Oh … funk!
Hats off to Tauhoa School principal Vivienne Goldsmith for clearing up any misunderstanding after she spoke to students and parents recently. “I have heard some confusion regarding a word I used in my speech. The word was ‘funk’,” she wrote in the school newsletter. “If you’re in a funk, it means that you’ve been feeling sad. You might be in a serious funk after your best friend moves across the country. One way to use funk is to mean ‘blues’ or ‘depression’. Hence: ‘the school was in a bit of a funk’!”
Hold page 3
Mahurangi Matters was intrigued to learn of Rodney Local Board deputy chair Beth Houlbrooke’s ability to keep her shower spotless despite Warkworth’s water supply being notorious for leaving dirty stains. “Could we get a picture of you cleaning your shower,” our dogged reporter asked. “Well, I clean it when I am actually taking a shower,” an embarrassed Beth replied. Fine by us Beth, we’ll hold page 3.
Dreams v reality?
Ambitious plans to redevelop the retail and education hubs at Mahurangi Wastebusters’ Lawrie Road site, thanks to a shovel-ready Government funding boost last year, were outlined by director Simon Barclay at a recent Matakana Community Group meeting. However, his enthusiasm was tempered somewhat when board member Trish Allen reminded him that the $2.4 million had been given to Auckland Council to do the work, not Mahu Wastebusters themselves. “Ah, yes,” he said. “So they’ll probably spend $2.1 million of it on consultants.”
Keeping things flexible
Morning tea, lunch and technical difficulties are usually the only things that interrupt an Auckland Council panel meeting. However, at a district licensing committee hearing into Bayside Bistro’s application for a new on licence held in Warkworth last week, proceedings were put on hold for a rather more unusual reason. Demonstrating a degree of consideration not normally associated with Council officials, chair Michael Goudie decided to adjourn matters for an hour so one objector could attend her physio appointment up the road.
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