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CLEVEDON ROUNDUP

YOUR COMMUNITY INFORMATION NEWSPAPER

No. 384 July-August 2018

IT’S AG DAY TIME! It’s that time of year when one of our points of difference is highlighted in ROUNDUP PAGE INDEX Clevedon. It’s great to see our children still interacting with nature, being taught Friends of Hunua Ranges 3 responsibility and even having fun taking their lambs for walks down the main Daffodil Day 3 street. Hats off to the parents for their commitment too! Advertising rates 4 Important Dates 4 Owners of orphaned animals can easily find willing families on Facebook Clevedon Protection Soc. 5 Clevedon/Kawakawa Bay grapevine, or contact your local school. There are Local Council news 6 different restrictions on birth dates etc, for example at Clevedon School; lambs, Clevedon CBA 7 kids & chickens must be born between 1/6/18 and 27/7/18 and calves will not be Clevedon Conversations 7 allowed this year due to mycoplasma bovis unfortunately. Snippets 8 So for our younger readers, check out your school guidelines and enjoy! Early Clevedon Families 10

Ag Day for Clevedon School is 21 September, for Brookby School it’s 23 MP Andrew Bayly 11 September, for Ardmore School it’s 26 September, and for Hunua School it’s 27 Clevedon Valley Music 11 October. Clevedon Cares 13 Clevedon Plunket 13 Anglican Church 15 Clevedon Lions 16 Friends of Te Wairoa 19-20 Presbyterian Church 21 Club News 22-23 Community Notices 24 Local trades & businesses 2, 9, 12, 14, 17, 18

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Supporting and assisting Sign Up for our e-mail newsletter at the protection and use of www.friendsofhunuaranges.co.nz the unique Hunua Ranges Contact Us Ph: Mary 021614499 New supporters welcome! Pest Eradication – 1080

There will be an aerial application of 1080 in the Hunua

forest in late Winter /Spring depending on the weather. Kauri Dieback disease The last aerial drop of 1080 in the Hunua ranges was Did you know that kauri roots spread out well beyond the tree very successful in dramatically reducing the number of canopy, and form a network of roots which feed each other where there is a group of trees? The dieback disease is pest animals which do so much damage to the flora and fauna (especially the birds). 1080 only affects mammals spread by “spores” on the roots which can live for years - so it’s really important to avoid the roots and clean your gear, and we are fortunate that we have no native mammals especially boots, to stop spreading the disease. So far the (except bats which don’t eat the 1080 baits) so can use disease has not been detected in the Hunuas – let’s keep it 1080 for possums, rats, mice, stoats, weasels and ferrets that way, by observing the notices and closed tracks. (who killed the introduced kiwi last year). The amount of

And Clevdonites…….cleaning applies to the Scenic Reserve bait will be 2kg of cereal pellets (containing 1.5g per (aka Camp Sladdin) too!! kilogram of 1080) per hectare of forest, which is lower For info on track closures see also: than in 2015. You can read about the project and 1080 at www.regionalparks.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/hunuaranges https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/environment/what- we-do-to-help-environment/our-biodiversity- Kokako Restoration Project projects/Pages/hunua-project-1080-pest-management- .aspx It’s been hard going in the Hunuas for those valiant volunteers on the kokako project – cold, wet, wind, hail, mud Rats and Stoats

– and some sun! Interested? – more volunteers always Hope those who have bought traps are having some welcome – contact us! Rewards include the occasional success with dispatching those rats and stoats. You can sighting of the kokako, occasional chocolate biscuits and buy one from us (As used on the kokako project) – even cake! DOC200 trap ready to go in a sturdy wooden box. Only $110 complete ************************************************************************ Daffodil Day 31 August Cancer Society’s annual flagship event Daffodil Day – one of the most important fundraising and cancer awareness events – falls this year on Friday, 31 August New Zealand wide. Now in its 28th year, Daffodil Day raises awareness of cancer and is the biggest generator of funds for Cancer Society. The daffodil is one of the first flowers of the spring season and with its bright yellow bloom represents hope for the one in three New Zealanders affected by cancer each year. Over 500,000 daffodils will be sold by street collectors in an effort to fundraise & pin badges, potted daffodils and Daffodil Day bears will also be sold at major sponsor ANZ Bank to raise funds to support the work of the Cancer Society around care, research and services. The Cancer Society receives no government funding and relies solely on donations and sponsorships to fund $1million pa needed for cancer care services provided and research around cancer awareness. Donations received will go towards vital research into the causes and treatment of all types of cancer as well as providing a range of support services, information, health promotion and education programmes to reduce cancer risk, awareness campaigns and programmes for people affected by cancers. Daffodil Day symbolises hope for the 1 in 3 New Zealanders affected by cancer Daffodil Day would not be possible without the help of volunteer collectors, and local Co-ordinator Diane Myers still has a few positions to fill, so if you have a couple of hours to spare and are interested in helping, please contact Diane on Phone 021 2929029. Please support the activities in our local area – you’ll see Daffodil donation boxes in stores and cafes throughout August - those coin donations are really appreciated! Look out for Collectors with daffodils on Friday 31 August, at Clevedon Superette; Beachlands PostShop and Beachlands Countdown; on Saturday 1 September at Beachlands Countdown and on Sunday 2 September at Clevedon Farmers Market. Many thanks to local store owners and volunteers for your willingness to support this great cause. If you can’t get out on Daffodil Day, online donations can be made anytime via links on the website.

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IMPORTANT DATES

21 AUGUST, NZ National Party Public Meeting (Andrew Bayly in attendance) 7:30pm, Supper Room, Clevedon Hall

24 AUGUST, AGM Clevedon Community & Business Association Midday, Clevedon District Centre

REMINDER TO ORERE POINT RESIDENTS A reminder that the Clevedon Roundup delivery to each letterbox is now replaced by a drop off point, so that you may choose to get it as you shop. Drop off point is kindly offered by the Orere Point Store.

NB. At present there is already a stock of the Roundup available at Kawakawa Bay Motors and Kawakawa Bay Shop as well as in several spots in Clevedon. The Roundup is also available on the Clevedon website: www.clevedon.co.nz.

CLEVEDON PROTECTION SOCIETY

Agreement reached over quarry expansion - CPS looking ahead to the future

As you will have no doubt heard by now, a court assisted mediated agreement has been reached between Clevedon Protection Society (CPS), Auckland Council and Fulton Hogan. The agreement followed three days of mediation where both sides fought a David and Goliath battle to reach a compromised outcome. "Weighing up the risks and what had already been achieved through the mediation process, CPS agreed to settle at mediation rather than pursue further litigation through the Environment Court. The agreement reach between the parties contains some significant protections which will protect future generations. The adverse effects have also been significantly reduced through shorter operating hours and less trucks" says CPS. The agreement has now been sealed by the Environment Court and Fulton Hogan are currently undertaking a range of activities before they activate the consent. The consent itself includes some 141 conditions to address all of the concerns of CPS and the Clevedon community. Key conditions include: - Operating Hours: Load out activities between 7am and 6pm Monday to Friday, except on 60 nights per year where they can operate to 9pm. On Saturdays, load out activities can occur between 7am and 1pm. - Truck numbers: Maximum 900 per day on a rolling annual basis - Establishment of a Community Liaison Group (CLG) to monitor compliance and provide the community with a voice - The appointment of an independent consultant to oversee compliance and to report to Auckland Council and the CLG - Self imposed speed restrictions for quarry trucks on McNicol Rd and parts of Tourist Rd to reduce noise - Compulsory Cartage Contractors Rules with regard to driver behaviour together with an enforcement regime, including mobile speed cameras, for non compliance - Range of environment monitoring and protection measures - Staged restoration of the quarry to minimise visual effects and erosion The safety and roading upgrades required before truck number can increase is still being negotiated between Fulton Hogan and Auckland Transport. Work to determine the scope of this is currently underway, and work is expected to start within the next few months. These two parties are also discussing the long term maintenance of McNicol and Tourist Roads, and if agreement can't be reached, this matter will likely proceed to an Environment Court hearing. Neither Fulton Hogan or Auckland Transport want to bear the significant maintenance costs associated with the increased truck numbers and the damage this will cause to local road. In our view, there is a clear disconnect between the quarry provisions in the Auckland Unitary Plan, and the funding that AT receives for roading maintenance and upgrades. CPS will maintain a watching brief and provide updates back to the community as this matter unfolds. CPS has also again raised its concerns over the traffic safety risk that the Monument / Tourist Rd poses to both quarry trucks and other road users. We have written to Councillor Bill Cashmore and Local Board Member Angela Fulljames. Discussions between the Local Board and AT have since occurred and we are hoping that in the short term some temporary restrictions can be put in place to reduce this risk similar to what has been implemented on Whitford Rd. Ultimately there needs to be a long term solution applied to this intersection, but until this occurs, we want to do everything we can to prevent any more accidents resulting in serious injuries or loss of life. Going forward CPS will be representing the residents of Tourist and McNicol Road on the CLG. CPS is also looking forward at how it will maintain the momentum built up over the past 18 months. Fundamentally CPS wants to ensure the unique character of Clevedon is developed into a community we are all proud of. Clevedon is going to undergo significant development in the next 5-10 years and we are keen to work with those moving into our community to create something really special. Good design outcomes, infrastructure and community facilities are paramount to creating a vibrant rural community. We want to leave this community in good shape for the next generation. Over the coming months we will be communicating with our members and the wider community on our plans. We have some exciting initiatives already in the planning stage. And finally, we would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank all those people who have supported CPS over the past 18 months. Many thousands of voluntary hours have been put in by many people, and along with the very generous donations, which without we simply would have had no opportunity to achieve the outcome we managed to negotiated. We remain convinced that it was the right decision to appeal council decision over the quarry expansion, however this should not be a formula for the future. As a community we need to unite and engage with those people moving into Clevedon and co-design great outcomes. We cannot simply rely on council or our elected officials, its our community first and foremost and we should have a large say in how it is developed into one of the gems of our great city.

A few people in our community have been asking us about what changes are planned for Clevedon, unaware of the history of Plan Change 32. Some information appeared recently in the Pohutukawa Coast Times from Watercare and there is a publically notified consent application for a development at the end of the village on North Road as well as the water reservoir. The Clevedon Community & Business Association’s project ‘Clevedon Conversations’ also did some great communication and have put in a great deal of time into guiding positive outcomes. However, I thought it might be timely to summarise the process that the Plan Change undertook. There will be more development to occur over time (as defined in the plan) and we are now at the beginning of the implementation phase. The link for Notified Consents is: https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/have-your-say

Manukau City Council November 2005 – Planning study approved for Clevedon’s growth was approved in principle by the Environment & Urban Design Committee. June 2007 - 2008 – Ormiston Report commissioned to assess the wastewater issues in the village. June 2009 – Policy and Activities Committee approved the work for Clevedon Sustainable Development Plan. March 2010 – Community workshop No.1 was to showcase the opportunities and constraints within the study area and to prepare the potential framework for the Sustainable Development Plan. May 2010 – Council facilitated a targeted community workshop No.2 on potential growth options for the village. August 2010 – Community workshop No.3 to showcase the draft Sustainable Development Plan, the preferred growth option and a potential framework for the plan change. August 2010 – Clevedon Village Sustainable Plan approved by Council’s Policies and Activities committee and development of Plan Change begins. October 2010 – Plan change 32 - Clevedon Village notified.

Auckland Council (Manukau city council amalgamated with other Territorial Authorities) August 2011 – Hearings on submissions to plan change begins. October 2015 – Council’s decision on plan change is released. Three appeals lodged. December 2014 – All appeals resolved and plan change is fully operative. 2013 – Precinct for Clevedon village developed for the new Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan. Precinct based on the PC32 operative version. 2014 - 2016 – Hearing on submissions on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan. July 2016 – Recommendation of the Independent Hearing Panel is released. November 2016 – Auckland Unitary Plan is operative in part. No appeals lodged to the Clevedon precinct.

Other Local Board updates for Clevedon:  Amanda, Malcolm and myself spend a good half day with the Executive General Manager of Planning & Investment from Auckland Transport. We travelled around the area pointing out areas we want AT to focus on including the Tourist Rd/Monument Rd intersection, the yellow chevron signs and road surfaces. It was a good meeting and we are closely following up on changes and modifications.  Friends of Te Wairoa will continue to be funded by the board to help it gain community momentum. We need to take notice of the river, not just when it makes the news during floods.  Clevedon School received funding towards the Art Sculpture project in the last grant round. No other Clevedon applications were put forward for consideration.  Two Franklin Local Grant rounds open on 25 June and close on 3 August with decisions made on 25 September for projects under $2,000 under the Quick Round and another grant for larger projects over $2,000. For more information on grants go to the council website and search “Franklin Local Board Grants”  The board approved for the 2018/19 year support of $20,000 to Clevedon A&P Assoc and the cover of room hire of the District Centre for the Clevedon Community & Business Assoc. (Clevedon CBA).  The Rural Halls project where community manage the bookings, collection of fees and day to day running has now been joined by Kawakawa Bay. Halls at Beachlands, Maraetai, Orere and now Kawakawa Bay are run by community, with council support for larger maintenance. If you would like to get Clevedon included, please let the Clevedon CBA know.  The Hunua Trail project is currently being scoped in more detail and some research on infrastructure needs to support a tourism opportunity will be undertaken. The trail has the potential to be a national Heartland ride that connects into the national network of bike trails. The research will be useful to the business community and will be presented on completion to Clevedon to gain insights and identify opportunities for existing and new business opportunities. Bye for now, Angela

Clevedon Community & Business Association

AGM Friday 24th August 2018

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The Clevedon CBA is a voluntary committee of locals which:  Supports the community and its events and promotes local businesses,  Connects local groups and residents  Collaborates with stakeholders to guide Clevedon’s growth; and  Advocates for Clevedon to our local and central governments

Some of our projects over the last year include - River Ramble, with the Trails and Wairoa groups and interested local groups, - Wairoa Valley Business Directory, - the Clevedon Roundup, your community information newsletter - Clevedon Conversations, - submissions regarding the Quarry’s resource consent application and – the Santa Parade.

This position of Chairperson of the CCBA will be vacant from this AGM. This role is primarily to chair the CCBA monthly meetings, to think and act with the committee on a strategic level, and to represent the CCBA with the Wairoa Representatives Group, Franklin Local Board and other interested groups/committees. If you or someone you know loves Clevedon as we do, please contact [email protected] for further details

Annual membership will be set at the AGM - currently $120 for Business Members (includes free entry to the Wairoa Valley Business Directory and a listing on the www.clevedon.co.nz web site) and $20 for Community Members and Community Groups. See you there – 12pm, Friday 24th August, Clevedon District Centre (at the Clevedon Roundabout)

NEWS FROM CLEVEDON CONVERSATIONS: Masterplan: For over three years the Clevedon CBA’s Design and Planning subcommittee has run the Clevedon Conversations community engagement project. Clevedon Conversations sought to identify what 'great outcomes' the community would like to see as part of our village’s inevitable expansion, and influence landowners and decision makers to deliver those great outcomes. The group continues its work to produce a community-owned masterplan for Clevedon that captures these great outcomes together with best-practice planning and design advice from some of the country’s leading urban designers. The first iteration of this masterplan - The Clevedon Design Framework - will soon be made available for comment. 52 North Road: A resource consent application for the subdivision of the farmland opposite the Anglican Church has been publicly notified. We anticipate that a number of subdivision applications will seek densities higher than what is currently provided for by the rules of the Clevedon Precinct and will therefore test the integrity of the Auckland Unitary Plan. In this particular application, the developer is seeking to subdivide 52 North Road into 70 lots, the sizes of which vary from 261m2 to 6790m2 (both smaller and larger than the minimum 800m2 and maximum 2000m2 required for this area of the Clevedon Precinct), with an average lot size of 747m2 (less than the required 1000m2). Members of the Clevedon CBA have attended three community meetings coordinated by local residents, as well as a site walk-over with the developer, and we will be making a submission to this application. The submission will reference the Clevedon Conversations 'Report on Great Outcomes’ document, which summarises the community engagement project of 2015. It is interesting to note that during this consultation the community asked for “no architectural sameness or uniformity” and also “housing and accommodation for the aged", which the 52 North Road submission expressly seeks to provide. However, the community also expressed a desire for "housing to have a cohesive and/or rural style” and residents have queried how rural-style housing can be provided on sections of 300m2. To this end we have recently uploaded the Clevedon Village Design Guidelines onto the Clevedon.co.nz website. Prepared for Auckland Council as part of Plan Change 32 these currently have no statutory “teeth”, however they do provide a useful starting point for talking about what style of housing might be considered “rural” or appropriate for Clevedon Village. You can view them at https://www.clevedon.co.nz/clevedon-community-projects/clevedonconversations

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Another concern highlighted by the community is how existing infrastructure will cope with a dramatic rise in population. The number of new lots proposed for Clevedon Village is now well in excess of 1000 (the wastewater pipe proposed for Clevedon has capacity to serve a population of over 5000 residents); how congested will our roads become? where will children go to school? what provisions are being made for public transport? While these ‘cumulative effects’ cannot be solved by individual developers, it is important for the community to ask these questions of our Council.

Quarry update: You will have by now heard that consent has been granted to Fulton Hogan for the expansion of its quarrying operation on McNicol Road. This consent approval has with it a number of conditions that were agreed during a mediation process earlier this winter. Clevedon CBA actively participated in this mediation, alongside Clevedon Cares, as s274 parties to the appeal made by the Clevedon Protection Society. We are pleased to reach what we consider the best outcome for Clevedon, given that the expansion was an allowed activity and need not have been notified. We will continue our involvement in the process as a member of the Quarry Community Liaison Group which is to be set up by Fulton Hogan to monitor adherence to the conditions of consent, including truck movements, driver behaviour and stream health.

CHRISTMAS IN CLEVEDON Saturday 7th December Avoid the Christmas rush and get your float organised for the Parade Now! Other excitement planned too. More details next month!

LITTLE SNIPPETS

If you have an item of interest to Clevedon locals, please drop us a line at [email protected]

 Clevedon CBA are working hard on updating our website www.clevedon.co.nz and facebook page “Clevedon NZ”. We are going to need ongoing Snippets for those too, so if you have any upcoming events, news or information for locals or visitors, please email [email protected]

 ZEALANDIA Conducted visit, on 14 July, was very interesting & informative. It was available to all members of the public with prior registration.

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Early Clevedon families: the Wallis Family

The Wallis family were among the earliest settlers and are still strongly present in Clevedon, especially in the families of Jan Sanders and Virginia Alexander, and also in the landscape with a historic Wallis home next to the tennis courts in Monument Road now owned by Auckland Council.

After the Scottish pairing of McNicol and Hoye, we are back with an English family: that of Thomas Wallis with his first wife, Sarah (née Wallace), and his second, Eliza (née Young). Thomas Leddra Wallis was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1814. In 1839 his wife Sarah died giving birth to her second baby, William Wallace Wallis. In 1850 Thomas left his two children in the care of Sarah’s family and set sail for Auckland, where in 1852 he married Eliza Scott, a young widow aged only 21 with a little daughter. Born Eliza Young, she had arrived with her family in 1842 on the Jane Gifford, one of the two ships bringing settlers for the new capital. So, like the Thorps and Mary Hoye (née Cochrane), she was already well versed in life in New Zealand.

By the mid-1850s Thomas and Eliza were living in the Wairoa in the Monument Road area, where eight children were born. Thomas’s son William, aged 16, came from England to join them in 1856. His future wife Annie Paul, born in 1842 in Cornwall, happened to arrive with her family on the same boat as William, and they married in 1862, taking up land near the West Road intersection where they would also raise a large family of ten children.

In August 1855 Thomas Wallis was mentioned in Hampton Thorp’s diary: “Wallis came and bought tobacco.” Other entries touched on significant matters of early settler life: in October Thomas had come about the forming of the early roads, while on 25 September 1856 the difficulties of constructing first boundary fences, hedges and ditches was an issue. “I then went to see how Wallis was doing his ditch,” wrote Hampton. “It is only one foot from the posts; I told him it was too close to them. Joe Young said I had no right to interfere with Wallis’s end of the fence, that he would attend to it.” In October of the same year, an entry was about the constant problem of livestock straying across largely unfenced land: “the calf got away and we had a long hunt over to Wallis’s and back to the 30 acres where we caught it.” And in June 1857 Alfred Thorp’s diary noted: “Steele and Wallis went down to the mill to get some wheat ground.” This was a reference to Ngäti Päoa’s flourmill near Kawakawa Bay, run by Scottish miller William Clow.

Eliza and Thomas had some traumatic experiences. On 12 May 1861 her nine-month-old baby, John Scott Wallis, was the first burial in All Souls cemetery. In the 1863 war, during a hurried mid-September evacuation of women and children by bullock dray, Eliza went into labour and gave birth to her daughter Charlotte before they reached Papakura. The women and children had left with little more than the clothes they wore, and “the night was dark & wet & the roads so heavy,” recorded Rev. Lush, that they did not reach Papakura until morning. Within a fortnight the women would hear that their husbands had been in active fighting and that their homes had been plundered and damaged. Lush saw Eliza again on 26 September and was impressed with her resilience despite the pillaging of her home: “poor thing!” he wrote, “she was wonderfully cheerful…”

All was not over, however. Ngäti Whanaunga, Te Koheriki and Ngäti Maru persevered with further raids, the closest being by Te Koheriki on 13 October at the Henderson farm by Creighton’s Road. Elderly Job Hamlin and Eliza and Thomas’s young son Joseph were taking a dray-load of the Wallis family’s possessions to Papakura. (These were most likely from William and Annie’s home, given the location and also the pillaging of the other Wallis home.) Hamlin was killed and Joe left for dead. As Joe simply stated in the subsequent report: “I have no recollection of what happened to me … I heard Mr Hamlin screech.” Joshua Golding and the men from the Wairoa Redoubt nearby found the bodies. Although Joe Wallis’s life was saved by the surgeon at the Papakura military hospital, he would carry deep tomahawk scars on his face and skull for the rest of his life.

The Wallis family played active parts in civic, educational, sporting and All Souls church life. By the early 1870s, William Wallis was a trustee of the Wairoa Highway Board. He, as captain of the Wairoa Volunteers, and Thomas Hyde were the first trustees for the hall opened in 1873. With education coming more under provincial government, the Wairoa School became a public school in the same year, with a constituted school district. William and Thomas Wallis were both on the first committee, William as secretary. The new teacher to be appointed was 33-year-old Horatio Le Gallais, who would remain for 24 years (with one two-year break), marrying Thomas and Eliza’s daughter, another Eliza. She had been at one stage a teacher assistant.

The names Leddra and Wallis persisted through the generations. Thomas and Eliza’s youngest son Leddra Wallis was captain of the Franklin Mounted Rifles in the early 1900s and a longtime treasurer of the Wairoa South Public Hall. A tombstone at All Souls marks the 1894 grave of eleven-year-old Wallis Le Gallais; his brother Leddra died at Gallipoli – their sister Charlotte (Lottie) Le Gallais represents New Zealand’s nurses in Te Papa’s Gallipoli exhibition. Jan Sanders’ father Wallis Alexander, son of Bessie Wallis, was Works Overseer for Manukau City by 1969 when he died after 40 years of continuous service (with no sick leave taken). Wallis’s brother Len (Virginia Alexander’s father) wrote wartime letters home from the Pacific, full of love and care for his Wallis grandmother and aunts: Ella, a companion and help for the McNicols, Gladys (Shaw), whose son Doug was killed on Crete, Lily (Alexander) and Freda (Wilson). Freda’s home still stands, accessed by a bridge across the Taitaia Stream.

Jessie Munro

UPDATE FROM ANDREW BAYLY, National MP FOR HUNUA

Coffee, cake and conversation I’m always intrigued by the questions people ask me as their MP. Those raised at our recent afternoon tea in Clevedon show seniors in our electorate are very switched on about the issues affecting the country today. Discussion included topics as diverse as the regional fuel tax, transport changes, the economy, immigration, the Euthanasia Bill, border security, local road repairs, and the cost of double glazing. The afternoon tea was one of a series I hold regularly throughout the electorate. I’m always keen to hear the views and ideas of seniors – and it’s my chance to thank them for their input and contribution to their communities. The recent afternoon tea in Beachlands attracted more than 50 seniors and 30-plus turned out for the event at the Clevedon Bowling Club. They came from all over the eastern part of the electorate, including some from Kawakawa Bay, Orere Pt, Hunua and Ararimu. I enjoyed the chance to catch up with familiar faces - and some new ones - over coffee, scones and sausage rolls.

Authorised by Andrew Bayly, MP for Hunua, 7 Wesley Street, Pukekohe Media contact: Judith Tucker, 09 238 5976 - [email protected]

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Clevedon Valley Music Foundation Trust news Sunday Serenades continuing at St Andrews, Clevedon The Clevedon Valley Music Foundation Trust is delighted with yet another great success in the July concert, Two’s Company, which was so warmly and generously supported with a similarly wonderful audience that thoroughly enjoyed the excellent young performers. The next concert in the series is a celebration of the countryside under the title of Pastorale on August 19th with brilliant clarinetist, Donald Nicholls and featuring superb new regional talent, Rachel Xie on harp. Gina Sanders (soprano) and Kay Shacklock (piano) complete the lineup. Refreshments will again follow the 50-minute programme which starts at 1.40pm. Thanks again to St Andrews and the Franklin Local Board of the Auckland Council.

Excitement is growing for September 9th which will see the first major concert of the Trust, Music in the NEWS, with an international focus and over 65 musicians (nearly half of them local) making up the orchestra, choir and soloists from New Zealand and Europe and high quality Auckland talent. Due to a lack of suitable local venues, this concert will be held at St Benedicts church in Newton, Auckland at 2.30pm. The concert will feature stunning choral compositions of New Zealand’s excellent international award-winning composer, Chris Artley and the NZ premiere of an intensely powerful Stabat Mater by the highly talented Russian-born, German composer Vladimir Romanov, who is travelling from Germany to be at the southern hemisphere premiere of his work! Tickets available from the end of July at iTicket. For further information visit www.facebook.com/CVMFT or e-mail [email protected].

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52 North Road “Northbrook” Subdivision Resource Consent Application Submissions close 26th July 2018 52 North Road is a site opposite the Anglican Church, adjacent to Mark Williams Place and is the Northern end of the Clevedon Precinct. Following the notified application to develop it with 70 residential lots, we facilitated a meeting with the neighbouring residents, together with Clevedon Conversations. Similarly to the Quarry, this is an application which will probably be granted in some form or other and we met with a developer representative to walk over the site with several neighbours and gain a better understanding of the application. The site is zoned Clevedon residential B and the application is non-complying because it has some smaller sections and an overall average lot size smaller than that allowed under the Auckland Unitary Plan. Increased traffic, the roading layout and style of buildings are major issues, as they will be for all the future developments in the Village. Also of concern are the earthworks required and the level of flow of the adjacent Taitaia Stream. Clevedon Cares will be making a submission with the aim of achieving the best outcome possible for Clevedon. ******* Watercare Notified Resource Consent Application Submissions close 02 August 2018 This is the application for the installation of the new water supply and wastewater pipelines, an above ground water reservoir (300m²) and chlorine booster shed (36m²) and a vacuum sewer pump station (80m²) at Clevedon. See https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/have-your-say/have-your-say-notified-resource-consent/notified-resource- consent-applications-open- submissions/Pages/ResourceConsentApplication.aspx?itemId=223&applNum=LUC60313066 We have yet to consider this application! ******** Fulton Hogan Quarry Resource Consent Granted with many conditions, following mediation Clevedon Cares joined the Appeal brought by the Clevedon Protection Society as an interested “section 274” party and attended the 3 days of mediation. The Clevedon Cares lawyers had advised us of the risk of an Enviroment Court de novo Hearing, if agreement was not reached at mediation. This could have led to worse conditions than those imposed by the Council, given the rules in the Auckland Unitary Plan for Quarry Zones and that notification of expansion was not required. Hence, we worked towards the best compromise possible, especially on the truck operating hours and number of movements, and believe that was achieved. We look forward to a constructive relationship between the Clevedon Community and Fulton Hogan. ******** Grants and Advocacy Many grants are available for community projects from Council - look regularly to see if there is one for your project at: https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/grants-community-support-housing/grants/Pages/default.aspx We meet monthly with the Franklin (Wairoa) Local Board members and are happy to raise any local concerns you may have with them – roading always seems to be on the agenda!!. We are committed to preserving Clevedon and the environs as a unique rural settlement, not in a time warp, but by sympathetically blending the old and new. ******* Do you want to preserve the rural nature of Clevedon? Join us now! e-mail: [email protected] Ph: 292 8174

CLEVEDON PLUNKET GROUP Z GOOD IN THE HOOD

A big thanks to Z for their recent GOOD IN THE HOOD promotion. We were gifted over $1,000 which you will seeing going to good use with Car Seat Clinics and more First Aid courses coming soon.

Girls Night Out – Thursday 2nd August, 7.30 @ the Corner Bar

Come to our Girls Night Out, on your own or bring a friend or two, and have a well-deserved drink. All welcome!

Meals to families in need

We have new meals ready to go! If you are in need or you know a family in need please let Angela know on 0211290176 and we will deliver them to your door.

Find us on Facebook for regular info and updates : facebook.com/clevedonplunket

LOCAL TRADE & BUSINESS

CLEVEDON ANIMAL FARM

271Clevedon Kawakawa Road CLEVEDON

 Farm Experience  Childrens parites  Hand feed the animals  Farm Walks  Pony & Donkey Rides  Educational  Outside garden amphitheatre Phone Lynn 292-9231 or see website www.clevedonanimalfarm.co.nz

LOCAL TRADE & BUSINESS

July Update Friends of Te Wairoa want to help land owners in the catchment to protect and restore the waterways on their property. But they need to understand what YOU need from them.

If you own a property with a watercourse such as streams and wetlands, the Friends group would appreciate if you could help by answering the question below and email your answer (with your name) to [email protected]

The information collected will identify how Friends of Te Wairoa can offer support to landowners to improve their streams and work towards restoring the Wairoa catchment.

If Friends of Te Wairoa could help you with ONE thing to assist your efforts to protect and restore the waterways on your property what would it be?

1. Site visit from a riparian planting expert 2. Assistance with fencing 3. Assistance with plant supply 4. Assistance with weed control 5. Assistance with pest control 6. Other (please describe)

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Auckland Council’s Waterways Protection Fund Applications for financial assistance for activities such as waterway / wetland fencing and riparian planting can be made to Auckland Council's Waterway Protection Fund (WPF) between 1 August and 14 September 2018.

The WPF is available to landowners in the Papakura and Wairoa catchments that have a watercourse such as streams, wetlands and/or drains on their property. The fund is a 50:50 cost-sharing arrangement, with funding only provided to successful funding applications.

Eligible properties in the catchment have been sent a letter from Auckland Council, or for more information email [email protected]

Clevedon Scenic Reserve Tree Planting Thank you to everyone for attending our tree planting day on Saturday 30th June at the Clevedon Scenic Reserve. Over 30 people came and planted 700 plants in 45mins!! What an effort!

Friends of Te Wairoa hope to have more volunteer days organised soon.

The Church anyone can come to and all are welcome

HATCH – Community Dinners at Clevedon Presbyterian 5pm - 6.30 pm. Sunday 29 July; 05, 12, 19, 26 Aug

Everyone is most welcome to our free dinners. Casual and relaxed, suitable for people of all and any age. Bring your family, friends, children, or just bring yourself. We think getting together to share food and some company is a really good thing to do. But please let us know by Thursday if you are coming. Contact the office on 2928061 or email: [email protected]

CLUB NEWS

CLEVEDON ART GROUP Art at McNicol Homestead, previously Clevedon Family centre art group. Come along and enjoy like minded people interested in creating art works. All styles and abilities very welcome, including beginners. Free tuition is available, especially in drawing and acrylic painting skills. $3.00 entry Fee for Homestead but there is no charge for the group. Fridays 10 am to 12 noon. Contact Marian 027 296 3827

CLEVEDON TENNIS CLUB Contact: [email protected] cell phone: 022 081 9620 · CLEVEDON TENNIS CLUB COMING EVENTS - Clevedon Coast Oysters Tennis Tournament - Saturday 3 November !!! Registration opens on 1 September 2018 - Business House Tennis will start mid September - Coaching will commence end August - watch this space for Term 3 notices - Social Play continues Tuesday nights 7.00 pm and Ladies Friday 8.30 am - Visit website and Facebook page www.sporty.co.nz/clevedontennis/Home

HORSEMANSHIP - way more than riding We have been taking a winter break from our organised rides at Waitawa Regional Park and the Clevedon A & P Grounds. We expect to start up again in September or October, depending on weather and ground conditions. Some of our members have experieced flooding again during storms but all the horses and stock were safe. We had a social, non- horse catch over lunch in Clevedon. You can find more information on our events on our 'Clevedon Natural Horsemanship' facebook page. We welcome new members to the club, please see our website clevedonnatualhorsemanship.com for rules and more information. Our membership secretary, Joy McLeod, can be contacted on [email protected]

FIRESIDE BRIDGE CLUB CLEVEDON The friendly Clevedon Bridge Club is in full swing (or is that deal?). Bridge Club - Results for May Pairs. 1st Lyn Bell and Judy Fawdray 2nd Jean Jacobsen and Pauline Stimpson 3rd Helen McCormick and Charles Edgar The club meets every Wednesday from 10.15 to about 2.15 at All Souls Church Hall, Clevedon for friendly duplicate bridge, with usually 7 or more tables. BYO Lunch. Further information: Pauline Melles 2997433 / 027 6015457

CLEVEDON PONY CLUB: For events and schedules please see website www.clevedonponyclub.org.nz After a couple of disruptive seasons due to ground drainage issues at the Clevedon Showgrounds, the ground remedial works are on track and things are looking great for Clevedon Pony Club's upcoming season. The club is busy planning for a full and fun summer ahead, with plenty of variety on offer for its members. This season we're going to throw a few new activities into the mix, such as some lessons in 'working equitation' where riders must guide their horses through a series of obstacles and challenges. Last year's polo lesson was a hit with our riders, so we're hoping to do some of that again too. Plus we'll be doing all of our usual learning about all things horsey, and hopefully picking up the odd competition trophy here and there too. We are a fun, supportive club and we're keen to see some new faces this year - if you're aged between 5 and 25 and have a pony, come along to our open day on 24 August @ 4pm to see what our club is all about.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE The club seeks expressions of interest for the roles of treasurer and head coach. To find out more, please contact [email protected]. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING CLUB Fun aerobic exercise, great music, social dancing. Jig and reel your way to fitness. No partner or special clothes necessary, just soft soled shoes. Contact: Heather 267 6375, or Les and Shirley 299 6668, Glenis 2922 825

CLEVEDON BOWLING CLUB Bowls are on every Saturday morning starting at 9:30am, weather permitting. Premises can be made available to other organisations outside these times. New members most welcome, bowls supplied. All you need is flat soled shoes. Come and have a go! For further information please call John Kendall ph266 5664.

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CLEVEDON SENIOR EXERCISE AT MC NICOL HOMESTEAD Senior Exercise is a gentle exercise class run by Cath Neike (personal trainer) designed to keep you mobile and active without any stress or strain. It is held at McNicol Homestead at 9.15am every Thursday, $5 charge to cover costs. Ph 021-349-417

CLEVEDON THAI CHI Friday mornings 9-10:30am at Clevedon Bowling Club with Jack & Judy Zhang ph.2928717 All ages welcome – Gold coin donation Health benefits include: better balance & flexibility, alleviates stress. Reduces pain, anxiety & depression, lowers blood pressure & enhances immune system. Greater aerobic capacity & muscle strength.

CLEVEDON SCOUT GROUP Clevedon Scout Group now has 66 Scouts, Cubs and Keas with 12 on the waitlist. We have a pool of leaders to cover the sessions and many supportive parent helpers. The group enjoyed a winter camp staying at Wharekawa Marae, hiking at Waharau Regional Park, visiting Miranda Shorebirds Centre and Miranda Hot Springs. The Scouts also enjoyed a winter camp, still making the most of the outdoors. At our end of term 2 campfire our GL Meagan Lawton was farewelled after just over two years service. Our new Group Leader is Ken Parfoot, phone 027 218 4006 or same email: [email protected] South Auckland Choral Society proudly present their Winter Concert to cheer us all up!!

th Sunday 12 August at 2.30 pm Crossroads Methodist Church, Broadway, Papakura Conductor: Jonathan Dunlop Organist: Michael Bell

Soprano: Madison Nonoa Bass: Joel Amosa

Alto: Jessica Wells Tenor: Felipe Manu

Featuring the popular and very beautiful works of Antonio Vivaldi – “Gloria ” Joseph Haydn – “Nelson Mass” Plus – An Interlude - the trio - cello, clarinet, piano - playing Beethoven’s “Gassenhauer ” Tickets: Adults $30.00. Students $10. Available from Eventfinda, Hawkins Theatre, Life Pharmacy, Roselands Papakura or at the door – no EFTPOS Or Pat James: [email protected]

CLEVEDON VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE

CLEVEDON VOLUNTEER FIRE STATION: 292 8612 Brigade is on station Tuesday evenings from 7:00PM CFO Mike Kelly 021 747 123 and DCFO Bruce Jones 027 488 2803

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DIAL 111

COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE CLEVEDON COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICE Available Every Wednesday, 2pm to 4pm Manned by volunteers OFFICE HOURS, 11 am – 2 pm at Barfoot & Thompson Monday to Friday, except Public Holidays On a rostered basis - Gwen Bull, Phone 292 3060 Jan Sinclair and Lesley Eisig Crime Reporting Line, 571 2800, (Ph no’s below) or 09 2928 758 to report crimes, suspicious vehicles or suspicious persons. In case of EMERGENCY, Dial 111

Special Notices N.B. This is also YOUR area to use and advise of special notices you wish to be published , such as Births, Bereavements, Marriages, significant Wedding Anniversaries and Specials Birthdays.

Please send these in to: [email protected] by the nominated closing deadline (see page 4)

CLEVEDON LIBRARY HOURS

. Thursday mornings: 10:30am - 12:15pm Saturday mornings: 10:00am – 11:45am

Looking for a local Justice of the Peace?

Gwen Bull 292-8758 Cliff Deery 292 -2504 William Adams 292-2669

Lesley Eisig 2929 224 Rob Hurley 292-2263 Jan Sinclair 292-2599

APPRECIATION - WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU ! Many thanks to our helpers & supporters in the production and distribution of this publication: Richard and Michelle at Remax Clevedon, for the time donated to printing the Roundup Paul Morgan of Kiwi Print Ltd for the paper donated to print the Roundup Acorns of Clevedon, our drop off point (& pick-up for distribution), Kawakawa Bay and Orere Point Stores. Our many advertisers, our supportive Community And our many reliable and wonderful Volunteers providing their skills & valuable time.