9 May 2025, Devonport Flagstaff

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May 9, 2025

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Maunga management continues from across the ditch

Toni van Tonder, the deputy chair of Auckland’s Tūpuna Maunga Authority, is continuing in her role despite having moved to Australia.

Van Tonder resigned as Devonport-Takapuna Local Board chair in February after deciding to move to Brisbane, where her

husband has a new job.

However, she has decided to carry on as the maunga authority (TMA) deputy chair until after the local body elections in October.

“My appointment to the Tūpuna Maunga Authority was made by the Governing Body

of Auckland Council. There is no requirement in the legislation that an authority member be an elected council member.

“For instance, council could appoint a private person who has the relevant expertise. In case there is doubt, the appointment To page 2

Mattress fabric embedded in artwork

Floral finds... Artist Cristina Beth uses fabric from found mattresses for the works in her latest exhibition in Devonport. Story, page 30-31.

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was not made by the local board,” van Tonder said.

“I am not getting any remuneration for continuing and see my role as a voluntary act of service to support the TMA kaupapa and for the benefit of Auckland’s maunga.”

Van Tonder has been deputy chair of the authority, which manages 14 of Auckland’s volcanic cones, for five and a half years.

Under the Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Act 2014, the appointment term for each authority member lasts until 59 days after the date of the next election “or until the Governing Body resolves to remove me from the role”, van Tonder said.

“My resignation from the local board does not affect this appointment.

“Having discussed this prior to my departure with the chair of the TMA [Paul Majurey] as well as [Auckland Council] CEO Phil Wilson, we agreed that there is an advantage for me to remain on the authority to support continuity with governance until the end of the term.”

Comment, page 6.

public toilets in the car park of the Hauraki Corner retail strip.

Auckland Council says it has reported an act of vandalism to police, in which a previously repaired hole in a concrete wall between two cubicles had been again knocked through.

Council was also aware of social-media posts about “anti-social” behaviour at the toilets, the acting area operations manager, Steph Westmore, said last week.

It urged anyone witnessing any suspicious activity to call police.

A quick repair would be made to the cubicle wall, she said.

in the toilets. “We understand this sort of behaviour can cause concern amongst the community,” a spokesperson said.

“We encourage the public to report any such instances of an indecent act, or similar behaviour, occurring by contacting Police on 111 as soon as they are able.”

Matters could also be reported after the fact for further assessment, either online or by calling 105.

The police did not respond to a question about whether patrols would visit the area.

Vandalism of public facilities can be reported through the Report a Problem tool on council’s website.

Bayswater breakwater back open

The Bayswater Marina breakwater was open to the public when the Flagstaff checked on Monday in response to concerns from the public it remained closed.

Following an Environment Court decision in early April, which threw out the marina’s attempt to exclude the public, it was given 15 days to open it for public use.

Public access was guaranteed under the marina’s original consents, but it had closed the breakwater since December 2023, citing health and safety concerns.

Recycling centres help each other Resource Recovery Devonport (RRD) is helping with work placements for several of the workers from the Abilities Group recycling operation in Wairau, which lost its premises in a fire on 24 April.

New premises are being sought for the operation which provided work opportunities for 120 people with disabilities and 30 support staff.

Some Abilities Group workers are helping at the Porana Rd community recycling centre and at a bike-repairer, while others are helping with the clean-up following the fire in Hillside Rd. Rotary is supporting weekly meetings to keep its workers connected.

Polystrene and e-waste was collected from Devonport for processing at the Hillside facility, so RRD was keen to help out.

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Relatives come together for emotional Anzac Day

Anzac Day was an especially moving occasion for descendants of World War I casualty Alan Wallace. Twenty of them travelled to Devonport from across the North Island to see their forebear recognised in his home town, after the RSA agreed to add his name to the local war memorial.

“The right thing has been done,” said Alistair Dray, of Napier, who lobbied for the inclusion of his great-grandfather’s brother on the memorial.

He was grateful for Devonport RSA president Muzz Kennett following up on a request he made in 2023, after a similar approach to the RSA in the 1990s went nowhere.

Wallace – who died in action at Gallipoli as a sergeant serving in the New Zealand Engineers – was not on the memorial because he enlisted from England, when studying at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. Dray said knowing his name is on the same memorial as that of his brother Bertram, who died a year later at the Somme in France, brought a sense of finality for the family. “We appreciate the Devonport community including us in their ceremony.”

Alan and Bertram Wallace were the youngest of five brothers who grew up in Devonport. When Dray, whose father was the eldest of the five, heard Alan’s name was to be added to the memorial, he contacted family descended from the surviving brothers. Distant cousins from Welling- Family ties... Molly Cardwell-Dray, from Wellington, and her ton, Whangarei and Auckland were among those who met father Alistair Dray, from Napier, laid a wreath. Below: Pure Dray from Warkworth and Murray Wallace, from Taupo. up on Anzac Day morning.

“A couple of men in their 80s didn’t want to lay the [family] wreath, because it was too emotional,” said Dray.

He and daughter Molly did the honours. “I think we will probably keep in touch better now,” he said.

Kennett said the family’s presence, some in “front row seats”, added another connection to the event. “When Navy singer Rebecca Nelson sang Poppies and Pohutukawa, there were a few tears. They all came back to the RSA and we gave them a drink and something to eat.”

The commemorations were well attended, said Kennett.

He noted an increase in the number of veterans marching, but was unsure if this was due to the weather staying dry, or later generations of service personnel stepping up.

Dray appreciated seeing young sailors and Navy cadets and older role models such as Muzz at commemorations attended by so many families. “Devonport’s still go that Navy village feel and is a real community.”

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Ready, set, paint! Hundreds turn out for art clash

Around 500 people watched Art Battle Art in action… (clockwise from above) Patricia Brickell with her finished Devonport at the Devonport Ferry Terminal work; Dylan Huata is all concentration; and winner Agnes Ishak with her last Thursday, with the winner Agnes Ishak floral still-life advancing to an Auckland final at Eden Park on 30 May. The event was held as part of the Depot -initiated ‘First Thursdays’ – monthly arts events across venues in the village.

Entrants, who took part in heats and then a final round, had 20 minutes to complete art works, with the added pressure of crowds milling around them and voting.

TGS students performed music as part of the event.

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By Rob Drent

Recently departed chair of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, Toni van Tonder, continues to have an influence on local affairs by remaining on the Tūpuna Maunga Authority which administers 14 of Auckland’s volcanic cones, including Takarunga and Maungauika in Devonport.

Van Tonder is deputy chair of the authority and will continue in the role until the end of the current electoral term – despite moving to Brisbane, Australia.

I’m in two minds on this. Generally I feel local matters need to be dealt with by people living locally (in Auckland at least), who can consider issues as they arrive and talk to residents and others on the ground, face-to-face.

A good recent example was when Environment Court judge Jeff Smith visited the Bayswater Marina breakwater personally when he was deliberating on whether it should be open to the public.

On the other hand, a lot of the maunga authority work is about developing management plans, working through leases, wider

governance issues and the like, which can be dealt with through meetings wherever members are. On this score, van Tonder’s experience and clear dedication to the maunga would come in handy. And, in real terms, does it make any material difference if she carries on for the next seven months?

It’s perhaps a case of the head thinking one thing and the heart feeling another.

Remote working and working from home became more common during Covid. Logically it seems okay, but something about maunga issues being considered and decided upon by someone living in Australia doesn’t sit quite right.

What do readers think?

The authority was not exactly forthcoming when the Flagstaff asked if van Tonder was still in the role. “Our spokesperson feels more comfortable if you reach out to Toni for comment.”

We pointed out it was a question requiring a factual answer, then received a response. To her credit, van Tonder responded quickly to our question by email.

The Our Devonport audio-visual presentation of the recent and not-so-recent history of Devonport and its arts scene was so popular the RSA doors had to be closed prior to the event as the venue had reached capacity.

That’s no great surprise, perhaps, with presenters of the calibre of Dave Veart (as-

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May 9, 2025 pects of pre-colonial history), Trish Deans and Margot McRae (Our Heritage), Tina Frantzen (Devonport through images and poetry), sculptor Helen Pollock, Colin McRae (who is making a Devonport documentary), Julie Stout and Ken Davis (future Devonport through architects’ eyes) and Lynn Lawton and Linda Blincko (who gave a snapshot of Devonport’s creative landscape in the 80s).

The topics were well covered and researched. A repeat of the event in the same location or to students at Takapuna Grammar School is warranted due to the quality of the material.

The audience matched the ages of the presenters – mostly over 60 and regulars at similar events. It’s a shame, as younger people would do well to soak up the institutional knowledge from these presenters who know Devonport so well.

Would a presentation on music, covering some well-known bands and solo performers from this century, have attracted some younger people?

I’ve read somewhere that one of the consequences of getting older is you look down (avoiding obstacles, kerbs, dog turds and the like) rather than up.

I found myself doing just that when walking along Victoria Rd near the former Post Office the other day. With all the rain lately and winter coming on, moss is gathering at such a rate in the block pathway it won’t be long before it is a hazard. Many footpaths around Devonport are in a poor state of repair and Victoria Rd is no exception.

Signing up for the Holy Trinity Church newsletter I was sent an email asking me to confirm my humanity – ie, tick the box to show that I am not a robot. Perhaps this is something God would already know?

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Good to grow: New lease lets garden plan for future Ngataringa Organic Garden Society is keen to grow its place in the community.

The garden at the south-eastern corner of Ngataringa Park – described by a long-time member as “a hidden treasure” – is run largely on an allotment model. It has a waiting list for plots, but society chair Kerry Chamberlain is looking at ways to involve the wider public through the likes of on-site workshops.

Planning ahead has now been made easier, with a new council 10-year lease and 10-year right of renewal, signed off by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last month.

Visitors were welcome, said Chamberlain. “We want to be a place where people can come and ask questions.”

Successful open days with seedling sales held last spring would be repeated, he said. A committee of nine members, elected at the recent annual meeting, would consider a winter seedling sale as well.

Workshops on the likes of composting and garden-to-table ideas such as preserves and fermentation are in the offing and these would be open to the public. A pruning session run by member Nigel Hopkins, a former Restoring-Takuranga Hauraki environmental group coordinator, had attracted several newcomers.

For the last few years, the ‘NOGS’ group has been focusing on tidying up the site and fundraising to improve its facilities. The lease took a while to be sorted, with council officers initially suggesting it be shorter in case the site was needed for a new skatepark.

Local board members quickly hosed down this idea at their business meeting last month, with Woodall Park being investigated for the skate facility. After a submission by Chamberlain and former committee member Dame Judy McGregor they backed the longer lease. Ownership and maintenance of buildings on the site, which date to its former use by the Framework Trust up until 2013, were transferred to NOGS, recognising work by the society to upgrade them, including the installation of a kitchen used for shared meals.

Small social functions can also be held there.

Compost bins have been built with materials from the Devonport Resource Recovery Centre. The latest upgrade has been to the garden’s hot-house, for which Rotary funded a new floor. The local board paid $2500 for a ventilation system and seedling tables made at the Claystore community workshop were installed.

Chamberlain said all the support, which included the earlier $10,000 kitchen fitout from Bunnings, had been appreciated.

Longer-term he is keen to get member buy-in to encourage more communal growing areas. This could produce vegetables, fruit and herbs to be shared and develop gardening skills within the wider community. Chickens and beehives are already on site. Some mem-

Bedding in... Ngataringa Organic Garden Society chair Kerry Chamberlain, with beds and hothouse behind bers look after common flowerbeds, which help encourage bees, and there is a shared herb space.

Chamberlain’s own involvement came five or six years ago. “We moved to a Devonport apartment and didn’t have a garden,” says the semi-retired academic. After joining up, he soon found himself helping run things. Many of the around 75 active members are retired, including half a dozen from Ryman’s William Sanders Retirement Village. A few are in their thirties and forties. Typically they are people with little land of their own to garden on or looking for extra space. The site has 69 plots, some subdivided from larger plots as older members step back. It also has fruit trees and Chamberlain is keen to plant more.

Demand for the garden’s output extends as far as Auckland Zoo, which collects bananas and banana leaves to help feed its animals.

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‘Joys, loves and losses’ of an Devonport village life Artist and former Devonport Borough Councillor Tina Frantzen’s ‘Our Devonport’ presentation was a series of poems, some of which are reproduced below (some only in part). She closed by saying: “All journeys begin and end with home. Walking our beaches and maunga, I’ve experienced the joys, loves and losses of an ordinary life. I have been at times despairing, consoled, uplifted, calmed and refreshed as I intuitively follow the same path – my ley lines of home.”

55 years Eleven times a census café explosion bank depletion brand new library defunct council chambers population stable statistics don’t lie but they don’t tell the story of elocution perfect Audrey barefoot in her hessian sack bearing bags of coins to the bank to be counted in the lunchtime rush the constants? the maunga and the beaches Roger (excerpt) Roger my neighbour of 42 years, the guardian of Takarunga on his daily walk with dog in tow host of the Bunker of world renown entertaining and performing in that close quartered room of nostalgia quirky and quick witted he brought us music unique to our ears...

Walks of Devonport there etched into the glass of a door the colour of hope and sunshine a solid permanent message for those who cross the threshold both ways

my first chapter of irradiation and chemical dosing now lies around my chair in damp black hieroglyphics written on the floor of the hairdressers...

a conundrum an impossible feat not unlike Peter Pan stitching his shadow to the soles of his feet

Ley Lines 1998 a serious illness – yours my son

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2002 a marriage – your brother’s a death – yours 2004 a wedding – mine a birth – your niece

as Devonport Kiosk a century ago tea rooms for private parties changing cubicles bathing suit and towel sixpence an hour lying on the beach in bathers prohibited

2007 another niece 2014 a serious illness – mine

now as McHugh’s firsts and lasts of family weddings second son wedding his school days’ sweetheart the last time ever the whole family were together Stories (excerpt) There is history written in my head of hair nearly a year’s worth

I have criss-crossed the ley lines between these life events from maunga to maunga and shore to shore like a threadbare, wandering sufi trudging the troughs and peaks of foreign climes in search of the answers to improbable riddles. now I have achieved, not quite enlightenment guaranteed but contentment with a little pocketful of sadness you would be proud of me.

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Packed crowd hears quickfire talks on local area A 60-minute ‘Our Devonport’ programme of short talks and slide shows proved so popular the doors at the RSA in Victoria Rd had to be locked half an hour before the event’s start time as the venue was full to capacity.

Just on 150 people packed in for seven presentations by Dave Veart, Trish Deans and Margot McRae, Tina Frantzen, Helen Pollock, Colin McRae, Lynn Lawton and Linda Blincko and Julie Stout and Ken Davis. Devonport Library Associates booked the RSA instead of the library for the event because of expected numbers.

Archeologist Veart, who spoke on pre-colonial history, said he was overwhelmed by the response.

“I thought there would be about 12 people.”

With only 20 slides and six minutes 40seconds of speaking time allowed for each presentation, they were full of juicy nuggets of local interest.

Veart showed evidence of moa bones and hangi found along the Devonport waterfront, indicating human habitation dating back to around 1350. Other finds showed settlement along the waterfront, a sheltered spot before the eruption of Rangitoto, which gave weather protection to the wider harbour.

Margot McRae and Trish Deans detailed the fight by Devonport Heritage to protect the historic homes of the suburb. Some battles had been lost (such as the Masonic Hotel, which was turned into apartments) and some won (including the Victoria Theatre, which was bought by the North Shore City Council and restored for future generations).

Government-advocated intensification in all central city suburbs was a major threat to heritage, they said.

Tina Frantzen, an artist and former Devonport Borough councillor, created an original work for the event: The Ley Lines of Home, a personal soliloquy outlining her 55 years living in the area.

Big picture... Artist and former Devonport Borough councillor Tina Frantzen during her presentation

Helen Pollock, a world recognised sculptor, told the audience how her works were created in her Devonport workshop and kiln. Many had been installed for a time in Devonport landscapes including Fort Takapuna and Cheltenham Beach.

Colin McRae gave an update on a Devonport documentary he is making which aims to capture the area’s “rich history and rich contemporary life”.

Former Depot stalwart and current Satellite2 gallery owner Lynn Lawton detailed the creative life of 1980s Devonport in a From the Mountain to the Sea snapshot.

He recalled when potters and glassblowers worked in a large studio on the corner of Church St and King Edward Pde. Across the road, bands played at the Masonic, as they did at the Esplanade Hotel.

He referred to a 1989 article in Metro

magazine which captured the changing nature of the suburb: “Devonport: a Paradise Lost”.

Architect Julie Stout posed some questions on the Future of Devonport, which she believed could become a modern village while retaining its heritage buildings.

Much of the current village was “sub-optimal” and car-dominant, she said. Great potential existed to create laneways, more public spaces and incorporate nature into future designs. Only 100 people currently lived in the village, which to thrive needed more residents to give life to restaurants and other activities.

The session was such a success organisers are contemplating another.

• The event raised $1100 for the Victoria Theatre Trust, which is fundraising for new seats.

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THE NAVY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER DEVONPORT NAVAL BASE DECLARES WAR ON WASTE

Devonport Naval Base could nearly halve the amount of waste it produces and reduce waste costs by about a quarter in a “war on waste” with the backing of shore-based staff who were outnumbered by rubbish bins under their desks Petty Officer Lexie Gray and New Zealand Defence Force Sustainability Director Lee Bint identified a major challenge: the excessive number of under-desk bins in offices and not enough options to recycle. There were 994 bins, outnumbering the people working at the base.

They trialled a replacement of 371 under-desk bins with 69 new bin stations, with red bins for landfill and blue, yellow and green bins for glass, plastic and cans and organic waste.

The team expect to see a 47 per cent reduction in waste volume by diverting waste to recycling.

“There should also be a 25 per cent reduction in waste collection costs due to emptying our skip bins less frequently, and a significant boost in customer satisfaction, which had been previously rated low,” says Petty Officer Gray.

Dr Bint said they were excited about the early success of the trial.

“The feedback from staff has been overwhelmingly positive, and we’re seeing a measurable impact on efficiency and waste reduction.

“The initial figures suggest that if rolled out across the New Zealand Defence Force, we could save a significant amount annually in waste disposal costs and reduce our environmental footprint.”

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Slippery start for new team fortified by former Ferns Devonport peninsula residents Toni Street and Kayla Johnson are members of a star-studded new team in the Netball North Harbour competition.

Janetta Mackay was there for a truncated first game.

Slippery court conditions led to the abandonment of the first game for a new team stacked with former Silver Ferns who are creating a buzz playing in the Netball North Harbour premier club competition.

Officials blew the final whistle less than halfway through the much-anticipated game last week, after humidity inside the Barfoot & Thompson arena at Onewa Domain led to players slipping on the wooden floor.

The new Swish team – which had its genesis after Bayswater broadcaster Toni Street assembled some of the players for a charity game last year – was up 25-19 against one of the top-seeded teams, Collegiate, when the game ended mid-way through the second quarter.

The other three opening games of the season’s premier one first round were also called off and will be rescheduled.

Former Ferns defender and Devonport resident Kayla Johnson said: “Tonight was terrible. I’m so glad they called it off.”

But she was eager to get back into action this week. Former national coach Yvonne Willering, who was watching, said safety had to come first, but she joked, “It’s probably a good thing it ended before they got tired.”

Johnson, at 33, is the youngest of the former Ferns in the side, which also features Adine Wilson, Anna Harrison, Paula Griffin and Victoria Edwards (nee Edgar), who was away for the first game.

Johnson told the Flagstaff: “I wanted to play netball again, but I didn’t want to play competitively. But in this group we can’t help being competitive.”

Dozens of extra spectators watched from upstairs to see what Swish had to offer. It was obvious that while connections were yet to be formed, the positional play and game smarts means the team will likely be title contenders.

Johnson won plenty of ball in the circle.

Swish is managed by another former Silver Fern, Leonie Leaver, with the lineup rounded out by former premier club and representative players, including Street, who are mostly in their 30s or 40s. “The girls were so nervous,” said Leaver: “But that’s good, you don’t want them coming along cocky.”

Street, who played for Canterbury to under-19 level, did not take the court, due to an ankle roll in a pre-season game. But she said seeing the standard put out there made her apprehensive. “I just feel privileged to be playing with them.”

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club competition for Carmel-Marist in her late 20s, but said her career at TVNZ at the time had prevented her continuing. More recent netball involvement has been coaching the title-winning Belmont Intermediate and Belmont Primary School teams her daughters play in. Co-coach is Belmont insurance broker Nicola Jones.

Both are keen to bring the schoolgirls along to future games. Harrison had her three school-aged children watching, but said they were more into football.

Johnson, who is married to retired Kiwis

and Warriors league star Shaun Johnson, said their two daughters, aged one and four, were too young for the Tuesday evening games.

The family, which moved to Devonport in October 2023, was enjoying life locally, she said, with the girls attending kindergarten.

“We really like it down there, it’s a nice little community.”

Street plans to get her teammates involved in another charity game for the Cancer Society this year.

The Coast radio host says she wants to turn it into a bigger public event.

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Zombies, comics in library head’s book pile Devonport’s new library manager started young as a library volunteer and retains a taste for works aimed at young people. She tells Rob Drent why she believes libraries are here to stay.

Living local... New Devonport Library manager Georgia Charman-White has lived in Belmont for five years, but has been enjoying the easy commute down the peninsula by bus only since March A few fun facts about Devonport Library’s new manager: she loves comic books and horror movies, lives in her grandmother’s house, doesn’t drive and has worked in libraries since she was 16.

Georgia Charman-White started the job in March, but has lived nearby – in Belmont – for the past five years.

Growing up in Avondale (Avondale Primary, Avondale Intermediate and Avon-

dale College) she was always drawn to the Avondale public library and used “to hang out there after school”.

“I pestered and pestered them for a job,” she says.

In year 11 in 2007, she was given a parttime job as a shelver, and she’s been with Auckland Libraries ever since, moving onto full-time roles as library assistant, then in more senior roles in the children and youth

section of New Lynn library, where she also had stints filling in as general manager.

She loved her time as children’s librarian, tending to like the type of books “where kids get eaten…books which kids find entertaining and are engaged.” The zombie genre is another she enjoys.

Charman-White, who commuted to New Lynn from Belmont, now catches the bus for a much shorter journey down to Devonport

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She’s found the library community in Devonport “very different and the space very different from New Lynn”.

Devonport was very interested in its history. “There’s a lot of pride in the community and a great readership. People are very interested in books.”

Since arriving Charman-White has enjoyed discovering the richness of the Devonport Library itself.

For example, she hadn’t known its collection included shelves containing works by Devonport authors. “It’s very cool and exciting that that has a place.”

The library has other special items as well: at the foot of her desk is a box of clothes for the statue outside the entrance which commemorates Benjamin, the long-time library cat.

Charman-White has asked staff if they want another cat on the premises and they are open to the idea, but only if a cat turns up spontaneously and adopts the library as Benjamin did.

Behind the scenes, she has Devonport Library Associates – a supporting organisation that has operated for 70 years, making it the longest-lasting such group in Auckland.

She says it is “highly valuable” in its encouragement of library use and participation.

For her own reading, Charman-White loves comics, particularly in the manga Japanese/Korean style, where books are read from the back to the front.

Possibly reflecting her time as a children’s librarian, she often prefers children’s fiction to fiction written for adults.

As far as novels go, she might sometimes reread Michael Crichton’s The Lost World, a book she enjoyed as a child.

In her spare time she enjoys cooking,

leatherwork and “having arguments with my friends about popular culture”.

She’s also a great fan of comedy horror movies “which have a touch of the ridiculous about them... Death of a Unicorn is a good example.”

As library manager, Charman-White oversees around a dozen staff. While she is finding her feet learning about what the community and library needs, she hopes to implement more programmes for children, youth and adults alike.

Events “to entice people in and encourage engagement” are also something Charmon-White thinks could be expanded.

“Maybe during the summer have a beach day community event... or a spring event.”

At New Lynn, the library was more of a community hub, with markets and programmes for youth.

Overall, she believes libraries have a bright future and will always have a place.

Expectations books would be replaced by e-books and people by artificial intelligence have so far proven off the mark.

“Libraries will weather every change because people want community engagement and the physical copy of a book.”

Technology would move ahead and libraries had moved with it, providing access to digital copies and audio books.

“But people still want to see and feel and smell paper.”

Having dealt with a generally younger assortment of users in New Lynn, she is relaxed about the kind of high spirits young people can bring to library spaces.

“Libraries are for the whole community, and to make people’s lives better. Bad behaviour will not be tolerated, but if we can provide a welcoming environment and people feel safe it makes for a better community.”

“Libraries will weather every change because people want community engagement and the physical copy of a book.”

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WHAT'S HAPPENING at the Devonport Community House in May!

DCH Annual SWAP SHOP 2025 Sunday 18 May | 10AM–1PM

Bring in good-quality adult clothing (in good condition) on weekdays between 9AM and 3PM to earn up to 10 tokens—each token lets you choose one “new-to-you” item on event day.

Swap ‘til you drop! Run out of tokens (or don’t have any)? No worries—items will be available for just $5 each.

We’re also lucky to have Chiasso Coffee popping up to keep you fuelled while you browse!

Carers & Chats Thurs 15 May & Thurs 22 May Devonport Community House

Two talks with Dementia Auckland for carers in the community.

• A session on Understanding Dementia • A session on Brain Health Join us for a cuppa, a chat, and a catchup with other carers to find out what support is available.

Novel & Short Story Writing Weekend Learn to Write Good with author and poet Dominic Hoey Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 May | 10AM–1:30PM each day Intro to Generative AI Thursday 29 May | 7PM

A discussion with Dr Kara Kennedy on artificial intelligence and its impact on our lives and education.

Drawing & Painting with Artist Steve Bolton Starts Monday 19 May | 7PM

A six-week evening course exploring techniques in drawing and painting.

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Anzac Day

May 9, 2025

Young and old gather to honour the fallen More than 1000 people turned out for the Devonport Anzac Day parade down Victoria Rd and service at the ‘Untidy Soldier’ War Memorial, to which a new name was recently added.

Solemn salute... (clockwise from above) Devonport naval base commander Captain Julie Simpkins; Auckland councillor Richard Hills and Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Gavin Busch; Jimmy Jones lays a wreath for Korean veterans; Rebecca Nelson and student singer Milla Rodrigues-Birch, leading the national anthems of New Zealand and Australia. PICTURES: KATHRYN NOBBS

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at traditional main-street parade and service

A special gathering... (clockwise from above) Members of the Wallace family turned out in force following the recent addition of World War I casualty Alan Wallace’s name to the Devonport War Memorial (story, page 3); Stanley Bay School’s Nixon Thompson (left) and Lucas Macklin; Bayswater School pupils Lola Kaufisi and Annie Wilson laying a wreath on behalf of KinderCare in Belmont (with Simon Watts MP in the background at left); Belmont Primary School pupils Cyrus Carmen (standing) and Lucia Morrison.

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The roof and ramp had been replaced in recent years and the weatherboards were next due for attention. Grants were being sought for the work. In the meantime, the damage would be patched up by a builder.

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School News 9 MAY 2025

Veterans remembered at moving Anzac Dusk Service Former Takapuna Grammar School students who died serving their country were honoured at the school’s annual Anzac Dusk Service which brought together students, staff, and families. Each year, the school shares stories of two of the 84 former students who lost their lives. This year, Pilot Officer Ronald Garland Blamires and Gunner Ian Anderson MacKechnie were commemorated. Blamires was at TGS in the early 1930s and had a passion for aviation. He was sadly shot down and killed during a night raid in August 1942. Gunner Ian Anderson MacKechnie was at the school from 1927. He was a member of the New Zealand Artillery and died on 15 April

Pilot Officer Ronald Garland Blamires 1921-1942

1943. Deputy Principal Nick Kingston said the service was a special occasion in the school calendar, ensuring the stories and sacrifices of its former students were never forgotten.

"Each year we read a short story about the lives of two of these men

Gunner Ian Anderson MacKechnie 1913-1943

and read out all of their names.

These names are etched into the memorial windows in the library and in the main block between Te Poho and reception. It is a special service, and most who attend are relatives of these students."

Keira Penny’s Beach Sprints Rowing triumphs and Anzac Day honour Year 13 student Keira Penny had an outstanding holiday season, winning gold medals and proudly representing TGS and New Zealand internationally for Beach Sprints Rowing.

Keira took the gold medal in the U19 Women’s Quad at the NZ National Beach Sprints Championships in Orewa in early April. Following that she represented New Zealand in Malta, where she won gold in the Women’s Quad at the Anzac Regatta.

She also raced in the Women’s Double and Mixed Double events, helping her team secure overall victory.

Off the water, Keira represented Takapuna Grammar at the Anzac Day memorial service in Valletta, Malta.

More success on the water for TGS Takapuna Grammar’s sailing team delivered a standout performance at the Secondary Schools Teams Racing Nationals in New Plymouth, taking on 40 of the top school teams from across the country.

Starting in the Silver Fleet, based on their regional results, the team came out strong, winning all their races in the early rounds and earning a well-deserved spot in the Gold Fleet. The competition was strong but the team sailed exceptionally well, securing several victories and finishing fourth overall.

The leadership and experience of coach and renowned sailor Matt Mason has been invaluable to the team's development. The team is already setting its sights on next year’s Nationals, which will be held in Whangarei.

She wore the medals of her great uncle Sub Lieutenant Philip Wallace Smith who served in WW2.

Also on the water, year 11 student Hamish Brown (pictured with former Emirates Team New Zealand helmsman Peter Burling) delivered an outstanding performance at the NZ Optimist Nationals hosted at Royal Akarana Yacht Club in the holidays. Hamish raced in the highly competitive Open Fleet and secured second place overall. The result elevated him to second in New Zealand.

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Briefs Beach stairs ‘should go’ The broken and closed Westwell Rd stairs to the beach in Belmont are an eyesore and should be removed, says Devonport-Takapuna Local Board deputy chair Terence Harpur. “It looks terrible as you walk along the beach,” he told a recent board meeting. The stairs were damaged in extreme weather events in early 2023. Harpur asked council officers to investigate the cost of removal. The board previously decided against fixing the stairs, instead prioritising repairs to busier coastal stairs at Kennedy Park in Castor Bay.

Dementia info sessions Dementia workshops at the Devonport Community House will be held on Thursday 15 May and on 22 May. The workshops, run in conjunction with Dementia Auckland, will provide information and support for people dealing with family members or friends affected by dementia. Ph 445-3068 to book. Incorrect dates were given in an earlier Flagstaff report.

Rugby lease granted North Shore Rugby Club has been granted a new Auckland Council community lease on the Devonport Domain/Vauxhall sports fields. It has a 10-year term, with a 10-year right of renewal, and will pay the now standard annual council charge of $1300 a year.

Future vision The future of Devonport through the eyes of Auckland University masters architecture students will be on show at an exhibition at the Depot in July.

20 years ago from the Flagstaff files • The Devonport Arts Festival is canned due to lack of support. Organisers hope it will be resurrected.

• Over the Fence, an exhibition of portraits featuring characters who make up the underlying fabric of Devonport, includes depictions of Roger Giles of Devonport Folk Club, Sandra Dameris from the Barber Shop, Stanley Point identity Neil Sagar, Devonport Primary teacher Valda Tokina, writer Kevin Ireland and even Flagstaff editor Rob Drent.

• A $5.5 million-winning Lotto ticket is sold in Devonport but the winner remains a mystery.

• Moves towards the public purchase of the old Devonport Cinema take a major step forward with North Shore City Council voting to initiate “a special consultative procedure” for the project.

• Stanley Bay’s Anna Sheridan (16) heads to Vienna to compete at the World Choral Festival with the Westlake Girls High School choir.

• A cycle lane planned for Lake Rd is flawed, says Devonport Community Board member Roger Brittenden. He

cites safety factors which he said would discourage most cyclists from using the lane.

• The Salvation Army puts its former Citadel in Hastings Pde up for sale. The Devonport congregation has dwindled to 15.

• New Works, an exhibition by Devonport artist Cynthia Taylor, is held at the Flagstaff Gallery.

• Steve O’Reilly is the new Devonport/ Bayswater Community Constable.

• Consents for seawall repairs at Devonport Yacht Club are lodged, almost 18 months after damage was reported to North Shore City Council.

• North Shore Rugby Club’s premier side loses to Marist 25-24 after being up 24-7.

The defeat puts Shore’s top-four hopes in jeopardy.

• North Shore United Football Club premiers striker Layton O’Rourke scores a hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Eastern Suburbs. In a goal feast at Allen Hill Stadium, Shore’s under-19 side also beats Eastern Suburbs, with striker Chris Rendell scoring 10 goals in a 15-2 victory.

Kerr St state-house sale continues Kainga Ora is continuing with plans to move tenants out of six Kerr St homes and sell the properties. The tenants have been told they need to be out by the middle of June.

“We are working with our tenants and supporting them to find alternative Kāinga Ora homes that meet their needs,” a Kainga Ora spokesperson said last week.

Shore rugby dominance rolls on North Shore Rugby Club’s premier rugby side continued its undefeated start to the season with a 65-0 drubbing of Helensville away last Saturday.

Shore takes on Silverdale at Vauxhall Rd

this Saturday 10 May at 2.45pm.

• Meanwhile, North Shore United Football premiers continued their mixed start to the season with 2-1 away loss to Melville in the Northern Regional League championship.

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Devonport Library Ko te pūoro te ngākau o te tangata.

Music is the very heart of a person.

This month, we are celebrating Music Month, Mystery crime writing, Minecraft, the Magnificent Auckland Writers Festival and Mindfulness with tea.

Join us at the Library in May. MUSIC MONTH Our talented new staff member Louise has curated a display relating to local musos AND a fab playlist of our team’s favourite Kiwi music. Come and listen.

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Wednesday May 7th 6:30pm

For the first time, the Ngaio Marsh Mystery in the Library series comes to Devonport.

Prepare for a thrilling evening of criminally good conversation with five talented and best-selling Kiwi crime writers. Diane Robinson chairs a fascinating storytelling panel with Hannah Tunnicliffe, Dr Joanne Drayton, Rose Carlyle, and Dermot Ross.

AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL DISPLAY Get ready for the biggest book event of the year with Murray’s superb display of books by authors from the festival. Plus the very last box of printed programmes!

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Youngsters turning their talents to filmmaking are being given the chance to showcase their work on the big screen.

The Rose Centre Youth Film Fest this Saturday is the first of what is planned to be an annual event at the Belmont venue.

It will feature seven short films submitted in sections for primary, intermediate and secondary students.

The centre’s community engagement manager, Abby Jones, said the festival was designed to involve more young people with the venue.

It was put together with the idea that student filmmakers could shoot something between two to five minutes long over the April school holidays. “The kids get to show their family and friends and to see their film on the big screen.”

The public is welcome to check out the free screening at 4pm.

Entries showed great creativity, said Jones. Filmmakers could choose a category to enter from animation, global, coming of age, good versus evil or imagination.

Prize-winners will be announced at the screening, with items up for grabs including cameras. Judges are The Vic cinema operator Philipp Jaser from Devonport and a young Auckland director, Joshua Strawbridge, who shot his own short film at the Rose Centre.

Artist Cristina Beth scavenged inorganic collections to find the foundation for her colourful artistic exploration of lineage – depicted using fabric-clad canvases.

“I was collecting mattresses off the side of the road,” she says. Specifically, she sought out those with vividly patterned floral covers from the 1970s.

The “privacy of the bed – all the emotions and intimacy that happen there” resonated with her. Colour is an added code.

Beth says it doesn’t get more domestic than the bed. Through repurposing mattress fabrics and overlaying them with painted lines and red thread, she symbolically connects her own and wider stories of women’s identity.

Exploring such themes has long been central to her work, which is on show in Devonport, where she grew up. The exhibition, at Satellite2 Gallery, is called Cameos –a women’s line. It comprises seven large paintings and 18 smaller squares.

The pieces represent the seven generations of her direct family that have lived in Aotearoa, from her great-great-grandmothers to her own granddaughters. “This work is really honouring that line,” she says.

The oval shape of the larger works equates to the size of adults in a foetal position in bed.

It is also a reference to the egg shape, with the female connections this, and cameos, carry.

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MINDFUL TEA CEREMONY

Sunday May 25th 10:30-11:30 and 12:30-13:30

Join us for this calming tea ceremony, hosted by Mindful Peace Academy. Settle your body and mind, enjoy Zen tea and mindful readings for well-being.

First session 10:30-11:30 in English.

Second session 12:30-13:30 in Mandarin.

Free but booking essential via Humantix or at the library desk.

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The Devonport Historical and Museum Society AGM will take place on Sunday 25th May at 3pm We will be celebrating 45 years of the Museum being open.

We will be updating our Constitution, in line with the new legislation, and acknowledging long time members including The Cornelius and Carran-Fletcher Families.

Afternoon tea will be served. All welcome!

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fabric takes on new life in artworks about identity

Each of the large oval canvasses, overlaid in painted stripes, uses a differently coloured mattress fabric, from muted shades for the early forebears whose lives were more constrained by societal expectations, to brighter hues for her own offspring – chosen to represent the fuller range of opportunities they have compared with their predecessors.

Beth’s great-great-grandmothers emigrated with their husbands from Belfast in Northern Ireland and from England. She uses a muted golden shade for the first family arrival: “A thank you for coming to this beautiful place.”

Her own mother’s oval is a deeper, more complex red, but for herself the chosen colour is a pink floral print.

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“I feel like I’ve been a bit of a link breaker – from that [earlier] generation,” she says.

The soft shade also fits with being seen by the family as a peacemaker, says the keen op-shopper, who is coincidentally wearing a paisley shirt she picked up in similar shades.

Her collector and maker’s eye is also in evidence in how she uses thread on her smaller works. “Red threads talk about life and bloodlines,” she says. Stitching is in the family, too. Her mother was a machinist and one grandmother a tailoress. The crochet work of one of her daughters – including a quirky lobster and a blanket – is part of a gallery window display that speaks of craft and heritage.

Her own art skills were developed when, after the break-up of her 18-year marriage, she was on her own with three children in her 40s, but decided to enrol at Elam art school at the University of Auckland.

“I put a whole lot of money on my mortgage,” she explains. But she has no regrets about the challenging time, saying her mother, who was made to leave school early, was particularly supportive.

Beth obtained a Masters of Fine Art and held exhibitions of her work, including two at the Depot in Devonport in 2012 and 2017.

She loved returning to the place where she spent her early years.

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Lies We Tell (R16) Ocean with David Attenborough (PG) Thunderbolts* (M) Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds (E) Green Angels (M) The People We Love (M) The Accountant 2 (R16) Small Things Like These (M) The Penguin Lessons (M)

SPECIAL EVENTS & NEW RELEASES

As a child in the 1960s she lived at Fort Cautley when her father was in the military. She has happy memories of walking to Vauxhall School, family events at the base, the gardens, and lots of time spent at Narrow Neck Beach. “I love the ambience of Devonport.”

Connecting back to the community and to the themes of her work are particularly welcome following a head injury suffered in a fall several years ago. She still has to watch over-exposure to sound and light.

But her focus on detail remains. She spent years as a picture framer, which led to her starting an art restoration business, which she still runs, alongside being a yoga practitioner. She finds parallels with her art practice, in both. “A lot of the work is about repetition,” she says.

The discipline of painting straight lines and applying threads becomes a meditation.

The fascination she finds is when the small things, the mundane, become extraordinary.

“When you start doing it, it takes on its own life.”

Looking for discarded mattresses is harder now. “All the modern mattresses you can’t take the fabric off – and they’re so plain.”

• Cameos – a women’s line, at Satellite2 gallery, 61a Victoria Rd, this month.

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