7 April 2017 Devonport Flagstaff

April 7, 2017

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Ngati Whatua gets behind local rat control Devonport peninsula residents are being offered 1,500 free rat traps and tracking tunnels so they can catch rodents at their properties.

The donation from Ngati Whatua will 48 council-sponsored bait stations set up on add significant weight to the Devonport public land. With the iwi’s help, it could turn Environmental Network’s Dirty Rat into a community-wide project across the Campaign. Currently, volunteers monitor To page 2

Devonport Arts Festival launch draws the crowds

Living in a Devonport art bubble… the 2017 Devonport Arts Festival kicked off last Saturday with a street art party in Wynyard St. More pictures page 37.

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2017 Anzac Day service in Devonport The 102nd anniversary commemoration of the Anzac Landings will be conducted at Devonport War Memorial on 25 April.

Ceremonies begin at 10am, led by the Band of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and ex-service veterans. A detachment from the Navy, service and community organisations, Devonport youth groups and others will march down Victoria Rd to the war memorial where sea cadets from TS Leander provide the cenotaph guard.

Accompanying the musical items during the service will be the Devonport Community Choir. The Anzac Day address will be given

by Captain Richard Walker, RNZN. Two pupils from Hauraki Primary School, James Cassidy and Natia Tsulaia, will do the scripture readings this year.

After the service, at around 11am, the Devonport RSA will provide the usual morning tea and refreshments for the public at its premises at 61 Victoria Road.

The Friday before Anzac Day, 21 April, is Poppy Day. The RSA and volunteers will be out collecting funds to provide for the welfare of ex-servicemen and servicewomen and their families. All the money raised goes to the Poppy Day Trust and is soley used for welfare purposes.

The Poppy Day and Anzac Day events are jointly organised by the Devonport RSA, the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board and the RNZN. For further information, contact the Secretary, Devonport RSA at 445-8938 or devonportrsa@xtra.co.nz.

New heritage group forms A new Devonport heritage group kicked off last week with a public meeting and a vision to celebrate, lobby for and safeguard local heritage.

Around 25 locals attended the meeting at Devonport Library last Wednesday.

Trish Deans and Margot McRae, former members of the now defunct Devonport Heritage, which was wound up last year, had called the meeting.

Those at the meeting wanted to make the celebration of local heritage a priority. “It’s how we can show to council what we value,” said Sarah Bloomfield.

McRae said Devonport Heritage had been criticised for its focus on being a watchdog.

“But with a bigger team, more positive celebrating would be feasible” she said.

Those at the meeting also thought monitoring non-notified resource consent applications of smaller heritage renovations before they are

approved should be advocated.

“The rules are pretty good. It’s the interpretation of the rules we need to keep an eye on, especially when it comes to effects. Calling an effect ‘less than minor’ can be very subjective, especially on small infringements,” said McRae. Bloomfield said it was unfortunate that council put more weight on the increased amenity value an application for a property owner, but neglected to assess the amenity loss the application has on neighbours.

Keeping an eye on potential development areas, such as the Fort Cautley precinct on Vauxhall Rd, was also important, people at the meeting agreed. Deans said: “They are just sitting there waiting to happen at some point.”

A discussion on the group’s name ended with no decision and was deferred to the next meeting, to be held at Devonport Library on 3 May at 7.30pm.

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Predator-free Devonport set for boost by iwi peninsula’s residential areas and privately owned land.

A spokesperson for Ngati Whatua Orakei says it is investing in a predator-free Devonport peninsula to “support the efforts of local volunteer community groups, such as the Devonport Environmental Network”.

“In partnership with the Department of Conservation and the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, Ngati Whatua Orakei are looking at providing 1,500 free rat traps and tunnels to residents of the Devonport peninsula.

“We are still working out the details, but hope to have everything finalised shortly,” the spokesperson said.

The Devonport Environmental Network first met in August 2015 and has grown to 80 members. It set up the Dirty Rat Campaign in June 2016 and this February asked the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board to help fund a project facilitator.

The Maunga Authority recently enlisted help from four of the network’s volunteers to monitor a rat-bait station on Takarunga/ Mount Victoria.

Ngati Whatua Orakei also supports the Department of Conservation’s national Predator Free NZ initiative, the spokesperson said. The next meeting of the Devonport Environmental Network is at 4.30pm on Thursday 8 June at Devonport Library.

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Chinese VIP delegation out in force in Devonport

China crisis... security staff respond to the Flagstaff photographer while Cheng Hong (centre, in dark dress), the wife of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, peruses a bowl at Art of this World Cheng Hong, the wife of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, was tightly guarded while shopping for souvenirs in New Zealand’s safest suburb.

Cheng arrived in Devonport accompanied by a New Zealand police motorcade. She was surrounded by Chinese security staff while she strolled along Victoria Rd and popped into local shops.

The minders checked public rubbish bins and repeatedly told the Flagstaff photographer she could not take photographs of Cheng, an English professor, because she was in Devonport on a private visit.

Cheng was accompanying her husband on an official visit to New Zealand.

At the Old Post Office building, she shopped at Wild & Woolly Yarns and Art of this World gallery. Wool-shop owner Fran Stafford said: “She bought two of my samples, which I usually don’t sell. But I couldn’t say no to her.”

Cheng bought a clock and a wooden nut bowl at Art of this World. Her staff paid with US dollars at both shops.

Alessandro Orifici said Cheng walked past his coffee counter, telling him she preferred tea.

Final note sounds for Devonport choir The Devonport Community Choir is planning its final performance on ANZAC Day. For the last five years’ the choir has been treating the community to songs, performing not only at the annual ANZAC Day celebrations, but also outside the supermarket, at the ferry terminal, in shops, on the street and rest homes.

The choir was open to all, and accepted members – aged between five and 91 – without audition.

But when the number of members who regularly came to choir practice dropped sharply this year, it was no longer realistic to continue the group, says Helene Piper, who has led the choir for the last five years.

Piper’s attitude is philosophical. “Everything must come to an end,” she says.

She is proud of what the group accomplished. “We have learned together, enjoyed many musical styles, given back to the community, and have been in the newspaper, on TV and sung at festivals,” she says.

“I loved teaching beginners something pretty awesome, listening to harmonies, how voice sounds and what you can do with it as an artistic expression. It gave me a lot of joy,” she says.

Piper says as an open-to-all, non-audition singing group, members had developed fantastic singing skills over time, including singing in up to seven harmonies.

It was a social group as well, she says. “I am proof of that. When I started, I was new in the country and hardly knew a person; now I can’t step out of my front door without being stopped by someone I know. It’s been just wonderful in that way,” she says.

The group was set up five years ago by then Devonport local Frances Dickinson.

Piper joined soon after and took over as choir leader when Dickinson left. Over the years, their Tuesday night practices moved across Devonport Village – from Harmony Hall to Devonport Community House to the RSA Hall.

The choir’s last rehearsal will be on Tuesday 4 April, from 7–9pm. Everyone is welcome.

Cheng finished off her visit with lunch at the Esplanade Hotel, where she had Waiheke oysters, snapper and a fruit salad, accompanied by nearly 30 people in the hotel’s ballroom.

Esplanade owner Grant Gillon said he was delighted to be able to host China’s first lady.

“Embassy officials came a few times before to check us out. We had the bomb squad with their mirrors through on the day and every one of us was vetted.”

Gillon said he gave Cheng a gift of Esplanade wine glasses and enjoyed a brief chat with her. “She said she loved it in Devonport.”

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Exit plan opens door for Bunker’s salvation A new fire report has given the green light for the Bunker on Mount Victoria to reopen.

Devonport Folk Club president Roger Giles asked council for a second opinion after an initial inspection closed the world-renowned folk music venue.

The club will be back at the Bunker on Monday April 10.

“Two people from the New Zealand Fire Service came. They gave us a few things to do. Once they have been addressed, we will be good to go again,” Giles says.

“For one, we have too many fire exits,” he says. Instead of four red doors with fire-exit signs, there should only be one, with a handrail and steps marked with high-viz tape.

“They were quite impressed with our fire drill but said it would need modification,” Giles says. “We have to have a fire warden, rearrange our seats to have a corridor in the middle, hook up the outside door to make sure it doesn’t close us in and rehang a second door so it swings outward instead of inward,” he says.

“In the long term the whole exercise will be a good thing for us. We are also getting

Way out... Devonport Folk Club president Roger Giles at one of the Bunker’s many exits a new plastic water pipe so will have decent water pressure, and council wants to do up the toilet too.”

Giles says he his wife Hilary Condon, the club secretary, have been given extraordinary support since the closure. “People who never come here have stopped us on the road to ask

how they can help. We have been offered the RSA Hall, Harmony Hall and the Vic’s Bar. Everyone has been falling over backwards to keep the show on the road.”

Giles says the club’s peppercorn lease comes up for renewal in 2019. “We expect it to be renewed for another 10 years.”

Fullers ready to quit Stanley Bay ferry service Fullers is making moves to axe its Stanley Bay ferry service.

CEO Doug Hudson told the Flagstaff that Fullers informed Auckland Transport late last year it was not committed to keep the service going without a subsidy.

The Stanley Bay run is one of three subsidyexempt routes Fullers runs for Auckland Transport (AT). The other two are the Devonport and Waiheke runs.

“We made it clear to AT that it’s a loss-making service we have kept going for many years, justifying that by using it as a training route for our masters,” says Hudson.

Fullers is negotiating a new tender for its ferry

services with AT and has asked for the Stanley Bay run to become a subsidised contract. It is the only feasible way to retain a Stanley Bay commuter service, Hudson says.

A recent AT report acknowledges receiving “advance notice from Fullers Group of intent to withdraw the Exempt Services at a time to be agreed”. It says the current contracts have been extended until late 2017.

Hudson says Fullers remains committed to Devonport and Waiheke services because they are commercially viable. But even with recent growth in passenger numbers on the Stanley Bay run, Fullers still loses money due to increasing costs, he says.

Negotiations with AT are continuing. “We wanted to be transparent and told AT about our intent to withdraw before the tender came up last year. But we won’t withdraw on short notice,” he says, adding that he hopes AT will be “sensible.”

AT spokesperson Mark Hannan says Fullers has agreed to continue operating the service until a time yet to be agreed between Fullers and AT. He says AT is not lobbying for a government subsidy of the route but for the next Regional Public Transport Plan it will review how the service meets needs for the area.

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Suspicious fire damages home and business A deliberately lit fire in the entranceway of a Devonport business caused significant damage to the premises and could have claimed a life.

Fire service staff said that Peter Scott, who lives and runs his picture-framing business from the villa, was believed to be at home and asleep when the fire started.

Devonport fire-station officer Ken Lousley said he understands Scott was alerted to the fire by a neighbour.

“It started in the front entrance, and was deliberately lit using magazines or newspaper and an accelerant, a flammable liquid such as petrol,” says Lousley.

The Devonport fire station received a call about the fire at 2 am on 22 March. “The fire at the front of the shop was well involved when the first truck arrived,” says Lousley.

A fire alarm inside the building was going off when he arrived.

Scott met the firefighters upon arrival, Lousey said. Shortly after, the crew noticed the fire had broken into the roof. “We used a ladder to climb into a manhole into the roof where we cut off and extinguished the fire.”

Three engines attended the fire, including one from Takapuna. “The Devonport volunteers arrived right after our career truck. They joined my crew in a very professional manner,” says Lousley.

Scott told the Flagstaff the fire and subsequent investigation were a private matter.

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Rates fund home maintenance Maintenance work on a Devonport villa is being paid for with a grant from the DevonportTakapuna Local Board.

The owners of the Spring St house recently received a $2,000 community grant to pay for a leak in their roof.

Paul Anderson and Inge Wisselink’s grant application says: “Our house was built in 1895 by the first Mayor of Devonport-Takapuna. It is in a heritage area and we need to repair the leak in the turret before the damage to the house gets worse. We are protecting a heritage property by doing this.”

A quote for the repair had come it at $2,339 and the couple asked for “a $2,000 contribution”, which the board granted, covering 85 percent of the cost.

Concerns raised by board member Mike Cohen at a recent board meeting fell on deaf ears.

“Our community grants are not there to pay for home repairs. Devonport is full of heritage homes that require constant maintenance. Where do we start and where do we stop?” he said.

Cohen says the application should have been referred to the North Shore Heritage Trust, which was specifically established to deliver grants to fund the conservation of North Shore heritage.

Fixing a hole... public money paid most of the cost of repairing the roof of Paul Anderson and Inge Wisselink’s Spring St villa “If the board values heritage, which we do, But even a trust grant only covers 10 percent we should put funding towards the trust and of any approved restoration project, with a let experts allocate those funds as they see fit,” maximum of $5,000 granted for a $50,000 Cohen says. project.

Volunteers ready to go but council drags chain Thirty volunteeers have come forward to staff the Devonport visitor information centre but council is still holding up the potential opening at its 3 Victoria Rd building.

Devonport Business Association president Dianne Hale said it was still in meetings with council and hoped to have the centre open in time for the World Masters Games, which start in Auckland in two weeks.

Council officers have told the association that seismic testing has shown the building is below habitable levels.

Ironically, council-funded workers – the

Devonport Community Co-ordinator and the Devonport Business Improvement District manager – both have been based at the building for years.

Hale described the situation as “deeply frustrating”. Not only were the volunteers ready to go, but Devonport Rotary had indicated it wanted to run free walks from the centre, based on historic brochures the club had designed.

Seismic repairs to the building are budgeted for 2018, by which time it would have been vacant for 18 months.

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Readers probably know I’m not a great fan of unnecessary signage. Annoying visual pollution is one of the banes of modern life.

While Auckland Council is clamping down on businesses placing signs on the street, council and its offshoot Auckland Transport seem to have no concerns about cluttering up the environment with all manner of warnings, directions and information. I find unnecessary signage particularly affronting in parks – areas that should be oases away from the clatter of the city. Take Bath St Reserve at the northern end of Cheltenham Beach: eight council signs within the space of 30 metres.

But in the ridiculous-signs stakes, a recently erected sign at Achilles Reserve takes some beating. It warns of a low pohutukawa branch across a path. This branch has been ‘low’ for years and is so obvious I doubt it has caused any injuries.

By the time you see the the signs you have all but smashed into the branch anyway. It’s another example of wasted ratepayer money.

(Council says the sign was placed after ratepayer concerns and cost $130).

Statement of the obvious... one of the signs at Achilles Reserve

The sudden push by Watercare for Aucklanders to save water has its ironies.

The city’s largest water treatment plant in South Auckland is operating at reduced capacity because of large amounts of silt in the Hunua dams, following huge rains in early March. I’d favour a much more proactive approach by Auckland Council and Watercare: compulsory water tanks for new homes in Auckland and subsidies for tanks collecting water at existing houses.

This would not only alleviate the current situation, it would reduce the need for huge new water plants, like the one proposed for Oratia, to meet the demands of Auckland’s growing population. Less stormwater flowing off properties also cuts down the need for stormwater upgrades and reduces the pollutants being swept out to sea.

One of the simple pleasures of Devonport living – a quick shower by the beach after a swim – has been affected by the water-saving drive. Auckland Council has turned off the taps at the beach showers. My bet is it came about after a damned-if-you-do, damnedif-you-don’t debate among officials. To my mind, it’s mean-spirited and won’t save that much water. People will go home and have a longer and warmer shower.

Maybe council officers subliminally heard my gripes, because they appeared to be turned back on last weekend after about a week out of action.

I’m appalled at the fire at Peter Scott’s picture-framing business on Victoria Rd. While investigations are continuing into the cause of the night-time blaze, it appears it was deliberately lit. Much of Scott’s shop and his home behind it has been either charred or smoke-damaged and it was fortunate the whole building was not burnt down. Scott has run the shop for more than two decades, and is a forthright character who is opinionated about the things he is passionate about. If the fire was deliberately lit as a way of getting at him, this is a huge violation. I hope the full force of the law is brought down on the offenders when they are caught.

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Letters

April 7, 2017

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How do we stop these North Head louts?

I walk on North Head a lot, and on many mornings there is evidence of a fire the previous night on the beach, despite the total fire ban. What concerns me most is the broken glass on the beach from the smashing of beer bottles on the rocks. This is a serious health

An elegant compromise Ideally, Ryman and the community can agree on an elegant compromise.

The form of the buildings enhance the landscape, for people and place.

The soil is moved to Ngataringa Park to remediate the old tip further and planted with native bush to feed the birds.

Ryman would run a continous figureeight shuttle between Takapuna and Devonport to transport workers, residents, visitors and neighbours to lighten the traffic on Lake Rd. Maybe, could be, should be?

Sarah Bloomfield

hazard, especially for children.

So far, a call to the Devonport community police number in Takapuna was answered by a machine, and the message I left has not been responded to. Is there any way to stop these drunken louts from smashing their bottles?

James Davidson

What next for our maunga?

The Tupuna Maunga Authority has announced its intention to severely restrict ready access and enjoyment of five volcanic cones in Auckland, including Mt Victoria, Devonport.

We now learn they are trying to evict the lesees of the world-renowned Devonport Bunker music venue after 46 years of trouble-free occupancy.

Why this punitive approach? What next?

Charging for access to our maunga?

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On the Beat

April 7, 2017

Hello readers, The month of March has seen an increase in vehicle crime on the peninsula and Police would like to remind everyone to be extra vigilant, calling 111 if any persons are seen acting suspiciously.

Vehicles were reported stolen from Harley Rd, Glen Rd and Beresford St. Two trailers were stolen overnight on March 12/13 from Cassino St and Montgomery Ave. Interference and damage of vehicles was reported in Victoria Rd, School Rd, Eversleigh Rd, Coronation St and Harley Rd (x2).

Eight burglaries have been reported in Bayswater Ave, Harley Rd, Onepoto Rd, Eversleigh Rd, Macky Ave, Cheltenham Rd, Marsden St and Lake Rd. A fire investigator was called to assist following an arson attack on a Victoria

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Another resident on Vauxhall Rd was woken at 3am by the sounds of heavy footsteps running away from the property. They discovered a lit firework had been thrown towards the property. The firework had landed on the ground outside a window and was shooting upwards towards the house.

The firework entered an open window resulting in burn marks on the exterior window frame, the metal blinds, curtains, and the carpet inside the house. Approximately an hour later, footsteps were again heard outside the property and a group of males was seen running away from the area.

A third residence on Tainui Rd was targeted by a lit firecracker, which left burn damage on the deck.

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Interview

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Devonport Walkers celebrates 30 years Devonport Walkers celebrates its 30th birthday this year. Dozens of members meet up for walks and coffee every week. Pat McKay, who founded the group, still runs it today. She spoke to Maire Vieth.

Going through their paces… the Devonport Walkers about to set off They know Devonport like the back of their hands and have set foot on nearly every inch of it. The 89-paid-up members of Devonport Walkers are a committed bunch. For the last 30 years, they have been pounding the pavement, the grass and the sand three times a week.

Founding member Pat MacKay has been the leader of the local walking group since 1986.

“We have walked every street, even little ones we didn’t know existed. We walk the beaches and the mountains, even the tunnels at North Head,” she says.

McKay (85) and the group’s other founding member Shirley Smedley (91) are still active, and some members have belonged to the group for more than 20 years. There is a joke among those who have been only walking for 10 years that they are still “one of the newbies”.

They walk rain or shine. “If it was snowing, we would go. We have been out in hail, and

when it’s teeming with rain. Maybe only 20 of us will turn up. We dress for it and walk up and down Victoria Rd under the awnings and through the wharf building a few times. We don’t want to catch the flu, but we do want to keep walking,” she says.

Between 40 and 50 members turn up most Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9am, and Sundays at 8.30am, on the corner of Clarence St and Bartley Tce, outside the Caroline Sills shop.

Everyone is welcome to join. Members range from people in their 60s to their 90s.

“About 30 of us would be in our 80s,” says McKay. The walkers are are fast, medium and slow. Some bring poles while a handful have swapped to bikes because it’s easier on the knees. “But they still want to be part of the group for the social time,” says McKay. The group has grown significantly in the

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last five years, reaching the 100-member mark during the last two years. “And I think we will get there again before the year is over,” she says.

For each of the three a walks a week, one of the members sets a different course. One week it’s three women, the next it’s three men.

Last Tuesday, it was Peter Swan’s turn.

Shortly after 9 am, he announced: “Along the waterfront, left at Cambridge Terrace, across the Domain heading for Eton Terrace, cross over Tainui and Oxford, then through the little reserve to Cheltenham Beach. It’s low tide, so those who want to, continue around the rocks to Narrow Neck Beach. Those who don’t, up at Bath St, down Vauxhall, shortcut through the butcher’s lane, back down Wairoa and back to here.”

An average course is about 5km. But people are free to walk wherever they like, and many do.

“Quite a few of us can’t do the course anymore. I walk at my own pace since I find going up hills a bit harder. And it doesn’t really matter where you go as long as you walk for about an hour and get back to Clarry’s after,” says McKay, who got into walking for exercise while in her 50s.

She used to head the group with her husband Jim, until he passed away two years ago.

“When I get in a pinch these days, I can call on Donna and Jimmy Anstiss to help out,” she says.

But in some ways, the group runs itself. “We simply meet at Caroline Sills, that’s it,” she says. No email reminders, and no Facebook posts are needed.

And nor is a committee. “I’m the only one

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April 7, 2017 who says yay or nay. If members suggest an idea to me, I put it to the group and if they like it we do it. That’s about it,” says McKay. Popular walks outside Devonport have involved taking the ferry to Auckland and walking the Panmure Basin or through the Viaduct and Wynyard Quarter. Last Sunday, a few members headed off on the Coast to Coast walk across Auckland.

The Devonport Walkers value their social time together as much as the physical activity of walking.

“It’s three mornings a week that you are not on your own and you can chat to people. We have a lot of widows and that is important to them,” says McKay. Last month, around 65 members attended a birthday party for Chris Robertson, who turned 90, and Margaret Hallam, who turned 80. “Everyone brought a plate of finger food, a bottle of white wine and their own glass along. Everyone really likes those evenings,” says McKay. Members share more than footpaths, food and wine. “We swap recipes and books. We go to the pictures together. For years, we had an annual Chinese takeaway meal on the band rotunda behind the library together, and a cricket night at the Domain. Everyone would bring their own bat and it didn’t matter if you could run or not,” she says.

Members look out for each other too. “When someone is sick, we often take them some soup.

Years ago, when one of us had cancer, we even had a food roster. There have been some lovely friendships, a few romances. But no wedding yet,” she says.

“And there have been deaths too,” she adds.

When her husband died two years ago, most members came to his funeral, says McKay. “All in all we have lost probably a dozen people.”

The group also looks after others. From the $10 per person membership fee, $3 is donated to the Devonport Community House and another $3 to Hospice. “Last year that added up to about $300 for each, and over the years it’s probably been around $6,000,” she says.

The remaining $4 McKay spends carefully.

“At Easter I give each of the walkers an Easter egg. On Mother’s Day I buy flowers and make little posies for the ladies. When someone turns 70, 80 or 90, they get a $20 voucher and when someone’s sick we send them a card,” she says.

The occasional walking accident, fall, and even broken arm have occurred, over the years, says McKay. “That’s why we have a rule that nobody is allowed to walk alone, because as you get tired in the feet, even a small bump can trip you up. Flax is particularly bad at doing it,” she says. Dogs are not allowed for the same reason. “Leads can be lethal,” McKay says.

Arguments among members are rare, she says. “Some people don’t like some people, but that’s personalities and we just get on. You can always walk with someone else.”

Most members live on the Devonport peninsula. A few come from Milford and Birkenhead, and then there are the dozen ‘expats’ from the UK, Canada, and Cyprus.

Leader of the pack... Pat McKay (left) hiking up Buchanan St with (left to right) Alan Long, Peter Soljak and Chris Robertson owners have changed four or five times since we started, but all of them have really looked after us,” says McKay. Just before 10am, dozens of returning walkers queue up at the café, ushering regular customers to the front so the walkers don’t get in the way of business. The owner who takes their orders not only knows each person’s name but also how they like their coffees. “We don’t even have to say anything anymore,” says McKay. The group occupies a handful of tables for the next half hour, chatting, laughing and making plans. Around 10.30 am, they all head They live in Devonport only part of the year, their different ways again – until next time. but regularly join the group every summer.

• People interested in joining the group can McKay says the idea for a local walking simply turn up one morning, or call Pat McKay group was sparked in her 50s while she was at 445-2743 with any questions. doing Wise Walking at the Northcote YMCA. “They said you had to keep your arms swinging to walk wisely,” she says. Within a couple of years McKay decided she didn’t like driving to Northcote to go walking and formed a Devonport group.

“Judy McGrath helped me put up notes asking people to join at the wharf and New World and all the doctors’ rooms,” she says.

In the early days, five women met at the Devonport Community House, then located on Mt Victoria/Takarunga in the current Kerr St Artspace building. “Soon we were 10, and it grew from there,” McKay says.

Once the women’s husbands retired, they joined in as well. “Jim did and a few more men came too. Alan Long is one of the original ones,” she says.

“Then we made ourselves a cup of instant coffee at the Community House afterwards.

And a district nurse used to be there and take our blood pressure and record it every week.

She would also look into our ears and if they were blocked she would tell us to get them Walk and talk… Myra Harvey and cleaned,” says McKay. For many years now, the group has been Gillian Norling enjoy socialising at meeting for coffee at Clarry’s Café. “I think the Clarry’s Cafe after exercise

“There have been some lovely friendships, a few romances. But no wedding yet.”

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It’s only rock and roll… Sylvie Strong and Sam McCarthy, both age eight and in Year 4 at DPS, found teenage band Shed not quite to their taste

Children, parents and grandparents present and past mixed and mingled at last month’s Devonport Primary School (DPS) fair. The event raised an estimated $35,000 to help fund science and robotic equipment for the school.

Secret squirrels… Max Pollock passes a secret message to best buddy Arthur Rebbeck, both age seven and in Year 3 at DPS

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Sweet as‌ DPS grandmothers (from left) Kathryn Buchanan, Audrey Reekie and Audrey Hainsworth volunteered on the lolly stand

On familiar grounds... (above) former DPS parent Andrew Tyson with dog Chalala.

Taking it all in... (right) Anais Mason and son Oliver (3) enjoying the afternoon out together

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.

Ph. 027 240 2187.

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Private beach access, daily or weekly rent. Fully furnished.

Ph 445 3008.

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.

Ph 445 3008.

House for rent Belmont Fully furnished available from June to September.4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. Sea views close to local schools.

Ph:Vicki 021 445623, prastos7@gmail.com Relatives visiting? Spacious garden studio with en-suite and kitchenette; minutes to Narrow Neck beach. Reasonable rates.

Ph Pauline 445 6471.

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 FOR SALE Two chests of drawers for sale. See Trade Me antique furniture. 18th cent. Georgian Mahogany (American Chippendale period), and Victorian Mahogany circa 1850. Closes 10 April.

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.

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

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.

Team of experienced, hardworking gardeners happy to help transform your garden.

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.

H o u s e k e e p e r. H o m e cleaning, including windows. Experienced.

References. Phone 442 2273, 027 492 6220.

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, licensed agent, REaa 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.

Ph David 021 0206 0606.

Devonport upholstery.

Recover specialist. Antiques and contemporary styles.

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

Diggadrain. Drain unblockers and drainage experts. CCTV drain locating. Repairs.

New drains. 0800 your drain.

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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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References available.

Locksmith, Devonport’s own Scott Richardson.

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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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Ph Dom 027 222 1223.

Tagbuster, graffiti looked after Devonport to Hauraki Corner. Call the Tagbuster 0800antitag, 0800 2684 824.

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.

Ideally with experience with special needs and/or early childhood development experience. Full-time, longterm contracted position.

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.

Art Travel Sketching for beginners. Learn to find your creative side in a fun learning environment over 10 weeks. Kerr St Artspace Tuesdays or Saturdays. Ph Tony McNeight 021 925 031.TUITION Learn piano/keyboard.

Lessons from $19.00.

Private, Professional, Affordable, Enjoyment for all ages. Competitions, Practical, Theory Exams. NZ Modern School of Music 0800-696-874.

TUITION Learning Support Specialist NZ qualified primary teacher and registered teacher of dyslexia.

Offering tailored tuition during or after school.

Ph 027 391 3716 or visit www.squigglesdyslexia. co.nzT Mathematics Tuition Available for years 9 to 13 by a retired maths teacher.

Phone Graeme 445 8575.

Mathematics Tuition, Sensitive tutoring offered at all levels of the secondary school curriculum. NCEA, IB and Cambridge welcomed.

100% pass rate in 2016.

NCEA 3 calculus specialist.

Ph Peter Ridge BE, Dip Tchg (sec) 445 2283.

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.

SLSS Swim School, 11 Evan Street, Belmont (off Eversleigh Road). Specialists in preschoolers. Phone 486 6728 for more info.

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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

Thirty years on and it’s great to see DOC is still going strong and giving us cause for celebration. The Department of Conservation had a well-attended birthday gathering on North Head for current and former Auckland staff. The mountain is one of Auckland’s most visited sites and proof that even with half a million visitors a year, limited and controlled access to the summit can work well for everyone. Grant and I enjoy walking around the refurbished walkway with its ever changing 360-degree view of the city and the glorious Hauraki gulf. On the summit, in 2015, I signed ‘Good to Grow’, a Memorandum of Understanding with Corrections which provides people power to control weeds and replant, as well as helping DOC with painting and maintenance.

DOC remains very active in our community as a trusted advisor protecting native birds at Ngataringa and Shoal Bays, and it plays an important role stopping the incursion of various pests into Devonport. The rangers work alongside community groups on the restoration of the tunnels. Working as part of the Devonport Environmental Group, and with Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei, DOC is helping to coordinate the distribution of rat traps to residents and will continue to encourage our community of Devonport to become a Predator Free peninsula. DOC will be 63 by the time New Zealand is Predator Free and until we reach the vision, the rangers will continue to provide a leadership role and strategies and be at the heart of achieving Predator Free NZ by 2050.

Helen Pollock’s Victory Medal sculpture is off to Arras, France. Many of you will have seen the thirty-six pairs of feet at the Devonport Naval Museum, which she tells me were modelled on her husband’s feet.

Helen’s artwork eloquently represents the theme of this year’s WW100 commemorations, the ‘Grind of War’,

focusing on New Zealand’s battles in the western front. After it leaves the Arras tunnels in June, the sculpture will tour to Belgium for the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele. Helen’s poignant sculpture truly honours our heroes and its overseas tour of duty puts another of our locals on the world stage.

Hospice is an integral part of end of life care.

I was with Health Minister Coleman when he launched a strategy paper aimed at improving the quality of primary palliative care at North Shore Hospice. The framework outlines how to improve communication and connections across care providers. From GPs to community and residential care, to at home-last stage care, it’s all about giving those needing end of life treatment the most comfortable therapy specifically tailored to their needs. Grant and I are looking forward to our seventh Vintners Brunch at Sky City, the major annual fundraiser for our excellent North Shore Hospice.

The Devonport Art Festival is a muchanticipated annual event, getting our community together to showcase local talent and creativity. Opening with the Street Art Festival, it gives us all a chance to see our talented artists at work. At the opening on Saturday, Grant and I were very impressed with the range of works on display including the imaginative wall murals along the Resident Artists Trail.

As always, if there are any issues you wish to discuss, call Monika in my electorate office on 486 0005.

Warm regards,

Hon Maggie Barry ONZM

NORTH SHORE ELECTORATE OFFICE 15 Anzac Street, Takapuna | P 09 486-0005 | E northshore@parliament.govt.nz Facebook.com/maggiebarrynz @maggiebarrynz Funded by the Parliamentary Service and authorised by M Barry, 15 Anzac St, Takapuna

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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS

Grammar APRIL 7, 2017

Sun, strong tides and light winds Five of the seven TGS sailors placed in the top ten, and finished fourth overall, at the recent College Sport Fleet Racing Regatta held in early March, at Wakatere Boating Club, Narrow Neck Beach.

Seventy-seven ardent sailors from 18 schools across Auckland competed in the 66th annual high-school sailing regatta organised by College Sport. Takapuna sailors completed in three classes: Optimist, Starling and Feva (a doublehanded class). Josh Schon and Callum Richards sailed in the Starling; James Barnett, Cam Eastmure and Luc Gladwell in the Optimist; and Harry Salter and Conrad Butler teamed up in the Feva.

Over the two days, the conditions were consistent: plenty of sun and strong tides with light and shifty winds. This meant the racing was a good challenge for all the sailors, as well as a great deal of fun on the water.

“Harry and I sailed the Feva and we won. The regatta was well run and a lot fun. It got a bit boring being the only ones in the fleet but it was One of the highlights was Emirates Team in their new catamaran. still really good,” said Conrad Butler.

New Zealand practicing alongside the course

Performers prevail The annual Courtyard Cabaret evening in midMarch, organised by the student-run Performing Arts Council, provided high-quality entertainment for this year's large audience.

It showcased a wide range of talents, including singers, dancers, instrumentalists and actors, and the hilarious hosting antics of student Logan McAlister, who never seemed to run out of jokes to entertain the attentive crowd.

Also featured were numbers from the school’s upcoming musical production of Grease, giving a teaser of what the public can expect when the

show is performed in May. It was a very successful night, thanks to the excellent organisation of the Performing Arts Council, who managed to raise $600 towards future events and attracted over 120 guests.

Performing Arts Council member, Grace Cowley, thoroughly enjoyed the evening, saying: “There was a high quality of performers, who all did brilliantly.” At the evening’s conclusion, she believed that this year's cabaret has been the most successful one yet.

BY NELLY FARMILOE

BY LILLIE BREWER

A fairy-tale experience As part of an external study for school, the Year 12 and 13 drama classes attended an updated version of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play, Peer Gynt.

Written by young Kiwi playwright, Eli Kent, Peer Gynt [recycled] is a modern update of the 19th century play about a drifting man trying to find himself in the world. This unique take on Ibsen’s classic uses next to none of the original dialogue, give or take a few lines to keep it in line with the original. Kent uses the original play to look at the problems that we face in our society like the rise of internet trolls, the misogynistic undertones of modern media and even the state of modern parenting. However, this does not

detract from the main theme of the play. As the aimless hero tries to grapple with who he is in the world, the motif of identity shines through.

The ASB Waterfront Theatre was filled with drama students from all over Auckland who had come to see the unconventional play. The atmosphere of the theatre hall was full of excitement and intrigue to see what might happen next; the play would leave everyone speechless at times. Students of many different backgrounds were roaring with laughter at how outrageous the play was, mocking all sorts of people. From Trump to Titanic, it seemed that nothing was safe from the wit of Eli Kent.

BY RORY CRAIG

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SCHOOL NEWS

APRIL 7, 2017

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THE LATEST IN SPORT

AT THE POOL: Diving - Holly Morse competed in the North Island champs in the 1m and 3m springboard, and 5m platform. She placed first in her age group on each board and won a silver and two bronze in the Open Women’s. She also competed in synchronised swimming, with her partner, and won gold in the Open Women’s age group. Holly heads to Adelaide soon, to compete in the Australian age group nationals.

Row, row, row your boat TGS Rowing wants you! Our school rowing team is comprised of students from all year groups, committed to a sport that runs from Term 3, across the summer and for Term 1. We train in the early morning light and after school. In the summer holidays we have a six-day camp in early January, devoted to training. We have regattas in Auckland and at Lake Karapiro, near Cambridge.

Rowing is a brilliant sport for students to do and it has many health benefits; it's a full-body workout, it's endurance, it's cardio and it's a sport that brings people together. Rowers spend most of their time outside of school with a group of like-minded individuals. Being a part of rowing gives students a sense of family and gives younger students friends in other year groups to whom they can go for advice and help.

It's also one of the most prestigious sports there is; the Boat Race between Oxford University and Cambridge University is one of the most well-known annual sporting events, and has taken place since 1859, with upwards of a quarter of a million people watching from the banks of the River Thames. Now Takapuna Grammar cannot claim to be as famous as Oxford or Cambridge, but we can take credit for many accomplished rowers to come out of the club, including two Olympic medallists: Conrad Robertson in 1984 and Juliette Haigh in 2012.

If this sounds like you, there is a “Learn to Row” programme in May: come and try it out. If you want to join please contact Mr Riepen in the PE department. I can guarantee you that if you join, you will become a part of a family and learn how to push yourself hard.

Rowing is a sport that challenges you, not only physically but mentally as well. The most rewarding part of rowing is that it is one of the most enjoyable experiences you can have at high school.

BY IONA ANDERSON

ON THE PITCH: Saskia Vosper, Arabella Maynard and Talisha Green (who also got the Golden Boot award for top goalscorer of the tournament) were a part of the Forrest Hill team who won the NZ Club U17 Football Championships.

ON THE WATER: Well done to Jonathon Weston, who is now the NZ National 420 Sailing Champion.

ON THE FIELD: Imogen Ayris placed second in the U18 and U20 age groups of the NZ Athletics Championships for her club (Auckland). She followed up this amazing performance at the College Sport Auckland Athletic Championships with another second place.

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Secret cove not so secret anymore A small and muddy slice of Devonport coastline became something of a tourist attraction last week.

Dozens of tourists flocked to the quiet Stanley Bay cove at 60A Stanley Point Rd after Auckland Council publicity about the purchase of a walkway to the coast went viral.

Some found it hard to access and a bit underwhelming due to its size and limited beach, especially at high tide.

“Is this it? I can’t bring my mum down here?” a man from Glenfield told the Flagstaff last Friday morning.

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Ngataringa bows out of Chelsea Cup Ngataringa Tennis Club’s great run in the 2017 Chelsea Cup came to an end last Friday when it lost 4-2 to Browns Bay. But it couldn’t have been closer.

The match was two-all after the singles rubbers. But then Ngataringa lost both doubles matches in super tiebreaks.

• Browns Bay plays Campbells Bay in the final on April 9.

Paintings of seashells, sheds, ships and skyscapes.

square-metre piece of land (with a CV of $60,000) to guarantee a path to the cove.

The council said the purchase now “enables public access.”

In fact, the path has been open for anyone to use for more than 100 years. In 1907, 16 neighbours collectively bought the land from the owner of 60 Stanley Point Road to create a path for all to use. After the original titleholders died, the next generations of neighbours continued to provide public access.

The neighbours recently spent close to $100,000 to rebuild the jetty and steps that make the cove accessible.

North Shore kicks off season with draw North Shore Rugby Club premiers drew with Massey 33-33 in its first match of the 2017 season.

Massey was down early, but came back strongly, scoring five tries to three, including a late converted try to square the match.

Both teams, who have been amongst North Harbour’s best in recent years, are facing 2017 with depleted squads. North Shore has lost several key players in the pack to the Blues and overseas.

• North Shore’s first home game is this Saturday, when it plays Silverdale at Vauxhall Rd: kickoff 2.45 pm.

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Peninsula kids check in for inter-school chess tournament

Great movers... peninsula chess tournament winner Sam Moffitt, flanked by second-placed Antony Hu (left) and Tom Talbot, who came third Hauraki School dominated at a recent Eddie Biss from Vauxhall School was sixth Auckland-wide tournament in June.

Fifty-eight players from Devonport Primary peninsula primary school chess tournament while Devonport Primary School’s Lucy Collett School, Hauraki School, Stanley Bay School with seven of its players in the top eight places. in ninth was the top girl.

They were: winner Sam Moffitt, secondHauraki was the winning school in the and Vauxhall School participated in the placed Antony Hu and third-placed Tom Talbot; tournament (played at Stanley Bay School), tournament, run by the company Chess Power, plus Maxim Tenitski, Ryan Gillam, Aidan followed by Vauxhall and Devonport Primary which also organises regional and national    Clarke and Ben Clarke.

Schools. Hauraki and Vauxhall qualified for an competitions.              Tips for trouble-free computing     Tips for trouble-free computing         A calledcan’t ‘SparkTrust’ me aallfree I accepted. It said it diagnosed 784  Q:  Mycompany backup drive be read –offered have I lost my scan, data? which       Q:  A company called ‘SparkTrust’ offered me a free scan, which I accepted. It said it diagnosed 784      issues that could be slowing my computer speed etc (Systems, Junk, Software, Privacy, Malware.....)    thatwants could to be hear…. slowing my computer speed etccan’t (Systems, Junk, Software, Privacy, then Malware.....) issues A: This  is not the news one If your backup drive be detected

by Windows, it     The next step was to register fortoaregister subscription for which I will have tohave pay.toUntil one registers one  The step was forbe a subscription which I will Until one registers  has probably failed. Butnext don’t despair – it could that it is thefor drive electronics (thepay. interface between theone          appears not to be told how cost sowill I daren’t in caseinI case can’tI can’t backback out out if the feefee    appears not tomuch be toldthis howwill much this cost so register I daren’t register if the     computer and the drive itself) that are faulty, and thefordisc itself, with all the data your on, isadvice.

OK. Either way, you     isthis exorbitant. this a for useful to do?

Would welcome  is exorbitant.

Is a usefulIsthing mething to do? me Would welcome your advice.    will need to take the drive to a specialist data recovery company and they will be able to tell you whether       A: Be careful with this sort of claim and offer.

I have never seen any program like this do anything of any worth    A: Be careful with this sort of claim andcustomers offer. I have never seen any program like this do anything ofcase, any worth  with some     your data is retrievable or not.

Other have used Datalabs success.

In oneso 62GB     or significance.

Most of the time these programs are rogue software or even malware, it really is best     or significance.

Most the time these $500. programs are rogue software or 328 even2522 malware, sohow it really is best     of data was recovered at of athem cost of around a installed call on 0800 see they to avoid altogether.

Besides, Give I havethem already some tools on yourto computer that will can do these     to avoid them altogether.

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Upcycle your     low on memory…       condition to donate to the   Q: I have a message coming up on my screen saying ‘Your computer is Wanted: old oldrefurbish laptopsand still ininworking Wanted: laptops sill working Q:  Whats going on with Xtra? Still!!!  Red Cross Refugee service.         condition to refurbish and donate to the   Q: I have a message coming up on my screen saying computer is low onI memory… close or restart all open programs’ Why ‘Your does this keep coming up? am using Windows 7. condition toupgrading, refurbish and donate If you are I will pass on  Red Cross Refugee service.  A: close Yes,  unfortunately lots of programs’ people are still having issues withcoming their Xtra emails.

Typical problems 7. include to the Red Cross Refugee service.      your old computers to help refugees. or restart all open Why does this keep up?

I am using Windows A: This is actually referring to Virtual Memory rather than RAM and this message comes up when you have too  If you are upgrading, I will pass on    not being able to send emails on and phones or receive emails on computers.

The biggest issue    your old computers to help refugees. many programs files open all at once. does not necessarily you however will gethave thingstoo done   A: This is actually referring to Virtual Memory rather than Multi-tasking RAM and this message comesmean up when you       seems to be that when reconfigure your email program to work thebenew Mailservers, forthan some  faster!you Close all your programs, reboot the computer andwith all will well.Xtra Try not to have more three  many programs and files open all at once.

Multi-tasking does not necessarily mean you will get things done      things open the emails same time, youever will avoid this problem in still the future.   reason it has to download ALLatthe youand have received that are stored at Xtra. I have had    faster!

Close all  your programs, reboot the computer and all will be well. Try not to have more than three   With this new version of will MS Outlook, I am finding when typing in an address emails,you there is several cases this has been ofyou the order of 11,000, 12,000in or even 19,000 emails!!!forEmails have   openwhere    things atQ: the same time, and avoid this problem the future.  no automation.

Before when I typed in a going name, the address filled in automatically.

That is not     already read!

And don’t want to see again!

Sometimes back years...

These take days to download     happening nowOutlook, and would make a largewhen portion of my in daily work very slow.

With this newyou version MS I am finding typing for emails, theredeleted is        –Q:and then once haveof downloaded them, you have to delete them an all. address Emails you have already    no automation.

Before I typed in a name, thethe address filled in automatically.

That isis not    A: That’s thewhen way Outlook is, sorry.

I’m afraid ‘automatic completion’ of email email addresses a learned thing,     once before!

In some cases, such a volume of emails causes problems with the program, so it has at   Why go anywhere else?! andOutlook   happening nowand wouldwill make a large portion of have my daily very slow.  remember them after you typedwork them in /replied to them once. Unfortunately there ON LEAVE     times been sorting out this issue.  Sorry folks – I am not going to be  is no way to speed that learning process up, but it will come right in the end.  quite a palaver     A: That’s the way Outlook is, sorry. I’m afraid the ‘automatic completion’ of email addresses is a learned thing,  around over Easter.

I am off to  445 7810   One thing you should definitely check – make sure that the tick box in the Advanced Settings that  Why else?!  the UK go for aanywhere fewweeks, back on   and Outlook will  remember them after you have typed them in /replied to them once. Unfortunately there    messages 30th April. Leave a message on my says ‘leave a copy of on the server’ is unticked; or if it is ticked, make sure that the tickbox  Serving Devonport Businesses, Home Users and the Devonport Community since 2001 is  no way to speed that learning process up, but it will come right in the end.  phone if you want me to come   ‘remove from server after 14 days’ is also ticked. If you are not sure how to do that, give me a call.  over when I get back.    

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April 7, 2017

DoC celebrates 30 years with a function in Devonport Around 90 past and present Department of Conservation (DoC) staff joined local MP and Conservation Minister Maggie Barry at a 30-year-anniversary lunch at North Head last Friday.

Archaeologist Dave Veart, one of the “originals” who joined the department at its inception in 1987, said DoC managed a landscape changed by man.

Veart, who previously worked for the Historic Places Trust, would tell DoC staff working at North Head to look one way at the Hauraki Gulf for what they were protecting, and then the other way to the city and the people they were safeguarding the environment for.

Among the most valuable work he had been involved in was the creation of the Fort Takapuna Historic Reserve, together with the late Jim Henry and contractor Graham Ball.

Corrections Department staff and members of volunteer groups that work with DoC – Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi, Motutapu Restoration Trust, Motuora Restoration Society, Little Barrier Island Supporters Trust and Motuihe Island Restoration Trust – also attended the celebration.

Celebrating with song… DoC staff and Conservation minister Maggie Barry sing a waiata at the 30th anniversary event Barry said DoC was in great health and had achieved much in its first 30 years.

In managing the DoC estate, it had killed 35 million rats last year, she said.

She remained committed to make New

Zealand predator-free by 2050, a goal that some had said was impossible, but was achievable with the help of local communities. “Here in Devonport, we have got a groundswell of support to make the peninsula predator-free.”

ThE NAVy COmmuNiTy NEwSLETTER

FROm ChEF TO ThE NAVy’S NEwEST COmmANDiNG OFFiCER Navy officer Lieutenant Brock West, who started out as a chef in the ranks 11 years ago, is our latest commanding officer.

Lieutenant West took command of HMNZS Taupo, one of the Navy’s four inshore patrol vessels, in March.

He joined the Navy in 2006, straight out of college, inspired by a Navy recruiter who came to his school. He says he had always loved the sea, and wanted to train as a chef.

In 2011, he was named Sailor of the Year for his work during the evacuation of the MV Rena, after it had gone aground on Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty in October 2011. He was part of the team from inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Rotoiti that helped evacuate 21 crew members from the Rena. A Rena crew member fell five metres while climbing down the ladder to the Navy rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs), landing on and injuring the bowman on the RHIB next to West’s. West, who had medical training, took charge, jumping to the other boat to provide first aid and taking over as bowman.

He began officer training the following year, graduating in 2013. “I spent two years on frigate HMNZS Te Kaha as a seaman officer, with courses in between, and finished a command course in February.

Then I got a phone call asking if I would like to take command of Taupo.”

He would tell any college student to think seriously about a career in the New Zealand Defence Force. “If you’re thinking about it, just give it a go, for a short time or a long time. There’s so much to offer, so many jobs.”

As for his previous role of chef, he misses it, but gets his fix by doing most of the cooking at home.

Lieutenant Brock west, left, accepts the Symbol of Command of hmNZS Taupo from outgoing Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander John mcQueen, in front of maritime Component Commander Commodore Jim Gilmour.

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April 7, 2017

Laundry saga puts pensioners through the wringer Pensioners living in the 12 flats at Fraser Court, Belmont, have had problems washing their laundry since last November, when one of their two communal washing machines broke down.

Numerous laundry issues since then remain unresolved and the residents feel their concerns are falling on deaf ears, as council is handing over the operation of their flats to the Selwyn Foundation.

Michele Gardner, says the “laundry saga” started when one of the two top-loader machines stopped working last November.

When council was contacted, “they took the machine away and said it would be back on Wednesday.

“It was back in mid-January instead and in the meantime the other washing machine had given up,” she says.

“In early February, after we had both machines working for two weeks, maintenance people swooped in and replaced the top loaders with brand-new front loaders.”

Many of the residents find the new machines hard to use, she says. “I am one of the youngest and fittest here, but have arthritis of the spine and high blood pressure so I can’t bend down,” says Gardner.

Antoinette Balthazar also has trouble bending down. “I have had major spinal surgery – three operations on my back,” she says.

When the residents contacted the council, they were told the new machines would go on plinths but that hasn’t happened, says Gardner. She has been doing her washing by hand since January, as has fellow resident Raisa Malcolm. “I am washing everything in my flat, even sheets, and I dry them outside,” she says.

Helen Wilson is doing her laundry at her son’s house in Milford. “I can because I’ve got a car, but most people here don’t,” she says.

The new machines are also unstable.

“They were not properly secured and literally walk across the floor, intimidating the older people,” says Gardner.

John Latimer says he found long-time resident John Lungley red in the face while fending off a machine that seemed to be heading towards him. “It was very upsetting,” says Lungley. “They dance across the floor and they frighten you,” adds Wilson.

Currently, one of the front loaders is out of action. “It damaged itself walking around and is totally defunct,” Latimer says.

“The second one has walked itself into a corner. It works but it is leaking,” says Gardner. She says tenants are entitled to a working laundry. “Our tenancy agreements say that, but we are running out of people to turn to.

“Every single one of us has rung council.

We have spoken to the health and welfare

Washed out... (from left) Fraser Court residents Helen Wilson, John Lungley, John Latimer and Antoinette Balthazar office about it, to the council coordinator, to the manager of social housing and to [Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member] Mike Cohen,” she says.

Residents have the impression services have declined since council decided to hand over to Selwyn. “Since then everything has been very reactive and not really based on our needs,” Gardner says.

“At this point, all we want is our old machines back.”

Last week, Auckland Council Manager of Community Places Kevin Marriott apologised for inconvenience caused to Fraser Court tenants by the laundry facilities. “We are very grateful for the tenants’ patience during this time,” he said.

“The council’s tenancy and well-being staff continue to visit Fraser Court regularly, often on a weekly basis. On Wednesday [last week], a council officer saw a number of residents and checked the machines, noting that one had been repaired and was back in operation,” he said. Another had been taken away, and council maintenance staff were working to replace it with a top-loading machine.

Marriott said the Housing for Older People portfolio was still being managed by the council and would transfer to a joint-venture company later in the year. Tenants should continue to report problems through the council’s call centre on 09 301 0101.

North Head and Fort Takapuna Historic Reserves Weed Spraying

The Department of Conservation wishes to notify its neighbours and regular users of the above reserves of its intention to carry out maintenance spraying.

Spraying will be undertaken on several days between 1st and 30th April 2017.

All spraying will take place during the hours of the standard working week.

Spray application will be carried out by qualified chemical applicators. A temporary marker dye will be added to indicate plants that have been sprayed.

A notice advising the public of the spraying taking place that day will be erected at the main entrance points.

Further information may be obtained from the North Head Office by phoning 09 445 9142.

KEITH GELL Operations Manager, Auckland Inner Islands

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April 7, 2017

Street party launches Devonport Arts Festival Devonport’s light-industrial zone came alive with art and music last Saturday with a street party to launch the Devonport Arts Festival.

Hundreds of people flocked to Wynyard St, to watch artists transform buildings with murals, look at arts demonstrations and listen to music.

For kids, there was a pop-up cardboard playground, face-painting and story time with local authors Hannah Tunnicliffe and Lotte Wotherspoon.

Street art… Kelly Spencer (above right) spent most of the weekend working on a Wynyard St mural as did Marcus Watson (above)

Street music… Darius Windarc plays his decorative piano, much to the joy of Sarah Bisley

Street life… art installations replaced cars on Wynyard St

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Obituary

April 7, 2017

Betty Cuthbert Lifetime of commitment to family and community Betty Cuthbert, a well-known teacher and community worker, died aged 95 at her home in Morrison Ave on March 21.

She was reluctant to go, telling me she’d miss everyone who had made her life so wonderful and such fun. She and my father John began their lives, attended school and married in Christchurch. He was a civil engineer and she gained a home science degree at Otago University.

They became activists within the ‘system’. For Betty this led her to becoming a teacher, a life member of the Maori Women’s Welfare League (learning Te Reo), being active in the National Council of Women, North Shore Branch of the Federation of Graduate Women, Grey Power North Shore, North Shore Community and Social Services. She helped establish Devonport U3A and Awataha Marae (especially its health programmes for women and children), and co-authored a recipe book for older men on the Shore who were lost in the kitchen after the death of their wives.

Betty was a member of one of the national panels awarding Lotto Board grants, and helped John with planting days, trips and campaigns during his time as President of North Shore Forest and Bird.

Betty adored Devonport. She and John moved here in 1985 on retirement from their jobs in Whakatane and became immersed in the community. They spent their Whakatane holidays sailing their small yacht to Devon-

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I grew up believing it was normal for women to have jobs and work to create a caring community, because my mother did it without fuss. So many of her interests made sense, when Betty mentioned she recalled spending time and learning from Kate Sheppard, who was her great-aunt. No wonder she gravitated to organisations working to empower Pacific women to engage in political processes and to expand their education and job opportunities.

Betty was pragmatic, and keen on action rather than getting bogged down in theory.

She was never happier than when spreading her nutritional expertise on healthy and affordable eating. I’ll always remember her outrage that Coke was cheaper than milk; that politicians were reluctant to intervene to protect children’s dental and physical health, and that our education system progressively failed to value life skills such as cooking and budgeting. I’ll never forget her cheeky delight in offering brown-bread egg sandwiches instead of sausage rolls to kaumatua at marae she visited.

My two brothers and I have been overwhelmed by the messages of love and thanks for Betty. She was the best mother we could have wished for, but also a remarkable woman who gave of herself so willingly, always up for an adventure to meet new people and share in their lives. We absorbed her energy for life and inspiration to make a better world as we devoured her generous, healthy family meals.

At Betty’s wishes, we’re planning a celebration of her life in Devonport at the Wakatere Boating Club at Narrow Neck Beach, most likely in May. Notices will be placed in the Herald and Devonport Flagstaff, plus emailed to anyone who registers at ‘dbcc4211@gmail.com’ Barb Cuthbert

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Jetting to summer’s end The Jets Run 2016/17 season concluded with a fundraising event featuring canine companions, which together with entry fees, raised $225 for the Blind Foundation.

Prizes were awarded in the seven-week Accumulator Series, for which entrants had to have run a minimum of four races.

3km event Primary Girls: Raiha Jeory 1, Ysmene Ostik-Smith 2, Asha Edwards 3. Primary Boys: Dominic Cook 1, Ben Wheeler 2, Run their course... the popular Jets Runs are over for the season Luka Hart 3. Intermediate Girls: Pippa Plummer 1. Men: Adam Cook 1, Ben Hart 2, Peter Maskell 3. Women: Caroline Wishart 1, Del Hart 2, Becs Munson 3.

5km event Ben Marshall won the Cheltenham Swim McQueen (23:06); 9 Jake Scott (23:09); Men: Damon Nicholas 1. Women: Tanya last Sunday by only three seconds.

10 Dawn Dooley (23:12); 11 Alice Adams Braden 1. Primary Girls: Lila Wray 1.

Marshall finished the 2.2km course in (23:17); 12 Matthew Oberdries (23:25); Intermediate Boys: George Morris 1, 20:09 ahead, of Nick Bone in 20:12.

13 Frank Mullenger (23:30); 14 Stephen The course – from Narrow Neck Beach Moore (23:54); 15 Craig Gregory (24:17); Hector McIntyre 2, Nick Davies 3. to Cheltenham – was completed by 144 16 Rebecca Bryant (25:13); 17 Bruce New course records were set by Damon competitors.

Henderson (25:55); 18 Daniel Kavanagh Nicholas (18.29 minutes for 5km) and Flynn Oberdries was third in 20:17, (26:03); 19 Andy Haigh (26:10); 20 Elliot Murdoch McIntyre (9.01 for 3km). followed home by: 4 Jack Revill (21:05); 5 Collinge Moore (26:18).

Organiser Paul Cornish said 607 race Michael Worsfold (21:23); 6 Mark Riggall The swim was organised by the entries were recorded over a busy season (21:28); 7 Simon Millar (23:03); 8 Matthew Devonport Swim Club. with, remarkably, no rain interruptions.

Cheltenham Swim attracts almost 150

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