YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER |MAY 2020 | No.215
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Term 2 Starts in Level 2
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warm welcome awaited Coatesville School students on Monday 18 May, when school resumed after the lockdown. Principal Richard Johnson and his team of staff greeted school families on their way back into the familiar school routine. Under the Level 2 restrictions, parents were encouraged not to walk children to their classes, so some students chose to walk to their class in a group with teacher Shay Behague. But for many, the chance to be back with their friends had them running through the gate. Like all New Zealand schools, Coatesville School offered distance learning via online teaching to its 290 students during the lockdown period. Richard says this went well for the most part. Devices were made available to any students who needed them so 100 percent of the students were capable of working online by the
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time lockdown began. "We offered home learning from our hub on our website before distance learning officially started after Easter," says Richard. "We communicated with parents via email and they have been amazing. It was teachers, parents and the kids who made it work." Each day at 9am teachers sent out a video through Google Meet, greeting the children and giving an outline of the day's learning. This was followed up by an email that included links to any work resources needed by students and parents providing support for their children. Teachers met with classes for roughly an hour per day at a pre-arranged time. Richard says: "It seems to have worked from everyone's viewpoint and the kids have thoroughly enjoyed it." He says whether or not distance learning has enabled students to Continued on page 2.
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MAY CONTENTS May news Ailsa is No. 1 Our businesses re-open Local Board update Chris Penk talks 'shovel-ready' Classifieds Level 2 and Real Estate is back!
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t's great to see our community back in business and be able to produce a newsletter. Since The Chronicle's April issue went ahead, the May issue is late. In fact, the remaining issues this year will be later in the month too, although I will try to bring out the next few issues a little earlier each time. The priority now is to support local businesses and get busy earning and spending so we can mitigate the economic fallout that we're told is coming. With that in mind, I spoke to the business owners in Coatesville village to see how they were doing. All of them were busy and getting lots of support from locals. See page 6 for more. Our school is doing great too, and it was a pleasure to visit on day one of term 2 to take a few photos. A big thanks to principal Richard Johnson for talking to me about how things went during lockdown and getting back to school. Coatesville Primary's resilience is impressive. One of the most pressing issues at the moment is internet access. Poor quality or unreliable internet access continues to disrupt people
particularly since working from home and online learning placed more strain than ever on bandwidth. On pages 9 and 10, Louise Johnston, Chris Penk and the CRRA all have comments to make on this subject. And, although the economic forecasts from the experts sound grim, houses still sold during the lockdown and enquiries continued. Ailsa has the full story about the local property scene on page 12. We can do a lot for our own wellbeing and the health of our economy by taking a positive attitude and supporting businesses like the ones that advertise in The Coatesville Chronicle. They support the newsletter, so please, when you feel you can, support them too. Your editor,
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Continued from page 1 keep pace academically will depend on whether they were meeting expectations in a subject before lockdown. But the first week back was all about achieving a positive transition, not worrying about results. "During our first week we reconnected with teachers and teams and had some fun. We needed to debrief the last eight weeks and find out the things the students loved as well as the challenges." There were some positives from lockdown. Since only 2-4 students attended school each day during Level 3, a number of jobs got done. The art-tech room was revamped and the library was moved - both would have been difficult to achieve during term time. Richard expects that by the start of term 3 school should be back to normal with learning, sport and social activities back on track. "The rest of term 2 will be about gathering effective data to drive the start of next term's learning," he says. " Reports will go out at the start of term 3." For the students returning, there were some changes to get used to. Like being dropped off and picked up at the school gate; not touching each other and staying out of each other's breath zone which proved easier to enforce in the classroom than in the playground. But remembering to cough or sneeze into elbows and maintain good hand hygiene; washing and sanitising often, were familiar messages from before Covid-19.
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Dogs enjoyed lockdown perhaps more than anyone else with many getting daily walks. However, an unpleasant byproduct was the amount of dog poo left lying on berms outside a number of properties, particularly on Mahoenui Valley Road. One frustrated resident tried to politely ask people to pick up after their dogs by putting up a few A4 signs with dog poo bags attached. But, within 24 hours these were removed. One assumes the signs had angered a pro-pooer. Seriously?! Generally speaking, if your dog did it, it's your job to pick it up. Even though Coatesville is rural, no one wants to step in dog poo – ever. So, please take poo bags on every dog walk and use them.
The CRRA will use an online format this year to hold its AGM. Chairman Mike Rowe says in the coming weeks, the community will be emailed a surveystyle list of questions with a deadline to submit their answers. All residents and ratepayers in Coatesville are entitled to participate. If you want to ensure your name is included on the CRRA's email list, email information. crra@gmail.com or send a private message via the CRRA's Facebook page.
A different view
Reader, Mandy Downie, encourages people to check out Dr Shiva Ayyadurai's YouTube videos about Covid-19. Dr Ayyadurai, shown above, is a well-known scientist with impressive credentials. In a nutshell, he says to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 we should boost our immune systems with vitamins rather than relying solely on face masks, gloves and hand sanitiser. His views are worth considering as we move into flu season and to the next Ever had mess Alert Level in the near future.
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Roundabout During the Level 4 lockdown, unfortunately construction was not able to continue at the roundabout. Work has now started again and the estimated completion date is the end of November.
Police raid in lockdown On Thursday 30 April, sources close to The Chronicle reported that a significant event involving a number of Police vehicles was underway at a home on Coatesville-Riverhead Highway. When asked what took place, Inspector Mark Fergus, Area Commander for Waitemata North said: "Police carried out a search warrant at a property on Coatesville-Riverhead Highway and located a significant amount of cannabis. "A 65-year-old man has been charged with cultivating cannabis, possession for supply of cannabis plant and theft of electricity. He is next due to appear in the North Shore District Court on 4 June 2020."
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Anzac Day poppies A walk around the neighbourhood on 25 April revealed that Anzac Day was on everyone's minds. All sorts of poppies had sprung up overnight. The gates (shown right) made a strong visual impact. In an email the home owner said: "I celebrate ANZAC every year as my Great Uncle Ted was at Gallipoli. He had a great influence on me as he was the first wildlife officer of the Wildlife Service, precursor to the Department of Conservation. He always had a smile on his face and never talked about what he experienced in Turkey. He instilled in me a love of nature; something I continue in my profession as an environmental scientist."
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oatesville Pony Club ended its rally season two weeks early due to Covid-19 Alert Level 4. We managed to get our D and D+ riders through their exams and all of them passed with flying colours. Our C, C+ and B riders will unfortunately have to wait until the new season starts in spring to complete the exams they have been working towards. Our AGM was on 18 May. This year, several members retired from the committee. We would like to thank the following members of the committee for their hard work and commitment to the club over many years. Jacqui Dimes has managed the kitchen for rallies and events; Fiona Maxwell has been treasurer for the last 2 yrs; Gillian Lynn has been secretary twice and 8 yrs on the committee. Janet Badley has been on
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the committee for 17 yrs and president for 6 yrs. The new committee are: President, Deb Bensley; Vice President, Nicola Webster; Treasurer, Michelle Hayman and Minutes secretary, Carrie Walker. Thank you to all the committee members for their hard work over the year, and for the members who helped at the working bees and events we ran. Coatesville Pony Club is not functional without the help of all these people and the support of the riders, parents and adult riders. We hope to run our annual registration in late August and open for rallies at the beginning of October. Dates will be posted. Any queries please email: coatesvillepc@gmail.com
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ell-known real estate agent and The Coatesville Chronicle's sponsor, Ailsa McArthur, has received top honours in Bayleys' annual rankings. For the first time, the Coatesville local has won the number one spot based on her sales for 2019-2020. This means Ailsa is now the top residential sales agent in Bayleys' Albany office as well as Bayleys' top agent on the North Shore. Although Ailsa has repeatedly earned second place since 2016, the news that she'd made it to number one this year was a pleasant surprise. "Actually, it blew me away. I knew I was up there, and I had the numbers, but I hadn't worked it out, so it was great news." Once a small business owner, Ailsa later worked in construction before making the move to real estate in 2008. The career change let her combine what she'd learned about building with her love of people – the winning formula behind her success! Ailsa has become a specialist in lifestyle with property listings in and around Coatesville, Dairy Flat and Kaukapakapa as well as the North Shore. Today, her team help to give her the edge. Sales assistant Julie Hawkins has worked with Ailsa for four years and daughter Chelsea Allen for 18 months. Both provide additional sales support and Chelsea recently secured her own real estate license. After 12 years of buying and selling homes, Ailsa knows what it takes to be successful in real estate. When asked what's the secret to her success, she says: "A salesperson must always listen and treat people with respect. If you listen to people, you'll find out why something matters to them. Like if someone says they want a garden, is it because they want a place to wander through with a cup of coffee in the morning, or do they want to spend hours each day working in the garden?" Ailsa has lived in Coatesville for 20 years and given time and resources back to the community. Her efforts include volunteering on the CRRA committee, sponsoring local events, helping out at the school's Ag Day as well as sponsoring The Coatesville Chronicle. Congratulations Ailsa!
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Next level for Coatesville businesses
One week after we moved to Alert Level 2, the lunchtime traffic in the village looked like pre-Covid-19 days. Loyal customers flooded back to support local businesses and the 'new normal' had kicked off. The Chronicle spoke to Coatesville's business owners to find out how they'd coped with re-opening after lockdown.
Looks like business as usual
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For Rain Chen of Fernielea Café lockdown meant uninterrupted time at home with her children; Xavier 7 years and Elvina 5 years. "We cooked, drew pictures and played together, it was special time," says Rain. When the business re-opened in Level 3, Rain says her customers wanted coffee, pies and pizza. There was also demand for takeaway meals that have now been added to Fernielea's menu. Rain says Level 2 saw online orders decrease in favour of diningin as customers returned. Lately, construction of the new carpark has made life more challenging, but that should soon come to an end, giving easier access to the café. Rain has retained the whole Fernielea team so familiar faces are waiting to serve their regulars.
Andrew and Karen Krinkel and the Coatesville Motors team took lockdown in stride. Andy says he enjoyed having lunch in the sunshine each day. Plenty of jobs got done on the couple's lifestyle property but the boat squab covers are still on the 'to do' list. At Level 3, Coatesville Motors' customers could drop off their car keys in the tented area out front where Andy says he also offered to give people a Covid-19 test. Strangely, no takers for that, but plenty of laughs. Since Level 2, they've noticed an increase in the number of warrant of fitness bookings together with full vehicle services. "People are getting ready to head off on road trips and see a bit of New Zealand since they can't travel far," says Andy. Bookings have already returned to normal for the busy garage.
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Banu and Sulo Kaynarcali of Black Cottage Café spent much of the six weeks of lockdown enjoying the beautiful weather and Coatesville scenery by taking walks, gardening and cooking at home. Re-opening at Level 3 had them wondering if customers actually wanted takeaway food. "But for our first online dinner at Black Cottage, our kitchen cooked 150 takeaway meals while our regular customers waited outside to collect their orders. It was amazing," says Banu. By Friday 22 May, dinners were booked out and the café was full once again. With Midpoint in Hobsonville and Black Cottage to get back to full speed, Banu and Sulo are busy but happy to be back at work with staff and customers. Banu says book early if you want a table for Friday night. Banu Kaynarcali, Black Cottage Café
The Coatesville Store run by Candace and Jane Lin is known for its ice creams. Plenty of locals queue up to buy them and when Level 3 started, ice-cream lovers returned. "But in Level 3 we couldn't sell scooped ice cream," explains Candace. "Most people understood but one customer was very disappointed." Luckily, not for too long because in Level 2, scooped ice creams came back! Candace says it's great to be back at work but she will miss her mother Jane's wonderful cooking. "My father cooks at home, but during lockdown, my mother took over and she learned to make some new things like a supersoft Chinese-style spongecake that was amazing. I will miss her cooking," says Candace.
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As an essential service, our Rural Delivery posties, Albert and Angela Uluinayau, worked throughout lockdown. And, eventhough most things were on hold, online shopping was not. In fact, many people embraced it and as a result, Albert says they are now flat out delivering parcels. "It's like Christmas," he says. He managed to find time to support a local business and grab a takeaway coffee before heading back to his route.
Coatesville Market's Leanne Holder says that for the time being, Coatesville Market is on hold because of the limit currently placed on the maximum number of people allowed at gatherings. Leanne says: "We are waiting for the government restrictions to lift for events with big numbers. Looking forward to re-opening when we can, but for now, it's safety first."
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hope everybody is doing okay. It is going to be a tough 6 to 12 months ahead. I must admit, living on a lifestyle block during the lockdown period was a good place to be. There is always so many jobs to complete and having no traffic meant we could safely use our country roads for walking and cycling. Below are a couple of updates: Reliable internet for our Area: During the lockdown period, our poor internet service in our area caused major frustration. Many school children were unable to Zoom into their classrooms and work from home was often disrupted. In the long term, if we are going to tackle climate change and be able to work where we live, we need reliable and fast internet. In response to this frustration, a petition with over 700 signatures was presented by Chris Penk to Parliament during the lockdown period. This petition requested that the failing internet infrastructure be updated for the Coatesville and Dairy Flat area. We are now waiting for a response back from the Select Committee on our petition. Structure Plan for the Industrial area in Dairy Flat At the end of April, Council adopted
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the structure plan for the Silverdale West, Dairy Flat industrial area. This planned industrial estate is going to be massive in scale at over 600 hectares. The structure plan does not rezone the land, but it is the first stage to enable urban development. The industrial estate is to be released in three stages, from 2022 to 2048+. I think it is a bold call from Council to predict the needs of business for the next 30 to 40 years especially given how technology is changing the way we live our lives and do business. The next step is for the councilinitiated unitary plan change to be lodged. This plan change is a legal process under the Resource Management Act. There will be the opportunity for public submissions, an independent hearing and ultimately the right of appeal to the environment court. Emergency Council Budget: As you may have already heard in the media, Council are currently revising the 20/21 budget. Council revenue has been severely impacted by Covid-19. Only 40% of Council’s revenue is from rates. Revenue from other sources such as dividends from Auckland Airport and development contributions
will be majorly impacted by Covid-19. There is going to be some tough decisions to be made as to how this shortfall will be funded, for example, will rates be increased by 2.5-3.5%? Will there need to be a reduction in service or will Council have to increase borrowing beyond our current debt limit? As ratepayers, you will be able to provide feedback from 29 May to 19 June on this Emergency Budget and it is very important that we do. Personally, I do think this is also an opportunity for Council to investigate how they can streamline project delivery. Rates extension: Nobody could have predicted our current situation and for ratepayers that are unable to pay their May 2020 rates on time due to Covid-19, you can apply for a rates extension without incurring a penalty or interest charge. For details, please refer to the below link https://www.aucklandcouncil. govt.nz/property-rates-valuations/ Pages/Apply-for-a-rates-paymentextension.aspx If you have any questions on the above, please get in contact: Louise. Johnston@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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Shovel-Ready is Shovel-overdue By Chris Penk MP
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ow that we’re living post-lockdown life, I’m hoping that the phrase “shovel-ready” will be heard at least as often as “social distancing”, “bubbles” and other staples of Covid-19 conversation. The significance of “shovel-ready” as a concept is that the authorities have called for projects able to be commenced immediately to stimulate jobs growth – or at least staunch the flow of losses – and build the infrastructure we badly need. On hearing this call from government ministers some weeks ago, I promptly wrote to the Minister of Communications (Kris Fa’afoi) to advocate for internet infrastructure investment in Coatesville. I noted to the Minister that I had recently met with Chorus and Crown Infrastructure Partners representatives to discuss options for getting better internet to the area (as I’d also reported to you in this Coatesville Chronicle column, earlier this year). In my letter to Mr Fa’afoi I pointed out that “a shortfall to be funded by households in the area” is “relatively small in the context of Covid-19 related government funding”. I contrasted the billions of taxpayer dollars already allocated by government to combating coronavirus effects with the relatively modest amount of $300,000 needed to get this infrastructure project underway to benefit Coatesville’s residents. Put simply, my argument was that the Government
CRRA: On Chorus
Recently, Chorus advised the CRRA that the original concept of fibre broadband supply to Coatesville’s “main roads” is still sanctioned according to government directives, but a widening of the scope of supply to arterial roads should be considered as stage two of the initiative. Chorus have advised that the reason for this is that
should stump up that final $300,000 now, rather than requiring that we pass a hat around the community to raise the funds, as is currently proposed. The fact that fibre installation is work that is “shovel-ready” should be the clinching argument, of course, which is why I was determined to seize the moment on your behalf. As always in this type of correspondence, I’d begun by highlighting the significance of securing reasonable internet connection, adding that it is “a matter of equity as well as productivity” at a time that we are increasingly expected to work and study from home. In the meantime, you will soon receive a letter from the Coatesville Residents and Ratepayers Association (CRRA) asking for an indication of whether you are agreeable to the “per household” contribution to make the project happen, starting this year. The CRRA are undertaking the initial task of advising Chorus and Crown Infrastructure Partners whether their offer of funding is accepted by the community. Of course, if the Government does agree to fund the final $300,000 I will be sure to let you and the CRRA know!
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Government have committed all funds for the current round of fibre installation and no additional funding is available at this time. The CRRA will contact all residents in June by mail drop advising what the current situation is and outlining options to achieve the funding requirements outlined by Chorus.
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Level 2 and Real Estate is back!
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have been so incredibly impressed with the way family, friends and colleagues adjusted to Alert Level 4. I also know I will be adapting some of the ways that we worked during this time into my life. Zoom, FaceTime and Skype will definitely be well used communication platforms. As I came into Level 3, I was honestly not sure how my week would look, but within only a few hours the requests for viewings mounted up. It was incredible! So, with my contact-tracing protocol, gloves, hand sanitiser and masks, away I went into the good old-fashioned real estate process of 'private viewings'. This is actually an ideal way to show a property. Being one on one with the buyer allows me the time to show the property and all its attributes. Some of the buyers are from pre-Covid, however many buyers are new. Who wouldn’t want to live in Coatesville throughout a lockdown? We have space, a peaceful environment and plenty of fresh air. With the reassessment of what people now really want, I believe our lifestyle properties will be an added attraction. Right now, there is a lot of speculation and opinion about what is going to happen. However, what I know from experience is that when a buyer finds the property they love, they will act. I have concluded four sales since we moved to Level 3 and negotiations on other properties are continuning, including an expat from America. The economic reality of job losses and changing financial circumstances will play a part as we move forward, but I have worked in difficult markets before. I do not have my head in the sand and I know that things will change. Whether you are buying or selling, these are times when you need the skills of an experienced negotiator. As I mentioned in my previous article, I constantly review marketing strategies to take into account changes in the market. One example is targeting specific internet portals to attract the expat market. Recently, I have seen a significant increase in the number of people wanting to return to New Zealand with their families. This makes it essential to get the mix right with website presence, floor plans and video. I work with professionals in these fields who will make your property stand out and maximise its appeal to potential buyers. Whether it is to actively put your property on the market or to learn more about how our Coatesville property market is fairing, call me and let's make things happen!
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0800 88 0800 www.petdoorsrus.co.nz 021 802 074 a/h for emergency cage hire (available Auckland only)
• Water Filters • UV Sterilisers • Reverse Osmosis • Water Coolers • Whole House • Water Pumps • Tanks • Rain Harvesting • Pre-Tank Filters Call Steve 021278 7427
steve@aquafilter.co.nz
Rodney Sales & Service 09 425 6080
We Service All Leading Brands! www.aquafilter.co.nz