Show your natural affection for NZ

Conservation Week 12–19 September

The Department of Conservation wants to hear from you!

Go onto our blog-page – http://farnorthforests.blogspot.com/  and tell us:

• Why you love your local forest & your top tip for keeping it beautiful!

• Make sure to include your age & school in your comment.

You will go in the draw to win one of 3 $100 gift vouchers!

Plus all schools with students who enter will go in the draw to win a $100 book voucher!

Conditions of entry:

Competition will run from the 6th to the 19th September, 2010. All entrants must be resident in the Far North and aged between 7-17yrs. One entry per person. Winners will be published in the Northland Age on Thursday 23rd September, announced over Te Hiku radio, & posted on the blog. Winners will choose a gift voucher from one of our participating ‘Green Up Far North’ businesses (look on the blog-page or contact DOC for a list of participating businesses).

For more information contact:

Carolyn Smith or Doug Te Wake

Department of Conservation, Kaitaia

09 408 6014

csmith@doc.govt.nz or dtewake@doc.govt.nz

for a poster to display in your classroom, click on

Microsoft Word - school comp.pdf

Tena Koutou

Taitokerau Organic Producers Inc. Soc. AGM

would like to invite you to our AGM on Saturday 4th September to be held at Mangataipa Marae, Mangamuka from 9am onwards.

Nau Mai Haere Mai.

(view map below for directions)

Agenda:

9am: Powhiri

9:30am Cuppa Tea

10am TOPIS AGM

•   Chairman’s Report for 2009-2010
•   Financial Accounts
•   Election of Officers: Secretary, Treasurer
•   Election of Five mangament committee members
•   Election of TWKO board representatives
•   Election of Auditor for 2010-2011
•   Setting of membership fee
•   General Business

1pm Kai o te Poututanga

2pm Guest Speakers

Election of officers will take place, nomination forms can be sent through to Michelle Hudson, c/- TOPIS, PO Box 482 Kaikohe 0440 by 30th August or emailed to topis@xtra.co.nz

The Marae is available for those that wish to stay overnight for the events happening on Sunday. We will be showing movies on Saturday night "He Ao Wera"

Guest Speakers are:

Te Kai Makiha "Maramataka"

John Kenderdine, "The way we think about and use energy"

Cyril Chapman "Whanau Maara",

Te Waka Kai Ora "Hua Parakore"

Michelle Hudson "Make your own rongoa"

On Sunday 5th September TOPIS and the Te Manawhenua Challenge team would also welcome you to join us from 9am -3pm at the same address to participate in the ~

Launch of Te Manawheuna Challenge

for 2010-2011

We look forward to seeing you all in Mangamuka for either one or both our Hui.

For further information feel free to visit our website on www.topis.co.nz for the latest updates.

Noho ora mai Michelle Hudson, Treasurer

Taitokerau Organic Producers Incorporated Society

A holistic approach to sustainable management of Hua Parakore and all natural physical resources

PO Box 482 Kaikohe T: 09 405 2580 E: topis@xtra.co.nz W: http://topis.co.nz

The map below represents the results of the Doubtless Bay freshwater quality samples taken on 23rd August 2010. For more information on the monitoring programme and all the results, please click here.

Notice Of Public Meeting

Mark Shanks and Peter Furze, on behalf of the wider community, cordially invite you to ask questions of your local body candidates and help launch

‘Korero Corner’

 at The Kaitaia Market

on Saturday September 4th.

The following questions have been sent to all the candidates for the Te Hiku Community Board, the Te Hiku Ward Representatives for FNDC, and for Mayor of the district.

Each candidate, in alphabetical order, will have 3 minutes for their address and then 2 minutes for questions from the floor, except the mayoral aspirants who will have 7 minutes for their address and then 3 minutes for questions from the floor. These time limits will be strictly adhered to so that we can keep to our timetable as written below.

Questions:

• What are your reasons for standing for the position?
• What does democracy mean to you?
• How would you translate democracy into local government?
• What do you see as the strengths of our district?
• How would you make use of these strengths?

The Northland Age and Te Hiku Media will be covering this occasion for other communities within the FNDC boundaries, and beyond.

TIMETABLE

8.45am – Blessing of ‘Korero Korner’ by kaumatua

9.00am – Public apology from Dr Cornelius Van Dorp

9.15am – Te Hiku Community Board Candidates : Atkinson, Blumhardt, Bowman, Lugnet, Marsden, Senior, Smith, Van der Sluis, Waitai

10.00am – Te Hiku Ward Representatives for FNDC: Bamber, Bowman, Herewini, Kitchen, Knight, Mahoney, Moses, Radich

10.40am – Mayoral Candidates: Brown, Byers, Goulter, McKechnie

11.20 – Closing

If you have a question you would like to put to the candidates, email it through to Mark on marksurf55@hotmail.com (please keep it succinct and to the point) or front up on the day and quiz them yourself!

WELLBEING COURSES

Through September and October there will be a series of courses at Taipa Wellbeing Centre focussing on traditional skills. Each course, tutored by Rixt, has a small fee of only $15.

Topics covered include:

• COOKING with SEAWEED
• SAUERKRAUT AND SOUR DOUGH BREAD MAKING
• SIMPLE CHEESE MAKING
• OINTMENT AND BALM MAKING
• INTRODUCTION TO FOOT REFLEXOLOGY
• SPINNING
• SIMPLE SOAP MAKING
• KNITTING
• FIRST AID NATURAL THERAPIES

For more details and dates for each course, click on:

Microsoft Word - Workshop schedule 2.pdf

Mara Whenua Nursery & Paradise Design Sculpture

SPRING SALE & OPEN DAYS

Native Trees & Garden Sculpture

Saturday & Sunday 4th & 5th September

10am – 4pm

REDUCED PRICES AND SPRING BARGAINS!

•  Native Plant Clearance Sale (Kauri, Totara, Kahikatea, Cabbage  Tree, Puriri, Flax, Karo, Ake Ake and more)
• Garden Sculpture Sale – Seconds Available
• Heritage Apple Trees – End of Season Specials
• Guided Walks to Kauri Bush
• Tea & Coffee provided

@ Mara Whenua Tree Farm & Reserve

702 Honeymoon Valley Road, Peria

From Taipa, drive inland past Oruru. Follow tarseal past Peria School. Turn left into Honeymoon Valley. From SH1, take Fairburns Rd for 15kms. Turn right into Honeymoon Valley. Follow signs from letterboxes at 702.

For further information phone Brit: (09) 408 5443

TE HIKU O TE IKA MAORI HOUSING HUI

TO BE HELD IN AHIPARA

FRIDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 2010

ALTERNATIVE MAORI HOUSING HUI

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

PRESENTATIONS FROM RAU HOSKINS AND KEPA MORGAN

AHIPARA WHAREUKU PROJECT PRESENTATION

On behalf of the Ahipara whareuku project in conjunction with the University of Auckland and Te Puni Kokiri, the Unaiki Mare Whanau Trust would like to invite you to a hui about alternative options for building papakianga on whenua tupuna for whanau and hapu.

A rare opportunity to hear presentations from Rau Hoskins, Director of Design Tribe Architects and Dr Kepa Morgan, Associate Dean of the Civil Engineering Department for the University of Auckland will be of definite value.

They will be discussing, amongst other issues:

• Papakainga construction technologies - including Uku
• Papakainga infrastructure technologies / alternative systems
• Papakainga design principles - moving beyond the box
• Papakainga funding mechanisms including Kainga Whenua scheme

 A full presentation about the Ahipara whareuku project will be given by Ahipara Project coordinators Heeni Hoterene and Rueben Taipari Porter. Rueben and Heeni are local kaitiaki whenua and strong advocates for sustainable maori independence. They will share korero on:

•  Project experiences
•  Project planning
•  Financials and logistics
•  Working with maori land shareholders
•  Relationships with local councils
•  Building papakainga under Tikanga maori
•  Improvements on Logistics

There are only 40 positions available for this hui so notification of participation and registration per representative is required. Financial support of this hui is welcome.

For more information please contact:

Rueben and Heeni on 09 409 4995

or via email rporter@xtra.co.nz

Transition Towns in Northland

Are interested in rebuilding communities and local economies. We invite you to attend a Northland community-created employment initiative… 

We will host 2 community-created employment initiatives

Kaikohe: Friday 27 August 12:45pm to 5:pm                                             at Mid North Motor Inn on Broadway. (Please arrive at 12.30 for a prompt 12.45 start)

Whangarei: Thursday 2 September 12.45pm to 5:00pm                       NorthTec inter-active learning center. (Please arrive at 12.30 for a prompt 12.45 start)

For more information on this event, click on:

Microsoft Word -employment initiative invite.pdf