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SPOTLIGHT ON: TAI CHI WITH HUNG TRA

Tai Chi unmasked

More than just gentle movements When most people picture 'Tai Chi', images of seniors taking up sedate poses in a peaceful garden often come to mind. Yet while emphasis on stability over speed is key – and there are definite health benefits whatever your age – this perception doesn't give a full picture of the advanced martial art developed initially as a form of self-defence.

Tai Chi instructor Hung Tra hopes to clear the mist surrounding the ancient art.

"It originated from China as an internal martial art - using less physical strength to oppose brute force," he explains.

Unlike externally physical exercises or sports which involve speed and strength, Tai Chi doesn't require these and relies only on internal strength, balance and relaxation techniques.

Based on the Yin/Yang philosophy of balance and harmonisation, Hung says even when facing an attacker, the principle is to reflect the opponents force and use it against them.

"You don't change your opponents, you change yourself," he adds.

The confusion of Tai Chi's true form no doubt arose because it is, in fact, also very good for you.

It's association as a healthy pastime came when people noticed how much it improved the strength and well-being of those who practiced it.

Hung himself is a living example of this: injuring his knee ligaments when training karate 25 years ago, he turned to Sing Ong Tai Chi as a gentle exercise to build up muscle as opposed

Unlike externally physical exercises or sports which involve speed and strength, Tai Chi doesn't require these and relies only on internal strength, balance and relaxation techniques. to undergoing an operation. After recovering, the martial art soon became his passion.

"The best thing about Tai Chi is people enjoy it, so they are more likely to stick with it long enough to feel the benefits," he says.

"They also sleep better, and generally feel more confident. After the class their blood is pumping, but all tension has left their body."

Participants move their bodies calmly, gently and with awareness, while breathing deeply. Studies have reported regular practice of Tai Chi can lower blood pressure, improve bone density, strength, agility, circulation and balance.

Suitable for complete beginners, Hung's classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6pm-7pm at Wairau Intermediate School, 113 Becroft Dr, Forrest Hill. For newcomers, the first two introduction classes are free. Phone 021 380 477 or 479 3034 (evening) to join, or email jointaichi@gmail.com.

Hung Tra practising sword form.

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CHANNEL MAGAZINE COMMUNITY CALENDAR

June 2018

This Channel Community Calendar is published monthly for community events.

If you would like to include your event please email details to: christine@channelmag.co.nz

Monday

Tuesday

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY 4 Becroft Grand Aria Opera Final, The PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna, 4.30pm

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Preschool Play, Lady Allum Retirement Village, Milford, 10am12pm. Also 26 June

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TMC Nancy’s Afternoon, entertainment and afternoon tea for people in rest homes, Takapuna Methodist Church, 2pm

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Fascination Science Public lecture, Massey University Albany Campus, 7pm

Morning Melodies: Royal New Zealand Navy Band, Bruce Mason Centre, 11am APO presents The Soldiers Tale, St Peters Anglican Church, Takapuna, 6.30pm Rotary Northcote, Northcote Senior Citizens Hall, College Road, Northcote.

Also 25 June Adrienne Wood – Teen Turbulence, The Brian Gerrard Theatre, Birkenhead, 7pm

Winter Fun Preschool Play, Mary Thomas Centre, Takapuna, 10am-12pm Charlie Yang: Same Space, continues at Northart until 17 June North Shore Salon, Mairangi Arts Centre, until 18 June

Heaven and Earth - Rangi and Papa, The Vic, Devonport, 1pm; Tue 26th at 11am & 1pm Belmont Community Yoga, The Rose Centre, Belmont, 7.30pm

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Wednesday

Thursday

Metalaxis, Spiros Poros 6 photography, Lake House Arts, Takapuna, continues until 17 June North Harbour Club’s Lexus of North Shore Rugby Lunch, Spencer on Byron Hotel Takapuna, 12-2.30pm The Pillowman, The Rose Centre, Belmont, 7.30pm. Until 9 June

The Bookshop, Movie fundraiser 7 for Home and Family Counselling, The Bridgeway, 5.30-8.30pm Sapphire Theatre Co presents Morningstar, The PumpHouse, 8pm until 12 June (matinee Sun 10 June @4pm)

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Planning for Adulthood – legal framework around disability, YES Disability Centre, Albany, 6.30pm Cork and Canvas, social painting: Piha Sunset, The Elephant Wrestler, 6.45-9pm

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Morningstar, The PumpHouse Theatre, until Saturday 16th June, 8pm

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Winter Fun Preschool Play, Sunnynook Community Centre, 10am Tea & Topics: NZ Women’s Institute, East Cost Bays Library, 10.30am Operatunity presents Shake Rattle & Roll, Windsor Baptist Church, Mairangi Bay, 11am

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Culture Night, Takapuna Grammar School, Assembly Hall, 7pm

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Cork and Canvas, social painting, The Elephant Wrestler, 6.45-9pm Work & Income Support presentation: Disability, YES Disability Centre, Albany, 7pm

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Massey University Free Lecture 28 Series: Surveillance and security in New Zealand, with international relations and security experts Dr Rhys Ball and Dr Damien Rogers, Sir Neil Waters Lecture Theatre Building, 6.30pm.

Every Monday

Every Tuesday

Every Wednesday

SeniorNet Glenfield Meet and Greet for new members, Mayfield Centre, Mayfield Rd, Glenfield. Book 09 4442231

Glenfield Laughter Club, Glenfield Senior Citizens Hall, Mayfair Rd, Glenfield, 9.30-10.15am Fun Spanish for Kids, Milford Senior Citizens Hall, 3.50-4.50pm Rotary Milford, Pupuke Golf Club, 5.45pm FREE Winter Fun Preschool Play Tuesdays 9:30am-11am, 5th June to 30th October, Rose Centre, School Road, Belmont. Toddler time to play.

Caregiver supervision required.

Rotary Birkenhead, Birkenhead Yacht Club, 6.15pm Meditation and Mindfulness Class, Lake House Arts Centre, Takapuna, 7.30-8.45pm

Winter Fun Preschool Play, Mary Thomas Centre, Takapuna, 10am-12pm

Every Thursday Shore Tenpin Seniors (55+), 9.30am at Xtreme Centre, Target Road, Totaravale.

Phone Nancy 09 4801484.

Also every Monday.

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Creative Thinking For A Changing World Free lecture series: June 28 – Watching over you: surveillance and security in NZ Register at www.massey.ac.nz/ourchangingworld

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Heaven and Earth - Rangi and Papa, The PumpHouse, 11am, 1pm1 Odd One Out, Bruce Mason Centre, 10am, 11.30am, 1pm Linda Jarrett: Walk, and Participatory Exhibition: Out of Control, The Depot Artspace, open 5.30pm,until 19 June

In Earliest Light, wet plate photography, Lake House Arts Centre, Takapuna, until 30 June North Shore Performing Arts Senior Vocal Festival, The PumpHouse, 1-4 June

Todrick Hall American: The 8 Forbidden Tour, Bruce Mason Centre, 8pm Vauxhall School Exhibition of Fine Art, Gala Opening, Vauxhall School, 7pm

Vauxhall School Exhibition of Fine 9 Art, Vauxhall Primary, 10am – 4pm.

Also 10 June 10am – 3pm. www.vefa.co.nz Charcoal Landscape Course for Beginners, JF Kennedy Observation Post, Beach Road, Castor Bay, 9am.

Also 10 June

Devonport Craft and Fine Food 10 Market, Harmony Hall, Devonport, 10am-2pm Retcon, Takapuna War Memorial Hall, The Strand,10am-2pm Anatomy of Pose and Movement Workshop, AUT Millennium, Antares Pl, 10.30am

Probus Club of Milford, Milford Baptist Church, 3 Dodson Avenue,15 10am-12pm. New members welcome.

Takapuna Friendship Club, Sunnybrae Bowling Club, 9.30am.

Visitors and potential members very welcome.

Afrikaans is Lekker 2018, Bruce Mason Centre, 7.30pm

Jo Koy Break the Mold Tour, Bruce Mason Centre, 7pm & 9.45pm

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Urban Country, Birkenhead RSA, 17 Recreational Drive, 1.30-4.30pm

Matariki – A children’s craft 22 afternoon, Takapuna Methodist Church, Lake Road, 3.30pm. Free

Last Night of the Proms, 23 Auckland Symphony Orchestra, Bruce Mason Centre, 7.30pm Auckland City Mission: Life, and Kahurangi Smith MaoriGrl, Depot Artspace, open 3pm, until July 11 Community Bushcare Day, Pa Harakeke, off Merrill Place, off Eskdale Road, Birkdale.

Register at office@kaipatiki.org.nz

North Shore Youth Music, 24 annual combined concert, Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna, 1.30pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show,29 The Vic, Devonport, 8pm

The Great White Man-eating 30 Shark and other stories, The PumpHouse, Takapuna, Gala Opening 5pm. Continues until 21 July

Every Friday

Every Saturday

Every Sunday

Browns Bay Laughter Club, Browns Bay Community Centre, 9-9.45am

Markets: Browns Bay Anzac Road, 7am; Takapuna, 7am; Glenfield 5-11pm

Rotary North Harbour, Pupuke Squash Club, 7am

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Weekend Adult Book Chat, East Coast Bays Library, Browns Bay, 2pm

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“Play a while” toy library, Devonport Community House, 9-11.30am

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CONTENTS COVER FEATURES

BROWNS BAY AND THE BAYS

78 Lifelong Learning

58 Browns Bay News

82 Feature Interview: Helen Woodhouse 86 Virtual Reality Art Lands on the Shore

MILFORD 68 Milford News

FEATURES 33 Shop the Shore

DEVONPORT

36 I Love my Sport

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Devonport Village

42 Channel People - Shore People Offshore 74 Channel People - Me and My Dog

ARTS

80 Channel Youth with Jessy Thurston

20 The PumpHouse

90 Massey University News

20 The Rose Centre

108 North Shore History with David Verran

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111 The Healthy Channel: John Appleton

104 Lake House Arts

136 The Channel Crossword

107 Northart

OUT & ABOUT

EDUCATION

02 Community Calendar

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06 Out & About on the Shore

92 Rangitoto College

The Vic

Carmel College

94 Kristin School

EATING OUT

96 Westlake Boys' High School

24 Eating Out Feature: Florrie McGreal's

98 Long Bay College

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99 Pinehurst School

Eating Out Guide

101 Westlake Girls' High School

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102 Rosmini College

30 Views from the Beach with TBBA

103 Takapuna Grammar

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FROM THE EDITOR

Janet Marshall

The Channel team: Lizzie Speedy-Willis, Crystal Sharp, Aidan Bennett, Christine Young, Heather Vermeer and Leo Kitt Yeng.

Always Learning As we enter winter, we take a look at learning.

We’re delighted to showcase our brilliant local schools each month, sharing their latest news, and this issue we welcome Rangitoto College and Carmel College into the magazine.

The opportunities available to Shore students are phenomenal. The huge breadth and depth of learning offered by each school provides young people with a solid foundation to hopefully inspire ‘lifelong learning’. In this issue, we look not only at our schools, but at opportunities and inspiration for learning beyond the school years. We hope to prompt you to get off this couch, learn a new skill or find yourself a new challenge this winter.

We have some packed social pages in this issue following one of our busiest Mays for our Channel ‘Out & About’ camera crew. You’ll find plenty of Shore people to read about, as always, and informative columns from our contributors across many fields.

There are always quality shows, exhibitions and performances to share from the Shore’s art scene. We hope to encourage readers to get along and support the local visual and performing arts venues each month to soak up what’s on offer. This month we share an innovative project from Lake House Arts, in which art and technology combine to create a first for the Shore - and Auckland - a community virtual reality art

studio. The facility, which left our writer Christine Young wide-eyed and wowed when she tried it last month, is available for artists of any age or experience and offers an eye into a world of virtual, and augmented, reality. Get in touch with charismatic manager Grae Burton and his Lake House Arts team to give it a try this month!

Whether it be learning a new skill, visiting a new store, trying out a new restaurant or seeing a new show…get out there and give it a go this winter.

- Heather

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THE BOOK CLUB BACKSTORY Book and theatre lovers packed the space in Takapuna Library for a lunchtime talk by playwright Roger Hall about his play The Book Club, ahead of its season at The PumpHouse Theatre 9th - 20th May. The talk provided insights into the intricacies of writing an updated version of the play 20 years after its first performance, and the “nearly made it” experiences that might have seen the play presented with top-notch actors in England, the US and Rome. He also talked about how actors (not in New Zealand) have “adapted” the script to their own preferences, much to his distress. Roger ended with a plug for his pet project for 2018: the inaugural nationwide New Zealand Theatre Month in September.

Jenny Cole, Chris Treneary, Pamela McDougall.

Opal Taylor, Brenda Knight, Beth Campbell.

David Speary, John Parker, Katharine Hoskyn.

Helen Beckingsale, Susan Maclaine, Christine Fenton.

Jan Dickens, Lynn Dawson, Kerry Darke. Rae Poole, Bronwyn Stephenson, Anne Frankland.

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MAYOR GOFF ADDRESSES THE TBBA With Mayor Phil Goff the speaker at the May TBBA networking evening at Regatta Bar & Eatery, Takapuna businesses turned out in force to hear – and challenge him – about plans for local development, transport and environmental issues.

Mayor Goff spoke about the potential to create a real town centre for Takapuna, the need for action to unclog roads all over Auckland as the region’s population continues to grow, and of the urgent need to ensure pollution-free beaches around the region, including Takapuna. A number of TBBA members challenged Council’s proposed actions, before Channel publisher Aidan Bennett received applause and endorsement for his view that Takapuna needs to progress and that we should all look to the future and support the proposed developments.

Imogen Trupinic, Jan O'Connor, Catherine Nichol, Jennifer McKenzie.

Sandy Fletcher, Natalie Driscoll, Megan McCallum.

Richard Wood, Robert Clark, Lester de Vere, Lynda Mann, Genna Clements, Bronwyn van der Geest.

Terence Harpur, Alister Wishart, Grant Bush.

Naida Rasch, Thiago Candeu, Tiffany Macfarlane.

Mark Houghton, Marilyn Mair, Nicky Rhodes.

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GLENGARRY TAKAPUNA HOSTS CRAGGY RANGE Rich reds were swirled, sniffed and sampled as one of New Zealand's most prestigious wineries was showcased on the Shore. Glengarry played host to Craggy Range in early May for a wine tasting evening at their Takapuna store. The Hawkes Bay winery's Mike Bancks entertained the Hurstmere Road crowd with tales of the origins of some of their fine wines: Sophia, Te Kahu and Aroha. Blends from various years were compared and discussed, with food pairings suggested. A complex 2010 Bordeaux-style blend, Te Kahu, meaning the cloak, rounded off the evening during which expert knowledge was also imparted by Ric Little of Vintners NZ.

Des Barker, Gus Woodhead, Ric Little.

David and Kirsten Murphy.

Rick Jobbitt, Mike Bancks, Faye Jobbitt.

Oliver and Hugh De Latour, Danny and Simon Upton.

Michael Tangney, Trevor Forward.

Robert Ho, Anthony Sorensen.

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ST LEO'S HIGH TEA AT CHELTENHAM Unrivalled views from McHugh's restaurant set the scene splendidly for an afternoon of talk, treats, tea, and more at Cheltenham on May 6th.

St Leo's High Tea was a fundraiser for the Devonport-based Catholic primary school and attracted a sell-out crowd. The afternoon featured a fascinating talk from 'Nanogirl' scientist Dr Michelle Dickinson complete with audience participation experiments. Her co-author of No 8 Recharged, David Downs, was a warmly welcomed local guest. Bubbles and light bites, laughter and learning were enjoyed at the excellent event, which was ably MCed by Hayley Law and was held to raise funds for IT equipment for the Victoria Road school.

Lisa Coleman, Monique Pearce, Sireen Collins, Karla Byrnes.

Nicki Lucas, Sandra Conroy, Monique LevettMcSkimming, Sallie Dawson, Amanda Silk.

Anne Lowe, Vic Mules, Jemma Glancy.

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WILLIAM PIKE AT THE POYNTON Residents and guests at The Poynton gathered for the annual sports dinner on May 9th. Drinks and canapés were enjoyed in the large lounge area before dozens of guests sat down to enjoy a sumptuous evening meal and hear tales from guest speaker William Pike. William shared his incredible story of survival following an accident on Mount Ruapehu in 2007 at the age of 22. He lay trapped in snow when the volcano erupted and subsequently needed to have his leg amputated. The story of his miraculous escape from the mountain and recovery that followed have since led William to a career as an inspirational speaker.

Liz Wyatt, John McNaught, Jana Farland, Rob Lea.

Clive Rhodes, Antoinette Rodahl, Marie Holden.

Sandra Lea, William Pike, Jan Ellin.

Pat Meikljohn, Eris Malcolm, Jo Anderson, Sherrill Gregory.

Jim Macintyre, Dennis Shelton, Jeff Elvitage.

Graeme Evans, Marie and Doug Goldthorpe, Janet Newport.

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MARKETING MASTERCLASSES A HIT Business North Harbour held two highly successful business capability workshops for members in May. With demand driving a sell-out of the morning event at AUT Millennium, a second took place in the afternoon. The attraction was a Marketing Masterclass by Vesna Nixon, head of marketing campaigns for Kiwibank. Vesna covered topics that included knowing what you stand for, brand tone and beliefs, different types of (low cost) promotion, social media profile building, email marketing and upcoming marketing trends, using her experience at Kiwibank to illustrate her points.

Chris Baker, Mika Deane, Gay Sowter.

Mohit Gupta, Liam McCook, Jodi Tuffin, Natalie Bell, Paolo Delmonte.

Matthew Cole, Sam Ryburn, Vicki-Leigh Fryer, Jim Fairbrother.

Philip Teng, Lilian Cai, Lucy Long.

Deborah Lagdon, Tracey Sandford-Dyke, Katie English, Jeffrey Brill.

Jacqui Barker, Alison Kagen, Sue Lyons.

Sarah Dodds, Jennifer Dahl, Shirner Dyson.

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POPCORN OPENS AT THE ROSE CENTRE WITH A BANG Patrons packed The Rose Centre theatre for the opening gala night of Popcorn. The Ben Elton play, adapted from his 1996 bestselling book, shares themes from Tarantino movies of that decade and was being staged by Company Theatre until May 26th. The R16 production packed a real punch from the explosive opening scene to the very end. Professional standard performances on the May 12th opening night came from the entire cast, including talented young actors Grace Chisholm and Francis Johnson from nearby Takapuna Grammar School in lead roles.

Katie Vincent, Raewyn Nevin, Clare Brown.

Sam and Paddy Stafford-Bush.

Phil Davis, Christine and Rob Campion.

Peter and Sharon Seagrove, Alastair Fletcher.

Tony and Cathie Sandy.

Nikki van Lunenburg, Fiona Gray.

DEVONPORT'S ART TRAIL CELEBRATED AT THE VIC The Vic Lounge Bar was the setting for a celebration of the Devonport Residential Art Trail. As part of the Devonport Arts Festival, the street art began popping up around the village in 2014 with two major pieces commissioned. 15 new murals arrived last year, and this year a further five have been added in a flurry this May, to heighten Devonport's identity an arts destination. Chair of Devonport Arts Festival committee, The Vic's Philipp Jaser spoke at the full house event, which included video footage of artworks being created and music from Devonport DJ, Mo. Devonport Arts Festival is set to return in March 2019 and a call for 'Festival Champions' to support the biennial festival was announced on the night.

Rocco Halder, Sparrrow Phillips.

Jonathan Organ, Julia Batchelor-Smith.

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Louise Powles, Jessica Pearless.

Amane Cardenas, Gil Gonzalez.

Tania Stewart, Philipp Jaser.

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MOTHER'S DAY MAGIC AT THE SPENCER ON BYRON North Shore Brass Band wowed a sell-out audience at The Spencer on Byron Hotel on Mother's Day. The Takapuna hotel's ballroom was full of families honouring their mums on Sunday 13th May. 'Songs for your Mother' included performances from North Shore Brass Band's academy and main sections, with vocal and instrumental soloists also featuring. The audience was taken on a stirring musical journey with pieces from West Side Story, The Carpenters, Barry Manilow and many more. A raffle rounded off the event, with prizes from wine sponsor Lindauer. Bubbles - and nostalgic tears - flowed!

Colin and Bridget Clark.

Gayle Watson, Lesley Fullerton, Danielle and Vivianne Hill, John Thompson.

Heidi Woodhead, Alison Barker, Madeline Wright.

Jenn, Linda and Ian McKenzie.

Jackson and Harry Parker, Owen Melhuish.

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David, Liam and Kate Wright.

Ruth Lovelock, Nicholas Westerberg, Barry Wotten.

Vesna Simovik, Owen Melhuish, Sandra Ivelja.

LUXURY CRUISE NIGHT AT QUAY CRUISE A consumer night hosted by niche cruise agency, Quay Cruises in Apollo Drive, was held on Wednesday 16th May. Highlighting some interesting trends in the luxury cruise market that show the sector is going strong, about 60 clients filled the room and mingled while nibbling on sushi and cheese with a glass of wine. Representatives from Regent Seven Seas, Seabourn and Ponant shared how special a small ship cruise can be with more space on board and a high crew to guest ratio. Quay Cruises's Michelle Malcolm says: "I definitely think that luxury cruising is growing as the baby boomers are retiring with money to spend. It represents fantastic value as most things are included." A very polished night from the high end cruise specialist company.

Jacqui Malcom, Michelle Malcolm, Barbie Attwood, Nina Cryns.

Garry Green, Mary Green, Nikki Solomon.

Debbie Monk, Alison Oliver, Sarah Porter.

Julia Miles-Cassin, Shirley Tobin, Margaret Boak, Trevor Tobin.

Anton, Anna and Anastasia Goncharenko.

Margaret Boak, Donna Hill.

Forest has the Blues 14 July – 25 July Opening, Saturday 14 July 2pm – 3.30pm An ecological project, with large-scale print installation and free native plant giveaway.

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ALL BLACKS MANAGER AT TAKAPUNA ROTARY Rugby banter was exchanged at Takapuna Boating Club when the local Rotary branch hosted an evening with All Blacks Manager Darren Shand. Guests mingled over exquisite canapĂŠs supplied by Zomer, and bid on many silent auction items generously donated by local business organisations including Continental Cars BMW, Home Fabrics and TBBA. A signed 2015 All Blacks team jersey was also amongst the auction attractions. The event was organised by Rotarian and Local Board member Jenn McKenzie, who also arranged champagne auction prizes and introduced Darren Shand at the event.

Neil and Jan Murray.

Terence Harpur, Geoff Pownall, Jenn McKenzie, Bruce Wood.

Matthew McLeod, Ian and Linda McKenzie.

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Jenn McKenzie, Darren Shand, Wynne Gray.

Tim Grover, Therese and Peter Russel, Geoff Pownall.

Antoine Vandael, GG Justeau, Kevin Wenk.

Ken Linkhorn, Jenni Wilson, Margaret Linkhorn, Fay Freeman.

OUT & ABOUT ON THE SHORE

HELLOWORLD BROWNS BAY'S PINK RIBBON BREAKFAST

CELEBRATING OUR MOTHERS

The sun shone on the pink table at Helloworld Browns Bay early on Thursday 17th May for a Pink Ribbon Breakfast. Raising funds for breast cancer charities, Helloworld owner Mary Buckley has been keen to host a breakfast for several years now. Her team embraced the theme donning sparkly pink hats while most of the guests also dressed in pink. Fresh hot coffee and tea was offered along with a delicious selection of breakfast finger foods prepared by staff. More than $520 was raised from ticket sales, donations and raffles.

Jackie Carkeek, Fiona Watt, Anne-marie Denton, Karen Raines, Mary Buckley

Helen Loveday, Sandra Willoughby, Leonie Legg.

Maggie Tie, Judith Shinegold, Alison Adamson.

Agnes Maat, Trudy De Graaf, Jason Buckley, Victoria Pinder.

“Lessons from my mother” was the theme of the speeches given by guest speakers North Shore MP Maggie Barry and Nanogirl Michelle Dickinson at a fundraising High Tea on Mother’s Day. Organised by Westlake Girls High School Pupuke House Service Prefect, Caitlin Goodin, the afternoon tea and silent auction raised over $12,000 for the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation.

The afternoon began with a performance by the combined Westlake Chamber Orchestra and afternoon tea was sponsored

by Smales Farm and Shore Care Smales Farm, Paneton, Eve's Pantry, Durello, Sway and the City Cake Company.

Amy Brown, Susan and Kathryn Clare.

Ariana and Monika Miller.

Jin Chen and Cynthia Liu.

Maggie Barry and Jane Stanley.

Maggie Barry, Caitlin Goodin and Michelle Dickinson.

Rebecca Buckley and Christine Gillmore.

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ANDREW DORREEN

Ultimate Takapuna Residence With 10,000 sq ft Of Living 18 O'NEILLS AVENUE, TAKAPUNA Situated in a superb sheltered location just off the water in O'Neills Avenue - one of Takapuna's best locations. This near new home boasts over 10,000 sq ft of living on over a quarter acre of land. This home, which has been extensively rebuilt to the highest of standards, can only be described as the ultimate seaward side family residence and really has to be seen to be truly appreciated. The home has features too extensive to list, so I encourage you to contact the Agent for further details.

- Five generous double bedrooms, four ensuited plus a guest / pool bathroom and powder room.

- At least five car internal access garaging, plus two additional off street carparks. A full rumpus / music room off this space giving the owners complete privacy and sound proofing from the remainder of the home.

- The master suite is spectacular, offering private living space including a large lounge area, generous study, huge walk-in wardrobe and lavish ensuite. This area also benefits from fantastic sea views and sounds of the sea.

- Living space is second to none, with a very large entertainer's kitchen complete with butler's pantry and featuring; Miele fridge / freezer, separate beer and wine fridges and two Miele ovens.

- Extensive home automation and entertainment systems control the home via your phone or iPad, for features such as lighting, pool, garage, security gates and televisions. The home has a choice of 22 speakers both inside and out, across seven different areas.

Contact Andrew Dorreen for more information and viewing times.

Andrew Dorreen / Precision Real Estate Ltd MREINZ Licenced under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 Email: andrew@precision.net.nz / Phone: 021 747 334 / www.precision.net.nz / www.andrewdorreen.com

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ANDREW DORREEN

Solid Masonry Low Maintenance Beach Living 15 THE STRAND, TAKAPUNA BEACH Located only four properties back from Takapuna Beach and right in the hub of Takapuna's famous Hurstmere strip of shops, 15 The Strand is the epitome of beachside lock up and leave living without compromise.

Constructed of solid concrete, this home was built ahead of its time and has recently undergone an extensive renovation which has resulted in a new roof and rooftop terrace. The home offers four bedrooms over its two levels and would accommodate most families with ease, however makes an ideal executive home or couples property as it is free of typical maintenance with its paved areas and no lawns. Ground floor living offers three good sized double bedrooms, all of which open out to flat paved areas having complete privacy. One of

these bedrooms has sliding doors allowing it to double in size into a lounge plus a bedroom. Travertine tiles (all heated) grace the entire ground floor resulting in lovely consistent temperatures in the winter months. Main living is one central area boasting large entertaining in the form of a kitchen, spacious dining and a lounge.

The master suite is generous and has a large walk-in wardrobe and ensuite.

Recently completed is a rooftop terrace, which is an amazing space and has superb close views of Takapuna Beach and enjoys amazing afternoon sun. There is a lift to all floors which makes access very straight forward and easy. Do not miss this exciting opportunity to secure a fantastic quality build in a superb beachside location.

At the top end of the market, there are large differences in where buyers see the value of property, and often homes are unique or setting benchmarks in their respective areas. Because of this, Andrew negotiates each sale price face to face, rather than selling by Auction, and has done for almost all of his 15 years in the business.

The current climate is seeing fewer people in a cash position so the need for a specialist high end negotiator becomes paramount to your success. Andrew's personal sales last year alone totalled $106,207,000 at an average of $3,933,000 per property and has broken the $100 million for the last three consecutive calendar years. This makes him one of New Zealand's most successful residential sales people. Sign up for Property Updates at www.andrewdorreen.com. Follow his facebook page and Instagram feed.

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PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

This month at The Rose Centre with manager John Davies.

News from The PumpHouse from James Bell

Support the Performing Arts this June

James Bell

The PumpHouse calendar is busy all year round, and June is no exception.

We have some very exciting stage performances this month, including Sapphire Production’s Morning Star and Tim Bray Productions’ Great White Man-Eating Shark & Other Stories. If you’re looking to celebrate Matariki, we’ve got you covered too.

We’re holding two fun introductory workshops for Harakeke and Poi. More details below.

Morningstar, 7-16 June 8pm: This is an action-packed, high stakes drama with romance, tragedy and a fight for family.

Starring Bronwyn Turei (Go Girls) and Blair Strang (Shortland Street), this play has got an incredible local Kiwi cast, writer and director and is nothing short of gripping!

Rehearsals are in full swing and we’ve noticed a lot of protective gear being worn for those dramatic fight scenes. The essence of the play? The War In Heaven Has Just Begun. Tickets from $35.

Toi Takapuna 2018: We’ve almost reached the half way point in our year-long programme of Maori Performing Arts events: Toi Takapuna 2018. Later this month there’ll be an opportunity to learn the traditional skill of flax weaving at a Harakeke Workshop and the end of June will see us kicking off the Matariki season with a Poi Workshop. Both workshops are introductory level and are aimed at adults who missed out on learning these skills during their school days. Early bird Tickets $18.

Our Toi Takapuna Matariki events continue in July with performances of Te Rerenga (The Flight) by Toro Pikipiko Puppets.

This family show, based on ancient Maori rock art will be colourful, musical and fun from start to finish!

Great White Man-Eating Shark, 30 June 21 July: Three quirky tales by Margaret Mahy come to life on stage. Norvin loves swimming in the bay but wishes he could swim as fast as he can without other swimmers getting in his way. He finds a novel way to have the water all to himself. But is he alone?

During the school holidays, encourage your children to dress up as their favourite character from the stories as there will be a Costume Parade just prior to the start of each show. Early bird Tickets $19.50.

Cheers, James Bell

BOOKINGS: 09 489 8360 or pumphouse.co.nz

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The warmth of local theatre

John Davies

Well May saw a very well received “Popcorn” come and go.

Great play. Well done to our resident theatre group, Company Theatre. A bold and fierce delivery from a talented cast under the direction of Suzy Sampson and all supported by a great behind the scenes team. If you got along, hopefully you enjoyed it as much as I did.

June has quite a lot of variety on offer. We kick off with Foolish Wit Theatre’s production of Martin McDonagh’s “The Pillow Man”.

With a couple of similar themes to “Popcorn”, this is a great follow up. Running for just 4 days, June 6 to 9, this promises to be a thrilling dark show. Written as it is by the wonderful talent behind the acclaimed movies “In Bruges” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”, this promises to be a must see show. More info at our website, tickets at iticket.co.nz.

On the 16th we’re hosting a unique musical event put on by Ryman Healthcare. The amazing musical duo that is Nordan will be here live. Their North Atlantic Soundscapes produced from the Celtic Harp and Nordic Fiddle will leave you spellbound. Check our Facebook page for links to their music.

“The Scarlet Pimpernel” is back courtesy of Devonport Theatre Company’s Teen Class. The story is based on Baroness Orczy's books about an Englishman that rescues aristocrats form the French guillotine. It’ll be interesting to see today’s youth take classic drama such as this and deliver it in 2018. This is one of the few shows at The Rose Centre which you book to see by getting in touch with us, call 09 445 9900 to be here. It's on June 22nd 7pm and June 23rd, 2 & 7pm. Tickets are just $15 or concessions an even lower $10.

July School Holiday programmes We’ve got sKids back with a very active two weeks, and for the dramatic, the singers, the dancers in the family, National Youth Theatre Company have a programme in July. You can get the sKids programmes by emailing Belmont@skids.co.nz and the National Youth Theatre has an awesome web page at allstars.co.nz.

Come on along to The Rose Centre in June, winter entertainment that warms and entertains you!

The Rose Centre, School Rd, Belmont 09 445 9900 info@rosecentre.co.nz www.rosecentre.co.nz

MOVIES THIS MONTH

(M) - 4 June

(R16) - 4 June

(M) - 7 June

(M) - 7 June

(TBA) - 21 June

(M) - 21 June

(TBA) - 28 June

(M) - 21 June

New Found Sound (Raise Up)

LIVE SHOWS AND EVENTS

Fri 22 June, 8pm A mix of bands and solo artists all performing for their chance to perform at the Vibe Music Festival.

Tickets $15

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THEVIC.CO.NZ OR OVER THE COUNTER

DEALS $10 ADULT $9 SENIOR $8 CHILD

Movieclub Wednesday

$10 movies and a $5 drink (excludes public holidays) ORT C NP I O

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Heaven and Earth: Rangi and Papa

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fri 29 June, 8pm The 1975 classic movie, with performance by the Hot & Flustered Shadowcast.

Tickets $15 student, $18.50 adults

Mon 25 June 1pm, Tue 26 June 11am & 1pm: A glow-in-thedark Matariki puppet show.

Tickets $15

VENUE HIRE

Ferry and Movie Deal

Buy a return trip from the city to Devonport plus a movie pass for only $17.50 (Adult) or $11 (Child) from any Fullers ticket office.

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WINEItTOUR aly h g u o Thr

Buongiorno!

from Giuffre (Hi from Jeff).

Some might say it’s a tough life owning your own business…too much risk and too little reward. Well except for one or two well deserved rewards in Virginia’s and my case in May/June. We’re shining the spotlight on Italy this June… and are lucky enough to be touring this “bellissimo” country right now, with a small group of Fine Wine Delivery Co customers.

If you’re already a FWD Co. customer… you’ll likely recall we gave away a “$50,000 Luxury Italian Wine Tour for two” last year, and our lucky winners The Simpsons are with us and having a great time! A highlight of many on this amazing Italian Tour, is our breakfast tasting at Frescobaldi’s Nipozzano Castle in the hills of Tuscany.

We’re there at 8.30am, so that 60 lucky FWD Co. customers can enjoy the same fabulous tasting of Frescobaldi’s finest wines simultaneously at Lunn Ave, Auckland… at the more appropriate tasting time of 7.30pm. We’ll be interacting via live hook up, and our Auckland customers will enjoy matching Italian cuisine prepared by Farina in Ponsonby… how exciting to share our Nipozzano Castle experience with another 60 FWD Co. customers who embrace a love of great Italian wines and all things Italian.

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Frescobaldi Nipozzano Riserva Chianti Rufina 2014 - $33.99

Jk.14 “Nonno Mario” Carmenere 2016 - $19.99

With more than 30 generations and 700 years behind them, the Frescobaldi family are one of the great winemaking families of Tuscany. The Nipozzano Riserva Chianti is 90% Sangiovese and spends 24 months maturing in seasoned oak. An elegant and stylish wine that comes alive with food.

The wine has the classic grassy, roasted capsicum top note that is the indelible hallmark of the variety, the flavour lessening and integrating as the wine ages. It’s very attractive in this context, the mind wandering to a nice slice of pepperoni pizza as a perfect match. Named by importer John Kirwan for his father-in-law Nonno Mario, the front label aptly reads “I dare you to offer him water with his meal…”

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Italy has so much on offer with a rich culture deeply entrenched in wine and food. It really is the epi-centre of life and the number one excuse for social gatherings of all sizes and occasions. We’ll be trying our best to promote that philosophy throughout our June activity.

Visit our website for this month’s Restaurant feature from Pasta e Cuore in Mt Eden or join us for a fabulous Italian Long Lunch at our Constellation SuperStore featuring the gorgeous (I know I’ve tasted them) wines & spirits distributed by legendary All Black Sir John Kirwan and his daughter Francesca. But as far as navigating the wines of Italy go, with over 20 regions and 350 different grape varieties alone, there’s a lifetime’s journey to sample your way through. Rest assured we’ve come up with a deliciously succinct selection to get you started on your journey through Italy.

Come in store to try these delights or peruse the full line up online, but to get you started right away below is a couple of our favourites – perfect for the cooler months and heartier meals! Virginia and I look forward to catching up with those of you coming to the Italian Long Lunch when we’re back mid-June.

Saluti!

Giuffre (Jeff)

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Jeff Poole - Proprietor

SHOP INSTORE Homezone, 60 Constellation Drive, North Shore SHOP ONLINE www.finewinedelivery.co.nz

R Bringing the best in beef to Browns Bay

21 DAYS, BAR & BRASSERIE BROWNS BAY

With a sleek, industrial style, a top class chef and team, stunning views and Wagyu steak galore, 21 Days is bringing a new dining experience to the Shore.

It's a seminal season in Browns Bay as a team which boasts some of Auckland's elite restaurants and hospitality contacts on its collective CV, has opened something special.

Head Chef Bob Lun, also part-owner of the business, worked for the Nourish Group for 14 years, working with Simon Gault and learning the art of culinary skills in all their outlets. During this time, whilst setting up a steak house in Queenstown, he developed a passion and thirst for knowledge: to know everything there is to know about steaks and cattle, so that he could be the best in this field.

Later, Bob became Head Chef at Jervois Steak House in Ponsonby and, after leaving the Nourish Group, he went on to set up Oyster & Chop in Auckland's Viaduct. This is the impressive pedigree that Bob now brings to 21 Days. And he's not only brought his unquestionably high standards of quality and cooking skills, but a team of loyal staff have followed him to Browns Bay. The restaurant has taken nearly three years to open but the passion and drive to be part of the Browns Bay community has never wavered. Wanting to help the community by employing and upskilling staff is important to the owners, as well as bringing an industrial look, with top quality food and friendly, always professional, service.

Restaurant Manager Shane Crooke, has worked in the industry far too long to want to say. He has owned two restaurants himself, and has worked in top restaurants like SOUL, Jervois Steak House, Top of the town (for you older folks), and Mikano to name a few.

He’s also bringing a team who have worked with him before. He says: We're all passionate about bringing high quality food and a fun, professional service to Browns Bay in this very modern, industrial setting. We have been working extremely hard to make this happen."

And what they have made here has raised the hospitality bar infinitely in Browns Bay. There are over a dozen cuts of beef, and lamb, on the menu; a menu that would impress anywhere in the world. Slow-cooked Australian Black Angus beef prime rib is 150 days grain fed, aged for 21 days, and slow cooked for 18 hours.

Wakanui Scotch Fillet is Angus beef fed on South Island pastures and finished on 90 days of grain, thereby developing the levels of marbling, cooked on the bone to prevent juices escaping and is recommended medium rare. This is the level of expertise to expect from this pioneering restaurant in Browns Bay's prime beachfront Clyde Road location, which attracted rave reviews from among the 400 customers who dined there on Mother’s Day. Shane credits part-owner Robin Lee with bringing 21 Days to life.

Shane says: "Robin has been the spearhead in creating this new exciting restaurant for Browns Bay. His passion for great food and good service has lead to the opening of this restaurant."

Robin and his family live in the area and have also had other local business interests. "Robin is driven to make this New Zealand first light wagyu rump cap, successful not just Japanese wagyu sirloin, Australia wagyu sirloin. for the business itself,

We're all passionate about bringing high quality food and a fun, professional service to Browns Bay in this very modern, industrial setting.

East Coast Bays MP Erica Stanford with fellow guest Steve Mann on opening night.

but for the community, as there was a gap in the area for this type of venue," says Shane.

Adding: "We'd also like to publicly give thanks to CMP Interiors and the team who worked so hard to create the industrial vision."

Go and experience it for yourself. It's a special addition to the Shore. Just don't wait for 21 days to get there - you'll be missing out.

21 Days, 37 Clyde Road, Browns Bay www.21days.co.nz

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Florrie McGreal's Takapuna

Florrie McGreal's owner Kevin Schwass and manager Colm McNeill-O’Keeffe.

Florrie McGreal’s: A local institution Florrie McGreal’s Irish pub in Takapuna is the “local’s local – the epitome of a true neighbourhood bar”, says owner (and local hospitality identity) Kevin Schwass.

Florrie McGreal’s was first introduced to Shore locals in 1993, at the Poenamo Motor Inn. “As the name was personal to me,” says Kevin, “I took it with me when I left in 1996 to open R’toto Pub & Café.” In 2001, Kevin saw the opportunity for a reincarnation of Florrie’s between the Blankenberge Belgian Beer Café and what was then known as the Copper Room.

According to Kevin, the enduring the appeal of a traditional Irish pub is “the craic” - an Irish term for news, gossip, fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation. “It’s a place where people from all socio-demographics and ages can mix and mingle.

It’s an environment where everyone is accepted.

“Irish bars,” he adds, “have longevity because there is no pretence. It’s not a fad or flavour of the moment. People know each other, and out of towners are genuinely welcomed providing they have a sense of humour and the ability to engage. Florrie’s is an honest bar that appeals to honest people.”

Florrie’s is as authentic an Irish pub as you can get – at least outside Ireland. Unlike many Irish pubs, the décor wasn’t imported from Ireland nor made up from a kitset. It has been painstakingly created to ensure its integrity as an Irish bar. Kevin has personally collected most of the photographs and memorabilia that adorn the walls. For those who understand and appreciate Irish bars, Florrie’s typifies what is unique about a good friendly watering-hole; to use an expression from the 1980s sit-com ‘Cheers’, “it’s a bar where everyone knows your name”.

Florrie’s has seen plenty of change along her stretch of Hurstmere Road, much of it engineered by Kevin himself. The cavernous R’toto Pub & Café and the associated Rangitoto Brewing Company became R’toto and the Blankenberge Belgian Beer Café.

R’toto was then replaced by Macs Brew Bar. And not so long ago the Belgian Beer Café was reinvented as Master and Apprentice.

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Ironically, Kevin says, looking back, “the only one that probably didn’t reach its potential was the Rangitoto Brewing Co. With the current upsurge of craft beer and craft beer bars, I was probably 20 years before my time.”

Meanwhile Florrie’s has endured, a place to meet, natter and catch up with other locals. Manager Colm McNeill-O’Keeffe has been there since the beginning in Takapuna. Formerly a salmon fisherman in Cork, since arriving in New Zealand 16 years ago he’s worked in in some of the better known Irish bars around Auckland and opened Florrie McGreal’s with Kevin nearly a decade ago.

In true pub style, Florrie’s offers a wide range of tap beer, including the signature Guinness and Murphy’s stout. Ironically, the biggest tap beer seller is Heineken.

The food, while not Florrie’s main focus, also plays a significant part in her ongoing success. The nightly food specials certainly attract patrons. The most popular is the Monday $10 Pie & Mash special with a choice of Beef and Guinness, Shepherd’s, or Creamy Chicken and Mushroom pies. The $15 Roast of the Day on a Sunday also goes down well. If the food isn’t affordable and good, says Kevin, the image of Florrie’s as a neighbourhood bar becomes dented.

Nor is live entertainment a main focus. But patrons enjoy traditional live Irish music on Tuesday and Sunday nights from around 7pm, provided by groups of musicians who “just love to play Irish music. It’s great scene watching talented people playing violins, harps, accordions and bodhrans, banging out good old Irish music.

Along with the décor, it really does provide Irish authenticity.”

Also part of the appeal at Florrie’s is the staff: just as Colm has been there since the beginning, so too, do other staff members stay.

“All of them are super friendly and up for a good chat. They really are the fabric in the tapestry of a successful local.”

Florrie McGreals, 138 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 486 6581 Open Every Mon-Sun 11am-1am www.facebook.com/FlorrieMcGreals

Your monthly restaurant guide…

FLORRIE M CGREAL'S ABOUT US: Florrie McGreal’s Irish Pub is arguably the best little neighbourhood bar on the Shore, located in the heart of Takapuna’s Hurstmere entertainment precinct.

This is a ‘local’s’ local, which embraces out-of-towners and even those from the “other side”.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Irish Music Session Tuesdays & Sundays.

Karaoke every Wednesday.

Eat, drink and be Irish.

Enjoy the Craic Roaring outside fire 138 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 486 6581 Open Every Mon-Sun 11am-1am Like our Facebook Page to receive our latest deals for you www.facebook.com/FlorrieMcGreals

MASTER AND APPRENTICE ABOUT US: MASTER and APPRENTICE is located in the heart of the popular Hurstmere Road entertainment precinct. It offers a great range of gastrobar food, Panhead, Emerson and Little Creatures craft beers, along with an attractive range of mainstream commercial beers on tap.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE SUPER HOT SPECIAL. TACO TUESDAYS. 2 soft-shell tacos for only $5 We claim to have the best weekend breakfast / brunch in Takapuna.

Come try us out and see if we’re fibbing!!!!

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HEMINGWAYS ABOUT US: Hemingways offers the best winter dining in Devonport. Our sun-filled courtyard is sheltered from the prevailing winds and offers a warm and relaxing environment for either coffee, muffins and light meals, or for full a la carte dining. Our cosy indoor fireside is the perfect place to relax with a glass of red wine.

THE FOOD: Our focus for winter is on food that warms the soul! Keeping it simple and elegant whilst still maintaining those old favourites that our regulars keep returning for. Our wine list will be featuring a few new cellar door Reds to keep you warm.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE NEW! Chef’s Table at Hemingway’s. Ready to eat food boxes to enjoy at home. Visit www.chefstable.nz to find out more and order online.

Opening hours: 11am till late Tuesday – Thursday; 9am till late Friday – Sunday.

Closed Mondays. Hemingways, 2a Rattray Street, Devonport 09 446 0454 www.hemingways.co.nz @hemingwaysdevonport on Facebook and Instagram

SAKEBAR NIPPON JAPANESE RESTAURANT ABOUT US: We are a Japanese Izakaya Restaurant, also with a sushi train.

THE FOOD: Authentic Japanese cuisine Sushi sashimi, tempura and many other dishes.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE TUES, WEDS NIGHT SPECIAL $30pp 3 course set menu, includes 1 free drink, Sushi Train plates from $2.80.

Private Room with Karaoke facilities.

Takeout available We are now open for dinner 7 days from 5pm Sunday open from 11:00 Takapuna Ramen Shop

136 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna Open Monday Saturday 12-late Sunday (Brunch) 10-Late Follow our Facebook and Instagram page to receive our latest deals for you

32-34 Anzac Street,Takapuna, 09 486 2249 www.sakebar.co.nz

MADAME JOJOS

POKÉ POKÉ

ABOUT US: I started this business Madame Jojo's Foodstore 12 Years ago in Remuera and Milford over a year and half ago.

I love cooking and am still at the stove making the meals, salads and cabinet food we sell most days.

There is lots of pride and love in the food we serve.

THE FOOD: Image shows our colourful beetroot and coconut risotto... fresh and delicious... next to gluten free pea and corn fritters.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE The choices change daily and there are always vegan salads and meals to buy in the fridge and freezer.

Open Mon-Fri 9.30-6pm, Sat 9-3pm 89 Kitchener Road, Milford, 09 486 5711 www.madamejojo.co.nz

ABOUT US: At Poké Poké we are committed to sourcing the highest quality premium ingredients we can find. We take sustainability seriously and use only responsibly sourced ingredients and organic products where we can. You can be sure to enjoy a delicious, fresh, nutritious meal every time you walk in and feel great about what you are eating at the same time!

THE FOOD: Hawaiian cuisine Poké typically consists of chunks of marinated raw fish tossed with seaweed. We have added our own twist of Japanese and Korean elements to the concept with the idea of Poké Bowl. With build-your-own style menu you can customise your own meal with the ingredients you love, to create your own delicious, fresh, healthy Poké Bowl!

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE All Channel magazine readers will receive complementary miso soup with their Poké bowl. Just mention Channel magazine at the checkout!

Poké Poké, Shop 6, Fortieth & Hurstmere, 40 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, 09 486 5399

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Your monthly restaurant guide…

MEXICO

TOKYO BAY

ABOUT US: Drenched in bright colour and spiked with bold Mexican imagery, Mexico is an immersive dining experience inspired by street cuisine and culture of it's namesake nation.

THE FOOD: Mexico celebrates the vibrant, fresh and lighter side of Mexican cuisine, with a range of authentic and fusion Mexican dishes served to you in a fast paced and energetic atmosphere. The menu is seasonal, changing every 3 months to ensure fresh flavours and produce but with customer favourites becoming a menu staple you'll never have to worry about missing out on Mexico's famous fried chicken.

THE FOOD: Tokyo Bay offers modern Japanese cuisine with delicious flavours complemented by Japanese beers, sakes, and great international wines.

Priced for the local market; you'll be happy with the value provided for a top class Auckland restaurant.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Mexico's new Winter menu arrives on Monday 11th June. Must-try dishes include the Crispy Pork Belly Taco and Crispy Cauliflower florets.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Supporting the Sunwolves Super Rugby Team every Friday lunch.

Open Mon to Sun 12pm - late.

Mexico, 4 The Strand, Takapuna 09 280 1487 www.mexico.net.nz

Open 12noon until late 7 days 20 The Strand, Takapuna Beach, 09 390 7188 Book on www.tokyobay.co.nz

NANAM TAKAPUNA ABOUT US: Our menu reflects our love of Filipino cuisine – inspired by historical flavours of the Philippines, showcasing fresh New Zealand ingredients. We create a fun and relaxed environment to match our menu, with a humble wine list by Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier.

THE FOOD: The Filipino-inspired menu can be shared for families, or you can have the chef’s recommendation to experience more flavours in one visit. From Wagyu grilled Inasal, to tamarind roast chicken, Hawkes Bay lamb adobo and Filipino-inspired dessert, it is sure to be a unique experience.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Making it to the METRO TOP 50 BEST RESTAURANTS. We would like to thank you all for supporting your local owner-operated restaurant Nanam. We have a new exciting wine list by Cameron Douglas MS and hearty new items on our food menu for you all to enjoy. Come and celebrate with us.

178 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna 09-488 9976 nanamrepublic@gmail.com Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-2:30pm and 5-10pm Bookings online www.nanamrepublic.co.nz

TAYLORS ON HURSTMERE

ZOMER ABOUT US: The beachside atmosphere coupled with a seasonal menu and only the finest ingredients, alongside a coffee or a crisp Sauvignon. Whether you’re in need of a quality feed after a long walk on the beach or simply want a great coffee and a sweet treat on the way to work, Zomer has you covered. Zomer offers brunch and lunch, plus outcatering and is available for functions in the evening.

THE FOOD: At Zomer we pride ourselves in serving the best seasonal produce and fantastic homemade baking fresh daily, as well as the best coffee in town.

You’ll be blown away by our fantastic house manuka smoked salmon omelette and you should definitely come and try our chilli cheese muffins.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Come and check out our new winter menu! Using the best seasonal produce we have created a menu full of your old favourites plus some new additions that will keep you coming back for more. Zomer, where passion meets food.

Open Mon-Fri: 7:30-15:00, Sat-Sun: 8:00-15:00, 4 The Strand, Takapuna Beach 09 488 7594 www.zomer.co.nz

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ABOUT US: Taylors, Takapuna's best little wine bar! Now one year old! Mouthwatering bites plus just the right drop to wash away the day and warm into the night. Located close to Bruce Mason Centre and 2 mins walk from Takapuna Beach.

ABOUT US: Soul Sushi opened in Newmarket last year and now we are excited to announce the opening of our store in Milford. We love making delicious, healthy food for your enjoyment - and sushi is just the beginning!

THE FOOD: Sharing plates, wine and craft beers.

An inspired menu of fresh and local produce to excite the taste buds. ​A variety of bites to try that will keep you coming back for more. Try our famous Kumara & Blue Cheese Arancinci, Snapper Sliders or Lamb & Mint Meatballs!

THE FOOD: Our goal is to delight your eyes and awaken your palate with delicious flavours. We have a delicious range of sushi for you to select from, and we also serve a variety of hot food such as donburi, ramen, yakisoba, udon and salad, which will definitely warm you up this winter. Vegetarian and gluten free options are also available.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Double happy hours! From 3pm-5pm and 9pm-11pm $7 house wine and beer* subject to conditions Off to the shows at the Bruce Mason? Pop into Taylors for pre- and postshow deals!

Open 3pm till late Tuesday to Sunday Taylor’s on Hurstmere, 168 Hurstmere Road, 09 489 9510 www.taylorsonhurstmere.co.nz

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ABOUT US: Located in the Main Beach entertainment hub on The Strand at Takapuna Beach, Tokyo Bay is an international-class venue, offering modern Japanese. The diverse menu, created by expert chef Chikara Sato of Tokyo, provides options for all.

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NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Soul Sushi also at 110 Carlton Gore Rd, Newmarket and 50 High St, City.

Soul Sushi, 83-85 Kitchener Road, Milford 09 489 7546

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BEDFORD SODA & LIQUOR

EATING OUT ON THE SHORE

FRANC'S

ABOUT US: Bedford Soda & Liquor is a New York inspired neighbourhood bar.

We specialise in cocktails and have range of craft beers on tap and have a happy hour every day from 4pm to 7pm with a glass of wine and beer for $7 and jugs of beer for $20.

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS MONTH At Franc’s we are preparing to say goodbye to autumn and hello to winter.

On Thursdays we also do $10 Daisy cocktails all night.

THE DRINKS: In our new drinks sections, Bedford Classics, you can find one of Bedford’s most popular drinks of all time, the Pineapple Chilli Margareta; with chilli infused Tequila, maraschino, pineapple, lime and agave this drink is sweet, spicy and full of flavour.

Open from 4pm Tuesday to Thursday, 12pm Friday to Sunday. Closed Mondays.

21 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna 09 486 2794 takapuna@bedfordsodaliquor.co.nz FB: BedfordSodaLiquor Insty: bedfordballers

As sad as we are to say goodbye to daylight saving and the sun we are also kind of excited as autumn brings an exciting new offer which includes a celebration of street food at street food prices. Burgers, curries & waffles will all feature in this food focused promotion that puts real meaning to the phrase “Cheap Eats!!”.

So join us through June and come and take one of our delicious street meals for a walk!?!?! We also have a new menu coming with some new additions of some great new dinner options. If you are planning a night out then definitely put Franc’s on your Must-Try list. We cater for breakfast to dinner.

We look forward to seeing you. We have the blankets and heaters all ready to go.

Franc’s Bar + Diner, Main Beach, The Strand, Takapuna Mon – Sun, 9am-late, 09 488 0016, Francs.co.nz

THYME RESTAURANT ABOUT US: Located on the first floor of The Spencer on Byron Hotel, we’ve been a Takapuna favourite, delighting taste buds for more than 15 years. With a variety of options on the menu including our popular Flambé and Drinks Trolley and with friendly attentive service, Thyme Restaurant is the place to be!

THE FOOD: Our menu reflects a passion for seasonal fresh food with innovative dishes designed to tantalise your taste buds. Try our Flambé Trolley on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night where our chef completes your dish at your table. We also have vegetarian, gluten free, and dairy free options.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Join our loyalty programme and earn points every time you dine with us.

Register and you’ll receive a $10 Thyme Restaurant voucher. Every 200 points earns you a $20 Thyme Restaurant voucher.

Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner Level 1, The Spencer on Byron Hotel, 9-17 Byron Avenue, Takapuna Beach 09 916 4982 www.thymerestaurant.co.nz

ELEPHANT WRESTLER BROTHERS OF THE GRILL RIB SHACK POP UP!!

Every Sunday from June 10th the Elephant Wrestler transforms into the Brothers of the Grill Rib Shack Pop-Up!!!

THE COFFEE CLUB

In conjunction with Jack Daniels and Brothers of the Grill we bring you a taste of the Southern states of the United States. In all its glory with St. Louis ribs from some of New Zealand’s top Pit Masters, mouth-watering libations from the Jack Daniels team and some sawdust beats from bands the likes of White Chapel Jack, Boom Boon Deluxe and The Recliner Rockers.

ABOUT US: The Coffee Club Café Bar Restaurant Takapuna is open daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner or just coffee and cake.

Good food, great service and, of course, excellent coffee with The Coffee Club's signature blend!

THE FOOD: Choose from a wide and delicious range of breakfast, lunch and dinner meals from our all-day menu as well as hot and cold beverages. From classic favourites such as Lemon Pepper Calamari to our famous breakfast dishes such as The Coffee Club Big Breakfast, there’s truly something for everyone at The Coffee Club.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Have you tried our exciting New Menu with vegan and gluten free options yet!

Why not spice up your day with our new Southern Fried Chicken Strips served with fresh herb mayo slaw, seasoned chips and chipotle mayo?

Open 7.30am-9pm Mon-Fri, 8am-9pm Sat & Sun. 1 The Strand, Corner Of Lake Road, Takapuna 09 489 3677

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With the ribs being slow cooked from 8am on site and ready to serve from 1pm, these weekly interpretations on flavour and smoke will be sure to leave you wanting more and only because they are too good. Pit Masters include The Big Tent Meat Revival, BBQWAR, The Slow Joint and A Tribe Called Que. All of these Pit Teams are award-winning and will be putting up their flavours for you to enjoy.

EVERY SUNDAY 10th JUNE – 29th JULY 1pm – 6pm Ribs available while stocks last 3pm – 6pm Weekly band with a Southern flavour Bookings recommended!!

Open Mon - Sun 11am - Late.

138 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, 09 489 8030 www.elephantwrestler.co.nz www.facebook.com/TheElephantWrestler

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EATING OUT ON THE SHORE STANLEY'S

TOK TOK

ABOUT US: Stanley’s Café is your great local getaway. Come and soak up the sun whilst enjoying a cup of freshly roasted coffee accompanied with delicious homemade baking – just like mum used to make. At Stanley’s we pride ourselves in sourcing the finest of ingredients and best seasonal produce available in the creation of our mouth-watering meals. Indulge yourself with great food, great service and great friend’s here at Stanley’s café.

THE FOOD: All food served at Stanley’s Café is made fresh daily on site using strictly free range produce. You can’t look further than our renowned Salmon and Bacon Rosti dishes, as well as our popular Smashed Avocado meal. We offer both dine-in and takeaway meals and provide catering on request.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Soup is back! Drop in for a hearty homemade soup served with a cheesy melt.

Open 7:00am – 3:30pm Monday-Saturday, 8:00am – 3:30pm Sunday 58 East Coast Road, Milford 09 410 4104 stanleyscafe@hotmail.com

ABOUT US: Tok Tok is a unique restaurant with Asian fusion cuisine located in the heart of Takapuna’s dining precinct, just up from the beach. Many of the dishes are a ‘twist on the traditional’.

Two have featured as winners in the Taste of Auckland Festival Awards.

The Crispy Hapuka Curry was a Supreme Winner and the Crispy Half Duck was runner up.

NEW MENU FOR WINTER: New dishes to try this month include Pork ’n Scallop Dumplings, Duck Pad Thai, and Littleneck Clams with smoked bacon, herbs. They join all the favourites with some dishes returning for winter, including Wagyu Beef Steamed Bun and the Grown-Up Lamb Curry.

129 Hurstmere Road Takapuna.

Phone 489 3988.

Open: Monday: Closed. Tuesday-Sunday: 12pm till late!

Email: toktokkitchen@gmail.com Visit: www.facebook.com/Toktakapuna/ or www.toktok.co.nz

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DANTE'S PIZZA & CASA PASTA ABOUT US: Dante's Pizzeria Napoletana was established 10 years ago and is wellknown for its genuine authentic wood fired pizzas. Dante’s has won Metro's best pizza in Auckland 4 years running, and best in New Zealand in 2015 and 2016. Dante's has now opened a new chapter by introducing freshly made pasta, which is made in-house every morning. We are very proud to be one of the few restaurants in New Zealand and one of the only restaurants in Takapuna to make fresh pasta daily.

ABOUT US: Philippe, Claire and Hemanshi invite you to come into into the unique French restaurant on the Shore.

Come down to Lake Pupuke for a delicious handmade meal (French style) with fresh New Zealand product for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner.

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THE FOOD: Authentic, genuine, nutritious, sincere; based on tradition and made with lots of passion and love. With every bite, Dante's takes you to Italy and keeps you there each time you come back to visit.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE For ONLY $12, come and have a lunch of Panuozzi - the famous Italian Street Food Sub. We strongly recommend to try the Pork Belly one.

You will not regret it!

Open Monday to Sunday 11:30 'til late. Fortieth and Hurstmere, 40 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, 09 486 3668 www.dantespizzeria.co.nz

THE FOOD: Wide range of typical Kiwi breakfast options like eggs benedict, omelette or gluten-free galettes and delicious sweet crepes.

NEED TO KNOW: JUNE Large selection of French wine including nice, fresh rosé.

French Rendez-vous cafe/ restaurant, 2a Manurere Avenue, Takapuna 09 487 0009 Frenchrendezvous.booking@gmail.com www.facebook.com/frenchrendezvoustakapuna/

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WINE: WITH LIZ WHEADON OF GLENGARRY

Australian Shiraz The premium Australian wine market has never been so exciting.

Australian wine has had a rather rough time.

From being the darling of the international red wine market, its fortune changed as a result of droughts, fires and changing consumer preferences, which then saw Australian wine struggling. Something we certainly know all about. Now, at this stage, if you are sitting thinking Australian wine is all too big, too broad with high alcohol, and not for you, please do read on. This was, for many Australian wines, the style of the past and, sure, these still exist. The modern face of Australian wine could not be further from these styles though.

It was with this in mind that we set about to explore, expand and change our Australian range. What you’ll find in store this month is a super exciting range of Australian wine. Amongst which, you’ll find Shiraz from Australia’s various regions, which leads to the point of this text – are all Australian Shiraz the same? Does regionality matter? Certainly an interesting question, particularly when you consider the focus that many of the top names have on blending and consistency of their style.

The answer of course is that regionality does matter. Margaret River and Barossa do most certainly produce different styles, as do the other regions.

Syrah, or Shiraz as it is referred to in Australia, is a dark red, thick skinned variety, rich in tannins that have a silky elegance.

Black fruit and pepper, together with a smoky leathery note are the characters you can expect. When grown in warm climates, Syrah becomes unctuous with chocolate and coffee notes and a prune character; when very warm, a porty character appears.

This is the style found in the warm climate of the Barossa Valley.

Coonawarra is similar to Barossa in that they are both

very warm climates, though the rich red soil in Coonawarra produces Shiraz that has overt Liz Wheadon pepper notes – characteristically warm climate shiraz, but with spice. McLaren Vale is also a warm area for Shiraz and wines from here tend to be more open and breezy, and warm with a welcoming deep colour. One look at D’Arenberg’s Dead Arm Shiraz and you’ll know what I mean about the colour, it’s almost black.

Hunter Valley Shiraz takes on a slightly cooler style, producing more leathery, early styles. Whilst Margaret River’s style owes a lot to the cooling water influences in this region, producing very polished and stylish Shiraz.

Throughout the month of June, we’ll be holding instore tastings every week at Glengarry Devonport and Takapuna.

For more details check out the tasting pages on our website www.glengarry.co.nz/tastings On the 5th June, our Takapuna store hosts Grant Burge for a super exciting tasting, including a mini vertical of Meshach. Grant Burge Wines was established in 1988 by Grant Burge and his wife Helen. This highly respected winery is located in the heart of South Australia's Barossa Valley. Over five generations the Burge family has brought together the finest vineyards and traditional hands-on techniques with modern winemaking, as expressed in their classic Barossa wines. Grant believes if the right varieties are grown in the right soils, and vines are managed to produce lowto-moderate yields, the vines will produce the premium quality fruit needed to produce exceptional wines. With the combination of the best terroirs, the best climate and the best winemaking techniques, the natural result is the best wine.

Glengarry, Devonport and Takapuna. www.glengarry.co.nz

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ILOVETAKAPUNA: NEWS

Talking Takapuna Winter is here, but here in Takapuna the heat is on as we launch our Winter Warmer Shop & Win promotion with House of Travel Takapuna, Air Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Tourism. Takapuna shoppers and lovers have the chance to win a 5-day trip for two to Tahiti including three nights’ stay at the 5-star luxury resort Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa. We also have more $1000 worth of House of Travel vouchers up for grabs so get shopping!

The Winter Warmer Shop & Win runs from June until the end of July giving you plenty of chances to shop and collect entry cards.

Simply spend $20 at any of the participating retailers, ask for an entry card, follow the instructions at the back to enter online and you are in the draw. You can enter as many times as you like so start shopping and increasing your chances of winning.

The cold doesn’t stop us from putting on a good show so don’t let it stop you from visiting. Takapuna will continue to buzz with activities this winter as Auckland Live’s Pick & Mix runs from the 30th of June until the 2nd of September at the Bruce Mason Centre. Don’t miss out on this fantastic series of free and family-oriented weekend performances and workshops that will sure to delight the kids and kids-at-heart. Check out The PumpHouse’s line up of shows and events as well if you’re looking for something different and unique!

Don’t forget to visit the fantastic restaurants, cafés, and bars in Takapuna to warm your stomach with choice food and drinks, work

Takapuna Business Profile

Jimmy O'Brien, Colliers Jimmy O’Brien is general manager and director of Colliers International. He has intricate knowledge of the commercial real estate market and is a big supporter of Takapuna and the TBBA. Channel Magazine: Please tell us a bit about yourself.

J O’Brien: I’m married to Fleur and we have two teenage children, Mack at Westlake Boys and Riley at Westlake Girls. I started work as a lighting and heating engineer. Then I owned a furniture manufacturing company for 20 years. I sold in late 2005 and in March 2006 I joined Colliers International as an industrial broker. Colliers was then a franchise, owned by a good friend of mine Andrew Hiskens. When Andrew sold to the corporate arm of Colliers in 2014 I took over management of the Takapuna office.

CM: What’s exciting about commercial real estate right now?

JO’B: The commercial property market certainly has cycles. We seem to be at the top of the cycle at present and have been there for a couple of years. It will change again but the team and I are having fun while it lasts. The growth that Takapuna and the wider North Shore has experienced seems to have had a positive flow-on effect to businesses.

Upcoming Events:

1 June – 31 July – I Love Takapuna Winter Warmer Shop & Win a Trip to Tahiti 1 June – Bruce Mason Centre: Odd One Out 7-16 June – The PumpHouse: Morningstar 7 June – The Commons: Beats By Bingo 8 June – Bruce Mason Centre: Todrick Hall American: The Forbidden Tour 8 & 22 June – The Elephant Wrestler: Aunty's Garage 10 June – Takapuna War Memorial Hall: Retcon 11 June – St. Peter’s Anglican Church: The Soldier's Tale 12 June-02 September – Bruce Mason Centre: Te Whariki Kiokio 13 June – The Elephant Wrestler: Cork & Canvas – Piha Sunset 15 June – Bruce Mason Centre: Afrikaans is Lekker 2018 16 June – Bruce Mason Centre: Jo Koy: Break the Mold Tour 23 June – Bruce Mason Centre: Last Night of the Proms 27 June – The Elephant Wrestler: Cork & Canvas – The Great Wave 30 June-21 July – The PumpHouse: The Great White Man-Eating Shark and Other Stories

up a sweat shopping in the high street or at Shore City, and kick your winter blues away by having a great time at Takapuna.

The I Love Takapuna team also has something up their sleeve to light up your winter. Think bright, fun, and deLIGHTful! Follow us on social media @ilovetakapuna on Facebook and Instagram or visit www.ilovetakapuna.co.nz to be the first thing to know what’s happening in town.

CM: Tell us about Colliers' support for the TBBA. JO’B: Colliers has sponsored the TBBA for as long as I can remember. It's a great relationship and we feel our support is making a positive contribution to the area. We are passionate about what Jimmy O'Brien and his son Mack. happens here. I am also actively involved with Westlake Boys High School through both the old boys group and on the Board of Trustees.

CM: What do you enjoy most about working and living in Takapuna?

JO’B: I moved back into the Takapuna area around three years ago.

My short commute time to the office is great. Also, in the 12 years I have worked in Takapuna, I have seen the retail/hospitality offering improve immensely. We are now spoilt for choice for good eateries and shopping. And I like the great sense of community you get as you stroll around town as well.

CM: What’s your favourite thing to do in Takapuna?

JO’B: You can’t beat a leisurely breakfast in one of the wonderful cafés we have in Takapuna, sitting outside with a bunch of mates watching the world go by.

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Shop in Takapuna and Win

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PRIZE INCLUDES

Two return economy class airfare flying Air Tahiti Nui from Auckland to Papeete and return 5 nights accommodation including 3 nights stay at the Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa Transfers including ferry in Tahiti and Moorea

We are also giving away more than $1000 worth of House of Travel vouchers!

Spend $20 or more at any participating retailer from 01 June – 31 July 2018 to receive your entry card.

Terms & Conditions Apply.

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ORDINARY INNOVATIVE SET LEASE FLEXIBLE STERILE VIBRANT DATED NEXT GEN The Business Hive, or B:HIVE for short, is New Zealand’s largest and smartest co-working building. This 11,000 sq/m, 5 level premium office space incorporates the latest thinking around workplace, technology and urban design to give businesses of all sizes an unparalleled environment in which to thrive.

Smales Farm is rethinking everything to deliver the workplace of tomorrow, something we’re calling a Next Generation Neighbourhood.

Book a B:HIVE tour at smalesfarm.co.nz

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CRAVEHOME Accessorising with impact has never been easier with the range of metallic homewares and fashion accessories available this season. Get inspired in-store and online.

30 Mokoia Road, Birkenhead 09 419 9535 www.cravehome.co.nz

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NEXT DOOR GALLERY Beautiful artisan sterling silver and copper shine in these contemporary pieces. Each is unique so pop into the gallery to see the full range.

132 Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead Point 09 480 9289 www.nextdoorgallery.co.nz

WALLACE COTTON Create your own stylish sanctuary with our luxurious Shimmer Velvet Quilt. Velvet is an essential layering piece as its soft, rich texture can magically transform any space.

Available from $289.90.

34 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 551 7767 www.wallacecotton.com

TOSCA & SALOME Warm winter colours in store perfect for layering.

2 The Strand, Takapuna 020 4095 3169 www.toscaandsalome.co.nz

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Shop the Shore PAINTED BIRD Painted Bird is your antidote to fast fashion - always on trend.

Visit and be delighted with classic styles and colours. Sizes range from 4-18.

Their in-store stylist is always available to assist you.

It's not pre-loved. It's not second hand. It's vintage.

164a Kitchener Road, Milford 09 486 2473 @paintedbirdnz on Instagram or Facebook www.paintedbird.nz

CRAFTWORKZ In crafting there are no mistakes, it is your own unique creation.

Don’t be afraid to stand out from the crowd!

All you need for your arts and crafts, plus buttons, haberdashery, fabric and yarn with inspiration and guidance thrown in!

Open 9am-5pm Mon-Fri; 10am-4pm Sat & Sun 168 Kitchener Road, Milford 09 489 4279 facebook@craftworkz1

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THE FAIRY LIGHT SHOP Our Golden Globe battery fairy lights will add sparkle to any space.

View more of our fabulous range online.

32D Barrys Point Road, Takapuna 09 486 1586 www.thefairylightshop.com

FLORIENNE Cymbidium season has started and our ever popular Cymbidium bowls are back!

60A Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 486 6438 www.florienne.co.nz

CAPRICHO Create your luxe bedroom sanctuary this winter with beautiful Odeon bed linen in 100% cotton sateen from BOVI of Portugal, exclusively at Capricho.

106 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 0211 027 309 www.capricho.co.nz

THE VAULT Fab new stainless steel bottles for hot or cold drinks featuring work by NZ artists!

9 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 489 8008 www.thevaultnz.com WILD & WOOLLY YARNS Knitting shops are boring, daggy, dusty, old fashioned and staffed by humourless ladies who ought to retire.... Yeah right!

93 Kitchener Road, 09 488 7039 fran@wildandwoollyyarns.co.nz Facebook: wild and woolly yarns New website at www.wildandwoollyyarns.co.nz

FOUNDERS OF ROME All that glitters is SILVER at Founders of Rome. Come and view our new shipment fresh from Europe.

1 Earnoch Avenue, Takapuna Parking behind the building.

Wed-Sun 10am-5pm or by appointment 027 4777155 www.foundersofrome.co.nz

TANGO'S SHOES Dare to be different‌stand out from the crowd with unique footwear from Tango's. NOW OPEN SUNDAYS. 164 Kitchener Rd, Milford 09 488 0495 www.tangosshoes.co.nz

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I LOVE MY SPORT: HOLLY MORSE

Golden Girl Holly's Diving Success Returning from the national diving championships this autumn with five medals around her neck was proof of Holly Morse's position as one of New Zealand's best young divers. The Takapuna Grammar School pupil and relative newcomer to diving is now eying up further success in the sport, which sees her tumble from 7.5 metres in spectacular style. We chatted to Holly following her national competition wins...

Channel magazine: What drew you to diving initially?

Holly Morse: I originally was a gymnast for around eight years. I eventually decided that I wasn't enjoying the sport as much so decided to start another. I had always watched diving in the Olympics and thought how amazing it looked, and scary.

So mum took me for a lesson at Glenfield pools and I instantly fell in love with the sport.

CM: Do you have a diving role model?

HM: My diving role model is definitely British Diver Tom Daley. He has had such an amazing story and worked so hard to get where he has. He competed at his first Olympic Games at the age of 14!

Holly Morse, right, receiving one of her golds.

CM: How long have you been involved?

Holly at the Nationals.

HM: I started diving around two and a half years ago when I was 12 years old. This is quite late to start a sport like diving so I am very lucky that I took to it easily and with the help of my amazing coaches, Steve Gladding (former British Olympic Coach) and Cordelia Norris I was able to advance quite quickly and within six months starting competing.

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CM: What’s the all-time best dive you have ever seen performed?

HM: The best dive I have ever seen performed was when we were in Singapore for a competition last year. There was a really amazing young Malaysian diver who did a back 2 and 1/2 somersaults tuck off the 7.5m and got straight 10s. One of our own divers Nathan Brown competed a back 2 and 1/2 somersaults pike from the 10m receiving straight 9s and 10s; it was amazing.

CM: The impact of entering the water must be huge on your body. Have you ever sustained any injuries?

HM: Diving is a high impact sport, especially from the higher boards and you hit the water at quite a speed; with your wrists taking a lot of the impact. I wear wrist guards to help protect my wrists. We're also lucky our coach ensures our training is balanced with land based activities as well as all the actual diving in the pool.

CM: Please tell us a about your recent medal wins at the nationals...

HM: We travelled to Dunedin this year for Nationals. I was concentrating mostly on my platform 7.5m diving as I was aiming to qualify for World Juniors on that. I won my age group on 1m, 3m and platform. I also came away with two gold medals in the synchro events, which was great. I ended up qualifying with my best result ever on 1m and on platform.

I will be heading off to Ukraine in July for the Junior World Championships in Kiev, where I will be competing in the 14-15 girls age group platform with some of the best divers in the world.

CM: How long does it take to learn a new dive & how do you train?

HM: It really depends on the person and the dive but normally for me, a couple days or even weeks to really get ready and prepare, as it can take a lot of courage to learn a new dive. You have to be mentally ready as it's very scary learning new dives! We train around 5-6 days a week for 3-4 hours each session. We train on dry land (flips, trampoline, yoga, crossfit, conditioning etc.) and then in the pool (training our dives for competition).

CM: Can you describe the feeling you get when you finally perfect a dive?

HM: It's an amazing feeling. In diving you train so hard and only get a matter of 2-3 seconds to get everything right, so when you really nail a dive it makes all the hard work worth it; it's the best feeling ever.

CM: If you didn’t compete in diving, which other sport would you like to excel at?

HM: I would have probably got into pole vaulting; it just looks so fun and scary too!

CM: In summer, do you ever go wharf jumping and pull off any of your competition-style dives?

HM: Yes, I love going to the wharf and jumping off with my friends. I often will teach them a trick or two.

CM: In five years time I hope to…

HM: Be aiming for the Olympics and enjoying the sport just as much as I do now.

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: QUINOVIC, TAKAPUNA

OPTOMETRY: HAYDON OPTOMETRISTS, TAKAPUNA

Feel good in frames Importance of Bond collection We understand that many landlords do not fully grasp the importance of Bond collection from tenants and lodgement with Tenancy Services. Some see it as a lengthy and tiresome process. At Quinovic-Takapuna, we have vast experience in the property management game, and we can't stress enough the importance of an official bond lodgement.

"Most landlords that we have dealt with in recent years reiterate the importance of collecting full bond entitlement," says Graeme Henderson, franchise owner of Quinovic-Takapuna. "It is too often that landlords get themselves into a situation where they have to fork out for damage to a property because they have not charged the tenant a proper Bond."

What we recommend is that the landlord should charge the equivalent of four weeks rent as a bond, to cover all bases. When the landlord collects a bond, they must give the tenant a receipt, and forward the payment to Tenancy Services within 23 working days.

If a landlord is to charge an official bond the money cannot be held in a private account, it does not belong to the landlord.

The bond is the tenant's money that is held in a trust by the government, where at the end of the tenancy the tenant can claim the bond back.

If a landlord is to charge an official bond the money cannot be held in a private account, it does not belong to the landlord.

Lodging a bond protects both the tenant's and landlord's interests. At Quinovic-Takapuna, we are property managers who are skilled in dealing with the type of paperwork that is involved with bond lodgement. Quinovic-Takapuna experience prevents errors and delays, which is something that can occur when dealing with bonds.

Contact Quinovic-Takapuna, experts in the care and return of residential properties, for a free rental appraisal and property health check.

Contact Graeme Henderson Phone: 09 449 2004 Email: graeme@quinovic-takapuna.co.nz

DON’T TAKE CHANCES WITH YOUR VALUABLE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY

David Haydon

I know here at Haydons we are always talking about the health of your eyes and how important it is. We also spend a lot of time talking to you about what lenses we would recommend so you can see the best you possibly can, but those who know us also know how much time we put in to making you look fabulous too.

Choosing a frame is normally the first thing people want to do when considering a new pair of glasses, to make sure they can find the frame they like before beginning the process.

For this reason, we put a lot of effort into choosing the right frames so you have the best selection to choose from.

We believe it’s not only important to find that special frame that you love, but it should fit you perfectly and be suitable for your prescription.

You will not get the rewards of an accurate lens prescription and quality lens design if you dislike wearing your glasses because the frames are unattractive, uncomfortable to wear or they fall apart. Most forget that it’s not only important to have a thorough eye examination, it’s equally important to make sure that the examination results are transferred to a new pair of glasses correctly. That way you can enjoy all that is important to you in life.

It is with this in mind that we are constantly sourcing all that is exciting and new in eyewear. There is so much to choose from around the world. Here’s what we look for when selecting: Firstly it must be good quality - we figure if it’s going to be on your face every day for two to three years then it has to last the distance, so that means it has to be made well. Then it’s all about how gorgeous they look and, boy, are there some fabulous frames out there! We select the best models from the best ranges so you don’t have to do all that hard work.

We like to make choosing a new frame easy, we give you our honest opinions and we will tell you whether the frame you love will work for you - it must be comfortable.

If you have been thinking 'it’s time I changed my look', pop in and see all that’s new from the likes of Tom Ford, Rayban, Anne et Valentine, Caroline Abram, Lightec and many more.

Haydon Optometrists, 159 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna Ph: 09 489 5232 Fax: 09 486 5179 haydon@clear.net.nz www.haydons.co.nz

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PACK & SEND: TAKAPUNA

What are the best courier options for sending Domestic Freight?

Have you ever wanted to know what are the best post & courier options available for sending Domestic Freight within New Zealand? It might sound like a simple question, but it’s actually very complex, with hundreds, if not thousands of ‘right’ Jane and Jeremy Bain. answers, depending on factors such as: • What are you sending?

• What is the urgency? (does it need to be there today/tomorrow/ next week?)

• What is the value of the items being shipped? (for high value items, security considerations are paramount).

• Is it fragile, and if so, is it sufficiently well packed? (Do you have a need for professional packing services?)

• Are you sending to a business or a residential address?

• Will someone be there to receive and sign for the delivery?

When sending freight throughout New Zealand, consignments can travel through a variety of transport modes. Most courier companies specialise in one or more transport modes, such as Road (via trucks and vans) or Air (via commercial airliners and dedicated cargo planes) and their delivery infrastructure & capabilities may be stronger in certain parts of New Zealand.

Pack & Send have the great advantage of alliances with a wide range of the best courier companies across New Zealand, and the world. Because they send so much freight, they are able to negotiate great rates – and pass on the savings to their customers. This enables them to offer an unrivaled range of freight services and transport solutions, and enhance them with their experience to deliver to their customers a great deal of added value.

With their famous ‘No Limits’ philosophy, the staff at Pack & Send are able to tailor personalised solutions for each individual customer’s requirements. These timely domestic delivery solutions are available to government, businesses, corporations, and even private customers and households.

Pack & Send offer Road, Air, Time Definite, Bulky & Palletised Freight Services. They can even arrange Full Containers & Truckloads.

They provide freight solutions for “Ugly” and specialised products.

So when you’re sending your domestic freight, make sure you know all your options to make the most of your money, and get exactly what you need! Be sure to do your research, or just talk to Pack & Send and let us save you time, trouble and money!

Pack & Send Takapuna open Mon – Sat, now located at 77 Barrys Point Rd, Takapuna with exclusive and convenient parking outside. Ph 486-3355 or email takapuna@packsend.co.nz and let them make sending easy.

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HR ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE WITH HR EXECUTIVE SOLUTIONS

What do you have in your HR toolbox?

Angeline Long

This is the question all companies should be asking themselves.

If your company doesn’t have a dedicated HR person then its important to make sure you have some key documentation and processes in place. This documentation provides a written record that you can rely on in the case of employees' remuneration reviews, employee performance, mediation and disciplinary. It is also useful should you decide to sell your business. A future buyer would like to see that you have your Human Resources nailed down and a proper record of your employee information.

Below is a list of some of the documents that will assist you in your business: • Legally compliant Employment Agreements whether its permanent, permanent part-time, casual, fixed term contract or a contractor’s agreement.

• Job Descriptions that reflect the true skills, competencies and expectations of the roles in the organisation.

• HR Forms including leave, training and development, Exit interviews and Application Forms • Measurable KPI/objectives that have been agreed initially at the management level and then with the employees.

• A robust recruitment, selection and on boarding process.

• A plan for outlining future recruitment needs • A documented remuneration review process • A standard operating procedure for dealing with Health and Safety • Regular documented performance appraisals for all employees. Ideally these would be online however a manual system is better than nothing.

• An Employee Handbook outlining policies that govern the way your business operates. Some examples would be Serious Misconduct, Employment Investigations, Suspension and Disciplinary policy, Company Vehicles, Health and safety to name a few.

Compliance is becoming even more important in businesses today and coupled with the complexity of the new legislation it is major requirement for a business. It is important to note that Under section 63A of the Employment Relations Act 2000 an employer must provide an employee with a written employment agreement (Individual or Collective), and penalties may be awarded under section 64 if no written employment agreement is provided, up to $10,000 for individuals and $20,000 for companies.

Whether you have five staff or 500 it is important to do a quick audit of what you have in place and what needs to be reviewed and updated. It will help you in the long run and give you peace of mind should you need to fall back on it in the future.

Angeline Long, Managing Director, HR Executive Solutions 0275 913 912 www.hrexec.co.nz

OPTOMETRY: WITH MORTIMER HIRST, TAKAPUNA

The Rise of Digital Eye Strain Digital Eye Strain or Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is now a real condition, defined as the physical eye discomfort felt after two or more hours looking at a digital device.

Digital devices have become part of our everyday life, whether it is a computer, tablet, e-reader or smartphone.

When we aren’t staring at screens at work, we are browsing, shopping, researching, communicating or streaming our favourite TV shows.

The average person spends upwards of seven hours a day staring at some sort of digital device with between 50% and 90% of people who work at a computer screen experiencing some Digital Eye Strain symptoms. Digital devices are a relatively new invention; it would take centuries for our eyes develop to accommodate the daily demands of using digital devices.

Digital Eye Strain is the term for symptoms caused by staring at digital devices for sustained periods of time throughout the day. When you look at a digital screen your eyes follow the same path over and over, and your eyes have to focus and refocus all the time. These movements require a lot of effort from our eye muscles and unlike reading a book, digital screens add glare, reflections and contrast. These issues will get worse as we age as our eyes become less flexible.

You are more likely to experience symptoms if you already have vision issues; even a minor uncorrected or under-corrected prescription can be a major contributing factor to Digital Eye Strain. And even people who wear corrective eyewear or contact lenses may find it's not suitable for the specific viewing distances of their digital screen.

Elements in the environment, such as bright overhead lighting, glare, blue light and air conditioning, can also exacerbate symptoms. This can lead to short and/or long term problems and discomfort. The symptoms that people can experience range from headaches, eyestrain, irritated eyes, blurred vision, fatigue, double vision, and difficulty refocusing eyes, to neck and shoulder pain, and dry eyes.

In a work place the distance to the computer screen/monitor and location such as height will affect the required prescription.

This can cause posture problems that can result in muscle spasms or pain in the neck, shoulder or back. If you don’t do anything about them, it could affect more than your eyes. You could also have issues with your work performance.

Generally digital device tasks require a lot of concentration.

When we concentrate for extended periods we often forget to blink or our blinking is incomplete which dries the tear film out. A good quality blink is where your upper and lower eyelids actually make contact. When we blink 15 to 20 times per minute that keeps the cornea (transparent tissue covering your eye) moist.

It is common to work in an air conditioned environment which dries the tear film even more. A dry tear film causes symptoms of tired, sore, irritated, and fatigued eyes with blurry vision that only clears with blinking. When you suffer from incomplete blinks, it is important to exercise blinking. This will help prevent the tear film from drying out and provide added relief for Digital Eye Strain.

The Mortimer Hirst clinical team recommends a few simple changes which can improve symptoms and prevent new ones: Give your eyes a break: Follow the 20-20-20 rule. Look away from the screen every 20 minutes and look at something around 20 feet away for about 20 seconds.

Blink: Close your eyes for five seconds and open them. While your eyes are closed, also try to squeeze, this puts pressure on the Meibomian glands. Repeat this five times in a row. If your eyes still continually feel dry, speak with your optometrist about eye drops specific to your individual requirements.

Emilie Langley of Mortimer Hirst.

Reduce glare: Change, adjust or move things around to ensure lights and windows do not cast reflections or glare on your computer screen.

Rearrange your workspace: The best position for a monitor is slightly below eye level, about 60cm away from your face. You shouldn't have to stretch your neck or strain your eyes to see what's on the screen.

Adjust settings: You don't have to live with the factory settings; play around with the brightness, contrast, and font size and find out what best suits you.

Regular eye examinations: Keep your prescription up to date, discuss with your optometrist your individual requirements and any issues you may be experiencing. There are now spectacle lenses and soft contact lenses specifically designed for computer and digital devices. These specially designed lenses ensure the retina is receiving perfect focus for near-tasks at all times.

As children also spend extended periods of time staring at digital screens, have their eyes tested too and ensure their environment is correct by ensuring computers are set up at the right height and in the best light. Most of all, ensure they spend time outdoors where they use their distance vision!

Written by optometrist Emilie Langley and the clinical team at Mortimer Hirst.

Mortimer Hirst, 42-44 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna www.mortimerhirst.co.nz

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INSURANCE TALK: ROTHBURY, NORTH SHORE

Protecting what’s yours

By Garry Stewart, Senior Commercial Broker, Rothbury Insurance Brokers, North Shore Getting insurance cover to protect your assets is one of the most important things you can do. But there’s a myriad of factors that go into choosing the right policy and it can be difficult to get your head around all the options.

Technology is a great enabler and can certainly be used to support you in your decision making. But having some options outlined for you is not the same as getting personalised advice.

When it comes to insurance it’s wise to remember that you’re not always comparing apples with apples. Different policies have different terms and conditions, and different excesses.

It may seem quite straight forward to buy a house and then just insure it. But we know from the Christchurch earthquakes that many people were underinsured and some people did not have the right cover.

The insurance industry underwent a significant change after the Christchurch earthquakes and we saw a shift from square metres specified on home policies to a ‘sum insured’ figure - the total you will be paid out by the insurer if something happens.

Your home is one of your biggest assets so determining the right amount to insure it for should not be left to a price calculator alone.

If I went online and used three different calculators, I’d probably get three different sum insured outcomes.

If you’re a landlord and own a rental property there’s additional risk associated with that too. Residential landlords can be held liable for a range of things including accidents tenants have as well as methamphetamine contamination.

Your home is one of your biggest assets so determining the right amount to insure it for should not be left to a price calculator alone.

An insurance broker can help you by giving you guidance and support when it comes to making an informed decision about the best types of policies to protect your assets from the things you can’t control.

As brokers, we’re selling a claim response - meaning our ultimate goal is to get you back on your feet if you suffer a loss.

Everyone wants to have the peace of mind that their personal assets are protected if a fire, flood, earthquake, theft, burglary or accident occurs.

When it comes to getting your insurances sorted, something that meets someone else’s needs may not necessarily meet yours, so make sure your personal circumstances are taken into account.

To find out more about protecting your assets, come and talk to one of the local Rothbury team.

Phone 09 914 9800 or email: garry.stewart@rothbury.co.nz.

Get the insurance you need to protect the things you value most In life the one thing you can expect is the unexpected.

From material damage, business interruption and public liability, to motor vehicle, home, contents and more – we’ve got you covered.

We offer expert insurance advice and solutions to small, medium and large businesses and protect the assets of thousands of individuals.

If it matters to you and your business, it matters to us.

Contact our local friendly team.

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DOES MY CHILD NEED ‘BRACES’ ?

THE TOOTH COMPANY’S IN HOUSE SPECIALIST ORTHODONTIST DR SHAZ MACAVOY CHATS WITH US ABOUT ORTHODONTICS. What is a specialist orthodontist?

Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that is concerned with the appearance, function and stability of the teeth and jaws.

A specialist orthodontist is a dentist who has undergone an additional 2 to 3 years of specialist university training in the field of orthodontics. To complete their training, orthodontists treat hundreds of cases, complete research and undergo rigorous examinations to be admitted into the Dental Council of New Zealand as an orthodontic specialist. Only specialist orthodontists are allowed to be members of the New Zealand Association of Orthodontists.

How do I know if my child needs braces?

As a parent or caregiver you will be able to look for signs that your child may need to see an orthodontist for a check up. Things to look out for include: • early, late or unusual loss of baby teeth • teeth that don’t meet or cover other teeth

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special expansion appliances to treatments including stainless steel braces, clear braces, clear aligners such as Invisalign, and hidden braces that sit behind the teeth.

In some cases, a combined orthodontic and surgical approach is required. To find out what is right for you or your child, it’s best to contact your specialist orthodontist.

when upper teeth bite inside lower teeth crowding of teeth blocked-out teeth jaws that are protruded or recessed or are out of proportion to the rest of the face jaws that make sounds or shift difficulty in biting or chewing mouth-breathing or clenching habits habits such as thumb or finger sucking, chewing on toys/pens etc.

How much does a set of braces cost?

The cost of braces depends on a number of factors including the complexity of the case, the time it will take to complete the case and the type of appliances that are used.

Your specialist orthodontist will be able to discuss the right treatment for you and will work with you and your budget.

What age should I book my child in with an orthodontist?

Although orthodontists can treat people of any age, a child should have a check up with an orthodontist by the age of 7. By this age, the first adult teeth should have erupted and your specialist orthodontist can monitor changes in growth or development as your child grows, so that if treatment is necessary it can begin at the optimum time.

However, it is never too late for your child to see a orthodontist - we treat everyone no matter their age!

What are the different treatment options?

Everyone is unique and as such treatments vary to suit each individual. Treatments range from early treatment using plates and

DR SHAZ MACAVOY Specialist Orthodontist

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SHORE PEOPLE OFFSHORE: CHARLOTTE BOYLE

Settling in Singapore Charlotte Boyle and her family (mother Rachel, father Finbar, sister Xanthe and brother Ben) left New Zealand for Singapore on the 2nd of January this year. After a few weeks in temporary accommodation while they waited for the containers to arrive with all their furniture and household items, they moved into an apartment complex and now live in Cairnhill Circle, close to Orchard Road.

Charlotte says there are “a lot of kids at our apartment, and everyone is friendly. I have already made some new friends at our condo to play with in the weekend.” Channel magazine asked her a few more questions about living in a new country.

Channel Magazine: Why did you move?

Charlotte Boyle: We moved because of my Dad's new job, which is based in Singapore.

CM: What was it like when you first arrived?

CB: When I first arrived, I was surprised by the heat because in Auckland it's MUCH colder than Singapore! There was also a lot more greenery than I expected. I thought there would be lots of skyscrapers and not many plants.

CM: What school are you at over there?

CB: The school I'm going to is the Australian International School. I find it a bit confusing because in Auckland I would be in year five but at the Australian school I'm in year four.

CM: How easy was it to settle in? Did you know anyone who already lived there?

CB: We arrived three weeks before school started so we had time to

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CM: Who is the most awesome person you’ve met there?

Charlotte (right) and her siblings Ben and Xanthe eating famous CB: My best friend Abby that I Japanese sandwiche s at a local food court. made on the first day of school.

We both love to read, draw and dance. She's Chinese so she helps me with mine [Chinese lessons]. I love her because she always has a smile on her face!

CM: What is the best (new) food you’ve tried?

CB: Out of the foods we have tried I really like spring rolls, lots of the soup, noodles and fried rice.

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CM: In what ways is your new home similar to the Shore? In what ways is it very different?

CB: Not much is actually the same as home; the weather is constantly hot and muggy; I now live in an apartment whereas in Auckland I lived in a two-storey house. I'm also not used to driving to school because in Belmont we ALWAYS walked; now it's a ten-minute drive.

CM: If I could have one thing from the Shore with me, it would be...

CB: Probably my cousins, or our cat Oscar who we left with friends until we come back, but who got hit by a car in May. CM: At the weekends and holidays we like to…

CB: In the weekends we always try to explore around Singapore and we find a cool new place every weekend. We've been to the zoo, Jurong Bird Park, the National Museum, Sentosa Island, and Legoland in Malaysia. In the holidays we try to explore the region and we have just got back from Danang in Vietnam. I find it cool because we get more public holidays than we would in Auckland. We celebrate Singapore national day, Chinese new year, Deepavali and Vesak day.

TAKAPUNA COMMUNITY NEWS: WITH SARAH THORNE

Sarah Thorne

Takapuna Community News

Free Winter Fun Pre-school play is back in full swing at venues in Takapuna, Milford and Sunnynook. To find out more about our free Winter Fun pre-school play programme, visit our website or Facebook/summerfunplay Kennedy Park Tunnels: The tunnels at Kennedy Park are open to the public on the second Sunday of each month, 11am to 2pm. Optional gold coin donation to the WWII Trust. The tunnel entrance is via the petanque court. Torches are recommended. Bookings are essential for groups and advisable for individuals/families. Please contact Chris Owen on 09 479 5290 or email chris.s.owen@gmail.com Sunnynook Residents: Have you tried out the new exercise equipment on Sunnynook Reserve? The main part of the park is still a bit of a building site but the equipment has been put in place and is ready for you to use. The playground on Tonkin Drive is also open so you can still use bits of the reserve whilst it’s being renovated.

Free Sustainable Living workshops: we still have places available on our free sustainable living workshops. If you’re keen to find out more about living a more sustainable lifestyle, join us for one of our free workshops in June. Growing Food in Small Spaces is on Saturday 9th June; Waste Free Parenting is on 14th June and Making Beeswax food wraps on 16th June.

Have your say

Join in free Winter Fun Preschool Play sessions in three locations.

To find out more, visit our website and have a look at the Events and Projects Page: www.takapunatrust.org.nz For more information on any of these events, phone Sarah Thorne on 486 2098 or email: office@takapunatrust.org.nz Facebook.com/takapunanorthcommunitytrust Sarah Thorne (Takapuna North Community Coordinator – Castor Bay, Milford, Forrest Hill, Sunnynook, Takapuna.)

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Takapuna Sunday Market 10 June, 8am - 12pm Takapuna is getting a new town square and we want your opinion on its shape, location and size.

We’ll be back to discuss location options later this year.

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KITCHENS BY DESIGN, TAKAPUNA

Kitchen Confidential

With over 70 design awards spread “We have a perfect example of over 30 years, few would dispute that style in our showroom, too – a that Kitchens By Design is New classically elegant kitchen with Zealand’s most experienced and all the modern trimmings,” says Marianne, pointing to the beautiful most awarded kitchen company white, traditional design that creates – so who better to ask about the a perfect counterpoint to the modern latest trends in kitchen design? kitchen it sits next to.

We take look at what’s hot in “I think our showroom really the kitchen through the eyes of feeds the senses,” she says. “When Kitchens by Design’s two Takapunapeople first come in, you see them based designers, Marianne Gailer jumping from one display to another, and Jane Fergusson.

Jane Fergusson & Marianne Gailer of Kitchens By Design. touching the surfaces, pointing to Simply by walking into their the design features, and trying out spectacular showroom at 3 Byron Ave, Takapuna, you know you’re the drawers and cupboards. It’s great to watch.” in for a treat. And once you start speaking with either of their two From a technology viewpoint, Jane mentions the huge strides experienced designers – Marianne Gailer or Jane Fergusson – it that have been made in drawer and cupboard hardware – not just becomes evident very quickly that you’ve come to the right place soft-close, which is now pretty much standard in all kitchens, but for a quality, well-designed kitchen. electrically assisted drawers and lift-up mechanisms that make life On the subject of what’s on trend in the kitchen right now, both easier around the kitchen. designers agree that natural, organic materials and themes are “I will nearly always try to incorporate one or both of these definitely in… technologies into my designs these days – particularly with waste “Bringing nature into the space and using natural tones is really bins, where your hands are often full, or you don’t want to be big,” says Marianne. “It’s not just the colours, but also textures, touching a door panel with your dirty hands; and also for overhead so natural wood grains are very popular, as are honed finishes on cabinetry, where it’s hard to open and close cupboards high above benchtops – even to the extent where you can feel the veins and your head.” Jane goes onto say that handle-less cabinetry is still the irregularities in a piece of stone.” preference for modern kitchens, so servo-drive technology works “Natural marbles and stones are still really popular because of really well in that situation, too. their unique patterns,” adds Jane. “These are premium products, “Lighting is also huge,” says Marianne, “especially with new, however, so if your budget is tight, you can simply use them for highlights in splashbacks and upstands, like the one we have here – ultra-compact LED technology, where strip and spot lighting can be built in to the cabinetry or shelving. Don’t even know it’s there until it’s absolutely beautiful and a piece of art in itself.” it’s switched on.”

Jane is referring to the large slab of Invisible Grey marble that This conversation barely scratches the surface of the depth of fronts the stunning contemporary style kitchen in Kitchen By knowledge these two kitchen designers have – but it’s great to know Design’s showroom – one of three quite different styles they have that if you want to know more, they are usually both on hand to on display.

“Although the traditional look has made resurgence over the past share their experience and know how, all within the confines of such a wonderful showroom. few years, modern, contemporary kitchens continue to outsell the more classic designs,” says Jane. “That said, the simple, traditional Kitchens By Design, 3 Byron Ave, Takapuna look is still extremely popular with my villa and bungalow clients – it’s a style that fits right in, and you can still have the convenience of Open Monday to Friday (10am-4.30pm) and Saturday (10am-2.30pm) or by appointment. www.kitchensbydesign.co.nz all the modern hardware and appliances.”

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HEALTH & FITNESS: WITH CLAIRE BELLINGHAM, LES MILLS TAKAPUNA

Exercise

A Lifelong Learning Claire Bellingham We often think of learning and gathering knowledge as a mental activity but it’s actually a holistic process involving your whole system.

The brain is the most energy hungry organ in the body. To function optimally it needs plenty of oxygen and glucose, which are provided by blood that flows into the brain via arteries and capillaries. Exercise increases the density and size of brain capillaries, which in turn increases blood flow to the brain. So exercise can enhance your ability to learn and grow over a variety of dimensions.

Many of my clients are studying (in all that spare time they have left over after parenting and working full time). Some of the busiest people I know are still able to make exercise a priority because it’s a foundation habit that enhances their ability to do everything else.

You don’t need to perform like an athlete, you just need to keep your blood circulating. Regular exercise enhances your ability to learn in three ways.

Firstly, exercise increases blood flow to the hippocampus. The hippocampus is a part of the brain that’s particularly receptive to new neuron growth in response to exercise. It’s the hub of learning and memory, so the more efficiently it functions the easier it is to retain information. The hippocampus naturally shrinks with age, but studies have shown that regular exercise can curb this shrinkage, significantly reducing cognitive decline.

The second way exercise helps you learn and grow is by improving your brain’s executive function. Cognitive control means you can process information, set goals, make plans and organize yourself to achieve them. Inhibition control means it’s easier to discipline yourself to do the things you know you want to do, such as continue to exercise. When your brain is operating efficiently you don’t have to work as hard to summon willpower. It’s easier to make swift effective choices and balance the triangle between work, family and health.

The third brain benefit of exercise is stress management. Exercise moderates the negative effects of stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Over-secretion of these hormones slows down all parts of the brain, which means that stress can feed on itself to put you into a downwards spiral. It’s hard to learn and grow when your body and mind feels under siege. The more effectively you can use exercise to manage stress, the easier it is to focus on other foundation habits such as restful sleep and energizing food choices.

All physical activity helps the brain by increasing circulation but you can get extra benefits from different types of movement.

Any exercise that requires you to learn a new skill will activate new patterns of brain activity. More synaptic connections will be made when you’re testing your co-ordination so it’s important to change up your routine for continual challenge. Yoga offers extra benefits by turning on the body’s relaxation response. Regular practice can improve the operation of the amygdala, a deep brain structure which processes stress, fear and anxiety. If you’re under pressure and battling a heavy cognitive load the best exercise for you will be the type you enjoy most.

Humans are designed to learn, grow and evolve on every dimension and if you’re not going forwards it’s usually because you’re going backwards. Regular exercise puts your body and mind into a state of renewal. It’s a foundation habit for a successful and rewarding life.

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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NORTH SHORE MP MAGGIE BARRY

Budget Blues The coalition’s first budget was a fizzer for the residents and businesses of the North Shore.

National’s strong economic management over nine years in government meant that Maggie Barry.

Labour inherited a growing economy awash with cash and a robust set of books, so it’s a pity they chose to go down their old familiar path of tax-and-spend, borrow-and-hope.

Net debt is going to be $10 billion higher than it would’ve been under National. Borrowing’s up and, despite promising no new taxes during the campaign, the government has introduced more than $2 billion of new taxes.

Somehow they’ve managed to spend all that extra money on less stuff: $3 billion on free university for the first year has resulted in 900 fewer students – that’s a fail. There’s a billion dollars for Winston’s diplomats and a swanky new embassy in Sweden but not the cheaper doctors’ visits that Labour promised – fail. Cancelling National’s tax cuts of a thousand dollars a year and introducing a double whammy fuel tax increase – fail. Even health spending, which Labour made a big song and dance about, is underwhelming: they’ve committed less money than National allocated in our last budget – epic fail.

Nor do the vulnerable get any comfort. It allocates no new money for the 60,000 New Zealanders living with dementia. Alzheimer’s NZ says it was “disappointed this Budget does not consider and take steps to address the impacts of the major dementia challenge facing New Zealand.”

Overall, as one commentator called it, “this is the biggest missed opportunity in a generation” and sadly, all the hard work Kiwis have put in over the last few years is at risk of being undone by this big spending, big borrowing coalition government.

It is truly a shame that they also neglected end of life care. We are fortunate to have top quality palliative care thanks to our local Hospice North Shore. The work its staff does is essential, allowing people with life-limiting illnesses to die in their own homes with dignity. As a former patron of Mary Potter Hospice and Hospice NZ, and chair of a government working party on the care of people who are dying, I strongly believe the compassionate approach would be to make a significant investment into world-class palliative care.

Which is why, after extensive consultation with sector groups, I’ve drafted the ‘Access to Palliative Care’ member’s bill which is currently in the ballot. It would amend the Health and Disability Act and put obligations on DHBs and the Minister of Health to enshrine universal access to palliative care as a right for all New Zealanders.

As Deputy Chair of the Justice select committee, I’ve been impressed by the quantity and quality of submissions on David Seymour’s euthanasia bill. More than 35,000 individual submitters have sent us their carefully detailed and well-reasoned viewpoints, the largest amount ever received by the NZ Parliament.

As a committee we have resolved to hear all three and a half thousand submitters who asked to submit in person and I’m determined to listen carefully to everyone’s views. It’s a mammoth task: we’ll be holding hearings around the country and to do the process justice we’ve now extended the deadline for the report back to the House from this September to March 2019.

Early analysis indicates a substantial number of the submitters are fearful about the lack of safeguards to protect the vulnerable from coercion and abuse.

These fears have been echoed by Disability Rights Commissioner Paula Tesoriero, who’s stated that “the Bill undermines the position of disabled and vulnerable members of our community. It devalues their lives and poses significant risk to them.”

If you’d like to discuss any issues, please call my Takapuna office on 09 486 0005 or email northshore@parliament.govt.nz

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ST GEORGE'S CHURCH NEWS

Christmas 2017.

St George’s Playgroup.

St George’s Feast Day 2018.

Baptisms at St George’s.

Easter at St Georges.

Rachel Braly Suzuki Violin Students.

Busy Fingers Craft group.

Tim Bray Productions’ Youth Theatre.

St George's Church - a community hive St George’s has had a presence in Takapuna since the early 1880s. A small group of locals who attended St Paul’s, Devonport decided to hold Sunday services in the Lake Hall, Takapuna, which stood opposite our current site.

Around 1899 the group paid £130 for two acres on our current site, with reserved grazing rights for the farmer until they built a church in 1902. The manse was built in 1919 to house the minister.

By the 1950s, with the new Harbour Bridge under construction it was decided to build a modern church, quite distinctive in its design for the time, which was opened in 1965.

Today, the manse does not meet modern housing requirements, so it will be replaced by seven terrace houses, one of which will be our new manse. St George’s is now a church and community centre and is a hive of activity throughout the week. Because of its close proximity to the shopping area, it is a popular venue for fitness classes, Busy Fingers craft group, St George’s Preschool Playgroup, youth theatre programmes, ESOL classes, Violin tuition, Little Kickers football, Korean Calligraphy, and home to the North Shore Choir and Camerata plus various other activities.

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…it is a popular venue for fitness classes, Busy Fingers craft group, St George’s Preschool Playgroup, youth theatre programmes, ESOL classes, Violin tuition, Little Kickers football, Korean Calligraphy, and home to the North Shore Choir and Camerata plus various other activities.

On Sunday at 10am the worshipping community meet to explore issues of faith in an inclusive and friendly environment.

Sunday School and weekday playgroups run from 9.30 – 11am during the school term. St George’s is delighted to work with Gaze Commercial, as they build these quality townhouses in a lovely, central part of Takapuna.

GAZE COMMERCIAL: THE TERRACE TOWNHOUSES

St George's Rev Sylvia Miller-Hardie and Gaze Commercial's Brendon Gaze in what was the minister's study in the old St George's manse.

Manse makes way for modern living Last month the St George’s Church manse, on The Terrace in Takapuna, was demolished to make way for seven new luxury freehold town houses, one of which will become the new manse. It’s a big move for the church, but one that’s been discussed and dreamed about for nearly 20 years.

The brick manse was built next door to the church in 1919.

For many years now, the manse has not met modern housing requirements, and after several years’ work to develop and finalise designs and obtain consents, demolition of the old manse took place in late April.

Graeme Wheadon, of the church’s manse committee, says it had been clear to the church for some time that the manse required extensive – and expensive – maintenance. To be suitable for modern living the old house needed to be insulated, re-wired and re-blocked at the very least, and its position did not make good use of the site. “We didn’t have a dwelling suitable for the minister, or anyone, to live in.”

After talking about development for some time, they began discussions with local resident David Gaze of Gaze Commercial about how they could develop the site and provide a new manse.

Having developed a concept for a number of elegant town houses, St George’s and Gaze Commercial worked with neighbours to discuss the impact on them of both the new buildings and of the demolition. Graeme says the initial plans were modified after listening to neighbours’ concerns, and the new buildings were moved back from the boundary and the roofline modified to address some of their concerns. In addition, “Undertaking the demolition by hand means most materials can be recycled, and has reduced the noise and dust impacts for our neighbours,” he adds.

Graeme joined Reverend Sylvia Miller-Hardie, other members of the committee, and Gaze Commercial’s Brendon Gaze, to watch early stages of the demolition. He says, “We’re very pleased with what we have ended up with. It’s a good business model for the developer and it offers intensification without going too high.”

All seven of the new town houses are three-level dwellings, with great views over the town centre and harbour, and with lift access from the ground floor. All have an open plan kitchen, dining and

Town houses to be built at The Terrace, Takapuna

living area on the first level, with an outside balcony. The upper level has a master suite with its own balcony, and two bedrooms with a shared bathroom for family or guests. On the ground floor, in addition to garaging and storage, is a room that can be used as a study or bedroom with its own ensuite. Gaze has also put a lot of effort into developing the aesthetics of the exterior and landscaping, while intensifying the use of the site.

It’s not surprising, given their generous size, the appeal of each town house being freehold, and their proximity to the beach, shops and transport connections, that four of the properties were sold before demolition of the manse, let alone construction of the complex, began.

“The church could have sold the site to other developers; instead, by working with David Gaze we have ensured minimal impact on the surroundings,” comments Graeme. “By working with the slope of the land the properties are really only two and a half levels above ground level. We’re very pleased with what we have ended up with.”

Gaze Commercial, Level 1, 35 High Street, Auckland 1010 www.gaze.co.nz, ph 09 306 0122

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SHORE CITY NEWS

Escape winter with the hot new-look Shore City Shore City is the place to be this winter: It brings the beach indoors with a great new look and heralds the re-opening of a couple of Shore favourites.

Over the past month, visitors to Shore City shopping centre have been treated to a novel line-up of fresh, new food flavours from some of Auckland’s favourite food truck operators. If you are looking for something new to tempt your taste buds, then the food trucks will be on the ground floor are the place to go. For a limited time, food trucks will be serving up Vietnamese specialties with The Banh Van, Kraken Crumpets will be making great coffee and scrumptious crumpets with decadent toppings, and for those who want to experience the ‘next level’ of the humble cheese toastie, there's the Guerilla Grill!

Shore City’s fresh new look ground floor also welcomes TANK to their new kiosk where they will continue to help Shoresiders fight the winter ills and chills with their exceptional lineup of delicious fresh salads and juices, all made from scratch right in front of you.

For those looking for a little seasonal boost, talk to the TANK team about their ‘Super Charged Juices’ packed with vitality and immune boosting ingredients. Drink in, takeaway, or larger takeouts are available for home.

Visitors and shoppers to Shore City’s ground floor will find a welcoming new look that presents a more relaxed and intimate setting than the traditional food court experience. The

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contemporary design reflects the contours and relaxed, natural environment of the beach. This atmosphere is complemented with lower tables and pendant lighting, whilst those looking to catch up on their media or enjoy a casual lunch can make good use of high stools at the bench top tables complete with USB ports and complimentary Wi-Fi. Also returning to Shore City is casual, lunch-styled Japanese cuisine from Kyoto and for those looking to incorporate on-trend monogramming for the home, gifts or self, then The Logo Factory will be continuing their 12-year reign in a new location on the ground floor, next to ProfessioNail.

Renowned for corporate and sports teamwear, The Logo Factory can also produce personalised monograms for clothing, linen and bathroom ware to add that very special touch. What was once just the domain of royalty and aristocracy can now be yours, by just popping in to the store.

Enjoy the relaxed beach atmosphere with all your favourite stores, plus great food, and Shore City also gives shoppers chance to really escape to the beach this winter with a $10,000 ultimate ‘Escape to Paradise’ holiday to Fiji to be won!

It’s all happening this winter in Shore City – see you there!

For updates and events, follow Shore City @shorecitynz or see what’s trending now at http://www.shore-city.co.nz

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Plus Over 1000 instant prizes to be WON

To celebrate our new beachside look, refreshed dining area and the opening of Tank Juice and Kyoto, we’re sending one lucky customer on a luxury holiday for two to Fiji, worth over $10,000. Plus we’ve got over 1000 instant prizes to be won!

To enter, spend $20 or more at any participating Shore City retailer to receive an entry card.

Scratch your card to see if you’ve won an instant prize and enter your details online or at Customer Services, to be in the Escape to Paradise draw.

Visit www.shore-city.co.nz or Customer Services for full details, terms and conditions.

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AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: NEWS

Performing in his neighbourhood When Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s Concertmaster Andrew Beer discusses the prospect of selling his violin to the devil, he’s surprisingly animated. However, he’s not making a Faustian bargain himself; he’s referring to Stravinsky’s chamber work, The Soldier’s Tale, which tells the story of a soldier who trades his old violin for a magic book that can read the future.

“It’s a completely original piece of music,” Andrew says. “It’s got that kind of modernist accentuated energy, but also has some beautiful moments too.”

The Soldier’s Tale is being performed at St Peter’s Church in Takapuna on 11 June as part of APO’s ‘In Your Neighbourhood’ series which brings small chamber ensembles into the suburbs. It’s the first time the APO has presented the full work including a narrator (actor Kevin Keys), and Andrew says he is looking forward to it.

“Our In Your Neighbourhood concerts are not only a great way for APO musicians to work closely together and get to know each other better, but they’re also a chance to get to know our audiences better too. We often interact with the audience during and after the concert – the intimate settings are really enjoyable,” he says.

A native of Canada, Andrew moved to Auckland in 2014 to take up the role of APO Concertmaster (orchestra leader), and has recently moved to Albany where he is enjoying life as a newlywed with his wife Michelle. He’s also enjoying his newfound space, having moved there from Auckland’s CBD late last year. “I feel spoiled living in Albany now – the roads are wider and the power lines are underground, which really add to the sense of space you feel living out here.” He also admits that the move to Albany has been better for his practise too – whereas he would frequently receive noise complaints in his innercity apartment, he’s now able to practise in the evenings without disturbing anyone, “and with the window open too!” he laughs.

APO Concertmaster Andrew Beer.

Photo by Adrian Malloch.

When he’s not practising or performing with the orchestra, Andrew enjoys tending to his sizeable vegetable garden. “I’ve always wanted to have a garden but I’ve never really owned land before to have a go at it,” Andrew says. “Also, in Canada you can really only grow crops for about four months of the year, otherwise it’s frozen over. The idea of being able to grow vegetables year round is amazing to me,” he explains.

He’s also a big fan of Takapuna café Little & Friday, which offers him a taste of home. “Being Canadian I love doughnuts, and I didn’t think New Zealand had good doughnuts, but Little & Friday’s are amazing.” Which is also another reason Andrew is pleased that APO is bringing more performances to the North Shore throughout the year: “I’ll be sure to stop by for a doughnut before our concert!”

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performs The Soldier's Tale St Peter’s Church, Takapuna, 11 June at 6.30pm Book at www.apo.co.nz/whats-on

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LUXURY CRUISING WITH QUAY CRUISE

Bigger isn't necessarily better!

With some cruise ships accommodating thousands of passengers, it can feel like sailing on a floating city. So, you'll be happy to know that smaller scale cruise operators are cruising in style, to almost every corner Michelle Malcolm of the planet. If you want to go where (almost) everybody knows your name and you know theirs, then small vessel cruising could be for you. If you long to stand on deck and gaze out at the open ocean, without the thumping beat of the aIl-night disco shattering your peace, read on.

One of our Quay Cruise clients recently chose a seven-night cruise around the romantic islands of French Polynesia, with Windstar Cruises - an upscale line sailing to some 150 ports throughout Europe, the Caribbean, Central America and the South Pacific.

Here is what they had to say: Our 148 passenger ship, Wind Spirit, is a beautiful motorized yacht with four imposing masts and six sails. In the brochures, Wind Spirit looks the epitome of the romantic tall ship. In reality, the ship doesn't disappoint. It doesn't take long to familiarize yourself with the simple layout of the ship; where the cabins are in relation to the three eating locations, and the bar. Cabins are over two levels and are all the same size. Handy to know when booking, as prices do vary. The cabins are really spacious and hold an ingenious amount of hidden storage that may inspire many 'Tiny Home' aficionados.

Bathrooms are small but well stocked with great dual-head showers and L'Occitaine toiletries.

The joy of a smaller ship is that it can access ports those big liners just can't get close to.

Wind Star boasts a staff to passenger ratio of 1 to 5, so there is someone available to attend to your every need. Bar and wait staff knew everyone's names by day two and they went out of their way to meet all requests with unfailing cheer.

Complimentary water sports out the back of the ship include snorkeling, wind-sailing, paddle-boarding and even water-skiing.

On board, guests can utilize a small pool, spa, gym, library and there is a beauty therapist, yoga/pilates classes and a resident doctor.

'Casual elegance' is the designated dress code, and that idea permeates the onboard vibe. Passengers leave ties and formal wear at home in favour of smart casualwear, day and night. We enjoyed a lot of local produce daily, in both of the on-board restaurants - AmphorA and Candles, the outdoor restaurant on the aft deck. Fresh fish, crab, lobster and a great selection of wines, cocktails and beer meant no-one was hungry or thirsty.

The port itinerary on this seven-night 'Dreams of Tahiti' cruise included Papeete, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora and Huahine.

The joy of a smaller ship is that it can access ports those big liners just can't get close to. Windstar cruises also incorporate small island or 'motu' excursions. We all experienced a wonderful day with buffet lunch on a private motu and a few days later, the highlight dinner of the cruise, on another motu, leased exclusively

by Windstar. Here we were entertained with Tahitian dancers and a fire ceremony.

If this 'Taste of Tahiti' has whet your appetite for cruising, Quay Cruise will help you pick and plan the perfect holiday on the perfect ship. Try 'small' at least once in your life and you may become a convert.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

GLENFIELD MALL NEWS

North Shore mother Debbie Churchill is celebrating after picking up a plethora of prizes as the winner of Glenfield Mall's Mother's Day promotion.

Debbie of Birkdale received a luxury prize hamper valued over $1000 Mother's Day prize winner Debbie Churchill. after her entry was drawn in the popular competition, which was open to shoppers spending $30 at the Mall on any one day during the promotion, leading into Mother's Day.

NOITACOL TAERG 1 STHGIN ETAL 2 Young Cricketers SROJAM 4 Experience India SKNAB 5 $1000 prize pack included 2 0 + E A T E R I E SThe a tea set, jewellery box, wine slippers, make up, foot 9 0 + R E T A I L E SRglass, spa and bouquet of flowers, keyring, hair products, 0051 C A R P A SKRbooks, body cream, meal vouchers and The Taj Mahal: a tour highlight for players & coach Graeme Beghin.

Memories were made and friendships formed as young North Shore cricketers experienced a trip of a lifetime this autumn.

North Shore Cricket Club took a leap into the unknown with their first ever junior tour overseas; taking a group of 13 boys to India. The intrepid group of under 13s, their families, coach and support crew travelled to Jaipur, Agra and Delhi. The boys were warmly welcomed wherever they went and enjoyed the experience of playing five matches against local schools/academies.

There was also time for taking in the sights, sounds and aromas of India along the way. The tour, organised by Sportslink International, was a balance between sporting and cultural experience, with the group visiting sights like the Amber Fort in Jaipur and the Taj Mahal. Tour shirts were even produced for the players featuring an image depicting the iconic palace site.

Former NSCC player and current IPL commentator Danny Morrison took time out of his busy schedule to meet with the team in Delhi and share some of his experience.

Tour coach Graeme Beghin said: "The North Shore team's focus was on development and giving players opportunities to grow their cricket in some challenging conditions, which was achieved. The boys showed grit and determination playing against quality sides and with temperatures often hitting 40 degrees. It's not a matter of if we'll go back but when!"

Dates of the Club's annual hugely popular junior event, The Junior World Series, which attracts hundreds of players from across Auckland each year from school Year 3 to Year 8, have just been announced. Cricketing families should lock January 21st - 23rd into the diary for one of the sporting highlights of the Shore summer.

North Shore cricketers with members of the Jaipuria Cricket Academy.

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gift vouchers.

Mum of three Debbie said: "I'm so lucky! It was a great surprise to find out I'd won. And what an amazing array of products! It was just the boost I needed for Mother's Day. I felt very spoiled and I'm very grateful to have won."

Debbie who has a son and daughter under five, as well as a teenage daughter enjoyed going through all her goodies with the family. And some of the products were particularly admired by her teenage daughter, who is helping mum put them to good use!

Another lucky winner at Glenfield Mall was Julie Carter, who won $500 worth of gift cards from the Mall in a earlier promotion that ran this autumn.

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BROWNS BAY & THE BAYS

Community Tidies Up Town Centre We live in such a wonderful place here in Browns Bay, full of amazing people and groups. Nothing emphasizes this more than the great effort being put in by different community groups of late to make the Town Centre a better place.

Before Christmas, Rotary, the businesses association and Lionel, from the council’s graffiti team, painted the skateboard park and seats on the beach front in some very vibrant colours.

Since then, the business association has collaborated with Rotary Browns Bay and Landscape Solutions Ltd, to upgrade all the gardens in the town centre. This has involved clearing all the gardens of weeds, turning the soil and as the plants are available from Landscape Solutions, replanting the plots. We have a theme going for all the gardens using bronze flax and liriope.

Each garden we replant gets some new soil and is covered with bark once all the new plants are put in.

So far, the only gardens to have the new plants are the ones in Beachfront Lane and as I write this, the liriopes have yet to be planted.

However, we have cleared most of the gardens that are being replanted as follows:

Bay Business Association

ogo Design Anzac Rd – street front council gardens.

Inverness Rd - Power boxes by ASB , painted by Browns Bay Primary Friends Of The School mum’s – Amy & Holly.

Anzac Rd - Car park gardens at No.19 .

Inverness Rd Gardens in Inverness Rd car park.

Inverness Rd - Buxos hedges trimmed

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Inverness Rd - Garden by South African Shop.

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This is not a quick fix – but we are getting there. I would like to thank the following Browns Bay businesses who have lent their support to the project in various ways: Soulshine, BB Picture Framers, Red Cross, Bath Boutique, Unique and Mitre 10 Browns Bay. And just to let everyone know – we haven’t forgotten to finish the tables on the beach front. Plans are in place to finish the last 2 picnic tables and stain/varnish all the table tops plus replace some of the damages planks.

Regards

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Some of the team – left to right – Jack (Landscape Solutions Ltd – (LS)),design | copy Murray (Browns Bay Business Association Manager), Paul & Murray T 09 418 3127 (Browns Bay Rotary) and Lolagi (LS).

Murray Hill, Browns Bay Business Association Manager.

Email: manager@brownsbay.org.nz Insta: @brownsbay_beach Website: www.brownsbay.org.nz FB: @LoveBrownsBay

BROWNS BAY TRAVEL: WITH HELLOWORLD

Hello San Francisco and Las Vegas Cirque Du Soleil Show KA: This AMAZING show is currently showing at the MGM GRAND! My first time seeing a Cirque Du Soleil show and went beyond my expectations. Ticket price indicator is from NZ$195.00* per person.

Grand Canyon Helicopter Tour: This was the highlight of our trip!

SAN FRANCISCO Mary Buckley Included is a limousine transfer to the City Tour with Gray Line Tours including 60 Owner/Director Grand Canyon Helicopter Terminal. minute Bay Cruise: This four hour tour was An early start, but we were so lucky amazing and covered all the super sights: Golden Gate Bridge, to have a pristine day. We flew over Twin Peaks, Golden Gate park, Victorian Homes, North Beach and the volcanic Black Mountains, Hoover Fisherman’s Wharf. The driver was wonderful and had so much Dam, Lake Mead and Grapevine knowledge. In the afternoon we embarked on a 60 minute Bay Mesa. Finally landing on the floor Cruise, past the famous Pier 39 sea lions and along the waterfront. of the Grand Canyon, alongside the After sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge, we then circled around Colorado River. After a few photos Alcatraz. This most amazing tour should not be missed! we were then treated to a champagne Bubba Gumps: Family-friendly restaurant for seafood & American Dale raised a toast to her picnic. Duration: 4 hours. Tour price fare served in a fishing-boat-themed setting. Located in Pier 39. I travels at the Grand Canyon. had the famous coconut crumbed Shrimp. This is a busy and vibrant indicator is NZ$609.00 per person.

Graceland Wedding Chapel: The Graceland Chapel has been a dining experience mainly suitable towards families. part of the Las Vegas Strip for over 70 years and is one of the most prominent chapels for a wedding in Las Vegas. A Las Vegas wedding LAS VEGAS is one of the most appealing wedding ideas to celebrities too. Jon Lip Smacking Foodie Tour: A splendid guided tour of three fabulous Bon Jovi was married here. Dale was talked into a mock wedding restaurants in Las Vegas Downtown. The three restaurants that ceremony: “Hilarious and a lot of fun!” we visited were: Carson Kitchen – An open kitchen with Americana Contact Dale and the team at helloworld Browns Bay to assist dishes; Therapy – A chic industrial setting with contemporary food; your USA holiday planning.

7th & Carson – Wood fired dishes and a very arty garden setting. We also stopped at Container Park where shipping containers have been *Price indicators correct at 14th May 2018 and subject to currency fluctuations. converted into boutiques and restaurants. So incredible to checkout Las Vegas City with its vibrant nightlife. This highly recommended tour helloworld Browns Bay, 26 Clyde Road, Browns Bay price indicator is NZ$205.00* per adult.

09 478 4416 www.helloworld.co.nz/brownsbay helloworld Browns Bay's Dale thoroughly enjoyed her recent travels to San Francisco and Las Vegas. Here are some attractions she recommends when you next visit these fun cities:

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CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU BROWNS BAY

Being there for all citizens At the Citizens Advice Bureau, Browns Bay, our trained volunteers receive questions and queries from a wide range of clients.

Questions may relate to tenancy issues, consumer rights, employment, migrant information, budgeting, family and personal issues or simple things like where you can find a social event. Our advice is given free and is confidential. We empower our clients by giving them access to information, options and support which will meet their needs.

An elderly mother and her 44 year-old son recently visited our Browns Bay branch. The mother has had a needs assessment and as a result has been placed in a rest home under the care of mental health services. The son has lived with his mother his whole life and has had limited outside social contact. They have lived in a Housing Corporation house for many years with the mother being the lead tenant. Now that the mother has left, the son has been served a notice to quit the property.

Their main concern was to find suitable accommodation for the son. He has limited savings and has apparently never had to make decisions for himself. He seems to be fit and is in part time employment.

We empower our clients by giving them access to information, options and support which will meet their needs.

We suggested the son contact the Salvation Army, WINZ or De Paul House. We offered to contact these organisations on his behalf but both mother and son said they would like to make the initial contacts themselves. We strongly encouraged them to contact CAB again if the outcomes did not suit the son’s requirements.

We also suggested the son could speak to the counselling clinic, Hearts and Minds, at CAB Browns Bay. Even though he does not have pressing mental health issues, the organization could liaise with adult mental health services

Citizens Advice Bureau in Browns Bay.

and perhaps work together to support the son to make the necessary life changes he needs to make.

If you have any questions relating to any issues, give CAB a call or check out the vast amount of information on our website (www.cab.org.nz).

In CAB Browns Bay we welcome New Migrants to book Settlement Information service for free with us. We have Chinese and Korean speakers on duty every week. Clients are welcome to phone us with their questions or call in for a face-to-face discussion.

Our Justice of the Peace is present every week day; hours vary from day to day so please check our website or call to confirm JP attendance hours. You can also follow our local Facebook page for updates or more information.

Citizens Advice Bureau: 2 Glen Road, Browns Bay – Community Centre.

Hours: 9.00am to 4.30pm.

Phone: 479 2222.

Website: www.cab.org.nz, Email: brownsbay@cab.org.nz.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CabBrownsBay.

You can count on us every step of the way. www.forrests.co.nz

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ROTARY IN THE COMMUNITY: INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE

Clotilde living in France

By Clotilde Fonteneau, Rotary International Youth Exchange Student, 16 years, France.

This report for Channel Magazine is from Clotilde Fonteneau, Rotary Youth Exchange Student currently living in France. Rotary International Youth Exchange is one of the oldest and most recognised Exchange Programmes in the world. Students have the opportunity to spend a year Clotilde Fonteneau. living overseas where they attend school and live with host families.

This year we have sent nine highly motivated students to Europe. We are always looking for new host families to host our exchange students for more info please visit www.rotaryyouthexchange.co.nz I chose to go a Rotary Youth Exchange two years ago. I chose New Zealand because firstly,it’s really far away from home so my parents can’t come visit. This was very important for me, because it’s MY year, a year where I’m going to discover myself, and learn to live without the help of my parents. Second of all, because I could learn English; and today, if you can not speak English, it’s harder to travel, or get a job. Thirdly, going on the Rotary Youth Exchange is going to change your life forever.

I’ve been without my family for 10 months already, and I survived !! Amazing!! I’ve learnt to be independent and thankful. I can manage my money, do things without help, go to town alone, travel by myself, etc… I’m also really thankful, because my parents let me fly on my own at 16!

Even if your family isn’t close to you, you’ll find another family, your exchange friends for example. You care about them. With some of them you’ll bond and make a relationship like brothers and sisters, and you know that you will keep contact with them as long as you can (forever if possible!).

But the amazing fact is how you change. For a year I’ve had to adapt to a new language, a new country, new culture, new families, new school, new friends… so YES, you grow up ! This year is the opportunity to learn to be more confident, to try new things, and learn another language. And it’s amazing and sometimes surprising how you can express yourself as if you are speaking in your mother tongue !! And yes, sometimes, when people say to me, that I have a bit of a kiwi accent I’m really proud of what I achieved and the efforts that I made. I’ll go home fluent in English.

When I first came, I didn’t have a lot of confidence, and was scared to fail, well, that is the old me !! Today, I can describe myself as a confident and determined woman. I live my life the way that I want, and I’m not scared to fail anymore, because otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to speak English or write this article!

During your exchange, you are the main character, you are the one who is making things moving, and you also learn where your limits are and how to fight your fears.

I love the person that I am today, I don’t regret my decision of going on an exchange. I’m really thankful to the Rotary Youth Exchange program for making this possible, and some members of the committee who helped me to accept the “new” me, and to push myself so far.

REAL ESTATE: GERALDINE ZAREIAN, MREINZ BARFOOT & THOMPSON BROWNS BAY

Real Estate on the Shore with Geraldine Zareian

Geraldine Zareian.

Poised in a State of Equilibrium

“Ultimately, It Comes Down to Supply and Demand” - Bradford Smith

The Auckland property market has finally reached a static position. It would be fair to say that we have become conditioned by the high activity over the past 3 years and, on first impression it would seem a relative downturn.

For those that have seen past real estate cycles, they would recognise that the traditional 7 year dip didn't really happen! It is more of a flat line at present.

The trend varies between price categories and suburbs.

What is common, is that there is still demand for living on the North Shore, particularly as there are increasing numbers of businesses choosing to be based in Albany and Silverdale.

Why would you cross the Harbour Bridge if you could work locally? There is likely to be more local service providers as fuel costs and travel times escalate.

Local "Park and Ride" bus services will continue to influence where people want to live on the Shore that work in the CBD. After all, "backed up to Greville" has become Oteha and beyond!

Geraldine Zareian MREINZ, Barfoot & Thompson, Browns Bay Office Free dial: 215 2773 M: 021 184 0312 E: g.zareian@barfoot.co.nz

If you’d like to know more about Rotary International or Rotary International Youth Exchange please visit www.rotarydistrict9910.org or www.rotaryyouthexchange.co.nz

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Winter Garden

Even with the cooler weather, there is still so much that you can do in the garden.

Micah & Meenal

Owners, Palmers Alban y

New seasons roses and fruit trees are starting to arrive in store this month so it’s a great time to prepare the garden and head in to store to see the new season’s range.

There are plenty of winter tasks in the edible garden. Planting trees and shrubs is ideal during this time as they can get established over the cooler, wetter months.

Citrus, apples, pears, plums, peaches and nectarines are all available in store.

At planting time, add in some long term fertiliser and tie to a support stake.

Winter is a great time to prune trees that have finished fruiting. Cut stems back to a

healthy growing bud and seal the cuts on larger stems with pruning paint to protect against disease. Keep your cutting tools like secateurs and loppers clean with white spirits. This will prevent transfer of any diseases.

Sow seeds of spinach, silver beet, peas, onions, lettuce, and in warmer climates, broad beans. Seedlings of cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, winter lettuce, spinach and silver beet can all be planted too. If you can’t wait to be eating delicious strawberries again, plant your first crop during June.

Strawberry plants will be arriving in store towards the end of the month. Well established plants will fruit earlier and for longer this spring and summer.

June also brings with it, the shortest day of the year, 21 June. Garlic cloves and shallots are traditionally planted on the shortest day of the year, and are to be harvested on the longest day, December 22. However, any time from mid-May to the end of July is good for planting.

There’s so much to see in store with new products arriving to keep your home and outdoors looking stylish year round. From traditional outdoor fire pits to outdoor solar decorations, your garden will be anything but bare this season.

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NATIONAL BOWEL SCREENING PROGRAMME

Bowel Screening

– Have you been invited?

A bowel screening surgeon is urging people living in the North Shore region to make sure they have been sent their bowel screening test, because it could be a life saver.

Around 100 New Zealanders die from bowel cancer each month, but bowel screening can help find cancer early when it can usually be successfully treated.

Who should have been sent a free bowel screening test?

• Men and women aged 60 to 74 years old living in the Waitemata DHB area who are eligible for publicly funded health care.

• Anyone who took part in the Bowel Screening Pilot even if they are younger than 60.

If you think you are eligible to take part and have not been sent a bowel screening test please call 0800 924 432 and ask for a free bowel screening test kit.

Waitemata District Health Board’s bowel screening clinical director, surgeon Mike Hulme-Moir, says bowel screening every two years finds cancers very early on when they are just beginning to grow, and before they have the opportunity to spread.

“The great news is that approximately 60% of patients I see in Waitemata who are coming through the National Bowel Screening Waitemata DHBs bowel screening clinical Programme have cancers director, surgeon Mike Hulme-Moir. at an early stage when they can often be cured by surgery alone. The patient doesn’t need chemotherapy which is a huge benefit.”

Mr Hulme-Moir says many North Shore people are already very familiar with bowel screening after the successful pilot which has contributed to bowel screening being rolled out nationally to 60 to 74 years olds.

This little test helps find bowel cancer early

The test is simple and clean, and you do it at home.

The National Bowel Screening Programme is providing free screening to people aged 60 to 74* years who are eligible for publicly funded health care. * Waitemata DHB residents under the age of 60 who were invited to do a test through the bowel screening pilot (2012–2017) will continue to be invited for screening every two years.

Testing is done at home using a bowel screening test kit received through the mail.

“However we’re a special bunch here - if you live in the Waitemata DHB area, are aged 50 to 60 and were invited onto the pilot, you will still be invited every two years even though you are under 60,”he says.

Testing is done at home using a bowel screening test kit received through the mail. The kit is simple and clean to do, and is returned by post.

You don’t need to register to participate in the screening programme, anyone who is eligible to participate should automatically receive an invitation in the mail.

However, it’s really important your doctor has your up-to-date address so if you think you may be eligible and have not been sent bowel screening test kit please call 0800 924 432. If you have moved house please also phone the free phone number to check we have your most recent address.

TO FIND OUT MORE GO TO

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LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS: BRUCE MASON CENTRE

Conductor Peter Thomas.

Auckland Symphony Orchestra members dressed up for Last Night of the Proms.

The crowd in ‘best of British’ dress.

A Right Royal Night Out The year is racing by at rip-roaring pace, which means it’s already time to dust off your Union Jack and prepare to sing your heart out, as Last Night of the Proms returns.

With a superb offering of British musical gems from some our finest local performers, prepare yourself for a delightful evening at Takapuna’s Bruce Mason Centre on 23 June, or head into the city for a Sunday evening on the town at the Auckland Town Hall on 24 June.

Last Night of the Proms offers the perfect chance to celebrate all the exciting Royal news of late, as Brit fever has well and truly swept the nation. After the arrival of the beautiful Prince Louis and the glorious wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan setting hearts aflutter, British festivities are in full flight. A little closer to home, Last Night of the Proms has been delighting audiences on the North Shore for an impressive 16 years now with its musical fanfare, always delivering a riotous celebration of the best of the Brits. It’s become a tradition as steadfast as the Sunday roast.

This energetic showcase takes the audience on a musical journey that will have people of all ages waving their flags and singing at the top of their lungs in an exuberant salute to Old Blighty. The veritable line-up of outstanding British music from through the years will have something for everyone’s musical tastes, with a splendid display of classic music from the likes of The Beatles to iconic tunes such as Land of Hope and Glory, Rule Britannia and Jerusalem.

The 17th year looks to be the best yet, with Auckland Symphony Orchestra welcoming more than 100 performers to the stage, with brilliant conductor Peter Thomas at the helm once again. With an impressive career and a broad repertoire, Peter has conducted numerous orchestras, and is particularly adept at making orchestral music accessible and fun for his audiences.

Peter brings his expertise as musical director of the Auckland Symphony Orchestra and his many years of experience in music to the show.

“Every year I look forward to this lively evening. It’s a fantastic feeling for everyone on stage to see the audience joining in and singing along to some of Britain’s most iconic music” says Peter of the annual calendar highlight.

The 17th year looks to be the best yet, with Auckland Symphony Orchestra welcoming more than 100 performers to the stage, with brilliant conductor Peter Thomas at the helm once again.

Among the performers for the 2018 iteration of the famous concert are 17 year-old violinist Maia-Dean Martin, a rrecipient of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Arts Excellence Award. An impressive collection of talented vocalists will also take to the stage, including classically trained bass-baritone Samson Setu, who has performed as far travelled as far as South Africa and North Shore local mezzo soprano, Caroline Everitt.

Make sure to grab your nan for the biggest Brit celebration of the year and join the crowds donning red, white and blue for a roaring night of British revelry and nostalgia that will leave you craving your aunt’s signature Yorkshire pudding and invigorate your patriotism.

Last Night of the Proms, Takapuna’s Bruce Mason Centre, 23 June, and the Auckland Town Hall 24 June.

For more information and tickets visit aucklandlive.co.nz or call 0800 111 999

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MILFORD NEWS

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Your monthly update from Murray Hill, Manager of the Milford Business Association.

Thank you to our Loyal Sponsors

When I started this role about eight years ago, I saw a need to get some extra income for the Milford BID (Business Improvement District) by way of sponsorship. Little did I know, that we would still have the same loyal bunch part of the ‘Milford Make-Up’ eight years later. So in this months column I would like to celebrate that association with these great Milford and North Shore businesses.

All the businesses understand the importance of supporting local and as a result are amongst the best businesses on the Shore.

It’s great to see how all these businesses have grown over the period of time of our association with them and to relate that to the continual growth, Milford as a business district has experienced. I think it is an example of how businesses working together can achieve that great ‘win-win' outcome.

Harcourts Cooper & Co: Martin Cooper is the face of the brand with his commercials showcasing what is good about the Shore. He is always interested in what is happening locally and has an amazing Community Relationship Manager, Jaci Stevenson, who deals with our day to day relationship. All our design and a lot of our printing is done by an associated company, Graphic Detail, who have aptly encapsulated the Milford brand and assisted us in getting that brand message across.

Harcourts Cooper & Co, have also been a major sponsor of the annual Christmas By The Lake Concert – an event that brings joy to 1000’s of locals every year.

Milford Centre: Our biggest single landlord has been supportive of the

association from day one. We continue to have a close and open relationship with them on all levels and were possible, we collaborate campaigns together. With special thanks to NZ Retail Property Group Senior Executive, Campbell Barbour, for the continued outstanding working relationship, and to Tom Hammond, GM Property, for creating a collaborative working environment, as well as his support as a Board member.

Schnauer & Co: An institution on the Shore since the practice was set up by David and Patricia Schnauer many years ago, now with Glenda Lamb as practice manager. This practice has been a supporter of the association from way back as far as the 1990’s when the business association took on the mall developers of that era and won! We called it our David & Goliath moment! An awesome team of legal professionals that punch well above their weight and are always there when the community needs them. So when you are looking for goods and services that these businesses provide, please give them a call as their generosity over not one but eight years has played a significant part in many of the things that we have been able to do in the business and local Milford communities.

Benefitz:

A household name on the Shore for printing and websites, Benefitz founder and managing director, Aidan Bennett, has been a supportive sponsor. From design to printing and then creating our website, this firm knows the value of relationships. Always at the forefront with technology, they provide assistance and guidance to clients to satisfy their needs in the every changing world of marketing.

And are just ‘good guys’ to have as part of your ‘TEAM'.

Channel Magazine: Our local North Shore magazine is part of the Benefitz business and is also a key sponsorship partner with the association helping to promote the area and add to the community feel.

Prestige Real Estate: Murray Blair, business owner, was the

first business to sign up as a sponsor. I was killing time waiting to see our chairman, Tony Sands, whose business is next door and Murray asked what I was up to. Not one to hold back, I explained we were looking to add value to the business association through sponsorship and without hessitation, he said sign me up. And so that relationship has prospered since then – Murray always intested to know what happening in and around Milford.

Murray

See you in Milford

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BOOK REVIEWS:

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Aminatta Forna $33 A breathtaking novel from the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Hired Man and The Memory of Love. On Waterloo Bridge in London two strangers collide: Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connections span out and interweave, bringing disparate lives together. Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma and to check up on the daughter of friends, his ‘niece’ Ama, who hasn’t called home in a while. It soon emerges that she has been swept up in an immigration crackdown – and now her young son Tano is missing. When, by chance, Attila bumps into Jean again, she joins him in his search for Tano, mobilising into action the network she has built up, mainly from the many West African immigrants working London’s myriad streets, of volunteer foxspotters: security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens. All unite to help and as the search continues, a deepening friendship between Attila and Jean unfolds. In this delicate yet powerful novel of loves lost and new, of past griefs and of the hidden side of a teeming metropolis, Aminatta Forna asks us to consider the values of the society we live in, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures – and the true nature of happiness.

Alone Time: Four cities, four seasons and the pleasures of solitude Stephanie Rosenbloom $35

Travelling with friends and family is usually thought of as a privilege. In practice, it’s more often about debating which sights to see and bickering over where and what to eat. Not much joy in that. But alone you can do as you please. You can wander markets, relish silence, go to a park. Go to Paris. In Alone Time, renowned travel writer Stephanie Rosenbloom travels alone in four seasons to four remarkable cities – Paris, Istanbul, Florence and New York – exploring the sensory experience of solitude. Along the way she illuminates the psychological arguments for alone time – the pleasures and benefits of savouring the moment, examining things closely, using all your senses to take in your surroundings, whether travelling to faraway places or walking the streets of your own city. Through on-the-ground observations and anecdotes, and drawing on the thinking of artists, writers and innovators who have cherished solitude, Alone Time lays bare the magic of going solo.

Following on from her two enthralling, popular historical novels The Keeper of Secrets and Rachel’s Legacy, this time New Zealand author Julie Thomas traces the eldest Horowitz son’s story of courage and bravery behind enemy lines during the Second World War. How many secrets can one family hold? Levi Horowitz isn’t a natural-born soldier. But in November 1938, Berlin is a volatile place for a Jew, and the talented young musician secures passage to Switzerland. Instead, Levi is taken to a Danish border checkpoint and from then on his war becomes secret, even from those he loves best. In 2017, a recording emerges, showing Levi in 1945 and revealing a story in equal parts shocking and heroic. It is a journey that leads him face-to-face with Hitler, and into a position to change the final outcome of the war.

The Baghdad Clock Shahad Al Rawi $30

For fans of The Kite Runner comes this remarkable bestselling title in Iraq, Dubai and the UAE, now translated into English. It is 1991 and the Gulf War is raging. Two girls, hiding in a Baghdad air raid shelter, tell stories to keep the fear and the darkness at bay, and a deep friendship is born. As the bombs continue to fall, the city collapses around them, the international sanctions bite and friends begin to flee the country, but life goes on. People tend their gardens, go dancing and celebrate weddings, and the girls share their dreams, desires, school routines and first loves, while facing the fact that their lives will never be the same again. Shahad Al Rawi poignantly takes readers beyond the familiar images in the news to show the everyday struggle of Baghdad’s people, revealing the reality of growing up in a war-torn city that is slowly disappearing in front of your eyes, and showing how in the toughest times, children can build up the greatest resilience.

Mind That Child: A Medical Memoir Dr Simon Rowley $38

Leading Auckland City Hospital paediatrician Dr Simon Rowley has committed almost all of his working life to the care and well-being of children. In this memoir, he provides a rare glimpse into what it means to be entrusted with the most precious of responsibilities – a young human life. Charting his decades of medical experience, Rowley touches on an array of issues, from the high-stakes management of tiny pre-term babies to the serious impacts of drugs, alcohol and technology on developing minds. Real-life cases and practical advice are interwoven throughout a candid, compassionate narrative. What’s revealed is a tender and profound portrait of a medical professional at the very centre of what matters – a doctor who always adopts a humane, holistic view and who writes openly about the personal impact of a career in medicine.

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HAIR & BEAUTY: WITH MOLTON BROWN, MILFORD

WELL FOUNDATION: UPDATE

Great new colours for brunettes

For so long, blondes have had all the fun!

Now brunettes can get the hair colour of their dreams with new Matrix Color Sync Vinyls at Molton Brown.

The emphasis has been on new colours for lighter hair, and if you wanted these colours you needed to go lighter first. Not any more.

Molton Brown now has the new range of Colour Sync Vinyls

by Matrix. The Matrix Color Sync Vinyls line isn’t the average hair colour system. Unlike traditional hair colour, the shades in the Matrix Color Sync Vinyl line are designed to be applied to darker bases (levels 5 and above). Giving new meaning to the term “colour refresh,” this system features four rich and dramatic jewel tones that will be perfect for the coming colder months: Crimson Red, Midnight Violet, Cobalt Blue and Gilded Gold.

At Molton Brown, dark-hair clients can finally have the bold and vibrant hair colour of their dreams. Formulated with the same cera oil priming complex as the other Matrix Colour Sync systems and vivid dye technology, this demi hair colour promises even, full-coverage results with unmatched shine from root to tip. And now, transitioning from shade to shade is easier than ever, thanks to the new Matrix Kabuki Blurring Brush. Much like a kabuki brush can blend out any harsh lines of makeup on your face, this brush seamlessly blends the colours together in perfect harmony. As always, a thorough consultation is essential to help make the right decisions when changing your hair colour, style or both. The fully trained stylists at Molton Brown are ready to guide you through this process.

Just call Julianne, Lameta or Nahid on 489 5074 for a consultation, or book online at moltonbrownsalon.co.nz Molton Brown, 2/5 Milford Road, Milford, moltonbrownsalon.co.nz

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Crucial Care for Newborn Twins

Andrew Young.

Craig Donaldson.

For mum-to-be Nicole, it was an 'absolute blessing' to discover she was pregnant at 28 years old. But she was very nervous about successfully making it through the first trimester.

She had lost her first child in the womb at 13 weeks and did not want to lose another. So she had a scan at 10 weeks to see if the baby was developing normally.

Nicole said: Cameron, Nicole, Elise and Isabelle.

“The nurse put the monitor on and said ‘oh, look… here’s one baby and here’s another baby!’ I was in pure shock. It felt very meaningful to find out we were getting two baby girls.”

At 29 weeks, Nicole’s life changed overnight. One of the twins was diagnosed with growth restriction.

“The twins had to come out early otherwise they may not make it," she explains.

To ensure the safety of her twins, every week became a goal for Nicole to make it to 34 weeks. They tried to induce Nicole, but "my body was not keen."

After a c-section a four pound, five ounce Isabelle and a four pound Elise were born.

“They held the babies up over the screen for me to see them…I cried a lot. Then they were quickly whisked away to the Special Care Baby Unit.”

Isabelle was struggling to breathe and needed an urgent medical intervention to keep her airways clear. “I was very nervous for Isabelle, about what was going to happen to her.”

Overnight, with careful monitoring the nurses stabilised Isabelle.

“Without the combined care that the twins and I received I don’t think they would have survived. The nurses really put their heart and soul into what they do. Every step of the way they kept me informed about the twins. So I felt quite prepared for each day.”

The first 10 minutes is critical for a newborn, particularly a premature baby. Sadly, for some they need help at birth.

At North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals it is vital our medical staff have training equipment that is up-to-date to match advancing medical techniques.

Currently our doctors and nurses need a Simulator Baby New Born Manikin, designed to provide one of the most realistic training experiences.

Can you help us raise the $43,149.45 needed to purchase one?

Your donation, small or large means we can purchase the training manikin and reach a new level of care for fragile and sick babies.

Please donate now by visiting, www.wellfoundation.org.nz or call us on 09 447 0138.

Until next time, go well.

Well Foundation, Level 2, 15 Shea Tce, Takapuna, Auckland www.wellfoundation.org.nz The Well Foundation is the official charity supporting Waitemata District Health Board

MILFORD TRAVEL: WITH HELLOWORLD

Luxury Oceania Cruises Once you sail on one of Oceania Cruises’ intimate and luxurious ships you will never settle for anything less.

The unique itineraries are designed to showcase the history, culture, art and cuisine of the destinations they visit. The Oceania ships, Regatta, Mary Buckley Insignia, Nautica, Sirena, Marina and Riviera can Owner/Director call on the world’s most desirable ports.

Larger ships simply cannot provide the intimate and personalised vacation experience for which Oceania Cruises has become renowned. The ships cater to just 684 pampered guests on Regatta, Insignia, Nautica and Sirena and 1,250 privileged guests on Marina and Riviera. Ideally proportioned, the ships can slip into boutique ports off-limits to larger vessels.

The intimate size of Oceania ships also positively influences every aspect of the onboard experience. With no need to rush, stand in endless lines or worry about crowds, you can savour the defining elements that make Oceania special. The cuisine, renowned as the finest at sea, is carefully prepared à la minute. Appointments for spa services are readily available in the relaxing Canyon Ranch® spa.

A comfortable chaise always awaits should you decide to lounge by the pool. Going ashore and returning on board takes minutes rather than hours. Life just seems to proceed at a more courteous pace.

The OLIFE™ Difference • The Finest Cuisine at Sea™ • A variety of distinctive open-seating restaurants, all at no additional charge • Gourmet cuisine curated by world-renowned Master Chef Jacques Pépin • Epicurean enrichment programs, including immersive Culinary Discovery Tours™ in the world’s most fascinating destinations • Award-winning itineraries featuring more than 400 alluring destinations • Spectacular port-intensive voyages featuring overnight visits and extended evening port stays • Intimate, luxurious ships catering to just 684 or 1,250 guests • Exceptional personalised service • Country club casual ambiance • Acclaimed Canyon Ranch® spa Introducing Sirena Elegant sister ship to charming Regatta, Insignia and Nautica, Oceania Cruises’ newest addition, Sirena embodies the most treasured elements of our celebrated fleet, and features a few highlights all her own. With the introduction of two fresh culinary experiences, Sirena offers even more ways to savor The Finest Cuisine at Sea™. Tuscan Steak, a brand new specialty restaurant, serves Italian favorites, succulent steaks and fresh seafood inspired

by Toscana and Polo Grill. The Grand Dining Room offers a surprise transformation into Jacques Bistro during lunch, which serves classic French fare. Also featuring the beloved restaurant Red Ginger, Sirena invites you to enjoy bold Asian cuisine in a fresh new way. helloworld Milford, corner Kitchener Road & Milford Road, Milford www.helloworld.co.nz/milford

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HOUSE OF TRAVEL: MILFORD AND BROWNS BAY

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This World Journeys itinerary is designed from personal experience and tailored with passion to ensure you a premium, hassle-free travel experience. A sushi making class, a visit to a sake brewery, and a bullet train experience will be among the many highlights as you explore favourite spots that show off Japan’s vibrant culture, exquisite cuisine and unique scenery.

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CHANNEL PEOPLE: ME AND MY DOG MARC WENDELBORN

Marc and Brian the Pug In association with our good friends at DogHQ each month we meet Shore people whose four-legged family members add a great deal of joy to their lives. Our very own dog-lover Aidan Bennett (he has two doggies of his own he spoils – Olive a cocker spaniel and Maisie a French bulldog) loves the task of putting this monthly feature together. This month he talks with Marc Wendelborn of Milford about Brian, his much-loved pug who loves going to DogHQ. AIDAN BENNETT: How long has Brian been part of your life?

MARC WENDELBORN: Brian is two and a half years old. I met him at his birthplace Marc Wendelborn and Brian, off to DogHQ in Whangarei when he was one week old.

I collected him when he was 12 weeks old, driving him down to AB: Do you have any other pets?

Auckland. He’s been my fur baby ever since.

MW: I don’t have any other pets. I bought a bird feeder for tui and rosellas that live in the trees around my home but all I succeeded in AB: What made you decide to get this breed? doing was attracting every damn sparrow in the neighbourhood to MW: I have adored this breed since I was a young boy – they my back yard. I think Brian would love a live-in friend, especially a featured in a few scenes in the old movie The Great Race with Jack kitten that can be raised with him around. I’ll think about it.

Lemon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood. It took me over 30 more years to get one of my own. I got a couple of books on pugs from AB: What do you love about Brian? the local public library, specifically to learn their good and bad MW: Everything. Well, almost everything. He has the sweetest, points, what to look out for, and I decided I would love their good friendliest nature and has never hurt anything in his life – apart points and be able to live with their bad points. from soft toys. He is inquisitive, intelligent and has a personality that is fun-loving, gentle, adventurous and peaceful all at the same AB: How did you decide on his name? time. Brian also seems to have no sense of fear. He loves pats and MW: When I was young, my older brother’s friend had a cat named cuddles, and he makes me laugh every day. He greets every person Brian and it made me laugh. I thought it was a great human name or animal he sees and he makes a lot of people laugh and smile – for an animal. I’m also a fan of the Monty Python movie The Life of children mob him, old ladies pat him, it’s nice to see the smiles and Brian. It can be funny calling his name at a busy beach or busy park laughter he creates for others. and seeing the occasional man (probably named Brian) quickly turn AB: Does he have any bad habits? their heads in my direction.

MW: Definitely. His bed is next to mine and he can wake me up with AB: Is he your first dog, if not tell us about your other dogs? his snoring. He also gets fed in the morning, as well as at night, and MW: Brian is my first dog. For a long time I volunteered with the so, when I don’t have to get up early and could sleep in a bit, he will SPCA in Wellington, looking after dogs for about seven years, and start tapping on the floor and shaking his collar tags and making more recently I’ve volunteered at the Dog Protection Society up this loud humming sound. If I roll over in bed he’ll do it again and towards Coatesville. I was very close to adopting one of the rescue so I end up lying there afraid to move and realising I’m too awake dogs but I would have needed to re-fence my whole property – I to get back to sleep, but I’ll be damned if I’ll let his bad behaviour wanted a smaller dog. win. So I have to lie there immobile for at least 10 minutes before

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getting up so I don’t reinforce the behaviour. It’s psychological warfare… and I’m not winning. He’s usually very obedient but if he’s disobedient he does it large-style – like Mother’s Day when, despite my yelling orders, he ran straight into a packed café and proceeded to rampage around under tables and people in chairs until I was finally able to grab him by the tail. No treats for Brian that day.

AB: What are his favourite things to do?

MW: Eat. Like every pug, Brian is absolutely obsessed with food.

He loves running around and playing with other dogs, especially dancing around and getting other dogs to chase him. He also loves exploring, meeting different animals, and going on bush walks.

Sometimes when we’re playing or walking he will get incredibly excited and do what I call a “crazy Brian” where his rear end goes down, his ears are pinned back, and he charges at full speed in big circles or in random patterns with this manic look on his face, burning off all the energy and adrenaline he feels I guess. It is hilarious to watch and some other pug owners say their pugs occasionally do the same.

AB: How long has he been going to DogHQ and does he love it?

MW: I’ve been taking Brian to DogHQ for about a year now and he will typically spend two or three full days there every week.

I’m currently studying and on placement so I want him to be somewhere where he can have fun, socialise and tire himself out.

DogHQ is indoors and air-conditioned which is great for pugs who are especially susceptible to high temperatures, meaning he gets the activity and play that he wants in summer time without getting heat stroke. And he’s cosy in winter. Brian absolutely loves going to DogHQ – he loves the staff, he’s well looked after, and he gets to play with his friends in Tiny Town. I take him in the front door of DogHQ and he doesn’t even look back.

AB: Does he love riding the scooter to Dog HQ? MW: Brian loves travelling anywhere on the scooter and he knows the way from my house to DogHQ. As soon as we get near Porana Road, Brian knows that we’re definitely going to either the pet shop or DogHQ and he gets all eager and excited, especially when I take the road to DogHQ. And don’t worry, Brian is clipped on to the scooter (much scientific engineering involved) so that he can look out the sides but can’t fall off.

AB: Any words of wisdom for other dog owners or prospective dog owners?

MW: I really encourage people to either adopt a rescue dog or, if they’re looking for a particular breed, to buy from an experienced breeder. As a former long-time researcher and writer for Consumer magazine, I know that under consumer law, dogs are a “good”, a product. If you buy a puppy from a random person, you have no protection under the Consumer’s Guarantees Act which says that goods must be of reasonable quality and fit for purpose. Some puppies aren’t “fit for purpose” in that they may have congenital defects, diseases or other health issues that will make their life short, painful and/or requiring a lot of ongoing and expensive medical attention. If the seller is a breeder and sells a number of dogs, they are considered a “trader” and you have a right to a repair, full refund or replacement if you find the puppy has medical issues. Some people are breeding very expensive dogs at home without consideration for their blood lines or health issues – proper “trading” breeders will care about their dogs and know their obligations or they will pay – we had one case where a couple took the “trader” to the Disputes Tribunal where the trader was ordered to pay over $8,000 to the new owners for the ongoing surgery a Rottweiler would need over the course of its life. Dogs are beautiful and cute. But get a receipt and an agreement in writing as you don’t want a broken heart along with an empty wallet.

COMMUNITY EVENTS MATARIKI WHAT: A free children’s craft afternoon WHEN: Friday 22 June 3.30pm

ALL are welcome!

WHERE: Takapuna Methodist Church, 429 Lake Road, Takapuna DETAILS: Come along with your family (pre-schoolers to intermediate age) for a Matariki mid-winter inspired craft making afternoon.

Afternoon tea provided. All are welcome CONTACT: children@takapuna.methodist.org.nz

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NORTH SHORE ROTARY BOOK FAIR – COLLECTION DROP-OFF LOCATIONS AT: Z Glen Park, 241 Glenfield Road Z Mairangi Bay, 413 Beach Road Z Milford, 151 East Coast Road Z Onewa Road, 119 Onewa Road Z Sunnybrae Rd, 37 Northcote Road WHEN: 1st June – 8th July ABOUT: The annual North Shore Rotary Book Fair happens at Northcote College on the 13th - 15th July. We are currently accepting donations of quality second hand books. Books can be dropped off at locations across the North Shore. For drop-off locations and more information search NORTH SHORE ROTARY BOOK FAIR on Facebook. If you are unable to drop off books to any of these locations or have several cartons to donate please contact: Glenfield Community Centre, Monday – Friday (8am – 3pm), 09 444 5023

JAZZ VESPERS WHO:

David Selfe - Jazz Pianist

WHEN: Sunday 8 July 7pm WHERE: Takapuna Methodist Church,

427 Lake Road, Takapuna DETAILS: David Selfe is well known to North Shore people as the principal and founder of the Corelli Music School.

He is a renowned jazz pianist who tours with national and international shows as their lead musician. He has produced many CDs and is highly respected as a talented exponent of jazz and classical music. Along with choral music and readings, this will be an evening not to be missed.

Entry by Programme Suggested donation $20

ALL are welcome!

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DEVONPORT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

News from Devonport's Business Improvement District Manager, Toni van Tonder

The Matariki Dish Tēnā koe e hoa, ka haere koe ki te Takarunga.

This month in Devonport, we’re celebrating Matariki in one of the best ways possible, with the sharing of great kai, native flavours and pairing this with wonderful New Zealand wine.

Wild Pork with smoked eel, beetroot, watercress & kawakawa - If your mouth just started watering then you’ll want to celebrate Matariki with us.

Between 22-30 June five of our leading restaurants, Vic Road Kitchen, Vondel, Hemingways, Dixie Browns and Devon on the Wharf will be serving spectacular dishes using native flavours and locally sourced ingredients to herald the start of the Maori new year in Devonport’s first ever, Matariki Dish.

If you’re anything like me, you may find it difficult to choose which restaurant to go to, so we’re making it even simpler with our exciting Matariki Progressive Dinner that will see you and your friends literally travelling from restaurant to restaurant to try a smaller version of each Matariki Dish.

In the progressive dinner, every dish will be paired with a suitably matched New Zealand wine or cider and following a Matariki Dessert at Dixie Browns, you’ll receive your own Horopito and Caramel Chocolate Matariki Star from Devonport Chocolates.

Tickets, which can be bought by visiting www.devonport.co.nz, are very limited with 30 available on Tuesday 3 July (starting at 6pm) and an additional 30 available on Tuesday 10 July, starting at 7pm so book yours quickly and raise a glass to new beginnings with us this Matariki.

Noho ora mai – Stay well, and see you in Devonport.

Toni van Tonder.

Devonport

Community News for June

From Devonport Community Co-ordinator Maria Teape

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Maria Teape

Belmont/Bayswater Winter Fun Preschool Play is starting up on Tuesday 5th June at The Rose Centre in Belmont.

Sessions run from 9:30am-11am every Tuesday (including the school holidays) until 30th October. It’s a fantastic opportunity to keep your little ones active as well as meeting new people and making new friends during the colder, wetter months. Attendance is casual, with free entry and caregiver supervision is required. We look forward to seeing you there!

Kaitahi Bayswater, a monthly free community dinner, is taking place on Wednesday 20th June, 5:30pm - 8:30pm at the Belmont Park Bowling Club, 46 Roberts Ave Bayswater.

It is a people-powered feast that is all about bringing the community together to share a meal made from rescued food. This local initiative is supported by the Bayswater Community Committee, the Devonport Peninsula Trust, The Little Village Grocer and Shore to Thrive. Everyone is welcome! Anyone who would like to help with preparation or tidying up after please email: stephen@ancad.org.nz or brianna@villagegrocer.co.nz Restoring Takarunga-Hauraki’s next meeting is being held on Thursday 21st June at 6pm. Come along to hear about the latest projects happening, share your pest-free news/views and find out about upcoming opportunities.

The meeting venue is to be confirmed, check the Restoring Takarunga Hauraki facebook page for details closer to the time or email pestfreedevonport@gmail.com

Watch this space – the Devonport Mid Winter Swim is coming up soon!

Enjoy a cosy night by the fireplace at The Bunker, Takarunga/Mt Victoria for one of Devonport Folk Club’s concerts coming up this month. On Monday 18th June at 8pm Diane Ponzio will be in concert and then on Sunday 24th at 8pm, Bunker Hill Unplugged will be performing. More details available at www.devonportfolkmusic.co.nz The Bayswater Quiz Night is happening on Saturday 30th June at the Sir Peter Blake Memorial Hall, Bayswater School.

The event includes a licensed bar, spot prizes, live auction, delicious food, best dressed and a table award. You can also pre-order a cheese plate for your table for $30. Doors open at 6:30pm, the Quiz starts at 7:30pm. Tickets $20 or $150 for a table of 8 – available from the school office or phone 445 6226.

Watch this space – the Devonport Mid Winter Swim is coming up soon! The date has yet to be announced but its time to start thinking about your best Devonport Mid Winter Swim costume and preparing for the chilly plunge!

Nga mihi, Maria

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WILSON HOME TRUST: NEWS

BIRKENHEAD NEWS

Holiday Urban Upgrades programmes a hit!

A focus of the Birkenhead Residents Association and the Neighbourhood Plan working group

During the April School holidays the Wilson Home Trust put on a variety of free activities for the children and families they support.

A wide choice was made available to the children starting with music sessions hosted by a qualified music therapist from the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre. Creative wall hangings by the always popular Art Adventure team who have a well-equipped studio located on the grounds of the Wilson Home. Local business, Little Cooks, had the children whipping up delicious smoothies and creating pizza toppings. We also had the allinclusive dance tutors from Touch Compass Dance Company along to teach the children and their siblings how dance could be incorporated no matter what your disability.

Feedback from the holiday programme attendees was 100% positive. Our families often say how hard it is to find accessible activities that a child with a physical disability can attend alongside their siblings. Our holiday programmes offer our families wheelchair accessible venues, experienced activity providers and a safe place to relax, socialise and learn in a fully inclusive environment.

Here is some of the feedback: “A few more sessions if possible, would be awesome i.e. frequency maybe three days of each holiday week… These are so valued. And welcome both morning and afternoon sessions.”

“It was a great programme and I hope to be able to manage to attend next holidays as well” We are currently planning the July school holiday programme and also extending our reach into South Auckland, so that we can offer services to our beneficiaries across the region.

Other programmes that we offer here at the Wilson Home Trust is Hydrotherapy sessions two afternoons a week. A trained physiotherapist runs these sessions and it’s great to see the physically disabled children progressing in the water from this therapy. All sessions are currently fully booked and we do have a short waiting list for this service so please contact us if you would like to add your child to this list.

We would like to thank two sponsors on the North Shore - The Taste Thai Restaurant in Belmont and the BlueSky Community Trust. Thanks also to our wonderful gardening volunteers who help keep our grounds looking beautiful.

For more information about our programmes and our grants scheme please visit our website www.wilsonhometrust.org.nz or contact the Trust administrator Chris Jones 09 488 0126 or email info@wilsonhometrust.org.nz.

We love the feel of the Birkenhead Village. Both the community-led Birkenhead Neighbourhood Plan and Council’s 2006 Highbury Centre Plan aim to improve the village centre’s streetscapes and urban design, while providing safer and improved pedestrian and cycling spaces.

Work has recently started on the longawaited Birkenhead Main Street Upgrade, which was initiated to help achieve the goals of the Highbury Centre Plan. The objectives A new raised deck and rain garden will be of this upgrade introduced around the Norfolk Pine. include attracting more people and investment in the centre as well as an enhanced sense of well-being and community which are in line with the neighbourhood plan principles.

The works are expected to take place between late May and November 2018 around Highbury Corner and the roundabout and will lead to wider pavements and increased seating with a new raised deck and rain garden around the Norfolk pine. New native plants will also be introduced to replace some of the current palms.

While work is also taking place to rebuild the Rawene Road carpark following last year’s slip, it is clear that there will be some disruption during the works but both the centre and carpark work are important steps that will help improve connectivity and flow in the village. Further information about the planned works is available through the council’s website or by emailing rawene@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Please continue to support our local businesses during this period, and why not use this as an opportunity to consider active modes of transport such as walking, cycling and public transport.

Hit me with your best shot – photo that is!

As mentioned in our previous column, the team is running a photography competition for everyone to share photos of Birkenhead that they think demonstrate one or more of the plan’s principles: • Views and open aspect • Village feel • Bush & green space • Quality built environment • Connectivity and flow The competition will be launched in mid to late June and is open to both young people (14 and under) or adults (15 or over).

Further details will be available on the Birkenhead Residents Association website at www.bra.org.nz or sign up to our mailing list by emailing: birkenheadplanning@gmail.com The Birkenhead Residents Association and our Neighbourhood Plan working group are volunteer led.

Please join up today – your membership helps the Association continue to represent the wonderful neighbourhood of Birkenhead.

To find out more, visit us at www.bra.org.nz.

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LIFELONG learning

This month we aim to encourage readers to expand their learning.

Winter can be a great time to find a new focus, try a new exercise regime, or learn a new skill. Rather than zoning out online, or watching television box sets, why not fill the darker evenings with something more life enhancing?

Though the days of evening classes held at schools and colleges are long gone, there are plenty of opportunities to learn beyond school age here on the Shore. Joining a group or programme in the arts, sports, technology or languages, provides an opportunity to engage with others, develop a new skill or rekindle interests from years gone by.

Winter can be a great time to find a new focus, try a new exercise regime, or learn a new skill.

Here we chat to some local people who have recently learned something new.

We hope they inspire you to ‘give it a go’ this winter…

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ANNE-CONSTANCE PALMERI Anne-Constance Palmeri is a French mum of three teens who lives in Belmont and runs her own skincare business from her lab on Barry's Point Road, Takapuna. She previously ran Chateaubriant cafe in Cheltenham.

Channel Magazine: Please tell us about a new skill you’ve learnt recently.

AP: I enrolled at Aromaflex Academy to get my International Aromatherapy Certificate last year. I love to learn how we can use essential oils to take care of our health. I find it fascinating that our skin can carry vitamins and minerals, helping us with the nutrients we need. Our skin is the mirror of our inner body.

CM: Why did you start doing this?

AP: When we sold Chateaubriant, I decided to use my existing knowledge of naturopathy and became qualified in aromatherapy to create my own range of natural skincare with eco-friendly packaging. As a teenager growing up in France I loved perfume, especially Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior... I didn't end up becoming a perfume creator or "nose" but I haven't ended up too far away from that childhood dream; using oil for health and mixing scents for my own Sianna Skincare range. The perfect deal!

CM: What excites/interests you most about it, and why?

AP: It is exciting to see all the benefits we can get using natural ingredients - the properties they contain are amazing!

Knowing how the body works, you can choose essential oils to treat emotional and physical problems - and you can customise a blend depending on the condition. I find it so exciting to be able to help my family and others by mixing up concoctions that improve issues like sleep, eczema, dry skin, shaving rash, wind burn, or acne. I've been enjoying practising on my family with their skin concerns!

CM: What have you found most difficult in taking up this new skill?

AP: The most difficult part in taking up this new skill is finding the time to fit it in amongst family time and business time. It is quite challenging to try to find a good balance. When you are passionate about something, you would like spend all your time learning about it or working on it, but real-life needs to continue on!

CM: What advice would you give anyone else thinking of learning this too?

AP: My advice concerns all type of learning. As I say to my children, don’t choose your job based on me or your dad - choose it because you want it, because you LOVE it, because you found your passion.

Then when you wake up the morning, you're happy about the day ahead of you and you return home in the evening delighted because you had a wonderful day doing something you love!

SIMON DIPROSE

Simon Diprose is a 48 year-old Devonport father of two. He is business development manager for PageProof.com – a North Shore-based software company with clients worldwide.

Channel Magazine: Please tell us about a new skill you've learnt recently.

Simon Diprose: I’ve taught myself to cook and have started exploring the wonderful world of charcuterie, learning to make my own bacon and pancetta, and hopefully many more products by the time I’m finished.

CM: When and why did you start?

SD: In 2008 I realised I couldn’t cook beyond being basically functional and I could and should do better. I downloaded Jamie Oliver's app with recipes and how-tos, and started the journey. I now have a fully-developed obsession with cook books which have opened me up to a whole new world of flavours, techniques and knowledge. Food and its preparation have become a passion.

CM: What excites/interests you most about it, and why?

SD: The variety and the challenge. Each year I set myself a goal to master something new.

2017 was the year of charcuterie; this year it’s pasta and dumplings. I love the learning and discovery and I love thinking ahead to what the next year could be.

CM: What have you found most difficult in taking up this new skill?

SD: Working out and obtaining the best tools/ equipment/ingredients for the task at hand and having the budget to do it properly! Charcuterie can be demanding and the thing I’ve found most challenging is Auckland's humidity. I’ve been researching how to make a humidity/ temperature-controlled chamber out of a small fridge. This is an ongoing project.

CM: What advice would you give anyone else thinking of learning this too?

SD: Read everything. Research everything.

There are many resources available online and some amazing cookbooks. Pinterest is a great source of inspiration, recipes and ideas. I also talk at length with local butchers. I’ve found them to be incredibly knowledgeable and very passionate about their craft. People are inspiring. Don’t be afraid to try. Don’t be afraid to fail.

SUE WENHAM

Sue Wenham is an active 46 year-old mum of four children aged 8-14 years living in Torbay. She owns her own physiotherapy clinic where she specialises in the treatment of headaches and migraines Channel Magazine: Please tell us about a new skill you’ve learnt recently.

Sue Wenham: I've been learning singing, and along with it so much more including music theory, reading music, head voice and chest voice, different breathing techniques, and lots of practice drills to improve the use and tone of my voice.

CM: When and why did you start?

SW: I started lessons in February as a challenge to myself. All my children do some form of music and my girls sing lots, which I love. I have wanted to join them but didn’t have the skill or confidence to do so. (I've been told for years, by my dearly beloved sisters, brothers, children, husband, friends - and myself - that I couldn’t hold a tune/sing/hum.)

So I decided it was time to give it a go and see if Sally [Barratt-Boyes] could help me/prove us wrong. I thought I’d give a few lessons a go.

Once I started I realised how enjoyable and empowering it is to open up and sing so I have continued.

CM: What excites you most about it, why?

SW: Now when one of my daughters is playing the piano, or we are listening to the radio I join them singing and it feels good. They now never ask me to stop – they let me join in and support me. Having stepped way, way out of my comfort zone I have done it, succeeded in making progress and it has given me huge confidence.

CM: What have you found most difficult in taking up this new skill?

SW: The most difficult thing was getting over myself, and not worrying about what others thought. Really, who cares if I do hit a bad note? – and if they do, tough!

CM: What advice would you give anyone else thinking of learning this too?

SW: I would say go and have lessons (at least a few) with a singing coach/teacher as they should be able to help you find your voice, and then SING!!

ROBERT COOZE

Glenfield resident Robert Cooze is a Kiwi by birth and says his family has so many places of origin yet New Zealand is their place to call home.

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Channel Magazine: Please tell us about a new skill you've learnt recently.

Robert Cooze: Writing music using a guitar: taking an idea or a snippet of music and fleshing it out into a song or a piece of coherent music. We all have this ability, but to actually realise it and perform, record and or write it down, you need a little theory to make the end result more coherent.

CM: When and why did you start?

RC: I started lessons about five years ago soon after I built my first electric guitar. I did a year of guitar playing when I was at school as an 8/9 year old but stopped for reasons I have now forgotten.

CM: What excites/interests you most about it, and why?

RC: The whole tactile connection to music; when the string is plucked it starts to propagate a wave within its structure which stops where the string is fretted with the fretting hand. At this point the whole instrument is alive and resonating. It truly is the origin of the music. Oh, the sound of it is way cool too.

CM: What have you found most difficult in taking up this new skill?

RC: Time - putting the hours in. Without time there is no muscle memory and less dexterity. In the beginning there is minor discomfort when the fingers must do what is unnatural. Some of my songs have taken years to write and others have taken less than a week.

CM: What advice would you give anyone else thinking of learning this too?

RC: If you have a passion, just do it. But do it for yourself and not for what others expect.

Find a good and easy guitar to begin with. If you start off with uninspiring instruments that are hard to play then it is a hard road getting started. And if you want to learn how to play the current Top 20 hits then do that. Same with classic rock, metal or classical.

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CHANNEL YOUTH FEATURE

LIFELONG learning

Saying YES leads to success Business is most striking when it is brought about by someone young. The youth are the most innovative thinkers when it comes to keeping up with the fast-paced business world, and skills that are taught young often shine through in later years.

The Young Enterprise Scheme is an extracurricular programme that aims to target these skills and enhance them. High schoolers from years 11-13, are able to think of a product themselves, and experience the rewarding feeling of success after putting hours of effort into the planning, creation, and production of something.

Young Enterprise allows business tendencies to be expressed through inventive, new ideas, and pushes students to thrive in a real business environment. The programme helps to shape kids with ideas into young entrepreneurs.

The Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) promotes business knowledge for beginners by teaching students about modern day business, the strategies of planning and operating, developing personal and business skills, and allows students to begin making connections and networking throughout their local community in order to kick-start their business.

Some of the real-life business opportunities that are included in the course are: running formal business meetings and presentations, learning from a business mentor (much like a boss), improving ideas to fit a target audience, learning about the importance of sustainability in a product, conducting research, and securing a channel for sales.

High schoolers from years 11-13, are able to think of a product themselves, and experience the rewarding feeling of success after putting hours of effort into the planning, creation, and production of something.

David Smith is someone who took advantage of the excellent opportunities that the Young Enterprise Scheme provided while he was in high school here on the Shore, at Northcote College. He looks back on the beginning of it all.

“The way I got into Young Enterprise was by hearing about it at one of the school assemblies at the beginning of year 11. My friend Jacques and I instantly looked at each other with a smirk, as we both knew it was something we’d be willing to try!”.

A team of teachers and mentors at Northcote College worked with David and his friend Jacques, and through the Young Enterprise Scheme they were able to design and produce a product, and then distribute it around New Zealand and even sold some internationally, whilst earning profit along the way. The product was called the PoKey, and it was an alternative to bulky key ring, aiming to reduce space and store up to 12 keys in a compact holder.

The PoKey was an absolute success, with close to 400 of the key holders sold over the course of the project. David and Jacques were able to build a network of people to help them with their business, buying supplies from places all over the shore to create their PoKey’s with, along with using the laser cutter at school to achieve their design. They were able to get in contact with the CEO

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David Smith with his Youth Enterprise Scheme Excellence Award, and co-recipient Jacques, left, and with Mum, Barbara, right.

The PoKey.

of the PledgeMe website, and formed a connection with them. This meant that there was a great opportunity for advertising and getting their faces out into the community to ask for help with funding the PoKey project.

The success that the boys had in year 11 with the help of the Young Enterprise Scheme, meant that they were exceptionally deserving of the Excellence Award in Business Operations and Management. The pair were presented with this award whilst in Wellington for the national YES event, as one of only 20 teams out of 400 invited to attend.

David’s competence from the Young Enterprise Scheme stuck with him as he started his first part time job at Sal's as a delivery driver. He says: “My boss and I worked closely when I was starting and he could see how business orientated I was, and how driven I became with work. He saw huge potential and drive in me.”

David’s love for business shone through and led him to climb higher in the Sal’s company. After just seven months, he was offered a full-time position as a store manager for the company. He is now investing most of his time into the way the company works and the processes behind the business, which hopes to broaden its stores into Australia over the next year. And David intends to be a big part of this expansion.

The expertise and basic business structure that the Young Enterprise Scheme taught David are the reason he is so focused and passionate about the ins and outs of business. His ability to now run a functioning business and understand the aspects that make a company successful, are all owing to the interest he expressed in year 11, and the way that the YES programme developed his strengths in the industry.

David shares some advice to young teens who may be thinking about getting into something similar. “If you’re thinking about business, just do it. You won’t know if you don’t try. And if you are still young, it is the perfect time to try it out. You don't know what your potential will be and where it'll take you. Business is a very good thing to get into, especially while our economies are rapidly growing.”

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Helen Woodhouse in her happy place in the library, the reference section.

Helen Woodhouse

and the magic of happenstance Helen Woodhouse had never planned to be a librarian. Yet she was awarded the Fellowship of LIANZA (Library and Information Association of Aotearoa New Zealand) in 2010 for significant influence and leadership in New Zealand's literary heritage, and is highly regarded as manager at Takapuna Library and in literary circles.

Helen has worked in Takapuna library for more than three decades. But who would have thought, as Helen started what’s been an action-packed career, that libraries would transform from book repositories to multi-faceted centres of the community and lifelong learning?

Helen exudes enthusiasm for her chosen career. She has a particular love of research which dates back to when she was a student working part time at Napier City Library, then in the textbook section of Whitcombe & Tombs, and later at Victoria University in Wellington. But her interests and energy extend far wider.

She’s had some extraordinary mentors along the way, and names of literary luminaries flit through our conversation, illustrating her genius for making connections and grabbing opportunities as they arise.

One of her early mentors was Maurice Gee who was city librarian in Napier when Helen was a student. “I didn’t know he was a writer,” she confesses. “In fact I didn’t know there were New Zealand writers, except perhaps Katherine Mansfield. I saw In My Father’s Den on the shelves but I didn’t read it – it felt like it would be intruding on a personal memoir. It was only later that I started avidly reading New Zealand writers.”

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It’s a nice irony then, that she was nominated for the LIANZA Fellowship by the Society of Authors for her support of New Zealand writers, among other things.

Helen’s positive and proactive approach to making things happen was influenced by other librarians she worked under – and by the owner of a health food shop she once worked in. She credits him with some of her “can-do” approach to life and work.

“He had a vision and went for it,” she says. “I learnt how to put ideas into practice, and that if you want something to happen, you make it happen, and don’t let small imperfections get in the way.”

It’s an approach she’s taken into her library work, where she’s been behind the success of the Friends of Takapuna Library, the North Shore Libraries Foundation and a number of other initiatives.

Helen’s interest is in research but her focus has always been on connecting with and helping people. What has driven her as a librarian is “the people. I love being in the community, getting to know all the links and growing connections within it. That adds layers of quality [to what you can achieve].”

In early part time jobs, she loved helping students find the right book for their needs. “People were quite scared of the library,” she remembers. “There was a feeling that librarians were the guardians of all knowledge – and I wanted to make them comfortable.” Little wonder then, that the sole mis-step in her career was a back-room position at The Alexander Turnbull Library as a serials cataloguer. The best part of that job was “tracking down when a serial changed its name so I could ring and talk to someone!” she laughs.

LIFELONG learning She arrived in Auckland in her late 20s, and joined Takapuna library (pre-super city, and pre-local body amalgamation) in 1984. She asserts that the “huge” interview panel at Takapuna only employed her because she held an HT licence. “When I mentioned that, I saw their eyes light up,” she laughs. “They liked me because I could be a girl Friday.” It was then a relatively small stand-alone library and she had to be able to do everything, including (as the North Shore was then the hub of publishing in the country) going on book buying expeditions to the publishers. “I loved that!”

Later, with Takapuna part of a larger North Shore City network of libraries, she was involved in major projects like computerisation of the library, and the building of a new library.

“What I’ve loved is the happenstance; the things that can happen if you are open to possibilities.” Which of course Helen is. She says she’s not creative – but if an idea is mentioned, she’s not only able to “bunny-hop” it (as she describes it) into something bigger; she’s also often been the one to make it happen. She modestly refers to it as “the magic that happens with other people on board”.

The North Shore Libraries Foundation was conceived by City Librarian Geoff Chamberlin as a fundraising entity to provide funds for “over and above things” for the relatively cash-strapped North Shore libraries. But it was Helen who for a decade drove the Celebrity Debates that raised the bulk of the funds.

The debates started one library week, the theme of which was the ‘The Great TV Turnoff’. Helen thought, why not do a debate, and invited high profile celebrities to take part. The first was held in the library; over time they grew in stature and popularity until they packed out the Bruce Mason Centre, and were recorded live for Radio New Zealand. That decade of debates, says Helen, was “all a bit wild and wonderful”.

I learnt how to put ideas into practice, and that if you want something to happen, you make it happen, and don’t let small imperfections get in the way.

“Sometimes it’s easier to say no. I could have said no [to running the debates]. But if you say yes, all sorts of other connections open up,” she says, succinctly summarising her approach to work and life.

The Foundation continues to play a valuable role for libraries on the Shore. The first fundraising paid for the digitisation of the libraries’ New Zealand photographic collections. More recently the Foundation has paid for things like the Jeff Thompson sculpture and the Trubridge furniture at Birkenhead Library, and the repositioning of the Barry Brickell tiles in the new Devonport library. It is currently working on a project for Glenfield Library.

Helen also pushed Geoff Chamberlin’s Friends of the Library concept to build networks within and around the library. And she conceived and organised authors’ evenings at Takapuna library, demonstrating conclusively at the first event that such events could draw a crowd and sell local authors’ books.

It was these events, “happenstance”, and connections that she made along the way that led to her close involvement with and respect from the literary community. Helen says that all started when publisher Christine Cole Catley asked if the library could hold the key to the Sargeson house so prospective visitors had a convenient local pick-up point. “Through showing willing”, Helen was invited to join the Trust, on which she still sits. Through the Trust, where she was for a time the only trustee who didn’t know Frank Sargeson, she met up with Michael King who was also on the Sargeson Trust and whom

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Helen Woodhouse is often found at the upstairs help desk in Takapuna Library.

she’d known at university. Later, this connection led to her becoming involved in establishing the Michael King Writers Centre, from which she has only recently stepped down.

Outside library work, Helen also worked as a researcher on specialist topics for Mastermind. That was an “amazing” experience, she says.

Not only did she enjoy the excitement of television in its heyday, but she also learned much about question writing: questions had to be graded easy, medium and hard, they had to be of specific lengths, and every question had to be reference checked from three sources. Helen sat in on filming so that if any answer was challenged by contestants, she could cite the references used. “It was such fun,” she says.

She has also been involved in the Auckland Writers Festival, the Montana Book Awards, has sat on a panel for Book Reviewer of the Year, and was one of the early movers in the fight to save the Lake House.

Libraries have of course changed during Helen’s career. The biggest change, she says, is “the one you never dreamed of. When I arrived at Takapuna we couldn’t imagine that people could access their libraries from their home or that people from London could ask us to do research on a family from the North Shore.”

Libraries, she says, “got into the internet very early”. In the early 1980s, at Auckland Library, Helen was trained in Boolean searching – very early computerised searching. As an aside, she mentions that she wanted to call one of the celebrity debates ‘The internet highway leads nowhere’ but the idea was rejected on the grounds that no one would know what the internet highway was. Such was the speed of change, she says, that by the time the debate took place, they almost certainly would have understood the reference.

Balancing the greater use of technology is the move for libraries to become more community oriented; to draw people in for books or research, but also offer programmes co-designed for and by the community. Isolation and loneliness are increasing issue in contemporary society. “That’s where there is a need; that’s our future,” says Helen. She sees “lovely opportunities” for the library to work with other organisations.

The moves to community involvement are evident in all North Shore libraries – daytime book group discussions; Rhymetime sessions in Korean at Glenfield library; Tea and Topics talks at East Coast Bays, or coding sessions for kids and teens Devonport to name just a few.

At Takapuna regular events that celebrate local writers and new books are complemented by exhibitions, collaboration with community in the recent Intergenerational Dialogue or Korean tea ceremony, and, currently, running Tech Time classes covering cybersecurity and making the most of your smartphone. These classes may be about “digitally enabling people” but thy crucially also provide opportunities for people to connect with others.

“Libraries have always moved with the times,” says Helen. “They are now books-plus. We are more than just a repository for books, and we’ve tried to be more and more encompassing and open. People come in for information that is much broader than books, and we offer access to information in whatever form.”

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NEW CLINIC DELIVERS VITAL SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS

When it comes to the mental wellbeing of children and adolescents, leaving psychological conditions untreated can lead to severe problems in later life. But, a brand-new clinic is aiming to provide a much brighter future for our youth.

Last month, the Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), launched a psychotherapy clinic dedicated to improving the mental and emotional wellbeing of children and whanau in the North Shore and greater Auckland area.

Building upon the success of AUT’s existing psychotherapy clinic, and sharing the same AUT North Campus location, the new clinic is staffed by senior students under the supervision of experienced lecturers. This combination of expertise and child psychotherapists learning their trade, allow the clinic to offer affordable therapy to children and their families who may not otherwise be able to access help.

“The number of children and young people with psychological and emotional disturbance is growing, but this growth is not matched by the number of specialised psychotherapists trained and experienced in this work,” explains Dianne Lummis, Programme Leader Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at AUT’s School of Public Health & Psychosocial Studies.

“This clinic will benefit the greater Auckland community and New Zealand by serving as a learning environment for specialist trainee child psychotherapists who are much needed, but few and far between.”

While existing child and adolescent mental health services tend to focus on the severe end of the spectrum, the new North Shore clinic will focus on early intervention and working with children with moderate conditions.

“Conditions such as anxiety, depression, behavioural disturbances or social disconnection can all too easily progress to patterns of behaviour that affect current and future relationships, lead to self-harm and harm of others, substance abuse and problems learning, working or living in the community,” says Lummis.

“Children who do not receive adequate care and parenting in their childhood, are at an extreme disadvantage when trying to parent their own children. These difficulties and disturbances are then passed to the next generation. That’s why it’s so important to nip these conditions in the bud – and that’s what this new clinic is designed to do.”

Prof. Max Abbott, CNZM

Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Perspective A recent UNICEF report found New Zealand to have the highest youth suicide rate – approximately 15 in 100,000 people – twice as high as the US and five times that of Britain. This ranking is not a one-off – it is longstanding.

Pro Vice-Chancellor AUT North Campus

numbers of submissions are now being received from all sectors of society. Alongside stories of pain and anguish are accounts of people traversing adversity and emerging stronger.

Why do so many young New Zealanders kill themselves? Multiple factors contribute and suicide is only the tip of the iceberg. Vastly more attempt to kill themselves. Vastly more again meet the diagnostic criteria for depression, anxiety and addictions.

Suicide is a reflection of distress and suffering, and of what often lies A recent UNICEF report found behind – child poverty and abuse, New Zealand to have the family violence, racism, bullying and a highest youth suicide rate lack of coping skills and social support.

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We promote New Zealand as a green, clean, safe place to bring up kids. But it has an ugly underbelly – far too many people hurting and dying needlessly. We can and must do better.

The Government is committed to doing more to address some of the underlying factors and hopefully this will be evident in the forthcoming budget.

Meanwhile, widespread public concern about the state of our mental health services was instrumental in the establishment of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction. Substantial

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We need to ensure the Inquiry serves as a catalyst for major transformation. To be effective, it is essential, among other things, to greatly increase early intervention services and access to psychological treatments.

Presently there is over-reliance on medication and many people can’t get help when they need it.

By preparing a wide range of professionals to work in mental health, AUT plays a significant role in addressing this situation.

North Campus staff also conduct research to better inform policy and improve practice.

Additionally, AUT provides health services for the local community, including our newly established psychotherapy service for children and their families. This will greatly help attendees and assist in growing the number of health professionals with expertise in this important area.

Claire

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences

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CHANNEL COVER FEATURE: LAKE HOUSE ARTS DIGITAL STUDIO

LIFELONG learning Grae Burton with VR headset and wands in the digital studio.

Virtual Reality Art Lands on the Shore Lake House Arts manager Grae Burton stands in the centre of the new Lake House Arts digital studio. He’s donned a virtual reality (VR) headset and even without the wands that will shortly create real magic, he’s like a kid let loose at Rainbow’s End; his excitement is palpable.

A watching observer can only see, on a small screen in the corner of the studio, an artificial background that seems to move on odd angles while Grae moves around in a space defined in VR by a virtual red “cage” and in fact by a Persian rug in the centre of the studio. He reaches for the VR wands – and lines appear on the screen, squiggles and swirls in Grae-defined colours and dimensions. His enthusiasm reaches a crescendo.

What on earth is going on? What is so exciting about this new studio? Grae proffers the headset to the watcher – and as she puts it on she is transported into a new reality. She’s in a house with futuristic creatures in cubicles on the wall; birds fly above a ceiling skylight (with the volume up, she would even hear them as they go) and as she turns within the VR cage, she looks out into a mountainous landscape, then back in to the quirky interior. It feels real; she suddenly embraced in a new 3-D environment. As she steps forward the walls move closer, as she steps back from the exterior view the landscape becomes more distant.

But wait, there’s more. Grae hands over the wands – one of which is effectively the design menu and the other your VR paintbrush. The room disappears and the surroundings are transformed into a blank canvas: it’s time to start creating. Even the least artistic can’t fail to be engrossed as lines emerge and swirl at every wand movement;

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change colour as you choose and select different motifs at your whim. But best of all, it’s all in 3-D and the artist can step forward and back through her own creation.

After just a few minutes, it’s easy to see why Grae is hooked – and how easy it would be to spend hours engrossed as you learn to effectively and creatively manipulate the wands, to create artworks worthy of the name.

But let’s take a step back and explore how Grae and his colleague Andrew Norman (a technician at Lake House Arts and IT facilities manager at Orewa College, as well as an actor) have created this new facility.

The space at Lake House Arts is, Grae thinks, the first digital art studio in Auckland, at the cutting edge of AR (augmented reality) and VR, and it’s his brainchild. It came out of his working with an art experience with the AR/VR Garage, a collaborative digital R&D workspace set up by ATEED to “grow talent, capabilities and innovation in the creative tech sector”. That space was for VR and AR developers, especially those involved in the film industry, and Grae’s role was to curate the digital art created in that space for the Wallace Arts Trust. Grae, a talented video and digital photography artist as well as an actor, with around 160 of his own pieces in the Wallace contemporary art collection, was smitten with the potential to create a studio that could be available both to working digital artists as well as to the public.

Back in February, the Lake House Arts staff repainted the main foyer entrance walls and stripped out and painted the soon-to-be digital studio. In the last month, with all the equipment (monitors,

Grae Burton at Lake House Arts digital studio.

Amy Bratton explores VR at The B:Hive.

headsets, wands, and cabinets of technical gear) set up in the studio, he and Andrew started “beta testing”. More than 200 artists and members of the public (aged from as young as four and as old as eighty, singly and in small groups) have been asked to explore the possibilities of this new art form. They have tried and tested the VR program being used (Tilt Brush), “with entirely positive outcomes”. Grae and Andrew have developed and tested health and safety processes and a simple questionnaire that members of the public will complete before being able to use the space.

In late April, Grae took the concept and a presentation out to the B:Hive at Smales Farm and entranced workers there with a handson experience that demonstrated its possibilities and potential.

The studio is primarily intended as a space for artists, says Grae.

Called the Wallace Foundation Digital Art Studio, its use will be free for artists, supported by a grant from the Wallace Arts Trust for the first year. But it will not be exclusively for artists.

“The whole point,” says Grae, “is for artists to create and the public to be engaged. But it’s such new territory; it’s all baby steps, until we have a deeper understanding of how people respond to the technology and the possibilities. “We’re still experimenting with what’s possible….”

Grae envisages hosting Lake House Arts’ already popular Arty Birthday Parties as digital experiences, either in the studio, or in another of the Lake House spaces. He’s already talking with Mapura Studios about the possibility for some of their clients (with cerebral palsy, recovering from stroke etc) to explore their abilities and create art with the wands. Future plans also include a VR club.

Starting this month, says Grae, “We will be setting up access for classes and groups of all ages over the next 12 months”, with the aim that “people go away with a greater knowledge of using technology for creative activity and that digital artists and artworks emerge”.

Members of the public wanting to experience the technology will pay – a way to further help cover the costs of hosting the studio.

The first public exposure for the studio was in early May, as part of the Sausage Sizzle exhibition at Lake House, where people could book a 15-minute slot for Grae to guide them through the use of the equipment and transport them to unknown worlds.

Lake House Arts has also already hosted its first resident digital

Artist James Lawrence demonstrates the technology at The B:Hive.

Channel's Christine Young experiments with VR.

artist, Alex Plumb, a featured video artist in June’s Auckland Festival of Photography, and is ready to show Alex’s works on three monitor screens set up in the main entranceway and on monitor walls in the digital studio.

The next artist-in-residence, for Matariki, is Toi Rankin, who’s been one of the testers over the last four or five months, and whose multicoloured and multi-layered design has been adopted as Lake House Arts’ Matariki logo.

The possibilities are endless, says Grae enthusiastically. An artist can save their work and when they reload it, reload it brush stroke by brush stroke if they wish, allowing for refinement and editing. Mechanisms for the sale and purchase of digital artworks are emerging and being explored by artists and members of the public.

An image created in the studio could be sent to a 3-D printer to be created as an object. Exhibitions can and will travel: watch for a VR exhibition that combined VR and 360O webcam footage, hosted

by Mairangi Arts in April, to be shown at the Lake House, and for artworks created in the digital art studio to travel beyond the confines of Lake House Arts. More partnerships and collaborations are on the cards, including perhaps a VR portal as an introduction to all arts facilities on the Shore.

“It’s been an interesting journey,” reflects Grae. With the Lake House a heritage building and many of its values centred around preserving that and our artistic heritage, he and the team have had to ask themselves how to balance the excitement of introducing this cutting-edge technology with presenting the past.

He believes that balance is certainly possible and that Toi Rankin is already demonstrating how the traditions of Matariki can be translated and enriched through the technology. “Toi is bringing his artistic experience and cultural eye, creating traditional Maori symbolism and motifs [with the technology] and transforming them.

It’s very exciting.”

You can book for an Art in VR workshop on June 9th 10am - 2pm and private sessions in the Wallace Foundation Digital Arts Studio at Lake House Arts by calling 09 486 4877 or email info@lakehousearts.org.nz

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DEEP WATER RUNNING

LIFELONG learning

Vicki Carter

Rediscovering Fitness and Confidence after Baby Number Three

Weight gain, post-baby bodies and pressure to look a certain way are changes many women confront when entering the world of motherhood.

Vicki Carter understands what it’s like having to adjust to physical changes. The 42 year-old North Shore local is a proud mother to three girls aged five, seven and 15. Following the birth of her third child, Vicki struggled to lose weight and fell into a period of unhappiness. Despite spending a year in the gym and seeing some progress, Vicki admitted that getting hot and sweaty wasn’t a feeling she enjoyed. “I put on a lot of weight after my third child,” she says.

“I felt invisible, I didn't feel confident, I wasn't happy.”

Being surrounded by the message ‘Be the best you can be’ also played a part in Vicki’s desire to feel fit again. The determined mother isn’t one to buy into the ideology that there is a point where you can’t regain fitness, that it’s too hard. As a Swim School supervisor, Vicki sees mums come in to the facility every day who are able to juggle large families while maintaining a sense of vitality and energy. “There was a period where I wasn’t doing much after I had Ruby and I didn't feel like I was the best version of myself. I decided I was going to change,” says Vicki.

With the weight refusing to budge, Vicki decided it was time to modify her fitness regime. In 2016 she set herself an ambitious goal; to lose 20kg. Vicki knew the journey would be challenging, so she broke it down into small achievable parts. 20kg to lose, one kilogram at a time. “I knew where I wanted to end up but made sure I did it realistically,” says Vicki.

A self-confessed over-thinker, Vicki kept reminding herself that it was simple; to eat less and to move more. Not long after setting her goal, Vicki found herself in the National Aquatic Centre, floatation belt in hand ready to jump in for her first Deep Water Running class. That session was a catalyst for a journey flooded with fun and inspiration. “I found my exercise. It was something I enjoyed and it worked for my body. With Deep Water Running, I noticed a difference within weeks,” recalls Vicki.

Exercise preferences range from person to person. Some thrive off high-intensity circuit training while others favour a long, slow jog.

Discovering why somebody exercises and what inspires them can

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mark the difference between short bursts of motivation and lifelong habits. For Vicki, the pool was a place where she felt energised and motivated, it was her happy place. “I would just jump in, well actually do a big bomb, float down to the bottom and it was like I could escape everything,” says Vicki.

Almost a year since that first class, Vicki is now a regular member. Her love of Deep Water Running has run so deep she now coaches one class a week. When asked what advice the participant-turned-coach would give to anyone thinking of trying the class, she replies, “I would tell them that it works for everyone and that there’s a huge sense of camaraderie within the group. You don’t have to be fit and strong to start. There’s such a range of ages.”

And what about Vicki’s ultimate goal of losing 20kg? As of April 2018 Vicki Carter has lost 15kg. She smiles and says in a voice filled with confidence, “And I’m not done yet!”

If you’re interested in learning more about Deep Water Running please email Kiri Price kprice@autmillennium.org.nz or visit National Aquatic Centre Reception.

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MASSEY UNIVERSITY NEWS

What the hack

How are security agencies keeping us safe?

How concerned should we be about threats to our security – from terrorists to cyber hacking? What are the boundaries for our intelligence agencies when it comes to protecting the safety of citizens while respecting personal privacy?

From combatting cyber terrorism to uncovering data theft – these days it is generally accepted that national security agencies are necessary for the preservation and protection of democratic institutions and the safety of the public. Two Massey University experts, Dr Rhys Ball and Dr Damien Rogers, share their different perspectives on New Zealand’s security and intelligence issues in a June public lecture in the Our Changing World series at the Albany campus. They explore the opportunities and challenges confronting those responsible for managing New Zealand’s intelligence and surveillance efforts in today’s evolving security landscape.

Damien and Rhys both lecture in the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey’s Auckland campus in Albany, drawing on their academic research as well as work experiences across various government security, defence and intelligence-related agencies.

Damien says the credibility and reputation of the intelligence services has been damaged in recent years, and agencies need to restore public trust in their organisations after incidents such as the 2012 raid – and subsequent fallout – on German internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom.

Two Massey University experts, Dr Rhys Ball and Dr Damien Rogers, share their different perspectives on New Zealand’s security and intelligence issues…

Extensive powers under the Intelligence and Security Act 2017 for agencies to access personal information from a wide range of public sector, financial and health databases, as well an increased move to target minority groups for surveillance, are among new concerns he will discuss. He points out that under the new Act, security and intelligence agencies have a broader brief, which now exists not just to protect New Zealand’s national security but extends to include our international relations and economic wellbeing.

Damien will also examine former Prime Minister John Key’s legacy in shaping a new era of heightened surveillance measures in New Zealand, with the rationale of threats from Middle East terror organisation Islamic State (IS) as the primary justification, as well as what he sees is a new focus on surveillance of domestic, rather than overseas targets.

Dr Damien Rogers and Dr Rhys Ball discuss contemporary cybersecurity issues.

Rhys brings an alternative perspective and says the number one goal of New Zealand’s security and intelligence service is “to be ahead of the threats”. The lack of terror incidents or assassinations to date in this country is a measure of success in this regard, he says. But emerging threats, especially in the realm of cyber-espionage and hacking, present new challenges. And more and more public institutions and organisations – from police and customs to health, banking, insurance and agricultural sector organisations – are seeking advice on strategic intelligence advice in an era of complex data management systems and an awareness of cyber threats, he says.

He says there are an estimated 30 to 40 people currently on a key watch list in New Zealand deemed to be potential security threats. But he feels there is a historical tendency in New Zealand to “overdramatise” public fears about mass surveillance, and that agencies are compliant with legislation that limits their powers to respond to threats. The need to balance intelligence gathering, surveillance methods and access to personal information with protecting individuals’ rights to privacy to maintain an open, democratic society is crucial, says Rhys.

Watching over you: surveillance and security in New Zealand Thursday 28 June 2018, 6.30pm Massey University www.massey.ac.nz/cohss

The speakers Dr Damien Rogers is senior lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, at Massey University’s Albany campus, where he teaches papers on Contemporary International Conflict, Security and the Law, and the Law of Armed Conflict.

Before entering academia, he spent nearly a decade working in New Zealand’s intelligence community, including at the Government Communications Security Bureau, Ministry of Defence, New Zealand Defence Force, and the Border Security Group of Immigration New Zealand.

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Dr Rhys Ball is a lecturer at Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies, based at the Albany campus. He is a former intelligence officer with over 10 years’ experience working in intelligence and security organisations, both in New Zealand and overseas. Rhys completed his Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from Victoria University, and his 2009 doctoral thesis examined New Zealand Special Forces operations during the Vietnam War. He has lived and worked in Wellington, London, Washington, Canberra and more recently, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), before joining Massey in 2013.

CARMEL COLLEGE

The Essence of a Carmel College Mercy Education What makes Carmel College unique on the Shore is our commitment to providing a Catholic, Mercy inspired education for young women.

This Mercy inspired education has four key features: It is holistic and integrated, committed to excellence, committed to community building and committed to compassionate consideration.

A holistic and integrated education is where there is no separation between acquiring knowledge and growing in wisdom. The various school subjects do not present only knowledge to be attained, but also values to be acquired and truths to be discovered.

A commitment to excellence includes a quality of learning and teaching that encourages innovation and new perspectives, leads learners to ask new questions, to search for new answers to old questions and be committed to learning for life.

A commitment to community building acknowledges that we belong to one another and therefore have a social responsibility for each other and for the kind of world we inhabit.

Compassionate consideration is ensuring open, accessible and inclusive of all, without discrimination, and the promotion of positive attitudes, where all are made to feel welcome, catered for and cherished.

A Mercy inspired education also enables students to critique the causes of poverty and marginalisation at local and global level and encourage them to ‘speak truth to power’ rather than to keep safe within the status quo – to be able to challenge and shape the future.

Principal, Chris Allen

Being a ‘Carmel Girl’

Carmel College taught me that the key to knowledge is about more than focusing on academic performance alone.

Being a Carmel girl does not limit me to simply having belonged to a school - it empowered me to be a part of an extensive community.

My years at Carmel equipped me with confidence, drive, teamwork, critical thinking and a sense of belonging. At Carmel I found a school that entwined more than just education and

community - Core Mercy Values have played a pivotal role in shaping my growth and development. I now am confident that I will be able to step into the world prepared and for that I am grateful.

Recent School Leaver

Past Student Reflects On Carmel’s Impact On Her Life And Career As I reflect back on my journey since finishing school, I realise how my time at Carmel College set me up for so much more than entry into academic study programmes and creating a passion for learning.

What I didn’t know at that time was how the special Catholic character and the strong values foundation would become part of my DNA and a key ingredient for both my way of working and success at work.

In my role as a Global HR Executive, I focus on people strategy; enabling people, Sarah Langley across cultures, to achieve the best possible outcomes for themselves and their business. Underpinning this is the culture we create at work and the way we lead others to unlock passion, curiosity and possibility.

What is most important in leadership, in any context, is our ability to recognise that we need to be people-centred - caring for others, valuing their contribution and supporting people to be at their best. These are core attributes I learnt at Carmel College where I was immersed in a community of caring and strong values.

Wherever a student’s strengths lie, the core values underpinning Carmel College are key in creating success in everything they do at school and into the future. I am so very grateful to have had such important values instilled in me from an early age.

My ‘Carmel’ education created the basis for my learning to be a lifelong focus. People describe it as having a ‘growth mindset’.

People, contexts and challenges change and we need to learn, grow and evolve, essentially being shape-shifters, in order to adjust to different situations. Lifelong learning really is just that, but gets more and more interesting with age…and a little wisdom!

Sarah Langley, Chief People Officer, Frucor Suntory NZ Ltd

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RANGITOTO COLLEGE

Premier volleyballers dominate at Nationals Rangitoto College’s Premier volleyball teams left their mark at the New Zealand Secondary School Volleyball Championships in May. The College was the only school with both boys and girls teams in the top four, with the boys winning silver and the girls taking out bronze.

Alan Kerr, the Teacher in Charge of volleyball, noted that the boys faced hurdles in pursuit of their medal as some of the top players became unavailable due to injury and illness late in the competition. He is immensely proud of their silver medal saying: "The team showed a lot of character and resilience.”

Kerr also praised Lahna Midgley and Gracie HaslerEwins, senior players in the girls team. "They absolutely shone on the court in their final game against Aorere College.” Sam Andersen and Matt Ness were standout players in the boys team, with both named in the tournament team.

Matt Ness spiking through the middle against Western Heights High School in the final at Nationals.

Armit brothers sail to success Murrays Bay sailing brothers, Josh and Caleb Armit, have had a successful season of sailing at National and World Championships.

Josh ended 2017 on a high note, gaining a world title in August 2017 at the Laser Radial World Championships where he led the fleet decisively. This culminated in his nomination for a 2017 Emerging Talent Award at the Halbergs, for which he secured a top four finals placing.

Josh is continuing 2018 just as decisively, gaining first place in the NZ Laser National Champs held in January and will head to World Championships in mid-2018.

Josh ended 2017 on a high note, gaining a world title in August 2017 at the Laser Radial World Championships…

13 year-old Caleb Armit is also a talented sailor, evidenced by his second place at Starling Nationals in a fleet of 102 boats. Caleb took home an impressive five trophies at the end of the competition, including the Chris Timms Memorial Trophy for the highest placed under 16 year-old.

Josh Armit won the U17 Title at the Laser Radial World Championships in Holland.

Caleb Armit with his haul of trophies.

International Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate students celebrated at the end of 2017 with all students gaining their Diplomas. The top achievers in 2017 were Petra Mao and Ivy Yang, who both achieved an impressive score of 36. All students in the graduating class were accepted into their desired University courses in either New Zealand, Australia or Japan.

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Premier water polo teams win double bronze at Nationals Rangitoto College’s Premier Boys and Girls water polo teams have won bronze medals at the National Secondary Schools Water Polo tournament in Wellington.

The boys team faced off against St Kentigern College, winning the game 8-5 to take the medal. The girls came up against Kristen School in a nail biting match. After some excellent saves from goalkeeper, Lavenia Lovodua, the clock ran out with the score at a 3-3 tie. The game ended with a penalty shoot out led by captain, Kaitlin Howarth, with Rangitoto coming out on top 8-6.

Top scholars Charlie Wang and Monica Ping with East Coast Bays MP Erica Stanford at the Prime Minister’s Top Scholar Awards.

Top scholars celebrated at Prime Minister’s awards Charlie Wang and Monica Ping of Rangitoto College have been honoured at the Prime Minister’s Top Scholar awards for their outstanding results in the nationwide Scholarship exams. Charlie came first in Physical Education with a perfect score of 24/24, while Monica topped the nation in Chinese, a particularly impressive feat given she sat the exam two years early as a Year 11.

The 2017 cohort performed exceptionally well overall with students gaining 173 Scholarships. This places the College second nationwide in terms of total overall Scholarships awarded. A total of 110 students gained a Scholarship across 24 subject areas, with some students achieving up to six in total. These results are the best ever achieved by Rangitoto College, and are a testament to the breadth and depth of the College’s subject areas and dedicated staff.

Applications for 2019 Information Evening

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Tour times: 9.00am, 11.45am & 2pm In the College auditorium Bookings can be made on:

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EDUCATION: KRISTIN SCHOOL

Kristin’s Parent Seminar:

International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) Inquiry is at the heart of the IB PYP and during Term 1, 25 Junior School parents took up the opportunity to find out more about the PYP curriculum at Kristin School. They experienced two different approaches to teaching and learning. We started with some ‘old school’ teaching, with a chance to read all about Mount Everest and Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

After a round robin reading experience and some extensive teacher-controlled discussion the parents were asked a series of questions based on the material they had read. They then took up the opportunity to swap their papers and have their work marked by their peers. This was teaching and learning from a past age that most of the parents recognised, and at least a couple were thrilled to get all the answers correct. We gave this experience to show exactly what the PYP is not: teacher controlled with little opportunity to be creative or participate in learning experiences that are engaging, relevant, challenging and significant.

KRISTIN SCHOOL

Set up your Tweens & Teens for Independence & Success.

Presented by Yvonne Godfrey – author of ‘Making It On My Own’ and ‘Parenting Yadults’.

Wednesday 20 June 2018, 7pm Kristin School Auditorium, 360 Albany Highway

Tickets are FREE, but must be reserved at eventfinda.co.nz/go/kristin – Find out why your parenting style may not be working and how to make a fast breakthrough – Learn some simple and easy ideas to inspire your tweens and teens to be self-motivated – Impart the right values without them rolling their eyes at you

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We then moved on to give the parents a true PYP experience.

One of the Year 3’s Units of Inquiry has a focus on the issue of exploration. In a non-PYP school this would most likely be a topicbased study about exploring Antarctica where the students all find out about the driest, coldest, windiest continent on Earth without actually finding out anything they are personally interested in.

As was explained to the parents, using a PYP approach is vastly different to this. We gave the parents the opportunity to find out what is really worth knowing. We set the expectations we had of each group by using the explorer Ibn Battuta as a model (someone no one had heard of before; if you haven’t either, look him up - he did some really amazing things). We tasked the parents with finding out about one of 11 famous explorers (Captain James Cook, Walter Raleigh, Ferdinand Magellan, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Thor Heyerdahl, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott, Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus), what they did, why they did it, important changes that came about as a result of their exploration and one key question to find out some more about their explorer.

exploring? Why was Tenzing Norgay recorded as a full member of the climbing team when Sherpa usually were not? Why did Marco Polo spend so long in jail?

The benefits of parent education were evident. By providing a hands-on, practical task, this group were able to come to terms with what was expected of their children and the experiences they go through on a daily basis. It helped to better inform and educate them about not only the PYP but also the inquiry approach as a way of strengthening knowledge and understanding. The parents returned home knowing a little more about the PYP and something about explorers - more importantly, however, with a far greater understanding and appreciation about what their children do at Kristin every day as they learn, explore, wonder and question.

Rob Hutton - Assistant Principal, Kristin Junior School

The benefits of parent education were evident. By providing a hands-on, practical task, this group were able to come to terms with what was expected of their children and the experiences they go through on a daily basis.

Fully briefed, the parents set to work reading, discussing, theorising and questioning. The challenge of working collaboratively in a group was one they set to with gusto. In no time we had a comprehensive set of notes taking shape. We knew who these explorers were and a little bit about their background, the what, where, when and why of their exploration feats, and a little bit about what made them tick as people. Finally (and most interestingly) we discovered links to changes that came about as a result of these explorations.

After summarising the information they gathered, each group then shared the key points they had found out, along with their question for finding out more. Some of these questions included: Why did the Spanish choose Christopher Columbus to go

Kristin Surfing During Term One, over 30 Middle and Senior School students participated in the Learn to Surf lessons at Muriwai Surf School.

Many of the students have been attending these lessons over many years now and have learned to become very impressive surfers. Other students have come along to learn the basics and to enjoy the hot chips on the way home! The friendly team of surf instructors take great care of the students in the water as well as providing very important water safety lessons.

An environment to open minds that open doors.

Open Day

Tuesday 12th June

Take the first step in your child’s journey to help them reach their potential.

Come and experience our unique school environment for yourself.

Call Marg Cross on 09 415 9566 ext 2324, email admissions@kristin.school.nz or visit www.discoverkristin.school.nz. Register your attendance today!

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Dr Tony Fernando

Jedi Mind Tricks for Happy Families!

Tickets for our annual Mother Son Breakfast were in such hot demand that we half expected to see a black market running on Trade Me! Falling just before Mother’s Day, it was a lovely way for mums to spend time with their sons, enjoying a delicious breakfast in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The speaker, Dr. Tony Fernando, was hugely entertaining, engaging the audience with his ‘Jedi Mind Tricks for Happiness’ and his delightful sense of humour, while imparting some great gems of insight and wisdom.

As a psychiatrist and senior lecturer in Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland, one of Tony’s research passions is happiness. Using quotes from Star Wars to illustrate his points, he talked about the things his research has found truly make people happy. He compared the happiness brought by calm and

contentment with the instant gratification of excitement and fun, stressing the paramount importance of compassion and connecting with others. He remarked that we often take ourselves too seriously and expect too much from life and reminded us that everything is impermanent. Touching on some sensitive issues, he particularly warned the teenagers in the room of the dangers of perfectionism and worrying about what others think of them, advising them to be careful of being hurtful on social media. Finally he told both mothers and sons that when they are in conflict the ‘truth’ is generally somewhere in between, as everyone’s perception is unique and flawed.

Headmaster David Ferguson concluded the breakfast wishing all the mothers (and grandmothers) a Happy Mother’s Day and urged the boys to hug their mums and tell them they love them!

Land Rover Sponsor the 1st XV In the early part of the school’s history, Westlake became a significant force in Auckland School rugby and subsequently, since 1985, a major player in the North Harbour competition. Last month, the school was delighted to announce the sponsorship for our 1st XV from Land Rover and Archibald & Shorter, our local Land Rover dealership located on Wairau Rd. To celebrate this announcement, representatives from Land Rover and Archibald & Shorter joined our current 1st XV sponsor, Prestige Realty, at a function to present the re-branded jerseys to the 1st XV, before their televised game versus Massey that afternoon.

As part of their coverage of 1st XV Rugby, Sky TV will be featuring the different school hakas and focussing on individual players who have unique interests outside rugby. Our Year 13 prefect, Ben Mitchell, who hopes to join the airforce next year, following in the trails of his father and grandfather, was one of the first of these.

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Battle of the Bands Since its inception last year, the afterschool rock band programme has taken off at Westlake Boys, with lots of new young bands starting up this year under the guidance of Mr David Flyger. Six of our bands took part in the recent Smokefree Rockquest North Shore Heats. They spread their musical stylings across many different genres and had band names to match: Recoil, Reverend Neethirajan, Sidetracked, Waffle Potato Sticks, Special Ed, and Leviticus.

Two of the six, ‘Sidetracked’ and ‘Special Ed’, made it through to the Auckland Regional Finals, for which they have to prepare seven minutes of live music. It will be Special Ed’s second trip to Regionals, where they placed third last year. From there only three bands will be picked for the National Finals later in the year.

Special Ed - Smokefree Rockquest.

Social Basketball Teams On the heels of our award-winning Friday social football league, Westlake Boys has launched a basketball social league this term, with matches held on Wednesdays after school. While the games will be properly refereed and formally run, the main focus is on having fun. Karl Jorgensen, the teacher who has initiated the league, says: “My vision is for it to be as inclusive as possible and a social experience, to promote student wellbeing.”

There are 21 teams registered, with 194 players taking part. The students are responsible for deciding on a team name, selecting a captain and creating their own uniform. The Dragons, in their eyecatching red black kit, currently lead the way in the ‘best dressed’ stakes! They are pictured above with Karl Jorgensen and The Benchwarmers, the Ali A Ballers and the Bunnings Bargains.

Year 13 student Harry Pottinger-Coombes is in charge of social media, running a facebook page that shows the draw and results each week. A group of 10 students Social Basketball League. attended a referee course last year so that all the games have qualified Buckingham Premier League (BPL), as it is known, takes is name referees. The Dragons’ captain, Jack Zhen, from its founder, old boy and staff member, Tony Buckingham. says he enjoys the league because it’s Tony saw that there are lots of boys who never get to play for a chance for the team to show their the school or a club but love to have a kick-about and enjoy the skills. Team-mate Leon Huang adds, opportunity to play competitively. Many of them are boys who “It’s an opportunity to get together play no other sport, whose main focus might be music or maths. with friends and play competitively There are 10 teams in the BPL this year, a few of which have been at school.” playing for several years, with new players each season, such as Friday social football has already KFC. Some teams even have reunion games after they have left been running for six years and has school and the BPL is one of their favourite memories of their time become an integral part of Westlake at Westlake. life and developed its own traditions. The

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Student trip to the USA During the school holidays this autumn, a group of 11 Long Bay College students had the incredible experience of travelling to the United States for a two-week action-packed trip, focusing on learning opportunities in business and fashion.

The purpose of the trip was to gain experience of how big business fashion designers work, as well as to broaden the students’ awareness of the wider business and fashion world.

The first stop was New York. The group experienced a behindthe-scenes visit to retail giant Macy’s, where they learned about product placement. They also visited Madame Tussauds to gain an understanding of their marketing and business model. In addition, they toured the fashion centers and retail businesses of Soho and Nolita. A visit to the New York Times printing plant was an interesting and informative way to finish their stay in New York.

The trip also encompassed a journey to Washington D.C. where students learnt a great deal about US history and enjoyed the beautiful architecture. They visited the 'Newseum', and attended a Fashion Foundation Workshop to learn about the importance of sustainable fashion. The last stop was Orlando, Florida. Here, highlights included a day at Universal Studios and a visit to the Kennedy Space Centre.

Long Bay College students learned about business and fashion on their trip to the USA.

“The trip really opened my eyes to what is out there,” says Year 11 student, Jana Hunt. “We really learned a lot from personal accounts of how people got started in their businesses and careers.” Chloe Yule, another Year 11 student who enjoyed the experience, says: “This trip was such a one-off with the opportunities we had and with the great group of people we went with.” The trip proved to be an outstanding, and invaluable learning experience for all.

Top prize for secondary school art competition Painting is my way of freeing up.

It keeps me creative," says Year 13 student, Nicola West who was recently awarded the top Secondary School prize for The Botanical Art Worldwide Competition.

Nicola's botanical paintings are currently on show at the Auckland Nicola West Botanic Gardens until July 1 as part of the exhibition titled ‘Ngāi Tipu Taketake – Indigenous Flora.' The exhibition features works by 42 international artists and only a select few secondary school students from around New Zealand, making Nicola's achievement even more impressive.

Her artworks titled ‘Rongoa Healing Herb’ and ‘An Informal Hedge’ show outstanding sensitivity to botanical detail and tremendous painting skills. "It does feel amazing to Rongoa Healing Herb

by Nicola West. be part of such a big exhibition - this is the biggest thing I have done with my art and my first-time in a big exhibition," Nicola said. For exhibition information, please visit: www.botanicalartworldwide.info/new-zealand

Stunning sculptures at Long Bay Year 10 art students spent a day creating and installing site specific sculptures at Long Bay Regional Park recently, leveraging the beautiful park and beach our school is so fortunate to be situated alongside.

The students, who visited Gibbs Sculpture Farm last term, used their understanding and research of land-based sculptures to inform the design, construction and installation of their own sculptures in a way that responded to the Long Bay landscape.

The assignment titled ‘A Sense of Place’ encouraged students to re-use materials or find natural ones on-site to create their sculptures. The results were fantastic.

Visit our school – Open Night 2018 We welcome Year 8 students and their families to our Open Night on Wednesday, July 25, starting from 4.30pm. Year 8 students can also attend our Open Day with their Intermediate on Wednesday, August 1. In addition, we will be hosting several school tours which can be booked through our office. Dates are advertised on our website www.longbaycollege.school.nz

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Family Science Workshops At Pinehurst School Year 6 students and their parents have recently had the opportunity to attend a Family Science Workshop.

The workshops aim to empower adults to talk about science with their children, and nurture future science-literate generations. Fun games are incorporated into engaging activities during the workshops and to introduce science topics that the students and their parents can do together. Along with presenter Ashleigh Fox, Senior College Science students assist in the demonstrations. The evenings to date have been very successful with great feedback from both the students and the parents attending.

In Terms 3 & 4 there will be more opportunities for families to attend workshops in Electrical Energy and Rocket Launches.

Preparing our kids to take their place in a global world.

Our place A place where young people can flourish academically and emotionally, equipped for life, ready to make meaningful contributions to the world in which they will live.

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Skyjumpers: Mr Reynolds...

…and Mr Wiggins.

Drop Your Boss 2018 On Wednesday 9th May, College Principal, Mr Wiggin and Year 8 Dean, Mr Reynolds jumped off the Sky Tower for The Graeme Dingle Foundation - a Child and Youth Development Charity.

As a school for Year 0-13 students, Pinehurst is a passionate supporter of this charity, which educates Kiwi kids in believing in themselves, because every young person should realise they have the potential to succeed and feel positive about their future.

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Saving the environment - it’s in the bag!

There’s a revolution happening at Westlake Girls High School and our prefects have it in the bag.

To be fair, as acronyms go, WGHSPBFM possibly isn’t the catchiest one around. But don’t be fooled by its cumbersome moniker, this movement is destined for greatness.

Westlake Girls High School Plastic Bag Free Movement launched in Term Two, with the goal of making WGHS a single-use plastic bag-free zone. The idea was the brain-child of Head Prefect Izzy Sheild who started 2018 wanting to be a change-maker. “I believe we have to make a stand to protect our environment,” she says. “We are such a big school that we can really make an impact – not just with students but our families as well.”

Izzy says this year’s Prefects are all of the same mind, and keen to make a change that will be lasting for the school – and the environment. “There are so many things we can use instead of plastic bags,” she says. To help with the transition, Izzy sourced reusable bags from a supplier which are available for purchase.

“We are selling our reusable bags at the cost price,” says Izzy.

“This isn’t a fundraiser – this is about giving students a really good alternative.”

Pictured: Head Prefect Izzy Sheild and Deputy Head Prefect Janice Lim showcase some of the bag designs on offer.

Keeley Watson's winning photo.

Photo flip turns competition on its head Young photographer Keeley Watson admits she likes to take images that keep viewers guessing at what they are seeing. But there was no guessing when she beat 2,800 competitors to win the Youth Division of the Australia and New Zealand Sony Alpha Awards in Sydney recently.

During the school holidays, Keeley (Year 12) was flown to Sydney as one of two finalists, where she had the opportunity to take one additional photo to decide the competition winner. She walked away with new photographic equipment, a cash prize and the chance to work with some of Sony’s senior imaging consultants.

“I submitted two photographs through Instagram into the Youth category that reflected the theme ‘gritty’,” says Keeley. “The first photo is of my grandmother in an indoor pool, and this is the same idea that I am developing in my Photography class at school. I took this photo through a pool noodle, as it created a circular frame around her. I took my second photo in Sydney as part of the twohour final challenge. I wandered the streets for inspiration and came across a pedestrian expressway underneath Hyde Park. I started to

Keeley Watson and her award.

experiment with different ways to portray the environment, and used a model jumping to add more interest to the photo. I then decided to flip the image upside down in my final edit.”

Keeley says she likes to photograph people and taking abstract images. “I also like to take photos that don’t look quite right, so that the viewer has to question what they are seeing,” she says.

“I would love to do something creative when I leave school. My next step is to share my photography on social media, and from there who knows where it is going to take me?”

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Rosmini Trip to Japan This autumn, a group of Year 10-11 Japanese students enjoyed a trip to Japan. Rosmini’s Head of Japanese, Mrs Kuniko Crosby said: “This educational trip provided the opportunity for the students to speak Japanese in an authentic situation. The trip included a visit to a Japanese high school where students stayed with a Japanese family and attended school. The students also participated in Japanese martial art activities. They also visited sites of cultural and historical significance in Iiyama, Kanazawa, Rosmini students in Japan.

Kyoto and Hiroshima.”

Rosmini students at Hiroshima.

Holocaust Talk On Monday 7th May Holocaust survivors Bob and Freda Narev came to talk to Rosmini College Year 9 students, plus additional classes from Year 11, Year 8 and Year 7, about their experiences.

Bob and Freda were both children during the Second World War. They shared their stories with the boys and answered questions.

Bob told of the treatment of his father at the hands of Nazi soldiers, as well as his and his mother’s experiences in the camp, Theresienstadt. Freda as a young girl was “given” to a Catholic family who cared for Holocaust Talk at Rosmini. her during the war until her older sister came to get her. They both left Europe and came to New Zealand, where they met at a Jewish Youth Group.

Bob and Freda told the students of the importance of not being a bystander: "Don’t stand by and do nothing." Rosmini College English teacher, Mrs Paula Pierce said: “This was an opportunity for students to learn firsthand of the discrimination against Jewish

people during this time. Many of the Year 9 classes are currently studying WW2 literature, for example, ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ and ‘Hana’s Suitcase.’ We were so blessed to have had the opportunity to hear, meet and speak with Bob and Freda.

Amazingly, Bob still has the yellow star which was sewn onto his coat as a young boy!”

ANZAC Day Members of Rosmini College’s Young Vinnies attended an ANZAC Day service at the Hillcrest RSA. The students were thrilled to meet the Mayor of Auckland City, the Hon. Phil Goff.

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EDUCATION: TAKAPUNA GRAMMAR

The unrivalled experience of world travel Two senior students write about their term break experiences in other parts of the world...

The USA

China

12 days, 14 art galleries, three states, walking, walking, walking and, of course, the finest American cuisine.

These are just a few Nadia Veljanovska, Sophia Lindsay, Evie Hancock, things that made up Isabella Dunleavy, Niko Birchfield, Niamh our whirlwind North Chalmers-Greaney in Times Square.

American adventure.

32 students and four teachers began 36 hours of travel to reach our first destination - Washington DC. The Capitol met us with cold weather and rain but it couldn’t dampen our spirits. We headed to the National Mall, to see the First and Second World War memorials, and to stand on the very spot where Martin Luther King addressed the crowd with his “I have a dream” speech, next to the Abraham Lincoln memorial.

We visited Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court, and The White House before heading to Chinatown. We went to the National Gallery of Art, seeing works by Da Vinci, Picasso, Van Gogh. The Hirschhorn Gallery showed us the finest modern American art. Later we experienced an evening of Italian food with true, huge American portions.

Next, we drove to New York City, where we would spend the next five days. In New York, we packed in everything we could. We went all over Manhattan Island, navigating our way from our hostel on the Upper West Side by subway and foot, like the real New Yorkers we aspired to be. We walked around Central Park, visited Union, Herald, Madison and Washington Squares, visited the 9/11 memorial, walked along the Highline and Brooklyn Bridge.

We saw ‘Kinky Boots’ on Broadway, transferred through Grand Central Station and shopped it up at the biggest department store in the world. We saw the iconic Flat Iron building, the Washington Arch, the Rockefeller Centre, Times Square lit up at night, the best views of Manhattan from the Empire State Building and we even ventured to Brooklyn!

Oh, and the art. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) was a tour favourite. There we saw Claude Monet’s ginormous water-lily painting, works from Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, Henri Matisse and the mesmerising Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. We saw some funky art in the beautifully designed Guggenheim, on the Upper East Side, and visited the Whitney Museum of Art and several small galleries in the arty Chelsea district. We spent a whole day in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, seeing a completely inspiring range of artworks, even a staggering real Egyptian temple, rebuilt brick by brick.

After an amazing time in New York, we left, with heavy hearts, to fly to Los Angeles for two nights. There we had the time of our lives at Universal Studios, ordered a truckload of pizza, walked down the Hollywood Walk of Fame and naturally, saw the Hollywood sign - it does not look as big as it does on TV. We shopped in Santa Monica and walked on the board walk to Venice beach, seeing the stereotypical Californian body builders.

This trip was not only amazing because of the culture, sights and the fun, but because of the people and friends we shared it with.

Whether it was friends we made in our hostel from around the globe, or new friendships formed with our classmates, the experience was 100 times better because of them. It was all truly life changing and we are so grateful to be able to have been given this opportunity, thanks to our amazing art teachers.

By Isabella Dunleavy

A trip to Asia's second largest country, gave eight students the experience of a lifetime.

Travelling with Miss Kofoed and Mrs Johnson, the two week TGS tour group visit a temple in China. trip consisted of big bustling cities, spicy Chinese food, impressive factories and popular tourist attractions.

Shanghai was incredible; the city spreads for miles. Four days, filled with an Ikea and Disneyland visit, and a tour of Shanghai’s attractions and factories; including the Fake market - an underground market filled with everything imaginable, from designer handbags, wallets and watches to shoes, jewellery and sunglasses.

Beijing had more smog and historic temples than Shanghai.

The weather was wet and cold on the day we went to the Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square so it was a quick stop at the souvenir shop to purchase umbrellas. Beijing has beautiful infrastructure and gardens and of course the Great Wall, which the group visited while the last bit of afternoon sun was still out.

Xian was the group’s favourite place because it was the most traditional city we visited. Cycling, walking and visiting the Terracotta Warriors; with the highlight cycling the city wall. It was a tough exercise but it was so worth it.

Hong Kong was the last stop. It is quite different when compared to the other cities, because of the green hills that surround it. The group watched the light show, went on Hong Kong's Ferris wheel and visited the chaotic night markets. The highlight was going up to Victoria Peak for beautiful views of the city and the sea together.

The trip was a great learning experience as every student learnt how to be independent and responsible. We are so lucky to have the opportunities that allow us to travel and learn about other parts of the world at our age.

By Sophie McMillan

Culture Night A highlight of the school calendar is the student driven international culture night. Back in the school’s refurbished hall this year on 21 June from 7pm.

See performances of both traditional and modern styles, from all around the world, and food to satisfy any palate.

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ARTS NEWS: LAKE HOUSE ARTS

The Lake House Café After a brief sabbatical in 2017 Lake House Café returns into the hands of family owner/operators Amy, Maggie and Lee. The family have run Lake House Café for over 10 years and are well loved by the Lake House Arts Community. Stop by for a coffee, tea or lunch and say hello. You may be able to join one of our “lunch with an Artist” sessions on Saturdays or just enjoy the beautiful, peaceful surroundings and warm, comfortable environment. 经过2017年的短暂休假之后，Lake HouseCafé回到了家族业 主/运营商Amy，Maggie和Lee的手中。这家人已经在Lake HouseCafé经营了10多年，深受Lake House Arts社区的喜 爱。去喝杯咖啡，茶或午餐，打个招呼。您可以在星期六加 入我们的“与艺术家共进午餐”之一，或者享受美丽宁静的 环境和温馨舒适的环境。 Lake House Arts Center艺术中心 和Lake HouseCafé咖啡厅可随时供应各种各样的餐饮活动 和活动。您可以联系我们，看看我们的设施是否适合您的活 动：venue@lakehouse.org.nz或09 486 4877以获取更多信 息。 Lake House Cafe咖啡厅7天开放： 周一至周五早上8 点开放 周六和周日从上午8:30开始 遗产高茶（星期六及星期 日） 上午10:30和下午2PM会议可提供预订 每人$35(NZD)

*ethical *sustainable *cruelty-free fashion www.humanity.nz Our Store Open Wednesday – Sunday 10-2pm Find us at Lake House Arts Centre.

37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna.

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Matariki Events, Exhibitions & Education Workshops at Lake House Arts Matariki Festival 2018 Saturday June 30 - Sunday July 22 http://www.matarikifestival.org.nz Lake House Arts Centre will run a dedicated Matariki Programme to help us launch an ongoing Maori Language and Culture program and to foster continued engagement with our local Iwi and the wider Maori community.

E whakahaeretia ana e te pōkapu toi o Lakehouse Arts Centre he kaupapa motuhake, mo Matariki hei āwhina ia tatou ki te whakarewa I te kaupapa o Te Reo Māori me ona Tikanga hei āwhina hoki I te whanaungatanga o te Mana Whenua me te iwi Māori whānui.

Nau mai haere mai ki to tatou hāpori.

Welcome to our community.

Kaitiaki Totoko by Harlem Shine

Lake House Holiday Programme - Matariki Theme Te Kaupapa Hararei - Kaupapa Matariki Monday, July 9 - Friday, July 20 Mane Hurae 9 – Paraire Hurae 20 During the school holidays book your kids in to one of the many Matariki Themed Holiday Programme activities available at Lake House Arts. All our Holiday Program Activities and Classes are supervised by trained artists and teachers.

I te wā whakataa o ngā Tamariki me tohua te wā mo o tamariki ki ngā Kaupapa Whakataa o Matariki (Matariki Themed Holiday Programme) ki te Whare Roto Toi – Lake House Arts. He nui ngā pūkenga o nga Kaiako me nga Kaiwhakahaere mo enei tū mahi.

Matariki Matahiko - Digital Matariki Seven Women / Wahine e Whitu Come into Lake House Arts to see Monday, 2 July 2018 - Sunday, 22 July 2018 Matariki Artist in Residence Toi Rankin Mane 2 Hurae 2018 - Ra Tapu 22 Hurae 2018 working and creating in the Wallace Becroft Gallery Foundation Digital Studio.

Inspired by this creative approach we hope to Papatuanuku and Ranginui by Toi will be creating 3D art using the virtual celebrate seven women artists who contribute Resident Digital Artist Toi Rankin reality equipment set up in the studio and be to contemporary New Zealand visual arts’ creating an evolving exhibition integrating landscape and bring their practice to the Matariki and the digital age. forefront of our local community.

Toi Rankin is a visual artist from Whangarei. He is a script Mai I tenei whakaetanga auaha ko te wawata he whakanui I enei writer. He is Nga Puhi and Ngati Whatua and based in Herne Bay. wāhine toi toko whitu e tāpae nei ki te ao moroki toi aataata, te This is Toi’s first residency. ahuwhenua kia kitea rawatia o ratou mahi ki mua nei ki te ao whānui.

Haere main au mai ki te Whare Roto Toi ki te tutaki te mātakitaki I nga Tohunga Toi o Matariki ara a Toi Rankin e mahi ana I roto I te Short Workshops & Lake House Kapa Haka Concert whare Wallace Digital Arts Studio.

Sunday July 15 from 10am - 3pm He kaiwhakatauira whakanikoniko a Toi I roto I te Ahua Toru Concert 3:30pm Hiko 3D e mahi ana hoki I te kitenga apuone (Virtual Reality) Introduction to Poi making and Performance. kei te whare Taupuni mahi toi, a he Whakaari e okeoke ana e Mahi Arataki i te Poi – te hanga I te poi me te whakamahi I te poi. kumekume ana ia Matariki I roto I ngā āhuatanga rorohiko.

Introduction to Te Reo Maori and Wiata.

He Tohunga Toi a Toi Rankin no Whāngarei. He kaituhi hoki a ia.

Mahi Arataki I Te Reo Māori me ngā mahi Waiata.

Ko Ngāpuhi me Ngāti Whatua ona Iwi a kei Tāmaki ia e noho ana.

Introduction to Te Moko and Moari Design Arts.

Ko tenei te wā tuatahi mo Toi ki te noho hei Tohunga Toi. Mahi Arataki I te Moko me nga mahi Toi Māori.

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-20I8 North Harbour Club

Applications open June ��th

The North Harbour Club annually awards grants to young people of the region who display Excellence in their chosen discipline or field THE ARTS | INNOVATION | MUSIC | EDUCATION | SPORT | SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AIMES AWARDS: Our supreme awards for those aged between 14 and 25 years rewarding excellent achievements AIMES EMERGING TALENT: Recognising individuals aged between 14 and 25 years who display considerable promise in their chosen category JUNIOR EXCELLENCE: Exclusive awards for applicants aged between 10 and 13 years

Grants from $3,000 to $30,000 | Applications close August 3rd

Apply online at: www.aimesawards.co.nz

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-new 8I02Nostalgia and works at bNorthart ulC ruobraH htro N Northart opened two outstanding exhibitions of photography last month: ‘Same Space’ by Kumeu based, Korean born photographer Charlie Yang, the other by internationally renowned Auckland photographer Harvey Benge.

“Magic”, “mysterious” “colourful” and “filled with nostalgia” are but some of the comments we have had to date. So make time to spend an leisurely hour in the gallery before they close: Charlie Tang’s “Same Space” closes at 4pm Sunday 17 June and Harvey Benge’s “Aide Memoire and other Stores” closes Wednesday 20 June. Do come along to listen to Ron Brownson, Senior Curator, New Zealand and Pacific Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, in conversation with camera artist Harvey Benge in the gallery Sunday 17 June at 2pm.

The gallery will be closed to the public until the new round of exhibitions open at 10am on Monday 25 June. Five solo shows by Siobhan Crowley, Trevor Newman, Ian Moore, Ray Wilkinson and Frances Atkins all open that day.

Ray Wilkinson and Ian Moore both use geometric imagery. Ray’s works in ‘Exploring Colour’ seek to indicate how colour, texture and space can affect the emotional climate of a work. Several of his paintings compress stripes close together, with bolder colour combinations suggestive of vigour and energy; in others less stripes wider apart convey a calmer and quieter atmosphere.

Ian’s works in <connections> explore not dissimilar territory, they too are concerned with colour and form. His works are based on chevrons, two lines that meet at one point. His central interest is in how they can indicate movement, protection, direction, containment and connection, to a greater or lesser extent “Colour speaks to our eyes, words to our ears. A soft tone can evoke a warm conversation.” Both exhibitions demand that we think, we explore and we enjoy.

So too, the two other exhibitions in the gallery. Siobhan Crowley, is who is currently undertaking post graduate work at Elam, is exhibiting two series of works in her show, Cut Up Rough and some Minor Disruptions. They have both been created over the past eighteen months. Her focus is on drawing and how much or how little information the viewer needs in order to participate, to make their own meaning in the drawing. “What will the eye see or not see as it seeks to draw together it’s own drawing?” and “Will the feet dance along with the eye, drawing seeing into a whole body experience” she posits.

Trevor Newman’s works in Eyes Down, Straight Ahead, are an attempt to answer the question “Can painting really show us something else, take us on a journey that is not available elsewhere?” Towards that end he “activate[s] space, pushes the ‘how’ of painting.” The support (backs) of his art works and or the surface of the gallery wall are intended to interact and “have a dialogue” with the viewer who is thus “encouraged to see the world through both a vertical and horizontal perspective that reflects the distraction of contemporary life”.

Northart celebrates Matariki with a show of works by Northcote based painter, (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou) which will be in the gallery windows so viewable 24/7. The July Gallery Time for Kids will also be based on our Matariki show.

See www.northart.co.nz for further information and other arts events during the month of June.

ARTS NEWS: NORTHART

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Northart is supported by Kaipatiki Local Board, the Lion Foundation and Birkenhead Licensing Trust and is open 10am – 4pm daily, evening viewings by arrangement.

Admission is free.

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NORTH SHORE HISTORY: WITH DAVID VERRAN

Rahopara Point, 35-R33, FG Radcliffe, 1910s, courtesy Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries.

Maori and the East Coast Bays, from the mid-fifteenth century One way to look at the history of an area is to regard it as interaction between the environment (climate, geology, flora, fauna etc.) and settlement by different peoples. Maori settled the East Coast Bays for hundreds of years and it is only from the 1850s that Pakeha began to settle in that area. The coal deposits noted by John Logan Campbell in Browns Bay were insufficient for mining and apart from some farming and gum digging in the bays, it is really only from the end of the First World War that the bays were subdivided, even if only for providing holiday baches. By the end of the Second World War there was a large amount of permanent housing, greatly enhanced with the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge in 1959.

Writing in the 1950s and 1960s, local historian Jim McKay recalls: “In the early days the country from Castor Bay to Okura River was thickly populated with Maori. All the high points and other strategic places were strongly fortified with deep trenches and strong points, look outs and so on. The remains of many of these fortifications remain to this day and heaps of old pipi shells mark Maori favoured feeding spots. The banks of the Okura River were favourite camping grounds for the Maori since the river gave safe shelter to their canoes and there was always good fishing and an abundance of pipis and cockles in that area …. the land was covered with ti-tree except along the seafront, from Hauraki Road [in Takapuna] to Okura where grew considerable areas of flax and native rat-tail grass. This was another asset for the Maori who hand wove clothing, kits, fishing lines, etc. … from reports, our North Shore to Okura Maori were attacked

by Northern tribes, and fights took place; one force landed and attacked Milford [likely the Rahopara pa], and many were killed. It

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was the custom to bury the dead in the sandhills, and of late years [the earlier part of the twentieth century] several skeletons were unearthed there and at the Okura ….

[In the latter part of the nineteenth century], when there was a feast at Orakei, boatloads of Maori came from Whangaparaoa to Browns Bay - it seemed to be a half way resting place and camped on the flat spot at the beach end of Browns Bay Road.

Mr [Peter] Brown [the owner of Browns Bay] never antagonised the Maori, and was friendly towards all. So, they fished, gathered mussels, … etc, and cooked them in their steam ovens. They also had dried shark, which had an offensive odour. They packed the food into their boats and then onto Orakei … A pa [more likely a kainga or unfortified village] was situated on the hillside in Glencoe Road, and they made a garden in part of the paddock which was allowed to them. They fenced it and grew melons, potatoes (riwai) and kumara".

Maori settlement is also uncovered by archaeology. The chapter on Maori history in ‘and then came the bridge; a history of Long Bay and Torbay, compiled by Marie Gray and Jennifer Sturm’ (2007) describes various archaeological discoveries in the Long Bay and Torbay area, with Maori settlement in that area dating back to the mid-fifteenth century.

There has also been extensive archaeological work on the Rahopara pa site in Castor Bay. Maori settlement there dates back to a similar period and the site is now an historic reserve.

Other parts of the North Shore also show evidence of long-term Maori settlement, including shell middens (historic rubbish heaps), adzes, hangi stones, terracing and pa sites.

By David Verran

BUILDING & HOME MAINTENANCE WITH QPC BUILD GROUP

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What is a leaky home?

Leaky homes are houses that, due to poor design or incorrect installation of building material, allow water to penetrate the building.

The water is soaked up by the framing and, due to the lack of a cavity system, there is no air flow to dry the timber out. This in turn allows mould to grow on the timber, which then rots.

Houses that leak are most commonly built from the early 90s onwards. They are usually houses built using monolithic cladding systems and designs that include parapets, no eaves and cantilevered decks.

• A timber specialist will come and assess the framing timber, marking all the timber that is to be replaced.

• Repairs are then done and a timber preservative is painted on any existing framework.

• Building wrap and a cavity is then installed.

• Your new cladding and new or existing windows are installed and any interior renovations will be done.

• On completion of your project QPC will organise final Council inspections and your Code of Compliance certificate will be issued.

What is the reclad process?

There are a lot of misconceptions about the reclad process and what it entails but it really isn’t too daunting. Here is a simplified guide of how QPC Build Group runs a reclad project.

• Scaffolding is first erected around the entire house and shrinkwrap used to keep the house watertight.

• Then the windows are removed and stored ready to be fitted with new jambs for the new cavity system or for new joinery to be installed.

• Next the old cladding is removed and disposed of.

Our team has been undertaking many leaky home reclads over the last 10 years and has the expertise and knowledge to successfully remediate your home from design to completion.

Give us call today for a no obligations chat 0800 772 266 or check out our website www.qpcbuilders.co.nz for examples of our work.

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MY FAVOURITE RECIPE

A perfect pumpkin pie As we officially hit winter, there's nothing like a pumpkin pie to warm the tastebuds and light up the table. Devonport’s Megan Franklin shares her favourite pumpkin pie recipe.

Channel Maqgzine: Please tell us a bit about yourself, what kind of cook you are and what kind of cooking you most enjoy.

Megan Franklin: I was born and bred in Oamaru, and spent my final school year at a private girls school in Osaka, Japan. I then completed a BCom in Marketing and BA in Japanese at Otago University, which included a year at a Commerce University in Hokkaido, Japan. I moved to Auckland for a marketing job that needed someone who could speak fluent Japanese, and met and dated a man who took me to Cheltenham beach and Stanley Point on our first date (my first time to the suburb). Little did I know I would end up moving there, with him and our two young daughters some 10 years later. After time overseas, we moved back to Auckland and Devonport in 2012, where we bought our ‘forever’ home and began the next chapter in our lives. I am a stay-at-home mum who dips in and out of marketing/product management work and is passionate about sustainability and health/wellness.

I wouldn’t call myself a cook at all (my husband does a lot of the cooking!) but I love to bake. Being brought up in a household where there were never any bought biscuits/cakes (we did despair as kids!) meant our house was always filled with the smell of homemade baking, so it’s no surprise I find comfort in this pastime myself.

CM: Where/when did you first make this recipe and why is it a favourite for you?

MF: I discovered it in Red magazine, while I was living in London in 2008. It was an autumn issue and I remember thinking that I had always wanted to try pumpkin pie, so I decided to have a go at making one myself. It’s a favourite because it was a total hit with the whole family (including the kids!). Surprisingly, it turned out to be a hit in the US too (we lived in New Jersey for eight months in 2014), when we were invited to a traditional thanksgiving party. We were the only non-family members out of 70 people and they were astounded to discover a Kiwi had made the delicious pumpkin pie!

CM: What is the secret to making this recipe work?

MF: Baking the pumpkin in tin foil, dusted with brown sugar, as per the recipe i.e. not buying puree pumpkin in a can, as you can (and as they do!) in the States. The caramelisation of the pumpkin really adds to the flavour and shouldn’t be missed! It’s best served warm, with a dollop of whipped cream but is also tasty cold the next day.

CM: What do you love (or hate!) about cooking?

MF: I love the smells and the nostalgia it invokes. I hate the mess it creates, especially when the kids are involved.

CM: Are you a self-taught cook, or did you have a cooking mentor?

MF: My grandma probably first inspired me to bake – she could make the meanest peanut brownies, shortbread, yo-yos and ‘animal-shaped’ pikelets!

CM: What’s the biggest disaster you’ve had in the kitchen?

Biggest success?

MF: Biggest disaster - overcooking a chocolate cake so badly that it came out of the oven as hard as a rock. I was 10 years old at the time. Biggest success - my pumpkin pie - it’s my signature dish.

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Megan Franklin and her favourite pumpkin pie.

CM: What’s your favourite cuisine and do you cook this at home?

MF: I really can’t choose one cuisine! The ones that come to mind are Vietnamese, Malaysian, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish and southern US bbq. Because I’m such a foodie and the fact that my husband has a natural flair with flavour, any one of these cuisines (or some fusion of them) could be on the menu at home.

CM: What foodie spots do you enjoy visiting locally?

MF: El Humero, the Columbian-style bbq restaurant in Takapuna for atmosphere and authentic food, made with love, and Casita Miro on Waiheke for Spanish tapas treats and great sherry.

Megan's Pumpkin Pie Ingredients

600g pumpkin 50g soft brown sugar Pinch salt 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp ground ginger 1/8 tsp ground allspice

2 eggs 270g condensed milk 500g sweet pastry 1 egg, beaten with 1 tsp water to glaze Lightly whipped cream to serve

Method 1.

Preheat oven to 200oC. Cut the pumpkin into six wedges and remove the seeds.

2.

Lay the pieces on a large sheet of tin foil and dust with one tablespoon of brown sugar. Wrap and pierce small holes in the tinfoil for steam to escape. Bake for up to one hour or until soft. Remove from the foil and allow to cool.

3.

Roll out the pastry slightly larger than the pie dish. Brush the rim of the pie dish with egg glaze. Line the dish with the pastry and trim off the overhang with a sharp knife. Use a fork round the edge to make a pattern. Chill.

4.

Scoop the flesh from the pumpkin skin (this should make approx 300g of cooked flesh). Put in a blender with the remaining sugar, spices, eggs and condensed milk, and whiz to an even purée.

5.

Pour into the pastry case. Bake for 10 minutes and reduce the heat to 180oC. Continue to bake for a further 30 minutes, until risen and firm. Serve warm or cold.

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.

Is your immune system out of balance?

John Appleton

As I see it - by John Appleton Understanding our own immune system is as important as understanding the foods that we eat.

When we are talking about our immune system we need to think about an immune response. There are two types of immune response; one is innate immunity, which is responsible for a rapid and non-specific response to a virus, bacteria or a tumour cell.

Innate immunity is a bit like a knee jerk reaction. The second type of immune response is the adaptive response, which is more specific to whatever pathogen (disease causing organism) has entered the body.

Our immune system needs careful direction so that it knows how to react and two types of cells known as T-helper cells (Th) are key players. They are lymphocytes (types of white blood cells) that recognize foreign pathogens, or in the case of autoimmune disease, normal tissue. In response to this recognition, they produce cytokines, which are hormonal messenger proteins that are responsible for the biological effects of the immune system.

They are divided into subgroups Th1 and Th2. Th1 cells are involved in what is called “cell-mediated” immunity, which usually deals with infections by viruses and certain bacteria. They are the body’s first line of defense against pathogens that get inside our cells. They tend to be pro-inflammatory and are involved in the development of organ-specific autoimmune disease.

There are two types of immune response; one is innate immunity, which is responsible for a rapid and non-specific response to a virus, bacteria or a tumour cell.

Th2 cells are involved in what is called “humoral-mediated” immunity, which deals with bacteria, toxins, and allergens. They are responsible for stimulating the production of antibodies in response to extracellular pathogens (those found in blood or other body fluids). They tend not to be inflammatory and are involved in systemic autoimmune disease and other chronic conditions.

In a well-functioning immune system, both groups of these T helper cells work together to keep the system balanced. One side might become more active to eradicate a threat, before settling back to a balanced level. However in the case of an autoimmune disease this balance is lost and a situation involving dominance of Th1 or Th2 may develop.

When this happens we have the body attacking itself.

Autoimmune diseases are on an ever upwards incline and no one seems to be asking why. When we have Th1 dominance we may see Alzheimer’s, Celiac disease, Crohn’s disease, MS Hashimoto’s thyroid disease, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Type 1 diabetes. With Th2 dominance we may see Asthma, Eczema, Cancer, Lupus and Ulcerative Colitis, allergies, Scleroderma and chemical sensitivities.

It’s vital to have immune system balance if there is to be any control of these conditions. How do we know if we are Th1 or Th2 dominant? A doctor can arrange for a cytokine blood panel test via Nutrisearch in New Zealand. This is not a cheap test but it could be well worth it to know what one is dealing with and to know whether one’s efforts should be going into stimulating either the Th1 side or the Th2 side.

There are various herbs such as echinacea, astralagus, licorice root, ashwagandha, ginseng, grape seed extract and medicinal mushrooms that are capable of stimulating Th1. Antioxidants such as resveratrol, curcumin from turmeric, quercetin and green tea can stimulate Th2. I have written in the past about a very interesting drug known as Naltrexone which can be taken in very low doses (low dose naltrexone LDN) that seems to be very effective in achieving balance with autoimmune conditions. I have personally seen life changing outcomes. There is a very interesting website www.ldnscience.org that has a wealth of information about LDN which is available in New Zealand on prescription from a GP. The dose starts out at 0.5 mgs and over a period of time one builds up to 4.5 mgs.

As we are so often told whether it’s what we eat or drink, it’s all about balance and so it is with our immune system.

John Appleton 09 489 9362 john@johnappleton.co.nz www.johnappleton.co.nz

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YES DISABILITY SUPPORT CENTRE: NEWS

Platform: Linking Young People with Their Futures There comes a time in most young people’s lives where they want to leave home, find a career and become more immersed in their social lives in an independent way. While this can often be a natural progression for most, many people with disabilities can come across obstacles that make the experience a Sonia Thursby struggle and, in many cases, impossible.

There is information available to people who are seeking to transition into the next stages of their lives, however in many instances there is a need to search far and wide for each route you are wanting to take. In addition to all the inquiring involved, there are often gaps within services available that can create blocks along the way and therefore causing the process to become evermore confusing and tiresome.

YES Disability Resource Centre has been working closely with young people who have disabilities in order to co-create a project that pin-points many of the areas of life that were confusing or difficult to access. We also investigated what services were in demand yet do not currently exist to explore what opportunities may be available to bring such services to life. What resulted from speaking with these young people was a project named Platform.

YES Disability Resource Centre has been working closely with young people who have disabilities in order to co-create a project that pin-points many of the areas of life that were confusing or difficult to access.

Platform is aimed towards bringing relevant information together in an easier to access manner. This ensures that there is no need to rush around wondering where to go next for the missing parts of the information. As well as having all information in once easy access point, we also have mentors or buddies who can team up with others and share their experiences of finding ways around accessible homes, getting employment as well as navigating their community independently and being involved within their social networks.

We are excited about the new avenues that open as a result of Platform.

Contact us on info@yesdisability.org.nz www.yesdisability.org.nz

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LIFE LESSONS: WITH LIFE EDUCATION TRUST

Life Education with Christine Meyer-Jones

Christine Meyer-Jones

All in the mind

The weather has reminded us recently that our long summer is well and truly over.

Winter is here. Gone are the sticky, hot, sleepless nights of summer, and the leaves on the trees have turned a multitude of fantastic colours. I know many complain about the leaves dropping and there is mess everywhere, but even with that there is beauty.

Putting that aside, did you manage to watch the programme All In The Mind that screened on this autumn on Prime TV? If you didn’t see it, the programme was about the male and female brain — do we think differently? Is the brain hard-wired as a boy or girl?

It was informative and entertaining with neuroscience educator Nathan Wallis as the presenter. He talked about how men and women behave differently. Are different brain structures really to blame for acting like a boy or a girl?

The programme was packed with lots of easy-to-use information; on-screen experiments and great content with real-life ideas to challenge our perception on how we think about gender.

There were lots of catchy phrases from the presenter as he conducted experiments on students and parents. He scanned his own brain in a stressful MRI, and tested his reactions in an EEG cap that looks like a “hi-tech tea cosy” and evaluates electrical activity of the brain. As a child he had been diagnosed as having ADD (attention deficit disorder) and this disorder was identified in his brain functions. This is fascinating stuff as we grapple with this problem everyday in the schools. Knowing a scan can provide evidence of the disorder is a big step forward in dealing with the issue.

With our Human Biology programme that we deliver into the schools, the children learn about body systems and how they work to carry oxygen around the body. They also explore their brain and the nervous system as the control centre for their body.

They learn that stress affects people in a variety of ways. Now our educators can add to their knowledge that there is a difference between the male and female brain and not everything is caused by socialisation. The difference is not great but it exists.

Thanks to NZ On Air for funding this programme. Even if you saw it and didn’t agree with all the content, I think most people would agree that having programmes such as this one is so good in helping us average thinkers learn more about ourselves and to challenge our previous beliefs. Interesting to note that many of these sorts of programmes come out of the University of Otago where they are doing internationally recognised studies on human behaviour — another reason to make us proud of our education programmes coming out of New Zealand.

Onwards and upwards.

Christine Meyer-Jones, Chair, Life Education Trust North Shore chair@lifeeducationnorthshore.nz Visit: www.lifeeducationnorthshore.nz Contact us: secretary@lifeeducationnorthshore.nz

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SKIN CANCER CHANNEL: WITH DR GRANT COE

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INVESTMENT: WITH NEIL TUFFIN, MAAT GROUP

Commercial Property Equity Investment The Maat Way

Neil Tuffin

200 Investors have recently purchased 457 parcels of shares (at $50,000 per parcel) in a new company to own a commercial property in Cameron Road, Tauranga, for a purchase price of $41.5m. The Maat Group completed the due diligence on this opportunity, offering it to the market as an equity investment.

A high proportion of the investors were experienced in this type of investment, but it is interesting to note what investors were looking for.

The projected return on this investment is 7.8% per annum (before tax), plus having the opportunity to participate in possible future increases in the value of the property over a period of time.

Contact: Neil Tuffin

Accountant, Authorised Financial Adviser Director, Maat Group

Phone 09 414 6078 or email info@maat.co.nz to register interest in investing in commercial property, or to find out more about Maat’s commercial property management services.

Could my child’s mole be a skin cancer?

Question: I noticed a dark mole on my 10 year-old son’s head recently and I’m not sure whether it is new mole or has been there for some time. I am concerned that it could be something suspicious.

Do children get melanoma or skin cancer and what would you recommend we do about it?

Dr Coe: It is very rare for children to get melanoma and most often their moles are congenital (or inherited), as opposed to having been caused by exposure to the sun. In saying this, if you think there may be cause for concern, for instance the mole is new, changing in size, colour or shape or is oozing or bleeding, then it is a good idea to get it checked by your doctor or skin specialist, to rule out the chance of anything more sinister.

The most important thing for children is not to get sunburnt, as instances of sunburn, early on in life, can significantly raise your chances of getting melanoma or skin cancer as an adult. It’s vital that you keep your children covered when they’re out in the sun and apply sunscreen regularly.

Call the MoleMan team today to enquire about full body skin cancer and melanoma checks with digital dermoscopy (mole mapping) technology on 0800 DR MOLE (376653) or 09 480 6416 or visit www.moleman.co.nz for pricing and frequently asked questions. Dr Coe is also an affiliated provider to Southern Cross for skin cancer surgery. Male and female doctors available.

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The first aspect that investors consider is the return. The projected return on this investment is 7.8% per annum (before tax), plus having the opportunity to participate in possible future increases in the value of the property over a period of time.

Investors would compare this opportunity with similar offers of this type; the low returns from bank deposits; the share-market (accepting its volatility); the bond market (accepting its low yields) and countless other opportunities depending on the investor’s risk profile. They also compare the risks of each type of investment.

Investors next concerned themselves with the quality of the tenants. The Tauranga City Council and the Inland Revenue Department together occupy 88% of the lettable area of the building. The other 12% is occupied by established commercial and retail businesses. With a weighted average lease term (WALT) of a relatively long 7.2 years and with tenants having 103 carparks available, the tenancy profile was seen as strong by investors.

The final aspect which investors focussed on was the quality and locality of the property. Being first occupied in early 2017 and situated in Tauranga drew immediate attention from investors.

(Tauranga is NZ’s 5th largest city and the 2nd to fastest growing city).

Investors were provided with significant information to assess the merits of this type of investment, including a Product Disclosure Statement which detailed the type of investment; the key aspects of the property; the tenants; the risks; and the profile of the Maat directors. A valuation report was distributed. and more detailed information was made available in the Disclose Register on the Companies Office website. A series of seminars were held around the country to provide more personalised information.

Therefore, the investment process for investors offered clarity for them to make an informed decision.

Dr Grant Coe

MoleMan is a full service mole and skin cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment facility in Northcote Point. Their skin cancer doctors can map and identify skin cancers on the spot, as well as provide any necessary surgery, treatment and follow-up care. The team at MoleMan aims to provide exceptional patient care, at an affordable price, in a warm, welcoming and friendly environment. 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.

Do you have a suspicious mole?

Your best defence against skin cancer is early detection MoleMan has the latest in digital screening technology and provides affordable skin cancer surgery and treatment.

Dr Grant Coe MBChB, FRNZCGP, Dip Skin Cancer Med, Dip Skin Cancer Surg.

- The Skin Cancer Doctors 146 Queen Street, Northcote Point Call 09 480 6416 or visit www.moleman.co.nz

Southern Cross Affiliated Provider for selected skin cancer services.

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-20I8 North Harbour Club

Applications open June ��th

The North Harbour Club annually awards grants to young people of the region who display Excellence in their chosen discipline or field THE ARTS | INNOVATION | MUSIC | EDUCATION | SPORT | SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AIMES AWARDS: Our supreme awards for those aged between 14 and 25 years rewarding excellent achievements AIMES EMERGING TALENT: Recognising individuals aged between 14 and 25 years who display considerable promise in their chosen category JUNIOR EXCELLENCE: Exclusive awards for applicants aged between 10 and 13 years

Grants from $3,000 to $30,000 | Applications close August 3rd

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EDUCATION: TIM OUGHTON, EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL, KRISTIN SCHOOL

Kristin welcomes - 8I02a new Junior

CAM CALKOEN: BENDING PERCEPTIONS, INSPIRING CHANGE 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.

School Principal -C ruobraH htroN b u l Jayne de la Haye What jump could you take if you trusted the process?

Tim Oughton

I am delighted to announce the appointment of our new Junior School Principal at Kristin - Jayne de la Haye.

Jayne has taken over from Diana Patchett who has been appointed to the Executive Principal role at St Margaret’s College, Christchurch.

Jayne is a dynamic professional with a proven track record of leadership in top tier schools worldwide. She has excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to build strong relationships with all members of the community from diverse cultures and backgrounds. She has a clear vision of what students need in order to be successful in an increasingly globalised and technological world. Jayne possesses the strong analytical skills that are necessary to ensure student success and ongoing educational development.

Most recently, Jayne was IB PYP coordinator at Takapuna Normal Intermediate School. She also held a senior leadership role working across the Westlake Community of Schools (COL) raising student achievement and wellbeing; by promoting innovative and effective teaching approaches from Early Childhood through to the end of High School. Prior to her move to New Zealand, she spent 20 years of educational leadership in highly regarded international schools in Vietnam, Oman, Tanzania and Venezuela. During this time, she also developed strong ties with the IB organisation, contributing to development of the PYP and working as a consultant. She began her teaching career in the early 90s at Woodland’s Junior School in London. Jayne has an MSc in International

During May I was in the most beautiful part of the world – outside of the North Shore – Queenstown. With the autumn leaves the hills were covered in shades of orange, red, and yellow, and with a dusting of snow it was like icing on top of a cake. It was truly Cam jumping. majestic and calm, at which point I decided to do one of the most un-calm things ever… a bungy jump!

As the road weaved through this majestic paradise I saw a sign I’d seen many times before ‘AJ Hackett Fear less. Live more’. Previously my eyes would just scan the sign and return to the road but this time I heard my little voice within saying “just do it”. And that was that, next minute I’m walking out from my car and down a spiral staircase to see what’s involved to do this “crazy thing”. The lady who welcomed me with more energy then a shaken can of ‘V’ said you can do it at 2.30 or you can do it now! I figured the less time I had to think about this the better so I went for now!

When the voice within yelled “CAM WHAT THE HELL” I choose to trust the process; these guys do 150-200 jumps a day, 7 days a week, for longer than I’ve been alive. In knowing the process was right, it was just about controlling me. My legs got bound, the bungy attached, and then 3-2-1-bungyyyyyyy, and what the heck, before I knew it I was free-falling from a bridge!

I did it, I did what I thought would be impossible. It was extremely weird, but then there was a calm, clarity, I’d dominated my fear to become the king of my courage. This is the thing about a lot of “scary” things, it’s about trusting the the process, proving the process works and then questioning where else could I step outside my comfort zone to realise something new, something more about me, something awesome!

Upon leaving bungy HQ and continuing with my drive through majestic snow capped mountains I was given what appeared to be a broken piece of bungy, a foot long piece of bound rubber bands.

As I looked at it I saw similarities between the piece of bungy and us (mankind). Individually we are quite versatile, we can change shape, we can go got back to our original shape, we can hold stuff together, we can stretch, but if we take on too much we can snap. Just like a rubber band can. But, if we work together like the hundreds and thousands of rubber bands that make up a piece of bungy, when we build a proven process we can focus on creating a truly awesome experience!

What jump could you take if you trusted the process?

Dream big.

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PROPERTY LAW: SACHA PETERSON, DAVENPORTS

Sacha is a legal executive in the Davenports property team.

Conditions of bank lending

Sacha Peterson

Andrew and Donna reached their goal and had saved enough money for a deposit on their first home. After a month of searching through real estate agents listings and attending open homes, they finally found what they were looking for. The property was a 2 bedroom standalone dwelling with a garage.

The couple contacted their solicitor and had them review the agreement before making their offer. They had already had the property checked by a builder, and their solicitor had reviewed the LIM report. Andrew and Donna decided that the only condition required would be a finance condition. The settlement date was set to follow shortly after the finance condition was due to be satisfied.

Andrew and Donna met with the bank and received a letter of offer. They emailed their solicitor to confirm they had received finance approval and wanted to declare the agreement unconditional in all respects. Andrew and Donna’s solicitor complied with their request and advised the vendor’s solicitor accordingly.

TALKING TRUSTS: TAMMY MCLEOD, DAVENPORTS

Tammy McLeod (BA LLB) is 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 Tammy McLeod 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 Special Interest Group.

Beth & Joe

After a few days, Andrew was reading through the paperwork for their new property. He suddenly realised the letter of offer from the bank was not unconditional. The bank required certain conditions to be met for the finance to be approved. One of the bank's conditions was for Andrew and Donna to obtain a valuation of the property. Andrew panicked and quickly began calling registered valuers in the area to arrange for a valuation to be carried out on the property. Unfortunately, the turnaround time to have the valuation carried out and the report completed was approximately 5 working days. From here the report would then need to be sent to the bank with enough time for the report to be considered.

Andrew and Donna discussed the issue with their solicitor.

Their solicitor's concern was the timing in which the bank could provide their approval and issue loan documents. There was also the concern that the bank may not be happy with the outcome of the valuation.

It is essential when obtaining bank lending that the letter of offer is unconditional before you satisfy the finance condition.

Beth and Joe had had a trust for many years. The trust owned their family home and bach and they and their children were beneficiaries of the trust. Their children had grown and now had families of their own. It was a while since Beth and Joe had looked at the trust documentation. The lawyer who had set it up for them had retired and while they had a folder full of documents, it was many years since they had talked to anyone about the trust.

In particular, Beth and Joe wanted to make sure that their grandchildren’s education would be paid for if they died, and they were keen to make sure that the family bach was kept as long as possible for the use of their children and their families. One of Beth and Joe’s friends explained that trusts these days were becoming a specialty area and it might be worth their while to get some specialist advice, which is what Beth and Joe decided to do.

They made an appointment with a lawyer who practised only in the area of trusts and took the trust folder with them. The lawyer assured them that even though when they set the trust up they didn’t have any grandchildren, it was anticipated in the trust deed that they may have grandchildren, so their grandchildren could benefit from the trust.

However, the lawyer pointed out that they had not given instructions to the trustees of the trust as to what would happen to the trust’s assets if they died. She said that this was called a memorandum of guidance or letter of wishes and was a bit like a will for a trust. Without these wishes in place, the trustees wouldn’t know that they wanted their grandchildren’s education paid for nor that they wanted the bach kept. The lawyer also explained that given they did want to keep the bach, they should be thinking about who would be the trustees after they died and also how the trust would fund the outgoings and maintenance of the bach at that point.

Beth and Joe also discovered that they could specify their wish to their trustees that anything their children get be distributed to trusts to be established for their children, so that any funds were protected from their children’s partners. Beth and Joe thought this was a great idea, as protecting assets for their children was the main reason for setting their trust up in the first place.

Beth and Joe were delighted that they had sought specialist advice and that their trust structure now had some real direction.

Sacha Peterson, Phone 09 915 4397 sacha@dhlawyers.co.nz

Tammy McLeod, Phone 09 915 4386 tammy@dhlawyers.co.nz

They emailed their solicitor to confirm they had received finance approval and wanted to declare the agreement unconditional in all respects.

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ACCOUNTANCY: WITH MIKE ATKINSON BELLINGHAM WALLACE

Accountancy with Mike Atkinson of Bellingham Wallace.

Balancing the Love Recently much talk has been about the wedding of the year between Meghan and Harry. And during such an auspicious event, there has been a lot of discussion about the power of love bridging the divide between the UK and the US, and overcoming diversity.

Whilst this is no doubt the case, that is not the point of this article. In the last few months I have been asked again and again by business owners to assess the health and state of their company. This has struck a chord with me as I would have thought one critical skill set for any business owner and indeed their advisor is to regularly assess the health and state of their company.

When I have asked business owners how they assess the financial health of their business, the responses tend to be based on some standard comments such as, have my sales grown, am I still managing to maintain my gross profit margin, and have I actually made a profit. Seldom do I have responses based around, how much more cash I know have, that my debtor collection is in line with expectations, that my stock turn is at an acceptable level, and that my return on assets is what I was hoping for.

Why is it that we default to assessing the performance and heath of a company based on the profit and loss? Side note, another name for the profit and loss is the statement of financial performance, however this is misleading. We all will acknowledge that sales, gross profit and net profit are critical success factors for any company, however are they the best measure of health and state of a company?

Just like balancing the love in the Royals wedding, loving the balance sheet in business will bridge the gap between guesswork and knowledge. Why is it that the poor balance sheet doesn’t get the love it deserves? Typically, it’s because business owners (and sometimes their advisors) don’t fully appreciate and/ or understand the balance sheet, and the power it has, it’s a mystery to them.

The balance sheet, however, represents the most important information to a business owner as it provides an accurate reflection of the financial health of the business.

Determining your financial position is crucial to “fine tuning” your management decisions. It provides the level of detail a business owner needs to make sound choices. The information derived from financial position calculations lets you focus your attention on the causes of your business’ financial strengths and weaknesses. With this information you can take positive action to keep what is working and to improve what isn’t.

The balance sheet gives you a financial “snapshot” of your business on one particular date and time. It shows the cumulative record of business activity since the business opened – day one to the present. The two “sides” of the balance sheet are made up of assets, what we own, and our liabilities and shareholders’ equity, what we owe. Put another way, what you own minus what you owe is what you’re worth – at least on paper.

The balance sheet is the source of a company’s activity measured in a number of ways, such as: • The stability or staying power. Essentially how solvent is the company? Can it pay its debts as they fall due? How much current debt would be covered in a Quick Ratio assessment?

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• Asset management or efficiency performance. What sort of return are the assets in the company generating? How efficient are the assets in generating sales and profit?

• Cash management efficiency, specially the working capital cycle. This is a measure of a company’s effectiveness at collecting debtors, paying creditors and turning stock into sales.

So, what would a good mix of these calculations look like? It will vary from company to company depending on the specific drivers in your business, however there are four that I would always turn to, they are: Ratio

How to Calculate

What it means in Dollars and Cents

Current Ratio

Current Assets Current Liabilities

Measures solvency: The number of dollars in Current Assets for every $1 in Current Liabilities.

Return On Assets

Net Profit Before Tax Total Assets

Measures the efficiency of Total Assets in generating Net Profit: The number of dollars in Net Profit produced for every $1 invested in Total Assets.

Inventory Turnover

Cost of Goods Sold Inventory

Measures the rate at which inventory is being used on an annual basis.

Accounts Receivable (Debtors) Turnover

Sales Accounts Receivable

Measures the rate at which Accounts Receivable is being collected on an annual basis.

In addition to ratio analysis, the balance sheet can also demonstrate the strength of its funding. That is, companies with significant long-term debt, need to be mindful that the net profit after tax that they generate can be spent in three areas, being to reinvest in the company (assets), pay off debt (liabilities) or distribute to shareholders (shareholders equity). If the debt burden is too high, then funding growth will be difficult, and you can forget about any dividends in the short term.

The balance sheet can also highlight areas of risk, such as related party balances. This could cause a chink in the armour of a well-considered structure that could be undone if related party balances end up in the wrong place, or the wrong company owes/or is owed money. Likewise, this can cause a risk issue for shareholders, especially if they owe their companies money via an overdrawn current account balance.

So, you see, much like a fairytale princess story, the balance sheet is waiting for its prince charming to come along and sweep it off its feet, are you that prince? www.bellinghamwallace.co.nz

LEGALLY SPEAKING: SCHNAUER AND CO

Money Laundering

Legally Speaking with Nick Kearney, Schnauer & Co.

– Terrorism Financing Legislation Passed Some years ago parliament passed laws to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Lawyers call this AML/ CFT (Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing Terrorism).

These changes were driven out of the United States.

If you have visited a bank or other financial institution over the last few years you will have noticed the AML/CFT presence, felt harshly by the plethora of forms to be completed and identification to be provided. Lawyers are being brought into the regime from 1 July this year.

The changes will mean that law firms are now required to assess the risk of every client who walks in through the door and to report any potential suspicious activity. To make these assessments, lawyers are required to obtain and verify information from clients through what is called “Customer Due Diligence”, or “CDD” in brief.

These CDD obligations will require us to undertake background checks before we can give legal advice. We will be required to take reasonable steps to make sure that the information we have received is correct, and lawyers will be entitled to ask for verifying information.

Those who have dealt with property lawyers over previous years have provided identity information as a matter of course, and so it should not be onerous to provide them in the future. However, AML/ CFT expands the situations under which lawyers must obtain this information. It includes all shareholders of a company over 25%; and all potential beneficiaries of a Trust. This will mean that if a company is formed with three shareholders of, say, 30% and a shareholder of, say, 10% then identity information is required from the three shareholders who own a combined 90% of the shares. At the moment, it doesn’t bear thinking what information will be required to obtain the identity of

Nick Kearney

beneficiaries of a trust, if there are dozens of potential beneficiaries.

Sometimes lawyers will also need to enquire from clients about the nature and purpose of the proposed work that is being undertaken.

In some circumstances we will be required to obtain information confirming the source of the funds for a particular transaction. If the information is not provided to us properly then we cannot act.

The difficult thing from a client’s perspective will be that we are required to do this work before we start work. These rules will undoubtedly make the legal process a bit slower and more bureaucratic. It will also certainly add cost to most transactions as a result.

This article is also a plea not to shoot the messenger, and is also a pre-emptive strike to inform you that the business of the law is about to take on a new paradigm, and it is as uncertain for us as it will be for you.

The Law Society fought against these changes arguing that lawyers were sufficiently regulated and there were sufficient checks and balances already in place, but we were not listened to. If you engage a lawyer after July 1st and are finding that the process is driven by a lot of form-filling and are frustrated then this is the reason why.

It is important that the information provided to lawyers is correct and provided in a timely and efficient manner so that the legal work we are engaged to do for you can be undertaken promptly and efficiently.

Schnauer & Co, 222 Kitchener Road, Milford 09 486 0177 www.schnauer.com

Established in 1988, Schnauer and Co is a well established 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 • Elder Law • Employment

At Schnauer and Co we: • deliver client focused and innovative advice and solutions • build close relationships with our clients • are committed to providing high quality services and value to our clients

222 Kitchener Road, Milford, North Shore, Auckland City 0520 P.O. Box 31-272, Milford, North Shore, Auckland City 0741 Ph + 64 9 486 0177 | Fax + 64 9 486 0175 Email schnauer@schnauer.com

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SPOTLIGHT ON: BENEFITZ

Benefitz owners and directors. From left: Robert Johnson (director); Mike Nolan (director); Dallas Bennett (director); Aidan Bennett (managing director); Michelle Bennett (director).

Benefitz, the publishers of Channel Magazine are celebrating the milestone of 30 years in business in August.

The business started out as a one-man-band back in 1988, when it was established by Aidan Bennett as a small advertising service, on the back of his experience in advertising, design, publishing and print production. The initial base was a small shared office in Parnell, but it wasn’t long before there was a move over the bridge and the company has been based on the Shore ever since.

Aidan remains Managing Director of the business. Directors and shareholders also include his brother Dallas, Robert Johnson and Mike Nolan.

“When I look back to those humble beginnings I am hugely proud of what we have achieved,” says Aidan Bennett. “From day one we were in a business sector that faced considerable change and we have been able to adapt and move with that change right through the three decades. Continuing to grow.

Change is as quick as it has ever been right now.

“When we started out digital design was very much in its infancy, in fact we purchased our first Apple computers about 18 months after we started. For a time we were in demand having the digital design advantage. But it wasn’t long before many of our customers were investing in computers which could do some of the things we were doing so we had to change. That was when we first got into manufacturing (printing etc.) and we have gone on to establish New Zealand’s most comprehensive facility – now covering design, web

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What I am most proud of is the fact we employ over 80 people, and have provided opportunities to hundreds over the 30 years. development, publishing, print, display, exhibition and signage.

“What I am most proud of is the fact we employ over 80 people, and have provided opportunities to hundreds over the 30 years. Many of our family members have worked or are working here. When I look around I get a particular thrill seeing those who have been with us for a long time, many having started as inexperienced youngsters, who are now valuable team members with their own families. Benefitz has played a part in enhancing their lives.”

So 2018 is a big year of celebration for the Benefitz team as we pass the milestone of three decades in business. We have taken this opportunity of highlighting some recent projects to demonstrate the wide capability of the business (see facing page).

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GUNDRY'S GRUMBLES

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.

Cars, roads, reserves and apartments...

I have been living by the waterfront of Devonport all my life, and I cannot believe the number of ships carrying cars that are arriving – sometimes there are three or four of these berthed at the Ports of Auckland and another three or four anchored in the channel of Hauraki Gulf.

Somebody told me there are 18,000 new vehicles per month arriving in New Zealand. I think it’s time we started having a long hard look at the way we are importing cheap Japanese cars, that do nothing but clog our roads and turn our streets into car parks.

I see Jutland Road in Hauraki has had a huge makeover, with new seal, new footpaths, new curbing, new driveways and new verges being sown with grass seed and completely new road seal. According to the residents that I’ve talked to, it was quite adequate the way it was. Jutland Road is a bus route, and a main thoroughfare for residents and the Hauraki Primary School.

There was no notification by Council, or consultation with residents as to whether this was necessary. So they have spent millions of dollars on putting back the road the way it was, with the exception of a wider footpath. I believe this has been an opportunity lost here, as there was a chance to widen the road to improve traffic flow, as it is like the dodgems at certain times of the day with it narrowing down to one lane when cars are parked on both sides of the roads. The verges are very wide, and could very easily have provided bays for parking between the power poles. The wider footpaths encourage pedestrians and are good for cyclists, especially children, but while great for their safety, it is not so good for people, especially the elderly. Some of these bus drivers try and manoeuvre their large buses down there sometimes, and this creates complete mayhem.

During the construction period there was a major hiccup, when residents noticed that one large stretch of the footpath was elevated beyond what was practical. The outcome was that work was halted for a period, surveyors were brought in and the footpath was realigned, and made lower. All the boxing and all the hard-filling had to be removed and it all had to be redone. How can this happen?

Just another example of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. No one has any clue, and there is no accountability.

Can somebody tell me also, if there is any Master Plan for expansion in the local schools within the peninsula area of the North Shore, from Takapuna down to Devonport, as with the Unitary Plan allowing smaller houses to be removed and multi level developments being constructed in their place – therefore one site may have up to 50 people living there rather than one family, and a lot more children being brought into the area. There doesn’t seem to be much forward thinking in this Master Plan, just a determination to pack more people in.

My men at the coal face have been telling me that the Royal NZ Navy Officers’ Training facility on Vauxhall Road between Narrow Neck and Cheltenham beaches, could be removed at the end of the lease term and there is a proposal for it be replaced by apartment buildings. These buildings can be of medium height,

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four to five storeys with car parking underneath and outstanding views out over the Hauraki Gulf. Some years ago, when we were still under the North Shore City Council, there was a long and hard fight to have this land revert to reserve land at the termination of the Defence Department’s lease. There is still a large portion of that land that is Reserve, the naval houses that used to sit just above Narrow Neck beach have gone, and you can walk up and along that beautiful outcrop of land known as Fort Takapuna, breathe the sea air and look out over the tranquil Hauraki Gulf.

My understanding is that there could be some 160-200 apartments built on the land where the Defence Force buildings currently are. As I mentioned in last month’s column, we need to be very aware of these possibilities and plans, and make our feelings known. These things can happen without too much consultation or notification to residents and before we know it, another crane goes up, the trucks move in and another beautiful, peaceful part of our city is lost to us all.

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY: BAYLEYS NORTH SHORE COMMERCIAL

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Last chance to be part of new Westgate business park Strong demand for industrial premises in northwest Auckland continues with two of the recently released final five units in a new business park in the Westgate Town Centre already sold off the plans well ahead of their completion Only three industrial units in the final stage of the Northside Business Park, at Lot 4, 9 Northside Drive, Westgate, developed by experienced property company Midpoint Investments remain available. This follows the rapid sell down of the first two stages of the development encompassing 10 industrial units.

Bayleys North Shore Commercial has been appointed joint sole agents to market the third and final stage of the project which encompasses a mix of warehouse, showroom and office accommodation, with the units remaining sized from 350m² to 500m².

“The first two stages of the Northside Business Park sold out swiftly off the plans to a mix of owner occupiers and investors and there’s been similarily strong interest in these final units so we’re advising interested parties to act quickly,” says Bayleys North Shore Commercial industrial manager Matt Mimmack.

Mimmack says the units comprise functional clear span warehousing with a stud height of seven to eight metres, accessed via motorised roller doors with a 20m canopy above. All of the units also come with air conditioned ground floor showroom and upper level office space, with full height glass paneling over their two levels, plus designated parking.

“The adjoining units are being built to high spec modern industrial design and construction standards with a seismic rating of 100% of New Building Standard and attractive exterior cladding and landscaping within a gated, secure business park,” Mimmack says.

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The final three units remaining for sale are: • Unit 4 - 250m² warehouse (plus 20m² canopy), 110m² office/ showroom plus 8 car parks. Priced: $1,499,000 + GST. • Unit 5 - 320m² warehouse (plus 20m² canopy), 160m² office/ showroom plus 9 car parks. Priced: $1,969,000 + GST. • Unit 8 - 226m² warehouse (plus 20m² canopy), 104m² office/ showroom plus 8 car parks. Priced: $1,339,000 + GST. The Northside Business Park is located near the intersection of Northside Drive and Fred Taylor Drive on the north western corner of the 56ha Westgate Town Centre being master planned by NZ Retail Property Group in conjunction with Auckland Council.

Midpoint Investments acquired approximately three hectares of land zoned Light Industry in this part of the town centre and built five industrial units at Lot 1, 3 Northside Drive prior to developing the Northside Business Park. These units were also sold off the plans by Bayleys North Shore Commercial.

Construction work has commenced on stage one of the Northside Business Park comprising eight units with the tilt slab concrete panelling plus roofing now in place. This stage is scheduled for completion in August with stages two and three scheduled for completion in December 2018.

Mimmack says approximately 70 per cent of sales off the plans have been to owner occupiers with the balance to investors.

“The owner occupier market remains very strong and is being driven by confidence within the business sector about continuing economic growth, particularly in this rapidly growing part of Auckland. Low interest rates are also helping fuel owner occupier demand for premises, making it often just as cost effective to borrow to buy as it is it to lease.”

Mimmack says being part of the Westgate Town Centre, which is expected to be the economic hub for Auckland’s expanding northwest, is an added attraction for business occupiers because it means they and their staff have access to the many amenities that go with the creation of a major new town centre.

Northside Business Park, with stage one under construction and earthworks in place for stages two and three in the foreground.

“There’s also a lot of investment confidence in the industrial property market at present, with very low vacancy rates meaning investors are also comfortable about buying quality new offerings vacant because they know that tenant demand for these types of premises is very strong. We can assist these investors because we have plenty of tenants looking for modern new premises, particularly North Shore based businesses who are prepared to consider moving northwest because there is very little new industrial development taking place on the Shore.”

Mimmack says there is substantial demand for industrial premises at Westgate from trade sectors such as builders, plumbers and electricians, involved in the large amount of construction work being undertaken in northwest Auckland. New and expanding distribution and storage businesses are also significant occupiers of industrial space in the area.

… there is substantial demand for industrial premises at Westgate from trade sectors such as builders, plumbers and electricians, involved in the large amount of construction work being undertaken in northwest Auckland.

The town centre’s master plan has been segmented into 17 mixed use zones and the first stages have involved the development of retail components and a town square. New retail complexes include the Northwest Shopping Mall and a number of bulk retail premises such as supermarkets, Mitre 10 Mega, Palmers Planet, Harvey Norman, Briscoes and Rebel Sports stores.

Auckland Council is funding the Westgate town centre’s public infrastructure which includes a multi-purpose library and community centre, currently under construction, a major underground bus interchange and six hectares of parkland space. Mimmack says the rear of stage three of the Northside Business Park borders one of the public reserve areas proving occupants with a pleasant outlook.

Recent Industrial Sales A limited supply of good quality industrial investment properties on the North Shore is generating plenty of buyer competition which is reflected in the low yields being achieved on their sale prices. There is also good interest in well located vacant premises.

Recent sales concluded by Bayleys North Shore Commercial's industrial team include: 60 Apollo Drive, Albany: 1,301m² warehouse, showroom and office building on a 1,729m² site sold for $5,100,000 at a 4.47% yield. Longstanding tenant Wallace Cotton Ltd exercised a final four-year right of renewal in October 2017. (Matt Mimmack) Units 10 & 11, 18 Corinthian Drive, Albany: Two new 190m² industrial units in Kea Property Group development sold vacant for $713,000 each at a $3,752/m² land and building rate. 112m² of warehousing plus 78m² of office and showroom.

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Unit B, 49 Arrenway Drive, Albany: 444m² unit with 10 carparks sold with vacant possession for $1,550,000 at a $3,491/m² land and building rate. It comprises 220m² of warehousing plus 224m² of office. (Laurie Burt, Ildy Mexiner) 63 View Road, Wairau Valley: 3,093m² industrial building on 5,885m² site sold vacant for $6,600,000 at $2,133/m² land and building rate. 2,693m² of warehousing and 400m² of offices plus 15 parking spaces. (Laurie Burt, Tonia Robertson) 17 Ashfield Road, Wairau Valley: 692m² building comprising five industrial units on a 1,017m² site sold post auction for $1,700,000 at a 4.45% yield. Fully leased to four tenants. (Trevor Duffin, Ranjan Unka) 1-11 Aetna Place, Henderson: 6,495m² industrial premises on 8,712m² site sold with vacant possession for $9,000,000. 5,095m² of warehousing with 8.9-10.35m stud and multiple roller doors and 1,120m² canopy plus 280m² of office and amenities.

(Matt Mimmack in conjunction with Sunil Bhana and James Valintine, Bayleys Auckland)

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The commercial property market has many facets. However at Colliers International here in Takapuna, we focus on three main sectors, these being Industrial, office and retail. Transactions in these sectors include investment, sales, leasing and development.

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847-849 East Coast Road, Northcross – For Sale By Tender – Closes 4pm June 27th 2018 Max Andrews and Nick Brown of Barfoot & Thompson Commercial are marketing a high profile investment opportunity at Northcross. We met them on the busy site in late March. It is home to the prominent Z-Energy service station near the busy intersection of Carlisle Road, East Coast Road and Oteha Valley Road. This is one of the most attractive properties to come on the market on the Shore in recent times, and this will be the first time it's been on the market since 1981.

"Take a close look at this superb investment opportunity, and you'll soon realise that it isn't like the others,” says Nick Brown, who is clearly excited about the property that he is jointly marketing.

"Gas station investments rarely have this amount of residual land with particularly favourable zoning, such as local centre zoning.”

Local Centre Zoning applies to a large number of small centres throughout Auckland, identified in the Auckland Unitary Plan.

The zoning primarily provides for the local convenience needs of surrounding residential areas – including retail, commercial services, offices, food and beverage and appropriately scaled supermarkets.

Provisions enable multi-level buildings, enabling residential on the upper levels. And make no mistake about it – this is a busy area that’s set for significant growth.

“This is a significant parcel of land that represents a quality investment and/or land banking opportunity in a market currently starved of investments of this calibre,” adds Max Andrews. "The discerning Deed of Lease provides the future landlord with an exceptional financial instrument, which, over time, will continue to give back in more ways than most. This, coupled with the strong fundamentals of the property – low site-coverage, highprofile location, and favourable zoning on a large elevated site – guarantees this property a trophy position in any investor or developer's portfolio.”

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The property is located in a prominent location where significant traffic flows provide an advantage to the high performing service station. In addition, the property is co-located with approximately 12 other retail shops on the street corner, providing multiple access points and a considerable through flow of vehicles from the shops and service station to the roading network. There is also Immediate add-value potential and abundant long-term development opportunities due to the position and the fact that it is a wide street frontage site.

“The attractiveness of the property is capped off by a lease to Z Energy for a further 12 year term, with a right of renewal for a further five years,” adds Max Andrews. “The lease ensures stable rental growth with a combination of two-yearly CPI adjustments and market rent reviews on a five-yearly basis.”

847-849 East Coast Road, Northcross - At a glance…

• Elevated Land Holding of approximately 2,932m2 • Two adjoining fee simple certificates of title.

• Favourable Zoning: Business - Local Centre Zone • Lease to Z Energy Ltd for a further 12 Years Returning $364,894 + OPEX & GST Per Annum • Immediate add-value potential and abundant long-term development opportunity • Wide street frontage, adjacent to busy intersection of Carlisle Road, East Coast Road and Oteha Valley Road.

To find out more contact Max Andrews and Nick Brown at Barfoot & Thompson Commercial Nick Brown 021 162 3239 or email: n.brown@barfoot.co.nz; Max Andrews 021 629 141 or email: m.andrews@barfoot.co.nz.

Website: www.847-849eastcoastrd.co.nz

Take a close look at this superb investment opportunity, and you'll soon realise that it isn't like the othersâ&#x20AC;Ś Gas station investments rarely have this amount of residual land with particularly favourable zoning, such as local centre zoning.

Nick Brown (left) and Max Andrews on the Northcross site they are marketing for sale by tender.

Boundary lines indicative only

Boundary lines indicative only

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BOWLS NORTH HARBOUR: NEWS

with Lindsay Knight

Mary and Carole, formidable on-green opponents It’s little wonder two of the great matriarchs of North Harbour bowls, Sunnybrae’s Mary Gulbrandsen and Birkenhead’s Carole Fredrick, are such formidable on-green opponents.

Their experience is one factor for between the pair there are more than 85 years of playing bowls. And for another there’s the fact of each coming from distinguished sporting families.

Mary’s mum, Eileen Cribb, was herself a top bowler and with five centre titles was a gold star badge holder in Wanganui and her nephew, Ron Cribb, was a prominent rugby Carol Frederick in action. player representing North Harbour, the Crusaders, the Blues, NZ Maori and the All Blacks in 15 tests in 2000-01.

The sporting genes also run strongly in Carole’s family and she played representative cricket and netball for Wellington in her teens. Her father, Eddie Barton, played soccer for New Zealand and her brother, Paul Barton, was a test cricketer, a lovely batsman who scored a test century on New Zealand’s 1961-62 tour of South Africa.

Carole started bowls at the Titahi Bay club in 1973 and when she and her late husband, Noel, moved north in the mid-1980s they joined the Shore’s Stanley club because that was the only club in Auckland which held its tournaments on the weekend.

She later moved to Glenfield and Sunnybrae, then to her present club, Birkenhead and has now amassed a staggering 27 centre titles as well as being in two fours which have won the national title.

In 1999 at Christchurch she and Mary were in a successful Harbour composite skipped by the great Marlene Castle and then in 2012, in Auckland, Carole skipped her Birkenhead clubmates, Ruth Lynch, like Mary a close friend, Gayle Melrose and Lisa Helmling, to a second title.

The latter was especially satisfying as it was a club combination. “Allowing composite teams has changed the nationals,” she says. “You don’t mind playing New Zealand representatives but when they’re in club teams and not playing together.

Mary took up bowls aged 38 in 1978, at the suggestion of her mother, when a leg injury forced her to quit her first sporting

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Carole Fredrick and Mary Gulbrandsen (the middle two), pictured after they helped Marlene Castle win the national fours title.

Marlene Castle is on the left and Paulette Mytton on the right.

passion, tennis, in which she also excelled. She had instant bowls success winning the first-year singles at Bayswater.

Besides her 1999 national title, Mary has a “pathways” one with Sunnybrae club-mates Cheryl Taylor, Vicky O’Connor and Collleen Sexton and is especially proud of skipping Sexton and two juniors, Anne Dorreen and Rhonda Preston, to third equal at the 2012 nationals. She has won nine centre titles and has a remarkable 50 club titles, 42 of them with Sunnybrae. She has also had considerable success in national Maori tournaments.

Now a Sunnybrae life member, Mary believes her many honours would have been greater had she not been a runnerup so often, particularly at centre level where a frequent opponent has been Carole.

Though both ladies are now in their late 70s, they remain intensely competitive.

Carole has not enjoyed one of her more vintage seasons because she underwent a number of personal distractions, mainly shifting houses. But with the benefit of more practice she is intent on gaining at least three more centre titles to add a fifth bar to her gold star.

And Mary hasn’t given up hope on gaining a 10th centre title and so gaining her gold star bar. She also remains a top performer at ham and “meatpack” triples tournaments held

by Sunnybrae and neighbouring clubs. “I’ve never had to buy much meat,” she jokes. www.bowlsnorthharbour.com

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KURT PIPER: NEW ZEALAND SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

Renovated Villa with Income Potential 24 Ewen Alison Avenue, Devonport

Cherished original homestead of the era, this gorgeous example of a turn of the century villa has been completely renovated and offers both the charm of yesteryear and the style and dependability of the modern materials of today. The owners have gone to great lengths to improve this home over the years and the result is impressive. With all your heating, insulation and underlying features taken care of, you can rest assured of your healthy, low maintenance lifestyle.

Offering three bedrooms, two bathrooms, separate laundry, designer kitchen, formal lounge and a wonderful open-plan kitchen/dining/living area with great indoor/outdoor flow, this home will suit a variety of buyers from families to down sizers.

Add to this the custom built, separate sleep out/ studio, complete with modern bathroom, this space offers multiple living options, to suit a variety of requirements plus the attractive potential for income. Situated in the heart of the Devonport Village, this blue chip address is perfectly located for a short walk to the ferry, offering direct access to Auckland´s CBD. Price by negotiation. View by appointment.

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Cheltenham, Devonport, one of Auckland’s and indeed one of New Zealand’s most desirable suburbs to live in, has a unique special flavour of its own and a history as intriguing as the wonderful homes it treasures.

Situated just two back from Cheltenham Beach, here is a home like no other, a masterpiece of European inspiration, a triumph of New Zealand, architecture and craftsmanship, virtually a complete rebuild from the original homestead, resulting in one of Devonport’s finest modern seaside homes.

A spacious floor plan provides for easy entertaining and intimate areas where you can relax and dine privately in your own coastal European oasis. Flexible accommodation offers room for family or friends.

Double garaging with studio (also great for guest accommodation) beautifully landscaped easy care grounds complete this beautiful home which offers an attractive lock and leave lifestyle with the modern luxury you would expect from a home of this calibre.

View by appointment Kurt Piper Sales Associate M 021 137 6450 D 09 394 4456 kurt.piper@sothebysrealty.com

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Kurt works across all areas of the residential market and in particular is carving out a name at the higher end of the luxury real estate market. He has extensive knowledge of subdivision, new builds and current council zoning regulations, and works with developers, council and valuersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to ensure you get the best advice.

For a confident, professional licensed sales person with expert knowledge of the North Shore real estate market, pop in and see Kurt at our Takapuna office.

Kurt Piper M +64 21 137 6450 kurt.piper@sothebysrealty.com T +64 9 394 4456 Shop D, 159 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna nzsothebysrealty.com

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The Channel Crossword

Set locally by Mãyã, especially for Channel each month. No. 37

Each across answer is either part or all of a 1 down. If part, the definition refers to the whole 1 down, while the wordplay refers to the answer.

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Down

6 Don't identify a particular person as me in

one in a billion (4,2) 8 Studied material weapon former one dug up (8) 10 Unfortunately, Tories veto man told to stand

for election (4,2,4) 11 Present returned around 4 to eager prima

donna (4) 12 Astonishing G.P. to give prize to sketch artist? (6) 14 Virtually force prophet to have a large

number of generators (7) 16 Taboo I'd break, and hour I'd break taboo; pity

I concealed footwear (3,3,1,3,1,4) 18 Rock implored to change, Ben to return hence (7) 21 Chap views country once at war with Bishop,

say, and his diocese (3,3) 24 Sun god poet initially sneaks from outer space (4) 26 Media mania results in telling Flanders I'm

chaste (1,2,1,6) 27 Wastes framing Morse ... and emphasised

puddings (8) 28 Watts and nickel sulphide? Menace erred (6)

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Like Hannah lap dancing in Denmark's capital city (10)

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Big customer of Acme company returns electronic plaything (6)

3

Storyteller turns up deep at work (5)

4

Artist to trust occasionally (6)

5

Oil of French rêve, oddly (4)

7

Young female we blame for erection (3,4)

9

Almost the state of Jones' country? (5)

Solution to last month's crossword

13 Pay the Horned One (5) 14 Belief in a non-interventionist God is

embedded in origins of "deus ex machina" (5) 15 Rise goes on, causing mountain formation (10) 17 Goddess to charge for stronghold (7) 19 Fights - beheaded, yet triumphs (5) 20 Fast movers, superior to runners (6) 22 Fleet of limb lady (6) 23 Great success of Barker's ma's handiwork (5) 25 Beer, cold - Guinness? (4)

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