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Ryman design changes after locals fight back Significant design changes but no reduction in the number of units are the outcomes of the Environment Court challenge to Ryman Healthcare’s proposed Devonport retirement village, the Flagstaff understands.

During a five-week mediation process, members of the Devonport Peninsula

Precincts Society (DPPS), Urban Auckland and the New Zealand Institute of Architects, Auckland Branch, managed to get Ryman to agree to reduced height and bulk of the development.

The Flagstaff understands that the overall look of the agreed design won’t require

Ryman to file a new resource consent application with council.

The new design is said to be within the scope of Ryman’s original consent granted by the Independent Hearing Panel To page 8

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Transit lanes are at the core of Lake Rd improvement proposals aiming to get locals to bus and carpool more often.

In a summary of its recently released indicative business case (IBC), Auckland Transport (AT) says there is no silver bullet to combat the congestion on the peninsula’s arterial road, and that “introducing transit lanes where possible” is key.

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to road marking for “segments of transit lanes; a middle-range option costing $30m to $40m involving shifting some kerbs to create longer sections of transit lanes; and a $70 million widening of Lake Rd for a “full provision of all movements,” including separated cycle lanes.

No funding is confirmed for any of the proposed upgrades and will have to be lobbied for in upcoming Long Term Plan/Regional Land Transport funding rounds. The improvements would take between five and 10 years – too slow for many who want action now.

No design specifics were included on the AT agenda item of last Tuesday’s Devonport-Takapuna Local Board (DTLB) meeting. It also remains unclear how much of Lake Rd would be widened in the $70million proposal; whether it would be up to Bayswater or all the way down to Devonport.

The four-page agenda item says AT is investigating the conversion of the city-bound Esmonde Rd bus lane into a transit lane to be connected to the motorway on-ramp. It also proposes “walking and cycling improvements, travel behaviour change initiatives, and technology improvements.” On the face of it, the IBC presents nothing new from various other reports over the years.

AT effectively withheld the full $370,000draft IBC from the public – including any drawings, analysis or findings – despite previously agreeing to table the report, after it was pushed to do so by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff.

Goff seems to have been ignored and the DTLB’s desire to share the full report at a public meeting will be tested again.

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Last rites coming up for another Devonport church St Augustine’s Church on Calliope Rd will go on sale next month.

It’s Devonport’s second heritage church to be sold off in recent times.

St Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Victoria Rd was sold to chess grandmaster Murray Chandler five years ago.

Members of the Anglican Parish of Devonport voted in February to sell St Augustine’s due to dwindling patronage.

Vicar Charmaine Braatvedt says “an overwhelming majority” of the 84 people who attended a special general meeting voted for the sale.

“Everyone is sad about it but it is the logical and right thing to do. We had to be realistic,” she says.

The sale will be by tender. Proceeds will be used for a planned upgrade and earthquakestrengthening of the Holy Trinity church hall on Church St. Before the 1930 Category 2 brick St Augustine’s building and its wooden hall go on the market, the church will be deconsecrated in a special service.

“It’s what I call a holy goodbye. It will be a special thanksgiving service for all the good stuff that has happened here,” Braatvedt says.

“The ministry of St Augustine’s will be absorbed into Holy Trinity and its sacred vessels and articles of worship will be set up in a side chapel, next to Holy Trinity’s main altar, that we will rename St Augustine’s Chapel later in the year,” she says.

The St Augustine’s deconsecration service will be on Sunday 28 May at 4 pm and will be conducted by Bishop Ross Bay. St Augustine’s history in Stanley Bay goes back to 1910, when the current hall was erected. The church was built in 1930.

It was built in commemoration of soldiers who died in World War I. The Royal New Zealand Navy used the church from 1979 until 1992.

One careful owner... Holy Trinity vicar Charmaine Braatvedt outside St Augustine’s Church, which goes up for sale next month

Board spends $15,000 on social media campaign A $15,000 campaign to sex up local body politics will be launched by the DevonportTakapuna Local Board In an attempt to engage younger residents on the new Local Board Plan, a consultant will run a social media campaign on behalf of the board.

The Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram campaign will be paid for through the board’s operational fund. It will run in addition to three council-funded public meetings and a letter drop across the area.

Board member Jennifer McKenzie argued the money would be well spent as the board needed to engage better with young people who are currently not participating in local body politics.

She said the campaign would show “that we are a positive and progressive board, leading the charge”.

McKenzie argued the funding level was “light” and proposed to increase it to $20,000, but was told she could not exceed the amount of the tabled quote.

Board member Cohen opposed the special funding, questioning the campaign’s value for money.

In its previous consultation on the Devonport Area Plan in 2014, the board received more than 1600 individual and group submissions. Cohen said to justify the extra spend, that number would need to at least double.

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May 19, 2017

Heritage rules put to the test again with demolition plan A heritage bungalow on one of Devonport’s most prestigious streets is threatened with demolition.

Sarah Keene and Bruce Curson have lodged a resource consent application to demolish the do-up at 19 Jubilee Ave and replace it with a new house and swimming pool.

The bungalow sits in the Special Character Area overlay that covers the whole of Devonport south of the golf course.

The zone defines the ‘special character’ as “an identified collective and cohesive area” rather than a specific building or street.

The proposal, however, argues that “the building to be demolished has no special character” because it has been “substantially altered over time, is in poor condition, and is at best a modest example of its architectural style with few (if any) of the typical decorative features that define the bungalow architectural style.”

In addition, it says the elevated home is located in a quiet residential cul-du-sac, rather than on a busy street where it would be seen more readily by the general public.

The application says the heritage value of Jubilee Ave is already compromised with a “mix of historical and new buildings, particularly at the far end of the street, where the subject property is located.”

“In our view it does not make a positive contribution to the existing streetscape character of Jubilee Ave,” it says.

The property is in fact located about halfway down Jubilee Ave. It is the first in a row of five bungalows on the North Head side of the street.

The couple currently live next door at 21 Jubilee Ave, which they also own.

Test of heritage rules… the bungalow at 19 Jubilee Ave The proposed new house “would resemble a contemporary expression on the traditional bungalow form” and “extend up the slope of the site in a terraced-type

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Maunga Authority kicks Cohen out Tempers flared when Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Mike Cohen tried to attend a Maunga Authority meeting last month.

Cohen says the agenda for a Maunga Authority workshop had been shared by council.

Local Board engagement was one of the listed agenda items so he decided to attend.

“The agenda showed they had consulted with four local boards already. I was obviously interested in the subject given the authority has not consulted with us at all before they decided on a vehicle ban for Takarunga/ Mount Victoria,” he says.

“I walked into the meeting, gave one of the PAs my card and [authority chair] Paul Majurey rushed over and sat down next to me,” says Cohen.

“I told him I had come to listen to the discussion on local board engagement, and Paul said the public was excluded from the meeting and that I had to leave.”

Cohen says he argued (without success) that he had the right to stay as the agenda didn’t say the public was excluded, and that he was part of council just like the council staff present and was bound by the same

confidentiality rules.

He says he will not make a formal complaint to council. “I don’t respond to bullying or heavy-handed tactics by retaliating. Paul said engagement with our board was ‘under development,’ so I will wait for it in good faith.”

The meeting was held in the old kiosk on the slopes of Maungawhau/Mt Eden.

Cohen says he saw a certain irony in most of the people at the meeting driving up the mountain to attend. “There were a lot of parked cars outside the kiosk when I came walking up the mountain.”

Majurey, Chair of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority, said its hui on 1 May 2017 was a closed workshop for authority members and staff to discuss agenda items. “ This was explained to Mr Cohen and he was invited to attend the public section of the meeting, starting shortly thereafter, and advised of his ability to address the authority in the public forum.

“Mr Cohen then left the hui and did not return for the public session. Our hui structure and protocols are similar to that of local boards, with which Mr Cohen is familiar.”

Protected Liquidambar to get the chop Resource consent has been granted to cut down a notable Cheltenham tree, as long as the property owners plant a new tree in its place.

The publicly notified application to fell the tree received 26 submissions – 18 were in support and eight in opposition.

The liquidambar, located at 35 Tainui

Rd, is protected as a Category D Tree of Local Significance. It has now been deemed to be a safety hazard for its owners and their neighbours.

“The removal of the tree will remove the risk of damage to persons and property within the vicinity of the subject tree,” the decision stated.

Financial hardship a common sentiment on the peninsula Nearly half of those living in Bayswater and Belmont experience financial stress, according to a recent survey.

Financial hardship was more common in households earning less than $50,000 a year, but it was also reported in those with incomes above $100,000 a year.

Of 291 individuals surveyed, nearly 40 per cent of respondents said their income is either just enough or not enough to meet their everyday needs for necessities.

The survey was conducted by Shore to Thrive, a community development initiative of Auckland North Community and Development and the Takapuna Methodist Church. Most respondents were female (75 per cent) and pakeha (83 per cent).

The majority said they loved living in the area (93 per cent), and experienced a sense of community (74 per cent). They also said they get along well, feel full of health and happiness, and feel safe.

But around half said meeting new people locally was not easy and that at times they felt anxious and worried. About a quarter of respondents said they have been lonely and isolated over the past year. And 16 per cent struggled to keep everyone in the family warm in winter.

Lake Rd traffic was a key concern of many, as was intensification and the cost of housing in the area.

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Shore launches Chatham Cup campaign with win North Shore United began its 2017 Chatham Cup campaign in style with a 5-1 thrashing of Metro at Allen Hill Stadium last Saturday.

Shore opened the scoring in the second minute and never looked in danger for the rest of the match.

• North Shore United is holding a Pink Shirt Day at its match against Hibiscus Coast on May 20. People will be wearing pink shirts to make a stand against bullying.

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Man dies at Narrow Neck Beach An 86-year-old Devonport man died at Narrow Neck Beach on Saturday – despite the Westpac Rescue Helicopter arriving just two minutes after an emergency call was received.

The man was pulled out of the sea by a woman. When the alarm was raised at 1.54pm, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was virtually flying overhead, fire service officers said.

Attendees at a commemoration at Wakatere Boating Club also assisted. Two advanced paramedics from Westpac performed CPR. But the man could not be revived.

On Monday, police were still working to notify next of kin.

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Changes to Ryman design commissioners’ two-to-one majority decision.

It now awaits sign-off by the Environment Court judge in charge of the case.

The revised design is said to be heavily based on commissioner Dave Serjeant’s dissenting comments. The Flagstaff understands a number of local architects have been also involved in the redesign that was agreed to by Ryman.

Around 30 DPPS members marked the mediation outcome with a walk up Mount Victoria/Takarunga last Saturday.

DPPS campaigner Jacqui Goldingham said she was thrilled locals had managed to make an impact on the proposal for Ryman’s large-scale design on the Wakakura land. “We are still only at the start of it. There are four years of construction ahead and the rest of the money for the court challenge has to be raised as well,” she says.

Society member Petra Hemskerk said challenging Ryman had brought out the best of Devonport’s community spirit, with many people giving freely of their time, effort and money.

DPPS spokesperson Iain Rea said “the question now needs to be asked why we had to do it, why we had to do council’s job?”

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Devonport Business Improvement District (BID) Update May 2017 Thank you to all of our participating businesses and customers who entered the BID House of Travel Shop and Win promotion during March and April. Devonport Community Constable Jasmine Bundle drew the prizes on Thursday 11 May. The winning entry was from a Devonport Flowers customer, who won $2000 worth of travel vouchers. The second-prize winner was a customer from Cornelius Jewellers and a Devonport Chocolates entry was the third-prize winner.

Morag from Devonport Flowers was very enthusiastic about promoting the Shop and Win competition and was thrilled to hear the news. “We really encouraged our customers to enter and we do get behind our BID activities and promotions”. The winning entrant also receives a gift voucher of $250 to be spent at Devonport Flowers.

House of Travel Devonport sponsored the consumer Shop and Win promo in conjunction with the Devonport BID and participating local stores. Andy Thompson from House of Travel was keen to support the initiative.

“I think there is a fantastic opportunity for local businesses to support these in-store promotions. The more we encourage our customers to buy locally, the better for everyone.”

The Devonport Information Pop Up welcomed more than 1000 visitors to Devonport over the duration of the World Masters Games 2017. Many thanks to our passionate and

enthusiastic volunteers.

At this stage, the DBA is still negotiating a lease on 3 Victoria Rd with Auckland Council, but is hoping to keep Devonport Information open on a part-time basis for the Lions Tour in June. Devonport BID members are encouraged to provide business information and promotional material, vouchers etc for display. We invite locals to pop in for a chat and give their support.

BID members were invited to attend an evening consultation session with Auckland Transport on 9 May and to make submissions on the intersection safety improvements – Victoria Road and Calliope Road, Devonport. Public Consultation was open until 15 May 2017.

• BID Members Gathering – to be held on Monday 19 June, 5.30pm at 3 Victoria Rd. All Devonport BID members are welcome to come along, meet the DBA Board, and to discuss BID policy, plans and initiatives for 2017/18.

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McCartney happy to share secrets of success Takapuna Grammar School’s top athletes have been given a glimpse into the mind of an Olympic medal winner.

Former student Eliza McCartney, who won a bronze medal in Rio last year, told 37 members of the school’s Elite Sports Institute (ESI) that it wasn’t until she learned to deal with the psychological side of sport and “sorted out her head” that her pole-vaulting took off.

After leaving Takapuna Grammar and the ESI three years ago, McCartney (now 20) found the pressure of training, university and the expectation to do well so overwhelming that she had a six-month mental block.

“It literally meant that I could not take off,” she says.

McCartney had previously qualified for the 2015 World University Games in Korea.

“But in pole vault, if you can’t jump into the air, you can’t compete. And this mental block was still happening a couple of days before the event,” she says.

McCartney travelled to Korea anyway and once she was training alongside other competitors, “my innate competitive nature came through and my mental block just disappeared within a day,” she says.

McCartney subsequently met Olympic BMX biker Sarah Walker, who put her on to the book Unleashing Greatness by Kiwi performance psychologist David Galbraith.

“He stopped me worrying about what everyone else is thinking, whether that’s the public, other athletes or my family, and asked me to figure out why I was doing it anyway,” she says.

“It took my brain ages to think that way but now I see something that goes wrong as an opportunity to practise dealing with the problem.”

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News of massive rent increases for Vista Linda tenants in Devonport village is of wider concern.

Vista Linda has multimillion-dollar property holdings in Devonport. It is one of several major landlords in town.

A number of Vista Linda leases have recently expired and the new leases offered have been at huge increases.

Already Network Video in Clarence St, a Vista Linda tenant, has closed citing rent rises as the final straw.

Cornelius Jewellers in the Arcade, another Vista Linda tenant, has said the lease it was offered was untenable. It hopes to relocate somewhere else.

Among other Vista Linda tenants: Devonport Drycleaners, in Clarence St, is also in negotiations over its lease; Devonport Osteopathy has moved from Clarence St to Devon Lane; and The Village Grocer in Wynyard St has closed.

Some would say the rents in Devonport are cheap for Auckland and the yield on investment is low for Devonport buildings, sometimes as little as two or three per cent.

The business district has to some extent been hit by the need to reflect the massive increases in land values across Auckland.

However, what the planned rent increases don’t reflect is the foot traffic in Devonport and the turnover of the businesses.

Some long-standing businesses will not be able to survive. Diversity and services will be lost.

Some people would say changes and rent increases are inevitable as landlords seek to maximise returns; others that the heart of the village is in danger of being ripped out.

Whatever happens to the variety of Vista Linda tenants, the hard-nosed attitude to people’s livelihoods is not very community-spirited.

So after a brief flurry the for the World Masters Games, the Devonport visitor information centre has closed again.

I would have thought Auckland Council and its tourism arm would have jumped at the opportunity to prolong the feel-good factor generated by the volunteers.

But no, it has returned to the dark and gloom, still with no reopening date in sight as the building is surrounded by bureaucratic fog.

Locals have got every right to wonder what is going on at city hall.

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Letters

May 19, 2017

The Devonport Flagstaff Page 15

People and environment given the raw prawn Exploitation of people, our lands and resources at the expense of our environment is done by design by our MPs and council personnel.

It is allowed by backroom deals and in so-called independent commmissioners hearings. Hence we have the iwi landdeal giveaway and the audacious Ryman development opposed by a very limp focus on one issue, ignoring the real issues of exploitation and desecration of the environment.

I watched a documentary on prawn farming in Thailand this week and the theme was the same. The prawn prices dictated by food giants worldwide sees the farmers trash the land. Unlike Kiwi farmers, they are in poverty, while the traders and retailers are killing it. The government there, with backhander deals, has allowed the destruction of vast productive lands into saline wasteland, keeping prawn farmers poor and hungry. The palm-oil mob is the same, and in Devonport and Auckland our MPs and council collude to allow these deals here that make a select few rich at the expense of the people and land.

Imagine, Ryman contractors spoke of dumping excavations at sea. Their landlord

could choke Vauxhall Rd with another dreamland, not to mention the mass infill developments in Belmont.

Imagine, now we are opposing Ryman and not mentioning traffic as an issue. They say it’s too hard to prove the issue of congestion exists because the cost of a traffic report is too high. Who needs a traffic report in court?

Play a video of last weekend’s jams back to the motorway. If the judge can’t see it, he’d be an idiot.

You don’t need consultants to prove infrastructure can’t meet Iwi and Ryman’s greed for mass expansions that don’t serve anyone in the community except them.

I have to say that 150-year lease though sounds like some dodgy deal made 150 years ago... but surely Maori wouldn’t be duped twice by being made offers they can’t refuse.

I’ve been away for a short spell and was further shocked by corporate greed and Auckland Council stupidity when our national carrier dumped us in the rain on the runway, because the big Arab and Chinese corporates had paid more than our Kiwi airline. So they get the gates in and we get the tarmac. It’s incredible – and wouldn’t happen in China or Dubai.

Ron Dykman

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FIRSTorAID TRAINING COMMUNITY NETWORK MEETING Tuesday 23 May, 7:00pm Ngataringa Tennis Club, Stanley Thursday 12th November 10am Bay - 12 Park noon Calliope Point Parade Devonport166 Yacht Club,Rd, 25Stanley King Edward Cost: Free. Learn how totouse the AED (automated A quarterly meeting promote networking electronic defibrillator) 24/7 at the club. among residents and available local community groups.

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May 19, 2017

Runner’s scholarship hopes come true Devonport triathlete Katherine Badham is heading to the United States this August on a running scholarship at Mississippi State University to study psychology.

Badham (18) has been a competitive triathlete for years, but it was her potential as a runner that got overseas universities interested.

In December 2016, as she finished off her last year at Takapuna Grammar School, Badham won the senior girls 3000-metre race at the New Zealand Athletics Championships.

“That was a bit of a surprise and it sparked attention from five or six US universities, but I didn’t really give them a second thought,” she says.

When a fellow athlete encouraged Badham to run for a US university, she shot into action. “That night I went online, found some universities and just emailed them my times,” she says.

She woke the next morning to seven Running for Mississippi... Katherine Badham has won a US scholarship responses from US universities in her inbox. a bit of a risk for them. But they seem to “I am looking towards 5km and 10km. I “That flicked a switch,” she says. have a big aerobic base but I don’t have the Mississippi State University (MSU) believe in me,” she says.

Running has been Badham’s strength conditioning and speed for sprinting yet.” eventually won her over, after offering a fully Badhame is also looking forward to the funded four-year scholarship. It was also in her career as a junior triathlete. “I have the university that impressed Badham most. always enjoyed it the most, but swimming Mississippi summer. “I love the heat. I think “The last two 1500-metre national gives you great cardio fitness without because I’m quite small I can handle it quite running champions go there. They had four straining your body and biking is great to well,” she says Badham has not said her final goodbye Olympians in Rio and they are in the top US work your legs when you have a niggle,” to triathlon. “It is such a late-development conference. “And it has the most amazing she says.

Over the next few weeks, Badham plans sport for girls, I can come back in four years facilities.” she says. “But in the end I listened to my gut. MSU has a really good vibe, to gradually double her weekly running and get back into it. It’s not a closed door.”

She says she will miss training around which is important when you move halfway mileage from 40-50 km to 80-90 km. “The cross-country season starts as soon as I get Devonport, where she has run tens of across the world from home.” thousands  of kilometres over the years, says.  Badham realises she still has work to do. there,” she  possible little route”.

She sees herself as a distance runner. “along every  “My times are good but not amazing, so it’s            Tips for trouble-free computing     Tips for trouble-free computing          Q: A company called ‘SparkTrust’ offered me a free scan, which I accepted.

It said it diagnosed 784  i.e. over the same networks as used by your mobile Getting Online Q:        A company called ‘SparkTrust’ offered me a free scan, which I accepted. It said it diagnosed 784      that could be slowing speed etc (Systems, Junk, Software, Privacy, issues phone.

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Installation is very easy. the merits of each of the options.

The primary   appears not to be told how much this will cost so I daren’t register in case I can’t back out if the fee   appears not to be told how much this will cost so I daren’t register in case I can’t back out if the fee        Download speeds average between 10Mbps and   differences between them is how theaconnection is  isthis exorbitant.

Isthing this useful for me to do?

Would welcome your advice. is exorbitant.

Is a useful for mething to do?

Would welcome your advice.             25Mbps. delivered to your house – which affects the speed   Be careful thisand sortoffer. of claim and offer. do anything of any worth   thislike   A: Be careful withA:this sort ofwith claim I have neverI have seennever any seen program like dothis anything of any worth   any program     and performance of your internet experience.    or significance. Most of the time these programs rogue software or even malware, so it really is best    Fibreare Broadband  or significance.

Most of the time these programs are3.rogue software or even malware, so it really is best    to avoid them altogether. Besides, I have already installed some tools on your computer that will do these   1. ADSL Broadband    Devonport is now fully covered by the fibre-optic to avoid them altogether.

Besides, I have already installed some tools on your computer that will do these    Upcycle your laptop  ofcommonly clean-up jobs effectively. need anything else.  This has been the sorts most used meansYou fordon’t      network about two years ago.  Wanted: old laptops stilllaptop in working Upcycle your sorts of clean-up jobs effectively. You don’t need anything else.system rolled out Upcycle your laptop          getting on the internet over the lastcoming 15 years ormy so.screen condition to refurbish and donate to the   Q: I have a message up on sayingfibre ‘Yourto computer is low on memory…

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Close all your programs, reboot the computer and will be well.

Try not to have more than three  connection are Q:usually around 5Mbps-10Mbps, straightforward…..

Speeds are dependent on your   With this new version of MS Outlook, I am finding when typing in an address for emails, there is       thingsitopen at vary the same time,The andspeed you willisavoid this problem in the future. though does widely.  – the 30Mbps the inbasic plan, 100Mbps no automation.

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That is notfor a        faster you new live near the of main telephone  happening now and would make a largewhen portion of my in daily very slow.

Q: Withif  this version MS Outlook, Iexchange am finding typing anwork address forthat emails, there of is dayfaster full-on plan!

But note in terms        in Devonport (in Mozeley Avenue),I typed but can really, theto-day   computer use,ofyou experience no automation.

Before in be a name, address filled in automatically.

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May 19, 2017

Former All Black great Mils Muliaina coaches TGS Former All Black Mils Muliaina joined the coaching team of Takapuna Grammar’s First XV on Saturday ahead of the team’s second game of 2017.

Muliaina, who played 100 tests for the All Blacks, will coach the team’s backline once a week for the season.

Takapuna Grammar is the first high school selected in the new Skills with Mils programme launched last week.

“I want to give something back to high school. It’s a passion of mine to share my skills and knowledge with the kids,” Muliaina said.

Muliaina will join the coaching team of Hayden Viles (backs), James Hinchco (forwards) and head coach Jason Ross.

He met the players shortly before last Saturday’s game against Massey High School, handing out their jerseys in the locker room.

“Today I am here just to watch how they play, so I can see what I can add,” he said.

The chances are Muliaina liked what he saw.

Takapuna toppled Massey 27-22, with half-back Oscar Koller scoring 22 of those points, with a try, five penalty kicks and a conversion. A

Top score… Mils Muliaina has TGS backs for 2017 second try was scored by wing Saki Rokolui.

Koller was named man of the match.

Ross said: “When Mils showed interest in helping us, we jumped at it. It is an unbelievable opportunity for us and we are all very much looking forward to his input. To say we are excited is an understatement.”

TGS full back Alex Oldham’s father Tim said having the former All Black full back coaching his son was “the icing on the cake. It’s such a

professional environement now, with dedicated coaches, and to have someone like Mils come in ups it even more.”

Muliaina says he remembers the TGS rugby field well. “I trained here once for the New Zealand A team when I was 19.

This year, Muliaina is back to being a student himself. He is in his first year studying full time at AUT to be a chiropractor, finishing off four science papers this semester.

TGS cyclists’ medal haul at club nationals Takapuna Grammar School road cyclists finished off the club season on a high.

They came away with five medals at this month’s Cycling NZ 2017 Club National Championships held in Cambridge.

Oscar Elworthy won the U19 Boys Individual Time Trial (ITT). Past TGS rider and current TGS coach Harry Waine took out bronze in the same event.

Lucy Buckeridge won the U15 Girls Road Race and secured third in the U15 Girls ITT. Josh Kench came second in the U17 Boys Road Race.

The school riders competed in the champs for their clubs North Harbour and Counties Manukau. The road-cycling club season finishes as the school cycling winter season kicks off.

• Racing in Tasmania last week in the Mersey Valley Tour against the best Australian and New Zealand under 19 riders, Oscar finished fourth in the ITT and second in both road races, making him the best-placed rider overall.

National cycling champs medallists (left to right)…

Josh Kench, Oscar Elworthy and Harry Waine

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One man’s journey – all the way to the Depot As the Depot Artspace prepares to celebrate its 21st birthday in October, Lynn Lawton, who has been involved in the community arts centre for the last 14 years, tells Maire Vieth about his own unconventional path to Devonport.

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Mixing it up... Lynn Lawton’s wide-ranging career eventually delivered him to Devonport and the Depot Creativity and originality are front and centre of Lynn Lawton’s work as manager of the Depot Artspace. They have also driven his approach to life.

The former aeronautical technician, trainee pilot, missionary and navy chaplain has reinvented himself many times as he followed his passion, his vision and his heart.

For the last 14 years, Lawton has been

an integral part of Devonport’s creative community. He joined the Depot in 2003 as a part-time careers consultant, working with unemployed artists in a Work and Income (WINZ) programme contracted to the Depot.

As the Depot grew, so did Lawton’s role in it. He eventually oversaw the WINZ programme, later managed the Depot’s staff, and most recently shaped the organisation’s operation and finances. In 2014, Lawton became a trustee of the Depot Arts and Music Space Trust. His job title today is Depot Artspace manager and careers lab consultant.

He is married to Linda Blincko, the Depot’s creative director.

Lawton’s Devonport history goes back to 1993, when he arrived on the peninsula as a Royal New Zealand Navy Chaplain.

During 10 years in the navy, Lawton regularly travelled overseas, serving on a variety of frigates and other vessels.

His love for sea was sparked as a nineyear-old, when in 1957 his family came from Canada to New Zealand. “We came on the Queen Mary from New York to Southampton, on the Arcadia to Sydney and the Monowai to Wellington,” he says.

Lawton grew up on the Whangaparaoa peninsula. “It was baches and farmland then.

You couldn’t even drive from one end of Manly Beach to the other. It was just paddocks right down to the sea and cows wandering on the beach,” he says.

His father Stan bought a plot of land above Arkles Bay with an eye towards its future potential. “It was designated to become a shopping centre. My father built shops in the middle of a field about 30 metres back from the road. Everyone thought he was crazy but soon other people built their shops there as well.”

Stan had a sporting goods and stationery store. Lynn and his two younger brothers worked there on weekends and during school holidays.

Lawton caught the bus to and from Westlake Boys High School, but living so far away meant other parts of his life remained Whangapaoroa-based. “School was just a learning place and didn’t have a social, community or sporting part to it,” he says.

Lawton took to the sea for his sports. “We had a boat, so fishing, waterskiing, diving and surfing were all very much part of my teenage years.”

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May 19, 2017 After school, he became an apprentice for TEAL (later renamed Air New Zealand), as an aeronautical instrument technician. “I always liked fixing things. My first job was at the maintenance base in Mechanics Bay, learning how to service the flight systems on the Electras. When Auckland International Airport opened, I moved out there and worked on DC8s.”

Two years on, Lawton acted on dreams of flying aeroplanes himself. He left his job and took flying lessons at Dairy Flat while working as a technician for Burroughs Unisys, servicing adding machines and early smallcomputer systems.

With 20 flying lessons under his belt, he had second thoughts. “I realised it wasn’t for me.

I didn’t quite have the confidence for some of the manoeuvres,” he says.

In his early 20s, Lawton’s career at Burroughs was going well, with a promotion to look after one of the company’s first mainframe computer systems at the Auckland Power Board. But something was amiss.

“I was feeling quite lost in terms of my own inner identity and sense of meaning in life, when I was sent down to Christchurch to do an advanced training course on one of their new computer systems,” he says. That Sunday, he ended up in church.

“It was one of those synchronistic sequences in life,” he says.

At the Opawa Baptist Church service, he ran into an old Auckland girlfriend and went to lunch with her family. “Claire had become a Christian and what she was talking about was what I was searching for,” he says.

Lawton began to read the Bible in his motel room that night. “And I began to pray. It is hard to explain but something took place inside of me and I felt different.”

Back in Auckland, Lawton joined the Hillsborough Baptist Church and youth community. At 27, he enrolled at Henderson’s Bible College of New Zealand and completed a diploma in theology.

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“The first night during boot camp training I was sleeping in the gunroom with about 20 other new ratings, three-high in bunks. I thought I had arrived.”

“The first night during boot camp training, I was sleeping in the gunroom with about 20 other new ratings, three high in bunks and hearing the sound of machinery. I thought I had arrived,” he says.

During his naval career, Lawton started a psychology degree and developed a suicideintervention awareness programme.

Being chaplain, he enjoyed a unique place in the naval community. “As chaplain you carry the rank of the person you talk to. I could walk in and talk to the captain by first name or go down to a new rating and talk to him by first name,” he says.

“The key role of the chaplain, alongside conducting baptisms, christenings, prayers on parades and other church services, is to be a friend and adviser of all on board in the navy fleet,” he says.

In 2001, Lawton paid his first visit to the Depot, as a chaplain had been requested to bless the opening of an ANZAC exhibition.

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He reckons he was destined to meet his future wife, Linda Blincko, that day.

“We had three chaplains in the navy. Pauline was supposed to do the Depot blessing but was suddenly sent to Canberra. Then Wayne was supposed to do it but he got crash-posted to Te Mana. So in the end there was only me left in all of Auckland.”

He and Blincko married a year later.

Lawton left the navy in 2003 to finish his psychology degree. It was also a move away from Christianity. Today, he calls himself “a person of strong faith” but says he is no longer a Christian.

“I pray every day and meditate, but I don’t hold to any faith being the truth any more,” he says.

At 68, Lawton is now taking a small step back from work. In April he resigned as interim chair of the Depot Arts and Music Space Trust and reduced his work hours.

“I am trying to have Fridays off to do other things, like go to the movies, sit around having coffee, wander to the library and go over to town,” he says.

There is also more time for sport. Lawton is an enthusiastic gym-goer and still loves all water-related sports. He stopped windsurfing off Bayswater only recently.

Three years ago, he and Blincko bought a dilapidated shop in Rawene, on the Hokianga, and turned it into a community gallery called No 1 Parnell.

“We bought it because we didn’t want to leave it to collapse. It is also a kind of creative investment of something that is our own, unlike the Depot, which belongs to the community,” he says.

As he approaches 70, Lawton says he gets emotional looking back.

“I feel so fortunate. I really enjoyed my life, flying in helicopters, going to sea, flying in a Hercules back from Darwin, living in Taiwan and living and working here. I don’t have any regrets,” he says.

In his faith, he has learned to embrace questions.

“I have a real strong sense that there is something that I live and move and have my being in. I can’t rationally work it out and my questions might never be answered. But living the mystery is a beautiful thing,” he says.

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to Taiwan as missionary workers for the Presbyterian Church.

Learning to speak Chinese Mandarin came easily to him and revived his Canadian accent.

“It think it is because the English spoken in Asia is American English and a lot of the sounds in Chinese Mandarin are much the same as American English as well,” he says.

Lawton returned to New Zealand in 1982 and worked as a Baptist minister in Whangarei and Orewa. Then his marriage broke up.

Joining the navy, he was happy to be back in the maritime world he had briefly experienced as a migrating child.

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World Masters Games

May 19, 2017

Peninsula masters bring home the medals Devonport locals enjoyed plenty of success in the World Masters Games held in Auckland last month.

Among the older competitors, Jim Douglas entered four events and won four medals in the 85-89 age group: gold in the 10km road race; silver in the 100m sprint and 4km cross-country; and bronze in the 200m sprint.

Belmont Park Racquets Club provided three tennis medal winners: Jill Stoker, silver in the 55+ B Grade women’s singles; Jill Stoker and Graeme Norman, silver in the 50+ B Grade mixed doubles; and Jacqui Anderson, bronze in the 40+ A Grade women’s singles.

Trixie Mueller-Leiendecker won tennis golds in both the 30-plus A grade women’s doubles and in the B grade mixed doubles.

From Devonport Swim Club, medallists included Richard Anderson, who won bronze in the 40-44 age group of the 2.5km Ocean Swim Recreational event.

Cyclist Maureen Lyell won gold in the women’s B 50-59 road race and bronze in the 55-59 individual time trial.

Sylvia Breen won silver in the 60+ A grade women’s outdoor hockey. Breen has been involved with hockey for 56 years and is still coaching hockey at Takapuna Grammar.

• Over the last two issues we have carried a variety of masters games results. If we have missed your medal achievement, send it through to devonportflagstaff@orcon.net.nz Overcoming the pain barrier…

Luke Reynolds (above) took gold in the 30-34 age group of the 110m hurdles, after only recently recovering from injury

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Injury no barrier for Devonport physio Luke Reynolds of The Physio Space in Clarence St won gold in the 30-34 age group of the 110m hurdles.

Reynolds’ victory followed just six weeks of training after suffering a torn adductor (groin muscle) in November, which caused an avulsion fracture in his pelvis.

“The race itself was exhilarating to take part in,” he says. “The atmosphere was incredible and the crowd was in great form cheering for the competitors. I was a little nervous as I hadn’t raced in the hurdles for years. Before the race I was worried, thinking I hope I don’t ‘literally’ fall at the last hurdle!

“But when the starter called ‘on your marks’ my nerves disappeared, my mind went blank and my only focus was to get to the first hurdle before anyone else.”

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Medal glut at Vauxhall School Show and tell at Vauxhall School became a World Master’s Games bonanza recently – with proud pupils bringing in their parents’ medals.

The 12 parent’s medals included: Gary Stewart: three rowing medals – silver in the C (average age 43) eight; silver in the D (average age 50) eight; and bronze in the C coxed four. Mark Riggall: gold in the 100m backstroke. Also two silvers and two bronzes in other swimming events. Nicole Fougere and Bryony Barker: silver in the women’s 4x100m U160 relay. Richard Dellabarca: gold in the rugby – 40 age group. Mark Foster: gold in the football - over 35s.

Every medal tells a story... (from left to right) Oscar Barker-Powell, Gisele Chetwynd, Isadora Dellabarca, Spike Riggall, Jimmy Foster and Sam Stewart

Back in the pool after 60 years earns Ross bronze Ross Doughty won a bronze medal after a nearly 60-year hiatus from competitive swimming.

He competed in three backstroke events, placing third in the 100m and fourth in the 50m and 200m in the 75-79 years category As a teenager growing up in Feilding, Doughty had competed in two national championships, being pipped for a podium finish both times.

“The three young men in front of me were all current or past New Zealand champions and several years older than me,” he says.

Competing with professionally coached athletes from the cities was tough for Feilding swimmers back then.

“The Feilding pool at that time was neither filtered nor heated and was emptied and

refilled each week from the melting snow off the Tararua Ranges,” he says. It was only open for three months before the main swim competitions held in February, limiting the training that could be done.

Last year, Doughty resumed swimming for exercise, together with his wife Jenny.

A swim instructor at the AUT Millennium Pool encouraged him to enter the World Masters Games. He hired national champion swimmer Laura Quilter as a coach for three months and reduced his 100m backstoke personal best by three seconds.

“It was just enough to achieve third place. In the same event that I narrowly missed out on 58 years ago, I just as narrowly earned my long-awaited bronze medal,” he says.

Good things come to those who wait… Ross Doughty

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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.

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

Deck Doctor Will re-clad or repair damaged decks. Free quotes and advice. Good references. High quality work at a reasonable rate.

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

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Garden Maintenance. Team of experienced, hardworking gardeners happy to help transform your garden. Call Paula, Mint Gardens Ltd, 0274 127 180.

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TUITION Art Classes, Devonport artist available for tuition in drawing, pastels and other media, screen-printing, painting.

Classes held in artist’s studio by the sea. Children’s classes Wednesday after school. Contact Erica MFA, DipTchg PGDipAC 021 127 9671 or ericasoman@ gmail.com Art Classes @ D’Port Community house: Wednesday night, life drawing; Friday morning, mastering art. Ph Lucy Bucknall – 446 0389.

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Kerr St Artspace Tuesdays or Saturdays. Ph Tony McNeight 021 925 031.TUITION Learn piano/keyboard. Lessons from $19.00. Private, Professional, Affordable, Enjoyment for all ages. Competitions, Practical, Theory Exams.

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TUITION Mathematics Tuition Available for years 9 to 13 by a retired maths teacher. Phone Graeme 445 8575.

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May 19, 2017

Out and About with your local North Shore MP Member of Parliament – North Shore Minister for Conservation, Arts Culture and Heritage and Seniors

A Place to Call Home The cost of housing has always been a lively topic of discussion, especially for first home buyers. The Government’s KiwiSaver HomeStart programme has given $55 million in grants to nearly 1250 first home buyers in Auckland in the last year. The government grants allow for 10% deposits, with a cap of $600,000 on the house prices. First home buyers who grew up in Devonport and want to stay on the North Shore can get onto the market by buying the small unit style homes that fit under this cap and the special class of borrowing allowed by banks as part of the scheme gives a helpful step up the property ladder for first home buyers.

I was very pleased to announce a $76 million funding increase for the Department of Conservation as part of a significant Government investment unveiled by Paula Bennett at the TRENZ tourism conference last week. The major funding boost for DOC means it will be able to improve visitor facilities across the country, from toilets and car parks to huts and campsites.

We’ll invest in our most-visited places, such the world-famous Tongariro Crossing, to ensure our conservation land continues to provide the outstanding experiences that bring millions of people to our nation each year, and retains what makes it special – our natural heritage.

The money, spread over the next four years, means we can expand the popular Great Walks, with two new multi-day trails joining the likes of the Milford and Heaphy Tracks which attract more than 125,000 people a year. We’ll also meet demand for shorter experiences with a set of Great Day Walks and Great Short Walks, building on the established brand and opening up new opportunities to bring tourists to the regions.

Predator Free NZ and the War on Weeds has built excitement around our world-leading conservation goals. To really help our native animals and plants thrive we need the work Predator Free is doing, plus a strategy focused on increasing their numbers. DOC’s new Threatened Species Strategy lays out how we’re going to

grow the populations of 150 native species and increase the breadth and range of DOC’s work to protect another 500 of the most threatened by 2025 – a 40% increase on today.

Welcome news from AT that Ritchies added an extra bus this month on the 082 route from Stanley Bay to Takapuna Grammar and Belmont Intermediate. My neighbours will be able to get on bus and arrive at school on time, as well as get home without having to battle fellow students on overcrowded buses. While this is going to make life easier for many, it’s only a start. There is much more to be done if we are to have a viable and reliable public transport bus and ferry system.

People need to have the confidence to leave their cars at home and ease some of the traffic congestion that’s the bane of life in Devonport.

With AT’s report on the Lake Road Corridor plan due out soon, I hope the Auckland Council will do more to provide a well thought through strategy for transport those of us who live on the peninsula deserve.

On a more worrying note, the recent discovery of myrtle rust in Kerikeri will be a concern for many. A fungal disease which is spread on the wind and attacks some of our most precious native species, such as pohutukawa and manuka, it appears to have reached our shores from Australia, where it has been prevalent since 2010. DOC is assisting the MPI with its biosecurity response in Kerikeri and across Northland but we need New Zealanders to be vigilant and report any signs of the disease.

You can find out more about myrtle rust on the DOC website at www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/ biosecurity/myrtle-rust/. If you think you’ve seen it in your garden or somewhere else, phone MPI on 0800 80 99 66, or go onto their website www.mpi.govt.nz/alerts for more information.

Warm regards, Hon Maggie Barry ONZM

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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS

A different kind of baldness

In late March, TGS students participated in Shave for a Cure; a fundraiser where people step out of their comfort zone and shave their heads in support of leukaemia and other blood cancers. "Shave for a Cure was a really awesome experience, it is an amazing way to help give to a group of people who are struggling and to feel like you are making a difference," said Grace Cowley, a participant this year.

The original goal was to raise $2000.

However, we managed the amazing amount of $6424. Out of all the secondary schools involved, TGS managed to place seventh.

A grand total of 14 students shaved their heads for the cause.

The Shave for a Cure event exceeded everyone's expectations. Not only did the school raise more than triple our target amount, but the number of students who showed up to support their peers and the Leukaemia Foundation was overwhelming.

The event itself and support shown was extremely rewarding to watch and generated immense school pride.

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Grammar MAY 19, 2017

The annual haka challenge

The whole school, and its entire staff, gathered on the front fields last week, standing proudly and in formation. A class of Belmont Intermediate spectators came down to check out the annual challenge.

The six new houses – Ihi, Kaha, Maia, Mana, Wana, and Wehi – were adorned with their individual house colours of yellow, red, blue, purple, orange and green. Students and house leaders took their stance. Weeks of practice paid off as one by one, the houses delivered rousing haka with strong voices and powerful actions. After each house gave it their all, the judges announced the placements: Maia and Wehi fifth equal, Wana fourth, Ihi third, Mana second, and Kaha taking first place.

A Year 12 house leader of Kaha stated: “At first it was difficult to ensure everyone was

giving it their all during practices. However, working with my house leader team and with the house as a whole it was a fantastic experience. We are so proud of everyone’s efforts.”

BY ALICE WU

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Reaching for the stars Year 13 students Harvey Merton and Emilly Fan were recently granted the opportunity to attend the University of Canterbury’s (UC) Elaine P. Snowden Astronomy School. They were two of twenty scholars selected from across New Zealand for the fully paid opportunity that took place in the April school holidays. Presented

by UC’s top astrophysicists, this fiveday astronomy camp was held both at UC’s Ilam campus in Christchurch and at Mt John Observatory, at Tekapo.

Some topics covered included the life cycles of stars, extra-solar planet exploration, cosmology and the structure of the universe. The programme was not just seminars but also practical work, in Tekapo, where students got the chance to use modern astronomical instruments.

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Trips to Rutherford’s Den in the Arts Centre of Christchurch and Mt Cook topped off the exciting five days. Teacher Ms Hayley Summers also attended the camp to provide support and invaluable guidance to our students.

BY EMILLY FAN

Modelling civic behaviour Delegates wearing formal, business attire queued up in the University of Auckland Business School foyer, in April, to register for the Auckland Model UN (AMUN). This is an annual conference challenging students to address important issues in the world today. This year’s theme was UN+Spoken, chosen to spark debate about typically unvoiced topics.

Students from across Auckland gathered to attend a “How to Model UN” workshop, and were readily prepared for their individual committee sessions. Chaired by Conference Assistants, these ambitious students were given an opportunity to indulge into a collaborative debating environment with topics such as cyber warfare, peacekeeper accountability and the decriminalisation of drugs. After every fulfilling committee session, delegates were revitalised with an impressive meal break.

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Later in the afternoon, the muchawaited and most thrilling part of the event took place: The Plenary.

It was a large-scale meeting, offering the ultimate opportunity for delegates to strengthen their character of leadership, public speaking and self-confidence “What I loved about AMUN was that I walked out of the Owen G Glenn Building with new friends and connections, as well as the confidence to express my ideas.” beamed Ming Yang Li.

BY KATE LEE

The Premier Boys’ volleyball team finished a highly successful 2017 season with the team achieving second place at the Auckland Championships (behind Manurewa High School), and fifth at nationals.

Two players, Keenan Hodge and Jac Roberts, were also named in the Tournament Team. At the New Zealand Secondary Schools (NZSS) volleyball nationals, with 175 boys and girls teams, the boys went through pool play unbeaten but were unable to push their way into the semi-finals after a hard-fought quarter-finals loss to the eventual NZSS Champions, Manurewa. Despite their disappointment in the quarter-finals result, they finished an outstanding fifth place. From 20th in 2016, this jump to fifth is very satisfying. Keenan Hodge and Jac Roberts were once again recognised with places in the 2017 NZSS Tournament Team, and along with Will Watson, selected for the trial camp to select New Zealand teams for tours to Florida and Australia.

Keenan and Will were selected for the Junior/Youth team to tour to the USA; Jac was selected for the NZ U19 development team to tour to Australia; and Alex Roberts was selected for the North Island team to play the South Island team in Napier in July.

Under the coaching skills of Tristan Hegglun and Manaia Harris, these boys have consistently proven themselves to be an extremely successful team, with 7 of the 12 boys earning national honours, in New Zealand teams, in both beach volleyball, and indoor.

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History of the tango keeps senior brains moving

Slice of history... Devonport U3A founder Val Shaw (above) about to cut the group’s 20th birthday cake. Joe McCallum is first in line for a piece.

Devonport U3A celebrated its 20th anniversary last week with a poetry recital and a lecture on the history of the tango.

Committee member Laurel Norwell says both were in the spirit of the organisation’s mission.

The group’s 150 local members are keen “to keep their brains moving through research and learning,” she says.

After a special morning tea and presentations to long-standing members, the poetry group recited Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat.

This was followed by a talk by U3A member and Bayswater resident Michael Greig. “He is obsessed by the tango,” Norwell says.

The party closed with two songs sung

by Roger Giles – Grandfather’s Clock and One of the Has Beens.

The U3A group is thriving, with steady membership and more than 16 study groups, including poetry, history, current

In from the start... Original Devonport U3A members Doreen Rapson (left) and June Johansen arrive for the 20th anniversary party. Rapson is about to turn 100 and only gave up driving a fortnight previously.

Johansen (94) says “living with nature” has kept her young. “There is nothing like enjoying a storm on the beach,” she says.

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Members Margaret Purdy, Val Shaw and Libby Eaglesome have been working on a book to celebrate the 20th anniversary.

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Members meet between 10am and noon, on the second Wednesday of the month, at Harmony Hall, Wynyard St. Membership is $20 a year and there is a $2 door fee.

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On Sunday 9 April, a vehicle parked outside the Belmont shops on Lake Rd was targeted by a male with a screwdriver. He was disturbed and decamped, but not before damaging the rear driver’s-side door while attempting to gain entry.

Three keen fishermen, returning to their vehicle at the North Head car park during the evening of Thursday 13 April, were shocked to see their vehicle with the doors, boot and bonnet open. Five people were searching through the vehicle and ran off when the fishermen questioned what they were doing. To add further insult, three of the offenders returned a short while later and further victimised the fishermen by yelling obscenities, throwing bottles at them and shooting a paintball gun towards them. No

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Another three vehicles were reported to have been entered and searched after having a window smashed: overnight on 14/15 April on Victoria Rd and Jutland Rd; and another on Jutland Rd overnight on 17/18 April.

A male was seen intentionally damaging several vehicles parked on Hart Rd during the early hours of Saturday 15 April, and two males were seen opening unlocked vehicle doors on Calliope Rd in the early hours of Friday 28 April. A police dog was deployed but the offenders were not located.

A vehicle parked on Jutland Rd was stolen on 15 April. This vehicle was later recovered in Manurewa.

One theft of a bicycle from Devonport Wharf was reported on Friday 7 April.

Three burglaries were reported during April: Northumberland Rd (sometime between 14 and 17 April), Tainui Rd (29-30 April) and Cambridge Tce (29 April).

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St Leo’s a Waterwise winner

St Leo’s School won the annual Waterwise regatta held off Narrow Neck beach. The St Leo’s team of team of four Year 6 children all came from non-sailing backgrounds. From left to right: Louis Upton, James Lynch, Honor Braid and Lily McGivern, with parent Rachel Steel behind.

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