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Local businesses threatened by rent increases Rent increases by a prominent Devonport landlord have forced the closure of one business recently and are threatening the viability of at least two others.

Network Video in Clarence St closes this Cornelius of Cornelius Jewellers, located in week, citing rent increases by its landlord The Arcade off Victoria Rd – is leaving his premises on 30 June, after receiving notice Vista Linda Ltd as the final straw.

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Lights, camera, action… Local archaeologist and author Dave Veart is interviewed by Heritage Rescue TV show host Brigid Gallagher for an episode featuring Devonport Museum. Full story page 2.

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Keeping it local: museum redesign masterminded by Devonport resident Devonport conservator Rose Evans had six days come up with a makeover concept for Devonport Museum as part of the second series of Choice TV’s Heritage Rescue.

To execute her design ideas, Evans had the help of the museum’s dedicated core of volunteers, who almost entirely repainted the former church interior in a colour scheme that will highlight the building’s architectural features, she says. Evans was previously a curator at the Navy Museum’s Torpedo Bay facility and worked as a conservator at Te Papa in Wellington.

Her new Devonport Museum exhibition was still under wraps last Friday, when the Flagstaff dropped by to see the transformation unfold.

Evans said she planned on using only a couple of the previous displays and would introduce quite a few new themes.

She said the recently set-up Victorian room and a maritime display would stay the same, but that most of the space would undergo a major rearrangement. “I have talked it through with the museum’s committee, but it actually is a real act of faith on their part,” she said.

Evans said the new exhibition will start off with a timeline of Devonport’s major

milestones and have an area dedicated to the Victoria Theatre in the back. “In between, it will look at themes of horse racing and golf, shipbuilding and small boat seamanship and other coastal stories,” she says.

This is the fifth small-town New Zealand museum Evans has worked on for Top Shelf Productions, the TV show’s creator.

The episode won’t be screened until August, she says, but the new exhibition is now open for anyone to visit.

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Local businesses facing “untenable” rent hikes of a 75 per cent rent hike. Cornelius said no basis had been given for his current rent rising from $14,500 per year to $24,000.

Cornelius said he had spent the last six years “building a business” from The Arcade premises. “My customers are locals – tourists only look, they don’t buy.”

Cornelius said it would cost him thousands to relocate his business – hopefully to somewhere else in Devonport. “I’m not closing down, far from it. The move is not due to a financial problem.”

The sting in the tail of the proposed lease agreement, was that it offered only a oneyear lease and it came with new terms such as a bond of $5428 and only three months’ notice if the property was to be redeveloped.

Cornelius, who has organised a relocation sale to cover his moving expenses, says the new lease was simply untenable.

Devonport Drycleaners in Clarence St is also facing a major rent increase, believed to be of around $33,000 per year, up from $53,000.

Owner Marg O’Brien said it was deeply upsetting as the company had been in Devonport for 20 years. She was reluctant to speak further as she was currently in negotiations with Vista Linda.

Vista Linda has been in conflict with its tenants before over rent increases.

Haywards Paper Power moved up Victoria Rd last year, to smaller premises, due to a Haywards owner Grant Hayward said he large planned rent increase. had been a tenant of Vista Linda Ltd since it bought into Devonport in 2004. “A lot is made of the cruise-ship [passenger] numbers in Devonport, but it’s all on the pavement – they are not particularly buyers.”

A decade ago, the Flagstaff was given three months’ notice to leave The Arcade building while repairs were being

Vista Linda has multimillion-dollar property holdings in Devonport

Vista Linda’s Devonport properties include (with current valuations): • 1-3 Wynyard St (Wynyard St Motors); RV $1.225 millon • 12 Wynyard St (Village Grocer); $580,000 • 5-15 Victoria Rd (numerous shops and offices including The Arcade); $7.75 million • 21 Victoria Rd (ASB Bank); $2.25million • 23-25 Victoria Rd; $2.4million • 41 Victoria Rd; $950,000 • 45 Victoria Rd (Westpac); $2.3million • 19-21 Clarence St (Network Video and Devonport Drycleaners); $2.4million • 23 Clarence St; $1.15million • A residential property at 81A Stanley Point Rd; RV $1.575 million Vista Linda Ltd’s directors are Jayne McKelvie, Antonio Regueiro-Diaz and Emily Susan Regueiro-McKelvie. Antonio owns 20 per cent of the company and Jayne 80 per cent.

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Ivan Cornelius says the new lease he was offered for his jewellery business was untenable conducted. At the same time, Java House was similarly threatened with eviction, but after negotiations with Vista Linda stayed on in the same premises.

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Call for changes to crash corner

Neighbours say a recent crash on Vauxhall Rd was just the latest in a series of accidents on the same stretch of road.

The latest crash involved five 17-year-old Takapuna Grammar School students, who were occupants of a car that smashed into a power pole on the eastern side of the road just south of Ascot Ave, casting Narrow Neck into darkness.

Three of the occupants were taken to hospital.

Donna Marshall, who lives near the Vauxhall Rd intersection with Ascot Ave, says accidents at her front door are a “recurring thing”. She wonders whether modifications to the road are required.

“Only about three weeks before the last accident, someone lost control, smashed into a power pole, went across the traffic island and smashed into a tree.” she says.

Another neighbour, Tess McGregor describes

hearing the same accident: “We all thought the driver was dead because we heard it go boom, boom, rev, boom. He basically crashed three times,” she says.

To everyone’s surprise, the driver was unharmed. Marshall, a GP said: “I just went back to bed that time. “She says on other occasions everybody has pitched in to help.

“People call the fire brigade, others do traffic control, make sure the car is safe, look after the injured. I wouldn’t say we have a routine, but last time I was saying to my neighbours maybe we should have.

“We all felt pretty shocked and bruised after the last crash and if there is a problem with the corner, we’d really like it to be sorted out.”

“You can usually hear them coming and you think, ‘shit, here we go again’. Then there may be some screeching and you wait for the smash and hope it doesn’t come. There are quite a few

near misses,” Marshall says.

Anthea Dunning, who lives on the road bend says her parked car had to be written off after a car crashed into it. “Someone else has lost their parked car there as well,” she says. “We try to not park there anymore.”

About 10 years ago, she was on the footpath with her young boys when a car spun out and smashed into an olive tree. A motorcyclist died after crashing into a power pole in the same vicinity, Dunning says.

“The corner seems innocuous but it clearly isn’t and when it’s damp it is treacherous. I wonder whether we need a chicane like the one near Narrow Neck beach,” she says.

The Flagstaff has also been told of an accident about two months ago, when a driver travelling south apparently fell asleep and crashed into a parked car, ending up on the footpath on the western side of the road.

Car was speeding: eyewitness The car transporting five local boys when it hit a Vauxhall Rd power pole and caused a power outage was speeding, according to an eye witness.

Logan Dunning-Beck was outside his parents’ Vauxhall Rd home when he noticed the car coming up the road. “I was just pulling my surfboards out of the car when they were coming up the hill, going around 70 or 80 km/h I would guess.

“Just below our house, they lost the back wheels and the rear of the car spun out to the centre of the road.

“The car skidded about 30 to 40 metres and by now pointed to the left-hand side.

“I guess in a panic the driver locked the steering wheel to the right because when the tyres gripped again, the car turned hard to the right. The back tyres started skidding and the car veered to the right-hand side. As its front hit the power pole, the car rolled over on its

side,” Dunning-Beck says.

That’s when the power went off and everything went dark.

Dunning-Beck ran up the road. “I saw three people climb out of the car straight away and a fourth a little later. A fifth person was stuck in the car, bleeding from the nose, ears and mouth,” he says.

“The engine was crushed and the horn was going. There was a lot of smoke from the engine and the radiator and someone turned the car off. A telephone cable was down.” The power pole didn’t seem to pose any danger, he says.

Car was going much faster than Within seconds, other neighbours came the recommended 35 km/h says outside to help. “They left the guy inside the eyewitness car in case he had hurt his back. After about The Flagstaff understands the car’s driver ten minutes the fire service and ambulance came and police cordoned the road off,” he was a 17-year-old Takapuna Grammar School says. The fire service eventually cut the last (TGS) student on a restricted licence, who had four TGS friends with him in the car. person out of the car.

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Kids move to heart of Anzac Day service

Children marching in the Anzac Day parade were treated to a special place in this year’s commemorative service. For the first time, they were ushered to the front of the seating area arranged around the war memorial so they could watch the action up close.

Fred Wilson, Chairman of the RSA Memorial Trust, says the change was long overdue. In the past, the children participating in the parade were behind the military veterans, where it was hard for them to see anything, he says.

“So we decided to put them down the front this year. They make an effort to come along and are entitled to participate. Being a bit smaller than the rest of us, they need to be at the front,” he said.

While there might have been an occasional yawn or distraction, the children enjoyed the prime spot.

They listened to the opening prayers by Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Chaplain Chris Raines, the address of RNZN Captain Richard Walker and Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Chair Grant Gillon, who read an Anzac End of an era…Devonport Community Choir members with choir leader dedication.

The children sang hymns, observed silence Helene Piper (right) after their last performance – the memorial anthem after the Last Post and joined in singing the Poppies and Pohutukawa. The choir has been going for five years, but Australian and New Zealand national anthems dwindling attendances have led to it winding up. at the service’s close.

Wilson said the new arrangement was a success. “We may need to encourage the children to come to the front more quickly next time, but for a first go it was pretty good.

“We made it possible for them to participate.

How much of it they take away with them is up to each of them individually,” he said.

The parade was attended by hundreds of people.

To the fore… Belmont Primary School students joined in a heartfelt rendition of the national anthem

Remembering the fallen…

Devonport RSA members Joan Venus (left) and Wendy Aranga prepare to lay their wreath, as Devonport RSA life member Gordon James (right) looks on

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Memorable day‌ members of the Devonport RSA line Victoria Rd (above left).

A Royal New Zealand Airforce fly-by added drama to the service (above right).

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Volunteers master a Devonport welcome Within half an hour of opening its doors on the first day of the World Masters Games, Devonport’s pop-up volunteer-run visitor information centre was already in full swing.

Rebecca McMillan, who ran the temporary centre, said international athletes had stopped in and local volunteers had been passing on their local knowledge on what they could do in the village.

During the 10 days it opened, 982 people went through the centre – averaging nearly 100 per day. Mornings proved busier than the afternoons.

Approximately 500 signatures (along with supportive comments) were collected for a petition to keep the centre open.

McMillan saw a distinct market niche in bike rentals.

“We have had a few people asking where they can rent bikes to get around, especially those who want to see places like North Head or explore the peninsula’s Green Route,” she said.

On opening day, volunteers were selling poppies for Anzac Day, as well as advising locals on how to get hold of council and handing out Devonport village maps, Navy Museum brochures, Rotary heritage-walk maps and issues of the Flagstaff.

The pop-up was created to fill a gap that was supposed to be filled by a council information centre, which has so far failed to get off the ground.

Helping hands Devonport style… From left: Tony Dunkley, Susanne Lorimer, Tom Smith and Rebecca McMillan all brimming with local knowledge, as Devonport local Mary Cousins dropped in Tony Dunkley volunteered at the councilfunded Devonport i-Site for 16 years, before it closed down in 2014. He said it was great to be back helping visitors to have a good time while visiting Devonport.

Dunkley was one of 35 locals who put their hands up to staff the centre during the

10-day international sporting event.

McMillan had researched similar operations in Howick and Matakana. “In the long term, we will probably want to emulate what Matakana is doing, with a completely volunteer-run operation open from 10am1pm every day,” she said.

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By Rob Drent Summer was a fizzer to some extent, but Devonport has been alive in autumn – particularly over the last week or so, and largely due to the World Masters Games.

The games have given a massive boost to Auckland, with 25,000 competitors and who knows how many supporters arriving in the city to take part in the biggest sporting event in the world.

The flow-on for Devonport has been noticeable. The distinctive Masters t-shirts and backpacks have been out in abundance and I suspect many competitors were staying in Devonport – handy as it is to most venues and the Entertainment Hub at Queens Wharf. I was at Corelli’s one night and it was packed with locals and games competitors – a great lift for the local economy.

I’ve had a minor involvement (one win, two losses in the 50-55 squash age group), and the atmosphere was great. I played a New Caledonian in the second round and he must have had a dozen supporters cheering, “Allez, Allez, Allez!” It was one of the more fun matches I have played.

Locally, it was also good to see the visitor centre pop up in the old council building, staffed by volunteers for the duration of the games. But what a lost opportunity for Auckland Council and its tourism arm ATEED to promote Devonport and the North Shore properly. The fact a visitor centre was not set up months ago is an example of the pedantic bureaucracy that is strangling Auckland just as much as the traffic congestion.

I’m relieved the outcome wasn’t worse for the Takapuna Grammar School students who survived a car crash on Vauxhall Rd over Easter.

Police stonewalled the Flagstaff when we sought more information on the circumstances of the crash. And parents we contacted have been, shall we say, less than forthcoming. In middle-class society there seems to be screen put up by parents to ‘protect’ their children over incidents like this. From what, I’m not quite sure.

The fact is the crash happened, it was an accident, but there are also consequences. It occurred in a public street and endangered not only the vehicle occupants, but the lives of others who may have been out walking at the time. A power blackout ensued.

Media interest is inevitable given the issues involved.

At the very least it is a cautionary tale for the young people of Devonport about the care needed in driving a car.

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Letters

May 5, 2017

The Devonport Flagstaff Page 15

‘One rule for all’ on Memorial Drive For much of the past few months, a vehicle and sign-written trailer have been parked on the western side of Devonport’s Memorial Drive as an advertising stunt for Harcourts agents. I applaud their ‘creativity’ and their offer for the community to use the trailer for clearing properties.

However, Memorial Drive is not an appropriate place for this sort of activity. Furthermore, today is Poppy Day, and in the lead-up to Anzac Day the personalised plaques on Memorial Drive are afforded further profile by the addition of individual small white crosses.

The view of some of these crosses and plaques is obscured by the vehicle and trailer parked there all day as an advertising ploy.

Some years ago, the situation got out of hand. At times there would be as many as four or five cars for sale parked there, and unsightly

garage-sale signs cluttering lamp posts.

Eventually, it was accepted that the parking of cars for sale and other advertising was inappropriate on Memorial Drive and disrespectful of its purpose. This policy was actively supported by the local board and ‘offenders’ were contacted and politely requested to desist. The thinking was ‘one rule for all’ and the same policy has been applied to election hoardings, etc. The ‘policy’ soon became widely known and has not been a problem for some years, although earlier this summer some roadside fruit vendors did set up their stalls amongst the memorial plaques.

Perhaps this is no longer a policy? Either way the community should know what is expected/acceptable before the situation deteriorates once again to a ‘free-for-all’.

Chris Mullane

A singularly unpleasant letter

What a singularly unpleasant letter from Michael Wynd.

Trish Deans, Margot McRae and their group of dedicated Devonport residents have put much time and energy into preserving the special character of our borough. Perhaps he did not live here in the era of tearing down anything ‘old’ and replacing it with ‘modern’. Many of the beautiful villas that

add such character to our suburb would have been long gone if it were not for the efforts of Devonport Heritage.

No, Mr Wynd, they are not interfering with a person’s private use of their own property. They are trying to protect the lovely old buildings that help make our suburb a very special place to live, Mary Williamson

McRae justly honoured

I could not ignore Michael Wynd’s letter railing against Trish Deans and Margot McRae yet again.

He may not agree with the perfectly legal winding up of Devonport Heritage, but then most people were appalled by the destruction of heritage resulting from the Masonic Tavern development.

How appropriate that on Thursday, Margot presented at Government House for award by the Governor General of the Queen’s Service Medal. This was announced in the New Year

Honours List for her contribution to heritage preservation. An honour richly deserved.

As I have said previously, Michael is a naval historian at the Navy Museum.

Records show that whenever their trust was seeking funds, Devonport Heritage was in support. Is his problem that the protection of Devonport heritage is being led by two women? He appears to have a personal vendetta against them. How does he feel about the Governor General being a woman?

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Setting record straight on Benjamin sculpture I would just like to state the real facts rather than the alternative ones about the proposed Benjamin the Library Cat Sculpture.

Contrary to certain misleading click-bait headlines that have been catching attention, spending $25k on this project was never contemplated. As was correctly reported in the Flagstaff of 24 February, that figure was merely an initial cost estimate, which was declined. It was soon reduced to $9000 by the generous sponsorship of Richard Wells from Artworks foundry.

Another option being considered is using a stonework plinth, in keeping with one already on Windsor Reserve, which would reduce the cost of the bronze to approximately $5500.

NO council/ratepayer funding is being sought for this project.

As the artist, I am creating the clay

original for free.

Benjamin was a great ‘animal ambassador’ for both Devonport and the library. There were many children who discovered a love of books by reading to the library cat as he lay on the bean bags.

For some elderly residents, no longer able to have pets of their own, the highlight of a trip to the library was giving a little TLC to Benjamin. There must have been thousands of tourists over the years that regaled their friends back home with stories and photos of the Devonport village cat.

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May 5, 2017

No sticks-in-the-mud at schools beach clean-up

Bayswater School students cleared a Ngataringa Bay mudflat of nine bags of rubbish, as part of an annual peninsula-wide beach clean-up organised by the Devonport Peninsula Trust recently.

Their haul mostly consisted of plastic, building materials, glass and polystyrene. They also found more interesting items, including golf balls, jandals, sneakers and an eel trap.

More than 200 Year 1-6 children were equipped with buckets, plastic bags and gloves, and didn’t seem to mind the mud one bit.

The efforts of the Bayswater School contingent were replicated across the peninsula, with all local schools joining in. More than 1000 children participate in the clean-up each year.

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Devilish result for Damon’s Devonport masters The silver medal achieved by the Damon’s Devils Devonport squash team at the World Masters Games in the 45-plus division was a special moment for the club and the wider community.

Just weeks prior to the masters competition, Damon Lord, a former club champion and one of the key players in the team, was ruled out of the games when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

The team changed its name to Damon’s Devils and Lord was on hand to see his side come within a whisker of winning gold. Devonport was unseeded for the event – and seemingly without hope of even a medal. But solid play in the early rounds saw the team make the semi-finals, where it upset North Shore.

The final against a Canadian team, with Nick Griffiths, Ryan Quinn, and Annie Hall on court for Devonport, was agonisingly close with Hall Silver for Damon… the Damon’s Devils team after the medal coming within four points of clinching the final win: (from left to right) Ryan Quinn, Diana Bennett, Damon Lord, Nick Griffiths, Annie Hall, Rob Drent and Chris Hall game for gold.

Gold for Pattle in triathlon, Douglas medals Devonport triathlete Lynne Pattle won gold in the standard triathlon in the women’s 65-70 age group at the World Masters Games last Saturday.

Pattle posted a time of 2 hours 38 minutes to head off Maggie Ward (2 hours 56 minutes). Pattle, also finished a credible 32nd overall.

Jim Douglas won a silver medal in the men’s over-85 100m race, bronze in the 200m, and two other medals.

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May 5, 2017

Ska man upbeat about his work at the Vic Philipp Jaser has been running the Victoria Theatre for almost five years. He spoke to Maire Vieth about the challenges of his job, his Bavarian roots and his passion for ska music.

When Philipp Jaser became the new operator of the oldest purpose-built picture theatre in the southern hemisphere, he had no experience of running a cinema.

Prior to taking over Devonport’s Victoria Theatre in 2012, he had been a wine wholesaler, a drummer and an arts festival manager.

He has since achieved what was seemingly impossible for his predecessors: he has made the Vic a popular destination for locals and turned it into a viable business.

Since 2012, seat sales have more than doubled to over 60,000 a year.

It hasn’t been easy. Jaser says he has practically lived at the Vic, starting his work day when opening the doors for daily matinees and heading home after the day’s last picture show. “Let’s just say it’s been a labour-intensive time,” he says.

Jaser is employed by the Victoria Theatre Trust, which looks after the council-owned Category-1 listed heritage building and has long-term plans for its seismic strengthening and complete restoration.

His challenge was to turn the heritage jewel into a sustainable community venue.

“There is a lot of thought and work behind that word ‘sustainable’, because whatever we do we have to be able to deliver on an ongoing basis and we have to give the community what it wants,” he says. This Movie business… Philipp Jaser has turned the Vic into a viable has meant upgrading the theatre screens, operation. projectors and seating. schedule, up to 18 film screenings can be busy year as Dida’s in 2012, but lost the buzz Five years in, Jaser’s job is becoming held each day. “So if we start a whole set of after Bette’s opened down the road. “We are sustainable as well. “Now I have my staff new films one week, we can show only three now thinking about turning it into a pop-up open in the morning, so I can come in later. or four films, because the distributor often movie lounge that can cater for birthdays, And in the evening, I have dinner with my requires you to show a new movie three art-house films – small audiences like that. kids at home and only come back to finish times a day in order to get it,” he says. “So It would give us a fourth screen that way,” up,” he says. that’s nine or 12 screenings full before any he says.

Occasionally he still finds himself at work special screenings, community events, kids’ Seismic strengthening, which is under the at 2 am, finalising a tricky programme in birthday parties. It’s a squeeze.” ambit of the Victoria Theatre Trust, is a huge the small, crammed upstairs office. “Some Working out of a heritage building has its undertaking. “It’s going to be expensive,” weeks it’s just an enormous juggle to make constraints as well, but Jaser loves the Vic’s Jaser says. everything fit.” history. “My five years here are nothing Jaser became a Devonport local three years With three theatres and a 12-hour compared to the life of the Vic.” ago when he, wife Donna and daughters The 1912 building – it turned 100 the Ariana (17) and Sasha (15) moved from Glen year Jaser arrived – needs constant tender Eden to cut two hours of commuting out of Celebrating loving care, he says. Making it warm and his already long work day. hospitable has taken work and keeping the He and Donna have since separated, but rain out has been an ongoing challenge. Jaser says he and his kids love living here.

Everything I am, you helped me to be.

“Knock on wood, we seem to have fixed Sasha is in Year 11 at Takapuna Grammar the leaking gutters at last, just as Cyclone School while Ariana commutes to Avondale Debbie came,” he says.

College via ferry and train for her last school Sunday Internal gutters struggle to cope with year.

14th May heavy rain, when water leaks into the Jaser is originally from Burgau, a small at 9.30am building. “It’s come down the side walls town in western Bavaria, close to Austria, into cinema three, then the staircase and at Switzerland, Italy and France. times even dripped into the foyer. Catching His family liked to travel, whether it Holy Trinity Church it has been a lot of hard work, with a lot of was skiing in the Alps or spending summer 20 Church Street buckets of water down the toilet,” says Jaser. holidays in Italy.

There are other challenges too, such as He caught the travel bug too. “I went for Bring your mothers, grandmothers and godmothers to this special service the Vic’s bar space. “The bar has just never my first Interrail Pass trip with a cousin really worked,” he readily admits. It had a and a friend when I was 15. It cost us 300

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May 5, 2017 Deutschmarks to ride any train in Europe. It was even valid in Morocco, so we went to Marrakesh in 1978.”

After he graduated from school, Jaser did an apprenticeship to become a Grosshandelskaufmann (a qualified wholesaler) and worked in his mother’s wine business.

At 23, he made his first trip to New Zealand to visit a friend. “I travelled all over the South Island and soon came back for a second trip, because I really liked the country, the climate and the people.”

Jaser finally moved to New Zealand in 1990 and launched a new career – on the road. “I worked pretty much full time as a drummer, mostly with a ska band called Walter Mitty, and for a while with an Auckland band called The Managers.

He had been fan of ska ever since his mother gave him a Jimmy Cliff album as a birthday present. “I was strangely attracted to it. I liked how the lyrics are a bit sad but the music is pretty upbeat,” he says.

For eight years, Jaser made his living gigging all around the South Island. “I also managed other bands and toured with them.

My life on the road was enough for one person to live off,” he says.

Once he had a family, Jaser wanted to settle down. He and Donna married in 1998 and two years later their first daughter was born. Jaser opened a café in Nelson. “We hosted the local folk club. It was a way for me to combine my musical interests with

being a host to music, for about three years.”

The Jasers sold Yaza Café (which still exists today) in 2003 and relocated to Burgau for the next two years. Jaser’s English skills and overseas experience helped him secure a job as export manager for an engineering company. “It was good pay, near where we lived and we saved up for a house deposit,”

“Some weeks it’s just an enormous juggle to make everything fit.” he says.

In 2005, Jaser became the manager of the Christchurch Arts Festival. “I did that for one season, which goes over two years. It’s where I learned to juggle. We had 159 multigenre shows in about 30 different venues in 19 days,” he says.

He started his own production company, Jaser Ltd, and in 2007 the family moved to Auckland, where Jaser ran the Titirangi Festival of Music for the next four years, as well as the first-ever New Zealand ska festival on the Kapiti Coast in 2009.

Coming to Auckland was a good move, he

says. “The kids went to a beautiful school in Oratia, and we bought a house close to the bush. I rented an office at Lopdell House for $80 a week. It was a great time for all of us,” he says.

In 2010, Jaser heard about a Master of Arts programme in arts management at Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design and signed up. “It was demanding to study for two years while working. But I really enjoyed finding this academic world that speaks to me, full of people who share my passion and my values,” he says.

“Maybe one day I’ll become a lecturer after I do a PhD.” Jaser saw the Vic job advertised. “And after all the years of festival work and organising one-off events I just really liked the idea of an everyday business in the arts, of making a difference every day rather then once a year or over a weekend here and there.”

Five years later, he is beginning to find time for a life outside the walls of the Vic. “Just recently I have been trying to put my drum kit back together,” he says.

“I want to have another go at playing.

I miss it because it’s like therapy. You sit down and make rhythms and I could do that for hours.”

Jaser’s current contract expires in October.

“I have the first right of renewal for another five years and I am definitely up for it. I am not finished yet. There are still improvements to be made.”

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Devonport book club notches up 25 years The lure of a long-standing Devonport book club is so strong that 96-year-old member Pam Lamm drives herself over the harbour bridge once a month to attend meetings.

Lamm is an original member of the book club, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary in October.

She moved from Devonport to St Mary’s Bay 14 years ago but still drives to Devonport most months for a literary catch up with her old friends.

Sue Alexander and Margaret Donovan are the other remaining founding members, and everyone else has been in the book club for 10 to 20 years.

“We have been together through so many births, of children and then grandchildren, through divorces and remarriages, and deaths, even though none of us have died – yet,” says Janet Paul, the host of the meeting the Flagstaff attended.

“We’ve even had a book eaten by a dog,” adds Alexander.

It’s a club of dedicated and prolific readers, with Lamm seemingly devouring books and reviewing them just as enthusiastically. She jots down her thoughts on each book on a Post-it note. Last month, she had typed a two-page review of Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani.

Lamm has experienced some of the eras in the book club’s novels, such as living through World War II, in which she lost her first husband.

In 1996, Lamm wrote I’ve Had My Dance, a memoir about being a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) during World War II. Over the years her literary taste has changed. “I am over relationship books and have come to love thrillers much more,” she says. Lamm has read Stieg Larsen books

Bound together by words… (clockwise from left) host Janet Paul, Sally Hughes, Gillian Lay, Sue Alexander, Sue Cummings and Pam Lamm.

Carolyn Morgan, Margaret Donovan, Jan Fiddes and Kate Sinclair were absent. in Swedish, a language she learned when meeting. The host purchases three to four married to her second husband, a Swede. books, all of which go into a general book The club has retained its original format. pool for all to read.

Each month, one of the members hosts the This month, Paul bought Darke by Rick Gekoski, The North Water by Ian McGuire and A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi “It means we don’t all read the same book each month. It’s more like we review what But when Stafford-Bush read in the we read for each other,” says Alexander.

Flagstaff (7 April) about a local couple receiving $2000 from the DevonportBook discussions can be rigorous and Takapuna Local Board to fix the leaky opinions divided. “But because of our club turret roof on a heritage building, she I get to read books I wouldn’t necessarily saw the need for the trust to continue. choose myself. It broadens you,” says She has since written to the board Alexander. asking for an annual grant to the trust The consensus among the group is that of $20,000. While the trust originally The Wish Child should win the Ocknam New considered projects from across Zealand Book Awards prize for fiction this the North Shore, it will change its year. Most members have read Catherine constitution to focus on the local board Chidgey’s book as well as those of the other area only. three finalists.

Stafford-Bush says ] the trust Lamm is not the only loyal book club will require the board’s support in member who still attends after moving out promoting the grants. of Devonport. Sally Hughes, the Character “And we need council to lend us Coalition heritage group convenor once their heritage gurus to help us make called Devonport home, but now lives in good decisions based on good expert Kohimarama, and Margaret Donovan lives advice.” in Remuera.

North Shore Heritage Trust still needed A Flagstaff article has sparked new life into the North Shore Heritage Trust, says trust chair Paddy Stafford-Bush.

The trust, which has awarded around 130 heritage renovation grants of up to $5000 since it was established in 2002, has recently struggled due to a lack of funding and a decline in applications, says Stafford-Bush.

From 2002 until 2015, the trust received $50,000 a year from North Shore City Council and subsequently Auckland Council.

“We were not a heritage police.

We were the good guys who came in at the start of a heritage project and supported it. But our trustees decided the time might have come to shut the trust down because it was no longer needed,” she says.

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Money flows as local knowledge ignored in AT intersection designs Close to $500,000 of ratepayers’ money has been spent on two preliminary designs of the Victoria and Calliope Rds intersection.

The second design solution for the intersection was put by Auckland Transport (AT) to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board at an April briefing and received a critical reception from members, who saw it creating more problems than it solved.

The new plan proposes on-road cycling lanes and cycle separators on Victoria Rd north of the Victoria Theatre for a couple of hundred metres – significantly narrowing the current vehicle lanes in both directions. The lanes will be additional to shared cycle and pedestrian spaces on the footpaths.

The plan also merges the two turning lanes from Calliope Rd onto Victoria Rd into one lane, to make it safer for pedestrians and offroad cyclists to cross Calliope Rd. It proposes raised platforms on the Victoria Rd school crossing and a new raised zebra crossing on Calliope Rd.

Board member Mike Cohen says the design is faulty, as cars heading up from the village to turn right into Kerr St would hold up traffic, as would vehicles turning right from Calliope Rd into Victoria Rd. Board member Mike Sheehy was concerned textured traffic calming surfaces would be noisy for neighbours.

Board chair Grant Gillon questioned the overall need for the redesign. “You still have to sell me on the fact that there is a problem of speed and safety,” he said.

The proposal cited eight recorded crashes at the intersection over the last five years, included one cycle-related crash and three that involved loss of control of a vehicle.

The report failed to specify the times of the accidents.

At the briefing, AT staff said they would adapt the design in response to some of the comments before consulting the public on it.

But in an about-turn, AT released unchanged plans online for public submissions.

In its previous term, the board got to see a first design for a roundabout – which cost $400,000 – only as it went out for public consultation in late 2016. The board criticised its feasibility in a formal submission.

Not utilising the board’s local knowledge turned out to be a costly move for AT with the intersection's first redesign.

Then board member Dianne Hale questioned whether there was enough space for large vehicles to turn in a proposed roundabout. “Are engineers confident that these vehicles will be able to negotiate the roundabout without any problem?” she asked in her submission.

It seems Hale was right and AT abandoned the expensive roundabout plans.

“After further investigation, it became clear that the existing topography of this intersection made it very challenging for larger vehicles, including buses, to turn into Calliope Rd unless we significantly regraded the whole road,” an AT spokesperson says.

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THE NAVY’S BIGGEST SHIP HMNZS AOTEAROA Tradition and global reputation have combined in the choice of name for the largest naval vessel New Zealand has ever operated.

Chief of Navy Rear Admiral John Martin says he is proud to record another chapter in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy in declaring the name of the Navy’s Maritime Sustainment Capability fleet replenishment tanker as HMNZS AOTEAROA. The $493m, 24,000-tonne ship is the replacement for the 30-year-old HMNZS ENDEAVOUR, which will be decommissioned next year.

South Korean firm Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, will start building AOTEAROA next year, for delivery in January 2020.

RADM Martin says AOTEAROA is a ``big name for a big ship’’. AOTEAROA will have the ability to deploy anywhere in the world to support maritime operations and enhance New Zealand’s combat force. It has the ability to conduct

A computer-generated image of the Navy’s replacement tanker. embarked helicopter operations and will be capable of carrying a significant tonnage of operational supplies. It will also provide an important Antarctic support capability to assist with Southern Ocean monitoring. ``AOTEAROA will represent us as a nation on the international stage whether conducting operational support, maritime sustainment or providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief,’’ RADM Martin says.

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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.

Workmanship guaranteed.

Ph David 021 0206 0606.

Devonport upholstery.

Recover specialist. Antiques and contemporary styles.

Recycling furniture for 36 years. John Hancox. Phone: 446 0372.

Classifieds SERVICES OFFERED Devonport Window Repairs. Sash and casement windows, wooden doors.

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

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

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

Call Barbara 021 141 0331.

G a r d e n e r Av a i l a b l e Qualified and experienced landscape designer. Enjoys getting his hands dirty. Good plant knowledge. Hard-working, reliable and creative with plantings. Contact Paddy 022 502 2122 or 446 6188 paddyvogt@gmail.com Gardening. Do you need regular help? No time for a tidy-up? Let me help.

Experienced gardener. Ph Carolyn on 446 6517 or 027 292 8167 for a free onsite consultation.

Garden Maintenance.

Team of experienced, hardworking gardeners happy to help transform your garden.

Call Paula, Mint Gardens Ltd, 0274 127 180 Handyman. Mature professional in Devonport, Bayswater area. Repairs, painting, those jobs you just don’t have time to do. Free quote. References. Ph. Brian 021 150 8898.

H o u s e k e e p e r. H o m e cleaning, including windows. Experienced.

References. Phone 442 2273, 027 492 6220.

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SERVICES OFFERED Housewashing, prof. service, 10 years-plus experience, reliable and prompt.

Free quotes, also decks, driveways, paths, fences, roof moss treatments etc.

Phone Rod 021 390 800.

Inside house cleaner Devonport, Belmont, Takapuna and Milford area. Phone Chris at Lifestyle Plus on 09 488-7279 or 027-245-6264.

Or you can email chris@ lifestyleplusltd.nz 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 w w w . f o r m a t landscapes.co.nz.

Call Matt 021 599 107.

Let me mow your lawns and trim your hedges. I live locally. Phone Chris from Lifestyle Plus on 09488-7279 or 027-245-6264.

Or you can email me on chris@lifestyleplusltd.nz.

References available.

Locksmith, Devonport’s own Scott Richardson.

Mob 021 976 607.

Painting, decorating, restoration, reasonable rates ph Bernard 445 8816, 021 0255 5456.

Section services Trees: p r u n e d , r e m o v e d .

Hedges: trimmed, reduced. Section tidy-ups.

Ph Dom 027 222 1223.

Tagbuster, graffiti looked after Devonport to Hauraki Corner. Call the Tagbuster 0800antitag, 0800 2684 824.

SITUATION VACANT Family in Devonport are on the hunt for a wonderful, fit, enthusiastic Teacher Aide/ Carer with their angelic six-year-old daughter with global developmental delay.

Ideally with experience with special needs and/or early childhood development experience. Full-time, longterm contracted position.

Start date ASAP. Please contact Jasmine on 021 375050 or jasmine@ jasmineplatt.co.nz for more information.

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.

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.TUITION Learn piano/keyboard.

Lessons from $19.00.

Private, Professional, Affordable, Enjoyment for all ages. Competitions, Practical, Theory Exams. NZ Modern School of Music 0800-696-874.

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

Offering tailored tuition during or after school.

Ph 027 391 3716 or visit www.squigglesdyslexia. co.nzT Mathematics Tuition Available for years 9 to 13 by a retired maths teacher.

Phone Graeme 445 8575.

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

100% pass rate in 2016.

NCEA 3 calculus specialist.

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

Piano Lessons. Piano & music theory tuition from classically trained pianist.

Devonport-based and can travel to your home.

Ph 021 079 0005 or email windarc.darius@gmail.com Primary Tutor Maths, English, Health & Wellbeing and Drama for 5-11 year olds. School prep also available. Visit www.gschuwertutoring.com for further details. 027 410 6871 gschuwertutoring@gmail.com Singing lessons in Devonport. Contract Dr Sue Braatvedt 473 9113 or 027 340 2884. All ages.

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

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May 5, 2017

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

Future Planning on the Shore As the MP for North Shore and as the Minister for Seniors, I’m very supportive of having more aged care facilities so that the elderly can stay in the community they have enjoyed being part of and want to continue to live in. Typically, people like to retire within 5-10km from where they live and as many of you know, Devonport has a shortage of suitable accommodation. For that reason, I’d like to see the Ryman facility go ahead, but it needs to meet the appropriate design standards and very importantly has to be a complex that is accepted by the wider community. I’ve met with representatives of both Ryman and the Devonport Peninsular Precincts Association who are concerned about the development and I‘m hopeful there is room for compromise without imposing unnecessary costs on the community.

If the outcome of the appeals is not satisfactory to all parties, I intend to try and bring together the concerned members of the community and Ryman Healthcare to come up with a solution that means we can have a much needed, high quality aged care residence that we can all be proud to have in our community.

Predator Free Devonport is gaining momentum with Ngāti Whātua Orakei and DOC supporting the Devonport Environmental Network’s ‘Dirty Rat’ Campaign. 1,500 rat traps will be distributed through DOC to residents and community groups along with help with an overarching strategy to achieve a predator free peninsular and ultimately a Predator Free NZ by 2050. The Maunga Authority has also joined the cause to make sure our mountain tops are free of predators.

Semi-controlled access to summits, which has worked very successfully at North Head allows for protection from degradation and stops the growing rat population from moving around easily. Predator Free’s wider impacts support Tourism and with a rodent free environment we can attract more people to Devonport to support local businesses and community services.

Heritage Rescue has just reopened Devonport Museum after 7 days of renovation and filming.

As part of their TV series, Top Shelf productions has filmed Museum President Alastair Fletcher and his team of dedicated volunteers making changes to the museum. This is our local part of a wider series which will air on Choice TV in August with presenter Brigid Gallagher following the restoration of small community heritage spots. I really enjoyed the opening of the newly restored museum which is even more worthy of a visit and you can check out their website http://www. devonportmuseum.org.nz see the opening hours and plan a visit.

Takapuna Grammar’s Emilly Fan has taken out the ‘Working hard for Youth’ category at the New Zealand Youth Awards, for her advocacy for youth policy. Beyond the school gate she founded and is involved with Girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects, and she is the co-founder of the New Zealand Musical Volunteering Students Association. Her recognition and that of my long-time friend Jaden Movold, who received the Youth with Disability award, are amongst the best examples of what a determined young person can achieve.

After a small accident while I was out biking, I inadvertently became the first patient treated at North Shore Hospital’s new Kahui Manaaki Outpatient Clinic. When I attended the clinic’s opening a short time after parting ways with my electric bike I was indeed treated to a ‘cluster of kindness’ by staff who tended to the cuts and scrapes on my palms and bandaged them up.

They have healed nicely thanks to the care and attention from the staff. The $9.9 million clinic, opened by Northcote MP and Health Minister DR Jonathan Coleman, makes the hospital ready for future population growth on the North Shore, and ensures it has all the resources.

Warm regards, Hon Maggie Barry ONZM

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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS

Grammar MAY 5, 2017

Learning out on the mountain

Four days of real geography late last term, for over 100 Year 12 Geography students, began with a long bus ride to Piper Ski Lodge. Last month's TGS annual trip to Tongariro was a great experience that continues a long tradition at the school.

The six-hour bus ride left the students and staff exhausted, yet excited to explore their new surroundings at the lodge. They spent this time getting ready to live their next few days up in the mountains.

Four days of cloudless skies and plenty of sun, meant smiles all around, as well as sunburn.

On the first day, students stood knee-deep in freezing water as they gathered data for a fivecredit internal assessment. This was also essential preparation for one of the exam standards for the November examinations.

One of the highlights of the Tongariro crossing found exhausting but everyone felt proud needed rest while admiring the mighty views of was the completion of The Devil's Staircase. This having completed it. After the group reached the craters. They certainly lived up to their name.

BY OLGA CHRZANOWSKA was a tedious 35-minute hike, which students the Emerald Lakes for lunch, they had a well-

Shakespeare in the round The school trip to the Globe Theatre was one for the ages. More than 200 students travelled to the Ellerslie Racecourse and watched Shakespeare’s play, Othello, and a further 100 went to see Much Ado About Nothing, at the Pop-Up Globe Theatre.

Spirits were high amongst the students and teachers as we arrived at the racecourse, and saw the immaculate replica of the iconic Globe Theatre, originally built in London, England in 1599 to showcase the plays of William Shakespeare.

The circular building consisted of a space for the 'groundlings' to stand, and scaffolding, which had the allocated seating on several levels. As with the original theatre there was no roof. But despite the light showers, the spirits of TGS students were not dampened.

We watched in fascination as Othello played out, trying to tune into the old English

language, and enjoying the actors' – interactions with us. The play ended with a bang – fake blood was splattered all over the stage as the characters battled.

The fight scenes were so well played that a few people passed out from the sight of the blood. In the last few moments, we watched the antagonist of the play, Iago, lifted up to the roof by a chain connected to his ankles.

The costumes, language and surroundings all with a sense of awe. Here’s to hoping that contributed to transporting us into a different there will be more trips to the Globe in the time period, one so different from what we future. live in today. Watching Othello at the Auckland

BY ISABELLA DUNLEAVY Globe Theatre was a privilege and we all left

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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS

Grammar MAY 5, 2017

Great vibes at 'Grapevines' Great music, awesome dancing and good vibes were the highlights of ‘Grapevines’. The biggest event on the junior social calendar saw more than 90 Year 9 and 10 students pile into the school’s old gym. Featuring live performances from student rapper Tapiwa, the night went off without a hitch.

“It was really fun and I had an

amazing time. It was very well planned,” said Year 10 student Alexa Hood.

The event was organised by prefects, aimed at giving junior students a chance to have a great time with friends in a fun and safe environment. Prefect Brett O’Neill described it as a great event.

BY DOUGAL BURDEN

School club supports UNICEF work The UNICEF club kicked off the year with an awesome raffle ticket fundraiser to raise money for the South Sudan Famine. A total of $240.60 was raised during the last week of Term One, and eight lucky winners received generous prizes sponsored by Sanitarium, Ben & Jerry (Takapuna) and TradeAid (Takapuna).

The fundraiser was to contribute to the works of UNICEF, in mitigating the situation in South Sudan, and also to advocate for World Health Day, which was held on 7th April. On top of selling raffle tickets and collecting donations, some TGS club members created eye-catching static images to be displayed on the noticeboards, educating students about the imminent dangers in South Sudan, where many children have suffered malnutrition since the civil war broke out.

These students have dedicated lunchtimes and out-of-school hours to work on their posters; the final collage of their distinctly different styles became part of the scenery of the school, during the week of the fundraiser.

Of course, the raffle fundraiser would never have been such a success without the kind support of local businesses. TradeAid Takapuna donated fair-trade chocolate bars, Ben & Jerry placed a donation bucket at their counter and generously donated $60 worth of ice-cream vouchers; Sanitarium extended a hand from their base, by mailing vouchers to the school.

The UNICEF leaders are all very grateful for their support and look forward to more collaboration in the future.

BY IRIS LENG

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Painting and Decorating All commercial and domestic decoration undertaken. Interior and exterior decorating.

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Contact Bernard Carey Phone 445 1331 or Mobile 0274 471 132

Carpenter available now Qualified builder and craftsman for door/window/sash/cord/sill Carpenter available now replacements for door/window/sash/cord/sill All joinery repairs replacements All carpentry and associated All joineryservices repairs building All carpentry and associated Home inspections building services Bathrooms Home inspections All work guaranteed Bathrooms

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6 May – 24 May Opening in the Main Gallery Saturday 6th May 2 – 3.30pm Join a Fashion and High tea conversation with Niki Hill

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Big reveal of plans to fix Lake Rd Locals will this month get a first glance at a closely guarded Auckland Transport proposal to fix Lake Rd. An Indicative Business Case (IBC) for the peninsula’s congested arterial road will be presented to the public at the DevonportTakapuna Local Board meeting on 16 May. Auckland Transport (AT) began work on the IBC with AT staff creating a longlist of ideas for potential fixes.

In August 2016, AT awarded a $395,000 contract to consulting firm BECA Limited to “analyse and complete the IBC.” AT will now present its “preferred approach” from that longlist to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

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May 5, 2017

Heritage champion recognised with QSM

Long-time Devonport heritage campaigner Margot McRae received her Queen’s Service Medal for services to heritage preservation in an investiture at Government House last week.

Her citation describes McRae as a highlyregarded spokesperson on heritage issues, who has been involved with preserving and enhancing the heritage of Devonport and Auckland for the past 20 years.

“She is best known for her work as co-chair and spokesperson for the Victoria Theatre Trust,

Life Celebration An event to celebrate Betty Cuthbert’s life is being held at 11am on Saturday 13 May at the Wakatere Boating Club, Narrow Neck Beach, Devonport.

Everyone who was part of Betty’s life is most welcome to join us.

David, Dick and Barb Cuthbert For further information contact barbcuth@gmail.com

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She was instrumental in converting the theatre from a dilapidated building into a working theatre and cinema, including substantial hours fundraising for the purchase of $300,000 of new projection equipment.”

Official recognition... Margot McRae (left) and fellow campaigner Trish Deans at Government House

DEVONPORT MUSEUM AGM at the museum class times on website 33a Vauxhall Road

Sunday 7 May 3pm Speaker: Jim Young will talk about his boat-building days and his latest book.

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May 5, 2017

Rodent campaign spreads like the plague Devonport’s Dirty Rat Campaign, where local volunteers set up and monitor rat-bait stations in public parks and reserves to control the rodent population, is making its way north and recruiting young members.

Local groups are sprouting up in Bayswater and Hauraki, along Ngataringa Bay and Upper Shoal Bay. Stephen McLuckie regularly helps Graham Pitts and Ngaire Mules, who run the Ngataringa Bay group, checking their 13 bait stations around the mangroves in the northern part of the bay.

Last month, Pitts talked about his project at the Bayswater School Enviro Meeting, where two of the kids at the meeting asked if they could help.

One of them was McLuckie’s daughter Alice. She and Leo King accompanied Stephen and Pitts on their next round to check the rat bait.

“They helped us lay out bait and replace some stations that had gone walkabout while Graham told them about the 25 to 30 bird species that live along the shore and how we need to control rats to help them thrive,” McLuckie says.

McLuckie found the trip turned his daughter into an enthusiastic environmental volunteer.

“I really liked saving the lives of birds. The rats will eat the bait and die, so more birds will survive,” Alice said.

Rat-catchers… From left: Graham Pitts, Leo King, and Alice and Stephen McLuckie Local rat control groups and organisers: Bayswater (Georgina Greville); Hauraki (Philip Moll); Ngataringa Bay (Ngaire Mules and Graham Pitts); Upper Shoal Bay (Emma Davis); Stanley Bay Park (Sid Cuthbertson); Navy land (Anne Lightfoot); Mount Victoria/

Takarunga (Michael Fielding); Mount Cambria Reserve (Peter Metcalf); and the Waitemata Golf Club (Stan Harwood).

All can be contacted through Devonport Community Coordinator Maria Teape at dportcomm@xtra.co.nz

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

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

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In the early 1920s, constable club was played in 1867, where when a citythe club Waite New Zealand.Albert Many thousands arrived at the Devonport Police Station in between Roadof young and the racecourse, made up of lawyers and and women cricket called to take up his duties.

As SaturdaysPolice were men Devonport Station to have takefound upplaying his duties.

As Blackstones, Saturdays law clerks, beat the home team. A return generally quiet, his sergeant suggested he there irresistible. located.

The first game against another club was played in The Devonport-based North Shore game was played on Auckland Domain, the take his bike and ride around the village to were generally quiet, his sergeant suggested he take hisplayers bikehaving travelled across acquaint himself with the neighbourhood. By Cricket Club is the oldest in New Zealand, North Shore called made of lawyers law clerks, be the harbour by rowing and boat. Unfortunately, backBlackstones, to 1864, when Captain G. up 5 o’clock he hadn’t returned. The sergeant dating the weather Wynyard of the Infantry himself Regiment with became worried and and went out around in search ofthe ride village to 58th acquaint theintervened neigh-and it was a wet and turn game was played on Auckland Domain, thehome.

North Sh weary North Shore team who rowed founded the club. (His great-great-grandson, the young constable.

When the landowner of the the club’s Arriving at Devonport Domain, he spied Devonport resident Leighton Wynyard, is bourhood.

When o’clock returned, the sergeant wanted it forUnfortunately, hay, the club was forced the w still a5member.) the constable’s bike, leaning against a tree. by elled acrosshe thehadn’t harbour bypitch rowboat.

Devonport was then only a fledgling to move. A new pitch was laid on the And to his relief there was the young man, Cheltenham Flat, a popular areahome suburb, having grown to service the jacket off and sleeves rolled up, out on theand became worried went out in search ofnearby the young constable. was a wet and weary North Shore team whosporting rowed Domain, having joined in a game of cricket naval base. The suburb has since been (just to the east of where Tainui Rd is today) at the behest of the local club, North Shore. described as “the cradle of sport” in New behind the sand hills, which then skirted Arriving at Domain, Devonport spied bike, Cheltenham Beach.

The pitch was watered Zealand.Domain, North Shorehe United Soccerthe Clubconstable’s Such is the allure of Devonport (established in 1887) is the oldest in New from a well, dug about 500 yards away, with The Devonport North Cricket Club isthe the club’s AsAnd theNorth owner of Shore the land where pitch wasto laid w local boys employed at a penny a bucket Zealand; Shore Rugby Club (1873), leaning against a tree. to his relief there was the young man, carry the water. the oldest in Auckland, and third-oldest in oldest in New Zealand, its history dating back In 1881, was the New Zealand New and to the move. rowing clubA(now wasZealand; forced new pitch laid ongovernment the Cheltenh jacket off and sleeves up, out on the Domain, having passed bill called the Public Domains Act. defunct) was the oldest in New Zealand. to 1864rolled when Captain G. Wynyard of thea 58th purpose Tainui was to set Road up Domain Cricket matches wereto initially played onof a Its ing area (just the east where isBoards today) be Infantry Regiment founded theof club.

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Colonel Robert H Wynyard, who bought sport Colonel Robert H Wynyard, towho Devonport (and sport the country!) was father brought to Devonport of Captain G Wynyard, founder of the North (and the country!) was father of Shore Cricket Club in 1864.

Cricket matches were initially playedand on“Perambulators”, a pitch Advice of game between North Shore 1874.

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Domain Boards throughout the country to set up domains for recreational purposes. One such board was the Devonport Domain Board, which was made responsible for Rangitoto Island. Ther Devonport Domain Board also had the foresight to reclaim what was then called Takapuna Swamp, the fill – volcanic loam - coming from the dugouts for the guns on Mt Victoria and North Head.

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onebetween of the finest grounds in and the 100the years”.

The ground at that time became One such board was the Devonport leastOn 21stfirst February 1891 a meeting held thecricket Domain Board three meeting thethewas Auckland Assocountry. It wasCricket a favourite destination of would beenthe no better than a ploughed of field, Domainmatches Board, whichfor was Auckland, also responsible chaired for Rangitoto Island. The Devonport ciation.

Domain Board also had the foresight to reclaim what was then called Takapuna Swamp. The fill – volcanic loam – came from the dugouts for the guns on Mt Victoria and North Head.

In 1883, George Lanckham of North Shore Cricket Club, who also played three matches for Auckland, chaired the first meeting of the Auckland Cricket Association.

On 21 February 1891, a meeting was held between the Domain Board and North Shore Cricket Club on the reclaimed land.

Those attending included some famous Devonport dignatories: Batley, Duder and Burgess. It was decided that the southeastern part of the ground should be set aside as a cricket field.

The minutes of that meeting record several conditions. One was that the club would have “just claim on the ground for 100 years, and that no other games which will damage the ground be played thereon”.

Apart from ensuring that public would have free access to the area, “No heavy stock was to be grazed on the prepared ground for at

Shore Cricket Club on the reclaimed land.

Those attending included cricketers everywhere for the quality of thesome so a North lot of work needed to be undertaken. wickets outfields.

This is reinforced In famous that same year (1891), local resident Devonport dignatories, Batley, Duderand and Burgess.

It was decidedby that the W. J. Napier had the foresight to plant 50 a report from the secretary of the Auckland south-eastern part of the ground should be set aside as a cricket field. trees around Devonport Domain, many of Cricket Association in the early 1900s, Relayingthat theDevonport outfield,Domain 1936be used suggesting which still stand today.

For a number of years, “the cricket for a first-class match against a touring Cricket Club. ground”, as it was then known, was managed Melbourne tain Devonport Domain to the stan The club was required to help fund the by the Domain Board (a non-elected body).

However, the Domain Boards were poorly maintenance of the ground and it often had funded and the Devonport Domain Board to borrow large sums of money for this.

Two pitches were laid, both of which club are was not able to properly maintain the Consequently, the cricket had field to the standard required for cricket. still in use today as stand-alone pitches. cricket ground” was renamed the Consequently, the cricket club had to fund “The to do. maintenance itself, which it could ill afford. Devonport Domain some years later. It long before more grasstook wicketsplace b A number of meetings took place between wasn’t A number of two meetings the cricket club and Devonport Borough were laid and this is where the North Shore still plays Council to try and bring Devonport Domain Cricket ough Club Council totoday. try and bring the c Three cricket pavilions have been built, under the council’s jurisdiction. In 1900, first becoming the groundsman’s shed. 800 800 local residents signed a petition taken the Council jurisdiction.

In 1900, to central government, requesting the The third, built in 1965, is on the same site the second. control of the cricket ground be handed as central Government requesting the While it has remained primarily a cricket over to Devonport Borough Council. The other sportsBorough – soccer, rugby, seats of the Domain Board were eventually ground, the Devonport Council. T occupied by members of the council, which athletics, track cycling, lacrosse, even football have been played on Devo employed its own groundsmen, who took motorcycle occupieds be –members of the the Domain in the past. great pride in their work.

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famous Devonport dignatories, Batley, Duder and Burgess. AItsearchlight was decided that the carnival was held to raise again Under lights... funds for ground funds forfield. ground improvemnts. The south-eastern part of the ground should be set aside as a cricket improvements were raised by Turf management... relaying the outfield in 1936 Relaying the outfield, 1936

search lights beamed from North Head a carnival, with search lights beamed from North Head in 1925

land), athletics, track cycling, lacrosse, even motorcycle football has been played there in the past.

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From page 37 As the only large open space in Devonport, the Domain has been used over the years for all kinds of community events: massed brass-band competitions, Navy parades, church services, and even a night carnival lit by searchlights mounted on the top of North Head in 1925. This event was organised by the cricket club to raise funds for ground improvements.

As the only large open space available in Devonport, the Domain has been used over N o r t h S h o r e C r i c k e t C l u b h a s the years for all kinds of community events from massed brass band competitions, occupied Devonport Domain for 126 years, and has produced 21 New Zealand Navy parades, church services, even a night carnival lit by searchlights mounted on cricket representatives and 75 Auckland representatives.

Devonport Domain is 20 years older than Eden Park and the oldest sports field in Auckland – and most certainly deserving of heritage status.

• Roger Brittenden is a life member of As the only large open space available in Devonport, the Domain has been used over North Shore Cricket Club. He would love the years for all kinds of community events from massed brass band competitions, to hear from readers who have any other Navy parades, church services, even a night carnival lit by searchlights mounted on old photos of Devonport Domain/North Shore Cricket Club.

Email Roger at hatch@iconz.co.nz The second pavilion Days onthe the Domain...

Right However, club was required to help fund the maintenance of the ground and the (from top): an Auckland District club often had to borrow large sums in of money to ensure proper maintenance.

Fire Brigades demonstration the early 1900s; a brass band of laid, both of which are still in use today, and are Inperforms; fact, not oneand but the two building pitches were the steps to the cricket pavilion, stand-alone pitches. “The cricket ground” was renamed the Devonport Domain some thought to be between 1910 and years later.

It wasn’t before twoin more 1920.

The stepslong were rebuilt an grass wickets were laid and this is where the exact restoration in 2003.

Below: North Shore Cricket Club still plays today.

Celebrating Devonport’s 50-year jubilee on the Domain in 1936.

Three cricket pavilions have been

built, the first becoming the groundsman’s shed. The third, built in 1965, is on the same site as the second.

While it has remained primarily as a cricket ground, other sports have Celebrating Devonport’s 50 year jubilee on Devonport Domain, been played on the domain, North 1936. The first pavilion, by then the groundsman’s shed, can be seen centre.

Shore United Soccer Club (Est. 1887, The building of the steps leading to the cricket pavilion, thought to be around 1910-20. Note: These steps were deemed heritage and rebuilt exactly the same in 2003. Picture below show the rock walls construction.

Barfoot & Thompson proud to sponsor North Shore Cricket Club

Barfoot and Thompson Devonport has had very strong links with the local community since opening its office door back in 1952. The branch is the longest serving in the area and is housed in a beautifully maintained and refurbished heritage building at 39 Victoria Road. The Devonport Team, led by Manager Roland Waiariki, are immensely proud to be the official and major sponsor of the North Shore Cricket Club, the oldest cricket club in the whole of New Zealand, dating back to 1864. Barfoot and Thompson, which has 65 offices and 1,700 salespeople, has been an integral part of the Auckland landscape for over 90 years and throughout that period, many Barfoot and Thompson people, past and present, have enjoyed coming to the iconic Devonport Domain to play and support this wonderful old Cricket Club. On an International scale, Barfoot and Thompson are also the major sponsors of the World Masters Games, currently taking place throughout Auckland City.

Carol Wetzell 027 245 3392 c.wetzell@barfoot.co.nz Ian Cunliffe 0800 248 521 i.cunliffe@barfoot.co.nz

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