4 April 2014 Devonport Flagstaff

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April 4 2014

April 4, 2014

Jasper finds gold on beach… p 3

Bayswater Marina secret documents… p 8,9

Interview: All Black great Brad Johnstone… p16

New lease of life for Devonport businesses

Devonport businesses and landlords have voted to become a Business Improvement District (BID).

The results were returned on Monday with 63 votes for the BID and 42 against.

Voting packs were sent to 251 busi-

ness and landlords, with 105 votes cast.

Currently Devonport business are served Devonport is one of the last areas on the by the voluntary Devonport Business North Shore to become a BID. Association (DBA), which has about 60 The introduction of a Devonport BID members. would allow for a full-time manager and a To page 2 rated budget of around $120,000.

Sleeping around – Benjamin the Devonport Library cat

Catnapping about town… since the demolition of Devonport Library, its resident cat Benjamin (pictured here with Librarian Anne Bucholz, has been something of a feline on the loose. Full story page 7.

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Devonport BID project manager Murray Hill said: “It’s a great outcome - it will create a new vibrant Devonport.

“It is now on the same level playing with Milford and Takapuna, both of whom have got a lot out of being BIDs. “It will be a new lease of life for Devonport businesses - both landlords and business owners,” Hill said.

One of the problems facing the DBA was its volunteer status and fractured membership base. Members of the association were

left feeling that they were shouldering the work and costs while non-members were the reaping the benefits.

The volunteer basis of the DBA meant some ideas and strategies could not be implemented, which as a result made it difficult to attract new members.

A previous attempt by Devonport to to get a BID programme – then named Mainstreet – failed. However at that time only landlords were allowed to vote, not landlords and business as is the case now.

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More smoke than fire The area has a population of 55,470, ranking Ferry passengers to Auckland were delayed 14th among the 21 local boards.

Growth is low (6th lowest of the local boards) on Tuesday morning after a coffee roaster but might speed up with the Special Houscaught fire at the Devonport Ferry terminal.

Passengers were evacuated from the building ing Areas and intensification proposed in the for several minutes while fire officers checked Unitary Plan. The board needs to provide more open space for increasing numbers of apartment the building was safe, The 6.15am ferry to Auckland waited residents, the report says. Sports fields are also alongside for about 15 minutes before resum- in high demand.

Residents rate their quality of life and sense of ing normal service. One eyewitness said there local pride as high in Devonport and Takapuna, was a lot of smoke.

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Looking for gold Jasper finds a gem Jasper Heim always keeps his eyes peeled when walking along Cheltenham beach with his mum – ever since she told him about losing a solid gold bangle there more than 40 years ago.

Two weeks ago, Jasper’s dedication paid off. A bottle that was washed up in the sand contained a letter.

“At first I thought it was just a bottle, but then I saw a pencil and the notes and got very excited,” he says.

Jasper (6) dried out the Heineken beer bottle in the hot-water cupboard before he took it to Devonport Primary School to open in front of his Year 2 class. Inside the bottle was a bundle of nine small notes written in pencil by children aged eight to ten, from Christchurch, Golden Bay and Auckland.

It is not clear when the messages were sent, except that it was after 22 February 2011. A note from Johnny says, “I am from Christchurch where we had a big earthquake and heaps of people died.”

The other notes mostly contained names, ages, phone numbers from Christurch, Golden Bay and Christchurch and pleads for the finder to call.

Teachers Nic Davis and Caroline Graham turned Jasper’s find into a lesson. Each of the 48 Year 2 children has written their own note to the children and they are planning to mail them to Christchurch.

Jasper’s note says, “I am Jasper. I like soccer and rugby and I was walking and found your bottle on Cheltenham Beach.

Thank you.”

Jasper’s mother, Anna Clarke, says the find was very special. “We take family walks most nights but that particular night Jasper’s older brother Oscar and my husband Tony didn’t want to come along. They both feel a bit left out now.”

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Family values – boom in primary school numbers

Local primary school rolls on the Devonport peninsula are booming, growing nearly five times as fast as the peninsula’s census population over the last seven years, the Flagstaff has found.

The intensification proposed for the area in the Unitary Plan would put serious pressure on all local schools to accommodate further growth.

The figures indicate more families are in the area, which could mean more cars and pressure on the already clogged Lake Rd. The Flagstaff looked at government census data from 2001, 2006 and 2013 on resident population counts and compared that with the schools’ roll returns filed with the Ministry of Education (MoE) on July 1 in those years.

Whereas the population on the peninsula has increased by 3.1% since 2006 (from 22,377 to 23,070), rolls at all local schools, including intermediate and secondary, have increased by 9.4% over the same period (from 3,609 to 3,948).

Among those, primary school rolls have increased the most, by 14.1% (from 1,737 to 1,982).

School rolls in the area have been increasing since 2001, but the growth has been more marked since 2006.

As a result, classroom space in local schools is already tight, says Belmont Primary School principal Bruce Cunningham. New classrooms are being built at Devonport Primary, Bayswater School and Belmont Primary School, where two new classrooms are being constructed.

Instead of proactively addressing the growth, the MoE has a reactive approach, Cunningham says.

“Even if we count those two rooms, our school is at capacity and we don’t actually have 80 Xare55mm what we entitled to by the Ministry,” he says.

“In December last year our roll was 401 and we were entitled to 18 classrooms but had only 15,” Cunningham says. The school made do by increasing class sizes or holding classes in the library and the hall.

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Hauraki School 305 333 413 Bayswater School grew by 36% since 2006 1,301 1,376 1,442 (from 133 to 184). The school is now getting Takapuna Grammar 450 496 524 four new classrooms, says principal Lindsay Belmont Intermediate Belmont Primary 317 287 363 Childs.

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Library cat hot for old tin roof One Devonport identity more bemused than others with the disappearance of the library is its resident cat Benjamin.

With the old library building demolished and the new one taking a year to be built, Benjamin the library cat has been spotted looking and lingering at what was his old home.

Librarian Anne Bucholz, who has been looking after Benjamin for about 12 years, feeding him and taking him to the vet, says the cat seems to miss the old library building.

“After we relocated across the street, he was disoriented and often waited for the library staff to arrive in the parking lot behind the building. He is a clever cat and knows our cars and was hoping we would open up the old door for him,” she says.

The library staff set up a new bed and food bowl for Benjamin in the “Staff Only” area of the temporary location at 3 Victoria Rd and Benjamin is slowly adjusting.

However, he also appears to be sleeping around.

Even though he always crossed Victoria Rd on a Zebra crossing, last September Benjamin was hit by a car. “Neil Waddell at Shore Vets put him on medication and said he needed to stay indoors for a while. That is when lovely John offered to take him in,” says Bucholz.

John Excell is a builder for Vista Linda and lives in an apartment across from the old library. “I don’t feed him but ever since then he stays at my place at night in the winter. If I’m not home he waits in the garage where there is a bed for him,” says John.

That bed has been put up by Sonya Sulaiman who works at the pharmacy on Victoria Rd. “Benjamin walks through the shop every morning, and often sleeps in a customer chair or up in the staff room. He misses the library and one of the librarians comes most days and enquires about him,” Sonya says.

Benjamin is so much a part of the library that Athfield architects included him in many their design documents for the new build.

Last Thursday at 6am, he was seen by local Jan Mason attending council’s Maori stonelaying ceremony for the new library.

Meanwhile last week a photo of Benjamin outside the hoarding around the library site made it onto the Facebook page of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

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Bayswater land sell-off

April 4 2014

Bayswater land sells at substantial discount to “dry-land” value If the reclaimed land at Bayswater was “dry land” it would be worth about $9 million, an independent valuation obtained under the Official Information Act says.

The valuation formed the basis of selling the land to Bayswater Marina Ltd for $3.7 million, which was discounted due to a variety of factors.

However Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) blacked out the name of the company that did the valuation when it released copies of documents surrounding the sale to the Flagstaff.

The land had a statutory rating valuation of

$5.6 million as of 1 July 2011, including $4.6 discount; $1,202,000 for a restrictive coastal million land value and improvements of $1 strip; $3,108,564 for ‘a seabed equivalence deduction’; giving a current market value at million.

It cost just over $17 million in 1996 to re- $3.8 million. The report put the Crown’s interest at $3.275 million. claim the land, the valuation stated.

In the valuation report a page is dedicated “It would be our opinion now that the marina is operational, and a going concern, to the September 9, 2009 High Court decision including the marina berths, the value of the which ruled against Bayswater Marina Ltd’s Crown’s interest in the reclamation primarily proposal for extensive residential developrelates to future cashflows including regular ment on the site.

“The court found that the provision for public rent reviews.”

It was a difficult property to value as there is open space and access was important and the was no open market for foreshore and seabed site was not one generally appropriate for residential development.” (and no properties to compare it with).

Herbert offers The report does not say if the court’s finding A discount was also needed due to the origihelping hand has any impact on the land valuation or if it was nal reclamation costs.

The valuation discounted the price from dry- reflected in the discount given for “restrictive Bayswater Marina Ltd director Simon Herbert bent over backwards to get the deal land value by: $890,000 for a restrictive zoning zoning.” through.

In numerous letters and emails obtained Iwi changes direction over land status by the Flagstaff, Herbert was at pains to get the process finalised as quickly as possible. after meetings with Herbert In the final months he even offered to fly Iwi interests opposed the freeholding of information so that the Tamaki Collective any documents to officers personally to speed Bayswater marina land initially but changed could canvas if there were any issues from its things up. their minds after numerous meetings with perspective,” says an internal LINZ report Bayswater Marina Ltd director Simon Her- obtained under the Official Information Act. Land was open to iwi On May 26, 2013 Majurey told LINZ bert, documents show.

The land could have been used to settle In May 2012 Land Information New via email: Treaty claims, according to the Office of Treaty Zealand (LINZ) contacted Paul Majurey (a “The Marutuahu iwi of Ngati Maru, Ngati Settlement in a letter to Land Information New spokesperson for The Tamaki Collective, a Paoa, Ngati Tamatera, Ngati Whanaunga Zealand. group of six iwi groups with claims before and Te Patukirikiri are mana whenua of the “It appears the land is existing reclaimed the Crown) and the Marutuahu Iwi for their moana and lands of the Bayswater area. We land and as such… is subject to the Treaty of views on the proposed freeholding of the have Treaty claims to the application area Waitangi provisions. which relate to our centuries-old customary land.

“Ngati Whatua Orakei’s deed of settlement “The Marutuahu Iwi have not been con- interests. provides that their historical claims are settled sulted on this take and oppose such transfer “In all circumstances of the appellation in regards to land. However there are six other given the customary interests and signifi- for this existing work and relevant considiwi who have interests in the North Shore region cance of the area,” Majurey said in an email erations under the Marine and Coastal Area and their claims have yet to be settled, says the reply on June 3, 2012.

(Takutai Moana) Act 2011, it is appropriate letter dated June 2012.

However Majurey’s position changed after that the fee-simple title to the reclaimed land “They are presently in negotiations with the meetings with Herbert. is provided to Bayswater Marina Holdings Crown. Those iwi are Ngai Tai Ki Tamaki, On February 21, 2013 LINZ wrote to Limited,” Majurey said.

Ngati Maru, Ngati Paoa, Ngati Whanaunga, Majurey as chair of the Tamaki collective to This was seen as a green light as far as Ngati Tamatera and Te Patukirikiri. The Crown’s seek views of the six iwi to see if there were LINZ was concerned: “Paul Majurery has obligations and liabilities in respect of historical any claims on the land. confirmed on behalf of the Tamaki Collecclaims on the North Shore will not be discharged “Simon Herbert, on behalf of the appli- tive that the reclaimed land is not land which until the legislation completing these iwi’s cant had several meetings and discussions they seek as part of their Treaty of Waitangi Treaty Settlements has passed,” the letter said. with Mr Majurey and provided relevant settlement package.”

Bayswater marina land sale timeline • The land is 3.3415 hectares reclaimed from the Waitemata Harbour in the mid 1990s.

• The developer, Bayswater Marina Holdings Limited, sought a lease in 1993, and a freehold interest in the completed reclamation in 1999.

The Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 prohibited the granting of a freehold lease so the Department of Conservation granted a 105-year lease, commencing January 2006.

• The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 vested ownership of the Bayswater reclamation with the Crown. It transferred administration of this land from the Minister of Conservation to the Minister for Land Information. The Act allowed developers to seek freehold title and lesser interests in the land.

• Members of the local community had raised • In October 2013 LINZ considered there was no good reason not to grant freehold concerns about future residential development title, provided Bayswater Marina Holdings: on the land. This is a matter controlled by the pays the Crown $3.7m for the freehold title; Auckland Unitary Plan, not one relevant to enters into a long-term lease with Auckland the freeholding application, according to Land Transport to provide part of the reclaimed Information New Zealand (LINZ). land for a ferry terminal; protecting a 15m • Bayswater Marina Holdings applied for wide coastal strip to enable public recreation freehold title in November 2011, the first on the land. application under the Act. • LINZ says it considered a range of criteria • In November 2013, Bayswater Marina confirmed that it had met or would meet all including public use of the land, Treaty claims, these conditions. A gazette notice to vest the the natural, cultural or heritage values present, land with Bayswater Marina Holdings was potential recreation values and the value of the published on December 5, 2013.

Crown’s interest in the land. The Tamaki Collective confirmed that it was not seeking the • The transaction was settled on December 12, 2013. reclaimed land as part of its Treaty settlement.

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Bayswater land sell-off

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Marina developer must offer land to Crown or iwi if it sells After reading through documents pertaining to the Bayswater land sale provided by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Flagstaff Editor Rob Drent put some key questions to the Crown. John Hook, Acting Manager Crown Property Management, responded.

From my reading of the sale, Bayswater Marina Ltd has to offer the Crown or iwi interests the first option to buy the freehold title if it decides to sell it? Is this correct?

In accordance with s.45 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (the Act), if Bayswater wishes to sell the freehold

of LINZ) that no mention was made of the 9 September 2009 High Court decision which broadly ruled the reclaimed land was not appropriate for residential development. The above decision was known to LINZ as it was included in a valuation document dated 28 October 2012. Why was this not included in the summary memo?

The matter of land use is not taken into consideration under the Act in determining whether or not to grant a fee-simple title over reclaimed land. Future use of reclaimed land made freehold through the MACA process is a planning matter for local/ regional authorities. In this case, the Auckland Council through its Auckland Unitary Plan would rule on any proposals for residential development of the land.

title to the land, it must first be offered to the Minister for Land Information on behalf of the Crown, followed by the iwi and hapu within the area the land is located, and then to the public.

Again from my reading of the documents, while iwi were consulted there was no attempt to consult with the wider public once Bayswater Marina Ltd had made application to freehold the land. Again is this correct?

Yes. There is no requirement under the Act for public consultation before processing/determination of the application. Advice was sought from iwi to help assess the criteria under the Act relating to cultural values present on the land and Treaty claim matters.

Also I note in your of 14 October 2013 internal memo to Brian Usherwood (head

Auckland Council knew last October Auckland Council knew about Bayswater Marina Ltd freeholding the reclaimed land as early as October last year.

The news was not made public until February 2014 much to the surprise of local body elected members, including Devonport-Takapuna Local Board chair Mike Cohen and local Auckland councillor Chris Darby.

However Land Information New Zealand

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sent a letter to David Clelland, Auckland Council Manager Growth and Infrastructure, on October 29, 2013 informing him that the Crown had decided to grant freehold title to the 3.3415 ha on 18 October.

The office said the decision was made “after being through a full consultation process and all the statutory requirements were met,� the letter obtained under the Official Information Act said.

LINZ charged the Flagstaff $308 for the provision of public information on the sale to Bayswater Marina Ltd. The charge was for three hours work and photocopying.

It is understood other groups, including Auckland Council, have been charged for information.

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Belmont 9a Harrison Avenue Family Favourite Beautifully appointed one-year-old, two-level weatherboard family home on an easy-care freehold site. An entertainer's kitchen that connects with the living and dining areas which also offer indoor-outdoor flow for comfortable entertaining with friends and family. Family space and flexibility beckon with four generous bedrooms, two well appointed bathrooms and a double internal garage making up the generous 268 sq m of luxurious accommodation on a 402 sq m freehold site. This home has many features including a Miele steam oven, five heat pumps, oak timber flooring and so much more. Located in a level, no-exit street between Narrow Neck and Takapuna beaches.

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Devonport 20 & 20a Waterview Road Classic Villa And Land Package Rare opportunity to own an Edwardian Villa, with the chance of securing a 693sqm subdivided section which sits behind. Secure the villa, buy the land or buy both. Set back from the street, retaining all of its original character features intact, original fireplaces, native timber floors, high stud ceilings and a much enjoyed veranda at the rear with a sunny northerly aspect overlooking the Bay. Five bedrooms, two bathrooms and two living areas. At the rear of the villa, on a sunny site is the other opportunity. A freehold 693sqm of land with services already connected and driveway access. An opportunity to create a home of your own design. In the heart of Stanley Bay.

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This impeccable character family home, fully modernised with large sunny gardens and

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Getting back on top of recycling Using the best combinination of old and new, Richard Tong and the Ngataringa Organic Gardens are aiming to restore Devonport to being leaders in recycling.

The garden group received a $14,000 grant from the Waste Minimisation Innovation Fund and it has hired Tong return Devonport to its glory days as a pioneer of recycling in New Zealand.

Tong started Devonport’s recycling scheme in 1977 at the council tip on Lake Road. It was the first of its kind in New Zealand. Glass, tin, paper, metal and plastic were collected and sorted there. In 1979 it launched the first large-scale composting operation in the country.

The recycling scheme received a Government Resource Conservation Award in 1980.

Ngataringa Organic Gardens, then called Framework Gardens, grew out of the composting operation, says Tong, who later became Deputy Manager of the Devonport Borough Council.

“Without this source of compost to establish raised-bed gardens, it would have been unwise to grow vegetables on a former landfill site,” he says.

Things have been on the wane since though. “In the intervening years recycling has expanded enormously but Devonport has lost its status as a leader,” Tong says.

With the formation of the Ngataringa Organic Gardens and the recent community debate on appropriate land usage at 27 Lake Road, Tong says he can see recycling making a comeback locally. “But it will have to be different from the old model because

Richard Tong wants the glory days of Devonport’s recycling back times have changed and Devonport is a different place now,” he says.

But the need is there. “Ever since we opened the recycling depot, two large bins full of steel leave Devonport every week.

We thought once the basements and garages were cleaned out it would let up but it hasn’t,” Tong says. He estimates Devonport has collected ten thousand tons of metal alone over the years, all of which would otherwise have gone to landfill.

Over the next months, Tong will research local recycling needs and wants. “The question is whether what we are doing currently is the best we can do. The idea is to maximise recovery and minimise the amount of waste going to landfill,” he says.

Tong says his passion for recycling has never let up and neither has his commitment to community. While waste management was mostly done by councils until 20 years ago, it has since been increasingly privatised into the waste industry. Tong sits somewhere in the middle. “We should come up with a scheme with the greatest community involvement and with a high degree of security for all partners involved,” he says.

For the last three years, Tong has contributed to the preparation of Auckland Council’s city-wide Waste Management and Minimisation Plan.

“It states that there is a clear place for Resource Recycling Centres in places like Devonport,” he says.

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People on bikes are human too Elizabeth (Letters March 21)... While I don’t dispute your right to ask cyclists to not wake you up in the morning, I think you need to issue an apology for threatening to take a “road-rage route” and suggesting others should as well. Perhaps you aren’t aware, but there are a number of cyclists who have been seriously injured or killed by cars lately. In fact one recent incident involved a promising young elite cyclist who lives on your street (hit by a car where the driver was completely at fault).

I’m guessing he and his family would take serious issue with your insensitive statement, and would suggest you make a personal apology to them.

People on bikes are human beings. Just because you are behind the wheel of the car and angry for whatever reason, does not make them less human. Do you also suggest to take violent action against others who do things that agitate you, or is it just people on bikes that you feel it is okay to use your car as a weapon?

Do you draw the line for the 100s of children

who ride their bikes to school every day, or does your “road-rage route” include them as well? What about the kids that ride for the local school cycling teams and practice early in the mornings? What about fathers and mothers who are out exercising and have families who are hoping they never get hit by a car (like me)?

I sympathise with your plight about being woken in the morning. It sounds like you are a light sleeper and might benefit from purchasing some earplugs or some form of white noise. This will help not just with the noise of cyclists talking, but also the cars, dog walkers, runners, delivery trucks, cats, birds, car start alarms, radios, rubbish collectors and other things that emit as much or more noise early in the morning.

I strongly urge you to try earplugs before using your car as a weapon against cyclists.

You might also want to consider an angermanagement course...

Clint Cantrell Cyclist, husband and father

Let’s reclaim Cambria Reserve from dog mafia Late one afternoon recently I happened to walk through Cambria Reserve. To my surprise, the usual not-so-civil dog owners and their occasionally menacing dog were not to be seen.

Instead it is full of happy children and their attentive parents. Their laughter and unrestrained gaiety was quite infectious.

It turned out to be the annual ‘sponsorship walk’ organised by our local kindergarten.

Clearly, those attending it are in good hands. I commented to one of the mums that this reserve was usually full of dogs.

“Yes we discovered that”, she reported.“We copped an earful from one of the owners.

Then we came to set things up we had to clear away a near-full shopping bag of dogs’ poo.”

I was outraged. Irresponsible dog owners need to be given their marching orders.

Apparently, the reserve draws dog owners from across the North Shore. They know that this is a secluded place where they can let their dogs run free, secure in the knowledge that there is no official presence to ensure that they ‘play by the rules’.

This situation cannot be allowed to continue. Dogs must be required to be on a lead at all times when in the reserve.

Other options won’t work (eg restricting severely the times when dog owners can let their dogs run free).

It’s time to reclaim Cambria Reserve from these selfish, irresponsible dog owners.

David Marson

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Public transport is actually quite expensive when you look at it, even for university students who do not have a lot of money to spend on anything at the best of times.

Not only is it expensive but it is inefficient, the 813 being notorious for lateness.

So to get around this people drive to the ferry and this works for them, I catch a lift with my neighbours and there were three of us in the T2 car parks making good use out of environmentally friendly carpool car parks.

The upgrades will look good but it can be done so that people are not put out. The parks have far more benefit to the people that the Auckland Council is supposed to serve and it makes little sense to remove the 35 that are going.

Eli McKeown

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For further info please contact Maria on ph: 445 9533.

DEVONPORT HARVEST FAIR Saturday 12th April, 1pm-4pm Devonport Community Garden, Mt Cambria Reserve (off Vauxhall Rd) Fantastic competitions including biggest, smallest, ugliest pumpkin, home produce and baking, garden photos and more, plus special competitions for those aged under 10.

There will also be Devonport’s second Downhill Apple Roll, Teddy Bear Treasure Hunt, Alice’s Tea Party, Arts and Crafts and more. Brought to you by Devonport Community House & Devonport Community Garden.

Check out the competition info at: www.devonportcommunityhouse.co.nz

DEVONPORT DOG PARADE Sunday 13th April, 12:30pm-4:30pm Windsor Reserve, Devonport waterfront A free, action-packed day of events, entertainment, doggy goods and services. Showcase your beloved four-legged friend in the parade and have your pooch take part in the latest addition to this event, the Doggy Fashion Parade (circus theme)! There are great prizes up for grabs plus fun for all the family. For more info ph: 445 9533.

BLACK SOAP BOYS Sunday 13th April, 8pm Devonport Folk Club at The Bunker, Mt Victoria, Devonport Country blues from New Zealand’s own Rick Bryant, Gordon Spittle and Chris Grosz. Tickets $15, bookings essential ph: 445 2227.

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Home to Shore – Johnstone completes circle

Brad Johnstone was part of the 1978 Grand Slam All Black team.

He has coached the Fijian and Italian national sides. But his heart has always been at North Shore Rugby Club. Johnstone has been named the club’s president for 2014. He spoke to Rob Drent.

Life for Brad Johnstone has come full circleand he couldn’t be happier. Almost 60 years ago he was a five-year-old playing his first games for North Shore Rugby club. Now he is at the club early on Saturday mornings again - watching his five-year-old granddaughter Alyah cutting her teeth on Rippa Rugby.

“I was approached last year to be president.

Now I’m back down the club on Saturday morning…just like my parents (Ron and Norma) used to do when we were kids… it completes the circle,” Johnstone says.

“The club has been a huge part of my life – even when I was overseas I would always come back to the club,” he says. It is also a place of family history: Johnstone’s father Ron was a star player and was coach of the senior side when Brad first pulled on his boots; friendship: many of Johnstone’s lifelong friends were made at the club; and achievement: although a great Auckland player, All Black and coach, at the top of Johnstone’s list of achievements is fact he played for North Shore for 30 years including 167 senior games.

Johnstone is grateful for the community-based Shore culture which allowed him to develop into what became a stellar rugby career.

Johnstone was a tall, mobile prop who used to jump at number two in the lineout as well.

He would have had the ball handling skills for today’s game; while today’s props are generally shorter and squatter for lifting, Johnstone was similar in size to Wyatt Crockett who has made it to the top.

From 1971 to 1981 he played 126 games for Auckland, 62 as captain. He and Ron remain the only two father and sons to have each captained a Ranfurly Shield winning side. Selected for the New Zealand Juniors, Johnstone played 22 games – including famously beating the All Blacks in 1973. It wasn’t long before he made the

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The latest generation…Brad Johnstone with granddaughter Alyah Johnstone-Green who is starting at North Shore this year national side in 1976, playing 45 games, four as captain. “Being selected for the All Blacks was the highlight of my life - it was something I had always hoped for ever since I was a small boy playing for North Shore,” he says.

Born at the Navy hospital at Narrow Neck, Johnstone was destined to follow in the footsteps of Ron. Johnstone senior was also a prop and played for the legendary post Second World War Kiwis side. He played for Ponsonby then Shore and captained Auckland in its 1953 Ranfurly shield win over Waikato. Brad emulated his father in 1978, captaining Auckland to a win, over Northland.

Brad Johnstone was always a prop, although he does recall in his first year in the Takapuna Grammar XV as a fourth former he played number 8. He left school after fifth form and debuted for the North Shore seniors at the age of 18. In the late 1960s and early 1970s it was one of the top sides in Auckland with All Black Murray Jones alongside other seasoned players like Peter Clotworthy, Ash Edwards and Johnny Olds.

The team won a string of Alan McEvoy Shields (the first round championship) but the Gallagher Shield for the overall season championship was elusive.

Forwards in those days got their strength from manual labouring jobs or farm work – it was not until the late 1970s that gym work came into the training programme. “We were lucky at Shore though as we always had Navy PTs around so we were always a fit side,” Johnstone says.

It was the amatuer era, when rugby was fitted in around work and family commitments. Club came first, then the union and then if you were selected, the All Blacks.

Johnstone recalls playing five games in one week – two matches for Auckland, two club games for Shore and a North Island vs South

Island match.

“If you played for Auckland on Saturday you were expected to play for your club on Sunday.”

Johnstone would have loved to have played professional rugby with its huge financial rewards, which mean a longer playing career, but remembers his playing days with affection.

“I think we had a lot more fun in those days - we were a lot more social I think…the friends I made at club level (Gary Cunningham, Wayne Underhay, Nick Botica and Simon Gundry to name a few) have been friends for life. We used to play rugby together, head down the Masonic together and then on to parties,” he says. Doug Hopkins, his old propping mate at North Shore died last year It’s different for professional players today.

All Blacks and Super 15 players are barely seen at club level.

“The top players at 17 or 18 are put into a paper bag and head into the gym - its almost like they are mixing up a Betty Crocker cake,” Johnstone says.

It was a great contrast to Johnstone’s first tour with the All Blacks to South Africa in 1976. The team had a coach and the manager “and that was it”. Even medical staff to attend the team were organised by a local liaison officer. One of the quirks of the amateur era was the team committee set up to run the tour. Johnstone was inducted as the representative of the “new boys.”

The team members were responsible for all manner of things, including training times and travel arrangements.

All Black Frank Oliver had died the day before the Flagstaff caught up with Johnstone. Oliver, Johnstone and flanker Kevin Eveleigh were on their first tour as All Blacks in 1976 and formed a “new boys” training group - with extra sessions aimed at breaking into the test side. “We became

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Johnstone describes the three month tour as “mind boggling.” The size of the country, the fanatical crowds, the hard grounds, the hot weather. The All Blacks lost the series but would probably have won had it not been for some dubious decisions by local referees.

In 1978 Johnstone was one of the stars of the All Blacks Grand Slam tour to England which saw the side go unbeaten in four test matches against the home unions. He scored tries against England and the Barbarians. He also played in the team’s only loss of the tour - against Munster 3-0.

Johnstone recently had dinner with team members Andy Haden and Stu Wilson and the Munster halfback that day, who was touring around New Zealand.

“His wife said he had been dining out on that win for thirty years and I guess it was true,” Johnstone says.

Rugby is an upper-class sport in Britain and Johnstone found the experience fascinating.

“We would hammer away at each other in the game and then at night we would be enjoying each other’s company in dinner jackets and bow ties listening to Ted Heath as a guest speaker,” he says.

After being a reserve for the matches against South Africa at home in 1981, Johnstone retired at the age of 31, young by today’s standards.

But he had his first child and it was time to start earning a living.

Johnstone went first to Australia, where he was player coach at St George in Sydney in 1982-83. Looking back, the vagaries of the amateur game are almost comical. Players couldn’t be paid but one of the side’s sponsors was an appliance centre. Johnstone became the proud owner of a new washing machine, microwave, dishwasher and lawn mower.

He was approached to play for Australia, who were short of props at the time, but decided to return to New Zealand and back to Shore, where he played and coached the team.

Johnstone was also part of the steering committee which set up the North Harbour Rugby Union. “It was the only thing my father and I disagreed on .”

From his experience with Auckland and the All Blacks Johnstone knew there were many players who were suffering due to lack of exposure. There were club players at North Shore who would have made provincial sides in the South Island.

North Shore player “Perry Parlane was one the most outstanding rugby players I ever played with, but most of the games he played for Auckland were not in his proper position of first five-eighth.”

“I played with Brian McKecknie (a first fiveeighth on the Grand Slam tour) and Perry would have eaten him,” Johnstone says.

The union was formed in 1985 and one of Johnstone’s proudest moments was coaching a Shore side, which included Frano Botica and Wayne Shelford, to the Harbour Championship in 1987. It was the first time in 98 years that Shore had won a union championship.

“We hammered Takapuna in the final which was very satisfiying,” he says.

Johnstone took North Shore to another championship in 1992 in a side that again included Frano Botica and other Shore stalwarts Scott Pierce, Stephen Bird and Gordon Simpson.

But for a decade from 1989, Johnstone was mostly based overseas as a coach, first at L’Aqualia, Italy from 1989 to 1991 and then as coach of Fiji, followed by Italy.

Johnstone particularly loved his time with Fiji, but it was taxing working in a different culture.

“We had a chief who was a liaison officer (with the players) but on a day to day basis you had to do everything - I even had to measure their feet and order their boots.”

Fiji under Johnstone and with help from old North Shore mates Gary Cunningham (backs coach) and Mark Harvey (fitness) had a great run. “We beat Samoa in 1996 for the first time in years.” Then there was the 1999 World Cup where Fiji playing sparkling rugby almost made it to the quarter finals losing to France 28-19 in pool play, as a result of several dubious decisions

by Kiwi referee Paddy O’Brien. Johnstone was named coach of the tournament by the British media and returned to Fiji a hero. The president of Fiji, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, awarded him the Honorary Order of Fiji medal.

Exhausted after the world cup Johnstone resigned as Fiji coach, but his feet had barely touched the ground when he was approached to be coach of the Italian side, an experience he found frustrating.

The team won its first match in the Six Nations but lacked depth as key places in the national league were taken by overseas stars.

“We had perhaps two packs of forwards to choose from and half a back line, which could play Super 15 standard today,” Johnstone says.

The level of sponsors’ influence over team management decisions was also too much for Johnstone, leading to clashes and his eventual sacking. “They kicked me out and did not tell me - I found out on CNN - I did not hear from them (Italian Rugby) for eight days,” he says.

Johnstone’s last coaching assignment was in 2003-2004 linking up with Cunningham again: this time at Ritsumaken University, Japan.

But then Fiji beckoned again, this time for a lifestyle business, not rugby.

Johnstone built and was the owner/manager of the Funky Fish Beach Resort in Fiji for around a decade. He returned to the Shore full time in 2013, working at Premium Real Estate and back at North Shore Rugby Club.

“I’m proud of its history of more than 140 years and the second oldest club in the county.

But it has to keep evolving,” Johnstone says.

“It’s a community sports club not just for the players but mums, dads, grandparents and the community as well.”

North Shore’s club spirit has won it the North Harbour Club of the Year title in recent seasons, with very few other clubs “filling the clubrooms every Saturday night. We have 340 juniors playing this year so I hope this continues.

“Rugby is a great game to learn social skills that you can take through life.

“I”m a great believer in team sports: league, hockey, soccer basketball, whatever – they form a very important part of New Zealand society,” Johnstone said.

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For Sale $1,200,000 View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP6922 Open By appointment Peter Ayton & Phil Clark P 09 446 2109 M 021 336 300 P 09 446 2125 M 021 940041 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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Location And A Family Dream 260m2 of excellent floor plan and easy living from this 1950’s home.

Wonderful indoor/outdoor flow to large decks with views to the water.

Big Bold And Beautiful By The Park And Beach 210m2 home over two levels next to a fantastic park and track through to the golf course or along to Narrow Neck beach. Great garden too!

For Sale $975,000 View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP6962 Open Sat 2.15-2.45pm Jane Hastings & Jackie Mark P 09 446 2116 M 021 735 263 P 09 446 2113 M 021 458 797 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

For Sale $895,000 View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP6973 Open Sat 1.15-1.45pm Jane Hastings & Jackie Mark P 09 446 2116 M 021 735 263 P 09 446 2113 M 021 458 797 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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Devonport 49 Roslyn Terrace

Devonport 36b Cheltenham Road

Old World Charm Meets Modern Day Feel A charming 3 bedroom cottage built in the 90’s. Meticulously renovated.

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The French Connection Private walkway to beach, five double bedrooms, stunning kitchen and bathrooms, two living areas, huge garaging. An amazing family home!

For Sale By Negotiation View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP6944 Open Sat & Sun 1.00 - 1.30pm Maria Stevens P 09 446 2111 M 021 979 084 E maria.stevens@harcourts.co.nz Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

For Sale $2,195,000 View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP6833 Open by appointment Phil Clark & Peter Ayton P 09 446 2125 M 021 940041 P 09 446 2109 M 021 336 300 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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All the benefits of sun and privacy - this largely renovated property situated on the ground floor including car parking leading onto the waterfront.

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New York loft or London pied-a-terre, this unique 3 bedroom garden apartment has it all. Right by the village with views across the harbour.

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Auction On site, Saturday 12th April 2014 at 3.00pm (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP6952 Open Sat & Sun 2.00 - 2.45pm Caroline Devereux & Maria Stevens P 09 446 2107 M 021 573 305 P 09 446 2111 M 021 979 084 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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Devonport 10 Wicklow Road

Devonport 37 Queens Parade

Charming Do-Up By The Sea 1940s character home. 506 m2 sunny section, upgraded kitchen and bathroom, beautiful timbers throughout. Fantastic location.

Devonport Waterfront, A Home For All Reasons A wonderful opportunity to live on the waterfront in a quality renovation.

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Auction On site, Saturday 12th April 2014 at 12.00pm (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP6932 Open Sat 11.45-12.15pm Jane Hastings & Jackie Mark P 09 446 2116 M 021 735 263 P 09 446 2113 M 021 458 797 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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Devonport 1/6 Lytton Street Ultimate White Picket Fence Dream...

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Auction On site, Monday 14th April 2014 at 1.00pm (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP6975 Open Sat & Sun 12.00-12.45 Peter Andrews P 09 446 2105 M 0274 931 826 E peter.andrews@harcourts.co.nz Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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12 – 24 April Opening Saturday 12 April 2 – 3.30pm Gaylene Earl’s large scale, paper works, with the lack of visual reference, are designed to engulf the viewer and engage them in a contemplation of the detail that makes the whole.

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A new road across Shoal Bay, once mooted by the council, will happen if intensification goes ahead, says retired planning consultant Richard Burton.

“If the Unitary Plan increases the population on the Devonport peninsula by 20 to 40 percent in the next 30 years, then Lake Road will turn into a serious issue because it will be unable to cater for the traffic and alternatives will have to be found because the growth has already occurred. It all comes down to intensification,” Burton said.

Such a road would come at huge financial and environmental cost, he said.

Burton was one of over 150 residents who attended a public meeting held on March 17 at Belmont’s St Margaret’s Church to discuss Devonport-Takapuna Local Board’s local board and area plans.

John Reynolds said he was tired of waiting for Lake Rd improvements. “Tell me, when, when, when will it be widened further?” he asked.

More than $50 million has been earmarked

for Lake Rd projects over the next few years but is unclear when the work will take place.

The meeting unanimously passed a resolution asking the board “that intensification on the peninsula be limited until council has implemented a solution to the traffic congestion on Lake Road and addressed other infrastructure issues.”

Board chair Mike Cohen said the residents needed to careful what they asked for. “At the moment it is hard to justify any intensification, but that might be different once the traffic issues have been resolved,” he said.

Another resident agreed with Cohen, saying that the traffic was a price he was willing to pay to live in a great area.

Auckland Council planner Ross Moffat told the meeting the intensification proposed in the Unitary Plan was not as significant as Burton had suggested.

Moffat had asked local residentTony Keenan to help host the meeting in a more grass-roots manner and afterwards said he was pleased with the outcome.

Lake Rd improvements still up in the air Auckland Transport’s (AT) plans to upgrade Lake Road from Hauraki Corner to Belmont are in their early stages and have an uncertain future, says Senior Local Board Adviser Chris Dee. The current Auckland Council Long Term Plan (LTP) shows significant spend from 2017 on Lake Rd: 2017/18: $2.5M 2018/19: $2.5M 2019/20: $3.3M 2020/21: $9.8M 2021/22: $19.6M

Dee says the LTP is currently under review. “Council’s budgets are under pressure, so there is no guarantee that the sums currently committed will remain in the years in which they are committed, or remain at all,” he says.

Meanwhile, preparations for initial work on Lake Rd are confirmed. During the coming financial year (2014/15), AT will look at ways to improve all of Lake Rd and associated planning and research (traffic monitoring, modelling work and data analysis) plus traffic signal improvements.

Locals losing sleep over Lake Road work

Night-time roadwork kept some Lake Road residents awake last January.

One resident has complained to Auckland Transport(AT) about the noise having kept their house up for two nights and asked why road was not completed during the day, outside rush hours.

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“Carrying out this work during the day would have taken longer, been more costly to the ratepayer and caused more inconvenience due to the nature of this feeder road to Devonport,” AT said in a report to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

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Counting walkers and cyclists comes with price tag

A $13,000 device to count the number of pedestrians and cyclists who use the new Northboro pipe bridge has been put on hold by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

The counting equipment seemed a good idea when the board asked Auckland Transport (AT) to investigate it earlier this year.

But last month, the hefty price tag reduced its appeal, especially after AT relationship manager Marilyn Nicholls told the board that the funds would have to come from the board’s budget, not AT’s.

Board chair Mike Cohen defended the “permanent monitoring equipment” that would remain connected to a centralised AT computer, collecting data.

He said AT should pay for it as it would reap the benefits from the data.

“This counter can provide critical information if we want to add a similar bridge from Francis St to Esmonde Rd in the future,” Cohen said. He added that this particular device is the first across Auckland capable of counting both pedestrians and bicycles.

Ward Councillor Chris Darby was among the opponents of paying for the device, saying it would be better to lobby council for wider data collection of all modes of transport.

Jan O’Connor also dismissed paying for the device and volunteered her services for $1,000. “I’ll do it. They all come past my kitchen window anyway and I can bake while I count them,” she said.

The Board deferred a decision on the device.

Free movies shifts indoors to the Vic Devonport missed out on a free outdoor Movie in the Park this summer, but will be compensated with two free movie nights at the Victoria Theatre this winter.

With Auckland Council’s proposed dates for the Movie in the Park event as late as April, the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board decided that at $10,0000, the risk of the event being rained out was too big, and canned it.

“All the possible dates were too late in the season, with a real weather risk,” says board

chair Mike Cohen. After a discussion among the board, members decided to support the free movie nights at the Victoria Theatre instead, a solution they believe that will come in cheaper as well.

“We want to be supportive of the Victoria Theatre Trust and we have no community events during the winter, so it seemed a good idea,” Cohen said.

He also said that he was hoping to show a movie outdoors again next year at an earlier summer date.

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North Shore United opened its 2014 camNorth Shore Girls cricket under-12 teams paign with a 3-3 draw against Ellerslie at have won the Auckland A and B grades of their Allen Hill Stadium last Sunday. competitions. North Shore 12A team members were: Emily Handyside, Abigail Harris, Chivon Ngataringa lose Larkins, Rosie McGregor, Sophie Morrison, Samantha Petherick, Sylvie Porter, Ella Thomas. tennis semi-final The North Shore 12B members were: Anna Ngataringa Tennis Club lost its semi-final Browning, Matilda Dalwood, Libby Easterof the Chelsea Cup - the North Harbour brook, Amelia Kaye, Kate Kaye, Leah Pank, championship competition - last weekend Kennedy Scott, Ruby Worrall, Sophie Bradley.

After a 14-week round robin where the North going down 4-2 to Lake Pupuke.

Shore A team were unbeaten, they went into a winner-takes-all final well ahead on the points North Shore kick off with win table. The home final versus Cornwall was a North Shore Rugby Club’s premier side nerve-wracking match. North Shore got the had a solid start to the season with a 40-20 Cornwall side all out for 78 in the 19th over. But away-win against Northcote last Saturday. the team only reached the total on the second to Last season’s championship finalists will last delivery of the match. A quick run off the play their first home game against the West- final ball ended in a run-out leaving the match tied. But the North Shore girls were ahead on ern Pioneers this Saturday. points going into the game so they took out the Under-12 Girls A grade.

Cricketers face another The Under-12 B team also went into the final well ahead on points at the end of the round year in second division robin competition, having only lost one game.

Taking some of the gloss off the club’s The home final at Belmont Intermediate against 150-year celebrations, North Shore Cricket Howick Pakuranga saw North Shore set a target premiers lost to Waikatere last weekend to of 107 after their 25 overs. They defended it finish out of the promotion race and face valiantly getting their opposition all out for 91 another year in the second division. in the 23rd over.

Belmont Primary run away with Beach Series titles

Belmont Primary School (BPS) won the inaugural Primary Schools Competition at the State Beach Series. Eleven BPS pupils took part in the 17-week competition held every Tuesday over the summer at Takapuna beach. Kids from schools across the North Shore took part in either a 2,500m run or a 300m swim.

George Rush competed in 14 of the running races and placed second overall in the individual series. Connor Bacchus and Izzy Fox both notched up 10 runs.

BPS teacher Stacey Sykes placed first in her age group for the 1000m swim.

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Harry Waine moved up in the world of local skateboarding this year. The Year 11 Takapuna Grammar School student won the Under-16 category at the Scotty Brewer Skate Day after he came third in the Under-13 division a year ago.

“Harry was a complete surprise to us. He is an under-the-radar skater with an amazing skill level,” said Jesse Peters from Ultimate Surf and Skate in Albany, who provided the judges for the day.

“The judges were super excited about Harry. He is a nice guy, landed most of the tricks that day and mixed it up nicely,” Peters says.

Harry was one of around 130 participants and spectators who came to the event, says organiser Devonport Community Coordinator Maria Teape.

The competition is held in honour of the late Scotty Brewer, a local teenager and skater who helped design the Ngataringa skatepark and died in 1999. Scotty’s parents Jenny and Craig continue to donate the winner’s cups each year.

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Fair amount of fun on the hill…

Above left: Jack Avery, Ethan Burke and Zac Pickles are cuddling up with their new friends. Above: Dani Clements-Levi and mum Michal Levi enjoy being back at Dani’s old school. At left: Isla, Tara and Erin Cutts looking like angels while belting out Maybe from the musical Annie. Bottom left: School dad Jason Sutcliffe was all jazzed up on the piano.

A pile of dirt left by recent building works gave this year’s Devonport Primary School Fair a new attraction.

“It meant we had to move the stage to a new spot, which ended up making the layout a lot better in the end,” says Sue Quinn, one of fair organisers.

Towards the end of the day, youngsters found the mound to be a great playground.

Quinn says the fair raised about $50,000, which will be used for the school library and the purchase of solar panels for the school roof.

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Impromptu playground… the new mound of dirt proved irresistable for these four youngsters versus principle and interest repayments.

Hello and welcome to this edition of ‘Hot Property’, my monthly commentary on the real estate market and how it affects us in Devonport.

Discovering the secret to Long-Term Wealth – Part 3 This month we conclude this brief series on creating long term wealth through investing in property. We’ve touched on the ‘Why’ and we’ve had a look at some of the basic issues around the ‘How’. Now we’ll focus on the financial side of property investing.

Essentially there are two ways to create wealth through rental properties; the charging of rent for the house (tangible), and the increase in value of the property (intangible). For tax purposes it is important that you clearly define your intentions on how you wish to derive income from the property e.g. from the collection of rent.

If your intention is to capitalise on the rise

in value of the property, then you will be considered a trader and all capital gains will be taxable. As I mentioned last month, it is essential that you seek good accounting advice on this topic.

For me personally, I like to be able to ‘add value’ to any property I purchase. This serves three purposes; 1) It keeps my tenants happy when they see that I am improving the property and keeping it well maintained.

2) As I improve the amenity of the property I can charge more rent. 3) The value of the property rises allowing me more flexibility when borrowing for another property etc.

It is important to develop your own financial rules around property investment. Consider things like: the maximum percentage of borrowings both for an individual property as well as your whole portfolio; minimum yield you will accept (yield is the annual $ return divided by the cost of the property); factor in items like property management, repairs and maintenance, interest-only finance

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Remember, maintain a long-term view. Over time three things will happen: rents will rise, the amount of the loan will fall (assuming you repay some principal) and the value of your property will go up. After a few years you may well find yourself in a position where you can repeat the process and buy another property using the equity that has built up in the first property to assist you.

Finally, a wise old investor was once asked what his most important piece of advice would be to someone starting out. After a long period of thought he said “Buy Low”.

The person who had asked the investor considered this and then said, “Oh yes, buy low and sell high,” to which the old investor replied, “No, no…never sell!”

Happy investing, and please feel free to contact me regarding any real estate matter you may have.

Until next time.

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Hundreds attend North Shore Cricket Club 150 year party Several hundred players and partners shared yarns and history at the North Shore Cricket Club’s 150 year celebrations held in Devonport. About 100 people attended a meet and greet drinks evening, 140 a formal

dinner and 120 turned up for the Twenty20 Festival game.

The North Shore Cricket club 150th alltime eleven was: Martin Horton, Richard Jones (vc), Verdun Scott, Ces Dacre (c),

Barry Sinclair, Vernon Sale, Paul Kelly (w), Hedley Howarth, Alister Howden, Jack Cowie, Martin Snedden, Danny Morrison.

Sports broadcaster Murray Deaker was the guest speaker at the Saturday night dinner.

The Wallace family enjoy the Saturday night celebrations (left to right): Cam, Shirley, Ken and Ian

Guests at the Saturday night formal dinner (left to right)‌ Vicki Fowler, Mike Duncraft, Wendy Duncraft, Ken Olsen, John Goodwin, Angela Goodwin, Karen Olsen and Darren Whittaker

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Umpire John Gore got into the spirit of things for the Sunday afternoon Twenty20 Festival match

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At the Sunday afternoon Twenty20 Festival game: Slip Dave Ashby and wicketkeeper Blair Parlane watch on as club legend Richard Jones faces up to bowler Evan Atkinson

The 1977/78 Championship winning Premier side gather for a team photo: Left to right, back row: Rob Arblaster, Warwick Smith, Kevin Robinson, Paul Kelly, Ray Hunter, Martin Snedden.

Left to right, front row: Don Fletcher, John Little, Ken Miller, Ken Wallace

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Classifieds

The Devonport Flagstaff Page 34 ACCOMMODATION

2 Brm Unit for Rent, incl garage. 5 min walk to Devonport Village/Ferry. $410 p/w.

Call Lee 021 409249 Classy 3 bedroom, 2 full bath, fully furnished Devonport house on Achilles Reserve near Narrow Neck. More information go to www.devonporttuihouse.weebly.com or www.sabbaticalhomes.com.

Furnished or unfurnished house to Rent. Central location. $800 pw Ph 07 888 1931 Relatives visiting? Spacious garden studio with en-suite and kitchenette; minutes to Narrow Neck beach. Reasonable rates.

Ph Pauline 445 6471.

Seacliffe Ave, Belmont 3-4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, fully furnished, available June to September. Ph: Vicki 445 8800 or 021 4456 23

ACCOMMODATION

Stunning Cheltenham Beach Cottage, metres from the beach.

Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Beautifully refurbished, one bedroom, self-contained cottage with a private garden. Phone Rebekah 027 694 3933 or email devonportbeks@gmail.com Waiheke Island – Palm Beach.

Cute, little, character bach.

Sunny, private, spectacular sea views. $85 per night. Phone 027 602 6351 or 09 445 1206.

AVAILABLE NOW

GLUTEN-FREE CusiAnn pies now in the freezer at your local New World Devonport.

REST HOMES

Ascot House Retirement Home, quality care with dignity in a friendly, family atmosphere.

Ph Shona, 445 2518.

House Values Have they changed in your neighbourhood?

SERVICES OFFERED

SERVICES OFFERED

AAA Window Cleaning, Free Quote ph David 021 368371 “Clear Windows For New Year”

Gardening. Do you need regular help? No time for a tidy up?

Let me help. Experienced gardener. Ph Carolyn on 446 6517 or 027 292 8167 for a free on-site consultation.SERVICEO

At Your Request Home Cleaning. Our local team is ready to deliver 5 Star services in your home for weekly cleaning, spring, moving or open home cleaning. Call Yvonne for a free quote 415 0028.

Groove Kitchens, new kitchens, stove tops, German hardware, Garth Waring ph 021 397 863 or 476 7666.

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

Handyman: need something fixed, quickly and well? Or need garden maintenance?

Contact: David 445-0668, dje_claridge@hotmail.com.

Housewashing, hand wash, soft wash, waterblast or chem clean. All exterior surfaces.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

445-2226.

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

Housewashing, prof. service, 10 years-plus experience, reliable and prompt. Free quotes, also decks, driveways, paths fences, roof moss treatments etc Phone Rod 021 390800.

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.

Ironing and shoe polishing service - I offer a professional ironing and shoe polishing service. I am able to collect and deliver free of charge in Devonport. Professional garment grooming from head to toe will leave you shining! Linen and bedding also included.

Please contact Vanessa for more details - 021 232 8669.

Diggadrain. Drain unblockers and drainage experts.

CCTV drain locating. Repairs.

New drains. 0800 your drain.

Gardener Available Qualified and experienced landscape designer. Enjoys getting his hands dirty. Good plant knowledge. Hardworking, reliable and creative with plantings. Contact Paddy 022 502 2122 or 446 6188 paddyvogt@gmail.com

Locksmith, Devonport’s own Scott Richardson. mob 021 976 607.

Stonemasons, Landscapers.

All terrain TATONKA crane truck. Dave Milina & Barb Cooper. W: sustainablelandscapes.co.nz, P: 0275 430 288, E: info@sustainablelandscapes.co.nz

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SERVICES OFFERED

Waterblasting, Chem/housewashing, decks, drives, roofs & gutters cleaned. Satisfaction guaranteed. 445-2226.

Wood-Tech are specialists in creating custom-design kitchens - all over Devonport. See our website - or call 09 810 8136 - for a friendly kitchen consultation. www.wood-tech.co.nz SITUATIONS VACANT

Experienced cleaner required for two hours on a Friday. Refs required. Please phone Annie 021 626632

Housekeeper wanted 4 days a week, 2 - 3 hours per day. Duties include cleaning, laundry, ironing, beds etc. Narrow Neck location please contact 021 686 030.

TUITION

Astrology Charts w. Xanthe Katsouras@ The Devonport Health Store, Victoria Rd, every Thursday 1-3pm Devonport drama since 2002 Drama classes 8 - 18yrs Artspace on Mt Vic. gallen@clear. net.nz, 021 262 4907

Guitar tuition - beginner/intermediate guitar lessons. Flexible hours. can come to you. Call or txt Josh 021 128 5556

TUITION

Learn piano/keyboard. Lessons from $17.00. Private, Professional, Affordable, Enjoyment for all ages. Competitions, Practical, Theory Exams.

NZ Modern School of Music 0800-696-874

Made to Move Dance, innovative dance school located on the Devonport peninsula, offering classes in Devonport, Belmont and Takapuna. Specialised dance/movement/ballet classes for pre-schoolers only $7 per lesson. Also on offer, Ballet and Jazz and Adults DanceFIT classes. Reasonable prices, qualified teachers.

Contact chloe@madetomovedance.net for queries or visit www.madetomovedance.net Mathematics Tuition, Sensitive tutoring offered at all levels of the secondary school curriculum.

NCEA, IB and Cambridge welcomed. 93% pass rate in 2013.

NCEA 3 calculus specialist. ph Peter Ridge BE,Dip Tchg (sec) 445 2283.

Piano and Theory of Music lessons available from experienced, registered teacher. Ph. John Mercer (M.Mus. LTCL) 445 6471.

Singing/instrument lessons in Devonport/Belmont. Vacancies available! Ph 376 4009 or visit www.singschool.co.nz SLSS Swim School, 11 Evan Street, Belmont (off Eversleigh Road). Specialists in pre-schoolers. Phone 486 6728 for more info.

Reach your Devonport peninsula customers cost effectively.

Contact the Flagstaff for our rates and dates.

Email: devonportflagstaff@orcon.net.nz

Real Estate

Areas covered are: Devonport, Bayswater, Belmont, Takapuna, Milford, Castor Bay. Licensed Agent, REAA 2008

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CoopER & Co REal EstatE limitEd mREiNZ dEvoNpoRt

Osteopathy is a hands on therapy that successfully alleviates a wide variety of symptoms and can accelerate the healing process for a many musculoskeletal injuries. The Devonport clinic has been running for 10 years helping young and old alike.

ACC Registered www.devonportosteo.co.nz Tel: 09 445 6783 for an appointment 19 Clarence St, Devonport Village

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Professional Services

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RECOVER YOUR

LOUNGE SUITE We provide gentle, holistic chiropractic care to enhance you and your family’s health and wellbeing.

Call us for a free quotation and put the life back into that favourite chair or lounge suite

AWARD FURNITURE Phone COLIN on 480 5864

METAL ROOFING LTD Specialists in longrun coloursteel FREE QUOTES

All Metal Roof & Roofing Repairs PO Box 32-195, Devonport Ph/Fax 445-2858 Mob (0274) 968-225

Dr. Adrian Stocco The Arcade, Devonport 445 8030 www.villagechiropractic.co.nz

Red Dragon Computers www.red-dragon.net.nz

Providing IT support to Devonport’s home users and small businesses since 2001 • Fast, reliable & cost effective • Windows computers & iPad Setup • Wi-Fi networking and ADSL broadband • New computers custom built • Repairs, Upgrades, Servicing • Virus & Spyware removal

Get it right first time with a Microsoft Certified Professional

Christopher Jones Ph 445 7810

Caledonian Premier Tiling • Tile Installation • Existing Rapair-work • Certified Waterproofing • Guarantees SPeCialiSing in • Ceramic Tiling • Laundries • Stonework • Decks • Bathrooms • Waterproofing • Kitchens • Silicone Application

Call Doug 09 446 0687 Mobile 021 187 7852 Do you have a passion for paper?

Come and view our range of wallpapers

We can help you: - Choose the right wallpaper for your room - Organise a quote - Organise the installation if required

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InterIor DesIgner

• New keys for existing locks • Lock repairs • Installation • Lock Hardware Contact Scott on

021 976 607 445 3064

72 Lake Road, Devonport

Interior / Exterior Residential Commercial Live Locally Free Quotes /Quality Work For all your painting needs

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• Landscape construction • Retaining walls • Fencing, decking, paving • Concreting • Construction and repairs • Garden maintenance

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Takapuna

Grammar

SchooL NewS

APRIL 4, 2014

Encouraging young women to succeed As the recipient of the Year 12 Zonta International Leadership Award in 2013, I was absolutely thrilled to receive an invitation to a special dinner hosted by the very organisation who presented me with my award.

This dinner, held at the Fairway Lodge, North Shore Events Centre on Monday 17th of March, was to celebrate all the Zonta International award recipients, and celebrating women in general, as International Women’s Day had occurred just the week before.

I arrived there at 6:30pm and was excited to meet Gail Pianta, the president of Zonta North Shore, as well as other members who were involved in the organisation. I also met two girls from Westlake Girls High School and Carmel College, who were the recipients of the same award I received, at their respective schools.

After a delicious dinner, we were each invited to present a five-minute speech on what the award meant to us, our goals for the future and what we are currently studying. Needless to say, I was rather surprised to find out that I was up first!

Receiving the Zonta International Leadership Award means so much to me.

As a passionate advocate for women’s

rights, the award was recognition for all the hard work young women put in as well as an encouragement to continue campaigning for equal privileges for everyone, all over the world.

Zonta has many scholarships available, such as the Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship, the Amelia Earhart Fellowship, and several others. These

are all available to aid and encourage women to take further steps in the world, starting with their studies.

Overall, it was a wonderful evening where I was honoured to meet so many wonderful women, and I hope to be part of this organisation for many years to come.

By SaBina-Maria GiurGiu

Peer teams an integral part of TGS The variety of peer teams at TGS are alive and popular thanks to the number of students that applied to be part of supporting others in their school community. Targeting a broad spectrum of issues within our school, the peer teams cover topics to do with anti-bullying, responsible approaches to drinking and drug taking, sexuality, safe sex, school safety and giving back to the community. An important part of TGS that has been an institution for many

years, the peer teams are an opportunity for many students to organise events and raise awareness for certain issues.

Mary Pottinger, one of the coordinators of the peer teams, said the philosophy behind the teams was based on the Maori phrase ‘Teina-Tuakana’ meaning ‘Little Sister, Big Sister’. It is about the mentoring of younger students by older students and creating a safe environment for everybody, as well as providing leadership opportunities for the older

students.

On Wednesday 25th of March one of the teams PSSP (Peer Sexuality Support Program) will embark on a four-day camp to learn about their topics and how they can positively affect the lives of others around them.

The interest in these teams is increasing each year and continues to be an extremely valuable aspect of the TGS school community.

By auGuStine MorGan-Guthrie

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Takapuna SchooL NewS

Grammar APRIL 4, 2014

International Women’s Day Breakfast International Women’s Day is about applauding the achievements of women around the globe. On Friday the 7th of March, Sabina Giurgiu who was the 2013 winner of the Zonta Award, Alice Song, Sophie Wynn and Maya Wyatt attended a breakfast to celebrate the important day.

The breakfast, held at the Milford Cruising Club, was organised by Zonta International. Zonta is an organisation that promotes the furthering of women through service and advocacy.

Takapuna Grammar School girls joined with other girls from around the North Shore, such as Westlake Girls High School, and ate their delicious breakfasts as speaker Jan Nichols gave a presentation about her journey into leadership. Her speech taught the girls that you could grow up to be anything,

as Nichols came from a small town, and today she is the CEO of Hospice North Shore.

The International Women’s Day Breakfast was a worthwhile celebration of women everywhere. Having a day that

celebrates women, tells ladies around the world that they can do whatever they set their mind to. Everyone came away from the breakfast with a sense of achievement and accomplishment.

By Sophie Wynn

Certified to dive Katherine MacDougall, a year 12 student, has recently completed her dive certificate. She discovered the course through Gateway, a programme run through the school. Gateway gives students the opportunity to gain work experience and to obtain extra credits towards passing NCEA. To complete her dive certificate, Katherine had to pass an exam on safety, equipment maintenance, and pressure participate in a confinedwater dive and two open-water dives.

The course ran over a couple of weekends and Katherine studied for an additional six hours to achieve her certificate.

She chose to acquire a dive certificate as it would help towards a Marine Biology course that she aspires to take at AUT. Katherine recommends the course to anyone wanting to follow this pathway.

If you are interested in taking this dive course visit www.divehqalbany.co.nz/divecourses/open-water.

By JeSS Male

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Maureen recalls the changing times of banking Last day in Devonport…

Maureen Rogan (centre) with tellers Cathy Poledniok (right) and Larisa Van Zyl

doN’t mISS... the

4th

aNNUal devoNport

DOG PARADE! FaNtaStIc BoUtIQUe doggy prodUctS aNd ServIceS!

wheN:

Sunday 13 April 2014, from 12.30PM-4.30PM. The action starts at 1PM!

where:

Windsor Reserve, Devonport

what:

A free, action packed day of events, entertainment, doggy goods and services and a chance to showcase our beloved 4 legged friends in a fashion parade!

why:

To celebrate our love of dogs, and provide a great day out for all of us dog lovers!

NB: Gold coin donation would be

greatly appreciated, all proceeds going to the SPCA.

doggy StarS! cLowN! prIZeS!

prIZe categorIeS:

Please direct any queries to Robyn Fond - Event Organiser on 445-6736

• • • •

• Please ensure your dog is on a lead and/or muzzle if required • Please pick up after your dog!

• Please support the stall holders with cash sales, a donation will be made from every sale to the SPCA

• BEST “CIRCUS” THEMED DOGGYS FOR THE FASHION PARADE Best Smile Best Tail Wag Devonport’s Doggy Idol-the MOST CLEVER! Best Dressed-Canine Supermodel!

OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS: BENEFITZ • CHANNEL MAGAZINE • FIONA TOMLINSON PET PHOTOGRAPHY • AUCKLAND COUNCIL THE DOG GURU • LADARAC DOG SAFETY BARRIERS • GOTTA PET • PET N SUR • WALKIES RAW ESSENTIALS • FURR KIDS • DOGEASE • INSPECTOR SPOT • PETXCITE PRODUCTS JOLLYDOGS PLAYLAND INDOOR DOG PARK • CHINCHILLA PET WEAR • MECCA IN DEVONPORT publishers of

Maureen Rogan, a founding member of the Westpac branch in Devonport 23 years ago, had her final day at work late last month.

The bank – on the corner of Victoria Rd and Clarence St - took the place of a fruit shop and butcher’s and was a branch of Trustbank, which later merged into the Westpac group in 1996.

The first manager was Ian Bartlett and there were five full-time tellers at the start, prior to ATMs, Rogan recalls.

“When I first started people always asked if you lived in Devonport. I didn’t but I said my father-in-law and mother-in-law lived in Owens Rd so that was all right.”

When the bank first opened there were no cafes in Devonport, although Clarry’s in the supermarket square opened soon after, Rogan said.

When ATMs were introduced at the branch the primary reaction from customers was not the convenience they offered but the threat they posed to staff jobs at the branch. Many customers ignored the machines and kept coming into the bank.

“There is a local guy who still refuses to use ATMs to this day and comes in to the tellers even though it costs him $3 a time,” (to withdraw money), she says.

Over her banking career Rogan moved around different Auckland branches but spent 11 years in Devonport, including about six years as manager, the job she had when she left last week.

Computerisation and online banking had changed the work experience at the branch markedly.

In the early years customers became familiar faces and often friends, Rogan said. Today there is simply less need to go into a branch.

At 65 Rogan is retiring and she and husband Bill hope to do more travelling, especially to see daughter Sarah in Sydney and son Bill in Germany.

Vandalism hits St Leo’s A grape-sized metal ball was fired into a glass door at St Leo’s Catholic School, shattering the first layer of the double-glazed security glass and getting lodged in the second. The vandalism occurred just after 6 pm on Monday 24 March.

“The police said the ball was fired either from a BB gun or a kind of pipe and it is not clear whether the damage was an accident or caused intentionally,” says Principal Mary Kedzlie, who is asking the public to help locate the culprit.

“If it was a genuine accident, we understand that it can happen but would appreciate if the person fessed up and apologised. If it was deliberate, it is much more disconcerting,” she said.

Kedzlie says it was lucky no one got hurt, as caretaker Tima Moataane had just been in the part of the building that was hit, close to the parking lot.

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Sitting pretty on a corner site close to Cheltenham Beach, the golf course and local cafes, is this cherished cutie with sunny north facing back garden and wide frontage to Derby Street. Dating back to the late 1800’s / early 1900’s, this classic cottage villa is now ready to be reloved and made your own, while retaining its original charm and character. If you are looking for an adorable three bedroom home with indoor/outdoor flow to a fruit salad garden, lawn, garaging and off street parking, your search is over! Here’s your chance to create a ‘Home Sweet Home’ in a fabulous location near everything Devonport has to offer.

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