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Easter cross goes missing from mountain

The cross is left on the summit as a symbol “We don’t know quite what has happened of the meaning of Easter. It is usually collected to it,” she said. at about 3 pm. The Tūpuna Maunga Authority was not But on Good Friday afternoon it was no- involved in the removal of the cross on Good where to be found, and a search in the vicinity Friday, a spokesman said this week. had failed to locate it, said Holy Trinity Church Procession, page 8 Vicar Charmainne Braatvedt.

The symbolic Procession of Witness of wooden cross mysteriously disappeared from the summit of Takarunga/Mt Victoria on Good Friday. A Procession of Witness has been held in Devonport for a couple of decades, starting at Windsor Reserve, going through the town centre and finishing at the top of the mountain.

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$1.5m Mt Victoria upgrade planned

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Toilets costing $400,000 are part of a $1.5 million upgrade planned for Takarunga/ Mt Victoria. More than $500,000 is also to be spent on removing the current car parks on the summit of the mountain. The bulk of the work on building the toiletsand decommissioning the car parks will take place in 2019, according to the justreleased Maunga Authority Draft Operational Plan for mountains across Auckland. Over the next three years, almost $500,000 will be spent on developing a track network on Takarunga/Mt Victoria and $174,000 on new signage.

Access to mountain negotiated The Maunga Authority has come to arrangements with both Devonport Tours and Devonport Folk Club for access to upper reaches of Mt Victoria. The Maunga Authority said: “We have provided Devonport Tours with an access code to the barrier arm for the purpose of transporting customers who have limited mobility and cannot walk to the tihi (summit). The code is valid for 12 months and Devonport Tours understands that monitoring of code use is a standard

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By comparision, the pest control ($36,000) and vegetation management ($60,000) budgets for the next three years are small. Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Mike Cohen questioned the need for a $400,000 toilet block, when the plan was presented to the most recent board meeting. He hoped a public meeting to be called by the Maunga Authority would lead to greater involvement of local people in decisionmaking on the mountain. Cohen was concerned about the spill traffic into Kerr St affecting Devonport Primary and residents, and he called on Auckland Transport to monitor it.

part of our process and that the approval is reviewable on a month-by-month basis. “Tūpuna Maunga Authority staff have met with the President of the Devonport Folk Music Club and made arrangements for vehicle access to the Bunker premises when events are held there. The arrangement allows vehicle access for musicians with heavy musical instruments, and event attendees who have limited mobility and are unable to walk up the access road to the Bunker.”

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National rowing champ still loves his rugby Young rowing champion and top rugby player Evan Williams (15) is facing the challenge of deciding which sport he will eventually pursue. Becoming New Zealand boys national U16 Single Sculls champion at the Maadi Cup at Lake Ruataniwha (near Twizel) last month has only made the Takapuna Grammar School student’s decision more difficult. “I have appreciation for both sports. They’re both very different. When I’m not training for the rowing season, I’m training for the rugby season. It pretty much consumes my life,” he says with a laugh. Evan gives credit to 1988 Olympic bronze medallist Eric Verdonk, who has mentored him throughout his short rowing career. “The experience has been eye-opening. He has so much knowledge. I’ve been working to gain Eric’s respect and along the way I’ve made a lot of connections and met loads of new people.” As well as Verdonk, Evan looks up to the likes of Kiwi Olympic champions Mahe Drysdale and Rob Waddell, and says that it would be great to be able to follow in their footsteps. Evan has surprised himself with the progress he has made so far. “I definitely did not expect to win,” he says of his national title. Now he has hopes of making a North Island under-18 rowing squad later this year. This year is the first that Evan has rowed in an open category, and he found it a struggle to keep enough weight on. “I’ve been trying to eat as much as I can, and have been using mass gainers. It’s pretty hard to not lose Oarsome effort... weight when you’re training 10 times a training 10 times a week provided week,” he says. the platform for Evan Williams’ Evan plays as a prop for the Takapuna victory at the national secondary Grammar first XV, and has also played for a North Harbour under-16 team. schools rowing championships He is aware of the risks that playing a

contact sport has for his rowing career, but plans to continue playing rugby throughout high school – and potentially pursue it professionally. He likes the team element of rugby, but rowing provides a different type of satisfaction. “I like the mental aspect of it,” Evan says. “Once you get to a certain level, everyone does the same training, so it becomes about who is mentally stronger.” Through rowing, Evan has met people from all over the country. “We connect through Facebook and talk about our experiences.” Though there is pressure to choose between his two sports, he is adamant that he won’t make a decision until after high school. “I keep being reminded of the decision I have to make,” he says. “I honestly feel equally as passionate about rugby as I do about rowing.”

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Free advice could save you thousands Locals Richard Trounson and Mike Simpson are starting a new financial advisory and mortgage broking business based in Devonport. Their initial focus will be on mortgage advice and broking, as part of industry-leading broker The Mortgage Supply Company ,covering the entire North Shore. With access to several mortgage lenders (including non-bank), they will help people to lower their existing mortgage repayments and find the right lender at the lowest cost. They will also advise parents on how to help their children into the property market, including using Welcome Home Loans and KiwiSaver contributions. All the advice is free and at times there are even cashbacks for appropriate borrowers. Advice is increasingly important nowadays as different lending alternatives each have slight variations in price, appetite for risk and terms and conditions. In addition they will advise and facilitate introductions related to insurance, investments, and business and commercial property finance. Richard has lived in Devonport for 21 years and was heavily involved with the North Shore Junior Rugby Club. He has been in the finance industry for 32 years, working at banks including Barclays/BZW, BNZ, BT/Deutsche and lastly Westpac Private Bank. He is an Authorised Financial Adviser and has had experience in a variety of relationship-management roles including corporate banking, investment banking, financial markets and private wealth management. As a former economics teacher at

Locally owned and operated…Richard Trounson and Mike Simpson of The Mortgage Supply Company Dargaville High School and King’s College, he has the ability to simplify and explain financial matters in a common sense and practical manner, and to find appropriate solutions. Mike has lived in Devonport for 30 years and has been heavily involved with both the rugby club and Wakatere Sailing Club. He has extensive business experience in owning, operating and franchising in hospitality, retail, energy and property. He is a Registered Financial Adviser and is keen to develop the mortgage business by attracting a wider group of advisers

over time. As a former police detective, Mike is skilled in acquiring information and finding practical solutions. He has also been involved with Project K and Prison Fellowship on a voluntary basis. While Richard and Mike’s branch of the Mortgage Supply Company will have a North Shore reach, they expect there will be strong interest from Devonport. “We’re really looking forward to getting out into the community and helping people make the best choices they can and save them some money,” said Richard.

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Light shines on lamp’s whereabouts The mystery of the disappearing King Edward Pde lamp has been solved. The lamp, and the metalwork arch that supported it, are being restored – by the great-nephew of the man who built the structure more than 40 years ago. Mark Kininmonth, of Aladino Products in Wynyard St, says the lamp was taken down last November as corrosion had made it a safety hazard. Auckland Council commissioned him to restore the lamp and arch, made in around 1976 by his great-uncle Nunzio Arabito. Kininmonth worked with Arabito as a child and took over his premises in the late 1980s. Arabito died in 1999. Kininmonth expects the structure to be

restored and back in place by late this month or early in May. The lamp and metalwork arch were made to span a stone gateway dating back to 1902, commemorating “Peace in South Africa” on one side and the coronation of King Edward VII on the other. Another similar structure, also made by Nunzio Arabito, can be found in Matai Rd, Cheltenham. For more on the lamp, see Letters, page 39. Found... the restored arch and lamp are expected to be back in place within a few weeks

Shore premiers wear armbands in memory of club stalwart

Local…David Iremonger and his mother Anne at Clarry’s

The North Shore Rugby Club’s Premier side wore black armbands and observed a minute’s silence in honour of David Iremonger, prior to playing their first match of the season against Silverdale on Good Friday. Iremonger, a popular member of the club and a well-known local, had worked as a plumber and previously for several years at Clarry’s coffee bar with his mother Anne

and father John. North Shore Rugby Club’s newsletter last week said: “We start with the sad news of the loss of our dear friend, bar manager, committee member, mischief-maker, and after-match MC assistant David John Iremonger. He will be sadly missed…he was a very good man.” • Shore beat Silverdale 50-27 and play its first home game against Glenfield at Vauxhall Rd this Saturday.

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Church puts its faith in pop-up cafe

Cafe chat… Holy Trinity parishioners Honey Schoeman and Bill Breslin with vicar Charmaine Braatvedt (right) at the pop-up cafe in The Arcade A new pop-up church cafe was launched in Devonport to coincide with Easter Week – but it may carry on for longer if there is demand. The church is using the space recently vacated by Java House Cafe in The Arcade. Holy Trinity vicar, Charmaine Braatvedt, said the church was grateful to Arcade owner Vista Linda, for allowing the cafe to

Procession of Witness well supported The annual Good Friday Procession of Witness in Devonport – which includes the carrying of a wooden cross from Windsor Reserve to the top of Takarunga/ Mt Victoria, was well supported in 2018. A crowd of more than 100 made the pilgrimage.

be set up. “It’s a great opportunity to take the church into the community,” she said, especially in Easter Week. Offering free tea and coffee, two members of the Holy Trinity parish will be at The Arcade from 9.30am to 3.30pm, Monday to Saturday.

They will answer questions and chat to people on topics ranging from the significance of Easter to personal questions and challenges. “It’s not aimed at ramming religon down people’s throats,” Braatvedt said. “If people are interested we will keep it going.”

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The Flagstaff Notes

April 6, 2018 By Rob Drent Full marks to local board member Mike Cohen for having a crack at Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development (ATEED) for its lack of support for the volunteer-run Devonport visitor information centre. The centre has proved to be a runaway success, and will likely top 20,000 users for the calendar year. Is it really a surprise that tourists coming to Devonport would use a service that is local, friendly and well informed? When I went in recently, at least a dozen visitors were helped out in the space of half an hour, and given information specific to their needs. That is in marked contrast to the former ATEED-run i-Site on the wharf. Readers may remember the Flagstaff sting on the site: swimmers were advised the closest beach was Muriwai or Piha. Cohen asked the basic question: shouldn’t ATEED support the visitor information centre, which was obviously providing a great service to tourists? ATEED’s Michael Goudie was left grasping somewhat for the official line of high-level strategy, marketing and branding. To be fair, he was probably not expecting a broadside in what is normally a fairly tame handover of a report

on what ATEED has been up to. But Cohen, and others, have a point. Dragging tourists to a region is only part of the job. Making sure they have the best experience on offer is also vital. It doesn’t need to make money – it should be a service that comes out of the ATEED budget. The way ATEED approaches tourism at a grass-roots level needs to be reviewed. I would like to see the 3 Victoria Rd building retained for community use – with the Devonport Community Coordinator and Devonport BID manager upstairs, and the visitor information centre downstairs. The move by council to quietly change the building from ‘service’ (used by community groups) to ‘non-service’ (commercial tenancies and able to be sold off) without telling anyone, including the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board was at best misguided – at worst underhand. The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, and by and large, most Devonport residents, want the building retained (it’s historic – and needed). Council apparently wants shot of it (not needed enough and expensive to retain, with a massive earthquake-strengthening bill in the offing). I believe council is being short-sighted. The earthquake-strengthening work doesn’t have to be done immediately, and new, cheaper technologies may be available in the future. The time to review and make changes to the accomodation for a variety of social services

was surely when Devonport Library was being designed and built. All the council offerings could have gone under one roof. The building is historically important as well. Many an important decision affecting the future of Devonport was made in the council chambers, which have a heritage listing. Public transport woes continue: Fullers ferries late and cancelled, lack of bus connections, no late ferries or buses to Devonport for concerts like Ed Sheeran, diabolical times to get from the airport (recently guests of ours took five hours on public transport to get to Devonport from the airport), and, of course, Lake Rd congestion. Is there a public transport saviour? Leadership needs to come from the top: the government. Auckland Council and previous councils around Auckland have been woeful on transport planning. How can subdivisions and developments be approved now (all around Devonport and the North Shore – although perhaps the worst is at Pokeno) without adequate public transport? How did Westgate, Albany and Sylvia Park shopping areas get the go-ahead without developers providing meaningful public transport contributions, such as money for rail links? As long-time Auckland columnist Brian Rudman said last week, at least we now seem to have a government that is not regarding Auckland as a foreign country.

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Info centre well used but no help from Auckland Tourism Auckland tourism officials are unmoved by the 17,000-plus users who have taken advantage of the volunteer-run Devonport visitor information centre over the past 10 months. The numbers “were great”, Michael Goudie, senior external relations advisor for Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED), told a recent meeting of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board. But the organisation would not be providing any direct funding or other help for the centre. Board member Mike Cohen attacked

Petition to keep heritage building A petition has been launched to retain the old Devonport Borough Council chambers in public ownership. It can be signed at the Devonport visitor information centre, 3 Victoria Rd.

ATEED’s stance, saying the volunteers were doing the exact job ATEED should be encouraging. ATEED seemed to have become obsessed with branding and marketing strategies, Cohen said. “There has been quite a bit of reliance on the blah blah – websites and electronic (media).” People were not always looking at their mobile phones when they visited a place, he said. “Tourism is very much about visitor experience and people coming back.” Information centres were vital parts of the tourism process as every community offered different experiences, Cohen said. At Devonport, the centre had had people returning to thank them for the information, which made their visits all the more enjoyable, he said. ATEED underestimated the importance of “that people contact… Are you supportive of the grass-roots approach to helping people visiting Auckland?” Cohen asked. Goudie said while he respected what the Devonport visitor information centre had achieved, ATEED had moved “completely” out of i-Sites. It is concentrating on strategy. In Devonport’s case, this is putting money into the North Shore Tourism strategy being

coordinated by the Devonport and Takapuna business associations, he said. Cohen felt ATEED – which had a policy of encouraging Auckland brand ambassadors – was missing the point. This was exactly what the volunteers at the Devonport visitor information centre were, he said. Board member Jan O’Connor said downtown Auckland was a “disaster zone” with the rail link construction. Places like the Devonport visitor information centre filled a vital role and should be helped by ATEED.

3 Victoria Rd use investigation The move to retain the former Devonport Borough Council offices at 3 Victoria Rd in public use has received a boost from the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, with $10,000 put towards a report into the future use of properties that could be put up for sale. The former council chambers at 3 Victoria Rd and 2 The Strand, Takapuna, will be included in the report. Auckland Council’s property arm appeared to clear 3 Victoria Rd for sale when it changed its classification to a non-service building earlier this year.

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April 6, 2018

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Mt Victoria restrictions need revisiting As a North Shore resident and longstanding member of the Devonport Folk Music Club, I am very concerned about, and opposed to, the access restrictions imposed on Mt Victoria. The members of the Devonport Folk Music Club are responsible citizens. The club's use of The Bunker ensures that it is taken care of and its history not lost. The Bunker on Mt Victoria is an asset not only to Devonport, but to the music fraternity around New Zealand and overseas. Folk music engenders peace and harmony across cultures, and this is in keeping with the preservation and respect of Mt Victoria itself. If the Folk Music Club was no longer able to operate in The Bunker, Mt Victoria would lose this very supportive and respectful community. In addition, many of the club's members are not sufficiently mobile to walk up Mt Victoria to The Bunker. As well as this, many of the members (and invited guests) have large and heavy musical instruments and equipment to bring up. It is not feasible for this equipment or these instruments to be carried up the mountain. The system that has been operating prior

to recent changes has worked very well. At the end of the concert or evening, the club president, or another responsible club member, walks up to the top and informs all visitors (ie not club attendees) that the gate will be closing very shortly. They have never had any problems at all with people objecting to this and most visitors have been very grateful for the warning. As this system is working well, why change it? At the meeting of Sunday 25 February 2018, which I attended, it was mentioned that one reason for pedestrianising Mt Victoria, was safety. This is not actually a valid reason, as the only accident recorded on the mountain has been between a cyclist and a pedestrian. If the mountain were to be pedestrianised, safety would, if anything, be worsened, with the possible increase in cyclists. For all of the reasons outlined above, I request that the Tupuna Maunga Authority and Auckland Council seriously reconsider their decision, give sufficient time for genuine public consultation and ultimately return Mt Victoria to the people, allowing maximum access by allowing both pedestrians and cars to access Mt Victoria. Jenny Healy

Takarunga commercial operator access and parking limits In the article titled “Commercial operator gets mountain access” (Flagstaff, 23 March), the Flagstaff suggests there has been a shifting of goalposts for vehicle access changes at Takarunga. This is incorrect, rather, as detailed in all announcements from the Tūpuna Maunga Authority, vehicle access to the summit road is available for people with limited mobility. True to this arrangement, vehicle access has been granted to Devonport Tours for the purpose of transporting customers who have limited mobility and cannot walk to the tihi (summit). Devonport Tours understands that monitoring code use is a standard part of our process and that the approval is reviewable on a month-by-month basis. The article also suggests locals are unhappy with the new parking time limits in the carpark at the Kerr St entrance to

What’s happening to Devonport Wharf? Devonport ferry wharf used to be a people-friendly place where one could get a coffee or something to read or perhaps a haircut.The situations with beautiful harbour views, which were once licensed restaurants, are now offices.We all await with interest to see what our council planners have for the future of this important part of Devonport life. Alec Hill

Takarunga. The key point in our media release is that parking-time limits will be enforced to help ensure all visitors to the maunga, locals and non-locals alike, have equal parking opportunity. This detail was published by the North Shore Times. There have been many instances of cars parked all day in the Kerr St entrance car park, possibly by ferry commuters, unfairly restricting the parking opportunities for visitors to the maunga. In our discussions with the Takarunga Playcentre and Depot Artspace, both lessees are aware that there are no dedicated car parks in their respective lease agreements and that the car parks are for the use of public visiting the maunga. Paul Majurey Chair, Tūpuna Maunga Authority • The Flagstaff sought comment from the authority, but it did not respond to us until several days later. See page 2. Editor.

Letters to the Editor Letters are welcome. They should be on Devonport-related topics. Nom-deplumes or submissions without a name will not be printed. Email to news@devonportflagstaff. co.nz or post to Devonport Flagstaff, PO Box, 32 275, Devonport.

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Interview

April 6, 2018

Chiasso coffee goes from strength to strength

Devonport-based Chiasso Coffee won international awards last month. As founder Brendan McKellar steps back from day-to-day operations, he speaks to Geoff Chapple about two decades in the coffee business and his recent battle with cancer.

Double shot… Brendan McKellar (left) and Jonathan Norton at Chiasso Coffee’s headquarters in Wynyard St Love of coffee – it’s been Brendan McKellar’s life, and when the Chiasso Coffee Roasters business he co-founded back in the 1990s notched a couple of international awards last month there was celebration, but also a certain poignancy within the little brick shop at 20 Wynyard Street. High fives in the shop – the awards weren’t the first Chiasso has received on the international stage, but they were the biggest. Along with the excitement, though, there

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was some quiet reflection. In the same shop that retails just about everything coffee – from takeout flat whites, to stovetop machines, and Aeropress filters – not to mention the actual core business of sourcing, importing and roasting beans for its bespoke brands, almost exactly three years before the man behind it all had been slumped over his desk. As a former North Shore senior rugby player, McKellar had always kept himself fit. And he had a shop jammed with jute sacks full of coffee beans – stimulant sufficient to light up the entire Devonport peninsula. Yet he was feeling only a deepening fatigue, and the thought nagging him every hour was: ‘Jesus. What’s gone wrong with me?’ The answer, when it came, was multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. He was diagnosed late, by which time he was so ill with pneumonia that the doctors for a time withheld chemo. The treatment has won out since, and McKellar is now in remission. But he’s still on maintenance doses of chemo, and very aware that he has a type of cancer that can come back. Such was the hammer blow to the business in 2015. But last month’s awards were tangible evidence of just how quickly a family concern can pick itself up, and carry on. In

the aftermath of the diagnosis, McKellar’s wife Valerie tended her husband, but continued on with the administration and the accounts, as she and McKellar shaped up an offer to Jonathan Norton – Val’s son. Norton had worked in the business off and on over decades – part-time work when he was completing a science degree, and subsequently getting experience in the UK coffee industry. The succession had always been viewed as a long-term possibility, but the cancer diagnosis suddenly compressed it into an urgent question. Would they take it on? Norton and wife Jaime set up the meetings with the banks that enabled them to buy into Chiasso as majority shareholders. So began a passing of the baton, or the bean. Last month’s award signalled just how far the new owners had travelled in their own search for the perfect brew. The 2018 Australian International Coffee Awards (AICA) handed Chiasso the gold medal in the filter coffee category, for its Ethiopian Yirgacheffe singleorigin coffee, and the judges liked it so much they gave it the ‘best in class’ Filter Coffee Trophy. The strength of Chiasso’s coffee-roasting business has long been its two major blends, Metro and Milano, and Milano had won

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April 6, 2018 bronze previously in the AICAs. But the nod towards single-origin coffee in the 2018 awards underlined new thinking both within Chiasso, and the recognition of a new trend within the coffee industry as a whole. Blended coffee, chosen and refined over years to give punch and flavour to espresso and flat white, was under a more esoteric challenge. “Yes, I’m watching the business diverge,” says McKellar. “That’s a nice thing for me.” Certain things stay the same though, he says. Chiasso’s resistance to selling in supermarkets remains because, in McKellar’s view, the ‘best before’ date of supermarket coffee is just too blunt an assessment for gauging freshness. Chiasso’s signature Metro and Milano blends continue to deliver the known body and grunt of espressos and flat whites. But the management’s new directions are plain also. The new team at the helm has introduced compostable takeout cups and won biodegradeability certification. They’ve been trialling new blends that match the requirements for certified-organic status, and there’s also the newly famous Ethiopian single-source coffee. To McKellar, this has been the biggest, most obvious change. Suddenly, provenance is important. The beans are certified as coming from the Yirgacheffe region of Ethiopia. More specifically yet, they come from organic plantations in the Kochere district, where smallholders labour at 2,000 metres altitude, within the intermittent shade of surrounding forest. “Without wanting to categorise the Ethiopian thing too much, that’s what Jono’s been doing,” says McKellar. “Hunting down single-source coffee from a particular area, because the local conditions impact so much on flavour. Whereas with blends, a lot of that can be lost. People want a story, don’t they? People want to know how it’s harvested, how it’s dried, not to mention how it’s grown and picked and then eventually goes onto a boat and comes here. Ethiopian coffee has got that story. And it’s highly regarded because it’s got this unique

combination of elements: a high nocturnal/ diurnal temperature range; altitude to attract moisture at different times of the day; and of course, soil type.” Before he began in the coffee trade, McKellar was an events manager working on big shows like Symphony Under the Stars, and Christmas in the Park. Large crowds of people moving in the night. It was a satisfying job, as was Chiasso, which McKellar began with Chris Dickinson in 1997, in a small shop at Kings Store. He was soon on his own and based in Wynyard St. But now as he is taking a step back, McKellar is in a newly benign mode of

We’ve established the business, the shop, the roasting side and people appreciate it. observation, and is just as satisfied with the coffee crowd he sees dispersed around the Devonport streets. They’re sitting at tables, or on the move, arms crooked to hold the takeaway cup. There’s coffee-cup holders in the cars, and even, the baby strollers. He likes the way that crowd has brought the whole trade in Devonport to a high level. “We have that density of appreciative customers, and we have a lot of online sales. But I’m probably a bit more old school, meeting customers at the front of the shop, maintaining the experience. I do think the coffee drinkers are pretty highly attuned to quality now, and it’s become highly competitive. If you’re not making good coffee at a café level – just forget it. People go a long way for what they consider

to be a good coffee. “ Meanwhile, the relationship between McKellar with 21 years of experience, and the new coffee entrepreneurs who’re just starting out under the Chiasso brand, remains collegial, warm, and productive. “Whenever something comes up I’m not 100 per cent sure about, I can always ring Brendan, and he’ll help me,” says Jono Norton. “And when we’re low on staff he pops up and does a shift. It’s pretty awesome actually, and it’s that family thing – a loyalty you wouldn’t get in other circumstances.” “It makes me emotional,” says McKellar, and there’s a catch in his voice. “Because a lot of my identity is here. It’s worked out well. We have a big coffee roaster out in Sunnybrae Rd, and we have the shop here where we’ve tried to replicate that Milano Espresso bar sort of style. Someone said to me just last weekend actually ‘The whole place has got that real patina now that you get from just being here a long time.’ I said: ‘Does that mean we haven’t cleaned up properly?’ and he said ‘No no – it’s just it’s got coffee embedded in it.’ I kind of liked that. “But the diagnosis was a game changer. My doctor said to me ‘You’ll never be the same. Physically, emotionally, mentally, not the same.’ So what you have to do is adjust, and that’s been quite good. It’s about every day and appreciating what you have got, and what’s good, and what I really like is not only the succession to Jono and Jaime, and Val’s perspective because she’s still doing administration, but just coming in here and seeing these guys with smiles on their faces. And the awards, it’s something to hang your hat on a bit, a kind of vindication for all the hard work, and it gives the business impetus and energy. “I used to be driving a desk all the time, and I was down the mine. And now at least I can look around and say – ‘Yes. That’s cool. We’ve established the business, the shop, the roasting side of the business, and people appreciate it.’ On we go. You know what Devonport’s like. There’s so much positivity.”

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Navy Open Day

April 6, 2018

Seeing the sights â€“ at work with the Navy

Getting her eye inâ€Ś Matisse Irving gets the feel of some Navy firepower (above) while Rebekah Langsbury and Matthan Schaaf tried on military gear for size (below)

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Navy Open Day

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Crowds flock to Navy’s Open Day

Thousands attended the Navy Open Day in Devonport, with long queues to board HMNZS Te Mana. The naval base was open to the public, as was the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum. The Devonport Business Association got behind the event, with a market day in town and a maritime shop-window display competition, which was won by the Devonport Hospice Shop.

Hands-on… Navy technician Jonathon Heaps teaches Sam O’Sullivan (7) about a circuit breaker

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Navy Open Day

April 6, 2018

Small worldâ€Ś model-ship builder Graham Beeson explains the construction of one of six models he has in the Navy Museum collection

PT challengeâ€Ś Gary McRae puts himself to the test on the bike under the guidance of leading PTI Frank Moses (above), while Nick Reeves (right) posted 45 press ups

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Wall of sound… The Depot Sound studio held an open day to coincide with the Navy event. Slipstream members Hank Trenton (bass) and Filip Kus (drums) put down some demo tracks.

Let’s get nautical… for her Navy window display at Devonport Flowers, Morag Burden plundered a lifebuoy from Kevin Johnson Boat Builders, and penants from the Navy Museum. The yacht and oars belonged to her husband’s grandfather.

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