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Recently Riverhead has beenrediscovered, shunning its sleepybackwater mantle as it transformsonce more into a vibrant district

of Auckland’s hinterland. Hundreds ofyears ago, in a former life, it was a gatewayto the North. Maori traversed the land asthey travelled to and from theWaitemataharbour, well before early Europeanpioneers of the 19th century followed thispath, weary yet hopeful, as they headed totheir new life in as yet unseen land.Riverhead was a landing point and oftena place to rest a little, particularly at theestablishment known simply as theRiverhead, run by Thomas and ElizaDeacon. They offered food and accom-modation to weary travellers in what was

for many the last taste of civilised livingbefore they headed north to discover, withhorror the remoteness of their new landallotments and to begin the exhaustingwork of life in the backblocks. Today theRiverhead has been returned to its formerglory, the 150 year old building lovinglyrestored by owners Paula and StephenPepperel. Fine dining is back on the menuin the delightful restaurant and visitorsfrom Auckland can arrive by car, orchoose to leave their vehicles at home,once again crossing the harbour anddisembarking from a ferry boat docking atthe pier.The surrounding land was once consid-

ered prime industrial land. Enterprisingsettlers initially damned the creek to har-

ness power via a water wheel for a timbermill which processed logs from the sur-rounding forests. In 1856 a flour millowned by John Lamb and later even a bis-cuit factory was set up on the edge of theRangitopuni River, just along from thebridge near the Hall. Later still in 1900 theflour mill was replaced by a paper mill andfor 23 years provided much of Auckland’spaper needs.

I met up with well known local JimHall, whose family have lived in Riverhead

The riverhead back in 1926. Now that it is fully restored ownersStephen and Paula are also planning to build some mid-sizedmeeting rooms, an ‘old fashioned general store’, and eventually aboutique hotel with its own dock further down the road.

The Gumstore houses a fabulous display of old relics and is a greatplace to stop for a coffee. It is a popular stop for Jim Hall whosefamily have called Riverhead home for generations.

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since the late 19th century, to talk aboutthe good old days here. His maternalgrandparents Charlie Ellice and VioletLingard both worked at the paper milland the family names are linked to earlysettlement in the area. His great grandfa-ther, Charles Ellice was farm manager forClarks of Hobsonville, founders of thewell known pottery company. His pater-nal grandfather James Hall set up a tim-ber mill between Riverhead and Kumeuin the 1930s and Jim has spent most of hislife in the area.When harbour travel was overshad-

owed and road and rail became the trans-port of choice the scows were retired andRiverhead gradually reverted to being asmall country village, despite early news-paper reports which alluded to the hopeof riches other than gum being found inthe land nearby, as demonstrated in thisarticle from June 1868. Courtesy paperspast.

Kerosene, which comes from coal tar,shale oil or petroleum was hugely impor-tant at that time for burning lamps andwas certainly considered gold of a type. Iam not aware of any real gold being founddespite these early and optimistic signsand it was not until 50 years later theRiverhead really did strike gold, albeit ofa very different type.

1920 saw the appearance of earlytobacco pioneer Gerhard Husheer who

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had worked for tobacco companies inGermany and at the Dutch port city ofRotterdam. He travelled the world withhis work and had already established theAtlas Tobacco Company in South Africabefore he arrived in New Zealand in 1911.He firstly became associated with theNapier based New Zealand Tobacco Com-pany. Three years later the NationalTobacco Company was formed and River-head grown tobacco known as RiverheadGold, became a household word.

Surprisingly though this was not thefirst time tobacco had been grown inAuckland province. Nearly 50 years priorto this tobacco was being grown on farmsat both Papakura and Tuakau south of thefledgling city of Auckland.The old gum-fields of Riverhead proved fertile ground

for tobacco growing and Riverhead goldwas an immediate success, so much sothat after 12 months shareholders inHusheer’s new company were enjoying a12% dividend on their investment. Asmore local farmers looked to growingtobacco on contract the competitionheated up and for a few years three com-panies vied for the tobacco produced bygrowers from Brighams Creek, UpperHarbour and Te Atatu, as well as River-head. Sadly the boom did not last and sev-eral companies went in to liquidation.Husheer’s company survived though andeventually the leaf produced from the 200acres of tobacco fields in Riverhead wassent to the Napier factory where it waspackaged in 2oz round tins retailing at1/6d. Continued on page 4


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From page 3Jim’s uncle, Bill Waite who worked for

the New Zealand Tobacco Company tooka collection of photos around 1932 on siteat nearby Brighams Creek. It provides awonderful insight into how the plant wasgrown and just how many locals theindustry employed. Though the Riverheadarea proved successful for tobacco grow-ing Husheer was soon attracted to Nelsonwhere the tobacco industry was justbeginning to emerge and he relocated hisbusiness to there. Some local farmers weregiven the tobacco growing machinery andkept growing for awhile and the River-head Gold Brand continued for someyears, though the boom was over for thisparticular gold rush.For much of last century Riverhead

became known principally for its vast pineforest, planted from the 1920s over the oldgumfields. Both of Jim’s parents wereinvolved in this emerging industry thoughthe area saw little other development,

even as Auckland burst its seams on somany other fronts.Today though it is changing by the day,

but thankfully the community takes it’shistory seriously. Years ago when Paulaand Stephen Pepperell rescued the ‘River-head’ tavern from languishing in liquida-tion it was surely a sign of things to comefor the area. Today the old inn once againtakes pride of place, its history lovinglyrestored for all to see and it is easy to takeyourself back to those long ago days.Down the road in the township the

busy Gumstore cafe remembers the localgum-digging industry. The old store,which over the years served as a butcherand a post office as well as the generalstore, today has a fabulous display of oldfarm tools and household gear to beadmired over a good coffee and delicioushome cooking.Make sure you put Riverhead on your

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Hanging up the leaves to dry on the racks before placing in the drying rooms.


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Avery special event at Auckland’sGovernment House in Junecombined a celebration ofMatariki, the Māori New Year,

with a citizenship ceremony for twentyfive of our newest New Zealanders.Symbolising Matariki’s cluster of sevenstars, one family from each of sevencountries was chosen to take part.Included in the ceremony were Kumeuresidents Eugene and Anna Sokolovskiand their 11-year-old daughter Veronica.“We feel like we belong to this country sowe decided to be proper citizens,” Eugenetells me. “The ceremony was absolutelyamazing and the haka was spectacular.”

For the Sokolovski family, now so proudto call themselves Kiwis, it’s been a longjourney. Eugene was born in Moldova, anEast European country formerly part ofthe Soviet Union, travelling to Israel at 18in search of a better life. Pursuing his pas-sion for food there, Eugene studied tobecome a chef before being conscriptedinto the Israeli army and working as afood supplier. Extensive travel throughEurope was followed by a return to Israel,where Eugene met his future wife Anna.Then, when Veronica was just eightmonths old, the intrepid Sokolovskis setoff to see the world, arriving in NewZealand in 2003.

With the family having travelled widelyin the North Island for three years,Eugene found permanent work as a chefat Rothesay Bay’s British Isles Inn. It was agreat start. “The owner of the pub is a verykind German guy who helped us a lot to

get into New Zealand society,” saysEugene, “and everyone we met was veryfriendly.” Eugene later enjoyed working atStampede in Papakura before being headhunted to become Head Chef at TheAbbey Bar & Kitchen in Greenlane, wherehe stayed for almost four years, familiaris-ing himself with the hospitality industryand becoming Vice President of the Auck-land branch of the New Zealand Chef’sAssociation.

Most importantly, it was while workingthere that Eugene’s employer invited himto take part in Monteith’s popular WildFood Challenge, a competition wherechefs create a wild food dish using gamemeat or fish matched to one of Monteith’sbeers. This rang two big bells for Eugene,one being that he thrives on challenge, theother that he has always loved experi-menting with wild food to create new andexciting dishes.

Eugene is now celebrated as the chefwho, in addition to twice winning theWild Food Challenge runner-up title(2008, 2010) and the People’s Choice title(2011), is the only person to twice win thetitle itself (2009, 2013). To give you an ideaof what’s involved at this level of fine din-ing, his 2009 winner, titled Rudolph theRussian Red Beer, consisted of a lavender-crusted venison rack with a taro and greenbanana-filled apple, a redcurrants, goat’scheese and golden kumara soufflé andmaple poached Jerusalem artichokes,matched with a Monteith’s Celtic beer.The winning dish in 2013, matched withMonteith’s Pacific Pale Ale, was Black

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Eugene’s dream of having his own placebecame a reality when he and Annasigned the lease for a Kumeu restaurant in2010 and, after many long hours of refur-bishment, opened as Ribier Restaurant.

The key to Ribier’s cuisine, says Eugene,is keeping the menu fresh and interesting,serving only food of the highest quality

and providing wines that best comple-ment the food. He enjoys sourcing ingre-dients locally to create his mix ofEuropean and international dishes. Andthen there are the wild food menus.Always looking for new plants, Eugenegoes to the forest for berries, mushroomsand wild spinach, finds naturally sourcedherbs and seeks out the growers with thebest produce. Game is bought from thecertified supplier who offers the best qual-ity; pheasants come from Pukekohe, forexample, and razorback wild boar aresourced from a specialist Taupo breeder.As a chef Eugene loves coming up with

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From page 5new ideas and enjoys creating dishesusing whatever is available on the day.“People bring their own game and some-times they bring me snapper they’vecaught. I can cook it as long as they arethe only ones who eat it,” he explains. “Ihad one group who were very surprisedwhen we presented them with a snapperdessert!”The accounts and front-of-house tasks

rest squarely on Anna’s shoulders. “I’m achef’s wife,” she laughs, “so I do every-thing but the cooking.” Anna is impressedby Eugene’s ability to constantly come upwith fresh ideas and to choose comple-mentary wines with assurance, butEugene is engagingly modest. “Is it a tal-ent? Probably. But everybody has talent.That’s just one of mine.”Some customers return each week to

enjoy the variety of menus on offer,whether it’s a wild food degustationmenu, a Spanish night or a Mother’s Dayhigh tea. Live jazz piano and guitar musicprovide atmosphere and the chef is always

on hand to give diners personal attention.Regular diner Genelle Bailey describes theRibier Restaurant experience: “It’s fasci-nating to watch Eugene in the kitchen; hetackles everything with swift precisionblended with great passion and care.Every dish is respectfully and beautifullyserved, it’s like he pays homage to foodhe’s blessed to share. We love the way heworks with Chris from the Wine Circlenext door as they come up with wonderfulwines to try. Anna and the wait teamalways balance that personal and friendlytouch with a professional approach. Per-sonally, I think their slogan, ‘Ribier, nicefood, friendly service’ is a huge under-statement. It should be ‘delicious food,special people.’”It’s that personal touch that sets Eugene

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Managing the Moo Poo is no dirty businessof dairy farming background to call on,Neville began designing and buildingfarmmachinery for the local market whilerunning his service station on the HaurakiPlains. In 1983 he began manufacturingslurry tankers and the company was oneof the earliest to develop effluent disposaltechnology as well as planning, installingand managing individual systems. Theirproduct range includes irrigators, pon-toons, pumps, stirrers and filters and theyare recognised as fully accredited dairyeffluent system designers. Today sonAndrew is in charge and just as commit-ted to developing user friendly and envi-ronmentally sound designs which meettoday’s stringent standards. Their atten-tion to innovation and practicality in theirdesign process has seen the demand fortheir machinery spread to America, UK,Ireland, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, SouthAfrica and Australia.

Couple their expertise with that of KarlHogan of Agruline Ltd, a Kiwi companyspecialising in designing and installingwater reservoirs and pond liners. He isalso part owner and project manager ofparent company Agru New Zealand, awell-known Austrian company and worldleader in plastic technology and engi-neering including electro-fusion or buttwelding. Of particular advantage is thefact that their HDPE pond liners aretough enough to use on any site whileensuring that the contents – be it yourvaluable water supply or the shed efflu-ent – is not going to leak out. Joins arecompletely sealed via double welding andpressure tested during installation, whichis carried out by qualified welding techni-cians to international standards, furtherensuring leakage is avoided and enablingeffective storage. The brand was firstbrought to New Zealand in 2004by Reiner Gruen who established

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From page 7AGRU New Zealand from his home atKawakawa Bay. The front lawn and gar-den sheds were soon overrun with stockand rapid market acceptance dictatedthat the company find larger more centralpremises. They moved to their currentlocation in Papakura and here customers

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improvement among the current offeringsfor safe farm utility vehicles. The processhas taken two years and extensive tri-alling, culminating in its official unveilingat the recent Mystery Creek Fieldays.Interest there was high and productionhas now begun in earnest as sales pick up.Gerrard reckons that more than 50% ofthe people he chatted to at Fieldays hadcome off their quad bikes in some form ofaccident yet there is a perception that aquad must be safer than a three wheeler.Certainly that is true of those trikesaround about 30 years ago, however thesenew bikes are something quite different.A question we all had was how far you

could go between charges, envisaging aflat battery in some far flung corner of thefarm. There is, says Gerrard, a bit of ‘range

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“What about problems with mois-ture?” Warren asks. The batteries, motorand instrumentation are sealed units, pro-tected to standard IP 67. A quick Googleand I discover that an IP is composed oftwo numbers, the first referring to theprotection against solid objects and thesecond against liquids. So this is a highscore providing protection against bothdust and water immersion to 1m.Running costs are also tipped to be low.

The brushless permanent magnet motoris extremely reliable and it costs about$150 a year to charge the largest battery.There is little maintenance to be carriedout, apart from oiling the chain now andagain. “We aren’t going to make anymoney out of spare parts”, quips Peter. Ithas a governed speed of 35 km and theemphasis is on control. The duel electricmotors work independently, sensing theamount of torque they require in eachrear wheel and provide plenty of con-trolled power at low speeds. Goingdownhill the motor braking reduces theneed to apply the disc brake and the

energy is reclaimed as charge in the bat-teries.I’m not sure that you could call it good

looking. Perhaps it’s just not what we areused to and expect. Either way it has goodbones. The chassis is heavy duty hotdipped galvanised with stainless steel fit-tings and the body is reinforced withKevlar fibre for real strength. I couldn’thelp but think its smooth lines wouldmake cleaning it very simple. At a weightof around 220kg it is lighter than mostquads, has a greater load carrying capacitywith its large rear tray and a towing capac-ity of 600kg.Gerrard and Peter are very down to

earth and both have a solid engineeringbackground. Gerrard is a mechanical engi-neer and Peter is an electrical engineerwith a background in marine work andelectric vehicle conversion. They have aninfectious enthusiasm for their work anda keen desire to see farm transportimprove its terrible safety record.Possible uses for the e3 are many. Its

lack of noise could prove a bonus whenmoving quietly around a paddock oflambing ewes, moving around and feed-ing out to horses or out hunting whereyou do not want to spook animals withthe noise of conventional bikes. Theabsence of carbon emissions make it safeto use indoors, perhaps in large growinghouses or animal shelters. So what are thedownsides I asked my test panel? “Couldbe hard to drive alongside a gate and openit without getting off “, laughs Mike. Youreally would have to practice thatmanoeuvre to get it right. The biggestchallenge facing the bike, as I see it, ischanging the mindset of the averagelandowner. It is a huge departure fromwhat we are used to. But then good thingsdo take time.

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As newcomer to smallholding inPuhoi in the late 1970s I joinedthe Hibiscus Coast AmateurWine and Brewing Club, earning

my elderberry wine the comment ‘couldbe better balanced’ at the annualHelensville Show competitions.Graeme Garton of Ahuroa still presides

over the River Valley Amateur Wine-makes and Brewers Guild, which providedthe competition judges. Later I discoveredhe also used to attend the Hibiscus Coastmeetings, with their own identities,including president Jack House, founderof the Auckland Homebrewers Club, andHBCmembers Ted and Betty Spurdle andJessie Evans.But then, living halfway between the

Hauraki Gulf and the Kaipara Harbour,

River Valley club flies theflag for amateur wineand brewing in Rodney

Ahuroa’s Jo Bradford from Lothlorien Organic Winery still makes her own home country fruitwines the old-fashioned way.

A recent award for his Pinot Gris grape winebrings a gleam to the eye of River ValleyAmateur Winemakers and Brewers Guildpresident Graeme Garton.

Graeme is what I call ‘a watershed man’ -he can go with the flow in both directionsand has contacts in every catchment. Anearly member of the Puhoi Farmers andtheMatakana Farm ParkMarkets, and theHBC as well as the Helensville wine andbrewing clubs, he was also a Rawleighsagent in the Ahuroa, Warkworth andPuhoi areas for 12 years.With his first wife, the late Jennifer

Hawkins, he ran a Rimmer Road marketgarden, at the time the Helensville BerryFestival, a country music show whichamalgamated in 1986 with the HelensvilleAgricultural and Pastoral Show, started.He married his second wife, MargaretGibbens, in the Puhoi Hall.Graeme spent 37 years mowing lawns –

Auckland motorway banks, berms, parks,church, school and hospital grounds –until a 2012 aneurism put him on crutchesand out of action, except, largely, for thewine and beer interest, in which he is stillthankfully able to take a leading role.This October the Auckland club, to

which the River Valley Guild is affiliated,hosts a regional contest at the EllerslieMasonic Lodge.Home for Graeme and Margaret is the

former Ahuroa shop, closed in 1977 by thecessation of passenger rail services. Thestation was opposite the store, which theBarry family were still running as a busi-ness when I moved into the district.“Apparently,” says Graeme, “tea tree wascut locally and loaded onto the train forAuckland fires around the early 1900s”.From a shed he fishes out a photographshowing a crowd of people, festivelydressed, standing on the station platformand looking out on the tracks. I took thedilapidated photo to the Puhoi HistoricalSociety to see if we could get some furtherhistory, as this was well before Graeme’stime. It must have been the opening ofthe station, we speculated. Then the soci-ety produced a newspaper photo from itsown records of a community meal with


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From page 11the same people under some tall, straight-trunked trees. ‘Residents welcome theGovernor, Lord Ranfurly, in 1903 at theAhuroa Station’, it was captioned.

Out back of the house Graeme stilltends his raised vegetable beds, but he will

never attend another farmers market withhis potatoes, some of which he nowadmits he bought in and bagged up, as theaneurism put paid to lifting.

But back in the house something isbrewing and fermenting away – elderber-ries from his own land, blackberries from

the hillside across the creek and peachesfrom his own trees are on their way towine. And what he told me stood all myold-fashioned notions of traditional wineand beer-making on their heads.

As an amateur, way back in the 1970s, Ithought all wines, apart from grape,started off from your own or friends fruittrees. I knew about basic homebrew kits,but now, it seemed, a lot of what Graemewas producing was not simply what myBohemian ancestors would have drunkback home near Pilsen in the AustrianEmpire. Now there is draught, ‘Real Ale’,Pilsner dark beer, stout, all with a highalcohol content, and all available in kits.Commercial beer these days, too, he says,is ‘gassed’, that is carbonated, rather thanbottled with the gas naturally producedby the fermentation process.

Grape wine kits were a new concept forme, also, and Graeme tells me some so-called ‘sparkling wines’ are gassed, theirnatural fermentation ‘killed’ or haltedwith a chemical such as sodiummetabisulphite, used in winemaking as asteriliser and oxidation preventer andreplacement gas is pumped in after bot-tling. Spirits and liqueurs were anotherinteresting topic – around 1997 in NewZealand it became legal to distil, but notsell, your own spirits. Before that, to makeliqueurs you had to buy vodka and mix itwith flavourings.

Graeme showed me what looked like akind of wide-mouthed thermos flaskwhich I in no way was able to recognise asa modern still – I thought you used a con-denser such as we were shown in the sci-ence lab at St Mary’s College way backwhen I was a girl. But this, he said, was amodern still, branded Vodka Maker, for

turning ‘water wine’ – made with the mostbasic ingredients of alcohol production -yeast, water, sugar and warmth, withabsolutely no flavouring refinements suchas fruit, or grains of any sort.. In countrieswere it is illegal to distil spirits the appli-ance is sold as a water distiller. Graeme isused to such circumventions -he had hada father-in-law who had brewed and sly -grogged to get round this country’s sixo’clock closing laws.

The River Valley club has around 30members, some of them women who alsoenjoy its baking contests. It evolved fromthe Helensville Berry Festival, which in1984 mounted a static display of brewingand winemaking at the Helensville Show.“We used a whopping great navy tent,with poles provided by the army whichdid not fit,” and the following year thesagging, baggy elephant was exchangedfor the half-round ex junk shed on theshowgrounds, where the annual competi-tions are still held. “All you could smellthe first year was Paraquat.”

But the club, which meets at 7.30pm onthe third Tuesday of the month, is verycomfortable in its Helensville Fire Stationheadquarters. There are only four clubsleft in the Auckland region – “clubs of allsorts are a dying breed, now that everyonehas their ears and eyes clamped to com-puters, cellphones and TVs.”

But the pleasure on Graeme’s face whenhe, a senior national judge, contemplateshis Pinot Gris, and the Real Ale which wonhim the gold medal for best-in-class atthe July Hauraki Brewing Club Cup Com-petitions, told me he is one of those menlucky enough to belong to a club which isdefinitely not on its way out..

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odney’s fascinating history istreasured, not just bydescendants of its first Māoriinhabitants and the immigrant

settlers who followed, but also bynewcomers seeking the pleasures andrewards of a rural lifestyle. A pleasingaspect of the value we put on the past isthat initiatives to preserve and recountour Rodney stories are prolific, made notjust by organisations like the Helensville& District Historical Society, but also bysterling individuals who take it onthemselves to contribute.

One recent initiative is the work ofKaukapakapa women Sarah Legg andMegan Paterson, neither of whom is astranger to community involvement; Lon-don-born Sarah is the driving forcebehind the highly successful Kaukapakapamarket; Taupo-born Megan, an interiordesigner, having “reached the age of moral

indignation”, numbers among her suc-cesses restoration of the local World WarII War Memorial and helping to preventthe historic St Cuthbert’s PresbyterianChurch (built in 1881) from being sold.Good friends Sarah and Megan decidedone day over a glass of wine to rejuvenatethe defunct local library and to run bookreadings, talks and exhibitions as addedattractions to the market. “There’s a fearthat the Council will shut buildings likethis down if they’re not used,” Megan tellsme. “The Kaukapakapa Library is veryimportant to the local history of the areaso saving it was really important to us.”

Having made the decision, Megan andSarah got cracking. Armed with themaxim “cover your backside and ask theright people so you don’t upset anybody”,they first sought permission. Chair of theRodney Local Board Brenda Steele washappy to provide assistance and clear the

The library has been positioned by the Kaukapakapa Hall since 1998.

Built in 1911 and sited on school grounds, the library later spent some time in a paddockacross the road. (Alan Jordan Collection, Helensville Pioneer Museum).

bureaucratic path and John Tucker fromthe Kaukapakapa Hall Committee wasalso very supportive. Megan and Sarahthen faced an unexpected hurdle – whohad the key?

Once inside they found piles of oldboxes, stuffed with books of all ages andin all conditions, in a small room whichwore the grime of many years and smeltvile. They were undaunted. “We knew itwas full of beautiful treasures, but wedidn’t realise how fabulous it was until wegot a chance to get in there,” says Megan,“and when we saw that some books goback to 1860 we knew we had to get someexpert advice.” Many hours of elbowgrease revived the dirty building and,through a recommendation from BrendaSteele, Council Library Services represen-tatives advised Megan and Sarah as they

sorted, shelving books of value or histori-cal interest, boxing up those to be sold.Advice on protection and preservationwas provided by Georgia Prince, ManagerSir George Grey Special Collections, Auck-land Libraries and David Ashman, BookConservator / Preservation Manager,Auckland Council. “We worked out thelast time the building was used as a librarywas in 1996,” Sarah explains, “and weneeded help deciding which of thedonated paperbacks to sell at the market.”

The books are indeed treasures butthere was so much more, as Megan dis-covered when a reference to minute booksled her to Louise Michaux, a descendantof the Dye family, who had been keepingthe library records safe since it closed.Within those records, copies of which



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From page 13now reside in the library and in theHelensville Pioneer Museum, can befound the library’s story. Established in1865 at the home of Morris Henley, one ofthe first Kaukapakapa settlers, the ‘library’was initially the collection of books recog-nised now as comprising one of the earli-est lending libraries in the country. Thecollection first became associated with apublic building in 1874 when it was movedto the newly-built school. It was thenincorporated under the Public LibrariesPowers Act in 1879, just four years afterthe Act was passed, its purpose being “thesupply of useful literature to the residentsin the neighbourhood of Kaukapakapaaforesaid.”For years the library led a peripatetic life

as it was moved to different sites aroundthe district, spending some time acrossthe road in the building built for the pur-pose in 1911 that remains its home today.The records show that concern about thecollection, some of which was gifted bylocal families, some of which was loanedby the Country Library Service, was para-mount, but that many other matters,some prompted by territorial squabblesbetween the school and the library com-mittees, also required attention, as seen inan enigmatic letter to the library commit-tee: “In reply to yours of the 18th inst Ihave to state that the School Committeedoes not accept liability for the damage.As the damage was caused by an infantgirl there was no neglect or intention onthe child’s part – it was purely an unfor-tunate accident. 27 March 1946.”Community interest in the library

revival initiative is keen, as demonstratedby the number of people who came to the

August market to examine the late AlanJordan’s collection of historic photo-graphs, generously provided by theHelensville Pioneer Museum. It was alsoa time to browse through the wide rangeof books, a fascinating collection thatbears witness to the 150-odd years of theliterature, popular fiction and non-fictionenjoyed by Kaukapakapa’s residents, someof whom have left their mark in tantalis-ing inscriptions dating as far back as the1860’s. “A parting gift as he leaves to go onboard a training ship, 1914”, for example, isa poignant reminder that a past ownermay not have had as happy a time as theadventurers described within its pages.Megan’s thrilled to have found The

Holy Grail in the collection – no need nowto look any further, she reckons. I wasexcited to find a copy of Rewi’s Last Stand,a treasure written in 1939 and based onthe 1925 feature film made by the manregarded as the father of New Zealandfilm-making, Rudall Hayward. At themarket stall selling books discarded fromthe collection I pounced on Desert Gar-dening (1973), not that I’m moving to Ari-zona any time soon, but what aninteresting read!This library rescue is a moveable feast

from past and present; in the next fewmonths we can look forward to book read-ings and signings from local author JeanLouise Allen in September and local chil-dren’s author Rose Stanley with illustra-tor Lisa Allen in October. Then there’sSanta’s Grotto in December. Sarah saysany local authors keen to take part arewelcome to contact her on 0274 831 542 [email protected] Megan and Sarah, you’re doing

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What we learn and how we learnhas changed dramatically overthe last 100 years. Thankfullythe choices available to our

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way they learn, but that is only part of thepicture. Take a “concrete” learner forexample. They are task oriented and getsatisfaction from achieving goals, explainsPeter. They are people who learn by doingand can get impatient, or fidgety, havingto sit around listening to theory whenthey could just be “getting on with it.” Atthe other end of this continuum are themore “abstract” learners who need tounderstand the theory and consider thepossibilities before they feel comfortabletrying a new concept. They take longer toget around to things, but think thingsthrough and understand more deeply.

Then there are “random” and “sequen-tial” learners. A random learner is onewho follows their intuition rather than theset procedure. These people are often cre-ative and artistic and prefer to learn inmore interactive, relational ways. In con-trast to the random learner, a “sequential”learner follows a more organised path.Lists, facts, and data are all neatly cate-gorised and filed in the filing cabinet of anorderly mind, ready for retrieval at amoment’s notice.The danger though when applying

labels such as these is that we can limitour children [or ourselves] to what weperceive to be their particular learningstyle: “Oh, he’s “concrete-sequential,” sohe probably will find poetry boring.” Wecan also find ourselves making excusesnot to try to overcome the challengesinherent within a particular learning style:“Oh, I’m a random person, so I couldnever learn how to do long division.”

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“Wemust realize”, says Peter, “that thisis only one facet of the very wonderfuldiversity of human personality. No one“learning style” can adequately or accu-rately summarise our child’s uniqueness.But recognising these particular learningstyles can help us identify what best moti-vates and energises our child’s learning,and what things are likely to be more of achallenge for them. It can help us under-stand and appreciate their individualityand better enjoy contributing to theirjourney of growth and learning.”The best way though to really find out

how well a school is doing is to talk to par-

ents, so I called local physiotherapistHelen Sheat who has a ten year old son inhis second year at living Way, attending 3days and home schooled the other 2 days.She is without doubt extremely happywith her son’s progress. “The school”, saysHelen “is able to provide an educationindividualised to each child’s needs,recognising the different ways in whichchildren learn. She immediately noticedthat her son Daniel started to learn morequickly at Living Way and has kept onachieving, given the opportunity to takecontrol over the learning process. Whenchildren move at their own pace they are

self-driven and thisenables them to developas they experience suc-cess. As soon as theyachieve they take up thenext challenge. This is incontrast to moving for-ward as a whole class,which constantly runsthe risk of allowing chil-dren to fail and lose theirenthusiasm for learning.The roll at Living Way

is small, about 18 chil-dren ranging from year 1to 13 and Helen sees thisas a real positive. “It is,”says Helen” like a bigfamily, and a very nurtur-ing environment. Olderstudents in particularlearn tolerance and lead-ing by example andyounger children learn torespect the needs of oth-ers.

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don’t agree.Yes, they do need to be clipped, but they

don’t need much other attention, apartfrom some fertiliser now and then. Mosthedges will stay tidy with one trim a year.Trim them three times a year and theyshould be looking pretty good.Speed of growth, or plant vigour, will

influence the frequency of trimming.Planting something that grows quicklyand produces a 2m hedge in two yearsmight sound like a great idea, but theongoing maintenance will be muchgreater compared to a plant that takes fiveyears to get to the same height. Thinkspeedy conifer versus steady camellia.Trimming promotes density of growth –

for most plants, every time you take thegrowth tip out, several more shoots will

appear. With some plants, trimming alsopromotes a flush of new colour. The dark-green-leafed Photinia ‘Red Robin’, forinstance, will give you a lovely flush ofdeep red foliage in spring, and trimmingagain, at the end of summer, can induce afurther flush.Likewise, the various forms of syzygium

(common names include lilly pilly andAustralian rose apple) will flush red aftertrimming.Hedges are good for bringing different

colours into the garden, whether it beflowers on plants such as camellias andazaleas, or the foliage of plants such as thesilver-leafed Teucrium fruticans orCupressus ‘Blue Ice’.Low hedges are perfect for giving a tidy

edge to your garden. Use them to containa mixed border, and if your border hasnice flowing form, a low hedge will accen-tuate this. Or, if it’s dead-straight and for-mal you’re after, a perfectly clipped low

hedge will emphasise that as well. Thereare lots of choices for low hedges, includ-ing the tried-and-true buxus (Englishbox), corokia, lonicera and teucrium, toname a few.Bigger hedges can be used for all the

obvious functional reasons, such as windprotection or screening a less than desir-able view (untidy work area, water tank,neighbours perhaps?). They can also beused for creating garden rooms by cuttingoff one part of the garden from the rest.A doorway cut into a hedge creates a

sense of mystery, tempting visitors to seewhat’s on the other side. Hedges can func-tion in other ways as well; a row of feijoas,for example, will provide fruit, plusscreening, plus wind protection.If you have a smaller garden, you can

create a more spacious impression withtwo layers of different hedging andachieve some good colour contrasts aswell – yellows and greens, reds and silvers,or two tones of green.As you can see in the accompanying

photos, hedges are a feature at À La Fois,the Coatesville garden of Terry and Mar-garetha Graham. The tall, curving syzy-gium hedge not only looks great, but is aneffective windbreak as well. And the per-fectly clipped little corokia hedge, a sculp-ture in itself, leads you to the garden art.This beautifully manicured garden is

open for viewing by appointment, and iswell worth a visit.

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Nurserymen like to keep ourhacking to the garden. It wouldbe great if those in the politicalrealm could follow our advice.

After a couple of weeks of politicalnews it sounds like the hackers have beenhacking the hackers, and then complain-ing when they get hacked. The mess cre-ated is very similar to taking a pair ofsecateurs to a rose bush without anyleather gloves. The end result is a lot oflittle pricks making a lot of scratches, butprovided the plant is healthy, there isn’t alot of damage an over enthusiastic hackcan do.

Watching the antics of some of the cur-rent batch of political players encouragedme to recommend to them a week work-ing with us in the garden to learn abouthow to really play politics.

Our local German’s health would bene-fit by the exercise, and he would learn

about the major security issues we have ona daily basis in our gardens, with regularraids made by our friendly rabbits. Onceinside the security zone they get tasty snipbits from all the juiciest plants, and thenget out quick and twitter away to all theirfriends to quick come have a look.

We also could teach a few politicians athing or two about how to make promisesthat can’t be kept. The generic plant labelswe get make promises of ‘Great in pots’,‘Easy to grow and look after’, ‘Flowers allyear’, and the classic ‘’Only grows to 1m x1m’. All of which easy to say, and easily for-gotten an hour after planting.

All the political nonsense going aroundgot our staff thinking about what a gardenwould look like if designed by a politicalparty.

We came up with a number of ideas.1 - The Red Garden. Lots of tools left

lying around in corners from when thegarden started with lots ofgood intentions, but leftforgotten while gettingsidetracked with otherissues like trying to workout who is actually run-ning the garden.

2- The Black and WhiteGarden. One for the oldiesthis one – an old rockingchair, plenty of flowers,and a few gin bottles leftlaying around beside thegold card shaped gardenedging.

3 - The Green Garden.

Lots of herbs and vegetables growing outof a recycled toilet, a worm farm in thecorner, with a marijuana plant discreetlyplanted behind the compost bin.

4 - The Light Blue Garden. A bit freshand new, however no expense has beenspared on the creation of this garden,although the scarecrow in the cornerlooks a bit out of place.

5 - The Black and Red Garden. Thisstarted being a native garden, but is nowthrown into a mess by discarded elec-tronic equipment and computers leftstrewn amongst the plants when one ofthe main gardeners was extradited out ofthe country.

6 - The Yellow and Blue Garden. Thisgarden is completely bare and abandoned,baring one bald garden gnome sitting inone corner with a wilted sunflower beside

it and plenty of yellow oxalis showing ithas not been well looked after for a fewyears.

7 - The Blue Garden. This one has a 4lane path running through the middlewith a couple of big ugly deep holes oneither side, but most people over look thiswhen they see the smiling face of theCheshire cat snoozing in the corner.

Feeling inspired? We were! For themonth of September we have on displayat the Plant Centre a number of smallpolitical inspired gardens to check out –come and vote for your favourite.By David BaylyKaipara Coast Plant Centre

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