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Local folkBryce Pearce pulls no punches on transport and urban planning

Packing a punch: find out how these two kick boxers overcame huge personal challenges to take on the world. (see story p14)

A preference for the continued use of glyphosate/Roundup for weed control in public places is gaining momentum within Auckland Council and its CCO Auckland Transport, despite its classification as a probable human carcinogen.

Chemical warfare: will Roundup use intensify?

This herbicide has long been controversial, but when the World Health Organisation (WHO) re-classified it as a probable human carcinogen six months ago, calls to ban it from public places increased, with action underway in many countries including Europe, Russia and South America.Meanwhile, despite pressure from Crs Wayne Walker and John Watson, the use of this chemical continues in Auckland’s parks, open spaces and road corridors. In fact, Cr Watson says the plan is to actively increase its use, as a cost-saving measure.At the time the WHO’s report was released, Hana Blackmore of Auckland’s Weed Management Advisory group presented Council with the information, but says this was ignored.Hana’s organisation went further, commissioning a Human Rights Impact Assessment which suggested that Auckland Transport’s (AT) continued use of agrichemicals (specifically glyphosate) in the road corridor violates human rights.AT may reject that claim. The recommendation put before its board last month (August 25) was that AT “endorse the continued use of glyphosate to control vegetation in the road corridor”. However, a decision on this was deferred until the board’s next meeting on September 28.Two years ago Council adopted a Weed

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Management Policy, which its CCOs must also comply with. Among its objectives is minimising agrichemical use and ensuring public health and safety as well as using methods that are value for money.One of the key movers behind the policy, Cr Walker who chaired the Environment Committee at the time, says that perceived cost savings are being put ahead of human health.He says that existing contracts in parts of Auckland that use hot water prove that the cost of non-toxic alternatives is comparable. “The figures that are being used by Council are flawed. Part of it is confusion between the cost of hot steam, and the hot water method. Steam is more expensive,” he says.Crs Walker and Watson aim to put figures to clarify that in front of AT before its next board meeting.Cr Watson says that work by Council and AT behind the scenes is geared at increasing the use of chemicals, and wriggling out of aspects of the Weed Management Policy. “All the indications are that there’s a concerted attempt to spread the use of Roundup and make it the main form of weed control,” Cr Watson says. “There is a chemical free alternative that is being used right now as effectively and cheaply as chemicals. The question is, why are they moving towards more chemicals? I believe there is a powerful lobby that has a vested interest in the use of glyphosate. It was influential in the Rodney District Council and it’s now in this Council.”The claim of misleading costings is apparently supported by documents obtained under the Official Information Act by Hana Blackmore. The Weed Management Advisory Group is analysing the information. “I’m horrified by it. There has been no transparency and it appears that decisions are being made based on grossly inaccurate costings,” she says.Currently Council is calling in technical experts for advice on best weed management practice. Council’s biosecurity manager Brett Butland says implementing Council’s weed management policy is not as simple as

“spray, pull or cut”.“Council deals with around 220 weed species and a range of methods may be required,” he says. “We’ve inherited a number of approaches from legacy councils and we’re trying to simplify those. In some cases the wrong methods are being used.”Mr Butland says the products to be used will form part of the discussions. “Some biochemical products have components that are also carcinogenic, or high in fatty acids, which can be problematic for the environment.” He says any herbicides used must be approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (which glyphosate is) and that ideally a combination of methods can be found that collectively reduce herbicide use. “Sometimes no control is an option – for example where a weed is a nursery species, and allows other plants to grow up through it. People might think it looks scruffy, but there’s a natural process at work.”“We also want to improve the notification to residents of when and where chemical treatment will occur.”Local boards make the final decisions about weed control methods in their areas, which is where community input may occur.Mr Butland says Council staff will meet local boards over the next few months, providing information and making recommendations. “If they want different control methods in their area, that’s up to them,” he says.Hibiscus & Bays Local Board chair Julia Parfitt says weed control has not been discussed by the board as yet. However, she says Auckland Council is “shifting the responsibility” to local boards, requiring them to fund alternative methods if that is wanted by the community. Local board member Janet Fitzgerald says on the estimates she’s seen, hot water control methods cost three times the price of herbicides. “Every dollar we spend on that means less for other initiatives,” she says.Comment on this story at localmatters.co.nz or write to our Feedback page (address on this page)

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A four-storey building that includes an undercover shopping plaza, a 5490sqm Farmers store over two levels, up to 30 retail stores (including Whitcoulls and Stevens and three cafés) and almost 400 underground car parks is planned for the corner of Millwater Parkway and Silverdale Street.Farmers Trading Company purchased the 1.16ha site last year and is calling the building a significant development of a kind that will be unique in Silverdale North.Chief financial officer Michael Power says that earthworks, which already have consent, will commence within the next few weeks. He anticipates that the centre will open in mid-2017.The company lodged its resource consent application with Auckland Council three months ago after several pre-application meetings with Council staff. Council’s northern resource consenting manager Ian Dobson says the application is currently on hold to address urban design, traffic, access and engineering issues.

A report prepared by Woods in support of the resource consent application states that the building, which covers 90 percent of the site, has been designed to appear single storied from Polarity Lane and three-storied from Silverdale Street and Millwater Parkway.The design currently put forward for consent does not meet several development controls including height, height to boundary and size of shops.The report recommends that no public consultation or notification of any kind take place. The decision about notification rests with Council planners.The possible impact of the Farmers’ development on Whangaparaoa Plaza is yet to be determined. Farmers, Whitcoulls and Stevens are all owned by the James Pascoe Group, and they all have stores in The Plaza but at this stage it is unknown whether any, or all, of those stores will continue trading in Whangaparaoa long term, as well as having branches at the new site in Silverdale.A copy of Woods report and drawing concepts by Beca Architects are linked to this story at localmatters.co.nz

The Hibiscus & Bays Local Board is hoping to bring the building of Penlink forward thanks to the support of the Auckland Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry.Local board chair Julia Parfitt and member Janet Fitzgerald, who holds the transport portfolio, says that things are on the move since a meeting between chamber chief executive Michael Barnett, local board members and business representatives two months ago (HM August 5).The first meeting focused on pushing Penlink as a regional initiative of benefit to business.Mrs Parfitt says Mr Barnett has since obtained the approval of the full chamber to put its weight behind Penlink.He has also spoken to Transport Minister Simon Bridges and Deputy Prime Minister Bill English.Further meetings are being held between “a select group of local business people”, the local board and Mr Barnett, so that the next steps can be nutted out, including “putting the Penlink story together”. This will be followed by a public meeting to obtain wider input.Currently, the building of the $384 million road between Whangaparaoa Peninsula and Redvale has been deferred, with no public investment before 2025-45.

The Hibiscus & Bays Local Board has more than $1 million to spend on local projects, such as paths, lighting and kerb improvements, but the money must be spent by next June as it cannot be rolled over for use by the new local board that comes in after next year’s elections.The money is part of the local board’s Transport Capital Fund for the 2015/16 period.Chair Julia Parfitt says that the local board has no intention of losing that money, which it will divide equally between projects on the Coast, and in the Bays (North Shore).Locally it is considering paving part of Orewa Reserve (in conjunction with erosion projection work), completing paths and cycleways and improving accessibility in Orewa town centre.Not all the money needs to be spent by next June, but contracts need to be in place.

Farmers proposes to build this shopping centre in Silverdale – similar in size to Whangaparaoa Plaza. This concept drawing shows the proposed centre viewed from Millwater roundabout.

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Use it or lose itMost residents were delighted to learn through your September 2 issue that the Hibiscus Coast’s improved bus service starts on October 18 – and are grateful for the splendid support our campaign had from Hibiscus Matters. I should stress that the Arkles Bay trial

Gene concernsYou report (HM August 19) an award to Orewa College year-13 pupil Jennifer Palmer for her presentation Synthetic Biology - Engineering the Future, for which she has since been awarded $10,000 and interviewed on Radio NZ. Ms Palmer makes out that ‘synthetic biology’ is fundamentally different from the notorious genetic manipulation which has been used to make GM-soya, GM-maize and a few other monocultures. These experimental organisms have never undergone proper safety testing, and

some have damaged animals and humans. The processes of inserting foreign genes – eg bacterial and/or viral genes into plants – in the minor variant termed ‘synthetic biology’ are not very novel, and are similarly dangerous. It is impossible fully to foresee the properties of any viable organism that may result from such experiments. Having opposed gene tampering since it was invented four decades ago, I have been more and more gravely concerned at the suppression of expertise when we should be coming to grips with the most dangerous technology of all history. It is no reflection on Ms

Giant metal teapots are common at community gatherings where many cups of tea are served – but they do have a slightly “institutional” look. Hibiscus Coast Quilters goes for a more homely approach with the two huge ceramic teapots, which each take seven teabags, that they use at their meetings.

Early AGMProof that Destination Orewa Beach is ahead of its time came with this month’s newsletter, Street Talk, which began: “Our 2016 AGM was held mid-August which gave a brief overview of the past year’s achievements as well as proposed plans for the next year.”

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Walking the walkSilly dance moves, lunchtime walks and stamping feet while seated at desks have become part of daily life at the Hibiscus Matters office since all five of us signed up to take part in the STEPtember challenge.

Wearing a pedometer, and having a goal of taking at least 10,000 steps per day, has brought out the competitor in all of us, as well as making us aware how many steps go into an average day. Walks are being fitted into the working day wherever possible and after hours there is a big focus on getting those numbers of steps up as high as possible.

It turns out that you take quite a lot of steps doing regular activities around home and any additional activities including gardening, kickboxing and Pilates all count.

For some of our Stepping Matters team it’s a way of kick starting a change in lifestyle and we’re all hoping that our fitness improves, however the main goal is to raise money to help people with cerebral palsy.

STEPtember is the first national fundraiser for the Cerebral Palsy Society of NZ. The organisation’s modest target of 3000 participants in this first year was exceeded, with 7000 signing up – including 100 on the Hibiscus Coast.

Our team is working hard to reach the target number of steps. Anyone can sponsor our efforts, anytime in September, by dropping a donation for the Cerebral Palsy Society of NZ into the box in our office in Tamariki Plaza, Orewa or donating online, steptember.org.nz (look for the Stepping Matters team). We would very much appreciate your support.

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Loving the LinksMy wife and I (in our seventies) think we have started our lives all over, having the freedom of apartment living, especially at our age. We considered moving into a retirement village but decided that was not for us. Now we are sharing our lives with a wide diverse mixture of people of all ages, some alone, some couples, some very young, some elderly, both men and women, many different races and a good mixture of owner occupiers/tenants (like any suburb in Auckland).I am sure the writer commenting on more cars in the Link Drive would understand that if he were to have 56

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Penlink perplexingI left that transport meeting with Mayor Len Brown in Orewa wondering why there is still such a lot of focus on Penlink. In particular I was surprised at business owners, including the lady from The Plaza (and others in Silverdale) supporting it. How does bringing Albany closer to Coast shoppers help local businesses? My teenagers would hop on it in a second if it was already built – we try to shop local for as much as possible but when it comes to trendy clothes and food courts etc, the young ones go south. That is a simple fact.Mary Braithwaite, Stanmore Bay

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Business representatives get to grips with the Orewa Centre Plan. The public has a chance for input at a meeting this weekend

Community invited to have say on Orewa Centre planFew who attended the meeting raised any issues with his proposals, which include completing the Orewa Boulevard project, redeveloping the library and Community Centre, and providing a multi-level car park.The meeting was hosted by the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board, which invited local businesses to attend: around 20 people took up the offer. The local board commissioned the plan, which was revealed in Hibiscus Matters two months ago (July 1 edition), and hopes to use it as a blueprint provided there is buy-in from the community.“Although it is a non-statutory document, the local board intends to use it as an investment tool and not let it languish in a cupboard,” local board chair Julia Parfitt said. “For that we need to gain solid community support.”Mr Evans stressed the need for “an uplift in the quality of the public realm” in Orewa town centre. As one of the planners involved in the Boulevard project – a plan to slow traffic and improve Hibiscus Coast Highway from the south Orewa bridge to the north bridge – he is still hoping to see that completed. Under the former Rodney District Council, only the section of the Boulevard through the town centre was built.Options for extending walking and cycleways are also included in the draft plan as well as landscaping to offset intensified residential development.Mr Evans said one of the biggest issues in Orewa is lack of car parking. He said it’s not enough to assume most people will use public transport, as Orewa is the kind of town that people drive to. His suggestion is that a redevelopment of the current Orewa Library site (together with the adjacent pharmacy) could feature apartments wrapped

around the outside and library and medical services below, with multi-level parking concealed within to mitigate the visual effects of a car parking block. The allowable height limit on that site is seven storeys in the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.He said that with large sites for redevelopment in short supply, opportunities are also presented by the Council-owned Service Centre (and former Rodney District Council offices) in Centreway Rd and the Community Centre in Orewa Square. He suggested re-housing Council services in the Community Centre, which could be redeveloped to its maximum allowable height of around seven storeys, and that the current Service Centre land could be sold for intensive residential development.The public can have a detailed look at the plan and have their questions answered at a morning drop-in session to be held at Orewa Library on Saturday, September 19, from 10am–1pm. All are welcome.The plan is also linked to this story at localmatters.co.nz

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Driving projects forwardNext month we have the start of improved bus services on the Hibiscus Coast; they’re designed to be simpler and more frequent and I am sure patronage will rise. People want more frequent services from where they board to where they leave – and services at the time they want.The busway park and ride at Silverdale will see extensions to make 100 plus more spaces this summer (HM September 2). Not enough but nearly 300 more will follow in the following year – and earlier if I had my way. This compliments the increase in services. Also next month many ferry services around Auckland, including the Gulf Harbour run, go out for tender. Thanks to pushing and financial support from Fairway Bay (developers at Gulf Harbour) we have more ferry services – and more patronage. But we need more and faster, more reliable ferry services from Gulf Harbour into town. If we had a 35 minute trip (instead of 50 minutes) from a faster, better boat with additional sailing times in the morning and evening I believe many more people would use the ferry for trips to town.Widening the congested stretch of Whangaparaoa Road from Red Beach to the Highway should have happened 10 years ago and remains a pressing issue. All the more so with the extra housing coming on in Red Beach and the Peninsula at Gulf Harbour. We need those extra lanes to speed the flow and also allow the buses a speedier trip with the possibility of a bus/T2 lane each way from the Highway through to Vipond Road – like those on the North Shore.Breaking through the budget barriers to achieve improvements like these is an ongoing battle for myself and fellow Albany Ward councillor John Watson. We’re not talking about big money for these improvements. Even so, in a cash-strapped council with huge pressure to keep down rates and cap borrowing getting any project over the line requires continuous effort.Pushing to get the very big-ticket projects like Penlink over the line is dependent on new funding sources. My preference is for a small regional fuel tax now later transitioning to a general tax on kilometres travelled using GPS and smart-phone technology – trials on this are already underway in the United States. The advantages are very small capital cost and operating cost, fairness and jumping to emerging technologies that offer additional benefits especially in terms of smart transport network management. The other funding tool we could be applying is a capital tax on property values in city catchments arising from infrastructure improvements in specific targeted locations – like the city rail link project and light-rail proposals. Overseas cities like London use this tool to fund improvements for underground rail extensions that benefit specific catchments; with substantial community and business buy in; they are happy to pay.A big focus all the time is making things happen now. Looking for any possible gains. Seizing opportunities to lever improvements, using the tendering, planning and budget reviews to keep pushing for local projects. Being creative and working with communities and people to support the business cases and the understanding by decision-makers. Feedback and suggestions are always welcome and incredibly helpful. Teamwork!

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Some people see me as anti-car, which is strange as I’m a mechanic by trade. What I’m interested in is finding the right mode for the task: sometimes it’s walking, a bike, bus or driving – we need to enable all the modes with proper planning.

I have been living in Kensington Park for 18 months with my wife and our son. Our move was part of a journey towards a less suburban lifestyle. We came from a 1300sqm section and Californian bungalow in Te Atatu Peninsula. It was all about renovating a house and building a big garage – sometimes you think you want something, but actually it doesn’t feel right – at least that’s how it was for me. We lived on a residential road that had very fast traffic travelling along it and Auckland Transport wasn’t interested in making it safer. Residents asked for a raised crossing to slow cars near the school but got nowhere. So my son had to stand on the side of the road on a wet day and wait for ages to cross a very busy road to school. By contrast, I see Kensington Park as a great example of town planning because of proximity to a town centre, schools, parks and beach. You often see people on bikes or walking from the supermarket with their shopping. Roads are narrow so it’s safe for pets and for my eight-year-old son to ride his bike around. It’s really connected. Not everyone will live like this in the Auckland of the future, but a significant portion will see it as a better way of using land and a better way of living. We can sit on the deck and have a coffee or a beer and chat with neighbours – it feels like a proper community. I think our suburbs have lost that, which is one thing that guided my interest in town planning/urbanism and transport. I work from home but also drive to film locations, where I work on health and safety. When I get stuck in traffic I wonder how people do it every day. There is a better way.

I have been involved in Cycle Action Auckland and also Bike Te Atatu, which was a bunch of parents trying to transform their suburb into something awesome. Bike Te Atatu is gaining traction now. Auckland Transport is helping to fund a coordinator for other suburbs to set up their own ‘bike burbs’ and I hope to do something

like that here. In NZ we have the idea that where there’s congestion we need to widen the road or build more roads. But no city finds its way out of congestion like that.

I think Auckland Transport did a really poor job of consulting on the new bus network – it didn’t give enough options. It was a missed opportunity to sort out public transport around the Coast. The biggest cost on buses is drivers’ wages and inefficient routes are not making the best use of that money – for example, the bus goes from the end of Whangaparaoa Peninsula to the city, taking basically an hour and when it returns, it’s empty. That’s good for commuters, but expensive. If Auckland Transport had offered an all-day service at 15 minute frequencies, which is accepted as a standard for public transport, that would have been a better bang for the transport buck. You could run the Northern Express into the Silverdale Centre every 15 minutes and then into town, with buses from Orewa and Whangaparaoa connecting with it in Silverdale. As it is, it’s going to be half-hourly, so the cost of running that service will reduce what can be offered locally for the rest of the day. The Silverdale Centre would be a better hub than the park and ride – at the moment AT say they can’t use the Silverdale Centre as a busway because of traffic issues, yet they’re bringing buses along the highway which is where things are most congested. There is also no walk-up to the park and ride, whereas at the Silverdale Centre you have shops, schools and other facilities. At the same time, there is a lot to like about the new bus network. It will mean that at peak times I can catch a bus from Puriri Ave and it will take around 50 minutes to get into town from walking out the door. Where it failed is the frequency of the service so that it can provide for people travelling around the Coast as well as for commuters. I’ve worked these things out by observation, asking questions, making submissions and reading lots of books including Human Transit by Jarrett Walker.

Penlink started as a two-lane road, but has grown into a four-lane monstrosity. Traffic projections show that two lanes are enough, and of course way cheaper to build. A better option would be to run bus lanes up the centre of

Whangaparaoa Rd where the median is – this still allows cars to turn. Most of the road wouldn’t need to be widened, but parking along the side would have to go; that’s not ideal on an arterial route anyway. A bus lane along Penlink is a terrible idea because Penlink sits half way along the peninsula. It means that providing that link into town for anyone commuting from the Army Bay end of the peninsula will be expensive because you’re splitting the service. It would come at the cost of more frequent buses right along the peninsula into Silverdale and Orewa, which residents and people who work locally need. So it’s more efficient and cost effective to route public transport through Silverdale.

If the question is: ‘how do you connect businesses and people without building new roads’, then the answer is public transport and urban design. I was surprised to see the Plaza defending Penlink, as if it’s built those shops may struggle to find tenants, as Penlink brings Albany closer. Whereas intensifying development around The Plaza, so people can live and shop there, as well as providing a bus interchange down Main Street, would help secure its future. That connected development is what’s happening in Manly Village and the same applies to Orewa. Six storeys in central Orewa seems about right, with a bigger terraced house zone to allow more people to live there

with walking access to town. That’s good for business. If you can walk to a bar on a Friday night and not have to worry about driving, surely that’s a good thing? Instead of allowing high rise development on the beachfront, Council should be buying those properties as a natural defence against sea rise. They took money from things like selling the Mad Butcher’s Block – why was that not spent on purchasing properties along Orewa beachfront? I was opposed to Countdown and New World expanding so much – supermarkets are not ‘anchors’, the beach is the anchor and always will be.

I started putting congestion maps on Twitter, which highlighted that the worst areas in peak hours are where there are a lot of intersections onto the peninsula, such as around The Plaza, at Vipond Rd and Red Beach Rd. As for safety in a Civil Defence emergency, I had a close look at Whangaparaoa Rd and there is a 600m long stretch that doesn’t have an alternative route. That doesn’t justify the expense of Penlink. You could make safety improvements on that stretch of road to diminish the chances of a crash, but in the end when things like that happen you have to cope as best you can. If you choose to live on a peninsula, as I did at Te Atatu, you take into account the potential risk. Where we are in Kensington Park, tsunami would be devastating – we live with that.


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The future of the Orewa Guide den is uncertain following a damning building report. A further spanner in the works is the re-structuring of Girl Guiding NZ.

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Orewa Guides have known for some time that their den, which has been their base for more than 50 years, has structural issues, including rot (HM February 18). Recently the extent of the problem was revealed by a thorough inspection by independent building inspectors Hutchinson Consulting Engineers, who offered their services free of charge.Orewa District coordinator Karen Alden says the engineers’ report was unequivocal, stating that the den must be rebuilt from the foundations up. “It’s not going to fall down around our ears in the next four years, but the problem is throughout the whole structure and can’t be fixed in bits,” Karen says. If it were up to the Orewa Guides, Karen says that they would find a way to raise enough for the rebuild. However, the issue is to be taken out of Orewa Guides’ hands by next January as the national Guide headquarters restructures to a “girl-led” organisation that centralises many functions and decision making, reducing the need for volunteer coordinators.This means that a decision as to what happens with the building, and fundraising, now rests with the national body. The Guides own the land and buildings at their site in Centreway Road. Karen has been asked to prepare a report that covers the pros and cons of rebuilding versus selling the site and amalgamating with Whangaparaoa Guides, based in Stanmore Bay, or renting a hall.With a waiting list, and a catchment that includes growing areas such as Hatfields Beach, Millwater and Dairy Flat, Karen says amalgamation would not be favoured.“We would lose so many members and leaders – some already travel quite long distances,” she says. “We already have some money tagged for the rebuild and our best bet is to stay here. This is a well used community

asset and if it’s rebuilt on this site it will make money and get even better use.”Girl Guiding NZ communications manager Jane Smithson says the organisation needs to provide girls with a place to meet. “The Orewa Guide den property will go through an assessment process alongside all others to determine suitable Girl Guiding venues for the future. Some of our properties no longer meet our requirements, need considerable maintenance and/or repair and are costing the organisation to retain them,” she says. “At this stage there are no plans for combining the Orewa and Whangaparaoa groups, but as always, our priorities are the girls and what is best for them in their communities.”Karen has no doubt that what’s best for the Orewa Guides is to rebuild their den. “Here the girls can decorate the walls, showing their achievements, and all of that provides something to strive for. You can’t do that in a rented hall.”Tin shed also failsMeanwhile, the most immediate project is replacing the Orewa Guides’ tin shed, which stores their equipment. It was not given proper foundations and is rusting in the sea air. Gubba Sheds have offered the organisation a good deal on a kitset wooden shed, but the Guides need to raise around $3000 to fund it, including a foundation slab. If you can help, please contact Karen, email [email protected] or phone 0274 572 569.

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Jennifer featured in Hibiscus Matters’ August 19 edition when she made the finals of the competition – one of six college students and six university undergraduates to do so. At the time she said that winning would be a long shot, but she was keen to share her enthusiasm for synthetic biology with the judging panel.She says abandoning her notes part way through and speaking impromptu worked well. Judges commented on her in-depth knowledge of her topic, synthetic biology, which helped her answer probing questions.The competition has run since 2012 and has in the past been won by university students. Jennifer says she still can’t believe she won and is excited by the networking possibilities and contact with scientists that have opened up.She will put her $10,000 prize towards studying neuroscience at Otago.

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Healthy food is right at the top of the priority list for the owners of A la Turca.The new Turkish food business in Manly Village, which opened last month, is co-owned by Adem Ceran and Kahraman Besyaprak.Adem says that grilling meat for kebabs (once it has been marinated in Turkish spices) and using fresh, unprocessed ingredients makes this a healthy takeaway option that is largely fat free.Salads are dressed simply with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.Freshly squeezed juices are also available and customers can design their own fruit cocktail from the selection.Sweet treats are not forgotten, with a range of cakes, including traditional Turkish baklava and a cake made from semolina called Revana, and Kiwi favourites such as carrot cake baked by Adem’s sister in law, Gonca Ceran.“Our house rule is quality, in all the food that we use,” Adem says. He says that perfect hygiene is also the biggest goal.Along with this comes care for the environment that comes from a love of New Zealand and a desire to keep it clean and green.“When my father came here, he thought it was the cleanest country he had ever seen and we believe in doing our best to

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Danielle Teixeira and Crystal Cook present an image of strength and confidence as they pull on their gloves and train in their chosen kickboxing disciplines.Getting to this point has been a difficult journey for Danielle, who is in her mid-thirties, and Crystal, aged 13, and each has their own mental, emotional and physical challenges. Both have reached the point where they can compete on the international stage.For Danielle, every day is a one on one battle with Borderline Personality Disorder.She was diagnosed with this mental illness at the age of 21 – she says she was in a bad place and needed help.Overweight and unfit, she applied to be one of Dynamic Martial Arts first Fight Girls – which provided the opportunity to learn, free of charge, and take part in a competitive fight.Dynamic head coach Dave Sawyer says taking her on was touch and go. “When she first came in, I had money on her quitting in three weeks,” he says. “Her weight was an obvious physical challenge and her mental health issues were something we, as coaches, had no experience with.”His approach was to observe Danielle closely and not to panic, or pander, when she had a panic attack.

Kickboxing provides more than fighting chanceEventually, she earned the right to compete and was one of Fight Girls biggest success stories. “Something clicked when I won my first fight. I raised my trophy above my head and thought ‘wow’,” she says.Two months ago she earned her club/provisional black belt and at the end of October she heads to the Unified World Championships in Spain to compete for her country.“It was a huge risk to take her on in Fight Girls, but it paid off,” Dave says. “Likewise, if she loses the plot at Worlds, it’s a problem for our club. But she’s part of the family. Why should having a mental illness stop her going to the event? She’s earned it.”Turning up to learn kickboxing was a huge step for Danielle and one she took because of abusive relationships. “People with my illness attract bullies. I was tired of being a victim. I wanted to fight back against the idea that I was useless and can’t do things by myself, or for myself,” she says. “Not many people mess with me now.”Danielle says kickboxing doesn’t fix your problems, but it has changed the way she thinks and copes, how she expresses herself and tells people what she needs. “I ask myself at the end of every day – who won, me or Borderline? And for the most part, these days, it’s me.”

World title just the beginningWhen Crystal Cook of Whangaparaoa first took up Muay Thai kickboxing at the Hibiscus Coast MMA & Thai Kickboxing Gym four years ago it immediately felt right.The 13-year-old struggles at school. Dyslexia, ADHD and anger issues continue to cause her problems but the bullying that she received “a lot” has fled in the face of her newfound confidence.“Kick boxing helped with my anger,” she says. “Instead of getting in trouble I could go to the gym. I also learned to defend myself when people bullied me.”As her fitness and skills improved, so did her confidence. She has had 11 wins out of 14 fights so far. The biggest was a world title won last month at the Muay Thai Championships in Thailand where she not only won a Gold medal, but also a trophy for Best Muay Thai kick boxer in her age group.Along the way, Crystal says she found a supportive second ‘family’ at the gyms she belongs to. She trains every day except Sundays and has her sights set on next year’s Worlds in Sweden. “One day I’d love to have my own gym and give back to the people who have taught me,” she says.

Danielle Teixeira. A video of Danielle talking candidly about her kickboxing journey is linked to this story at localmatters.co.nz She needs to raise around $2000 to get to the Worlds and donations can be made at her Give A Little account, ‘danstoworlds’.

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She says an awareness of single sided deafness was one of the big things she took away from the conference. “Having hearing loss in one ear impacts on a child’s life and learning, yet those children are generally expected to do as well as hearing kids,” she says.She says currently around 68 percent of deaf children in NZ go into mainstream schools.The importance of working closely with parents and caregivers was also highlighted at the conference and led to the introduction of a new playgroup at The Hearing House.On September 18, The Hearing House holds its national fundraiser, Loud Shirt Day – an opportunity to to wear a bright, shirt, raising funds for deaf children. If you’ve missed Loud Shirt Day, donations can be made at loudshirtday.org.nz



Eye issuesMy freesias are in full bloom in our garden and there’s a light coating of yellow pine pollen on my car. That can only mean one thing. Spring has finally sprung! And as a community pharmacist it also means the hay fever and conjunctivitis season has arrived.If you’ve got conjunctivitis you’ll have red, irritated eyes that feel gritty, sore and uncomfortable. They might also be itchy, sticky and weepy. Conjunctivitis comes in three main types. With major colds and the flu hitting the Hibiscus Coast quite seriously right now, many in our community will develop infective conjunctivitis. However you don’t actually need a cold or flu to catch this. Given the amount of pollen I see around at the moment, it is no surprise that allergic conjunctivitis is prevalent too. There is also a further type called irritant conjunctivitis caused by, of course, irritants.Infectious conjunctivitis can be caused by a bacteria or virus. These infections can be very contagious. You’ll need to take special care not to spread the infection to your other eye or to other people. The infection should clear within a week if left untreated. However the need for antibiotics for bacterial infections should be considered in certain circumstances, to prevent complications or to prevent the spread of infection to other people. The antibiotic Choramphenicol is available from pharmacies and your pharmacist can advise you whether this would be the most appropriate treatment for you.Allergic conjunctivitis may be due to triggers such as pollen or some people suffer from it all year round due to house dust or pet fur. Antihistamine eye drops are useful in the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis and/or oral antihistamines.If there is pain in your eye, or if your vision is affected, or your eyes are more sensitive to light than usual then you will need to see a doctor.Here are some tips for general eye care for conjunctivitis: y Wash your hands before and after using eye drops or touching your eyes y Apply a warm flannel to your eyes to clean away any discharge y Apply normal saline to wash and soothe your eyes twice daily y Use lubricant eye drops 4 to 8 times daily to soothe your eyes

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Saving women’s lives through better research is one of the focuses of the annual Pink Ribbon Appeal, which will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10.But to be successful, the appeal needs to recruit around 9000 volunteers nationwide to help with the door-to-door collection.Hibiscus Coast coordinator Jessica Daly says volunteers are asked to donate two hours of their time. “You can make a difference and help raise funds for lifesaving education programmes and for people with breast cancer,” she says.“Last year, $6780 was raised locally

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The Lilliputian gardenYou’d be forgiven for thinking that home gardening is endangered, as the size of the space around newly built houses and apartments shrinks to almost nothing.There’s no doubt that the quarter acre ‘paradise’ is gone from Auckland, but examples from cities around the world show how gardens can be adapted to the tiniest spaces.In small spaces, what you choose to plant carries more weight. The commonly stated advice is that small gardens need to be kept as tidy as possible as proportionately any weeds stand out. Mulch and dense planting is your friend in this respect.But every garden and gardener is different and if you’re a carefree soul, you will of course ignore that advice. The options for a small garden are limited only by your imagination and ability to use space creatively. How about a mini wildflower, vegetable and herb garden, contrasting its colour and fruitfulness with the clean sharp lines and cream, grey, black or beige walls of a modern building? Or perhaps a little ramble of roses can be made, using pots and wall space – or whatever else you fancy. Whatever your favourite plants are, keeping to a cohesive planting theme (such as edible garden, natives, tropical) and repeat planting where possible is a good rule of thumb in a small garden.If you’re in a newly built home, your first problem is soil quality; topsoil will be virtually non-existent, so you’ll need to bring some in, build raised beds or stick to pots. Find a corner for a compost bin or worm farm and keep piling compost onto your garden to build the soil back up. Before you plant anything, notice where the sun and shade falls throughout the day, or where it’s exposed to a prevailing wind and shelter may be needed.The colours you use should also be given some thought. Orange is back in fashion, particularly bright orange combined with steely blue or muted tones like grey. Orange provides maximum impact in a small space. Until recently I had a potted orange gerbera in a sunny spot by my front door. It flowered non-stop for a full year, requiring little more than regular watering and liquid fertiliser. In shaded dry places such as those narrow areas between house and fence, clumps of clivias have the wow factor when they flower in spring, and the rest of the year their dark green leaves look lush and tidy.When gardens are small, and they can be as tiny as a balcony, the connection with nature that comes from growing plants is even more important and something to treasure and tend.


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Quilters met at Whangaparaoa Hall early this month, September 1, to celebrate a very successful show by giving back to the community.

The people’s choice: visitors to last month’s Touch of Coast quilt show chose Karen Shaw’s quilt as the best. Below, Rob High with donated quilts.

Quilts go to refugee families

The Hibiscus Coast Quilters gave some of the proceeds of last month’s Touch of Coast show to St John.Secretary Pat Carlton says that the success of the quilt show and raffle will enable the club to make a generous donation to St John, to buy rolls of batting (filling) required to make further community quilts, and to subsidise more patchwork and quilting classes for members.At the same meeting, Karen Shaw was presented with a prize for winning the People’s Choice category.The final donation of the day was to the Red Cross. More than 30 community quilts, made cooperatively over the past year by members, were handed to Red Cross Auckland service centre coordinator Rob High.Rob was impressed with the quality, as

well as quantity, of the quilts. He said all of them will go to recently arrived refugee families.Hibiscus Coast Quilters meet twice a month at Whangaparaoa Hall and welcome new members. Their next show will be in 2017, the organisation’s silver anniversary year.

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The Sodens of WhangaparaoaNew Zealander Elizabeth Shaw Darrach was working as Matron at the hospital in Lautoka, Fiji when she met and married Lt. Cecil Robert Soden, a British naval officer.Although he served in the British Navy, having grown up in England, he was of German descent and his official German title was the rather grand, Baron von Soden of Heidelberg.In 1911 when Lt. Soden’s eyesight began to fail, he gave up his naval career and he and his wife came to New Zealand buying 40 acres of land at Little Manly and a large part of Stanmore Bay. The land at Stanmore Bay was leased and they kept cows on the land at Little Manly.Cecil died in 1920 and shortly afterwards Elizabeth took their five-year-old daughter Joan to Europe to meet her German relatives. The house at Little Manly was let and when the Manly wharf was built in 1923 the tenants renamed the house Manly Lodge and took in paying guests for the holidays. After an extended tour of Europe and Britain, Elizabeth and daughter returned to New Zealand, eventually moving back to Manly Lodge. Elizabeth became the first District Nurse on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. Long time Whangaparaoa resident, Peter Evans, recalls Sister Soden wearing an ankle length dress, giving his class of Primary School children first aid instruction in case they were bombed or shelled by the Japanese during the Second World War. She had no car and made her visits on horseback.She died in 1958 at Manly Lodge. The Lodge was demolished in 1976 and

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a large two-storey house built in its place. Her daughter Joan went off to Suva in 1935 as a probationer nurse at the War Memorial Hospital.

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A ROUNDUP OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICTBoatingOpen Day and Boat Bits Sale, Gulf Harbour Yacht Club, on October 10, 10am to 2pm. Info: 424 2118.MiniballYears 1-4 can play on a full-size basketball court with lower hoops at the Stanmore Bay Pool and Leisure Centre. Games are Thursdays 3.40pm to 6.15pm (draws on website). Info: www.aucklandleisure.co.nzTagHibiscus Tag over 40s starts 30 October, put your running shoes on have a run get a team together. Info: Phil 424 5072 or 027 270 6056.TennisMidweek social tennis every Wednesday morning and midweek interclub teams Monday and Tuesday. Junior Open Day, Saturday September 19, 9am to 11am for children 5–18 years. For more information contact Adrienne Ph: 027 2420676, [email protected] or Club Coach Ken McLeod Ph: 021 2589633, [email protected].

One Family’s War: The GordonsThe Gordon family were a typical rural family in the early 20th century in New Zealand. The parents had come from Scotland and were trying to carve out a life in a new land.For them the advent of war would have revived their attachment to their country of birth and possibly for the men, the chance to get back to see family left behind in Europe.Four men from the Gordon family went to fight in WWI – father John Currie, sons Alexander Duncan and John Archibald and son-in-law Cecil Bertie Shine. The Gordon family had been gum digging and farming in the Wade area since 1900 but started new lives in Waiharara, near Houhora in 1914. They appear to have moved to be near their daughter, Catherine, whose husband was the Post Master at Waiharara Post Office at this time.Alexander stayed in Dairy Flat working on the Cross and Bawden farm and enlisted along with his friends, Len Foley and Neil Galloway, early in the war, serving in Gallipoli and Western Europe. He was killed in Belgium in December 1917.His brother John got a position as a security guard with the Defence Department, guarding the wireless station after having been a gum digger previously. This exposure to the military may have been what prompted him to enlist early in 1915, or it could have been the fact that his older brother, Alexander had enlisted and was already fighting overseas. John was wounded several times during his service on the Western Front but was back on active duty for the NZ Rifle Brigade’s first action on the Somme on September 15, 1916. John was killed on the first day of the battle, which was significant because it was the first time tanks had been used in the field to support infantry troops.What induced 55-year-old father, John, to enlist we can only speculate, but his was not a happy war. He had falsified his age by 11 years on his enlistment form but was ill almost from the beginning and after much time in various hospitals in France and England, was declared unfit and sent home in 1917.Cecil also returned home, after being severely wounded in the thigh after falling onto a bayonet while repairing a front line trench parapet.The women of the family, each left at home with a young son, no doubt did the best they could to survive, but in a community that would have been supportive of the sacrifices they were making for their country.


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Air pistol shooters will go shoulder to shoulder in a competition at Wentworth College this weekend.The target is the McMillan Cup, which offers trophies for intermediate and college students representing their schools, as well as for individual shooters.The local competitors are from Whangaparaoa and Wentworth Colleges and are also members of the Hibiscus Coast Air Pistol Club. Shooters from around NZ take part. Most compete from their school base and simply send in their results,

but Hibiscus Coast Air Pistol Club president and coach, Greg Yelavich, says hosting a day’s event at Wentworth gives the student shooters a different kind of experience.“It’s an advantage to prepare students for going further in shoulder to shoulder competition,” he says. “Instead of being isolated, the students are involved in a wider experience and it can bring out the best in them.”The Hibiscus Coast club, which has been going for around seven years, has around 50 percent adult members.

Members of the Hibiscus Coast Air Pistol Club train at Wentworth College gym.

Anna Glasgow says good music is all you need for fun and fitness in the dark.

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The group is an offshoot of classes that run in Grey Lynn, and owner Anna Glasgow says that it is an idea that is spreading all over Auckland. The class has no instructor – but a venue, with lights turned off and music turned on, is supplied. Anna says an hour of dancing is a great workout, and with no-one watching people get right into it. It’s not pitch black, so shadows of other figures can be seen, but that is enough to unlock people’s inhibitions. “It can be like a party atmosphere – you can see people jumping and hear clapping,” Anna says. “Everyone’s beaming when we turn the lights on at the end.” The classes are at the St John Ambulance

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Mustangs sally into CoastFans of the stylish Mustang have a treat in store this month when the Auckland Mustang owners hold their annual car show. The show will feature more than 60 Mustangs, from classics of the 1960s to muscle cars of the 70s and current models. The show is on Sunday, September 27 at the Stanmore Bay Leisure Centre, Brightside Rd, Stanmore Bay with most of the cars displayed inside. Children’s entertainment provided. Part proceeds to Hibiscus Hospice.

Greg says one of the advantages of the sport for students is that they are mixing with adults in a club environment, which is good for maturity. Shooting also requires discipline and honesty about your performance.

The McMillan Cup takes place at Wentworth College gym on September 19, 9am–1.30pm. Anyone interested in air pistol shooting is welcome to attend. The club welcomes new members. Info: phone Greg, 021 076 4256.

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Hall in Silverdale Street once a week on Monday nights, 7.30–8.30pm. Cost is $5 per session. Wear comfy clothes and shoes and bring water.The class on September 21 will have a special atmosphere, as Anna is donating all the money that comes in that night to help Syrian refugees.“We want to get as many dancers as possible to raise as much as we can for charities that are helping over there,” she says.Info: email [email protected] or look for No Lights No Lycra HBC on Facebook.


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ALARMS CALL ME BEFORE MuRPHY CALLS YOu! All security systems serviced & maintained. 19 yrs experience. TDS Security 027 553 3032 or 428 5887.A SMART REPAiR Service for F&P smartdrive washers, F&P/Simpson dryers. Same day service 09 423 9660 or 021 168 7349.BAY APPLiANCE REPAiRS – All major laundry/kitchen brands, small appliances, & power tools. Work guaranteed EWRB reg. Ph 09 947 0333/ 022 600 9919.BuiLDER 40 YRS+ ExP SEMi RETiRED available for property maintenance, decks, fences etc. No job too small. Good rates. Ph Rob 021 1672155 or 426 2960.CARPET uPHOLSTERY and window cleaning. Willoughby 2010. Pensioner Discount Ph Craig 426 4317 027 411 3133ELECTRiCiAN AvAiLABLE ph Brian 426 2320 or 027 410 8259.PAiNTiNG AND PLASTERiNG Interior & exterior, free quotes. Ph 021 164 9709PEST CONTROL, Flies, spiders, cockroaches, ants, rodents, wasps. Competitive prices. Ph 426 2253.PLASTERiNG, GiB STOPPiNG All aspects of stopping. Skim coat specialist. 25 yrs exp. Karl 0210 42 42 96 or 428 7127.PLASTERiNG, SOLiD, GiB STOPPiNG, Painting/repair work. Small jobs. Trade Cert. Keith 424 8841 or 022 682 4760.WATER FiLTERS Underbench filters & whole house Ultra violet filters – Kill and remove ecoli/bacteria. FREE site visits. Ph Steve 09 945 2282 or www.aquafilter.co.nzWATERBLASTiNG & CHEMiCAL HOuSE WASHiNG. Careful service, reasonable rates. Ph 426 2253.

WiNTER SPECiAL: HANDS & FEET Nails cut & filed, includes hand & foot massage. $30 each or 2 people for $50. I will come to you. Phone 424 0676.HYPNOSiS for stress, phobias, easy Stop Smoking. Bill Parker NZAPH, 424 7610.

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ADEPT COMPuTER SERviCES, Est 1993. PC repairs at good rates. Ph 421 1039 or 021 114 5517 www.adept.net.nzAuDiOTECH – Home Technology & Electrical – TV Installs, Audio, Alarms, WiFi – 0800 178 679

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CARiNG MOBiLE SERviCE, I come to you. Pensioner rates. Ph Inga 426 0985.

HEALTH & BEAuTY

WANTED

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CASH PAiD Tools & Machinery, Shed & Garage Clearouts. Call/txt 021 161 5139.TO BuY, RECORDS/LP’S Ph 428 1587.

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

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

DRESSMAKiNG

SYLWESTER’S dressmaking and alterations. Expert, fast affordable. Phone 426 7559.

DELivERY PEOPLE uRGENTLY NEEDED

to distribute Hibiscus Matters Ph Julie Murray 021 333 233 or

em: [email protected]

GARDEN MAiNTENANCE New gardens, lawn mowing, clean ups. Specialising in maintenance &

improvement. Ph Dave 021 950 154 MOBiLE HAiRCuTS European trained hairstylist to visit you at your time, your place. Sabine Ph 426 9652 021 149 8598

COMMuNiTY NOTiCES

DiSPLAY AND SALE OF OvER 30 ORiGiNAL PAiNTiNGS by 3 local accomplished artists: Annette Denholm, Murray Stuart, and Neville Bradley, Fri, Sat, Sun October 2-4. Inside Whangaparaoa Plaza. Watercolours, acrylics and oils. Affordable prices. Next to Countdown. Don’t miss this one.FuNDRAiSiNG GARAGE SALE - ALL STAR iNFiNiTY CHEERLEADERS October 3, 9am–2pm. Bouncy castle, sausage sizzle, face painting, raffles, lucky dips performances and other entertainment, plus lots of treasures for sale. 7/623 Whangaparaoa Road. HBC SENiOR MOMENTS is a social activity group for seniors in the Hibiscus Coast area. We meet every Monday and Thursday morning during school terms at the Red Beach Methodist Church Hall. We are looking for a volunteer who enjoys cooking and preparing meals to help us with preparing our lunch at our Thursday group. For more information ph Monique 027 25 35 557.HiBiSCuS STiTCHERS Chicks with sticks gather for a yarn. Meet a woolly crew at Whangaparaoa Library Thursdays, fortnightly, 1pm–3pm. Ph Jean 428 5207 or Jan 424 2492.KiWi DANCE CLuB, SOCiAL DANCE - ballroom, Latin American, new vogue, Modern sequence. All welcome. 4th Sun of month, 5pm-8pm. A great way to meet people. Silverdale Hall, Ph 427 5542. Next event September 27SuPPORT GROuP FOR iNDiviDuALS WiTH DiABETES Meetings 4th Monday

10am-12pm. The Peninsula Club, in the Hibiscus Lounge 441 Whangaparaoa Rd. $2 donation members, $5 non-members.

STiLLWATER QuiLTERS Stillwater hall. Second Saturday of the month. All levels welcome, whether you have a passion for patch work, Applique, hand quilting, come along and join in with like minded people. $5.00 per person. 9.30am–12.30pm. Contact Sharron FB Stillwater Quilters or [email protected] or 027 458 6659 for enquiries.

WAiTOKi viLLAGE MARKET DAY - Come & catch up with neighbours while sampling a delicious BBQ brunch or a simple cuppa and a scone at the Waitoki Hall, Kahikatea Flat Rd. 8.30am–12pm Saturday October 3. Pick up homemade and preloved bargains, Bric a Brac, baked goods, preserves, plants and more. New stall holders welcome, contact Shirley 420 5111.

WHANGAPARAOA HORTiCuLTuRAL SOCiETY SPRiNG SHOW, September 21, Whangaparaoa Hall, 1.30pm. View exhibits of flowers, including Spring bulb flowers, floral art, fruit and veges. Trading table for garden bargains. Speaker at 2pm. For information phone Glenys 424 7031 or Marion 424 7814.

MOviE NiGHT AT iNSPiRE COAST CHuRCH September 18, 7pm. Fire House Dog, gold coin donation. Proceeds to the Manly Volunteer Fire Brigade, 6pm Fire Engine on site, Bouncy castle for the kids. Movie starts 7pm. FREE tea & coffee, lollies and popcorn available. Bring pillows and duvets for a fun filled event!

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Join us for services throughout

the month:

St Chad’s Orewa Sunday 8am & 9.30am

Wednesday 9.30am

Christ Church Waiwera 1st Sunday 11.15am

Holy Trinity, Silverdale 2nd & 4th Sunday 9am

For further information ph 426 4952

[email protected]

Art, Craft & JewelleryFull & part time courses

Puhoi & Albany Campus

www.hungrycreek.ac.nz09 422 0752 NZQA Reg

SENiORNET FOR SENiORS Computer courses & workshops available. Phone 426 1509. Mon–Thurs 9am–3pm, Fri 9am–12pm www.seniornet-hbc.org.nz

Guitar Lessons 1-0-1All styles/All ages

Reg Keyworth • Ph 424 8959It’s time to really play!

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AGM HiBiSCuS HOSPiCE CHARiTABLE AND DEvELOPMENT TRuSTS Annual General Meeting, Hibiscus House, 2a John Dee Crescent, Red Beach, 2pm, Mon September 28; followed by afternoon tea. Reports will be presented on last year's activities and the continuing growth and development of Hibiscus Hospice. All welcome.

PuBLiC NOTiCES

HiSTORiC PuHOi PuBQualified Duty Manager

30 Hours+ Apply to: [email protected] or in writing: PO Box 404091, Puhoi 0951

SiTuATiONS vACANT

FREE FOR REMOvAL: good looking out of tune piano. Ph 426 5618 for details.

FREE

Discovering GodSharing Christ’s Love

Sunday Family Services 10am + Kids Journeys

All Welcome

Orewa Community Church

Amorino Drive, Red Beach Ph 426 7023 | occ.net.nz

Sept 20: Questions people ask “How can there

be just one religion?”Sept 27: Questions

people ask “How can a good God allow suffering?”


9–30 Exhibition of quilt artist Maureen van Dam’s hand painted, appliqué and free motion quilting techniques, at Collective Talents, Shop 10, The Nautilus, Keith Morris Lane, Orewa. Open Monday to Friday, 10am–5pm and Saturday 10am–2pm.

19 In the Pink, Pink Floyd Tribute Show, Jac’s Trading Co, 6 Main Street, Whangaparaoa Plaza, 8.30pm. Tickets, $25, ph 428 0259.

19 Suffrage Day breakfast. The Hibiscus Coast National Council of Women invite you to celebrate Suffrage Day with breakfast at EmiDeli, Tamariki Ave, Orewa at 7.30am. Guest speaker is Sergeant Mark Hobbs, Family Violence Unit, Orewa Police. Tickets from Belinda, email [email protected]

19 Hibiscus Coast Branch of NZ China Friendship Society presents Bob Lawson, Pastor for Elim Church Auckland, who will talk about Christianity in China and his travel experiences in China. St John’s Catholic Church Hall, 180 Centreway Rd, 3pm. All welcome.

19 Puhoi Hall Dance, Puhoi Hall, 7.30pm–12am. Theme is ‘come as your favourite Aussie’. Band - The Damage. BYO drinks and table nibbles. R18 event. Puhoi Hall fundraiser. Tickets $20 from Cody, phone 09 422 0891. No door sales.

20 Hibiscus Coast Kindergarten Ducky Derby, Western Reserve, Orewa, 11am–3pm. Family fun with ducks racing down Orewa Estuary from 2pm. Great prizes. Raffles, bouncy castles, pony rides, food and entertainment. Fundraiser for the kindergarten’s outdoor upgrade.

25 Ladies’ Evening Out, KingsWay School Events Centre, 100 Jelas Rd, Red Beach. A fun night out for women with spot prizes, raffles and more. Fundraiser for an Assistant Dog for Tom Stephenson.(see story p17)

27 Ponies on the Coast Mustang Show, Stanmore Bay Leisure Centre, Brightside Rd, Stanmore Bay, 10am–4pm. Auckland Mustang Owners Club bring their Annual Car Show to the Coast. Admission: Adults $10 Family $15 (kids under 14 years free) Part proceeds to Hibiscus Hospice (see story p22)

29 Bristlebots - make a little motorised, battery-operated robot, Orewa Library, Moana Ave, Orewa, 2.30pm. For children 8 years and over. Gold coin donation entry. Part of the library’s school holiday programme. Info: enquire at Orewa Library.

30 Minecraft Mayhem, Orewa Library, Moana Ave, Orewa, 2.30pm. Children 7 years and up can bring their own device for a fun session. Part of the library’s school holiday programme. Info: enquire at Orewa Library.

10 & 11 Hibiscus Coast Artists Inc Annual Art Exhibition & Sale, Whangaparaoa Community Hall, 717 Whangaparaoa Road, 10am–4pm. Free entry. A wide variety of paintings, hand painted cards, Tea/coffee for sale and artists’ demonstrations.

17 Dairy Flat School Ag Day, Dairy Flat School, 1220 Dairy Flat Highway, 9am–2pm. Hand raised animals and chickens as well as delicious country food, market stalls, auctions, raffles, games and white elephant stall. Fundraising for a new playground.

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Introducing your new inorganic service

Visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and search ‘inorganic’ to find out more.

Don’t biff it out Book it in

Auckland Council now offers a yearly inorganic pick up service, from your property.

Please do not leave items at the kerbside – this is considered illegal dumping and can lead to fines of up to $400.

The service will start in selected streets in these suburbs between September and November: Army Bay, Hobbs Bay,

Okoromai Bay, Matakatia, Manly, Tindalls Beach, Stanmore Bay, Arkles Bay, Wade Heads, Red Beach and Silverdale. The service

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The smiles on the children’s faces as they pile into a game of bullrush leave no doubt about the popularity of this muddy, energetic and sometimes bruising, contact sport.

Children at Dairy Flat School love the games of bullrush that have been a feature of Friday lunchtimes this term. The school introduced bullrush as part of a relaxation in its playground rules to allow more physical play and risk taking.

Tackle tag trial takes off at Dairy Flat School

Dairy Flat School principal Debbie Marshall says the introduction of physical contact games this term has also found favour with parents.Debbie has been supervising regular Friday lunchtime games of bullrush since the school relaxed its playground rules, after consultation with parents. She says at first it was mainly boys taking part but now girls are joining in with gusto. Around 25–30 Year 5 and 6 students take part in the games. Separate games for Years 3 and 4 will soon be introduced.Parents indicated a preference for supervised tackle games, however Debbie says that whether the level of supervision is relaxed, or not, is still to be decided. “Parent feedback has been positive – I thought that the state of the children’s clothing after games might be an issue, but they either bring a change of clothes or just stay muddy for the afternoon,” Debbie says.Rules around the type of tackling that can take place have been established – spear type tackles in the first game were quickly nipped in the bud.Occasional bumps, bruises and scrapes are part and parcel of the game. “We let the children know that

they can sometimes get hurt playing bullrush, and by joining in they take responsibility for that,” Debbie says. “What’s been interesting is that children you wouldn’t expect to see playing contact games, such as those who don’t play a lot of sport, have been taking part and loving it.”Ask the children what they think about bullrush and “it’s fun” is the overwhelming response. One student went further – “I like it because it’s the only contact sport we’re allowed to play,” he said.

Remember bullrush?Bullrush involves one or two ‘chasers’ standing in the middle of a field in front of a large group of children. The chasers try to tag or tackle the children as they run to the other side. Tagged children became chasers. The game lasts until one person was left untagged – the winner. From the mid-1980s some schools banned bullrush because of concerns about liability when children were hurt.It is making a comeback as research indicates the importance of free play, physicality and risk taking in children.

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