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June 13 2014

June 13, 2014

Mums campaign on bus overcrowding… p 3

The varied characters of Wynyard St… p4-7

Interview: Kevin Hill’s photographic legacy… p16

Devonport’s shopping area, central waterfront and areas just north of Mt Victoria are scheduled to start receiving ultra-fast broadband (UFB) in July this year.

The UFB speed of 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) will speed up local internet speed five

or tenfold. Currently, Devonport is serviced by copper cables with a capacity of 10 Mbps and Bayswater, Belmont, Hauraki and Stanley Point have double the speed at 20 Mbps.

Chorus will lay down microduct tubes in each street and send the fibre through once customers

want to connect. Residents and businesses will be notified before work starts.

But it is likely to involve more digging up of Devonport streets.

Chorus will continue to roll out UFB to the rest of the peninsula over the next few years.

Broadband upgrade scheduled for Devonport CBD

TGS journalism club breathes new life into print journalism

A new day for the Pridian… (from left to right) Rebecca Nicholls, Sabina Giurgiu, Lucy Oh, Deputy Head Girl Sophie Wynn and Augustine Morgan Guthrie check out the revived Takapuna Grammar newspaper The Pridian, which is back thanks to the school’s journalism club. The Pridian started in 1996 as part of a journalism certificate and it won numerous national awards before going into abeyance in 2005.

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Mums take action over bus overcrowding and safety

Encouraging the community to log bus service complaints... Lisa Clementson and Liz Brown (right) Two local mums are revving up the community to force action over overcrowded school buses and dangerous bus driving.

Lisa Clementson and Liz Brown are both mothers of four children.

Travelling on the buses are Isabelle (12) and Freddie (11) Clementson as well as Ellie Brown (11), who bus to Rosmini and Carmel College.

They come home with stories of buses driving off when a rucksack was trapped in automatic doors, children standing crowded in aisles and stairwells, a bus driver skipping red lights and once making an illegal turn from Victoria Rd onto Calliope Rd by cutting across the wrong side of the street, children doubling up on seats and a driver smoking on the bus while the children were boarding.

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“We as a community must demand immediate action before a terrible accident occurs,” they wrote in a public notice they have distributed across the community by email. They believe the bad quality of the service is partially why many parents drive their children to school instead.

Clementson says: “While we are trying to raise the next generation to use public transport, local conditions are not sending that message to the children. Why would they want to ride on buses as adults if this is their childhood experience?”

With recent and projected population increases on the peninsula, the situation is bound to get worse if it is not addressed, she says. “The system is simply not coping.”

Clementson and Brown are appealing to local parents, students, politicians,

school principals and business owners to lodge their own complaints with Auckland Transport.

Brown says: “We need to drive public complaints through their systems before they will take action,” Only strong local action will force an essential change, they say.

Last week, they called a meeting with Devonport-Takapuna Local Board members Mike Cohen, Dianne Hale and Jan O’Connor, all of whom showed up, with council advisor Chris Dee also attending.

Auckland Councillor Chris Darby has raised concerns about bus overcrowding in the past.

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Wynyard St at a planning crossroads

Zoning changes are proposed for Wynyard St, raising both fears and hopes among those working and living there. Maire Vieth looked at the background to the issue and talked to a cross section from one of Devonport’s most diverse streets.

Currently zoned Business 9D, Wynyard St caters for light industry, warehousing and service industries, with exceptions to the rule.

There are retail premises, espresso bars, a few apartments and offices, including that of the Flagstaff, and a physiotherapy practice.

As part of Unitary Plan, Auckland Council now proposes to zone the street’s eastern side Town Centre, which caters for retail offices on the ground floor and residential activities above. Council spokesperson Sharne Parsons said:“The industrial activities have largely disappeared from this side of the street, so there is no point in retaining an industrial zone.”

On the street’s western side council wants to retain the existing industrial character with a

The old-timer Mark Kininmonth describes his business as the “old man” of Wynyard St. Aladino Products has been at number 19 since 1965, when his great uncle Nunzie Arabito set up the shop. It is now located behind David Martin Motors.

“I took over in 1992 but as a boy I used to work here in the school holidays. So I have been mucking around here for about 42 years,” says Kininmonth, originally a marine fitter and turner.

“Most of my work comes through word of mouth,” he says. It includes fit-outs of local restaurants Bette’s and Manuka, refurbishing the guns at Mt Vic and North Head, work on Fort Takapuna and restoring solid bronze masks at Auckland Museum. He also makes gates, handrails, balustrades and chandeliers. “I used to do a bit of outwork for the Navy. Last year I built a 22-foot aluminium boat in here,“ he says.

Kininmonth’s 91-year-old great aunt Mary Arabito still owns 19 Wynyard St. “I will be here until she dies. Then the building will be sold and hopefully Dave [Martin] will buy it,” says the father of two girls who lives in Bayswater.

Kininmonth questions the idea of a Town Centre zone on Wynyard Street. “From what I gather, retail is struggling on the main street. So why extend it to over here if shops are already empty on Victoria Rd?” he asks.

Increasing property rates are a concern to Kininmonth. “My rates went up from $3,000 to about $12,000 a few years ago after a council re-evaluation and it’s been crippling. Since then they have come down a bit to around $9,000.

It was as if they valued the retail environment and just blanketed it over the rest,” he says.

Kininmonth is melancholic about Devonport’s past. “It would be nice to have what we had 40 years ago, when we had shops for what we actually needed rather than just food, food, food, food,” he says.

Light Industry zone. “There are garages, a boatbuilder, chocolate manufacturer, panelbeater, etc. These activities sit more comfortably in an industrial zone than in a Town Centre zone,” Parsons says.

The new Light Industry zone will have no effect on current businesses as they have “existing use rights,” Parsons says.

The Devonport Business Association (DBA), somewhat controversially, made a council submission for all of Wynyard St to become Town Centre zone. This was based on fears that a Light Industry zone would be more constraining than Business 9D and won’t allow residential, office or retail activities in the future. Many Wynyard St light industrial businesses have since voiced oppostion to this DBA submission. The DBA has taken this on board and may modify its stance.

The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board advocates retaining at least some of Wynyard St as Light Industrial, to support local businesses,

promote self-sufficiency on the peninsula, decrease traffic on Lake Road and retain local jobs. Devonport Heritage wants all of Wynyard Street zoned Light Industry for similar reasons.

• This month, the AA Service Centre at 73 Lake Road (corner of Regent St) closed down. Customers were told rents had doubled and plans for an apartment building were afoot. Council planner Dave Saunders told the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board that light industry was under pressure on Barrys Point Road as well. Board member Grant Gillon said: “We don’t want to shut the door on light industry, whilst allowing for some mixed use, so streets won’t flip over and become another Fred Thomas Drive.”

Fellow board member Dianne Hale said: “We have every argument to retain our uniqueness in Devonport because we are constrained by traffic and geographical isolation.”

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Above: The oldest business on Wynyard St… Mark Kininmonth of Aladino Products, which dates back to 1965 Right: Aladino Products in Wynyard St circa 1960s

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Light industrial

David Martin’s second home

David Martin has called Wynyard Street’s northern end his second home over the last 20 years. He started out as an auto electrician for Devonport Motors at Clarence House, then moved with the business to 20 Wynyard St (the current home of Chiasso Coffee) when the building was sold. Martin went out on his own first at the back of Hammer Hardware, then in a larger garage at 19 Wynyard Street.

Martin’s wife Denise runs the office and their sons Vaughan (18) and Ryan (15) work at the shop during holidays and on weekends. Mechanic Paul Craig has worked for Martin at the garage for 10 years.

Martin loves the business atmosphere on the street. “We all get on and support each other, even the garages get on and that’s not common,” he says just as Derek Snowball from across the street drops off a six-pack of beer. “It’s for borrowing some gear,” Martin laughs. On Friday nights, he occasionally hosts after-work drinks, where those who work on Wynyard St sit on milk crates outside the garage and wind down with a beer.

Light industry and services are at the heart of Wynyard St, Martin says. He strongly opposes the the current zoning for Wynyard Street being changed to Town Centre.

“We are the ones who are keeping the street alive and add the colour. If they do away with us, it’s just going to be another street,” he says.

Martin resents the Devonport Business Association (DBA) having made a submission on behalf of the street without talking to the businesses owners. “They told council we were all for it, but we are not. We have all complained about it to the DBA,” he says.

“If we do away with the requirement to have light industry on the bottom floor and allow offices, it will have a huge effect on all businesses, because the value of the properties will go up, then rates will go up, then rents will go up and out goes the light industry,” he says.

Light industry would go with zoning changes, says David Martin, pictured with wife Denise

Tyre shop and garage part of the Wynyard St fabric Mark van Strieland’s garage has been on Wynyard St for 24 years. A petrol station was part of the business until seven years ago, when Caltex closed it. “They weren’t prepared to invest in the cost of retanking, so they rang me one day and said, ‘That’s it,’” van Strieland says.

Van Strieland, who leases the shop, wants zoning to remain as is. “Or it will, in time, make it too expensive to run this type of business from here. When I moved here 24 years ago, there was an older group of people who moved out because it was getting too expensive. That’s happening again,” he says.

27 Lake Road could be a good alternative, he says. “I have no issue with relocating there but no one leases any property there. I think it is all month to month at the moment,” he says.

Jane Robertson, who owns the Firestone tyre centre next door and leases the building from Michael Gannaway, moved to Wynyard St two years ago from 25 Lake Road, another Devonport light industrial area where the former dental assistant started her business in 2008. “Our lease with Progressive ran out. I had to come here because it was the only place left where I was allowed to have a garage,” she says.

Robertson prefers the mix of Wynyard St to

Rent rises will leave tenants with nowhere to go says Mark Van Strieland of Wynyard St Motors her old Lake Road premises. pick up the car on the way home. For those “I like it better here. There I had a lounge of us working here it’s nicer too. My two suite where customers could wait, but here mechanics and I spend a lot more money on they can run errands or go off to work and coffees,” she says.

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Dance studio adds colour to street

Christine and Derek Snowball only recently learned about the proposed zoning changes, but have trawled through council’s online documents since.

Their 14 Wynyard Street property is used in three ways. They live here and Christine also runs the Devonport School of Dance, with 250 students, from the studio out the back. Derek, a retired engineer, had an active engineering practice until 2010 and still does odd jobs from his home office.

Derek says: “We moved here in 2002 and had to apply for resource consent to convert the exhibition space out back into a commercial dance studio. This meant that the rates for it changed from residential to business, so while the studio takes up less than a third of the site, the rates for it are more than double those for the house in front.”

Christine also hires nearby Harmony Hall at 4 Wynyard Street as a second studio.

As residents, the Snowballs share the concerns of other locals about rate rises. But they would also love to see more trees planted on their street, the rubbish collector arrive on schedule, unused power poles removed and good quality footpaths.

They believe things could be better for business too. Christine says: “The street has a lot of potential and I quite like the idea of being rezoned Town Centre. At the moment, we are the poor relation of Victoria Road and we could be a lot more visually beautiful, like a laneway in Melbourne.”

But Derek adds: “I want to know exactly why council proposes the zoning change and am concerned about the potential effect it will have on our rates. With North Shore City Council we felt we had a voice, this new approach feels more like a broad-brush and a mould that council Can see potential for street to improve…

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Chocolate making all in the family

It’s a great little street, but some change is inevitable, says Terry Everitt of Devonport Chocolates (right) pictured with daughter Caroline and wife Stephanie Occasional tour buses and a steady stream from the ferry head for 17 Wynyard St, the home of family business Devonport Chocolates. Stephanie and Terry Everitt and their daughter Caroline work together in the firm which they started from Glenfield in 2000.

The building has been a Karate studio, a

Christmas cracker plant and a wetsuit factory in the past.

Terry says: “The 9D business zone was initially an issue for us because retail is specifically excluded from it. We filed for resource consent to get an exemption for our 18 square metres of shop out front. Council must have

seen us adding to the area as our principal business is manufacturing and the retail is just an aside, so they said yes.” Devonport Chocolates has between 15 and 25 employees working at their Wynyard St location.

Terry says progress and change on Wynyard Street are inevitable. “I am happy with the status quo but I accept that the city can’t move out. It means that we have to figure out how to join commercial and residential as it grows up,” he says.

He worries about the potential loss of light industrial from Devonport. “It is so convenient for people to drop off their car here, get on the ferry and pick it up on the way home. If they have to go up to Barry’s Point or Wairoa, how is that going to work?” he says.

Everitt tries to see the issue from everyone’s perspective. “If we were selling the building, changing the zone to Town Centre, with more height allowance, would be to our advantage.

But it could be to a disadvantage to the residents on Anne Street,” he says.

“As a business owner, I understand that all the existing business will be able to stay but am worried what happens if ownership changes,” he says.

“Wynyard is a great little street because it is so diverse, has some industry and manufacturing, light industry, offices, apartments.

And I see the Unitary Plan only as a starting point to developments here because one size of plan simply doesn’t fit all. And once the plan is finalised, the court cases will start.”

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Heavy industrial

The boatbuilder

Kevin Johnson moved his boatbuilding business to 11 Wynyard Street in 1981. “This was an old house and at first we pulled the inside walls down and built our first boats inside. But when the boats got bigger and bigger we had to pull the house down and build a new building,” he says.

He and his wife Sue employ between two and eight boatbuilders, depending on demand, and are increasingly focused on repairs and maintenance or unique one-off builds.

Sue, a strong advocate of Devonport’s self sufficiency, says: “Kevin and I are passionate about this - we have fought for 30 years to keep it the way it is.”

“When I am really old, I want to be able to come down here and get my car serviced or my chair fixed. I don’t want to have to drive to Albany by then,” she says.

Kevin adds: “Every little suburb should have a Wynyard Street.”

The couple intend to retire in the next five years.

Sue says: “We could probably get a lot more money if we sold the building for apartments but that’s not what it’s about.

“When the previous owners at 9 Wynyard wanted to build 16 or so apartments, we took

Commercial/property owner Chartered accountant Michael Gannaway moved his professional services practice from 10 Victoria Rd to 11 Wynyard St 10 years ago.

He employs seven staff, all locals, six of them full time. His wife Julie works at the office part time. He owns the office, as well as another property on the street.

Gannaway Mercer Associates is considered a service industry and was therefore permitted to move on to the street, he says. Gannaway generally likes the current 9D Business zone but would prefer a Town Centre zone. “It would give property owners a lot more flexibility because we can put other things on the ground floor, such as a doctor. There is a limit on light industry options. What are we going to put in, some more car mechanics?” he says.

Gannaway is concerned that that a Light Industry zone would diminish his current options.

“It would not affect the existing use right. But if I moved out I would have to find a light industrial to move in here and I think that’s absolute madness,” he says.

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Kay Nicolson loves the view from her top floor apartment at 11 Wynyard St, where she has lived for the last 11 years. Nicolson is the after-school care coordinator at the Devonport Community House and a sea swimmer. “I need to be close to the sea and this is a great spot.

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Game changer needed on soccer grounds Player numbers at North Shore United have reached record levels but hundreds of games are likely to be cancelled this winter due to the boggy local fields.

While Auckland Council is spending close to $200 million on soccer fields across Auckland, North Shore, New Zealand’s oldest football club, is not a priority for the Sports Field Capacity Development fund.

Currently $254,000 is set down in council budgets in 2019 for floodlights at the club’s Allen Hill stadium. A further one million dollar upgrade of Stanley Bay grounds is proposed, but without a fixed date.

But the club’s needs are immediate and officials went cap in hand to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last week, asking them to help fund the installation of artificial turf and floodlights at Allen Hill stadium now. It would “turn a well-worn sports facility into a world-class 21st century sports facility supporting the community’s largest participation sport,” the club’s submission said.

Phase one of the upgrade would cost $2,000,000. The club says if the money budgeted for floodlights and Stanley Bay could be reprioritised, moved forward and allocated to the Allen Hill Stadium, with the local board funding the difference, the new ground could soon come to life.

North Shore secretary Steve Browning told the board: “We have an immediate need to be able to have games and training now. We have too many players, too many teams and too few grounds.” Over 800 locals have signed up to play soccer this season and the club predicts its fields are of such poor quality that 36 hours – nearly 40 percent – of training and games are likely to be missed each week.

Browning said that six of the club’s ten allocated fields are mostly unplayable in winter due to overuse or muddy condi-

An artist’s impression of what the artificial turf would look like at Allen Hill Stadium tions after rain. On top of that, they are spread over six different locations - Allen Hill, Bayswater Park, Stanley Bay, Fort Takapuna, Ngataringa Park and Belmont Intermediate School.

The newest field at Bayswater Park was already in “big trouble,” Browning said.

Because the ground is the only one with floodlights, it is heavily used for weeknight training, reducing its six-year life.

“Therefore, the only solution here is for Allen Hill to go artificial,” Browning said.

Phase two of the upgrade was a new clubhouse at Allen Hill, and Browning said the club was committed to raise funds for it but that it was impossible for the club to raise the kind of money required for field upgrades.

Browning said it would make sense for the new clubhouse to accommodate public toilets for Ngataringa Park as well. Board plans for those have recently fallen flat for the second time, due to ground stability issues.

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Risotto Verde Sun-dried tomatoes, artichokes, spring onion, pepper, capers, garlic and herbs

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After-hours towing sneaks into Devonport Cars are being towed from a local parking lot just as parking spaces have plummeted in Devonport.

Fiona Armstrong recently celebrated her birthday in a local restaurant only to find her car had been towed over dessert.

“My husband and our two daughters and I went out for dinner that night at Portofino, which has been our favourite local restaurant for the last 20 years. We only live on Kerr Street but it was raining hard and so we took the car and parked in the back, in the BNZ customer parking,” says Armstrong.

The Armstrongs had parked in that spot, outside bank hours, for as long as they can remember without running into any problems.

“But when we came out at around nine pm, after my birthday dinner, the car was gone. “One of the waiters said, ‘Oh my God, it must have been towed, because tow-away signs had gone up two weeks before’,” she says.

“Luckily we live close and have a second car, so we went up to Albany that night to get the car back. It cost us $250,” Armstrong says. When she complained to the bank about it she was told the signs were the landlord’s doing, not theirs.

Portofino’s owner Zivko Andrevski says Armstrong is only one of at least six customers whose car has been towed from the BNZ parking lot recently. “You should hear the comments I got from them,” he says. Members of his staff have also been caught out.

“In the past, parking was tolerated there. I understand that it is a piece of private property and that the landlord does not have to let us use it for parking, but I feel it is a bit of an entrapment to make the change but not put up a gate or chain or anything to show people they can’t park there anymore. We have been here for 24 years and have never had problems with parking there before,” Andrevski says.

BNZ staff told the Flagstaff they have received a number of complaints but that the change in rules was not theirs. “It has been the

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Bitter aftertaste… Fiona Armstrong’s car was towed, after business hours, from the BNZ customer car park located behind Victoria Rd landlord’s doing but he doesn’t have to deal with the complaints,” one of them said.

A neighbouring resident says the tow-away signs went up three days before Anzac Day. “You should have seen the faces of the old boys when they came and saw the tow-away signs on Friday morning. Since then I have seen the towing company take cars on early Sunday mornings a few times. It’s never been full and I just think it is a bad look for the bank and not very neighbourly or community-minded,” she says.

A local businessman said the landlord told him in person he had to move his car to another park from now on. “When I asked him why, he

said, ‘Everyone is parking here and it’s wearing out my tarmac.’ I told him to go and play some golf,” the businessman says.

• BNZ has been on the receiving end of many complaints and last week acted on them, says Emily Davies, the bank’s external relations manager.

“We listened to our customers and put a stop to the towing. Instead, the landlord told us he will put a gate up in a few weeks.”

Davies says she understood the landlord recently invested in repairs to the parking lot and is concerned about its overuse.

The landlord was not available for comment.

Midwinter swim returns The annual midwinter swim at Devonport Beach, next to Windsor Reserve, is scheduled for Sunday 22 June at 1 pm.

The free event will take place rain or shine.

Dressing up is encouraged and there will be

spot prizes, plus encouraging words by the Devonport Druid before entering the water and hot soup to warm up after the swim.

For more information, contact Michele Millington at 021 027 996 22

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Auction On site, Sunday 29th June 2014 at 4.00pm (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7284 Open Sat & Sun 11.00 - 11.30am 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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For Sale By Negotiation View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP6966 Open Saturday 12.00-12.45pm Glenice Taylor & Gary Potter P 09 446 2112 M 021 943 021 P 09 446 2106 M 021 953 021 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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Private, Peaceful And Sunny Tidy 2 bathroom, 4 bedroom, 2 living areas house - one of two sharing the land, offers a multitude of options. Open plan kitchen, dining and lounge.

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For Sale $595,000 View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7224 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

Auction On site, Saturday 14th June 2014 at 2.00pm (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7272 Open Sat & Sun 1.00 - 1.45pm Jenny Hinton & Anne Iremonger P 09 446 2126 M 027 773 1841 P 09 446 2117 M 021 443 959 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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This striking, comfortable and wonderfully practical townhouse is ideal for families with children of all ages.

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Very Pretty Villa Spacious four bedroom villa offers character and future potential. An added bonus is the new central heating system and a two car garage.

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Letters

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Cycle lanes safe says regular cyclist I disagree that the cycle lanes are unsafe.

I use the cycle lanes for about five return trips to Takapuna each week, as well as several motor vehicle trips each week. I believe the lanes are safe but the car and motorbikes users that blatantly disregard the lanes and drive and park in them create unsafe situations.

For instance outside Belmont Intermediate at 8.30am one day last week, a lady parked her silver Holden Commodore on the yellow lines, in the cycle lane, to drop her

son off at school. This action was dangerous, putting the safety of me, her two children and other road users at risk. Especially when she tried pulling out into the constant flow of traffic without looking. This action almost saw me squashed between her car and the car behind me which was also forced to brake to avoid a collision.

I agree that cycle lanes should be safe for children, and all users, but attitudes and actions like this put everyone at risk. This is not an isolated incident either. Every day I travel up and down Lake Rd there are people parked illegally in the cycle lanes.

If the cycle lanes do go from Lake Road, the most direct route to Devonport, then cycles will be forced into the general traffic lanes. This will cause more disruption as the cyclists won’t be travelling fast up the hills,

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and if there are two lanes in each direction, there will be no room to safely pass them.

My suggestion to fix this: improve public transport, get the people out of cars, try walking to the ferry instead of driving 2km and perhaps try cycling and enjoy the 12-minute rush hour cycle commute from Mozeley Ave to Hurstmere Road like I do.

John Ellington Editor Rob Drent replies: my point was that the cycle lanes are unsafe for kids not experienced cylists. In fact the lanes disappear at the Belmont instersection, dumping cyclists out into the traffic at the most dangerous part of the ride from Devonport to Takapuna.

Most parents would find this part of Lake Rd unsafe for their children to cycle to Takapuna Grammar and Belmont Intermediate.

Projects impacting severely on parking I have been amazed at all the projects happening all at the same time in our beautiful little town and then we top it off with a water main replacement and closure of yet more valuable parking in Fleet Street. How difficult it now is to get to the doctors and blood testing for the ill and infirm? I note that this is still closed when it was supposed to be finished before the 29th May. Totally inexcusable.

This is all on top of the Chinamans Hill pathway replacement, the Victoria Rd wall repairs, the closure of Wynyard St for changes, the wharf walkway replacement, the

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stripout of shops on the ferry wharf, the Victoria wharf strengthening and dare I mention the library again. It can only be incompetence by our council planning department for this all to be done at the same time surely.

Has anyone else mentioned how difficult it is to get to and from our supermarket? Even at 9 am it almost impossible to get parking anywhere at present.

It is almost farcical and like a bad joke having been imposed on us.

A good portion of which we don’t even need or want.

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Wheelchair access to a slippery slope Re the letter in the Flagstaff (May 16). A similar occurrence happened with the concrete pad outside my house at 53 Albert Road.

Like Mr Petterson I contacted Council as soon as I saw the markings on the berm outside my house, with the resulting 3-day, 10-day, then Auckland Transport 3-day 10day response promises, which didn’t happen.

Diggers rolled up and the very pleasant contractors, although sympathetic to the issues that I pointed out, carried on with the work. Calls to Auckland Transport were to no avail. However after the work was done a representative of the contractor called and was empathetic. The call from an Auckland Transport officer was not quite so empathetic, telling me they were not obliged to consult, that these strips were being installed at all bus stops, and that the concrete strips would make it easier for passengers waiting for the bus.

I tried to point out that passengers would still need to walk over the grass or on to the roadway to get to the concrete strip; I asked why it needed to be so long (Answer: because of the rear doors on the buses); and why they didn’t put the pole inside the concrete strip, etc. (Answer: was not on the plan). I happened to be outside when an officer from Auckland Transport drove by to inspect the work and he confirmed that the strip was necessary, and suggested branches needed to

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Saturday 14th June, 2pm Devonport Community Garden, Mt Cambria Reserve, Devonport An introduction to the art of beekeeping with Carol Downer. Workshop fee is $15. To book a place contact Charlotte: devonportcommunitygarden@gmail.com or call 021 949049.

DEVONPORT’S ANNUAL MIDWINTER SWIM

Bus strip in Albert Rd on a sloping berm be cut off the street tree in case people walked into the tree...if anyone had bothered to look at the site before the work was ordered I’m sure they would have come up with a better solution.

This particular bus stop is on a sloping berm and I can’t see how anyone in a wheelchair, or for that matter, with a stroller, is supposed to reach the footpath without moving into the roadway or rolling down the steep bank. This is a safety issue.

Other concrete strips installed along the street are on flat land, however because of the slope I have unsightly timber poles holding up the retaining wall, which will make it difficult to maintain a tidy berm. I am still waiting for the contractor to return and remove the stones left on the grass and to repair the damage to the berm caused by their trucks and equipment.

Jan Joseph

Sunday 22nd June, 1:00pm Windsor Reserve, Devonport Join in this fun, free local event to celebrate the middle of winter by defying the odds with a quick dip in the water. There will be spot prizes up for grabs, hot soup will be served and of course the event will be opened by the one and only Druid of Devonport!

All welcome. For more info, contact Michelle Millington ph: 021 027 99622

HOW TO TALK WITH YOUR TEEN ABOUT THEIR CAREER Thursday 26th June, 7:30pm Takapuna Grammar School Hall This entertaining and informative session is useful for parents and caregivers of teenagers of all ages. Presentation by Career Clinic, hosted by Takapuna Grammar School PTA. $5 entry.

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Interview

June 13 2014

Kevin Hill’s photographic memories

Flash forward… Kevin Hill got the chance to photograph Carlos Santana’s 2013 concert – 40 years after the guitarist’s 1973 Christchurch gig

Kevin Hill has been mad on photography since getting his first camera at the age of 14. His pictures of Christchurch and its music scene in the 1970s have become an important historical record of the era. He is exhibiting more recent photos of Devonport In Your Neighbourhood at the Depot this month. He spoke to Rob Drent.

A photo taken by Kevin Hill 40 years ago rebounded to provide a gift he could barely have dreamed of.

In Christchurch during the 70s, Hill took thousands of images of local bands and international performers such as John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, BB King, Blood, Sweet and

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Tears, Muddy Waters, and Carlos Santana, one of the world’s greatest guitarists.

Forty years later Hill was contacted by Santana’s staff to see if he had other photos of the 1973 Christchurch Town Hall concert that Santana regarded as one of the best he had ever played.

Hill did and readily sent them over. Santana was so grateful he met with Hill and wife Lesley for half an hour and gave him a photographic pass for the night of his Auckland show 18 months ago.

So in an incredible flashback Kevin Hill was backstage and out the front, taking photos of a concert mirroring the one he had photographed four decades before, when Hill was 23 and Santana 25.

Growing up in New Brighton, Hill got his first camera as a 14-year-old, but it was at around the age of 17 when he first saw an “image appear in a dish in a darkroom that I became completely hooked, I was mesmerised by this.” He began taking photographs in earnest, printing them in a kitchen darkroom.

He photographed the central city and New Brighton, “which for a time had the only shopping centre that opened on a Saturday,” extensively. Much of the suburb was destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake. Hill says: “It is a tragic area now, the suburb has dropped a metre and a vast chunk of it is now uninhabitable and beautiful homes are empty – I went back to take pictures of the area recently and there wasn’t a dog, a car, a person anywhere; street after street of emptiness.”

Hill’s mid-1970s photos of Christchurch streets, shops and houses – and even Sunnyside, a gothic building that housed a mental hospital – were seemingly everyday shots at

the time, but now form an important historical tapestry. Around 400 of these pictures are now in Christchurch Library’s historical archive.

But it is arguably his record of the Christchurch music scene from 1968 to 1982 that forms Hill’s most interesting cultural legacy.

A drummer, who played in bands himself and passionate about music, Hill began taking photos of Christchurch bands in the late 1960s.

He photographed at hotels, taverns, motor inns, dance halls, night clubs, festivals and even schools. But it went a lot further than just turning up to gigs to take a few shots. Hill became well known in the scene and a personal friend to many muscians. He helped them out with publicity photos, tour promotion and was often there with his camera at band parties.

Consequently his photos were used on album covers, posters and, as time has gone on, are now appearing in books.

Hill’s “day job” was in electrical engineering and the band photography remained an unpaid hobby, something Hill has no regrets about.

“Music is my medicine and it was fantastic to be able to combine it with photography,” he says.

Hill was contacted about photos from a band member a couple of years ago and they were put on Faceboook and “went beserk”. So Hill decided to put a selection up online on flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/ christchurchrockbands) There are now about 1,400 photos from the era and these have so far been viewed by more than 500,000 people.

Equally fascinating is the inclusion of photos of gig posters and advertisements in newspapers and pubs where bands played. Many of the venues have been destroyed in the Christchurch

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Band scene… Kevin Hill standing back right with band Inspiration at the Heathcote Tavern 1973 earthquakes.

The photos can be viewed and downloaded for free. “I view it as an historical document… it’s a slice of the musical scene of a city over a decade…one of the great things is that it has allowed people from that era, who may have lost touch with each other, to link up again, which has just been great.”

“People have said it’s fantastic to have the photos as the venues have gone with the earthquake, but we still have our memories. One band member said it proved he did have hair and did rock.”

Hill also took many pictures in the 1970s of the Christchurch fashion industry, getting jobs through modelling agencies. It’s a body of work that is now gaining increasing interest from historians as an important record of fashion design in a city over a decade.

Hill moved from Christchurch to Devonport in the mid-1980s. A change of city and he gave up taking band photos.

“The scene was changing and venues were closing…in Christchurch during the 1970s every pub had a band, it was a big dynamic scene, it was fascinating to be involved in – it changed with the emergence of smaller bars.”

After a stint in electrical engineering in Auckland, Hill took the plunge to become a professional photographer, buying into a studio in the central city. His hobby had become his job.

He did the full range of commericial work, weddings and the like but his speciality was portraits. He took photos of politicians, actors and actresses and even Princess Anne.

Leaving the photography business behind, Hill decided to work locally, becoming a real estate agent for Barfoot and Thompson in 1993 and then setting up the Harcourts office in 2003, where he still works as manager. Since 1987 he has taken photos of Devonport, which now number more than 5,000.

Kevin’s daughter Mischa is also a keen photographer.

The photographic bug gathered momemtum after the Christchurch earthquakes struck and the fragility of everyday life and a city’s strucutres and objects hit home.

Increasingly Hill began taking more and more shots of Devonport: landscapes, buildings, streets. Often these were everyday objects that

Kevin Hill photographer, mid-1970s

we take for granted, but transformed through a photographer’s eye and the right light. Events and news are regularly recorded by the media and stored. But as shown by Christchurch the infrastructure of a city can be wiped out in an instant without necessarily having a photographic history.

“They are photos of the fabric of Devonport that people often see but by recording them I am creating visual memories,” Hill says.

The “Vauxhall Shops Late Night Friday” image illustrates his point. An historic legacy sign of an era where Friday night shopping was the norm, it was stolen about a year ago, with Hill’s photograph now a record of its existence.

“Take photographs of unnoticable things and

they will be noticeable sometime in the future,” is one of Hill’s photographic mantras.

He describes photography as a solitary type of hobby - just you and the camera. “I like to get close or else I don’t take a picture. I’m not the type of person who sits miles away with a telescopic lense,” he says.

Over the last year Hill further pursued his photographic interest by setting up the Devonport Photographic Club, “It’s a nice set of people who can learn off each other.”

• In Your Neighbourhood, photography by Kevin Hill is part of Turangawaewae – Sense of Place, an exhibition running at the Depot, Clarence St, Devonport from June 14 to July 3.

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Faces and places of Devonport

Artist at work… Lia Kent Mackillop making last-minute changes on her Devonport photo essay.

In the background is her photo of artist Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett.

Devonport is at the heart of Tu-rangawaewae, a photo essay by Lia Kent Mackillop that celebrates the suburb as “a place to stand.” It includes portraits of 18 local personalities who call Devonport their home and scenes of the local landscape that surrounds them.

Mackillop, the media and promotions coordinator at the Deport Artspace, studied photography, with a focus on landscapes, at Elam School of Fine Arts. Photographing people for Tu-rangawaewae was a new experience.

“I was not just an observer any more. Some of the people I got to know through photographing them. They talked to me and told me stories. It was more like spending time and a camera just happened to be involved,” she says.

Landscapes are also a big part of the book.

“Everyone chose a place that was meaningful to them, not me. It turns out that Mt Victoria is pretty central to many of us,” she says.

Portraits of local Kaumatua John Retimana, and musician Rikki Morris are taken on the mountain.

Emily Giles and her father Roger are photographed inside Mt Vic, at the Bunker, the home of the Devonport Folk Club. “I took their photo while those two were catching up on family-related things,” Mackillop says.

The book also includes portraits of local historians Helen and Rod Cornelius, who welcomed Mackillop into their home and

fed her scones; Devonport’s first community constable Peter Norwood; Victoria Brown, who runs a small local retirement home and dementia unit; and Gifford Jackson, an industrial designer who celebrated his 93rd birthday this year.

There is also Mackillop’s music celebrity brother Finn Andrews, the singer in The Veils. “He was here over the summer and I photographed him. But I also included a photo I took of him when I was 17 and was shooting my first ever roll of film,” she says.

Mackillop now lives in Arch Hill, but grew up in Devonport. “It is the place where I learned to ride a bike, went to school and made lots of friends. It is where my roots are and where my family still lives,” she says.

Tu-rangawaewae was produced with the help of a Creative Communities grant. One hundred copies will be for sale for $40 each.

“If we sell them all, the money will fund another edition. There are so many interesting people in Devonport that we could produce another book no sweat, and then another one,” says Depot creative director Linda Blincko.

Mackillop’s book is part of a larger exhibition at the Depot that runs from June 14 until July 3, which also features photographs by Kevin Hill, printed images of Mackillop’s book and an oral history “Story Booth” run

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Cycle lanes need to be part of Lake Rd upgrade package Your editorial comments on the Lake Rd cycle lane suggest it was ‘foisted’ on the suburb by a special bargain offer from ‘the Government’, and without public consultation or engagement with the community board at the time.

This overlooks the fact that road subsidies benefit a range of road users. The Lake Rd projects, which created the cycle lanes, also improved traffic flow and safety for motorists by creating flush medians allowing vehicles to stop clear of the traffic lanes to turn into driveways and side streets.

The council and the community Board undertook lengthy public consultation involving letter drops and newsletters. There was debate within the board at the time; it was not a powerless party in the manner you suggest.

I’m glad you accept that cyclists use the lanes, ‘but not in the numbers I would have expected’. The Lake Rd cycle lane is the most popular cycle route on the North Shore, in part because it connects to the Devonport ferry.

Auckland Transport’s 2013 cycling survey of 1,000 Aucklanders found that almost 60% of residents would like to cycle more, but want safer infrastructure. This means fully connected lanes which take them from A to B, or protected lanes, with some form of physical barrier between the bike and the active traffic lane.

The Lake Rd cycle lane is popular because it is accessible and links directly to where people wish to travel. The editorial suggests it could ‘go’ or be ‘moved elsewhere off Lake Rd. I’m not sure where it could go or be moved to, as there is no alternative that is as accessible and direct as Lake Rd. You also refer to the Green Party’s view of the Lake Rd cycle lane. I’ve contacted the Party’s Transport Spokesperson, JulieAnne Genter, who advises that, “Our priority would be reallocating the transport budget to walking, cycling, public transport, and road safety and maintenance, in addition we would look at policies and programmes to increase cycling mode share as that is the best way to improve safety and get a wide variety of benefits. Protected on-road cycle lanes on roads like Lake Rd would certainly be a big priority!”

I agree with the Green Party and your comments that we need to more mass transit to deal with the congestion affecting residents of Devonport and the wider Auckland region. Cycling is a low cost and efficient way to boost mass transit, because it allows more people to reach the fixed networks used by buses and ferries on the North Shore. Protected cycle lanes will help more people to use the cycle lanes.

Work is programmed into the future to widen Lake Rd – this will be extremely

expensive, but would need to provide express bus lanes to more regular ferries and protected, fully connected cycle lanes.

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COMING UP

Tūrangawaewae Sense of Place 14 June – 3 July

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Children’s market a fundraiser for sick kids

Volunteers step up as shopping chauffeurs

Youngsters from primary school age to teenagers can be business people for a day at the Kids for Kids Market at the Devonport Community House (DCH) this month.

DCH manager Rebecca McMillan said: “They can sell pre-loved toys, books or clothes but are also welcome to be entrepreneurial and sell crafts or food. We hope there will be busking too.” Children have to book a table at the cost of $5. “It’s a pure donation to KidsCan,” McMillan says.

The market will be held on June 29 from 2-4pm. To register, contact McMillan at 445-3060 or devonportcomhouse@xtra.co.nz

Ten volunteers have been rostered to drive a van to transport Belmont senior citizens to shop at New World once a week, following a story in the Flagstaff.

Previously a sole driver managed the trip but when he retired Devonport Community House, who organsised the van, felt the load would be better spread around a group of people.

Community house manager Rebecca McMillan said that the volunteers are very enthusiastic. “They have taken the seniors home via a detour up to North Head on nice days and one of them is planning to take them out for coffee too,” she says.

Lia Kent Mackillop has put together a publication featuring photos focused on significant members of and places in the Devonport community along with interviews. A selected series will be exhibited with the publication.

Small Dog Gallery: KEVIN HILL IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

Kevin Hill recognises the importance of preserving the visual memories of his community. When he saw that the face of Devonport was changing he went out and, over the last few years, captured images of Devonport representing its past and present.

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Elderly lady in hot pursuit of errant cyclist Some residents of Devonport may have wondered recently why a small car driven by an elderly lady was pursuing and hooting at a cyclist, trying to get him to stop, all the way along King Edward Pde, Cheltenham Rd, Oxford Tce, Tainui St and into Vauxhall Rd. What happened was the following.

Driving gingerly up Mays Street on a beautiful sunny morning, squeezing carefully between the cars parked on either side, I had almost reached the top when a cyclist, sprinting as though he was in the Tour de France, appeared round the bend in front of me. I moved as far to the left as I could, but he swept past clipping my wing mirror and showering me with shards of fine mirror glass. It was frightening.

Assuming that the helmetless cyclist would stop, I looked behind me to see him sprinting on down Mays St. I turned, and the pursuit started.

When he finally stopped in Vauxhall Road, I asked him why he had kept riding when I was clearly hooting at him; he replied that I should have overtaken him to make him stop.

Really? Why? After any incident of this kind it is necessary to get the details for the insurance claim. He has since admitted to my husband and me that: 1. He was travelling fast, round a downhill bend, in the middle of the road.

2. He did not attempt to slow down.

3. He saw me pulling left as far as I could.

4. He misjudged the available space.

Despite all this, he denies any culpability and declines to offer any assistance with the cost of the wing mirror that he smashed. I find this illogical, to say the least.

I am left footing the bill of $300 excess on my insurance claim (a total of more than $800‚ as wing mirrors are not cheap).

This incident has shocked me; first, because of the disrespectful way I was treated. Cyclists and motorists need to share the road, be courteous to one another, and take equal responsibility. Secondly, because at least two of our laws were broken (riding without a helmet, failing to stop after an accident), and yet this man is free to continue riding recklessly through our busy, crowded streets, flouting the law as he goes.

Maria Jinks

Cruise ship tourists should be encouraged onto ferry not buses Recent letter writers raise some interesting points re the Devonport wharf redevelopment and the proposed bus shelter. Why is such a large bus shelter planned? This is landscape vandalism. My concern is that the reason for the long bus shelter is to accommodate cruise ship tourist buses, since cruise ships are now offering a day trip that includes Devonport.

We can encourage cruise ship passengers to come to Devonport by having an information kiosk at the cruise ship wharf, and by having an attractive wharf building with huge windows so that people can watch the tugs manoeuvre ships almost within touching distance, and with story boards and historical photos, and information on walks around Devonport. Art gallery space instead of the current jumble of retail and fast food outlets. And, as Rob Drent (Flagstaff Editor) has pointed out, the current wharf building is poorly built and we are missing a golden opportunity to create something wonderful.

Auckland central has nothing to offer cruise

ship passengers – no wonder they get on buses and get out of town. Devonport is just a ferry ride away from the cruise ships; what an opportunity we are overlooking! Even in Dunedin when a cruise ship is in port, they get out the bunting and have special artisan markets.

Passengers are not told that they can simply walk from their cruise ship to the ferry terminal and hop on a ferry to Devonport all by themselves without paying for a package deal. That the package deal includes bussing from the wharf right next to the city ferry terminal and then down the Devonport peninsula shows that what is in the best interests of the local community (and the cruise ship passengers) is thrown out the window when it comes to making a buck. Because when the package is sold, the agents get to clip the ticket, and if tourists hopped on the ferry by themselves, the agents would miss out.

As a result, the Devonport community will have to put up with a row of huge buses regu-

Wall works impacting heavily on businesses The Auckland Transport project to strengthen the retaining wall on Victoria Road closing the entry to Calliope Road for two to three weeks is having a big impact on business.

The closure of the entry to Calliope Road has severely impacted on the sales of Calliope Road Cafe and the dairy next door. The cafe had the worst sales last week since it was opened approximately three years ago. The downturn continued this week. Daily sales some days are down 40-50%. The dairy is sometimes seeing only three customers in three hours. This will lead to financial ruin for both businesses by the time the roadworks are finished in July. There is no guarantee that the customers who have stopped visiting the cafe or dairy due to these roadworks will return after the roadwork is completed in approximately two months time. If they do return it will take some time to build up sales again.

Our customers sympathise with us for the difficult situation we are in. Many locals are also complaining to us about the inconvenience.

I think it is bad planning for Auckland Transport to close the entry to Calliope Rd for so long.

Especially when it is a very busy road and the intersection between Calliope Road and Victoria Road is chaotic enough without any roadwork.

To minimise economic impact and inconvenience, I think firstly Auckland Transport need to work faster and get the work done more quickly.

Many times when I drive or walk past the work site, hardly anyone is working. Not to mention, no one is working there on the weekends. Yet still the road remains closed.

Secondly, I think they need better signage of a detour towards Calliope Road. I have trouble following their current signage and I am a local.

Thirdly, why were both the cafe and dairy not notified of the road closure in the first place? We would have discussed with them some of our thoughts and requirements to minimise impact to our businesses. Now it is too late. The damage is done.

Jian Yin

larly parked in their picturesque streets for a few hours on many days over summer or have a huge ugly commercial bus shelter foisted on us to accommodate the needs of packagedeal agents. While Auckland Transport (AT) is finding new ways to punish commuters for using their cars, are they quite OK with this completely unnecessary use of huge buses?

The proposed shelter will look bad enough, but imagine a row of large tourist buses parked there for a few hours every day and that could be the reality of what is coming.

Cruise ship tourists should be encouraged to take the ferry, but I would say this far more pleasant, cost effective and less polluting option is not made known to them. The tourist buses do not need to come to Devonport at all.

If it is not for tourist buses, then what is the real purpose of this proposed huge bus shelter because I haven’t heard about any changes to the current Devonport bus service?

Janine Leighton

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Alan Michie Ph 445 3013 • 0274 957 505

Dean 027-4463144 or Morag 021790998

Licenced Builder

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Building projects, decks, repairs bathrooms or renovations

TRANSMISSIONS TRANSMISSION RECONDITIONERS

• Automatic and manual Recondition and Service specialists • Free pickup and delivery

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Contact the Flagstaff for our rates and dates.

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• Restoration work • Entranceways • Feature windows • Complete in-home service Ph 09 426 3364 / Mob 0274 864 534 Email chevleadlights@xtra.co.nz Web www.chevalierleadlights.co.nz

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Please call Kim 027 230 5041

Sam the Floor Sander Floor sanding Polyurethane Water base Chemical base Stain

for FREE Quote Call 021 672 641

- NEW ROOFS - RE ROOFS - LEAK REPAIRS - FLASHINGS - MAINTENANCE

FREE QUOTES PH ADAM 021 927 663 www.relayroofing.co.nz

Trades & Services

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DEVONPORT GLASS

7 Day Prompt Service LOCAL & RELIABLE All sizes available 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5 and 9 metre bins Ph 486 3885 www.discountbins.co.nz Lawn Mowing Gardening, Trees, Hedges Rubbish removal Waterblasting Housewashing

Sure Services LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Ph Stu 446 1258 or 021 175 8660

Firewood & Mulch Free Delivery Dry Firewood $100 per m3 Mulch $30 per m3 or $150 for 6m3

Phone Stu 446 1258

021 175 8660

For all your glazing requirements Competitive Rates and Free Quotes Double Glazing New Glazing & Re-Glazing Re-Putties Mirrors Insurance repairs Pet doors – supply and fit

PH 445 1974

Mobile Showroom devonportglass@xtra.co.nz

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SPECIALISING IN VILLA/BUNGALOW Barnett Bros.

RESTORATION, RENOVATION & ALTERATIONS SPECIALISING IN VILLA/BUNGALOW Qualified RENOVATION builder and & craftsman RESTORATION, ALTERATIONS

Carpenter available now Qualified builder and craftsman for door/window/sash/cord/sill Carpenter available now replacements for door/window/sash/cord/sill All joinery repairs replacements All carpentry and associated All joineryservices repairs building All carpentry and associated Home inspections building services Bathrooms Home inspections All work guaranteed Bathrooms

Scott 021 188 7189 AllBarnett work guaranteed s.barnett.builder@gmail.com Licensed building practitioner Scott Barnett 021 188 7189

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Phone Paul: 445 3154 027 493 8592 zipzap@ihug.co.nz

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Phone Terry 445 7808 or 027 694 3933

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Qualified builder and craftsman Carpenter available now for door/window/sash/cord/sil replacements All joinery repairs YOUR LOCAL DEALER All carpentry and associ ated YOU CAN TRUST building services Home inspections Bathrooms Relatives coming to visit? Reduce the Superior eco-friendly residential cleaning Conscientious, reliable and locally owned call or text 021 0202 6811 www.zestcleaning.co.nz FREE FRidgE clEan when you sign up for a regular service.

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MAGGIE BARRY ONZM YOUR LOCAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND STRONG VOICE FOR NORTH SHORE

Party Vote National on September 20th ACHIEVEMENTS FOR NORTH SHORE • Health: New renal unit, new surgical centre and new purpose-built mental health facility • Heritage: Advocated for preserving the heritage character on the Shore to Government Ministers • Education: Worked in support of local schools seeking significant extra funding A STRONGER ECONOMY • 3% annual economic growth • 53,000 more jobs in the last year • Responsibly managing the Government’s finances, keeping pressure off interest rates BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES • More homes to be built under accords with councils, covering 39,000 homes over 3 years in Auckland • $359 million to better support teachers and principals to raise achievement • 40,000 more elective surgeries a year, 1,000 more doctors, and over 2,000 more nurses • Crime is at a 33 year low. Since June 2011, the total crime rate has fallen 13%

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Classifieds

The Devonport Flagstaff Page 32 ACCOMMODATION Cheltenham - stunning luxury.

Fully furnished apartment.

Steps to the beach. Short term/ long term. Phone 445 1118, 022 105 0712 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.

Ph: 445 7895 Relatives visiting? Spacious garden studio with en-suite and kitchenette; minutes to Narrow Neck beach. Reasonable rates.

Ph Pauline 445 6471.

Stunning Cheltenham Beach Cottage, metres from the beach.

Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Beautifully refurbished, one bedroom, self-contained cottage with a private garden. Phone Rebekah 027 694 3933 or email devonportbeks@gmail.com REST HOMES Ascot House Retirement Home, quality care with dignity in a friendly, family atmosphere.

Ph Shona, 445 2518.

SERVICES OFFERED AAA Window Cleaning, Free Quote ph David 021 368371 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.

Bookkeeping Service for small/medium local companies. Let me help with your GST, PAYE and all monthly accounts. I can set you up with online accounting and work in my office or your home/office.

Phone Janet on 486 1222 or 021 661138 to discuss your needs.

Bookkeeping services offered. Experienced with Xero and MYOB, all IRD returns.

Contact Sue on 445 6802.

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

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

Devonport Window Repairs.

Sash and casement windows, wooden doors. Rotten sills and window components repaired or replaced. General carpentry.

For your local window specialist. Phone Hubert Strang 446 6174 or 021 274 4191.

Diggadrain. Drain unblockers and drainage experts.

CCTV drain locating. Repairs.

New drains. 0800 your drain.

Dog Grooming in Hauraki Corner. www.thedoggroomer. co.nz Louise 486 2321 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 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 Groove Kitchens, new kitchens, stove tops, German hardware, Garth Waring ph 021 397 863 or 476 7666.

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

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

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.

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 Web Design service. Design, hosting and maintenance available. Special rates for the Devonport Community.

Contact Vanessa: vanessa@ studiowebsolutions.co.nz

SERVICES OFFERED 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

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TUITION Astrology Charts w. Xanthe Katsouras@ The Devonport Health Store, Victoria Rd, every Thursday 1-3pm.

Chess tuition and club National Chess Centre, Devonport St Paul’s. See www.nationalchesscentre.co.nz Classical and acoustic guitar, music theory. Fun, comprehensive, tailored to you! Devonport based.

Michelle Birch, BMus (Hons) michellebirch@zoho.com, www.michellebrich.com Text 021 1275184 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 Gardening Tuition at ‘Natives & Roses’ $30hr. Individual lessons in technique, planting design, selection and shopping. Your garden or mine. Ph Gillian 488 7059

SITUATIONS VACANT Handyperson @ reasonable rate, various inside/outside maintenance. Calliope Rd. Suit retiree carpenter/painter. Call 0221650828.

Part-time Accounts person required by Devonport based business. Xero experience desirable. Might suit person with school age children. Please email Steve@aoteaonline.co.nz

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 .

Maths at Hauraki. $30hr.

All ages up to Year 11, NCEA 1. Friendly, individual tutorials. Ph Gillian Steele BCom CA(retired) 488 7059 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.

TUITION 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.

Singing tuition. All ages. I will show you how to be better. Pat Urlich 022 314 3001.

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

Bayswater Community Committee Inc. Biennial General Meeting Wednesday 25 June 2014, 7.30-9.30 pm Sir Peter Blake Memorial Hall, Bayswater School Access from Bayswater Ave and Roberts Ave.

Do you live or work in Bayswater? You are invited to this meeting to elect your community committee for the next two years.

Take a fresh look at the issues that affect our community. All welcome.

Meeting closes with light refreshments.

Email: bayswater@xtra.co.nz for more information

Real Estate

buying, selling, renting www.devonport.harcourts.co.nz licensed agent, REaa

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

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

kate@placesandgraces.com 021 358 303 STYLING & PROPS FOR REAL ESTATE, RETAIL, EVENTS & INTERIORS.

• 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

Call us or drop by the studio today

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

021 976 607 445 3064

72 Lake Road, Devonport

e: karl@cgc.co.nz www.cgc.co.nz

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

Corey Norton M 021 0220 5444 | After Hrs 550 4218 email: cnorton@orcon.net.nz

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445 1098 www.designworxnz.co.n www.designworxnz.co.nz

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Devonport’s Locksmith SPECIALIST IN PROVIDING

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John Campbell answerphone/fax 445 4390 phone 027 246 5891

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Takapuna

Grammar

School NEwS

JUNE 13, 2014

A trip to remember A small group of commerce subjects students and teachers recently travelled to parts of the Asian continent; specifically China, South Korea and Hong Kong. The first stop was Seoul, in South Korea, where the group met with their homestays from Kyung Bock High school, many of whom had stayed with the group the previous year.

They spent three days seeing the sights, sounds and important commercial sides of Seoul before traveling to Ulsan, where they would stay at the boarding house of another school. The following days went by like a blur and before they knew it, they had touched down in Beijing. Highlights of their adventures here included the Great Wall, which has been described by one of

the students as “making you aware of your own insignificance”, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.

The remaining portions of the trip went by quickly; five days in Shanghai included a full day at The Warehouse office and one of

their factories. On the final full day of the trip the group spent the day at Disneyland in order to unwind and relax, and ponder where the previous weeks had gone.

By Jake ThumaTh

Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park In late May, the Level 2 and 3 Art History classes visited Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park in Kaipara, owned by entrepreneur Alan Gibbs. It is home to more than 25 monumental sculptures, described by Mrs Linda Sew-Hoy (HOD Art) as “minimalistic sitespecific” works. It is only open to the public once a week, by appointment, and is currently booked out for the next 18 months.

The trip to the farm set out to educate the students on the role of the private collector, and to teach them about the way sculpture “communicates” with its environment. They were particularly lucky to get such warm, sunny weather in lateautumn.

A favourite sculpture amongst the students was Richard Serra’s 250m-long, Corten steel “The Tuhirangi Contour”, which is visible from Google Earth. Another was Anish Kapoor’s “dismemberment”, which the students said reminded them of their childhood dreams of living in the world of

Some students described the farm as “a Dr Seuss. They also enjoyed the collection of animals that reside at the park, such as theme park for art nerds”, and a “modern zebras, giraffes and alpacas. Feeding the day Versailles”.

By LiLy PaLmer giraffes was a highlight.

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Takapuna School NEwS

Grammar JUNE 13, 2014

Year 9 Marae visits Maori culture is a significant part of New Zealand’s identity and at Takapuna Grammar our Year 9 social studies classes got the awesome opportunity to strengthen their understanding of Maori culture when they visited the Orakei Marae at Bastion Point. In previous lessons, the students had been learning about important events like the Treaty of Waitangi and the Bastion Point Land March, which helped to mould the society we know today.

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of the first week of Term 2, each Year 9 social studies class, accompanied by members of the school’s Whanau and Te Reo Maori classes, piled onto the bus in the early hours of the morning to travel across the Harbour Bridge to Orakei Marae, at Bastion Point.

It was an action-packed day for the students once they had been welcomed on to the marae. They had the great opportunity to participate in various activities, which were taken by the elders of the Hawke family who were prominent figures in the Bastion Point Land March.

The activities were informative and strengthened the students’ understanding of Maori culture as they learnt about the

Our top public speakers

Lucy Jacobs, Gary Qian, Lily MacDonald, Lizzie Vercruyssen, Andy Song, Laura Cunningham and Hannah Patterson competed in the final of the Senior Speech Competition, held on May 26th in the school hall.

The winner was Andy Song with a speech on social artificiality. Andy’s speech was highly entertaining and was very popular with the audience of

his peers. In second place was Lily MacDonald with a powerful and moving speech on Gallipoli and in third place was Laura Cunningham, with an original and lively presentation about why we should all give up our dreams and become homeless.

A special thank you to the two judges, Deputy Principals Ms Carol Bashford and Mrs Louise Roe.

history and background of this marae, as well as seeing some of Bastion Point’s significant landmarks on a walk of the site, and learning a new haka.

Without a doubt, each student took back with them a new piece of knowledge about Maori culture and Maori people that they could use in the future.

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Moira Carew turns 100 Takapuna Grammar School has a rich history that we as students often only appreciate after we’ve left. On 21st May, two choir groups were absolutely honoured to be a part of this history.

Skat A Tak and the Sultans of Sing travelled to Lady Allum rest-home where we had the pleasure of singing to a former “Senior Mistress” of TGS, Mrs. Moira Carew, to help her celebrate her 100th birthday.

Mrs Carew was at Takapuna Grammar from 1960 to 1975, and is remembered by many of her students as being strict but absolutely lovely.

Mrs Carew was especially impressed with the boys, as she remembered a time when having a boys’ choir was difficult as very

few were interested in the arts.

One of her ex-pupils, Mrs Penny Watson, who was also a TGS HOD of Music, presented Mrs Carew with a gift; a portrait of her, a copy of which is being put up in the school’s main building.

By SaBina GiurGiu

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WHAT’S ON

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CALLING YOUNG ENTREPRENEUERS We are having a Kids 4 Kids market on Sunday 29th June, 2-4pm. A great opportunity for your children to clear out books, toys, clothes and sell them at the market, or young entrepreneurs selling crafts or other goods they have made themselves. $5 to book a table with proceeds donated to Kids Can, www.kidscan.org.nz Food stall, art and craft zone, busking by local children and more....

BIRTHDAY PARTY VENUE If you have a kid’s winter birthday coming up and don’t have the space at home, check out the Devonport Community House. Plenty of space for large, noisy parties, a full kitchen, sunny mezzanine area for parents and outside table in the courtyard on a sunny day. Great sound system and some equipment available on request. $30 per hour for party time only (free set up and clean up time). We have new art pARTies in our Children’s Art House with www.makelikeatree.co.nz art tutor Cath O’Brien. Ph 445 3068 for more information.

VOLUNTEER VAN SERVICE

Nic Russell (left) thanks Kim Pick, who received special mention for her marketing advice Local breast cancer survivor Nic Russell’s exhibiton Hope Emerges, featuring pictures of women’s breasts after mastectomy or reconstruction, was on display Devonport’s Kerr Street Artspace for a weekend.

Photographer Lara Boddington captured images of Russell and three other survivors on

film. The images celebrate their scarred, naked bodies as beautiful.

Russell said at the opening: “Covering up seemed not appropriate in this instance. With these women’s courage we wanted to show that even when facing a cancer diagnosis, a woman’s body is still a beautiful thing.”

COUNSELLING SPACE DCH has a small, warm, light-filled meeting space available for hire at community rates, tea and coffee included. The room has 2 comfortable couches, 2 armchairs, a desk and WiFi available. Perfect for small meetings, counselling sessions or as a casual work space in the village. Phone 445 3068 or email devonportcomhouse@xtra.co.nz for more information.

HOLIDAY PROGRAMME STAFF We are on the look out for some new additions to our holiday programme team for the July school holidays (starts July 7th). If you love working with kids, have heaps of initiative and enthusiasm, are a great team player, love sports and/or the arts, we’d love to hear from you. Attitude more important than experience!

Phone 445 3068 or email your CV to devonportcomhouse@xtra.co.nz

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Are you a local elderly resident that needs help getting to the supermarket? We operate a van service on Tues/Wed each week bringing elderly residents into Devonport to the supermarket, post office and bank. We have a group of wonderful volunteers helping us out and we have a few seats still available.

Phone 445 3068 for more information.

Lake Town Green playground official opening Devonport-Takapuna Local Board invites you to celebrate the official opening of Lake Town Green’s new playground.

Come along for an afternoon of fun activities and a sausage sizzle!

Where: Lake Town Green, corner of Sydney Street and Jutland Road, Hauraki.

When: Saturday 21 June 2014, 2-4pm.

We look forward to officially opening this very special playground with you.

For more information: email devonporttakapunalocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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North Shore look like championship contenders North Shore showed they could be geniune North Harbour championship contenders in 2014 when they downed previously unbeaten Massey 16-14 at Vauxhall Rd last Saturday.

Defending champions Massey had won the first round of the North Harbour championship with 10 wins on the trot. However Shore showed the grit and determination of a potential champion side beating Massey while only scoring one try to two.

There were shades of poor discipline that have cost Shore these matches in the past: centre Ben Stewart was yellow-carded with 10 minutes to play and Massey scored a converted try in the final minute to close the gap to two points. But Shore held on.

Down 7-6 at halftime, Shore just had the edge in the forwards, with fine games from captain Josh Blucher and prop Alex Woonton who scored a try under the posts in the second half.

However the difference between the sides was most marked in the halfs with Shore’s Luke Hamilton overshadowing the North Harbour incumbent Chris Smylie. One scorching break by Hamilton almost led to a try in the first half. He tackled as though his life depended on it and rallied the forwards well in the second spell.

Veteran and former Super 12 player Willie Walker controlled the match beautifully from first five, kicking well to keep the dangerous Massey side trapped deep in its own half and a well taken drop goal proved a match winner. Daniel HiltonJones was rock solid on defence at second five, snuffing out numerous Massey attacks.

Shore and Massey are guaranteed places in the play-offs. But Shore’s win will give the side a big confidence boost leading into the business end of the season. The senior firsts also posted a good win Try time… Alex Woonton scores for Shore against Massey last over Massey 44-10.

• Shore plays Glenfield at home this weekend. weekend

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Na rrow N E ck | 5/10 3 VAuxHAl l ROAD C helte n h a m u p s t airs Apart men t | Shor t N otice Auction Hello golden sands of Cheltenham Beach, the unmistakeable aroma of freshly ground coffee beans, tasty cafĂŠ food, golf course, and the best local boutique shops!

This stylish two-bedroom apartment with sea views, offers an incomparable way of life. A large living, dining and kitchen area creates a clever space for entertaining. On those warm Auckland days, push back the huge sliding windows and let the sounds of the beach and everything that is special to Devonport, in. This first floor bolthole provides privacy and security, your own carport, plus separate storage space. See it, love it, and buy it with confidence - this is special real estate reserved for the fortunate few. Early viewing recommended.

GraNT SPEEDY 0274 511 800 GrantSpeedy@premium.co.nz DEVONPORT: 445 3414 PREmium REAl ESTATE lTD liCENSED REAA 2008

kaTHrYN roBErTSoN 021 490 480 KathrynRobertson@premium.co.nz DEVONPORT: 445 3414 PREmium REAl ESTATE lTD liCENSED REAA 2008

VIEw | SAT/SuN 1 - 1.45 Pm & WED 6 - 6.30 Pm OR BY APPOiNTmENT aucTIoN | ON SiTE SuNDAY 29 JuNE 2014 AT 5 Pm uNlESS SOlD PRiOR PrEMIuM.co.NZ | 60402

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Devo n p ort | 24 Gr ov e r oAD Let M e e n te r tain Yo u !

Imagine an early morning round of golf across the road, before taking the kids to one of Auckland’s best beaches, Cheltenham, for a swim, followed by coffee and ice creams at the Milk Bar. Walk the short distance home, wash the sand off in the outdoor shower, and alfresco dine on homemade wood fire pizzas cooked in your very own outdoor pizza oven. A clever collaboration of polished concrete floors, wood and stainless steel, showcase the impressive and expansive kitchen/living space - an entertainer’s dream. There are three double bedrooms, another living room for kids and two newly renovated bathrooms. This is low-maintenance living with emphasis on lifestyle. Get ready to live the Devonport dream

GrAnt SpeeDY 0274 511 800 GrantSpeedy@premium.co.nz DevoNPorT: 445 3414 PreMIuM reAL eSTATe LTD LICeNSeD reAA 2008

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