24 July 2015 Devonport Flagstaff

July 24, 2015

Bruno the dog on a street near you… p3

Post Office set to close, other shops vacating … p5, 6

Interview: the real cost of Marine Square… p18

Libraries investigate safeguards against porn Auckland Libraries is reviewing its web filtering systems after a Flagstaff test showed porn could be found on a Google image search at Devonport Library.

The loophole extended across all of Auckland’s libraries. The Flagstaff contacted public libraries in Wellington and Christchurch, which confirmed similar problems.

Christchurch City Libraries is also moving to investigate software to stop the potential problem.

Auckland Libaries is looking at more customised web filters, which would alert a user they were about to view objectionable material, or log off the user if they tried to view the content.

North Shore ward councillor Chris Darby wants an investigation extended to all local authority controlled free Wi-Fi, including buses, trains and stations.

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Firefighters take on Aussies in stair challenge

A team of Devonport firefighters will take on Australia’s best in a stair challenge to climb 28 floors of the Crown Metropol Hotel in Melbourne on September 5. Dan Brady, Stephen McCarthy, Rob Whybrow and Grant Anderson have been training locally on steps at North Head, St Leonards Beach as well as running 7km runs with full packs. They will be fundraising outside Westpac Devonport this Sunday from 7 am to 3 pm.

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Joyriders cause havoc around Devonport… a stolen car crashed into a Sinclair St garden A taxi was the attempted getaway method for one of three 16-year-old offenders involved in a spree of Devonport car thefts and accidents.

The young males made their way across the Devonport peninsula in the early hours of last Thursday, stealing three cars and crashing into two properties. Two of the offenders were caught. One asked for a taxi in an attempt to escape police.

Policing Development Manager Kerry Kay told the Flagstaff: “A person did randomly knock on the door of a resident at Derby Street and asked the occupant to phone for a taxi. The taxi service was contacted by police and it is understood that the taxi did not attend at the address.”

The first car was stolen in Auckland and later dumped on Jutland Rd for a second stolen car, a white Mazda MPV. The Mazda was found crashed into a lamp post and a brick fence of 23 Church Street after midnight. Giovanni Coco was inside and working late.

“I could hear them arrive by the sound of the loud music and the motor. I could hear they were going pretty fast. There were several bangs. By the time I came outside, two

of the three guys had run away already and a third was just taking off,” he says.

The three were off again soon after, driving along Vauxhall Rd in another stolen car, a metallic Nissan station wagon.

North Shore Police constable Dean Harris spotted them and followed the car into the short cul-du-sac of Sinclair St. “They looked pretty suspicious, especially once they parked the car in a person’s garden and two of them ran off,” he says. Police caught the third male at the scene.

Mike Cranna and Sarah Smith moved into the villa at 14 Sinclair only weeks ago.

Cranna was still up, working late. “I just heard a crash. By the time I got outside, I saw police already had one of the guys in handcuffs. They must have been right on the car’s tail,” he says.

The Nissan had run through the front garden hedge. Says Smith: “We’re really lucky it didn’t go into our house or the car.”

Police brought in a dog to search for the escapees who ran off in separate directions, Cranna says. “One along Vauxhall and the other down to Derby Street, where he knocked on someone’s door and asked them to call him a cab,” he says.

• Car thefts seen to be becoming more prevalent in Devonport. Mary Holden had her Toyota ute stolen from Garden Tce a fortnight ago. She recalls a car acting suspicously in the street before the theft, with its occupants taking iPad photos of her car, which she believes may have been stolen to order.

• On the Beat – car theft spree sweeping Devonport (p36).

A pedestrian-crossing sign was bowled on the corner of Church St in the spree of thefts

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July 24 2015

Bruno: new dog, old tricks Another Bruno the dog is making a name for himself around Devonport streets.

As well as daytime ramblings, Bruno of Cheltenham has been spotted at the pub and even taking a date to the movies.

Until his death in 2009, Bruno the Stanley Bay Jack Russell terrier was one of Devonport’s better-known characters. He had been found on a Navy frigate, and had caught ferries to the city and buses around Devonport. In 2002, he was featured in an award-winning Flagstaff feature and he was mourned with a page of memories when he died.

This month we found Bruno of Cheltenham trotting down Wynyard St. We brought him to the Flagstaff office and called his owner, Garth Cumberland, who had a few stories to tell about the fox terrier.

Garth and Vivienne Cumberland moved to Cheltenham two years ago with Bruno. “Since then, he has once got himself onto the Waiheke Ferry after lining up with people. Fullers only noticed he was without an owner after he was on the boat,” says Garth.

One night the Cumberlands put Bruno to bed and found him there asleep in the morning.

“But we had a message on our phone from a guy with an Irish accent at the Patriot, who had called during the night. He said Bruno was at the pub. We have no idea how he got back. It’s still a mystery,” Garth says.

Bruno loves North Head, the nearby beaches and Devonport village. Cumberland regularly gets calls from people who find him around town. “They often ask whether he is the famous Bruno from years ago. They always say what a lovely dog he is and assure me that he is no trouble. Once a four-year-old bawled his eyes out when he had to give him back,” he says.

Bruno follows in the footsteps of his namesake and can escape from gardens and offices alike. “I am working and one minute he is lying at my feet, the next minute he is gone,” Cumberland says.

As well as breaking out, Bruno is practised at breaking in. Twice he broke through a bulletproof fence at Cheltenham to meet up with a female Siberian husky called Sasha. The second time he slipped out of his collar to flee his home,

Hard to keep a good dog down… Bruno, with owner Garth Cumberland burrowed under Sasha’s fence and made it into the house through a cat door. Another time, when his owners were away, he slipped out of home and again picked up Sasha, and the two dogs were later spotted outside the Victoria Theatre, on what looked like a date.

While out on walks, Bruno also likes to take himself off. “He is a very noble and honest dog but he knows I can only keep up with him when he is zigzagging and smelling things. When he is on a canter, he is quite fast,” Cumberland says.

Bruno grew up on a farm along a no-exit country road in Whitford, where he worked cattle and ran behind the quad bike for many kilometres most days. “His pest control services are exemplary. He caught rats, possums, stoats,

hedgehogs, rabbits, hares and once he even caught a pheasant,” says Cumberland.

Now eight years old, Bruno finds the maritime suburb of Devonport an ideal retirement habitat. “He is an extremely sociable dog and in that regard Devonport is very much to his liking,” says Cumberland, who with Vivienne takes Bruno out for long walks on North Head and Cheltenham Beach every morning.

“He has polished off three rats up there so far.”

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The Patriot – Raising the Bar

So we hear that it’s coming up for the Patriot’s 10th birthday?

Actually it’s going to be 11 years this September. We opened on 24 September in 2004. The British Lions came in 2005; it caught my eye in the paper the other day that they are due back in 2017. It’s crazy how time flies eh!

What do you put your longevity down to?

Well you have to give people a reason to want to come to the bar and then give them a reason to want to come back.

We have weekly events like LIVE bands every Friday and Saturday night from 9pm.

Then there is our Tuesday Quiz Night, which is very popular, curry and a pint for $20 on Thursdays and the 7.30pm prize draw on Fridays, where you can win a massive meat pack and a $50 bar tab simply by being here at 7.30pm.

How do you keep them coming back?

“We have our nice fireplace in the middle of the restaurant, so even if it’s frosty outside, it’s nice and cosy inside.”

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I’ve eaten at The Patriot many times and the food is always excellent.

What’s the secret?

Keep it simple. Keep it fresh. We don’t do frozen, everything is fresh. You can taste the difference. We make all our own curries, pies, soups and sauces – we even cut our own chips!

First-time customers come in here expecting pub grub and then their meal comes out Obviously if the All Blacks or the Warriors and they are blown away. I see it every day. are playing or if there is any sporting event Our chefs get compliments all the time and that people want to watch, we have it on our so they should. They do a great job.

BIG SCREENS. We have one in the main They take a lot of pride in what they do. bar but we also have them upstairs on the We actually launched our new winter menu veranda and in the function room, so there’s just last week. I’m happy to say it’s going plenty of room. really well.

Do you host a lot of functions?

It’s been especially cold this year.

Yes. We don’t charge to use the private Is that affecting trade? function room so it is pretty popular. I don’t Quite the opposite actually. think it is right to charge someone that’s We have our nice fireplace in the middle of bringing 50 or 100 people to the bar.

We do functions most Friday and Saturday the restaurant, so even if it’s frosty outside, nights. We do a lot of 21st birthday parties, it’s nice and cosy inside.

Give people a good time and a good experience, whether they are dining, dancing, quizzing or cheering on the All Blacks. If but we’ve had functions for all occasions People are always saying just how warm it is in here. they have a good time, they’ll come back. up there.

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July 24 2015

Devonport post office set to close After 105 years, Devonport’s post office is looking to close its doors as a stand-alone operation.

New Zealand Post has announced it is looking for a local Devonport business to run postal and banking services on its behalf as a franchise.

Most services will remain, including all postal, courier, bill payment, car registrations and over-the-counter banking. The PO Boxes will remain available as well.

However to apply for a Kiwibank loan, customers will have to go to the Takapuna branch or call a Mobile Mortgage Manager.

The “agency-type model”, where post office and over-the-counter banking services are co-located within a host business, is part of New Zealand Post’s five-year strategy to address a drastic drop in letter volume.

Postal volumes aren’t available by area. But nationwide in the last seven years volumes have dropped from about 1.2 billion to around half that. The agency strategy, launched in November 2013, says New Zealand Post will “progressively move out of direct ownership of stores.”

A New Zealand Post spokesperson said it was still in the process of looking for such a host business in Devonport. There was no deadline on the search, he said. “It’s when we can secure a local business to host the services. It’s difficult to put a time on that. Until it happens it will be business as usual,” he said.

Current staff at the Devonport post office, which has operated in the supermarket square since 1991, are likely to lose their jobs in a location change. “We will be working with (staff) to see what options are available,” he said.

While the intention is for Devonport customers to continue to have a physical location to access postal services, it is likely to be seen as a step backwards. Ironically it is a similar situation to when postal services were first opened in the town in 1863 – across the counter of Oliver Mays’ Church Street store.

Currently, New Zealand Post has host offices in 130 communities across New Zealand.

In March, a post office closed in Onerahi, just north of Whangarei, after a nine-month search

End of an era… decline in mail volumes puts paid to a separate post office in Devonport for a host business. Its services are now being run from the local pharmacy.

In the past two months. New Zealand Post has announced the substitution of seven corporate-owned stores in greater Auckland, with local businesses offering services on its behalf.

These are in: Devonport, Greenlane, Glen Eden, Auckland Airport, Dominion Road, Newton, Auckland Central and St Heliers.

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July 24 2015

That sinking feeling… Devonport for lease

Consolidating… Meemo’s in the Arcade has been incorporated into Marquez in Clarence St

Downsizing... Art of This World, a long term-tenant opposite the ferry building, has relocated to smaller premises in the Old Post Office (see page 19) ied in our buildings, their range of uses and street patterns may be put under pressure in future years, but the viability of our town centre is critical to Devonport’s heritage conservation and its survival. The two are inextricably linked.”

The BID board has undertaken a Devonport Tourism Growth Strategy and Brand Project, which will be released in August.

“We know that future growth and the viability of our town centre requires an innovative approach that makes the most of the local historic environment.

“At a time when people are increasingly looking for a leisure experience rather than simply a range of shops to visit, such an approach can help in creating a greater sense of ‘destination’ and potentially competitive advantage,” Grieve said. “These ideas are something that we will bear in mind in our future work.”

Shops are emptying on Devonport main street as the winter-trading downturn begins to bite.

Five shops on Victoria Rd are now empty due to closures, downsizing and relocations to cheaper premises. Devonport Post Shop is also set to close, creating another vacant tenancy.

While it is too early to sound the death knell for the town’s retail offerings, the only recent addition to the Devonport shopping scene is a hospice shop.

The yoghurt shop next to Westpac closed so abruptly that milk and rotting fruit can be seen still on counters and shelves a week after it shut.

While some business are performing well, many others are struggling in Devonport during one of the coldest winters to hit New Zealand.

Yet despite declining foot traffic and an increase in vacant premises, the Flagstaff understands some major landlords are continuing to push for higher rents.

While retailers are operating in challenging conditions, summer trading had been excellent, says the Devonport Business Association.

From December to March 2015, the amount spent in Devonport by customers from New Zealand was up 2.5 per cent, and the spend by international customers was up by 23.7 per cent.

However Devonport Business Improvement District (BID) manager Judy Grieve said local businesses are, like any other town centre, subject to market forces.

“The BID board does not have control over who chooses to open or close a business in

Devonport, nor how our individual businesses operate.

“We believe that there is much that can be done to strengthen Devonport’s position as a visitor destination and better meet the needs of both local residents and visitors. The challenge for us is prioritising the key brand positioning, product development and marketing activities to focus on.”

Grieve said much has changed in the retail environment in the last few years. Social, demographic and technological trends all combine to impact on retailers and town centres. “We are witnessing permanent and structural changes to the way shoppers behave, with consequences for town-centre uses, vitality and vacancy rates.

“The health of our town centre matters to us as Devonport residents. It is the heartbeat of our local community. The historic character embod-

Closed down… For The Girls

Gone to Kings Store… Viva la Vintage has shifted from 24 Victoria Rd

Sudden exit… the Yoghurt Story. Landlord Vista Linda Ltd says tenants departed with rent owing.

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July 24 2015

Violent teenager given second chance

A local teenager who knocked a boy three years his junior unconscious and broke his jaw has been given a chance to turn his life around.

Luke Daniel Bassani Theuma (17) had been charged with injuring Harrison Living (14) last October. Theuma had hit Living with a closed fist on his right jaw while Living had his back turned.

Last week, North Shore District Court Judge Pippa Sinclair granted Theuma a discharge without conviction. “You are at a crossroads in your life and it is crucial you maintain the positive momentum you have gained,” she told the court.

Judge Sinclair said Theuma, a first-time offender, had developed a new level of maturity since the incident, and had pleaded guilty early, done 40 hours of volunteer work, left school and enrolled at a military preparatory school.

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A discharge without conviction, will allow him to apply for a job in the New Zealand Armed Forces, she said.

But Sinclair added: “This was a nasty incident.

You overreacted and you reacted inappropriately.” She said Living, with two titanium plates in his jaw, had to live with consequences of the incident for the rest of his life.

Theuma had changed his initial not-guilty plea to guilty early this year. He applied for a restorative justice conference – a face-to-face meeting with the Livings (which the family granted) – and filed for a discharge without conviction.

Judge Sinclair said: “The victim’s family seems to have been heartened by your stance at the restorative justice conference. It seems to have been a cathartic experience for you and the

Libraries address porn loophole

provided by companies like Tomizone, says Darby “In addition to question of access to explicit sex material, I will check on availability to explicit violence. I recall an article online some months ago referring to filters not being able to identify and block the gruesome images of ISIS beheadings until they were posted, copied and then shared using multiple threads,” he said.

Christchurch City Council says it will close a loophole that enables porn to be viewed via its free library Wi-Fi service, after the Devonport Flagstaff recently revealed it could be accessed in Auckland libraries.

“While Christchurch City Council’s public

Wi-Fi is blocking access to inappropriate sites, it appears that the same loophole exists with public Wi-Fi, as in Auckland,” says Christchurch City Council spokesperson Jocelyn Ritchie.

“We are implementing additional content filtering to resolve this,” she says, after being contacted by the Flagstaff.

Pornographic images, including objectionable and illegal ones, can be viewed at Auckland libraries as part of a simple Google image search of the word “porn”, while using the council’s free Wi-Fi service AKL-ON. In Wellington and Christchurch public libraries the situation was currently similar to

victim’s family. They accepted your apologies,” Other mitigating factors Judge Sinclair considered were Theuma’s diagnosis of ADHD and depression, and the poor health of his parents at the time of the incident. “These are no excuses or justification but I acknowledge it as background,” she said. Judge Sinclair said Theuma had to pay Living $200 for the emotional harm caused.

Living’s father David told the Flagstaff after the decision: “Assaulting someone is never ok, no matter the reason. Luckily a broken jaw can heal but the outcome could have been much worse for both families. The police, court and restorative justice process worked as they should and allowed an outcome that we accept.”

the one in Auckland, where filters and blocks prevent users from clicking through to objectionable sites. But images can been seen on Google using its image search function.

Wellington City Council spokesperson Richard MacLean says: “We have controls in place but we don’t want to put in widespread blocks etc because the disadvantages would far outweigh the advantages.

An Auckland Council media release said the only way to prevent the Google images from coming up was to blacklist the Google search engine, alleging that “this would largely prevent access to the internet and disadvantage a huge number of our customers and contravene the New Zealand Bill of Rights.”

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July 24 2015

Local painters win National Master Painter Award Local painting firm John Bisset Ltd [JBL] has won the New Zealand Master Painters 2015 Residential Master Painter of the Year Award for its restoration project on an old Devonport homestead - Charmaine Barnett’s beautifully restored property on the corner of Kerr St and Mays St. For the same project JBL also won the award for the ‘Residential Decorative/Specialty Paint Finishes’ section of the awards.

The Master Painters Excellence Awards, sponsored by Dulux, are now in their seventh year and were presented at a black-tie dinner and gala ceremony at the St James Theatre in Wellington on 21 June 2015. JBL also received two Highly Commended Awards for ‘Residential Exterior Rework’ and for ‘Rework Interior Character’; both of these awards were for projects in Devonport.

The painters were judged on a raft of technical criteria including the degree of project difficulty, evenness of surface coatings, detail of finishing, colour phases and overlays and evidence that the painter had taken extra care when completing the project.

John Bisset said: “It was an absolute pleasure for the JBL crew to be a part of this wonderful restoration project on such a historic Devonport building. It was also a privilege for JBL to work alongside other local Devonport tradespeople on the

same project.”

The Decorative/Specialty Paint finishes involved a variety of specialist techniques using various products such as Porters Paints limewash, distemper paint, mineral paint, and crackle coat and wax applications.

‘Before & after’ photos show the extent of the work that has been undertaken on the homestead restoration project.

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July 24 2015

Massive hike in dinghy locker charges to reflect ‘market rates’ Some Devonport fishermen and kayakers received a shock in the mail when the annual bill for their dinghy locker arrived with an increase of more than double.

Dinghy lockers had been hired out at $200 per year are now costing $460 – with no reason or explanation accompanying the council bill.

The invoice came at a time when many homeowners were confronted with massive rates increases for their homes.

Expensive real estate… the dinghy Auckland Council Property Limited (ACPL) lockers on Queens Parade manages around 300 dinghy lockers in three Devonport locations: Queens Parade, Stanley with any property assets, the costs associated with managing and maintaining them has Bay and Blair Park.

One Stanley Bay dinghy locker occupant said increased.

“A price review was undertaken recently to he wouldn’t be renewing his locker.

An increase of $20, $40 or even $60 would take account of comparable facilities in comhave been okay, but a $260 hike in charges was parable locations. Out of this came the new prices, which are now more aligned with market too much, he said.

The man liked to haul his dinghy out and fish rates,” she said “ACPL appreciates the lockers are important on a nice day, but “at close to $500 that is a lot facilities for those in the local community that of fish,” he said.

Margrit de Man, Property Portfolio Manager use them and it is regrettable that an adminat ACPL, said the lockers have not incurred istrative error meant the invoices were issued price increases for a considerable time, in some without an explanatory letter,” said de Man. Auckland Council refused to release its relocations for at least 14 years.

“As a result they’ve been rented at be- view report on the lockers, citing commerical low-market rates. Across the same period, as sensitivity.

Bring back the birds to Devonport Encouraging native birds to return to Devonport will be on the agenda of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board this month.

Bring the Birds to the Bays wants locals to keep their gardens weed-free and full of native trees to enhance native bird habitats and provide food sources for native birds.

It is a project Auckland Council’s environmental team pitched to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board last week. It would cost $20,000 to $25,000 per year.

Residents would be given free native plants and weed action kits and offered free disposal of weeds like ginger, jasmine or privet.

It would be directly targeted at residents along the coastline and those abutting Devonport’s maunga, but be open to all.

Other council proposals put to the Devonport Takapuna-Local Board are: a Dotterels Next Door programme to extend predator control along Shoal Bay from Esmonde Road to Bayswater; an educational programme on how residents can reduce stormwater run-off; an initiative to create Eco-neighbourhoods; and a project to manage weed and algae at Takapuna’s Quarry Lake.

The board has a budget of $50,000 available.

The Devonport Car Column

This week, in a move possibly considered commercially inadvisable, I am going to give a plug for a product that I just think gives extraordinary benefits for a tiny cost, and with which I have no business relationship whatsoever.

Do you remember watching video cassettes on VHS? Particularly pirate ones? (Go on, I know you had a few, everybody did, it’s OK). The dismal image quality, the blurry colours? Well last week we drove to Cambridge for the North Island Secondary Schools Cycling Championships to support our 13-yr-old, Luke, and we drove down on a rainy night with 1987-VHS-quality visibility through the windscreen! Honestly, the water was ‘webbing’ and sticking, the wipers were smearing it around, light was refracting like the inside of a smoky disco. I was genuinely scared…..

Until I bought some ‘Rain-X’ from a garage, which you wipe-on/wipe-off the windscreen, and it does something magic to the surface tension and the water beads off and rolls away. You hardly need the wipers. We continued in LCD-quality High Definition!

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July 24 2015

Wunderru- ma’s wondrous Devonport corner

Three Devonport jewellers are featured in Wunderrūma, the Auckland Art Gallery exhibition of New Zealand contemporary jewellery.

Tobias Vodanovich has three works in the show, including a mobile hand-piece apparatus called Lazy-Eye Machine, inspired by cameras and binoculars.

An Agee jar filled with Mended Shell brooches is the work of Pauline Bern, who taught Vodanovich at Unitec. And the show was co-curated by long-time Devonport resident Warwick Freeman.

Vodanovich believes jewellery should move, just like the people who wear it. He likes to recycle old mechanical waste or bits and pieces he finds at the Devonport Op Shop.

A creation called Ego Machine lying on the window sill in his studio, is made of sheet metal and an old wind-up toy motor. “You wind it up and it turns but it ends up pointing back at you all the time,” he says.

Vodanovich graduated with a Bachelor in 3-Dimensional Design in 2010 and set up a studio in the corner of his mother’s barn on Kerr Street.

Bern has worked from her Niccol Ave home studio for 25 years. At Wunderrūma, she is showing work from her domestic jewellery series. “Some of it was based on the kitchen, like the pot-scrubber necklace made in 18-carat gold,” she says.

The Mended Shells are “made from cockles, pippi and tua tua shells that I found on Narrow

Wonders created in Devonport… Pauline Bern and Tobias Vodanovich Neck beach. They are either darned, have a blanket stitch or buttons sewn on them,” she says.

“It was a way for me to reflect on the time in my life when my kids were still at home, and mending things was part of what you did as a mother,” she says.

“The pieces don’t have to be made from precious materials to be of value. They are based on technical skills but then we go off,

run with it” Bern says.

Freeman and Wunderūma co-curator Karl Fritsch visited Bern and Vodanovic in their studios and chose the pieces they wanted in the exhibition. “They called it their fishing trip, and I believe they went and saw every one of the 70-plus jewellers in the show,” says Bern.

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The Flagstaff Notes

By Rob Drent

The Devonport Flagstaff Page 11

Surely a controversial Government decision is worthy of some debate?”

I don’t think Labour can really have it both ways and single out the Chinese. Some of the biggest property deals in Auckland in recent times have involved Treaty settlements. These needed to be debated fully as well.

and mould is spreading over the glass raincover.

Around town many of the footpaths are becoming dangerous and in disrepair with locals reporting falls and broken limbs. Let’s hope the council now spends some money on more basic infrastructure. It seems a tad pointless to tart up the wharf while at the same time some residents are risking life and limb by just going So the great $25 million council spend-up out for a walk. on downtown Devonport (new library, Victoria Wharf, one third of Devonport wharf and MaA big question mark hangs over what will rine Square) reaches some sort of conclusion happen to the unimproved section of the Devonwith the grand opening of Marine Square on port wharf. There is no budget as yet to finish July 26. off the whole project. Tourists will be bemused There seems to be the thought that Devonport as to why one third of the wharf looks spiffy has had its lot now and should be grateful and compared to the rest. put its collective begging bowl away.

However there is still much that council and A final message of support must go out to the Auckland Transport need to do – a lot of it basic businesses across the road from all the work, maintenance. Just a few metres up the road from primarily Number One Bistro, The Esplanade, Marine Square is the old Devonport Borough Art of This World (which has now moved), Council chambers that looks in quite a tatty state. Devonport Lingerie, Devonport Photo Lab and the Peter Raos Gallery. They suffered massive losses of trade and considerable psychological trauma during the works, which lasted for more than a year and a half.

Signs of desperation and at best inconsistency within the Labour Party.

“Forget racism - we need informed debate” ran the headline over Labour housing spokesman Phil Twyford’s piece in the NZ Herald last week, on Chinese property buyers in the Auckland market.

“Aucklanders from all walks of life have offered their views. Many have welcomed what they see as a long overdue debate. Others…have been quick to accuse me of racism because I have talked about a particular ethnic group,” he said.

Flashback to 2012 when the same Phil Twyford was very reticent about commenting at all on a government change to the law, which allowed 3.2ha of land at Narrow Neck, earmarked for parkland, to be sold off to Maori in a Treaty settlement.

Here’s what the Flagstaff said at the time: “Labour has been strangely silent on the Tamaki land issue.

The Flagstaff sent out questions (in 2012) on the subject to Labour’s Auckland issues spokesperson Phil Twyford (among others). This was his response: “Hi Rob. Apologies for not The outside hasn’t been cleaned for months replying sooner. We are not commenting.” Is this really good enough from an opposition party? Tatty… the old council building

Storm flattens tree Beer o’clock? Spotted outside the wharf two cool carry boxes on scooters. One the traditional dozen crate and on the right the more modern boutique-beer model.

Out on a limb... the storm that swept through Auckland last Saturday morning flattened this tree in Melrose Park and brought down many other branches around Devonport

Searching your friends’ and neighbours’ rates bills and property valuations is now super easy on the Auckland council websitewww.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/rates.

There are big bills for many in Devonport.

At the Flagstaff we randomly searched a few properties in one of Devonport’s most beautiful streets – Rata Rd, Cheltenham.

Some rates are in excess of $15,000 per property. Is it really fair that because you own a nice house by the beach that you should pay hugely more for council services than someone a few streets over?

I’ve always thought our rates bill was huge. The latest is $3,857.32.

Although I’m a bit of a stickler on council expenditure and cost accountability, I did a quick calculation on our rates. Two people at our house pay $37 per week to the council.

I think that is pretty good value for parks, roads and footpaths, rubbish collection and a library.

But then I’m not living on Cheltenham Beach.

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July 24 2015

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Letters

July 24 2015

Proposed dog ban at Shoal Bay ill-conceived barrier, and very few four-legged predators are game to take their chances crossing it to hunt down seabirds in preference to having their pet food served at home.

The eastern end and head of the bay is largely residential down to the foreshore. The birdlife there exists naturally on various suitable offshore banks, which are only accessible by mud walking at low tide, and otherwise wading. This is where the few species of rare birds that enjoy that particular environment to nest do so, and are consequently unlikely to be disturbed. I would suggest that few dog owners would ever wish to take their valued pets to these inhospitable places in preference to the many grassed open spaces available inland.

The extensive more populated area from the footbridge’s Bayswater end to Lansdowne Street playground is well known to me and dog presence along there is only occasional.

Flocks of visiting birds gather on the adjoining flats making a delightful spectacle and wading birds fish on the incoming tide. However I have never known any bird nesting to take place

The recent proposal that dogs are not to be allowed access around Shoal Bay is in my view ill-conceived and needs some clarification. The bay has a number of shell/sand banks. However they are not all the same in terms of accessibility by man or beast.

These areas are not to be generally confused with the popular “beaches” frequented by the dog-walking community. Dog-related dangers to the public are therefore negligible.

This leaves “dangers to wildlife”, presumably birds and fish, as the remaining concern.

Some banks are surrounded by sea mud and dense mangrove forest at low tide and this of course includes water during other tidal states.

Access to those is happily the privilege of our feathered friends, who rightly enjoy the natural security that nature provides.

The northern shore of Shoal Bay stretching east-west has the motorway as a most effective

there during the 70 years (yes 70) that I have lived alongside it.

The major longest shell/sand bank in the whole bay is from Lansdowne Street boat ramp and is frequented by windsurfers, walkers and sometimes motor vehicles when tides permit.

Some (not many) take their dogs out there.

This bank is completely covered at high tides twice a day so the probability of birds having the instincts or inclination to consider it as a suitable nesting or permanent roosting area is a no-brainer to say the least.

In conclusion the banning of dogs could well be applied to the areas on the north and eastern sides of the bay. It would make no difference to either dogs, their owners, or birds but would give bureaucrats some satisfaction and signage crews, administrators, wardens and inspectors something to do.

The Lansdowne bank should be completely exempted from the whole unnecessary proposal and just left alone to be enjoyed by all when tides permit.

Paul Barton

Where are the out-of-control dogs?

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I feel obliged to comment on Susie Londer’s letter in the June 26 edition in which she implied that there is a problem with “out-of-control” dogs in the area.

In her letter, Susie addressed the possibility of there being reduced hours that dogs are allowed on the local beaches.

Susie explained that “out-of-control” dogs create bad press, which could in turn force the issue.

I am out with my own dog on a daily

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In regards to dog behaviour, as one of the majority normal dog owners in the area, I believe that you should let dogs be dogs.

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Letters

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Many losses from amalgamation I watch with interest the latest debate over skyrocketing house prices. The North Shore is one of the areas with the largest allowance of intensified housing in the city and coincidently has also suffered from one of the largest valuation and hence rate rises. This effect was well recognised and feared by the thousands in our community objecting to council’s Unitary Plan intensification thrust. The link between planned intensification and house price rises was noted and welcomed by council in the first draft of the Unitary Plan and called capital-value uplift.

Council considered, then dropped, the idea of adding an additional tax to properties in the intensification zones because of the anticipated massive valuation rises. The effect is exacerbated by developers having to up the offer for their second and third adjacent properties that enable greater intensification.

Of concern is the politically appointed hearings panel, which is stripping away the small ‘wins’ the community gained in the submission process and seems intent on promoting raw development interests at the expense of neighbourhoods. The recent attack on heritage values is a prime example. It seems that if areas such as Devonport are protected via its heritage zoning, then they see the answer to remove the heritage zoning, and allow intensification.

In so doing Devonport will revert to being just another clone of so many Auckland centres, focused on chain stores instead of the wonderful seaside and historic village currently enjoyed by

visitors and locals.

But council has a lot more to answer for as local communities face library hour cutbacks, parks-maintenance cuts, flower-bed cuts and other losses of service to fuel the rampant ‘white elephant’ projects so often cherished by this council. Many projects seem to be without community support, a robust business plan or detailed reporting. They seem to be pouring money into mainly value-ridden projects at the expense of residents’ quality of life.

These days I ponder on the loss our community has had with council amalgamation.

Certainly most gains were mainly those planned by the former North Shore City. No wonder the rest of New Zealand are rejecting council amalgamation with Auckland as a model.

Councillors took Auckland to the brink this month when they almost rejected the budget.

They were warned that the result might be that commissioners would take over the city. I wonder if that could be any worse.

Most communities can now identify losses in their area from amalgamation and existing homeowners face ever-increasing rates to pay for less. However, it is also ironic that the young people catered for by intensification are also the losers in the home affordability race. So who is winning here? Developers (whatever their nationality), along with council, seem to be the beneficiaries of this ill-thought-out plan.

Grant Gillon Local board member

Leave the threats at home Ron I do wish Mr Dykman had not threatened physical violence against ‘authoritarians’ calling his dog a dog. On several occasions I have found dog owners to be very aggressive, abusive and have even been threatened with violence for politely asking them to clean up after a dog, respect the summer restrictions or call an aggressive, growling dog away from me. Some dog owners don’t even observe that their dog is defecating, and some have no control, yelling without effect as their dog runs at people and barks.

On its ‘dog safety’ webpage, Auckland Council strongly emphasises how very

dangerous any dog can be and tells people exactly how to behave during a dog attack and even if an unknown dog approaches.

They tell us to stand still like a tree and let the dog sniff us and not try and pat it even if it seems friendly. No citizen should have to deal with this if we don’t want to.

I know people who have suffered enough dog attacks or threatening barking and growling to actually no longer go to the beach in winter.

So please, dog owners, just give us a bit of time at the beach in winter without having to go through this.

Susan Davis

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July 24 2015

Following our story about Elly van der Zwaag breaking her arm three times after falling on Devonport’s footpaths, we asked readers to send in their experiences and comments on the state of our streets.

Sending my sympathy to Elly van der Zwaag, after reading the article in your great little paper. I am recovering from a fractured kneecap, leg in a splint now for over two weeks, on crutches, at least four weeks off work and estimated healing time of eight weeks.

I was walking the five minutes from my home to the Rose Centre at Belmont at 6.50 pm on Monday 22 June, looking forward to my lovely yoga class. There is a tiny walkway there that is very well used but which can be pitch black for the minute or two it takes to walk through. The bizarre thing was, someone had left a large black fully packed suitcase lying flat across the path! What I would not give to know who, why, what were they thinking, doing? I tripped right over it, bruising my toes, grazing my nose and landing on my knee.

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While I was looking for someone to help me move it, another woman came along and fell over it; fortunately for her she only grazed her hand and was able to move the case into the light to avoid any further accidents. I looked for a name, address, phone number but nothing, so limped home in shock.

I too love my walking, tramping, yoga and swimming, and at sixty I am quite fit and healthy and working towards a healthy active retirement; to even have the threat of having that taken away... I need not elaborate.

Looking for blame, bad lighting, the council, I should have taken a torch. I’ve already lived in Third World countries and didn’t think I was living in one now! Auckland Council advised me the land belongs to Belmont Primary School, who advise me they think it belongs to the council. The principal is away until the end of the month and will deal with it then.

In the meantime maybe all that is needed is a new lightbulb! I only hope for three things now: my knee to return to its former healthy state, a light at the walkway and a council that puts safety before beautification. Further, that little shortcut gets a lot of use after dark by Rose Centre patrons who park in my street to attend its productions.

Margo Fraser

The footpath is badly broken outside the Plunket rooms in Wairoa Rd. This is becoming dangerous, especially as there is a lot of use by prams on this path.

Also the path outside numbers 10 and 12 Derby St. There is a large piece of broken path just sitting loose Ross Parlane I was out jogging one evening (about August last year I think) and caught my foot on a very large lip in the pavement on Seacliffe Ave. I fell heavily and broke my elbow and wrist. Blacked out, I didn’t have my phone and no one came to help, so stumbled home (Narrow Neck) lying down intermittently when I felt faint.

The spot where I tripped is also very poorly lit as it is under trees. The lip remains there waiting to trip some other poor sod and the lighting remains inadequate.

I am a 52-year-old woman who has lived in Devo and surrounds for all my life, and my parents before me (my dad was in the Navy), and paid my rates and my taxes.

So it’s about time that the council fixed the footpaths I reckon.

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July 24 2015

Heritage film-maker has doors opened to the past A film camera has been added to the armoury of local heritage activist Margot McRae. Well known as a passionate proponent of heritage protection, McRae is currently working on three documentaries about private restoration projects. These include a Devonport villa, a central Auckland stone cottage and the St. James Theatre.

At all three addresses, the owners have welcomed McRae with open arms and given her and her handheld Sony camcorder unrestricted access.

In Devonport, she is filming the ongoing restoration of 33 Mays St, the 1897 Category B protected villa at the corner of Kerr St. The once dilapidated house was bought by Alexandre Germanovich two years ago and is having a major makeover, expected to take another 18 months, McRae says.

Just after Germanovich bought the villa, McRae produced a documentary on the villa’s history. She is working on the second of three planned episodes on the house.

The renovation is only a stone’s throw from McRae’s own home. This makes filming convenient and continuous, she says. “It’s so easy for me to pop in and see what they are up to.

The project manager is Russian too and he is totally open about me coming in whenever I want, which is great because the restoration is going to be such a long process,” she says.

Margot’s husband Colin McRae often steps in as her cameraman. “He’s done full documentaries before and is much more experienced than me,” she says.

The open-door filming policy makes catching special moments easy for the McRaes.

“I have been under the roof during the total restoration of the grand external chimneys, have caught a lovely story about the Welsh roof slates that are being replaced and about a pile of radios that were found one day in the shed, as well as a few old birds and rats nests,” she says.

Capturing history on film… Margot McRae has three films in progress Cityside, McRae is filming the restoration of a mid-19th-century stone cottage on Airedale Street and the 1928 St James Theatre, both owned by the Auckland Notable Properties Trust, set up by the Bielby family in 2013.

“I have been everywhere in the St James, from the basement to the projector room and was the first one in there filming after the second fire too,” she says. Principal trustee Steve Bielby has been “very welcoming and lets me film everything,” she says.

The 50-minute St. James documentary will

screen at Auckland Heritage Week in October.

“I still have a bit of filming and editing to do on the other two and am hoping to show them early next year at the Victoria Theatre, alongside the St. James one as well,” she says.

When not behind the camera, McRae is busy as the co-chair of the Victoria Theatre Trust and as a member of Devonport Heritage.

“Devonport Heritage actually pushed for 33 Mays St, the former Ford House, to be listed as a Category B heritage building only a few years ago, and we succeeded,” she says.

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Marine Square works took a huge toll While council is singing the praises of its $25 million upgrade to downtown Devonport, trading alongside a construction site for more than a year took a huge toll on nearby businesses.

Rob Drent spoke to one business that stayed and another that was forced to leave.

A festive family-fun open day is planned to mark the completion of the Devonport Marine Square and Victoria Wharf upgrade projects.

But while council and Auckland Transport (AT) have been busily emphasising the longterm benefits of the work, for businesses located across the road from the construction site it has been a living hell.

Documents obtained by the Flagstaff under the Official Information Act show a series of botch-ups and delayed works, which sparked crisis meetings and legal threats from the businesses pushed to the brink of closure.

Eventually after a legal opinion (that AT refused to release to the Flagstaff) it made a rare payout of just under $5,000 to four businesses to help with promotion to get them back on their feet.

The businesses primarily affected were Art of this World, Devonport Lingerie, The Devonport Photo Shop and the Peter Raos Gallery. But the Esplanade and Number One Bistro also struggled when works were at their height.

According to the documents, some of the worst examples of construction disturbance and hold-ups included: • The start of the project was supposed to be February 2014 but was delayed until April, which mucked up some retailers’ promotion and marketing schedules.

• A footpath upgrade that was supposed to take three weeks was still going on after nine months. Numerous delays had occurred due to hold-ups in materials, such as stone for kerbs and light poles. The dust and noise pollution went on for months.

• Light poles arrived but retailers are told they can not be installed because light bulbs are not there.

• Trenches were concreted over and redug to put in correct electrical cables.

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Battled through… Donna Gustafson at Devonport Lingerie will miss Art of this World, which was located next door After a “very difficult year” Devonport Lingerie owner Donna Gustafson is happy the extensive construction outside her front door is over.

“I’m glad it’s being completed and I’m glad they are having an opening day so people who may have got out of the habit of coming to the area can see they can come and park,”she said.

Her lingerie shop almost closed due to a downturn in patronage caused by the significant disruption. Parking was gone and few made it along a footpath that took nine months to rebuild.

Some loyal locals did keep coming though, and Gustafson is extremely grateful for their support.

“Many others are coming back as well now, which is great.”

While closure of the business was considered, it wasn’t really an option as she and husband Mark own the building.

“Even if we had closed we couldn’t have found anyone to rent the shop so we had to carry on really.”

“I’m glad it’s finished and I am looking forward to the 2015 summer period,” Gustafson said.

nesses arrived three weeks after they were promised.

• After months of disruption, a major series of works was started just prior to Christmas - the peak time of trading. The contractor stopped work after retailers complained to AT. Regular meetings began between retailers, AT and Auckland Council from August.

They quickly escalated into financial crisis meetings, as the number of people visiting the retailers declined as did their sales.

One shop reported a day on which only one customer came into its store.

In September retailers are advised they would be helped with some promotion, but following legal advice no compensation will be paid out.

By October trading was becoming particularly dire for the businesses. Devonport-Takapuna Local Board chair Mike Cohen and Auckland Councillor Chris Darby were

contacted to help, but it seems little could be done. Threats of legal action were made to council and AT over the impact of its performance on the projects.

The combined estimated lost income to the businesses is now running into tens of thousands of dollars.

The documents obtained are interesting in how Auckland Council and AT treated the retailers.

According to a letter to the Flagstaff from AT Communications Manager Wally Thomas: there were no minutes kept of the meetings between authorities and the retailers; there were no reports on Marine Square (and other projects) being reviewed as part of a move to compensation and there were no emails or letters between officers and managers to and from retailers in question.

Thomas refused to release the final compensation report to the Flagstaff citing that legal opinions are privileged information.

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Year of turmoil ends in fresh start The Marine Square construction almost destroyed Angela Lush Randle’s business but it did not quell her spirit.

The loss of money sustained during a year of poor patronage during the upgrade, combined with a proposed rent increase forced her to vacate the Art of this World gallery space she had operated on the Devonport waterfront for 16 years.

But “the year of torrid turmoil and negativity” has also sparked an exciting new project that bodes well for Lush Randle’s future.

Rather than leave Devonport she has downsized to a spot in the Old Post Office and at the same time has bought the historic Bank of New Zealand building in Kohukohu. She is renovating and turning it into a new gallery, which she hopes to open in October. She will have accommodation above the gallery and she is turning a cottage behind into a retreat where artists can work beside the tranquil surrounds of the Hokianga.

Randle had been thinking about establishing a gallery outside Auckland for years and had considered the Kohukohu building before. In the midst of all the Marine Square dramas she found it was still on the market and bought it.

“It’s been great to be able to focus on renovating the building and setting up a new gallery - something I am passionate about.”

“It’s a bit of a leap into the unknown but the local community have welcomed me with open arms.”

Happily ensconced in new premises… Angela Lush Randle (right) and Art of this World staffer Christine Tizard (left) at the Old Post Office The Hokianga is developing quite a Devonport connection, with the Depot’s Lyn Lawton and Linda Blincko setting up a gallery in Rawene.

Lush Randle doesn’t want to dwell on the impact of the Marine Square works, saying she has had to move on.

But the figures speak for themselves. The upgrade started in April 2014, and in the three months to August that year Art of This World had lost 36 per cent of its turnover. And this in the quieter winter months.

“The picture didn’t really change…it completely screwed us…in October we were days away from closing,” she says. It had a huge ripple-through effect on the gallery’s staff, suppliers and artists.

She is delighted Art of this World has been able to stay in Devonport as many customers repeatedly come back to shop year after year.

“We are getting our new space sorted at the Old Post Office and working on the Kohukohu gallery… it’s been a relief to have such positive things happening.”

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Devonport “Cute-as” One Bedroom Apartment 1/15A Kerr St - Central Village Devonport Do you dream of having your own Devonport Pad? Use it when you need it, and make money from it when you don´t. Park your (much loved?) relatives here when they come to visit. And when you don´t need it, pop it on www.airbnb, and make some pretty good money. In the last year, this little gem fetched up to $200 a night for holiday lets, or $750 a week for longer term rental.

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Warm, spacious and boasting two larger and two smaller bedrooms downstairs, this property is much bigger than it appears! Call us now it wont last!

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Devonport 9 Tudor Street Located just off the Devonport waterfront, Tudor Street is the setting for this magnificent villa and expansive garden estate. This landmark property sits proudly among the celebrated heritage buildings of the area and boasts an unprecedented 2238m² land size, as well as panoramic views from its grandstand position. As the floor-plan shows the house is currently divided into four quite separate dwellings, there is potential to utilise the flats for rental accommodation income or guest/ staff quarters. Alternatively, it could be easily reconfigured back into the original layout and become a stately family home once more. This is an extraordinary opportunity for a discerning buyer with a passion for heritage homes and the historical Devonport lifestyle. Stroll to the ferry and local boutique shops, restaurants and cafes of Devonport.

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Devonport 26 Patuone Avenue Location, Convenience and Style This enchanting and spacious Central Devonport home is perfectly suited to family life, with a formal lounge and a well-designed open plan north facing extension, flowing effortlessly out onto the private patio and garden beyond. As you would expect from a fabulously crafted Edwardian Villa, authentic and traditional features abound with polished kauri flooring and high ceilings. Warm, comfortable and modern amenity is also evident with ducted gas central heating, HRV, welldesigned storage space, and modern fittings. This lovely property is zoned for two excellent decile 10 primary schools and close to Melrose Reserve. Devonport Village, boutique shops, local restaurants and the City Ferry Service are within easy walking distance.

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WINTER WEEKEND PLAY Sundays 9.30-11am Looking for something to do on a wet Sunday morning with your preschoolers? Grab a coffee and come down to the Community House and enjoy the space and toys we have to play with.

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Chilling out in Devonport… Geoff Chapple, with dog Boom It’s been a rocky year for Devonport writer, journalist, playright, musician and new grandfather Geoff Chapple – but in a good way.

Chapple has just published Terrain, a book on the unique geology of New Zealand. It travels largely in the footsteps of Te Araroa, the walking trail across the length of New Zealand that Chapple founded and wrote a book on in 2003 recording his experience of travelling the trail.

For Terrain, Chapple walked and talked with geologists and others who know about rock.

“The geologists get the rocks to tell you where they have been and how they got there and that New Zealand is a particularly violent place due to us being on tectonic plate boundaries,” he says.

“Geologists who come from England are just amazed at the amount of uplift that has been recorded here in only a few million years and say it would take ten times as long in the UK,” Chapple says.

Turning obscure and academic geological data into a suspenseful adventure and detective story on how New Zealand came to be has not been easy, he says. “It’s been laborious to shape the geological concepts.

My wife Miriam claims I now have a Ph.D in geology. She flatters me,” he says.

Chapple says he tried to make geological

knowledge accessible and literary, without unnecessarily simplifying it. “It hovers on the edge of being indecipherable – but in a good way,” he says.

Chapple walked across Te Araroa’s Auckland section with Devonport jeweller Warwick Freeman. “He is an expert in rock and the decorative uses of Auckland’s basalt and scoria and told me all about it,” says Chapple.

His conversations with geologists and others mad about rock also shaped the book.

“It’s also a bit of a character study of people who study rocks,” he says.

When not walking across New Zealand or writing, Chapple found time to travel to France recently, where his adult daughter Irene celebrated a birthday at a 16th century former farmhouse owned by his sister-in-law.

The entire Chapple family came together in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume in Provence. “We had nine days of total family immersion, including a lot of champagne, feasting, yelling and ping-pong tournaments at the village square,” he says.

“We came from Devonport. Our son Amos came along from Russia, daughter Polly from Wellington and they brought along our first grandchild Evie, who just turned seven months,” he says.

• Chapple is launching Terrain at Devonport Library on Thursday August 6th at 7:30 pm.

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Top brass for TGS brass band TGS Brass has been crowned Youth Band of the Year at this year’s New Zealand National Brass Band Champs.

“You look and sound great. Keep working on basics like tuning and balance and you’ll be world-beaters in no time,” was how adjudicator David Chaulk summed up the band’s performance of three songs.

The band’s euphonium player Martin Greshoff also won the Christiansen Memorial Cup for best youth-grade soloist.

TGS Brass performed in the marching competition as well, with Drum Major Joe Seufatu leading the band down the streets of Rotorua.

“We were the first and only school band to ever compete for the youthgrade title and now that we have got it we intend to hold on to it,” said TGS Director of Instrumental Music Ted Dawson, who started the band four years ago and is already thinking ahead to the nationals to be held in Napier next year.

Dawson says TGS Brass was asked to compete in the national champs last year after performing at an Auckland-area event. “The New Zealand Brass Band Association told us we should go for the nationals. I am glad we did,” he says.

Ready to march... from left; Margaret Lee with the bass drum, Drum Major Joseph (Joe) Seufatu, Katherine Jacobs on trombone and Ella Johnson (percussion) holding the sign

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Rotten sills and window components repaired or replaced. General carpentry.

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

Handyman. Mature professional in Devonport, Bayswater area. Repairs, painting, those jobs you just don’t have time to do.

Free quote. References.

Ph. Brian 021 150 8898.

REST HOMES Ascot House Retirement Home, quality care with dignity in a friendly, family atmosphere. Phone Shona, 445 2518.

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

Cars wanted dead or alive.

Top dollar paid $360 to $1700 for any small car, $800 to $15,000 for vans, utes, HWD and trucks. Free retrieval 0800 3333 98.

Cleaning Maid Easy Use own cleaning products and gear.

Reliable/trustworthy/mature lady. References available Please contact Sharon - 021 405 596.

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

Diggadrain. Drain unblockers and drainage experts.

CCTV drain locating. Repairs.

New drains. 0800 your drain.

Dog grooming available.

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

Call Barbara 021 141 0331 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 Devonport upholstery. Re027 292 8167 for a free on-site cover specialist. Antiques and consultation.CEO contemporary styles. Recycling furniture for 36 years.

John Hancox, Telephone: 446-0372.

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Trainee/Apprentice Panel beater. We are currently seeking a motivated person to join our team of panel beaters and car painters in a trainee position in our Devonport panel shop. Contact Nathan Hale, Fleet St Panel beaters Ltd, Housewashing, prof. serDevonport. Phone 445 0483. vice, 10 years-plus experience, reliable and prompt.

TUITION Free quotes, also decks, driveways, paths fences, Acoustic and classical roof moss treatments etc. guitar, music theory. Fun, comprehensive, tailored to Phone Rod 021 390 800. you! Devonport-based. MiIroning: Professional, reliable, chelle Birch, BMus (Hons) fast turnaround. Call Denise or michellebirch@zoho.com, Peter 486-1614/0223-552-350. www.michellebirch.com Komatua Care Centre – We Art Classes - @ Devonport care for older people who have Community House, Clarence memory loss and behavioural St. with tutor Lucy Bucknall difficulties. Professional care B.F.A Hons (pick up brochures is given in a nurturing environ- there) Mastering Art -Thursday ment. For all enquiries - phone or Friday mornings $340 - per 4451 707.

9 weeks. New - Art for Teens Locksmith, Devonport’s Wednesday after school - $260 own Scott Richardson. per 8 weeks & Life Drawing - Wednesday evenings - $240 mob 021 976 607. per 8 weeks. Some materiTagbuster, graffiti looked als, refreshments, model fees after Devonport to Hauraki provided (currently signing Corner. Call the Tagbuster up) Tel - Lucy 446 0389.

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TUITION Experienced Biology and Science tutor available for junior Science, NCEA Levels 1-3 Biology and Science, Scholarship, and Cambridge Biology. Email: devobiotutor@gmail.com or txt /call 021 073 6768.

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.

Mathematics Tuition, Sensitive tutoring offered at all levels of the secondary school curriculum. NCEA, IB and Cambridge welcomed. 97% pass rate in 2014. NCEA 3 calculus specialist. Ph Peter Ridge BE,Dip Tchg (sec) 445 2283.

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

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    Tips for trouble-free computing          Q: Over recent weeks I have found another website has taken over from Google.co.nz as my start page  and even after having deleted it from start up in my Google Chrome settings, it still keeps opening up      instead of Google. I went into Programs and Features, deleted Start my search but it’s still there. How        can I get rid of my search?       A:  I have noticed that when spyware gets into Google Chrome it can be difficult - if not impossible - to root it out.     In your case, you have a Browser Hijacker, which you will probably find is not affecting Internet Explorer at all!       So much for the much-vaunted ‘extra security’ Google Chrome is supposed to provide. My suggestion is,      therefore, to remove Google Chrome altogether and use Internet Explorer - or Mozilla Firefox - instead. These      two programs just don’t seem to have this problem.

New Computers       Wanted: old laptops still in working       condition to refurbish and donate to the  Q: How do I prevent my children from accessing pornography on our computers?

Red Cross Refugee service.      A:  That’s a difficult question to answer simply because pornography is so pervasive on the internet - it can even If you are upgrading, I will pass on    your old computers to help refugees be readily seen in music videos (think Miley Cyrus, Nikki Minaj). Windows-based computers allow you to set     up several user profiles and you can use one of these to set up ‘Family Safety’ and have strict filters applied to     guard against inappropriate content arriving on your computer. However, there are often ways around these     things – for example, Google has a ‘Safe Search’ filter that you can turn on, which will block out even the porn   images listed in a Google search – but this can easily be turned back off again. You could purchase some     third-party software such as Net Nanny and install that on your computer, but of course, your teen can get     around any and all safety measures you put on the home computer as they probably have a phone they use      to access the internet….      At the end of the day, you are your strongest tool for preventing your child from accessing pornography. No      Why go anywhere else?!  technical blocking solution alone is enough to protect a determined teen from finding pornography online.

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Andrew North, current New Zealand and Australasian Auctioneer of the Year, who mentors Sam, calls him ‘the latest and greatest addition’ to the Harcourts Cooper & Co Auction team. Andrew is committed to being able to offer the best Auction team in the world to North Shore residents.

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Post office focus of Devonport community

The opening of the first dedicated Devonport post office by the then prime minister drew huge crowds in 1908

With the Devonport post office set for closure, the Flagstaff looks back at the history of postal services in the town The first post office in Devonport opened on 16 August 1863 in Oliver Mays’ store in Church St, where a new settlement was becoming established with merchants and churches. It was then believed that this would be the main street of the town. Mail was conveyed by rowing boat to and from Auckland weekly, and later three times per week.

The first postmaster, Oliver Mays, was also a schoolteacher, shopkeeper and local body politician.

The post office was the centre of the community. It was not only where you posted your letters but, in the early days, where you collected them. You would register your bicycle, and when telephones arrived, make your phone calls. For many years after that it was where you made your toll calls from.

The postmaster could sign all sorts of legal documents. Dogs, bicycles, bins and your new car would be registered there.

The significance of the post office in early 20th century New Zealand is illustrated by the above photograph showing a crowd gathered in Victoria Rd, on 29 August 1908 to celebrate the opening of Devonport’s new post office

by Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward. Squashed in between the Irrestible Tea Rooms and the Esplanade Hotel, it was a far less prestigious site than had been intended. It was not the stylish building designed by Edward Bartley, but a far more modest brick two-storeyed structure costing £2,159.

On the corner of Victoria Rd and King Edward Parade where the new library is now located, and where the wooden council offices then stood, there had been grand plans to build a combined post office and council chambers, including swimming baths.

The new post office was located in the then centre of the business area, by the wharf.

Although it has gone through a range of alterations during its life, it still stands intact.

Remodelled and roughcast over in 1940 and with a plastic shelter added in the 1980s to protect its users, it houses council services and formerly the Devonport Community Board for 20 years and the Devonport Borough Council for 54 years.

Some 30 years later the town had grown to the extent that the building could no longer handle the number of people using it, and a new post office was opened in November 1938. This was built in the then popular deco style, at cost of £15,000. It was placed further up the street in the now centre of the town

The first post office in Victoria Rd

and in a prominent position emphasising its importance. In 1935, the first Labour government had come to power, promising to alleviate hardship through the greater provision of state assistance to New Zealand citizens.

Post offices were a major point of contact between central government services and communities, and were to be at the forefront of this policy. In 1936, the government drew up a nationwide building programme for the construction of new post offices nationwide.

Construction began in February 1938 and took about eight months.

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Historic Protection

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Five Devonport belles in line for historic places listing

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Category status is given The Devonport postIIoffice opened in the same year as the introduction of a national to places of ‘historical or cultural social security system and in 1939 the Post heritage significance orthe value’.

Jo Office Department took over registration of young men and women under the new Hammer reviews the history conSocial Security Act. After the Second World tained in the NZ Historic War services increased rapidly, andPlaces by 1964 Trust registration reports. the Post Office was described as both a social service organisation and one of New Zealand’s largest businesses.

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Over the next 1991, the postissued office had been closed (with the 70Post years themoving land was leased out to various Office to the supermarket square) parties.

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by Bryan had been trading established in 1863,Muzeum and initially Jackson, as Jackson’s (sic). occupied a school/church in Church After Alterations at this time included theSt. addition moving to a succession of nearby premises, the facilities were transferred in 1870 to a general store in Victoria Road run by the postmaster Oliver Mays. In 1907-8, a purpose-built brick post office on the west side of Victoria Road was erected. But demand from the developing settlement continued to expand. Ten years after the new building opened, negotiations began for the purchase of more centrally located land.

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The architect contracted for the Devonport War services increased rapidly, and by 1964 post office was Norman Wade, a noted archi- the Post Office was described as both a social tect, who had previously been responsible for service organisation and one of New Zealand’s significant structures such as the Auckland largest businesses.

The building was transferred from the Electric Power Board Building in Queen Street and the 1YA Radio Station Building in Crown to New Zealand Post Ltd in 1988. By Shortland Street. Wade was also architect to 1991, the post office had been closed, and the the Auckland Harbour Board. Wade drew up property sold to private owners. The building plans for the new post office in August 1937. subsequently operated as a private museum Construction began in February 1938 and and housed items collected by Bryan Jackson, Post Devonport (Martin Jones, NZHPT, 2011) (sic). Alterations trading27 asNovember Jackson’s Muzeum tookOffice about(Former), eight months at a cost of around at this time included the addition of a single£15,000.

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A day to remember

The first of July was a day to remember.

Fellow TGS student Samantha Mottram and I were lucky enough to be part of ‘Shadow a Leader’, an AUT-sponsored event, where a high school student and an AUT Business and/or Law student shadowed a successful Auckland business person.

I was privileged to be paired with BNZ’s Director of Strategy and Business Performance, Richard Griffiths, and Sam was with Sovereign’s Chief Officer of People and Community, Sharron Botica.

Our day began with a breakfast held at the AUT Paul Reeves building. The main guest speaker was Greg Sheehan, CEO and Executive

Director of Rightway (an accounting firm).

Many other speakers also addressed us with their experiences in starting up a business, rapidly growing a business and networking or ideally ‘making friends’. After meeting our team leader, we were taken to our respective locations. My day consisted of shadowing Richard through meetings and meeting the BNZ management team - including the CEO, Anthony Healy.

However, the highlight of my day was listening to ex-PM and current Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Helen Clark, who was coincidentally speaking to the BNZ staff on the same day. The 23rd most

influential woman in the world, as claimed by Forbes, spoke of her challenges with climate change, poverty and women’s rights.

The experience of ‘Shadow a Leader’ completely changed my views on banking and the management of a large-scale company, as BNZ is modern, new and full of interesting people. The careers in banking are endless, including legal, marketing, youth development and trading. The most important and consistent piece of advice I was given throughout the day was: “Get a degree and the rest will fall into place.”

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Survivor

Yells echoed around the hall as each team fought brutally, savagely and intelligently all in the hope of securing their place in the second day of challenges, each person aiming for the title of 2015 Survivor champion.

In connection with the 40-hour famine, Survivor is a school event that runs once a year and is open to students in Years 9 and 10. It consists of a series of challenges requiring multiple skill sets, ranging from intelligence to strength to agility, and runs over two days (the first is carried out in teams, the second as individuals). The two days were jam-packed with challenges, creating a fun, exciting and memorable event.

The first day’s events ran from 2.00 p.m. 8.00 p.m. Geared up, all participants entered the hall to find it had been transformed. Teams were called out and split into Mighty red, Killer blue, Victorious green and Golden yellow (each corner led by two leaders).

The competition kicked off with each team

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preparing a banner and chant to represent their colour/team. The challengers took on many different aspects of survival including dangerous games of castles, the essential deciphering of words and the precarious skittle run.

A quick break for dinner didn’t stop the action as the atmosphere was filled with excitement, fun and the adrenaline of the true survivors. Each team played valiantly, fighting for their place on the second day, urging each other on in the hope of remaining safe from elimination. In the end, yellow and green emerged on top, their teams having scored the most points.

The students, exhausted but excited for the following day, headed home to rest up for the gruelling challenges they knew the new day would bring.

Day two started off with a fearsome powhiri challenge and the much-dreaded Weetbix challenge. This was followed up with more demanding challenges such as quizzes revolving round famous soundtracks and general knowledge, a planking challenge where each person was timed, the notorious musical chairs

Experimenting with university life Howling winds and chilling rain couldn’t stop the horde of students present at the schools’ Open Day at Massey University in early June. Students in Years 12 and 13 from all around Auckland came to experience a taste of “uni life” by checking out multiple courses on offer. There were excellent opportunities to gain an insight into the exciting, bustling campus that makes up Massey University. Passions were ignited or further fuelled, eye candy was plentiful in supply and fantastic experiences all made for an awesome day out.

An early arrival meant a hot cup of coffee was in order before gathering in a plush lecture theatre for a short introduction and then off the hordes went; the groups separating as some were packed into shuttle buses and driven to the far-off corners of the campus site.

Chemistry and food science were the two

particular courses students from Takapuna Grammar attended. First stop was the food science department. This consisted of a cluster of laboratories homed in one corner of campus. The group was split up so each person could experience the wild, wacky experiments! Our first practical consisted of dropping food colouring that had been mixed with harmless setting agents into a liquid-filled beaker. ‘Ooh’ing and ‘awe’ing could be heard as the droplets turned into bauble-like shapes; an interesting and pleasing sight.

Next it was off to test the old taste buds as each person was given three unlabelled samples (two of Coke, one of Pepsi) that we had to taste and then attempt to pick the odd one out. It was interesting to see the science behind our sense of taste while also gaining an insight into the product development aspect

and the deadly chubby bunny. At the end of this 11 people were eliminated. More eliminations after each challenge saw the number of remaining participants growing smaller and smaller. Doing as many sit-ups as possible, timed bucket holds and scrambling through magazines to find particular words, whittled the number down to four before the gruelling task of card-stacking was set, and a scavenger hunt saw two more eliminated.

And then there were two. Jack and Connor remained; their survival and trophy dependant on their last most foul challenge. A smoothie and ‘five star’ meal to be consumed, with an unusual, but harmless, combination of ingredients too unpleasant to mention. It was a battle of the stronger stomach. With the crowd screaming and cheering, Jack Blum took out the title of 2015 Survivor as he gulped down the plate’s contents.

At the end of a long night, with prizes awarded to winner, second and third, the hall was cleaned, lights switched off and happy but weary contestants left for home.

By Maryanne ThaTcher of food science. Our students did well in this experiment, getting most of the taste tests correct and being deemed ‘super-tasters’, a feat to be proud of. With this new knowledge under their belts, it was off to indulge in the cafeteria’s excellent food for a lunch break.

Hunger pangs satisfied, the group continued by heading to the chemistry block of campus to try out a basic experiment used in the department. After putting on some bulky, yet stylish, lab glasses to protect our faces, we placed liquid onto delicate chemical paper, and after boiling a substance (in an attempt to make our own version of the liquid) a drop of the solution was added to it. We then soaked the paper in chemicals and examined it under light to compare the two. The results clearly indicating that for some students, chemistry was not meant for our near futures, while others excelled.

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Becky and Olivia find their ultimate sport Becky Ireland was on the verge of giving up sports when she found Ultimate Frisbee.

Now 18 months later she and her friend Olivia Boniface have been selected to represent New Zealand in Poland at the 2016 World Junior Ultimate Championships.

Becky had tried a few sports but not clicked with any of them until she came across Ultimate. “It was almost a bit of a last resort. I had tried cycling, netball, tennis and golf but felt they all got too competitive too quickly,” she says.

Olivia and Becky both got into Ultimate Frisbee at Takapuna Grammar School (TGS), where Becky is in Year 11 and Olivia in Year 12. For Olivia it was almost by accident. “Mr Cade, our Biology teacher just told us to play one day. They were short on girls or something,” she says. This year, close to 50 TGS students play the sport.

“It is just the friendliest sport. It’s competitive, but friendly-competitive and it is self-refereed,” says Olivia.

“We play for the school, but from the start we have entered ourselves into a bunch of adult social leagues and just played as many tournaments as we could,” says Olivia.

Adds Becky: “That’s how we got a lot of game experience in proper Ultimate, played with seven-a-side on a regular-sized football field, right from the start.”

School Ultimate is played with five-a-side and on a smaller field.

Becky says the hippy sport is very easy to love. “The adult women are always happy for us to come to their training sessions. It’s a small sport in New Zealand and easy to learn.

Everyone is welcome to play,” she says.

A year from now in Wroclaw, Poland, Becky and Olivia will wear their New Zealand uniforms, but they are already planning to return in different national colours.

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Greetings to all readers. Since my last article four weeks ago, there has been an increase in car-related crime. Offending often seems to come in waves. The physical location of Devonport, being on an isthmus and only having one main road in and out, means that there’s more of a risk of apprehension for those offenders coming in from other locations. The increase in car crime tends to indicate that the offenders are either living in our area or are at least familiar with the local streets or possibly have friends or relatives in Devonport.

There have been four cars stolen over this period; two from central Devonport, one from Cheltenham and one from Bayswater. There have been two other attempted vehicle thefts, where the offenders broke into the vehicles, but were unable to get them started. Of the four vehicles stolen only two have been recovered so far. One was located in South Auckland and the other located in Bayswater. Unfortunately the other two remain outstanding at this point in time.

Break-ins to vehicles, where property is removed, continue to be a problem and again I would like to remind everyone to a) never leave anything visible in your vehicle and b) always lock your vehicle, even if you are away from it for a very short time. Vehicle break-ins have occurred at various Devonport locations including: • Stanley Point (Russell St and Shoal Bay Rd) • Central Devonport (four vehicles in the first

With community constable Jackie Strickland part of Lake Rd prior to the golf course, Allenby Ave and Albert Rd) • Cheltenham/Narrow Neck (Tainui Rd and Narrow Neck Beach) • Belmont/Bayswater (Beresford St, David St and Corrella Rd) Lastly several businesses in Devonport have had a number of thefts of property. This includes the North Shore Cricket Club that had a pitch cover stolen, which is a huge loss for a sports club that can have limited funding.

The cover is 30m x 3m so is quite significant in size and is valued at approximately $800.

It was taken sometime between the 5th and 7th of July and is a two-tone grey colour. Due to its size, the cover would not be something that someone would just quietly walk off with, and someone may well have seen it being removed and more than likely placed in a vehicle.

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I would also like to touch on a subject that is often brought up by local residents.

Many people are just not quite sure whether they should be dialling the 111 emergency number when an incident occurs. Essentially the emergency number is just that and reflects the urgency of the situation. If there is any immediate danger to life or property, or you believe a crime is about to occur or is occurring, or something you observe is highly suspicious, then dial 111.

If you have been a victim of a crime and the offenders have left and there is no immediate indication that points to their direction of travel, then call 09 477 5000 and ask for the Crime Reporting Line. An incident report is taken over the phone and assigned to an enquiry team for assessment as to lines of enquiry.

It is difficult to cover all scenarios but a couple of examples below are a guide only: 1) The rear quarter light window of your parked car has been smashed. It looks like someone had been rifling through it and the offenders have obviously left the scene. A quick check with the neighbours reveals that no one has seen or heard anything. Then phone 09 477 5000, ask for the Crime Reporting Line, and report the break-in to your vehicle.

2) You see someone rifling through your car.

Phone 111 immediately and give the call

taker all the details you possibly can of the offender - clothing description, approximate age, build, height, hair style/colour or any other distinguishing features. Take a photo with your mobile phone if you can.

Your safety is paramount so don’t get into any confrontation. If you decide to follow anyone, make sure it’s at a safe distance and stay on the phone to give updated information to Police. If you lose sight of the offender stay at the location where you last saw them so a dog unit has a start point for tracking. If the offender(s) have a vehicle, then record the registration number (or as much of it as you possibly can).

Back at the scene stay away from your vehicle until Police arrive: if they utilise a dog unit it will track away from the car with a clean start point (the more people that mill around the vehicle the harder it is for the dog to pick up the right scent).

Try to avoid (within reason) the handling of your vehicle until our forensics officers can conduct a fingerprint or other forensic examination.

For any historic enquiries or questions relating to non-urgent matters, please feel free to call me on 021 191 4291 or email me at jsy689@police.govt.nz. For lost property reports please phone 09 477 5000 and ask for the CRL line.

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Paddy Cornfield’s swansong ends on high note Devonport Chamber Orchestra’s latest concert was performed at Holy Trinity Church, Devonport on Sunday 5 July to a capacity audience.

Ashley Hopkins conducted the orchestra with great panache, and Patrick (Paddy) Cornfield performed his 12th concert with the orchestra.

This was a tour de force with two of the piano repertoire’s greatest works. One of these would have been a noteworthy accomplishment, but Cornfield never does things by halves – the Saint-Saens No 2 and Beethoven’s No 4 were followed by Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No 1 as an encore. Even the standing ovation seemed a rather paltry acknowledgement of such talent and contribution to Devonport’s musical life.

The Saint-Saens Concerto opens with a slow Bach-like introduction for solo piano. It is followed by flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, then full orchestra with soaring melodies. The string-playing was particularly fine with a strong violin and viola section supported by expressive cellos and basses.

Hopkins’ coordination of orchestra and soloist was matched by his total control over dynamics and phrasing. Cornfield was equal to the technical and interpretive demands of the concerto.

There was no interval, and almost as soon as the applause had died down Cornfield launched into Beethoven’s fourth concerto. The switch from Romantic to Classical was a little abrupt

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but the serenity of the piano opening captured the audience’s attention. Oboes, flutes and horns produced a stunning ensemble to match the brilliance of the piano and strings. A brooding cello and bass line was followed by the intensity of the violins. Perhaps Beethoven’s most introspective concerto, it was played with great sensitivity. The second movement had the strings ‘demanding’ answers from the piano and receiving quite plaintive responses. This was Beethoven in a slightly troubled mood.

The final movement brought a return to jollity - the strings were joined by trumpets and tympani and an ecstatic piano. The movement ended with a triumphal union of piano and orchestra.

The Liszt - more than 11 minutes long, was a most generous encore played with great bravura and thundering technique. It would be hard to imagine how Cornfield could possibly top this show of splendid musicality and skill.

Congratulations to all - soloist, conductor and players – who shared their talents so generously with their very appreciative audience, who would be reluctant to accept Cornfield’s announcement that this was his final concert with the orchestra.

• The next DCO concert is on Sunday 30th August at 2pm in Holy Trinity Church and will feature Miranda Adams and Robert Ashworth from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as soloists in Mozart’s magnificent Sinfonia Concertante, as well as a lovely Haydn divertimento.

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Centenarians hold the key to victory in this weekend’s grand final… (from left to right) Willie Walker, Luke Hamilton, James Hinchco and Josh Blucher Four players with more than 500 games between them for North Shore Premiers will hold the key to the side’s attempt to defend its North Harbour title against Massey this weekend.

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by Willie Walker (107 games) at first-five, Luke Hamilton (103) at halfback, Josh Blucher (113) at flanker and James Hinchco (181) hooker, has been instrumental in getting Shore to the final.

All four had brilliant games in the semifinal win over Glenfield last Saturday.

Walker and Hamilton joined the 100-club this season, while veteran Hinchco has been in barnstorming form after he returned for what surely must be his last year, and Blucher capped a fine season with selection in the North Harbour side last week.

Props Sione Mafileo and Alex Woonton also made North Harbour selection along with lock Brandon Nansen– a reflection of Shore’s dominant pack in 2015.

In his captain’s wrap-up to the team after Saturday’s win, Blucher said determination on defence would be the key to a victory in the final at North Harbour Stadium.

If North Shore wins, it will be the first time it has won back-to-back titles since 1987-88.

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Back-to-back title wins on offer

Proud win for the Pride… Sam Barton, ball in hand, made a slashing break (left) before laying on a try for Willie Walker, and James Hinchco goes over for one of his two tries (right) Evergreen James Hinchco gave his loyal North Shore following something to cheer about with a two-try haul and a complete performance around the field in his side’s 32-15 semi-final demolition of Glenfield.

There’s a touch of Richard ‘Barracuda’ Buckman (the Highlanders Super Rugby star) about Hinchco - a little bit unorthodox in his running style, but a highly effective player, who always seems to be in the right place at the right time in attack and defence.

But Hinchco was just one of a very rugged pack that dominated Glenfield from start to finish, and it was only big-hearted defence from the visitors that prevented Shore running in a cricket score in the second half.

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North Shore United continues to push for promotion North Shore United beat Mt Albert Ponsonby 4-0 at home last Saturday to continue its run in a bid to gain promotion to the Northern Premier League.

With six matches remaining until the end of the season, Shore is top of the table, and plays Waiuku away this weekend but is back at Allen Hill Stadium on August 2 against Ellerslie.

ing games in the tight and created many scoring opportunities in the first half. A number of handling errors let the side down though and it was probably slightly fortunate to go to the break 11-3 ahead, thanks largely to a Hinchco driving try.

Willie Walker also went over but a pass was ruled forward.

In the second half Glenfield barely got out its half, and when it kicked for position Shore fullback Tim Blundell and wing Sam Barton were punishing on counter-attack.

Hinchco burrowed over for a second try, Walker scored after a 40-metre break by Barton, and Daniel Hilton-Jones, who was solid on defence and attack, scored a crisp try after breaking through the tiring Glenfield defence.

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Shore were leading 32-3 deep into the second half and made a number of replacements, who didn’t play badly. But the sting went out of the Shore side with the game already in the bag and Glenfield scored two consolation tries.

Massey beat Western Pioneers in the other semi-final to set up a fascinating final – a rematch of 2014. Shore has lost its last two matches to Massey, which has an exciting side that includes New Zealand under-20 star Tevita Li. However Shore should have the edge in the forwards.

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