Maunga Mayhem - a major fundraiser for Maungatapere School - is back after last year's event had to be cancelled three days beforehand due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Maunga Mayhem is an adventure race with 14 different obstacles to complete. It is an opportunity for kids and adults to be active outdoors, get outside their comfort zone, build confidence and get muddy. The adventure race incorporates many natural country obstacles such as clambering over a hay bale stack, leaping over silage bales, sludging through a big mud pit, an enormous slippery slide, through big culvert pipes, whacking their way through a maze of maize, getting over a pile of tyres, under a scramble net covered in tea tree branches, leaping over horse jumps, swinging over monkey bars, crossing a pond and following a rope through the trees. It will be held on March 20 with different race categories. For tickets and more info go to www.maungamayhem.co.nz.
Funky Fish postponed
This weekend's Funky Fish competition at Whangārei Heads has been postponed due to the uncertainty over the Covid alert levels. The fishing competition, which is a fundraiser for the Whangārei Heads School and Community Library, was to be held this weekend, based at Taurikura. It will now be held on the weekend of April 17–18.
Boy flown to hospital
A child was flown to Whangārei Hospital by rescue helicopter after the quad bike he was riding crashed into bollards on the Kaitaia Awaroa Rd near Kaitaia on Sunday afternoon. The boy was treated at the scene by a St John crew for what were believed to be facial injuries before the helicopter arrived. Details of his injuries and condition were not available yesterday. The Kaitaia Fire Brigade was called to prepare a landing zone for the helicopter but was not required.
