Mahurangi Matters, 27 March 2023 – Off the Record

Golf balls

Who’d have thought you needed your swimming togs when playing a round at the Warkworth Golf Course.


Mayoral bon mots

Mayor Wayne Brown is nothing if not a straight shooter. On hearing one of the presenters at a recent event in Warkworth bemoan the way council wastes money, his reply was simple and to the point, “Yeah, we [council] do dumb shit everywhere.”


Calf comforter

Warkworth A&P Show volunteers were amused when one young visitor got so engrossed with the calves that after he had bottle fed one, he lay down with his head on the calf and they both went off to sleep. The young boy’s mum had to wait until he woke up before they could visit the rest of the show.