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Little victories for tiniest resident ’s new u by Andy Bryenton beginning When a small dam was built, apparently without building P3 consent, in a diminutive coastal stream near in 2014, there was confusion over who had final authority over the land, the water it blocked or the very stream bed itself. Normally, this debate between the that stream was, and is, a primary Council, the Department of food source for one of the most Conservation, Land and Information endangered creatures in the world; and the developers ironically, the namesake for Ric of a world-class golf course would Kayne’s masterpiece golf course have been minor news. However, itself. Tara-iti, the fairy tern.

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p Mangawhai Heads, site of the town’s shopping and cuisine precinct, Wood St; in line for an urbanised upgrade T, WORK Waka Kotahi, the New Zealand accommodate the influx of visitors EA , P Transport Agency, has awarded funds to wanting to access the Wood Street Y, LA the Kaipara District Council for the next shops and has led to people parking U Y stage in their Wood Street revitalisation anywhere they can fit, often at the B project. Last summer, trials were expense of pedestrian safety.” conducted into what to change to make The council has been collaborating the space better. with the Mangawhai Business The funds are part of the Innovating Association and community, testing Streets programme layout and design to and pilot fund, which create a more people- supports councils to Mangawhai friendly Wood Street. deliver more vibrant “ Mangawhai Programme and people-friendly Heads Delivery manager Tim public spaces by Manning says the employing ‘tactical township Innovative Streets urbanism’; modifying funding for Wood Street existing spaces to has seen is a big win for the THANK YOU better fit community unprecedented revitalisation project. FOR CHOOSING LOCAL needs. The grant “The Wood Street will fund 90 per growth over summer trial and cent of an interim collaboration with treatment, which will the past the community was inform a permanent incredibly effective for future upgrade in 20 years laying the groundwork Matt King Wood Street. ” for an extensively tested Northland MP “Mangawhai Heads township permanent change. We’re excited to has seen unprecedented growth be given the opportunity to continue Meet Matt your local MP over the past 20 years,” said co-designing with the Mangawhai I’m here to help you council sources commenting on this community to further finetune a funding disbursement. permanent solution,” says Tim. I’m here to represent you in the “The huge influx of summer holiday Further design workshops with the electorate and in Parliament. visitors means that during peak periods, community will be held during the next Please phone my office to make Wood Street shops see bumper to two months. Dates and details will be an appointment. bumper traffic and heavy congestion. found at mangawhaicommunityplan. The current parking facilities fail to co.nz/projects/transport. 09 407 7219 @ [email protected] fb.com/mattkingmp THANK YOU Authorised by Matt King, Parliament Buildings, Wellington. FOR CHOOSING LOCAL THE WEEKEND LIFESTYLER July 3 - 2020 3 Tinopai’s new beginning u by Ann van Engelen A new school logo has been created by Tinopai School students with the help of artist and art teacher Erana Fenton as part of their classroom studies. “The concept was developed as a way on it. Each student also created a to modernise the school and represent very colourful panel encompassing a the values we have today,” says Erana. Maori theme. These are placed at the “We had considered our options for entrance and gives the children a sense a few years and decided to get the of pride seeing their artwork displayed children to design it. They came up with in prominent positions. ideas from what they appreciate around “The logo depicts the seed as our p The students artwork is placed at the school entranceway beside the gateway that was unveiled Tinopai in nature.” foci, symbolic of each of our students, during Matariki celebrations in 2018 The students created a draft with and our intent to support their education their symbols which were developed pathway with the tools they need to into the final artwork. The previous logo flourish in their life journey. was designed by local family member “The bright vivid colours reflect our Abraham Paul and included a fish school as well and serve as a reminder and tiki. to us in our role as kaitiaki of our “Abe’s design was very nice. The taonga in Kaipara — ahakoa he iti — children did really well coming up no matter how small — and all of its with new ideas including kauri trees, natural resources. oysters and Pokopoko the taniwha of “The rising of the sun encourages Kaipara. It is all part of the artistic learning aspirations for each day. elements, forms, shapes, colour and “The pohutukawa, with its striking style. The key kaupapa acknowledges red flowers, transcending boundaries, the iwi Te Uri o Hau and embraces the all the while, its roots remaining school’s core curriculum subjects — our steadfast while it grows along the ‘Tinopai’ environment. coastline in Tinopai. The arteries of the “We started with a new gateway being Arapaoa connecting with the Northern unveiled two years ago at a school Wairoa rivers to the entrance of the Matariki celebration. It has birds and , and the expansive nature themes also relating to Tinopai ocean beyond.” p Students at Tinopai School Zoey Williams, Nicole Devlyn and Noah Geange with the new school logo which symbolises the natural aspects of the area

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p The blue water of the Mangawhai Harbour is the result of the efforts of the Mangawhai Harbour p The summer of ‘69 — out at the heads at the surf carnival a moment captured in time by Restoration Society’s efforts to reopen the original inlet back between 1991 and 1996 the camera photo — Amy Franks Ripples in time’s tides u by Liz Clark Everyone has memories of their days on Mangawhai’s tranquil harbour, finding a black and white image from a surf carnival resulted in a series of intriguing conversations from past and p Volunteers leaving the Mangawhai Sandspit Wildlife Refuge in the Fairy Tern Trust boat Audrey present residents. named after its founding patron, Audrey Williams photo — NZ Fairy Tern Trust

That image we just mentioned In 1991, after the original inlet captures activities after the official became silted up — locals took action. opening of the new Mangawhai Surf Life Without the tides to flush it out, the Saving Club in 1969. Former resident harbour, in the words of Mangawhai Mark ‘Thommo’ Harbour Restoration Thompson a son of the Society’s spokesperson club’s first president Dad was Jerry Pilmer “starting Derek Thompson says “ turning red from run- “it all started in an furiously off from the farms and orange corrugated developments — it iron shed with a reel”. working to smelt terrible.” Mark and his family raise money In what was called the lived at Mangawhai Big Dig, an army of locals Heads surrounded by for the club, and 30 diggers set to ham radio aerials and work to clear the silted up p Mangawhai Surf Life Saving Club was officially opened in 1969 — its first president was Derek Thompson photo — NZ Fairy Tern Trust a sea view. He says and it drove entrance despite being at his father lived and odds with the authorities. of spinifex and pingao plants. Working has been in placphoto — Amy Franksshown breathed fundraising mum nuts! All attempts to clear the to save one of the world’s rarest sea a marked improvement with no loss of for the future club. ” entrance failed — that birds is the New Zealand Fairy Tern birds or chicks — quite a record,” says “Dad was furiously working to year the Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Trust. It began in 1993 as an umbrella convenor Heather Rogan. raise money for the club, and it drove Society formed. The harbour entrance organisation to support the work of local “Last year was disastrous, no mum nuts!” was later reopened in 1996 and a small volunteers, education for school pupils chicks resulted — it left us all feeling Now 70, Mark tells us he’s still out nursery established. and the general public at events to very down. This year, seven chicks surfing after getting the bug back the Since then, the society’s work has ensure the endangered bird’s survival. resulted, five were fledged on the summer of 1962 when he saw his been ongoing with restoring the sand “We get funding and run predator east coast — big excitement after last first surfer. spit by dredging and planting thousands trapping programmes. Since trapping year’s disappointment.”

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ALLANPlumbing & Gas Your local Mangawhai Plumber, servicing the Kaipara region 022 394 2492 [email protected] / www.allanpgs.co.nz THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING LOCAL THE WEEKEND LIFESTYLER July 3 - 2020 5 … continued from front page Little victories for tiniest resident It’s a bird that has battled on despite Fairy Tern Trust members contended suffering all the knocks colonisation that the dam was putting birds at risk, and invasive pests could throw at it. or at the very least robbing them of With a population hovering around a chance to build their numbers and just 40 individuals, the fairy tern nests spread their habitat. on windblown sand. It never had the A prolonged legal argument followed, need to make nests in pre-human times, resolved only two weeks ago, when when New Zealand was a ‘birdland’ the dam was torn down and a small without egg-devouring bridge planned in its mammals. The tiny black Only five place. Meanwhile, there and white terns gamely has been other positive strafe and harry anyone places in the news for the Fairy Tern, who comes close to their after a very good 2019– breeding sites, but it’s world where 2020 breeding season all too easy to miss their saw no less than seven perfectly camouflaged breeding babies leave the nest p Photos of this rarest of birds were kindly provided by the Fairy Tern Trust, and captured by Darren eggs and chicks against successfully. DOC’s Markin at Mangawhai the sand. pairs can biodiversity ranger, In 1991, DOC began reporting to the Shorebird a recovery project, right nest Trust, said of this year: on the brink of losing these shorebirds “The settled weather during the forever. Things kicked into high gear season resulted in fewer nest losses in 2008 when the Fairy Tern Trust than last season and overall the (a group of locals, ornithologists, birds finished laying earlier. The major environmentalists and caring volunteers) challenges this year have been the loss initiated a massive, ongoing campaign of at least one of the parents of two of education and advocacy. chicks at Te Arai, and the subsequent There are only five places in the loss of one of those chicks; the loss world where breeding pairs can nest; of a fertile egg to a rat at Waipu, and Waipu sandspit, Mangawhai sandspit, the desertion of a chick by its parents Pakiri River mouth, and the isolated halfway through the dependency period Papakanui sandspit. When fairy terns at Mangawhai.” were discovered nesting at the mouth So, for another year, the Mangawhai of the Te Arai stream, it was great news coast’s smallest residents fight on. p The fairy tern, tara-iti, is one of the rarest for the survival of the species. That’s With growing human awareness of their birds on earth, and small victories such as p Camouflage is still the only defence for Fairy the removal of a dam and a strong breeding why the dam was so contentious. By struggle and the determination of those Tern eggs, which blend into the shells and season make all the difference to its survival blocking fish spawning migration paths, who speak up for them. sand but make a meal for predators captured by Darren Markin

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p The detailed artworks, sculptures, carvings and glassworks are all pieces Marijke and Robert have created

“We enjoy a challenge and believe art that was done in stages, including the should be something you can walk on, foundations, plastering that is thick eat off, look through and generally live enough to carve and the painting. We p Marijke Valkenburg and Robert ter Veer’s attention to detail has seen their vision come to fruition in, not just something hanging on a wall. recently added interesting tables and at Eutopia cafe “We also built our own house, which more sculptures. is very different from Eutopia. It has “We finalised some glasswork 240 metres of mosaics and a whole and our beautiful entrance wall. The Kaiwaka’s curved roof with a 10-metre tower. experience has been an exciting We enjoy experimental, innovative exercise that continues. Eutopia experience building and prefer natural walls with “We did everything ourselves and are no straight lines.” extremely proud of our work. u by Ann van Engelen They have given the cafe a New “The cafe caters for all types Marijke Valkenburg and Robert ter Veer have seen their vision Zealand feel, incorporating native flora, of customers, including vegan, fauna and wildlife. gluten-free and organic free-range come to fruition with their artistic revamp of Eutopia cafe, which “We have incorporated beautiful whenever possible. began in April 2014. sculptures and art pieces that we “We are designing a funky covered The couple bought Kaiwaka’s iconic “We wanted to build something have made ourselves. The steelwork, area to host bands out the back with cafe to rejuvenate the unusual building, Kaiwaka can be proud of and attract joinery and stonework were completed a movable stage and are applying for with all work being done by hand. visitors to the town. Due to the labour- by Robert, and I did the mosaics, glass a liquor licence ready for this summer. Officially opening for business last intensive nature of the work, unexpected and ceramic sculptures. Heading into winter, we have revamped year — what they thought would take complications and our attention to “The decor is mixed media, and the the menu to reflect the season. We love 18 months has taken six years. detail, it took a lot longer,” says Marijke. idea celebrates New Zealand’s natural having a place for locals to enjoy, and heritage. There is a lot of unseen detail travellers to stop in.” CC Pest Control Mangawhai Your local Drainage Specialists Domestic Drainage

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Progress is undeniably here, and and cribs, tall grass and summer what this means for the local real holidays, he was talking about Takapuna estate market can be glimpsed through Beach. That was in the 1960s. Then the ‘crystal ball’ afforded by our came the suburbs, the shops and southern neighbours. eventually the Sentinel. They say there’ll Despite the road bumps of the global be 140,000 folks using Takapuna financial crisis in 2008 and Covid this Beach as their back yard by 2040. year, the old adage about ‘them not Of course, this made those in search making any more land’ still holds true, of proper Kiwi summers and solitude except perhaps from off the coast of look north. Whangaparaoa went from Hawaii’s big island, where the volcanoes a place for summer scout camps to p How we plan our community’s development today will dictate the character of our townships pump lava into the sea to make new hot property. Orewa from a sleepy real estate daily. seaside town to the ‘Florida North miles from civilisation. Now, there’s no how far will we go to accommodate For those who don’t wish to try of the Bridge’ we see today, with its place more civilised when it comes to the inevitable. Locals here will want to landscaping red hot scoria, however, massive elder-care infrastructure and artisanal cuisine, excellent espresso keep the character of their town, and options are much peachier on the east high-rise apartments. Cue another piece and la dolce vita. not become a ‘little Takapuna’ at any coast north of Auckland. Arguably, it has of local literature; Tessa Duder’s 1982 Look south, then, and you look back cost. With that in mind, it’s important ever been this way. Night Race to Kawau. The sailors on in time, and forward to the future. we all have our say on how Mangawhai Remember the Ian Mune classic, End that voyage would not have seen the Progress, in the manifestation of the and the Kaipara develop, to ensure we of the Golden Weather? When Bruce Matakana, Leigh, Sandspit and Omaha ever-advancing new motorway, is just all get a share of the prosperity that Mason first wrote the script about shore lit up like Mission Bay. When over the hill. The question is, how will progress will bring, without sacrificing fictional Te Parenga, land of tiny baches they struck trouble in a gale, they were we, as Kaipara citizens, adapt, and our lifestyle.

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p Work space and social space together — Kindred is useful not just for free enterprise, but also as a meeting place and a crucible for fresh ideas. Relaxed minds are more productive! Balancing life and work on the coast u by Andy Bryenton These days, the all-important work-life balance is much discussed, by everyone from psychologists to economists. A town like Mangawhai provides the perfect incubator for experiments in balancing career, family and leisure. Here, the Kindred Co-Working Space is helping blend all three into a harmonious whole for people in different careers and stages of life and business. “For us, it’s less about balancing your living in Mangawhai presents challenges William Tonkin-Howe, a digital work and life, and more about enhancing for the entrepreneur. However, it also consultant with Hunter In The Woods, our time spent at work and how that fosters solutions. is one of the aforementioned. Flexibility fits into our lives,” says Kindred co- “While a small and the power to work founder Siobhan. community offers on his own terms are “In many professions, your work can so many benefits Working part of his success. (and should) be an enjoyable extension for a relaxed way of “ “Working remotely, of your life and should enrich it, not living, it does have its remotely, especially in something you need to try to switch challenges when it Mangawhai, provides a off from. comes to building and especially in great lifestyle balance,” “We focus on providing a vibrant developing a business. he says. “However, culture and fostering an inspired Being in a city obviously Mangawhai, when you work from community so that our members provides a wider range provides a home, it’s easy to actually enjoy coming to the office and of opportunities to get caught up in the get energy from others working around connect with others, great lifestyle monotony of work, them. Of course, making the decision to so this is what we sleep and kids all live in Mangawhai makes all of this a lot wanted to provide when balance under one roof. more accessible. It helps when surfing we created Kindred. ” “Kindred is a great in your lunch break is a reality and not We want to create a place that space to work from. It breaks up the a dream!” fosters collaboration, connection and routine, gets me out of the house, Siobhan’s colleague and fellow community with like-minded business and the social aspect of a place is a Kindred founder Misty agrees that owners and entrepreneurs.” big bonus.” THE WEEKEND LIFESTYLER July 3 - 2020 11

p Former corporate lawyer Siobhan Reid has come to embrace the many benefits of living coastal; p Misty Sansom’s background in marketing and online enterprise lent itself perfectly to developing a now she’s helping others rearrange their work-life balance co-working space to benefit local entrepreneurs

Being able to work from Kindred has “meant that we can raise our kids in a beautiful place by the beach”

Both Kindred co-founders say that among their compatriots which lend collaborations, opportunities, and Chief Tactician of Tactic.ly the great thing about having a place themselves to this approach. connections and a chance to meet new agrees wholeheartedly. in Mangawhai is that it brings together “Some of our members were people. It’s a warm and friendly space “Kindred is an inspiring place to people who enjoy that true balance of commuting to Auckland, but shifted to be in, and I can bike to work!” work, there is a strong community of relaxed seaside living while still working to remote working through lockdown,” That’s not the only positive outcome like-minded driven professionals to on interesting and exciting projects. It’s says Misty. experienced by the folks who are using banter ideas with. created a fun and vibrant culture that “That experience was the catalyst to the co-working space to balance leisure “Likewise, someone is always up for you wouldn’t see in a bigger city. dropping the commute, something which and lucrative business. a midday surf or a bike ride, reminding “No doubt also being an entrepreneur before then had been only an idea. “There’s also the benefit of referrals,” you work is a byproduct of life and not in a small town can be lonely,” Others had previously set themselves says Siobhan. the point of life.” says Siobhan. up to work from home, but found the “We have many members who work Misty and Siobhan are pleased to “A big advantage of co-working reality isn’t always as great as the idea, in complementary industries, and when have dropped the commute and found is being surrounded by people who and have struggled with distractions in a client needs work done, the obvious balance in their work and home lives. understand the challenges and the background.” suggestions are others working from They’re even happier when they are able obstacles you face as a start-up or One such is Toby Evans, co-founder within our space. We also think it is to introduce this concept to others. entrepreneur and who can provide of innovative tech company Tankful as only a matter of time before some of “We’ve found that when people support and a helpful perspective or well as its senior developer. our members collaborate on an exciting shift from commuting to working in experience when needed.” “Being able to work from Kindred new project — there’re so many exciting Mangawhai full-time, they really get to The Kindred team’s initial experience has meant that we can raise our kids conversations and ideas floating around become part of the community. Their with the co-working concept came from in a beautiful place by the beach,” he the office. pace of life changes and they really their roles juggling work and family, but says. “We still have access to a space Hayden Judd, another Kindred settle into the small beach town vibe there’s a spectrum of other situations that offers interesting conversations, denizen and Principal, Founder of Mangawhai.” 12 July 3 - 2020 THE WEEKEND LIFESTYLER HOME & GARDEN The Kiwi-made garden solution u by Andy Bryenton Getting rid of green waste used to be a task that nobody wanted; either a smoky and inconvenient burn or a trip to the dump, there to pay for the privilege of having nature take care of the business of decomposition. For those with big gardens, or worse, those with big trees to dispose of, the thought was enough to make indoor chores look appealing, even cleaning the shower grout. Innovation comes from such crises. 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FOR LEASE SITUATIONS VACANT OFFICE SPACE Want to make a difference? At Property Brokers we’re committed to the provinces. We believe rural New Zealand is the cement that holds us together and are passionate about keeping these AVAILABLE communities thriving. With our strategic partnership with Farmlands Co-operative we have a vacancy in Dargaville-Helensville and Whangarei for people truly committed Dargaville office space to rent. to servicing Client and Shareholder Rural and Lifestyle property requirements. WiFi, controlled entry, kitchen facilities lf you are ready to make a difference in your career please send your CV to [email protected] and reception services included.

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