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October 3, 2014

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A home invasion in Devonport on election night has stunned a family – with one member hospitalised with heart problems.

The brazen intruder broke into the King Edward Parade home on the same floor as where the Turrall family was watching the

election coverage.

John Turrall, a locally based lawyer, said he, son Richard, wife Reese and her brother Chris and wife Jenny, had just finished a meal and were watching the election results on television at around 8.30pm when the

invasion took place.

“Reese went upstairs and entered our bedroom and noticed some drawers pulled out. She approached our en-suite and realised someone was in there and threw a plastic To page 4

Home invasion shock puts woman in hospital

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October 3 2014

Devonport’s first national squash champ

MARK ROWLEY

Devonport Squash Club has its first national champion in its fortyyear history.

Your local funeral home Diana Bennett won the women’s over-65 division at the New Zealand Masters squash champs held in Palmerston North last month.

Bennett, seeded number two, beat top seed Pauline Stachurski 15-12 15-9 9-15 9-15 15-13 in a hard fought match.

She admitted to being nervous Mark and Paulette Rowley in her first ever national champs final, dropping the third and fourth For personal, professional service. games, but her superior court Funeral Director and Monumentalist movement won out in the end.

Bennett is testament to what can be achieved in sport, regardless Office and Chapel of age.

16 –18 Anne St, Devonport She played squash in the 1970s and took up the game again seven years ago at the Devonport club   when in her late 50s.  Rekindling her love for the  game, she focused on her fitness  and skills with regular coaching  sessions with Manu Yam and Da vid Noone.   Bennett regularly plays tourna  Decks ◊ Pergolas ◊ Retaining Walls ments and is in the masters inter  ◊• Fences ◊ Outdoor Paving club league.

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Personal and professional Modest about her achievement, Bennett said: “Hopefully it will inspire some more coaching and counselling women to take up the sport.”

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Two’s company at Takapuna Grammar

With fifteen sets of twins among this year’s Takapuna Grammar School students, Principal Simon Lamb says it must be a record.

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The Flagstaff recorded the milestone with a group picture on the school’s rugby field.

Only Helen and Oliver Phillips and Lauren Cavanagh were missing from the photo.

Do they have a special bond and hang out together? Not really, said Nathan O’Neill.

“To us this is all we know and therefore pretty normal,” he said.

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Crime

October 3 2014

Family warns others after home invasion

rubbish bin at him.”

With Reese yelling out to the rest of the household, the offender raced out through the second entrance to the en-suite, through an adjoining bedroom, down the stairs and out the front door.

“He got out incredibly fast,” said Turrall.

“All I saw was someone disappearing off the deck wearing something white on his head - a scarf or a hoodie.”

Richard, who is well known around Devonport, from his years as a special needs student at Takapuna Grammar, was by this time “raising all hell.”

Two police cars and a dog handler arrived “almost immediately”, Turrall said. But the offender got away.

As a result of the invasion, Reese had to be admitted to hospital with heart problems.

John Turrall suspects the offender may be local given his knowledge of the area and quick escape.

“It was an amazingly brazen thing to do – he came into the house through a bedroom window onto the same floor where we were having dinner. He went through the downstairs bedrooms and did not know there was no one in them – there could have been a kid in there.”

To go upstairs, the offender would have passed glass doors and been able to see the family eating.

The gloved offender did not say anything

when confronted and appeared unarmed, although a foot-long screwdriver, presumably used to break in, was found dumped in a nearby hedge.

The offender made off with some small item “I think he was looking for jewellery, but he went to the wrong house for that,” Turrall said.

Richard was very upset about the incident and worried about what had happened to his mum. A golf trophy was taken from his bedroom.

But he had now “settled down and started sleeping in his own room again,” Turrall said.

“I’m angry about it but at the moment I

just hope Reese is okay.”

She returned home last Wednesday and was back at work late last week, but is having ongoing tests on her heart.

She said she could hardly believe the incident had happened with other people in the house.

“We’ve had amazing support from neighbours and the community – I’ve had cards from people I don’t even know,” said Reese.

The offender is believed to have hidden in a neighbour’s garage until the police left.

John Turrall says the main reason he contacted the Flagstaff was to alert other readers.

“People need to know Devonport is not as safe as we think it is. ”

Have you been burgled, or is crime happening in your area?

Send details to the Devonport Flagstaff: devonportflagstaff@orcon.net.nz

Devonport projects deferred At least three Devonport projects are on the list of Auckland Council work postponed for up to 10 years to cut costs.

The list of deferred projects includes: $196,500 for the Devonport Town Centre upgrade in the Bartley Tce and Clarence St area, $118,000 for Torpedo Bay coastal pedestrian access and $89,100 for the proposed Ngataringa Park toilets.

Deferrals of the projects will help reduce council expenses in the next financial year

to achieve the 2.5 per cent average rates increase proposed by Mayor Len Brown.

The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board did not support the proposed list of deferrals and wants to make sure the deferred projects are prioritised.

Board member Joe Bergin said it was appropriate to defer the Clarence St upgrade as it would entail even more disruption in the aftermath of Devonport’s recent intensive construction phase.

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Board chair Mike Cohen says rumours have started circulating in the information vacuum.

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Locals are still in the dark about the status of the proposed bus shelter in front of the ferry building.

The results of Auckland Transport’s (AT) recent consultation on the proposal for the 50-metre glass shelter have not yet been made public and the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board is running out of patience.

The board at its September meeting re-

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October 3 2014

Devonport voters – right on the money

BOOTH BAYSWATER, Bayswater School BELMONT, Belmont Primary School DEVONPORT, Community House DEVONPORT, Holy Trinity Parish Hall DEVONPORT, St Paul’s HAURAKI, Chapel Hall HAURAKI, Hauraki School NARROW NECK, Vauxhall School STANLEY BAY, Stanley Bay School

TOTAL Share of vote (Devonport Booths) Share of vote (Devonport Booths) 2011

NAT Maggie BARRY

NAT Party Vote

LAB Claire SZABÓ

LAB Party Vote

GREEN GREEN Brett Party STANSFIELD Vote

CONSV Melissa PERKIN

CONSV ACT Party Nick Vote KEARNEY

ACT Party Vote

NZF Party Vote

727 459 570 442 383 750 465 386 277

790 456 588 460 395 769 476 418 307

387 156 311 257 224 248 151 213 126

247 111 222 155 139 180 105 119 83

186 83 211 132 125 123 78 108 68

223 88 229 180 146 117 67 150 63

107 31 51 46 44 65 26 35 19

62 20 28 22 29 43 16 22 13

20 9 9 12 10 15 4 3 4

10 10 3 8 7 8 10 2 4

90 52 68 56 59 87 43 24 21

4459

4659

2073

1361

1114

1263

424

255

86

62

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1.0% –

0.8% 1.6%

6.1% 5.3%

The above table is a summary of preliminary results. For major parties for minor parties and other candidates please visit: www.electionresults.govt.nz. The data excludes early votes, which were only available at electorate level.

Sitting MP Maggie Barry retained the North Shore seat for National with an almost identical share of the Devonport vote to the 2011 General Election.

Barry took 54.1% of the electorate candidate votes, with 4,459 votes from the Devonport booths, a healthy majority of 2,386 over Labour candidate Claire Szabó, with 2,073 votes.

Green party candidate Brett Stansfield was a further 959 votes behind. Szabó and Stansfield attracted 25.1% and 13.5% of the Devonport votes respectively. Barry’s share was up 0.1% from 2011.

It was a slightly different story for the Devonport party votes, which counters Devonport’s purported left-leaning tendencies. The National tally of the party votes was 4,659, which at 56.5% of the votes was up 1.8% on its share in 2011. Labour performed significantly worse at party level, with 1,361 votes (16.5%) and 1.6% fewer than in 2011. The Green Party was less than a hundred behind Labour with 1,263 votes (15.3%) and beat them in Narrow Neck and the three Devonport booths, yet

it was down 0.7% overall on 2011 figures.

The Green Party would have hoped to have overtaken the Labour party vote in Devonport this election.

Devonport’s Labour and Green voters can at least take some solace in their support levels being higher in the peninsula booths than for the North Shore electorate as a whole.

New Zealand First with 500 votes (6.1%) appeared to split support for the left and was up 0.8% on 2011. Increasing their share of the Devonport party vote on the right and improving on their 2011 result in Devonport was the Conservative party, with 255 votes and 3.1% (up 1.0%); their electorate candidate Melissa Perkin received 424 votes and a 5.1% share. The ACT party candidate Nick Kearney received 86 votes.

• There were more than 8,000 early votes across the North Shore, which is double the number for the last election. At this stage it is not possible to establish the pattern of early voting, but given that Devonport comprises roughly 25% of the electorate, it is probably safe

to assume that peninsula early voters made up in excess of 2,000 of the electorate total. This does mean that it made it more difficult to make any clear comparisons between booths in 2011 based on Devonport voter numbers.

Barry was apprehensive to speak equivocally about the result, with around 2600 special votes still to come in, but was delighted to retain her personal support and that of the National Party.

Campaigning on the streets she noticed a distinct shift in support towards National, with the “non-revelations” of Kim Dotcom about John Key just prior to the election, and Labour’s much criticised capital gains tax.

In government appointments she would be delighted to carry on as chair of the Local Government and Environment select committee.

While locally she would continue to lobby on improving Lake Rd congestion, “which was holding Devonport back.”

Since the last election complaints from voters to her about public transport had quadrupled, she said. Barry also planned more informationsharing public meetings in the electorate.

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‘Aquatic tinglings’ a benefit for nude swimmers

Birthday suits are back for this November’s Round North Head Classic swim.

The option of naked swimming had been a tradition when the Williamson Brothers originally organised the event.

When the Devonport Swim Club took over organising the swim in 2009, it fell off the menu.

Event organiser Ian McDonald says council regulations discouraged having a nude category.

But this year, McDonald had a bright idea to revive the tradition. “We will have a water start and a designated boat for nude simmers. They can take off their togs once they are in the water and hand them to one of our volunteers in the boat. Then once they arrive at the other end, they will get them back and put them on before they step onshore,” he says.

Ten out of 70 swimmers registered so far have opted to swim naked, McDonald says.

“One of its benefits is the aquatic tinglings you get,” he says.

The club is hoping to attract 200 swimmers and McDonald expects about 30 of them will choose the birthday-suit option.

McDonald’s water start idea has found international traction.

“I got an email from a swim club in Los Angeles that had a lot of trouble organising a naked swim because of local nudity laws, but with our water-start idea, they will be able to circumvent those,” he says.

The Round North Head Classic is a 2.5k swim from Windsor Reserve to Balmain Reserve, scheduled for Sunday 9 November.

The start time is 10 am, on an outgoing tide. Registration is $30 and is done online at www.devoswim.org • The Devonport Swim Club is also introducing a Youth Category for the first time this year. Swimmers 14 years old and under can join the pod at Torpedo Bay and sweep around Togs away… Devonport Swim Club committee members North Head in a 1.2k swim. There is no nude category for young (from left) Jane Goddard, Jack Revill and Robin swimmers.

Harrington nervously contemplating a naked swim

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Tripped up at Devonport Wharf A Devonport resident who broke her arm in three places after tripping over a new kerb at the ferry wharf is warning others to avoid the same fate.

Lynn Dawson spent two nights in hospital, after her fall across the new kerb on Marine Square.

She was on her way to a local second-hand bookshop on September 9 when she fell over just outside the ferry building entrance. “The kerb was higher than usual and had kind of a double lip,” she says.

“At first I thought maybe I had been stupid and not watching where I was going, but since then I have seen two other people stumble in exactly the same place, and friends tell me they have as well.

“The husband of a friend says he takes a flashlight to the early morning ferry because the place is so badly lit,” she says.

Dawson says since the Marine Square is a long-term, 12-month construction project in a

very busy pedestrian spot, Auckland Transport and its contractors have to do better.

“I can’t see how an elderly person with a walker or a mobility scooter is supposed to get around here unless we get temporary wooden ramps with handrails,” she says.

The severity of Dawson’s injuries became apparent the day after she fell. Initially she thought she had hit her funny bone badly, but the next day the elbow was hugely swollen.

Dawson is less than impressed with the wharf security staff. “The lady just stood over me with her clipboard and said she needed to fill out a report. A member of the public had to pick me off the floor,” she says.

“Now I have got a plastic elbow because the head of the elbow was completely shattered.

Both bones in my forearm are broken and the ligaments torn,” she says.

An avid knitter, quilt maker and writer, Dawson says for the next few weeks she will mostly catch up on her reading.

Sale of 27 Lake Rd off for now The potential sale of commercial land at 27 Lake Rd has been put on hold by Auckland Council’s property arm.

Auckland Council Property Limited (ACPL) has instructions to sell off property that is surplus

to council requirements.

But at this stage the land was regarded as complicated mix of properties and uses and simply too dificult to sell, according to an ACPL report to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

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Devonport 17 Albert Road Fantastic, historic, yet modern home Take a circa 1870´s two room cottage, add some inspiration, the result is a beautifully designed modern home, hand crafted to maintain the feel of the original dwelling. This 3 bedroom home has all of the best of modern living including 2 bathrooms and central heating, so your creature comforts are catered for. The free standing garage adds to the amenity we have on offer here. Sitting on a compact section of land, laying beautifully for the sun, you will enjoy living so central to all of the best of Devonport Call now to arrange viewing.

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Devonport 1b Mays Street Magnificent And Modern On Mays A 220m2 home plus 70m2 flat which can be incorporated into one 290m2 home very easily. Just one back from the Devonport waterfront and minutes to the village and ferry, or Devonport Primary. 645m2 section. Originally built by our vendors, they recently employed a reputable building company to re-clad the home in quality timber and materials, including a new roof. All the specifications of the re-clad are recorded and a new CCC has been issued by Council and is available to all purchasers together with all warranties for the products used. Excellent rental return in a prime location.

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Devonport 11 Hastings Parade

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A Home For All Seasons This bright three bedroom classical home on a full site is located just a short stroll to the Village. Great opportunity - Auction Sunday!

Quiet Cul De Sac, Charming Colonial Cottage Naturally sunny, warm and light. Offering 2 bedrooms plus a separate sleep out. Cosy and delightfully presented home with outdoor entertaining.

Auction On site, Sunday 5th October 2014 at 2.00pm (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7434 Open Sat 2-2.45 & Sun 1.30-2.00pm Gary Potter & Glenice Taylor P 09 446 2106 M 021 953 021 P 09 446 2112 M 021 943 021 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

For Sale View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7453 Open By appoinment Peter Andrews P 09 446 2105 M 0274 931 826 E peter.andrews@harcourts.co.nz Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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English Country Classic This pretty, three bedroom, two bathroom gabled property is a rare find in Devonport. Discreetly hidden away and perfectly positioned.

Historic Garden Apartment This spacious and roomy apartment retains many character features and connects to the sunny garden via two sets of French doors.

For Sale By Negotiation View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7447 Open Sat & Sun 1.00 - 1.45pm Caroline Devereux P 09 446 2107 M 021 573 305 E caroline.devereux@harcourts.co.nz Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Auction On site, Sunday 19th October 2014 at 11.00am (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7476 Open Sat & Sun 12.00 - 12.45pm Gary Potter & Glenice Taylor P 09 446 2106 M 021 953 021 P 09 446 2112 M 021 943 021 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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Admirals Deck On Devonport Waterfront Time to get excited! A large home located just meters away from the new Masonic apartment development on the Devonport Waterfront!

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For Sale By Negotiation View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7424 Open by appointment Catharina Andersson P 09 446 2110 M 021 812 621 E catharina.andersson@harcourts.co.nz Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

For Sale $799,000 View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7385 Open by appointment Phil Clark & Peter Ayton P 09 446 2125 M 021 940041 P 09 446 2109 M 021 336 300 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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Devonport 83 Albert Road

Devonport 4 Russell Street

A Grand Old Lady Handy To Cheltenham This charming 4 bedroom villa built circa early 1900s is ready for a face lift.

A perfect scenario for families wanting a property they can add value to.

Exceptionally Rare Villa & Land (1,012m2) This original Villa (circa 1909) on 1,012m2 of land (more or less) has been tightly held by the same family for almost 75 years in Stanley Bay.

Auction On site, Sunday 12th October 2014 at 6.00pm (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7464 Open Sat & Sun 12.00 - 12.30pm Jane Hastings & Jackie Mark P 09 446 2116 M 021 735 263 P 09 446 2113 M 021 458 797 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

For Sale View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7445 Open By appointment Peter Restall P 09 446 2114 M 021 808 808 E peter.restall@harcourts.co.nz Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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End Of An Era - Start Of A New Originally built in the 1920s, this character home sits proudly behind a white picket fence. There are 3 double bedrooms and a second living area.

Urgent Action Required - Stunning Character Home Our vendors have unexpectedly stumbled upon another home they want to buy. 4 bedrooms, 2 living and 2 bathrooms. 527m2 of land.

Auction On site, Saturday 18th October at 2.00pm (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7472 Open Sat & Sun 11.00 - 11.30am Jane Hastings & Jackie Mark P 09 446 2116 M 021 735 263 P 09 446 2113 M 021 458 797 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

For Sale By Negotiation View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7485 Open Sat & Sun 2-2.30pm Jane Hastings & Jackie Mark P 09 446 2116 M 021 735 263 P 09 446 2113 M 021 458 797 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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Sunny Bungalow On Elevated Corner Site This 1948 Bungalow enjoys an outstanding location on a wonderfully elevated corner site including water views from the all-day sunny front deck.

Magnificent And Modern On Mays Of substantial proportions this very stylish home is beautifully positioned one back from the Devonport waterfront. Legal home and income.

Auction On site, Saturday 18th October 2014 at 3.00pm (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7495 Open Sat & Sun 2.15 - 3.00pm Peter Restall P 09 446 2114 M 021 808 808 E peter.restall@harcourts.co.nz Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Auction On site, Sunday 19th October 2014 at 10.00am (unless sold prior) View www.harcourts.co.nz/DP7474 Open Sat & Sun 1.00 - 1.30pm Jane Hastings & Peter Ayton P 09 446 2116 M 021 735 263 P 09 446 2109 M 021 336 300 Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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Letters

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No secret deals to favour Bayswater Marina Holdings Bayswater marina. This assertion by Mr Petterson is simply not true. And frankly he should know better than to make such allegations.

The provisions in the Act that Mr Petterson refers to were primarily put in because of the reclamation activities of our major ports. I know this because this is what was discussed in the relevant Cabinet Committees. For instance these provisions cover the various reclamations made by the Auckland ports, and the reclaimed land around the Viaduct.

Mr Petterson has made false allegations against me in his letter to the editor, published on 19 September. For such a letter to be published without the courtesy of contacting me does not seem to be a fair reflection of journalistic ethics.

For readers, I will set the record straight.

There was, and is, no deal that has been “a carefully kept secret among National Party officials” to write in special provisions in the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 that would specifically favour the

But of course they cover all reclamations.

As a general, and rather self evident principle, once land is reclaimed it is no longer seabed. It is dry land, just like any other dry land. It is not surprising that the reclaimers and developers of such land will want to get freehold title, since leasehold title is not typically regarded as a good long-term ownership vehicle.

Wayne Mapp • Wayne Mapp is a former long-time National Party MP for North Shore

Council fencing at Takapuna Grammar seems to have little effect It was with some interest to me to see how the expensive new safety fencing erected by the council to coerce Takapuna Grammar School students into correctly using the pedestriancontrolled traffic lights on Lake Road outside the school has been working.

It would be fair to say that the safety fencing has made it less safe now, as students are electing to cross the road even further away from the lights due to the fences ‘being in their way’.

Back in my day (I know I’m sounding old now) at least one teacher was on duty at the gates before and after school every day to keep the kids in tow by using the (as it was then) zebra crossing properly as well as some words of advice on tucking shirts in and pulling socks up.

It would appear that technical surveys, engineering feats and ratepayer money has not helped make the crossing any safer. Perhaps it would be better to go ‘old school’ and send a teacher or two out on occasion to impart some crossing etiquette to keep the kids in their rightful place, and safe ?

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October 3 2014

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Devonport Food and Wine drowned by bureaucrats The food and wine festival is, for those of us that were around when it started, a fond memory of one of the only fun days we had in these parts. We do have the Christmas Parade and at Easter a crowd hauls a cross up Mt Vic in a mock crucifixion. Lest we forget we have a community gathering on Anzac Day. Guy Fawkes has all but been extinguished, except for diehards; fires, loud bangs and sparklers still do it for me. Dotcom gave us a free display back a couple of years ago, I fondly remember. Those who hate fun and fireworks have slowly imposed by default a kind of abolition of the event, with police support and do-gooders all fearing for public safety, or so they proclaim.

This same crowd slowly turned against the food and wine festival, using the term ‘public safety’ to create an event that has now evolved to be cost-prohibitive. The public and the charities that benefitted all lose. Some people believe the utterances told to them about crime and public safety. The fact is that for years the wine and food festival was like a giant street party and the odd idiot was arrested for drunkenness, but by and large it was a street party; kids’ magicians, side-shows, food, wine, music, laughter.

Then council and police laws unto themselves decided to fence us all in. The ‘family’

event was at an end. Permit costs, fencing costs, policing costs they said was all seriously needed. ‘They’ spoke to the community like naughty kids.

‘They’ fenced off the event, even policing the seashore area from landings. Not one of ‘them’ suggested positive actions or police collaboration, like the police offering free breath testing for drivers, rather than setting traps down the road trying to criminalize the overindulged. In the end the event started looking like a barbed-wire compound temporary prison; a Guantanamo Bay look.

All the problems ‘they’ said the festival had were mostly created in ‘their’ minds. Control freaks and authoritarians have effectively nearly smashed the festival down. Well done to any of you that are one of ‘those’ people.

Now the architectural blight, the bulk and location of the new library imposed mindlessly on our town is what will be left.

Ironically Chris Darby our local council man has dared to question the quality of some of Fletchers’ Special Housing designs, in farflung suburbs. He is not wrong in this criticism, but it’s all an irony with what’s happening in Bayswater, Hobsonville, the library and soon a large retirement village (on Wakakura land) and a new supermarket (at Hauraki Corner).

Ron Dykman (Abridged, Editor) TH DO IS W N’ E E TM K IS ON S O LY UT !

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Sun 5th Oct 12.30pm, Starting at the O'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122 Bayswater Ave, Bayswater

Explore the Bayswater peninsular with a walk and talk discussing its past, present and future through the First World War, urban design and environmental history. For more info on this event contact Michael Greig: ph 09 4456760 or email: mgreig@clear.net.nz More info on the Auckland Heritage Festival can be found at: www.heritagefestival.co.nz

BAYSWATER FAMILY BIKE DAY Sun 5th Oct, 2pm-5pm Northboro Reserve, Belmont

Bike the Bayswater Bridge and join us for a community barbecue at Northboro Reserve.

There will be a bike mechanic on-site giving free bike checks/maintenance, bike bell giveaways, a free preschool play zone and more.

CHELTENHAM BEACH SHELLFISH SURVEY Sun 12th Oct at 3pm, Balmain Reserve

Vauxhall School student, Charlie Glass, is organising a shellfish survey at Cheltenham Beach, with the aim of seeing if it would be possible to reseed the cockle population. About 20 adult volunteers are needed and any kids who want to help are welcome.If you are interested in helping, email Charlie at: PGlass@devonfunds.co.nz

JETS RUN Wed 15th Oct at 6pm, Starting at the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum, King Edward Pde, Devonport

Build up your fitness within a friendly running group. There are options of both 3km and 5km routes. Costs are $6 adult or $4 child per race.

For more info contact Paul Cornish: 0274 379 423.

THANK YOU! Devonport Peninsula Trust would like to thank the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board for their grant towards the cost of operational expenses.

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Interview

October 3 2014

Staying cool til after school – when teacher hits the surf

Riding the wave of popularity… Andrew Robinson with his polar bear trophy, surrounded by Devonport Primary School pupils

Andrew Robinson, the 1997 National Surfing Championship title holder and now a Year 5 teacher at Devonport Primary School, has just won the annual Polar Bear Classic again, 13 years after he brought home the trophy when aged 26.

He spoke to Maire Vieth.

“Sticking at it” is the key to Andrew ‘Pando’ Robinson’s surfing life in more ways than one.

Last month, his persistence paid off when he won the 33rd regional Polar Bear Classic held at Sandy Bay on the Tutukaka Coast. The event had to be postponed four times until the waves were finally big enough. But on the last

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weekend in August it was full on, thanks to 80 km/h onshore winds and pounding rain.

“The night before I talked to my dad and he asked if I was going up there. I said I was in two minds about it. It was going to be a massive and ugly storm. But as I was saying it, I realised that I actually love going out there when it’s wild,” Robinson says.

Robinson has been a regular at the Polar Bear Classic for years. He won it in 2001.

“Since then I have always come runner-up, third, fourth, or been knocked out in the first round,” he says.

But he stuck at it. “I just keep going because I love the people up there and the way they run it. And this year I was just on fire the whole time and had an absolute blinder of a day, on form from my first wave to my last and it was a nice feeling to know that I can still do it,” he says.

Robinson finds surfing both exciting and relaxing. “I love the adrenaline rush, the performance under pressure thing, but I also love to just go out and be by myself in my own space,” he says.

In 1997 Robinson became National Surfing Champion at the age of 21. At the time he was studying New Zealand History and Anthropology at Auckland University. He had been competing regionally since high school, in the National Scholastics Championship, where he made the Auckland team one year and competed nationally.

“I didn’t do that well early on but I just kept at it. And then during university, I went through a stage where I was surfing really hard out

during the two months off. I wasn’t thinking about competing but I got really good,” he says.

He believes having to study had a positive effect on his surfing. “Surfing is like anything.

If you do it all day, every day, you get a bit burned out. Having something to break it up and think about was a good balance. It just took me a really long time to get through university.”

Robinson had helped form the Takapuna Board Riders a few years prior, and when he wanted to compete at the 1997 Nationals, they sponsored his flight to Westport.

Freesurfing before the event, he noticed he held his own among the other competitors.

“And as I went through the competition, I got stronger and stronger. I found myself in the final up against Maz Quinn, Jai Earnshaw, Blair Stewart, who were the top guys at the time, on the cover of magazines and pretty famous in our little surfing world,” he says.

Robinson won, perhaps surprising himself.

“I remember being on a wave and coming off the bottom of it and looking up and seeing Maz with a kind of look of disgust on his face and I realised maybe I did have a chance here,” he says.

The win was a door opener. “For the next year I was in like every New Zealand surfing magazine. I did really well competitively too, won the 1998 Auckland and Canterbury champs and got into the national team to go to Portugal for the World Surfing Games,” he says.

But Robinson admits he found it a tough transition from competitive surfing – something he was passionate about but offered little money

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Cover boy… Andrew Robinson on the cover of New Zealand Surfing magazine (at left) and as a 10-year-old, surfing on his first board (above) – to a sustainable, long-term career.

After university, he surfed, travelled and did a number of odd jobs. One was driving the cast of the US TV series Power Rangers, which was filmed in Auckland. “It was a blast but not quite what I was looking for,” he says.

He also worked as a DJ in a Takapuna Bar, where he met Nicky Brodie, his future wife, who also worked there. Together they moved to the Gold Coast for two years, where Robinson worked for Cheyne Horan’s School of Surf at Surfers Paradise. “I got some good experience working with large groups of tourists but what I really enjoyed was working with the kids during the holidays.

“I got such a buzz seeing their excitement for learning, how they just go for it, take risks, gain confidence and succeed. It’s the same thing that I enjoy when I teach them at school now.”

Robinson had thought about becoming a teacher for a while. “But this is what got me to go for it,” he says. He and Nicky returned to New Zealand, where Robinson enrolled for a postgraduate diploma in teaching and graduated within a year.

In 2007, they moved back to the North Shore and a year later bought a two-bedroom house in Bayswater, which they are planning to extend and renovate to make room for their growing family, Brodie (three) and Bonnie (nearly one).

Robinson now teaches around 30 Year 5 children at Devonport Primary School. He has been at the school for the last six years and manages to keep surfing during the school holidays and even during his working week. “I come to work early and finish early, so when I am not going home to my family I shoot out west for a surf and am back in time to put the kids to bed,” he says.

Nicky supports his passion, he says. “She knows it’s the one thing in my life I really need to do and is pretty understanding.”

Their children are also taking to the water.

Last year, Robinson put Brodie on a longboard and paddled him across the estuary at Mangawhai. “And Bonnie is just a water monster.

I took her to Cheltenham the other day during low tide and she went straight into all these puddles – face first, diving,” he says.

Robinson was a water baby too. “I loved being in the water even before I could walk,” he says. The youngest of three boys, he grew up in Takapuna, a stone’s throw from the beach.

His early surfing was with his brothers around the Takapuna Reef.

“I was sporty but tiny all the way through high school,” he says, choosing tennis and hockey over rugby. At ten, he got his first hard surf board. “I was so small and light it all happened pretty easily and my brothers both surfed so that pushed me along,” Robinson says.

Once they pushed him a little too far, across the Tauranga Harbour to Matakana Island. “It was about a kilometre paddle across the harbour, crossing shipping channels and things.

They had told our parents that we were just surfing at the Mount but when we got back, they had called the police and were scurrying along the beach,” he says.

Surfing became a family affair. “Dad started when I did. He must have been 40. When my brothers went off surfing with friends, I’d go off with dad to Mangawhai or Piha,” he says.

Surfing remains a bonding experience today.

“Dad is 70 next year and he is still surfing hard. Every Christmas we all go out for a surf together, try to catch the same wave and cause havoc out there,” he says.

Off the water, Robinson was obsessed with skateboards as a child. “I used to pretend I was surfing the sidewalk.”

At Takapuna Primary School, he and his friends lobbied to get permission to skateboard during recess, in a dedicated area, and they succeeded.

Now a primary school teacher himself, Robinson has adapted the concept. He gives some of his students surfing lessons. “I started during holidays and on weekends with a group of about 20 that are now in intermediate school.

They are all on hard boards now and surf pretty good,” he says.

A box of surf treasures comes out once in a while during class as well. There are surf magazines with him on the cover and the centrefold, some with his hair dyed white. “I have a few tales to tell,” Robinson says.

There are those about his wins, but cautionary ones as well, of sensing sharks below him and of the time he got stuck in the middle of Foveaux Strait, just off the tiny Raratoka Island.

“It was the Rex van Huben Big Wave Challenge in 2000. The waves had 20 or 30 -foot faces on them; to this day the biggest waves I have seen. I got pulled onto the wrong side of a reef and I paddled out there for about 40 minutes trying to get back.

“Nobody knew I was out there. I had big seals barking at me, tears in my eyes, and finally a guy on a jet ski 200 metres away heard my screams for help.

“I was so freaked out, I didn’t compete anymore, just sat there and watched,” he says.

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Schoolgirl fighting rhino extinction

Flying to Africa to save rhinoceroses from extinction, a Devonport student hopes to spread the conservation word when she gets back home.

Anna Chambers, a Year-12 Kristin School student, is one of three Kiwis who attended the first World Youth Rhino Summit in South Africa last week.

The Flagstaff caught up with Anna the day after she finished her mock exams and 24 hours before her plane took off. She still had a Business Internal to finish and her bags to pack. Preparations had amounted to getting a typhoid shot.

“I am both excited and nervous and haven’t really had time to process the upcoming trip,” she says of her first visit to Africa and her first trip without her family.

The summit enlisted 130 teenagers from around the world to fight rhinoceros poaching and turn public opinion against the escalating consumption of rhino horn, particularly in Asia. “There is a myth around it that it can cure cancer and things like that,” Anna says.

A once abundant 500,000 strong rhinoceros population is close to extinction, with just over 23,000 animals still alive in Africa and Asia.

Last year 1,000 rhinos were brutally killed, predominantly in South Africa, the summit brochure said.

Once in South Africa, Anna is set to spend three days at the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve north of Durban. She and two other Kiwis

Sustainable trip… Anna Chambers and her mother Liz, a day before Anna flew to South Africa are fully sponsored by North Shore resident Peter Eastwood and the Imake a Difference charitable trust he established last year.

Anna was looking forward to experiencing rhinoceroses in their natural environment, simulating an anti-poaching intervention and learning about Zulu culture and its connection

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Once back home in New Zealand, she said she would champion the cause here. Anna has just been confirmed as a prefect for her last year at Kristin School, and she is hoping to make presentations at school and maybe even lobby politicians and other people of influence.

Devonport Rotary is all about doing good things in local communities, both here and overseas. We’re a group of highly motivated individuals who enjoy meeting new, like-minded people.

If you live or work locally, or are new to the area, and would like to become involved with Rotary, please check out our website: www.devonportrotary.co.nz Contact Graham Rowe 021 513 360

Our donations have supported these programmes (July 2013 – June 2014) InternatIOnal Solomon Islands – Emergency Response Kits Taveuni Island, Fiji Polio Eradication

$1,800 Philippines Disaster – Shelter Boxes $5,000 Vanuatu – Dictionaries for Schools $200 The Rotary Foundation

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$5,000 Stanley Bay School – Trees for Survival

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Scotty Brewer Skate Day Local Student Educational Programmes

$600 Vauxhall School – Special Needs iPad $3,178

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Selection criteria and guidance notes for funding applications are available from the club secretary (see website for details).

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October 3 2014

First Devonport BID manager appointed

Devonport’s inaugural BID manager is long-time local Judy Grieve.

She was appointed last week and starts work in mid-November.

Grieve said the role appealed to her because she wanted to work in Devonport with the local community and it fitted her skills and experience in marketing and communications.

For five years she was the manager for Parnell’s Mainstreet programme, which was the precursor to the current Business Improvement District (BID) system.

“It was similar but different (to Devonport) – Parnell is a fringe inner-city suburb close to the CBD with a passionate and engaged community.”

For the last nine years Grieve has worked for Heritage New Zealand as its mid-northern area coordinator.

Grieve will be based in the Devonport shopping centre at a yet-to-be confirmed location.

Some of the BID role is set down in Auckland Council policy, but there will be some First Devonport BID manager… Judy Grieve initial fine-tuning of the job in-conjuction with the Devonport BID board, which has taken over from the Devonport Business the wide range of business and community groups in Devonport, Grieve said.

Association.

Devonport Business Association chairman Initially she will be reviewing the board’s Devonport business plan and strategic plan. John Waugh said: “We had 35 applications In the meantime a temporary manager is of a very good calibre, interviewed ten and @ Devonport Community House shortlisted three. in place.

“But Judy stood out. She is a longGrieve has lived in Devonport for 23 years standing local and has a background that is WEDNESDAY NIGHTS 7-9PM and raised a family here.

A key part of the job was engaging with fantastic and really suits the position.”

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Toni Gregory M 021 044 3663 A/H 09 446 1023 Devonport 09 445 2010 Sue Harrison M 021 909 549 A/H 09 445 6519 Devonport 09 445 2010 Auction: 10am 16 Oct 2014 at Bruce Mason, Takapuna (unless sold prior) View: Sat/Sun 1.00-1.30pm www.barfoot.co.nz/529395

POTENTIAL GALORE! With a distinct reference to the ‘arts and crafts’ style, this gorgeous character filled 1920’s home with three bedrooms plus office features Oregon panelling, native timber floors and lead light windows.

Enjoy the enviable full, flat site of 711m² or build up to capture the extensive views.

Merani Magic You’ll have to be quick to secure this fully renovated brick and tile unit.

A true Narrow Neck charmer this two bedroom gem, flooded with light, is a definite standout in today’s unit market. Call Sue or Toni to view.

Sue Harrison M 021 909 549 A/H 09 445 6519 Devonport 09 445 2010 Toni Gregory M 021 044 3663 A/H 09 446 1023 Devonport 09 445 2010 Auction: 3:00pm 4 Oct 2014 on Site (unless sold prior) View: Saturday 2.30 - 3.00pm www.barfoot.co.nz/528647

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Devonport 8/16 Church St OVERSEAS VENDOR WANTS IT SOLD! Price reduced - NOW $579,000. Elevated with water views and single lockup garage, this two bedroom sunny end unit sits amazingly close to Devonports waterfront. Just a short stroll to the ferry, cafe’s and village. Enjoy as is or embark on a make-over and take it to the next level. Without doubt this is LOCATION buying!

Takapuna ~ Ultimate Do-Up, Must Be Sold Sue Harrison M 021 909 549 A/H 09 445 6519 Devonport 09 445 2010 Toni Gregory M 021 044 3663 A/H 09 446 1023 Devonport 09 445 2010

For Sale: $579,000 View: Sat/Sun 11.30am - 12.00pm www.barfoot.co.nz/527015

397 Lake Road •1920’s character residence • 4 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms •Polished native timber flooring & plaster & beam ceilings • Vacant and must be sold

Ron Sadler, BCom M 021 613 546 A/H 09 486 0142 Devonport 09 445 2010

Auction: 10:00am 16 Oct 2014 at BMC, Takapuna (will not be sold prior) View: Phone For Viewing Times www.barfoot.co.nz/529570

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Devonport 57 Old Lake Road A top location, style and just up the road from glorious Narrow Neck Beach, you will not find better value than this glam, little Art Deco delight. Too cute for words, sitting in the sun, with beautiful polished floors, new bathroom, and a modern kitchen. This is your opportunity to own this wonderful home.

Forrest Hill 1/18 Morton Avenue Lorraine and Don Wood M 0800 571 771 A/H 09 445 8215 Devonport 09 445 2010

For Sale: By negotiation View: As Advertised or By Appointment www.barfoot.co.nz/528676

This is a great home with no compromises.

1) Two good size bedrooms plus an office.

2) Stunning kitchen with stainless appliances.

3) Stylish bathroom with bath and shower.

4) Single garage with internal access.

5) Open plan living/dining.

6) Spacious deck on the north/western corner.

Lorraine and Don Wood M 0800 571 771 A/H 09 445 8215 Devonport 09 445 2010

For Sale: $659,000 View: Sat/Sun 11.00 - 11.30am www.barfoot.co.nz/529284

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Bayswater 67 Bayswater Ave Something Special Steeped in authentic charm, this 1930’s stucco bungalow has fabulous street presence.

Offering 2/3 bedrooms plus stairs to a spacious upper level ready for development. A studio sits at the end of the garden and there is a French inspired ‘al-fresco’ entertaining area. Move in. You’ll never want to leave.

Devonport 10 St Leonards Road Carol Wetzell M 027 245 3392 Devonport 09 445 2010 Ian Cunliffe M 0272279322 Devonport 09 445 2010

Auction: 6:00pm 16 Oct 2014 on Site (unless sold prior) View: Sat/Sun 12-12.45pm Thurs 6-6.30pm www.barfoot.co.nz/529565

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Devonport 7 St Aubyn St Spectacular Villa homestead and settlers cottage!

One of Devonports finest Grand Dames, nestled high up on Mt Victoria overlooking Cheltenham, North Head and Rangitoto. This presents a real opportunity for a new family to write the next chapter! Call us now to view.

Ian Cunliffe M 0800 248 521 A/H 09 445 3967 Devonport 09 445 2010 Carol Wetzell M 027 245 3392 A/H 09 488 7559 Devonport 09 445 2010 Auction: 10:00am 9 Oct 2014 at Bruce Mason Centre. (unless sold prior) View: Sat/Sun 3.00pm - 3.45pm www.barfoot.co.nz/529234

Fabulous Character Filled Cottage If an idyllic weatherboard home with pleasant garden in a handy Central Village setting is what you are looking for, then head straight off to 10 St Leonards Road, where you’ll soon find this little beauty, tucked nicely back from the road, and with the added bonus of a north facing aspect for the long sunny days ahead.

Devonport 43 King Edward Parade Lance Richardson AREINZ M 021 796 660 Devonport 09 445 2010 Sandy Medway M 021 908 006 A/H 09 486 5613 Milford 09 489 5049

For Sale: $2,750,000 View: Sunday 12pm - 12.45pm www.barfoot.co.nz/526920

An Absolute Privilege to Live Here This stunning turn of the century waterfront Villa offers character filled rooms throughout and has a superb blend of authentic and modern style. Panoramic sea views overlook the Waitemata Harbour and the iconic North Head and the property comes to the market for the first time in over 25 years.

Carol Wetzell M 027 245 3392 A/H 09 488 7559 Devonport 09 445 2010 Ian Cunliffe M 0800 248 521 A/H 09 445 3967 Devonport 09 445 2010

For Sale: By Negotiation View: Sunday 1.00pm - 1.45pm www.barfoot.co.nz/527526

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Devonport 13 Victoria Rd DEVONPORT COMMERCIAL SPACE An opportunity exists to customise your own office / studio / storage premises with the landlords assistance. Located close to the Devonport ferry and with it’s own kitchen and w.c. The Landlord will partition, carpet and air condition to high standard to suit the tenant.

Rental $33,000 p.a. plus GST and outgoings.

Devonport 1/17A Church St Ted Hill M 0800 248 526 A/H 09 445 3256 Devonport 09 445 2010

For Lease: View: Phone For Viewing Times www.barfoot.co.nz/61408

SAY NO TO THE LANDLORD Come on board the property ladder, you’ll never look back!

This original 2 bedroom 1970’s unit is elevated for maximizing sun and views to North Head and the Harbour and is awaiting new owners with energy and creativity.

Cathy Fiebig M 0800 248 245 A/H 021 383 149 Devonport 09 445 2010

Auction: 10am 16 Oct 2014, Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna (unless sold prior) View: Sat/Sun 11:00am-11:45am www.barfoot.co.nz/529620

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Devonport Opportunity Knocks......

Slap bang halfway between Devonport and Stanley Point sits a must see Villa. This is the epitome of the Devonport “DO UP”. Wonderfully located single level character gem, rich with classic villa appeal from the high ceilings, original native flooring and sash windows with traditional workmanship providing the ideal canvas for your transformation. Sitting on a north facing 562m² site, this early 1900’s villa will surely reward it’s benefactor with substantial potential for capital gain. Easy walking distance to local schools, the village and waterfront to enjoy everything Devonport has to offer. The options to use either ferry service, offering easy access to the CBD for work or play, makes this a simple decision. There aren’t many homes left in the area like this.

So often sought after and so rarely found. Bring your imagination, enthusiasm, builder and reap the rewards.

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Devonport G3/45 Stanley Point Rd Easy Living In The Park What could be better than a solid and attractive apartment in the prestigious and beautifully maintained “Devonpark” with swimming pool, lovely gardens and private secure parking, all in the complex.

This solid and welcoming two bedroom and two bathroom apartment on the West Wing has a spacious lounge that opens directly onto a large grassed area, with spectacular inner Harbour views beyond.

Ideally suited to professional couples, retirees, or investors, this property represents a sound purchase with wonderful onsite amenities.

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October 3 2014

Pellacci closes, old family firm expands on Victoria Rd

One door closes, another one opens… Claire Amodeo of Pellacci (at right) hands her shop keys to Bruce and Karen Yarnton “I will miss all the people definitely,” said Long-standing women’s fashion store Pellacci 20 years while – Bob and Beth Yarton opened closes this month but it has been taken over by Yarntons – a men’s and women’s clothing store Amodeo.

However she will not disappear completely, an even more established business – Yarntons. – in Birkenhead in 1945.

Pellacci has been operating in Victoria Rd for Son Bruce (and wife Karen) Yarnton now as she aims to work a couple of days a week for run the store – which opened a men’s branch the new Yarntons womenswear store.

While retailing has become increasingly in Devonport 15 years ago, taking over from Colin Parry menswear. The Yarnton family have tough in recent years, Bruce Yarnton is optimislived in Devonport for generations, with Beth tic about launching a new womenswear shop Yarnton’s father a former Devonport Borough in Devonport.

“I’m feeling confident about Devonport – Council town clerk.

Pellaci owner Claire Amodeo said she was we’ve now got the BID (business improvement sad the store, which stocks her New Zealand district),which will have someone spending 30 gym vi sits manufactured label, amongst others, was clos- hours per week promoting Devonport, and the with yo ur council and Auckland Transport are spending ing down. two ses first sions* But she is heading into semi-retirement and millions improving the area.”

Quite a few Devonport locals shop at Yarnwants to spend more time with her grandkids.

“The time seemed to be right – I didn’t want tons in Birkenhead now.

“We have been keen to sell RM Williams the shop to become another cafe or restaurant Devonport & Auckland CBD Locations and I’m pleased that a women’s store will women’s line and when we heard Claire may A lot of weight to lose or those pesky continue in the space under Bruce and Karen. be closing down it seemed a good opportunity to give it a try.” last 5kg? Want to improve your fitness, The style of women’s clothing to be offered tone up or train for an event?

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Belmont shop’s BID rejected by council A request by one Belmont trader for the area to become a business improvement district (BID) has been knocked back by Auckland Council.

“Under our current policy it’s not large enough and there is no current business association operating,” an Auckland Council spokesperson said.

“We have instead put forward the suggestion of Belmont possibly working collaboratively with the newly formed Devonport BID.

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October 3 2014

WHAT’S ON

Young Wakatere sailors win first youth “America’s Cup”

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Top team on the water… Airi Kawana, Francesco Kayrouz and Michael Worsfold Four Wakatere Boating Club sailors have won the first annual Young Challengers Cup, a youth sailing event held in Auckland and modelled on the legendary America’s Cup. They won five out of six races, coming second in the other. Their club is now the cup’s challenger and is expected to host the event next year at Narrow Neck.

The Devonport team – Airi Kawana, Francesco Kayrouz, Rory McCutcheon and Michael Worsfold – spent two days sailing 4.4 metre Weta Trimarans on an America’s Cup course off French Bay Yacht Club, near Titirangi.

Rory was team manager, with the other three boys racing on the water. He says he enjoyed this first experience of managing a team. “It was pretty easy because they were a really good bunch of kids. They are great sailors individually but also worked

together well and really clicked,” he says.

All five participating teams stayed in the Motu Moana Scout Camp for the event, and in addition to sailing had to complete a spinnaker hoist challenge, a hiking bench challenge, timekeeping, and observation, gathering points on skills and fitness on the way.

“Our team won the spinnaker hoist and the hiking but we didn’t do that well in the quiz,” says Rory.

Unlike the America’s Cup proper, protests were not an issue at the inaugural youth event. The programme stated that all protests had to be dealt with on the water, that none were possible off the water and that the umpire’s decision was final.

Wakatere also entered a second team that came third. It consisted of Oscar Andrews, Conrad Butler, Robbie McCutcheon and Celia Willison as manager.

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Another big bang for science at BIS

A record haul of medals was achieve d by Belmont Intermediate School (BIS) at the 2014 North Harbour Science Fair held last month.

“It’s the highest proportion of medals ever. We submitted 13 projects and came away with 10 medals for them.

Last year, we came away with 16 medals, but we had put in 21 boards,” says Susan Revell, the school’s science teacher.

“This year we ran a voluntary club for the science fair, where I mentored 15 members for about 40 minutes per week at school, and they then all worked hard to produce a science investigation, mainly in home time,” she says.

During the last six years, BIS has excelled at the event. “The standard of the kids’ work is improving a little every year,” Revell says.

Ben Jones won the Living World section with Reusable or Revolting.

Felix Shaw Bell won the Stanley Jober Cup for Excellence in Application of the Scientific Method with Do soccer goalies have a left or right bias?

Michaela Bremner and Poppy Lester received the Baking Research Cup with their Wanna Cookie?

Grace Brownlie received a Gold Medal for Whining Wine Glasses.

Silver medals were won by Harrison Free for Dyslexia - To read or not to read; Olivia Miles for Can my mice see colour? ;and Charlotte Rayner for A Salty Solution.

Bronze medals went to Beth Thomson for

Winning elements… the BIS Science Club behind their safety goggles;Front row: Beth Thomson, Ben Jones, Olivia Miles.

Second row: Harrison Free, Ella Madsen Brough, Emma McLean, Michaela Bremner. Third row: Teacher Susan Revell, Charlotte Rayner, Grace Brownlie, Quinn Cooper, Ella Cronshaw. Back row: Felix Shaw Bell, Beau Swift, Fletcher Pearson Riley, Poppy Lester.

Dig This and Beau Swift for Does repetition the forecast?

Beau won an additional award for the exhelp our learning, Does repetition help our learning and Sunscreen - How accurate is cellent use of statistics in his investigation.

      Tips for trouble-free computing Red Dragon Computers 

    Q: When I am sending and receiving emails, my program is forever popping up with a box asking   me for my username and password and no matter what I type, it does not work. I phoned Xtra        and spent ages on the phone with them and they got me to change my password and it worked      for a bit – but now it’s doing it again! Every five minutes, a box pops up wanting me to put my      email address and password in and I can’t get my emails.

What’s going on ???!!       A:  This seems to be a frequent experience for Xtra customers at the moment and it’s especially frustrating      not the solution. Basically, there is    because the solution they suggest (change your password) is       nothing wrong with your username and password settings so avoid the pain of a long wait on hold to    New Computers do something that will not make the slightest bit of difference. The problem is at their end, not yours,      Want a new computer with Windows 7 and it seems to be a problem with their authentication processes.

If you just wait a while, the send/     on it rather than Windows 8 ?  receive process just comes right after a time. Not much we can do about this one – yes it’s happening    I  can build that for you, transfer your data  to me too – aside from complain to Xtra and/or change to another service provider. It reminds me of     and software and get it all setup.   those bad old days of dial-up when you just could not get online because they just did not have the   Take away the hassle, take away the stress!    capacity to authenticate all users simultaneously.  Email me for a quote        Q:  The plug from my printer will not fit the socket on the side of the laptop. It worked    last week and I have tried plugging in a mouse without success. Can you help?    A:  Sounds like you have physically broken the USB port, which if so that is pretty much unrepairable as the   USB port is part of the motherboard. If you took it to a laptop repair specialist they may be able to fix    it, but I would expect a cost between $100 and $200 - or more if they have to replace the motherboard.      I am guessing your laptop has more than one USB port, in which case, you can plug your printer into    one of those.

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The battle begins… Jamie Cowley, Jesse Swift, Joshua Eaglestone and Jasper Moy (foreground, from left) are leading this year’s Bayswater School Wai Care team. Here they demonstrate to Year 5 and 6 students how to measure the oxygen levels of Achilles Creek.

Freedom to Interpret is a pictorial ethnography of Auckland’s many familiar inner city streets.

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Richard Joughin: The Pioneers

After a hiatus in his exhibiting career the Depot Artspace is pleased to welcome back Richard Joughin with his series of ceramic works, The Pioneers.

Planting in… (From left) Jasmine Bridge, Tayla Hodge, Jaylan Flavell and Semisi Vakavelo plant in cabbage trees and kawakawa

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Kids vs weeds in unrelenting battle at Achilles Reserve

Good green fun… Lucia Kwok and Keira Somerville enjoy the planting Bayswater School’s Wai Care team has been looking after Achilles Creek for nearly 10 years, but the war on weeds is not letting up.

Tradescantia fluminensis, commonly known as Wandering Jew, is flourishing alongside the creek’s muddy banks and the task of eradicating it is monumental.

Spraying the weed is out of the question, at least for now, says Principal Lindsay Child, who recently asked Auckland Council for permission to do this.

So the battle continues. Tradescantia has been an issue since the school joined the council-led, water-quality education programme in 2005. The task has been made more difficult as over the last couple of years it had fallen off the regular council maintainence programme.

This year’s Wai Care team checks the water quality of the creek every month.

It found that after heavy rain sediment from the muddy banks washes into the creek and deteriorates its water quality. The reason for it, they say, are the shallowrooted weeds that don’t help to hold up the bank.

Gradually replacing the Tradescantia creeper with deeper rooted native trees and shrubs will hold the bank together and cause less run-off during wet weather.

This September, a group of Year 5 and 6 students made a start by digging in 100 native plants along the lower part of the stream to begin strengthening its bank.

But they had to make numerous weeding trips first.

The team gathered around half a dozen gardening bags full of Tradescantia. The weed bags will be left to decompose, which will take between four and six months.

Wai Care is a water-quality monitoring, education and action programme that Auckland Council runs with schools, businesses, community groups and individuals across the Auckland region.

Sq-worming with delight: Cadence Cox (left) found a worm, to the amusement of Ally Stewart

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Local arts facilities to be reviewed by council A council proposal to “investigate” Devonport’s arts and culture facilities is a slap in the face for local arts organisations, say community leaders.

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Plan says that the Depot, Rose Centre and Victoria Theatre may not be “fit for purpose.”

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board chair Mike Cohen said he found the plan “a complete beat-up” and had no confidence in its value. Fellow board member Dianne Hale said it “sent shivers up the spine” adding it was of “grave concern to local arts groups.”

Depot Artspace co-ordinator Linda Blincko said the plan was a threat to the

core of community by a “one-size-fits-all council” and did not appear to be based on the full facts.

However council officer Anita CoyMacken assured the board that the plan did not intend to “make people nervous”.

It was only focused on the “bricks and mortar” of facilities, which in Devonport’s heritage area could mean that more money needed to be invested in them, she said.

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Outdoor Devonport library to open in November Another new library is coming to Devonport – this one will open in November, as part of the Devonport Arts Festival.

Doug Young, a senior advertising creative, is creating an outdoor “communal library” for the festival opening day of November 9, with bookshelves, free membership and books, and open to the elements.

“It will be a study with a real bookshelf and two real wall lights next to the bench around the war memorial, and there will be other parts painted onto the new library’s hoarding next to it. It won’t be an art piece, just a simple painting on a temporary wall,” he says.

Young’s creation will remain there until the hoarding goes and the new library opens. “The idea is that while the old library is closed people can borrow a book from this shelf and put it back once they read it,” he says.

Council and contractors Naylor Love are supporting the project. Festival organiser Toni van Tonder said wall lamps will be wired up as part of the project.

Young’s wife Helene Dehmer has her own Devonport Arts Festival project only a few steps away from his. The creator of the 2011 Rugby World Cup Woolly Walkalong, and more recently the Woolly Poles along Victoria Road, is planning to create a Woolly Tree.

Anyone can submit a piece of knitting and Dehmer and her helpers will use them to wrap the Pohutukawa tree in a patchwork blanket. “It can be any size, any colour, knitted or crocheted.

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“A cherry picker has been hired, we have November 8 – 16. For more information, see checked in with a council arborist and we have www.devonportartsfestival.com

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Garmin Sportswatch grey and orange found on road, Norwood Rd near Marine Parade, 10 September. Will belong to a cyclist. Call Don 09) 446 6988.

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.

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Art classes for adults @ Devonport Community House (pick up brochure there). Since 2006 Mastering Art has been providing a ‘foundation style’ learning facility with study such as life drawing, painting, printing, collage and a touch of art history. Guided projects and personal creative time help to improve basic skills alongside conceptual understanding.Some art-related experience is preferable but not essential, Dedication and an open mind are crucial.

Spaces limited. Thursday and Friday mornings (in the upstairs artroom). $340 per term incl some materials, tea/coffee/biscuits. Tel 446 0389 or 021 144 2791, www.lucy-bucknall.co.nz, lucybucknall@clear.net.nz

Learn piano/keyboard. Lessons from $17.00. Private, Professional, Affordable, Enjoyment for all ages. Competitions, Practical, Theory Exams.

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FOR SALE Takapuna Grammar Boys Uniform worn for one term only. 2 x Size S Winter Shirts, 1 x Size S Jersey, 2 x Size S Summer Shirts, 2 x Size 84 Shorts.

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Wedgwood bone china, dinner service (white). 12 each. Entree, main course, dessert and side plates. $750. ph. 09 446 3037.

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

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SERVICES OFFERED AAA Window Cleaning, Free Quote ph David 021 368371.

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.

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Bookkeeping services offered. Experienced with Xero and MYOB, all IRD returns.

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Bookkeeping Service for small/ medium local companies. Let me help with your GST, PAYE and all monthly accounts. I can set you up with online accounting and work in my office or your home/office. Phone Janet on 486 1222 or 021 661138 to discuss your needs.

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

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Gardener Available Qualified and experienced landscape designer. Enjoys getting his hands dirty. Good plant knowledge. Hardworking, 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.

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Groove Kitchens, new kitchens, stove tops, German hardware, Garth Waring ph 021 397 863 or 476 7666.

Handyman: need something fixed, quickly and well? Or need garden maintenance?

Contact: David 445-0668, dje_claridge@hotmail.com Housesitter available. Between January 1 and January 20. Cats fine. Good references from two Devonport families. Phone Jan 04 902 0997.

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

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Locksmith, Devonport’s own Scott Richardson. mob 021 976 607.

Wood-Tech are specialists in creating custom-design kitchens - all over Devonport. See our website - or call 09 810 8136 - for a friendly kitchen consultation www.wood-tech.co.nz SITUATIONS VACANT CharterLink yacht charters at Bayswater Marina needs a steady hand to administer bookings and help out in our busy sailing season.

You’ll need good familiarity with Microsoft Office Word, Outlook and Excel; knowledge of Hauraki Gulf cruising; an interest in sailing helps.

Remaining organised and accurate under pressure is vital along with a welcoming and helpful manner.

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Send your brief resume to rob@charterlink.co.nz or CharterLink, P O Box 32 501 Devonport Gardener wanted - who is able to look after a smallish garden involving caring for a lawn, removing or spraying weeds, trimming hedges & trees, watering & caring for plants, general maintenance etc etc. All tools needed and garden bin are onsite. Must be fit (as need to be able to move the lawn mower around and trim hedges etc), be reliable & honest and able to work 1-2 hours each week in Devonport.

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Art Classes for Children Wed after school 3.20 - 5.20 in artist’s studio, Devonport. This term we are basing our artwork on music and musical instruments.

Small classes - Cost $180 incl all materials and snack. Individual classes also available. Erica Soman MFA Dip Tchg, erica_artist@xtra.co.nz, 021 127 9671.

Classical and acoustic guitar, music theory. Fun, comprehensive, tailored to you! Devonport based.

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Devonport drama since 2002 Drama classes 8 - 18yrs Artspace on Mt Vic. gallen@clear.net.nz, 021 262 4907.TTION Guitar tuition - beginner/intermediate guitar lessons. Flexible hours, can come to you. Call or txt Josh 021 128 5556.

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Piano and Theory of Music lessons available from experienced, registered teacher. Ph. John Mercer (M.Mus. LTCL) 445 6471.

Singing/instrument lessons in Devonport/Belmont. Vacancies available! Ph 376 4009 or visit www.singschool.co.nz

Singing tuition. All ages. I will show you how to be better. Pat Urlich 022 314 3001.

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

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

At the Auckland Band Association (ABA) competition two weeks ago, TGS Brass was awarded second place, with the winning band beating them by only two points. Alex King was awarded the cup for best solo.

A win for Grade 6 rugby

It was a great season end for our Grade 6 rugby team, who defeated Whangaparaoa by a whopping 73 points, to win the grade. The Year 9, 10 and 11 boys was the only TGS team to make the finals, winning 76-3 on the school field at the end of August. The boys scored 12 tries in total, with Lockie McNair, Lauchlan McKay,

Jake Coleman and George Looney each scoring two tries. This was backed up with eight conversions by Oscar Koller. Overall the team won 12 of their 15 games, and are ‘a team to watch in the future’, according to one of the parents, Mark Nola.

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Mollie Cornfield was awarded the cup for best under-18 solo and was also accepted for the NZ National Youth Band, and at his first attempt, conductor Edwin Dawson, was awarded the cup for best director.

Another Eureka finalist Emilie Sedelmayr in Year 12 will be representing the school during the Term 3 break at the Eureka National Symposium in Wellington. This is the second consecutive year a student from TGS has qualified as a national finalist for this event.

The symposium is arguably New Zealand’s premier science competition for secondary and tertiary students, providing a forum for students to share and present their own scientific ideas and concepts to business leaders, politicians and eminent research scientists.

Emilie is the only female secondary school student to have made the national final (on October 10th). Her qualifying presentation from the Auckland regional finals can be viewed at: http://vimeo. com/103661551. The final will be live streamed from the Eureka website on the 10th of October: http://eureka.org.nz/

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Film premiers It was a highly anticipated night; a chance to showcase a selection of the best films produced by senior Media Studies students.

After weeks of hard work, stress and probably a few breakdowns as well, they were finally ready to present their work at the ‘TGS On Screen’ night. Many past pupils, current pupils, parents and teachers arrived at the school library in the final week of term, to see what films the students had made for their high-stakes internal assessments.

Year 11s made music videos, the Year 12s a documentary and the Year 13s a short neo-noir film, after learning about film noir throughout the year.

The night was filled with absolutely amazing student work. In a new development, the audience was asked to vote for their favourite film from each Year in the category of ‘People’s Choice Award’.

Midnight Journey was the most popular Year 11 music video made by Zachary Martin, who made the film for his own composition; Alia & Goldie by Augustine Morgan-Guthrie was the documentary most favoured at Year 12; and Cold Shoulder by Tim Phimester, Caroline Taylor and Henry Juer took out the honours at Year 13.

BY SABINA GIURGIU

A runner to watch out for

The Auckland Secondary Schools Road Race marks the end of the winter running calendar and Katherine Badham has had a stellar season. She placed first in the fourkilometre Intermediate race, where she faced stiff competition.

The race was run at Bruce Pulman Park in Takanini in clear but windy conditions.

Katherine came in at 15 minutes 35 seconds, a clear five seconds ahead of the next runner. The future looks exceptionally bright for Katherine, not only in road races but triathlon and cross-country also. Some of her season highlights include winning the Auckland Secondary Schools Triathlon and Duathlon Championships as well as taking gold in the North Harbour Cross Country Champs, as an intermediate girl.

Katherine is an accomplished triathlete but in the last two years or so has extended her range and excelled. Her running strength and consistent results show that she is an athlete to be watched.

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Preschool fun times continue into spring The fun just keeps on going for local preschoolers. For the first time, the weekly indoor play sessions run by Devonport Community Coordinator Maria Teape have been extended to continue through spring until the outdoor summer sessions start.

“We will be going through the school holidays and not finish until the beginning of November, when the outdoor Summer Fun sessions start,” says Teape.

The need for more events emerged last year, she says. Caregivers said that it was hard to find things to do in the school holidays because activities often took a break then as well. “It came through strongly when last winter’s session ended that people were disappointed they had to wait several weeks until the summer ones started,” she says.

• Winter Fun Preschool Play is free and runs every Tuesday from 9:30 until 11 am at Bayswater School Hall. For more information, contact Maria Teape There’s someone behind you… Sam (2) and Emma Kandziora and at dportcomm@xtra.co.nz or 445 9953. their puppet pals Frog and Cat had a show to go on with

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SWAP OF TOP WOMEN AT NAVAL BASE A ceremony to mark the official Change of Command for the Royal New Zealand Navy base, HMNZS PHILOMEL, was held at 9.30am, Friday 3 October at the Devonport Naval Base.

During the ceremony Captain Corina Bruce relinquished command of HMNZS PHILOMEL, handing over to the newly promoted Captain Maxine Lawes.

The changing of command takes place when Captain Bruce states “You have the ship” and Captain Lawes responds with “I have the ship”.

At this point, the Commissioning Pennant is hoisted, and the two women then exchange the HMNZS PHILOMEL symbol of command.

Captain Bruce was the first female to fill the role of Commanding Officer PHILOMEL and Base Commander, and was promoted into the role in 2010. Her career has spanned almost 30 years; she enlisted in 1983 and took some time off to be a fulltime mum to her two daughters in the 1990s.

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Aspiration of inspiration through perspiration

Aiming to inspire… the team behind the new TGS sports board. Clockwise from left: Simone Stewart, Will Scovell, Graham Rush, Callum McNair, Sharon Davies, Maria Clarke, Terry Nicholas and Terry Holding.

Sport is getting a workout at Takapuna Grammar School. A new sports board called “Project Aspire” is aiming to raise the profile of sport at the school, which will flow onto achievement outside it, says Takapuna Grammar (TGS) Sports Director Sharon Davies.

The board has a dozen members including school staff, senior management and locals who have various expertise in the sports arena.

“They are all passionate about assisting with the development of sport at our school.

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It has held initial meetings and its aim is to offer students more inclusive, challenging and inspiring sporting challenges.

Project Aspire team members from outside the school are: • Maria Clarke, a nationally recognised sports lawyer, recently appointed to the International Olympic Committee Sport and Law Commission.

• Nick Jones, Research and Insights Manager for IAG strategy, a former TGS parent and hockey coach and one of the sports board’s instigators.

• Callum McNair, North Harbour Rugby’s commercial manager, who has completed a number of Ironman races and has vast experi-

ence in running sports events, including Bike The Bridge.

• Terry Nicholas, an accountant, sailor and the chair of the Yachting New Zealand Olympic Committee.

• Graham Rush, the owner of Brand Partners Global, who has been involved with the North Shore Rugby Football Club for ten years, coaching junior rugby and managing the Senior Premiers.

• School representatives are Simon Lamb (Principal), Carol Bashford (Deputy Principal), Terry Holding (Relationship Manager), Will Scovell (Head of PE), Sharon Davies (Sports Director), Melita Tu’isila (PE teacher and Dean) and Simone Stewart (Sports Coordinator).

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Walking school… helicopter

Speedy trip to school… (from left) Ben Evans, Jasper Shanahan, Ella-Marie Fawcett-Grubner, Leah Harrison-Kerridge and George Crooksedge have just disembarked the chopper with Bayswater School principal Lindsay Child A new mode of school transport made its arrival at Bayswater School, but only for a one drop-off and take-off.

A red and yellow helicopter touched down on the school field last Wednesday morning, dropping five students and principal Lindsay Child off for school. Then another five students and Year 5 teacher Marianne Coldham took off in the helicopter for their ride home from school.

The Westpac Helicopter ride was a reward for the ten students who had been of exceptional help with the school’s $11,000

fundraiser for the rescue service. The rest of the school got to watch the take-off and landing up close and inspected the inside of the chopper after it had landed.

The helicopter left for Bayswater from Mechanics Bay and took a spin around the Sky Tower on the way north.

Jasper Shanahan (11) said he especially enjoyed seeing the colourful port containers from above. Ben Evans (9) said he was allowed to sit in the font, like a co-pilot. “I had a headset on and could hear what the pilots were saying to each other,” he said.

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Five-year-old George Crooksedge mostly remembered the feeling of the chopper tilting. “We went to the side a bit and it made me feel sick,” he said.

Year 5 teacher Marianne Coldham felt nervous about her first helicopter trip.

“My son Michael is just finishing up his pilot training at Massey and he said there was nothing to worry about because helicopter didn’t have any G-Force.

“But I came in trousers instead of a dress because of the wind from the rotor blades,” she said.

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