by Dr Ronald Locker | 1 Jan 2021 | Part 5 A Maritime Community
Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi Ronald H Locker First published 2001. Published online 2014– This online edition is a work in progress… Contents Part 5 A maritime community Pages 139–144in printed edition Great lesser boatbuilders of the Mahurangi A number of...
by Cimino | 18 Dec 2020 | Democracy index, Election turnout, Term of office, Youth voting
Direct-democracy threat to free fair and frequent elections Four depravedly indifferent years of failed-fake-reality-show-host-led democracy in the United States is but the most recent demonstration of the race to the bottom that is populist politics. The line,...
by Cimino | 9 Dec 2020 | Meetings and celebrations, Te Muri Crossing
Reporting on not just the latest in a litany of Mahurangi actions Chart is not just the latest in a long line of Mahurangi actions. Nor is it the first initiative that might have regional significance, given that that distinction surely goes to the Mahurangi Regatta,...
by Cimino | 2 Dec 2020 | Te Muri Crossing
Wicked coastal-trail progress thanks to Sir Peter Sir Peter was reluctant, he said, to use the term wicked problem, lest it imply insolvability. He did allow that addressing climate was very difficult, otherwise it would already have been. Speaking at the Te Muri...
by Cimino | 19 Nov 2020 | Te Muri Crossing
Free regatta shuttlebus to Tu Ngutu Villa Until Scotts Landing locals came to the rescue in 2019, the free Mahurangi Regatta shuttlebus was driven by Mahurangi West locals. Such was the commitment of one of those sober drivers, Lex Marshall, he would kayak across the...
by Cimino | 9 Nov 2020 | Te Muri Crossing
Crossing splendidly preserves Te Muri sense of isolation Walk along Te Muri Beach on a sunny Sunday, and on up the gentle hillside to the saddle overlooking Wenderholm, and the contrast can be surreal. Outside of the summer school holidays, and when the tide slides...
by Cimino | 3 Nov 2020 | Climate disinformation, Te Muri Crossing, Term of office
Donald’s depraved indifference indiminishable at 100 000/day Ahead of itself, but by less than two months, the Mahurangi Magazine, 5 July, predicted: The depraved indifference of Donald Trump means that, come 5 September when New Zealanders begin flocking to...
by Kelsay Grovehills | 18 Oct 2020 | CHArt
schools art competition successfully piloted first with Snells Beach, now joined by Horizon, and Warkworth primary schools The Coastal Heritage Art Competition was launched in January of this year as a pilot programme, with the involvement of three primary schools in...
by CHArt artists | 18 Oct 2020 | CHArt
2020 Coastal Heritage Art Competition finalists from Horizon School, Snells Beach School, and Warkworth Primary School First Place: Ayla Reve, A seagull over the bay“A seagull in front of a golden sunset over the bay.” Age 10, Snells Beach School Second Place: Indiana...
