Howick and Pakuranga Times, June 6, 2019

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The opening night of Elton John’s biopic ‘Rocketman’ was a sell out at Monterey cinema in Howick – and all for a very good cause.

Campaigners fighting to save Stockade Hill views held a fundraiser to help them pay their legal bills and continue their battle with Auckland Council.

“It was an amazing turn out – we sold out not one but two theatres!” said Brooke Williams of the action group, the Defencibles.

The enthusiastic crowd came dressed for the show with sequins, feathers and typically Elton John glasses.

“Such a fun night and great to have so many supporters. We are definitely growing in numbers – if the Council thinks this issue is just going to fizzle out they might need to think again,” said Williams.

Stockade Hill Views are under threat from building height regulation changes following the introduction of the Unitary Plan.

Williams said the next step in the process is for Howick Local Board to commission an Independent Planning Review into this issue to decide whether a further plan change could resolve this issue that has caused significant public outrage. Campaigners are eager to get the review started and have complained about the painfully slow progress.

“We just don’t understand what the blockage is – who or what is holding this up?”

Pioneering athlete is made a Dame S

porting great, the late Yvette Corlett CNZM, MBE of Howick has been made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to athletics.

The honour was approved by Her Majesty and took effect on April 12 this year. Dame Yvette had agreed to accept the honour before she died on April 13. Dame Yvette’s brother Roy Williams told the Times from Te Aroha that the wonderful honour was tinged with sadness.

“It’s very, very sad that she didn’t

get the honour bestowed upon her (at an investiture ceremony),” he said.

“It would have been lovely if she were still alive and able to see the public acknowledgement and receive the award from the Governor-General. (However) we’re thrilled by it and very, very honoured on Yvette’s behalf.”

The family – including her children Neville, Peter, Karen and possibly Bruce (who is in Wales) – would attend the investiture ceremony in Auckland in August.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, “It is with sadness that we recognise Yvette Corlett as a Dame Companion for her pioneering contribution to athletics. “As the first New Zealand women to win an Olympic gold medal she was a trailblazer.

In addition to her ground-breaking athletics success she undertook lifelong service to sport as a volunteer and administrator.

“I think many Kiwis will agree that Yvette’s recognition at this level was long overdue – but I’m pleased that she knew she was to become a

Simeon Brown MP for Pakuranga

Dame before she passed away."

Dame Yvette was the first New Zealand female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. It was in 1952 in the long jump event. She served as Patron of Counties Manukau Regional Sports Trust for 17 years until 2009. She was Patron of Athletics NZ from 2003 to 2006 and served on the NZ Sports Hall of Fame’s Board of Governors from 1990 to 1995. She served for 40 consecutive years on the selection panel for the NZ Herald Junior Sports Awards. ➤ Turn to Page 3

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he Labour/NZ First/Green Government’s so-called “Wellbeing” Budget is anything but and is simply another example of a government with no plan to improve the lives of everyday New Zealanders, says Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga.

“This is not a wellbeing budget.

The hardworking people of Pakuranga will be left asking what’s in it for them. Local families want more money in their weekly budgets for food, petrol, and rent, but instead, their taxes are going towards rail, the defence force and trees,” said Brown.

NZ First had once again shown that it holds the purse strings with last Thursday’s announcement of a billion dollars on rail, he said. “The cost of this coalition is not worth it for New Zealanders with what they’re getting in return, and it certainly isn’t improving anyone’s wellbeing.”

“It’s no wonder the Government has had to drop its selfimposed debt target and increase the spending limit by $17 billion so they can fund the Government’s bad spending decisions.”

This is likely to lead to higher taxes in future to pay off the extra debt when middle-class New Zealand is already struggling to get by, he said.

“Yet with all this extra spending there’s still no funding for health, with no money for midwives or free GP visits and less of an increase for elective surgeries than last year,” says Brown.

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“Yesterday (Wednesday, May 29) teachers marched on Parliament demanding a pay rise but there’s nothing for them today.

The Budget has funding for classrooms, but what good are classrooms if there are no teachers to work in them?

The economy is slowing down, he said, and the Government is doing nothing to encourage growth.

“Business confidence is at record lows because of its poor policy decisions and this Budget shows they still have no plan to grow the economy,” said Brown.

“Their poor economic management means there are fewer jobs, more people on a benefit and needing hardship assistance, huge increases in the numbers of people without housing and more people missing out on elective surgeries.

“This simply isn’t good enough for a government that inherited one of the strongest economies in the world, built on the back of hardworking New Zealand-

ers like those in Pakuranga. They deserve to reap the rewards of that effort, but this Budget means they’ll be forced to wait.”

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross says some aspects of Budget 2019 deserve praise while others could have been much better.

“The red team will say everything is great, while the blue team will say everything is bad,” he says.

“For Kiwis who just want to know if the Budget will improve their lives and make New Zealand a better place to live, the truth is somewhere in the middle.”

Ross said he’s pleased to see more investment being made in social services, mental health, building schools and classrooms, removing the cost of “voluntary” donations at low decile state and state-integrated schools, and addressing family and sexual violence.

But he says he’s disappointed there’s no money in the Budget to increase teachers’ salaries, address housing unaffordability, lower the cost of dental treatments and fully fund the emergency ambulance services.

“I also hoped to see more money going to Pharmac to fund lifesaving cancer drugs, and to Police to get more officers on the streets, including in our local east Auckland community.

“Overall the Budget does address some major challenges facing New Zealand, but other longstanding issues are yet to be resolved.”

Go without for a good cause It’s New Zealand’s largest youth fundraising event and this year World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine will see close to 30,000 Auckland students from around 93 schools take on the challenge.

They will give up food, warm blankets, speaking or technology for 40 hours from Friday June 7 to Sunday June 9 And it’s all to provide life-saving aid for South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.

Howick College, Howick Intermediate, Botany Downs School, Botany Downs Secondary College and Pakuranga College are among the school’s who will have students taking part.

Along with a further 60,000 youth across the country, they will help raise vital funds for the more than 800,000 South Sudanese who have fled conflict with hope of finding refuge in Uganda.

This year, much-loved Kiwi actor Julian Dennison is championing the 40 Hour Famine in his new role as Famine Ambassador.

Julian has recently returned from a trip to Uganda with World Vision where he met with young refugees, many of whom were of a similar age, and found out what kind of impact fleeing war-torn South Sudan has had on them; and exactly how Kiwi kids can help.

“So many of the South Sudanese refugees I met fled their homes without their parents – and some with no family at all. They all have so much responsibility, at such a young age, and are having to adjust to a new reality – yet despite the hardships they have and are facing I was met with big smiles and so much hope for their futures.”

Money raised in the 2019 40 Hour Famine will help provide essentials for South Sudanese refugees in Uganda from the moment they cross the border, including nutritious food, clean water, foster care, household items, peace clubs for young people and more.

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Anne Howell QSM

Meanwhile Anne Howell of Pakuranga has been awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for services to the community and education.

Mrs Howell has been involved in the education community in the Anchorage Park School area in Pakuranga since 1981. She was a member of the Anchorage Park Kindergarten Committee and foundation member and Secretary of the Anchorage Park School Board of Trustees. She has served on the Board since 1989, and as Board Chairperson since 2006. Her support and advocacy was instrumental in the retention of the Anchorage Park Community Centre on the grounds of the School.

Her key responsibilities on the board have included management of the school’s property projects and school security. She is the first point of contact for the security monitoring service, for community users of the school pool in the weekends and over the summer holiday break and for users of the school hall after hours. She also served on the Pakuranga Intermediate School Board of Trustees from 1992 to 1998 and on the Edgewater College Board from 1998 to 2004. Mrs Howell has been the chairperson of the Farm Cove Scout Group since 2016.

She told the Times: “I am very honoured and proud to receive this Queen’s Service Medal award. The years that I have spent being involved in this community and supporting the local schools as a Board of Trustees member have been a privilege and a rewarding experience. These years would not have been possible without the support of my husband Sel, my children, Deborah Mathew and Suzanne, and grandsons, Blake and Jordan. Actively contributing to and supporting the community is something that we as a family value and hold very dear.”

Lois Perry QSM

Another Queen’s Service Medal recipient Lois Perry, of Mt Eden but formerly the Head of the Visual Arts Department at Pakuranga College, has actively promoted education and engagement of local communities with art in Pakuranga and the wider Auckland region for more than 40 years. Ms Perry began her career as an art teacher at Pakuranga College where she was the Head of the Art Department for 11 years and her civic roles since have focused on art education.

In 1975, she assisted the Pakuranga Arts Society with the establishment of the Pakuranga Arts Centre, NZ’s first purpose-built contemporary arts centre. She volunteered as the Society’s Founding President from 1981 to 1985, as a committee member from 1985 to 2002, and then in leadership and governance roles until 2017. Since its establishment in 2000, she has played a pivotal role in the development of Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, a contemporary arts space in Pakuranga with an education facility and dedicated exhibition space.

She was chair of the centre from 2002 to 2007, and remained as a Trustee of Te Tuhi’s governing Trusts, the Contemporary Art Foundation and the Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust. In 2004 Ms Perry established the Art Today programme at Te Tuhi, which continues to teach contemporary art to adult students to the present day.

Major surgery is no match for 104-year-old

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hile the thought of major surgery would be daunting for many, the operating table was no big deal for 104-year-old Len Darr.

Just three week’s post surgery and the centenarian is back to his old tricks.

Walking up and down stairs without puffing, looking after himself, driving his car and chasing his cat off a pile of important documents are among the things the Howick local hasn’t let the surgery stop him from doing.

While Darr has become well-known for his fitness and impeccable health, for more than 20 years he’s been living with what’s called a Zenker’s diverticulum.

It’s a pouch that forms at the junction of the lower part of the throat and the oesophagus, Darr says, which made it difficult for him to swallow and constantly regurgitate undigested food.

But until now, his doctors have deemed the surgery to repair it too dangerous.

“There is only one surgeon in the country that is qualified to do the surgery, and they hadn’t a lot of information about what the outcome would be. And given my age they said it was

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too risky.

“I’ve always told them to just go for it, I knew I’d be fine,” he says with a big ‘I told them so’ grin on his face.

When his doctors finally gave the go-ahead for the surgery, Darr jumped at the chance, despite his surgeon’s warning that there was no guarantee he would make it out alive.

“I wanted them to do the surgery not only for myself, but so that the surgeon could learn

more about the surgery and use that to help other people, so they don’t have to live with it like I did,” he says.

Darr, who is deeply spiritual, says he trusted the Holy Spirit to protect him and guide him through.

When he woke up from the anaesthetic; the doctors were shocked at how well he bounced back.

And even after taking a tumble at the hospital post-surgery

and suffering severe bruising, he was home within a few days and looking after himself.

“Well first they sent me to an old age home to recover for three days. That definitely wasn’t where I wanted to be.

I’m too young for that,” he says.

But you’d never guess Darr’s age, let alone that he’d undergone major surgery.

His mind is sharp and he moves around with ease.

He says in the last year his body has slowed down, but he still feels “fit as a fiddle”.

“I think my purpose is to be of service to others, and keeping fit and healthy allows me to keep serving the community.”

And serve the community he has. Len has volunteered for St John’s Ambulance services since he was a teenager and served in the Royal Air Force medical corps in Egypt during World War II. He went on to run Darr’s Health Clinic in Takapuna until he retired at age 70.

Sports have always been a huge part of his life, and just two years ago he made headlines after signing up to a gym membership at Lloyd Elsmore Park Pool and Leisure Centre.

“My mind is sharp and active and I’ve never let my physical age slow me down. I don’t plan on starting now.”

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Life goes full circle for Bruce and Annette

Bruce and Annette Mattison return to the land they once owned.

The move into Ryman Healthcare’s Bruce McLaren Retirement Village has been more tting for Bruce and Annette Mattison than most.

While both were prominent members of the Howick business community and so familiar to many in the village, the fact that the Chapel Road site had actually been their home once before conrmed it was the right move.

“We’ve come full circle!”

Annette says.

In the late 70s the couple opened a Pitch’n’Putt golf course on the site, a new concept in New Zealand at the time.

They built a home there, replanted and redeveloped the land into a ninehole golf course and maintained and managed the seven-day-a-week business with the help of their two sons Stephen and Andrew, who became junior greenkeepers.

One of the highlights was when record-breaking aviatrix Jean Batten came to visit in 1977.

Bruce found himself talking to her at a meeting at MOTAT where she was the guest speaker.

“I said if she wasn’t doing anything on Sunday to come for a run out in the

country and then I promptly forgot all about it.

“So you can imagine our delight when she turned up and she spent a good hour with us sitting on the deck overlooking the golf course enjoying a cup of tea.”

Adds Annette: “She was so easy to talk to and quite a character. We’ll always treasure that special memory.”

The golf course proved to be extremely hard work with no days off. Bruce was still running his company Tessco, a traffic signal company, while Annette juggled the day to day management of the course with the boys’ afterschool activities.

They eventually decided to sell it as a going concern and instead they opened a women’s clothing shop called Carnegie’s, rst in Moore Street and later relocating to Picton Street, Howick’s main thoroughfare.

“I did the buying and looking after the customers and making sure they looked good while Bruce ran the business side of it from upstairs,” says Annette.

She introduced the mother of the bride concept where ladies could come in and buy their hat, shoes and outt in a package deal and, being a believer in good promotion, she secured

a weekly slot on a national radio programme which gave them customers New Zealand-wide.

“I had a phone-in every Thursday morning on Alice Worsley’s radio show where I talked about fashion.

“One of my customers was the former mayor of Auckland, Cath Tizard. She bought a lot of clothes because I’d worked out all her colouring.

“She said ‘I have heard your voice so many times I feel like I know you!’”

Annette laughs.

Annette worked hard to source the best clothes and says some of her fellow residents at Bruce McLaren still own outts bought from her shop. Proof, she says, of their enduring style.

The couple say they have taken plenty of risks in life but have been fortunate enough that most of them have worked out well.

Their decision to move into the village happened quite quickly after a couple turned up one day and offered to buy their house on Sandspit Road, even including the furniture!

“We knew Ryman had started up on our old golf course so we thought we’d go and check it out,” says Bruce.

Eighteen months later they moved in

and it took another few months to adapt to the new lifestyle, says Annette.

Now they wouldn’t consider anything else.

What sealed the deal for Annette was the maintenance-free life she could now enjoy.

“We came back from our three months in Australia and they had cleaned all my windows – what more could I want?!

“Plus, the management are wonderful and there’s a bell to ring if I’m sick!”

Bruce agrees: “The staff are just amazing, every single one of them, and that’s unusual in any big organisation.”

They are both avid bowls players and have competed in Ryman tournaments and they love relaxing with friends, both new and old, over drinks at Happy Hour each week.

“It’s been good getting in touch with our old customers and associates again after being part of Howick for so long,” says Annette.

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ix local schools, 10 teams and 38 students from different schools were all on a mission to banish an invasive species of moth pods and vines that have tenaciously spread their tentacles all over Auckland.

The students went about it with militant precision, and their efforts were well rewarded at an award function held recently by Auckland Council at Howick College.

A handsome prize of $2000 for moth pod heads got local students to collect 9989 pods and small vines with around 700 seeds per pod.

It means that 6,992,300 seeds will not germinate, said Lorelle Stranaghan, coordinator PestFree Howick, who is thrilled with the response.

In an attempt to create a pestfree Howick Ward, along with

collecting the pods and small vines by the roots, the students also cut the vines and applied a herbicide paste called Picloram Gel which kills the vine (they get a kit as part of the competition containing a bottle of Picloram Gel, a supply of disposable gloves, protective eyewear, full instructions on use).

Richard Henty, head of learning science at Howick College who informally started Society Totally Against Moth Plant (STAMP) in 2004 encouraged students to begin formally mapping and tracking moth pod plants and the locations they have visited.

“Report all known addresses or GPS (coordinates) of where you went. From October 1 you must challenge yourself to visit and report on 20 known locations near you,” he told the enviro groups.

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The second prize of $400 was also scored by the Cultured Moth Destroyers from Botany College as the team managed to vanquish 1878 pods in total.

Team Moth-erland Protectors from Macleans College took the third prize of $300 for getting rid of 1588 pods.

The Edgewater College Enviro Club won $200 for fourth with a prized collection of 1349 moth pods and vines to their credit.

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Local clubs awarded grants New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) awarded the following grants in the Auckland region in May. Alfriston Hockey Club, $6000, towards 2019 turf playing fees for seniors and juniors; Howick Hornets Rugby League Football Club, $2609.25 towards medical tape and double folder stretcher;

Howick Pakuranga Hockey Club, $13,000 towards turf hire from Auckland Hockey Association; Pakuranga College, $6000 towards travel and accommodation for national and regional winter sports tournaments in various locations; Pohutukawa Coast Bike Club, $20,000 towards restoration of mountain

bike tracks and construction of multi-purpose walking and running tracks; Totara Park Riding for the Disabled, $10,000 towards salary of horse supervisor.

Local gaming venues that contributed to these grants included Barrel Inn, Howick; Celsius Bar, Flat Bush; Xtreme Botany, Northpark.

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Everything under the hammer at The Five Stags The new team at The Five Stags have big plans for the Whitford local, including a new name and full makeover.

The doors will be closing for four weeks on June 29 for the refit but there’s a lot of stuff to find a home for before then. They say it’s time to call in the auctioneers.

New owner Patrick Shields is looking forward to the event.

“Many of our regulars have a soft spot for our hunting memorabilia and were keen to know what was going to happen to it when we rebranded.

“An auction gives everyone the opportunity to take something home but it’s also a fun way for us to kick off the exciting changes that will be taking place over the next few months and we get to raise a few dollars for charity at the same time.

It’ll be a great night.”

The auction on Saturday, June 15 will be hosted by experienced auctioneer Phillip Bensemann and the first lot goes under the hammer at 7.30pm. Those wishing to browse the items can either pop into The Five Stags over the next week and pick up a leaflet or visit www. allaboutauctions.co.nz.

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prices and those wishing to make a bid will have to be there in person – no pre-auction bids will be accepted.

Donations from the auction will be given to both St John’s Ambulance and The Stroke Foundation.

Due to anticipated numbers attending the event there will be a limited food service during the evening.

The Five Stags closes on June 29 and will reopen as The Stables Whitford on August 1.

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here’s a lot of partisan commentary on Budget 2019 out there already. The red team says everything is great. The blue team says everything is bad. It’s a “Wellbeing Budget” or “Botched Budget”, depending on who you cheerlead for.

I no longer sit in Parliament with the same permanently tinted glasses on. The reality is budgets in NZ have been fairly middle of the road for my whole adult life. Cullen, English, Joyce and Robertson all produced fairly similar outcomes.

We fight elections and policies at the margins these days, and there’s a general consensus on approaches to fiscal policy.

The Government did well to put $1.9 billion into mental health. Unemployment also remains low with economic growth moderate.

Labour is continuing the social investment work of the previous

National Government and debt levels will land roughly where English/Joyce projected.

There wasn’t much that should get either side too excited or disappointed. That’s probably the biggest let down for the government’s supporters – there’s little to be inspired by.

Fuel tax increases and lack of sufficient funding for teachers, ambulance and dental services stand out as missed opportunities.

The business community still sees uncertainty and transport programmes move forward at their typical slow pace.

The biggest failure of the Budget has to be the lack of vision for solving the housing crisis. Kiwibuild is proving a failure yet remains on life support.

There is little else on the horizon.

Considerably increasing land supply and genuine RMA reform are needed, but tends to be too

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First home buyers don’t see anyone offering the answers they deserve.

On education, it’s a positive move for the Government to put more than a billion dollars toward building new schools and classrooms. But the glaring omission was teachers’ salaries, something these hard working professionals are yet to see certainty on.

Budget 2019 was incremental in its change. Some things good, some less so. It gets the job done without excitement or offensiveness.

Next time you see a political party using a catch phrase to describe a policy or their opponents, don’t pay too much attention. It’s probably not good for your own wellbeing.

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The Friends of Mangemangeroa are holding its annual community tree planting mornings this month.

Each year the local community are invited to join in these popular Saturday morning native bush events.

The first will be held on Saturday June 8, led by Forest & Bird.

The second will be on Saturday June 15, led by the Rotary Club, on Saturday 15th Rain or shine, the events will go ahead so bring along your friends and children (preferably 12 years or older) to help out.

The morning involves work in pairs digging shallow holes, planting a tree, and moving along the sites in a safe and systematic manner.

Some helpers will put reusable corflute tree protectors around each plant.

Most trees are going into unmown pasture below the Trig, close to the Mangemangeroa car park and Barn.

All trees are grown from seeds eco-sourced from the Mangemangeroa Valley.

A typical morning will see between 1200 – 1500 trees planted.

Throughout the year these have been grown at many planting units around the

The Friends of Mangemangeroa are holding two community tree planting mornings on June 8 and June 15. All welcome.

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Howick and South Auckland areas.

The group will meet at the Reserve’s barn car park, 108 Somerville Road, by 8.45am, then walk to a site soon after.

Wear covered shoes, rain and sun protection and water.

Some planting spades will be available but if you do have a hammer, mallet and a spade, please bring that along.

Site conditions are moderately sloping to flat and relatively close to the main carpark.

For further information contact Graham Falla, June 8 event, on 09 276 3092.

For information on the June 15 event contact Jim Duckworth on 09 534 7851.

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Dr Sarah Heng Crawford Nurses have MBChB also relocated their Womens’ Health Clinic to Monday evenings.

For those of you who have not met Dr Sarah Heng – Sarah is a graduate of The University of Auckland Medical School. She has a special interest in Paediatrics having completed her Post-graduate Diploma in Paediatrics with Distinction.

Sarah is Malaysian Chinese and grew up in Auckland. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. In her spare time, Sarah loves travelling around the world with her husband; watching tennis and supporting the All Blacks.

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When they have a sale, it is a genuine sale with real deals for the customer.

“With one of the largest range of frames in New Zealand we have to have a sale every now and then to make room for new stock” said Frith Jenkins, practice manager, Howick Village Optometrists, “but we also contact our wholesalers and they supply us with another 500 frames at 50 per cent off.”

Selecting a frame which you may wear every day for several years can be quite daunting.

“What’s important to you is important to us when it comes to frame selection, we want to find a frame that highlights your personality and is fit for purpose,” says Frith.

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Eye examinations are paramount for any good optometry practice.

With four optometrists and two dispensing opticians on site, the clinical side of the business is also extremely well-versed in identifying the clients’ needs and creating solutions tailored to their requirements.

Keeping up-to-date with the latest equipment and technology is incredibly important in this industry – an eye examination goes well beyond how you see, and at Howick Village Optometrists they also look at the health of your eyes and beyond.

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Tempura oysters, spicy soft shell crab and Wagyu beef dishes are among those to choose from, beautifully presented by Miyuki’s three talented chefs.

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Miyuki Japanese Restaurant brings traditional Japanese cuisine to the people of east Auckland in its low-key location in the heart of Howick.

The friendly team pride themselves on undeniably fresh food, and fast and exceptional service.

The restaurant itself is beautiful with natural colours, exposed wooden beams, dim lighting and quiet seating areas.

Since being taken over by new owner Terry Yuen last year, Miyuki’s menu has been

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Our next meeting will be Monday June 10 at 1.45pm in St Andrews Church, corner of Ridge Rd & Vincent St Howick. Our next speaker will be Warren Taylor who will talk on his experiences working for Skellerup. Our mini speaker is Adrienne Lobb who will talk on knitting for charity.

All are most welcome.

Join us for a Virtual Village East event ‘Age is just a number’. This is a free information morning for all seniors in the East Auckland community on Friday 21st June, 2019 from 10.30am to 12.30pm at Te Tuhi, 13 Reeves Rd, Pakuranga, Auckland. Morning tea will be served. For catering purposes please RSVP Lee.Warmington@ hbh.org.nz or 538 0827.

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You are welcome to stay awhile and peruse the current exhibits.

Museum entry is by donation for casual visitors. Groups by arrangement – fee applies. Polish Museum, 125 Elliot St, Howick.

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you wish to donate to Anika’s Trust or you can donate directly to the account number 02-01520274481-000. Anika is the late Belinda-Jane’s daughter. For an entry form email boburns78@ gmail.com.

Flat Bush Community Group AGM Flat Bush Community Group is holding their AGM on Tuesday June 11 at the Old Flat Bush School Hall, Corner of Flat Bush School Road and Murphys Road.

Meeting will begin at 7pm, all welcome. This group of volunteers looks after the hall which is used by community groups and for weddings and other events. Contact Diane for more details 09-2737144.

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The next Probus Club of Howick monthly meeting is at 10am on Friday June 14 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Vincent Street Howick. We are a friendly club for both retired or semiretired men and women. The club enjoys interesting speakers, monthly lunches, bus trips, outings to Auckland City Shows and the Howick Little Theatre.

The Speaker this month will be Craig Horne and his team from the Auckland, Manukau, Eastern Transport Initiative (AMETI) who will talk about the exciting new and improved Transport options that will connect you with the rest of Auckland. New members and visitors welcome.

Free admission. For more information phone Marilyn 09 576 8725.

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Theo is a Gypsy Cob sporthorse, bred from William’s mum Nicola Dalmeida’s stallion ‘The Loveable Rogue’.

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The Nukes pioneer ukulele affection

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f all musical instruments, the ukulele is the one that makes everyone happy.

Even grumps crack a smile.

The high and bright string sound hits the chords of joy - and the craze has strummed across New Zealand for the most part of this new millennium.

It seems like every town and suburb has a ukulele band or performers – Howick has its beloved Ukes of Howick – and The Nukes are the forebears, frontier pioneers of ukulele music in this land.

They look like they’re cousins of The Band, the former Bob Dylan ensemble known as the Hawks through the early 1960s, who, until disbanding in 1976, dressed like they were from the old days – anytime from the 1880s to 1930.

The Band cornered the Americana alt-country wardrobe style and many bands have stylised themselves in that pioneering spirit. The Nukes are all class in that department.

The Nukes return to Howick this Saturday, June 8, to play – appropriately attired – in the historic and acoustically eloquent Uxbridge Theatre.

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voice and compelling custom uke sound that earns respect.

He explains that The Nukes have had a line-up change over the past year and they’re just really hitting their straps.

“Swabbing the decks is our new recruit, ‘The Curious’ percussionist, ‘Mysterious’ Mike Burrows, who also packs a spry falsetto vocal.

“And our audacious slide ukulele and wry humour of Ben Collier keeps the whole shebang on an even keel. It’s original, quirky and Kiwi,” Parker says.

Favourites of music festival directors, The Nukes have played the four corners of Australasia’s finest and all points in-between, from WOMAD, Splore and Auckland and Canterbury’s Folk Festivals, to New Plymouth’s Fes-

tival of Light, Wanaka Festival of Colour and the Bluff Oyster Festival.

They’ve been on the road for a decade producing the good noise, three great albums, and their online streams and views are more than 100,000.

“If you see that The Nukes are coming your way, don’t duck and cover, don’t try and be a hero,” Parker says, in keeping with the band’s wit.

“Just gather all your friends and head for ground zero.”

Described as ‘part Vaudeville, part Rat Pack, part musical car crash’, The Nukes are in concert at Uxbridge Arts and Culture centre’s Uxbridge Theatre on Saturday, June 8, Howick, from 8pm. For tickets, see www. uxbridge.org.nz.

Have your say on bylaw To help Auckland achieve a zerowaste future, Auckland Council has rules that support Aucklanders to manage and minimise their waste.

The Solid Waste Bylaw 2012 contains some of those rules, some of which are due to expire later this year.

Chair of the council’s Regulatory Committee, Linda Cooper, says a review of those rules looked at what was working and what could be improved. This has resulted in a proposal for a new waste bylaw – the Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw 2019 – and amendments to the Trading and Events in Public Places Bylaw 2015.

“We’re looking to establish a new waste bylaw to better outline what Aucklanders need to do to manage and minimise waste in a way that protects the public from health and safety risks and nuisance, and to manage the use of public places.”

“Last year we introduced our Waste Management and Minimisation Plant to help Auckland achieve a zerowaste future, and the new bylaw will make the rules to support this vision.”

“Today we’ve opened public consultation on the proposed changes to how we regulate waste management and minimisation, so we encourage all Aucklanders to have their say by June 16.”

Council proposes that the new bylaw: Requires people to deposit and dispose of waste appropriately (for example, in a kerbside recycling bin, in a public waste bin or to a waste management facility). Existing controls about the separation, placement and collection of waste will continue to apply Requires approval from the council

to operate for waste collectors and operators of waste management and resource recovery facilities and donation collection bins Aligns the definition of cleanfill with the Unitary Plan Clarifies waste management and minimisation plan requirements for trading, events and filming in council-controlled public places, and existing and planned multi-unit developments Clarifies the rules to minimise the potential for shopping trolleys, unaddressed mail and donated items to become waste. It also highlights that election material and public notices remain deliverable to all letterboxes despite any non-delivery signs.

How to have your say Public consultation runs until Sunday June 16.

There are several ways that you can have your say: ■■ Complete the online feedback form here. Free internet access is available at libraries ■■ Attend one of the drop-in sessions: Thursday June 6, at any time between 12pm–1.30pm, Central City Library, 44 – 46 Lorne Street, Auckland 1010

What this consultation and proposed new bylaw do not address: ■■ Litter and illegal dumping ■■ Collection of inorganic material ■■ Establishment of new landfills or other waste management facilities ■■ Amendments to the Trade Waste Bylaw 2013 (separate consultation open until 10 June 2019) ■■ Targeted rates for kerbside collection of food scraps.

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Board agrees to give away part of land at 303 Te Irirangi Drive

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The Howick Local Board has agreed with a Panuku recommendation that a small parcel of land (pictured in red) at 303 Te Irirangi Drive will be part of a land swap with the owner of the neighbouring property. Images supplied

was taken from the owner of the adjoining 128 Ormiston Road in Flat Bush in accordance with the Public Works Act for roading purposes.

The owner indicated an interest in acquiring a small parcel of 303 Te Irirangi Drive to square up their property boundaries.

The decision is now passed on the Finance and performance Committee Approval.

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Howick Local Board has endorsed Panuku Development Auckland’s recommendation to quit a small parcel of land at 303 Te Irirangi Drive.

This means they have agreed to give up a small section of a 10,083 square metre site at Clover Park.

About 9400 square metres of the site is required for transport infrastructure use. The remainder – about 680 square metres – will be part of a land swap with the owner of neighbouring land.

A vacant site acquired by Manukau City Council in 2002, 303 Te Irirangi Drive has been held for flood remediation and future transport purposes.

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Especially for those living in the east, EastLife is published on the first week of each month.

Cooler days are on their way but readers are sure to warm to this month’s EastLife. With Queen’s Birthday Weekend a fresh reminder of our Commonwealth connections, it is appropriate our focus on an inspirational cake decorator should have regal overtones. We also talk to Jenny Suo who made the news as a Pakuranga College student and is still making, or rather, presenting news today. Check out a raft of recipes, fabulous fashions and enjoy Jes Magill’s rail and road journey.

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Simeon Brown’s exposé on the Coalition’s debt situation is at odds with current economic thinking.

Firstly, one of the world’s biggest credit rating institutions rates New Zealand’s Government debt as low relative to other OECD countries and by increasing it by a few percentage points would be unlikely to have an effect on New Zealand’s overall credit rating.

And as long as money is spent on worthwhile public assets (which the coalition is doing), it is warranted.

Secondly, a Government’s low debt does not prove that the level of government spending is appropriate, As for broken promises from the National Party, how about these just for a few: ■■ no more asset sales (that’s a laugh). 10 per cent of NZ’s habitable and productive land now in foreign hands; ■■ 8000 state houses to be built and only managed 81 and at a time when Auckland alone required 14.000 houses per annum. National in their nine years of governorship oversaw a totally insufficient 7000 ■■ the cycleway that was supposed to create 4000 jobs and only managed 511 ■■ promised tax cuts and immediately raising GST to 15 per cent ■■ lowering the wage gap with Australia (another laugh) ■■ Kiwi savers having their

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entitlement halved in the second year ■■ ECE promised retaining all existing subsidies and then had 90/100 per cent of the budget cut for registered teachers ■■ and the granddaddy of them all, the 2011 Budget stated the balance package would cost $415 million in the first year and $1 billion over four years when in reality it cost $1.1b in the first nine months.

Gary Hollis Mellons Bay

Hang on a minute

It is not my approach to respond to accusations via the media (Times, May 23) and, following this note, I will enter into no further correspondence on this matter.

The point of my letter was, clearly, that defining “hate speech” is impossible and very dangerous. That is all.

May I respectfully suggest that Mr Mercer re-read my letter, especially the part he refers to.

Read correctly, with the preamble: “So where does Mr Little stand when enumerable people shout?” and the satirical question that follows: “You think that may just qualify as hateful and inciting violence?”, and with the other examples, it is very clear that I am pointing to what I consider a despicable common practice.

May I suggest that the “hate and abuse” is only in Mr Mer-

cer’s mind.

Unfortunately, this is the short-sighted labelling that is so prevalent in the world with people only too ready to, and I paraphrase; cast the first stone.

May God bless you Sir.

Jonathan van Niekerk Mellons Bay

Airport to Botany rapid transit We appreciate and happy hear the news about the Airport to Botany rapid transit project being led by Auckland Transport. We need transport from Botany to airport direct asap.

Thanks.

Michael Yang

How’s that for irony?

I find it ironic that Auckland City, who vigorously oppose efforts by our local community to restrict heights of buildings surrounding Stockade Hill, promote the panoramic views from Stockade Hill in their June edition of ‘Our Auckland’ monthly magazine.

Graham Mansergh Howick

Punishment did fit crime I have to disagree with Dr Schmidt’s view that the punishment handed to Israel Folau does not fit the crime (Feedback, Times, May 30).

It is true that there are many examples of sportspeople behaving badly, in Australia and elsewhere, that have had

less harsh penalties imposed.

The overwhelming difference in those situations was the perpetrator’s willingness to accept that they had broken the rules, caused offence or distress to members of the community, and damaged the reputation of their employer. Israel has recognised none of these.

Perhaps Israel should adopt the practice of many high profile figures in having a public social media profile accessible to fans and the general public, and a second private profile accessible only to those with a personal relationship to the star.

That way the many young people who choose to follow him because they admire his on-field ability and can do so without being subjected to material which challenges their place in an accepting society.

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I have two questions for my MP, Simeon Brown.

Does he accept the warning from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) that mankind has 12 years to plan a rapid decrease in CO2 emissions?

What is he going to do about it?

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Robyn Campbell & Melissa Parry DDI: 538 1227 or 021 350 878 – robyn.campbell@raywhite.com Sally Morrison DDI: 538 0685 or 027 305 7582 – sally.morrison@raywhite.com Amny Lam DDI: 538 1287 or 021 108 6663 – amny.lam@raywhite.com Cathy Huang DDI: 538 1288 or 021 883 600 – cathy.huang@raywhite.com

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Notice is hereby given that the 2019 AGM of the Women’s Section will be held at The Howick RSA, 25 Wellington St, Howick on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 10.30am Agenda: • Election of Officers and Committee • General Business Notices of Motion need to be passed to the Secretary

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Shop 6, Compass Building, Half Moon Bay Marina Martin Caie 021 769 533 – martin.caie@raywhite.com Cathy Huang 021 883 600 – cathy.huang@raywhite.com

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We have a find a tenant service or a full comprehensive Property Management service at a competitive rate Rental lists are also available at Botany Town Centre, Bucklands Beach, Flat Bush, Half Moon Bay and Pakuranga offices

Sally is quite simply an excellent Letting Consultant & Property Manager

Ray White MOUNTFORT ESTATE AGENTS LTD Licensed (REAA 2008) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENTALS

Phone 027 305 7582 - sally.morrison@raywhite.com

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With over 10 years experience, Sally works tirelessly on your behalf. She is skilled at finding ideal tenants for landlords and suitable properties for tenants.

She will always give you honest, straightforward advice and 100% commitment.

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HOME Cleaning Hwk, Botany, Pknga areas. Excel rates Ph/Txt 027 272 2319

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RUBBISH REMOVALS GARDEN Household & General, also garden work & waterblasting.

Fast, friendly service. Ph Peter 021 393384

HOME HELP OFFERED

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2019

Pick Up Service Available

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Declaration of Staff Election Results At the close of nominations, as there was only one valid nomination received, I hereby declare Karen NOBLE-CAMPBELL duly elected.

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SENIORS DANCE class, Wednesday 11am- 12noon, 90 Springs Rd, East Tamaki, ph 0274 518 880

WOMEN’S SECTION TO THE HOWICK RSA

0800 677 467

RENTALS

4 Bed 4 Bed 4 Bed

FREE QUOTES - 24/7 Service 027 758 6437 - 361 6437 E: info@hpcplumbing.co.nz W: hpcplumbing.co.nz

ROOFING

Kids afternoons Adults evenings Contact Hiroshi 534 1776 (h) 021 060 6006 (m)

Open 6 Days

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Transit Traders Ltd

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We purchase good quality house/flat and estate lots.

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WANTED to buy gold silver damaged & unwanted jewellery. We pay cash for old gold & silver items. Paul Taylor Jewellers. Shop C / 7 129 Beachlands Rd, Beachlands. Ph 536 4200

Good Used Furniture Household Goods • Clothing

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MATURE employed, honest, reliable, non-smoker female wanting to rent semi-furnished self-contained studio flat Howick area, ref avail. Phone/txt 027 252 9293

Call Nicola & Rachel on (09) 576 5554 www.fabdrivers.co.nz

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ALL Windows, frames, sills, I will give a free quote today. Ph Kevin 535 7321 or 027 496 9784

• Medical appointments • Shopping & errands • Pets to the vets • In-home assistance Services tailored to our client’s needs

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ASB Showgrounds – Pavilion #6 217 Green Lane West, Epsom Saturday, 15th June, 9am – 3pm DON’T MISS OUT - BRING FAMILY & FRIENDS

No children under 12 years or handbags.

Eftpos, cash & credit cards only. No cheques accepted.

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 7911 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Corvette. 6, Hate. 8, Lean. 9, Cucumber. 10, Dealt.

11, Abduct. 13, Bleach. 15, Gibbet. 17, Normal. 19, Essay.

22, Familiar. 23, Nose. 24, Idle. 25, Gradient.

Down - 2, Obese. 3, Vanilla. 4, Tick. 5, Exchange. 6, Humid.

7, Treacle. 12, Shilling. 14, Leopard. 16, Basenji. 18, Maise.

20, Arson. 21, Area.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7911 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1,Di-sas-ter. 6, Bows (boughs). 8, S’top (rev.). 9, Ass-assin. 10, Treat. 11, Minute. 13, Saddle. 15, Re-cent. 17, Strata (anag.).

19, Catch. 22, S-call-I-on. 23, Rood (rued). 24, Lead. 25, Nowad-ays.

Down - 2, Inter (Ned). 3, Applaud (anag.). 4, Trap (rev.).

5, Rose-Mary. 6, BA-sin. 7, Wr-itt-en. 12, R-elati-on. 14, Article.

16, Charred. 18, AileD (rev.). 20, Crony (anag.). 21, S-now.

Monday 24 June, 5:30pm Te Tuhi, 13 Reeves Rd, Pakuranga, Auckland For the purpose of considering comments from shareholders on the draft Statement of Intent 2019-2022.

Copies of the performance report are available from the reception at Te Tuhi.

If you wish to make a comment, please phone us to arrange a speaking time on 09 577 0138

ADVERTISING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

We’d like to let you know that the amount you pay for water and wastewater services will change from 1 July 2019.

This is necessary to cover increases in service delivery, maintenance and infrastructure costs.

All of the money we receive from our customers goes into operating, maintaining and expanding our infrastructure. We do not receive any additional funding from Auckland Council or the government, nor do we pay a dividend to Auckland Council.

New charges Domestic customers

Non-domestic customers

Water Volumetric charge: Increases from $1.517 to $1.555 per 1,000 litres.

Water Volumetric charge: Increases from $1.517 to $1.555 ($1.319 to $1.352 excluding GST) per 1,000 litres.

Wastewater If you have a water meter: • The fixed charge per meter will increase from $218 to $225 per year.

• The volumetric charge will increase from $2.618 to $2.704 per 1,000 litres of wastewater discharged.

Wastewater Fixed and volumetric wastewater charges will increase by an average of 3.3 per cent.

The actual price changes will depend on your selected pricing plan.

You can view the pricing plans by visiting www.watercare.co.nz and searching for ‘pricing plans’.

The infrastructure growth charge is a one-off fee paid by any customer requiring a new connection or by non-domestic customers increasing a property’s demand for water or wastewater services. This will increase from $11,680 to $12,020 excluding GST for metropolitan customers. For more information on changes to our range of non-metropolitan IGCs, visit www.watercare.co.nz and search for ‘IGC’.

All prices include GST, unless otherwise stated, and are effective from 1 July 2019.

Our charges are part of our customer contract, which will be updated with the new pricing on 1 July 2019. To find out more about these charges, visit our website www.watercare.co.nz (Manage account > Our charges).

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1. In accepting an advertisement for publication and in publishing it we are doing so in consideration of and relying on the advertisers express warranty, the truth of which is essential. a. That the advertisement complies in all ways with the Advertising Codes of Practice issued by the Advertising Standards Authority inc (ASA) and with every other code or industry standard relating to advertising in New Zealand b. The published advertisement will not give rise to any liability on our part or in a claim being made against us. c. That the advertisement is misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive or breaches the Fair Trading Act 1986 that is defamatory or indecent or which otherwise offends against generally accepted community standards that infringes a copyright or trademark or otherwise infringes any intellectual or industrial property rights that breaches any provision of any statute, regulation, by law or other rule or law .

2. Where the advertiser utilises any aspect of our creative/design services in the production of an advertisement (including photographic work) the advertiser acknowledges that we own the copyright in such work and that such work is not work for which a commissioning payment has been made or agreed.

3. The advertiser agrees to indemnify us against all losses or costs arising directly or indirectly from any breach of those warranties by the advertiser and from any costs incurred in our making corrections or amendments in accordance with the terms that follow.

4. We may refuse to publish, or withdraw an advertisement from publications without having to give a reason.

5. We may publish the advertisement on the next available day if there is an error or delay in publication of the advertising as booked.

6. We may correct or amend advertising to conform to style or for other genuine reason as long as we do so using reasonable care.

7. The guarantees contained in the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 are excluded where the advertiser acquires, or holds himself out as acquiring, goods or services from us for the purpose of a business.

8. The advertiser must tell us as soon as possible if there is an error or omission in any advertisement the advertiser has placed. We will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss from an error (which includes ommission, negligence, system or press failure, mistake, misclassification, early, late or non insertion of advertisement or loss or delay in the delivery of replies) and if we are found to have any direct liability for any circumstance that liability is limited to the cost of the space of the advertisement.

9. To cancel an advertisement a cancellation number must be obtained from us.

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Church SERVICES

We warmly invite prospective students and their parents to visit our college campus. There will be an opportunity to hear from our principal Louise Addison, senior leaders and students. Come along and discover the exciting learning opportunities and personalised support we offer all our learners and experience our “EC Cares” approach in action.

Schedule for evening: Meet and Greet / Information displays in our newly renovated “E” Block 6.30pm: Principal address, senior leaders and students speak.

7.00 to 7.30pm: Further time to meet and greet and have your questions answered Light refreshments will be served 6.00pm:

YEAR 9 ENROLMENT Applications are now being accepted. Please contact the College office for an enrolment pack or enrol online.

Enrolment appointments will take place on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 November, bookings can be made through our school office.

EDGE INNOVATION PROGRAMME 2019 This programme started in 2018 and has recently been approved for an additional $80 000 in Ministry funding. It offers the opportunity to be part of an innovation programme to develop future entrepreneurs, creative and critical thinkers and change leaders. More information is available on our website and at our information evening.

OUT OF ZONE APPLICATIONS

Application closing date is Wednesday 4th September and the ballot date is Wednesday 11th September.

A dynamic and exciting school that serves its community exceptionally well.

Tel: 576 9039 | Email: enquiries@edgewater.school.nz

Howick Presbyterian Church

All Saints’ Anglican Church

St Andrew’s Church Centre Cnr Vincent St & Ridge Rd, Howick www.howpres.org.nz • Phone 535-4403

Selwyn Rd, Howick Phone 534-6864 Email: allsaints@xtra.co.nz

Sunday, June 9 9.30am Quarterly Communion with King’s Kids Thursday, June 13 10am Morning Worship

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Start creating a better tomorrow, today!

ALL NATIONS FOURSQUARE CHURCH

“Seeing lives transformed by Christ’s saving power.

Being a community of hope, love and care.”

Sunday

10 AM ENGLISH - Family Worship Service 4.30 PM HINDI/TAMIL Service

Tuesday 10 AM

Women's Bible Study

Many cultures, one community.

Wednesday

One Lord One Faith One People

7.30 PM Hour of Prayer

Connect

Sunday Service — Children’s & Youth programme available*

Kids4Jesus (Ages 3-12) Arrows Youth (Ages 13-18) Young Adult (Ages 19-35)

8:30am

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9am* 10:45am* 5:30pm

5 Ben Lomond Crescent, Pakuranga eastgatecc.org.nz

Ph: 271 8055 • Email classifieds@times.co.nz

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165, Pigeon Mountain Road, Half Moon Bay

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2020 INFORMATION EVENING AND EXPO THURSDAY 1 AUGUST

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Cnr Drake & Baird St, Howick • Tel: 535 4333

Cnr Wellington & Picton Sts CD129660 Phone 534-5142

We support all learners to achieve meaningful qualifications and be actively involved in the arts, sports, culture and service to the community.

To advertise your Church Services in this feature next week, phone Classifieds on 271-8055 or email classifiedadverts@times.co.nz.

on Sundays @ 10am

Sunday morning 9.30am (with children’s programme) Sunday evening service TBA Youth Group every Friday 7.00pm

Edgewater College provides a caring and supportive environment focused on academic excellence, innovation and a genuinely personalised approach.

Services: Sun 7.30am & 9.30am Wednesday 10am www.allsaintshowick.org.nz

SUNDAY, JUNE 9

Looking for a church home?

“We cannot always build the future for our youth.

But we can build our youth for the future.”

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You are Welcome to join us at CLC

School Enrolments

Notice of Public Meeting held by the Contemporary Art Foundation

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Changes to Auckland’s water and wastewater charges

If you do not have a metered water supply but are connected to the wastewater network: • The fixed charge will increase from $668 to $690 per year.

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18 — Howick and Pakuranga Times, Thursday, June 6, 2019

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School Enrolments 285 Ormiston Rd, Flat Bush www.ojc.school.nz

OrmistOn JuniOr COllege new enrOlments:

HOWICK

Our school will be hosting an Open Evening on the 3rd September 2019 between 3.30pm-6pm, where family tours will be hosted.

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE AS A LEARNER AT OJC, ALL THE FOLLOWING STEPS MUST BE COMPLETED: n Complete the In Zone pre-enrolment form online via www.ojc.school.nz n Book an enrolment interview time by phoning or visiting the school.

ENROLMENTS 2020 Parents of prospective students wishing to enrol for 2020, please note the following:

FARM COVE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

OPEN DAY

Somerville Intermediate School will have an enrolment scheme in place for 2020

OPEN DAY

Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Thursday 8 August 2019 11.30am to 12.30pm

We will be holding an Open Day on Wednesday, 24 July 2019 from 11.00am-12.30pm in Totara for prospective parents/guardians.

You are invited to come along for a tour of the school, to visit our regular classrooms and specialist classrooms while students work. Senior staff will be on hand to explain our programme and answer any questions you may have.

Please register your attendance on our website www.farmcove.school.nz.

ENROLMENT INFORMATION

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Thurs 8 August – Open Day 11.30am-12.30pm Wed 4 September – Out of zone applications close Wed 11 September – Out of zone ballot drawn Wed 6 November – Orientation Day Wed 6 November – New Parent Info Evening, 7pm Please note: 20 places are available at Year 7 level only.

Email: admin@howickint.school.nz Phone: 09 534 3922 Website: www.howickint.school.nz

3. Completed in zone enrolment applications are to be received by Monday 19 August 2019.

4. Enrolments for out of zone students will close at 4pm on Wednesday 4 September 2019.

We thrive on PRAISE

Perseverance, Respect, Attitude, Integrity, Service, Excellence

2. For all other enrolments, our prospectus, enrolment forms and current school zone map will be available either from our website www.somervilleintermediate.school.nz or from the school office, from the start of Term 3 ie Monday 22 July 2019.

5. The ballot for out of zone students will be held on Wednesday 11 September 2019, and written notification to all applicants will be posted by Friday 13 September 2019.

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Enquiries to the school office Phone 577 0009 or enquiries@farmcove.school.nz

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1. The 2020 prospectus and enrolment forms will be distributed to Year 6 students at Cockle Bay, Shelly Park, Point View, Willowbank, Owairoa and Botany Downs schools, beginning the week of 5 August 2019.

A school of excellence where every person is enabled to succeed in a safe, happy and stimulating environment.

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BRING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WITH YOU WHEN YOU BOOK YOUR INTERVIEW: n Photocopy of Birth Certificate (if NZ born) OR bring your Original Passport & evidence of valid Visa (if born overseas). n Proof of Address 1. Either a Telephone, Electricity, Water or Rates invoice (in your name)* and n Proof of Address 2. A copy of your Rental/ Tenancy Agreement OR Sale & Purchase document for your in-zone home. n If bills are not in your name please download & complete a Statutory Declaration form http:// tinyurl.com/jkgjv2x which must be verified by a justice of the peace or a solicitor. n Signatures on the Digital Citizenship and the Parent Enrolment Declaration. n Date of First Entry into New Zealand completed (if applicable). n Copy of child’s most recent end of year report.

YOUR / YOUR CHILD’S APPLICATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS ALL DOCUMENTATION IS SUPPLIED Ormiston Junior College Zone: Please check your address at either http://nzschools.tki.org.nz/ or at our school website.

Following our open evening, enrolment interviews will be available on 10th September, 29th October & 19th November, 2019, bookings are essential, please phone reception to arrange a time.

“The best you can be”

2020 Year 9 Enrolment Information Evening

Wednesday 26 June 2019 INSPIRING A COMMUNITY OF PASSIONATE LEARNERS WHAKAMANAWAHIA TETEHI HAPORI O NGA AKONGA HIRIRI

Bill Dimery Performing Arts Centre PRESENTATION 1: 4pm TOUR 1: 4.45-5.45pm

PRESENTATION 2: 5pm TOUR 2: 5.45-6.45pm

Howick College is pleased to invite parents, caregivers and students interested in enrolling for Year 9 in 2020 to our Enrolment Information Evening. Families and students will have the opportunity to visit our college on the evening of Wednesday 26 June (between 4-7pm) during one of two sessions, beginning in the Bill Dimery Performance Arts Centre.

informative evening and will be the only opportunity to visit the school and experience first-hand our commitment to academic excellence through innovative learning and teaching practices.

The student-led tours will enable prospective students and their families to move through the school, meet members of our teaching staff, interact with students of various year levels, ask questions and see the school in operation around the campus.

This will be an enjoyable and

Prospectuses and enrolment packs will be distributed through our local feeder schools over the coming weeks. Packs will also be available at the Information Evening.

To register for one of two sessions (beginning at either 4pm or 5pm) please go to ENROLMENT on our website www.howickcollege.school.nz/ enrolment/ We look forward to meeting you.

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www.howickcollege.school.nz | Sandspit Road, Howick | Phone 534 4492 Ph: 271 8055 • Email classifieds@times.co.nz

CLASSIFIEDS

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Howick and Pakuranga Times, Thursday, June 6, 2019 — 19

Parker is a title contender A

s the only man to beat Andy Ruiz, Joseph Parker deserves a crack at the four world professional heavyweight boxing titles the Mexican won with his shock seven-round technical knockout win against Britain’s Anthony Joshua.

This despite the fact that pre-fight Parker had joined Eddie Hearn’s management team in the belief it would advance his chances of having a second crack at Joshua.

In what was the biggest heavyweight upset since Buster Douglas stopped Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990, the flabby 122kg Ruiz demonstrated deceptive speed, endurance and punching power in his Madison Square Garden victory.

“Don’t under-estimate this little fat boy,” Ruiz had warned Joshua.

Joshua had decked the challenger in the third round only to be floored himself by Ruiz’ bolo right.

Further heavy barrages from Ruiz sent a groggy Joshua to the canvas twice in the seventh before referee Mike Griffin stopped the fight.

With 22 wins, 21 by knockout, unbeaten 2012 Olympic champion Joshua had only been taken the full 12 rounds once, against Parker who had won the vacant WBO crown from Ruiz in Auckland in 2016.

Having won 33 of his 34 fights, 21

by KO, that close majority decision loss to Parker remains the only one of Ruiz’ career.

At 1.93m and 112kg, Parker is taller than Ruiz but 10kg lighter, with fast

hands and a good jab. Unfortunately he didn’t have Ruiz’ willingness to take the fight to Joshua. Nor did he have the strength to mix it with brawler Dillon Whyte in his only other loss as a pro.Since then, however, he has muscled up and quickly knocked out Alexander Flores in Christchurch in December 2018.

Into that fight he also brought Whyte’s brawling style and was lucky not to have been disqualified for punching below the belt.

Parker is a personable 27-year-old who remains the best heavyweight New Zealand has produced since dynamic puncher David Tua. However we still have yet to see the best of him.

If he is to beat past and present champions Joshua, Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and Ruiz, he needs to mix smart boxing with a killer instinct.

Tua will always regret he didn’t take risks for reward when he failed to take the fight to Lennox Lewis in his one crack at the world crown.

Having seen Ruiz prosper for having the courage to mix it with Joshua, Parker probably regrets he didn’t do the same.

Hopefully the time will come when he gets another chance against another current champion, be it Ruiz or WBC knockout king Wilder.

Meanwhile the world is Ruiz’ oyster, with him having the option of giving Joshua another crack at his four belts or go for a unification

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bout against Wilder who fought a thrilling draw in Tyson Fury’s marvellous comeback bout.

However it will be interesting to see whether he will give Parker priority so that he can avenge his only loss.

Meanwhile it was pleasing to

Cricket’s on a roll with the ICC World Cup swinging into action, and Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s on an equally exciting high, celebrating their trophycapturing successes last summer.

Over the past week, HPCC representatives have been out in public touring two coveted cups and a treasured shield, won during the 201819 Auckland club cricket season. The club’s skippers wanted to show and share with their local communities and supporters the club’s men’s premier side’s trophies for their victories in the always tough two-day championship and T20 competition. The other trophy is probably the most important – Auckland Cricket’s club of the year. At the Barrel Inn in Cook Street and at the Howick Community RSA, with

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cook Part Time

Please email CV to Peter at psmith@frasersmithlowe.co.nz

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Experienced friendly receptionist required who will accept responsibility to competently manage a range of administrative tasks in our 3 dentist / 4 hygienist practice. You will be efficient, organised, proactive and able to think on your feet. Great people skills, computer skills, initiative, a strong work ethic with an ability to learn are necessary.

For a small rest home. Will need to work Monday to Friday 8am-1pm. Relative work experience will be preferred.

Phone 532 9502 or 021 701 981 fenciblemanor2015@ gmail.com

SITUATIONS WANTED GARDENER/Factory worker wants work, any work considered, ph 027 2758020

SITUATIONS VACANT

COOK

Required for 20 bed Rest Home.

Monday-Wednesday 9am-1.15pm Thursday 8.30am-1.15pm Experience essential and must have own vehicle.

Must be able to prepare home-style cooking. Must have good command of both written and spoken English.

Please phone 532 8376

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Relief Teachers - We NEED you!

Want the freedom and flexibility that relief teaching gives?

Want to get your foot in the door to take the next step in your teaching career?

We currently have a wide range of day to day relieving opportunities in Auckland.

We are looking for registered teachers, both experienced and beginning teachers.

Ph 09 815 8152

EXPERIENCED PROPERTY LAWYER

Email: relief@oasis-edu.co.nz - www.betterteachers.nz

Located in Howick Village, Auckland, we are a busy, forward thinking, modern law firm with quality clients and excellent systems.

Key attributes required for this role: • At least three years current New Zealand PQE • Experienced dealing with clients, files and be able to handle a heavy workload • Be able to work closely with the Director • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Confident and professional approach • Current conveyancing experience is essential • Experience with Trust and Estate work We consider work/life balance as an important value within our firm. Howick Village offers fantastic schools, shopping, beaches, cafes, sports and cultural facilities all within a short distance.

An attractive salary package will be offered to the successful applicant.

See www.fenciblelaw.co.nz/careers Phone Richard (in confidence) 021 433 996 or email CV to richard@fenciblelaw.co.nz

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Selwyn Centre, Flat Bush, offers a varied programme of activities that provide companionship, fun, advice and support for older people living in the community.

As the Selwyn Centre Community Coordinator you will create and supervise our Friday morning programme, ensuring our guests enjoy themselves in a safe and caring environment.

A background of community involvement and/or experience in education or social work is preferred, as is a clean NZ Drivers Licence. A demonstration of your warmth, empathy and understanding of older people living in the community is essential.

This is a part-time position working 6 hours per week.

Anglican Parish of St Paul’s in the Park, 141 Chapel road, Flat Bush.

For full details about the role, contact reverend warner wilder, Priest in Charge warnerwilder30@gmail.com

Community Trust. Greenwood said the premier team’s achievements are outstanding, picking up two of the three major trophies in premier grade.

The two-day championship victory was to savour, he said.

McKenzie spoke of the pride HP has for being chosen as club of the year.

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1. Fixed Term Full Time New Entrant Teaching Position 2. Fixed Term Part Time (.4) Classroom Release Teaching Position Golflands Campus Term 3 and 4 2019 We invite applications from inspirational vibrant teachers for our current teaching vacancies.

The successful candidates will support the special character of our school in an authentic way. Beginning Teachers welcome to apply

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Botany Downs Secondary College requires a permanent Finance Centre Assistant for 37.5 hours per week, term time only.

Reporting to the Finance Officer and Business Manager, the key responsibilities are: • Receive money from students, parents and or staff; • Reconciliation of cash, EFTPOS and direct credit payments to banking preparation • Manage billing system in the student database • Handling queries via telephone, email and over the counter As part of the Finance Department, we will require the applicant to be able to take initiative, have good communication skills and a high level of attention to detail. We require the applicant to work in a positive and motivated manner, as part of a busy and dynamic team.

Applications close at midday on Monday, 10 June 2019.

cups and shield in hand, were HPCC board member Tony Walsh, men’s premier team captain Mike Greenwood, and club captain Wayne McKenzie.

Walsh said they wanted to parade the trophies at the Barrel Inn because money collected by its gaming machines is redistributed by the NZ

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Proudly displaying their coveted trophies at the Barrel Inn in Howick were, from left, Tony Walsh, inn keeper Clive Thomson, Mike Greenwood and Wayne McKenzie.

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Currently we have a position available for a CNC milling and turning setting and programming operator.

Trade certificates are required. This is a permanent position at Dana Brevini a well established power transmission and hydraulics company in East Tamaki.

Competitive package based on length of year’s experience.

Is this you?

Please send CV/application to info@brevini.co.nz

pion at Helsinki in 1952, a year before she added the world mark to her Olympic record.

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note that the late Yvette Corlett (nee Williams) of Howick was made a dame in the Queen’s Birthday awards even though she should have won it long before her death this year.

After all she became this country’s first Olympic women’s cham-

HPCC’s cricket trophies on tour

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Smith chalks up 100 first team games at BBAFC O

n Saturday Bucklands Beach AFC celebrated with Josh Smith, his 100th first team game when they played Waitemata in NRFL Div 1 at Lloyd Elsmore Park.

Smith has been at the club since 2002 when, at the age of 6, he played for the Orcas and has continued on to play his whole football career at Bucklands Beach.

He has played in the top youth teams for the club and over the years won many ‘player of the year’ awards. Last season he was the club’s ‘Senior Men’s Player of the Year’.

A consistent goal scorer for the club, top goal scorer for the first team last season with 15 goals, he now finds himself tied for the top goal scorer in NRFL Div 1 with eight goals so far for the season.

Smith made his debut for the first team in 2014 when the team played AFF Div 1 and has been with the team since then.

They won the league that year and went on to win the Conference League in 2016.

They were runners-up in NRFL Div 2 2018 which gained them promotion to NRFL Div 1 for this

year. It’s fair to say he’s seen a lot of success at Bucklands Beach.

Andy Pullar, the club President, said: “Fantastic achievement by an outstanding young man. Josh is an unassuming character off the field - on the field he is one of those players you should never take your eyes off.

“His pace and ability to make something from nothing makes him a constant threat. The club is super proud of Josh and look forward to the next 100 games.”

Though Smith didn’t score on Saturday, Bucklands Beach won the game 3-0 and moved into 3rd place on the table.

Premiers dominate in second half

Pakuranga United Rugby Club’s Premiers eventually stamped their authority on their match on Saturday beating Papatoetoe 34-6.

After a dicey opening, Pakuranga gradually put on the pressure, going into half-time 6-5 down.

“The last 10 minutes in that first half were strong,” said PURC director of rugby Pita Alatini.

“Then in the second half the boys stood up and played some really good rugby. “ It could have been a very different story though with Papatoetoe missing three opportunities in the opening 40.

“In the second half we just regrouped and started playing the game that we train for.”

RESULTS:

Josh Smith has been at Bucklands Beach AFC since the age of six.

Times photos Wayne Martin

Pakuranga Premiers VS Papatoetoe 34 – 6 to Pakuranga Halftime – 6-5 to Papatoetoe Tries: Petuliki Vaipulu, Sanele Williams, Desmond Spooner, Sione Ahokovi, Michalle Van Wyk Conversions: Hawaii Ahokovi – 3 + 1 Penalty Premier Development VS Otahuhu 57 – 3 to Pakuranga Tries: Eddy Petrick, Mitchell Hewitson, Nathon Viljoen, Quentin Hill X2, Morgan White Chambers, Oliver Matthews, Charles Gibson, Raymond Vunipola Conversions: Benjamin Lyford – 6

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