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Botany Downs Primary School (BDPS) teachers join thousands of Auckland teachers as they rally up from Queen Street to Aotea Square on Wednesday. (L-r) Principal of BDPS Bruce Trezise with teachers Sarah Beach, Fran Schwalger and Briar Reid say it’s about time they got better pay and improved staffing.

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highly unionised environment is coming back and many are completely unaware and not prepared for the changes coming with it, said Scott Simpson National’s spokesperson for Workplace Relations and Safety.

Simpson, who visited the Howick, Pakuranga and Botany areas recently at the invitation of Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown, dropped in at the Times office for a quick chat before heading off to Fisher House for a meeting with business owners.

The MP for Coromandel said, “There are more strikes in the last nine months than in years.

There are changes being pushed through Parliament that will give Trade Unions greater power and lead to even more strikes.”

Talking about local businesses being genuinely concerned about the uncertain industrial relations environment dominated by strikes, he says the

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Voters are invited to a face-toface with the Howick Ward byelection candidates at a meet the candidates event planned for August 28.

The event is once again sponsored by LifeGrowth Community Trust, the community outreach arm of the East City Wesleyan Church and Times Newspapers.

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the meet-the-candidates event facilitator.

“East Auckland has had more than its fair share of by-elections! In 2011 Jami-Lee Ross MP won the Botany Electorate by-election following the drama of Pansy Wong’s resignation.

“Now in 2018, we have an Auckland councillor by-election precipitated by Dick Quax’s sad and premature death. Hopefully the next by-election will

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70s style standardised wage bargaining which will contribute to an unsettled industrial climate.

“The Government has not only completely lost control of industrial relations in this country but it is further contributing to the mess it has made. It’s scary,” he says.

be a long time in coming for east Auckland.”

“Clearly the most compelling aspect of this by-election race is the uncertainty of the outcome” says Wong. Amongst the six candidates there is a real community mix of elected and rookie politicians, youth and experience.

Wong invites readers to send in their candidate questions to Times Newspapers.

“Pose a question, come along to the event and do your own warrant of fitness check on the candi-

dates. One of whom will surely be your next representative, as the Auckland Councillor for the Howick Ward.”

Times Newspaper editor Nick Krause will be reporting from the Face to Face event with the by-election candidates Jessica Collings, Olivia Montgomery, Paul Young, Jim Donald, Phil Taylor and Damian Light.

Please send your questions to editor@times.co.nz ➤➤Face to Face with the six candidates in on at 7.30pm, Tuesday August 28 at 219 Burswood Drive, Botany ➤➤Turn to page 3

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he says by reducing flexibility and unsustainable leaps in minimum wages, the added extra costs could drive some business owners out of business.

“They may find it profitable by dropping staff numbers. This is symptomatic of higher levels of unemployment and the

The Auckland Council Howick Ward By-Election looms and six candidates have thrown their names in. You’ll get the chance to hear from them all this month.

The Howick Youth Council holds its forum next Tuesday and LifeGrowth Community Trust the Tuesday after.

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involved in potential industrial action.

That’s more than 50,000 workers who are considering their options to pursue costly strikes, which is a huge concern.”

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Labour Government “has created a sense of expectation of `I get what I want’. There is an incentive for other sectors as the nurses got the pay rise they wanted.

“There is a flow-on effect because the new government has given permission to one sector. I don’t have any problem for people to be paid more but do object to industrial action,” he says.

“Like the teachers’ strike, it is very inconvenient for working parents. A strike should be the last resort and I am disappointed that teachers have resorted to it.”

With a strong business and commercial background having previously held roles as New Zealand general manager of Protector Safety, HPM and Caroma Industries and also chief executive officer of Make a Wish Foundation, Simpson was once known as a `wish granter’, he says, “Teachers, bus drivers, port workers, meat workers and Government staff are just a few of the industries that are still

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CRIME

Police warn peeping Tom on the prowl Ormiston Police are investigating a number of complaints from residents in the Dannemora area of a person seen entering their properties at night. Detective Hamish Wyllie of Counties Manukau East Police said reports have stated a male has entered private property and tried to peer inside windows.

The man has been described as having a slim build, in his late teens to early 20s with olive to dark skin. Police have conducted extensive area enquiries including extra patrols and also delivered a leaflet drop in the area advising residents to report any sightings immediately,

Det Wyllie said. “Police advise using this opportunity to check sensor lights, window latches, screen doors, and take other preventative measures around the house to ensure that your home is safe,” he said.

“If you see or hear any suspicious activity on your property or in your area and it is urgent please call 111 immediately.” ➤ If you have any information that could help the investigation, contact Detective Wyllie from Ormiston Police on 250 3016.

Alternatively, information can be provided anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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HYC’s by-election Forum

Auckland looks like in the future.”

Wong says an advantage of a youth council-led forum is it can reinvigorate traditional conventions of a candidates’ forum with the integration of social media, interaction through technology, and live streaming.

“We think it’s really important that there’s a way for young people to get involved and get interested.

“We’ve filmed questions young people want to ask the candidates.

The candidates will get a chance to hear and respond to these on the night,” he says. ➤ Howick Youth Council candidates’ forum, 7pm at Uxbridge Arts & Culture Centre, 35 Uxbridge Road, Howick

Calling for bright sparks Entries for this year’s ASB Bright Sparks Competition open on Monday September 10. Celebrating its 20th year, ASB Bright Sparks is New Zealand’s longest running national competition for young inventors, open to intermediate and high-school-aged students. A key initiative of Skills; the largest industry training organisation in the country, the competition showcases New Zealand’s young emerging creative and entrepreneurial talent in electronics and digital technologies.

ASB Bright Sparks welcomes inventions with a focus on software, the environment, science, engineering and robotics. Over 1,200 brilliant youngsters from across New Zealand will be creating a range of innovative

projects in a bid to win.

This year’s competition is packed with gizmos, gadgets, a support club as well as $10,000 worth of prizes.

Some former Bright Sparks finalists and winners are now working with organisations such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook and ASB. This year’s categories include Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, People’s Choice, Special Application Awards and Overall Male and Female Category.

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Residents have the opportunity to hear from candidates running in Howick’s by-election in an interactive candidates’ forum run by the Howick Youth Council.

The forum will start at 7pm at Uxbridge Arts & Culture Centre.

Guests may arrive from 6:45pm and all are welcome to attend.

The youth council’s focus for the candidates’ forum is to encourage the candidates’ engagement with Howick’s residents. Attendees will be given opportunities to ask questions and participate in live polling

via Smartphone.

Topics of discussion include: ➤ Transport and infrastructure ➤ Rates ➤ The environment ➤ The unitary plan and intensification of housing ➤ Mental health and wellbeing ➤ Youth employment and opportunities “We want to give candidates the opportunity to come and listen to the views and concerns of the community and discuss what they’ll do about those issues,” says Howick Youth Council chairperson Zachary Wong.

“We don’t want this by-election to be silent or in the background.

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EDUCATION

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ladiators of Change (GoC) an Anglican Trust for Women and Children’s (ATWC) recently hosted a free parenting workshop, the `Whanau Show’ a collaboration between three local schools: Riverina School, Anchorage Park School and Pakuranga Intermediate.

Hosted at Pakuranga Intermediate, after a free sausage sizzle, the popular entertainer, singer and comedian Pio Terei kept the audience engaged with sound bites from his Parenting Show.

He talked about the different types of parents and challenged those present to evaluate their own style of parenting—did their styles bringing the best out of their children?

The show was presented with humour, yet had an important underlying message and provided valuable information on communicating with kids.

Guest speakers former All Black Pita and his wife, former TrueBliss singer Megan Alatini spoke about their family, the challenges and rewards of parenting.

Megan and Pita are both busy, professional people who lived in Japan as Pita’s job as a rugby coach took him there.

They talked about the challenges of having their first daughter so young when their careers had just started.

Pita also talked about his son and how he helps him with his rugby. He is very cautious not to push him into anything and waited for his son to come to him for help with training, rather than push him onto it.

The evening’s programme also included videos of students from the three schools giving their opinions on

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They were asked to relate a school value to their family and explain why it represents them; the children were offered the chance to give their parents a piece of advice.

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There were plenty of light-hearted conversations, with lots of laughter, in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. All the elements of the show sent a clear message on how to communicate with children … fair, firm and friendly. ➤ www.atwc.org.nz

OPINION

Teachers deserve recognition Getting the kids up in the morning and sending them off to school is an essential daily ritual for many of us.

The recent strike by primary schools teachers is the first such strike in 24 years. It will, no doubt, have disrupted many routines and caused added stress to the day.

The strike was a reaction to the Government’s pay increase offer of 2.2-2.6 per cent for primary teachers for the next three years. That has been rejected by teachers who don’t’ believe that this values their contribution to our community. Labour promised to significantly increase teacher pay in Government, but they have not stuck to their word, even though the economy is growing and they are in surplus. Instead, the Government has funnelled $2.8 billion into a fees-free policy for tertiary students to have their first year of study free. Labour has no excuse for not being able to keep its promise to significantly increase teacher salaries, given the billions of dollars more that it has to work with.

In contrast, over the last nine years New Zealand was in much tougher economic times. We have been recovering from the global financial crisis, we had to spend billion to rebuild Christchurch and

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still we managed to ensure that teacher pay went up by 17 per cent.

Teachers deserve recognition for the important work that they do. Part of that is through pay but we can also do more work to improve the conditions in the job, such as reducing class sizes, something we are committed to work with teachers and communities to achieve.

We also need to make sure we recognise the impact that this strike has had on families around New Zealand. Strikes cause a huge level of disruptions and it is extremely important that the Government works hard to ensure that no further disruptions come about because of their inability to negotiate properly with teachers. Families, teachers and students deserve to be able to trust in our world class education system and have it free from disruption, we need to make sure that we are giving everyone involved a fair deal. ➤ Jami-Lee Ross, Member of Parliament for Botany

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Bob and Jocelyn Fyfe of The Parade have raised the issue in the interests of public safety and awareness.

“We would like to bring to your attention a safety issue that has been escalating on The Parade at Little Bucklands Beach,” they said.

“The road at this northern end has been narrowed, not conforming with NZTA standards, by a path which has been created using railway sleepers attached to the existing roadway on the beach side.

“The seawall in this area has eroded to an extent that the public, who used to use it as a path, are now walking on the road.

The couple said to solve the problem, the Howick Local Board came up with the current configuration.

“The new path created by railway sleepers on top of the road is adjacent to the eroded seawall,” they said.

“There is an unprotected three metre drop from the kerb to the sea. We have already had two ambulances sent for people who have fallen into the sea. In one of the cases, the lady, apart from her injuries, suffered extreme hypothermia by the time she was rescued.”

They said Auckland Transport was not happy with the idea, however pressure from the Howick Local Board forced the scheme through.

“The non compliant narrow road has created a dangerous set of problems for users and residents,” they said.

“Fast moving traffic heading south are less than a metre from people using the existing footpath and residents maintaining the berm,” they said.

“The available roadside parking for residents and visitors is now on the beach side and requires them to cross the road (no pedestrian crossings available). There is extensive new house building in this area and visibility is limited by commercial vehicles and the bend in the road.”

They maintain the new set up has encouraged the public to continually walk on the seaward side of the road way.

“The existing footpath is basically redundant. There is no traffic calming or pedestrian crossings to slow the traffic as all the other beaches in the area have,” the Fyfes said.

“Requests to council for a safety inspection team to look at the situation are in vain as the local board are assuring them the problem is now solved. This needs to be sorted before someone else ends up in hospital severely hurt.”

Howick Local Board was contacted for comment.

Howick Ward Councillor Sharon Stewart said it is “really upsetting” to hear that members of the community are being injured along this walkway.

“I support the continued investigations by the Local Board into safety improvements in this area. As Auckland’s population increases, so do the transportation needs,” Cr Stewart said.

Bucklands and Eastern Beaches Ratepayers and Residents Association chair Steve Udy (right) and Olympian and Bucklands Beach resident Bruce Kendall at the site in question at Little Bucks in November. They said the “fix” was neither safe nor cost-effective. And the seawall remained unfixed.

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“It’s important that Auckland Transport, Council and Local Boards work together to create solutions that keep our communities safe.”

She also urges everyone driv-

Auckland Transport responds: The Parade does meet the standard for local roads under the Auckland Transport Code of Practice – it is a local road so does not come under NZTA standards which apply to rural roads and highways. Auckland has many roads that are narrower.

This road has a speed limit of 50km/h so there is no excuse for traffic to be moving fast.

The road has been narrowed to slow traffic, people have a responsibility to drive to the road conditions and to look out for other road users and pedestrians. It is common practice to make roads narrow so that people slow down.

The wide shoulder provides an area that can be used as a

ing in Howick to observe the speed limits and drive to the conditions. “Ours is a close-knit community. It’s important that we are considerate drivers and look out for each other.” footpath, it is very safe and is protected from the traffic by the parked vehicles.

Supported by Auckland Transport, the Howick Local Board decided that widening the shoulder provided a cost effective solution to a variety of safety problems including: ➤➤Keeping people exiting parked cars well away from the seawall ➤➤Narrowing the road to slow traffic down The sleepers are similar in height to the existing kerb but are painted white, have reflectors nearby and are preceded by clearly marked cross hatching on the road all warning people that they are there.

The Local Board is currently investigating further options for The Parade including pedestrian crossing points.

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A new partnership Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award national director, Karen Ross, and Special Olympics New Zealand chief executive, Carolyn Young, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to partner together.

Both organisations are committed to working in partnership to help Award participants gain their Award.

“The award is open to anyone between the ages of 14–24.

“Young people design their own award programmes, set their own goals and record their own progress. The only person they compete against is themselves by challenging their own beliefs about what they can achieve”.

“It is a privilege to work with Special Olympics New Zealand and assist their members to gain benefit through the award. The development of character and skills such as confidence, communication, problem solving and

resilience is crucial for young people from all walks of life” concluded Ms Ross.

“At Special Olympics we provide opportunities for people with an intellectual disability to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, build new friendships and skills” says Ms Young.

“Aligning with Duke of Edinburgh will enable our athletes to start a journey that will provide personal development to set them up for their future and whatever that may hold.

Both organisations strive to have a positive impact on the lives of people we engage with, we’re excited about the partnership and can’t wait to get started!”

The MOU signals a commitment from both organisations to work closely together and to actively search out opportunities which will provide youth with the skills, knowledge and experience to thrive in our ever changing world.

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The Wyatt family have a strong pedigree in the coffee industry.

When Lance Wyatt first started roasting coffee in 1983 he became one of the first do so in Auckland. It wasn’t easy to get an espresso coffee in the early eighties and in fact 95 per cent of the coffee roasted was consumed as filter coffee. The espresso revolution really started in the 90’s when genuine cafes started to gain popularity, the flat white made its first appearance and the Kiwi love affair with fresh roast coffee took hold…. we haven’t looked back since.

Kym and Aaron Wyatt started roasting coffee under the ‘Roma Coffee Roasters’ brand in 2007 in the historic village of Drury.

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has taken almost exactly two years from starting to roast at Cascades Road to opening the doors to the public.

Roma Coffee roasters is involved in all aspects of the coffee industry and is excited about being able to offer their expertise to the public on

a number of different levels.

It’s not just about a cup of great coffee, everything from domestic coffee equipment and repairs through to internationally recognised barista training classes and of course take home bags of coffee from all around the world. It’s all about what’s inside that bag and when it comes to coffee freshness is everything.

“The coffee you buy in the supermarket just isn’t fresh with best before dates of over a year! We say you have a month to consume your coffee before it starts going stale. We can sell you coffee straight out of the roaster, you can’t get fresher than that!” says Aaron.

With people becoming more concerned about exactly where food products come from and how they are produced, Roma Coffee Roasters offers a unique opportunity for the public to see exactly how their coffee is processed and blended from bean to cup and to discuss the finer points directly with the friendly coffee professionals on staff.

Aaron says, “I am really excited about this next chapter for the company, I am looking forward to meeting lots of new faces and catching up with some that I haven’t seen for many years. Come and introduce yourself on Monday 20th, it’s my shout.”

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Community

Blue Frog feeds hungry Kiwi kids F

ounder of Blue Frog Breakfast, Scotty Baragwanath, and his team, are passionate about food and love helping kids (Scotty and his wife Sara have four kids of their own).

So, when the opportunity arose for Baragwanath to team up with his friends at Eat My Lunch to give up to 10,000 lunches to Kiwi kids in need, with the help of New World, he didn’t hesitate to jump on board.

In the spirit of the buy one-give one concept, for every bag of Blue Frog’s world-first Probiotic Vanilla Bean & Chia Seed Porridge purchased at any New World store in the North Island, the team at East Tamaki-based Blue Frog Breakfast will give a healthy lunch to a Kiwi kid through Eat My Lunch.

“Providing Kiwis with a delicious, healthy and nutritious breakfast is what makes us bounce out of bed every morning. Working with New World and Eat My Lunch to give 10,000 Kiwi kids a healthy lunch enables us to deliver on our passionate belief that every Kiwi should be able to enjoy great food,” says Scotty.

Eat My Lunch will soon be celebrating reaching the milestone of giving more than 1 million lunches since it launched in June 2015. And founder Lisa King is grateful for the support from Blue Frog Breakfast.

“We’ve given over 850,000 lunches to hungry kids in need and

Tannah van Niekerk

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Tannah makes NZ gymnastics team For every bag of Blue Frog’s world-first Probiotic Vanilla Bean & Chia Seed Porridge purchased at any New World store in the North Island, the team at East Tamaki-based Blue Frog Breakfast will give a healthy lunch to a Kiwi kid through Eat My Lunch.

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we’re really proud of this but know we can still do more. Our purpose is to ensure no children go to school hungry and it’s fantastic to have the team at Blue Frog and New World supporting Kiwi kids through Eat My Lunch,” says Lisa King, CEO and founder of Eat My Lunch.

“Not only do the team at Blue Frog feed our volunteers daily, they’re now helping in a way that we can add another school to receive lunches from our waiting list of 50 schools. We’re so thankful to our partners.”

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Brendon Jones, New World Howick’s owner-operator and Eat My Lunch board member, says: “New World Howick is delighted to be part of this drive by Blue Frog Breakfast to give up to 10,000 lunches to Kiwi kids and I’m sure their porridge will be a welcome treat on these cold winter mornings. Even better, when you buy one, you are giving a lunch! We also offer Eat My Lunch meals in-store and the customer response has been fantastic. For every meal purchased, a lunch is given to a child in need. “

Twelve-year-old local gymnast Tannah van Niekerk has made the NZ gymnastics team. The Farm Cove Intermediate School student – and former Sunnyhills Primary School student – will be representing New Zealand for the second time internationally at the Steps Tour in Perth.

Tannah, who has been doing gymnastics for five years, started off at a local club before moving clubs to train as a development gymnast with senior coaches so that she could reach her full potential and work towards her dream of competing at the Commonwealth Games one day.

Tannah is on the elite pathway.

Her gymnastics career started in step one (10 being the highest) and now competes in step nine, sometimes competing against gymnasts who are 4 years older than her.

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Tannah has competed for the Auckland Region at Nationals in Invercargill and Nelson last year and this year will again represent the Auckland Region closer to home in Tauranga.

She has a few national apparatus titles but the one she is most proud of is beam.

Last year Tannah competed two senior levels (levels seven and eight) during the competition season, and even though she was only 10 at the time, she managed to place in the top six in the country in her step.

“This achievement allowed her to go on to be named as the youngest member of a team of six to represent New Zealand at the steps tour in Singapore, where she went competed and brought back the overall gold medal,” said Greg.

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lacing highly in the recent Miss Auckland contest was a “dream come true” for Tiffany Pillay.

The Golflands local, who has lived within the Howick and Botany area for 20 years, placed 2nd Runner Up in the competition, which saw Emma Gribble crowned overall winner.

Pillay entered the competition after stumbling across an application on Facebook shortly after completing her Bachelor of Laws.

“I thought ‘wow, here is an opportunity to use a potential platform to make a difference, what a wonderful opportunity to give back to my community.

“The same community that has

allowed me to grow to be the person that I am today,’” she said.

The former Pakuranga College student raised $3400 for Miss Auckland’s chosen charity of Youthline during the competition through events such as bake sales, sausage sizzles, a high tea and charity quiz night and called it all “an amazing experience”.

The recent graduate is currently searching for her first job as a qualified lawyer – a dream she’s had since she was eight years old.

“Now I have added another dream to my life and that is to compete in the Miss World New Zealand competition starting in February 2019.”

Golflands local Tiffany Pillay received 2nd Runner Up in the recent Miss Auckland competition.

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Performing Arts

An amazing opportunity Uxbridge has a unique night coming up on Friday September 7.

The showcase evening is an opportunity for local musicians to share their musical talents on stage for Howick to enjoy.

It is open to all ages and musicians of all genres’ who have a passion for music, to come forward and take part in our event. The showcase even-

ing is a fantastic opportunity for youth to show off their hard work and incredible talents.

This is not a competition but an opportunity to be part of an evening which showcases emerging talent, star performers on the evening will have potential to work with Uxbridge in future events.

To enter, applicants must simply send in a short video audi-

tion, their details and a little about themselves to events@ uxbridge.org.nz

by Friday August 24. ➤➤Date: Cut off for applicants Friday August 24 ➤➤Show night: Friday September 7, 2018 ➤➤Venue: Uxbridge Arts and Culture ➤➤Time: 7.30pm show starts ➤➤Tickets: $22 general

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The New Zealand String Quartet members (left to right) are Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Helene Pohl (violin), Monique Lapins (violin) and Gillian Ansell (viola).

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NZ String Quartet to play in Howick The New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ) will give a performance in Howick in August as part of its nationwide tour, Turning Points.

The tour comes hard on the heels of performances in Canada in July and will take them to 11 centres in New Zealand, from Waiheke Island to Invercargill.

Violist Gillian Ansell is a founding member of the quartet which celebrated 30 years in 2017, and says: “Since its inception, the NZSQ has toured New Zealand annually, so we’ve seen a great deal of the country and made many friends over the years.

We’re delighted to be returning to Howick this year to perform in the Thursdays@Seven series, curated by our friends Katharine and Peter Watts.”

Peter Watts says: “We’re thrilled to be able to include this wonderful ensemble on our programme this year.

“Our past audiences have relished the quartet’s superb musicianship and warm but informative introductions to the works. We have a policy of admission by donation for our series, so that no-one is excluded – something the church likes to give back to the community – so we hope people will make the most of this opportunity to hear these very fine musicians.”

Established in 1987, the NZSQ has built an international reputation for its imaginative programming and for its powerful connection with audiences of all kinds.

On their Turning Points tour, the Quartet explores groundbreaking works which each, in their own way, have influenced the future of chamber music.

Mozart’s String Quartet in C, K465, acquired the nickname “Dissonance” several years after

his death, undoubtedly due to the extraordinary harmonic boldness of the first movement’s slow introduction.

Despite its title, this quartet is one of Mozart’s most brilliant and high-spirited works.

The other major work on the programme is Debussy’s colouristic Quartet in G minor, marking the centenary of Debussy’s death in 1918.

NZSQ cellist Rolf Gjelsten says: “We’re looking forward to sharing the genius and vision of these works with our audiences, as well as elucidating the qualities which make each work so remarkable.”

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lat Bush Corps Plant has just moved to a new office at 18 Fusion Road, near Botany Junction. To make their presence felt, Salvation Army Flat Bush had a garage sale on the weekend so that locals get to know of their new address. The turnout was a very good one he says.

“We’ve been conducting English classes at the premises for the last two weeks and have also been giving away food parcels,” says Ameet Londhe, Flat Bush officer Lieutenant. Both Ameet and his wife Jessica have been working in the community for the last two-and-ahalf years and this is a step in the right direction.

(Left to right) Lilly Loca, Dahlia Dangerous, Sophia St. Villier, Trillian, Verity Johnson. Bottom L to R: Vola Tile & Valerie Bombshell.

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An evening of decadent glamour Blogger, stand-up comedian and wordsmith Verity Johnson asked the audience to forget all about the daily grind and instead focus on just having fun.

Just relax and think feathers, rhinestone, opulence and pure glamour, said the MC of the evening.

And that’s exactly what the audience that strolled into Uxbridge Art Centre experienced at Enchante Cabaret where two local burlesque artistes, Howick’s Sophia St Villier (who has just returned from a 10 year stint in the UK) and Whitford’s Lilly Loca’s striptease kept the audience enthralled with their routine that was both elegant and

Lieutenant Ameet Londhe says they have moved to Fusion Road near Botany Junction.

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Celebration

Happy Birthday Zonta Club of East Auckland

erotic.

The old fashioned feather boa was used as a lethal weapon of seduction for concealing, revealing, tantalising and luxuriating in the spotlight.

Turning on the heat were Ballet School Dropouts, Trillian and Dahlia Dangerous who demonstrated the art of tease.

The tantalising fan dance routine was a mix of grace with synchronisation and sensual energy that had every member of the audience transfixed, refusing to blink or breathe.

All in all, a thoroughly entertaining fun evening of decadent glamour.

The cake was cut by charter member Sue Miller, and newest club member Meg Morgan.

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Zonta Club of East Auckland celebrated its 31st birthday at the Howick Club on Tuesday by holding a Quiz Night, which raised $1000 for the charity Dress for Success.

The evening started with Margot Earwaker from Dress for Success detailed just how women returning to the workforce are given assistance with appropriate dress, make-up, grooming, preparing their CV and interview techniques .

They are also given mentoring for two years following taking on a

position in the workforce.

She spoke of the privilege in seeing the transformation of ladies who have little opportunities in the past to being positive and confident people who see the possibilities for them.

The enjoyable evening was hosted by a competent quiz mistress and Zonta member Marion Jones.

The birthday cake was cut by charter member Sue Miller, and newest club member Meg Morgan.

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A well-stocked bar with the best wines and craft beer sits across a fire place to cosy up to.

It gives you the feeling how good life is in the countryside.

Hinge & Co now even have a pastry chef as they make their own fresh pastry. It’s fun to see children line up to watch him at work.

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➤ Community notices U3A Ormiston

Our next meeting is at the Flat Bush Old School Hall, corner of Flat Bush School Road and Murphy’s Road on Thursday, August 23 at 10am. Everyone is welcome, admission is free and morning tea is provided. Our guest speaker is Bonnie Robinson, who will speak on ‘Villages without Walls’. Bruce Barrack will also be speaking on ‘Canoeing on the Zambezi’. Contact Wim on 274-0439 or email Ormistonu3a@gmail.com.

Parent support group Bookarama Feeling alone and frustrated by your teenager’s behaviour? Our friendly group of parents will offer confidential support to get you through the tough times.

Next meetings 7.30pm, Highland Park Community House, August 22 and September 12. Details, www.facebook.com/tlhowick/.

Yarn wanted

An Annual Young Enterprise (YES) Night Market will be held at Sancta Maria College on August 16 from 5-7pm. Students will showcase and sell their products and services. Cost: free but feel free to spend as much as you like on our student’s goods.

Howick Plunket Knitters are a group who knit baby clothes and cot blankets for families in need in South Auckland. We are getting short of yarn and would appreciated any yarn you may have to spare. We use any colours and yarn suitable for baby knitting (especially 4 ply or 8 ply). It can be left at the Howick Information Centre or, you’d like it collected, phone Janet 535-4039.

Lil Lanterns at Uxbridge

Rotary Club of Howick

Lil’ Lanterns takes stories, both classic and new, and turns them into a weekly adventure for kids 3-5 years olds. These sessions at Uxbridge Arts and Culture combine theatre, fitness, and often puppetry into one engaging program that nurtures the imaginations and creativity of children August 16-30, 10.30am, $10.

Our members are dedicated, caring citizens who have a passion for helping people and the community. We meet for dinner every Tuesday evening (6pm) at the Howick Bowling Club. New members welcome. For enquiries and introduction please contact Ian 09-535-8501. Come along and see what Rotary is all about.

Art expo

Country music

YES Night Market

Come along to the Cockle Bay Primary School Art Expo from 21-23 August, 8.30am-4pm. Late night Thursday 23rd until 8pm. Come along and see our “artists” and their “work”. CBS Hall, Sandspit Rd, Howick.

The next meeting of the Eastern Districts Country Music Club is on August 22 at 7.30pm at the Bucklands and Eastern Beaches Memorial Hall, Wharf Rd. Come along and be entertained or sing for us. Phone Kevin 0274789246.

Bookarama is coming in September. If you are moving or downsizing and have some surplus books, CDs, DVDs or puzzles to donate phone John 09-5346566.

Star of the Sea concert

A musical concert / dance organised by Our Lady Star of the Sea musicians will be held on August 18 at All Saints Hall, 30 Cook Street, Howick, 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and today. Tickets $20, kids under 12 are free. BYO. All profits donated to Saint Vincent de Paul Charity. Come along for a fun night. Phone Craig 021-1882274 or parish office during office hours 534-8710.

Howick by-election candidate forum Hear from the candidates seeking to represent Howick as our Councillor. Join the Howick Youth Council at Uxbridge Arts & Culture Centre, Howick, Tuesday, August 21 at 6.45pm for a 7pm start. All welcome to attend. Follow our Facebook page www.facebook. com/howickyouthcouncil.

Elevensies with Lisa Lorrell Lisa will take you on a musical journey filled with nostalgia, fun and laughter; performing classic songs from best loved musicals and operetta, to jazz, country and pop music. Highly versatile, add cabaret and swing jazz to Lisa’s repertoire as well, Tuesday August 21, 11am, $15.

(L-r) John Cameron, Susan Boland, Stuart Coats, Rory Nolan, Kelly Harris and Hamish McGregor.

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Review

Operatunity back to the golden era of musicals ■■By Farida Master Hardly had the co-founders of Operatunity Daytime Concerts, Susan Boland and John Cameron returned after escorting musical tours in Russia, Germany, Prague and Netherlands, that they were back on stage, regaling the local audience at The Golden Era of Musicals concert hosted at the St Columba Church in Botany.

As always, the daytime concert on Tuesday had over 400 people enjoying music from another era where melody was king.

Paying tribute to old artistes with musical gems that included Climb ev’ry mountain from (Sound of Music), Get me to the Church on Time (My Fair Lady) and Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof) — kept the audience delightfully engaged.

Rising star Kelly Harris made her debut and performed a couple of numbers with Rory Nolan, a young and talented theatre enthusiasts and actor from Shortland Street.

Also making their presence felt were more experienced musical specialists Stuart Coats, who has a long-standing involvement with New Zealand Opera, and Hamish McGregor who performed a delightful rendition of If I were a rich man.

Adding a fun element to the show were two ladies from the audience, Wenona Stephens and her friend Shirley Yelavich, dressed in vintage regalia.

Much to everyone’s surprise, Wenona walked up on stage looking straight out of the golden era, just when the performers asked the audience to singa-long to Hello Dolly.

It’s easy to see that both Susan and John, the couple who started Operatunity 17 years ago, still enjoy every bit of the showbiz including serving sandwiches after the show and talking to their audience.

The company now produces more than 200 concerts a year touring nationally to more than 25 venues around the country.

A touch of timeless French country vibe Stepping into Cecilia’s kitchen is like stepping into a cottage in the old French countryside.

Cecilia’s house renovation was well underway when Emma and the Jag Kitchens team were asked to design and install the new kitchen.

The kitchen boasts warm neutral tones and subdued shades of blue resembling the muted hue of a provincial landscape. Cream profiled cabinets adorned with soft gold hardware, paired with a pastel blue splash back, make the kitchen looks spacious and comforting.

Blue and white ceramic vases brought from Cecilia’s home country in South America give the kitchen history and character. Soft pastel and natural tones tie the kitchen in with the space’s unique wallpaper and make the kitchen feel open and welcoming.

“I want my home to reflect who my family are and our heritage, and the kitchen was no exception,” she says.

Her criteria for Jag Kitchen’s designer Emma Weeber was a classic look, no white and plenty of storage. And she says this is exactly what she got.

“The kitchen doesn’t get a lot of light in the afternoon, so the combination of creams, oatmeal and gold bring real warmth to the kitchen that it didn’t have before,” says Emma.

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But despite such a quick turnaround time, Cecilia says Emma never failed to give her realistic timeframes and stick to them.

Jag Kitchens designer Emma Weeber with Cecilia’s beloved poodle in the new kitchen.

Behind the traditional finish, the kitchen has all the space and functionality of a modern kitchen. “We used really clever pullout pantries to take full advantage of the space – there’s one wall with a dogleg in it that presented some challenges in fitting in cabinetry,” Emma says.

Hidden behind Dezignatek Thermoform profiled doors are pull-out cupboards and clever pantries that make use of all the available space. “The corner cupboards have handy rotating shelves so that no part of the kitchen space has gone unused.”

The occasional glass window cabinets are a pleasing break from the solid cabinet doors, with more beautiful ceramics and pottery on display again

giving the kitchen a timeless French country vibe.

LED strip lights are another modern touch, which Cecilia says has been brilliant for adding extra light when cooking during winter or giving the family an alternative to turning the bright kitchen overhead lights on at night.

Cecilia says there are three things she loves about her new bench top – the colour, the price and its hardwearing nature. Made from a warm oatmeal coloured engineered

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The kitchen’s statement feature is arguably the classic butler style porcelain sink with a gold heritage tap.

“The sink is handmade in England by a company called Shaws – it’s a brand with a long heritage beginning in the 1890s,” says Emma. “It gives that much more character to the French country inspired style of the kitchen.”

“Everything was completed when they said it would be, and I never had to worry about the kitchen not fitting in with the rest of the renovations. Emma was just so easy to deal with and took the stress out of the whole process. The kitchen was the easiest part of the renovation.”

Emma says Jag Kitchens now has their own stone mason and cuts all their own countertops, making the whole process of designing and installing a new kitchen much quicker and more efficient.

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MoE is stuck in the past I would like to put forward, in reply to this article (Teachers buckle under pressure, Times, August 2) and address all the teachers who shared their comments.

I live in Howick with my husband and 5-year-old severely autistic son.

Lucky we have ORS (Ongoing Resourcing Scheme) funding and he goes to the only special needs school in this area.

If this issue is not addressed by the ministry of education very soon, there will be no teachers teaching special needs or neurotypical kids.

Because why not work a stressfree day at Bunnings for $20 an hour?

MoE running their agency like it’s 1999 but it’s 2018.One out of 58 boys are born worldwide on the spectrum, with special needs - one out of 298 girls - and these figures are increasing year on year.

Every child in New Zealand deserves an education.

Let’s get some education into this community, to make everyone aware of the truth regarding New Zealand schools.

There’s always two sides to every story.

Deborah Hemmingson

Send in recruiters

On reading your article on the need for teachers (Times, Augst 2), I was reminded to suggest why not send recruiters to the high schools in the last quarter for school finishers to consider a career in teaching.

So many have no idea what to do when they finish school. Just a thought!

Godfrey Harry Sponneck

This is a nightmare

We are parents of a special needs child. And we have been battling for months to try to find a place for our child next year at intermediate level.

I can understand your article to a certain extent, but also take exception to a couple of points.

I thought you might be interested to know: There are no satellite class placements available at intermediate or secondary school level in the entire south east Auckland area through the main provider (Sommerville Special School).

Their roll is full.

And while the Ministry are aware of the situation, they move slower than a snail on a bad day.

They have known for months, but very much have their head in the

The Ministry of Education responds: In 2016/17 the Government invested over $600m in learning supports to ensure that all children and young people the same opportunity to be present, participate, learn and achieve, regardless of their individual needs or differences.

This funding supports an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 children and young people in early childhood education and schools with some form of learning support.

The supports range from universal supports aimed at helping schools to be more inclusive and to provide positive learning environments, through to targeted and more intensive supports for children and young people whose needs are more

Will be greatly missed It was with great disappointment when I collected my order from Blue Cod Takeaways, Flat Bush and the owners informed me that as from August 6, their business will be under new ownership.

We’ve supported them for the past 10 and a half years.

Except for making the best fried and grilled fish, our favourite was cheezy weezy chips.

They have provided fish, chips and burgers to the community for the past 13 years.

Their ‘tongue-in-cheek’ humour-filled customer service brightened up any rainy Auckland day.

Sam and Tina will be greatly missed.

Hantie Cronje sand.

So to Layette Callister, principal of Howick Primary “… the Ministry of Education needs to tell the parents that they need to put their child in a special needs environment”.

I say if only. If only that was an option – this situation gets worse as children get older!

And side-lining these children is not the answer.

It’s not what a caring society does to vulnerable people. With the proper support, these children can improve and learn.

The Ministry closes off the satellite class environment and cuts teacher aide funding to unsafe and unreasonable levels.

The Ministry is not providing a proper education to all children. It is making stressful situations even worse.

Also if teachers think that it’s tough dealing with multiple agencies, parents have to as well.

And parents have to deal with these places without supportive colleagues (fellow teachers, principals), and parents may also be dealing with multiple children.

Most parents won’t have a class full of children at home, but they also don’t have teacher aides, SENCOs (special educational needs coordinators), principals etc and they often don’t have the support of fellow parents of “average” children.

There may be two parents, but even then, it’s a long lonely road of telling your story over and over, getting pushed from pillar to post and getting no actual help.

It is a nightmare.

Name/address withheld complex and require individualised or specialist interventions.

Budget 18 provided a $283.8 million boost for learning support over the next four years to meet growth and fund investment in a range of supports and services for students with additional learning needs.

This includes an extra $133.5M for the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS), which provides vital support for school students with the highest and most complex learning needs.

In 2016/17 over 9\000 students received ORS support, equating to approximately 1.19 per cent of the school aged population.

The new ORS funding will support up to an additional 995 students who are verified to meet the existing criteria from next year.

Dogs’ toilet habits a bit on the nose Picture yourselves sitting on a bench on the reserve next to Spillers Hardware on a sunny Saturday morning. You have just started your favourite weekend treat - an almond croissant from Pukeko Bakery market stand and coffee.

And, suddenly a dog on a leash 2-3 metres away from you starts to do its business. A few minutes later, another one came and did the same thing.

What would you do?

This is such a small reserve. We have seen children play and rolling there in the past. I wonder how many parents have had to sniff their kids after playing there.

What a way to spoil our day.

We wish dog owners have the courtesy of taking their dogs elsewhere to do their morning duties, especially on Village Market days.

Madge Kho, Howick

Supermarkets and their responsibility Re plastic bags, I fully agree with about 90 per cent of Elizabeth McLaren’s July 12 letter (all except the bit commending the supermarkets.) Her points are well made.

The numbers are indeed scary and if some radical moves are not undertaken soon, we are doomed to choke on our own plastic waste.

No, my scorn is not directed at those concerned about the environment, but with the actions of our supermarkets in exploiting those concerns.

I find it hard to applaud their brave stand on single use plastic bags, plastic drinking straws and cotton bud sticks as I can’t help wondering just how much these items contribute towards the mentioned 7 billion kilos of plastic waste and by how much their banning will reduce it.

Surely your correspondent’s, “time to decompose” figures of 20 years for a bag, 450 years for a bottle tell us where our efforts should be going. They may be getting rid of the bags yet visit any supermarket and you will see aisle after aisle stacked with plastic bottles. No action on those.

The Biblical verse regarding the mote and the beam comes to mind; Mathew 7 v3-5.

We’ve got to do something about the bottles, guys. Perhaps it’s time to consider adding a 50c returnable deposit to the purchase price. It has worked in the past for glass.

I couldn’t help wondering how much of this campaign is actually driven by concern for the environ-

ment, when I saw plastic bags on sale at the checkout in my local supermarket for 15c each. How does that work? Perhaps our threatened sea life will find these thicker ones easier to spot than those currently given away free.

David Mitchell

Generosity begins at home TV news Thursday night (August 9). Around 70,000 young people out of work or not in education; a massive shortage of houses, our prisons overflowing with inmates who have nothing better to do than commit crime, and yet we have allowed immigration into our country for years. This situation should have been foreseen years ago and the benevolent attitude obviously should have been stopped a long time back. Generosity should start at home and stay at home.

Bob Wichman, Botany

Dear Mayor,

I read today (August 6) that we, rural lifestylers in Whitford, are about to get hit with another tax (or ‘charge’ if you prefer).

We are to be taxed a non-business and water quality targeted rate based upon our CV and which your council has conveniently recently increased.

We have seen no discussion of this and no-one we know has been consulted; just like the fuel tax you imposed recently. This is another tax without reference to the people of the wider Auckland.

As lifestylers, we have our own water and water purification system which we pay for and maintain ourselves. If we run out of water during the summer months we have to pay for water deliveries. The recent fuel tax hike has just increased tanker deliveries radial miles.

Similarly our sewerage system is self-contained, paid for and maintained by ourselves. Every 5 to 7 years the sludge tank needs emptying which we pay for. The recent fuel tax hike has just increased tanker deliveries radial miles.

In charging us for a non-business and water quality targeted rate I am assuming we get something for our money?

When the sceptic tank needs emptying or we run out of water is all we need do now call the council?

Maybe you can clarify this? Fairness in our book is paying for what you use and not asking someone to pay for something they don’t.

Please don’t try to even sell the beach cleanup program to us. The 6th member of our family is our dog who is not welcome to run on

Auckland beaches or reserves so any family tie spent with her is very much out of town, burning hydrocarbons and fuel tax to get there.

We choose our lifestyle way of life as it lets us grow our own vegetables, raise our own meat, chickens, eggs and lets our children grow up in touch with nature. You cannot judge everyone as needing and requiring the same. We are all different and it is one of those things that made NZ great. Please remember Kiwis are not a one size fits all.

The Bigleys of Whitford

This show is just immoral Naked Attraction is again on screen on TV. What I can’t understand is why such a disgusting – to put it mildly, - shameless, revolting and immoral show is considered worth screening!

How does this show help those 18-40-year-olds that it was intended for? A job for the Minister of Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni, I guess, to find how the development of pornography, sexual immorality, rapes, prostitution and paedophilia contributes to the well being of this country.

As for the Minister of Broadcasting, Clare Curran, her job would be to assist the Minister of Social Development in gathering this information including how the selection of appropriate programmes are factored into the Broadcasting Standards – which really has no standards at all, judging by the programmes and the shows, except inculcate immorality – and TVNZ’s screening of such shows!

Naked Attraction is a British product. Send it back to the UK and let them wallow in their immorality.

We don’t need it here!

You can bet your bottom dollar that I won’t be turning my TV on for any of TVNZ’s programmes nor would I be buying from any of those businesses that advertise on that show. And I won’t be the only one as many of those I know have expressed the same sentiment.

Margaret Scott, Pakuranga

Empty buses

Parents are crying out because their kids are forced to fight for a place on often-overcrowded buses taking workers to and from their places of employment.

All so Auckland Transport can be seen trying to save money while at the same time, dozens, if not hundreds, of empty or near-empty buses, sometimes double deckers, run around Botany and Pakuranga day and night, at off peak times.

Probably the same all over Auckland. I counted seven buses with a total of five passengers between them within a 10 minute period, and it is the same most days of the week.

Bob Wichman, Botany

Citizenship benefits

Your correspondent Arthur Moore rightly suggests that there should be some advantage in being a New Zealand citizen.

The entitlement to benefits such as pensions and housing, education and health services and, even more, the right to vote should be changed. Very few countries allow non-citizens to vote in elections.

One huge benefit of these changes would be to incentivise immigrants to get their citizenship at the earliest qualifying time and would further assist in integrating them into the New Zealand way of life. Some would then have to make a choice as their originating country would, in many cases, deny them the right of dual nationality.

D Reid, Cockle Bay

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politics

Government must act now to eliminate synthetic drug harm T

he Coroner’s report released recently showing there had been between 40-45 deaths in the last 12 months as a result of synthetic drug use is cause for great concern, and action needs to be taken now, Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga says.

“We cannot stand idly by as more people die and families are hurt when we can do something about it. My Members Bill, which would amend the Psychoactive Substances Act to increase the penalties for supplying these synthetic drugs, is a big first step in tackling this issue,” he says.

St John Ambulance receives around 30 callouts a week related to synthetic drug use, as batches are becoming increasingly potent and dangerous and are doing more harm to New Zealanders.

“My Psychoactive Substances (Increasing Penalty for Supply and Distribution) Amendment Bill would increase the maximum jail sentence for selling or supplying synthetic drugs from two years to eight years,” says Brown.

“This would give police stronger powers to crack down on suppliers and help deter drug

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This has been a tough decision for Bruce, moreso, when it comes to saying goodbye to his patients, many of whom he has looked after for his entire career in general practice.

“But I know that the patients will be in good hands with the team of doctors and nurses we have at Marina Medical.

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in the doctor/patient relationship. And I am immensely proud of the beautiful environment we have created in which to care for patients”, smiles Bruce.

Talking about what he is most proud of, he says, “I think I have succeeded in forming a therapeutic relationship with my patients. This is paramount for good care. The ‘science’ is obviously important but we should not forget the `art’ of medicine.”

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to the importance of communication - this is the key to forming a therapeutic relationship. Don’t neglect that aspect of your practice.”

So what does he look forward to the most in his retirement years?

“Being able to smell the roses, not having to worry about keeping on top of an “In Box”, being able to arrange activities at the drop of a hat, playing a bit more music, maybe returning to golf, and giving time back to my very supportive wife Juliet, and our family.”

■■ Dr Pei Yeong Dr Yeong is on maternity leave until March 2019.

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How to deal with non-paying tenants

Auckland rent rises ease further: Barfoot

One-bedroom properties bucked the trend, with continued pressure on weekly rents and a quarterly year-onyear of 4.6%, while properties of other sizes moved in a band between 3.4% and 3.9%.

West Auckland was the only region of the city to experience price increases above 5.0% reflecting the growing popularity of the area among renters.

Rent arrears are by far the largest reason for applications to the Tenancy Tribunal, says NZ Property Investors’ Federation executive officer Andrew King.

“It can also take many weeks to even get a Tenancy Tribunal hearing, while tenants can sit in a property without paying rent.

“Without a Tenancy Tribunal order, you cannot get a non-paying tenant out of your property. “Even when you do, it can then take many more weeks to get a replacement tenant.”

Rent arrears are a large problem for the rental industry and rental property providers need to know that they have a suitable tenant in their property, he says.As it can be time-consuming and expensive to end a poorly performing tenancy, having confidence that you are getting the right person before they move in is important.

“The main ways we advise NZPIF members to quality check prospective tenants is through a credit check, looking up Tribunal Orders online and checking with previous landlords or current landlords if the tenant allows,” King says.

“There may be cases, such as new migrants to New Zealand, where the prospective tenant does not have any of this history.”

In these cases, confirmation of employment and income could be sufficient to show an ability to pay the rent.

“The NZPIF does not believe that asking to view a prospective tenant’s bank statement is necessary,” King says.

“Instead, the NZPIF would like to see faster access to the Tenancy Tribunal, especially for rent arrears where the tenant is continuing to stay in the property.

“We would also like to see consequences for not paying rent, such as the ability to charge interest on outstanding rent as occurs in other countries.”

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Quarterly rental update – Average weekly rent received across Auckland Quarter 2 (April to June) 2018 vs same period 2017

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he cost of renting in Auckland is rising at the slowest pace in years according to recent data from one of the region’s largest property managers, Barfoot & Thompson.

The insight comes from the company’s regular quarterly review of weekly rent prices for the nearly 16,000 properties it manages.

“Renting a typical threebedroom home in Auckland between April and June this year cost 3.5 per cent or $19 more per week than it did during the same period in 2017,” says director Kiri Barfoot.

She notes three-bedroom homes make up the bulk of the company’s portfolio, and as such, are used as a standard example. “This is the smallest percentage increase in weekly rents that we have observed in at least the last two years and is also the first time the average

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less than tenancies are not included.“We are likely seeing the increase hasfour dropped below the beginning of a ‘new normal’ in $20 per week mark.

“This time last year, the aver- rental price trends as landlords age increase in weekly rent on a strike a fine balance in their pricthree-bedroom home was more ing in the face of rising operatlike $22, and in 2016 it was as ing and compliance costs.” The high as $24.” The downward average weekly rent for all proptrend seen in the first two quar- erty sizes is edging downwards ters of 2018 follows a period of in keeping with the three-bedsteady rises of around 4.3 per room example, up 4 per cent cent per quarter year-on-year on the same period last year to throughout 2017 and much $559. This compares to recent higher increases of 5.0 per cent year-on-year quarterly increases of between 4.4 per cent and 4.8 or more during 2015 and 2016.

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One-bedroom properties bucked the trend, with continued pressure on weekly rents and a quarterly year-on-year of 4.6 per cent, while properties of other sizes moved in a band between 3.4 per cent and 3.9 per cent. West Auckland was the only region of the city to experience price increases above 5 per cent reflecting the growing popularity of the area among renters.

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music

Howick Brass wins big one H

owick Brass are the new national champions. The band has again triumphed on the competition stage, with the recent win marking the band’s most convincing victory at a national level.

The band has been working hard under musical director Kerry Wood and drum major Joe Williams for the past three months, preparing a total of three stage works and one street march performance to compete with the best bands from throughout New Zealand at the 138th National Brass Band Contest, held this year in Blenheim.

However, whilst musical preparation began early in 2018, fundraising and management efforts working toward the 2018 national contest began earnestly after the last national event the band attended in July 2016.

The process of both fundraising and the mere logistics in getting a band of 45 community musicians to a national event in regional New Zealand is a distinctly significant undertaking. Howick Brass delivered on this hard work, presenting four exceptional performances which saw them return home with an impressive array of silverware to be engraved. And 2018 was also the first year in which the band won the Street March event outright, after many close calls and section wins in the past.

Champion drum major Joe Williams led the band to victory through the streets of Blenheim

Howick Brass has finally won the Street March event outright, after many close calls and section wins in the past.

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with an impressive display of drill and swagger, competing for the title of Champion Marching Band in the Parade of Bands, with 26 other bands strutting their stuff.

Howick Brass also received a special mention from the panel of adjudicators for their entertainment factor – consisting of a very talented Baldrick as official barrier carrier throughout the performance of the Blackadder march.

Over the following days, the band then competed on the contest stage, performing the set test

work – a premiere of a New Zealand composition written for the 2018 Championships by 20 yearold Jack Bewley, entitled A Theme Fading – along with the band’s chosen reflective item Glorify His Name and the major own choice work Lake of the Moon.

Returning home champions, the band is not resting on its laurels and has already begun preparations for a major concert that immediately precedes the Auckland Regional Championships in September. They will be compet-

ing against stiff competition from both the Auckland and Waikato/ Bay of Plenty regions.

Howick Brass is a strong and established community band which has served the communities of Howick and east Auckland since 1959.

The band rehearses in the heart of Howick at its band rooms on the Howick Domain and welcomes new members of any age or ability who may be interested in making music within the community and beyond.

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Lottery supports CAB Pakuranga Citizens Advice Bureau received a grant of $5000 from the Lottery Grants Board this week.

Louise Boswell, the bureau’s manager says, “We receive funding from the Lottery Grants Board each year and it is greatly appreciated. This funding will help us continue to deliver a high quality service to the people of Pakuranga-Eastern Manukau.

“Our trained volunteer interviewers can help people with information on almost any issue including consumer rights, employment issues, finance and tax, benefit entitlements, housing and tenancy, and much more. No problem is too big or too small.”

The Lottery Grants Board benefits the community by distributing the profits from state lotteries such as Lotto, Instant Kiwi, and Daily Keno.

They are a major ongoing supporter of Citizens Advice Bureaux New Zealand Inc (CABNZ) and its 82 member bureau / branches. CABNZ chief executive Kerry Dalton says, “We are grateful that with Lottery support we can continue providing free, confidential and impartial information, advice, advocacy and support which helps over half a million people nationally every year.”

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opinion

These Wallabies are no bunnies T

he overwhelming Super Rugby success of New Zealand teams against Australian franchises won’t necessarily translate to an All Blacks Bledisloe Cup whitewash of the All Blacks over the Wallabies but it should.

In David Pocock and Michael Hooper, the Wallabies have two exceptional loose forwards blessed with pace and courage.

Pocock’s uncanny ability to steal possession from breakdowns rivals that of former All Black skipper Richie McCaw and in second-five Kurtley Beale and fullback Israel Folau, they have two world-class attacking backs who make breaks and score tries.

While doing that against an All Blacks team laden with Crusaders won’t be easy. Head coach Steve Hansen won’t want the Aussies to dominate possession and territory as easily as the South African Lions did in the Christchurch final against the back-to-back Super Rugby champions.

It was magnificent defence and character along with the brilliance of first-five Richie Mo’unga which clinched that 37-18 result although Hansen has made no bones about his preference for Beauden Barrett as the starting test No 10 against Australia in Sydney on Saturday night.

Nobody doubts the massive contribution Barrett has made to the national team’s cause since beating the challenge of Aaron Cruden in stepping into Dan Carter’s shoes over the past two years. Nor does anyone doubt Damian McKenzie’s ability to set the game alight off the bench.

However, on Super Rugby form, nobody anywhere out-performed Crusaders maestro Mo’unga although only a fool would argue against the probability of the speedy Barrett returning to his best when he puts on the black jersey.

While some critics have suggested Barrett could return to fullback where his brother Jordie has

The Wallabies have potent loosies in David Pocock (pictured) and Michael Hooper.

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also shone, they should remember that Ben Smith has rivalled Wallaby Folau for the honour of being the world’s best No 15.

With this column penned before today’ announcement of the team, I can only assume Hansen and fellow selectors Ian Foster and Grant

Fox will remain loyal to those who have done the job for them in the past, provided they are match fit and injury-free.

Clearly Dane Coles and Sonny Bill Williams have not reached that state although the form of Codie Taylor and Ryan Crotty warrants their promotion.

While Crotty can also play centre, he’s a better second-five whose communication skills, strong defence and ability to play off the cuff makes him such an invaluable asset.

It was interesting young Rieko Ioane should score three tries at centre in the All Blacks’ warm-up halves against Otago and a makeshift Canterbury.

Having been crammed for space playing No 12 for the Blues, centre is a place he may eventually own although at present he remains a better left wing.

With Nehe Milner-Skudder still battling to reproduce his 2015 World Cup razzle dazzle, dynamic

With Ivan Agnew

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Waisake Naholo deserves to start on the right.

Having returned strongly after a long spell recovering from back surgery, captain Kieran Read will lead a solid forward pack eager to negate Pocock and Hooper’s ball pilfering With the Black Ferns having deservedly won semi-professional status after their dominant World Cup performance, their curtainraiser against the Australian women deserves a big following of fans.

With the women emulating the men in also winning the Commonwealth Games and World Sevens championship, they have made their point in the most emphatic manner. ➤➤Ivan Agnew is an awardwinning sports writer and author

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RUGBY LEAGUE

Hornets finally take down Pt Chev Local lad Ryan Fox is looking forward to a break in New Zealand after a creditable performance this season.

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Fox puts feet up for a bit ■ BY NICK KRAUSE Beachlands’ pro golfer Ryan Fox has returned to New Zealand for a much-deserved break after a hectic end of season which culminated at the weekend with his best ever performance at a major.

Fox, 31, finished in a four-way tie for 27th at the US PGA Championship in St Louis, Missouri, on Monday carding six-under at Bellerive Country Club to take home US$76,000 (NZ$ 115,552) in prize-money for the week. It has propelled him to a PB 77th in the world – which he is keen to improve upon.

“It was a good week for sure,”

Fox told the Times.

“It was my best finish in a major and it’s been nice to be trending that way lately.”

Fox, son of All Black great Grant, said it has been an incredible week “and the crowds and atmosphere were amazing”.

“I’m proud to have played in three majors this year and made all three cuts,” he said.

“The goal is to try to break into that top 50. A long way to go yet though.”

Right now he has R&R on his mind. “Yes three weeks off back in New Zealand now,” he said.

“Looking forward to a bit of time off.”

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owick Hornets Rugby League Football Club claimed the fourth and final play-off spot with a convincing upset 34-24 victory over Pt Chevalier on Saturday.

The Hornets took the lead in the seventh minute and never looked back, with forwards Reece Charlie and Tony Tuia among the standouts. Pt Chevalier scored late to reduce the final losing margin to 10 points, and will now head into the finals off back-to-back defeats.

Team manager Dan Rawson said Jethro Friend ensured the Hornets got on the scoreboard first with a short ball to Tony Tuia for a barge over try.“Liam Prendegast with a move set up two plays before, shaped to pass it wide but passed inside to JT running an awesome line breaking three tackles and diving over in the 16thminute,” said Rawson.

At around the 33rd minute, Liam Prendegast scored after he took a cheeky tap from the penalty 5 metres out from the line.

“All the Point Chev players were standing behind the posts and all

the Howick players were talking amongst themselves. The only two who knew what was happening was the ref and Liam,” said Rawson.

“George Edwards did his best Micheal Witt impersonation by running around in the opposition ingoal before finally putting it down closer to the posts for Drew Radich to slot the conversion and becomes back to back Golden Boot winner for most goals in the regular season.”

Radich also came second in the most points in season with 132.

George Edwards showed some style with a 90m break, but got caught right in front of the club house. Howick spread it wide to the opposite side where the backline move was finished off by Seiloni Liavaa.

“With a massive year already for coach Shaun Clark with his wife playing for the New Zealand Warriors, and a new baby welcomed into the family mid way through round 1, a finals berth was one goal the coaching staff had from pre-season, and it feels great to be able to accomplish that,” Rawson said.

“Also only having one loss at home against Glenora in round one due to the massive support from not just the firm but all the club families and friends, it was great to get the win against Pt Chev, a team we haven’t beaten in about five years.

“The boys from both teams have really embraced the culture on and off the field that Shaun and I brought in at the start of the year, with multiple times Howick players outnumbering the hosting teams in away games for the post match.

“We have known all year we have the players to win the Fox Memorial. We have been hit hard by injuries, but some young guys really stepped up and it’s great to see.”

Other results: U13 girls’ 9-aside: Howick 30 Manurewa 12. Howick started strongly scoring in the first few minutes, and continued to dominate throughout the game.

U14/15 Restricted: Manurewa 16 Howick 10. Down 0-10 at half time, Howick came back strongly in the second to level the scores at 10-10 and force the Finals into extra time.

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