November 10th 2014

Few places handy to Auckland draw visitors like Mangawhai and few things in Mangawhai draw people like the lure of animals when town meets country each Labour Weekend at the Mangawhai Beach School Agricultural & Gala Day.

 

 

Because it can’t give a “cast iron assurance” that defaulting ratepayers won’t have to pay penalties, the Mangawhai Residents and Ratepayers Association (MRRA) is urging its members to pay overdue rates by December 31.


 

 

Invariably after each issue of the The Focus we receive little comments on a variety of articles and it’s both interesting and reassuring to hear just what things interest our readers and the differing views people often hold on the same articles.
 

 

Mangawhai has a new space for yogis with the opening of Tara Retreat Yoga Studio.

Yoga Alliance accredited yoga teacher Glen Crofskey was stoked to finish his new studio on Tara Road recently.
 

 

Signs alerting drivers to the possibility that kiwi may be on a road at night are common throughout New Zealand along roads passing through or close to kiwi habitats. 

 

 

Info centre looking ahead, ASB grant for fairy tern trust Out on the Wildlife, Fairy tern makes stamp, All hands on deck!, Try the new track, Theatre for the whole family, Funds available for local projects, Library hall set for flower show, snippets and more.

News and views to share through this column? Contact Jo Roberts 4314 711; email jo.roberts@xtra.co.nz
 

 

In the last issue of the Mangawhai Focus, a letter to the editor from Christian Simon expressed surprise that the Mangawhai Community Wastewater Scheme would need further reticulation. In turn he asks if there is a law that compels those who can connect to a public scheme to do so.
 

 

Saturday November 15 is comedy night at the Tavern.

Stand-up comedian and freelance writer, Michelle A’Court, was the winner of Female Comedian of the Decade at the 2010 NZ Comedy Guild Awards. 
 

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Apple trees flourish throughout the hedge-rows along the side of the railway lines to New York from my son’s home in Southport .

“Look,” I said to Val who was trying to doze, “there’s apple trees all along this track.”
 

 

Northland MP Mike Sabin has joined Health Minister Jonathan Coleman in welcoming North-land’s decision to fund free doctor visits and pre-scriptions for under 13s.

From 1 July 2015 the Government is investing $90 million over three years to provide free doctor visits and prescriptions for all children aged under 13 years.
 

 

“A comprehensive programme of increased surveillance and tightened security resulted in the arrest and summary execution of 30 insurgents. This was entirely legal under the strict fundamentalist precepts of Worzel’s Law practised here."


 

 

The 2014 MBR Board Riders Ball went off with a bang recently with over 150 people dancing at the Mangawhai Surf Club till the early hours, all in the name of fundraising for the Club and Sustainable Coastlines.

 

 

Thanks to the generosity of the Mangawhai Club the local Scout group was recently able to attend the World Scout Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) which takes places every year on the third weekend of October.

 

 

A large sandbank in the Mangawhai Estuary ski lane has been removed by the dredge Spirit of Mangawhai alleviating what had become a dangerous marine hazard.

The dredge spent the last three months pumping sand from the estuary hazard and onto the distal spit.
 

 

Mangawhai Cadet Unit has reclaimed the top prize at the 2015 NZCC Nation-al Skills competition at Ohakea.


 

 

New faces at Cove Cafe, Speaking of fish…, Surf School ready for summer, A wanderer returns, New release for readers , Former pupil returns to school, Daniel’s got you covered, Businesses on the move, Hard to keep up with and much more....
 

 

Labour Day was instigated to celebrate the acceptance of the eight-hour working day. New Zealand workers were among the first in the world to claim this right when, in 1840, the carpenter Samuel Parnell won an eight-hour day in Wellington.

 

 

Thundercats are go!

And they’re coming to Mangawhai Saturday, November 22.

Thundercat racing is a high adrenalin, high ac-tion sport with explosive wave jumping and tight competitive surf racing in a tunnel hulled inflat-able boat.

 

 

Labour Day saw the official open-ing of the Tanekaha Waterfall track, a sister to the Tanekaha Forest track that opened a year or so ago.

Over 80 people of all ages chose to walk at least part of the route and attend the momentous occasion.