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Students constructed dog kennels which were given to animal shelters. Front, from left, Jamie Karaitiana and Montelle Gray-Hohepa. Back, from left, Stacey-Anne Sheary, Hannah McCalley and Mikayla Northcott.

New employment course opens doors for Mahurangi youthStudents can try 10 different careers in 19 weeks in a new course which aims to reduce unemployment and offer greater opportunities for Mahurangi youth.Mahurangi Technical Institute started the Keystep course this year after successful pilots at other institutes in Auckland.Each week students get experience in industries including construction, carpentry, hospitality, maritime work and the auto-mechanics. At the end of the course, they graduate with a national certificate in employment, Site Safe construction certificate, food safety certificate and barista experience.There are 16 students currently enrolled with a second intake on May 11. MTI manager Adrian Paarman says it is to help youth who don’t have qualifications to get started on a career path.“There is a lack of opportunities for people to start careers in this area so this gives them that first step. They get to try things they had never considered and many of the students are now starting a career that they wouldn’t have thought of otherwise. At the end of the course, we sit down and look at what worked for them and help them create a plan to progress with a career path.”Stacey-Anne Sheary, 24, was unemployed for four months before starting the course after it was recommended by

Work and Income NZ.“I was sick of being at home every day feeling depressed. It’s great to get out of the house and meet people. I’m gaining confidence and doing things I never thought I would do. I feel like a different person now.”Hannah McCalley, 19, has been looking for work for about a year after

studying hairdressing.“Work places haven’t been willing to even give me a chance. But I think I have more options now, after doing the course. Every week we are taking on new challenges. It gets you motivated.”The course is free for students, funded through the government Youth Guarantees scheme.

Rodney Women’s Centre coordinator Colleen Julian says a lack of training opportunities in the area has been a real barrier for women looking to get into skilled employment, up-skill or change careers.“A lot of mothers can’t afford to move to Auckland to do a course. This makes a huge difference to their opportunities.”

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Mahurangi College and her circle of friends. She was beaten up at her new school for being “an outsider” and quit when she was 15. By 16, she had left home and was pregnant to a 19-year-old boy who she hardly knew.“Young people’s lifestyles in that part of Scotland are so different than NZ,” she says. “Teenage pregnancies, drugs and alcohol are just the norm,

A three-year-old Warkworth toddler, who has just started kindy and ballet lessons, is at the centre of an immigration row which may see her returned to Scotland.Ella and her mother Sharon have lived in Warkworth for nearly two years after fleeing a violent relationship in northern Scotland.Initially, Immigration NZ said that without the father’s permission, Ella would not be granted residency and would have to leave NZ by July 4.However, Rodney MP Mark Mitchell has been instrumental in getting a six-month extension on Ella’s visitors visa to allow Sharon time to petition the courts in the United Kingdom for a parent order giving her full custody.Mr Mitchell says privacy laws mean there is very little he can say about the case, but it is an issue that needs to be resolved in the UK where Ella has residency.The prospect of having to return Ella to Scotland is one that 21-year-old Sharon finds difficult to come to terms with.Sharon grew up in Warkworth until the family moved to a remote part of north-east Scotland when she was 14. The move was triggered by her mother’s desire to spend time with her ageing parents.But the move did not go well for Sharon. She missed

Mother fights immigration decisionFor most women, becoming a mother for the first time is one of life’s most thrilling experiences. It should be a time for celebration, bonding and optimism. But sometimes, especially when the pregnancy is unplanned, the arrival of a baby can be fraught with unexpected consequences and young mothers can find themselves vulnerable and alone, as this story demonstrates ….

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and it’s not a shock to hear that someone has been to jail.”Ella’s father had already come to the notice of police for minor offences when Sharon met him. He was jailed in the early stages of her pregnancy for possession of a knife. With the wisdom of hindsight,

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Mother fights immigration decision she says that she should have known then not to stay.When her partner was released from jail after serving three months, he moved in to Sharon’s one-bedroom council flat. She says his alcohol and drug-fuelled acts of violence were mainly directed at her but also included destroying their flat and furniture.Life calmed down a little when Ella arrived, but soon the demands of having a newborn in the house started to show.“He would shout in Ella’s face and we had a lot of arguments. He wouldn’t even give me money to buy baby formula – I had to borrow it. He was very controlling and would walk around the house screaming, and the violence continued even when I was holding or feeding Ella. Mum kept telling me to leave him but I wasn’t listening.”Sharon says her partner’s family seemed supportive at first, but they also have a history of drinking and violence, and they have implied that she should “just put up with it”. “They are intimidating – you wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of them.”The opportunity to temporarily escape her situation came when her father, who was living in Australia, offered to pay for her and Ella to visit for his 50th birthday. Although Sharon’s partner didn’t want her to go, he did eventually consent to Sharon taking the baby. Before she had even touched down in Australia, he had been arrested for allegedly badly beating up a neighbour.Rather than return to Scotland, Sharon carried on to NZ to visit her sister. Within a month, her partner had got another woman pregnant.“That’s when I decided there was nothing for me in Scotland. I wanted to stay in NZ where Ella had a chance of a better life.”

from previous page But that was far from a simple decision.While Sharon is a NZ resident, her daughter arrived on a Visitor Visa which has now been extended twice. Although Sharon has applied for residency on Ella’s behalf, this can’t be granted without the father’s signature.“I have day-to-day custody, but he has visitation rights which he has pretty much ignored. He has only once sent Ella a birthday present and never wants to Skype or talk to her on the phone. He won’t provide a postal address, but I’ve sent the paperwork to both his mother and sister’s addresses. The papers were signed for but he still maintains he’s never received them. When I got Ella’s visa extended, he resorted to Facebook to call me a liar and make threats.“Immigration takes no notice of the fact that he hasn’t used his visitation access, that he can’t be located, that he refuses to sign anything and that he didn’t respond to the court hearing. They just keep telling me they want his signature. “The laws are confusing because I’ve been told by immigration that my daughter can only stay if I have full custody or her father’s consent, but New Zealand no longer grants parents full custody. It is called day-to-day care orders now, which I have been granted.”In the meantime, Sharon is balancing single motherhood and two jobs, as a cleaner and a waitress. If she is allowed to stay in NZ, she hopes to start a uni course when Ella goes to school.Friends have rallied around her, starting a fundraising campaign for her mounting expenses.Sharon’s mother, who intends to eventually return to NZ, is talking to lawyers in Scotland and is trying to track down the father who now has two other children.Sharon says if her appeal to the UK courts fails, she will have little choice but to return to Scotland with Ella.“I loathe it over there and I don’t want to go back. Ella is a little Kiwi now.”

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After nearly three years of work and tens of thousands of dollars of fundraising, renovations to make the Rodney Women’s Centre compliant are nearly finished.The service moved into the former residential building two years ago after being evicted from the Warkworth Town Hall, which closed for strengthening work.Retired builder Brian Algies has been working at the centre since February, rebuilding the bathroom, making the centre wheelchair accessible and installing a firewall with funding from Lifeway Church.“These women do amazing work and it’s great to be able to help what they do,” Brian says.Centre coordinator Colleen Julian says Brian’s contribution has been invaluable.“He’s here when we arrive in the morning and still working when we leave at night. The man is a saint.”Warkworth Sheetmetals is installing handrails to improve disability access and Springboard is about

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to start building a fence for the centre’s backyard with funding from Warkworth Rotary and Warkworth Lions, as part of the Lions Den.The centre also held an art exhibition last month with works from 30 Mahurangi artists at RD6 in Matakana Country Park to raise funds for a new playground.


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Pink breakfast hosts wantedRodney Plunket is back in action with

a range of new initiatives including market days, playgroups, family first aid courses and parenting courses.The Plunket was in recess for about a year when it couldn’t appoint a community support coordinator. But Kim Love took on the role in February and has a range of events planned.“It’s a job you’ve got to get stuck into. I want to create sustainable groups and fundraising activities which can also provide a service to the community,” Kim says. There are market days in Snells Beach and Wellsford this month with second-hand clothing, toys, books and other goods for children aged up to 10. Vendors can rent a stall for a $20 donation.“If anyone has any items they no longer need that they can donate then it would be hugely appreciated.”Items can be left at Warkworth, Mahurangi East and Wellsford libraries.The Snells Beach market is at the Mahurangi East Library on May 9, from 10am to 2pm. There will be a Wriggle and Rhyme class at 10.30am and story time at 12.30pm so parents can shop while their children are entertained.The Wellsford market day is on May 16, from 10am to 2pm, at the Rodney Fishing Club, 30 Rodney Street. Three playgroups are starting in Mahurangi this month. The Wellsford playgroup meets at the Wellsford

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Plunket Clinic, 90 Rodney Street, on Mondays, from 10am; Snells Beach meets at Springboard Community Works, 58 Hamatana Road, on Tuesdays at 10am; and a multiple birth playgroup, for parents with twins or triplets, meet at Kowhai Kids Educare, 25 Campbell Drive, Warkworth on Wednesdays from 10am.“We are looking to start a general Warkworth playgroup but we don’t have a venue at this stage so we would welcome any ideas or donations,” Kim says.There are also free Plunket education courses for parents of babies aged six weeks to seven months at the Rodney Women’s Centre in Warkworth, starting on June 5. Classes are on Fridays, 12pm to 2.30pm and run for five weeks.

Warkworth and Wellsford Lions have also funded family first aid courses later this year after successful courses in Helensville last year. The grant means parents will only be charged $10 rather than $25. Dates for the courses will be announced on the Rodney Plunket Facebook page.“Plunket clinical staff found parents lacked the confidence to look after the wellbeing of their children in emergency situations. The courses were really well attended in Helensville and staff have seen a big difference in the abilities of parents there.”To enrol in the Plunket education programme, contact Emilie Timmermans 09 476 0705 or [email protected]: Kim Love 021 482 268 or [email protected]

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New Rodney manager forges health linksNew Health Link North manager Wiki Shepherd-Sinclair says she is focused on making a difference in each community that the organisation covers, from Te Hana to Northcote.Health Link North acts as a link between the Waitemata District Health Board and the community, supporting public access to, and awareness of, available health services.Wiki says she had to hit the ground running when she took up the role a month ago, right in the middle of preparations for a Youth Health Expo in Wellsford on May 1.“I’ve attended an awful lot of meetings, and it’s helping me get to know the community,” she says.Concerns raised at such meetings are taken back to the Health Board – Wiki has monthly one on one meetings with Waitemata DHB chief executive Dr Dale Bramley and says he is very open to finding workable solution whenever possible.She says her job also involves interpreting and communicating high-level health service information so that it has meaning for people using those services as well as helping disseminate information to the community.Health Link North also analyses data – for example on non-attendance at dental bus services – to ascertain what the barriers to using the services might be.Wiki says her background in teaching, which included health education and seven years with the Life Education

Trust, evolved into a passion for health issues.Completion of a Certificate in Health Promotion in 2008 she describes as a catalyst in understanding community development.She is also drawing on her strong connections with Ngati Whatua

o Te Ha, and says ensuring health organisations hear the voices of marginalised groups – including the elderly, youth, Maori, Pacific and Asian people – is a top priority.“Barriers to accessing health care can be about language, information or even attitudes,” she says. “Empowering people means not only providing information about choices, but how to access them.”Wiki’s personal experience of using health services also comes into play, giving her empathy with the struggles that people in poor health, and their families, sometimes have to face.In particular, she recalls 10 years ago attending daily hospital appointments with her mother, who had diabetes. Her mother went in for amputation of a toe and ended up four months later having half a leg removed. Wiki says it was clear that this was because of pressure of work on hospital staff, leading to an error in care.“Families may have to be proactive and quite forceful at times and that doesn’t sit well with some cultures,” she says.Health Link North closed its Orewa office last month and moved its base to Albany, however Wiki says she will spend a lot of time at meetings getting to know the local community.“For me, those connections with people are vital – I don’t want to be just a phone number or a website, but rather a face that people know.”

Retired politician Sir Don McKinnon will be the guest speaker at a Warkworth Red Cross event on May 8 to celebrate the organisation’s centenary.The lunch will be held at the Methodist Church hall at noon.Sir Don was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs under Jim Bolger and was the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2000 until 2008.Past president Cunitia Wilkinson says Sir Don will talk about the Commonwealth of Nations.Red Cross started in New Zealand in 1915. H J Keys’ Mahurangi – The Story of Warkworth says the Warkworth Red Cross started during WWI “when Mrs Edward Morrison convened a meeting of ladies to arrange comforts for the sick and wounded and deal with other work of a patriotic nature”.During WWII, Warkworth Red Cross members rolled bandages, made field dressings and slings, despatched parcels to prisoners of war and sent aid to Britain and Europe.The Red Cross has since been providing disaster relief around the world, including fundraising for Christchurch earthquake victims, annual appeals, and recently fundraising for countries affected by Cyclone Pam. The group has about 20 members. Tickets are $7. Info: Cunitia on 425 5800

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