27 November 2015 Devonport Flagstaff

November 27, 2015

Prime Devonport sites sell… p2

From TGS to Kings: principal Simon Lamb… p8

Interview: photographer Alistair Guthrie … p18

Devonport a developers paradise – but no infrastructure Large tracts of Belmont, Bayswater and Hauraki Corner have been further freed up for development with the removal of heritage protection in recently revised maps of the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.

Pre-1944 buildings had been protect-

ed from demolition, but for much of the replace 82 houses with 300 new residences Devonport peninsula north of the golf course on Hillary Crescent, Lowe St, Rutherford St and Eversleigh Rd. this has been removed.

The Auckland Housing Accord allows the And in a behind-the-scenes secret deal Ngati Whatua has been granted a special housTo page 7 ing area on part of its land. It has said it will

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High interest… these buildings Clarence Rd sold for offered in Offered to the market for the first time in decades,on these premium St and • TwoVictoria iconic Devonport properties investment properties are for sale as the family trust cashes up their • Net returns $72,200 pa and $265,145 pa almost $8 million. portfolio. Net returns $72,200 pa and $265,145 pa. Both properties • Both freehold titles with established tenant have established, well-known tenants and are positioned in the heart • Ripe for redevelopment or hold for passive of Devonport.

Withproperty the new town centre zoning under PAUP, future Meanwhile, 14 Clarence Street, the home A prime on Devonport corner Euan Stratton 027 580 7439 opportunities could include residential apartments. Commercial of Ike’s Emporium, wasDowling passed in021 at auction has sold. properties rarely come to the market in this tightly held town centre Deborah 248 0060 It sold post-auction sitestwo at 49 VictoriaslipRoad as well as at $1.2 million. so don’tThe let these landmarks through your fingers.

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those at 12 and 14 Clarence Street, held under two titles, belonged to the Poor family for decades, but changed ownership www.colliers.co.nz this month.

According to sales records, the 960 square metre corner site on 49 Victoria Road (home of Manuka restaurant) and 12 Clarence Call me today Street (home to a jewellery shop, Chinese takeaway, veggie store and bakery) was Caroline Devereux passed in at auction at $5.05 million. It went 09 446 2107 under a conditional contract post-auction at 021 573 305 Licensed Agent, REAA 2008 $5.5 million.

The property has 892 square metres of floor area and has been marketed as a multi-tenanted retail/commercial property with development potential.

The Flagstaff understands the conditional offer was made by a family from China.

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Colliers International New Zealand Limited under the REAA 2008 The 408 square metre property Licensed currently collects $72,200 net rent per year, producing an investment yield of 3.6 per cent. A pending vacancy allows for growth, the report said.

The Flagstaff understands a local family is the new owner.

The high prices paid for the properties probably reflects their development potential.

The previous long-term owners of the block – Wallace Flats – had developed plans to build up to three storeys on the sites.

It is the second major commercial building sale in recent weeks. The Esplande Hotel sold for $6.2 million to Chinese investors in October.

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November 27, 2015

Protesters: weed glyphosate out of Devonport

Questioning residents… Devonport local Dave Burrows told the protestors it was a fruitless effort, as glyphosate-based weedkillers are readily available from Devonport retailers The sons of two prominent weed-control spray campaigners took to Devonport’s streets wearing biohazard suits and gas masks.

Jacob Byron-McKay, son of local Toxin Action Group spokesperson Sharon Byron-McKay, and Julian Howard, son of Ellerslie campaigner Leonie Barton, carried placards demanding that Auckland Transport (AT) keep glyphosate out of Devonport.

They marched on Devonport Wharf, Victoria Rd and past New World supermarket.

The young men drew on their own experiences. Howard said he had been severely affected by weedkillers as a child, whereas

Byron- McKay’s father had been affected by chemical sprays later in life.

Sharon Byron-McKay protested alongside them. She said AT was still pushing for an Auckland-wide use of glyphosate in weed and vegetation control to replace localised legacy policies using hot water and steam instead. She said further protests were planned for the future.

The protesters’ post-apocalypse appearance drew attention from ferry commuters, shoppers, schoolchildren, pub-goers and tourists alike.

• An AT security guard repeatedly asked the Flagstaff reporter to stop taking photo-

graphs of the protest on Devonport Wharf, after consulting with his superiors. He did not object to the protest itself, but said the reporter had neglected to ask AT for legal permission to take photographs on the wharf.

The wharf is a public place so the Flagstaff ignored the guard’s demands.

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November 27, 2015

Builder says on yer bike to truck

A green machine… Terry Willmer has swapped a Land Rover for a bike and trailer I have about half a dozen at home and pick them like a horse from a stable ,” he says.

This is not Willmer’s first trailer. “It’s a bit of a thing I like making. I knock them up in a few hours and I’m not too precious about them and I have done so for a while. This one is more of an industrial one, but I have made other much lighter ones out of light plywood and canvas,” he says.

Willmer grew up in Devonport and bikes and trailers were part of his childhood. “I made my first trailer while I was at Takapuna Grammar. It was more like a trolley towed behind a bike. It was attached with a rope Learn to swim, Licensed REAA 2008 and every time I went downhill it caught up improve technique a U C T i On with me,” he says. at Devonport aUCTiOn At 60, Willmer says the trailers help him Primary School stay young. “It’s great to behave a bit like a kid this summer again. Plus it keeps the third-world influence • Small classes on transport alive and I enjoy that,” he says • Fantastic coaches Last year, Willmer made a trailer for his • 3 years + partner Rebekah Tyler, who used it in a cam• Beginners to mini-squad paign to sell her book.

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Six months ago, Devonport builder Terry Willmer sold his green 1957 Land Rover and started taking a bike trailer to work. Now he is encouraging other builders to follow in his tracks.

“It looks a bit cute, but the trailer is actually incredibly versatile. In it I have all my basic woodworking tools, hammers and chisels, anything I need to repair an old house or boat.

I also have my lunch in there and a book to read. I can transport pretty heavy things on

it,” he says.

During the week, Willmer’s bike and trailer are parked along King Edward Parade, where he is part of the construction crew of a new house. But Willmer also uses it to go grocery shopping or to take rubbish to the transfer station.

“I have taken the trailer on the ferry for a job in Freemans Bay and I can get anywhere to work along the foreshore. I still have a car, but I basically use the bike as often as I can.

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Travel

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When to book?

November 27, 2015

New zone slipped into Devonport A new zone ‘public space - conservation’ has been slipped into Auckland Council plans, alarming local residents who were not consulted.

The zoning runs across land at the ends of VictoriaRd and Bulwer, Cowper and Lytton Sts which abut Ngataringa Bay. All the properties are landlocked on the bay side and the land ownership runs to

Mean High Water Springs.

While the Auckland Council maps show water flowing up to the edge of the land, on the land edges it is in reality mud several feet deep.

Local resident Lyndsay Brock said it appeared to be a case of council officers instigating a change without checking local knowledge of the properties first.

We often get asked “when should we book travel and how far in advance of the travel dates?”

New Zealanders as a rule generally leave travel arrangements until closer to travel dates, but as booking options have become more accessible through agents and the internet, leaving flight and accommodation bookings until the last minute can mean missing out and adding great cost. Especially leaving family or group bookings to the last minute will add thousands to airfare costs and limit hotel options.

There are a few distinct travel high seasons for the best weather and school holidays, so getting in early to book the popular hotels especially in Fiji, Rarotonga, Hawaii and Bali for these periods is worthwhile. We can hold most hotel bookings with a deposit only.

May to September are the peak travel months to many destinations including the South Pacific Islands, Europe and the UK, Africa and South America. Asia also, with the popular holiday spots like Bali and Thailand.

To the UK and Europe the early-bird booking discounts are released by the airlines, tour companies, and river and cruise operators in the months of October to December each year for travelling in the following year. The airlines also offer fantastic business class, premium economy or discount airfares in the early-bird sales period, which are often not rereleased again. Yes, that is right now!

The river cruise and major cruise ship lines also book up well in advance for the peak periods and cabin categories 8 to 12 months in advance of travel dates. The upper premium and balcony decks book out first.

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November 27, 2015 From page 1

Heritage protection removed in the push for more homes

development to be fast tracked.

Togther the planning changes will allow for hundreds of new houses on Devonport Peninsula which will markedly increase the pressure on the already congested Lake Rd. Heritage protection for old homes reamains south of the gold course, but strangely a large tract of Stanley Point land has been taken off the protected list.

The new map of Stanley Bay shows the Historic Character protection that covers the rest of Devonport is gone.

On the new maps, the long-standing protection stops at 60 Stanley Point Road on the Ngataringa Bay side of the street and at 69 on the harbour side.

No longer protected are around 36 sites, including the large Spencer family estate.

Other Devonport areas, which have traditionally not been protected by the rules, are HMNZS Philomel Navy base, primary schools and the New World supermarket and car park.

North of the golf course, the Pre-1944 demolition overlay has been mostly deleted. This was introduced and notified in the Draft version of the Auckland Unitary Plan in 2013 to stop the wholsale demolition of old buildings.

Heritage protection is gone for virtually all of Belmont where only one dwelling, 2 Evans Road, remains protected Hauraki is left without any pre-1944 protection, and only the far end of the Bayswater peninsula is still protected. Pockets along Ngataringa Road, Aramoana Ave and Kawerau Ave are also protected.

Devonport Heritage has posted the revised maps on its website and says they are investigating the changes. It is “perplexed” by Stanley Point being taken out of the wider Devonport protected zone.

Heritage spokesperson Margot McRae said: “Though there are a lot of more modern houses on the point, we believe that five of them are pre-1940 and worthy of being included as heritage houses.”

Auckland Council is currently preparing full evidence for the Independent Hearings Panel (IHP), which includes the matters relating to Stanley Point. This evidence is due to be submitted to the IHP by 2 December 2015.

A council spokesperson said that for the extreme end of Stanley Point, the legacy North Shore Plan contains less restrictive provisions in recognition of very few pre1944 buildings remaining, hence the change of heirtage protection for Stanley Point.

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We have made great progress organising Santa’s Grotto in Devonport. Santa has been booked, red carpet purchased and a location found. Look out for details soon to bring the kids down.

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This summer’s fashion sees the classic white cotton nightwear, black modal robes and white cotton towelling robes still strong. But some designers have introduced great colours, florals and patterns to their ranges. Some of our selection has been recommended by Paula Ryan Style magazine.

We also have a range of summer nightwear for boys and girls, woven cotton PJ shorts, Frozen PJ sets and the cutest white woven cotton nighty.

Cool and floaty on hot summer evenings. My kids loves these and are always buzzing around in them at home on the weekend.

Exclusive to us in Auckland, and just arrived in, is a new woven cotton range of shorty PJs and Robes by Linens and Things. The 100% cotton robes are a one-size-fits-most and make great Christmas gifts too. We offer complimentary gift wrapping and can always provide an exchange card just in case.

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November 27, 2015

Simon Lamb leaves substantial legacy at TGS Outgoing Takapuna Grammar School principal Simon Lamb says his 12 years at the school have been like watching the development of his own child.

He is moving on next year to head one of the country’s most prestigious private schools, King College.

Lamb is proud of what he has achieved at Takapuna Grammar (TGS) since 2003. Forty million dollars has been invested in the school by the Ministry of Education, including most recently, $26 million to restore the historic Main Block.

And there is “the internationalisation of the place,” he says. TGS is the only public school in New Zealand to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma and Lamb says he has developed a solid connection to Singapore with science and PE forums.

This week, Lamb expects a group of investors from Kun Ming in China, who want to invest $20 million in a new sporting facility, he says.

Lamb stands behind the programmes he initiated. “There are the specialised programmes such as the Elite Sports Institute and the Centre for Business and Enterprise. There is Targeting for Success, our focus on the often lost, middle-of-the-road students,” he says.

All of them are underpinned by a philosophy he established early in the job. “Aspiring to Personal Excellence though Knowing, Relating, Connecting and Supporting” is a

mouthful of a mantra the students fluently rattle off by heart. “We developed it in 2004 and it is still fundamental to who we are,” Lamb says.

His toughest year at TGS was 2008, when Toran Henry, a 17-year-old former TGS student, took his own life. Toran’s mother, Maria Bradshaw, blamed the school for not doing enough for him. His death attracted national media attention until an inquiry cleared the school.

Lamb says he was confident the school could weather the crisis. “But my great fear was that the same could happen to another student of ours,” he says.

The students themselves are also what he is most proud of, he says. “There is nothing like when they come back and tell me their time at TGS has set them up well for the outside world, that we gave them the skills to perform well beyond school.”

Another high was TGS coming first in North Harbour Rugby in 2007, he adds.

Lamb is visibly excited about the opportunities ahead but admits he will be missing a few things. “The community’s real interest and pride in the school is strong and palpable.

The site is magnificent with its views of the Hauraki Gulf as well as the city.

“But I will really miss the kids. I find them eager, enthusiastic, malleable and easy to motivate. They land here after they came through the local primary and intermediate schools. Some of them are the fifth generation

Top achievers… Kings-bound principal Simon Lamb with a king of track and field, former TGS pupil Jacko Gill at TGS. They have a huge sense of family and belonging,” he says.

In March, Lamb will not only move his office but also his home. He and his family are settling into a house on the King’s College campus. He is already talking about returning to the Shore. “I want to come back to the opening of the TGS Main Block,” he says.

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The Flagstaff Notes

By Rob Drent

Simon Lamb, the principal at Takapuna Grammar School for the last 12 years, is departing for Kings College. He will be difficult to replace.

When Lamb took over, Takapuna Grammar was a solid, if unspectacular, co-ed school.

Under previous principal Paul Daley, I would say it had a conservative air about it. Daley, for example, refused to take part in a Depot-led expo on youth suicide.

Although not a radical, Lamb was certainly more progressive, while retaining a firm hand.

His zero tolerance for drugs – including legal highs like Kronic – led to expulsions, which were seen as heavy-handed by some.

When he first arrived, Lamb was worried about the numbers of Devonport kids who bussed out of the peninsula to go to so-called better schools. He wanted to create a school attractive to both students and parents and reverse this trend. To a large degree he succeeded.

While some kids still go out of zone to private schools, others try it for a couple of years but then transfer to TGS. Moreover enrolments of students from out of zone is high.

Lamb was not frightened to make change to offer the best options for students. TGS was the first public school in the country to offer students the International Baccalaureate course for example.

Physically the school is greatly improved as well. Under Lamb there have been significant building programmes. These include the Georgea Tindall Performing Arts Centre and the library, technology and music buildings. And now the government has just approved a $26 million renovation of the main building.

Over his 12-year tenure, the TGS staffing – particularly at senior management level – has been extremely stable, perhaps a reflection of a happy workplace.

The media and school principals can have a prickly relationship. Often the only time journalists contact heads of college is when something goes wrong.

While not in fear of the fourth estate, Lamb was never entirely comfortable in the journalist spotlight either. But I felt on the big issues he acquitted himself well. When the suicide of student Toran Henry hit national headlines with rumours of a fight club at the school, Lamb trod the tightrope of respect for a young man who had lost his life, while defending the school from allegations that were patently untrue. The school’s handling of the case was later vindicated in an independent report.

Some principals seem to favour academia or sports or the arts. But I always felt one of Lamb’s strengths was his ability to encourage students in all forms of endeavour. The school

has had achievers across all platforms, whether it was Jacko Gill in athletics, Lorde in music or the numerous academic successes – some pupils have won prestigious overseas scholarships.

Few Devonport Flagstaff readers will know that the TGS pages, which have run in the paper for more than a decade, were Simon Lamb’s idea.

He saw it as a way for TGS journalism students to get their work published and also as a means for school news to get out in the community.

It has proved to be one of the most well-read sections of the Flagstaff, and a not insignificant number of contributors have gone on to be journalists.

I can only wish Lamb well and hope the TGS pages will continue to be a small legacy to him in print.

Locals will be shocked by news that Ngati Whatua has been granted permission to fast track development on part of its land at Belmont - creating 300 houses on 82 sites. This deal was done in secret with no input from local people.

Ngati Whatua’s commercial arm has proved an aggresive development company.

The Flagstaff reported in April 2014 that Ngati Whatua had submitted to Auckland Council that it wanted to build five storeys on some of its Devonport-peninsula property.

Although Ngati Whatua is the landowner, the holdings will be no doubt be developed in conjunction with private interests – just like the partnership with Ryman Health to build a rest home at the Wakakura Block.

What concerns me particularly is the lack of engagement with the Devonport community.

A few public meetings to get local feedback would not go amiss. Many Devonport residents have been guardians of the peninsula in much more tangible ways than Ngati Whatua in recent decades.

Of wider concern is Auckland Council’s approach to the Devonport peninsula. It is still merrily advocating intensification, but has not allocated any significant money to upgrade transport infrastructure. If it does not act soon Devonport could be renamed Gridlock.

Luckless Len Brown struck out again with his public transport roadshow visit to Devonport last Thursday.

The Auckland mayor’s presentation at the Devonport RSA was at the same time Kim Evans of Little & Friday cafe was speaking at Devonport Library.

Do the stats (just over 50 at Browns compared to around 130 at Evans) reveal that residents are disinterested in public transport or disengaged/ bored with Auckland Council politics?

Or was it more a case of people voting with their tummies? Evans’ talk was preceeded by some tasty Little & Friday nibbles.

While at Len’s do there was a cup of tea and a few bickies.

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When Visitors Go Bad! (and how we can fix that for you)

You know how awesome it is when your guests arrive from overseas. You wait for months, exchanging emails, the anticipation, a great big welcome, the good times roll…..Fast forward three days and you can’t wait to get them out of the house! You have remembered all their annoying habits, and the TV remote is no longer your own. What to do? Pack them off up to Devonport Cars and get them to rent some wheels and set off exploring, that’s what!

If you are feeling particularly generous, rent a 7 or 8-seater and play tour guide with them, but if you still want to play the ‘I’m needed at work / at home/at the pub’ card, then a little puddle-jumper like a Toyota Vitz will see them safely away and toddling around the local scenic spots and bringing back their iphone photos to tell you about all places you have already been several times before (with all your previous guests!)

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November 27, 2015

Gardening heroes honoured with medals

A common-or-garden day at work... the award-winning gardeners were busy at the Wilson Home grounds last Thursday A single nomination has produced 26 awards for the current crop of Wilson Home Trust’s gardening volunteers, who have tended the gardens on the 5.7 hectare estate for 18 years.

Trust manager Linda Worth says she sent a group nomination for the gardeners to the 2016 New Zealand Local Hero Awards. “And the judges decided to give each of the 26 volunteers an individual award,” she says.

“The gardeners have rescued the property in a period of lean funding, and a place full of rubble and weeds.” Their donated hours

have added up to 61,700 over the years and they have saved the trust $900,000 Worth estimates.

Hauraki resident Rosemary Thomas is one of the volunteers and has been coming along to working bees for 17 years. “When I first came, there was very little garden. It was all lawn around the chapel and down the drive. We got a digger and hauled some rocks from the bank, put them up and called them Stonehenge. Initially, we brought in a lot of plants from our own gardens. Now the trust buys them and there is no grass left these

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days. It’s all plants,” she says.

Belmont resident Joan McKenzie joined the group six years ago and has been looking after the children’s garden. Her collection of toys and gnomes hiding around the edges of bushes started out with donated bits and pieces and some bought from local op shops.

“But recently I think the children themselves had been leaving some toys in the garden too.

We have never had anything stolen,” she says, Wilson Home Trust chair Brian Neeson says he is very proud of the award recipients.

“You are all a very important part of making this place a home rather than a hospital to the children and parents who come here,” he says.

The gardeners were among 292 recipients of the Local Hero awards, which will be presented on December 1 at the Ellerslie Events Centre as part of the New Zealander of the Year celebrations.

The Wilson Home gardener award recipients are: Betty McGuinness, Bette and Don Wrightson, Bob Gaskin, Cathy Kelly, Cherie Duffield, Colleen Oldfield, Gaylene Hewitt, Gillian Lay, Jackie Chubb, Jill Muir, Jim Kirker, Joan McKenzie, June Vivian, Kathy Crawford, Ken Duckmanton, Lana Halapchuk, Maxine Scott, Meredith Walker, Myra Harvey, Neil Watson, Peter Cox, Peter Jones, Phillipa Potter, Rosemary Thomas and Suzanne Kerr.

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November 27, 2015

Devonport’s role in historic vote remembered

A historic day…women of Devonport vote for the first time in New Zealand elections The names of the 577 Devonport women who cast their vote for the first time in November 1893 will be on display during this year’s celebration of the 122th anniversary of New Zealand’s Women Suffrage.

Remember that November, an informal gathering to share memories of the day, is being organised by Ruth Coombes who

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collated the list.

“I found a book on the Auckland electoral roll at Takapuna Library and pulled out all the names of Devonport women who had registered to vote. It took me about three days to get through thousands of women on the roll,” she says.

Coombes says most of them registered their occupation as “domestic duties” or housewives, others as “gentlewoman” or “lady”, but there were also many professional women among the local voters.

Emilie Allport was an artist, Agnes McAllen Baird a boot machinist, Sarah Jane Beeson a boarding house keeper and Alexandria Chaplin a blacksmith.

Susan Emma Dean was a mantle maker, Flora Lillian Hopkins a photographic assistant, Georgina Althrow Johnston a confectioner, Emma Naden a milliner and Annie Nettingham a compositor.

Only 28 local women were among the 32,000 women nationally who signed the 233-metre-long women’s suffrage petition that led to the law change.

“The legislation was passed on September 8 and became law on September 19, so the women had less than 10 weeks to enrol to vote. There was no email or telephone then,” says Coombes.

“They voted in the Devonport Borough Council Chambers, which were where the Devonport Library is now. It was the primary polling booth for Auckland’s Eden electorate,” she says.

“It’s such a fascinating thing that is totally under the radar.”

Coombes would love to see a memorial sculpture of the occasion in Devonport. “We have pursued that a bit but there is a bit of a council rule book full of constraints and compliances that makes it hard. We’ll try again

Remember that November… organiser Ruth Coombes next year, I’m sure. We should acknowledge and honour those women,” she says.

Remember that November is scheduled for Saturday 28 November at 2 pm outside Devonport Library. The Devonport Community Choir will perform, a craft table for making white camelias will be set up and Devonport local Betty Cuthbert, great niece of suffragist Kate Sheppard, will speak.

“People can come and bring scones and jam and sit in the grass and share memories.

Fingers crossed for good weather,” she says.

Combes says what motivated her to do the reasearch was her contact with the “amazing women” in the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.

“It’s why I joined the organisation. They work in all areas of peace and justice without fanfare and very effectively. So I did some research into the origins of feminism. Very interesting. So many determined women.”

For more information, contact Coombes at ruth.calliope@gmail.com

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Cheltenham Beach tree suffering from suspected poisoning One of Devonport’s most prominent trees may have been poisoned, says Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Mike Cohen.

Auckland Council parks officers have done preliminary investigations.

Martin van Jaarsveld, Auckland Council Manager Local and Sports Parks – North said: “Our staff inspected the Holm Oak at Cheltenham Beach twice after being contacted by a resident concerned the tree may have been poisoned. There were no obvious signs, such as drill holes in the trunk, to sufficiently determine whether there had been an attempt to poison the tree. We will continue to monitor the tree for signs of poisoning.

“The tree was pruned as part of regular maintenance work, not associated with this matter.

Cohen was furious in his report to fellow board members tabled last week: “I am disgusted by the scumbags who for their own selfish reasons poison and vandalise trees in prime reserve beach areas.

“Notable trees that have been there for a hundred years or more surviving nature only to be destroyed by mindless or premediated acts to achieve some personal gain at the expense of the wider community,” he said.

Cohen said with the recent easing of a blanket protection on trees, it was more important than ever to effectively safeguard trees on public land.

Looking poorly… the large Cheltenham tree may have been poisoned

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$20,000 available to help attract native birds Homeowners near Mt Victoria, North Head and Fort Takapuna are eligible for council help to make their gardens more attractive to native birds.

NorthWest Wildlink is an ecological restoration project funded by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board. It has an annual budget of $20,000 to assist private landowners with “personalised advice, weed management and predator-control supplies or native plants” and targets priority ecological sites.

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mined in consultation with environment and parks portfolio holders,” a board report says.

The programme will also run a $5,000 weed-swap event, “where residents can freely dispose of weeds like ginger, jasmine or privet (and those not accepted in garden bags, such as bamboo) and exchange them for some free native plants, with an emphasis on those that are a food source for Kereru,” it says.

According to the report, the remaining $15,000 is budgeted to assist an estimated 40 landowners.

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$30,000 raised from fine-homes tour Just under $30,000 was raised for charity through the Devonport Fine Homes Tour.

Organised by Devonport Rotary and Bayleys Real Estate, the event sold more than 600 tickets.

The funds have now been divided equally between the three charities: Cure Kids, Alzheimers Auckland and Devonport Rotary.

Ian Cunliffe, President of Devonport Rotary

said: “The Rotary Club of Devonport was delighted to run the Fine Homes Tour in our wonderful seaside suburb, and once again, we were thrilled with the efforts of our members and volunteers on the day, and privileged to see the outstanding generosity of the 600 attendees from Auckland and the wider New Zealand community.”

Depot Sound to get high-quality mixing desk for new studio Devonport’s music scene is to get a further boost with the Depot Artspace planning to acquire a new high-quality mixing desk that has now received partial funding from the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

The Allen and Heath GSR24m mixing desk will meet higher technical standards required for upcoming projects, the Depot’s grant application says. The board last week

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Bike to the Beach is back Family fun on two wheels hits the streets with Bike Devonport’s Bike To The Beach on Sunday 29 November 2015.

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Letters

November 27, 2015

Another example of generosity of spirit in Devonport My co-worker is an apprentice who supports a partner and young daughter. This was just the right gift for his daughter and being second-hand was possibly affordable (if I was to lend him the money until next payday).

The ad writer was contacted and arrangements made to view the playhouse.

To our surprise and excitement the playhouse was in excellent condition and of a high-quality construction.

To make matters even better, when we contacted the owner regarding payment she changed her requirements from the modest

In these days of bombings and shootings and death, it is a welcome change to experience an example of the goodness of people, especially those in our midst.

Last week I was a very happy witness to an act of generosity and a well-deserved recipient.

Without risking embarrassment, names will be omitted. However the situation was as follows.

I was having a coffee with my co-worker at the French cafe on Vauxhall Rd when we read an advertisement on the wall for a child’s playhouse.

initial price to a donation to a charity of our choice!

Faith in the good of people is restored. This is ‘pay it forward’ in action.

The playhouse was picked up on Saturday morning and by midday was on my co-worker’s Grenfell garden, to the delight of his daughter.

Thank you so much to the family that gave away this amazing gift. Let their generosity be an example to the rest of us. The world sure is a better place as a result.

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Devonport’s character “trashed” It’s a sunny Saturday here on the peninsula, an auspicious day: it’s TPP protest day.

As we speak our village, its authenticity and its character is up for sale and is being trashed. Some of us are glad as we cash up and that’s understandable. However, long term, I doubt it will be said to have been a good window in our history, or a good thing for Devonport, or a good thing for our kids and New Zealand culture. The allowances of our governors and you voters, and apathy, show no respect or concern for our KIWI culture and I find that offensive.

Some lands and assets in Devonport have already been given away, some sold for a song. Many of our conservation values are being trashed. Whether you see reality or not, this free-market antic is synonymous with the TPP. It’s to become the law of our land. The land settlement deals done, using hectares of our village, are going to be sold to cultures that have different values than those that evolved and existed here in Devonport for 100 years. Values we as Kiwis fought hard for are being sold out by cultures of corporate-type greed. Conservation values and rulings are being flouted as we see our MPs giving away Bayswater and hundreds of millions worth of land for a $30 million grievance settlement.

I valued that land a year ago, at $90 million, but it has gone up $10 million in a year. It’s obvious these deals enacted by our representatives at best show unsustainable

stupidity. These deals are feathering the nests of the chosen, by the chosen. Devonport values we have only just come to appreciate are being trashed. The latest housing design ethics are oozing out in all their grotesque ugly forms around town now, as foreign speculation and alien ethics in design are being imposed. They are up for sale, container styles, hideous disjointed designs of no merit – ill-conceived designs only concerned for a tax-free profit take, not true homes built for people or communities reflecting our community spirit or respecting what we have here in the community. If you can afford, it’s a free market, you can buy these edifices right here in Devonport.

In the end we will feel out of place at home. The powers that be continue to fill the harbour in to sell as reclaimed land later.

Some clown allowed a huge white boob-like plastic dome to appear on the wharf over by our ferry terminal. In a way it looks like a sculpture I suppose and its form is pleasing.

They say it’s for cement storage. It looks like a spy surveillance dome. I’m still waiting to see a cement truck or ship arrive and 300,000 tons of cement holding up in a plastic dome – it’s a joke. I’m off to the beach to see beauty.

I hope that does not get destroyed or in filled too. You guys relax out there, it’s not your responsibility, or your fault. You voted for your MP to handle our community affairs.

I think the MP has failed Devonport.

Ron Dykman

Ban sale of fireworks and encourage charity events Surely we can be grown-up enough to call ‘time’ on Guy Fawkes, or cracker night as the Aussies used to call it. It’s not that we need to follow them to ban the sale of fireworks, as they have more reasons than us to quit what is a very bad habit.

It’s more that there is no relevance to New Zealand in this annual event that no government seems to have the guts to delete.

An attempt to blow up the British houses of Parliament centuries ago has nothing to do with our country or state.

The only benefit seems to be a handful of opportunists who are now down to three days of fireworks sales, although the rule of the festivity is all the ordinance should be consumed on the night.

This year has been exceptional as no rain dampened the event. But we still put up with three nights of concentrated action,

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and there will be months of sporadic annoyance to come.

When living in Australia, we found the public firework displays organised for fundraising of schools and sports clubs fantastic, as you contributed to the quality fireworks and charity with your community, and usually in association with the local fire brigade.

This can’t happen in our community as every man and his dog can access cheap and nasty fireworks, making a public display only for special events paid for by the ratepayers.

There are enough facts to show the downsides of this frivolous festival.

So please can we quit the stupidity and help our communities fundraise.

Ian Ferguson

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DevonPorT SanTa ParaDe & chriSTmaS FeSTival Sunday 6th December, 11am-3pm Windsor reserve, Devonport Waterfront Commencing with Devonport Lions Santa Parade, stepping off from Clarence St at 11am and then afterwards in Windsor Reserve until 3pm, Dance in the Park, Devonport Craft & Fine Food Market, New Zealand Fire Service, food stalls, face painting, kids market, try-out bike zone and much more! For information about the parade contact Bruce Wetherall: bruce_wetherall@hotmail.com or for info about the festival contact Maria ph: 445 9533 or email maria@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz STreeT GeT-ToGeTherS Devonport Peninsula Trust has some funding available to encourage neighbours to get together and develop neighbourhood connections.

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Interview

November 27, 2015

New Zealand people and landscapes in Guthrie’s focus Photographer Alistair Guthrie makes an impression on travellers arriving in New Zealand. His large-scale photographs line the walls of the arrivals hall at Auckland International Airport. This year, Guthrie focused on people, taking portraits of New Zealand refugees. He spoke to Maire Vieth.

During 25 years as a professional photographer, Alistair Guthrie has taken many, often personal, portraits of prominent New Zealanders – artists, prime ministers and sports stars alike.

Guthrie’s recent, almost disturbingly intimate shots of John Campbell for Metro magazine are a case in point. They reveal the former TV3 anchor after he lost his spot in front of the TV camera. The familiar face beaming out as the Campbell Live frontman is tired. The cheeks once held up by his decades-old camera smile hang slack.

“I know John a bit and had an inkling that he was coming out of a downer period of time,” says Guthrie. “I wanted to shoot it kind of moody and simple. I had a look at a couple of books of old shooters whose work I have always liked and one image

by Irving Penn stuck in my mind: Truman Capote with his head down and his glasses up, just a moment in time that caught his whole way.”

“So I put up a little light in the studio, a grey background, put a chair there and a thing John could lean on. We shot for maybe an hour and didn’t change anything and it just came out like this, after we had talked for an hour or so about music and things, yakety yak,” he says.

Guthrie loves to talk on the job. “I talk to the people I photograph, all of them, all the time and about everything. I am generally really curious about what or who I shoot, landscape or person,” he says.

Or refugees. “They are just people like you and I and nothing to be afraid of. We are all ultimately from somewhere. Over the last few weeks Guthrie has taken photographs of an Auschwitz survivor who arrived in New Zealand 55 years ago, a Burmese couple who met in a refugee camp and are new to A compassionate eye for people… Alistair Guthrie the country, and a Somalian neighbour of Guthrie didn’t use a digital camera until Guthrie has been surrounded by phohis. The photos were taken as part of a project with refugee advocate Tracey Barnettt. tography all his life and has seen the 2007. “I just didn’t think the early cameras profession evolve. His father Rowan had were that good. I bought my first digital An exhibition is likely next year. taken aerial shots for the air force during Nikon because I smashed my lovely old the Second World War, and in 1948 set up Hasselblad off a tripod and there was no film a photography studio in New Plymouth with camera to replace it with anymore,” he says.

He has never looked back. The arrival of Roy Charters.

“There wouldn’t be many people in the digital cameras and iPhones has moved the Taranaki region who didn’t have their wed- craft away from professionals to amateurs, ding or portraits photographed by Charters says Guthrie. “It’s been a real democratisaand Guthrie Associates. The hospice nurse tion. Photography has become so accessible who looked after him as he died in 2007 and imagery so prevalent. I embrace it and had her wedding photos taken by him, as have fears about it because it has completely destroyed the industry in a way,” he says. had her parents,” Guthrie says.

Guthrie says of technology. “You’ve “My dad started out painting emulsion on a glass plate and his exposure was a cap on got to know it (technology) to forget it so a lens he would take on and off. I remem- you can concentrate what you are actually ber how my dad retouched negatives and seeing,” he says. www.scapetech.co.nz Curiosity is his compass. “A lot is about painted colour on them. And then the first scapetech@clear.net.nz colour machines they got to process colour walking up to what you’re shooting and having a look over the fence, wondering what’s film and printing colour prints.”

November 27, 2015 around the corner or over there. When the light is behind you and the shot looks perfect, turn around. It might look much better with the sun right up your lens,” he says.

Guthrie grew up as the middle child between two sisters. He worked in his father’s studio after school, developing black-and-white prints or collecting film rolls from the chemist. But he did not want to become a photographer when he grew up. “I remember thinking why is my dad a photographer and not like Peter Konn’s dad a Shell Tanker Driver? Something normal.”

Sport was an early road to normality. “As a midget I played rugby in bare feet, with a big heavy leather ball in the freezing cold, and I hated it. I remember walking home from Sanders Park one Saturday morning with frozen feet, past Lynmouth Park where the kids played soccer and had boots on.

When I got home I said, Mum, I want to play soccer,” he says.

Guthrie liked soccer until it became serious, “with training twice a week and people shouting at us from the sidelines. So I got into surfing, which was more individualistic and less competitive. I love the sea,” He didn’t love school. “I was just a dick at school, when I look back. We had some amazing art, English and history teachers at New Plymouth Boys High, but I was just being a silly boy who got detention for not cutting his long hair off,” he says.

And yet somehow, he caught the shutter bug eventually. “In my dad’s studio were always books and amazing camera magazines around from overseas. The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery opened up and it all created a kind of energy I guess,” he says.

In 1976, Guthrie enrolled at Wellington Polytech and graduated with a Diploma in Photography. “I came back to New Plymouth and worked in my dad’s studio for six months. I would grab rolls of film out of the fridge and go off with my friends and just shoot, shoot, shoot what we were up to,” he says.

He briefly gave it all away and became a tradesman’s assistant, a storeman, a driver, and a welder. This was before he headed to Auckland and worked at Vahry Photography studio in Parnell as an assistant.

In 1980, Guthrie took a contract job on a dive support ship inspecting the Maui oil and gas rig off the Taranaki coast. “We inspected every centimetre of that rig. Divers took shots underwater. I looked after the cameras and developed the film,” he says.

In his spare time on the boat, Guthrie took photos voraciously and honed his documentary skills. “I would wander around and snap away, then go downstairs and develop the film. Luckily no one ever questioned my consumption of film and paper during those three years,” he says.

A two-year OE and many travel photos followed. Guthrie returned to New Zealand in 1990. He was 30, and moved to Ponsonby to give his craft a proper go. “I borrowed

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$10,000 from my dad, borrowed his Rolleiflex for large format and bought two Nikon camera bodies, a lens and a flash.

“There were a lot of magazines around then. I went to Metro first with my portfolio of shots I had taken overseas. I got a call about a week later. That was it. I just got shooting, shooting and shooting and one thing led to another,” he says.

Advertising and commercial photography came next. “And somehow I’m still at it although most of the magazines have now gone,” he says.

In 1995, Guthrie met art director and future wife Astrud Morgan on a photo shoot. They have two daughters, Augustine (17) and Aila (15), who often feature in Guthrie’s work.

“A lot is about walking up to what you’re shooting and having a look over the fence, wondering what’s around the corner,” photographer Alistair Guthrie on curiosity as the base for composition.

Aila famously appeared in the Green Party 2008 election campaign, standing on the Cheltenham pontoon with Rangitoto behind. “It was just an image I had of Aila.

We had been walking on Cheltenham Beach in the beautiful evening light at low tide.

She was about six or so, wearing a jersey Astrud had knitted. I took two shots and never thought anything of it. It’s hard not to take photos of kids,” says Guthrie.

Travel is a big part of his current work and Guthrie loves it. A Tourism New Zealand job recently took him all over the country. “We were flying in a fixed-wing plane up the Haast Pass below the clouds, over some bumpy hills and landed in Tekapo. Two days later, in the most perfect weather, we were in the same plane up the spine of the South Island among the mountains for three hours.

One of the most epic flights ever,” he says.

Photography for annual reports for multinational businesses regularly takes him around the globe.

“At the moment I have something on the boil that may take me to the US, China, the Netherlands and China in a month if it comes off,” he says.

When not behind the camera, Guthrie spends time with his family and friends or being active. He still loves surfing and he paddleboards off the Devonport coast.

“It’s a classic place to live. This morning, I didn’t go to Ngataringa Bay at perfect high tide because there was a little wind. I got on my mountain bike and went up the two mountains and watched the sun rise from up there. It’s magic!”

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Bayswater Kids Duathlon celebrates two decades

Starting gun‌ All Black great Buck Shelford gets the seven and eight-year-old race away at the Bayswater Kids Duathlon last Sunday. The event attracted more than 200 entries in its 20th year.

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Lewis Bower and Hector McIntyre from Stanley Bay School were the first team home in the 9 to11-year-old age group

Grace Collier and Brooke Leonard of Vauxhall School sprint to the finish in the 9 to 11-year-old girls team event

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November 27, 2015

Len’s transport roadshow stuck in lukewarm lane

Selling the transport programme… Len Brown at the Devonport RSA The possibility of more buses on the Takapuna to Devonport route to ensure connections to ferries was the only initiative to mitigate Lake Rd congestion offered up by Mayor Len Brown’s transport roadshow when it visited Devonport last week.

A crowd of around 50 turned out to the Devonport RSA to hear Brown and two Auckland Transport officers give an update on the city’s transport developments.

The audience was primarily focused on Lake Rd and the ferries.

Brown said ferry transport improvements had possibly been put behind rail, bus and cycling initiatives. However ferry services (except the commercial routes of Waiheke, Devonport and Stanley Bay) were currently out for tender.

Brown said there was always the possibility of competition on the Devonport route as had

happened at Waiheke.

However, when questioned about landing rights of other operators on Devonport Wharf, an Auckland Transport officer was unclear about the situation.

To be fair, Brown in his terms of office has been handed the poisoned chalice of sorting out Auckland’s public transport woes after years of car-is-king road building.

The reaction from the crowd was lukewarm at best, antagonistic at worst.

Devonport has been promised much over the years – a new Bayswater ferry terminal and a $50 million upgrade of Lake Rd – only to see the money and projects evaporate.

Stuart Clumpus said not enough provision was being made for scooters in the planning.

In some Asian cities scooters area key mode of transport and in Shanghai ferries are laden with them.

What’s next for Lake Rd? Four lanes for Lake Rd is one of the options likely to be put forward in an Auckland Transport review due to be completed in February/March 2016.

However the devil is in the detail and how Auckland Transport combines cycle lanes, cars and buses on the road.

Auckland Transport officer Daniel Newcombe said a full range of options was being considered in the Lake Rd Corridor Management Plan (CMP), including four lanes for all traffic, two lanes for cars and two for buses, and even moving the cycle lanes off Lake Rd. Once the CMP was completed it would

then go to council for integration into the next 10-year plan. In the meantime low-cost tinkering would continue. Newcombe said signs displaying travel time to destinations were a likelihood.

Len Brown hoped there would be a major commitment to Lake Rd by the council, which would involve a “significant spend.”

Of course this would be considered by the new council to be elected in 2016, so there is no guarantee it will happen.

By then Brown will be something of a yesterday’s man, as he is not seeking re-election.

Lake Rd had reached nightmare proportions, so much so, Clumpas was considering moving out.

Elaine Sawyer, who is leading a campaign questioning the introduction of artifiical turf at North Shore United Football Club, said it did not make sense to build a “big complex at the end of a peninsula” because of the extra traffic it would generate on Lake Rd.

Brown slammed Mayor Len Brown was criticised for failing to get transport right before considering massive infill in Belmont and Bayswater in Auckland’s new Proposed Unitary Plan.

Chris Mullane said the council programme was “bordering on dishonest.”

Auckland Council has encouraged rampant growth and infill to mop up Auckland’s growing population, but there was no corresponding public transport increase, Mullane said.

Brown stumbled badly during the questioning, saying Devonport was largely immune to growth as it was a heritage area.

However, Mullane pointed out that massive infill at Bayswater and Belmont in the Draft Unitary Plan would put many more cars on Lake Rd and impact the whole peninsula.

Brown said developments on private land were outside council’s control.

Wrong again countered Mullane: zoning could restrict the size and scale of development.

“Who is joining the dots at council?” asked Mullane.

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Ph. Brian 021 150 8898 Housekeeper. Home cleaning, including windows, washing, ironing, furniture polishing. Experienced. References. $25 per hour. Ph 442 2273, 027 4926220.

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Council smells rat – rodents to blame for Memorial Drive tree damage The historic stand of 30-metre-tall Norfolk Pine trees along Memorial Drive has been attacked by rats.

After the trees showed unusual damage to the bark on some of their branches, a camera was installed by council.

The culprits turned out to be rats gnawing the trees, causing ring barking.

A rat-baiting programme has been installed around the trees, a report to Devonport-Takapuna Local Board says.

Schoolchildren planted 38 pine trees in April 1952 to commemorate the Devonport soldiers lost in World War Two. The western side of Memorial Drive is flanked by a row of pohutukawa trees.

November 27, 2015

Fundraiser to launch Devonport Arts Festival 2016 The next Devonport Arts Festival will take place from 12 to 20 November, 2016.

The first fundraiser for the event – a movie and art-print sale – is being held at The Vic on December 17.

Art prints by local artists will be on sale for $20.00 each. The large canvas of silent-film star Mary Pickford, which was painted by Component and suspended on the front facade of The Vic during the last festival, will also be for sale. The film to be shown on the night is Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Previously organised by Toni van Tonder, the Arts festival is now governed by a group of local volunteers, who have established it as a charitable trust. New chairman Philipp Jaser (the operator of The Vic) said: “When discussing with others how we might best sustain the festival in the Devonport event-scape, it seemed logical to establish the trust.

“The festival has had a place in Devonport since the 1950s and we are determined to see it continue for many years to come.

“We’re asking every person who has participated in the festival throughout its history to show their support at this fundraiser. We would love to grow the festival reach as well as be in the position to showcase some innovative and engaging art across the peninsula next November.

“It’s a local event, managed by local people, and we welcome all the support and involvement that the community has to offer.”

The trustees also want to record an oral history of the Devonport Arts Festival, and would welcome any personal stories and experiences of the festival in its formative years. All enquires to be sent to devonportartsfestival@ gmail.com.

Doors open on at 7.30pm, with the movie starting at 8pm.

Tickets cost $25 and include a drink, popcorn or ice cream. They can be purchased at www.devonportartsfestival.co.nz or at the Devonport Community House, 32 Clarence Street.

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November 27, 2015

Riding high on Summer fun

Along for the ride… siblings Mason (1) and Isabell (3) Gregory and dolly share a ride in the Radio Flyer Outdoor playtime fun has taken off once again, with free Preschool Play sessions starting up in local parks this month.

OPEN OPEN HOME HOME The Devonport Community Coordinator runs the sessions, whic take place throughout most of the summer from 9.30 – 11 am on Tuesdays in Windsor Reserve and Thursdays in Bayswater Park.

For more information about the sessions, see www.devonportpeninsulatrust.nz

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Some undercurrents run deep

Making art to take to the world… Celia Walker in her studio The moment Celia Walker finished her art history PhD she knew she didn’t want to be an academic. She wanted to make art herself.

That was five years ago. This month, Walker is exhibiting for the third time at the Deport

Artspace. Through 20 small prints Undercurrents encapsulates her life since her thesis on Charles Heaphy. They are about navigating and finding your way in New Zealand’s landscape, she says, and also a little about

getting lost.

Since 2010, Walker has worked as curator at the Devonport Museum, been involved in printmaking, become a trained Kiwi handler, and grown to be an expert vegetable gardener and occasional forager.

Walker says her work is more conceptual than personal. “It still relates a bit to my study, the indirect perception we often have of landscape rather than just being in the place.

She usually works from a small studio in her garden that houses an etching press and is surrounded by fig and quince trees. She soaks her paper in her laundry room. “I am using a lot of vintage charts that have been given to me, I found or paid vast amounts of money for,” Walker says.

Making art “just feels right,” she says.

“I am doing what I’m supposed to be doing.

I like the idea that I’m making things and doing something constructive, and I like how art takes me out into world.”

Walker says the “hands-on” and “down to earth” aspects of printmaking have encouraged her in bringing her environmental interests into her work. “I try and use art to change the way people think about the world and the environment,” she says. “One print at a time.”

Undercurrents, by Celia Walker and Susanne Khouri, runs at the Depot Artspace until December 21.

FInding her way… an example of Walker’s work at left

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Devonport

Christmas Festival Devonport Lions Santa Parade Stepping off from Clarence Street, along Victoria Road at 11am, Sunday 6th December 2015 (Please contact bruce_wetherall@hotmail.com to organise a float)

and afterwards @ Windsor Reserve until 3pm

Dance in the Park A celebration of Dance & Music

Devonport Craft & Fine Food Market A market full of festive goodies

New Zealand Fire Service demo house, Food Stalls, Preschool Play Area

Kindly sponsored by:

For more information, contact Devonport Community Coordinator @ 445 9533

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Takapuna

Grammar

SCHOOL NEWS

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Celebrating Success

This year Hannah Patterson gained four subject firsts to take the top academic prize – Dux of the school – at the recent prizegiving ceremony at the Bruce Mason Centre. She was first in English, History, Classical Studies and Media Studies.

Equally impressive was Muyu (Naomi) Liu, who is a student in the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme and gained the top prizes for Individual and Societies, Literature, Language and Mathematics. This saw her named Proxime Accessit and winner of the June Spooner Award for Academic Excellence at Year 13.

Being named Dux and Proxime Accessit is a competitive process.

This year was no exception. Other students who did exceptionally well and pushed Hannah and Naomi were Darcy Cox, who gained a first in Chemistry and Physics and a Distinction in Calculus, and Kayeon (Alice) Kim who gained a first in Accounting, Business Studies and Economics to win the Margaret Cullingworth Shield.

Talented musician, Frank Talbot, took out the first in Music and three Distinction awards in Calculus, Physics and Statistics to be awarded the Short Shield.

Deputy Head Girl Augustine Morgan-Guthrie, gained a first in Art History and Distinctions in History and Media Studies.

In Year 12, the top academic award, went to Max Griffiths with a first in Computer Science and Physics and, a year ahead of his cohort, first in Year 13 Mathematics with Calculus. At Year 11 the top award went to Harvey Merton, with firsts in English, Geography and Physics, and a distinction in Biology.

Staff awards The prestigious Staff Travel Award went to the HOD Physical Education, Mr William Scovell, to enable him to attend “Boys as Global Citizens” – an education conference in Vancouver, Canada, in early 2016.

Two scholarships for professional development are also provided. This year they were awarded to Mrs Sharon Davies, the Sports Director, to do secondary teacher training and to Ms Jane Horder, the director of our choirs, to sit her ATC in singing.

Special Prizes 2015 Dux Hannah Patterson Proxime Accessit Muyu (Naomi) Liu Academic Excellence Year 12 Max Griffiths Academic Excellence Year 11 Harvey Merton Spooner Cup Danielle Desvaux De Marigny White Cup Jordan Blum Chubb Cleverden Cup Ella Pearson

GOLD MERIT BADGES Hibiki Kato, Andy Song, Phoebe Johnson, Joshua Kirk Lily MacDonald, Gabriel Ford Augustine Morgan-Guthrie, Max Griffiths, Phoebe Rendle, Hannah Patterson, Liesbet Vercruyssen, Ana Renker-Darby CITATIONS FOR PERSONAL EXCELLENCE Oscar Elworthy, Erica Gatland, Liesbet Vercruyssen, Harry Waine, Hannah Williams House Trophy ARAWA House Peninsular Cup Andy Song

Farquarson Shield (Senior Speech) Andy Song Year 11 Speech Cup Harvey Merton Margaret Campbell Shield (Languages) Marlene Read Mike Donald Memorial Shield (Visual arts) Lynn Reynolds The Pat Hanly Art Award Genevieve Burke The Tony Steele Award Cheyenne Abraham The Post Award Donald Coleman

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Grammar

SCHOOL NEWS

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Congratulations to all our senior prize winners

The White Cup, named after former Deputy Principal Mrs Jean White, was awarded to Jordan Blum, a talented young woman who has been a House Leader; belonged to the Journalism Club; done debating; been involved in the Young Women in Leadership Programme, the Art Gallery Club,and the World Vision Committee; on the Peer Sexuality Support team; part of the Stage Challenge Crew; sung in Leonessa and played netball. She also gained the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award this year.

AFS Award Emerald Scofield Zonta International Leadership Award Ye Ji (Geena) Lee The Library Service Award Brighid Hurtubise The Prentice Award Eden Jessop Benefitz Graphic Design Scholarship Hugo Adams Ex-Pupils Scholarship Hannah Potts IB CAS Award Danielle Desvaux De Marigny The BNZ Award Keyeon (Alice) Kim & Amanda Shameem TGS international Student Scholarship Hyun Jeong Lee Rowan Nicks Scholarship Alesha Brokenshire

The School spirit awards are only announced on the day.

There is a cup at each level to recognise this highly valued contribution to school life. At Year 11, the Chubb Cleverdon Cup, named after a previous Chairman of the Board of Governors, was awarded to Ella Pearson, a young woman who plays netball and has been involved in the Duke of Edinburgh programme, gaining a Bronze Award. She also plays in the Junior Concert Band, and sings in Leonessa, Skat-a-Tak and the school show.

The Warren Mason Scholarship Darcy Cox The Dorace Mason Scholarship Sophie Wakelin The PTA Award Mavae Vakavelo Devonport RSA Memorial Trust Scholarship Hannah Patterson Devonport Rotary Club Scholarship Max Griffiths & Eleanor Johnson Price Waterhouse Cooper Scholarship Phoebe Rendle Russell McVeagh Law Scholarship Liesbet Vercruyssen UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS University of Auckland Scholarships Augustine Morgan-Guthrie Joshua Kirk

At the top of the school, the Spooner Cup for Best School Spirit overall was presented to Danielle Desvaux De Marigny.

An IB Diploma student, Danielle was involved as a student leader in the Project Samoa group, the Habitat for Humanity Big Build, and was in the World Vision leadership team. She organised and led the Shave for a Cure event raising over $5,000 for children with cancer. She also focused strongly on service, mentoring students as part of the Peer Leadership Team. She was involved in debating and the Model United Nations.

She has been a member of the 1st XI Hockey team and played tennis. She has also been a House Leader and a Prefect.

AUT Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Tessa McNair AUT Significant Student Scholarship Lily MacDonald Massey University Scholarships Rebekah Alvey, Xiao Jiang, Kayeon (Alice) Kim, Samantha Mottram, Logan Sheehan, Hayley Smith University of Victoria Scholarships Alexander Balmer, Gabriel Ford, Phoebe Johnson, Olivia Louie, Samantha Mottram, Isabelle O’Brien, Hannah Patterson, Tina Price, Phoebe Rendle, Frank Talbot, Liesbet Vercruyssen University of Canterbury Scholarship Adam Rundle University of Otago Scholarships Max Hayman, Ellie Cowan, Danielle Desvaux De Marigny, Dexter Peffer

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Celia Walker and Susanne Khouri: Undercurrents A series of works exploring the theme using print-based processes.

Contact the Flagstaff for our rates and dates. devonportflagstaff@orcon.net.nz

6.2 EX Six female artists exhibiting painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media and more.

VACANCIES

Dixie Browns Restaurant in Devonport OPENING DECEMBER

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Peter Paul Barker and William Nesbitt: Tribal Art Selected works from a private collection.

www.depotartspace.co.nz Monday 12pm to 5pm Tuesday – Saturday 10am to 5pm Sunday 11am to 3pm 28 Clarence St, Devonport Ph 963 2331

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Licence to thrill at the Vic premiere of Spectre

M is for Merlot...

007 Peter Kane and Miss Moneypenny Darilyn Kane An Aston Martin and a red carpet awaited local James Bond movie fans dressed up to the 007s for the recent local premiere of Spectre, the latest James Bond movie.

The gala evening was organised by Takapuna Grammar Cycling, with the help of Jonno and Annelies Leonard and Lewis Rowe from Devonport Car Company, who brought along the requisite set of wheels.

Bond girl‌ Lisa Cammell with husband Bret

Partners in crime‌ (below) Will and Catherine Calver

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Right on Q… Jonno Leonard (left) ready to take his 007 action gear for a spin behind the wheel of an Aston Martin with the dapper Lewis Rowe

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Round North Head Classic launches summer swim season Just under 200 swimmers – including around 20 nude competitiors – completed the annual Round North Head Classic – on November 15.

Competitors either raced the full course – 2.5 km from Windsor Reserve to Balmain Reserve at Cheltenham – or a 1.2 km course from Torpedo Bay to Balmain Reserve.

Overall winner of the full course was Michael Worsfold in a time of 26:18, while the first woman home was Eilidh Mowat in 29:18.

Full results: 1.2km Junior: 1 George Smith 20:36 2 Clara Simmons 25:31 1.2km Senior: 1 Zane Kelbrick 23:41 2 Isaac Collinge Moore 24:33 3 Sam Shannon 25:11 2.5km Junior: 1 Jake Scott 30:03 2 Anna Forrest 31:29 3 Nick Little 32:51 2.5km Senior: 1 Michael Worsfold 26:18 2 Dominic Toomey 26:33 3 Dave East 26:39

1.2km Female: 1 Clara Simmons 25:31 2 Anna Wallace 25:32 3 Claire Green 29:29 1.2km Male: 1 George Smith 20:36 2 Zane Kelbrick 23:41 3 Isaac Collinge Moore 24:33 2.5km Female: 1 Eilidh Mowat 29:18 2 Anna Forrest 31:29 3 Stacey Sykes 31:41 2.5km Male: 1 Michael Worsfold 26:18 2 Dominic Toomey 26:33 3 Dave East 26:39

Beach sprint… Geoff Carter and Cathy Denne race it out to the finish

Stroke for stroke… swimmers start the North Head classic at Windsor Reserve

Winner… Michael Worsfold

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Grace forgoes birthday party to help Syrian refugees Grace Brownlie celebrated her 13th birthday by sending luck to Syrian refugees arriving in New Zealand.

Says Grace: “When my mum asked me what I wanted to do on my birthday, I said I really wanted to do something to help refugees. I saw it on the news so much and I had gone off the idea of having a huge party.”

So the $100 budgeted for a family night out went into reams of paper instead. “I decided to make 1,000 origami paper cranes. The ancient Japanese legend says that if you make 1,000 paper cranes it is good luck,” she says.

“I think the refugees will need a lot of luck and help to resettle happily here.”

“They are people just like us, children whose parents are doctors and teachers and who use skateboards and own computers and cell phones,” she says.

Grace made 450 cranes herself initially. Then Belmont Intermediate School students chipped in to help. “I spoke about my project at an assembly. I then taught all the class leaders how to make a crane, so they could teach the rest of the class and not have to rely only on YouTube. It’s not that easy.

It still takes me about two minutes to make a crane,” she says.

Last week, Grace collected 3490 cranes from the school’s 17 classrooms. She spent the weekend counting them one by one, as she had promised the classroom that made the most a round of ice creams.

Now, Grace wants to give away the cranes to people in the Devonport community for a gold-coin donation. The money raised will go to the Mangere Refugee Centre.

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Christmas cheer…Grace Brownlie aims to raise money for refugees by selling lucky paper cranes Grace has asked New World owner John Ashton if she can set up a table outside the supermarket on a weekend before Christmas.

This is not the first time Grace has been helping others. Last year, she sold a neighbour’s feijoas and donated the $300 she made to the Auckland City Mission.

“I like the feeling of helping others and making a difference,” she says.

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