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the editor’s letter

the sporting life

the visitor

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Our annual round-up of local schools' cross country season

Stylist Brent Lawler comes home to work with old friend Adrienne Winklemann

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the resident

the wheeze

Parnell artist Kathryn Carter brings a light touch to her work

Eloise Grace roadtests her boyfriend, and a number of local bars

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the sound

the magpie

The MTV awards miss a beat with Andrew Dickens

Justine Williams finds more things to like this month

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the teacher

the player

Judi Paape has some preparatory advice for the parents of students facing exams

A tender farewell to fashion identity Peter Nola, written by Sandy Burgham

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the hobson suggests

the bookmark

Prescription Skin Care, and the art of CoolSculpting

Reviewer Gail Woodward themes up on Scandi thrillers

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the wellbeing

the cinemas

From oral issues to skin checks and cosmetic refreshment, Justine Williams presents expert advice, in time for a seasonal overhaul

The pick of what's screening this month,

by Caitlin McKenna

the columnists

12 the village Raising funds for InZone, BP gets resource consent for a new Remuera site — all the things you need to know, plus local board news

20 the suburbanist Tommy Honey on the guilt and evil arguments around gentrification

21 the investment The signs are indicating the cooldown of a recession, says Warren Couillault

22 the reps Columns from local MPs Paul Goldsmith and David Seymour

23 the plan Urban planner Hamish Firth scratches his head at the red tape of resource consents

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48 In our ongoing WWI series, Remuera Heritage salutes Sir George Richardson

Fresh ideas in makeup and skincare

the district diary What's going on around here this month

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issue 22, october 2015 Editor & Publisher Kirsty Cameron editor@thehobson.co.nz Art Direction & Production Stephen Penny design@thehobson.co.nz Advertising Sales Sarah-Jane Cooper thehobsonads@gmail.com Writers Kirsty Cameron, Carolyn Enting, Justine Williams Proofreader Fiona Wilson Columnists & Contributors This Issue Sandy Burgham, Shale Chambers, Sue Cooper, Warren Couillault, Andrew Dickens, Hamish Firth, Paul Goldsmith, Tommy Honey, Caitlin McKenna, Judi Paape, David Seymour, Desley Simpson, Iain Valentine, Justine Williams, Gail Woodward Photographers Carolyn Enting, Andrew Feringa, Stephen Penny Cover Meadowbank School Year 5 pupils after the Remuera Zone cross country race: from left, Naomi Binet-Johnson, Ruby Nathan, Louella Williams, Tegan Feringa.

Photograph by Andrew Feringa See The Sporting Life, page 28 THE HOBSON is published 10 times a year by The Hobson Limited, PO Box 37490 Parnell, Auckland 1151. www.thehobson.co.nz F: TheHobsonMagazine T: @thehobson Ideas, suggestions, advertising inquiries welcome. editor@thehobson.co.nz Or via Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheHobsonMagazine THE HOBSON is Remuera and Parnell’s community magazine. We deliver into letterboxes in these neighbourhoods, and copies are also at local libraries, cafes, and at businesses including Vicky Ave and White Heron dairies, and Paper Plus Parnell.

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he local quote of the month would have to be, “When Mark Wallbank opens a restaurant in your area, every house leaps in value”. The words are from realtor Graham Wall, talking to the Herald about Parnell, which he’s pegged as up-and-coming, again. Bring it on — the Wallbank factor (the restaurant Wall refers to is Woodpecker Hill) is one thing, but Parnell's main street still needs lots of love, and tenants — more on that next month. While one Woodpecker doesn’t make a summer, it’s a great start.

There’s a few familiar names missing from our pages. After contributing since our first issue, both Leigh Melville and Melissa Williams-King have filed their last regular contributions. Leigh will continue to write her insightful arts columns periodically instead of monthly, while Melissa has joined Fairfax as an editor after several years of freelancing: our loss, their gain. I’d like to thank them both for all they have bought to this magazine. We’ve also said goodbye to news writer Zac Fleming. Zac joined us when he graduated from AUT with his communications degree. He’s juggled working casually for us with part-time shifts at TVNZ. His patience has been rewarded with a full-time reporting gig on Breakfast. He's such a talent.

Watch that name, and when he’s a broadcasting star, you can say, “I knew him when he was at THE HOBSON”.

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We featured the story of “Villa Windsor” (right) in our November 2013 issue. The work-of-art dollshouse by Remuera’s Elaine Yolland-Mackey recreates the Paris home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, right down to replica clothes, needlepoint pug cushions and hallmarked silver. It now has a new home, in the office of Remuera Real Estate Register. It’s a different scale to the houses Terry and Diana King usually work with, but it’s a fabulous addition to the Register rooms.

This month we pay tribute to two locals who have recently passed away. Remuera Residents Association chair Iain Valentine writes of his friend, the community-spirited Gavin Fletcher, secretary of the RRA. And, putting aside her “The Second Act” column, Sandy Burgham pays tribute to her father-in-law, ragtrade identity Peter Nola (left, enjoying a life lived large).

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Sandy Burgham (The Second Act) is a brand strategist and an executive coach with a special interest in midlife change and transformational behaviours. She runs a central Auckland practice. www.sandyburgham.com. This issue she writes a tribute to her father-in-law, Peter Nola Remuera resident Warren Couillault (The Investment) is CEO of Richmond Investment Management, a private investment advisory partnership. He is a shareholder in and director of Generate Investment Management Ltd; manager of a registered Kiwisaver scheme and an adviser to S.AG Private. www.richmond.co.nz Andrew Dickens (The Sound) is the host of Andrew Dickens’ Sunday Cafe on Sunday morning, from 9am, on Newstalk ZB. He is also the music reviewer on Jack Tame’s Saturday morning show on Newstalk ZB. He grew up in Remuera.

Hamish Firth (The Plan) lives and works in Parnell and is principal of the Mt Hobson Group, a specialist urban planning consultancy. mthobsonproperties.co.nz Urban design critic Tommy Honey (The Suburbanist) is a former architect, Remuera resident and Dean of College at Parnell’s Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design.

Dr Amrit Kaur (The Psyche) lives in Meadowbank. She is a NZ-registered clinical psychologist specialising in helping children, families and young adults, and is part of the KidzTherapy practice. Her column appears bimonthly, alternating with Judi Paape.

Caitlin McKenna (The Cinema) of Remuera is passionate about the cinema — she majored in film, sociology and marketing for her conjoint BCom/BA. Judi Paape (The Teacher) is a parent, grandparent and highly-experienced teacher and junior school principal. A Parnell resident, her column appears bi-monthly, alternating with Judi Paape.

Lee Parore (The Wellbeing) is an expert in executive health. A qualified naturopath and a personal trainer to elite athletes and executives, his wellness clinic is in Newmarket. www.leeparorehealthlab.com. His column will appear again in November.

Justine Williams (The Magpie) is an interiors stylist, writer and fashion editor. The Remuera resident was until recently the editor of Simply You and Simply You Living.

Gail Woodward (The Bookmark) of Meadowbank is the senior book buyer for Paper Plus Newmarket.

She belongs to, and advises on selections for, a number of book clubs.

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successfully selling roses for Parnell Heritage two years ago – it was a veritable league of nations, young and old, enjoying having this festival as a magnet to come into the inner city, and delight in an amazing location and sea of colour.”

Council says in fine weather in 2013, 4000 people were recorded as attending each day. Last year, a wet Saturday saw only 1000, with 3000 visitors on the Sunday. The price of stalls has been reduced this year, to encourage more local submissions, of which there are now 30 expressions of interest. The spokesperson said legacy stall-holders had been consulted “for feedback on how to do things better”.

“The event itself won’t be lacking in any way, the public can expect many of the much-loved favourites such as fairy walks, and heritage rose clubs. We hope to encourage families to come and stay the whole day and that the elder members of our community feel just as welcome and eager to join.” Free stalls are offered to not-forprofit community groups — if you’re interested in having a presence, contact parnellroses@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz p

BP GETS THE GREEN LIGHT

ROSE FESTIVAL PRUNED The annual Parnell Festival of Roses, pictured above in 2013, has been cut back to a single day, rather than a weekend event.

Now in its 23rd year, the festival takes place every November, celebrating the blooms of the Parnell Rose Gardens, and draws visitors from all over the city. The event also includes art, music, dance, market and food vendors across Sir Dove Myer Robinson Park.

It is the only public event of this scale held in Parnell, and Auckland's longest-running Council-organised event.

Bad weather last year saw attendance numbers down year-onyear, but a Council spokesperson says the Waitematā Local Board’s decision to reduce the festival is not budgetary.

“The idea is to refresh and revitalise the event,” THE HOBSON was told. “This year we are theming it a little more like a country fete, and trying to call in more community involvement.”

The decision to reduce the festival concerns the Parnell Community Committee, which believes two days is warranted. Chair Luke Niue says a two-day event gives all Aucklanders, and visitors, a better chance to attend on a day that suits, allows for a “rain day”, and that not enough research was done into visitor numbers or stall-holder views before the decision was made to hold the event on a single day.

Niue suggests the event should be considered a “regional festival”.

Funding would then be possible from Council’s promotional arm, ATEED. “It draws people from far and wide, including many international tourists. I personally experienced this when

Local residents have lost their fight to stop a new 24-hour, seven days-a-week service station being built on the corner of Greenlane East and Ohinerau St, Remuera.

The site, formerly a motel, and a house at 55 Ohinerau St was purchased by BP some years ago. Under the current, operative Auckland District Plan, the site is zoned residential 6(a), which means a service station is a non-complying activity. But under the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan — still in hearings — the area is proposed as mixed-use, which allows for developments of this kind as a discretionary activity.

Despite 40 objections, an Auckland Council-appointed panel of planning commissioners approved BP’s application, with the panel’s chair casting a deciding ‘yes’ vote after the decision was tied.

“All 40 submissions were consistent in their objections,” says Remuera Residents Association chair Iain Valentine. “They included the safety aspect — the Greenlane roundabout interchange with SH1 is the busiest in New Zealand and traffic volumes are heavy. There will also be adverse impact on the residents and the neighbouring properties caused by noise from tanker deliveries, the car wash, the lighting of the site, fumes, air contaminants.”

Applicants were also concerned for pedestrian safety, including that of local Remuera Intermediate pupils.

From contacting the community and trying to organise support and funding over the Christmas holidays — the resource consent appliation was publically notifed on November 28 last year, with a six-week deadline for submissions — the RRA's Valentine says “there’s been so many frustrations and hiccups with this experience, we really think it’s worth people being aware of just what the process has entailed.

“Of major concern was the lack of a full traffic assessment by either the NZTA or Auckland Transport. No written record was produced under their letterhead. Subsequent efforts by us to obtain evidence of an assessment took months, and ended in an inconclusive result.

“Only an email draft of their opinion could be forwarded to the commissioners prior to the closing of the hearing. Although we did eventually get a two-page letter, we have still not been able to arrange a final face–to-face meeting, because of staff availability.”

Submitters were also “completely unprepared” for what transpired at a pre-hearing, requested by BP. “It was supposed to be an informal dialogue between parties to explore issues prior to the hearing,” says Valentine. “But the applicant’s approach was to employ a QC to

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2012/13 — BP purchases the motel site at 93-97 Greenlane East and a house at 55 Ohinerau St, and begins to develop plans for a 24-hour, 16-pump gas station, a shop, and carwash Sept 5 2014 — Resource Consent Application to Council.

Council asks for additional reports from BP, and prepares its own reports into the application Nov 28 — The Resource Consent Application is publically notified, neighbours organise a local letter drop about the development and contact the Remuera Residents Association Jan 18 2015 — The submission period ends. 40 submissions are received, all opposed. Grounds for opposition include traffic impacts, safety, environmental impacts and the effect on the established residential neighbourhood March 20 — Prior to the hearing on its application, BP calls a meeting to hear concerns from submitters. The agenda for the upcoming hearing is circulated, including Council’s summary report, in favour of the project July 9/10 — Planning hearing by panel of four Councilappointed commissioners (outside experts). The hearing is adjourned so the commissioners can acquire more information July 23 — Hearing closes. Decision delayed due to bereavement August 24 — Decision released. The service station will go ahead after the chair used his casting vote to end the tie between the four commissioners. Objectors have 15 days to appeal to the Environment Court. The RRA meets with several objectors. Lawyers are briefed and appeal documents drawn up, but the applicants decide not to proceed because of the potential exposure to unknown costs. No appeal is lodged September 10 — Final date for appeal to be lodged. Resource consent now in effect, and work continues on the site Information provided by the Remuera Residents Association

manage their delivery of information, and to question every aspect raised by submitters”.

Valentine is also concerned that demolition work began on the site ahead of the panel’s decision being announced. “Letters were sent on August 6 to immediately affected residents, notifying demolition work was to begin. By the day the decision came through, the motel was half-way demolished. This had the effect of reducing support from residents and submitters to join an appeal, because it looked like it was a lost cause.”

A group of home owners met to work on an appeal to the Environment Court, says Valentine, but the enormity of the exposure to costs over the longer term forced them to abandon the idea.

“The reality is that under the new Unitary Plan, incremental changes to zoning areas will occur when non-complying activities are allowed in such a way as to lower the standards set up for those zones, and thus encourage yet lower standards of urban design.

“The lesson learned is that we, as a community, must remain vigilant if we want to maintain the precious character and liveability of the suburbs we love. Early action is needed to organise support and funding to investigate and assess development initiatives, and challenge when necessary.”

Iain Valentine invites readers to consider joining the Remuera Residents Association Inc (annual sub, $10) or join the mailing list for updates. remueraresidents.org.nz Contact Iain at chair@ remueraresidents.org.nz or PO Box 28-479, Remuera, 1541 p

the village ANOTHER WORD ON THE PROPOSED UNITARY PLAN Orākei Local Board chair Desley Simpson flags some recently proposed changes to the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.

One of the frustrating elements to the Proposed Unitary Plan process is the way changes are made, which in my opinion will greatly affect communities. Unless you have submitted, it may well be you will never get a say.

Recently proposed changes to three zones have been made by the mayor and councillors to allow for greater density within Auckland.

In the Terrace Housing and Apartment Building zone (THAB), which makes up 2.6 per cent of the Orākei ward, the current height restriction of four to six storeys is proposed to increase to five to seven storeys. In the Mixed Housing Urban zone, which makes up 2.7 per cent of our ward, density controls for all sites are proposed to be removed. Road frontage and site width rules would also be scrapped.

At this stage, there are no significant changes proposed for the Single House zone.

This month, the hearing panel will consider the increased density changes suggested and in March they will review the location of the current zones. Sound confusing? If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me: desley.simpson@aucklandcouncil.govt. nz and I will endeavour to answer them for you. p

A St Heliers garden designed by Robin Shafer is one of the stops on the Garden DesignFest trail. Photo: Sophie Leuschke

Tickets to the event can be purchased at iTICKET, and also at garden gates. An all-gardens ticket is $65, and single garden access $10. For information and updates, visit www.gardendesignfest.co.nz or follow Garden DesignFest on Facebook. p

GREEN VISIONS

. . . AND MORE LOCAL GREENFINGERY

Often hidden from view behind ficus-covered walls or manicured hedges, a number of Auckland’s loveliest private gardens will be open to visitors next month when the Garden DesignFest is held on November 14 and 15.

Organised by the Rotary Club of Newmarket and the Garden Design Society of NZ, it is the third time the biennial event has been staged. Money raised via ticket sales aids Ronald McDonald House, the Garden to Table trust, and Rotary Newmarket’s charitable actitivies.

The 20 exhibiting gardens by 16 garden design professionals were selected by an industry panel.

Four of the featured gardens are in Remuera and two in Parnell.

Nearby there are gardens to view in Kohimarama, St Heliers and Mt Eden, with others dotted across the isthmus. Picnic lunches can be bought and enjoyed in some of the gardens.

Green-minded browsers may have noticed something different about the Sunhill Garden Centre on the St Johns Ridge between Meadowbank and St Heliers. The business was purchased two years ago by local Remuera couple Kelvin and Sarah Syme, who have started to implement their ideas to the centre, which has been on the site for more than 35 years.

“I am loving working for myself and being able to call Sunhill a locally owned business,” says Kelvin Syme (Sarah is a local pharmacist). With a Bachelor of Horticulture and 15 years experience working for larger chain garden centres and hardware stores in between OEs, Syme is full of plans for his centre.

“While we have been unable to change much of the structure of the building, we have spent the last two years getting to know our customers' needs, rebuilding the range. The market has changed

considerably since I last managed garden centres. Gardens are smaller, and developments such as Stonefields are more common — we are selling a lot more containers and smaller feature plants to brighten up small spaces.” p

REMUERA LOSES A COMMUNITY CHAMPION The sudden death of Gavin Fletcher, secretary of the Remuera Residents Association, saddened many who knew the popular local man. RRA chair Iain Valentine pays tribute.

Gavin Fletcher was a man of many dimensions and, beyond his family, he shared a real desire to see society as a better place.

With a passion for rugby and athletics in his youth, at university he gained a Masters in Science, and began work in Auckland as an industrial chemist. When travel had him in England, he followed a passion to teach, and became the first New Zealander appointed to teach at Eton. Returning to NZ, he was a director of the Applied Research Office of the University of Auckland — now UniServices — before he moved to the Heavy Engineering Research Association as founding director. Ever the entrepreneur, he began to develop his own business, and later acquired Horleys Health, pioneering innovation into many advanced products. Over the years he had a strong commitment to service organisations and the roles they play in the community. He joined Kiwanis in the early years, and during his time as president he had the vision to establish a youth camp at Huia – a legacy that remains today.

He joined the Rotary Club of Remuera, where he made his mark in establishing the one-day seminar for school leavers: “Business is Awesome.” It has continued annually ever since.

Gavin had a real desire to see society recognise role models. He was instrumental in seeing a statue of Arthur Lydiard constructed and placed at the Ericsson Athletic track in Auckland. Gavin took a pivotal role in the Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and spent 25 years as a supporter and trustee. In recent years, Gavin has taken a great interest in watercolour painting and was instrumental in establishing the Auckland Watercolour Society. In his spare time he loved tramping, camping, travelling, but for his whole life his favourite hobby was trout fishing at Rotorua.

Gavin was an innovator, and an entrepreneur, he was always willing to get involved with new activities. He was a man of integrity, a man of honesty. He always had time to listen and give advice. He was also adept at working with people in difficult situations without confrontation.

More than anything he was a caring person, always there to help others. He put others before himself. He was a friend to many.

Our thoughts are with his wife Lorraine, and family. We treasure our memories of him with respect and great affection. He will be sadly missed by so many. p

PEOPLE & PLACES Congratulations to Martin Putterill of Parnell, recognised in the Waitematā Local Board’s 2015 Good Citizen Awards. Martin is a long-standing and highly-valued member of the Parnell Community Committee. He participates in the Waipapa Valley twice-annual plantings and is active in local issues, including the granting of inappropriate liquor licences in the suburb. Wise and erudite, his

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the village citation noted that he’s “very much the go-to man when things are complex and take a long time to be implemented.”

Bayleys Eastern Bays regional general manager Rachel Dovey has been recognised by the company with the prestigious Graham Bayley Award. Named after the founder of the real estate business, the award recognizes exceptional individual contribution and service to the company over a sustained period, said Bayley Corporation managing director, Mike Bayley.

“This award not only acknowledges the commitment made to Bayleys over many years, but more importantly recognises the contribution made to the performance, culture, and professional standing of the company,” he said.

Dovey has been with Bayleys for 13 years, during which she has progressed from sales to management roles.

Highlights of the live auction included a hosted cocktail function for 20 at beautiful Florence Court, courtesy of owners John and Alma Sax, which brought $16,000, and a two-week internship at Adidas’s US head office in Portland, Oregon, courtesy of expat Adidas exec, Zion Armstrong, which raised $10,500.

To support the work of InZone, email info@inzoneeducation.org. nz for information on how to donate, or call 630 7374. p

Long before Airbnb or the term “couch-surfing”, there was Servas, a network of people opening up their homes to strangers. Non-profit, non-governmental, Servas International was started in 1949 as part of the peace movement.

“The principal aim of Servas is to work actively for peace with other peace movements, and institute a work, study, travel system to make it possible for people of various nations to visit each other’s home and learn, and share with each other,” says Auckland member Barbara Bicknell. International conferences are held triennially, and this year Auckland is hosting.

On October 9, 160 visiting delegates will be welcomed with a function at the Parnell Community Centre before the conference opens in Totara Springs, Matamata.

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RAISING HANDS FOR INZONE The InZone project allows promising Māori and Pasifika students to attend both Auckland Grammar and Epsom Girls Grammar schools, by boarding in the care of hostels “in zone”. The scheme started in 2011 with the first intake at Grammar. That intake has seen four InZone students become prefects this year, with one, Antonio Ripata, also captain of the First XV. This year, EGGS welcomed an inaugural intake of 15 Year 9 girls.

Like all great initiatives, there’s ongoing costs, in this case keeping each child fed and housed as well as schooled. A fundraising auction has become an annual event — this year, the venue was Eden Park’s function centre, where a sell-out crowd raised their hands high in the presence of VIP guest, Prime Minister John Key. Key sponsors Barfoot & Thompson, Mansons TCLM and Eurovintage backed the night, with Barfoot & Thompson managing director Peter Thompson putting a personal stake in, beating out other bidders to buy dinner for 10 hosted at both the boys’ ($5000) and girls’ hostels ($7000).

While the PM spoke warmly of the InZone scheme, and how it could be applied to other NZ schools such as the now-integrated Wanganui Collegiate, it was the students themselves who starred.

They variously sang, danced, made a moving speech and had written personal letters to guests telling of their InZone experience, and what it has allowed them to achieve.

Amid the guests were old Grammarians and current parliamentarians Jonathon Coleman, Paul Goldsmith, Sam Lotu-liga, David Seymour and Scott Simpson. Broadcaster Robert Rakete (class of 1980) was MC, and Barfoot & Thompson auctioneer Murray Smith (son Max, class of ’14) did a stirling job whipping up the bidding, with more than $200,000 raised from the live and silent auction items.

Supporting the InZone fundraiser: clockwise from top; guest of honour John Key with InZone managing director Terrance Wallace; Paul and Melissa Goldsmith; students perform their haka; Les and Cheryl Whiting; Helen Carter (left), Glenn Hawkins and Polly Hudson; Sonja Hawkins (left) and Bridget Chunn; Nicki and Murray Smith. Photos

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waitemata¯ Local Board our community, whether you have plenty of time or just a few hours to spare.

Groups that may be of special interest for readers might be Friends of Symonds Street Cemetery – a group who manage working bees to keep the cemetery grounds and memorials in good condition (I'm pictured during a recent clean-up). Or, for those between the ages of one and 25, the Youth Collective is a voice for our local young people. You can also take part in environmental and beautification initiatives. Projects such as the Waipapa Stream Restoration are having a huge impact. Or, help out with one of the many community organisations that provide invaluable support to people in need.

We recognise that not everyone has time to give so attending local events, buying local produce and supporting local businesses are just some other ways that help to strengthen our communities.

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ne of the things that makes our community so special is the amazing work carried out by many volunteers.

This month I would like to take a moment to thank those who generously give of their time to make Waitematā a great place to live.

Every second year we hold the Waitematā Local Board Good Citizen Awards, where we invite the recipients and their support group to the Town Hall to attend an awards celebration. It’s a wonderful evening, and the process of reading nominations and the hard task of choosing only a few to be celebrated is incredibly rewarding and eye-opening. This year’s ceremony reminded me just how many ways that people make a difference and also of how many tasks are needed to nurture healthy communities. There are some projects that simply wouldn’t be done without community involvement.

There are many opportunities for everyone to be involved in

Development Plans Over recent months the Board has been making progress with several development plans, which are intended to help shape the future of our important parks and places. The Pt Resolution Taurarua Development Plan and the Newmarket Laneways Plan are now published, and on Council’s website for review.

Initial plans to commence improvement of both are now in progress.

Parnell Festival of Roses It’s nearly that time of year where we celebrate the beautiful first roses of the season coming into bloom. Join us at the annual Parnell Festival of Roses on Sunday November 15, held at the Rose Gardens (Sir Dove Myer Robinson Park).

This year the event will be a little different to previous years; it is being held over one action-packed day, rather than the traditional two days. In addition to rose demonstrations and live on-stage performances, there will be a “community fete” feel with more to see and do for a variety of ages. We look forward to seeing you there. Find out more on the Auckland Council website, or on www.facebook.com/waitemata — Shale Chambers, chair, Waitematā Local Board

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t’s been five years since the supercity was formed, and still we have disparity. The mayor and councillors were quick to remove services the Orākei ward previously had included in their rates, i.e. berm mowing, when other parts of the amalgamated Auckland hadn’t had that service. But where our sports clubs were charged for sports field use — and the majority of Auckland was not — that discussion “strangely” hadn’t made it to the table. To make matters worse, a “glitch” in the invoicing system last year saw some of our clubs about to be charged for two years fees, rather than one.

Knowing the mayor and councillors had to make the financial decision either to charge all wards or remove charges for us in the Orākei ward, I rallied my neighbouring local board chairs. I led a delegation first to the councillors’ Parks, Recreation and Sports committee, and then to their Finance and Performance committee, to have the inequity immediately removed. Surprisingly, it wasn’t an easy ask, as that income was budgeted for and officers were advising them it wasn’t the appropriate time to discuss it.

I am, however, very pleased to report that our delegation was successful. Orākei sports field charges will be dropped, until a

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region wide policy is adopted. Another win for Orākei — and more importantly, for fair play across Auckland However it’s not just our sports teams benefitting from the board’s efforts – those who enjoy using the Orākei Basin for recreation and leisure will be pleased to know that work is progressing on the access road upgrade.

As a volcanic cone, the Orākei Basin is actually a regional asset and as such, should officially be “looked after” by the mayor and councillors. I was personally responsible for starting the first Basin wooden walkway beside the railway line, with our current deputy chair Colin Davis, during the last Auckland City Council term. We decided we should keep that community ownership, and formed the Orākei Basin Advisory Group, which was also an action point from the widely consulted Orākei Basin Management plan. We received mayor and councillor support for this. Chaired by me, this group consists of councillor Cameron Brewer representing the mayor and councillors, local residential representatives, iwi, basin user groups and our board Parks portfolio lead, Kit Parkinson. Keeping governance and management decisions separate can be challenging, especially when Council staff present decisions which are sometimes hard to comprehend and projects get delayed and rescoped. I want to acknowledge Lynley Olsen, a long time Remuera resident and member of OBAG (Orākei Basin Advisory Group), who has helped us keep council officers to account.

The access road has ended up being a larger project than initially thought, as the engineering of the original road wasn’t as sound as first projected, but will, when completed, provide safe vehicle access to the carpark and pontoon, with passing bays and include erosion mitigation, storm water pits, kerbing and channelling, retaining walls and rock protection between water and land. — Desley Simpson, chair, Orākei Local Board

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entrification is the word given to the buying and renovating of houses and shops in deteriorated urban neighbourhoods by wealthier people. As a word, it has greater currency in the USA than it might do here but we’re hearing it more and more – perhaps because we’re seeing it more and more. It was once a term used positively because of the effect it has in improving property values. Over time it has come to be used pejoratively, as the process often displaces low-income families and small businesses, making it a common and widespread controversial topic and term in urban planning. Although this begs at least two interesting questions: why would anyone renovate a house with the intention of lowering its property value; and should deteriorating urban neighbourhoods be left to disintegrate entirely or should we at least try and salvage them?

In the US where the income gap is wider than it is in New Zealand, gentrification is a much greater political issue. In Ponsonby and Kingsland, we seem to be more interested in the have-nows, rather than the don’t-have-anymores.

In Brooklyn, New York, there's a group calling themselves “Right To The City,” who are claiming that gentrification is a humanrights violation. They argue that the displacement of longtime residents meets a definition conceived by the United Nations in the aftermath of World War II. Since 2007, they have made it their mission to fight “gentrification and the displacement of lowincome people of colour”. It is hypocritical – they say – for those who claim to be concerned about the poor, to be first in line to move them on when they buy a do-up and spend their weekends in Home Depot.

In 1948, when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is doubtful that they were trying to guard against the threat of hipsters, baristas and weekend farmers' markets. In fact the term wasn’t even around then; it was in the 1960s when Ruth Glass, a British sociologist, coined it to describe the growing phenomenon of young bohemians moving into a part of London that had fallen into neglect and disrepair. It was thought that gentrification was a natural process that inevitably occurred when artists and other adventurous types turned their collective backs on the suburbs, and headed against the tide into the city.

“Right to the City” argues that all people, including the disenfranchised, have the right to remain in their apartments and homes and shape the political and cultural landscapes of their communities. They are relying on the fact that the UN Declaration of Human Rights asserts that everyone has the right to be protected against “interference with his ... home.” However they are somewhat up against it as there isn’t even a consensus that gentrification is bad in the first place, much less bad enough to be classified as a human-rights violation. What some see as gentrification, others see as revitalisation.

A recent article in the Guardian investigated the modern guilt that seems to go hand-in-hand with gentrification. To avoid being part of the problem – it is suggested – new residents should simply stay away from these areas and buy elsewhere. With greater intensity and the increased scarcity of land and housing, sometimes this simply isn’t an option. Facing the prospect of developing new land, which most people cannot afford to do, or being part of a housing market that is displacing people, many new renters or homebuyers end up moving into gentrifying areas anyway, but just feel guilty about it.

So when you’re working out the budget of your renovation in Freemans Bay, don’t forget to factor in the cost of a therapist.

— Tommy Honey

the investment

The Possibility of Recession

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here has been some talk among financial commentators of the increasing risk of New Zealand slipping into recession (ie, contraction in economic output) at some stage over the next couple of years. What do we make of such talk? I thought it might be useful to glance back over the past few years, and look at some of the key economic and financial indicators, and what's happened to these more recently to give rise to this talk of recession.

Post the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–09, the broader world in terms of economic GDP growth and stock market performance has looked pretty good. Or at least it did, up until the middle of 2014.

The global oil price and other hard and soft commodities indices were strong, as were stock markets: the S&P 500 in the USA gained a healthy 59 per cent in the three years to June 2014. Global interest rates were low, as central banks sought to pump liquidity in to the fractured post-GFC systems.

Here in New Zealand, we benefited from strong international wholesale dairy prices (remember these numbers when you reach the last paragraph): US$3,780/Metric Tonne in July 2011 and US$2,725/MT in July 2014), a strong stock market like everywhere else, and strong house price growth, primarily led out of Auckland.

The reasonable level of economic activity here, however, did see interest rates actually increase through to the middle of last year, and the NZ$ exchange rate increase strongly too, to over-inflated levels.

However, a year is a long time in the world of financial markets and economic indicators. Over the past year, oil prices have halved, stock markets have stopped going up and have actually started to

fall— the vernacular is “correction” — and there is concern about woeful economic growth, with the exception of the UK and USA. Here thankfully over the past year, our interest rates have declined (the three year swap rate was 4.29 per cent in July last year, and is now just 2.93 per cent), and the NZ dollar exchange rate has fallen 12 per cent on a trade-weighted average basis and 25 per cent against the US dollar. House prices are still rising, as are new car sales.

But, and it’s a big but, we’ve been hurt by a substantial decline in global dairy prices — US$2,078/MT at the time of writing. Confidence among both consumers and businesses is falling. And the worry is what this means — falling dairy prices, interest rates, exchange, rates and confidence levels — for underlying activity: the real income, jobs and incomes and for the Government, the tax take.

When economic conditions change, we typically see financial asset prices adjust quickly as we are currently seeing with stock markets, interest rates and exchange rates. We tend to see real activity levels change next — and this is what has economists worried. They will be seeing this decline in confidence and financial asset prices as leading to the possibility of a meaningful deterioration in economic activity.

So yes, you would have to say that when the BNZ says “falling dairy prices could be a shock to the New Zealand economy” and mention it in the same sentence as falling confidence, the potential of stalling growth in China, a Greek implosion and rising US interest rates, there is cause for concern. So without wanting to sound negative, watch out for a marked slowdown in New Zealand activity, and possibly a slip into recession. — Warren Couillault

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PAUL GOLDSMITH

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ecently I found myself standing in front of a lecture theatre of 300 school kids, as part of Money Week, asking them some maths questions. You never know what a day in politics is going to bring.

We talked about an iPhone 5, which you can probably pick up for $800 these days. But last year I saw one advertised for $59 a week, for 100 weeks. The kids at the Money Week event had no trouble working out that it was a very bad deal.

The tragedy is, that there are plenty of people who can’t and don’t work out that it is a bad deal. After making bad decisions, they swiftly find themselves and their families locked into a spiral of debt.

Budgeting services, volunteer groups and government welfare agencies help pick up the pieces when things go wrong, but obviously it’s best to help people avoid bad decisions.

New consumer credit laws that came into effect in June, which I’m responsible for as Commerce Minister, will require traders and money lenders to be much more upfront about the total cost of purchases and interest rates. The Commerce Commission is actively enforcing those new rules.

But the long term solution lies in improving the money skills of New Zealanders.

People often ask me why “financial capability” isn’t taught in the school curriculum. In fact, it is. We have a devolved curriculum system, which means that schools have the freedom to choose which subject areas will best suit their students, and how they teach them. Financial capability is also a subject that lends itself well to being taught as a part of other subjects – like maths and accounting. But a lot of schools have excellent

programmes and as a government we are encouraging the rest to weave it into what they offer.

The Ministry of Education produces a large range of resources for teachers in this area, and also invests in professional development so that teachers are equipped to incorporate financial capability in lessons about other subjects.

The event I spoke at as part of Money Week was a Finance Festival at Massey University in Albany, involving a cluster of a dozen or more schools on the North Shore that have worked together to bring the teaching of money skills to life. That’s been a successful pilot, which will next be extended to South Auckland.

A survey released during Money Week showed that nearly 90 per cent of school kids thought they were financially savvy, while only 19 per cent of teachers thought the same school kids had the basic skills required. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Our goal in government is to give the kids every reason to be confident, and to equip them well for the financial challenges of modern life.

Paul Goldsmith is a list MP based in Epsom and Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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by Red tape DAVID SEYMOUR

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t is inevitable, we are told, that central Auckland suburbs will become denser as intensification rumbles on. Look at London, New York, Tokyo. Truly great cities are really densely populated! As Auckland develops it will become like them. And besides, where else is a growing population going to live?

But it’s all nonsense: the urban planning profession relentlessly promotes densification out of a combination of ideology and self-interest. They would have less to do if everybody just sprawled out and drove cars, so they hate both activities. The evidence is that as cities become richer, their citizens access better transport. Better transport means people access more space, and population density decreases.

So yes, Manhattan, central London and Tokyo are dense.

They were all built when people had to live close together because the cutting edge of transport technology consisted of iron horseshoes. Then things got better, there were trains, trams, buses, and finally cars. All of those cities have lower population densities than they did 100 years ago, because the newer areas are less dense. New York City (of which Manhattan is but one borough) is less dense than Auckland today.

And so it is in Auckland. You can see the lanes of a precar city in parts of St Mary’s Bay and Parnell, but Auckland is overwhelmingly a new world city, built since we’ve been able to afford cars. It is a peculiar kind of atavism to assume Auckland’s future will look like older cities’ pasts. Just like all other cities, the future of ours will be shaped by transport technology. If technology has reached a high-water mark, or if we must curtail its use for environmental reasons, then Auckland Council’s prescription of relentless intensification is the correct one. However, if new technologies get us around faster and farther using less space and energy, then it’s back yards for all who want them.

Only an inveterate pessimist would forecast that transport technology has reached the high-water mark. Take the example of services like Uber: getting a ride is easier, cheaper, and more reliable than ever. In the US, you can share Uber rides with people going to similar places, lifting the number of people per car, reducing cost and congestion.

It is the beginning of a revolution. Soon enough, networks of environmentally-friendly electric and eventually, selfdriving vehicles coordinated by Uber-like services, will make the current practice of driving seem as antiquated as catching a train. Everything mentioned in this article is either happening now, or being tested by serious automakers and tech companies such as Ford and Google.

Only Auckland Council and its army of planners seriously believe that people with far better transport than any previous time will all choose to live on top of each other at train stations. We need them to see the future.

David Seymour is the MP for Epsom.

A Slow Boat to Nowhere Recently I grabbed an Uber ride, and got chatting to the driver. In his most recent past he was the owner-operator of a 100-person, fully certified paddle boat, on the Waikato river, taking cruises and tours from Hamilton up and down the river.

The boat was 100-years-old and formerly served the people of Whanganui before there was an H in the name, or sufficient bridges traversing the waterway. Things got tough in the recession, and he relocated to a river near Tauranga, wanting to establish a similar operation.

His first encounter was with the local iwi who told him the river was their private property and as to his proposal, I have toned down their colourful language and will paraphrase Gandalf instead: “Thou shalt not pass”.

Not deterred by the iwi’s rumblings, he wandered off to the local council. The planner advised him after much consternation that the boat would be a place of assembly, and he would require a resource consent. This would be fully notified and would need iwi approval. Once he got his head around this, and all the roadblocks the planner put in place, including parking (the wharf and carpark exist), he gave up and sold the boat. Ironically, it's now back on the Whanganui river.

I look at it like this. Due to excessive red tape and the barrier to entry of a long, uncertain, protracted resource consent process, the area misses out on jobs and a tourism venture because of the red tape. Which would in turn grow an economy and a rating base, and helps the people, the region and the country prosper.

And it is not that there should be a free-for-all in terms of activities, but the barrier to entry should not preclude someone getting on and being enterprising. The attitude should be “Yeah, but . . .” That is, “yes this is possible, but you just have to meet these reasonable standards . . .”

The Iwi Talks Sense on the Port The Ports of Auckland story will not go away. Recently an approved resource consent to extend the wharf was rescinded by the High Court, as due process had not been followed.

And in the last few weeks, Ngāti Whātua have come out and said that using Bledisloe Wharf as a car storage yard does not make sense from either an economic or a taonga (the harbour being a treasure) viewpoint. The New Zealand Herald reported the iwi spokesman as saying: “We have to develop and use resources sustainably if we are to protect them for future generations. Other major cities — Sydney and Brisbane are nearby examples — have relocated ports out of the CBD. At some point, that will become inevitable.

The sooner that reality is grasped the better.”

A review of the Port is currently underway and submissions are being called for. It is high time that Auckland Council and the government got together on this issue, and prepared a long-term strategic plan that allows a planned relocation of the port’s activities, and a redevelopment plan to benefit Auckland and the Waitematā Harbour. — Hamish Firth

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1 Auckland Heritage Festival continues this week, to October 11. For the full programme, see heritagefestival.co.nz Enjoy the lack of traffic: schools are on holiday next week too

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Take the kids to Arboria by Architects of Air, Aotea Square, to Sunday 11. A dazzling lumina– rium of paths and domes, in NZ for the first time. Family of 4+, $10 each. Buy at the door or book, aucklandlive.co.nz

Book Group at Remuera Library 11am

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School's back: Term 4 commences for most schools

Wriggle & Rhyme Active movement for babies to 2-yearolds, 9.30 - 10am every Tuesday in term-time, Parnell Library

People with Parkinsons and their families morning tea meetings, second Wed of the month, 10am, St Barnabas Church hall, Mt Eden Rd. Also first Friday of each month at St Thomas's Church hall, St Heliers Bay Rd. Ph 278 6918 for info

Drop, cover and hold today at 9.15am as part of ShakeOut, Civil Defence & Emergency's national earthquake and emergency drill exercise. shakeout.govt.nz

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Book Group at Remuera Library 11am

Teen Book Club at Remuera Library 4 - 5.30pm

St Cuthbert's College Colours dinner, Years 9-13

Parnell U3A meets 9.30am, the third Wednesday of each month, Parnell Community Centre, 545 Parnell Rd. Guest speakers, interest groups. Inquiries to Tim Carter, 309 9647

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Preschooler Storytime Stories and songs for 3 to 5-year-olds.

Every Monday during term-time from 11 to 11.30am at Parnell Library

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Rhymetime Songs, stories and rhymes for the 18-month to 3-years set, Wednesdays during term-time. 11 - 11.30am, Parnell Library St Cuthbert's College Year 13 art exhibition

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Michael Houstoun "Inspired by Bach" in the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, 7.30pm and 5pm Sunday. tickemaster.co.nz or chambermusic.co.nz

Parnell Farmers’ Market Every Saturday from 8am, Jubilee Building, 545 Parnell Rd, Parnell

Parnell Heritage guided tour of Taku Tamaki: Stories of Auckland. 10.30am, Auckland War Memorial Museum, $10.

Bookings essential, RSVP to kay@parnellheritage.co.nz

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Artweek starts across Auckland, to October 18. artweek.co.nz

La Cigale French Market Saturday and Sunday mornings, 69 St Georges Bay Rd, Parnell

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Support Lions Clubs across NZ today as they walk to raise funds for the Child Mobility Foundation.

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Enjoy and experience traditional and contemporary Indian culture at the Diwali Festival. Aotea Square, today and Sunday, from noon to 9pm

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Vienna Piano Trio play the Town Hall, 7.30pm. ticketmaster.co.nz or chambermusic.co.nz

THE HOBSON November issue delivers to homes this weekend!

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St Cuthbert's College Year 6 graduation banquet

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Ready, Set,Go! Rain, mud, cheers and tears — the annual cross country races have been held over the past term at local schools.

Congratulations to the winners, and to all who stepped up and completed the course. And a high-five too, to the students who went on to represent their schools at the Remuera (Years 5 and 6), Central and Eastern (Years 7 and 8) Zone championships.

All images and placings information courtesy of the schools.

This page: King's School pupil Denis Wood on race day in The Domain. On the front cover: Members of the Meadowbank School Year 5 team after the Remuera Zone competition. From left, Naomi Binet-Johnson, Ruby Nathan, Louella Williams, Tegan Feringa.

Cover photo by Andrew Feringa.

the sporting life BARADENE COLLEGE OF THE SACRED HEART Year 7 Eva Sutherland Penelope Salmon Havana Hopman* Year 8 Petra Buyck Lucy Burrell Chelsea Oliver *2nd place Y7 Eastern Zone girls. The Y7 team placed 1st in the teams event

DIOCESAN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Year 5 Jessica Finnegan Lily-Rose Roberts Aimee Schnuriger Year 6 Lucia Partigliani Halle Fenkner Clementine Buchanan Year 7 Arabella White* Lucy McKinnon Georgia Hair Year 8 Cara Bradding Lucy Bannatyne Zoe Mercer *2nd at the Central Zone champs. The Y7 team won the teams event.

KING’S SCHOOL Early Learning Centre Finlay McGregor-Clayton Luke Oliver Zac Ogg Transition Caleb Martin Timmy Luxton Ashton Tisch Year 1 Finn Thompson Cale Ngati Henry Fletcher, Jonty Batchelor Year 2

Quinn Winwood Henry Proctor Daniel Yu

Year 3 Vinnie Wallwork Reid Tisch Varnan Parsupati Year 4 DJ Hawkesby Lachlan Bourne William Lambie Year 5 Dion Wallwork* Harrison Dudley* Ben Tapper Year 6 Fletcher Hawkesby Hugo Batchelor Seb Ricketts Year 7 Sam Finnegan Seb McDonald Harrison Cochrane Year 8 Jamie Robertson Timothy Matthews Alex McNaught *1st overall, 2nd overall; Y5 boys team 1st overall at Remuera Zone champs.Y7 team 3rd overall, Y8 team 1st overall at Eastern Zone champs

MEADOWBANK SCHOOL Year 3 Girls Amelia Elsmore Mikayla Chung Zoe ter Beek Year 3 Boys Rares Morosanu Parker Lewis Luke Fowler Year 4 Girls Jaya Stanley Ruby Cutler-Welsh Rhianna Beard Year 4 Boys Charles Christie Max Brdanovic Sam Liggins Year 5 Girls Naomi Binet-Johnson Tegan Feringa Ruby Nathan Year 5 Boys Lachlan Dyer Zach Brown Zach Schultz Year 6 Girls

Amity Drake* Breagh Hood Emma Gilleece Year 6 Boys Corban Drake Nathan Mansfield Mattia Ward *Placed 2nd, Y6 Girls, Eastern Zone champs Y5 & Y6 Girls teams both placed 2nd overall, Y5 Boys 3rd overall

REMUERA PRIMARY SCHOOL Year 3 Girls Morgan Dudley Maddie Vincent Elaine Heimgartner Year 3 Boys Joshua King James Magnusson Ethan Lee Year 4 Girls Nicola Hume Lily Allen Charlotte Beyer Year 4 Boys Adam Redshaw Sam McKay Jack Geldard Year 5 Girls Isabelle McDonnell Ilona Findon Aishwarya Taylor Year 5 Boys Lincoln Christensen Ollie Magnusson Anthony Wong Year 6 Girls Amelia Angus Brooke Munro Heidi Stewart Year 6 Boys Jack Mitchell Jack Benney Jack Elliot

ST CUTHBERT’S COLLEGE Year 3 Eleora Lau Samantha Bradley Mia Kelliher Year 4 Sophie Robb Alexandra Fletcher the hobson 29

Renee Zhang Year 5 Charlotte Greenwood* Sofia Kelliher* Olivia Greenwood* Year 6 Madeline Leigh Zara Stewart Jaime Lewis Year 7 Isabella Richardson** Peyton Leigh Isabel Allen Year 8 Georgia Milne** Ruby Gibson Anna Duston *1st, 2nd and 3rd in Y5 at Remuera Zone champs, team 1st overall. **1st and 2nd in Central Zones, Y7 & 8 teams second overall

SAINT KENTIGERN BOYS’ SCHOOL Year 0 Harley Evans Benjamin Durose Ben Cleaver Year 1 Will McLeod Toby McFarlane Toby Wigglesworth Year 2 Max Trankels Leon Hardie Scott Nel Year 3 James Hiddleston Oliver Hardie Jaden Renault-Pollard Year 4 Sam McLeod Ethan Knox Thomas Hageman Year 5 Brodie Warren Louis Lepionka Antony Gault Year 6 Isaac Wong* George Beca Sebastian Hardie Year 7 Vinay Chichester** Matthew Larsen George Barket Year 8

Isaac Chaytor** Michael Hiddleston Jack Melhuish *2nd Y6 boys, Remuera zone, Y6 team first overall ** 1st in respective year group races at Eastern Zones. Y7 and Y8 teams both 2nd overall

SAINT KENTIGERN GIRLS’ SCHOOL Year 0 Molly Griffiths Holly Carnegie Queenie Lang Year 1 Chloe Chester Brooke Rowntree Alexi Bower, Sienna Robertshaw Year 2 Charlotte Ray Amie Hilliam Laura Bowden Year 3 Sienna Hirst Jing Jing Qiao, Endrica Dhani Year 4 Isabella Hughes Frances Revell-Devlin Kate Green Year 5 Mary Stanfield Zoe Wong Kate Dryden Year 6 Coco Hewitt Verity Ward Kate Dirks Year 7 Kaya Blackler Elyse Tse Florence Dallow Year 8 Terri-Jane Warner Zara Smith Ellie Lazzaro

SAINT KENTIGERN PRESCHOOL 3-year-old Girls Ninsi Finn Millie Peters Willow Carnegie

the sporting life

A muddy finish at the Remuera Zones for St Cuthbert's Year 5 students. The team placed first in their event, held at Saint Kentigern College.

From left to right: Charlotte Greenwood, Sofia Kelliher, Rachel Duston, Sasha Situe, Elizabeth van Wijk, Olivia Greenwood, Isabella Cowdell.

SAINT KENTIGERN PRESCHOOL 3-year-old Boys Matthew Lamb Mark Bai Henry Hewes 4-year-old Girls Amelia Hardie Olivia Lidstone Ella Mace 4-year-old Boys Boston Chester, Ben Roberton Will Paris Nico Paravicini

ST MICHAEL’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL Year 0 Jack Clegg Rafferty Marshall Arthur White Year 1 Girls Rachel White Olive Marshall Annie Sutherland

Year 1 Boys Isaac Larkin Christopher Bhatnagar Milan Foretti Year 2 Girls Eva Houghton Ari Thake Audrey Gleeson Year 2 Boys Jakub Wolski, Nathan Flordeliza Nevin Chan Year 3 Girls Antonia Vlasic Samantha Munapeyi Alexandra Dew, Sammie Corse-Scott Year 3 Boys Stuart Holmes Jack Pritchard Marko Glass Year 4 Girls Caitlin Weir Somer Tong Mia Seselj Year 4 Boys Seth Byers Luca Seselj Liam Houghton

Year 5 Girls Milly Clegg Poppy Cavanagh-Briggs Aimee Caesar Year 5 Boys Thomas Lewis Joseph Hay Henry Radich Year 6 Girls Marie Green Liberty Spencer Katy Dew Year 6 Boys Thomas Holmes Sam Clegg Daniel Schone de la Nuez

VICTORIA AVENUE PRIMARY Year 0 Girls Eden Clyma Tai Williams Lucia Bartle Year 0 Boys Henry Martin Noah Abou-Ghoury the hobson 30

Luca Colgan Year 1 Girls Alexis Tree Claudia Hughes Willow Reid Year 1 Boys Henry Main Samuel Mace Cooper O’Shannessey Year 2 Girls Mikaya Tonga Sasha Whitlock Brooke Griffiths Year 2 Boys Carter Horsfall Hugo Harris William Munro, Daniel Soldinger Year 3 Girls Isla Kebblethwaite Clara Jones Ginny Fraser Year 3 Boys Sam Jancys Quinn Skeggs-O’Donnell Luke Eades Year 4 Girls Emison Styris Sammy Barclay

Coco Lorenzon Year 4 Boys Henry Richardson Richie Woods Johnny Barclay Year 5 Girls Jaime Francis Lucy Nevill Kate Irwin Year 5 Boys Somin Mohit Morgan Tapper Thomas Beech Year 6 Girls Sophia de Magalhaes Emma Irwin Polly Chisholm Year 6 Boys Cole Osborne William Cotter Toby Tasker

Clockwise from above: Year 0 winners from Victoria Avenue School, Noah Abou-Ghoury, Henry Martin and Luca Colgan. Girls from Saint Kentigern preschool on their fun run, King's School boys in action in The Domain.

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the resident

Light Work Parnell artist Kathryn Carter captures the essence of light and the monumentality of New Zealand’s coastal landscape in her upcoming solo exhibition Between Earth and Sky.

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ight-filled landscapes by award-winning Parnell artist and architect Kathryn Carter draw you in and wrap you in a blanket of familiarity as well as wonder.

Her paintings of headlands and islands in Northland – a constant study and inspiration – imbue a sense of connection and power of the landscape. Perhaps this is why so many of her works have been snapped up over the years by ex-pats living abroad, seeking a piece of home.

While Northland is a reccurring theme, Carter’s works are representative of coastal New Zealand. “They represent a feeling about the landscape which is a universal thing,” says Carter.

“Capturing the light” is another of her gifts; that which exists for the briefest of moments as it sparkles on the sea; dances through showers of rain; and frames headlands at dawn and dusk. Her fascination with light began 30 years ago at the University of Auckland’s architecture school under the tutelage of artist Pat Hanly, who taught her to “narrow the eyes down and really look at the light and shadow in order to describe form”.

“I have drawn on the spirit of his teaching philosophy as I continue to paint. It’s the human perspective within the landscape, so often landscapes I paint are quite monumental in relation to human scale,” she says.

Ink or oils are her preferred mediums. She works with inks at Matapouri where she and husband Luke have a bach. The oils are painted at Newmarket’s Railway Street Studios, a space she shares with the artist collective of the same name.

“Using ink is a similar concept to using watercolour, but it’s a stronger way of explaining what I see. There is more power in the paint,” explains Carter. “I have to work quite quickly to catch that as the light changes, or I’d miss it. I have to make a lot of decisions based on my painting experience about how I’m going to grab it. I paint a lot of paintings. A lot of them I’m not satisfied with. Not every one is perfect. There are bits of perfection in some of them. It’s really hard to catch it – it’s like grabbing light.”

Carter spends two months of the year painting in Northland and never tires of the landscape. “The form changes all the time based on the light levels. It’s always different. I’m interested in exploring how

light alters form and colour,” she says. “I feel a sense of peace … you can sit and watch the changing showers, the rain coming through and the sun coming out – there is somehow a reassuring continuity with that.”

Carter’s prowess as an artist was recognised earlier this year when her painting, “Island Escarpment”, was the winner of the Marlborough Arts Society prize at the Peters Doig Marlborough Art Awards, praised by the judges for her “use of colour and complementary values” and “bold brush strokes”.

Her upcoming solo exhibition, Between Earth and Sky, is an exploration of identity connected to geographical isolation, perception and memory.

“The landforms sit between the earth and the sky and so there is a sense of suspension between the two,” Carter explains. “Between earth and sky exists the realm of the horizon, the imaginative earthly line and space between two dimensions.

The land represents the solid and familiar and the sea and islands the unknown journey that can provide a pathway into it.”

A quote by explorer Abel Tasman, who described New Zealand as ‘a large land, uplifted high’, was also part inspiration. “Even though we are islands there is a sense of monumentality about the landscape,” Carter says.

Between Earth and Sky is her second solo exhibition, following Towards Another Summer (2013), a collection of seascapes and island landscapes.

When she’s not painting Carter is an active member of the Auckland Architecture Association (AAA), a voluntary association and public interface for architecture that advocates for high quality design in Auckland.

What does she hope people take from her work? “Enjoyment actually. Life’s hard enough. Ideally it would provide a new perspective on something the viewer has seen before in their memory of the New Zealand landscape, and if they connect to that because they have seen it themselves, then that’s a success.”

— Carolyn Enting Between Earth and Sky is showing at Railway Street Studios, 8 Railway St, Newmarket from October 15 to November 3.

Parnell artist Kathryn Carter, with her work "At the Edge of the Sea" partly visible behind her.

Photographed at Railway Street Studios by Carolyn Enting

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the sound

The Music, Man! It's UNREAL!

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n another attempt to stay "down with the kids", I booked the 2015 MTV Video Awards show into my MySky, and on a cold, wet afternoon, I watched it.

I've always enjoyed these shows for the sheer spectacle of them, and they often surprise with edgy and compelling live performances.

The very first awards show in 1984 featured Madonna before she was Madonna. She performed "Like A Virgin" dressed in a wedding gown and “Boy Toy” belt. She walked down a massive tiered wedding cak, like something from a Busby Berkley musical, and then rolled all over the stage getting her wedding dress positively filthy. The press had conniptions, Madonna became instantly massive and the rest, as they say, is history.

A few years later Nirvana performed "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

They included x-rated lyrics from another of their banned songs, the bass player destroyed his guitar because it sounded crap and Dave Grohl stood up at the end and called Axl Rose out for a fight. Rock ‘n’ roll.

I've seen the Smashing Pumpkins perform with a full symphony orchestra and it was massive. Michael Jackson did a 17 minute medley of all his hits in 1995 that was awe inspiring. Just last year, Beyonce also did a tour de force medley, which showed the world she's still the real Queen B. So this year, Miley Cyrus was hosting the show. A girl who, two years ago, had her own VMA moment with Robin Thicke with the twerk that was heard around the world.

Even Leighton Smith joined the debate.

So I sat down expecting something.

And got nothing.

Miley is an actress, and so reading the script was no problem, except the script itself was so remarkably banal. She decided to have roughly a million costume changes during the show. Each one more risque than the last. Now I'm not averse to performance fashion — I liked Lady Gaga's meat dress and Britney Spears looked pretty cool wearing a live python one year. But Miley's costumes came with no other context than how little fabric can be used in clothes acceptable for broadcast.

The first performance was Nicki Minaj. She's a clever operator and a smart woman who is apparently well-spoken in real life.

But stage Nicki is a joke. She drawls with a fake street patois, and then sing/raps in a voice she's borrowed from Eartha Kitt.

She has figured out how to take all melody out of music. A lot

of the performance seemed to be about how her booty is so bootylicious, it has its own gravity force. Meanwhile she looked like a big red Christmas cracker.

She was joined on stage by Taylor Swift and they segued into Taylor's latest hit. Apparently these two have had some sort of bad blood and this was the grand reunion. I have never seen two performers relate less. Both seemed to be imagining that the other wasn't there. This bloodless charade finished. Taylor scowled off, Nicki threw down some garbage talk at Miley, and then her mic got turned off. WTF! And so it continued. I won't ruminate on Kanye West's 10-minute brain fart.

Unfortunately, it confirmed what I've been thinking for quite some time listening to hit radio, and watching the music video channels. Music has been hijacked by corporates with no musical bones in their bodies, who produce an homogenous gloop of mysogynistic twaddle, produced by Scandinavian robots.

This corporatism has invaded good causes too. There's a joke post going round saying the UN is warning that we are only days away from a Bono charity song for refugees. The same week that came out, Paul McCartney released a charity single for the upcoming Paris Climate Change conference. "Love Song To Earth" is a sweet sentiment that has come out all sickly, and I wouldn't be surprised if you listened hard enough you could hear Sheryl Crow and Sean Paul's managers babbling on their mobiles about "exposure" and getting back in the game.

You would have thought someone in the biz would have figured out why Lorde's "Royals" was so big. It's a song that says the music and entertainment industry no longer produces material that normal kids find relatable.

It's just not real.

So after this depressing epiphany, I was further saddened by the passing of Graham Brazier. The last time I saw Graham was just a month or two ago at his bookshop on Dominion Rd. We sat on beer crates with a beer in our hands and talked music, gigs and books. He was quoting a lot of Tennyson that day. I think now he was the Lord Tennyson of Kiwi music.

Graham was flamboyant, showy and prone to exaggeration like any great performer, but it all came from somewhere real.

Real heartache, love and passion. Real music. There's an idea.

— Andrew Dickens

Farewell to the real thing: Hello Sailor's Graham Brazier at a concert at Auckland Teachers College, 1977. Photo: Stephen Penny

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the teacher

Study Tips for Success

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erm 3 has been full of sickness in all schools and, no doubt you along with me, are looking forward to longer evenings, lighter mornings and the sun starting to shine as we head into spring.

With Term 4 looming, teachers are now staring down the barrel of exams. For some children this can be a very stressful experience, so creating a calm and supportive atmosphere at home is essential.

Schools are now preparing and setting exams, or scheduling testing, for the younger children. This is a very important time of the year assessing students’ progress and, especially if your child is upwards of Year 7, she/he now needs to be taking responsibility for learning the skills of study/revision at home.

Some children find it quite difficult to discipline themselves to do this on their own, so will need careful encouragement. If these patterns are set up in the early years, by completing all homework activities, they will find studying a lot easier as they progress through school. As with anything, children need to be taught and then encouraged to learn how to manage their own time and their study/revision programmes outside of school. I did some research to find out what the experts suggested.

Sometimes we need to give our children the “gift of failure”, says educator and author Jessica Lahey. She suggests that parenting for dependence simply doesn’t work in the long term, and that it can rob children of their natural curiosity and love of learning. Therefore a few ‘failures’ can be a wonderful gift to learn something very valuable. A question for you to ponder: how do you feel about failure?

Do you fear it or embrace it? Your answer will tell you something about how you will respond to your child failing in a test or an exam.

Lahey suggests “intrinsic motivation” is good parenting – that means ditching every sort of bribery (and we are all guilty of this to try to encourage our children to succeed) in order to allow children to engage with their own education. This will empower them to take responsibility, and foster a love of learning. However bribery does work – sometimes. It just doesn’t work as a long-term system, because children are very clever and will eventually manipulate this system to suit themselves. So intermittent rewards work better than a reward every time.

I am such a supporter and advocate of the work of Stanford psychology professor Dr Carol Dweck, a world leader in the field of motivation. She advises to be careful — particularly with verbal bribery — and telling children they are so smart when they score well in a test.

Of course we are proud of them, and want to tell them that, but she says you are best to praise them for working hard, rather than on the result. Dweck’s research proved that when children were praised for working hard, and scoring well because of that in their tests, their personal satisfaction was so high they continued to make good progress as the work got progressively harder.

That is, they started to make the connection between personal responsibility, achievement and success. The children who had been praised just for being smart had a short-term sense of personal satisfaction that did not motivate them to work harder next time.

Allowing children to form their own learning habits is vital. Jessica Lahey suggests that “rather than enforcing your schedule on them, ask them, when they feel ready, to sit down and do their homework/ study/revision, because this might just change their habits”. More often than not, if they have input and are included in the decisionmaking, they will take on ownership and responsibility. So setting their own schedule for study, in discussion with you, is valuable.

Your job as parents is to quietly observe, making sure the process works and to provide the resources. — Judi Paape

Some tips to help your child prepare for tests/exams: • Give themselves enough time • Have an organised, quiet space • Plan a schedule of subjects to be studied (and depending on age, how long at one sitting) • Regular brain snacks/water/sleep • Know they can ask you or another adult to help, listen and test (be supportive as they need you at this time) • A calm household

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the hobson suggests

Toned & Terrific

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ow is the time to take control and get your body looking great with CoolSculpting, the gold standard in permanent fat reduction.

The highly-experienced team at Prescription Skin Care are professionally trained in the art of non-surgical body contouring. In the past two years, Prescription Skin Care has successfully performed hundreds of CoolSculpting treatments on both men and women — globally, there have been more than a million treatments.

CoolSculpting is the only machine of its type with both FDA and TGA approval for safety and efficiency. In the hands of a skilled operator, it can banish those niggly troublespots that can stop you feeling and looking your absolute best, whether turning heads in a fabulous dress, or poolside in your new swimsuit.

There are no needles, no knives and no downtime, and because the results appear over two to three months, no one need know a thing. The treatment is ideal for anyone who has resistant, stubborn fat that diet and exercise can’t seem to shift. Book your consultation now in time for summer!

Six common problem areas that CoolSculpting is designed to target and treat 1. Back fat – when your tops pull in unflattering ways 2. Bra bulge – the ‘hangover’ visible in fitted tops 3. Muffin top – annoying hip fat that bulges over your jeans 4. Thighs – lumps and bumps seen in slim-fitting pants

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5. Mummy tummy – the belly that shows under fitted dresses 6. Upper arms — baggy under the triceps What to Expect CoolSculpting targets fat cells by using two cooling paddles – you will feel pressure and initially, cold. You will not need a local anaesthetic. During the treatment, you can lie down, read a book or watch a movie, relaxing in your own private room. Costs vary depending on the number of areas needing treatment.

Beware of Imitations CoolSculpting is the discovery of doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, a teaching affiliate of Harvard University. The most important thing about the technique (known as cryolipolysis) is that it only targets fat, not the surrounding tissue. Other copycat treatments can’t make this claim, so think twice about them. CoolSculpting is the only FDA-approved treatment of this kind.

Patients require a 45-minute consultation to determine if CoolSculpting is right for them, and to make a treatment plan.

To see more results of this amazing treatment, visit www. prescriptionskincare.co.nz/coolsculpting Prescription Skin Care is led by Plastic Surgeon Stephen Gilbert FRCS, FRACS (plastic).

243 Remuera Road, Remuera. Ph 529 5784 to book your consultation.

the wellbeing

A Seasonal Shape-Up Like sunshine into dark corners, there’s nothing like spring to make you take a good, long look at yourself and think, yes, I would like to do something about … We asked the experts in our neighbourhood about how to tackle some issues, from the cosmetic, to those that untreated, can leave permanent damage. — Justine Williams DETOX: AN EROSION ISSUE FOR TEETH Oral health practitioner: Dr Andrea Shepperson, BDS, City Dental at Quay Park, Parnell Summer is approaching and many people are eager to shed winter's extra kilos, and a “detox diet” is often regarded as a fast kick-start to the process. But before you reach for a glass of lemon juice and water, read what dentist Dr Andrea Shepperson has to say about that trend — she would really prefer you choose another way to shift the weight, for the sake of your teeth. She has noticed an increasing number of women in particular, seeking help for tooth enamel permanently damaged as a result of detox diets.

The citric acid in lemon juice is a potent acid that binds to calcium, and can cause irreversible damage to tooth enamel. Within a few days, at the doses recommended by many detox diet plans — up to eight glasses a day, for up to 10 days — tooth enamel will be lost. The effect is permanent and can result in sensitive teeth.

“Long-term use creates extensive destruction that can only be repaired with restorative dental treatments using porcelain or composites to rebuild teeth,” says Andrea. A recent study tested the theory that drinking citrus through a straw will mitigate the effect, “The results were interesting and showed that drinking through a straw still produced damage,” she says.

If you do want to follow a detox plan, Andrea advises moderation and to avoid constant sipping throughout the day. “Rinse immediately afterwards, preferably with baking soda in water or a high pH mouthwash, don't brush for at least two hours and use a rapid pH restorer, such as Tooth Mousse, which helps to remineralise damaged enamel.”

Lumino The Dentists City Dental at Quay Park, Beach Rd, Parnell.

Ph 919 2660 www.citydental.co.nz

TOO MUCH BODY HAIR? Permanent hair reduction expert: Angela Frazer, Registered Nurse, Prescription Skin Care, Remuera The constant management of excess body hair by shaving, waxing or plucking can end, with permanent hair reduction carried out by the trained specialist nurses at Prescription Skin Care. Suitable for men and women, the revolutionary, pain-free, and very quick, laser treatment allows you to treat more than one area at a time, at the same appointment.

“Using advanced laser hair removal treatments, we can now offer permanent hair reduction, safely and effectively,” says senior nurse and clinical co-ordinator Angela Frazer. “You can now get smooth

legs and arms, remove unwanted hair on the face, or for men, the back and chest, and safely treat sensitive areas like the upper lip.”

You specify how much of the annoying hair you want reduced.

Some men like to permanently remove all hair on the chest or back, while others just want a percentage reduction. Bikini and Brazilian treatments are very popular for women. For facial hair, the nurses use a different hair removal laser, the Cutera machine.

“We can treat all skin types, including dark and tanned skin, which is great news, especially during the summer,” says Angela.

“And every laser hair removal treatment is carried out by a professional nurse using equipment of only the highest standard.”

Prescription Skin Care’s state-of-the-art laser treatments don’t cause pain, and there is no need for numbing gels, ice or anaesthetic.

“Men are also waking up to the benefits of laser hair removal,” says Angela. “No longer the preserve of bodybuilders, hair removal for men has become increasingly popular and acceptable.”

Prescription Skin Care, 243 Remuera Rd, Remuera.

Ph 529 5784 www.prescriptionskincare.co.nz

ERADICATE FACIAL SKIN CANCERS Dermatology specialist: Dr Paul Salmon BhB MBChB FRACP FACMS, Skin Centre at Ascot, Remuera Skin cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand, the legacy for many people of a childhood spent without enough slip, slop, slap care in our strong sunlight. Mohs micrographic surgery is an advanced treatment for facial skin cancer, which offers both the greatest potential for cure as well as the optimum opportunity for cosmetic recovery, says consultant dermatologist, Dr Paul Salmon.

“Facial skin cancers often grow with a mass of tiny fine rootlets,” he explains. “These can be missed on routine pathology, which provides only an estimate of whether the tumour is removed. Mohs surgery enables the dermatologic surgeon to track out all these roots with precise guidance.”

The power of this procedure comes from its ability to remove the guesswork and uncertainty in the treatment of skin cancer. Even those cancers that have been previously treated unsuccessfully by other methods are often curable by Mohs micrographic surgery.

The Mohs technique also ensures the best possible cosmetic result following the removal of the tumour.

Mohs is most often used to treat two of the most common types of skin cancer; basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma, but may also be used to treat melanoma and other, rarer, types of skin

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cancer that may be undetectable to an untrained eye.

“As dermatologists, we are trained to be experts at recognising skin cancer at an early stage when it would normally go undetected,” says Paul Salmon. “About half the people I see in my office have a skin cancer they were completely unaware of. So I feel it’s always important to carefully examine all of my patients’ skin, not just the bit they might have come with concerns about.”

Skin Centre, Unit GD (with Auckland Dermatology), Ascot Office Park. Ph 0508 754623 www.skincentre.com

PLUMP UP THE VOLUME Dermal fillers expert: Sally Ellison, Senior Appearance Medicine Nurse, Skin Institute, Remuera We used to talk so much about wrinkles in relation to ageing. Today, beauty professionals are meeting with a growing number of women (and a few men) whose most common complaint with ageing is that they look tired, grumpy and just a little bit angry. Sally Ellison, an experienced skin nurse, says the Skin Institute encourages clients to try and look at the bigger picture. “It’s no longer necessarily about chasing fine lines.”

Loss of volume has become the main focus when it comes to establishing the cause of a tired, grumpy-looking face, and using dermal (temporary) fillers such as Restylane, Juvederm and Esthelis, Sally works to restore the lost volume achieving a natural yet much fresher and more youthful appearance. These fillers are made from hylauronic acid or collagen, a natural substance found in all living organisms, and work by ‘plumping’ up or restoring volume to the area being treated.

The mid face region encompassing the tear troughs and the nasolabial folds (between the cheeks and the corners of your nose and mouth) have an enormous effect on our appearance, ad do our lips which sadly also suffer from diminished volume over time.

Sally prides herself on using temporary fillers to add lost volume back to lips, challenging herself to always achieve a natural and feminine result.

The fillers used at Skin Institute typically last between six and 12 months, sometimes longer. What filler is used, and where, can only be determined after an initial consultation. Treatment is quick, and normal activities can resume immediately.

Skin Institute, 123 Remuera Rd, Remuera. Ph 974 1731 www.skininstitute.co.nz

PERFECTLY ALIGNED CANINES Oral health practitioner: Dr John McCabe, BDS, One Health Dental, Remuera Advanced dentistry can offer treatment for a number of mouth disorders or cosmetic needs, but one thing dentist John McCabe is passionate about at his practice is “canine guidance”.

“No, it’s not letting your dog take you where it wants to go,” laughs John. “It’s more serious than that — it’s all about your pointy

corner teeth, or your canines. It’s important to keep your canines intact, in the right position, and prevent them from getting worn and flat.”

Worn canines can point to a number of issues, not just oral health. “If the canines are damaged and they get too short, they lose their function, and that can lead to a raft of problems like headaches, toothache, broken teeth, clenching and grinding.

Canines are designed to guide your back and front teeth to move without clashing against each other when you slide your jaw side to side when eating. If they do clash they can break.

“Worse still, interferences can cause your jaw joint to be continually shocked, leading to headaches, muscular pain and jaw joint pain,” says John.

Corrected canines can lead to a better result with the rest of your dentistry, particularly after the removal of braces, bite correction or for patients who have filled molars breaking.

“Another common complaint is teeth clenching, and a clicky jaw that doesn’t open well.” This can be treated with removable mouthguards that stop the back teeth from clashing and give the muscles and jaw a rest.

One Health Dental, 122 Remuera Rd, Remuera.

Ph 524 8834. www.onehealthdental.co.nz

HEALTHY, SHINY, COLOURED HAIR Hair expert: Matt Benns, Creative Director, Stephen Marr salons Olaplex is a game-changer in hair repair. A new product now available at Stephen Marr, it’s an in-salon service that offers a whole new dimension to coloured hair. Olaplex makes processed hair feel unbelievably silky and healthy, and in terms of colour, it allows possibilities like never before, enhancing the colour and helping it last.

“Imagine being able to push your colour into more directions than you’ve ever been able to before,” says Matt Benns. “Olaplex allows us to raise the bar, achieving better results without oversensitising or damaging your hair.”

Olaplex is a new invention, single ingredient chemistry that’s free of silicone, phthalates, DEA or aldehydes. It’s ground-breaking, Matt explains, because it re-links broken bonds together and it’s those bonds that give hair its strength and shape.

Olaplex is most effective when used in conjunction with colour services that are usually the most damaging to hair, like the lightening processes. “I have still seen great effect on all colours, using it to create rich brunettes, radiant reds and coppers, allowing colour to last longer and with more vibrancy,” says Matt.

While it’s magic on coloured hair, it’s also suitable for noncoloured locks. “I have prescribed it to clients who use heated styling tools nearly every day, and they too have experienced incredible results.”

Available at all Stephen Marr salons, Olaplex is an add-on to your usual/regular colour or at-the-basin treatment. It can be added to a colour service from $39, or used as a salon treatment when you’re having a trim (add $59). It can also be purchased for home use.

Stephen Marr, 16 Morrow St, Newmarket. Ph 524 6702. www.stephenmarr.co.nz

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the pretty

Spring Spruce Happiness is in our daily rituals, and Jo Malone’s new Shower Oil is the greatest way to start the day. A nourishing formula with sunflower seed, jojoba and coconut oil, it’s Peony & Blush Suede fragrance is subtle and calming. And it reminds us that peony season is near.

Jo Malone Peony & Blush Suede Shower Oil $90.

Jo Malone, Britomart

Justine Williams marks the change of season with spring beauty treats

Get your fine, frizzy, undisciplined hair in order with this power player from Kérastase. Use regularly for maximum frizz control, extreme softness and suppleness. Kérastase Discipline Maskeratine $65, from Bettjemans Orakei and Servilles Newmarket

Did you say liquid tape for the face? Count us in! This little gem from Estēe Lauder gives an instant tightening sensation, but thanks to a couple of clever ingredients, it also works overtime to give a more lifted, toned and sculptured look around the eye area. Estēe Lauder New Dimension Expert Liquid Tape $124. Life Pharmacy 277, Newmarket Nourishing nut and seed oils restore smoothness and elasticity. Honey, ginseng extract and Vitamin E help to heal, protect and hydrate while sugar provides gentle exfoliation. The essential oil blend of may chang and mandarin releases a wonderfully fresh and citrusy fragrance. Nellie Tier May Chang & Mandarin Body Scrub $38, available at Box@Home, Remuera, Total Care, Remuera, Isabel Harris, Newmarket

Having good-to-go gel nails has become an essential, but keeping up with appointments can be troublesome. Essie’s new Gel-Setter Top Coat is the next best thing. Double the wear and double the shine of a regular polish manicure — and you can do it at home. This spring we’re teaming it with Essie Ballet Slipper for the perfect blush of colour. Essie Gel-Setter Top Coat and Essie Nail Lacquer in Ballet Slipper, $24.99 each, from Farmers Newmarket

Never underestimate the effect a perfectly groomed brow has on your entire face. This clever brushon brow mousse from Clinique subtly tints while taming the brows. Clinique Just Browsing Brush-On Styling Mousse $40, available at Life Pharmacy 277 and Smith & Caughey’s Newmarket

I’m prepared to love anything from the master of laser cuts and a well-placed zip, and this first time fragrance from Azzedine Alaia doesn’t disappoint. If you are looking for something really unlike anything else you’ve sampled, then this is your fragrance. It’s earthy and powdery and peppery, not really floral, but nearly floral. It’s very grown up, and has a strong self-confidence. Alaia Paris Eau de Parfum 50ml $170, from Smith & Caughey’s Newmarket

It’s a little bit rock ‘n roll, and I like it. Liquid shadows are easy to use, and YSL has nailed the colour palette with the Full Metal Collection. A swipe with the wand, and then blending with your finger, give a great result. Wear subtly or dramatically. Yves Saint Laurent Full Metal Shadow, available in 10 shades, $55 each, from Life Pharmacy Remuera

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Picking Up The Threads When Brent Lawler comes home to work with designer Adrienne Winkelmann, it’s another stitch in a decades-long friendship

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rent Lawler lobs into town twice a year from Manhattan to work with designer Adrienne Winkelmann on her seasonal collections. The New York-based (via Hamilton/ Auckland/Sydney/London) hair stylist brings more than his styling tools and a vapour trail of Frederick Malle fragrance to his part in the process.

“Each season I work on the creative direction with Adrienne,” he says of the NZ couturier’s collections. “It might be, well I think this lapel should be in satin.” Winklemann herself heads to the US and Europe each year, and she and Lawler often meet up in New York to go fabric shopping.

Their working relationship goes back to the early 80s, when Lawler was cutting and styling the big hair of the day at Potter Blair & Associates in Shortland St. Across the road in High St, Winkelmann was building up her clientele of women needing a tailored wardrobe for their careers in chambers, corporates and the corridors of power. Winkelmann was a client of Lawler’s, he sent clients her way too. The Shortland/ High St nexus of that era was directional fashion central.

“Dadleys, Street Life, World . . . it was amazing.”

Lawler’s big break came while working as artistic director at Valonz, a Sydney salon in demand to work on fashion shows internationally. Valonz shouted Lawler a trip to Paris, where he met leading hair designer Eugene Souleiman.

He assisted Souleiman as part of his team for seven years when the shows were big — Alexander McQueen big — the ideas were big, and creative freedom boundless. “I was very lucky to be there at that time,” he says, reflecting that it's pared-back now in comparison.

Lawler relocated to the US almost 10 years ago, and has continued to grow his career, working on both fashion shows and editorial shoots for high-profile magazines. Recent clients have included a Robert Cavalli campaign starring singer Nicki Minaj, a few days after that, it was working with modelling maven Heidi Klum for Bendon. “Love her, she’s hilarious, great sense of humour”. The day after he arrives home from this trip, he was to

work on fashion editorial pages for US Vogue. His Instagram feed is a credit roll of the hot-right-now models. He works regularly for Vogue Italia, L’uomo Vogue, Vogue Japan, Interview as well as commercial clients such as Cavalli and Ralph Lauren.

For ideas to contribute to Winkelmann’s campaigns and collections, Lawler finds inspiration during his travels. For the new spring/summer campaign, a trip to the Chanel archives was the trigger. Lawler was in Paris to work on a Chanel fragrance campaign, and through a friend who works with Chanel creative consultant Amanda Harlech, asked if he could see the show archives (everything is kept).

The French were bemused by his interest: he had to be prised away from the seemingly endless trove of props, backdrops and show pieces stored in a warehouse “the size of an aircraft hangar” 45 minutes outside the city.

His eye was taken by white flowers created for a Chanel couture show a few seasons ago.

Back home in Manhattan’s Chelsea — an apartment shared with teddy bear schnoodle Ripley — he tested some ideas with craft paper, liked the results and a week later, was in Winkelmann’s Parnell living room, “with a glue gun, making ginormous flowers”. (A creative interest in the process from Bill, the household’s British shorthair cat, was not appreciated). In the studio, the flowers became the backdrop “for the clothes to pop off”. The flowers have a postshoot life in the couture room in Winklemann’s Chancery store.

Around the flower-making and the shoot itself, returning to Auckland also meant catching up with old friends, some going back to the days of flatting in a “very old, very basic villa” in Bath St, Parnell, and enjoying staying at Winkelmann’s home, with its short walking distance to the Chancery HQ. “I love being here, being by the water. I love staying with Adrienne and [husband] Steve — he’s an amazing cook. ” You get the feeling the twice-annual visit is as much a tonic for Lawler as it is a pop of creative brainstorming for Winkelmann.

— Kirsty Cameron

Brent Lawler with a backdrop of the paper roses he created for the new Adrienne Winkelmann campaign.

Photographed by Melanie Jenkins at Flash Studios, Freemans Bay.

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the wheeze

Date Knights Always ready with an answer to life’s problems, Eloise Grace steers you through the local options for a place to have a drink, and help your relationship.

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ow, as your mother would tell you, you don’t adopt a rabid dog and then act surprised when it bites you. The same goes with boys. Don’t date the ones that foam at the mouth when another girl walks past, date the ones that foam for you. And here’s something that mother didn’t tell you; the nice ones have their issues too. Luckily, for you, I am a perpetual nice-guy dater.

Here’s some tips on how a good night out can subtly say ‘I love you.

I appreciate you. But you really need to fix this.’ Once again, we march into the fray ...

First, the Villager. If your lad is a classic Kiwi bloke, this is the place for him. The food proportions are fit for the king of all truckers and as well as being hearty, they were delicious. Lucky for us, we went on the weekly pub quiz night. So, if your man’s a sports nut and you're a political studies student, you two will clean up because the rest of the crowd seemed to only be able to answer questions that related to Richie McCaw. In an attempt to blend in (which was practically impossible being surrounded by grown men in stubbies and socks with jandals) I had the American Pale Ale ($11). And if anything, the quiz will make you learn to love his first-name-basis relationships with the All Blacks, because he’s using it to earn you money for new shoes!!

Villager, 606 Remuera Rd, Remuera

night out, but the choice here is outstanding for any palate. If your boy is not as comfortable as mine with his metro side, he can let go of the fact that he's ordered a delicious Fentiman’s Botanically Brewed Ginger Ale ($6), because being surrounded by fur-lined seating and an abundance of lumber can affirm his macho-ness.

I’m not quite so confident on how he felt about the topstitched, denim 70s vests that the waiters wear.

Woodpecker Hill, 196 Parnell Rd, Parnell Does your boyfriend just stand there awkwardly, grinning like an idiot when he meets new people? It's not like you’re embarrassed by him, but in public ... well, yeah he’s embarrassing. In that case, head for Laneway. Finally, Ponsonby style has made it to Remmers.

The interior design is very Moscow industrial/meets New York

At Stonehouse we were placed near a suitably stone fireplace, sinking in large armchairs. In order to honour the historic standing of the venue, I decided to take on the persona of a 1950s spy and ordered a Rusty Nail (whisky and Drambuie over ice, $15). Unfortunately, my boyfriend chose to go in another direction and ordered a Blue Lagoon. It arrived adorned with all kinds of wild paraphernalia, which His and hers drinks served up by Allister Sawtell at Laneway, Remuera suggested we were on holiday in Miami or some other version of Sodom or Gomorrah.

Needless to say, my dream involving spies in Saville Row suits Meatpacking District /meets a Yayoi Kusama exhibition, with giant and Oliver Goldsmith glasses was assassinated, as he munched caged balls to provide mood lighting. But the atmosphere was on a seemingly-lifetime supply of glazed fruits. Apparently I am smooth, with the ever-brilliant sound of Fat Freddie's Drop. I gotta dating Malibu Ken. However embarrassing, I suggest you leave this say, along with the Gin Rickey (Botanist Gin, fresh lime and soda, tendency towards camp refreshments alone. If you think about it, $14) and the bearded bartender with brilliant banter, Laneway has would James Bond have made a good husband? everything you need. Plus, it's quite a cosy little place, so if your Stonehouse, 44 Tamaki Drive, Mission Bay partner is socially inept he won't feel overwhelmed.

Laneway, Clonbern Lane, Remuera (downstairs from Remuera Now, Woodpecker Hill I've done before. So, in order to shut Local Café Bistro) down anyone who’s suggesting I am running out of ideas, I ask you — at how many places can you get a killer drink for men who For those like myself, whose partner is at ease with his don’t drink? At Woodpecker Hill of course, because they cater metrosexual side (no hunny, just because they wear tomato red for everything, and anyone, and they do it extraordinarily well. If skinny jeans in Italy doesn't mean it's appropriate here), Meadow is your man is a health nut, or in training for the next Iron Man and the place. Honestly, I was completely overcome with joy — I've never refuses to touch a drop of booze, this is the place for you. Usually, seen so many horn-rimmed glasses, long-haired salt and pepper, it's a tad difficult to get grown men to drink a flavoured soda on a The Sartorialist types in one room before! Here’s an environment

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in which you won’t have to scream into a pillow when he says ‘salut!’ instead of ‘cheers’. I highly recommend the Bourbon Spiced Crumble (bourbon, gingerbread liqueur, cinnamon, apple juice and egg white, $18) which I unfortunately didn't order but did steal from my drinking partner when he went to the loo. Additionally, Meadow is situated between St Chads and a general practice, just in case you or your man overdo it, in one way or another.

Meadow, 20 St Johns Rd, Meadowbank What can we say about the Windsor Castle? What can't we say about it? It's a Parnell institution! And while it's changed a lot since I went with my parents for their after-work drinks (and my wellearned after-maths tutoring cola), it's still a great pub, the perfect place to go with your boy to let him socialise with his mates. Also, for all those boyfriends or husbands who fancy themselves as “musos,” and think that lecturing people on how hip-hop is dead is their personal debt to society, the bar often features live musical performances. Put a glass of Huntaway Pinot noir ($12) in his hand and push him in front of a band, and hopefully he will stop trying to engage everyone with his modern musical theories. Problem solved!

Windsor Castle, 144 Parnell Rd, Parnell The yellow brick walls, the barrels used as tables, Little Havana is exactly the kind of small, untouched haven that you find by accident on a holiday in some tiny alleyway, and then spend the rest of your life going to the same vacation spot, trying desperately

to find it again. The El Jimadors Punch ($17, featuring chilli and tequila) is spicy and exotic, and well worth your attention.

When I went with my boyfriend and flatmates, we accompanied our drinks with chicken wings, which as you know, are best eaten with fingers, which led us into a discussion on provincial manners, and whether ‘provincial’ can be a compliment as well as an insult. Little Havana, we decided, was the best sort of provincial in the complimentary column: European in feel, authentic and welcoming in practice.

Little Havana, in the Village Green, 415 Remuera Rd, Remuera NSP, or Non Solo Pizza if you must, has a front bar that's often the hopping place on a Saturday night for those men who are wrapped up in Burberry scarves while drinking with their pinky fingers cocked. If your partner fancies himself as a bit of an intellectual, even if he once claimed that “the truly brilliant thing about Warhol was how he got his hair to sit like that”, then this is a smart crowd. The bartender was outlandishly charming, a trait I can only imagine was honed from years of serving the numerous Botox and tanning-bed endorsers of our beautiful suburb. If your man friend wants to join a corporate circle, buy him a glass of the Quartz Reef Brut ($15) and get the voice memo function on your phone ready for the next chapter in his memoir.

Front bar at NSP, 259 Parnell Rd, Parnell This is the last of The Wheeze's reports for THE HOBSON, unless she decides to tell us what's going down in London. Bon voyage!

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the magpie

Justine Williams finds things are getting awfully stylish around here ...

1 Those crazy cool kids at Seletti always deliver something to make you smile, and in this case, unlock conversation at your summer table. Available in black or a matte gold, 24 piece Keytlery set, $499 from Seletti, Osborne Lane, Newmarket. www.selettiboutique.co.nz

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2 Smart pots step up the style in your outdoor spaces. Elho's plastic pots are European market leaders and are UV and frost resistant. White and anthracite Pure Round Pots

by Elho come in eight sizes, starting at 40 x 36cm for $75. Larger pots (up to 107cm high) can be ordered. Available from Sunhill Garden Centre, St Johns Rd, Kohi.

3 How cool is Freedom looking with its new pendant light collection? The industrial look is still dominant in interiors, but we love the slight softening with the use of rose gold, and cut-glass bulbs. Freedom Furniture lights from $59.95 to $199 from Freedom Furniture, 77 Broadway, Newmarket. www.freedomfurniture.co.nz 4 I could tell you how stylish this Helen Cherry jumpsuit is, but you can see that for yourselves. It's the ultimate go anywhere, do anything, don’t-have-to-think-about-it wardrobe super-staple. Available in black or blue, with or without sleeves. Karmen Jumpsuit, $498, Workshop, 18 Morrow St, Newmarket.

5 This fab Venus & Mars coffee table set from King Living caught my eye. The Australian company has been making furniture since the '70s, and has just opened its first NZ showroom, in Parnell. These tables — there are two here — work together or apart. Venus $750, Mars $1280. King Living, 535 Parnell Rd. www.kingliving.com

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6 Some might say it’s normcore that's spurred the re-emergence of the long denim skirt, though others may say it never really left, especially in smaller NZ towns. Work it for today with a waist-skimming or tucked-in top, whether that's a tee-shirt or a pretty blouse. Denim Button Front long skirt, $169, from Country Road, Newmarket.

7 Linen on your bed is totally a thing. It's perfect for our summer — light and breathable and the rumpled thing looks good. I do like the Nest range for their delicious colour palette. Washed Linen Pillowcases, $59 pair from Nest, 3 York St, Newmarket. www.nest-direct.com 8 We love a vase that’s an independent beautiful thing all by itself. Design Quarter has temporarily left Remuera but is available online 24/7 until a pop-up store opens at Christmas. Steps Ceramic Vase, $52.40, from www.designquarter.co.nz 9 Wouldn't this Karen Walker Jewellery The League Necklace look good with the jumpsuit, or over that tee with the denim skirt? Shown here in 9ct gold ($1049), it also comes in sterling silver ($229). Silver available, gold to order, at Zlato Jewellers, 125 Parnell Rd, Parnell.

10 I stared longingly at this oil-on-linen work by Otago artist Phillip Maxwell for much longer than I should have. It does that to you — imagine living with it. I can.

Big Boat in Port Chalmers by Phillip Maxwell, price on inquiry, from The Remuera Gallery, 360 Remuera Rd. www.remuera-gallery.co.nz 11 Because you deserve it, after (or during) a long day ... the Avarte Remmi chair and ottoman by Yrjö Kukkapuro brings some very comfortable Scandi-style to your home or workspace. Available as a single chair, two or three seater, plus the ottoman. Exclusive to Bromhead Design, Level 1, 9 Railway St, Newmarket. www.bromheaddesign.co.nz 12 Sometimes, by simply creating what you want, you create something we all want and before you know it, you have a cult following. Such is the case with French label Maison Labiche, the output of two Parisians who created basics with an embroidered twist. Maison Labiche mens' Luke Skywalker tee-shirt, $105, Fabric, 6b Teed St, Newmarket. www.thisisfabric.com

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Peter Nola with models wearing Peppertree, photographed by Desmond Williams for Eve magazine, April 1975. Magazine courtesy of Ben Nathan

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the player

Vale Peter Nola Peter Nola was a long-time contributor to NZ’s fashion industry, and a resident of Remuera and Parnell. His Peppertree label was a huge success from the 1970s — there was a Peppertree boutique on Parnell Rd — before he also expanded into corporate wear. Locally, Nola’s connection with the Parnell Lawn Tennis Club was so deep, it was the venue for his memorial service at the end of August. His daughter-in-law, and regular contributor to THE HOBSON, Sandy Burgham, remembers him

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ne of the most colourful pioneers of the NZ fashion industry passed away on August 24 – my father -in-law, whom I completely adored, the inimitable Peter Nola. For many his name was synonymous with Peppertree, the label he created and ran for some 30 years from its launch in 1967.

Peter was born to Luke and Katherine Nola on October 24, 1938, and while an Auckland boy through and through, he felt a strong connection to his Croatian roots — the family were from Podgora, on the Dalmatian coast. I always felt his love of fishing and boating, gold chains on tanned skin, fresh fish washed down with a good wine, and his emotional expressiveness came from this Adriatic side.

He showed early prowess on the sports field, especially in rugby and tennis. It was the latter that would loom large in his life, and he was a long-time active member of the Parnell Lawn Tennis Club, where we held his service. With the flag flying at half-mast, Sade's "Smooth Operator" playing and amongst mementos of his time there — the Peppertree trophy he sponsored, his name on plaques on the walls — a packed clubhouse paid tribute to a man who was, in the words of one rag trader, “a legend of legends back in the day when there were real legends”.

And I can contest to that. Peter was indeed legendary in so many ways. He lived not so much with the glass half full, but overflowing with optimism, tall stories and adventure.

He was audacious and outrageous in so many ways, but got away with it because of charm and an essentially expansive good nature. Three years ago, when my daughter was 16, she did a school essay on her “Dida” (Croatian for grandpa). I think this extract really captures the essence of Peter.

“Eyes sparkling, he greets me with a kiss on the cheek and I get enveloped in his signature cloud of Ralph Lauren Polo cologne. Fifty years since he first founded the New Zealand fashion label Peppertree, a now-retired Peter Nola sits across from me in his sleek, all-white living room, animated as he speaks about his life. “I really was in love with fashion. I didn’t want to sell things that weren’t the top. I wanted the best.”

Peter’s face is an image of pride and ardor as he takes himself back to his heyday at the height of Peppertree’s success. In the early 80s Peter was designing uniforms for the National Bank, Air New Zealand, BNZ, Fisher & Paykel, TAB, Auckland City Council and numerous other corporations throughout Australasia.

He made up to $18 million a year through sales on hit garments like fur coats, polka-dotted raincoats, flared jeans and hot pants (the latter being an item he allegedly brought

to New Zealand). In Peter’s words, “Everyone wanted Peppertree.” And he is not shy when it comes to his lust for fashion and even greater love for the brand he created. “No one sold pieces like we did. If a buyer wanted stock, we would get it to them in a week. No one could compete with Peppertree.”

The enthusiasm Peter clearly feels toward his achievements is no doubt a fuel to his ego but admittedly, his energy is contagious and I find myself smiling as he resumes his story.

Peter had always known he wanted to go into fashion, even at the young age of 12. “My mum worked in a lingerie store and I would see her boss driving expensive cars with beautiful women,” he laughs. “In my head it seemed fashion equalled money and women, what more does a young boy want?” And money and women he got, along with international success.

Unfortunately, as a child growing up in a conservative, and very much sheltered, working class household of the 1940s, Peter’s ambitions to enter into the fashion world were not exactly met with open arms. “I had a difficult father. He told me only queers go into fashion.” Despite this, Peter saw a huge gap in the market and leapt at the opportunity for success.

“I wasn’t the brightest in the class, but when the smart guys went off to do their PhDs and law degrees, I saw the endless opportunities in fashion and to be the best.”

The New Zealander magazine once described him as “Giving the impression that he is in love with every garment, every stitch”. And looking at him now, these words still ring true.

Standing at the doorway as he sees me out, I can see that Peter Nola will never lose his instinctive eye for fashion and taste.

Peter’s ensemble sums him up to a tee: white linen shorts and polo shirt with a baby pink cardigan placed neatly over his shoulders; he is the epitome of elegant grooming.

While most of us are hindered by age, it is clear that Peter’s natural flair and intuition for the finer things in life are eternal.”

Indeed in the final few months as his health failed him, we still talked about luxury launches and fabulous hotels, ate sashimi and drank sake together. Literally in his final hour, he managed to compliment his beloved daughter Suzy on her outfit.

Peter leaves behind an extended clan that includes his wonderful wife Barb, four children, including my husband Luke, six grandchildren including our son Pete (following the Nola/Croatian family tradition of naming the first son after the grandfather), two stepsons, five step-grandchildren, a host of loyal friends, and two adored sisters: Julie who lives on the shores of Hobson Bay, and Greta, whom many will know from her fashion business, Collezioni on Remuera Rd. We all loved Peter dearly and in our grief are comforted by one fact — the man really knew how to live.

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the bookmark

The October Selection ALEX, IRENE, CAMILLE:

SWEET CARESS William Boyd

The Commandant Camille Verhoeven trilogy by Pierre Lemaitre (Hachette) With the release of the fourth book in Steig Larsson’s Millenium series, it is worth mentioning two other European crime series. Pierre Lemaitre's crime writing is a mix of white-knuckle intensity, fearlessly unconventional plotting and psychologically intricate character development. His style is unbelievably gut-wrenchingly graphic, but impossible to put down.

His new book The Great Swindle, coming in November, is an historical crime thriller set in Paris during and after the First World War. It’s great, so watch out for it!

(Allen & Unwin) Remember Logan Mountstuart, the hero of Boyd's hugely successful, and some say his best novel, Any Human Heart? Like that book, his new tale of a female war photographer also blends history and fiction to fine effect. Among the names of real women – Martha Gellhorn, Diane Arbus, Rebecca West – are several fictional creations, drawn with such convincing realism that you can’t help but want them to exist. One is the documentary photographer Amory Clay, the forthright, complicated, trailblazing heroine of this book. Taking the form of several of Amory’s journals spliced in a satisfying narrative patchwork, this is an audacious, sweeping novel, and a brilliant tale of a life well lived.

THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND/ THE OTHER SON: The first two books of the Brinkmann trilogy

by Alexander Soderberg (Random House) Sophie Brinkmann, the woman at the centre of these enjoyable, offbeat Swedish thrillers, shows remarkable strength and resilience when she unwittingly finds herself in a global turf war and becomes a power player in a game with no winners. The ploting is intricate and urgent, the dialogue is tense and true and sometimes even funny, which is a muchneeded reprieve from the extreme violence. But it kept me reading, and anticipating the third installment.

MUNICH AIRPORT Greg Baxter (Penguin) In this small but beautiful novel, an American expat in London receives a startling piece of news: his sister, Miriam, has been found dead in her Berlin flat. The cause, starvation. Three weeks later the man, his elderly father and an American consular official find themselves in an almost unbearably strange place: a fogbound Munich Airport. It is a novel for our time, rich and profound, full of philosophical ideas and stark ascetic beauty.

— Gail Woodward

the cinema

October at the Movies BLACK MASS - director Scott Cooper.

Starring Johnny Depp, Kevin Bacon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton Dakota Johnson. It’s the 1970s and Whitey Bulger (Depp) is an infamous violent criminal in Boston, and the brother of a Massachusetts state senator. A true story, Bulger swapped sides, becoming an FBI informant for three decades to stop the growing mafia presence on his South Boston turf. As the larger-than-life Bulger, Depp hides own identity behind hair (or lack of it) and make-up, resulting in another immersive character performance. Think 60 per cent Public Enemies, 30 per cent Sweeney Todd and 10 per cent Dark Shadows.

dramatic thriller/biopic set in the Cold War 1960s, an American pilot on an intelligence mission is shot down and detained by the Soviets. Back in the US, New York lawyer

THE DRESSMAKER - director Jocelyn Moorhouse. Starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving. Based on Rosalie Ham’s best-selling novel of the same name, this period comedy-drama tells of Tilly Dunnage (Winslet), a glamorous Paris-trained dressmaker who returns to her hometown in rural Australia to care for her mother (Davis) — and exact her revenge on those who’ve done her wrong.

Dunnage refashions the town in her image, a manicured middle finger to all those who believe her responsible for a child’s murder.

THE WALK - director Robert Zemeckis. Starring Joseph GordonLevitt, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale. From the Academy Awardwinning director (Forrest Gump, Castaway, Flight), comes a 3D visual masterpiece. Based on the true story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit (Gordon-Levitt), the film tells of the events that took place ahead of Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

BRIDGE OF SPIES - director Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan, Mark Rylance. Another movie this month based on real events. In this

the script was co-authored by film-maker/ writers Joel and Ethan Coen.

James Donovan (Hanks) is co-opted by the CIA to negotiate the controversial transfer of a Soviet prisoner in exchange for the pilot’s release. Additional interesting fact:

PAN - director Joe Wright. Starring Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund. Essentially a prequel to the Peter Pan we all grew up with, Pan follows 12-yearold orphan Peter (Miller), who finds himself transported to the magical Neverland. In this imagining, the boy-hero Peter must team up with Captain Hook (Hedlund) and Tiger Lily (Mara) to save Neverland from the pirate Blackbeard (Jackman) and his merciless shipmates.

— Caitlin McKenna All films listed will screen at Rialto Cinemas Newmarket during October

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the anzacs

Sir George Richardson In a series to mark the centenary of World War I, in every issue this year THE HOBSON is publishing research conducted by Remuera Heritage into the stories behind local servicemen and women. Written by Remuera Heritage chair, Sue Cooper

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eorge Spafford Richardson of Remuera was born in Northampton, England, in 1868. He had been a master gunner before migrating to New Zealand as a young man in 1891, becoming an instructor in gunnery in his new homeland. In April 1907, he was commissioned as a captain in the New Zealand Militia, and became chief instructor of artillery services. It was noted in 1909 that he was “the hardest worked officer in the service”. He rose rapidly through the dominion’s military forces, and was New Zealand’s representative on the Imperial General Staff at the War Office in London during WWI. Richardson went to France in mid-September 1914, and became part of the division's improvised headquarters staff during its brief, unsuccessful deployment in defence of Antwerp in early October.

After narrowly avoiding being taken prisoner, he again served in France, before returning to Britain in November 1914, when he was confirmed as assistant adjutant and quartermaster general. From March to December 1915, the division took part in the Gallipoli campaign.

Richardson was recognised with a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), and promoted to deputy adjutant and quartermaster of XII Corps at Salonika, with the rank of brigadier general.

In February 1916, the New Zealand government reclaimed Richardson's services. Characteristically, he put duty to his adopted home before his personal preference to remain in the field, where he had good prospects of advancement.

He became New Zealand's military representative in London, as well as taking charge of the administration of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and commanding all New Zealand troops in the UK. Richardson quickly made himself indispensable, evolving a system of organisation for the NZEF in England. After the war ended, he relinquished his position in February 1919, and returned to New Zealand, where he took charge of administration at General Headquarters in Wellington. He chaired the Reconstruction Committee, which sought to re-establish a peacetime organisation for the defence forces, and sat on the Air Board. But, in indifferent health, he did not find peacetime soldiering satisfying. An offer to retire in 1920 was not accepted,

and he remained at his post until appointed administrator of Western Samoa, in February 1923. Shortly before taking up his duties, he was promoted to the rank of major general. He received many honours as well as the CMG, including a CB (Companion of the Order of the Bath, CBE (Commander of the British Empire) and in 1925, was knighted (KBE).

On Richardson’s return to Auckland, he, wife Caroline and their five children lived in Remuera, at 20 Omahu Rd, on the corner of Platina St. He continued to work assiduously for returned servicemen, especially the disabled. He was president of the Auckland RSA, and in 1932, founder/patron of the Remuera Returned Soldiers Social Club. In May 1935 he entered local body politics as a member of the Auckland City Council; he was deputy mayor at the time of his sudden death aged 70 on 11 June 1938. A crowd of 2000 attended the funeral service of this unpretentious man, who never forgot his humble beginnings and who throughout his military career, at least, displayed a rare ability to engender confidence among his superiors and loyalty from those serving under him.

A Poetic Postscript Much has been written about the last resting place of the British poet Rupert Brooke, who died two days before the Gallipoli landing, on the small Greek island of Skyros, where he was serving as an officer in the Royal Naval Division.

“It is not generally known, however, that the beautiful site of the grave was chosen by the late Major-General Sir George Richardson, who at that time was a lieutenant-colonel on the staff of the division. Some years ago, in an address to the boys of the Auckland Grammar School, Sir George stated that the responsibility had been his. “I selected his grave on a little knoll under an olive tree,” he said, “and there he lies peacefully today”.” — The Evening Post, June 14, 1938 Sources for this story include The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (ed. Ian McGibbon), and Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, teara.govt.nz. For more information about this series and the work of Remuera Heritage, visit www. remueraheritage.org.nz

Major-General Sir George Richardson. Image: Alexander Turnbull Library

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