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High hopes for landmark Bayswater building... p17

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Council sell-off alarms senior homeowners More council-controlled Devonport pensioner properties appear to have been opened up for sale.

The public stake in two villages – 16 units at Bardia St and 11 in Bayswater Ave – is in doubt with Auckland Council’s decision to sell its share

in the Own Your Own Home (OYOH) scheme.

Homeowners at Bardia St, who were shocked to learn of the sell-off, say they weren’t consulted and are concerned the site will be land-banked by a developer.

They fear the communities at the pensioner

village will be destroyed, with homes not being reoccupied after residents die or leave.

Panuku confirmed that in any deal council would sell the Bardia land of 5676 sqm and the Bayswater plot of 2414 sqm.

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Blast from the past sets tone for Matariki

Sound and light... Ngahiwi Walker sounded the pūkāea (wooden trumpet) as crowds set off to climb Takarunga during well-attended Matariki celebrations in Devonport. Story, more photos, p12-15

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Watercare warns of pressure from intensification Development on the Devonport peninsula may have to be held back until water and sewerage infrastructure catches up with housing intensification.

Short-term bans on development may be needed, Watercare told a Devonport-Takapuna Local Board workshop.

A Watercare map indicated pressure on Devonport was likely to be “heavy” due to government law changes forcing greater intensification across Auckland.

“If this development happens in an uncontrolled way, we will struggle,” Watercare’s head of strategy and planning, Priyan Perera said.

Local board members asked Watercare for hard copies of the map they were shown on screen at the public workshop, but officials said the map was a draft document, not available for release.

Harpur stands for local board Terence Harpur, the Takapuna Beach Business Association Chief Executive Officer, is standing for the DevonportTakapuna Local Board in this year’s elections, it was confirmed on Tuesday.

Queens Pde to be closed to freedom campers Queen’s Pde in Devonport has been included among areas where freedom camping will be outlawed under a new Auckland Council by-law.

The Queen’s Pde ban was requested by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, and 14 of 17 local submitters on the by-law. Several residents also wanted campers banned from Narrow Neck, but this was not included in the new by-law.

The Flagstaff also requested the map, to which Watercare responded: “As we work through the technical material and possible approaches, we need to keep the information and draft maps confidential.”

At the workshop, Perera said if a high level of intensification occurred, the risk was not knowing about it soon enough.

Extra infrastructure, such as storage tanks, did not happen overnight, he said.

And to get infrastructure built faster, would take more funding.

Watercare was working with the council on the issue, he said, adding the situation was not unique to Watercare – other service providers, such as Auckland Transport, were also finding coping with intensification problematic.

• At the Board’s June meeting, chair Ruth Jackson said: “We think the peninsula on the

whole can’t really stand too much intensification.”

The board submitted its concerns – sparked by the Watercare information – to Auckland Council.

The Auckland Unitary Plan is being revised to meet government intensification directives, with Auckland Council proposing infrastructure constraints as a mitigating factor on development, a stance supported by the local board.

It says both the government and the council need to give more attention to how growth will impact services and facilities, including transport, schools and parks.

Public submissions on the revised Unitary Plan will open in August.

Watercare said updated maps showing all proposed changes would be publicly available during the submission period.

Fluoro pavement paint hard to shift Painted markings on Devonport’s footpaths are irking businesses and the local board – and have proven hard to erase.

Auckland Transport (AT) has been given the message that people are tired of the multicoloured markings that popped up around four months ago to show Safe Speeds project designers where underground gas and water pipes were located.

At the time, the Flagstaff asked how long the paint would remain and was told it was temporary. The chalked-based product was safe and would wear off in a matter of

weeks, or could be water-blasted off using low-pressure settings, an AT spokesman said.

But the paint has been trickier to get rid of than expected, senior project manager Tony Liu admitted to board members last month.

“We can’t water-blast it,” he said.

Talks with a contractor were planned to assess the situation.

Removal might need to be done manually with a nylon brush and graffiti-removal chemical.“We’re trying to find resources,” Liu said.

Shore runners-up in regular rugby season North Shore Rugby Club’s premier side beat Massey 32-21 at Vauxhall Rd on Matariki holiday Friday to finish the North Harbour championship round-robin in second place behind Takapuna.

Shore and Takapuna have byes in the championship quarter-final round this weekend.

The winner of Massey vs Kumeu will play North Shore next weekend, when the winner of Northcote vs Silverdale plays Takapuna.

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Record crowds at Devonport midwinter swim

Double-dipping… Anja Craig (left) and Sharon Forty were among the most colourful participants at the Devonport midwinter swim. More pictures and story, pages 26-27.

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Homeowners rocked by council bombshell Wayne Andrew and Anders Berg have lived at Garden Crescent for five years. They love the community and park-like feel of the Bardia St village.

The grounds are spacious, birds and trees are numerous and the units well-spaced.

“It’s quite beautiful – it would be worth millions, which obviously it will be when sold,” Andrew (75) said.

They are among Own Your Own Home scheme owners alarmed at an Auckland Council decision to sell its share in the scheme.

Council property arm Panuku claims the scheme is becoming less desirable and that a high proportion of units are vacant, due to older Aucklanders showing less interest in it than previously.

“We feel this decision has been a long time coming – a fait accompli really,” Andrew said.

“We don’t think we have been consulted at all. We were informed by two letters that the decision had already been made.”

The worst-case scenario was “if someone land-banks the site, and you could be living by yourself in a unit while all the properties around you become derelict,” he said.

Of the 16 units at Bardia, nine were unoccupied.

Most of the remaining residents were in their 80s.

A developer might have to hold a stake for perhaps 20 years, but could end up with

Residents on edge... Wayne Andrew fears for the future of the Garden Crescent Own Your Own Home village in Bardia St a large, relatively flat site, he said.

Even if the site transferred to Kaianga Ora – the government housing provider – it would likely be turned into apartment-block housing, like that on the corner of Bardia St and Lake Rd, Andrew said.

‘Socially-minded’ organisation sought to take on scheme From page 1 pensioners aged over 65 could purchase an 80 per cent share of a unit at market value, while council retained a 20 per cent share, with the proviso that units must be sold back to the council, to be onsold to other in-need retirees.

Around 130 units across Auckland are part of the scheme, but many are unoccupied.

Council property arm Panuku wrote to residents in June, announcing the Auckland Council decision to sell and expressing an intention to find “the right socially minded organisation” to continue the scheme.

It said it would work with both public-sector and private-sector housing providers to identify who wanted to participate in the schemeIn a second letter, two weeks later, it said Auckland Council’s interest would be divested through an off-market, two-stage expression-of- interest process. Stage one is expected to take 14 weeks.

Bill Rayner, President of Grey Power North Shore, said the sale should be halted.

“The properties must not be sold to developers like the Handley Ave Haumaru units.

“There is a critical and growing housing shortage for seniors in Devonport and the units and their sites must be retained

in council ownership and the concept continued,” Rayner said.

The logical solution was for the interest in the properties to be transferred to Haumaru, the joint venture between council and the Selwyn Foundation that manages the 1400 senior housing units the council owns, he said. Grey Power was opposed to any council sale of any senior-housing property.

“If a site is no longer suitable for senior housing – and some aren’t – the proceeds of any disposal must be used to buy a suitable site in the same area for a new Haumaru senior-housing development, increasing the overall stock with modern units.

“This did not happen with the Handley Ave sale, the proceeds moving out of Devonport to an unknown destination.”

“It is extremely disappointing that the council decision to end the scheme and sell off the units was passed last month behind closed doors, a few months before the council elections, no doubt reflecting the council’s desperate financial situation with the current budget shortfall,” Rayner said.

Grey Power would approach councillors and the government to ask that the sale decision be reconsidered and insist that no properties be disposed of before the local-body elections.

“No doubt all the trees would be cut down and all the birdlife lost.”

• Andrew and Berg bought their unit at Garden Crescent in 2017 for $440,000 and say it is probably worth $600,000 in the current market.

Handley Court site off the market A multimillion-dollar former pensionerflat site in Narrow Neck has been taken off the market, with developers deciding to retain the property.

The Handley Court block of pensioner flats was sold to developer Handley Investments in April 2021 for $6.391 million.

Another company, Handley Capital Ltd, later applied to Auckland Council to develop 16 two-level town houses on the site.

The site went back on the market earlier this year but recently the signs have disappeared.

Handley spokesman Cary Bowkett said the site was, “Not sold. We will hold.”

Concerns were raised by neighbours about resource-consent investigations, which found asbestos at the site.

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Female recruits add to local firefighting mix Women volunteers signing up to crew Devonport’s fire appliances are changing the face of the local service.

Four new female recruits, ranging in age from late teens to early fifties, have joined within just a few months.

Officer in charge of the Devonport Volunteer Fire Brigade Warren Tucker couldn’t be happier. “The mix of the brigade should reflect the community,” he says.

Previously only one or two women were among the 20-odd volunteers and professional crew at the station at any one time.

The eldest of the new recruits is Stanley Point resident Jackie Smith (52), a trainer for the Warehouse, who has three adult children and mokopuna.

The life-long local, whose father was in the Navy, says: “This is just another opportunity to be involved in the community.”

She cites growing awareness that women can sign on as fire volunteers as being behind their increasing numbers. “Most people think it’s really cool,” she says.

Michaela Bremner (19), who went through Takapuna Grammar School and the Scouting movement, says she grew up with the expectation of community service.

Her interest in firefighting was first piqued on a visit to the station. The Narrow Neck resident works as an outdoor-education instructor, finding the fire service role a good fit with her active outlook.

Erin Richardson (26), who lives in Bayswater and works as a physio at Ryman’s William Sanders Retirement Village, was drawn to firefighting through family members working in the service overseas.

“I thought I’d challenge myself to do something different,’ she says.

The fourth recruit, Petra Dye-Hutchinson (26), is considered a senior firefighter already.

She has experience as an Army firefighter. With a switch to Navy service, she has transferred into the area and lives in Bayswater.

Military fire crew come under the Fire and Emergency New Zealand umbrella in terms of their training, giving her a head start in a role she loves. “You get to see so much in the

Sisters in arms... Devonport volunteer fire crew (from left) Petra Dye-Hutchinson, Erin Richardson, Jackie Smith and Michaela Bremner at an evening training session job,” she says.

Her background includes working in hospitals. Various emergency-sector options have appealed to her over the years. “No-one hates a fireman,” she says.

Dye-Hutchinson has a ready-made connection with one of the station’s professional firefighters, Dan Brady, with whom she competes in adventure challenges, including the gruelling annual run up the Sky Tower in full equipment.

Tucker says all that is needed for anyone keen on volunteering is willingness and a reasonable standard of fitness. Volunteers train weekly on Monday evenings and are on call on nights and weekends.

The Devonport station handles around 60 to 70 call-outs a year.

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The new recruits say the training is manageable and can be fun. What some may lack in strength is compensated for by being shown the right techniques.

Tucker says that all volunteers initially have to grapple with the likes of lifting, but are trained in how to do this effectively.

Richardson adds: “That’s the challenge, to show that you can.”

Women bring good communications abilities with crowds, says Tucker. Being generally smaller than men, they also find it easier to slip into breathing apparatus.

Smith’s take is: “It doesn’t matter what gender you are. We are all here to help the community.”

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Calliope Rd turning lane flagged for removal Motorists will lose the designated right-turning lane from Victoria Rd into Calliope Rd, in order to enable cyclists to gain a lane approaching the steep curve downhill, under Auckland Transport (AT) plans.

The tricky Kerr St corner, leading up to Devonport Primary School, will also be redesigned under AT’s Safe Speeds project, which is aimed at improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists in Devonport’s town centre.

The project’s approximate cost is around $2.3 million, AT staff have told Devonport-Takapuna Local Board members.

This includes an already detailed 30km/h zone, with board members briefed last week about stage two, a series of engineered traffic works. Ten locations are in for speed-calming measures.

Transport engineer Betty Diao said for cyclists coming down Victoria Rd, the aim was to provide a “dedicated place to cross the intersection without fear of getting sideswiped”. By removing the right-turning vehicle lane into Calliope Rd, more room was available on the left to install a one-direction cycle lane.

In AT’s view, any backup of cars waiting for turners in the remaining single lane on Victoria Rd, would be at tolerable levels.

Vehicles would be slowed from just south of Hastings Pde by a 30km/h sign.

In a public feedback process, AT is offering two options on where to end the cycle lane, either at Kerr St or just north of the Victoria Theatre.

The lane will not run down to the ferry, with AT counting on its other safety measures to make the main shopping street safer for cyclists. Among those measures are: • Raised crossing tables and built-out kerbs to slow vehicles joining Victoria Rd from side streets, including at Rattray St, Fleet St and Flagstaff Tce. (Near King Edward Pde and at Kerr St raised tables are not feasible, due to stormwater pipe positioning).

• Parking and a bus stop being rejigged in places along Victoria Rd, with some spaces lost overall. (See story below).

• The approach to the ferry terminal and ferry car park by the roundabout being realigned and a separator installed to make it safer where vehicles back out of angled

Bike-friendly changes... Cyclists will have a dedicated lane down to Devonport village, leaving insufficient room for a right-turning lane from Victoria Rd into Calliope Rd parks by Windsor Reserve.

• A new pedestrian crossing being installed on King Edward Pde near Church St, which is the outer edge of the Safe Speeds zone.

Public feedback is open on the plans from later this month, with construction timed for early to mid next year.

A working group, including business, community and cycling representatives, lent its advice to AT in coming up with the plan.

Targeted consultation also occurred with Devonport Primary School, Navy and other stakeholders.

The school was pretty happy with the result, Diao told board members. As well as the Kerr St corner being addressed, it had gained a raised crossing to its entrance.

Four car parks were being removed to improve visibility and a space for buses might also be provided.

Member Toni van Tonder asked if more radical plans for Kerr St had been consid-

ered, such as making it one-way to help with school pickups. Diao replied: “The road is kind of operating as a one-way because of its narrowness – if we take away parks on one side, we might have to get more engineering to slow vehicles.”

Van Tonder and board chair Ruth Jackson raised questions about driver difficulty turning out of side streets.

Jackson said it was already an issue exiting at Clarence St. Van Tonder said when turning right from Rattray St it was hard to see oncoming traffic.

She was concerned that the new raised crossing so near the corner would make it more unsafe, with frustrated drivers inching forward on to it.

Shifting the crossing back to allow one vehicle space in front of it might be an option, she suggested.

This point could be considered in tandem with public feedback, Diao said.

Wider parking spaces on way for Victoria Rd Tight angled parking on Victoria Rd is to be made easier to drive into – and with more space for opening car doors.

Spaces on the west side, between Clarence St and the Esplanade Hotel, are just 2.2m wide, but Auckland Transport (AT) has decided it will repaint them to 2.5m wide during its Safe Speeds overhaul next year.

Feedback from the local working party it consulted on the Safe Speeds project prompted the move.

The spaces are currently too narrow for some cars to fit into, especially if larger vehicles have the adjoining spaces, or if cars

beside have been badly angled.

Even when drivers manage to navigate their way in, opening vehicle doors can prove a squeeze.

While resizing the parks will cost a few spaces, and a few more will go around the town centre in its yet to be finalised Safe Speeds design, AT has identified 11 locations where it hopes to restore parks.

On Fleet St, hatched lines could be shuffled around, it says.

Curtailing sections of yellow lines on Queens Pde, Spring St and Victoria Rd would provide other spots.

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Lights, lanterns, action! Crowds converge on

Onward and upward... The crowd heads up Victoria Rd to begin its ascent of Takarunga. Below: Ngahiwi Walker (with guitar) led waiata; and (from left) Auckland Councillor Richard Hills, Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Trish Deans and Restoring Takarunga Hauraki’s Zane Catterall all spoke at the summit.

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Devonport for Matariki magic on the maunga

Songs and dance... The Whanau Ropu Kapa Haka group performed in the Devonport ferry terminal More than a thousand people gathered to walk up Takarunga as part of a lively weekend of Matariki celebrations.

A golden sunset and bamboo lanterns, hand-made for the occasion, added to the atmosphere as the crowd made its way up the maunga.

Buildings on the main street were lit up in multiple colours, as were trees on the maunga.

Restoring Takarunga Hauraki’s Zane Catterall gave a welcome and led karakia. “I’m so grateful to see you all here,” he said.

Navy Marae coordinator CPO Ngahiwi Walker offered karakia and led waiata, and North Shore councillor Richard Hills acknowledged the importance of Devonport’s three maunga – Takarunga, Maungauika (North Head) and Takararo (Mt Cambria), and the Waitemata in the early days of the country.

“These maunga had many, many people living on them for many centuries before we were all here,” he said. “So I just want to acknowledge the mauri (life force) of these maunga and why we’re here today for Matariki.

“I think everyone who organised this is shocked, but humbled, to see so many people from Devonport but also from across Tamaki Makaurau.”

Other activities included a hangi at the Devonport Community House and performances at Depot Artspace.

An Out in the Open hui organised by the Devonport Youth Forum combined Matariki celebrations with Pride Month. The group fundraised for rainbow youth with baking and Pride merchandise.

Let there be light... Caitlyn Martin, 9, and brother Christian, 6, from Belmont, had brought their Matariki creations

With pride... A rainbow hui combined fundraising with lanternmaking for Matariki: From left, Charlotte Rong, 16, Hana Catterall, 30, Alfie Murray, 14, Bee Forrest, 15, Anna Stevenson, 15, and Rhian Gates, 14.

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What rain? Kapa haka hits the outdoor stage for

Sister act... Left to right: Vida Varney, 2, with sister Riley, 5, and Zara McNee, 5, with sister Saoirse, 2, came to enjoy the festival from just down the road

Left: Kaumatua Danny Watson helped open proceedings with karakia (prayer) and waiata (song).

Above: Bayswater School mum Laura Parker, pictured with Abraham Parker, 6, was selling poi that she made herself

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Bayswater School’s popular Matariki celebration

Devonport Primary’s kapa haka group was one of 10 to perform on the night, which also offered games, crafts and food trucks Matariki celebrations at Bayswater School could not be dampened, despite the rainy weather.

Hundreds of people came to the popular event, which has become an annual institution on the Devonport peninsula, and more than $20,000 was raised for the school.

Kapa haka performances from schools across Devonport were a feature, along with art, games, crafts, food trucks and a big bonfire to end the night.

“We were so pleased with the turnout,” organiser Norah Wilson said. One family at the school brought 26 whānau members.

“We believe it was our biggest – around 1500 members of our wider community.”

Wilson’s highlight was having an outdoor stage at the centre of celebrations.

“We made the change because of Covid, but actually it suits the festival far better. It made sure that the kōrero (discussion), the waiata (singing) and the tamariki (children) from all the schools were the main focus.”

Other celebrations across the peninsula included the lantern hikoi to the summit of Takarunga (Mt Victoria), an exhibition at the Depot Artspace, and a day of workshops at the Rose Centre.

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Further reductions in long-term pensioner housing options on the Devonport peninsula seem on the cards with Auckland Council planning to divest itself of its Own Your Own Home scheme, comprising more than 125 units across Auckland.

In Devonport, it includes the 16-unit Bardia St and the 11-unit Bayswater Ave villages.

Auckland Council has asked Eke Panuku to identify potential purchasers for the portfolio.

In a declining property market and tightening of lending, the numbers of buyers may be few and far between.

But the wider issue is Auckland Council’s provision of pensioner housing in Devonport.

The Handley Court units were sold off last year for more than $6 million. And while council has said it has no plans to sell the units at Vauxhall Rd and in two villages on Lake Rd, the move to opt out of the Bardia St and Bayswater Ave villages might be pointers to its future thinking.

Ageing pensioner-housing units are expensive to maintain and bring up to modern insulation and compliance standards.

It seems the elderly (and their family members) will increasingly have to find other options.

That’s fine if you have accumulated wealth in your house through the decades-long property price boom and can afford to perhaps downsize into a brick-and-tile unit or buy into Ryman’s William Sanders

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Surely though, provision should continue to be made for less well-off members of the Devonport community who want to continue to live here?

In the 1960s and 1970s, Devonport was home to a significant number of writers and artists. A lot of them rented. Some never got on the property ladder. Many left for cheaper areas, but some are still here.

With subsidised pensioner housing diminishing, are we saying people who have money are more welcome in our community than others – many of whom have made a significant contribution to the fabric of our society as long-term renters?

The lack of transparency from Auckland Council and its various arms was illustrated again by Watercare refusing to supply a map it put up on screen at one of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board workshops. It highlighted the heavy potential impacts on Devonport’s water and sewerage system from intensification.

Watercare argued it was ‘draft’ early work on submissions it would be making on changes to Auckland’s Unitary Plan necessitated by the government’s housing-enabling legislation. Surely this information should be available to residents as they prepare their own submissions on the plan changes?

Auckland Transport (AT) needs to address the blot-on-the-landscape markings on footpaths in Devonport and other town centres around the Shore. AT said the fluorescent markings were made with a chalk-based paint that would quickly fade or wash away. Three months later, they are as vivid as when they were sprayed on. A botch-up over the type of paint used seems to be a the nub of the issue.

It needs to be rectified, especially as tourists begin to arrive in greater numbers.

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A sad day for us this week, with the death of our 20-year-old cat, Scotty. I’ve written dozens of these columns with him alongside me, often putting an end to my ramblings with a sprint across the keyboard to indicate dinner time. He lived in six Devonport houses, survived several journeys across Lake Rd when returning to former homes and achieved minor notoriety as a kitten when having to be rescued from a roof by the fire service. Like a dog he came trotting over when whistled.

His legs failed him in the end, but he still managed to enjoy his final week, including a series of snapper-fillet last suppers from New World.

It was almost like a protest march in reverse – hundreds of Devonport residents walking in unison up Victoria Rd to the summit of Takarunga last Saturday in a celebration of Matariki.

The various events of the day – including a hikoi the length of Devonport peninsula – really grabbed the public imagination.

Was it because it was the first designated Matariki holiday? Or a joining together of various sections of the community in a peaceful antidote after two years of the conflicts and divisions posed by Covid?

Whatever the reasons, they culminated in a magical night for Devonport.

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Progress made on Bayswater landmark’s future Bayswater’s landmark boating clubhouse is set for a spruce-up and community use after years of uncertainty around its future.

Owner Takapuna Boating Club intends to lease out the top floor – likely to a cafe – and to open up space on the middle level, with the bottom floor for boating use.

It says it has already fielded interest from operators keen on a long-term lease.

Commodore James Jordan says progress towards resolving legislative issues governing usage of the site means the club can now look forward to the heritage-listed building having a “sustainable” future.

“Community involvement and engagement is essential to us,” he told the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last week. The club was beginning a process of talking to locals to gain their support. It wanted to set up a joint advisory committee and include iwi as well.

The hope is that in a year or so, the rundown wooden building – once used for dances – will again be a drawcard for the area.

“I’m keen to see the old girl get a lick of paint,” said board chair Ruth Jackson. Member Toni van Tonder said she wished things could move even faster.

Jordan said the club intended to spend $500,000-$700,000 on the exterior, including painting it and rebuilding decks that cover a silted-up saltwater pool. Before that happened, it needed local board and Auckland Council backing for a law change, which North Shore MP Simon Watts is backing. This would allow for some commercial use of the building, currently prohibited under a 1923 Act of Parliament dating back to when the land was gifted to the club.

The legislation states that the land and building cannot be used for private gain, rather “for the purposes of boating-sheds, public swimming-baths, social hall, or for any similar or incidental purpose”.

Jackson put forward recommendations that the Act be changed to allow leasing, provided

Facelift ahoy... Takapuna Boating Club plans to spend up to $700,000 on the heritage building’s exterior and lease out the top floor, probably to a cafe returns went back into the building or for com- public consultation and then a seven-or-eightmunity purposes. Council staff had suggested month-long process through a parliamentary this as the best option to safeguard its future. select committee.

“It’s a tricky one,” said board member Aidan In 2017, the council stepped in when the club Bennett, “because it’s effectively in ownership tried to sell the building. Having ceased to use outside the community, but the community it as clubrooms in the 1960s, it wanted rid of feels like it owns it.” He asked Jordan about the building and its high maintenance costs. the position of the Takapuna Boating Club, While the club has spent $600,000 re-roofing and if, as a private owner, its hands were tied. the building and repairing foundations, it has Jordan said the club was in it for the long held off on further work. haul. “It’s not an asset that we see that we can As a second-tier heritage-listed building its sell. If we ever get to that point, it would have exterior cannot be significantly altered. to be a community decision,” he said.

Board member Jan O’Connor, who in the The ability to lease out space would make it past attended dances in the building, said: “It’s realistic for the club to invest in upkeep and to got a great history to it and it would be really raise funds for renovations. great to get some heritage funding for it.”

The board voted unanimously to support A former tannery, it was barged in pieces changing the Act. The issue will be put to an from Panmure to the site in the 1920s. The Auckland Council meeting soon, followed by swimming pool was used until the 1950s.

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Interview

July 1, 2022

Arts insider brings Edinburgh eye to Depot With valuable experience gained in the Scottish capital’s vibrant arts scene, Amy Saunders is overseeing a reboot at Devonport’s Depot Artspace. She talks to Helen Vause.

Creative thinking... Amy Saunders says the Depot Artspace wants to be the best version of itself Whenever Amy Saunders comes across an uncertain young creative these days, she might be tempted to recall the moment her younger self decided to more or less ‘run off with the circus’.

Nurturing dreams, and providing encouragement are key ingredients to making good things happen in the arts world, says Saunders, the general manager of the Depot Artspace.

And she is well equipped to offer support, based on her own experience of the entertainment world, ranging from the adrenalin highs of big successes, to the days of empty wallets, waitressing and wobbly prospects.

Saunders came home to the Depot job last year, having held roles at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Festivals Edinburgh, and bringing with her daughters Isla (now 7) and Annie (4) and her Scots husband Kenneth.

The daughter of media personalities – documentary maker the late Bill Saunders and television host, presenter and marketer Cath-

erine Saunders – she grew up in a household where creative energy and deadlines fuelled her family’s lives.

She was hesitant to follow her parents’ careers but the pull was there. With a postgraduate degree in journalism, she started her working life in print journalism, followed by late nights at a television news desk.

Having a brain wired for both business and creativity, a public relations and communications job with the Auckland Festival proved a good fit.

This involved dealing with the operators of the Spiegeltent, one of the large, mirrored travelling tents that provide portable venues for cabaret around the world.

They were an eclectic group of bohemian circus-type folk who convinced Saunders to quit her job and work for them in the Edinburgh festival season.

“I’d started to feel like something was missing for me in what I was doing here. This sounded exciting.”

So off she went, and after that first festival season, made Edinburgh her home.

“I loved it. It is romantic, and the banter and the conversation is amazing there, in a place where so much of life is indoors.”

And with so much going on in the creative space during spring and summer, her job prospects looked good.

Though in her earlier Edinburgh days, the creative jobs could peter out – and the money run short.

She recalls a stint of waitressing, and a testing time of calling home with just £19 left in her pocket.

But she then landed a job as general manager at Gilded Balloon, Scotland’s leading year-round producer of live comedy and entertainment, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and elsewhere.

The Edinburgh International Festival at its peak runs at around 3000 shows a day, attracting crowds in August that double the city’s population.

July 1, 2022 Opportunities were plentiful for people with business skills and administrative talents such as Saunders had.

Her work involved networking, finding funding and wrangling bureaucracy.

The festival has launched many careers, with Kiwis such as the Flight of the Conchords duo among those to benefit from its influence.

Saunders was in the thick of it. “It’s a place where people get discovered. It’s the trade fair of the arts, the cultural Olympics and of course it is a big earner for the arts.”

But like arts and creativity everywhere, the sector always scrambles for funding.

In her later years in Edinburgh, Saunders became general manager of umbrella body, Festivals Edinburgh, which among other things demonstrated that festivals contributed £300 million annually to the economy.

Saunders’ headline for a media release about this proclaimed “Festivals Worth More than Golf”.

It was a good line that never got past the red pens of the government officials with an eye on tourism, she laughs.

The 30-something Saunders, still single and living the job, had a full-on life.

An older friend thought it was time for a change, however, and told Saunders she wanted to introduce her to the man she thought Saunders would marry. “I laughed and told her that would make my mother very happy.”

She agreed to meet the proposed ‘Mr Right’ in a group for dinner.

When Saunders and water-quality consultant Kenneth Gordon Macdonald sat down at that dinner, the predicted spark was generated.

The matchmaker’s work was done. The two became ‘an item’, though Macdonald had to travel for work and their initial relationship relied heavily on emails.

“We just sort of knew that was it as soon as we met,’’ Saunders grins.

As luck would have it, Macdonald already had professional connections in New Zealand and a house in Devonport.

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When the couple first opted to come south, Saunders took on a Creative New Zealand project aimed at giving Kiwi talent more support to get to Edinburgh for the festival season.

They had one more foray back to Edinburgh before Covid hit.

After that, Saunders and her family were very happy to come back and settle in Devonport.

“On our wish list is to look at the actual spaces that we run to see whether we can make the gallery spaces more open to other activities as well. We want to invest in the recording studios and start a series of development programmes for musicians, both emerging and more established. And we want to work with the community more to deliver creative events and projects that have real benefits.”

Saunders says it would be a natural step to work more with schools and and parents to help “demystify” creative careers and give a better understanding of career pathways that creative or artistic kids can take.

“Part of my challenge here is to gain funding and new income streams and grow what we do,” Saunders says.

“The community has changed a lot over the years, so we are in the process of reconnecting and finding new and interesting ways of working together.”

She says the doors are open to all to share ideas for the future.

And while she’s on the wish list, she says the Depot would love to give the outside of its building a facelift to signpost the welcoming creative hub within.

“The community has changed a lot over the years, so we are in the process of reconnecting and finding new and interesting ways of working together.”

At the Depot Artspace, she is in the process of a strategic review supported by funding from Creative New Zealand.

“Through this process we want to ensure that we are the best version of ourselves that we can be, and that people within the community and outside understand who we are and what we do.

“Most people don’t realise that we are actually one of New Zealand’s leading creative career and employment providers, working with more than 300 creatives a year to help them find creative employment or develop their own sustainable creative businesses.

And we are a gallery and a recording studio.”

She says there’s a five-year plan afoot to identify key areas of work and principal partners.

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Letters

July 1, 2022

Have your say on Bayswater Ave cycle-lane plan

Red-light runners risk tragedy mediate and Hauraki School should be deeply concerned – and doing something. Does a child need to suffer before they act?

The solution appears to be relatively simple: either enforce the road rules or extend the phasing to allow more cars through the intersection from Jutland Rd. If you are a driver, ask yourself: “Is it worth running the red light?”

Do something about this.

Chris Grant

If you stand on the corner of Lake and Jutland Rds any school drop-off/pickup hour, you will see drivers running the red light as schoolchildren wait to cross on the crossing signal.

I have submitted more than 200 online traffic-violation reports to the police, and informed the local MP, and nothing has changed.

Does a child need to be killed before someone does something?

Takapuna Grammer School, Belmont Inter-

Why so many traffic cones?

Why is it that we have such an overabundance of traffic cones in Devonport, going well past the places where work is being carried out?

And why on earth is the cycle lane outside the Ryman site on Lake Rd closed and used as a ‘cone park’?

In other parts of Auckland, I have seen the cones placed on the edge of the pavement, and with such a wide pavement in that spot surely the same could have been done?

It is actually very dangerous to squeeze cyclists into the narrow remaining lane. And thoughtless.

The long traffic queues out of Devonport are getting longer and this is likely to get much worse with all the permitted developments. The time to fix Lake Rd has long gone, the chance missed for dedicated bus lanes.

Meanwhile the traffic cones march on. And on. Chaos and thoughtlessness.

Trish Jenner

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Following on from my comments in the Devonport Flagstaff of 17 June, concerning the Bayswater Ave Cycleway: This project is part of the Auckland Transport Vibrant Streets Programme and is in its development stages.

The project will develop bi-directional cycle lanes, possibly with raised cycle separators. This will result in the removal of parking along the southern side of Bayswater Ave and reconfiguring of the two traffic lanes. Parking will still be available outside the properties on the northern side of Bayswater Ave. Currently the plans are to extend the cycleway from the roundabout at the top of Sir Peter Blake Parade right along the 1.9 km to Bayswater School. How the cycleway will be configured along the stretch from Bayswater School to the Belmont shopping centre has not been figured out at this stage. Nor have the arrangements for getting cyclists through the roundabout at the top of Sir Peter Blake Parade.

I suggested that Auckland Transport (AT) should make contact with the Bayswater Community Committee; however, should you wish to have direct dialogue with AT, please contact me by email and I will forward your details to the appropriate officer.

George Wood Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member

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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS

Grammar JULY 1, 2022

Special Ed Students Planting Trees for Survival

Year 11 Geography Field Trip - Mt Tarawera In June, our Year 11 Geography students travelled down to Rotorua to explore their volcanic eruption case study of Mt Tarawera. This was auspicious timing as it coincided with the 136th anniversary of the 10 June 1886 eruption. The purpose of our field trip was to better understand the impacts this volcanic eruption had on the natural and cultural environment and to investigate ways that people responded to this event.

While in Rotorua, students visited three locations Te Wairoa an excavated village that was buried by up to 1.5m of ashfall during the 1886 eruption; Waimangu Valley, which is a geothermal area of 11 craters that was created during this eruption; and Mt Tarawera to witness the site of the eruption while also exploring some more of Rotorua’s geothermal areas such as Te Puia, which is home to the southern hemisphere’s tallest geyser.

Overall, this trip provided Geography students with excellent experiential knowledge of their case-study environment and was enjoyed by all. A big thank you to the students that attended who impressed staff at all venues with their participation, positive attitudes and interest in the environment.

This term, students from our Special Education Department here at Takapuna Grammar took part in an annual tree-planting trip together withTrees for Survival, a charity that promotes the growing and planting of trees to prevent soil erosion and improve diversity.

Ten of the older students came along and a great time was had by all. “We had pumpkin soup” said Alana. “I want to come again next year!”said Zara.

A variety of young trees were planted, including cabbage trees, flax and manuka, all of which the students had raised from small seedlings. Approximately 800 trees were planted by the students and a wonderful time in the sunshine was had by everyone.

IB Diploma Programme – Creativity, Activity & Service

CAS is perhaps one of the most exciting core components of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programmme. Standing for Creativity, Activity and Service, IB students participate in experiences outside the classroom, log the activities and reflections to enhance their personal and interpersonal development by learning through experience, and counterbalance the academic demands of the IB programme.

In Term 2, our IB1 students also took part in an adventure to the Wakatere Boat Club on Narrow Neck Beach. Students met in the morning, and started with a silent walk in nature - no phones, no talking amongst others and simply enjoyed the environment in the sun. After hearing from various guest speakers about the importance of

nature and looking after our local environment, we then commenced our main activity of the day, where the staff and team members from Restoring Takarunga Hauraki guided students to get involved with weeding experiences while learning about biodiversity. The instructors told stories and explained the different species of plants. They informed the students on the methods to distinguish between precious plants and undesirable weeds.

A thoroughly enjoyable and educational day was had by everyone out in the field and the students said that they now have a better appreciation for what a naturally beautiful part of Auckland we live in and that we must continue to look after it.

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20 years ago from the Flagstaff files • The owners of Devonport Wharf depart, owing $3 million to Bridgecorp Finance, which takes over ownership.

• Over nine months, artist Gaf Ferner used a saw, kitchen knife and sandpaper to sculpt huge polystyrene works for the Depot Artspace entrance.

• Traffic wardens are called in to stop parents driving through Devonport Primary School grounds, following a near miss.

• The Devonport midwinter swim attracts around 70 swimmers, with some 200 supporters watching from the shore.

• North Shore United junior goalkeepers Haydn Andrew and Samuel Cox are profiled in the lead-up to attending the Kanga Cup tournament in Australia.

• Plans to rebuild Torpedo Bay wharf forge ahead, with residents given a guarantee by the Devonport Community Board that it will not be used for “regular commercial activities”.

• North Shore City Council rejects an application from Mabel ‘Polly’ Pollock for wood chips to complete a track she is building at Polly’s Park.

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• Members of the band 13 Ghosts – Holly Arthur, Ben Shafer and Tom Hurd – make the finals of the Smokefree Rockquest.

• The Deanery, an alcohol detoxification and treatment centre, opens in Devonport.

• Devonport photographer Henry Falkner exhibits at the Depot, with works including shots at Cheltenham Beach that feature former model Sandra Killen.

• The One World America’s Cup syndicate visits Devonport Primary.

• Substantial numbers of children are driven to school, a North Shore City Council Travelwise survey finds. For Vauxhall and Bayswater School’s around 50 per cent and 40 per cent (respectively) of children arrive by car.

• The future of the Devonport Arts Festival is in doubt for 2003, with a call for locals to replace the existing committee, which had resigned.

• North Shore Rugby captain Phil Weedon celebrates 100 matches for the club’s premiers, by leading the side to a 30-16 win over arch-rivals Takapuna.

• Mike Wardlaw, Deputy Chief of the Navy, is the Devonport Flagstaff interview subject.

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Devonport 09 445 2010

Devonport 8 King Edward Parade

- First Time On The Market In 30 Yrs - Our Very Motivated Vendor Would Like to See All Serious Offers Now - Current House Layout is 2 Bed Could Be Converted Back to 3/4 Bed - Separate Self Contained Studio/Work From Home Space Above One of The Two Garages - Sunny North Facing Private Rear Garden. 556m² Section

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Devonport 6 Flagstaff Terrace A SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY 6 WITH PLENTY OF For Sale OPTIONS!

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Aptly named 'Peace and Plenty', this long-standing, charming B&B is now on the market with offers below its current CV invited.

You may of course wish to continue running the home as a B&B or return this grand lady to her original status as an exceptional family home.

Elevated aspect - just steps from the waterfront and prestigious King Edward Parade.

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- YES! $795,000 for central Devonport.

- 2 Bedroom, solid brick and tile unit.

- Elevated - Sunny - Views Insulated.

- Carport and deck - Carpeted Heat pump.

- W alk to the ferry, shop in the village and enjoy a community like NO OTHER!

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Devonport 48 Calliope Road

Belmont 2/2 Evan Street

ONE HOUSE TOO MANY! Time has run out!

The current sales contract is failing and our vendors have to sell now, With substantially lowered price expectations, you can ignore previous price indications and talk to us today! This is a wonderful home and it may have just slipped into your price bracket!

Talk to us about the new price bracket this gorgeous home finds itself in. Call us now!

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COUNTRY COMFORT So cute it squeaks!

This little honey of a home is looking for loving new owners.

Two double plus a single, warm, cosy and snugged up for winter, open fires and the smell of fresh baking. Heaven!

A wonderful, warm and welcoming home, our vendors are very realistic and the price is absolutely entry level. Be quick, talk to us today, this will not last.

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Devonport 39 Ewen Alison Avenue URGENT SALE REQUIRED! Agent Inquiry welcome! Sunfilled, safe, and serene, and just 3 doors up from beautiful Melrose Reserve!

This light, bright, and classically beautiful home needs a new family.

Drenched in sunshine, full of laughter, and lots of busy kids, this fab family is on the move.

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One of 20, each one has a designated off street car park, communal laundry facility, and a professional body corp which has recently refurbished the gardens and external common corridors and balustrades ensuring the complex is kept clean, tidy and fresh.

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Nice’n’icy! Record numbers brave the briny

Crowd pleaser… Devonport Druid Chris Mullane (at left) leads the swimmers into the water

Seawater superheroes... Wonder Woman Anita Stewart (left) and Karen McDonnell enjoying the moment

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for Devonport’s traditional midwinter plunge

Mixed emotions... Smiling for the camera was too much for some More than 200 swimmers braved the icy water but were treated to warm sunshine at the annual Devonport Midwinter Dip held

off Windsor Reserve.

With 219 swimmers registered, it is believed to have been the largest attendence

since the swim was launched in 1999.

Organisers described the event as having a “chilled-out vibe.”

Cheeky dip... Todd, Harriett and daughter Hazel Hewitt; and Hannah Tunnicliffe with daughter Bonnie Ballesty

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Ear expert has extra insight Though well-qualified as an audiologist, with more than 10 years of professional experience, Ron Trounson, co-owner at Ear Health in Devonport, says growing up in a household with his deaf mother is where he acquired his most valuable credentials.

“My mum had meningitis as a child and lost 100 per cent hearing in one ear and most of her hearing in her other ear. She lip-read her way through school and when hearingaid technology finally became available, used hearing aids,” says Trounson who lived in Hauraki in early childhood.

As a child, Trounson learned how best to communicate to hearing impaired people – speaking i n a lower and slower voice, avoiding mumbling and using simpler language when that was appropriate.

Before becoming an audiologist, Trounson earned a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Auckland and worked in Brazil for 10 years.

The South American sojourn added to his communication skills.

“I lived 10 years in Brazil, working on major projects that required me to communicate with people from all over the world, so you learn quickly how to adjust your communication style depending on who you’re talking to,” he says.

“Brazillians are very social. So now I basically ‘chin-wag’ all day as part of my job.”

And the ‘chin-wagging’ has become one of Ear Health’s points of difference.

Large audiology franchises can be impersonal, and patients often see a different audiologist each time. But at EarHealth patients see either Trounson or business partner Soren Thompson.

“We remember you, our previous conversations and your device preferences.

We’re small, local and personalised,” Trounson says.

Ear Health offers the ear-wax removal which many audiology clinics don’t provide.

Build up of ear wax can render even high-

Joelle Hopkins (Admin), Ron Trounson (Audiologist), and Jerryle Sunga (Technician) quality and expensive hearing aids ineffective, earphones, prompting Trounson to describe so Ear Health has the latest equipment and them as a kind of “jewellery for the ear”. qualified technicians to remove the wax.

“We have everything under the one roof, so you don’t have to go somewhere else to get SERVICES PROVIDED your ears cleaned, only to then come back and have the device fitted or adjusted.”

• Ear cleaning by Devices have become more sophisticated micro-suction over the years, with the most recent of them • Diagnostic hearing tests looking like gadgets from a James Bond movie – essentially going unseen in the ear.

• Hearing-aid fitting and Trounson says demand for these devices repairs has increased dramatically since Covid began, because masks have added another • Hearing health and complication for people who might already rehabilitation have their hearing aids and glasses on their ears.

• Tinnitus assessments Insurance companies are preferring the and advice hidden aids too: “So many people have lost hearing aids when they pull off the masks.”

Ear Health is ACC, Enable and WINZ The new hearing aids connect to a phone registered. All services are provided by medical professionals, including Registered with low-powered bluetooth. While some Nurses and MNZAS Audiologists. can be hidden, other models look like in-ear

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Pump-track planting adds to eco-corridor Around 25 people turned up to help plant 350 native seedlings around the new pump track at Narrow Neck’s Woodall Park.

The long-planned pump track, spearheaded

by Devonport Rotary, is now operational – and will soon have its own little pocket of bush.

“It’s a small extension of our eco-corridor project through that area,” said Lance Cablk, coordinator of the environmental group Restoring Takarunga Hauraki.

The patch is around one tenth of a hectare, he says. “I think it’s just lovely. It’s an opportunity to create a bit of bush next to it and just make it a more integrated experience and a more diverse and beautiful experience when the families are down there.”

Among the species planted were kowhai and various shrubs, including the evergreen hebe.

“We plant small seedlings because that allows us a chance to see what grows best. Some things won’t survive, but we should get a pretty good Digging it... Volunteers planted 350 native seedlings at the Woodall Park pump track last month take,” Cablk said.

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THE REBUS CLUB OF DEVONPORT INC (FORMERLY THE PROBUS CLUB OF DEVONPORT INC) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1987.

Recently our club was presented with a certificate acknowledging its 35 years in existence. Rebus Clubs are found worldwide and are in many parts of New Zealand. We are a mixed club and welcome women and men of the Devonport and adjacent areas.

Make new friends, hear interesting speakers and enjoy outings.

We meet in The Rose Centre, School Lane, Belmont on the third Monday of each month from 10am until midday. Membership is open to all retired or semi-retired persons.

We are a non-political, non-sectarian and non-fundraising club. Many new friendships are made within Rebus.

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Devonport Pink Ribbon fundraiser clocks up 14 years

In the pink… (from left) Gillian Werry, Katherine Downs and Gretchen Cordner Right: Pam Bell and Joan Barton

The 14th annual Devonport Pink Ribbon Breakfast at Correlli’s Cafe last week raised around $2500 for the Breast Cancer Foundation. Organiser Lynda Betts thanked the attendees for their support of the breakfast and auction.

Supporting the cause… (below, from left) Beulah Thomson, Sue Stanaway, Lynda Betts and Helen Michell. Right: the auction table.

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Heads up, it’s pink hats for breakfast... (from left) Jenny Hinton, Maria Stevens, Victoria Mules and Marissa Muirhead Right: Alastair Fletcher and Gail Carran

Below (from left): Jane Hastings, Jackie Mark, Karlene Beattie and Jemma Glancy

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Squash coach and pupil make national team

From Belmont to France… Squash player Ella Lash and coach Manu Yam are both heading to the junior world championships in August This will be her second world junior coach, although he has been an assistant Two Belmont Park Racquets Club members will be part of the New Zealand junior champs: in Kuala Lumpur in 2019 she won coach previously.

The girls team members will play only in squash team at the world champs in France one match.

This year, playing against older, more individual competition, while the boys will in August – one as a player, the other as a experienced players, she hopes to win a compete as individuals and in a teams event. coach.

Joe Smythe of Bay of Plenty is the numElla Lash (16) made the girls team, and match or two.

In the lead-up, Ella has been training five ber-one boys player, in a very young team, Manu Yam will coach the boys squad.

The championships take place in Nancy to six hours a week – much of which has Yam said.

Yam played competitive squash for 33 been under the tuition of Yam, her coach from 11-21 August. years, taking part in international tournaElla is an A1-ranked player and in New for the past five years.

Yam said Lash has one the best attitudes ments, and was the Philippines national Zealand’s top 20 on the national grading list.

She started playing aged six, and has won and work ethics of any player he has champion for 10 years.

He was awarded New Zealand Perforthe North Island under-11 and under-13 coached.

It will be the first time Yam has travelled mance Coach of the Year in 2018 and has champs. In 2019, she was the New Zealand with the New Zealand junior team as head received numerous other awards. under-15 champion.

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Peninsula athlete lands national cross-country title

Front runner... Alfie Steedman leads the Junior Boys field at the national secondary school cross-country champs in Nelson. Below: Previous title winners Murdoch McIntyre (left) and Toby Saxby.

Belmont runner Alfie Steedman won the individual Junior Boys title at the national secondary school cross-country championships in Nelson, and also enjoyed success with his Westlake Boys’ High School teammates.

Alfie, aged 15, was in the school’s winning three-person and six-person Junior teams.

His individual race time was 12 minutes 28 seconds over 4000m – 10 seconds ahead of the next competitor.

He follows in the speedy footsteps of previous national champions from the peninsula, also heading to Westlake after attending Belmont Intermediate School (BIS).

Coach Theuns Strydom joked there must be something in the water in Devonport.

He told the Flagstaff Steedman was on track time-wise to consider following fellow BIS old boy Murdoch McIntyre on a US college scholarship in a few years.

McIntyre, from Devonport, won the junior nationals title in 2016. He now runs for Boise State University in Idaho.

Toby Saxby, the 2018 junior winner – who like McIntyre went on to make New Zealand representative teams – rounds out the BIS contingent among Westlake’s roster of individual champions in recent years.

This year, another BIS old boy, Max Tuttle, came fifth in the Junior Boys race won by Steedman.

Saxby is currently taking a gap year, including from competition, but is still running. He helps out as a teacher aide at Westlake.

Strydom told the Flagstaff he puts the success of the trio from BIS down as much to dedication and committed parents as to anything else.

“There’s Devonport mums and dads with a culture of being active and able to offer a lot of drive and opportunities.”

Once at Westlake, the boys developed their talents through the school’s running programme, which Styrdom has built up since 2005.

The school took a 42-strong squad to Nelson for this year’s nationals – the largest contingent from any school – underlining the depth of a programme that involves up to 130 boys, split into a fitness running group and a year-round competitive team.

It also won the Senior and Year 9 Boys six-runner competitions, picking up seconds in both the Senior and Year 9 three-runner

categories.

Year 12 runner Cameron Maunder, who won bronze in the individual Senior Boys race over 6000m, was named in the national secondary schools team to race in Australia in August.

Stryrdom’s own dedication to distance running was recognised at the nationals, with the surprise presentation of a Caltex New Zealand Good Sorts Award.

“For me it’s about the boys, I get emotional about them getting the success.”

Winning was also a motivation to get them up and training in the mornings, he said.

Peninsula residents up early on a Sunday morning, may spot them on a regular 7am run to Devonport and back.

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Achievements of three Devonport residents

Front-page news… Dame Judy McGregor at her Devonport home Judy McGregor, Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to human rights and health The front page of a 2012 issue of the Sunday Star-Times hangs in Judy McGregor’s Devonport home office, neatly linking her greatest achievements: in journalism, and women’s and labour rights.

The edition’s lead story highlights McGregor’s work on an aged-care inquiry, but also stirs memories of when she was the first female editor of another Sunday paper, the best-selling tabloid Sunday News.

She still cites her work in journalism when asked about her greatest achievements. Sunday News was left-leaning – “it supported Norm Kirk”, but still had a ‘page three girl’ when McGregor arrived: “I got rid of that... but it was a working-class newspaper.”

It had a lot of sport and a ‘John Justice’ column, battling for readers’ consumer rights.

She went on to be the “third to last” editor of the Auckland Star and met partner John Harvey, then editor of the Manawatu Evening Standard around the time of the Springbok Tour in 1981.

“We commuted for seven years. The editorials in the Auckland Star and the Evening Standard were the same every Monday.

McGregor would get up very early on Monday mornings to get back to Auckland, so Harvey did the editorial, which ran in both

evening papers. “He had the choice to do them or the ironing.” The only person who noticed the duplication was historian and former cabinet minister Michael Bassett.

After the Star, McGregor moved to Palmerston North and began an academic career.

She followed politician Annette King during the 1993 election campaign, which formed the basis of her doctorate. She then worked as a professor at Massey University before moving to Wellington to work for two terms as the first Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner with the Human Rights Commission.

A high point was her aged-care inquiry. Later, the union movement cited the case of resthome caregiver Khristine Bartlett to negotiate a landmark pay-equity settlement.

Care workers were recently offered a three per cent rise, at which McGregor bristles. “In my opinion it should be 25 to 30 per cent.”

In 2012, she and Harvey moved to Devonport, where her mother, Frances Horne, and aunt, Pat Ward, had been long-time residents.

McGregor took up a professorship at Auckland University of Technology, and was appointed Waitematā District Health Board (DHB) chair: “Five years ago, prior to ever having heard about a global pandemic,” she says.

Her term ends on 30 June, when health boards are disestablished due to the creation of a national health authority.

McGregor says the key memory of her DHB tenure will be the “fantastic commitment” of the health staff, particularly during the Covid era.

She remains passionate about public health – and concerned about some government messaging, particularly around mask use.

Crowds of 5000 to 10,000 going to rugby matches was entirely different to a the potential super-spreader event of the Crusaders-Blues Super Rugby Pacific final, with a crowd of more than 45,000, “which is quite daft”, she says. “There should be stronger messaging on social distancing and around masks.”

She fears hospitals dealing with flu and rotavirus outbreaks, along with Covid, could be further overrun.

In her mid-seventies, McGregor is an avid gardener both at home and at her plot at Ngataringa Park. “I probably need to spend some more time with John, and want to do more of the Great Walks.”

She’s done the Milford, Routeburn, Kepler, Heaphy and Waikaremoana tracks and plans to walk the Paparoa track in November.

Academically, McGregor is hoping to collaborate with a PhD student on a book on equal pay and the commodification of aged care – which she believes is in danger of becoming “a property model rather than focusing on patients”.

McGregor is fairly relaxed about becoming ‘Dame Judy’ in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

A young relative said she had become a DJ, “which I thought was pretty cool”.

She doesn’t expect anyone will call her ‘Dame’.

“But it’s great recognition for women’s rights, and those of low-paid workers.”

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recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours Julie Read, Companion of the Queen’s Service Order for services to the State Julie Read’s true contribution to New Zealand will probably never be known.

It’s not easy to calculate the dollar impact of anti-corruption measures introduced through the National Financial Crime and Corruption Strategy, which was among Read’s major achievements as director and chief executive of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for eightand-a-half years.

The amount saved would likely run into billions.

While prosecutions remain important for the SFO – during her tenure Read lost only “one minor case” – the legacy of the anti-corruption strategy will be ongoing.

“It’s difficult to put a figure on it,” says Read.

A Tasmanian lawyer, Read was headhunted to the SFO after a career that culminated in her working as the regional commissioner for the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.

During her time at the SFO, staff increased from 39 to 75, after several significant increases in funding, including a 2020 boost to expand measures to prevent fraud.

She partnered with the justice sector, and private and public sector agencies to develop and promote free online anti-corruption training, and chaired the 2021 International

Fraud buster… Julie Read at her Devonport home.

Anti-Corruption and Transparency Experts Working Group.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, she worked with overseas agencies to prevent corruption and directed inquiries into any abuses of the government’s wage-subsidy scheme.

Now Read has “sort of” retired. “I’m taking a bit of a break,” she says.

“I found the two years of Covid pretty

hard going.”

And she felt more than eight years as SFO chief executive was enough.

She is continuing on the board of St John and hopes to perhaps take up other directorships.

And then there are her passions for knitting, reading, travel and walking her dogs around Devonport.

Patrick Walsh, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education As legal action against schools has become more common, Patrick Walsh has found himself helping others with the fallout – and trying to help principals avoid common pitfalls.

Over the years he’s been a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal of the New Zealand Teachers Council, written a couple of books on education law, and chaired New Zealand Law Society seminars on education.

But importantly, the legal-trained principal of Sacred Heart College has also undertaken substantial pro-bono work for principals.

“We live in a more litigious environment,” Walsh says. It is also an era of issues such as vaping, social-media bullying and access to online pornography.

Students and their parents will turn up to school disciplinary hearings with a lawyer.

And complaints to the Ombudsman and the Commissioner of Children about schools and principals are more common, Walsh says.

Walsh has organised seminars for principals on education law. “I know how schools operate and I can relate to them – I am not immune to the legal problems they face, but I have empathy (possibly some ideas) on how to resolve them.

Born in Ireland, he immigrated to New Zealand with his family at age 12, settling in

Principal support... Patrick Walsh uses his legal skills to help colleagues Ponsonby and attending St Paul’s College.

He completed an MA in Education at the University of Auckland before teaching at Rosmini College for seven years, while finishing a law degree in his spare time.

After a stint at Mangere’s De La Salle College, Walsh was principal at John Paul College in Rotorua for almost two decades. He became prinicipal of Sacred Heart College last year, taking up a new challenge – “something I always tell my pupils to do.”

After 30 years, he still enjoys the field.

“I’ve met some amazing teachers and principals.Teaching as a profession is really underrated. It has some very passionate people.”

Walsh and his family moved back to Devonport last year, where they had previously lived during his Rosmini years. He loves the area as a “respite” from his day job.

He enjoys going to the Vic Theatre, swimming at Cheltenham Beach and walks around the suburb.

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Abby has worked in hospitality – as a partner in Bette’s Bar, now Vondel, and in Queenstown. She has also worked in the film industry where she was very much involved in events management. She commenced duties Monday, and will be looking though the events documentation Maria kept, and working toward the setting up of events such as the Halloween Trail, Christmas Festival, and looking further ahead to Folk in the Park 2023. She can be reached at abbyjones@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz

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Maria had organised this event before finishing up, so it was all set for the big day – with 219 registrations. Suzanne Stickney did a sterling job of gathering vouchers for spot prizes (the Trust thanks business owners for their generosity), and of helping run the day. Thanks also to Jeremy Scmid, from the Officer’s Mess for supplying hearty pumpkin soup, to our very own Druid, for “summoning” such a beautiful morning, and to 1st Devonport Venturers for a great sausage sizzle. People were smiling, hapy to catch up with others – it was a very “chilled out” event. Here are the “brave and the bold” following the Druid into the water.

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Cedar House - 2/32 Beresford Street Bayswater Discreetly tucked away on one of Bayswater’s most desirable streets, space and light collide providing a relaxing retreat for those at any age or stage. Balancing living, playing, working and resting across two levels, Cedar House is generous by design, providing flexibility and freedom, a home that is practical and more than capable of accommodating any burgeoning family dynamic. Cedar House is tall, elegant and contemporary in aesthetics and structure, thoughtful in its current design offering well-appointed accommodation and flexible living spaces. Surrounded by easy-care mature gardens on a practical site, the core of this home is centred around the spacious open plan living, dining and lightfilled kitchen, perfect for the gathering of good conversation and entertaining with family and friends. Throw open multiple doors on this upper level onto the sun-drenched deck extending the whole front face with distant views to the water allowing you and others to enjoy the seclusion this tranquil elevated setting offers. Serviced by two car garaging with internal access plus ample offstreet parking. Not another house exists on the peninsula quite like this with its blend of classic contemporary charm and modern conveniences, plus scope to re-invest, enhance or simply enjoy as is. Proudly marketed by The EK Group.

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Nigel Caigou 100% Clearance Rate over 4 years with Ray White Devonport It’s certainly not by luck or chance that Devonport local of 32 years Nigel Caigou has sold every single property his vendor’s have entrusted him to market, negotiate and sell over the last four years.

We first met Nigel when looking at a house we were interested in buying and he was the agent, and it was from this interaction alone that we decided to engage him for the sale of our property some time later.

Through our dealings with Nigel on both sides of a transaction, we found him consistent, professional, yet genuinely personable. Most importantly, and what differentiates Nigel, is that he is a true strategist who allows and dedicates the time to your property to ensure a desirable outcome.

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I wanted to say how pleased I was with the support and efforts of Nigel and his team at Ray White Devonport. There was a clear sales strategy and advice around how to present and market our property.

I was kept well informed at each step and assured we had the right plan in place. I was very pleased with the outcome and believe that any other approach would not have generated the same result in this market. I would highly recommend Nigel and appreciate the extra efforts made to ensure this was as successful as it could possibly be.

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July 1, 2022

SHAG POINT: AN OCEAN LEGACY

Sometimes stories are so special they deserved to be shared.

Shag Point, Ross Doughty's latest book of short stories, is a legacy to his time and experiences in the ocean. He takes you on a trip through the sea with 32 stories full of fun adventures and harrowing episodes with sharks, octopi and mischievous characters, many crafted after people he has come across in his vast experience. Somewhat biographical, penning over 100 stories during 8 years, he captures some of the most memorable and poignant stories during his time as a staff writer for Bayfisher as well as adding some more recent stories.

This book is for all those that fish, spearfish, and dive in the beautiful waters of Aotearoa and for those who don't, he is able to bring the vibrant sea to life from his own personal experiences.

The water has always resonated with Ross as he won his first swimming race at five years of age and now at over 80, he is still competing and a Masters Champion of New Zealand. He even met his wife of over 50 years, during a swim competition when they were in secondary school. The ocean has played a pivotal role in his life and he has a long association with diving and fishing, with thousands of scuba and free diving experiences in New Zealand and internationally.

Ross has always had a love of the written word and is a voracious reader himself. As an inspiration that you are never too old to try new things and realise your dreams, he graduated with a bachelor degree in English literature when he was 60 and obtained his master of creative writing with first class honours when he was 72.

He has travelled to more than 40 countries and written five books. He is a Life Member of the Tawa Swimming Club and Mount Maunganui Underwater Club.

He is currently working on his 6th book.

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July 1, 2022

Peninsula Kids Celebrates Matariki

Peninsula Kids childcare centre held its Matariki get together last week at their school on the corner of Bayswater & Preston Avenue.

It was a chance for friends old and new to mix and mingle, and celebrate the Māori New Year. Despite winter bugs a good crowd of both current and past tamariki and their whānau turned up to celebrate.

Current students of Peninsula Kids performed some waita, including a Matariki Macarena and haka.

Traditional harakeke (flax weaving) was on offer, along with the ever popular marshmallow roasting fire pit and a food stand offering drinks and

pulled pork buns. Tamariki clearly enjoyed the celebration with their whānau and friends.

School founder Leisa Rossi was pleased to see so many Matariki celebrations happening this year to herald in the Māori New Year.

“When I was growing up Matariki wasn’t celebrated so its great to see this Māori tradition being revived and providing opportunity to celebrate Te Reo Māori and other Māori taonga”, Leisa said.

“I’m looking forward to the Bayswater School festival and Lantern Hikoi up Mt Takarunga”.

For enquiries please call (09) 390 9112 or email leisar@peninsulachildcare.com www.peninsulakids.co.nz

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Arts / Entertainment

July1, 2022

Artist’s WOW entry staying secret until big reveal Artist Oliver Cain is keeping his latest innovative project – an entry in the World of WearableArt (WOW) awards show – firmly under wraps.

The Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) old boy is counting down to its unveiling at the big stage spectacular in Wellington in September.

Just getting his “dress” to the internationally recognised event will be a mission, requiring a 2-metre wooden crate for safe transportation.

No fabric is involved in the entry, he says, which instead draws on his skills in ceramics.

But just how is yet to be revealed.

“The idea is the dress will look like it’s made from ceramics, but it’s not actually ceramic,” he teases.

The 2022 event will feature the work of 100 designers from 20 countries. Cain’s entry was selected for the WOW awards show last year, but Covid forced its postponement.

“It was my first time entering and the first time I’ll be going to WOW,” Cain, aged 26, explains. The crowd-pulling show is staged over Crate expectations... Oliver Cain will send his WOW entry to three weeks and has a prize pool of $185,000.

Wellington in a large wooden box The multi-talented visual arts graduate of Cain estimates he spent more than $2000 Unitec and 2021 AIMES award recipient says Raglan by the couple who bought it. His sister, entering competitions and awards is part of Esther, also came up with a whale tail, which on the entry. He would love to recoup costs by gaining an award in the several categories he was on show in Devonport earlier this year. raising his profile and trying new things.

The siblings were born in England but em- will be judged in. These include the monotone And any money he wins comes in handy. As a developing artist, he supplements his income migrated with their parents to New Zealand. category, but he also qualifies for consideration Cain finished high school at TGS, where he as a first-time entrant and a student. by doing shifts at a Takapuna barber shop.

“The family is all super-excited and have “Most of the money I make goes into a big says he “did all the arts classes I could”. He spent a few years in England before returning booked tickets. We are all going down.” Cain pot for art to keep everything going.” looks forward to attending special designer As part of his art practice, he has a cheeky to Auckland for tertiary study.

Cain shares creative space with his father’s days and meeting other entrants during a sculptured line of ceramic gnomes and strategically positioned bananas. Describing his projects, in the home garage turned studio and planned week-long stay in Wellington.

Transport costs to get the mystery box conwork as having a “queer aesthetic”, he also kiln. This is where he worked on the WOW fashions ceramic eggplants – the emoji of the entry for several months, wondering if it was taining his secret outfit safely south are luckily feasible. “I had a bit of time for it with Covid,” being met by show sponsor Mainfreight. fruit having become a sexual symbol online.

“It’s the most expensive dress I own – the This year, he turned his hand to painting a he says.

Fashioning the garment stretched his abili- only one,” he laughs. fibreglass whale tail for the Whale Tales art trail He won’t be trying it on though, saying it across Auckland. His work, sited at Westhaven, ties. “Dad is very engineering-minded and he was purchased at the fundraising auction for the was able to help me. It was a cool to have this only suits being modelled on a runway. “I’m quite excited to see it.”

World Wildlife Fund and has been moved to journey going on in the background.”

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Vocal TGS lionesses hunt down spot on big stage

The Leonessa choir from Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) has sung its way to the Big Sing national finale to be held in Christchurch in August.

The girls choir competed at the New Zealand Choral Federation’s Auckland regional event last month, along with three others from the school. Leonessa’s selection as one of the top 24 choirs in the country continues a strong choral tradition at TGS. The 38-strong all girls choir was aided by student accompanist Matt Spooner, who was named the regional runner-up in that role.

TGS’s Chorale narrowly missed selection for nationals, but was put

on the reserves list and will attend Cadenza, a showcase event for upper North Island schools held the week before the finale.

Choir director and teacher Jacob Moore, who runs the school’s choral programme, said he was thrilled the students could compete after Covid cancellations for the last two years. “For the first term, we weren’t able to sing inside for the first nine weeks.”

Moore, a former TGS pupil who took over the programme in 2017, says students can look forward to a unique experience performing among the best. “It’s an amazing opportunity for education and exposure to great music, as much as for the competition.”

Director honoured

Devonport film-maker Peter Day’s documentary Off the Rails been named best feature film at the DocEdge Film Festival.

The documentary, featured in the 17 June Flagstaff, follows the lives of young parkour exponents. The jury said: “This [film] had all the elements in play, brought together well in a great documentary frame.” The win means it will be assessed for selection from a long-list for possible Academy Award contention.

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BAYSWATER | 43 NORWOOD ROAD | PHENOMENAL WATERFRONT OPPORTUNITY

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On the 20th floor of the iconic Sentinel, sits 2003, a fabulous 124sqm (approx) 2 ensuited bedroom apartment with 3rd guest powder room and separate laundry. The spectacular views including Rangitoto surround you and will delight you in all seasons and weather. Enjoy the world class facilities of 25m swimming pool, sauna, spa, bbq areas and gym.

2003 is an ideal size for a couple needing a bit more space and the loggia beckons for cocktails.

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Everything is at your doorstep here in this centrally positioned, 10 year old home in this blue chip location.

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