6 October 2017 Devonport Flagstaff

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Petrol station reopening in Devonport A new petrol station could open in Vauxhall and Tainui Rds. up to the BP station on Lake Rd, Hauraki, Devonport within 18 months.

Tainui Motors owner Vic Martin stopped to fill up.

Gull New Zealand has purchased the site selling Caltex petrol in February 2010. Since Gull bought the site a week ago. The occupied by Tainui Motors on the corner of then, peninsula motorists have had to drive To page 7

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Club’s swim training suspended due to continued pool closure The Devonport Swim Club has cancelled training due to the continued closure of the Navy pool, its home base.

The club traditionally offers morning and evening coached sessions for its junior and senior fitness squads.

The Navy pool has been closed since June last year, after damage from a landslip.

The club has since held coached training sessions at several alternative venues, including the Takapuna Primary School and Takapuna Grammar School pools as well as the sea, says club president Bronwyn McKinley.

On September 1, the club committee put the sessions on hold “while we wait for the

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Navy Pool to reopen, or for the Takapuna Grammar School pool to be available for us in the summer, whichever comes first,” the club’s website says.

McKinley says since the suspension of coaching many club members have found temporary swimming opportunities elsewhere.

A Royal New Zealand Navy spokesperson told the Flagstaff: “The Navy is hoping the stabilisation of the bank and the refurbishment of the swimming pool will be completed by Christmas.”

• Meanwhile the club is currently organising its annual Round North Head Classic Swim, scheduled for Sunday 5 November at 9:30 am.

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Devonport stars storm Big Apple billboards

Famous faces… Katie Braatvedt (above) and Lorde (below)

Cover girl Katie Braatvedt and pop star Ella Yelich-O’Connor, aka Lorde, currently feature in two separate ad campaigns in the heart of Manhattan.

Braatvedt, 25, is the face of Macy’s Get Ready campaign, which covers the wall of the Herald Square subway station on Broadway, just outside the retail chain’s 34th Street flagship Manhattan store. The autumn fashion campaign also appears on Manhattan buses.

Meanwhile, Lorde is promoting the remix of Homemade Dynamite, a song on her

second album Melodrama, with a billboard ad on Times Square.

The two former Takapuna Grammar students currently work overseas. Braatvedt is based in Brooklyn while Lorde is on a world tour and is currently in Europe before returning to tour New Zealand in November.

All seven concerts are sold out.

Last week, Lorde won New Zealand’s top songwriting award for the second time.

Her song Green Light, co-written with Jack Antonoff and Joel Little, took the top honours at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards.

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Butterbee given green light for childcare centre The controversial Butterbee Childcare Centre in Devonport has been given the go-ahead by Auckland Council and the Environment Court.

However, reviews of the traffic operation at the site will take place when the centre has filled 75 per cent of its roll, and again when it is fully operational.

Council commissioners initially rejected the application primarily due to potential noise, impacts on the streetscape and the character of the area.

Butterbee appealed the case to the Environment Court.

But on the first day of the proposed hearing, the company, Auckland Council officers and residents appeared saying they had reached

agreement on modified consent, an Environment Court decision said.

In the new consent, the number of children able to attend per day has been reduced to 40 and opening hours cut back.

The reduction in activity at the 159 Victoria Rd site would also lead to “measurable improvements in both traffic safety and also maintenance of character,” the decision said Under the Auckland Unitary Plan, which is now operative, the application would comply with the relevant rules for noise.

The building is in a Special Character Area.

The parties “are agreed that intensification is envisaged by the Auckland Unitary Plan, even within Special Character Areas, but it is

important to retain the overall character and amenity.”

In the new consent there will be picket fencing, planting and also a fence and planting along the southern side of the property adjacent to 157 Victoria Rd, “a significant benefit that makes the site look more similar to other residential properties,” the decision said.

“It was clear in the evidence we read for this case that there has been a significant breakdown in the relationship between the parties,” the Environment Court said.

“To that end we suggest that, in considering the design and actions, both parties use common sense and seek to maintain a positive and consultative relationship into the future.”

Removal of heritage villa “should never have happened” – Salmond Internal review processes at Salmond Reed architects have been tightened up after the removal of a heritage home on Vauxhall Rd which, according to Jeremy Salmond, the practice founder, “should never have happened”.

The house at 113 Vauxhall Rd was taken away in March and replaced by an Edwardian villa from Onehunga.

The application by Fiona North and Ralph Stewart was backed by Salmond Reed architect Lloyd Macomber, who said the effects of the removal were less than minor.

The villa previously at 113 Vauxhall Rd was not particularly notable, either in built form or decoration, Macomber said in his report.

The Flagstaff contacted Salmond after he wrote a letter, published in this issue of The Flagstaff, outlining his belief that the history attached to the Masonic had been destroyed in the development of the building into apartments.

Asked about the 113 Vauxhall Rd case, he said the Masonic and 113 Vauxhall Rd were different buildings. But he said the fact that the historic buildings on both sites had effectively been removed was a “fair point on a philosophical level”.

Salmond said he was not aware of 113 Vauxhall Rd until the case blew up in the media.

“I do not think it should have happened – if

I had understood about it, it would not have happened.”

After the media coverage there had been “internal discussions in the office… and a mea culpa in some form.”

Work by the Salmond Reed office had been subject to an informal peer-review process.

But the 113 Vauxhall Rd case was a “failure of the system” and Salmond Reed had learnt a lesson from it.

“It is now done more emphatically… there is more acute awareness in the office of what is happening.”

“I’m very confident that this sort of case will not happen again,” said Salmond.

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Boris the foster lamb at home in Devonport Boris the lamb is thriving in Devonport and has become a star attraction on Cheltenham Beach.

Sebastian Hope-Simcock’s temporary pet gambols along the beach, baaing and making friends with dogs and humans alike. He also enjoys a game of soccer, mostly heading the ball across the lawn.

Sebastian has been looking after Boris for the last month, after the lamb arrived from a family friend’s Waiuku farm where he was struggling.

Sebastian’s mother Camilla Hope-Simcock says: “His twin took all the milk and Boris was nearly starving. The farmer’s kids were already looking after two other stray lambs, so we took Boris in until he is weaned from the bottle,” she says.

Boris gets three bottles of formula milk a day.

Sebastian also takes Boris to the grassy knolls along Cheltenham Beach most afternoons for a graze. “He likes me the best because I always feed him,” he says.

“Boris follows him like a lamb,” Camilla adds.

Boris spent his first week indoors wearing a nappy. “We poked a hole in for the tail and he slept in the laundry with a hottie,” Camilla says.

Since then, Boris has been an outdoor sheep and grazed away most of the Hope-Simcock family’s lawn. He occasionally gets farmed out to friends and has spent a day at each of Devonport and Bayswater Kindergartens Sebastian, the youngest of four siblings, has been wanting a dog for years and is thrilled to have Boris for a little while.

Camilla says Boris is the perfect temporary family pet. “He is very entertaining and not too much work. We have him at his super-cute stage and when he becomes a boring old sheep, he goes back to the farm,” she says.

She sees the humorous side of lamb-sitting Boris, who is an “indiscriminate eater,” she says.

“I was totally fine with that until I came home

Making friends… Sebastian Hope-Simcock and 18-week-old lamb Boris, meet Jackie and Gordon Hossack and their 13-year-old miniature pinscher Hector one day and the lime, mandarin and lemon trees were stripped bare.

“And for something with a pea-sized brain, he remembers really well where my bonsai is upstairs,” she says.

The Hope-Simcocks haven’t adapted their own diets either. “I think we have had lamb three times since he has been here,” Sebastian says.

“And he comes and checks out the barbecue when we do,” his mum adds.

The family knows full well that’s where Boris will end up one day as well.

For now, he enjoys meeting dogs like Hector (above) while out on a walk. He’s getting assertive as well, and he stomps his hoof if Hector tries to sniff a bit too closely.

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The Devonport Flagstaff Page 6 BOOTH BAYSWATER, Bayswater School BELMONT, Belmont Intermediate DEVONPORT, Community House DEVONPORT, North Shore Rugby Club DEVONPORT, Community House AV* 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) 2014

NAT Maggie BARRY

NAT Party Vote

607 256 636 328 1175 515 322 328 200

628 249 667 328 1166 511 320 319 194

4367

4382

LAB ROMY UDANGA

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LAB Party Vote

TOP MATT ISBISTER

TOP Party Vote

489 148 584 241 957 250 133 293 148

441 153 508 222 822 239 136 260 145

85 31 100 56 124 55 14 59 31

3243

2926

555

236

569

532

143

49.0% 48.6% 36.4% 32.4% 54.1% 56.5% 25.1%# 16.5%

6.2% N/A

2.6% N/A

6.4% N/A

5.9% 6.1%

1.6% 1.0%

35 12 48 21 44 31 6 28 11

NZFIRST NZ FIRST ACT JOSH Party Nick HUBBARD Vote KEARNEY

109 29 87 40 180 53 27 27 17

98 24 74 31 171 58 25 34 17

18 5 24 12 30 19 18 11 6

ACT Party Vote

GREEN PARTY VOTE

5 4 14 5 22 6 9 8 5

107 29 144 77 261 49 23 69 39

78

798

0.9% 8.8% 0.8% 15.3%

*AV = Advance Voting. #Electorate seats were contested by different candidates in 2014. The above table is a summary of preliminary results, for major parties. For minor parties and other candidates please visit: www.electionresults.govt.nz.

Maggie dips below 50% Incumbent National Party MP Maggie Barry saw her share of Devonport voting booths go below 50 per cent for the first time.

Her share of the votes in the Devonport booths was 49% compared to 54.1% in 2014.

Labour candidate Roma Udunga put on 11% going up to 36.4% from 25.1% for Clare Szabo in 2014.

Local resident and first-time candidate

Matt Isbister did well, polling at 6.2%.

The North Shore seat was complicated by the Green Party’s decision to dump Kennedy Graham just prior to the election, which meant it had no North Shore candidate.

Some of the Green vote probably went to Udanga.

National’s party vote fell 8% to 48.6%, while Labour gained 16% to reach 32.4%, taking votes from the Greens, who fell to 8.8% from 15.3%.

Voting at the Holy Trinity Church Hall booth was curtailed after decades, due to safety concerns, it appears.

Reverend Charmaine Braatvedt told the Flagstaff she was advised the hall would not be used as a booth in 2017 due to “earthquake-strengthening” work that needed to be done at the building.

The Electoral Commission did not respond to Flagstaff questions by press time. A substitute booth was added at the North Shore Rugby Football Club.

St Paul’s Church Hall, another booth where Devonport residents have voted for decades, was also decommissioned for the 2017 election. It is now in private ownership.

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Petrol station planned for Devonport

Flagstaff understands the purchase price was $2.85 million, but Gull general manager Dave Bodger did not want to confirm the figure.

Bodger says the company’s plan is to apply for resource consent to reopen as a Gull service station. “We are really excited about it. We wouldn’t buy the land if we didn’t think we had a chance to do that,” he says.

Motorists on the Devonport peninsula currently have only one local petrol outlet.

“That choice is not great value,” says Bodger. We will rectify that.”

New underground storage tanks will have to be installed, as the original ones had reached the end of their working life and were removed. When Martin stopped selling petrol, he said to replace them would cost between $500,000 and $750,000 and that his business was too small to justify the investment.

For the last seven years, he has continued to operate Tainui Motors as a motor-repair business. He says he has three years left on his lease.

Martin will have had the family business on the site for 22 years this month. He runs it with his son Barry. Daughter Helen Seyb manages the office and grandson Jesse Horwood is a mechanic.

Gull is looking at options to combine a service station with a tenancy on the site, but Bodger didn’t want to go into more details until he had spoken to Martin in person.

Gull is a family-owned business with headquarters in Takapuna. It has 80 branded petrol stations and a further six under construction. Devonport will be one of the company’s smaller stations, Bodger says.

Two other Devonport petrol stations, on Wynyard St and Lake Rd, have closed in the past decade. The peninsula once had nine petrol stations.

Fuel for change…Vic Martin and daughter Helen Seyb at Tainui Motors

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Letters

Concerns about Duder Brickworks As one who made submissions on the Ryman development at Ngataringa Bay, I was proud of those local people who stood their ground to try and ensure the impact of the retirement village would be reduced.

However, there was one issue that wasn’t included in their appeal, this being protection of pre-European remains and the archaeological site underlying the land. The reason these were not included was that there

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was faith in Heritage New Zealand’s ability to protect the site, and to ensure proper investigations were made prior to building.

Perhaps naively, we imagined that construction would begin in those parts of the site where there was no risk to heritage. I certainly thought that, while work began elsewhere, a careful archaeological dig would begin in the brickworks area and continue for some time.

Ngataringa Road residents have just been informed that construction will begin on Monday 2nd October, and the first order of business will be to build right on top of the archaeological site. Only two weeks will be allowed for excavation and assessment.

The Duder Brickworks covered a large area. They are one of only two similar Victorian sites in the region, and the other is planned to be destroyed for development.

I understand the floors and substantial parts of the huge round kilns are still intact at Ngataringa, along with the possibility of multiple artefacts.

In a dig, best practice requires work to stop the moment anything is found and cannot re-start until the artefact or remains are checked, identified and safeguarded. In view of the bulk and size of this site, two

weeks is simply not long enough for this to be done. In my opinion, such a short time can only have one outcome: ‘destruction before construction’.

So I guess those of us who put our faith in Heritage New Zealand were wrong. And, with great sadness, I have to ask if we were also wrong to imagine that Ryman would actually want to protect the irreplaceable heritage entrusted to them.

Lyndsay Brock • On Monday, The Flagstaff contacted Ryman about start times. Spokesman David King responded: “We wrote to the residents last week to let them know we had the go-ahead to start from this week.

“We have permission to start from today (Monday), and we will be carrying out preliminary works such as establishing site sheds and forming a car park. This preliminary work will begin tomorrow (Tuesday).

“There will be no work on the site of the brickworks until next week.

“The work, including the set-up work this week, will be supervised by an archaeologist.”

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Time to get set for summer

Skin specialists (left to right): Gemma, Lani, Gina, Viv and Sam.

The Bare Waxing and Skin Centre will soon be celebrating two years in Belmont.

The team has been amazed at the support it has received from the community.

Owner Viv McIntosh says the Bayswater Ave location has been ideal, with six car parks out the back and a shop that was suited to a professional fit-out.

“It is just the perfect space,” she says.

Bare Waxing has four salons across Auckland and each adapts to its own clientele. At Belmont, the focus is on skin health and grooming.

“We are not a spa. We’re about what people need on a regular basis,” Viv says.

Bare Waxing’s core services are waxing, brows, spray-tanning and skin treatments.

“We try to keep everything simple, so we can excel in what we do.”

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“This is a curated range of the best products on the market that we know inside and out,” says Viv. The staff, including manager Gemma Nilson, are trained in make-up and can offer full treatments for special occasions.

Bookings can be set up or changed online, and same-day treatments can

also be booked. In addition to three fulltime therapists, Bare has an extra frontof-house person at busier times, making the appointment process smoother for clients. And if bookings are heavy, extra consultants can be brought in from Bare Waxing’s other three Auckland salons.

At this time of year, spray tans are especially popular says Viv, as spring fashions are now in the shops.

A growing part of the business is men’s grooming — making up around 15 per cent of the total clientele. Most men come in for facials, and nose, eyebrow and ear treatments.

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First BIS show in five years a sellout

Shrek the Musical was a huge hit at Belmont Intermediate School last week. The first school production in five years attracted a sellout audience on all three evenings.

“This was a huge milestone in our direction for the performing arts,” says Assistant Principal Claire Janes, who was also the show’s producer.

The story, about an ogre finding love, is based on the 2011 animated film of the same name.

All Year 7 and 8 students who put their hands up were involved in the show, Janes says. That included 68 children in the cast, 15 in a special choir, another 15 in the show band, and 25 dancers, as well as backstage crew, costuming, props and scenery.

“There was a huge amount of student involvement for the completion of the production,” says Janes. Rehearsal time was extensive too, which showed in the quality of the performances. It added up to more than 45 hours over a term and a half, she says.

Shrek stars…

Top left: Nash Taylor (middle) as Little Shrek, sent on his way by Allaya Harris as Mama Ogre and Lenny MacDiarmid as Papa Ogre.

Top right: Sofia Drew as Pinocchio sings about being a boy.

Shrek storytellers…

From left, Jasmine Pausch, Emanuela Hopkins and Ela Yildiz

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Sad Shrek‌ Jasper Shanahan (above) as Shrek, with his sidekick Donkey, played by Antonia Tyson.

The villain... the chorus line provides the backing for Finn McGregor as Lord Farquaad (below), who wants to rid his kingdom of all fairy-tale creatures.

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Police no closer to finding stranger-danger offenders

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After five suspicious approaches to local schoolchildren since June, police are no closer to identifying the alleged offender(s).

The following incidents have been reported to police: • On June 26, a Year 6 boy walked home from Vauxhall School and at 3.30pm was allegedly approached by a stranger in a red car on Merani St, who said he was sent by the boy’s father to pick him up.

• On August 3 and 10, three alleged incidents occurred near Hauraki School involving ten-year old children, who said they were approached by a stranger in a white van on Ewen and Walter Sts before and after school.

In two of the cases, the driver got out and chased the children.

• On September 19, an eight-year-old boy cycling home from Stanley Bay School was allegedly approached on Calliope Rd by a man in a black people-mover. The man is said to have chased the boy on foot, making several attempts to grab him.

Detective Senior Sergeant Andrew Murdoch told the Flagstaff that police are treating each incident “absolutely seriously”.He encouraged people to call 111 straight away if a child has been approached. Delayed reporting and incorrect information posted on social media can hamper police investigations, he said.

After each incident, police have increased staffing and visibility around schools in the area, tried to locate the described vehicles, looked for connections between the incidents

and followed up any information and potential suspects provided by the community.

So far, police inquires have not led to the identification of vehicles or drivers and no one has been arrested, Murdoch says.

“It can often be found that there is no sinister intent to the reports after thorough investigation,” a recent police press release relating to the incidents says.

Murdoch said that he wants local schoolchildren to be “cautious but not scared”.

It was sensible for the community to have an increased awareness of the alleged approaches, but he did not want to be scaremongering.

“As kids, we were told to not get into a car with strangers, and that has not changed at all,” he said.What has changed is the way incidents are discussed on social media.

Acting Inspector and Prevention Manager Jason Homan said: “People are free to go on social media, but what we really want is for them to contact us.” Social media posts can lead to factually incorrect information being published, he said.

Murdoch said social media posts can also lead to a delay in reporting. “The sooner we get there, the sooner we can assist and the better the memory of the incident is.”

Children should talk to an adult as soon as possible after the incident instead of waiting to tell their parents at the end of the day, he said.

Police have also been working with schools to educate students on how to be safe on their way to school, Murdoch said.

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October 6, 2017

By Rob Drent

Fullers instigated a major shake-up to its ferry services following the Kea crash on 17 February, 2015. And with the damning report into the accident released last week, it needed to.

Many passengers were injured in the crash and seven were taken to hospital. It was only by luck that no one was seriously hurt when the ferry smashed into a concrete pillar at Devonport Wharf.

An inexperienced master was skippering the boat and he made some mistakes. But it is the systemic failures that are most worrying. The controls on the Kea had failed many times before in the months preceding the crash. The master was not properly trained to work the controls, but still Fullers allowed the Kea to operate in full knowledge the boat was unreliable.

Reading the report, there is something almost Third World about the case. Some seats were unsecured; and there was such panic on the bridge immediately prior to the accident that no warning was given to passengers about the impending crash. Rather than a central instruction programme, masters seemed to train each other in the controls.

The generally friendly attitude of the Fullers ground staff is fine for customer relations, but the ‘she’ll be right’ culture seemed spread to

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safety and training. This was mixed with the inevitable cost-cutting in privately owned firms.

Until April 2014, Fullers employed a marine manager, who was responsible for staff training and monitoring safety standards. This job was disestablished as part of restructuring.

Following the crash, Fullers was fined $140,000 and ordered to pay compensation to passengers. I wonder if this was enough. In some jurisdictions, the company would have lost the right to ply the lucrative Devonport-toAuckland run.

Surely passenger safety should be paramount for anyone transporting the public. It is a black mark against the company, not easily erased and will no doubt form part of any considerations Auckland Transport will have regarding the future introduction of competitors.

Or, God forbid, it could always launch a service itself.

Worrying signs have appeared regarding the workmanship of the upgrade to Marine Square, outside the Devonport ferry terminal.

The section of tarmac from Wynyard St to Victoria Rd had to be replaced just two years after it was put down. Auckland Transport breezily put the blame on contractors Downer and said the firm was paying for it.

After we wrote about that, a reader dropped in to say parts of the car-park tar-seal were looking worn. I went and had a look and I tend to agree.

I’m no expert in road construction but I wonder if disruption will be revisited as remedial works are done sooner rather than later.

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October 6, 2017

$11,000 for Bayswater community survey An $11,000 grant from the DevonportTakapuna Local Board will fund a survey of Bayswater residents’ views on the contentious Bayswater Marina residential development.

The board granted the money to the Bayswater Community Committee (BCC) to undertake the research and use the survey findings to prepare a future plan for the marina land.

The board will base its own feedback to future resource-consent applications

by Bayswater Marina Ltd and Auckland Transport on the survey results.

Bayswater residents were last consulted on the marina in 2001, for a Bayswater Marina

Structure Plan.

Board member Mike Cohen says it is time for an update as the demographics of the peninsula have changed. “There are a lot of new people now in the area and I don’t think any of us can put our hand on our heart and say what the community is thinking about the marina.”

Cohen says the board has no staff to carry out the consultation itself. “So it was easiest for us to partner with a local community group.”

BCC chair Gay Richards says the goal is to have the survey done before any resource consent for the marina land was lodged. “And

we will do all the work on the ground to reduce cost. It will be the cheapest survey known to man,” she says.

The survey will ask the community what public facilities – including access, recreation opportunities and transport – should be retained and enhanced.

Cohen said Auckland Transport and Bayswater Marina will also have to consult the community about their plans in their respective resource-consent applications as well.

The BCC’s survey will not be legally binding. “But there is moral weight in knowing what the people of Bayswater want for their neighbourhood,” Cohen says.

The earth’s not moving at Ryman site Rumours about the possibility of Ryman Healthcare contractors dumping soil on a park have been scotched by Auckland Council.

The Flagstaff has been told that the idea of dumping earth on Ngataringa Park, to reduce the number of truck movements on Lake Rd during the construction of the Ryman retirement village on Ngataringa Rd, was mooted recently with council.

However, council compliance manager Steve Pearce said: “The council can confirm that there are no immediate plans to deposit

any material at any specific location.

“Rather, once soil disposal is necessary, there are strict requirements requiring specific disposal depending on the physical make-up of the material being excavated.”

To council’s knowledge, there should be no earthworks being conducted on-site until the required archaeological report has been received, he said.

“It is our understanding that only the construction yard may be developed prior to the report being received, as this area is deemed

to be outside the area of interest.”

After concerned members of the public contacted council, a site inspection was conducted on 26 September.

“We can confirm that there are no earthworks currently being conducted on the subject site,” Pearce said. “The council has been made aware that there have been discussions regarding the utilisation of material for improvement works at Ngataringa Park.

However, these conversations took place a number of years ago,” Pearce said.

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October 6, 2017

Exhibition raises money for mental health Local artists Lucy Bucknall, Graham Downs, Carol Readman and Bronwyn Menhinick will take part in an exhibition at Art By The Sea to support the Key to Life Charitable Trust and Mental Health Awareness Week.

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All artworks on display will be part of the fundraiser, including many new pieces created especially for the exhibition.

• Te Koha Mental Health Awareness Event, hosted by Art By The Sea, corner King Edward Pde and Church St, 7 October, 3pm-6pm.

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October 6, 2017

Kids create at the Navy Museum

Bravery and courage are the focus for an innovative, collaborative exhibition at the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum. Kids Create - Bravery showcases multi-media works by over 100 year three and four, Takapuna Primary school children.

The young artists participated in six workshops over four months, facilitated by Museum educator Emma Wilcox, exploring the concepts of bravery and courage. A visit to the Museum and an introduction to the story of New Zealand’s only naval Victoria Cross recipient, William Sanders provided the perfect starting point for students to begin their exploration of bravery and courage. The school has a special connection to William Sanders. He was a pupil there in the 1890s, and is commemorated on the memorial gates and in an outdoor exhibition.

This year, 2017, marks 100 years since Sanders received his VC. The centenary of this event, and Sander’s death later that same year, are the catalyst for the Museum’s, Courage Project which includes the Kids Create – Bravery exhibition.

During the workshops the children worked with the Museum’s collection team finding out how they work with artefacts, and carrying out their own artefact investigation.

Back in the classroom, children were challenged to look at their own experiences of bravery and courage, sharing examples of when they have been brave – taking learning risks, climbing the spider web in the playground, first day at school etc.

The children with the help of their teachers and the Museum team have turned their personal responses to bravery and courage

into a wide range of art works using a variety of media. One class chose to look at themselves and their ancestry as a source of strength, creating Kōwhaiwhai patterns that are reproduced as wallpaper in the exhibition.

Pop art influenced by Roy Lichtenstein is the focus for another class, who have created super heroes depicting a courageous act.

Poetry exploring how bravery looks, smells, tastes, feels and sounds is displayed for visitors to enjoy, interact with and to recreate their own poems.

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of the exhibition and have been used by the children to create a series of animations, each telling a story of courage. Adding a personal touch, one class has selected objects that help them feel brave and have thoughtfully displayed them, ready to be discovered by visitors to the exhibition. Kids Create – Bravery is on now and is sure to surprise and delight visitors of all ages.

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October 6, 2017

Sponsors help Devonport get a festival Glow on North Shore and city businesses have got behind architecture students creating ‘Light Pavilions’ for the Glow display in Devonport’s Windsor Reserve during Auckland Artweek.

More than 100 second-year students from Unitec Institute of Technology have worked to a zero-budget, zero-waste brief in designing and prefabricating works for the display.

Working in 11 teams, they have sought sponsorship for their designs. A range of

North Shore and Auckland businesses have supported them with materials and funding.

“Our students have risen admirably to the challenge of creating a range of functional, constructional and aesthetic installations for the Glow festival,” says Unitec Architecture lecturer Ainsley O’Connell. “To take ideas from paper to reality takes thought, planning and group collaboration, and added to that, the challenges of working with the elements in a large-scale outdoor venue. We’re very proud of what our students have achieved.”

Top brass to turn out for book launch Live brass-band music will provide an appropriate soundtrack for the launch in Devonport of a book about the influence of music in World War I. Good-bye Maoriland: The Songs & Sounds of New Zealand’s Great War will be launched at the Old Vic theatre on Sunday 15 October, the final day of the Auckland Heritage Festival.

Author Chris Bourke has researched music from the period, ranging from military bands and concert parties to Māori music and patriotic songwriting.

Bourke, who wrote the award-winning Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn Of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964, will host the event

with musician Tim Finn.

Finn won’t be singing but North Shore Brass will perform numbers such as It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, Pokarekare Ana and Now is the Hour.

Military historian Christopher Pugsley has described the new book as “an impeccably researched account” that will attract anyone interested in the cultural history of New Zealand. ● Concert to launch Good-bye Maoriland: The Songs & Sounds of New Zealand’s Great War, Old Vic theatre, 2pm 15 October at 2.00pm. Tickets $10. Books on sale at the event.

This is the third year that Unitec students have taken part in the festival, with double the number of students participating this year than in previous years. ● Glow runs from Friday 13 October to Saturday 14 October in Windsor Reserve.

Other local Artweek activities include exhibitions, a glow bike festival and live music. Clarence St will be pedestrianised for Glow Open Street on Friday 13 October from 5pm, and feature a mini tennis court.Artweek Auckland runs from October 7-15.

Passchendaele centenary concert A commemoration concert to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele will be held at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday 15 October at 5 pm.

The event features performances by the Orlando Singers of Auckland and readings of World War I poems.

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The Devonport Flagstaff Page 21

Preserving buildings is not progressive In response to Bevan Rudge (Flagstaff, 20 September), you recently suggested that heritage societies are progressive.

I respectfully disagree. Preserving buildings is not progressive. Progressives put people before buildings. But historic-preservation societies often end up excluding people of lesser means from their communities by impeding redevelopment and intensification.

These effects are certainly evident here in Devonport. The Devonport of the 1960s and 70s was recently described by Bill Rayner as a “blue-collar social backwater” (Flagstaff, 8 September). But since then, Devonport has become more exclusive and less diverse.

Fretting about things like whether the facade on the Masonic is sufficiently authentic increasingly makes us look out of touch with what is going on elsewhere in Auckland.

Families living in cars. Kids growing up in motels. Home ownership rates at record lows Auckland desperately needs more housing, and it is only reasonable to expect that all suburbs in our city bear the costs of solving this problem. I’d like to think that a well-to-do suburb like Devonport would stand up and be part of the solution. But it is easy – all too easy – to turn our backs and tell ourselves that this is not our problem.

Let’s put people before buildings. Surely that is a better way to honour and preserve our blue-collar heritage.

Thank you.

R Greenaway-McGrevy Editor Rob Drent replies: I stand by my comments. Destroying heritage buildings to make way for housing is a short-sighted solution to Auckland’s property crisis.

Heritage-overlay envy?

The plethora of invective directed at Devonport Heritage invites a check on the critics’ residences and qualifications for holding such views. The people of Devonport who have carefully restored and maintained their Victorian villas, and later bungalows, to create the seaside attraction that is Devonport, are affronted.

Methinks it is envy of the heritage overlay and zoning, which protects part of the town or our vibrant community. Maybe the critics would do better to extol the virtues of the architecture in Oteha Valley.

By comparison with the disaster that befell the Masonic Hotel, they could well look at and learn from recent examples of heritage disasters in Europe. There the Trevi Fountain was replaced by a tank-testing facility for the Americas Cup. As part of EU-imposed austerity, the Parthenon was replaced with multistorey apartments in a development bigger than Ryman’s, and the Colosseum has been converted into a velodrome for that country’s cycling team.

Graham Pettersen

All good here in Devonport Many words have been written and many pages in our Devonport Flagstaff magazine have been graced with the subject of the Masonic Tavern development.

I would like to acknowledge the efforts of all who have been involved in the project.

From Redback developers (note the name Redback) who had the vision and then the grit to see it through, to the heritage advocates whose guiding hands held fast tor the ideals, to the architects and engineers who had the complex problems of melding extant structural requirements with historic features, and the archaeologists. Most of all, I would like to acknowledge with the greatest respect the work of the artisans, who in many cases had to turn the clock back to match the skills and methods of a bygone era.

So many people and groups have put their hearts and souls into doing the best for the old Masonic, and I find it distressing to see our community so riven with disharmony.

We have so much to be grateful for, living as we do in the best part of our beautiful country.

See our cup as half full, not half empty. In Devonport it is brimful.

Perhaps there is not as much ‘original Masonic’ material, as some would wish.

However, I am reminded of the fine cathedrals and other architectural wonders in Europe and Great Britain that were reduced to mere rubble by the ravages of war and had to be rebuilt.

They are all as much loved and cherished today in their restored state as they ever were.

Check out the materials and techniques used in the rebuild of the magnificent and acclaimed cathedral at Lima, Peru, where the traditional stone construction originally used, failed in the repetitious Peruvian earthquakes. Stand in the main street of the old Dubrovnik at 9am, when the shopfront shutters fold away to reveal modern, state-of-the-art shops displaying the latest in Italian and Parisian fashion. The ancient and the modern, existing side by side in harmony, with no human thought to tell them that what they are doing is wrong.

So walk tall all concerned – you were given your parts to play and they were done well.

Passion is to be admired, but be aware that the line between passion and the dark pit of obsession can be a very fine one indeed.

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Interview

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Kitchen-table business aims to be a game changer Sam Stubbs floated the idea for a non-profit KiwiSaver scheme to three friends over a beer at the Patriot.

Now running the business from his Narrow Neck kitchen table, he wants to create a national movement.

He spoke to Maire Vieth.

Charity begins at home… Sam Stubbs explains how he is helping Kiwis save money Sam Stubbs doesn’t beat around the bush.

“I’m a gamekeeper turned poacher.”

The former Tower Investments chief executive (CEO) says he wants to do to KiwiSaver schemes what Uber has done to taxis – disrupt and change the sector.

“I have worked in the industry and have played these games that are fundamentally great for shareholder profits, mostly Australian banks,” he says.

With Simplicity, a non-profit KiwiSaver fund management company, he hopes to keep $10 billion of profits in Kiwis’ pockets over the next 30 years.

It all started four years ago, when Stubbs, who worked as an investment banker before becoming managing director of Hanover Group

then CEO of Tower Investments, decided he was rich enough and quit work.

He started his “giving-back phase of life” by volunteering for various charities. “I planted trees for the Motutapu Restoration Trust, built houses for Habitat for Humanity, donated toys to Starship Hospital and funded a microfinance business in Zimbabwe,” he says.

But Stubbs decided he could make more of a difference in the world by using his professional skills. “I knew there were bigger things I could do,” he says.

He called a meeting at the Patriot in Devonport with Mark Fitzgerald, who then headed the Westpac KiwiSaver scheme, former Tower colleague Matt Johns and marketing executive Anthony MacLean and told them about an idea of a KiwiSaver plan based on low fees.

They concluded the idea was feasible and helped refine it. “We had a piece of paper and what’s on that paper is exactly what Simplicity is now,” says Stubbs, who spent the next three years setting up the business from his kitchen table.

He started by lobbying the government to change its regulations and allow people to switch KiwiSaver providers online. “Then I enrolled the first volunteers and brought other people on board. A lot of it happened around this table,” he says, slapping his hand down on the wooden surface.

Simplicity is about maximising returns through minimising fees, which Stubbs says is proven to be the best way to grow investments, Stubbs says.

A New Zealander on an average salary and contributing only the minimum amount into one of the Simplicity funds could save $35,000 in fees, Stubbs says. The compounding effect of this is up to $65,000 in retirement. “That money gives you options – you could retire a year early, buy your dream car, travel,” he says.

In addition, Simplicity donates 15 per cent of its income to charity. “That’s built into our business model,” says Stubbs.

The aim is for Simplicity have 10 per cent of New Zealand’s KiwiSaver scheme market by 2030. “If we achieve it, we will manage $20 billion and save Kiwis about $200 million in fees a year. And we will donate $10 million a year to charity,” he says.

Now in business for just over a year, the company is managing funds worth $240 million, less than one per cent of the market. But Simplicity is outperforming its most pessimistic predictions, says Stubbs. So far, scheme members have saved nearly $2.4 million in fees and charities have received $107,000.

Two weeks ago, Simplicity launched a new fund designed to provide a guaranteed income through retirement.

Stubbs funded Simplicity with a $1 million no-interest loan and he expects the company to break even by January. And as soon as Simplicity starts going above that, “which is not too far away now, we will lower our fees further.

As we grow, we will lower our fees, lower our fees, lower our fees, in order to never make a profit,” he says.

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October 6, 2017 The Simplicity Charitable Trust was registered with Charities Services in June 2016.

The trust owns 100 per cent of Simplicity NZ Limited, which was incorporated in May 2015.

It is a structure comparable to Southern Cross Healthcare, and in the USfinancial sector to Vanguard, a Pennsylvania investment management company. “The idea is not new, it’s just new to New Zealand,” says Stubbs.

To keep the company’s running costs low, Simplicity is a virtual technology company. Six staff work from Stubbs’ Hamana St home, and Stubbs does not draw a salary.

Many services are outsourced. “Amazon looks after our servers and databases. MMC Fund Administration in the CBD do a lot of our accounting and member registry, Vanguard is our offshore investment manager and The Public Trust is our custodian,” he says.

“We rely on passive investing, buy all the companies on the stock exchange and just hold them. It’s a very quiet long-term strategy that over a long time returns the most,” he says.

In addition, 47 volunteers give back to Simplicity as their charity of choice. There is a Google executive, lawyers, accountants, and marketing and PR specialists.

Simplicity has been acknowledged for its innovative approach twice already. In October 2016, less than three months after its official launch, Simplicity won the New Zealand Innovation Award for Financial and Professional Services. The company is again a finalist for this year’s award, to be announced on October 19.

Some call Simplicity progressive as well.

Earlier this year, the company pushed for more diversity on the board and at seniormanagement level in New Zealand companies it invests in.

But Stubbs says it is simply good business.

“A lot of people think we are that way inclined, and I do want my daughter to have the same opportunities that my son has. But the other compelling reason is that you make more money long term. If you don’t utilise a country’s full talent, you are likely to underperform,” he says.

The office is across the hall from the kitchen, where Stubbs has been keeping his desk, next to the coffee machine, a mixer and pepper mill.

It is both a casual and luxurious working environment. In the summer, everyone takes their laptops onto the deck, which has a view

of the sea and Rangitoto Island. “When we outgrow this place, we might move down to the wharf,” says Stubbs.

Two other locals work for him – Amanda Morrall heads communication and education, and Reuben Halper, who also works for Google, is a company director.

Stubbs (52) grew up as the son of two teachers in Sunnyvale, West Auckland. After leaving Kelston Boys High School, he completed a masters degree in politics and philosophy at the University of Auckland.

“That money gives you options – you could retire a year early, buy your dream car, travel .”

After a year tutoring philosophy, he found academic life “too political and poorly paid”. He went to work for IBM, selling airline reservation systems, before moving to Wellington to become an investment banker at Fay Richwhite.

“I’m ashamed to admit it, but it was because those guys drove faster cars and had prettier girls,” he says.

Stubbs and his now ex-wife Gabrielle Rush moved to London in 1996, where he joined Goldman Sachs and sold Chinese companies to German investors. “Once a week, I’d get on a plane, have breakfast in Munich, lunch in Frankfurt and dinner in Hamburg and be home by midnight. I did that for four years,” he says.

Six years at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong followed; for two of them, Stubbs commuted from Wellington every fortnight. In 2007, he became chief executive at Hanover Group. Nine months later he joined Tower, where he stayed for four years.

Stubbs doesn’t like the distinction between work and play. “My principal passion is

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working,” he says.

When he isn’t working, he is a self-described “enthusiastic dad of Year 12 Takapuna Grammar student Emma Rush-Stubbs and 14-year-old son Ben, who lives with Rush in Wellington. “The kids like skiing, swimming and surfing, so we do that. Being a dad is cool,” he says.

“I also like to cook and garden and potter around. I do a lot of yoga. And I have parents who need a lot of looking after. I’ve got a very simple life right now and I like it that way,” he says.

Stubbs is also mad about sailing. “My heart is actually in the ocean,” he says. He learned how to sail a P-Class dinghy from his father, and gradually moved up in size. Fifteen years ago, he and his brother-in-law bought Rawhiti, a 54-foot A Class keeler built in 1905 by renowned Stanley Point boatbuilders, the Logan Brothers.

“We raced it for while. It took four years to restore and it’s a museum piece. I used to say it was my gift to the nation because it cost us so much money,” he says.

“And when I retire-retire, I’m going to sail off in the wild blue yonder,” he says.

Stubbs is relaxed about his commercial transformation. “I think I’m going back to my roots and my childhood. Simplicity is really about looking after the people in Sunnyvale.

Because I realised that our industry was fundamentally not looking after them. It was making a lot of money from them,” he says.

The fact that the Simplicity is a charity emphasises the point. He can’t sell it. “Because it’s a charity and will never be worth anything,” he says.

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Garden Maintenance. Team of experienced, hardworking gardeners happy to help transform your garden. Call Paula, Mint Gardens Ltd, 0274 127 180.

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Guitar lessons. Private tuition in Bayswater, near the school, by experienced professional musician. Learn in a recording studio atmosphere. All ages, all levels. Phone: 022- 309 2272.

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

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

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From Monday 9th October, Dr Katharina McGrath joins Anne Street Medical Centre as their newest doctor. She arrives as Dr Rex Browne leaves to enjoy his retirement after thirty-seven years of general practice in the village. Dr McGrath will be working alongside Dr Alastair Borwick, Dr Sally Rushworth and Dr Stella Goulart at the surgery, and we look forward to welcoming her into the community.

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GLOW Light Installations, Live Music, Face Painting, Fire Poi, Dance & Entertainment, Open Art Galleries, Shopping and Dining in Devonport.

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Takapuna SCHOOL NEWS

Grammar OCTOBER 6, 2017

A truly international delight The audience fitted snugly inside Belmont Intermediate school hall recently, to experience a breathtaking ‘flight’ across the globe. ‘Captains’ Drew Perkins and Callum Easterbrook, with ‘air attendants’ Alice Wu and Harvey Merton brought to the crowd traditional, as well as modern, performances from a variety of cultures.

The journey started in New Zealand with a Maori song, followed by a Chinese folk dance – Dai dance, performed by Mila Song.

Many students from different cultural backgrounds put countless hours into perfecting their performance to showcase their own culture. Different tongues – Korean, Malaysian, Chinese, Russian – delivered songs of many different styles; dancers dressed up in extravagant costumes to deliver acts, from lively island dances from Hawaii and Tahiti, to oriental traditional dances such as Xinjiang dance and Korean fan dance.

Crowd favourites Black Keys (Momoko and Yuma) and A10tion finished off their third and last year performing at Culture Night with their impeccable hip-hop moves. Doina, a Romanian dance group, was invited to join in this TGS celebration, with members coming from all over Auckland to deliver their humourous and interactive dance with a few members of the audience.

The performances ended with TRAFFIC, a K-pop dance group, where although none of the members are Korean, their uniform love and passion for Korean pop culture blasted the audience through their energy-filled dancing.

Wenna Soon, leader of TRAFFIC says that she has enjoyed this experience very much, as “a leader, performer and a teammate and I can’t wait for next year when my members and I can perform again.”

A variety of delicacies from different parts of the world were also served, from sushi, dumplings, and croissants to éclairs and Mexican fruit drinks. Over 30 student volunteers from across all year levels helped with the preparation of food. Year 9 student Emma Mason says that “learning about the diversity of cultures in our school by watching the performances and serving food was a valuable experience,” and that the event has given her “an insight of life around the world”.

This event was supported by generous

Korean fan dance

Hawaiian dance

Audience members trying out Romanian dance on stage donations of funds and prizes. The support from Devonport New World, HY Immigration, Cake4U, Joys of London, Bian Sushi, Archers’ Sushi, ChoppA and Café Bella-Monte were all greatly appreciated by the Prefect International Committee.

Main co-organiser, Alice Wu (Year 13) reflects

Callum and Drew with “best dressed” prizewinner Ella Johnson that “working with Iris to organise this event was an amazing learning experience. I am incredibly proud of everything our team has achieved. I am especially thankful for the overwhelming amount of support we received on this journey; Culture Night was definitely a night to remember.”

BY IRIS LENG

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SCHOOL NEWS

High-quality speakers Seven finalists presented amazing speeches during the Year 11 Speech contest in late August. The finalists, India Worsnop, Francesca Parussini, Nadia Veljanovska, Hannah Kim, Claudia Toxopeus, Giorgia Doughty and Zoe Martin all had a message for teenagers; with thought-provoking topics ranging from ‘Confidence’ to ‘Conspiracy theories’. All of the speeches were

of an exceptional quality, making it a hard decision for the judges, Mrs. Sarah Sharples, Year 11 Dean, and Mrs. Annie White, the Teacher Librarian.

Francesca Parussini placed first for her inspiring speech on homelessness. Second place went to Zoe Martin for her speech on stereotypes about teenagers and Giorgia Doughty placed third with her speech ‘Fake it till you make it’.

BY LIBBY LORD

Celebrating choral success

For the first time in 13 years, the re-formed mixed choir, the TGS Chorale, qualified for the Big Sing National Finale. Held in August, at Auckland’s Aotea Centre, this event included the top 24 high-school choirs in New Zealand, chosen from 250 schools who competed in the Big Sing regionals earlier in the year.

Each choir gave an adjudicated performance of a five-chart repertoire over the three days.

Conducted by Jacob Moore, the choir was invited to perform the piece Earth Song by Frank Ticheli at the final Gala Concert evening. .

“Before going on stage, I was extremely nervous,” student Volkan Ozyurteri recalls, “but afterwards, knowing that we went on that stage and did our very best to represent

our school, and knowing that all of the hard and long practices we had paid off, made everything worth it in the end.” He added: “Seeing all of the choirs perform at this year’s national finale really gave me an insight as to what the competition is like for New Zealand high-school choirs. It was really amazing to witness so many high-standard performances.”

The choir received an outstanding Silver Award for its efforts, which placed it among some of the best high-school choirs in New Zealand.

The silver was an exciting surprise for many students in the choir, even after their previous successes this year, which included winning the Best Performance of an ‘Other’ Piece at the Big Sing regionals, going on their first international tour where

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FROM THE MAT: Nina Edgar recently competed at the World Goju Ryu Karate Federation champs in Bucharest, Romania. She placed second for 16/17 years old Premier Female Kata and second for Under 21 Premier Female Team Kumite. The Kata division was highly competitive and Nina just missed the first-place spot by one flag. The final decision is made by five judges, who raise a flag in the colour of their competition belt (blue or red). (Nina pictured above) FROM THE ROAD: Oscar Elworthy raced at the UCI 2017 Road World Championships in Bergen, Norway. Oscar placed 26th in the Junior Individual Time Trial and 68th in the Junior Road Race. What an effort, and such a great achievement on the world stage.

FROM THE FIELD: Nicole Svendsen heads away with the New Zealand U18 Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team playing in a TransTasman tournament in Australia. Congratulations to Julia Giurgiu who also made the team, but was unable to make the trip.

FROM THE SLOPES: Congratulations to Conor Gilbert who won a gold medal in the freestyle division and Callum Richards who won a silver medal in the same division at the North Island Secondary Schools Skiing Champs. they performed in the Sydney Opera House, and receiving a Gold Award at the Australian International Music Festival this year.

Like many others, Year 13 choir member Grace Cowley has been absolutely stoked with the choir’s achievements this year and says:

“My time with the Chorale this year has been one of the best, most enriching experiences of my entire time at Takapuna Grammar School, and I am over the moon with our results.”

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The trees are causing root damage to kerbs and footpaths, and their limbs are falling off and causing problems for power lines, his application said. He has submitted photos showing damage to a car from a falling limb.

Gibb has offered to pay for the tree removal and replacement with rewarewa.

An arborist’s report and concerns from previous owners of the property supported removal of the trees.

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He recommended the removal of “dead branches and small hang-up branches” as a solution.

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Gibb has decided to go ahead with the application, telling the Flagstaff the trees were having a “deleterious effect on our lives.”

Limbs had fallen on the roof of his house and the threat of major damage was ever present.The application process and the removal of the trees would cost many thousands of dollars, Gibb said. But it was worth it for peace of mind.

Neighbours are concerned about the trees as well and would be submitting in favour of his application, he said.

The trees are only about 15 years old and could grow to 40m, with a canopy spread of up to 34m.

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Sludge pile-up brings in the rats A stinking pile of dirt that has been festering outside her lounge window for the last five months is getting up Alma Murray’s nose.

In April, a council contractor dumped the dirt in the corner of Devonport Domain after scooping it off the cricket pitch. This didn’t come as a surprise to Murray, who bought her flat 30 years ago. “They usually dump it over here and I ring up and a council worker comes and takes it away,” she says.

But Murray’s call fell on deaf ears and the dirt and grass clippings started to decompose. “One day I thought, ‘what the devil is that smell?’” she says. It was so strong she thought it came from her own place. Then came the flies. When the grass grew higher, the rats arrived.

Murray has called council three times, asking for the rotting pile to be removed. “I get text messages that tell me they will investigate within 10 days, and I get log numbers. And then nothing happens.”

Last week, the pile was still there. “It’s such a hassle,” she says.

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Soccer mum’s on side for coaching awards

Making the team shine… Gill Ryan (fifth from left, back row) flanked by assistant coach Chris Morrison (far left), and her team (from left) Renee Price, Ella Saxby, Sophie Morrison, Dani Schonn, Kate McCallum, Abby Male, Melissa Everett and Sarah Burkett. Front row: Mia Hawes, Tausala Keneti and Charlotte Rayner. (Absent: Amelia Kaiser, Eloise Blewden and India Ryan.)

Gill Ryan has been crowned Community The North Shore United (NSU) U17 girls Coach of the Year by the Northern Football coach and Seven Sharp reporter has coached Federation. her daughter India’s soccer team for six years. The team has won its division four times during that time.

But Ryan says the key to coaching the team has not only been a focus on winning, but also on enjoyment and love for the game.

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The same goes for Ryan, who says she will coach the girls soccer team for one more year.

She moved to New Zealand 15 years ago from the UK, where she had learned to play soccer with her four older brothers. It was them who instilled her competitiveness. “I always wanted to be as good as they were,” she says.

“When I was at school, there was no such thing as girls soccer so I played hockey instead,” she says. Ryan still plays hockey today, for a senior women’s team at Takapuna Hockey Club.

She has also been recognised for coaching hockey. Last year, Ryan coached her son Ben’s Belmont Intermediate School hockey team and won a coaching award from North Harbour Hockey.

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August Elworthy won two gold medals at the National School Road Cycling Championships held in Palmerston North.

He took out both the U14 Boys road race and points race. But he was chased hard in the points race by fellow TGS rider James Ochtman-Corfe who came a close second.

Overall the school won seven medals, with Lucy Buckeridge first in the U15 Girls road race and Ella McKinney collecting silver in both the U14 Girls road and points race.

Nick Bowen won silver in the U16 Boys points race, as did Renee Young in the U17 Girls road race, while the TGS’s Junior Boys’ A team (Dylan Chamberlain, Nick Bowen, Sam Dyne and Timothy Lambers) came second in the team time trial races.

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Carlson installation at Glow nights Devonport Devonport artist Beatrice Carlson will exhibit locally as part of Auckland Artweek.

Just back from Wellington, where her garment The eternal dance was a finalist in the World of Wearable Art Awards in September, Carlson is busy presenting new works for a variety of exhibitions in Devonport.

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Fullers systems found heavily at fault A marine manager position responsible for safety standards and staff training had been canned by Fullers in the year leading up to the Kea smash into Devonport Wharf that hospitalised passengers.

Systemic errors at Fullers contributed to the February 17, 2015 accident, a Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) report has found.

Until April 2014, Fullers had employed a marine manger, who, among other things, was responsible for training and development of marine personnel and for monitoring and enhancing safety standards, said the commission’s report, which was made public last week.

“The marine manager position was disestablished as a result of restructuring.

“The marine manager’s responsibilities were dispersed among other mangers.

“Fullers was unable to provide documentation that clearly indicated who was in charge of crew training and development under the new structure.

“As a result, there was no structured training programme to ensure that the Kea’s crew were competent and signed off to operate the new control systems.” the report said.

The master who skippered the boat on the day had familiarised himself with the new controls.

However, “the training was ad hoc and it was unclear to what extent the master fully understood the safety systems.

“There was no training syllabus or induc- Crash site… one of the passengers is taken off the boat by emergency tion plan to confirm the quality of the training services staff he received,” the report said.

Massive shake-up in Fullers’ systems after crash Fullers has taken numerous steps during the course of the inquiry to improve its systems.

These included: • Implementing an enhanced training regime for the MV Kea, and across the Fullers fleet.

• Appointment of a dedicated training master for the Kea, to ensure consistency and quality of training.

This person was put through a formal training assessment unit standard and assisted the development of the training regime.

• All Kea training material was comprehensively reviewed and new requirements were put in place to establish complete and comprehensive understanding of the vessel-specific systems. These included the requirement for the master to complete a full task book on all vessel systems prior to assuming command and proficiency in the use of all three vessel emergency back-up

systems.

• A c o m p re h e n s i v e re v i e w a n d enhancement of vessel manuals and instructions with easy-to-follow decision processes for the activation of emergency overrides. These are stored on board, and available on the vessel’s tablet and intranet.

• The Electrical Team Leader and vessel system specialist have attended comprehensive system training for the Kea control system.

• The appointment of a general manager to oversee all asset and compliance functions across Fullers and 360 Discovery Cruises, including maintenance and vessel systems.

• Installation of GPS/radar plotters at all of Kea’s control panels where previously these were located only at the central control positions.

• Installation of high-definition CCTV cameras for passenger and boarding areas, and engine rooms. Any footage can be retained for a 48-hour period.

• Seating has been properly secured on all ferries.

• Installation of a separate LED indicator on the control panel alerting the master to the ‘live’ control panel.

• Modification of audible alarms that sound continuously until control assumed at the relevant position.

• Changes to the of system software to allow the forced override function to be requested from any control panel.

• A new safety management system, with new web-based software Risk Manager, which allows employees to lodge risks, hazards, near-misses, and incidents, and then generates trackable actions in real time for next steps, providing senior leadership visibility of all risks and incidents.

• Kea control heads swapped out at six-monthly intervals and sent to ZF (in Holland) for assessment to monitor wear on critical components.

Maintenance over and above manufacturer’s requirements.

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Ferry Crash Inquiry

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How the accident happened Of the 64 people on board the ferry at the time of the crash, seven were taken to North Shore hospital for treatment for minor injuries.

The crash happened just after 10.30 am on February 17. As the Kea approached Devonport at 22 km per hour, the master transferred control of two propulsion units from the vessel’s centre console to the starboard wing console in preparation for berthing.

However, the control for only the port propulsion units transferred to the starboard wing console, which went unnoticed by the master, the commission report found.

The master attempted to slow the ferry by manipulating the control lever for the starboard propulsion unit, and realised that the unit was not responding. The master made several unsuccessful attempts to gain control of the starboard propulsion unit. Realising that the Kea was fast approaching the ferry

Master previously in charge 58 days before crash The master who captained the Kea at the time of the crash was inexperienced on the boat and only worked sporadic shifts.

The master had been working for Fullers since 2010 and held an Inshore Launch Master Certificate of Competency. He had been signed off to pilot the Kea in 2012 using the previous control system, the report said.

In the six months prior to the accident he had carried out nine shifts on the Kea. His last shift prior to the crash had been on December 21, 2014 – 58 days before the accident. By comparison, regular masters had averaged about 49 shifts in the previous six months.

terminal, the master aborted the berthing and used the port propulsion unit in an attempt to turn the ferry away from the surrounding wharves and head back into the harbour.

By then a crash was inevitable: the Kea struck the wharf at a speed of about 16 km per hour. The starboard propulsion unit remained at full speed ahead throughout the sequence.

The Commission found that: • It was likely that the master lost control of the starboard propulsion system because he did not fully press the ‘give-away’ button on the centre console before taking control at the wing console.

• The master had not been sufficiently trained in and familiarised with the Kea’s new control system, and did not know how to use two other features that could have prevented the collision.

• Fullers did not adequately manage the

risks associated with the replacement of the Kea’s propulsion control system, and the vessel’s re-entry to service, and that the replacement project should have been given a greater level of regulatory scrutiny by a surveyor.

• Fullers’ training system failed to ensure that the master was properly trained in and familiar with the Kea’s propulsion control system.

• The Kea to was allowed to enter and continue service using the follow-up mode of operation, despite the company knowing that there were faults with it that were resulting in incidents, • Fullers had not assessed the risk of operating ferries with unsecured passenger seating.

The commission also recomended maritime safety authorities change the law in favour of compulsory bolted-down seating.

Fullers continues to improve safety Fullers Group Chief Executive Officer Mike Horne said: “Acknowledging the release of TAIC’s report of the Kea incident this week, Fullers has thoroughly reviewed the findings. We

have already addressed and implemented the report’s health-and -safety recommendations, and will continue to focus on improvements to training and risk- management procedures for the safety of our customers and crew.”

Kea suffered multiple failures in months leading up to the accident Multiple failures of the Kea’s propulsion system had occured since Fullers had it replaced between August and October 2014. The vessel suffered four incidents of control failure in November alone, before it was taken out of service on November 24.

A risk assessment was conducted before it was again returned to service.

An instruction was issued stating: “only experienced masters who have been instructed in the use of controls in the manual position to be in command of the vessel.”

• Fullers has already been fined $140,000 in the courts and ordered to pay the money to the accident victims in compsenation.

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Letters

October 6, 2017

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I welcome sportspeople to my neighbourhood but not if they spraypaint graffiti on the walkways and roads. I think this applies to all parts of Auckland, not only Devonport.

On Sunday 24 September, the halfmarathon spray-painted 21km of our pavements with arrows and numbers.

The use of paint is inexcusable, but in this case totally unnecessary, duplicating removable signs. I suggest chalk could be used, if required.

The event appears to have been organised by Running Events, which has a very professional website. I wonder if they have third-party insurance to cover the removal of the graffiti? The cost of water-blasting, vacuum collection of debris, and pedestrian and vehicle safety precautions could be substantial.

I have reported the incident to Auckland Council’s excellent graffiti help page, to which they said they would reply by Thursday 28 September.

I have not been able to make contact with Running Events. The signs will probably be removed, hopefully with the cable ties, but the paint will probably be in place for sometime, maybe for the next event?

Roger Steele

Confusion continues over authenticity There continues to be confusion among some of your readers about the need for authenticity in heritage buildings (Flagstaff, 22 September).

It is nonsense to claim that an old building can be rebuilt with totally new materials and still be genuine.

It’s the kauri timbers, the worn steps, the old sash windows, the stories of the place, that are the very attraction of heritage buildings.

Would anyone wander the Left Bank of Paris or visit Italian villages and expect to see streets of replicas?

Would people travel to look at copies of San Francisco’s famous Victorian houses or Sante Fe’s adobe homes?

All around the world people esteem their history and protect their heritage buildings as a matter of course.

But in New Zealand some have yet to be convinced that we have a unique past that is embodied in our heritage buildings, and that these must be retained as a tangible reminder of the people who made this country.

This denial is a form of cultural cringe, the feeling that our history is not special enough, and our buildings not old enough to warrant retention.

But New Zealand is unique in the world and so are our remaining heritage buildings.

We should be proud of them and what they say about our forebears who built them.

What we preserve today will be passed onto future generations and the adaptions we make to our buildings will become part of the continuing story of our country.

Authenticity does matter.

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Letters

October 6, 2017

Residents group drained by Butterbee appeal In April 2017, Auckland Council advised it would support the applicant in its Environment Court appeal for resource consent to develop 159 Victoria Rd as a commercial childcare centre.

In late July, just prior to the hearing, our own expert in traffic planning law gave her advice that the most recent of plan amendments made to the resource consent application by Butterbee Childcare Limited comply with the requirements of the Unitary Plan, including matters relating to vehicular traffic and pedestrian safety. Safety relates to parking on the property and the vehicular and pedestrian traffic movements outside on the footpath, over the two crossings and then onto and along Victoria Rd itself.

This determination has been made, despite the 16,000 plus vehicles passing 159 Victoria Rd on a daily basis, the significant foot traffic and its location in an area of Victoria Rd, which constitutes a challenging traffic “hotspot”, and which can now include two separate entry and exit points, crossing over the bus stop to access the centre.

The council’s traffic engineer Sam Shumane supports Butterbee Childcare’s assertion, that the entry and exit points over the bus stop are no deterrent to the site being

safe, appropriate and acceptable enough for use as a large, commercial childcare centre.

As an incorporated society comprised of Devonport people who have been a part of our community for many years, we disagree wholeheartedly with this acceptance. We have no alternative however, but to cease to pursue defence of the appeal, particularly having regard to Auckland Council’s recent decision to now support the proposal.

As a matter of record, we continue to express our grave concerns about the development’s implementation. Our concerns relate not only to traffic and pedestrian safety, but also to what has been assessed as “less than minor” impacts on heritage, traffic congestion and residential amenity. We believe that the location is unsafe and that the property, which is a prominent and significant heritage site, is inappropriate for commercial development, particularly with respect to multiple car parking proposed to be located directly outside the villa.

Emotionally and financially our resources have been expended and drained over the past two-and-a-half years in opposing this development, which has included literally dozens of amendments by the applicant to

its original plan, prior to and then subsequent to its appeal. Under the Unitary Plan, these changes can be made at the discretion of the applicant and with limited and short notice given to other parties involved.

The resource consent process has been a difficult, lengthy and expensive one to traverse.

As a matter of public record, resource consent is granted on appeal to Butterbee Childcare Limited, with the support of Auckland Council and upon withdrawal of the society’s opposition to it being granted.

We emphasise that the withdrawal of our opposition to the Environment Court appeal is based upon the pragmatic realisation that under the auspices of the Resource Management Act and the Unitary Plan, experts now confirm that the development in its final altered form is deemed acceptable.

While we continue to disagree, as a society, we have now reached the conclusion of our ability to formally pursue our objections under the Resource Management Act and the Unitary Plan.

Darcy and Robyn McNicoll, Friends of Upper Victoria Road Safety Preservation Group Incorporated

Keys kindness paid forward to cancer charity To the person who picked up my car keys last week in Flagstaff Tce, I would like to convey my gratitude for their thoughtful act of kindness.

On returning to my car and finding the keys gone, I had a moment of panic. So to turn and find them on the windscreen wipers was magic, as I have trouble walking. It was such a wonderful relief.

To pass the good feeling on, as it was September, which I think is cancer month, I have made a donation to the ‘Cancer Cause’ with thanks to you.

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FOUND $100 cash Saturday 23 September Did you drop some money in the street? It may have been a birthday gift. Possibly, the person who dropped it has long blonde hair and was wearing a TGS top.

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Historic Ladybird lands at Devonport boatyard

Ladybird, a boat with a formative influence Devonport born and bred… Ladybird going in for maintenence over Sir Peter Blake’s sailing career, is getting (above), and in full flight on the harbour off Torpedo Bay in the a spruce-up in Devonport. early 1950s (below) Blake’s parents Joyce and Brian owned the kauri ketch from 1961 until 1997, when Devonport yachtsman Martin Foster bought it from them.

Blake wrote about the boat in his autobiography: “It was in Ladybird that I learned to work as a member of a crew... and to navigate. We later sailed Ladybird to Tonga and Fiji, my father, mother and me. I experienced my first gale at sea on this trip. It lasted for 36 hours, something I will never forget.”

For the last nine years, Foster and his wife Janet have co-owned the ketch with Natasha and Mike Strong. They all live in Devonport. Natasha is the current commodore of Devonport Yacht Club (DYC) and Mike is a past commodore Ladybird’s Devonport history goes back to 1950, when she was built by boat designer Burt Woollacott, in a shed on King Edward Pde. In 1952, Ladybird won the Trans-Tasman race from Hobart to Auckland, becoming the first New Zealand yacht to win an international ocean race. “The entire crew in the race was from Devonport, including Burt’s son John Woollacott,” says Foster.

Long-time DYC member and past club commodore Foster met the Blakes at the club in 1963. “As a youth, Peter sailed with me on Truant, then my yacht. I sailed with the Blake family on Ladybird from time to time too,” he says.

Ladybird is usually moored at Bayswater Marina. Last Wednesday, she was trucked into Kevin Johnson’s Wynyard St boat shed.

Mike Strong says he will assist Johnson with the overdue all-round refit. “We will replace the motor, paint the top sides, scrape and revarnish the original Oregon pine mast, check and replace the rigging, do the antifouling and give it a bit of a birthday,” Strong says.

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History

October 6, 2017

Chatham Cup celebration – 50 years on

Cup winners… From left to right: John Parrish, Les Taylor, Dave Gerrard, Ian Campbell, Bill Rimmer and Ivan Posa at their reunion dinner at the Esplanade Hotel Fifty years ago, North Shore United won soccer’s Chatham Cup and six of the winning team celebrated the milestone with a dinner at the Esplanade Hotel recently.

Ian Campbell (captain), John Parrish (midfield), Dave Gerrard (right back), Bill Rimmer (right wing), Ivan Posa and Les Taylor (strikers) shared tales of the victorious season

and memories of old friends. Six of the cupwinning side and coaching staff have died since the momentous victory.

In the year of the win, North Shore had a mix of youth and experience, with coach Ken Armstrong blending them well. Bill Rimmer,

Dave Gerrard, Ivan Posa and Dennis Mack (deceased) were young local players who had come up through the grades of the Shore club.

Rimmer and Gerard are still living in Devonport, and Posa is well known in the area, having owned a number of fish-and-chip shops.

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Where it all began… 1956 Midgets at Devonport Domain. Ivan Posa standing, second from left, and Dave Gerrard, kneeling, second from right

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Captain Ian Campbell holding the Cup

History

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North Shore United Chatham Cup Winners 1967 (taken the morning after). Back row from left: John Parrish, Malcolm Graham, Dave Gerrard, Billy Rimmer, Don Jones, Les Taylor, Ivan Posa and Brian Collins. Front row from left: Peter Maynard, Frank Western (manager) Bill Green (masseur), Ian Campbell (captain) and friend.

Rimmer recalled the tough run to the cup final. In the six lead-up games, North Shore had to go to extra time twice and won all its other matches 1-0.

It played the quarter-final game away to Gisborne and a semi-final at the then headquarters of Auckland football, Newmarket Park, against the holders Miramar Rangers. A hard-fought 1-0 victory saw North Shore head off a fortnight later to the Basin Reserve in Wellington for the final against Christchurch United.

It was a very exciting match, with reports that it was the best final for years. Shore won 2-1.

The final was recorded and played on television the next day.

“We flew down to Wellington, but finances didn’t allow a flight back, so we came back by bus. We stopped at Taupo and saw the game there on TV the next day,” recalled Rimmer.

Les Taylor had won the Chatham Cup in 1966 playing for Miramar. He joined Shore in 1967 and won the cup again – making him the only player in Chatham Cup history to win the cup in successive seasons for different clubs.

Unfortunately, both Taylor’s cup-winner medals were later stolen in a house burglary, said Rimmer.

Three of the players from the 1967 team who were still alive could not be contacted, said Rimmer. But the reunion would now become an annual event, to be held on the first Friday in September.

North Shore United has a proud tradition in the Chatham Cup – New Zealand’s knockout trophy equivalent to England’s FA Cup Four of the reunion group at the end of the 1967 final: Dave Gerrard – winning it six times (1952, 1960, 1963, 1967, is embraced by a spectator; Ivan Posa and John Parrish chair off Billy Rimmer, who scored the side’s first goal 1979, 1986).

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