by Cimino | 26 May 2009 | Establishment trials
Corrected 13 April 2014 Six thousand, two hundred and forty trees measured. To be precise, some were not so much measured, as their death or absence noted. Even so, research technician Michael Bergin took more than 18 000 measurements, the cack-handed editor’s...
by Cimino | 21 May 2009 | Reviews
By appointment to the prime minister – Our best brain Mismatch: Why our world no longer fits our bodiesReview first published as Our Best Body in the Mahurangi Magazine, January 2007 Re-published to celebrate the appointment of Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, founding...
by Cimino | 13 May 2009 | Heritage vessels
Event Saturday 16 May 2009, 10.30am onward Wharf Street, Warkworth The fine forecast for Saturday is staggering good luck. Given the months of fine weather Warkworth enjoyed this summer, contrasting with the recent weeks of early winter cold and rain. But this luck...
by Cimino | 10 May 2009 | Foreshore access
Craig Davis is a rare breed of coastal engineer. One that is passionate about resisting the human instinct to armour the coastline with manmade structures. But if a seawall is needed, Mr Davis can be relied upon to design one that does not offend nature. Seawalls are...
by Dave Parker | 6 May 2009 | Heritage vessels
Event Saturday 16 May 2009, 11am onward Wharf Street, Warkworth The Jane Gifford Restoration Trust cordially invites everybody to the re-launch and homecoming celebration for the 101-year-old scow Jane Gifford. The trust plans a huge welcome-home celebration,...
by Cimino | 1 May 2009 | Heritage vessels
Event 11am to 2pm Wharf Street, Warkworth ‘We’re having the re-launching and homecoming celebrations for the Jane Gifford a fortnight on Saturday there.’ ‘Hang on Hugh, I’ll just pull over.’ ‘We’re wondering if the Friends would be prepared to mobilise its Mahurangi...
by Mark Kirby | 28 Apr 2009 | Heritage vessels
Must have been in the late 1960s I think. Lindsay and I found the punt ashore in Lagoon Bay. We took it back to Rodmersham where Lindsay’s father, Gladwyn Wynyard, recognised it as one that Fred Anderson had built for himself years before. He rang Mrs Anderson who...
by Cimino | 10 Apr 2009 | Local board
It was an unimaginable scenario in 2007, when the Labour-led government determined it was time to fix Auckland. That in 2009, a National-led government, and Act Party minister of local government, would be remedying royal commission recommendations deficient in...
by Cimino | 10 Apr 2009 | Regional governance
Worldwide, local government reform is notoriously unpopular. It invariably creates resentments that can linger for decades, and fails to deliver on promised cost savings. Consequently, experts such as Brian Dollery advocate amalgamating service delivery, leaving the...
by Cimino | 2 Apr 2009 | Mahurangi West Hall
The finishing touch to Colin Hawken’s fine new fence in front of the Mahurangi West Hall came in the form of a handsome new sign. Mahurangi West local Murray Davey, of Signpost, donating this and many others since the hall restoration began, provided the sign, and...
