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Lessons from our mothers Jeanette Thomas with mum Carrol. Women can feel they are “turning into their mothers” as they get older – and recognise certain inherited traits, especially when they become parents themselves. Hibiscus Matters asked some local mothers what they learned about mothering from their own mums. Radio host Jeanette Thomas has two teenagers – Charlie, 19, and Mia, 17. The family moved to the Coast 18 years ago, to be closer to Jeanette’s mother, Carrol. “ Mum was my greatest teacher. She taught me patience, empathy and acceptance – and also how to vacuum without a vacuum cleaner! We had two golden retrievers growing up and they shed a lot of hair. Something I’ll never forget, is how Mum would ‘vacuum’ it up off the carpet by scraping it into a pile with her bare feet. Guess who’s doing that now with her own dogs’ hair? Thanks, Mum! Above all, my mother showed me unconditional love and, by simply being the woman that she was ....
One-way for Bakehouse Lane? Local politicians want Ōrewa’s Bakehouse Lane to be one-way. An opinion poll indicates that people are unhappy about safety for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians in Bakehouse Lane, Ōrewa, despite the fact that no accidents have been recorded there in the last five years. Coast People and Penlink (Hibiscus & Bays Local board chair Gary Brown and members Andy Dunn and Leanne Willis) ran a poll which received nearly 60 responses in a week. Gary says of these, only three were happy with Bakehouse Lane. “The rest said it was dangerous and that they had seen minor accidents there,” he says. ....
New $400m road linking Whangaparaoa Peninsula with SH1 a step closer 20 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read A start on fixing one of Auckland s worst roading bottlenecks is tantalisingly close for the residents of Whangaparāoa Peninsula. Decades after it was first mooted, the two-lane Penlink road connecting the burgeoning population on the peninsula to the Northern Motorway is another step closer to construction. The appointment last week of a technical adviser to finalise the design of the consented 7km two-lane road with a separated walking and cycling shared path has been warmly greeted by locals. It s a battle we have won and I can t wait for the final result, says Leanne Willis, who lives in Little Manly and is a member of the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board. ....
Spirit of Christmas alive and well on Hibiscus Coast Love Soup s Julie King, left and the Community House s Christine Alesbury receive vouchers and gifts donated by the community, from Hibiscus Matters editor Terry Moore, centre. Click the image above to view slideshow Hibiscus Matters’ annual Christmas collection was the best yet, with $1240-worth of vouchers donated as well as a big pile of treat and staple foods. Every year our office in Florence Ave, Orewa, provides a hub, collecting donations designed to make Christmas more festive for local people facing hard times. All donations are passed onto three local organisations – the Hibiscus Coast Community House to stock its foodbank and fill Christmas food parcels; Love Soup Hibiscus Coast for its Christmas parcels and local Police for the boxes of treats they give to families in need. ....