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Vehicle Maintenance: With Auto Super Shoppes

VEHICLE MAINTENANCE

MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS "I don't need a service, I just got a WOF" A Warrant of Fitness is an important safety check. It is not a preventative maintenance check. It does not check your engine oil, coolant, tyre pressures, automatic transmission oil, gearbox oil, power steering oil or your diff oil.

It also doesn’t check your brake fluid or even how much brake pad is left. In some cases the technician can see them through the wheels but they don't remove the wheels to do a proper check.

If any of these fluids are low or run out, the costs can run to thousands of dollars for very preventable repairs.

0800 AUTO HELP (0800 2886 4357) www. autosupershoppes.co.nz

“It won't matter if I go over my service schedule by just few thousand kilometres” Ask most mechanics and you will probably hear some horror stories of customers paying thousands of dollars more for repairs because the customer was well over their service date. One horror story I know of was when a customers car was towed in as it had run out of transmission fluid - vehicles don't have a warning light for this and many other fluids. The customer was only 3,000 kilometres overdue for a service. It was just a leaking transmission seal, cost to repair approximately $250.00 if caught in time. The cost to replace the whole auto transmission was over $8,000! If the customer had come in time we could have saved the auto transmission.

“My service schedule is every 30,000km, so I don't need to worry” The oil may last 30,000 kilometres (although this is still being debated) but in my opinion the rest of vehicle needs inspecting more often than that. I certainly do that on all my family vehicles. Talk to your Auto Super Shoppe about the best servicing regime for your vehicle to ensure you are minimising your risk around costly repairs and you are keeping your family safe.

Auto Super Shoppe Forrest Hill – 260 Forrest Hill Road, Forrest Hill, Auckland

Auto Super Shoppe Albany – 49d William Pickering Drive, Albany

Introducing...Heiko Schickedanz Heiko is the owner of Auto Super Shoppe Forrest Hill and Auto Super Shoppe Wairau Park (formerly German Automotive). He has owned Auto Super Shoppe Forrest Hill since 2008 and Auto Super Shoppe Wairau Park (German Automotive) since 1990.

Heiko, who loves the fact he has built up a very Heiko Schickedanz. loyal customer base at both locations, migrated from Germany in 1987. His is also a family business. He is married to Katherine who also works in the business and they have three kids.

Pop in and say hello to Heiko and Katherine, they are sure to do a great job of looking after your motor vehicles!

Auto Super Shoppe Wairau Park – 3 Woodson Place, Wairau Park, Auckland

Auto Super Shoppe Birkenhead – 272 Onewa Road, Birkenhead, Auckland

SPECIAL OFFERS AT ALL OUTLETS IN SEPTEMBER… Auto Super Shoppes are proud to be major sponsors of Blue September and the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

All Auto Super Shoppe customers in September will be given a free Blue September Torch/key ring, and if you mention Channel Magazine they will give you a FREE WIPER BLADE REFILL for safer driving.

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Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

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Paradigm Found Exhibition

Mairangi Arts Centre, until September 9th

Australian & New Zealand Printmakers Exhibition

Depot Artspace, 28 Clarence Street, until 16th September

September

North Shore Bays Scrabble Club (Every Tuesday)

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Browns Bay Market

Shore Tenpin Seniors

Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, 10am

Dementia Social Group (Every Monday)

Devonport Community House, 10:30am-12pm

Yoga Classes with Linda Tjoen

Scrabble (Every Tuesday)

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 11am

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 9:15am

English Conversation Group (Every Wednesday)

Yoga for Mums and Pre-schoolers (Every Tuesday)

Beach Haven Community Centre, 10:15am (every Wednesday)

Devonport Community House, 1:15pm-2pm

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St Georges Presbyterian Church, 10:30am

Anzac Road Car park, 6am – noon

Crystal Visions Holistic Market

Bowls (Every Monday)

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10am-3pm

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 12:45pm

Devonport Craft & Fine Food Market

60’s Up Indoor Bowls

Devonport Community House, 32 Clarence Street, 10am-2pm

Methodist Church Hall, Takapuna, 1pm

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Yin Yoga with Marney Schaumann

Fairy Ballet with Made to Move (Every Wednesday)

The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, 4pm

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Beginners Tai Chi For Health (Every Tuesday) Sunnynook Community Hall, 11am

Takapuna Senior Citizens (Every Tuesday)

Indoor bowls and Rummikub 9.45am to noon The Strand, Takapuna. Contact Maurice 489 8430

Bayswater Carboot

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Shore Tenpin Seniors

Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, 10am

Dementia Social Group

Bayswater School, 181 Bayswater Avenue, 9am-12pm

St Georges Presbyterian Church, 10:30am

Top 10 Spring Crops To Plant Now

Morning Melodies

Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm, $45 More info and to book online www.kaipatiki.org.nz/courses

Bruce Mason Centre, 11am

Fairy Ballet with Made to Move (Every Wednesday)

Devonport Community House 2pm. $7 a lesson.

Contact Chloe 0212920252. www.madetomovedance.com

Tai Chi For Beginners (Every Tuesday)

Campbell Castor Indoor Bowling Club (Every Weds) Campbell’s Bay Primary School Hall, 6:45pm

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

The Kennedy Park WWII Trust Tunnel Opening

St Leo's Church Hall, 2 Albert Rd, Devonport, 11:15-1:15pm

Rosanne Croucher - Ablaze Exhibition

Lake House Arts Centre, 15th-27th September

Devonport Community House 2pm. $7 a lesson.

Contact Chloe 0212920252. www.madetomovedance.com

Tai Chi For Beginners (Every Tuesday)

Campbell Castor Indoor Bowling Club (Every Weds)

Anzac Road Car park, 6am – noon

Dementia Social Group

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St Georges Presbyterian Church, 10:30am

Top 10 Spring Crops To Plant Now

Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm, $45 More info and to book online www.kaipatiki.org.nz/courses

Campbell’s Bay Primary School Hall, 6:45pm

St. Margarets 151 Lake Road, Belmont 7.30pm. $10 a lesson.

Chloe 0212920252 www.madetomovedance.com

The Yoga Shed, The Yoga Shed, Bayswater, 8-9:15pm Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, 10am

Fairy Ballet with Made to Move (Every Wednesday)

Adults DanceFit with Made to Move (Every Tuesday)

Yin Yoga with Marney Schaumann Shore Tenpin Seniors

English Conversation Group (Every Wednesday)

Tai Chi For Beginners (Every Tuesday) Sunnynook Community Centre, 6:15pm

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Art Talk: NZ Artists in Living in Berlin Mairangi Arts Centre, 7pm

Takapuna Senior Citizens

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Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 12:45pm

Browns Bay Market

Anzac Road Car park, 6am – noon

Pregnancy Yoga with Marika - $10 The Rose Centre, 9:30am

Kids’ School Holiday Art Programme

Mairangi Arts Centre, 28th September-9th October

Shore Tenpin Seniors

Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, 10am

Dementia Social Group

St Georges Presbyterian Church, 10:30am

Top 10 Spring Crops To Plant Now

Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm, $45 More info and to book online www.kaipatiki.org.nz/courses

Bowls

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 12:45pm

60’s Up Indoor Bowls

Methodist Church Hall, Takapuna, 1pm

Yin Yoga with Marney Schaumann

The Yoga Shed, The Yoga Shed, Bayswater, 8-9:15pm Visit www.marney-schaumann.com

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Fairy Ballet with Made to Move (Every Wednesday)

Devonport Community House 2pm. $7 a lesson.

Contact Chloe 0212920252. www.madetomovedance.com

North Shore Twilight Croquet - 6pm (Every Tuesday)

Campbell Castor Indoor Bowling Club (Every Weds)

Marking Time - Studio Printmakers Collective Lake House Arts Centre, 29th Sep-18th Oct

Takapuna Senior Citizens

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Indoor bowls and Rummikub 9.45am to noon The Strand, Takapuna. Contact Maurice 489 8430

North Shore Bays Scrabble Club

Campbell’s Bay Primary School Hall, 6:45pm

Peggy Pearl Knitters Group (Every Wednesday) Devonport Community House, 10:30am-12pm

Yoga Classes with Linda Tjoen

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Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 11am

English Conversation Group (Every Wednesday)

Inverness Room, Council Building, Glen Rd, Browns Bay Contact Ann 0276778272 9.15am-1.15pm

Beach Haven Community Centre, 10:15am (every Wednesday)

Cards 500 or Canasta

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 12:30pm

Devonport Community House 2pm. $7 a lesson.

Contact Chloe 0212920252. www.madetomovedance.com

Yoga for Mums and Pre-schoolers

Campbell Castor Indoor Bowling Club (Every Weds)

Devonport Community House, 1:15pm-2pm

Adults DanceFit with Made to Move (Every Tuesday)

St. Margarets 151 Lake Road, Belmont 7.30pm. $10 a lesson.

Contact chloe 0212920252 www.madetomovedance.com

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TAI CHI FOR BEGINNERS (Every Tuesday) North Shore Croquet Club, Devonport, $10 bring salad plate

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Yoga Classes with Linda Tjoen

Beach Haven Community Centre, 10:15am (every Wednesday)

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 1pm

Sunnynook Community Centre, 6:15pm

Takapuna central Car park, 6am

Devonport Community House, 10:30am-12pm

English Conversation Group (Every Wednesday)

TAI CHI FOR BEGINNERS (Every Tuesday)

60’s Up Indoor Bowls

Peggy Pearl Knitters Group (Every Wednesday) Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 11am

Indoor bowls and Rummikub 9.45am to noon The Strand, Takapuna. Contact Maurice 489 8430

Bowls

Methodist Church Hall, Takapuna, 1pm

Takapuna Markets (Every Sunday)

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Beach Haven Community Centre, 10:15am (every Wednesday)

60’s Up Indoor Bowls

Browns Bay Market

Yoga Classes with Linda Tjoen

Cards 500 or Canasta (Every Tuesday)

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Methodist Church Hall, Takapuna, 1pm

Devonport Community House, 10:30am-12pm

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 11am

Bowls

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 12:45pm

Peggy Pearl Knitters Group (Every Wednesday)

Devonport Community House 9.15am. $7 a lesson.

Chloe 0212920252 www.madetomovedance.com

Kennedy Park, Castor Bay, 11am-2pm Please bring a torch and optional gold coin donation

Takapuna Markets (Every Sunday) Takapuna central Car park, 6am

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2+ Mini-Movers with Made to Move (Every Tuesday)

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 1pm

The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, 4pm

The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, 7:30pm

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 12:30pm

Devonport Garden Club

Yoga Classes with Linda Tjoen

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 1pm

Sunnynook Community Centre, 6:15pm

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Devonport Community House, 10:30am-12pm

Beach Haven Community Centre, 10:15am (every Wednesday)

Tai Chi For Beginners (Every Tuesday)

The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, 7:30pm

Takapuna central Car park, 6am

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Peggy Pearl Knitters Group (Every Wednesday)

English Conversation Group (Every Wednesday)

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 12:30pm

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Takapuna Markets (Every Sunday)

Devonport Community House 2pm. $7 a lesson.

Contact Chloe 0212920252. www.madetomovedance.com

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 11am

Cards 500 or Canasta (Every Tuesday)

The Yoga Shed, The Yoga Shed, Bayswater, 8-9:15pm Visit www.marney-schaumann.com

Lucie Blaze - Born to Ride Exhibition

Peggy Pearl Knitters Group (Every Wednesday)

Inverness Room, Council Building, Glen Rd, Browns Bay Contact Ann 0276778272 9.15am-1.15pm

North Shore Croquet Club, Devonport, $10 bring salad plate

Takapuna central Car park, 6am

Depot Artspace, Devonport, Until 16th September Lake House Arts Centre, until 13th September

North Shore Twilight Croquet - 6pm (Every Tuesday) Takapuna Markets (Every Sunday)

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Nyle Major: All Things to All Nature Exhibition

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Fairy Ballet with Made to Move (Every Wednesday)

Campbell’s Bay Primary School Hall, 6:45pm

September 2015

Community Calendar This Channel Community Calendar is published monthly for Community Events. If you would like to include your event please email details to: ella@benefitz.co.nz

Thursday

Friday

Dementia Social Group

Mairangi Bay Presbyterian Church, 10am

Devonport Toy Library - 700+ toys available for hire

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Community House, Devonport, 9am-10:30am (babies to 8yrs)

60’s Up Exercises

Saturday

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Rumikub (Every Friday)

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 9am

Takapuna Senior Citizens,

Scrabble Fridays, The Strand, 9.45am-noon

Shore Tenpin Seniors

2+ Mini-movers with Made to Move (Every FRI) Yoga Classes with Linda Tjoen

Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, 10am

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 9am Takapuna Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 12noon

Keep Fit

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10:30am

Green Gables, 8am

Browns Bay Point Weekly Circus Market Skills Workshop Hobsonville Farmers

BrownsanBay Reserve, 11am-1pm Inside oldGrass seaplane hangar down at The Landing (next to Hobsonville Point ferry terminal), Sat & Sun 9am-1pm

Taitamariki Girl guides hall 9.15am. $7 a lesson.

Contact chloe 0212920252. www.madetomovedance.com

Methodist Church Hall, Takapuna, 10am

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Mairangi Bay Farmers Market

Restoration Bites

Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre, 10am-1pm, $10 More info and to book online www.kaipatiki.org.nz/courses

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, 7:30pm

Bowls

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 1pm

Browns LucieBay Blaze Weekly - Born Circus to Ride Skills Exhibition Workshop, Lake House Arts Centre, 11am-1pm. until 13th September .

Comedy Night with Paul Ego and Guests

Takapuna Grammar School, 7pm, Buy Tickets – 09 4463265

Dementia Social Group

Mairangi Bay Presbyterian Church, 10am

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60’s Up Exercises Devonport Toy Library - 700+ toys available for hire

Methodist Church Takapuna, 10am Community House,Hall, Devonport, 9am-10:30am (babies to 8yrs)

ShoreUpTenpin Seniors 60’s Exercises

Takapuna Senior Citizens Citizens,(Every Friday)

Scrabble Fridays, Fridays 9.45am-noon The Strand, 9.45am-noon The Strand, Takapuna Contact Elise 4438554

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2+ Mini-movers with Made to Move (Every FRI) "Made to Move" Preschool dance $7 anda lesson. movement class, Taitamariki Girl guides hall 9.15am.

2 - 5years. $7 per lesson. Held at Taitamariki Girl Guides Hall, Contact chloe 0212920252. www.madetomovedance.com Auburn Street Reserve, Takapuna. 9.15-9.45am (Every Friday)

Yoga Classes with Linda Tjoen "Made to Move" Preschool for 3/4years. per lesson.

Milford Senior Citizens Hall,ballet 5 classes for $40,$7 9am

Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, Methodist Church Hall, Takapuna, 10am 10am

Keep Fit Shore Tenpin Seniors

Taitamariki Girl Guides Hall, Auburn Reserve, Takapuna Takapuna Senior Citizens Hall, 5Street classes for $40, 12noon10 10.30am Contact Chloe Pryor 0212920252 (Every Friday)

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10:30am Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, 10am

Roller Coasters. All 55-up welcome. (Every Friday) Rumikub Tenpin Bowling at Xtreme Entertainment Centre, 12:30pm

Keep Fit

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10:30am

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 9am

Waiting Godot

by Samuel Mums &for Bubs: Movie and HotBeckett Drink for just $12 The Park, Takapuna, 7:30pm EveryPumpHouse, Friday, The Killarney Vic, Devonport, 11am

Artspaces Exhibition Mairangi Bay Farmers Market

Mairangi Arts Centre, Green Gables, 8am 12th-27th September

Mairangi BayWeekly Farmers Market Browns Bay Circus Skills Workshop

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Green 8amReserve, 11am-1pm BrownsGables, Bay Grass

Family Day and Artistry (Art exhibition) YMCA North Shore, 9am

Milford Village Markets

Milford Town Centre, 10am-2pm

Restoration Bites

Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre, 10am-1pm, $10 More info and to book online www.kaipatiki.org.nz/courses

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, 3pm

Bowls

At Devonport Community House 6th September EverySunday Wednesday: Devonport JETS run 3km or 5km Torpedo Bay10am-2pm Navy Museum, King Edward Parade, 6pm.

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 1pm

Dementia Social Group

Mairangi Bay Presbyterian Church, 10am

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60’s Up Exercises Devonport Toy Library - 700+ toys available for hire

Methodist Church Takapuna, 10am Community House,Hall, Devonport, 9am-10:30am (babies to 8yrs)

ShoreUpTenpin Seniors 60’s Exercises

Extreme Centre, Glenfield, MethodistEntertainment Church Hall, Takapuna, 10am 10am

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Rumikub Scrabble Fridays, The Strand, 9.45am-noon Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 9am

Yoga Classes with Linda Tjoen Mums &Senior Bubs:Citizens Movie Hall, and 5Hot Drinkfor for$40, just9am $12 Milford classes

Milford Bowling Senior Citizens Hall, 1pm Tenpin at Xtreme Entertainment Centre, 12:30pm

Keep Fit

The Poynton Art Show Opening Bowls

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10:30am

4pm, The Poynton, RSVP: To 1pm Gail on 09 488 5710, Free event, Milford Senior Citizens Hall, exhibition open for 1 month – call Gail to view.

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Devonport Toy Library - 700+ toys available for hire 60’s Up Exercises

Community House,Hall, Devonport, 9am-10:30am (babies to 8yrs) Methodist Church Takapuna, 10am

60’s Exercises ShoreUpTenpin Seniors

Methodist Church Hall, Takapuna, 10am 10am Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield,

Shore Tenpin Seniors Keep Fit

Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, 10am Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10:30am

Keep Fit

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10:30am

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Takapuna Senior Citizens, Rumikub

Milford Senior Scrabble Fridays Citizens 9.45am-noon Hall, 9am The Strand,Senior Takapuna Contact Elise 4438554 Takapuna Citizens, ScrabbletoFridays, "Made Move"The Preschool Strand, 9.45am-noon dance and movement class, 2 - 5years. $7 per lesson. Held at Taitamariki Girl Guides Hall, 2+ Mini-movers with Made to Move (Every FRI) Auburn Street Reserve, Takapuna. 9.15-9.45am Taitamariki Girl guides hall 9.15am. $7 a lesson.

"Made Move" Preschool ballet for 3/4years. $7 per lesson.

Contacttochloe 0212920252. www.madetomovedance.com Taitamariki Girl Guides Hall, Auburn Street Reserve, Takapuna 10 Yoga Classes Tjoen 10.30am Contactwith ChloeLinda Pryor 0212920252 Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 9am Rumikub Takapuna Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 12noon Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 9am

Bowls Mums Bubs:Citizens Movie Hall, and 1pm Hot Drink for just $12 Milford & Senior

Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Bruce Mason Centre, 8pm-10:30pm, From: $79.90

Mairangi Bay Takapuna Tennis Farmers Club Market

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Kids sessions: Green Gables, 8am Try tennis for free See www.takapunatennis.co.nz for times Browns Bay Weekly Circus Skills Workshop Browns Bay Mairangi Bay Grass Farmers Reserve, Market 11am-1pm Green Gables, 8am Launch event for newly relocated Hobsonville Point

Farmers Market Market Day The PumpHouse

Bowls Roller Coasters. All 55-up welcome. (Every Friday)

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10:30am Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, 10am

Mairangi Mairangi Bay Bay Presbyterian Presbyterian Church, Church, 10am 10am

ScrabbleSenior Fridays 9.45am-noon Milford Citizens Hall, 9am The Strand,Senior Takapuna Contact Elise 4438554 Takapuna Citizens,

Every Friday, The Citizens Vic, Devonport, 11am for $40, 12noon Takapuna Senior Hall, 5 classes

Keep ShoreFit Tenpin Seniors

Dementia Dementia Social Social Group Group

Takapuna Senior Citizens, Rumikub

'The PumpHouse Landing', Seaplane Hangar (opp Hobsonville Ferry Terminal) The Theatre, Killarney Park, 9am-1:30pm 9am to 1pm, Website: www.hobsonvillepointfarmersmarket.co.nz Birkenhead Artisan Phone: 021 209 1758 Market Highbury Community House, 9am-1pm

Restoration Bites

Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre, 10am-1pm, $10 More info and to book online www.kaipatiki.org.nz/courses

Mairangi Bay Farmers Market Green Gables, 8am

Browns Bay Point Weekly Circus Market Skills Workshop Hobsonville Farmers

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BrownsanBay Reserve, 11am-1pm Inside oldGrass seaplane hangar down at The Landing (next to Hobsonville Point ferryCentre, terminal), Sat & Sun Silly Cow, The Rose Belmont, 8pm9am-1pm (every evening 18th 22nd).

Bookings: 09 445 9900 Crystal Visions Holistic Market info@rosecentre.co.nz Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10am-3pm

Restoration Bites

Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre, 10am-1pm, $10 More info and to book online www.kaipatiki.org.nz/courses

The Velveteen Rabbit

Every Friday, The Vic, Devonport, 11am

The Pumphouse Theatre, 26th Sep - 10th October Bookings phone 09-489-8360 or via our website.

The Time Lord Show Bowls The Rose Centre, 7pm-10pm, Buy Tickets – 094160189

Monday 14th September Hobsonville PointNavy Farmers NZ Royal BandMarket at their new (Launches 15th-16th) Brucelocation.

Mason Centre, 11am

The Velveteen Rabbit SillyPumphouse Cow, The Rose Centre, Belmont, 8pm The Theatre, 26th Sep-10th Oct (every evening - 22nd).

Bookings please phone 09 18th 489 8360 or visit website

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 1pm

Dementia Social Group

Mairangi Bay Presbyterian Church, 10am

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60’s Up Exercises Devonport Toy Library - 700+ toys available for hire

Methodist Church Takapuna, 10am Community House,Hall, Devonport, 9am-10:30am (babies to 8yrs)

ShoreUpTenpin Seniors 60’s Exercises

Extreme Centre, Glenfield, MethodistEntertainment Church Hall, Takapuna, 10am 10am

Keep ShoreFit Tenpin Seniors

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10:30am Extreme Entertainment Centre, Glenfield, 10am

Keep Fit

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 10:30am

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Takapuna Senior Citizens, Rumikub

Milford Senior Scrabble Fridays Citizens 9.45am-noon Hall, 9am The Strand,Senior Takapuna Contact Elise 4438554 Takapuna Citizens, ScrabbletoFridays, "Made Move"The Preschool Strand, 9.45am-noon dance and movement class, 2 - 5years. $7 per lesson. Held at Taitamariki Girl Guides Hall, Yoga Classes with Linda Tjoen Auburn Street Reserve, Takapuna. 9.15-9.45am Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, 9am "Made to Move" ballet for 3/4years. $7 12noon per lesson.

Takapuna Senior Preschool Citizens Hall, 5 classes for $40, Taitamariki Girl Guides Hall, Auburn Street Reserve, Takapuna 10 Roller All 55-up welcome. (Every Friday) 10.30amCoasters.

Contact Chloe Pryor 0212920252 Tenpin Bowling at Xtreme Entertainment Centre, 12:30pm

Mairangi Bay Farmers Market Green Gables, 8am

Browns Bay Point Weekly Circus Market Skills Workshop Hobsonville Farmers

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BrownsanBay Reserve, 11am-1pm Inside oldGrass seaplane hangar down at The Landing (next to Hobsonville Point ferry terminal), Sat & Sun 9am-1pm

Rumikub

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 9am

Mums & Bubs: Movie and Hot Drink for just $12

Making Time - Studio Printmakers Collection Pregnancy Yoga with Marika - $10 Lake House Arts Centre, 29th Sep-18th Oct The Rose Centre, Every Sunday, 9.30am-11am.

Every Friday, The Vic, Devonport, 11am

Bowls

Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 1pm

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CONTENTS Cover Feature

Takapuna Beach

68 Jerome Kaino Interview

36 Beach Access with the TBBA

30 Shore Street Style

46 Shop in Takapuna

Features

Milford

06 I've Been Positively Thinking

78 Milford News

28 Shop the Shore 53

Channel People - I Love What I Do: Anne Brennan

56 Channel People - I Love My Sport:

Matthew O'Connor

Devonport 92 Devonport News

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Arts

64 Channel People - I Love Where I Live:

Vincent Matthews

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66 Channel People - Community Gem:

Fay Mason

105 Northart

88 Channel Feature: Murrays Bay Sailing Club

107 Rose Centre

The Vic

104 Lake House Arts Centre

106 The PumpHouse

90 Channel Youth 99 The Healthy Channel: John Appleton 144 The Channel Crossword

Education

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108 Kristin School 110 Westlake Boys' High School

Out & About

112 Westlake Girls' High School

02 BNZ Community Calendar

114 Long Bay College

08 Out & About on the Shore

115 Pinehurst School 116 Rosmini College

Eating Out 23

117 Takapuna Grammar

Feature Restaurant: Dantes Pizzeria

24 Eating Out: Restaurant Listings

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From the Editor

Janet Marshall

Claudia Renford, Heather Vermeer, Crystal Sharp, and Aidan Bennett.

SEPTEMBER = SPRING. AND THIS YEAR, RUGBY. Meeting Jerome Kaino ahead of this issue for our cover feature and photo shoot was a real fun, red letter day. It was an honour to talk to someone at the top of their field on the world stage; someone who is not only living his dreams but using his status positively off the field too. He has poured his heart out in his new autobiographical book, My Story, and hopes it influences others - particularly young people - positively.

He chatted openly after kindly agreeing to the interview for his local mag, and made it one of the easiest, most enjoyable interviews I’ve done. As you can read in the feature on page 68, he’s fully fired up for the Rugby World Cup! And his positivity was infectious. I’m now a true believer that the All Blacks can banish their Northern Hemisphere demons this month, and next, in the UK. Our publisher Aidan will be there for the opening game (lucky!) to cheer on the team!

And it’s not only our striking All Blacks cover star who is adding extra style to the magazine this month - no, we also have heaps of sweet spring style ideas. Our fashionfocused colleague Claudia has been hitting the streets to snap some of the Shore’s styley shoppers out and about.

Our gorgeous product pages show off some of spring’s best fashion and homeware finds to encourage you to ‘Shop the Shore’, and we have much more fashion and beauty inspiration for fresh looks this spring season.

Spring has officially sprung...here comes the sun! And a record-breaking, consecutive All Blacks Rugby World Cup win?

- Heather

KEEPING UP THE GOOD VIBES! We love to hear all the positive feedback we receive about our positive magazine! Barbara Sullivan of Albany took the time to ring our office, simply to say how she loved Channel, which she discovered in a local waiting room. Despite being out of our delivery area, she now heads to BNZ Albany each month to pick up a copy because of the ‘terrific articles and all the inspiring people it features - very impressed!’

Thanks Barbara!

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I've Been (positively) Thinking…

Dave Donaldson and Peter White.

Thinking about Dave & Peter...

And their great contribution to Takapuna I have made no secret of my admiration for the work carried out in Takapuna by the dynamic outgoing duo behind the Takapuna Beach Business Association for the past few years – Chair Dave Donaldson and GM Peter White. I don’t think I need to declare my bias. It is not a bias that comes through any long-lasting friendship, as I have met both gentlemen ‘on-the-job’ as they say. Yes, as a result of my time working with them both on the TBBA, and Pete White on the North Harbour Club Charitable Trust board as well, I have come to admire their commitment and passion for what they do. They are now valued friends. When it comes to Takapuna they have lived and breathed the place over the past few years and Takapuna is much the better for it.

Many of the 'runs on the board’ that have been achieved in recent times are either a direct result of their work and influence, or hugely influenced by the work they have done in bringing people, businesses and ideas together.

Dave and Pete are not without their critics. In fact over the past couple of years a letter writer has sent me anonymous creative letters, criticising my support of them and alluding to the fact I give them too much publicity and that there are too many photos of them in this fine magazine. This is going to annoy that person then isn’t it, a piece celebrating their contribution to my home patch. And what a fantastic contribution it has been. I caught up with them at The Commons in Takapuna for a chat in late August, just a few weeks before their official retirement from TBBA duties.

AIDAN BENNETT: Dave, why did you get involved with the TBBA and become Chair?

DAVE DONALDSON: After a year on the TBBA board I was confident I could give the board some direction and place a much greater focus on the marketing initiatives needed for the TBBA if I was the chair.

AB: Pete, what have you enjoyed most about the GM role at the TBBA? PETER WHITE: The friendships that I have made in working with people whom are

as equally passionate as I in ensuring Takapuna reaches its full potential as the outstanding destination for people to reside, work and visit.

AB: Dave, given the progress that has been made under your watch you must be thrilled with the way things are heading for Takapuna?

DD: As Chair I have been able to work with Pete, our GM, and share ideas and also to harness the talented committee that have made a valuable contribution to the direction the TBBA has headed. Pete and I have certainly worked as a team which has enabled us to connect with a whole range of people and organisations.

It doesn’t happen overnight as it takes a lot of work and meetings. Many meetings.

AB: Pete, what have been the biggest achievements during your time at TBBA? PW: To convince people from a variety of different sectors (Landlords, Politicians, Developers, Council Officers, Residents and Workers) to share our vision for Takapuna and then to watch as it develops.

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AB: Dave, what have the biggest achievements been?

DD: Takapuna is the jewel in the Auckland City crown and we have to stay focused on helping customers, landlords, shop owners and businesses understand the magic of Takapuna as a metropolitan area. It has taken us some time to educate people of the fact that we must lift the bar to a new level for the good of the future of Takapuna. We are starting to see the fruits of that now with some of the quality developments starting to take place.

AB: Pete, you must be proud of the achievements?

PW: I cannot take credit, as my investment was only time and passion. It is those who have invested substantial amounts of money – both landlords and council – that should be proud of what has been achieved in the time I have been involved. However, in saying that, I am extremely happy with how Takapuna is developing and strongly believe it is set for a bright future.

AB: Dave, what has frustrated you along the way?

DD: The snail-like pace it has taken to get a strategic plan for Takapuna Beach produced, agreed to, funded, and then make sure the plan is carried out. I am used to things happening quicker so this has been frustrating for me.

AB: Pete, what people or entities have contributed to the runs you have got on the board?

PW: Landords – We are extremely lucky to have access to our major landlords (many of whom are Takapuna locals and really do want to make a difference).

Dave (Donaldson) led the way with the Takapuna Beach Cafe and The Department Store; Alan Wiltshire was responsible for getting rid of the $2 shops, building the McKenzies precinct and attracting destination retail. John Copson has provided quality fit outs for the retail, commercial and hospitality sectors (including the Main Beach development); Ben Cook is bringing quality retail to Halls Corner (Madam Woo, Superette, 3 Wise Men); Bob Jones has realised the value in Takapuna and purchased three of our large office buildings with his partner David Rankin chairing the landlords Association for a number of years.

Governance – The TBBA has been extremely fortunate in having astute governance, with Kevin Schwass and Dave Donaldson, respectively, as Chairman.

Council – We are also most lucky in having a extremely capable group of planners who have had a strong interest in, and given a great deal of support for Takapuna. Dave Sanders, Catherine Edmeades and John Stenberg wrote the Takapuna Strategic Plan, an outstanding document which has been, and continues to be, the blueprint of Takapuna's future development. A succession of politicians have also been most supportive of Takapuna, especially in ensuring Takapuna attained Metropolitan Centre and priority funding status.

TBBA Staff – We have had a number of extremely hard working staff who have shared the passion and devoted themselves to Takapuna (including Anna Wishart, Matthew Braithwaite, Cat Howell, Bree Williams and Amy Howell over the last few years).

AB: Dave, what is still to be achieved that will take Takapuna to the next level?

DD: Always difficult to sell the concept that every little improvement has a flow on effect. For example, scruffy signage at a doorway to a business sets a very poor example of the standard we strive for in Takapuna. I have always tried to sell the concept that we must lift the standards with everything we are doing.

AB: Pete, what has been frustrating?

PW: Nothing happens fast. There are some people who do not want to see change and although I believe that contrasting views help to bring better outcomes, Takapuna will change due to intensification. It is up to us to ensure that the best possible urban design is employed and that Takapuna has outstanding infrastructure in place to cope with this growth. Resisting change and growth is not an option.

AB: Dave, I know you are passionate about caring for our special beach?

DD: Yes, Takapuna Beach is our jewel driver and everything we can do to clean it, remove the stormwater from running over it, and protect it with a passion, is critical. No other main Auckland shopping precinct has a beach and there are not too many other urban beaches quite as special. We need to look after it.

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AB: Pete, what are the key issues facing the Takapuna (BID) area from your perspective?

PW: I believe that the key issue our retailers face is moving into the digital age, developing omni channels to remain competitive with online shopping and attracting Marketshare – something that I am sure that my replacement Terry Holt will be working hard on for our members.

AB: Dave, you are excited about the future for Takapuna because….

DD: Because of quality developments like Hurstmere Green and the upgrading of Hurstmere Road that’s on its way. These have and will set a new benchmark.

Upgrades have a major flow on effect and I believe building owners and shops will respond positively to this upgrade. It can only be good for Takapuna in the long run and new quality operators will also be attracted to the area. We have already seen this happening.

AB: Pete, you are excited about the future for Takapuna because….

PW: Because Takapuna is an outstanding place in a spectacular location.

Intensification will bring scale which will provide vitality, sustainability and further investment. Located next to New Zealand's best urban beach, Auckland's only Lake and 10 minutes from the CBD – Takapuna offers an unparalleled lifestyle.

AB: Dave, what are you going to do now?

DD: I am having a change from Commercial Property and am currently running a Dredging Business that operates in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. Big boys toys!

AB: Pete, what are you going to do now?

PW: Semi retirement spending more time with my wife Jayne, family and grand children. I am going to continue to work with the North Harbour Rugby team (and hopefully be part of a similar renaissance as that experienced by Takapuna) and will also be working with visiting International rugby sides. Auckland Council have also spoken to me about doing some contract work.

AB: A big thanks to you both from Channel Magazine and the people of Takapuna!

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JOHN KEY OPENS NEW FINE WINE DELIVERY CO. SUPERSTORE IN CONSTELLATION DRIVE Prime Minister John Key stopped by to open the sensational new Fine Wine Delivery Co. SuperStore in Constellation Drive on Thursday August 20th. MC was Leighton Smith and Fine Wine founder Jeff Poole also addressed the large crowd. The event was a who's who of the local wine industry. They were joined by Shore locals thrilled at this quality store opening north of the Harbour Bridge. The first 'new generation' Fine Wine SuperStore opened in Lunn Avenue in 2013 and has been hugely popular due to the special 'customer experience'. The Benefitz and Channel crew were thrilled to be along for the opening.

Dellwyn Stuart, Frank Jannsen, Michael Brajkovich.

Tracey Hawes, Richard, Virginia and Jeff Poole, John Key.

Patrick McCarthy, James and Linda Sclater.

Sheryl Kriletich, Hamish Douglas, Rob MacDonald, Courtney Griffiths.

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ELEGANCE AND ENGINEERING AT JAGUAR XE LAUNCH EVENT Lovers of the premium car brand Jaguar were in their element when the new XE model was unveiled at Archibald and Shorter Roverland on August 13th. The plush evening event, held at the Wairau Road dealership, included a sophisticated three-piece band entertaining guests as they mingled with drinks and canapes before the big reveal.

Loyal Jaguar customers and prospective buyers swapped car talk and the new XE was unquestionably the star of the show!

Glenn Gilbert, Steve Wiltshire, Steve Fulks.

Nicholas Mulholland, Mark Patterson, David Theobald, Bruce Butterfield.

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HAYFEVER SEASON AT THE ROSE CENTRE Noel Coward's 1920s comedy play 'Hayfever' has been brought to life at The Rose Centre in Belmont. Running from 8th-22nd August, the production by popular local theatrical organisation, Company Theatre, featured a stunning set and costumes from the Art Deco era. Delightful performances from the strong cast, playing to a full house made, for an entertaining evening on gala opening night when Channel's Out & About camera was in action!

Shannon Esquilat, Noel Smith, Kay and Russ Boyes.

Phil Searle, Scott Thomas.

Alastair Fletcher, Peter Seagrove, Sharon Lee.

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THE POYNTON COMPLETION PARTY A good old 'knees up' was had at The Poynton on August 6th to celebrate final completion of the high end retirement village, after six years of construction.

Special guest North Shore MP Hon. Maggie Barry gave a speech to welcome residents and guests to the event, which included a bubbles reception, cake cutting ceremony before singing and dancing began, to the sounds of The Poynton's grand piano. The premium retirement village on Shakespeare Road, Takapuna is run by Metlifecare and cost $130 million to complete.

John Mackle, Bill Jaques, Brooke Williamson.

Pamela Polis, Karen Meldrum, Maggie Barry, Phil and Faye Garthwaite.

Lois Miller, Jacquie Moverley, Helen Jensen.

Keith and Lois White, Judy and Clive Rhodes.

Lillian Bennett, Wendy Crene, Margaret Sauvarin.

Robin Sievwright, Helen Davidson, Fred and Beth Hayter.

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SIR STEPHEN TINDALL AT BMW TAKAPUNA Members and guests at Takapuna Beach Business Association's August meeting were treated to some words of wisdom from Sir Stephen Tindall. The Warehouse founder shared some of his business highlights and opinions at the Jerry Clayton BMW event, which was sponsored by Channel publishers Benefitz. Retiring TBBA general manager Peter White addressed the packed room and was thanked by incoming TBBA CEO Terry Holt, as well as Aidan Bennett who also presented some 'Channel Awards' to valued contributors to the magazine and the area.

Courtney Bennett, Peter Wall, Michelle Bennett and Michelle Wall.

Terence Harpur, Owen Melhvish, Sandra Ivelja and Elle Armon-Jones.

Aidan Bennett, Sir Stephen Tindall and Jason Jarvis.

Stephen McElrea, Gary Monk, Courtney Jackson, Lesley Monk and Geoff Bonham.

Chris and Jackie Reeve, Dianne Hale and Graeme Conning.

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On August 15th The Commons celebrated three years of being part of the Takapuna community with their 3rd Birthday Party with a concert starring heroes of NZ music, Jordan Luck from the Exponents and his Trio and Jason Kerrison from OpShop. A great time was had by all with the packed crowd dancing it up to Kiwi anthems until the late, late hours.

Look out for the Man O' War Wines winemakers dinner this month, Wednesday 9th September.

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Francesca Riff, Laura Phillips and Brooke Campbell.

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Helena Power, Antonio Wan and Aimee Abernethy.

Lucy Goldring, Victoria Naughton & Kelsie Ashton.

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FROCKS AND FLOWERS AT THE MEMORY SHOP The Memory Shop in Takapuna, which raises vital funds for Alzheimers Auckland, celebrates its first birthday in September after a year of providing bargains for locals and raising money for dementia support. With the opening of their new and expanded Womenswear Department, Alzheimers Auckland’s Memory Shop and Pick Me presented “Frocks and Phlox,” a shopping night especially for the ladies. With stunning floral designs, amazing spot prizes, and lovely refreshments, it was a fabulous night of fashion and fun.

Kirsten Hickey and Joghi William.

Sue Williams-Warren and Georgia Warren.

Sissy Du, Verity Craft, Suzanne Simons and Glenice Anderson.

Catherine Anderson and Carol Buckingham.

Carole Derbyshire and Jan McCarthy.

Soraya Brosnan and Aimie O'Hara.

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Sandra Gould, John Hartley and Liz Molly.

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SHORE CITY'S ART OF CAKE Fashion and fondant joined forces at Shore City's Art of Cake launch event.

Finalists in the extravagant cake decorating competition, held at Takapuna's stylish shopping centre, mingled with guests who were treated to a first glimpse of this year's incredible edible creations. Winner of the 2013 and 2014's competitions, Sweet Bites, was again a contender alongside Shore-based businesses For Heaven's Cake, Cherry Cake Company and more. The winning cake is decided by public vote, with shoppers spending $5 or more at Shore City stores being given a token with which to cast their vote.

Elina Prawito, Dearra Naidoo, Kayla Willetts, Jan Walker.

Caylie Blackman, Grace Vicelich, Rhiannon Baldock.

Jo Tan, Kerry Morris.

Trudy Nicholls, Kelley Tahi Tahi.

Jenny Nicholls, Josie Nicholls, Sondra Vicelich.

Carolyn Taylor, Tiff Mitchell, Bella Powell.

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ENERGY UPTAKE OPENING AT MAC Artists and guests mingled at the opening of 'Energy Uptake' - an exhibition held at Mairangi Arts Centre during August. The works were created by artists of varying physical and intellectual disabilities who participate in programmes at Spark Centre for Creative Development. Mairangi Arts Centre manager Lena Kuvoc gave a speech on the evening, which doubled as an opening for Shore artist Margaret Given's exhibition in the Hewson Gallery part of the Hastings Road arts centre.

Brian Andrews, Wendy Lawson, Mela Andrews.

Ken Supotina, Guy Seanyear, Ross Cowan.

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Wendy Davy, Veronica Doyle, Rosie Davy.

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Blinky Bill: The Movie (PG) - 24 September

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AUCKLAND HERITAGE FESTIVAL SMALES FARM: A TRANSPORT HUB SINCE 1898 September 27th 10am – 4pm (Rain date October 4th) Smales Farm, in partnership with Caffeine & Classics, will transport visitors back in time with vintage rides, vehicle displays, films and food trucks. Celebrate the North Shore’s transport heritage at Smales Farm.

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THE NORTH PAVILION: A SPACE FOR EVERYONE The largest of the glass pavilions at Q4 is now open to everyone as an all-weather community space.

The North Pavilion provides an informal space to enjoy in your own way with friends, family and work mates.

OPEN TIMES Mon through Fri, 7am – 4pm Sat through Sun, 8am – 4pm

For more information facebook.com/smalesfarm smalesfarm.co.nz

DANTES PIZZERIA There is a reason Dantes pizza has been voted Metro Magazine’s Best Pizza four years in a row – the authentic Neapolitan pizza is crafted with skill, care and the freshest of ingredients. Each pizza is made by hand and nothing but a brick oven can seal in all the authentic Italian flavours. Reaching temperatures in excess of 900 degrees, pizzas are cooked in an unbelievable 90 seconds or less! It may be fast, but one bite and you’ll know it’s anything but fast food.

SPECIAL LUNCH OFFER

12-3pm Monday to Thursday CHOOSE ONE OF DANTE’S THREE FAMOUS PIZZA SANDWICHES Meatball • Vegetarian • Porchetta (ham) for only $13

Dantes Pizzeria – Takapuna • Shop 2, 40 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna • Ph 09 486 3668 Open to late, fully licensed

Eating out on the Shore Your guide to the places to eat and meet.

Dantes Pizzeria, Takapuna

Lorenzo Romano, Kevin Morris, Roberto Russo.

PRIME PIZZA IN THE HEART OF TAKAPUNA Nestled in the newly-established and bustling laneway that is Fortieth and Hurstmere Takapuna, is Dante’s Pizzeria Neapolitan. A seasoned favourite and well-established amongst the culinary crowd in Ponsonby Central, Dante’s is now spreading it’s love of authentic wood-fired pizza here on the Shore.

Established over 12 years ago in New Zealand, Kevin Morris opened his first Dante’s in West Auckland, but don’t be fooled by the name - or this English lad’s born and bred Londoner accent - he does have strong Italian blood coursing through his veins and menu. Raised by his Italian mother and English father, his summer holidays were spent basking and cooking in Naples with his grandfather Dante (hence the name) where he learnt the art, skill and passion for perfecting pizza at the tender age of six.

Following his grandfather’s century-old Napoli traditions for Neapolitan pizza ‘where food is crafted with skill, care and the freshest of ingredients’, Kevin brings these traditions to the table and creates an overwhelming dining experience where all five senses linger after each bite, and food is enjoyed rather than just seen as a source to curb our appetite.

"Italian food, traditionally is uncomplicated – it’s left alone," explains Kevin. “But there is a lot of passion and effort put in!" Simple ingredients that include freshly crushed tomatoes, basil, buffalo mozzarella and olive oil on a traditional Margherita were not so popular when he first started out, so he wasn’t too surprised by some of the critiques he encountered when he first opened.

Everyone would ask, ‘Where’s the meat? Where’s the cheese?’ (the yellow, fatty, buttery version in this case!). Now a little more refined in our learning, the Kiwis (and the rest of the world, for that matter) have since embraced this traditional pizza and are wanting more - and are the healthier for it.

"I think what people don’t realise is that a wood-fired pizza. While it’s fast (it cooks in 90 seconds), it’s still very healthy, and gluten tolerant too." And with

just one bite, you’ll know it’s NOT fast food!

The whole process from oven to plate is what makes these simple but delicious slices food for the soul.

"Each piece of dough is artistically prepared by hand,” says Kevin. “The dough takes about four days to prepare, which allows it to ‘rest’ and the gluten can naturally break down."

It’s this process that allows gluten intolerant diners to rejoice – as it means the body can digest it much more easily and you aren’t left with a bloated belly.

The other secret to its goodness and taste is the wood-fired oven.

"The pizza’s are cooked in a 450 degree-plus wood fired oven – that heat can’t be replicated in an electric oven or similar found in fast food places. The dough, after resting, is really light and the natural moisture in it goes to steam when put in a hot oven and you get a delicious puffy crust," he explains.

Cue the senses….the aroma of fresh (locally-sourced) ingredients that arrive is intoxicating. And, true to the Italian way (after all, they are renowned for doing it better!), Kevin and his team encourage you to pick the crust up with your hands, fold together and enjoy!

"We provide knives and forks – but as we say, they are there only for the beginners," laughs Kevin. The whole experience is true Italian style, resurrected from his days as a child – and one his grandfather would have been proud to enjoy!

Dante's Pizzeria, Fortieth & Hurstmere, 40 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna www.dantespizzeria.co.nz

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Al Forno Italian ABOUT US:

Cointreau Creme Brulee and Ricotta Pear Cheesecake... two new reasons to visit one of Takapuna’s top restaurants, Al Forno. These seasonal offerings are but a taste of the latest dishes delighting diners at this popular local spot. Always a welcome experience at Al Forno restaurant. When customers go back to Al Forno - and most do - they are greeted like a long lost friend. Al Forno has a perfect location and is a must for those who love to eat out in Takapuna.

THE FOOD:

Whether dining in or taking away, the traditional yet unique Al Forno Italian food is great. Choose from Woodfired Pizzas, Pastas, and mains like Veal Parmigiana, prime Eye Fillets or King Prawns

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER Try our Dry Aged Rib-eye Steak!

Open Tues to Sun 5pm-Late.

09 488 0179.

34 Anzac Street, Takapuna www.alforno.co.nz

Esplanade ABOUT US:

Angora ABOUT US:

NGORA

Over 25 years experience Japanese chef.

Located on Campbells Bay beach. Car park. Outside dining. Private functions welcome.

Angora’s award-winning talented chef is serving up traditional Turkish cuisine fit for a sultan.

THE FOOD:

Genuine Turkish Cuisine - the real thing!

THE FOOD:

A large selection of food including japanese tapas, set menu's and cafe style big breakfasts with gluten free options. Food is fresh, tasty and served by their friendly staff BYO Wine Only

Not just a kebab joint, the best Turkish food in New Zealand

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Private functions welcome.

"If you don't like it - you don't pay!" says Head Chef, Orhan Come in for the best traditional Turkish food in Auckland

2/1 The Esplanade, Campbells Bay 09 476 5000 Mon - Thu 11.00am to 9.30pm Fri - Sun 9.00am to 9.30pm (closed Public Holidays) Takaway available, licensed and BYOW

Book now for your next big function - taking bookings for Christmas Closed Monday, Tues - Fri 4pm to late Sat - Sun 3pm to late 174 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 486 3739

CATCH EM’ WHILE YOU CAN AT

Regatta

Blankenberge

ABOUT US:

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Auckland local Andy Ruzich dreamed from a young age to create a superb Seafood Restaurant. Now he’s all grown up, he’s attached that dream to an amazing beachside bar offering, a match truly made in heaven, a match we call Regatta Bar & Eatery.

To celebrate our first Spring, we’re extending a special offer for September to all our Regatta patrons.

Opened in January 2015 to great acclaim by local North Shore residents, Regatta Bar & Eatery boasts some of the most stunning panoramic views of Takapuna Beach and Rangitoto you’ll find anywhere. Matched with superb culinary offerings and a great range of beer and wine, Regatta is truly loved of locals.

For just $26, you can enjoy a succulent half cray tail by itself or add it to any one of our other delicious dishes for an extra dash of indulgence.

Check out regattabar.co.nz for more details

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Blankenberge Belgian Beer Cafe is one of Taka’s favourites. A great bar, with great beer–as is the Belgian tradition–but also a great place to enjoy good food. Not just your average pub food. Food with a Flemish-French theme.

THE FOOD:

Lots of tasty options with suggested beer matches. It is a great place for brunch (Sat and Sun), lunch or dinner with lots of dishes you simply won’t find anywhere else in Takapuna. Our favourites are their Mussels, Croque Monsieur, Chicken and Leek Pie, Seafood Waterzooi and traditional Flemish Beef Stew.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

OUR FOOD: You won’t find fresher seafood anywhere unless you catch it yourself. Not only can you see the difference but you can taste it in every mouth-watering bite. Woodfired or roasted fresh, our market fish is so delicious, even you’re little ones will be impressed. Try our majestic Catamaran platter for a true taste of the sea.

ABOUT US:

Open Mon – Sun from 11:30am till late Main Beach, The Strand Takapuna 09 488 0040 www.regattabar.co.nz www.facebook.com/regattabarnz

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Exciting new winter menu.

Come in for our 'Express Lunch’ deal 2 course meal: entrée – main/main or dessert and a glass of Stella/wine or soft drink for $20. from Monday to Friday 11.30-3pm Monday to Friday 11.30am-late, Saturday brunch 11am-3pm/3pm-late a la carte, Sunday brunch 9am-3pm/3pm-late a la carte.

136 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 486 6331 www.belgianbeercafetakapuna.co.nz

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Japanese on the Beach

places to eat and meet.

Japanese Izakaya Restaurant.

After looking after the needs of locals and not so locals in Epsom for the last 15 years, Sake Bar Nippon is now based in Takapuna. Guests could well believe they are stepping into Japan when they enter this authentic restaurant, situated in a prime position on Anzac Street next to the Berkeley Cinema. Food is reasonably priced and customers get even more added value through the colourful attire of the restaurant’s hosts and the traditional drum-playing – this is an experience that goes beyond food!

THE FOOD:

Fresh sashimi, sushi, tempura and yakitori skewers are among the favourites offered. A private area with karaoke facilities is available for special occasions. Set menus available.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Ask about our new loyalty cards. Spend $200 and receive a $10 credit off your next meal!

Open Tues to Sun 5pm - Late. www.sakebar.co.nz 32-34 Anzac St, Takapuna 09 486 2249

ABOUT US:

Bolliwood Takapuna located at 17 Huron Street is the most popular Indian restaurant in the vicinity.

Elegantly appointed and ultra spacious , it offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

THE FOOD:

Specialises in North Indian cuisine, the food cooked by former five star chefs is nothing less than spectacular.

Recently introduced a special menu called the "Healthy Nuts" which is specially designed in keeping those extra calories off the plate! The restaurant also offers Gluten free options. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings you can savour mouthwatering mains for just $10 ( excludes seafood and tandoori).

Their fantastic value lunch is available 7 days a week.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

For those requiring food for a corporate function, wedding, birthday party or special event, Bolliwood provides a catering service and are happy to accommodate your needs.

Open 7 days 11.30-2.30 and 5pm until late.

No.17 Huron street, Takapuna, Contact us on: 09 489 9911 www.bolliwood.co.nz

Thyme Restaurant ABOUT US:

At Thyme Restaurant we offer just the right service for your occasion - we’re quick and discrete when you’re busy working and give you lots of attention when you’re out to celebrate. If you’re joining us for dinner, you’ll be eating from the varied A La Carte Menu developed by our head chef, Huw Thomas, and his team of chefs.

The menu reflects their passion for seasonal, fresh food and caters for a range of diets and includes vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free and low-carb options.

THE FOOD:

Thyme Restaurant uses in season, fresh local produce to bring you a variety of innovative dishes that satisfy every taste. The A La Carte Menu changes on a regular basis depending on seasonal products available.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Every day from 5 to 7pm, enjoy our Wine Thyme with House Wine and House Beers for only $8.50 and $10.00 a glass. You can also enjoy live music while you’re having a drink at The Club Bar or dining at the Restaurant, every day from 6.30pm.

Open Mon to Sun Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Level 1, The Spencer Hotel, 9-17 Byron Avenue, Takapuna Beach 09 916 4982 www.thymerestaurant.co.nz

Tokyo Bay

Bolliwood

Sakebar Nippon ABOUT US:

Tokyo Bay is situated over looking the beautiful Takapuna Beach, on the North Shore of Au Tokyo Bay not only offers the diner a fabulous view, but a uniquely Japanese experien combining traditional Japanese techniques with a contemporary take.

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Pinot Plus ABOUT US:

Hole in the wall -intimate 24 seat BistroOver five years doing the same thing: Owner/Sommelier John Ingle enjoys teasing guests with samples of wine they may never have considered. He loves particularly converting guests from their comfort glass of Pinot Gris to something more serious/gratifying.

THE FOOD:

Kayne Koubray has taken command through 2015 in the kitchen and ventures as close as one would dare to bringing upmarket bistro food to Takapuna, where casual/informal/shared plate dining is very much in vogue. Chef Kayne meets this challenge with classic bistro food with a twist of modern.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Reservations are welcomed but not necessary.

-Fully licensedSommelier John Ingle prides himself on offering the best choice of quality wines by the glass.

Mention this article and receive a free dessert wine at the end of your meal on any night through September.

Open Tues to Sat 5.30pm - Late. 09 489 9510 www.pinotplus.co.nz 168 Hurstmere Road Takapuna

ABOUT US:

Located in the new Main Beach hospitality precinct on The Strand at Takapuna Beach, Tokyo Bay is an internationalclass venue, offering 'new style' www.tokyobay.co.nz Japanese cuisine. It is owned and operated by the team behind two of Auckland's most popular Japanese eateries, Soto in St Mary's Bay and Tokyo Club in Ponsonby Central.

THE FOOD:

Tokyo Bay offers modern Japanese cuisine with delicious flavours complemented by Japanese beverages. You're by the ocean so seafood is appropriate and head chef Chikara Sato is from the top echelon of Japanese sushi chefs from Tokyo – a specialist in the art of sushi and seafood.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

New Japanese Winter menu - OUT NOW! Bookings at www.tokyobay.co.nz Open 12 noon until late 7 days.

20 The Strand, Takapuna Beach 09 390 7188 or visit www.tokyobay.co.nz

French Rendez-Vous ABOUT US:

Philippe and Lisa invite you to come in for a delicious French meal, now that we have a NEW SPRING BREAKFAST/LUNCH MENU, at Auckland's ONLY Lakeside Café/Restaurant next to the PumpHouse Theatre.

Spring hours : we are open for dinner when there is a Theatre Show on at the PumpHouse, otherwise Bookings are essential every evening (weekly menu).

Soirées Musicales : Open piano every night ! Play your favourite song and sing along on the New right piano in the Restaurant.

THE FOOD:

Traditionnal French cuisine for lunch and dinner, including stunning galettes (savoury crêpe) and delicious kiwi crêpe or try the "Tarakihi Poêlée", as well as monthwatering French desserts such as "Raspberry-chocolate fondante". Bon Appétit!

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Sunday 6th of September : Happy Father's Day from 9am to 4pm.

Only $21 : roasted chicken breast, pommes "Anna", poached egg served with bearnaise sauce. Book your table ! Seats limited.

French Rendez-Vous, Killarney Park, Takapuna 09 487 0009

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Paper Moon ABOUT US:

The clink of glasses toasting the end of a working day, a casual catch up for weekend brunch, a celebratory dinner with the family, a morning coffee, an early evening bite before heading onwards...

All reasons why people love Paper Moon.

This prime, popular spot on the corner of Beach Road and Montrose Terrace is endlessly abuzz with activity, drawing regulars and visitors alike with its unrivalled standards of hospitality in Mairangi Bay.

THE FOOD:

Enjoy our award-winning breakfast, hugely popular Beef Wellington, an Allpress coffee, a Kapiti ice cream to take to the beach…

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

‘Happy Hour’ every day from 3-6pm. Wednesday $10 cocktails all night.

Open 7am to 11pm.

Paper Moon, 437 Beach Road, Mairangi Bay 09 479 8872

Tiger Coffee ABOUT US:

Welcome to a NEW Tiger coffee!

Freshly revamped Tiger Coffee introduces our new brand CHEEKI to the coffee world. Complete with a ‘Cheeki Chillout Corner’, Tiger Coffee not only offers you a new brand but a new blend of coffee beans; Cheeki - a buttery, chocolate feel with sumptuous sweet delicate notes, this roast is bound to enlighten your taste buds! With a new selection of food on display, come and feast your eyes on some gorgeous salads, quiches, sandwiches, panini’s and a selection of freshly made muffins. Complete with a new retail area, featuring all your espresso machine needs with equipment, cleaning supplies, coffee beans and capsules for your home machine. Amazing home espresso machine.

Pre order food for those in the area – for our new customers - when you order your first sandwich / salad from our pre order list – you get a coffee on the house!

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Coming soon our new retail space with a selection of commercial and home machines, beans and everything in between! - catering for all your coffee needs! And if we don’t have it we will find the solution for you!

Open 8.00am to 4pm Monday to Friday.

195B, Wairau Road. www.tigercoffee.com

Robert Harris ABOUT US:

At Robert Harris Milford we're experts at making coffee for Kiwi tastes, not only because we're Kiwis but because we're passionate about what we do and know every day is an opportunity to do things better. The coffee that so many New Zealanders enjoy today began as one man’s obsession with excellence in 1952. Yes Robert Harris has been around serving Kiwi tastes since then! Great coffee can only be produced if the ingredients are excellent and the process is perfect.

THE FOOD:

Enjoy the revamped menu and refreshed style of cabinet food. Unpretentious value for money good honest simple Kiwi food of the highest quality.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Come and celebrate Fathers Day on Sunday 6th September.

FREE Regular Coffee for Dad with any Breakfast or Lunch item purchased off the menu and for the kids $10 Pancakes served with berries and ice cream Open 7 days a week, 6.30am - 4.00pm 09 489 7040 10 Milford Rd, Milford

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The Burger Bach ABOUT US:

Wending their way up from the dirty South, where baches are ‘cribs’ and the summer sun doesn’t go down until after 10, two lads from Gore have hit the big smoke to bring you the Burger Bach. While their accents are a little weird, their values are the same. Like a regular bach kitted out with the bare essentials, the Burger Bach offers a range of no-fuss burgers that let fresh, locally sourced ingredients do the talking. It’s decked out to for casual comfort, with vintage board games to play whilst, waiting for your order – check out the 'out house’ for a bit of fun!

THE FOOD:

Burgers, Burgers and more burgers – along with some kiwi traditions , such as spaghetti in a bun (with a twist), along with a classic milkshake, they’re also licensed selling cider and beer. Togs and towel welcome!!

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

A big thanks to everyone who has visited us in the past few weeks, and great to see some locals becoming regulars already!

The Burger Bach 1/7 The Strand and open from 11am - 9:30pm.

Nicolino ABOUT US:

Take a trip to the Mediterranean without leaving the North Shore! Nicolino Restaurant & Cube Bar has been bringing the tastes and sounds of Greece to Devonport for over 12 years. Live Greek music and entertainment can be arranged at any time for groups requiring that little bit extra for their function.

THE FOOD:

Traditional Greek dishes such as moussaka, souvlaki, kleftiko (braised lamb shanks) and spanakopita (spinach, feta cheese, oregano and olives baked in filo pastry) sit alongside Mediterranean specialities such as Catalan duck, and delicious pizzas and pastas.Nicolino’s is both BYO and fully licensed, and provides takeaway pizzas and meals, including free local delivery.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Greek Party Nights, with Sounds of Greece: Thursday, 3 September and 17 September 2015.

Open Mon to Sun 4pm - Late.

103 Victoria Road, Devonport 09 446 6664 www.nicolinorestaurant.co.nz

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Pepitos ABOUT US:

A truly authentic Spanish Tapas Bar with the largest selection of Spanish Wines and Spanish Beers in New Zealand.

Tapas brought to you by founder of ‘Cook at Home Paella – www.paella.co.nz’ Jose Luis Fowler.

During the day Spanish Deli Products, including Meats, Cheeses, Spanish Torrefacto Coffee and much more are sold.

THE FOOD:

Full Hot Tapas Menu which changes regularly including our signature PEPITO dishes (Deluxe Tapas Sandwiches)

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Bars also at 27 Union Street, Auckland Central and 112 Parnell Road, Parnell.

Pepitos, Open 7 days from 11am to late 154 Kitchener Road, Milford 0800 PEPITOS mailus@pepitos.email

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Bird on a Wire ABOUT US:

Founded in March 2012, Bird On A Wire is a destination for delicious food that is both nutritious and aligned with your values.

Set up by friends who wanted to bring the notion of a local 'chicken shop' to Auckland, Bird On A Wire has gone from strength to strength, opening its fourth and largest store in Takapuna on 1 April 2015

THE FOOD:

Handmade real food takeaways focused around free range rotisserie chicken, seasonal salads, and other takeaway fare. In addition to the best free range chook this town has seen, Bird On A Wire Takapuna also serves dine-in and takeaway breakfast, organic espresso, fresh juice, soups & great New Zealand wine and craft beer.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Bird On A Wire has just launched Sunday Roast Service. Hot & ready-to-eat roasted chicken, veggies, gravy and Yorkshire puddings for $65, prepared fresh for you every Sunday night. Free delivery if you live within a 10-block radius of the store, otherwise pickup is available. Call for more information.

Fortieth & Hurstmere, 40 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna Open 7.30am - late, 7 days 09 486 5436 www.birdonawire.co.nz

The Hub ABOUT US:

The Hub in the heart of Milford is the place to meet. Great food at pub prices, gaming room, jukebox, big TV screen or one of our entertainment nights listed.

THE FOOD: A great selection of pub meals at great pub prices Check out our new menu - all mains $15. We welcome RSA members for $10 meals

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER Karaoke/Open Mic Night: Every Wednesday Live Music: 5th Sept - The Shooters 6th Sept - Kara Gordan with Big Buddha, 5pm 11th Sept – Leon, 7.30pm 13th Sept – Tom, 5pm 19th Sept – Leon, 7pm 25th Sept – Big Buddha, 7.30pm 27th Sept – Dave, 5pm Quiz Night: Every Tuesday & Thursday.

Open Mon- Sat 11am to close.

Sun 1pm to close. 09 489 4480 145 Kitchener Road Milford (behind New World)

The Commons ABOUT US:

Our approach to food is playful with respect for the classics. We firmly believe that food should play a central role in the social environment, as it has throughout history. Our menus cater to large groups, intimate dining experiences and more casual catch up's with family and friends.

THE FOOD:

Under Executive Chef Jimmy Pask and Head Chef Jarrod McGregor we source the highest quality seasonal produce from trusted suppliers and from local producers whenever possible. Our aim is to present modern Kiwi cuisine at it's best.

NEED TO KNOW: SEPTEMBER

Look out for the Man O' War Wines, winemakers dinner this month, Wednesday Sept 9th. Booking Essential Commons Bar and Courtyard Open 7 days from 12.00 Commons bistro open Wednesday to Saturday - 6pm until late 21 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna thecommons.co.nz

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Shop the Shore

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR

PASTELS, METAL AND WOOD

The Larsen Bedside Table is an understated American Oak piece with lots of personality.

Interesting when seen from any angle, the striking strip of mint green is revealed when opening the drawer adding a playful element to this functional and minimal design.

Price $399 57 Barrys Point Road, Takapuna 09 486 7771

MARDEE

Alexa Dress $290 from MARDEE by Anne Mardell , 29 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna 09 486 3933 annemardell.co.nz

GUS&FANNIE DESIGN LTD

Miss Wilson Footwear Chelsea Sandal in blush, $219.50 437 Beach Rd, Mairangi Bay 09 476 6326

LIBBY'S FINE JEWELLERY

Daniel Wellington Watch.

26mm Rose Gold Classy Winchester.

408 Lake Road, Takapuna 09 489 9948 libbys.co.nz

URBAN + BEACH FURNITURE The French Laundry Collection is about freshness for spring and keeping it modern in a fresh yet faded mix of greys, pinks & blues, perfect for layering!

Urban + Beach Lifestyle furniture, 31 Constellation Drive, Mairangi Bay 479 9577 or 372 Broadway, Newmarket 09 522 0030 urban-beach.co.nz

PICK ME FLOWERS

Lush Floral Walls to hire for parties and functions 447 Lake Road, Takapuna 0800 274 256 pick-me.co.nz

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WALLACE COTTON

Linen has arrived! Loft Duvet Set in 100% linen from $359.90 (Queen size).

Wallace Cotton 24 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 551 7767 wallacecotton.com

DESIGNWORX

Marrakesh Mirror: Silver Depth 6.5cm, Height 96cm Width 96cm, RRP $400 64 Vauxhall Road, Devonport 09 445 1098 designworxnz.co.nz

KILT

Wendy Shirt in Winter Rain $139 – a peter pan collared shirt in rayon with tie detail sleeves.

104 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 4862287 takapuna@kilt.co.nz www.kilt.co.nz

LANA BOUTIQUE

Alice McCall Barracuda top $279 3 McKenzies, 21 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 214 5848 lanaboutique.co.nz

HOMAGE

Designed by Hans Wegner in 1986 but with all the hallmarks of his earlier 50’s designs the Circle Chair employs Wegner’s signature solid wood frame and plaited flag line cord seat and back.

Constructed in solid Ash (or Walnut) with wool seat and head-rest.

75 Barrys Point Road, Takapuna 09 488 9012 homage.co.nz

FLORIENNE

Come see the flower chicks at Florienne - we’ve got jugs galore!

60 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna 09 486 6438 florienne.co.nz

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Shore Street Style NAME: Chris, 20 WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO SHOP ON THE SHORE….? Various cotton on's around the shore are a great place to get all your summer wear, and then Hallensteins offer a classier winter range.

FAVOURITE PUB/DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT/LOCA…? Macs bar- offers something for everybody.

Thursday night goes off for the students and then it is slightly more relaxed with live sport on the weekend and great music.

YOUR IDEAL WEEKEND ON THE SHORE IS….? Breakfast in any of the Milford cafés, then a round of Golf at North Shore Golf Club. Finish it off with a few hours of sun and relaxation at Takapuna beach. Catch up with friends Saturday night. Will probably have fish n chips and a swim at the beach then head to Elephant Wrestler, Macs Bar, or The Merchant. All offer a great atmosphere on a Saturday night.

BEST COFFEE ON THE SHORE…? Paper Moon Mairangi Bay- Quality coffee, friendly service. Wont be disappointed.

WHO IS YOUR STYLE ICON…? Massey University. Just tend to follow the trends of other students and they usually have interesting shopping secrets. Also Ryan Gosling, BEST SPOT ON THE SHORE FOR DINNER….? Francs- Takapuna. Pretty well priced food, great vibe and views of the beach. Perfect in the summer!

NAME: Claire WHERE DO YOU SHOP FOR THE LATEST TRENDS ON THE SHORE? The Department Store BEST PLACE FOR COFFEE? Little & Friday WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT THE SHORE IS? The holiday vibe, and the beaches!

BEST SPOT FOR A BIT TO EAT? Would have to be Madam Woo at the moment A WEEKEND MUST ON THE SHORE? A walk along Taka beach stopping into Takapuna Beach Cafe for a gelato!

NAME: Blake, 30 LIVES: Forrest Hill WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO SHOP ON THE SHORE? Department Store, Huffer, Barkers and Country Road in Shore City.

FAVOURITE DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT? Commons is always good spot and lots of good dinner options around too.

YOUR IDEAL WEEKEND ON THE SHORE IS? Workout with Selva (GFF) then head to Café Melba Breakfast. Depending on the time of year I would then head to cricket or football. Catch up with friends Saturday night.Try and go to Yoga at Lululemon on Sunday mornings.

BEST COFFEE ON THE SHORE? I really like the the coffee from Kombi Coffee in Fortieth and Hurstmere.

WHO IS YOUR STYLE ICON? Don’t really follow any celebrities but get some help from couple of ‘trendy' mates (Jono & SP) BEST SPOT ON THE SHORE FOR DINNER? I love Japanese food so Tokyo Bay at Main Beach Takapuna.

Food is amazing !

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Shore Street Style NAME: Cam WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO SHOP ON THE SHORE….? Being a typical male, I’m not a big shopper so I’m all about convenience. When I need new clothes I'll head to Albany Mall or Takapuna - and never without helpful eye of my lovely wife!

FAVOURITE PUB/DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT/LOCA…? I’m always up for a cheeky lunchtime beer at Dark Horse on Constellation Drive.

YOUR IDEAL WEEKEND ON THE SHORE IS….? The ideal weekend for me on the Shore is spending it with my wife and kids. We enjoy having brunch at a kid-friendly café like The Collins in Greenhithe and then heading to the beach, skate-park or playground for some fun!

BEST COFFEE ON THE SHORE…? When we have time we like to head to one of the new beachfront Takapuna cafes for a coffee or smoothie. Plenty of buzz and people-watching there.

WHO IS YOUR STYLE ICON…? I’m don’t really have a style icon but I’d have to say I’m a product of the things I enjoy: surf/skate/snowboarding and alternative/indie music.

BEST SPOT ON THE SHORE FOR DINNER….? If we ever get a kids-free evening, my wife and I like to head to Caffe E Cucina in Albany for good Italian food, good service and plenty of parking.

NAME: Amber, 25 LIVES: Devonport WHERE DO I SHOP ON THE SHORE? My store viva la vintage, for all my vintage and retro clothing and furniture. Along with curiosities from Cheltenham Curiosity Store. And all my natural health supplements from Natural Health Co, Devonport.

FAVOURITE SPOT ON THE WEEKEND? At Face It Beauty in Devonport - getting a facial!

BEST COFFEE ON THE SHORE: Wild wheat is the best as I also sneakily get one of their AMAZING cakes or pastries, which I feel are the best in the North shore.

FAVOURITE SPOT TO DINE? Corellis for dinner, they have the best staff and decor in Devonport. And the food is such great value! Also Nicolino for the most fabulous pizzas and are great hosts for private functions too.

WHO IS YOUR STYLE ICON? Dita Von Teese for her ever lasting classic vintage style and modern vintage blogger pin up model Idda Van Munster NAME: Greta LIVES: Takapuna WHO IS YOUR STYLE INFLUENCE? Gigi Hadid and Blake Lively, I really aspire to their classy and on trend sense of style.

BEST SHOPPING SPOT? The Department Store, The CO-OP and Superette are my favorite shopping locations, I like buying a few key pieces and wearing them lots, Takapuna shopping has become so much better over the past couple of years.

BEST COFFEE? Zomer Cafe for sure, I love their blend and the staff are super friendly.

GREAT SPOTS ON THE SHORE TO GO? I love going to Mexico or Francs with my friends for a late dinner they both have a cool vibe.

BEST MEAL ON THE SHORE WOULD HAVE TO BE? Al Forno Italian restaurant is amazing and I always choose the Pollo Albicocca dish. Zomer is also another restaurant that you have to try, their food is super different and yummy, definatly some of the best food in Takapuna.

MY IDEAL WEEKEND? Going for a big walk down Takapuna beach and around the rocks, walking into town grabbing brunch then relaxing in the sun at home. Knowing me I would fit in some shopping along the way!

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Fashion Advice with Victoria J Designer Workshop

Vast Interior Fashion Show

Maddy Budd and Brenda Wilkinson and Jenny Drury of Ketz-ke and Sheryl Hyndman (MC).

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Q: A: Katie McDougall.

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Your fashion questions answered What are the colours and trends for the upcoming season? Kylie

Spring is in the air, so spring should be in your step! Put your best foot forward as a chameleon and enjoy the unlimited palette of colour.

Patterns, pastels and block colours are everywhere, so pick a hue to compliment you!

Bold pinks and clear blues are the pick of the season, however there is always an occasion for the classic little black dress.

If you want to add some colour to your predominantly dark collection, why not ease in some timeless black and white spots or stripes and accessorise with a pop of colour.

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Luci McDougall and Sophie Ward.

FASHION EVENT WENT SWIMMINGLY! Ketz-ke launched their Spring/Summer Collection at Vast Interior in Wairau Valley last month in a thoroughly community event! Models for the show were senior members of North Harbour Synchronised Swimming Club, which was behind this fashion-meets-sport-in-style event as a fundraiser for club funds.

Showcasing the coming season’s collections, the fashion show attracted the wide audience you would expect from this prominent and successful North Shore fashion label. Young and more mature alike were entertained and delighted by the excellent models and stunning fashions, in the stylish homeware store setting of Vast Interior.

A group of seven of the club’s synchronised swimmers are attending the Commonwealth Festival of Synchro in Perth, where these young North Harbour athletes are competing against nine other countries at this prestigious competition, for swimmers ranging from 10-18 years of age.

Auckland's only Vast Interior Store opened this year as the latest branch of the successful Australian franchise.

North Harbour Synchro members are extremely grateful for the support of Ketz-ke, Vast Interior and other prominent sponsors and supporters from the local North Shore community, including Holly Strever at Barfoot & Thompson, Mairangi Bay and Lexus North Shore.

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Styles are flattering and feminine. You can expect to see skirts and capri trousers paired with sophisticated cowl neck tops, luxe tees and floaty chiffon. Look out for clever cutouts and flattering figure skimming designs.

Dresses continue to reign supreme and come in bold prints through to sheer printed chiffons. Never underestimate the value of the summer dress as their versatility will take you from a day at work to an evening at the races.

Embrace colour as we move into a new season.

Cheers to spring ladies!

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KILT: Takapuna

KILT - WELCOME TO TAKAPUNA High street style has been lifted on Hurstmere Road with the arrival of KILT. Landing last month at number 104, this fresh fashion spot is causing a stir amongst locals, and prompting out-of-towners to pay a visit. All style and smiles is store manager Natalie Lovell-Smith, who is loving the chance to bring fashion forward fabulousness to Takapuna’s main street. Natalie studied fashion in Auckland before heading to London where she worked in a boutique fabric shop. She said: “Everybody has been saying how Takapuna, and Hurstmere Road in particular, has been developing and it’s really exciting to be a part of it!"

The beach views from the shop mean there’s beauty wherever you look - the shop fit-out is fresh and spacious, and much thought has gone into how the clothes are displayed by hue. Natalie's current top pick is the ‘Danni' skirt (pictured, left) - a high-waisted look with zip detailing. Very on-trend accessories catch the eye, with a cabinet of earrings, necklaces, bracelets all there to add to any outfit or as a cute gift idea.

We found out more about this latest Takapuna must-visit store…

Natalie Lovell-Smith.

WHO IS THE KILT CUSTOMER? WHAT KIND OF WOMEN IS SHE AND HOW DOES SHE LIKE TO DRESS? She is thoughtful, supportive, caring and friendly.

Someone that you want to hang out with because she makes you feel good about yourself and is so easy to relate to. A KILTie is someone who is fun and original who likes to look unique. She has her own style – likes colour and great patterns (which she will always find in our boutiques). She is after quality pieces that are timeless but with a little point of difference! She also cares about where things are made and tries to support local when she can.

WHAT MAKES KILT SO ACCESSIBLE TO KIWI WOMEN? We now have eleven boutiques throughout New Zealand and our online store so we are easy to access for loads of Kiwis! We are also one of the most affordable NZ Made clothing companies in New Zealand, made for Kiwis by Kiwis!

YOU DON’T CREATE LOOKS OR COLLECTIONS – SO HOW DOES YOUR DESIGN PROCESS WORK? We aren’t limited to creating designs months in advance and

then waiting for the manufactured garments to arrive from offshore. Instead we are able to bring new designs into our boutiques weekly and it also allows us to respond quickly to our customers feedback and wants. We also pride ourselves on having a range of garments available to suit each individual rather than being limited by a seasonal colour palette/look. After all we are not all the same and we have unique needs and wants – particularly when it comes to style.

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT YOUR GARMENTS ARE MADE IN NEW ZEALAND? How can it not be important! We love that we are able to support New Zealand’s economy by keeping our business in the country rather than shipping it off shore. We are able to support other New Zealanders in their fashion needs and careers. It also means that we are able to stand by the quality of our garments as they are all made here.

WHAT DREW YOU TO YOUR NEW STORE LOCATION IN TAKAPUNA?

With a quarter of all New Zealanders living in Auckland we wanted to open a new Auckland based boutique to support the existing Ponsonby store so when the opportunity came to open in Takapuna we jumped at it. Takapuna is such a lovely shopping area in Auckland so we found the whole scene appealing.

IS THERE ONE PARTICULAR PIECE OF FEEDBACK YOU’VE HAD FROM A CUSTOMER THAT’S ALWAYS STUCK WITH YOU? Feedback is

particularly important for us. It inspires our new designs and helps us to continue to improve. The main customer feedback that we hear repeatedly is the amount of compliments our KILTies get when they are wearing KILT. It’s always great to get a compliment so for us to help generate these is just super rewarding!

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Shore People: News

Blossom Refine & Style

Hospitality industry recognition for Kevin Schwass Well known North Shore identity Kevin Schwass achieved an industry accolade when inducted into the Hospitality New Zealand 'Hall of Fame' at a function held in mid-August. This accolade is a result of a long career in the industry. ’Schwassie’ first entered the ‘hospo' industry when he joined Lion Breweries as trainee manager in 1980. After stints as Manager of Ye Jolly Farmer Inn (Drury) and the Tamatea Hotel (Napier) he was appointed as GM, later lessee, of the Poenamo Hotel – which he made a North Shore institution – in 1986. In the following 10 years he created the Poedium Nightclub, Sin Bin Sports Bar and Florrie McGreal’s Irish Pub on the site; Kevin Schwass (right) with Hospitality New Zealand the latter two being relocated to National President Adam Cunningham during his induction into the Hospitality New Zealand Hall of Fame.

Hurstmere Road when “The Poe” was sold. ’The Poe' became the spiritual home for the All Blacks during that period along with hosting virtually every sporting team that visited Auckland during that decade, whether Judith Tabron, Kevin Schwass, John Hellebrekers and Maureen Gordon listening to MC Scotty Stevenson during the Hospitality domestic or international.

New Zealand Hall of Fame presentations.

In partnership, Kevin also leased and operated the infamous Park in the Bar tavern in Fort Street for seven years.

In 1996 his focus turned to his home patch of Takapuna when he opened up another popular spot, the R’toto Pub & Café on the Hurstmere Strip. That was followed by the Blankenberge Belgian Beer Café, Florrie McGreal’s Irish Pub, Sin Bin Sports Bar (now BinBin Deluxe).

He has always been an innovator and leader in the industry and in conjunction with R’toto Kevin also created the Rangitoto Brewing Co., where he brewed his own beers. When you look at the popularity of craft-beers today he was a good 10-15 years ahead of his time.

In 2010, with a business partner, he transformed R’toto into the successful Hurstmere Road Macs Brew Bar which he has subsequently sold.

It is fair to say that Schwassie played a major part in transforming Takapuna into the entertainment precinct it is today.

As many readers will know Kevin has also put a great deal into the community.

He was elected a North Shore City Councillor and served two terms (2004-2010) and then was Deputy Chair of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board on formation of Auckland City in 2010. He retired from local body politics in 2013.

The Hospitality New Zealand “Hall of Fame” presentation to Kevin Schwass was made by the National President Adam Cunningham at the AGM of the Auckland Branch. There were three other inductees, these were John Hellebrekers, Maureen Gordon and Judith Tabron.

John Hellebrekers is well-known to Shore people as well. He actually worked as GM of R’toto Pub & Café in 1997. In 1998, John and Kevin opened Degree Gastrobar in the Viaduct Harbour, a partnership that lasted until 2010 when it was sold to Barworks, of which John Hellebrekers became and still is the Managing Director. Barworks now owns 22 bars, mostly in Auckland – including Jack’s Bar (Whangaparaoa), The Postman’s Leg (Glenfield), Elephant Wrestler, Franc’s and Regatta (Takapuna) which are all on the right side of the Harbour Bridge.

Maureen Gordon started in the hospitality industry in 1964. She has become an icon in the industry since becoming the publican of the Kings’ Arms, Newton 29 years ago. She still works in the business today despite being in her eighties.

Judith Tabron is a big name in the industry. She opened Ramses (Newmarket) which became one of Auckland’s most popular eating spots and more recently she has been behind the iconic Soul Bar and Restaurant in the Viaduct Harbour.

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Takapuna Beach Business Association: News

Views from the Beach with CEO Terry Holt

Spring is in the air and we have been blessed with some simply stunning days recently, which lend themselves nicely to getting out and about. It is always nice to see so many people walking up and down the beach, coffee or ice cream in hand making the most of the sunny days.

I have very much enjoyed meeting so many friendly,

By Terry Holt. welcoming, passionate and positive people who mostly live or work in or close to Takapuna…there must be something in the water! Or is just the fact of being in a vibrant beachside suburb with plenty going on?

And if you are looking for some entertainment options, then make sure you have a look at all the upcoming movies at Berkeley Cinema, or visit the Bruce Mason Centre, as The Band of Magicians will be in town in September, along with the final free Pick and Mix shows for this season.

If you prefer a smaller more intimate and historic experience then you may like to go and see a show at The PumpHouse theatre which is located on the edge of Lake Pupuke, a short walk from Takapuna CBD. When it comes to a little retail therapy we are certainly spoilt for choice and we have some wonderful new retail stores that have opened up that are certainly worth checking out, and there are more to come.

After all the shopping, you will certainly need to recharge your batteries and with well over 80 establishments to choose from, you are bound to find a taste of Takapuna that you like.

Finally I would like to thank our family of sponsors listed below for all their support, hard work, passion and commitment to helping ensure that Takapuna Beach and its businesses become the best that they can be.

So why not come along and spend some time with us and see what all the fuss is about. Happy Travels! Terry

Upcoming Events for September: 5th - Sunday Markets (Weekly) 5th-13th - Waiting for Godot - PumpHouse Theatre 6th - FREE Pick & Mix - Bruce Mason Centre 6th - North Shore Marathon 9th-13th - Band of Magicians - Bruce Mason Centre 13th - Lollypop Making - Old Lolly Shop 21st-30th - Taste of Takapuna

...And the latest from Anna Wishart, TBBA Marketing and Events Manager We love Takapuna and it is exciting to hear about so many people ‘braving the bridge’, to check out what the hype is all about in our neck of the woods.

With the occasional tastes of summer with some beautiful days, it is fantastic to see so many people frequenting the beach and exploring Takapuna.

A recent sunny Monday enticed a different type of

By Anna Wishart. visitor to Takapuna with an adorable little seal paying us a visit to see what the fuss is all about. We caught him sunbathing by the boat ramp, and he was a huge hit on Social Media sparking quite the conversation!

I think it would be hard to have not heard about the current buzz around the Takapuna hospitality sector, and we thought it would be the perfect opportunity, for the month of September to celebrate all things foody Visiting seal lapping up with ‘The Taste of Takapuna’. The Taste of Takapuna the Takapuna sun. is showcasing the many delicious food options we have on offer and an insight into what they are all about and who is behind them! Plus we have a whole heap of vouchers to give away over the month! Head to the ‘I Love Takapuna’ Facebook page for all the giveaways and Taste of Takapuna deliciousness!

We had a chat to some of our local hospitality My dog Rocky, huge fan of the personalities and asked them what they love Milford-Takapuna Walkway. about Takapuna?

“I love that it is a buzzing, vibrant and ever changing pocket of Auckland - and I love my walks along the beach!”

– ADELE, MANAGER MEXICO TAKAPUNA “We love the local community vibes of Takapuna. When people come in they are generally interested in who opened it, how long we've been here, how we are enjoying Takapuna etc” – RYAN, OWNER, THE BURGER BACH “This little community really is the whole package. It has a bit of entertainment coupled with the hospitality scene to support a great night out on the town or a family adventure. The stunning scenes of both the ocean views and cityscape have us nestled in the perfect spot to be "away" from it all while being in the middle of everything.”

– DOUG, MANAGER ZOMER CAFÉ “Takapuna is a great suburb, only 10 minutes-drive from the CBD, which offers the best of two worlds: the proximity from Auckland’s hustle and bustle and the beachside vibe with plenty of shopping, activities, bars and restaurants.” – ESTELLE, THYME RESTAURANT

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“I love Takapuna because our locals are so totally proud of being from Takapuna and they really do support us. We love being part of a community that loves us being part of them.”

– YVETTE, THE ELEPHANT WRESTLER “Takapuna is a great place to live, its downbeat enough to relax but still bustling enough to have a great time out... We love how Taka is evolving with all the new development and premises... Long may it continue to grow.”

– CRAIG, THE COMMONS

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“Takapuna is the heart of the North Shore, and it has everything you need without having to go and stress over the bridge. Life is good” – DILIANA, BOTTICELLI “We love the fact that the people are so invested in the community and choose to support local business. We look forward to giving back to the community that gives to us.” – STEVE, THE ELEPHANT WRESTLER “ The people. Apart from the beautiful beach, nice shops and amazing views, we believe that people makes Takapuna one of the best places in Auckland.” – WILLIAM, EL HUMERO “Takapuna is an incredible location to operate from for a multitude of reasons. Not only is it a beautiful seaside spot, but the people and sense of community are really phenomenal. We love getting to know our neighbors and getting involved with local initiatives.”

– LUCINDA, BIRD ON A WIRE

Al Forno, Angora, Aroy Dee Thai Restaurant, Aubergine Restaurant, BinBin Deluxe, Bird on a Wire, Blankenberge Belgian Beer Cafe, Blunderbuss, Bolliwood, Cafe Massimo, Coffee Club, Colours of Korean BBQ Buffet, Daikoku, Dante’s Pizza Napoletana, El Humero, Florrie McGreals Irish Pub, Fortune Fountain Restaurant, Francs, Gangam Style, Ghengis Khan, GPK, Hurstmere Road Macs Brew Bar, Kyo-Ya, Madam Woo, Masala, Mexico, Nando’s Takapuna, New Vietnam Cafe, Niko’s Pizza, Otto Woo, Pinot Plus, Portofino, Ragazzi Cafe & Wine Bar, Regatta, Renkon, Raviz Indian Cuisine, Sakebar Nippon, Sals Pizza, Takapuna Bar, Thai Takapuna, The Burger Bach, The Commons, The Elephant Wrestler, Thyme Restaurant, Tokyo Bay, Anti Dote, Ark Coffee, Cafe D’Amour, Cafe Melba, Como Street Cafe, Fiori Cafe, Honey Cafe, House of Chocolate Dessert Cafe, Jam Organic, Kombi Coffee, La Tropezienne, Leaf & Loaf, Little Red Cup, Mimosa, Sierra Coffee, Starbucks, Takapuna Beach Cafe, Zomer Cafe, Bian Sushi & Donburi, Burger Fuel, Chick Peaz, Donburi House, Fatimas, Flying Horse, Habitual Fix, Mexicali Fresh, Pita Pit, Pizza Club, Shahrzad Kebabs, Sushi Gallery, Sushi Ya, Takapuna Fish Shop, Tank, Umi Sushi

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For the Home: with Home Fabrics, Takapuna

Curtains beat double glazing in the battle of the draft!

I am told I am becoming more and more curmudgeonly because I refuse to watch the depressing evening news. Instead, we like to sit and watch the birds over the bay and the crazy, presumably young, wind and kite surfers who can’t wait for a big winter blow. It can get a bit cold sitting by the window when it’s stormy outside so I undertook a bit of research on whether we should consider double glazing the windows, to make it cozier.

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Here are some simple facts that I found...Firstly, up to 45% of the heat loss from your room is through the windows. Heat loss through walls is only 13% and the ceiling only loses 15%. So by far the biggest loss is through the glass.

How do we fix that? Adding standard double glazing to our windows would not actually double the insulation effect of the glass. In fact it only increases it by 75% over a standard window (the “R” value changes from .15 to .26).

If, on the other hand, we were to forget about the double glazing and add, instead, well-fitted lined drapes to the window, we could expect to almost triple the insulation at the window. (Changing the “R” value from .15 to .41). This result suggests that adding this type of curtain is more than twice as effective as adding double glazing AND you can actually see and enjoy your curtain insulation solution, which is something you can’t do with double glazing. One has to wonder why the building code has got so carried away with double glazing, when there are clearly better and more attractive solutions available.

So, what makes a ‘well-fitted and installed curtain?’ On a window with short curtains, the cold air that is next to a window falls to the ground and is replaced by warm air from above. This is what they call ‘a reverse chimney effect.’ By using a good lining, installing a track as close to the wall as possible and having generous overlaps each side of the window, then having the curtains as close to, or, if possible, touching the floor, we can provide the best insulation result. I found this all very interesting and so we now have a free brochure in store that hopefully explains all the technical stuff far better than I have here. Call in and pick one up, or ask one of our consultants to advise on the best solution for you.

As a result of my research, we have decided that curtains make a lot more sense for us than double glazing. We will just have to be sure to close them before the evening gets too cold but I will certainly be waiting until after that damned depressing television news is finished.

Home Fabrics, 28 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 486 1103 homefabrics.co.nz

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THE HOME OF KIDS DENTISTRY ON THE SHORE REMEMBER THE DAYS OF ‘THE MURDER HOUSE? Many of us can recall the gruesome memories of painful treatments, overfilled teeth and the dental nurse brandishing archaic equipment. None of us want our kids to endure those experiences and thankfully they don’t have to.

The Tooth Company® has made it their mission to put a positive spin on children’s dentistry.

The Tooth Company® Kids has a hand picked team of kids dentists, dental therapists and a specialist in house Orthodontist, giving your kids the best possible care from the start.

The Tooth Company® Kids premises has been custom designed by award winning Cheshire architects and is situated in the ground floor of Sovereign House in Smales Farm Takapuna on the North Shore of Auckland.

On enrolment there are two options for payment - casual (pay as you go) and membership.

Our membership plan is designed to make your life easier by removing the stress of large unexpected dental bills.

On The Tooth Company® Kids membership plan, for a monthly fee, all of your child’s general dental treatment is included plus discounts on specialised treatments such as Orthodontics (braces).

We are currently taking registrations for 2015/2016 and numbers are limited.

CASUAL (PAY AS YOU GO) Enrolment at The Tooth Company® Kids Welcome Pack including ‘My Tooth’ book, Bravery book and My Brushing Challenge The Tooth Company Kids private fees / pricing PLUS Kids under the age of 2 years (Nippers) are free

OR MEMBERSHIP PLAN* $39.50 / MONTH Enrolment at The Tooth Company® Kids The Tooth Company® Kids – New Patient Examination Welcome Pack including ‘My Tooth’ book, Bravery book and My Brushing Challenge Priority appointments Unlimited consultations* Unlimited radiographs* Any required fillings* Any required root canal treatments* Any required tooth extractions* Any required fissure sealants* Six monthly full mouth cleans* Other specialised treatments provided at The Tooth Company® Kids – receive 15% off* *TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY – SEE OUR MEMBERSHIP PLAN APPLICATION FORM FOR MORE DETAILS

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enableMe: Financial Personal Trainers

SECOND FINANCIAL PERSONAL TRAINER ON THE SHORE! Since establishing its first office in Auckland’s CBD in 2007, enableMe has helped more than 4,000 clients achieve their financial goals and stay on track through the innovative and powerful approach pioneered by founding director, Hannah McQueen. Eight years on and enableMe have six franchise businesses around the country and now two on the Shore!

Introducing Patsy Hobson and Alistair Johannesson, the new owners and financial personal trainers in the North Harbour based office on Apollo Drive.

When clients work with enableMe they are teamed up with their own ‘financial personal trainer’ who examines their current financial situation, identifies areas where money is being frittered and formulates a strategy.

A detailed plan is then prepared in consultation with the clients and the consultant works alongside them, just like a personal trainer, to keep their clients motivated every step of the way. By partnering with an expert that can apply financial “smarts” to your situation, you can reach financial goals faster.

Whatever your starting point or financial goals, enableMe can help you do things smarter to ensure you get ahead faster.

Whatever your starting point or financial goals, enableMe can help you do things smarter to ensure you get ahead faster.

Patsy Hobson & Alistair Johannesson.

school days and loves the Shore lifestyle, beaches and community vibe.

Patsy Hobson has worked with Alistair in his accountancy practice for 18 years as senior accountant and practice manager. She uses her wealth of experience in accounting and tax to assist her many business clients achieve simplicity with their finances.

Patsy has lived on the Shore since her primary school days and enjoys all that it has to offer, on the weekends she appreciates the tranquility of her lifestyle block just north of Albany.

Alistair Johannesson has operated his own Chartered Accountancy practice on the Shore since 1987 and as such has a keen interest in helping clients organise and structure their financial affairs to obtain maximum benefit. A proud born and bred Southlander Alistair enjoys watching the mighty “Stags” play their tough brand of rugby. Alistair has lived on the Shore since his high

Hannah McQueen is hosting two free introductory-seminars on Monday 14th September in the Bayswater Room at QBE Stadium (North Harbour Stadium) please visit enableMe.co.nz to find out more and secure your seat.

Visit enableme.co.nz or call or 0800 897 898 to book a consultation.

Patsy Hobson & Alistair Johannesson – enableMe North Harbour

ENABLEME BOOK GIVEAWAY Learn how to get serious about your money, pay off your mortgage quickly and ensure you have enough for retirement Founder of enableMe financial personal trainers Hannah McQueen shares her expertise in her new book.

This, her second book, helps readers take control of their finances, save hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest costs, and sort their retirement - once and for all. 'Kill Your Mortgage, Sort Your Retirement' is a must-have guide for those who want to get ahead now.

Her unique approach to managing your money emphasises your psychology of spending and the role money plays in your relationships. Hannah does not shy away from the obstacles we all face in getting ahead, instead she offers clever tips on how cutting day-to-day costs will enable you to build a cash surplus so you have extra money for mortgage repayments. Her simple framework to calculate your retirement costs and practical solutions to sort retirement are a relief. Imagine if you could pay off your mortgage in ten years instead of 25, while still having a life! It's not too late for anyone - Hannah will set you on the right track.

THREE COPIES TO GIVE AWAY We have three copies of Hannah’s new book to give away to Channel readers. Simply send the name of the book, along with your name, address, phone number and email to donna@enableme.co.nz by 5pm Wednesday 30th September.

Winners will be drawn at random and will be notified by Monday 5th October.

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enableMe: Financial Personal Trainers

Spring clean your finances Have you been feeling sluggish and less motivated to make change as the cold winter months drag on? Now, the days are getting lighter and the weather is slowly warming up, it’s a fantastic time to detox your finances.

It’s time to get on the financial scales and set some fresh goals for yourself and your family. A financial cleanse is about putting in place a plan to rid yourself of debts, overspending and bad habits that are keeping you financially unhealthy.

Everyone has different starting points and knowing where you are now will better determine the route you need to take for a comfortable retirement. Many people believe the more money you earn the easier it is to get ahead financially.

We know this to be incorrect. The security of a higher income can give you permission to disengage from your finances.

If you’re going to get serious, the first step is to accurately diagnose your situation. Before you can write any plan of what you need to do, before you can get excited or depressed about how much you do need to do, you’ve got to first understand where you’re at now.

If you don’t diagnose your situation correctly, you often then do try to make an effort somewhere and it won’t necessarily create an outcome you wanted or needed. It means you put a lot of effort in for no reason and waste your time. We are all time poor and you’ve got to make it count!

If you’re going to get serious, the first step is to accurately diagnose your situation. Before you can write any plan of what you need to do, before you can get excited or depressed about how much you do need to do, you’ve got to first understand where you’re at now.

You need a full on health check for your finances, just like going to your doctor.

It can be confronting but we believe your current habits are not indicative of what you can achieve in the future. Print out your credit card balances, mortgage balances and savings balances and open up all the bills and expose your financial situation to yourself.

You don’t have to be a mathematician or use a spreadsheet, we think you should be able to answer Five key questions to better understand where you are starting from: 1) If you had to sell up everything and move overseas tomorrow, how much money would you have left over? If it’s less than $100k, then you are at the start of your asset journey, and you got to ‘rattle your daggs’. 2) At the end of each week or each month, do you save money? Do you consciously save? Excluding Kiwisaver, are you saving? Yes or No. 3) What asset stage are you? Are you Starting Out? And this doesn’t just mean you’re in your twenties; you may have to Start Out again because of a relationship breakup, or a financial mac truck event.

Do you have a plan? Or have you achieved your goals? 4) Are you a Shopper or a Saver? What comes easily? What are you pre-disposed to do? You need to

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Katie Wesney – enableMe - Takapuna. understand this before writing your plan. Austerity measures will not work well if your personality doesn’t allow it. 5) And the most important, are you motivated or ready to do something about fixing your financial future?

In answering those questions, if you know you have to do things better, or you know you or your situation should be capable of getting a better result than what you are getting at the moment, then it is the time to do something.

It’s the beginning of spring which is psychologically, a great time for fresh starts. Your finances will thank you for it and you may even sleep a little better.

You can work with enableMe in making that first step of diagnosing your financial situation not as confronting as what it needs to be. But sometimes it’s the step you need to take to then be motivated more to fix it. ‘It’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves’, Sir Edmund Hillary.

Visit enableme.co.nz or call or 0800 897 898 to book a consultation.

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“WE WILL PAY OFF OUR MORTGAGE IN FIVE YEARS RATHER THAN 30 THANKS TO ENABLEME” – Kirsten and Mike Mason - as seen on Fair Go

KILL YOUR MORTGAGE FAST AND SORT YOUR FUTURE WITH YOUR OWN FINANCIAL PERSONAL TRAINER! In a world of ever-increasing costs, enableMe’s unique approach to managing your money does not shy away from the obstacles we all face in getting ahead, instead they offer clever tips and support to help you build a sustainable cash surplus.

They have a patented mortgage repayment system that will help you save thousands in interest costs. Imagine if you could pay off your mortgage in 5 years instead of 30, while still having a life! The sooner you start to plan, the better - it’s not too late - your financial personal trainer will set you on the right track.

To find out more and book an obligation-free consultation with your local Financial Personal Trainer visit enableMe.co.nz When booking online enter the special code ‘Channel’ and save $200 off the cost of your consultation, making it just $75+gst (Usually $275+gst) Now there’s two offices on the Shore! Please select the branch most convenient for you.

North Harbour – Apollo Drive

Takapuna - Como Street

For more information visit

enableme.co.nz

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WINE: with Glengarry Takapuna & Devonport

A Summer of Rosé awaits There are many different styles of Rosé, ranging from light and luscious to full bodied tannic Rosé; ones that taste a little more like candies from the local store and dry austere styles. Some of these stylistic differences come from the way the Rosé is made, part from the varieties used and some from the part of the world in which they are made.

There are three main ways to produce Rosé wines – Through skin contact; Saignée method; Blending.

The first is most commonly used when the aim from the start to the finish is to make Rosé. Red skinned grapes are picked and then crushed; the skin and the juice are left together for a short period of time.

After this the skins are pressed and then discarded prior to the fermentation. In red wine production the skins would remain with the juice till after fermentation. The resulting colour of the Rosé depends on how long the skins and juice have been in contact for. This method of producing Rosé usually results in wines with tannin and a reasonable amount of colour.

The second method, Saignée (or bleeding) is a technique whereby Rosé is made as a secondary product to red wine production. This method of production involves removing some of the pink juices from the initial crushing of the red grapes. This juice is then fermented and a Rosé produced. By doing this the red wine being produced has more tannin and colour. This style of production results in very light fruity Rosé.

The third method, blending. This is where red and white wines are blended to produce a Rosé wine. This method is not as common as the first two and is in fact banned in Europe, except in Champagne, where some Rosé champagne are made this way; predominantly with Chardonnay and a little Pinot Noir added.

Whilst Rosé are very much on trend around the world, don’t be mistaken that they are frivolous wines, the very best are exceptional and can hold their own in many a line up. Rosé wines are very food friendly. The heavier, full bodied styles tend to go well with turkey, chicken and duck; the lighter style wines with fish and

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salads (without too much vinegar in the dressing). They are also a great match with curry and Chinese.

Here’s a few of my favourites available at Glengarry stores now:Mont Redon Lirac– French Rosé from the Lirac appellation This appellation is situated on the right bank of the Rhône River in France, between Orange and Avignon in the village of Roquemaure, near the other Rosé appellation in the area – Tavel. The climate is Mediterranean with very hot summers. The mistral wind blows away any humidity ensuring good conditions for the vines. Made of 50% Grenache and 50% Cinsault (a red variety from the southern Rhône valley) this wine is produced through the skin contact method of Rosé production. Typical of this area, the wine has forest fruit and raspberry characters, an excellent structure and is very charming.

Rockburn Stolen Kiss Central Otago Rosé 2015 Made using the Saignée method from Pinot Noir grapes. One of the most sought after NZ Rosé; each year the latest vintage does not last much past Christmas Day on retail shelves and this one is picked to do the same. Fresh and fruity, it’s an excellent match with chicken chow mein with extra cashews.

Riotor Côte de Provence Rosé 2014 The latest vintage from Côte de Provence, remembering that vintage is only just beginning in the Northern Hemisphere. This winery is owned by the Abeille family, part of the Chateauneuf du Pape winery, Mont Redon – who also produced the Lirac above. Riotor is a winery in the prestigious Côtes de Provence appellation in Southern France, dedicated to the production of excellent quality Rosé.

Stores at Devonport & Takapuna. Visit: www.glengarry.co.nz

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Head Over Heels

The perfect pair of shoes can turn your day from drab to fab even before you’ve put them on. From gravity defying heels to laid back loafers, you’ll find the perfect pair to suit your mood at Shore City.

L to R: Mallor sandals from MI PIACI, Chantal sandals from COUNTRY ROAD, KEDS Champion crochet laceups from HANNAHS, Mickie sandals from COUNTRY ROAD

L to R: Rissque mules from HANNAHS, Teigan mules from MI PIACI, Lopez heels from OVERLAND, Catalina wedges from OVERLAND

L to R: Alesha loafers from MI PIACI, Sesto loafers from OVERLAND, Longeria mules from OVERLAND, Gigi brogues from MI PIACI

L to R: Larsa heels from MI PIACI, Jemima heels from COUNTRY ROAD, Larsa gold croc heels from MI PIACI, Berry heels from MI PIACI

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Takapuna: Berkeley Cinemas

Takapuna News

This month at

Rachael Bro.

Takapuna Father’s Day this Sunday and Berkeley is just the place to bring dad! Great movies and all tickets $9.90 on Sunday or why not treat him to a movie gift card!

Fancy a night at the Rendezvous Hotel in Auckland valued at $525? Host a fundraising function at the Berkeley Cinema in Takapuna during September or October and you automatically go in the draw to win!

School holidays are back at the end of September so don’t forget to book early, for movies and times go to www.hoyts.co.nz

Also this month: Straight Outta Compton – 3rd September: The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails – 10th September: After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.

Everest – 17th September: EVEREST is the dramatic true story of a team of climbers who found hope, strength and triumph in the wake of tragedy. Their successful ascent of Mount Everest just days after fellow mountaineers and friends died there, is a compelling story about the human spirit and a mountain they love, respect and sometimes fear.

The Intern – 24 September: 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site.

The Blinky Bill Movie – 24 September: Australia's iconic koala Blinky Bill gets a modern animated movie, rendered with CGI and featuring the voices of Toni Collette and Ryan Kwanten .

Pan – 1 October: The story of an orphan who is spirited away to the magical Neverland. There, he finds both fun and dangers, and ultimately discovers his destiny -- to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.

This monthly round up of Takapuna community news is contributed by Rachael Bro, Takapuna North Community Co-ordinator.

Takapuna Community News for September Wow, it has been an interesting and busy month even without a pile of events to organise. We (my Trust Board and I) have been working on our work plans for 2015-2016 (and our policies & procedures). Plus I have been attending numerous NFP AGM’s (Not-For-Profit Annual General Meetings), which is a great way to learn about what other organisations are providing for our communities (which assists us all collaborate better and not duplicate services).

Whenever possible I attend the Local Board meetings to find out what decisions are being made for our community and, who is interested in these.

There was an overwhelming interest in the recent Takapuna Camp Ground / yachting proposal discussion and some very passionate residents in attendance at the Takapuna Library overflow venue (anticipated to include the beyond-capacity Council chambers attendees, via live feed). Unfortunately, technology let those keen to be informed down, leaving them feeling very frustrated. I am sure there were lessons learnt for the future. During this I was fortunate to meet a lovely woman residing in one of our apartment dwellings and learnt of the concerns of the Local Alcohol licensing policy effects on residents near town centres. If other residents are concerned with the policy of 3am closing in areas outside Auckland City Centre, please email or text me to connect with other like-minded residents.

Rachael Bro (Takapuna North Community Coordinator – Castor Bay, Milford, Forrest Hill, Sunnynook, Takapuna.) For more information phone Rachael bro on 029 201 2975 or email office@takapunatrust.org.nz Supported By: Milford Heritage Day – Sunday 27 September – 12noon-4pm, Milford Reserve, Craigs Road, Milford Milford celebrates its history and heritage at the Milford Reserve with a display of photographs from the past, classic cars, school choirs, piano / accordian orchestra, a pre-school play area (weather permitting) – plus children’s games from 1pm-2pm. Come along and see the changes to the area and enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings. Bring money for coffee / ice creams. For more information email: chairs@milford.org.nz Youth Facilities Meeting – Tuesday 22 September – 4pm-5.30pm, Mary Thomas Centre, 3 Gibbons Road, Takapuna.

Hey! Are you between 13 – 18 years? Would you like to be part of gaining a youth space in Takapuna? If you are interested, bring your ideas to discuss on what could make a space work (and what would kill it). Food provided. Email your interest to Sophie@ancad.org.nz Winter Fun is here! – Weekly 10am-12noon - (various dates/locations) LAST DATES!!

Free pre-school play sessions are available weekly at locations alternating between Forrest Hill, Takapuna, Milford & Sunnynook. The sessions provide an opportunity for mums/carers to meet, chat and have coffee while interacting with their pre-schooler(s) playing with our fabulous range of toys.

Pre-school play sessions are available from June – September inclusive. Adult supervision is required.

September sessions: Wednesday 2nd September - Scout Hall, Becroft Park, Forrest Hill Tuesday 8th September - Mary Thomas Centre, 3 Gibbons Road, Takapuna Wednesday 16th September - Sunnynook Community Centre, Sunnynook Road, Sunnynook Thursday 24th September - Milford Baptist Church, 3 Dodson Avenue, Milford Thank you to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board in enabling the above events.

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Eyewear: with Specsavers, Shore City, Takapuna

Shop In Takapuna

Times are tough!

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Ph: 09 488 6636 Mob: 021 0839 0438 Web: www.nzwardrobe.co.nz Email: wardrobe.takapuna@gmail.com Add: Shop 2, 99 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, Auckland

Present this article and get Mark Wang and James Cornelius. a $10 comprehensive eye examination (value $60).

Then, take us up on our 2 for 1 offer (buy one get one free), starting from just $169 and above which INCLUDES single vision prescription lenses (progressive and bi-focal lenses cost extra).

Better still, try our one offer deals starting at $169 and above, and score on the price of your lenses. Here's how it works: • If you are a student, take off 25% • If you are 60 plus, take off 25% • If you are a progressive lens wearer, take off $200 'Should have gone to Specsavers' if you have read this far, you won't ever have to use this phrase!

And there are more great deals at Specsavers Takapuna: • Free kids’ eye examinations for ages 15 and under, book your appointment today!

• Great news for contact lens wearers! Book your $10 eye exam and get a FREE contact lens trial (value $40) which include an assessment, fit, teach and trial! (Must order online from Specsavers.)

BARDSLEYS LIGHTING & DESIGN 3-5 Auburn Street, Takapuna • Phone 489 9099 • Email sales@bardsleyslighting.co.nz

Specsavers Takapuna also has specials deal for special Kiwis! Call us today or pop in to discuss our ridiculously low prices and awesome deals for: • Teachers and their families • NZDF members and their families • NZ Police and their families • Les Mills and their families Customers MUST present their above associated identity card when booking their appointment.

Specsavers Takapuna makes caring for your eyes affordable and accessible.

Contact the team at Specsavers Takapuna today and get your eyes sorted!

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Health & Fitness: with Pilates Unlimited

Albany City Update: With Colliers

Albany's Restaurant & Cafe and Retail Precinct

Kevin Weston.

Pilates – Men In Black!

While our All Black team head to the Rugby World Cup, our own men in black Albany City is the place to be. With residential and at the studio all know the meaning and commercial developments swiftly moving ahead importance of stretch and strength with control. Authentic Pilates was originally there is a lot to keep up to date with. developed by a man for men, and at Pilates Unlimited over 35% of clients are men who The wider Albany City development is a major project which has been find Pilates improves their posture, sports planned as a dynamic and sustainable sub-regional centre, aiming to enhance the economic and social wellbeing of the area as well as providing performance, concentration and overall wellbeing. for future population growth.

Instructors Ray and Eric are both fans of The surrounding area is designed to include a variety of living, employment, the way Pilates helps them to prevent injury commercial, retail, community, civic and recreation environments. Distinctive as they enjoy playing golf, surfing and recently high quality urban design is provided for, including a ‘green network’ to create an snowboarding! attractive urban environment.

Client Kevin Weston, (pictured above, By 2021 it is estimated that 15,000 people will be working in Albany City on the Reformer), is also an avid golfer and with local population growth still continuing apace. Higher density housing is also planned for Albany City itself, with 4000 people has been doing Pilates regularly for nearly three years – he finds that Pilates helps his likely to be resident in the city centre by 2021. flexibility and core strength, and also gives The Corinthian Drive Retail Hub is a new him energy to balance family time with his development that has recently been launched by reputable development company Northbridge career as director of the busy Executive Travel NZ. Properties Group.

Authentic Pilates can be a key part of The site has fantastic exposure to Albany training and wellbeing for elite athletes and Highway and is in the fast growing Orchard weekend warriors alike – if you’ve ever Park. Northbridge Properties Group is an wanted to try it for yourself, give the studio a established property development company located in Mairangi Bay that focusses on office call and experience the benefits of the team’s extensive training. and retail developments on the North Shore.

Unit sizes start from 73m² and go up to Janet Marshall.

275m² and are available for sale or to lease.

For further information, call 486 1018 or email The 18 unit development is due to start info@pilatesunlimited.co.nz construction in mid 2016, with resource consent recently being granted. Some units feature covered terrace’s which would suits cafes or restaurants.Northbridge Properties Group are renowned for developing stylish and quality buildings and their most recently development in Corinthian Drive is testament to that. Two units are already sold so you will need to act quickly.

Good luck All Blacks

Ellie Martin.

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Call Janet Marshall or Ellie Martin today to receive an information pack or to discuss the exciting opportunities that the North Shore has to offer.

Janet Marshall - Phone 021 684 775, Email: Janet.Marshall@colliers.com or Ellie Martin - Phone 021 404 977, Email: Ellie.Martin@colliers.com.

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Pack & Send, Takapuna

Haydon Optometrists Takapuna

What’s new at Haydon Optometrists for Spring 2015…

Packing tips from the Experts David Haydon.

Spring has sprung, the daffodils are in bloom, and our gorgeous new spring eyewear from around the globe has hit the shelves. In keeping with our purpose to bring you the best in fashion and quality we have the latest Boz eyewear from France. This stylish and gorgeously coloured range is original in design whilst managing to be beautifully elegant at the same time. Blues are combined with the new season pink, orange with tortoiseshell, purple with blue to name but a few.

There really is a colour for everyone.

The new season’s sunglasses have started to come in, and one of our new favorite designers at Haydons is Caroline Abram. She has just released a stunning new sunglass range to add to her already popular eyewear collection. The shapes are reminiscent of the 60s and 70s but with a modern twist. Again, as with the Boz collection, the range has all the new season’s colours. We are loving the rouge with coral or the ivory and tortoiseshell. For those who still love the little black dress of the sunglass world - it’s still there, but black is no longer just black. There’s matt black combined with shiny black, black with tortoiseshell or black with a coloured side.

All our new season’s sunglass collections can be fitted with prescription lenses, so if it’s time to update, book in for an eye examination today and let us show you what’s new.

We haven’t forgotten the men...look out for the new Tag Heuer range of eyewear hitting our shelves in September. Those who are familiar with the brand will love the powerful combination of the integrated designed, superior materials and the ergonomic engineering. Not to mention, it’s 100% made in France - got to love it!

Haydons Optometrists, 159 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 489 5232.

When you need to send something by courier or post, the importance of packaging materials can often be overlooked. To minimise the risk of your goods being damaged in transit you’ll need to ensure your items are packed with sufficient protection.

The first thing to take into consideration is the selection of a sturdy box or an appropriate form of outer protection. The type you choose will need to effectively safeguard your goods against the harsh conditions of the freight transit system.

7 top tips when Sending Boxes: 1. Be sure to consider the box’s strength and durability for carrying the weight and size of the item.

2. Select a box that is large enough to accommodate the proper thickness of the cushioning material (5cm buffer is usually sufficient).

3. Boxes smaller than 18 x 10 x 5cm are too small to travel through the freight system and need to be packed into larger boxes.

4. Do not send light-weight gift boxes unless packed within stronger boxes.

5. Do not overload the carton and make it too heavy. It is better to break down your consignment into two or more cartons than have one very heavy carton.

6. Be aware of your item’s fragility: some goods, especially IT equipment, are very easily damaged and are best packed by the experts using Foam-in-Place technology.

7. Heavy or irregularly shaped items are problematic and should be secured to a pallet for stability and protection.

Now that you have selected the right box, the last thing you want to do is let yourself down in the internal protection and cushioning department. Shock, vibration and compression are forces that your parcel may be exposed to during any freight transport process, but the impact of these forces can be significantly reduced when the right internal packing materials are used.

Other top tips: 1. Make sure your items are separated from each other and from the corners, sides, top, and bottom of the box.

2. After packing, shake your box to ensure the contents don’t move. If you can feel or hear any movement, re-pack until there is no further movement.

3. Be mindful of how full your box is: under-filling will result in box collapsing, while over-loaded boxes can burst. You want to avoid both of these potential outcomes.

4. Items with sharp or pointy edges of any kind need to be well protected. Heavyduty cardboard can be used for this purpose, in addition to other cushioning such as bubble wrap.

Fragile and unusually shaped items present a much greater risk of damage in transit if they are not packed well. If you’re in any doubt, it’s probably worth your while to seek assistance from professionals. Luckily, packing is something that PACK & SEND Takapuna specialises in. Their experts are available for free personalised advice to help you pack it yourself. They can even take care of all the packing work and save you the trouble.

Pack & Send Takapuna - Shop 3, 445 Lake Road, Takapuna. Phone 486 3355.

Email: takapuna@packsend.co.nz, Web: www.packsend.co.nz

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Health & Fitness: with Les Mills Takapuna

Get Active, Dad! Father’s Day month and the start of spring is a great time for dads to think about taking some time out to exercise. Many busy people fall out of a regular exercise routine. It’s easy to be enthusiastic about fitness in your 20s when life doesn’t have so many moving parts.

Unfortunately men often give up exercise entirely when they no longer have the time or physical resilience to take part in organised sport. Work and family commitments take over and it’s easy to make excuses for leading a sedentary life.

Here are five great reasons why busy dads need to be making the time to get to the gym:

Reason one – it’s good for your health Keeping within an appropriate weight range with a base level of fitness is the best health insurance you can invest in. There are very few medical conditions that are not exacerbated by too much weight and too little fitness. Health is something you don't miss until it's gone, and once it's gone you can't simply buy it back. A healthy lifestyle doesn't guarantee you'll always be well, but it improves your odds and enhances your quality of life.

Reason two – it’s good for your lean muscle mass

Claire Bellingham.

Physical activity increases blood flow to the whole body, including your brain. The greater the blood flow, the faster oxygen and other important nutrients can get where they need to be.

Resistance training is very important to build lean muscle mass, which naturally diminishes with age. Strong muscles, ligaments and tendons make aerobic exercise and everyday life easier. They support joints and reduce the likelihood of aches, pains and injury. Resistance training can increase metabolic rates up to 15% which is super helpful for weight loss and long-term weight maintenance. Maintaining lean muscle mass gives you the leeway to have the treats you enjoy without having to carry them around on your torso.

Reason four – it’s good for your family

Reason three – it’s good for your brain

Attending the gym is the easiest, most efficient way to meet your fitness goals.

It’s not weather dependent and you can attend at the time that best fits with your work and family commitments. If you choose the right type of exercise you might even have fun. The journey towards good health can be as rewarding as the destination.

Physical activity increases blood flow to the whole body, including your brain.

The greater the blood flow, the faster oxygen and other important nutrients can get where they need to be. This promotes your brain’s ability to adapt and grow new brain cells regardless of your age. Being alert, attentive and thinking clearly help you to perform at a higher level and get things done faster and better. The time you spend exercising is made up for in greater efficiency and effectiveness for the rest of the day.

A strong body and a sharp mind are great things for dads to have. Your exercise also helps your children by setting a good example. Studies show a significant association between parents who exercise and children who exercise in later life.

Normalise physical activity as part of life and your children will grow up with the expectation of participating in exercise and taking pride in their health.

Reason five - It’s easy once you get started

Les Mills Takapuna, Rooftop Level, Shore City, Takapuna 0800 LES MILLS lesmills.co.nz clairebellingham.co.nz claire@clairebellingham.co.nz

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Channel Pets: with DogHQ

This lovable Channel Magazine feature is presented by Louise O’Sullivan of DogHQ, the North Shore’s award winning Dog Day Care facility. DogHQ provides the ultimate in social, physical and mental stimulation for dogs of all types in a safe and caring environment. DogHQ’s full range of services include obedience training, grooming and all natural nutrition. See all the fun for yourself at www.doghq.co.nz and www.facebook.com/doghq

Crate Craft Dog Crates are one of the most useful tools for the suburban dog owner.

There are many times in a dog’s life when they may need to be confined so it just makes sense to condition them to this experience.

We have had a number of people asking us about crate training, so here are a few guidelines to help you get started on the right foot.

Start Young.

The number one reason people start using crates is because they provide a great way to house train your puppy. This is a good thing, because starting young is the best way to success.

It’s a Good Thing.

Whilst you as a human may have negative thoughts about staying in a small space, dogs think differently. Crates actually use the dog’s natural instinct as a den animal.

To them it is an ideal space to snooze and take refuge. It is a safe place.

For this reason, it is important that you don’t view this as a “cage”, but instead as a safe, cosy den for your loved dog.

Once your dog is trained and is using the crate to sleep in, you will find they will go into the crate to snooze completely voluntarily if you leave the door open.

Make it a clean, comfortable place to curl up in and during colder months, covering it with a blanket will help make it even more snug.

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To get it right, keep two important things in mind. Crating should always be associated with something pleasant. And don’t go too fast, progress only as fast as your dog through the steps.

Step 1: The introduction. Place the crate in an area of your house where the family spends a lot of time, preferably quiet time. Put a soft blanket or towel in the crate. Take the door off and let the dog explore the crate at his leisure, toss in a treat whenever your dog ventures into the crate. Some dogs will be naturally curious and start sleeping in the crate right away. If yours isn't one of them you will need to use treats as encouragement.

Step 2: After step one is solid start feeding your dog inside the crate. If they are proving confident, place the food right at the back of the crate. For the more suspicious types, you may need to start outside and gradually move it in and towards the back. This is when you can start closing the door.

The first time you shut the door, make sure you are there to open the door as soon as your dog as finished eating. Then gradually lengthen the time to 10 min or so after finishing before opening the door. If they start to whine…you have increased too quickly and need to shorten! If he does whine or cry in the crate, don’t let him out until he stops. Otherwise, they learn that the way to get out of the crate is to whine, and keep doing it. Stick it out and be ready to open the door as soon as there is a break in the whining.

Step 3: After you are easily doing step two without any whining, you are ready to start confining your dog to the crate for periods of time while you are home. Use a command “in your house” and reward with a treat. Start this whilst being in view, progress to short periods of time out of view and gradually increase the out of view time to about 30mins.

Step 4: After step three is solid, you can start leaving the house. The same principles apply, make the time increases very gradual. Make sure when you move to this stage that you don’t change your demeanor! Treat it just the same as if you were staying in the house and don’t just put them in the crate and walk out. Pop them in the crate and stay for a few minutes before calmly and quietly leaving.

Most importantly for this stage is what you do when you come home. Do not rush straight to the crate, enter the house calmly, ignore the dog initially, then slowly move to open the door and continue to ignore the dog especially if it is showing signs of excitement. Continue to crate your dog for short periods from time to time when you're home so he doesn't associate crating with being left alone.

Crating over-night: This is a part of step four but depends on the age of the pet. For puppies you need to keep the crate close enough so you can hear if it needs to go to the toilet. Whining to go to the toilet is good, but just make sure the opportunity to go to the toilet is all that is on offer. No play time and straight back to bed without fuss.

Older dogs, too, should initially be kept nearby so they don't associate the crate with social isolation.

Once your dog is sleeping comfortably through the night with his crate near you, you can begin to gradually move it to the location you prefer.

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Channel People: I Love What I Do Anne Brennan

FOR THE LOVE OF DOGS! Anne Brennan.

Anne Brennan works at Dog HQ in Wairau, and is absolutely passionate about caring for our canines. She’s an Aussie who lived in Queensland for 20 years prior to moving to New Zealand five years ago to look after her husband’s family. Anne was a professional photographer for many years before she decided to follow her dream of working with dogs, gaining a Diploma in Canine Behaviour and Training. After studying, she quickly landed a job at a pet resort in Sydney, which gave her the opportunity to work with some of the best dog trainers and behaviourists in the business. Anne says that experience was invaluable for her work she now does at Dog HQ. Channel Mag asked Anne a few questions about what makes her job the 'best job ever'.

Courtney Bennett: What’s the best part about being in the doggie daycare business?

Anne Brennan: You cannot help but smile every time you see those happy wagging tails come though the door. How many people can say they have a job that gives them that every day? We provide a very important service to people that want to have a dog in their life and give it the very best that they can, socialisation and play with lots of other dogs is about as good as it gets for most dogs.

CB: Have you always had a passion for animals?

AB: Yes, ever since I can remember I have loved animals, dogs in particular. I was lucky to have an Aunty who shared that love and I grew up around her dogs until I was old enough to have my own. I also have a great passion for the sea and all it's wonderful creatures - I’ve swum with whales, dolphins and seals and spent a lot of time on the Great Barrier Reef and all the amazing sealife it offers.

CB: Tell us about your dogs?

AB: I have two gorgeous Border Collies, Tenzing and Aussie, and yes they are Australian too. Tenzing is five now and came over with me when I moved here and I got Aussie last year. I adore them both. They have given me the chance to meet so many lovely people while out walking on the beach or at the park and of course every day at work. Without a dog you wouldn't just get talking to people you don't know and it helped me settle into a new country very quickly.

CB: What do you think makes a good doggie daycare?

AB: In the case of DogHQ , it’s our business owner Louise. She had a strong vision of what she wanted to achieve and the determination to make it happen. Plus a key component is the quality of supervision and a safe environment. Managing lots of dogs in groups is not an easy task so experienced, dedicated staff that love what they do is vital to the success of the business. We had Customers that were willing to trust us with their beloved pets right from the start and have been loyal ever since and a whole lot of happy dogs that go home each day completely satisfied after a great day of socialising and playing with all their friends.

CB: If you could do another job for a day, what would it be and why?

AB: I always wanted to be a chef when younger but went on a different path instead.

I would just like to experience what it is really like in a hectic kitchen but only for a day... otherwise I would miss all my dogs too much.

CB: What does a typical work day look like for you?

AB: Mornings are very busy with a rush of super eager dogs racing in to get stuck

into their day of play. Once everyone is in and we have done "roll call" I get on with updating the parents with the day's photos on Facebook, reports we send out to let them know what their kids are up to today, organising and enrolling new dogs that are about to join us AND making grooming appointments. The afternoons are then the reverse of this when the dogs start to go home, so we have lots of happy excited dogs then coming out to greet their parents when they come to pick them up.

CB: What's your favourite country you’ve visited and why?

AB: I love going to the USA. Not sure what it is I enjoy so much but I have been many times, maybe it's the food and just the huge scale of everything there that keeps drawing me back. Hawaii is the one place I can never get enough of.

CB: Which business people do you admire and why?

AB: Louise O'Sullivan, owner of DogHQ. She has never wavered from what it was she wanted to achieve with this business so I admire that grit and determination. My husband too, he owns Ray White Forrest Hill and Sunnynook. Like Louise, he has had a vision right from the start and works extremely hard every day to make it happen.

CB: What do you do in your spare time?

AB: I do everything with my dogs and a variety of our daycare dogs that I look after from time to time while their owners are away so it's the beach, park or anywhere to exercise a couple of very active dogs. But I wouldn't change any of it for a minute.

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Cam Calkoen: Bending Perceptions, Inspiring Change

Residential Property Management: Quinovic

Generation Rent Last month Economist Shamubeel Eaqub released a book based on the changing face of home ownership in New Zealand and how many hardworking Kiwis are now faced with a lifetime of renting.

Sandra May.

Certainly here in Auckland house prices continue to head north and owning a house for many families is now simply out of reach. Over the last 10 years we have seen the average length of a tenancy extend from 1 year to approximately 2 years. Expect to see this grow even further and over the next two years we would anticipate the average length of a tenancy to double.

In a recent article in the New Zealand Herald a journalist described how demoralizing it was to try and find a rental property in Auckland. At Quinovic Takapuna, our available listings to rent have more the halved over the past 8 weeks.

When you get a situation where demand outweighs supply it is easy to overlook the client as there are plenty more consumers waiting. However, it is vital more now than ever to look after tenants as they could well be your clients for years to come.

In his book; Generation Rent, Eaqub calls for tighter and clearer legislation around the Tenancy Law in New Zealand. He argues that the notice period should be extended and there has to be clearer expectations on how fast repairs are done or what state the tenant should leave the property in.

Our belief and desire is to treat the tenant as a valued client. Whilst they live in the property, it is their home and they need to be treated with respect. Repairs need to be carried out quickly and professionally; that’s where we as the Experts in property management come in and help you sort everything out immediately and competitive cost; says Sandra May, Business Development Manager at Quinovic Takapuna Look at ways to increase capital value through renovations and improving interior décor. Every attempt should be made to extend the lifetime value of the tenants whilst still providing a good source of income for our owners. At Quinovic Takapuna we have successfully completed a number of renovations and upgrades which not only increase the capital value of our landlords property, but also resulted in immediate increase of cash flow.

If you want to experience the experts in property care and return and make sure you get the best possible return on your investment, get in touch now! Contact Sandra May today!

For more information call Sandra May at Quinovic; ph 972 2820, 021 844 531 or; sandra@quinovic-takapuna.co.nz

Cam Calkoen is an inspirational speaker who is bending perceptions to inspire change and an attitude of awesomeness through simple, lasting human truths. Passionate about the Shore, this column reflects the awesomeness that surrounds us and the potential we all have to achieve a personal best.

More than just a phone!

A viewfinder for inspiration...

Everywhere I go I have this black thing either in my pocket, on my desk, in my car. It’s useful for calls, emails and updating social media, but have we ever seen our phones as a viewfinder for inspiration and social media the canvas?

The other week I was driving from Christchurch to Hanmer for a conference and often on a journey like this my mind is in overdrive of how am I going to take my speech to a new level. It’s a healthy thought but a tiring one and a distraction from what is so often overseen - the present.

So the desire was to create new content while enjoying the journey I was on.

By looking for photos along they way, every mountain, every corner, every river crossing, every paddock brought a new thought. It became a game off how much more can I see in my surrounds and maybe even in a view I’ve probably seen before?

By doing this I was able to arrive at my talk fresh from an enjoyable journey that had triggered new views that led to new content.

Why was the phone/camera and social media required? By shooting and posting I kept accountable to the way I see the world and created a log that now serves as a continual source of inspiration.

The ability to arrive at a destination having seen things in a new way brings about excellence and it creates outstanding moments. When we watch something we’re not looking for complete changes; when we watch the 100 metre sprint we know how far they’re going to run, when we watch tennis we know the ball is going to go back and forth over the net, when we go to our accountant for an audit we know that’s what they’re going to do, what we’re hoping for each time is to see one thing and often very minor that we’ve never seen before and it is that small thing that creates history, that records the present.

If we want to remember every journey we’ve had we want to be looking for things we’ve never seen before. Enjoy finding new inspiration in the things we see and share it with the world.

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Channel People: I Love My Sport - Matthew O'Connor

MATTHEW’S A MARTIAL ARTS WORLD CHAMP! PINEHURST PUPIL TAKES OUT TITLE IN LAS VEGAS

Pinehurst School has a Martial Arts world champion in its midst! Local lad Matthew O’Connor recently took out the junior title at the 20th Anniversary 5.0 Fighter World Cup in Las Vegas. The 13-year-old is actually a second time champion, having also won the junior champion title in 2013, and is currently a member of the New Zealand Squad. A competitor from the age of four, Matthew has nearly 10 years' training under his belt; he’s a 2nd degree black belt in Shaolin Kenpo, has his Junior Advanced Black Belt in American 5.0 Kenpo and is half way towards his full adult black belt in American 5.0 Kenpo. Channel Mag had a chat to Matthew after he returned from victory in America...

Courtney Bennett: You’ve just been to the 5.0 Fighter World Cup in Las Vegas, what was that like?

Matthew O’Connor: It was great to catch up with my friends that I made two years before at the same competition in Las Vegas, but there was excitement and tension in the air at the same time.

Matthew O'Connor.

CB: When did you start doing martial arts?

MO: When I was two my mum and dad noticed me doing martial art type moves around the house, but of course I was too young to start. When I was four my parents found a dojo that would take me in and that’s where my journey started.

CB: What sort of training do you do?

MO: When I am not leading up to a competition I train three times a week. Leading up to World’s my training starts nine months out, working up to training every single day. I make the most of every second I have free by turning the garage at home into a dojo and training there.

CB: What does it take to be a champion in martial arts?

MO: A lot of commitment, dedication and sacrifice.

CB: What’s the best part about representing your country?

MO: When you win a World Title it makes you feel very proud to talk about where you come from, especially given we are such a small country.

CB: What do you do in your spae time?

MO: I enjoy hanging out with my friends, going to the movies and playing basketball.

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CB: Favourite sport to watch live?

MO: UFC (United Fighting Championship).

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CB: Do you have a mentor?

MO: Yes, I have been very lucky to some key mentors throughout my years of training. They are Mark Robinson, Simon Low and Kevin Watts.

CB: Favourite martial artist and why?

MO: Bruce Lee, definitely. He was a strong role model for me growing up.

CB: What’s the best part about doing martial arts?

MO: The people you meet all over the world and being part of Kenpo 5.0 Worldwide, it’s like my second family. I would be welcome to train with some of the best Kenpo 5.0 martial artists in the world.

CB: In 10 years time...

MO: If Kenpo 5.0 has been accepted into the Olympics (which they are currently trying to achieve), I hope to be competing at this level, representing New Zealand as well as teaching in my own club.

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Skin Cancer Channel: with Dr Grant Coe

Dr Grant Coe.

A tribute to one of the “true gentlemen” of politics

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Chief MoleMan, Dr Grant Coe, has had extensive experience in skin cancer screening and surgery, both in New Zealand and Australia, and will be answering questions as well as sharing advice, tips and information each month in Channel Magazine.

Could the growth on my nose be a skin cancer?

Question: I’m a 60-year-old woman with no previous history of skin cancer. I have spent quite a lot of time in the sun playing sport and gardening over the years and until recently had no concerns about my skin. However, a few months ago a small but raised growth has appeared on my nose, it’s pinkish in colour and you can see blood vessels inside it. Every now and then it bleeds and scabs over but doesn’t completely heal. Is this something I should be concerned about? Or is it likely to go away on its own with time?

Dr Coe: What you’ve described is likely to be a basal cell cancer or BCC.

It’s very important that you get this spot checked as soon as possible by a doctor or skin cancer specialist, as they can be highly disfiguring if allowed to continue to grow and it is important that they are removed at the earliest stage possible. BCCs are the most common form of skin cancer in New Zealand and 80% are found on the head and neck, which are areas that receive the most sun exposure. BCCs often look like red patches, pink growths, shiny bumps, open sores or scars.

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I’d like to pay a personal tribute to the former North Shore MP, The Honourable George Gair, who we farewelled early this month.

What I’ll remember most about George is his warmth, enthusiasm for life and commitment to this community. He served as MP for nearly a quarter of a century, from 1966 to 1990, was New Zealand’s High Commissioner to London and North Shore Mayor from 1995 to 1998.

He led an eventually successful 20-year campaign for a new, fit for purpose North Shore hospital, which has made a difference to the lives of many of us and is a lasting memorial to his tenacity and dedication to doing the right thing.

As a Government minister and senior figure in the National Party, he also left an indelible mark on our country.

George was renowned for his humility, politeness and integrity throughout his career. As my wise predecessor, he was always willing to share his wisdom with me, and even in the last few months, when it was clear he was very ill, he offered his advice and support.

He has left a wealth of fond memories in the hearts of all who knew him, and my thoughts are with his wife of 64 years, Fay, and children Warwick, Linda and Joanne.

This past month in the electorate I have been focusing on issues that are important to seniors.

After last month’s very successful “Seniors about Seniors” event in Milford, I’m hosting another one this month, with Prime Minister John Key as our guest speaker. To find out details about this free event, please contact Monika in my electorate office and sign up to the mailing list.

I enjoyed stimulating conversation over a traditional high tea with the three winners of the Retirement Commissions’ Three Stages of Retirement competition organised by Commissioner Diane Maxwell.

The competition was won by Erica Whyte with runners up Liz Hunt and Nicola Deacon.

Erica had chosen names for the “three stages of retirement”. ‘Discovery’ from 65-74, when you get to have a go at doing all the things you always meant to get round to, ‘Endeavour’, from 74-84, a chance to explore new talents and make new friends, and ‘Reflection’, 85+, when you make the most of all your memories.

Runner up Liz took a more succinct approach with “can do, might do, used to”.

Then there’s the “will do” stage of life as we open nominations to select North Shore’s Youth MP for next year’s Youth Parliament. I’m asking potential applicants to produce a 3 minute video on three significant landmarks – one on the North Shore, one in greater Auckland and another from across the country - which they feel best define us as a community, a region and as a nation.

I’d like to see some creative videos utilising the digital savvy young people are known for.

Our schools also got a boost this month with new funding for Asian language classes. Westlake Boys High School, Takapuna Normal Intermediate, Takapuna and Milford Primary schools received $69,365 to enable more classes in Mandarin, Korean and Japanese through the Asian Language Learning in Schools fund.

It’s good to see local schools working together to enhance the education of our young people. As our links with the Asia-Pacific region continue to grow, languages will be crucial for jobs and opportunities in future.

Congratulations to Terry Holt as he takes up his new role as CEO of the Takapuna Beach Business Association from Peter White. I was impressed by Terry’s vision for Takapuna’s future.

Maggie Barry.

As always, if there are any issues you would like to discuss please contact Karen or Monika in my electorate office. 09 486 0005.

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Honda Car Review: HR-V

Honda HR-V In 1997, the Honda HR-V was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show, creating a new market for the sub-compact SUV… 18 years later, the HR-V is back. The new incarnation is sleek and sophisticated, with sharp, dynamic lines that look modern and elegant. It’s an SUV but with none of the bulk, magically keeping interior space and practicality while looking like a streamlined coupe.

The HR-V Sport certainly passed the style test when I picked it up. The prominent black grille and chrome trim look strong, and the alloy wheels complement the striking lines of the vehicle. I was thrilled to discover that it was a 5-door, as on first glance the rear doors are seamlessly integrated into the design. The LED headlights and daytime running lights complete the elegant exterior beautifully.

The interior is just as impressive. The space is the first thing that strikes you on entering. The large glass areas make the car seem open and airy, and the sleek dash is highlighted by piano black accents. The placement of the electric parking brake feels modern and increases the feeling of space in the cabin, and the keyless push-button start is a great feature.

The leather trim on the seats and the door linings add to a feeling of luxury, while the soft-touch highly-designed dash adds to a sporty feel. Since I’m 6’2”, some cars can feel a little claustrophobic, but the HR-V has head and leg room to spare, and I relaxed into the drive.

The low centre of gravity enhanced the stability of the HR-V as I powered the winding roads to Piha on the 1.8 i-VTEC engine. We opened up the panoramic sky roof to enjoy the sunny winter day, and the generous windows afforded fantastic views. Acceleration was rapid and the motor purred, and I felt the beginnings of a perfect road trip.

The technology in the vehicle was astounding. Even the base-spec is kitted out with a 7” touch screen, and we synced the iPhone with the unit to use our pre-saved maps and seamless audio integration. The HR-V Sport also comes with a handy Lanewatch camera which shows your blindspot when changing lanes. It felt like there was an extra set of eyes on the road with me, and it took any stress out of the drive.

The waves at Piha were pumping and I regretted not throwing the surfboard and a 4mm wetsuit into the car. The magic seats in the HR-V offer “Long-Mode” which accommodates items up to 2.44m long, which would have been perfect for my board. However, I did give the magic seats a run for their money on the way home via some of the local garden centres. “Tall-Mode” folds the rear seat up and back, leaving the floor to ceiling space free. I grabbed some lovely natives for my garden at bargain prices, and had no problem taking them home without breaking any branches.

The variable-height cup holders are a work of practical genius. A flat white in Ponsonby and a tall milkshake at the Piha store were in no danger of toppling over. Over-all, the HR-V felt like the perfect blend of design and practicality, which is just what I like in my cars.

Honda New Zealand expects the HR-V to emulate the success of the Jazz which was released to rave reviews last year - and if the media hype is anything to go by, that looks set to happen.

Top Gear says, “Sixteen years after the original practically invented the crossover genre, it (the HR-V) has returned to reap the benefits of the market’s huge popularity” and I agree. Without a doubt, the HR-V is the best offering in the sub-compact SUV class, and is the perfect vehicle for the modern NZ urbanite.

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Community News

Talking Tax: With McIsaacs This regular column is provided by Chris Lindsay (B.Com CA), a Director of McIsaacs Ltd. Chris is a Chartered Accountant and tax specialist based in Takapuna on the North Shore. Chris has worked in the tax field for over 20 years and advises businesses, investors and migrants on a wide range of tax issues.

Changes to Residential Land Sale Rules - Are you Ready?

Chris Lindsay.

There are a wide range of proposals currently being finalised relating to residential property buying and selling which are likely to create problems for both buyers and sellers.

This article discusses some of these issues.

Proposals to Require Certain Tax Information to be Supplied Before Residential Land titles can be changed.

The following proposals are likely to cause delays and headaches for buyers and sellers of residential property:

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• All trusts will be required to provide an IRD number before a title to residential property can be changed. This will apply to any change of title from 1 October 2015, will apply whether a Trust is buying or selling residential property and whether or not the property is the main home of a beneficiary.

For example, a trust has sold a residential property in August 2015 to another trust, with settlement occurring 10 October 2015. Both trusts must provide their IRD numbers to Land Information NZ on 10 October 2015 as otherwise the title cannot be changed.

Many trusts in New Zealand do not have IRD numbers, but will now need to obtain one.

• All “offshore persons” must provide certain tax information before title to a residential property can be changed. This will apply to any title change from 1 October 2015 and will apply even if the property is the person’s main home.

• For an offshore person, the tax information that must be provided is: - The person’s IRD number - Whether the person is tax resident in another country - If so, information on that other country including their tax file number from the other country.

• For an offshore person to obtain an IRD number, they must provide a bank account number.

For example, an overseas investor signs a contract to buy an Auckland rental property on 1 August 2015 with settlement on 1 October 2015. The overseas investor must provide the following information to Land Information NZ before settlement can occur and the property’s title be changed: - Their NZ IRD number (which will first require them to open a bank account and then apply to the IRD for an IRD number) - Whether they are tax resident in another country (which may require them to obtain overseas tax advice) - Information on their home country including their overseas tax file number.

The overseas buyer would have to provide the same information even if the property was to be the buyer’s main home. Let buyers (and sellers) beware!

If you would like to discuss this issue, or any tax issue, please contact Chris Lindsay on chris@mcisaacs.co.nz or 021829400 and I would be happy to discuss on a no obligation basis.

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Devonport Rotary, with the generous support of Bayleys Real Estate and local businesses, are raising funds for Cure Kids, Alzheimers Auckland and Devonport Rotary Charitable Trusts through the second 'Fine Homes Tour of Devonport' next month.

A fantastic opportunity for all architecture and interior design lovers and those with curious minds to see some of the most stunning homes in Devonport, one ticket to the tour will allow access to 10 exceptional homes between 9.30am and 4pm on Friday 16th October 2015.

This great day out in the beautiful seaside suburb of Devonport is made possible by home owners who have generously opened their 10 very special homes to the public for one day only. Each property is sponsored by a variety of local businesses and ticket holders will be able to enjoy special offers from local cafes and restaurants on the day, with fabulous prizes up for grabs through a fundraising raffle as well.

The day raises funds for several fantastic organisations, chief among them Alzheimers Auckland, Cure Kids and Devonport Rotary Charitable Trust.

Ian Cunliffe, President of Devonport Rotary Club says: ‘We will be delighted to welcome you to the Fine Homes Tour, which promises to be a superb day of entertainment for those people who love heritage design, authentic beauty, modern style and the opportunity to tour our special village and see some fabulous homes, not to mention a visit or two to the many boutique cafes and restaurants."

Hayden Stanaway, General Manager of Bayleys North Shore, continues to support this prestigious event, saying: “After Bayleys was involved in the very successful first Fine Homes tour of Devonport in 2013 we felt it important to contribute our efforts again in the community to these very worthwhile causes and create benefit to all the recipients.”

Tickets will cost $55 (no extra charges) and are strictly limited. Buy online from 1st September at http://www.devonportrotary.co.nz/finehomestour or www.eventfinda.co.nz

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Channel People: I Love Where I Live - Vincent Matthews

LOVED HOLIDAYS ON THE SHORE SO MUCH - HE MOVED HERE! Former journalist and writer Vincent Matthews and his wife used to come to the North Shore on holiday regularly when they lived in Australia. They liked the Shore so much that they decided to come and live here four years ago. Vincent has self-published a book about his time spent working as a journalist in South Africa and he is currently working on a book about the life of Cam Calkoen, 'one of the most accomplished and fascinating characters on the North Shore', according to Matthews. Channel Magazine talked to Vincent about his life in New Zealand and why it’s a good place to write his books.

Courtney Bennett: What do you love most about living on the North Shore?

Vincent Matthews: There’s a relaxed lifestyle, people smile. We’re so close to a beach, there’s always a holiday atmosphere and children look so happy which I think is an ideal indicator of community conditions.

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organised protests when it is proposed to get rid of an outdated caravan park or to put more people and no cars on Hurstmere Road.

CB: Favourite place for a walk?

VM: The seaside path between Mairangi Bay and Campbells Bay.

CB: Why the move across the ditch?

VM: We visited family and friends here and became impressed with the calm, scenic beauty of New Zealand. We made the decision one morning standing on Castor Bay beach.

CB: Favourite local event?

VM: Shakespeare plays staged each summer in the open air at The PumpHouse Theatre.

CB: Why is the North Shore an ideal atmosphere for writing?

VM: It’s an ideal place to think, to create. It stimulates the need to tell a story.

CB: Where would you recommend visitors go?

VM: Take the ferry from Auckland Viaduct to Devonport, then bus to Takapuna with further bus trips along Beach Road all the way to Long Bay.

CB: Tell Channel readers about your latest book…

VC: I have written about the human suffering of racial hatred. I worked in South Africa for three years, most of the time on a newspaper for non-whites during the apartheid era. I saw intimately the price non-whites paid for a government policy of racial prejudice. I am also now working on a book about local lad Cam Calkoen, who, despite still being young, has a very interesting life and is inspiring others.

CB: Anything to complain about in your neck of the woods?

VM: The resistance to change by so many people in Takapuna. There are

CB: Do you get Channel delivered?

VM: Yes. It makes a great start to the month.

CB: Do you belong to any clubs?

VM: I am a proud and privileged member of Takapuna Rotary Club. All my fellow members are committed to Rotary ideals of service to others.

CB: If I moved anywhere, it would be…

VM: To Mairangi Bay. It has charm and style, the best coffee shop in the region - Rhythm - and the best fish shop!

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Channel People: Community Gem - Fay Mason

EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY

Fay Mason.

Fay Mason has been a part of the North Shore community since 1979 and to say she has done a fair bit in her time here would be an understatement.

Fay has been involved in educating many of the Shore’s younger generations as the Deputy Principal at Mairangi Bay School and Northcross Intermediate, and Principal at Birkdale North School and Murrays Bay Intermediate. She retired in 2002 but remains heavily involved in the community and education; she has a Queen's Service Order for valuable voluntary service to the community and is also a Justice of the Peace. Fay answered a few of Channel's questions about her work in the community and her upcoming role as a judge for the North Harbour Club Junior AIMES Awards, which recognise young high achievers from the Shore.

Courtney Bennett: What makes you passionate about education?

Fay Mason: My special passion has always been working with emerging adolescent students. This stage of their development as they transition from childhood to adolescence is "the launching pad for their lives".

CB: Tell us about the work you do with schools.

FM: Since retiring I have maintained a relationship with schools. I have worked part time as an evaluative Lecturer for the Education Department of AUT, which entails visiting Primary Teacher Trainees when they are on Practicum placements in classrooms and providing feedback to the students and the University.

My other contact with schools comes by Working with Global Gateway Programme, run by the University of Indiana. This means finding places for young, newlytrained American Teachers to work in New Zealand Classrooms for eight weeks and homestay with local families. The teachers come from several US universities and I have found, without exception, the faculties of their universities regard New Zealand Education very highly.

CB: What does a typical day look like for you?

FM: A typical day for me is to enjoy the luxury of being retired and able to read the Herald with breakfast and then attending a Suna Pilates class before undertaking whatever commitments are in my diary. I also enjoy the chance to work in our garden to share dinner with friends and family.

CB: Do you have any favourite community events?

FM: Along with my husband I enjoy any events that bring people together on the beaches, such as the Christmas Day performance of the Golden Weather at Takapuna and Sculpture on the Shore. We also enjoy the regular arts events at Mairangi Arts Centre and North Art where so much local talent is showcased and it’s a chance to meet with other arts supporters on the Shore.

CB: What do you like most about the Milford community?

FM: Milford is a superb location to live. The beach and Lake Pupuke provide excellent communities facilities. There are quality education providers from preschool to tertiary very close by. There are many long-term residents, so moving about means meeting and interacting with many people one knows. A village feel with city amenities and all close to the beach, clean air and a good climate. That's pretty unique in this fast-changing world.

CB: What are you most looking forward to about being a judge for the Junior AIMES awards?

FM: After being a foundation member of the North Harbour Club and a member of the judging panel for the first 10 years of AIMES Awards, I am honoured and excited to join the judging panel for the inaugural Junior AIMES. The talents of young people are constantly extending and I know that for any winner the award would greatly assist them further develop their talents and skills.

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CB: Anything you feel we could do better as a community?

FM: Improve our courtesies, both as drivers and in interacting on the streets, in the shops and out and about. I would like the North Shore to be known as a place where all people are welcome and safe. With the natural advantages we have, we can be a model not just for Auckland but also the world in welcoming the diversity of our changing population, sharing our customs and values with the new arrivals and taking an interest in theirs. We are all migrants whether our forbears came by Waka, sailing ship, or 747. Let's live, love and have fun.

CB: In my next life, I am going to come back as…

FM: A teacher all over again. I just love the energy of young people.

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A world Class, All-ages and abilities

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The Background

Takapuna Beach needs a good playground for our youngsters.

We are fortunate that a generous local couple – Jackie Kerridge and Chris Reeve – have agreed to underwrite the building of this playground on Gould Reserve (the main beach reserve on The Strand). Plans have been developed that have been endorsed and approved by the Local Board and Auckland Council. A resource consent has been lodged - it’s all go!

A Charitable Project

A trust has been set up to manage this process – the Takapuna Beach Playground Charitable Trust. Once the playground has been built by the trust, it will be gifted to the people of the North Shore and Auckland.

Make your contribution online to Give-A-Little We have set up a Give-A-Little page where individuals and families can make contributions to the new playground:Visit: www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/takaplayground In addition there are donation and sponsorship opportunities for businesses or entities wishing to make significant contributions to the project.

For more information visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/takaplayground

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This is a community project that is being driven by local parents, grandparents and families (volunteers) supporting the charitable trust.

While a level of the funding is in place, we are also seeking support from the local community towards funding this fantastic world class quality playground that will serve the area for decades to come.

The estimated cost is in excess of $500,000.

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JEROME KAINO THE RUGBY WORLD CUP CHALLENGE & LIFE ON THE SHORE Ahead of what is arguably the All Blacks’ biggest challenge ever in attempting to achieve an unprecedented consecutive Rugby World Cup victory, Jerome Kaino spoke frankly to Channel’s Heather Vermeer about being a Shore dad, his new autobiography, and the matter of a few games in the UK this spring...

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Cover Interview: Jerome Kaino Before Jerome Kaino enters the building, I eye up the door, wondering if he’ll fit through without having to bend down. He does, just. He’s dressed sports casual - t-shirt, jeans, lightweight jacket, sneakers. He offers out his hand. And as handshakes go, it’s a biggie.

We move into a boardroom where he sits across the table from me and it’s hard not to feel I’m a little kid conducting a mock job interview with this giant of a man.

Leaning forward a little, he has a slightly cautious look in his deep, dark eyes. Pause... engage. He’s ready.

The mischievous me is tempted to begin with: “So why do you feel you’d be a good candidate for this job, Mr Kaino?” But instead I burst with excitement at the All Blacks’ weekend 41-13 victory over the Aussies, in which he came on for Richie McCaw in his final game at Eden Park to an emotional standing ovation. How good is he feeling after that? And did he have a lump in his throat, a tiny tear in his eye?

“Yeah, it feels good! No, I didn’t get emotional. I ran on for Richie! I had to just get on and focus on the game.” Jerome Kaino getting teary doesn’t seem like something that happens often. He doesn’t allow himself much time to bask in the glory of victory or an occasion like that; it’s back on with the job.

Out of the black jersey, Jerome Kaino is a dad living on the North Shore, juggling many of the usual things dads on the North Shore do; ferrying kids to swimming lessons, supervising their homework, taking them out for brunch. He’s lived on the Shore for seven years. “My wife’s family lived there, that’s what prompted the move. It took a while to get used to the traffic going down to Devonport, but I’ve got used to it!

“I love the beaches and the cafes - Cheltenham Beach, that’s one of my favourites.

Little & Friday is one of my favourite cafes - it’s a little bit too good! Their bacon and egg quiches are awesome!” He gestures a small quiche-size with his huge hands and flashes a super-sized smile. The Stone Oven cafe in Devonport is also one of the Kaino family favourites. “They’re always so nice to my kids in there.” And he’s buzzing about the new hospitality spots in Takapuna; he’s been impressed by Madam Woo and Bird on a Wire in particular.

He’s a proud family man and needs little encouragement to talk about his two children. “My daughter (Milan) is six now and she loves to play netball, and tennis, and swimming, and dancing...And, she’s learning to play the piano!” He is happily exasperated. Though he points out that he is strict on priorities. “My non-negotiables are schoolwork and swimming lessons. She has to do her homework and learn how to swim, and what she wants to do on top of that is fine, but she’s got to do those as a priority. She seems to enjoy so many activities! That’s great, but it also means I have to put up with driving her to them all!” He smiles a smile that says he doesn’t actually mind one bit.

He tells me about his son, Kobe. “He’s four next week! He plays rugby with North Shore Rugby Club and he also does swimming. He’s still quite oblivious to what I do really.”

Has he had to learn how to switch off from the pressures of rugby, or is this easy for him? Either way, I’m sure the children help with that.

“I’m a pretty relaxed person. But my kids are always a good trigger. When it’s getting intense in the rugby environment it’s easy to flick the switch and know that you’re now in ‘Daddy-mode’!” He beams.

“I miss them and my wife when I’m away from home. It’s good to have that balance between stress at work and stress at home!” All Blacks are evidently no different to us all.

For the upcoming Rugby World Cup in England, which starts on the 18th of this month, he’ll be spending two months away from his home and family. “The team leaves on September 10th,” he says. “Now it’s time for the team to prepare and get ready by focusing on their individual training programmes.”

How does the feeling in the team vary ahead of this World Cup as opposed to the last?

“Very different. In 2011 we had the comfort of knowing that we were going to prepare in our surroundings, and there wasn’t all the travel involved. Also last time, we didn’t have to handle that feeling of knowing we have a history of failure in the Northern Hemisphere. One of the biggest hurdles is to mentally prepare for how to get over that.”

Whilst he and his team mates continue to work on that, he’s on a tour of duty of a different kind today, away from the All Blacks, with his new autobiographical book My Story. Why did he decided to produce a book now?

“I spoke to Penguin and the Esportif team (his management agency) about the challenges and highs and lows of my career, on and off the field, and I thought it could make a good story to tell, especially to young rugby players coming through. I hope it shows people who might find themselves in similar situations that they can get through them, no matter how big.”

How did he find the process of putting his life story down on paper, which he did

alongside writer Patrick McKendry?

“It was quite hard at first to open up and really be honest with what I was saying.

But from the moment we first caught up, I found Patrick really good to talk to and I ended up really enjoying the process in the end.”

And what would he most like readers to take away from the book?

“I hope people draw from my experiences. A lot of Polynesian and Maori aspiring players, in particular, will come up and face a number of similar challenges to those I have faced - finding a balance on and off the field.

“I am sharing how I bounced back and used my support systems to get back on the right path. It would be better if some of the kids in the future don’t go through what I went through, and that’s why I would love them to read the book. If they do go through similar issues, they can see how I bounced back.”

Does he have any pre-match rituals? “I’m quite relaxed, but with the All Blacks, and the Blues, I try to keep my pre-match meal a chicken meal and poached eggs, spaghetti or baked beans. And I have also got to have scones with jam and cream! It’s something that started off with the All Blacks in 2004 - they gave us jam and cream scones before a game. I loved it - I thought it was the best thing! And I’ve carried on doing that ever since!”

So no gluten-free, dairy free, or other such strict diet for Jerome? “Nah, I’ve got through my childhood and everything not being too critical about what I eat, and I’m still alive!”

If he’d not have been a rugby player he would have been... “I have absolutely no idea! I did two weeks of a travel and tourism course at AUT when I was starting out in rugby and that ended up being short-lived! Where that might have taken me, I’m not sure. And I was doing a coaching course at Auckland Rugby Pro Sport for a little while.

But playing rugby has consumed so much of my life since school. I honestly don’t know what else I would have done.”

He’ll be playing under his former All Black team mate Tana Umaga for The Blues next season. What is he most looking forward to about that? “I played with him early on in my career and he was awesome to play alongside. Knowing him as a person, he is easy to approach and he has some great ideas. He is still fit enough as a player too. It’ll be good to see how the younger players in my team relate to him.”

And looking ahead, what does he feel life after rugby will look like for him?

“The next phase of my life and where I am heading, I am trying to pin down at the moment. I work with my team at Esportif and I’m looking at the areas I might potentially move into after rugby. Whatever I do, I have to make sure I enjoy it! I don’t think I could be a rugby coach - too much stress!”

Does he feel the need to use his standing as an All Black to give back to the game and society, to make a difference in some way?

“I think I do have a role in that area.

The six guys that are leaving: Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Keven Mealamu, Ma'a Nonu, Tony Woodcock and Conrad Smith these guys have done that role model role so well. When they leave, there’s going to be a huge hole and I feel I’ll fit into that category, that I have to carry the torch when they leave. I think we have a role to play in helping that next generation of players learn how to be better people.”

I ask, do you believe in fate? “Yes. Yes, I do.” How do you feel about fate in relation to the 2015 Rugby World Cup? “I’ve got a good feeling about it. I need to be selected first, of course! But with the special players that we have and the special players that were also there in 2007, it’s time to go there and defeat all those guys - in the Northern Hemisphere!

No other team has ever got back to back World Cups and I think it’s our time!”

And how many Kiwis would argue with him?

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KOR CREATIVE: Making Video for Business

The Meteoric Rise of Video As faster and faster internet speeds and larger, if not unlimited, data plans become the norm, the sharp growth in the use of video became inevitable. According to a large recent study undertaken

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If “a picture paints a thousand words” then a video must be worth a million! The ability of video to communicate, educate or sell is unparalleled. Visuals like video are processed by the brain 60,000 times faster than text.

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How video can benefit your business The following video statistics demonstrate the power of video marketing and why it represents one of the best marketing opportunities available to your business today.

• Marketing Land, along with Demand Metric, found that more than 70% of marketing professionals report that video converts better than any other medium.

• The typical internet user spends 88% more time on a website with video than one without • 64% of consumers are more likely to buy a product or service after watching a video about it.

• Using video on landing pages can increase conversion by 80% • Pages with video are 53 times more likely to rank on the first page of Google search results • Search results with video have a 41% higher click-through rate than plain text Online video is rapidly becoming the preferred method by which people satisfy their information needs and businesses that exclude it from their marketing strategies will do so at their peril.

How your business can use video now Homepage Video – This is an overview that should succinctly convey what you do and what problem does it solve. Video will personalise your brand, turning names into faces, increasing the sense of a meaningful connection and therefore trust.

These viewers that connect and relate to you will likely become loyal customers.

Product Videos – Using a video to explain or demonstrate your product in action is an extremely effective way for your audience to understand how to use your product and its unique selling points. A video brings your product or service to life and brings the customer as close to the item as you can get short of being in store and actually physically handling the product.

96% of shoppers found videos helpful when making purchasing decisions online according to a survey by Animoto. And 80% said that having a video to show how a product or service works is important to them.

How-to Videos – When you want to know how to do something what do you do? Google it. Many clever marketers today are employing the use of “How-to” videos. These videos attract viewers who are ready to buy. Essentially, they have a problem they need solved and your How-to video provides the solution. Statistics show that almost 1 out of 3 people say they `bought a product or service as a direct result of seeing a How-to video on the subject.

According to Google, searches for how-to videos on YouTube are up 70 percent

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year-over-year. Razor company Gillette has capitalised on this trend by producing instructional “how to shave” videos that solves the searcher’s problem whilst luring the customer to the brand. Gillette has cashed in by providing numerous videos giving pointers on shaving, trimming and even “manscaping” body hair.

Customer testimonial videos – 85% of consumers look for online reviews when deciding whether or not a business or product is reputable. Nothing is more powerful than a video testimonial showcasing a happy and very satisfied customer. Customer testimonials build credibility and authenticity for your brand.

Video Newsletters – Business decision makers love video newsletters because it gives them the most amount of information in the shortest amount of time.

If you’re communicating via email regularly with your customers, why not use video? Adding video to an email campaign can increase the click-through rates by up to 96 percent, according to a study by GetResponse.

If producing an online video is part of your marketing strategy this year, you may well be wondering how do I go about it and how much will it likely cost. Video production can be the first (and sometimes only) thing people associate with your brand and your business, so you want to make sure you do it right.

Engaging a professional, experienced video production company can save yourself loads of time, money, and frustration. Costs can vary hugely and as with anything in life, cheapest isn’t going to be the best. What you should be looking for is the right combination of quality and price that’s appropriate for your project.

So, how will you plan to profit from video’s unstoppable meteoric rise?

Barron Braden.

Barron Braden is a Vision Weaver at KOR Creative, a leading video production company. Visit www.korcreative.nz or email barron@korcreative.nz

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If you want this for your child, call our admissions team on 09 415 9566 or email us on admissions@kristin.school.nz or browse kristin.school.nz

We know that to help great kids become great people, they need more than a high grade point average.

Yes, the traditional subjects are covered here, but there’s so much more to Kristin. This school is unique. Here, our students learn to become resilient, confident achievers – well prepared for the modern world.

Kristin may appear like any other school, but we dare to look at education from different angles.

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Drones set to take conservation to a new level Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has launched a National Spectral Library with the support of Auckland Museum, to enable remote identification of plants and largescale mapping of plant species.

The online database records plants’ unique spectral light signatures. All plants reflect light in a distinctive way, so spectral signatures can be used to identify and verify plant types – akin to human fingerprinting. The library is therefore a valuable tool for remote sensing validation, and stands to unlock the power of drones as conservation aids.

AUT’s Programme Leader of Geospatial Sciences, Dr Barbara Bollard-Breen, says the spectral library and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are a formidable combination.

UAVs are increasingly being used to capture high quality footage that satellites are unable to deliver; cross-referencing this data against the National Spectral Library will enable accurate verification of the plant species they map from above.

ecosystem we’ve surveyed.”

Associate Professor Len Gillman, Head of AUT’s School of Applied Sciences, sees the launch of the National Spectral Library as a positive step forward for conservation research in New Zealand.

“With lots of cloud cover in New Zealand, visibility can be a problem with satellite footage. With UAVs flying at a much lower altitude than satellites, we can get clear images with much finer resolution more of the time,” says Dr Bollard-Breen.

“I’m delighted that the National Spectral Library has come to fruition, after much planning and collaboration. It fulfils a shared vision to support advanced conservation efforts, protection of New Zealand’s landscape and the safeguarding of our agriculture sector, and is a vital resource for New Zealand scientists,” he says.

“The UAVs take still shots every 1-2 seconds...the images are then stitched together using specialist software, creating an aerial mosaic of the area and enabling us to analyse the

The National Spectral Library will include native, endemic and weed species, and will soon be available to the public and researchers around the country.

Prof. Max Abbott

Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Perspective It has been a hive of activity on and around campus of late. Midyear graduation was a highlight. My role includes reading out each graduand’s name in full and inviting them to the stage. The list of names typically spans a page and, given New Zealand’s ethnic diversity and AUT’s large international student body, it is a daunting task.

Considering the graduands’ years of study and the challenges, struggles and successes they experience along the way, the least I can do is try my best to pronounce every name correctly. I’m told I did okay this year, and it was a privilege to celebrate the achievements of our emerging health, sport and applied science talent.

Pro Vice-Chancellor, AUT North Campus

demonstrate the value of the ACC-AUT partnership.

Students and guests came from all over the country to mark the occasion, and it transpired that two of the students I talked to grew up in my small home town in the South Wairarapa. Of the 20 or so ACC graduates, one was the daughter of my high school maths teacher, …it was a privilege to celebrate the achievements of the other the daughter of our local vet; an amazing coincidence. our emerging health, sport

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and applied science talent.

Prior to graduation there was a celebratory event for Māori students, which was well attended by students and their whānau.

This year two of our seven doctoral degree recipients were Māori, reflecting an increase in Māori graduates across the board.

The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) hosted another pre-graduation celebration, recognising the first cohort of ACC staff to complete the graduate diploma in case management. This programme was designed collaboratively to meet ACC needs, and reflects an organisation-wide commitment to professional development and enhanced performance.

Speeches from ACC’s Chair, CEO and students revealed the benefits already evident in the workplace. These accounts were supported by the results of an independent evaluation, and

I also recently participated in a retirement function held for Dr Henry Duncan, who was Head of AUT’s School of Sport and Recreation for 23 years. Under Henry’s inspired and determined leadership, the School grew from a small group of staff primarily teaching science to health students, to become the largest sports science school in the country. The School of Sport and Recreation now includes a national research institute based at AUT Millennium, and works closely with a wide range of industry organisations, athletes and communities.

At last month’s Prime Minister’s Olympic Gala Dinner, Henry’s legacy was clear. Although he was not with the AUT and AUT Millennium contingent that attended this year, his work was apparent in the speeches and in conversation with other guests.

AUT and AUT Millennium staff, students, programmes and facilities play a critical role in the success of our elite athletes, and in contributing to the recreation, health and wellbeing of New Zealanders generally.

A REWARDING CAREER Study sport and recreation at AUT At AUT we can prepare you for a successful and rewarding career. We offer undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in a wide range of specialised areas within sport and recreation. Our programmes are developed through extensive research and in collaboration with New Zealand’s top industry partners.

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“AUT provided me with the necessary knowledge but more importantly, it taught me how to apply that knowledge. I came into the workforce with an understanding of how to use equipment in the laboratory and how to adapt to different situations.”

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AUT Millennium: News

The Road to Rio It’s now less than a year until our Olympic team will march into the vast Maracana Stadium and take their place amongst the best athletes in the world, in what promises to be spectacular “Carnival” opening of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.

Yet it seems not so long ago that we were celebrating the wonderful performances of our athletes in London, our best ever games. Rio promises even more.

Their deeds will add another inspirational chapter to our rich Olympic history. They will be part of what is likely be our largest and hopefully our most successful Olympic team.

Since London we’ve marvelled at the success of our rowers, sailors, cyclists, equestrians, sprint kayakers, swimmers, track and field athletes and more. At Rio we’ll also welcome men’s and women’s rugby 7’s and golf to the Olympic family.

While some have already qualified for Rio, many athletes will be doing so throughout the rest of this year and early 2016. When the dust settles on the selection process they are likely to form a team of around 200 athletes, with the backing of 150 high performance coaches and support staff many based here at AUT Millennium. They will be an experienced and formidable group, with a track record of success at previous games, world cup and world championships – a track record to take them beyond the 13 medals won in London.

Rio de Janiero will provide a rich, diverse background for the Games – a first for South America. It is a stunning city, full of Latino infused passion and drama, in an iconic setting.

The Games will deliver legacies for greater Rio’s 10m+ inhabitants, including a vastly improved public transport system, new schools and housing. But most of all they will be a global celebration of sport and shared humanity.

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By Mike Stanley, AUT Millennium CEO & President of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

When the dust settles on the selection process they are likely to form a team of around 200 athletes, with the backing of 150 high performance coaches and support staff many based here at AUT Millennium.

Our role at AUT Millennium has been to help provide a platform for the success of those who will make up our Rio Olympic team. With High Performance Sport NZ and national sporting organisations we have been able to provide a world class daily training environment that is focussed on making a difference in performance. In less than 12 months we’ll be able to celebrate the results.

AUT Millennium, 17 Antares Place, Rosedale, 09 477 2000 autmillennium.org.nz

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North Harbour Club: News

By Courtney Jackson, GM, North Harbour Club AWARDS

20th Anniversary AIMES Awards popular It’s 20 years this year since a forward thinking group of business and community leaders put their heads together and came up with the entity called the North Harbour Club & Charitable Trust. The initial concept was to form a group to provide leadership around the areas of networking and generally engage for the good of the region.

A key ingredient was also the creation of a charitable trust to provide grants for young North Shore/Harbour people achieving excellence in their chosen fields. These were first called the AMES Awards (Arts, Music, Education and Sport), later to become the AIMES Awards (with the addition of awards for Innovation, Technology and Science; as well as Service to the Community).

It is fitting therefore, that in this 20th celebration year, applications for these AIMES Awards are greater than ever. The Andrea Davies, trustee and AIMES average number of applications received Awards judging panel chair. each year has been around 80, with the previous peak being 93. This year total applications number a staggering 187. This includes 33 applications in the new Junior AIMES Awards category.

The average number of applications received each year has been around 80, with the previous peak being 93. This year total applications number a staggering 187…

“What a wonderful way to celebrate two decades of rewarding our outstanding youngsters,” said North Harbour Club AIMES Awards judging chairperson and club trustee Andrea Davies, when commenting on the record number of applications after closing day of August 7th. “Finding our 15 to 20 AIMES recipients is going to be a bigger challenge than ever but what a great problem to have in this milestone year.”

2014 AIMES Awards recipients with North Harbour Club trustees and sponsors.

The recipients that Andrea and her team decide upon will receive total grants in 2015 of up to $180,000. At that time the North Harbour Club will have made over $1.8 million worth of grants since its inception.

20th Anniversary AIMES Awards Gala Dinner The 2015 AIMES Award winners will be named at a black tie gala dinner for 600-700 people at The Langham Hotel on Friday November 13th.

This will be an evening of true excellence. As well as hearing the inspiring and moving stories of excellence achieved by the recipients, the event also includes a stellar line-up of performances by some of New Zealand’s best young stars, many of these previous AIMES Award winners. One of these, singer Will Martin, will help MC the event.

If you are interested in attending, contact Courtney Jackson, General Manager of the North Harbour Club. Email: manager@northharbourclub.co.nz or phone 021 277 0699.

North Harbour Business Hall of Fame In more positive news for the North Harbour Club & Charitable Trust, it has been announced that the club is assuming responsibility for the regions Business Hall of Fame.

This was previously called the Enterprise North Shore Business Hall of Fame and fell under the direction of the council’s economic development efforts. Since the formation of the Auckland Council the programme has stalled, so the trustees of the North Harbour Club were keen to see it brought back to life.

“We believe acknowledging our outstanding business leaders is important which is why we approached ATEED with the proposal for the club to take it on,” explains trustee Matthew Bellingham who will chair the North Harbour Business Hall of Fame judging panel. “Business excellence fits nicely with our focus as an organisation of rewarding excellence.”

Previous Enterprise North Shore Business Hall of Fame Laureates have been:- Sir Graeme Avery; Sir Peter Maire; Ian Calderwood; Peter Menzies; David Charlesworth; Gary Monk; Sir David Levene; Ralph Roberts; Jan Dawson; Geoff and Jim Smale; Diane Foreman; Colin Harvey and Sir Stephen Tindall.

“All these outstanding business people will automatically become laureates of the North Harbour Business Hall of Fame,” addsMatt Bellingham. “We then plan to make annual inductions from 2016, with nominations opening on October 1st, 2015.”

Matthew Bellingham, trustee and chair of the North Harbour Business Hall of Fame judging panel.

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Milford - Everyone's Place: News

So what's

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Major Project for Milford Revealed NZRPG, the owners of the Milford Centre Mall, have submitted plans for an exciting new development that will launch Milford into the future of apartment living and also give residents a larger and better shopping and entertainment experience. This project NZRPG development on the will help the transformation of Milford into site of the Milford Centre Mall. the premium shopping centre on the Shore.

Artists impression of what the Milford Plaza The business association are very might look like, circa 2020. supportive of the project as this forms a major contribution to the rejuvenation of the Milford Town Centre, in line with the recently approved Milford Centre Plan.

The plans show four-storey single-level apartments around the Milford and Ihumata Road and another taller 10-storey block is built in the middle of the NZRPG site, over the existing Milford Road car park, with the car park being replaced with a similar sized one, on the level below the existing.

Much care and thought has gone into the design to minimise the impact on surrounding homes and businesses and we feel that a good balance has been obtained. For planning permission, scale images have to be done from key visual points and having seen them all, there is a very good balance between the size of the centre, key things done to assist to blend it into the surrounding landscape and the canopy provided by the existing beautiful Pohutukawas’ in Milford Road.

The development will be premium apartments – a mixture of two or three bedrooms (some with study’s) plus additional retail with a new 'mini-major' anchor retailer and additional evening entertainment/dining businesses, adding to the vibrancy of Milford’s growing evening economy. Most of the apartments will have two car parks and also an additional storage space. Certainly, after a few meetings where I have been invited to talk to local groups, there has been an expression of interest from some of our senior Milford residents to own one of these beautifully appointed apartments. This then assists the rejuvenation their Milford properties, all the time bringing younger people into Milford – something every town centre must constantly strive to do. Increasing density around our town centres is already proving socially and economically the way of the future. Browns Bay is a great example of this with recent apartment blocks selling quickly off the plans and landowners quick to realise

Your monthly update from Murray Hill, Manager of the Milford Business Association. the opportunity to upgrade or rebuild their premises. The results are outstanding, with growth in the last quarter being four times that of the average for Auckland. Our local Devonport/Takapuna ward area has lagged behind the Auckland average and this is of concern to all. The development proposed by NZRPG will be the catalyst for Milford to assist to turn these results around. The New World rebuild program has brought a new era of construction planning to Milford and has proved to be so well managed that it has provided little if no disruption to the businesses and our customers. In discussion over this new project, we are confident that these new management techniques for modern building of the scale required will also be done with minimum disruption.

New Businesses: We welcome more new businesses to Milford this month. Sentinel Planners at 157A Kitchener Road are a boutique town planning/development consultancy with specific expertise in resource consents, policy formulation and land development . Carnival Sweets are in the mall at 145 Kitchener Rd and offer all your old favourite sweets, and our newest business is Bread & Butter Bakery and Cafè in our newest retail premises next to JustWorkOut gym in Kitchener Road. To find out more on these and all our Milford businesses go to www.milfordshops.co.nz Travel Prize Winner: Congratulations to Hilary Wade, the winner of our recent Travel promotion. She wins $2000 of travel and a $250 Milford Centre Mall shopping voucher.

Thanks to the thousands who entered – try our next promotion – it’s even better!

Murray Hill with Hilary Wade, the winner

Win with Mercedes-Benz North Shore & of our recent Travel promotion – $2000 of travel and a $250 Milford Centre Mall Mudbrick Vineyard: We have teamed up with shopping voucher. two premium brands to bring you a fabulous new promotion starting mid-September. Send the kids to the mother-in-law and have a romantic weekend in a beautiful villa at its own private beach on beautiful Waiheke Island, an extraordinary meal at Mudbrick Vineyard Restaurant driving all weekend in the incredible new Mercedes Benz C Class from Mercedes-Benz North Shore. (Note: you can actually take the kids if you really want to!)

AGM of Business Association: A reminder to all our Milford landlords and members that the AGM of the Milford Village Business Association is as follows: Date: Tuesday 14th September Venue: Prestige Real Estate Auction Rooms, Milford Road Time: 5.30pm for refreshments & networking, 6.00pm Meeting Starts Guest Speaker: Campbell Barbour, General Manager, NZRPG RSVP to admin@milfordshops.co.nz by 11th Sept

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Manager – Milford Business Association For details on Milford community groups, go to the Milford Residents Association website: www.milford.org.nz

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Optometry & Eyewear: with Melissa Hay, Visique Milford

Eyeing Up the Differences Between Men and Women Women and men are really different and even visually there are discrepancies. Men's eyes are more sensitive to movement and women are more perceptive at seeing colour variations. It has Melissa Hay. been found that specific neurons in the brain are responsible for these differences. Testosterone and other male sex hormones appear to be involved in the initial brain development causing the variations.

Men are more likely to fixate on a persons mouth while they are talking where as a women's eye roves around the person's body. Men are more distracted by a moving object behind the conversation. Where women are distracted by other people in the room, as always - we are multi-tasking.

A recent study from Australia, found twice the number of women suffer from glaucoma than men. There are many possible causes for women to be more at risk. For one, they live longer - and even if it is only a few years, it still makes a difference.

Women also suffer from more hormonal variations than men. Menopause often causes the tear film to be unbalanced, and a lot of women need to use artificial tears at this time. Some of the drugs or supplements for menopause can inflame the eye also.

Birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy can increase people's risk of blood clots and strokes - which can happen in the eye causing vision loss. Fortunately, this is fairly rare.

Women are also more likely to get autoimmune disease, like lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and Sjogren's syndrome.

Women are six times more likely to get Grave's eye disease - which is caused by an overactive thyroid gland. Unfortunately, this causes the eyes to bulge and inflame - and can be very unattractive!

In the world, two thirds of the blind people are women. In developing countries, there is an infection of the eye called Trachoma. This often hits women the hardest, as they are around young children more as carers and the women get the infection from them.

Women are often told they are poor at reading maps - and this is true. But, women are less likely to get lost as they can remember the route better than men. The study looked at a group of men and women from a Mexican village who were sent to gather mushrooms. Although each group returned with the same number of mushrooms, the women expended less energy. The men had

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A recent study from Australia found twice the number of women suffer from glaucoma than men. There are many possible causes for women to be more at risk. For one, they live longer - and even if it is only a few years, it still makes a difference. climbed higher, and used 70% more energy. Women were able to remember the landmarks better, so didn't travel over the same ground twice. Scientists say this is just as true for foraging for mushrooms as it is for supermarket shopping!

It is believed these differences are an evolutionary change from many many years ago. It is useful for men to be random when hunting prey, and utilising an element of surprise. But, for women foraging, they needed to be systematic about gathering food.

So, we are different! Not in a good or a bad way, just different.

Melissa Hay, Visique Milford Optometrists, 489 4797 155 Kitchener Road, Milford, milford@visique.co.nz

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Milford - Everyone's Place: Furniture Candy

Milford - Everyone's Place: Le Visage

DIY Websters Chalk Paint™ workshops here in Milford No sanding, priming, or undercoating - just paint straight on!

Jill Brown at Furniture Candy is the exclusive stockist for Websters Chalk Paint Powder for the North Shore. Chalk paint is the magic paint everyone is talking about – DIY has never been easier!

With Websters Chalk Paint Powder you do not have to sand, prime or undercoat - you just need to wipe your restoration piece down with a damp cloth and start painting…it’s that easy!

You can mix Websters Chalk Paint Powder with ANY other brand or colour, making your choice almost limitless, it can also transform any acrylic brand to a chalk paint. Websters Chalk Paint powder is all it takes to convert an ordinary piece of furniture into a heirloom by simply applying a wax or a polyurethane. Go for Distressed, French Country, Industrial, Retro, Beach/Coastal – and with the vast arrray of surfaces you can paint over, including wood, metal, plastic, leather and even fabric, means you can DIY almost anything! Join Jill and learn how to use this incredible paint with one of her four hour Workshops from her large studio in Milford. Bring along a friend and have a very enjoyable and productive day out, with refreshments supplied and create something fresh and new for your home!

Call or email Jill now to check which classes are available: 09 4107586 or jillrbrown@xtra.co.nz

No sanding, primer, or undercoat, just paint…

Changing Dry, Dehydrated, Aging Skin to Great Looking Skin Dry skin is one of the most common complaints that we as therapists hear, especially when working with mature clients. So how do we differentiate between dryness and dehydration? Well, to be frank and to the point, the one seldom exists without the other and I’ll explain why.

Dry skin is a skin type that is directly related to oil production. Skin can be predisposed to inadequate oil production which leads to chronic dryness, or skin may become dry as oil production decreases with age. Skin with normal oil production will always have a light dewy film covering it. The T zone may produce more oil than other areas and commonly this may lead people to believe that they have an overactive oil production.

Many believe that skin that is oil free is the healthiest, hence they opt for oil free cleansers and foundations, so that even those with normal oil production are stripping their skin by over cleansing and exfoliating. This lipid barrier is in actual fact vital to your skins health. Dry skin may appear tight, dull and can sometimes have a shine across the forehead and cheeks but is actually dry to the touch – this dryness and lack of barrier function is a leading cause of dehydration, because without a protective layer of oil, skin is susceptible to water loss and evaporation from the deeper layers. In this case, even if you drink eight glasses of water a day, the skin is unable to retain the hydration. A great way to look at it is like this, place a glass of water in a room and over 24 hours a fair portion of the water will have evaporated due to warm air and temperatures. Place a glass of water with a film of oil on the top in the same room and you will notice there is no evaporation after 24 hours. Why is this you ask? Well the oil on water created a lipid barrier in the same way the oil on the skin creates a lipid barrier preventing dryness and also dehydration. To help alleviate dryness and dehydration on your skin we encourage you to begin using a moisturiser that contains essential fatty acids to feed the skin from the outside and to also begin supplementing essential fatty acids into your diet to feed from the inside.

To kick start the fight against dry skin this Spring, we are offering our Carole Franck Vital Essentials Barrier Repair Facial for $108. It is a 60 minute treatment designed to begin the rebuilding and repair of dry and dehydrated skin. Your gift with this facial includes a 50ml hydrating facial mist full of essential oils, herbs and essential fatty acids to rehydrate your skin and a 10ml moisturiser of Freshness cream or Fluid in a beautiful makeup bag to rebuild the lipid barrier. Gift is valued at $80.

Call now to book your treatment, valid for the month of September .

Bring along an old favourite to revamp

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Caci: Skincare and Appearance Medicine Professionals

Everything you need to know about ChillSculpt™ ChillSculpt™ is Caci’s non-surgical fat reduction programme that uses cryolipolysis technology to freeze and reduce fat cells. It is ideal for those who have stubborn pockets of body fat that cannot be easily reduced by diet or exercise.

Where can I have ChillSculpt™? ChillSculpt™ can be used to alleviate unwanted body fat in the following areas: Stomach: lower abdomen, Hips: Muffin tops, Waist, Back: Bra strap area and love handles, Thighs, Saddle bags

What happens after my treatment, is there any down time? ChillSculpt™ treatments usually require little, if any, recovery time. Most people clients can return to normal activities and light exercise immediately.

Who can have ChillSculpt™? ChillSculpt™ is not a weight loss treatment, it is designed to help alleviate stubborn unwanted fat deposits. ChillSculpt™ is recommended for people with a healthy weight range and a healthy BMI. If you are interested in finding out more book a complimentary consultation with a Caci Treatment Coordinator.

Are there any side effects, is it safe? With over one million cryolipolysis procedures worldwide, it is proven to be a safe and effective treatment for non-surgical fat reduction. Following the procedure typical side effects include temporary numbness, redness, swelling, bruising, firmness, tingling, stinging and pain. Rare side effects may occur. These can be discussed during with the Caci Registered Nurse.

Cryolipolysis is FDA cleared for the flank (love handles), abdomen and thigh.

What does the ChillSculpt™ procedure entail? Caci’s Registered Nurses and Senior Beauty Therapists have been extensively trained at the Caci Training Academy, they are the only ones who perform the ChillSculpt™ treatment.

Before the ChillSculpt™ session starts the treatment area is marked out and photos are taken so we can track your results. Then the machine applicators are positioned on the body and a vacuum effect and controlled cooling occurs. The machine may feel uncomfortable at first, with a slight pressure and intense cold.

However this subsides within a few minutes and will become more comfortable.

During the procedure you can relax. After the ChillSculpt™ treatment is finished, the hand piece is removed and the area is massaged.

What does it feel like? As the cooling and vacuum begins during the first few minutes, you will feel pressure and intense cold. This soon dissipates. You may also experience a small amount of discomfort, deep pulling, and tugging, pinching or altered sensation. Many people read, watch videos, work, or even nap during their treatments.

How long does it take? Each ChillSculpt™ session will take about an hour to complete. Following each ChillSculpt™ session, you’ll be able to return to your normal routine.

How many treatments will I need? Most people will need a minimum of four sessions per area. Results will vary, some people may start to see results three weeks after the first treatment, however most people will notice results after a few months and treatments.

What happens to the fat once treated? Once the treated fat cells have crystallized (frozen), they die and are naturally processed and eliminated through the body’s normal metabolic process.

How long until I see my results? You may start to see changes as quickly as three weeks after your treatment, however most clients will notice results after two months.

Your body will continue to flush out fat cells for up to four to six months after treatment.

How much does it cost? The cost varies depending on the area of the body being treated. During a free consultation a treatment plan will be developed which will outline the cost. Caci’s interest free payment plans make paying for treatments easy, simply choose whether you want to make regular fortnightly or monthly payments to suit your lifestyle and budget. Caci also accepts Q Card.

If you would like to know more visit www.caci.co.nz or call Caci on 0800 458 458 and book a complimentary consultation.

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Albany, 25 Apollo Dr | Milford, 79 Kitchener Rd Call 0800 458 458 or visit caci.co.nz for your free consultation *Terms & conditions apply. Offer valid during September 2015 at participating Caci clinics only. One Laser Hair Removal Session will be awarded per ChillSculpt® Programme subject to eligibility. Areas to choose for Laser Hair Removal session are: Underarms, Bikini Line and Facial areas. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. ChillSculpt® is not a weight loss treatment and suitable for clients within a healthy weight range. ChillSculpt® uses Cryolipolysis technology to freeze and reduce fat cells.

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Style satisfaction at Molton Brown

This month, Debra Morris examines how what we eat affects our skin...

Eating healthily for your skin

At Molton Brown we pride ourselves on giving our clients the best care when it comes to their hair! Here is just what some of our satisfied clients had to say about our leading stylists...

Debra Morris.

Julianne – Creative Stylist

The old saying “you are what you eat” holds true for your health. Also, it turns out, your skin. Fill up on junk like refined carbs, sugar and trans fats, and this will certainly show in your skin.

What you put on your plate might affect what you see in the mirror. But a few tweaks to your dining habits can go a long way to keeping your skin youthful and your body healthy.

A poor diet can cause inflammation, which triggers oxidative stress and in turn damages collagen.

To prevent premature aging, stock up on foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) such as flaxseeds, flaxseed oil, avocados, salmon, and and olive oil Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy, and lean protein can help fight inflammation and keep you looking your best Eat whole foods that are closest to their natural state as possible. A couple of suggestions are: Romaine lettuce: It's high in vitamins A and C, which curb inflammation. Also try broccoli, spinach, and watercress.

Tomatoes: They're rich in a nutrient called lycopene. So are watermelon, grapefruit, guavas, asparagus, and red cabbage.

Lentils and beans: These are good sources of protein and are loaded with fibre and nutrients. Try black beans, split peas, chickpeas, and cannellini beans.

Your skin is essentially made of protein, so if you don't get enough healthy protein in your diet, your skin will reflect that. Along with fish, beans are a great way to get it.

If you're not getting enough of the good food on a regular basis, you won't be able to produce healthy new skin cells in the way that you should.

I have been a client of Juliannes for over three years. I get great length extensions and colour. The colour is the best I've ever had. The extensions I love and Julianne is quick and thorough. - Anna

Steve – Creative Stylist Steve has been cutting my hair for 14 yrs. Over this time I have had many styles and Steve has always listened to what I have wanted. - Debra

Nahid – Creative Stylist and Salon Manager Nahid is obliging and listens intently, and her friendly personality makes for a happy salon experience. I always come out with a manageable sharp finish. - Maureen Molton Brown, 2/5 Milford Road 09 489 5074 Moltonbrownsalon.co.nz

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When assessing the skin in a consultation before treatment, I talk about diet and lifestyle to help with the skin concerns. As well as recommendations for in-salon treatments and skin care products, I will also recommend Essential Fatty Acids to be taken orally.

EFAs moisturise the skin from the inside out. They help make cell walls more permeable ensuring nutrients can be absorbed and waste removed, so your skin looks more radiant. Without enough EFAs, your skin can suffer from dryness and premature aging.

EFAs can enhance your complexion by improving the skin’s texture and softness. They also help to keep skin cells moist and maintain the hydration of the skin. caring for your skin It would be my pleasure to see you at the salon to discuss any skin concerns you may have and give you my recommendations.

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Maggie Smith: A Biography Michael Coveney $40 No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tightlipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain’s best-loved actors, whose remarkable career spans six decades. From her days as a West End star of comedy and revue, Maggie’s path has crossed with those of the greatest actors, playwrights and directors. Her numerous awards include two Oscars for ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ and ‘California Suite’ and five BAFTAs. Recently Maggie has been prominent on our screens with high-profile roles, as Violet Crawley in ‘Downton Abbey’ and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the ‘Harry Potter’ films, yet she remains an enigmatic figure, rarely appearing in public and carefully guarding her considerable talent. Michael Coveney’s absorbing biography, written with the actress’s blessing and drawing on personal archives, as well as interviews with family and friends, is the closest to seeing the real Maggie Smith.

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Purity Jonathan Franzen $37 A stunning novel for our morally complex times from the popular author of Freedom and The Corrections. Young Pip Tyler doesn’t know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she’s saddled with $130,000 in student debt, that she’s squatting with anarchists in Oakland, and that her relationship with her mother is hazardous… she doesn’t know how she’ll ever have a normal life. A glancing encounter with a German peace activist leads Pip to an internship in Bolivia with The Sunlight Project, an organisation that traffics in all the secrets of the world – the brainchild of Andreas Wolf, a charismatic provocateur who rose to fame in the chaos following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Andreas is drawn to Pip for reasons she doesn’t understand, and the intensity of her response to him upends her conventional ideas of right and wrong.

Purity is a grand story of youthful idealism, extreme fidelity, and murder. Jonathan Franzen has imagined a world of vividly original characters – Californians and East Germans, good parents and bad parents, journalists and leakers – and he follows their intertwining paths through landscapes as contemporary as the omnipresent Internet and as ancient as the war between the sexes.

Nopi: The Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi & Ramael Scully $70 For those who have enjoyed Yotam Ottolenghi’s bestsellers – Plenty, Jerusalem and Plenty More. From his innovative Soho-based restaurant Nopi, over 120 of the most popular dishes, with a distinctive Asian twist, have been adapted and made possible for the home cook to recreate at home. With chapters for starters and sides, fish, meat and vegetable mains, puddings, brunch, condiments and cocktails, a menu can easily be devised for any occasion and purpose. The recipes, which range in their degree of complexity, will inspire, challenge and delight you.

Where My Heart Used to Beat Sebastian Faulks $38 From the bestselling author of Birdsong and A Week in December. On a small island off the south coast of France, Robert Hendricks, an English doctor who has seen the best and the worst the 20th century had to offer, is forced to confront the events that made up his life. His host, and antagonist, is Alexander Pereira, a man whose time is running out, but who seems to know more about his guest than Hendricks himself does. The search for sanity takes us through the war in Italy in 1944, a passionate love that seems to hold out hope, the great days of idealistic work in the 1960s and finally back into the trenches of the Western Front. The recurring themes of Sebastian Faulks’ acclaimed fiction are brought together with a new stylistic brilliance as this novel casts a long, baleful light over the century we have left behind but may never fully understand.

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New Business Spotlight: Bread & Butter, Milford

Bread & Butter Bakery & Cafe

It’s hot and right in the heart of Milford Since opening in early August, Bread & Butter Bakery & Cafe has been a hive of activity on Milford’s main strip. This is no surprise for those who have been fans of their bakery and cafes in Grey Lynn and Ponsonby.

Their new outlet is certainly a welcome addition to the Shore.

Bread & Butter is located on a very sunny spot on Kitchener Road, beneath a classy new apartment building. In fact, this is a sun-trap on lovely North Shore mornings. The team behind Bread and Butter is Shawn Pope, Isabel Pasch and Jens Dalhoff. They have been keen to introduce the concept to the Shore for some time and have really done well with choosing this location.

Isabel Pasch is their ‘Bread Enthusiast’. She explains their philosophy. "At Bread & Butter there is a strong belief in making REAL bread. Bread like it has been made for centuries, before preservatives, additives, ‘improvers', and the application of industrial techniques left us with the ‘bread' found on our supermarket shelves today. The majority of loaves produced in New Zealand today are made using high-speed mixing, high levels of yeast and perhaps a lacing of enzymes to force the dough to rise more quickly, rather than allowing the bread to ferment and 'ripen' in its own good time. It's no surprise that many people find this industrial stuff difficult to digest. Real bread however is made with simple, natural ingredients, proven over many centuries to be a beneficial part of the human diet."

"At Bread & Butter the loaves are made by experienced European trained masterbakers, with certified organic ingredients, and most importantly... lots of time. Time for the natural yeasts and bacteria in the starter cultures to slowly digest the flour, time to slowly leaven the bread, and time to develop complex flavours and textures that simply don't need all the extra additives."

So what will you discover at Bread & Butter Bakery & Cafe?

You will find traditional French crusty baguette, various types of seeded loaves, classic dark German rye breads, a wide range of wheat-free sourdoughs and other European speciality loaves, accompanied by a selection of breadrolls, sweet

breads, and seasonal baked specialities.

"In our pastry department similar principles apply,” adds Isabel Pasch. "While not everything is organic, we still strive to use as much organic and local produce as feasible. However as pastries and cakes should be treats rather than staple components of your diet, we place the utmost importance on flavours and textures.

All products are made from scratch using traditional techniques, without the use of ready made fillings and powders.”

Bread & Butter is much more than just a bakery. In late August I walked from Takapuna to Milford and sat down for my first brekky in the sun on one of their outside tables. What I experienced was great coffee and a yummy breakfast with a certain style of its own. They have most of the traditional brekky and brunch favourites served in the special Bread & Butter style. Oh, and the bread is special!

The great location means that this will undoubtedly become a very popular meeting place for locals. I reckon it's a must-try for Channel readers in September.

Bread and Butter Bakery & Cafe 116 Kitchener Road, Milford (opposite the service Station), Phone 488 7775, Visit: www.breadandbutter.nz Open 7am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 7.30am to 4pm on weekends.

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Transport News: With NZ Transport Agency

Your feedback wanted on transport...

On the new range of travel plans for integrated transport on the Shore

The NZ Transport Agency is seeking community feedback on the latest design plans for an integrated transport plan on Auckland’s North Shore.

The Northern Corridor Improvements project aims to provide a new strategic motorway connection to complete the Western Ring Route and support the significant growth of housing and employment in the Albany Metropolitan area, as well as future housing areas.

The project plans include a direct connection between the Northern Motorway (SH1) and an upgraded Upper Harbour Highway (SH18); improved local road links, an extension of the Northern Busway, and more than 5kms of proposed new walking and cycling paths.

As well as focusing on motorway and road improvements, the project commits significant investment to encourage the use of public transport and walking and cycling, says the Transport Agency’s Auckland and Northland Highways Manager Brett Gliddon.

“We’re working with Auckland Transport on plans to extend the Northern Busway, so buses can travel further on the network. This extension will improve bus trip reliability andprovide a more efficient bus network on the North Shore.

“We’d also welcome feedback on our joint plans with Auckland Transport for what could form more than 25 kilometres of a new linked up network of walking and cycling paths through local roads and parks.”

The Northern Corridor Improvements project is part of the Accelerated Auckland package funded by Government to prioritise projects that will get Auckland moving. It will provide better links for Northern Motorway (SH1) travellers in Auckland and improve transport options on the North Shore for freight, cars, pedestrians and cyclists. It includes a new motorway connection between SH1 and SH18, opening up access to the Western Ring Route and airport.

But Mr Gliddon also believes it will have a special appeal for North Shore residents. “The new motorway connection provides direct motorway access all the way from the North Shore to Auckland Airport. The journey time at the moment is hugely variable, so we are sure the community will appreciate the plans for an alternative route and more reliable journey times.”

The Transport Agency is working closely with Auckland Transport (AT) on the best way to integrate AT’s wider planning for bus route changes and cycling into the design plans.

AT’s more efficient and effective bus network, will enable more people to easily transfer between local buses and the busway to travel quickly around the North Shore.

Auckland Transport is investigating new busway station options in the Rosedale/lower Albany area, and is considering issues such as the local topography, connections to residential and business areas, and how best to serve future growth.

Auckland Transport’s Walking and Cycling Manager, Kathryn King, says cycling and walking paths planned as part of the Northern Corridor Improvements project supports the $200 million joint investment in cycling in Auckland over the next three years by connecting with existing and future paths in the area.

“It’s all part of our strategy of building a city where people can get to where they want to more easily by bike or foot and it’s great news for people living in this part of Auckland.”

Since 2014, the Transport Agency has been working with Auckland Council, Auckland Transport, local boards, iwi, property owners and stakeholders as well

as business associations to develop the plans for the Northern Corridor project.

Feedback was first sought on multiple concepts in November 2014. Since then the Transport Agency has held ongoing workshops and meetings and undertaken more detailed geotechnical, traffic and safety analysis. This work has been combined with the community and stakeholder feedback to propose the latest design plans released today.

The plans are now available on NZTA’s website at: www.nzta.govt.nz/auckland-northern-corridor Community feedback is welcome through the online form provided on the website, or by visiting the project team at one of the open days: Westfield Albany – Sat 5 Sept and Sun 6 Sept, centre court location, all day Local businesses’ coffee drop in session – Tues 8 Sept, 7.30-8.30am, Café Noir, 7A Triton Drive, Rosedale Local businesses’ coffee drop in session – Weds 9 Sept, 7.30-8.30am, North Shore Cosmopolitan Club, 65 Paul Matthews Road, Albany Unsworth Heights community event – Fri 11 Sept, 2pm to 6pm, Meadowood Community Centre, 55 Meadowood Drive.

North Harbour Business Association Expo – Thurs 17 Sept, QBE Stadium (stand 80).

The opportunity to give feedback is open between now and Friday 18 September, 2015.

The feedback will be combined with other key stakeholder and technical analysis to inform the final design next year. Construction for the Northern Corridor Improvements project is expected to start in 2018.

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Channel Feature: Murrays Bay Sailing Club

Artists impression of the Murrays Bay Sailing Club development coming to completion.

MURRAYS BAY SAILING CLUB OPENING FANTASTIC NEW CLUBHOUSE AND SAILING FACILITY IN SEPTEMBER

BY AIDAN BENNETT There are some great sporting clubs on the Shore, and one of our very best is the Murrays Bay Sailing Club. It’s a club with a proud history, with some of New Zealand’s very best yachties coming out of the club. These have included Dean Barker, Ray Davies, Craig Monk, Leith Armit, John Cutler, Nik Burfoot, Dan Slater, Nathan Handley and the late Geoff Smale and Clive Roberts just to name a few. Other notable sailing people who call the club home are Hamish Wilcox (former World 470 champion and current coach of rockstar sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke) and former New Zealand youth coach and America’s Cup official Harold Bennett.

Geoff Smale was the patron of the club until his passing. The patron is now David Charlesworth, who has also been a great contributor to the club for a long time. Rod Slater is the club President.

Change is in the wind for the club in 2015, with their new clubhouse and sensational yachting facility set to be officially opened on September 11th.

Due to the forward thinking of the founders, the club was in a fortunate position to own the land and buildings on Murrays Bay beach. The land was purchased back in the early 70’s and the existing clubrooms built.

In the past few years the club and the council have joined together for the good of the community which has resulted in a win win situation for all. The council’s desire was for more public parkland and the sailing club needed improved facilities. So when the opportunity to purchase the property

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A photo of Murrays Bay Sailing Club World and Olympic Champions from the archives – Standing: Kevin Burrows, Alistair Gair, Craig Monk, Hamish Wilcox, Leith Armit, Matthew Davies, Nathan Handley. Seated: John Cutler, Dean Barker, Dan Slater.

behind the sailing club came up an innovative solution was found. The council purchased the existing Murrays Bay Sailing Club site and are removing the buildings to create more public space. The old public toilet block is also behind demolished and new public toilets being created to fit in nicely with the layout of the reserve and the new MBSC clubhouse. This enabled the sailing club to purchase the property in behind as the new clubhouse, which they have spent 18 months redeveloping to provide some fantastic facilities for the club going forward.

In late August I visited the site to see the fantastic facility that has been created. Like virtually all Kiwi sporting clubs this is all being made possible through the hard work and contributions of the members, families and sponsors involved with Murrays Bay Sailing Club.

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Murrays Bay Sailing Club Commodore Scott Leith with young sailors Leonard Fry and Cameron Moss.

Inside the new Murrays Bay Sailing Club storage facility.

The existing residential house has been renovated to be the new clubrooms. This was a three level home. The ground floor has been opened right up to be the main meeting area for the sailors. They will be able to move around in there with their wetsuits and sailing gear. The next (middle) floor is the clubrooms where functions will be held. There are kitchen and bathroom facilities as well. The top floor will remain as accommodation, perfect for visiting sailors and contracted staff such as coaches etc.

This new clubhouse is special, but it's what has been created below that’s the most impressive. There is a requirement for what is called a ‘hardstand’.

This is an area where boats can be rigged and stay when they are not being sailed, without having to remove the masts. The hardstand area has been created as an extension of the bottom floor of the clubhouse. Underneath the hardstand the club has created a spacious storage area that looks to be about the size of a rugby field. This is where they keep the numerous rescue boats, training boats and all the bits and pieces that are essential to a busy sailing club – bouys, tractors, a workshop etc. This basement area is also home to the club's learn to sail initiative and a good portion is also the base for the local Waterwise Water Safety programme and all their boats and gear. Massive rollers doors open out from the storage area towards the beach.

There is a new internal stairway between the basement storage area and the ground floor of the new clubhouse. A brand new shower, bathroom and toilet area has been created off this stairway. The whole project has been very well designed and put together.

Current Commodore of the Murrays Bay Sailing Club is Scott Leith, himself a sailor of some note with five World Laser Masters titles to his name. I met Scott and committee member David Gunn at the new clubhouse for a guided tour and it is clear that they are thrilled with the new facility.

It is a busy club that has something on virtually seven days a week through the year.

They have a strong learn to sail programme in Opti’s and they have a very strong fleet of these Optimists.

“This is a great result for the club and we have been very lucky with the support we have received from many different areas,” says Scott Leith.

"Not the least the local board and council, but also various funding agencies and sponsors. Many club members and families have also made great contributions to ensure this is a wonderful asset for the club for years to come.”

“We are hugely grateful for the funding we have received from ASB Trust;

Commodore Scott Leith on the upper deck of the Murrays Bay Sailing Clubhouse.

Pub Charity; Lotteries; North and South; Lion Foundation; Blue Water; Ted Manson Foundation; NZCT; Auckland Council. There have also been healthy donations from club members.”

“We won’t be totally finished for grand opening day but we won’t be too far away. We still need a bit more funding and work to be 100% completed but we can do this over time.”

Murrays Bay is very much a junior sailing club. It is a busy club that has something on virtually seven days a week through the year. They have a strong learn to sail programme in Opti’s and they have a very strong fleet of these Optimists. They also have P-Class, Starling, 29’er, 420, Laser and 49’er classes and RS:X/Techno sail boards. Senior members also sail the iconic Zephyr class boats.

Murrays Bay sailors compete on the world stage regularly. Most recently the club had five crews at the 29’er Worlds in Wales; sailors at the Laser World’s in Canada; Optimist sailors at the Australian, European and North American Champs; 29’er crews at the Australian Youth Champs.

Club membership is very strong at around 300. Made up of junior, families and senior members.

David Gunn explains that a new initiative for the club is a new membership they are calling MBSS (Murrays Bay Sailing Supporters).

“This has come about due to our desire to ensure we are involving our past members who have played a part in getting the club to the point it is today. Any previous member is invited to join this supporters club – there is a one-off fee – and we intend to have a great MBSS social programme as we want to make sure a high percentage of these people want to stay involved.”

What a great part ‘family’ clubs like Murrays Bay Sailing Club play in our community. Congratulations MBSC on your fantastic new sailing facility!

Visit: www.murraysbay.org

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Channel Youth: with Jordan Blum

PLT and PSSP team members: Celine, Storm, Ella, Tom, and Geena.

Chalk petition signed by TGS students to stop bullying.

Teenagers helping teenagers This month’s youth feature is brought to you by Jordan Blum, a Year 12 Takapuna Grammar student and member of the school’s Journalism Club. Passionate about youth affairs, here Jordan explores the importance of students supporting each other…

Jordan Blum.

Youth health is an issue that is not addressed enough in schools. High school can be one of the hardest periods in a person's life. It’s basically one massive war zone; with assignments, stress, and battles at every turn. In an environment such as this everybody needs some help.

Teens encounter so much stress and difficulty at school, with friends, and teachers and family all hitting them at the same time. Peer teams are essential to the school dynamic; they have become a valuable asset to help students work through issues they may have.

Peer teams are made up of senior students who work together addressing issues. They provide another level of support for the student body, along with working to raise awareness about youth health issues. Most schools on the North Shore have been putting together peer support teams for quite a few years. Takapuna Grammar has four peer teams; PSSP (Peer Sexuality Support Programme), PLT (Peer Leadership Team), PDAT (Peer Drugs and Alcohol Team) and PST (Peer Service Team).

Mary Pottinger, the head of Student Services at the school says: “The peer programmes are an integral part of student support structures at TGS, following principles of tuakana/teina (big sister/little sister). In addition, the peer teams offer extensive leadership opportunities for Year 12 and 13 students, to productively use their relative maturity and mana to inform and influence their younger peers.”

That is the main focus of these teams, not only at TGS but all over the country - focusing on supporting students during this time. Students need to know that there are people they can go to, and that these people are ready, waiting to help them through. That's the true purpose of these teams, plain and simple - it is students helping students.

The peer support teams, in a nutshell, have two purposes: They provide a bridge between a student and a teacher or other resource, and they offer someone for struggling students to go and seek help. These peer support students are equipped with knowledge about resources, to provide solutions for these students, or direct them to a teacher who can. The other part is to raise awareness about important issues specifically surrounding youth health.

The PSSP and PLT teams at TGS annually celebrate Pink Shirt Day; an international day fighting against, and raising awareness of, bullying and the major trouble it causes in schools all over the world. Schools all over Auckland celebrate this day, with 'On Wednesday's we wear pink' mufti at Western Springs College, or a giant pink shirt that people signed at Waiheke High School.

TGS, hands out stickers, and small pink shirts to all the students in the morning.

This year, throughout the week, students could go and write a message on a

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pink shirt, to be delivered to another student on Pink Shirt day. They were called Positive Post-its and were a massive success; boosting confidence for students, as well as being a nice gesture from one student to another. During lunchtime, students could go into the courtyard and sign a petition vowing to stop bullying in schools.

Westlake Girls High School also has a similar peer group set up, called Diversity. Diversity is an LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) friendly group, that works to raise awareness of youth health issues, particularly surrounding the LGBT community.

Group member Hayler Garcia said: “The group tries to organise awareness things like posters and currently we are trying to get teachers to use gender neutral language when addressing students. Going to an all-girls school, teachers often call everyone "girls" which is hard on students who identify as trans.” She added: “Being trans myself, I know this first hand.” These groups are so important, they provide a safe haven for students who are struggling with their identities and feelings of helplessness.

These teams aren't just beneficial for the students, but for the members of the teams themselves. They provide a great opportunity for the students to grow, and learn amazing skills. Being a member of the PSSP team at TGS I know first-hand what this experience is like. I have met amazing like-minded people I wouldn't have met without this group, and have built up skills that are so valuable, such as how to treat people who are facing hardship, and how to be there and support other students who are struggling.

Another member of the PSSP team at TGS, Geena Lee said: “Doing PSSP has been a truly valuable life lesson for me. It's exciting to think that five more people get to join us next year, to go through what we went through and develop into fellow PSSPers.”

Through peer support teams, schools have set up an amazing network of helping students, and supporting each other. Peer teams are a vital part of the school environment and they have the power to make a real, positive difference.

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Dusty’s Online Adventures: Web stuff made simple In this issue we introduce a new regular feature column we are calling “Dusty’s Online Adventures”.

As long as he gets his copy in on time, in each issue Dustin will seek to unlock the secrets for you to become an online guru yourself.

This column is written by Dustin Bisschoff, a Shore based graphic designer, web developer, Benefitz oldboy, customer consultant, post-grad business student, husband, father, son, friend, cook, taxi…

In this issue he answers a simple question for those considering building a completely new site or tweaking their existing one.

New website, or tweak the old one?

Business owners and managers face some tricky decisions when it comes to investing in a new website, or redesigning an old one. Competition to be noticed in the online space is tough and choosing the most suitable website platform is critical. It begins and ends with customer value.

Ease of use…for your customers

It begins and ends with customer value

Ease of use…for you

Whether you’re a brand new startup or an established small to medium enterprise (SME), the one thing you know your customers are looking for, is value. The value that customers derive from your products and/or services is what keeps them coming back for more, and a successful website needs to reflect that value through its elegance, function, and ease of use.

Choosing a platform and a provider These days websites are complicated “machines” that can do almost anything.

You’ve likely heard of websites being referred to as “content management systems” (CMS). In layman’s terms, a content management system is simply a website platform that automatically organises all your website content and ensures this is presented to the internet visitor in the right way. Almost all websites these days (including blogs, online stores, and government websites) are “content managed”.

Thankfully, a good web provider can ensure that the term “CMS” is all you need to know. They’ll take the hassle out of any website or online development. In New Zealand, and particularly on the North Shore, I would say that businesses are spoilt for choice when it comes to good providers of web design and development services.

There are thousands of platform options out there, many with their own specific points of difference. And while the platform is important, your web developer will play a leading role in influencing which platform you eventually decide on. Most website providers develop sites using a preferred platform, and any reputable developer is likely going to use a reliable platform. There are also a number of local providers who have developed their own platforms. A homegrown option can be an advantage, especially if you are looking for some degree of customisation.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN CHOOSING A WEBSITE PLATFORM: Features, functions and flexibility It’s fair to say that most popular website platforms offer a full range of features that would cater to most business needs. Most (if not all) popular platforms can also be customised by your developer to tweak features more to your (or your customers’) liking. It’s important that your website is oriented to your business model so check with your prospective provider that the platform being considered can accommodate any features that you think might be out of the ordinary.

At a minimum, the platform should include things like: • content pages • a blog • the ability to host an online store with some form of secure online payment facility, and • some flexibility in terms of how content can be displayed.

In short, it should be easy for customers to learn about your business, browse your product catalogue (or range or services) and then sweep through your online store, having made a secure purchase with the greatest of ease.

You or your staff must be able to manage most of the website’s regular features yourselves without being experts. For example, you should be able to easily add or remove general content, upload images to galleries or blogs, update products in your online store, and process online orders made on your website. Keeping your website up to date is critical and it should be something that can be done quickly, in-house, daily, and with ease.

Search engine “friendliness” and “responsive” When it comes to SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) - the things that will get your website showing up at the top of a Google search - it’s as much about avoiding the “do not do’s” as it is about checking all the right boxes. A good example of this is Google’s recent change to its search engine to provide greater priority to websites that are “responsive”. Simply put, responsive websites respond to the devices that are being used to access them and optimise their display to the device. A responsive website is also important in terms of the user experience.

Browsing a website that does not accommodate mobile phones or smaller tablets is a frustration for users and can lead to less traffic to your site. A good website provider will have someone on their team who can provide additional advice on things that you can do to improve your website’s “friendliness”, as well as someone who can advise you on running online promotional campaigns to help attract more potential customers.

And that old chestnut, customer value In my mind, the most important consideration when it comes to deciding on a website platform is the extent to which your website will reflect the value of your products and services to your customers. A website where potential customers can learn about your products and services, buy securely and with ease, and be satisfied by the quality of service is a sure thing. Moreover, customers need to feel that their private information (user profile and credit card information) is being kept private.

I recommend you talk to Aaron, Cam and the team at Benefitz, but I’m a bit biased!

I worked there for a decade and helped develop their fantastic B-WEB offering.

It ticks just about all of the boxes.

Visit: www.benefitz.co.nz

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It's Fitting: with Devonport Lingerie

Have you found The One? Still looking?

Let us help you

Devonport Community News

By Maria Teape - Devonport Community Coordinator, Devonport Peninsula Trust

Donna Gustafson

While we can’t help you finding that certain someone we can still be your fairy godmother and help you find The One. The One T-Shirt Bra, The One Sports Bra, The One Push-Up Bra, The One Non-Wire Bra, The One Strapless Bra or The One Magic Wire Bra. Summer is on the way and we have a great new range of summer lingerie in store waiting for you to come and find YOUR One. Oh and when you find The One, it is SUCH a relief. It is a combination of excitement and happiness and a sense of ease. You really enjoy it when you discover it, it’s comfortable and just feels instinctively right.

Behind every great fitting summer t-shirt is a great bra. Whatever your preference for style – from relaxed to tight-fit to somewhere in between – what you wear underneath your favourite tee should make you feel and look great. A quick tip for absolute transparency under white t-shirts? Choose a nude coloured bra!

Triumph have just launched a revolutionary comfort fitting bra with Magic Wire. The wire is made of flexible silicone, providing ultimate comfort and amazing support. The super-soft lining and smooth hook-and-eye fastening give that barely-there look and feel. This is the only bra that will always give you the support of a wired bra, with the feeling of no wire at all. You will be amazed at how it feels.

September sees Devonport host Run Devonport then in October it’s the Auckland Marathon. Have you found The One Sports Bra? Check your bras for wear and tear. The band around your back should be firm, bounce back when stretched out and sit flat around you at the same level as the band under your breasts. If your band rides up it is either too big for you or has given up its day job of supporting you and needs replacing. Come in to store and find your new The One and get fitted professionally.

Need a feminine, elegant bra that also gives a great line and feels comfy under your new summer dress? Try Amourette, you will be completely wowed by this One and it has the most feminine pretty lacy, yet comfy, matching pant. This is my One.

What is The One for you?

Bayswater Winter Fun Preschool Play mornings are now underway and proving popular! Held every Tuesday from 9:30am to 11am at Bayswater School Hall, sessions are free / casual attendance. It’s a fantastic opportunity to get the little ones out and about during the cold, wet months and get to know others in your community. Caregiver supervision is required.

For some traditional Irish folk music, catch Briege Murphy at Devonport Folk Club on Monday 7th September at 8pm. Briege has received a ‘Keeper of the Tradition Award’ for her contribution to the culture of her county and country, and recently won ‘Best Female Bard’ at the Bard of Armagh Humorous Poetry Competition. Devonport Folk Club is located at The Bunker on Takurunga/Mt Victoria, Devonport. For bookings ph: 09-4452227 – tickets cost $15 per person.

Local beaches and waterways will be buzzing with school students on the morning of Wednesday 9th September. We are organising a ward-wide schools’ beach clean-up day with hundreds of students and adult helpers taking part.

Each school is assigned a particular beach or waterway to clean but everyone will be out at the same time. For more information about the Devonport area beach clean-up contact Maria Teape email maria@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz or for the Takapuna area contact Rachael Bro email office@takapunatrust.org.nz On Thursday 17th September, Devonport Library Associates host Diana Witchell, television critic and profile writer at the NZ Listener for 31 years, in conversation with Sam Elworthy, Auckland University Press director. Diana will discuss with Sam journalism, television and travel, her loves, her hates and her hate mail. The event is being held at Devonport Library, 7.30pm for drinks and nibbles, 8pm speakers start. A koha for admission would be appreciated.

Twice a year the Navy trains new recruits – sailors and officers. In February and July each year young people join the Navy from all over New Zealand. Often these young people have never been to Auckland and are away from their families for the first time and feeling ‘out of their comfort zone’. They spend 18 weeks in basic training. The first 5-6 weeks they cannot leave the Naval Base. After this period they are given liberty and can venture into the Auckland community. The Navy are considering a project to help connect these young Navy recruits with their new community and are wondering if any local people would invite the recruits to join them on outings, show them the sights, share a family meal etc. Some recruits may feel more comfortable if they are in a pair so if you are prepared to host more than one then that would be fantastic. If you are interested, please contact the Naval Community Organisation Manager lissa.jackson@nzdf.mil.nz Ka kite ano.

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This month it's time to address the men out there! Those men, in particular, who have hidden their backs when on the beach for years, or who have to shave or clipper the back of their necks or hands daily to hide untidy hair Amanda Care. growth...

If this sounds like you, then I can help you achieve a more permanent solution. Ahead of all that summer beach time, now is the perfect time to get started on getting rid of annoying excess hair. The process involves a thorough consultation to see whether you are a suitable candidate, and to answer any questions you may have. Then one or two test patches will be done and a full IPL treatment will be given a week later at your second appointment.

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We love being able to catch a ferry from the Shore and each month we say hello to an unsuspecting someone who is doing just that.

Ahead of this issue, Channel stopped to chat with a father-of-two ferry passenger catching a ride from the Shore for a day of doing good for the community...

Name: Andrew Doncaster.

Which ferry are you catching today? Devonport to Waiheke.

Why are you heading over there today? I help govern a small series of notfor-profit businesses over there that feed back to the community, one being the New Hope Op Shop. It’s locally run, with local people investing in it. We provide a budgeting service, a counselling service and we also support the soup kitchen which operates over on Waiheke. It’s all about giving back to the community!

What do you most enjoy about catching the ferry? I get to unwind! It gives me that 40 minutes of nothing time. At the end of the day you get to leave the day exactly where it should be left and not take it home with you. I catch the ferry twice a week over to Waiheke - it’s not bad! Especially when you’re going over there to help people.

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Subsequent appointments are every six-eight weeks for approximately eight treatments. The great news is that you will notice less hair by the fourth or fifth treatment. I've successfully treated numerous male clients over the past nine years, clients who now no longer need to suffer with severe shaving rash, embarrassing back hair or hairy hands! Once you get rid of this annoyance in your life, you'll never look back!

So guys, if unwanted hair is a concern for you, and you're not sure where to start, book an IPL consultation online at www.faceitbeauty.co.nz . Trust me, you will be glad you did. This month’s special is a complimentary IPL consultation, inclusive of test patches, saving you $75.

Where is home? Stillwater. I like the tranquility of the place - its name reflects the place.

Anything to add about the local ferry travel service? It’s really good, but another service that stops at Devonport in the late afternoon, after 4pm, would be great!

And as you’re heading on the seas, do you have a favourite captain (nautical or otherwise)? That’d have to be Captain Jack Sparrow. He’s good fun!

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Designworx with Amanda Neill

Torpedo Bay Navy Museum: News

Navy Museum Open 7 days 64 King Edward Parade, Devonport

Old, New, Borrowed, Navy Blue An exciting collaboration between Torpedo Bay Navy Museum and the University of Auckland’s Art History department has seen the creation of the new exhibition Old, New, Borrowed, Navy Blue at the Navy Museum open from 5th September 2015.

Awakening our homes

As part of their Art History paper in Art Writing and Curatorial Practice, Honours students Georgia Casey and Maree Schwencke approached the Navy Museum with the initial inspiration for an exhibition showing how Navy tradition and pride is entwined in personal life.

Spring has arrived and it’s time to update, open and clear out your space. Amanda Neill, leading Auckland Interior Designer, talks awakening your home.

The link for the exhibition between the Navy and weddings is a personal one for Georgia Casey.

“I have always had an interest in maritime history, but the marriage component was inspired by my maternal grandparents' love story. My Lithuanian-American grandpa met and married my Kiwi grandmother during World War Two while he was serving in the U.S. Navy and she was working as a nurse. Luckily he survived the war, but her stories of the struggles of being married during the war have always stuck with me, so I felt a personal connection to the subject and wanted to explore it further.”

Maree Schwencke’s husband served in the Royal New Zealand Navy for 7 years. “Hearing Trajan’s stories made me interested in showcasing parts of the Navy not usually shown and also the personal side of things. We hope that’s what Old, New, Borrowed, Navy Blue will do.”

The partnership with the Navy Museum has been invaluable for Georgia and Maree and has brought a new dimension to the use of the temporary gallery in the museum. With support from museum staff Georgia and Maree have experienced the amount of time, thought, organisation and work that goes into curating an exhibition from scratch.

“I didn’t imagine this curatorial experience to be so intense, but with the help of the people at the museum we have been supported and guided through this new and exciting experience” commented Georgia.

Maree shares the same sentiments as Georgia and adds “It’s all worth it though. It’s an incredible and harrowing experience going through the personal collections of donated photo albums, personal affects, literally holding history and someone’s life in your hands.”

Old, New, Borrowed, Navy Blue is an endearing exhibition that shows the coalition between service life and personal life using photographs, documents and items from the Navy Museum and personal collections.

The exhibition is on show from 5th September.

For more information please contact the Navy Museum on 09 445 5186 or info@navymuseum.co.nz. www.navymuseum.co.nz

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Amanda Neill.

Spring is an amazing season. As we remove the shackles of the winter, we open our homes to more light and warmth and evaluate what we really need and want in our lives. It’s a time of year we feel invigorated and motivated to start or complete projects that we have had on hold during the colder months. It’s a fantastic time to take stock of your home and look towards how you want to live in the summer months.

If you have been living with a scheme for some time and you think it’s time for a change, Assorted throws from $79. spring is the perfect time of year to begin your new project. There are many small changes you can make that will instantly update your home or start the transition from winter to summer. A neutral paint scheme throughout your home is a great place to start. If you are unsure on what colour, why not try repainting Ottoman $1495, Hamar Lady Cushion $155 each Black and White feather cushion $80 one room first. When choosing a new colour Round Votive $99, Curtain Tassles $45.95 take into account how much light the room receives as well as other colour cues in the room. What type of flooring do you have?

What colour is it? Would a soft grey pallet work or do you have brown wooden floors that a more natural colour-based paint would work better with.

If you are happy with your colours, why not declutter? Remove your décor pieces and re-evaluate the room. Start with nothing and add layers as you progress. Recycle or donate the pieces you no longer need. Change the room orientation or hang art and pictures in different places, it’s amazing what a shift around can achieve and you will feel like you have a new space. Add something new that you love, no matter how small, and it could give you inspiration for a new direction. And finally, we all know about the spring clean and how wonderful it feels to throw open your windows and door and once again let the outside in.

At Designworx we offer both Interior design services as well as a beautiful range of furniture and décor at our showroom. For your spring inspiration, why not pop into the showroom to view our range or to have a chat.

Check out our website or Facebook page for the latest pieces or any more information on the any of the above.

Enjoy! Amanda & the Designworx Team Designworx, Interior Design Studio, 64 Vauxhall Road, Devonport. 09 445 1098.

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Caring for your Car: with Car-fe

Rob Bonnici is the Car Guy. Rob lives, eats and breathes car cleaning products and services. Having a background in chemicals, car cleaning products and now owning a seven day a week car cleaning and grooming centre, he is without a doubt the most passionate and the most knowledgeable car guy in New Zealand. Rob, along with his wife Siobhan, owns Car-fé facing the motorway in Barry’s Point Road, Takapuna. Rob is more than happy to help you out with any car cleaning issues.

Email: Carfe.takapuna@xtra.co.nz or Phone 488-7000.

Is mould a problem in your car?

Fact: Mould on your seat belts will have your car fail its WOF! In the last weeks Winter has certainly raised its head to say ‘Hey I’m here!’. When this happens we see an upsurge in internal mould build-up in the cars we clean.

There are many different reasons for this. That simple coffee spill that appeared harmless which was given the quick wipe over and left damp, has now started to go off and breed bacteria; Or storing a collectable or a family member’s car that has gone overseas underneath a cover and then pulling it out to find our friend mould has taken over.

Mould needs to be dealt with correctly. When you just vacuum off the surface the mould spores are still in your seats and carpet, and having disturbed them, they can take up residency in your air conditioning filters and ducts. This will cause a secondary problem with your air conditioning smelling like old socks and potentially spreading harmful bacteria when you fire up your unit.

Before

Storing a car: One of the issues of using a car cover is that it makes the car sweat, collecting condensation, which if left converts to mould very quickly in a damp darkened condition.

Prevention is the best form of control whenever storing a car for a long period. It is imperative that the car is aired at least once every two weeks. Remember, if you are storing a car for a long period, disconnect the battery. This way when you leave the doors opened for half to one hour you are not flattening your battery.

Cleaning mould: Tools needed – A wet and dry vac, scrubbing brush, two bottles with triggers and a commercial carpet shampoo.

To remove mould – Fill one bottle with hot water the other with a good carpet shampoo cleaner.

First soak the area with hot water by spraying onto the offending areas. Next spray on the chemical and let it soak for one to two minutes. Then agitate with the brush and re-spray with hot water as you suck up the affected areas of mould.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to call 09 4887000 to discuss. Regards, Robert & Siobhan Bonnici.

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Cleaning up the spill: We all do the “quick grab the nearest towel and give the surface a good wipe over”. Modern day car carpets are usually synthetic and fluids seep through quickly. Modern underlay can also be synthetic so when we clean up a spill this creates an issue. The spill often gets trapped between your floor pan (steel) and the synthetic underlay. This protects the spill from being extracted by a wet and dry carpet machine.

The clean up: Firstly how much fluid got spilt – if less than 100ml – we can react quickly to clean the top surface. The best treatment is to use a vacuum that can extract fluid. Soak the affected area with up to a litre of hot water spray on a good carpet cleaning chemical that kills the spores. Agitate with a stiff brush then leave to stand for five minutes. Then extract the water with the vac. Repeat this process to dilute the spill so the bacteria cannot build up and create both a bad smell and mould.

Smell the surface to see if you can still smell the offending spill. If so repeat the process. You now have a clean floor. It will, however, still be very damp. Ideally you should pop of your trim on your door (which holds down your carpet), lift the carpet, and air dry the area using a heater that blows hot. If you are unable to do this then the following is also OK. Close your car and start the engine, leave running and put your heater onto the floor and leave running for up to an hour. Then open your doors and leave to air for up to three or four hours. Feel your carpet and test to see how dry it is. If needed, repeat these processes until you are satisfied that the area is dry.

After

Mould – How to treat the issues

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Continue to then re-spray hot water until the water that you are sucking up is clean. Leave doors open to fully air dry before closing up your car. A trick is to close your car after air drying and turn on the heater with your car running for say 30 minutes.

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Building & Home Maintenance with QPC Builders

Before

After

Recladding your home Recladding, everyone is talking about it but why do it and what are the questions our clients always ask?

What are the advantages of re-cladding?

There are several advantages to re-cladding your home: • It will result in your home being brought up to the current Building Code requirements.

• It will mean you get a new Code of Compliance Certificate issued in respect of the building repair work.

• It is the best way to ensure all problematic areas have been fixed and eliminate any leaks.

• Because re-cladding involves removing the existing cladding, the underlying timber structure can be treated against rot and decay (many houses constructed between 1997 and 2003 were built using untreated timber framing).

• It will likely re-establish the full value in your property (possibly even increase the value) and will make it far more saleable.

• Remove any pictures, mirrors or other items hanging from walls.

• Ideally remove all or as much furniture as possible from the house.

• If you are leaving furniture, move it all into the centre of the rooms and cover with old sheets or tarpaulins (if you don’t have any of course we will do this for you).

• Remove any valuables from the house (remember you won’t have walls and windows for a while).

• Try to have kitchen, laundry and bathroom counters clear of items.

• If you have curtains or blinds, our team can remove them for you but if you wanted to get a head start this is also something you can do.

The reclad process isn’t as daunting as most people think it is and QPC has specialized reclad teams to try and ensure your project runs as smoothly as possible.

For more information about recladding feel free to get in touch for an information pack: office@qpcbuilders.co.nz

What happens during the first week?

For the first week we will be getting the site ready for construction.

This involves putting down any protective covering over carpets or wooden flooring, setting up the scaffold and, if required getting the shrink-wrap fitted to protect your home from the weather.

To make the recladding process fast and efficient there are a few things you can do before the start date to ensure your project kicks off as quickly as possible:

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Pure Healthcare: Apollo Drive This month’s Pure Healthcare read is brought to you by two of their practitioners Kohei Iguchi (Naturopath, Darkfield Microscopist, Medical Herbalist - BNatMed BSc) and Faith Crawford (Osteopath -B.Ap.Sci M.Ost).

Adrenal Fatigue

Are you a slave to your exhaustion?

Faith Crawford.

Kohei Iguchi.

Discover what it is and how Natural Medicine & Osteopathy can help you beat the fatigue!

Is your alarm clock your worst enemy? Do you drag yourself out of bed every dietary and lifestyle changes alone.

Natural medicine, using amazing herbal extracts, adrenal nucleics and other morning? Are you guzzling down five cups of coffee a day so that you can vital nutrients, can help to promote relaxation, increase your tolerance to stress feel the least bit…normal? and restore your adrenal function. Naturopathic practitioners can also provide appropriate testing to eliminate other possible causes of your stress, and refer You may be suffering from adrenal to other health professionals for a complete holistic approach to treating adrenal fatigue! fatigue.

Adrenal fatigue is a condition whereby your adrenal glands are no longer able to Hands-On Help with Faith Crawford produce the right hormones in your body to keep you going every day. Your adrenal Hands-on palpation can find tissues of the body affected by stress and determine whether they are coming from muscle, joint, or from an organ. Yes glands, which sit on top of your kidneys, they are all linked, but treating the underlying cause is much more efficient than are responsible for producing roughly 50 hormones in your body, including cortisol and adrenaline. These hormones are the only addressing the symptom. For example, shoulder and neck tension may be due to faulty breathing mechanics. Or in this case, muscle pain could be related key stress hormones produced by your adrenal glands when you come across a to adrenal fatigue. stressful event and your body switches into a temporary “fight or flight” mode.

What causes Adrenal Fatigue?

Adrenal fatigue can develop when your adrenals are burnt out. Through chronic or a major stressful event (whether it be emotional or physical stress), longterm high coffee intake, lack of sleep, poor diet or major infections (such as glandular fever, pneumonia) or other chronic diseases, your adrenal glands will pump away the key stress hormones until you are running on an empty gasket.

Symptoms of adrenal fatigue includes: • Chronic fatigue • Feeling unrefreshed in the morning • Anxiety/Depression/Mood swings • Muscle tension and pain • Palpitation • Dizziness upon standing • Salt cravings • Sleeplessness • Low libido • Gut issues • Weight gain If you have ticked off more than four of these symptoms, you may have adrenal fatigue!

What can I do?

There are simple dietary and lifestyle changes that will help you get back on the road to recovery, such as: • Slowly weaning off coffee and other stimulants.

• Aim to sleep before 11pm every day.

• Relax! (Do relaxation techniques such as slow breathing, meditation or yoga daily.)

However, it is often not enough, or very difficult to treat adrenal fatigue through

The adrenal glands live close to the lower ribs near your spine, where the diaphragm and several other muscles meet. Normalising tension in those structures and mobilising joints may improve adrenal function.

Treatment can help balance the nervous system. One technique in osteopathy has the practitioners fingers strategically placed in the soft-tissue at the base of the skull. This in addition to cranial techniques can decrease irritation of the vagus nerve along with other nerves, as they exit the skull to pass to the heart, lungs, kidneys, and digestive organs. This helps to calm the body and reduce the impact of stress.

The adrenal glands live close to the lower ribs near your spine, where the diaphragm and several other muscles meet. Normalising tension in those structures and mobilising joints may improve adrenal function.

In conjunction with the herbal supplements, I can teach you breathing exercises and provide some easy stretches. Simple but effective strategies to physically manage and reduce stress.

Given the wide spread affects of adrenal fatigue, it is best to take a multisystem approach to recovery. Getting help through naturopathy, osteopathy, and other therapies, and adopting strategies in day-to-day life to reduce stressors will assist your body.

We are making it easier for you to improve your health by offering a combined deal to see Kohei and Faith. If you book both appointments you will get a 20% discount on your first visit to each.

The first five people to book for both practitioners will also receive a free 30-minute massage.

Call 09 4142225 to book now!

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The Healthy Channel: With John Appleton I have been writing articles on topics related to our health for a number of years and in Channel I keep you up to date on ways in which we might improve our health by becoming more aware of the many options that are available to us.

Raw Foods And Our Health As I see it - by John Appleton

John Appleton.

Recently an article in an English Magazine caught my eye. It was titled “The cure for all diseases – raw food”. Could it really be true that when it comes to avoiding chronic degenerative diseases, what we put in our mouths has such a significant role to play?

While dieting is a regimen which is seen as a short tem fix for a specific problem usually excess weight, diet is about what we eat every day of our lives and it is diet that we must look into carefully if we are to have any chance of avoiding, alleviating, or controlling the degenerative conditions that so many people live with and ultimately die of. In the world today we tend to live ‘short’ and die ‘long’.

So why do so many people end up spending their last years of their lives on earth in pain and misery, often in rest homes where they have to be cared for until they die? Why don’t we simply die of old age?

Research has shown that humans have the genetic potential to live to 120 years but in today’s world very few of us have our health when in our 80’s. I am however convinced that it needn’t be this way.

True good health is achieved when the body is functioning as it’s designed to function. We should be experiencing boundless energy all the time and have a strong and positive emotional state. This is very different from most people’s experience, which is one of moving through life in a kind of mechanical, often sluggish way feeling ‘okay’ in between intermittent bouts of colds, headaches, the flu, and various kinds of aches and pains that everyone in modern society has come to think of as normal” I have come to the strong view that from the day we are born we slowly poison ourselves through poor food choices that set in place the processes which lead to the degenerative conditions that plague western civilization. In her wonderful book “Lick the sugar habit” Nancy Appleton PhD says “All of my ailments were caused by the substances I put into my body”. Humans are the only animals to eat meat and cook their foods.

Cooked foods contain no enzymes to help with digestion and an enormous amount of energy is needed to digest them

The solutions are here – they have always been here food does matter.

A health inducing diet involves eliminating all the foods that we are literally ‘dying’ for and replacing them with real (live) foods that tick all the nutritional boxes. It should be obvious to anyone with even a basic knowledge of nutrition that nutrient dense raw foods, rich in antioxidants and enzymes which assist with digestion are far more likely to be health inducing than highly processed packaged foods that are found in all but the outside aisles of supermarkets.

Fresh (preferably organic/not sprayed) fruits and vegetables should be on the menu every day and consumed as close to their natural state (raw) as possible.

This is the only way we can be sure of extracting all the nutrients. Raw foods are live foods.. Specifically if we look at diabetes – heart disease – arthritis and cancer I would challenge anyone to provide evidence that a diet based on raw pesticide and chemical free foods didn’t very significantly improve the statistics. This is because these chronic illnesses have similar etiology (causation). If we remove the foundations of disease it cannot be sustained.

David Wolfe internationally recognized as a leading authority on raw foods says “The solutions are here – they have always been here - food does matter”. If you would like to empower yourself and change the way you eat and live “FOOD MATTERS” is a must see documentary. If you write to me I am happy to lend you a copy. “Don’t dig your grave with your knife and fork” (English Proverb).

John Appleton, www.johnappleton.co.nz john@johnappleton.co.nz Ph: 09-489-9362.

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North Shore YMCA

Welcome Salil!

YMCA North Shore extends a warm welcome to our new Centre Manager, Salil Warekar.

Salil comes to us from YMCA Lagoon where he was previously the manager of their Fitness Centre.

Originally starting his YMCA career at the YMCA North Shore as a Fitness Instructor, Salil is happy to be back on the sunny side and working with the team at the North Shore Centre.

“Originally from Mumbai, India, Salil has been in NZ for 6 years. With a Bachelor of Commerce (Major in Business Management) and his background in Fitness Training (ACSM Exercise Consultant and AUT Diploma in Fitness Training), Salil is keen to be involved in growing the number of family friendly programmes the YMCA has to offer.”

Salil strongly believes in the YMCA mission of building Strong Kids, Strong Families and Strong Communities…

Salil strongly believes in the YMCA mission of building Strong Kids, Strong Families and Strong Communities and is looking forward to being involved in the Free Family Day at the North Shore Centre on Saturday 12th September. He encourages all families to come down to the YMCA and have a go at the different activities on offer – Salil will also be manning the free BBQ so come get a sausage and say hi!

Salil Warekar.

Free Family Day September 12th. Activities include: Gymnastics, Bouncy Castle, Group Exercise classes, BBQ, Fitness Centre and the youth art exhibition ARTISTRY. Check out www.ymcaauckland.org.nz for more information.

Volunteer with us!

Free Family Day

Volunteers needed for school holiday programmes

Fun activities for the whole family

September 12th 8.30am-2pm YMCA North Shore Recreation Centre

thcote 5 Akoranga Drive, Nor PH 09 480 7099

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What are you doing these school holidays?

Holidays are all about fun! However we need some fun, enthusiastic people who can assist on our very busy school holiday programmes at YMCA Auckland. Ideal volunteers will have an interest in a career within the childcare, education or recreation industry and will need to:

• Be 16 years or older • Enjoy working with children, are patient and have a great sense of humour • Be reliable and honest • Have excellent communication skills

Please be aware that as the YMCA is a child safe organisation, reference and police checks are completed upon application.

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Just Ask Sian: Relationship dilemmas with Sian Jaquet

The Depot Art Space

Thinking Of Place

International parenting and relationship expert Sian Jaquet, based here on the Shore, addresses readers’ relationship dilemmas with her wisdom and irreverent humour!

29th Aug – 16th Sept

Thinking of Place is a collaborative project which includes the work of 60 Australian and New Zealand printmakers, with a diverse range of styles and printmaking mediums.

Each artist has responded to the theme of ‘Thinking of Place’, creating works which reflect their connection to country, land, ancestral connections, colonisation, regional and cultural identities, natural and constructed environments, and even imagined locations.

This exchange includes five groups; North Island Printmakers and Te Wai Pounamu Printmakers (South Island) from New Zealand, along with Inkmasters Cairns Inc., Goldfields Printmakers and Melbourne Printmakers Groups.

The Auckland leg of this exhibition’s journey is being hosted by the North Island Printmakers, including Elle Anderson, Gabrielle Belz, Kathy Boyle, Deborah Crowe, Vanessa Edwards, Esther Hansen, Struan Hamilton, Delwyn Holder, Nicola & Kheang Ov, Prue MacDougall, Toni Mosley, Alexis Neal, John Pusateri, Flox & Michel Tuffery, and Sheyne Tuffery.

Painterly Printmaking:

One-day taster workshop from 12 – 2 pm Sunday 6th Sept

Create your very own painterly print and enjoy producing and exploring the monotype print process with experienced tutors Elle Anderson and Nicola Ov. Create your own print by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface.

All materials included, just come along and have a go.

Screen-printing:

One-day taster workshop from 12 – 2 pm Sunday 13th Sept

This is a great opportunity to explore the screen-printing process. If you always wanted to have a go using screens, inks and squeegees with experienced tutors Delwyn Holder, Esther Hansen and Nicola Ov. All materials included, just come along and have a go.

Depot Artspace, 28 Clarence Street, Devonport. depotartspace.co.nz

THINKING OF PLACE

29th August - 16th September Print Workshops open to the public 6th Sept 12-2pm Mono types and Gelli printing 13th Sept 12-2pm Screen printing using not toxic Aqueous Inks.

North Island Printmakers Te Wai Ponamu Printmakers Inkmasters Cairns Inc

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Sian Jaquet.

To ‘Ask Sian’ a question, simply email heather@channelmag.co.nz and she’ll give her spin on a solution to some of readers’ challenges.

Q: My daughter is at intermediate school and wants to get a Facebook account as she says lots of her friends have one. What age do you think this is appropriate and what boundaries should I set for this?

A: Dear Boundary Setting Parent, Facebook is as safe and appropriate as the maturity of the person using it. Like 90% of our parenting dilemmas, it depends on the child.

If you say no, you are an unreasonable, uncaring person, who clearly doesn't understand the social pressure she is under to be part of the tribe. That's her truth, and in today's world it's real. I didn't say right, but it is a real truth for her. If you say yes...You're opening a Pandora's box that may well fuel the kind of fears in regards to Facebook that lead you to write to me in the first place. I don't really know what your frightened about, specifically. I do know what I was frightened of a decade ago with my cherubs. In short, paedophiles and bullying.

If you share your concerns, you will be accused of over reacting. So, how about empowering your daughter to educate you both about the dangers of Facebook.

I suggest you ask her to prepare a written report on her findings about the positive and negative use of Facebook, with the current best advice from the online, educational and child psychology communities. Bottom line, if she wants a Facebook page, she will get one. It's just too easy to setup one and hide it.

This is an opportunity to focus on a step towards independence and how, when we want to be independent, it's ALWAYS balanced with responsibility. In this case, on how to keep yourself safe and emotionally manage the bombardment of opinions.

I believe this is an opportunity for some learning for you both.

Xs Q: We are relatively new to NZ, we came from the UK eight months ago. I really expected to be more settled by now. I'm not sure anyone is happy, my kids are grumpy and constantly refer to life back home. My husband is concerned about his job all the time, saying that he doesn't get them and they don't get him. I'm worried this is all going to fall apart.

A: Dear Very New Immigrant, Whatever made you think that by eight months all would be well?

My experience is it took my three years for me to even believe I was living on an island that was the other side of the world. I would avert my eyes if I saw NZ on a map of the world. No really, it frightened me.

Kids: Arrange opportunities to do all the stuff they really couldn't do in the UK. Summer is coming and fun on the beach straight after school is always a winner. Sleeping outside and breakfast on a bbq.

Encourage all their new friends to be included in family activities.

Ask anyone and everyone to your home and let your kids look see and feel the positives. Mum and dad smiling!

Husband: We may think we're not that different to our Kiwi cousins, after all we drive on the same side of the road and we speak the same language (kind of, hehe), but remember we have a very different culture and understanding of social and professional interaction.

Hubby needs a Kiwi coach who has a background in the same type of working world he's in. ABC's of how things are done and how to navigate his way through a professional culture, that usually keep what they are thinking to themselves. Oops.....did I really say that out loud! Give it time, this really is the best place to live and bring up children in the whole wide world. It's not Disneyland everyday, but it sure beats the different kind of crazy I have ever experienced out there in those other places on the map!

Xs

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Auckland Art Gallery: News

Five Contemporary New Zealand Artists Feature at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki spotlights five contemporary New Zealand artists in the exhibition Inside Outside Upside Down, on until Sunday 1 November 2015.

Novelist and essayist Virginia Woolf said in her book, A Room of One’s Own ‘Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind’.

The artworks featured in Inside Outside Upside Down each explore the boundaries and freedoms of space for creative effect. However, unlike Woolf, who addressed the freedom of one’s mind, the artists exhibiting here – Kate Newby, Ronnie van Hout, Simon Denny, Fiona Connor and Ruth Buchanan – turn their focus to shared or public spaces by bringing the outside in or taking the inside out. Fiona Connor’s installation, for example, physically breaks out of the boundaries of gallery space, as it is exhibited both inside and outside the Gallery on the edge of Albert Park.

Each artist in the free exhibition has achieved significant success – Simon Denny as New Zealand’s representative at the 56th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennial, Kate Newby as winner of the Walters Prize 2012, Fiona Connor and Ronnie van Hout as Walters Prize finalists, and Ruth Buchanan as this year’s Govett Brewster New Zealand artist in residence.

Each of the artworks, meanwhile, is being exhibited for the very first time since its acquisition into the collections of Auckland Art Gallery and the Chartwell Trust.

Together, they are exhibited for the first time as a group.

Visiting Inside Outside Upside Down from the North Shore is easy with the Gallery being located in the heart of Auckland City just off Queen Street. A 15-minute walk is all it takes from the Ferry Building and Britomart Transport Centre, and for those who drive there are several car parks close by, including Victoria Street East car park.

Enter the Gallery between majestic kauri columns to explore four floors of exhibitions in a building that has won more than 20 awards, including World Building of the Year 2013/14.

Kate Newby, Inside Outside Upside Down, (installation view), Ronnie Van Hout, Inside Outside Upside Down, 2015, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. (installation view), 2015, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Ruth Buchanan, Inside Outside Upside Down, Simon Denny, Inside Outside Upside Down, (installation view), 2015, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. (installation view), 2015, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

While at the Gallery, stop by the café on level one. Overlooking Albert Park and Kitchener Street, it offers delicious and healthy food in a tranquil setting that’s just right for a lunchtime stop or afternoon treat.

Meanwhile, the Gallery shop on the ground level offers destination shopping with exclusive collaborations with artists, hard-to-find books and quirky home wares.

Auckland Art Gallery is open 10am-5pm daily, except Christmas Day. Entry is free.

Corner Kitchener and Wellesley Streets, Auckland city.

Auckland Art Gallery is open 10am-5pm daily, except Christmas Day. Entry is free.

Corner Kitchener and Wellesley Streets, Auckland city.

Kate Newby Mr + Mrs Hands 2014 fired porcelain, earthenware and stoneware, hand formed glass, table, ink on paper Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki purchased 2015

Until 1 Nov FREE ENTRY

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Lake House Arts Centre : News

School Holidays =

Art Time!

The school holidays are looming! Make sure the kids have something to keep them occupied with the fickle Spring weather and enrol them in some of our fabulous kids’ school holiday classes!

Kids can create their own Super Hero mask with experienced and fun tutor Susannah Mac Donald, make their own Hot Rod Supercar or Cool Rocket Ship with ceramics tutor Bill Hayes or astound everyone with your Marvellous Marbles Machine!

Our very popular Cartooning and Animation class is back again or try something new with the Fabulous Fabric Fashion Jewellery workshop!

Enrol via our website www.lakehousearts.org.nz or ring us on (09) 486 4877.

Is your school needing a stimulating art experience for its students?

We offer curriculum based Art Experience days at Lake House Arts that can be programmed to schools subject and age group’s needs. Programmes are varied- from an artist talk and Art ‘treasure’ hunt around the grounds and buildings to a fully interactive workshop with a trained (degree educated) tutor. Please contact our education coordinator, Sally Lush on education@lakehousearts.org.nz or (09)486 4877.

Lake House Arts Centre is located on Fred Thomas Drive in Takapuna and is housed in a beautiful 19th Century Edwardian/Victorian heritage building that once stood on Takapuna Beach. The Lake House has a constantly changing exhibition programme, a café with delicious homemade fare, artists studio’s and a vibrant and varied arts education programme with something for every member of the family, including weekend workshops, after school classes, holiday programmes and adult daytime classes.

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Programmes are varied- from an artist talk and Art ‘treasure’ hunt around the grounds and buildings to a fully interactive workshop with a trained (degree educated) tutor.

Lake House is open 9:30am – 4pm Monday to Friday and 10am – 3pm Saturday and Sunday. Closed on public holidays.

For more information on any of our classes, exhibitions or activities please check our website www.lakehousearts.org.nz, email info@lakehousearts.org.nz or phone (09) 486 4877.

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Northart: News

Gilderdale works grace Northart Little Yellow Digger Illustrator's Retrospective September promises to be an exciting month to visit Northart.

Currently in the gallery (and until 15 September) is a retrospective exhibition of artist Alan Gilderdale (1924 – 2013). Curated by arts writer and critic Warwick Brown, the exhibition contains 60 or so works installed across all five galleries spaces. Alan Gilderdale was an interesting as well as talented man. He studied art at London University’s Slade School of Art and taught part time at St Martin’s School of Art before setting sail for New Zealand with his family in 1965. After two years teaching at the Friends School in Whanganui, the family relocated to Auckland where he continued to teach at various tertiary institutions for the Alan Gilderdale, ‘Lifting’, 1987 . next twenty or so years. A Quaker and conscientious objector during the Second World War, he was a founding member of the New Zealand Foundation for Peace Studies.

During his first few years in New Zealand Alan Gilderdale’s painting underwent significant development and change as he responded to his new physical and cultural environments. Works painted over this time were exhibited in a show called ‘Visions of a New Land’, Gilderdale’s first solo exhibition in New Zealand in 1970. Response to the exhibition, however, was lukewarm and sales poor. From that point on he kept out of the limelight, preferring to make art rather than exhibit it. When he died in 2013 he left behind an extensive body of paintings and prints, most of which had never been seen publically.

Warwick Brown has selected 60 or so of those works for the current show. An informative and generously illustrated catalogue, ‘The Art of Alan Gilderdale’,

Julie Collis.

Alan Gilderdale, Abstract, 1969. written by Warwick Brown is available from the gallery and, for those wanting to know more, Warwick will give a talk on the work of Alan Gilderdale on Sunday 13 September at 2pm. This is a free event.

While he was not particularly well known as an artist during his lifetime, Alan Gilderdale did achieve considerable renown as the illustrator of the ‘Little Yellow Digger’ series of children’s books, which were written by his wife Betty. A number of these illustrations are on display in the small side gallery at Northart.

The Little Yellow Digger books are available should groups wish to spend time reading the stories while surrounded by the illustrations. Northart’s regular ‘Gallery Time for Kids’ art session on Sunday 6 September will also be on the theme of Little Yellow Diggers.

Also new in the gallery windows is an exhibition of small sculpture and object art in bronze, clay, glass and other materials by a diverse group of artists. These works are courtesy of Whitespace contemporary art, Ponsonby.

Julie and Peter Collis are among New Zealand's best known potters. Over the past months they have been creating exciting new ceramic works which will be in their joint exhibition ‘Collusions’ which opens Monday 21 September and continues until 4 October. Over the same period, painters Clare Matheson and Hilary Weeks are having a show called ‘The Edge of Existence’ which explores notions of extinction through both abstract and representational painting.

Northart, Norman King Square, Northcote Shopping Centre 09 480 9633 022 102 2422 northart.co.nz

Peter Collis.

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Northart, Norman King Square, Ernie Mays Street, Northcote Shopping Centre Phone 09 480 9633 northart@ihug.co.nz www.northart.co.nz Northart is supported by Auckland Council and the Birkenhead Licensing Trust and is open 10am – 4pm daily, evening viewings by arrangement. Admission is free.

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The PumpHouse Theatre: What's On

Beckett’s existential classic inaugurates the PumpHouse Coal Bunker The existence of the PumpHouse Coal Bunker is possibly news to many PumpHouse regulars unless they visited the space in its former incarnation as an art gallery. Upon the restoration of the old building in the late 1970s, the space upstairs at the back of the building that was originally used to store coal above the pump house furnace was emptied of all evidence of coal and scrubbed clean before being turned into a community art gallery.

With the advent of the Lake Arts Centre’s and its visual arts focus, it was decided in 2007 to disband the PumpHouse’s Coal Bunker gallery space and allocate it to performing arts use entirely. So now we are in position to transform this space into a small studio theatre for small productions that require intimate settings or smaller budgets. Hiring the studio theatre is much more cost effective for producers and artists who are just starting out in the theatre game and the space is well suited to avant-garde or experimental works.

Which brings us to the first studio production to be staged in the Coal Bunker – Waiting For Godot. A famous play that most have heard of but many have never had the opportunity to see. The play’s debut stage production was in 1953 in Paris. In fact Beckett’s original script was written in French. The play consists mainly of two characters, a pair of shabby old men who sit and talk about life in both vague and specific terms while waiting for someone called Godot. Devoid of the typical plot devices and characterisation of the era – 1950’s audiences were treated to something unlike anything they’d ever seen before – and there Auckland’s leading theatre for children presents

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has been debate about the meaning of the play ever since. Samuel Beckett was grilled for the rest of his life about what he was trying to say in Waiting for Godot.

He never satisfied his audiences or academia with a response other than vague, -“The great success of Waiting for Godot, had arisen from a misunderstanding: critic and public alike were busy interpreting in allegorical or symbolic terms a play which strove at all costs to avoid definition.”

Beckett, who died in 1989 and remains one of Ireland’s most distinguished writers, was elected Saoi of Aosdána in 1984. Aosdána, Irish for ‘people of the arts.’

The title of Saoi is one of Ireland’s highest honours - only five living people can be Saoi at one time. Shoreside Theatre Director Brain Keegan, himself a proud Irishman has produced and directed many plays written by his countrymen and Waiting For Godot has long been on his list. And any senior actor looking to add serious weight to his CV also has Godot in his sights.

The last it time it was performed in Auckland was in 2002, so a production of this ground-breaking play is well overdue. It will leave you thinking for a long time afterwards.

What's On... @ Pumphouse

Ph 489 8360 or www.pumphouse.co.nz

Sept 5 – 13 Shoreside Theatre Presents A studio production in The PumpHouse Coal Bunker Waiting For Godot

By Samuel Beckett Adults - $20 Seniors/Students - $17 Under 16 - $15

The PumpHouse Theatre (off Manurere Ave) Killarney Park, Takapuna. info@pumphouse.co.nz

Monday Sept 7 @ 7pm Soul Food – An Evening with Psychic Medium Kelvin Cruickshank – SOLD OUT All tickets $65

Takapuna BOOKINGS: Ph 489-8360 or www.timbrayproductions.org.nz

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Samuel Beckett, legendary Irish playwright of Waiting For Godot.

September 21 – Oct 10 Tim Bray Productions presents The Velveteen Rabbit

By Margery Williams Adapted for stage by Tim Bray Two shows per day – except Sundays Tickets $22 - $25

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Shoreside Theatre's Brian Keegan, Director of Waiting for Godot.

A charming take on The Velveteen Rabbit The Velveteen Rabbit, first published in 1922 is the best-known work by English-American author Margery Williams and is now considered a classic of children’s literature. Its premise is familiar – that of a toy coming alive and the story is told from the rabbit’s point of view. The story has poignant moments which Tim Bray has dealt with in a positive and uplifting stage adaptation for the upcoming school holidays’ season of theatre for children. This is the debut production of The Velveteen Rabbit at The PumpHouse.

Become a Friend of The PumpHouse Why does The PumpHouse need friends? Historic buildings such as The PumpHouse have unique maintenance requirements which need constant upkeep. Much of the funding for the structural upkeep is provided by the landlord, which in our case is Auckland Council but more and more of the daily building maintenance is becoming the responsibility of the lease-holder, North Shore Theatre and Arts Trust – that’s us.

The PumpHouse regularly seeks funding from organisations such as Foundation North, The Lion Foundation and Sky City to help us with operations and projects. However, funding from any source is never guaranteed; sometimes we are successful in securing funding grants, sometimes we aren’t. The annual membership fees from PumpHouse Friends help to pay for the little things such as flyers to let you know what’s happening at the theatre or for basics like first aid kits, loo paper and hand soap. It all helps us to make the theatre a great place to visit and keeps us connected with the community we serve. If you’d like to become a friend of The PumpHouse just go to www.pumphouse.co.nz and click on the Support button. Or just call us on 09 486 2386. We’d love to hear from you.

The Rose Centre: What's On

Plenty for the kids

..and grown ups in September at the Rose Centre From a ‘Time Lord’ who will wow you with his numerological insights into your life, to a beauty pageant - the entertainment offerings are diverse at the Rose Centre this month. Keep the kids entertained and develop their theatre skills with the popular Allstars school holiday programme, and take your seat for some cutting edge drama. We hope to see you here soon!

Cutting Edge Drama A Performance Showcase of Exciting and Hilarious Dramatic Pieces From the theatre company that brought you ‘The 39 Steps’ in June, 2015 comes a one day special event. There’s something for everyone in this show. Drama, chills, thrills and lots of laughs!

Cutting Edge Drama are known for their dynamic crowd-pleasing shows and this one is sure to send you home with a huge smile on your face.

Date: Saturday 26 September, 2015 Showtimes: Matinee : 4pm Evening show: 8pm Refreshments available Ticket Prices: Adults $15 / Children $10 BOOK NOW: 09 445 9900 or email: info@rosecentre.co.nz For more details visit: www.cuttingedgedrama.co.nz

Miss North Harbour New Zealand Miss North Harbour New Zealand is coming to The Rose Centre Be sure to come along and support our local girls as they compete to be entered into Miss World New Zealand 2015, which could lead to the chance to represent New Zealand on the international stage.

Saturday 12th September 2015 Contact The Rose Centre for bookings and more information

National Youth Theatre Company All Stars Musical Theatre Holiday Programme Now’s the time to register for NYTC’s All Stars holiday programme.

Celebrating 10 years these popular courses are a perfect school holiday activity for theatre enthusiasts or beginners who would like to give being on stage a go!

The course culminates in three performances of a special revue show for family and friends themed this October Students will work with tutors from New Zealand's National Youth Theatre Company in acting, vocal / singing and dance. Sessions are held in small agerelated groups to ensure that everyone receives quality tuition. We have a high staff to student ratio and a qualified first-aider on site at all times.

This All Stars theme "Halloween". Based around this central concept, we produce five fun-filled days of innovative, quality tuition that will advance your performance skills.

October 6th – 10th Ages 7 - 16 years - no audition required Everyone stars in end of week performances Register now at allstars.co.nz

THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY

MUSICAL THEATRE Holiday Programme

Drama, comedy, music, magic and dance!

Open 8:30am - 4pm, Monday - Friday

visit: rosecentre.co.nz JULY 14th - 18th “ Comedy ”

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OCT 6th - 10th Halloween”

Ages 7 - 16, no audition required Everyone stars in end-of-week performances

register now at allstars.co.nz

The Rose Centre School Road, Belmont

School Road, Belmont, North Shore Ph: (09) 445 9900 Fax: (09) 445 6606 Email: info@rosecentre.co.nz

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Education: Kristin School

Young Kristin Filmmakers bound for Vanuatu

Two aspiring Kristin filmmakers will be travelling to Vanuatu in October to document the delivery of supplies to the residents of Port Vila. Nick Baughan and Ethan Bull, both in Year 10, will be working with community organisation Kiwanis on a unique and exciting project.

The boys have been tasked with telling the story of Kiwanis’ work in the islands. They will be following a container packed full with school and community supplies and documenting the delivery across a number of villages. Their journey begins in Auckland in September when the packing commences and culminates in October when the donations arrive in Vanuatu.

Selected from all Year 10 Digital Technology students at Kristin, Nick and Ethan are excited by the task ahead. “I’m a bit scared by the prospect, but excited at the same time,” says Ethan. “We are getting started on the planning now, are we’re about to start storyboarding in class, too, so that will help us figure out how we are going to approach it.”

When the opportunity arose for two students to take part in this project, Digital Technologies teacher Mr Doug De Kock did not tell his students straight away. “The Year 10 classes had been working in pairs to recreate advertisements using common film techniques. I decided to make a shortlist of the best work and present it to a selection panel from Kristin and Kiwanis.

Ultimately, it was a unanimous decision that Nick and Ethan were the two for the job.”

“We were pretty happy with our assignment,” says Nick, “but there was still stuff in there that could have been better. It came down to time constraints. But we will only have five days in Vanuatu so time is still going to be a challenge. We will be kept on our toes and will need to be able to plan things as they happen so we can capture the reactions of the people we meet.”

Both boys have experience with media production having spent time in Kristin’s Canon Cloud Suite – a purpose designed facility that features a 6-metre

Ethan and Nick.

green screen, state-of-the-art equipment and editing tools – over the past 18 months. “It is a really cool facility and we are really lucky to have something of this calibre,” says Nick who is looking forward to working with the Canon XF205 camera for this project.

Silver for Euphony at Big Sing Finale

School Tour

Wednesday 16 September Junior School (Kindergarten - Year 6) 9.30am (enter at Gate One) Middle School(Year 7-10) 11.00am (enter at Gate Two)

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Kristin’s premier girls' choir, Euphony, produced a beautiful performance at the Big Sing Finale in Wellington in August to secure a Silver Award and the Tour Time Cup for Best Classical piece of the festival.

The choir features 29 singers from Kristin’s Middle and Senior Schools who, together, have worked incredibly hard to achieve with excellence and style alongside New Zealand’s top school choirs. In May, the group won Highly Commended and the award for Best Female Choir at the Regional Big Sing Festival in Auckland’s Town Hall. A performance in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in June, for an episode of TVNZ’s Praise Be, also helped the girls prepare for the national event.

Hosted by the New Zealand Choral Foundation, the Big Sing Choral Festivals involve more than 10,000 singers from secondary schools throughout New Zealand who compete in a series of regional events.

Based on these performances, 24 groups are selected to perform and compete at the Big Sing National Finale.

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Education: Kristin School

Sportsmanship on Show at Orienteering Nationals Kristin’s Intermediate Girls’ Orienteering Team have won Gold at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ National Championships thanks to some brilliant sportsmanship from their nearest rivals.

The team, made up of Tegan Knightbridge, Megan Bruce and Georgina Dibble, came in first across the line but an issue on the course resulted in a mispunch being recorded for the team. This meant a first-place finish for Pukekohe High School with the Kristin girls being relegated to second.

In a fantastic display of sportsmanship, Pukekohe captain Sheena O'Brien joined Kristin in requesting a review of these results. The subsequent investigation showed that a disparity between the map code and results software had produced incorrect rankings and the decision was made to reinstate five teams to the top-ten leader board. Kristin was awarded Gold and Pukekohe Silver. In the race report, officials commended O’Brien on her actions.

In a time when bad news seems to dominate the press, this was a classic ‘sportsmanship at its best’ scenario where the athletes knew each other and knew the how to solve the problem.

Kristin’s Director of Sport, Rob Taylor, was particularly impressed by the camaraderie of the teams. “In a time when bad news seems to dominate the press, this was a classic ‘sportsmanship at its best’ scenario where the athletes knew each other and knew how to solve the problem. To support the investigation at the cost of a National title was a courageous act and I commend Sheena and her team on this act of sportsmanship.”

While the process of the investigation has dulled the excitement of victory, the Kristin orienteers did not lose focus. As the review was conducted, the team continued to prepare for the next big event: the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rogaine Championships. Any doubts as to the girls’ determination and perseverance were quashed when Tegan, Megan and Georgina claimed Gold once more, 40 points clear of their nearest rival in the Junior Girls’ event.

“These two Gold championship medals continue a fantastic trend for our Kristin Orienteers,” says Taylor. “The sport is growing rapidly at Kristin with many younger students taking up the challenge, driven largely by the examples being set by these talented athletes. We also acknowledge the tremendous level of parent support behind these teams, particularly that of Kay Knightbridge who always ensures the Kristin team are well prepared and supported at their events.”

Winter Sports Exchange Winners Kristin’s Junior School sport teams have claimed a decisive victory in this year’s Winter Wyatt Cup Challenge against Southwell School, Hamilton. Twice a year the schools meet for the highly anticipated sports exchange, testing their teamwork across summer and winter codes.

The 2015 winter exchange was held at Kristin on 30 July where good weather made for a fun and action-packed day. The Kristin players utilised strong team strategies to claim a 7-1 win in Football, a 9-4 win in Netball, a 4-4 draw for Hockey A and a 7-1 win for Hockey B. The young players were supported by a great team of parents and Sport Managers, and were grateful to the Senior School students who stepped in to umpire and coach on the day.

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Education: Westlake Boys High School

National Golds For Westlake Musicians Big Sing National Finale Voicemale, Westlake Boys’ 61 member choir conducted by Mr David Squire, spent a successful five days in Wellington for The Big Sing National Finale during August. The week culminated in a Gala concert on the Saturday evening where Voicemale were awarded a Gold Award, putting them amongst the top six choirs in the country.

The choir presented three public concerts and two recitals in the competition. There were 23 other choirs from around New Zealand competing offering the students a great opportunity to interact with singers from all over the country.

Two crowd favourites were the fun “Coffee in a Cardboard Cup” (complete with Starbucks cups!) and Howler Monkey…

Members of Westlake Boys choir “Voicemale” competing at the recent Big Sing

Festival in Wellington.

One of the highlights was performing a powerful Festival Gloria, written by Craig Courtney and accompanied by members from the NZSO, whose superb musicianship inspired Voicemale immensely.

Westlake old boy Robbie Ellis. Thanks must go to their conductor David Squire, Two crowd favourites were the fun “Coffee in a Cardboard Cup” (complete with accompanist Sheryl Clarke, and the support crew of Warwick Robinson, Hayley Starbucks cups!) and Howler Monkey, a work written especially for Voicemale by Barker and Julian Latimer.

National KBB Music Festival Hot on the heels of Voicemale’s success at the National Big Sing Finale, for the second year in a row, Westlake’s instrumental musicians came away with an impressive tally of four gold awards at the National KBB Music Festival last month.

Westlake Schools combined Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra and Big Band all delivered gold medal performances. Symphony Orchestra took out the award for Best Performance of a New Zealand Work and the top award for Most Outstanding Performance by a Symphony Orchestra.

All Westlake Boys High School’s ensembles took part in the festival – the all-boys Symphonic Band, Stage Band, Conchordia and Camerata String Orchestras, as well as joint groups with Westlake Girls High School – including Taharoto Orchestra and the premier ensembles Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Big Band and Concert Band. Each ensemble presents a recital of around 25 minutes to a panel of judges and an audience of parents, friends and other competing schools at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell and the adjacent St. Mary’s Chapel.

The Westlake Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mr David Squire, performing at the recent National KBB Festival. The orchestra won a prestigious Gold Award and was also awarded Best Performance of a New Zealand Work and Most Outstanding Performance by a Symphony Orchestra.

All Westlake Boys High School’s ensembles took part in the festival – the all-boys Symphonic Band, Stage Band, Conchordia and Camerata String Orchestras…

As the largest festival in New Zealand for bands and orchestras, the KBB Music Festival is always a highlight in the music department calendar and to come away with one gold award is an extraordinary achievement but for all the top groups to trump their categories was cause for a major celebration for Westlake Music.

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Westlake Boys Camerata String Orchestra, conducted by Mr Warwick Robinson was one of four Westlake musical groups that took out Gold at the 2015 KBB Music Festival.

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Education: Westlake Boys High School

Westlake National Squash Champions Westlake Boys High School Premier Squash proved its class by becoming New Zealand Champions at the 2015 New Zealand Secondary Schools Squash Championships held in Palmerston North from 7-9 August.

This year’s competition Westlake Boys National Championship winning Squash team with included 32 schools in the boys Westlake Boys Premier Squash team captain Rafa Yam in action Gabe Yam, Zonal Ali, David Matthews, Rafa Yam, Stuart Martin division and 19 schools in the at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships. and Matthew Lucente. girls division. A staggering 590 champions eventually rested on the shoulders of fourth form student Matthew matches were played over three days making it one of the biggest junior squash Lucente. The pressure didn’t seem to bother Matthew who played accurately events in New Zealand. and remained focused until the end to finally clinch the win for Westlake in a Coming in as the boys’ top seeds, the team had to face the challenge to overcome favourites Tauranga Boys College, the three year reigning champions, remarkable straight set victory.

The win was particularly special as it has been 15 years since Westlake had before they could live up to their number one seeding and win the title. Westlake their last victory at Nationals. Westlake’s team captain Rafa Yam was selected proved to be a team on a mission and were relentless throughout the early as captain of the New Zealand Secondary Schools team to compete in Sydney rounds, showing why they were the top seeds by winning all their matches 5-0. from 22-29 August. The team would like to express their acknowledgement and This was in preparation for their highly anticipated showdown against the 2012 appreciation to Westlake Teacher in charge of Squash Mr. Mike Calver and coach -2014 champions Tauranga Boys College.

Manu Yam for all their hard work with the team.

Westlake’s hope of dethroning and wrestling the title away from the

Westlakers Annual Reunion Westlake Old Boys gathered at school on the evening of Friday 14th August to enjoy an evening of reminiscing with schoolmates and teaching staff.

Westlaker Committeemen – Brady Arblaster, Gavin Roberts, Richard Stevens and Lester de Vere at the Westlakers Annual Reunion.

Westlakers present on the evening were treated to a talk by longserving staff member Louis Borok who highlighted some differences in education practice and Westlake education over the past 40 years. 50 Westlakers contributed to the 2015 Westlakers $100 Club and in so doing raised $5,000 for students in need of a helping hand.

The next Westlakers gathering will be on Friday 11th September when students of the original co-educational Westlake High School (in operation from 1957-1962) have been invited to attend an assembly, morning tea and school tour at the Boys’ school campus.

1970’s Westlakers Michael Poll, Duncan Harris, James Sclater and Jan Battaerd at the Westlakers Annual Reunion.

UPCOMING EVENTS – AUGUST 2015 Friday 11th September, 10.15am - Westlake High School (1957-1962) Gathering – Assembly, morning tea and school tour

Friday 25th September - Senior Prizegiving Friday 25th September - End of Term 3 Mon 28th and Tues 29th September - Westlake Academy of Sport Holiday Coaching Programme for Year 7 and 8 students

Monday 28th – Friday 9th October - Holiday Revision Programme Monday 12th October - First day of Term 4

Students of the original co-ed Westlake High School (19571962) will be in attendance at a special school Assembly and morning tea at Westlake Boys on 11th September. The event is hosted in alternate years by Westlake Boys and Girls Schools.

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Education: Westlake Girls High School

40 Hour Famine News The focus for World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine for 2015 is famine and the need in Bangladesh.

Westlake Girls students are encouraged to participate annually in the event and develop innovative ways to both deprive themselves for a short period and to raise awareness of poverty, rather than going without food.

Some ideas students developed were: going without social media; turning off cell phones; not using technology or television and only eating really healthy food.

This year Westlake raised $17,639 across our five houses, making our school one of the top performers in New Zealand. Onewa just beat Akoranga as the top earner with $4,798. The 40 Hour Famine was effectively led and supported by the five International Prefects.

Some ideas students developed were: going without social media; turning off cell phones; not using technology or television and only eating really healthy food.

We have been congratulated by World Vision for being the sixth highest fundraiser in New Zealand and given an opportunity for a week of leadership development at the World Vision Senior Scholarship Conference in October.

Michelle Yue Wang, flute, Westlake Girls High School Josh Webster, oboe, Westlake Boys High School Riley Cahill, piano, Westlake Boys High School

Trios Compete at National Chamber Music Finals in Wellington

Westlake Girls High School International Prefects with WGHS Old Girl Cecilia Paredes (far right) at the Global Leadership Conference

Gen Woods, violin, Kristin School Tahee Kim, cello, Westlake Girls High School Rebecca Wan, piano, Rangitoto College

Performing the Winning Senior National Original Composition

“The Lightning in Me” ( R.Cahill) Riley Cahill, Piano, Arthur Close Congratulations to Year 13 violin1, Tom Song violin2, Matthew Bennett viola, Susy Park cello students, Michelle Yue Wang, Nick Curry trumpet (students from Westlake Boys’ and Girls’ High School) Photo credit: Simon Darby Photography Tahee Kim and Susy Park, selected to perform at the National finals of the Chamber Music Contest in Wellington.

Tahee and Michelle’s groups were two of the six ensembles from 500 entries across New Zealand - a phenomenal feat. The event was broadcast live by Radio New Zealand and will be available on their website for anyone who would like to hear the concert. Michelle Yue Wang’s ensemble, Cube, won the National KBB Music Award performing Suite Bourgeoise by Malcolm Arnold. This year the Overall winner was Trio Glivenko, an ensemble from Wellington.

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Elite Awards in Language Perfect Championships This year we congratulate Year 13 Japanese student Andrea Tarrosa and Year 11 French student Lucy Howard for being awarded Elite Awards in the recent Language Perfect World Championships. About 300,000 students from 24 countries participate, using the Language Perfect website to practice their languages. These awards place them in the top 0.2% of all competitors.

Education: Westlake Girls High School

Karate Success for Westlake Student Year 12 Reilly Polaschek won her age division at the Auckland Open Karate Championships and placed 3rd in the senior women’s Kata.

At the Auckland Secondary School Champs she won her age division Kata, and went on to win her age division and place 3rd in the senior women’s Kata at the Central North Island Champs.

During the school holidays Reilly competed in the New Zealand National Championships and the New Zealand National Secondary School Championships, where she won both Kata events for her age division and just missed out on a medal in the senior women’s event by one flag (equivalent to a point).

After the National Tournament Reilly stayed on in Wellington to train at the national training camp and was officially named as one of eight athletes selected to compete at the World Karate Championships in Indonesia in November.

…Reilly competed in the New Zealand National Championships and the New Zealand National Secondary School Championships…

Education Prestigious PAD Educational Exchanges Initiative Group Scholarship Conference Year 12 German student Abby Gibson has been awarded a travel scholarship by the PAD, a German organization which promotes educational exchanges. Abby will travel to Germany in July 2016 with two other New Zealand scholarship winners, all expenses paid.

They will join a group of other young people from around the world and spend a month exploring and enjoying Germany and German culture. Their programme includes not only time with host families but also visits to the beautiful cities of Hamburg and Berlin.

WW1 The Art of Remembrance Year 13 students Delaney Lush and Hannah Cronin recently attended a commemorative World War One art project entitled 'The Art of Remembrance’. They met Corporal Willie Apiata and enjoyed an ANZAC biscuit and a hot chocolate. Following supper, the group heard from Jeanette Richardson about Wellington’s War Exhibition and she demonstrated several light boxes. The light boxes were created from black and white photos of individuals from World War One and had been transformed using technology into colour versions of each picture. Later a public ceremony closed 'The Art of Remembrance'. Speeches were presented in remembrance of those who died fighting for New Zealand and awards were given to the many people involved in this special commemorative project.

Veronica Lush (Y11) and Nicole Tan (Y12) represented Westlake Girls at an education initiative conference held at Kristin School recently. Around 30 students from 15 schools in Auckland discussed issues affecting students in their school and shared ideas about how education could be improved.

The conference was enlightening and broadened views about educating young people.

Nicole recalls “I was particularly surprised that students from low decile schools faced most of the same the issues as high decile schools”. One of the big discussion points therefore was how both high and low decile schools could enjoy equal opportunities to strive and succeed and how to break the poverty cycle many Kiwis are experiencing. Other ideas covered a lack of access to resources, building career awareness in juniors, as well as the need for a long term educational plan.

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Education: Long Bay College

First assembly of Long Bay College on 4 February 1975.

Celebrating 40 years…

This year Long Bay College celebrates its 40 year anniversary. The school opened on 4 February 1975 for its 258 pupils and 15 staff.

Initially the entire school was housed in temporary ‘relocatables’.

During the first year, permanent buildings became available for class use and by 1976 the gym, arts block and administration block came into operation. The first ‘stores” from the then Department of Education included a hand bell, a sledgehammer and a small tea set of Crown Lynn crockery for VIP guests!

The roll at Long Bay College has now grown to over 1700 students from

Years 9 to 13. A wide curriculum of robust and diverse courses are offered and the school has a tradition of excellence in academic achievement, sporting success, cultural activities and the performing arts.

Term 4 will see a number of Old Boys and Girls sporting events providing a great opportunity to catch up with some school friends from the past. If you would like to find out more, please visit www.longbaycollege.com or email: alumni@lbc.school.nz.

A Spring Series of Concerts Long Bay College will be welcoming the warmer weather with a Spring Series of Concerts throughout September.

The school will be holding a number of concerts beginning with an Original Composition Concert on September 3, to be followed with a performance from Kent and Shauno Isomura on September 4. The Long Bay Baptist Church Concert on September 6 will include choral, chamber orchestra, concert band and big band performances. Finally “The Best of the Best Concert” on 24 September will showcase the incredible talent of Long Bay College’s top performance groups and soloists.

These groups include choirs, rock bands, a chamber orchestra, jazz combos and the school’s 52 piece Concert Band.

There are over 250 students involved in curricular studies or extra-curricular music groups that the school runs. These groups include choirs, rock bands, a chamber orchestra, jazz combos and the school’s 52 piece Concert Band.

Tickets for the Spring Series of September Concerts are $10 (the Original Composition Concert will be a donation at the door) and can be purchased from Long Bay College Reception. Door sales will also be available.

Sporting successes • Lachie Smith (Year 13) has been selected to represent New Zealand at the 24th Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competition. This event will take place in Denmark at the end of the year.

• Tegan Stent (Year 12) will play in the NZ U17 Mixed Touch team in October in Australia.

• The Long Bay College Girls squash team competed in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Squash Tournament in Palmerston North and Lauren Crowhurst (Year 12) was named the No. 1 seed in the NZSS National Senior Girls Team to take on Australia in Sydney.

• Cameron Baker (Year 12) won gold in the U81kg division at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Judo Tournament.

• Jacques Venter (Year 13) was appointed referee for the North Harbour Rugby U21 Championship final. This is an incredible achievement for such a young referee. The final score was Northcote Gold 29, Takapuna 24.

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Education: Pinehurst School

Future Rotary Exchange students Jade Wickman, Theo Walsh and Ellesha Eastell.

Pinehurst is a premier, coeducational independent school based in Albany on Auckland’s North Shore.

Students to Travel the Globe Pinehurst School congratulates Senior College Students Theo Walsh, Elleysha Eastell and Jade Wickman on their successful acceptance as Rotary Youth Exchange students. In January 2016 they will depart for a challenging year-long international exchange experience where they will immerse themselves in their host culture and language and act as ambassadors for New Zealand.

Rotary and Pinehurst have a long, mutual relationship of service to the local and international community and 2016 looks to continue that tradition. Pinehurst currently has three graduates in Europe on the exchange program and is also hosting Ignacio Concha Bobadilla as the Rotary student from Chile. The year-long exchange experience is both highly demanding and rewarding.

OPEN DAY: WED 21 OCT PRIMARY TOUR

Alumni Design Success Congratulations Pinehurst Senior College Alumni Annabel Shepherd, whose furniture piece from her furniture design paper (Old life, New form) was selected to exhibit at Workshopped 15 last month in Sydney, Australia.

Workshopped is an innovative Australian company that exhibits, manufactures and retails Australian and New Zealand design products to commercial and residential markets. Workshopped exhibitions take place each year and facilitate commercial relationships between design creators, producers and buyers. Annabel was delighted to have her work selected and to have the opportunity to display her work in Sydney.

9:30am

JUNIOR & SENIOR COLLEGE TOUR 1:30pm

With an emphasis on individual attention and a total school roll of only 850, Pinehurst School ensures students are exposed to a wide range of opportunities. With passionate teachers, a nurturing learning environment and a world-class Cambridge curriculum – your child is set to leave Pinehurst as a confident, well-equipped adult.

A global leader in Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), Pinehurst offers an EXTENSIVE ACADEMIC, SPORTS AND ARTS CURRICULUM, taught by experienced teachers who are focused on achievement and results. We are proud to have achieved Top in the World and in New Zealand in a range of Cambridge subjects, including Design & Technology, Information Technology, Geography, Art & Design, Spanish, Physical Education and Environmental Management.

For further information contact our enrolment manager on (09) 414 0960 ext 614 or email enrolment@pinehurst.school.nz.

Avalon Biddle wins in Misano.

Alumni Continues Winning Streak at European Junior Cup Pinehurst Senior College Alumni and New Zealand Superlite Champion Avalon Biddle has had great success at the European Junior Cup (EJC) Motocycle Championships. Racing in several World Superbike championship events as part of the cup series, Avalon has successfully kept her position at the top of the leader board, winning both June championship events held in Portugal and Italy. The next event is scheduled for this month in Jerez.

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Education: Rosmini College

Rosmini College Students At Singapore Symposium Rosmini College students presented their research at the 6th Youth Sports Science Research Symposium in Singapore in July. Year 12 student, Sean Zent (16) of Forrest Hill and Year 11 student, Ander Castelltort (16) of Takapuna shared their investigation of, ‘The Effects of Rotation on a Football Thrown by a Goal Keeper.’ Year 12 students, Cameron Burridge (16) of Takapuna, Jacob Gunnell (17) of Devonport, Carlo Rassam (17) of Albany, and Josiah Tu’inukuafe (16) of Beach Haven, alongside Year 11 student, James Willis (15) of Kumeu explained their investigation into, ‘The Forces Acting on a Football Thrown and How those Forces affect the Ball’s Flight Path.’

Rosmini College Physics teacher, Mr John Smith accompanied the 12 students on the trip. He said: “This research project has uncovered some very interesting outcomes that can be applied not only in skill development but also equipment manufacture.” A third group of Year 12 students, Zain Awbi (16) of Unsworth Heights, Salam Iwaz (16) and Peter Hana Badi (16) both of Albany, alongside Year 11 students, Raffi Ghazzi (15) and Cole Reyno (16) also both of Albany shared their findings on a joint project that is, ‘Examining the Effect of High Beat per Minute Music on Athletic Performance.’ This group is collecting data from New Zealand students and it is being compared with the findings of a parallel study being

undertaken by students at the Symposium host school, Raffles Institution.

Rosmini College’s Health and Life Skills teacher, Mr Geoff Wood states that the College’s participation in the Symposium is the result of a growing five-year relationship with the Raffles Institution, which is one of Asia’s leading secondary schools.

While in Singapore, the Rosmini students also participated in classes and visited science innovation and research facilities. Participant Salam Iwaz said: “It is not every day that students have the opportunity to go on a well conducted, educational and fun trip overseas. I would like to thank Mr Smith and Mr Wood for making the experience excellent and so smoothly run.” Mr Wood said: “The students have come away with a better understanding of the state of science in a top school, how Singapore works to integrate the different ethnic groups and engage in some collaboration with their classmates and Singaporean students.”

Rosmini College’s Head Of Drama Stars In ‘Shortland Street’ And Travels To The Globe Theatre Rosmini College’s HOD of Drama, Mr Rob Owens recently appeared on ‘Shortland Street’ and visited England’s Globe Theatre. He spent the day on set at Henderson’s South Pacific Picture’s main studio at the end of last term. In response to his appearance on the Rob Owens. popular New Zealand soap opera, Mr Owens said: “The students have reacted with good humour and interest! They are always asking where the body is that my pathologist character had lost in the show!” He added: “There is really nothing glamorous about working in TV. It’s a job like any other job – you turn up, know your lines, don’t bump into the furniture and then you go home. If you do it full time it’s pretty hard graft.”

Mr Owens was in England in July as part of ‘The Teachers’ Going Global Programme’, which came after a lengthy application process and saw him visiting the Globe Theatre, as well as the National Theatre, Greenwich Park, St Paul’s Cathedral, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Oxford and Stratford. He said: “ The Royal Shakespeare Company is the most impressive theatre complex I have ever seen!”

Mr Owens explained his main reason for going.:“The students haven’t really tackled much (if any) Shakespeare and now, because of this trip, I would be far more prepared to introduce Shakespeare into the drama curriculum, especially because, in 2016, the plan is for the main senior production to be a Shakespearean play, possibly collaborating with another North Shore school.” The senior drama production this year is ‘Breaker Morant' and this will be the first time that this has been performed in New Zealand. Mr Owens said: “I am very lucky to have Kenneth Ross' permission, it has taken much negotiation as 'Breaker Morant' is an important part of Australian history, both politically and socially.” The students will be performing ‘Breaker Morant’ at the Pumphouse Theatre on the 2nd – 4th September at 7 pm.

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Rosmini College Music Concert The Rosmini College School Concert was held in the Tindall Auditorium on Thursday, 13th August. The money raised from this concert will be used to help pay off the cost of the school’s three new Timpani drums.

The concert featured performances from the Year 12 Barbershop Singers, the Year 10 Drumline Percussion Ensemble, the Junior Jazz Band, the Brass Ensemble, the Rosmini Big Band, the Rosmini Choir, the Junior Rock Band, the Saxophone Ensemble and the Rosmini Concert Band. The Carmel College Choir also participated in this event.

The audience seemed to particularly enjoy the Barbershop’s rendition of Billy Joel’s Longest Time, the Big Band’s version of Roger Holmes’ The Girl From Ipanema, the Rosmini College Choir singing The Wild Rover and the Year 11 Combo Band’s performance of Joseph Kosma’s Autumn Leaves. Year 12 student, Zheng Tan (17) of Milford did a piano solo in which he performed Chopin’s Etude Op. 10 No. 4 C # Minor Presto and he said: “I loved the audience’s reactions to everything; they were very enthusiastic and supportive – something any performer likes in an audience!”

Year 12 student, Randall Ramos of Unsworth Heights performed in the Rosmini Big Band and described it as: “My highlight of the night!” Year 11 student, Adrian Brown did an electric guitar solo in which he performed Canon Rock (Funtwo).

Rosmini College’s HOD of Music, Dr Jucheol Wang said: “The concert began with a rousing Haka, which really set the tone and ensured the Rosmini Music Concert was a tremendous success.” He continued: “I thought the performances were of a high standard and thoroughly enjoyable!” Year 12 student, Liam Wilson (17) of Puhoi, who also performed in the concert, concluded: “I enjoyed seeing the other musical talent that Rosmini College has and how music is growing in Rosmini as more students get involved in learning an instrument or performing on stage. It is good for both the school and the individual as it builds confidence and helps people work together.”

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Education: Takapuna Grammar

Aspiring scientist - another Eureka! finalist A TGS student has done it again. Harvey Merton, Year 11, has qualified as a finalist in the Sir Paul Callaghan EUREKA! Awards Symposium, which will be held in Wellington, in early September.

This national science competition, for both high school and undergraduate students, involves creating and giving a presentation to a prestigious panel of judges. It is about identifying young people who can best persuade an audience that their proposition has social and economic and environmental benefits for New Zealand. It’s about doing a sales pitch not a lecture.

Harvey qualified by competing in the regional competition, at Auckland University and was among the eight shortlisted. His presentation was then selected as one of the top 12, against 23 other shortlisted candidates from across the country.

“I gave it a go because I really enjoy science. It seemed interesting and because I had some spare time, I came up with this idea and turned it into a presentation.”

Having just turned 16, Harvey will be the youngest student in the competition.

"Harvey has continued the fine tradition of Takapuna Grammar students competing and excelling in this prestigious event," said Mr Heneghan, HOD of Science. By qualifying for the final Harvey has already won $1500, and has the opportunity to win the premier prize of $10,000.

This is not the first time a TGS student has made it into the final. Wendy Jian, a Year 11 at the time, was a finalist in 2013 and was awarded the ‘Merit Award’ by the Chancellor of Lincoln University. In 2014, Emilie Sedelmayr qualified, being the only

Harvey Merton with Elsie Combrinck.

female secondary school student to do so.

Harvey’s presentation is about using heat energy in composting. “The Year 10 accelerate science course gave me the tools to understand the science behind composting and heating concepts, and I apply these to this situation,” explained Harvey.

Written by Dougal Burden (Year 11)

Eliza McCartney – pole vaulter Our 2014 Sportswoman of the Year returned to school to be presented with a framed acknowledgement of the award she won at the ASB College Sport Awards night – the overall Sportswoman of the Year.

She is the first Takapuna Grammar School female student to win this prestigious award following two male winners, Jacko Gill (Athletics) and Paul Snow-Hansen (Sailing).

Eliza spoke to the 2015 Elite Sports Institute class about her sporting journey. Having being in this class only last year, she was able to share relevant experiences with the current class and give valuable advice to those students. She was both inspiring and motivating.

Eliza’s notable accomplishments from 2014 included holding all of the NZ Women’s pole vault records at the same time, as well as placing 3rd in the IAAF World Junior Champs pole vault event.

Since leaving school Eliza has continued to win, with a silver medal at the World University Games in Korea. The future looks bright for Eliza. Her aim is to qualify for the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, while still pursuing her studies, part time, at Auckland University.

A rising karate star Hanging in there! Top Brass Nina Edgar, only in Year 9, is a young woman who is excelling in Karate.

Her results are outstanding. 1st in the All New Zealand Goju Championships in the 12/13 year Kata and 2nd in the Kumite.

In the Karate New Zealand Open she was Nina Edgar.

2nd in the 14/15 year Kata and 2nd in the Team Kata. She was also 2nd in the National Secondary Schools Championships in the Under 14 Kata.

Erica Gatland (Year 13) is once again off to the world Youth Rock Climbing Championships, this year in Italy. She is competing in three events: Bouldering, Speed and Lead Climbing.

TGS Brass performed magnificently at the recent NZBBA National championships in Rotorua. The national judge praised the efforts of the band, for the quality of the sound they produced. They won the Youth Cup, which was presented to the Musical Director, Mr Ted Dawson. This is the first time the band has competed at national level and considering this group was formed only four years ago, the results are outstanding.

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Darby at Council

Community News

Shaping our great asset, Auckland The story of Auckland is a clear demonstration that great cities are assets to their countries. As our only city of truly international scale, Auckland is in a unique position to benefit New Zealand, and puts us on the economic map of the world. Auckland accounts for half of all tourist guest nights in New Zealand and its growth - in terms of GDP, productivity and population - continues to outpace the rest of New Zealand.

So there is much at stake as we look to Auckland's future, meaning we need to be smart about the way we plan for, finance, and incentivise its future development.

The current capital-value based rates model is unsustainable. The assumption that residents in a high-value home have an income to match does not hold water – nowhere is this more apparent than in Chris Darby. the North Shore, where we have a higher proportion of residents on pensions and other fixed incomes.

That rates are based on capital value rather than land value not only disadvantages fixed-income residents, but also can disincentivise land development. Instead there is an incentive to hold land for longer without developing it in order to avoid higher rates, which artificially constrains new growth and development.

We need to question why Crown land is exempt from paying rates.

Government owns large swathes of land across Auckland, which in some cases could be used to build houses and other community assets. If rates were applied to Crown land, government agencies would be encouraged to release excess land for other purposes and to make the best use of the land they retain.

Auckland isn’t alone in the call for a review of the Crown exemption – together with other local bodies across the country, we’ve called on the government to consider and investigate the possibility and practicalities of charging rates to Crown owned properties. Something else to question with the government is the GST applied to the rates that we all pay – effectively a tax on a tax.

Other funding tools are needed to reduce the rates burden and to help deliver the infrastructure we need long-term.

Other funding tools are needed to reduce the rates burden and to help deliver the infrastructure we need long-term. Options such as motorway user charges can extend the life of existing assets by reducing the demand on them, and encouraging uptake of public transport. Viable alternatives that allow for genuine choices in transport modes should be in place alongside any user charges, so it is important that we focus the thrust of our investment in public transport. Congestion levels in Auckland are similar to Sydney and greater Melbourne so we need to act now.

To avoid ever-increasing congestion we must abandon our car-centric approach to urban mobility and enable more compact people-centric urban development. A sea of rooftops from the Brynderwyns to the Bombays is what we don’t need. Relentless support must be given to public transport, walking and cycling or we will be destined to become an also-ran city at the bottom of the world.

The degree to which we pick up the pace of that transformation will determine whether future generations reside in an outdated sprawling city mortgaged to the motor-vehicle or in an unencumbered smart city reaping the economic and social benefits of transformation to multi-modal movement.

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Bill O'Brien, Tania Wansink, Steve Harwood, Lesley Elliott, Michele Bluemel, Gail Pianta.

Zonta North Shore Raises $20,000 for “Loves-Me-Not” North Shore residents organised a unique fundraising dinner for the Sophie Elliott Loves-Me-Not programme, which contributed $20,000 to the charity that was set up to raise awareness of abusive relationships following Sophie’s death. in memory of attended by more than 170 people.

Organised by Zonta North Shore’s president, Gail Pianta, along with her sister Sue Cohen, the event held at The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Westhaven, attracted 170 people, with support and representation from Police North Harbour Leslie Elliott.

Blue Light, Westpac Bank, Zonta and Harcourts Cooper & Co Milford.

Key speakers at the dinner were Lesley Elliott MNZM and author/former policeman Bill O’Brien. It was Lesley’s daughter Sophie who was was brutally murdered by her former boyfriend in the bedroom of their family home in Dunedin in 2008. Lesley subsequently wrote the bestseller “Sophie’s Legacy” and has since dedicated herself to raising the awareness of abusive and violent relationships in society. She Bill O'Brien and was made a Member of the New Zealand Order Loves-Me-Not Book. of Merit in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours. With Bill O’Brien and the New Zealand Police, she has designed and set up the Loves-Me-Not programme, currently being introduced to Year 12 students throughout New Zealand.

Although run under the auspices of the NZ Police Loves-Me-Not is otherwise non-funded. Zonta International New Zealand, as their 2014-2016 project, has pledged to raise $50,000 to provide the course books for students.

North Shore Zonta president, Gail Pianta, says more than $20,000 was raised from this emotional and deeply moving evening. This will hugely contribute towards Zonta’s aim to supply the Loves-Me-Not books and also assist with her sister Sue Cohen’s fund-raising efforts for audio-visual material, badly needed for parents and caregivers.

Gail says taking the programme to year 12 students is to teach them to recognise the signals of violence and abuse and how to deal with them safely. It is also a perfect fit for the ‘Zonta Says No to violence against women’ campaign, which is run in November by Zonta International Clubs worldwide.

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Auckland Council with George Wood

Education: Tim Oughton, Kristin School

George Wood is a North Shore ward councillor on the Auckland Council. The former three-term mayor of North Shore City lives in Forrest Hill with wife Myra.

Kristin School's Executive Principal, Tim Oughton, considers the impact over-parenting may have on a child’s learning and development.

Bonsai Parenting

North Shore people...

Lets loose some weight and get fitter for summer

Tim Oughton.

Do we over-parent at times? Certainly, in the past I have sometimes protected my own children from making mistakes that could have taught them difficult lessons. Over the last two months I have been watching my first grandchild, Hugo, learn to walk. He has endured some memorable crashes to the floor and I was inevitably too slow to rescue him. But that is how he was learning to remain upright – his learned balance came from his mistakes. If I had prevented him falling, his development would have been slower (and more frustrating for him)!

I recently came across a newspaper heading that, as a school leader, instantly caught my attention. It read: “Bonsai parenting: Why so many children end up in therapy.” Australian clinical psychologist and researcher, Dr Judith Locke, claims to have identified a new generation of “therapised” children, created by parents’ desire to make their children happy.

In her recently published book, The Bonsai Child (the author’s term for children who are over-nurtured), Locke proposes that over-protective parents, called ‘Helicopter parents’, are raising a generation of therapised children. She argues that such parents are constantly trying to solve their children’s problems and harbour unrealistic expectations of their potential, rushing them off to specialists at the slightest sign of difficulty rather than teaching them how to cope better with life. When confronted by their child’s shortcomings or difficulties, these parents tend to seek out clinical diagnoses. “Many [parents] are labelling any experience of difficulty as a mental health issue,” Locke says in her book.

Locke goes on to suggest that many parents have become amateur psychologists, on a mission to see what is wrong with their child.

More than 90 percent of the 130 school counsellors and psychologists Dr Locke interviewed said they had encountered helicopter parents. Locke goes on to suggest that many parents have become amateur psychologists, on a mission to see what is wrong with their child. “These days in our children we look for diagnoses rather than really obvious reasons. The most obvious reason is they felt like it, it just didn’t work out, or they are not good at it,” Locke postulates further. She says a bonsai upbringing stunts development as the child will rarely learn how to adapt to different or difficult circumstances. They grow up anxious, overly dependant on others, lack resilience, have poor life skills and can behave badly. “A child who has been given the perfect childhood can’t cope with the less perfect realities of adult life,” Locke says.

While some of Locke’s findings may be quite confronting for today’s parents, there are words of warning for us all, including this school principal and grandparent! I most certainly didn’t have the perfect childhood and I made a considerable number of serious mistakes. I can recall lighting a fire in my father’s hay barn on our small farm in central Southland; the consequences of incineration didn’t enter my four-year-old brain but the scolding I got from my parents certainly did. And a few privileges were immediately withdrawn. That is how I learned right from wrong and playing hard, getting bruised, having my ego deflated and being asked 'what two letters of the word NO do you not understand?’ all had a significant influence on my understanding of how the world worked. They still do!

In recent times, Auckland Council has undertaken new initiatives to get their employees and the elected members living healthier. One of the examples has been seeing groups of council staff working out in the basement of the headquarters building before and after work. Even councillors have taken it upon themselves to be more prudent with food at tea breaks and lunchtimes. These changes have certainly been for the better and have whetted my desire for a healthier lifestyle. I have found these initiatives to be especially beneficial as I have recently embarked on my own health journey.

Next year in January, it will be 50 years since I joined the New Zealand Police as a Probationary Constable. I have recently been looking back at how my physical dimensions and general health has changed over the last half century. In my first few years of policing in Auckland the main task was to patrol the main city area on foot. Walking prisoners back up Wellesley Street to the central station in Princes Street was not uncommon. It was a great life to keep fit and healthy.

My old police records tell an interesting story of how I’ve taken on weight over the last 50 years. The thing that really stood out was the stark reality that I weighed just 12 stone 10 pound on entering the police. In today’s metric weight measurement that is 80.7 kilograms.

The last time that I recall being anywhere near that weight was in 1985; when in that year along with a group of fellow Palmerston North police officers we ran the Rotorua marathon. It was the 25th anniversary year of the marathon and we trained hard under a seasoned runner. It was certainly great to be very fit and healthy from running many training courses around the Manawatu. I have a record that my weight was 92 kilograms by the time we ran the race. I was very pleased to complete that one and only marathon in 3 hours and 44 minutes.

I am certain that I am not cut out to the long arduous training but pressures from work and other distractions was my excuse for letting running go by the board. It is amazing how we find excuses not to overly involve ourselves in keeping fit. My favourite exercise has been to go walking for an hour around the streets from home although it is very easy to put the exercise at the bottom of the pecking order with other pressing work and household chores.

When I lost the mayoralty of the former North Shore City back in 2007, it was a great time to get myself back into far better physical condition. However, after three years the pull of the political life got me back into the new Auckland Council and unfortunately things with my weight and health have drifted into negative mode. It has been a topic of conversation at home that I should take some positive steps to improve my physical health.

In June I took out a membership at the AUT university gym in Akoranga Drive and got a programme of exercises and stretches that would help improve my physical condition. Along with the physical programme, I also decided to engage the help of a dietitian to get some ideas on better nutrition. In the first five weeks I had a weight loss of 4.6 kilograms and feeling far better for it.

The experts say that 70 percent of weight loss comes from reducing our food intake so what I eat will have a major bearing on my progress. I will need to lose a total of around 26 kilograms so have a long way to go. My plan is to cut out the sugary type of foods and those that are pastry based. It certainly will take a considerable amount of willpower and planning but I am determined, and that means taking a hard stand when food and drink is offered.

As the weather starts getting warmer on the North Shore, I encourage others to also join me in eating healthier and exercising so we can enjoy the beautiful Auckland summer together.

You can email me at: george.wood@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.

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Accountancy: with Aaron Wallace, Bellingham Wallace

Important issues to consider when dividing up relationship property Dividing up relationship property is a prickly topic and is not generally something which is planned for at wedding date. Aaron Wallace discusses some of the commercial and practical issues that should be considered when the time comes to go your separate ways.

In 2014 there were 20,125 registered marriages to New Zealand residents.

In the same year there were 8,171 divorces. Circa 35 percent of those who married in 1989 had divorced before their silver wedding anniversary (25 years) – Statistics NZ. The age of divorce is rising (men 45.7 years, women 43.2 years), albeit this does reflect the marked trend towards later marriages. What does this mean? Generally speaking, more divorces are occurring when the relationship has accumulated greater wealth; intro the Property (Relationships) Act 1976.

Sadly, we regularly receive engagements to assist with the negotiation for the transfer of relationship property. This is largely in respect to valuing shares in a privately held business. Whilst we may act as an independent expert in appraising the value of those shares, our role can also extend to assisting with the restructuring of ownership, or the change in bank funding following the division of assets creating a lower level of chattel security. That said; we still get the emotional questions such as rights to the family pets, allocation of air points, and more recently, who gets the firewood?

Outside of the family home, the family business is often the highest valued asset to be divided and this is where much debate arises as a valuer’s opinion is provided on a closed market transaction, and commonly without a precedent example to test against. The valuation ‘sanity test’ is frequently reflected upon. Below are some of the commercial and practical issues that we consider in these engagements.

Determining share value • We are primarily instructed by each party’s barrister to perform this engagement.

Whilst a barrister’s phrase “welcome to my parlour” may ring in the ears, there is no substitute for a commercially sound advisor – they can strike a sensible deal early on.

• Valuation at date of separation, or date of settlement? The barrister will instruct.

It’s not uncommon for the time lag to be long and we have had instructions to value at both dates.

• Value is ‘as at’ a given date. The frustrated suggestion of “I’ll liquidate, so it’s not worth anything and then set up again the next day” is fruitless and nonsensical.

• Fair value instead of fair market value is typical. It needs to be equitable to both parties and recognise that it’s not about holding out for the highest price.

• We normalise earnings to find a fair assessment of EBIT. Related party transactions such as leases with commonly owned premises, salaries to family members and fringe benefits are considered.

Aaron Wallace.

• The use of experts may be required to value high worth or extraordinary assets – if you can get them to. We’ve had to value a helicopter in the past and the only two valuers in New Zealand who could wouldn’t because it was related to a matrimonial situation.

Reviewing ownership structures • Where family trusts are involved, it is almost certain there will be a complete restructure of all affairs held in that relationship. If you’re acting as a trustee for someone else’s trust which has a matrimonial issue, then you need to be fully conversant with what is underway and your duties.

• Resettlement of trusts. This is almost a given and will need to consider the position of any other beneficiaries (i.e. children), of which the Family Court may play a part in.

• Retaining tax continuity in order to preserve imputation credits or losses available for carry forward is vital. There are provisions protecting this, however a trust ownership can complicate matters.

• How will external funding (bank debt) continue with a change in asset position?

Cash flow lending will probably be required and forecasting will be a lender prerequisite. Shareholder insurances and personal guarantees will need to be revisited.

Addressing business continuity The division of relationship property may be the event, but the journey of the business will continue.

• There will be a short term refocus as shareholder attention may be diverted, but it’s essential that it's 'business as usual', with a few changes carried through.

• Customer, employee and supplier relationships need to be addressed professionally.

• Maintaining rapport with peers is paramount.

• Signatories, passwords and other confidential arrangements should be secured.

• Objective strong governance will be critical.

• Execution of strategy will require unreserved energy whilst matrimonial distractions consume an owner’s availability.

• If other working shareholders are involved, openness will be rewarded.

Division of relationship property is a prickly event to work through. If you are in this situation and are in need of a sounding board, then please contact Aaron. aaronw@bellinghamwallace.co.nz

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Legally Speaking with Schnauer and Co

Separation – Children in the Middle Steps to take before getting a parenting order A Parenting Information Programme, such as Parenting Through Separation, is held at many locations around New Zealand. It is a short course that helps you focus on your children and how your separation may be affecting them.

Family Dispute Resolution is a service where you and your partner attempt to reach agreement with the aid of a mediator. Providers for both of these services can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

In the event that you are in an abusive relationship or the delay caused by going through these processes may cause serious injury, undue hardship or risk to the personal safety of yourself or your children, then the legislation allows you to by-pass these requirements, instruct a family lawyer and apply to the Family Court for an urgent parenting order. The justice system is based on parties having the opportunity to each present their case before a decision is made in accordance with natural justice. However in urgent situations parties can apply “without notice” which means that a Judge makes an interim decision based solely on your application, without the other party having the opportunity to respond in the first instance.

Focusing on your children Separation can be a devastating time for both parties, not to mention the children. For some children, it may feel like their world has turned upside down. Not only does their family unit not exist anymore, they may also have to change routines, houses or even schools. They see a lot less of one parent, which can leave a child feeling confused or abandoned. It is not uncommon for a child to feel that the split in their parents’ marriage was their fault.

The key things that children need as you go through separation are to feel heard, understood and safe. They need to feel that they are the priority. You can do this by putting their needs first and maintaining their routines and activities.

This helps to reassure them that they are in a safe and secure environment.

Established in 1988, Schnauer and Co is a well established boutique law firm located on the North Shore. Our expertise lies in the following areas of the law: • Relationship Property and Family Law • Trusts/Asset Protection and Estate Planning • Property • Commercial

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Odette Gillard.

For some children, it may feel like their world has turned upside down. Not only does their family unit not exist anymore, they may also have to change routines, houses or even schools.

It is imperative to protect your children from the conflict between you and your partner. Identify boundaries between keeping your children informed without involving them in adult issues. If you are the parent who does not have the children in your care the majority of the time then it’s important you keep in regular contact with them so they do not feel abandoned. Maintaining relationships with both sides of the children’s extended family is good for developing their sense of identity and belonging. Most children wish to retain a relationship with both parents and even if they don’t right now, they could be projecting your feelings or trying to protect you. Keep in mind the best interests of your children long-term. In most cases this will include them having a relationship with both parents.

Schnauer & Co – Phone 486 0177 – 222 Kitchener Road, Milford www.schnauer.com ogillard@schnauer.com

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• Avoid excessive delegation by providing personal service.

• Avoid a “make-work” approach by delivering advice only when it is truly needed, and when it will add value.

• Charge reasonably and in proportion to the value our advice has added.

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NHBA Business e: Expo 2015: News F

North Harbour Business Expo 2015 QBE (North Harbour) Stadium on Thursday September 17th The Benefitz and Channel Mag team are looking forward to taking part in the one day North Harbour Business Expo being held at QBE (North Harbour) Stadium on Thursday September 17th. This will be the first time we have exhibited. We have made the decision to be involved due to the growing popularity of the annual Business Expo.

It is anticipated that over 1000 business decision makers will attend the show that will involve around 100 exhibitor stands.

“We see this as an excellent opportunity to engage with the business community all on one site on one day,” says Benefitz Managing Director Aidan Bennett. “We have watched the Business Expo grow over the past five years and have been impressed with the feedback we have received from exhibitors and the value they have got out of being involved. We are looking forward to creating an impressive stand and really getting the Benefitz message across to attendees.”

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genuine business leads gained, high-quality contacts providing tangible opportunities. The NHBA Business Expo provides powerful opportunities to connect with potential and current customers and share ideas with other local business people.

Many exhibitors said they achieved their goals of building brand awareness and finding new clients. Others also spoke of how they used the opportunity to talk with other stallholders about their business and how they could work together.

The NHBA Business Expo also has a full-day line-up of seminars. You can pre-register to ensure you don’t get caught in queues.

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With exhibitors’ stands packed closely together and an easy flow from registration desks, seminar room and the vital cafe area, the Business Expo provides a highly-networked forum for North Harbour businesses. The Business Expo covers everything from IT, business services and creative/promotion to personal services and banking.

The North Harbour Business Association team report that stand bookings have been strong for the 2015 show.

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Property Law: Olivia Spencer, Davenports

Talking Trusts: Tammy McLeod, Davenports

Olivia has recently joined the Property and Trust Teams at Davenports Harbour Lawyers.

She enjoys assisting clients on a wide range of matters including property transactions, leasing arrangements and occupation right agreements for those looking to move into retirement villages.

Tammy Mcleod (BA LLB), a partner at Davenports Harbour Lawyers.

Tammy leads the Davenports Harbour Trust Team and enjoys providing clients with advice and assistance on a broad range of issues involving the establishment and structuring of asset plans, interpretation of trust deeds, duties of trustees and the management and administration of trust funds. A key part of Tammy’s practice is reviewing existing asset holding structures to ensure they achieve the needs and requirements they were established to meet. She is also experienced in Property (Relationships) Act issues and believes that the provisions of the Act are an important consideration in personal asset planning.

Tammy is a past president of the Auckland Women’s Lawyers’ Association and is a current co-convenor of the NZICA Trust Tammy McLeod.

Special Interest Group.

Olivia Spencer.

Downsizing for retirement - buying a unit not yet built Sandra was an avid gardener but was finding that maintaining her large section was becoming too difficult. She was delighted to find units in a new development nearby were selling at prices within her means. The plans for the development showed the units looked onto manicured gardens, maintained by a gardener, and intended for the residents of the complex to enjoy. Sandra thought one unit being sold particularly suited her. She envisaged that downsizing from her family home and buying a smaller unit would provide equity for her retirement.

The agent advised Sandra that the units were selling like hotcakes and to get in quickly to avoid disappointment. Contrary to her better judgement, Sandra signed an Agreement to purchase a unit in the development without obtaining legal advice. The sale and purchase Agreement was not conditional on the sale of her existing home. The agent indicated it was likely the unit would be completed and available to move into at the end of that year.

Sandra decided to place her home on the market quickly as she needed the sale proceeds to settle the unit at the end of the year.

The weeks passed and Sandra became concerned that her home would not sell before the unit was ready to move into and she would not have the funds available to settle her unit in time, being in default. The bank would not agree to give Sandra bridging finance because she was retired and did not have sufficient income. Once an easy going person, Sandra was becoming irritable and not herself as the stress levels took a toll on her health. Sandra was forced to sell at a reduced price to make sure she was able to pay for her unit on the anticipated settlement date. The settlement date for the sale of her home was scheduled for one month before the unit was due for completion.

Sandra then discovered that the unit was not likely to be ready to move into until midway through the following year. She was most upset to find this out, given she had already sold her home at a reduced price and was due to move out in the next few weeks. As a result, Sandra needed to rent another property to live in for the next six months at a huge financial burden to her. Her retirement savings were further diminished by the cost of rent.

Sandra wished she had received legal advice before submitting her offer to purchase the unit as she was unaware of the risks associated of purchasing without having first sold her home. She would also have liked to have the opportunity to cancel if the unit was not ready for her to move into by the end of that year. Sandra is now counting her pennies to make sure she will have enough money to live comfortably during her twilight years.

Jane and Simon’s mother, Jill, had set up her trust after separating from Jane and Simon’s father. It owned her family home as well as an investment portfolio worth around $2m which Jill had received from her parents’ trust. She had put the assets into the trust, as she was adamant that she would protect those assets for Jane and Simon in the same way her parents had protected their assets for her.

After being single for ten years following her separation, Jill fell in love with a new man. Paul was very charming and swept Jill off her feet. He was younger than Jill and from what Jane and Simon could tell, didn’t seem to have any assets of his own. He quickly moved into Jill’s home and while Jill was very happy, Jane and Simon had their concerns. While their mother had invested well, and of course, her beautiful home close to the beach in Takapuna was now worth a small fortune with the rise of the Auckland housing market, it did seem as though Paul was living the life of Riley with their mother.

Sadly, four years after meeting Paul, Jill developed an aggressive form of breast cancer. She was diagnosed in July and by the end of September, Jane and Simon knew their mother wouldn’t be with them for much longer. They didn’t discuss her will or the trust with her as it was too painful, but they knew that their mother had structured her affairs in a way which protected the assets for Jane and Simon and their children.

Jill passed away in early October and a few weeks later, Jane and Simon had a meeting with their mother’s lawyer. The lawyer explained that in the middle of September he had been to visit Jill as she had been too ill to visit his office. She had wanted to change her will and the structure of the trust. The family home had been taken out of the trust and moved into Jill and Paul’s joint names, meaning that upon Jill’s death, the home passed to Paul outright as survivor. Further, Paul had been appointed as a trustee of the trust and also as a beneficiary of the trust and his income needs were to be met from the trust.

Jane and Simon were horrified and were sure that Paul was at the bottom of this – they felt he had unduly influenced their mother to change her affairs to benefit him and they immediately engaged their own lawyer to challenge the way their mother’s affairs had been re-structured.

Contact Olivia Spencer, olivia.spencer@davenportsharbour.co.nz 09 915 6144.

Tammy McLeod, Phone 915 4386.

Email: tammy.mcleod@davenportsharbour.co.nz www.davenportsharbour.co.nz

Jane & Simon, Jill & Paul...

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Contact the record-setting Barfoot & Thompson North Shore Commercial Team Barfoot & Thompson North Shore Commercial – 129 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna.

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Commercial Property with Barfoot & Thompson

A chat with...

Elaine Tutty

Elaine Tutty in Lake Road, Takapuna. She recently brokered that deal for the sale of the AMI Building (in the background) – for a second time – to a private investor for over $6.3 million.

Barfoot & Thompson Commercial's longstanding proven performer One of the most significant commercial real estate deals done on the North Shore this year was the recent sale of the AMI Building on the corner of Lake Road in Takapuna. The deal – worth well in excess of the GV of $6.35 million was put together by vibrant but down to earth Barfoot & Thompson Commercial specialist Elaine Tutty.

This is the second time Elaine has sold this significant Takapuna property.

Other recent notable Takapuna sales concluded by Elaine include the Century Arcade shopping precinct sold for an undisclosed sum and the Mercy Ascot building on Taharoto Road, sold for $4.22m – remarkably also sold by Elaine for the second time.

Elaine Tutty has enjoyed significant success in the more than 10 years she has specialised in commercial property on the North Shore. This success is attributed to Elaine’s vast experience and knowledge of all facets of the property industry coupled with her genuine desire to help people.

Before putting this piece together I talked to some of Elaine’s colleagues, and the feedback I got amounted to the word ‘unassuming' as a good way to describe her. They were keen to point out that Elaine isn't flashy or over the top and doesn't feel the need to work the social circuit. She clearly just does the basics well. She works hard and keeps in touch with her past clients, who keep coming back to her. They say she works 'below the radar' but has done some of the biggest deals in the Barfoot and Thompson North Shore Commercial office over the last year.

Elaine says property is a people business and the people she encounters are the best part of the business for her.

"Many of my customers and clients have been working with me for more than 10 years and as I look around the Shore I can identify many buildings that I have sold two and three times. My strengths revolve around my customer service focus and my belief that with hard work and focus anything is possible. I am results driven and believe professionalism, honesty and integrity are without doubt the most valuable tools of any salesperson. And I believe everything in life, even work, should be fun. When you work with me there will be lots of laughs along the way.”

"It is important to me that everybody fully understands at every point of a project what is happening and that I fully understand their needs. I always speak to them in language they can understand and it matters to me that my clients get the best possible service and the best possible result. Experience is an advantage as well. I have been in the business for so long that I have encountered most

situations and know the best way to deal with them. I also love to work outside the square and find creative solutions for my clients and customers. My customers appreciate my down to earth and honest approach and now my network and business is huge.”

“I have great respect for Barfoot & Thompson. They are a true family company with family values. Also the North Shore Commercial office under the management of new manager Simon Farland is going from strength to strength and as a result we grew our business by over 70% last year. Our market share is still increasing and whilst Barfoot & Thompson is largely known as a residential company we are making our mark commercially all over Auckland and especially on the Shore. In our office we have a perfect mix of age and experience as well as youth and enthusiasm. We have old experienced heads and we have graduates who compliment each other perfectly. We have a true team of hardworking professionals who work together to achieve the best possible result. We are also a fun team and l can assure you life in the office is never dull.

Elaine first entered the real estate business way back on 1983 in the residential sector. She then gained offshore business experience when her aircraft engineer husband Mark spent some 20 years working offshore – in Malaysia, Hong Kong and then Dubai. She worked for several years selling and leasing property in the Clearwater Bay area in Hong Kong.

"This period (overseas) was incredibly exciting and rewarding and gave me some real skills that have helped me with my success back here."

While juggling careers in different parts of the world, Elaine and Mark have also raised a daughter (Jessica, now 26) who works in HR and a son (Ben, now 23) who is a marketing content writer. The Tutty’s live on Herald Island where they can easily satisfy their love of fishing – particularly catching big Snapper.

"Whilst I love my real estate career our children have been easily the most rewarding part of my life,” adds Elaine.

Contact: Elaine Tutty, Phone 021 951 810 or email: e.tutty@barfoot.co.nz.

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Gundry's Grumbles: with Simon Gundry

Simon Gundry is a Devonport and North Shore identity, and character, who is known for calling a spade a spade. He is a director of contracting company Gill & Gundry, is an enthusiastic and active sailor (past crew-member of Ceramco New Zealand and Lion New Zealand in Whitbread Round The World races and Shockwave in Admiral’s Cup) and is a life member of the North Shore Rugby Football Club. This is his regular and lively contribution to Channel Magazine.

Lake Road, Wanganui Collegiate, Cliff Richard, RWC...

Simon Gundry.

Well it’s been a busy year so far for me, what with family commitments, work commitments, and watching rugby. And of course, living in one of the most beautiful places in the world.

I hope you all get out and enjoy our environment as much as I do. Get out and stroll on our beaches, and our green areas before the Council confiscate the golf course that you play on, and build a whole lot of low cost housing on there – as the banner headline in the Royal NZ Herald boldly stated last month. It would just be fantastic for Devonport, get rid of the golf course, build 2000 houses and really get Lake Road blocked up.

Talking about traffic chaos, I know some high school kids in Devonport are spending up to 15 hours a week getting to and from school if they are attending schools out of their zone, i.e. such as the Westlake Girls’ and Boys’ schools, Carmel College, Rosmini College and Kristin. By the time they get up and get their buses through peak hour traffic both ways, and then if they have sporting commitments they may have to come back and get out to hockey fields or netball courts to play their sport. More useless hours spent in the traffic backlog on Lake Road.

A good friend of mine became so frustrated with his daughter’s travel commitments with regard to getting to and from school in Years 7 and 8, he took the plunge and enrolled her at Wanganui Collegiate as a full boarder. It of course had full agreement from his daughter, she could see the benefit of having everything in house. I recently went down to visit the school as Sir Graham Henry was speaking at a dinner there. I was blown away by the place, 470 pupils, the majority of them full boarders, boys and girls from all over the country. The majority are from farming families in the central North Island. Wanganui Collegiate was established in 1854 and enjoys some of the most beautiful grounds a school could be privileged to have.

They have magnificent rugby fields, a cricket oval and full all weather astroturf field hockey facilities under lights. They also have a wonderful summer sailing programme, with participation regattas in Wellington and Foxton. They have a lot of sailing training on a private lake, which a local farmer not far from the school allows the sailors to use. Also, the rowing facilities are great, with the Wanganui Collegiate teams being very highly respected at the NZ Secondary School Rowing Champs.

They have a magnificent gymnasium and swimming pool also. I’ve mentioned the sporting opportunities, but the standard of education is fantastic also. The all round package is priceless, and when you think kids are sitting in a bus on Lake Road for some 600 hours a year – it’s a no brainer.

What really impressed me were the small classes of 15-20 kids per teacher and the whole school run very ably by the Headmaster Mr Chris Moller. Graham Henry described the school as an unknown secret gem, and I fully supported his opinion. The pupils have very high standards of uniform, manners and the culture of the school has to be seen to be believed. Several friends of mine have children who are pupils there, and they are mightily impressed by the whole school. I certainly know the kids aren’t sitting for 15 hours a week in Lake Road traffic, getting to and from school. It wouldn’t be a bad idea for some of our North Shore families to get out of their comfort zone and send their young ones to the School.

I certainly know on weekends, there is not much playing round on iPads or going to the local mall. There is school sport and everyone must participate. Apart from sports there is a highly regarded music programme within the school.

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This might seem like a big plug for Wanganui Collegiate, but I have been down there on several occasions this year and have been so impressed with what I’ve seen. I just love the whole atmosphere of the Collegiate and have finally realised the world doesn’t end at the Bombay Hills. Wanganui is a lovely little city, and the real estate prices are a little bit cheaper than Devonport, trust me.

It’s good to see the construction period finally slowing down in Devonport, with the Library completed and the wharf all done. I see they also had two wonderful parties to celebrate the finishing of these projects, swanky black tie affairs, with the Moet flowing, catering with no expense spared and self congratulatory speeches. Security buzzing around to stop any of the locals gate crashing. And we are the ones paying for it, what’s another $30,000-$40,000 it doesn’t really matter when it’s not your money.

It’s good to see the construction period finally slowing down in Devonport, with the Library completed and the wharf all done. I see they also had two wonderful parties to celebrate the finishing of these projects…

Which brings me onto another topic, I see last month the Council have intentions to put in four large posts to guide people with no sense of direction around the City. The reason was that so many older buildings have been taken down that locals don’t know where to go any more. I wonder how much this little exercise will cost.

Apparently they are going to put loudspeakers on these posts to pipe music – maybe this is to deter homeless people from these areas, I hear some Council in the UK piped Cliff Richard and Mantovani over speakers at low volume to deter people from loitering. Maybe we could pipe this music through the Council chambers in Auckland, to stop the Council deliberating too long about how to spend our money.

We finally know the names of the All Black team to carry our colours for the Rugby World Cup. It’s been a lot of fun choosing the 31 players, both I should imagine for the selectors, and for bar room and barbecue conversations within the fans. There were a couple of players I had picked that missed out, damned unfortunate. It must be heart breaking for the poor buggers, instead of playing in front of 70,000 in some of the great stadiums of the world, they play in front of 700 people in a cold stadium at a NPC game. It must be just so horrific for them, thinking they would be there and then not hearing their name called out at the final selection.

Let’s all get behind the All Blacks and enjoy the spectacle and the roller coaster that is the upcoming Rugby World Cup.

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North Shore History: with David Verran

William Nicholson and William Swanson In my February 2015 column I quoted from local historian Jim Mackay who claimed that Nicholson and Swanson worked together in the 1840s on the North Shore. The story was written by Mackay in the 1960s and was based on what Nicholson had told Mackay back in the 1890s, about happenings in the 1840s.

Thus, there is some possibility of error although Mackay is generally a highly reliable source.

Resolving to further investigate Swanson's early career, my research confirms that Swanson was born at Leith, near Edinburgh, on 30 May 1819, and was orphaned quite young, being brought up by his grandfather. Swanson apprenticed as a shipwright and worked his way to Australia as a ship's carpenter before applying to work for Abercrombie Brothers at Nagle's Cove on Great Barrier Island. He arrived in the Auckland area in 1844 and married Mere Ngaoko (a daughter of Taumaihi), likely in accordance with Maori custom. They had two sons; William (who died in 1928) and Charles (1849-1930).

While working on Great Barrier Island Swanson helped build a vessel for Robert Menzies. However, in early 1846 Swanson and thirteen others were sentenced to hard labour for breach of contract, by Jeremiah Nagle the local magistrate, but they successfully appealed. Certainly after this time Swanson was involved in some boating work, possibly with Nicholson who had left the Hokianga in 1845 because of Hone Heke’s war, before departing New Zealand around 1849 or 1850 in a 14 ton schooner he had built for himself. He reached Tahiti and then Honolulu, where he sold the vessel and made his way to California to make his fortune in the goldfields.

While he was away, according to one source, a lawyer told Mere that Swanson was dead and she then became pregnant to someone else. She was thus shocked when he returned in 1852 and her child, named Henry, was disabled. She died soon after.

On 2 December 1852, Swanson had the financial resources to buy 378 acres at what is now Swanson and provided much kauri timber for the Auckland timber mills.

Swanson then met Timata Totoki (a daughter of Pare Te Putu) and the same source says they had a daughter also called Pare Te Putu. However, this is disputed. Swanson William Swanson, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-JDR7569. and Timata married, again likely according to Maori custom, and their son George was born in 1853. Timata later left acres at what is now Swanson and provided much kauri timber for the Auckland Swanson, legally married William Prior in 1858 and later died in Devonport on 14 August 1885. Likely Prior had already died as in her last years Timata was being timber mills. He purchased another 84 acres in the area in 1853, and became known as a philanthropist and a promoter of public education. He served on the assisted by the Swanson family. Timata and Swanson's son George Swanson Auckland City Board in 1863, the Auckland Provincial Council from 1863 to 1875 died 10 October 1934. and represented the Newton seat in Parliament from 1871 to 1884. He was then In 1896 Swanson legally married Ani Rangitunoa, who was born in 1828 and died 4 January 1897. Ani was a daughter of Nikorima and Harata Tuhiku of Ngati appointed to the Legislative Council where he served until his death on 23 April 1903. He is buried with his third wife, Ani Rangitunoa, in Waikumete Cemetery.

Kahungunu from Heretaunga in Hawkes Bay. However, Swanson and Ani had Angela Wanhalla's 'Matters of the heart, a history of interracial marriage already married according to Maori custom in 1862 and they had four children. in New Zealand' (2013) is an ideal book to view the background to such Maori Swanson and Ani's eldest, Mary, was born in 1864 and married Thomas Edward custom marriages as Swanson's.

Read Bloomfield - their son, William Swanson Read Bloomfield (1885-1968), was likely the first New Zealand architect with Maori ancestry.

On 2 December 1852, Swanson had the financial resources to buy 378

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Fairview: Luxury Lifestyle Village

Retiring to to aa high-rise high-rise Retiring apartment is is not not apartment everyone’s cup cup of of tea. tea. everyone’s Sheryl and Barry Wales relax in their villa after another busy day.

Hats Off to Volunteers It never ceases to amaze us how much people on the Shore do to serve their community on a voluntary basis. Event organisers, co-coordinators, committee members, administrators, coaches; these are the folk who provide the lifeblood to our social groups, churches, schools, sports clubs and voluntary organisations.

We met two such people in Sheryl and Barry Wales when we swung by Fairview Lifestyle Village last week. There’s an old adage that if you want something done, ask a busy person and it certainly rings true in this story.

Following a 25 year career in education before retiring as Deputy Principal of Northcross Intermediate, Sheryl still works as a relieving teacher most days. Barry, after retiring from a senior management position, embarked on a post-retirement career as a school data analyst and qualified ESOL teacher.

When Sheryl and Barry moved to a villa at Fairview Lifestyle Village, their enthusiasm for their local East Coast Bays community, Windsor Park Baptist church and school commitments moved right along with them. So now on top of a busy schedule, Sheryl chairs the Fairview social committee and Barry is treasurer!

“Volunteering is what we’ve always done,” says Barry. “We came to Fairview for the lifestyle, not retirement!”

Sheryl’s role on the social committee is organising entertainment at the village.

“We have artists who perform at our regular Dine & Dance as well as visiting choirs, music groups, soloists, dancers and school groups. At our monthly meetings, amongst other things, we arrange Mystery trips, bus trips to local shows, trips to 'Morning Melodies' at the Bruce Mason Theatre and fund raising raffles.”

Sheryl enjoys the support of a fantastic committee at Fairview and this month the whole community is looking forward to 'Showtime' with Debbie Dorday & Jim Joll.

While residents of Fairview appreciate the contribution Sheryl and Barry make to their social life, for the couple themselves it’s always been about working for a cause, not applause.

We say hats off to Sheryl, Barry and the many other volunteers who use their energy and experience to make life better for others.

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Heartland Seniors Finance

Funding Retirement Can Be Tough Over 80% of New Zealanders aged 65+ own their own home, most of them mortgage-free. However, their median income is just $20,200, with many depending entirely or largely on New Zealand Superannuation.

While this can be enough to get by, for many it doesn’t cover unexpected expenses like house maintenance, car repairs, or taking a trip to visit family. And it certainly doesn’t allow for any luxuries.

Kiwis’ expectations of retirement have changed over the years.

We’re living longer, healthier lives and we’re looking for an active, but independent retirement.

Attitudes to inter-generational wealth have also taken a new course. These days children are likely to be close to retirement themselves by the time they’d receive any inheritance, meaning leaving a legacy is becoming less relevant. Looking after yourself first can make more sense – and many children would rather see their parents, who have worked hard all their lives, enjoying their retirement rather than struggling to get by.

Home equity release can be a viable option to help bridge this gap between expectation and income in retirement. It’s a category that has evolved considerably over recent years, largely in response to New Zealand’s ageing population that has directed much of its savings into the family home.

A Home Equity Loan is similar to a regular mortgage, but it’s specifically designed for retirees and you don’t need to make regular repayments. You continue to own and live in your home as long as you wish, and you never owe more than your house is worth. That is guaranteed.

Heartland Bank’s National Retail Manager, Andrew Ford, says home improvements or repairs are a common use of Heartland’s Home Equity Loans, allowing retirees to remain living in their homes more comfortably.

“They can also add to the home’s value. Some use the funds to upgrade their car to something more reliable. Others for travel, often to see family overseas

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before long-distance journeys become too difficult.”

The money released can in many cases be quite small, but it can really improve your day-to-day living experience. While many scrape by on government super, council rates, insurance bills and any unexpected expenses can create significant stress.

Whether it’s having a home that’s warm and secure, greater and safer mobility with an upgraded car, or the memories and satisfaction that come from visiting family, a Home Equity Loan can transform your life.

Call us 0800 488 740 or visit heartland Seniors Finance at 456 Lake Road, Takapuna. www.heartland.co.nz

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Settlers Albany: Luxurious Lifestyle Village

Settlers’ Toni Denly, Senior Architect Tammy Ashley, Settlers Sales Manager Rosalie Pearson.

Pony Club Revisited When Tammy Ashley attended pony club as a child, she could never have foreseen that one day her old pony club would become the most visually spectacular lifestyle village on the Shore, and that she would be senior architect on the project! For Tammy, completion of the new Joseph and Kaipatiki buildings at Settlers Albany Lifestyle Village will mark the end of a 7 year project.

Working closely with the owners, local men David McFarlane and Scott Vernon, Tammy of Babbage Consultants shared their vision and determination to create something unique; not just another ‘high rise apartment building’ Rosalie Pearson, Tammy Ashley, Village Manager Keith Thorpe, nor a village consisting CMP Constructions Dan Scott & Vili Maile, Toni Denley.’ of ‘a cluster of isolated pods’.

The objective of the Babbage team of designers was to create a lifestyle village that would instill a sense of community reminiscent of European towns – an environment that was visually beautiful, immediately welcoming and easy to live in. A community with heart!

Using the contours of the site, they created buildings with a natural flow that enables people to move freely through and around the community. From their homes, residents can easily access facilities such as the bowling green and central Lodge with its restaurant, café, lounges, library, pool and gym.

Tammy knew from her pony club days what a lovely aspect the site offered, adjacent as it is to Kell Park native bush reserve, Gills Reserve and Albany Domain. That inside knowledge has certainly paid off. The buildings enhance and retain a connection with nature in both design and construction.

“I feel we’ve accomplished what we set out to do,” says Tammy proudly.

“It’s been a collaborative effort with the owners, CMP Construction and Babbage. There’s a timelessness and character throughout this village.

Attention to detail has been important – in design, construction, colour schemes, fit out, landscapes, everything. The result is a wonderful, vibrant atmosphere that people living here really enjoy.”

Settlers Sales Manager, Rosalie Pearson says they’ve had nothing but positive feedback from residents throughout the entire development process.

“People are blown away by what they’ve seen here over the past five years. I can’t wait to show those interested in the Settlers Albany lifestyle the very final release of apartments in the new buildings.”

On completion of the Joseph and Kaipatiki buildings near the end of this year the village will have 254 luxury apartments and will be home to over 350 residents.

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Commercial Property: with Bayleys North Shore Commercial

Much of the Wairau Valley will lose its current flexible zoning, which encourages a mix of uses, under the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.

Property Owners’ Big Fight To Prevent Zoning Change In what’s been described as a classic “David v Goliath” battle, commercial landlords and their tenants in the Wairau Valley and Barrys Point Road are continuing to fight zoning changes proposed in the Auckland Unitary Plan that would have a major impact on properties in these areas.

Concerned property owners in the Wairau Valley and Barrys Point Road have formed action groups to challenge a proposed change of zoning in their business precincts to Light Industry under the new Auckland Unitary Plan.

If implemented, the bulk of the Wairau Valley (apart from the Link Drive bulk retail precinct) and the Barrys Point Road commercial areas will be rezoned from the current flexible Business 9 zoning, allowing for a mix of uses, to a much more rigid industrial zoning.

Daryl Devereux, a director of Bayleys North Shore Commercial, says the new zoning would curtail any future retail or office developments in the Wairau Valley and Barrys Point Road by making them non-complying activities. “It would also mean some existing retail or office premises may have to revert to industrial use if a tenant vacates. The cumulative effect of this would be to restrict what landlords and tenants could do with their premises, pushing rentals and land prices down and potentially increasing vacancy levels for buildings that no longer meet the modern demands of logistics warehousing.”

The two action groups have joined forces to fund a team of expert consultants to represent their interests. The consultancy team comprises: • Stephen Havill and Daniel Shaw from SFH Consultants – a North Shore based resource management consultancy firm.

• Adam Thompson, an economic consultant at North Shore based Urban Economics.

• Vicki Toan, a partner at Glaister Ennor – a long established legal firm with specialist expertise in planning and property.

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Bayleys North Shore Commercial has made its premises available for meetings and is providing administrative and other support at no charge.

Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) zones have been established in accordance with the objectives and policies set out in the plan’s Regional Policy Statement. This would confine most new retail and office development to the PAUP’s five “Centre” zones, says Fred Collie, owner of The BBQ Cover Company in Parity Place and a member of the Wairau Valley Action Group.

“Our consultants advised at an early stage that to have any chance of reversing the zoning change we had to firstly challenge the regional policy framework under which the new PAUP zonings have been established and the centres-based planning approach which it prescribes.

“In doing so we have been the trail blazers for other property owners throughout Auckland who face a similar zoning change. Much has been achieved to date and our representations appear to have gained serious traction with the Independent Hearing Panel established to critique the PAUP. However, we need the support of all affected property owners and businesses to ensure the success of the final step in the process, which will be to make a submission on the actual zoning for Wairau Valley.”

The Independent Hearings Panel, heard evidence presented by SFH Consultants and Urban Economics earlier this year. This focused on challenging the council’s assertion that there is sufficient land allocation within the PAUP zonings to accommodate future growth in market demand for retail and office space.

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Daryl Devereux.

Bayleys North Shore Commercial.

… proposed zoning changes will restrict what landlords and tenants can do with their premises.…

In March, the panel issued a recommendation to Auckland Council that retail and office activity should be able to occur in “transport corridors” as well as centres.

Stephen Havill says there are three important aspects to this recommendation: 1. It ensures that the Regional Policy Statement does not automatically preclude all retail and office activity in places such as the Wairau Road and Barrys Point Road precincts.

2. It allows submissions to request a “transport corridor”, as well as a zone change to General Business, when evidence is presented on the plan rules and zones in several months. This increases the chance of a positive result.

3. It provides general support for the Wairau Valley and Barrys Point Road submissions because the locations currently function like a retail and office “corridor”.

Urban Economics has been attending expert conferences to discuss the potential for new corridors in Auckland which may be applied to existing mixed use areas such as the Wairau Valley and Barrys Point Road.

The next step in the process is to attend and present evidence at hearings on the proposed rules and zones. The hearings are scheduled for mid-January 2016 until the end of April 2016. Prior to these, there will be

The unique identity of Barrys Point Road would be undermined by a proposed zoning change to Light Industry.

the opportunity for mediation between groups and the council.

“This is our opportunity to put forward the detailed case for an alternate zoning,” says Fred Collie. “The magnitude of the task ahead should not be underestimated given the reluctance so far of Auckland Council, and its planning department in particular, to recognise the issue and respond in a positive and proactive manner.

“There is still much work to be done. The most pressing need is for further funding to provide continuing support for the excellent work that our consultants are undertaking on our behalf. We are asking all property owners and tenants whose businesses could be impacted to contribute $200 to our fighting fund. A small financial outlay across a large number of supporters could prevent a drop in property values further down the track.”

Daryl Devereux says there should be wide community and business support for the zoning challenge to preserve the unique character of the Wairau Valley and Barrys Point Road areas. “Not only would a change in zoning to Light Industry affect what owners can do with our properties, and their values, it would also have a substantial impact on the commercial, cultural and communal character and diversity which has developed in these areas in recent decades. This makes them interesting places to work – and in some cases live – and draws customers and clients for businesses from other parts of Auckland.”

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT If you would like to support submissions being made to prevent a zone change to Light Industry for much of Wairau Valley and Barrys Point Road please contact:

WAIRAU VALLEY ACTION GROUP

BARRYS POINT ROAD ACTION GROUP

Fred Collie

09 444 7346

nscs@xtra.co.nz

Lester de Vere

Frank McGuckian

027 493 2871

franrosa@xtra.co.nz

Heather Hernandez 021 1720 444 heather4evernz@gmail.com

027 4599 773 info@lester.co.nz

Website www.wairauvalleyzoningplan.co.nz

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Channel Feature Homes with Nadja Court, Barfoot & Thompson

Lodge Elegance, Resort Lifestyle 12 Taumata Road, Castor Bay - For Sale By Auction, 24th September Creating an idyllic and special retreat, a multitude of tropical plants surround this premium quality coastal property set on a full freehold 1247m2. North facing with sea views, this captivating family home with four generous double bedrooms is spacious throughout and offers many additional living options in this prestigious location.

Beautifully presented and immaculately maintained, the first floor living embraces you with its lodge-like ambiance with cathedral ceilings in the open plan living areas and a wood burning fire with an effortless gas lighter system. Open the doors to the sun-drenched decks and entertain easily from the wonderfully designed kitchen with expansive workable spaces. Either on an intimate or grand scale – the spaces encourage entertaining and family gatherings. Two large double bedrooms and the master suite with walk-in wardrobe and ensuite are also situated on this upper level, ideal for young families.

The lower floor opens to the heated swimming pool, the ultimate entertainer’s play ground with a large tiled area and a variety of decks on different levels, which then spills out onto mature lush tropical gardens. Options on this floor are many as it has its own access and additional living spaces, ideal for work from home, extended families and teenagers. A second lounge is fitted with a wall of closed shelving and accesses the pool area. In addition, there is a large study, a fourth double bedroom with an ensuite and a utility room including a kitchenette and laundry.

Under floor heating in every room, dark stained cedar and concrete block, interesting architectural design and absolute privacy make this a rare and exciting home in one of Castor Bay’s premier streets.

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12 TAUMATA ROAD, CASTOR BAY – FOR SALE BY AUCTION Auction – 24th September 2015 – 10am - Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna Open homes – Viewing by appointment View property online: www.barfoot.co.nz/552677 For further information contact: Nadja Court, Barfoot & Thompson, Mairangi Bay M: 021-777-690 or 478-9089 e: n.court@barfoot.co.nz EXCELLENCE IN SALES EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE

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Expressive Architectural Beach House 184 Mangatawhiri Rd, Omaha – For Sale by Tender The most exquisite masterpiece of a home – designed by David Ponting, it’s an art piece amongst the landscape of Omaha.

An avante garde edge to its modernism and ultra-contemporary style this home has been designed to maximise the site and create a sanctuary of absolute privacy.

Built of concrete... it's urban, expressive and functional, strong, impermeable and in harmony with the environment.

A statement of style, every feature has been contemplated and planned to encapsulate light, space and a fusion of permanent materials.

The building opens seamlessly to a magnificent gallery merging into the main living spaces, expansive open plan, bathed in natural light with a sophisticated elegance and a fully equipped kitchen created with an appreciation of entertaining.

Four distinct rooms are rolled into one long open plan room – efficient and fluid.

Purposefully built with “it’s back to the water“ the protected rural view is an integral part of this home, also reflected in the central courtyard. Listening to the rustling palm fronds might be your only distraction from the peacefulness that envelopes the living area in this idyllic haven.

Flexibility with the layout creates options for four bedrooms or three with separate guest accommodation, and multiple living zones. Upstairs the master suite sails in its own cocoon of understated comfort. A place for total relaxation, peaceful, spacious with exquisite timber ceilings and divine light. Metallic floating walls separate the ensuite and dressing room from the main bedroom and a small study space on its own level completes this captivating retreat.

Position perfect, a native bush reserve backdrop, sitting on the edge of coveted Omaha Golf course, huge garaging, wine cellar and space to store all your toys this is an architectural gem.

Everything about this house is beautiful, elemental and inspiring. The open

spaces, the way it revolves around a living courtyard, the total privacy, a sense of mystique from the road and the way it slowly reveals itself almost shyly to visitors, its hidden front door and the sense it still a few years off maturing all make this one property that discerning and astute buyers will welcome as the Omaha home they never knew existed.

An Idyllic Oceanic Sanctuary separated from the hustle and opinion of the outside world - Viewing by private appointment.

184 MANGATAWHIRI RD, OMAHA – FOR SALE BY TENDER Tender – 29th September 2015 – 2pm – Barfoot & Thompson, Mairangi Bay Open homes – Viewing by appointment only View property online: www.barfoot.co.nz/552691 For further information contact: Nadja Court, Barfoot & Thompson, Mairangi Bay M: 021-777-690 or 478-9089 e: n.court@barfoot.co.nz EXCELLENCE IN SALES EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE

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Residential Real Estate with Barfoot & Thompson, Takapuna

Selling in spring?

Here’s what you need to know The warmer weather draws prospective buyers out of hibernation and reinvigorates their property search, meaning spring is a busy season to sell your property. With brighter months just around the corner, getting your property ready ahead of your competition is a good idea. The team at Barfoot & Thompson Takapuna have some great tips to help you get underway and beat the seasonal rush.

Nicky Rhodes.

Spring-clean

Decide on a selling approach

Give your house a deep, all over clean. This means getting into every nook and cranny, wiping out shelves and cupboards, tidying storage spaces and wiping all surfaces. A clean home is an inviting home and appeals to your buyers.

Auction, Negotiation, and Tender? There are lots of good ways to sell your home and it pays to understand the method that will work best for your property to get you a great result. Start your research by visiting barfoot. co.nz/sell or pop into the Takapuna branch to discuss this with one of the friendly staff members.

Spruce up your garden Consider planting items now so they will be in bloom in spring.. Why not get a fresh look and fill out a flower bed? Think of colour, fragrance, variety, and seasonal highlights when planning your fresh spring look. Popular options include pansies, poppies and roses.

I love visiting my local garden centre and working out what will look nice for the next season.

- Nicky Rhodes, Takapuna Branch Manager

Declutter and depersonalise Buyers will open your closets, cabinets and wardrobes! Take the time to clear out all your storage spaces with items you don’t need any more. Clutter will make your spaces look smaller than they truly are. Consider renting alternative storage space for items you want to keep and donate unwanted items to your local charity shop.

Update and make minor repairs A simple update like painting walls, fixing small holes and replacing bench tops can make a big difference without costing too much. Minor repairs can make a big difference on the day.

It takes a lot of preparation to get ready for sale! If you need more information and advice, get in touch with our sales team - we’re here to help you. Barfoot & Thompson Takapuna - cnr Lake Road & Blomfield Spa 09 489 5084.

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Channel Feature Properties with Andrew Dorreen, Precision Real Estate

5 Audrey Road, Takapuna A standout home along the famed Golden Mile, 5 Audrey Road is a tribute to both it's Architect and builder and is an example of true craftsmanship and quality. Set on over a quarter acre of north facing land, this beautifully proportioned 5,500sqft home is exceptionally finished and in one word, faultless!

Ground floor living is made up of two very generous living rooms fronting the stunning and uniquely private north facing yard. Large sliding doors open out to outdoor entertaining with heated swimming pool, sprawling patio complete with outdoor fire, and lovely low maintenance manicured grounds. A mixture of hardwood flooring and tiles with detailed high timber ceilings, the interior will leave you speechless as you make your way around this stunning property. The home is made up of 4/5 bedrooms, media room with projector screen, two large living rooms, ducted air conditioning, full underfloor heating, solid concrete construction, four car garaging plus parking for boats and additional vehicles onsite behind closed gates.

Located just metres from the water and centrally located between Takapuna's vibrant village and Milford Shops, this home is an enviable lifestyle choice for those wanting everything at their fingertips.

14 Audrey Road, Takapuna One of the finest pieces of land in the tightly held waterfront cul de sac of Audrey Road, this quarter acre offers simply superb views of the gulf, and unmatched afternoon sun from its west facing second outdoor entertaining area. It is this area that sets 14 Audrey apart from the rest. Offering four double bedrooms as well as a spacious office, the home boasts elegant living.

A master suite of 74m2, is breathtaking with sublime views from St Heliers to Castor Bay and everything inbetween. Metro series sliders in this room stack back to bring the sea and beach lifestyle even closer. Downstairs living offers two very large areas with blonded timber floors, with a spacious kitchen hub in-between. Beachside living is very wide, and its main feature is the floor to ceiling stackers which open right up to expose the sea. Vitex decking and front lawn provides excellent extension to this area. Out to the rear is a very special place, with stackers opening onto a beautifully landscaped lawn and decking area that gets sun from noon through to sunset. The ability to entertain both morning and evening is rare to nonexistent on the beach and 14 Audrey does it in style.

Andrew Dorreen | Precision Real Estate Ltd MREINZ Licensed under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008

Email: andrew@precision.net.nz | Phone: 021 747 334 | www.precision.net.nz

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11 Lake View Road, Takapuna Sitting on well over a quarter acre of lakefront land, this exquisite 430m2 home has been renovated to an exceptional standard including new cedar weatherboards, copper roof and new double glazing. Offering four/five bedrooms of generous size this home will suit most families.

The master is simply breath taking on a floor of its own and boasting remarkable views out to the lake. Mid floor living offers large modern kitchen and dining flowing out to generous decking. Off this open plan area is a formal lounge with gas fire with expansive views out to the lake. Downstairs is ideal for teenagers with two bedrooms which share a bathroom plus a large games room housing a pool table complete with kitchenette. This room has sliding doors opening out to the infinity pool and spa area. The quarter acre site has manicured grounds which has steps down to a large flat lawn area on the lake edge which has a small jetty and makes for an idyllic spot to swim, launch kayaks and entertain.

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With 7 sales between July and August and two more pending, Andrew Dorreen has totalled over $29 million worth of sales these past two months with an average sale of over $3.5 million. These exceptional results are down to drive and the willingness to go the extra mile to ensure the job is done with care and precision.

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Downstairs is ideal for teenagers with two bedrooms which share a bathroom plus a large games room housing a pool table complete with kitchenette.

Now taking listings for Spring – Contact one of Auckland’s most successful sales people to ensure the very best confidential service and result.

Contact Andrew Dorreen for further information about these spectacular real estate offerings.

Andrew has sold $240 million worth of real estate since January 2013 at an average of over $3 million per sale.

January 2015 was his biggest ever month – with over $30million sold.

Contact Andrew Dorreen today- North Shore's Top End Specialist.

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The Channel Crossword

THE CHANNEL CROSSWORD Set locally by Maya, especially for Channel each month. No. 7.

ACROSS

1 Shamble into decline and dissolution (11)

DOWN

SOLUTION TO LAST MONTH'S CROSSWORD

2 Stingy female? (3) 9 Leave final diagnosis to the Doctor, I'd say (4) 3 Greet saint? Out of sight! (4) 4 Servile, head sycophant, mindless follower (5) 10 Viewpoint I have after following radical precepts (11) S P E E D BOA T S P P 5 Does she have superior wisdom? (6,5,4) E M E L C K E E L 11 Region central to the Near East (4) 6 Books a month with the Spanish head of state (6) G E O M E T R I C A L T U 13 Ask higher authority to be attractive (6) 7 At that point, one fights roughly (11) L A E B R T RAP 14 See 29 Down 8 Catch effects of sun on back before sequence R A LMANAC O E of rhythmic movements, i.e. skipping (13) 15 Intimacy can be precise, given direction S T E E D S B B OW L E R beforehand (3,3) 10 Almost play in soup stirred around with too E A E HAT A B F many chestnuts (13) 17 Ask about Jamaican music (3) C A D E N Z A W E L COM E 12 Suggest disheartened embracing ideal, but not R 19 From them, a ninth emo onlooker might M O DUO T M C precisely (11) derive heavenly features (3,3,2,3,4) E N I GMA N G AMB I T 13 Criticise strongly when on boat trip (6) 20 Spooner's odd items for writer (3) T S AV ENGE R S 16 Was unruly temp not liable... (6) AP S E O A I K I 21 Pollute valley? (6) 17 ...for a tiny part of the Mississippi? (3) I I S U B M I S S I O N S 23 Religious image with time for eastern bread (5) R OO K C E H N C 18 Bit of returned letter (3) 24 Lot of sports gear worn by some tossing ball (6) E N HYDR ANGE A S 22 Prolong heckle; alternately, yell (not keeping 26 Snog to south of the Head (4) quiet!) (3,3) 28 Antipodean relative, say, consumed fruit (11) 25 Excitedly greet flyer (5) This month's crossword will also be uploaded 30 Like a sister who takes a larger shoe size? (4) 27 Put down upside-down seat (4) to the creator’s blog at channelcrossword. wordpress.com There, Maya will kindly attempt 31 All the laws finally set in stone lead to arrest 29/14 Is unfaithful twice (3,5) to answer any questions or comments that may (7,4) arise from the crosswords each month.

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Original four bedroom brick home on 1,163sqm waterfront site in Castor Bay www.bayleys.co.nz/1450529

Victoria Bidwell 021 947 080 or 09 487 0735 | victoria.bidwell@bayleys.co.nz • International Property Awards London-Winner Best Property Marketing • Winner Bayleys National Waterfront Marketing Award • Top Agent for Bayleys North Shore since 2006/7, 2007/8, 2008/9, 2009/10, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15 • Winner Bayleys Residential Marketing Award

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