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Video store to shut down after 30 years …p9

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Coastal landslip close to Ryman development site A landslide at the base of Ryman Healthcare’s proposed large-scale retirement development on Ngataringa Rd was one of several incidents of local coastal erosion

apparently triggered by recent bad weather. rain caused by Cyclones Debbie and Cook.

The slip along the marginal strip below Slips along the Devonport peninsula’s western bays, as well as on coastal cliffs the former Wakakura Block in Ngataringa to the east, followed long periods of heavy To page 5

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Flagstaff up for top newspaper award The Devonport Flagstaff has been judged one of the best community newspapers in the country.

The paper is a finalist for the Community Newspaper Of the Year at the Canon Media Awards.

It is the only newspaper north of Taupo to make the shortlist of six.

Also on the shortlist are: the Feilding-Rangitikei Herald, the Kaikoura Star, the Oamaru Mail, The Star (Christchurch) and The Star (Dunedin).

The competition is open to the 200-plus community newspapers across the country.

The Flagstaff has been selected ahead of

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many larger and better resourced papers and multiple winners of the award including the Whakatane Beacon, Mountain Scene and the Rodney Times, as well as local paper the North Shore Times.

The Flagstaff has featured prominently in the New Zealand Community Newspaper Association awards over the past 20 years.

But it is the first time it has been shortlisted for the Canon Media Awards, or its predecessor the Qantas Awards, although owner-editor Rob Drent and reporter Maire Vieth were both finalists for the Community Reporter Award two years ago.

This year’s winners will be announced at a gala dinner on 19 May. The Flagstaff is in its 25th year of publication, and has just passed the 500th edition under Drent, who will have been at the helm for 20 years in October.

Drent said he was proud the Flagstaff had been recognised. “We are probably one of the smallest community newspapers in the country, and we’re independent. So to get shortlisted is amazing for us and for Devonport.

“We’ve always tried to do the basics well and hold council and the powers that be to account, rather than get distracted by social media and clickbait,” he said. “It hasn’t always made me the most popular person in Devonport, but I’m sure people would miss the Flagstaff if it was gone.”

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Grease goes green at TGS

Green is the word… Six of the cast members from the TGS production of Grease: (left to right) Gabe Jones (Danny), Ben Sawyer (Doody), Claudia Toxopeus (Patty), Felicity Lewis (Sandy), Bradon Houston (Kenickie) and Frank Johnson (Roger) Sustainability is to the fore in the upcoming “carbon responsible” Takapuna Grammar School production of Grease, with the school’s Environmental Group paring down the show’s carbon footprint to the bare minimum.

Props and costumes are made from recycled materials, biodegradable cups are being used on performance nights, a new rubbish-bin system at the school is to be launched at the same time and people attending the show will be asked to carpool.

Head Boy Harvey Merten plays Teen Angel and is also a member of the Environmental Group.

“We have worked all of last year to get a new three-bin recycling system for the school.

We just got eight of those bins approved and Grease will be the first time, we are using them.

It will reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfill as a result of the event,” he says.

Hazel Escott, who plays Marty, says recycling will be a big part of the event nights.

“We serve drinks in biodegradable cups and will not buy any packaged food. It’s homemade popcorn and home-baked brownies, old-style American,” she says.

Enviro Group member Grace Cowley plays the electric guitar in the show band. She says props and costumes are being recycled as well.

“We borrow them from people’s homes, buy them at op shops or use those from previous shows,” she says.

Energy-saving measures are also under way, says Harvey.

“We ask all the students to either carpool, bike or walk to the rehearsals to reduce our carbon emissions. The carpooling is working well since we all rehearse at the same time in mass rehearsals on Wednesday night and Sunday afternoon,” he says.

And for the audience, “the limited parking at the school will encourage it even more,” he says.

“Most of our stage lights will be LED which are a lot more energy-efficient,” says Harvey.

“For advertising and promotion, we try to stick to digital and reduce waste, not waste paper on posters and flyers,” he says.

The musical itself is also somewhat recycled.

TGS students performed Grease at the Bruce Mason Centre nine years ago.

Bruce De Grut, head of the school’s Performing Arts Department, says there is plenty of new talent at the school this time round. “Our chorus is pretty good. It calls for 17 singers, but we will have 130.”

De Grut says the school’s new Musical Theatre teacher Robert Dil is adding fresh energy to the production as well.

The production’s environmental focus is being rewarded with a $5000 grant from the Devonport Community Recycling Centre, whose staff have been advising the students on their eco-friendly approach.

Andrew Walters, managing director of the centre, says the grant comes with strings attached. “Our staff will help the enviro group calculate the environmental impact of Grease.

We will look at the energy used, the waste created and the distances travelled and then decide on what is the most appropriate measure to offset the carbon footprint,” he says.

“It might be a solar panel at the school, some trees or something else entirely, depending on what the outcome is,” he said.

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Visitor information pop-up site for World Masters Games Devonport residents are setting up a popup information centre for the World Masters Games – filling a gap left by council stalling.

It was hoped a permanent visitor information centre would be established at the old council building at 3 Victoria Rd before the games, which run in Auckland from 21 to 30 April.

But it has been held up for various reasons – the latest is that Council can not provide a lease due to the need for earthquakestrengthening.

The Devonport Business Association has decided to set up an operation with volunteer

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ambassadors anyway. It opens in the front section of the building from 21 April.

Business Association chairperson Dianne Hale said: “The debate is ongoing, but in true Devonport spirit we have volunteers who are willing to provide their services for the 10 days that the games will run.”

Rebecca McMillan (former Devonport Community House manager) is facilitating the operation and has contacted all the people who emailed the business association wanting to be volunteers.

“We really appreciate the support that we received (in excess of 35 volunteers), and their

enthusiasm to see some form of information centre operating out of our precious heritage building” said Hale.

Volunteers will wear a badge featuring a large ‘i’.

The centre will be open daily between 10am and 4pm until April 30.

“We will welcome visitors, both local and from further afield, and we will encourage our locals if they are in or around the village to pop in and say hello,” said Hale.

Despite the earthquake-strengthening issue, council-paid employees are currently working on the first floor of the building.

Coastal landslips across the peninsula

Rd occurred near the Wesley St end of the site. The top of the slip is only metres from Ryman Healthcare’s fenceline. Earth and vegetation was strewn across the path through Mary Barrett Glade, also known as Polly’s Park.

By last Monday, a local resident had cleared the path. Orange cones and tape were put up to alert walkers to the top of the slip.

Another large slip occurred directly underneath the recently restored set of public stairs from Seacliffe Ave to Westwell Beach.

Debris landed against the new bottom steps, which appeared to have been bent by the pressure. The steps were previously closed off for three summers after a cliff fall nearby.

Further north, large pine trees fell from the clifftop onto St Leonard’s Beach. Trees were also uprooted from the cliff north of Narrow Neck Beach.

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Fundraising highlights growing support for Ryman fight Locals are putting their money where their mouths are in their support of the appeal against the Ryman Healthcare development.

Two months after the Devonport Peninsula Precinct Society (DPPS) appealed the resource consent decision on Ryman’s large-scale retirement village development on Ngataringa Rd, the group is almost halfway to its fundraising goal of $75,000 to pay for legal fees.

The Great Lake Road Yard Sale, the first of a number of fundraisers planned by the group, raised $19,000. A Givealittle page set up in March had reached $14,785 last week.

DPPS volunteer Trish Deans says locals were unbelievably generous with their yard sale donations. “The passion of people who want to be part of this was quite overwhelming. We got completely overloaded with donations for a couple of moments there,” she says.

Most items were sold. A car donated by Ngataringa Rd resident Marinka Teague sold for $2500 to a Canadian couple who had just arrived in New Zealand, she says. Many of the smaller goods, such as books, clothes and bric a brac sold as well, she says.

Deans kept aside a couple of special items she wants to auction off. “A set of Victorian garden tiles and a print by Samoan-New Zealand artist Fatu Feu-u will be properly evaluated before we sell them,” she says.

Di Humphreys, another DPPS volunteer, says all leftover donations were passed on to the City Mission or the Devonport Recycling Centre. “It was such a fun atmosphere with a real community spirit. It helped that we had luck with the weather too,” she said.

The DPPS, together with Urban Auckland and the New Zealand Institute of Architects

Auckland Branch, filed an Environment Court appeal to the consent granted to Ryman Healthcare in March. The parties are currently in mediation.

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Above: Jonathan Cutler and Christine Hansen staff the stalls.

Left: DPPS volunteers (left to right) Iain Rea, Simon O’Brien and Alan McNatty stand shoulder to shoulder.

Below: Dinah Saxby added a treasure to her collection of Ruby Ferguson horse books.

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Final cut: video store winds to a close Devonport’s video shop is set to close after 30 years of trading.

Co-owner Bruce Wilson said competition from services like Sky and Netflix meant it was impossible for the Clarence St business to carry on.

“It’s really disappointing as I’ve been operating the store most of my life...in the current climate, we cannot run a business from these premises.

“We’ve got a loyal bunch of customers – but it is a sign of the times and the way people watch movies.”

Network Video, which closes on 8 May, currently has two other owners – Bill Wilson and Lianne Brock.

Bruce Wilson, who bought the shop in 1991, said it had been operating for about five years prior to that. The colourful Cloris McCorkindale served behind the counter for more than 20 years, and was immortalised in Jimmy Hart’s song Sunday in Devonport.

Wilson said Cloris had previously worked at a video shop at Cheltenham. Videos had also been hired out of the Esplanade for a time.

One of the enduring memories of the shop will be its children’s section, designed by artist Dion Hitchens 20 years ago. For some years, Lord Wrigley (aka Wilson), who lived in

the North Head tunnels, would come down to the shop on Saturdays to tell the children stories.

The most popular movies or series over time have been Lord of The Rings, Game of Thrones, and The Sopranos.

Wilson said there were plenty of lighter moments, like the time he confronted an Air New Zealand pilot at LA airport over his overdue fines. While there was no record of the worst fine offender, the “Navy boys were shockers over the years. We loved them and they were great customers, but taking care of CDs wasn’t top of their priority list.”

A sale of the shop’s estimated 20,000 DVDs is planned. Investigations were being made into a smaller film-club operation, but nothing is confirmed, Wilson said.

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Ejecting... Bruce Wilson is shutting up shop be trialled after the closure. Wilson, however, will not be lost to retail completely as he is still a co-owner of the Devonport Village Shoe shop.

AT stalls on Lake Rd and get nudge from Goff Auckland Transport’s desire for secrecy seems to be causing further delays on Lake Rd. Auckland Council’s transport arm has long opposed the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board’s preference to hold meetings in public.

Now Auckland Tranport’s attitude has caused a month-long delay to the board being briefed on the Indicative Business Case (IBC), a fresh look at options to address the congested road’s ongoing issues.

Board chair Grant Gillon says when he asked Auckland Transport (AT) for

the report at an upcoming public briefing, the transport agency refused and instead scheduled a secret briefing to be held in April at its own CBD offices.

At the local board’s meeting on 11 April, Gillon informed members that the IBC meeting had been moved to Takapuna and would be open to the public after all, after Mayor Phil Goff had lent his support to the board.

Gillon said: “At a recent chair’s meeting, the Mayor said he wanted AT to engage with the public more. I told him how we had

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“The Mayor said in his view the Lake Rd meeting should be public and that we should talk to his office if AT digs its heels in,” he said.

Last Friday, the Mayor told the Flagstaff: “I am pleased to advise that Auckland Transport and the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board have met and agreed that the meeting will be conducted publicly.”

No date for the May briefing had been set by the time the Flagstaff went to press.

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actively supported by Barry, the Minister of Conservation. Lake Rd is a difficult piece of the Auckland transport puzzle to solve.

Let’s start small as well as big. Use Lake Rd as a public-transport pilot project, aimed at finding solutions that can be spread over Auckland’s other problem arterial routes.

Barry needs to take the lead with her Imagine a city-to-airport rail link just parliamentary colleagues to tackle transport about to open. And so too a cross-harbour difficulties in her electorate. tunnel with trains to the North Shore, and Labour’s housing spokesperson Phil a tramline down the Devonport peninsula to the ferry building, with a connection to Twyford has opposed a public reserve at Pt England being carved up as part of a Treaty Akoranga train station.

All are needed now, and all would have of Waitangi settlement. Twyford, along with been possible with decent planning and others, argued Auckland can ill afford to lose budget committment from Auckland councils its open space.

Flashback to 2012 when the same Phil and, more importantly, the government.

The dire state of Auckland’s infrastructure Twyford was very reticent about commenting – especially its public transport system – was at all on a government law change which laid out plainly in a recent Weekend Herald allowed 3.2ha of land at Narrow Neck, article by Bernard Orsman. Population earmarked for parkland, to be sold off to predictions for Auckland have been woefully Maori in a Treaty settlement.

Here’s what the Flagstaff said at the inadequate and we are decades behind where time: “Labour has been strangely silent on we need to be.

The interview with new Auckland Mayor the Tamaki-land issue. The Flagstaff sent Phil Goff outlined well the problems facing out questions (in 2012) on the subject to the council: essentially not enough council Labour’s Auckland issues spokesperson money to do the work quickly enough; too Phil Twyford (among others). This was many people flooding into Auckland; and not his response: ‘Hi Rob. Apologies for not enough commitment from the government replying sooner. We are not commenting.’ Is this really good enough from an opposition for rail in Auckland.

Goff is advocating a petrol charge (not party? Surely a controversial government currently supported by the government) to decision is worthy of some debate?”

Labour has been criticised by Maori for help pay for the infrastucture. The old mantra of tidying up decades-old poor planning is opposing the Pt England Treaty settlement.

Is the sudden change of heart in a marginal trotted out.

The trouble is Phil Goff was the MP for Mt seat a sign of vote-grabbing by Labour? Not Roskill for around 30 years, and a member much point in ruffling Maori feathers over of Helen Clark’s Labour government from a Treaty settlement in Devonport – a safe National seat.

1999 to 2008.

These were the years big decisions should A reader has written in asking what have been mad by the government to get Auckland’s public transport system up and happened over the council decision not to notify our neighbours oversize renovations. running.

I wasn’t expecting a full mea culpa Our planning expert has advised that the from Goff in the Herald article, but some council officer’s investigation into the admission that he was not without blame application was poor. But if we appealed the decision we would have only a moderate would have been nice.

Auckland MPs tend to fall into a black chance of success regarding shading, as hole when they head down to Wellington. the new addition complies with height-toWe are now focusing on national issues, boundary rules.

However, the site coverage (just under 50 they say. Well Auckland’s transport woes are a national issue. Among other things, per cent) that was allowed at the discretion of the city is the biggest tax generator for the the council planning officer, was a different government – if it goes further into gridlock matter, according to our planner. This should the country’s economic base is threatened. have been publicly notified as it sets a The public doesn’t necessarily care precedent of what can be crammmed onto where the massive amounts of funding smaller sections for nearby streets, and in fact needed for the public transport system come the whole of Devonport’s historic zone south from. Whether it comes from rates or the of the golf course.

The cost of a challenge – which would mean government is a moot point. We pay for it going to the High Court for a judicial review – all anyway. was estimated at $40,000, possibly more with On a local front, North Shore MP Maggie costs included, and was unaffordable for us.

Barry, who is clearly frustrated with Lake Overall, I hope our disappointment with the Rd, needs to do more. Moves to make the council has raised awareness of the way its Devonport peninsula predator-free have been officers are dealing with planning applications.

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April 21, 2017

The Devonport Flagstaff Page 15

Land giveaways as bad as confiscations from Maori It was an irony to read of Rob Drent’s issues with council given the parallels with the Ryman affair. The issue is the same.

The catastrophic scale of Ryman’s antics is beyond Rob’s probs, but that does not make Rob’s complaint any less legitimate.

With Ryman, it was a preconceived idea to settle a Treaty claim using Navy-occupied areas, which are publicly owned lands – our lands.

I agree with settling claims and have no issue with the Treaty, assuming it is a valid document we are legally bound to. This settlement’s validity needs to be addressed at the same time as we address the activities of the so-called independent commissioners and council, who have conspired to create the situation Devonport faces – mass environmental degradation.

Have iwi already promised Ryman the Navy land at Vauxhall Rd, too? That block is worth around $100 million given its grandstand views. How much did we actually owe iwi? No one has explained the settlement sums or any of the detail to us. Whose idea was this land transfer, anyway? Whose idea was it to rezone sensitive coastal lands for Ryman? These are publicly owned assets, being given away in secret deals at giveaway values.

When this city is debt-ridden and trafficchoked, we have officials, MPs and cronies giving away assets for a pittance .

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intensification was agreed for massive developers’ gains on iwi handouts. Were the rezones schemed on select coastal areas at Ngataringa and Vauxhall Rds with Ryman’s 150-year leases already conceived?These two sites are the only two high-density zones on the coast on the Shore.

This is exactly a repeat of Bayswater Marina. Our MPs, government departments and key council people don’t have the legal rights to give away public lands cheap. We need a court injunction to hold the developers off. This deal needs to be reversed. Precedents are being set.

The appeal against the Ryman development needs to address the generosity of the land given away. We need a court order to hold back these developments while it is investigated.

I don’t believe there is any legal format that can allow Land Information New Zealand, council, councillors, Treaty settlement people and Navy to give away such vast wealth. It’s as bad as land confiscations early politicians did on Maori.This settlement deal is ironically a confiscation, when you think about it.

Local board member Mike Cohen said to me the other day that council did not oppose Ryman or retirement villages.Neither do we.

We oppose non-compliance, giveaways, degradation, cross-congestion, backroom deals and exploitation of the elderly.

Ron Dykman (Abridged, Editor)

Heritage busybodies group Could I suggest Trish Deans and Margot McRae that they name their new heritage group the Devonport Interfering Busybodies Society [DIBS].

Perhaps we should insist that this new group sets up a trust account, so that when they next practise ‘lawfare” against private property owners they have funding to pay for court costs and not have to take reprehensible actions to avoid court-imposed payment.

I just hope that the other 23 members of the new society realise that by associating with Deans and McRae they face the risk of being

Freedom of the press I am writing to find out the progress regarding your neighbours’ house extensions. which is over plan density. class times website Referring to V Stewart’s letteron(Flagstaff, March 10) which infers you are using your position as editor to paint what is happening to you, I would say ‘we have freedom of the press in this country and long may it remain.’

By printing V Stewart’s letter it showed editorial balance on the subject.

Jennifer Lord • I have included a brief update in my column, this issue. Editor

tarred with the same brush. Do they realise that this new group has zero credibility on heritage matters in Devonport? I doubt that there will be any room for “positive celebration” and DIBS will default to being a watchdog and interfering in an owner’s use of their private property. According to DIBS, how terrible that the council focuses on the owner’s needs rather than the demands of heritage busybodies.

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Lucky escape for Devonport teenagers Three teenagers – believed to be Takapuna Grammar School students – were taken to hospital after a car crash on Saturday at Narrow Neck, which left more than 700 homes without power.

The car crashed into a power pole on Vauxhall Rd, just south of Ascot Ave at around 8.15 pm.

St John Ambulance Service said it received a call at 8.21pm and staff arrived at the scene at 8.45pm. By that stage fire officers had already freed the occupants from the vehicle. A St John spokesman said two ambulances attended the incident. One person with serious injuries and one person with moderate injuries were taken to Auckland Hospital; one person with moderate injuries was taken to North Shore Hospital.

Electricity was restored quickly to most homes, but just under 100 houses were still without power at 6.30am on Sunday.

Police refused to answer questions sent by the Flagstaff, other than to say the accident was being investigated by the Serious Crash Unit.

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April 21, 2017

Battling Belmont boarder stands up to be counted World-champion stand-up paddleboarder Penelope Strickland is taking six months off work to compete across Europe and the US. With little sponsorship support, she aims to be top of the world rankings by September. She spoke to Maire Vieth.

Belmont’s Penelope Strickland went to the world stand-up paddleboard (SUP) championships in Fiji last November as an underdog – and came home a champion.

Her surprise win in the four-kilometre Technical Race came less than four years after she learned to paddleboard.

Now she is embarking on an international tour of events, with the goal of securing a world number-one ranking.

A world-ranked swimmer in her teens and 20s, Strickland, 38, attributes her meteoric rise in paddleboarding to one simple principle – persevere when the going gets tough.

The world champs was a case in point.

Strickland was up against athletes in their 20s from the US, France and Australia, the strongest nations in the sport.

She had been a late addition to the New Zealand team, after another competitor dropped out. Two weeks before the International Surfing Association event in Fiji, she received a Facebook message from the national team’s manager asking if she was fit. Strickland, who finished second in the New Zealand SUP nationals in February 2016, was officially selected just five days before leaving for Fiji.

She was the only fully self-funded athlete at the Fiji start line. “I had my old board, which was held together with packing tape, nail polish and bog. It’s heavy and battered.

It looks a bit like an old great white shark and the race official who weighed and measured it just laughed at me,” she says.

Slipping under the radar had its advantages.

“I wasn’t targeted by anyone. No one was right up next to me trying to push me out of the way. I just did my own thing and surprised everyone, including myself.”

Strickland is not a fair-weather sailor – on the water or in life. “I think the reason why I have become pretty good at SUP so quickly is that I don’t wait for good weather. It’s really hard to train in the middle of winter when it’s a 20-knot onshore wind and there are no other

Ruling the waves… Penelope Strickland only started paddleboarding less than four years ago paddlers out there, but I do it. I actually look for the worst weather,” she says.

When interviewed by the Flgstaff, Strickland was still on a high from paddling during the rough weather brought by Cyclone Debbie. She regards extreme weather as an opportunity, especially with an island-toisland race in Hawaii in her sights.

“In Auckland, a cyclone combined with easterly winds is really the only time I can train for Hawaii. When the swell comes through Rangitoto and Waiheke, it can get really big and replicate the conditions there,”

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Braving the weather is how she learns. “If I am not falling in, then I am not pushing myself hard enough. I think it’s something that comes with age. When I was younger, if I wasn’t amazing at something, I didn’t want to do it. Now, I like the challenge of learning things, and part of that is putting yourself in tricky situations.”

Strickland says her happiest training runs are the 30 kilometres from Waiheke to Te Atatu, with the wind at her back.

Often paddling on her own, Strickland is safety conscious. “When I do a big run I always take a waist-pack life jacket with me, a flare, my phone, and a leash so I am tied to my board.”

In the next six months, Strickland is certain to come across all sorts of weather. Her world tour starts with the West Marine Carolina Cup in North Carolina in the US on April 22. It is followed by 10 Euro Tour events in Greece, Belgium, France, Spain, Germany and the Canary Islands. In late July, she heads to Hawaii for the 52-kilometre Molokai2Oahu race.

It will be her fourth consecutive year competing at the Hawaii event. She has twice been the third-fastest woman. “It’s a race unlike any other. When you take off, you can’t see land on the other end and the wind

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Strickland then goes on to compete in Oregon, Denmark and the Netherlands in August and September, followed by her last event at the Pacific Paddle Games in California on September 29.

Most of the races qualify for world-ranking points. Strickland’s top five results will go towards her overall world ranking. “To put that in perspective, I am currently ranked Number 23 in the world after one race.

Imagine where I could be if I had done five.

I don’t think there is a reason why I can’t be number one,” she says.

Strickland enjoyed previous international success when she placed third at the 2015 world championships in Mexico. But a health issue has since made it difficult for her to compete on the world stage.

She remembers not feeling well at the event. “I looked like I was pregnant and I was feeling really exhausted, both of which I put down to ageing for a while,” she says.

Four months later, Strickland was diagnosed with a fast-growing ovarian cyst.

It weighed seven kilograms by the time it was surgically removed at the end of that year.

“When I was younger, if I wasn’t amazing at something, I didn’t want to do it. Now, I like the challenge of learning things, and part of that is putting yourself in tricky situations.”

Strickland watched SUP races online from her hospital bed. “And I wanted to be there so badly,” she says. Determined to compete in the New Zealand SUP nationals held at Omaha in February 2016, she cut her recovery time short.

Strickland placed second in the women’s long-distance race, but she also ended up back in hospital. “In the last race, I took my board to my stomach, which is not an uncommon thing to happen, but it’s not good when you have stitches.”

She says going around buoys in a SUP race can resemble a demolition derby. “There are always a few people at the buoy at the same time. Someone usually comes off. There are no holds barred in racing.”

Strickland, the youngest of three siblings,

was born and bred in Devonport. She discovered her love for the water early on.

“My dad got me into swimming. I remember him taking us to the Takapuna pool on Christmas Eve to tire us out so we wouldn’t stay up waiting for Santa. I learned to swim at the little swim school in Belmont. I swam my first 100 metres at the Parnell Baths,” she says.

Strickland joined the North Shore Swimming Club. At age 12, she won a bronze medal at the nationals in Dunedin.

Her favoured events were the 400m and 800m freestyle.

“It all moved quite quickly. All of a sudden I qualified for Division One and all of a sudden I ended up getting third and the next year I won.”

At 14, she made the junior team for a trination series against Australia and Japan. At 17, she won the 800m and 1500m freestyle at the national champs.

Strickland struggled after leaving school.

She joined the University of Canterbury swimming team but says she had a hard time in class. She wanted to become a lawyer, but struggled to put in the work required for it.

At the end of the year, Strickland broke two ribs in a poolside accident and her life began to unravel.

“It was like a domino effect. I tried to train through the broken ribs and my immunity got really low. I got strep A, strep C, tonsillitis and was sick for almost a year.

“When I had my tonsils out, I couldn’t eat but kept training.”

Strickland developed anorexia, which turned into bulimia. “All of a sudden life became really difficult,” she says.

She moved back to her parents’ Devonport house, working at the Stone Oven during the day and as a bartender in nightclubs.

At 23, she followed a friend overseas to work as a chef on super yachts.

For the next seven years, she worked on boats sailing around Europe, America and French Polynesia. “My last boat was an exploration vessel owned by a French family.

We were in Tahiti for six months.”

She says it took her most of her time away to fully recover from her eating issues. Today, she is philosophical about it. “You have to put up with the rain if you want to see the rainbow,” she says.

Strickland returned to New Zealand in 2010. She now lives in Belmont, next door to one of her former classmates, who is married to one of her former colleagues at the Stone Oven. “We have all come back,” she says.

She works as national sales manager for Bluerock, a food-importing company in Onehunga. She is grateful she can take the next six months off work. “They have been super-supportive of me ever since I started there.

“And after what I went through last year, I have decided not to put things off any more, because it’s not ever going to be perfect,” she says.

She practises what she preaches – perseveres and braves the weather.

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The Accidental Carer is a concise book of practical and philosophical advice. It talks about how to best manage visitors, how to assemble a home-care team, how to deal with the questions of friends, and also how to live in the moment, ask confronting questions and avoid feeling trapped in the role.

Capper says while the terminally ill are cared for by medical professionals, those looking after them at home are like “ghosts in the medical system.” Home-carers tend to struggle through the challenges of burnout, loneliness and financial strife on their own.

Capper wants to change that. “Accidental carers often find themselves underprepared for the job. I hope my book fills that gap,” she says.

Capper has hands-on experience. Her husband Mike was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer five years ago. “That was a huge life change for both of us,” says Capper, who cared for Mike for his remaining three years, as his health deteriorated, improved, plateaued and deteriorated again.

Capper found herself in unfamiliar territory looking after Mike. “It’s different from caring for children, different from working as a nurse.

It’s a challenge of grief and uncertainty,” she says.

But she found her way through it and learnt a few things on the way. “For example, our granddaughter Minna became a part of the home-care team we assembled. Her weekly sleepovers taught us about living in the moment,” she says.

“I realised that I actually had choices.

For example, if I didn’t have to provide all the personal care myself, there were professionals who would. I also made new friends. It can be surprising who shows up at your doorstep in times like this,” she says.

Capper learned that “being naughty” was good. “Mike loved to swim and when his doctors said he shouldn’t we ignored them.

He just went and floated. It added a bit of spice to the whole thing,” she says The uncertainty of a terminal illness is hard to live with for carers as well, she says. “When doctors say they don’t know and that every patient is different, they say it because it’s true.” But the often unprecise nature of an illness progression adds to the difficulties, she says.

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The Devonport Flagstaff Page 26 ACCOMMODATION A beautiful Cheltenham home close to the beach, shops and cafes for rent for two months from 1 June to 31 July 2017. Fully furnished, renovated, open plan, sunny, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, central heating.

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Cheltenham Beach Studio.

Stunning studio with new fit-out only metres from the beach. Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Self-contained with separate access and private garden. WiFi included. Phone Mike 021 747 526.

Classy 3 bedroom, 2 full bath, fully furnished Devonport house on Achilles Reserve near Narrow Neck. More information go to www.devonporttuihouse.weebly.com or www.sabbaticalhomes.com.

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Holiday Accommodation, Bayswater. Norwood studio. Private, well presented. $95 per night. Ph 446 1203. flexmans@gmail.com Holiday Accommodation Cheltenham, absolute beachfront. One double and two singles, shady setting, everything supplied.

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House for rent Belmont Fully furnished available from June to September.

Four bedroom, 2 bathrooms. Sea views close to local schools. Ph:Vicki 021 445623, prastos7@ gmail.com Office space to Let - Central Devonport Village $165 per week plus GST plus utilities. 18 m sq, shared use of outside deck, great views. ph 021 0200 7473 Adrienne Relatives visiting? Spacious garden studio with en-suite and kitchenette; minutes to Narrow Neck beach. Reasonable rates.

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Stunning Cheltenham Beach Cottage, metres from the beach. Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Beautifully refurbished, one bedroom, self-contained cottage with a private garden. Phone Rebekah 027 694 3933 or email devonportbeks@gmail.com FOUND Keys Outside 36 Church St. Rob’s ladders and bike on key tag. Pick1 up from the new visitor centre on Victoria Rd. REST HOMES Ascot House Retirement Home, quality care with dignity in a friendly, family atmosphere. Phone Shona, 445 2518.

Komatua Care Centre – We care for older people who have memory loss

and behavioural difficulties. Professional care is given in a nurturing environment. For all enquiries phone 445 1707.

Palm Grove Rest Home: A Non-Institutional style home providing compassionate, holistic care. Soul food and good people. Call Julia Nessim: 445-0009.

SERVICES OFFERED A deck builder. Available now. Free quotes/advice.

Workmanship guaranteed.

Competitive rates. Quality materials. References. Ph Simon today 476 2107, 020 476 2107.

A gardener is available: Weeding, pruning, tidying.

Regular help. Reasonable rates. Ph Simon today 476 2107, 020 4762107.

A painter is available now.

Free quotes and advice.

References. Workmanship guaranteed. Competitive rates. Quality materials.

Interior/ Exterior/ Small jobs. Ph Simon today 476 2107, 020 476 2107.

A premium cleaning service weekly/fortnightly.

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Amazing home cleaning including windows. 15 years experience. References available phone 442 2273, 027 492 6220 At Your Request Home Cleaning. Our local team is ready to deliver 5-Star services in your home for weekly cleaning, spring, moving or open-home cleaning.

Call Yvonne for a free quote phone 415 0028.

Builder available Small-job specialist, repairs and maintenance. Skilled, reliable and local. Please phone Clive Melling. Hm 445 2485, Mob 027 29 222 84.

Cleaning Maid Easy Use own cleaning p r o d u c t s a n d g e a r.

Reliable/trustworthy/mature lady. References available Please contact Sharon - 021 405 596.

Cleaning services. 13 years’ experience, husband and wife, honest, reliable, careful workers.

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Ref available. Phone Joyce 022 073 1550.

Curtains & Roman Blinds Free measure, quote and design advice. 20 years’ experience. Phone Sara 027 625 5844.

Deck Doctor Will re-clad or repair damaged decks. Free quotes and advice. Good references. High quality work at a reasonable rate.

Workmanship guaranteed.

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Devonport upholstery.

Recover specialist. Antiques and contemporary styles.

Recycling furniture for 36 years. John Hancox. Phone: 446 0372.

Classifieds SERVICES OFFERED Devonport Window Repairs. Sash and casement windows, wooden doors.

Rotten sills and window components repaired or replaced. General carpentry.

For your local window specialist. Phone Hubert Strang 446 6174 or 021 274 4191.

Dog grooming available. Full groom, bath and blow dry, puppy introduction to grooming. Devonport-based.

Call Barbara 021 141 0331.

G a r d e n e r Av a i l a b l e Qualified and experienced landscape designer. Enjoys getting his hands dirty. Good plant knowledge. Hard-working, reliable and creative with plantings. Contact Paddy 022 502 2122 or 446 6188 paddyvogt@gmail.com Gardening. Do you need regular help? No time for a tidy-up? Let me help.

Experienced gardener. Ph Carolyn on 446 6517 or 027 292 8167 for a free onsite consultation.

Garden Maintenance.

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Call Paula, Mint Gardens Ltd, 0274 127 180 Handyman. Mature professional in Devonport, Bayswater area. Repairs, painting, those jobs you just don’t have time to do. Free quote. References. Ph. Brian 021 150 8898.

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SERVICES OFFERED Housewashing, prof. service, 10 years-plus experience, reliable and prompt.

Free quotes, also decks, driveways, paths, fences, roof moss treatments etc.

Phone Rod 021 390 800.

Inside house cleaner Devonport, Belmont, Takapuna and Milford area. Phone Chris at Lifestyle Plus on 09 488-7279 or 027-245-6264.

Or you can email chris@ lifestyleplusltd.nz Landscaping – Format Landscapes, 18 years’ experience, Dip. Landscape Design. Design and build.

We undertake all aspects of hard and soft landscaping including decks, paving, fences, retaining walls, planting etc. Small to large projects. Free quote w w w . f o r m a t landscapes.co.nz.

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Painting, decorating, restoration, reasonable rates ph Bernard 445 8816, 021 0255 5456.

Section services Trees: p r u n e d , r e m o v e d .

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SITUATION VACANT Family in Devonport are on the hunt for a wonderful, fit, enthusiastic Teacher Aide/ Carer with their angelic six-year-old daughter with global developmental delay.

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Start date ASAP. Please contact Jasmine on 021 375050 or jasmine@ jasmineplatt.co.nz for more information.

TUITION Art Classes, Devonport artist available for tuition in drawing, pastels and other media, screen-printing, painting. Classes held in artist’s studio by the sea.

Children’s classes Wednesday after school. Contact Erica MFA, DipTchg PGDipAC 021 127 9671 or ericasoman@gmail.com Art Classes @ D’Port Community house: Wednesday night, life drawing; Friday morning, mastering art. Ph Lucy Bucknall – 446 0389.

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Piano Lessons. Piano & music theory tuition from classically trained pianist.

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Ph 021 079 0005 or email windarc.darius@gmail.com Primary Tutor Maths, English, Health & Wellbeing and Drama for 5-11 year olds. School prep also available. Visit www.gschuwertutoring.com for further details. 027 410 6871 gschuwertutoring@gmail.com Singing lessons in Devonport. Contract Dr Sue Braatvedt 473 9113 or 027 340 2884. All ages.

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Out and About with your local North Shore MP Member of Parliament – North Shore Minister for Conservation, Arts Culture and Heritage and Seniors

Anzac Day 2017 – Lest we Forget The Devonport RSA lists 160 local men who lost their lives in the First World War, leaving too many Devonport families without a husband, father, son, or friend. Through the familiar memorials in our community, including Memorial Drive, the window in Takapuna Grammar’s library, or Devonport Primary’s memorial with its roll call of 86 who made the ultimate sacrifice we have ensured Devonport remembers those who fought for our freedom. Their bravery will not be forgotten. I am reminded of Cyril Bassett’s courage under fire when I walk from our home up to the lookout named after him at Stanley Point. He was the only New Zealander awarded a Victoria Cross at Gallipoli, and a local hero.

For our family, Anzac Day has always been a very important occasion as it is too many New Zealanders whose family members have served in either of the world wars or in other conflicts around the world. My grandfather, Trooper Vincent Barry, was a member of the Wellington Mounted Rifles. He was shot in the right lung during the first battle of Gaza in 1917 and endured a lifetime of war related health issues.

He watched two of his sons go off to the Second World War, including my father, to fight for the freedom we enjoy today.

The theme for this year’s First World War commemorations is ‘The Grind of War’, focusing on the battles on the Western Front, and the effects of the war on those left behind. As that epic conflict shifted towards France and Belgium, we will reflect more on the battles at Arras, Messines, and Passchendaele which devastated the ranks of our New Zealand soldiers.

The New Zealand Tunnelling Company joined British forces to dig tunnels under the city of Arras. The goal was to get troops unnoticed to enemy lines. The tunnels connected to the city sewer system, a 17th Century moat, and allowed

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for movement beneath Arras. One of the tunnels dug by Kiwis was named Christchurch. The centenary of this battle has been marked by French President François Hollande who unveiled the Victory Medal/Poppy of Peace – an art installation by two Devonport artists Helen Pollock and Tony McNeight. Helen’s sculpture has been surrounded by Tony’s Poppy – a fitting tribute to the battles fought in Arras.

In October 1917 New Zealand suffered its greatest First World War loss at the Battle of Passchendaele. In roughly four hours more than 840 young men died. Private John Ensoll from Tainui Road was just 22 when he stepped onto the battleground in Passchendaele and was fortunate to survive. Chris Mullane, Mike Pritchard, and Greg Hall are Devonport locals who have been very effective champions of the Passchendaele memorials. A commemorative garden is being built in Belgium to remember our soldier’s contribution and Chris will be heading over in October for the opening along with the winners of Veterans’ Affairs multi-media competition. Information about the competition can be found on my website. I thank the New Zealand Passchendaele Society for all their efforts with the New Zealand memorial garden, which I was honoured to put the first plant in the ground two years ago.

Our annual local parade and Anzac service, where we respectfully stand at the foot of Frank Lynch’s ‘Untidy Soldier’ in Marine Square is how Devonport honours and remembers the fallen.

Together with our neighbours, the community stops for half an hour to think of all of those who left for war, and never came back.

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Grammar APRIL 21, 2017

Striving for equality and recognition

“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” This famous quote

by Virginia Woolf only begins to address the struggle women face reaching the same equality and recognition as men. International Women’s Day has allowed for the celebration of women; their

Women’s Day breakfast organised

by Zonta, Graduate Women, and Soroptimists International.

Focusing on women’s leadership in the modern workforce, the guest speaker was newly appointed Waitemata Police District Commander, Superintendent Tusha Penny.

Tusha easily commanded the attention of the whole room with her strong presence and ease of speaking.

Lacing an excellent speech with well-timed humour, to the wet grass. Thanks to help Tusha explained many aspects from the coach, Mr. Matt Cade, of her hard-won position, and parents of team members, shared experiences that led her to where she is, and how everyone made it through.

This was the first nationals to juggle work with family. tournament for the Girls 2 team “I learned you can be a great and it was an unforgettable leader if you back yourself experience. It allowed all of the and put 100 percent of your teams to bond, gain experience effort into your goals,” said and make friends with those from Saffie Doughty.

Tusha brought to light the other schools' ultimate teams.

BY WENDY ZHENG judgemental, harsh manner in which many women treat

struggles, achievements and continued fight for equality.

Head Girl, Ella Pearson, Deputy Head Saffie Doughty, and prefects Zoe Drake and Julia Giurgiu accompanied Ms Pottinger and Year 13 Dean Mrs Woodley to the annual International

Frisbee championships TGS Girls 1 gained fourth place, TGS Girls 2 were eighth and the TGS Boys team came eighth in their division at the recent New Zealand Secondary School ultimate Championships at Owen Delany Park, Lake Taupo.

The weather at Taupo wasn’t ideal; it was raining heavily on the first day and many of the team members caught colds and got injured during the game, due

each other and condemned this destructive behaviour; encouraging instead a supportive, loving culture in which women help each other. Having worked with many cases of domestic violence, Tusha could not have made this point clearer. Women or not, the people around us need help and support and it is up to us whether we decide to offer that kindness to others; it could change the outcome of someone’s life for the better.

Tusha’s four most important tips for achieving life goals are: to be strong, recognise that there is strength in kindness, back yourself and others, and follow your passion.

Ella Pearson thought Tusha was an incredible, inspirational speaker who had clearly been through a lot of hardship in her life and that she had enjoyed “being in the same room with so many influential women.”

BY JuLIA GIurGIu

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FROM THE PITCH: The 1stXI Boys team won the 1A T20 Competition against Howick, and followed up with another win against rangitoto in the 1A Competition, to be promoted to the premier Auckland grade next season. The 1st XI Girls were runners-up in the NZCT Tournament, against Epsom Girls Grammar.

Eradicating the moth plant Donning gardening gloves, members of the TGS Enviro Group volunteered to remove the invasive moth plant from local areas in March.

The weed is extremely damaging and causes the death of native plants by starving the plant of sunlight. It also produces a sticky milky-white sap that has an irritant effect.

“Our main focus was to break the cycle of production by removing

their root system as well as their pods,” says Emilly Fan, a Year 13 leader of the group.

Moth plant pods contain up to 1000 seeds each. When dry, the pods split and wind can carry the seeds more than 20 km away. Thanks to Mrs Petra Kent and biosecurity volunteer Hilary Miller, for their time and guidance.

BY KATE FAN

FROM THE COURT: The Premier Boys Volleyball team placed fifth at the NZSS Championships held in Palmerston North. Congratulations to Keenan Hodge and Jac roberts, who made the tournament team.

FROM THE POOL: The Water Polo teams played in the North Island Secondary School Champs, with the girls winning the Plate final and the boys placing 11th.

FROM THE FIELd: Three ultimate Frisbee teams travelled to Taupo with Mr Cade.The girls teams placed fourth and eighth and the boys placed eighth.

A great effort for eight hours of games over two days.

ON THE WATER: Maadi Cup was a week of wet and wild rowing conditions. Top results came from the Boys under-16 Double of Jack Featherstone and Evan Williams, who were sixth in the A final, and singlesculler, Dougal Burden, sixth in the B final of the Boys under-17 event. A further six crews made C finals.

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Cornfield does it again In what has become a keenly anticipated annual event, Paddy Cornfield outdid himself this year, performing not one but two piano concertos with the Devonport Chamber Orchestra. Holy Trinity Church had a capacity audience for the concert on 2 April, which featured Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 23, K.488, and the Schumann Piano Concerto.

The orchestra was ably led by Helen Crook, and the conductor, Peter Thomas, was masterly in his marshalling of the piano and orchestral forces. He gave clear direction and ensured piano and orchestra were as one – the melding together at the end of solo and cadenza passages was meticulous.

The Mozart opened with a clear, crisp string tone. The bass sections gave a firm foundation. Cornfield’s articulation was superb, with true clarity in his fingering.

The speed was always measured and the thoughtful and sensitive development of the themes of the exposition brought out the pathos of the music.

In the second movement, there were some exquisite duets between piano and individual woodwind instruments. This was Mozart at his most poignant and it was well realised.

The great sense of ensemble was continued

in the third movement, a rondo, which brought the concerto to an exultant close.

After barely time for him to mop his brow, Cornfield returned to launch into the Schumann concerto. He stamped his authority on the work from the imposing opening bars. Oboe and bassoon, followed by violins in their lowest register, led into a triumphant melody with the full orchestra.

The orchestra was very responsive and Cornfield’s handling of the thundering octaves was authoritative and commanding.

All sections of the orchestra deserve praise for their expressive interpretation, and sensitive and expansive phrasing. They all seemed to revel in making such great music.

Cornfield was afforded a rapturous reception and he generously returned to play a gentle Prelude by Scriabin. It was a fitting conclusion to an amazing performance.

What’s on the programme for 2018, Paddy? Your audience is ready and waiting.

• In its next concert, at 5pm on Sunday 11 June, the Devonport Chamber Orchestra joins forces with the Holy Trinity Church choir for a programme of festive music that should appeal to everyone. For more information, go to: dco.net.nz

By Rogan Falla

Hugh Allen had a close encounter with seals at the Cheltenham Beach pontoon when their heads bobbed out of the water right where his feet had been dangling second earlier.

“When I dived off the pontoon I caught something black out of the corner of my eye.

I swam for a couple of strokes, turned around and thought I was probably imagining things.

“Then two black heads emerged right next

to the pontoon where I had been sitting just before. It looked like a mother and calf seal because they turned their heads around as if to check that they were both there,” he told the Flagstaff.

Allen says the lunchtime sighting was very fortuitous. “I live near the beach and swim almost every day. It was a high tide on a humid, misty day, on the verge of raining.

“The beach was very quiet. I was the only one in the water and on the pontoon, which so often is often full of kids and dogs.

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Ross Mullins launches new album at the Bunker Devonport musician Ross Mullins will launch his new album at the Bunker, from 7.30pm on 8 May. The Poet and the Fisherman is Mullins, first album since a New Zealand poetry tribute in 2001. Prior to that, he put out three albums as Last Man Down from 1985 to 1988, and then two albums as Ross Mullins and the Snaps between 1991 and1998.

Mullins admits the hiatus is “by anyone’s reckoning a pretty serious case of writer’s block”.

“Excuses, there are plenty and some of them compelling ones,” he says.

But Mullins never stopped writing, “grafting away in deepest Devonport,” he says. “The Poet And The Fisherman presents the best of what is salvageable from those intervening years.”

Performing with Mullins will be his former band The Snaps. Nigel Gavin (guitar), Peter Koopman (bass and backing vocals), Jason Orme (drums and percussion), Markus Fritsch (tenor saxophone) and Jim Langabeer (alto saxophone) will play the new material, plus the best of the Last Man Down songs.

“We are also hoping to have a guest appearance from singer Caitlin Smith, who contributed some wonderful touches to the recordings,” says Mullins.

He has been a member of the Devonport Folk Club since the 1970s, so says it was an ideal venue for the album launch.

• Tickets are $15. To book, call Hilary on 09 445 2227.

• The Bunker reopened last week after a few fire safety requirements were sorted out.

Still a role for Tamaki Reserve Trust The trust that saved the Tamaki Reserve from development more than a decade ago is set to be reinvigorated.

The Tamaki Reserve Protection Trust has gradually been winding down over the years. Mike Pritchard and Rowan Renouf have been in charge, but recently, Pritchard has been unwell and there were thoughts of winding up the trust.

However, heritage advocate Trish Deans said it was vital that the trust be kept going and a meeting about its future will be held soon.

With the transfer of 3.2 ha of Takapuna Head land to Ngati Whatua under a Treaty settlement, the trust is needed to advocate for the public over what happens on the reserve and nearby land, Deans said.

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Eight terraced houses could soon replace

two small bungalows at 31 and 33 Roberts

Ave, Bayswater. consent has been lodged Ɛ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂů ƌĞůĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ϴ ƚĞƌƌĂĐĞĚ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ůĂŝĚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ one A resource by ƐŚĂƉĞĚ ďůŽĐŬ ĂƐ ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ &ŝŐƵƌĞ ϯ ďĞůŽǁ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƚĂŝůĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƚƚĂĐŚĞĚ ƉůĂŶƐ͘ Terra3 Ltd to remove two existing dwellings

and build a U-shaped three-storey residential tŚŝůĞ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ďůŽĐŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂů ĐŽŵƉůŝĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ďƵůŬ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂƚŝŽŶ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůƐ ĂŶĚ complex on the combined 1,148 square ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůLJ ƐŵĂůů ƐĐĂůĞ͕ ƐŽ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝŶ Ă ƉĂƌƚŝĐƵůĂƌůLJ ĚŽŵŝŶĂŶƚ ƉƌŽĨŝůĞ͘ ůĂƌŐĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŽĨ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵ

metre site. ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ǀŝĂ ĨŽƌŵ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŝdžĞĚ ĐůĂĚĚŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͕ ĨƵƌƚŚ the 31 Roberts Ave site was Until 2013, ďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƉŽƚĞŶƚŝĂůƐ ĨŽƌ ĚŽŵŝŶĂŶĐĞ͕ ĂƐ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶ ĨƌŽŶƚĂŐĞ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ZŽďĞƌƚƐ ǀĞ͘ ƐƚLJůŝƐĂƚŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞ Bayswater’s Christmas wonderland, where Nancy and Robert Biddle pulled out ƵƚŝůŝƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞĞƉĞƌ ƉŝƚĐŚĞĚ ƌŽŽǀĞƐ ĞƚĐ͕ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚŝĂů ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƚŝŽŶ͘ all December, decorating their

the stops every &ŝŐƵƌĞ ϯ͗ /ůůƵƐƚƌĂƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ůĂLJŽƵƚ͘ home inside and out with a huge collection Out with the old... two existing Roberts Ave houses (above) and the

of Christmas ornaments, including Santas,

complex planned for the site (below)

reindeer, angels, snowmen, sleds and fake chimneys.

Auckland’s Unitary Plan has now

earmarked the area for intensification, with

a new Residential Mixed Housing Urban

Zone.

Terra3 says in its application that the

proposed development complies with the

new rules around “bulk and location controls

and is reasonably small scale, so will not

result in a particularly dominating profile”.

Bayswater intensification continues

But the application exceeds several

requirements, such as the maximum

impervious area, building coverage, outlook of space, outdoor living space and number >ĂŶĚƵƐĞ WƌŽƉŽƐĂů

dwellings allowed on the site.

ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶĐŝů The two lots neighbour Plymouth

Crescent, seven hectares of land owned

by Ngati Whatua o Orakei and expected to undergo major intensification in the future.

Auckland Council spokesperson Joanna

Glasswell said council staff had not yet made

any decisions on the Terra3 application,

including whether it would be publicly

notified.

All quiet over iwi’s other ex-Navy sites – for now

No resource-consent applications have yet been been filed for four of Ngati Whatua o

Orakei’s Devonport peninsula landholdings.

The iwi owns six large lots of former

Navy land between Devonport and Hauraki,

totalling nearly 30 hectares and with special Devonport Peninsula Precinct zoning.

So far, it is replacing 80 Navy houses on Hillary Crescent land, off Eversleigh Rd, with a 300-dwelling residential development, and has leased the former >ĂŶĚƵƐĞ WƌŽƉŽƐĂů Wakakura block on Ngataringa Rd to Ryman ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶĐŝů Healthcare, which wants to develop a largescale retirement complex there.

A response from Auckland Council to an Official Information Act request from the Flagstaff shows that no resource consent applications have yet been lodged over the iwi’s other four large lots of former Navy land.

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Takapuna Grammar double cricket champions

Promoted… the TGS 1st XI Boys team after finals wins as 1A champions in both 20-over and 50-over formats. Back (left to right): Coel Mahoney (coach), Cameron Yaxley, Ben Taumoepeau, Jude Beaumont, Matt Browning, Thomas Ross, Jono Gibbs, Rory Bessell (vice-captain) and Daniel Howie. Front (left to right): Campbell McKegg, Will Clarke (captain), Campbell McKay, Jack Breen and Riley Mudford The renaissance of cricket at Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) continues with the school’s 1st XI Boys team winning both Limited Overs and T20 titles in the Auckland Schools 1A competition, and gaining promotion to Premier Grade.

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In both competitions, the team ended the season top of the points table. But they still had to win semi-final and finals play-offs.

Both finals were played in the same week, with TGS emerging winners over Howick College in the T20, and Rangitoto College in the 50-over format.

Last year, Auckland Cricket controversially cut the elite Boys Premier 1st XI competition from 12 to eight teams, and both TGS and Rangitoto were dropped to the 1A competition as a result.

However, the winner of the 1A competition gains automatic promotion to Premier Grade, so TGS will be playing both 50-overs and T20 cricket at Premier level in 2018.

The team’s success is the culmination of the work put in by the players and new 1st XI coach Coel Mahoney, and a long-term cricket plan for the school. The plan resulted in the appointment of Graeme Beghin as Director

of Cricket last year, closely followed by the establishment of a TGS Cricket Academy.

Beghin, who is also Director of Coaching and Premier player/coach at North Shore Cricket Club, has brought a new level of professionalism to the delivery of cricket at the school.

Academy members take part in squad training sessions, strength and conditioning, mental skills coaching, and one-on-one technical coaching and mentoring. North Shore also provides coaching resources.

The programme has had dramatic results – four of the school’s five competitive cricket teams ended Term 1 as leaders or jointleaders of their respective competitions.

The 1st XI Girls team was runner-up in an Auckland-wide Premier T20 Tournament and also the Premier girls league – outstanding achievements for a team made up of mostly Year 9, 10 and 11 players.

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North Shore beats neighbours to end season on a high The cricket season wrapped up for the year at North Shore Cricket Club with a win in the inaugural Hitchcock-Jones Shield against neighbouring Takapuna Cricket Club.

Five T20 matches were played at Devonport Domain, with North Shore winning the year 7-9 boys, under-15 girls and Premiers games.

Although the Premiers team failed to gain promotion to the top division this season, it made the semi-finals in the T20 and one-day competitions and came second in the two-day competition.

The Reserves finished third in their two-day competition.

Both the Third team and the Emerging Hearts female team had stellar seasons.

The Third team, led by captain Liam Jacobs, earned enough points in their two competitions for promotion to the A1 grade for next season.

The team’s members were: Adeel Riaz Qadri, Akshay Sreenivasan, Angus Frew, Angus Nicoll, Jacob Hesketh, Lewis Goodwin, Liam Jacobs, Logan Clinch, Malav Brahmbhatt, Nic Grantham and Rob Von Elling.

For the first time in a number of years, North Shore had a female team competing at Emerging Hearts level, the grade below Premier Women’s.

The young North Shore team only lost one game during each of their campaigns and took out both the T20 and limited-over competitions, a fantastic achievement for a team whose oldest player is only 15.

T h e E m e rg i n g H e a r t s t e a m members were: Anna Browning, Catherine Fairbairn, Ella Cronshaw, Emily Handyside, Esther Allis, Kennedy Scott, Leah Kampkes, Libby Easterbrook, Milly Yorke, Rosie McGregor, Ruby Worrall and Samantha Petherick.

Premiers coach and captain Graeme Beghin had another strong season, scoring more than 1000 runs for the second year in a row.

At the Auckland Cricketer of the Year dinner, Beghin won the Laurie Schnauer Cup for Players Player of the Year. The award is voted on by the players after each match throughout the year.

North Shore Emerging Hearts player Libby Easterbrook was nominated for the Players Player award in girls’secondary school cricket.

Sweet success...

Above: North Shore Cricket Club’s young Emerging Hearts team, who won their grade’s T20 and limited-over competitions.

Right: Premiers captain and coach Graeme Beghin, who enjoyed another good year with the bat.

Below: the Third team won promotion to the A1 grade for next year.

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