March 11 2016 Devonport Flagstaff

March 11, 2016

Shifting sands at Torpedo Bay… p2

House burgled while owners slept… p5

Interview: marathon man Jim Douglas… p18

Fixing Lake Rd top priority again Predicted population pressure on the Devonport peninsula has prompted a surprise turnaround on the future of Lake Rd. A major rebuild of the arterial road has suddenly re-emerged as a priority project

for Auckland Transport, Daniel Newcombe, leader of Corridor and Centre Plans, told the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board at a recent briefing.

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Torpedo Bay sand drifting off the beach Large amounts of sand from Torpedo Bay are disappearing and council is trying to figure out where it’s going.

Paul Klinac, Manager Coastal Management Services, told the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board that “big volumes of sand” had most likely moved to a shoal in the inner Waitemata Harbour. “We know the sand at Torpedo Bay is moving around. How and where it’s going is being looked at,” he said.

The Flagstaff has requested more information on the investigation.

The topic of sand depletion at local beaches was raised at a board briefing by member Mike Cohen, who as chair of the Devonport Community Board in 2009 drove the project of replenishing Torpedo Bay with offshore sand from Pakiri.

The project cost around $400,000 and the result was welcomed by residents, with Torpedo Bay now one of Devonport’s most popular beaches.

Cohen is also concerned about the sand blown onto Marine Square from Devonport beach.

Once the sand is on the footpath, road or car park, it is technically considered contaminated and has to be disposed of.

Instead, the excess sand on Devonport beach could be moved to other local beaches, such

Seachange… Torpedo Bay beach as Torpedo Bay to help replenish it, he said.

Klinac said he was reluctant to move the sand elsewhere, as it was a costly exercise and required complex analysis.

“Too much sand on a beach is not really a problem and windborne sand loss is more of a nuisance than a real issue,” he said.

Klinac proposed instead to monitor the shifting sand at Devonport and move it under the wharf when necessary.

Cohen said by not addressing the erosion at Torpedo Bay, “I fear we are putting our head in the sand.”

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Community persistence gets library fountain flowing again

Fountain sparkles again for end of summer… Lynne Hughes helped get the water flowing The popular fountain near Devonport Library is flowing again thanks largely to the determination of local woman Lynne Hughes.

About eight months ago, the central Devonport resident noticed the cast-iron horse sculpture fountain was dry and getting rusty, so she called council about it.

“At first they kept fobbing me off. In the end they said it was a case of vandalism and under an insurance claim,” she says.

“Meanwhile I kept seeing tourists standing there scratching their heads at the rust and debris in it,” she says.

Two weeks ago, the fountain was fixed after eight months of trying. The long wait hasn’t dented Hughes’s civic pride. “I encourage all locals to ring council if they see something isn’t working or is not right, like a hole in the sidewalk and things like that. It’s just another way of being involved in your community, she says.

Hughes is also part of Civil Defence, the Devonport Community Response Group and loves to play bowls at Stanley Bowling Club.

Hughes says the 1908 fountain, which commemorates the Boer War, is iconic. “And it’s right in front of our flash new library too,” she says.

Her husband George even got a book out

of the library and learned that the fountain was originally located on top of a water feature that is now the band rotunda. After a child drowned in it, it was taken down and the structure was filled in.

The fountain was re-erected in 1980 after the original horse castings were found in a council depot. In 2008, the castings, worth $20,000 but uninsured, were stolen.

Devonport local Richard Tong created new castings and in 2010 the fountain was going

again. Another Devonport resident, Jim Mason, made sure three plaques to honour the locals fighting in the Boer War – James Mays, Harold Frankham and Walter Callaway – were added.

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Axe looms over recreational activities on cones Off-road mountain biking looks set to be canned on Mt Victoria and North Head in new management plans for the mountains.

The famous mushrooms on Mt Victoria and its summit car park, paragliders setting off from North Head, and rites of passage like sliding down the maunga on cardboard, all appear to also be under threat.

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The Tūpuna Maunga Authority’s new rule book for its 14 Auckland volcanic cones is out for public submission. But its vague language leaves much open to interpretation.

The Integrated Management Plan’s (IMP) guidelines of what’s appropriate or inappropriate are general, affecting all cones.

Individual “detailed and specific” plans and rules for each cone will be prepared once the general IMP is passed, but “must, as a minimum, address” a number of points, the IMP says.

The general rules include “appropriate cycle access,” defined as cycle access that “shall avoid erosion and adverse physical effects on Tūpuna Maunga values”, which appears to rule out off-road mountain biking.

Last year the authority moved to ban mountain biking on Mt Victoria, but signs to that effect were later taken down, with the authority saying the issue would be addressed in its mountain management plans.

The IMP also provides for the “progressive removal of inappropriate physical structures and fixtures”. (This could mean the mushrooms and the tennis court on Mt Victoria, but the plan does not go into specifics.)

Also included is the “phasing out of inappropriate recreational activities” – possibly cardboard riding, which damages the mountain. But again the plan is not

specific.

Another requirement is to look at vehicle access and parking, including vehicle-free summits, which on a strict interpretation might rule out the existing car park on Mt Victoria.

The guidelines specify dog control, “promoting of appropriate behaviour and respect” for the maunga, and “managing and/or restricting air access, for example paragliding and hang-gliding.”

The IMP says to protect the integrity of the cone landscapes, it should “recognise that the ‘footprint’ of the maunga and the volcanic field goes beyond the legal boundaries, and exercise influence over the protection and enhancement of the entire volcanic field.”

Relationships with adjacent landowners could identify “opportunities for a coherent approach to land management,” it says.

Appropriate commercial activity is another element of the plan and defined as “compatible with the protection and enhancement of the spiritual, historic, ecological, geological, natural and cultural values.” This would leave an option for a Maori cultural centre on the top of North Head, for example, but again the plan is not specific.

• The plan can by viewed on the Auckland Council website, with submissions closing on April 29 at 5 pm.

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Hauraki house burgled while family asleep Hauraki residents Erin Boyle and Richard Lamb were shocked to wake up and find their front door open and their house burgled.

The couple went to bed at 1.30am one Saturday in February; Lamb woke at 7am to discover the overnight break-in.

The couple, their daughter, and Boyle’s mother, who lives with them, hadn’t heard a thing and slept through it all.

There was no mess but the 50-inch TV, a tablet device and Boyle’s handbag, wallet and car keys were gone. “I am glad they didn’t take the car,” says Boyle.

“We don’t know how they got in, but suspect they came through an upstairs window that was open,” she says.

The couple have had their house on Hororata Rd for three years after living in Bayswater for the previous 10. “We have always felt very safe here,” Boyle says.

A second disappointment came with the police response, or lack thereof. “We called

them right away and they said a forensics person would come. But he didn’t show up until the following Tuesday, stayed for about 30 minutes and took prints off a multi-board and cable. He didn’t seem very hopeful,” Boyle says.“He said there might be CCTV footage from the BP station, but that it wouldn’t prove anything was burgled.”

The couple were given a case number and offered victim support, but declined the service. They haven’t been contacted by police since.

Bank records showed Boyle’s credit card was used to buy pizza at Domino’s in Auckland City, so she went into the police station near where she works in Albany to let police know. “They just told me to file it online.”

When she read about a string of burglaries in the Flagstaff’s Community Constable column, she was puzzled that there was no Police response disappointing... mention of their burglary. People in the area Erin Boyle wants the community should know what is going on,” she says. to be aware of local burglaries

AT looks at options for further Devonport Wharf upgrade A further upgrade of Devonport Wharf is being considered, Auckland Transport has confirmed.

Auckland Transport (AT) spokesperson Mark Hannan said he could not provide any specific details yet, but that “we are in the early stages of assessing possible further refurbishment options for the wharf.”

North Shore ward councillor Chris Darby said a second stage of refurbishment was

“starting to be highlighted within AT”, due to the positive public response to the first stage .

“AT says the public feedback on Devonport Wharf and Marine Square is very good,” he said.

“Even though the front isn’t leased out yet, surveys of Devonport residents and visitors show really positive feedback.”

Meanwhile, the lease negotiations for the new part of the wharf are still dragging on.

Last October, Hannan said AT was “a couple of weeks away” from an announcement. Four months later, that announcement remains eagerly anticipated by locals.

On March 2, Hannan said “negotiations for the new northern pavilion are in the final stages.”

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Lake Rd solution elevated to highest priority in Auckland

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Newcombe said Lake Rd was congested as it is. “We only used to be fixated on the am and pm peaks. Only recently we started looking at daytime and weekend traffic also.”

“So yes, we do have a problem on Lake

SHAs and other major developments – chicken or egg?

The irony that Special Housing Areas (SHAs) need to pass a traffic impact assessment to be approved, and once approved justify major roadwork due to population pressure, did not escape some members of the DevonportTakapuna Local Board.

Board chair Joseph Bergin and members Dianne Hale and Mike Cohen said a recent council report had stated Lake Rd was not a problem, when now Auckland Transport says it is, with or without population growth pressure.

Rd. So much so, that out of the 34 Corridor Management Plans across the city, the one for Lake Rd has risen to the top. It will be the first cab off the rank,” he said.

A proper solution had to address morning, evening and weekend traffic, but would not take into account the major events held on the peninsula, he said.

Newcombe brought along large-scale maps that highlighted the road’s narrow points. There are parts “where it is currently not wide enough for four lanes,” he said.

The controversial Lake Rd cycle lanes are set to become a key issue again.

“The cycle lanes would have to be removed to do pretty much anything,” if the road wasn’t extensively widened. An exception was the already widened section between Hauraki Corner and Esmonde Road. “But everywhere else, it’s tight,” he said.

Newcombe’s team will spend six months on an Indicative Business Case to apply for NZTA funding and be in a position to apply for the next Long Term Plan funding round.

“We have to do it to justify the investment and get the capital work on the horizon. I

see the growth issues in the area as a further justification,” he said.

Board chair Joseph Bergin said the travel behaviour of locals needed to change and he favours a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane. “If we can get people into sharing cars, we’d have a good set-up here,” he said.

Recent travel survey data showed that 80 per cent of the cars on Lake Rd contained only the driver, and that by and large people head from the lower part of the peninsula to the CBD. But North Shore councillor Chris Darby said that population growth was occurring on the upper half of the peninsula. Therefore, the Lake Rd section between Hauraki and Bayswater was the key to AT’s business case.

“But we can’t wait for the confirmation of a large project. We need to proceed with immediate, low-cost interventions like route optimisation, school travel plans, etc.”

As former chair of the local board, Darby secured $54 million AT funding in 2013 to widen the section from Jutland Rd to Bayswater Ave to four lanes. But by March 2015, the money had been wiped off council’s ten-year budget.

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The map was presented to a Devonport-Takapuna Local Board public briefing and the Flagstaff asked for a copy, but was refused.

“The map was not produced to be distributed publicly. There are possible privacy issues as information on the maps affect property owners,” said Mark Hannan, a spokesperson for Auckland Transport.

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March 11, 2016

By Rob Drent

What a golden summer pole-vaulter Eliza McCartney is having. Last weekend she broke her own national record and set a new Oceania mark with a vault of 4.80m to win the New Zealand national champs.

If she had posted this vault at the 2012 Olympics, she would have won the gold medal. It was the 11th best vault of all time and the best vault by any woman in an outdoor competition this year.

McCartney was named emerging sports star at the Halberg awards last month – just a couple of weeks later, winning a medal at the Rio Olympics has become a real prospect.

The world record of 5.06 was set by Russian Elena Isinbaeva in 2009, but given McCartney’s age (still only 19) she has a real chance of surpassing this mark soon.

What has equally impressed me though is her disarming openness and the sincerity of her interviews – not unlike netball great Irene van Dyk. McCartney is a young woman enjoying her sport and it’s a delight to watch.

All the best to her for the rest of the year.

I would encourage people to make submissions on the management plans for Auckland volcanic cones – these directly affect Mt Victoria and North Head in Devonport.

The plans themselves are terribly written: a mixture of council doublespeak and politically correct gobbledygook and are extremely short on specifics.

Local North Shore ward councillor Chris Darby is on the council committee that jointly administers the mountains with the Maunga Authority.

I would ask Chris to put the document in front of his three daughters (all highly intelligent young women) and see if they could make head or tail of it.

However, Devonport people should ignore it at their peril. There are enough fish hooks to set a long line: with terms like “progressive removal of inappropriate physical structures and fixtures” and “phasing out of inappropriate recreational activities”.

Cycle access that “shall avoid erosion and adverse physical effects on Tūpuna Maunga values” (ie mountain biking on trails should be banned) is about as specific as the plan gets.

While the management plans are of a general nature, they will set the structure for the subsequent plans for each of the 14 mountains. The plans are available online on the Auckland Council website, with submissions closing on April 29.

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Good looking and topless?

We’ve all had a sneaky peek from time to time, haven’t we? Go on, even the most puritan among you must have chanced a sideways glance at a sexy, topless beauty on a sunny day. I know I have. I’m talking about sporty convertibles, of course. (What did you think I meant?)

Let’s face it, you do need to be a confidently metrosexual male to parade around in most of the two-seater ragtop offerings in the marketplace. Mazda MX-5, BMW Z3 / Z4, et al, none of them really scream ‘I am all man’!

If you are of the fairer sex, you neatly circumvent this pressing first-world issue, of course.

But, and it’s a big but, they are so much fun!

It’s a guilty pleasure owning one, kind of like taking your kids to Rainbows’ End because you secretly really, really enjoy the rides. You feel connected to the car, at one with the road, the sense of space and freedom is amazing.

You could of course go for a hugely macho V12 offering, from an exclusive Italian stable, but you have to be careful. It’s a fine and grey line between ‘Suave, sophisticated sports car owner’ and ‘Giant, egotistical tosser’. Be careful out there.

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End of Dan’s Clydesdales Era in Devonport

Popular sight… Dan Dufty and his Clydesdales in Devonport Dufty calculated that during his time in Dan Dufty, the owner of Devonport’s much-loved wagon rides, Town and Country Devonport he had given more than 100,000 rides over two decades.

Clydesdales, has died aged 78.

“As his health declined, going to Devonport In a fitting send-off, the Clydesdales took Dufty on one final ride following his funeral was something that he deeply missed and service – carrying his coffin from St Patrick’s talked about often. He loved it when people Catholic Church in Pukekohe to Heights Park called him in hospital to see when he would come back,” she says.

Cemetery, where he is buried.

Roger Giles, who helped rig up the horses Dufty had been operating the Clydesdale rides in Devonport for more than 20 years, after Dufty injured his shoulder, had become bringing his horses from Paerata in a trailer. He a good friend and visited Dufty in hospital regularly, says Danielle. kept his wagon parked said she and outside the Claystore in “We are hoping to sell herDanielle three siblings, as well recent years. the main team as one, as Dan’s former wife His daughter Danielle said: “He started with the wagon and gear, Gillian, aim to sell the Clydesdales on. “We are off doing weekends on as a business unit.” hoping to sell the main summer days and it grew team as one, with the to going every day over summer, then even some days in winter when wagon and gear, as a business unit. It would keep horses together and keep his legacy going the cruise ships were in.”

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Hospitality officially off Masonic menu Auckland Council has given the green light for part of the historic Masonic Tavern to be turned into office space, ending a more than 150-year history of hospitality on the site.

Redback Develop Ltd recently applied to amend its original resource consent application, which had allowed it to retain a café on the ground floor of the original tavern.

It wanted to change the use to commercial service/office activity instead.

A handwritten note by Hayden Taylor, Team Leader Resource Consents, accompanies the decision and responded to issues around the application.

Kestrel sinks suddenly Any hopes of the Kestrel returning to Devonport appear dashed after it sunk at its berth near the Wynyard Quarter early Tuesday morning.

The ferry had served the Devonport/ Auckland run for many years and a trust was hoping to restore it.

“The café use of the subject unit was not a material consideration in reaching a decision on the application on appeal,” Taylor says.

“As such, there is no expectation of continued hospitality use on the site.

This reflects the fact that the District Plan heritage provisions relate to physical fabric/ appearance/character, not the activities carried out within heritage buildings, and the business zone controls are non-specific in relation to what business activities are carried out where.

“I am satisfied that the change of use does not constitute a special circumstance in relation to the heritage status of the site or in relation to previous consents on the site,” he concludes.

The change-of-use consent was granted without notification.

“As detailed above, the proposal is for a controlled activity, which the District Plan requires be processed without public notification unless special circumstances exist; I am satisfied that they don’t,” says Taylor.

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March is such a busy month – change of season and wardrobe and hopefully some cooler nights. So just in time our new season sleepwear, camisoles and tights are now arriving in-store.

There are also a number of activities in the community this month. Boots are back on at North Shore Football Club and we are really pleased to be a sponsor again in 2016. If you or the kids want to enrol to play, now is the time. Then there is the extravaganza that is the Devonport Primary Fair on the Hill on Saturday the 19th - celebrating 10 years in 2016. Make sure you get along, it is a great day out to see the neighbours, go on some rides, smash plates and eat yummy cakes and sweets!

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A signed Black Caps Cricket World Cup team playing shirt went for a whopping $5,600 at an auction held at a North Shore Cricket Club lunch.

The shirt was sold to an anoymous buyer.

The lunch was held to mark the launch of a biography of the club patron, Barry Sinclair, a former New Zealand cricket captain. Story and pictures, page 30, 31.

Bayswater Primary pool opening Bayswater School’s newly upgraded pool was officially opened on Monday.

It was jointly unveiled by the school’s oldest student (RosaMay Bewg), youngest student ( J a s p e r Va n To n d e r ) a n d North Shore ward councillor Chris Darby (pictured above).

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Letters

March 11, 2016

MP needs to speak up on local issues to be hoped that iwi don’t apply for high-rise residential and/or commercial development at Torpedo Bay when the lease to the Navy Museum expires. (Don’t forget, it took the combined efforts of the former Department of Lands and Survey and the Department of Conservation more than 50 years to get the Navy to move off North Head Historic Reserve).

• allow high-rise residential and/or commercial development on the reclamation at Bayswater Marina.

• allow a high-rise retirement village on iwi land in Devonport when Auckland Councilappointed, so-called independent planning commissioners have no authority to investigate

How do you measure the effectiveness of our MP? It is sad but true that if a well trained poodle was nominated for National in the North Shore electorate, it would win by a landslide and have a job for life.

Our incumbent, Maggie Barry, appears unable to make a stand against the government on any issue affecting Devonport and Belmont residents and taxpayers.

I expect our MP to speak out against proposals to: • reduce the mandatory 20m-wide marginal strip at Torpedo Bay to 6m-10m. This is a repeat of the fiasco at Bayswater Marina. It is

the impact of the proposal on Lake Rd and the inadequacy of current infrastructure.

• allow high-density development on iwiowned land adjacent to Eversleigh Rd with the same problems as the retirement village and its impact on already overstretched local schools.

Maggie Barry’s silence on these issues is deafening. With the ambitious Chris Darby waiting in the wings, it is to be hoped that Chris would take a vocal stand against these issues on behalf of Devonport and Belmont ratepayers and taxpayers. It might be time for Maggie to stand up and be counted or take early retirement and go on permanent gardening leave.

Bruce Tubb

Chalking one up to car-parking experience To those of you who work in Devonport and rely on moving your car every few hours to avoid a parking fine, please be warned.

I work in a shop in the village and normally park up by the Masonic or at the far end of Kerr St, and enjoy a walk to and from work.

I have been unwell lately and walking this distance was beyond me.

Recently, I have been parking my blue Mini along the waterfront in a 180-minute space, moving it to a new space within the allocated time. A few days ago, when I went to move my car, the full space in front of it was available so I drove forward, ensuring that the small chalk mark on my tyre was under the wheel, as I felt that the traffic warden might think I had failed to move my car if the chalk was still visible. I went back to my car three hours later to find I had been given a ticket.

I telephoned the council to check that just

moving one space was okay. As I expected, I had committed no crime. The next time I was in the village, I left a note on my car to ask the traffic warden to call into my shop to rectify the mistake. The note was removed, but no traffic warden arrived. I filled in the infringement notice form online, to explain that the fine was a mistake. I checked my facts with another traffic warden, who was working in the village some days later. He also confirmed that I was entitled to move to the next space, but that it would be wise to ensure no chalk was visible. He thought the fine would be waived.

The fine was not waived and to add insult to injury the reply came with a photograph of my car tyre marked with a large bold chalk line.

This chalk was totally different in appearance and position to the small chalk mark that I ensured was under my wheel. I do not mind

paying a parking fine if I have committed an offence. I do mind being fined for an offence I have not committed.

I expect being a traffic warden must be a particularly stressful job; I used to make cups of tea at my shop for one lady traffic warden when she needed some respite from annoyed motorists. I will pay my $12 “fine”, not because I am guilty, but because I have already wasted so much time writing and telephoning the council, and I am sick of banging my head against a brick wall.

So, to all of you who play “cat and mouse” with the traffic wardens, here’s some advice. Take photographic evidence of your car’s exact position and of any chalk marks on your tyres.

By the way, that’s not my advice, it’s the advice from my friendly traffic warden!

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Let’s be neighbourly in the suburbs Living and working in a digital media world, websites and social media pages, some of which I am constantly in awe of technology and what are complimentary and others not so. progress happens next.

I have never heard anything bad on the radio Devonport has its own bits and pieces in waves provided by The Flea FM, an outstanding example of positively broadcasting to the place we all love to be in.

What does disturb me though is how some openly use the social media waves to abuse and berate business initiatives in our part of paradise.

I grew up in Devonport and this is It seems that once the poison has slowed its an example of why I love it here. flow on Neighbourly, the venom reappears on About three years ago, my children Facebook, and I would point out by faceless and I were playing on Devonport profiles who only get stuck in with negative beach when we noticed an old wharf rubbish. pylon that had been washed up. It was Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and if about seven feet long and beautifully you don’t agree then you must agree to disagree. weathered to a point at one end. It Mr Dykman is man enough to do this on a took us about 15 minutes to hand dig a hole in the sand by the breakwater, regular basis in the Flagstaff, and there are those plant the pylon and tamp sand down who would do well to sit up and listen rather than around it. It looked good. savaging positive additions to our community.

What I find incredible is that it It’s a pity that a historic building has been stayed there for three years. I loved caught up in the crossfire of the proposed to see it still standing. A strong man childcare centre on Victoria Rd, although the could have, but didn’t, push it over. market for its services it seems outweigh the The authorities let it be. Thanks for borax from the locals. that Devonport.

Let’s be neighbourly.

Matt Evans Ian Ferguson

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Hanging baskets would enhance main street Pat Habgood’s letter (Flagstaff, February 26) expresses thanks to those responsible for providing and maintaining flower tubs in central Devonport.––––– I heartily endorse Mrs Habgood’s comments and (from what I observed on a recent visit to Hastings) I believe that central Devonport could be even further enhanced by floral baskets hung from shop verandahs on both sides of Victoria Road.

Such hanging baskets, which are a prominent feature of central Hastings, are a real joy to behold.

I am hoping that members of the local community board and the local business association will read my comments and that they will be able to work together to apply Devonport could take a leaf the hanging basket concept to Devonport. out of Hastings’ book Monica Martinovich

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Midlife moment of truth sets Jim on a marathon run Jim Douglas ran his first marathon at the age of 50. Now 85, he has 29 marathons and more than 40 half-marathons under his belt and is now training for another. He spoke to Maire Vieth about how he took up running to stop drinking, and his search for identity.

Jim Douglas is addicted to running. He ran his first marathon in Rotorua in 1982, a year after he quit drinking for good. His time was 4.23. A year later in Hamilton he aimed for 3.30 and ran it with less than a second to spare.

Douglas ran the Rotorua marathon 17 times before he had a heart bypass in 2005, and his cardiologist prescribed only halfmarathons. He mostly walks them now. This April he has entered another half-marathon in Rotorua, and hopes to finish in under four hours. He has won the event’s 80-plus division for the last three years.

“My long term goal is to do the 10km run at the World Masters Games in Auckland in April 2017. I am trying to be realistic.

My half-marathon time might be a bit embarrassing there,” he says.

A member of the Auckland YMCA Marathon Club, he walks up to 30km weekly for training, mostly on his own. “There simply aren’t that many people at my age who do this sort of thing,” he says. Douglas also has a pair of light weights he uses at home four times a week. “And I go aqua jogging at the Tepid Baths once a week,” he says.

Douglas looks amazingly fit and healthy, but says his body is falling apart like most other 85-year-olds’.

“I have arthritis, diabetes, had a bypass in 2005 and just purchased a hearing aid. You name it, I’ve got it,” he says. It’s his attitude that keeps him pounding the pavement. “My theory is that more old people could do more Marathon man… Jim Douglas aims for another Rotorua trophy if they really put their mind to it.”

In 1997, aged 66, Douglas put his mind experience to run across the city’s five either,” he says.

Had there been earlier clues? “If I had been to running the New York Marathon. It took boroughs,” he says.

It’s not just a can-do attitude that drives cleverer I should have guessed. Both of my him nearly six and a half hours.

“I was 29,598th out of 30,427. But it him. “Soon after I turned 50, I gave up a parents were 5’1 and I was 6’2. But I was really didn’t matter. Just to say you did it is negative addiction for a positive one. I gave bloody naïve,” says Douglas.

In 1985, the Adult Adoption Information enough and it was a fantastic, tremendous up drinking and started running,” he says.

The watershed came in 1981. “It was then Act opened access to information about brought to my attention that I had a serious adoptions and Douglas decided he wanted drinking problem. I accepted it. I wouldn’t to know more. His birth certificate showed want to overstate the case, but drinking had he had celebrated his birthday three days become a matter of life and death for me,” he early all of his life.

The certificate listed his parents’ names as says. Douglas won’t say how much he drank, only that “it was enough for my life to get out Dorothy May Thompson (nee Blumsky) and of control, physically, mentally, emotionally, Arthur Hazelrigg. Three years of “private spiritually, financially.” He hasn’t touched a sleuthing” revealed he was not the only child he thought, but had nine half-brothers drink in 35 years.

Sobriety redefined his sense of self, he and sisters.

In 1989, Douglas contacted talkback radio says. Getting regular counselling was part of getting sober and revealed the impact of host John Blumsky and discovered they were first cousins. When his half-sister Peg his early adoption on him.

“Until then I had no idea how much being saw him for the first time, she exclaimed, www.scapetech.co.nz adopted had affected my life. When I was “You’re certainly a Blumsky!” Over the scapetech@clear.net.nz 21, my parents sat me down at the kitchen years, Douglas has met many direct and table and told me I was adopted, without extended family members and keeps in touch giving any details. I never asked for them with some.

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He retired in 2008 and self-published a book about his life – From a Clothes-less Early Childhood: The Life and Times of Stephen James (Jim) Douglas – the following year. “I didn’t want my children and grandchildren to not know their heritage,” he says.

Douglas believes adoption records

“My theory is that more old people could do more if they really put their mind to it,” – Jim Douglas, 85 year old half-marathoner should be open. “Adopted children should have complete access to their background information. Their right to information exceeds the right of the parents for privacy.

Otherwise you are simply not whole, while there is a wholeness available that you can’t get access to,” he says.

“One of life’s great regrets for me is that I never got to know or relate to my birth mother, birthHOME father, grandparents or greatOPEN OPEN HOME grandfather, all of whom were alive for various period of my early life and residents in Christchurch within close living distance,” he says. Dorothy died in 1966.

In 1972, Douglas was married with three young daughters and living in St Heliers when he and wife Mary decided to adopt four-anda-half-year-old David John. “Mary saw a Special Welfare advertisement in the Herald for a psychologically damaged autistic boy who lived in the Child Psychology ward at Auckland Hospital.

“When we got him, he could sit in a chair,

rock back and forwards and say his name.

It was bloody hard work and I have since agonised whether it was totally fair on our daughters Lucille, Juliet and Rebecca, but David John ultimately became a precious member of our family. His mother is Chinese and his father Maori. I approached her a few times through the adoption agency, but she never got back to me, which is something I don’t understand,” says Douglas.

David John, now 48, lived at home until he was 10 and “basically, I couldn’t handle him any more,” says Douglas. David John has since been in the care of IHC. Jim and Mary divorced in 1996 and Douglas moved to Browns Bay. “Despite everything, I have a strong relationship with my daughters and I visit my son regularly and bring him home for Christmas. He used to come every weekend, but I can’t do that any more,” he says.

Four years ago, Douglas moved to a small one-room pensioner’s flat at Kings Court. He was hit hard by the Global Financial Crisis. “I was never really well off, but I had some investments and they got virtually wiped out, so now I only have superannuation,” he says.

He loves it at King’s Court. Two weeks ago, he organised his second resident party in the empty flat next door. “It was a brilliant bloody success. Out of the 12 of us, six showed up. We had Foster and Allen play in the background and we creamed it,” he says.

Douglas proudly looks around the room.

There is the photo of the 1952 Marist team, half-marathon trophies won in Rotorua, a photo of him crossing the New York City Marathon finish line, a wooden clock his father gave to his mother for their 25th wedding anniversary, a photo of his three daughters and the Hazelrigg and Douglas coats of arms.

Next to the TV, which plays the cricket, are the weights, ready for the next training session to prepare him for another Rotorua win.

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He has dug deep into his family history, finding that his maternal grandmother was from the island of Guernsey and arrived in Lyttleton in 1875. Dorothy’s paternal Polish grandparents, Joseph and Mary Joblinski (anglicised to Blumsky), had arrived there three years earlier from Hamburg.

Even after 20 years of research the background of his father remains a frustrating mystery. Douglas was told Arthur Hazelrigg was an English Remittance Man, a black sheep in a noble family, banished to the colonies. Douglas only knows for sure that Hazelrigg lived in a Christchurch boarding house, worked on a gold sluicing claim on the West Coast and disappeared in 1932.

Douglas also researched the Scottish and Irish background of his adoptive parents.

They were his third set of foster parents and adopted him when he was two. “I am forever grateful they did,” he says.

Douglas loved his adoptive mother but found the relationship with his adoptive father difficult. “We came from opposite ends of the spectrum. He was short, fiery, steeped in working-class New Zealand ethics and practically quite talented. I was none of these things. The one thing we had in common was a love for rugby,” he says.

Douglas played on the wing for Canterbury through the grades to provincial level. In 1952, he was in the senior Marist club team that won the Canterbury club championship for the third year in a row.

A good athlete and 400 metres runner, he made the Canterbury rugby squad that had 12 All Blacks, including Bob Duff, Bob Stuart and Pat Vincent.

A year later, Douglas injured his shoulder during the traditional Canterbury TownCountry match. “The back line that day consisted of current or future All Blacks Pat Vincent, Doug Wilson, John Hotop, Alan Elsom, Ross Smith and Kevin Stuart. It was as close as I ever got to being an All Black,” he says. His enjoyment of rugby continued though, and he followed the All Blacks to Sydney and Paris during the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups.

Douglas says getting an education was a long and hard-won struggle for him. He left Christchurch Technical College at 15 to become an office boy in the brewery his father managed. After years of night school, he achieved School Certificate and University Entrance and became a part-time accounting student at Canterbury University in 1950. He passed his final exam six years later, then studied to become a teacher.

A BCom honours degree from Victoria University followed in 1964.

Douglas’s CV covers a wide range of jobs. “I worked as an accountant, both in public practice and commerce, as a company secretary and director, management consultant, merchant banker, human resources manager, teacher and lecturer at Wellington Polytech and ATI and once with Sir William Rogers at Auckland

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Catching up with At 102, Jenkin Hughes is one of the oldest visitors to Devonport. He comes from England for six weeks every year in February and March to see his daughter Sheila Stevens.

Equally extraordinary is the fact that he enjoys the arduous three-day trip from Exmouth in Devon, to Auckland, via Hong Kong.

The former bank manager has only good things to say about the journey. “I know the flight is long. I know what’s coming and I try to enjoy it.

“They bring me food and drink while I read on my Kindle, watch a film or listen to music.

This time I listened to a lot of classical music I haven’t heard in ages,” he says.

For the last two years, Hughes has splurged and flown business class. He still walks the aisles to stretch his legs.

Hughes lives at home on his own and gets around with the help of a trolley.

“To break up the journey I stay a night in the Hong Kong airport hotel. They put me in a wheelchair and take me right up to the reception desk and the next morning they fetch me and put me back on the plane,” In 2013, the year he turned 100, four IT technicians had to override the airport systems when he checked in. The computers were unprepared for a 1913 birthdate. “I guess there are not a lot of 100-year-olds who fly,” he says.

When in Devonport, Hughes likes to go for walks in Mt Cambria Reserve and enjoys lunch or dinner out with his daughter. Last week, they

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Second home… Jenkin Hughes and daughter Sheila Stevens have lunch at Five Loaves. Then it’s off to see The Phantom of the Opera in the city. saw The Phantom of the Opera and the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Speed of Light.

As a visiting member of the Stanley Bowling Club since 1987, Hughes played there until last year. He made friends there over the years, including with Malcom Iversen who died last April.

He also played golf at Waitemata Golf Club until he turned 100.

Sheila Hughes landed in New Zealand in 1980 while backpacking around the world. Her parents came to visit for the first time in 1982, when she married fellow Brit Bob Stevens.

They returned regularly every two to three years until Sheila’s mother Anne died in 2008.

“That’s when I started coming every year.”

Hughes has no plans to stop but, “I take it one year at a time.”

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Don’t get me Ron, Maggie working for all our futures Recently a pod of orcas cruised past our lovely beaches in Devonport into the upper harbour. A great sight to behold. On the same day, my ace fishing son hooked me a kingfish off Stanley Bay. The next day, my ace fish-smoking mate smoked half of it in tea tree, ginger, garlic and secret ingredients. (I’m not telling). My ace cooking mate marinated a chunk of it in lemon and coconut with chilli, onion and cucumber, whilst I fried a few kingfish steaks in butter, salt and pepper as an entree. That’s the life we still have here in Devonport.

That’s what we need for our future generations.

We are so lucky here, given Maggie is the Minister of Conservation and our local MP working at preserving the sanctity of our environment. She will make sure the toxic wastes from dairying will stop pouring into the gulf at the Firth of Thames causing toxic slime at my beach, and toxic shellfish syndrome. She will move to ensure the leftover whales, dolphins, gannets, pilchards, piper, krill, penguins, snapper, kahawai, kingis and a multitude of seabirds don’t become extinct with the cockles at Cheltenham.

Mass overcrowding of our city and town, our shores and overfishing are clearly something Maggie is going to save us from. She is moving to stem the tide. We do need to check that her

mates in Wellington, Ms C and co, do not go into the krill-fishing business in our harbour, as well as dairying. Foreigners have found the krill is small but good for you – just when you think there’s nothing left to eat in the sea, there are actually little crustaceans you can filter out for profit. The learned values of conservation, decades of evolutional thinking, the efforts of the environment courts, fishing-quota management systems, are not going to be forgotten. Flouting a court ruling protecting a marine recreational

March 11, 2016 area, or encouraging mass intensification and population, using masses escaping the environments trashed in far-flung places, is not the plan in parliament we voted for.

Our minister is going to save Devonport because it’s her chosen paradise, her son’s legacy, and my son’s too. Her legacy rewarded by free travel, a huge retirement package, a good salary you can’t earn gardening, a chauffeur-driven limo: she cruises down Stanley Point looking at the wonderland and the Waitemata, not for sale to speculators or foreign interests.

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The last weekend of February saw a hive of activity on base as two NH90 helicopters, one Seasprite helicopter, earth-moving vehicles, heavy plant, a raft of various army vehicles and about 200 engineers, drivers, sappers and medical personnel were loaded onto HMNZS CANTERBURY to deploy to Fiji to help with the clean up following Tropical Cyclone Winston.

HMNZS CANTERBURY is the hub of New Zealand’s Navy, Air Force and Army Joint Task Force in Fiji. She can carry up to 250 people, as well as her own crew, for long periods and is particularly useful following natural disasters as she can land personnel, vehicles and cargo by landing craft, helicopter or ramps, as well as through conventional port infrastructure.

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region by the Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMNZS WELLINGTON and a Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion.

Base Commander Devonport, Commander David Turner said that it was a remarkable achievement by all three Services over a very short period of time to pull together and gather all the resources in one place that would deliver a joint effect into Fiji where it is most needed.

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“The help we are providing is both needed and very much welcomed by the people of Fiji.

And the support and understanding of the good people of Devonport is certainly appreciated when we are called upon to undertake these type of humanitarian and disaster relief operations.”

It is not known when the ships will return to New Zealand, but with the extent of the devastation in the area following the cyclone, it is expected to be at least a month before the personnel up in Fiji will be back with their families.

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Rowers take to ‘the water’ on Windsor Reserve TGS rowers will hold a mini-regatta on Windsor Reserve on March 12 to raise money to send crews to the national secondary schools rowing champs.

The club hopes to send 24 crew members (rowers and coxswains) to the competition at Lake Ruataniwha, near Twizel, taking place from April 4 to April 9. The entire club – 32 crew, plus coaches – will be at the Erg-a-Thon fundraiser.

The rowers will cover a combined total distance of 1,356,300 metres in one day – the distance from TGS to Lake Ruataniwha.

They aim to raise around $48,000 to send the TGS crews to the national champs.

The club hopes supporters and others will come along, watch and support, as well as enjoy something from the barbecue.

The club has set up a Givealittle page: givealittle.co.nz/cause/tgsrc-twizel

Silver pole sticks out like sore thumb A silver street-light , which appeared halfway down Memorial Drive, has raised the hackles of Devonport RSA. The pole appeared recently after one of the custom-made green lamp posts had been hit and destroyed by a car.

RSA President Chris Mullane wrote to Auckland Transport (AT) chief executive David Warburton and AT chairman Lester Levy asking for “the inappropriate

installation to be replaced with a matching pole and properly complying lighting be installed to achieve the originally intended result for Devonport Memorial Drive.”

Mullane received a response the next day, saying the pole was only temporary while a replacement was being manufactured and painted in a matching green. It will be installed in about three months’ time, the letter said.

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Rafa Yam, Matthew Lucente and Gabe Yam – who are all A-grade players – are taking on all comers from noon to midnight on March 26.

The boys are in the wider selection squad for the New Zealand team and need money to travel around to selection tourneys for the world juniors.

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Date set for Devonport Wharf ferry-crash sentencing Fullers will be sentenced in the Auckland District Court on April 8 in relation to charges arising from the ferry Kea crashing into Devonport Wharf in February 2015, injuring around 20 people.

The ferry company pleaded guilty to two health and safety breaches brought by Maritime New Zealand.

• No action is being taken against Fullers over another crash into Devonport Wharf

by the Osprey ferry in October last year.

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) said Fullers “reported a starboard engine control malfunction.

“A MNZ Maritime Officer conducted a review of their findings and considered they addressed the issue. There were three passengers on board – no one was injured.

“Maritime New Zealand will not be taking any further action,” a spokesman said.

New political blood wanted Residents interested in standing in the local body elections in October are being encouraged to attend an information evening at the Depot on March 17 at 6 pm.

Co-organiser of the event, Lyn Lawton, said there was concern in the community about a lack of new blood coming into local body politics. In the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board area, there was no guarantee long-term board member Dianne Hale or board chair Joseph Bergin would stand again. Board member and former chair Mike Cohen will be at the event to talk about what is involved.

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Fun in the sun at Belmont School Fair

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Spinning yarns – Barry Sinclair biography launch

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Man of the moment… Barry Sinclair (left) with Mike Cohen, Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member

All is revealed… (left to right) Australian publisher Ronald Cardwell, Bill Francis and Barry Sinclair unveil the new book

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In the crease… (left to right) North Shore Cricket Club identity Roger Brittenden, former Shore captain Chris Davies, current North Shore captain/coach Graeme Beghin and Blues marketing manager, Grant McKenzie

Above: Martin Snedden enjoys the speeches

Dozens of cricket luminaries attended the launch of In Pursuit of Excellence: The Barry Sinclair Story by Bill Francis, held at the North Shore Cricket Club.

Club Patron and former New Zealand cricket captain Sinclair was there to receive accolades and tell the odd yarn or two.

Another former New Zealand captain, John Reid, attended along with former internationals including Martin Snedden, Bruce Edgar, Richard Collinge and Richard Jones.

Sinclair played 21 tests and toured England, India and Pakistan with the national side.

Bottom left: Former New Zealand cricket captain John Reid Author Bill Francis praised Sinclair for in top form being “small but powerful, dedicated and courageous”.

Bottom middle: Northcote MP Francis, a veteran broadcaster, said one of Sinclair’s greatest achievements was to Jonathan Coleman enjoys a day admit he wasn’t a “natural player”, which out on the field made him devoted to improving his game through trials and tribulations. “He was a true Below… adding colour to the day professional in the amateur era and his legacy (clockwise from top): of preparation made him at one stage the best Lorraine Davies, Tracy Davies, batsman in New Zealand.”

Leah Garea and Mavis Bowden • Sinclair played 40 test innings for New Zealand, scoring 1,148 runs and three hundreds, with a top score of 138.

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Local Board toothless in face of Ryman Healthcare proposal Iain Rea and Gustav Scholtz walked away empty-handed from their call for help from the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

The two Ngataringa Road residents implored the board to listen to the community’s views on the proposed Ryman Healthcare development on the former Wakakura Block land, now owned by Ngati Whatua o Orekei.

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Ryman has proposed building almost 200 apartments in blocks of up six storeys on the land. It says the impact of the planned development will be minor and does not need to be notified.

In the face of the potential non-notification, Rea and Scholtz are running up against brick walls. “This is a plea to the local board to request more information from residents, to ask for our opinions and to sure your constituents are given a voice,” they told the board in a public forum last week. “The public have tried to make its views known in a public meeting, local newspaper and submissions [to the Proposed Unitary Plan], but it is not clear whether any submissions are being taken seriously.”

Board member Dianne Hale said the board’s role was to advocate and comment on the application, “but it’s entirely up to council or commissioners to decide whether it will be notified. We can request a briefing with them, but they are not obliged to follow through.”

“Ryman has not approached the board yet, which is unusual,” said board chair Joseph Bergin. He was advised by council staff that actually no application had been officially filed yet.

The Flagstaff published details of Ryman’s resource consent application on December 4, after requesting to see it.

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A wonderful gala lunch A new Year’s feast was devoured and toasts were made during the sixth Annual Senior Gala, a special event honouring new Zealand’s beloved Korean War veterans and the seniors of the local Korean community.

The Takapuna Grammar school hall served as a venue for this jam-packed day, seating hundreds of seniors and their families, from all over Auckland.

The morning ceremony started off with a mixture of Maori and Korean performances by the TGS Kapa Haka, ezer Missionary Korean Traditional Dance Team, and rainbow Senior Choir.

Students took the spotlight as scholarships were awarded by the Hi Well Charitable Foundation, the main organiser of the gala party. Three Takapuna students – Joe Seufatu, Kevin Kim and Saffie Doughty – were among those awarded scholarships this year.

Throughout the day, a crew of about 200 hard-working volunteers from the community, as well as students and prefects from TGS, helped behind the scenes to ensure the event’s success.

The lucky-prize draw offered a variety of prizes, ranging from Bee Propolis toothpaste to tofu, and were dished out to the grinning Julia Giurgiu, one of the volunteers. right after the first prize draw came to an prizewinners by the student volunteers. “It was probably the most hectic part of the end, the MCs busted out a karaoke machine day, but seeing everyone’s utter joy and and the dancing began.

By Alice Wu enthusiasm made it more enjoyable,” said

Saffie Doughty was one of the three TGS Hi Well Trust scholarship winners on the day.

A vivacious Valentine’s Internationally celebrated Valentine’s Day was acknowledged early by Takapuna Grammar School’s very own prefects of 2016.

In the lead-up to the day, students were able to purchase singing telegrams, written messages and cookies to be sent anonymously to any chosen individual in the school, including teachers. These would be delivered on Friday 12th.

Anneka Scholtz, Year 13 prefect, enthused: “I had a lot of fun delivering the singing telegrams and seeing everyone’s reactions. I think it was a great success!”

On the day, the prefects donned their cupid costumes – wings and all – with flower crowns and necklaces. Dressed for the part, they wandered around school to perform their tasks before the end of the day.

During interval and lunch, they set up a photo booth, complete with prefects, a giant teddy for everyone to pose with to their heart’s content, and a symbolic red background.

Sharon Tang, a Year 11 student who has her birthday on Valentine’s, said: “It was funny and nice to have ‘Happy Birthday’ sung to me.”

BY CHrISTIne ZHOu

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Splashing and sprinting in the sunshine It was a busy sporting start to the term with Swimming Sports in mid-February, closely followed by Athletics Day the following week. Swimming Sports was a splash, with sunny weather, loud music and keen competitors.

There was cause for celebration this year, with three long-standing records broken. Michael Worsfold broke the fiveyear record for the Intermediate Boys 3-length breaststroke in 1 minute 17 seconds. Hannah Kim broke the six-year Junior Girls 3-length breaststroke in 1 minute 30 seconds and her sister, Chloe Kim, broke the five-year record for the Open Girls medley in 1 minute 45 seconds.

The Houses put their best goggles on for the relay races, with Tokomaru emerging as the winner followed by Arawa, Aotea and Tainui.

Athletics Day was a bit of a changeup with the non-competitive events only compulsory for Year 9 and 10 students. It was a fun-filled day with students reaching new heights as they ran, jumped and competed in serious events, mingled with the occasional egg and spoon race, or Frisbee in the hoop challenge.

House relays finished the day with a

competitive edge as faces were streaked with red, blue, yellow or green paint. On this occasion, Arawa edged out Tokomaru to come in first, with Aotea third and Tainui fourth. Competitive events were

held the following week after school, and 31 students qualified for the north Harbour Secondary School Athletics Championships.

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Major revamp of Windsor Reserve playground being considered A redevelopment of the Windsor Reserve playground, using Victorian and Edwardian themes, is on the cards.

The playground is the most visited in Devonport, and is enjoyed by locals and tourists alike.

Council officer Chris McPhearson said the reserve’s old play equipment had reached the end of its life and replacing it like-for-like would cost around $100,000.

But a major upgrade was also being looked into, McPhearson said.

She presented the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board with an Opus Consultants concept report for a major playground development along Victorian and Edwardian lines.

A “long-term and staged investment” could have a carousel with horses or lighthouse structure with slides as a centrepiece.

It could expand into additional reserve space and also include a water feature (pump and jets), climbing nets, rocking horses, tunnels and obstacle courses, among other items, the report says.

One “relatively young” oak tree towards the centre of the reserve would have to be removed to optimise the space; walking paths would remain largely in the same location, the report said The report did not include any costings Windsor Reserve playground concepts… for the proposals, but said existing swings a Bean Rock lighthouse-style playground (above) would be reused and relocated. and a carousel reflecting the Edwardian era (below)

March 11, 2016

TUPUNA MAUNGA O TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUTHORITY PROPOSED INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN The Tu–puna Maunga o Ta–maki Makaurau Authority has resolved to notify the Proposed Tu–puna Maunga o Ta–maki Makaurau Integrated Management Plan under the Nga– Mana Whenua o Ta–maki Makaurau Collective Redress Act 2014 and Reserves Act 1977.

Following the return of 14 Tu–puna Maunga to Nga– Mana Whenua o Ta–maki Makaurau (the 13 mana whenua tribes of Auckland) in 2014, the Tu–puna Maunga Authority is progressing an integrated management plan to set the direction for their restoration, protection and enhancement.

The 14 Tu–puna Maunga are: • Matukutu– ruru / Wiri Mountain • Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill • Maungarei / Mount Wellington • Maungauika / North Head • Maungawhau / Mount Eden – • Ohinerau / Mount Hobson – • Ohuiarangi / Pigeon Mountain – • Ota–huhu / Mount Richmond – • Owairaka / Te Ahi-ka–-a-Rakataura / Mount Albert • Puketa– papa / Pukew–Iw–I / Mount Roskill • Rarotonga / Mount Smart • Takarunga / Mount Victoria • Te Ko– puke / T–It–Iko–puke / Mount St John • Te Ta– tua a Riukiuta / Big King Also included are administered lands on Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill and Te Ara Puera / Te Pane-o-Mataaho / Ma–ngere Mountain.

The Proposed Integrated Management Plan and background information may be viewed free of charge on line at aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/tupunamaunga or during business hours at any Auckland Council library.

Any person may make a submission setting their suggestions for or objections to the proposed plan, and confirming whether they wish to present their submission to a Hearings Panel.

Submissions can be made via email to maungaauthority@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz, or by sending your written comments by post to Tu–puna Maunga Authority, Private Bag 92300, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142.

Submissions close at 5pm Friday 29 April 2016.

For more information call 09 301 0101 or visit www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ tupunamaunga

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ACCOMMODATION

REST HOMES

SERVICES OFFERED

SITUATIONS VACANT

1 minute stroll to beautiful Cheltenham beach. Kick your jandals off at the front door and relax in this well-maintained, peaceful ground floor apartment. Large living area with separate modern kitchen.

Two large bedrooms with built in wardrobes. Bathroom plus additional toilet. Separate laundry and storage garage. Contact Barbara 021 141 0331 Cheltenham Beach Studio.

Stunning studio with new fit-out only metres from the beach. Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Self-contained with separate access and private garden. Wi-Fi included. Phone Mike 021 747 526.

Cheltenham: 2 dbl br. Private Beach access daily or weekly rent. Fully furnished. ph 445 3008.

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

Ph: 445 7895.

Devonport short let. Large, comfortable, 4 bed fully furnished family home available for rent short term. Great location, close to Vauxhall shops and views down Cheltenham beach.

Phone: 022 3175 401.

Holiday Accommodation Cheltenham, absolute beachfront. One double and two singles, shady setting, everything supplied. Ph 445 3008.

House for rent really nice 4/5 bed multi living areas, in a nice street close to Narrow Neck beach.

Call Kerry 021 159 2011 rent negotiable.

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

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.

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. Exp e r i e n c e d g a r d e n e r. P h Carolyn on 446 6517 or 027 292 8167 for a free on-site consultation.C 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, washing, ironing, furniture polishing.

Experienced. References. $25 per hour. Ph 442 2273, 027 4926220.

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

Phone Rod 021 390 800.

Housewashing. Get your house clean for the holidays by contacting Bubble Boys house washing. We clean windows, doors, weatherboards, garages and outbuildings. Support local, hard-working and reliable high-school Devonport boys by contacting us at seanslreeves@ gmail.com or call 021 0621 750 to get a free quote. We are very reasonably priced. We protect paint by using soft brushes only. We can also provide water blasting for concrete driveways, paths and patios if needed.

Ironing: Professional, reliable, fast turnaround. Call Denise or Peter 486-1614/0223-552-350.

Landscaping – Format Landscapes, 18 years’ experience, Dip. Landscape Design. Design and build. We undertake all aspects of hard and soft landscaping including decks, paving, fences, retaining walls, planting etc. Small to large projects. Free quote www.formatlandscapes.co.nz.

Call Matt 021 599107.

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

Tagbuster, graffiti looked after Devonport to Hauraki Corner.

Call the Tagbuster 0800antitag, 0800 2684 824.

Window Cleaning for houses and businesses. For a free quote call Ivan 473 6631.

Hauraki home services.

Part-time cleaner wanted, own car, reliable and honest.

Police check required. Ph Sophie 021 0254 8044.

Senior Accounts Administrator – All encompassing Accounts role available with a small company based in Devonport. Must have high level accounts experience as well as large system knowledge and be a positive, self motivated team player. Ideally part time role 25-30 hours per week – to discuss please contact Katie at Team Recruitment (09) 525 5397 or send your CV to Katie@ teamrecruitment.co.nz

EVENT Book Launch. Mandy The Little Elephant: Mandy’s Eating Habits.

Saturday March 19, 9.30 am to 10.30am, Devonport Community House, in the upstairs art room FOR SALE Business Opportunity for Teacher Devonport area.

Love teaching but not paperwork and meetings? Looking for lifestyle and to work from home?

Would like to earn $70k plus for a 20-hour week? Full training provided. $52k and some set-up costs. Contact Eve 022 341 1716/ iywalton@gmail.com

SERVICES OFFERED 10 YEARS’ experience.

Home cleaning. Husband and wife. Honest, reliable, careful workers. All equipment supplied. References available.

Ph Joyce 022 073 1550.

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

Call Yvonne for a free quote 415 0028.

Bookkeeping/Payroll Are you a small business located in the Devonport area? Do you need someone for a few hours each week to help you keep your accounts in order? I can do your bookkeeping/accounts/payroll and IRD returns so that everything is ready for your accountant at the end of the financial year! Contact Vicki on 021 845543.

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, 4WD 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.

Counselling Low-cost counselling offered by experienced narrative therapist (BA Psychology) completing practicum hours. $30/ hr. Please contact Sarah for confidential, no-obligation discussion: 022 678 1880.

Curtains & Roman Blinds Free measure, quote and design advice. 20 years’ experience.

Phone Sara 027 625 5844.

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.

TUITION Acoustic and classical guit a r, m u s i c t h e o r y. F u n , comprehensive, tailored to you! Devonport-based. Michelle Birch, BMus (Hons) michellebirch@zoho.com, www.michellebirch.com ART CLASSES @ D’Port Community house: Wednesday night, life drawing; Friday morning, mastering art. ph Lucy Bucknall - 446 0389.

Art Classes for Children.

Wednesdays 3.20 - 5.20 in artist’s home studio by the sea, Devonport. Term One “Pet Apartment” Painting, Drawing Project. Contact Erica Soman MFA Dip Tchg 021 127 9671 erica_artist@xtra.co.nz Children’s Clay Classes. Come and create your own coastal inspired beachcomber wreath.

Every Thursday from 4.30-6pm ph 021 0233 1834 to book your place. 6 years and upwards.

Beginners welcome. 6 weeks $125, includes materials.

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 and Statistics.

Individual lessons with a friendly, experienced tutor. NCEA 1 & 2, school years 3 -12. Weekdays and Saturdays, $40/hour. Phone Gillian Steele BCom 488 7059 gillrsteele@hotmail.com Mathematics Tuition, Sensitive tutoring offered at all levels of the secondary school curriculum. NCEA, IB and Cambridge welcomed. 100% pass rate in 2015. NCEA 3 calculus specialist. Ph Peter Ridge BE,Dip Tchg (sec) 445 2283.

Singing lessons in Devonport.

Contract Dr Sue Braatvedt 473 9113 or 027 3402884. All ages.

S L S S S w i m S c h o o l , 11 Evan Street, Belmont (off Eversleigh Road). Specialists in preschoolers. Phone 486 6728 for more info.

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Beghin has chance to make history North Shore Cricket Club captain Graeme Beghin is this weekend set to break the club season runs record that has stood for almost 40 years.

Going into the second day of the premiers’ match against Eden Roskill, Beghin is just 17 runs short of John Little’s record of 929, set in 1976-77.

Eden Roskill were all out for 215 last Saturday and North Shore were 25-0 at stumps.

Beghin, who has hit 913 runs this season, will bat at number three. Given his form this summer, he has a great chance of setting a new club record on Saturday.

However, while he is proud of his batting achievements, the record is not the first thing on Beghin’s mind as Shore faces a nail-biting end to the Tom Hellaby second division Auckland championship.

Having led the competition the whole season, the side was last week overtaken

by Howick/Pakuranga, who are now half a point ahead.

Following the Eden-Roskill match, North Shore have one two-day game to play – against Grafton at home over Easter weekend.

“After three months of competition it is an exciting finish,” Beghin said.

The side has played an exciting style of cricket throughout the year and surprised many pundits by winning the Auckland Twenty20 competition.

“The real prize is the championship (and promotion to the top division of Auckland cricket), but as a team we have been happy with the brand of cricket we have played this season,” he said.

The club had a huge amount of support from the community and its own members “from the little guys to old boys, which has the guys nicely motivated to to the job.”

Shore was in a similar position last year.

It had been top of the table all season, only to Leading from the top order... be pipped in the final rounds of play.

“We just have to play our best – that is all Graeme Beghin, North Shore we can do,” Beghin said. captain

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Situated in historic Stanley Point, the Remuera of the North Shore, lies this stunning, completely refurbished villa, the epitome of elegant charm combined with the latest in luxury living. The bespoke European fitted kitchen is the showpiece of the super spacious, open plan living room with fitted study alcove and adjacent separate laundry. The glamorous, fully tiled bathrooms are state of the art. There are four bedrooms (master en suite), and the living room opens to sundrenched decks and lawns and landscaped garden, leading to the gorgeous summerhouse, perfect for relaxed living or guest/teenage quarters.

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