4 November 2016 Devonport Flagstaf

November 4, 2016

Runners out in force for sick teacher… p3

Secret workshops back on council agenda… p11

Interview: Good-life gardener Sue Claridge… p20

Rat exterminators to take aim at Mt Victoria rodents Mt Victoria/Takarunga has been targeted for rat extermination – the first Auckland mountain to be subjected to rodent control by the Maunga Authority.

The pest-control programme is at the design stage, but traps are expected on the mountain by Christmas.

News of the plan coincides with anecdotal reports of a burgeoning rat population on and around the mountain, including at Devonport Primary School.

One student has told of a passing rat licking the carrots from her morning tea.

(See story, page 7).

If successful, the rat-control programme planned for Mt Victoria will be rolled out to other maunga over the next few years.

Scott De Silva, Manager Tūpuna Maunga, said the programme is still in development so the exact number of traps on the mountain To page 7

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Trick or treat … one family – Logan (ape), EJ and Evelyn (in pram) DuBray and mum Rosey D’Anvers – proved an intriguing sight for one stroller on the evening of the Bayswater Halloween Trail. More pictures page 9.

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A picture speaks a thousand words. That’s how current tenants of Devonport Wharf felt when large advertisement signs for retail space at the wharf’s future “Retail Centre Hall” went up outside their shop windows last week.

Auckland Transport (AT) decided that Devonport Wharf will undergo a second-stage refurbishment early next year and asked nine tenants in the centre of the wharf to vacate their premises. The initial deadline has been extended by a month to February 28.

Commercial real estate agent JLL is now targeting artisan food businesses as future tenants with photographs of upmarket loaves, a delicatessen counter brimming with cheeses and smoked meats, fancy pastries and highquality chocolates.

Tenants who were hoping to return to the wharf after the renovation see the sign as just another blow to their businesses. AT has encouraged all current tenants to submit a

request for proposal (RFP) to JLL if they want to return to the upgraded wharf. The RFP closes on November 18.

But with the new sign in place that encouragement rings rather hollow. “I don’t see any bikes, Segways or information centres on there. I see bread and salami and other artisan food,” says Megan Blank, the owner of Cycle Auckland.

Mark Hitchcock, Principal Property Specialist at Auckland Transport, is said to have a vision for Devonport’s Wharf’s new retail space that was inspired by a recent visit to London and a look at the city’s transport nodes.

JLL is also the agent for the front of the wharf, now tenanted to Devon on the Wharf, in a rumoured three-year, rent-free arrangement.

Auckland Transport will start the reconfiguration in March 2017, with new tenancies starting in June.

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Mike Cohen said he was appalled at how AT was ignoring the local community with its wharf development.

“The Marine Square upgrade was all about integrating the wharf and the village but AT seems to look at it as its cash cow.

“And they don’t seem to think of new things they can add to the mix of our local economy but rather just do more of the same, essentially competing with businesses are lady here,” he said.

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School goes extra mile for sick teacher Michaela von Sturmer has the team support of her colleagues and students behind her, and they are in it for the long haul.

Last Sunday, students and staff ran or walked in the Auckland Marathon for the Belmont Primary School teacher, who ha acute leukaemia.

Team Miki’s Movers had at least 65 participants. Four of those ran the full marathon. Teacher Libby Inch competed the 42.2km in 4 hours 11 minutes. Board of Education member Rochelle Cooper ran 4 hours 15 minutes, and teachers Kerry Lundy and Ali Logan ran it in 4 hours 30 minutes.

Teachers Emma Hodgson, Matt Johnson, Stacey Sykes and Peter Thorne ran the half-marathon. Principal Bruce Cunningham and office manager Joyce Oorshot walked the 21km. All the children did a shorter run.

Von Sturmer spoke to the team once they had arrived. “I feel really humbled by all the support I’ve received from whanau, friends, my work family and the whole wider community.

“With it being such a long journey, everyone’s support, prayers, texts and calls really do make a difference during this difficult time, and it’s greatly appreciated. How is it going over there? It’s hard being a control freak from the couch!!!” she wrote.

Von Sturmer’s Givealittle Page reached the $20,000 mark this week.

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Lockie and loaded at the Blues

Last week’s maths class became infinitely more exciting for Lockie McNair after he received a note from his PE teacher during the lesson saying he had made next year’s Blues under 17 (U17) development squad.

“When Mr Scovell gave me the note, I was very overwhelmed and excited. This is something I have been very much wanting for years,” the Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) Year 11 student says.

Now it all adds up. Lockie, who just turned 16, has been playing rugby for North Shore Rugby Club since the age of 4, first ripper, then tackle. Lockie has been a North Harbour rep player every year since he was in Year 8. This year he captained the North Harbour U16 team.

Last month, herwas crowned North Harbour U16 Cardinal Player of the Year, alongside fellow TGS student Kate Williams, North Harbour U18 Secondary School Girls Player of the Year.

Blues High Performance Manager Tony Hanks told the Flagstaff the forward was se-

lected as one of the 55-strong squad for his versatility as a player and his leadership abilities.

Hanks spotted Lockie at this year’s Blues U16 Tournament. “He certainly featured in the North Harbour team. We picked him as a hooker, but he can also play open-side flanker.

And he stood out for his leadership. Character features really highly in our selection criteria.

Lockie certainly plays well, but he also plays by example,” says Hanks.

Lockie doesn’t have a typical forward’s built.

“I am one of the smaller ones. I have learned to run around and through the opponent, I guess,” he says. The Blues talent identification aims to produce future professional players and that’s just fine with Lockie. “I have always wanted to be a rugby player, since I was really young,” he says. And on top that of that, his maths is going well too, he says.

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Ringing in a new Devonport cricket tradition A new tradition has been added to the long-standing North Shore Cricket Club, with a bell calling players to the ground rung for the first time last Saturday.

The ‘Home of Cricket’, Lords in England, has a bell, as does every major cricket ground in the world. These bells are rung five minutes before the start of play to let players know it is time to get out onto the ground and to tell spectators play is about to commence – or recommence.

Now Devonport Domain has one too – the first in Auckland. On match days, it will be mounted outside the scorer’s box to be rung by the umpires.

North Shore Cricket Club life member John (JL) Little, who has played at the club for 50 years, and is currently captain of its Presidents team, was given the honour of ringing the bell for the first time.

For whom the bell tolls… John Little rings the players onto the field, alongside current North Shore Premiers cricket team captain Graeme Beghin

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We’re going on a rat hunt: resident offers a solution Michael Fielding says you don’t have to move mountains to get rid of rats on Mt Victoria/Takarunga.

The Church St resident, whose house backs high onto the slopes of the volcanic cone, reckons a regularly monitored ‘halo’ or circle of bait stations around the bottom boundary would do the trick. “It’s not a technical issue. It’s a social engineering issue,” he says.

And Fielding walks the talk. He has already asked the Maunga Authority for permission to set up stations and he has also offered to monitor and replenish them – though he has yet to receive a reply.

Fielding’s initial plan was to coordinate all residents with properties abutting the maunga to set up bait stations in their backyards.

He soon realised it would be much easier to place the stations just across the fences – on public land where walking from station to station would be easier than going in and out of people’s properties. “It would take a fraction of the time,” he says.

Fielding’s zeal for baiting rats developed at Ark in the Park, a rat-baiting programme in the Waitakere Ranges. Since 2002, council and Forest and Bird volunteers have collaborated on baiting rats on 2200ha of native bush, with close to 4500 bait stations.

It is where he learned first-hand that rat baiting works. Monitoring tunnels showed

It’s a rat trap... Church St resident Michael Fielding, with son Alex (6) and daughter daughter Sofia (4) and a rat-bait station only 5 per cent do. “They even have been able to reintroduce all kinds of birds on the mainland,” he says.

A similar transformation is possible in a predator-reduced Devonport if everybody pitched in, he says.

Fielding’s son Alex (6) caught the conservation bug while with his dad out west. Alex has set up a bait station in the family’s backyard and checks the bait regularly. He has learned how to handle it safely. “Now Alex loves taking out the old bait, and putting in the new. He wears gloves and is very careful,” Fielding says.

Fielding hopes he and Alex are part of a new generation, following in the footsteps of dedicated people like unofficial Mt Victoria guardian Roger Giles.

“Roger says most of the trees on Mount Vic were planted during three or four Earth Day planting sessions in the 1970s,” he says.

Fielding’s long-term dream is to take the planting up a notch and cover the maunga’s slopes in native bush.

He says rat control is worthwhile for the entire country. New Zealand leads the world with its 100 predator-free offshore islands, and cutting-edge rat-baiting technologies are part of the country’s record of innovation.

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‘Shared lunch’ with furry visitor annoys Eleanor Nine-year-old Eleanor Johnston, a Year 4 student at Devonport Primary School, has her own stomach-churning rat story to tell.

“I was eating my morning tea.

My carrots were in Glad Wrap, and I put them on the ground when I went to get a drink from the water fountain.

“When I got back, my friends said a rat had come past and licked them,” she says.

Eleanor wasn’t scared but “a bit angry because I was just about to eat them.”

Seeing orange... Eleanor Johnston was annoyed that a rat got to her carrots before she did. Eleanor is pictured with her mother, Clare Senior.

School sees rats as an educational opportunity Rat numbers on Mt Victoria have grown so high that neigbouring Devonport Primary School is studying them.

School principal Melinda Bennett wants to establish a pest-control topic that teaches kids about rats on the mountain and in their backyards at home.

Bennett says it is not uncommon for teachers or students to spot a rat while looking out the classroom window. “The rats are quite bold and once they have eaten bait they can be dopey and slow.”

While some kids are horrified at the sight, others are curious or even fascinated, she says.

The maunga’s rats have been an issue for the school for years. Bennett has worked there

for only two years, but says staff tell her rats are a decade-old problem that seems to have worsened recently.

A pest-control company monitors a line of bait stations along the school’s rear boundary (bordering the mountain) every month.

But school caretaker Dave Burrows says: “It would be naive to think that having the bait station on the fence line stops them coming across it.”

Burrows says he once found kids luring rats with their sushi lunch. He has also seen a rat munching on a leftover ham roll.

Bennett says staff members talk to the kids about the problem of being so close to the mountain. “Our constant message to the children

Maunga Authority ratifies traps and poison From page 1 hadn’t yet been specified.

“But we will be looking to set a combination of traps and bait stations spaced at one device every 5000-10,000 square metres (half to one hectare) within common rat habitat, which includes bush areas, tall grass areas and boundary fences.

“Rats, being a prey animal, prefer to feed in relatively secluded locations. So traps and bait stations will be positioned in spots that are not regularly accessed by members of the public.

Devices will not be placed in open mown areas, for example, as this is not desirable habitat for a rat,” De Silva said.

The rat bait most likely to be used at the bait stations is Diphacinone. De Silva said Diphacinone is widely considered to be the safest of anticoagulant rat baits.

“It has a minimal risk of secondary poisoning, lasts the least amount of time in the soil, and has an antidote (Vitamin K) that vets

can administer to other animals. Diphacinone is registered for use in rat control in New Zealand, and humaneness is considered as part of that registration. The bait stations will be locked,” he said.

Before the Maunga Authority was established, the rat problem on Takarunga was largely addressed when complaints were submitted.

“A different approach is now being taken with the new maunga pest-control programme. Sustained rat control on Takarunga will be one of the outcomes of that programme.”

Asked if rat numbers on the mountain are increasing, De Silva said: “We have had reports from maintenance staff and members of the public about rat sightings on Takarunga, so we are aware that there is an issue there that we need to address.”

Monitoring rat numbers will be a component of the control programme, he said.

is not to feed the rats,” she says. The school also has a “Pack it in, pack it out” policy, asking children to take their leftovers and rubbish home.

No rubbish bins are set up outside.

But the school’s primary job is educational, and so it is with rats, Bennett says.

This term, the school is dedicating a teaching unit to the protection of habitats and pest eradication. “We use that as a context to talk about the rat problem on the mountain and the wider community,” she says.

Bennett is exploring new curriculum ideas for 2017. At her previous primary school in Puhoi, students participated in a pest-eradication programme on private farmland. An adapted version could work in Devonport, she says.

“It wouldn’t just be about the mountain.

Children would look at their own home, pest issues in their backyard and what they can do about pest eradication in the wider community beyond the school.”

“Wouldn’t it be nice if we looked out the window and saw birds instead of rats, whether we are at school or at home,” she says.

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Halloween brings out the worst in Bayswater

Ghoulish‌ above Mikayla Snell (left) and Caitlyn Eden; when good kids turn bad (at right); and (below) scary skaters Amelia Peacocke (left) and Xanthe Boyle.

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Secret meetings of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board are back on the agenda.

The Flagstaff successfully campaigned three years ago to open the board’s workshops to the public. But the transparency is under renewed threat from Auckland Council staff, who say workshops can’t be open to the public after all, for legal reasons.

The Board’s new chair Grant Gillon says this is different from the advice the board received in its last term. “Then we were told because we were not making any decisions, the meetings were not subject to the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act. Now we are being told they are, and need to be advertised accordingly if they are to be open to the public.”

Gillon says the board is trying to make sure that information gets to its members in good time but also to the public in an open and transparent manner. One solution could be to hold two business meetings a month instead of one, he says.

Sharing the chair Grant Gillon and George Wood will take turns chairing the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board over its new three-year term.

Gillon will serve as chair for the first 18 months with Wood as deputy chair. They will swap roles for the second half of the term.

Gillon says the rationale is “to bring the board together in a strong working relationship”.

The new board seems that it could be just as split as the last. Three right-leaning

First turn... Grant Gillon will be local board chair for 18 months Council staff also requested that future board meetings start at 2pm instead of 6pm. A compromise has been found with a 4 pm start time for the board’s first business meeting on Tuesday 15 November. members (Wood, Michael Sheehy and Jennifer McKenzie) will sit across the table from leftleaning members (Gillon, Jan O’Connor and Mike Cohen). In split decisions, the chair has a casting vote.

Intensification will be a key new issue for the board, he says. The board will be refreshing its annual and three-year plans. “As the intensification is happening, we need to look at our area plan and see if it is still fit for purpose, if the budgets still fit, and we need to ensure that those areas have the infrastructure and social and cultural support they need.”

Rent squeeze stalls info centre Devonport’s long-awaited new information centre has been delayed yet again, with commercial rent being sought for its proposed return to premises in a council-owned building.

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The school won the award for the most outstanding environmental project. The pupils made a movie on the need to look after

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Local artists at home at NZ Sculpture OnShore Local sculptors Nicholas Boyd, Lucy Bucknall, Mark Cain, Ke’ala Campton Baker, Dion Hitchens, Kirsten Newton, Jessica Pearless, Jonathan Organ and Helen Pollock will show their latest work as part of NZ Sculpture OnShore this month.

Artwork by local children will also be part of the Children’s Sculpture Exhibition in the fort.

This year’s show opens with a Gala Evening on November 9 and runs November 10 – 20, from 10 am until 6 pm, daily.

This year’s event includes A New Light – two weekend evening events on November 12 and 13, from 6.30 until 10.30 pm,with DJs, live music and lit sculptures.

NZ Sculpture OnShore, the largest outdoor sculpture exhibition in New Zealand, features established and emerging artists in a biennial fundraiser for Women’s Refuge. It has been

Local exhibitors… Jessica Pearless and Jonathan Organ held at Narrow Neck’s historic Fort Takapuna Reserve since 2004. For more information, see nzsculptureonshore.co.nz

Move to sell clubhouse approved Takapuna Boating Club has got permission from members to sell its historic Bayswater clubhouse.

The vote to allow a sale was unanimous at a special meeting last week, although the club’s commodore Barry Ward said one postal vote that had been received on the day was against the sale.

The vote now allowed members to explore

options for the building, which included sale.

Ward said the best option was likely to be the sale of the building to a local family who wanted to retain community use of the bottom floors of the clubhouse, and put apartments on the top.

The Takapuna Boating Club needed to do something with the clubhouse, as it was not a restorer of heritage buildings or a property developer, Ward said.

Submissions give thumbs down for Ryman Council has received nearly 400 submissions on Ryman Healthcare’s prop os ed ret ire me nt com pl ex o n Ngataringa Road.

Of the submissions, 302 opposed the development, 72 were in support and 13 neutral, a council spokesperson says.

A resouce consent hearing is expected to be scheduled for the second half of November.

All submissions and a planner’s report will be made public at least 15 working days before the hearing date, and posted on the council website.

The Flagstaff Notes

November 4, 2016

By Rob Drent

While I think Phil Goff was the best choice for Auckland Mayor, I am not holding out any great hopes for major cost savings, which were among his election promises. Helen Clark’s Labour government, which Goff was part of, was no great shakes at trimming back the civil service.

And it still rankles with me that Goff continued to collect his MP’s salary of more than $150,000 per annum after he announced his decision to run for the mayoralty. To my mind, the taxpayer was subsidising Goff while he spent a considerable amount of time electioneering.

If he was interested in saving public money, he should have resigned from parliament when he stood for mayor.

I’m more hopeful though that having a former senior MP as mayor will reap significant public transport benefits. Goff is experienced in the ways of Wellington and how to negotiate the billions of central government funding needed for Auckland’s rail system. It’s too big a project for rates, and with some forethought by the government a combined rail/ports/airport strategy could be developed for the upper

North Island. This would not only alleviate some of the current transport stresses but cut back on the number of houses needed in Auckland, as regional hubs could connect to the city. Building more houses in Auckland, which both National and Labour seem obsessed by, is a short-term reaction to an ongoing problem.

Another positive about Goff is that he is likely to be receptive to local councillor Chris Darby’s plans to get rail to the Shore, eventually with spurs to suburbs including Devonport and Bayswater. I hope this gets some traction before some massive and farreaching mistakes are made to solve Lake Rd congestion.

At the time of going to press, there was still no announcement of when the new Devonport tourist office will open at the old Borough Council building. In fact it has been revealed the council’s property arm wants commericial rent. I would be surprised if it is up and running by Christmas. More weeks of tourists wandering around directionless, months after the i-SITE closed on the wharf.

I was catching the ferry to Rakino Island from Stanley Bay over Labour weekend, and was shocked by the amount of rubbish on the high-tide line, reminiscent of beaches of larger cities I have been to such as Hong Kong. Devonport can be as environmentally aware as we want, but the fact is we are affected by pollution generated by the wider city.

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One of the best Devonport postcard shots of all time Visitors arriving by ferry for Devonport Artweek may have wondered about this piece of work (right), commissioned by Auckland Council and possibly titled Plastic Spaghetti Monstrosity.

During all the upgrading activity at our ferry wharf, the unsightly plumbing running along the western side of the concrete walkway seems to have been neglected.

I was assured by a site engineer during the lengthy reinforcing and rebuilding project that consideration was being given to camouflaging the pipes; but 12 months on the adjoining clock – currently away being repaired – is still ticking on this creative work of plumbing art.

With summer approaching, perhaps the message to council’s design engineers should be to slip, slop, slap something over these ugly drainage pipes.

Better still, could they be diverted underneath the concrete decking? The new Devon restaurant now overlooks a well-formed and secluded inter-wharf beach, but the drainage pipe backdrop looks like a design oversight at the gateway to the North Shore.

Murray Taylor

Conservation status needed in business zone

Complicity and “racism” should be investigated

The underlying issue is that the new buildings, no matter how well designed, will dominate and tower over the existing heritage streetscape. In contrast, a conservation model would seek to maintain the authenticity and integrity of a heritage area, ensuring that all new additions sought to respect heritage values.

Trish Deans

Devonport’s Victoria Rd should be recognised as a Heritage Conservation area worthy of the protection as offered by the ICOMOS New Zealand charter. After all, in 1886 we became a borough and we’ve aged well. But Auckland Council has zoned the area as a Town Centre, which has a business character overlay. This may not be enough to ensure the central business area is protected from unsympathetic development.

The actions of the previous board of the Devonport Business Association, acting without the support of the local business owners, drove the introduction of the increase in height to 13m. The Unitary Plan supported this.

This means applications for new developments will not be notified, and we may not even know about them until they are consented.

I have read with keen interest the letter appearing on page 28 of the October 21st edition, entitled ‘Complicity and “racism” of council planners’.

I think Mr Humphreys did a superb job of stating his concerns. If there is a shred of truth in them, I just hope a copy of this letter has been placed in the hands of the people that can do something about it.

A. W. Giles

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Congratulations to the organisers of the Devonport Glow festival and the street party on Clarence St. Two highlights for me: young people in the village after dark and the joie de vivre they bring; Nathan Haines’ outrageous flute solo while jamming with a local reggae band. More please.

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Devonport wouldn’t be what it is today without heritage group As a lifetime Devonport resident, I would like to express my enormous gratitude to Margot McRae and her stalwart band of Devonport Heritage workers for their outstanding efforts in fighting to protect the character and charm of our beautiful suburb.

They have faced many an unpleasant situation with courage and determination. They have received very little recognition.

Many newcomers to Devonport choose our suburb because of its old-world charm.

They may not realise that this would have disappeared over the last 20 or so years if Devonport Heritage had not fought to get heritage-protection rules in place and then tried to have people respect them. (This was the hard part!) I hope everyone has read Margot McRae’s splendid article in the 21 October issue of The Flagstaff. We owe Devonport Heritage a huge vote of thanks.

Mary Williamson

Retirement village will insult heritage This Ryman Retirement village epitomises what’s wrong with government both national and local – all under the watch of MP Maggie Barry and councillor Chris Darby. Darby says the land deals are government matters.

However, the mass intensification of vast areas given away to iwi have created direct issues affecting council. This Ryman project crosses several boundaries. But firstly, thank you Murray Taylor for endorsing the proposal.

Frankly, it’s not democratic for any one to endorse such a non-complying activity.

The project must not be allowed to set precedent, by way exceeding what’s allowable in the local plan rules. No individual would be granted such privilege for profit anywhere else.

Murray, you need council to sell the park next to you and give Ryman a high-rise for your pleasure right on your boundary.

There’s no point having planning rules at all if you are going to paint pictures and false reports that say this is ok. The Ryman exploitation must be declined. Any consultant or council or person saying the adverse effects are less than minor should be shot. Make no mistake, this is not a retirement village per se – it’s not a social service or an employment opportunity. It’s a wealth redistribution scheme from the middle class to the corporate. It plays on the words “aged care”, as if these people’s primary goal was concern and care of the elderly. No, this is about profit.

The obscene Eastern-Bloc-styled buildings proposed are nothing like what Murray says is coming after consultation. He needs to drive to Shakespeare Rd corner to get a reality check on the ugliness and dominating design.

Or drive further to Albany, to see the greed and slum-styled builds these speculators are putting up to care for the frail. The Ryman proposal may be segmented and dug down, but the grotesque imposition will be seen from all round Devonport – from Mt Victoria or North Head, or the harbour, or Lake Rd leaving town. All the neighbours close and looking back across the bay will be offended by this obscenity. This combined built commercial structure is of a total mass exceeding the scale of the Devonport business centre. It’s an insult to the heritage values we say are important.

We already see Third World immigrants getting low-paid employment in these places

that most Kiwis don’t want to work in. I don’t call that an employment opportunity. The proposal has 120 special-needs beds that are exploiting government tax theft at $1500 a bed per week or near to. Ryman is cashing in on allowances that Maggie’s mob say is ok. This is a processing plant for the aged. Mum-and-dad investors that got caught by South Canterbury and Hanover are largely the people buying these places.

They are trusting. The fact is a purchase will gouge them out in excess of three times the cost per metre of a good house. If you get crook and start pushing the button, Ryman will bill you heavily.You will die broke in an unhealthy crowded environment that is not conducive to family relationships. Your family will hate you for giving away your wealth to corporates.

As for the iwi, I say we Kiwi will be making our own legal claims back soon, against you and the government that perversely set up a settlement in secret, ripping off New Zealanders. No one minds a fair settlement, but it is clear this is rather an odd deal at best.

Iwi have taken land well over $100 million, for $30m owed, unless that was misinformation.

Iwi normally don’t exploit the elderly, but they are into it here. I suspect the 150-year lease agreement is absurd and their own people won’t be seeing any benefits other than a few cunning old players. This fiasco is as bad as the marina scam but 100 times bigger.

Quietly, iwi are destroying the Devonport area to create an environment that trashes our infrastructure. Any Lake Rd revamp won’t solve the congestion until the harbour crossing issues are managed. We will get an untendered, overpriced, ugly, mindless roadway redesign

by AT that trashes our town like the Ryman scam. The second harbour crossing, two tunnels, two lanes each way underground, a crash hazard, a disaster in all regards, financially as well as a safety nightmare – the effects of that scheme are as poorly considered as the Ryman deal. This is the brilliance of our leadership. If any one says there are no better ways I have solutions that are real and address the problems. Councillor Darby and Auckland Transport are only interested in their ideas.

There is no consultation, ever.

Ron Dykman Abridged, Editor

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SUNDAY SHOWCASE Sun 6th Nov, 2pm-4pm, The Vic Theatre

The variety show you don’t want to miss, Devonport youth present: Sunday Showcase! Starring local bands Shed and Slipstream performing originals and covers, Devonport Drama promise to entertain with a trademark original, astonishing dance schools L’Ecole de Danse and Dance Sprite plus a super selection of short films from The Vic’s film-making courses.

DEVONPORT COMMUNITY NETWORK MEETING Thurs 10th Nov, 10am-12pm, Devonport Yacht Club, 25 King Edward Pde (wheelchair accessible) A quarterly meeting to promote networking among residents and local community groups. Hear how Auckland Council’s new recycling service is going and what Devonport Recycling Centre is up to.

All welcome and morning tea provided.

WELCOME TO DEVONPORT, BELMONT & BAYSWATER! Fri 11th Nov, 7:00pm Corelli’s Cafe, 46 Victoria Rd, Devonport

Our final ‘Welcome’ meeting for the year for people new to Devonport, Belmont & Bayswater.

You are warmly invited to Corelli’s Cafe to find out more about what’s on and meet some new faces.

THE DEVONPORT FLOCK Fri 18th Nov, 1:00pm to Mon 28th Nov, 10:00am, Windsor Reserve, Devonport

2,500 majestic, bright, beautiful, hand-painted, endangered shorebirds, made by community groups and pupils of all 9 Devonport Peninsula schools to highlight the amazing stories of our shorebirds and the threats they face.

SCOTTY BREWER SKATE DAY Sun 20th Nov, 11am-3pm Ngataringa Skate Park, 27 Lake Rd, Devonport Skateboard competition with categories for 12 years and under, 16 years and under, open and girls. Great prizes, BBQ and ice-cream on site. Bring your coins for food plus byo drink bottles for free water top-ups. Free registration opens at 10am. For more info call Maria ph: 445 9533 or email maria@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz Devonport Peninsula Community eNEWS

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Gardening genealogy sprouts another branch Sue Claridge’s Devonport villa is surrounded by an edible bonanza. What started out with two simple vegetable beds 16 years ago has grown into a bountiful garden. She tells Maire Vieth how she does it and how gardening runs in her family.

Standard roses and box hedges have no place in Sue Claridge’s front garden. Although it does contain small nods to the traditional Englishstyle ornamentals, with an old-fashioned lavender hedge, a gnarly rambling rose, two hydrangeas and a large Australian bottlebrush.

But most of the land around her house produces food: vegetables, fruit from more than 25 fruit trees, berries, nuts and olives. Two compost bins and a large chicken enclosure also jostle for space.

Claridge admits hers is not exactly a lowmaintenance approach. “The garden is always a work in progress. At the moment more work than progress,” she says. After all, it’s spring.

The broad beans and leeks are just finishing up from winter, while the tomato, basil and capsicum seedlings have settled in.

Growing food is something you grow into as a gardener, Claridge says. “A lot of people walk past and say how they wish they could have a garden like ours. I tell them that they can. You just start small, with one garden bed, get that functioning and then add another, and then another and so on.”

The rewards are delicious. “Once you grow your own avocados, you won’t want to buy them from the supermarket ever again,” she says. Claridge has three avocado trees.

It has taken her years to reach her garden’s current level of production. She, husband Bryan and then four-month-old daughter Stephanie moved to the Albert Rd house on a 600 sqm corner section in 2001.

“The first thing we did is put in a veggie garden. There was an old bed in the back and we added a square one in the front. That summer we grew lettuces, runner beans, beetroot and tomatoes,” she says. The house came with an old plum tree and two tamarillos, so there was some fruit as well, she says.

Today, it’s hard to say what Claridge isn’t growing. There are tomatoes, capsicum and broad beans in the vegetable plots, as well as a herb bed, citrus trees, almonds, elderberries, paw paw, pineapple, bananas, and even sugar cane.

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The good life... Sue Claridge (right) with her daughter Stephanie and two of the family’s four hens A tour of the garden takes almost an hour, as Claridge points out plants and shares her knowledge about them.

I learn that strawberry runners can become next year’s new plants and that tomatoes don’t need pollination by bees. Claridge talks about companion planting. “Often you find that food that tastes good together, grows well together in the garden, like tomatoes and basil for example.”

Claridge uses her space wisely. The garden isn’t large enough to rotate crops so she finds compromises. “I use a lot of compost, which kind of replaces the effect of crop rotation, and I plant successively. For example, the beans are nitrogen fixers and it’s good to follow them with broccoli or something leafy because that makes use of the nitrogen in the soil,” she says.

Claridge’s family loves gardening, too.

Bryan often lends a hand. Daughter Stephanie (16) and son Jordan (15) join in too. Jordan likes to gather mushrooms in local parks.

Stephanie’s Year 7 science project assessed the effect of different ways of keeping snails off plants.

After trying hand-picking the snails off the plants and covering the beds with eggshells, Claridge has resigned herself to conventional snail bait. “We do things organically otherwise, but this is the one concession I make. It is soul destroying to plant seedlings and find them eaten by snails.”

Others in the community are pitching in.

Claridge put her compost bins along the fence on Cambria Rd. A professional lawn mower and neighbours toss their gardening waste in there. “It means grass clippings come from different soils and with different leaves, which is good, and then we just add seaweed to it,” she says.

Claridge has gardened all her life. “I have strong gardening genealogy,” she says. While growing up in Taupo, her parents gardened every weekend on their quarter-acre section, she says. Her maternal grandmother was a passionate vegetable gardener. Her paternal grandfather grew everything, including the grapes he turned into wine.

When Claridge married third-generation Devonport local Bryan, those gardening genes only strengthened. “His mother is 87 and still gardens. Not as much as she used to, but she has a vegetable bed, flowers and gives us sunflower seedlings every year,” she says.

Self-sufficiency has long been a dream for Claridge. “I have had this thing about it since I was 14. I remember watching The Good Life on TV. I found it really appealing to be able to provide for yourself and your family and knowing where all the food comes from,” she says.

But even her highly productive Devonport garden doesn’t get the family close to selfsufficiency. It’s just not big enough, Claridge says. “We eat all the fruit and veggies we grow but we still have to go to the supermarket to

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November 4, 2016 top up. There are some days in summer where everything but the meat on the plate is from the garden. And when Bryan has been fishing, all of it might be provided.”

The fruit trees don’t provide fruit all year round and there is no room for any more, she says.

Self-sufficiency requires a garden to produce all year round. “You need succession planting.”

Ideally, each fruit variety would be produced by different trees with fruit that that ripened at different stages of the season. To have a reliable supply of broccoli, a gardener would have to plant half a dozen seedlings every week. “We just don’t have the space to do that,” Claridge says.

She would prefer to collect all the water for gardening in tanks, and have solar panels and a wind turbine. For now, a small water tank in the backyard has to do.

Claridge has four chickens. “They lay four eggs a day in summer and two in winter. I would love to have a rooster because then we could have meat, but council doesn’t allow roosters and my neighbours probably wouldn’t appreciate them either,” she says.

Claridge grows elderberry trees to keep the doctor away. Research suggests the berries keep flu and cold viruses from multiplying, she says. She dries the berries and makes a vodka tincture with them. In the past, she also made facial creams with calendula flowers and camomile lotion for sunburn.

With a family of four and her own small writing and publishing companies (Archetype Ltd and Papawai Press Ltd) to run from home, life is busy and time is precious. Claridge says she has given up trying to grow food on the shady side of the house because it is too labour intensive. She uses ground-cover plants to keep down the weeds. A curly leaf infested nectarine tree is about to get the chop. “This is the last season it gets. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses,” she says.

Claridge has a Masters degree in earth sciences from Waikato University. Her 1991

thesis was an environmental impact assessment of harbour dredging for the Port of Tauranga.

She met husband Bryan, a hydrographic surveyor, on the dredge boat.

Claridge has worked in New Zealand and overseas, for the GNS Science research institute in Wairakei and mining and diamond exploration companies in Australia.

Claridge manages to take time away from her garden to be a Girl Guide leader. She has

been involved in the Guiding movement since she was young and says she has met most of her closest friends there. “There is nothing like running a Guiding camp in the pouring rain and howling gale to get to know someone,” she laughs.

Even the guiding eventually leads back to gardening. “When I come home from Guide camp I always bring all the leftover food home.

The chooks love it,” she says.

Daughter Stephanie inherits mum’s green thumb Stephanie Claridge has inherited her family’s gardening passion and made it her own.

The 16-year-old Takapuna Grammar School Year 12 student has made a fiveyear commitment to restoring an acre of local coastal bush on Jutland Reserve.

Stage one, the clean-up, is well under way. This winter, Stephanie, who also is a Girl Guide leader, got a group of guides together to rid the bush, stream, mangroves and mudflats of organic and inorganic rubbish.

“There was household rubbish and things that should go to the dump, like mattresses and a trampoline. We had to break down the trampoline in the bush and take it up to the top of the reserve in pieces, where the council picked it up,” she says.

The next stage of her project is weeding. “There are a lot of arum lilies, wandering jew, and two moth plants that are pretty bad,” she says. The last part of the project will be tree planting, “which will probably be the easiest part,” Stephanie says.

The whole project will take five to six years and Stephanie says she will see it through. “I am committed. I don’t plan on leaving Devonport until after my Bachelor of Science degree, which is five or six years away,” she says.

But ultimately, Stephanie wants the community to take better care of their coastal backyard.

She hopes to involve Hauraki School and other local groups in her project to increase local appreciation of the reserve and discourage the dumping of rubbish.

What’s growing in the Claridge backyard this spring Fruit trees: nectarine, pear, apple (x4), peacherine, fig, feijoa (x6), cherry guava (x2), peach, plum (x2), apricot, bananas, tamarillo, grapes (x3), pineapple (x6), pawpaw, olives (x4), macadamia nuts (x2), avocado (x3), almond.

Berries: strawberries, raspberries, currants, cape gooseberries.

Citrus: mandarin (x2), lemon (x2),

lime. Spring vegetables: broad beans, tomatoes, capsicum, chillies, leeks, red cabbage, zucchini (yellow and green), beets, spinach, mesclun, endive, kale, lettuce and kumara (sprouting).

Herbs: basil, garlic, thyme (x2), rosemary (x5), oregano, dill, parsley, sage, kaffir lime.

Medicinal: kawakawa, elderberry (x2), calendula.

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Patricia Hinchey M 027 222 3367 B 09 487 0706

patricia.hinchey@bayleys.co.nz BAYLEYS REAL ESTATE LTD, DEVONPORT LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

to Devonport village, beaches, schools and ferry to CBD, you will need to view quickly as this is a rare property and will not last. Call me for viewing times.

All companies within this composite are Members of Bayleys Realty Group

www.bayleys.co.nz

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Devonport Commercial and Residential Building   Job Number: 179763

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15 Wynyard  Street, Devonport            

 

            

www.sellingsimply.co.nz

  • There are NO up-front fees  • Extensive marketing coverage. Full signage, colour flyers - all included FOR SALE BY NEGOTIATION  • Flat fee commission of $10,000 plus GST   Which can save you thousands!!  • Personal service, you sell with the Agent you list with  For more information contact: • Joe Martin is an experienced agent, who has been selling

  on the North Shore since 1995 including 10 years of

  JOE MARTIN running his own successful company - Devonport Realty Ltd

• Make Your Money Work For You! • Huge Open Plan Office and Warehouse/Storage Space with High Stud.

• Stunning Modern Open Plan Two Bedroom Apartment.

• Three Car Garaging, Two Off Street Parks.   • Ideal Home Plus Substantial Income.

• Quality Construction.

Mobile : 0274 326 731 joe@sellingsimply.co.nz Like Hens Teeth, Be Quick!!   Selling Simply www.sellingsimply.co.nz  

View by appointment or online at

We are a new Real Estate company offering a simple cost effective alternative for selling your property.

0274 326 731 joe@sellingsimply.co.nz Licensed Real Estate Agent (REAA 2008)

Member of the Real Estate Institute of NZ

 

Member of the Real Estate Institute of NZ

    A simple cost  effective alternative   to selling your  property   Member of the Real Estate Institute of NZ  

Selling Simply

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Hi,

We have just listed a home in your neighbourhood at:

__________________________________________ Please give me a call if you may be interested.

Regards Joe Martin

Mobile : 0274 326 731 joe@sellingsimply.co.nz www.sellingsimply.co.nz

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 Job Number: 179763

2   Devonport Clifftop Magic! 1770m site View by appointment or online at  

www.sellingsimply.co.nz cost effective alternative for selling your property.  63 King Edward Parade, Torpedo Bay We are a new Real Estate company offering a simple

           

 • There are NO up-front fees FOR SALE BY NEGOTIATION  • Extensive marketing coverage. Full signage, colour flyers - all included  • Flat fee commission of $10,000 plus GST   Which can save you thousands!!  • Personal service, you sell with the Agent you list with  For more information contact: • Joe Martin is an experienced agent, who has been selling

  on the North Shore since 1995 including 10 years of

  JOE MARTIN running his own successful company - Devonport Realty Ltd

• The BEST Harbour and City Views on the Waterfront.

• Five Bedroom Character Bungalow.

• First time on the market for over 50 years!!  • Potential Plus, Renovate, Extend or possibly subdivide.  • A Very Special Property. LAND, VIEWS AND LOCATION. Be quick!   

     

Mobile : 0274 326 731 joe@sellingsimply.co.nz  Selling Simply www.sellingsimply.co.nz Member of the Real Estate Institute of NZ

 

    A simple cost  effective alternative 

0274 326 731 joe@sellingsimply.co.nz Licensed Real Estate Agent (REAA 2008)

Member of the Real Estate Institute of NZ

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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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North Shore United soccer 2016 junior prize-giving results Key: MVP, most valuable player; MIP, most improved player; TSA, Training Standards Award.

North Shore United Association Football Club (NSUAFC) 9th grade. Juventus: Michael Moran MVP, Darcy Taylor MIP, Luca James TSA. Milan: Nick Johnson MVP, Sam Bradley MIP, Alex Waldron TSA. Inter: Joe Ohlsson MVP, Leon Barrett MIP, Lucas Pringle TSA. Roma: Noah MacLachlan MVP, Sam Mansell MIP, Ethan Cash TSA. Fiorentina: Ben Jenkinson MVP, William Robinson MIP, Daniel van der Maas TSA. Napoli: Taylor Dodds MVP, Elliot Irving MIP, Lucas Bailey TSA. Parma: Trenton King MVP, Archie Caldwell MIP, Michael Saunders TSA. New York: Zoe Evans MVP, Annabelle Murray MIP, Audrey Melhuish TSA.

NSUAFC 10th Grade. PSG: Oscar Burke MVP, Sebastian Sly MIP, Amanda Everett TSA. Monaco: Ben Pleciak MVP, Benjamin Wheeler MIP, Thomas Bierney TSA. Marseille: Sol Vermeer MVP, Tom Fraser MIP, Eddie Biss TSA. Lyon: Isaac Lough MVP, Tom Robinson MIP, Ryan Barry TSA. St Etienne: Teddy Harricks MVP, Ben Sawyer MIP, Henry Bond TSA. Lille: Jacob Steele MVP, Daniel O’Connor MIP, Connor Christensen TSA. Sampdoria: Vincent Yee Werry MVP, Dominik Schmidthalter MIP, Kristian Riley TSA. Genoa: Jack Sara MVP, Chris Woodfine MIP, Jeremy Lee TSA. Sevilla: Lucas Kroeze MVP, Jamie Spooner MIP, Colin Kang TSA. Seattle: Abi Hunt MVP, Lily Rushworth MIP, Ellie Brown TSA. Houston: Mia Travers MVP, Sophie Ochtman-Corfe MIP, Scarlett SomervilleRyan TSA.

DestinationDevonport This year the Devonport Flagstaff will launch a new publication: Destination Devonport.

This special edition of The Flagstaff will feature what’s on, things to do and places to visit in Devonport.

Instead of being delivered to households, 5000 copies will be circulated to local cafes, businesses, art galleries, Devonport Library, visitor information centres, the front desk at Devonport Tours (Auckland City) and in stands around Devonport. It will also be online.

This will be targeted towards tourists and visitors, attracting them to Devonport and its local businesses.

Destination Devonport will be published on 16 December 2016.

If you are interested in advertising in the Devonport Flagstaff’s new publication, please contact us at devonportflagstaff@orcon.net.nz PHOTO CREDITS:

Fullers Ferry – William Capper; Devonport – Xiquinhosilva; Waterfront Sunset – Summer Skyes 11; Mt Victoria Panorama – Rueben Strayer; Mushroom Tops – Russell Street; Yacht – Ronnie MacDonald; Esplanade on Victoria Road – Yasuhiro Chatani.

NSUAFC 11th Grade. Bayern: Nick Petherick MVP, Luke Dempsey MIP, George Morris TSA. Dortmund: Thomas Cowan MVP, Hugo Sweetman MIP, Jack Wallace TSA. Leverkusen: Jasper Shanahan MVP, Xavier St Carmail MIP, Liam Arthur-Hunt TSA. Schalke: Miller Barlow MVP, Harrison Bacchus MIP, Will Hopkins TSA. Stuttgart: Mason Smythe MVP, Jeromiah ThomasSmith MIP, Valentine Kayrouz TSA. Kansas: Giselle Den Breems MVP, Siena Lovell MIP, Jasmine Perry TSA. Boston: Isabelle Fox MVP, Olivia Allen MIP, Zoe Stiven TSA. NSUAFC 12th Grade. Barcelona: Felix Blanchard MVP, James Ochtman-Corfe MIP, Niko Saussey TSA. Real: Max Wilson MVP, Fletcher Clark MIP, Aidan Harris TSA. Bilbao: Tommy Gustafsson MVP, Reef Lough MIP, Lachlan Jardine TSA. Valencia: James Pita MVP, Alan Sekerovic MIP, Zion Su TSA. Chicago: Natalie Rayner MVP, Anna Tucker MIP, Brooke Cooper TSA. Miami: Georgie Shanahan MVP, Sarah MacLean MIP, Amelie Jones TSA. NSUAFC 13th Grade. Conference: Oscar Garcia MVP, Logan McCallum MIP, Will O’Brien TSA. Argentina: Callum Ross MVP, Ben Sawyer MIP, Sam Evans TSA. Serbia: Cam Walker MVP, Anthony Pita MIP, Isaac Vyas TSA. Holland: Josh Porter-Day MVP, Blake Lisk MIP, Cody Spooner TSA. Italy; Isabel Body MVP, Kate Kaye MIP, Grace Anderson TSA. NSUAFC 14th Grade. Metro: Milo Brown MVP, Sam Reidy MIP, Andrew Pasang TSA. Conference: Max Micheel, MVP Lachlan MacRae MIP, Jesse Gordon TSA; Brazil Blake Parr MVP, Michael Self MIP, Sam Cordner TSA. Chile: Tom Lee MVP, Ben Clarke MIP, Logan Bellingham TSA. USA: Libby Easterbrook MVP, Ella Cronshaw MIP, Ruby Wood TSA. Japan: Esme Tikao MVP, Molly Tucker MIP, Stella Stiven TSA. NSUAFC 15th Grade. Conference: Luke Pank, MVP, Joao Madelino MIP, Taylor Ugava TSA. Columbia: Josh Stinson MVP, Charlie Birch MIP, Daniel Vosper TSA. New Zealand: Samantha Petherick, MVP Annabel Read MIP, Isabelle Hamilton TSA. France: Jess Christie MVP, Rosa Oliver MIP, Mia Hawes TSA. NSUAFC 17th Grade. Belarus: Ben Marsh MVP, Thomas Ross MIP, Seb Hooker TSA. Belgium: Ming Yang MVP, Daniel Hooper MIP, James Hwang TSA. Most Promising Junior: Nick Petherick (U11, Bayern); Most Promising Girl Amanda Everett (U10, PSG); Goalkeeper of the Year: Ben Evans (U11, Bayern); Most Improved Goalkeeper: Joel Potter (U12, Barcelona); Coach of the Year: Larrie Moore (U15 Conference).

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Three new classrooms for Belmont Primary School

5 to 23 November

Evans / Lowry / Snow: Written In Thread Inspired by words, fabric is sculpted, printed, stitched and layered to produce a collection of unique forms including three dimensional vessels, wearable art, quilts and wall pieces.

New classrooms for Belmont Primary… North Shore MP Maggie Barry with the school’s principal Bruce Cunningham last week Three new classrooms for Belmont Primary School are among 10 being added to schools across Auckland in a new $5 million government investment.

North Shore MP Maggie Barry announced the classroom addition during a visit to the school last week.

“Belmont is an impressive and popular school and the $1.14 million to be spent on the new classrooms will add much-needed capacity to the Shore’s school network.”

The additional $5 million is on top of $153

million announced in June for new schools and classrooms across Auckland to meet increasing demand.

“With more than a third of New Zealanders living in Auckland and the Shore’s population expanding, it’s essential we make sure our local schools are ready for population and roll growth,” Barry said.

“As a result of several major funding initiatives and infrastructure projects, there will be more than 17,000 new places at Auckland schools by 2019.

The Depot Summer Showcase

A ‘buy and takeaway’ exhibition which promises to be a pre-Christmas cracker providing both exhibitors and visitors with an ever-changing vista of exhibiting and purchasing opportunities.

Devonport youth in Sunday best Young Devonporters will share their musical, acting, dance and film-making talent at Sunday Showcase, a new youth variety show organised by a group of community-minded youngsters, with the help of Devonport Community Coordinator Maria Teape.

Local bands Shed and Slipstream, Devonport Drama students, and dancers from L’Ecole de Dance and Dance Sprite will perform at the Victoria Theatre, on Sunday 6 November from 2 – 4 pm.

A selection of short films made by local young people at Victoria Theatre film-making courses will be screened. Stand-up comedian Gabe Jones will MC.

Waitakere Printers Ink and Studio Printmakers: Unfold

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

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Professional Services

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Vision examinations Glaucoma checks Contact lenses and solutions Spectacle repairs Driver’s licence certificates

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Dr. Adrian Stocco The Arcade, Devonport 445 8030 www.villagechiropractic.co.nz

Red Dragon Computers www.red-dragon.net.nz

Providing IT support to Devonport’s home users and small businesses since 2001 • Fast, reliable & cost effective • Windows computers & iPad Setup • Wi-Fi networking and ADSL broadband • New computers custom built • Repairs, Upgrades, Servicing • Virus & Spyware removal

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$2 million to fund learning initiative in local schools community’s schools collaborating by sharing their strengths and learning from each other. Only about $1000 a year is allocated to professional development or visiting experts.

“If we find out that we have a Devonport Primary teacher who is an expert in teaching boys writing, why not share that knowledge amongst us. If one school has an expert teacher for Maori students, share it,” Cunningham says.

Data collected by the schools in 2015 shows that Stanley Bay School performed highest in boys’ writing that year among all the participating schools.

Similarly, Devonport Primary’s Maori and Pacific students were all at or above standard in maths, compared to Vauxhall School’s 35 per cent of Maori students and 25 per cent or Pacifica students below standard, and Belmont Intermediate School with 40 per cent of Maori students and 47 per cent of Pacific students below standard.

The COL programme also aims to improve achievement for students in general, particularly at secondary school.

“We want to lift NCEA Level 2 achievements from 76 per cent to 85 per cent and Level 3 from 67 percent to 75 percent by 2018,” Cunningham says.

As Lead Principal, he will work two days a week supporting all schools, while four

Leading the way towards better education… Belmont Primary principal Bruce Cunningham Cross-School Leaders (yet to be chosen) will be funded to work on the initiative for two days a week.

They and 22 In-School Leaders across the seven participating schools will receive a salary top-up, with the rest of the funds being used to pay for relief teachers to cover for the teachers who are working on the programme, Cunningham says.

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Seven Devonport peninsula schools will get $2 million of extra funding aimed at improving the performance of boys and Maori and Pacific children by sharing knowledge and teaching expertise.

Bayswater, Belmont, Devonport, Stanley Bay and Vauxhall Primary Schools, Belmont Intermediate and Takapuna Grammar School are all part of a Community of Learning (COL) under a national initiative funded by the Ministry of Education with a budget of $359 million until 2020.

Theirs is Auckland’s seventh approved COL. Nearly all the additional funds will go on teacher and principal salaries. The peninsula COL’s plan says the schools are expected to “enhance and transform current teaching practices, especially for males, Maori and Pacifika students”.

The local COL aims to improve the performance of nearly 300 Years 1-8 students in writing and 260 in maths.

The initiative’s local Lead Principal is Bruce Cunningham of Belmont Primary School. “We are way above the National Standards average already here. But we have room for improvement and we want to close the gap we have in boys’ writing and Maori and Pacifika achievement levels.

We want all our kids to do well,” he says.

The COL approach focuses on the

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Takapuna

Grammar

SCHOOL NEWS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The school’s student leaders for 2017 Following nominations and a vote by students and teaching staff, the school has appointed 38 prefects for 2017.

The 19 boys and 19 girls elected had an opportunity to apply for the top positions, and after shortlisting and interviews, the leaders for the next year have been named.

Head Girl will be Ella Pearson and Deputy Head Girl, Saffie Doughty. The Head Boy is Harvey Merton and Deputy is Jarrah Swift. Principal Mrs Mary Nixon commented on how impressed she was with all applicants and that all will be able to develop their potential as leaders during 2017.

Ella Pearson Head Girl 2017

Find your billion Entrepreneurial students planned innovative strategies to help billions of lives during the term three holidays. On September 28, high-school students from all over Auckland received the opportunity to attend a life-changing experience, provided by Singularity University and held at Diocesan School for Girls.

To start off the day, a workshop introducing exponential technologies, such as driverless cars, emotionsensing robots and nanotechnology was presented by Brett Schilke, an education enthusiast. He impressed upon the exponential curve, the rate at which these technologies are developing, and that our generation of high-school students is the most important generation yet.

This basis propelled everyone to accept one of 12 global challenges, some of which include health, natural disasters, learning, security, or governance as a starting point for utilising technology in order to affect billions of lives.

An entrepreneurial way of thinking was introduced, to follow in the steps of three young girls who designed and

successfully launched ‘Disaster Mesh’, (a connectivity net that facilitates disaster relief) in a Find Your Billion workshop in Silicon Valley in 2014.

A major concept emphasised was that “the future is now,” meaning the technologies we may have thought many years away have already been constructed. Throughout the day critical thinking and greater awareness of technologies was rapidly developed, which was a goal of this workshop.

Christine Zhou, a Year 11 student who attended the event remarked: “Listening to so many influential people inspired a passion in so many of us to make a change!”

Hosts also included Sveta McShane, a writer and presenter, Dr. Cheryl Doig, a well-travelled New Zealander, and Chris Clay, a public speaker and leader. Being able to mix and mingle with a diverse range of people from all around the North Island was a rare privilege. A highlight of the day was a cookie sponsored by the Cookie Time Charitable Trust, which was provided in the break.

BY SELENA ZHOU

Harvey Merton Head Boy 2017

Saffie Doughty Deputy Head Girl 2017

Jarrah Swift Deputy Head Boy 2017

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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS

Grammar NOVEMBER 4, 2016

THE SCHOOL IS 90 YEARS YOUNG IN 2017 This page will run regular news about the reunion coming up. Watch out for interesting snippets and read about what some of your former classmates are up to... In the meantime, here is your invitation:

“You are warmly invited to celebrate 90 years of TGS in the community, during Labour weekend 2017, 20-22 October. Mark the dates in your diary now – regular reunion updates will be posted on the website, www.takapunagrammar.school.nz/reunion and registration will be open

by December 2016. Please help us to spread the word via our Facebook page. Regards, Mary Nixon, Principal.

Harmonious house chant

The light showers and overcast weather of the morning couldn’t dampen the spirit of the school’s four houses preparing to stage the final house event of the year.

For weeks prior, Aotea, Arawa, Tainui and Tokomaru planned and vigorously practised a medley of tunes to exhibit all their houses’ unique qualities. The entire

school body jam-packed the tennis courts at the side of the main building. An overwhelming sense of unity and pride was felt, much like the house haka event in Term 1, despite the friendly competition between the different coloured sections.

Our new principal, Mrs Mary Nixon, judged the event, and this could be seen

as Takapuna Grammar’s whole school welcome to her in her first term. The highlight was definitely witnessing the cheer in students’ faces mid-performance, and good sportsmanship, even in the face of Tainui’s narrow win over Arawa.

Until next year!

BY CHRISTINE ZHOU

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Stunning Cheltenham Beach Cottage, metres from the beach. Available for short or long-term holiday accommodation. Beautifully refurbished, one bedroom, self-contained cottage with a private garden. Phone Rebekah 027 694 3933 or email devonportbeks@gmail.com FOR SALE Lovely, sunny two bedroom end unit for sale 8/71 Church St. Devo neg. Call on 021 452 230. Open home Saturday and Sunday 11 am.

PUBLIC NOTICE Vauxhall School is no longer accepting out-of-zone enrolments for Years 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 for the remainder of 2016 and for all of 2017.

If you require any further information please email Gary Lawrence on garyl@ vauxhall.school.nz.

REST HOMES Ascot House Retirement Home, quality care with dignity in a friendly, family atmosphere. Phone Shona, 445 2518.

Komatua Care Centre – We care for older people who have memory loss and behavioural difficulties. Professional care is given in a nurturing environment. For all enquiries phone 445 1707.

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

Call Yvonne for a free quote 415 0028.

Builder available Smalljob specialist, repairs and maintenance. Skilled, reliable and local. Please phone Clive Melling. Hm 445 2485, Mob 027 29 222 84.

Cleaning Maid Easy Use own cleaning products and gear.

Reliable/trustworthy/mature lady. References available Please contact Sharon - 021 405 596.

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

Phone Sara 027 625 5844.

Devonport upholstery. Recover specialist. Antiques and contemporary styles. Recycling furniture for 36 years.

John Hancox. Phone: 446 0372.

Devonport Window Repairs.

Sash and casement windows, wooden doors. Rotten sills and window components repaired or replaced. General carpentry.

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

Classifieds SERVICES OFFERED Diggadrain. Drain unblockers and drainage experts. CCTV drain locating. Repairs. New drains. 0800 your drain.

Dog grooming available.

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

Call Barbara 021 141 0331.

Gardener Available Qualified and experienced landscape designer. Enjoys getting his hands dirty. Good plant knowledge. 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 on-site consultation.

Gardening hedges, shrubs, lawns and weeding. Experienced. One off/ongoing lawns, reliable + attentive.

Honest. No job too small, Customers pleased with work.

Bruce 0275 393 719.

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. $25 per hour.

Ph 442 2273, 027 492 6220.

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.

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SERVICES OFFERED 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 Interior Organising. I help busy people simplify and organise their home & work spaces, by creating environments for easy flow and function. Services include: move coordination and set-up, decluttering and hands-on coaching, closet design and home offices ~ organise installation. Phone Felicity: 022 0719 479. www.spacebliss.com Landscaping – Format Landscapes, 18 years’ experience, Dip. Landscape Design. Design and build. We undertake all aspects of hard and soft landscaping including decks, paving, fences, retaining walls, planting etc. Small to large projects. Free quote www.formatlandscapes.co.nz.

Call Matt 021 599 107.

Locksmith, Devonport’s own Scott Richardson.

Mob 021 976 607.

Master painter Qualified and experienced. Water-blasting and licensed waterproofing.

Quality craftsmanship guaranteed, interior/exterior work.

Phone Chris 027 385 0406 FREE QUOTES Professional Make-up Artist - School Balls, Weddings, Fashion & Special Occassions. Phone Stephanie Jane 021 116 8842 or email SJASharp@gmail.com Tagbuster, graffiti looked after Devonport to Hauraki Corner.

Call the Tagbuster 0800antitag, 0800 2684 824.

SITUATIONS VACANT For Devonport home maintenance including lawns, hedges, gardens, water blasting, etc. All equipment supplied. Hours to suit. Phone Murray Loudon at 445 8498.

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

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

Classes held in artists studio by the sea. Children’s classes Wednesday after school.

Contact Erica MFA, DipTchg PGDipAC 021 127 9671 or ericasoman@gmail.com Art Travel Sketching for beginners. Learn to find your creative side in a fun learning environment over 10 weeks.

Kerr St Artspace Tuesdays or Saturdays. Ph Tony McNeight 021 925 031.

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

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

TUITION 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 2015.

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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2016 Takapuna Grammar sports awards Regional Representatives: Basketball: Delyn Chaitika, Jack Nunnington, Isaac Vyas; Beach Volleyball: Tom Smeed. Cricket: Rory Bessell, Mitchell Bremner, Will Clarke, Libby Easterbrook, Jasper Edgar, Jono Gibbs, Emily Handyside, Daniel Howie, Rosie McGregor, Leah Pank, Samantha Petherick, Toby Robb, Kennedy Scott, Ruby Worrall. Hockey: Lucy Buckeridge, Ruby Worrall. Netball: Patience Davis, Rhiaan Harema, Livia Lauren. Rugby: Jake Coleman, Jasper Edgar, Miller Hazelman, Lockie McNair, Petar Percakovski, Joe Seufatu, Thomas Street, Pia Tapsell, Evan Williams, Kate Williams.

Volleyball: Ananda Birchfield, Josh Harris, Keenan Hodge, Brett O’Neill, Alex Roberts, Jac Roberts, Will Watson. Water Polo: Lauren Bremner, Ella Cronshaw, Briahna Sheehan, Tayla Wheeler.

National Title Holders: Imogen Ayris – Athletics, NZ U18 Pole Vault Champ; Lucy Buckeridge – Cycling, 1st NZSS U15 Hill Climb; Sam Dyne – Cycling, 1st NZSS U15 Points Race; Luci McDougall – Synchronised Swimming, 1st NZSS Synchronised Swimming Solo, 2nd Junior Solo, 3rd Junior Duet.

Boys Cycling, 1st NZSS Overall Boys Team.

National Representatives: Johnnie Andrews Nye, NZ U18 Inline Hockey Team: Olivia Boniface – NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee Team, Becky Ireland – NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee Team; Tom Smeed – NZ U17 Beach Volleyball Team; Will Watson – NZ U17 Indoor Volleyball Team; Elle Wintle – NZ U19 Cycling Team, 8th Oceania Road Race Champs, 4th NZSS U19 Road Race.

National Representative and National Titleholders: Katherine Badham – 27th ITU U19 World Champs, 1st NZ U19 National Triathlon Champs, 1st NZSS U19 Duathlon Champs, 1st AKSS U19 Triathlon Champs; Emily Couchman – NZ U20 Football Team, Knockout Cup Club Champions; Nina Edgar – 1st NZ Karate Champs 14/15 Yrs, 2nd Oceania Karate Champs 14/15 Yrs; Oscar Elworthy – NZ U19 Cycling Team, NZSS U19 Individual Cycling Champion, 1st NZSS Individual Time Trial, 1st NZSS Individual Points Race, 2nd NZSS Individual Hill Climb, NZ Elite Series U19 Champion; Max Griffiths – NZ U20 Orienteering Team, 1st National Junior Orienteering Champs, 1st NZ Mens U18 Orienteering Champs; Chiemu Iioka – 1st Oceania Karate Champs, 3rd Oceania Karate Champs; Seb Safka – NZSS Junior Boys Orienteering Team; Sofie Safkova – NZSS Junior Girls Orienteering Team; Saskia Vosper – NZ U17 Football Team, Knockout Cup Club Champions; Harry Waine – NZ U19 Cycling Team, 5th Oceania U19 Omnium, 1st NZ Nationals U19 Team Pursuit; Hannah Williams – NZ Surf Life Saving Team, 2nd World Youth Life Saving in Surf Ski, Board Rescue, Tube Rescue, 3rd World Youth Life Saving in Ironwoman and Beach Sprint.

CUPS: Adventure Racing: Aidan Nicholas – TGS Adventure Racing Trophy, Most Valuable Racer. Athletics: Julia Giurgu – McIntosh Vase, Intermediate Girls Athletics Champion; Katherine Badham – Jacko Gill Trophy, Supreme Female Athlete; Xander White – Herbert Smith Cup, Junior Boys Cross-Country Champion; Lucy Buckeridge – 1977 Prefects Cup, Junior Girls Cross-Country Champion; Katherine Badham – 1976 Prefects Cup, Senior Girls Cross-Country Champion. Basketball: Jack Nunnington – Guldbrandsen Cup, Senior Boys Best All Round Basketball Player; Jungha Lee – TGS Basketball Trophy, Senior Girls Best All Round Basketball Player; Delyn Chaitika – TGS Basketball Trophy, Junior Boys Most Valuable Player; Emily Handyside – TGS Basketball Trophy, Junior Girls Most Valuable Player. Cricket: Mitchell Bremner – Hewitson Cup, Senior Boys Best All Round Cricketer;

Top TGS sports achievers of the year… Oscar Elworthy alongside Katherine Badham (left) and Hannah Williams Riley Mudford – TGS Cricket Trophy, Junior Boys Most Valuable Player; Sam Petherick – TGS Cricket Trophy, Junior Girls Most Valuable Player. Cycling: Brianna Gunn – TGS Cycling Trophy, Senior Girls Cyclist of the Year; Oscar Elworthy – TGS Cycling Trophy, Senior Boys Cyclist of the Year; Lucy Buckeridge – TGS Cycling Trophy, Junior Girls Cyclist of the Year; Josh Kench – TGS Cycling Trophy, Junior Boys Cyclist of the Year. Football: Lily Jervis – Buchanan Cup, Senior Girls Football Player of the Year; Sam Petherick and Sylvie Porter – Jervis Trophy, 1st XI Junior Girls Player of the Year; Devon Copp – Evitt Cup, Senior Boys Player of the Year; Enzo Fedrizzi – The Coshan Cup, Junior Boys Player of the Year.

Golf: Ethan Sangster – The Golf Cup, TGS Golf Champion. Hockey: Madee Forbes – TGS Hockey Trophy, Senior Girls Most Valuable Player; Mitchell Bremner – TGS Hockey Trophy, Senior Boys Most Valuable Player; Ruby Worrall – TGS Hockey Trophy, Junior Girls Most Valuable Player; Tim Dean – TGS Hockey Trophy, Junior Boys Most Valuable Player.

Netball: Saffie Doughty – Kia Kaha Trophy, Senior Girls Netball Player of the Year; Eva Steedman – Jubilee Trophy, Junior Girls Netball Player of the Year.

Rowing: Girls U17 Four – Tonei Cup, Best Girls Rowing Crew (Henry Bissett, Coxswain, Niahm Chalmers, Briana Davey, Ariana Hogan, Emerald Schofield, Liberty Soanes; Tom Ferguson – White Cup, Best Rower of the Year; Dougal Burden – Hopkins Rowing Cup, Senior Boys All Round Excellence in Rowing; Liberty Soanes, Martin Hinks Memorial Cup, Outstanding Effort in Rowing. Rugby: Miller Hazelman – TGS Rugby Trophy, Senior Boys Most Valuable Player; Jackson Rice – TGS Rugby Trophy, Junior Boys Most Valuable Player. Sailing: Jono Weston – Supreme Sailor of the Year. Skiing: Callum Richards – TGS Skiing Trophy, Skier of the Year. Snowboarding: Robert Milne – Phil Dominick Trophy, Snowboarder of the Year. Special Olympics: Toby Adams – Hawkins Family Trophy, Excellence in Special Olympics. Squash: Chris Alvey – Belmont Park Trophy, Senior Boys Squash Champion; Georgina Winnie – Belmont Park Trophy, Senior Girls Squash Champion. Swimming: Michael Worsfold – Sneyd Cup, Intermediate Boys Swimming Champion; Chloe Kim – Owen Winstone Cup, Intermediate Girls Swimming Champion; Justin Lee – Bennett Cup,

Junior Boys Swimming Champion; Hannah Kim – Bridson Cup, Junior Girls Swimming Champion; Zane Kelbrick – Wilson Cup, Senior Boys Swimming Champion; Hannah Williams – Bartrum Cup, Senior Girls Swimming Champion. Table Tennis: Kate Fan – TGS Table Tennis Trophy, TGS Table Tennis Player of the Year. Tennis: Jamie Killick – 1951 Tennis Cup, Boys Most Valuable Tennis Player. Chloe Barbera – Izzard Vase, Girls Most Valuable Tennis Player. Ultimate Frisbee: Olivia Boniface – TGS Ultimate Trophy, Senior Player of the Year; Nicole Svendsen – TGS Ultimate Trophy, Junior Player of the Year. Volleyball: Gaige Nortje – Volleyball Trophy, Junior Boys Most Valuable Player; Gracie McLeod – Volleyball Trophy, Junior Girls Most Valuable Player; Will Watson – Volleyball Trophy, Senior Boys Most Valuable Player; Ella McLeod – Volleyball Trophy, Senior Girls Most Valuable Player. Water Polo: Jacob Groendyk – Water Polo Cup, Most Promising Junior Boy Water Polo Player; Lauren Bremner – Water Polo Trophy, Most Promising Junior Girl Water Polo Player; Luca Burney – Shanahan Cup, Senior Boys Water Polo Player of the Year; Brihana Sheehan and Grace O’Brien – The Jones Cup, Senior Girls Water Polo Player of the Year.

Special Awards: Grace O’Brien – The Geange Cup, Contribution to TGS Sport; Jasper Edgar – The Geange Trophy, Contribution to TGS Sport; Josh Eastmure, Student Coach of the Year; Pam Watson – Manager of the Year (Cricket); John Nunnington – Coach of the Year (Basketball); Boys Cycling – Team of the Year; Sportsman of the Year – Oscar Elworthy (Cycling); Sportswoman of the Year – Katherine Badham (Triathlon) and Hannah Williams (Surf Life Saving).

Parent Service to School Sport: John Nunnington (Basketball), Chris Newey (Cricket), Will Calver (Cycling), Ian Lochhead (Cycling), Terry Nicholas (Cycling), Simone Nicholas (Cycling), Tobin Blathwayt (Hockey), Cath Lio (Netball), Greg Watson (Rugby), Don Bisset (Rowing).

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November 4, 2016

Gent gets down to the serious business of comedy For Kathy Gent, directing comedy is a serious business and she is busy rehearsing her current cast in fight sequences, improvisation, pantomime and slapstick in preparation for Company Theatre’s upcoming production of One Man, Two Guvnors at The Rose Centre from 12-26 November.

Written by Richard Bean and first produced by the National Theatre, the play was a sellout success in London, then Broadway. It came to Auckland as part of the Auckland Arts Festival in 2013, and has only recently been made available to amateurs.

The play is a huge challenge, as it requires farce of the fastest kind and a four-piece band on stage playing songs from the 60s.

Bean based his play on A Servant of Two Masters, an 18th-century farce by Carlo Goldoni, setting his version in 1963 Brighton in the era of mods, rockers and gangsters.

One Man, Two Guvnors is a brilliant piece of comic writing, which moves with frantic speed, steeped in the finest examples of classic British comedy.

Local artist Penny Clark has painted a startling set and local musicians Rob Hay, Dave Mils, Tor Hardie and Gib Williamson will keep the audience’s feet tapping.

Devonport actress Liz Brown plays the feminist bookkeeper Dolly.

• One Man, Two Guvnors is at The Rose Centre 12-26 November. Performances:

Farce and furious… director Kathy Gent (centre in black) surrounded by the cast of One Man, Two Guvnors Wednesday–Saturday at 8pm with Sunday info@rosecentre.co.nz. matinees at 2pm on 13 and 20 November.

For more information, go to the Company Bookings: phone 445 9900 or email Theatre website: companytheatre.co.nz.

Christmas Financial Hangover Prevention

by Katie Wesney The silly season is almost upon us and it’s a time when many of us start to get anxious about the amount of organising we need to do before the holidays and the not insignificant matter of how we are going to pay for everything.

New Zealanders spent a record $6 billion shopping in December last year, the highest ever monthly figure recorded by Statistics New Zealand.

That’s a whole lot of coin going out the door.

Here are my top tips for making the most of your finances over this cash-intensive time!

1. Set a budget for the upcoming months, factoring in presents, special food, entertainment, travel etc. along with your normal everyday payments.

If there is a deficit, you have to make sacrifices or cutbacks.

2. Make a list of everyone you need to buy for and put a $ limit by each present. Take the list with you when you shop and try and stick to it.

3. Cash is powerful. Use it, you’ll spend less. Try to avoid credit cards or store cards. Even if

you can pay it back in January, it’s likely you’ll spend more than you wanted to and easily lose track of where you are at with your finances. If you can’t pay it back in full, ask yourself do you really want to be paying the price of the gift plus 20-30% interest on top of this? The answer should be no.

4. Start early. Don’t be that person running madly around the mall on Christmas Eve looking stressed and panic buying. The earlier you start, the more likely you’ll be able to get a bargain and find a special present. Special and thoughtful does not have to equate to expensive.

5. Organise your overseas gifts even earlier! I know how much the express fees sting – you often end up paying more than the gift in postage. Check out https://www.nzpost.co.nz/ christmas for this year’s deadlines. Consider buying gift cards rather than bulkier presents as they cost less to post. Or if the recipients are

overseas, you can also try buying online in their country.

6. Many families have an agreed limit on how much to spend or who they are buying for e.g. only buying for the kids or doing a Secret Santa. Start negotiating your limits. You’ll find pretty much everyone is in the same boat and relieved to have boundaries!

Christmas is a special time of year. It is about gift-giving, but more importantly it’s about the people you are with, not spending beyond your means and having to pay for it for the next 12 months or beyond. Planning in advance and sticking to a budget should be about enjoying this time and minimising financial stress and pressure. If you are having trouble getting your finances in order, seek help – it’s never too late.

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November 4, 2016

Marketing award for LittleCooks

Smashing pink for breast cancer fundraiser

Devonport business LittleCooks has won a David Award for inspired use of marketing.

The David Awards are a national competition are aimed at smaller businesses with up to 10 full-time employees (or equivalent).

The Most inspired use of marketing award is made to a business that “punches above its weight in terms of getting the word out, achieving profile and attracting business”.

LittleCooks co-owner Bex Woolford was pleased to be recognised nationally for “building our brand through innovation and smart partnerships all on a shoestring budget.”

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November 4, 2016

Bowling club pays tribute to saviour

Remembering Malcolm… Sid Cuthbertson, the Stanley Bay Bowling and Petanque Club social convenor, gives Barbara Iversen (Malcolm’s widow) a hug after presenting her with flowers The work Malcolm Iversen did to save Stanley Bay Bowling and Petanque Club will be remembered with a commemorative seat in his honour.

Iversen was a key player in saving the club from closing in 1997. He rallied support from the local community and enrolled enough new social members to keep the club afloat.

Iversen was also president and patron for many years. He died last year and members donated money for the memorial seat, which was unveiled last month.

Quin Rodda built the seat and on 15 October Malcolm’s widow Barbara Iversen, their daughters and extended family visited the club A6 POSTCARD PROOF for the unveiling.

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Hitting the beat is buckets of fun for BIS drummers On Tuesday afternoons, Belmont Intermediate School (BIS) comes alive with the sound of bucket drumming, as nearly 20 drummers sit in a circle on the basketball court and settle into a call and response.

BIS enhancement teacher Jo Hilario is on her third round of teaching the popular bucket-drumming elective. So far, almost 70 students have taken part.

It’s a cheap musical instrument, she says.

A 70-cent Warehouse bucket and some sticks is all you need.

Hilario sells wooden drumsticks for $5 but some students are more creative, using rulers or pencils. And when a bucket cracks under pressure, pieces of duct tape usually fix it.

Year 8 student Oscar Heim loves everything about bucket drumming. “We get to drum to heaps of songs and learn different styles. Sometimes it is quite challenging. Remembering the patterns keeps the brain working and is good for hand-eye coordination,” he says.

“You have to listen to follow the leader, watch their hands and sticks, and join in. It’s a lot of fun,” he says.

There is also a cool factor. Hilario talks about “mean beats” and “grooves”.

During call-and-response sessions, groups challenge each other with hipster putdowns like “You ain’t got nuthin’!” or “You call that

Plastic fantastic... Jo Hilario (foreground) leads a drumming session bucket drumming?”

Hilario likes to take the roll to drumming too. As she calls out the students’ names, each responds with a brief solo. “It encourages them to step outside their comfort zone, she says.

She hands out points for risk-taking. “If the kids put themselves out there or if they listen and play back a rhythm, they get points and, later on, a small reward.”

Holario is still a risk-taker herself. A guitarist,she is teaching herself the drums and

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says she is not far ahead of some of the kids.

The bucket drumming noise is not everyone’s cup of tea at BIS. “We do drive some of the other teachers crazy with our noise. Once a poetry group came outside to write about serenity and they ended up writing about how we disturbed the peace,” Hilario says.

The bucket drummers are scheduled to perform four times before the year is over, twice at BIS and at Bayswater Primary and the Wilson School.

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A relic from the 50’s, no. 28 Mays St is a solid, well loved three bedroom, brick icon. However, it’s all about the 1743m2 site with the most surreal vista of Auckland’s harbour, Auckland City, the Harbour Bridge and Rangitoto Island.

No. 26 Mays St is nestled below no. 28 on its own 743m2 site, and has great views itself – this 1940’s home is cute, full of period, character features and is quite simply, a very special home.

On the market and seriously for sale, either individually or as one, both homes are offered to the public by way of Tender. Visit the Council to discuss your options, land bank these two sites, or merely move in and enjoy them as they are. Prime real estate such as this presents an opportunity not to be missed.

VIEW | SAT/SUN 3 - 3.45 PM OR BY APPOINTMENT TENDER | CLOSES THURS 17 NOV 2016 AT 4 PM WILL PREMIUM.CO.NZ/ 60508 & 60507

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KATHRYN ROBERTSON 021 490 480 KathrynRobertson@premium.co.nz DEVONPORT: 445 3414 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

GRANT SPEEDY 0800 036 288 GrantSpeedy@premium.co.nz DEVONPORT: 445 3414 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

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CH E LT E N H A M BEA C H | 2 AR AWA AVEN U E A H o m e By T h e Sea… Number 2 Arawa Ave, is one of a small amount of homes that share arguably one of the best streets on the North Shore, with its close proximity to Cheltenham Beach and the Vauxhall Village you can see why so many wish to live here. Old world meets new with this stunning example of a traditional Cheltenham home, tastefully renovated to offer the style, comfort and lifestyle of today, yet retain the elegance of a bygone era. This impressive home set on 584m2 of landscaped grounds boasts three generous bedrooms, study, two bathrooms, separate living, beautiful designer kitchen and a roadside double garage.

KURT PIPER 021 137 6450 KurtPiper@premium.co.nz TAKAPUNA 916 6000 PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008

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