport Plan, which is currently out for consultation.Council is proposing to cut AT’s operating expenditure by $1.9 billion, unless alternative funding from a fuel tax or motorway tolls is implemented.If alternative funding isn’t approved, road renewals face an $89 million cut, which would result in increased road failures, maintenance demands, decreased public satisfaction and a $1 billion backlog in 10 years time.

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David is a former garage sale customer who started volunteering after noticing the hospice was missing out on funds because some of the computer items were worth a lot more than the asking price. He has found his niche in the electrical shed. When he is not imposing order on boxes of mismatched cords, chargers, adapters and remotes, David checks devices for safety and performs minor repairs on computers, radios and other desktop devices.He gains satisfaction from making things useful again, raising money for a good cause and helping fill a need for affordable goods. The friendships and camaraderie are a bonus.“We get dirty and we have fun. What more can a little boy want?”David says the team could do with another helper ‘who knows the difference between a kettle and a toaster’. Volunteers are also needed to help with furniture pick-ups and deliveries. To volunteer or to find out more, contact John McEwing on 425 9535 or 021 217 8014.

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Zonta garage sales raise fundsThe Mangawhai Zonta Club garage sale last month was a huge success and raised just over $2000 for local projects. Based on the results, a second sale was held later in the month with some of the proceeds donated to the Sophie elliot Foundation for the purchase of the Love-Me-Not books. The books are used on the healthy relationship courses run in schools for teenage boys and girls. on March 8, the club will make its annual award to two waipu women who have made a significant contribution to the waipu community as part of International women’s day. The club president, Jan Barnett will present the yellow rose Award to Jill Mutch and Juanita McGoldrick. It will be held at The Cove Café, at waipu Cove, at 9am. Visitors are welcome to attend.

Business and Professional Women’s Federation national president, Vicky Mee, was the guest speaker at the Warkworth BPW Club’s first meeting of the year last month. Publicity officer Mona Townson said Vicky spoke on the topic of Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEP). The Human Rights Commission, the Equal Rights Trust, United Nations Women and BPW have joined together to encourage companies who employ 10 or more people to sign up to a set of seven principles aimed at fostering gender equality.As companies sign up their names go on a global list. There are 41 businesses in NZ who have made the list and 600 companies world-wide. Mona says that Vicky explained that the aim of WEP was to change the culture of business into a woman-friendly place. BPWNZ will send two delegates to New York this year to a Commission on Status of Women meeting, where BPW Nigeria is presenting a paper on Child Marriage and Forced Marriage. The Nigerian club has asked for support from NZ because of Warkworth club member Sally Smith’s effort in helping to second the remit at the International BPW Conference last year.

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SeniorNet Mangawhai has returned to Mangawhai after five years at Kaiwaka.Committee member Val Cleaver says the move reflects the changing nature of technology.“There is a big move to mobile devices such as laptops, ipads, tablets and smartphones which don’t require a venue where desktops computers need to be set-up permanently,” she says.The move will also mean savings in rent.“We endeavour to keep our fees for both membership and courses/workshops as affordable as possible for seniors. All our tutors are voluntary and, therefore, another cost to the tutors was the travel to Kaiwaka.”The group will now offer courses in the

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“This illustrates that right from club level, we have the ability to make some impact on future actions that hopefully will make our world a better place for women to live in,” Mona says. “We congratulate Sally for her efforts.”Warkworth Business and Professional Women’s Club is hosting a breakfast at the Bridgehouse for International Women’s Day on Saturday March 7, from 8.30am-10am. The speaker will be Matakana-based children’s author Jenni Francis. Wear a purple item of clothing. RSVP to Gill on 021 431 098.

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There will be a range of new games and food stalls at the fourth annual Warkworth School Twilight Fiesta on March 20, from 3pm to 7pm.There will be quick fire raffles with wine from Ransom and Lothlorien wineries, a Puhoi Cheese pack, a meat pack from Warkworth Butcher and goods and vouchers from a range of other businesses. A silent auction will feature a mystery weekend away, a stand-up paddleboard family tour and tickets for the glass-bottom boat at Goat Island.There will be a range of exciting games, including an obstacle course, a fishing game in the school pool, a pool of slime, crockery smash and a

safe cracking game with cash prizes.Second-hand children’s toys, clothes and books will be for sale and a variety of food stalls for dinner, including nachos, burgers, ice cream and a sausage sizzle.There will be live music from 5pm to 6pm and performances by the school kapa haka and Pasifika groups.The fair raised $20,000 last year to plant an orchard in the junior area, renew a sandpit in the senior area and upgrade the junior playground. This year the money will be used to create outdoor learning spaces, with areas for sand and water play, tiered outdoor seating and a terraced garden for flowers and vegetables.

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Sister town ambassador visitsA representative of Warkworth’s Sister Town in England visited Mahurangi last month to strengthen ties between the towns and investigate links between World War veterans. June Watson was a Parish Councillor in Warkworth, Northumberland, where Warkworth NZ’s founder John Anderson Brown grew up.She became interested in WWI veterans and held an exhibition last year featuring the biographies of 120 Northumberland men who served and found some had immigrated to New Zealand after the war.While in Warkworth she visited the Warkworth and Districts Museum and Warkworth RSA to gather the names of Mahurangi veterans and see

if any Northumbrians were amongst them.“I just love history and research. It’s been fascinating,” Mrs Watson says.She was able to find a few names in common, and she will coordinate with Warkworth RSA to try and confirm any links.She was welcomed to Warkworth at a reception at Warkworth Museum, attended by Rodney Councillor Penny Webster, Local Board member Greg Sayers, Mahurangi College principal David Macleod and museum staff.Mrs Watson presented the museum with photos of Warkworth Castle and the house where John Anderson Brown was raised.“It was built in 1736 and is one of the oldest houses in Warkworth. It was the schoolhouse, as his father was the local headmaster.”To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, Mrs Watson also presented the museum with a copy of the document, which was signed by a Warkworth baron.The museum staff presented Mrs Watson with a painting of a kowhai and Warkworth RSA presented her with an honorary membership.Warkworth has a population of 1500 and lies 64km south of the Scottish border and 17,800km from the Warkworth and Districts Museum.Twin Town coordinator David Parker says sister cities were created following WWII to increase international communication and understanding to foster peace.Warkworth has other sister towns in Australia, Canada and Japan.“According to Sister Cities NZ we have more international connections than any other town in the country. This latest visit has been a fantastic way to strengthen those links,” Mr Parker says.

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Don’t blame ageI have said it before and I will say it again, the aging process is unfairly blamed too often for all sorts of ailments. This is classically seen in cases of neck pain and osteoarthritis. Sure, the longer your neck has been on the planet, the more chance it has of showing signs of wear. But when you do have neck pain it does not mean that it is the end of the road just because you own a Gold Card! Also, the pain resulting from wear and tear can often be helped with some simple self care.As a sufferer of osteoarthritis at the age of 18, I realised that old age was not always the cause. It took me the next seven years to figure out the cause and to eventually stop the problems. This process and 20 years of clinical experience has lead me to understand that poor alignment and muscle imbalance is frequently to blame but, more importantly, that correcting these issues can result in huge improvements. This understanding is what motivated me to write the book How I Achieved Freedom From Arthritis. For more info on this you can visit FreedomFromArthritis.com Specifically with the neck, it is alarming how many people have been told that their neck problems are because of arthritis and just to ‘live with it’. To clarify, I am not stating that there is or isn’t arthritis in these cases. What I am saying is that more often than not there is a lot that can be done to help and that just ‘living with it’ is seldom the best course of action.As with all problems, before any recommendations can be made there needs to be a full assessment performed. This begins with a careful interview process, which alone can easily take up to 30 minutes.Full joint and muscle assessment follows this. Last but not least, other investigations may be necessary such as x-ray, ultrasound and in some cases blood tests/MRI scans, which your doctor would need to order.The final part of the assessment is actually part of the treatment process. How well you respond to the treatment helps with a deeper understanding of the problems. It also helps to form a more accurate prognosis so that we have a better understanding of how much benefit may result from a treatment programme.So please don’t just blame your neck pain and stiffness on the advancing years. If it was all due to age, then every single part of your body would feel the same wouldn’t it? Assuming that every part of your body is the same age! So take an hour out of your life and get your neck fully examined.

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A new energy is flowing in Baxter Street Warkworth following the opening of Crystal Waters, in the shop formerly occupied by Coast & Country.As the name suggests, the shop specialises in healing crystals, all hand chosen by the owner Aileen Thomas.“Having all these crystals from around the world in one room produces an amazing energy,” Aileen says. “You can feel it as you walk through the door.”Local market-goers will already be familiar with Aileen’s crystals, clinics and handmade soaps, which are parabin and sodium laurel sulphate free. The shop is also stocked with a variety of gifts.Aileen has done hands on healing for years and is also an aura soma practitioner, but since 2004 has worked with a quantum biofeedback device which works with frequencies. “I’ve lived at Leigh for about 30 years and ran a swim school there until I became very sick. I was unable to find what was causing this illness but I eventually found the quantum biofeedback device and within three-and-a-half minutes it recognised high levels of paraquat in my system. It virtually saved my life.”A feature of the new shop will be a clinic, which will be utilised by a range of alternative practitioners offering services such as biofeedback therapy,

A three-week holiday in New Zealand has turned into a 23-year love affair for newly-qualified real estate salesperson Teresa Gibson.Originally from Portland, Oregon, Teresa jokes that she came 14,000kms to meet and marry fellow American Marshall Lefferts.Marshall had a farm in Rodney Road, where the couple settled and raised two sons, while also building and running Tera del Mar – Luxury B&B for 12 years.“The building phase took seven years and was a labour of love,” Teresa says. “It was a wonderful lifestyle, a fabulous place to raise the boys, and a delightful way to share our piece of paradise with others.”The family decided to down-size in a big way last year. They shifted to Warkworth and with only one son still at Mahurangi College, Teresa felt it was time to start the next chapter in her life.“I was offered the opportunity to join Premium and thought it would be a great way to use my local knowledge while being of service. Real estate is all about building relationships and trust, and I know my enthusiasm, integrity plus professionalism are helping me to achieve quality results for my clients.”Teresa has a background in communications, event management and administration. She enjoys

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spiritual readings, massage, first light flower essences of NZ and innerwise energy therapy.Meanwhile, Aileen is still getting used to the idea that she now runs a shop. “I saw the notice that Coast & Country was closing down and came in to what was going on. While we were talking a thought passed through my mind, ‘this is the perfect space to put everything I do into one place’. It just snowballed from there.”Aileen has also created a ‘resting space’ with a 330kg lavender rose quartz she has named The Healing Throne.

working with people from all walks of life and receives great satisfaction matching up people and properties.” She will bring to six the number of salespeople at the Premium office in Matakana, which opened four years ago.“The boutique firm has focused primarily on quality properties in the greater Matakana and Omaha markets, and we are now expanding into the Warkworth, Mahurangi East and Mahurangi West regions.“We live in one of the best places in all of NZ, so it is easy for me to share my passion for this region while helping people to achieve a premium price for their greatest asset.”

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Time to fix the mortgage?I am often asked ‘when is a good time to fix my mortgage rate?’ My answer is usually it depends on your own personal situation. Fixed rates offer certainty in these fast changing economic times, but fixed rates are inflexible and you could find yourself paying early repayment penalties if you want to pay your mortgage off or pay a lump sum off. I always encourage clients to sit down and think about what their financial situation might look like in one year, two years, three years and beyond. What major changes do they envisage to their lives (new house, job change, more children, overseas trips, business start ups) all these things can affect our finances and consideration as to how these might affect your cash flow (income vs expenses) need to be considered. Sometimes a combination of fixed and floating rates is a good option. Sometimes your entire mortgage fixed makes sense; it depends on your own situation.There is a lot of talk around about the new 10-year rate that has been issued by NZ owned bank TSB. A 10-year fixed rate is on offer at 5.89% and I read with interest (excuse the pun) at what the other banks reactions have been and what various media have had to say about it. It’s a great rate for investors who plan to buy and hold rental property for a long time, but it might not be a good idea if you have a changing financial situation and you want to pay off the mortgage as fast as you can. I reiterate that you should seek advice from a mortgage specialist and work through a solution to suit your own needs. There is no doubt, however, that the mortgage rates on offer at present are fantastic and there are some very good deals to be had out there. I have managed to secure some very good rates for clients in the past few weeks and I expect the competition among banks to heat up in the coming months as rates ease further. Right now you can get rates fixed one through five years all under 5.5% and a 10-year rate for 5.89%.I thought I would have a look at what rates have done over the past 25 years. The graph below from RBNZ shows the floating rate and fixed rate for two years since 1990. It has only been since 2009 that rates have been below 6%, and the average rate we have paid the last 25 years has been around 8.5%. Who’s old enough to remember in 1988 when mortgage rates were 22%? I do. It’s when I first started my banking career.

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The Old Wellsford Library has been retained for community use and the hunt for permanent tenants has started.Auckland Council last month approved a business case which would see the building used as an exhibition space, information centre and community hub. At the Finance and Performance Committee meeting, senior community projects leader Sue Dodds said the community was keen to use the old library to showcase and highlight things such as local artisan produce, crafts and arts, and share information about the surrounding countryside.She said the retention of the building could turn around perceptions that Wellsford was just a fast food outlet and toilet stop. The business case also said the building had been a major sore-point in the community’s relationship with Council. “Distrust of Council intentions has made it difficult for the Rodney Local Board to engage with the Wellsford community on any issue until the situation with the old library is

resolved,” the report said.During the committee meeting, senior advisor Letitia McColl said it was unusual that the building be retained for the community, but in this case an exception should be made.“Generally, the expectation is that when one community facility is replaced with a new one, the previous facility is disposed of to offset costs, but in this particular instance, there was an alternative use provided,” Ms McColl said.The report noted that if the initiative did not succeed, the building could still be sold at a later date. Operating and maintenance costs were expected to cost the Board $75,000 over three years and the community was expected to fund the project after that.The next step would be to develop a process to find tenants for the buildingMs Dodds said there would be close consultation with the community, but it could take a couple of months before permanent tenants were chosen.In the meantime, the current arrangement of temporary use would continue.

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Bargains galore at Rotary auctionItems large and small will go under the hammer at the annual Maungaturoto and Districts Rotary Club monster auction on Saturday March 28. Club member Eric Parsons says the auction has been running for around 40 years and raises money for local and international Rotary projects with a particular focus on youth. This includes the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards and Duffy Books in School. “It’s hard to predict the range of items that will be donated for the sale,” he says. “In previous years, we’ve had everything from books and household items to tools, plants and lawnmowers and small machinery. The auction will be held at the Maungaturoto Primary School, starting at 10am. To donate an item to the auction contact Eric on 431 4874.


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BC4136_MM_040315native bat population surveyed

Long-tailed bat surveys are being conducted at 20 sites in Rodney this month to help concentrate conservation work to protect bat habitats.The automatic bat detectors listen for the echolocation sounds that bats make which are above the human hearing range.The bat detectors indicate whether bats are present within 80 metres of the detector, but can’t identify how many bats there are in an area.Leigh and Helensville are focus areas of the current survey. Previous surveys have found bat activity in Riverhead, Puhoi and Pakiri.The results will contribute to Auckland Council’s ‘bat map’. It will assist ecologists to know where bat sensitive areas are and community groups so they can continue restoration to protect and connect bat habitat.Rodney Local Board contributed $5000 towards the survey.Long-tailed bats are a threatened species and are ranked as nationally vulnerable by the Department of Conservation.Bats are the only native land mammals found in New Zealand. There were three endemic species, of which the greater short-tailed bat (Mystacina robusta) is thought to be extinct.Auckland is one of the only cities in New Zealand that still has resident populations of long-tailed bats. In Auckland, short-tailed bats are only found on Little Barrier Island.Council welcomes reports of bat

sightings. If you think you may have long-tailed bats on your property, a hand-held bat detector can be borrowed from Auckland Council to help you search.

Bats are New Zealand’s only native land animals and Auckland is one of the few places where they are found in urban areas.

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More than 200 people gathered at the Mahurangi Presbyterian Church last month to celebrate the life of John Leonard (Len) Wyatt, who passed away peacefully on January 29, aged 95.Len was born in Leigh on March 7, 1919 to Eddie and Ivy Wyatt. He was the eldest of five children – Norris, Kelvyn, Ivan and Avis – and went to school at Omaha Little Primary School at Ti Point. He left school when he was 12 years old to join the workforce in 1932, during the Great Depression. His first work involved digging drains on the family farm, farming and working at the family’s sawmill, which has since become the Leigh Sawmill Cafe.At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the New Zealand Scottish Auckland Territorials, serving in New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands with the 1st Battalion New Zealand Scottish Regiment and the 36th Battalion, from December 1942 to June 1944. During his military service Len rose through the ranks to Lieutenant in 1942 and was posted to the Reserve of Officers in 1945.Following the war he returned to the family farm and sawmill, and married Joyce Kathleen Smith. They had three children – John, Rosalyn and David.In 1947 he formed JC Wyatt & Sons with his father and brothers, Norris and Kelvyn, and worked on the farm and at the sawmill until his retirement in 1986. The dangerous work lead to several close calls over the years, the most serious being a broken leg sustained by a rolling log.Len was once described by a journalist as the best cricketer never to make the New Zealand team

Photo mystery solvedThe owner of an old black and white photo that fell out of a second-hand book has been found. The photo is of Snells Beach resident Toni Betts’ parents, Kevin and Barbara Rudd, and was taken in Western Australia. Toni saw the photo in last month’s Mahurangi Matters and immediately got in touch. “I looked in the paper and thought ‘that’s my parents!’.” Toni moved to NZ about 20 years ago and brought the memento with her. But last year she took a stack of books to the Matakana Opportunity Shop and didn’t realise the photo was missing. Her father, Kevin, was a Wing Commander in the Royal Australian Air Force for 46 years. The couple have since passed away. “They would likely have been going to an Air Force function when the photo was taken.” Laura Lynch brought the photo into Mahurangi Matters and is pleased that it has been reunited with its owner.

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and played until he was 59. When he retired from the sport in 1978, he had scored a total of 42,175 runs, including 128 centuries, and had taken 1165 wickets. In 1956, he played in the first Northern Districts team and was Northland captain in 1948 and from 1951 to 1954. He also played for Omaha and Rodney.

During the winter, his focus shifted to hockey. Len was a reserve for New Zealand in 1938 and went on to captain the Auckland team in 1952 and 1953 and represented the North Island in 1953. He later umpired hockey for more than 20 years and was president of the Rodney Hockey Umpires Association for 10 years.In 1980, Len was appointed as a Justice of the Peace and served until last year. A highlight of his service was, as an 84-year-old, attending a course at the Auckland District Court to become an advocate for youth without a supporting parent when youth were confronted with a court appearance.Len was a strongly spiritual man and the church featured large in his life. He was ordained an Elder of the Mahurangi Parish of the Presbyterian Church and was on the Board of Managers from 1947 to 1999. He was Session Clerk from 1962 to 1989 and Sunday School teacher in Leigh from 1934 to 1982.He also served extensively on community boards and councils in Mahurangi, including the Leigh County Town and Community Council and was a foundation member and chairman of the Leigh Domain Board, Leigh Residents Progressive Association, Leigh Social Club, Whangateau Domain Board and the Omaha Hall and Library.In 1992, Len and Joyce moved into a house Len helped build in Warkworth.Joyce died in November, 2002, and Len moved into Summerset Falls Retirement Village in 2013.He is survived by his brother Norris and sister Avis, his three children, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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LAWN MOWING rubbish removal, hedges, small tree removal. WW & beach areas. Ph Jeff Hatfull 027 425 7357, 425 7357LAWNS - Contouring, prepping and laying. Owner/operator 25+yrs experience. For complete quality projects phone Bruce (09) 425 7766.WATER FILTERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria. FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 945 2282 or visit www.purewaterservices.co.nzWATER PUMPS Low water pressure? Get it sorted. Sales, service and installation. Work guaranteed. Steve 09 945 2282 ww.purewaterservices.co.nz.

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

RAWLEIGH Products. Ph Pat 423 8851Please note new phone number.

ADJUSTABLE BEDS - for your wellbeing

ADJUSTABLE BEDS - for a better lifestyleADJUSTABLE BEDS at Drummers Home

Store Wellsford 09 423 9077

FOR SALE

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

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

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

SCENIC FLIGHTS 30 mins $65; 20 mins $55; Min. 3 passengers. Trial flights $85. Gift vouchers available.

GREAT BARRIER FLIGHTS. Special stopover up to 4 hours. Return $120. Min. 3 passengers. One way flights $120 each. Min 2 passengers.

NORTH CAPE FLIGHTS $450 each. Min 3 passengers.

Rodney Aero Club 425 8735 or Rod Miller 425 5612

FLIGHTS

GARAGE SALES

PAINTING/INTERIOR/EXTERIOR/ROOF& HOUSEWASHING Husband & wifeteam. Quality Workmanship. Competitive quotes. Ph 021 022 08727

MAUNGATUROTO 2ND HAND SHOP maybe interested in buying your garage sale goods. Buying tools and furniture now. Phone 09 431 8440 or 021 125 1576

WATER BLASTING Only small jobs @ small hourly rate, $20, just Paths, Decks & Fences, experienced. Ph. Noel Crawford 955 7111, 027 459 6061

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TV SERVICES & SALES

WANTED TO BUY

AERIAL & SATELLITE DISH INSTALLATIONSProfessional Installation of Satellite Dishes and Freeview UHF Aerials.

Wall mount TV Installations, Multi-room Solutions. Audio and

Home Theatre. TV Tuning Services. Phone 425 5431.

FREEVIEW TV, Audio, Installation, Faults & Supply. Andrew 021 466 394 or 422 2221.

TV SERVICES Aerials, Dishes, Freeview sales, installation and service. Extra outlets. Serving the area for 18 years.Phone Gavin 027 476 6115.

CASH PAID TOOLS & MACHINERY Shed & Garage Clearouts. Call/txt 021 161 5139

Nanny & More! Quality full-time local courses for nanny &

childcare careers Call Amanda now for free info! 424 3055 nannyacademy.ac.nz

TUITION

Art, Craft & JewelleryFull & part time courses

Puhoi & Albany Campus

www.hungrycreek.ac.nz09 422 0752 NZQA Reg

HAY - NEW SEASON $10 - $12 a bale. Phone 09 425 7479 or 027 497 0980

Ages & Stages LtdOccupational Therapy Services for

children & adolescents - 18 yrs exp in physical & mental health. WW based. Ph Sarah 09 425 8291 - 027 861 802Post-Graduate Diploma in Occupational

Therapy Practice, NZROT.

FIREWOOD Dry, ti tree, gum, macro, pine. Free delivery Warkworth area. From $70m2. Ph 425 7942

BACHCARE IS EXPANDING IN THE AREA!

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management company. Receive excellent training / support. If you enjoy meeting people, have great

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GARDENER Knowledgeable & experienced (30 yrs). for a high quality efficient job Ph. Rebecca - 021 879 819 422 6532

REMEDIAL TUTOR Established programmes for general under-achievement and ASD symptoms. 1 to 1 support for all ages. Before school checks. Affordable prices. l isteningforlearning.yolasite.com

PLUMBER Semi retired for small jobs. Point Wells 09 423 0193 or 027 490 2054

FOR HIREBOUNCY CASTLES : Kids events Warkworth Area Ph 021 665 800

NORTHLAND ELECTORATE BY-ELECTION

MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHTCome along and hear what each

candidate has to offer to us in the lower end of the Northland

Electorate.Thursday 12th March Wellsford

Community Centre 7pmHosted by the “Landowners and

Contractors Protection Assoc. Inc.”For enquiries

Ph. Brian Mason 09 423 7187

CUB CADET RIDE ON MOWER, 60” Cutting Deck, 400 hrs, Excellent Cond, $4450. Ph 422 9031.

FREEFREE SPENT GRAIN from Warkworth brewery. Great as feed supplement for livestock. 1-2 ton p/wk. Re-usable bins and forklift provided. We need reliable weekly pick-ups. Contact Jason at 022-657-6028 or [email protected]

CARS WANTED dead or alive. Top dollar paid. $100 to $700 for any small car. $500 to $5000 for vans, utes, 4WD & trucks. Free removal 0800 33 33 98

CARS WANTED

HOUSE SITTER avail. Exp. 022 380 9807

KAIPARA FLATS NETBALL CLUB

Senior & Junior TrialsThursday 12th & Thursday 19th March

6.30pm at the Kaipara Flats Sports Club.Queries to: Jeanette 094224971.

FOR LEASE

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Central Warkworth location.Phone 027 430 8440.

LOCAL THEATREInterested in reviving Amateur

Theatre in Warkworth / Wellsford/ Mangawhai area?

Contact: [email protected]

CHEF Snells Beach Conference and Retreat

Centre is looking for a chef orproficient cook to join our catering

team. We pride ourselves onproducing great food and hospitality

to our guests and residents. Weneed someone with experience of working in a commercial kitchen

who isable to work independently without supervision. The successful applicant must be a hardworking,

reliable, outgoing person with a can do attitude. Hours vary each week but minimum of 8 hours currently

available predominately during the weekends.

For further information please contact the Catering Manager on

425 4054 x259. Please enclose your CV and two references with your application before 9 March. Please send to: Catering Manager P.O. Box 303

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CHURCH NOTICES

Warkworth Anglican Parish Church Services

Phone 425 8054 or www.anglican-warkworth.org

Christ Church, Church Hill, Warkworth Every Sunday 8am and 9.30am

St. Leonard's, Matakana Every Sunday at 9.30am

Snells Beach Community Church 2nd Sunday at 9am

St.Alban's, Kaipara Flats 1st Sunday at 11.15am

St.Michael and All Angels, Leigh 3rd Sunday at 11.00am

CATHOLIC CHURCH

WARKWORTHHoly Name Church, 6 Alnwick Street

Saturday Vigil: 6.00pmSunday: 10.30am

Holy Mass Timetable:

Phone 425 8545

PUHOISS. Peter & Paul Church

Sunday: 8.30am

www.holyname.org.nz

Mahurangi Methodist Parish

Warkworth Methodist1 Hexham Street, WarkworthParish Office: Ph 425 8660Sunday Service 10.30am

Hall Bookings PH 425 8053snell’s Beach Community Church

325 Mahurangi East RdSunday Service 9am

Hall Bookings PH 425 5707Phone 425 8660 for information Sunday Services 9am & 10.30am

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Origins of The GrangeRev. McKinney told a strange story from the past regarding Captain Grange at a soiree held at the Mahurangi Heads schoolroom on 2 January 1882. He explained to his audience that 25 years previously, when he first came to Mahurangi and before there were roads or horses, he had walked to Auckland nine times using for the most part old Maori tracks. The alternative was to take passage on one of the small cutters used to transport firewood. On one occasion, he sailed on as wild a night as he ever remembered in New Zealand. In the pitch darkness, the vessel was about to strike Rangitoto reef when, according to the master of the cutter, a man stood on the prow pointing for him to go in another direction and calling “Come this way”. The man, whose instructions Captain Grange obeyed, was the man he had seen drown 20 years earlier in the St Lawrence River. As his listeners all knew, said Rev. McKinney, Captain Grange was a man of strong intelligence yet he affirmed until his dying day that had he not changed direction as the figure advised, the ship would have foundered and lives would have been lost.The three Grange brothers – Alexander, Hugh and William – were originally from Ayr, Scotland. All were sea captains trading out of the port of Auckland making so it is difficult to be sure as to which brother the story referred. Captain Hugh Grange bought 200 acres of land on the east bank of the Mahurangi River, next door to Michael Munro’s Craigeburn property, in 1854. His house named Harbour View had a clear view down the river.A neighbour, Joseph Rowe Gard, mentioned in his diary his frequent visits to the Grange home. He married Jane Stuart (Jeanie), the only daughter of Captain H. Grange on 31 March 1858, with Rev. McKinney officiating. Another house was built for Jeanie but when Joseph Gard was appointed Postmaster and Collector of Customs at Picton in 1861 other family members used the house.A third house was nearing completion when the Hamilton family bought the property in 1893. By request of Mrs Grange, it was named The Grange. The Hamilton family and their descendants have now owned the house for more than 120 years. The original Harbour View house was dismantled and rebuilt in Lilburn Street Warkworth. Mrs Grange lived there as a widow.Captain Hugh Grange was at one time master of the mission schooner Southern Cross. He brought stone from Rangitoto to build the Melanesian Mission Hall at Mission Bay. Norfolk Island was a regular port of call and he is said to have brought back Norfolk pine seedlings and distributed them to friends including John Southgate, at the Warkworth Hotel. A Norfolk pine planted by Mrs Grange in the 1850’s can still be found at the Hamilton Landing Scenic Reserve. It is listed on the New Zealand Register of Notable Trees.Sometime in the 1940’s, a housemaid employed by Mrs Hamilton was dared to climb to the top of the tree. To prove she had indeed reached the top, she broke off the growing tip causing the tree to die back and lose some eight metres in height. For that reason, it is not the tallest Norfolk pine in the country but it has the largest girth of any that have been measured.In Warkworth’s McKinney Road cemetery, there was once an imposing tombstone commemorating the lives of all three of the Grange brothers. The ravages of time has taken its toll and it now lies broken and moss covered within a rusty iron fence, its lettering indecipherable. It seems regrettable that these three brave sea captains are all but forgotten. If their name endures in a new commercial development on State Highway 1, perhaps Norfolk pine trees could be included in the landscape.Sources – Down Memory Lane 100 years of Hamilton residence at the Grange Warkworth, Joseph Gard Diaries and Papers Past.

www.wwmuseum.orconhosting.net.nz

HistoryJudy Waters, Warkworth & District Museum

The Grange from the treetops.

World War Istories of

A monthly series compiled by Mahurangi Matters & Warkworth RSA following World War I events.

Captain Sidney Charles Ashton, of Big Omaha, enlisted in 1916 and served for nearly two years with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Brigade. He fought in the third battle of Gaza, led by General Edmund Allenby, as part of the British Egyptian Expeditionary force. The first two battles in Palestine in March and April ended in failure as the British sought to gain ascendancy in Ottoman held Palestine, but the Allenby-led October campaign seized the city of Beersheba, an Ottoman stronghold. Sidney was killed in action on October 31, possibly in the battle for the strongly held redoubt of Saba where the New Zealanders fought. He was 44. Sidney’s nephews, Rifleman G B (Brucey) Ashton and Private H J (Huru) Ashton, also served in World War I. Brucey saw action in France and met his future wife Beatrice Ross after sending letters to London in the brass shells, which were sent back to be reloaded. After the war, he returned to his parents’ home in Palmerston North and Beatrice followed. The couple were married and moved to Whangateau where Brucey was gifted land on a 99-year lease as part of the returning servicemen resettlement programme. In WWII he served in the Home Guard. He purchased land in Birdsall Road and died in his 80s.

1 British blockade of German East Africa commences.4 French Government decides to send Expeditionary Force to the Dardanelles First case of ‘indicator’ nets aiding in the destruction of a German submarine (U-8 in Straits of Dover). These were first experimented with in January 1915.Russian Government sends circular telegram to Entente Governments laying claim to Constantinople.Greek Government requests explanation of British occupation of Lemnos.9 British bombardment of Smyrna ends.10 The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (March 10-13) was launched with the aim of capturing the high ground of the Aubers Ridge to create a threat to the German Army occupating the city of Lille. Although the British broke through the German Front Line and captured the village of Neuve Chapelle, the German Sixth Army carried out counter-attacks and the British attack was halted from advancing any further. Dutch Government issues warning that foreign merchant ships using Dutch flag will

be detained.Swedish SS Hanna torpedoed without warning. First neutral ship actually sunk by German submarine.14 Light cruiser Dresden, the last German cruiser left at sea, sunk by British warships in Chilean waters off Juan Fernandez. 15 First merchant ship SS Blonde attacked by aircraft.18 Allied Naval attack on the Dardanelles forts repulsed. French battleship Bouvet and British battleships Irresistible and Ocean sunk.British Government concludes agreement with American cotton interests that cotton should be contraband.21 First German airship raid on Paris.23 First kite-balloon ship HMS Manica commissioned.Chinese and Japanese Governments conclude secret agreement as to future policy in Manchuria.26 The Third Reinforcements arrive in Zeitoun. The (NZ) AMR receives 115 horses, some of poor quality.

March 1915

Captain Sidney Charles AshtonWhile serving in the Dardanelles, cousin Horace (Huru) Ashton was court-marshalled in the field for blowing his own trigger finger off. This decision was later rescinded when it was proved to be accidental. He suffered a second gunshot while serving in Malta and was invalided back to NZ. After the war, he married Mary Parata, from Thames, learned fluent Maori, and became the first English Ratana Church Minister. Huru moved to Birdsall Road in Whangateau and died in his 80s. Numerous Ashton descendents still live in the Mahurangi area.

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We acknowledge the following sources: New Zealand History Online, Auckland War Museum Cenotaph Database and Papers Past websites.

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Modern twists update tried and true wedding traditionsAscension Wine Estate functions and marketing manager Carlie Blanchett Burton shares her Top 10 wedding trends for 2015:bling – from diamante dress embellishments and headpieces to diamond placecard holders, bling is one of the hottest trends for weddings this season.blooms and greenery – large billowing blooms such as tea roses, hydrangeas and peonies are in style this year with an abundance of fresh greenery.art deco – art deco design elements are still a strong wedding trend for cakes, dress and invitations. Bridal gowns have adapted the silhouettes of the 1930s with cap sleeves, collars and off-the-shoulder designs hitting the runways.Strong colour accents – moving on from the pastels that have been in for the last couple of years, colour accents have become a bit brighter with colours like coral, turquoise, teal and navy taking centre stage. Metallics – metallics also have an old world feel this summer with copper, bronze and brass playing a starring role.laser cut designs – intricate

laser cut designs are the biggest thing in wedding invitations at the moment. Laser cut designs are also being used for custom bunting, placecards and favour boxes and can be custom-made to match your theme.Signature drinks – Signature drinks have become very popular for the canapés hour with brides choosing custom mocktails, sangria and punch over the traditional glass of bubbles.relaxed food options – the approach is more relaxed for wedding food as well with platters and buffets proving more popular than canapés and a set menu. Food trucks are also a popular option for canapés time.fingerprint art – couples are choosing to have images such as trees or hot air balloons where everyone can add their fingerprint instead of the traditional guest book.Custom-made signage – from glittery Mr and Mrs signs to large illuminated text saying ‘love’ or ‘this is how forever begins’, custom-made cut-out signage with lighting is giving fairy lights a run for their money this year.

While many wedding traditions are perennial, there is always scope to add personal touches that reflect the bride and groom’s individual tastes and values.Most brides follow the custom of donning ‘something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue’, the garter has become a reception show stopper and tossing the bouquet remains part of the fun.But when it comes to the wedding dress and the outfits for the bridal party, the flowers, the cake and the reception theme, the rules go out the window.Technology has also been harnessed in a big way by brides and wedding planners, from websites like

nzweddingplanner.co.nz to the use of drones and GoPro cameras by photographers to add something special to the wedding day album.

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timing vital for speechesWedding speeches can be nerve-wracking, not only for speakers, but also for bridal couples and their guests, as a single wayward speaker can quickly turn the most carefully planned event into an embarrassing sideshow.Appointing a confident Master of Ceremonies is one way to keep speakers and timetables on track.Warkworth Toastmasters president Steve Reynolds has MC’d numerous weddings and says it pays for couples to clearly state how they want speeches handled, whether restricting them to a few pre-selected individuals, or offering the opportunity to anyone who has something to say.“If you’re going to be giving a speech there’s no need to feel nervous because no-one knows what you’re going to say so you can’t get it wrong,” Steve says. “But, the major no-no is not knowing when to stop.”Steve suggests that a reasonable speech length is around three minutes or up to five, depending how many will be delivered. “Practise is always good. As long as you’ve got an opening and closing worked out, you can usually fill in the middle successfully.” Either a joke, or “something from the heart” to the bride and groom, are both good options for an effective ending.It’s easier and more interesting to talk about what you know of the couple

yourself, rather than relaying hearsay, and it’s important to keep it seemly and not harp on about either of the couple’s previous relationships, he says.“There’s nothing wrong with a little bit of innuendo as long as it’s appropriate. If you think you can tell it to your mother, it’s probably okay.” Steve suggests cue cards with headers are generally better than screeds of notes, which are off-putting to audiences and can make you look down too much as you speak.If using a microphone, hold it close to your mouth rather than at chest level and if not, address people at the back of the room.Letting your eyes rest on individuals for a few moments is an effective way to include the audience, but glancing around too rapidly can be a distraction, sending too many messages to your brain.If you don’t have a relative that’s keen or capable to take on the MC role, check with friends for recommendations, or contact any toastmaster for advice.


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Your wedding day should be the best day of your life; it is a public declaration of your commitment and love for one another and marks the beginning of a new journey and (for many) the end of hours of organisation and planning.The big day has finally arrived! However, there is one area of organisation and planning which is often ignored by the blushing bride and gorgeous groom and that is the implications of marriage in terms of their property rights and (in the case of second relationships) their children.Most people think they know what the Property (Relationships) Act (“the Act”) says, but many fail to understand the extent of the obligations conferred upon them under the legislation. For example, many don’t realise that the Act

applies on death as well as separation. Others don’t realise that estates can sue the survivor so that the children of the deceased can inherit the half that their parent would have inherited had they not passed away.Some don’t think that they now have to consider making provision for step-children. A few don’t realise that the home they live in will be divided 50:50 regardless of who owns it, pays for it, does the maintenance on it etcetera. Finally, a number of people don’t realise that a wedding revokes your existing Will. So, as part of the organisation and planning for the wedding, add to your list a phone call to your lawyer so that they can make sure all those niggly legal matters are sorted and you can live happily ever after.

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Marriage in declineJust under 20,000 marriages were registered to NZ residents in 2013 and of these, 209 were same-sex marriages. There were 13,312 first marriages, 5825 remarriages, and 100 couples (both same-sex and opposite-sex) who transferred their civil union to a marriage. Around two in five same-sex marriages involved overseas couples, compared with one in nine for opposite-sex marriages. A total of 187 civil unions were registered to NZ residents – of these, 121 were same-sex unions – 46 civil unions were registered to overseas residents and 40 couples dissolved their civil union.

Achy breaky heart riseAnalysis of divorce statistics by year of marriage shows that just over one-third (35 per cent) of New Zealanders who married in 1988 had divorced before their silver wedding anniversary (25 years). This compares with 32 per cent for those who married in 1978, and 26 per cent for those who married in 1968. Source, Statistics NZ

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Smoothly run receptions need careful planningEntertaining guests after a wedding ceremony is traditional in most societies and can last anywhere from half-an-hour to many hours or even days.But whether a couple is planning a banquet or a barbecue for their guests, there are some common elements to consider such as budget and numbers attending, food preferences and dietary requirements, and whether or not children are included amongst the guests.Experience has taught Plume Restaurant head chef Paul van der Molen to expect the unexpected when it comes to catering for a wedding.Good communication between the couple and the kitchen is crucial if things are to run smoothly on the big day.“One of the biggest challenges in recent years has been the increasing number of guests with food allergies,” he says. “These can range from common wheat and nut allergies to an intolerance for dairy, seeds and eggs. We even had a guest recently who couldn’t eat onions.“If we know ahead of time, then it’s not a problem. But finding out at the last minute that a guest couldn’t eat onions, which are in so many dishes, was difficult.”Event catering is nothing new for Paul. He has worked on major events for up to 2500, as well as on cruise ships where the kitchens would serve 54,000 meals a week. But he says he enjoys weddings because they are happy occasions, where people come along to have fun and enjoy themselves.“The hospitality industry, by definition,

implies a desire to look after people and it’s nice for an occasion as special as a wedding to spend a little more time on the meals and presentation.”It’s one of the reasons he prefers an a la carte menu to a buffet.“Buffets can look stunning at the start, but the presentation is not usually so good towards the end.”It is normal on wedding invitations to ask guests if they have a special food requirement but unfortunately, not all

guests remember to note it down in their acceptance.“We do our best to meet everyone’s expectations but unusual last-minute requests can hold up proceedings for everyone.”There is a lot to think about when deciding what to serve at a wedding and while price is a factor, there can be other considerations such whether or not children will be at the reception, ethnic preferences and the timing of when courses should be served around

speeches. It is also important to make sure there is a wet weather option if it is an outside reception.While the number of courses is an individual decision, Paul tries to ensure that guests are well-satisfied, particularly if they are drinking. He says the style of food should match the venue.“If you want home style food, then perhaps a fine dining restaurant is not the appropriate venue. It’s really important that the couple feel completely confident that the venue they choose can meet their expectations.”

Plume restaurant head chef Paul van der Molen says there’s a lot to consider when planning a wedding reception so it’s important to set-up good lines of communication between the reception venue and the couple.

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beach might have flowers wound up a central pole or hung from each corner.Roses never go out of fashion, but several old-fashioned blooms such as hydrangeas and dahlias are also popular for weddings.As a change from the traditional ivory or white, there are calla lilies or gerberas in hot colours and casual style bouquets for outdoor weddings may feature ferns and grasses.Beautifully made silk flowers never go out of fashion and can be used in combination with fresh blooms.There are flowers for every budget, but couples should bear in mind that flowers appear in their photos and should not be a last-minute, hasty choice. Better to buy the flowers you truly love than be sorry afterwards.

Toting up the costThe average Kiwi wedding costs around $30,000, which may seem high until you consider the cost in other countries. For instance, in Australia most couples shell out around $56,000 and in the UK it’s only marginally less at $50,600. In Japan and Hong Kong, couples expect to pay between $40,000 and $45,000 for their big day, while in the United States the average wedding costs $33,500.

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versions. It is worth asking whether the band will learn a particular song just for you, if you have a romantic favourite.DJs cater to the couple’s taste, offering selections of different genres, or eras such as 70s or 80s. They can also read the mood and adjust songs to keep guests happy. If the bride or groom has a strong singing voice, but is shy of singing in public, it is even possible to record a song to a backing track at a studio to be played as a surprise on the day.According to Spotify, which looked at thousands of wedding-themed playlists, the 10 most popular first dance songs are:

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Keeping up with wedding gown trends can be a challenging task, as a myriad of commentators offer sometimes conflicting views, but by making yourself the top selection criteria you can soon identify the features that will be best for you.Trawling the many wedding websites reveals a few key elements on which most pundits agree, including illusion necklines, a preference for tulle and organza, and plenty of texture through fabric, layering and adornment.Illusion necklines give a strapless look, while sheer fabric or lace subtly veils skin that would otherwise be exposed. Boleros or “wedding jackets”, in varying styles and fabrics depending on your dress and the climate, are also part of an increasing cover up, playing both a practical and aesthetic role.Detailed and textured corsets are another notable trend, while the

colour palette has extended from white to encompass ivory, blush, apricot, lavender and a few bolder tones. Alternatively, you can try splashes of colour on a traditional white wedding

dress through trims, belts, sashes, floral embellishments and bows, considering your own skin tones first and of course, coordinating with your bridesmaids’ colours. Pick and choose

what you like to inspire your vision, but don’t let trends entirely dictate your style, focus on your body shape to accentuate the positive and wear a gown that looks and feels great. A contour-hugging sheath or mermaid style (that flares at or below the knee) is not for everyone, but there are plenty of kinder cuts to choose from like the traditional A-Line gown that fits the torso and flares at the waist. The full-skirted ballgown style emphasises a waist while masking hips and thighs, while an Empire line traditionally drops from below the bust line in a long loose skirt that helps disguise the stomach area.Take time to try different styles in the presence of a friend whose feedback you trust and consider taking your ideas to a dressmaker to get a unique and tailored look.

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Before you battle the crowds to find a venue and suppliers for your summer wedding, why not spare a thought for winter when wily wedding planners can stretch your dollar further, while still maximising the romance of the day.There are big savings to be made and more choice to be had by targeting venues and suppliers, from caterers to photographers, in their off season – and you may be able to book them at much shorter notice than you think.Some popular local venues offer themselves for winter weddings (between April 1 and October 31) at as little as half the regular rate, with a range of added incentives.Travelling guests will find their accommodation is cheaper and less crowded too.Fireside ceremonies have their own magic and fur throws and shawls add a dramatic layer to bridal couture that’s equally fitting in a horse-drawn carriage, vintage car or stretch limo. Meanwhile, men will feel more comfortable suiting up for the occasion.Consider the pleasure of mulled wine,

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Warkworth Music will open its annual concert series this month with a performance by NZ pianist Stephen De Pledge along with two of the leading figures in chamber music, violinist Leo Phillips and cellist Edith Salzmann.It will be held at Mahurangi College on Sunday March 22.Publicity officer Gillian Fairhurst says this year’s programme will cater for a wide range of musical tastes and will utilise a number of different venues.“Top class performers have been engaged, often through Chamber Music NZ,” she says.Among them will be Jason Bae.“Those who heard his exhilarating performance a couple of years back will be delighted to learn of his return.”There will also be performances by pianist Sarah Watkins and violinist Andrew Beer next month, Trio

Amistad, Viva Voce under the direction of John Rosser, and the stunning Baroque group, Affetto. The NZ Guitar Quartet will perform at Matakana Village Hall in September.“We’ve got something very special planned for our final concert, which will be held in Warkworth’s Old Masonic Hall. It will be a programme of poetry, keyboard, vocal, clarinet and saxophone presented by Buddhist Rain, combining the expertise of the poet Bill Manhire with jazz music.”A subscription ticket for the season of seven concerts costs $125. Door sales for individual concerts will remain at $30 with student entry being free.The 2015 brochure, outlining the full concert series, is available at Matakana Cinemas and the i-Site Warkworth.info: visit warkworthmusic.org.nz or 425 7313.

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Community grants policy changeA new set of regional funds and the ability for community groups to apply for multi-board grants are among changes included in Auckland Council’s new community grants policy. The new policy comes in to effect on July 1. The policy promotes a programme that supports local activities including option for local boards to work together to allocate grants for activities that cross several local board areas. There will also be a regional grants programme to support regionally significant projects and organisations. In Rodney, the Local Board will be looking for community groups whose work aligns with the priorities outlined in the local board plan. At the regional level, the governing body will look for projects and organisations that align with the outcomes set out in the Auckland Plan and sector-specific plans.

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The Ahuroa School’s Feast and Fireworks fair is back for a second year after raising $11,000 last year.The event, on March 21, is the biggest annual fundraiser for the school.There will be live music, quick fire raffles, silent auctions, a bouncy castle, an inflatable obstacle course, and lots of games. For the more daring, there will also be off road adventure rides.The fireworks are the main event on the night, with the lamb spit-roast coming in a close second. “The feast of homemade desserts is also a much anticipated tradition,” PTA

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The humble road sign has taken on new meaning at the Brick Bay Sculpture Trail.The 5.5m by 3.5m sculpture Works End by one of New Zealand’s top contemporary artists John Reynolds was installed in the Brick Bay carpark in January.It is the first time the larger-than-life work has been installed outside, after originally showing at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth in 2009.The words on the sign, engineered to highway specifications, are replaced with the names of works by important NZ artists Colin McCahon, Rita Angus, Ralph Hotere and Gordon Walters. Installing Works End outside at the trail has become a passion project for Brick Bay arts manager Jonathan Organ, who has followed the work of John Reynolds after being taught by him during his art school days.Jonathan says working with the artist

and farm manager, they carefully installed the work so it was secure and could be seen as visitors arrive, which has also extended the art trail into the carpark.“After travelling past road signs to get here, when people come into the carpark and see this sign they have a double-take. Which is one of the things John is interested in, a lot of contemporary art is about reinterpreting signs and signifiers.”The work also looks at art as a commodity, as each named painting set a record price on the secondary market between 1988 and 2007.Jonathan says it is a departure from the artist’s normal practise of using paint on canvas, oil stick on paper or mark making.John Reynolds will talk more about the work at an artist talk at Brick Bay in Snells Beach. To attend email Jonathan [email protected]

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Slow oven roasted tomatoesSlice tomatoes thickly (at least 2 cm) as they shrink a lot.Preheat the oven to 150 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil to catch the drippings and place a drying rack on top of it. Lay the sliced tomatoes out on the rack closely together. Brush both sides of the tomatoes with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and a little sugar. Don’t be tempted to leave the sugar out, as they do need it.Cook for several hours until they are quite dried out, are half their original size, darkened in color, and smell richly of tomato. There is no exact baking time. It should take at least 3 hours.Use on sandwiches, add to pasta and salads, sprinkle on top of pizzas or just eat as they are.

Age of discovery artistic director James Tibbles is one of New Zealand’s leading players of historic keyboards and a senior lecturer in early music.

ancient instruments on tourMusic lovers will be treated to a rare sound of early music at Leigh Sawmill as part of the Auckland Arts Festival on March 8.Specialist early music ensemble, Age of Discovery, is bringing to life the madrigals by Monteverdi played on period instruments for the special performance called Songs of Love & War.Originating from Italy in the 16th century, madrigals were an essential form of secular songs. Drawing from Monteverdi’s eighth book of madrigals, set love songs next to the stirring rhythms of war.“Monteverdi’s music has often been regarded as revolutionary,” artistic director James Tibbles says. “His work represents the bridge between Renaissance and Baroque periods, but is sadly not heard anywhere near often enough.”The concert will also feature guest tenor from Melbourne, Jacob Lawrence as the narrator in Combattimento, solos by Renaissance flutist Sally Tibbles, Kevin Kim on Baroque recorder, and

James Tibbles on harpsichord.James is one of New Zealand’s leading players of historic keyboards including the harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano and organ. He is also a senior lecturer in early music and head of the Early Music Department in the School of Music, the University of Auckland.


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All The Light We Cannot Seeby Anthony DoerrWhat an enthralling story this is! We are introduced to two young people who live their young lives in the grip of World War II. Marie-Laure LeBlanc is blind and lives with her father in Paris. Her father works as Master of Locks at the Museum of National History and she spends many happy hours at the museum, fascinated by the rooms of specimens. For her birthday, Marie-Laure’s father builds her elaborate miniature models that help her learn her way around the streets of Paris. Life is good until the Nazis invade, and Marie-Laure and her father are forced to flee to the coast, carrying a dangerous secret. Werner Pfennig and his younger sister, Jutta, are orphans who live in a children’s home 300 miles north-east of Paris, in a mining area just outside of Essen, Germany. At eight years old, Werner becomes obsessed with radios after piecing together an old abandoned radio set. This radio connects the children with a world they didn’t know existed outside of their harsh environment, and as the war looms ever closer, it becomes Werner’s ticket out.

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backyard engineers countdown to Warkworth derby dayThe race is on for the creative and mechanically minded to finish their designs for this year’s Warkworth Trolley Derby on March 8.After last year’s event featured trolleys made out of everything including the kitchen sink, even more wacky creations are expected this year.Organiser Craig Powell says the derby is a chance to have fun. “It’s not just about getting to the finishing line, it’s about doing it in style.”The derby has quickly become a highlight on the local calendar, after the first event last year attracted about 30 entrants from throughout Auckland.“Everyone wanted to know straight after last year’s event if we were doing it again as they already had ideas for their new trolleys, so we had to keep going.”Craig says many people work on their entries all year, and others pull something together at the last minute, which is fine as long as they meet the race rules and design guides (see p41).He has been building a trolley for his nine-year-old son Ben, after last year’s attempt made with bike wheels buckled at the end of the race. Craig was perfecting this year’s design in his head, but two weeks out from the derby was only just starting to build it.He says he’s carrying on a tradition

after his father made a trolley for him, and even their own racetrack, when he was a child.“Every kid should experience going down a hill with no motor and only gravity.”As a grown-up trolley enthusiast, Craig has spent most of his time organising the event, which he says is easier after the first one went off without a hitch last year. They based their rules on the Nelson Derby which has been running for 12 years, and

includes safety precautions such as a maximum weight of 50kg, no rope steering, effective breaks and proper helmets. Craig says it would not be possible without the backing of local businesses, who have contributed financially and with favours, and the Warkworth Area Business Association.Association secretary and derby committee member Nicola Jones says the event helps bring attention to

businesses in the industrial area but is also a chance to have fun.She says now the public just need to support it by coming along on the day to Morrison Drive.The derby includes three race categories – 6-10 year olds (rippers), 11-17 year olds (blazers) and an open limos category. There are placing awards for each category and prizes for creative, decorated, style and people’s choice. info: wwtrolleyderby.co.nz

derby organiser Craig Powell (right) with son Ben, along with derby committee member and repco manager Galvin Milich.

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Snells beach granddad fired up for repeat track challengeAs soon as the Warkworth Trolley Derby was over last year, Keith McCullough was already designing his next trolley for his grandsons.His 2014 design for grandson Ari Corlett, named Bat Out of Hell after granddad’s favourite band Meat Loaf, was too small for the now 10-year-old.Ari won a $100 Mitre 10 Mega voucher for the trolley and gave it back to his granddad to help make a new one, called Bat Out of Hell 2. This year his younger brother, six-year-old Callum, has inherited the first trolley with a few improvements including wheels with bearings.“The derby is a great day for us because the whole family comes up. It’s really about the kids and just seeing the look on their faces,” Keith says.“They start off a little bit frightened but once they get cracking they can’t wait to have another go.”Both trolleys are made out of donated Mason wheelie bins. Keith has then used a combination of materials from op-shops including mountain buggies for wheels and roll bars, and curtains for seat upholstery. He’s also created the chassis, brakes, steering and lifting devices.It has kept the retired Snells Beach resident occupied in his garage for at least the last six months. While he makes it sound easy, Keith has utilised the skills developed in his working life including panel beating, painting, truck and boat building.Not that the boys, who live in

Auckland, necessarily understand the work involved.“They think they are Formula 1 drivers. They just take all the pictures and take off while the worker just stands there.”

The last time Keith made a trolley was 40 years ago for his own children. He has used some of the same design techniques all these years later. He says the Warkworth Trolley Derby has given

retiree Keith McCullough has put his panel beating, engineering and boat building skills to use to build his trolleys. He thinks he’s “gone a little bit overboard” for his second trolley Bat out of Hell 2. Brothers Ari, 10, and Callum, 6, (insert) visited their granddad Keith McCullough in Snells Beach to try out their trolleys before the big race.

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Snells beach granddad fired up for repeat track challenge industrial area backs derbyBusinesses in Warkworth’s industrial area have rallied to bring about the Warkworth Trolley Derby this year.With naming rights going to Mason Contractors, the two race lanes have been sponsored by Mason Containers and Warkworth Locksmiths. About 12 other businesses are supporting the derby with everything from the prizes to hay bales and traffic management, and at least 30 people are volunteering to help on the day.Warkworth Area Business Association secretary and derby committee member Nicola Jones says it’s a chance for the businesses to support a local event and have some fun.She says many community events such as the Santa Parade highlight the retail district in the main township, but it was time the industrial area got some of the spotlight.The derby, which will take over part of Morrison and Glenmore Drives, is also a rare chance to get foot traffic past shop fronts.“People will be out of their cars and wandering around, and will probably discover businesses they might not have realised are up there.”

Nicola says along with the traditional trade and engineering shops, the industrial area has changed in the past five years and has a mix of businesses including retail, a surgical centre, gyms, sign-writers, accountants, cafes and hairdressers.She says while the event helps bring exposure to businesses, it is also a chance for owners and employees to connect with each other.“It’s just fun and about taking a break and some light relief.”info: wwtrolleyderby.co.nz

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Brakes from a winnerNelson Trolley Derby Stylemeister, Brian (Fangio) Smith who won the derby from 2005, to 2008, offers a few tips on installing brakes: us good free running wheels (bearings if possible); if using inflatable tyres pump them up hard; narrow tyres reduce resistance (drag) friction (but they don’t look very cool!); make sure the wheels are aligned properly (running in a straight line).

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race day rulesgeneral:• No Push starts• Drivers must have forward facing

vision at all times during the race• Drivers must stay within their

starting lanes for the duration of the lane length.

trolley design:Size• Width: No more than 1.2m• Length: No more than 3m

maximumWheels• Each trolley must have a minimum

of three wheels which must touch the ground at all times.

brakesEach trolley must have a braking system that:• acts on at least two wheels or is

capable of holding the trolley on a 20 degree slope.

• can be applied in a controlled and progressive manner.

• provide stable and efficient braking without adverse effect on the directional control of the trolley.

SteeringAll trolleys are required to have a steering system capable of manoeuvring at a speed. That is, you are able to avoid a trolley in front of you if it crashes.Because trolleys with old- fashioned rope steering have proven to be

dangerous rope steering is NOT permitted.roll barsWe recommend trolley’s incorporate a roll-bar to protect the driver’s head.Weight• Trolleys must not weigh more

than 50kg (due to safety reasons).• Trolleys must be the same weight

at the finish line as they were at the start line.

Protective Clothing:headgearEveryone must have head protection which is either a motorbike or BMX helmet (NO cycle helmets).drivers of open trolleys must have:• elbow and knee pads• enclosed shoes• long sleeve shirts• trousers• gloves

Scrutineering:Both trolleys and drivers must be scrutineered before racing starts and if they pass scrutineering they will receive two stickers, one to be placed on the trolley and one to be placed on the head gear worn by the driver during the racing. The Scrutineer has the right to test run each trolley (driver approval is required for test runs).

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Rodney in top tag teamrodney College student Anja Hamelmann (pictured) played in a team that took out the Tag Football National Tournament in Auckland last month. Anja represented North Harbour u16 girls at the tournament at the Trust Stadium, waitakere. North Harbour won in a close final against wellington, 4-3. rodney College students Kwyntyn Vakatini, Ara Barlow and Malachi Peters also represented Northland u18 boys at the nationals, though they did not place in the finals. Tag football is a form of touch rugby league, where players wear two tags which opponents remove to force a play of the ball.

Students score place in nZ touch teamsTwo Mahurangi College students and a Rodney College student have made national touch rugby teams, which are playing in Australia later this year.Year 13 Mahurangi students William Haughey and Kris Middleton made the NZ Under 17s mixed team last month, while Rodney student Johnson Peters was picked for the Under 15s mixed team.Johnson also made the U15 Te Tai Tokerau team which took out the national finals in Papakura last month, while his brother Malachi made the U17 team, which also came first.Mahurangi coach Karl Middleton says William and Kris have had a brilliant season, also making the

Auckland team, which came second at the national regional tournament last month.“They’ve always had the potential and they played well right through all levels of the game last year,” Mr Middleton says.The Mahurangi touch team also had a great year, coming third in the national secondary school tournament after coming 16th the previous year.“It’s the best result the team has ever had at the tournament.”Mr Middleton has also coached national teams, including the NZ men’s over-30 team which won the 2011 World Cup and the women’s over-30 team.

Mahurangi College students william

Haughey (holding the ball) and Kris

Middleton have been picked to play for the

NZ u17 touch team.

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Team valuesPeople are intrinsically motivated to achieve something when they can see themselves getting better at something, have some control over their performance in achieving that ‘something’ and when they feel part of something bigger than themselves. Taking time to talk about and decide upon the values that underpin your team/group of athletes you coach starts to build that feeling of relatedness. It’s like an invisible spider web that starts to slowly draw everyone closer and tighter towards the ultimate purpose of the group.Values need to be clear and easy to observe. Without this, confusion reigns when team members try to hold each other accountable to their values. As Ken Blanchard explains, in most teams, values are defined in lofty terms that are difficult to translate into practical, day-to-day application. Without clearly defined behavioural guidelines describing exactly how a “great team player” behaves, coaches and team members can define those values as it suits their personality and role in the team. We are seeing those values now with the Blackcaps at the cricket world cup.To really bind these values (combined with their associated behavioural guidelines) into your teams DNA, everyone in the team needs to feel some autonomy over the process. To do this, coaches need to let go of the team reins slightly, and let the athletes as well as assistant coaches, managers and physios (and whoever else may be part of the team) have some control over the team values, and how these behaviours can be personified. Secondly, knowing yourself and what you stand for gives you something to fall back on when faced with new or difficult situations. What is an appropriate consequence for an athlete who breaks a team standard? How do you handle an assistant coach who is acting inappropriately? What do you say when your athlete asks if they can take the next two trainings off due to a heavy study workload? All these questions become easier to answer if you know what is important to you. As Wayne Goldsmith says, “Make tough choices everyday – and stick to them. No leader who has been successful is known for being a soft, quiet, uncertain person who cannot make decisions. Decision-making is a core quality of great leadership and a fundamental aspect of greatness”.Below are a few ideas that you can take away and try in order to help you better answer the question “what do I stand for?” 1. Define your truths of life and your values, which will start to give you some

strong foundations on which to base decisions.2. Think about how you want to be known/viewed by others, then think about

whether your behaviours are reflecting those. 3. Seek feedback from a few significant people in your life.4. Reflect after every coaching session on how you coached – not on how the

athletes performed.info: harbour Sport coaching manager david keelty at harboursport.co.nz

A new $150,000 multisport court in Whangateau could be completed by May, with work scheduled to start next month. Rodney Local Board communications specialist Francis Martin says the court will cater for netball, tennis and basketball. Rodney Rams captain Mike Lima says they should be completed just in time for the netball season. “We have two netball teams this year and they were planning to use the Matakana primary school courts to practise,” he says. “They will love it if

they have their own court.” Club secretary Denise Crimp said Auckland Council had not told the club when work would start and rumours were circling that funding had been pulled. “It’s a big relief that funding has been confirmed,” she says. Meanwhile, planning work on multisport courts in Puhoi and Matakana is also underway, but no further funding is earmarked for court construction. Future funding is reliant on public support through the Long Term Plan consultation.

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Netball trialsWarkworth Club trials at the Warkworth Showgrounds courts, March 7, 15 & 21. Yr 1-2, 10-11am; Yr 3-4, 11:30am-1pm; Yr 5-6, 1.30-3.30pm & Yr 7-8, 3.30-5pm.Kaipara Flats Club senior and junior trials at 6.30pm at the Kaipara Flats Sports Club on Thursday March 12 and Thursday March 19. Info: Jeanette 094224971

Omaha ClassicBeach run, March 28, Fraser Reserve, 8.15am. 10km, 8km, 5km and 2km options. [email protected] or omahaclassic.co.nz

Rodney RamsRegistration for league and netball are now open. Contact club captain Mike Lima 021 992 694 or [email protected]

HockeyFunsticks games for years 0-2 and 2-6 are on Saturdays, 8.30am at the new hockey turf at Warkworth Showgrounds. Funsticks is hockey with plastic sticks.

Indoor BowlsMahurangi East Community Centre, Snells Beach at 7pm Thurs or 1pm Mondays with monthly tournaments. Fees, $2. Info: Peter 422 9903 or 027 291 2744

BadmintonWarkworth Midweek Badminton is held in the Mahurangi Community Hall, Snells Beach, on Tuesday at 9.30am and Wednesday at 9am. All players welcome, rackets available. Phone Rhondda 422 3565 or Lynne 425 4999.


At the end of last year the 20th Y9 camp was held for one week at Kauaeranga Valley. We see these camps as an important part of the education we offer at Mahurangi College, exposing students to life outdoors,

assisting them to operate effectively in groups to complete challenging activities, developing students’ leadership skills and extending them in a wide range of activities, including hiking up to the Pinnacles hut where they each stayed one night, rafting in the Kauaeranga River, completing the ropes course, initiative activities, abseiling and bushcraft. All of this is character and confidence building for our students.Also at the end of last year, our Senior Mixed Touch Team competed at the secondary school nationals in Papakura where they finished

third in New Zealand. Three of our students were selected for the NZ Secondary Schools team:

Kris Middleton, William Haughey and Tamara Hagger.Our Y13 students once again started the year with their outdoor education camp for 5 nights at Great Barrier Island. During this time they hiked around and over the island, staying at a different venue each night, and completed their peer support training for the new school year. The inter-house competition kicked off with the inter-house swimming which was a lot of fun for all involved. Our thanks to the PTA for their provision of an electronic sign at the front of school for instant messages to parents and others

driving past the school.The new school year is off to a good start with students settling quickly into their class and school routines, despite the disruption of having three blocks currently under remediation for leaky buildings. We are expecting and looking forward to another very successful and enjoyable year of learning at Mahurangi College.

David Macleod, Principal

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ISSUE 01: March 2015

MAHURANGI COLLEGE

Dear Parents and GuardiansTena Koutou KatoaThe initial NCEA results from 2014 were very pleasing, particularly the high number of students gaining endorsements at Excellence level. These students were awarded Academic Blues at our Academic Blues evening on Thursday 19th February. This year we had a record 60 students awarded Academic Blues:

It is not often a Principal has the privilege of congratulating two of their staff, on consecutive days, on their promotion to Principal positions, but I was able to do that on the final two school days of last year. Mr Gary O’Brien, our Green House Dean, was appointed as Principal at Kaipara Flats school; and then, the following day, our Assistant Principal, Mr Hugo Vaughan, was appointed as Regional Principal of the Westmount group of schools where he will oversee a number of campuses around the country. Congratulations to both Mr O’Brien and Mr Vaughan. I know you will each give excellent leadership in these schools.

Monday March 2• Year 8 camps (over next 2 weeks)• International Student week• BoT meeting - 6.00pm startTuesday March 3• Yr 8 Wai Care field sessionsWednesday March 4 - 7• L2 Geography trip - TongariroThursday March 5• L1 Science -Waipu Caves trip• Gateway - First Aid Course all day• Yr 7 8 zone day - girls cricketFriday March 6• Think Differently concert and workshopSunday March 8• Senior Choir Intensive Monday March 9• Auckland Arts Festival performances - hall• Senior Choir Intensive - all dayTuesday March 10• Yr 8 Wai Care field sessions• Yr 7 8 zone day - TriathlonWednesday March 11• Talent Quest Final - lunchtime - hallFriday March 13• Interhouse AthleticsMonday March 16• Yr 11 PE camp• Performing Arts Academy - Othello RemixTuesday March 17• Yr 8 Wai Care field sessions• Health Expo Hall Lunchtime.Wednesday March 18• Yr 8 Girls HPV1• Yr 8 Wai Care field sessions• Yr 7 8 zone day - Boys CricketSaturday March 21• Mahurangi Hockey turf openingMonday March 22 - 24• Regional teams sailing regattaTuesday March 24• L3 History - Far North 2-day trip• Year 9 Community project dayWednesday March 25• Junior Social -Thursday March 26• Performing Arts Academy - Don Quixote (ballet)• Year 9 Community project dayFriday March 27• Performing Arts Academy - School performance Tuesday March 31• Music - NCEA Group Performance Night• Yr 9 Music trip

Thirlestane Awardees: Jessica & Briella are joint Thirlestane Awardees for 2014 for top L3 NCEA - pictured with Mr Macleod,

Guest speaker Sally Adams and Marilyn Newlove, Yr 13 dean


Achiever of the Month: Jack Vasey

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Congratulations to Lydia OvertonCongratulations to Lydia Overton for all the hard work she put into Photography in 2014. She gained an Excellence for her Level 3 Photography folio and a Scholarship pass for doing an additional eight page A3 workbook where she was able to discuss her ideas and and reflect on the personal development of her folio. Scholarship is an exam that is voluntary to enter and an extension for the top students in New Zealand.

Lydia based her work on her passion for reading and was strategic in using a person/model that understood the demands of the photography process. She was able to explore her theme widely and did many photo shoots that did not end up on the final folio but allowed her to show the breadth of inquiry required for Scholarship. Lydia is now based in at Victoria in Wellington doing a BA and one paper in Photography. We wish her all the best for her future. Sally Maday

YR 7 - Moirs Point Christian Camp

In only the second week of the school year, our new Year 7 students embarked on their first (of many) fun-filled and action packed Mahurangi College camp. This year saw a new venue for the camp as we headed up to Moir’s Point Christian Camp (MPCC) in Mangawhai. The purpose of the camp was for the Year 7 students to make new friends and to get to know their new classmates and Homeroom Teacher.Upon arrival the students were quickly put into dorms and then divided into groups so they could rotate through a series of activities. Despite the new venue there were still some old favourites such as the Waterslide and the Initiative Course. However, MPCC also allowed for Frisbee Golf, Archery, Kayaking and the Flying Fox. Despite being exhausted by the end of the day the students had an awesome time at each of the activities. Every student asked seemed to have a different favourite. There was, however, no time for rest. Upon the completion of the activities it was time to get cleaned up and then set up for dinner, which was provided by Tenfold Camp Caterers. After dinner, students gathered in the Hall to play games and tell stories. The nervous energy in the Hall was contagious as students prepared for the Burma Trail. Despite a lot of screams every student made it through the Burma Trail unscathed and most felt a sense of achievement having made it through on their own. After a good sleep and a big breakfast it was time to embark on a short tramp to the lookout followed by a swim at the beach. Everyone was exhausted by the time they headed back to Warkworth. In fact, it was an unusually quiet trip back to Mahurangi College and a number of students fell asleep on the bus.Every student that went on camp had an awesome experience and all the feedback we have received has been very positive. The Year 7 teachers would like to thank all the parents that came along to help run the camp - they were absolutely brilliant. Among other things, the parents helped run the activities, serve food, patrol the Burma Trail, supervise the swimming and were only too happy to help any time they were called upon. Without their help the camp would not be possible. Our caterers, Tenfold Camp Caterers, were amazing and everyone that went on camp was extremely well fed. Despite only being a short camp there is little doubt that it has provided memories and perhaps even friendships that will last a lifetime.Rob Carty

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Important Notice from the P.T.A.Want to be connected to your child’s school life?……Come and contribute your ideas and thoughts on Tuesday10thMarch.Supper ProvidedTime: 7pm - 8pm Venue: Hall Foyer2015 Re evaluation of the Mahurangi College P.T.AThis meeting will be a planning meeting that will primarily discuss the new direction and focus for the 2015 P.T.A..“Everyone with a child at the college is automatically a member of the PTA and we would love your support and help”Christina Merrick, Assistant Principal

Middle School Council 2015The Middle School Council, led by Mrs Taylor, is a group of students from Year 9 and 10 who want to make a difference at Mahurangi College. The Middle School Council began last year and worked on four different projects throughout the year. ‘Smash the Trash’ was a school wide incentive project to help clean up our school. This year we have started Term One with this program again – and already our school is cleaner by far! Many thanks to Zane Illingworth and Matthew Torckler who led this program last year and Aaron Pearson who is lead this year.‘Got an Issue’ was a project started last year by Tom

Mirams, Ella Gibb, and Ishabel Stevens and led this year by Angelique Boisseau. This project helps students to access support within and outside of the school. ‘Intergenerational Relationships’ started last year by Katerina Giles and Lauralie Giles is a program to develop a strong relationship between Mahurangi College and Summerset Retirement Village. Relationships started last year will be continued and built on this year by Mrs Taylor and Meredyth Bailey.‘Year 10 Activity Week’ last year was planned with Mrs Johnston and Aimee Hewett leading the group. This year Julia Caulfield will work closely with Mrs Johnston to plan another exciting week’s activities at the end of the year.New projects this year’s Middle School Council are interested in are:‘Lunchtime activities groups’ led by Niqisha Epiha and ‘Stand up to Cancer’ led by Julia Caulfield. Anne Stephens


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Residents at Summerset Falls Warkworth Retirement Village took a trip down memory lane and around the block, when the Warkworth Wellsford Vintage Car Club visited last month.There were 17 cars on display including a 1910 Napier, 1918 Westcott, some T-Model Fords, 1967 Rolls Royce and 1968 Jaguar.Summerset manager Hyrum Dennis says more than 80 residents came to look at the cars making it one of the most successful events at the village.“One of our residents was celebrating his 107th birthday, making him older than all of the cars on show. He took a ride in the Rolls Royce to celebrate.”Club captain Murray Fairweather says there was such a good response they are planning to make it an annual event.“It was quite a spectacle. We were there for about four hours,” Mr Fairweather says. “The residents had a lot of questions and reminisced about cars they’d owned in the past.”The car club is preparing to host the National North Island Easter Rally at the end of this month. It is the first time the club has hosted the event and more than 100 cars and 250 people are expected from across the North Island.They will be at Centennial Park in Wellsford Saturday, March 28, from 8am before they head off on the rally at 9.30am. They then meet at Mangawhai Domain about 12 noon before heading up the east coast at 1.30pm.

Vintage car club show draws vintage crowd

Fleeting beautyThe hot, dry summer has had an unexpected up-side for one warkworth gardener. dawn Ferguson sent in this photo of her San Pedro cactus, which has been in her garden for about 10 years. “It usually has six to 10 flowers every year, but this year there were about 70 flowers,” she says. However, the spectacle was short-lived. “They only last for one or two days, then they die.”

Paul Hicks adjusts the seat of his 1910 Napier at the Summerset Falls residents’ meet and greet.


Anyone can join the Warkworth RSA just roll up

after 11am or phone 425 8568

What’s On This Month At

THE WARKWORTH RSA

ANZAC DinnerOur Commemorative WWI Descendants Dinner

will be held on Sunday 26th April 2015 (the day after ANZAC Day). If you are a direct descendant

of a WWI soldier and are interested in attending the Dinner please contact Robbie at The Warkworth RSA.

Ph. 09 425 8568 or email [email protected]

WARKWORTH

Friday 13th March – Jazz ConnectionFriday 27th March – 2 Flat Whites

BANDSwhat’s on

See What’s on at localmatters.co.nz for a full list of upcoming events

list your event directly on our new what’s on calendar at localmatters.co.nz/whatson or email to [email protected]

March5 Monty Bevin Strings & Spokes tour, Matakana Pub, 6pm6 World Day of Prayer Service, Warkworth Methodist Church,

10am. An ecumenical service prepared by the women of the Bahamas. Morning tea, all welcome. Info: Annette 422 7766

7 Leigh Family Fishing Festival. Info: leighfamilyfishing.co.nz 7 Church Fair, St Mary’s Catholic Church Wellsford, 6 Matheson

Road, 9am-12 noon. 7 Auckland Council Long Term Plan consultation meeting,

Shoesmith Hall, Warkworth, 10am-12pm; Wellsford Memorial Library, 1-3pm

7 Logger Heads II – Traditional Surfing Contest, Mangawhai Heads. Info: Tony on 021 907066 or [email protected]

7 Museum Summer Markets, Old Masonic Hall, Warkworth, 8am. Info: 425 8391

7 Warkworth BPW Club breakfast, for International Women’s Day, the Bridgehouse, 8.30am - 10am. Speaker, children’s author Jenni Francis. Wear a purple item of clothing. RSVP to Gill on 021 431 098.

8 Warkworth Trolley Derby, Morrison Drive. Info wwtrolleyderby.co.nz (see feature pgs 37-41)

8 Children’s Fun Day, Centennial Park Wellsford, 12 noon to 4pm. $3 for 10 activities. Info: Wendy on 423 8194 or Lynette on 021 116 8437; sportsground.co.nz/wdsrc

8 Mahurangi Action Group walk on the Mahurangi Coastal Trail from the Waiwera Bridge at 9.30am. Info: 422 0872 or [email protected]

8 Caitlin Smith, free Sunday Session at Matakana Village, 10am-3pm8 Take A kid Fishing, Warkworth Lions Club event, 9am at

Sandspit Wharf. Info: [email protected] Free guided snorkel tours at Tawharanui run by Experiencing

Marine Reserves, 10am to 3pm. Info: emr.org.nz or contact [email protected]

8 War on Weeds weeding day at Lucy Moore Park, Warkworth. Info: Patte Williams 02108493214 or [email protected]

8 Songs of Love & War at Leigh Sawmill, as part of the Auckland Art Festival, 5pm (see story p35)

10 Warkworth Lions Club Movie fundraiser The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at Matakana Cinemas, 6pm. Contact Les Cave 428 2929 or [email protected] to order tickets.

11 Understanding your Farming business programme for women, Wellsford. Info: [email protected]

14 Feeding the fish and invertebrates, Goat Island Marine Discovery Centre, 11am

14 End of the Line Open Air, Te Arai (R18), from midday15 Beyond Organic permaculture talk, 10am-4pm, Matakana Village Hall.

Info: James Samuel 021 252 0653 [email protected] (see story p6)18 Fashion Parade, Caroline Eve, Warkworth, starts at 5.30pm.

Tickets available from the store. Fundraising event for the Warkworth Town Hall upgrade (see story p3)

20 Warkworth Primary School Fiesta (see story & ad p17)21 Local Vocals choir workshop, Wellsford (see story p33)21 Warkworth Artisan Market, Masonic Hall, 9am-1pm. Stall-

holders contact Kathy Roscoe, [email protected], 422 220421 Ahuroa School Fair and Fireworks, 4-8.30pm (see story p33)21 Monster Auction, Maungaturoto Primary School, 9am (see p22) Ecofest events


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family clinches Mangawhai triathlon titlesBrothers Jay and Quinn Wallwork took out the top titles at this year’s Mangawhai Triathlon, a decade after entering their first race at Mangawhai.The brothers have followed in the footstep of their dad Brett Wallwork, who has won the triathlon a few times over the years, and took them along as children. It’s become more than just a lifestyle for the family, who train daily starting with a swim at 5am, and enter competitions around the country. With grandparents in Mangawhai, the annual triathlon remains a regular on their circuit.Twenty-year-old Jay was the overall winner of this year’s event, coming in at 55.44 minutes, and winning the men’s open swim division. Seventeen-year-old Quinn was not far behind, coming in second at 57.35 minutes, and winning the male under 20 swim division. Their father Brett came in eighth overall and won the vet (40+) men’s swim division.Jay says after overtaking his dad, his younger brother is now starting to catch-up, too. Quinn is still at school, but Jay is a full time triathlete and is setting his sights on international competitions, with his next stop in Germany in April.“All I do is eat, swim and train. The race is the fun part,” Jay says.The Sunday event, held on February 22, involved a 500m swim or 1.5km kayak, followed by a 20km cycle and a 5km run to the finish. This year’s

triathlon also moved into part of the Mangawhai Heads Holiday Park for smoother transition points.Sport Northland events team leader Azelia Parkinson says the triathlon attracts serious competitors and brings people from throughout the country to Mangawhai, but it is also designed to encourage beginners and help get locals active.A team section was ideal for beginners, allowing one member of each three-person team to either swim, cycle or run.One of the first-timers was local John Lee, who says he was ‘roped-in’ by

friends to do the running leg of the triathlon. He only trained for it the night before, running 5km from home to Mangawhai Heads. He says he did it for fun and to be a role model for his children.His youngest daughter, six-year-old Chayse, rewarded him for his efforts when she ran to join him as he crossed the finish line.The Mangawhai Triathlon was the first in a series of three triathlons organised by Sport Northland, with a kids triathlon in Whangarei on March 22 and one at Kai Iwi Lakes on March 28.

The wallwork family train, support and compete together. Brothers Quinn (left) and Jay are following in the footsteps of their dad Brett (centre).

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First time entrant, Mangawhai local John lee, was rewarded for his efforts when his six-year-old daughter Chayse joined him to cross the finish line.

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Mahurangi Matters, March 4, 2015