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Names added to memorial

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our names have been added to the list of the fallen on the cenotaph on Stockade Hill.

Part of the Howick Local Board’s Heritage Plan, the project was launched after local historian Alan La Roche

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approached the board to have more names included on the memorial.

First World War memorials were often community-led initiatives and, in the absence of any guidelines to determine whose name should be listed, locals decided to include only the names of men and women who died.

This was often gathered by canvassing the local community

rather than official records which either did not have enough information or had been been lost.

Mr La Roche started researching for a list of those who served in WWI in early 2014.

“Slowly I realised some who were killed were not on the monument. I had to prove they were from Howick or Pakuranga.

“At first I found it a very emotional task reading how they

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joined up, trained, fought often with soldiers from other countries who did not speak English, and for some buried in a foreign land without a funeral.

“Their death notices in the Auckland newspapers show the heartfelt emotional loss.”

Most of the fundraising for the monument on Stockade Hill was done by the women of Howick.

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is personal struggle to get recruited into the police force prompted Constable Piho Tuaiti to take up the challenge of voluntarily training others who dream of donning a police uniform.

For the last eight years Mr Tuaiti of Ormiston Police Station has been working tirelessly preparing people for the demanding police eligibility test – all free of charge.

“It doesn’t guarantee that they will get through the independent recruitment process but it gives them the knowledge and prepares them for what to expect. We have a pass rate of 89 per cent,” he says.

While there are other courses at Unitec Institute of Technology and at Te Wananga o Aotearoa that prepare students for entry to the Royal NZ Police College for a fee—the selfless constable trains a group of 15 to 30 people at the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) and does it in his own time.

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Two men, one armed with a double barrelled sawn-off shotgun, robbed a bar in Pakuranga last week.

Metro Bar on Ti Rakau Drive was the target of an aggravated robbery in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with two offenders entering the bar at 12.20am and stealing cash.

Detective constable Paul Mo said one of the men was armed with a double barrelled sawnoff shotgun. The other man was

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No one was injured during the incident.

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He said Counties Manukau Police are investigating the incident.

The offenders pulled up outside the bar in a white Subaru Legacy station wagon, registration EYE491, which was stolen earlier from Sunnyhills.

They removed cash from within the premises, putting the money into a black and red bag, before leaving the bar.

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should buy a burger each,” he smiles saying. “But then MIT saw an opportunity in it and approached us to have our training there.”

He admits that there have been times when he has wondered if he could have used the same time to study and further his own career in the police force.

But the idea takes a backseat when he realises how much he enjoys nurturing hopeful recruits to think outside the square and help them develop individual skills they lack.

Currently, amongst the ethnic mix of students he has a mother and daughter duo from North-Shore who is keen to fulfil their dream of becoming police officers someday.

He even helps with the appeal process if warranted— when prospective recruits don’t make it through the hiring process However, his advice to young hopefuls is that it is important to pursue further studies “so that you can move up the police ranks,” he says honestly.

“It also helps if you have some life experience. It enables you to have a better understanding of a situation and earn the respect of the community by making the right call.”

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are filled with gratitude and want to invite him home for dinner and introduce him to their families. But Mr Tuaiti gently declines saying he does it “only for the love of it”.

“Today there are 15 of my former students at the Ormiston Police Station that work with me.

“Just watching them smiling and walking around in their blue uniform is my biggest reward,” he says.

“Seeing them in uniform on graduation day is priceless!”

On a personal front, Mr Tuaiti admits that switching professions from a successful career in freight forwarding to being recruited with the police at the age of 40, was a big task.

He took it on only to prove to his children that one can achieve anything if you set your mind to it.

“I had always dreamt of working with NZ Police but unfortunately was one of those who hadn’t studied much at school,” admits Mr Tuaiti who was determined to wear the uniform even if it meant spending sleepless nights studying, losing 25 kilos and aiming at achieving 85 per cent in the exams.

“It was one of the hardest things I have done in my life,” he says, smiling.

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– ‘the forgotten children of Howick’

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he countdown has begun. With only three days remaining for filing nominations for the vacant seat on the Howick Local Board, so far there are only two candidates who have stepped into the ring.

Labour Party candidate Mark Johnson received the fifth highest votes in the October election (3144) and Mike Turinsky scored fourth (3912).

Nominations for candidates for the seat in the Botany byelection close at 12 noon on December 22.

While many expect a tough fight bordering on ugly for the hot seat left behind by Lucy Schwaner’s sudden resignation from the board, few are aware that Mr Johnson and Mr Turinsky are Facebook friends.

Last week they caught up for coffee.

“We are fairly aligned in our ideas and in an ideal world I would have liked Mike Turinsky to be on the same board as I am,” says Mr Johnson, former English and Drama teacher at Botany Downs Secondary College (BDSC).

He’s known Mike Turinsky, a youth worker who mentors students at the same college, from the time he taught at BDSC.

Labour candidate for the Botany by-elections believes that Botany should have a strong identity.

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While the two respect each other and believe they are both in the political area for the same reason – to make a difference – Mr Johnson says he joined the Labour party “out of a sense of doing what’s right”.

“I wanted to be of service to a democratic machine.”

He feels strongly about the

Botany electorate not having a voice.

“I am worried it will be the same for Ormiston. Botany and Ormiston are both the forgotten children of Howick.”

“We need an identity. There is no community centre in this area that is home to so many different nationalities and ethnicities.

We should be having a Botany Santa Parade passing through the town centre,” he says, talking passionately about bringing the community together.

Stressing on the need for a new focus on infrastructure, housing and transport, he says: “More and more people are moving into South East Auckland. It’s a brand new area and there is no reason why we can’t have quality housing.”

He cites examples of the Tamaki redevelopment project and the new Waimahia project at the Manukau Harbour as an affordable urban transformation, worth replicating.

Pointing out the lack of transport for young people in the Botany electorate he says: “Whilst door knocking, I spoke to a lot of people in Donegal Park in Dawson Road and they said there are no bus stops in the entire area. How much can the youth walk?

“They need some transport

connection to Botany Town Centre or Ormiston to catch a bus or train. That way, they will also clear the road for people with families who need to use their cars.”

The 39-year-old who switched professions from teaching to starting a publishing company Cloud Ink last year describes the start-up as “wanting to put a flag in the mud for New Zealand authors.

“With both Penguin and Random House merging, there was just one publishing house for NZ writers,” reasons the father-of- two with a Master’s degree in Creative Writing.

Currently, he is spending time between door-knocking, attending Labour party meetings, strategising, fundraising for the upcoming elections as well as writing a fantasy and science fiction novel and novellas – whenever he gets a few hours to himself.

About his chances of winning the by-elections, the parttime author and publisher says: “Labour party is winning everywhere in the country counsellors, Mayor. People are voting Labour because they can trust us to build up the city.

“However if Mike does win, I will be the first person to congratulate him.”

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Pair awarded $4000 study grants

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wo local Year 13 students have won large study grants from the Howick

RSA. Katelyn Ross, 17, from Botany Downs Secondary College and Renee Page, 17, from Howick College, were each presented $2000 cheques on Thursday night for their first year of tertiary study. The scholarships will see each student receive a further $2000 next year upon successful completion of year one.

Miss Ross will undertake a Bachelor of Nursing while Miss Page will take on a Bachelor of

Science in paramedicine.

Howick RSA president Mike Cole said selecting scholarship recipients involved a competitive selection process.

Applicants’ families also had to have some form of military affiliation.

“The scholarships are for students from local secondary schools moving on to full time tertiary study, and provide fee assistance for the first two years of study,” he said.

“This year’s students reflect the quality of secondary education in our area, and the quality of the applicants.”

Time is running out Have you enrolled for the Howick Local Board Botany subdivision by-election as yet?

The electoral rolls for the Howick Local Board (Botany subdivision) by-election close on Thursday, December 22, 2016.

“Only those people who are correctly enrolled by the time the electoral roll has closed will get voting papers in the mail to vote in the Howick Local Board (Botany subdivision) by-election,” says Georgia Tatana, Registrar of Electors for the Botany electorate.

“To get your voting papers in the mail you need to be enrolled or have your details updated no later than December 22.

Currently 36,418 of Howick Local Board (Botany subdivision) electors are enrolled to vote in the by-election.

The by-election will elect the new board member for the Howick Local Board (Botany subdivision).

“People can get an enrolment form by calling 0800 36 76 56, by freetexting their name and address to 3676, by requesting or downloading one from the elections website at www.elections.org.nz or at any PostShop.”

Georgia says because the details of people who are on the unpublished roll are kept confidential, electors on this roll should contact The Electoral Office on 973-5212 at the Auckland Council Office direct to get information on how to apply to cast a special vote.

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an emotional farewell

Leaving his mark on Macleans ■■By Scott Yeoman

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here would be very few Macleans College students over the past 33 years who wouldn’t remember Mr Lonergan.

Deep-voiced with silver hair (at least in recent years), the 61-year-old is inimitable – a special educator who understood and interacted with students and teachers in a way that only he could.

Mr Lonergan – “Jim” – arrived at Macleans College in 1983 and left on the last day of term three this year as deputy principal of the school.

As a former pupil, I went along to his final goodbye earlier this month – a Saturday afternoon function in the Macleans College staff room for past students and staff.

“It was really great that some of the foundation staff and foundation students were actually there,” Mr Lonergan said to me over the phone a few days later.

He sounded genuinely touched that they, along with other students, teachers and parents, had turned up to see him off.

Stories were shared at the event, sincere thanks were passed on, and the final chapter of Mr Lonergan’s time at Macleans was closed.

Before that there had been a “very moving” assembly on the last day of term three, a staff and school board farewell that same afternoon, and a past teachers goodbye event a few weeks earlier.

At the school assembly, principal Byron Bentley and all four head prefects spoke about Mr Lonergan’s stay at Macleans, each covering a

different aspect of his tenure.

“Then the kapa haka did a very rousing farewell haka and then the whole school stood and I walked out through the entire school to say goodbye,” Mr Lonergan recounted to me. “It was very emotional for me and for a lot there as well I think.”

He is already nine weeks into his new job as chief executive of College Sport.

Mr Lonergan said it came out of the blue and that he wasn’t actually looking at leaving.

“But the opportunity was too good not to apply for...so when I saw it I thought, well, this is something that I could actually

do outside teaching that I’d really enjoy.

“It was nice to think I wasn’t retiring – that I was going onto something else and certainly a new challenge. But it was hard to leave somewhere where you’ve been going in each day and often on weekends as well. It’s a place where the car automatically turned – it directed itself to that front gate.”

Something Mr Lonergan mentioned during his speech at the final farewell was his lunchtime missions, where he would walk around the school for the best part of an hour getting to know the students and staff. I remember seeing this a lot – it was his trademark – and so I asked him about it a few days later.

“I made an effort every lunch-time to walk around the eight [whanau] houses and also would call past and see staff as well,” he said.

“My style is always to make those personal connections. The more people you know, the more you are aware of what’s happening. I loved walking around the school just having Long-serving Macleans College teacher and deputy principal Jim Lonergan.

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conversations and if there was a new student, introducing myself to that student.”

He said he tried to know every student by name.

This personalised teaching style meant Mr Lonergan was proactive, rather than reactive. He knew when there was trouble and was often able to shut it down before anything occurred.

“It’s far better to be prepared to stop things happening before they do,” he said. “If you’ve got some understanding of how the students and staff feel, you can actually make changes before things do blow.”

Because of this, Mr Lonergan earned the respect of a lot of students – even if they didn’t admit it at the time. “I think it’s often the kids at risk that you make a difference with,” he said.

“They’re the most appreciative 10, 20 years on when they’ve actually left school. A lot of kids go through some trying times, but in fact I could say basically every kid I’ve dealt with – there’s good in them. And it’s about really getting through those teenage years. If they can keep out of serious trouble, they actually turn out to be good citizens and they appreciate the work that’s gone in for them during those school years. Just being listened to is often important.”

Everything that made Mr Lonergan successful at Macleans College – he was the house leader of Rutherford House for six years, head of chemistry during that same period, and a member of the senior management team since

1994 – is sure to make him a success at College Sport. The organisation works across 107 schools and 45 sports and Mr Lonergan’s time as chairman of Auckland Rugby and his current role as deputy chairman of New Zealand Schools Rugby will have prepared him well for this new challenge. His master’s degree in business will also come in handy.

Nine weeks in, he said he is loving the new opportunity.

“It is challenging, but there are, I think, some positive changes that I can make here. If we can increase participation numbers it’s good for Auckland, it’s good for those kids who aren’t competing and there are some serious issues with obesity and health. The more active kids are, the better for society long term.”

Mr Lonergan said he will continue to get out and see some of the sporting and cultural events put on by Macleans College, but he recognises that he now has 107 schools to support.

He is also looking forward to spending more time with family on weekends, after 33 years of wandering around school sport fields. “Weekend time – having more time with family – is really important,” Mr Lonergan said.

It’s the very least he deserves after a teaching career full of generosity and dedication.

Jim Lonergan has left his mark on Macleans College. I, and many of the students who have passed through the school, and those who are still passing through and will continue to in years to come, am, are, and will be better off for it. Thanks, Jim.

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ast week marked the end of an era for the Greenmount cleanfill site as one of the final topsoil deliveries was made in the wake of plans to restore the site back to its former glory.

Around 30 people attended the special Topping Off ceremony held on December 14 to celebrate the milestone achievement, including Lushington Estate members, Ngai Tai Ki Tamaki iwi, the Howick Local Board and EnviroNZ staff.

The 54ha former quarry site, located on the corner of Harris Road and Smales Road, was decommissioned as a landfill in 2005.

Managed fill operations have been underway since then to restore the site to its original landform, with plans for the site to consist of a 70m high grassed dome with a flat peak and unique 360 views of Auckland.

Managing director of EnviroNZ Gary Saunders says he is very proud of the 11-year project to restore the site and now feels ready to hand it over, knowing what is planned for the future.

“Under our stewardship the land has been returned close to its original form,” said Mr Saunders.

“When we were almost ready to hand it over [about three to four years ago] we looked around and we saw the view that we’re seeing now, and decided that we didn’t just want

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to hand the site over undeveloped.”

He announced at the ceremony that EnviroNZ has chosen to provide $10,000 worth of trees as a commemorative gift to the people of East Tamaki for the purpose of enhancing the park.

Mr Saunders is hoping the Greenmount site, when completed, will become an iconic spot for Auckland tourism, and compared it to the likes of Cornwall Park and One Tree Hill.

“It’s a fantastic outcome,” he said.

“We’ve got 360 degree views and that’s something you really can’t replicate in many places.”

It’s now the job of the Howick Local Board to lead the future development of the land, with plans to create an extensive public space, complete with a children’s

playground, fitness facilities, an off-leash dog area and walking and cycling tracks.

Howick Local Board chairperson David Collings attended the ceremony and said he is very excited to see the project unfold in stages over the next few years.

“I’ve been in local government for 18 years and this is one of the most collaborative projects we’ve ever been a part of. This place has come a long way in recent years, and the board is excited about the prospect of being able to transform the land in to a public space for everyone to enjoy. It will create a much-needed oasis for Greenmount and East Tamaki workers ... it’s a win-win.”

The park is expected to open for public use in stages as development takes place.

Lucy Schwaner paid almost $1600 ■ BY SCOTT YEOMAN Former Howick Local Board member Lucy Schwaner, who quit minutes after being sworn into the role last month, has been paid almost $1600.

Auckland Council confirmed that Schwaner was paid $1592.32 (net) for the period between October 16 and November 4.

“Remuneration is paid to elected members from when the official [election] results are declared,” a council spokeswoman said.

Ms Schwaner, the wife of Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross, resigned from her Botany subdivision seat shortly after being sworn in at the Howick Local Board’s inauguration ceremony on November 3, after narrowly losing the vote for chairmanship to David Collings, 4-5.

She said at the time that she had no confidence in the chairmanship of Mr Collings.

The by-election to replace her will cost up to $104,000, the council’s finance and performance committee confirmed last Tuesday.

Ms Schwaner, in a statement, said that she spent nine years working as a local board or community board member and continued that work up until the day she departed.

“I attended the same meetings as other board members prior to

the first meeting,” she said.

Ms Schwaner said in the weeks prior to the inaugural meeting, her role consisted of coordinating keeping the Howick and Highland Park libraries open over Christmas, working with council on arrangements for a new pedestrian path on Ormiston Road, responding to constituent issues about traffic matters on Baverstock Road, working on the additional names being added to the cenotaph on Stockade Hill, mentoring and assisting in the training of new local board member Peter Young, and attending meetings regarding the new structure of the Howick Local Board.

“Salary decisions are made by the independent Remuneration Authority, not elected representatives,” she said.

Only two candidate nominations have been received so far for next year’s Botany by-election and both men ran in October.

As of Friday last week, Labour’s Mark Johnson and Mike Turinsky, who campaigns under the “Practical not Political” banner, are the only two candidates running.

The by-election will be held on February 17, 2017.Candidate nominations opened on November 24 and close at 12pm on December 22.

It will be a postal vote like the October election.

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New car yard on track

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Minister of Transport, Simon Bridges and Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross have visited the construction site for Armstrong Motor Group’s massive new dealership in Botany.

The project is on track for opening in May 2017 and now well over half way through the build programme with the roof installed and concrete floors poured, having broken ground originally on May 9, 2016.

The site boasts more than 5100 square meters under roof including 21 service bays and is understood to be the largest retail dealership building in New Zealand.

The wider Botany area is growing incredibly fast, and this will provide the genesis of a new Auckland automotive precinct on for Auckland East, the company said.

For the Armstrong Motor Group, this further expands its Auckland footprint with dealerships already in Grey Lynn, Greenlane and Mt Wellington. The new motor vehicle dealership at 279 Ti Rakau Drive will be by far its largest.

Armstrongs have already announced that Mercedes-Benz have awarded the Armstrong Motor Group the franchise for the area – making it the third MercedesBenz dealer in Auckland and the 10th in New Zealand.

The Armstrong Motor Group is no stranger to the brand with two Mercedes Benz dealerships - in Christchurch and Dunedin - and has been named Mercedes-Benz dealer of the year for the past five years.

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raffic was chaotic. The traffic lights were more of a suggestion than anything

else.

Yet there were no car crashes on the busy crossroads of cities in Taiwan, says Elim Christian College student Andrew Scott with disbelief.

Having just returned from a school mission trip to the cities of Taipei, Taitung, Ping Dong, Kaottsiung, Heng Chun, Chia Yi and Nantou cities in Taiwan along with six other students and teachers Karen Lin and Amos Ling, he is still jet-lagged.

But his enthusiasm is not dimmed. “Having studied Mandarin language for the last two and a half years, I was always fascinated by the Taiwanese culture. So when I heard that our Head of Department of Music and Mandarin, Karen Lin had organised a mission trip to Taiwan, I was really excited about it,” he says.

Andrew has haemophilia, a rare disorder in which the blood does not clot normally. He has to be self injected every day to help with the clotting factor. However, the bleeding disorder didn’t stop him from venturing out on a holiday for the first time without his family.

“It was a test of my independence,” he says. “The trip taught me to be more responsible and look after myself.”

Students learn how to make Hakka Lei Tea in Meinong District, Kao Hsiung City, Taiwan.

Another student of the Mandarin language, Isaac MacKenzie says he enjoyed having an opportunity to run a couple of classes at the National Taitung Girls Senior High School.

“We taught a class on NZ slang like jandals, Kiwi, Hi bro, feeling naked,” says the Year 11 student.

What also impacted him was the respect they have for elders and teachers, he says.

The generosity of spirit and the warmth they exuded touched the students the most.

While the cuisine occasionally challenged Andrew’s taste buds,

he says he was very impressed when the Governor of Taitung invited them for lunch and paid for it.

The idea behind the trip was to trace the Maori and Taiwanese lineage and know more about the Austronesian cultures. Meeting the indigenous people from the Amis tribe, known to have a genetic link with the Maori.

The trip also had a mission focus to reach out to students at an elementary school in Taitung that was washed away in the floods.

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“The elementary school in Taitung had been washed away in the floods and the morale of the children was very low.

“I wanted to give hope to the children and encourage them to dream big. Also having Andrew with us who has haemophilia proved to them that anything is possible,” says Ms Lin.

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For more than a decade, Cockle Bay Beach has been significantly affected by coastal erosion, and beachfront resident Ian Wallace says the local board isn’t doing enough to fix the problem.

“We want all of Cockle Bay to be used by any residents, including children, because it is a very safe beach... but [the erosion] has just gotten worse and worse. I’m very distressed – because absolutely nothing has been done.”

Mr Wallace attended a Howick Local Board meeting one year ago with a signed petition including recommendations put forward by Cockle Bay residents for potential solutions to the problem, but has not seen any significant progress since then.

Meanwhile, he says, the hole in the beach continues to grow, and will soon become a hazard for beachgoers.

“Over these last 20 years there have been so many attempts [to fix the problem] by people who don’t have a clue what they’re talking about, and all of those attempts cost real money – why don’t you do it once and do it properly?” he asked local board members at a December 12 meeting.

Honorary fisheries officer and beachfront resident Barry Wood has witnessed the slow degradation of the foreshore as a result of coastal erosion and says the current solution – the relocation and replenishment of sand – is a temporary fix to a recurring problem.

“It’s a remedial thing which only lasts till the next storm,” he says.

Retired engineering geologist Graham Mansergh has also weighed

in on the issue.

He suggests the concept of a perpendicular sea wall needs to be replaced with a sloped sea wall, so that when the waves come from a prevailing north-westerly direction, the energy runs up the wall, is dissipated, and helps to cause the depletion of the next wave as it comes back down.

It’s a suggestion Mr Wallace insists has been presented to the board as a recommendation, with no response.

Auckland Council area manager of operational management and maintenance Gwyn De-Arth told the Times any further action taken by the board, such as the placement of rocks, would require a coastal consent from the council’s Resource Consents Team.

It would also require funding – and that’s where the main issue lies, according to Howick Local Board chairperson David Collings.

At the December 12 meeting, Mr Collings said the board was “very concerned” about coastal erosion and cited funding as the primary reason for a lack of action.

Howick Ward Councillor Dick Quax suggested the board should raise the issue at Long-term Plan discussions with Auckland Council “to ensure there’s something in the budget”.

“This board has a huge coastline, and its way beyond the means of the board to be able to deal with coastal erosion in this area,” said Mr Quax.

“I know the first board looked at coastal erosion at Bucklands Beach as one of their priorities and were told by the mayor at the time there was no budget for it. That’s still the same there’s just no budget.”

Mr Collings later confirmed the Howick Local Board plans to work with other local boards that struggle with coastal erosion and present a collaborative case to Auckland Council in a future bid for extra funding.

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‘what about a women’s section’,” Mrs Potter told the Times then.

“One day he said ‘we’ll have a meeting’. Sixteen ladies came and he allowed us to start the section for three months. If it was no good he said he would knock it on the head.”

Since that first meeting, Mrs Potter had been president of the Howick women’s section four times and on the RSA’s executive committee for 14 years. She was an honorary life member of Howick RSA and a gold star badge holder, a high honour for a non-returned services person and not given lightly.

After it was established, the women’s section grew rapidly, but she said then: “Like

everything else now, numbers are dropping off.”

When the section was in danger of disbanding in around 2010, Mrs Potter’s tenacity came to the fore again. As women came in the door, she handed out forms asking for committee nominations and a team of six formed.

She was one of a core group of 10 always on hand for the work, especially catering for afternoon teas at returned service-people’s funerals. As the longest-serving member on the executive committee, Mrs Potter was behind the raffle table most Friday nights.

When her three children were at Mellons Bay Primary School, Mrs Potter went on the PTA and cleaned the school for a number of years.

It was a family affair with daughter Heather, who now lives in Waihi, coming to help after delivering the Howick and Pakuranga Times and her husband George would give a hand after he finished work.

As a foundation member and past-president, Mrs Potter was in 2012 still involved in the Highland Park Probus Club.

Tennis, netball and bowls clubs also reaped the benefits of her involvement.

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t is with sadness that we announce the passing of Jess Potter on Wednesday December 12.

Mrs Potter, 84, in 2012 collected Times Newspapers’ War Veterans’ Community Service Award for dedication to her community at the Howick Lions in the Park and Military Tattoo.

“It was an honour to present Jess with the award as she’s so dedicated to her community and that is something that makes Howick special,” said Reay Neben, managing director of Times Newspaper, at the time.

“Jess has worked tirelessly for the Howick RSA (Returned and Services’ Association) and is considered the matriarch of the women’s section.”

It took this girl from Matiere to get action for a RSA women’s section in Howick.

Jessie Minna Hilda Potter moved to Auckland with her late husband George after selling their farm at Matiere, about 42 kilometres from Taumarunui, King Country.

They bought a house in Mellons Bay in 1974. As a foundation life member of the Pio Pio RSA’s women’s section in King Country, Mrs Potter was quickly hot on the tail of Howick RSA president of the time, the indomitable Russ Rice.

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Four names added to memorial ➤➤From page 1 “They had been used to fundraising for parcels to be sent to our boys overseas but also for those affected by the war in Belgium and Serbia,” Mr La Roche said.

“The Howick Red Cross had a committee of 18 who organised penny trails, sewing bees, dances, baking, concerts and door to door collections. The monument came from Colville Quarry, Coromandel.

Humphrey Beeson, project coordinator for the Howick Local Board, said it was a great project to be a part.

“I was privileged to be handed the responsibility for bringing it to fruition, “ he said.

“In preparing the approved Resource Consent documentation I also made provision for other names, to be

added, if warranted, without the need to jump through further regulatory consent process.”

The new names on the monument ➤➤Corporal Philip Arnaboldi died in action in Passchendaele October 15, 1917 aged 21years.

He was born at Pakuranga. He was living at Glen Murray when he enlisted. His grandparents emigrated from Italy and took up land in Howick in 1855 and started a general store in Howe Street. His name appears on the family grave in All Saints Churchyard. ➤➤Thomas Corbett McLaren, called by his family “Corbe”, was killed in action in April 1918 at Messines, in France aged 29 years. He had been a blacksmith and left a wife and two

daughters who lived in Howick.

He is recorded on a family grave in the Star of the Sea Catholic Graveyard in Picton Street, Howick ➤➤Nicholas Colin Stichbury was born in Sheffield , England. He served in the war in South Africa where he was wounded fighting with the New Zealand forces.

He died on the hospital ship “Acquitiana” at Gallipoli August 1915 from gunshot wounds to his neck. His wife lived in Howick. ➤➤Charles Leslie Mounce was born at Thames. When he enlisted he was a guard at Auckland Prison. His family had a holiday home at Howick Beach. His name is recorded on the family grave in All Saints Churchyard in Howick. He was killed in action at Armentieres, France aged 28 years on July 13, 1916.

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Easing some pressure of the festive season Botany residents are encouraged to support their local Salvation Army and help those in need this Christmas, by donating non-perishable food items to the Sallies Food Drive at Bunnings Warehouse Botany.

Non-perishable items can be placed in the Sallies display at the front of the store with all items going directly to support people seeking emergency relief over the holiday season.

Salvation Army spokesperson Major Pam Waugh said through the support of the local Botany

community, the Sallies will be able to help make Christmas special for those in need.

“For many New Zealanders, sharing a special meal is an important part of Christmas. For families who are struggling to make ends meet it’s not always easy to put something special on the table for their families. Through donating non-perishable food items residents will help local families enjoy a special Christmas meal, putting some joy back and easing some of the

pressures of the festive season,” said Ms Waugh.

Bunnings Warehouse Botany complex manager, Michael Winiata said team members are looking forward to the food drive, and helping the local community.

“It’s a fantastic cause and we encourage everyone to join us in donating to the Food Drive to support the great work the Sallies do in the community.” ➤ When: Throughout December 2016 ➤ Where: Bunnings Warehouse Botany ➤ 320 Ti Rakau Drive

e are all familiar with the phrase “Please Sir, I want more” from Oliver Twist.

Christmas is now only days away and this means extra expense and hardship for families struggling to make ends meet. Each year approximately 150,000 food parcels are distributed to New Zealanders in need.

The Auckland City Mission collects bulk food supplies and distributes to other Auckland City Foodbanks and runs a Community Food Programme.

A maximum of six parcels per year per person criteria applies. The City Mission was established in 1920 and is one of several church based organisations that provide relief. Other organisations include the Salvation Army and St Vincent de Paul.

Picking and preserving neighbourhood fruit for charities. The purpose is to facilitate the sharing of fruit from our own backyards and orchards. The fruit that is surplus will be distributed to charities like the Auckland City Mission. Check out website http://www.pickfruit.co.nz The Citizens Advice Bureau often facilitates the obtaining

of food parcels for those in need. When a request comes into our bureau for a food parcel we contact one of the organisations that supply to our community. We establish what the need is and if they require budgeting advice.

Spare a thought for the volunteers behind the scenes who work tirelessly collecting the food, boxing and distributing to needy families.

A couple of volunteers will travel to the City Mission, usually on a fortnightly basis to collect bread, rice, WeetBix and any supplies that are available to make up the food parcels and replenish their supplies at the foodbank.

These volunteers are always willing to help those requiring a food parcel by making sure food is available.

Often when we telephone with a request, they will stop whatever they are doing in their own private lives, gardening, collecting children from school etc., to make up a parcel for those in need and in some cases will deliver the food parcel themselves, as often the family have no means to collect it.

Parishioners from the local churches often donate money,

which is used to purchase food vouchers for perishables such as eggs and milk.

Food parcels are designed to feed a family or individual for four days to get them through a crisis.

They are nutritionally balanced and made up of simple items that can be made into healthy meals.

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“I had a shop, but I couldn’t compete with Chloe’s prices,” he jokes. “I asked Chloe to start supplying us with her stock, and then when I sold the business, I approached Chloe about going online to create a website.”

That’s when business really kicked off for the two of them, and eventually provided the opportunity to lease 200sqm premises inside Pakuranga Plaza, as well as a smaller shop in Glenfield which opened in April this year. “When we saw [the Pakuranga store], we thought there’s no way we’re going to

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“It was a big risk, and terrifying at the time... you have to do your research, and do your homework, but at the end of the day, you have to trust your gut, and that’s what we did.”

Ms Brown says the business has been “a labour of love” from the beginning.

She always enjoyed card gaming as a hobby, but when attempts to find a part-time job proved unsuccessful in high school, she bought $100 of card stock and started onselling her collection to earn money for university – only to turn that into a business about a year ago.

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Howick dance teacher Claire Sciascia’s game Scatterbones is set to be distributed on a global scale.

After 23 years of teaching dance, local resident Claire Sciascia is passing on the ownership of her beloved studio Dance Xpress to pursue another hobby – invention.

Driving home from the studio one night, Mrs Sciascia came up with the idea for Scatterbones, a game where players must flip all their bones to complete a fullyfledged skeleton figure.

It all started with a cheap prototype made of Warehousepurchased clay, an enthusiastic seven-year-old to kid-proof the game, and a Google search on how games get published nowadays.

She never imagined her idea would go global, but the motherof-three hit the jackpot when she flew to England for the annual Inventor’s Workshop and pitched her idea in person to some of the world’s biggest game companies.

Organisers picked up the prototype, and Scatterbones is now set to be distributed internationally in 2017 by toy and game licensing agency Ooba Toys.

In the past month and a half,

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the game has been featured in Hong Kong and Chicago trade fairs, and Mrs Sciascia started to receive calls from distributors in New Zealand after her invention was promoted on Seven Sharp.

It’s an exciting change for the mother-of-three, who has taught dance in east Auckland for 23 years, and held ownership of Dance Xpress for 10 years.

“I’ve taught and watched some of those kids grow up since they were little, so it’s definitely bittersweet.”

Neverland Studios will take over the Pakuranga-based

facility, adding a third location to their Mairangi Bay and Ponsonby studios – news that Mrs Sciascia says is “massively exciting” for dancers in east Auckland.

“Ashleigh and Alley [new owners] are so passionate about their dance... and their studios are amazing. I couldn’t have passed it onto anyone better.”

Mrs Sciascia will still be teaching at the Pakuranga studio, but says she is looking forward to spending more time on her inventions, and getting a headstart on her next idea – whatever that may be.

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You can’t help but gain a newfound respect for owner John Steward, the man who has been the face of Steward Motors for many years, when you see the way he does business.

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He’s the type who draws more attention to his late father’s achievements than he does to his own, and when he does, it’s easy to see why he’s so inspired by the man who raised him.

His father Robert (Bob) Steward was the chief fire officer of the Howick Brigade, one of the pioneers of Howick sea rescue, the builder of their Nelson Street family home, the recipient of a Queen’s Service Medal, and the founder of Steward Motors.

It was 1958 when his father set the business up.

“We were in no-man’s-land,” says John.

“Earthmoving diggers and trucks were mainly the custom, with two small pumps in the workshop area. It was hard times back then, but the business grew from strength to strength.”

In 1972, the Howick-born rally enthusiast started an apprenticeship with the company under the watchful eye of his father, and later took over the family business in 1998,

■■ Owner John Steward (left), will hand over his client base to Sandra and Mike Owen (right) at Progress Automotive following the closure of Steward Motors.

taking it in a different direction as it turned from a “normal garage” into a specialised tuning garage, complete with a dyno room and with a full range of automotive services on offer.

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habitat for humanity

End of an era for leading lawyer ■■By Laura Brookes

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e’s a man with a longstanding commitment to helping people and helping families, but later this month, John Delugar is set to retire.

December 2016 marks the end of an era for the Cockle Bay resident, who is a current partner of Denham Bramwell law firm and a firm supporter of charity organisation Habitat for Humanity New Zealand.

After earning his degree, working in London and returning to New Zealand with his British wife, Mr Delugar was made partner at Brookfield Prendergast Schnauer and Smytherman one year after joining the firm.

In June 2014, he opened Denham Bramwell Lawyers in Manukau with former business partner Brett Abraham, offering property, estates and trusts, commercial and civil litigation and family and private client services, and was inducted into the Manukau Business Hall of Fame in recognition of his work for

John Delugar (left) is presented with a framed hammer by executive director of Habitat for Humanity Auckland Conrad LaPointe for 23 years of service.

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charitable organisations within the Manukau area in September 2010.

Long-time friend and colleague Ken Stevenson says Mr Delugar’s passion for going above and beyond to help people, particularly in the form of pro-bono legal work, has led to a “tremendous contribution” being made by the top-tier lawyer.

It’s a contribution Mr Stevenson estimates would have otherwise cost the organisation thousands of dollars.

“When Habitat for Humanity first started up, we needed proper legal documents for national (family and international contracts), and he did that all for free. It was outstanding,” says Mr Stevenson.

The two friends first met at the Manukau Rotary Club, when they joined a committee dedicated to starting up Habitat for Humanity in the Manukau area.

Mr Delugar went on to serve on the national board of Habitat for Humanity NZ as Manukau’s representative for nine years,

working with the rest of the board to fulfil its obligations to Habitat for Humanity International and within New Zealand.

He also served as president of the Manukau Rotary Club for around 12 months in the mid 1990’s.

He’ll be remembered as a “genuine lawyer” with a stellar sense of humour, Mr Stevenson says, as he begins to recall the most hilarious moments of Mr Delugar’s time with Habitat for Humanity.

“When we first started up [Habitat for Humanity], we needed money, so we started selling sausages outside Pak’n’Save Manukau. We were all yelling out, “come buy a sausage!” but not John. He was simply standing there, and in his polite legal speak he would say, “excuse me sir, would you like to buy a sausage?” when people passed by, instead of yahooing like the rest of us.

“He’s a really neat guy.”

Mr Delugar will move to Christchurch to be closer to family this summer.

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judo

Visser to train in Netherlands ■■By Scott Yeoman

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p-and-coming judo star Koen Visser has had a year to remember.

The 17-year-old New Zealand representative, who has just finished Year 13 at Macleans College, has had 17 top-three finishes this year and was also awarded his black belt at the New Zealand Judo Championships in October.

He is in the cadet (under 18) age group and the under 73kg weight division but often competes in the divisions above.

Among his 2016 triumphs were gold and bronze medals at the Oceania Championships held in Canberra and a gold and bronze at the New Zealand Judo Championships in Auckland. He was also named Senior Sportsman of the Year at Macleans College, where he was a house captain and school prefect.

Visser, who lives in Bucklands Beach, is now heading to the Netherlands, where he was born, to further his judo career. He hopes to be there for six or seven years and leaves on December 29.

He moved to New Zealand from the town of Groningen aged seven and will now return there to stay with his grandmother and train full-time.

“Judo is a really big sport in the Netherlands, so there’s a lot of training partners. In New Zealand, judo is only a minor sport,” Visser told the Times recently.

He said if New Zealand judo athletes want to go further in the sport, they often have to go to places overseas where they can get the exposure and training needed.

“In the Netherlands, I will get a lot more experience,” he said.

Visser said he is looking forward to the extra training opportunities.

“Here I would go to training camps and maybe get 100 people if I’m really lucky. There, I’d go to training camps with 800 people at least.”

Visser spent his summer holidays last year in Groningen, training for two and a half months to prepare him for 2016. It clearly worked.

He will be returning to the same judo club and coach in Groningen in the New Year and will be representing New Zealand at European Judo Cup events.

Koen Visser’s judo achievements in 2016 3rd Oceania Championships – individual event 1st Oceania Championships – team event 1st Waikato/Bay of Plenty Open – cadets 1st Waikato/Bay of Plenty Open – junior men 3rd Waikato/Bay of Plenty Open – junior men open 3rd Waikato/Bay of Plenty Open – senior men 1st National Secondary School Championships 2nd National Secondary School Championships – open 2nd Auckland International – cadets

Koen Visser will represent NZ in Portugal in May.

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The first one is in May in Portugal.

Visser said the highlight of 2016 was being awarded his black belt at the New Zealand Judo Championships in October.

He’s come a long way since starting the sport eight years ago.

He now trains most days of the week at Howick Judo Club and on Saturdays he has an Auckland squad training on the North Shore.

This year was an important one

3rd Auckland International – junior men 1st North Island Championships – cadets 3rd North Island Championships – junior men 1st South Island Championships – cadets 1st South Island Championships – junior men 2nd South Island Championships – senior men 1st New Zealand Judo Championships – cadets 3rd New Zealand Judo Championships – junior men Senior Sportsman of the Year – Macleans College Most Improved Player of the Year – Howick Judo Club Black Belt

for Visser’s judo career.

“This is my last year of cadets, so I wanted to try get the best results possible because...I’m moving up to the next category next year. So this year, I hoped to win a lot of medals, which I did.”

He said it was “always a dream” to have a year like this one.

“I always wanted to do it, but seeing some of the results this year has helped me drive myself further.”

Visser said his big goal is to eventually go to the Olympics and represent New Zealand.

“I really want to go. The 2020 [Olympics] would be nice but age-

wise, it would be harder to achieve.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games first would probably be a better option but I could always hope and try my best.”

His road to the Commonwealth Games and Olympics will start in the Netherlands next year.

“It’s probably going to be training and sleeping. There’s going to be a lot of training,” Visser said.

He said he will be keeping in contact with Judo New Zealand and he hopes to represent New Zealand at various events every year.

His coach from the very beginning at Howick Judo Club, sensei Lawrie Crooke, will continue to keep a close eye on Visser’s progress.

Crooke said he is “totally proud” of his achievements.

“It’s the most rewarding thing for anybody when they start with this little boy and they grow up to a fine man like he is. He’s going to represent New Zealand, trust me – he will go to the Games with his attitude.”

Crooke said Visser is going overseas to improve himself and “that’s what he’s got to do”.

Visser’s mum Mirjam agrees.

“I’m going to miss him but he has to go and he has a big dream. He needs to go for that dream – that’s what he needs to do and what he wants to do.”

swiMMING

Young Kiwi swimmers secure victories in Australian meets Gisborne swimmer Josh Taylor-Martin bagged the double at the Victoria Age Swimming Championships in Melbourne.

The 17-year-old from the Enterprise club added the 17-18 years 100m freestyle title to the 200m freestyle won earlier in the Ryan Oliver meet. The other victory came at the Queensland Championships in Brisbane to Taranaki swimmer Joshua Gilbert.

Eighty-six New Zealand swimmers from 33 clubs competed in Australia last week at the Queensland Championships and the Victorian Age championships in Melbourne.

There were two other medals on the final day of the Victorian Age meet with Ryan Oliver (Howick Pakuranga) third in the

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under 13 years 400m medley in 5:08.55 while 14 years Ben Littlejohn (St Paul’s, Waikato) was third in the 200m freestyle in 2:01.53. His time was less than a second outside the national record and completed a strong week with a win and three podiums.

11 under 100m breaststroke: Chris Jiang (Howick Pakuranga) 1:25.19, 4th 17-18 yrs 200m butterfly: Maxwell Stubbs (Te Awamutu) 2:11.53, 6th 14 yrs 200m freestyle: Ben Littlejohn (St Paul’s 2:01.53, 3rd.

13 yrs 100m backstroke: Oliver 1:08.18, 8th.

17-18 yrs 100m freestyle: Josh TaylorMartin (Enterprise) 51.43, equal 1.

16 yrs 200m backstroke: David Boles (Swim Rotorua) 2:12.15, 5th Queensland Championships, day 5: Female, 17-18 200m backstroke: Sarah O’Connor (Capital) 2:20.31, 6th.

15 yrs 200m freestyle: Chelsea Edwards (SwimZone) 2:04.30, 4th 14 yrs 100m backstroke: Bianca Donelley (Swim Rotorua) 1:07.78, 10th.

16 yrs 200m medley: Mya Rasmussen (Kiwi West) 2:19.35, 3rd; Macy Burns (Capital) 2:27.37, 7th 14 yrs 400m medley: Georgina McCarthy (Hillcrest) 5:07.27, 4th Male, 15 yrs 200m freestyle: Lochlainn O’Connor (Greerton) 1:58.05, 9TH. 15 yrs 200m breaststroke: Joshua Gilbert (Stratford) 2:25.18, 1st.

16 yrs 200m medley; Thomas Wilson (QEII) 2:12.27, 3rd; George Dorrington (Pirates) 2:14.43, 6th

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A YEAR TO REMEMBER ❯❯ Page 19

MOTOR RACING

Dixon devoted to another 5 years ■ BY NICK KRAUSE

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ot a lot of people know Auckland-raised lad Scott Dixon is one of the most revered figures in motor racing in

the United States.

The 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season marked Dixon’s 15th year with Chip Ganassi Racing - the longest tenure for a driver in team history (1990-Present).

Dixon holds the distinction of being the “winningest” active Indy car driver with 40 career victories, which ranks him fourth on the alltime win list, only behind drivers AJ Foyt (67 wins) and Michael Andretti (42).

Dixon has 270 Indy car starts, producing 40 wins, 27 poles, 86 podiums and 136 top-five finishes.

Dixon’s father Ron is a retailer at Pakuranga Plaza and put the Times in touch with his incredibly talented son.

Q&A

➤ What car do you drive when you’re not on the racetrack and why?

I had a (Chevrolet) Tahoe (a full-size SUV from General Motors). Now I have an Acura MDX (mid-size SUV), it’s like the Lexus for Honda. It’s got a third row of seats which is good for my two little girls Poppy (7) and Tilly (5).

➤ Do you get speeding tickets or have a police radar in your personal vehicle?

Scott Dixon

Generally I’m a pretty laid back

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driver. I’ve had my fair share of speeding tickets but nothing crazy though. I once got two tickets within 40 minutes for doing 70 and 75 in a 60 mph zone. My last ticket was on a pushbike. I lost half my demerit points on my US licence in Indianapolis because I went through a stop sign.

➤ Do you actually get sick of driving when not racing?

I don’t really enjoy driving on the (US) roads because they’re big interstates. If someone else was to drive I’d be totally up for it. I find roads in New Zealand – like the trip down to Taupo - fun and interesting.

➤ How have you retained your Kiwi accent mate?

I still get a bit of stick from (Kiwi) friends mostly because of the (US) slang and words I use. My wife’s British too so that might be part of it and there’s a pretty substantial expat community here. Two of my best mates are from Taranaki.

➤ Do you often get mistaken as a Pom, Aussie or South African?

Most of the time it’s Australian and then when you mention New Zealand, I don’t think that Americans are that good geographically. They think New Zealand’s European or part of Australia.

No 9 Target Indy car driven by Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon. Photos supplied ➤ What does a celebrated IndyCar driver ask Santa to get him for Christmas?

I almost always ask for socks and underwear. Last year he gave me a new bike trainer for indoor cycle training during the Indianapolis winter which brings a lot of snow.

➤ Are you coming home for the holidays?

No, we’ve just been back. We kind of rotate between Indianapolis, England (his wife Emma is from Wales) and New Zealand.

➤ Will you hit the beach? Which one?

We’re in Colorado this year hitting the ski slopes.I’ve done a bit of both (skiing and snowboarding). On this

trip there’s a couple of skiers so I’ll probably be skiing.

➤ After motor racing, what sports do you follow? Who’s your fave sportsperson?

I do love rugby and I follow the All Blacks as much as I can over here.

My favourite sportsmen would be Dan Carter and Richie McCaw. I like UFC as well. Conor McGregor (the Irish mixed martial arts fighter is the UFC lightweight champion) is fun to watch.

➤ What do the next couple of years hold for you?

Really the next five years are devoted to IndyCar. In 2018/2019 I’ll be looking at a new contract. I love IndyCar racing. I love the sport.

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