Maungaturoto Matters August 2010 Part 1

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Maungaturoto MattersMaungaturoto,Maungaturoto,Maungaturoto,Maungaturoto, A Real New Zealand Town Gettin on with itGettin on with itGettin on with itGettin on with it!!!!

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Issue 105 August 2010

The start of a new century was marked by theInstallation of Lindsay Stichbury as Master ofMarsden Lodge, Maungaturoto.

The ceremony was carried out by the District Grand

Master of Northland in the presence of the Grand

Master of New Zealand and the Divisional Grand

Master of the Northern Division, supported by a num-

ber of other Grand Lodge Officers.

A total of 90 Masons of all ranks attended the

ceremony, making it standing room only in the Lodge

Rooms. Afterwards, 42 ladies joined for

a dinner celebrating the Lodge

Centenary.

The Past Masters certificate was

presented to the Immediate Past Master,

Nick Evans by Stan Barker the Grand

Master of New Zealand and the PastMasters Jewel by Sel Olney, a Past

Master of the Lodge.

The Marsden Lodge started following a

meeting of 12 brethren in August 1909,

who explored the option of applying for

a charter for a new Lodge in

Maungaturoto.

The Lodge meets on the 3rd Monday of

each month in Hurndall St. And welcomes new

members.

Info :- Tom Walsh, Ph. 09 423 7137or email [email protected]

PhotoSel Olney on the left presenting Nick Evanswith his Past Masters Jewel. The new Master, Lindsay

Stichbury is in the background.

MARSDEN LODGE 100 YEARS OF SERVICE


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Maungaturoto Matters is a free monthly publication,produced and published by the MaungaturotoBusiness & Community Association for theMaungaturoto Community.

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Maungaturoto CentennialCommunity Centre

A public meeting held on 12th May 2010 for the future

prospects for the Centennial Community Centre resulted in a

new hall committee being formed of the following people;

Hall Committee:

Ashley Cullen (Chair)Karlene Storey (Secretary)Juanita Ingham (Treasurer)Gary Morris (Bookings through First National)Andrew & Wendy Swadling (Hall Caretakers)Alan CapleDonald CullenJayne KingDave Maney

The committee have been working through a process with the

Kaipara District Council to purchase the hall so it passes into

community ownership.. All documents are in place with council

and the solicitors.

A Business Plan and three year budget have been formulated.

These are available to view at Linking Hands Health Shuttle

office, the Maungaturoto Community Library or at First Na-

tional Roper & Jones Real Estate at Hurndall Street.

This process has also required that the committee has applied to

the Companies Office to become an Incorporated Society with

charitable status. We are awaiting confirmation of our future

incorporation..

Our hall is one of the best in the region, and has a rich history of

community support worth carrying on. A commercial kitchen

licence, enables it to be used for all sorts of functions large or

small. The kitchen can also be used for Cottage Industry as in

processing food items for commercial sale.

We need to pull together and preserve it or we will loose it.

Plans to market and promote the hall facilities are underway and

other projects to beautify the surrounding area in the pipeline.

New prices are now in place and can be obtained through the

booking agent Gary Morris at First National Real Estate (09)4311 016 0r (0800 311 322).

Let us ALL own this great hall and enjoy it and keep it going for

the next generation to use. For further information contact one of

the committee members.

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The year of BiodiversityAs we end this first decade of the 21st Centurythe United Nations have announced 2010 asbeing the International Year for Biodiversity.

"Biodiversity is the variation of life forms withina given ecosystem, biome, or for the entireearth. Biodiversity is often used as a measureof the health of biological systems. The biodi-versity found on Earth today consists of manymillions of distinct biological species, which isthe product of nearly 3.5 billion years of evolu-tion."Life is a complex web all things are intercon-nected. Alter the balance for example in a sin-gle ecosystem and all species will be affected.A prime example of this was illustrated in theMarch edition of National Geographic Maga-zine. In his outstanding article Wolf Wars,http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/03/wolf-wars/chadwick-textbiologist Douglas Chadwick's description of thecharacteristics of the wolf, brings to light theessential part this apex predator has to play inthe complex web of an ecosystem:"Wolves, when you get down to it, are a lot likeus. They are powerful, aggressive, territorial,and predatory. They are smart, curious, coop-erative, loyal, and adaptable. They exert aprofound influence on the ecosystems theyinhabit."According to Chadwick, the wolves were re-leased into Yellowstone Park in 1995 and 1996

and from there the packs grew. The economicbenefits to the park were around US$35 millionadded to the economy each year. That's afigure not to be ignored. Nor are the environ-mental benefits the reintroduction of the wolvesinto Yellowstone hold."Scientists are documenting ecologicalchanges tied to this top predator's return thatmay hold the poten-tial to repair out-of-balancewildlands, making them more stable and bio-logically diverse."

The imbalance caused by the eradication of

the resident wolf packs onwards from 1926Chadwick noted that staff at Yellowstone wereculling Elk in the thousands. With no predatorsto keep the population under control elk num-bers exploded, resulting in over grazing of keyhabitats in the area. With the reintroduction ofthe wolf packs the numbers of elk have beenhalved over the last 15 years. A change in theelk herd's behaviour has also occurred withpack hunted animals now more vigilant and nolonger remaining in favourite winter feedingareas. This has resulted in the Aspen, Willowand Cottonwood being able to grow without the

intense browsing pressure the elk had placedupon these tree species before the reintroduc-tion of the packs.

Other benefits have occurred with the wolvesreturning. Beaver numbers have climbed since1996 when only one colony was recorded in1996 by 2009 there were 12. Chadwick ob-served at a location named Crystal Creek witha beaver dam in place other species had alsobenefited

"Along Crystal Creek I find another recent bea-ver dam storing water, releasing a more con-stant flow for riparian species downstreamthrough the dry months. Ponds and marshesthat form behind the dams create habitat formoose, muskrat, mink, waterfowl, wadingbirds, and an array of other wildlife. "

With the return of the wolves cougars that hadpreviously been hunting in the valleys returnedto their natural terrain of steep rocky areas.The wolves had also killed over half of theresident Coyote population. While the coyotes

remain they do not have the same significantpresence before the wolves were reintroduced.Chadwick also noted that with less competitionfrom the elk for grasses, the resident bisonmay be doing better than ever

Naturally there had been opposition to thewolves returning. Ranchers have lost livestockto wolves but some are now taking better pre-cautions to ensure their stock is kept safe fromthe packs. This is one example where an eco-system can be restored for the benefit of all.Biodiversity is all around us. It's how we treat it

that matters. Our earth is the only thing wehave and the life upon it should be treasuredand taken care of. Lose it we lose ourselves. Inthis year that celebrates the diversity of lifestop for a moment and consider the incrediblevariety of life we have in our own backyardsand the in the world beyond. Man has a lot toanswer for in the willful destruction of speciesand of habitats in the land and in the oceans.Let's hope that in 50 years we won't be lookingback and saying "I remember when we hadwhales living in the oceans and African Lionshunting in the night - oh how I wish they hadn't

been wiped out like that." Right now that iswhat is going on.

Slowly but surely aswe take our world forgranted species of allkinds are fast vanish-ing. Do we want thatlegacy.

BOOKS OF THE MONTH FORAUGUST

GUY WALTERS The TraitorA novel based on 2ndWorld War true events ofhow the British Free Corps came into being.British SOE agent Captain John Lockhart is inCrete, fighting with the Resistance. Capturedby the Germans, he is forced to lead a unit ofthe Waffen SS made up of British fascists andrenegades culled from POW camps: the BritishFree Corps. He must walk a fine line to keephis life and his honour. An exciting and wellresearched story.

Also a new selection of favourite authorsto choose from :

JAMES PATTERSON 9thJudgmentCLIVE CUSSLER The SpyHARLEN COBEN CaughtDAVID BALDACCI Wish You Well

NON-FICTION A Life on Gorge River New Zealands Remotest Family

by Robert LongRobert Long and his family - wife Catherine,and children Christan (17) and Robyn (14) -live in complete isolation, in a hut two days'walk south of Haast in South Westland. Roberthas lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine

for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their onlycontact with the outside world is a helicopter orplane once a month, and two trips a year to the'outside world'. Robert - known locally as'Beansprout' - came to live at Gorge River, andthe family's experiences there over the years,living self-sufficiently and forging close bondswith the natural environment, harking back tothe days of the earliest pioneers.NEWS : From 13 July 2010 the LibraryCommittee applied and were successful intheir application for the Maungaturoto Pub-lic Library to be an incorporated society.

MAUNGATUROTO PUBLICLIBRARY INCORPORATED

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