kumeuCourier FREE monthly community magazine for Kumeu & districts BRING ON THE CAKE! A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY Pumpkin & kumara soup Trade tips and advice Rodney local board August events & updates funding for structure plan Circulation is 9000 print copies and 3371 opened and read email copies. Editorial contributions are free from cost. Advertising starts at $75 plus gst for a business card size. Contact Sarah Cartwright on 0212507324 or [email protected] kumeuCOURIER/ August 2014 Intro kumeuCourier Well we are nearly on the other side of winter and are edging closer to some decent weather. Although the rain Feature Stories and cold has been awful, there are still plenty of people keeping busy in our communities. Need to shake off the 3 Funding Plan Structure cobwebs? Why not take a friend to the Kumeu Gym & Indoor Sports Centre 4 Community notices on a Monday night and try the new 5 Artisans DMA Kickboxing class. If any local la- dies have considered joining Girl Guid- 6 NZ Police and NZFS ing as a leader, then there is no time 7 Property statistics like the present! Waimauku Guides are looking for a Brownie Leader as 8 In brief - updates well as a Pippin Leader. Have a browse 10 Building Consents at https://www.girlguidingnz.org.nz/ what-we-do/leaders for more informa- 11 Mower service time tion on joining as a leader and what is involved. It is also possible for a Dad 17 What is a blog? to join as a leader so step up for our 18 A little bit of history girls and help shape the women of the future. A big Happy Birthday to Ambi- 20 Area columnists ence Home & Gifts who is celebrating 22 Fence ‘vs’ boundary its 8th year in business this month. Be sure to pop into store to take advan- 24 Live stock market tage of some great Birthday Sale offers 25 The adventures of Percy and start stocking up for Christmas. Yes, Christmas. How time flies. 27 Winter has arrived 28 Harney teas 29 Winter soup Sarah, 30 Trade, tips & advice Editor. Questions and feedback: Sarah Cartwright P 021 250 7324 E [email protected] W kumeucourier.co.nz Print run is 9,000 copies through Treehouse Print Email database is managed by Sublime NZ Cover photo is supplied by Focus NZ photo library kumeuCourier as a result of approved densities and a gateway recognition needs to be iden- Funding For Structure determine need for associated infra- tified within the plan. 13. The proposed Plan structure for schools, reserves, sewerage new ‘Future Urban’ areas don’t have any and water reticulation. 5. Identify the basis for inclusion at present into full The Association has been concerned for main and secondary roading structure urban areas. The Unitary Plan process some time over the problems offunding to serve the residential growth in the is being used to convert ‘Future urban’ and the lack of a ‘Structure Plan’ for the District. 6.Resolve the needs of through areas into high density terrace or medi- Kumeu-Huapai area. The confirmation traffic created by the State Highway bi- um density housing without local con- by the Board that a ‘Structure Plan’ is secting the Township of Kumeu & Hua- sultation by Government approval (SHA at least 2 years away before it is started pai. Identify the traffic solutions, that Areas). 14. The ‘Special Housing areas’ is unacceptable. That timetable, if ad- not only provides for this traffic, but (SHA) have been approved by the Gov- hered to, isgoing to create problems in also enables the growth of Townships to ernment to fast track planning consents Huapai-Kumeu area as it precludes nor- serve the expanded District. 7. The need with little or no input from the Council mal planning considedration with what for a solution to the Rail & Bus Trans- or the community. The isolation of de- is occurring at present with S.H.A. areas. port needs for the District as both are sign and processing without a structure The Association believes, for the rea- currently substandard or non-existent. plan in place has resulted in wider infra- sons set out below, that the ‘Struc- 8. The recognition of the changing na- structure and design issues not being turePlan’ needs to urgently be ad- ture of Huapai-Kumeu from a farming/ considered by the community, and is vanced so that some of the key orcharding rural town centre serviced being left to outside agencies and de- elements are identified before de- by rail, to a rural town centre for lifestyle signers to solve. 15. The collective im- velopment proposals are approved. blocks and urbanisation serviced by pact as a result of all of the above will be The following are issues to be a new motorway system from central that there is no overall structure plan in addressed in a ‘Structure Plan’. Auckland. 9. The need for transforma- place in time for the formal Unitary Plan 1.Need for a definitive Structure Plan tion of the rural town centre to a dis- hearing in 2015. to cover projected growth areas in tinctive and new rural based shopping Kumeu-Huapai area. 2. Identification in complex that requires a future building Pete Sinton the Structure Plan of the different den- and streetscape layout concept. 10. Chairman sity needs for housing within the Pro- The Structure Plan must recognise the Kumeu-Huapai Resident & Ratepayers posed Urban Boundary identified under commercial/industrial potential for Association Inc the Unitary Plan proposed by the Auck- growth and the ability of roading and land Council. 3. Identify the timeframe other transport options to service and Ph. 09 412 2016 of growth areas within the RUB zone to enhance those areas. 11. The Structure Email [email protected] coincide with the approved and inden- Plan must take into account stormwater tified infrastructure to match growth. 4. flow paths and potential flooding areas. Estimation of population for the District 12. Town Centre image, streetscape and 4 in Wales and started training when I was 7 years old. When I was 10, I moved to NZ already having been selected to represent Great Britain as a Black belt in Taekwondo, several freestyle karate titles, a European title with 2 x interna- community tional cup titles. At 18, I made the step to full contact. I have fought for the NZ TITLE AND THE NORTH ISLAND K1 TITLE. I am eager to see what we can achieve notice board together and show the rest of the coun- try how it is done. Come on down and give my 1 hour classes a go – open to all Kumeu Arts Centre ey for charity. Their magical themed – Monday’s 5.30pm – 6.30pm and Satur- cake placed 2nd and raised over $2000 day afternoons 3.00pm to 4.00pm for their charity Koru Care. The winner Kumeu Arts Centre will be holding a of the cake auction on Trade me then combined Member’s Exhibition titled donated the cake to be enjoyed by all ‘Oceania’ from Friday the 1st August till at Ronald McDonald House. Paula and Saturday the 6th of September, pop in Jane also share their passion of cake and see how various artists have inter- decorating through teaching fantastic preted this theme using various media. hands on cake decorating classes for August also brings our ‘Open Mike’ Po- all abilities. View our facebook page or etry Evening, Friday the 22nd August website www.paulajanecakes.co.nz or 2014, 7pm - 10pm. Following the suc- . email us [email protected] for cess of last year’s event and to celebrate a friendly free consultation and let us National Poetry Day 2014, we will be turn your imagination into reality. holding this evening for all members launching soon in Kumeu of the community. Participants are en- BNI (Business Network International) couraged to come along, enjoy some New Zealand is about to launch in the refreshments, recite their own (or their Kumeu/Huapai region. This world lead- favourite poetry) and to listen to others’ er in business networking and word of works. This evening was a great suc- mouth marketing provides a structured cess in 2013 with many people sharing and supportive system of giving and their love of the written word. We had receiving business. It has been in New tears, laughter, goose bumps and even Zealand since 1999 with 122 groups a song during the evening. Entry = Gold around the country, some of which coin donation. For more info on classes generate close to $2 million in referral and workshops, check out our website business annually. Each week qualified www.kumeuartscentre.co.nz or email business professionals meet to estab- us at [email protected] or ph 09 lish a strong network of trustworthy 412 9480 businesses that can refer its members to others and vice versa. By establishing this formal relationship you have the Bring on the cake! opportunity to substantially increase DMA KICKBOXING – NOW AT your business. BNI Kumeu/Huapai held Paula Jane Cakes are a talented deco- a recent Visitors Day which attracted rating team based in Kumeu that de- KUMEU GYM over 30 businesses. They’ll be holding sign magnificent Wedding, Birthday another one in a few weeks’ time, where Hi I am Gary Sawyer and I am happy to and Celebration Cakes for special oc- Graham Southwell, National Director of announce I am coming to Kumeu Gym casions. The duo recently competed in BNI New Zealand, will speak on the val- & Indoor Sports Centre to run a new a live 8 hour cake decorating challenge ue of structured networking to business class called DMA Kickboxing.