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May 20, 2016

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Devonport ferry transports 5,000 passengers daily An average of 4,657 passengers cross the Waitemata Harbour to and from Devonport in 77 sailings every day, adding up to 1.7 million passengers last year – and representing nearly a third of Fullers’ business.

Kea, the Devonport route’s main boat, holds up to 450 passengers, the equivalent of eight urban buses. It has so far clocked up a distance

of 38 around-the-world trips.

The previously unreleased figures were revealed by Fullers’ general manager of operations Gavin Old, in a talk to the Devonport Peninsula Community Network meeting.

Despite these large numbers, Devonport’s ferry market was mature rather than growing, Old said.

Passenger numbers had increased by just 3 per cent during the financial year ending March 2016.

“This is mainly because there are no big housing developments in Devonport, no apartment buildings going up, and parking near the ferry terminal has been getting harder too,” he said.

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Fullers outlines ferry changes Last year’s growth was largely due to high tourist volumes. The 32,000 tourists who travelled to and from Devonport between December and March contributed to a number of “peak season issues,” Old said.

Fullers is preparing for next summer with the recent acquisition of two second-hand vessels, as well as a new Waiheke boat. But Old cautioned that “with larger volumes of passengers there will always be longer boarding times”.

Tourists unfamiliar with the ferries can cause boarding delays. “We put on extra staff to help them board, but boarding is a risky process and you can’t really rush people either,” he said.

Boarding times were also determined by ease of vessel access, berth layout and speed restrictions on the water.

The Auckland Harbourmaster recently reminded Fullers of an existing 12-knot speed restriction in the harbour. “With the Kea that is no issue as it only goes 12 knots. But with other vessels that take longer to turn but go faster, it means they can’t make up lost time during the crossing,” Old said.

Purpose-built for the Devonport route in 1988, with a double-ended hull and wide doors, the Kea is very fuel-efficient and would last another seven years before it was likely to be replaced with two smaller boats.

Fullers is moving to a high-frequency

and smaller-boat model, Old said. Instead of purpose-built ferries for particular routes, vessels would be more versatile, which would reduce the fleet’s overall price tag.

Fullers was holding off on making large investments until Auckland Transport’s tender for Auckland ferry services was settled.

If Fullers won the tender, the company would be likely to make significant investments, he said.

Old said 98 per cent of ferries between Devonport and Auckland were on time last year, with only 14 sailings cancelled. The 10 daily sailings to and from Stanley Bay were punctual 99 per cent of the time – excluding 45 cancelled sailings due to the boat breaking down.

The Kea will be out of service for the next month during its annual check-up in Whangarei.

A monthly inner-harbour Hop fare, similar to the old monthly pass is “very close,” Old said. The Super Gold Card was also about to be integrated with the Hop Card.

Old also had news of interest to cyclists using the ferries. With increasing numbers of passengers taking their bicycles aboard, the existing bike racking system was becoming ineffective, he said. Fullers was about to trial an alternative European rack model, in the hope it would fit a greater number of bicycles into the same space.

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May 20, 2016

Five generations play premiers rugby for Shore

Only play for Shore… Peter and Donald Coleman with a photo of Charles Dacre, who played for North Shore in 1873 In what could be a sporting first, five Peter – Donald’s dad – played around 70 generations of one family have played games for Shore after his debut in 1979.

Peter Coleman said some families may premier rugby for the same club.

When Devonport’s Donald Coleman took have had lengthy playing histories with to the field for North Shore against Marist clubs over the generations. But he felt it was last month, he was following a family unlikely another would match the Colemans’ first-grade run. tradition dating back to 1873.

Donald (18) who came on for 20 minutes Charles Dacre – Donald’s great-greatgrandfather – played in the very first Shore in the second half of the Marist match as side. His daughter Dossy married Ernie an openside flanker, said: “It was a proud Coleman, who played several seasons for moment – I hope to play many more http://dogtec.org/dogwalkingmatches.”

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Peter Coleman said his family was devoted to the Shore club. He tells a story of Donald, who at around five years old was asked to fill in for a Takapuna team and said: “The Colemans only play for Shore.”

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Keeping up with our Olympians

May 20, 2016

Relaxing into his first Olympics – Jacko Gill Jacko Gill’s aim at the Olympics is to relax – while throwing a 7.26 kg shot put.

Speaking to the Flagstaff in the lead-up to Rio, the Devonport athlete explains that’s harder to achieve than it sounds.

“When you are 1.9 metres tall and weigh 121kg, it’s tempting to throw with your strength, which makes you tense up. So my goal is to be more relaxed, because it helps me try less hard, use my body weight better, swing higher and throw further,” he says.

Gill has enlisted the help of two new coaches for his mission: Angus Ross, a High Performance Sport New Zealand physiologist and Kamil Rahman, an old schoolmate from Takapuna Grammar School. Ross is pushing Gill to be more nimble. “He is basically getting me to run more, so I become more agile and get more flow and rhythm and be more relaxed.”

But if you expect to see Gill jogging around Devonport every day, then you will be disappointed. His running training consists of 30-metre sprints, step jumps, or hopping. “Even my warm-up is only 30 metres,” Gill says.

Running training is once a week. “It doesn’t sound like much, but I find it quite hard. It kind of adds up for a big guy. Everything is timed and I try to go faster all the time,” he says.

Rahman helps him relax in other ways.

“Kamil just comes along to my weight training as my friend. He creates a fun atmosphere, which makes me want to train more,” says Gill, who trains mostly in the basement of his parents’ Devonport home.

Unlike many athletes, Gill doesn’t have to overly worry about his weight. “I don’t watch what I eat too much, as long as it’s masses of everything,” he says.

Takeaways are off the menu though, and Gill loves to make his own meals. “I prepare them pretty much all myself. Last night I made crumbed fish with rice and veggies. I’m not very fancy. For breakfast it’s oats with protein powder, raisins and milk. For lunch I usually

Support crew… Jacko Gill with mum Nerida at Takapuna Athletics Club make salmon with rice or potatoes,” he says.

Gill also enjoys shopping for his food, on his own or with his mother Nerida Gill. Most days he goes to New World after training. “I wait to see what I feel like eating before I go shopping.

It might be a venison burger or a steak,” he says.

Gill is also good at baking, especially Louise cake, which he made again this Mother’s Day. “It’s his signature dish,” Nerida says.

His preparations for Rio are going well.

“I use my new speed to get my right leg up

and higher in the turn, and push off my left leg more athletically. I am pleased with how things are going. I consistently throw around 20 metres in training and am a lot happier with my training than a few months ago. It’s always nice when it’s going right and especially before the Olympics,” he says.

• This is the first of three updates on Devonport’s Olympians: track-and-field athletes Gill and Eliza McCartney, and sailor Paul Snow-Hansen.

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May 20, 2016

Harriett Maire gets Cannes laurels for first film Bayswater-raised Harriett Maire’s student film Anna is debuting in a short-film showcase at Cannes.

Anna is one of eight movies accepted for the Women in Formation category of the Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase, which runs alongside the 69th Cannes Film Festival this month.

The category highlights female filmmakers who depict images of the feminist voice in film.

Anna is the only New Zealand film at the festival.

Maire wasn’t able to travel to France but says the validation of being chosen means the world to her.

“It is so difficult to know objectively how good your own film is in the world of films.

So mine being chosen out of 129 from the US, UK, Iran, Jordan, etc, is very exciting,” she says. Maire has received an image of Cannes’ well-known wreath of laurels to go on the film’s poster.

Anna was the final project for Maire’s Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Bachelor of Communication Studies degree, which she completed last December.

Maire, who attended Takapuna Grammar School, teamed up with a student producer but wrote, directed and edited Anna on her own. The film won her AUT’s TV Screen Production Graduate of the Year award.

Anna is an 8min 30sec fictional story about a young woman on the autism spectrum and her life of rigorous routine. Originally conceived as a story about a girl’s daily morning routine, the plot took a new turn after Maire saw The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night Time on Broadway during a 2015 family trip to New York.

“I was fascinated with the creative depiction of autism because so much

Cannes recognition for her debut short film… Harriett Maire happens within a person’s mind. It inspired me to try and get that across on screen.”

Maire entered Anna in nine competitions: in Seattle, Vancouver, New York, Cannes as well as Auckland’s Show Me Shorts festival.

“I was quite picky and pragmatic about it.

After all it is just a student film, so I looked for first-time, women, student, diversity or disability categories.” she says.

Maire will be working as a camera

assistant on a commercial in Otago in the week her film is screened. She is already working on her next film project. “I have been writing drafts of the script. My aim is to create something of my own every year, to keep practising achieving my own vision.

The next one will be a comedy, but it will still have honest female characters,” she says.

She hopes Anna will screen in Auckland later this year.

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May 20, 2016

Cheltenham artist paints a grim picture of global warming In her first exhibition in 16 years, Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett mostly sees red.

What Will We Leave Them? is a show about global warming. “Red is the colour of heat and the colour of danger. The earth shouldn’t be red. It should be green,” the artist says.

Local landscapes, including North Head and Rangitoto, feature prominently, as does the rising water around them and the figures in it. “I worked it all out. By 2095, sea levels will be five metres up,” she says.

Lawlor-Bartlett has lived by Cheltenham Beach for the last 30 years, with architect husband Peter Bartlett. The enthusiastic sea swimmer reckons global warming can be experienced first-hand on her doorstep. “I literally feel the earth warming up here. I went swimming this morning, and the water – it’s so warm and rising. I have just planted some grasses at the front of our house to keep the bank from getting washed away any further,” she says.

Lawlor-Bartlett has a history of protest art.

In 1966, she was part of an anti-Vietnam War show in Henderson. In 1979, she became a founding member of the feminist Association of Women Artists. She was also also involved in Visual Artists Against Nuclear Arms, the group that created the large-scale peace mural on the corner of Karangahape and Ponsonby Roads. Lawlor-Bartlett later

organised a second anti-nuclear art project on North Head.

The mother of six and grandmother of three says she wants to leave the planet in good shape for her offspring. “I am not moving on before I’ve cleaned up this mess.

And the kids are helping me,” she says.

Lawlor-Bartlett looks after her Devonport grandchildren Mila (10) and Arlo (8) every Thursday. Her other grand-daughter, Wren (11) lives in Dunedin. “Mila and Arlo helped me plant the beach grasses and they also feature in a painting going into the show.

They are pulling on ropes that are attached to the sun, like Maui. They want to control it and use its energy,” she says.

“They are the people who will ask us why we left them the world like this. The least we can do is find a possible solution for them, using our scientific and artistic minds to find ways around the warming or to delay it. We can use this negative space to make something positive happen for our children and grandchildren, because mine tell me they don’t want the tsunamis to arrive and the water coming into the house.”

Lawlor-Bartlett says she still has another show in her after this. “And then it must be time for a retrospective, because my career is 60 years long.”

She often puts in long hours of nocturnal

Eye on the future... Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett has a history of protest art painting. “I am a night owl. There are so many things to do during the day. I also like to walk every day and I often go up North Head in the dark, sometimes as late as 2 am,” she says.

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May 20, 2016

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Lake Rd should be a top priority for Auckland Transport and Auckland Council, but not just as an engineering problem that needs to be solved.

We need to move away from the short-term, fix knee-jerk reaction of getting the maximum numbers of cars up and down a carriageway and somehow fitting in bus and cycle lanes.

Ideally, Lake Rd should be a pilot project which can be used as a model for other busy Auckland arterials such as Dominion Rd. There needs to be an integrated strategy that includes the needs of commuters, tourists and residents in a way that actually enhances the ambience of the peninsula. Does a four-lane highway really cut it?

In a very unofficial Flagstaff survey (five squash interclub players from around the city sitting around a table) our universal answer was trams.

Trams have operated in Devonport before. A horse-drawn tram ran between the ferry building and Cheltenham from 1886 to 1888. It utilised wooden rails but was not a financial success. A more significant tram operated from Milford to Bayswater ferry terminal between 1910 and 1927. It travelled along Lake Rd, through Takapuna and circled Lake Pupuke.

All of the squash circle had travelled to San Francisco, Hong Kong and Melbourne, where trams are an intregal part of the transport network. Trams are not impeded by congestion or traffic, so are reliable like ferries. They are a drawcard for tourists as well.

One of our squash circle owns a Takapuna restaurant. A ferry trip to either Devonport or Bayswater and then a tram ride through to Takapuna or Milford would attract tourists in

As many will have read, there is a major shake-up occuring in the newspaper industry, with Fairfax and APN proposing a merger.

Combined, they operate more than 100 community papers across the country. Alongside those are roughly the same number of independently owned community papers in New Zealand.

A m e rg e r o f a n y c o m p e t i n g communinty papers owned currently

by Fairfax and APN is likely. When this happens I predict there will be an emergence of more papers like the Flagstaff – owned locally and providing targeted local news for its readers.

The news landscape is changing.

their thousands, he reckoned.

Transport planners know that any long-term transport solution to a major city has to include trains and an underground to move people around quickly and efficiently. Cycle-lane projects are fine but are they overshadowing the real need to committ to longer term rail solutions?

The big question is how to pay for it? Many opportunities have been lost. In Hong Kong, for example, much of the rail system was paid for by developers of mall complexes who were required to provide transport for shoppers. In Auckland there has been a lack of foresight in areas like Albany and Westgate to compel developers to provide anything other than carparks. Auckland Council continues to allow subdivisions on the outskirts of the city – such as at Pokeno – with no public transport.

Moreover, there needs to be a joint government/local authority strategy on Auckland’s transport woes. Cars need to be more expensive (taxed), road charges need to be introduced in Auckland and public transport

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The larger groups are focusing on digital while the smaller papers, though online, appear to be “sticking to their knitting”, with print still to the forefront and websites secondary.

The trend of centralisation in the bigger groups – papers produced remotely a long way from the areas they are covering – is likely to continue.

This can lead to homogenous one-style papers, with shared content supplied across the group. Independents tend to have their own individual styles, often better reflecting the areas they cover.

These are interesting times indeed.

needs to be cheaper and more readily available.

(My car was out of action recently and it took several hours, three buses and $13 to get from Devonport to Silverdale.)

How about raising income taxes by 2 per cent, with 1 per cent going directly to Auckland public transport and the other 1 per cent spread around the regions to encourage growth and take the heat from the Auckland property market?

Change also needs to happen more quickly.

Transport solutions are failing to keep up with Auckland’s rapidly growing population. Take the reforms of the North Shore bus routes.

They have been announced but will not be implemented until 2018. That is a ludicrously long lead-in time.

Again, how about Auckland Transport, Auckland Council and our councillors, rather than bleating on about the performance of private operators like Fullers, set up (or buy back) a public system, with fares at a nominal prices.

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First female principal at Takapuna Grammar

Mary Nixon has been appointed the first female principal at Takapuna Grammar School (TGS).

The announcement that Nixon was to replace the departing Simon Lamb was made by the TGS board of trustees last week.

Nixon says a key reason for her move to TGS was to be closer to family.

After 10 years at the helm of Napier Girls’ High School (NGHS), Nixon returns to the North Shore, where she started out as a teacher, raised her family and where her mother, daughter and grandchildren still live.

“Having family in Takapuna was part of the attraction for coming back. And Takapuna Grammar School being very much a family school resonates with me too,” she says.

Nixon knows TGS well. She left for Napier after a two-year stint as deputy principal under Simon Lamb. Both had worked together previously at Rangitoto College, where Nixon had been promoted from being a science and biology teacher to dean and then deputy principal.

Nixon says her experience at NGHS “sits well with where TGS is at. Both are traditional but also contemporary schools and I like that. When I was here previously, we were just starting a review of preparing students differently for the changing global Returning to TGS… former deputy principal Mary Nixon takes the top job world. It will be good to have a stop and what needs to happen next. Our key goal is to best of their personal abilities. We worked a pause, look at where the school is at and raise happy and productive citizens,” she says. lot on transferring skills, such as music and During her time in Napier, Nixon says she sport, and found ways to show them off in the learned a lot about girls, after having worked students’ school work. NCEA has the necessary only in co-ed schools before. “We have 1,000 flexibility to let them do that. Meanwhile we young women at the school, with about 170 also had a real lift in achievements outside the of them boarding. It’s a wonderful 132-year- classroom,” she says.

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Chicken attack information sought We’re among a growing number of people in Devonport keeping chickens. Our four girls are distinctive characters, with loads of attitude, and give us endless pleasure as well as regular eggs.

Until recently, our neighbours (near Devonport Primary) were also devoted chicken owners. But a couple of weeks ago they were shocked to find their three girls savaged by a night raider. Two chickens were left dead and one barely alive.

All three were buried, but a couple of days later the raider returned to paw and dig at their grave.

We’re writing to ask if anyone has had a I also hope other chicken owners take this similar experience, or can shed any light on this as a reminder to ensure fences and gates are ghastly event. Please email me at barbcuth@ secure against night raiders. gmail.com if you have news to share.

Barb Cuthbert and Mike Ashmore

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Art could help traffic movement in a roundabout way Graffiti art has been suggested as a way to make a roundabout safer.

Local drivers raised their concerns about the safety of the roundabout at the bottom of Victoria Rd at a recent Devonport Network Meeting. Some said they were missing the graffiti art that appeared in the centre of the roundabout during Auckland Art Week (and has since worn off).

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Mike Cohen said the current roundabout

layout was a compromise. “The Navy needs to be able to get around there with its large vehicles, but to have a regular-sized roundabout, we would need to do away with quite a bit of the flower garden,” he said.

“The graffiti was helpful in directing traffic there and maybe we could come up with a new artistic solution for it,” Cohen suggested.

Getting street artists involved for an artistic solution to a roading issue is a possibility, Cohen said.

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CHARM AND POTENTIAL IN THE BEST LOCATION This delightful three bedroom cottage is positioned in one of Devonport’s favourite streets alongside a row of other historic cottages originally built in the 1870´s. You will be charmed by the lifestyle of living a minute from the neighbourhood café and close to a choice of beaches, the village, city ferry, schools and kindy. Single level with three bedrooms and a

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of approximately 600m² offers a delightful and unique setting to create your dream home. It is rare for vacant sites to be offered in this location and this one has the additional benefits of a beautiful garden setting, established trees and long driveway, giving a rural ambiance, whilst in fact, you are minutes on foot from city convenience. Neighboured by a small selection of exclusive homes, Takapuna Grammar and the Wilson Home, you also have superb privacy. Lovely sea and Rangitoto views from the upper level of your new home and

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adjacent steps take you to charming St Leonards Beach where you can take a dip before breakfast or enjoy the coastal walk at low tide.

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Wakatere sailors go global

with Donna Gustafson

Get Up, Get Dressed Up and Get to the Pink Ribbon Breakfast on Wednesday 25th of May at Dixie Browns. During May, the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation encourages people to organise a Pink Ribbon Breakfast and each year Devonport local and Bayleys realtor, the fabulous Lynda Betts, organises one at a local eatery.

Sailing away... Clockwise from top left: Robbie McCutcheon (14, Sri Lanka), Luke Cashmore (14, Sri Lanka), Josh Schon (12, Antigua), Luc Gladwell (12, Noumea), Ella Gladwell (13, Italy), Brayden Hamilton (12, Sri Lanka), George Lee Rush (11, Antigua), Robbie Wooldridge (10, Noumea) and Josh Hyde (12, Italy).

Nine local Optimist sailors have been selected to represent New Zealand in overseas regattas this year.

The Wakatere Boating Club members represent yet another strong showing in the class for the club. Many of New Zealand’s best Optimist sailors have sailed for Wakatere, including 2007 Optimist World Champion Chris Steele.

Seven of the nine travelling yachties

are ranked among the country’s top 25 Optimist sailors and are members of the New Zealand Optimist Squad. They are heading to a variety of competitions: the European champs in Italy, the North American champs in Antigua as well as the Asian and Oceanian champs in Sri Lanka.

Two young sailors selected for a 10-strong New Zealand Development Squad will head to the New Caledonian nationals in Noumea.

We’re going on a possum hunt... but without a fur coat Possum traps have been laid on Mt Victoria, although there’s no evidence any of the marsupial pests have taken up residence.

Devonport local Roger Giles, who knows the mountain as well as anyone, says in four decades of walking up, down and around the mountain every day, he has never seen a possum.

“There used to be possums in the trees on Memorial Drive about 20 years ago. Every once in a while you’d see one dead on the road, but I have never seen a possum on Mount Victoria in my 40 years on the mountain.

“The only thing that could attract them up there are the pohutukawa trees when they are in bloom, which they are not right now,” he says.

Giles, who is president of the Devonport Folk Club based in the Bunker on the maunga, says he sees plenty of other wildlife, apart from possums.

“There is a morepork living on the Church St side of Mount Victoria. I have seen it sitting on the handrail, when I’m going to the Bunker at night, and regularly see its catch on the bottom path. I think it’s where the kaka used to live, but I haven’t seen those in a while,” he says.

In terms of pests, rats are the real problem Giles encounters on the mountain. “There are hundreds of them on the slope facing Lake Rd, mostly under the oak trees, where they live off

This is a fun morning for anyone – that means all you ladies, and gents too! Come along and enjoy a great breakfast for $30 and help raise awareness and funds. Money raised goes to the NZBCF to fund vital breast cancer research for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer in New Zealand.

Also, on the day, we are giving 10 per cent of our turnover to the cause. So after breakfast make sure you come in and check out the new winter stock.

Book a table now on 445 9559. Breakfast starts at 7am, so get your ferry buddies, family and friends organised. Get dressed up in a pink themed outfit and be in to win a prize for the best dressed (a set of Triumph Lingerie in of course Flashy Pink from Devonport Lingerie).

Fur patrol... the campaign is launched the acorns,” he says.

Ian Nunn, owner of pest control company Select Home Services, says he had only encountered one possum on the Devonport Peninsula since he started operating in 1996.

It was at a Clarence St address in 2004, he says.

The Flagstaff sent queries to both the Maunga Authority and Auckland Council, but had no response from either before deadline.

Last year we all went in our pink pyjamas!

My kids thought it was hilarious that I was going to breakfast and then work all day in Pink PJs! It’s fun, makes people smile and it’s for a good cause so go on, GET PINK and see you there.

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Letters

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May 20, 2016

Consequences of actions one of life’s rules Heritage “has worked tirelessly over the last two decades,” as you emotively point out. (And it’s not in dispute that they have and they are to be supported and lauded for their efforts, which I personally applaud.)

It is simply that they made a conscious decision to fight a case at the Environment Court, knowing the costs risks if they lost,

Your editorial concerning the issue of costs to be paid by Devonport Heritage fails to acknowledge two important facts.

1. Devonport Heritage chose to argue a case at the Environment Court, and the consequences of any party losing a case in any court is simply that they have to pay a contribution of the successful parties’ costs.

That is an absolute rule of law.

2. Having said that, any judge has the absolute discretion and power to refuse to award costs in unusual or extraordinary circumstances. Clearly there were none in this instance, or that power would have been utilised.

The issue is not whether Devonport

which they did. And now they must live by the consequence of their actions. It’s not about a principle, it’s simply about having gone into a situation eyes wide open, and the consequences.

For isn’t that a rule of life – that you live by the consequences of your actions?

John Waymouth

Heritage fundraisers suggested to pay costs It is concerning that to fight local issues that have an impact on the very fabric of our community – such as trying to save the Masonic Tavern – often means taking on a battle where victory may not be assured.

An imbalance is glaringly obvious. On the one hand, paid legal counsel of these wealthy corporates. On the other, a huge amount of time and effort voluntarily given by the Devonport Heritage group, with the individuals involved taking time out of their lives to challenge commercial development.

Reaping what’s sown It was reported in the Flagstaff at the time that the inaugural meeting to oppose the Masonic Hotel development proposed a strategy to delay and extend legal proceedings such that the cost to the developer would become so prohibitive the project would be abandoned.

In awarding costs, the Environment Court noted that Devonport Heritage had throughout “engaged in delay and obfuscation”. Devonport Heritage cannot complain at reaping what they had sown.

The North Shore City Council was a party in the proceedings. The ill-advised and unethical strategy of Devonport Heritage resulted in a cost to North Shore ratepayers of six-figure sums for the council legal costs.

J Leonard

Notwithstanding, Devonport has a history of fighting back, not being a pushover and with a lot of battles being fought. Some sadly lost, but a lot won.

That in itself is something to be proud of and in my opinion is a sign of a very healthy community.

So Devonport Heritage, why not have some fundraisers to pay the court costs?

Your efforts have been appreciated by our community.

Sharon Byron-McKay

Barking up the wrong tree on separatism tlers and landowners alike, as well as by Parliament. But imagine how Maori and the Maori economy could have flourished if left to develop those assets and treasures that the Crown removed or undermined; a 2006 UN report estimated that Treaty settlements return around 2 per cent of the true value taken.

In the long run it must be hoped that all New Zealanders can live with this discrepancy, and realise how our shared past binds us, in spite of how damaging separatism has been. Kia ora.

Pieter Watson

John Hipkins (Flagstaff, 22 April) is quite right on separatism, but he’s barking up the wrong tree: if only we could go back to 1840 and get the European rush of settlers to realise that the Treaty of Waitangi intended exactly the protection of what Hipkins refers to as “One Law for All”.

Instead we saw successive governments deliberately divesting landowners, including the use of terrible force (some would say genocide).

Of course, mistakes were made by set-

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May 20, 2016

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Devonport needs greater arts funding I thought your editorial about the need to head over to the CBD for “cultural life” raised a number of significant issues, all of which need to be highlighted and addressed, both locally and at a regional level.

The CBD is the source of most arts and culture events run independently, partially supported or fully supported by council: Writers and Readers Festival, Art Week Auckland, Auckland Arts Festival (including White Night), Comedy Festival, International Film Festival, Auckland Art Fair, and Auckland Festival of Photography.

Most significant arts and performance centres are also located in the CBD. All of which is understandable, in that critical mass is important for the survival of these events and facilities.

However, Auckland Council is also accountable to its plethora of diverse communities for ongoing support of its facilities and events, and in this it does seem to substantially keep its hand in its pocket.

While it tasks the local boards with allocating creative and cultural resources appropriately, the boards are challenged by demand. As well as this, in Devonport-Takapuna at least, having to pay council for the non-existent

services of a non-existent Arts and Culture Advisor, who should be supporting the local creative sector to galvanise and outreach.

Under these circumstances it’s hard yakker to build and maintain momentum for creating events that coincide with the city-side festivals. We can’t factor in ongoing events programmes, as the funding that would be required to support them is sporadic and it means continually submitting separate funding applications to contestable rounds, which yield small grants.

The Depot does, however, run a large exhibitions programme throughout the year – probably one of the biggest in Auckland – which we believe contributes to the cultural life of Devonport. We hold around 100 exhibitions a year, three-four openings every three weeks and attendances of 100-150 at most openings. Currently, we’re celebrating NZ Music Month in both the gallery and recording studio. We were pleased to have the Flagstaff cover this so well. It was also covered by bFM. We find that both local and regional promotion increases our audience numbers and helps develop a profile for the arts in Devonport.

Linda Blincko

Alternative ferry-replacement strategy Last edition you published a letter “Fullers needs to rethink ferry replacement strategy”.

I have been pondering this for a while and invite Flagstaff readers to think outside the box and consider a new strategy.

Some of the problems with ferries are...

Peak loadings, a timetable to run to, finite capacity, wasted time in loading and unloading, weather delays, inflexibility, annual maintenance outages and cost to replace boats.

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Now consider a continuous travelator from Devonport wharf to the downtown ferry terminal. Constructed in a concrete tube and placed in a trench on the seabed.

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Devonport environmental network meeting thursday 19th may, 4:00pm-6:00pm Devonport library, 2 victoria rd, Devonport A regular get-together for people involved in the restoration or care of their local environment: reserves/parks, school or community gardens, beaches or waterways. The meetings are an opportunity to discuss issues, share ideas and work together. All welcome.

Devonport Chamber orChestra & holy trinity ChurCh Choir present: Celebrating musiC on trinity sunDay sunday 22nd may, 5:00pm holy trinity Church, Church st, Devonport Conductor: Brecon Carter, Mezzo-Soprano: Sue Braatvedt. Greig: Holberg Suite, George Wang: Theme and Variations, Choral Works: Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Caccini.

Tickets $15, seniors $10, children under 12 free.!

takarunga playCentre presents: two-Day preloveD Clothing sale Friday 27th may, 7:00pm-9:00pm: “preview sale” & saturday 28th may, 12pm-3pm: pre-loved clothes takarunga playcentre, takarunga/mt victoria, Devonport Come along for two fun events and get some fantastic bargains! Friday: $5 entry (incl. refreshments). Everything $4! Great girls’ night out, bring a friend! Saturday: Kids entertainment, cakes & sausages. Bring the whole family!

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Recent developments in travelators have increased their speeds and safety. Travel to downtown Auckland in around 15 mins. I know the sceptics will already have their laptops open, however the details are surmountable. Let’s talk about this.

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Letters

May 20, 2016

Many dogs certainly have their day in Devonport Maybe it comes down to editorial balance, but I was surprised to see a full page of your 8 April Flagstaff dedicated to local canines at a dog parade (Every dog has its day…).

In previous issues, locals have written in to complain about the irresponsible owners who do not pick up after their pampered pooches.

These problems even prompted the local dog-walker to write in and nicely suggest ways for these selfish individuals to take collective responsibility.

I’d like to suggest we stop being so nice about nuisance dogs. What is the council do-

Green-waste costs too high Last weekend I took four orange council bags of old garden soil and roots removed from a small garden box to the Lake Rd transfer station. Total weight of 100kg – four x 25kg council bags. I was charged $24.50. I really thought this was a little excessive for what was mainly soil.

We pay enough taxes and I believe small quantities of garden refuse should be allowed at no charge.

I can understand that a commercial operation like an arborist, which would regularly bring large trees for disposal, should be charged but not the DIY garden person. I can also understand that we should continue paying for items that are not garden refuse, like whiteware, etc.

Ian Cunningham

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ing to enforce bylaws and guidelines on dog management? What is it about our obsession with dogs in this suburb, and their one-eyed owners’ lack of awareness about how others feel about their space being compromised by out-of-control dogs?

In mid-March, before the end of Daylight Savings, I took some visitors to Narrow Neck Beach on a sunny weekend afternoon. As you’d expect, the beach was full of people enjoying themselves. It was also not without dogs, running off-leash, despite the fact that dogs are not supposed to be on the beach during the daytime until 1 April.

While we were in the sea, my other friend, who had been sleeping, was rudely awakened by a dog licking his face. He saw the funny side of this, but I wouldn’t have done and still don’t.

I would have let the dog and its distant owner know about this. It’s fortunate that all my friend got on his face was some dog saliva and bad breath — not pleasant for the uninitiated, but it could have been worse.

Unfortunately the reality is that my lone voice has no teeth. We need to revisit (again) our bylaws on dogs, and insist that council polices these and forces owners to take more responsibility. Adam Sage

Carriageway parallel to Lake Rd eminently commendable John Duder’s letter in the Flagstaff (April 22) was the first sensible suggestion on the increasingly serious problem of roading on the Devonport peninsula.

A. Lake Rd can never be improved sufficiently to make it a trouble-free access road to and from Devonport. Whatever small improvements may be made to the sections of it are only a short distance between traffic jams. There are too many intersections which can never be avoided. Any money spent on

improving Lake Rd is wasted.

B. John Duder’s proposal is eminently commendable and includes minimal impact on the environment.

A similar proposal to this was suggested several decades ago, opposed by environmentalists (due to possible harm to the mangroves), and then disregarded.

I suggest any such opposition now is irrelevant.

A B Miller

Praise for Duder’s lateral thinking Hooray for John Duder’s lateral thinking (Flagstaff, April 22). A golden opportunity he calls it and so it is!

I only hope the powers that be are taking note. We do really need an alternative to Lake Rd on the Devonport peninsula.

This has been put off for years as being too difficult, but I just hope those concerned with the Unitary Plan look closely at using

roading already there to create an alternative route, instead of making Lake Rd into a traffic-filled motorway, and thus making everyone’s life miserable.

It is definitely a sensible improvement and one that surely must happen sooner or later. Please let it be next year! It would be difficult in the extreme to widen Lake Rd. Maureen McMillan

Overcrowded cities inferior on many fronts Architects’ praise of European cities does not mean we should overcrowd Auckland. Centuries of history and culture make some parts of the nicer European cities attractive. The ones where most people live are horrible: rented apartments in shadowy, overbuilt, overpopulated streets.

Many Europeans are not having children, maybe because apartments are not a great place to have a family. Many of us who know Europe love Devonport as it is for good reasons. We have here what most do NOT have in European cities: sunny streets due to low buildings, mainly private homes, plenty of space, many parks, a quiet atmosphere, a feeling of relaxation and freedom.

The whole concept of crowding more and more people into Auckland – including Devonport – is wrong. Economic ‘growth’ does not take into account our real loss of space, freedom and sun due to intensification. If Auckland refuses to allow too much intensification, other towns will develop.

Born in New Zealand, I then spent many years in Europe. I had to walk to primary school down the grubby, shadowy streets of Berlin and

we lived in a small apartment. Later I lived in Oldenburg, where the very flat terrain allowed for good bicycle paths. But to commune with nature by getting out of the city or take the family anywhere, one still needed a car.

Later still we lived in Duesseldorf, where I had to catch two trams to get to school. This independence also bore risks most modern parents would not accept; for instance of being sexually harassed on the tram. Many people lived in apartments miles from schools and workplaces, and walking down those sunless streets was no pleasure, except in high-end suburbs where beautiful old facades compensated the viewer.

Again, to get anywhere as a family and to leave the city, one was still reliant on the car.

Aucklanders beware: don’t be persuaded that what you have here is inferior to European cities and therefore we should overcrowd Auckland.

And if you are an immigrant don’t feel you would be a hypocrite for saying ‘Auckland is full’. Immigrants came here for what Auckland has to offer, not to try and recreate the places they left behind. Susan Davis

May 20, 2016

Letters

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Redback pursuit of Devonport Heritage disappointing Redback Development’s decision to of Claudia Page, Margot McRae and Trish pursue Devonport Heritage for $21,000 in Deans have put literally thousands of unpaid costs arising from the Environment Court and stressful hours into not only the Masonic hearing to effectively destroy the heritage Hotel and other local issues, but into three Masonic Hotel, and build apartments, is years of Unitary Plan hearings, fighting for the community and heritage values of extremely disappointing.

Redback’s action can only be regarded as Devonport. Redback should be ashamed to being petty and vindictive, particularly in the put all this contribution at risk.

Redback’s attitude highlights the generic light of the large increase in the apartments’ selling prices that must have eventuated difficulty that small community groups from the current Auckland housing boom. face in the current commercialist, legalistic They should indeed be paying Devonport and development environment the city Heritage a commission for the capital and faces which is putting key long-standing pricing gains they must have made due to community, heritage and social values at the construction timing lag arising from the major risk for commercial gain.

It is only hoped that it does not reflect a hearing process, which allowed them to catch wider malaise in the Devonport commercial the rising property-value wave.

The hearing court approval was in fact community. We have had the odd situation a split decision. Of continuing concern to of the BNZ carpark, used for many years by Ngataringa Midweek the Devonport community was the recent Devonport residents for evening and weekend Tennis ‘Have a Hit’ Day reneging by Redback on the agreed consent parking, being suddenly closed off by the condition to include a cafe in the replica landlord. Usage is now restricted to BNZ Wednesday June 1st Masonic rebuilding. This was to recognise customers only during business hours with 9 am that over 150 years the Masonic was one of the towaway threat outside that. No doubt the oldest continuous licensed premises in legal, but not friendly and not the Devonport Beginners welcome the country. The cafe is now to be an office, way. John McHugh would have never done it.

Many of our newer residents will not another victory for “the letter of the law” Come along and have a hit over legislative intent and agreed comprise appreciate what has made Devonport the Contact Lisa 021 032 4449 unique place it is. Several of our community with the community.

I would hope that Redback will reconsider, and resident groups have faded away. It is time as it will no doubt push Devonport Heritage for the community voice to be reactivated to into bankruptcy. The loss of that longstanding ensure that the feisty Devonport community 166 Calliope Road voice and vigilant guard of the values of feared by the bureaucrats continues. The need the Devonport community would be a has never been greater.

Stanley Bay Park   tragedy. The core Devonport Heritage team Bill Rayner       Tips for trouble-free computing      Q:  I have this error message popping up on my computer saying the Group Policy failed to apply      administrative rights and I can’t open any of my programs such as Word, Outlook etc.      A:  This is quite clearly a security issue and may at first sight appear to be a problem internal to Windows’     security settings. However, in your case, it turns out that your antivirus product had got over-zealous and      was blocking everything you were doing. Your mouse clicks were ‘suspicious activity’! This is not an       uncommon occurrence in ‘security suite products’ and as a result I favour getting an antivirus product that        just deals with viruses. Over the years, AVG has proven itself time and time again and is to be recommended.     Not only that, its free!      Q:  Help! I can’t log on to my computer !! When I try to log on, I get the error message that says:    Upcycle your laptop “The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded.” And I can’t get into my       Wanted: old laptops still in working computer…       condition to refurbish and donate to the  Red Cross Refugee service.

A: This is quite a common occurrence, unfortunately, particularly on Windows 7 computers. What has      If you are upgrading, I will pass on  happened is the Windows Registry has not been written back correctly – in my experience this seems to    your old computers to help refugees.  occur after a Windows Update. As frustrating as it is, it is actually quite straightforward to fix. If you know     how to get into Safe Mode. And if you know how to work the Windows Registry. Give me a call!     Q:  I can’t get into my online banking. Apparently I have a certificates issue, whatever that means!     A:

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Interview

May 20, 2016

Three cheers for Kimberley Ramsay taking on the world Kimberley Ramsay is a leading force in competitive cheerleading in New Zealand. She coaches the elite national team that has medalled three consecutive times at the World Cheerleading Championships. She spoke to Maire Vieth.

When Kimberley Ramsay’s mother brought back two sets of pompoms from an overseas trip, she didn’t know the toys would eventually change her daughter’s life. “I was about eight and my mum brought me a lot of things back from that trip, but the pompoms are the only thing I remember. One was a big orange pair, and the other was blue and white,” says Ramsay. She was hooked.

Ramsay learned to make her own pompoms and handed them out to friends. “I started a little cheerleading team with them and we cheered on the sidelines of my father’s Te Atatu rugby games. Something like two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate,” she says.

Today, competitive cheerleading is a huge part of Ramsay’s life. This is not the dance-style cheering for an all-male rugby or football team, but an athletic and acrobatic sequence of tricks and stunts, including pyramids, tumbling and spins, along with cheers and chants, performed by both girls and boys as a sport. “It’s a serious athletic sport,” she says.

Ramsay has run Allstar Cheerleading since 2003. It is New Zealand’s first and biggest cheerleading school, based in Glenfield.

“We have cheerleading gyms and schools all over New Zealand, with five franchises, 10 locations, a staff of about 70 and 1,500 cheerleaders. It’s pretty crazy,” she says. Her cheerleaders have been a regular fixture in the Devonport Santa Parade for years.

While Ramsay is no longer a cheerleader Hoping to get cheerleading into the Olympics… Kimberley Ramsay herself, she coaches her elite teams. She has A couple of years ago, Ramsay established just returned with two of her teams from successful in placing first for the last two the ICU (International Cheer Union) World years. We were hoping to bring back another the New Zealand Cheerleading Association, Cheerleading Championships at Disney World gold, three in a row... but I think the nerves a national governing body for the sport.

She has also been a member of the World in Orlando, Florida. One team won silver in the got to the team,” she says.

S e l f - a s s u r a n c e i s v i t a l t o g o o d Competition Advisory Board and been All Girl Elite division, which included 22 nonUS countries. Mexico won and England came cheerleading, says Ramsay. “It’s all about the Australasian International All Star third. The second, a coed team, placed sixth being confident, almost cocky, and presenting Federation (IASF) representative.

Ramsay wants cheerleading included in in the Coed Elite division. All the US teams yourself as thinking you are amazing. Not being a show-off doesn’t translate well into future Olympics. One of the development compete in the Premier Division.

Ramsay was slightly disappointed with this sport. So when I ask my cheers who are areas is to expand cheerleading in the the result. “Our all-girl team had been very their best flyers, I want those who are to raise Pacific Islands. “We had a big ICU meeting in Orlando in April. To have Oceania as their hands,” she say.

Ramsay is not afraid to take on the world. its own region, we basically need a fifth She founded Allstar Cheerleading as a one- country with a cheerleading union (in woman show. Within two years, she took her addition to New Zealand, Australia, Guam best teams to Florida for the world champs. and American Samoa). So in the next year In 2009, six Allstar cheerleaders were briefly or so, I want to establish a cheerleading club in the Guinness Book of World Records, with in Tonga. It will be my giveback project,” a 5.2 metre cheerleading high-basket toss. she says.

Ramsay grew up in West Auckland as the They were flown to Italy for a European version of the Guinness World Records TV daughter of a Tongan father and a Pakeha show. The same year in Auckland, 24 Allstar mother. She was a sporty kid, enthusiastic cheerleaders took less than half an hour to about jazz dance and gymnastics from an just borrow our 700 toys cram into a classic Mini, setting another early age. “I did everything. When we lived world record. (The record has since been in Henderson we had a pony club backing on to our house. So for a year or two, I also had a overtaken and now stands at 28.)

And in 2012, an Allstar coed cheerleading horse,” she says. When the Ramsays moved team progressed to the semi-final of the New to Hobsonville, she dropped gymnastics but took on trampolining, and was soon Zealand’s Got Talent TV show.

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representing Auckland in her new sport.

Small business was part of her youth as well. “Both of my parents have always been very entrepreneurial. When I was younger they owned video libraries; then my dad ran a shipping company in Tonga and my mum a taxi service,” she says.

And two or three times a year, the Ramsays visited Tonga. “The island was like my second home. It was a fun, carefree place where we were on the beach spending lots of time with family – we had no TV or anything like that,” she says.

Ramsay attended Kristin School as a teenager but switched to Takapuna Grammar for her final year, before studying law and commerce at Auckland University. “My parents said I should go and get a degree before I could go and follow my dreams. I wanted to go into business, and law was a back-up plan in case the business didn’t work out,” she says.

But the back-up plan ended up taking off.

“After I graduated, I started at the IRD as a tax investigator and auditor, and then became a lawyer at Bell Gully,” she says.

While still a student, Ramsay had also become a mother. “So I had a young son when I was at university and he used to come to classes with me,” she says.

Cameron has just turned 21 and is following in his mother’s shoes. “He is a very talented cheerleader, captains a team and coaches. After dropping medicine, he now studies commerce and law,” says Ramsay.

Ramsay met her husband Aaron Reid while at university. He was studying commerce and played rugby for various Auckland rep teams. When Reid was signed to play in Italy, the young family spent a year in Sicily and another in Reggio Emilia, between Florence and Venice.

Meanwhile Ramsay’s enthusiasm for cheerleading was simmering away underneath university, work and motherhood.

By the age of 18, she had tried out three

as an extracurricular activity. “That’s where my company eventually started from,” she says.

Going from law to cheerleading was an unconventional leap. “My dad couldn’t understand why I would drop what looked like a successful career path as a lawyer in a big law firm to become a professional cheerleader. For years he would tell people I was still a lawyer,” she says.

But those days are long over. This year Ramsay launched an international event company called Global Dance + Cheer Games. She has run cheer events and competitions in New Zealand since 2003, but this is a big push offshore with a junior Olympic-type dance and cheerleading competition.

Five events are planned in June. “We have a big one coming up at the Hawaii Convention Centre in Honolulu, with around 1,000 competitors in 100 teams from 10 countries signed up. Plus we have three events in Australia and one in New Zealand, so I’m going to be travelling a bit next month,” she says.

Life in the Ramsay-Reid home is also busy. Four years ago, their son Taitum was born and two years ago, a daughter, Kayson followed. While Ramsay was pregnant with Kayson, the family spent six months in Oceanside, California, where Cameron cheered with one of the best cheerleading gyms in the state and Kimberley researched the world of American cheering events.

Devonport became their home about 10 years ago, even though there is little time to enjoy it right now. “We have two nannies helping us while I work about 12 hours minimum every day. I work from home when I don’t want to be distracted by the gym, and at the gym when I don’t want to be distracted by the kids. Fridays Aaron and I share childcare between us and once the kids are in bed, it’s back to work until the job is done,” she says.

“I just want to create an amazing legacy for cheerleading in New Zealand.”

Allstar cheerleaders at the Devonport Santa Parade times for the Sky City Cheer Team, which was then supporting Auckland rugby sides.

“The first audition was a disaster; the second not much better and the third time I also didn’t make it. I cried all the way back home and said that’s it, I’ll start my own team,” she says.

A t u n i v e r s i t y, R a m s a y j o i n e d a cheerleading team called Dance Extreme and performed at rugby league games. “Then the coach went overseas and the team fell apart. I continued to dance in troupes and teams but I also thought again about starting my own company,” she says.

At 23, Ramsay approached North Harbour Rugby to provide them with a cheerleading team for stadium games. “It took me a year to convince them, but I eventually sold them on the idea of cheerleading with athletics and acrobatics,” she says.

And when Cameron attended Whenuapai Primary School, she taught cheerleading there

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Final Solution would increase personal responsiblity Devonport is being sold out to foreign investors and greedy speculators, non-residents and non-New Zealanders, at an incredible rate that’s rarely spoken about. The witnesses to this phenomenon are our real estate people, who largely remain silent. Devonport, our lands are being sold to people with different values to New Zealanders, values that we forged in conservation ethics over the last 50 years – now effectively trashed in less than a decade.

Much of this mass destruction is inspired by corporates and what Key’s people say in high places is good. Expansion is the only way forward to prosperity is the policy, which of course is rubbish.

The only other industry trashing our country faster than the mass expansion of urban and industrial growth that we are told is so good, is the dairy industry. Its logos should picture the Manawatu or the Waikato Rivers: NZ’s most polluted rivers. There is a deep sludge growth in Ngataringa Bay choking the shellfish. It’s acres in area and it’s growing on farm fertiliser washed into our harbour off dairy farms. So don’t be thinking what is going on in the Hauraki Plains has no relevance to Devonport.

However, the new pollution in Devonport is these ideas of special housing areas, built on land illegally given away in in my view, improper land valuation deals and insidertrading arrangements; often now on Maori land, sublet or onsold to corporates, the marina reclaimed area, recreation areas gone, given

away. It all sounds good to those who are happy to build over our entire land mass and those who think bringing in millions of people is the answer to their aspirations. These ideas are actually bad news for the things we value most, or at least I thought we did! Stupidity and greed are the driving forces. The knock-on effects are choked roads, crowded beaches and stressed environments.

The Final Solution is simple. We need firm policy that rules over our council and our government, our roading people, our energy and water mangers, our city development people – all these people need to be accountable.

The Final Solution is a policy that holds these people to account personally; people who do secret deals and waste your rates money, people who sell your town to greedies and people who trash our air and water and anyone who spreads propaganda like we read in the paper every day. All should face summary judgement and unthinkable punishments. Just like the new health and safety policy sets out. It holds employers accountable with heavy penalties for anyone in the system that fails the system. I guess the only difference we need in legislating the Final Solution, is clearly we should promote personal responsibility above blaming someone else for stupidity.

As we all watch on, knowing our MP is fouling up Devonport and the Gulf, we are all responsible for letting her do it. We watch as whales and dolphins are becoming extinct in

the Hauraki Gulf because some believe they own the fish these creatures eat. The slime that is building up in our harbour because of greedy polluters is real. The oddity is that legislation already dictates that our council, MPs and leaders must act appropriately. And yet somehow they ignore traditional Kiwi values and the law as it stands.

Ron Dykman

Law fails on all counts Re the Masonic. Once again the law is awful. It serves neither the developer nor the residents.

How could it take $21,000 costs for just the developer? Oh Parliament, you sadden me. To do this to us when we vote for you!

In the 1980s, I often went to the Masonic.

It was well patronised. I was away from Devonport for 20 years. When I returned in 2011, it was devoid of patrons. There was seldom anyone there. The barman didn’t know what a “Boilermaker” was. Or he did not know how to present it. (A glass of beer and a separate shot of whisky.)

If a good bar with full facilities had developed into a cold empty space, it could not have been profitable. Why did Devonport Heritage oppose the developer when no one used it? Did any of them use it?

I have read your reports of the evil way the law requires developers to act. Yuk.

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Devonport AED Update AEDs, or automated external defibrillators, have been a hot topic in the news recently with a campaign to increase availability and access to these lifesaving devices around New Zealand.

According to St John: • Each year, nearly 2,000 New Zealanders will suffer a cardiac arrest outside of hospital.

• For 64% of cardiac arrests, a bystander will perform CPR. • People may show no warnings or prior symptoms and 15% survive to hospital discharge following a cardiac arrest.

• Use of an AED within 3-5 minutes of collapse can increase the chance of survival by up to 40%.

The Devonport Business Association (BID) has the New World defibrillator on its asset register and has recently paid and organised to have the electronic pads replaced. Devonport New World has very generously agreed to pay for the cost of a new battery as part of the regular maintenance requirements.

Originally purchased by the dentists in Devonport and funded by the Rotary Club of Devonport, it was agreed that the local

supermarket was the best place to site the defibrillator as it has the longest opening hours. Over the last few years, ongoing maintenance has been sponsored by various Devonport businesses including local medical and dental practices and pharmacy.

For more information on AEDs and CPR training visit: http://www.stjohn.org.nz/First-Aid/AED/ AED locations in Devonport: 1. New World Devonport 35 Bartley Terrace 2. ASB Devonport 21 Victoria Road 3. Devonport Library 2 Victoria Road 4. Devonport Ferry Terminal Security Office 5. RNZN - Navy Hopsital 91 Calliope Rd 6. Torpedo Bay Navy Museum Reception 64 King Edward Parade The Devonport Fire Station carries AEDs on fire trucks.

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Harmony hall spruce-up begins A $16,000 refurbishment and upgrade of the Devonport Senior Citizens Association Harmony Hall community centre is underway – and well overdue, according to association president Jill Gannaway.

An external and internal repaint has been largely completed and new furniture bought for the lounge. The replacement of the old heating with heat pumps is planned as the next phase of the project.

The hall was opened in 1964 by the

Devonport Old Folks Association, a group established in 1946 to raise funds for a centre for older people in Devonport. Ten thousand pounds was raised over that period, under the chairmanship of Mrs. C.F.Woodall, wife of the then mayor, and the hall was built on land leased from the Devonport Borough Council .

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Although it was used by many Devonport community groups, over the years the social activity for seniors at the hall diminished, and the Senior Citizens Association came close to folding. However, Gannaway stepped up and revitalised the group. The long-standing bingo session grew in numbers and is now held twice a week on Mondays and Fridays at 11.15am, and general membership is growing.

Bill Rayner, Grey Power North Shore President, who is assisting the association executive with council liaison and funding said: “The population is both growing and ageing rapidly and there is something of a paradox as many of the traditional senior groups are run by the very senior age group.

“The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board has been very supportive of our local seniors association, an example that needs to be built on elsewhere in Auckland.”

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Boys line up for woolly yarns at BIS

Creating with wool… In front: Connor Willis (left) and Will Sims. Middle row, from left: Marc Johnson, Tiger Nie, Owen Wang and Thomas Swarbrick. Back row, from left: Tim Cashmore, Jarvis Baker and Olly Jensen.

Knitting has taken off among boys at Belmont Intermediate School.

Ten boys have signed up to the school’s new Craft and Creative elective.

Deb Dickinson, the teacher who runs the sessions at lunchtime, says she was surprised when almost half of the 22 students keen to learn about knitting and crocheting were boys. Each has his own style, she says.

One student, Connor Willis, is already knitting his second scarf for the year.

Connor’s knitting needles are flying.

“I knitted quite a lot during the school holidays when I was a bit bored,” he says.

Others still practise stiches on small scarves or squares. Tiger Nie says: “I don’t really have a goal with this. I just like knitting.”

Thomas Swarbrick was inspired by his grandmother. “She likes to knit me socks,” he says.

Halfway through the 14 sessions, the new elective is already a big success, says Dickinson. One student has progressed from not being able to hold the needles to knitting “row after row,” she says.

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Spike in vehicle thefts and break-ins continues

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resident on Seabreeze Rd returned home on Hello readers, With the school holidays just passed I hope Friday 29 April to discover his plants at the everyone had an enjoyable break, if able to. gate of his property had been ripped out and And those of us who stayed home or kept strewn all over the footpath.

During the morning of 26 April, the St Leo’s working like I did, enjoyed the easy commute along Lake Rd, and the peaceful and beautiful Catholic School shed was broken into and their walks along the beaches with our continued recycling bin was set on fire, destroying it.

Bicycles have been stolen from the balmy days of late summer. Although we are Devonport and Bayswater wharfs, and a officially in autumn we wouldn’t know it!

Unfortunately the school holidays brought property on Norwood Rd. To ensure you are more than a nice break for some, with a spike not targeted by bicycle thieves, invest in a lock that cannot be cut. Lock your bicycle according in vehicle crime.

Two vehicles were stolen – one from to value – frame first, then back wheel, then Seacliffe Ave overnight on 18/19 April and front wheel. Lock as tight as possible to make it more difficult for thieves to use their tools, one from Queens Pde on 23 April.

Six vehicles were broken into, with various and position your lock with the keyhole facing items taken from Rattray St, Queens Pde, down. When storing your bicycle at home, Seacliffe Ave, Cowper St and Buchanan St (x2). keep it out of sight in a securely locked shed.

No burglaries were reported this month.

There was also an attempted theft of a vehicle However, an attempted burglary occurred at parked on Turnbull Rd in Narrow Neck.

Wilful-damage reports included multiple a property on Bayswater Ave during the day letterboxes damaged on Seacliffe Ave overnight on 25 April.

I recently enjoyed attending Anzac Day on 24/25 April and another on Creamer Ave commemorations in Devonport. It was great overnight on 23/24 April.

Devonport Devonport09 09445 4452010 2010 A group of drunken males caused a window to see such a large turnout in our village to to smash at the McDonald’s drive-through honour our fallen and enjoy the ritual on this in the early hours of Friday 29 April. And a sacred day.

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Trailblazers rocking cafe chat leads to wider conversation A chance meeting between Geoff Chapple and Warwick Freeman in a Devonport cafe unearthed a common interest in rocks.

Now a year and a half later they will share their knowledge with the public in a talk at Kerr Street Artspace on May 22.

When they met in September 2014, Freeman was curating an exhibition on contemporary New Zealand jewellery for Auckland Art Gallery. Meanwhile, Chapple was working on a book: Terrain – Travels through a Deep Landscape.

They discovered a shared interest in New Zealand’s rocks. Freeman had pioneered the use of natural materials for authentic New Zealand jewellery, and Chapple had been the driving force behind the Te Araroa trail, and was curious about the origins of the landscapes en route.

Soon after that first meeting, they walked together across Auckland discussing the cultural use of stone, the scoria jewellery Freeman has displayed in the Auckland Museum, and the forces that produced the city’s immense lodes of volcanic rock.

They’ll continue their conversation on rocks, the forces that produce them and

their effect on culture today at the event organised by the Michael King Writers’ Centre.

• Warwick Freeman and Geoff Chaple in Conversation, May 22, from 4 pm, Kerr Street Artspace, Kerr Street (at the foot of Takarunga Mt Victoria). Entry by koha ($5).

Red Puppy appeal raises nearly $1,500

Paintings that question the way in which “digital” now mediates and controls our social lives.

Correction In our interview last issue on paragliding champ Reuben Muir, he was incorrectly named Robert on a couple of captions.

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touch tournament reflects house pride The four houses battled it out in a touch tournament held over three days on the front fields. Blue skies, sunny weather and keen players made the tournament a hit with students, spectators and players alike.

A casual ‘fun in the sun’ atmosphere kept the tournament alive. The players were not the only ones giving it their all. Many students came out to cheer for their house and house banners were prominent. “The turnout has exceeded my expectations and it just goes to show how successful this house event is,” said one house leader.

After the tournament, players were exhausted but delighted. Many of them commented that they had a lot of fun and felt that the most important part was giving it their all. “I think this tournament was about having fun and giving it a go to show your house pride. I hope that we can hold it again next year,” said one Tainui player.

The tournament was divided, with the juniors and seniors competing in different divisions. Aotea and Arawa took the spotlight, with Aotea winning the senior and Arawa winning the junior tournament. Due to Arawa’s consistent performance in both junior and senior competitions, they won the touch tournament overall.

“This year’s touch tournament was the first of its kind at Takapuna Grammar. It demonstrated the rise of the house system where students participated with spirit on and off the field. Matches were played to a high standard by all participants and well supported by large crowds on the school’s front field,” says Mr. Hayden Viles, the teacher in charge of the event.

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the Haka Challenge Pride was at stake as one house battled another for victory in the Haka Challenge. The four houses – Arawa, Tokomaru, Tainui, and Aotea – faced one another on a sunny Wednesday morning after weeks of preparation. Each house competed with pride and energy.

Defending champs Arawa went first, followed by Tokomaru, Aotea, and then Tainui. Each offered a different formation. Tainui, led by Harlum Topia, finished first with Arawa House a close second.

“I thought it was great. The atmosphere was electric, buzzing.

Everyone went hard out and it was a really enjoyable experience and not only because we won,” said Tainui House Captain Joe Seufatu.

Student involvement in the competition was at an all-time high.

Helping this success was a changed schedule for preparation. “The new time slot in the Manaaki time was also good as it did not take up much class time and allowed for a much more chilled haka challenge,” said Arawa captain, Callum Easterbrook.

Houses prepared with fortnightly meetings. Leaders visited form classes regularly to teach the Hakas. There was energy during rehearsals improving the atmosphere of the event itself. “We were really happy with the amount of enthusiasm everyone gave. Even those who had never done it before gave it their best shot and it was an overall great team effort,” said Arawa house captain Alice Wu.

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end-of-season tournaments for summer sports trained very hard,” said Jacob Silk, a Year 12 student who has been playing water polo since he was in primary school, under his father’s guidance. “My dad (Joseph Silk) was our coach every Wednesday. He treated training even more seriously than we do sometimes, so our team made more and more progress through this season.” As a result, the whole team played tremendously well and came away with three wins, three draws and one loss. The best win was a 6-2 victory over St Patrick’s Silverstream.

Two weeks later at the national championships the boys team came fifth and the girls team was placed ninth.

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Ultimate Frisbee The tournament was in Taupo this year, where 21 TGS players joined the other 15 top teams. At least four 50-minute games were played a day, over the course of the tournament, which was enough to exhaust the students by the time they packed their bags for Auckland. The girls team, with two new players, played each game with an intensity that secured them a place in the third-fourth playoff. They won the game against Hutt Valley High School for a well-deserved third place, an improvement from last year’s sixth. The boys team showed incredible skill and managed seventh place. The highlight was their game against Hamilton Boys’ High School, when they were down 6–1 but scored seven consecutive points to win the game.

Spirit awards are exclusive to Ultimate Frisbee and are selected by the opposing teams to award the person they thought was not only the best player but also someone who honoured the rules and other players an important trait for a self-refereed sport. Congratulations to Victor Tsyan and Olivia Boniface – the two players who received these awards from our teams – for their hard work and spirit during the two tough days in tournament.

By JuliA giurgiu Water polo A part of the national Summer Tournament week, the senior boys water polo representatives Aidan Aubert, Luca Burney, Zane Kelbrick, Jacob Silk, Jack Alderson, Harry Cronshaw, Issac Collinge-Moore, Chris O’Connor, Louis Curham and Jono Weston – played two games a day at the North Island Water Polo Championships, at Epsom Girls and Diocesan Schools, and the Millennium pools.

“I think the advantage in playing this game for us was we worked more as a team than in training,” said Harry Cronshaw (Year 12), considered the most tenacious player in the team.

“We had training two times a week, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and we

Volleyball The Senior Boys Volleyball team of Brett O’Neill, Josh Harris, Gaige Nortje, Tom Smeed, Alex Roberts, Jac Roberts, Will Watson, Liam Donnelly, Ananda Birchfield and Keenan Hodge, coached by Pete Hodge and Tristan Hegglun, attended the New Zealand Secondary School Championships, in Palmerston North. The boys did extremely well to qualify for 1st division. But as a result they drew an extremely tough pool, having to take on Manurewa, the Auckland champs and eventual finalists, and Riccarton High School, the South Island champs. After two losses and a win in pool play, the boys played off in Division 2. After two wins and two losses with one exceptional 3-0 win over Western Heights B, the boys placed 20th out of 72 teams. From this tournament Will Watson was selected for the New Zealand U17 Youth Volleyball team to travel to the USA in a few months’ time.

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Handyman. Mature professional in Devonport, Bayswater area. ReSERVICES OFFERED pairs, painting, those jobs you just 10 YEARS’ experience. Home don’t have time to do. Free quote. cleaning. Husband and wife. Honest, References. Ph. Brian 021 150 8898. reliable, careful workers. All equip- Housekeeper. Home cleaning, ment supplied. References available. including windows, washing, ironPh Joyce 022 073 1550. ing, furniture polishing. Experienced. References. $25 per hour.

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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 highschool 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.

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

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

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Art Classes for Children 6- 16 yrs. Wednesdays 3.20 - 5.20 in artist’s home studio by the sea, Devonport. Term Two-Mixed Media, Painting, Drawing, screen-printing on oval stretched fabric board.

V. contemporary. V fun! Contact Erica Soman MFA Dip Tchg P G D i p A C , 0 2 1 1 2 7 9 6 7 1 erica_artist@xtra.co.nz Art Travel Sketching for beginners. Learn to find your creative side in a fun learning environment over 10 weeks. Kerr St Artspace Tuesdays or Saturdays. Ph Tony McNeight 021 925 031.

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

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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 Cleaning Maid Easy Use own Matt 021 599107.

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0800 your drain. devonportbeks@gmail.com Two bedroom flat wanted by elderly lady and son, from August, long term.

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After-school nanny required.

2pm to 5:45pm 3 or 4 afternoons per week for a 9 and 10-year-old.

A typical day would start with giving the dogs a scratch, prepping the family meal (everything will be laid out ready), collecting the children from school (a vehicle is provided), after-school activities like ballet and homework and finishing off the family meal.

Must be confident with dogs. ph 027 282 1379.

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

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KIDS MARKET SAVE THE DATE: SUN 26 JUNE: 1-3PM Calling local kids and teens, come and sell your good quality toys, books, clothes and/or goods you have made. $5 to book a space. Ph 445 3068 or email devonportcomhouse@xtra.co.nz to register.

SPANISH CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS THURSDAYS 7-8PM Would you like to learn Spanish as if you were living in Spain or Latin America? Learning about the culture with traditional songs, lyrics, poems and sharing of traditional food or drink.

Thursdays 7-8pm $15/wk or $100 for 8-week term. spanishclassesole@gmail.com or ph 0273738702 for more info.

STAMPIN UP MAKE & TAKE CARD MAKING 28 MAY 2-4PM $15 includes product used to make two cards, plus afternoon tea.

BELLS AND WHISTLES PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP WED 9.30-11AM Join us in the hall for morning tea and a play session with our abundant array of toys. $5 per session.

TAI CHI FOR BEGINNERS MON 12.30PM / WED 11.30AM Increase your levels of strength, energy and flexibility. Classes sponsored by Comprehensive Care in Association with Waitemata PHO. $2 per class.

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Animals a winner for Connie Writing a tale from the point of view of a young Sri Lankan elephant called Anjalee won 10-year old Connie Waine a short-story award at the Royal Easter Show.

Connie, a Year 6 student at Belmont Intermediate School, wrote about the Auckland Zoo animal during the summer holidays and submitted her piece to the show’s first children’s short-story competition.

A New Beginning is the story of Anjalee waking up in the wild one day, missing the safety of the zoo and looking for the protection of a herd.

Connie has yet to meet the real Anjalee. She has only seen Burma, the zoo’s older elephant who also features in her story. “I just really like animals. They inspire me,” Connie says.

Creative Writing is Connie’s favourite subject at school. “I love how you can do whatever you want when you write. I can be kind of shy and I can probably express myself better in writing than in person,” she says.

One of Connie’s favourite authors is English comedian David Walliams. “I like his books because they are quite creative and out-there.

He thinks outside the box and that inspires me, too,” she says.

Her love of animals will get a boost next month. A dog has been on Connie’s wish list for years, and her dream will come true when Rosie, her grandparents’six-year-old corgie, An elephant’s tale… Connie Waine won a short-story award at the comes to live with her.

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