26 August 2016 Devonport Flagstaff

August 26, 2016

Swarm of Devonport election candidates… p2

Bricks and water: concerns at wharf… p3

Interview: new TGS trustee Tim Williams… p18

Bronze for Devonport’s Golden Girl

Sporting superstar... Devonport pole-vaulter Eliza McCartney leapt onto the international stage last Saturday with a vault that won her a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics. Her first response was to run over to her family in the stands, grab the flags they had thrown out for her and pose for this photograph.

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Local body candidates line up

Democracy is alive and well in Devonport with a large number of residents standing in the 2016 local body elections.

Devonport is well represented in both the Auckland Council North Shore ward and Devonport-Takapuna Local Board races.

Incumbent councillor Chris Darby is seeking re-election. Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper and experienced politician Grant Gillon – a current Devonport-Takapuna and Kaipatiki Local Board member and former North Shore City Councillor – are standing for the council. Of 18 candidates for the six-seat Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, eight live on the Devonport Peninsula: Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper, Gavin Busch, Mike Cohen, Trish Deans, Grant Gillon, Jan O’Connor, Michael Sheehy and Bruce Tubb.

The other candidates in the local-board contest are: Kevin Brett, Don Campbell, Fay Freeman, John Hill, Nick Kearney, Rohan Lord, Jennifer McKenzie, Ian Revell, Garry Venus and George Wood. Wood, a former mayor

of North Shore City and current Auckland councillor, is not seeking re-election to council.

Whatever happens in the DevonportTakapuna Local Board race, there are sure to be some fresh faces, with three current members leaving the board. Chair Joe Bergin is not seeking re-election and neither is Alison Roe. Long-standing local politician Dianne Hale is retiring.

Of the 21 local boards across Auckland, the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board ranked fourth equal in the number of nominations to seats available. Twelve candidates are contesting the race for the two North Shore ward council seats. In addition to the three Devonport nominations the contenders are: Michael Buttle, Fay Freeman, Danielle Grant, John Hill, Richard Hills, Lesley Kahn, Damian Light, Tate Robertson and Anne-Elise Smithson.

Voting papers will be delivered from 16 September for the postal ballot, which closes at noon on 8 October. The results will be declared on 13 October.

Cook Layed bare at Devonport Library

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Lay’s research covered Cook, Joseph Banks, Tupaia and William Bligh. It resulted in The Secret Life of James Cook (2013), James Cook’s New World (2014) and James Cook’s

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Lay’s talk will explain how the project came about, along with the perils and pleasures of writing “faction”. The event will include photographs of South Pacific locations closely associated with James Cook’s voyages, as well as the 1789 mutiny on the Bounty and its aftermath.

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Backlash predicted over “Berlin Wall” on wharf A concrete-block wall erected by Auckland Transport at Devonport Wharf to make a restaurant-cafe space more attractive, has been described as like the Berlin Wall and an invasion of public space.

Devon on the Wharf opened this week after a long, and at times fraught, Auckland Transport (AT) search for a tenant.

However, AT failed to consult the DevonportTakapuna Local Board about the “Berlin Wall” that has been built to section off tables on the eastern side of the cafe, according to board member Mike Cohen.

The wall had never been on any plans put to the board and defeated the whole purpose of the eastern area being open public space, he said.

“It was envisaged that there would be public space under the canopy to walk down the side of the building if necessary.

“Hence the reason for the gap in the historic seawall to enable this to occur,” Cohen told the local board last week.

Any “reasonable person” would regard the area inside the wall as part of the restaurant-cafe and wouldn’t walk through it, he said.

Cohen said the wall was nothing to do with the cafe owners, who had “done a fabulous job inside”. But he suspected AT would be describing the wall as movable in order to get around any need for reapplying for resource consent for the project.

There was sure to be a backlash to the compromising of public, open space on the wharf, Cohen said.

He had no objection to cafe tables out on the eastern side of the wharf to create an atmosphere

Not in the plans... local board member Mike Cohen has concerns about the latest addition to the Devonport landscape “like St Mark’s Square”, but the wall created an unecessary barrier.

The board voted to write to AT asking it to provide documention of the decision to erect the wall and restating the need to consult with the board over any other similar changes on the wharf. Board chair Joe Bergin voted against Cohen’s motion.

AT’s elected-member liaison officer Marilyn

Nicholls told the meeting that the wall had fulfilled all resource consent requirements and met all the objectives laid out in urban designers Sills van Bohemen’s plans for the ambience of the area.

The planning regulations allow 30 per cent of the deck area to be used for private concessions, and the canopy still allows for a public covered walkway, Nicholls said.

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Eliza’s medal glory

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Family on hand to share Eliza’s medal joy

Relaxed on and off the field… Eliza McCartney with parents What a difference a day makes…

Donna and William, and brothers Finn (left) and Hamish (right), Eliza with the medal and her parents just prior to her bronze-medal winning performance The red-hot interest in Eliza McCartney’s endearing performance at Rio was such that her father William said he only got to hold his daughter’s bronze medal once in the aftermath.

Not that he was too worried. He was delighted he, wife Donna, and sons Hamish and Finn were in the stands to see Eliza’s amazing medal performance.

After a slightly nervous progression through the qualifying round (where she stalled on a

couple of jumps), William said Eliza was relaxed going into the final.

“Going into the competition, she said just wanted to compete to the best of her ability.”

And she did that that in spades. Four higher ranked athletes had aspirations of gold.

William said the atmosphere at the stadium was “intense”, as Eliza nailed her first four jumps to lead the competition and put her rivals under extreme pressure.

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“The crowd was going nuts in the stands – everyone was crowding in and sitting on the concrete stairs,” William said. It reached fever pitch when the locals realised the McCartney family was there supporting Eliza.

After Eliza was confirmed as the bronzemedal winner, she ran over to her family.

“We were chucking flags out…she could not believe it, she was very happy but struggling to comprehend the whole thing.”

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Eliza’s medal glory

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A champion smile from the start

Natural style… Eliza McCartney’s first Flagstaff front page in 2012 (left) after winning gold in the Australian junior champs, the Halberg Awards Emerging Talent winner in February (centre) and now Olympic bronze medallist Her family managed to see Eliza for a couple of minutes after the event, before she had to go off for drug testing and media conferences, which lasted until 3 am.

The next day Eliza “was happy but tired,” William said.

His daughter had been winning pole-vaulting competitions since 2011. But it was when she won a bronze medal at the world junior champs in Portland Oregon, in 2013, that the family knew they had a world-class athlete on their hands. Her aims of going to medical school were temporarily put on hold as she pursued her pole-vaulting dreams.

Eliza looks like a natural with her relaxed but determined style. However it belies the hard work she puts in.“She’s been training six days a week for years,” said William.

Going into the Olympics, William thought Eliza would make the final and possibly was ahead of several competitors in the 12-strong field. But on the day, when she started jumping perfectly, anything was possible – as it transpired.

“It was only her second major event so all the pressure was on the other girls…four of the other girls would have thought they had a chance of the gold medal.”

Eliza is staying on in Brazil for a short holiday and her coach Jeremy McColl has given her three weeks off training.

As for the bronze medal, a new spot in the McCartney household may have to be found for it. Unsurprisingly the wall in Eliza’s room, which features all her certificates and awards, has become rather full.

Eliza a delight: from early days to Olympic bronze From eager schoolgirl pole-vaulter to Olympic medal winner, Flagstaff reporter Maire Vieth has covered Eliza McCartney’s meteoric rise in the sports world over the last four and a half years.

I had no idea that I had struck journalistic gold in March 2012, when I got to write the first of now more than a dozen stories about Eliza McCartney. It was my second month at the Flagstaff and Eliza was part of a story about three young hopeful pole-vaulting kids about to head to the Australian junior champs. Two issues later she was on the front page with her trademark smile after winning a gold medal with a vault of 3.75m.

The stories kept getting better, with Eliza clearing increasing heights for the next two years. There were bumps along the way too, with glandular fever and shin splints thrown in. 2015 was a plateau year. After a PB of 4.45m at the 2014 world junior champs, a self-acknowledged mental block kept Eliza

from progressing for a while.

Then the magic returned and Eliza broke the junior world record with a 4.64m just before turning 18 at the end of last year. By March it was 4.8m at the national champs in Dunedin and now there is Olympic bronze in Rio. I have enjoyed every minute of interviewing Eliza and writing about her. She is full of joy, focus, ambition, modesty and appreciation.

She takes her sport seriously, but she has kept a sense of young abandon, disbelief at her own capabilities and appreciation of the support she has received from her coach, family and community.

A bright student, who one day wants to become a doctor, like her mum Donna, Eliza is also a physical genius. Her family supported the decision to put sports before uni and allowed us all to watch her grow as an athlete and a person in the increasingly public eye.

Thank you Eliza for letting us all be part of your success. It’s been a blast!

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Eliza McCartney honoured at the entrance to Devonport last weekend

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By Rob Drent

What a fantastic achievement for Eliza McCartney – and her family, as support of loved ones is essential to young success – in winning an Olympic bronze medal in pole-vaulting last weekend.

It was a thrilling final. Eliza, five years younger than her nearest rival, was supposed to be using the competition as experience for the Tokyo Olympics. But she nailed her first four jumps at 4.50m, 4.60m, 4.70m and 4.80m (equalling her personal best and New Zealand record) to lead the field. She was effectively one jump away from gold. As it panned out, Greek Ekaterini Stefanidi and Sandi Morris from the United States took gold and silver clearing 4.85m. But when Aussie Alana Boyd failed three 4.85m attempts – along with Eliza – the former Takapuna Grammar student won bronze on countback. Pandemonium in the Kiwi camp.

But she won our hearts much earlier on. At home in Devonport, I was somewhat cruelly counting out her competitors as they failed along the way. “She’s guaranteed at least tenth now…now she’s going to come at least sixth.” The odds quickly shortened as her smile widened with the brilliance of her own jumps.

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Has there ever been an athlete that exhibits so much sheer joy in the moment of competition?

The result may have been bronze, but her exuberance and clapping on the way down from the dizzy heights of a successful jump were pure gold. The sheer thrill of success and excitement, she looked like a kid opening up a sack of presents at the end of the bed on Christmas Day. It was the best of sport – touching the human core in all of us. For a few moments she was our sister, daughter, child, giving her best in front of the world. We were yelling “go Eliza, go” in our lounge.

And after the bronze was confirmed Eliza’s bubbly, gracious and overwhelming happy personality charmed television audiences around the world.

Eliza is the fourth New Zealand field athlete to win a medal at the Olympics. And at the age of only 19, she has the athletic world seemingly at her feet. It was a proud moment for her, her family and Devonport, and all who have come in contact with her.

The campaigns of Devonport’s other Olympians – shot-putter Jacko Gill and yachtie Paul Snow-Hansen (who competed in the 470 class with Dan Wilcox) – should not go unnoted either.

Gill, still only 21, and battling a foot injury, qualified for the final and finished ninth with all his throws more than 20m. Snow-Hansen and Wilcox finished a creditable 10th. Hopefully they will be back in action in Tokyo.

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Update from Maggie Barry ONZM Member of Parliament – North Shore Preserving our heritage and our landscape After a week in the Beehive, it’s always a pleasure to arrive home in Devonport and be reminded how fortunate we all are to live in this fantastic part of Auckland. As your North Shore MP, I’m working on a number of local and nationwide initiatives to make living in this vibrant community even better.

As the Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage I’ve just launched the Heritage EQUIP – the Earthquake Upgrade Incentive Programme - which is a new $12 million fund to assist with the cost of strengthening privately-owned heritage buildings to preserve the heritage character of our communities for future generations. Devonport is in the low earthquake risk zone so owners don’t really have to worry about upgrading for 30 years but those who own listed buildings will be interested in the comprehensive information package and Retrofit Fund for smaller scale projects, such as ensuring verandahs and quake-prone ornamentation are made safe. I will post more details on the criteria and how to apply for the fund as we set up its new governance board in the coming months. www.mch.govt.nz/ heritageequip.

The Predator Free New Zealand 2050 initiative I launched with the Prime Minister last month outlined our Government’s ambitious conservation goal to eradicate introduced predators, focused on the rats, possums and stoats that consume 25 million of our native birds every year. The initial investment of $28 million will be matched by business and philanthropic support, and the new Crown-owned company I’m currently setting up will coordinate the scientific research, funding and strategies for large-scale

predator control projects around New Zealand. DOC’s Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki, has been devising a starter tool kit along with a framework for our fund to help communities achieve their local goals.

We are connecting with the Auckland Council and volunteer groups aiming to make the lower Devonport peninsula predator free. I’m happy to help any way I can to see the local predator free dream become a reality.

activities at 20 sites, including North Head, and your kids and grandchildren can run around the mountain having fun, hunting out a special code and earn a medal for their efforts. Nearly 1400 kids have been involved since we launched in March. More and more sites are opening – DOC plans to have 50 on offer across the country by the end of the year – so there’s lots of opportunity to get involved. See www. kiwiguardians.org.nz.

One of Devonport’s most distinctive landmarks is Maungauika/North Head, and as often as possible, Grant and I head up the mountain and enjoy those panoramic views. It’s one of the jewels in DOC’s Auckland crown and in my role as Minister I’ve made a couple of significant conservation announcements on the summit.

We are really going to miss our Local Board member Dianne Hale who has made an outstanding contribution to our community for more than 30 years.

She’s been an articulate and effective local advocate and I’d like to add my sincere personal thanks to her for all her efforts to improve our community.

It’s hard to think of a positive initiative where she has not played a pivotal role and I think we have been lucky to have her as long as we have.

With the Minister of Corrections I signed the Good to Grow agreement between DOC and the Department of Corrections which will see offenders engaged in conservation work and learning new skills at the same time.

Under this partnership offenders on community sentences are helping to look after DOC sites such as North Head, save native species and win the War on Weeds.

There are now more than 50 different Good to Grow projects up and running and the ultimate goal is to see as many as possible of the 2 million hours of community work done by offenders each year focused on conservation.

North Head was also the location for our launch of the successful Toyota Kiwi Guardians, which helps families have fun while enjoying the great outdoors. It’s promoting family-friendly

I’ve just enjoyed a sold-out electorate breakfast in Takapuna hosting my colleague Hon Todd McClay, who discussed the importance of international trade to our economy. Minister of Justice and Communications Amy Adams will be my guest at our next breakfast on Friday October 21st.

I’ve hosted two seniors meetings in the electorate and our third will be here in Devonport on Wednesday October 26th at the RSA Devonia Hall, where the Retirement Commission will be outlining common scams and what seniors can do if you think people are trying to cheat you. For more details on both events contact Karen in my electorate office on 09 486-0005.

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New childcare centre planned…168 Bayswater Ave A new 50-head childcare centre planned for the site of an old house on busy Bayswater Ave has been approved without public notification.

The childcare centre at 168 Bayswater Ave will cater for 10 children aged two and under and 40 aged between two and five. It will open Mondays to Fridays from 7am to 6.30pm.

The existing pre-1944 house on the site is to be demolished and replaced by a two-storey building with a 297sqm floor area.

The applicants – Establish ECE Limited – said the location of the new childcare centre was close to Bayswater School and would generate between 63 and 80 trips between 7.30 am and 8.30 am and between 63 and 70 trips between 4pm and 5 pm.

The traffic impact of the centre was “minor” and the existing house had no redeeming qualities, said the application.

Butterbee rejected by hearings panel The proposed Butterbee Childcare Centre on Victoria Rd has been rejected by independent commisioners.

The application for the centre, planned for 159 Victoria Rd, was lodged by local woman Jo Blair. It was originally intended to cater for 60 children up to five years old, and open weekdays from 7am to 7pm. It was later scaled back to 50 children.

The commissioners found that while “the proposal was not without merit”, as childcare centres offered a valuable service to the community, it was too big for the site, and would impact significantly on neighbours and compromised the heritage value of the area.

A council-commissioned report had earlier found the planned centre was too big, compromised pedestrian safety, had too little room for parking, would create too much noise and increased the possibility of rear-end traffic accidents.

A resource consent for a 40-child centre in nearby Preston Ave, which also involves the demolition of an old house, was granted in June 2015.

Auckland Council officers approved the 168 Bayswater Ave application, saying it was suitable for the location.

“The level of traffic generated would be comfortably accommodated with the local road network and would not result in adverse congestion or traffic safety related effects,” the consent report said.

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They say their company is a small fish in a big financial ocean. But that this is also its strength.

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Offering financial advice locally will have the added advantage of saving people time, rather than them driving across town.”

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Paul Hogan (67) climbed through the window of one of around five empty flats at Belmont Court last Friday, to air his frustration after being on a council waiting list for months.

His protest came after Flagstaff stories highlighting the numbers of empty pensioner units on the Devonport peninsula, as Auckland faces an unprecedented housing shortage.

The unit Hogan entered had been freshly carpeted and Hogan felt council was dragging the chain on filling empty flats.

“There is nothing wrong with it – I would live in it,” Hogan, who still works part time as a hairdresser, said.

“Apparently there’s huge waiting lists but units sit empty,” he said.

New toilets coming next at wharf Costings for the second stage of the Devonport Wharf redevelopment are underway, according to Auckland Transport (AT).

The first stage of the wharf renovation reached a sense of completion last week with the opening of Devon on the Wharf.

The next step is costings for the second stage, which will include new toilets.

In the meantime, the current toilets would be refurbished, AT’s electedmember liaison officer Marilyn Nicholls told the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last week.

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Board opposes aspects of Unitary Plan for Devonport Key Devonport sections of the new Unitary Plan approved by councillors have been opposed by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

Auckland Council last week essentially rubber-stamped the recommendations of the Independent Hearings Panel, which included: • Allowing four-storey terraced housing and apartments in parts of Belmont.

• Most of the peninsula north of the golf course being rezoned to take more than one house per site.

• A change to allowable heights in part of

Devonport town centre, with a 9m limit for shop frontages but a height of 13m allowed on the western side of Victoria Rd behind the shops.

• Six-storey buildings allowed on the 27ha of Ngati Whatua land on the peninsula, including land at Fort Takapuna (now leased by the Navy), which abuts a Single House zone.

The board passed a motion by member Grant Gillon that council look again at: keeping a 9m limit around the Devonport Town Centre zone; removing the new Terrace Housing and Apartment Buildings

Developers will be tapping on doors Homeowners on the Devonport peninsula will have developers knocking on their doors, according to Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Grant Gillon.

Residents north of Devonport golf course were likely to be approached over the next

few years by developers seeking larger sites, he said.

It would be interesting to see how many people attempted to try to retain single-home sites with housing being built all around them, Gillon said.

Another suspicous fire on Victoria Rd Then last Friday afternoon, an arsonist struck again.

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zone east of Belmont; and putting protections in place regarding the Ngati Whatua land at Fort Cautley.

Gillion said the increase in heights in Devonport village “provided a demolition incentive”.

The changes were almost certain to affect the view shafts to Mt Victoria, he said.

The rezoning of parts of Belmont was “quite stupid” said Gillon, as many of the sites slated for development would be severely restricted by the need to protect views to Rangitoto and Mt Victoria.

North Shore ward councillor Chris Darby told the board that councillors generally accepted the findings of the hearings panel, as evidence from numerous expert witnesses had been provided on all subjects.

The height limits in Devonport town centre were a complicated issue, but Darby was satisfied that all sides had a chance to put their case to the hearings.

He said that the new heights only applied to some buildings on the west of Victoria Rd. All the buildings on the eastern side had a 9m limit.

The height-sensitive zone for Devonport town centre meant 13m was the maximum with no allowance for more.

Board chair Joe Bergin voted against Gillon’s motion, saying it was inappropriate for the board to oppose the governing body.

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Continuing street-tree vandalism

Grounded yacht escaped damage

I would like to draw attention to two pohutukawa trees that have been wilfully damaged in Hamana St, in particular on the verge outside 20 and 18 Hamana St. It is distressing!

The trees are a sorry sight with their broken branches hanging. Branches are deliberately ripped off daily.

This vandalism commenced the moment the council planted the trees some time ago.

Protective netting was placed around a tree by a concerned person, but to no avail.

The perpetrators kept attacking the branches through the net!

Council have been notified. In order to act they said that they needed proof as to who is doing this damage to the trees.

It would be great if the local people that walk and drive by this busy street could help with finding the culprits.

Julie Picot Determined vandals target tree

As shown on the front of the last Flagstaff (12 August), our yacht Maharo came ashore in flat, calm conditions on Monday 8 August and ended up on Stanley Bay beach, keel into the sand.

We were very grateful for the generous help and support given to us by our neighbours and local community.

In particular, we have nothing but praise for Babcock and the Navy, who managed the rescue operation with great efficiency and expertise.

Due to this amazing effort by everyone involved, our boat sustained no damage, which was a brilliant result.

Sincere thanks to all for your kindness.

Rob and Jaye Stewart (and Maharo)

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Time, tide and pensioner housing Our recent stories on pensioner housing in Devonport inspired Steve Atkins to write a poem:

That the Tide May Wash Away In the communal laundry, Cambria on Vauxhall Neighbour watching neighbour, since nineteen sixty one The old wringer to this day is turned By wrinkled hands and bone That the tide may wash away

How do we treat the old, the vulnerable?

Society is so advanced, we smugly think When once, more Cambrias was the aim A vision clearly held, and proclaimed That the tide may wash away While old Albert of Windsor fame Rooted here in eighteen eighty three Standing sacred, watches stealthily A wise protective shield, caresses those That the tide may wash away

The yacht club views the sea, its ebbs On the sidewalk skips a lively lass its flows A visit to her nan she loves to pieces, Huge rusted anchor, a heritage too locally For eyes that see, to recognise and cherish Who lives here by necessity As Cambria sits, a standard for modernity The sixpences saved no longer provide That transcends transparency Heartfelt moments and the sharing of And sets both now and in future’s day memories Such standard that may never wash away That the tide may wash away Steve Atkins

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Land sell-off an election issue

In response to your article “Tree vandalism under investigation” (Flagstaff, 12 August).

I do not condone vandalism in any shape or form. But I would suggest that this particular act to a pohutukawa tree planted for the fourth time in a row, is the result of a person’s absolute frustration at Auckland Council planting this variety in this location.

Pohutukawas should not be planted in the urban environment! Particularly within pathways and right next to roadways.

They are one of the messiest trees around.

Their foliage and branch droppings (all year round) block gutters/waterways and spread debris over the roads during a decent blow.

Their root systems are one of the most invasive, destroying footpaths and roads and getting into storm water and sewage pipes.

Wake up Auckland Council – there are alternatives.

Mark Gannaway

Last edition (Flagstaff, 12 August), you published my letter deploring the approved sale of the small piece of land (394sqm) by the junction of Lake and Hauraki Roads. Three members of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board approved the sale.

Although my letter included Dianne Hale as thinking this sale is a good idea, along with chair Joseph Bergin and Allison Roe, Hale’s name did not appear. I will not be voting for these three destroyers at the upcoming local body elections.

However, in the interests of fair play, I must mention that three members of the board did not agree with the proposal to sell. They are Mike Cohen, Grant Gillon and Jan O’Connor. Good luck to them in the elections.

Max Dennison

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COMEDY NIGHT Saturday 3rd September, 7:30pm Takapuna Grammar School Sports Hall

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TGS potential inspires old boy to renew family connection Multimillionaire businessman Tim Williams recently joined the Takapuna Grammar School Board of Trustees.

A former student of the school, he is the father of two boys who will soon be students there and follows in the footsteps of his own father, geomorphologist Paul Williams, who was a member of the school’s board in the early 1980s. They spoke to Maire Vieth.

Three generations... Tim Williams with father Paul and sons Chris (left) and Connor, plus family dog Niko When Tim Williams returned to the Devonport peninsula after living in Japan for 17 years, he put down his roots practically next door to his old school. The clifftop house he and his wife Yuri built is only a stone’s throw from the rear sports fields of Takapuna Grammar School (TGS).

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businesses. Now he wants his kids to have the kind of New Zealand childhood he had, in and around Devonport schools.

Williams, who recently joined the TGS board, has a deep bond with the school. His mother Gwyn taught languages there in the 1970s, his father Paul was on the board, and his business partner in Japan, Jonathan Hendriksen, is also a TGS old boy.

The school connections have endured. “For the last 20 years, my middle brother and I have been going on an old-boys fishing trip every November. I have a group of 10 good mates who are from TGS. Half of them still live here and have kids who will go to TGS,” he says.

His own son Chris (12) just enrolled for Year 9 and Connor (9) will follow.

Williams wants the school to evolve. The trained molecular geneticist and IT expert is excited about the opportunities for TGS. “I joined the board to help make a difference.

It’s one of those things – you either put up or shut up,” he says.

The Community of Learning, which brings seven local schools into a close working relationship, is the key, he says. As a result of the initiative, data will be more

readily shared between the schools. TGS, Bayswater, Belmont, Devonport, Stanley Bay and Vauxhall primary schools, and Belmont Intermediate School are participating. Hauraki Primary and St Leo’s Catholic School chose not to participate.

Currently, 94 per cent of the children from those six feeder schools will go to TGS, which makes the shared data an educational treasure trove, Williams says.

“If we get data from Year 1 through 13, we can turn the improvement of academic achievement into an absolute science. It’s only possible because we are a total community school, unlike the Westlakes, etc, where about 50 per cent of kids are out of zone and much more of an unknown,” he says.

TGS will be able to plan for future student needs in a way few other schools can. “We would know years in advance who is an outlier in terms of needing help or more stimulation, who is great or poor at English, good or bad at maths. You can use the information to prepare for helping the excellent students to excel, the struggling ones to catch up, while improving the general mass overall.

“If the system worked properly, you could

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August 26, 2016 almost manage out any issues like no one else and become one of the best state schools in New Zealand. We are already up there, but in terms of scholarships, University Entrance and NCEA pass rates we can be uplifted a bit,” he says.

Upgrading the school’s sports grounds is Williams’s second mission. “We are blessed with an amazing campus, but in winter most of it turns into a bog and becomes unusable.

“There is no strength-training gym and no hockey facility. The netball facilities and the pool haven’t changed since I was there. There is only one proper basketball court and we have 120 kids at BIS play the game this year. The school’s needs are obvious,” he says.

The community suffers as a result, Williams says. “We are all forever driving somewhere else for swimming lessons, water polo, hockey, etc. There is a whole range of community needs and a huge traffic issue with Lake Rd.” Population growth projected for the peninsula under the Unitary Plan will only exacerbate things, he says. But if the school had the right sports facilities and opened them up for community use after school hours, different needs could be met.

“Our school has needs, our clubs have needs and our community has needs. I’d like to see if we can work out a master plan for the grounds to be used by the school and the community.

That’s my main motivation.”

The Williams family has had a connection to Takapuna Grammar School since the 1960s, when Tim’s English parents, Paul and Gwyn came to New Zealand for a holiday with their two older sons, Mark and Jonathan. Tim wasn’t born until 1970.

Paul, a geomorphologist, was working at the Australian National University in Canberra.

“One of my friends there was the botanist Jocelyn Wheeler, an ex-Takapuna Grammar girl. She said when you are in New Zealand, stay with Mum and Dad, who lived on Bayswater Point,” says Paul.

In 1972, Paul became a geography professor at Auckland University and the young family moved into a house on Victoria Rd and to Stanley Bay four years later.

Their sons went to Devonport Primary School. “We would mostly cycle to school – chopper bikes and no helmet,” Tim remembers.

Mark moved on to Auckland Grammar School, commuting by ferry every day.

“Academically it was the right move, but socially it wasn’t because he lost all his friends.

We basically learned from that that the social side of an education is just as important as the academic side,” says Paul.

Jonathan and Tim were resolute about going to TGS. “We were in the local soccer team, North Shore United, and the local cricket teams. All our friends lived within walking or cycling distance. We didn’t want to ditch them and go somewhere else. We also thought it would be strange to go to a school with no girls there,” says Tim. “And by then Gwyn and I agreed with them,” adds Paul. “It was definitely the right

thing to do and both of our boys did very well there.”

That’s despite TGS having a reputation during the early 1980s for being “a bit rough,” they say. Tim remembers bullying and occasional fights, with caning still an acceptable practice until he was in the fifth form. “It was generally a more macho culture back then,” says Paul.

Parents’ incomes were lower too. “Houses were cheap because no one wanted to live here.

All the development was happening in the [East Coast] Bays, so socially we were more mixed and I think that was an advantage. I am

“I joined the board to help make a difference. It’s one of those things – you either put up or shut up.” not a fan of today’s more rarefied atmosphere,” says Paul.

“The uniforms were the sort of grey that tied in with the battleship theme of Devonport’s naval base,” laughs Tim. Paul joined the TGS board in 1983. “Ex-All Black Jack Kelly was principal, which I found off-putting, frankly, because I thought rugby didn’t necessarily provide a qualification to be principal. But then again we were new in New Zealand,” he laughs.

Students smoking marijuana was the emerging school issue then, Paul says. “I got advice from people at the university. They said basically the same as they say now, that it is very bad for developing brains. We were pretty strict on it as a consequence.”

Sport was a strength at TGS back then, Tim says. “We were very, very good, despite being co-ed and less than a thousand pupils.

TGS won the Auckland Secondary School cricket championship for several years in a row. The same with netball. Ruth Aitken, who later coached the Silver Ferns, was an English teacher. The First XV was very good as well,” he says.

Tim enjoyed TGS sports. “I was a member of the cricket team right through. I played the game every single breathing moment of the day. I also played second-tier soccer and water polo more socially,” he says Cricket training under deputy principal Murray Deaker was “harsh but passionate. He used to smack the balls 400 metres into the air.”

Tim loved the sciences at TGS. “I was keenest on biology and chemistry, geology and geography, and reluctantly did physics.

I ended up becoming a molecular biologist at Canterbury, and worked as a molecular geneticist at Auckland Hospital, before I left for Japan.”

Did TGS prepare him for life overseas? “It did in broad terms. I had been exposed to most things, but looking back, I probably should have studied a bit more Japanese, finance and accounting.”

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For many residents the Devonport a recurring nightmare. Can we fix it? + Lake Road on Future (Hauraki -peninsula, Belmont)Lake 2019Rd traffic isDarby HERRIOT + MELHUISH: ARCHITECTURE LTD Yes we can, Augustsays 2016 Auckland Councillor and Stanley Point resident Chris Darby, who offers a vision for the future.

Most peninsula residents simply say: “Just confirm there is no tidal flow as previously (and even Saturday sports teams), we are on the fix Lake Rd”, inferring the problem and the assumed and, in March, AT indicated Lake Rd path to relieving pressure on Lake Rd. Ultimately though, the road from Hauraki solution are simple and singular. Taking the Bob had “risen to the top” of priorities.

The average car occupancy is 1.1 people per Corner to the Belmont shops will require the Builder approach: “Can we fix it? Yes we can”, recognises we are all contributors to the vehicle trip along Lake Rd. While there is room structural upgrading. Funding is already challenge and part of a multi-pronged solution. for better infrastructure, there is also room for secured for the indicative business case – now I vividly recall the afternoon Navy exodus incentivising greater occupancy with shared- underway – to be immediately followed by the full business case. This is the course dictated by when I moved to Devonport in the mid-1990s. lane priority for T2 cars and buses.

My pick for how the road will look between New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), which The Navy was always the subject of fingerpointing back then. It is so easy to think of traffic Hauraki Corner and Belmont shops is shown subsidises council’s principal funding.

If the Cabinet confirms Lake Rd as a priority in the graphic above. But parallel work needs as the car ahead rather than the car you’re in.

My daily commute to the city was by car. to be undertaken. Increased housing makes in the Auckland Transport Alignment Project, Alternatives did not cross my mind. In my first the case for Lake Rd, and other infrastructure I’m confident we will have a new Lake Rd streetscape in about 2019-20. Further on, after few months in Devonport, I drove right past improvements, stronger than ever.

A new terminal at Bayswater is closer to an anticipated successful campaign for underthe Stanley Bay ferry. It took me three months to discover the Glen Rosa pointing its bow into confirmation, as is completing the eastern and the-harbour light rail to replace the busway the wharf steps, where one would board with a western ‘green route’ walking and cycling in 2030, I foresee a spur to Takapuna with leap of faith. Over following months, I weaned connections. Combined with sorting the secondary spurs connecting to the Devonport myself off competing for Lake Rd road space. deficient school bus services, more frequent and Bayswater ferries. So, structural change When my first daughter started primary bus and ferry services from early 2018, and together with reviewing our own personal travel school, that same ingrained auto-dependency encouraging carpooling for major employers patterns – that’s my ticket to ride. saw me make the 1.5km journey by car many times a week. The congestion at the school gate, Lake Rd – next steps created by others of course, awakened me to the Immediate (2016) Short term (2017-18) ease of walking and soon I was the instigator of • Start the indicative business case for Lake • Finalise Lake Rd full business case and the school’s first Walking School Bus. Rd, to lock in layout solutions and secure secure funding in council’s 2018/21 budget.

These days, my morning commute is a walk NZTA funding.

• New Bayswater ferry terminal in 2017 with or cycle to the ferry, and stride or ride to the • Synchronise all signalised intersections frequent feeder buses and park’n’ ride.

Town Hall. I’m no zealot though, so sometimes along the route.

• Commence upgrade of Devonport Wharf a lazy park-n-ride then ferry fits the bill. For late • R eview Bardia/Winscombe lanes Stage 2 (2017). starts, when I miss the last Stanley Bay ferry, a configuration.

• Implement all day ferry-feeder bus • Establish workplace travel plans for major services to Devonport, Bayswater and ride on the 779 to Devonport terminal gets me businesses and organisations.

Stanley Bay terminals (March 2018) to the Devonport service. If Takapuna-bound, a • Monitor school Travelwise plans, ironing Medium term (2019) connection with the 813 is seamless. My pattern out bus-services problems to TGS and • Upgrade Lake Rd to accommodate two of movement has incrementally changed. On the BIS. general-traffic lanes and two T2 lanes back of Devonport and Stanley Bay terminal • Lobby government for funding of the for high-occupancy vehicles (shared upgrades, HOP card rollout, monthly HOP ferry eastern and western “green routes”. with buses and confident cyclists), with fares, simplified fare zones and more frequent • Lobby government to ensure the Lake pedestrians and beginner cyclists on ferry-feeder buses to come, alternatives to Road upgrade is identified in the Auckland widened shared paths. driving are even more accessible today.

Transport Alignment Project (ATAP), to be Long term (2030-35) confirmed by Cabinet.

• Extend light rail from the Takapuna spur Lake Rd is without doubt at capacity during line to Milford, Bayswater and Devonport. more than just the peaks. On weekends, the crawl is evident in both directions. Studies

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Vive la France! Frenchman is tennis club champ, again

The French connection with Ngataringa Tennis Club just got stronger with a second Frenchman in recent years topping the honours board in the 2016 club championships.

The new men’s singles champion is 30-yearold Lucien Lemay. He beat the defending champion Tama Willis, 6-2 6-2.

Lemay’s name is already on the honours board as winner of the men’s doubles championship last year, alongside his partner Pierre-Yves Denieau. But the most-featured French name is that of Gilles de Gouy, the head coach at Ngataringa. De Gouy was men’s singles champ in 2013/14, but has not competed for the title since because of other commitments. During championship play this year, he was in Iran as captain of the Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team.

In mixed doubles, de Gouy and his partner Trudie von Huben have won the championship for the past three years. This year they were beaten into runner-up position by Mark Vincent and Trixie Muller-Leiendeder.

Lemay came to New Zealand five years ago to work with de Gouy, who runs his coaching business Tennis Plus from the Ngataringa club.

“Gilles was my first tennis coach when I was six years old,” he says. “We played in the same club and we stayed in touch when Gilles went off travelling the world and then settling for 10 years in Tahiti.

“We met up again and he asked me to come and work for him in New Zealand. I was 25, and I thought it was a good opportunity to improve my English.”

Champs together... Ngataringa Tennis Club men’s singles winner Lucien Lemay, with 9-and-under boys champion Joe Ohlson Lemay is applying for New Zealand residency. As senior coach with Tennis Plus, he is a favourite with juniors and often finds himself giving impromptu French lessons during his coaching.

The women’s open singles title at Ngataringa was not contested this year, but singles champion for the midweek section of the club is Natalie McKay. She also won the women’s open doubles title with partner Cheryl Aitken, for the second consecutive year.

Junior girls’ events were dominated by newcomers to the club. Sisters Pelican and

Magic Hogg won the 11-and-under and 9-andunder singles respectively. Magic paired with Isla Skogstad to win the 11-and-under doubles, beating her sister Pelican and her partner Ruby Judson into runner-up position. The 15-andunder girls singles was won by Zoe Tinkler.

The boys 9-and-under singles champion is Joe Ohlson, the 11-and-under singles was won

by Ryan Parr, and the 18-and-under singles by Jake Thompson. Eddie Biss and Jamie Morrison won the 11-and-under doubles, and the18-andunder doubles champions are Jake Thompson and Matthew Roman.

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Plot may be kept in public ownership The sale of public land at Hauraki Corner has met a stumbling block – even though it was approved by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

North Shore Ward Councillor Chris Darby has moved to reject the sale, with a motion to Auckland Council’s Finance and Performance Committee.

He has asked for a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design assessment to be done on the 1/328 Lake Rd plot, which abuts a reserve. “Such an analysis is likely to indicate how this critically placed postagestamp-sized plot could be harnessed to facilitate broader sense of community in the Hauraki shops area,” Darby wrote in his report to last week’s Devonport-Takapuna Local Board meeting.

Movies in Parks returns A Movies in Parks event will be held at Windsor Reserve on 10 February 2017.

A festive day is likely with the DevonportTakapuna Local Board and Devonport Community Co-ordinator Maria Teape working towards closing off some of Clarence St for markets and entertainment.

The board was split over the land sale proposed by council’s property ownership division. It only approved the sale through the casting vote of chair Joe Bergin.

Members who opposed the sale – Jan O’Connor, Grant Gillon and Mike Cohen – congratulated Darby on his stance.

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Unitary plan consequences Following your Unitary Plan feature (Flagstaff, 12 August) this is my conclusion: lots more people, and at the expense of fewer parks.

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Our problem is that our local board is disagreeably dysfunctional. Three try to work as a team and actually listen to the community. The other three arrogantly ignore public opinion, and are viewed as emotional and irrational. The furore over the Takapuna Beach Holiday Park was poorly handled by Ms Barry. In two council polls approximately 80 per cent of residents favoured the status quo for heritage/tourism reasons. Yet Ms Barry, Minister of Conservation, favoured support for Yachting New Zealand. Also John Key, Minister of Tourism, and Tourism New Zealand failed to intercede and support the democratic results of the poll process.

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Question election candidates closely It always stuns me how attractive our election candidates look on the billboards. Indeed, Maggie’s permanent electioneering board is the same. Sorry Maggie, but your promo picture is little OTT. It reminds me of some of those girls off Find Someone. What I have sometimes seen was the date didn’t match the profile online.

I’ve had cause to drive off from several false representations. That’s what I recommend you do at the election, if you see that your favoured persons are other than who they say they are.

Don’t vote on good looks or false promises – you’ll be disappointed.

Candidates are to be admired as it’s a thankless task and you often get criticised, both by people who do nothing for anyone, and also by the uninformed. Many candidates are well intended. Frankly, I’d go for team players, not lone wolves. Some billboards are coloured to confuse, sporting red, blue and black, carefully colour-schemed to signal acceptance from

any political persuasion. The representation is sophisticated. But don’t be fooled: you still need to ID who’s batting for who behind the scenes.

It’s only a year or so since the biggest political fiascos we have ever seen on the peninsula went unpunished. Theft of public assets. The sale of a $37 million dollar asset, for a 10 per cent donation (Bayswater marina reclamation land), will have to be the strangest conspiracy ever fed to us by Maggie, Land Information New Zealand and some council people, including the resource consent planners. This is evidenced, as predicted, by blatant disregard and giving of consent now, to vary the usage, as I suspect was always intended. That is, in effect, theft from the public purse. It’s inexplicable and must be tried in court. Surely this Third World antic can’t go uncontested. Ask your favourite council rep what they are doing about it? The concept of creating residential hubs near ferry terminals is inspired and I applaud it. But that’s not to say

Maggie, LINZ and some council people have the right to give away ratepayer-owned assets, saying the value was created on the usage of the reclaimed space. It was for marine recreational purposes, not housing.

This last month has seen property seminars in China selling our lands and homes. And the Unitary Plan says we can have 420,000 more houses in Auckland. Is this what you want? Is this good for your kids, or the environment?

What does your favoured politician say to you on that? Does anybody care anyhow? Clearly there’s an equally seedy matter of Maori land hand-backs worth at least $120 million, but given back in lieu of $30 million owed in assets.

Again the Crown is behind this extraordinary giveaway too and now here’s the cronies allowing Maori to build six-storey eyesores on the Bay. Let’s ask questions this election and work out what these people have in store for us.

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But today Stacey sometimes treats three generations of the same family: the parents and their children, and also the children’s children.

Over the last two decades, there has been a marked shift towards the acceptance of the importance of natural health in our lives, says Stacey, a registered Naturopath. As the body of health and scientific research grows to back up the benefits of natural medicine, people have become more open and accepting of its benefits, she says.

Increasingly, doctors are becoming more supportive as science validates our approach to treat underlying causes and not just symptoms. It is better for patients to have us working together.

Added to the vast resources available to people online, there is also a high degree of self-education going on, and a “realisation that you don’t have to accept you are feeling unwell,” says Stacey.

If you are tired, depressed or have gut issues, working to find the cause leads to long-term results that do not require any medication. Fibre pills, Losec or anti-depressants have their place, but are not long term solutions – they do not fix the cause.

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Admen escape into an artistic world Dozens of years of redirected creative energy are being unleashed at the Depot Artspace this month in the Escape Artists exhibition.

The paintings and multimedia works are all by a group of Devonport artists who have worked in the advertising industry.

The exhibition includes works by David MacGregor, Alistair Guthrie, Josh Lancaster, Roy Meares, Tony McNeight, Scott Wilson, Fraser Williamson, Brian Harrison, Peter Burt and Grant Alexander.

Many of these artists have escaped the advertising and design-related businesses completely. Others remain in a low orbit, still attracted by the gravitational pull exerted by their love of the craft and new opportunities to contribute their skill and talent.

But all seek an escape in their art practice, enjoying the freedom to express their ideas, experiment, perfect technique and to create art.

Tony McNeight said the exhibition grew after a conversation between him and Depot boss Linda Blincko about six months ago.

More than 100 works will be on display and will include drawings, paintings, photographs and mixed media works.

David MacGregor said the aim was “to fill the gallery with people.”

The exhibition opening will feature an art auction in support of a suicide prevention publication, with artworks donated by the Escape Artists.

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August 26, 2016

On the Beat

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Thieves target tools on peninsula building sites

with Devonport Community Constable Jasmine Bundle Hello readers, Burglaries on the peninsula had decreased over the past few months. However, since the last time I wrote we have unfortunately received a few reports.

A property under construction in Huia St was damaged overnight on 8/9 August when offenders entered and stole a large quantity of building equipment, tools, plumbing (Perrin and Rowe brand) and electrical supplies. The security fencing was removed and property items were most likely loaded into a vehicle.

Tools were also stolen from a property undergoing construction on Northboro Rd overnight on 15/16 August. A number of the tools stolen were marked by “three cuts” as identification.

Last month, a Lake Rd business had a trailer taken. The trailer was securely bolted to the concrete ground, indicating thieves had come prepared.

These burglaries were well planned and, with the amount of equipment stolen, more than one offender must have been involved.

Please contact us if you can help with our investigations.

A resident’s dog raised the alarm over someone being on a Macky Ave property overnight on 28/29 July. Items were stolen by an offender, who gained access tothe property through a fence. Positive lines of inquiry are being investigated.

An opportunist burglar entered an open garage in Francis St, stealing a handbag from a vehicle while an unsuspecting resident was in the process of unloading groceries on 7 August.

The North Head Department of Conservation building was burgled on 14 August. The offender gained access after smashing a window before searching through drawers and cupboards.

Bicycle thieves continue to operate around the North Shore. Two thefts occurred outside the Devonport library on 30 July and 7 August, and another at the Bayswater Marina on 19

August. An offender was disturbed while trying to steal a bicycle chained to a park bench on the corner of Albert Rd and Vauxhall Rd. Luckily for the owner, the offender wasn’t successful in cutting through the chain. For tips on how to keep your bicycle secure, check the video on our Waitemata Police Facebook page.

Two thefts that have been reported are a reminder to ensure any valuable belongings are kept safe at all times. An enjoyable walk on Narrow Neck beach was ruined when a bag containing personal items was stolen after being left unattended for 30 minutes. We also received a report of a cell phone and bank cards being stolen from under a counter at a business while the worker was distracted.

Three vehicles were reported as stolen from Philomel Cres, Hastings Pde and the Devonport ferry terminal car park.

Property, vehicles and public places on Kiwi Rd and Calliope Rd were damaged with graffiti on the evening of 12 August. A vehicle was broken into at the same time, with a distinctive pair of green binoculars stolen from the glovebox. Graffiti was also found on Tainui Rd and Vauxhall Rd. If you witness a crime or suspicious activity please phone 111 immediately. If you can assist with any of these incidents, please phone 09 477 5000. Remember, you can use our Crimestoppers line (if there is no immediate risk to any person or property and you wish to remain anonymous) on 0800 555 111.

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Takapuna

Grammar

SCHOOL NEWS

AUGUST 26, 2016

Aiming for the top in engineering skills Twenty-four students gathered at the school library on 6 August, to investigate a challenging problem set by the University of Auckland, for the annual New Zealand’s Next Top Engineering Scientist competition. Whether it was to test their scientific and problem-solving skills, try their hand at a challenging question, or just to have fun, these students waited in anticipation for the question to be released at 9am by the university’s Department of Engineering Science.

Teams were required for this competition, and the students had already organised themselves into groups of three or four before the competition. Lasting for nine hours, it was no easy feat for these teams to compile data, I would highly recommend the competition devise equations, and write a report to be to anyone interested in science as it’s a great submitted into the competition. way to have a feel for what it’s like to be a The questions of previous competitions problem-solver,” says Serena, one of the Year covered a variety of topics, ranging from the 12 participants. amount of fuel required for a manned mission Although the competition only allowed to Mars to the amount of time it takes for students studying at Level 2 or Level 3 to enter, a video to go viral. This year’s question was: two eager Year 11 teams participated, along “What is the fastest humanly possible time with the two Year 12 and two Year 13 teams. for the Olympic 100-metre freestyle event?”

“This competition not only tested your Although simple on the surface, a variety of scientific knowledge and problem-solving variables in the question gave the participants skills, but also your ability to work as a team. It an interesting challenge. was a good time. Everyone was hard-working

one of the Year 13 students.

The teams were Team 1159: Toby Wakelin (captain), Alan (Juntian) Gu, Adam Brand and Simon Goodwin. Team 1177: Joshua Kim (captain), Thomas Lunt and Mitchell Bremner.

Team 1128: Richard Lu (captain), Aoke Jiang, Hamzah Al-Aloosi and Cameron Burton. Team 1053: Harvey Merton (captain), Melanie Kim, Katherine Jacobs and Serena Young. Year 11 Team 1: James Hwang (captain), Michael Shaimerden, Patrick Calver, Ben Rudduck, Scott Heslop and Jia Qi Li. Year 11 Team 2: Oliver Merton, Jacob Svendsen and Darius “Saturday was a tough day from the get-go, and it was definitely an enjoyable experience. Osing. but we all pulled through as a team and were I recommend that anyone interested should

BY AOKE JIANG able to submit a report by the 6 pm deadline. definitely try it out next year,” says Mitchell,

Running for all the right reasons The crisp, winter-morning run can be a chore for some, a nightmare for others.

Simon Bucknell has changed this mentality by starting a running club at TGS. “My coaching philosophy is to support students to reach their goals whatever they may be, provide them with training that will be appropriate for their development long term, and also foster an enjoyable social environment.”

Students joining have a range of goals; fitness-oriented, general well-being, or setting their sights on competing in the Auckland Secondary Schools Road Race or Mizuno Devonport Classic, in September.

“It’s great to have variety,” says Simon who has been impressed by the growth of the group over the past few weeks. It started

from a few humble beginners and developed into a larger squad, divided into beginner, intermediate and advanced groups, running at their own capabilities, with parents and teachers getting involved. The running club is flourishing, with international students also joining in on the early-morning exercise, as it provides the chance to keep fit, make lasting friendships and explore the streets and beaches around the school.

Students meet three times a week, running routes throughout Devonport and Takapuna.

“We are so lucky to be close to the beach; it gives me motivation to get up in the morning to watch the beautiful sunrise on Rangitoto as we run by,” says Melanie Kim, a dedicated Year 12 student.

On Sundays, the group takes the school van to different locations around Auckland to mix up the scenery. Simon has also introduced different styles of training such as fartlek and hill sprints, exposing the group to other ways they can improve their strength and endurance.

Simon has an impressive running repertoire; he was a National Secondary Schools 800m champion and Auckland record holder for the 800m, and received a four-year scholarship to the prestigious Rice University in America.

He completed a postgraduate qualification in sports science and has many years of coaching experience under his belt. Simon hopes to continue to expand the group and encourage more students to compete, as the running club is set to continue “far into the future.”

BY JULIA GIURGIU

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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS

Grammar AUGUST 26, 2016

Badminton success The Senior Boys badminton team, Takapuna B1, ‘smashed’ their way to second place in the North Harbour Badminton Senior Secondary School League during Term 2. The team is comprised of Year 12 boys Andy Feng and Jack Jonathan Maran, and Year 11 boys Justin (Ho Youn) Bang and Curtis Jian.

Jack Jonathan reflects on his team’s great accomplishment. “I’m incredibly proud of our team for coming in second place. Although we missed out on first place, I believe we have indeed gained a plethora of experience.

The hard work that we’ve invested has certainly paid off and I strongly admire the determination of our team for coming this far.”

The teachers in charge of badminton, Mr Andrew Park and Mr Paul Joseph, provided an opportunity for students who enjoy the sport to train and improve with professional coaches from North Harbour Badminton Centre – at zero cost. More than 20 students receive individual training with coaches every Tuesday morning, and now with an extra session every Sunday. With the continued commitment of talented students and unwavering support of teachers, we look forward to more success of TGS Badminton players in the coming seasons.

BY IRIS LENG

Smashing success The TGS Open A Squash team recently competed in the Auckland Secondary Schools’ Squash Championships, with fantastic results. The event – organised by College Sport – was held at the National Squash Centre, in late June.

Competing against the girls this year were five other secondary school teams, who proved to be tough competition as the tournament progressed. Successfully winning their first four matches, led the girls to one last match against Orewa College – who had also won their first four matches – to decide the overall result.

After a nail-biting final, the girls took out the competition winning 3-2 against Orewa.

Jessica Pausch, who helped the team secure

a win in the deciding game, loved the experience. She says, “We all played our hardest, had a great time and even gained some new friends out of it as well.”

The team were thrilled with the success.

Olga Chrzanowska – one of the team’s three novice players this season – summed up the event saying: “It was a blast!” The girls will be starting their next season strong and hope to represent the school at next year’s national championships, in Napier.

BY NELLY FARMILOE Back row: Fern MacArthur, Jessica Pausch, Olga Chrzanowska and Nelly Farmiloe. Front Row: Georgia Winnie and Abby Malé.

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References available Please contact Sharon - 021 405 596.

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

Devonport upholstery. Recover specialist. Antiques and contemporary styles. Recycling furniture for 36 years. John Hancox, phone: 446 0372.

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.

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

Call Barbara 021 141 0331.

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House-sitters: responsible couple in our 60s, lots of local experience & references, great with pets. Available early Oct, mid Nov - Mid Dec and in 2017. Call or text Malcolm & Susan 021 023 76659.

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

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Window Cleaning for houses and businesses. For a free quote call Ivan 473 6631.

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North Shore Cricket forges closer links with TGS North Shore Cricket Club’s star batsman Graeme Beghin has been appointed Director of Cricket at Takapuna Grammar School (TGS).

Beghin is the current player-coach, T20

captain and leading run-scorer for the North In his new role, Beghin will expand and Shore Cricket Club Premier team. He has also strengthen the cricket programme for girls and recently been appointed coaching director at boys at TGS. This will include developing the the club.

Cricket Academy, where students will receive coaching and mentoring for their cricket both during the day and after school.

Alongside developing elite players, Beghin will oversee the school’s cricket programme as a whole, with the backing and resources of the TGS Sports Department and Cricket Committee, and extra coaching expertise from North Shore Cricket Club.

Beghin’s appointment complements other sports coaching specialists at TGS. As well as cricket, the school also has other New Zealand and regional level players and coaches supporting athlete development. These include: Ryan Ward (football); Craig Waller (volleyball); Katarina Simpkins (netball); Grant Simpkins (rugby); Melita Tu’isila (girls football); and Michael Caddigan (hockey).

Beghin will begin the new role in September.

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 Taking his experience to TGS...  Graeme Beghin         Tips for trouble-free computing             CryptoLocker Alert!      Cr yptoLocker, the planet’s worst ransomware trojan, has reappeared in all its ugly forms.

I am getting      calls that computer files have been encrypted by this trojan before  a ransom demand is made to the      user to ‘unlock’ the files.

As a result, many people are losing all their files…         Email is the primary entry point for the CryptoLocker trojan, as it comes in as an attachment to or a link      from a seemingly innocuous e-mail message, which contains company logos and representations that      suggests it is legitimate. I personally have had at least five emails over the last few weeks purporting       Upcycle your laptop to be from New Zealand Post, but it could also seem to be sent from The Australian Federal Police,       Wanted: old laptops still in working  Microsoft, UPS parcel deliveries, and several of the major banks. Once    the attachment is clicked, the  condition to refurbish and donate to the    ransomware is deployed and then encrypts files across local hard drives and mapped network drives.  Red Cross Refugee service.     ALL Word docs, PDF files, Excel spreadsheets, jpg images and other such files will be irretrievably lost    if they get affected by this rogue program.      Security software is designed to detect such threats.

However, it may not detect CryptoLocker at all, or     only after encryption is underway or complete, particularly if a new version is unknown to the protective        software.

CryptoLocker itself is readily removed, but encrypted files will remain locked unless the key      is provided.

Worse, some who have paid the ransom have not had the key provided – being left with      encrypted files and a big bill.      New Windows  So paying the ransom to get the unlocker key does not seem like a good idea at all. Unless you have Give me a call if you would like a   a backup of all your data, it will prove impossible to un-encrypt your data and get your files back. custom-built new computer –   It seems that Outlook emails and MYOB files are not affected, however. this can be with Windows 10,    Windows 8 or even Windows 7  If you think you may have been hit by this virus, give me a call and we’ll do what we can to get it sorted.  if preferred!

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Shore wins under-85 kg rugby championship The North Shore U85kg rugby team finished 2016 undefeated, beating Takapuna 21-16 in the championship final at North Harbour stadium.

The side, captained by Callum Chapman played 20 and won 20. It ended the year with an impressive 737 points for (averaging 36.9 points per game) and 173 against (8.7 points per game).

North Shore scored 109 tries, while conceding only 22. Speedster Alyx Hodgson dotted down 14 times for Shore. Campbell Johnstone was top points scorer with 156, and had a 66 per cent average kicking rate.

The side is one of the most successful in North Harbour. Since 2010, it has lost only 11 games in seven seasons (and only two games in the last three years).

Although the final score was close, North Shore dominated Takapuna throughout the game, with a disallowed try and several other close calls. Takapuna had little opportunity to cross the North Shore line.

The 2016 championship was the U85 kg team’s fifth in seven years. The others were in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.

The side has been coached for many years Winners are grinners… the Shore U85 kg side after its

by Travis Burns.

North Harbour championship win

THE NAVY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER HADLOW BRINGING ROLLICKING NAVAL PLAYS TO TOWN Kiwi entertainment icon and Naval reserve Mark Hadlow is touring the country with two plays, sponsored by Siemens, with an entertaining take on the story of the Royal New Zealand Navy. In mid-September they come to the Shore.

The first, The Complete History of the Royal New Zealand Navy (abridged), is a lighthearted look at the Navy, while the second, Commander Claire and The Pirates of Provence, is a children’s pantomime.

The comedies are directed by Hadlow, a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserves.

He says the pantomime is a fabulous introduction for young Kiwis to the delight of live theatre, while the Complete History is funny, informative, poignant and moving.

“Being involved with the Navy since leaving school, I know how important it is to tell the story of the proud history of the Royal New Zealand Navy,” says Hadlow.

The plays were written by Gregory Cooper, who is no stranger to condensed histories – he co-wrote and performed in The Complete History of New Zealand (abridged), The Complete History of Christchurch, NZ Rocks!

(The Complete History of New Zealand

Music) and The Complete History of World Rugby. He also wrote MAMIL (Middle Aged Men in Lycra).

Chief executive of Siemens Paul Ravlich said his company shared a long history with the RNZN, starting in the 1980s with the two original ANZAC frigates, and continuing today with the delivery of benchmark technological upgrades to the ships.

All proceeds from the plays will go to local charities. So grab your neighbours and come along for what is guaranteed to be a rollicking good time.

Commander Claire (Olivia Hadlow) commanding HMNZS Te Kaha with her mascot Pelorus Jack, takes on French pirate Captain Langlois (Zak Enayat)

The Complete History of the Royal New Zealand Navy (Abridged) Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna Friday 16 & Sat 17 September, 7pm Tickets ($20-$25), aucklandlive.co.nz or 0800 111 999

Commander Claire and the Pirates of Provence

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Writer Gregory Cooper also stars as the Admiral in The Complete History of New Zealand (abridged)

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NARR OW NE CK | 1 0 4 B L AK E R O AD Sun Filled Suburban Oasis

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Rarely does a home of this calibre come to the market. A near new contemporary four bedroom, two bathroom home uniquely positioned on the border of Fraser Reserve. Purpose built to exacting standards and designed for everyday living capturing all day sun, this property is a must view for families, downsizers and those looking for a low maintenance lock up and leave lifestyle. Perfectly located, with top decile schools within walking distance, and with picturesque Narrow Neck Beach, Wakatere Boating Club, Waitemata Golf not far beyond, this is an opportunity to secure your position in this prime location. Act now!

KURT PIPER 021 137 6450 KurtPiper@premium.co.nz KIM PAUSINA 021 201 7488 KimPausina@premium.co.nz DEVONPORT: 445 3414 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

VIEW | SUN & WED 11 – 11.45 AM OR BY APPOINTMENT EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST | 15 SEPTEMBER 2016 AT 4 PM UNLESS SOLD PRIOR PREMIUM.CO.NZ SELLING THE FINEST HOMES PREMIUM.CO.NZ/60501