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The building had been classed a communityoccupiers of the building, including the volunteer-run information centre and the service building. Its status was changed to Devonport Community Coordinator, have been ‘non-service’ by the council “earlier this year, To page 2 told they need to be out by 31 May.

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but we don’t know quite when,” said DevonportTakapuna Local Board chair Grant Gillon.

The change was made without the local board being consulted and “is regarded as the first stage a building goes through in the move to disposal,” Gillon said.

The board is now beginning yet another battle to preserve the building. At its next meeting, it has a motion to engage a consultant to work up a case for it to be retained for community use.

In addition to the information centre and community coordinator, it houses a display of Devonport history by Devonport Museum. BID manager Toni van Tonder is also based there.

A major sticking point has been the huge earthquake-strengthening bill of around $1 million, which hangs over the building.

The council doesn’t want to spend the money on a building it sees as not being vital to the

community. The non-service status means it will be leased out at commercial rates or sold.

Local board members met last week with Panuku Development (the council’s property arm) about the building’s change in status.

Panuku agreed not to do anything before the end of April, to allow the board to come back with its consultant’s findings, Gillon said.

He said the lack of consultation with the board was disturbing. “We seem to be fighting a lot of battles to preserve what we’ve got.”

• The former post office/council chambers at 3 Victoria Rd was opened in 1908 as a purpose-built post office, which it stayed until 1938, when a larger one was opened further up Victoria Rd. From 1939, it was used by Devonport Borough Council and later the Devonport Community Board, until the creation of Auckland Council.

Visitor centre will fight to stay Around 17,000 people have been to the volunteer-run Devonport visitor information centre in the last 10 months.

Since the start of February, more than 4500 “walk-ins” had been to the centre, volunteer Lynn Dawson told the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board public forum earlier this month.

Dawson had presented to the board, hoping for support for what had become a well-used service for visitors over summer.

She told the Flagstaff last week, “it’s not a

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cost centre, it’s a public service.”

People from all over the world had come to the centre – from the ferry, and in cars and camper vans. Locals used the centre as well.

“Its an absolute no-brainer to have the centre. Tourism is our highest export earner and people want the centre.”

As far as changes to the building use went, the volunteers were concerned a well-used service was “being thrown out”. They were determined to fight to stay, Dawson said.

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Commercial operator gets mountain access

Moving mountains and shifting goalposts… commercial operator gets access to the summit, while (at left) a new parking limitation has annoyed locals Commercial operator Devonport Tours appears to have an access code to drive to the Devonport Pet Groomers top of Takarunga/Mt Victoria — while the general public has been banned from taking cars to the summit.

The Flagstaff spotted the Devonport Tours bus heading up the hill on Saturday and saw the driver hop out and enter the code to raise the gate. short bark and sides offers the The Maunga Authority made no mention ultimate experience for your pet. of a code for commercial operators when it Full groom, bath and blow dry, announced moves to ban cars from the upper nail trim, pup intro to grooming reaches of the mountain.

Price depends on breed, size and coat.

Another bone of contention for locals is the new 90-minute parking at the foot of the mountain car park, which also serves Please call Takarunga Play Centre and the Depot’s Kerr Barbara St Artspace building.

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Undies and out: lingerie store closing after 13 years Devonport Lingerie – the last independent underwear store on the North Shore – is closing on 30 April, after 13 years in business.

Store owner Donna Gustafson says, “I want to go out on a high while I’m still enjoying being here.”

She intends to spend more time with her ageing parents and children Thomas and Ella.

“I will miss the fantastic group of loyal customers and it’s been really nice meeting all the people,” she says “It is a shame because a lot of people will miss the shop.”

Over the years, trading has become more difficult due to the competition from large stores such Farmers, who often offer discounts, and also the rise of online shopping.

Sales have also fallen since Auckland Council banned shop signs at the end of the Queens Parade.

Selling the store is not being considered at the moment, says Gustafson.

“If someone walked in and said they wanted to buy the business, we would consider it.”

But “the numbers” suggest it was better to Moving on... Devonport Lingerie’s Donna Gustafson is shutting up close the store down, she says. shop at the end of next month Gustafson says personally she is excited The closure of Devonport Lingerie, a about having the freedom to do different on the Devonport Business Association for things, including a cheese-making course. three years and on the Business Improvement “destination store” for some customers, is another blow to the suburb’s retail offering.

At a community level, Gustafson has served District for around one year.

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New comfy cinema for The Vic A new lounge-style cinema opens at The Vic this week.

The venue’s fourth theatre will take up the existing lounge bar area, screening alternative and art-house films, mainly in the mornings and late evenings.

“The Vic Lounge” will be a flexible space that easily converts from cinema to a bar and food area, or to a live-performance space.

It will have comfortable couches as well as cinema seats, and will also be available for private movie screenings.

The move follows a bumper summer at The Vic, which had its best January ticket sales since reopening in 2010.

The Victoria Theatre Trust is also pushing ahead with its plan to finish replacing the cinema seats in the downstairs Victoria Theatre. with only 26 seats to go. The trust will apply for grants to enable it to complete the middle section of the cinema.

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“I can’t draw for toffee”

Public meeting on maunga future A public meeting will be held in Devonport to discuss the ban on cars to the summit of Takarunga/Mt Victoria.

Plans for the public meeting – at a date

yet to be set – follow a meeting last week between the Maunga Authority and a small delegation of Devonport community representatives.

Planting on mountain still the plan Native replanting is coming for Takarunga/Mt Victoria, but no budget or plans have been set.

The management plan for the mountain signals native planting and ecological restoration.

The Maunga Authority will work with the local board on projects for improved tracks, public amenity areas, native replanting and improved biodiversity.

An authority spokesperson says no timeframes have been set.

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Benjamin sculpture The sculpture planned to honour Benjamin, the Devonport library cat who died last year, is in the process of being made.

Designer Fiona Brick said she is currently working on the mould.

The sculpture would then be cast and be placed outside the library, hopefully by the end of 2018, she said.

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By Rob Drent A mate from Whangarei visited last week and I took him and his son on a walk up the now carless road to the summit of Takarunga/ Mt Victoria. The difference was marked between the congestion and fumes from cars at the foot of the mountain – trying to get up but blocked by new fencing – compared to a now uncluttered road. I met a couple of locals I didn’t know on the way down, who both commented how great the ban was. And on the summit, there were numerous people – many who appeared to be tourists – enjoying the tranquility and views.

The Devonport group seeking greater local consultation on the operation of the mountain met last week with the Maunga Authority, which has said it will hold a public meeting. For me it’s all a bit late in the day – like the meetings MP Maggie Barry held at Fort Takapuna after the deal had been done to sell land to Ngati Whatua, and at Bayswater Primary School after marina developer Simon Herbert had bought the marina land.

A Maunga Authority-locals working party for the mountain would be a good idea though.

The group pushing for more consultation on the maunga seems a little surprised at the way higher authorites come stamping down on once proudly Independent Devonport. The reality is it has been happening for years, and

is getting worse.

Take the recent “consultation” over the plans for the revamp of Windsor Reserve playground.

Council staff put a display in the library with a suggestion box alongside. Trouble is, council didn’t tell anyone it was there. Even DevonportTakapuna Local Board member Mike Cohen didn’t know the display was there. In fact, he thought the board had put aside budget for the consultation to be via the Flagstaff.

What the future holds for Maungauika/ North Head is unknown as the mountain is still under the juristiction of DoC, before transfer to the Maunga Authority. I do wonder if a grand scheme will one day be hatched for the North Head tunnels, similar in scope but not exactly the same as the one approved recently by Auckland Council for the Albert Park tunnels.

Let’s hope that before any ink gets on this drawing board that Auckland Transport has a serious look at providing enhanced public transport solutions for the Devonport peninsula.

I hope the albatross sculpture earmarked

by Auckland Council for Victoria Wharf is knocked back. What relationship do albatrosses have to Devonport? Precisely none.

Public art is to be encouraged, but at this location a work that symbolises the wharf and the part it has played in Auckland’s maritime history might be more appropriate. Again there was no wider consultation on the artwork, although “stakeholders” such as the Depot were talked to.

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Letters

The Devonport Flagstaff Page 15

Shining a light on lamp’s disappearance I h av e b ee n c onc e rne d w ith the disappearance of the lamp on King Edward Pde, celebrating peace in South Africa.

I believe it was made by an Italian, who lived in Oxford Tce and worked behind David Martin Motors in Wynyard St. Annunzio was his name, though I’m not sure if that is the correct spelling.

Would the Flagstaff be prepared to write a piece about this very special former feature in our village?

Hopefully it will return to the waterfront before too long.

Vanessa Seymour Auckland Council has been asked to respond - Editor

Funicular required I support the proposal to get rid of cars on Auckland’s maunga, including Mt Victoria, but only on condition that access to the summit for the old and frail is ensured by installing a funicular.

John Irving

Bonkers bin policy a load of rubbish Please someone explain the logic of this new imposed bin system.

No sooner has the council collected most of the blue and yellow bins, they now want us to reuse them, if you still have one, or order a new one. Where was the forward planning here and how much is this little excercise going to cost?

This will increase rubbish of all kinds because human nature in general dictates that we stuff as much in as possible to get our money’s worth. As for reducing plastic bags, most people will want to wrap their smelly waste in a bag of some description anyway, or suffer foul-smelling fluid and maggots etc

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More bins accumulated on the kerbside that the new trucks (how many, how much?) won't be able to get at because of parked cars etc, unlike the current human collectors who are blessed with legs and can negotiate objects with a bag in hand. And are these valuable people (maybe hundreds) going to be made redundant? On a positive note, I guess it will thwart cats, dogs and seagulls.

I trust that some bureaucrat will try and persuade me that it is the best policy “going forward”.

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SUMMER PRESCHOOL SundayFUN 25 March, 2pm-4pmPLAY Windsor Reserve, Devonport Waterfront Tuesdays 9:30-11:00am at Bring a picnic, your family andWindsor neighboursReserve and join us in the park to celebrate Thursdays, 9:30-11:00am atNeighbours BayswaterDay! Park There will be a preschool play zone, bouncy castle, A FREE fun time for preschoolers to play with face-painting and live music. Also coffee, ice-cream big besizzle active maketonew friends. andtoys, sausage for and sale. to Brought you by Devo BringCommunity your toddler and a coffee andForum enjoy our Youth, Devonport Youth & Devonport Peninsula Trust. beautiful parks! For more information, contact Carolyn or Maria on ph: 445 9533.

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Fun preScHool Hear fromSummer Auckland Council about the new dog play morningS and alcohol by-laws plus about changes to the Tuesdays @ Windsor Reserve & Thursdays Inorganic CollectionPark, programme, and from Cliff @ Bayswater 9:30am–11:00am Heywood of the Museum to about theirbig latest A FREE fun timeNavy for preschoolers play with toys, be All active and to make new friends. your projects. welcome and morning teaBring provided. toddler and a coffee and enjoy our9533 beautiful Contact on phone: 445 or parks! email: CaregiverMaria supervision is required and sessions are maria@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz weather dependent. For more info, call Carolyn or Maria on ph: 445 9533 or

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Plus the chance to showcase our beloved music, bbq, raffles, coffee van, icecream, baked four-legged friends inVisit a parade.

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Interview

March 23, 2018

Ferry regular’s voyage from maths to monographs At 85, local identity Garry Tee is professor emeritus with the Department of Mathematics at the University of Auckland. He tells Geoff Chapple about his beginnings as a young maths whizz, rubbing shoulders with some of the greats in computing and his second-string interest in scientific history.

For the last 50 years, Garry Tee has always known exactly how long it takes him to get from his Domain St apartment to the Fullers cross-harbour ferry.

In 1968, when he first took up residence in Devonport, the journey took 11 minutes.

“No – wait.” Tee holds up a hand while he corrects his own estimate. “That was 11 minutes walking in 1968, but there were a number of cats along the route, so that I found it necessary to allow 13 minutes, because any one of those cats was likely to come out and order me to stroke it before proceeding further.”

As the years have passed, age and, more recently, arthritic feet have slowed his walking time to 40 minutes. But Tee’s times remain subject to the same scrupulous calculation he applies to everything.

He’s never late for the ferry, but that’s not to say he has never missed it. Occasionally the man in the distinctive plaid flat cap is left stranded on the wharf by a departing ferry and can be seen rechecking his watch, stamping his foot, and murmuring – “Drat!” Anyone who’s witnessed this scene knows also that Tee is not chastising himself for being fractionally late, but that the ferry skipper should take the rap for casting off fractionally early.

Garry Tee came barefoot out of the 1930s Great Depression and the South Island railways camps of that era, his father an engineer, and the son showing a precocious mathematical talent, even as an eight-year-old. He leapfrogged primary classes two years at a time, then, aged 11, and with the elite Auckland schools open to him, chose instead Seddon Memorial Technical College. He skipped School Certificate and University Entrance, and went straight to the New Zealand University Junior Scholarship exams.

The results came out in 1948 when the Tee family was holidaying near Russell. Tee picked up a New Zealand Herald at the local shop. Front page was a story quoting an ecstatic Seddon Tech headmaster whose pupil had just beaten out the best that King’s College or Mt Albert Grammar could offer – a boy both younger, and some 48 points ahead of the second place-getter in the Junior Scholarship.

“I looked at that front page,” says Tee now, “cried out ‘Heavens, I’m tops’, and collapsed onto the floor.”

He completed a first-class honours degree in mathematics, then left for north-west Australia.

There he crouched in a Quonset hut using mechanical calculators and slide rules as practical aids to turn raw oil exploration data into useable summaries and graphs. But even out in the desert there was a buzz in the air. The computer revolution hadn’t hit Australia yet, but it was underway in England and America.

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Timekeeping down to a tee... Garry Tee’s cross-harbour commutes remain subject to expert calculation young and talented enough to know his future lay that way.

In 1958, English Electric, Britain’s biggest engineering company, signed Tee on as a maths consultant, programming what was then the best commercially available computer of its day – the Deuce. The computer was the size of a small house, and sufficiently roomy that during the cold English winters Tee and other operators would bask in the heat of thousands of glowing thermionic valves.

He moved from industry to an academic post at Lancaster University, then on to Stanford, teaching physicists and other mathematicians how to use the new computer language, Algol.

He taught himself Russian, and became one of the go-to advisers on the rapidly advancing Soviet science scene.

Tee met most of the important early computer scientists, among them Gene Golub, whose

techniques for searching large and complex data structures would be refined by Google to perfect its search engines, and Swiss programming genius Niklaus Wirth, who predicted to Tee that the large mainframe computers of IBM would be overtaken by compact computers – small enough and cheap enough to be set aside for the exclusive use of just one engineer or mathematician.

True to the prediction, and small as it was, the laptop’s computing power was millions of times more powerful than the computers of the 1940s and 50s.

In 1968, the University of Auckland proposed that Tee come back to teach. This struck a chord.

“I’d been overseas since 1958, and I was starting to find the English social-class system a shaggy dog story of which the point had long ago been lost.”

Tee taught computer skills and computer history, and maths, but began also to develop a

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He’d noted that rich tradition even as early as 1971, when the Museum of New Zealand’s geology exhibition displayed a historic iguanodon tooth. The tooth was the British fossil collector Gideon Mantell’s first proof, and in fact the world’s first proof, of an ancient land-based reptile – a dinosaur. The tooth had been brought to New Zealand by Walter Mantell, the collector’s son, who’d gifted it to the museum.

Seven years later, Tee checked the museum again, and the tooth had disappeared, apparently uncatalogued, into the dim, overstuffed museum basement, where objects lose their identity because of staff changes, and later go out with the rubbish. Tee stayed on the case, insisting “this highly significant fossil” be found. Weeks later, as a result of his agitation, it was located. These days it’s one of Te Papa Tongarewa’s most treasured items, alarmed against theft whenever it’s on public showing.

Another astonishing relic came to public notice when Tee identified a rusty piece of machinery that had gathered dust for a century on a farm near Whanganui. It was part of a large ‘difference engine’ that was being built in the 1820s by the engineering genius Charles Babbage. It was another significant piece of science history, for Babbage is acknowledged as the father of the modern computing. Despite Tee’s attempts to preserve it within New Zealand, the relic was later sold off for $1million.

In 1981, Tee faced his greatest crisis. A tumour pressing on the left-hand side of his brain was visibly pushing his brain to the right, and there was little option but surgery, and the outcome was uncertain.

“The operation took 12 hours. I awoke as the nexus of a maze of wires and tubes. After three days, I felt strong enough to look at a book. A cousin visited me, and I invited him to take out the largest of the three volumes I’d brought

to the hospital – a large treatise on advanced mathematics, in Russian. He later told me he’d never seen such a look of relief as flooded over my face, when I found I could read the Russian text, and understand the mathematics, without effort.”

The monographs kept coming – on the electromagnetics of Michael Faraday, or the extensive correspondences between the botanist Charles Darwin and New Zealand scientists.

But most exciting of all was another gumshoe clue, picked up in 1990 at an Auckland Medical Historical Society dinner. Tee overheard an honorary member, Catherine Caughey,

He taught himself Russian, and became one of the go-to advisers on the rapidly advancing Soviet science scene.

and secrecy was imperative, even decades later.

Tee knew however, that by small increments since the 1970s, many of the details had surfaced. Here was yet more and he established Catherine Caughey’s right to tell her story, and coached her book World Wanderer (1996) through to publication.

Such encouragement to writers, including at least three locals, the steady production of his monographs, and some teaching continues to be Tee’s life. The arthritis meanwhile has progressed to the point where he now gets a ride to the ferry, and uses a walker to come down the wharf, and later takes a bus home.

“The human foot,” says Tee ruefully, indicating the walker as a symbol of an advancing decrepitude, “is an example of very shoddy engineering.” But any time he’s pushing the walker up the street, or down the wharf on his way to work, it’s a symbol too that he won’t stop his exploration of the world and all its works. Nothing stops his insatiable curiosity.

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Heritage & Contemporary comment quietly to a friend that she greatly regretted never being able to tell her beloved husband, who’d died in 1975, what she had been doing during the war. “‘In fact,’ she said, ‘I was operating a machine called Colossus.’”

“What!” Tee mimes the huge shock of discovering yet another scientific gem buried in the unlikely suburban dross of New Zealand.

“Sparks were flashing from my antennae, as I spun around in my seat.”

All those who worked with and around the Colossus computer at Bletchley Park during World War II were sworn to secrecy. Even in the 1990s, its people were fearful of British government displeasure. Colossus was one of the machines that broke German military codes,

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Albatross sculpture still has wings A controversial proposal by Auckland Council to site a large metal-albatross sculpture

by Greer Twiss on Victoria Wharf, the waterfront entrance to Devonport, is still in the pipeline.

The idea was put last August to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, which had mixed feelings about the offer. It wanted to canvass Devonport opinion before giving the final go-ahead.

The sculpture Flight Trainer For Albatross depicts three large albatrosses – with wing spans of more than four metres – supported in stainless steel frames.

Standing four to five metres high, it was created by Twiss in 2004 and gifted to Auckland by the Auckland Sculpture Trust.

Officers said the original sculpture frame would need to be modified for its planned Devonport site.

The Flagstaff asked Auckland Council last week about what was happening with the project, and was told it had not been canned and was being progressed.

This was news to local-board member Mike Cohen who said the board had yet to be updated.

“I hope they (council officers) come back to the board with the final of the design so we can have a full look at it.”

While the Depot Artspace had expressed support for the sculpture, Cohen said on a personal level he had concerns about the framework and its size.

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He was also disappointed with the way the sculpture had seemingly been foisted upon

Devonport, when council officers were less than enthusiastic about a community-based work to commemorate the women’s suffrage movement that was suggested for Windsor Reserve.

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Dead ducks found in polluted pond Seven ducks were found dead in a contaminated pond at Northboro Reserve earlier this month.

Takapuna resident Sandra Allen was walking her dog when she discovered the ducks floating in the water.

“I think it’s discharge of stormwater from somewhere,” she says. “The water looks horrendous and there are now no ducks or pukekos in sight.”

Allen immediately contacted Watercare, as well as Devonport-Takapuna Local Board members Jan O’Connor and George Wood, who were both shocked at the state of the pond, she says.

Watercare advised Allen that it was a council issue, and she would need to contact them.

“Trying to talk to Auckland Council was so frustrating. I had to spend 20 minutes waiting on the phone to talk to someone about it. They sent down two compliance officers to look at the water, who tried to tell me the pollution was from pollen.”

Wood says he visited the reserve and found three ducks dead in the area below the bridge. The water “looks very poor and polluted”, he says. After Wood spoke to Frank Tian from Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters department, compliance officers were sent back to take a sample of the water and test the ducks.

“My concern was that so many ducks had disappeared,” says Allen. “Pollen in the water does not kill ducks.”

Alison Jones, Healthy Waters’ stormwater response coordinator, confirmed that the ducks appeared to have died from botulism.

She also confirmed that the water was contaminated with E.coli.

“The crew noted that there does appear to be an oily film in the

Pollution victims... Dead ducks in a pond at Northboro Reserve pond at the moment, so have escalated this issue back to the call centre to be urgently raised with the council’s pollution-response team,” she says. “They did note that the oil was contained.”

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The Navy Museum at Torpedo the public to visit the Devonport Naval Base on Saturday 24 Bay in Devonport is also part of March when the Base will hold the Open Day and will host an an Open Day from 10am to 4pm. interactive exhibition with model The Open day allows the Royal ship maker, Graham Beeson.

New Zealand (RNZ) Navy to There will also be ‘mini-moments demonstrate how its ships and in time’ tours navigating the RNZ sailors advance New Zealand’s Navy history through the Museum’s ship models. interests from the sea.

A free shuttle bus service will Visitors will be able to tour several of the Navy’s ships, talk take interested public from the to the personnel who crew them, Base to the Navy Museum and and see the state of the art return.

Extra Stanley Point ferry technology on board.

There will be Seasprite sailings are planned to bring helicopter displays — both over people across from the Auckland water and on land, the Navy CBD. Public access is via the Band will perform, and marquee Base’s main Queen’s Parade displays set up by trades, Gate and the Stanley Point Gate.

Limited parking will be training, recruiting and other available at the Ngataringa groups from around the Base.

A food court with refreshments, Sports Field with a walk through and activities and entertainment sign-posted to the Stanley Point aimed at children will also be Gate.

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Young restorers visit Ladybird project

Keeping the Woollacott name alive… From left, Mike Strong (Ladybird owner) Andrew Lee, Kevin Johnson and Clive Stephenson, with the Kapiti College students in the background The legacy of Bert Woollacott, one of Devonport’s most famous yacht designers, was to the fore in a visit to Kevin Johnson Boat Builders by a group of Kapiti College students early this month.

Johnson is restoring Ladybird, a ketch built by Woolacott in a shed on King Edward Pde in 1950, and later owned and sailed by Sir Peter Blake’s family.

The Kapiti College students are restoring

their own Woolacott boat – Rakino – and came to Devonport to see how the professionals were doing it.

Kapiti College technology teacher Clive Stephenson said Rakino, a ketch Woollacott designed in 1939, ran aground at Evans Bay, Wellington, last year. After it was salvaged, the owner did not want it so the school acquired it from the council.

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The students gained valuable experience observing the restoration process at Johnson’s, such as seeing how parts were removed and carefully labelled.

The 12 students later went to dinner at Devonport Yacht Club.

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Council hands out warnings over illegal felling of trees at Stanley Point A complaint that a string of protected pohutukawa trees on the Stanley Point cliff were deliberately felled has ended in a series of warnings being issued.

Steve Pearce, Auckland Council compliance manager for resource consents, said the removed trees were on multiple properties. “ We h a v e i s s u e d Abatement Notices and formal written warnings to a number of parties recognising that property owners, anyone who contracts someone to undertake illegal works and the person who does the illegal works themselves can be the subject of enforcement action in circumstances like this.”

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Zonta award winner wants to inspire others Striving to inspire young women to break the mould has won Takapuna Grammar student Kate Lee a Zonta leadership award.

The award is given to young women in year 12 who excel in leadership.

In her time at Takapuna Grammar, Kate has been a house leader, head of the debating and journalism clubs and completed the gold level of the Duke of Edinburgh’s award programme.

“I really wanted to make the most out of my time at high school, so I joined clubs that were really different and made me step out of my comfort zone” she says.

“I joined the Korean Fan Dance Club to learn more about my culture, and the basketball team because I had never played before.” She is also on the DevonportTakapuna local youth board Younite.

As well as her leadership roles at school, Kate is one of two students from Auckland who was selected to be a part of the United Nations (UN) Youth Organisation. “We debate about topical issues and learn how a UN conference is run” she says.

Kate created the United Nations Youth Club at Takapuna Grammar. “I am the bridge between the UN Youth Organisation and high schools, because they can’t always be there.”

Kate has grown the club from 20 students in 2017, to 80 students in 2018. “It feels really nice to open a club and see it working.

It’s about the students and what they make out of it.”

Kate is determined to encourage other young women to challenge convention. Many girls don’t go into areas such as engineering and science “because there is a stigma around it being for men,” she says. “I want to be able to plant that sense of support and reassurance for them. It is so important to step up as a woman and represent what we can do, alongside men.”

Kate was invited to speak at the Zonta awards dinner on 19 March. “It made me feel really good about myself because only a select few get invited,” she says. “I want to take this opportunity to show, especially the juniors in school, that we need to represent women.”

After high school, Kate hopes to study biomedical science, and become a surgeon.

“Only around 150 students out of 1500 are selected. It’s a challenge that I want to take on” she says.

Her mission to continue inspiring young women will not stop there. Kate says that after university she plans to volunteer at high schools and promote leadership roles to women. “I want to leave a legacy.”

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

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Holiday Accommodation, Bayswater. Norwood studio. Private, well presented. $95 per night. Ph 446 1203. flexmans@gmail.com Holiday Accommodation Cheltenham, absolute beachfront. One double and two singles, shady setting, everything supplied.

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

Ph Pauline 445 6471.

Stunning Cheltenham Beach Cottage, metres from the beach. Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Beautifully refurbished, one bedroom, self-contained cottage with a private garden. Phone Rebekah 027 694 3933 or email devonportbeks@gmail.com FOR LEASE Professional Offices 50sqm, 9A Williamson Ave Belmont 029 446 1204 or 027 4940 039.

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42m 2 for 7 months phone 027 224 6267. Reasonable rates. 35 King Edward Parade.

HOUSESITTING House and pet sitter available. Trustworthy and clean living. Contact Vanessa: 021 2328 669.

Mature, honest and reliable woman available for short or long-term housesitting.

Experienced home manager, who will keep house well maintained and secure.

Pet care of all ages a speciality. Excellent references available. Call Tessa on 021 167 9949.

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

Komatua Care Centre – We care for older people who have memory loss and behavioural difficulties. Professional care is given in a nurturing environment. For all enquiries phone 445 1707.

Palm Grove Rest Home: A non-institutional style home providing compassionate, holistic care. Soul food and good people. Call Julia Nessim: 445-0009.

SERVICES OFFERED A deck builder. Available now. Free quotes/advice.

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Free quotes and advice. References. Workmanship guaranteed. Competitive rates. Quality materials. Interior/ Exterior/ Small jobs. Ph Simon today 476 2107, 020 476 2107.

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Amazing home cleaning including windows. 15 years’ experience. References available phone 027 492 6220.

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Reasonable rates. Please call 021 856 922.

At Your Request Home Cleaning. Our local team is ready to deliver 5-Star services in your home for weekly cleaning, spring, moving or open-home cleaning.

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

Computing: Bayswater SeniorNet can help improve your computing skills. Microsoft and Applemac computers. iPads and smartphones. Classes and individual tuition available. Ph 482-2052, email: bayswatersnrnet@gmail.com Curtains & Roman Blinds Free measure, quote and design advice. 20 years’ experience. Phone Sara 027 625 5844.

SERVICES OFFERED Custom-Made Lampshades - An easy & effective way to update your interior decor!20yrs+ local known business serving commercial & residential customers, specialising in new creations or reviving old favourites & vintage. Free quote & design advice.Contact: Claire, Oscuro NZ Ltd on 021 0249 7428, oscurolampshades@gmail. com, www.oscuro.co.nz Devonport upholstery.

Recover specialist. Antiques and contemporary styles. Recycling furniture for 36 years.

John Hancox. Phone: 446 0372.

Devonport Window Repairs.

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

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

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. Hard-working, 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. P h Carolyn on 446 6517 or 027 292 8167 for a free on-site consultation.

Guitar lessons. Private tuition in Bayswater, near the school, by experienced professional musician. Learn in a recording studio atmosphere. All ages, all levels. Phone: 022- 309 2272.

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.

Housekeeper. Home cleaning, including windows. Experienced. References. Phone 442 2273, 027 492 6220.

March 23, 2018 SERVICES OFFERED Let me mow your lawns and trim your hedges. I live locally.

Phone Chris from Lifestyle Plus on 09-488-7279 or 027-2456264. Or you can email me on chris@lifestyleplusltd.nz.

References available.

Locksmith, Devonport’s own Scott Richardson.

Mob 021 976 607. mint. Home Cleaning. Our local mint. couple are ready to deliver 5-star cleaning services in your home weekly or fortnightly. Or for spring, moving or open homes. Call Pat for a FREE quote 09 415 0028.

Office Administrator 40+ years’ experience in a wide range of roles. Now semi-retired and available for casual, infill, holiday or sickness periods. Ran own successful import/distribution business for 10 years. Contact Sue on 027 224 5918.

Tagbuster, graffiti looked after Devonport to Hauraki Corner.

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SITUATION VACANT Housekeeper wanted. Narrow Neck location. Three days a week, approximately three hours a day. Duties include cleaning, laundry and food preparation. Please phone Zane on 021 686 030.

TUITION Art Classes @ D’Port Community house: Wednesday night, life drawing; Friday morning, mastering art. Ph Lucy Bucknall – 446 0389.

Embroidery Workshops Small fun embroidery workshops at the Running Stitch Studio Devonport for adults and young people. Details and bookings on the website www. runningstitchstudio.com Guitar lessons. Private tuition in Bayswater, near the school, by experienced professional musician. Learn in a recording studio atmosphere. All ages, all levels. Phone: 022- 309 2272.

TUITION Learn piano/keyboard. Lessons from $19.00. Private, Professional, Affordable, Enjoyment for all ages. Competitions, Practical, Theory Exams.

NZ Modern School of Music 0800-696-874.

Learning Support Specialist NZ qualified primary teacher and registered teacher of dyslexia.

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Ph 027 391 3716 or visit www.squigglesdyslexia.co.nz Mathematics Tuition Available for years 9 to 13 by a retired maths teacher. Phone Graeme 445 8575.

Mathematics Tuition, Sensitive tutoring offered at all levels of the secondary school curriculum. NCEA, IB and Cambridge welcomed.

100% pass rate in 2017 NCEA 3 calculus specialist.

Ph Peter Ridge BE, Dip Tchg (sec) 445 2283.

Maths and physics tutoring for secondary school students. From an experienced university student.

George: 021 063 5149.

Need help with some basic maths? Walk to or from school and learn with a friendly, highly experienced maths tutor at 43 Calliope Rd. 40-minute sessions - $30. Phone Wendy on 415 8835. References available.

Piano Lessons. Piano & music theory tuition from classically trained pianist. Devonport-based and can travel to your home.

Ph 021 079 0005 or email windarc.darius@gmail.com Primary Tutor Maths, English, Health & Wellbeing and Drama for 5-11-year-olds.

School prep also available. Visit www.gschuwertutoring.com for further details. 027 410 6871 gschuwertutoring@ gmail.com SLSS Swim School, 11 Evan Street, Belmont (off Eversleigh Road). Specialists in preschoolers. Phone 486 6728 for more info.

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Thieves stealing from op shops Thieves have been stealing donations left Queens Pde – have signs asking people to not outside Devonport oppportunity shops after leave goods after hours. hours.

A camera recorded a young woman taking a box of donations left outside the Devonport Hospice Shop in Victoria Rd in early March.

The Anglican Community Shop in Wynyard St has also reported goods left outside being Selling old roofing from Devonport Wharf stolen.

Both shops – and the Salvation Army shop in has helped raise $5,515 for Starship hospital.

Auctioning the roofing raised $4,740 and another $775 was donated through a Givealittle SPORTS ADMINISTRATOR/ page. A spokesman for Elevate Roofing said SECRETARY the old roofing material went to a man who was The RugbyFootball FootballClub, Club,established established1873, 1873, is The North Shore Rugby planning to use it to build horse stables for his is one New Zealand’s oldest and renowned throughout one ofof New Zealand’s oldest and renowned throughout the daughter at Port Waikato. the rugby world. are replacing our administrator rugby world.

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We are seeking seekingaaprofessional professional candidate candidatewith withoffice office We are administrative administrativeexperience experiencefor for this thiswell-paid well-paidpart parttime timerole, role, reporting to our volunteer committee Chairperson. reporting to our volunteer committee Chairperson. The The hours are varied, during the rugby season it is very busy hours are varied, during the rugby season it is very busy but you will be able to enjoy a relaxing summer. The hours but you will be able to enjoy a relaxing summer. The hours average 20 per week and can be easily tailored around averagehours 20 per week and can be easily tailored around school and holidays. school hours and holidays.

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Thieves stole 10 new Waterwise life jackets after smashing the back window of car in Jubilee Ave. Waterwise parent Denise Isaacs, whose car was broken into, said the theft was very disappointing as the jackets had been bought with a grant from the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board. The life jackets were in a box in the back of her car for delivery next day.

“People have said I shouldn’t have left them in the car, but the fact is people shouldn’t be stealing things.”

Isaacs had been searching on Trade Me for any potential sale of the jackets.

If they were not found, Waterwise would make an insurance claim.

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While the role role is is primarily primarily administrative, While the administrative,you you will willbe be expected cover for forand andassist assistour ourvolunteers volunteersthroughout expected to to cover throughout the club.

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Quicker responses from Auckland Council to large amounts of seaweed washing up on Cheltenham Beach after storms are being sought by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

The board is also seeking assurances from council that contractors are doing their jobs properly, especially in the upkeep of reserves and parks.

A report from board member Mike Cohen, outlined what he viewed as a decline in work standards in the local board area.

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Mountain biking champs Devonport’s Joe Millington and Giselle den Breems (both 12) were winners at the Auckland Secondary School Mountain Biking champs at Riverhead.

The Belmont Intermediate School students each won their age group – under-13 boys for Joe and under-15 girls for Giselle – and were also both in the winning under-16 mixed team.

Joe and Giselle have been mountain biking since they were very young, and find it tough but rewarding.

“We’ve both been mountain biking since we first learnt how to ride a bike,” Giselle says. “While you’re doing a race, you’re like, ‘why am I doing this?’ But then afterwards, you’re like, ‘I wanna do this as a career’.”

Both Joe and Giselle are members of Jafakids, a junior mountain biking academy, and take part in weekly rides.

Joe plans to continue competing in mountain biking events and Giselle dreams of racing in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. “I’d love to try and make a career out of it” she says. free electric bike test ride today • At the Take national a secondary school mountain biking champs last weekend in Riding high...

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New Listing 33 Karaka Road, Oneroa, Waiheke Island Waiheke for people in the know

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Walk in through the gate and under the ponga trees or drive down the fully finished driveway, and you’re in for a big surprise. Utter peace and tranquility.

Views across the valley, tuis singing in the trees and total privacy. A very smart, almost new house, only about 900 meters from Sandy and Enclosure Bays.

Builder and owner, Dean Lash completed this house at the end of 2015. Since then he and his family have hardly had time to enjoy it. So now you can. Sit out on the house-wide 60 metre, kwila deck with a glass of wine. Enjoy the open-plan living on one level with three genuine double bedrooms and two superb bathrooms. Not to mention the first-rate entertainer’s kitchen with gas hob and two under-bench ovens. We could go and on. But it’s best if you come and see for yourself.

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Open home 6 Huia Street, Devonport Move in and make history

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All the very best things about Devonport come together at 6 Huia Street. A historic 1921 bungalow with period features and kauri floors, an easy, short, flat walk to the village and the ferry, and a rare level section within metres of the harbour. Add to that solid double brick walls, gas heating, cooking and hot water, a kitchen/conservatory that feels like a small café and you begin to see just how good life can be living here. And if you want to feel part of the community, there’s no better place. You’ll be living on one of Devonport’s iconic streets with a real neighbourhood feel. There’s even plenty of space to extend into the back garden if you want. Whatever you do to make this house your own will only increase its charm and its value.

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Courtyard Cabaret

An eventful night of singing, music and dance filled the Performing Arts department recently as talented students performed for the first time this year. The Performing Arts student council organised the show, which attracted a large audience of 120 people that filled the space to overflowing. The weather forecast for lightning, thunder and heavy rain meant the show was relocated into the drama and dance rooms.

Some standout acts included the Year 11 Musical Theatre class, which sang a medley of songs, and soloists Ethan Alicalas, Jess Arrowsmith and Charlie Arnold. The night ended on a bang with Cactus Dance Company performing to Little Shop of Horrors, choreographed by Year 13 student, Abi McDonald.

Next term the Courtyard Cabaret will be back.

Look out for more details soon to see a range of TGS talent in performing arts. BY JESSICA HAMLIN

A great learning experience outside the classroom My mum always said that Subway was better than Pita Pit, so I never got the opportunity to sample their food. That is, until my Level 1 Business Class organised a trip to the Pita Pit branch in Takapuna, where we talked to the CEo, Chris Henderson, about their hiring, analysis and interviewing systems.

Meanwhile, we were able to order our very own pita.

The chicken was seasoned to perfection and blended beautifully with my garlic aioli sauce and choice of vegetables. My toasted pita was soft, but at the same time warm and crispy at the edges. The cheddar cheese was melted, perfectly drenching my fillings and fresh spinach. It was so good!

Mr Henderson talked us through his hiring system, from the first

online survey, to the last job trial. Pita Pit has one unique job requirement. Chris mentioned how he wanted all his employees to have a fun culture, with a bubbly and easy vibe. He explained that Pita Pit was a franchise and the Takapuna branch was the ‘flagship store’ for other owners to replicate. Franchisees were given advice on the interior design and overall feel that all Pita Pit branches must have, so that the experience for the customers is similar throughout every store.

As I was feasting on my pita, I wondered, why my mother had deprived me of some of the best ‘fast food’ I had had in a long time?

Apparently she thought it would not suit me as I am such a fussy eater.

Well done, Pita Pit.

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Jess Arrowsmith in performance

Seeing theatre as a groundling Witnessing live performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth at the Pop-up Globe Theatre has given students an exciting introduction to this area of their English curriculum. Although most had never seen these plays performed, there was an evident appreciation for Shakespeare’s works by the Year 10 and 11 students, who had snapped up the limited tickets available.

Students were given an authentic experience of English entertainment during the 17th century, although the roofless venue’s sunny blue skies and the actors’ authentically Kiwi humour gave timeless classics a New Zealand twist. Many of the audience stood in the ‘groundlings’ section, the area from which Elizabethan peasants would have viewed performances. There, students stood metres from the stage and witnessed a first-hand view of battles and raucous dancing.

As for the question of Shakespeare’s relevance for citizens of the modern world – students found the portrayals both riveting and relatable. “They connected to the audience really well and integrated aspects of modern life into the play,” commented one Year 10 student about A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The trips will be of further use to the students later in the year when they take assessments based on the plays. one Year 11 student remarked on the importance of seeing Macbeth on stage: “It gives you a better understanding of the characters – seeing them as actual people helps you to sympathise with them.”

However, the experience has also helped to spark further interest in Shakespearean works that could extend outside the classroom. “There’s always something different about just reading it in text, and actually seeing it in motion.”

BY ELLA SCHENKEL

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MARCH 23, 2018

Attention... row!

A few weeks ago, 27 rowers were to be found rowing their hearts out at Windsor Reserve, Devonport, where the TGS Rowing Club held an ‘Ergathon’ to raise funds for their trip to the Secondary Schools National Championships, the Maadi Cup, in March.

Held biennially, to help cover the added expense of the championships, the Ergathon, saw each rower completing a minimum distance of 50 km on their ergometer; the goal of the day being for the club to row the total distance between their clubhouse in Bayswater, and the venue, Lake Ruataniwha, in Twizel.

The fundraiser included a food stall, where a barbecue served ‘bacon butties’ and displayed a map of New Zealand, where the club’s progress to Twizel was tracked over the course of the day.

Rowers worked tirelessly to complete the 1,514 km target, with support from friends, members of the public, and parents, who even rowed a few kilometres themselves to give rowers a break. However, many rowers completed the 50 km task without assistance, including Year 9 student, Anna Stuart, who is a novice rower.

“Having help would have been nice,” laughs Anna, “but this way I was able to work for and achieve my own personal goal, which is a very good feeling.”

Senior rower, Sienna Norman, helped coach Anna through the final kilometres, and was amazed with her success, saying: “To have enough determination to row a 50 km distance at such a young age is outstanding, and I’m so proud of her efforts.”

Footnote: As this goes to print, the rowers will be entering Friday finals day at Twizel.

BY NELLY FARMILoE

from the

iL on’s Den

THE LATEST IN SPORT

AT THE FIELD: Imogen Ayris, won both the Under 20 and Senior pole vault titles at the NZ Track and Field Championships, posting an impressive new personal best of 4.15m.

FROM THE DIVING BOARD: Holly Morse, at the North Island Diving Championships, gained first place in six events.

ON THE WATER: James Barnett and his sailing partner, notched up three wins on the second day of the South Island 420 Class Championships, to take out the 2018 title. In addition, Anna Clark and Sean Brownlow, won the Feva class at the Auckland Secondary Schools Fleet Racing Regatta.

ON THE COURT: Daisy Eaglesome was awarded ‘Emerging Glider of the Year’ at the Australian Women’s Festival of Wheelchair Basketball in Sydney recently.

AT THE LAKE: At the North Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championships there were three medals for rower Evan Williams: in the Under-16 double (with Jacob Davey), the Under-16 single, and in the Under-17 double with Jack Featherstone.

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Looking Back

March 23, 2018

Swimming in the Navy dry dock, 1910. Photo: Devonport Museum.

Sun 25th March 2-4pm Devonport Family Fun Picnic Windsor Reserve, Devonport Waterfront

Sausage Sizzle • Live Music • Bouncy Castle • Face Painting • Preschool Play Zone Parents & caregivers responsible for children under 14

Bring a picnic, your family and

Bring neigh to ce Presc facep Ice-c sale.

Looking Back

March 23, 2018

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20 years ago: from the Flagstaff files • Concerned Devonport parents pack the North Shore City Council chambers to hear Bell South put forward its application for a cellphone tower opposite Devonport Primary School. The proposal had attracted 265 objections.

• After huge opposition, the Ministry of Defence puts the proposed sale of 11ha of the coastal HMNZS Tamaki land between Narrow Neck and Cheltenham in the go-slow basket. A judicial review had been sought by the Tamaki Reserve Protection Trust and North Shore City Council.

• Former All Black Frano Botica is set to return from Wales to play for North Shore.

Another North Shore stalwart, Scott Pierce, returned to the club after playing in Japan.

• A proposal to investigate a car park development beside New World is rejected by the Devonport Community Board.

• In a Flagstaff feature interview, Warwick Roger, one of the New Zealand’s foremost journalists, talks about his battle with Parkinson’s disease.

• More than 70 residents converge on the Devonport Community Board demanding the reopening of the Westwell stairway.

• With 600 players, North Shore United junior soccer faces a field crisis. Navy fields, Stanley Bay Park and Bayswater Park are being investigated.

• “Old Joe’s house”, a derelict home

Interview subject... Journalist Warwick Roger and daughter Alex on Church St, is under threat with owner, Beach race in a record time of 24 minutes, developer Xeno Captain, applying for a 42 seconds.

• A two-bedroom townhouse on Ariho Tce demolition permit.

• Dix Ozier swims the 2km Cheltenham is on the market for $290,000.

Resort/cruise wear and beachwear – hand-painted and hand-crafted gifts

3/10 Victoria Rd , Devonport. Ph 021 0426337 www.spacific.co.nz

Lovely gift range of newborn Babu babywear in certified organic cotton and luxury merino.

Cute snuggle bunnies!

Santini’s has been serving fast, early and consistently great coffee for nearly 25 years.

After having established some iconic coffee bars around town, we decided to open our eighth espresso bar in the grand old Post Office Building.

Enjoy your authentic Italian Organico coffee in a historic environment whilst reading one of our international newspapers.

We also sell a selection of Italian cheeses like Parmesan, Taleggio, Provolone and sweet delights like Torrone, Amaretti and Savoiardi.

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: 5.30am-12.30pm Sat: 6.30am-12noon | Sun: 7.30am-12noon

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Monday to Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm Sunday open 10am-5pm Phone (09) 445 9678 10 Victoria Rd, Devonport www.honeybeautysalon.co.nz

OLD DEVONPORT POST OFFICE 10 Victoria Rd, Devonport Art Of This World Gallery Fitzgerald Taylor s’pacific Honey - beauty salon Makoto Clean Green Computers Devonport Law The Flea

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March 23, 2018

Your local North Shore MP Hon Maggie Barry ONZM Member of Parliament – North Shore

National’s Spokesperson for Seniors, Veterans’, and Associate Health

CHANGE OF FOCUS With the leadership change and reshuffle of National’s caucus, I took the opportunity to ask Simon Bridges for more comprehensive responsibilities for Seniors, including Associate Health and Veterans Affairs. Of course Conservation will always be near to my heart and I’ll keep doing all I can to help achieve the “moonshot” goal of saving our native birds by ridding our country of rats, stoats and possums #predatorfree2050.

Saving the planet starts in our own backyards so I’ll be doing my bit on the home front to get rid of the pests & weeds here on the peninsula. But as the former Minister for Seniors, for three years I became increasingly aware that the challenges facing older New Zealanders needed a more comprehensive approach which is why I asked for Associate Health with specific responsibility for Alzheimer’s/ dementia, healthy ageing and end of life care.

An ageing population is not something to fear but it does need to be carefully planned for and no matter how healthy we all try to be there will inevitably be more need for medical intervention which must be available whenever and wherever it’s needed.

I’m currently organising Seniors morning teas where we will be inviting guests to discuss the big questions- should we raise the age of entitlement from 65 to 67 in the next few decades; what would an age friendly Devonport look like; how do you make an ‘end of life care plan’; the pros and cons of Power of Attorney and a contentious and topical issue currently before Parliament - do you support changing the Crimes Act to allow assisted suicide and euthanasia? I took part in the first of what I hope will be many ‘Courageous Conversations’ which was very well organised by the local Catholic Church at St Leo’s last week, talking about the End of Life Choice bill, which I am totally opposed to.

Being with the people we love when they are dying is a deeply personal and emotional experience which is why opinions are so deeply divided and why this bill is a conscience vote in Parliament.

Since my father’s death at Mary Potter Hospice in the late 90’s, I’ve been involved with palliative care

as Patron of Hospice NZ and chairing a working party on the care of people who are dying. My mothers ten year journey with dementia revealed to me just how vulnerable older people with reduced capacity are and how many don’t have advocates or family and friends around them to help in times of need. As Minister for Seniors I was very aware that with more than 2000 reported cases a year, the growing scourge of physical, emotional, psychological and financial elder abuse needed to be addressed urgently which is why I set up the free 24/7 phone line 0800 EA NOT OK or 0800 32 668 65.

I’ve just been appointed Deputy Chair of the Justice Select Committee which will be reading and hearing the opinions of the 28,000 people who felt strongly enough about this bill to take the time to make a submission. I voted against the Seymour bill at its first reading because having read it very carefully, in my view there are no genuine safeguards to protect the vulnerable, whether they are 18 or 80 from coercion, abuse and easy access to assisted suicide. I wholeheartedly support the position taken by the vast majority of health professionals who are ethically opposed to killing their patients and don’t want this bill passed into law. They are asking for better resourced, high quality and more readily available palliative care and I agree it’s a priority which is why I’ve drafted a Members bill I’m taking to Caucus next week. My bill would amend the health and disability act to enshrine universal access to palliative care with DHBs and other entities required to produce and fund strategies to provide palliative care and support.

I’d welcome your views on these difficult issues and you can contact me at northshore@parliament. govt.nz or ring my Takapuna Office on 09 486 0005.

From your local Devonport based MP for North Shore, Hon Maggie Barry ONZM

NORTH SHORE ELECTORATE OFFICE 15 Anzac Street, Takapuna | P 09 486-0005 | E northshore@parliament.govt.nz Facebook.com/maggiebarrynz @maggiebarrynz Funded by the Parliamentary Service and authorised by M Barry, 15 Anzac St, Takapuna

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Mates and magic at Fair on the Hill

Little helpers… Devonport Primary teacher and MC Debbie Thompson at the school’s Fair on the Hill last Saturday appears to have a St Patrick’s Day leprechaun popping out of her head, while (above) school mates Nina Sinclair (right) and Isla Cutts performed. The Fair raised around $45,000.

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March 23, 2018

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