Snap dad to win a prize

To celebrate Father’s Day, Mahurangi Matters wants you to send us a picture of you and a dad in your life for a chance to win a prize from one of the generous businesses listed above.

Every dad is different, so there are a number of different prizes up for grabs to appeal to the handyman dad, the sweet-tooth dad, the fitness dad and even the fashionista dad. The total value of all prizes is just over $1100.

All you need to do to enter is email your “me and my dad” pic to online@localmatters.co.nz with the subject line Mahurangi Matters, drop it in to 17 Neville Street Warkworth, or send it to the Mahurangi Matters Facebook page.

All entries will go in the draw and the winners will be chosen randomly. A selection of pictures will be published in the Mahurangi Matters August 30 edition.

Terms and conditions can be found alongside this story on our website.

Competition ends and winner chosen at 10am, Monday, August 23, 2021.

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A BIG thank you to our Fathers’ Day sponsors

Warkworth Fitness Centre (donating a personal training package); Tyrepower Warkworth (donating a Ridgeline jacket), Placemakers Warkworth (donating a Milwaukee chilly bin), Warkworth Menswear (donating underwear, socks and Aviator cologne); and Chocolate Brown and Aqua Works for donating vouchers.

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Changing role

Kiwis have been celebrating Father’s Day since 1929, when St Matthew’s Church in Auckland’s CBD held the first Father’s Day church service on July 14. Since then, the day has evolved to become a regular occurrence on the first Sunday of September. Being a father in 2021 looks a little different to how it did in 1929. Fathers in 1929 had a much more traditional role within society. They were generally known as breadwinners and had little to do with child-raising. Fathers in 2021 are moving away from these traditional gender roles, creating a rise in stay-at-home dads. In the 2019 financial year, 948 men received income in the form of paid parental leave payments, up from 372 in 2009.

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Terms and conditions

1. By entering the competition or promotion each entrant will be deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions and to have agreed to be bound by them.
2. Failure to supply all requested personal information at the time of submitting an entry might result on the entry being invalid.
3. No responsibility will be taken for late/lost/misdirected mail, incomplete entries or entries with incorrect postage. Entries will be deemed to be void if stolen, forged, mutilated or tampered with in any way.
4. Only one entry will be accepted per person.
5. By entering the competition, winners agree to their names being published and to be photographed and/or interviewed by Mahurangi Matters or the promoter and that the promoter may use their names and such photographs and/or interviews for publicity purposes.
6. The prizes are not transferable or exchangeable, and cannot be redeemed for cash.
7. All prizes are subject to standard terms and conditions of the company supplying the prizes.
8. Local Matters is not liable for damage to prizes sent by post or courier.
9. Full details of the prize will be given in writing upon request.
10. Only entries received by the closing date specified in the advertisement will be accepted.
11. The winner will be drawn at 17 Neville Street Warkworth and notified as specified in the advertisement.
12. If the prize winner cannot be contacted within three days, at Local Matters’ option that winner will forfeit the prize with no right of compensation and the prize will be redrawn.
13. Subject to any applicable law which cannot be excluded, Mahurangi Matters and their employees are not responsible for any loss or damage whatsoever that is suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for personal injury suffered or sustained during the course of accepting or using the prizes.
14. Entry is open to New Zealand residents only. Employees of Local Matters and participating businesses are not eligible to enter this promotion.
15. The decision of judges in relation to any aspect of the competition is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
16. All entries become the property of Local Matters.
17. Under the Privacy Act 1993, all individuals have the right to access and correct their personal information by contacting Local Matters in writing to PO Box 701 Warkworth 0941.