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October 2018 Leigh Rag is supported by the Leigh Community and compiled and edited by Tony Enderby, 19 Albert St, Leigh, Ph 422 6127. Please submit contributions before the 15th of each month. Leave copy in the box at the Leigh General Store or email to [email protected] Please Note: The Editor of the RAG does not take any responsibility for the contents of items supplied. Newsletter for Leigh, Matheson Bay, Whangateau, Pakiri Sponsored by Leigh & Districts Ex Services and Community Club, Leigh Fisheries and the Leigh General Store View the Leigh Rag online www.leighbythesea.co.nz/news-events We welcome you to come and share your thoughts on the future of Leigh School. Thursday 25 October 5.30-7pm at Leigh School Food, drinks and childcare provided Editorial It’s good to see Auckland Transport, with a bit of a push from our local board members, attempting to improve local bus services. There are now buses from Warkworth to Wellsford, Snells Beach, Omaha and Point Wells. The bus which did run to Whangateau has been discontinued. From the support on the Love Leigh facebook site there is a good case for a bus and this is supported by our Local Board Member Beth Houlbrooke. Attempts to extend the service that went to Whangateau were ignored by Auckland Transport when it was established, so we need to get the message through this time if we want to get a bus service to Leigh. The support on facebook has been noted and we need further support for a petition which will be set up. If we had a bus service I would use it. Why not get the bus from home and have a day in the city and a ride on Auckland’s ferries. There was a recent effort by Auckland Transport to get more people in this area onto their Hop Card service. They came to Warkworth and many people set up their card. There doesn’t seem to be any date set for another of these so those of us who are entitled to a Gold Hop Card need to travel to Albany to get one. As we are all paying a transport levy, we need to get something back for it. Having a bus service would be great, even just to get to the market at Matakana without the problem of parking. Let’s get out and push for a bus service as without a push, nothing will change and Leigh will be forgotten yet again. Given that around 200,000 visitors come to Goat Island each year, there is probably a case for a bus to continue on to there in the morning with a pick up later in the day. Let’s get this happening. Tony E The Knitting Truck yarn, needles, patterns, ready made knitwear and classes We primarily stock N.Z. Yarn and locally made products Open 10-4 Wednesday to Sunday Based at Charlies Gelato 17 Sharp Rd Matakana 021-194-5631 Leigh Community Club October! How did the year go by so fast? At the last club meeting the local bee man, Andres from Matheson Bay gave us all a very interesting talk about all things bees. Even better, he came loaded with honey which was rapidly snapped up. Bees swarm mostly from now to Christmas and Andres is the person to call if you see a swarm anywhere. Phone 0212899060. So called E Waste, that is old computers, printers, mobile phones, modems etc are a problem to get rid of, so it is good to know that Mike Francis is trying to get a collection together. He will then take it to Abilities in Glenfield for the items to be re-cycled and the Leigh School will get a donation given back. Win Win! See page 19 of this Leigh Rag or contact Mike for more details. The repair and upgrade of the waterfall walkway in Matheson Bay is nearing completion thanks to the hard work by a group of volunteers and the council has been putting up new signage around Leigh marking various reserves and walkways. All done in time for the summer influx of visitors. The next meeting will be on Sunday 4 November at 4pm. We are inviting some of the local recipients of the club grants to come to the meeting, so come along and meet them. See you soon. Lucy Harris Your Local Painter/Decorator with over 25 years experience Dr Gerald Turnbull serving all surrounding areas. REGISTERED CHIROPRACTOR Suite 1 1/1 Elizabeth St, Warkworth Leigh Decorators 021 0870 4718 Painting For your Free Quote and/or www.topchiropractic.co.nz Paperhanging Consultation, Roofs HOURS Phone Gary Airless Spraying Mon & Tue 9.30—2.30 Home: 09-422-6695 Stopping Thurs 2.00—6.00 Repaints Mobile: 021-024-44941 New Homes Email: Hours by Appointment [email protected] Walk-ins welcome during clinic hours Leigh Women’s Bowls Open A/C Triples Tuesday 6th Nov 9.30am Sponsored by Kellian Fishing & DialADigger $24 per team Tournament Convenor Ann Dewey 09 422 6560—021 982 678 GOOD SORTS This month’s GOOD SORT has been nominated by Wendy Brown who wrote…. “I would like to nominate Gideon Nolan for ‘Good Sort’ of the month. Since his arrival in Leigh, with his lovely wife Rawinia & beautiful daughter Hanalei, Gideon has helped me out with no hesitation on a number of occasions. Gideon is a cheerful, happy, kind, gentle man with an unassuming nature and is a wonderful asset to the Leigh community. His beautiful bass voice has also been most welcome in the Leigh Winter Choir. Thank you so much Gideon“ Shadze of Lace sizes 10-22 or made to measure Phone 09 425 0515 Note new address: 15 Elizabeth St, Warkworth Also ALTERATIONS - REPAIRS Hems, Zips, Dressmaking www.shadze.co.nz Leigh Community Preschool Don't forget to support Leigh Preschool at their annual Gala this Labour Sunday, 9am-2pm at the Leigh School field. Come along for some delicious food, quick fire raffles, rides, farmers market, silent auction and pre- loved treasures. There will be plenty of entertainment throughout the day for both young and old. George the Magician will be preforming from 10:30 to 11am, followed by Aysha on her ukulele from 9:45 – 11am, multi-instrumentalist Seven Zen from 11:15 to 12:30pm, and The Mangroves, a five-piece band covering new age indie/reggae in the afternoon. Invite your friends and family and enjoy a beautiful day out! Thank you to Richard Scott and the Leigh Bar for sponsoring Leigh Preschool on their October Quiz night. Lots of fun was had by all! Kate Shears Did You Know? You can renew your New Zealand driver’s licence on the third Thursday of each month at the Warkworth RSA. Take along your old licence or other ID. Phone 0800 822 422 for more information. AFTERSCHOOL Leigh Church Services THEATRE SKILLS All denominations and visitors are most Join in the fun at the welcome to join with us each Leigh Community Hall Sunday at 11 am EVERY TUESDAY from 16 Oct to 4 Dec There is also a prayer 3.15 - 5 pm meeting every Sunday at 10.30 am. Children 5 years upwards Church Hall welcome bookings please For more information contact Phone (09)4258054 Deniece by email: [email protected] All welcome Gardening then and now Springtime and an abundance of flowers in gardens and on roadsides is a reminder of peoples’ interests in gardening, a pastime enjoyed for a long time in this district. I have seen a photograph of the garden plots tended by Ngati Manuhiri iwi on Hauturu/Little Barrier. Charles Clarke had been busy in his flower garden in October 1918. He had sieved cow manure for the garden plots and then planted Gailliardia sunflowers, scabious, marigold, white mignonette, white mallows, 40 pansies, zinnias, portulacas, stocks, canditufts, cenauria impelia; and lobelia in a punga stump. He had had many visitors looking at his garden, and he likewise visited others and picked flowers for the church, for friends and for the captain of SS Kawau. His garden was colourful and no doubt brought memories of England. This gardening tradition continues. About eight years ago, many responded to Bobbe Free’s advertisement in the Leigh Rag for people interested in meeting regularly to discuss gardening in the Leigh environment. I’ve been interested in the roadside shrub commonly known as the pale-flowered kumarahou which has been flowering abundantly this year. Its botanical name is Pomaderris hamiltonii, and is found only on the poor clay soils in Warkworth to Leigh areas and at the tip of Coromandel. So it is quite special. Who was the person of the Hamilton name? The NZ Plant Conservation Network states it bears the name of W.S. Hamilton of Southland, a place far from the plant’s habitat. In this area it’s recognised as the name of a local man, W.M. (Max) Hamilton who H. Mabbett in his book “The Rock and the Sky” describes as “Rodney’s brightest boy.” He grew up on his parents’ dairy farm and orchard in Hamilton Road on the Mahurangi River. From 1936 until 1971 he contributed to plant research nationally and internationally and later became head of DSIR. And the evidence for the name being our man is in a letter written in 1955 by Lucy Moore, a local woman who was a botanist in the DSIR and gave the plant his name. Conversation with Lyn Wade and Maureen Young; https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies; www.nzpcn.org.nz COASTAL Repairs & Maintenance PAINTERS CAM Mob: 021 048 4117 Interior/Exterior or Mob: 027 237 8216 Leigh & Surrounding Areas Email: [email protected] Call David 021 156 3461 Specialising in Aluminium [email protected] & Wooden Joinery RULES FOR TEACHERS 1915 You will NOT marry during the term of your contract.